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#23 Dec 8, 2008
It's called the Internet.
People get to be anonymous so they act like they can say what they want and it doesn't matter what may or may not happen
#24 Dec 8, 2008
I worked with Suzanne for many years.
She is one of the kindest people I know.
We all have our bad days .... she gets to have them publicly.
As for Larry - he is the most ethical, honest person and I sure want his family to stay around Grand Rapids - they love this community and we love them.
#25 Dec 8, 2008
I've met Suzanne a couple of times and she seemed very nice. I'm not going to judge her by this comment or that comment from a friend of a friend who heard that she ... please just grow up!
Even if you had first-hand experience with her, you may have just seen her on a bad day, and goodness knows we have all had those! It wouldnt matter if you were a local television personality or Fred from the grocery store, we all have had a day or two like that. I'd hate to be remembered for what I did or said on a bad day!
I love Larry - I'm going to miss him!
#26 Dec 8, 2008
FWIW, my son when he was in the 8th grade wanted to be a meteorologist.
I emailed Terri DeBoer about his desire.
She not only replied, she made arrangements for him and I to come down to the station, watch a telecast, showed him where the information comes from, gave him some great information about schools, etc, how she got started, etc.
She was kind and gracious, and my son was 10 feet off the ground for years.
#27 Dec 8, 2008
In the 3 years I worked there, she was the only one that acted like it was her right to keep us there late. In the off chance someone came in and they saw that the rest of the mall was closing, they would quickly make a decision and pay within a few minutes.
They certainly never acted like they were shopping in the middle of the day.
#28 Dec 8, 2008
I am the one who earlier did a post about Suzanne's husbands company Merpi (video) Productions and wondering if WoodTV8 uses them, and pays his company millions each year for services? The relationship (if there is one) would definately have a difference as to whether Suzanne kept her job or not. Lets for example say they do use her husband's video company, and it's costs Woodtv8 millions each year, and he does business with hundreds of other companies each year and has for 20 years. That would make them both extremely wealthy people in this town, and those kinds of people have power. Power is job security. Suzanne may be the head cheese at Woodtv8 and her and her husband could own half the station for all we know? I think she does a great job myself. But for those that are wondering why she is still there and not fired by now, I hope this thread may shed some light on the possibility that a strong financial relationship with her and the station may exist that we dont know about. She may even volunteer her time down there for tax purposes? I wish Suzanne and her station luck, been watching them exclusively since the Buck (Chester) Barry days.
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#30 Dec 8, 2008
I always thought she looked like the "Chicken Lady", or a very close relation to Beavis.
#31 Dec 8, 2008
If you don't like her switch to 13!! thats what I did. I couldn't stand watching Terry and Brian flirting anymore. I did notice he is no longer on in the A.M.I hear shes pretty snooty too.
#32 Dec 8, 2008
Just because it hasn't happened to you yet, doesn't mean it couldn't or wouldn't. I stand by my statement that your experience is no reason for her to be fired. Her being a b*tch has nothing to do with her ability to relay the news.
#33 Dec 8, 2008
This is the first day i've seen this topix. What happen that her job is in question?
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#34 Dec 8, 2008
You noticed that, too? I always thought Brian looked nervous, like a kid about to ask a girl out for the first time. He seemed to blush a lot, also.
Since: Jul 08
#35 Dec 8, 2008
How do you know it's "rubbish"? I've met Tom VanHowe twice and he was a royal j*rk both times.
You sound like the one without class.
Since: Jul 08
#36 Dec 8, 2008
What, are you new to blogging then? Stay away from Freeper and HuffPo then. Better yet, stay off the computer altogether.
Since: Jul 08
#37 Dec 8, 2008
Nothing, really. This started with the original announcement that Larry was being let go/contract not renewed. Other people started chiming in on who they thought should have been let go instead, Suzy being at the top of the list.
#38 Dec 8, 2008
She is not very easy on the eyes!
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#39 Dec 8, 2008
I agree with you. And why in the He dbl hockey sticks would anyone wish the demise of anyones job right now?????? There may be more to the story maybe he wanted to retire ever think of that?
#40 Dec 8, 2008
If I e-mailed Terrie Deboer about my desire I would go to jail.
#41 Dec 8, 2008
To put it nicely, she STINKS! But I guess that is par for WOODTV... they get rid of the pros and keep the dead wood. It's not about wishing the demise of anyones job.... it comes down to her lack of professionalizm in the media industry. It appears that she is not well liked my a majority of viewers.
#42 Dec 9, 2008
Only the whiners post.
#43 Dec 9, 2008
No. It appears that she is not well liked by a majority of folks on Topix. Big difference. My parents don't mind her, but they don't have a computer. Lots of people watch News 8 but don't participate on Topix. Probably for fear they'd lose their sanity...
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'There is really no reason why Nasdaq shouldn't be the developer of the first global equity trading ever', Simmons proclaims in a conversation at Nasdaq's unprepossessing headquarters overlooking Times Square.
With most of Nasdaq's staff operating from computer centres in Connecticut and near Washington, the market has only the most minimal presence in New York and none at all on Wall Street.
Simmons shows disdain for the New York Stock Exchange's old-style floor and paper based trading, which he describes as 'great theatre.' He notes it takes 20 seconds to execute an order on Wall Street and two-tenths of a second at Nasdaq.
'We set out to build an Asian capability and then a European capability. Our intent is that individuals on any one of those Continents will be able trade stocks during daylight hours in the currency of their choice. Why shouldn't Starbucks shares be registered in Japan and in Europe?' he asks quizzically.
Simmons, a product of America's North Eastern seaboard financial aristocracy, recognises that this may not be the most auspicious moment for a transforming deal for Nasdaq, although he by no means rules it out. He firstly wants to have Nasdaq's new trading system, known as SuperMontage, running successfully before anything really ambitious is tried.
Secondly, he wants to get Nasdaq's initial public offering - the first by any US stock exchange - out of the way, so Nasdaq has its own currency and the means of valuing its business before fulfilling its expansion ambitions. 'We don't want to get slapped with a private discount,' he says.
There is little doubt that Simmons, brought in from US stockbroking firm Prudential Securities to mastermind Nasdaq's push towards flotation, is keenly interested in the LSE. Nasdaq's purchase of the weakling Brussels-based Easdaq market and its 50% joint venture with Liffe, the London futures market which is now part of Euronext, is seen as the warm-up act for the big event.
Easdaq, now Nasdaq Europe, was designed 'in a small way to get in on the game,' Simmons says. 'We decided to move in, take over their 60-to-70 odd listings, until we could bring up Super-Montage.'
Similarly, Nasdaq linked with Sir Brian Williamson at Liffe, because Nasdaq wanted to have a foot in the relatively new market for single share options. Unfortunately, despite having sunk 'about $25m bucks in it', the project has been held up because of a dispute between America's main financial regulators, the Securities & Exchange Commission and Commodities & Futures Trading Commission.
It is clear that Simmons, a tall, relaxed figure with an elegant drawl, has his eyes well trained on the developments across the Atlantic, and wants his next European venture to parallel the Nasdaq approach. This he defines as an 'open dealer platform' and 'a horizontal business as opposed to vertical business, where individuals who have orders can execute them in one place and clear them in another, and sell them in a third if they want to. This, I think, is the secret of the low cost nature of US markets.'
In making this point, Simmons all but appears to be ruling out an alliance or deal with the Deutsche Borse in Frankfurt (the LSE's previous possible merger partner) which has gone in the other direction by bringing trading, clearing and settlement within one market - or a single silo as the experts call it.
So is he talking to anyone in Europe right now? 'Absolutely - to Clara (Furse) and to Don Cruickshank.' And for good measure to British policymakers including Chancellor Gordon Brown , who has been very keen on bringing Nasdaq to London, and financial secretary to the Treasury, Ruth Kelly.
He notes that Werner Seifert at the Deutsche Borse has 'built his fort - London is the most international, and Euronext is doing its best to build some kind of Pan European capability'.
It is plain from his remarks that he is less than impressed by the integration process at Euronext, or the vertical model adopted in Frankfurt. This leaves the LSE firmly in his sights.
The key for Nasdaq, before it really embarks on its European ambitions, is SuperMontage, the new trading platform which is apparently capable of automatic execution of transactions of up to 1m shares.
Aside from improving the speed and liquidity of Nasdaq, the system is designed to end the leakage of business from Nasdaq to electronic trading networks such as the troubled Instinet subsidary of Reuters.
'When you look at a screen, instead of seeing just the best bid and offer, you will now be able to look five levels deep on either side of the best bid and offer,' Simmons says. It will also allow investors to keep trades confidential until the end of the session.
One of Simmons' aides passes me a report by Boston-based research group Celent, that argues SuperMontage 'will make huge gains by the end of its first year in operation'. It suggests that this 'is the moment of truth for Instinet', which may end up having to merge with one of its rivals such as Island, if it is to survive the squeeze coming from Nasdaq.
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Pauline Hanson entered the Queensland election yesterday, announcing she would seek $2.52 million compensation from the Beattie Government and return $502,000 to the "little Australians" who had donated money to try to stop her being sent to jail.
She said her "demise" had shown her that politicians, such as Premier Peter Beattie and federal Minister for Health Tony Abbott had pursued her through the legal system to tie up One Nation in expensive legal battles.
The party was therefore prevented from having the finances to fight elections and the public was led to believe that she was dishonest.
"I want compensation. I'm asking for it. They have destroyed my life, my political career. I was the woman that kept bouncing back, who kept having a go," Mrs Hanson said from the back of a truck at a rally outside Queensland's Parliament in Brisbane.
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She was speaking outside the Queensland Parliament in the final days of the campaign.
About 100 people attended the protest which at times became farcical. A Greens candidate, former ABC Brisbane current affairs anchorman Andrew Carroll, set up placards beside the speakers truck, a bewigged man kept saying Mr Beattie was responsible for UFOs that were attacking Queensland and another man calling himself Cosmic Nick with a crystal wand and a toy Labrador around his neck kept interrupting One Nation founder David Ettridge.
"There's a dog humping you," Mr Ettridge told him. "What a sight. We're not here talking about the mental health system today."
If successful, Mrs Hanson said she would also use part of compensation money to repay the $750,000 she and Mr Ettridge owe Sydney millionaire developer Michael Kordek for legal costs.
She called on jurors who convicted her of electoral fraud last August to come forward and declare whether or not they were directed outside the courtroom to find her and Mr Ettridge guilty.
The pair were sentenced to three years' jail each but released on appeal last November. Mrs Hanson urged people to vote One Nation or independent to punish Mr Beattie for taking his victory for granted next Saturday.
Mr Beattie said her claim for the reimbursement of $502,000 - paid to One Nation based on its share of the vote in the 1998 election - was a matter for the Queensland Electoral Commission and her demand for an ex gratia payment would be considered by the authorities.
He said he could understand why Ms Hanson "would be unhappy about life" after serving 11 weeks behind bars.
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Another said a court had last week failed to convict a white man charged with raping her eight-year-old granddaughter. "And the Premier says he called the election to protect the kids," she said.
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RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters Life!) - As the recession takes a bite out of video games sales in the stores, consumers are opting to download more games to save money while keeping themselves entertained.
Video game sales slid 14 percent in the United States in the first eight months of 2009, according to The NPD Group, as consumers downloaded more videogames on PCs, consoles and mobile devices like PSP, Nintendo DSi and iPod Touch and iPhone.
"The number of casual games available for download has grown exponentially and the number of premium downloads appears to be growing by 50 to 100 percent annually," said Michael Pachter, videogame analyst, Wedbush Morgan Securities.
Nintendo, which has been at the forefront of attracting new consumers to games, has made it simple for Wii and Nintendo DSi owners to download WiiWare games like "Tetris Party" and DSiWare games like "A Little Bit of Dr. Mario."
On October 1. Sony Computer Entertainment shipped its new PSPgo, which eliminates the UMD (Universal Media Disc) drive of previous PSPs in favor of digital downloads.
In addition to offering full gameplay experiences like Sony's "Gran Turismo," and Namco Bandai's "Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny," players can download "mini" games like Electronic Arts' "Sudoku" and Subatomic Studios' "Fieldrunners" for $5 to $9.
Pachter believes that the biggest download threat to games is the iPod Touch. Although the device costs more than a Nintendo DS, and the quality of the games is generally very poor, he said the value proposition is incredible.
"The iPod Touch is beginning to be advertised as a gaming device, and cost-conscious consumers will ultimately appreciate the savings over time," said Pachter. Continued...


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When we were little, no one could separate us from each other and we were closer than ever... As we grew older, our bond grew stronger... But one day... A girl appeared in our lives who could keep us apart. It was then that I knew that nothing was going to be the same..
was always afraid I would lose my twin. He was, is and will always
remain the most important thing in my life. But it's as if for him
I'm becoming less and less important.
And this fear started on that horrible day.
It was raining outside and we it was supposed to be a beautiful Valentine's Day...
But it was the worst Valentine's Day of my whole life...
'Ehm...Hey...Haruhi?...' The orange headed host started to talk. 'Yes?' She aswered with a smile, still dressed as a guy. The boy looked off blushing and kept silent for a few seconds. He looked back at her. 'Wanna.. hang out with me after?..' He asked her shyly. She smiled, he couldn't helpt but to keep staring at her pretty face. 'I'm sorry, I'm going out with someone else tonight, and I need to do some preparations.. so..'
Now that I think of it... I could've known it at that point... I could've known what was coming to me... The only person who knew I loved her so much was...my twin...But at that time I couldn't know... My mind was too focused on Haruhi..
When the girl left, the boy stayed to wait for his twin who went to get dressed.
He sat down in a chair. It wasn't long before the two were back together and his twin sat down on his lap. By now the club was empty and they were locked up in their own little world again. Their lips locked to each other's and they drifted off. They would always kiss when they knew no one was around. They would misunderstand them, they wanted their privacy, their own little love.
'Kaoru... Let's do this at home...' Hikaru whispered between kisses. Kaoru nodded and let go of Hikaru. They stood up and while thinking the same thing they immediately raced for the limo, wanting to go home as soon as possible.
...Of course I couldn't blame him. We were messing around the whole time. And he never told me. He never mentioned it. Did he really only care about the fooling around? Even in the car...
'Hikaru... Please... Let's just do it here, now..' 'Be patient, will you?' He smirked at his younger brother. As soon as the car stopped they fixed their clothes and ran up the stairs. As if the maids weren't used to see them running around like that.
Hikaru smacked and locked
the door behind him before removing the first layer of Kaoru's
clothes. Kaoru liked to dress in layers and Hikaru liked to take them
He planted his lip in his little brother's neck and sucked it softly. He knew it was going to leave a mark, but he didn't care. Kaoru was his and his only.
Kaoru lifted Hikaru's head and kissed him, Hikaru's hands were everywhere. Their kissing was passionate and full of lust. They urged for each other.
They reached out for each other's belts. When...
I didn't think it would come that fast... I was too much into the moment...
When the phone rang.
Kaoru picked up his cellphone and answered with a 'huh?' Hikaru
smirked at him. He looked so nerdy cute when he did that, he wrapped
his arms around Kaoru's waist and stroked his back softly.
Kaoru just ignored him and continued his conversations. A flood of 'hmmm's and 'uh huh's were followed. After he hung the phone Hikaru immediately continued their flinging.
Kaoru pushed Hikaru off. 'Gomen ne Hikaru... Something came in between..' he muttered. 'What? Like what?' 'Something important..' He stood up and went to shower. Hikaru looked after his twin before lifting his shoulders and starting to dress. He went down the stairs and decided to wait there.
I don't know why I didn't ask further about it. I guess it was as if I knew he would avoid answers...
It wasn't too long
before they were together again. 'You going out?' Hikaru asked. Kaou
nodded. 'Yeah.. something like that...' Kaoru looked very good with
the clothes he was wearing. He wasn't wearing as much layers as before,
but it still looked good on him. Hikaru grinned at Kaoru. 'Stay with
me, sexy!' Kaoru shook his head but laughed. 'See ya... Don't wait up
for me, okay?' He smiled. Hikaru smiled and nodded before his twin
went out.
Hikaru started to stop boredom by watching Tv. But after 2 Spongebob Squarepants episodes that became boring. He played on his Nintendo. But after beating the crap out of Ganondorf 5 times he was done with that too.
He even tried to read a book. Two words were enough to make him throw it with the garbage. He sighed. Life was sort of boring without Kaoru.
got dressed, took a bowl of ramen and went out too. There was nothing
to do anyway, he might as well enjoy, right?
So he went to the nearest and smallest cinema there was, ordered a big bowl of salty popcorn and went to see a horror movie. It wasn't really full, it was quite empty actually.
There were only a few people. Of course it was like that on Valentine's Day. He sighed. He had wished Haruhi and he could've gone to the movies.
He sat down next to a girl who didn't seem that scared either and talked to her during the whole movie. After the movie he said goodbye to her and went to buy a drink.
It was that moment where everything went wrong... It was that moment that made my day a living piece of shit.
turned around and it took him 2 seconds to drop his drink. He spotted
his twin. And it took him 0.1 second to see the girl he liked so much
with him.
He kept staring at them. They were together. At the movies. On Valentine's Day...
What wás I supposed to think? 'Oh maybe they just wanted to surprise me?'... They didn't even notice me, let alone that I planned to come there in the first place!
took a few more seconds before the eyes of the twins connected. Kaoru
froze. Haruhi, who was hanging on Kaoru's arm asked him what was
wrong. But he didn't answer. His eyes wouldn't move.
The eyes of his brother were full of emotion and piercing right into his. Unlike Kaoru, it took Hikaru a matter of time before he was sick of looking in the eyes of a betrayer.
His feet finally came to movement and he ran off as fast as he could. Kaoru immediately followed his brother's footsteps, leaving Haruhi alone.
'Hikaru!!!! Hikaru, WAIT!!' Kaoru yelled as hard as he could, but the cold air filled his lungs and Hikaru wouldn't listen. He could see him run to the park.
He followed as much as he could. But Hikaru had always been the better runner.
I didn't want to face him... I didn't... He shouldn't have followed me... He just shouldn't have! He knows me better than anyone! He should've known not to follow me! But he did...
It took Kaoru a lot of energy to catch up on Hikaru and grab his arm. 'Hikaru! It's not what you think! Believe me!' 'It isn't? Well, thát's strange! The brother I used to trust so much stabs my back like that, huh?! What am I supposed to misunderstand?! You being with Haruhi in a cinema, and she's clung to your arm on Valentine's Day?! WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO MISUNDERSTAND?!' Kaoru fell silent. Hikaru's tears were the element to stop Kaoru from talking. He hugged Hikaru, but got pushed away. Hikaru ran off. This time he wasn't being followed. He went home, running all the way.
I have never felt so alone in my whole life... I've never felt so miserable... I've never felt so betrayed... I've never wanted to die that badly...
next morning Hikaru couldn't move. His body refused to work. He felt
overtired and his head felt like it was going to explode. He grunted
and stirred and his whole body ached. It was as if he was meant to be
He called off of school and locked his self up in his room. He didn't want to see anyone.. Especially not Kaoru.
The whole day he stayed in bed and didn't answer to anyone who knocked on his door. Not to his mother, not to his father, not to the maids, not to his twin. He had locked his self away from the world and felt completely miserable. It was as if he was all alone in the whole world, and that world was his room, and he refused to believe there was another outside his door.
Around the hour of afternoon he heard a soft 'Hikaru?...' at his door. The illusion of one world existing crumbled in a mere second. He didn't answer. He heard the one at the door sit down in front of it. Such actions could only come from one person. And that person was his brother. He opened his mouth to tell him to fuck off, but his voice wouldn't co-operate. 'Hikaru… I swear it wasn't what it looked like.. I'm not dating Haruhi. I don't have anything with her. I swear. Please believe me, Hikaru.. I beg of you. Please. Open the door and let me explain.' Kaoru hugged his knees. After a while he still didn't receive an answer. But he refused to give up.
Kaoru leaned against the door, which wasn't there. He fell on the floor on his back, staring right in Hikaru's face. Hikaru's face didn't show any emotion. But his eyes were full of sadness. He walked back to his bed and pulled the blankets over his head again. Kaoru shut the door behind him. And slowly walked over to Hikaru. Carefully he sat on the edge of the bed. 'Hikaru..' He began, 'I'm not seeing Haruhi. She wanted to talk to me. That's all. I swear.' 'About what, weddingplans?' Hikaru sarcastically replied. 'No…About you.' A long silence broke out, none of them said a thing. Kaoru waiting for an answer, Hikaru searching for one. '…..Why?...' 'Oh for God's sake, Hikaru! Haruhi can be insecure too you know?!' 'But… But why… Why was she hanging on your arm, like you had something? Why was she smiling so confident then? Why did she look so happy with you while she looked so careless with me?' Hikaru's eyes looked confused. Kaoru shook his head. ' I don't know, I really don't. But .. Even if she thought of talking about you as an excuse to get me out, even if she liked me that much… Hikaru, I don't like her… How can I , while I know you're all head over heels over her?'
Kaoru held his brother in his arms, who was crying against his chest. His apologizing soft sniffing voice warmed Kaoru's heart up. Every Hikaru apologized, he would tell him it's okay. Kaoru kept smiling, it felt good holding his brother in his arms again. 'Nah..Hikaru?...'Kaoru softly muttered after his brother relaxed. 'Hai?...' '….I love you…..More than Haruhi….More than anyone….' Hikaru froze. His heart started to pound fast. He held him tightly. Why exactly did he feel this way? Didn't he love Haruhi? He did, didn't he? Right?...Right? His chin was lifted and his lips were brought to Kaoru's. Kaoru softly pressed his lips against his brother's and gave him a small kiss. Receiving no answer, he slowly broke the kiss. Before being pulled back for another kiss. What started with lips was followed by tongues being rubbed against each other in a fierce way.
Before all this happened, the word 'love' was never mentioned when we did it.. We never said it, we just used to do it and hang out together like simple friends again. But this time it was different. This time there was this weird form of passion involved.
Names being whispered, clothes being taken off, lips and tongues connecting. Kaoru hands moved fast and took Hikaru's clothes off, nearly ripping them. Every button he undid was replaced by a kiss on his skin. He took his belt off, along with his pants to reveal his brother's black boxers which said 'Don't touch my banana'. He smiled at it. 'Don't mind if I do..' He took off the boxers and kissed down to his manhood. Receiving a gasp, Kaoru put Hikaru's cock in his mouth, giving it a small lick. A shaky moan. After giving it several licks, he started to suck it slightly, massaging his testicles. Hikaru held Kaoru by his hair, his heart was beating faster and he kept on moaning, starting to pant. 'Kaoru..stop it…I'm going to come..d-don't..' His younger twin ignored him and took his full manhood in his mouth, licking and sucking eagerly. Hikaru let go of Kaoru's hair and held onto the sheets. 'A-AAH!...' He ejected in Kaoru's mouth. He blushed, embarrassed about what he had done. He tried to catch his breath. Kaoru swallowed it all, smiling at his brother with soft eyes. He placed a knee between Hikaru's legs to separate them. Hikaru's eyes grew. What was he doing? Kaoru replaced his knee with his self and carefully entered Hikaru, who grabbed the sheets in pain and muffled a scream by biting a pillow. A groan escaped Kaoru's lips, Hikaru was extremely tight. He didn't move to give Hikaru a moment to relax. After a while he slowly pumped in his older twin. Hikaru gasped in pain. Kaoru didn't stop. He knew how it felt, it hurt when it was his first time too, he kept moving with the same speed. Hikaru's pained gasps turned into pleasured moans. 'Kaoru, do me, harder….harder!'. Kaoru obeyed his brother and started to move in and out faster. Hikaru wrapped his legs around Kaoru and forced him to pump faster. 'Kaoru…Kaoru!!' Kaoru groaned at his name being called like that, he forced his tongue in Hikaru's mouth and gave him a long French kiss while pumping harder. Hikaru moaned out loud. Really loud. 'YES! THERE!! DO IT MORE!! PLEASE!' Kaoru smirked at his brother's cute begging behaviour, he constantly hit that spot Hikaru begged for. Both panting heavy, moved along with each other, kissing and licking. 'KAORU! KAORU! I LOVE YOU!!' Hikaru yelled before coming and flowing his seed over Kaoru's stomach and chest. Kaoru held on to his hips and pumped a final time before coming into his brother. He dropped his self next to him.
'I love you too, Hikaru..' He muttered and took Hikaru in his arms. Hikaru closed his eyes and leaned his head against Kaoru's shoulder. 'I'm sorry for doubting you…Seme-sama..' He closed his eyes and fell asleep. Kaoru kissed his cheek and smiled. 'It's alright.. My lovely uke-kun..'
In the end, I guess I had been the fool. While I thought I had been jealous of Kaoru, I knew I was jealous of Haruhi.. And if I didn't.. Now I do... That worst Valentine's Day of my life gave me something much better in return... Neh, Kaoru?
Author note: Okay, at first I understood, but now it's getting pretty anoying. For those who don't understand; I DO know who is seme and who is uke. And I CAN separate them. I just wanted something different, so I made Kaoru the seme, okay? So no complaining about that! I also changed the forest into a park. (Seriously, was it that bad? oo' )


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'"He's a player that can be a dominant hockey player in this league, and he was when he came up to Buffalo last year," Rolston said Friday. "In order to do that, he's got to play a certain way. He hasn't been able to do that thus far. We have full confidence that he'll be able to get that game back."'
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1916 Bathroom gut rehab
This is actually my second major DIY rehab job in our house. I rehabbed a kitchen first, but this one is fresh in my mind, so I'll show y'all this first. We bought a brick two flat (that's a two story building with two basically identical apartments) in Chicago. Our plan was to live in one unit and rent out the other, letting someone else pay our mortgage. Well as the saying goes, "The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry." We still have never rented a unit, 2+ years later. But someday...
Anyway, there was some hideous "updating" done in the first floor bathroom in 1974. And I'm pretty sure that was the year, as I saw someone had scribbled "1974" on the wall behind the giant mirror that I took down first. Yeah, call me Sherlock Holmes. The bathroom is a pretty standard size for back in those days, about 5 x 8. There was a 9 foot ceiling, as there is in the rest of the house, but the "remodelers" from 1974 decided for whatever reason to drop the ceiling by a foot, and then put a soffit over the tub. The walls were completely tiled in an oh-so-lovely beige lizard scale diamond.
Pardon the pictures, it's tough to get a full view from inside a tiny room like that:
Drop ceiling tiles in the bathroom - with a 4 foot fluorescent fixture. Very classy:
At least they went with something pleasant for the tile. Kind of a sewage-y, vomit-y, decay kind of color.
Unfortunately, the previous rehabber took it upon himself to dispose of the original door casing and replace it with tile:
After living here a while, and using the other apartment for guests only, I decided to get down to business. I was hoping to just replace the tile and ceiling and vanity (Ha! The innocence of the naïve...) so I started poking around. The tile in the bathtub seemed like a good place to start, as there were a few loose tiles. Hmm I wonder why. More specifically, I started at the "shelf" in front of the glass block window. I don't know when the window was put in; it may have been before 1974. The vent in the window was jalousie glass, and I think there was a date on the metal from that was previous to 1974, but regardless, you can guess what was lurking under that tile.
Pictures do not do it justice. There was up to 3 inches of some kind of cement or whatever on top of mushy, moldy drywall on top of well-rotted wood.
As I would find out later, there were the inevitable leaks that did their worst.
Hello water damage!
Yeah, I knew I had my work cut out for me now, since this was rapidly turning from a retile/spruce-up-the-bathroom job to a major undertaking.
I went to ponder my situation at a local establishment. Fortunately, Chicago is chock-full of such places, and there is one with a fine and ever changing menu about 5 minute walk from here. More to come...
The previous rehab consisted of drywall over the original plaster and lathe. I was really hoping to be able to do the same; my kitchen rehab introduced me to the beauty and healthiness of plaster wall demolition. Unfortunately, I began to discover that most of the plaster would actually have to come down. I guess that is the right way to do it anyway. But that doesn't provide much consolation when you are covered in plaster and lead paint dust. I methodically pulled down the plaster, double construction bagged it, and then moved on to removing the lathe. Extremely slow moving - this wasn't some easy drywall replacement deal!
Anyway... One of the cool things about a slow demo on an old room like this is to be able to do a little time travel and see the room in its various stages over the years, and to get a better idea of how it looked when it was new, almost 100 years ago. The window was just a standard sized wood window like everywhere else in the house; it doubtless had a cast iron claw-foot tub sitting below it:
Look at the "wainscotted" level of plaster, about halfway up the wall. They cut lines in it to resemble subway tiles. There obviously was some kind of beltline wood trim around the room, which of course is long gone.
The level of sophistication in the previous rehab occasionally left me speechless:
I was pleasantly surprised to find that the nauseatingly colored tile came up quite easily, and it was glued down to some beautiful original porcelain hexagon tile in remarkably good shape.
I would love to have been able to keep the same floor. Unfortunately, due to plumbing and other issues, I had to pull up the floor too. Keep in mind, there wasn't any Durock back then, the old school way was 2" of concrete on top of 3/4" planks!
AS many of you know, these jobs are like pulling the thread on a sweater: you just keep pulling and pulling, and it only seems like a little bit at a time, until eventually everything is gone. I knew once I got to this wall, that some plumbing work was on the horizon too.
The demo kept going, and I kept filling my trusty trash can, double-bagged with those thick construction bags. I'm estimating 100-150 lbs each, depending on the debris. They were heavy enough for me to have a real tough time getting them into the back of my truck, and I'm no slouch. Not including wood, cabinets or fixtures, I took 13 bags of plaster and tile out of this little room, just from the 4 walls. That would be somewhere between 1300 and about 2000 pounds. The floor was separate, and I didn't weigh it, but you gotta figure a good 6 2/3 cu. ft. of concrete, and if it is ~150 lbs/cu. ft., that would have meant another 1000 or so lbs of weight the house lost there. I guess there was no worry of these houses blowing away in the wind. They built 'em heavy back then.
I'm a good 2 weeks into this project now, and although I'm not drowning yet, I can see that the tide is rising - quickly. I guess it's about time I figure out a game plan. I have no idea how I'm going to rebuild this. Plus I'm due for a little down time, somewhere I can sit and think and collect my thoughts...
Next up: plumbing!
Since the full floor demo was next, I had to decide what to do with that tub. Since it was is surprisingly good condition, we decided to keep it. That meant I had to figure out how to get it out of this tiny bathroom and out of the living area of the house; no small task mind you, as this thing was some thick cast iron. I wish I knew how I did it, but I was "in the zone", or I got p.o.'d enough and turned into the Hulk or something, but I got that thing up on its side, out of the bathroom, and out onto the back porch through a rather tight kitchen, with no damage. By myself. :boxing:
Now I could clean up the floor (relatively) unobstructed. Here's the best shot I have of what the floor originally looked like. Pretty cool, I think. Too bad I couldn't save it. In addition to having to pull up some ancient plumbing under the floor, the floor itself had "settled" either due to water leaks or just the sheer weight of the cement, and the tile surface was noticeably "wavy" in a couple spots. Oh well, time to pull it all out.
The majority of the subfloor planks, however, were in pretty good shape. And considering that these were up to 14' planks (again, something I discovered from the kitchen rehab) I wasn't too interested in having to cut them at the walls to replace them.
At this point, I had all but given up on the idea of drywalling over the old plaster and lathe. I could tell that the plumbing was a cacophony of pipes all over the place, old and new, so those would have to be corrected. Actually, I already knew this since I had to put all the kitchen plumbing into this wall when I eliminated the pantry in the kitchen rehab (but that's a story for another time.) Here's what I saw when the rest of that shared wet wall was opened up. The PVC and insulated copper there on the left are new stuff we put in for the upstairs kitchen when I moved the main floor kitchen wet wall.
At some point, I decided to change gears for a bit and replace the old glass block. I don't exactly remember why, but maybe it was because I saw them on sale at the HD...? Eh, whatever, it was good for a change of pace anyway. The opening was already rebricked to a standard 32x32, so this was a quick job.
During: (note that this is when I knocked a hole in the bricks for a bathroom vent. You'll notice that I didn't remove the original ceiling. There was a very good reason for that, which I will point out later. And since the ceiling was already at 9 feet, I figured I had a foot to work with, if I wanted to drop the ceiling down to 8.)
Now with some sense of accomplishment, I could continue my quiet contemplation about the new bathroom design. And you can guess where that was.
Ok, next: plumbing! For sure this time!
Nice project!!! Looking forward to this one. Your wall o' plumbing looks like mine, I'm in for a similar "treat" when I tear mine out (1930 thoug).
Is that an old drum trap I see in the floor?
Looks like any old bathroom I've ever worked on.
Something fails, just cover it over, that fails why fix it right? Lets just add another layer it will be cheaper.
One I did had hardwood with no subfloor, then tile, next was partical board glued to the tile, a layer of peel and stick tiles then another layer of tile with mastic.
The baseboards looked like they were 2" tall because no one ever took them off when adding the layers.
Nice thread..keep the updates coming.
Now that I had the floor and wall open, it was time to take a look at the plumbing. Granted, that cast iron stuff can last for a long time, but as long as the wall was open, why take the chance right? Plus 100 years leaves plenty of opportunity for wear and tear (ever think about how much gets flushed down a toilet waste pipe in that much time?) Yeah, let's replace all the plumbing.
Since the bathroom in the upstairs unit is a copy of the one I was working on, I figured it would be "easy" enough for some preventative replumbing. I wanted to get a look at the area around the plumbing upstairs, so I had to open the ceiling.
But this was no ordinary plaster and lathe arrangement, no sir. The ceiling was lathe, heavy-duty "chicken wire" mesh, cement, skinned with plaster and then the ubiquitous lead paint. I don't know the purpose of this combo, although I guess it was to help guard against the likely water leaks from the early 20th century plumbing? Whatever, they made it awfully difficult to remove. Since that mesh was so damn tough to cut, I ended up using the sawzall with a demo blade. The tool worked fine for the job, but what a )#($& mess. I think there is still dust in the air from that tiny opening I cut. That experience confirmed that I definitely would not be removing the rest of the ceiling.
Anyway, I was able to get a look at the wood and base pipe for the upstairs toilet, and it all seemed to be in reasonably good shape. So it would stay until a remodel for that bathroom. For now, I would just pull out everything up to that.
Pete, you can see the drum trap here.
And the inside. Just a whiff of that stuff makes an excellent appetite suppressant. Mmm, mmm good!
Demolition in progress. Just give me a chain pipe-breaker and that 3 lb demo hammer and let me at it!
So basically I went all the way from the stack and waste pipe upstairs to the basement. Yep, the house was on a serious weight loss plan. Geez that stuff was heavy. And the scrap collectors were happy with me that day.
One of the interesting things about the city is the "eco system" that works in the alley: the scrap collectors. If I think there is any possible reuse of an item, I will leave it next to the garbage cans and inevitably it is gone quick. Sometimes it seems like they have cameras monitoring the alley. Last summer I took a broken down cheap old dryer out to the alley with the understanding that someone would take it. Keep in mind, there was no one in the alley when I took it out there. No exaggeration: by the time I walked the 40 or so feet back to the house, I heard some noise going on in back of the garage. So I turned around and opened the gate, and there were 3 people, busy disassembling the dryer to take it away. Like they just appeared out of nowhere.
Back to the plumbing.
I thought this was interesting: the Chinese-level QC on this pipe. Ok, it lasted for 100 years, no harm, no foul. Still...
PVC on the other hand, so much nicer to work with. Of course, I was high as a kite from all the PVC weld fumes... Man, that is some strong stuff! But they're all checked and leak-free! Any new feeds will come later. As you can see, the existing "wall" (and I use the term lightly) needs to be replaced and will actually be pulled out a bit after I throw down some new subflooring. But stage 1 of the plumbing replacement is done. Whew!
However, I still don't have the final design confirmed, so I really need to fire up the mac and get to work. Hopefully this won't be as difficult as designing the kitchen was. But Sketchup can be my friend. So, time to get creative. Now where can I go to help motivate a little creativity? Ahh, yes, I know just the place...
What did you use where the new PVC stack meets the old cast iron one?
He probably used this
Looking good btw! I'm going to have to do something similar in the coming year or two (depending on if the which takes precedence, kitchen or bath). Btw, you have to let us know what you get each time you go to think :)
I'm a little far into this project to start designing now, but since the small size of the room limits my options (structurally anyway), I figure that part of the design shouldn't be too tough. The tub, toilet, and sink will still be roughly in the same places they were, and I didn't move or seal off the window opening, so the design should be purely an academic exercise. And since I wanted to retain as much of the original appearance as possible, I figure even the final look should be pretty simple to figure out too.
My primary design tool in all of these projects is the free SketchUp program. Popularized as part of the Google productivity tools, the 3D modeling program is now owned by Trimble, but Google maintains the link on their site. If you have this program, you probably know how helpful it is. If you don't, then you really should get it. Really it is the simplest and most intuitive, yet expandable and powerful, CAD-type program available for us non-architects/engineers. I've designed a lot with this program with no actual training, everything from a simple closet organizer up to the detailed design of a 35,000 sq ft warehouse and shop. I can't recommend this software enough; I love it.
I spent plenty of time with the trusty Mac and Sketchup in the office, the kitchen table, the living room floor, and of course my favorite establishment :drink:adding all the dimensions I took from my now-gutted bathroom. Obviously, accurate measurements are necessary, but 8 years in the glass business taught me how important it was to measure right. Glass is nowhere near as forgiving (or as easy to correct) as say, wood or drywall when it comes to adjustments! Anyway, just start with the basic dimensions:
Start populating it with some of the structure:
Then let the creativity start running wild. Spend as much or as little time as needed, this is a very clean part of the job... on the computer that is.
There was the idea of wood wainscotting:
"Theater" style curtains around the bath:
And many more variations in color, tile, wall coverings, etc. But after much deliberation, and many (cyber) changes, I thought this design would help keep close to a period-correct design, and still make the room as functional and storage-friendly as possible.
This was quickly approved by the S.O. (who just wanted it to "be done already!") and my next task would be to start the rough framing and scouting up materials. I now had a very clear visual goal, so I could see the light at the end of the tunnel.
As I felt is was all downhill from here (ha!), it was time to reward myself with a treat, and a potent treat at that.
FYI stamandster, it was cold outside, so I was going for the BCS.
Omg! How did the original Reno pass inspection with that electric outlet next to the shower head!?!
Nice choice on the BCS!
Any new pictures? You stuck at the bar?
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Bibliography: JSSQ 4-4
Jewish Communal Service Association of North America (JCSA), National Conference of Jewish Social Service, June 1928
Topic: Social Work, Records, Publications
Name of Publication: The Jewish Social Service Quarterly
Editor: Rubinow, I. M.
Volume/Issue: Vol.4/no.4
Page Number(s): 369-374
Genre: Article
Coverage: United States
Language: English
Copyright Holder: Publisher
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Bibliography: JSSQ 4-4. The Jewish Social Service Quarterly. Jewish Communal Service Association of North America (JCSA),National Conference of Jewish Social Service. June 1928: 369-374. http://www.bjpa.org/Publications/details.cfm?PublicationID=12535
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Beta(2)-adrenergic receptor (BAR) agonists are the most important group of drugs used in the treatment of asthma. In children unresponsive to inhaled BAR agonist therapy, higher dose systemic BAR agonist therapy is frequently the next step in treatment. Despite the widespread use of intravenous BAR agonist therapy for pediatric status asthmaticus, there is controversy regarding the efficacy of this therapy. A number of studies have established that genetic variations of the BAR have important effects in modulating responses to BAR agonist therapy for asthma. In particular, changes in amino acid position 16 of the BAR gene are thought to be the most functionally important. Patients encoded for two glycine amino acids, rather than arginine, at this position appear to have more severe asthma and to respond differently to acute BAR agonist therapy.
Our hypothesis is that genotypic differences may contribute to poor response to acute BAR agonist treatment. We propose to conduct a prospective observational study to determine the influence of a patient's BAR genotype on the response to acute BAR agonist therapy.
Our specific hypothesis is that children with genetic polymorphisms of the gene encoding the BAR will have a decreased response to acute high-dose continuous BAR therapy (both inhaled and intravenous) compared to other children.
Our primary outcome is ICU length of stay. Secondary outcomes are
- to assess the rate of improvement in clinical asthma score based on genotype, and
- to attempt to correlate asthma phenotype with genotype by comparing demographic data and hospital course.
|Status Asthmaticus
|Procedure: Blood draw
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
|Official Title:
|B2-Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphisms: Implications For The Treatment Of Status Asthmaticus In Children
|Study Start Date:
|December 2005
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Procedure: Blood draw
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|2 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- (1) Admission to the CCMC PICU with a primary admission diagnosis of status asthmaticus. (2) Age between 2 years and 18 years.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pre-existing chronic disease (other than asthma)
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00279786
|United States, Connecticut
|CT Children's Medical Center
|Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06106
|Principal Investigator:
|Christopher Carroll, MD
|CT Children's Medical Center
|Responsible Party:
|Christopher Carroll, MD, Connecticut Children's Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00279786 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 18, 2006
|Last Updated:
|July 27, 2009
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Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Status Asthmaticus
Bronchial Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Respiratory Hypersensitivity
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Immune System Diseases
Adrenergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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The other reason to create a box is when a record company or artist wants to re-release individual discs. Parlophone did this for the Beatles in the U.K. in 1981 when it brought together 14 Beatles EPs in their original picture sleeves. In 2008, Mosaic Records issued a four-LP boxed set of jazz pianist Thelonious Monk performing in 1964 at the It Club in Los Angeles. These recordings had previously been available on vinyl and CD, but never as a start-to-finish collection of Monk's two nights at the legendary L.A. venue.
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WittConsultants Solicit the Help of Student Volunteers to Continue their Lesotho Fundraising Efforts
February 7, 2010
Springfield, OH—This spring, Wittenberg University Business majors Sara Mewhort and Marisa Rogers will continue to plan and execute many events aimed to raise money and awareness of the Witt-In-Africa initiative. Witt-In-Africa funds service projects completed by students and faculty for residents of Lesotho, a small African Kingdom. With funds raised the volunteers will make a sustainable difference in the impoverished country.
The first planned event, a letter writing campaign will take place during the month of February. Students going to Lesotho this summer will write to their friends and family and ask them to contribute by helping to purchase supplies for service projects.
The trip participants will also help Mewhort and Rogers recruit teams for the Survivor Wittenberg event on April 9th. Teams will compete against each other while raising money for Lesotho projects. Survivor Wittenberg will be the finale of Lesotho Week, which will feature various fundraising and awareness events during the week of April 4th- 9th.
Meet the WittCAM Consultants:
Sara Mewhort '11 is a senior business major at Wittenberg University from Sylvania, Ohio. Currently working for the Wittenberg Fund as the student manager for athletic fundraising, she has three years of experience fundraising through events and solicitation specifically for Wittenberg organizations. During the summer of 2010, Mewhort interned at The Hylant Group, where she gained valuable knowledge about sales, client interaction, and she even acquired some familiarity with cold calling. Having previously served as vp-finance and president of the Wittenberg chapter of Delta Gamma, Mewhort has a track record of high event attendance and successful donation solicitation for the chapter. After visiting Lesotho, Africa during the summer of 2009, Mewhort became committed to using her business education to improve the lives of her Basotho friends. Last semester, she began her efforts by planning fundraising and awareness events as a WittConsultant. Her future aspirations include working in the fundraising department of a university or other non-profit or continuing her education to earn her CPA certification.
Marisa Rogers '11 is a senior business major at Wittenberg University from Loveland, Ohio. Rogers is currently the student marketing coordinator for the Student Involvement Office and assists both the director of student involvement and the Greek life advisor. She is an officer on Wittenberg's Human Resource Management Association and served as the president of Delta Gamma Sorority. Rogers continues to work as a WittConsultant for the Witt-in-Africa team planning various fundraising events to support orphans in Lesotho, Africa. She recently completed an internship with JJR Solutions as their human resource Intern where she assisted in the recruiting, selection, and on-boarding of new employees. Rogers has planned and coordinated various events for her sorority, as she previously served as vice president-programming. At Wittenberg, Rogers has participated on the Pan-Hellenic Council as vice president-philanthropy, arranging various philanthropic events for the campus and expanding service opportunities for Greek students. Rogers plans to take the Professional Human Resources exam this winter, and hopes to serve as a consultant for small businesses after graduation. Rogers also plans to stay active in her community and participate in service events.
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Wittenberg Center for Applied Management (WittCAM): The Wittenberg Center for Applied Management offers alternative coursework to upper-level students who are focused in business. As an alternative to a classroom-based course, WittCAM students serve as consultants to businesses, government agencies and not-for-profit organizations. Students and organizations have a choice of opportunities, including: Small Business Institute, WittConsultants, Management Internship, and the Creative Advertising Partnership. Students work as groups on projects. Some projects require specific management course prerequisites; these vary depending on the nature of the project. Directed by Professor Pamela Schindler, more than 483 students have been involved in WittCAM projects in the last 30 years.


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