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Gerard's past is well known throughout the MCRmy, but who is that effecting more?
Emily's POV
Gerard…Lyn-z…Not together? I felt a small joy inside of me (only as a fan who had a crush) a small amount of sadness but most of all I felt fear. What if Gerard went back to how he was? What if he got ill again?
"I'll be okay he said and the words went round and round my head. Everybody else had moved on and was talking, even Gerard was laughing. I couldn't move. I couldn't breathe, I let the fear take over my body and a single tear fell down my cheek, I quickly tied to hide it but everybody had seen it, including Gerard.
Gerard's POV
Emily shouldn't be crying, will all my fans be this worried when they find out.
"Emily can we talk in private please?" I asked,
"Frank you aswell" I added, standing up.
"Er yeah sure, we'll go to the guitar room" Fran replied, Emily didn't say anything but stood up and followed me out of the kitchen and upstairs, her little sister was asleep on Frank's couch, she looked cute…Reminded me of Bandit.
Jamia's POV
When the trio left, the kitchen was awkwardly silent. Abbey took another sip of wine, Jay sighed and I smiled,
"never a normal moment here…" I joked, Jay and Abbey laughed, "he'll be okay. They all will" Abbey nodded in agreement "this is better for them anyway" I finished.
"Yeah, this was a lovely meal you cooked us, thank you. You and Frank have made us feel so welcome. Especially Emily" Abbey said, springing open a conversation while I topped up her's and Jay's wine glasses.
Frank's POV
We all walked into the guitar room, Emily sat by Pansy and I sat opposite her and Gerard sat in front of her. I had no idea where this was going to go.
"Why did you cry?" Gerard asked bluntly,
"Doesn't matter." Emily responded, fiddling with her thumbs,
"Tell us…" Gerard persisted, Emily sighed.
"Basically I'm worried about you, the band, Lyn-z…everything"
"Why me?" Gerard asked, causing me to sigh. Emily was scared about the drugs, even I knew that.
"Well, I wasn't a fan back…then" She paused, " but I still remember when, like I have seen interviews, watched clips of you high or drunk. You've said you were in a bad place then but you met an amazing woman, who you love…Now you don't have her and I'm scared that you will go back again" she sighed, and Gerard rubbed his hands through his hair,
"I'm never going back." He said slightly stern, "Ever. I have great people surrounding me who love me, and I love them. And look, now I have you too!" Gerard smiled at Emily and she half-smiled back and her gaze averted to Pansy, she had a longing look in her eyes.
"You play?" I asked, breaking the silence, Emily looked startled and smiled at me, and laughed
"no, I have no talent at all" I laughed and Gerard Smiled.
"I'll teach you" I said,
"No, I will suck majorly"
"I'll teach you to draw" Gerard added,
"I'm even worse at that." She giggled,
"Good! Then it's settled, I'll teach you guitar, Gerard will teach you draw" Emily sighed knowing I wasn't joking and even if we argued I would win.
I sighed, looked at my phone and sighed again,
"Gerard it's 2am, we gotta sleep man" He sighed,
I looked at Emily, who looked really tired,
"night kiddo, see ya tomorrow" I said, leading Emily downstairs. She walked into the kitchen but me and Gerard stayed in the living room,
"I guess they've already gone" Gerard said, "Where can I sleep then Frank?" He asked,
"Oh there's a sofa bed, let me just grab you a quilt" I said, and I walked into the kitchen to find Jamia clearing up, Emily must've gone round the back and over the fence. I open the cupboard and grabbed Gerard a pillow and blanket and walked back into the living room, thankfully gerard had already pulled the sofa bed out and was just waiting for me to bring in his stuff, I gave it to him and went back upstairs not speaking to either of them.


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A 42-year-old Chicago Heights woman told police she was taking her dog out for the morning and saw a stray pit bull in her back yard. When police arrived the dog was breathing but was not moving, according to the report. When the dog got up, police noticed puncture wounds under its neck and that the dog was very malnourished, according to the report. Animal Control took the dog to the South Suburban Humane Society, noting that it was "in distress and aggressive" in the report.
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Mom's Car Stolen
A 27-year-old Chicago Heights woman told police she was at St. James Hospital when she allowed her 39-year-old boyfriend borrow her mother's vehicle for a brief period of time. The man took the keys and left the hospital at 11 p.m. on Oct. 20. By 3 p.m. the next day, he still had not returned with the vehicle. The woman told police her mother had not been told about the status of her vehicle, adding that she was having ongoing problems with her ex.
Meat Thieves
An employee at Country Squire, located in the 100 block of West Joe Orr Road, told police he saw two men, one of which was wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, walking out of the store. As the two departed, an "unknown package of meat" dropped out of the back of the sweatshirt, according to the report. The man picked up the meat and both meat thiefs ran, hopping into a Chevy Impala driven by an unknown woman. The employee called out to the two men to stop but the Chevy fled east on Joe Orr Road, according to the report. The man wearing the hooded sweatshirt is around 35 years old, about 5-feet, 9-inches tall and weighs around 200 pounds. The second man is also around 35 years old, is about 6-feet tall and weighs about 150 pounds, according to the report.
Gun or No Gun?
Jesus A. Martinez, 19, of the 100 block of West 26th Street in South Chicago Heights, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after the owner of the Citgo gas station in the 1500 block of Chicago Road told police he saw Martinez threaten another man with what appeared to be a handgun under his shirt. Police watched surveillance footage of Martinez having an argument with the other man and saw Martinez put his hand under his shirt before both men left the gas station.
Battery in Two Towns
Walter I. Jackson, 49, of the 300 block of North Boston Street, was arrested and charged with domestic battery after his girlfriend told police they were in an argument and Jackson grabbed her by her neck and threw her to the floor. The woman called the police but Jackson then had her get in his vehicle so he could take her to a friend's house, according to the report. The woman called 911 again, this time in Matteson, and police stopped Jackson's vehicle at the intersection of Vollmer and Cicero. Jackson was taken into custody and the girlfriend was treated for a laceration on the back of her head at St. James Hospital in Olympia Fields, police said. Chicago Heights police had been dispatched to Boston Street after the woman's first 911 call, and coordinated with Matteson Police later.
Bikers Gone Wild
A 53-year-old Chicago Heights was issued citations for improper operation of an off-road motorcycle after police saw him driving a dirt bike on a city street, according to the report. The man had no proof of insurance or valid registration but did have the proper motorcycle-class driver's license, according to the report. Police asked the man why he was driving the off-road bike on the road, to which he responded "I wasn't driving it." Police then told him he wasn't allowed to drive it on the roadway, to which the man responded, "I know, it's OK, I work for the Secretary of State," according to the report. Police told the man they would be issuing citations and towing the bike. The man then became irate and kept saying, "No, you're not towing it," and "Nobody's taking my bike," according to police.
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Monday, September 13, 2010
CMU researchers work on Web security, access
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University say they're working to make surfing the Web safer.
A three-year, $7.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation is helping Peter Steenkiste, a professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering, direct more than 10 researchers who will develop an Internet framework to accommodate as-yet-unknown technologies. Scientists from Boston University and the University of Wisconsin are involved.
"This is probably the most exciting project I've worked on," Steenkiste said.
Steenkiste and his colleagues are examining vital components of the Internet, such as security and communication procedures and information-technology infrastructure.
Their effort is one of four the National Science Foundation is funding, involving 30 institutions nationwide, said Victor Frost, a program director in the foundation's computer network systems division.
It's possible that ideas from each could be combined into a trustworthy network, said Ty Znati, director of the foundation's computer network systems division.
A project based at the University of California in Los Angeles concentrates on securing data no matter where it exists, rather than on securing host computers. Another, based at Rutgers University, examines improving the security and reliability of information delivered from mobile points of communication such as smart phones, rather than stationary points such as desktop computers.
The fourth, based at the University of Pennsylvania, analyzes options that increase speed, availability and security of "cloud computing" -- technology used every day to store e-mails and other data on remote servers hosted by Google and Yahoo!, for example.
"We hope to have a collaboration among the project researchers," said Darleen Fisher, a National Science Foundation project manager.
"Each of the projects will be doing prototyping: Can these ideas be implemented?" Frost said. "The projects may lay the research foundation for the development of future networks."
Steenkiste said he and his colleagues "want to find out how much trust users have in our ideas."
For example, a prototype Internet-security protocol could enable customers to confirm for themselves that a bank's website is not fraudulent, said Adrian Perrig, a Carnegie Mellon professor in electrical and computer engineering.
Such tweaks would let "a person who does not have a Ph.D. in information security to use the Internet confidentially," Perrig said. "Whatever site she visits, she will be able to know that somebody didn't tamper with the connection."
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You! Lyrics
Who made the whole world with your hand
Walked along this land
Humbled as a man
You came down
And you changing the water to wine
Gave your greatest sign
By changing lives like mine
How did you know
I'd eventually go
And take you for the lord of my life?
I'm so glad for
How did you stand the shame
When they laughed at your name
Your father felt such pain
Well how'd you take it
But you
Spoke not a word to defend
Cause they'd see in the end
When you rose again
Whenever you spoke
All the demons awoke
And would tremble with fear at your sight
And you
Loving a world filled with hate
And though the hour is late
You still chose to wait
But it won't be long until
Take the whole world by surprise
They won't believe their eyes
When you come through the skies
When you return
All the foolish will learn
That they waited too long to decide
Don't wait too long to decide
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Thu, 9 January 2014
This Month Nomad is chatting with philosopher, writer and founder of the Ikon community, Pete Rollins. Pete believes that unless we die to certainty and embrace doubt then God becomes just another consumer product. God, in effect, becomes an idol. Sounds interesting!
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It was a successful evening for Brooke Mueller last night -- she didn't get arrested!
Mueller was spotted with a friend on Sunset Boulevard around 11:00 PM. It's unclear where they went, but based on the video we posted last weekend ... we're going to guess they went dancing.
Sources close to Brooke say she is just trying to live a normal life and is trying stay positive after her arrest.
Mueller was bustedd in Aspen last Friday night for drug possession. She maintains she's innocent.
Hopefully she will O.D. soon...
" Really? "Living a normal life" and partying at 11PM? With two babies? Runt to rehab, baby doll!
I don't any Moms who have twin toddlers who think it's "normal" to go out dancing on a Friday night. In fact... It's a BIG deal if they go out on a Friday night at all. this chick is delusional.
WTH is she wearing? She looks like a bat ready to take flight and her friend is holding her down. Well, at least she's got a couple of keepers with her. Maybe they can show her where she lives and tell her she's got a couple of kids at home. She doesn't seem to know.
where are her children?
The brunette next to Brooke is stunning. Anyone know who she is?
I feel bad for her kids! Her parents have to put those poor boys of hers to bed and tuck them in for the night. Because mommy decides to go out of state or party. Her parents need to file for custody of her children since it is apparent neither of the parents cares enough to take full responsibility for them. All this woman cares about in relation to the children is the monthly check she gets from Charlie. She is most likely going to die from a drug overdose if she doesn't clean up her life.
She outta be put in prison just for wearing those stupid headbands.
Free woman? More like Bat Woman.
The 70's called and said they want their fashion statement back. You're giving them a bad name.
TMZ...c'mon 70 pics of Brooke a cokehead? What is that saying to the public or herself? Stop glamourizing cokeheadds and druggies(Lindsey)...I love this site but sometimes it's a little too much. Brooke needs help and by showing 70 pics of her on the site before she agreed for help is sickening. She is an ex-wife of an actor...and....nothing! Doesn't deserve to be in pics on TMZ. Now I am older and I laugh at her and thi nk its disgusting but younger people may think its cool and idolize her ways. PLz think before you do post pics and some articles on how it effects younger people out there, Thank you , love you!
She is a skank, just like all of the women from porn materials (print and DVD) that Charlie has picked. Why would he think that she could make a good mother. It's clear by the fact she had twins that they used IVF, and let's just hope that she didn't give them fetal achohol syndrome or a crack/cocaine addiction. I can't believe the child protective services is not visiting daily. Those kids are not safe with either family. Such a sad situation. I'd call her a spoiled brat with a $50k/month stipend from her ex husband. Money doesn't make up for neglect. Neither parent has the ability or mental capacity to take care of those twins, so I fear for them.
Just what an addict needs, more clubs. She should be home with her kids. Effing LOSER!


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Rosenkreuzstilette at 4 O'Clock (also known under the German title Rosenkreuzstilette um 4 Uhr!) is a fan comic of [erka:es]'s doujin platformer RosenkreuzStilette by Joseph Staleknight. Set in the sixteenth century (which to the author's best knowledge is canon), it follows the adventures of Spiritia Rosenberg and her friends in the RKS army as they live through all manners of craziness.It is available on Smack Jeeves here. Or, if you want better quality, try the deviantArt version here. Currently on hiatus due to a number of reasons, mostly the thin Strip Buffer, but will resume sometime in the future.
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Botanical Gardens of Padua
Take a walk into the past. Or the present. Or even the future. You just have to enter the Botanical Gardens of Padua to do all three. Meet a dwarf palm belonging to the 16th century. Or take a look at the endangered local flora and visit the laboratories where research is being carried out to ensure that traditional plant wealth is preserved for the coming generations.
Created in 1545, this awesome horticultural expanse is documented as the world's oldest existing university Botanic garden.
The idea for the creation of such a botanical garden originated in the number of costly mistakes resulting from the wrong identification or wilful misuse of medicinal plants in ancient times. These plants were called "simples" because they were found to be direct natural remedies for various disorders. Precise knowledge about the nurture and use of these plants was thought to be invaluable, and the Senate of the Venetian Republic approved the setting up of a garden to encourage cultivation and study of medicinal herbs.
Property belonging to the Benedictine monks of the order of St.Justine was chosen, and the Horto medicinale came into existence under the guidance of Francesco Bonafede, Lecturer of Simples at the University of Padua. The garden is believed to have been planned by Daniele Barbaro, a nobleman, and executed by Andrea Moroni, an architect.
The land allotted was trapezoidal in shape, and the garden was conceived as a circle enclosing a square, which was itself divided into
four squares by means of two main intersecting pathways. These smaller squares were divided into elegant flowerbeds of different geometrical shapes.
The garden was stocked with plants from many parts of the world, particularly those with which Venice had trade relations.
The custodian of the gardens, Luigi Squalermo, better known as Anguillara, was responsible for the inclusion of several rare and exotic species of plant life. The Gardens were the first home of various plant species from far-flung places, which were later passed on to other parts of the country and eventually took root in Italy. These include the Robinia pseudacacia, Solanum tuberosum, Helianthus annuus and Jasminum fruticans.
The rarity and value of the plants in the garden rendered it attractive to miscreants, and despite the best efforts of the authorities, and stringent action, going as far as exile, regular thieving occurred, eroding the plant wealth. Hence, an encircling wall was constructed. A balustrade of fine white stone, adorned with busts of famous figures looking into the garden, was added. Four gates were built in the 1700s, and two fountains were put in. These were embellished by now famous sculptures – one of Theophrastus, a Greek doctor of the 3rd century BC, and the other of Solomon and the Four Winds.
Like other institutions attached to centres of learning, the Botanic Gardens of Padua has evolved into a resource for scholars. What set out to be a sanctuary for medicinal plants gradually grew into a centre for the study of all branches of botany. But the medicinal plants remain an important feature. The section is periodically updated with the addition of more plants of therapeutic interest.
Over the years, various architectural changes were implemented in the garden to cater to the changing needs and aims of the project.
Several greenhouses were replaced by laboratories and a classroom with the capacity to accommodate about a 100 students was also added on. A herbarium and a library aid modern research.
The Botanic Garden of Padua has been divided into various sections, on the basis of types of plants. Despite constraints of space, the Garden offers visitors a rich variety of horticultural experience.
Marvel at the segment containing insectivorous plants – watch how the meat-eaters of the plant kingdom find sustenance – the leaves of a Venus Fly-Trap snap shut over an unwary bug and the pitcher plant ensnares the unwise bee in the sticky fluid it generates.
Take in the exotic locale of the rainforests enclosed in the glasshouse which is home to rare orchids, maintained in a hot and humid temperature.
In the recreated Mediterranean maquis, see the creeper-entwined thick evergreen trees and underbrush. Go from the Alpine rockery, with small, twisted trees and shrubs, to the miniature peat bog, and from there visit a desert, complete with plants that demonstrate how they adapt to conditions where water is scarce. An aquatic habitat filled with freshwater plants and a segment of succulents add to the variety.
The Botanic Gardens of Padua was the first in Italy to create an itinerary for the blind and partially-sighted. It includes a collection of aromatic and poisonous plants, with labels written in Braille.
For your tryst with the past, visit the dwarf palm (Chamaerops humilis L.), planted in 1585. It is currently the oldest plant in the garden and is known as Goethe's palm, because the celebrated author is believed to have studied the tree in detail for his study of the evolution of plants. He has dedicated a number of his works to this palm.
Enter the present through the section devoted to the Euganean Hills and Veneto region. It is devoted to rare plants from the area, and has a two-pronged aim: to familiarize the public with flora which is quintessentially Paduan as well as preserve germ plasma and study the biology of endangered plant life with a view to conservation. The best known local species is probably the Paduan Rue (Haplophyllum patavinium (L) Don. Fil), the only plant bearing the name of this region. Encroachment into its environment has rendered it an endangered species.
For a glimpse into the future, look at the laboratories where important research work is carried on. The Botanic Garden of Padua has made major contributions to the fields of botany, medicine, chemistry, ecology and pharmacy.
The Botanic Gardens of Padua now houses upward of 6000 plants. These include several historic specimens, like a ginkgo dating back to 1750, a southern magnolia planted in 1786 and believed to be the
oldest in Europe, an even older hollow-trunked Oriental plane (1680), the first Himalayan Cedar to be introduced into Italy, and a dawn redwood, which, though comparatively young (it was planted in 1961), is important because it sprang from the seed of a tree found in China long after the species was thought to have died out.
The garden also contains a fragment of the subfossil trunk of a 2650-year-old English oak, recovered during excavations in the area.
With so much horticultural wealth, it is small wonder that the UNESCO has designated the Botanic Gardens of Padua a World Heritage site.
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Six months after prominent Internet activist Aaron Swartz killed himself in his Brooklyn apartment, his father endorsed new legislation designed to reform the federal law that U.S. prosecutors used to threaten his son with 35 years in prison. "Aaron's Law," which has been proposed by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Zoe Logren (D-CA), is "good news," Robert Swartz told TIME on Wednesday.
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Catching up with the Samsung NX10 action
Time to catch up with some of the latest happenings in the world of the Samsung NX10. We start with news from AP UK that the Samsung Apps Store will be accommodating web-enabled cameras in the near-future, and the NX-series may be included in the future, but not just yet. The possibility of camera-apps is quite interesting, depending on what type of access apps have to the data and at which point in time. Especially in the more advanced cameras that have more "horsepower" than the basic P&S models.
RedCrow strikes again
RedCrow strikes again in the dpreview forums (read flat view), mentioning that a superzoom lens like the 14-140mm of M43rds is in the pipeline.
NX10 pre-production sample pictures
DigitalCameraReview stormed the Samsung booth and after a brief siege, they managed to get five full-size sample pictures with a pre-production camera. They also note that there are more lenses coming and a K-mount adapter. The pictures are available as full-size JPEGs to download for evaluation purposes, but please keep in mind this was a pre-production camera.
This dpreview thread (read flat link) points at pre-production sample pictures at the Korean SLR Club forums.
Hands-on with the NX10
Pocket Lint has a 14-picture gallery of handling the camera themselves. These are pictures of the camera body with the 30mm pancake, not pictures taken with the camera.
CNet UK opines on the camera, and object to the lack of innovation and differentiation from M43rds (other than sensor-size of course).
More action, including two videos of the machine-gun mode at 3fps and 30fps via Foto Actualidad. The videos include brief Korean ads.
Next up, Photography Bay has a hands-on post from the CES trade-show, providing multiple angles of the camera and first impressions with the pre-production model.
Staying at CES, a five-picture gallery from CES is posted at Engadget.
Samsung's own blog
From Samsung's own imaging blog, there are two "consumery" videos, first a 74-second intro to the camera, and then a near 5-minute video with pocket-dude. Perhaps "pocket dude" is up to something - this could be a compromise between the Ricoh GRD III (small sensor) and the Leica X1 (too expensive) - without necessarily switching or converting to NX. Just the NX10 + pancake. Please note the target audience for these videos are consumer-geeks, not pixel-peeping photographers.
Price - may be?
Spotted in this dpreview thread, B&H Photo has a place-holder listing for the Samsung NX10 with a price of $700. However, there is very little information, so one cannot tell for sure which kit this is. The pictures show the camera with the 30mm pancake, but nowhere in the product-text it mentions the lens, and the B&H product-code does not suggest this is a kit with a lens. This may likely be the body-only! Plus Digital Camera Review was told that the pancake won't be available in a kit-bundle initially.
So, please don't get price-excited just yet - as they say, patience is a virtue! It is not available for pre-order yet.
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A military spokesman on Saturday confirmed the names of four men implicated in the attack on an upscale mall in Kenya's capital last month, an assault that turned into a four-day-long siege and killed at least 67 people.
Maj. Emmanuel Chirchir said the attackers were Abu Baara al-Sudani, Omar Nabhan, Khattab al-Kene and Umayr, names that were first broadcast by local Kenyan television station Citizen TV.
"I confirm those are the names of the terrorist," he said, in a Twitter message sent to The Associated Press.
The identities of the men came as the private TV station in Nairobi broadcast closed circuit television footage from Westgate mall.
The footage shows no more than four attackers. They are seen calmly walking through a storeroom inside the complex, machine guns strapped to their torsos. One of the men's pant legs appear stained with blood, though he is not limping, and it is unclear whose blood it is.
The footage appears to contradict earlier government statements indicating 10 to 15 attackers were involved in the Sept. 21 attack, although the footage may not show all of the assailants that took part.
It's not yet known if the four shown managed to escape, or if they were killed by security forces reacting to the scene.
Terrified shoppers hid behind mannequins, inside cardboard boxes, in storage rooms, in ventilation shafts and in the parking lot underneath parked cars during the attack, many hiding for hours before help arrived.
Al-Shabab, al-Qaida's affiliate in neighboring Somalia, claimed responsibility for the assault, saying it was revenge for Kenya's 2011 military intervention in Somalia, which was aimed at flushing out the extremists.
Little is known about the identities of the attackers beyond their names.
Matt Bryden, the former head of the United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea and a top expert on al-Shabab, said via email that al-Kene and Umayr are known members of al-Hijra, the Kenyan arm of the Somali militant group.
He said Nabhan may be related to the late al-Qaida operative Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan - an alleged plotter in the 1998 bombings at U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed more than 250 people. He was killed in a 2009 Navy SEAL strike in the town of Barawe in Somalia.
But Bryden also cautioned that Nabhan is a common coastal name in Kenya, so there may be no link to the al-Qaida leader.
Before dawn on Saturday, foreign military forces carried out a strike in the same village against what a Somalia intelligence official said were "high-profile" targets. A Western intelligence official said it appeared either U.S. or French forces likely carried out the attack.
Both officials insisted on anonymity to discuss intelligence matters.
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Campaign underway to house St. J artifactsBy CHARLOTTE ALBRIGHT
Vermont Public Radio | January 11,2014ST. JOHNSBURY More than 5,000 artifacts telling the story of St. Johnsburys history may finally find a home, if supporters can raise enough money to buy a Victorian mansion in the heart of town.
The collection is no longer wanted by the Fairbanks Museum, but the museum says it will store it until a better home is found. History buffs are optimistic that the relics will get a second chance in an ideal location.
In 1830, Thaddeus Fairbanks, of St. Johnsbury, built the first platform scale, a keystone of industrial development in the 19th century. Want to see the wagon that brought the family to St. J? How about a complete collection of ice cutting tools? Unfortunately, those and thousands of other touchstones of the towns early days are in storage. But now an all-volunteer group has found a historic house where it hopes to display them if it can raise the money to buy the site.
To attract donations to the St. Johnsbury History and Heritage Center, the group has placed a tiny fraction of the collection on display in the vacant yellow frame mansion.
We have framed pictures of the Handy family that used to cut ice both in Lyndonville and St. Johnsbury, and we coupled those pictures with some of the other artifacts to try to tell the story of this bone-chilling profession, Executive Director Peggy Pearl says while showing off a sun-filled room with gleaming glass cases.
An ice tong leans against an ornate fireplace. In other elegant rooms, cabinets hold 19th-century curiosities a postal scale, a souvenir plate, a food chopper. Eventually, Pearl hopes to fill these spaces with everyday objects from the bygone era of this once-affluent town, and to hold classes here. Bigger treasures, like a childs hearse and a popcorn wagon, would be displayed in the adjacent carriage barn. But first her group needs to raise $250,000 to buy the property from a law firm that has relocated.
Were hopeful that we will be able to take over this house because its in a move-in condition, as you can see today, she says.
She stands in the entrance hall beside a cardboard thermometer showing that about $100,000 has been raised. Eric Gilbertson, field service representative for Preservation Trust of Vermont, predicts success for what he calls an unusually dedicated and hardworking group of local history buffs. And if they fail to find a home for these antiques, he says, St. Johnsbury will lose a sense of itself.
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Michigan's major labor market areas, their seasonally unadjusted jobless rates for December, followed by November:
Michigan, 8.9%, compared with 7.9%.
Ann Arbor, 5.1%, compared with 4.3%.
Battle Creek, 7.1%, compared with 5.9%.
Bay City, 8.3%, compared with 6.8%.
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, 10.2%, compared with 9.7%.
Flint, 9.1%, compared with 7.8%.
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, 6.5%, compared with 5.4%.
Holland-Grand Haven, 6.3%, compared with 5.3%.
Jackson, 8.1%, compared with 6.8%.
Kalamazoo-Portage, 7.3%, compared with 6%.
Lansing-East Lansing, 6.7%, compared with 5.6%.
Monroe, 7.6%, compared with 6.4%.
Muskegon-Norton Shores, 8.6%, compared with 7.5%.
Niles-Benton Harbor, 8.8%, compared with 7.2%.
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, 8.4%, compared with 7.1%.
Upper Peninsula, 9.4%, compared with 7.5%.
Northeast Lower Michigan, 12.1%, compared with 9.6%.
Northwest Lower Michigan, 10.1%, compared with 8.2%.
Source: Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget.
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David Dracy with Lewis and Clark Behavioral Health said many farmers don't expect income until November, when the fall harvest is over. He says the drought isn't really affecting their finances yet, though he says some might have what he calls "anticipatory anxiety."
Dracy says the area has had several good farming years, and one bad year "isn't so bad." But he says if the drought lingers into next year he expects more stress-related issues to surface, and not just among farmers but also rural business owners.
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I was watching the movie My Sister's Keeper and you know the part when Kate meets Taylor...that's Jacob and I. Well not the dying part but the relationship part. It just took one conversation and they fall in love with each other. Jacob and I have know each other for about a month and we are already in love. We really do love each other. And when Taylor dies and Kate pops a bunch of pills and downs it with some Jack...i would do the same. Life without Jacob is no life at all. He gives me everything by breathing. His voice is music to my ears. His body(: I could touch it all day. Not a day goes by that we don't talk to each other and when we don't talk...it hurts. It really hurts. So if he dies…I would be dead too. I could never leave Jacob, even if he cheated on me with some girl way prettier I would still want him. I picture us years from now. With 3 kids, a son who is a spitting image of his amazing father. And 2 beautiful girls with his eyes. We live in a big house, 4 bedrooms, a pool, a nice kitchen I could cook in and look out the window and see the kids with their father. Jacob could never harm a soul. He's sweet and loving and the nicest guy I know. When he first said I love you it was Christmas. Best Christmas gift ever. I would do anything with Jacob. He would never hurt me or lead me to bad things. Jacob is the love of me life and I never want anyone else. We are madly in love<3
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Oatmeal-Fruitcake Lizzies
Fruit and nuts contribute chewy and crunchy surprises to this soft cookie that's ideal for a Christmas cookie swap.
Yield: 7 1/2 dozen
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- 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups regular oats, uncooked
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 3/4 cup golden raisins
- 3/4 cup chopped red and green candied cherries
- 3/4 cup chopped candied pineapple
- Beat shortening at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugars, beating well. Add eggs and flavorings; beat well.
- Combine flour and next 4 ingredients; gradually add to shortening mixture, beating well. Stir in pecans and remaining ingredients.
- Drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until golden. Remove to wire racks, and cool completely.
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- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Meatless
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Safe Stem Cell Therapy for Healing Is Still a Strong Bet
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MultiStem cell therapy being developed by Athersys (NASDAQ: ATHX) has excited people because of the advantages and sophistication levels it possesses over existing stem cell therapies. Big pharma is betting on this new therapy; let us find out why.
MultiStem – not a cure-all but a relatively potent therapy
The popular belief is that since stem cell therapy is a cure-all therapy as it involves removing and replacement of the malfunctioning cells stem cell therapy – the root cause of disease. That, however, is a myth – MultiStem therapy involves repair and not replacement. These cells are programmed in a way that after administration, they reach the site of inflammation/damage and promote healing and repair in a variety of ways.
MultiStem, a new allogenic stem cell therapy being developed by Athersys, reduces damage and enhances functional recovery after an ischemic stroke. In a study presented at the American Heart Association International Stroke Conference, it was illustrated that MultiStem cells limit the "inflammatory cascade" resulting from the initial stroke, which reduces the secondary damage that occurs later.
According to the American Heart Association (AHA), out of 2 million individuals suffering a stroke each year in U.S., Japan, and major European countries, 800,000 belong to the U.S. A vast majority (85%) of these is ischemic or caused by blockage of blood flow to the brain, the result of a clot or thrombus.
MultiStem will be competing with thrombolytic tPA, the only FDA approved clot-dissolving drug for patients with ischemic stroke. Thrombolytic tPA is effective only in about 5% of the cases due to the short treatment window, as it must be administered within several hours of the occurrence of the stroke. MultiStem has demonstrated advantage over tPA in the sense that it can bring about significant repair even a day after the stroke event.
Phase I primarily involved trials for safety and dosage determination and showed encouraging results. After having obtained authorization for cardiovascular trials, the company has now approached the FDA for phase II and III trials.
Big Pharma bets on MultiStem
A big positive for Athersys is Big Pharma's support in its therapy development efforts, which showcases the high commercial potential of the therapy. The company has forged a partnership with Pfizer for developing the MultiStem treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). RTI Biologics, a small but leading developer, has partnered to help develop MultiStem for use in orthopedic treatment along with a bone allograft.
Considering the promise shown by MultiStem in treating multiple disorders, it is very likely that other big pharmaceutical companies engaged in treatment of inflammatory and related diseases will come forward and partner Athersys for finding new uses.
Osiris Therapeutics (NASDAQ: OSIR), a developer of stem cells for treatment, also uses adult stem cells for developing treatments. Osiris has fared well in terms of revenue increase over the past year. It generated $7.8 million in revenues in 2012, a 520% increase over prior year. The company received marketing approval for its stem cell therapy, Prochymal, in May last year. However, it is allowed to be marketed only in Canada and Norway only for children.
Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CYTX) uses adult adipose-derived (adipose cells refer to fat cells) stem cells for regenerative medicine. The company's product, Puregraft 850, was approved by the FDA last year in March for use in body contouring. The company is also currently running trials to establish the efficacy of their therapy developed for patients suffering from heart failure due to reduced blood flow.
Cytori was also awarded a contract by BARDA, a division of the U.S. Health and Human Services, worth about $106 million for developing thermal burns and radiation injury treatment. The company's annual revenue for FY 2012 was $14.5 million. The company, however, is currently operating at a loss and needs a huge jump in revenue to transition to profit.
Advantage over competitors
MultiStem, which is developed from human bone marrow cells, is being tested for treatment of a large number of diseases. Both Osiris and Cytori do not have such a base technology ready to implement in developing their products for large number ailments. Also, MultiStem can be used to culture millions of off-the-shelf doses from one donor, whereas Osiris can produce about 10 times less than those with mesenchymal stem cells (the cell type it uses to develop its products).
MultiStem has a unique property of expansion of material taken from bone marrow of a single individual to create enough material for treating thousands of patients. Moreover, there is no need of using immunosuppressive drugs even when taken from an unrelated donor as it does not trigger an immune response on administration. Considering these features, along with the fact that cells can be preserved for five years or more with cryopreservation, MultiStem is likely to be available off-the-shelf.
Athersys has discovered an important type of stem cell therapy that has great commercial potential, as well as the likelihood of being accepted by patients and doctors as replacement of small molecule therapies in disorders involving inflammation. Given the large market for inflammation, Athersys and the interest shown by a biotech giant like Pfizer is evidence of the potential of MultiStem therapy becoming a commercial success.
Results of phase II trials in refractory ulcerative colitis are expected to be reported by Athersys' partner Pfizer, whereas results of phase II trials in ischemic stroke are expected by Q1 or Q2 2014. While the possibility of positive data from these trials is great, there is also a lurking doubt as animal studies do not always reflect similar results in humans.
Investment in early stage biotech companies has its own risks. However, the potential for reward is much greater in case of positive results. In this case, there is a reasonable chance of that occurring. Athersys looks poised for future success with a good scope for appreciation. It is a good candidate for a buy given its unique treatment platform.
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I know i say it a lot but the people i tagged in this photo mean the world to me. With out u guys i dont think i would be living u guys gave me hope. Every one of u mean something to me. I love all of u
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