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St. Mary's 6th Form Sluts Ch. 06byCeltic_Heart©
"Fuck it!" yelled Sandra disconsolately as she threw her racquet away in disgust. Breathing hard she sank to the ground and leaned back against the wall of the court.
With perspiration glistening on her brow and her cheeks flushed with exertion, Shona stood, hands resting on her hips, breathing deeply. "Another game?" she enquired.
Sandra shook her head. "Not a chance," she said. "I'm going to ache all over after this as it is."
"Never mind," replied Shona grinning wickedly, "I'm sure Martin will give your back a rub later," She paused a moment, "And probably your front too," she added.
Sandra scooped the squash ball off the floor and threw it at her friend. "Shona Fraser!" she exclaimed indignantly, "Is that all you ever think about?"
Shona pondered that briefly. "No," she replied, then added with a perfectly straight face, "I hardly ever think about your front. Although, from where I'm standing, it looks pretty good."
"Oh you," replied Sandra, "That's not what I meant and you know it!"
"True," replied Shona wryly, "but then who was it, on the trip to the museum last year that sneaked away at lunchtime to give Billy Jenkins a blow-job?"
"Yeah, yeah. Don't remind me," said Sandra, grimacing. "Still, I'd never have passed the assignment afterwards without his help so I suppose it was worth it."
They both laughed. "C'mon," said Shona, offering Sandra her hand, "Let's go grab a shower. You know how much Jamal will complain if he can't lock up on time."
The girls left the squash court and made their way to the changing rooms. As they stripped out of their sport's gear Shona eyed Sandra speculatively. "Hmm," she said, "I was right about your front. I guess I'll have to think about it more often."
Sandra stuck her tongue out. "Oh piss off!" she said with a smile. "Yours isn't too bad either," she added.
"Why, thank you," replied Shona, "I'm so glad you approve."
Laughing, the two friends made their way towards the shower. They turned with a start as the changing room door burst open. Jane walked in, smiling broadly. Behind her, on all fours and with Jane's school tie looped around his neck, the other end held firmly in Jane's hand, came Jamal. "Hi girls," announced Jane, "I'd like you to meet my new doggie."
"Jane!" exclaimed Shona, "What the fuck are you doing here with him?"
Jane managed to look slightly abashed. "Well...," she said, "I told him if he was a good boy I'd let him meet my friends and he has been a very good boy!" On his hands and knees, Jamal started to where Shona stood, naked. Jane pulled sharply on her tie. "Down boy!" demanded Jane sharply.
"Oh it's all right," laughed Shona, "I'd love to meet your new pet." Jamal smiled broadly, his brilliantly white teeth a sharp contrast to his dark skin.
"Go on then," said Jane, "say hello to my friend Shona."
Jamal crawled forward until he was at Shona's feet. Sitting back, he placed his hands on her thighs and stared up at her, his long tongue stuck out as he pretended to pant. "Go on!" urged Jane, "Pet him. He won't bite."
Still laughing, Shona flashed a smile at Sandra and patted Jamal's head. "Good doggie," she said, "nice doggie."
Jamal responded by leaning forward and running his tongue up the inside of Shona's thighs. "Oooh!" she sighed as his tongue flicked briefly over the lips of her muffin.
Jane tugged sharply on her tie. "Bad doggie!" she shouted. Jamal looked disappointed.
Shona smiled "No," she said, "it's OK. I don't mind at all!"
Jane shrugged. "Well OK then, if you say so," she said, "just be nice to my friend."
Shona spread her legs slightly in anticipation as Jamal leaned forward once more. "Mmmm," she purred as his tongue slipped between her already moist lower lips and lapped over her clit. "Oh Jane, thank you," she sighed as Jamal's tongue explored her most intimate flesh.
Watching Jamal pleasure her friend with his tongue, Sandra felt a surge of excitement course through her. "Don't worry," Jane whispered to her, "it'll be your turn next." Sandra smiled her thanks at Jane then sat down on a nearby bench and watched intently as Jamal continued to feast on Shona's pussy.
Shona sighed. A warm glow spread over her as Jamal's tongue snaked its way repeatedly along her slit and lapped at her throbbing lit. She dragged her fingernails through the tightly packed, short, dark curls on top of his head as he expertly used his tongue to drive her wild. The fact that her two best friends watched on as a tall, black hunk devoured her pussy only added to her excitement. As his tongue flicked rapidly over her clit, she imagined his cock, long, thick and dark sliding into her moist, pink pussy. She gasped as her mind's eye pictured his prick, slick with her juices, being pushed forcefully into the tight confines of her arsehole. She felt her knees weaken. "Ooooh," she sighed as the first familiar ripples of her impending climax ran through her womb.
"Oh yes!" cried Shona, "Harder! Harder!" she moaned as the sensations in her clit grew in intensity. She felt hands, her hands cup and squeeze her breasts, fingers teasing her stiff nipples. The pressure inside her increased with every stroke of Jamal's tongue.
Jane watched, smiling broadly as Jamal drove Shona towards her inevitable climax. Her pussy, still tender from the attentions of Jamal's thick, black cock, throbbed as his cum trickled into her knickers. She had savoured the way he had used his tongue on her clit before fucking her and she knew, from first hand experience, just how much pleasure he was giving Shona.
Squeezing and tugging her nipples as the contractions in her womb intensified, Shona felt her knees begin to weaken. "Oh fuck! Oh fuck! Ooohhhh!" she cried as the dam of her desire burst and her orgasm flooded over her. Her body shook as she clutched at Jamal's head for support. "Oooh!" she cried, "Enough! Stop! Please stop!" she moaned at last, unable to take any more.
With a smile on her face Shona staggered to the nearest bench and sat down. "Good doggie!" purred Jane, patting Jamal's head. "Now it's time to say hello to Sandra," she said.
Jamal crawled over to where Sandra sat, her legs spread wide, her pussy wet with arousal from the scene she'd just witnessed. Without hesitating he slid his tongue between her wet lower lips and began to eagerly lap up the juices flowing from her pussy. "Oooh!" gasped Sandra as his tongue danced over her clit then flicked in and out of her entrance. With her eyes clenched shut, Sandra writhed with pleasure in response to the actions of Jamal's tongue.
Jane looked over and caught Shona's eye. Shona, having recovered her composure, smiled and nodded. The two friends made their way to the bench and sat down, one on either side of Sandra. Leaning over they kissed briefly then turned their attention to Sandra's breasts. Shona's lips fastened around Sandra's left nipple and Jane's closed around her right.
"Oooooh!" purred Sandra as she felt her friends' tongues flick rapidly over her nipples. "Oh fuck, that's good!" she moaned dreamily, "Suck them, suck my tits! Mmmm, ooooh!"
The walls of her pussy throbbed as Jamal's tongue lapped at her clit with increased vigour and her two friends feasted on her breasts. "Oh! Oh! Oooh fuck!" she cried as the pressure inside her mounted rapidly.
Sandra's slender body began to tremble as the intensity of the sensations she was experiencing grew stronger and stronger. Jamal's lips fastened around her clit. "Oooooh!" she cried, the walls of her cunt contracting as he sucked her clit into his mouth and began to hum softly, his tongue brushing lightly over the tip. "Oh yes! Oh yes! Don't stop! Please don't stop!" she begged as her orgasm began to pulse through her. Jane and Shona sucked harder on Sandra's nipples, squeezing her firm breasts with their hands. Sandra screamed as her clit throbbed in response to the touch of Jamal's tongue. Her body shook violently as her womb contracted sending long, shuddering bolts of pleasure screaming through her.
Finally, Sandra could take no more. She pushed Jamal away and he sat back, looking expectantly at the three friends. "Fuck that was wonderful!" purred Sandra as she endeavoured to regain her composure.
Jane looked at Jamal and then to her friends. "I think my doggie needs a reward, don't you?" she asked coyly.
"Sure," said Shona.
"Mmmm," responded Sandra dreamily.
"All right then," said Jane, "you sit up here and the three of us will give you your reward."
Jamal smiled broadly as he got up off the floor and sat down on the bench. The three girls were quickly on their knees in front to him. With Shona in the middle, her friends on either side, her dark hair contrasted sharply with the blonde of Jane and Sandra. "Well, what have we here?" asked Shona as she stroked the growing bulge in the front of Jamal's shorts. "Looks like doggie's got a bone," she said as she began to ease his shorts down past his hips. With his shorts around his ankles, Shona tugged at his tight briefs. Sandra gasped and Shona licked her lips appreciatively as his thick, black cock sprang free. Jane smiled. She had known that her friends would like what Jamal had to offer.
Shona leaned forward and kissed the tip of his cock. Sandra reached out tentatively to stroke his thick shaft as Jane lightly squeezed his balls. "I'm going to enjoy this," said Shona. She opened her mouth wide and took his swollen knob between her lips. Jamal gasped in response. Once she was accustomed to having his thick tool in her mouth, Shona began to move her head forward, sliding her lips along his shaft, guiding his knob into the back of her throat. Even when she had taken as much of his prick as she could into her mouth there was still at least four inches of cock protruding beyond her lips. Sandra and Jane moved slightly then each ran their tongues up the sides of his shaft.
As her head bobbed up and down, Shona put her arms round her friends. Caressing their backs, her fingers worked their way downwards. Her hands slid over their arses and up the inside of their thighs. The fingers of her left hand found the wet gusset of Jane's knickers. The pushed it aside and began to tease her friends lips. Her right hand hesitated, not knowing how far Sandra would be willing to go. The decision was made for her. Sandra pushed her hips back and Shona felt her wet lower lips brush against her fingers.
Shona quickly slid two fingers into each of her friends' pussies. She slid them in and out as she worked her lips back and forth along the length of Jamal's cock. Jane sighed and Sandra moaned softly as Shona's fingers gently fucked their eager cunts. She could feel her own juices beginning to flow freely.
Feeling a warm glow spreading over her as Shona's fingers pumped in and out of her cunt, Jane turned and kissed her friend's cheek. "Don't hog it," she whispered, "give Sandra a chance." Shona reluctantly let Jamal's cock slip from between her lips. Extracting her fingers from Sandra's quivering pussy, she licked them clean then offered Jamal's cock to her friend.
"Thank you," purred Sandra as she accepted her Shona's offering. Stretching her mouth as wide as she could she was just able to take the tip of Jamal's thick, black cock into her mouth. Shona moved round so that Sandra was between her and Jane. She reached forward to suck Jamal's balls as her fingers sought out Sandra's pussy once more.
Sandra swirled her tongue around the head of Jamal's cock, poking the tip into the slit. She squeezed the walls of her cunt around Shona's fingers, gripping them just as her moth gripped Jamal's cock. Her body shuddered as she felt Jane's tongue flick over her stiff nipple causing her to suck even harder on the cock in her mouth. Her body began to tremble in response to her friends' touches. In seconds she was cumming again, her body shaking violently as she feasted eagerly on Jamal's cock.
Jane wanted to feel his cock inside her once more, but knew that her friends needed it just as badly. She slipped off her knickers as Sandra sank contentedly to the floor. She sat down on the bench and spread her legs wide. "Eat me, Shona!" she demanded. "Eat me while Jamal fucks you with his monster cock."
Shona moved between her friend's legs. Steadying herself on all fours, Shona leaned forward. Her tongue slipped between her friend's wet labia. She lapped at her juices as they flowed freely from her entrance. She felt Jamal put his hands on her hips. "Mmmm," she sighed as worked the head of his cock up and down the length of her slit, coating it in her juices. Jamal began to press forward. "Oooooh!" Shona cried as the opening stretched to receive him. His cock was thicker than any she had ever had before. She felt as if she were being ripped apart as Jamal slowly sank his prick into her cunt.
Shona lapped at Jane's pussy, darting her tongue in and out of her entrance as Jamal pounded his cock in and out of her cunt. The fronts of his thighs slapped against her arse as he drove his prick into her with powerful surges of his hips. Jane groaned and squirmmed as Shona explored ever fold of her pussy with her tongue.
Sandra, having recovered from her climax, tugged at the buttons of Jane's blouse, undoing them one by one. She pushed the soft, lacy cups of Jane's bra up over her tits, letting them fall free. Then, reaching forward to take on in each hand, she lowered her head and sucked the nearest nipple into her mouth.
"Oh yes, oh yes, OOOHHH YESSS!" screamed Jane as the sensations overwhelmed her. Shona sucked Jane's clit into her mouth, humming softly as she worked her tongue over the tip. Jane's hips bucked, pressing her mound more and more firmly against Shona's mouth. Jamal's cock impaled her from behind with long, powerful strokes.
"I'm cumming! Oh fuck, I'm cumming!" yelled Jane, her body shaking uncontrollably. She flinched at every touch of Shona's tongue, moaning as Sandra rolled her stiff nipples between her fingers. Her body was on fire as she came again and again.
Shona removed her mouth from her friend's muffin. Her cunt felt satisfyingly sore from the pounding it was taking. The walls of her cunt gripped Jamal's cock tightly as it plunged into her over and over again. She wanted this fuck to last forever but knew that she had to let Sandra have her turn. "No more," she said reluctantly, "It's time for Sandra to see what you can do."
Smiling, Jamal pulled his cock from Shona's trembling cunt. She suddenly felt a huge emptiness where his cock had been moments before. She got up and sat down in front of Sandra. Sandra rested her arms on her friend's thighs, bracing herself for what was to come. "Oh!" she cried as the head of Jamal's prick, lubricated with Shona's juices" forced its way into her hot wet hole. "Oh fuck! Oh Yes! Oh fuck me Jamal!" she demanded as inch by deliciously thick inch he speared her with his dick.
Sandra's slight body was smaller than that of Jane and Shona. Her breasts, while firm and full were smaller, her cunt was as tight as her body. Jamal lunged, forcing his cock into the hot, wet confines of her pussy. Sandra's body shuddered as she felt herself being taken mercilessly from behind. With her cunt full of cock, she leaned forward. Her tongue snaked out from between her lips and grazed the swollen bud of Shona's clit.
Shona flinched then sighed. She twisted her fingers in Sandra's blonde hair and pushed her more firmly against her. Her juices flowed freely, coating Sandra's cheeks as her tongue lapped and darted in and out of the entrance of her tunnel. The force of Jamal's thrusts pressed Sandra's mouth even more firmly still against Shona's pussy.
Jamal reached forward to cup and squeeze Sandra's tits as his he stabbed his cock in and out of her cunt. He rolled her nipples between the thumb and fingers of each hand causing, momentarily, to gasp with pleasure before returning her attention to her friend's pussy.
Fire coursed through Shona's veins. Her body began to tremble and soon she was moaning loudly. "Ooooh!" she cried as her womb contracted, the walls of her pussy trying to grip Sandra's tongue as it darted in and out. "Oh fuck! Oh Fuck! OH FUCKKKK!" she screamed as she lost control, surrendering herself utterly to her climax. Her fingers tightened in Sandra's hair. She pushed her head towards her. Sandra sucked eagerly on her lips and clit sending bolts of electricity pulsing through Shona's body.
At last, unable to endure the intense sensations any more, Shona reluctantly pushed Sandra away.
Jane watched entranced, her fingers sliding between her lips and into her cunt as Shona came loudly and Jamal's cock pounded in and out of Sandra's cunt. She was hungry for the sensations of having his cock inside her once more. Sandra turned to her friend, saw her need written plainly on her face. "I think you'd better give Jane a seeing to before it's too late," she said with just a hint of reluctance in her voice.
Jane moved over and kissed Sandra firmly on the lips, knowing the sacrifice her friend was making and feeling a twinge of guilt because she was about to deny her what she herself had already experienced. "Sit her in front of me," she said to Sandra, "I'll make you cum while he fucks me."
Sandra didn't hesitate. She sat down on the floor in front of Jane, the tiles of the floor cold against her arse. Shona sat down behind her and Sandra leaned back, feeling her friend's breasts press against her shoulders. She sighed contently as Shona slid her hands up over her stomach and began to cup and caress her tits. "Ooooh," she sighed as she felt Jane's tongue push between her lower lips.
Jane shuddered as she felt Jamal's cock fill her once more. It was easier this time but the walls of her cunt still stretched to accept him. She lapped at Sandra's moist lips as Jamal thrust into her from behind. The walls of her pussy gripped him tightly within her. Sandra's juices flowed from her hole, still open wide from accommodating Jamal's cock. Jane pushed her tongue in to her tunnel lapping hungrily and the juices that coated her tongue. Unlike Shona, who'd had a number of female lovers, Sandra's pussy was only the second that Jane had ever tasted. Sandra's flavour was subtly different from Shona's. Jane felt herself becoming intoxicated.
Sandra moaned as Jane's tongue flicked gently over her clit and as Shona squeezed her tits with her fingers. A feeling of anticipation built up inside her as a warm glow spread from her pussy to engulf her body. Like Shona, Sandra had enjoyed the loving touch of another girl on many occasions but this was the first time she had been with two at once. The fact that she'd just received a solid fucking from Jamal only heightened her arousal.
Jamal felt his balls tighten as he worked his cock in and out of Jane's pussy. He still could hardly believe that he'd just spent the best part of an hour eating, fucking and having his cock sucked by three of the horniest, most beautiful girls he had ever met. He could feel his climax approaching and while he would have been happy to shoot another load into Jane he wanted to share his seed with all three. "Better hurry up," he called to the three friends, "I can't keep this going for much longer."
Hearing the urgency in Jamal's voice, Jane refocused her attention on Sandra. She sucked hard on her clit and enflamed lips, humming softly as she worked her tongue over her friend's sensitive flesh. Shona kissed and nibbled Sandra's neck, her hands squeezed her tits, her fingers teased her stiff nipples. Sandra was breathing hard. Her head tossed frantically from side to side as the attentions of her two friends began to overwhelm her. "Oooooh," she cried as the first tremors of her orgasm rippled through her. Her body began to shake. Gripping Jane's head she pulled her towards her, pressing her mouth more firmly against her mound. "Aaaaah!" she sighed as the pleasurable contractions pulsed through her womb. "Oh yes, oh yes, oh yesssss!" she moaned as the waves of her orgasm broke over her. She surrendered herself to her climax, letting it carry her away.


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On this page, you can find out:
- Who can register as a service voter
- How to register to vote as a service voter
- How to vote as a service voter
Who can register as a service voter?
You can register as a service voter if you are a member of the armed forces or the spouse or civil partner of someone in the armed forces.
In Scotland, a child aged 14 or over whose parent or guardian is a member of HM Forces is also eligible to register as a service voter. They must be living in Scotland or would be living in Scotland if their parent or guardian were not based overseas. They will not be able to vote in Scottish Parliamentary or local government elections until they are 16 or in UK Parliamentary or European Parliamentary elections until they are 18.
Register to vote
The way you choose to register to vote is up to you and will depend on your personal circumstances.
Registering as a service voter
If you're based overseas, or expect to be posted abroad in the next year, it makes sense to register as a service voter. This allows you to be registered at a fixed address in the UK even if you move around.
Service voter registration lasts for five years, so once you're registered you shouldn't have to worry about it while you're busy overseas. You can cancel your service voter registration at any time.
In Scotland, a person who is under 18 years old who is registered as a service voter because they live with a parent or guardian who is a member of HM Forces must renew their registration every year.
You can register to vote as a service voter online.
Registering as an ordinary voter
If you're based in the UK and are unlikely to change your address or be posted overseas in the next year, you can register as an ordinary voter.
You can register to vote online.
Your unit has a designated Unit Registration Officer who will be able to give you more information and advice. Ask your administration office for their contact details.
How can I vote?
Don't worry if you're abroad at the time of the referendum or have another reason why you won't be able to vote in person on the day – you can apply to vote by post or by proxy.
Voting by post
Postal votes may only be sent out about a week before election day. If you are living abroad, it may be better to appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf as there may not be enough time for your postal vote to reach you and be sent back before voting closes.
Find out more about postal voting
Voting by proxy
If you're abroad or can't vote in person, you can apply to vote by proxy (someone voting on your behalf).

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« Recipes Home
Lily's Crab Cakes
This recipe won first prize in the crab cake division and grand prize overall at the 48th National Hard Crab Derby, Crisfield, MD.
Credited to Lillian Flugrath of Columbia, MD.
Put crab meat in a large bowl. If it is wet, gently pat dry with a paper towel. Add parsley, breadcrumbs and lemon peel and toss lightly with a fork.
In a separate bowl or glass measuring cup, beat egg and egg yolk lightly with a wire whisk. Add horseradish, horseradish mustard, Worcestershire sauce, white wine Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce and pepper and beat until smooth again. Pour half of the liquid mixture over the crab meat mixture and toss lightly with a fork. Add the remaining liquid ingredients and toss lightly again.
Gently pat crab cake mixture into patties, about one-third cup each. Chill crab cakes a half hour before frying. Heat a heavy iron skillet and add ¼ inch vegetable oil. When oil is hot, fry crab cakes over medium heat until golden brown on both sides, 4-6 minutes per side. Drain on paper towels. Serve with crackers or rolls and your favorite sauce.
Serves 6.


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Die-hard rock fans and Kanye West haters might still be upset that the rapper will be playing a major stage at the Glastonbury Festival, but hopefully some sweet treats from a pretty face will help ease the pain of having to sit through what will most likely be a dope performance anyway.
Kate Moss will be selling homemade jam during the Glastonbury festivities with the help of daughter Lila Grace, who will be on hand to help mom push the delicious product. According to the Mirror, Kate Moss' jam-making skills are heavy in these streets. Apparently, she's been whipping up preserves for her friends for a while, so she's had plenty of practice in the jam department.
Since Kate Moss is already wealthy, it wouldn't make sense for her to pocket the profits, which is why proceeds from her jam sales will go to charity. After all, nothing is sweeter than shopping for a good cause.
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Every day, more than 21,000 children under five die from easily preventable causes. Since February 2009, Grace Church has partnered with Compassion UK to fund the Kairos Child Survival Programme, near Bacolod City, in the Philippines. This programme is run by the Good Shepherd Church, who work in the area – Compassion only work through local churches.
Since infant mortality is extremely high in this part of the world, the first priority in promoting effective child development is to ensure that children survive the early years when they are most vulnerable to disease and malnutrition. That means educating the mother or primary caregiver, before and after her child is born, about providing critical care during the earliest years.
Rescuing, nurturing
and discipling little ones
Compassion's Child Survival Programme (CSP) does just that. Mothers and caregivers are taught critical child development skills and how to administer them when children are most vulnerable to disease and malnutrition. The programme also educates mothers on how to provide a safe home environment and age-appropriate developmental opportunities so that their babies and infants have better opportunities for healthy growth.
Mothers and caregivers are also taught literacy and numeracy skills and many receive support for vocational training and income-generating activities to help improve the long-term economic capacity of their families. Mothers, caregivers and children also receive spiritual nurturing so that they can develop a dynamic lifelong relationship with Christ.
The Child Survival Programmes operate alongside child development centres, and many of the children who begin in a CSP are eligible to enter Compassion's Child Sponsorship Programme when they reach the age of four.
Three ways you can help and get connected:
- Each year Grace Church provides the finance (£8000 per year at present) that enables the Kairos CSP to continue. You can give to this directly using PayPal or credit card using the form on this page (see our giving to Grace Church page for other ways of giving) or you can do something to help raise this funding through sponsorship etc.
- You can keep up to date by reading the latest newsletter from the Kairos CSP – Click the box on this page.
- You can pray – read the newsletters for more information to help your praying.
We also encourage people to consider direct child sponsorship through Compassion in the Philippines too – follow this link to find out more.


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The Deception of Relaxation
Relaxation is nice, we tell ourselves. Downtime to rest and unwind is a worthwhile endeavor as it combats stress and puts the mind and body at ease.
Sure. Unless...
Unless you've got the thing you must do. The skill you want to practice. The weight you want to lose. The book you want to finish (reading or writing). The person you need to talk to. The idea you need share. The difference you want to make.
In these cases, relaxing is nothing more than procrastination. You think you're weary, but you are just prolonging your weariness. There is no better rest than that which comes after the work is truly finished.
Finish the work, then relax. In that order, every time.


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In another thread jefferey made a comment that he would be happy if dave even mentioned .org in his liner notes (though think he has already done this) and it has sort of got me thinking.
At what point did you start to think of .org as a community rather than just a place to steal mp3s and find sweet deals for pirated movies? I mean this place has really grown into something. Many of us know each other on a pretty personal level through the boards and some of us would even consider each other actual friends, not creepy internet acquaintances.
In 2002 when I first joined the boards. The reason I showed up was that I wanted to know what to expect at my first bazan show. I had been listening to him for awhile but had not made it out to see a show.
It wasn't until 2005 when I said hi to dave and bob at a headphones show that I started to feel like I was a part of something cool. Since then I have met many people from the board and think this is an important place.


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One of the most common symptoms of the need to replace the heater core in a Dodge Ram 1500 is a sweet smell inside the truck, according to RepairPal. The smell is characteristic of a coolant leak; it means that vaporized ethylene glycol from the vehicle's cooling system is leaking in the vehicle.
As the leak grows worse, drivers often notice a coolant leak under the dashboard. This leak is sometimes just a few drops, but over time, it grows significant enough that the carpet and components under the dash become wet.
The additional moisture in the vehicle causes windows to fog, especially if the heater is blowing. The defrost cycle blows more moisture on the cold windshield, where it condenses.
While mysterious coolant loss is also an indicator of a blown head gasket, it also indicates the possibility of a heater core problem. The loss of coolant reduces the efficiency of the cooling system in keeping the engine at a safe operating temperature, resulting in radiator boil over and engine overheating.
The lack of heat in a vehicle also indicates trouble with the heater core, according to RepairPal. Sludge from the heating system plugs the coils, so the engine's hot water no longer passes through to heat the vehicle.


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A friend recently joined a company in a senior management role, and she's focused on the strategy.
The one thing that she's not yet focused on that's going to make or break her is: the people.
One of the most common pitfalls I see in leaders making the transition from being organizational supporters to organizational shapers is that they overlook that their job isn't just to set strategy and "execute" anymore, but to also win hearts and minds. Tied up in the task of "executing" and "doing", these leaders often lose sight of who they're "being" and their impact on their team. And without winning hearts and minds, strategy and execution will fall flat.
Authentic power as a leader comes from being so fully aligned not only with your vision, but also from consistently embodying the culture you want to build.
A newly discovered type of brain cell called "mirror neurons" may explain why authentic leadership is so critical, and more broadly why emotions are so contagious. Originally discovered by Italian researchers led by Giacomo Rizzolatti in the early 1990s, neuroscientists have found that mirror neurons fire not only when we perform an action, but also when we see someone else perform an action or express an emotion. So if your colleague is stressed, your mirror neurons will fire to make you stressed.
And this dynamic is heightened when there are power hierarchies. As psychologist Daniel Goleman has noted: "In groups where there are power differences…it is the most powerful person who is the emotional sender, setting the emotional state for the rest of the group."
Worse yet, emotions are even more contagious if they're negative. Emotional explosions hijack the amygdala in highly destructive ways. The amygdala, in the oldest reptilian part of our brain, is concerned primarily with survival. So triggering the amygdala sets off a flight-or-flight response. While fear can initially be motivating, researchers have found that it also limits our long term learning and productivity. And this isn't a response that we can control rationally since our emotions are triggered five times faster than our "higher" brain's ability to logically understand what's happening. So when you emotionally unload on your team in frustration, you dramatically reduce your team's ability to execute and learn. And negative emotions are so contagious that it can poison you entire organization.
Ultimately, as leaders, we bring the weather. If you are in a sunny mood, the rest of your team will also be in a good mood and more productive. If you are in a stormy mood, the rest of your team will be thrown into a tizzy trying to run for cover from the thunder.
So the question for you is: what kind of weather are you bringing?


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FRISCO (CBS11) – Classroom assignments can be creative.
But few can compare with the one going on in Frisco that students and teachers hope will have an impact around the world.
Five Lebanon Trail freshmen are building handmade musical instruments from nothing more than landfill junk.
Some of them have already been donated to orphanages in Mexico and will also be shipped to refugee camps in the Middle East.
It started as a recycling idea that recently won them $10,000 in scholarships as the regional winner of the Lexus Eco Challenge national STEM competition.
But now the students have discovered an even bigger reward.
"They say one man's junk is another man's treasure, but one man's junk is another child's future," said Avery Sinnathamby, one of the students involved in the project.
You can follow the students' work on Twitter.


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MONTGOMERY, Alabama --- National environmental groups issued a report today that says coal-fired power plants, including some in Alabama, are polluting rivers and lakes with toxins found in ash and sludge.
The groups called for the Environmental Protection Agency to impose new regulations that would eliminate or sharply reduce the pollution.
The 47-page report mentions Alabama Power Company and the Tennessee Valley Authority as polluters. Both companies defended their environmental records.
The report, "Closing the Floodgates: How the Coal Industry is Poisoning Our Water and How We Can Stop It," was released by the Environmental Integrity Project, The Sierra Club, Clean Water Action, Earthjustice and Waterkeeper Alliance.
Read the report on coal ash pollution.pdf
The report says coal-fired power plants are the largest source of toxic water pollution in the country. Pollutants include arsenic, boron, cadmium, lead, mercury and selenium, according to the report.
Many coal-fired plants use smokestack scrubbers to prevent air pollution. According to the report, scrubbers capture pollutants in wet, toxic sludge that is discharged into settling ponds. The pollutants seep into ground and surface waters from the "aging, leaky" settling ponds, the report says.
The information was gathered from a review of 386 coal-fired power plants. It was taken from an EPA data base and a review of discharge permits.
The report says that many coal-fired plants are not required to limit toxic metal discharges because of lax regulations last updated in 1982.
"Coal water pollution raises cancer risks, makes fish unsafe to eat, and can inflict lasting brain damage on our children," the report says.
EPA is working on new regulations. But the report says the White House's Office of Management and Budget reviewed EPA's proposal earlier this year and dramatically weakened it. The report urges EPA to reject OMB's position and adopt strict regulations.
Measures to stop or sharply reduce the pollution are available and affordable, according to the report. It says that the measures would cost no more than 1 percent of revenue at most plants and only 2 cents a day if passed on to customers.
The report says three Alabama Power Company generating plants are polluting the Black Warrior River system -- the Miller Plant, the Gorgas Plant and the Greene County Plant. It says the pollution affects Bankhead Lake, which is used for drinking water.
The report says the Miller Plant in Jefferson County produced more than five million pounds of toxic waste in 2010, the most of any plant in the county. The Gorgas Plant ranked 15th nationally in the amount of waste, it said.
"Despite this pollution, the state of Alabama does not require these plants to monitor for numerous toxic heavy metals typically discharged into the Black Warrior River, much less to control them," the report says.
Alabama Power spokesman Michael Sznajderman disputed the findings.
"This report is tremendously misleading, full of highly charged rhetoric, and short on facts," Sznajderman said.
Alabama Power has safely operated ash pond facilities adjacent to its six coal-fired power plants in the state for decades, Sznajderman said. He said the ponds retain 99.9 percent of the solid remains of the coal used to produce electricity rather than have it go up the stacks of power plants.
Sznajderman said the facilities are inspected annually by professional engineers from Southern Company and are inspected daily and weekly by plant personnel. He said the EPA has examined Alabama Power's facilities and given them a satisfactory report.
"Although there has been much reporting about metals contained in fly ash pond waters, including arsenic, copper and mercury, the ponds are designed to safely contain these metals which naturally exist in coal and remain in coal ash after combustion," Sznajderman said in an email.
He said about a quarter of the ash the company's coal-fired plants produce is recycled for beneficial purposes such as construction material and road aggregate.
Alabama Department of Environmental Management spokesman Scott Hughes said the agency had just received a copy of today's report and could not comment on details.
"However, our rules and regulations require the issuance of a permit that contains specific discharge limits and monitoring requirements prior to the discharge of any wastewater into an Alabama waterway." He said those standards meet EPA requirements.
Hughes said Bankhead Lake is classified as a Public Water Supply and "fully meets all of the water quality standards that are associated with that classification."
Hughes said coal ash storage facilities are inspected regularly for leaks and to make sure they meet other requirements.
One section of the report is titled: TVA's Toxic Legacy: the Ash Pond Cleanup Problem.
In 2008, a dike failed at the coal ash pond at TVA's Kingston plant in Tennessee, spilling about 5 million cubic yards of ash into a river and the surrounding area west of Knoxville. The EPA called it "one of the worst environmental disasters of its kind."
The report issued today says engineers have found substantial leaks at other TVA ash ponds, but that TVA continues to use them. At TVA's Colbert Fossil Plant in northern Alabama, "bright orange, toxic-filled leaks from the ash ponds are flowing into a tributary of the Tennessee River," the report says. A lawsuit was filed against the plant in April.
TVA spokesman Mike Bradley said TVA's coal-fired plants have water discharge permits that require them to meet "stringent water quality standards to protect water quality in our service areas." Bradley said the TVA monitors the Tennessee Valley watershed at 110 sites and the data indicate the water is clean with a healthy aquatic life.
Bradley said TVA is working to reduce its reliance on coal and is converting to a dry ash system of handling waste at a cost estimated at $1 billion to $2 billion.
Bradley said TVA employees and their families and friends live around the coal plants.
"If there was a problem, we'd be more concerned than anybody," Bradley said.
"The Closing the Floodgates" report says that toxic pollution from coal-fired power plants "dwarfs the pollution from any other industrial category in the United States and is more than the other top nine polluting industries combined."


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All students at Arts & Letters are young scholars. During your nine years here, you are expected to be at your best, to give 100% all the time to achieve at extremely high levels. Our expectations of you will never change: you will be a college bound young man or woman who is ready to use your special and unique gifts in the world. To do this, we maintain a very structured environment so that you can learn. The following Scholars' Code shapes our actions, our work habits, and our lives together at Arts & Letters :
As Scholars, we SEEK UNDERSTANDING of ourselves and our world….
We seek solutions to problems.
We research new information.
We interpret what we see and read.
We analyze ideas.
As Scholars, we demonstrate RESPECT.…
We listen attentively.
We sit up--with our eyes on the speaker.
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UK Football
Mark Story: Buzzard's luck has helped bring the vultures that are circling Joker Phillips
With the vultures circling following Kentucky's crushing 32-31 overtime loss to Western Kentucky University, Joker Phillips put the best face he could Monday on an adverse situation.
"I'm built for this," the embattled University of Kentucky football coach said. "I was 0-10-1 (as a Kentucky player in 1982). 'We'll get it turned. Stay together.' We were 9-3 (in 1984). And I've been around some head coaches that I've got a chance to watch go through this. We're fine. I'm fine."
After the loss to Sun Belt Conference foe WKU on Saturday, Phillips now stands 12-16 as UK head man. The next five games for Kentucky (1-2) are against the nation's No. 14, No. 7, No. 23 and No. 5 teams — plus a road trip to Arkansas.
I would be happy to be proven wrong, but with plunging Commonwealth Stadium ticket sales added in to what looks like a grim scenario in 2012, it's hard now to see how Phillips survives this season.
Have I mentioned that I feel a little sorry for Phillips?
He has made some mistakes, but from the time he was named Kentucky's head coach in waiting after the 2007 season, bad luck and bad timing have been his constant companions.
Start with the timing. In 2007, Phillips as offensive coordinator presided over one of the best offenses (36.5 points and 443 yards a game) in Kentucky history. That Andre' Woodson-led attack was the strength of a Wildcats team that beat the defending SEC West champions (Arkansas), two top-10 teams (No. 9 Louisville and No. 1 LSU) and a perennial national power (Florida State) in a bowl game.
Had Phillips become head coach then, he would have inherited the job with gale-force momentum at his back.
Instead, he became UK head man after the 2009 season. For Joker, that timing could not have worked out worse.
The '09 regular season ended with Kentucky having a chance to beat Tennessee late in regulation at Commonwealth Stadium. It was a victory Kentucky fans, sick of having lost to the locally loathed Volunteers every season since 1984, desperately craved.
But the Cats failed to score a potential game-winning touchdown from deep in UT territory when Phillips, as play caller, did not put the ball in the hands of star Randall Cobb on UK's final two attempts from scrimmage. Tennessee went on to win in overtime.
Leaving Commonwealth Stadium that night, I'd never seen UK fans as angry. The ire from that one game, in my opinion, served to deprive Phillips of any honeymoon when he became head coach.
Along with bad timing, Joker has had plain old bad luck.
In the year before Phillips became Kentucky head man, UK signed not one but two high school quarterbacks — Ryan Mossakowski and Morgan Newton — that were ranked as four-star prospects by at least one major rating service.
You would have thought for certain that one of them would provide Phillips the kind of quarterback play Woodson supplied Rich Brooks on the eight-win UK teams of 2006 and '07.
Instead, Mossakowski underwent major shoulder surgery before he ever got to UK and never threw a pass in a Kentucky game. After transferring to a junior college, he is now quarterbacking Lamar of the FCS. Newton has made 17 career starts but has thrown for more than 200 yards in a game exactly twice. As a senior this year, he is backing up true sophomore Maxwell Smith.
Quarterbacking misfortune bit Phillips in another way after his first regular season. Before a 6-6 Kentucky was to face Pittsburgh in the BBVA Compass Bowl, UK starter Mike Hartline was involved in a late-night altercation with a woman that ended with his being arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
Phillips (correctly) suspended the fifth-year senior for the bowl game. With Hartline, the UK offense had scored 31 points or more in five of eight SEC games in 2010. Without him in the bowl, the offense looked anemic in a 27-10 loss to Pitt.
Had Kentucky won that one game, it would have given Phillips a winning record for his first season. From a perception standpoint, that would have left him, even after last year's 5-7 campaign, in a far stronger position to survive 2012 no matter what this season holds.
When it comes to coaching football at Kentucky, the margin of error is thinner than a nail file. To survive, a coach needs to catch some breaks.
For Joker Phillips, more than his share have been bad.


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Caregiver by Rick R. Reed
Narrator: Taavi Mark
Length: 6 hours 49 minutes
The Blurb…
It's 1991, and Dan Calzolaio has just moved to Florida with his lover, Mark, having fled Chicago and Mark's addictions to begin a new life on the Gulf Coast. Volunteering for the Tampa AIDS Alliance is just one part of that new beginning, and that's how Dan meets his new buddy, Adam.
Adam Schmidt is not at all what Dan expected. The guy is an original—witty, wry, and sarcastic with a fondness for a smart black dress, Barbra Streisand, and a good mai tai. Adam doesn't let his imminent death get him down, even through a downward spiral that sees him thrown in jail.
Each step of Adam's journey teaches Dan new lessons about strength and resilience, but it's Adam's lover, Sullivan, to whom Dan feels an almost irresistible pull. Dan knows the attraction isn't right, even after he dumps his cheating, drug-abusing boyfriend. But then Adam passes away, and it leaves Sullivan and Dan both alone to see if they can turn their love for Adam into something whole and real for each other.
So what did I think?
This re-read was so interesting because it was via listening to the audio book. I still loved this story the second time around – it was beautiful, sad and inspiring.
This book is definitely worth reading. It is a well crafted story of what happens after Dan meets Adam. In the story we also meet Mark and Sullivan. All four characters are unique and all are hurting in some way. Life and relationships are not easy.
"It made him think about fate, about timing, and about how people appeared to one another at times when they most needed each other. His mother used to say that people came into our lives for a reason, for a season, or for a lifetime."
There was a real sense of the time and place provided by the references to music of the time and wonderful descriptions of the hot and humid Tampa location.
I was totally swept up into the life of Dan and the unexpected journey he finds himself on. From meeting Adam, his AIDS Alliance buddy, to dealing with Mark, his very troubled and drug addicted boyfriend, to befriending Sullivan, Adam's boyfriend as they both deal with Adam's struggle.
Adam is a highlight of the book as he confronts the ravages of his disease. From the first moment he is introduced, he makes an impression. Everyone should be so lucky to have an Adam in their life – obviously not the heartbreak and death – but someone who can show what life is really all about, someone who can teach us about love and courage.
In terms of the audio, I think Taavi Mark did a wonderful job of narrating this story. I enjoyed the quality of his voice and found it suited the style of the book and the characters. He provided good distinction between the character voices and the pacing was excellent.
To find out more about Rick R Reed and his books visit his website.
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"Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
Talk health, happiness, and prosperity
To every person you meet.
Make all your friends feel that you appreciate
Their good qualities and strengths.
Look at the sunny side of everything.
Think only the best, work only for the best,
And expect only the best.
Be as enthusiastic about the success of others
As you are about your own.
Forget the mistakes of the past.
Press on for the greater achievement of the future.
Give everyone a smile.
Spend so much time improving yourself
That you have no time left to criticize others.
Be too big for worry
And too noble for anger."
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Directed by Michael Showalter
Country: USA
"The Big Sick" is a sympathetic, well-articulated romantic comedy suffused with multicultural imbroglios and witty moments. Michael Showalter directed from the fact-based story written by husband and wife, Kumail Nanjiani ("Silicon Valley" TV series) and Emily V. Gordonand.
The former gleefully embodies Kumail, a Chicago stand up comedian and Uber driver of Pakistani descent, who keeps rejecting the Muslim women suggested by his mother. The reason has to do with the crescent infatuation for Emily (Zoe Kazan), the American blonde student that conquered his heart after a one-night stand.
Kumail attempts to overcome several adversities that arrive from two different fronts. On one hand, his conservative parents, so strict in their traditions, will never accept a woman from another culture. On the other, the apple of his eyes gets seriously sick and has to be put in an induced coma until further notice.
As he waits for her awakening, Kumail starts hanging out with her quirky parents, Terry (Ray Romano) and Beth (Holly Hunter), whose eccentric behaviors are at the base of the most delicious situations of the film.
As a result of the excellent performances, the characters felt truly genuine, even in those risky situations when it would be very easy to fall in the commonplace.
All the sincerity, affability, and graciousness put on this deft formula superimpose to any sort of pretentiousness that might have existed. Still, Mr. Showalter denotes this questionable tendency to resolve every situation with a smile, which could have gone the wrong way. Fortunately, he managed not to turn the story into those syrupy exercises that are more irritating than entertaining.
"The Big Sick" is not the masterpiece that some supporters are proclaiming but undoubtedly presents something more than most of the rom-coms done these days.


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The University of Puget Sound is a private liberal arts college located in the North End of Tacoma, Washington. It is the only national, independent undergraduate liberal arts college in Western Washington.
In 2012 Puget Sound was named one of 40 schools nationwide in the college guide Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges.The guide cites the college's dynamic curriculum, close interaction between students and professors, ideal location, and enduring success of its alumni as qualities that set it apart from other schools.
Puget Sound offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Music, Master of Arts in Teaching,Master of Education, Master of Occupational Therapy, and Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees. The college draws approximately 2,600 students from 44 states and 16 countries. It offers 1,200 courses each year in more than 50 traditional and interdisciplinary areas of study.


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This is what my kitchen table looks like right now!\
A huge square dryer and a smaller round dryer.
Nice looking apple rings.
Here are a few photos of some of the Swap-bot items.
Book page and postage stamp ATC.
(ATC= Artist Trading Card)
Christmas ATC #1
Christmas ATC #2
A spoon lady with extra items to hold in her arms.
I don't know if you can tell but she's made from a wooden spoon.
Christmas tag #1
Christmas tag #2
Christmas bookmark
I also started decorating the house and yard this week. I know, it almost Halloween already, but a lot of the decorations I do outside are more Fall than just Halloween. Hehehe.....except for the headstones I'm making. This is the first year we've done this, but we are going to have a little mini-cemetery in the front yard. And we'll probably add more headstones every year. This is what we're starting with:
The lighting in our kitchen makes everything look yellow!
The cornstalks are actually from our own garden!
This is the first year I didn't have to buy them.
This big spider web lights up.
I'll post more photos when we get the "cemetery" done. Well, that's it for today! You can see that I've been busy. And it's not all done yet, either, but I will keep on pluggin'.
Thanks to all who are still reading and didn't give up on me. Life sometimes gets in the way of living, but I'm still here and plan to be for a long time. After all........either you run the or the day runs you!
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Decisions, decisions! Working up the next chickadee bag, but not sure I'm convinced of the black (canvas base and leather handle; the gray print is the lining fabric). A dark gray base seemed too subdued. While I have no anxiety dealing with color, I'm realizing I avoid black outside of the black/white combo!
Yay or nay, input appreciated! In the meantime… I might just go for it.


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The World Is DistributEd, Exploring the tension between scale and coordination
As distributed computing systems are being deployed within a growing number of everyday applications, they are reaching unheard-of levels of scale, dynamicity, and complexity. The construction of such systems requires novel fundamental approaches that stand in stark contrast to existing strategies in many areas of distributed computing research. The objective of the WIDE team is to provide such a foundation, by investigating some of the key fundamental theoretical and practical questions posed by modern distributed computer systems.
More specifically, we would like to explore the inherent tension between scalability and coordination guarantees, and develop novel techniques and paradigms that are adapted to the rapid and profound changes impacting today's distributed systems, both in terms of the application domains they support and the operational constraints they must meet.
Our research revolves around four key objectives.
- Objective 1: Designing Hybrid Scalable Architectures,
- Objective 2: Constructing Personalizable Privacy-aware distributed systems,
- Objective 3: Understanding Controllable Network Diffusion Processes,
- Objective 4: Systemizing Modular Distributed Computability and Efficiency.
These four objectives have in common the inherent tension between coordination and scalability in large-scale distributed systems: strong coordination mechanisms can deliver strong guarantees (in terms of consistency, agreement, fault-tolerance, and privacy protection), but are generally extremely costly and inherently non-scalable if applied indiscriminately. By contrast, highly scalable coordination approaches (such as epidemic protocols, eventual consistency, or self-organizing overlays) perform much better when the size of a system increases, but do not, in most cases, provide any strong guarantees in terms of consistency or agreement.
The above four objectives explore these tensions from four complementary angles: from an architectural perspective (Objective 1), from the point of view of a fundamental system-wide guarantee (privacy protection, Objective 2), looking at one universal scalable mechanism (network diffusion, Objective 3), and considering the interplay between modularity and computability in large-scale systems (Objective 4). These four objectives range from practical concerns (Objectives 1 and 2) to more theoretical questions (Objectives 3 and 4), yet present strong synergies and fertile interaction points. E.g. better understanding network diffusion (Objective 3) is a key enabler to develop more private decentralized systems (Objective 2), while the development of a theoretically sound modular computability hierarchy (Objective 4) will have a direct impact on our work on hybrid architectures (Objective 1).
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Common transplant drug inhibits breast cancer growth, UNC laboratory study shows
Thu, May 26, 2011 — Tacrolimus, a drug that is commonly used to prevent organ transplantation rejection, inhibits breast cancer growth in pre-clinical studies. The finding from UNC scientists was reported in the May 26 Public Library of Science.
UNC study: Pelvic widening continues throughout a person's lifetime
Wed, May 25, 2011 — A study by UNC researchers finds surprising evidence that the pelvis continues to grow wider even after people stop growing taller. This increase in pelvic width may account for a significant portion of the weight gain that many people experience as they get older.
UNC study examines NC cancer patient emergency department visits
Mon, May 23, 2011 — The UNC team used a statewide database to collect information on over 35,000 Emergency department (ED) visits. They learned that the top three problems that brought patients to the ED were related to pain, respiratory distress, and gastrointestinal issues (mostly nausea and vomiting).
Consortium identifies genome regions that could influence severity of cystic fibrosis
Mon, May 23, 2011 — A team of researchers, including a number from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, have pinpointed regions of the genome that contribute to the debilitating lung disease that is the hallmark of cystic fibrosis.
Preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS with humanized BLT mice
Wed, May 18, 2011 — A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine further validates the use of humanized BLT mice in the fight to block HIV transmission.
Family House Diaries: A New Heart + A New Kidney = A New Life
Wed, May 18, 2011 — A new heart and a new kidney give a 28-year-old Wilson woman, unwell since age 7, a second chance at life. Crystal Sharpe becomes the 11th recipient of a heart and kidney transplant at UNC Hospitals.
N.C. Children's Hospital ranked as one of the nation's best
Tue, May 17, 2011 — North Carolina Children's Hospital at UNC Hospitals has been ranked in six of 10 U.S. News Media Group's "America's Best Children's Hospitals" ranking categories, including a Top 10 ranking in pulmonology — the only top 10 ranking achieved by any children's hospital in North Carolina.
Cell rigidity linked to activity in proteins associated with cancer
Mon, May 16, 2011 — Innovative collaboration between physics and cell biology demonstrates pathway.
UNC-led international study shows early treatment with antiretroviral therapy prevents HIV transmission
Thu, May 12, 2011 — World-leading HIV expert and study leader, Myron Cohen, M.D., available to speak on landmark findings
The skinny on fat: Debate rages on pros, cons of low-fat diet
Wed, May 11, 2011 — In recent years a fierce debate has raged among nutrition experts over the wisdom of prevailing dietary guidelines that emphasize eating less saturated fat. Two experts from the UNC Department of Nutrition cut through the chatter and explain what you can do to eat healthy.
Team pinpoints role of key protein in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Tue, May 10, 2011 — A team based at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has established a connection between a known cancer gene called KRAS and a protein called Pim-1 kinase.
Test for colon cancer screening beneficial for some seniors, but not for many others
Mon, May 9, 2011 — A new study of U.S. veterans ages 70 and older finds that the healthiest get the most benefit from current colon cancer screening methods. However, for many less healthy veterans the burdens of screening may outweigh the benefits.
UNC research highlights at 2011 Digestive Disease Week
Mon, May 9, 2011 — Digestive Disease Week (DDW) is the largest international gathering of physicians, researchers and academics in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery.
Normal stem cells made to look and act like cancer stem cells
Thu, May 5, 2011 — Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, after isolating normal stem cells that form the developing placenta, have given them the same properties of stem cells associated with an aggressive type of breast cancer.
UNC scientist receives grant to address lung cancer disparities
Samuel Cykert, MD, has received a $1.8 million five-year grant from the American Cancer Society (ACS) to study "Lung Cancer Surgery: Decisions Against Life Saving Care."
real doctors, real people — John Steege
Wed, May 4, 2011 — Dr. John Steege, professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UNC and Director of the Division of Advanced Laparoscopy and Pelvic Pain, is learning to use his skilled surgeon's hands in a different way: traditional woodworking.
Brain enlargement in autism due to brain changes occurring before age 2
Mon, May 2, 2011 — A study by UNC researchers finds that children with autism who had enlarged brains at age 2 continued to have enlarged brains at ages 4 and 5. However, this increased brain growth did not continue beyond age 2.


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Find Your Next Best Friend
At Our Shelter!
All our pets are up to date on vaccines and have been dewormed.
We are more than happy to assist you with any concern involving the adoption
regarding travel and exporting the animal to your home country.
Sandy's story began on November 28, 2017 when she was found on the promenade at Shiroke Lake! She was about four weeks old, sitting on the sidewalk shaking like a leaf, with a cut on her head, her skin flaking and odorous, with apparent malnutrition to the point of death. She weighed about 1kg. It was a cold and windy day and one of our caring friends picked her up and took her to our veterinarian. She was checked over and administered the first of three rounds of injections for her skin disease.
The next three would come once every 20 days. She was taken home by the foster lady who found her, nourished and over the next three months her condition improved immensely. She has now been given all her vaccinations and is on the way to becoming a beautiful dog, full of energy and a newfound lease on life.
She is about 9 months old, her fur is soft, shiny and full! She loves taking a bath, being pampered and playing. She's very active and loves being caressed. The time has come for her to find her forever home. She would be most adaptable in a home with a yard.
If you fall in love with Sandy and are outside Albania we can provide you with all the assistance necessary to make the adoption easy and transportation to your home country a breeze, so don't let that stop you! If you are in Albania and are interested in Sandy contact us to schedule a visit!
Sweet Layla was found by a teenager animal lover in the city of Lezha.
She is blind and was lying hidden in a corner of the street. We were touched by her condition and we welcomed her into the shelter.
At first she was shy and lacked confidence in the new environment, but now she plays joyfully with her friends and she is such a sweetie.
Layla is a small sized dog and we hope with all our heart that she could find a family who would accept her for what she is.
Adopt Layla or be her Guardian Angel!
Effi was one of the puppies who entered the shelter with the hope of being adopted and receive a better life.
But until now we have not had any requests for him, even though he is such a handsome boy.
Effi is a medium-big dog that needs to receive the attentions of a true family. A home with a garden would be perfect for him.
Adopt Effi! Don't let him live in a shelter cage forever!
Dodo came into our shelter for the neuter campaign. He had a collar so tight around his neck and the left-over of a rope which was used to tie him with.
We assume that he was abandoned from the village areas.
He was so skinny that we decided not to release him to the streets anymore.
He is gentle, calm and waits patiently for his meal. He really deserves to be taken care of by a loving family.
Give Dodo a chance!
Vicky is such a lovely dog.
She just came into the shelter and never left.
Her most deliberate characteristic: she loves food so much that she will eat in everybody's plate and she will invite herself anywhere she smells it.
Vicky needs a family, a very active one, where she can be loved and spoiled all the time. 🙂 Come and meet her!
Aurora was a sick little puppy living in Shiroka, when we took her to the shelter. She has grown up to be a beautiful dog. She is energetic and super healthy. In a group of dogs, she tends to dominate, that is why her ideal family would be one with no other animals. Help Aurora find the love she deserves. Adopt her or be her Guardian Angel!
Our poor Sindi has been with us since the opening of the shelter. She is a free spirit that loves to run and play. Unfortunately she was infected with leishmania. She lost weight and appetite and had to spend one month in the "Putrat" Vet clinic to recover. She is better now, but this illness needs to be controlled periodically. We know that she will not be adopted in Albania, nor can we release her back to the street, ever! Please, help us through our Guardian Angel program so that you may adopt her from your home country.
Nemo was 6 months when she was hit by a car near our shelter. One of the volunteers saw her unable to move in the middle of the street and immediately took her in.
She was in pain for several days and couldn't move her back legs. We feared she might need an amputation because of the bad condition of her left leg. But with the proper medication, rest, good food and caresses, she was healed within 5 weeks.
Nemo deserves to have a family and lots of love. Please, help us find her a forever home!
This shy girl is called Drita. In English means "Light". We gave her this name because her eyes are full of light which can hypnotize you.
Drita was 8 months old when she came into our shelter. We tried to get her sooner but she was so scared of humans that we had to ask for professional help in order to catch her.
Several injuries in her body, mange and signs of a survived distemper had marked her behavior. She is a handicapped and prefers to stay inside the kennel when visitor come.
She really was reborn in the shelter and we hope with all our heart to find somebody special for her.
We want to thank Doris for being her "Guardian Angel"!
Kercimtarja in English means Dancer. Three years ago we found her in the middle of the street, unable to move. We surely thought she was hit by a car and immediately called the vet.
We learned she had distempter and was successfully treated, although she still has minor tremors. In spite of it all she is super healthy. Kercimtarja is 7 years old and we believe she never had a family. She likes to be free, take walks and of course, good food. 🙂
She is looking for a forever family or a "Guardian Angel".
Please consider being a sponsor for our Dancer!
Juna is 3 years old. She was a sick puppy with mange, living in very bad conditions in the street. One of the volunteers took very good care of her until she became this wonderful lady that she is today. Juna is playful and full of energy. She is ideal for families with children or people with an active life. Our dream is for her to find a very good forever home!
We met Lucky 4 years ago. His skinny and wet body smelled like mange and he had two stinky wounds in his groin. He didn't walk because he was terrified. His ears had been brutally cut off and he was scared of humans.
At the time, we didn't have a shelter and we fostered him in a kennel near an abandoned house in Gjuhadol. After being regularly fed and treated he gained confidence in himself and became autonomous to live in the street.
We brought him to the shelter with the first spay/neuter project and here is what he considers his home.
We are looking for a family for Lucky that has a yard which won't constrain him but gives him the right space to live. If that is not possible we would love to have someone be his "Guardian Angel".
An adorable, sweet and faithful setter, spayed and vaccinated.
She suffers staying at the shelter because she constantly needs love and attention, especially since she lost all her puppies. She consoles herself by hugging other puppies and sleeping next to them.
Please, adopt this magnificent creature.♥
We don't know the complete story of Rudi but what we do know is that human indifference towards sick dogs leads to this.
Rudi was a poor dog living on Ajasem street. Her life was reduced to casual eating and frustrating skin scratching and itchy wounds. As of April 9, Rudi started a new chapter.
We took her and ran a leishmania test, that turned out positive. We put all our efforts into raising money to get her the medication she needed. Now we are so happy that she is healthy again.
Rudi is looking for a forever family but chances in Albania are zero for cases like her. Help us find her one!
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a few days ago i texted my sister and mom asking if they had any picture of maya in a few outfits so i could blog about them. it went something like this:
me: do you have any pictures of maya in that red polka dot dress?
me: what about that orange and purple [polka dot] long sleeved dress?
me: or that orange and white polka dot skirt?
me: also the green [polka dot] top with the purple accent and that purple and white [polka dot] top?
it was around this time i realized i should probably examine my relationship with polka dots.
bottom line: i make a lot of stuff with polka dots, especially for maya. thinking back this is the dress that started it all. so i thought i would share it first.
after the chevron dresses were such a hit sammie asked if i could make maya another roller skate dress (an oliver + s pattern). as i've said before my sisters rarely make requests, so when then do i try to accommodate.
armed with a summer ale and fabric from fields fabric in holland, michigan (purchased when we got fabric for the owl backpacks and nora's first day of kindergarten dress), i set to work.
i must have had too much summer love ale (if it is even possible to have too much of anything from victory brewing) because i accidentally cut the dress at the tunic length. being a scrappy problem solver i went to my stash, found some accent fabric and decided the whole situation could be solved by just making version b which has a contrasting collar and more importantly for my predicament: a band at the bottom made from an accent fabric.
please excuse the photo quality here, at the time i didn't know i would be blogging about this.
having previously established that due to her 'ethnically ambiguous complexion representative of the melting pot of the american dream' maya looks quite good in bright bold prints and contrasting color combinations, i decided that this dress could handle some pattern mixing via a chevron ribbon on the front.
the result was a really fun dress perfect for an almost 2 year old.
especially one who likes ice cream!
aunt maggie


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Michael Jackson lives! In impersonator form, anyway. Photographer Lorena Turner's portrait series The Michael Jacksons, shows just how many MJ impersonators are out there, making a living from the King of Pop. Turner started working on this project shortly after Michael Jackson's death in 2009 'after she traveled to Harlem and was captivated by all of the Michael Jackson performers in attendance for his memorial.'
She started her project by placing an ad on Craigslist, where MJs often look for work, and also searched on Facebook and GigSalad. The result? Turner discovered a huge MJ subculture, with lookalikes, impersonators and tribute artists 'united by their unabiding love for Jackson.'
Check out Lorena Turner's book, THE MICHAEL JACKSONS.
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"it is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons."
- johann schiller
danielle steel with daughters, victoria and vanessa traina
chanel haute couture fw09/10
what a fabulously chic mother-daughterx2 combo - everyone has matching bags and shoes!! the white balmain jacket makes the image for me.


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Across the Region |
Edwards to speak in New York
John Edwards will emerge from seclusion and speak next month at Hofstra University in New York, taking the stage exactly one month after admitting to an extramarital affair.
But his wife, Elizabeth, has canceled what was to be a joint appearance.
The two-time presidential candidate also has agreed to speak at the University of Illinois in October.
University of Illinois spokeswoman Robin Kaler said Thursday that a student group has booked Edwards to speak Oct. 14 on "The American Dream." Tickets are free, but the student group is paying Edwards $65,000.
Kaler said the group gave Edwards a chance to back out after he acknowledged this month that he had an extramarital affair with a filmmaker hired by his political action committee.
Hofstra spokesman Stuart Vincent said Friday that a representative for the former Democratic presidential candidate has confirmed that Edwards will speak alone at the school Sept. 8.
A spokeswoman for John and Elizabeth Edwards did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
Meck briefs
The city is seeking applicants for the following boards: Bicycle Advisory Committee, Business Advisory Committee, Housing Authority, Keep Charlotte Beautiful Committee, Neighborhood Matching Grants, Passenger Vehicle for Hire, Transit Services Advisory Committee, and the Tree Advisory Commission.
For applications, call the city clerk's office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at 704-336-2248 or check the Boards and Commissions section of the clerk's page at www.charmeck.org.
Applications are due by 5 p.m. Sept. 15. The City Council plans to vote on appointments Sept 22.
Regional briefs
Cabarrus County
A Fallen Firefighters cookout fundraiser will be held Sept. 6 throughout Cabarrus and Rowan counties.
The 28th Masonic District of North Carolina is sponsoring cookouts at 11 Masonic lodges in China Grove, Concord, Kannapolis, Midland, Rockwell, Salisbury and Spencer.
Each lodge will offer hot dogs, hamburgers and desserts. Kids 6 and younger can eat for free. There also will be a raffle for prizes including a 50-inch high-definition television, a gas grill and even a used car.
Proceeds will benefit the Shriners Hospital for Children Burn Center.
For a list of participating lodges, call Ed Britt at 704-782-1652.
Electronic devices could guide visitors along the Dale Trail by May.
The devices use GPS technology and feature touch screens that display multimedia presentations when visitors approach points of interest.
Convention & Visitors Bureau officials presented a sample device during a meeting of the county Tourism Authority board of directors Wednesday.
Visitors will likely rent devices from the bureau, which plans to lease them from Austin, Texas-based BarZ Adventures.
Visitors had used printed maps to navigate between area race shops and along the trail, which includes locations important to the life of late NASCAR driver and Kannapolis native Dale Earnhardt.
The printed maps will remain.
N.C. capital Raleigh
Most N.C. road construction projects are being suspended during the holiday weekend.
The state Department of Transportation said the suspension will continue until 9 a.m. Tuesday to ease congestion and improve safety. The suspension includes most U.S. highways and interstates.
One exception will be Interstate 85 in Vance County, where construction lane closures have reduced the freeway to one lane in both directions from milepost 214 to 208.
Traffic on the section of I-85 will share the southbound side of the road because pavement has been torn up on the northbound side. DOT officials suggest drivers use alternate routes to avoid expected delays.
Durham County Durham
The 38 members of the 2006 Duke lacrosse team who sued the university, the city of Durham and a host of others are fighting the attempts to dismiss the case.
The players filed documents in federal court this week, insisting that they suffered emotional distress, fraud, negligence and other injury during the 13 months that three of their teammates – David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann – fought criminal charges.
Charles Cooper, the lawyer from Washington representing the group of 38, submitted their arguments in a series of documents Thursday and asked a judge for a hearing.
In May, Duke, Durham and others asked a federal judge to throw out the lawsuit, saying the players had failed to show the fraud, negligence and other injury they alleged.
S.C. capital Columbia
A program to get the state's children excited about nature has been created by the S.C. State Park Service.
Department officials unveiled a program Thursday that teaches kids how to find and identify plants and animals. It also encourages them to recycle, interview park rangers and learn about safety in the woods, at the lake and on the beach
The free program is for children ages 6 to 9. It is offered at 16 of 47 state parks, including Kings Mountain and Andrew Jackson state parks.
Program materials are available at www.SCJrRanger.com and at the 16 participating parks.
Police digest
Gaston County Gastonia
Gastonia police were looking for a man who robbed the RBC Centura Bank at 100 E. Garrison Blvd. shortly before noon Friday.
According to authorities, a man entered the bank and presented a note demanding money and saying he had a gun.
The man was described as black, about 6 feet tall, slender and wearing an all-white outfit and cap. He left the bank with an undisclosed amount of money. There were no injuries.
Anyone with information about the robbery should call Gastonia police at 704-866-6880.
Catawba County Hickory
An officer who twice shocked a suspect with a Taser stun gun this month acted within department policy, according to Hickory Police Department officials.
In a report released Friday, the department said Officer Lance Bean shocked the suspect for five seconds in each of the two uses of his stun gun. Officers have used Taser probes 70 times in the 4,727 arrests the department has made since January 2007, according to the report.
Bean on Aug. 11 tried to arrest Michael Douglas Connor, who has an outstanding warrant against him, but Connor ran from the officer, according to the department. Bean warned Connor that he would shock him if he didn't stop, but Connor continued to run, and Bean used the Taser on him, police have said. When Connor still didn't stop, Bean shocked him a second time and he fell to the ground, hitting his head on a landscape timber.
Bean arrested Connor, who was taken to Frye Regional Medical Center for treatment and later released, said Capt. Clyde Deal.
Guilford County Greensboro
After reports that several men were robbed when responding to online advertisements for sex or massage, police have charged three men and two women.
Greensboro police Detective K.R. Jones said five victims got directions to vacant apartments in July, then were robbed of cash and cell phones. Jones said one victim had minor injuries.
Police have arrested Joshua Johnson, 18; his sister Joshana Johnson, 17; Shenault Hedrick, 18; his sister, Janella Hedrick, 20; and Nnandi Turner, 17.
The suspects are charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit a felony and common-law robbery.
Forsyth County Winston-Salem
A man was nearly robbed before he got the attention of a police officer – by ramming his car.
The incident happened about 4 p.m. Thursday when 34-year-old Melvin Banger agreed to give two men a ride. Police told the Winston-Salem Journal that one man put a gun to Banger's head and demanded money.
When Banger saw a police cruiser at an intersection, he ran the red light and hit the cruiser. Authorities said his passengers got out and ran.
Officer J.C. Smith suffered minor injuries, and Banger wasn't hurt.
Police Lt. David Perry said Friday the district attorney will determine if Banger faces charges. It was unclear Friday whether the two passengers had been found.


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But guess what? I'm tired. Really, really tired.
Nearly every night either Marco or Jonas is waking up and making our lives unbearable. For Marco, usually it's around 2:30. He sneaks into my room and wants to come into bed with us. The game plan was to walk him back to his bed and tuck him in without saying a word. No "go night-night", no "MARCO!", no anything... just silence. Kinda like a zombie... a very tired zombie. But what I didn't anticipate was that this kid would have more endurance than me! We went through this routine for 2 hours the other night. From 2:30 to almost 5. I was done... done.
When he does this for 2-3 days in a row, that's it, I'm completely exhausted. At that point I don't even care about our stupid "game plan". Screw the "game plan", I'll do anything for more sleep. By the third night, I just sent Mauricio to sleep with him so we could all get some rest. Marco-1, Us-0. He got his way... he won that battle.
The worst is if he wakes up Jonas in all this mess. Then we've really lost. It's incredibly difficult to get TWO babies back to sleep. So in this case, we divide and
But sometimes Jonas wakes up on his own, and for no apparent reason. When this happens, the situation is controllable and bearable because it's just him. We always rush into his room and scoop him up before he wakes up Marco. If he wakes Marco, all bets are off. Usually we can get him back to sleep pretty easily... but in our bed.
So it's a good night when we go 8-10 hours with no one crying, no one sneaking into our bed, and no one waking up in the bed that's not theirs. But, unfortunately, this only happens 2-3 nights a week. I'm starting to develop anxiety before bed time because I know it's just a matter of time before someone starts whimpering or climbing out of their beds. I've got a good 3 hours of sleep before the most annoying wake up call begins to scream.
Truth is, I have no desire to parent from 11pm-8am. I don't want to do it. But I have to. Guys, I'm at a loss here... I don't know how we're going to do it... how we're going to survive this. It might possibly be worse than having a newborn... because at least a newborn has a reason to be waking up! But Marco and Jonas have NO good reason, other than brattiness.
Readers: I need help. A word of advice. A word of encouragement. Many words of prayer. Please?


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Combining chemotherapy with new drugs that target a protein that helps cancer cells to withstand chemotherapy could drastically improve treatment, according to research published in Cancer Cell.
Researchers have carefully studied a network of proteins that kick into action when cancer cells in the lab are treated with a class of chemotherapy drugs called taxanes. These drugs are commonly used to treat several cancers - including breast, ovarian and prostate cancers. But not all cancers respond to them, and it's difficult to predict which patients will benefit.
The scientists measured the strength of this network in a range of cancers to try and find out why some are more likely to respond to taxane-based chemotherapy and why some are more likely to be resistant.
The team identified one particular component of this network - a protein called Bcl-xL - which helps the cancer cells survive treatment by blocking the self-destruct process that normally kills cells when treated with chemotherapy drugs. Drugs to block Bcl-xL are already available and, by combining them with taxanes, the researchers showed in the lab that the combination of treatments killed far more cancer cells than taxanes alone.
"Using this combination of drugs could improve treatment for patients receiving taxanes and lower their chemotherapy dose, which would also help to reduce side-effects," the researchers said. They caution that it is still early days for this research, but if the results are confirmed in clinical trials, it has the potential to improve treatment for thousands of cancer patients.
Based on material originally posted by Cancer Research UK.