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Notes: Wufei visits the doctor. Quatre has a restless night.
Strays and Misfits
Part Thirty
Wufei fidgeted as he waited in the office of the doctor that Treize had made his appointment with. He didn't like doctors,
especially unfamiliar ones. He didn't know this woman. He had never heard of her before. However, from the documentation
hanging on the walls, she was not only excellent in her care of Companions of the wealthy, she also did a great deal of volunteer
work for strays and Companions that came from camps.
A nurse walked in, smiling. "Wufei?"
Wufei took a nervous glance toward Treize and the two of them stood up.
The nurse's smile only brightened. "Good evening. If the two of you would follow me, I'll show you to an exam room and the
doctor will be with you shortly."
The Chinese feline followed the nurse and hopped up to sit on an uncomfortable table she gestured to. "Will I have to strip?"
"Not right away. This is mostly just a checkup to make sure the records forwarded to us earlier today by the academy you
attended are up to date. Also, so you and Doctor Peacecraft can get acquainted. We find it's best that someone is comfortable
with their attending physician regardless of species. Don't you agree?"
Wufei nodded. When the woman left, he looked around. He didn't like this place. It was making him nervous. Slowly, his ears
began to lower and he felt his tail twitching. He'd never been comfortable around doctors.
Thankfully, it wasn't long before the doctor walked into the room. She was young and attractive, with wheat-colored hair pulled
up into a tidy bun. She smiled at Treize as soon as she saw him and engulfed him in a hug. "Treize! It's always good to see
you." She pulled back, running her slim hands down the tall man's arms before letting go. "How is my idiot of a brother doing?"
Treize was smiling warmly. "Being his usual stubborn self."
"Brother?" Wufei blinked, confused. He felt he was missing out on at least half of this conversation. It was obvious that Treize
knew her. Perhaps she was also the medical professional in charge of Une's care.
The doctor turned to him. "Wufei?" At his nod, she smiled and held out her hand to him. "I'm pleased to meet you. I'm Relena
Peacecraft. Zechs is my older brother."
Wufei hesitated a moment before accepting the hand and shaking it. "It's an honor to meet you, Doctor." Perhaps her being
Zechs' sister was why he had seemed so amused earlier.
"Please, call me Relena." She smiled warmly. "Now, I feel it is my duty to inform you that I am also Une's physician. Treize
mentioned that you were uncomfortable with their former relationship, so I hope that won't make you uncomfortable if I also
oversee your care. I know Treize asked specifically for me, but I can refer you to someone else if you'd prefer it."
The offer was tempting. However, Wufei shook his head. It would be a little odd at first, being treated by Zechs' sister, but he
knew that feeling would pass. "That will not be necessary, but I thank you for the offer."
Relena nodded and sat down nearby. "All right." She flipped through the folder she had brought in with her. "You just had a
full physical about a month ago, but I prefer that my own records are up to date. Therefore, I'm going to give you a full
physical, complete with blood work."
"That sounds acceptable."
The whole visit took a little less than an hour. Wufei found himself pleased with her professionalism and consideration for those
in her care. That she had asked if he wanted Treize to leave the room or have a male nurse administering the more delicate
examinations left him with an approval of her skills.
Afterward, he rode in silence while Treize drove them back home.
"So, what do you think of her?" Treize's voice was filled with warmth.
"I can see the family resemblance between her and Zechs." He shrugged. "One meeting does not tell me much about her as a
person or as a doctor, but I considered her handling of my care to be adequate."
Treize chuckled. "I understand. She's really sweet. Had a thing for Heero a while back until she realized that he would never be
interested in her." His smile slipped, as if mentioning his brother had taken the happiness right out of him.
Wufei pursed his lips. "I apologize for prying, but will I ever meet Heero? I must admit to being curious about him." He
remembered several conversations in which this mysterious brother had appeared. A talk with Mariemaia, a brief discussion
with Treize himself. Still, Wufei knew very little about the man.
"That would be up to Heero, I'm afraid." Treize smiled sadly. "We had a falling out a couple of years ago. He hasn't come back
"May I ask what happened?"
Treize didn't reply for long enough that Wufei was certain there would be no answer. When the man spoke, it was deliberate
and slow, as if every word was chosen with careful thought.
"Heero made the acquaintance of a man when he was in college. They started dating, it got serious. I should have turned the
bastard in for statutory rape, but I trusted my brother's judgment. I shouldn't have."
"He was abusive?"
Treize nodded, his grip on the steering wheel tight. "Heero started showing up with bruises. He lost weight. His behavior and
reactions were off. When he showed up to Mariemaia's birthday party, I confronted him and he confessed everything." He
laughed once but it lacked any joy. "Poor kid didn't know anything was wrong with what was being done to him. That bastard
had him convinced that sex was supposed to hurt."
Wufei winced. He had no words to convey his own emotions.
"I talked to him. Got him to see the truth. He left, ran right back to his abuser. That night I got a call from the police telling me
that my little brother was lying in a coma and might not make it through the night."
"I am sorry." Wufei decided that maybe he should have waited until they were home to broach such a subject. It was probably
dangerous to have such a conversation while one man was driving.
"No, it's all right." He swiped at his eyes quickly. "It came out okay. Heero made it, barely. The son of a bitch was sent to jail
and Heero's back to work and doing better. I can't force him to come see me. When he's ready he will. I trust him enough to
know that."
Wufei had no idea what to say, so he remained silent.
Treize cleared his throat. "So, I believe we had an agreement. I tell you about my brother and you talk about your sister."
Wufei had hoped Treize would not remember that. "Ah, yes. Well, I do not have much to divulge. I was raised in a camp in
China. My sister, my twin, and I were sold shortly after our birth to a branch company in the US. We do not know of our
parents, it is the way things were then. We were raised in the camp. We were all that we had, only each other. One day, a
man from the school came, looking for males to attend. My sister was the one to approach him, spouting praises of my
intelligence. At first I did not want to go, I didn't want to leave her in that place. But she promised that we would be together
again. I believed her. I have not seen her since."
"I could make some inquiries, if you want."
"You would do that? Why?" It genuinely confused Wufei as to why the human would be willing to do anything to help him.
Treize was his owner.
A small smirk was on the man's face. "Everyone should know their family, Wufei. Do you have any information that could be
of use?"
Wufei swallowed, the mere hope of finding his sister causing an ache in his chest and throat. "I do not have much. My sister's
name is Meiran. We were born in the Chang Camp in Beijing, then sold and raised in the Long Camp. I don't know if or when
she was sold, or if she's even still alive."
"I'll see what I can find out. I know someone who works for the FCPS. Her whole job involves reuniting feline families."
Wufei nodded his head. "I would appreciate any effort you might make. I thank you for this."
"You can thank me once we've found your sister."
Wufei had no response. He remained silent for the rest of the ride home. He had a great deal to contemplate. There was one
thing he knew for certain though. If his sister was found, he would be eternally grateful to Treize.
Quatre blinked up at the ceiling above his bed. It was late and it was dark, but he could still make out the pattern there. He was
supposed to be asleep, but there was something bothering him.
Sex. Was there a point to it other than for procreation? The felines in the video he had seen earlier had seemed to be getting a
good deal of gratification out of it. So maybe it felt good just to do it. Perhaps that was what that horrible Catcher had been
trying to accomplish. He didn't want to think about that though. What the Catcher had been doing had hurt. Quatre didn't think
it was supposed to hurt. Maybe both parties had to be willing for it to feel good.
He sat up in bed, still puzzling over it. He was curious. He wanted to know more about sex.
Quatre stood and shuffled over to the door. Quietly, he crept down the hallway and into the room beside his, Trowa's room.
Trowa was asleep, lying on his side with one arm carelessly thrown across the bed.
The feline moved cautiously as he approached the bed. He crouched down beside it, peering over the edge at Trowa's relaxed
face. It was nice to see Trowa calm, without that panicky tinge to his green eyes.
He reached up and gently grabbed the human's shoulder, giving it a shake. "Trowa?" he called in a whisper, hoping that the
young man wouldn't be upset with him.
Trowa moaned, but didn't wake.
Quatre shook his shoulder again, a bit more roughly. Again, there was no response other than a soft groan.
The blonde looked around, his eyes alighting on a pill bottle on Trowa's bedside table. Perhaps that was why Trowa wasn't
waking up. Maybe he'd taken something to help him sleep. Quatre knew that Trowa had several prescriptions. He didn't know
what they were all for, but he recalled a mention of anxiety medications and sleeping pills. Trowa had commented on taking
them when Quatre had balked at taking his own medications. Knowing that Trowa took pills as well, made Quatre less opposed
to swallowing the nasty things.
Quatre frowned, leaning his chin on the edge of Trowa's bed. He'd been hoping Trowa would answer at least one question for
him before shooing him off back to bed. That obviously wouldn't be happening now. Trowa was sleeping deeply.
He yawned and rubbed at his eyes with the back of one hand. He was tired. Maybe he should go back to bed after all. Even as
he thought it, he disregarded the idea. He didn't want to go back to his own room. It was quiet in there, far too quiet and
lonely. He missed his sisters and how they'd held him.
Trowa shifted, rolling to lie on his back. An idea was quick to form in Quatre's mind. He didn't have to go back to his lonely
room to go to sleep. He could sleep right here.
His only concern was how Trowa would react in the morning. Quatre didn't fear a violent reprisal from the human. Trowa
didn't seem capable of intentionally causing harm. He was gentle in his care of Quatre and apologetic if he accidentally touched
one of the feline's injuries in the wrong way. No, Quatre's concern was with Trowa getting scared. He didn't want to upset
Trowa. But he also didn't want to be alone.
Despite his worry, Quatre made up his mind. He moved with deliberate slowness as he lifted an edge of the blanket. Cautiously,
he crawled onto the bed and under the covers. Watching the human's face, he eased closer to Trowa's body. He was purring
before he was aware of it. Trowa remained asleep and Quatre settled his head against the young man's chest. The warmth of
the body against his was a great relief to Quatre, as was the steady thrum of the man's heart beneath his ear.
Quatre smiled and cuddled closer. He'd missed this, the comfort of another person holding him while he slept. He closed his
eyes, quickly falling asleep, unaware of the warm arm that curled around his back to hold him closer.
To Be Continued ...


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McDonald Diagnostic Criteria for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
What Is An Attack?
Determining Time Between Attacks
How Is "Abnormality" In Paraclinical Tests Determined?
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C- Evoked potentials (EP)
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Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) settled a conflict over non-payment of dues in an ongoing housing project in Andheri. Authority directed two flat buyers to pay the maximum amount of the flat and asked builder to hand over the project nine years before the time limit.
Nisar Realtors, a builder, logged a complaint against Mohammed Samir Warsi Shaikh and Nilofer Mohammed Samir Warsi, who had booked flat in Rajal Classic at Andheri. According to the complainant, the buyers had only paid Rs 22 lakh of the Rs 53.71 lakh flat cost and denied to pay the reaming amount despite several reminders.
The buyers opposed that the builder had not acknowledged a certain amount paid in cash and that they had already filed a complaint with the police in this regard. Developers set the date of December 2027 as the deadline to hand over the flats while registering the project with MahaRERA. Both admitted that completion date was not mentioned in the agreement; they said such a long delay was unjustified.
Hearing from both sides, Gautam Chatterjee, Chairman of MahaRERA, revised the project completion date to December 2018 and ordered the buyers to pay Rs 26.33 lakh within 45 days of the order, buyers can pay the reaming 10% once the flat is handed over. In failing, case buyers will be liable to pay interest until full payment is made.
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Letters to the Editor 1/7
Herald editorial on school funding issue got it wrong
To the editor:
The Herald editorializes (Dec. 26 "Getting State School Aid Will Require a Local Match") that the West Virginia School Building Authority "has been up-front since May" regarding the conditions under which Jefferson County can expect funds to aid in building a second high school. Not so; it has been years since the School Building Authority has been "up front" about anything.
Soon after Jefferson County school officials announced they were going to ask the SBA for $4 million to aid a project of $39 million, it became painfully obvious to anyone listening that the voters were dubious. For reasons we'll discuss shortly (which the Herald ignored in its editorial), the bond issue was in difficulty as it left the starting gate.
Del. Dale Manuel and I informed Clacy Williams, executive director of the School Building Authority, of this problem. We told him he needed to double, at least, the amount the SBA was willing to fork over. He said $8 million was too much, but that we could announce publicly that the SBA would, in fact, put up $6 million, should the bond issue pass. We joyfully did just that.


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AVID: A Social and Economic Imperative?
By Christopher Scott, Director II, Capital Region III AVID/CalSOAP, Sacramento County Office of Education
As the effects of the Great Recession continue to ripple across our nation, there is much chatter in the media regarding the widening gulf between society's "haves" and "have-nots." Television talk shows, online publications, and hard-copy print are rife with stories detailing the dismal economic prospects for our youth as everything from robotics to global outsourcing daily diminishes not just their broader career opportunities, but their chances for any employment that will support them beyond mere subsistence. The resulting negative impact on social mobility and the "hollowing out" of the middle class hardly bode well for the future of our democracy.
In the September 2011 issue of The Atlantic, the deputy managing editor and Princeton-educated author, Don Peck, addresses this situation head-on in the cover article "Can The Middle Class Be Saved," excerpted from his recently released book, Pinched. In the Atlantic piece, Mr. Peck goes to great lengths to point out the trends and factors threatening the attainability of the American Dream. And while there is indeed some dire data, there is also hope, a hope which AVID explicitly fosters and, in literally thousands of individual cases, continues to bring to fruition.
Initially, Mr. Peck's observations can certainly be disheartening. In one example, he cites professors Bradford Wilcox and Bruce Weinberg's research into the fundamental changes in the structure of the American family, and in particular the demographic shift toward a female majority in an increasing number of career fields and professions, symptomatic of the perceived difficulty that many males have in adapting to the 21st-Century workplace culture of collaboration and shared inquiry. Peck likewise references authors Bill Bishop and Robert Cushing's The Big Sort, which details inequities precipitated by the clustering of skill-based communities and the increasingly specialized (and constantly evolving) expertise necessary for employment security and advancement. Weighing these and the many other factors involved, Peck observes that without either the ability to adapt to the changing modes and mindset of the global workplace or the possession of high-level, transferable skills, American youth, both male and female, will find it virtually impossible to gain entry to the middle class. Where does Peck see the doorway to such access? Through education.
Although in popular discourse the value of a college degree has recently come into question, Peck adamantly maintains that in spite of the initial costs, postsecondary education – the more the better -- remains the most viable (and valuable) key to social and economic independence. In addition to citing data that pegs the national unemployment rate (March 2011) of those with only a high school diploma at nearly three times that of four-year college graduates (12% vs. 4.5%), Peck maintains "on a relative basis, the return on a four-year degree is near its historic high." Most succinctly, he states, "Without doubt, it is vastly better to have a college degree than to lack one." This, of course, has been the AVID mantra for more than three decades. Huge policy issues abound, yes, but the AVID College Readiness System, with its WICOR-based academic skillset, its can-do, collaborative culture of resilience and self-determination, as well as its commitment to 21st-Century success for all students, can contribute considerably toward addressing the challenges laid out in Peck's article.
So, just how can the middle class be saved? – One AVID student at a time is an excellent place to start.


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Monday, May 2, 2011
I sure hope that I will find more interesting things to photograph sooooon. :S
Thanks for listening!
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I think this pic is just lovely! Wish you a lot of inspiration!ReplyDelete
P I A: You are too sweet! Dzienkuje! :DReplyDelete
I love your polaroids and film shots charlyn! hoping you find lots of inspiration in spring.ReplyDelete
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Celine: Awww, thank you and I'm happy that you like it! I hope Spring will bring much inspiration for photo taking! :DReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 4, 2011 at 5:27 AM
Hahah. don't know if you google translated the text? anyways... Kapsejladsen is one of the biggest and most anticipated annual events held on campus. It's fun, relaxing and it gives you a good excuse for cutting classes ;) Make sure you see the video:ReplyDelete
Ps. Inspiration will come knocking on your door any day now - just wait :)
Michelle: Hahahaa...I guessed as much from the fun pics and the video! It's crazy what some of the students do for the racing! For example, I couldn't spin around and around like that and then paddle! ;DReplyDelete
p.s. Tak - I really hope so! I miss taking pictures! ;)
When the sun starts smiling again, then I am sure you'll find something to inspire you. If not, then come to Denmark and we will search for inspiration together :DReplyDelete
Sheena: Aww, too sweet you are! Don't tempt me as I love Denmark (I honestly think that Denmark has the best gene pool on this planet....) - the last time I was there I saw Mads Mikkelsen at the Elephanthus at the Kobenhavn zoo!! ;)ReplyDelete


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Easter was sweet this year.
We felt so blessed to have all our munchkins, and see the delight on their faces.
This was the first year that some of our family had been on an official Easter Egg Hunt
The older kids still scramble for the gorgeous pops of color that were hidden so well in the bushes and trees.
Everyone filled their baskets up, reminding us of how blessed we are to even be able to afford such luxuries.
Our oldest was just back from her soccer game, aptly called the 'Blue Butterlies'. They're so funny to watch as they play and chase the ball around, all grouped up like they just want to hang out rather than chase a ball all over a field.
Such a good sister.
And here the products of their creativity and mine and grandpa's as we all sat down to dye eggs. Complete with lessons on how to turn an egg brown, we had caterpillar and insect stickers. Crayons (even if they are a simple technique) made their showiing, and our kids loved watching the eggs turn brilliant aqua and fuschia.
We always have our traditional hunts and egg dying on Saturday, and then reserve Sunday for the more holy part of the holiday. (I have such a hard time with the Easter Bunny when I want to focus on the resurrection, but these young years aren't many) We had a special talk at dinner about the resurrection, and we shared how thankful we are that because of the Savior, the bands of death are broken, and we can live together for ever.
This video sums it up pretty well for us:
May the message of the season linger with us a little longer.


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Nissan Sentra SR Turbo
The 2017 Nissan Sentra. With fewer than 15,000 miles on the odometer, this 4 door sedan prioritizes comfort, safety and convenience. It features a standard transmission, front-wheel drive, and an efficient 4 cylinder engine. Turbocharger technology provides forced air induction, enhancing performance while preserving fuel economy. Nissan prioritized practicality, efficiency, and style by including: a trip computer, heated seats, fully automatic headlights, tilt and telescoping steering wheel, power windows, cruise control, and the power moon roof opens up the cabin to the natural environment. Nissan also prioritized safety and security by including: dual front impact airbags, front side impact airbags, traction control, brake assist, a panic alarm, and 4 wheel disc brakes with ABS. This car was designed with safety in mind, allowing you to drive with even greater assurance. A Carfax history report provides you peace of mind by detailing information related to past owners and service records. Our sales reps are knowledgeable and professional. They'll work with you to find the right vehicle at a price you can afford. Stop in and take a test drive!


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After presenting information of Fashion Merchandising and average salary and other information, you may like to know what are the most expensive clothing brands.
I have visited numbers of websites and gathered information for this purpose and made this article. I hope you will enjoy.
Now let's begin
Most Expensive Fashion Brand 2013
1. Gucci:
Gucci is the most expensive clothing brand of the world in 2013. This is most prestigious Italian Clothing Brand famously known for designer clothing products. Beside clothing line, this brand is famous for luxury luggage, hand bags and designer shoes.
2. Dolce and Gabbana (D&G)
D&G is another most expensive Italian fashion brand, this brand is famously known for its pinstripe suits, trendy coats and bright and bold dress prints. D&G was started by Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana.
3. Chanel
Chanel is most popular brand among girls, because of its incomparable design and unique quality of texture. Chanel brand is also famous in beauty products.
4. Valentino
When the aristocratic society have to choose any brand, they choose Valentino first. Valentino is most famous for its fabulous evening wear range. Brides from rich family prefer to have Valentino wedding dresses.
5. Burberry
Burberry becomes one of the most expensive luxury brand because of its cuteness, innovative way of using colors. It is taken as most romantic fashion wear brand. This brand includes, bags, shoes and accessories.
6. Versace:
According to most fashion designers and artists Versace is most expensive seasonal clothing brand. This is one of the most famous brand for both men and women. Innovative design and quality of fabrics are versace unique features.
7. Dior
Dior is taken as most glamorous expensive fashion brand. Specially among women. Its famous product line includes perfumes, bags, sun-glasses.
8. Hermes
Without bags no fashion will complete, and when it is the matter of bag, the most wanted brand is Hermes. Hermes Birkin is spotted in the place of most expensive, luxurious and most designed bag ever. Its products line includes scarves, perfumes, Jwellery and Watches.
9. Armani
Armani is the one of the oldest fashion brand and well know around the world. This brand is famous for its Jeans and T-shirt. This brand is believe on of the most popular brand name.
10. Prada
Morio Prada established Prada fashion in 1992. Now Prada is one of the top ten most expensive fashion brand. This Italian clothing brand is famous because of its simplicity, durability and trendy features. It has huge network and mostly preferred by boutique owners.
(Disclaimers: Rank are given according to positions of different brands in different websites)
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A passionate plantsman, Neil Lucas is acclaimed for his relaxed naturalistic planting style. This special event sees him expand upon his specialist subject to include the major role that perennials can play in the garden: their vivid colour and vital food for pollinating insects providing the perfect foil to the tactile nature, movement and lithe beauty of grasses.
Neil is an accomplished and enthusiastic speaker and photographer and uses his own, stunning images to illustrate his talks and his personal gardening philosophy. 'Using grasses and perennials in the modern garden' is his ultimate masterclass. Combined with a guided tour of the Piet Oudolf's glorious contemporary walled garden at Scampston, this full day will provide practical advice and inspiration as participants come to understand how grasses and perennials can form a near perfect partnership, providing robust planting schemes able to suit most growing conditions and mimic nature to spectacular effect.
Annie Guilfoyle and Noel Kingsbury launched this series of one-day workshops last year, with 13 events involving 20 tutors in 8 different venues. With the informal support of Gardens Illustrated magazine, we aimed to put on educational events across the British Isles. The experience has actually been more successful than we hoped, and so we are expanding the range this year, with a particular emphasis on 'reaching the parts other garden classes, don't reach'.


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What is cancer and what causes it?
Cancer is a term used for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and are able to invade other tissues. Cancer cells can spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. Cancer is not just one disease but many diseases. There are more than 100 different types of cancer.
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Targeted Therapy
Targeted therapy is a newer type of cancer treatment that uses drugs or other substances to more precisely identify and attack cancer cells, usually while doing little damage to normal cells. Targeted therapy is a growing part of many cancer treatment regimens.
The idea of using heat to treat cancer has been around for some time, but early attempts had mixed results. Today, newer tools allow more precise delivery of heat, and hyperthermia is being studied for use against many types of cancer.
Photodynamic Therapy
Photodynamic therapy or PDT is a treatment that uses special drugs, called photosensitizing agents, along with light to kill cancer cells. The drugs only work after they have been activated or "turned on" by certain kinds of light.
Lasers in Cancer Treatment
Lasers, which are very powerful, precise beams of light, can be used instead of blades (scalpels) for very careful surgical work, including treating some cancers
Blood Product Donation and Transfusion
Transfusions of blood and blood products temporarily replace parts of the blood when a person's body can't make its own or has lost them from bleeding. Here, we describe blood and its components and why they are important.
Immunotherapy is treatment that uses your body's own immune system to help fight cancer
How many cancers could be prevented?
In the UK, more than 1 in 2 people will develop cancer at some point in their lives. Every year, more than 331,000 people are diagnosed with the disease. But experts estimate that more than 4 in 10 cancer cases could be prevented by lifestyle changes, such as:
- not smoking
- keeping a healthy bodyweight
- cutting back on alcohol
- eating a healthy, balanced diet
- keeping active
- avoiding certain infections (such as HPV)
- enjoying the sun safely
- occupation (avoiding cancer risks in the workplace)
Surveys of the population have shown that people aren't necessarily aware that all of these things are linked to cancer. For example, the Cancer Research UK funded Perceptions of Risk Survey in 2008 found that only 3% of the people polled knew that being overweight or obese could increase their risk of cancer.


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Diaper bags come in all shapes in sizes these days, and for good reason. Sure, moms need a convenient solution when its time to head out the door with child(ren) in tow, but just the thought of packing the full-size diaper bag and toting it around all day gives me a backache. For me, the key to a successful outing is to have just the right size of bag for everything I need. No more. No less. In order to do that, I am resigned to not having "a" baby bag, but several to choose from, depending on the situation. A little extra prep time at home can make a huge difference when its double meltdown time in the lobby of the children's museum.
With the birth of my second child came a slew of new diaper bag choices, Here's my line-up.
Bag #1: The work horse. I still remember my mother's diaper bag when my younger brother was a baby. It was huge, but she could never find anything quickly. Diaper bags have come a long way since then, and the Go GaGa Ergonomic Diaper Bag is living proof of that statement.
- Easy to use/versatile straps for the shoulder and the stroller
- Easy access insulated bottle pockets
- Adjustable interior divider
- Durable fabric, made from 72% recycled materials
- Doesn't sit flat on its own
- Difficult to get changing pad back into outside pocket
This bag is so functional and versatile, it begs to be called anything but a diaper bag. Every pocket, strap and pouch seems to be built not only for diaper days, but for years to come. The easy access bottle pockets also fit a large water bottle. The outside pocket fits multiple diapers and wipes for easy reach. One challenge I have with this bag is that the changing pad, which is cut to fit the outer pocket, is difficult to get back in the pocket with the rest of the changing supplies in it.
The strap is ergonomic, spreading the weight over the entire shoulder, which is nice. My husband can also use the sliding shoulder pad to cinch the strap for a more masculine look. In my opinion, the super-easy to use stroller strap attachments are the most ergonomic feature. After having struggled with too many other diaper bags and their stroller snaps, I love having one that I can easily attach and detach without causing a scene!
The bag is also very planet-friendly, each tote is made from 72% post consumer recycled fabric by a fair trade certified manufacturer in Vietnam.
Disclosure: This complimentary product was received from the manufacturer to be reviewed by Trekaroo. I received no other compensation, and was not required to express any particular point of view.
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A team of researchers at the University of Nottingham, led by Dr Asam Latif, have co-developed (with patients who are medically under-served) a short, free Medicines Use Review (MUR) e-learning programme, specifically for community pharmacy staff.
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Entry to Sales - Training in Prague - International Career
Do you speak German, Dutch or French and German?
Do you want to start an international career with great training in Prague and fantastic earning potential?
Are you a first or second jobber who wants to learn on the job?
Then read on!
We are NonStop Recruitment - professionals in providing high end recruitment within Medical Devices, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Education, IT, Social Care and Engineering industries.
Now we look for language 5 German speakers, 3 Dutch speakers and 1 French and German speaker (for Swiss Market) for our Chemical Division.
Don't worry, you don't need to have a chemical background our training will prepare you to work with these professionals!
We are looking for driven, positive individuals who would enjoy working in an international and fast paced environment. You would be working in sales environment recruiting individuals to large and medium Chemical firms across BeNeLux region, DACH region and the UK.
You will be managing the process from the very beginning - winning the roles from other businesses' line managers and HRs, advertising them, sourcing candidates, headhunting, pre screening candidates, arranging interviews, delivering feedbacks and offers. You will not only get basic salary, but also commission for each and every placement that you make therefore you have a great earning potential - first year £30,000 to £45,000!
We invest in you with training and you, once trained can become a good recruiter, but the career path does not end there - we are looking for ambitious people who want to build their career with us and become future Team Leaders, Sales Managers and even Associate Directors.
Opportunity starts in Prague, however after 6 to 10 months, once you achieve certain level of performance, you can move to our other offices: London, Portsmouth, Zug or you can stay in Prague. We are going to be opening more offices within the next few years Barcelona and Berlin are our targets!
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by Maria Eleanor E. Valeros, newmedia specialist
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES (January 8, 2015) — Yoga is not just poses. It is a life.
Former computer programmer Anne Dala formed September of last year Studio 108 along with fellow active yoga practitioner Nathan Archival to share life-changing choices that anchor on plant-based healthy eating, exercise and meditation. The duo hopes to develop Studio 108 Wellness and Fitness Center as a social enterprise that would support creation of urban community gardens as sources of organic fruits and vegetables, and the development of mud houses to promote indigenous architecture, ecologically sound and sustainable houses.
In a media orientation today at the studio on the second floor of Paseo Arcenas in Banawa, Dala and Archival along with Kenneth Materum of Bacolod (Negros Occidental) shared that a 340-square meter lot has already been identified for a community garden where a homestay program will help generate income for urban informal settlers. The lot is located near Good Shepherd, an upland community of Banawa.
Mud houses, inspired by the science of biomimicry, can be built for as low as P1,500 per square meter, one-storey bungalow type, since building skeleton will utilize bamboo. Soil content in the area will be assessed to study percentage of clay and loam. According to Materum, sand will be introduced depending on the density of clay.
Dala, as a sickly person, embraced vegetarianism after refusing to go under the knife. She pointed out she suffered from various ailments affecting her ovary. "I turned away from a toxic life. I later realized why God through the Bible directed us to eat leafy things, nuts, legumes. With fruits and vegetables you can never go wrong. You just have to observe eating these properly, like eating fruits as fruits and vegetables as is. You can't mix pineapple with celery. You can't mix celery with cucumber because of people's certain reactions to their components," she pointed out. "And you cannot just mix starchy vegetables with some fruits."
"Bottom line is you have to respect the nature of the food. You have to understand why certain plants are given the color red, some yellow, some orange. Some are bitter, some pungent, some sour. There is a purpose to everything. It supports the balance in our systems," Dala further disclosed.
The only setback among vegan wannabees is the lack of community, Archival, on the other hand, shared.
"Lifestyle change should be a culture. However, you have to create an environment for lifestyle change first. It would be hard to practice at home where you are surrounded by meat-eaters. You also have the tendency to consume what's available on the table for lack of choice," he explained.
So aside from social enterprise, Studio 108 is bent on creating a community where yoga enthusiasts can gather and practice soundly the principles and be able to encourage each other to sustain even after undertaking programs.
These are yoga classes: ashtanga, vinyasa, cardio, with weights, for flexibility, suspension. Fitness classes cover aikido, tai chi, belly dancing, hula hoop, and total body workout.
Studio 108 comes with a Detox Bar. Walk-ins are highly encouraged. A three-day detox package pure juicing program at P3,600 includes supply of six detox juices, colon cleanse, supplements for potassium, CoQ10 and probiotics; as well as wellness coaching. For inquiries: (32) 511.3642/513.4088.
The orientation was capped by a meal of interesting dishes like a Little Blue Boy-inspired "bloodless dinuguan." The traditional pork entrails stew uses pork blood as thickening agent. However, in the vegan sense, coconut meat was used and black beans. Along with other spices, these were pureed in a blender. The sumptuous dish proved to have tasted closely to the native "dinuguan" or "dugu-dugo," minus the guilt. Other menu items to look forward to: quinoa salad, honeyed sweet potato with muesli, red rice with peas and carrots, among other green, leafy stuff.#


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Dear fellow metal heads,
long time no updates here on this site as we mainly communicated on facebook. Sorry for that, we promise to do better;-)
So what`s up at our camp? We have been to the sold-out TRVEHEIM Festival in late August and it was a blast. Fantastic crew, fans, bands and atmosphere. A great place to play your metal!!!
Finally we have a new mix done of "Samsara" and soon we start contacting lables in hope to get the album officially released in the not too distant future\m/
And in the last couple of months we have already been busy with the songwriting for the next album and so far, it sounds really promising, at least to us^^
Happy weekend to everybody and always stay METAAAAAAAAAAAALLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Players: 1 Player Game | Genre: RPG
Release Date: 05/19/15
In the Wild Hunt, there are Spectral Warriors that were thought to be nothing more than a legend. However, they strike and totally decimate a village and Geralt of Rivia goes on a quest to find the only survivor to figure out how to go on this "Wild Hunt."
As we mentioned, The Witcher 3 The Wild Hunt is an open world game. Not only that but it is over 35 times bigger than Witcher 2. Due to the sheer size, there will be a fast travel system in place when you have explored areas before
Our Witcher no longer has issues remembering things. So he now can recall every monster he has ever seen. This is a new ability called The Sense and it helps you determine the type of creature you are going up against. Since each creature is handled in a different way, you will have to use The Sense to look for red highlights and discover how to counter the monster. This is done by tracking him in his habitat.
For example, there was a village with a monster problem and we went looking in the woods for what it was. After searching, we discovered that he was weak to silver, you have to destroy his totems set up in the forest, and there was a host in the local village he would possess unless she was forced to move away. Once this was done, you were able to confront and fighit the monster. If you hadn't followed these steps, he would have overtaken you. This is the type of gameplay experience you can expect when encountering some of the bigger monsters in this open world game. There will be around 80 new monsters in Witcher 3.
During your adventures, Geralt will have to make several choices. None of these are particularly black or white. In fact, what appears to be a good choice might end up being the worst possible outcome. It is important to remember that Geralt of Rivia is not a hero. He doesn't ride in and save the day like what you might do in The Elder Scrolls. You are a Witcher and you kill monsters for hire.
Combat is still being worked on but CD Project RED is committed to adding in new magical signs and crafting a better combat system. People found the original release of The Witcher 2 a bit difficult and they are still not completely satisfied with how the combat system was tweaked in the revision patches that came out for it. How exactly will they fix the combat? What magical signs will we see? They aren't talking--at least for now.
As it stands, The Witcher 3 is among the best shown at E3 2013. As the first big RPG for the next-generation, we are eager to get our grubby little paws on this one!
This is an open-world role-playing game in which players assume the role of Geralt, a monster hunter in search of a missing woman. Players explore a war-ravaged world while completing quests and killing enemy soldiers and fantastical creatures (e.g., wraiths, harpies, rock beasts). Characters engage in melee-style combat using swords and other bladed weapons, as well as magical attacks (e.g., blasts of fire, stun spells); combat is highlighted by screams of pain and impact sounds. Large blood-splatter effects occur when enemies are slashed, with some attacks resulting in decapitation or dismemberment. Some cutscenes depict slow-motion decapitations and other gore: an autopsy of a torture victim, rooms with several corpses (e.g., hanging from the ceiling, covered in blood on a bed, naked in a tub). During the course of the game, the central character can engage in sexual activity with prostitutes and female companions. These brief sequences depict females' breasts and buttocks—sexual moaning sounds can be heard, though the camera cuts away from explicit sexual acts. The game includes a side quest in which Geralt engages in a drinking game; characters are depicted drunk and/or passed out. The words "f**k," "sh*t," and "c*nt" can be heard in the dialogue.


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As I sit on this Halloween night and listen to my son play I think back to how different last year was. The past week has had alot of reflection for me. I have signed up for an interview type exchange with the blog site I am listed on. You get matched with a family who is writing another blog and the idea is to read each others blog and then interview them. I have been matched with a family who is still in the waiting process, so they are at a different point than we are. I went back and reread every post I have wrote from the beginning of the process and try to read it from her point of view. Every single emotion came back to me just like they were at that moment if not worse. Worse because I now see what a dark place I was in and couldn't or wouldn't see it then. Adoption is a hard process there is no sugar coating it in anyway. You want to live your life and that is what you are told to do but it is next to impossible, every joyful thing always has some sort of dark cloud over it. You try to ignore it but in the back of your mind you can't. You put a fake smile on and pretend all is right with the world.
I was at my lowest of lows. Joe and I had just decided that we were done with the adoption process at the end of the year. I was just so defeated. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, all the little kids talking about costumes and getting to be anything they want to be. The leaves are changing colors and there is a crisp feel in the air. For me last year I didn't see any of this all I saw was darkness. I didn't even participate in trick or treating last year I sat in my house in the dark wanting to fade away.
Little did I know that in just 5 short days things would change so much. I would be so full of hope and excitement. The few months we waited for Noah were not always a walk in the park but neither were the months leading up to that.
I guess the point I am trying to get a is not matter how bad it gets it will get better. It will all be worth it in the end. The pain of it all never goes away totally, or at least is hasn't for me, and I hope it doesn't to be honest. I am afraid if it does I will take what I have for granted and not appreciate it. Also things can change in the blink of an eye so always keep the faith that tomorrow could be the day.
Nine months have gone by and each day has new changes now. Noah was not in the picture taking mood tonight so I am hoping we will get his 9 month pictures tomorrow. He has month doctors visit tomorrow too so I will have his update too.
We didn't get to have trick or treating tonight because of the storms but below is a picture of Noah from the other day for a parade they had at Joe's work that we took him to.
Noah's update to follow soon
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
So different
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- AnonymousNovember 5, 2012 at 9:35 PM
What a cute costume!ReplyDelete
I rejoice with you in your happiness. I hope your interview goes well and touches many.
Addison CooperReplies
Thank you Addison! I hope it does to I want to become more involved and supportive of adoptive parents and birth parents we have been very blessed with our situation.Delete
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Mgr. Rudolf Jung
Born in Prague where he still lives.
He practices figurative, portrait, landscape and aerial photography, and also documents furtive changes in Prague. He is a member of the Association of Professional Photographers and Association M.
Photography schools:
IVF /Institute of Creative Photography/ 1980–1983
FAMU – Department of Photography 1985–1994
29 solo exhibitions and approximately 40 group exhibitions
"STROMOVKA between evening and night"
On the eve of an important anniversary.
The Stromovka project has been coming into being for the last ten years. It consists of a mixture of work done on classical black and white material and new digital technology. This exhibition represents a selection of both and attempts to capture the area of Stromovka after people leave the park late in the evenings and for a short time Stromovka is returned to its own.
One can walk among the trees for real or just in imagination. Both walks are good. One can either sit on a park bench in one's imagination or for real, and experience its coolness, wetness and the surrounding mist; the dark silhouettes of trees, the sound of children crying in the distance, lovers embracing nearby. Or simply experience the endless, silent solitude… I tried both… It has its charm and it depends, as always, on how our mind deals with it. Naturally, Jung's photographs contain the first kind.
But… who knows, really?
I playfully crossed the bridge in the photographs, touched the bark of old trees and from close up I saw the dark silhouette of the massive trunk of an old lamp, maybe the last remaining in the park. I walked quietly on the surface of a pond on the edge of day and night and got frightened by the rustling sound emanating from the crown of the old willow, which probably remembers much immodesty committed in the shadow of its branches. I walked to the end of that artificially created world where cast iron fence creates a sharp border behind which everyday, ordinary life takes place. The trees look curiously over the fence but they can't leave their designated space. Behind the border there is a street, railway station, one end of the connecting footbridge, tram terminus, steamboat harbour and many tennis courts from where regular sounds of rackets can be heard if, of course, the tennis season is on and it's not too cold and not four thirty in the morning when nothing happens, except imagination, which works non-stop.
And it is with imagination that we need to approach Rudolf Jung's dark, black and white photographs. They will take us around the recesses of the Royal Deer Park, founded in 1268 by Premysl Otakar II and often touched up by monarchs and important personalities in the course of the centuries, until it arrived at its present appearance.
The photographs are intimate records of nonentical space that has the power to transport us to the true landscape of tranquility and on the stage set of green trees whip up our imagination to the most bizzarre of actions.
It is up to you to chose between the flight of golden birds with flaming wings over your heads or an ordinary walk.
And, by the way, did you know that the trees in this park embrace each other at night?
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February 1, 2007
The traffic lights located at the intersection of Airway Avenue and Willow/Harrison Street make a "chirping" sound to communicate with blind pedestrians. Photo: JC AMBERLYN/Miner
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Setup Installation :: Recovery Drive Refused To Install Win 8.I?Jan 27, 2013
I have a brand new system with an OEM version of Windows 8 installed (Core not Pro)
ASUS P8H77-M Pro Motherboard
The new system works well but I have also purchased an OCZ Vector 256GB SSD and intend to install it as my primary hard drive.
ASUS didn't and will not supply a recovery disk.
ASUS provides an activation key for a downloadable version of Acronis True image. I tried that but their version is not compatible with Windows 8. I managed to get a newer version but it didn't recognize that the SSD was installed.
Next, I used Win 8 to make a recovery drive USB drive thinking that I would be able to do a clean install of Win with it. I had the 2TB HD disconnected and the SSD installed but the recovery drive refused to install Win 8. I either got the message "The drive where windows is installed is locked. Unlock and try again." or "The drive is too small to format" (the wording on the last may not be exact)
I was able to "find" a Windows 8 ISO file. I burned it to a DVD and was able to install Win 8 but it was not a UEFI installation. There were only 2 SSD HD partitions: 1. System Reserved - 350 MB NTFS. 2. 238.13 GB NTFS Healthy.
I then deleted these volumes and followed the UEFI installation instructions in the thread:
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) - Install Windows 8 with
Windows installed but it was not a UEFI installation. I got the same partitions as above. At step 6, I only saw the 2 partitions. I tried this process twice with the same results.
The USB stick was prepared using the instructions in this thread:
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So last night was our primary school Annual General Meeting.....you know, the one you hesitate about going to because you know it's likely that without even knowing it you are going to come home as president or fundraiser.
I headed off to the meeting with determination.....I was not going to leave that meeting with a position on the committee!!!
As 7.30pm rolled around the room was only filled with the existing committee members and two or three other people....I've been to enough AGM's to know that this was not a good sign!
A decision was made by the principal to go ahead with the meeting even though numbers were low (because the smart people stayed away lol !!!).
From there nominations for the now vacant positions started. I was nominated for every position from President to Secretary to Treasurer! Having just completed my three year stint as fundraiser that was about the only position that I was not nominated for....but believe me they even tried!!
But I stuck to my guns and replied with a cordial "No...but thank you!" to every. single. nomination!!! Yay me!!
Part of me felt bad, felt like I was letting the rest of the team down, part of me felt like I would be missing out, part of me was already missing the social side of the P&F.....but the part of me that spends way too many hours doing all of the behind the scenes work....well that side of me stayed strong.
I have been a part of the Parents and Friends committee at our first primary school since Miss 17 started kindergarten and when we changed schools I joined the new P&F from the first meeting.
I have cooked 500+ sausages for hungry kids on multiple occasions, I have purchased, ordered, wrapped, sorted and sold more mother's day and father's day gifts than I can remember, I have planned and run school garage sales, I have cooked so many hot dogs that I am permanently turned off ever eating another, I have co-ordinated school market days and fairs, I have planned hot food days involving hideous amounts of pizza, I've drafted note upon note, reminder after reminder!!!!
I have stayed up late counting money, I have been up early setting up. And up until last year I have always done it with little ones in tow. I have been to P&F executive meetings and P&F general meetings, I have even taken newborns to the meetings with me (okay to be honest that mighta just been to get out of the house!!)
I have to admit that I love being involved in my girls schools, I love being there to see them and they love that I am there. I have fond memories of my own mum being at canteen or doing the lamington drive (yes back in the day where the parents actually made the lamingtons...yum they were good! )
And I like achieving things that will benefit my children and the school, like fundraising for air conditioning and ipads etc..
But sometimes in doing things for your children and for the school you in actual fact have less time for your children at home! As the deadline for pizza day approaches the time for home readers disappears, homework can be overlooked and library books become a lesson is speed reading!
But this is my year...my year to take a break from the P&F committee. My year to get our house in order...and hopefully my year to get a few things of my own happening (so watch this space!!)
First up on my list of things to do now that I am not on the P&F is a garage sale....the date is set and I have broken the wonderful news to hubby! We always say we'll do one but never do....this time we will!!!
I know I will still be up at the school for reading groups and wrapping days etc....but a girls gotta have some social life doesn't she...!!


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Around sports: Edwards wins pole at Brickyard 400
INDIANAPOLIS - Carl Edwards will be on the pole for the Brickyard 400, where passing could be at a premium Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Edwards turned a lap at 183.484 mph Saturday to move to the top starting spot but then had to see if Tony Stewart would bump him from the pole.
Stewart was fastest in the first round of qualifying. He was the last driver on the track in the second round of qualifying, and Edwards watched from pit road as Stewart circled the track. The three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion had to get off the gas in the final turn and wound up fourth.
Joey Logano, who along with Brad Keselowski is trying to give Roger Penske his first NASCAR victory at Indy, qualified second. He went 183.139 mph in his Ford.
In other motor sports news:
Kyle Busch took advantage of Ryan Blaney's last-lap bobble, making an inside pass on the back straightaway to win the Xfinity Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Pro basketball
Thornton signs
Rockets contract
The Rockets officially signed shooting guard Marcus Thornton to a one-year deal for $1.2 million. Thornton, 28, agreed to sign a veteran's minimum contract July 12.
Thornton, who played for Boston and Phoenix last season, has averaged 12.7 points a game in six NBA seasons.
In other news:
Maya Moore scored a record 30 points to lead the West to a 117-112 victory over the East in the WNBA All-Star Game at Uncasville, Conn. T Brittney Griner added 21 points for the West, while Alex Bentley led the East with 23.
Hearn commands
Canadian Open
David Hearn shot a 4-under-par 68, moving into position to become the first Canadian to win the Canadian Open in 61 years, taking a two-stroke lead over Bubba Watson (68) and Jason Day (69).
Hearn, from Brantford, Ontario, has a 15-under 201 total at Glen Abbey in Oakville, Ontario.
In other news:
Colin Montgomerie and Marco Dawson share the lead at 10 under in the suspended third round of the Senior British Open at Sunningdale, England. Darkness stopped play five hours after the delayed start of the round at Sunningdale's Old Course. The second round, suspended Friday because of rain, wasn't completed until Saturday afternoon. Montgomerie and Dawson each had nine holes left in the third round.
Lizette Salas shot a 7-under 64 to take a four-stroke lead in the Meijer LPGA Classic at Belmont, Mich. She has a 16-under 197 total.
Pro football
Peterson 'happy'
he's with Vikings
Adrian Peterson said he is "definitely happy" to be back with the Minnesota Vikings after a tumultuous past year that put his future with the team in doubt.
Peterson and his teammates reported to training camp at Minnesota State University in Mankato.
Peterson, who played only one game last season, and Minnesota agreed last week on a revamped contract, guaranteeing him the $13 million he was scheduled to make in 2015. Peterson was reinstated by the NFL in April after serving a suspension for the child abuse case in Texas in which he was involved.
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light heavy titles
Sergey Kovalev had little trouble retaining his light heavyweight titles at Las Vegas, stopping Nadjib Mohammedi in the third round.
The unbeaten Russian dropped Mohammedi in the second round with a series of right hands and then put him down for good with a combination in the third round. Mohammedi got to his knees but was holding his nose as if it was broken. Referee Kenny Bayless called a halt to the bout at 2:38 of the third.
Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 knockouts), who stopped Jean Pascal in his last fight in March, was defending his 175-pound crown against the mandatory challenger from France. Mohammedi was so little regarded that oddsmakers would not accept bets on the fight.
Earlier, Pascal overcame a slow start to beat Yuniesky Gonzalez by unanimous decision and set up a possible rematch with Kovalev. Pascal (30-3-1) won by a 96-94 margin in the 10-round bout on all three scorecards to hand Gonzalez his first loss.
Anderson wins
5-kilometer race
Haley Anderson of the United States defended her title in the 5-kilometer open-water race to claim the first medal of the world swimming championships at Kazan, Russia.
She surged to the lead in the closing meters of the race in the choppy, brownish waters of the Kazanka River, hitting the touchpad in 58 minutes, 48.4 seconds.
Young pads streakas Skeeters falter
Lancaster tagged Sugar Land starter Matt Wright for four runs in the first inning and went on to defeat the Skeeters 5-1 in Atlantic League play at Constellation Field. Wright (5-4) struck out 10 while walking two and allowing five hits. The Skeeters' Delwyn Young singled in the first to keep his hitting streak alive at 15 games. …
T.J. Dillashaw successfully defended the bantamweight title, stopping Renan Barao by technical knockout in the fourth round at UFC Chicago. Dillashaw (13-2) shocked the mixed martial arts world by taking the title away from Barao (35-3) at UFC 173. …
The United States clinched its first World Grand Prix Finals volleyball title since 2012 by defeating two-time defending champion Brazil at Omaha, Neb. A 25-16, 25-22, 25-21 sweep of second-ranked Brazil secured the title for the No. 1 Americans with one day left in the five-day event.
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Lithuania's OSCE Chairmanship emphasized the importance of a competitive and sustainable transport system
|The conference in Druskininkai, 5.04.2011. Photo: urm.lt
Lithuania, in cooperation with other European Union's member states, will aim to be among the leaders in developing a competitive, efficient, economical and environmentally-friendly transport system and intends in the next decade to implement initiatives, designed to increase mobility, clear the hurdles in the transport sector and enable sustainable economic growth, informed BC Lithuanian Foreign Ministry.
The European Commission's White Paper that contains a set of recommendations on how to create a single EU's transport space was presented at the conference. The main aims of the recommendations are transport's competitiveness and efficiency.
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The participants of the conference highlighted the benefits of a long-term strategic planning, the location of cooperation of the transport system partners at regional and international levels, and analyzed the facilitation of border-crossing procedures, customs transparency and their significance for the fight against corruption.
"To ensure continuity of the OSCE activity, Lithuania's Chairmanship wishes to contribute to the defining of the OSCE's role in the transport field, to strengthen cooperation between partner organizations, modernize the OSCE approach to and activities in the field of transport, including into discussion such an element as the relationship between transport and environmental issues," Ambassador for Energy and Transport Policy Issues of the Economic Security Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Vytautas Naudužas said when giving the closing speech at the conference.
The two-day conference was attended by experts from international organizations, businesses and academic communities, and diplomats from the 56 OSCE participating States and 12 Partner countries.
The participants positively evaluated the tourism infrastructure and the quality of services at Druskininkai resort.
The conference in Druskininkai is the second preparatory meeting of the 19th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum. At this conference, experts from international organizations, businesses and academic communities, and diplomats discuss how to promote environmentally-friendly transport and increase efficiency internationally.
The Economic and Environmental Forum is the main annual event of the OSCE's economic and environmental dimension. The OSCE Chairmanship proposes the theme each year. The Forum gives political impetus to dialogue on economic and environmental issues related to security and contributes to the generation of recommendations. This year's Economic and Environmental Forum focuses on the "promotion of common actions and co-operation in the OSCE area in the fields of development of sustainable energy and transport".


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i'm seriously pacing the floors at my place of employment wondering how in the heck i've managed to surround myself with such nut jobs and how the hell i can get myself out of it. every day i'm one butt twitch away from snapping. seriously. i shall list a small dose of the stupidity i ingest on a daily basis...
i give you a list of the crazy shit people do and say at my job:
the pen is mightier than the sword
i was lucky enough to gain the supply ordering responsibility (we won't discuss the fact that i possess a degree) for a group of folks in my department. i get an email requesting a specific pen. the pen must be sans grips because heaven forbid a wiley grip fall...it could destroy the planet. i order the damn pen. it comes in a box of 12. when the shipment comes i give it to the spazoid...spazoid freaks the hell out because he only wanted one pen...there's no room on his huge bare desk for 11 extra pens that may come in handy... say when the other pen runs out...
dude spazzed and marched over to my desk and slammed down the pens...stating no PENS!!! NO ROOM! i read a study recently that said one can become dangerously supplied if they have more than one pen at a time. i need a moment to collect my damn mind.
cat nip surprise
i asked a woman from my floor if she'd help me out by joining our company gym (20 referrals and you win a wii) she took one look at the address section and screamed that it was too personal. heaven forbid the gym that belongs to our company have the same information that HR has. i like to think she secretly used to work for the KGB and knew if the gym were to get a hold of her information the united states government might just come after her and her million cats and feed them all (including her) poisonous cat nip. i just don't want to believe that she's crazy...that would merit a good slap upside the head and i kind of need my 401k right now.
the gays are coming!!!
lady at work came up to me one morning to shoot the shit...usually this is cool. usually she'll ask how i've been...i'll say swell and the earth will begin to rotate once again. one morning she got a bit brave though and kept talking to me...apparently me turning around shortly after my swell comment didn't seal the deal. somehow the crazy coot decided it was share time at tishy's cube. she started in on religion and how fabulous the mormon church is. before i could say "jesus pajamas are magical" she was whispering how the gays were responsible for trying to bring down the church...at that moment i giggled a bit inside imagining a mob of fierce homosexual deviants storming temples asking for worshipers inside to release every pair of pink jesus pajamas available; water guns loaded with the devil's caffeine...why is it that when people experience horrific tragedies in their life they flock to the extreme fringes of religion. "i got in a bad wreck therefore i need a snake biting group of people to make me feel whole again..."
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Here are some further thoughts on how Canada might authorize electronic wills. Perhaps the Uniform Law Conference of Canada could use them in the mix of policy proposals when and if it takes up the topic, as it is almost bound to do sooner or later – as companion jurisdictions move towards law reform.
Speaking of those jurisdictions:
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• In July, 2018, the Uniform Law Commission in the US gave first reading to its Uniform Electronic Wills Act. No further draft has been released to follow up on the discussion. The developments in that project so far are online at


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A sign of the tasteless times!
How often do we hear complaints that fruit and vegetables are so tasteless today? For some, it seems that this lack of the expected offers a great marketing opportunity! Just look at this slogan I spotted on a carton of Canary Islands tomatoes.
What next? New car – with engine!! Mountain bike – with wheels!! Blue jeans – with pockets!! Et cetera …
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Anatomy of a Sale
These guys made buying a business look easy
by Virginia Lindauer Simmon
Jon Cunningham is so pleased with his purchase of Minuteman Press that his brother, David, plans to buy the building.
Jon Cunningham wanted a change. For 18 years, the Newport native had been in the screen printing business: first for InPrints in Burlington, where he worked from 1984 to '91; then, from 1991 to '93, at Ad Art America, a small company in East Barre; and finally, as production manager for Select Design on Flynn Avenue in Burlington.
Things were not going well for Cunningham at Select Design. Realizing his days were numbered, he took an inventory of his skills and experience and decided maybe it was time for him to consider buying a business of his own.
Cunningham began contacting business brokers to get a feel for what was out there, and in October 2002, having left Select Design, he got serious. Through John Beal of Vermont Business Brokers, Cunningham learned Minuteman Press in South Burlington was for sale.
"This was one of the very first ones that piqued my interest," says Cunningham. "I looked at maybe four or five other businesses, but this was always the one I thought was a great mix."
In 2002, Paul Jansen had owned Minuteman for five years. Unlike Cunningham, Jansen had spent his entire life involved with business ownership. "I like to buy businesses, grow them and sell them," he says.
A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Jansen grew up working for the tack business owned by his family since the late 1800s. "On weekends, I would load up the van and travel around to horse farms, pick up things for repair, sell stuff, etc., etc.," he says.
One weekend, he found himself visiting the Keppler farm, where he met Martha Keppler, his future wife. "It turned out our grandfathers and our parents knew each other," he says. "We just had a lot in common, kind of hit it off, and the rest was history." He adds that Martha stays connected to her ancestry by taking their three boys back to western New York for five weeks each summer, where she helps her sister run the family's riding camp.
Before they came to Vermont, the Jansens had lived in Lebanon, a city in southern Ohio, for years. With some partners, Jansen owned Culligan water conditioning companies around the Cincinnati- Dayton-Middletown area. Realizing he was getting fed up with the Midwest "because, other than golf, in southern Ohio, there's not much you can do; there are constant smog alerts; and it's just so blazing hot" and ready for new challenges, Jansen turned his eyes north.
"I went to school at Plattsburgh State," he says, "and was just familiar with this part of the world. I wanted to come to someplace where you could enjoy the winters. I like to do things outside. I ski, hunt, kayak, canoe, backpack and run."
Paul Jansen sits in his office at Roy's Housing, the business he bought after selling Minuteman Press to Jon Cunningham.At first, Jansen contemplated buying a business in Lake Placid. He soon realized, however, that "unless you want to be an innkeeper or run a tourism-related business," Lake Placid was not the place to settle.
Jansen spoke with the owner of Minuteman Press in Lebanon, whom he knew. "He introduced me to headquarters, and they thought it might be a good idea." The Burlington franchise was for sale, and, having sold the Culligan franchise back to corporate, Jansen was ready to move north with Martha and their three children.
When he bought Minuteman, it was located in an industrial park on Avenue D in Williston, "in the middle of nowhere, with no presence or anything," Jansen says. "The guy I bought it from was an absentee owner; it was a foundering ship at sea." He knew Minuteman needed more presence in order to grow.
"I could clearly see to own a business, you have to have it where people could see it," he says, "so I moved it to Williston Road three years ago. That was, frankly, cheap advertising. I couldn't have gotten that exposure out of the Yellow Pages."
In the five years he owned Minuteman, Jansen turned the business around, tripling the sales. By 2002, he had reached what he calls "a kind of plateau. It got to the point where I had to reinvest more money and grow it bigger in my own mind and get to the next step. I just didn't have the desire to do that. In my little world, I had grown it to the point where it was a going concern, and it was time to sell it and move on to something else."
Enter Cunningham, who realized this was the business he wanted to buy and needed to move quickly in order to have an income. "John Beal interviewed me for 15 minutes and determined pretty quickly that I was a pretty good-looking candidate for this business," he says. "I'm sure that if I went in there and had experience with some other business, and if I didn't proclaim how much money I had versus what the business was being sold for, I might have been filtered out."
Knowing his job with Select Design was coming to an end, Cunningham and his wife had downsized, selling their Huntington home for one in Montpelier that included an apartment to help with mortgage payments. "Moving from Huntington Hanksville, the most rural part of Chittenden County and miles to the nearest store to Montpelier, it was like moving to Paris for us!" he exclaims. Montpelier only added 10 miles to his commute, he says, and made the commute 10 minutes faster because of Interstate 89.
"When he found out I was a good match, we filled out some non-disclosure forms, and eventually I had to show I had the right amount of cash to do the deal."
Not having bought a business before, Cunningham expected things to move quickly once an offer was made. He was in for a surprise.
"It did take a long time," he says, adding, "Well, the procedure for making an offer and counter-offer that took a long time for many reasons: Paul went on vacation for a week, then John Beal went on vacation for a week. But the whole banking experience, which I thought would be the hard part, was a breeze, because I had a great banker Phil Brown at the Williston Branch of BankNorth and a good credit rating.
"I was preparing myself for a lot of hard work, a lot of paperwork, and it was quite remarkably quick and easy. I submitted my loan right before Christmas and had financial approval two days after New Year's, on Jan. 3. I got everything I asked for. I got a VEDA loan through BankNorth. They're fantastic!"
The only roadblock now was that Jansen still didn't have anyplace to go.
Because he couldn't afford representation in the process, Cunningham admits that he found himself relying on Beal a bit more than good business practice would dictate. "That was probably a little bit of a mistake," says Cunningham, "because he represents the seller. So maybe it was a little bit of a mistake not pursuing the relationship with Paul right away, but once it kicked in, it was great."
"I wasn't brave enough to sell without having something else to go to," says Jansen. "I was frantic to find another business, but he was frantic and unemployed. I said, 'Why don't I hire you, and you can learn while I'm paying you?' I needed a body, and he's a level-headed, competent guy, and in turn, I got some activity out of him, and he shadowed me for a matter of weeks."
Jansen admits it was a risky move, because Cunningham could have joined the business and decided it wasn't for him. "I've been through enough bad deals, because I've bought and sold enough businesses over the years, so I know how I'd want to be treated," he says. "I went into this treating him like I would want to be treated. And because of his character he's got integrity, and I like to think I'm the same it worked out well. I'd never heard of that being done before."
Gratefully, Cunningham leapt at the offer and went to work for Jansen in March. "He was honest about it he couldn't jump off the bridge without the parachute so it was always obvious it was going to happen," Cunningham says. "I think the big thing about this deal was that he hired me and I was able to learn and train."
Cunningham went to a 21/2-week training session at Minuteman's headquarters on Long Island. "Working here for the seven weeks was hugely helpful," he says. "Things would be a lot different now if I hadn't done that."
He admits to a bit of discomfort during the seven-week period, because he was not allowed to say anything to anyone not even his fellow employees about his plan to buy the business, but "everybody understood when the cat was out of the bag, and it's worked out just fabulously for me."
The seven weeks also worked out well for Jansen. He was able to do the work necessary to buy Roy's Housing in Highgate Center, a business he sees a great future for. "It is what started out as a multi-section mobile home dealership, selling singles and double-wides," says Jansen. "What's happening across the country is modular construction, stick-built in a factory, and I bought this for the potential of growing the modular business and looking at affordable housing or the lack thereof in the state of Vermont." He points to a colonial home at the back of the property as an example of the graceful kind of building that's possible with a manufactured home.
"Transactions like these aren't easy," says Jansen, "but I've got to give credit to John Beal at Vermont Business Brokers, too, because he's also of the mindset of a win/win. It can't favor either the buyer or the seller in any transaction. Here we are five months after I sold it to Jon, and he still likes me; and that's how it's supposed to work. There are no surprises. I held nothing back didn't blue-sky it and he saw for himself what it was. I'm still a part of this community and had to make sure I did things where I could still hold my head high and still have a reputation around Burlington."
Cunningham echoes this. "There was mutual trust that still exists," he says. "Paul's a friend who pops in here at the office every once in a while." Of his newly bought business they closed in May Cunningham couldn't be more delighted. "I've inherited a great staff," he says.
John Beal, the owner of Vermont Business Brokers, guided Jansen and Cunningham through the labrynth that ended in their successful closing.
Since he bought the business, says Cunningham, "we have completely upgraded the prepress with all new Macs. We have more computers than we have personnel: there are nine terminals, six employees, including me. It's pretty full-service," he says, mentioning graphic design services, a Heidelberg two-color offset press, a two-color envelope press and a digital Xerox Doc-12 high-end color output machine. "It's great for short-run color, up to 500 pieces." It's obvious that both parties to this deal are happy.
"A lot of times, we're trying to sell the sizzle," says Beal. "The important thing for business acquisition the most important thing for a buyer to ask is whether it is something I will enjoy doing. If it's not something you can enjoy, the financials are not even worth taking the time to look at.
Hiring a potential buyer of one's business is one of the methods by which transfers can occur, says Beal. "However, there can be pitfalls, because then the employee learns all the idiosyncrasies of the business before he has to commit to ownership; but it is not uncommon for a business owner with a high level of confidence to bring somebody in as an employee and say, 'Here, learn all about my business first.' The advantage is that you perform the transition assistance prior to the sale, so that once the sale is concluded, the old owner can move on immediately to doing other things."
Cunningham has slid easily into the membership opening at Burlington Rotary Club left by Jansen when he transferred his membership to St. Albans. "Maybe he'll become as involved as Paul," says Beal, adding that both men appear to be committed community members and family men.
When Jansen bought Roy's Housing, he did the more common thing, having the seller, Fred Solomon, stay on after the sale for a period. The two like working together so well, Jansen says, "we're trying to work out a way for him to stay here permanently."
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