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Top 2 Bottom Home Improvements
Welcome to Top2bottom Home Improvements Our aim is to provide our clients with a professional and affordable service of home improvements. We are a family run business with many years of experience with a desire to create beautiful and unique landscaping. We offer our clients a wide range of services including; resin-bound and resin-bond asphalt & tarmac driveways, block paving drives and patios, and Landscaping. We can also provide Roof coatings and cleaning, power wash cleaning, driveway and patio sealing and soakaway systems. Top 2 Bottom provide such a high standard that our customers fill confident with our services to recommend us to family and friends, with the benefits of 10 Years Guarantee and all works covered by public liability insurance. This helps us build on our already growing reputation. We're based in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, and cover a 50 mile radius. To find out how we can of assistance you please contact John who'll be happy to answer any questions you may have or provide you with a FREE no obligation quotation. Trust a trader Approved- https://www.trustatrader.com/traders/top-2-bottom-home-improvements-blockpaving-driveways-northborough-barnack-newborough-ginston-bretton-ortom-dogsthorpe-werrington/ Check a trader Approved- https://www.checkatrade.com/Top2bottomHomeImprovements/ My Builder Approved- https://www.mybuilder.com/profile/view/johnturner92
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Founded in 2001, we are a bespoke design and build landscaping company. Offering free design work with all our quotations, plans and 3d rendered images, so you can see it be fore any work even begins. We install all aspects of hard landscaping, paving, decking, fencing, driveways, sleepers, ponds and water features and much more. All quotations are fully broken down by item and come with a 5 or 10 year written guarantee depending on materials used. We believe you can have the highest quality, without paying top end prices.
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I offer a 'one stop shop' for all your general property maintenance needs. From painting and decorating, to carpentry, decking and patio construction. Fencing, landscaping , gardening and general handy man and diy services. I can really offer that one stop shop.
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Landscaping hard and soft Services include: fencing, paving, driveways, decking, artificial grass, play surfaces, tree surgery, resin bound products, general garden duties, ponds and much more. Building commercial and domestic (we work alongside many councils and private estates) Services include: full house builds, ground works, extensions and garage conversions, kitchens, bathrooms, doors, full carpentry services, flooring, electrical, plumbing works, roofing, general maintenance, decorating, plastering and more... Feel free to call Keith 07920728197 NO JOB TO BIG OR SMALL -ALL QUOTES ARE FREE Check out our Facebook for examples of our recent projects ! https://facebook.com/CHCServicesLtd
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Wingspan Works
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Family business w s h your design possibilities are virtually limitless we use the best materials and only use staff with years of experience
Based in Suffolk and established since 1996, earthmovesdesign is Neil and Emi-Lou Lankford. Neil designs and makes gardens, Water features, and natural Cobwood Garden Rooms and kids play dens and has worked with both the private and commercial side of landscaping We are not your average landscape designers, more like landscape artists and we are passionate about hand making outdoor garden rooms, Log Cabins, cobwood roundhouses, wood-fired clay ovens, natural water-gardens and ponds, outdoor kitchens , snugs and rustic living roof sheds. If you can think of it, we can make it, and if you cant think of it, we've got plenty of ideas and designs.
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The practice of Jonathan Berney Consultant Surveyors and Valuers can trace its roots back to 1955 when Henry Berney first opened his doors at: 87 Regent Street, London W1, trading as Henry Berney & Co, Chartered Surveyors, specialising in the Motor Trade and Leisure Industries.
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Tidy Services are specialist providers of professional landscaping services, home and office cleaning and property maintenance. We are fully licensed waste carriers and fully insured. Based in Canterbury in the heart of Kent, Tidy Services work in partnership with letting agents, landlords, local authorities, businesses and private clients to landscape, clean and maintain properties across the county.
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Aralia Gardens Ltd
The creation of beautiful innovative gardens and landscapes that deliver world class designs whilst enriching the lives of the people who use these outdoor spaces. We believe that full collaboration with our clients is fundamental to the success of our projects. We are passionate about creating beautiful innovative landscapes We offer a Garden Design & Build service, or we can offer a Garden Design service only, we are very flexible and happy to work with clients in a way that suits you. We can provide a full set of professional design drawings from concept plans, presentation plans, planting plans, construction details to setting out plans, we can also assit you with any planning issues and liasie on your behalf with Conservation or Planning teams etc. For further information on all our services please check out our Website, and go to the 'Services' section http://www.aralia.org.uk/services
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WOODSTOCK – Off Square Music presents "A Night at the Old Town School" at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Unity Spiritual Center, 225 Calhoun St.
The concert features Old Town School of Folk Music faculty artists Mark Dvorak and Christopher Walz in a special concert celebrating the songs, stories and legacy of the venerable Chicago arts institution.
General admission seating is $12. The cost for members and seniors is $10, and for students it is $5. For reservations and information, call 815-338-5164.
For information about Off Square Music, visit www.offsquaremusic.com. For information about Dvorak, visit www.markdvorak.com.

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Nintendo has confirmed a few of the less juicy rumors surrounding its next console. In an investor note released alongside its fiscal earnings today, the company stated it "has decided to launch in 2012 a system to succeed Wii." The note also mentions that the company will show a "playable model" of the new system at E3 this year.
"We would like to propose a new approach to home video game consoles [with the new system]," Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told Bloomberg. "It's difficult to make 3D images a key feature, because 3D televisions haven't obtained wide acceptance yet."
The rumors surrounding the new system have run the gamut, claiming hardware power on par with (or above) the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, a code-name of Project Cafe, and a touch screen controller. This word from Nintendo doesn't give us any indication on the veracity of those rumors, but we'll know soon enough. E3 is June 7-9 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.


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LONDON, England (CNN) -- If you want to learn about business then who better to hear from than a pair of the world's richest men? But what about an Oscar-winning film director? And how about a former spy chief?
Wealth of knowledge: Warren Buffet is among those giving talks.
Luckily, this wasn't a choice that any individual business school student had to make.
But the fact that over a series of days this month, students from a series of schools got to hear talks by Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck and Sir Richard Dearlove illustrates a sometimes overlooked advantage of taking an MBA -- the range of influences, not always traditional, to which you can be exposed.
At the more obviously business-linked end of things, MBA students from five US schools traveled to Omaha last week to meet (and even share a steak dinner with) Buffet, the famous investor whose estimated $60 billion fortune testifies to his enduring commercial acumen.
The so-called Oracle of Omaha holds occasional with get-togethers with MBA students from around the country at his Berkshire Hathaway headquarters.
The latest included a 90-minute question-and-answer session with Buffet, as well as lunch at one of his favorite local restaurants, Piccolo Pete's steak house.
It was "a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet with one of the world's most successful and knowledgeable businessmen," according to Anne Thimsen, a second-year student who organized the trip for 27 MBA classmates at the University of Iowa's Tippie School of Management.
"It's probably the only chance I'll have to spend that much time in the same room with such a brilliant man," said James Albert, another Tippie MBA student. "You read about what he says and you read about his insights, but it's another thing entirely to hear what he has to say directly and be able to use it, especially with the economy like it is."
So what of Gates? The Microsoft co-founder was at Harvard Business School last week to treat an audience of students and alumni to his thoughts on the current economic and banking crisis.
"Consumer sentiment has never been so low," Gates warned. "So no matter how quickly this gets fixed, you're still going to have an economic cycle with a fairly significant recession."
The speech was actually arranged two years ago as part of events to mark the school's hundredth anniversary. But its timing meant those in attendance got an impromptu billionaire's guide to the global financial woes.
At the less traditional end of the scale was a lecture this month at the UK's Judge Business School, part of Cambridge University, one of a series intended to explore the crossover between commerce and culture.
The first speaker was Henckel Von Donnersmarck, the German director whose movie, "The Lives of Others," won an Oscar for best foreign film in 2007.
He discussed the background to the film, notably the effect the Stasi, communist East Germany's secret police, had on creativity and culture. A response came from Dearlove, the former head of MI6, the UK's external intelligence agency.
"It is not sufficient to simply talk about creativity," said David Andrews, founder of Xchanging, the business support company which sponsored the lecture. "What is really impactful is to learn firsthand from the people who are at the forefront of their industries and those who have directly engaged with culture."
Co-run by Cambridge University's department of German, future speakers are expected to include the footballers Jürgen Klinsmann and Franz Beckenbauer, as well as the country's former chancellor. Gerhard Schröder.


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Safe driving campaign and contest sponsored by Secaucus High School
As part of a safe driving campaign for teens, Secaucus High School Media Academy is participating in a safe driving contest sponsored by UGotBrains.com and the NJ Brain Injury Alliance. The winning slogan in a school-wide contest, "I would hate to meet you by accident," is the campaign theme. A video was created that will air on Comcast CH34 and the school's YouTube channel. The video can be viewed at http://youtu.be/0EWL2-_Ewo4.
With a $1,000 stipend from the sponsor, the school purchased an LED sign for the campus to remind students to drive safely. Ten slogans will be posted on signs around town.
Part of the contest criteria is to spread information on safe driving for teens. The winning school will receive a $22,000 driving simulator. More information about this contest can be found at UGotBrains.com and the Secaucus High School Facebook, and Twitter accounts.
Library to be closed morning of April 24
The Secaucus Public Library and Business Resource Center will be closed from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 24 so that a staff development meeting can be held, according to library director Jenifer May. The library will open to patrons at 1 p.m. that day and remain open until its regular closing time of 9 p.m.
Library exhibit commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day
The community is invited to attend a multimedia art and literary exhibit to commemorate the Holocaust throughout the month of April. Art by local artist Doug DePice depicting Anne Frank is on display, along with a floor installation. The reception will take place on Holocaust Remembrance Day, Monday, April 28, from 6 to 9 p.m.in the Panasonic Room on the second floor of the library. At the reception, excerpts from Anne Frank's diary will be read by high school students. Refreshments will be served. The Secaucus Public Library is at 1379 Paterson Plank Road.
Independent film screening and discussion series continues at library
The Friends of the Secaucus Public Library are hosting the third installment of their new independent film series at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 27. The event, which is open to all residents, will feature a screening of "Sarah's Key," a 2010 French drama based on the bestselling novel by Tatiana De Rosnay. Following the movie, Friends' president Zinnia Miller will lead an open discussion of the film.
"Our intention in hosting an independent film series is to give adults in our community a monthly opportunity to see smaller-budget independent movies that they might have missed in wide-screen release or that might not have played locally," said Miller. "'Sarah's Key' is the story of a 10-year old girl whose life is turned upside down when she and her family are arrested by the French police during the Holocaust. Sarah makes a sudden, instinctive decision that has dire repercussions for her young brother and herself. We chose this film for April because the showing coincides with the start of Holocaust Remembrance Week."
The film screening and discussion will take place on the second floor of the Secaucus Public Library. Popcorn and other light refreshments will be served. While Friends of the Library programs are open to all residents, parents and caregivers are urged to keep in mind that many of the films shown contain adult themes and may not be appropriate for children. "Sarah's Key" is rated PG-13, and features storylines that might be very upsetting to younger viewers.
Registration for this event is recommended, and can be done by calling the library at (201) 330-2083 or registering through the library's online calendar at secaucuslibrary.org.
Broadway star headlines HRPAC benefit concert
The Hudson Riverfront Performing Arts Center, Inc. (HRPAC) will host its annual benefit gala at the Chart House Restaurant on Saturday, April 26 at 6 p.m. The evening will start off with a cocktail hour and silent auction to be followed by dinner and a concert featuring Broadway singer and actress Mandy Gonzalez.
Gonzalez is a winner of Drama Desk and Obie Awards and has starred in the hit Broadway musicals, "Wicked" and "In the Heights." She is known for her exceptional vocal skills giving her one of the biggest and best voices on Broadway.
Mandy's special guest will be leading man Jeremiah James, who is currently starring as El Gallo in "The Fantasticks" on Broadway. Aside from his work here in the states, Jeremiah has an international reputation from his work on the London Stage and also as a member of the singing group Teatro.
Through its two concert series, "Summer Concerts on the Hudson" and the UBS Atrium Series, HRPAC has developed a track record for bringing diverse programming to the North Hudson region. HRPAC has additionally presented educational programs to thousands of students in eight of Hudson County's school districts. Over its ten year history, HRPAC has presented scores of concerts and shows of the highest caliber, featuring hundreds of musicians, dancers, and actors, including Grammy and Tony winners.
These presentations, which are presented free of charge to the general public, have attracted thousands of fans from Hudson County and the New York metropolitan area.
For more information on the benefit, including how to purchase tickets, visit HRPAC's web site at www.hrpac.org or call the HRPAC office at (201) 430-6881.
Hackensack Riverkeeper accepting scholarship applications for local high school seniors
Hackensack Riverkeeper is accepting applications for the 2014 Ron Vellekamp Environmental Scholarship. Now in its fourteenth year, the program was created to support college-bound high school seniors who excel academically while demonstrating a strong commitment to the natural world and environmental protection.
All applicants who apply must either live within the 210-square mile Hackensack River Watershed or attend a school located within that region. North Bergen and Secaucus are eligible municipalities, along with certain parts of Jersey City, Bayonne, and Union City.
Teachers and guidance counselors are invited to submit applications on behalf of deserving students, and each school may nominate one student. A panel of Hackensack Riverkeeper trustees and staffers led by Captain Bill Sheehan and Program Director Hugh Carola will review each application. The panel will consider the applicant's academic achievements, environmental extra-curricular activities and future plans. The $1,000 scholarship is unrestricted and can be used for any required purchases during the student's first year at college.
Full scholarship application criteria are available online at www.hackensackriverkeeper.org or by calling (201) 968-0808. Applications must be postmarked no later than Earth Day, April 22. The winner will be chosen no later than June 1.
The late Ronald Vellekamp was a science teacher in Ridgefield, New Jersey. During his life he also served as a Palisades Interstate Park ranger and Boy Scout leader, and was a founding trustee of Hackensack Riverkeeper. The scholarship that bears his name is fitting tribute to an educator whose life was lived in the service of others.
Hackensack Riverkeeper offers 2014 eco-programs
Hackensack Riverkeeper, the clean water advocacy group, is poised to provide enjoyable and educational experience of the river, its watershed and wildlife. Combining hands-on environmental education with public service and fun, the 2014 season kicks off with EarthFest Overpeck the weekend of April 26-27, and runs through the end of October.
EarthFest Overpeck is Overpeck Park's first-ever Earth Day celebration, a festival featuring a recycled regatta, fishing derby, green vendors, live music, food, pharmaceutical take-back, open kayaking, recovery and rescue demonstrations, beer garden and more.
River cleanup conservation events give people of all ages the opportunity to give back to the environment and their communities. River cleanups are scheduled at eight different waterside locations within the Hackensack River Watershed from April through November. Hackensack Riverkeeper provides cleanup tools and supplies as well as refreshments for all volunteers. All they ask is that everyone pitch in and help rid local waterways of litter and other debris. For more information about river cleanups including group participation and the organization's Corporate River Stewardship Program, call Events and Outreach Coordinator Sarah Menchise at (201) 968-0808 or e-mail her at email@example.com.
Learn about the NJ Invasive Species Strike Team on April 23
The Invasive Species Strike Team is a statewide cooperative effort to prevent the spread of emerging invasive species. These non-native species threaten our environment and natural resources. Learn how the Strike Team is working to address these threats and protect the future of our precious environment. The Strike Team consists of private individuals and more than 80 public and private partner organizations. The all-ages event will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23 at the Meadowlands Environment Center, 2 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst. Cost is $5 per person or $4 for MEC members. Registration is recommended and appreciated. To register or for information, visit www.njmeadowlands.gov/ec or call (201) 460-8300.
Hudson Chamber of Commerce welcomes Federal Reserve Bank economist
The economic recovery continues, but where is our regional economy headed and what does it mean for your business? The Hudson County Chamber of Commerce will host an informative business networking event on Wednesday, April 30 and welcome the New York Federal Reserve Bank for a regional economic outlook. Richard Peach, a senior vice president within the Macroeconomic and Monetary Studies function at the N.Y. Fed, is the guest speaker.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks that make up the Federal Reserve System. The N.Y. Fed serves a regional territory that includes the 12 northern counties in New Jersey. Mr. Peach will provide an outlook for our regional economy. This is also an opportunity to learn about Fed monetary policy and how it impacts local economies and businesses.
The special business networking event will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the campus of host sponsor the University of Phoenix at 100 Town Square Place in Jersey City. Provident Bank is also sponsoring the event. Appetizers and beverages will be served. Admission is $25 for members and $35 for nonmembers, prior to the event. For reservations call (201) 386-0699 x 27 or visit the Hudson County Chamber of Commerce website at www.hudsonchamber.org.
Derby Day coming to Meadowlands Racing and Entertainment on May 3
On Saturday, May 3, Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment will present a full day of simulcast and live racing action, including the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs. Beginning at 9:30 a.m., bettors can make their wagers and enjoy food and bourbon specials, as well as enter to win prizes all day in honor of Derby Day.
Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment will open at 9:30 a.m. with free admission and free T-shirts distributed to the first 8,000 guests. The Victory Sports Bar & Club will serve a continental breakfast from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and a derby themed buffet beginning at 11:30 a.m. for $39.95. Bourbon specials will be available all day around the complex, including mint juleps and other libations served in a commemorative derby glass (while supplies last).
Ladies are welcome to express their inner southern belle and enter the $500 Grand Prize Hat Contest with no boundaries on how stylish and over-the-top the headwear can go. Sign up between 2 and 4:45 p.m. with the judging at 5 p.m.
The best seat in the house may be the track's apron and grandstand where the "140th Run for the Roses" will be simulcast on the 18'x48' infield HD video screen.
After the derby, guests are welcome to enjoy a night full of live harness racing at the Meadowlands with the first post time set for 7:15 p.m. Prizes continue into the night with scratch-off cards where customers can win up to $500 instantly, and Horseplay Horses, both beginning at 6 p.m. Buy a horse for $1 with all proceeds in the month of May donated to the American Red Cross, and take a chance to win entry into the August 1 car drawing for a 2014 Toyota Scion.


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TEWKSBURY - Two men and a woman were flown to Boston trauma centers with serious burns after an explosion inside a home on Astle Street Tuesday night, and police are searching for two people who may have fled the home just before the explosion.
Police Chief Timothy Sheehan said police and firefighters were called to 22 Astle St., on a hill near Walmart, at 9:17 p.m., by a 911 call reporting an explosion that blew windows out of the home.
Sheehan said witnesses reported "an explosion, windows had blown out of the house, flames, three individuals that had been burned and potential for some other individuals that may have left the scene prior to our arrival.
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Firefighters quickly struck a second-alarm as they battled a fire that broke out inside the home following the explosion, and requested mutual aid ambulances from Wilmington and Billerica to rush to the scene.
Police immediately blocked off Astle Street and transported the three burn victims by ambulance to the parking lot at Walmart, where three medical helicopters landed in the parking lot to transport the patients to Boston trauma centers.
Their conditions were not immediately available, and Sheehan said it is unclear if the burns are life-threatening.
"It's too early to tell," Sheehan said. "They had burns to their head, hands, and face area."
Sheehan said they suffered "flash type" burns from the explosion.
Fire Department radio broadcasts indicated at least one resident said they turned on the stove and there was an explosion in the kitchen area. The home has natural gas service.
Sheehan said police are searching for two individuals who a witness saw leaving the area around the time of the explosion. Police department radio broadcasts indicated those individuals may be in a black pickup truck, and police shared that truck's license plate number with several nearby police agencies.
Sheehan said the cause of the explosion remains under investigation. State police troopers from the State Fire Marshall's Office were called to the scene to assist Tewksbury Police with the investigation.
Sheehan said he could not yet say whether the investigation into the cause of the explosion is a criminal investigation. Town records list the two-story clapboard home as built in 1800 and currently owned by Herbert Mulno Jr. and Mildred Mulno, who live down the street. It is valued at $343,100, according to the town assessors' office.
According to a Tewksbury Historical Society survey, the house is known as the Elbridge Livingston House, named for its first owner. In 1876, Livingston sold the house to Thomas C. Baker, a part owner of a company that provided chemicals to the industrial mills in Lowell. Herbert Mulno's parents purchased the house in 1944, running a turkey farm there that remained in operation as late as 1965.
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Vinny Prospal scored with just 24.7 seconds to play as the Columbus Blue Jackets took a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday.
Derek Dorsett posted a goal and an assist while R.J. Umberger also scored for the Blue Jackets, who snapped a three-game losing streak and a six-game road skid. Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves in the win.
"It's a huge win for us tonight, especially taking one in this town," said Dorsett. "We had some intensity tonight and came out hard. This was a fun game to be a part of."
Columbus, though, did lose center Artem Anisimov to a possible head injury in the game after he was taken off on a stretcher following his head hitting the ice.
On the play early in the second period, Anisimov tripped over Detroit's Ian White and fell to the ice. As he was falling, Detroit's Kyle Quincey also fell to the ice and his elbow came down on the head of Anisimov. After several minutes on the ground, his head and neck was immobilized and he was taken into the locker room on a stretcher.
It was later announced that he was awake and responsive and had been taken to Detroit Medical Center for further evaluation.
Damien Brunner and Valtteri Filppula both scored for the Red Wings, who have dropped their past five games. Jimmy Howard gave up all three goals on 24 shots.
"I thought we started good, but I didn't like our second period," said Detroit head coach Mike Babcock. "But in the third period we were terrible and I wasn't happy with it. We have to find a way to get things done here."
With time winding down, Detroit had the puck in the Columbus end, but a turnover saw the Blue Jackets take the puck the other way.
From the right boards, Dorsett sent a pass over to the left circle for James Wisniewski, who then passed it to the low right side where Prospal spun around before stuffing in the backhand for a 3-2 lead.
Detroit got Howard out of the net after the faceoff, but didn't have enough time left to mount an attack and the Blue Jackets escaped with the victory.
The Red Wings needed just 18 seconds to take a 1-0 lead when Brunner was able to stuff the puck in from the left side for his eighth goal of the season.
Just over two minutes later it was a 2-0 game as Filppula deflected in a Brian Lashoff shot from in front for his fourth of the season.
Columbus got one back on the power play at the 4:23 mark when Umberger was able to knock in the puck from down low for his second of the season.
The second period passed without a goal, but the Jackets tied it up at the 5:03 mark of the third as a Detroit turnover in its own end saw Derick Brassard throw a shot on net from the slot and Dorsett knocked in the rebound.
Game Notes
Detroit hosts Nashville on Saturday ... Columbus continues its six-game road trip in St. Louis on Saturday ... Columbus has won two of the three games against Detroit this season ... The Blue Jackets were 1-for-3 on the power play while Detroit was 0-for-4.


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Tanya has just arrived from a long flight from NY. She runs into her coworker awaiting to board the next flight with her. There's only 2 passengers on this flight. The unexpected happens when a disgracefully touchy passenger cops a feel on both of them. Upset and amazed at the balls he has doing that. The girls take matters into their own hands and get physical right back. Slapping both passengers up and and handling them like pieces of meat. This update puts the Cock in cockpit and shows us how to fly the friendly sky's right.
Date: December 17, 2017
Actors: Tanya Tate / Veronica Avluv


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Not so fun when unblocked guys are coming up the middle on your own team, eh, Sparty?
Noon (11:30) Games Open Thread
Come on, Indiana. TIme for a touchdown drive.
Pride before the fall, fellas. Looks like Dan Antonio failed at keeping his team grounded this year and it's really showing.
Haha Dan Antonio. When did they fire Mark Dantonio.
Wow....the MSU OLine is looking horrible. Maxwell has absolutely no time to get set up, and IU is living in their backfield. I can't wait for Jake Ryan to make life a living hell for Maxwell in 2 weeks.
OK Indiana you have to do more then just screen passes.
Indiana is just outplaying Staee. They're outscheming them, and easily outdisciplining them, and but they also just MAAKE PLAAAYYS!
Indiana playing not to lose right now. Come on.
Maxwell is something on the order of 16-for-29 forabout 180 yards by my figuring....which probably makes the ground and/or the MSU version of Tacopants by far their most effective receiver today.
PSU TD after going for it on 4th at the ten. Now going for 2.
EDIT: got it.
PSU goes for it on 4th at the 5 yard line and gets the TD and then the 2 points. 28-25 NW.
These announcers are so used to seeing crappy plays, that any decent catch looks amazing for MSU
Was 2.5 point favorites.
IU needs to bring a blitz again. They seem to get to Maxwell every time they do.
I have a feeling that this MSU drive ends in a turnover.
Michigan State is the only B1G team with a SEC defense ? Ummmmmm right
Burbridge is going to be a player if he can hold on to the ball. Hopefully Countess is back full speed next year.
Aaron Burbridge is looking pretty solid. Makes me sad.
Also, one of these days Bell is going to break himself trying to hurdle people.
I really want to see a guy bury his helmet in Bell's sack next time he tries that.
Aaron Burbridge with some nice catches out there...
Burbridge is doing well against Indiana corners. The hype is a little silly.
4th and 1 from the two for MSU. Interesting decision coming here.
Dantonio is an idiot if he doesn't go for it here.
they should take the points.. still alot of time left for the TD
Sad that Indiana's offense decided to play like wimps towards the end here. They could've put this game away by now.
If I was Dantonio I would go for it. If you can't get one yard with Bell against Indiana, you probably don't deserve to win. Might not get this great of a chance again.
Damn, Indiana gets the push again on a short yardage play, but can't get the stop.
Nice work, Indiana. Way to know the situation.
Again, Indiana probably should have stopped that. That should be reviewed, though. His knee hit early.
Review that spot. Bell was down behind the marker.
That looks like a first down. Surprised this is taking any time to review.
that's a first down and its not even close
Why no goal line cams?
So is MSU the only team in the country with a 5 star recruit at fullback?
It was close, but I think he was there.
i know MSU will score.. but this is killing the clock
sound like a genius
There's a reason they are on the early-morning MSU-IU game.
If Indiana can answer with a TD, this game will be over. Please, please, please..
are BTN announcers being such Sparty slappies?
"What a way to finish the drive." Wtf is this guy talking about?
Who knows. Probably memories of his sparty wet dream as he claims dantonio is the dean of discipline or calling Tom Gholston and Johnny Adams all Americans.
You have to figure MSU wins this one in the end. Still, though, good fight by Indiana. Maybe PSU can still help us out.
That drive took around 8 minutes. If IU can get a TD here MSU is going to lose.
This is why you are Indiana, Indiana.
Good god those IU band unis are fugly.
Wow, watching Penn State games is insufferable. Their band literally plays SNA after every snap.
OU with the safety, likely ending Buffalo's chances. 33-24, 7:45 to go.
Edit: safety overturned, 31-24 still, 6 mins to go.
Okay IU, Sparty knows you're gonna throw a screen pass. Might be time to adjust.
why won't they run the ball just a little??
Yikes. No clock burning here, and if they punt it might be over...
Come on IU.
Indiana is going to blow it
You can just feel the nervousness setting in. Definitely going to blow it.
IU need to mix up the playcalling here. You can only run screens for so long.
What an awful kick.
C'mon Sparty. Do something stupid.
MSU is going to pull this one out of their arsh. Still, it was good to see Sparty receive another scare.
PSU really, really does not trust their kicker. But McGloin actually looks like he might be good somehow. PSU has 2nd and goal.
3 plays and 11 seconds on that drive.........
The whole Indiana team just looked at their jerseys and helmets and went "Oh, right. We're Indiana" and forgot how to play competant football.
I'm feeling a Maxwell pickerception.
Hoosiers gonna Hoose?
Man there was so much potential for a giant Sparty No today. Might still happen but seems unlikely at this point.
Defense needs to step up here.
Either way Sparty has proven again they are vulnerable.
Guess this game just goes to show you never know in rivalry games.
It's sad that Sparty counts Indiana as a rival.
All we need is one more sparty no moment!
With IU running eleven seconds off the clock every drive, they'll need about four more stops.
How can Maxwell miss his TE? That's the only spot that ever gets open.
Man, when Bell is on the outside he alway beats the first guy with the stiffarm.
I know people keep talking up the recruiting at Auburn, but this team has been down for 2 years now and I'm having a hard time believing all of these kids are still going to flock to them when they are wading through a mediocre SEC season.
HAHA typical Indiana.
So predictable. Poor IU.
Wow. Bennie Fowler made a play. Who wouldda thunk it.
MSU and PSu scored at the same time.
PSU with the score to take the lead. NW bummed, but I'm kind of happy for the Lions given what happened before the season.
Oh well, Indiana tried, they just needed to change things up in the second half but were unable. Maybe they'll pull it out somehow...
I forgot, MSU is playing Indiana
MSU takes the lead. Indiana channels Indiana.
Penn State takes the lead. Northwestern continues to be Northwestern.
Maybe Indiana will grow a pair on offense now that they're trailing.
You gave it your all, Indy.
These announcers sure are blowing Maxwell considering the DB tripped and two other guys missed tackles.
Wow. How can NU let Mcgloin run it in on a broken play?
Damn I was really hoping Northwestern would pull it out.
EMU special teams gave up 2 big plays in 3rd quarter . Kent ran back 2nd kickoff back for TD. Kent ran it for 40 yards on fake punt . EMU down 38- 7 with 3 minutes left in 3rd quarter. Eastern is going to lose its homecoming game.
since Colonial Bank failed.
I'm not sayin'...
I expected a real knock-down, drag-out fight between Staee and Indiana. After all, it is a Big Ten protected cross-divisional rivalry game.
NU can't convert on the 3rd down.
Assuming Penn State holds on, this a great win for them, showed a lot of heart.
Enjoy it while you can PSU. Enjoy it while you can. Still, makes UM chances better to win the division.
Ref makes two snap judgement calls in MSU's favor.
There's no way that ref could see that it was MSU ball. Most likely because the replay made it look like it wasn't.
I have no idea what the officials are doing in this game.
How was that recovered by MSU??
It wasn't. Apparently the officials just decided to miss 5 Indiana players with their hands on the ball.
They ejected the wrong guy. Should have been #19 who punched the guy, sort of.
No, no, the punch was ok....
But if you watch very carefully and read lips through the facemasks you can clearly see Bolser call someone "Tom".
What just happened? It seems like IU got hosed.
Indiana came out of the pile with the ball, how did MSU recover?
Touchdown Penn State to seal it.
EDIT: Well, ALMOST a TD.
Of all the shit we have seen go down with Sparty over the last few years, an INDIANA player finds himself ejected? WTF
How the hell did they come to the conclusion that Sparty recovered that?
HAHA, they have to get back to playing hoosier football, funniest thing I've heard all day.
They have.
That was complete bullshit! IU recovered, and that MSU player was pulling the IU player off the pile, then the IU player kinda punched him in the chest -- nothing big. The ref threw the flag, then went after #83 and kicked him out. Fucking moron, the #19 kid was right in front of him, then walked away.
That's close as you can get without getting a TD.
EDIT: NO WAY that was aTD...not that it matters.
You can count on them to wilt when the game's on the line in the 4th quarter.
for? The only thing I saw was an MSU player yanking at an Indiana's player's head. Also, no idea how they ruled that MSU recovered that.
#19 for IU was the guy the MSU player was pulling off the pile. He pulled his legs, then grabbed the neck of his jersery/shoulder pads. #19 then got up and sort of pushed/punched the MSU player in the chest. The ref was right behind him, and threw the flag. #83, the guy ejected, was still laying on the pile. #19 walked off, not even knowing the flag and been thrown, and the ref then came after #83 and started chewing him out. #83 looked confused as he hadn't hit anyone.
Sparty is luck as shit.
Obvious holding not called.
just like Indiana to blow it
I still can't believe that they ruled MSU recovered that ball.
With 1:36 to go, Penn State tries to insert the final knife, but it looks like the ball was just short of the goal line.
...and it is ruled a TD. The PAT is mere icing. 39-28 is going to be the final unless Northwestern can get two possessions, find some holes and warp Colter through them.
choked on a big dick for the whole second half, playing not to lose. He alone lost this game for IU. He never called a single pass for more than two yards after halftime, even when Narduzzi adjusted up to cover the short stuff. Failure to adjust on offense cost IU the game.
It looked that way for sure. I don't know what MSU's D did differently, but what a collapse.
Flag was for a surprise colonoscopy or something, I don't know what the ref saw but he was PISSED. Gave him the business.
about PSU as a whole and it's fans, you have to give the PSU players some credit for picking themselves off the mat, after a horrible start to the year.
IU has Vanderbilt's same karma. Not only do they lack the skill players to compete, but they always get screwed by the refs when they do have a glimmer of a chance.
Can't really blame the refs for IU's 2nd half.
more than a glimmer of a chance until their offense and defense went into a shell. Why, why, why do coaches do this???????
Penn State announcers just said that Penn State and Ohio State were the best teams in the Big Ten. I understand the argument for Ohio, but Penn State? They lost to a Mac team.
I don't understand either
it is pretty much up in air. I think a couple more conference games need to played before anybody can make any type of definitive statement about who the best teams are. Still not sure why UM is being written off as one of the top 2 or 3 teams in the conference by the national media, though. Obviously, the game last week was ugly, but a seven point loss to an undefeated team when turning it over 6 times shouldn't equal written off status. I don't think that will be the case at the end of the year.
Sparty gets away with a lot of holds. They must practice how to cover it up.
Every team does this. Jake Long brags about his ability to hide holding. What are you really trying to say?
Where was the aggression on offense from Indiana that we saw in the first half??
Dantonio is going to try to score again.
Haha, Lou Holtz' mic is malfunctioning.
Sadly, they're trying to fix it.
Finally they cut of Holtz's mic. Took them too long.
This announcing is just terrible. They are trying so hard to hype up MSU because they know just how bad the Big Ten is.
Classic big ten network
is the loss of Sims. That's a killer for MSU. Maxwell uses Sims a lot.
Looks like Burbridge emerged as his #2 guy now.
Time to get ready for Michigan football!!!!
How about Northwestern? Getting outscored 22-0 in the 4th quarter.
As an IU student that game makes me so mad. Most of it has to do with the QB situation. Nate Sudfeld is a true freshman who has out performed Coffman in every chance he has gotten and yet the coaches won't play him. I think if he would have started IU could have won by a lot. All my friends are confused by the situation as well. IU played extremely hard and that is encouraging at least.
It's mind-boggling.
Glad to see MSU almost lose to Indiana. Shows they are bad and can't play on the road.


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Fire and Ice
Bella has been living with the Cullen`s for 10 years and Nessie and Jake are dating. when a new creature arrives, nobody has any idea who she is or where she is from. she introduces herself as Phoenix, The first vampire and also a were-panther. but this strange new creature with wings of pure gold is in trouble. she has imprinted with Caius and is on the run from the Volturi. She seeks refuge with the Cullen`s, but will she be safe, or will her presence destroy the Cullen`s and everything they hold dear?
This isn`t my first crossover or Phoenix story, but it is my first crossover for people to read. i really hope you like it. please reveiw, i really want to know what you think
1. Chapter One- Newcomer
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It was a dark and stormy night when she first showed up. I know it sounds seriously cliché, but it honestly was. She appeared right in the middle of Edward and I`s living room. She looked around her, looking rather startled. She had waist length black hair that was streaked with gold, blood red eyes and ivory skin.
At first glance I thought she was a vampire, but then I heard a heartbeat that was twice as fast as Nessie`s and I denied the thought. But she was certainly not human though, for she had two giant golden birds wings protruding from her shoulder blades.
I noticed she had a smoky smell, almost like she had just been in a large fire. Her blood was strangely appealing, like a cool glass of lemonade on a hot day. desirable. but something about her screamed danger.
I glanced at Edward, who`s eyebrows where knotted together, as though he was trying really hard to do something, but couldn`t. he blinked and then spoke.
"Who are you, and how did you get here?" he asked smoothly. I saw him slowly walk over to Nessie, who was asleep on the sofa and nudge her so she woke up.
"What the?" she asked groggily. Then she saw the girl, for she barely looked seventeen. But being a vampire, who was I to judge. She turned around suddenly so she was facing my husband and child. "Do not panic, I don`t intend to harm the girl." She said in a voice that sounded like bells, but had an underlying edge of desperation and exhaustion. I glared at her.
"Then you mustn`t mind answering my husband`s question. Who are you, and how the heck did you get here?" she looked at me, and I saw pain and sorrow and age in the deep, fathomless pits of her ruby eyes. She had lived long and suffered much.
"my name is Phoenix and I seek refuge." She said quietly. "I came here from another world." My eyes widened.
"I came here from another world." She said. I blinked. This strange girl whose mind I could not read had just said the craziest thing I had ever heard. I shook my head.
"Impossible." I said. Nessie looked up at me and raised her hand to my face. Pictures of all the fantasy movies she had seen flashed through my mind. She blinked her chocolate brown eyes at me. I shook my head at her.
"Why can I not see into your mind?" I asked her. I only knew one person who could block me and I was married to her. She shrugged.
"I`m a stronger telepath. I sense mistrust and disbelief from your own mind. If I show you who I am, then will you believe me?" she asked me. I nodded. She shut her eyes and suddenly a wave of memories washed over me. I saw the world millennia ago, I saw this girl protecting other universes, I saw her fall in love with a human and bear him children. I saw how she lost that family. But what surprised me the most was the numerous images of her drinking human blood. She opened her eyes and stared at me, not even blinking.
"You`re a vampire." I whispered. I felt Bella lift her shield.
She asked me disbelievingly. Phoenix turned to face her.
"I was the first. The first vampire in any world." Bella looked frightened.
"How could you hear me?" she asked. Phoenix sighed.
"Telepath. Remember? I need help. I accidentally got trapped in this world, had a slight run in with the Volturi and now it just so happens I have imprinted with Caius. I need help." She said.
"Wait, isn`t imprinting for werewolves?" Bella asked. Phoenix shrugged.
"Evidently, it`s for werepanthers. It`s sort of a problem, since I`m married and all." Suddenly Alice came running in, with Jasper at her heels.
"I just saw…" she began, but then she saw Phoenix. "oh. Okay then. I am so out of practice." Then she saw the wings and noticed the heartbeat and scent. "holy… what are you?" she asked. Phoenix sighed.
"It`s a long story." She said
"it's a long story." I said. After everything that had happened in the past 48 hours I was very confused. "I am The Phoenix. I was created when my earth was made and I was charged as it-and every other worlds- protector.
"Somehow, a witch cast a spell that transported me here. Only, she sent me to the Volturi. My guard was down and Aro managed to touch me. When he saw all the things that I had done to expose vampires on my world he ordered me to die. I was in my halfway form at the time and Caius saw that I was a werepanther.
"He volunteered to kill me, and he tried. But when he touched me he imprinted with me. He went into shock and I used my chance and escaped." I said with a breath. I shifted into my halfway form, in which I had red eyes, black fur, gold wings, fangs, claws and cat ears, to prove a point. When I saw their reactions I quickly shifted back. "Do you believe me?" I asked. They nodded. I sighed in relief. "But what happens now?" asked Edward. I got the vision at the exact same time Alice did. It was of me, the Cullens and the werewolves.
We were standing in the Volturi palace and Aro was watching us. Suddenly we were attacked by the Volturi and we were fighting back. The force of the vision knocked me over backwards and it made Alice fall into Jasper. I hit a sofa that was behind me and sat down.
"Wow." Said Alice. "That was pretty intense." I nodded in agreement.
"What?" asked Jasper, frustrated.
"What?" asked Jasper. He couldn`t keep up with all the feelings in the room, but one lot freaked him out the most. Phoenix`s. She was so thirsty and angry, and unlike us, she couldn`t ignore her hunger. She is so strange. And what on earth did they see? I nodded in amusement.
"In short, we saw us fighting the Volturi." Alice said. Phoenix nodded in agreement.
"But we only just dealt with the Volturi! We can`t handle another fight!" Bella cried. I could tell just by looking at her that she was replaying our last encounter with the Italian vampires in her head. "Then don`t fight!" Phoenix cried. "I just want somewhere to stay and hide! I`m sure Alice`s vision could change, the future CAN change, apart from fixed points and that was not one of them." She explained. Carlisle, Esme, Emmet and Rosalie walked in at that moment. When they saw Phoenix they froze like statues. Phoenix nodded at Carlisle. "You are the leader of this coven?" she asked. "Yes." He replied. Suddenly, her eyes shifted to the gold that our eyes usually were from the blood red.
"Wow, girl, you got weird eyes." Emmet said.
"Oh, did they change?" she asked. Carlisle raised an eyebrow.
"Does it happen frequently?" he asked.
"Yes. They`re tied to my emotions, like my wings. Red for bloodlust, black for angry and gold for normal." She said as though it was the most normal thing in the world. "Have you got anything to drink?" she asked. Esme shook her head.
"We were about to go hunting soon, though."
"For animals?" Phoenix asked. Esme nodded. Phoenix made a face.
"You could go hunt in Seattle, but please refrain from hunting in this area. We are trying to keep a low profile." Carlisle said.
"It`s okay. I can drink animal blood. I`ll need to drink a lot, but I can live. It`s not like I can die." She smiled at that.
"What do you mean?" Carlisle asked her, a curious look on his face.
"You guys are mostly immortal, meaning if someone is strong enough, you can die. I am truly immortal. I cannot die full stop. Sure, I can be weakened or become comatose, but I can never actually die." She explained. I strained to get a read on Phoenix`s thought, but no matter how hard I tried, she was the stronger telepath. I looked at Bella, who was looking at the newcomer with interest, but her gaze occasionally flickered to Nessie. She caught me staring at her and smiled at me.
"Well, I`ll tell you this, your coven is unlike any I have ever come across. Very few vampires have the restraint to live like this. I have tried, but I found it very difficult." Phoenix commented. "Please may is stay?" she begged. She looked at Carlisle, a knowing glint in her eyes. "Did I mention my blood can heal any disease or injury?" she added. Carlisle gasped.
"Really?" he asked her. I could hear wonder in his voice.
"Yeah. how am I meant to protect people if I can`t heal them?" she asked. it was a fairly good point. She held out her wrist and drew her fingernail along it. Fresh golden liquid welled up along the line. "Freaky blood." Emmet commented. He always did say what others would not. we were more polite than him.
"I agree with you on that." she said, cracking a half smile. " thank god I heal fast, because it would be rather difficult to explain to a doctor." she considered for a moment. "Actually, come to think of it, the wings and eyes might freak him out first." Emmet cracked up laughing.
"I like you. you can stay." he said. she grinned.
"Now can we hunt?" she asked.
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Who wants to live forever? Some flatworms do, even if it means no sex.
British scientists have found that a species of flatworm can overcome the process of ageing to become potentially immortal and say their work sheds light on possibilities of alleviating ageing and age-related characteristics in human cells.
…The researchers found that the flatworms, known as planarian worms, can continuously maintain the length of a crucial part of their DNA, known as telomeres, during regeneration.
"Our data satisfy one of the predictions about what it would take for an animal to be potentially immortal," said Aziz Aboobaker, who led the research at Britain's University of Nottingham. "The next goals for us are to understand the mechanisms in more detail and to understand more about how you evolve an immortal animal…"
Aboobaker's team studied two types of planarian – those that reproduce sexually, like humans, and those that reproduce asexually by simply dividing in two.
Both types appear to regenerate indefinitely by growing new muscles, skin, guts and even entire brains again and again, Aboobaker explained in a statement about the work, but the asexual ones also renew their stocks of a key enzyme which may mean they can be immortal.
Scientists know that one of the key factors associated with ageing cells is telomere length. Telomeres are sections of DNA that cap the ends of chromosomes, protecting them from damage and the loss of cell functions linked to ageing. Shorter telomeres are thought to be an indicator of faster ageing…
In most sexually reproducing organisms the enzyme is most active during early development, but Aboobaker's team found that in the asexual worms, the planarian version of the enzyme is dramatically increased during regeneration – a factor that allows stem cells to maintain their telomeres as they divide to replace missing tissues…
Now, if they can just sort out the cause-and-effect relationship. We don't want immortality gained by no sex. We don't want no sex resulting from immortality.


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Baltimore, MD − Amy Perry has been named president of Sinai Hospital and executive vice president of LifeBridge Health, Sinai's parent company.
Perry most recently served as senior vice president and chief operating officer of Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida. In this role, Perry was responsible for all inpatient and outpatient operations, strategic planning, marketing, government affairs, clinical services, facilities, property management, capital deployment, and human resources.
"Amy's more than 20 years of hospital leadership experience will be invaluable in guiding Sinai as we move into a new era of health care and the challenges that will come with it," said Neil M. Meltzer, current president and chief operating officer of Sinai Hospital. "We look forward to welcoming her to the LifeBridge Health family."
Perry received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota and her Master of Science in Health Services Administration at Barry University in Miami, Florida. Prior to her position as senior vice president and chief operating officer at Mount Sinai, Perry served as president and chief executive officer of the Mount Sinai Foundation. She also held several other administrative positions at the medical center. Perry also brings experience as an international marketing consultant, as well as experience in construction and property management, to her new position at Sinai.
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For many of us, the arrival of warmer weather is synonymous with spring cleaning. It's the time of the year when we let go of the old things that no longer serve us, so that we can make room for new, fresh things. However, if you think we're just talking about your closet and that collection of concert tees that have seen better days - you're wrong.
A new season can also bring fresh, vibrant energy into our relationships. It's the perfect time to assess our loves lives and examine what's working and what needs to go the way of the dregs at the bottom of our closets.
Nicole McCance is a Harvard-educated psychotherapist and best-selling author. If you're looking to give your love life a tune-up, it's important to ask yourself, "What can you let go of to make space for more intimacy and connection? Who do you need to forgive to release resentments?" she says.
Whether you're hoping to revitalize a current relationship or improve your dating life, here's a few other things that McCance suggests you can do to get cleaning.
- Replace old, bad habits with new, healthy ones - Do you and your partner spend far too many evenings glued to your laptops or watching TV in separate rooms? Are you continually striking out with online dating? As McCance explains, "Start a new routine with your partner. Going for walks after dinner would be a perfect way to reconnect and talk about your day." If you're single, be active, get outside and try meeting people the old fashioned way.
- Let go of the small things - Instead of nagging at your partner about how he makes the bed, praise him for doing it. "Make room for compromise and communicate your needs this spring," McCance suggests. By doing so, you're going to bring more positive energy, love and satisfaction into your relationship.
- Show appreciation - When was the last time you told your partner they were special? McCance says it's important to compliment your partner on a regular basis. As she notes, "Once you've removed the bad habits and made space for newfound love in your relationship fill it up with appreciation. People who feel loved tend to want to love back."
William Morris once said "Have nothing in your house that you don't know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." I believe a similar philosophy can be applied to our personal relationships. Like attracts like. As McCance says, "You will notice as you begin to clean out the staleness of your relationship and replace it with fresh habits your partner will begin to reciprocate this." Now, pass me the broom.
Spring cleaning your house and your relationship have more in common than you may think:
Getting started is the hardest part - Most of us would rather stay in our pajamas watching Game of Thrones than clean the bathroom. Fact. The same goes with having potentially difficult conversations with our partner. However, like cleaning out your closet, sometimes things have to get messier before they get better.
Both parties need to pitch in - Like cleaning a home, maintaining a relationship requires active participation from everyone involved or resentment brews.
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LAKE ARIEL — On Sunday, May 5, Stephen Volpe of Lake Ariel passed away suddenly of a massive heart attack.
LAKE ARIEL — On Sunday, May 5, Stephen Volpe of Lake Ariel passed away suddenly of a massive heart attack.
He was 37 years old and the sole breadwinner for Stacy, his 17-year partner in life and their four adopted children.
The unexpected death of such a young man is always an unimaginable tragedy for the family, but Steve owned his own business, so his passing leaves his family not only without him, but without an income as well.
They desperately need help paying the bills while they adjust to life without the man they relied on to support them in so many ways.
To help, Steve's extended family and friends are putting together an emergency benefit for his grief-stricken family.
The event will be held at the Lake Ariel Fire Hall on Route 191 Saturday, May 18 from 3 to 8 p.m. A $10 donation will get you in the door and a shot at a door prize.
There will be a full buffet dinner, a D.J. as well as a live acoustic band and lots of raffles.
For those who can't attend but would like to help, donations for the Steve's family may be sent to Stacy Boehmer care of Ralph Boehmer, brother of the family, at 96 O'Connell Rd., Waymart PA 18427.


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The Catholic Church has been in the public spotlight a lot this year. The issues of contraception and gay marriage have been part of the presidential campaign and church leaders have weighed in. There have also been new revelations in a case involving leaked Vatican documents, and it may actually be a case where the butler did it. Host Rachel Martin speaks with John Allen, a senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter.


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If you haven't heard of YouTube star Rosanna Pansino's "Nerdy Nummies" channel yet, then you're definitely missing out! The super talented baker — who got her start in the kitchen thanks to her grandmother — makes all kinds of crazy stuff, from Despicable Me cupcakes to SpongeBob lemon bars. Then she posts fun DIY videos that show you how to make your own versions of her very cool treats!
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[Novelist Mary] Gordon suggests that "there are two major narratives in the world, the narrative of fundamentalism and the narrative of consumerism." Given her own religious faith, she explains, she is much more comfortable imagining the inner life of a suicide bomber "than I am of Donald Trump"; she finds the terrorist mind, with its belief in eternal truth, "much more comprehensible."Well, come on. The mind of Donald Trump -- that's a very special object of contemplation. Who can fathom it?
Ms. Gordon says that whenever she sees people driving Hummers, "I want to just drive them off the road" — or worse. She could "go out on quite a spree," she says. What stops her from becoming a roadside bomber fighting for eternal truth, she explains, is her Christian belief that these "greedy" materialists "are sacred and valuable in the eyes of God."
But it's scary to think of novelists with murderous thoughts restrained only by their religious faith. I guess if there are "two major narratives," she herself is subscribed to the fundamentalist one, and we're just lucky she's locked onto a religious belief that includes nonviolence and all that love -- that love for all the greedy bastards in this damned world.


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MILWAUKEE (AP) – A 25-year-old West Allis man is in custody after a Capitol Police officer was stabbed and wounded in a state office building in Milwaukee. Milwaukee police announced the arrest Wednesday night but provided no details. Stephanie Marquis is a spokeswoman for the state Department of Administration, which oversees the Capitol Police. She says two Capitol officers responded to a duress alarm in the state office building in Milwaukee Wednesday afternoon. The officers were confronted by a man who stabbed one of them in the neck before fleeing. Marquis says the injured officer was taken to a hospital and is in stable condition. Marquis says the officers were not responding to a hostage situation but didn't offer any further information. She says Milwaukee police have taken the lead in the investigation.
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It has been one year and four days since X.Org 7.3 was released and a number of months since X.Org 7.4 was supposed to be released, but today X.Org 7.4 is scheduled to finally make it out the door! This release is shipping quite late and with a slimmed down set of features, but in this article we have more details on what this release holds in store for the Linux desktop community and why it may be a short-lived release.
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Yes, but the pejorative tinting of amateur is what comes to most peoples' minds when its used to describe one's work.
To me, I have to hear more to make a judgement. If someone says, "this is a great application from a local amateur developer" means to me that this guy is able to make a great piece of software regardless of the fact that he won't make any money off it. To me, an amateur who makes a high quality piece of software will receive more 'wow' from me than a paid developer who makes an application of similar quality. Maybe I'm just a romantic who cheers for the underdog.
I understand what you mean - some people make the leap to the conclusion that anything that isn't done by 'paid' experts is obviously of questionable quality (even if all evidence demonstrates to the contrary).


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I don't know what it is. I don't know if it's the change in the weather but for the past week or so, I've woken in the morning feeling like I didn't sleep at all. Maybe it's because I find myself getting up several times during the night.


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Wondering what guys really think? A good source might be Miguel Almaraz, co-author of "WTF Are Men Thinking? 250,000 Men Reveal What Women Really Want to Know" (Sourcebooks).
"We launched the website (wtfarementhinking.com) in 2010, where we compiled questions that were given to us by women, and then asked our male audience to answer them as honestly as possible," Almaraz said. "We had so much data, we could have written several books!" Following is an edited transcript of our conversation.
Q: What were some of the most surprising answers?
A: One I thought was interesting was how long guys would wait for sex after they started dating. From all the data that we had, the number that bubbled up most was four dates. At that point, they're looking at the relationship, going, "Am I going to stay in it for the long haul, regardless of whether we have sex or am I going to cut my losses and move on?"
Q: You say men often prefer a woman who isn't a perfect 10. Can you explain?
A: What guys told us is that a woman who doesn't have the perfect body is going to work harder to please you, no matter what it is — if it's sexually or emotionally. ... She may have an insecurity that she tries harder to compensate for. But a woman who is more attractive physically, she may not feel she has to work as hard because she knows she's attractive.
Q: What would make a guy take a pass on a second date?
A: (Being) rude or arrogant. Guys are observant. They're watching how you interact with waitstaff at the restaurant, how you interact with the valet, so they're looking at all this and they're really thinking, "That guy could be me!" And there was a question about whether you should kiss on the first date and guys said if they are not attracted to her, they probably won't kiss them good night — so that is a pretty strong indicator for whether or not the guy thought the date went well.
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May 23, 2013
As mentioned in our previous CATIE News story, Danish scientists have been studying potential ways of curing HIV infection with the experimental cancer drug panobinostat. Interim results of their clinical trial of this drug will be presented later this year at an international conference. In the meantime, Danish scientists have also been doing some other interesting cure research that may have gone underappreciated. This other research is the focus of this CATIE News story. Before getting into the details of their work, a bit of background is necessary.
In the late 1800s, New York surgeon William Coley began experiments to assess the impact of inducing bacterial infections on the course of certain cancers in people. Specifically, he deliberately caused serious skin infections with Streptococcus and later other bacteria. This idea was based on observation that some patients with cancer experienced unexpected remission of their disease when they also developed certain bacterial infections. However, the consequences of serious bacterial infections in the pre-antibiotic era could be dangerous. Eventually Dr. Coley and colleagues used injections of heat-killed bacteria (a mixture known as Coley's toxins). This resulted in limited success in carefully selected patients with certain cancers. Bear in mind that clinical trials in that era were not underpinned by rigorous statistics and they generally lacked a randomized, controlled design.
The initial effect of the therapy was to cause symptoms of a severe flu-like illness. Within an hour of injection of the vaccine, patients experienced severe but temporary chills, followed by a high fever. These and other symptoms cleared within 12 to 24 hours after injection. Some patients were given daily therapy with this vaccine, others received it every other day for weeks or months and then the administration was gradually reduced and ended, depending on the response of the cancer.
Researchers in the late 20th century suspected that these bacterial vaccines worked by stimulating the body to produce a mix of chemical messengers, called cytokines, which alerted the immune system to the presence of cancer. Furthermore, these cytokines also strengthened the ability of cells of the immune system to destroy some cancers.
After Dr. Coley's death, general interest in his bacterial vaccines waned. Today, some scientists are aware of the potential of Dr. Coley's work. Bacterial extracts are now used as part of the treatment for some cases of bladder cancer. In this instance, doctors use weakened strains of bacteria related to those that cause TB (tuberculosis). The strain of bacteria used is called BCG. This works by stimulating the immune system resident in the bladder and helping it attack this cancer. BCG is also used to make a vaccine to prevent TB. However, this vaccine is not highly effective at preventing TB and is seldom used in high-income countries today.
In the 1980s, Japanese researchers working with BCG found that exposing cells of the immune system to bacterial DNA improved their ability to attack cancerous tissue. In the 1990s, doctors in Japan conducted a clinical trial of bacterial DNA to treat patients with cancer. Their overall results were promising, with 43% of 75 patients demonstrating a response. However, due to the difficulty of creating uniform and safe concentrations of extracts of DNA derived from BCG, the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare rejected a request to license such therapy.
In the mid-1990s, physician-investigator Arthur Krieg, M.D., and other scientists were trying to understand precisely how bacterial extracts, such as those used by Dr. Coley, could have such a profound impact on the immune system and cancer cells. In experiments in the lab, scientists exposed cells of the immune system to tiny pieces of nucleic acids (strips of DNA) arising from bacterial infections. This exposure to bacterial nucleic acids caused cells to produce a protective immune response. Further research found that a segment of the tiny pieces of nucleic acid were common to many bacteria and triggered a protective response by the immune system when it encountered different species of bacteria. This occurred because the immune system recognized a pattern in the nucleic acid of bacteria via specialized receptors. These receptors are called TLRs (toll-like receptors).
TLRs act as part of the body's warning system for invasion by germs. Different TLRs serve to recognize different patterns in different types of germs. One type of TLR called TLR9 is particularly important. Researchers have found that TLR9 plays a role in helping the immune system sense viral infections such as HIV, HBV (hepatitis B virus) and HPV (human papilloma virus). All three viruses can cause varying degrees of immune dysfunction in people and have been associated with an increased risk for the development of different cancers. Furthermore, these particular viral infections weaken the ability of TLR9 to alert the immune system to the presence of viruses and tumours. Partly as a result of weakened TLR9 activity, and likely other immunologic dysfunction associated with these viral infections, the immune system is not able to contain and eradicate these viruses and the tumours they cause.
As mentioned earlier, exposure to bacterial extracts such as Coley's toxins can cause unpleasant symptoms. A more refined approach to eliciting a protective immune response uses artificially created strings of DNA that mimic patterns found in bacterial and viral DNA. These artificial strings of nucleic acids are called CpG.
Researchers in several countries have tested the general safety and preliminary effectiveness of CpG 7909 (also known as agatolimod, PF-3512676, ProMune). This compound interacts with TLR9 and appears to boost its function, activating the immune system to better sense and fight viral infections and possibly some tumours. Several clinical trials have been done with CpG 7909 in HIV-negative patients with cancer. Several small clinical trials and two large phase III clinical trials (enrolling a total of about 1,600 patients with advanced lung cancer receiving chemotherapy) have been performed with CpG 7909 in HIV-negative patients. In these trials the drug appeared to be generally safe; however, there appeared to be limited anti-cancer effect.
In the past decade, a team of scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute tested CpG 7909 in HIV-positive people. In their experiments, the researchers used very small doses of this CpG together with a hepatitis B vaccine. The team found that this compound, when combined with the vaccine, increased the immune system's response to the vaccine and this response lasted a long time. The use of CpG 7909 was generally safe, with side effects (redness and swelling at the injection site) being temporary.
Several years ago, a team of researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled study to compare the effect of a pneumonia vaccine with or without CpG 7909 in 97 HIV-positive people who were taking combination anti-HIV therapy (commonly called ART or HAART). In this study, repeated injections of 1 mg of CpG 7909 at the start and in the third and ninth months of the trial significantly increased the immune response to the vaccine.
However, the Danish team did some additional research. After the study was completed they reanalyzed stored blood samples from a subset of participants. The purpose of this reanalysis was to assess the impact that exposure to CpG 7909 may have had on the proportion of HIV-infected cells in the blood. The reason for this investigation was that laboratory studies done several years before with cells and HIV found that several CpGs had the ability to both stimulate HIV replication from resting infected cells and to interfere with HIV's ability to cause new infections.
The team found that the proportion of HIV-infected cells fell by 12% after each injection of CpG. This finding suggests that regular exposure to CpG 7909 can reduce the burden of HIV-infected cells in the body. This burden is called the "reservoir" by scientists and, in theory, a smaller reservoir should make curing HIV ultimately easier over the long term. However, separate clinical trials will be needed to assess this possibility, as none of the participants who received CpG injections were cured.
In contrast, among participants who received placebo, the proportion of HIV-infected cells remained about the same. Furthermore, participants who received injections of CpG appeared to have killer T-cells (called CD8+ cells) with increased anti-HIV activity. There was no detectable increase in HIV antibodies in participants.
According to the researchers, CpG 7909 was "generally well tolerated," with mild side effects at the injection site (pain, swelling, redness, bruising). In some cases there were also temporary flu-like symptoms (such as fever, joint pain, chills and fatigue) and in 76% of participants, these were judged to be of "moderate to severe" intensity. Exposure to CpG did not reduce CD4+ cell counts. In some cases, there were very small and temporary increases in HIV viral load. But no participant had their viral load become detectable (that is, rise above the 50 copies/ml mark) for more than two consecutive blood tests. Further analyses found that CpG 7909 did not cause any toxicity to major organ-systems such as the bone marrow, liver or kidneys.
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Susan Samtur is nationally recognized as the "Coupon Queen" and has been helping consumers save money at the checkout for over 30 years. She has been featured on Regis Philbin, Oprah Winfrey and Good Morning America.
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