 women (like those missing in Alberta or on northern BC’s Highway of Tears) will be without any options. By keeping pimping and exploitation illegal, it keeps the laws enforceable for any underage or international sex trade, while allowing women who decide for whatever reason to do this for a job, an opportunity to do it safely.<|endoftext|>Strategic Intent

DYPDC is a youthful and innovative institution that aims to distinguish itself through passionate commitment to excellence in all of its endeavors. Innovation is integral to all our pursuits with inspiration, intuition, imagination and innovation being our guiding terms. Our students will be leaders and innovators. We are committed to:

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Work through a matrix of four imperatives in all academic and research pursuits, viz. what is desirable for people, what is feasible through technology, what is viable for business and what is good for society and the environment.

Create an enabling environment of freedom and responsibility, which stimulates the intellectual capacity of students, faculty and staff to create opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Back to top<|endoftext|>Question: How can I roast hazelnuts?
Answer: Place the hazelnuts in a single row on a cookie sheet and place in a 300-degree oven for 15 minutes.<|endoftext|>As most of us know, Peter Criss, founding drummer of Kiss, survived a breast cancer scare four years ago. Thankfully, everyone's favorite "Catman" has been healthy ever since, and working hard to educate men about the importance of early detection.

He'll be taking part in the 2011 Making Strides 3K walk in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. this Sunday (Oct. 16), and took some time to tell us how he dealt with his diagnosis and how he's helping others stay healthy. Of course, we couldn't resist talking to him about his musical career first:

So, this is a big thrill for me. 'Hotter than Hell' is the first record I ever owned, at age eight.

Oh, great record -- and I'm glad you called it a record, cause that's what they are, although, it was a strange album, put it that way, but yeah, it was a good album.

Back then you guys recorded so fast, I'm amazed you can separate one record from the other.

Tell me about it, it was... make a record, then you tour the record, then you write as you're touring, and then when you get off the tour you go into the studio, do another record, go back out with the record on the tour. In our day, that's how it was. The dinosaur days, I call them. But man, I wouldn't give them up for all the tea in China.

Why is that?

We really came up the right way, I was watching that 'American Idol' show, with Steven Tyler, and like David Letterman said, you get on there, and you're kind of a star overnight, you really passed up the journey of going up the hill. I was a poor kid in Brooklyn, my dream was to play Madison Square Garden in front of my parents, and now that's happened many many times -- thanks to God, cause I'm a major Catholic kid.

But you had to build to it, nowadays people get right to it.

Oh yeah, our journey was hard, we had to play a lot of dives, we had to go through a lot. In those days that's how you did it, it wasn't some overnight, five million dollar contract -- I wish! -- but, ehh, that's progress, to a degree.

Yeah, but they'll be gone again in a few years, your music will still be here.

Yeah, I believe so too, but I watch it, and I'm a 20th century kid, I (laughs) hate the 21st century. I'm a really old-fashioned kid with the television, I'm a late '50s kid, I grew up with 'Hoppy' and 'The Lone Ranger,' those kind of shows, with morals and integrity and honor, it seems like those are gone. I sound like my Dad! These kids today, I don't believe it, it's very sad. The messages were really pretty cool back then, but I find the stuff today, this reality stuff is appalling.

I don't blame you! Give me a break, I tell my wife, 'how much more can we take of it, and what more do I want to see or hear or know?' Then, they show these people making millions of dollars catching alligators or making moonshine, or I don't know what they're doing. What is this? They don't even have talent -- God forgive me, but I don't think so -- it's just a regular guy running a pawn shop, but they're huge stars, and they're making millions of dollars.

It's a strange world.

You're gonna be 66, right?

Ohhhhhh, I hate it! (jokingly) We don't even talk about it, ever since I turned sixty. But three is my lucky number, and those are double threes, so I'm expecting a really dynamite year. I feel real positive about a bunch of things coming up for me. I'm not alone, I look at other rock guys, like the Stones and Zeppelin and the Who, just all these people, we're all the same age. So I'm in good company. All the guys my age were around in the great times, when music was changing, when Vietnam was happening, and the British Invasion.

So, you've been cancer free for more than three years now, right?

Four years, and my checkup comes up next week. I'm real excited about it because I feel great, except for the old pains that come from drumming for fifty years. I go to the gym every day, I walk three and a half miles, I work out five days a week, I play down in the studio. My wife had cancer, too. It's an amazing story, if not for her cancer I wouldn't be living. She's feeling good too. So I just feel great and I'm looking forward to going in. They say it's five years and you're out of the water. Personally, my experience is you're never out of the water. Every day I wake up and I get a pain, I think of the big "C" immediately. Because once it's in your body, its evil, and I never thought I'd have that in my body. I even went into therapy over it all, because I just couldn't believe it. You just have that fear, it never goes away. But I'm not worried. Every day above ground, my Dad used to say, is a good day.

Just so we can help people out, how exactly did you first notice any signs of trouble?

It was a nodule, like a lump in my nipple and I discovered it when I got back from the gym. Look out for bumps and pain, a kind of pain where you just know -- this is a kind of pain I've never had before. I've had cysts and I remember them and I remember the doctor taking them out. This was different, it hurt like hell, it got bigger as I screwed around with it.

So you realized right away this was something very different?

I don't know why, of all things, cause men just don't think of breast cancer, we just don't, but I swear, buddy I just knew that breast cancer had hit me for some reason. I think that was my angel speaking, and the red light went on, like, this is something more, Peter, you've got to check this out now. By the grace of God, my wife was going that day for her own cancer problems, and told her doctor about me. She checked me out, and said 'if my husband had that I would send him over to (doctor) Alex Swistel immediately, like now.

Then what happened?

So she calls and says, 'I got a V.I.P. here' -- sometimes it's nice to be famous, it does open the door, and trust me, I'm a down to earth guy, I don't look at things like that, but boy it was a blessing. I got right in to the waiting room, and I started to get ill because I saw these beautiful women with no hair, wearing these turbans, and you could tell, the look of death was all over this room. There were other men, but they were all there with their wives. I just felt like, 'what the hell am I doing here?,' but thank God. He said, yes there's something there and we should do a biopsy.

That must have been very scary.

Some time went by, at first they said it was negative, but then, a few weeks pass and I was healing. Then I got a call on a Saturday morning, you know that 'are you standing or sitting' type phone call? You just know, the bottom of your stomach falls out. He goes, 'I got good news and really bad news. What do you want first?' Well, the bad, of course. 'You've got breast cancer, Peter. You have to come back in now, and I want to remove your nipple and your breast muscle and take your lymph nodes out and make sure we get this son of a bitch immediately, because I can because you came

 around but of those there are half of them kill prostitutes. By not addressing this problem we were guaranteeing more women (like those missing in Alberta or on northern BC’s Highway of Tears) will be without any options. By keeping pimping and exploitation illegal, it keeps the laws enforceable for any underage or international sex trade, while allowing women who decide for whatever reason to do this for a job, an opportunity to do it safely.<|endoftext|>Strategic Intent

DYPDC is a youthful and innovative institution that aims to distinguish itself through passionate commitment to excellence in all of its endeavors. Innovation is integral to all our pursuits with inspiration, intuition, imagination and innovation being our guiding terms. Our students will be leaders and innovators. We are committed to:

Create and disseminate knowledge through a range of high-quality academic programs in a student-centered learning environment emphasizing intellectual achievement and employability.

Work through a matrix of four imperatives in all academic and research pursuits, viz. what is desirable for people, what is feasible through technology, what is viable for business and what is good for society and the environment.

Create an enabling environment of freedom and responsibility, which stimulates the intellectual capacity of students, faculty and staff to create opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Back to top<|endoftext|>As most of us know, Peter Criss, founding drummer of Kiss, survived a breast cancer scare four years ago. Thankfully, everyone's favorite "Catman" has been healthy ever since, and working hard to educate men about the importance of early detection.

He'll be taking part in the 2011 Making Strides 3K walk in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. this Sunday (Oct. 16), and took some time to tell us how he dealt with his diagnosis and how he's helping others stay healthy. Of course, we couldn't resist talking to him about his musical career first:

So, this is a big thrill for me. 'Hotter than Hell' is the first record I ever owned, at age eight.

Oh, great record -- and I'm glad you called it a record, cause that's what they are, although, it was a strange album, put it that way, but yeah, it was a good album.

Back then you guys recorded so fast, I'm amazed you can separate one record from the other.

Tell me about it, it was... make a record, then you tour the record, then you write as you're touring, and then when you get off the tour you go into the studio, do another record, go back out with the record on the tour. In our day, that's how it was. The dinosaur days, I call them. But man, I wouldn't give them up for all the tea in China.

Why is that?

We really came up the right way, I was watching that 'American Idol' show, with Steven Tyler, and like David Letterman said, you get on there, and you're kind of a star overnight, you really passed up the journey of going up the hill. I was a poor kid in Brooklyn, my dream was to play Madison Square Garden in front of my parents, and now that's happened many many times -- thanks to God, cause I'm a major Catholic kid.

But you had to build to it, nowadays people get right to it.

Oh yeah, our journey was hard, we had to play a lot of dives, we had to go through a lot. In those days that's how you did it, it wasn't some overnight, five million dollar contract -- I wish! -- but, ehh, that's progress, to a degree.

Yeah, but they'll be gone again in a few years, your music will still be here.

Yeah, I believe so too, but I watch it, and I'm a 20th century kid, I (laughs) hate the 21st century. I'm a really old-fashioned kid with the television, I'm a late '50s kid, I grew up with 'Hoppy' and 'The Lone Ranger,' those kind of shows, with morals and integrity and honor, it seems like those are gone. I sound like my Dad! These kids today, I don't believe it, it's very sad. The messages were really pretty cool back then, but I find the stuff today, this reality stuff is appalling.

I don't blame you! Give me a break, I tell my wife, 'how much more can we take of it, and what more do I want to see or hear or know?' Then, they show these people making millions of dollars catching alligators or making moonshine, or I don't know what they're doing. What is this? They don't even have talent -- God forgive me, but I don't think so -- it's just a regular guy running a pawn shop, but they're huge stars, and they're making millions of dollars.

It's a strange world.

You're gonna be 66, right?

Ohhhhhh, I hate it! (jokingly) We don't even talk about it, ever since I turned sixty. But three is my lucky number, and those are double threes, so I'm expecting a really dynamite year. I feel real positive about a bunch of things coming up for me. I'm not alone, I look at other rock guys, like the Stones and Zeppelin and the Who, just all these people, we're all the same age. So I'm in good company. All the guys my age were around in the great times, when music was changing, when Vietnam was happening, and the British Invasion.

So, you've been cancer free for more than three years now, right?

Four years, and my checkup comes up next week. I'm real excited about it because I feel great, except for the old pains that come from drumming for fifty years. I go to the gym every day, I walk three and a half miles, I work out five days a week, I play down in the studio. My wife had cancer, too. It's an amazing story, if not for her cancer I wouldn't be living. She's feeling good too. So I just feel great and I'm looking forward to going in. They say it's five years and you're out of the water. Personally, my experience is you're never out of the water. Every day I wake up and I get a pain, I think of the big "C" immediately. Because once it's in your body, its evil, and I never thought I'd have that in my body. I even went into therapy over it all, because I just couldn't believe it. You just have that fear, it never goes away. But I'm not worried. Every day above ground, my Dad used to say, is a good day.

Just so we can help people out, how exactly did you first notice any signs of trouble?

It was a nodule, like a lump in my nipple and I discovered it when I got back from the gym. Look out for bumps and pain, a kind of pain where you just know -- this is a kind of pain I've never had before. I've had cysts and I remember them and I remember the doctor taking them out. This was different, it hurt like hell, it got bigger as I screwed around with it.

So you realized right away this was something very different?

I don't know why, of all things, cause men just don't think of breast cancer, we just don't, but I swear, buddy I just knew that breast cancer had hit me for some reason. I think that was my angel speaking, and the red light went on, like, this is something more, Peter, you've got to check this out now. By the grace of God, my wife was going that day for her own cancer problems, and told her doctor about me. She checked me out, and said 'if my husband had that I would send him over to (doctor) Alex Swistel immediately, like now.

Then what happened?

So she calls and says, 'I got a V.I.P. here' -- sometimes it's nice to be famous, it does open the door, and trust me, I'm a down to earth guy, I don't look at things like that, but boy it was a blessing. I got right in to the waiting room, and I started to get ill because I saw these beautiful women with no hair, wearing these turbans, and you could tell, the look of death was all over this room. There were other men, but they were all there with their wives. I just felt like, 'what the hell am I doing here?,' but thank God. He said, yes there's something there and we should do a biopsy.

That must have been very scary.

Some time went by, at first they said it was negative, but then, a few weeks pass and I was healing. Then I got a call on a Saturday morning, you know that 'are you standing or sitting' type phone call? You just know, the bottom of your stomach falls out. He goes, 'I got good news and really bad news. What do you want first?' Well, the bad, of course. 'You've got breast cancer, Peter. You have to come back in now, and I want to remove your nipple and your breast muscle and take your lymph nodes out and make sure we get this son of a bitch immediately, because I can because you came in so soon.' It's a miracle, and that's how it can be


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Grammar game to practice simple structures in the various tenses learned in L140, present, preterite, imperfect, future, present subjunctive. This game has to be controlled by the tutor who will throw the dice and tell the students the number they get, then give a student a counter and pullout a hidden word from each blue square. Then the student has to make a correct phrase use the three contents as well as a suitable ending to the phrase. If they fall in a ladder they go up, if they fall in a snake´s mouth they go down. If they fall on a white square miss a turn and if they fall on a red square they must make a phrase in the present subjunctive using only a verb and a noun then.

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Fasting Supplements: Should You Take Them, and Which Are Best?

Like insurance policies, nutritional supplements are created to meet various needs of the user. Some are more to cover general well being of our bodies while others are very specific and targeted to address certain acute potential health issues. A multivitamin and minerals are generally advised to cover general but not specific purpose. However, a glucosamine based supplements is purposed to address joints related issues.

In order to be cost effective in consuming vitamins, one must know the needs. In general, most people would need multivitamins and minerals supplementation. There are also non-gender based general supplements as well as gender based, age based. Multivitamin supplements for men, women and children are commonly available nowadays. You may choose one according to your preference. However, as a general guide the more specially created the vitamin and nutritional supplements the more costly they are. Be prudent, choose one that meets your needs and suits your budget.

Older people would have more concerns over various health issues like heart, joints, nervous system, eye sight, energy and sleep. The list goes on. If one has many health issues, it would be costly indeed to consume all various types of supplements. As a preventive measure, I advise people to have sufficiently supplemented with general or gender specific multivitamins and minerals supplements at younger age. At the later stage of live, one may need to use specialty vitamin supplements to address his or her health concern. However it would be at a minimal and gradual approach.

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<|endoftext|>Spurred by the release of the Coen Brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis,” a few weeks ago, I devoted this column to examining the difficulty in trying to depict a musical genius in a movie. Eventually, not being a musical genius, I resigned with a shrug, concluding that a great piece of music comes from innate talent, individual history, and that elusive stuff I simply will never understand.

But can musical greatness arise from a place?

That’s the argument put forth by the new musical documentary “Muscle Shoals,” which screens Friday at SPACE Gallery (www.space538.org), a beguilingly entertaining history of the tiny, titular Alabama town that is the unlikely birthplace of a truly startling array of classic popular music. Focusing on the hardscrabble life story of legendary producer Rick Hall, Greg Camalier’s film, apart from providing an intriguing and surprising history behind some of your favorite songs and artists, also posits that there’s something ineffably inspirational about Muscle Shoals itself which made those songs what they are. An alchemy of place, and history, and the ever-murmuring Tennessee River running beside the deep, dark Alabama earth which seeped into the music made there, and the musicians who made it.

Unfortunately, that theme of the film remains as elusive. I’m all for appreciating the unknowability of the creative process, but, even coming from the mouths of musical legends like Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Jimmy Cliff, Percy Sledge, Bono, Gregg Allman and Etta James, the idea that the town of Muscle Shoals can impart some mystical flavor to music made there comes off more like self-mythologizing. Apart from blurry assertions like, “Being there does inspire you to do it slightly differently,” or “People go to a place with a sort of magic to it,” or “There are certain places where there is a field of energy,” the film offers little explanation of why the “Muscle Shoals sound” was so fertile.

More convincing, and fascinating, is the documentary’s portrait of driven producer Hall and his chosen backup players The Swampers, possibly the least-likely soul, R&B, and rock gods imaginable, and how Hall’s modest Fame Studios became the most sought-after recording facility in the world. Hall, presented as an irascible, exacting perfectionist needed a backup band to record with local African-American singers and hired The Swampers, a group of white teenagers. Backing up black singer Arthur Alexander, The Swampers provided a layered, shockingly funky groove which soon led to Alexander’s songs being covered by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – and brought the world knocking on Fame Studios’ doors in search of its signature sound. They were in for a shock (as was I) – as Bono puts it, “People came expecting black guys and instead found a bunch of white guys who look like they work at the supermarket.”

The racial aspect of the film is both idealized and underdeveloped, but never less than fascinating, with numerous musicians extolling how Fame operated as an oasis of harmony in the 1960s Deep South, with black and white musicians coming together in harmony in pursuit of, well, harmonies. The present day Swampers (who eventually broke off to set up the equally-legendary 3614 Jackson Avenue Studio across town) indeed look like nothing less than everybody’s soft-spoken uncles, but they, indeed provided the backbone to some of the most indelible R&B songs of all time. Aretha Franklin, who admiringly states, “I didn’t think they’d be as greasy as they were,” sings in front of them on “I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You,” and “Respect.” They were Percy Sledge’s band for “When a Man Loves A Woman.” That’s them on The Staples Singers’ “I’ll Take You There,” and Jimmy Cliff’s “Sitting in Limbo.” And when the Rolling Stones came to Muscle Shoals in order to partake of the town’s soul history, The Swampers (aka The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section) were the session men on “Wild Horses” and “Brown Sugar.”

The list of artists who enlisted The Swampers and/or Rick Hall to bring that Muscle Shoals sound is astounding. The film, which ambles alongside the soft, Southern voices of now-old men and languorous shots of the unassuming Alabama countryside that, for reasons that remain unclear, gave rise to one

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Grammar game to practice simple structures in the various tenses learned in L140, present, preterite, imperfect, future, present subjunctive. This game has to be controlled by the tutor who will throw the dice and tell the students the number they get, then give a student a counter and pullout a hidden word from each blue square. Then the student has to make a correct phrase use the three contents as well as a suitable ending to the phrase. If they fall in a ladder they go up, if they fall in a snake´s mouth they go down. If they fall on a white square miss a turn and if they fall on a red square they must make a phrase in the present subjunctive using only a verb and a noun then.

This list was generated on Thu Jun 21 15:01:21 2018 BST.<|endoftext|>Did You Choose The Right Vitamin Supplements To Suit Your Needs And Budget?

There are two broad categories of vitamin supplements, name the foundational broad based and specialty supplements. Broad based vitamin supplements include the most common multivitamin and minerals supplements and ingredient based supplements. Examples of ingredient based supplements are vitamin A, B complex, vitamin C, Calcium supplements just to name some Exipure weight loss review. Specialty vitamins are mean for specific purposes like heart, arteries, diabetic and sleep and other health concerns.

Fasting Supplements: Should You Take Them, and Which Are Best?

Like insurance policies, nutritional supplements are created to meet various needs of the user. Some are more to cover general well being of our bodies while others are very specific and targeted to address certain acute potential health issues. A multivitamin and minerals are generally advised to cover general but not specific purpose. However, a glucosamine based supplements is purposed to address joints related issues.

In order to be cost effective in consuming vitamins, one must know the needs. In general, most people would need multivitamins and minerals supplementation. There are also non-gender based general supplements as well as gender based, age based. Multivitamin supplements for men, women and children are commonly available nowadays. You may choose one according to your preference. However, as a general guide the more specially created the vitamin and nutritional supplements the more costly they are. Be prudent, choose one that meets your needs and suits your budget.

Older people would have more concerns over various health issues like heart, joints, nervous system, eye sight, energy and sleep. The list goes on. If one has many health issues, it would be costly indeed to consume all various types of supplements. As a preventive measure, I advise people to have sufficiently supplemented with general or gender specific multivitamins and minerals supplements at younger age. At the later stage of live, one may need to use specialty vitamin supplements to address his or her health concern. However it would be at a minimal and gradual approach.

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<|endoftext|>Spurred by the release of the Coen Brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis,” a few weeks ago, I devoted this column to examining the difficulty in trying to depict a musical genius in a movie. Eventually, not being a musical genius, I resigned with a shrug, concluding that a great piece of music comes from innate talent, individual history, and that elusive stuff I simply will never understand.

But can musical greatness arise from a place?

That’s the argument put forth by the new musical documentary “Muscle Shoals,” which screens Friday at SPACE Gallery (www.space538.org), a beguilingly entertaining history of the tiny, titular Alabama town that is the unlikely birthplace of a truly startling array of classic popular music. Focusing on the hardscrabble life story of legendary producer Rick Hall, Greg Camalier’s film, apart from providing an intriguing and surprising history behind some of your favorite songs and artists, also posits that there’s something ineffably inspirational about Muscle Shoals itself which made those songs what they are. An alchemy of place, and history, and the ever-murmuring Tennessee River running beside the deep, dark Alabama earth which seeped into the music made there, and the musicians who made it.

Unfortunately, that theme of the film remains as elusive. I’m all for appreciating the unknowability of the creative process, but, even coming from the mouths of musical legends like Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Jimmy Cliff, Percy Sledge, Bono, Gregg Allman and Etta James, the idea that the town of Muscle Shoals can impart some mystical flavor to music made there comes off more like self-mythologizing. Apart from blurry assertions like, “Being there does inspire you to do it slightly differently,” or “People go to a place with a sort of magic to it,” or “There are certain places where there is a field of energy,” the film offers little explanation of why the “Muscle Shoals sound” was so fertile.

More convincing, and fascinating, is the documentary’s portrait of driven producer Hall and his chosen backup players The Swampers, possibly the least-likely soul, R&B, and rock gods imaginable, and how Hall’s modest Fame Studios became the most sought-after recording facility in the world. Hall, presented as an irascible, exacting perfectionist needed a backup band to record with local African-American singers and hired The Swampers, a group of white teenagers. Backing up black singer Arthur Alexander, The Swampers provided a layered, shockingly funky groove which soon led to Alexander’s songs being covered by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – and brought the world knocking on Fame Studios’ doors in search of its signature sound. They were in for a shock (as was I) – as Bono puts it, “People came expecting black guys and instead found a bunch of white guys who look like they work at the supermarket.”

The racial aspect of the film is both idealized and underdeveloped, but never less than fascinating, with numerous musicians extolling how Fame operated as an oasis of harmony in the 1960s Deep South, with black and white musicians coming together in harmony in pursuit of, well, harmonies. The present day Swampers (who eventually broke off to set up the equally-legendary 3614 Jackson Avenue Studio across town) indeed look like nothing less than everybody’s soft-spoken uncles, but they, indeed provided the backbone to some of the most indelible R&B songs of all time. Aretha Franklin, who admiringly states, “I didn’t think they’d be as greasy as they were,” sings in front of them on “I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You,” and “Respect.” They were Percy Sledge’s band for “When a Man Loves A Woman.” That’s them on The Staples Singers’ “I’ll Take You There,” and Jimmy Cliff’s “Sitting in Limbo.” And when the Rolling Stones came to Muscle Shoals in order to partake of the town’s soul history, The Swampers (aka The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section) were the session men on “Wild Horses” and “Brown Sugar.”

The list of artists who enlisted The Swampers and/or Rick Hall to bring that Muscle Shoals sound is astounding. The film, which ambles alongside the soft, Southern voices of now-old men and languorous shots of the unassuming Alabama countryside that, for reasons that remain unclear, gave rise to one of the most unsung and influential movements in American music, may not provide many answers. But it, like Muscle


 to appear affluent. And so on. Me: Well, isn't it about time I learned some information about you? Mina: You know, I have a few tricks up my sleeve. Me: And how do I know all of these things? Mina: Because you're a complete idiot. Me: Well, that's what I was thinking. But I guess I won't be getting any of that help from your stupid mouth.

Me: I'm just going to go over everything I need top sexy black men to know for the date. It doesn't have to be that detailed. Just some general questions about the country and what is in season. Me: So, what is the date going to be? Where will you be going? Me: You know.<|endoftext|>Question: To prevent your dog from digging his way out of your yard
Answer: Lay chain link fence over the ground at the base of the fence, or you can set large, heavy rocks along the base of the fence.<|endoftext|>Hot Stone Massage:

Hot Stone Massage

Hot Stone Massage is a unique variant of massage therapy that employs the use of heated stones to release physical tension and calm the nervous system.

By combining the heat of the stones with carefully crafted massage patterns and effleurages, we are able to penetrate deep within your muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons, releasing the pressure and any deep tissue knotting.

The benefits of this warming and relaxing experience are plentiful, and feature key lifestyle management areas such as improved quality of sleep, pain and stress relief, improved blood circulation and positive flow of energy.

Hot Stone Massage creates a feeling of balance and harmony, giving you a deeper and longer lasting sense of relaxation. Whether as a form of stress relief or pure self-indulgence, our Hot Stone Massage will leave you feeling refreshed and balanced.

Swedish Massage

Swedish Massage

Relax your body and mind with a traditional Swedish massage. There are five forms of movements involved in a Swedish massage, ranging from simple musculature relaxation moves based on Effleurage, Petrissage, Friction,Tapotement and Vibration. These movements warm up the muscle tissue, releasing tension and gradually break up muscle "Knots" or adhered tissues, called adhesions.

Swedish massage is the most popular Western Massage Therapy and is good for boosting circulation, Lymphatic Drainage, to release toxins and to thoroughly relax the mind and body.

All movements are slow, flowing and rhythmic easing away tension which leaves you with a sense of calm and well-being.<|endoftext|>Monday's Temps Even Too Cold for Polar Bears in Chicago | NBC Chicago

Monday's Temps Even Too Cold for Polar Bears in Chicago

    It was even too cold for Chicago's resident polar bear Monday.

    Brookfield Zoo's polar bears may have been seen enjoying the cold weather Monday,

    Anana usually has access to both an indoor and outdoor area. She was allowed to venture outside Tuesday, but zoo officials noted she always has the option to stay inside her den.

    The zoo closed at 3:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday due to the frigid temperatures.<|endoftext|>Vivica Fox for the Psychic Enemies Network

Before there was John Edward . . . before there was Miss Cleo . . . before there was a pervasive sense of dignity and reason among all humans . . . there was The Psychic Friends Network. Using soap stars and aging singers, most notably Dionne Warwick, to sell their “psychic” consultations for $3.99/minute on the phone.

Apparently, actress Vivica A. Fox recorded a spot for The Psychic Friends Network that never aired, until last week. Now Vivica is pissed, saying that the clip “is using her unauthorized likeness, footage, voice and photographs as an endorsement of their service.” She’s asking that The Psychic Friends Network “cease and desist immediately.”

A few things, here:

1. Good luck getting the INTERNET to cease and desist.

2. Why did she record the bit if she didn’t want to endorse their services?

3. Can you sue a company that went bankrupt in 1998?

4. Is a different company entirely? It’s hard to tell.

5. Didn’t she ask the Psychic Friends if something like this might happen?

6. Was she being held hostage by someone with a gun off-camera?

I’m totally serious about that last one. Watch the clip below and tell me she’s not acting very, very nervous, looking off to the side as if to say, “Is he still watching? Can I make a break for it? Can I encode a clever call for help that my family might recognize?” Here it is. Judge for yourself.

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  1. I’m a postman (mailman) and one of my customers moved away a couple of years ago. Her copy of Psychic Circle (or somesuch) magazine still ends up at her old address every month though. Always wondered why they couldn’t forsee her move. :oD

  2. @Steve: “Whose entertainment, theirs or yours?”

    Oh, mine of course! I could even record the calls and do a podcast out of it. This is assuming I can find someone as clever as Helen to help out… and someone as clever as Ollie to do my part… and I’ll need a sound guy…

  3. I bet you’d get more calls if you tacked some woo onto it. Maybe holistic tax advice. “You have to look at the tax return as a whole. Your refund is greater that the sum of its individual deductions and don’t let them tell you any differently. They want you to fill in individual boxes because they can’t see the big picture.”

  4. Why can’t they just snail-mail me a return envelope, tell me what’s wrong, and I could use it to mail them a check?

    I mean, if they’re psychics, why do they need phones?

    I wonder what that would be like? (Cue harp music…)

    ‘ Hello Sir or Madame,

    Your family/pets is/are happy (sorta), unless they’re sad (kinda).

    Your lucky number, for today, is “K”.

    The PFN ‘

    Who knows, someone may even send a dollar,

  5. I think she looks wired rather than kidnapped. Like, totally high, man.

    If you have a smart agent then your contract includes a caveat of approval. If you don’t like the final edit, you can have it canned. Perhaps Ms Fox was sent the tape, said “Oh god I look coked out of my face, there’s no way this is airing” and cancelled the agreement. In which case she would be right to pursue a cease and desist, but I’d have no sympathy for her because AH HA HAH SHE DID A PSYCHIC AD.

  6. @Ezekiel: With a homepathic tax service you would pay your fee with a cup of water. Since all money in existence has at one point been in contact with water and all water has at one point been in contact with water then a cup of water has all of the money in the world in it. Homeopathic money! Have fun depositing that in your bank account.

  7. Anyone else see the spot on CNN this weekend where the psychic business is ‘booming’ because of the recession? The psychic interviewed said that she has begun to see a completely different type of customer – the businessman – coming in to ask her opinions on whether or not they should merge companies or invest, etc. The reporter in the end said that he was resigned to not knowing how it (psychics being able to tell the future) worked, just that it worked. UGH!!!!

  8. Homeopathic taxes work like this: Take your owed tax, convert it into $1 bills and put that into a bin. Now dilute that with 99 times as much in scrap paper. Repeat this process 6 times, taking 1/100 of the result each time. Take the resulting 6C tax preparation and send it to the IRS. This will not only satisfy them but it will also immunize you from future tax assessments.

  9. I will brook no criticism of the Psychic Friends Network. I phoned them once, and they were *so* right about me. They said I have family, and I *do* have family! They said there was a friend I’d been thinking of, who I hadn’t heard from in a long time, and there was! They said I’m an exceptionally perceptive person, and I am!

  10. I’d rather be practical and offer fiscal acupuncture. I stick this needle in your eye until you pay me to stop, and you’ll feel much better after I’ve gotten my money. If you don’t believe it works, I’ll give you your first session free.

    Though if I had to choose my woo, I always thought the voodoo doll was the best. Make a hard candy voodoo doll of yourself and get someone to lick all the good bits, and everyone wins. Voodoo acupuncture is at least an entertaining thought. Though with the hell children can put their toys through, somewhere there’d be a miserable red head who’d be cursing the

 money and go to great lengths to appear affluent. And so on. Me: Well, isn't it about time I learned some information about you? Mina: You know, I have a few tricks up my sleeve. Me: And how do I know all of these things? Mina: Because you're a complete idiot. Me: Well, that's what I was thinking. But I guess I won't be getting any of that help from your stupid mouth.

Me: I'm just going to go over everything I need top sexy black men to know for the date. It doesn't have to be that detailed. Just some general questions about the country and what is in season. Me: So, what is the date going to be? Where will you be going? Me: You know.<|endoftext|>Hot Stone Massage:

Hot Stone Massage

Hot Stone Massage is a unique variant of massage therapy that employs the use of heated stones to release physical tension and calm the nervous system.

By combining the heat of the stones with carefully crafted massage patterns and effleurages, we are able to penetrate deep within your muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons, releasing the pressure and any deep tissue knotting.

The benefits of this warming and relaxing experience are plentiful, and feature key lifestyle management areas such as improved quality of sleep, pain and stress relief, improved blood circulation and positive flow of energy.

Hot Stone Massage creates a feeling of balance and harmony, giving you a deeper and longer lasting sense of relaxation. Whether as a form of stress relief or pure self-indulgence, our Hot Stone Massage will leave you feeling refreshed and balanced.

Swedish Massage

Swedish Massage

Relax your body and mind with a traditional Swedish massage. There are five forms of movements involved in a Swedish massage, ranging from simple musculature relaxation moves based on Effleurage, Petrissage, Friction,Tapotement and Vibration. These movements warm up the muscle tissue, releasing tension and gradually break up muscle "Knots" or adhered tissues, called adhesions.

Swedish massage is the most popular Western Massage Therapy and is good for boosting circulation, Lymphatic Drainage, to release toxins and to thoroughly relax the mind and body.

All movements are slow, flowing and rhythmic easing away tension which leaves you with a sense of calm and well-being.<|endoftext|>Monday's Temps Even Too Cold for Polar Bears in Chicago | NBC Chicago

Monday's Temps Even Too Cold for Polar Bears in Chicago

    It was even too cold for Chicago's resident polar bear Monday.

    Brookfield Zoo's polar bears may have been seen enjoying the cold weather Monday,

    Anana usually has access to both an indoor and outdoor area. She was allowed to venture outside Tuesday, but zoo officials noted she always has the option to stay inside her den.

    The zoo closed at 3:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday due to the frigid temperatures.<|endoftext|>Vivica Fox for the Psychic Enemies Network

Before there was John Edward . . . before there was Miss Cleo . . . before there was a pervasive sense of dignity and reason among all humans . . . there was The Psychic Friends Network. Using soap stars and aging singers, most notably Dionne Warwick, to sell their “psychic” consultations for $3.99/minute on the phone.

Apparently, actress Vivica A. Fox recorded a spot for The Psychic Friends Network that never aired, until last week. Now Vivica is pissed, saying that the clip “is using her unauthorized likeness, footage, voice and photographs as an endorsement of their service.” She’s asking that The Psychic Friends Network “cease and desist immediately.”

A few things, here:

1. Good luck getting the INTERNET to cease and desist.

2. Why did she record the bit if she didn’t want to endorse their services?

3. Can you sue a company that went bankrupt in 1998?

4. Is a different company entirely? It’s hard to tell.

5. Didn’t she ask the Psychic Friends if something like this might happen?

6. Was she being held hostage by someone with a gun off-camera?

I’m totally serious about that last one. Watch the clip below and tell me she’s not acting very, very nervous, looking off to the side as if to say, “Is he still watching? Can I make a break for it? Can I encode a clever call for help that my family might recognize?” Here it is. Judge for yourself.

YouTube link

Rebecca Watson

Related Articles

  1. I’m a postman (mailman) and one of my customers moved away a couple of years ago. Her copy of Psychic Circle (or somesuch) magazine still ends up at her old address every month though. Always wondered why they couldn’t forsee her move. :oD

  2. @Steve: “Whose entertainment, theirs or yours?”

    Oh, mine of course! I could even record the calls and do a podcast out of it. This is assuming I can find someone as clever as Helen to help out… and someone as clever as Ollie to do my part… and I’ll need a sound guy…

  3. I bet you’d get more calls if you tacked some woo onto it. Maybe holistic tax advice. “You have to look at the tax return as a whole. Your refund is greater that the sum of its individual deductions and don’t let them tell you any differently. They want you to fill in individual boxes because they can’t see the big picture.”

  4. Why can’t they just snail-mail me a return envelope, tell me what’s wrong, and I could use it to mail them a check?

    I mean, if they’re psychics, why do they need phones?

    I wonder what that would be like? (Cue harp music…)

    ‘ Hello Sir or Madame,

    Your family/pets is/are happy (sorta), unless they’re sad (kinda).

    Your lucky number, for today, is “K”.

    The PFN ‘

    Who knows, someone may even send a dollar,

  5. I think she looks wired rather than kidnapped. Like, totally high, man.

    If you have a smart agent then your contract includes a caveat of approval. If you don’t like the final edit, you can have it canned. Perhaps Ms Fox was sent the tape, said “Oh god I look coked out of my face, there’s no way this is airing” and cancelled the agreement. In which case she would be right to pursue a cease and desist, but I’d have no sympathy for her because AH HA HAH SHE DID A PSYCHIC AD.

  6. @Ezekiel: With a homepathic tax service you would pay your fee with a cup of water. Since all money in existence has at one point been in contact with water and all water has at one point been in contact with water then a cup of water has all of the money in the world in it. Homeopathic money! Have fun depositing that in your bank account.

  7. Anyone else see the spot on CNN this weekend where the psychic business is ‘booming’ because of the recession? The psychic interviewed said that she has begun to see a completely different type of customer – the businessman – coming in to ask her opinions on whether or not they should merge companies or invest, etc. The reporter in the end said that he was resigned to not knowing how it (psychics being able to tell the future) worked, just that it worked. UGH!!!!

  8. Homeopathic taxes work like this: Take your owed tax, convert it into $1 bills and put that into a bin. Now dilute that with 99 times as much in scrap paper. Repeat this process 6 times, taking 1/100 of the result each time. Take the resulting 6C tax preparation and send it to the IRS. This will not only satisfy them but it will also immunize you from future tax assessments.

  9. I will brook no criticism of the Psychic Friends Network. I phoned them once, and they were *so* right about me. They said I have family, and I *do* have family! They said there was a friend I’d been thinking of, who I hadn’t heard from in a long time, and there was! They said I’m an exceptionally perceptive person, and I am!

  10. I’d rather be practical and offer fiscal acupuncture. I stick this needle in your eye until you pay me to stop, and you’ll feel much better after I’ve gotten my money. If you don’t believe it works, I’ll give you your first session free.

    Though if I had to choose my woo, I always thought the voodoo doll was the best. Make a hard candy voodoo doll of yourself and get someone to lick all the good bits, and everyone wins. Voodoo acupuncture is at least an entertaining thought. Though with the hell children can put their toys through, somewhere there’d be a miserable red head who’d be cursing the creator of Raggedy Ann dolls. And after doing a google search to see if I spelled that right and found a wikipedia article on the subject, if what it claims is correct I’m


Question: Who was the director of Me First?
Answer: Fernando Ayala<|endoftext|> be a glow come over her. Jessie knew that Linda loved Carol with all her heart and she surmised that Carol loved her in the same way. "I would love to meet Carol sometime." Rachel said. "You will, you two are invited over to our place Saturday night, be there at six sharp as Carol wants to meet both of you too. Now I will leave you two alone for a while. I know that you want to be alone." Linda said with a grin and a wink. Then she went down the stairs and closed the trap door over her head. "Alone at last," Jessie said as she came to Rachel and took her into her arms. Jessie felt Rachel's arms encircle her and she closed her eyes as their lips met. Their lips barely touched before they parted and then they kissed again. They kissed and kissed this way as their hands caressed each others backs and then asses. Jessie then backed away a bit and she took Rachel's tee shirt into her hands and pulled it over her head. She then unhooked her bra and pulled it off. She bent down and took Rachel's left nipple into her mouth. She sucked it into her mouth and teased the nipple with the tip of her tongue. She heard Rachel moan and then she felt her begin to pull her blouse up. Jessie let Rachel's nipple fall from her mouth only long enough for her blouse to be pulled off. She then went back to Rachel's breasts, caressing them with her hands and sucking on them with her mouth. She felt Rachel unhook her bra and off it came. She then felt Rachel's hands searching for her breasts and finding them. She felt Rachel squeeze them and pinch and pull on her nipples. This made Jessie suck harder on the breast that her mouth was currently on. Jessie then felt Rachel's hand under her chin and she raised her head. Rachel put her hand behind Jessie head and brought her in for a kiss. Jessie opened her mouth and she felt Rachel's tongue enter it. Jessie sucked on the tongue and caressed it with her tongue. Their hands went down to each other's waists and they were unsnapping each other jeans and pushing them down. They got them to their thighs and the pushed each other's panties down. Their fingers found each other's pussies and they began to stroke each other. Jessie could feel that Rachel was very wet and her fingers slipped right on in Rachel's pussy. She heard Rachel moan into her mouth and when Rachel's' fingers slipped into her pussy, she too moaned. They stroked each other's pussies as they kissed and Jessie could feel Rachel's' pussy leaking juices by the gallons and she wanted a taste. Jessie pulled her fingers from Rachel's pussy which brought a groan from Rachel. She then broke off the kiss. Jessie took Rachel by the hand led her over to the bed. She gently eased her down on her back. Jessie looked down at Rachel beautiful body. Her face was flush and her breathing was shallow and rapid. She looked down at Rachel's pussy and saw that it was a bright pink and wet. Jessie smiled as she came to the bed and she kissed Rachel as she got on the bed. The kiss was soft and sweet and when it ended, Jessie turned around and put her knees to each side of Rachel's chest. She bent down and using her fingers she opened Rachel's pussy. She inhaled the musky aroma coming forth from that pussy then she lowered her head to Rachel's pussy and began to lick. She licked up the juices that were on the outer lips and drank them down. As she did this, she felt a finger at her pussy. It moved up and down the slit slowly going deeper. Jessie moaned into Rachel's pussy as she licked it. The finger at her pussy slowly made its way to the entrance of her core. It played at the entrance before slowly slipping inside. Jessie moaned again and she opened Rachel's pussy more and she slipped her tongue inside of Rachel. She heard a moan come from Rachel. She also felt the finger begin to move in and out of her pussy. It felt good to have Rachel inside of her. The finger started to fuck her as she felt Rachel's mouth lick at her clit. Jessie licked harder as she felt her insides start to churn. She knew that Rachel was going to make her cum soon so she slipped a couple of fingers inside of Rachel's pussy and started to fuck her as her mouth went to her clit. She sucked it into her mouth and teased it with her tongue. Jessie felt a second finger enter her pussy stretching it open. Jessie shivered and sucked harder on Rachel's clit. She didn't want to have her orgasm before she brought Rachel to orgasm. They fucked and sucked for another minute or two before she felt the first wave of her orgasm hit her. She felt Rachel's pussy clamp down on her fingers and she knew that Rachel was cumming too. Jessie removed her fingers from Rachel's pussy and replaced it with her mouth drinking up her girlcum but then her orgasm hit her full force and she collapsed on top of Rachel. When she recovered from her orgasm, Jessie turned back around in the bed and she lay beside of Rachel who was still glowing from her own orgasm. She slipped her arms around her and pulled her in tight. She kissed her cheek and they lay there for a few minutes just enjoying the feeling of being held by the one they loved the most. "Oh god, that felt good. I needed you so much." Rachel said quietly. "Me too, I have been thinking of doing this all day. I just figured that we would have to wait until tomorrow and do it." Jessie said as she kissed Rachel tenderly. "How much time do we have until dinner?" Rachel asked. "Let me see." Jessie said as she looked for and found her watch on the floor. "About two hours, I guess." "Good, hold me tight." Rachel said as Jessie did just that. They feel asleep soon afterwards and slept for an hour before Jessie was awaken by kisses to her face and lips. "Oh that is nice." Jessie said as she pulled in tight and returned the kisses with passion. They kissed and caressed each other bodies and when their fingers found each other's pussies, they began to stroke each other. Their fingers probed and pulled and caressed until they both shuddered from an orgasm. They then just kissed the time away. "You know we had better get up and get ready." Jessie said and then continued with, "We don't want to be late for supper tonight. I have enough licks of the strap coming as it is." "Oh god, don't remind me, I got a few myself. Me and my damn elbows on the fucking table, you know that is a stupid rule. Plus I was late for a class. Then I got a C on a test. My ass is in for a licking tonight." "Mine too; I got the desk thing and a B on a test. I don't want to even think about it. But remember I will be with you." Jessie said as she kissed Rachel. "I will be with you too. Hey why don't we meet here as soon as our elders go to sleep tonight? Then we will be able to consol each other." "I was thinking the same thing. I knew I loved you for some reason." Jessie said with a little laugh. They got up and went to the sink, where Jessie stopped up the sink and let some warm water run into it. She then soaped up a washcloth and got down on her knees in front of Rachel. She watched as Rachel opened her legs and Jessie began to wash her pussy. She washed all the left over girl cum from her pussy then she rinsed the washcloth and she wiped the soap from Rachel's pussy. Jessie could not help to bend forward and kiss Rachel beautiful bare pussy. She wanted to do more but they were running out of time. So she got up and Rachel took the washcloth from her. Jessie spread her legs as Rachel soaped the washcloth. She watched as Rachel got down in front of her and then she felt the warm cloth against her pussy. She felt a contented sigh come from her throat. Rachel was so tender with her washing that Jessie hated for it to end but it did. She felt Rachel's lips touch her pussy with a sweet kiss. They dressed and headed for the trapdoor in the floor. Rachel went down first and then Jessie followed. Once Jessie was past the door, she reached up and closed it. When she got off the ladder, Rachel moved the trash can back into place. Jessie went to the peep hole and she saw a couple of girls at the end of the hall going out of their room and as soon as they were gone, she called the all clear. She started to open the door when she found herself being spun around and Rachel pinned up against the door. Rachel gave her a sweet smile and then she came in for a kiss. Jessie put her hand to the back of Rachel's neck and held her in place as they kissed. Jessie moaned a bit from the passion that Rachel was kissing her with. They both knew that in an hour or so they both would be hurting from a spanking and this was their last kiss before that happened. The kiss went on for what seemed forever but then Rachel finally broke the kiss. "I love you." She told Jessie. "I love you too." Jessie replied. Jessie then took another look out the peephole and finding the hallway clear, she opened the door and they

be a glow come over her. Jessie knew that Linda loved Carol with all her heart and she surmised that Carol loved her in the same way. "I would love to meet Carol sometime." Rachel said. "You will, you two are invited over to our place Saturday night, be there at six sharp as Carol wants to meet both of you too. Now I will leave you two alone for a while. I know that you want to be alone." Linda said with a grin and a wink. Then she went down the stairs and closed the trap door over her head. "Alone at last," Jessie said as she came to Rachel and took her into her arms. Jessie felt Rachel's arms encircle her and she closed her eyes as their lips met. Their lips barely touched before they parted and then they kissed again. They kissed and kissed this way as their hands caressed each others backs and then asses. Jessie then backed away a bit and she took Rachel's tee shirt into her hands and pulled it over her head. She then unhooked her bra and pulled it off. She bent down and took Rachel's left nipple into her mouth. She sucked it into her mouth and teased the nipple with the tip of her tongue. She heard Rachel moan and then she felt her begin to pull her blouse up. Jessie let Rachel's nipple fall from her mouth only long enough for her blouse to be pulled off. She then went back to Rachel's breasts, caressing them with her hands and sucking on them with her mouth. She felt Rachel unhook her bra and off it came. She then felt Rachel's hands searching for her breasts and finding them. She felt Rachel squeeze them and pinch and pull on her nipples. This made Jessie suck harder on the breast that her mouth was currently on. Jessie then felt Rachel's hand under her chin and she raised her head. Rachel put her hand behind Jessie head and brought her in for a kiss. Jessie opened her mouth and she felt Rachel's tongue enter it. Jessie sucked on the tongue and caressed it with her tongue. Their hands went down to each other's waists and they were unsnapping each other jeans and pushing them down. They got them to their thighs and the pushed each other's panties down. Their fingers found each other's pussies and they began to stroke each other. Jessie could feel that Rachel was very wet and her fingers slipped right on in Rachel's pussy. She heard Rachel moan into her mouth and when Rachel's' fingers slipped into her pussy, she too moaned. They stroked each other's pussies as they kissed and Jessie could feel Rachel's' pussy leaking juices by the gallons and she wanted a taste. Jessie pulled her fingers from Rachel's pussy which brought a groan from Rachel. She then broke off the kiss. Jessie took Rachel by the hand led her over to the bed. She gently eased her down on her back. Jessie looked down at Rachel beautiful body. Her face was flush and her breathing was shallow and rapid. She looked down at Rachel's pussy and saw that it was a bright pink and wet. Jessie smiled as she came to the bed and she kissed Rachel as she got on the bed. The kiss was soft and sweet and when it ended, Jessie turned around and put her knees to each side of Rachel's chest. She bent down and using her fingers she opened Rachel's pussy. She inhaled the musky aroma coming forth from that pussy then she lowered her head to Rachel's pussy and began to lick. She licked up the juices that were on the outer lips and drank them down. As she did this, she felt a finger at her pussy. It moved up and down the slit slowly going deeper. Jessie moaned into Rachel's pussy as she licked it. The finger at her pussy slowly made its way to the entrance of her core. It played at the entrance before slowly slipping inside. Jessie moaned again and she opened Rachel's pussy more and she slipped her tongue inside of Rachel. She heard a moan come from Rachel. She also felt the finger begin to move in and out of her pussy. It felt good to have Rachel inside of her. The finger started to fuck her as she felt Rachel's mouth lick at her clit. Jessie licked harder as she felt her insides start to churn. She knew that Rachel was going to make her cum soon so she slipped a couple of fingers inside of Rachel's pussy and started to fuck her as her mouth went to her clit. She sucked it into her mouth and teased it with her tongue. Jessie felt a second finger enter her pussy stretching it open. Jessie shivered and sucked harder on Rachel's clit. She didn't want to have her orgasm before she brought Rachel to orgasm. They fucked and sucked for another minute or two before she felt the first wave of her orgasm hit her. She felt Rachel's pussy clamp down on her fingers and she knew that Rachel was cumming too. Jessie removed her fingers from Rachel's pussy and replaced it with her mouth drinking up her girlcum but then her orgasm hit her full force and she collapsed on top of Rachel. When she recovered from her orgasm, Jessie turned back around in the bed and she lay beside of Rachel who was still glowing from her own orgasm. She slipped her arms around her and pulled her in tight. She kissed her cheek and they lay there for a few minutes just enjoying the feeling of being held by the one they loved the most. "Oh god, that felt good. I needed you so much." Rachel said quietly. "Me too, I have been thinking of doing this all day. I just figured that we would have to wait until tomorrow and do it." Jessie said as she kissed Rachel tenderly. "How much time do we have until dinner?" Rachel asked. "Let me see." Jessie said as she looked for and found her watch on the floor. "About two hours, I guess." "Good, hold me tight." Rachel said as Jessie did just that. They feel asleep soon afterwards and slept for an hour before Jessie was awaken by kisses to her face and lips. "Oh that is nice." Jessie said as she pulled in tight and returned the kisses with passion. They kissed and caressed each other bodies and when their fingers found each other's pussies, they began to stroke each other. Their fingers probed and pulled and caressed until they both shuddered from an orgasm. They then just kissed the time away. "You know we had better get up and get ready." Jessie said and then continued with, "We don't want to be late for supper tonight. I have enough licks of the strap coming as it is." "Oh god, don't remind me, I got a few myself. Me and my damn elbows on the fucking table, you know that is a stupid rule. Plus I was late for a class. Then I got a C on a test. My ass is in for a licking tonight." "Mine too; I got the desk thing and a B on a test. I don't want to even think about it. But remember I will be with you." Jessie said as she kissed Rachel. "I will be with you too. Hey why don't we meet here as soon as our elders go to sleep tonight? Then we will be able to consol each other." "I was thinking the same thing. I knew I loved you for some reason." Jessie said with a little laugh. They got up and went to the sink, where Jessie stopped up the sink and let some warm water run into it. She then soaped up a washcloth and got down on her knees in front of Rachel. She watched as Rachel opened her legs and Jessie began to wash her pussy. She washed all the left over girl cum from her pussy then she rinsed the washcloth and she wiped the soap from Rachel's pussy. Jessie could not help to bend forward and kiss Rachel beautiful bare pussy. She wanted to do more but they were running out of time. So she got up and Rachel took the washcloth from her. Jessie spread her legs as Rachel soaped the washcloth. She watched as Rachel got down in front of her and then she felt the warm cloth against her pussy. She felt a contented sigh come from her throat. Rachel was so tender with her washing that Jessie hated for it to end but it did. She felt Rachel's lips touch her pussy with a sweet kiss. They dressed and headed for the trapdoor in the floor. Rachel went down first and then Jessie followed. Once Jessie was past the door, she reached up and closed it. When she got off the ladder, Rachel moved the trash can back into place. Jessie went to the peep hole and she saw a couple of girls at the end of the hall going out of their room and as soon as they were gone, she called the all clear. She started to open the door when she found herself being spun around and Rachel pinned up against the door. Rachel gave her a sweet smile and then she came in for a kiss. Jessie put her hand to the back of Rachel's neck and held her in place as they kissed. Jessie moaned a bit from the passion that Rachel was kissing her with. They both knew that in an hour or so they both would be hurting from a spanking and this was their last kiss before that happened. The kiss went on for what seemed forever but then Rachel finally broke the kiss. "I love you." She told Jessie. "I love you too." Jessie replied. Jessie then took another look out the peephole and finding the hallway clear, she opened the door and they hurried out and started downstairs. About half the girls were already in the dinning room


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Answer: Germany<|endoftext|>. And hot damn was it mucky! I had a 20-foot extender cable wrapped around a giant serpent of wires that took me 30 minutes to clear out.

Given that I've had a VR headset plugged into my PC 24/7 for the past three years, this makes things a lot easier. Previously, my setup involved three sensor stands (two works but three was optimal) all taking up USB slots, a USB slot for the old Rift, and an HDMI slot. Now, you just need one DisplayPort and one USB 3.0. Witnessing better-looking VR with a painless setup (less painful than anything I've ever used before, including the PSVR) was a joy. As always, it pays to wait if you're on the fence. Out of the box, it took me around 15 minutes to get into VR, and I can't stress enough how pretty much anyone, even those who aren't tech savvy, can plug in those two cables, update the firmware, and be on their way.

Okay let's get technical. The Rift S sports upgraded (Fresnel) lenses, which reduce the age-old screen-door effect and god rays: in my experience, that has been an accurate claim. It sports five tracking sensors on the actual headset, which work wonderfully (especially in tandem with the "Guardian" system, which allows you to draw a line where your play space is, to warn you when you're going to run into a wall) now that they're baked-in.

There's also a new headband (which Oculus claims is "more comfortable" but is roughly the same on my end, even with the PSVR-esque halo design), and positional audio. As a sidebar I actually do miss the baked-in headphones of the original Rift as they were louder, thus blocking out more outside sound, but you can use your own tech with the S with a standard 3.5mm jack. The S is 563 grams (a fancy way of saying 1.2 pounds), packs a resolution of 2560x1440 with an 80hz refresh rate (down from 90), and a cable length of five meters (16 feet). Here are your takeaways: performance-wise everything looks a little better and it's self-sufficient once it's tethered to your gaming PC. Now let's unpack all that and see if it's worth 400 bucks.

As I hinted at earlier, setup is a dream, which spills over to a general sense of easier day-to-day use. Two wires are less of a chore to move around, unplug, and manage, especially if you need to use your singular DisplayPort input for something else (I tested direct DP and the included Mini DisplayPort adapter, but as for an HDMI converter connection, Oculus warns that they are not officially supported). For the past several years I dreaded having to move the Rift anywhere but now that fear is gone: next stop, tethers. During my tests I didn't have any major issues with the sensors they work just as well as the pedestal sensors, if not better, as you don't need a finicky third unit behind you to get better room-scale support. Passthrough tech allows you to view the room around you (for easier setup and re-calibration) like the Vive did. Don't kick the cat!

It also ships with the new Oculus Touch remotes. Take a look at the image above: the new one is on the left (you can easily tell because the analog stick is on the inside) and the old model is on the right. It's hard to get used to, especially given that the original Touches slowly became my favorite current controller, but the finger sensors (which allow you to point, or close your entire fist for certain interacts) feel more responsive and the Touch still rocks.

As for how games look, think of the PS4 Pro or the Xbox One X versus the premiere iterations of those consoles: it's "more than marginal" but not a generational leap. How much that's worth is up to you. To date, a lot of the killer apps (like Beat Saber) are not graphically intensive, and brighter hues probably aren't going to make you race to drop $400 on the Rift S. But so-called "AAA" VR titles like Robo Recall (one of my "must-plays") do look new and improved, as does Rez Infinite and several other heavy-hitters. It's either an enthusiast upgrade (the same folks who buy the new iteration of a console) or a perfect new way to slide into the Rift (after all, the original units are going, going, already gone, so this is the flagship SKU from today on).

And that really sums up the Rift S, because I spoke at length about the joyous shock of experiencing modern VR when 1.0 hit and how it was worth getting one then. If you already bought into Oculus with the Rift, you probably don't need to run out and get the S. In fact, while just as impressive fundamentally as the original was, it's still a tethered headset, so it isn't going to change a lot of people's minds if that's a dealbreaker.

For everyone else, now is still a fine time to jump into VR with Oculus.

[A full retail Oculus Rift S headset was provided by Oculus VR for testing.]

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<|endoftext|>Six reasons to eat plant based

Eating less red meat and focusing on a more plant based diet is becoming increasingly popular, thanks to celebrities, influencers and a better understanding of the benefits of increasing veg protein and reducing red and processed meat. As we have become more educated about the impacts of meat on the environment and the ethics of meat consumption, food providers have followed suit, providing more and more options for those opting for a plant based diet.

This blog post was written in collaboration with Tesco, but as always all opinions are my own. Check out their new Wicked Kitchen range, a collaboration with plant chef Derek Sarno. The range uses plants in a variety of ways, making all the meals taste amazing (trust me, I’ve tried them!) but without the negative effects of meats. Gone are the days of weird-tasting fake meats – this is a real deal. They’re also super convenient, which means that at the end of a long day of work, they’re quick to stick in the oven or on the hob so you can get eating asap. I am unbelievably impressed with the range, and would recommend it to anyone, not just people who are already vegetarian or vegan! If you’ve been considering lowering your meat and dairy consumption for some while, there’s no better time to do it. Here are a few reasons why you should just go for it!

It’s good for your health

Increasing the proportion of the diet that is made up of wholefoods such as fruit and vegetables can only improve your health. Multiple studies have also shown significant improvements in health outcomes for those with heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, diseases that have exploded in frequency over the last few decades. Red meats, especially those that have been heavily processed, have been liked closely with increased rates of these diseases, and decreasing the amount you eat can only have positive impacts on your health. It is now possible to replace meats with vegan products that have the same flavours but none of the negative impacts, so why not try some vegan alternatives, such as those found in the Wicked kitchen range?

It saves you money

People often complain that eating vegan is more expensive than eating meat, but if you are simply replacing the most expensive part of the diet with more vegetables, grains and pulses, it ends up significantly cheaper than an omnivorous diet. Specialist products such as tofu and meat replacements can sometimes be relatively expensive but are almost always cheaper than meats. Brands such as Tesco have started providing ready meals that are no more expensive than their meat counterparts, meaning that even convenience foods are as cheap or cheaper than the animal product equivalent.

It’s one of the best things you can do to save the planet

There is irrefutable evidence to show that red meat, especially products that come from cattle, have a significant impact on the environment. The livestock industry consumes about 8% of the world’s water, depriving those areas that most need it (Schlink et al., 2010). Whilst it takes 2400 gallons of water to make 1lb of meat, 1lb of wheat can be grown with just 155 gallons of water. Without going into too much depth, using meat for food is less efficient in just about every way, using more land, water, fuel, and using 60% of all the human grade grain grown in the world. By products of the meat industry include greenhouse gases such as methane, which has 23 times the global warming potential of CO2. Care about the world we live in? Reducing your consumption of animal products (especially meat) will make a huge difference. Vegan alternatives are also more ethically sound – the more we eat plant based, the less suffering there has to be, and that

. And hot damn was it mucky! I had a 20-foot extender cable wrapped around a giant serpent of wires that took me 30 minutes to clear out.

Given that I've had a VR headset plugged into my PC 24/7 for the past three years, this makes things a lot easier. Previously, my setup involved three sensor stands (two works but three was optimal) all taking up USB slots, a USB slot for the old Rift, and an HDMI slot. Now, you just need one DisplayPort and one USB 3.0. Witnessing better-looking VR with a painless setup (less painful than anything I've ever used before, including the PSVR) was a joy. As always, it pays to wait if you're on the fence. Out of the box, it took me around 15 minutes to get into VR, and I can't stress enough how pretty much anyone, even those who aren't tech savvy, can plug in those two cables, update the firmware, and be on their way.

Okay let's get technical. The Rift S sports upgraded (Fresnel) lenses, which reduce the age-old screen-door effect and god rays: in my experience, that has been an accurate claim. It sports five tracking sensors on the actual headset, which work wonderfully (especially in tandem with the "Guardian" system, which allows you to draw a line where your play space is, to warn you when you're going to run into a wall) now that they're baked-in.

There's also a new headband (which Oculus claims is "more comfortable" but is roughly the same on my end, even with the PSVR-esque halo design), and positional audio. As a sidebar I actually do miss the baked-in headphones of the original Rift as they were louder, thus blocking out more outside sound, but you can use your own tech with the S with a standard 3.5mm jack. The S is 563 grams (a fancy way of saying 1.2 pounds), packs a resolution of 2560x1440 with an 80hz refresh rate (down from 90), and a cable length of five meters (16 feet). Here are your takeaways: performance-wise everything looks a little better and it's self-sufficient once it's tethered to your gaming PC. Now let's unpack all that and see if it's worth 400 bucks.

As I hinted at earlier, setup is a dream, which spills over to a general sense of easier day-to-day use. Two wires are less of a chore to move around, unplug, and manage, especially if you need to use your singular DisplayPort input for something else (I tested direct DP and the included Mini DisplayPort adapter, but as for an HDMI converter connection, Oculus warns that they are not officially supported). For the past several years I dreaded having to move the Rift anywhere but now that fear is gone: next stop, tethers. During my tests I didn't have any major issues with the sensors they work just as well as the pedestal sensors, if not better, as you don't need a finicky third unit behind you to get better room-scale support. Passthrough tech allows you to view the room around you (for easier setup and re-calibration) like the Vive did. Don't kick the cat!

It also ships with the new Oculus Touch remotes. Take a look at the image above: the new one is on the left (you can easily tell because the analog stick is on the inside) and the old model is on the right. It's hard to get used to, especially given that the original Touches slowly became my favorite current controller, but the finger sensors (which allow you to point, or close your entire fist for certain interacts) feel more responsive and the Touch still rocks.

As for how games look, think of the PS4 Pro or the Xbox One X versus the premiere iterations of those consoles: it's "more than marginal" but not a generational leap. How much that's worth is up to you. To date, a lot of the killer apps (like Beat Saber) are not graphically intensive, and brighter hues probably aren't going to make you race to drop $400 on the Rift S. But so-called "AAA" VR titles like Robo Recall (one of my "must-plays") do look new and improved, as does Rez Infinite and several other heavy-hitters. It's either an enthusiast upgrade (the same folks who buy the new iteration of a console) or a perfect new way to slide into the Rift (after all, the original units are going, going, already gone, so this is the flagship SKU from today on).

And that really sums up the Rift S, because I spoke at length about the joyous shock of experiencing modern VR when 1.0 hit and how it was worth getting one then. If you already bought into Oculus with the Rift, you probably don't need to run out and get the S. In fact, while just as impressive fundamentally as the original was, it's still a tethered headset, so it isn't going to change a lot of people's minds if that's a dealbreaker.

For everyone else, now is still a fine time to jump into VR with Oculus.

[A full retail Oculus Rift S headset was provided by Oculus VR for testing.]

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<|endoftext|>Six reasons to eat plant based

Eating less red meat and focusing on a more plant based diet is becoming increasingly popular, thanks to celebrities, influencers and a better understanding of the benefits of increasing veg protein and reducing red and processed meat. As we have become more educated about the impacts of meat on the environment and the ethics of meat consumption, food providers have followed suit, providing more and more options for those opting for a plant based diet.

This blog post was written in collaboration with Tesco, but as always all opinions are my own. Check out their new Wicked Kitchen range, a collaboration with plant chef Derek Sarno. The range uses plants in a variety of ways, making all the meals taste amazing (trust me, I’ve tried them!) but without the negative effects of meats. Gone are the days of weird-tasting fake meats – this is a real deal. They’re also super convenient, which means that at the end of a long day of work, they’re quick to stick in the oven or on the hob so you can get eating asap. I am unbelievably impressed with the range, and would recommend it to anyone, not just people who are already vegetarian or vegan! If you’ve been considering lowering your meat and dairy consumption for some while, there’s no better time to do it. Here are a few reasons why you should just go for it!

It’s good for your health

Increasing the proportion of the diet that is made up of wholefoods such as fruit and vegetables can only improve your health. Multiple studies have also shown significant improvements in health outcomes for those with heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, diseases that have exploded in frequency over the last few decades. Red meats, especially those that have been heavily processed, have been liked closely with increased rates of these diseases, and decreasing the amount you eat can only have positive impacts on your health. It is now possible to replace meats with vegan products that have the same flavours but none of the negative impacts, so why not try some vegan alternatives, such as those found in the Wicked kitchen range?

It saves you money

People often complain that eating vegan is more expensive than eating meat, but if you are simply replacing the most expensive part of the diet with more vegetables, grains and pulses, it ends up significantly cheaper than an omnivorous diet. Specialist products such as tofu and meat replacements can sometimes be relatively expensive but are almost always cheaper than meats. Brands such as Tesco have started providing ready meals that are no more expensive than their meat counterparts, meaning that even convenience foods are as cheap or cheaper than the animal product equivalent.

It’s one of the best things you can do to save the planet

There is irrefutable evidence to show that red meat, especially products that come from cattle, have a significant impact on the environment. The livestock industry consumes about 8% of the world’s water, depriving those areas that most need it (Schlink et al., 2010). Whilst it takes 2400 gallons of water to make 1lb of meat, 1lb of wheat can be grown with just 155 gallons of water. Without going into too much depth, using meat for food is less efficient in just about every way, using more land, water, fuel, and using 60% of all the human grade grain grown in the world. By products of the meat industry include greenhouse gases such as methane, which has 23 times the global warming potential of CO2. Care about the world we live in? Reducing your consumption of animal products (especially meat) will make a huge difference. Vegan alternatives are also more ethically sound – the more we eat plant based, the less suffering there has to be, and that’s something we can all feel good about.

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