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Do you have a blue favorite? The terraces are red clay HEAVILY ammended with mushroom compost with superior drainage lots of sun and the plants should be fairly HARDY and tolerant of a little bit of neglect the second year after being established.
I have a LOT of slope to fill and already have plenty of whites, yellow/oranges, and red/purples. LOTS of those. But am leaving spaces for the blues.
For instance:
Russian Sage
Petunias even if they are annuals
Siberian Iris
German Iris
Blue foliage would work too
Any thing you love that could fill in this list? Thanks!
Blue flowering & good on sunny slopes & drought tolerant?
Do you have a blue favorite? The terraces are red clay HEAVILY ammended with mushroom compost with superior drainage lots of sun and the plants should be fairly HARDY and tolerant of a little bit of neglect the second year after being established.
Ooo, thanks for the suggestions!
Oh, lithodora is lovely! That's a new one on me but I'm ordering seeds. THANKS, shune.
I also love Nepeta 'Walker's Low' (and so do the butterflies, bees and, sometimes, hummers) I don't know if I have a good picture, but "Plant Files" should have bunches. I found a plant I thought was very pretty on Bluestone Perennial's "plant finder" by entering some of the conditions you mentioned (they didn't list "slope"). However, I have no personal experience with it.
The link to the picture and info is below, with a link under the photo to enlarge it. It's kind of expensive, though. It happens to be a trademarked plant so I don't know if you can get seeds. If you can wait until Spring, Bluestone starts discounting plants and in May they have a season-end blowout with almost everything on the website at half price!
The "plant finder" is a really good way to find plants by entering your needs. There's no obligation to buy anything. I use it all the time. Sometimes if it's off-season, though, the selection to look at may be somewhat limited.
If I think of any others, I'll let you know. I bet it's going to be beautiful when you get it finished!
THANKS, Nuts, , I have 4 of the Walker Lows and like them a lot, foliage and flowers. They are ready to go in the ground in the next couple of days.
If I only had a couple of yard slaves or yard 'bots, I'd have a lot more done a lot faster building terraces. ! Hahaha, but then I wouldn't know where every shovel-ful went and how each bed was made, down to the last grain of soil.
I have extra agave parryi truncata pups if you would like a few.
They are really a nice "grey" color.
How about "hardy blue plumbago"?
I don't grow this one but the other plumbagos I grow are lovely plants.
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Dynamic magnetic resonance of the wrist in psoriatic arthritis reveals imaging patterns similar to those of rheumatoid arthritis
DOI: 10.1186/ar1734
© Cimmino et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2005
Received: 14 December 2004
Accepted: 7 March 2005
Published: 1 April 2005
This dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study is concerned with a prospective evaluation of wrist synovitis in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in comparison with patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and healthy controls. Fifteen consecutive patients with PsA, 49 consecutive patients with RA, 30 RA patients matched for disease severity with those with PsA, and 8 healthy controls were studied. MRI was performed with a low-field (0.2T), extremity-dedicated machine. After an intravenous bolus injection of gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, 20 consecutive fast spin-echo axial images of the wrist were obtained every 18 s. The enhancement ratio was calculated both as rate of early enhancement (REE), which shows the slope of the curve of contrast uptake per second during the first 55 s, and as relative enhancement (RE), which indicates the steady state of enhancement. The REE was 1.0 ± 0.6 in patients with PsA, 1.6 ± 0.7 in consecutive patients with RA, and 0.1 ± 0.1 in controls (p <0.001). The RE was 87.1 ± 39.2 in patients with PsA, 125.8 ± 48.0 in consecutive RA patients, and 15.5 ± 19.2 in controls (p <0.001). However, the same figures in matched RA patients were 1.3 ± 0.7 and 107.3 ± 48.2, respectively (not significant in comparison with PsA). Rheumatoid-like PsA and oligoarticular PsA did not differ from each other in terms of synovial enhancement. Dynamic MRI shows the same pattern of synovitis in patients with PsA and RA when the two groups are matched for disease severity. This technique cannot be used to differentiate PsA from RA. However, REE and RE were significantly higher in PsA than in normal controls, with only one instance of overlap between values found for the two groups.
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA), defined as the occurrence of seronegative arthritis and psoriasis, is a debated entity. The reasons for this uncertainty include disparity in the subgroups identified in the original description [1], lack of a validated case definition of PsA, possible inclusion of patients with enthesitis but without clear arthritis, the elusive link between skin and joint diseases, and similarities with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is not known if PsA and RA are completely distinct diseases, or if PsA is a form of RA modified by the coexisting psoriasis. This second hypothesis is brought into doubt by the original observation that articular involvement is chiefly symmetric and polyarticular in RA, but oligoarticular and asymmetric in PsA.
However, subsequent studies have shown that the most common subset of PsA is a symmetric polyarthritis resembling RA [2]. In particular, oligoarticular disease may be a characteristic of PsA mainly at presentation [3], and symmetry is a function of the number of joints involved but not of the type of arthritis [4]. On average, however, PsA is characterized by a milder degree of synovitis than RA, with only 8% of patients developing erosions of the hand. Therefore, therapy with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs is rarely needed [5].
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has helped in the evaluation of PsA by suggesting that the primary site of inflammation is extrasynovial and that synovial inflammation may be a secondary phenomenon [6]. In addition to morphologic studies of the joint, MRI may be used also to evaluate synovial membrane inflammation through a dynamic, contrast-enhanced technique. By this method, we evaluated gadolinium perfusion of the synovial membrane to differentiate active RA from RA in remission [7]. In the present paper, the same technique has been used to study patients with PsA. The main goals of the study were to investigate whether synovitis differs between PsA and RA, and, if so, whether the difference is intrinsic to the type of arthritis or is due to the severity and duration of the disease.
Materials and methods
Demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of patients with psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and controls
Psoriatic arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (group I)
Matched rheumatoid arthritis (group II)
Number of patients
Age (years)
55.7 ± 10.7
57.6 ± 14.6
56.3 ± 16.3
38.1 ± 21.9
Sex (women/men)*
Disease duration (months)
63.5 ± 62.7
93.5 ± 98.7
78.2 ± 86.2
Morning stiffness (minutes)
70.4 ± 55.7
96.2 ± 96.3
76.8 ± 92.1
Number of tender joints*
8.0 ± 5.5
13.7 ± 9.4
9.1 ± 7.3
Number of swollen joints
5.3 ± 4.4
8.0 ± 5.8
5.0 ± 3.9
Ritchie index
8.3 ± 5.7
11.6 ± 6.9
7.0 ± 5.1
ESR (mm/h)
34.7 ± 21.8
49.1 ± 31.6
45.5 ± 35.7
CRP (mg/l)
30.4 ± 39.4
30.3 ± 34.4
26.6 ± 36.1
Number of patients with IgM rheumatoid factor**
1 (6.7%)
33 (67.3%)
18 (60%)
Rate of early enhancement§
1.0 ± 0.6
1.6 ± 0.7
1.3 ± 0.7
0.1 ± 0.1
Relative enhancement §
87.1 ± 39.2
125.8 ± 48.0
107.3 ± 48.2
15.5 ± 19.2
MRI of the wrist was performed with a low-field (0.2T), extremity-dedicated machine (Artoscan™, Esaote, Genoa, Italy) equipped with a permanent magnet and with a dedicated hand-and-wrist coil 13 cm in diameter, as previously described [6]. The hand was fixed in neutral position and the fingers in extended position with the thumb up, by the application of several cushions. The field of view was 120 mm and allowed the evaluation of the carpal bones, the metacarpal bases, and the distal radius and ulna. Slice thickness was 5 mm and the interslice gap was 0.3 mm. The sequence used was a spin echo (TR/TE = 100/16 ms, matrix = 160 × 128, FOV = 150 × 150), which was acquired in the axial plane. In patients with arthritis, the more severely affected wrist was examined. In patients with equal involvement of the wrists, and in normal controls, the right wrist was examined. Patients and controls were instructed to avoid intense activity involving the wrists in the 24 hours preceding the examination.
The images were processed blind to the clinical and laboratory findings. The enhancement ratio was calculated both as rate of early enhancement (REE) per second during the first 55 s according to the formula
and as relative enhancement (RE) at t seconds according to the formula
REt = (St - S0)/S0 × 100%
where S0 and St are the signal-to-noise ratios, before and t seconds after contrast injection, calculated as ratio between the signal measured in the ROI and the standard deviation of the background noise. The study of enhancement after 55 s was chosen because it showed maximal enhancement difference between knees with clinically inactive or active disease in a previous study [9]. In addition, the signal was normalized to the bone to reduce noise. The REE shows the slope of the curve of contrast uptake tangential to the α angle and is steeper if inflammation is higher. The RE indicates the steady state of enhancement. The intra- and inter-observer mean percentage variations for REE were 3.9% (range 0.5% to 14.3%) and 2.8% (range 0% to 5.1%), respectively, in 18 wrists. Intra- and inter observer mean percentage variation for RE were 1.9% (range 0% to 9.3%) and 1.9% (range 0.05% to 6.4%) (manuscript in preparation).
Statistical evaluation
Means were compared by the Student's t-test or by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) if their distribution was normal and by the Wilcoxon test with Mann–Whitney correction or Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA when the distribution was nonparametric. Frequencies were compared using the Fisher exact test. Correlations were calculated by the Pearson or Spearman rank tests. P values less than 0.05 were considered significant.
Comparison between PsA and consecutive RA patients
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were being used by 14 (93.3%) of 15 PsA patients, and by 40 (81.6%) of 49 RA patients (ns). Sulphasalazine was used in 7 (47.7%) of 15 PsA patients and in 17 (34.7%) of 49 RA patients (ns). Conversely, patients with PsA were treated less frequently with prednisone (4 of 15, or 26.7%, vs 36 of 49, or 73.5%; P = 0.002) or methotrexate (2 of 15, or 13.3%, vs 21 of 49, or 42.9%, P = 0.06) than patients with RA. Dosages were similar in the two groups of patients (data not shown).
Comparison between PsA and matched RA patients
To exclude the possibility that a lower disease activity in PsA patients could account for the observed dynamic MRI difference, 2 RA patients were matched for age and number of tender and swollen joints to each of the 15 patients with PsA. The clinical and laboratory characteristics of the PsA patients and of the new RA control group (group II) were similar, with no statistically significant difference. Only positivity for IgM rheumatoid factor was higher in RA patients (P < 0.05) (Table 1).
Treatment in the matched RA group (II) was similar to that seen in the groupII RA patients. The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and sulphasalazine was not different in PsA patients from that in matched RA patients. Patients with PsA were treated less frequently with prednisone (26.7% vs 70%; P = 0.01) and with methotrexate (13.3% vs 46.6%, P = 0.046) than patients with RA, but dosages were similar.
Correlations between dynamic MRI and clinical and laboratory findings
REE was 0.8 ± 0.5 in patients with rheumatoid-like PsA and 1.2 ± 0.6 in those with monoarthritis or oligoarthritis (ns). Values for RE were 78 ± 28.2 and 97.5 ± 49.2, respectively. This difference was not significant. REE and RE were not correlated with clinical and laboratory findings in PsA. There was a tendency to an association between REE and number of swollen joints in the RA patients of group II (P = 0.07).
Dynamic MRI is a promising method for the investigation of patients with arthritis. In our previous experience, it could differentiate patients with active RA from those in remission and from controls [7]. In another study of arthritic knees, dynamic gadolinium-enhanced MRI showed increased contrast diffusion in comparison with controls [9]. These results are in keeping with the well-known ability of MRI to detect synovitis in diseased joints [10]. We therefore decided to evaluate patients with PsA and to compare them with RA, in view of the existing debate on similarities and differences between the two diseases.
After intravenous injection, Gd-DTPA, a relatively small molecule, rapidly diffuses to highly vascularized tissues, such as the inflamed synovial membrane, and the rapidity and amount of diffusion seem to be related to the number, size, and permeability of synovial vessels as well as to the volume of the synovial membrane [11]. When PsA patients were compared with an unselected group of consecutive RA patients, the REE and RE were significantly lower in those with PsA. This observation could lead to the interpretation that inflammation of the synovial membrane is lower in PsA, a finding supported by several epidemiological and clinical studies [5]. However, the suspicion arose that the two groups of patients might not be comparable, because of higher disease activity in patients with RA. In fact, the number of tender joints was significantly higher in RA patients (Table 1), although the other disease characteristics were only slightly higher. We had the opportunity to match each patient with PsA with two RA patients for number of tender and swollen joints. As a result, a new RA group (group II) was formed that included some of the consecutive RA patients and several new patients drawn from ongoing follow-up studies. The two groups of patients were clinically fully comparable. Of course, the percentage of patients with IgM rheumatoid factor could not be easily matched in this type of study. Another difference between groups included the more frequent administration of prednisone and methotrexate in RA patients. In fact, matching also for treatment was not possible due to the relatively small number of RA patients. It could be argued that prednisone and methotrexate could affect dynamic MRI per se by directly acting on neovascularization. However, these two drugs were used more frequently in both RA groups, which behave differently from PsA as far as REE and RE are concerned. It is therefore unlikely that their direct effect on dynamic MRI could have influenced our results, which are, rather, explained by a difference in inflammation.
After matching, the REE and RE were not significantly different in the two groups of patients (Fig. 3). This finding indicates that, at comparable levels of disease severity, synovitis revealed by dynamic MRI presents a pattern in PsA that is similar to that of RA. This finding contradicts the common belief that PsA, on the whole, is a mild form of arthritis. The amount of contrast agent transported to the inflamed synovial membrane is probably a result of the number, size, and permeability of vessels and volume of the synovial membrane itself. A greater number of synovial vessels per squaremillimetre of tissue has been demonstrated in PsA than in RA [12]. Conversely, significantly less lining-layer hyperplasia was demonstrated in PsA in the same study [12]. The net effect of these two contrasting features on Gd-DTPA diffusion is not known and could be assessed only by comparing dynamic MRI and synovial membrane histology in the same joints. Other vessel characteristics of PsA synovial membrane that could play a role in contrast agent diffusion are the marked thickening of the vessel wall [13] and the peculiar, tortuous vascular pattern [14].
Dynamic MRI highlights the similarity of the synovial membrane in PsA and RA and supports the view that the two conditions may be more similar than is usually believed, at least as far as disease activity is concerned. This observation is in keeping with the fact that the same types of treatment, including sulphasalazine, methotrexate, leflunomide, and anti-tumor-necrosis-factor-α compounds, are effective in RA and PsA. As a result, dynamic MRI cannot be used to differentiate the two diseases. However, both REE and RE data were significantly higher in PsA than in healthy controls, with only one case of overlap between the two conditions.
A more efficient way of differentiating PsA from RA by MRI is to study the pattern of joint involvement. Jevtic and colleagues [15] showed that inflammation is localized within the joint capsule in the small joints of the hand of RA patients, whereas PsA patients also show extracapsular involvement, with thickened collateral ligaments and oedema of the neighbouring soft tissues. In another study of the knee, focal perientheseal high signal outside the joint, and bone marrow oedema at entheseal insertions were typical features of patients with spondyloarthropathy [16]. Our study, in which we aimed to compare the degree of synovitis in the two forms of arthritis, did not take into consideration damage to entheses and synovial sheaths, areas that could be more effective in the differential diagnosis and deserve a separate investigation.
Our results were obtained with a low-field extremity-dedicated MRI device. The lack of discrimination between RA and PsA with a 0.2-T MRI device could be overcome with other MRI protocols, such as different pulse sequences, field strengths, or magnet types. High-field MRI machines have a better signal-to-noise ratio and could be hypothetically more sensible in the evaluation of enhancement. Evaluation of the sensitivity of dynamic MRI is still in its early stages. Within RA, we showed that this technique can discriminate between different degrees of clinical activity [7]. These considerations suggest that differences in dynamic MRI between RA and PsA, if present, should be relatively small. There are no papers directly comparing dynamic MRI obtained with low- and high-field machines. Results of another recent study by Palosaari and colleagues on wrist RA [17], made using a low-field MRI, are difficult to compare with ours, because technical features such as type of sequence, imaging parameters, acquisition plane, number of sequences, and amount of contrast agent were different. In addition, the cohort of RA patients in that study, being affected by early disease, was different. The absolute values of signal enhancement were higher in Palosaari's study. By contrast, a third study [18] on the rheumatoid knee performed with a 1.5-T unit showed absolute enhancement values similar to those that we obtained.
The intraobserver/interobserver agreement in evaluating dynamic enhancement was very high. This may be surprising, in view of the fact that the examination process included selection of slice, of maximal enhancing area, and of the size of the ROI. We feel that high reproducibility may have been facilitated by a significant association between enhancement figures of elliptical areas in the three sequentially acquired wrist slices [unpublished observations in [7]]. This makes the choice of the slice less important. In addition, the area of maximum enhancement, exclusive of entheses and tendon sheaths, is very often located on the dorsal side of the wrist and is relatively small, another constraint of choice for the examiner. Elliptical ROIs, although apparently less logical from a pathophysiological point of view than ROIs outlining the enhanced synovial membrane, were chosen to improve reproducibility and standardization. A recent paper on contrast-enhanced dynamic MRI of coronal slices of the wrist also showed high intraobserver reliability [17].
Only one PsA patient was positive for rheumatoid factor. She did not show a rheumatoid-like pattern of joint involvement, but had monoarthritis of the right wrist and dactylitis, which is not typical of RA. Of the 15 PsA patients, 8 had a rheumatoid-like pattern of arthritis and 7 had oligomonoarthritis. Dynamic MRI was not significantly different between these two groups, reinforcing the suggestion that severity of the arthritis, and not its type or subtype, is associated with MRI findings.
The patients were selected on the basis of clinical involvement of the wrist. This prerequisite was set because, if all consecutive patients had been enrolled, many more RA patients than PsA patients would have had wrist involvement, thus making the two groups more difficult to compare. In a previous study by our team [7], RA patients in remission and without wrist arthritis had dynamic MRI values significantly lower than those with active disease and wrist involvement. We do not know if the results obtained in unaffected wrists of otherwise active arthritis patients reflect local (wrist) or general disease activity. No correlation was found between indexes of severity and dynamic MRI in either PsA and RA. This last finding is surprising in view of our previous results on the high correlation between clinical and laboratory indexes of RA inflammation and dynamic MRI. However, the inclusion of severely active arthritis only – with exclusion of patients in remission – and the relatively low mean number of affected joints in the patients with PsA and in the matched RA controls may account for the difference. Nonetheless, a tendency to correlation between number of swollen joints and REE, which in our experience is the more sensitive measure, was observed.
We have shown that dynamic MRI gives similar results in PsA and RA, suggesting that the type and degree of inflammatory process is similar in the two diseases.
analysis of variance
- Gd-DTPA:
gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid
magnetic resonance imaging
- ns:
not significant
- PsA:
psoriatic arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis
relative enhancement
rate of early enhancement
region of interest.
This work was supported in part by a grant from the University of Genoa, Italy.
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Poll: Who is Your Favorite Champion? (37 votes)
First of all, it took a while to type in all their names XO.
But to any LOL player here on GiantBomb, who is your favorite champion?
First of all, it took a while to type in all their names XO.
But to any LOL player here on GiantBomb, who is your favorite champion?
You can reply to this poll to explain your reasoning. Here I'll start off with my own favorite champion, Nami. I'll quote a part of a post I wrote earlier:
"She doesn't provide any auras, buffs or shields but I love using her Aqua Prison (Q) and ultimate Tidal Wave (R). Provided that you can anticipate your opponents' next moves you can absolutely secure kills or disrupt teams with Q, and a well-placed Q can completely turn the tide of a fight to your teams' favor. Tidal Wave is even better; you can use it to save a pursued ally from afar (I did this several times XO) or even catch (even kill, which I did) fleeing opponents. It is in a way a bigger, better version of Q. Nami's E, Tidecaller's Blessing, really buffs either your AD carry or anyone on your team that relies on the auto-attack, which really helps in teamfights or skirmishes."
That's the end of the excerpt, but I now appreciate her W ability, Ebb and Flow, a whole lot more since I wrote the post. Not only does it heal (you cannot have enough of those), but you can do some moderate damage against someone else. You can choose between 2 heals and 1 mini-nuke, or 2 mini-nukes and 1 heal. It's not a great heal in large teamfights but it is very good for the early laning phase; I can trade [damage] as Nami because I know that I will heal up most of the damage from the opposing bot lane and deal damage to them at the same time. It allows Nami and her ADC partner to be aggressive in lane and put the pressure on the opponent's bot lane.
Nami does not provide shields or auras, but as long as you play smart and aggressive (and that your team is good of course; any LOL player will tell you that you need your team to win), you can be a huge asset to your team without taking any kills. OK Imma step out of my soapbox now XD.
My favorite is Fiora, but I'm best with Volibear.
I love Ryze. I like playing mid and I love the way he scales. Goes from a crummy early game to doing a ton of damage and pretty tanky, it's a cool feeling.
My Favorite champ is Lux. I just love her long range harass and utility in team fights. Not a fan of support lux, all about that ap mid. I also love her ults cool-down, if you're doing well buy a Mejais or CDR and fire off that lazer every ~24secs
Been way into support recently, so Thresh is my main pick. Amumu is also lots of fun if I'm not ballsing up my Qs all the time. And fuck Teemo, obviously.
Trundle pre-remake.
Katarina. Pop in, ult, pop out. Everyone is deeeeaaaaad.
I also really like Teemo, Malphite, Nami, and Caitlin.
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What if historical figures had Instagram?
What would it look like if the Trojans put a hashtag on a certain suspicious horse? What about if honest Abe took a #nofilter #selfie? Well, there's a blog for that. Histagrams (not to be confused with the histogram on your DSLR) is a Tumblr dedicated to Instagramming the most important moments in history and pop culture.
If Instagram was around way back in the day, we're not sure anything of historical importance would have ever gotten done. Who has time to invent the wheel when there are selfies to be taken? Scroll through a few of our favorite Histagrams to get a modern filter on classic events. Check out all of them here.
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This is filth at its worst, SHAME on you connect, you have become pure filth doing this article. Filth is what you post & filth is what you are.
are you serious ? ^^
I've found that comment filthy.... I mean, funny :)
The day has come when I agree with a German about humor. The world can end now, as I've seen it all.
and it is a disgrace that people pull out pieces of paper from their pockets with important figures printed on them to pay for a lousy burger!!!!!
relax this is popular culture
People haven't realised yet that Connect takes things in a much light-hearted way than it's big older brother DPReview.
Most people who use smartphone, thus Connect's target public, are like this.
I think those are really funny. It contains a certain critique to today's ways of exposing oneself, but in a fun way.
Such a disgrace putting these important part of our history into a lousy frame with worthless filters.


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Our Langley Limousines can pick you up from the airport. All our airport trips include meet and greet. This is to make sure you are not running around trying to find your driver. Your personal chauffeur will have your name tag in hand to make it easier for you. We also provide services to BC ferry or cruise ship terminal. All there trips are based on fixed rate, so you know in advance how much exactly it going to cost. Please call our staff to find out best rates.
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Visit the recruitment pages to find out more about a career with Thames Valley Police.
Thames Valley Police continues to create a workforce where diversity is recognised, celebrated and valued.
We are fully committed to supporting all staff, eliminating all forms of harassment, and promoting equality and diversity.
We warmly welcome people into Thames Valley Police from black and minority ethnic groups. Recruiting people from black and minority ethnic groups is a high priority for the Force. We strive to be an employer of choice for all sections of the community.
We recognise that having a diverse organisation makes us more approachable and relevant to our communities. There are many ethnic groups across Thames Valley and it is important that we reflect the diversity of the communities that we serve and represent the nine strands of diversity.
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The feeling of your skin touching my body
As you slowly take in a deep breath
Your hands move down my thighs
Legs start to tingle and my breaths get heavy
Our sounds bounce around the room
Revealing a pleasure so unknown
Clenching the sheets with my hands
Head thrown back into the pillows
Enjoyment of your touch runs through my body
Reaching up to grab your hair
A sounds rolls from your body
Heads pushed together kissing hard
Needs being meant with your hands and kisses
How does this girl do it
Orgasm making my body shake
Wanting to tell her I want more
As her tongue rises up my body to meet mine
Rising my body to move in closer
Down for the night she has satisfied me
© Copyright 2017 sina fisher. All rights reserved.
Status: Finished
Genre: Gay and Lesbian
well every detailed indeed lol
intimated, very nice i really enjoyed it
Passionate, liked it :)
I enjoyed the visual that you portrayed through each line.
Sierra i couldn't ask for a better girl than you. I love you so much and i never wanna lose you
Lovely. ;-)
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Listing Courtesy of Alison Plaisier of Cressy & Everett Real Estate
Listing information
- Beds: 4
- Stories: 0
- Foreclosure: No
- Lot Area: 0.46
- Association Fee: $225
- Subdivision: S70 - Benton Harbor School
- Style: Single Family
- Baths: 4 (Full: 3 3/4: 0 1/2: 1 Other: 0)
- Parking Type Description: Attached 2 cars
- Total Square Footage: 3,086 ($307.81 per sq. foot)
- Lot Size: 103.3X215.43X103.3X215.43
- County: Berrien
- Year Built: 2010
- Status: Active
- New Construction: No
- Above Ground Sq. Feet: 3,086
- Estimated Annual Taxes: $13,141
- School District: Benton Harbor
Access Feat: Accessibility Features Yes
Accessibility Feat 36 Inch Entrance Door, 36' or + Hallway, Accessible M Flr Half Bath, Lever Door Handles
Additional Items All Window Treatments, Ceiling Fans, Ceramic Floor, Garage Door Opener, Wood Floor
Air Conditioning Central
Appliances Built in Oven, Cook Top, Dishwasher, Dryer, Garbage Disposal, Microwave, Refrigerator, Washer
Assoc. Amenities Beach Area, Club House, Pets Allowed, Pool - Outdoor
Association Info.: Assoc. Fee Payable Monthly
Basement Yes
Design Traditional
Driveway Paved
Exterior Features Deck(s)
Exterior Material Stone
Fireplace Gas Log, Living, Master Bedroom, Yes
Garage Type 2, Attached
Garage: Garage Yes
Heat Source Natural Gas
Heat Type Forced Air
Kitchen Features Center Island
Landscape Ground Cover, Shrubs/Hedges, Underground Sprinkler
Lot Description Cul-de-sac
Manufactured: Manufactured Y/N No
Mineral Rights Unknown
Other Association Info.: Approx. Assoc Fee - 225.00, Basement Rooms: Basement Bedrooms - 0, Basement Rooms: Basement Finished SQFT - 0.00, Basement Rooms: Basement Full Baths - 0, Basement Rooms: Basement Half Baths - 0, Basement Rooms: Total Basement SQFT - 1500.00, Lower Rooms: Lower Half Baths - 0, Lower Rooms: Lower Bedrooms - 0, Lower Rooms: Lower Finished SQFT - 0.00, Lower Rooms: Lower Full Baths - 0, Lower Rooms: Total Lower SQFT - 0.00, Main Rooms: Main Bedrooms - 1, Main Rooms: Main Full Baths - 1, Main Rooms: Main Half Baths - 1, Main Rooms: Main Level SQFT - 1550.00, Road Frontage - 215.43, Upper Rooms: Upper Bedrooms - 3, Upper Rooms: Upper Full Baths - 2, Upper Rooms: Upper Half Baths - 0, Upper Rooms: Upper Level Square Feet - 1536.00, Waterfront Options: Water Frontage - 500.00
Pool Cabana
Property Sub-Type Single Family Residence
Roofing Comp Shingle
Sale Conditions None
Street Type Paved, Private
Substructure Walk Out
Terms Available Cash/Conventional
Util Avail at Street Broadband, Cable, Electric, Natural Gas, Public Sewer, Public Water, Storm Sewer, Telephone Line
Utilities / Sewer Public
Utilities Attached Natural Gas
Water Fea. Amenities All Sports, Assoc Access, Deeded Access, Shared Frontage, View
Water Type Lake, Public
Waterfront Options: Body of Water Lake Michigan
Waterfront Options: Water Access Y/N Yes
Waterfront Options: Waterfront Y/N Yes
Windows Low E
Bedroom 2 U 12x15
Bedroom 3 U 13x13
Master Bathroom U 14x13
Master Bedroom U 23x16
Bedroom 4 M 15x11
Kitchen M 13x17
Laundry Room M 8x9
Living Room M 23x16
Dining Area 14x10
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Telling you how I feel, is like trying to tell a child why the sky is blue.
Its simply impossible.
My heart aches to tell you, but sadly I can't.
I wish I wasn't worthless.
I wish I had an importance.
Telling you might be the hardest thing for me to deal with.
I rather tell you why I hate myself.
I don't want people to feel sorry.
Telling you... is simply impossible.
© Copyright 2017 xXloriettaXx. All rights reserved.
Status: Finished
Genre: Other
hard to express the feeling inside.good stuff.
expressive...and simply beautiful...I can relate with this...=D
A stunningly beautiful poem, I really like it! :)
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"Hello, can any one hear me? Heloooooo!" I dont understand how Im in the middle of New York City and no one can hear me! "Kylie, why cant they hear me? I mean we are in Times Square!" I say getting a little louder. "Maybe because we're... I dont know...DEAD!!!" Kylie said a little to sarcastic for my taste. "We are not dead Kylie. We are alive like everyone else around here." I said a little snooty to top her sarcasim. "Oh ya? Well if Im alive, how can i do this..." She is now completleyand totaly insane. I mean she's jumping around and dancing like a mad woman! And to put the whipped cream on the cake, no one is lo... wait a minute, no one is looking at her. Whatever, maybe people are just toointelegent to even take a glance at her. Ya, thats it, they are too smart to look. Ya, im not dead and neither is Kylie. "See! no one even saw me, and ya know why? Because im dead thats rite IM DEAAAAAAD!!! And you see no one heard me!!" "You know what, we are not here, in this dirty, disgusting city for you to make a circus of yourself, no, we are here to find Alexander. And that is exactly what im going to do." After about three hours walking around, we are pretty tired and decide to take a break. " Hey Jenny Im kind of tired. Got any sleeping plans?" " Ya, lets go to my house I've been meaning to see my parents" There goes Kylie rolling her eyes all the way to the back of her head. I swear, one day those things will get stuch there. "she'll see" Kylie says under her breath thinking in her ignorant little head thatI didnt hear her. I get up and ask her, "SO are you coming or what?" "ya,I guess. I mean, what else doI have to do?" We both share a grin. "I think that that is the fist time we'vesmilied since we got here" I say softly to Kylie. "I know. Im sorry I was being such a jerk. Its just thatI get so frustratedwhen someone is wrong and don't get what my point is." "ya, i know how you feel," I say completely lying because I have no idea what she is talking about. I only hope it's not about me. I hold out my arms really wide, "hug?" "good I could use one right now." We wrap our arms around each other and it felt like the longest hugI had ever givin. "Ok, lets go." I said to Kylie. "Sure, but we dont have money for the subway" "Money? I thought we were dead?" "oh my god, you admitted it!!"
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Skip to comments.A Message From Norm Coleman's Campaign (We're Gonna Contest This!)
Posted on 01/05/2009 4:12:21 PM PST by MplsSteve
Dear Supporter,
As you may have read or heard by now, today the Minnesota State Canvassing Board met and made their determination in the U.S. Senate Recount, effectively proving that the only declaration coming today is one of an inaccurate count.
There are a number of problems with the total certified today, including double counted votes, over 650 potentially wrongly rejected absentee votes, resulting in the disenfranchising of Minnesota voters and jeopardizing the integrity of Minnesota's election system.
Harry Reid and national Democrats have now publicly said they will try to seat Al Franken tomorrow when the 111th Congress convenes and new members are sworn in. This action, the very first action of the 111th Congress and the new Democrat leadership that campaigned on a theme of bipartisanship, will result in an historic political power play done at the behest of Al Franken. Minnesotans have the right to elect their own elected officials, just like every other state in the country, and this stunning move by Al Franken and Harry Reid strips Minnesotans of that right.
Please click here to help us continue to fight to ensure that every valid vote counts.
Coleman for Senate counsel Tony Trimble made the following statement this afternoon, raising the serious concerns our campaign has raised consistently during the recount process, and signaling our intent to file an election contest within the next 24 hours:
The actions today by the Canvassing Board are but the first step in what, unfortunately, will now have to be a longer process. This process isn't at the end; it is now just at the beginning.
We will contest the results of the Canvassing Board -- otherwise, literally millions of Minnesotans will be disenfranchised.
While we appreciate the effort of this board to do the work, the reality is that any certification of vote totals at this point is only preliminary. As this Canvassing Board has recognized, there still exist serious problems with inconsistencies in the administrative recount, and therefore in the validity and reliability of the numbers certified today.
There can be no count that is accurate or valid when 654 potentially valid absentee votes remain disenfranchised and when some votes are counted twice - leading to a violation of one of the most sacred principles of our constitution - "One person, One vote."
And, there can be no justification to report out a total when 133 votes were included in a count where there are not ballots to support them. Or when a batch of votes were not counted on Election Night, but were miraculously "found" during the recount and included.
If the Canvassing Board had resolved all these issues, then the process might be completed. But the Board has deferred the resolution of those issues for the contest phase provided for in Minnesota law.
Since the process is far from complete, there can be no confidence in the current results of the United States Senate Recount, and we will file a contest within the next 24 hours to promptly correct those problems and inaccuracies. The Supreme Court ruling today also emphasizes that that's what we must do to provide an accurate count for this election.
Senator Coleman is adamant that we not wait a moment longer than necessary to ensure that the election be completed with accuracy and validity - and most importantly, without disenfranchising Minnesota voters or having a cloud remain over the results.
The utter lack of uniformity in the treatment of rejected absentee ballots, resulting in the disenfranchising of voters, is perhaps the most troublesome aspect of the recount.
Similar ballots were treated differently by different counties. This creates an Equal Protection violation that fatally taints any result that includes these ballots.
This was precisely what the Minnesota Supreme Court order said to avoid.
Unfortunately, with this announcement today, numerous Minnesotans will be wrongly disenfranchised because their votes are not counted. Mr. Franken and his campaign for purely political reasons no longer want to "count all the votes".
And, it is with great disappointment that we've seen senior members of the Secretary of State's Office contributing to the process being broken.
When senior members of the Secretary of State's office, charged with ensuring a fair and balanced process, engage in acts which undermine that neutrality, all of us must be concerned.
The fact is the Canvassing Board's current totals are invalid and unreliable because:
· Original and duplicate ballots have been double counted - even members of the Canvassing Board acknowledge this is a serious issue, yet nothing was resolved - instead, double counted votes were simply added to their recount totals.
· Newly discovered ballots, which appeared for the first time during the recount and are included in the Canvassing Board totals without proper reconciliation to the number of voters signed into the precincts on Election Day.
· Missing ballots supposedly tallied on election night that could not be found during the recount process are included in the Canvassing Board count contrary to Minnesota precedent.
· And again, an inconsistent treatment of challenged ballots - an inconsistent treatment of wrongfully rejected absentee ballots - and an inconsistent treatment of the campaign by the very office charged with coordinating this recount simply results in a process that is broken.
The recount was supposed to be a recount - fair and reasoned - and one that would retain the credibility of the outcome of this election.
However, it ceased being that the day that duplicate ballots and "missing ballots" were included in the count, and simply became more and more broken each and every day.
We had hoped that the board would refrain from reporting out with unanimity a recount total today. Since that did not happen, we will file an election contest within the next 24 hours.
It will be based upon the issues I have outlined, as well as the lack of inclusion of 654 additional ballots that we believe should be a part of this recount and the very serious issue of included double counted votes that disenfranchises Minnesotans.
Our goal and obligation should be to get an accurate and valid vote as quickly as possible, and that is our reason for acting with urgency. Minnesotans ought to be able to expect that an accurate and valid recount would have ensured two United States Senators from Minnesota tomorrow. However, because the process is broken that will not happen.
We strongly believe that every valid vote must be counted. We have called for that principle to be the basis of this entire recount process, and we will not stop now. We firmly believe that once that happens, just like on election night, Norm Coleman will have the most votes in this close race, and be re-elected to the United States Senate. We know- all too well- that it has been a long road, and we value your friendship, advice and support throughout the campaign and recount.
We need your continued help as we move forward with an election contest to ensure the sanctity of Minnesota's election process. Please click here to continue supporting our efforts, and to help us maintain a strong, knowledgeable and skilled team carrying this effort forward.
I apologize for the lack of a link to this article. It came directly into my e-mail box from Coleman's campaign.
I thought many Freepers out there would like to be kept abreast of what's gonna happen next. Thank you in advance for allowing this post to stay up.
How about it? Is Coleman a liar?
All this effort for a fair and honest election is mute. The Communists/Socialists machine is too huge to be upset. We are under criminal type rule and will be for many years.
Take it to court, the Supreme Court and use the same arguments that the GWB's lawyers used in Bush v. Gore.
A rhino bites the dust.
Isn't that what people here want?
I get the same e-mails....
Coleman should have just man'd-up and announced that he was going to fight this to the political death.....
This note turned into a cry for help ($).
He just doesn't get it......
Isn't this where the 2nd amendment kicks in?
Aren't we being ruled by a Tyranny?
Be sure and find a judge that hasn't been bought.
What will happen next is that Franken will be seated by a RAT majority and another election is successfully xtolen.
And I'll be making sure that I and my money will stay the hell out of MN for the foreseeable future.
Doesn't the Republican Governor of Minnesota (Tim Pawlenty) need to sign the certificate of election? I don't see that happening anytime soon given the shenanigans that have been going on.
It was posted on one of the threads over the weekend that 25 precincts have more "counted" votes than voters recorded as voting? Do you know if that is the case and whether anything can be done about that issue?
It may be that Minnesotans didn't elect him, that the DNC ACORN stash got him the election win. But the fact remains, too many Minnesotans voted for the liberal scum, meaning they like liberal scum. Welcome to the America of obamanoid affirmative action hope and change. It's hard to decide which state is more dangerous to even drive through on the way to somewhere else, Florida or Minnesota?
Coleman is more than a day late ...
I'm sick and tired of the warm, fuzzy GOP approach, especially from RINO's.
Lose/lose scenario.
There's the money quote.....
I agree, I'm appalled, a US Senate election is of national concern. I hear the same complaints took place with the Washington state governor's race, but that is local. The Senate is a body that represents the entire nation and we're toooooo divided, and there are too many indiscrepancies in this recount. I'd only trust a statewide reelection at this point!
Well, the WSJ seems to think so, but Coleman hasn't made an issue of it so it seems unlikely to be true. Coleman will be filing a contest of the election in court tomorrow. If he does not present any evidence on those 25 precincts that overcounted then I would presume that it didn't happen (otherwise Coleman is a moron for not using available evidence).
Highly unlikely there will be a revote — it costs millions of dollars to hold and there is no provision for it in the state constitution. There have been new elections called for a few congressional races, but they are much smaller and cheaper to hold.
"It may be that Minnesotans didnt elect him, that the DNC ACORN stash got him the election win. But the fact remains, too many Minnesotans voted for the liberal scum, meaning they like liberal scum. Welcome to the America of obamanoid affirmative action hope and change. Its hard to decide which state is more dangerous to even drive through on the way to somewhere else, Florida or Minnesota?"
I agree, it should not have been close enough for ACORN to steal. Ventura and now Franken? Not only is Minn. a joke, it is dead to me. Their sports teams are dead to me. They will see exactly $0 from me. It may be that I'm painting with a broad brush but I simply cannot reward such political stupidity. If they're not going to take it seriously, I'm not going to take them seriously.
Let's not trouble ourselves...... "equal protection" under law does not apply to Republicans, not even to RINOs like Coleman, or to those who vote for Republicans.
If the Democrats cared about EP under these circumstances the outcome would have been different.
Given the choice between a RINO and a...whatever the hell that other thing is...I'll take the RINO any day.
That's the problem. It's too late now.
The rationale behind Bush v Gore was that an arbitrary recount would cause irreparable harm to Bush and was unconstitutional.
Coleman has allowed the arbitrary recount to proceed to a finality. He could have locked this thing up when the canvassing board started double counting "missing" ballots. But he didn't, all in the name of milquetoast magnanimity. Even the Republican Supreme Court Justice on the canvassing panel said the count was totally bogus. But he said he couldn't do anything because his wife stole his testes on his wedding night, and he can't sleep without his warm milk before bed time now.
Meanwhile, Ms America Nancy Pelosi is changing all the House rules to crush any influence the Republicans have on legislation. Next, I would look for Dingy Harry to use the nuclear option to end filibusters in the Senate for good, or change the rules to require only 55 votes to end debate.
Dems play hard ball. The exercise the full extent of their power and then some. Its too bad that Republicans have allowed the media to own them and control their decision making. If they would have played hard ball, and showed some balls, they wouldn't be in this situation.
You KNOW that this is what happened.
otherwise, literally millions of Minnesotans will be disenfranchised.
you silly, silly man..don't you know only democrats can be disenfranchised?? /s
what are the PEOPLE of MINN saying?
hundreds of thousands voted republican or independent.
Even if you're correct, it's no reason to surrender. Don't make it easy for the bastards to cheat.
I want the rightful senator to be seated and I do not believe it is Freaken. Democrats are notorious election stealers. Their MO is to get it close and then count until they win. Nothing new here. It must be stopped!!!
DNC, ACORN, Soros money bought the re-count. This is absolutely shameful. However, why was it even that close? MN UNIONS.
"It doesn't matter who votes. What matters is who counts the votes" - Joseph Stalin
Um.....let's call what the dems "exercise" in their pursuit of power what it REALLY is....utter corruption and lawlessness that has brought this country to it's knees.
Correct, and there is precedence ("settled law"?) from Bush v. Gore upholding a 14th Amendment Equal Protection claim in state election recounts.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Never surrender! Aw-shucks is a pathetic answer to tyranny.
Yes, in a sane world.....
No. Defeat RINOs in the primaries. In general elections RINOs always preferable to Dems and particularly preferable in this case to Al Franken. Politics is about comparative choices. Always.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
"Um.....let's call what the dems "exercise" in their pursuit of power what it REALLY is....utter corruption and lawlessness that has brought this country to it's knees."
Point granted. But what has brought the country to its knees is Republican complicity and incompetence in the fight. If this were properly fought against with equal vigor as the Democrats bring, we would be much better off.
But instead, conservatives are told they are wrong and to go stand in the corner. There has not been the necessary battle and purge in the Republican party to bring about a return to power.
Of course we don't even know what a Republican return to power would mean since several have jumped on the Socialism bandwagon.
Ditto. Coleman should take it to the Supreme Court. I didn't realize the people of Minnesota were so brain dead as to elect Franken. Even several liberals spoke out against him.Who were these liberals?
Actually a cry for cash.
I would have appreciated it if Coleman had written just to inform me about his plans, because I got this email as well. I am sick of these "Conservative" standard-bearers asking me to finance them - every time I login to email I get another three or four begging letters.
Hey, Norm Coleman, Richard Viguerie, Dick Morris, and all the rest - just put a little button that takes a generous person to the pledging page. Sometimes these letters asking for money in the heart of your important news get a bit manipulative.
It's not like we will ever get a final breakdown of how much money is raised this way, or how it will be spent. How much needs to be raised? It's not explained.
Yeah yeah scold me with info about how the Rats do it too, first and moreso. I'm just always tired of having a Republican put the touch on me. It's like the party is becoming the broke cousin you avoid at a family party.
How about we don't put anyone in this seat until the next up for election cycle?
Exactly. The Supreme Court has already ruled on this in Bush v. Gore, 2000. The vote then was 7-2.
EVERYONE should email the RNC and say NO CASH unless two things happen..1) you fight this Minnesota crap to the death.a d 2) GET BUSH TO PARDON THOSE BORDER OFFICERS. PERIOD.
Norm Coleman is a RINO only in the eyes of the purists here who are of the "anyone who doesn't agree with me 100% of the time is scum" mindset. Norm Coleman may not be as conservative as I am, but he is probably 10X more conservative than ACTUAL RINOs like Mark Kirk & Linc Chafee. If freepers refuse to look at the issues and can't tell the difference between Coleman and marxist, Obama-loving, pro-abortion surrender monkey's like Chafee, that's their problem. According to them, probably every Republican is a "RINO" except themselves.
While you are correct, our forefathers who had the wisdom to include the 2nd Amendment for just this sort of tyranny, they never envisioned a country made up of so many pansy, apathetic, whimpy, sheep. Our forefathers were carved out of much more solid rock than today's sheep.
Ladies and Gentlemen - let us say goodbye to Lady Liberty... and a great country that the US USE to be.
I think we are in a race to see if we can out Socialize, and out dictatorship the Europeans that our forefathers fought so hard to break away from.
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Yarra Glen, VIC
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Melbourne, VIC
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11/ 628 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne (CBD), VIC 3000
Melbourne (CBD), VIC 3000
South Yarra, VIC 3141
Carlton, VIC 3053
Unit 6/ 93 Mathoura Rd, Toorak, VIC 3142
Elwood, VIC 3184
Ivanhoe, VIC
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346 Darebin Rd, Fairfield, VIC 3078
52 King st, Dandenong, VIC 3175
Moonee Ponds, VIC 3039
Factory 21/ 2-35 Dawson Rd, Coburg North, VIC 3058
Bentleigh East, VIC 3165
Point Cook, VIC 3030
Bentleigh East, VIC 3165
2/ 31 Herbert St, Dandenong, VIC 3175
Dandenong, VIC 3175
Unit 1/ 283 Rex Rd, Campbellfield, VIC 3061
Aspendale Gardens, VIC 3195
U 2/ 2a Rupert St, Ringwood, VIC 3134
Werribee, VIC 3030
South Morang, VIC 3752
Braeside, VIC 3195
Noble Park, VIC 3174
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Level 1, 21 Victoria Street, Melbourne (CBD), VIC 3000
892 Riversdale Road, Camberwell, VIC
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After spending more than 2 years ourselves putting together what we thought was the best design possible, we were genuinely surprised and delighted when Tim at Duncan Thompson presented to us plans which not only met our requirements but included wonderful extras, which made us realise why it is best to trust an expert. Credit must also go to the entire building team who were at all times hard working, respectful of us and our home, and who demonstrated a strong determination to construct a building of the highest quality. We would highly recommend Duncan Thompson to anyone considering a renovation or extension!
Sunshine West, VIC
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