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The ' Bedroom' has mostly relegated itself to Sleeping and/or TV and then sleep. It's time to wake up the libido and those forgotten embers of sexual desire.
Leave your job at work and when you get home give your spouse an 'honest' heart felt kiss & hug. These are things a lot if us have managed to forget to do.
Sexual desire & stimulation are (or should be) a part of our daily routine. Sex is healthy. Sex is a way of expressing our love, relieving those pent up tensions and re-connect with your mate.
Viagra stayed in the headlines for years as help for ED. Drug companies are just now realizing women want to enjoy sex too! However it is this writers belief that it does not always have to be drug induced or invasive in any way. Viagra has the potential to make men go blind and/or have a heart attack. Not good.
In my research, Oxytocin (aka the 'Love Hormone') is the drug of choice especially when it comes to Sexual Arousal.
Both medical journals and history suggest women actually have an Oxytocin 'button' if you will, better known as 'Nipple Stimulation'. Both Medical Journal's & history, state it is the first line of defense in bringing on child labor, lactation, and sexual arousal primarily as well as other states of well being such as stress relief. In all of these 'states of being', nipple stimulation is recommended in order to start the body's natural production of Oxytocin, which in turn starts contractions, the production of milk and sexual arousal.
The general populous tends to think of nipple stimulation as a direct correlation to sexual arousal *only*. To suggest to a woman she stimulate her nipples is rather hard in most cases, simply because her mind is on the primary task at hand (child labor, lactation & sexual arousal - the later, especially in long-term relationships).
While drug companies have created a synthetic Oxytocin primarily used to induce labor via IV, it should be noted that it has to be a constant feed. Once disconnected, the synthetic Oxytocin fades away fairly quickly.
In pursuit of a woman's version of Viagra, one pharmaceutical company is trying to create an inhaled version of synthetic Oxytocin. Here again they are finding that while it does create a sense of trust, bonding and sexual arousal, testing on both men and women indicates it is still short lived - because it is synthetic and not constant.
Researching this phenomenal peptide hormone (Oxytocin) shows women can produce higher amounts of Oxytocin and reap longer lasting benefits from this natural production, via nipple stimulation. While men tend to get an Oxytocin spike during intercourse, it is believed that the testosterone release alone makes them more content, and the Oxytocin spike maybe diluted by the male hormones.
God's gift to (most) women, are our nipples. An Oxytocin "button" if you will. The key is the stimulation of these buttons". Of course there are several ways this can be accomplished using fingers, licking, sucking, etc.
Since the beginning of time, women have worn jewelry (for one thing) both to feel sexy and to attract the opposite sex. The FDA has recently approved a pliable decorative breast acupressure device (no needles) for sexual arousal. The wearer has 100% control of the size and the tension, leaving the hands free and the mind to blissfully wander.
Rekindling sexual desire does not have to be drug related.
Recapture the Rapture, God's Gift To Women....Nipple stimulation!
One non invasive, non prescription, non drug, non vibrating toy that has recently hit the market in another arena found it had a "wanted" side effect. A patented sexually stimulating system.
The patent reads in part "....This is as close to any aphrodisiac presently known to man." Quite a statement for non piercing nipple jewelry.
Check out Nipple Huggers® ~ Lacy & More. This product has the ability to make you forget the world outside and spice up the bedroom blues. No kidding!
I'll never be caught without a stash in my jewelry box again! Nipple Huggers®".


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Your 2012 DIY costumes for kids
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Avery Burke-Doyle of Southeast Portland models this Lego Harry Potter costume, a collaborative effort by him and his mom, Dolores Doyle. She writes: "Last year's collaboration between mother and son. Mom built the structure, son drew and painted the details. Started with large cardboard boxes, paper mache and a Lego mini-figure as a model. Lesson learned? Use a fan to help the paper mache dry faster." Photo submitted by Dolores Doyle
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SEATTLE -- Alfredo Aceves will replace Darrell Rasner in the rotation Tuesday against the Los Angeles Angels.
Rasner has not won since the All-Star break (0-3, 6.17 ERA in eight starts and one relief appearance) and is 2-10 since starting his season 3-0. In his Thursday start at Tampa Bay, he allowed five runs in 1 1/3 innings, the shortest start of his career.
"I didn't help my cause," Rasner said Friday. "I was up in the zone. I couldn't throw my breaking ball over for strikes. What can I say to that? I wasn't good. No excuses."
Manager Joe Girardi said Rasner apologized to him for Thursday's outing.
"The kid's got a lot of heart," Girardi said. "I told him he didn't need to do that."
Aceves followed Rasner on Thursday with five solid innings. He allowed two of his three inherited runners to score but was charged with one run on five hits, striking out four and walking two. It was Aceves' second big-league appearance.
"Starting, relieving, I don't care," Aceves said.
Said Girardi: "Aceves threw the ball extremely well (Thursday) night. ... I think he'll even be sharper when we see him next time."
Rasner lost his starting job after giving up five runs in four innings Aug. 3 against the Angels. But he went back in the rotation after one relief appearance because of Ian Kennedy's ineffectiveness and Dan Giese's shoulder injury.
"It's been a frustrating year, man," said Rasner, who six times has allowed two earned runs or fewer and not gotten a win.
The Yankees signed Aceves -- listed as 25 years old -- in March out of the Mexican League for $450,000, and he progressed this year from Class A Tampa to the majors.
"Aceves is a guy we thought when we signed him he could move quick," general manager Brian Cashman said, "and he has."
Aceves will become the 13th starting pitcher for the Yankees this season (including Brian Bruney, who got one in Kansas City in April because of the threat of rain). In the AL, only Texas, with 15, has used more.
Melky Cabrera returned to the majors Friday, but what kind of major-leaguer he is remains to be seen.
Cabrera, 24, was the Opening Day center fielder. But he was hitting .242 when he was sent down Aug. 15.
Asked if Cabrera is still the team's center fielder of the future, Cashman said, "I hope so, but he's going to have some competition. ... He went in as the everyday guy. Now he's back in the competing-for-a-job mode."
The competition is Brett Gardner and perhaps Austin Jackson, who this year hit .285 with 19 stolen bases for Double-A Trenton.
"I would think he'd still need more time," Cashman said of Jackson.
Cabrera hit .308 in 17 games for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, including two playoff games. He was recalled Friday for depth in light of right fielder Bobby Abreu's sore left wrist.
"I'm very happy to be back," Cabrera said.
The Yankees told Cabrera to work on baserunning and pitch selection at the plate while in the minors.
"He's better than a .240 hitter," Girardi said. "I think he has the ability to steal 20 bases, 25 bases, and we wanted him to learn how to do that. He can be an everyday outfielder. He's still pretty young."
Abreu was tentatively back in the lineup Friday night despite the sore wrist. He said it was "a little better" after testing it in the indoor batting cage but wasn't definitively in the lineup until after regular batting practice.
Abreu hurt his wrist when he jammed his hand on the ground while sliding in for a stolen base in the ninth inning on Wednesday.
Abreu didn't think much of it at the time, but when he tried to take practice swings on Thursday afternoon, he felt pain in the wrist and had to be scratched from the lineup.
Alex Rodriguez's homer Tuesday was his 1,000th career extra-base hit, and he reached the milestone at a younger age than anyone but Jimmie Foxx in 1940.
Torre Tyson, who managed Class-A Charleston in 2007-08, is with the Yankees as an extra coach for the remainder of the trip.
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It's the time of year when I put away the little white dimpled ball and get out my large purple rock with the three holes in it. Though both golf and bowling can be combined at this time of year, soon bowling will be the only option for us local sport thrill seekers.
I often have been asked whether I prefer golf or bowling. By often, I mean I think someone asked me that question once. Actually, maybe I just decided to tell somebody which sport I like best. As you know if you are familiar with me, I'm very seldom short of words and I'm willing to share them with anyone crazy enough to listen to me rattle on. You know; kind of like that last sentence.
For the sake of argument, let's assume that someone did ask me the question. Which of the two sports do I like the most? It's not an easy question to answer. In high school I always suggested the sport I liked most was the one that was in season. However, I will assume you want an honest answer, so I have given the matter some relatively serious thought. Four factors were taken into consideration in making my choice:
n Indoors versus Outdoors. Golf is played outside, while bowling takes place indoors. So where would I rather be? It's hard to beat being out in the sun from May to October. Then again it's nice to have a sport to play when the snow around here gives one a severe case of cabin fever. Outdoors or indoors? Both have merits. Sorry, but there's not enough to tip the scales one way or the other.
n The Age Problem. I will not reveal my age here, but suffice it to say that I do have a Golden Buckeye card. So as the years take their toll, is it easier to play golf or go bowling? Let's see.
Last Wednesday I played golf with a guy who made the following comment: "Who would have thought that we would be playing golf at this age. My goodness I'm 75 years old." And you're still playing well, Bob!
Later that same day I went bowling and watched as an opponent threw a turkey at my team in a key part of game three. Wayne is on the north side of 80 and is still bowling well.
Again, I say there is not enough evidence to choose the best sport for the older generation.
n The Injury Potential. This is related to the age problem. When you get as old as I am, you are concerned with the possibility of getting hurt. I have seen people pull muscles while bowling. I have seen the same thing happen to guys swinging golf clubs. Personally (knock on wood) I have not been injured while competing in either sport.
It could happen though. I have had the same dining room table for over thirty years and I'm guessing the legs never have moved on that particular piece of furniture. That hasn't stopped me from stubbing my toe on those legs on more than one occasion.
Remember too that I tore a calf muscle when I woke up in the middle of the night and stretched. Is golf more dangerous than bowling? Is it the other way around? For me there is no difference and I am still no closer to choosing a favorite sport.
n The Friend Factor. I do not bowl by myself. I do not golf by myself. The beauty of both sports is the fact that you get to compete with and against friends. When the games are over you get to sit with those same buddies and rehash the festivities.
I guess that means to choose my favorite sport I have to determine which set of friends I like the best. That, folks, is just not going to happen. I just cannot make the decision. The sport I like best is the one I'm playing at the time.
Speaking of playing those sports, you might be interested to know that recently (three times in an eight day span) I have enjoyed golf and bowling on the same day. That's the great thing about the fall. I can have my own little triathalon. Golf and then bowling sandwiched around a nap. Remember, there is that age problem!
Given the wind and the falling temperatures of the last couple of days, I'd say that it's time to concentrate on bowling. My columns will feature bowling news for the foreseeable future and based on some of the scores I have seen, it appears that some of our local keglers are in mid-season form.
Rich Yates Jr. has already bowled a perfect game at Heritage Lanes and Kyle Echelberry took one into the 10th just this past week at Dunn's Lanes. It always amazes me that some bowlers can take four months off from the game and come out shooting scores that I can only dream about. For them it's just like riding a bike.
Hmmm, I think I can visualize another triathlon. Now that golf season is about over and bowling season is in full swing I can add bike riding to my agenda. Hey, I'm not giving up the nap!
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Find out how books were produced in the 18th century, in this exhibit that features reproductions of copper engravings that describe the mechanical arts and trades of man. Former University Archivist James Cartwright assembled the exhibit, selecting images from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, a set of volumes housed in the library's rare book collection. The Encyclopédie describes, in painstaking detail, the mechanics of everyday trades in 18th century France. Cartwright focused on papermaking and the casting of metal alphabets for printing on sheets of handmade paper that would eventually be turned into books.
The exhibit includes four original volumes of the Encyclopédie on display, as well as implements of the papermaking and printing trades. Artifact loans from Mission Houses Museum and contemporary Hawaii-based book artist James Rumford, complete the narrative of the bookmaking arts. Pages in the original volumes will be turned weekly to reveal more engravings that illustrate the complex processes of book making.
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Last chance to see whales on Celebrity Chef Cruise
April 14, 2011 - Carla Tracy
Whales sightings are winding down fast as it's the end of the season. But you can still have a grand old time on the water and spot a few stragglers aboard Pacific Whale Foundation's Celebrity Chef Dinner Cruise.
"Chef Nacho Perez of Old Lahaina Lu'au will be the featured 'Celebrity Chef' for the month of April," says Anne Rillero, PWC's chief marketing officer. "His cruise takes place on Friday, April 15 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. out of Lahaina Harbor."
"For this cruise, Chef Perez is artfully combining tantalizing island flavors in ways that everyone will love," says Nikole McElroy, Chief Operating Officer for PWF's Eco-Adventures. "His menu also features locally raised island vegetables and fruit, as well as Maui Cattle Company's all-natural, locally raised beef and sustainably caught mahi-mahi."
The menu includes:
Salad of Island Greens with Poha Berry Vinaigrette: locally-grown Waipoli mixed greens, Escbedo Farms tomatoes, carrots, and cucumbers served with a house-made Poha Berry Vinaigrette.
Appetizer of Hawaiian BBQ Guava Chicken Skewers, marinated with guava barbecue sauce.
Entree choices of "Pulehu" Maui Cattle Co. Top Sirloin with an island marinade sesame seed oil, garlic, Hawaiian salt and pepper, slow roasted and topped with Waipoli Watercress, cherry tomatoes, Kula onions, and green onions.
Or macadamia nut crusted Mahi Mahi with Lomi Lomi Tomato and Ginger, a relish made from Escbedo Farms Tomato, Kula sweet onions, island grown ginger, green onions, Hawaiian salt and lime juice.
Or Lemongrass Tofu: locally-made tofu marinated in turmeric, shoyu, sambal, garlilc, lemongrass, and basil sauteed and topped with julienne carrots, locally-grown zucchini, and pohole ferns from Hana.
Dessert: Molokai Sweet Potato Haupia Pie topped with Coconut Pudding
The cruise takes place on Pacific Whale Foundation's vessel Ocean Discovery, a double-deck power catamaran built with custom features to elegantly accommodate dinner cruises. All guests will enjoy guaranteed outdoor seating on the bow or upper deck. The premium four-course dinner will be served with complimentary chilled sodas, tropical juices, filtered water, Maui Brewing Co. beer, wine and tropical mixed drinks (up to three alcoholic drinks per adult; valid i.d. required). Live Hawaiian music and storytelling will entertain diners during the meal.
The price for the cruise is $79.95. Call PWF at (808) 249-8811 ext. 1 between 6 am and 9 p.m. daily.
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Snapper bag limits in the country's most popular fishery will be reduced from nine to seven, and the minimum legal size increased from 27cms to 30cms from April 1 next year.
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy is announcing his decision on management of the Snapper One fishery this afternoon.
He briefed recreational and commercial fishing representatives ahead of the announcement.
Recreational Fishing Council past president Richard Baker said afterwards the recreational allowance of 2600 tonnes would increase to 3100 tonnes, but this was still below the current actual recreational catch.
"They are playing with paper fish.
"This decision is adverse to the public interest.''
Trish Rea, a spokeswoman for Legasea - which represents recreational fishers - said the changes would hurt mum and dad fishers who fished in inshore areas where 50 per cent of fish caught were below 30cm.


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ACC Power Rankings: Shake-up in middle, but Louisville, Clemson reign supreme
Louisville and Clemson remain at their perch atop the ACC in this week's Power Rankings, but there was a lot of shuffling in the middle.
Louisville and Clemson remain at their perch atop the ACC in this week's Power Rankings, but there was a lot of shuffling in the middle.
Bill Belichick held a noon conference call Sunday, and when asked his level of concern with the availability of QBs Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett, he said the team will update the status of the QBs on Wednesday's injury report.
ACC quarterbacks had a monster Saturday. Here's how they stacked up compared to the rest of the country...
Despite starting reserve quarterbacks in their first three games, the Patriots have outscored their opponents 34-0 in the first quarter.
Dustin Pedroia's grand slam powered a 10th straight Red Sox win to clinch a playoff berth and reduce their magic number to win the AL East to three.
The ACC ends the day with a perfect 8-0 record in nonconference games, including the most nonconference road wins in any week in league history (five). A top 5 showdown awaits next week between Louisville and Clemson -- yet another huge spotlight ready to shine on the league.
Brad Marchand scored twice off assists from Sidney Crosby, and Canada beat Russia 5-3 on Saturday night in the World Cup of Hockey semifinals.
Dustin Pedroia hit a grand slam to help Rick Porcello to his major league-leading 22nd win and the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 Saturday for their 10th straight win.
Lastly, Kevin Garnett to me in 2014 on working with younger players and what he believes today's game is lacking: "The fact that I was able to help guys progress, I've helped guys become men. I've helped guys communicate and taught them how to communicate to others [who] didn't necessarily understand [them]. I think our game is lacking a bit of that. We seek approval from each other by being friends and guys work out together. If that's the times, that's the times. But true competition comes in, 'There's a winner, and there's a loser.' And I don't know anybody who wants to be a loser, who's calling themselves a wimp…I'm not saying you've got to hate a guy, but if you do, I understand when you're between the lines. And 'hate' is a very strong word, so I would use the word 'dislike.' I get it. To me, that's alpha. That's leadership. A leader is going to show more in his actions versus his words."
More from Kevin Garnett to me in 2014 on his philosophy and what he wanted to instill in his teammates: "I'll be honest, I'm old school, man. We're out here to beat these guys. We're not out here to be their friends. We're not out here to make any friends. Ain't no friends out here. I've played against two of my best friends in the world in that being Chauncey Billups and Tyron Lue. It don't get no more closer than that. And I'm out here trying to bust they a-- like they trying to bust mine. So coming in, we instill something, whether it's the coach [or me] and that's to compete and be the best. And being the best, that means you wasn't going to be liked by everybody and you wasn't going to be friends with everybody…If ain't nobody feeling that, then you know what? Be yourself. But this is how we're going to win…We didn't make any friends. You can be his friend after we're done…"
Kevin Garnett to me in 2014 on his philosophy: "My makeup is to be competitive and to win. If you're not stepping on, then you're the one being stepped on…I'm an alpha. I'm an alpha, man. I like to think that the game is to be dominated. There wasn't any room for anything else. I'm playing with young guys who are super younger than me and more athletic, faster, however, whatever. But I have to set an alpha-ness about the whole thing and instill leadership and all these other things. Like I said earlier, sometimes you would buck and you'd butt heads. But the younger generation, I think they look for a lot more approval from their peers and satisfaction and the comments that people make and [from] articles. Look here, man, if you work on your game and you get better, then you're going to be better, which hopefully means that you're going to play better and have confidence to do things better. And when you're better, all things change people's perception. When it comes to being a better person and how you treat people, that's on you. But when it comes to the game, you don't need to get anybody's approval. You just need to work on your game, work your ass off, stay true to your craft, perfect and try to perfect as much of the things that you do well. Try to perfect those. But the things you don't do well, work on them even more."
The last time the ACC posted this many nonconference wins in one weekend was Week 2 in 2014. The best part for the league this time around? Only Boston College won over an FCS team and two victories (Duke over Notre Dame and Wake Forest over Indiana) came against Power 5 teams on the road.
From Tommy Rancel at Red Sox-Rays: The hot corner has been a cold spot for the Red Sox, but a familiar face could be back to help in time for the team's postseason run. Pablo Sandoval took part in pre-game workouts on Saturday, including batting practice and fielding ground balls at third base. The 30-year-old has been a disappointment in his time with Boston, but with the club's third basemen hitting just .244/.310/.389 on the year with a .676 OPS in September, the Red Sox are likely to keep their options open as they look toward October.
Aeris Williams ran for a 16-yard touchdown and Jamoral Graham returned an interception 38 yards for a score as Mississippi State erased a third-quarter deficit to beat beat Massachusetts 47-35.
To be clear, there is no chance that Pablo Sandoval is on the Red Sox post-season's rosters despite reports of the contrary. Just not enough time to get competitive at bats to contribute at a level better than the players on their present roster.
Pablo Sandoval could return for the Red Sox this season, likely as an injury replacement if Boston makes the playoffs.
Mississippi State trails UMass 14-13 at the half, but the Bulldogs came within a point on this 9-yard TD catch by Fred Ross. Listen closely, and you'll hear the visiting fans' cowbells.
Quarterback Patrick Towles passed for two touchdowns and added two more on the ground as Boston College defeated Wagner 42-10 on Saturday.
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We are reaching that time of year where I begin to wonder why we ever moved to Central Texas in the first place. It's not too bad just yet, the repetitive forecast of mid-90° has only just begun and I'm still clinging to the recent memory of spring showers. But soon, soon a string of 100° days will show up uninvited. They will over stay their welcome and chase me from my own garden.
I've been counting down the months to November when I can fill the garden beds with lettuce again. Michael has been buying packaged lettuce mixes and they hardly last a week before the pale little anemic leaves begin to rot. I am trying to make it up to him with tomatoes. We pull tomatoes daily if you count the Azoychkas which have proven themselves to be overachievers by anyone's standard. Leaf footed bugs have nested in the Cherokee Purple (the Azoychka is almost immune). The asparagus had it's fair share of pests, too, before I chopped all the ferny stems back.
Speaking of which - asparagus! This is our first year harvesting it. We are getting a lot more than I expected and, as always, I wish we had more. I'm lucky if the spears make it from the garden to the kitchen. The crunch and nutty sweetness can't be beat.
The last of the garden news is the Jimmy Carter bed. The peanuts continue to grow and look lush. I'm not sure when we're supposed to peek under the soil and I am having a hard time keeping myself from digging under them like a gopher already. The plants made rich goldeny-yellow flowers. They're small to be sure but the color is intense. The okra grows in the center of the bed (the peanuts are in long rows on either side, contrary to the President Jimmy's advice) and is beginning to stretch. I grow it for the widow across the street. When I took her the first few pods yesterday she looked very dismayed and asked in a horrified whisper, "Why you done let your okra get so big?" Well, now I know. Small pods are better than large. By the looks of the okra, she's going to have more pods than she knows what to do with this year.
Oh, wait. This is the last of the garden news: the cotton seed that I put in the large container has grown into a lush plant and is forming flower buds. I promised myself to pamper it this year. Cotton does produce the most delicate flowers.I'm looking forward to the blooms.
So that's my garden summary for this first week of June 2013. I'm trying to stick it out to mid-July. Maybe by then I'll be eating homegrown peanuts and watermelon. Oh! Watermelon was supposed to be the last of the garden news. There is not a lot to be told. The vines finally committed to sprawl. It was a little iffy there for a bit because something had gnawed on the main vine near the soil line early on. Whatever it was didn't make its way completely through the main stem but it did slow down the growth significantly. A good dose of fish emulsion is now coursing through the vine veins and I noticed the first few blossoms earlier this week. The watermelon may be trying to keep up with the volunteer squash vine that took hold in a 4x4 bed. Photos to come. I have lots and lots to share.


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Voters feeling less pessimistic about standard of living: Newspoll
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- December 31, 2012
VOTERS are the least pessimistic about their standard of living in the months ahead than at any time since the early months of the Gillard government, a poll has found.
Six months after the start of the carbon tax and following successive official interest rate cuts, the highest number of people since Kevin Rudd was prime minister think their standard of living will stay the same and the lowest number since the first six months of the Gillard government think it will get worse, the Newspoll found.
The big fall in pessimism, despite the global financial uncertainty, is the result of a huge drop in the percentage of coalition supporters who think their standard of living is going to get worse, The Australian reports.
The poll, taken before Treasurer Wayne Swan revealed the budget would not be in surplus, found the proportion of people who thought their standard of living would get worse dropped from 36 per cent in June to 27 per cent, The Australian reported.
Those who thought it would stay the same in the next six months rose eight percentage points to 58 per cent.
There was no overall change among people who think their standard of living will improve, although there was a slight rise among Labor voters.
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PARMA, Ohio - In a continuation of a game that was started on Thursday, the Lakewood Rangers, behind three touchdowns by junior running back Casmier Mitchell defeated Normandy 31-6 on Saturday.
Mitchell got Lakewood on the board in the second quarter with a 15-yard touchdown run to give the Rangers a 7-0 lead. Quarterback Peyton Graham extended that lead to 14 points by hitting Andrew Lesko with an 18-yard touchdown pass.
Normandy got play started on Saturday in style connecting on a 56-yard pass to pull within 11 entering the fourth quarter, but Mitchell scored two more touchdown from 5 and 10 yards to push the final score.
Lakewood will be back in action on Friday as they play host to Avon.


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Here is a small tip for tight fitting boot.
I know this isn't going to help every situation, but it made a huge difference for me. When it comes to boots I am pretty much a 10.5. Last year I bought a pair of Burton Shaun Whites in a size 10. Size 11 is just too big. Long story short, they were a bit tight during the break in period. They never really packed out like the "dealer guy" said they would. The shell sizes up perfect for my foot, but it was the liner that never stretched out enough. My foot would cramp after a long day of riding. I have had the boots for about 2 months, and thought I would make minor adjustments before ditching the boots. My first mod was purchasing some Super Feet insoles. The size insole I purchased was 9.5-11 obviouslsy. So when I lined up the new insole to my original it was a little large. I'm talking just a few centimeters on the out edges and tip. I figured I wouldn't trim the Super Feet right away (just in case I decided to return them). I tried out the insole in my boot, and walk around the apartment a bit. Guess what, the large insole helped to spread out the base of the liner a bit more to give me some additional room. Now the boot fits 100% better. Went out to the hill this weekend, and it was like walking on a cloud. I know this situation may not help in all cases. But it made a hell of a difference for me and I thought it might be worth sharing.
eww, return your superfeet???
hair dryers work also to stretch out the lining. they can do it at the shop for you (and at the shop on the mountain).
The damn things are $50. If they don't cut the mustard the store can have them back. Plus trying them out for 20 min. isn't a big deal. No dif than walking around in boots at the story for 20 min. Just think how many pairs of feet are in boots.
rental boots! ((shudder))
ahhhh... the smell of multiple strangers foot sweat in one enclosed piece of sport equipment. y-u-c-k
I have size 10.5 Burtons and I just bought some Superfeet and the boots are still tight. Good thing I havent cut them yet, I'm going to give it a try
I have size 10.5 Burtons and I just bought some Superfeet and the boots are still tight. Good thing I havent cut them yet, I'm going to give it a try
Let me get this straight, boots are too tight so you add insoles?
wouldn't that make it tighter?
Not exactly. What I was trying to explain is the new insole was slightly larger than the original. It widened out the based of the liner which created a little more room. As I mentioned in the beginning of my thread. It is a situation that probably won't apply to some, but it worked for me. I also agree that I could have got the liner packed out more at a shop, which would have ultimately done the same thing. But, it does prove that factory insoles can cause discomfort.
The otehr thing that a goodf oot bed does is maintain the arch of the foot, preventing it from elongating and spreading when weighted :)
I have tried superfeet, they are good, but yoursole.com footbeds are way better
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By Jean M. McLeanSpecial assignments writer
Your property taxes have been mapped by a geographic information systems (GIS) provider.
GIS specialists, ranging from technicians to analysts to software developers, fill roles in government agencies, utility companies and private firms.
Technicians with one-year degrees, such as those trained by Donnell Perry at Lawson State Community College, build electronic maps. Those maps might record everything from boundary lines to healthcare facility locations.
Perry prepares students for industry software, programming, surveying and Computer Aided Design to maintain GIS maps.
Those maps, which include consumer tools such as MapQuest and auto GPS, are used not only to find locations by satellite, but also for analyzing everything from retail patterns to flu outbreaks.
Both a bank and a county zoning board might determine whether a branch should be built at a specific intersection because of GIS-generated data detailing traffic patterns, area population and road conditions.
GIS analysts, the next worker's tier, provide that detailed data, said Lee Lichlyter, president and chief executive officer of Geographic Information Services, a Birmingham-based firm with national and international clients.
Although analysts typically have four-year degrees, some technicians move up to these positions based on experience, Lichlyter said.
The next ladder rung, held by GIS software developers, is a four-year degree position. Software developers build custom applications for clients ranging from public safety departments to forest product companies.
Both the University of Alabama and the University of North Alabama have well-regarded programs for those seeking bachelor-level positions, Lichlyter said.
Those who thrive in GIS tend to be organized self-starters, with excellent time management, listening and critical thinking skills, said Perry.
"I think critical thinking is very important," said Lichlyter. He added that candidates should also have science and math aptitudes and good spatial awareness, along with new technology interests.
Lawson State's graduates now work for Alabama Power, Jefferson County, NASA and the state, said Perry.
"We've had a 100 percent placement rate before this semester, though it may be slowing."
Some technician-level jobs are moving offshore, said Lichlyter, but added that "the industry is growing overall because people have become geo-aware."
Internships and job experience are important for bachelor-degreed candidates, while Lawson State's program provides hands-on training.
Those with an associate degree can expect starting salaries ranging from $30,000 to $35,000 or more. Analysts could expect $40,000 to $45,000 to start, while entry-level programmers typically earn $45,000 to $55,000 or more.
"It's a very portable career," said Lichlyter, as jobs exists in nearly every city and county. Those willing to work as a civilian for the military overseas can earn six-figure incomes at a technician level, Perry said.


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Former Olympian Matthew Laue, 43, who is a candidate running for the nonpartisan Three Rivers Park District, District 3, has been cited on a charge of soliciting prostitution, the Pioneer Press reports. He was arrested during an undercover sting last week in which police posted an online ad offering erotic services.
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DiscoveRx has developed a cell-based nuclear hormone receptor (NHR) assay using its enzyme fragment complementation (EFC) technology that provides notable benefits for screening and profiling applications. The assay is based on detection of protein-protein interactions between an activated, full length NHR protein and a nuclear fusion protein containing steroid receptor co-activator peptide (SRCP) domains with one or more canonical LXXLL interaction motifs.
The NHR is tagged with the ProLink™ component of the EFC assay system, and the SRCP domain is fused to the enzyme acceptor component (EA) expressed in the nucleus. When activated, the NHR will associate with the SRCP domain, and complementation will occur, generating an active b-Gal enzyme and production of chemiluminescent signal (Figure 1).
Benefits associated with this approach include reduced compound incubation times, direct measurement of the NHR target, use of a full-length human NHR sequence, and the ability to select novel compound classes based on disruption of protein-protein interactions.
Nuclear hormone receptors represent a highly druggable class of target proteins that are most commonly analyzed using a reporter gene assay format. This presents challenges due to high background activity of certain NHRs, as well as nonspecificity in the response due to long incubation times. Furthermore, developing the assay requires the generation of a reporter gene construct and knowledge of the required DNA-binding sites for the receptor. Some of these issues can be addressed with direct protein analysis in the cell, most often with imaging, but that typically requires implementation of an HCS system, adding complexity to the assay and reducing throughput.
DiscoveRx' PathHunter NHRPRO Assay, a simple, homogenous cell-based assay, was developed for screening and profiling applications. It is specific, sensitive, and amenable to high-throughput strategies while retaining the use of a full-length receptor.
CHO-K1 cells expressing a full-length thyroid hormone receptor alpha (THRa1, NR1A1) fused to a ProLink fragment of b-Gal were retrovirally infected with a SRCP-EA construct. Forty-eight hours after infection, the cells were gently removed from the plate using trypsin, replated, and grown in selective media for one week. The cells were trypsinized and plated in a 20 µL well of serum-free media at a density of 10,000 cells per well in a 384-well plate 24 hours prior to the experimental procedure.
CHO-K1 cells expressing SRCP-EA were infected with retrovirus expressing the NHR-PK of interest (either PPARg or ERRa). Forty-eight hours after infection, the cells were placed under G418 selection to select those cells expressing the NHR-PK construct. Seven days later, the cell population was placed into clonal dilution to generate single cell clones. The clones were tested functionally for response to the appropriate agonist for the NHR-PK expressed.
The NHRPRO cells were subjected to either agonist or inverse agonist (5 µL/well) treatment for six hours at 37°C. Following incubation, 13 µL of the PathHunter detection reagents were added to each well and incubation continued for one hour at room temperature (20–22°C). After one hour, the cells were analyzed using a 700 nM CL filter on a Victor2 1420 multilabel counter at a read setting of one second per well.
The clone of THRa-PK and SRCP-EA shows the expected nuclear staining of the exogenously expressed thyroid receptor (Figure 2a). We test the same cell pool in the PathHunter NHRPRO assay with a known THRa agonist, T3 (Triiodo-L-Thyronine). A significant sixfold response in signal after six hours of treatment was observed, indicating that THRa behaves similarly to the endogenous THRa by interacting with SRCP after treatment with T3 (Figure 2b). The PathHunter NHRPRO assay was shown to be more time efficient than current NHR assays and responds characteristically to agonist.
In the second experiment, we treated a cell line coexpressing ERRa and SRCP-EA with XCT790, a known inverse agonist, overnight at 37°C and assayed the results. ERRa responds characteristically by dissociating from SRCP-EA. This decrease in interaction results in a 2.5-fold drop in signal (Figure 3). PathHunter ERRa assay is able to detect a robust decrease in NHR and coactivator association.
Finally, we demonstrated that the PathHunter PPARg NHRPRO assay is specific and can be used to reveal novel compound classes based on protein-protein interactions. We tested a panel of 76 nuclear receptor ligands preformatted in a 96-well plate. As expected, we found that three previously known PPARg agonists showed strong activity in our assay. The PPARg NHRPRO cells in wells containing Pioglitazone HCl, GW7647, or trogliotazone compounds demonstrated a 16.7, 16.0, or 10.7-fold increase in activity, respectively.
The PathHunter NHR assay exposes compounds that activate PPARg. We found that some compounds that act as antagonists for other NHRs serve to weakly activate PPARg in our assay. For example, mifeprestone, a progesterone receptor antagonist, and tamoxifen, an estrogen receptor antagonist, both weakly activate PPARg (Figure 4). There has been precedence for antagonists acting as agonist for different NHRs and vice versa, so this was not unexpected. The PathHunter NHRPRO assay uncovers classes of compounds for NHR activity based on protein-protein interaction.
Mahesh Mathrubutham, Ph.D., is principal scientist, Patricia Whaley, Ph.D., ([email protected]
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Depositions filed in federal court in Georgia show that at least two former employees of Regions Financial Corp. invoked their Fifth Amendment rights rather than answer plaintiff lawyers' questions about accounting practices at the company.
Another former employee testified in a sworn deposition that he had been interviewed by federal and state investigators, including the FBI, about accounting practices at Regions.
The depositions, which were once kept under seal in federal court, stem from a shareholders lawsuit filed in 2010 in Birmingham.
That lawsuit accuses Regions of purposely misclassifying bad loans as the national financial crisis began to unravel in 2007 and 2008. By moving the bad loans out of "non-accrual" status, the bank did not have to increase its loan loss reserve, the lawsuit says. Increasing the loan loss reserve would have required the bank to cut into its profits.
By changing the classification of the loans, the bank downplayed the real magnitude and scope of its bad debt, the plaintiffs have argued.
That lawsuit also accuses Regions of overstating its intangible "goodwill" by $6 billion until it could no longer justify doing so, when the bank wrote it off its books. Goodwill is an accounting term for intangible value, such as the company's reputation, that can be included in net assets.
After the company acknowledged the extent of its delinquent loans and wrote down its goodwill, the bank's stock price plummeted, the lawsuit says.
The depositions in that lawsuit had been filed under seal, but a dispute last year in an unrelated lawsuit in Georgia led to some of those transcripts being unsealed late last year.
Defense lawyers in the Birmingham case accused one of the plaintiff lawyers of misrepresenting testimony of confidential witnesses. U.S. District Judge Inge Johnson reviewed the allegations and deemed them without merit. Later, one of the defense lawyers sent a letter to a federal judge in Atlanta repeating those allegations against the same plaintiff lawyer.
When Johnson learned about the letter, she unsealed the court documents so that the federal judge in Atlanta could evaluate the allegations against the plaintiff lawyer .
In those depositions, lawyers questioned Thomas Neely, who had served as head of the bank's commercial credit department, about the accounting practices. Neely invoked his Fifth Amendment rights more than 400 times during the deposition, essentially refusing to answer all questions.
Another employee, Jeffery Kuehr, who had worked as the head of Regions' special assets department, also invoked his Fifth Amendment rights. During his deposition, Kuehr took the Fifth 246 times.
In another deposition, William Teegarden, who had worked as a special assets officer at Regions, testified that federal investigators had questioned him about accounting practices at the company.
Under oath, Teegarden testified that he had been deposed by the Federal Reserve Bank. Also, Teegarden said he had been interviewed by the FBI, the Alabama Banking Commission and the office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Through a spokesperson, Regions declined to comment on the depositions and said that none of the three men deposed work for the company today.


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Plasticity is a key component of computational algorithms and neuroscience studies. Neuroscience research reveals a wide variety of plasticity mechanisms - i.e. homeostatic, synaptic (fast, slow, NMDA dependent etc.), and intrinsic plasticity. However, controversies still surround plasticity. How is plasticity governed and why is there so much variability? Can these findings be interpreted differently?
Feedback inhibition, where neurons feed back to their own inputs and inhibit them, is found throughout the brain including sensory processing regions. Within feedback networks, mechanisms required for plasticity are fundamentally different.
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Judd Apatow would possibly agree with this theory. I e-mailed him a bunch of questions and that was the only one he ignored. He was writing material for comics when he was a teenager, and his insights into the stand-up world inform "Funny People," his new film that has a lot of humor and gnashing. It's centered on Adam Sandler's best performance, playing George Simmons, a superstar comic who learns he has a very short time to live.
He is without the resources to handle this news. He doesn't have the "support group" they say you need when you get sick. He's made a dozen hit movies and lives in opulence in a house overlooking Los Angeles, but is so isolated he doesn't even seem to have any vices for company. Sandler modulates George's desperation in a perceptive, sympathetic performance; I realized here, as I did during his "Punch Drunk Love," that he contains an entirely different actor than the one we're familiar with.
His fans are perfectly happy with Sandler's usual persona, the passive-aggressive semi-simpleton. This other Sandler plays above and below that guy, and more deeply.
"Funny People" is not simply about George Simmons' struggle with mortality. It sees that struggle within the hermetically sealed world of the stand-up comic, a secret society that has merciless rules, one of which is that even sincerity is a joke. "No - seriously!"
Here is a man without confidantes. When you depend on your agent for emotional support, you're probably only getting 10 percent as much as you need. On the circuit, he meets a hungry, ambitious kid named Ira Wright (Seth Rogen), who has written some good material. George hires him to write for him, and then gives him a chance to open for him, and then finds himself pouring out his worries to him.
There was a girl once in George's past named Laura (Leslie Mann). She was the one who got away. He encounters her again, married to an obnoxious macho Aussie named Clarke (Eric Bana, playing him as a guy who seems to be weighing the possibility of hitting everyone he meets). George apparently was once able to sort of confide in Laura, until success shut him down, and now he finds he still sort of can.
The thing about "Funny People" is that it's a real movie. That means carefully written dialogue and carefully placed supporting performances - and it's ABOUT SOMETHING. It could have easily been a formula film, and the trailer shamelessly tries to misrepresent it as one, but George Simmons learns and changes during his ordeal, and we empathize.
This is a new Seth Rogen on the screen. Much thinner, dialed down, with more dimensions. Rogen was showing signs of forever playing the same buddy movie co-star, but here we find that he, too, has another actor inside. So does Jason Schwartzman, who often plays vulnerable but here presents his character as the kind of successful rival you love to hate.
Rogen and Leslie Mann find the right notes as George's impromptu support group. The plot doesn't blindly insist that George and Laura must find love; it simply suggests they could do better in their lives. Eric Bana makes a satisfactory comic villain, there is a rolling-around-on-the-lawn fight scene that's convincingly clumsy, and Mann mocks him with a spot-on Aussie accent (not the standard pleasant one, more of a bray).
Apatow understands that every supporting actor has to pull his weight. The casting director who found him Torsten Voges to play George's doctor earned a day's pay. Voges is in some eerie, bizarre way convincing as a cheerful realist bringing terrible news: miles better than your stereotyped grim movie surgeon.
After an enormously successful career as a producer, this is Apatow's third film as a director, after "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up." Of him it can be said: He is a real director. He's still only 41. So here we go.


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Commencement 2013: A Quick Look Back
Class co-governors: Kasey Hoare (B.A., French) from Crofton, Md., and Shawn Whites (B.A., English) from Galion, Ohio
President's Medalists: Abdi Ali (B.A., history) from East Boston, Mass.; Hannah Frank (B.A., educational studies and English) from Granville, Ohio; Shiyu Huang (B.A., economics) from Chongqing, China; Nathaniel Kell (B.A., mathematics and B.S., computer science) from Upper Arlington, Ohio; Kate Kloster (B.A., economics) from Saint Louis, Mo.; Sara Livingston (B.A., Spanish and sociology/anthropology) from Erie, Pa.; and Cullen Marshall (B.S., biochemistry) from Louisville, Ky.
Valedictorians: Ashley Heestand (B.A., English and French) from Lexington, Ohio; and Katharine Waggoner (B.A., history) from Maumee, Ohio
Salutatorian: Nathaniel Kell (B.A., mathematics and B.S., computer science) from Upper Arlington, Ohio.
"Fanfare for the Class of 2013," a composition written in 2009 by Associate Director of Music Ching-chu Hu, was played at the start of the ceremony. The piece had last been performed at the Induction of the class four years ago.
A total of 551 of degrees were awarded, with seven students earning BS/BA combined/dual degrees, and one student completing a triple major.
Latin honors were awarded to 112 graduates: 51 cum laude, 45 magna cum laude, and 16 summa cum laude.
Special recognition was given to the 49 graduates who completed Senior Theses or Senior Creative Projects.
The Senior Class Gift of $8,314 to the Denison Annual Fund is the second-largest in Denison's history.
The ceremony honored the memory of classmates Elizabeth Minter and Sarah Starner, both of whom died of cancer while they were students at Denison.
But during the next four years, Stolp found the connection and relayed it to her class at Commencement, encouraging her fellow graduates to embrace the buzzard and what it represents. It's a vitally important part of the global ecosystem, she said, and it can adapt to new environments, from the tropics to the foothills, just as the class, armed with a liberal arts education will head out into the world to become vital parts of society and adapt to an increasingly global workplace.
"Just remember that greatness can be found anywhere, whether on a hill in Ohio, or even in a weird-looking bird," she told her peers, "but it is up to each one of us to utilize the skills that we have to make this world a better place."
It was a theme University President Dale Knobel reinforced as this year's Commencement speaker. In his talk, "Critical Thinking—Critical Doing," Knobel urged the graduates to continue being the critical thinkers they had learned to be at Denison and to engage in the process of acting on those thoughts, enriching their own lives as well as the lives of others."I hope that Denison has, indeed, taught you to be critical thinkers," said Knobel, "but I also hope that you have begun to assume the role of 'critical doers,' not stopping at figuring out what is wrong or unfinished, but continuing on to fix or finish the work."
With that, Provost Bradley Bateman, who will leave Denison at the end of June to assume the presidency at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Va., welcomed each of the 542 members of the Class of 2013 to the stage on the Fine Arts Quad to receive their degrees. Their families and friends—some draped in blankets to ward off the unusually chilly May temperatures—cheered them on, rang cow bells, and snapped photos.
Prior to the awarding of the degrees, Faculty Chair Andy Katz acknowledged retiring faculty members Todd Feil and Lyn Robertson for their years of service to the college. Professor Feil has taught in the Mathematics and Computer Science Department since 1982, and Associate Professor Robertson has been at Denison for 34 years, teaching in the Department of Education and serving as the director of the Alford Center for Service Learning.
Dale Knobel, who will retire at the end of June, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree as part of Denison's longtime tradition of recognizing individuals who have distinguished themselves in the arts, letters, and public life.
"Dale Knobel's passion for the liberal arts, for Denison's mission, and for our students has been evident every day of his 15 years with us," said Tom Hoaglin '71, chair of the board of trustees. "As a result of Dale's prodigious fundraising, Denison has been able to endow 17 additional professorships, lower the student/faculty ratio to 10:1 and increase opportunities for student research. Financial aid—both need-based and merit—increased dramatically during Dr. Knobel's years at Denison, yielding a far more diverse, engaged and inspiring student population. Dale, you have served the college unselfishly and extraordinarily well. You have made Denison better. Your legacy will endure, and Denison will be grateful forever."
When Knobel addressed the class for the final time, he quoted German composer Johannes Brahms: "Long live the academy. Long live the professors! Long live the professors! Long live each student. Long live all the students. May they always flourish! May they always flourish!"


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Reading Alabaster: Wolves by Caitlin R. Kiernan and Steve Lieber feels as if I've been dropped mid-way through a horror film. There are monsters, a four-headed angel, a talking bird, a haunted church, and an albino hero who comes loaded with cryptic backstory. It is also the best comic I've read so far in 2013.
This the first work I've read from Kiernan, whose bio is an impressive resume of genre projects in novels, short stories, and comics for DC/Vertigo. Kiernan's heroine, Dancy Flammarion (yes, you read that correctly), is a character from her novels but prior reading is not required. Like most contemporary fantasy heroines, Dancy is a reluctant Chosen One, and she alone must stand against the forces of darkness in order to—well, we've been here before, but what sets her apart is that she isn't sexualized. Dancy isn't fancy; she wears cargo pants and long sleeves underneath a t-shirt. She has a bad haircut, red eyes, and plenty of bruises and scuff marks. She's a storied hero, and part of the fun is hearing other characters refer to her past exploits—one villainess asks, "All us monsters you done laid low, and you don't believe in werewolves?"
Then there's the spitting-angry, four-headed, fiery angel that looms over Dancy. What is the story here? Readers aren't given much to go on, but there's clearly a tale or two to tell should Kiernan ever feel like enlightening new fans (please). The angel directs Dancy to her supernatural targets, but at the outset of the graphic novel Dancy is already chafing at her duty and questioning the angelic monster:
And me, I'm silently asking it, "Just this once. Just this once you could do the deed your own self. Seems like I've earned that much. Just this once, please." But I know better.
Another aspect that sets Wolves apart from its peers is the citing of music that Kiernan and artist Steve Lieber listened to while working on each chapter. I admit that most of it went above my head (All Eternals Deck by the Mountain Goats, for example), but again, that's the fun here—the reader is out of his or her element. We aren't privy to everything in Dancy's world, because we haven't been with her from the beginning. We're catching up with her as she catches her demons. There are twists and revelations that remain still-spun and unrevealed by the book's end.
The last page finishes with a rare "The End"—the idea that there aren't more Dancy stories is perhaps the scariest moment in this horror comic.
Alabaster: Wolves releases next month!
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GUYMON, Okla. - Judy Ann Heppard Prater, 51, died Monday, Nov. 18, 2002.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Victory Memorial United Methodist Church with the Rev. Mike Chaffin officiating. Burial will be later in Kenton by Henson-Novak Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Prater was born April 1, 1951, in Clayton, N.M. She was employed by OSU Extension and Research Center for 27 years.
Survivors include her husband, Les; a daughter, Shawna Lynn Heppard Prater of Guymon; a son, Skyler Guy Prater of Guymon; her mother, Bonnie Heppard of Kenton; six sisters, Betty Sechler of Kenton, Bonnie Miller of Boise City, Brenda Collins of Clifton, Colo., Janet Winfrey of Parkman, Wyo., Katy Thrall of Richfield, Kan., and Barbara Rogers of Canon City, Colo.; and three brothers, Butch Heppard of Woodland Park, Colo., Allen Heppard of Amarillo, Texas, and Wayne Heppard of Canyon, Texas.
The family suggests memorials be to Victory Memorial United Methodist Church and will be accepted at the church of at the funeral home, Box 1306, Guymon, OK 73942.
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Fast Times at Ridgemont Retirementbyjthserra©
Fast Times at Ridgemont Retirement Center
Johnny pulled into the parking space, checked his watch and leaped out of his car. It was quarter after ten in the morning and Mrs. Alcand's meds would just be kicking in. He hurried up the concrete steps, opened the large glass door and stepped into the lobby, moving quickly up to the reception area.
"Well hi Johnny, here to visit your grandmother again?" the young lady behind the counter said.
"Yep, just a quick visit today," he said, printing his grandmother's name, entering the time and then signing his name.
"I hope she is doing better today."
"Thanks," Johnny said to the receptionist as he headed through a door and down a long corridor. Partway down the hall, he peeked into Room Three Twelve, confirmed that his grandmother was asleep and then walked back to the main hallway. He crossed over to another wing of the building and headed down a different corridor and then passed through a side door out into a small courtyard.
Ignoring the few residents milling around, Johnny passed several large rose bushes, completely oblivious to the beautiful, large roses. He skipped up the steps to a different building and stepped into a large recreation room.
"Hey Johnny boy, Edith is looking for you. Says she got a new tube of lube and is ready to go," old Edwin.
"Oh, okay, thanks Edwin," he replied, thinking, "Edith? Edith? Oh yes, Mrs. Calcourt." Mrs. Calcourt meds put her to sleep, so Johnny knew he had at least four hours before she'd be wandering around.
"Edwin, have you seen Mrs. Alcand?"
"You mean Mary, yeah, saw her getting her room ready. Oh yeah, she looked hot today, if only they hadn't taken my Viagra I'd be visiting her now."
"Thanks, I'll see you later," he said, heading for Mrs. Alcand's room and wondering what she was setting up.
"Give her a good one for me," Edwin said, waving.
Stepping into her room, Johnny saw her bed, neatly folded down, with a line of four women in wheelchairs lined up beside it. Johnny called out, "Mrs. Alcand are you here?"
She peeked out from the bathroom and said, "Johnny, close and lock the door."
"But what about them?"
"Don't worry about them, they come and go."
"But why are they here?"
"I just get so tired of trying to convince them of what we do, I figured I'd let them watch. They won't remember a thing, but I can honestly tell them that they saw us together. They'll be quiet, I promise."
"Oh come on Johnny, show these ladies what you got. Now close the door."
He turned and closed the door, locking it. Turning back around he saw her step from the restroom, gracefully untie her robe and open it, exposing her naked body. Feeling his cock begin to rise he gazed at her, her silver gray hair curled down onto her shoulders. He continued looking her over as he unbuttoned his shirt, admiring her sagging breasts. He just loved the way they drooped over his hands as he slid his hand up under them.
He tossed his shirt over a chair, kicked off his shoes and quickly unfastened his pants. Seeing Mrs. Alcand smile, as he let his pants fall to the floor, he ceremoniously eased his jockey shorts over his erection, thrusting his hips forward.
Suddenly one of the ladies cried out, "Careful Mary, that one's hung like a bull."
Johnny looked over the four ladies, but they all simply stared ahead, glassy eyed. He looked over to Mrs. Alcand who said, "Oh, that's just Dorothy, she used to live on a farm. Just ignore her."
He walked over and waved his hand in front of each lady's faces, but none responded. "Do they always…"
"Come and go? Yeah, they tend to drift at times." She walked over to Johnny and lifted her breasts to him, letting him run his mouth and tongue over her nipples.
He reached his hands up, running them the loose skin of her hips, up her stomach to underneath her breasts. She released them and they folded over Johnny's hands, the soft flesh molding to his fingers. Gently kneading both breasts, he felt her hands sliding up and down his hard cock as she applied the lubricant.
Mrs. Alcand then eased around the row of wheelchair bound women and climbed onto the bed, opening her legs. Johnny followed, kneeling and leaning forward letting her expertly guide his cock into the loose folds of skin around her pussy. He moved slowly, letting the lubricant coat her delicate folds as his cock inched inside her.
She moaned, when Johnny finally penetrated her fully, he withdrew and then slowly thrust into again, repeating the movement as he increased his pace. Johnny felt her arms and legs wrap around him as she pumped her hips up to him. Their bellies slapped together as they came together and her pussy made wet, slurping sounds as he pulled back. The sounds excited him and he groaned, letting the sensation of this woman pulse through his body.
Getting closing to coming, he was distracted as another of the old ladies in wheelchairs shouted out, "Drive that pipe boy, drive that pipe."
He stopped his thrusting and turned to look at the ladies. All four simply stared at the wall. Mrs. Alcand reached up to his face and turned it back to her whispering, "Oh that's just Beatrice, her late husband was a plumber. Now come on Johnny, you got me hanging on the edge here."
Johnny looked into Mrs. Alcand's eyes and began pumping his hips again, watching her face as it contorted with pleasure. Her eyes then closed as she arched her back and came, breathing hard through her nose as her pussy opened to him and then squeezed around him. Seeing her ecstasy, he let himself go, feeling the sensations course through his body, down the length of his cock. He pressed deep into her aged cunt and came, filling her with his warm, sticky cum.
Gently laying his head on her shoulder he sighed, noticing the feel of her loose, wrinkled skin as the stuck damply to his. Moving his hand to her breast, he squeezed the soft pliant flesh.
He lay silently on her as his cock slowly shrank and finally slipped out of her wet pussy. Leaning his head up to kiss her, he heard, "Damn Johnny, no condom? You better hope you didn't knock her up."
He turned his head and saw one of the ladies give him a wink, before her expression went blank. Looking back at Mrs. Alcand he watched her smile and whisper, "Anita was a nurse at an Ob-Gyn clinic."
"I better be going Mrs. Alcand," he whispered, as he climbed off her.
"Okay, give my regards to your grandmother."
"For sure," he said as he dressed.
Sitting up on the bed, Mrs. Alcand looked over her friends and said with a laugh, "I wonder if any of them will remember anything."
Johnny just shrugged.
"Well, if they did, I think we made their day, hell Johnny, I think we made their decade."
"See you in a week or so?" he asked, turning the knob on the door.
"Sooner if you want and if Ethel will let you get away," she replied, blowing him a kiss.
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A mad push through the desert
Trip Start Jul 15, 2009
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Matty and I were back in Rexburg, it was almost a pleasure to see the beacon of God upon the hilltop, (the Temple). Not because we needed saving by the Mormonites, just because we could climb into our hotel beds and sleep some after the 18 hour bus ride from Reno. Reno is a try-hard Vegas and defo not worth the visit unless your passing through and have to rest. The flakiness oozes from every corner. The locals did seem to have a good kick arse attitude, a kind of fuck yeah type stance. Amusing for me, I like that rawness if it's in the right hands coming with good nature
We checked out late the following day. It was great to be back on the bike but I'd picked up a hefty chest infection from my week at burning man. It made riding tough, but it was manageable. The road was smooth, gentle elevation leading to out toward the mighty Tetons Range in Wyoming. I much prefer this kind of beacon. The mountain range ripped up out of the earth's crust millions of years ago, making a knuckle formation. What didn't go up went down and the total moment from top to bottom of the fault was about 50,000ft.The grand Tetons are 13,775 feet high and no matter where you are on the road you can see it.
We ran out of day light and had to pick a road side camp before it was too dark. Passing a row of large trees and bushes about ten meters thick we popped into them to check them out. It had a 3 meter channel running through the middle which was perfect for a roadside camp. Didn't even notice the massive trucks rolling by overnight. In the morning we cooked up a pot of porridge throwing in dried fruit and nut, which we hadn't had for a week. It was delish and after we hit the road. Idaho wasn't too bad I though as we crossed the border into Wyoming. We stopped for lunch at a large lodge which had a huge picnic table area
Our highest yet at 8429ft with a sweet of downhill on the other side. It was the old road left after the new highway was laid. On the way down a saw a few bikers, a guy on ski's with wheels, and a few power walkers with dogs. What lay at the bottom was Jackson Hole. A ski town, summer town and expensive town. Mini aspen, not commercial but full of loaded people and a small community of working class. This town has a great feel to it, loads of funky caf�'s and art galleries. Shops still look old and authentic from the time of horse and cart. The locals look as much like tourists as the tourist, laidback. The camp site was 35d a night and matty and I said F that. We'll cycle down the road and wild camp. Whilst hunting a camp site and almost setting up in trees by a golf course a girl stopped to ask if we were lost. We chatted and Molly said to camp on her Lawn. Her friend had just come back from Burning man, and she lived down a real nice cycle path in the next town, Wilson. Wilson was like the cooler little brother of Jackson
Thank god Jackson was as good as what was coming up the following day was very different. It started off a gentle ride in Teton/ Yellowstone countryside, then up a gravel road to our highest pass to date. Togwotee pass was a massive 9658ft high and what followed that was union pass at roughly 100ft higher. Two passes in one day and roughly 75 mile on the clock. The pace was picking up as matty wanted to be in Rawlins by Wednesday and it was Saturday evening with 400 miles to go. It was getting dark and we were in the middle of mountain forest and Shingle Mountain sides. This was perfect bear country I thought as we gathered wood for fire, collected water from the creek and set up our tents in the dark, it was the one night I insisted matty put his tent right next to mine, with the bear spray close at hand for both.
We were on the road early, mp3's plugged in and grooving along up onto the top of union pass. This wasn't like our normal pass, where we go up and down. This pass just went up and stayed there. We rode 45 miles along this pass at over 9000ft. It was tough going. Wind, slight rain, thin air and loads of deer running around. Hunters were about in there camouflage gears, 4wheeler motorbikes with bows and arrows. Yep, that's right it was only Bow hunting season. Rifle was a week away. The whole hunting thing is quite complex. You have different licenses for different animals, released at different stages of the two hunting months. All this can differ state by state, park by park and everything is calculated and accounted for. EG. One hunter can buy an Elk license for his closest state park. This may cost him around 80 dollars and entitle him to one kill. A non-resident may pay upward of 200d. Once you have shot you elk that's your lot which is why they put so much prep time into a kill. They bush bash for a month prior to suss out their spots, set up their tree lofts and plan their flanking push if working in threes or fours. Montana and maybe other states will sometimes release extra licenses if the auditing returned higher or growing numbers of a particular animal
Finally we dropped out or the cold down the pass, but only 1000ft. We needed water so stopped at a little country dinner pub. We filled up from the bar and chatted to the locals for a while. This is unavoidable even if you didn't want to talk to them as they will always strike it up. There were about seven tidily locals downing beers. One couple had just come off an Alaskan cruise ship. They said that the boat was full of Aussies, kiwis, and Japanese. They had decide to stay at their union pass holiday house before returning to the main home 20 miles down the road in Pinedale. I don't think I really understood the why it was so close but they like to get away from all the people in Pinedale. Population 2000 or something like that. HA. We were cycling along, destination Pinedale camp ground when a car pulled up alongside us. It was the couple and they invited us to stay at their place in Pinedale
We hit town and they drove up and directed us to their place. They had been waiting in the pub playing pool looking out the window for us. How cool is that! And how amazing, as they were quite pissed. We followed them up there street and Joe said we could put our bikes in the garage. He offered beer and I went to help get them as they were in the shed. In the shed, past the awesome fishing/jet boat, through the locked rear door, into the gun room, to the fridge. His beer was as important as his guns. I like a man with his priorities right. This guy's gun room was huge; he had about 12 cupboards full of home pressed bullets from the press machine on the bench. He laughed and took the piss out of my accent when I said bullets. So I said Cartridges like he did and he laughed harder.
The coupe were so nice, they repeated over and over how nice it was to meet new friends. Their kids were just a little older than us and I guess that's why they enjoyed our company. Annie made us an awesome dinner of lamb, or maybe pronghorn, beans, salad before peach schnapps and hunting talk amongst other things. Annie said to sleep in the lounge but we opted for the garage, me half under the boat. Bacon, eggs, coffee, toast and homemade cherry jam for breaky, SO good!!! We said our goodbyes then hit the trail again only stopping to get some food and stove gas. We spoke about how nice they were as we cycled out of town into another huge day's ridding.
We were still at 8000ft and it was now apparent that Wyoming is mostly high altitude desert
It was a little hard to sleep that night. There were packs of coyotes all around the desert. They howl, bark, and laugh, as they hunt out food. I was waiting for a band of the cheeky buggers to come sniffing around the tent. I heard them plenty of times through the night, waking me every once and a while. I know they were just a hundred meters from me from the foot prints in the morning. Coyotes hardly ever attack humans so that's a relief.
The morning light gave way to a clear day, the wind had picked up and I knew it was going to be a hard tough day. I saw mattys tracks after a few miles and noticed two other tracks as well. I thought it would be the Duchies we had met in Canada. After 60miles I came down off the plateau another 1000ft. Now sitting at 7000ft and the weather was boiling. It had been a hard ride with a strong head wind. Three days of head wind now and four of the longest days ridden. I was beat! Right then, my tire went flat. It had a tear through the road wall. The bead was sticking out and must of torn on the downhill. The rocks were vicious. After patching and pumping it up it had a bulge which jolted the bike every time it hit the road. I coasted into Rawlins Town to the campsite. A nice campground and probably nicer than the hotels which looked run down or deserted
I managed to buy some good tires online and have them sent to a bike shop further down the line, Steamboat Springs, and pick up a second hand pair from a local bike shop from 6bucks. They should get me there I hope. Its three days away with no services. The good thing is I'll be out of the desert and back in the lush mountains of Colorado.