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It was early evening and he could hear the sound of the steady rain turning to sleet outside, as he answered his phone. It was the hottie next door, calling to ask for his help, "I'm sorry to bother you, but I need to ask a favor." He hoped she was calling him for a quickie and he replied, "Sure, anything." Then he was both disappointed and excited at her request, "My daughter needs to catch her plane back to college today and I don't like driving in this weather in my small car. My husband is away so he can't take her. Would you be able to drive her to the airport in your SUV?" Was she kidding? The only thing hotter than his neighbor was his neighbor's 19 year old daughter!! "Not a problem." he replied. "OK, thanks. She'll be ready in an hour."After hanging up the phone, she told her daughter to finish getting ready b/c their neighbor would be taking her to the airport.
In her room, she suddenly had butterflies in her stomach. It was only a car ride, but she was actually going to get to spend some time alone with the hot, older guy next door. She couldn't wait! She was so excited with anticipation! The two families had been friends for years but lately she began to think of him in a different way than she had when she was younger. She remembered when she was little and he would toss her around in the pool, along with his own daughter. But all that stopped once she started to develop, then he never touched her, never even gave her a second glance. As she grew up, she began to notice what a good looking man he is and she understood why the neighborhood women all flirted with him. He is hotttt!!
And now she was going to spend some one-on-one time with him and she was so excited! She changed into a different pair of jeans, took off her bulky college sweatshirt, opting for a thinner, more fitted cotton shirt. She put on a thin bra b/c she wanted him to notice her nipples when they got hard from the cold outdoor air.
Back at his house, his heart raced. He was driving this 19 year old hottie to the airport. Sure it was just a car ride, but he'd still get to be alone with her. He thought of when she was little and all the sleep overs that she and his own daughter would have. She had always been a cute kid, a pretty little girl. But now…. now she was stunning, a real knock out. He wished they'd have those sleep overs now b/c he'd love to catch a glimpse of her curled up asleep in the room down the hall from him. But the two girls had grown apart after high school and he didn't see much of her anymore.
During the drive they made light conversation about her classes, her professors, the usual, normal chatter. The heat in the car was on high so she removed her coat, tossing it into the back seat. She told him she was too warm and she asked him to lower the heat. But before long, the car got chilly and her nipples became very erect, poking against her thin t-shirt. He glanced over and saw her "shelf", the way her shirt protruded outward over her tits, then indented and hugged her flat stomach. He kept his eyes on the road, trying not to be distracted by his desire to touch them. What was wrong with him? He'd known her practically since she was born, he shouldn't be thinking of her this way.
Once at the airport, they found that due to the weather, her flight was delayed and not rescheduled until the next morning. The airline put the passengers up in a hotel room, and she called her mother to say they'd be staying overnight. The mother asked to speak to him. "I just want to thank you for staying with her. I'd be so nervous if she were there alone. But with you there to take care of her, I know she will be in good hands." Oh, how he wished!! "You don't have to thank me, it will be my pleasure." Upon arriving in the room, they noticed only one bed.
He told her to take it, that he would take some blankets and sleep on the floor in a make-shift bed. "Don't be silly. You've known me my whole life, we can share the bed." He hesitated, "I don't think your parents would like that." She smiled and giggled at him, "Then we won't tell them!" She went into the bathroom to change.
She put on a light pink cotton nightshirt with a low scoop neck, that dipped down to right above her nipples and the length ended at mid-thigh. He noticed she had removed her bra. Her perky tits bounced and jiggled as she walked and her nipples poked against the fabric. Oh man! How was he going to get through this night? She looked very hot. And he knew with that low scoop neck that if she bent down, he'd be able to see right into it. He thought of tricking her into bending down for something but didn't feel right about it. It was only around 10 at night so they hung out chatting.
Whenever she giggled or laughed, her tits moved and swayed and her night shirt rose up a little higher on her thigh. How he wanted to lean her back on the mattress and push it up over her head, removing it altogether. He had to stop these thoughts or he'd get hard and he couldn't have that. Meanwhile, if he only knew the thoughts SHE was thinking! When she sat on the edge of the mattress, she made sure to plop down in the way young girls do, so that her tits would bounce. She was trying to entice him into making a move but so far it wasn't working. Finally, it was time for bed.
He didn't have a bag with a change of clothes since he was only planning on giving her a ride, so he kept his clothes on and fixed his bed on the floor. Again she said, "Don't be silly. This bed is big enough for both of us, and you don't have to sleep with your clothes on. I won't tell my parents", she smiled at him. He relented. "OK. But turn your head while I take my pants off." He removed his pants, leaving his boxers on and got into the far side of the bed, on his back, practically on the edge. When she got in on the other side, she made sure to let her night shirt ride up to her waist.
He caught a glimpse of her panties before she covered herself with the blanket. They were light pink with white trim and they had a little red cherry on the front. He noticed the cherry and wondered if that guy she hung out with was the one that popped hers. She faced him, raised up on one elbow and asked him to turn on the TV with the remote that was on the table on his side of the bed. On her side like this, her tits were leaning and he could see the shadow of her nipples as the TV flickered. They flipped through the channels but nothing was on so they shut the TV and decided to go to bed. He couldn't relax. He was hard. He was thinking of this half naked hot 19 yr. old lying mere inches from him on the same bed. He could feel the heat of her warm body and he felt himself grow harder.
He wanted to touch her, to tease her, to make her moan. But he stayed motionless, staring at the ceiling. She was still facing him, her head on the pillow, eyes closed. She moved her body in such a way that he could see into her nightshirt. Her tits were full and round and her nipples were a rose colored pink. He imagined how soft her skin must feel. Her nipples were hard. He wanted to touch them, lick them, cover his mouth around them.
He felt guilty for looking down her nightshirt, but what he didn't know was that she positioned herself that way b/c she wanted him to look and her nipples were hard b/c the thoughts she was having about him were arousing her. After some time, he finally pushed the erotic thoughts out of his head, relaxed, and dozed off. During the night, he awoke to find her snuggled up in front of him, in a spooning position and his hand was cupping her tit. How did that get there? Her back was against his chest, her snuggled against his cock. Her nightshirt was raised up above her waist and he could see her panties had shifted lower and he could see half of her exposed ass. He moved his hand away and shifted position, not feeling right about holding her like that.
His movement must have awaked her and she spoke, "Please don't go." She turned to face him, burying her head against his chest, snuggling her warm body against his, putting her arm around the back of his neck and one leg over his hip. She pressed her body suggestively against him, and she could feel him instantly harden against her. Her panties had shifted again and had he looked down he would have seen that her pussy was only partially covered now. She moved her hip, lightly pressing her pussy against his growing hardness. "You shouldn't be doing that" he said to her.
"Why not?" "It's not right. I've known you your whole life." She kissed his chest, moving up to lick his neck. She lightly grinded her pussy against him, shifting the fabric of her panties further, exposing more of her flesh. He was wearing boxers and he felt himself beginning to protrude out the opening. He remained motionless as she lightly grinded against him again……. this time there was no fabric between them, as both their underwear had shifted. The very tip of his cock poked her clit. She giggled, smiling at him as she said, "mmmmmm…. that felt good……." And she lightly pushed her clit onto the tip of his cock again, pressing softly and slowly, moving it against him….. He was still hesitant.
"I'm not sure we should be doing this." Again she lightly grinded against him, causing him to extend further out of the hole. She moaned softly, her mouth near his ear and he could feel her warm breath against it…. again she pressed against him, moaning……. If she kept this up she was going to get herself off, and he'd be robbed of the pleasure of giving her an orgasm. Her panties were bunched up to the side, the elastic right in the slit of her pussy and the crack of her ass. They absorbed the wetness seeping out of her and when she pressed against him, it made his boxers damp. She raised her head up and kissed his lips and looked him in the eye.
"Do you like me?" He said that he did, but that this couldn't go any further. She arched her back slightly, thrusting her tits forward. She reached up and pinched her own nipple, squeezing as she asked, "Do you like my boobies? I'll let you touch them if you do." Again she tried to soothe the ache between her legs and her clit sought out the tip of his cock again, she pressed her clit against it and it jumped at her….. she giggled and squirmed, "Make it jump again" she said, wiggling against him. She was so damned cute! And hot! "Don't you like my boobies? Don't you like me?" she asked. "Of course I like you, and that's exactly why I'm not touching you.
I don't feel right about it BECAUSE I like you and because I like your parents. His hard-on was aching, he was fully exposed outside of his boxers, he knew he was leaking and every so often she continued to press her clit against him as they talked. He had never been so turned on just from being next to a woman, without even touching her, and being fully, well almost fully, clothed. She pulled her chest slightly away from him and her nips were so pointy, begging to be touched, the lower half of her body stayed where it was pressed up against him.
"Please touch my nipples, please. My boyfriend can't keep his hands off of me, why won't you touch them? Please play with my nipples and rub my boobies", she whispered as she rubbed her pussy against his hard cock. Against his better judgement, he gave in to the urge to touch them. What was the harm in that? It would feel good for her, she clearly was very horny, grinding against him, and after all what man in his position wouldn't? But he promised himself that it wouldn't go beyond that. Just some innocent touching over her nightshirt and nothing more.
"So you would you like it if I touched your nipples?" he whispered to her. "Yes." He slowly took two fingertips and very slowly, very softly rubbed them over her nightshirt. "mmmmm….. that feels nice….." Damn, they were so responsive! He brought his thumb into the fun now too, massaging her lightly. "ooooooh….. I like that too……." her voice trailed off….. Encouraged by her responsiveness he lightly massaged the entire tit, cupping it, rubbing it all over, tugging softly at her nipple over the cotton fabric.
His erection was nestled in between her legs, he still had his boxers on and she still had her panties on, so he felt safe that things wouldn't go too far. As long as they didn't get naked, he knew he'd be able to maintain control of the situation. Just some innocent, light touching, that would be it. He ran his hand down the side of her body and rubbed her ass, letting his hand rest where her ass meets the top of her leg, pulling her body closer to his. This cause his erection to slid further in between her legs, and he could feel that her panties were very wet. If she wasn't wearing panties his cock would have slid right inside her tight, wet pussy.
He slid his hand under the elastic of her panties and rubbed the flesh of her ass, which caused their lower bodies to bump against each other as he rubbed it. Her nightshirt rode up higher, exposing her stomach and back but still covering her tits. Oh how he wanted to see them, to rip that nightshirt right off of her. His cock was throbbing as he slid it in between her legs, poking against the fabric of her thin panties.
His hand moved to her tits again, teasing her pert nipples. She was grinding against him again with a little more pressure, and he again was afraid that she'd get herself off….. he didn't want to let that happen. If she were going to get off, he wanted to be the one that got her off…… he didn't want to be robbed of that pleasure. "Lie still Honey" and he pressed his hand on her hip so she would understand. "OK, but why? It feels good to rub myself against you." "Just trust me", "OK". She arched her back slightly, thrusting her chest forward, he rubbed her again over her night shirt.
She was a horny little one, the way she arched and moved her body, he knew there was nothing she wouldn't let him do to her tonight. And who was he to deny them both…. if she wanted it, then he was going to give her exactly what they both wanted. Here goes nothing, he thought to himself as he asked her, "Do you want me to kiss your breasts, Baby?" She nodded a yes. He helped her remove her nightshirt slowly over her head, exposing her naked tits to him. "Lie on your back Baby" he instructed her. "But it feels so good with you….. you know….. against me… um ….. down there…." "What I'm going to do to you will feel even better, so please do as I say.
" Once on her back, he planted little kisses in a trail from her neck all the way down the center of her stomach, stopping at the cotton edge of her cherry panties. They were still bunched to the side, the elastic in her slit, and he had a partial view of her young wet pussy. Damn she was hot. He gave her pussy a gentle squeeze over her panties, making sure to let his fingers drag over the exposed skin, then lightly sliding up, letting his fingers drag over her cotton covered clit with an exacting precision that she moaned softly and arched up pressing her wet pussy against his hand.
She certainly was a horny little devil. "Lie still Sweetie" he said to her. "I thought you were going to kiss my boobs" she reminded him. And with that, he lowered his mouth to her chest, kissing and licking all around but not touching her nipple. "Please kiss there too, please kiss my nipple too! Please lick it for me." she pleaded. …… "All right, because you asked so nicely, for you I will" and his hot mouth covered her nipple, sucking it lightly, his tongue burning her flesh. Her hips were pushing up, searching for his hand, or for anything to soothe the ache she felt there. Again he gave a gentle squeeze, dragging his finger over her clit and moving it away just as quickly as it had arrived. "Oh please do that again. Keep doing that. Keep your hand there. Please…."
"No, not yet Honey, I'm not done with you yet." He lowered his mouth between her legs and kissed her over her panties. He licked the skin of her half exposed pussy and slid his tongue along the elastic that was tucked in her slit.
He inhaled her soft, musky scent and it was intoxicating. Her clit was still covered and he sucked at it through the cotton, making her panties wet and transparent. He lightly sucked at her clit again, gently tugging at it through the cotton. He ran his finger under the elastic, and touched her clit, softly tickling it. And with a feather light touch, he ran his finger along her slit before inserting a finger into her. Her pussy was so tight that it hugged his one finger and he imagined his cock nestled into her liquid warmth. "Can I take your panties off Honey?" She hesitated briefly.
Sure she wanted him, she was the one that initiated this. But now after feeling his experienced hands and mouth, she felt like she was out of her league, in over her head. She'd had sex before but never with an older, experienced man and it was so different, it was intimidating. She was nervous now but she was so horny, more horny than she ever remembered being before.
"I won't hurt you, I promise. And if you tell me to stop what I'm doing, I will. Now can I please help you out of those panties?" "yes" she shyly whispered. Gone was the cherry, and he was left with this cute, hot, naked 19 year old girl in his bed. "I want to kiss you right here" and he touched her clit with his fingertip.
"Is it ok if I do that?" "Yes". He lowered his mouth and planted a soft kiss on it before extending his tongue and stimulating it with little circles. He slid his tongue up and down all the folds of skin between her legs and gave little feather light bites and nibbles to her inner thighs. She tasted so sweet!!
She was becoming increasingly wet. His cock was massively hard and still sticking out the opening of his boxers. She moaned from the intense pleasure he was bringing her with his mouth…. he teased her until she was squirming, raising her pussy against his mouth…. but he didn't want to make her cum yet so he slowly kissed and licked his way back up her body, hovering above her, spreading her legs with his knees as he placed them on the insides of her thighs so that they were held open. He loved how her young pussy looked like that, so open with her legs spread wide, her pussy so wet, so young and vulnerable……. he kissed her on the mouth and let the head of his cock brush against her pussy, sliding it in her slit and over her clit very, very slowly and feather light.
She instinctively wrapped her legs around him, trying to pull him down onto her. "Sweetheart, what is it you're trying to do? What is it you want me to do to you now?" as if he didn't know. She stammered… "I….. I …….. I……um…… I want…. I … um…. I want you to stick it in me." When she'd had sex before there was no conversation, the guy just "stuck it in", moved around a little, and that was pretty much it, it was over very fast. She'd had orgasms by herself, from her own fingers, but she'd never had an orgasm from a guy before and she wondered if tonight would be the first time. "Please, please stick it in me now.
I don't want to wait, please don't make me wait." He smiled at her. Oh he was going to stick it in her alright… "OK Sweetie, I'll stick it in you." And man, he couldn't wait!! He stood up momentarily to remove his boxers and she got her first look at his erection fully naked. Her eyes grew wide. He laid down next to her, facing her, and asked if she wanted to touch it. She rolled to her side, facing him and she tentatively held it in her hand. It was bigger, harder, stronger, more solid, than what she was used to with guys her age. "Like this" he told her and put his hand over hers to show him how he liked to be stroked. He took her other hand and showed her how he liked his balls rubbed.
"Would you like to see what it feels like in your mouth? You can try it and if you don't like it, you can stop whenever you want." She agreed and she shimmied down the bed until her mouth was level with his cock. He held it in his hand and gently nudged her head towards it. "Just lick it first. Lick where its leaking. Clean it for me, Honey." And she did. Her tongue gently lapped at him and he thought he'd go insane! He'd forgotten how good it felt to have a less confident mouth on his cock. Her mouth was so soft!! "That's it baby, you're doing a great job. Just like that. Lick it all up and down for me. yes, just like that Honey, you're doing a great job. Don't forget to lick my balls too and use your hand to rub them" And she did. "Lick my cock again. When you see that it leaks like that, its your job to clean it up since you're the one making it leak.
You have to clean up your mess." And he held the back of her head with a fistful of hair and lightly fucked her mouth. "Suck it for me now. Suck it good. You need to learn how to be a good cock sucker. That's it, you're doing a good job, suck it harder for me now, suck it really good." And she did. She obeyed his every command. He helped her, guided her, told her what he liked, and she obliged. When he was getting too close to cumming, he pulled her back up so they were on their sides facing one another and he kissed her fully on the mouth, his hand holding her ass so that his cock pressed against her stomach. He pulled her leg up over his and slid his fingers down the crack of her ass and slid a finger into her pussy from behind. He wanted to put it in her ass but thought it would be too much for her tonight. She grinded against him.
He pulled back and with his hand he positioned his cock in between her legs, rubbing the head of it against her clit. She moaned, this time more loudly than before, "ohhhhhhhhh……. mmmmmmm….. yes, please keep rubbing it there on my little spot…… I like the way you rub my little hot spot with your big hard….. you know" He smiled at her and asked, wanting to hear her say it, "With my big hard…… what?" Her face turned bright red, "you know" he stopped rubbing his cock on her clit and she asked him to "put it back" and he said, "Put what back, Baby? Tell me what you want or I won't put it back." And she just had to say it, "Please rub your big hard COCK against my little soft clit" And so he did, he rubbed the head of his big hard cock against her little soft clit. And she responded with moans and groans, "mmmmm….. oh yes…. oh its so hard, please rub me, please rub my clit, tickle it for me, please tickle my clit" And he did. He loved driving a woman crazy, they all loved his cock. She was gasping for air, trying to catch her breath, her chest heaving, "Ohthatfeelssogood" she said all in one breath. They kissed and rubbed each other, letting his cock slid in between the folds of her pussy but not entering her yet, he was stimulating them both.
"Do you want me to slid it inside of you now? You felt it in your hands. You felt it in your mouth. Do you want to feel it inside your tight, wet, pussy too?" "Oh yesss….. mmmmmm….. yes….. please……." and she grinded against him. "OK, slow down" He held his cock in his hand and while on their sides, he inched closer to her and let the head poke and prod around her opening, teasing her. "Please stick it in me" she said. He answered, "Whenever you want it inside you, push against me to make it go in and I'll help you by pushing against you too".. When she'd had sex before there was none of this. It never felt this good. It never lasted this long. And his mouth!! Oh his mouth!!
She'd received oral sex before, but never like tonight! He let just the head slid into her, very shallow penetration and told her it was up to her when she wanted to take the rest. He fondled her tits, lightly pinching her nipples, then again reached behind to rub her ass, squeezing it and slid his fingers between her crack. She never felt this good in her life! She thrust her hips forward and he entered her a little more.
DAMN WAS SHE FUCKING TIGHT!! He'd forgotten what it was like to be with someone so young!! Thankfully she was so wet that he was able to slid in without causing her discomfort. His cock was so swollen, so hard, that he was afraid of hurting her. "Is that OK Sweetie?" "Yes, it feels really good. Put more of it in me." And he did, thrusting forward, grabbing her ass, pulling her forward to get in deeper.
"Do you like that baby? Do you like the way that hard cock feels in your tight little pussy?" She moaned and that was answer enough for him. They thrust and moved, and he slid in an out of her, they were both slippery, and the sweet smell of their sex session was filling the room…… In this position the full length of his cock was not inside of her and his shaft rubbed her clit as he moved in and out of her. She was grinding that little clit against that big hard cock and she was loving every minute of it. She'd had many orgasms, but she'd never had one during intercourse and she couldn't believe it was about to happen! He moved his cock in and out, intentionally rubbing her clit with it b/c he wanted her to cum this way.
"Are you almost ready Sweetie? I want you to cum with my cock inside you." Their pace increased and she was really grinding, jerking and thrusting her hips. "I…… I…… I think its gonna happen soon" He kissed her. "OK." Since he knew she was close, he let himself get closer too. On and on they thrust together, and she was rubbing her clit every which way she could on him, intent on getting off.
Finally her head fell back and she rubbed and rubbed, thrust and thrust and she said, "Press harder, my little spot is getting hotter, I'm going to cum, please rub faster" and he did, he gave her more pressure and a quicker pace and she threw her head back and her body shivered and shuddered, shaking from deep within as she came against the shaft of the hard cock that was inside her soaking wet pussy. He felt every spasm of her orgasm as it reeled through her body, as she was cumming he reached up and fondled her tits and then lowered his hand to grab her ass, pushing himself deeper, and all the way, into her, feeling her cum ooze all around his cock, he thrust and thrust harder and faster, his massively swollen cock ready to explode and he came inside of her, pushing his hard body against her soft one, his cock needing release, he'd been so patient and controlled with her, fighting the temptation since the car ride.
And now was the time to let it all go as he released every drop inside of her, pumping into her over and over and over and over again. It was incredible for both of them. He was drained, empty, there was nothing left inside, he poured it all into her pussy. She was exhausted, spent, the most incredible sex of her entire life. He wondered how he was going to fight the temptation of having her right next door the next time she is home from college.
He knew this was a one time thing. He couldn't take advantage of her like that, he couldn't use her just for a sex romp, they shouldn't even have done it this one time. And he wondered how he wouldn't give in to the urge. If it was this hot with her at 19, she would be downright dangerous once she had a little more experience. And oh, how he'd love to be the one to give it to her! But he knew he had to put those thoughts out of his head. And that's when she spoke, "I can't wait to do this again. I want you to be my sex teacher. The guys my age don't know the things you know how to do. I want you to show me things I don't know about. I'll be home again for the summer…."
Posted: 14 July 2019 02:04
Will YeatsA very erotic & horny story, well written and hard to put down. You are a natural. Keep it up and it will keep me up for sure. I hope I can cum back and find more of your stories please.


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Temper tantrums are a normal part of growing up. A Mayo Clinic specialist explains how to respond to temper tantrums — and what you can do to prevent them.
You're shopping with your toddler in a busy department store. The child has spied a toy that you don't intend to buy. Suddenly you're at the center of a gale-force temper tantrum. Everyone is looking at you.
What's the best response? Why do these emotional meltdowns happen? And can you prevent them? Consider these tantrum tips.
A tantrum is the expression of a young child's frustration with the challenges of the moment. Perhaps your child is having trouble figuring something out or completing a specific task. Maybe your child doesn't have the vocabulary or can't find the words to express his or her feelings. Frustration might trigger anger — resulting in a temper tantrum.
If your child is thirsty, hungry or tired, his or her threshold for frustration is likely to be lower — and a tantrum more likely.
Young children don't plan to frustrate or embarrass their parents. For most toddlers, tantrums are a way to express frustration. For older children, tantrums might be a learned behavior. If you reward tantrums with something your child wants — or you allow your child to get out of things by throwing a tantrum — the tantrums are likely to continue.
There might be no foolproof way to prevent tantrums, but there's plenty you can do to encourage good behavior in even the youngest children.
For example:
Typically, the best way to respond to a tantrum is to stay calm and ignore the behavior. You also might try to distract your child. A different book or a change of location might help. If you can't stay calm and you're at home, leave the room for a minute.
If your child is hitting or kicking someone, hold him or her until he or she calms down.
When your child quiets down, you might say, "Tantrums won't get my attention. If you want to tell me something, you have to use your words."
Or you might try to view your child's tantrum calmly and with compassion. Connect with and hold your child. Offer comfort and redirection when your child is ready.
If a tantrum escalates, remove your child from the situation and enforce a timeout:
Don't use timeouts too much, however, or they won't work.
If your child has a tantrum in public, ignore the behavior if possible. If your child becomes too disruptive, take him or her to a private spot for a timeout. After the timeout return to the activity — or your child will learn that a tantrum is an effective way to escape a given situation.
As your child's self-control improves, tantrums should become less common. Most children begin to have fewer tantrums by age 3 and a half. If your child is having trouble speaking at an age-appropriate level, is causing harm to himself or herself or others, holds his or her breath during tantrums to the point of fainting, or if tantrums get worse after age 4, share your concerns with your child's doctor.
The doctor will consider physical or psychological issues that could be contributing to the tantrums. Depending on the circumstances, you might be referred to a mental health provider or, in some cases, a school or community program. Early intervention can stem future behavioral problems and help your child succeed both at home and at school.
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Happy Holidays Red Sox Fans!!!
As new Head Coach John Farrell said to Wally earlier this month, "Things are looking brighter already". With Christmas looming and 2013 on the horizon, we can't wait to get going on the 2013 season! What makes a better Christmas present than a trip to Ft. Myers to watch your Red Sox in sunny South Florida? Four awesome weekends are being offered this year including a new "Sox Saver" weekend, for those specific Sox fans on a budget. Leave the depressing winter behind and head down to catch some cosmic rays and beautiful days in the Sunshine State. Seriously, what are you waiting for? Here is the link.
Below are some photos of last year's Spring Training action!
For those regular season road warriors out there, this season is highlighted by some awesome interleague action out west. The boys are headed to San Francisco and Los Angeles in August to take on the revamped Dodgers and the defending World Champion Giants! Now the real question is: which ballpark gets more overrun by Red Sox Nation? I am going to give the slight edge to San Fran (less traffic), but in LA we have bus transport to and from Dodger Stadium! On top of those trips, we have several great matchups against our new-look AL East foes away and at home. See a Yankees or Toronto series at Fenway, take a bus trip with other fans to NYC or head down to Camden Yards in July! All will promise to be unforgettable weekends!
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Yankees @ Red Sox, September 11th-13th, 2012
The Bronx Bombers came to town in early September for the last rivalry series between these AL East foes at Fenway. Red Sox fans came from all over the world for the series and to enjoy the beautiful September weather in Boston. Even though the AL East lead was slipping away from us, we still had the chance to play spoiler against those dreaded Yankees. The Tuesday game showed promise as Lester gave up 2 and stuck out 5 in 5 solid innings. Pedroia went 3 for 4 and Ellsbury 4 for 5 in a walk off win for the Home Town Team! The luck ran out for the games on Wednesday and Thursday. Granderson's 2 home runs took game 2 and the Sox were shut out in game 3 by 7 strong innings from Phil Hughes. Nevertheless, fans got to experience Fenway at its best with the VIP tour, photos with the World Series trophies and rings and a meet and greet with Salty! The weather at Fenway was perfect, the atmosphere electric and everyone had a blast!
See below for pictures from an awesome September trip in Beantown!
Twins @ Red Sox, August 3rd-5th, 2012
Minnesota came to Fenway in August for their only visit in 2012 and brought some strong pitching to the mound on Thursday and Friday. The Red Sox made it interesting on Saturday taking it to extras with help from Carl Crawford (who was a triple away from the cylce), only to fall short on Jamey Carroll's 4th hit of the ball game in the 10th inning. The Old Town Team avoided the sweep with a 6-4 win on sunday thanks to some clutch hitting from A-Gon and a solid outing from Franklin Morales. Red Sox Destinations fans enjoyed the action from great seats on the Pavilion level and some unparalleled access to Americ'a Most Beloved Ballpark. They went inside the Green Monster, in the Royal Rooter's Club, press box and had a lunch reception in the EMC club with Mike Aviles! Mike took pictures, signed autographs and simply was an electric presence in the room. All of our fans enjoyed the great accomodations at the Marriott Copley, the amazing August weather and a great weekend of baseball in Boston!
See below for some photos from a fantastic summer weekend in New England!
The Rivalry Road Trip: Red Sox @ Yankees, July 27th-29th, 2012
The rivalry renews as the Red Sox headed to New York for the first time in the season. Destinations fans knew the boys needed some support in this key AL East match up and were eager to sign up for the bus trip to NYC! The trip included a free VIP Tour and breakfast at Fenway before heading out on a chartered bus down to the Bronx. The group got unparalleled access to Fenway with time in the dugout, press box and even the Red Sox Clubhouse! Also included were gift bags for each person and subway passes for the entire weekend. The bus dropped off right at Yankee Stadium for the Friday night game. With Ichiro's first game as a Yankee, there was certainly some buzz around the series. Unlucky for us, the buzz carried over to an exceptional Phil Hughes 7-inning performance and a Curtis Granderson grand slam in the 8th, leading to a 10-3 Sox loss.
Friday was just a memory as Saturday got started with a VIP Tour of Yankee Stadium that lead in to a private luncheon with Ryan Sweeney! Ryan signed autographs, took photos and answered questions from the loyal Sox fans. There was no way rain was stopping Saturday's game. After a slight delay, the afternoon (turned night) game saw Jon Lester get his 1,000th strikeout and Pedro Ciriaco slam a go-ahead triple in the 9th. The Red Sox came away with the 8-6 win, a big boost to the team morale.
Destinations fans headed back to Fenway on Sunday afternoon, but a few fans stayed to watch that evening's game as the new "Yankee Nemesis" Pedro walked off in the 10th! See below for the Red Sox Tweet about our trip and more pictures from the Rivalry Roadtrip!
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80 followers of André Kuipers' Twitter account have been invited to ESTEC for a SpaceTweetup 29 May. Join us for the highlight of the day when 10 lucky participants will put their questions live to @Astro_Andre in the International Space Station. Streaming starts at around 17.25 CEST.


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Getting together to know each other, I believe in instant chemistry attraction, like in The Movie Sea Of Love with Ellen Barkin and Al Pacino..
First date can be a nice meet and greet at a nice wine place were we talk and gdt to know each other better
A laid back bar with nice drinks and chill music. Good conversation. Maybe throw in a movie or something too.
anything fun and active
Okay. Quickly. It's been a long time. Too long. So perhaps we can dispense with the formalities and move to the next level? Kissing would be a great start.
Sitting in a quiet enough setting to chat, share a drink and talk about life and music we don't get and laugh about the ones we do. Keep the mood light, inquisitive and fun.
Hanging out chilling and seeing where it goes from there
Lol I had to click on this because what the hell is an interracial wine bar ;) this website is weird, is it even real?
A glass of fine wine in a quite bar or resturant where we can talk and get to know each other.
Do you prefer Hard wine or Soft?
waterfront, starry night, cool breeze or warm night. wine,
Romantic ~ Fun ~ Adventurous
How about us going fishing?
Meeting and chat over drinks..and later take a walk together...
First have a conversation for awhile online, get to know what expectations are at hand. Maybe can meet for cocktails and dinner. I love laughter and fun (DRAMA NOT WELCOME)


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Text of LBJ Speeches as Read by NEA Executive Committee
Delivered at the 2010 NEA Annual Meeting & Representative Assembly
Central to NEA's July 4 celebration at the 2010 Annual Meeting & Representative Assembly was a tribute to President Lyndon B. Johnson, who 45 years ago signed into law a number of bills that would comprise his Great Society legacy. Members of the NEA Executive Committee read excerpts from various speeches he delivered while signing the legislation.
President Lyndon Johnson's remarks on signing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, April 11, 1965
Read by Christy Levings, NEA Executive Committee
I want to welcome to this little school of my childhood many of my former schoolmates, as well as some of my dear friends from the educational institutions of this area. My attorney general tells me that it is legal and constitutional to sign this act on a Sunday, even on Palm Sunday. My minister assured me that the Lord's day will not be violated by making into law a measure which brings mental and moral benefits to millions of our young people. So I have chosen this time and this place for two reasons.
First, I do not wish to delay by a single day the programs that strengthen this nation's elementary and secondary schools. Second, I felt a very strong desire to go back to the beginnings of my own education, to be reminded and to remind others of that magical time when the world of learning began to open before our eyes.
From our very beginnings as a nation, we have felt a first commitment to the ideal of education for everyone. It fits itself into our Democratic creed. For too long political acrimony held up our progress. For too long, children suffered while jarring interests caused stalemates in the efforts to improve our schools. Since 1946, Congress tried repeatedly and failed repeatedly to enact measures for elementary and secondary education. Now, within the past three weeks, the House of Representatives and the Senate have passed the most sweeping educational bill ever to come before Congress. It represents a major new commitment of the federal government, to quality and equality in the schooling that we offer our young people. By passing this bill, we bridge the gap between helplessness and hope for more than five million educationally deprived children. We put into the hands of our youth more than 30 million new books, and into many of our schools their first libraries.
We reduce the terrible lag in bringing new teaching techniques into the nation's classrooms. We strengthen state and local agencies which bear the burden and the challenge of better education, and we rekindle the revolution -- the revolution of the spirit against the tyranny of ignorance.
As the son of a tenant farmer, I know that education is only valid in its passport from poverty, the only valid passport. As a former teacher -- and I hope a future one -- I have great expectations of what this law will mean for all our young people. As President of the United States, I believe deeply no law has signed or will ever sign means more to the future of America. We have established the law. Let us not delay in putting it to work.
Johnson on the launch of Headstart, May 18, 1965
Read by Paula Monroe, NEA Executive Committee
Today we are able to announce that we will have opened and believe operating this summer coast to coast some 2,000 child development centers serving as many as possibly a half million children. This news means nearly half the school children of poverty will get a head start on their future. These children will receive preschool training to prepare them for regular school in September. They will get medical and dental attention that they badly need, and parents will receive counseling on improving the home environment. This is the most remarkable accomplishment, and it has been done in a very short time. It would not be possible except for the willing and enthusiastic cooperation of Americans throughout the country.
I believe this response reflects a realistic and wholesome awakening in America. It shows that we are recognizing that poverty perpetuates itself. Five- and six-year-old children are inheritors of poverty, of poverty's curse, and not its creditors. Unless we act, these children will pass it onto the next generation, like a family birthmark.
This program means that 30 million man-years, the combined life span of these youngsters, will be spent productively and rewardingly rather than wasted in tax-supported institutions or in welfare-supported lethargy. I believe that this is one of the most constructive and one of the most sensible and one of the most exciting programs that this nation has undertaken. And I don't say that just because the most ardent, most active and most enthusiastic supporter of this program happens to be the honorary national chairman, Mrs. Johnson. We have taken up the age-old challenge of poverty, and we don't intend to lose generations of our children to this enemy of the human race. This program, like so many others, will succeed in proportion as it is supported by voluntary assistance and understanding from all of our people. So there are going to be millions of good neighbors, volunteers who will give their time, a few hours each week, caring for these children, helping in a hundred ways to draw out their potentials. We need housewives, and we need teachers and doctors, we need men and women of all walks and all interests, to lend their talents, their warmth, their hands, and their hearts.
The bread that is cast upon these waters will certainly return many thousandfold. What a sense of achievement. And what great pride, and how happy that will make all of us who love America feel about this undertaking.
Johnson on the signing of the Medicare Medicaid bill, July 30, 1965
Read by Greg Johnson, NEA Executive Committee
It was generation ago that Harry Truman said, and I quote him, "Millions of our citizens do not have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and to enjoy good health. Millions do not now have protection or security against economic effects of sickness, and the time has now arrived for action to help them attain that opportunity and to help them get that protection."
Well, today, Mr. President, and my fellow Americans, we are taking such action, 20 years later, because the need for this action is plain. It is so clear indeed that we marvel not simply at the passage of this bill but what we marvel at is that it took so many years to pass it. There are more than 18 million Americans over the age of 65. Most of them have low incomes. Most of them are threatened by illness and medical expenses that they cannot afford.
And through this new law, every citizen will be able in its productive years when it's earning to insure himself against the ravages of illness in his old age.
No longer will Americans be denied the healing miracle of modern medicine. No longer will illness crush or destroy the savings that they have so carefully put away over a lifetime so that they might enjoy dignity in their later years.
No longer will young families see their own incomes and their own hopes eaten away simply because they are caring carrying out their deep moral obligations to their parents and to their uncles and to their aunts. And no longer will this nation refuse the hand of justice to those who have given a lifetime of service and wisdom and labor to the progress of this progressive country.
President Harry Truman, as any president must, made many great decisions of great moment, although he has always made them frankly and with the courage and clarity that few men have ever shared. The immense intricate questions of freedom and survival were called up many times in the web of Harry Truman's judgment. And this is in the tradition of leadership.
But there is another tradition that we share today. It calls upon us never to be indifferent toward despair. It commands us never to turn away from helplessness. It directs us to never to ignore or spurn those who suffer untended in a land that is bursting with abundance.
Because of this document, and the long years of struggle which so many have put into creating it, in this town and a thousand other towns like it, there are men and women in pain who will now find ease. There are those alone in suffering who will now hear the sound of some approaching footsteps coming to help. There are those fearing the terrible darkness of despairing poverty -- despite their long years of labor and expectation -- who will now look up to see the light of hope and realization. There can just be no satisfaction, nor any act of leadership, that gives greater satisfaction than this.
Johnson on signing the Voting Rights Act, August 6, 1965
Read by Joyce Powell, NEA Executive Committee
Today is a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield. It was only at Appomattox, a century ago, that an American victory was also a Negro victory and two rivers, one shining with promise, the other dark stained with oppression, began to move toward one another. Yet, for almost a century, the promise of that day was not fulfilled. Today is a towering and certain mark that in this generation that promise will be kept. In our time, the two currents will finally mingle and rush as one great stream across the uncertain and the marvelous years of the America that is yet to come.
This Act flows from a clear and simple wrong. Its only purpose is to right that wrong. Millions of Americans are denied the right to vote because of their color. This law will ensure them the right to vote. The wrong is one which no American in his heart can justify. The right is one in which no American true to our principles can deny.
There were those who said smaller and more gradual measures should be tried. But they had been tried. For years and years, they had been tried and tried and tried, and they had failed and failed and failed. And the time for failure is gone.
There were those who said that this is a many-sided and very complex problem. But however viewed, the denial of the right to vote is still a deadly wrong, and the time for injustice has gone.
This law covers many pages, but the heart of the act is plain. Wherever, by clear and objective standards, states and counties are using regulations or laws for tests to deny the right to vote, then they will be struck down. Today, what is perhaps the last of the legal barriers is tumbling.
There will be many actions and many difficulties before the rights woven into law are also woven into the fabric of our nation. But the struggle for equality must now move toward a different battlefield.
So we will move step by step, often painfully, but I think with clear vision, along the path toward American freedom. It is difficult to fight for freedom, but I also know how difficult it can be to spend long years of habit and custom to granted. There is no room for injustice anywhere in the American mansion. But there is always room for understanding toward those who see the old ways crumbling. And to them, today, I simply say this: It must come.
It is a right that it should come. And when it has, you will find that a burden has been lifted from your shoulders, too. The central fact of American civilization, one so hard for others to understand, is that freedom and justice and the dignity of man are not just words to us. We believe in them. Under all the growth and the tumult and abundance, we believe. And so as long as some among us are oppressed, and we are a part of that oppression, it must blunt our faith and sap the strength of our high purpose.
Thus, this is a victory for the freedom of the American Negro, but it is also a victory for the freedom of the American nation, and every family across this great, entire, searching land will live stronger in liberty, will live more splendid in expectation, and will be prouder to be American because of the act that you have passed, and that I will sign today.
Johnson on signing the Arts and Humanities Bill, Sept. 29, 1965
Read by Princess Moss, NEA Executive Committee
In the long history of man, countless empires and nations have come and gone. Those which created no lasting works of art are reduced today to short footnotes in history's catalogue.
Art is a nation's most precious heritage, for it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others the inner vision which guides us as a nation. And where there is no vision, the people perish.
This new bill creating the National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities gives us the power to turn some of those dreams and ideas into reality. We would not have this bill but for the hard and thorough and dedicated work of some of our great legislators in both houses of the Congress. These men and women have worked long and hard and effectively to give us this bill.
And now we have it. Let me tell you what we are going to do with it.
Working together with the state and the local governments and with many private organizations in the arts, we will create a national theater to bring ancient and modern classics of the theater to audiences all over America. We will support a national opera company and a national ballet company. We will create an American film institute, bringing together leading artists of the film industry, outstanding educators, and young men and women who wish to pursue the 20th century art form as their life's work.
We will commission new works of music by American composers. We will support our symphony orchestras. We will bring more great artists to our schools and universities by creating grants for their time in residence.
But these actions and others soon to follow cannot alone achieve our goals. To produce true and lasting results, our states and municipalities, our schools and our great private foundations must join forces with us. It is in the neighborhoods of each community that a nation's art is born.
In countless American towns, there live thousands of obscure and unknown talent. What this bill really does is to bring active support to this great national asset, to make fresher the winds of art in this great land of ours.
The arts and the humanities belong to the people, for it is, after all, the people who create them.
Johnson on signing the Higher Education Act, Nov. 8, 1965
Read by Leonard Paolillo, NEA Executive Committee
In a very few moments I will put my signature on the Higher Education Act of 1965.
The President's signature upon this legislation passed by this Congress will swing open a new door for the young people of America. For them and for this entire land of ours, it is the most important door that will ever open -- the door to education. And this legislation is the key which unlocks it.
To thousands of young men and women, this act means the path of knowledge is open to all that have a determination to walk in. It means a way to deeper personal fulfillment, greater personal productivity, and increased personal reward.
This bill, which I will make law, is an incentive to stay in school. It means that a high school senior, anywhere in this great land of ours, can apply to any college or any university in any of the 50 states and not be turned away because his family is poor.
So to thousands of young people, education will be available, and it's a truism that education is no longer a luxury. Education in this day and age is a necessity. And in my judgment, this nation can never make a wiser or more profitable investment anywhere else. This bill that I will signing will help our colleges and our universities add grasp to their reach for new knowledge and enlightenment. From this act will also come a new partnership between campus and community, turning the ivory towers of learning into the allies of a better life in our cities.
Too many people for too many years argued that education and health and human welfare were not the government's concern. And while they spoke, our schools fell behind, our sick people went unattended, and our poor fell deeper into despair. But now, at last, we have quit talking and started acting. You have witnessed a historic moment. You should carry the memory and the meaning of this moment with you throughout your life.
And when you look into the faces of your students and your children and your grandchildren, tell them that you were there when it began.
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United States beat Venezuela 3-0 (25-12, 25-21, 25-18) - duration 1:03
13-Aug, start time: 17:38, end time: 18:41 - Attendance: 1100
Head coach of the US team, Shelton Collier:
"This was a very, very important win for USA volleyball. Earlier today we had our most focused practice which really helped our performance in the match. The nest three days we are going to play against the best young teams in the world".
Joyce Nicole Britenriker (USA):
"We really worked hard to improve our timing on our middle attack and it really came together tonight".
Sarah Florian, captain of the USA:
"Our goal was to get in the top eight and we were well prepared to do it. Now that we are there we want to go as far as possible in the tournament".
Alexander Gutierrez, head coach of Venezuela:
"The Americans are a very strong team and much taller than ours. They played very well, especially in attack. My team was set up only two months ago so regarding this I am satisfied with our performance here in Poland".


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By Barbara Sherf
For those of you who are still perplexed about what to do with that not-so-unique, not-exactly wanted gift you received at Christmas, Lafayette Hill resident Rachel Ingber is studying the science behind gift-giving.
Ingber, 21, a graduate of Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, is majoring in Math and Economics at Lafayette College. In her spare time, she works at and has volunteered many hours over the past three years with the college's Landis Community Outreach Center. The center has a program in which students and staff work with the local Nurse Family Partnership, giving presents to 160 or so first-time mothers and their babies.
Ingber watched in awe as recipients would receive a sweater or jeans that they didn't like or that didn't fit, only to be thrown into a closet and never worn. "The donor was in essence wasting his/her time and money because the gift wasn't being used. From a financial standpoint, it just didn't make sense to me," said Ingber, sitting in the living room of the family home over winter break. She decided to examine the economics of gift giving, and brought the idea to Chris Ruebeck, associate professor of economics at Lafayette. He suggested that she read "Scroogenomics," by economist Joel Waldfogel.
"He argues that the value of a gift is only as great as the recipient's appreciation," said Ingber. Waldfogel believes that gift cards bring the most joy because the recipients can buy what they want. But critics of gift cards argue that the plastic cards don't seem as thoughtful, and they cite the strings attached to the cards; like expiration dates and stores going out of business.
Ingber set up a study to consider whether certain socio-economic groups value gift cards over actual gifts. This past holiday season she was busy distributing $25 Wal-Mart and Target gift cards, along with colorful packages containing toys and books for the children and new mothers.
Ingber is back in Easton surveying the recipients to determine whether they prefer the gift cards to actual gifts. She is hopeful the study will determine what the Nurse Family Partnership will give to recipients in the 2011 holiday season.
"We want to improve their lives, but still make the holidays meaningful," said Ingber. "It will be interesting to see. Maybe they will choose a combination of gift card and something personal to open. I hope so because I love giving gifts."
She will defend her proposal this spring.
Upon graduating in May, Ingber hopes to land a job in the field of philanthropy. "While I really like giving gifts," she said, "I will do so based on the results of the study."
Barbara Sherf is a frequent contributor to the Local and a publicist. She can be reached at 215-233-8022 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Going Viral
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Dec 12, 2011
The term "bird flu" is a misnomer, scientists say, because almost all human influenza originates in our feathered friends. How it lands in you and spreads is another matter …
Hear what it takes for a virus to go global, from a virus hunter who plans to stop epidemics in their tiny DNA tracks with an innovative global surveillance system.
Also, why your genome is littered with fossil viruses of the past … the two largest viruses discovered so far, Mimi and Mega, square off … and, what it takes for ideas to "go viral."
- Nathan Wolfe – Viral Ecologist, Director of the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative
- Robert Gifford – Evolutionary virologist, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center at Rockefeller University
- Vincent Racaniello – Virologist at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, host of the podcast, "This Week in Microbiology," and author of the "Virology Blog"
- Bill Wasik – Senior Editor at Wired, author of And Then There's This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture


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"Good German" syndrome runs rampant as government becomes tyrannical
Paul Joseph Watson
June 11, 2013
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has sacrificed his freedom, his future, his family, his home and his model girlfriend in order to warn Americans that they are the targets of a monolithic spy agency which is working feverishly to ensure that privacy is demolished – and most Americans simply don't care.
Revelations that the National Security Agency was collecting records of millions of US customers of Verizon under a secret court order issued in April, followed by news that the NSA was also pulling private data "directly from the servers" of major US service providers such as Google and Facebook, stoked international condemnation, but not from American citizens, most of whom actually support the idea.
"A majority of Americans – 56% – say the National Security Agency's (NSA) program tracking the telephone records of millions of Americans is an acceptable way for the government to investigate terrorism," reports Pew Research Center.
A comparison with a previous poll from January 2006 highlights the fact that more Americans are now likely to support NSA surveillance despite the huge scandal it caused for the Bush administration. Under Bush, 47% found NSA wiretapping of Americans unacceptable whereas just 41% find it unacceptable under Obama.
The poll also finds that whereas 61% of Democrats found blanket NSA surveillance unacceptable under Bush, only 34% oppose it under Obama – underscoring once again how partisanship is used to dismantle American freedoms no matter who is in office.
The survey also reveals that just one on four Americans are following the NSA story "very closely," whereas the other 73% are presumably more interested in the release of the new XBox and season 17 of Dancing With the Stars.
"Sorry Edward Snowden: you just threw your life away for nothing. The sheep have been properly and thoroughly conditioned and brainwashed, which is why they continue to get precisely the government they so rightfully deserve," writes Zero Hedge.
While the NSA sites the necessity to stop "terrorism" as its justification for eviscerating the 4th Amendment, the Obama administration is simultaneously supporting Al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria, many of whom have promised to attack the United States once they have finished with Bashar Al-Assad.
The irony of Snowden having to run to Communist China to escape from "the land of the free" is a chilling subtext to the story. Other authoritarian regimes throughout history have also cited security threats as a reason to put the entire population under surveillance.
As Robert Gellately of Florida State University has highlighted, Germans under Hitler spied on and denounced their neighbors and friends not because they genuinely believed them to be a security threat, but because they expected to selfishly benefit from doing so, both financially, socially and psychologically via a pavlovian need to be rewarded by their masters for their obedience.
That "Good German" syndrome is very much alive and kicking amongst Americans today, most of whom seem to be completely at ease with the fact that their government is becoming tyrannical while willing to make any excuse imaginable to deny that the United States is beginning to resemble a high-tech plutocracy which treats its own citizens as the enemy.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News.
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This show promised something familiar and something new. Jill Sobule was here in July with John Doe and the Sadies, but I hadn't seen Erin McKeown before. It became clear that the two of them have developed a good tour chemistry.
The Walnut Room is an interesting venue. It has a normal bar with seating out front and a fairly intimate performance room in the back. With a scattering of tables and not much open space in front of the stage, a more raucous crowd wouldn't have fit. Last night, though, this wasn't a problem. The audience was enthusiastic, but fairly polite.
California Years. As I've come to expect, Jill brought an uncompromising sincerity along with a slight vulnerability to her songs that built a strong connection to the audience.
Erin sat in on a few songs, adding a nice electric lead touch to Where is Bobbie Gentry? and a Riders on the Storm-influenced low-key organ backing for When My Ship Comes In. This last was probably my favorite song of the set. Jill was loose and funky with the rhythm; the song had a really fresh feel. Jill's friend, Eric Moon, also sat in on accordion for several songs -- another nice local touch.
In a lighter moment, Jill reworked her Kathie Lee song of a hidden lesbian relationship to take aim at Condoleezza Rice. This served as the perfect sweetness before her last song, Sonny Liston, which captured an aching sense of nostalgia and loss.
Erin McKeown
I recently reviewed Hundreds of Lions, McKeown's latest CD. It's a great listen, but how well would it translate to a stripped down solo performance? It turned out that the live energy and stage presence easily made up for the missing musical parts of a fuller band.
With no break between sets, Erin dove right into a sing-along version of Slung-Lo. Acting out the lines to teach the audience, McKeown was playful and fun. Then she shifted into an up tempo rockabilly vibe for Queen of Quiet. Then came the bluesy groove of The Taste of You, complete with the lead in story about living across from a strip club.
From song to song, including several from Hundreds of Lions, it was clear that the crowd knew the material well. The mood evolved throughout the set, but Erin's warm interactions with the audience were constant.
Jill Sobule returned the favor from her set and sat in on several songs. Their styles were so different, yet complementary. They ended with a huge encore of Neil Diamond's America, which had both women competing on who could channel Neil the best (I'd give it to Erin). The crowd joined in and closed out the night on a great show.
The Black and Tans I had were the perfect match for the music: two contrasting parts that fit well together.
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Thanks for including me in, good luck with that;)
Thanks for the add. Let me know what I can do to help.
Thanks for the opportunity, Sheri, and good luck on your thesis. :)
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Danielle Bradbery wins "The Voice"!Golden girl Danielle Bradbery made history on Tuesday night's "Voice" finale, becoming the youngest contestant to ever win the series. The 16-year-old country sweetheart also made her coach Blake Shelton, who turned 37 on Tuesday, a very happy birthday boy, giving him another reason to celebrate as he scored his third "Voice" victory in a row.
Danielle was so overcome with happy tears upon hearing the news, she could barely sing her victory song, "Born to Fly." Instead, she spent most of the performance hugging the coaches, her fellow contestants, and her relatives, as she wept and brushed finale confetti from her flaxen hair.
Danielle's win wasn't unique or historical just because of her youth. Unlike her three predecessors, she didn't come to the competition with tons of professional experience. Season 1 winner Javier Colon had released two albums on Capitol Records; Season 2's Jermaine Paul was a longtime backup singer who'd worked with Alicia Keys and Mary J. Blige; and last season's champion, Cassadee Pope, once fronted Hey Monday, a Warped Tour band signed to Columbia Records. But Danielle was just a regular kid singing in her bedroom before her mom signed her up for "The Voice."
Though it was incredible to believe, considering how poised and polished this country wunderkind always seemed onstage, young Danielle had never given a major public performance before auditioning for "The Voice." And she'd certainly never had any sort of record deal. So this season on "The Voice," a star was truly discovered.
It's easy to imagine Danielle moving on to a massive country-pop crossover career and becoming "The Voice's" most successful winner yet. Her Tuesday duet with teen country darling Hunter Hayes was one of the finale's highlights, and she could very well experience Hunter's level of success someday. (Her impressive iTunes sales throughout this "Voice" season, which helped clinch her win, have already proven her marketability.) But hopefully there will also be record deals down the road for Team Usher's maverick Michelle, who placed second, and Blake's other contestant, country-rock duo the Swon Brothers, who came in third.
Of this season's "Voice" final three, Michelle is probably the one who'd make the most interesting and adventurous records, and her iTunes numbers also indicate that there are many people in America willing to buy the quirky brand of pop-rock that she's selling. As for the Swon Brothers, with their party-hardy vibe and natural likability, they definitely have the potential to forge the same sort of career as, say, breakout country stars Florida Georgia Line, who happened to http://t.co/VJhAxDOGJh one of the many other guest performers on Tuesday's finale.
Congrats to all three contestants on a great "Voice" season! And, oh yeah…CONGRATS TO CHER for being the best finale performer ever and for wearing an amazing wig that'd make even Xtina and Cee Lo Green with envy. That is all.


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#countingbaseballs Giveaway Contest 1
As you may have noticed, for over a week or so now, I have been blogging every day. The purpose was to increase my readership during the offseason as we head towards opening day, get myself back into the habit of blogging, and count down the days one blog at a time.
In order to reward you for reading, I've decided to give away a MLB prize each week. Every Monday, I will post a contest for new item. Then, a winner will be chosen on Sunday, a week later.
So let's begin by showing you what is being given away in the #countingbaseballs giveaway for this week. It's…
A Matt Wieters Baltimore Orioles name and number official Majestic shirt. Retail value $22. Brand new. With tags.
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Since I'm extra nice, the winner may choose a size MEDIUM or LARGE. If you're on the bigger side, I'm sorry – I'll try and have larger shirts in the future. But you could always re-gift if you win. Anyhow, this shirt is sure to please and Orioles fan, or ballhawk that will see the Orioles at a game in 2012. Oh, and I'll even pay the postage.
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1) Leave a comment.
You can enter up to seven times per week simply by leaving a comment. Non-pertinent, spam, or inappropriate comments will not be accepted. If you comment multiple times on the same blog entry, it still counts as one entry. For example, if you commented on three different blog posts from this week, you'd have three entries.
2) Retweet (RT) my posts on Twitter
You can find me on twitter under 333greystreet. Simply retweet my daily posts with a #countingbaseballs in your RT each day and I'll count that as an entry. My blog is connected to my twitter so that I automatically tweet once I post a new entry. Each day, I'll search #countingbaseballs to see who's retweeted me and enter those users into a hat along with the commenters.
At the end of the week on Sunday, I'll have Olivia, Amy or I will choose a name from a hat and announce the winner. Maybe we'll do it on youtube. The maximum number of entries per week is 14 if you leave comments and retweet.
Anyhow, I thought this would be a cool idea to give away some of my extra MLB Stuff.
I'll end this post with some thoughts about Matt Wieters.
Where does he rank for you among the best catchers in the American League? Who is better than him? Mike Napoli? Carlos Santana? Joe Mauer? Alex Avila? I'll rank him at 2nd. I like Carlos Santana best, but that's probably because he plays for my second favorite team and I snagged a game HR ball from him in 2009.
Long suffering Pittsburgh Pirates fans are all too familiar with Matt Wieters. In 2007, the Pirates, led by David Littlefield, passed on Matt Wieters in order to select Daniel Moskos. Outrage ensued at the Pirates' cheapness and on June 30th 2007, Bob Walk bobblehead night, fans orchestrated a walk out. Fans wore green to the game to signify owner Bob Nutting's greed and then walked out at a pre-determined time. I was at the game, but I can't exactly remember when it happened. The game was virtually a sell out, and although a few thousand people left, it wasn't too noticeable in the grand scheme of things.
Wieters broke into the league in 2009 and has hit 42 home runs and has been an All Star. Daniel Moskos finally was promoted to the Major Leagues in 2011 and although he posted a 2.96 ERA in 24 innings. His H/9 (10.9) and WHIP (1.56) were high. In the Minors, he has a career 4.41 ERA, including a 5.46 ERA in 39 games at the AAA level. So, he really hasn't proven in the minors that he'll have a successful big league career yet.
And that catching position, well, the Pirates really REALLY needed Matt Wieters because rather than penciling his name in at catcher every day, over the last three years we've had to deal with Wyatt Toregas, Matt Pagnozzi, Eric Fryer, Dusty Brown, Jason Jaramillo, Chris Snyder, Ryan Doumit, Michael McKenry, Erik Kratz and Robinzon Diaz (who we traded Jose Bautista to get!)
God help us Pirates fans.
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