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Be still my fucking heart. I watched in the rear-view mirror as the cop climbed out of his car, put on his very official looking hat, and walked toward my vehicle at a leisurely pace. He was the hottest man, and cop, I'd ever seen in my life. I had no idea where to look first, strong chiseled jaw line or that very well maintained body encased in his tight uniform. When he approached my window I rolled it down and noticed he had that natural brooding look, dark and contemplative.
"Ma'am, do you know why I pulled you over?" he asked as he flashed his identification.
"I'm not sure officer, can you tell me?"
"I clocked you at 50 miles per hour. This road is a 30 miles per hour zone, ma'am."
I couldn't get past those deep brown eyes long enough to even worry about the speeding.
"Yes, sorry officer, you say I was going fifty. I apologize, I'm tired, I guess I didn't realize."
I'd never in my life been dazed by any other man before. I shook it off and pulled my long brown hair away from my face and behind my neck.
"Are you aware that 20 miles per hour over the speed limit considered a felony?"
That got my attention quick. "I didn't know that, sir."
He pursed his lips at me, those damn full lips, and I waited. "License and registration please," he said, extending his hand.
I handed him my documents and took great pleasure in watching his ass as he walked back to his own vehicle.
I looked down at my steering wheel and sighed. It was four in the morning and I'd just pulled a long shift at the bar I ran downtown. My legs were sore, my feet swollen, and I was beyond tired as I didn't get much sleep the previous night. Every inch of my body may have been tired but my mind was awake and attuned to that man only a few feet behind my car.
I let a thought enter my head. It wound its way into my senses carefully, creeping along until I actually acknowledged its existence.
It was four am, the road was deserted, and I had one sexy man out there. Maybe I could do like the movies, try a little seduction, and see if he would drop down the speeding from a felony to a regular ol citation.
"It was worth a shot. If it didn't work I'd be arrested either way so..." I told myself and the empty car.
I pulled the mirror down from the visor and stared at my reflection. Long brown hair pulled to the back of my neck, blue eyes, a smattering of freckles across the bridge of my nose, I wasn't a bad looking woman. I ran my fingers under my eyes to erase the strayed eyeliner and smoothed out the lip balm that had become patchy in the course of the last hour since I applied it. Ducking down I reached into the glove box and applied some deodorant to my underarms while thanking any god that listened that I happened to groom that morning.
I pinched my cheeks and shook my hands out to bring some life back into them as the cop sauntered back to my window.
"Ma'am, here you go." He handed me my paperwork and I sat it in the passenger seat.
How the hell do you seduce a cop?
He leaned down and shined his flashlight into my car.
"Have you been drinking tonight, ma'am?"
It was a fair question as I most likely smelled of the liquor I spilled on my pants and hands over the course of the night.
"No, sir, just water."
"Do you mind stepping out of the vehicle for a quick sobriety test?"
I carefully hid the smile that threatened to peak through my serious 'you're with an officer of the law' face. Now I could at least even the playing field. In my vehicle I couldn't do much but out on the road with him...there were definitely some moves I could use. Unless he arrested me.
He watched me carefully as I unfastened my seat belt and stepped out of my car. It was dead in the middle of summer so the early morning air was warm with a pleasant breeze. I was instantly refreshed.
"Can you step over here, ma'am?"
The officer guided me toward the trunk of my car so were both away from the main road. His car hid us from view of anyone who might pass and I was starting to believe this situation had to be fate.
He stood rigid and tall, at least three inches above me. I had to look up to meet his eyes and I could have fallen into them. Deep sea green and smart. God, I loved a smart man.
I swallowed and waited for him to give me instruction. That way I could make a plan.
"Ma'am, I'm going to ask you a few questions first," he said.
I nodded and looked him up and down while he did.
"How many drinks have you had tonight?"
"Four but all of them water."
"Why do you smell like alcohol?" he asked stepping closer but not close enough for my tastes.
I moved into him a little more and met his eyes as I wet my lips.
"I work at a bar, officer," I looked down at his name tag. "Baretti. I often spill drinks or have customers spill drinks on me. That's probably the reason."
"What bar do you work at?" He asked as he watched my every twitch.
"McDougals up on 48." I said, feeling bare and naked to his scrutiny.
He met my eyes and I wondered if my pupils were dilated. They say your pupils dilate when you're turned on and this man had me ramped up. He smelled like soap. Nothing but clean laundry and soap. I wondered if he'd just gotten on shift and what his lips tasted like. Any other man I would have just leaned up and found out but I didn't feel like being shot.
"Officer, I apologize for speeding, I really do, but I haven't been drinking."
I was still only a few inches away from him staring up into his lovely eyes. He wasn't moving, I couldn't even tell if he was breathing. Eventually my nerves crept up and I was about to back away until he reached out and gently moved a stray piece of hair away from my face.
I swallowed, my heart pounding in my chest as my fingers started to tingle from the adrenaline.
"Officer Baretti, I'm going to kiss you now unless you stop me."
I watched his Adam's apple bob as he swallowed in my peripheral vision and slowly I closed the distance between us, careful not to make any sudden movements. Just as my lips reached up to his he spun me around, pressed my back against the trunk of my car, and smashed his lips against mine.
It wasn't artful or erotic it was lust, simple and clean. His teeth scraped mine as he fought each other lips to lips. He tasted like coffee and dark chocolate. I reached up to slide my fingers into his short hair and knocked his hat to the ground. He growled in my mouth as I pulled the strands with a short sharp grip.
We broke apart gasping each other's exhales. My heart felt like it might burst from my chest even as I was pressed tightly between my trunk and his immovable body.
I released his head and slid my palms down his chest to rest on the breast pockets of his uniform and met his eyes.
"This is going to go one of two ways at this point," I whispered, "You can give me my ticket, I can get back in my car, and never see you again or you can flip me around, pull down my pants and fuck me. Right here. Right now."
His eyes sparked and he inhaled sharply as I swallowed waiting for his response. My entire body tingled with awareness, every nerve ending standing on end, waiting and hoping for the answer I wanted to hear.
"What if I want to fuck you and give you a ticket?" he asked gripping the bottom of my gray tank top.
"Well, you're the officer, but if you fuck me good enough I might have to show up on court to contest it just to see you again."
He chuckled a short sharp laugh then leaned down and pressed his lips to mine gently. When he broke away I looked up into those deep eyes and saw the change in him appear. He gripped my hips hard and spun me so my belly pressed into the logo on the back of my trunk.
Oh God this is really happening.
I heard metal clinking and turned my head in time to see his cuffs leave his belt before I felt the cold steel circle my wrists.
I swallowed, and prayed I wasn't about to become coyote food.
Once the click of the cuffs signaled they were in place and my arms were immobile he circled his hand around the front of my neck and tilted my head back so his lips touched my ear.
"I'm going to pull down your jeans and fuck you until you are screaming into the breaking dawn. Just nod if this is what you want."
I nodded as fast as I could in the confines of his hand and he released me before pressing my head down onto the back of my car. The metal was cool but I barely noticed over the hard chaffing of my jeans on my legs as he ripped them down my thighs. I spread my legs as far as I was able to make it easier and heard the clink of keys as he undid his belt.
I started to shiver in anticipation every part of me attuned to this man's movements.
I heard the snap of a condom and then the prod of him at my entrance. Despite his threats he entered me carefully, reverently, and I waited tight as a spring for him to release the beast he held at bay.
He clutched my hips and pulled my ass back into him. It was a strange position with my hands cuffed behind me but it didn't matter I'd come all over him a matter of moments if he just did exactly as he promised.
"Please," I said against the car. I wasn't above begging at this point.
His fingers gripped me tighter and I knew it was over. He slammed into me rearing back and pulling me into him at the same time. I melted. It was rough, brutal, and absolutely beautiful. I couldn't hold out very long and it seemed he wouldn't be able to either.
"You better come with me," he said with an accompanying moan.
It was a command and a promise. I let myself go as he slid in and out of me fast and hard. My hip bones were bruised from pressing against the trunk and the dull pain produced from those bruises as he fucked me sent me over the edge. I shouted my orgasm just as he said I would. He followed me reaching up and pulling my head back by my hair as he sunk into me a few more short strokes.
I swallowed my throat dry from shouting and slumped against the trunk as he withdrew and pulled up his pants. He gently uncuffed my hands but I couldn't move. I stayed strewn across my car with the dust of the road coating my skin as my own wetness trickled down my inner thigh.
If I could have stood up I would have but after a moment he softly pulled my jeans up and rearranged my clothing back into its proper place. He must have gotten scared because he leaned down on my trunk to align his face with mine. I met his eyes before leaning forward to kiss him gently. Eventually I stood, my legs barely able to carry me as the weight of the long day and a mind-blowing orgasm settled into my bones.
"Are you okay? Was I too rough?" he asked, timidly.
I put my fingers to his lips. "No, you were perfect."
He smiled and circled my waist with his hands.
"Well, then, same time next week Mrs. Baretti?"
I smiled and thought how lucky I was to have married the hottest cop on the planet.
"Same time next week but I'll do thirty-five over and see how much trouble that gets me in."
He laughed and gently untangled himself pushing me toward my vehicle.
"I love you. I'll see you at home."
He followed me off the secluded highway back to the main streets and I ached in all the right places as I thought about my bed waiting for me at home.


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Wicked: The Emerald City Tour features a phenomenal cast filled with Broadway Vets and some newcomers, all of which are incredibly talented! Emma Hunton (Broadway: Spring Awakening) as Elphaba brings extraordinary talent to the stage with a voice like no other. Gina Beck as Glinda comes to the US from the UK with many West End credits including none other than Glinda herself in the UK Production. Nick Adams (Broadway: Priscilla Queen of the Desert) is one of the best Fiyero's since the original, Norbert Leo Butz. The rest of the cast brings just as much talent and magic to the stage that you are sure to be blown away!
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Being tired is often the perfect storm for doubt to creep into my life and give the devil a foothold and this past week was no different. When you're doing a lot of anything in life, like building a company, you can sometimes wear yourself out and that's when doubt can creep in. It's one of the rules that I sometimes forget never get too tired, because it can mean you can take your eye off of God and that can mean trouble.
So this week as I had decided to do a lot and God had been blessing me, a little simple thing started to cause a hiccup and an insecurity. The funny thing was that it didn't bother me that I got a flat tire or anything. It was small and minute, but it caused such an insecurity for me. So I put on my big boy faith pants, prayed and thought about it and got over it.
But it did bring up the question in my mind of how we as Christians shouldn't be worried or have any real insecurities especially when God is always doing something for us. Jeremiah 17:7–8, Philippians 4:6-9, and 1 Peter 5:7 all tell us that we'll be blessed and should cast our cares and fears on the Lord and he will take care of us. But you how do you practically do that when you may be tired or busy? Let's look at some tips shall we:
- Slow down: The main thing I had to remember this week is to slow down. You don't have to live or do anything at 100 mph unless you're driving in a race and our race in life is a marathon not a sprint. Slowing down helps you to focus on what's important and put things into perspective. I recommend using a nice little app called calm (for my tech savvy folks) or just simple meditation.
- Focus on what God is doing: Often times we focus on that one small thing instead of the bigger thing God is doing in the midst of us fretting. Focusing on what God is actually doing will help reassure you and improve your faith in God to get through the hard time.
- Stop trying to fix it: By trying to solve the issue you are standing in the way of what God can do and is actually trying to do. It's all about believing God can fix it and not you.
Insecurity is a lack of faith in God and can happen to anyone. We haven't quite made it to heaven yet so we're not quite perfect. But we can stop worrying about it if we simply remember what God has done and trust him as he works. As you go throughout this week, when you hit a snag remember to trust God and focus on him. Don't let the devil punk you especially when God has all power.


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Of course there are many, almost countless, very worthy and even fun cultural uses for drones. They could even become as ubiquitous as white vans in the sky. There are obvious roles in the military too. However I feel it is important that there is a debate about the next generation of drones that has to remain open.
There are serious ethical and moral questions that need to be asked about their use in the surveillance of our free society and their role in remote killing. The new generation of drones will have autonomy in acquiring their own targets and eliminating them. This is not a pleasant thought as drones become more available and a whole lot cheaper.
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Especially when terrorists apply despicable pressure using diabolical tactics, their aim being to outrage innocent people by killing indiscriminately can we still trust politicians, and our military to exert restraint ? How can it be right to hand over responsibility to an algorithm embedded in a device making this machine a digital judge and jury flying in our sky. This nightmare of warfare has already been invented and tested. How long will it be before there is an unholy rush to sanction the use of autonomous killing machines and how long before we regain some control and ban this type of use.
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An ultrasound uses inaudible sound waves to capture pictures of internal organs. A renal ultrasound is used specifically to obtain images of a person's kidneys. A doctor might order a renal ultrasound if a person is having chronic urinary problems, is suspected of having kidney stones or to see whether a kidney tumor is present.
One benefit of this kind of ultrasound is that it is not an invasive procedure, so patients who might already be in pain will not have to experience any further discomfort. Patients are encouraged to drink only water on the morning of their ultrasound and should specifically avoid drinking soda. An ultrasound on the renal system must be performed on a person with a full bladder for the the images to be as accurate as possible.
The procedure is performed by a trained technician. A patient will need to expose his or her stomach so that the technician can squirt some gel onto the area. The test administrator will then run a probe over the the area to capture the needed images. An ultrasound typically takes 45 minutes or less to perform. The procedure is not invasive, so patients are free to urinate after the ultrasound is over and can go on with their daily routine.
A doctor will schedule a meeting with the patient to go over the results. The sonographer who performed the test is not authorized to discuss the results with the patient. Depending on the findings in the images, a doctor might be able to make a diagnosis of a condition, or more tests might be needed.
A patient who is diagnosed with kidney stones might need additional procedures if the stones will not pass out of the body naturally. One available treatment is shockwave therapy, in which a doctor can break down the kidney stones to make them smaller. As a last resort, there also are surgeries available to remove the stone.
When a kidney cyst or tumor is spotted in a renal ultrasound image, a doctor might decide to do a biopsy to find out whether the lump is cancerous or benign. Biopsying a kidney usually requires a short hospital stay and some time off work. A patient might be in some pain after the procedure, and the doctor likely will prescribe short-term narcotics so that the patient can find relief. If the lump turns out to be cancerous, the doctor will work with the patient to find the best type of cancer treatment available.
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Mariners: Fister shows he's the one who got away
SEATTLE - Tuesday: Detroit 6, Seattle 2
Wednesday: Detroit (Scherzer 1-0, 4.91) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 1-2, 3.05)
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Anyway you look at it — by traditional baseball statistics or advanced sabermetrics — the decision to trade Doug Fister to the Tigers in the middle of the 2011 season was a mistake.
If there were any lingering doubts, Fister gave the Mariners (6-9) a nice little reminder on a chilly Tuesday night at Safeco Field.
The lanky right-hander turned in a typical Fister performance, tossing seven innings, giving up two runs on four hits with a walk and five strikeouts in the Tigers' 6-2 win.
He was everything Mariners fans might remember when he was here — fast, efficient — only better.
"He's got that great downward angle, throwing that sinker down and away. I thought his change-up was better than I've seen it before," Justin Smoak said. "He was always good when he was here. He's a competitor. He was working fast. You just have to do things to get him out of his rhythm."
The trade seems absurd now. Fister was sent to Detroit along with reliever David Pauley in exchange for pitchers Charlie Furbush and Chance Ruffin, outfielder Casper Wells and then-third base prospect Francisco Martinez.
Of what the Mariners received in return, only Furbush is contributing to the major league club. Wells was designated for assignment after failing to make the team. Ruffin — once thought to be a future closer — is trying to re-invent himself as a starter in Double A. Martinez is the center fielder in Jackson after being converted to the outfield and never hitting as expected.
And Fister? He was 3-12 with a 3.33 earned run average when he was traded in 2011. Down the stretch for the Tigers that season, he went 8-1 with a 1.79 ERA in 10 starts and one relief appearance, helping them reach the playoffs.
Last season, he posted a 10-10 record with a 3.45 ERA and helped the Tigers reach the World Series.
After Tuesday night, Fister improved to 3-0 with a 2.70 ERA in three starts.
"Fister was pretty good tonight," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "He does a great job of moving the ball around. He cuts it. He has the great sinker. And he and adds and subtracts. And tonight, he just threw the ball where he wanted to."
Fister was perfect through three innings and cruising. Kyle Seager's one-out double over the head of Austin Jackson in center field in the fourth inning broke up the perfect game. Kendrys Morales ended the shutout moments later, doubling to right-center. Michael Morse, back in the line-up after missing the last three games, plated Morales with a single up the middle. The Mariners had a 2-1 lead against Fister and were looking to get more.
But Fister didn't allow it. He got Raul Ibanez to pop out to shortstop, walked Justin Smoak and then got Kelly Shoppach to ground out.
That was the Mariners one and only chance against Fister. He retired the nine of the next 10 hitters.
"I felt pretty good," Fister said. "I felt like I kept the ball down for the most part. I was able to throw my breaking stuff over. The biggest thing was defense. Those guys made some great plays."
Meanwhile, his teammates — Cabrera specifically — made sure he was in line for the win. The reigning American League Most Valuable Player put the Tigers up for good in the fifth inning. He reached out and drove a 2-2 fastball over the wall in right-center field for a two-run homer off Mariners starter Aaron Harang, who was making his debut.
"He did a great job of hitting that pitch," Harang said. "We went back and looked and it was four or five pitches off the plate. It should have been a ball. That proves why he's as good as he is."
Harang worked five innings, giving up the three runs on seven with a walk and five strikeouts. He threw 95 pitches, which was about the limit considering he hadn't pitched in a game since spring training.
"I liked the way he used his fastball and as he worked in the game he got a better feel for his breaking ball," Wedge said. "He's a big league pitcher and he knows how to get big league hitters out. That's a tough line-up over there and I thought he did a pretty good job."
The Mariners bullpen couldn't keep the game close.
Blake Beavan gave up an RBI single to Cabrera in the seventh, while Bobby LaFromboise and Yoervis Medina each walked in batters in the eighth inning to stretch the lead. The Mariners simply weren't going to come back against that deficit.
"We've got to get the offense going and loosen things up a little bit around here," Wedge said. "You get a couple of guys going and you gain some momentum and it gives everyone some room to breathe and games aren't so tight. We are going to be a pretty good offensive club, I believe that."
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This cute blouse has been handmade from a vintage Simplicty pattern dated to 1953.
The fabric is a soft cotton lawn with a tiny blue floral print. The construction of the blouse is as it would have been when made in the 1950's. The seams are pinked, the hem double turned & hand stitched in place, the armholes edged with self-bias & hand stitched. The buttons for this blouse are also vintage.
The blouse features double dart-tucks in the front and back, creating a fitted area over the hip and upto the waist, releasing the fabric to give that classic 50's "poufe" over the skirt waistband. Gathers from the forward shoulder seam add fullness over the bust area & the high neckline is finished with a small Peter Pan collar.
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Very nice! I like those tucks/gathers at the front and the fabric you used. Also, it's cool how you finished the blouse 50's style :)
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Thanks! I really wanted to make it like it would have been, so followed all the instructions exactly – I almost made bound buttonholes… Next time! :)
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This is a phrase used to describe the type of preservation treatment that is used at the vast majority of sites in Chaco. Each structure is thoroughly documented, a careful condition assessment is made, monitoring and evaluations are done on a routine cycle, but no hands-on preservation treatment is performed. Many of the sites in this category of preservation treatment are relatively stable and do not need to be interfered with, so benign neglect is appropriate.
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"Beautiful Blur" at the Art*Bar
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Photographers are invited to submit images for display at the Art*Bar. Thirty images will be selected for exhibit at the trendy Art*Bar establishment.
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Juried Theme: "Beautiful Blur"
Artistic images incorporating some type of blur — whether on purpose, accidental or rendered artistic by artistic interpretation — are appropriate for this exhibition. The images can play with motion or static vibrations or the enigma of blur. Present your inspiring, expressive and mysterious images for selection by the juror, Don Krause. The juror will select up to 30 images from those submitted for presentation at the Art*Bar.
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Need an opinion on which tire size. 285/45/22 or 275/45/22
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I have been doing some research on here & I have read that a 32" tire is the largest you can go. I have a 2013 Laredo & I just ordered the 22" SRT8 reps. I'm trying to decide if I should go with a 285/45/22 or a 275/45/22. Not really looking for a mud terrain tire just an all season will do & I really like the Toyo's, Hankook and Cooper Zeons. I know the 285 will be an exact 32 but just worried it will rub so I was thinking about the 275 which is a 31.74. Not that much difference but wanted your opinions before I made the purchase this week. I did see the youtube video with the 22' srt8 reps on the 285/45/22 Nittos which looked really nice. Thanks in advance.
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The Moon on the square is a nice pub which is situated next to Chicagos night club and close to the other pubs in town. It is a good pub to start the night off in as the drinks are cheap and they often have good promotions on drinks too. There are plenty of seating areas too. Also it is a good pub to pop into for a drink in the day time if you are shopping in town as it has a relaxed daytime atmosphere.
They don't have music in this pub so it is not one to go in if you want to have a dance, but it does get busy so there is a good atmosphere.
They do food which is the normal type of pub food such as lasagne, fish or burgers although I have never eaten here.
It is a pub which is suitable for all age groups and I would recommend a visit.
Like any town centre based Wetherspoon pub, offering food & drink at such low prices attracts a certain number of undesirable characters.
Fortunately, this one is split over two levels with most of the power drinkers congregating around the bar area on the lower level.
Good value food & drink. Comfortable environment (away from the bar).
Located in the heart of the town centre in the market square, next to the very large Chicago Rock Cafe.
Very popular in the evening also with people taking advantage of the cheaper drinks before moving on to other 'more expensive' destinations
The Moon on the Square is situated right on the market square in teh centre of Northampton and in many ways is a typical Weatherspoons restaurant with the food that it serves and the drinks that are available.
There is one main difference though, this bar has no music being played on any night and has been a non-smoking pub long before the smoking ban, so it has always been a pleasant place to go and have a quiet meal with the good quality food that you'd expect.
Just in case you think that you'd get bored of the company you keep when you go out for a meal, there's a decent range of fruit and game machines in the bar too, which seem to be on some kind of rotation and they're always changing what machines are there.
In summary, this is a great pub to go to for a meal or to use as a meeting place for a night out, but isn't usually the most lively of places later in the evening.
A couple of year's ago this Pub had a really bad reputation,it was noisy,not very clean,food was awful,& some of the clientele left a "bit to be desired".
Approximately a year ago the place was subject to a good clean & shake up,and for a while things improved dramatically.
Since then I'd visited several times & was quite satisfied with service etc.
On Saturday 16th March,my wife & I went for an early evening meal,we both chose "chicken breast burgers",served with fries & tomato relish.
We had tried this meal several times in 'spoons establishments,& had found it more than acceptable.
What we received here were two pieces of flattened chicken,very dry,with the consistency of hard rubber,& a few lukewarm chips,it is no exaggeration to say the knives supplies couldn't cut the burgers,my wife ate a part of hers,I ate a small part of mine,it was truly dreadful.
We were offered a refund,which we accepted,it was then brought to us by a surly looking young woman with a face like thunder,the money was dropped in my hand,no apology or explanation was forthcoming.
I have a radar key for the disabled toilet,I went to use it,frankly it was disgustingly filthy,didn't look as is it had been cleaned properly for God knows how long.
I hate to say it,but it looks as though this establishment is returning to it's not very pleasant past.
Give it a miss.
Cheap place to eat and drink! Day time people are getting drunk here so not my first choice!! Evening not much atmosphere with no music! Great for drinking and chatting at the start of the night but again not somewhere I go on a regular occasion
Cheap food and drinks
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Top DOD weapons tester questions Navy ship's survival in attack
The littoral combat ship USS Independence demonstrates its maneuvering capabilities in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego in July. Some within the Pentagon are calling for the Navy's order of the ship to be dramatically reduced, raising questions about what the future surface fleet will look like.
WASHINGTON — The Navy's $23 billion littoral combat ship is less able to survive an attack than other U.S. warships, according to the Pentagon's top weapons tester.
Revised standards adopted for the vessel intended to operate in shallow coastal waters "continue to accept the risk the crew would need to abandon ship under circumstances that would not necessitate that action" on other vessels, Michael Gilmore, the Defense Department's director of operational testing and evaluation, said in a letter to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
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Gilmore, rebutting the Navy's contention that he's misstating the ship's requirements, said they are "significantly different" from those for other ships that may face enemy forces. His stance adds to previous questions about the future of the vessel being built in two versions by Lockheed Martin and Austal.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in February that he was limiting purchases to 32 vessels, instead of the 52 originally planned, until the Navy developed alternatives for a more survivable ship. He has called for a more "capable and lethal" option that could include an upgraded littoral combat ship or a different design. Recommendations from defense contractors are due by the end of this month.
About $12 billion has been appropriated by Congress so far for 20 vessels.
In addition to $23 billion to build the ships, the Navy would spend $7.2 billion to buy mission modules that are supposed to be swapped out for mine-hunting, surface warfare and anti-submarine missions.
Gilmore offered his observations about the littoral combat ship's survivability in the June 26 letter to McCain, who is critical of the program. The senator sponsored a provision in this year's defense budget that mandated a Navy and test office report on the ship.
Gilmore also submitted a report dated June 26 outlining the ship's evolution and the status of its warfighting equipment.
The letter to McCain was intended to rebut material the Navy submitted to lawmakers on June 6. It said Gilmore's office "inaccurately defines LCS capabilities" and "mis- characterizes the requirements to which LCS was designed" and its capabilities.
The LCS, "for military and survivability features, was constructed in accordance with Navy specifications and standards comparable to all surface combatants," the service said.
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert said in a June 6 letter transmitting the service's congressionally mandated report on the ship that its survivability depended on a "total-ship concept."
The design will allow the vessel to "continue to perform its primary mission, exit the battle area under its own power or conduct an orderly abandon ship," depending on circumstances, Greenert said.
"In short, LCS is a survivable ship," Greenert wrote Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., who heads the House Appropriations defense subcommittee. "Speed, maneuverability and modern weaponry aid LCS in avoiding a hit in the first place."
"If hit, LCS was designed to minimize vulnerability" and "with modern automated damage control systems" it will be able to "recover from causalities and withdraw to fight again," Greenert said.
The Navy also outlined the five-year record of equipment failures for the USS Freedom built by Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed and the USS Independence built by Henderson, Australia- based Austal. It said the number of reports for each ship "is on average consistent with other surface combatants in the fleet," the Navy said.
Gilmore wrote McCain that the Freedom and Independence were built to a standard for vessels such as patrol and logistics ships that are "not expected to be survivable in a hostile combat environment and are not intended to be employed in a manner that puts them in harm's way."
"Combatants have traditionally been required to meet much more stringent survivability criteria," Gilmore said.
The littoral combat ship's 50-member crew — an increase of 10 over the original manning concept — "should be able to extinguish small fires and control minor damage" from a "minimally damaging weapons hit or collision but might not be able to restore full combat capability at sea," Gilmore said.
Even with its advanced firefighting capability "the crew will likely be unable to fight a major conflagration and would probably be forced to abandon ship," he said.
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Converse Japan 2014 Spring/Summer Chuck Taylor All Star Collection
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Linking behavioral control to frontline employee commitment and performance: a test of two alternative explanations using motivation theories
AbstractWe propose and empirically test a model in which behavioral control is linked to frontline employee commitment and performance. We test two alternative explanations by examining the intermediate role of job autonomy and situational learning orientation. The hypotheses are tested using multiple-source survey data from a sample of 1184 frontline employees and their supervisors. Results indicate that situational learning orientation is an important construct in linking behavioral control to performance. Job autonomy shows to be important in explaining employee outcomes but is only marginally related to behavioral control. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.
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text: Mozart's Singspiel 'The Magic Flute' is regarded as one of the greatest operas of the entire repertoire. What makes it a great work of art is Mozart's unique ability to translate his humanistic ideals into music of extraordinary beauty and suggestiveness. The original libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder and Carl Ludwig Giesecle was a tale about good and evil, in which Sarastro, the high priest of an enlightened brotherhood, abducts Pamina, whose mother is the evil Queen of the Night. The Queen sends Prince Tamino to save Pamina. Tamino not only falls in love with Pamina, but also accepts Sarastro as the incarnation of truth and goodness. Tamino's counterpart is Papageno, the Queen's bird-catcher, whose earthiness counterbalances Tamino's idealism. Predictably, because of the Magic Flute and Papageno's bells, love and goodness triumph, Sarastro overcomes the Queen of the Night, Tamino and Pamina are united after many trials, and Papageno finds Papagena, a female version of himself - the principal theme of the whole opera being love. This is the Schirmer Edition of the Vocal Score in the original German with an English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin.


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UPS just dropped off my package of a NB Denny's Wry Smile Rye IPA. Everything was ok until I opened the envelope with my yeast. It's the Wyeast 1450 Denny's Favorite 50 strain. The smack pack is already swollen. This is the first time that I ordered a smack pack. It was packaged on July 9, 2012. I called NB and they said this strain has a tendency to retain CO2 and it will come out of solution in transit. They said it should be fine. It's in my fridge now.
Has anyone seen or heard of this. I plan on making my starter on Friday for a Sunday brew. I'm fairly certain that my LBHS doesn't carry the 1450, so I hope it's ok. Thanks for any help.
It's not unusual. See #25: http://www.wyeastlab.com/faqs.cfm?website=1
I would trust Northern Brewer.
This is fairly common. Usually they work fine. You might make a slightly larger starter a couple of days earlier to make sure it goes. If it is good you can refrigerate and brew as scheduled. If not it give you some time to switch gears.
BTW I have used this yeast and liked it a lot. In fact I freeze vials for later use and have one on my stirplate at the moment for next week.
I decided to start the starter today so if the yeast is no good, I'll still have time to grab another smack pack prior to brew day on Sunday.
After all that worry,the inner packet was still intact. I cut that packet and poured it into the starter after I pitched the yeast. Next time, I'll know better about the smack packs. I feel like a big dope
SO the starter is happily sitting in my beer room. I'll swirl it every few hours until Thursday. Thursday night, I'll decant the spent wort and make the second stage. I think it'll be good until Saturday and then I refrigerate until Sunday on brew day.


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Eight ball in the corner pocket. A pool player announcing this at The Wave Sports Pub could be talking about any of the 124 corner pockets on the bar's 31 Brunswick Gold Crown tables. These share space in the pub with ping-pong tables, dartboards, and large, flat-screen HD televisions that broadcast sports ranging from football and college basketball to races between dads to find the TV clickers buried in their couches.
Games can be scored to the dulcet tones of local bands performing, music from a digital satellite jukebox. During karaoke every Thursday–Saturday, guests belt tunes from more than 10,000 songs that are updated every month. In the middle of all that entertainment, bartenders supply beer by the bottle and tap while the culinary team crafts classic pub food such as fried-shrimp baskets, Angus beef sliders, and mozzarella sticks.
Since taking its current name in 1975, Bayberry Bowling Center has blossomed from a 16-lane candlepin bowling alley to a modern entertainment center. Today, automatic scoring tracks every strike as video cameras record each frame, allowing bowlers to review their technique and rank their post-throw victory dances. Guests itching to improve their game can work with the alley's certified instructor, and those itching to improve their glass-handling skills can choose from 25 varieties of beer and wine as they watch the latest game on two 12-foot televisions. Competition continues in the billiards room, where players sink eight balls on two 8-foot and six 9-foot tables, and in the arcade, where visitors vie for tickets and prizes on a constantly updated array of video games. Bayberry Bowling Center stays open until 11 p.m. seven days a week.
In 1880, Justin P. White created candlepin bowling because he felt that traditional bowling wasn't challenging enough. Today, Leda Lanes continues this East Coast tradition, where bowlers clutch softball-sized balls before sending them down the lane toward tall, thin pins. Though the game is a throwback, the staff keeps things modern with state-of-the-art scoring systems at each lane. A concession stand provides snacks, while Kegler's Den Lounge provides libations to keep bowlers going till the next string.
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Wherever their origins, the telltale echoes of competition and camaraderie beckon to guests throughout the venue. They're accompanied in the air by the scents of comfort food, from staples such as sesame ginger wings to inventive fusions such as cheeseburger spring rolls. Sweeter aromas waft from multiple bars as the staff flavors martinis with gummy bears, pop rocks, and ice cream instead of the traditional fixings, olives or entire lemons on toothpicks.
As for sights, the surroundings blend vintage flair with luminous technology. More than 30 high-definition televisions line the space, broadcasting sports games and bowling scores. Though the game-room amenities differ slightly based on the town—Boston's Back Bay has six Brunswick Gold Crown pool tables, and Dedham boasts four miniature-roller-ball lanes—each Kings location hosts group events, including parties and corporate getaways where you can finally laugh at your boss's ridiculous shoes. Weekly themed nights for the public also encourage dancing, karaoke, and trivia.
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The digital chorus of more than 40 arcade games soars above the rhythmic click of caroming billiard balls on Jillian's of Worcester's emerald expanses of felt. Good-natured competition finds an outlet at air-hockey tables, and a plethora of racing games let friends match wits or join forces against their true enemy: traffic cones. Versions of Deal Or No Deal and Wheel of Fortune and a selection of brand-new high-definition games glow festively near 24 Brunswick billiards tables. Private parties migrate to a lounge, where projection screens and high-definition televisions broadcast sporting events or news. Guests twirl or covertly stomp bubble wrap on the dance floor to the thumping rhythms of live music or follow noses to an array of appetizers, pizzas, paninis, and dinner entrees dispensed from the full-service kitchen.


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Upon winning the Miss Thailand Universe crown late last month, 19-year-old Farung Yuthithum was quickly categorised as the tallest as well as the fairest of the contestants. She was also the quietest.
With the culmination of the pageant on March 24, Farung was swept into the media whirlpool. Tiara tottering on her tresses, she was interviewed for TV until 4am. At the family home in Pathum Thani, a press scrum was already in progress.
But the smile never left Farung's face.
Already fatigued by the usual shortage of sleep during the pageant, she's got more tough days and weeks ahead before the world's most publicised beauty contest gets underway.
To begin with, she has to get used to her beauty being scrutinised everywhere she goes - and to the occasional cutting remarks: Is that perfectly pointed chin a surgeon's work? Doesn't she resemble some of the better looking, gender-bending Miss Tiffanys?
With such signals that she might not be the people's favourite, Farung still manages to stay poised. On a visit to The Nation, she's not only elegant and graceful but thoughtful too. She's inherited two virtues from her mother: prudence and tolerance.
"I look at it in a more optimistic way," she says of the public sniping. "I'm glad they think my face is perfectly proportioned! My mother has sharp cheekbones like me.
"I'm not against surgery, though. If it makes you happy and others happy, then it's okay, but it's not like everyone needs it."
What about the murmurings of masculinity?
If you see male characteristics in the snow-white beauty, they must come from her father, Farley, the deputy director of a provincial prison. Having seen plenty of troubled youth, he has always encouraged her to be a leader so that she can help others in need.
Her femininity comes courtesy of her mother, Prayoonsri, who was twice a beauty contestant herself.
"I've always liked dressing up like my mother. She made me want to enter beauty pageants," says Farung, who previously tried out for the Miss University League and Miss Teen Thailand titles.
Is she worried about scandal befalling her, as it has other Thai beauty queens - perhaps a gown deemed too revealing or a date with the "wrong" guy?
"I'm not afraid," she says, "because I always behave properly."
What about that supersize height? Farung drank milk every day as a child and still eats a particular kind of fish that has lots of protein. She rode her bicycle to and from school all the time and shot up to 179 centimetres - five foot 10 - making her the tallest-ever Miss Thailand Universe.
Her stature will help in the Miss Universe pageant, but how does she rate her chances of winning that title too?
Farung says she'll give it 100 per cent. She has a month of intensive training ahead and enough time to perfect her appearance. She's already lightened her black hair to a dark brown, which makes her seem more feminine.
Well apart from the looks department, Farung is a third-year student of applied liberal arts at Rajamangala University of Technology in Thanyaburi. She's majoring in English and hopes one day to be one of the country's ambassadors.
"I like English a lot, and talking to people. Being an ambassador would be a great honour because I could represent Thailand."
Her favourite sport is swimming, and Farung has musical talent besides - she teaches youngsters to play the piano.
With so much going for her - especially her height - the stars certainly seem within reach.
Lisnaree Vichitsorasatra
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Mapping the Effects of Mitotic Chromosome Organization on Interphase Genomic Architecture
Jason Stumpff, PhD, Mary Tang, MD
"The genome is arguably one of the most critical components of the cell. Its proper organization and function within the cell's nucleus are necessary to control nearly all cellular processes. Both solid tumor and blood cancer cells frequently display abnormally organized genomes, which significantly contributes to uncontrolled cellular proliferation. Despite its importance to cancer progression, how cells normally maintain genomic organization and how it becomes disrupted in tumor cells remain key unanswered questions. The proposed work will utilize advanced microscopy and biochemical techniques to test a novel hypothesis regarding the mechanisms that maintain proper genomic organization. These studies will combine Dr. Jason Stumpff's expertise in the basic mechanisms that spatially control the genome with Dr. Mary Tang's clinical expertise in evaluating genomic abnormalities in cancer patient samples. These studies have broad implications for advancing our understanding of the mechanisms that control genomic function and how they become disrupted in cancer."
MicroRNAs as Preditctors of Breast Cancer Development in High Risk Women
Marie Wood, MD, Janet Stein, PhD, Jane Lian, PhD
"MicroRNAs are small RNAs that do not encode protein products. Recently, microRNAs have been measured in serum of breast cancer patients and found to correlate with miRNAs expressed in the tumors. However, no studies have assessed the potential of serum miRNAs as biomarkers of cancer risk, that is, as markers for predicting cancer years before a tumor is identified. We will develop the "risk" signature by profiling miRNAs in serum from high risk women who have developed breast cancer (serum collected 0.6- 8.6 years before diagnosis) and compare these to matched high risk women who have not yet developed breast cancer. The miRNAs that differ between the two groups will be part of a "risk" signature for breast cancer that has the potential to revolutionize how we assess risk, and thereby identify preventive approaches. This translational project will be accomplished by a strong collaboration between the "Stein/Lian group" with expertise regarding miRNAs and their functional activities and the "Wood Group" with expertise in breast cancer prevention and a large and well characterized database of women at increased risk for breast cancer. Future studies will focus on validating the signatures identified and linking the miRNAs identified to breast cancer development."
Mitochondrial Mutations and Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer
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Welcome to Chippewa Valley Learning In Retirement
Our organization offers classes and trips to retired people in the Chippewa Valley.
Celebrating a Successful Twenty Years
In 1994 Marv Lansing and Ken Heintz, along with a few others, set up an Institute for Learning in Retirement connected to UW-Stout. (UWEC had declined to participate.) For sixteen years the organization served predominately Menomonie area residents. In 2010, we left UW-Stout due to financial considerations and became an independent 401(c)(3). Since then, our Eau Claire area membership has blossomed, and our overall membership has tripled. Now CVLR has members from Weyerhauser to the north, Stanley to the east, River Falls to the west, and Hixton to the south. After twenty years, we continue to make the CVLR experience very meaningful for its members. Thank you to all involved, past and present, who have contributed to our success.
Sharon R. Lowry
Fall 2014 Courses and Trips
The registration packet for fall will be available the first week in August. Members will receive the packet in the mail. Non-members may find the courses and trips under Schedule-Menomonie and Schedule-Eau Claire on this site.
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1. Renew your membership. Everyone's membership has expired.
2. Complete the membership form for your renewal. Let us know
any address, e-mail, or phone changes.
3. Receive a new membership card. You will keep your current
membership number. Find it on the mailing label of your pink fall booklet.
4. Register in person Tuesday, August 26. You may also register for
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when registering for him or her.
5. Bring exact cash for any class fees under $10. Do not write a
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pressure off our volunteers. If you absolutely cannot attend, then send
in your registration.
You may register in person or by mail. In-person registrations have priority over mail-in registrations. If a class or a trip has a limit on how many may attend, in-person registrations receive first priority. Waiting lists will be established for these classes and trips. Those on the waiting lists may have the opportunity to attend due to cancellations.
Find more information on registration and forms for registration and membership on the Latest News page.
Please send your mail-in registrations before Tuesday, August 26, if at all possible. Mail-in registrations are accepted after that date.