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A collection of photos from Action Photos & Rick Sherer from the season ending Attica Ambush have been posted in the photo gallery.
By Mike Swanger
(Orrville, OH) Being consistently good will go a long way in winning championship's and that was the key for Ashland's Ryan Markham as he takes the crown for the Attica Raceway Park and NAPA Wayne County Speedway's Late Model Series. Starting the opening week-end with a fourth place finish on May 2nd in Attica and his only series win the next night at NAPA WCS, Markham would take the points lead for good following his second place finish on May 24th at the Orrville speedplant. With finishes of sixth, fourth, 15th and third in the last four races to go along with his four heat race wins, which earned him the Innovative Graphics Award for most heat race wins, no one could challenge Markham for the title and the $1500 and $200 Fultz Fabrication Gift Card.Mike Bores' second place finish on the last night edged him past Shane McLoughlin for second place in the series by just two points. McLoughlin finished 13th in the last feature to finish third in the points. Both Bores and McLoughlin recorded feature wins in the series but both also did not make a feature.Larry Kingseed missed the next to last race of the series but still ended up fourth in the points with a best finish of third in the series. Missing the opening week-end, Keith Berner won the last two features to grab the fifth position in points.Filling out the top ten were Matt Irey, John Bores, Doug Drown, Ryan Missler and JR Gentry.Drivers will receive their awards at their home track awards banquet.Thanks to Fultz Fabrication ( $50 feature winner, $25, 2nd and $20 for 3rd), Hoosier Tire (highest finisher on Hoosiers), American Racer (highest finisher on American Racer), VP Fuels Hard Charger Award and Summit Racing.
By Brian Liskai
(Attica, OH) Dale Blaney gave his daughter Leah a fantastic 19th birthday present Saturday at Attica Raceway Park – a victory. The Hartford, Ohio driver got by Rob Chaney with five laps to go and went on to score his 13th University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions feature win of 2014 to close out the track's season on Baumann Auto Group Night. The previous night the Tony Kennedy owned team had experimented with a different chassis and decided to put another car together for Saturday's event and it paid off. The victory is the second most All Star wins in a season for Blaney – he won 17 in 1996 – and runs his career total to an amazing 112 with the series. The victory was the fourth win of 2014 at Attica for "The Low Rider" and runs his career total to 21 at the track to move into third on the track's all-time win list. Blaney leads all drivers in UNOH All Star wins at Attica with 15 victories. "I was as good as what he was (Chaney)…it's hard being behind a guy. He was kind of running where I wanted to in one and two and three and four he was taking up some ground. He had a really good car. It's bitter sweat for me. He's my best buddy out here. We talk all the time. He's been going really, really, really good. I can see he has a lot of confidence. I love to win races…he's going win a lot here. Those guys are going pretty good," said Blaney beside his Kennedy Cattle/Penske Shocks/Ti22 Performance/GF1 Chassis/Tom's Sewer and Septic Service backed #14k. "We switched cars from last night…put this one together. I just didn't feel comfortable with the other one. I told George (Fisher, crew chief) after the race 'my car is back.' Awful proud of all the guys. Tony is putting together a great team. We've had unbelievable success in his first year as an owner. Just looking forward to the rest of the races. Looking forward to getting back to Fremont in a couple of weeks…looking forward to some outlaw races. George has this thing dialed in," added Blaney. For Millersburg, Ohio's Rob Chaney, running second after leading 23 of the 40 laps was bittersweet as well. He looked like he had the race in hand when the caution flew with seven laps to go and Blaney pounced soon after. "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed. I'm happy to run second. We got beat by the heavy weight champ. If you give him (Blaney) that many opportunities he's going to find a way and he did. He does what he does to everybody…to outlaws…it doesn't matter, he finds a way," said Chaney beside his Stan Cortad Racing #9x. "Our guys have worked real hard. We struggled really badly early in the year and we have this car rolling now and have a lot of confidence in it," added Chaney. Lockbourne, Ohio's Cole Duncan would get by Byron Reed the final two laps to score the third place finish. "I screwed up early and let some guys get by me and it really cost us there for awhile. No body had anything for Dale. Him and George had that thing rolling from the drop of the green so you have to congratulate them. It feels good to come back and get third after we struggled so badly last night," said Duncan of his Motorcity Auto Transport/Wolfden Products/Industrial Special Powder Coating/Gressman Powersports backed #22. Keith Berner and Shane McLoughlin battled side by side the first 16 laps of the 25-lap Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Model feature. Unfortunately a lapped car spun right in front of McLoughlin and collected him, ending the fun. Berner would drive to his fourth career Attica win, the first of the season for the Millersburg, Ohio driver at "Ohio Finest Racing" speedplant. He announced in victory lane this was his last year of driving as he was retiring at season's end. "We were running so hard…it just went my way there with that lapped car. I knew it was going to be pretty dicey and Shane was running really good tonight and things just went my way. I guess you have to have some luck sometimes," said Berner beside his Bud's Place/AccuForce Shock Dyno/Village Motors/Massillon Transmissions backed #18. "This is my third win in only my eighth night out this season. This is it…I've been really fortunate to still be very competitive. My business has just been crazy. So I'm calling this my year-end tour," added Berner. With his third place finish Markham would wrap up the first ever Attica Raceway Park/NAPA Auto Parts Wayne County Speedway Late Model Series Challenge and the $1,500 payday. In the Foster Auto Body 305 Sprints, Fremont, Ohio's Bobby Clark executed a daring move, splitting the first and second place running cars of Ricky Peterson and Paul Weaver as they exited turn two with five laps to go to take the lead. Clark would them drive to his third win of the season at Attica. It was the 16th career victory for Clark at the track, moving him into a tie with Joe Keegan for fifth on the track's all-time win list. "I had my eye on them and I was catching them little by little. When I pulled in Dave (Foos,crew chief) said 'nice job splitting them.' I don't remember doing it. He's got the car real nice. I wish we would have started the season out with this thing," said Clark referring to the change in chassis a couple of weeks ago. "We started out kind of bad. We'll take back to back wins and get more at Fremont," said Clark of his Fremont Fence/Kistler Engines/Kear's Speed Shop/Little Bar on the Prairie/B&L Plumbing/Nagy Equipment Sales/Big D's Pizza/CRF Concrete/Willey's Towing backed #18. In the non-stop 15 lap Fremont Fence Dirt Truck feature Kent Brewer and Shawn Valenti battled each other tough the first 11 laps before Valenti used the high line to blast away to his fifth win of the season. Valenti now has 9 career Attica dirt trucks wins and is tied with Brian Arnold for fourth on the track's all-time win list. He has 15 truck wins in total in 2014. "I always try to get this thing hooked up on the cushion…wasn't much left tonight but it was able to stick. I have to thank Kent for racing me clean. It's been one hell of a year and I just keep thinking I'm going to wake up one of these days," said Valenti beside his Craig Miller Trucking/Best Performance Motorsports/JP Enterprise/Daydream and Memories/KT Enterprise/Conrad Transportation/Burns Petroleum/Gressman Powersports backed #7b. Duncan and Chaney would bring the field to green for the 40-lap All Star feature with Chaney gaining the upper hand with Cap Henry sliding into second and Duncan back to third. Henry would immediately challenge Chaney for the lead on lap two when the caution flew for a Caleb Armstrong spin in turn four.
(Attica, OH) Making his first ever visit to Attica Raceway Park, Scott Bloomquist survived a two-lap dash to the finish for his fifth Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory of the season worth $10,000 on Detroit Chocolat Night.
Bloomquist led all 50-laps in his Ole Smoky Moonshine, Lucas Oil Products sponsored Sweet-Bloomquist entry. Bloomquist, from Mooresburg, Tenn., earned his 51st career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory out dueling Steve Francis, Earl Pearson Jr., Jimmy Owens, and Mason Zeigler to round out the top five.
"It was a little bit of work out there. Depending on how you came off the corners with those…mobiles I guess you'd call them…they'd definitely throw you around. You had to pay attention where the wall was at. The car was awesome…I could run anywhere on the race track. But with two to go I felt something..like something jarred on the car. Like a lot of races this year I was wondering if I'd lose this on the last lap," said Bloomquist.
"This is our first time here; everyone knows our winning percentage at new tracks in my career is pretty good. This is really a nice track. I hoped the fans enjoyed this show," said the 50-year-old veteran.
"We are a little short of help this weekend, but everybody did a great job. I had to groove the tires and do some other things, but overall the car handled so well all night long. We have been so close to winning other races this year; I was determined to win this tonight. I have to thank Ole Smoky Moonshine, Penske Shocks, Hawkeye Trucking, Base Fuels, Lucas Oil Products, and Durham Race Engines."
Both Francis and Pearson took a shot at Bloomquist in the final two circuits, but they came up short of going to victory lane.
"I caught a rock about half way through and tore the face shield off so we just were trying to see where we were going. It's our second straight runner-up finish," said Francis, who brought his Clint Bowyer Racing, Georgia Boot, Barry Wright Race Cars entry across the line for another podium finish. "We are really running well here lately. It's great to be back in the mix for a win. Scott could run straighter up off the corner than we could. I slipped back to fifth at one point, and the car was so much better up top. We just didn't have anything for Scott on that final restart. The way it turned out, we were fortunate to hold off Earl for second."
Pearson finished third in his Bobby Labonte Racing, Lucas Oil Products, Longhorn Chevrolet. "With the way our season has gone this year, I didn't know what was going to happen on that final restart. The car was good all race long, it would run better down low on the track. I thought I was going to get by Steve there a couple of times, but we will take this finish…I think we run third here last year. Hopefully when we come back we can move up a spot or two."
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Danny Holtgraver would lead all 30 laps of the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions feature to score the victory. It was the third UNOH All Star win of the year for Holtgraver and the third overall career win at Attica for the driver of the Rob Hunter Racing #10h. Holtgraver has seven total wins in 2014. "I didn't want to see the lapped cars with five to go. I caught them pretty quick and I thought I might be able to get around them but they were just as fast. I was struggling there. I knew Caleb (Griffith) would be there. Clean air definitely helped tonight…I was able to get out front and go," said Holtgraver beside his Seneca Energy Corp. /Berlin Natural Bakery/Bonnell's Rod Shop/DKW Transport backed machine. "I can't thank Rob Hunter enough for giving me this opportunity. And my dad, Earl, Josh, Pup…everyone that helps out. It's a lot of fun and hopefully we can turn things around here at the end of the season and get some good runs," added Holtgraver. "Anyone that knows me knows I'm not real comfortable on the cushion and I wasn't really beating it down. There was enough there to keep up my momentum. I knew I could run the bottom…luckily I was good enough to get it done. We were fast out of the box tonight and that's where we've been struggling at the beginning of the night. So hopefully if we can come out tomorrow like this…it makes your night a lot easier," concluded Holtgraver. After a fantastic battle with Rob Chaney and Byron Reed, Attica's 2014 track champion Caleb Griffith would take the second spot. "We were pretty good night. I saw Big Dan (Holtgraver's dad) come out on the red and he changed his line so I thought I could switch my line around and it looked okay for awhile and I thought we were going to get to him. But then he legged it out a little and when he got stuck in traffic Rob (Chaney) got to us and raced us hard. Bringing home second is a good effort," said Griffith beside his Al Davis Carpet/McDonald's/JLH General Contractor/Shelluke's Bar/Crown Battery/B&L Plumbing/Griff's Engines/Bethesda Care Center/Erlin Trader/Ballville EZ Shop backed machine. Byron Reed, who scored his first win of the season last Saturday at Attica, would storm from his 11th starting spot for a third place finish. "This isn't generally the type of track I do well on so it feels good to run well on this. I think if I would have found the top in one and two sooner I could have gotten up there to run with them. But, once I got back up there I started catching them again. I happy with how we did," said Reed beside his Crown Battery/Kistler Engines/ProShocks backed #5.


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Nessie just turned five and it's starting at a new school, where she'll find new people and have new adventures, while hidding who she really is. She'll find friends, enemys and maybe even a new love. Sequel of "A New Life" but it stands on its own.
A New Path
Five years
"Happy birthday," I heard in my ear and my eyes flew open. Jacob. I smiled and he smiled back.
"What time is it?" I asked him.
"Time for you to go to school," he said, smiling even wider. "I came here to see you in your uniform and to gave you this," he handed me a little gift bag with a pink ribbon.
I opened it and saw a beautiful bracelet inside. I took his arm and showed him my first Christmas, when he gave me a bracelet that looked exactly like this one.
"Yeah, you grew too fast so I thought you needed a new one," he said taking the bracelet out of my hand. "Do you like it?" he asked me, a little insecure.
"I love it," I told him, stretching my arm so he could clasp it around my wrist and I felt myself blushing instantly at the feeling of his touch.
Jacob and I are close, like really close, best friends, to be more specific, but he doesn't know that I want us to be more and I'm scared to tell him 'cause I'm sure he doesn't feels the same about me. He's always been there for me, ever since I was a little girl, he's been like a brother to me, but lately those feelings morphed and now I can't stop thinking about him; his smile is always in my mind, making my head spin and butterflies to fly in my stomach. He is so caring, so understanding and so beautiful that I'm slowly falling for him, not that he notices me, I mean, yeah we're best friends and spend lots of time together, but for him is just that; we are friends and nothing else. That only thought bummed me in a second.
"Why the long face?" he asked furrowing his eyebrows, he could read my face so easily. "You should be happy; today is your birthday and you'll get to go to school, isn't that what you have always wanted?"
"Yes, it is, I'm just nervous, that's all," I lied to him and smiled. School starts today, actually started a couple of weeks ago but my mother told me I was able to go the moment I turned five, that day being today, so today I'll start school with new people to now and new experiences to live. Even though I'm five I look like I'm fifteen, that's why my parents allowed me to go; I'll start today as a sophomore in a private school here in Seattle. My father insisted in a private school, agreeing with that was the only way he would let me go, so I accepted immediately, the second reason he let me enroll in high school is that my mother we'll be a literature teacher there, so I'll always be protected, and, like my father always says 'protecting you is the most important thing'.
Is a good thing no one in the school would now the teacher is my mother, they'll think she's my sister, at least that's our story now; my mom is my sister, she's 22 (actually she's 18, and will always look like one, but she can go by like a 22 years old), she just graduated from Dartmouth (she actually graduated a couple of years ago) and she's my dad girlfriend. My dad is 20 years old (he's really 17) and he's in his second year of medicine in U-Dub. My dad is grandma's brother, she's acting like she's 26, so my dad can't act like her foster kid anymore, grandpa is acting like he's 27 and he will be working in a hospital here in Seattle. Aunt Alice is acting like one of the foster kids; she'll be 18, just graduated from high school and is starting a business with Aunt Rose, she is also pretending to be 18, is the same business as they had in New Hampshire – an event planner company – but they started again so they can act like they are younger and we'll be able to be here for a while. Aunt Rose and uncle Jasper are acting like they're twins and they are relatives of grandpa Carlisle, Uncle Jasper helps with Alice and Rose's business, but only when is extremely urgent. Finally is Uncle Emmett, he's also acting like one of the foster kids, he's 19 and he's Alice's brother, he got a work in a bar downtown.
Messy, huh? Well, that's my life, we always have to pretend because we are vampires and we don't get old, well, actually I'm a half-vampire and I do get old, but from Grandpa Carlisle's estimations I'll stop growing when I turn 7 and I will always look like an 18 years old, just like my mom. One of the benefits of being a half-vampire is that I look much more human, my skins isn't that white and my eyes don't change color depending if I'm hungry or not, I have human needs, like going to the bathroom and eating something besides blood, and I get human reactions; I can blush and I can cry, so is easy to hide my real identity.
We are not all vampires, Jacob is actually a shape shifter, he can turn into a wolf willingly and won't age if he keeps shifting and that's why he looks like he's 25 ever since he was 16. He looking like a 25 year old since he was 16 is due to the fact that half breeds – like me and Jacob – age really fast, so he aged from 16 to 25 in a matter of months, like I've aged from newborn to 15 in five years.
"Nessie, you have to get dress or you'll be late to school," my father told me from the first floor. Jacob stood up from my bed and offered me his hand; I took it and got up for school. I went to my bathroom and he got out of my room. I took a short shower, I tried to get the knots out of my hair while I was there; my curly hair becomes a wild mess if I don't brush it constantly. I got out of the shower and dressed with my new uniform, it's a deep blue tartan pleated skirt with a white blouse, a deep blue tie and cardigan, with the school logo in the chest. I went down stairs and everyone was waiting for me in the kitchen.
"Ohhh, you look so cute," Aunt Alice squeaked and went to hug me. Everyone hugged me, telling me I looked beautiful, wishing me a happy birthday and giving me gifts. Aunt Alice and uncle Jasper gave me like ten new outfits I could wear when I was with my friends out of school (of course this was Alice's idea), aunt Rose and uncle Emmett gave me an iPhone, they said I could do a lot of fun stuff with it, but more importantly I could call them whenever I needed and they'll be there in a heart bit, all the important numbers where already on the phone. Grandpa Carlisle and grandma Esme gave me a brown leather diary, so I could write every exciting moment of the new adventure that I was heading and finally, my mom and dad gave me a simple silver necklace with a big R.
"If I could produce tears I'll be crying now," my mother said hugging me again. She kissed the top of my head and held me a little tighter.
"You grew so fast," my father added, joining the hug. "I can't believe you are already five and you are going to school!"
"I'm fifteen," I whined.
"You may look like you are fifteen, but you are only five," he replied. Jeez, if they all keep treating me like I'm five Jake would never take me seriously. I felt my father stiffen and I rolled my eyes. That's what happens when you hear another people's thoughts, I added in my mind.
"You know I can't help it," he said sighing. "I wish I could."
Everyone looked at us funny, but then understood that I was having a silent conversation with my father, something we do a lot. My father new before I do that I was falling for Jacob, he tried to get me distracted, he did his best effort of keeping me away from him, but he could pick from my mind that that wasn't helping matters. I was falling for him irrevocably and no one could do anything about it, not even me.
Then they sang "happy birthday" with a cupcake, saying they'll have a real cake in the afternoon; I thanked everybody, ate the cupcake and drank a cup of tea. My mother always says that I should drink milk, but I don't like the smell of it and the flavor is even worse, so she stop trying to persuade me when I was four. At least I eat more food now that back then, but I drew the line in milk.
"Okay, are you ready to go?" My mom asked me. My father was going to give us a ride, something I'm not particularly excited about; no one wants to be seen with her parents on the first day of school.
"You won't be seen with your father, you'll be seen with your sister and her boyfriend," my father reminded me and I winced at the word 'boyfriend', that was plain creepy.
"I can give you a ride if you want," Jacob said smiling at me, obviously sensing my discomfort. My dad growled softy and I smacked him on the arm and warned him with my eyes.
"That's actually great," I answered smiling. My father was going to protest but my mother spoke first.
"Edward, is already too embarrassing for her that I'll be a teacher in her school, maybe it'll be less embarrassing if she doesn't show up with us on her first day," she said, stroking his face. My father melted instantaneously at her touch and I knew he wasn't going to argue anything after that. I touched my mother and thanked her silently; she winked at me and smiled.
"Okay," my father agreed, "but you'll go behind us at all moments. Are we clear?"
"Sir, yes, sir," Jacob and I said at the same time and laughed afterwards. They all looked at us and rolled their eyes; coincidences like this were common with me and Jake.
We went outside and everyone went to the door and said goodbye. We were living in two secluded houses near Lake Union; my father's house and my grandparent's house. In my house it's only me and my parents; in the other house is everyone else. Jake is sharing an apartment downtown with Seth, Seth is also at the U-Dub – studying business management – and Jake is working at a restaurant; he's taking a couple of classes to be a chef.
My parents went to my father's black Volvo; he used to have a grey one but changed before we got to Seattle, saying it was way too updated. I went to Jacob's truck, he used to have a rabbit but changed a couple of years ago for a new shiny silver ford; it was big and it was manly and I loved the stupid thing.
We were already on the road when I started nibbling my bottom lip nervously and shaking my leg furiously.
"Don't be nervous, you'll do great," Jacob told me, patting my hand.
"I don't know," I said looking through the window. "What if no one likes me?" I asked him and he snorted the moment the words came out of my mind.
"What's not to like?" Jacob argued and gave me a reassuring smile. "You are funny, smart and beautiful; everyone will like you, just wait and see."
"Yeah right," it was my time to snort. "You only say that 'cause you're my best friend."
"I only say that because is truth," he said stopping at my school's parking lot. We saw my dad getting out of his car and walking to open my mom's door, he extended his hand to help her and she came out in a fluid movement. Everyone in the school was watching them; the girls were clearly talking about my dad, whispering who knows what in other girl's ears and the boys were elbowing each other and pointing at my mom. It was always like this with this two; the worst of it is that they both get jealous every time someone of the other sex notices them and that's why my dad kissed my mother thoroughly in front of everyone. I shivered and screamed 'stop it!' in my head, so my dad stopped and laughed, he obviously heard me in his mind, he told something to my mom, kissed her one more time and let her go. When he was getting to his door he looked at me and gave me a little wave, I say 'bye, I love you,' in my head and he smiled, he got in the car and drove away.
I took a cleansing breath and shivered when I was exhaling. Jacob put his hand on my shoulder and I turned around to look at him.
"Everything is going to be fine, stop worrying, call me if anything goes wrong and I'll be here before you hang up, okay?"
"Okay," I said with a shaky voice.
"I'll come to pick you up in the afternoon; I don't have to work in the restaurant today and I want to know how everything went. Relax you'll do great."
"Okay," I said a little more forcefully, knowing that Jacob we'll be here when all of this is done is something to look forward. I smiled and he smiled back.
"Now, go kick some asses," he said and his smile grew wider.
"Here we go," I said and came out of the car, ready to start my newest adventure.
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OMG..Cant wait 4 more...
Keep Me Posted.
This new story IS amazing. And would be Nessie who destroys Lillina's ass. Lol.
Sorry you just left us with a horrible cliffhanger with Lillian alive. Even if you don't continue the threat with New life is ok, as longest Lillian is gone lol.
I rarely see Nessie stories and yours is no dissapointment. I wonder how nessie is going to handle that Josh kid and what would she feel towards Jake.
When is the next chapter coming up?
And what is jake going to feel or do when Nessie is going out with another guy. I know he suppose to be anything for her but come one!!!!
We all know where this imprint leads to!!!!!! Dum Dum dah dah--(that is suppose to be the wedding song lol)
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"I'll ask him out"
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First step
"Date him?" Seth asked bringing his swing to a sudden stop. "Why would you want to date him?"
"I didn't say date him," I told him, bringing my swing to a stop too. "I said that I'll ask him on a date."
"How is that any different?" He asked, standing next to my swing, I hopped off and we started walking toward my house.
"Because it'll be just one time thing and I think that more than one date it's required to date someone."
"Oh," he said, with some kind of relief. "But, can't you talk to him at school?"
"Would you tell someone you don't know that your sister is a werewolf?"
"No, never," he replied. "Not in a school, not even in a fancy restaurant."
"That's right," I told him, walking more slowly now that we were approaching home. "I will ask him out not to ask him about his sister right away, but to earn his trust. And I won't be taking him to a fancy restaurant, I was thinking taking him for a coffee, or something like that."
"That's actually a pretty good idea," he said smiling at me.
"You sound shock," I said, quirking an eyebrow. "I may be five, but I'm five times more intelligent than you."
"That you are Nessie, I won't argue back," he laughed and opened the door to my house, letting me go before him. I must have be thinking about Jacob – something I tend to do all the time – because my dad told me immediately that he was in the backyard; I thanked him and went to find Jake, who was walking toward the little forest that started just behind my house. Live surrounded by woods it was one of the things we were looking for when we moved here; it's easier to go hunting this way.
"Jake," I yelled at him and picked my pace, he came to a stop. "Where were you going?" I asked him.
"I thought of taking a little run," he told me, looking ahead.
"Great," I said, hoping he would look at me instead of the woods. "Go phase and I'll wait for you here, I feel like running too."
"Ness," he said with a big sigh. "I want to be alone."
"Oh," I said shocked, running through the woods was something we enjoy doing together… or so I thought. He started walking away from me and I couldn't stop the question from coming out of my mouth; "Are you mad at me?"
He stopped again and this time he turned and looked into my eyes. He must have seen something in my face because a look of concern filled his features, he move toward me and grabbed my arms.
"I've never gotten mad at you and I won't start now," he said with such and intensity that I couldn't look away.
"Then why are you acting like this?" I said; my voice almost a whisper.
"Because I worry about you," he told me, lowering his voice and releasing my arms. "And you don't care."
"Of course I care," I replied, and took a step ahead. "I know that you think that something bad might happen if I talk to Josh, but is the opposite thought that scares me the most."
"The opposite thought?" Jake asked confused.
"That something may happen to you – all of you – if I don't."
"It's not your job to protect family, less alone protect me."
"But it is," I replied. "I'm bound to protect you and my family because I love you too much not to do it."
"But…" he started fighting back but I stop him.
"Besides, I know what I'm doing," I told him with a wink and the corner of his lips twitched, like he was fighting a smile.
"You are stubborn just like your mother, did you know that?"
"I've been told a couple of times," I said smiling and he smiled back. "Do you still feel like running on your own?"
"No," he answered.
"Good, 'cause I'm starving," I said and he laughed, went behind a bush and reappeared in his wolf form. I stood right next to him, patted him on the head and ruffled his soft fur, earning a soft purr back.
"You want to race?" I said, getting in position and he barked as an answer. "Okay, at the count of three; One, two…" and I started running, two miles away I yelled "three!" and I heard Jacob's paws hitting the earth, making me run even faster.
Two hours later we were back at my house, me with my cheeks bright red from drinking blood and he still in his wolf form. I waited for him in the swing that was in the yard while he changed back into his human form. He came out from behind the bush and went to sit by me.
"That was fun," he said, stretching his arms and legs, sinking further in the cushions of the swing.
"I hate the fact that you always win when we run, even if I cheat," I whined and he laughed, retrieving a twig that was trapped in one of my curls.
"But you can climb trees faster than me," he replied with a smile. "And I have to be in my wolf form to bit you on a race."
"I guess that's right," I said, standing up, I stretched myself and turned around. "Are you hungry? I can make you a sandwich."
"Only one?" he asked, raising an eyebrow and I snorted.
"You're right," I said laughing. "Come on in, I'll do a bunch."
After he ate four grilled sandwiches and half a litter of coke he went home, kissing me on the cheek and telling me he'll be here tomorrow before I go so he could take me to school.
"What are you planning to do?" Jake asked me the next day, already in his truck on our way to my school.
"About what?" I asked him, changing the music.
"About Josh," he said, making me stop what I was doing, he looked at me, frowning. "You have a plan, haven't you?"
"Of course I have one," I said, thanking he was looking ahead again, 'cause I felt myself blushing. "I'm going to talk to him today."
"And?" he pushed, still looking ahead.
"I was thinking about asking him to go with me for a cup of coffee or something," I mumbled.
"What?" he almost yelled, I could see the tips of his ears turning red. "You are going to ask him on a date?"
He came to a stop in my school's parking lot and turned around to look at me, I was fumbling with my zipper.
"Is not a date," I reassured him, I didn't want him to take a wrong impression on the situation. "But he won't talk to me right away, so I thought that if we hang out and we get to know each other a little he'd trust me and he'd talk to me about his sister."
"I'll go with you," he said hastily.
"Sure, because a seven feet shape-shifter will help in the task of earning his trust," I told him, rolling my eyes for emphasis.
"I don't want you alone with him," he said, his jaw tense and his hands in fists.
"Who said anything about being alone?" I asked in disbelieve. Haven't we discussed this yesterday?
"Then?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Is coffee, I was thinking in going to a coffee shop," I replied. "Last time I check, lots of people drinks coffee and I've heard that coffee shops are quite popular."
"I'm not joking Nessie," he said rolling his eyes, his jaw relaxing a bit.
"I'm not joking either, I was stating a fact," I said, raising my eyebrows. "Coffee shops are full of people, that is why I'm picking the place, so stop treating me like I'm a careless little girl who doesn't know what she's doing."
I stormed out of the car and started walking toward the school's door, my dad was with my mom next to his car and they looked at me while I was walking rapidly.
"What happened?" dad asked and I answered in my mind. Ask Jacob.
I could hear Jacob yelling my name; I could also hear that he was picking his pace and I picked mine, I was already too tired to keep arguing with him. I heard dad talking to him, making him stop and I thanked him in my head. I went into the building and April was next to me in a second.
"What was that?" she asked me. "Who is he?"
"That was a little fight," I told her with a sigh. "And he was Jacob."
"That's Jacob?" she asked me with wide eyes. I told her all about Jacob last week, after she caught me sending him a text with – what she called – agoofy smile.
"Yes, that's him," we stopped at my locker where I got my books for my first class.
"He's hot," she said, wiggling her eyebrows.
"I know," I said with a sad smile, hating the fact that I just fought with him and I left him alone in the parking lot. April was going to ask me a question when the bell ringed, she told me we would see each other in the next our and went to her class.
I went to my own and heard my cellphone in my bag; I took it out and saw that I received a text from Jake.
Please, don't be mad at me. I just worry about you.
With a sigh I replied: Didn't we discuss this yesterday?
I was already sitting in my place when I received a response.
I know. I'm sorry. I won't ever doubt you again. Please don't be mad at me Ness, I can't take it when you are mad :(
I could picture him in my mind pouting and I couldn't stay mad at him anymore. Okay, I forgive you, but you better behave from now on, because I won't be so forgiving next time.
There won't even be a next time. I swear. You are the best Ness, see you tonight.
That was nice. I hate to stay mad at Jacob for more than a couple of hours, not that I get mad a lot, is almost impossible to do so.
At lunch we were sitting with Rachel and the rest of the volley team when I saw Josh entering the room.
"Hey, I'll be away for a second," I said to April and the girls, they nodded and kept eating. I walked toward Josh who saw me, turned around and left.You can't outrun me Josh…
Outside the cafeteria I called him and he came to a stop, probably knowing that I won't let him scape so easily this time.
"Yes?" he turned around and looked at me frowning.
"I wanted to talk to you," I said with a smile.
"About?" he asked, raising his eyebrows and shoving his hands deep in his pockets.
"Are you avoiding me?" I accused him. I didn't know what else to say, the words 'wanna go out for a cup of coffee later?' got stuck and this came instead.
"No," he said, turning slightly red. "Why would I do such a thing?"
"Because every time I try to talk to you, you turn around and walk away as fast as you can."
"Is not like that," he mumbled, blushing even more.
"And I want to know why," I said.
"Why?" he asked, biting his lip nervously.
"Yeah, I want to know why you are trying so hard to avoid me even though you don't know anything about me."
"I'm not trying to avoid you," he said, looking at his feet.
"Probe it," I dared him.
"Probe it how?" he asked, slightly panicked.
"Go out with me, today, for a cup of coffee," I said.
"Today? I don't know…" he trailed off.
"If you are not avoiding me, this shouldn't be a problem. We could go to the coffee shop that's a couple of streets away, we could get to know each other and, if after that you decide you don't like me, then you can star avoiding me."
"I don't know Renesmee," he said, looking at me and biting his lips even more.
"Oh, come on," I said. "I won't bite you, I swear."
"Okay, sure, let's go out for coffee," he gave up. "As long as you won't bite me..."
"I swear," I said smiling and he gave me a small smile. "See you after lunch."
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A five piece rock cover band from Atlantic County, covering a vast variety of music from classic to modern rock and a little funk & reggae to keep the people up & dancing! Music from the 70s, 80s, 90s and today! The band has built a very supporting fan base playing venues throughout Philly to NJ. Motherload has performed at Chickie's and Pete's, Caroline's By the Bay, The Watering Hole, Christi's Bar, The Ocean Drive, Tom and Jerry's, & 100.7 WZXL's Bud Light Battle By the Beach Band Competition at Margate Beachstock. The Members include: Jason Wingerter - Lead Vocals/Keyboards, Dave Censullo - Lead Guitarist/Backing Vocals, Jason Ryerson.-Rhythm Guitar/Backing Vocals, Ramon Lewis - Bass Guitar and Walt (Chip) Chipley – Drums. Contact: 609-470-0867; Facebook at "Motherload Rocksout."
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Troy and Theodora Polamalu Talk About Working Out, Giving Back and—Of Course—Troy's Famous Hair!
Written on November 19, 2012 at 2:59 pm , by Molly Ritterbeck
Troy Polamalu is known as the Pittsburgh Steelers' fast and physical safety. But off the field, Troy's a soft-spoken family man who makes setting a good example for his younger players and fans one of his top priorities. Recently, he hosted a Polynesian Luau Event to benefit the Harry Panos Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation, which he set up with his wife, Theodora, in honor of her grandfather, a World War II veteran, and the Troy Polamalu Football Camp held in American Somoa each year. I got the chance to chat with the Polamalus while Troy got his curls touched up by Head & Shoulders Celebrity Stylist, Sunnie Brook Jones (Polamalu's a spokesperson for the brand).
You are hosting the Luau tonight—tell me about the event and why it is so important to you.
"We're having this event with two performances: Common Kings, an island reggae-style pop group and another reggae artist named Fiji who's one of the most popular island reggae artists. I say 'island' in the sense of the Polynesian island. And then we're going to have a performance by Netane, which is a Polynesian dance group out of Orlando, Florida and it's going to be a real good time. At most events, players come and people pay to get autographs but in a lot of ways this event epitomizes our culture in that we're hosting an event for everyone to have a really good time. Obviously, people have paid for tickets to get in, which is the great fundraising aspect of it, but as far as hosting it, there's live music, two concerts, a live performance, all-you-can-eat food, and all-you-can-drink drinks. There's just so many people who have donated so much and it's really cool that when you have a passion for a certain cause, how willing people are to really fork out and help out."
Head & Shoulders is a title sponsor of the event and you've been partnered with them for four years. What do you like most about working with the Head & Shoulders brand?
"Well, we have a great relationship. I grew up using Head & Shoulders, so it was really awesome to start the relationship four years ago and to be able to do the different commercials that we've done and to pair it with different things. We paired it first with a charity called Operation Once in a Lifetime, which our charity, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans still has a close relationship with. Then we do things like the million dollar hair insurance policy, the wax figure and now we have the School of Deeper Learning. But it's been an awesome relationship that we've had together. Our locker room is full of Head & Shoulders products!"
As a football player used to being on the field, is it difficult getting used to the beauty aspect of these things, like the hair and makeup?
"Like everything at first, it took some getting used to. For example: the acting—on our very first commercial they gave me five lines, very simple. I was like, 'Oh yea, no problem, I got this.' Then I get there, sit with another professional actor and there are 50 people behind the camera and I went blank. I was like, 'Oh man!' So I'm getting used to the acting; to the hair and makeup. The first time I ever did anything, they tried to put makeup on me and I was really offended! But you get used to these things."
You were recently voted the most liked athlete in the NFL by fans, so what do you think makes you so appealing to your fans?
"My first reaction was, 'I don't even like myself!' But I think when you get those types of comments, whether it's on a personal basis or through media, I try to tell younger players and others that you never just represent yourself. You represent your wife, your children, your family, your culture, the people you were raised by, your faith, and you have to always be conscious of that rather than living egocentrically and doing what you want to do. So in a sense, I think all of it goes to the different circumstances and people that have helped me throughout my entire life."
So, will you ever cut your hair?
"Um—no. Well, I haven't cut it in years. Not even a trim; I never even trimmed it. I could probably use one, as I've been told several times. I haven't cut it for 10 years, I think it's going on 11 years, which is also when I met my wife so I haven't cut it since I met her!"
Speaking of your wife: Theodora, I know you are a busy mom of two. How do you find time to fit in exercise?
"It's all about balancing and prioritizing things correctly. Making sure the children are happy. My husband and my children always come first before anything else. And as long as their happy and they are getting everything that they need, then everything else just falls into place—they're always my first priority."
Do you and Troy ever work out together?
"We used to workout together before the children and he put me on a workout plan with his special gym equipment that he had made for him at our gym. I used to do that. But now, after the kids, I don't really have time to go to the gym, so I just try to put them in a stroller or a double stroller and jog around the city."
Besides jogging, are there any specific workouts you like to do when you can fit it in?
"I like Bikram yoga. I try to do that whenever I'm in California. I try to do it three times a week if I can. I do CrossFit; I love it. It's so much fun. It's an amazing workout. It works your core really well, which is great for women, especially if you have kids. The core sort of goes away so you really have to train those muscles hard to get back into shape and back into being strong again. After children, everything gets a little bit stretched out. And I love running. I was running like six miles a day as often as I could. If I can't get the kids in the stroller to jog with them, then I'll just go run around the park. Sometimes I run without them to help clear my head."
What are the healthy snacks you like to prepare for your family?
"We do green juice. Green juice is a staple in our house. We juice everyday. The kids help me; they know all about it. I put fruit in their green juice to make it a little sweeter. But the green juice I drink generally doesn't have any fruit at all so that's our staple. Juicing is really fun. The kids get involved with it, then they get excited about what they make so they don't mind drinking it even if it looks funny. We like to say that my kids are super heroes so green juice is 'hulk juice' for us. It's really fun and a great way to get kids interested and active in participating in a healthy and balanced diet."
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Saving Strands with the Steelers' Troy Polamalu
Written on March 28, 2011 at 10:54 am , by April Franzino
What do hair and football have to do with each other? A lot if you're Pittsburgh Steelers strong safety Troy Polamalu. We had the chance to chat with the star player (truly one of the most kind, gracious people we've ever encountered) and Head & Shoulders spokesman about his game—and yes, his trademark mane:
- Why do you keep your hair so long? "I grew it out in college, and went through a shaggy stage when I didn't care what I looked like. Over time, it became a part of who I am."
- What do you like about having long hair? "I wouldn't say I really love it—but when it becomes part of your identity, you think of it as another appendage."
- What do you dislike about your long locks? "Maintenance is a tough thing. Usually for men, you have short hair, get in the shower, throw on some shampoo and that's it. But my hair definitely requires more care and takes a long time to dry!"
- How do you care for your hair and keep it healthy? "I shampoo and condition a lot, and I comb the shampoo through my hair in the shower. I keep it up a lot so it's out of the way."
- What hair products do you use? "I actually use Head & Shoulders Smooth & Silky Conditioner as a shampoo- I shampoo once a week during off season, but more during the season because I'm practicing all day."
- What hair length do you like on women? "My wife has hair down to the middle of her back. Many Polynesian women have really long hair, including my sisters. I prefer my wife's hair, however she decides to wear it!"
- Does having long hair help or hinder you during a game? "It doesn't really matter—sometimes it will get stuck in my helmet or my mouth, which is annoying. But overall it's not a big problem."
- When was the last time you cut it? "The last time I cut it was nine years ago. I don't think I'll ever cut it again—I don't plan on it. Our sons' hair has never been cut, so it's becoming our family trademark."
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Requiring initial use of a lower-cost antidepressant before approval of a more expensive one, i.e., "step therapy," decreases the cost of antidepressant drugs initially but is accompanied by increased expenses for inpatient and emergency room treatment. Mark et al. (p. 1202) compared health care expenditures for antidepressant users employed by two large companies using step therapy and by two companies without it. Not only did step therapy result in higher total payments to providers soon after implementation of step therapy, the difference increased over the next 2 years. During the same period, the advantage in prescription drug spending decreased. Dr. John Greden points out in an editorial (p. 1148) that requirements such as step therapy result in lower adherence to prescribed treatments.
Costs increased both in general and for mental health conditions specifically with step therapy (Mark et al., p. 1202)
Children under 5 years of age in the pediatric intensive care unit may develop delirium as a consequence of the presence and treatment of severe medical illnesses. Silver et al. (CME , p. 1172) illustrate the evaluation and treatment of delirium in this age group with the case of an 8-month-old girl. Symptoms, which include disorientation, agitated behavior, and failure to respond to parents, can be rated on the Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium Scale. Intravenous haloperidol (0.05 to 0.15 mg/kg daily in divided doses) can be used if cardiac risk is not present. Second-generation antipsychotics are also recommended.
Flashbacks from childhood or adult sexual trauma can trigger suicidal and nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior in chronically suicidal women with co-occurring borderline personality disorder and PTSD, according to Harned et al. (p. 1210). Use of the behavior for interpersonal needs, emotional numbing from the PTSD, and comorbid panic disorder possibly contribute to these behaviors. Treatment should be directed toward reducing trauma cue reactivity, as well as developing tolerance skills and substituting alternative, nonharmful behaviors. In an editorial (p. 1152), Dr. Burr Eichelman notes that this study provides evidence that PTSD causes psychopathology that is distinct from borderline personality disorder.
Hypertension and increased body mass index, common concomitants of the weight gain induced by antipsychotic medications, are associated with decreased immediate and delayed memory in schizophrenia. Friedman et al.(CME , p. 1232) found that these neurocognitive deficits are associated with decreased psychosocial function in patients with schizophrenia. Addressing hypertension and obesity in patients may therefore improve disabling neuro-cognitive deficits that are not otherwise amenable to treatment. Dr. Henry Nasrallah states in an editorial (p. 1155) that prevention of weight loss is critical for optimal therapeutic response for schizophrenia.
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Winners of the Blaine library poetry contest, "Why I Love Living in Blaine," were recognized at the May 11 Blaine City Council meeting. Each first place winner received $25 cash award provided by the Friends of the Blaine Library. From left are Sandra Rasmussen, 1st place (adult); Kayla Potter, 1st place (under 12); Baylee Tripp, honorable mention (teen); Marni Aosved, honorable mention (under 12). Not shown are Olivia Adams, 1st place (teen); Kay Dee Powell, honorable mention (adult).
Belong to this place
By Sandra Rasmussen
First place winner, adult category
It is not the dance of wave-refracted sun
That I love the most
It is not the gray-green rock crab
Or the smooth skipping stone
Not even the amber gaslight
Pooling on dusky streets
Not even the smell of asphalt
Soaked in rain
Can compare to the gritty beauty
Of this small swatch of humanity
I belong to this place
I belong to this people
I am a blue thread slipped in
Entwined, looped
Bending this way, doubling back
Knit into community
I am improvised into a history
Of complication and familiarity
Of ruination and restoration
Of elusive reputation
A worn placard nearby
Binds me tighter to the truth of this place:
I smile beatifically up to the sentiment
For those I prefer the cool murmur of ocean
To tongues of fire
Hot on the weave of my name
We will be repaired
With time and touch
Stitch by stitch
Why I Love Blaine
By Kay Dee Powell, honorable mention, adult category
Once a fishing town with canneries and saw mills
I love Blaine for its small town atmosphere
Churches and schools and sporting events
What it was, what it is, and what it will be
Natural beauty unsurpassed
See the deep purple San Juan Islands at sunset
While snowy peaks of Mt. Baker
Are awash in the brilliant sky colors
Ride the Plover to Semiahmoo
Boat from our picturesque marina
Kayak, wind surf, or skim board
Travel by water in Blaine
Blaine boasts the sweetest library around
And a wealth of online resources
For learning, meetings, book talks, computers
Movies, and games – the community hub
Next door to the Senior Center
Is the Boys and Girls Club
Many opportunities and friendships
For the young and young at heart
Golfing? Washington's finest courses are here
Birding? Migratory pathways bring wings over water
Biking and hiking trails, running races, and polar bear swims
There's even singing in the rain, in Blaine
We've parks for kids, and dogs, and skateboarders
Marine and bird life for all to enjoy
New sculptures and blossoms annually
At the International Peace Arch Park
Blaine is the greatest in the summer
Long sunny days, cool temperatures, flowers
The Jazz Festival, concerts, movies on the plaza
Sailing, counting starfish, clamming or crabbing
An Old Fashioned Fourth of July in Blaine
Pancake Breakfast, booths, car show, parade
Brilliant fireworks reflecting on the water
Family fun, whole town celebration
It's the epitome of Small Town USA
And that's why I love living in Blaine.
By Olivia Adams
First place winner, teen category
Blaine is where I lost my first tooth.
Where I ate my first ice cream.
And where I rode without my training wheels
For the first time.
Blaine is a special place,
A wonderful place to live.
There is the Peace Arch Park,
With flowers so bright,
There is Big Cost Cutter
With piles of delight.
Also, all my friends have encouraged me
Blaine is my home,
And my heart lies in Blaine.
By Baylee Tripp
Honorable Mention, teen category
From the stunning sunset down at the harbor,
to the bright green grass with the peace arch sitting on it.
With fireworks above us on summery night
To playing baseball on the pipeline fields.
Parks to play at with friends and family.
Whales to jump onto on a nice day.
Along with going to a clean school with good people.
I like to call this wonderful place my home, Blaine!!!
Why I Love Living in Blaine
By Kayla Potter, first prize under 12
What makes Blaine so special are not wealth or size,
But the people within it and the true beauty.
Blaine can be a beautiful frozen wonderland;
Or a place where leaves dance toward the ground in intricate patterns.
When in front of the darkness, a white arch basks aglow as a sign of peace.
Where inanimate whales swim forever in a sea of concrete;
And you can walk and smell fragrances so sweet while listening to the bird's songs.
The sun's rays of light reflecting off the water in an array of dazzling colors in a serene scene.
True, these are dazzling to eyes young and old;
But what ties everything together is the rows of houses, each unique.
There are cozy shops and a library where you can lose yourself.
This amazing little town with even better people will always be with me no matter where I go.
That's why I love it.
Marni Aasved, age 7
Blaine's Seasons
By Marni Aasved, honorable mention, child under 12
Star fish
Peace Arch
Water waves
I love Blaine I all seasons.


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Find out your depression score and what you can do about it on National Depression Screening Day, October 11. South Oaks Hospital will offer free, anonymous depression screenings to the public from 1 to 3 p.m. at Carone Hall on the South Oaks campus, 400 Sunrise Hwy, Amityville.
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To make it a bit easier for you to pick a beautiful and suitable baby name, here's a checklist:
Questions in advance:
- How many names will our baby receive?
- What will be the baby's last name?
- Do we want a short name or a long one?
- Are we going to name our baby after someone?
- Do we want a popular name or not?
- Do we think the meaning of the name is important?
- Does the name have to have a certain origin?
Once you've found a name:
- Is the name easy to pronounce?
- Is the name easy to spell?
- Are the chances of being teased with this name slim?
- Is it possible for others to come up with negative nicknames easily?
- Is the name too exotic and therefore hard for your child to explain?
- Do the initials form undesirable combinations?
- Is the name easy to pronounce for foreigners?
- Does the name have a strange meaning in another language?
- If you're having twins or triplets, is there enough difference between all of the names?
- Will the name sound too childish once your child has become an adult?
- Do the lengths of the first and last names go together?
- Does the combination of the first and last name have a good ring to it?
- Is the name too feminine or masculine?
It will be hard to find a name that satisfies all the requirements on the checklist. That's OK, though. It's up to you to decide what things you think are important and which ones you don't put that much value on.
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"Patient is Pain-Free Thanks to daVinci"
Beth M.
experienced heavy bleeding and pelvic pain due to endometriosis and uterine fibroids for two decades before finding relief through a hysterectomy.
Susan Pohlod, MD,
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Robotic Surgery,performed the surgery at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center using the da Vinci surgical robot, and Beth has been thrilled with the results.
"I had undergone other treatments for years, including taking continuous birth control medication for the past three years to stop my periods and minimize my pain," Beth said. "Finally, I decided it was time for a hysterectomy. At 46, I told Dr. Pohlod I was ready. She took a great deal of time in explaining the procedure to me, and I was amazed by the information she gave me about the da Vinci system. And when I had my surgery, it was everything it was promised to be and more. I was only in the hospital 10 hours from start to finish. I had no complications and very little pain or discomfort. My recovery was a breeze in that I was able to return to most normal activities within just a few days."
While Beth was only at St. V's for a day, the staff there made an impression on her.
"From the time I walked into the hospital, all of the staff members I encountered were just wonderful," she said. "They kept my husband and sister informed about how I was doing during my surgery, and beforehand they explained everything step by step, in terms I could understand. They just made me feel very comfortable and at ease. They were moving a lot of people through outpatient surgery quickly but they took time to talk and joke with me. I appreciated that. I had never had a major surgery before, so I was concerned about complications, pain and scarring. But Dr. Pohlod only had to make five very small incisions, and even though my case was complex – she found my bladder was adhered to my uterus, so surgery took a little longer than expected, but the outcome was still amazing."
Beth was able to walk up a flight of stairs at home the second day after her surgery, and she never needed strong pain medication, taking nothing except Motrin 800s.
"By three days post-surgery, I was doing about 80 percent of my usual activities, per my post-op instructions," Beth said. "I avoided heavy lifting at first, and I returned completely to normal activities in two weeks. I would recommend this surgery to anyone needing a hysterectomy. I would do it again - it was that easy! I was so happy with my results that when I went in for my follow-up appointment with Dr. Pohlod, I took her flowers and chocolates to say thank you. After all of those years of suffering, I am finally pain-free, thanks to Dr. Pohlod and the da Vinci procedure - I have never felt this good in my life!"
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Fresh off a vote of confidence from Virginia Tech Athletics Director Jim Weaver, Seth Greenberg and his struggling Hokies hosted fifth-ranked duke Thursday night in front of a national TV audience. The game presented a wonderful opportunity for this talented, but young team to turn its season around.
But duke had too much depth, experience and talent for the Hokies to hang for a full 40 minutes. As a result, the Hokies lost for the seventh time in their last eight games, 75-60, at home to duke.
As usual, junior guard Erick Green led the Hokies with 17 points, while Victor Davila played a solid game and added 16 points. Marquis Rankin was Tech's third-leading scorer, but he scored all 8 of his points in the final minutes, at which point the game was well in hand for the dookies.
Statistically speaking, the game came down to three-pointers, rebounding, and turnovers. And the blue devils outrebounded the Hokies 31-26, hit more threes (8/18) than the Hokies (3/13), and committed fewer turnovers (7) than did Tech (13).
Tech trailed the entire game, save for a 21-21 tie with less than 8 minutes to play in the first half. After Dorenzo Hudson hit a pair of free throws to tie the game, duke got away with an apparent shot clock violation on the next possession and got credit for the basket. From there, they went on a 17-4 run to take a 13-point lead.
The Hokies stole a little of that momentum with Green's buzzer-beating three to cut duke's lead to 10 at the break.
The second half was all duke as it stretched its lead to 22 points and cruised from there. Tech got absolutely owned on the boards in the second half. The blue devils didn't even really need an outside shot (though they seemed to his everything) because they had free range in the lane.
Poor Doe Doe (Dorian Finney-Smith) struggled again, but he did manage to come up with a couple of big blocks, so hopefully he can build on that. At least he's still getting quality minutes, but you hope that it's not going to damage his confidence.
I finally figured out what's missing with this team… JT Thompson. His fire and intensity is what's missing from this team. Even if he were healthy, he may not be enough to beat a team like duke or unc, but he would certainly be enough of a spark and talent to help win games against bc, wake and georgia tech.
Next up for the Hokies is clemson on Saturday at 4 p.m.
Below is my stream of consciousness during the game. Accuracy not guaranteed.
– Doe Doe misses twice –
– Good defense by Green, forces turnover –
– DFS steps on baseline –
– DFS commits foul –
– Moving screen on Davila –
2-0 duke – Plumlee wide open underneath for the easy dunk
– duke foul, non shooting –
2-2 Eddie hits the pullup jumper
– duke foul, non shooting –
– Rankin misses, duke rebound –
5-2 duke 3-pointer
– Green misses jumper —
7-2 Plumlee easy hook over Davila
7-4 Davila works hard for the bucket underneath
Under 16 media timeout – 7-4
– DFS commits foul, his second —
9-4 Kelly hits 2 FTs
9-6 Eddie drives and dishes to Raines for the layup
– Green steals, but can't get the layup –
– duke foul after great effort by Hokies —
9-8 Hudson with the crazy fall-away jumper of the inbounds pass
– Hokies called for blocking call, clearly looked like a charge —
11-8 Curry hits 2 FTs
11-10 Raines with some nifty double move underneath for the bucket
– Plumlee misses badly –
– Blocking call against duke, kinda surprised we got that consider it's duke –
– Hokies turn it over and Dawkins celebrates like it's the national title
14-10 duke's Dawkins gets called for a technical foul for taunting
Under 12 media timeout – 14-10
14-12 Green makes two Technical FTs
– Stupid foul by duke's Plumlee, his second –
14-13 Davila makes 1/2 FTs
16-13 Rivers drives empty lane for layup
16-15 Davila picks up rebound off Eddie's miss, puts it back up for the bucket
18-15 duke scores
– Hokies turn it over, but duke gives it right back –
18-17 Davila backs down Plumlee, knocks him down (he flopped) and Davile DUNKS IT!
– duke misses three, VT rebounds –
– Eddie misses three, duke rebounds –
– duke misses, VT rebounds –
– Eddie misses, duke rebounds –
21-17 Curry buries a wide open three
21-19 Green drives the lane for the layup
– Kelly called for a foul –
Under 8 media timeout – 21-19
– Ranking comes in at PG –
– Hudson called for foul away from the ball –
– Hudson fouled in the act of shooting –
21-21 Hudson makes 2 FTs
23-21 duke gets away with a walk, plus shot clock expired
– Hokies turn it over –
– Foul on Raines –
25-21 Kelly dunks it
– Green misses three –
27-21 Kelly goes down the lane untouched
– Thorton picks up 2nd PF –
27-23 Green hits 2 FTs
29-23 duke scores down the lane … again (8-2 run)
– Rankin misses –
32-23 Kelly hits the three pointer
– Eddie misses –
34-23 Dawkins make another easy bucket in the lane
34-25 Davila cleans up Brown's miss with a beautiful bucket
Under 4 media timeout – 34-25
36-25 Plumlee makes 2 FTs
– Raines misses hook shot –
– Brown commits foul –
– Jump ball, possession to duke –
– Duke on 15-4 run –
– Green bad pass, turns it over –
38-25 duke did something amazing
– DFS turns it over again, VT's 8th turnover —
38-28 Green hits a three-pointer at the buzzer!
Halftime score – 38-28
40-28 – duke opens the scoring
40-30 Davila makes 2 FTs
42-30 Reverse layup
– Foul on Hairston, his second –
42-32 Davila with a two-handed slam
45-32 Rives buries a three, quiets the crowd
45-34 Hudson hits a jumper off the screen, top of the key
– Green called for a handcheck –
– Kelly called for offensive foul –
– Hudson called for a moving screen –
– VT with near steal, jump ball called –
47-34 Curry driving layup
– VT sloppy pass, turns it over -
49-34 Duke fast break dunk
– Rankin fouled by Kelly –
49-35 Rankin makes 1/2 FTs
51-35 Plumlee misses twice, third time a charm, VT getting owned on the boards
51-38 Brown buries a three from the top of the key
Under 16 media timeout – 51-38
– Raines called for his 3rd PF –
– Brown called for the PF –
52-38 Kelly makes 1/2 FTs –
– Brown misses –
– duke turns it over, bad pass –
– Barksdale in the game –
– Plumlee called for reach-in foul –
52-40 Green hits a tough jumper with defender in his face off the dribble
55-40 Rivers buries a deep three
– VT misses, duke rebounds –
57-40 Cook to Plumlee dunk
59-40 duke on 7-0 run
– VT misses, duke rebounds –
62-40 Kelly drains a three, 12-0 run
– VT turns it over –
– God, just make this end –
62-42 Green with the floater
– Kelly picks up 4th PF –
62-43 Davila makes 1/2 FTs
64-43 Rivers to Hairston for the alleyoop dunk
64-45 Green with the circus shot, he has 15 points
– Brown misses dunk –
66-45 Hairston gets the hoop and the harm (DFS with the foul), misses FT
66-47 Eddie with the baseline jumper
66-49 Green drives untouched for the layup (17 points)
66-51 Davila gets a rebound off DFS missed three, puts it back
– DFS with two blocks, YAY! –
– Brown with the steal, but Green got fouled, but no call, out of bounds on VT –
Under 8 media timeout – 66-61
68-51 Curry hits 2 FTs
– Brown with the foul –
70-51 Curry hits 2 FTs
– duke steals it from Davila –
– Green travels, turnover VT –
70-54 Rankin hits a three
70-56 Eddie with a fast break jumper in the lane
72-56 Thorton hits 2 FTs
72-58 Rankin gets the bucket
75-58 Why the hell is duke shooting three pointers up 14 with 1:35 to play?
– Davila airballs a hook shot –
– Duke misses another three pointer attempt, why are they shooting threes? –
75-60 Rankin with another jumper
Final Score – duke 75, Hokies 60


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Designers Linda of Love+Made and Andrew of Ampal Creative have collaborated on a hat capsule featuring a medley of classic prints and the iconic Yin Yang symbol. The exterior features a bandana pattern at the brim and a heart-shaped yin yang patch and heart shaped polka dot upper for that Love+Made signature touch. The hat is lined on the interior with a timeless gingham print. All fabrics, trims and patches sourced in Downtown Los Angeles / Made with Love in USA.
We had been a big fan of Lovemade for a while, from their top notch collaborations to their message, so when we started thinking about working with a women's brand, Linda was at the top of our list. Around the same time I found a deadstock roll of Marc Jacobs polka dot/heart print fabric and I knew it would be the perfect foundation for an Ampal x Lovemade project.
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Fourth Year Students
Building on the foundations of prerequisite courses in year 2 and 3, the 4th year of the Natural Sciences degree offers students the opportunity to study the most specialist courses in a range of top-rated UCL departments.
It is anticipated that Natural Sciences students will spend the MSci year essentially embedded in the department (or Faculty research area) that corresponds to their major stream. At least 3 out of 4 CUs in the MSci year must be taken at M-level. This includes a mandatory MSci research project that may be 1.5 or 2.0 CU, depending on the discipline. There are no other mandatory core courses and students are free to select from all M-level courses (and some year 3 courses) that feature in their major stream.
At least three out of the four course units must be taken in the major stream.
Dr Jonathan Fry is the coordinator for MSci projects.
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What is your definition of good education?
Being a teacher at middle school for twenty-year.The question:What is the so called good education? It keeps haunting in my mind.I feel good to keep asking me the question.Because I really hope what my teaching can help young people to understand their lives better.As well as I know it is not a solo aspect to definite good education.But I would like you come to share your understanding of good education.Because I think it is never be enough to keep talking about education.As much as we can come together to communicate it.We need everyone join in talking education,we will see better education around us.Thanks.
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Apr 21 2013: As a student,I think we need teachers who could not only impart their knowledge and experience to us but also inspiring us to do initiative study. In Chian, we have to recieve the force-feed education and we desire acquire the good education that means we don't like to study with indiscriminately.We should ,to large extent,have our rights to choose the coures which we really like it,especially in high school.
Apr 22 2013: hi Dear Xlong Caroline,thanks for the sincere sharing.The education reform in china is going to do so:open various courses for students to opt in their own interest at school.But if universities don't change their requirements to select,judge students.The reform action is just an empty talk.
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