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Published by Virgin, Black Lace
November, 2006
Contemporary Erotic Romance, Menage.
As the designer for an opulent gothic wedding, Remy Davies is under pressure. There's the over-stressed bride, a trinity of vampire-obsessed bridesmaids, a wayward groom, and then there's the best man… Silk looks as if he was drawn by a manga artist; beautiful, exotic, and with a predatory sexuality. She has to have him, in her bed, and between the pages of her new catalogue. Remy is about to launch herself into the alternative fashion world, and Silk is going sell it for her whether he know it or not. But Silk is nobody's toy, and for all his androgyny, he's determinedly heterosexual. Pity, since Remy's biggest fantasy is to see him making out with her sometime-boyfriend, Japanese biker, Takeshi.
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Deep, dark, multi-layered… powerfully erotic… and deliciously arousing.' – Ashley Lister, for the Erotica Readers & Writers Association
Winner of the Scarlet Magzine Best Male-Male Sex Award 2007
Where was he? God help him when she found him. And she would find him.
Remy Davies peered down the alleyway at the back of the tiny comic shop, then sprinted past the bins towards the thrum of the evening traffic. No idiot stole her bag and got away with it. She could hardly credit his audacity. He'd simply lifted it straight off the counter while she was returning her bankcard to her wallet. Of course, it meant she'd had a good look at him: angular, Oriental, about five foot ten, with incredibly dark eyes and glacial blue hair. She wasn't likely to forget that bit. It made him look as if he'd walked straight out of one of the graphic novels she'd just paid for. Reason enough to be interested in pursuing him even without the extraordinary circumstances. However, exotically gorgeous or not, she was still going to wring his neck when she caught him.
The high street was a dreary grey. Remy slowed to a fast walk and joined the other shoppers. It had been one of the wettest Aprils on record, and the pavement was dotted with oily puddles and soggy pastry crumbs. Even the spring collections in the shop window seemed to have had all their vibrancy washed out of them by the constant rain. Not that she was much for pinks and pastels anyway. She'd much rather see a dramatic blood red, or midnight blue. Something striking and stylish that engaged the senses. Something like the fantasy image on the back of the biker jacket ahead – a curvy flame-haired temptress, provocatively dressed in bottle green with thorns growing up her arms.
It was him.
It took a moment for her brain to register the pale silver-blue hair grazing the leather collar. Well, nobody had ever said that thieves couldn't be stylish too. Better yet, he still had her bag.
Relief and adrenaline surged through Remy's chest, spurring her on between the huddles of umbrella wielding die-hards. It was gratifying to know that her precious comics weren't floating in a puddle – the victims of failed opportunism by some X-dweeb who thought he was completing his collection. Still, the sooner she had them back in her hands the happier she'd be.
It had taken six weeks for her four carefully packaged manga translations to arrive from Japan. She'd only glimpsed them through the protective plastic covers before he'd swiped them, but the vividly rendered cover drawings promised so much. One particularly exquisite image of a blond haired, green eyed sex god had especially caught her attention. Right now, she should have been on her way home to an Irish coffee and an hour of indulgence, not chasing a thief in the rain.
He reached the main road ahead of her, stepped out behind a bus, and cut across the traffic. Remy more sensibly waited for the lights to change, trying to keep one eye on him and another on the traffic. To her dismay, he disappeared through the park gates just as she left the crossing.
'Hell, not the park!'
Chasing him through the centre of town where there were plenty of witnesses was one thing, but a lonely confrontation in the shrubbery… Who knew what sort of weirdo he was? He'd already shown a lack of morals and a willingness to take risks.
Remy paused at the gates. She wasn't afraid of taking chances either, but was it worth the risk for forty quids worth of books? Not that money was the real issue here. Those comics were her bit of escapism as she tried to get her life back on track, and the fictional men between their pages, her muses.
She needed the inspiration. Her fledgling fashion design business was barely off the drawing board yet. She had one paying client on which everything was riding, her start-up capital had gone on materials and sequins and if things didn't come right soon, it'd be back to the factory-based pattern-cutting job she'd quit in January. The memory of her former life in Leeds was all the incentive it took. It would be the work of minutes to nip along the path and see if he was out in the open. It wasn't as if she was pursuing him into the undergrowth.
There was nobody in sight along the main park thoroughfare or by the swings, the normal collection of families and layabouts apparently chased away by the rain. Remy pushed her damp hair back off her face and breathed out hard. It was over. He was gone and so were her books.
Just then, the drizzle turned into a downpour. She turned around and began retracing her steps towards the gate. Within seconds her hair was plastered to her head and her prized replica Black Brunswicker's jacket was losing the battle to keep her dry. She needed shelter and fast, or she was going to make a drowned rat look stylish.
The gent's loo was just ahead, off to the left behind a sprawling rhododendron. Shelter. Presumably, it'd be as deserted as the rest of the park, but even if it wasn't she was still going in.
Remy shoved the graffiti-riddled door and stepped inside. Her nose immediately wrinkled at the ingrained reek of men and caustic cleaning fluids. It was dry and almost warm though, and she could sit on the counter by the sinks and curse the prick who'd stolen her comics.
Who, as luck would have it, had taken refuge too.
The girl on his jacket seemed to wink at her – a trick of the blue light, which flickered overhead and hummed like an electric flytrap. He was standing with his back to her at one of the urinals. Remy's image rippled across the warped mirror as she marched up behind him and clamped a hand on his leather-clad shoulder.
'I want my stuff back.'
She'd expected him to jump, to protest, and perhaps mutter a denial. Instead, he made a single sharp exhalation, which, like a yogic breathing exercise, drained all the tension from his body.
'Give me a moment. I'm nearly done here.'
'Now.' She paused as she caught a glimpse of colour over his shoulder. Horrified, she shoved him sideways. He had one of her precious comics precariously balanced on top of the white ceramic urinal. It was open at the centre spread: a three frame image showing the pretty blond she'd noticed earlier impaled on the cock of a second man with long dark straight hair.
As her eyes feasted on the image, it also dawned on her that he wasn't just having a piss.
'You're wanking over my comic,' she screeched, lashing out at him. 'You fucking wanker!'
'I'm not hurting it.' He crossed his arms in front of his face to ward her off.
'You're disgusting.'
'You're the one who buys this stuff. I don't suppose you get it just to admire the artistry. And it certainly isn't for the story.'
Yama nashi, imi nashi, ochi nashi, thought Remy, recalling the phrase from which the yaoi genre derived its name. No climax, no meaning, no resolution. Although some jokers insisted it was actually an acronym for 'Yamette! Oshiri, itai!' 'Stop it! My arse! Ow!' Exactly how this bastard would be feeling, if he didn't hand her comic back. She reached out to take it, but he stepped back in front of her, his palm spread over the explicit image.
'Get out of my way.' She tore at his arm, although she doubted he felt it through the thick leather.
He clasped her upper arms in response and swung her about. Remy's insides lurched like they did on the Waltzer at a fairground. Sticky, nervous heat seeped from between her thighs. A second heart seemed to have taken up residence in her stomach. The sudden movement ended, their eyes level, mouths only inches apart. He had her pinned between himself and the row of cubicles behind. 'You're awfully familiar with those hands.' He stroked the line of her jaw where the red ends of her wet hair shaped her face.
Remy couldn't breath. Close up, his eyes were like dark rum, seductive and laced with the forbidden. He looked right into her as if he could see all the things that made her tick and knew how best to use the knowledge. His mouth set in a tightly pursed line, making her feel guilty and apologetic, even though he was the thief. The words of an apology sat on her tongue, making her throat thick. Hesitantly, she looked down. His fly was still undone, and his erect cock poked from the elastic of his designer shorts to brush the hem of his tightly fitted T-shirt. It lay between them like a bargain waiting to be struck.
Remy anxiously raised her gaze. The corners of his mouth turned up into a sly smile. 'Want to do something about it?' he asked.
'You what?' The exclamation broke through the thickness in her throat.
'You heard.'
'You're crazy if you think I'm going to let you come anywhere near me with that.'
He was a thief. A crazy, good for nothing thief, who had no right to demand anything of her. But even as she thought it, her gaze slipped down to his crotch again. Above the elastic of his shorts, there was tantalising glimpse of toned stomach and a fine smattering of short dark hairs – a hint at his real hair colour.
'In here.' He pushed her into the nearest cubical and followed her in. Remy backed up against the toilet, while he kicked the door shut behind them and slid the bolt. The sharp snap it made seemed to announce the crossing of a boundary.
'Let me out.'
He put his back to the door and folded his arms. She stretched forward to slide back the bolt, but instead her hand closed over his open palm. His fingers immediately laced with hers.
Remy jerked backward as if she'd just touched a hot plate. He moved with her. 'Too pushy,' she growled, trying to twist free. Instead of escaping, she found herself wrapped up in his embrace facing the cistern with his hard cock branding her arse through the seat of her cropped jeans.
'Something tells me you like pushy.' His breath was warm as it whispered against her ear. His lips alighted near the pulse point in her throat, gently brushing the exposed skin. Remy's heart was thundering now. She felt as skittish as a racehorse. Instinct told her to lash out, to bring her elbow back hard into his ribs or his stomach, but something about the gentle brush of his lips was enthralling. It seemed to light nerves elsewhere in her body that had no right to be connected. She felt his lips part and the trace of his tongue. Then he was sucking and the sensation was too exquisite, too incredibly sweet to pull away from. A strange eddy of fear and excitement fizzled inside her chest. It tingled through her nipples and shot electric arrows down towards her cunt. She didn't want to pull away, but she didn't want to be overcome so easily either.
One of his arms slipped around her bared midriff. A single digit toyed with the piercing through her navel – a stem of blood red stones. 'Enough.' She twisted out of his grip, grasped both his wrists and pinned him against the door. 'Let's see how you like it.'
'Like to be in charge, do you?' He jerked his wrists as if to check her hold. 'Regular Amazon, aren't you? What's the plan? The door's behind me.'
Remy looked into his almond-shaped eyes, and saw her image reflected in his pupils. She wasn't exactly sure what to do with him. Her focus had been the retrieval of her property. She certainly hadn't anticipated ending up locked in a toilet cubical cottaging with a guy, his attitude, and an impressive erection, which was currently bruising her thigh. It appeared to have grown since her first glimpse of it. She wondered how much more it would thicken with her palm curled around it, her lips nuzzling the flare around the head. Dangerous thoughts, she chastened herself, only to find her breath coming faster and her hips moving unconsciously against his loins.
'Still want to escape?'
There was warmth in the brown depths of his eyes as well as humour when he spoke, which hinted at the same sensuality he'd already displayed with his kiss. There was also a tight stubborn turn to his mouth that plumped his lower lip, and made her long to taste him.
'I don't lip kiss,' he said, as she closed in on him.
'Yeah, well I do.'
She pressed up against him; in her boots, he was only a fraction taller. For someone who didn't kiss he didn't resist. She suspected he'd just said it to sound cool, because his lips whispered over the surface of hers, rekindling the earlier sparks. They tingled in her throat, and along her jaw. His erection nuzzled against her stomach. Heaven, she thought, as their mouths finally locked in an exotic sparring dance.
Remy slowly released her hold on one of his wrists, and slipped a hand inside his jacket. Beneath the cold leather and tight-fitting T-shirt his body was firm. Not gym muscled, but lean and wiry. She stroked her palm down across his skin, following the sparse dark hairs towards his cock, which jerked eagerly as if begging for contact.
Smooth and hard, his cock-head fit neatly into the palm of her hand. She rubbed the shiny helm, drawing pre-come down over the shaft for lubrication. His free hand closed over her bottom – squeezed.
Remy took a step back, breaking off the lengthy kiss. They were both breathing hard. There was a rosy sheen high up on his cheekbones. It would be easy to throw caution to the wind and let him slide deep, fill her molten core and ease the longing and madness she felt, but that wasn't her way.
'Punishing me?' he asked.
'Wondering what the hell I'm doing, actually.'
Living the fantasy. Isn't that obvious?' He twisted her around and pulled her close again so that his cock pressed against her bottom. 'Let me show you how it's done.' He popped the top two buttons of her fly and wriggled his fingers into the front of her pants.
Remy groaned. She was wet, embarrassingly so, slick and eager for his touch. One digit brushed her clit; another slid lower into her cleft. This was ridiculous. She could hear the rain drumming on the corrugated roof. She tried to focus on its music, to keep herself from succumbing to the magic of his fingertips, but the rhythmic patter seemed to match the slip and slide of his hand, lulling her into complicity while heightening the depth of her response.
He was a common thief, a criminal, regardless of his pretty boy looks. Why was she letting him get away with this?
He unfastened the last button of her jeans, and they slid off her hips only to cling to her legs. Undeterred, he pulled them lower and slid his cock between her bared thighs.
The heat in his shaft rushed straight to Remy's cheeks, colouring them an animated rose-pink. His tongue traced the curve of her ear. 'Think of the blond,' he whispered. She couldn't help it. She did.
There had been both uncertainty and ecstasy in his eyes as he'd peered up from the centre-spread. He was exquisite, clearly tortured by the nearness of his Seme, his Dom. Still, there was a stubborn defiance about the way he crooked his chin upward as the male hands gripped his bottom, and the hard hot cock of his lover dipped inside him. She could almost hear him as he came, sighing in time with each buck of his master's hips and exhaling with a startled 'Aaahh!' as his own penis jerked.
The sound was also her own. She stretched out her arms, bracing herself against the cubical walls as her bottom slapped against the thief's loins. He was slippery and hard between her closed thighs, his pacing bordering on frantic, an urgency that translated into the less than subtle rub of his fingers over her clit. He was almost there, and he was going to take her with him. She felt so close now, each brush, each caress felt like a nettle sting. The prickly heat it caused made her long for him to slip upward rather than forward, so that he'd sink in deep. She wanted him to take her hard, pump into her and drive away the crazy itch. She wanted more – more than just a quickie, more than just a hand job.
Quite suddenly the bubble burst, jerking her backward into his arms, panting and cursing as he continued to pet her until the fire in her clit started to fade. It was only when she felt the nip of his teeth that she realised she was drifting and that he was supporting her weight.
Remy peeled herself away from his grasp. Her cheeks were burning, and probably clashing with her hair. He'd come between her thighs, leaving an opalescent puddle on the tiled floor. She was sticky with sweat and their combined moisture. She leant against the cistern, trying to find a sense of balance. Who was this guy? What was she doing here?
The cubical walls were etched with names. Cartoons, both gaudy and crude jeered down at her. Someone had replaced the toilet chain with a leather belt, and even that hadn't escaped the graffiti.
'What's your name?' he asked, from behind her.
'Remy.' She hitched her pants and trousers and turned to face him. 'Yours?'
'Takeshi.' He pointed upward with a pen, to the head of a list he was adding her name to in purple marker. Remy stared at the column of names feeling slightly sickened. 'All the rest are men.'
'It's a gent's loo.' He shot the bolt.
'So what, you're part time gay?'
'I'm opportunistic. Men are just easier to pick up, easier to fuck and don't give you a twenty question follow-up.'
'I've only asked two.'
She followed him out of the cubical. Uncertain what else to do, she reclaimed her book from the top of the urinal. It seemed to have survived unscathed, unlike her neck. She stared at her flushed image in the mirror.
'You marked me.'
He nodded, retrieved her stolen carrier bag from beneath the end basin and handed it to her. 'It'd be cheaper to get these off the net you know.'
'Maybe if you can read Japanese, which I don't. Besides, I don't have time to wade through all the crap to get to the good stuff.' She couldn't prevent a touch of animosity from creeping into her voice, but he merely smiled at her outburst. His good humour only made her feel more irritable.
'Busy schedule?'
'Yes, actually. I'm starting my own business.'
Remy's grip on the carrier bag tightened. She was tempted to hit him with it, except it would likely do more damage to her books than his smug expression. 'All right, Mr Cool, what do you do that's so impressive? Just doss about?'
'I trade on eBay. And before you knock it, how much did you earn last week?'
Remy shrugged. Nothing. She wouldn't get her first pay cheque until Chelsea's wedding dress was finished. Her first commission was also her first piece of haute couture. Everything was riding on it. The wedding was going to be a big affair. Her friend was planning a midnight ceremony, and had invited something approaching two hundred guests, all of whom were potential clients for her gothic and fetish-wear inspired designs. She'd had some business cards printed, but still needed photos for her catalogue, and she couldn't afford to pay even a mediocre model. Chances were it'd have to be her and a few mates.
'Well?' Takeshi prompted.
'How much did you make?' she countered. 'And if it's so much, why did you need to nick my bag?'
He stiffened almost imperceptibly, then combed his fingers through his spiky silver-blue hair. 'Maybe I was trying to attract your attention.'
'It worked, didn't it?'
'You could have just introduced yourself.'
Takeshi zipped his jacket. There was a metal Kumadori mask pinned to the lapel. He fondly brushed a finger across the grimacing visage of the Kabuki theatre character. 'I thought about it, but this seemed so much more dramatic. I know you goths like your theatrics, so I figured what the hell.'
Remy slapped her palm onto the counter by the sinks. 'One, I'm not a goth. I just hang out with them. Two, a high street chase and a gent's loo aren't my idea of theatre, and three-' she hitched the collar of her braided jacket, '-you had no way of knowing that I'd chase you. You'd have been stuffed if I'd called the police.'
'I figured it was worth the risk. I had a good feeling about you.'
'Did you now?'
'Yes, and it was right.'
'I suppose you'll be claiming you're psychic next.'
He shook his head, a broad smile on his lips. 'No, just intuitive.' He drew his marker pen from his pocket again and plucked off the lid.
'Another list to add to?' she asked scathingly. She was too old to be acting as lookout for someone scrawling their name on a toilet door. There was no longer any point to her being here. She had her stuff. It was time to get out before she did anything else stupid.
Takeshi's smile widened into a grin that crinkled the skin around his eyes and showed his teeth. 'Actually, I thought you might be needing this.' He stepped forward and before she even thought of stopping him, he lifted her short jacket and top and scrawled his phone number across her midriff.
'Excuse me.' She pulled her clothing down. 'As if I'm going to call you.'
'You'll call.' There was a certainty in his voice that was unnerving.
'I won't.'
'You will, and before the week's out. Who else are you going to indulge your yaoi fantasies with?'
Remy pushed her shoulders up and her chin high. It was true. He could have been a yaoi model. But he was far too confident, far too full of himself, and she didn't like the way he made assumptions about her, even if his guesses were accurate. 'I don't need to indulge them,' she snapped. 'Not with you, anyway.'
He laughed in response, his voice sharp and high. 'So why did you?' He was still laughing as he left the building.
Remy sprinted to the door after him, but he'd already vanished into the undergrowth of the rain-drenched park.


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Car lover gifts ideas, Please help a girl out :)
Hi all,
My dad's 60th birthday is fast approaching. He is the kind of guy who is always tinkering with old cars and other things on wheels. To me, it seems like he has everything he could possibly want. Garage full of tools, garage full of cars and other big boy toys. Cool signs and decorations hanging. He has a ton of dvd's, books, magazines, etc.
He has also been working on downsizing the amount of "stuff" he has collected over the years. So, cutesy collectible things are out.
Are there any new tools or any cool new TOYS out for a mechanical handy-man?
Thank you in advance. I don't want to get him any crap he won't use, or that he will think is ridiculous.
thank you, thank you - Jess
does he like car shows driving one of his particular cars more so than the others what is your budget? for my old man i had some guys come over and professionally detail his camaro for his b-day once so he wouldn't have to spend 4 hours cleaning the car before he went to a show. another cool thing i did was for a friend of mine he collects old imports and he has two 74 mazda rx4's so i found a car and driver with the cover article talking about the whole new 74 rx4 so he could display when he would go to car shows. My girl friend once for me and i liked it alot was she called my snap on rep and prepaid some cash to go towards new tools for work which was pretty nice of her
Jess, can you give us a estimated price range?
Gift certificate to any of the myriad of car and hotrod mail order outlets.
I really like the detailing idea and of course, the gift cards to his favorite shops or mail order are good ideas.
What my wife did for me a few years ago was to make a quilt out of my choice of some of my favorite event T-shirts. I don't know if you are into quilting or not, but Sandy is and she made it for me, which made it extra special. Even if you are not into such domestic endeavors, you might be able to find someone who does quilting. However, it isn't cheap.
I had an abundance of rod related T-shirts, so I needed to thin the herd. So, my favorite quilt includes shirts from the various magazines that I have freelanced for, some of my favorite events that I have covered, and a few where friends hot rods were on the event T-shirts. In other words, each shirt has a special meaning to me. I get my best sleep when I'm snuggled up in my hot rod quilt and in my recliner after working on a hot rod or writing about them.
Dennis W. Parks
Author of automotive how-to books
How about a jacket and sew various car related patches on it..Ole guys like that sort of thing..Dunno where you are at but here there are some folks that do custom embroidery on jackets and hats..
Awesome Ideas!
Wow, you guys have great ideas!
I actually have a few ideas for other occasions, too!
I was going to spend about $200.
I think he may like gift certificates, he is always looking through magazines and needing parts, and looking for magazines with his type of car.
We actually got him an embroidered/patched-up jacket after his retirement, with his work related stuff. He does love it!
I love the t-shirt quilt idea. Unfortunately, not for him, b/c he doesn't wear those kinds of shirts for some reason. But, I am going to hijack that idea for myself and my boyfriend. We have so many shirts from concerts and motorcycle rallies/ hd shops from across the country. You never actually want to get rid of those shirts.
I'll still take more ideas, though! Thanks!
Since your dad and I are the same age, with probably the same poor eyesight in low light, this is what I got for myself and anytime I have a problem finding stuff in dark areas or reading a nameplate on a part, I whip this sucker out. Custom made by a guy in Oregon and puts out 3000 lumens. The brightest flashlight for the size you can buy period. If interested, I'll give you a link to it and the battery that it takes.
If Jess doesn't want the link, I DO, so post it up DO !
If Jess doesn't want the link, I DO, so post it up DO !
Elektro Lumens Presents "Big Bruiser Flashlight"
The battery that you will need. This took awhile to find because most 3.6 volt lithium 26650 single cells do not have the discharge rate (C) that can handle this flashlight. Pick up a 2nd one because they discharge at 3000 lumens in around 22 minutes. That long of run time will make the light almost too hot to hold, even with all the heat sinking that is machined into the case. You will also need a charger for this battery.
Powerizer New Generation High Power Lithium (LiNiMnCo) 26650 Rechargeable Cell: 3.6V 3600mAh
This is the last generation champ, 20 watt 6 volt quartz halogen flashlight. See the beam in the far room?
This is the Big Bruiser LED, same exposure setting on camera.
The big 6 volt lantern.
Big Bruiser, again same camera exposure.
Thanks DO, it's a little pricey for a flashlight but it is state of the art for sure.
It is a fun light to whip out when someone asks "Do you have a flashlight I can use?", wretched ratchet. The first thing they notice before turning it on is the heft of such a small flashlight but their reaction when they turn it on is priceless.
If your into efficiency instead of raw power, for my upcoming kayak camping I wanted a lantern that has 360* illumination like a Coleman gas lantern, but you know me, without the gas. LED lights are the most efficient available and lithium batteries have the highest energy density, and Energizer makes just what I needed. (3) "D" cells will run the light for 165 hours, but this light also as a very small lithium battery pack that is charged by a 0.5 watt built-in solar panel. Leave this light on your camp table during the day and get 5 hours of bright light at night. It uses (8) 0.125 watt LEDs and (1) 0.005 watt LED night light. This night light will run 125 hours on the tiny lithium battery and 10 years on the (3) "D" cells.
This light is less than 1/5 the price of the Big Bruiser.
The small lithium pack
Compared to the (3) "D" cells.
The amber night light.
All that sucker needs now is to be able to mount to a Picatinny Rail system, it's perfect for my AR15.
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It wasn't the NHL - but last night's hockey spectacular between US and Canadian selections is as close as we will see in New Zealand.
Ice Hockey purists may disagree but the exhibition match delivered a quality spectacle in front of a noisy crowd of 10,000 fans in Vector Arena.
There were some brilliant goals as well as outstanding goaltending from both custodians and some collisions worthy of the sport at the highest level.
The match ended 3-3 in normal time, with Canada eventually prevailing in a lengthy penalty shootout.
One particular body check by US captain Aaron Miller was bone crunching, while in the second half three players smashed head on into the Canadian goal, slamming the goal clean off its foundations as the players flew into the wall.
Canada dominated the first period to lead 2-0, but seemed to tire later in the match and the US scored three unanswered goals, on the back of some outstanding work in the net by US custodian John Grahame. Grahame, a former Stanley Cup winner, was one of the game's dominant figures along with Canadian captain Derek Armstrong.
American forward Bates Battaglia was another to impress.
There were elements that spelt exhibition though. In the final period while leading 3-2, the US forwards twice scooped shots wide when one on one with the goaltender.
It seemed easier to score and perhaps indicated that Canada were destined to come back to 3-3 and force a penalty shootout - which they duly did.
In the NHL there would be overtime - but the shootout, where the players skate from halfway before trying to beat the goaltender was the perfect way to end the evening.
Last night was as much about entertainment as it was sport. Cheerleaders did backflips and somersaults in the narrow corridor between the stands and ice, while fireworks blasted off the ice in the darkened arena. The USA entered the rink to the strains of AC/DC's Back in Black, Canadian following soon as Where the Streets Have No Name rang out.
Over the three-year development of the event, the promoters have fielded many questions about the credibility of the exercise. Would the exhibition matches been taken seriously by the players - or were they here for a holiday?
As the game got under way the players seemed a little tentative and were noticeably slipping on parts of the ice where the fireworks had left ash chars on the ice. In the first five minutes the opposing captains Derek Armstrong and Aaron Miller downed sticks and dropped their gloves to line each other up. It seemed a little contrived - as if they were trying to prove they were fair dinkum - as they slugged awkward punches at each other while their team mates stood around watching.
The play livened up soon after that - and a body check by Miller later on a Canadian took both players off their feet and was worthy of what you would see in the NHL.
Canada were first to settle and had more of the early chances. After a series of excellent saves from US goaltender John Grahame, the deadlock was broken by the Maple Leafs in the seventh minute, forward Kevin Doell sliding the puck home after a clever assist from Armstrong. At one stage in the first period it was a three on three contest - as two players from each team were sent to the penalty box for fouls. Doell added a second five minutes later and only the outstanding reflexes of Grahame stopped the Canadians from notching two or three more.
The US struggled on offence in the first stanza, though were noticeably lifted by Miller's ferocious hit.
The second period saw a turnaround as fatigue began to take it's toll. In the NHL teams carry 22 players, allowing for four separate 'lines' of defence players and attackers, giving regular opportunities for rest in the frantic sport. In contrast last night there were just 11 players on each team, meaning players got half the normal rest.
The American comeback started early in the second period, as they nailed a controversial goal through Battaglia. Further goals from Blake Barkwell and Nick Tuzzolino took the Americans into a 3-2 lead by the end of the second period. It could have been four - but Canadian goaltender Andrew Engelage defused a US penalty opportunity.
As well as the ice hockey, there was plenty of action to watch. The "kiss cam" - where an in stadium camera zoomed in on couples - saw normally reserved Kiwis locking lips for the camera during the extended breaks between the three 20 minute periods. There was a spectacular climax with a marriage proposal in the aisle, also on camera and after a brief hesitation a positive reply.
The series continues with a second game in Christchurch before the final match in Dunedin.


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Munashe Furusa, acting dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at California State University, Dominguez Hills, was the featured guest speaker during a special observance on Jan. 16 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at the Los Angeles Air Force Base Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) in El Segundo.
Furusa's speech reflected on the observance's theme "Teamwork Makes the Dream Work."
In a video interview on the SMC Facebook page, Furusa said, "We enlarge the canvas of our life when we interact with other people, because they bring to the table a lot of other experiences. …We must not be afraid of people, but we must appreciate them for who they are and also respect them and understand that together we can transform this world to be what we want it to be."


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LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska will open up fall practices on Monday night to the media, marking the first time this has happened in the Bo Pelini era. While it will take a few weeks to really gauge where this team is at and figure out position battle winners, check out Big Red Report for practice coverage later tonight – including a photo gallery from the beginning portion of their on the field session.
Pelini will let the media observe practice on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, meaning Tuesday night the Big Red Report staff needs something to do. Hit the site up at 8 p.m. for the first of many fall Big Red Report weekly chats. Recruiting guru Bryan Munson will be on hand to answer your 2015 and 2016 prospect questions.
Now how about some Monday morning donuts?
Armstrong enters camp No. 1:
Redshirt sophomore quarterback Tommy Armstrong will enter fall as the Huskers No. 1 guy on the depth chart, but he isn't leaving anything to chance.
"It's always a competition. Nothing is promised," said Armstrong. "Right now I have a edge over everyone, but anything could happen. Last year we saw that first hand when Taylor went down – Ron and I had to step up. Anything could happen."
Tommy Armstrong
While Armstrong finished last season 7-1 as a starter, he struggled at key moments while he got on the job training. Those struggles have some fans nervous – other fans calling for Johnny Stanton or even walk-on Ryker Fyfe to be the Huskers' guy.
Make no mistake about it. Nebraska's best chances for a Big Ten Conference title rest with Armstrong at quarterback. He now knows he doesn't have to win a game by himself, especially with a guy like Ameer Abdullah sharing his backfield.
"It changes a lot," said Armstong when asked about confidence of running with the first-team offense. "It helps me running with the 1s. It helps me get the chemistry down. I now feel that since I have the chemistry down in the offseason, it's now the mental aspect of the game. Being able to be a leader off and on the field and make the team stronger."
While Armstrong feels he has a chemistry with the offensive first-team, his teammates see a new focus in the former four-star quarterback.
"I think he's always been determined, but because he didn't have the starting role, backing up Taylor, he didn't have the idea that he would be starting down the road," said receiver Sam Burtch. "I'm sure his fall camp will be different than last year."
If you have 15 minutes, I suggest you listen to Tommy Armstrong's media session from last Friday.
Neal gets some nice mail on Friday:
Aug. 1 marks the first day college coaches can officially offer a high school prospect going into his senior year. It's a silly rule that was put in place by the NCAA a few years ago to help slow down recruiting…how's that working out for them?
The first Husker commit to tweet his letter was Omaha Central defensive lineman DaiShon Neal.
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A three-star prospect, Neal has spent the summer trying to bulk up, hoping to get to 260-pounds. Big Red Report will be catching up with Neal and all the Nebraska commitments in coming weeks to preview their senior season.
Gregory named Scout.com Preseason All-Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year:
Preseason accolades are upon us and Nebraska defensive end Randy Gregory got a well-deserved one yesterday when he was named by Scout.com as the conference's preseason Defensive Player of the Year. Gregory edged out Michigan State's Shilique Calhoun for the award.
A few other Huskers appeared on the first-team with Gregory, including running back Ameer Abdullah and safety Corey Cooper.
If the preseason team had been extended to the second-team, Huskers: WR Kenny Bell, OL Jake Cotton, DT Vincent Valentine, LB Michael Rose, and CB Josh Mitchell would have also made the list.
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Webster with a solid international showing:
Playing in a tune-up tournament before the FIBA World Cup in Spain later this month, Nebraska sophomore Tai Webster chipped in 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting and a pair of assists to help New Zealand down Ivory Coast, 79-55.
The FIBA World Cup lasts for two weeks and features 24 teams. New Zealand finds themselves in Group C, along with the United States. The pairing is significant because it will give Huskers fans a chance to see their second-year player on the International stage against a team full of NBA players.


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Even though Boston added more units of housing in the last decade than in the three previous decades combined, the pace of new development is not keeping up with all the people who want to live here. The Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University predicts that unless annual housing production in the Boston area doubles — from 6,000 units to 12,000 units a year — already sky-high prices will soar.
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Designed for use in pharmacies and medical labs to store vaccines and other medical supplies, the American BioTech Supply 9 Cu. Ft. Stainless Steel Pharmacy Refrigerator Freezer (PH-ABT-RFC-9SSP) offers consistent temperatures in a space-efficient design. Two fully independent systems, the 4.5 cu. ft. refrigerator, and 4.2 cu. ft. freezer operate at a combined temperature range of between 39 and 4º F that reads out on the digital temperature display. The included stacking kit allows you to place the units on top of each other and their design allows for freestanding operation.
Audible and visual temperature alarms ensure contents are kept at the proper temperature and an integrated keyed lock on both the refrigerator and freezer provides increased security of important and valuable contents. This freestanding medical refrigerator and freezer will ensure proper storage of important items that require very specific and exceptionally cool temperatures, while keeping them safe and secure. Other features include: leveling legs, cycle and manual defrost, solid stainless steel doors, and a probe access port.
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- Freezer: 4.2 cu. ft.Polyurethane insulation
- Temperature range: 39ºF and 4ºF3/8" probe access port
- Audible and visual temperature alarmsBTUs: 630 an hour
- Keyed door locksCDC compliant
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- Leveling legsWeight: 200 lbs
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A new television series called "Quirky" premieres later this month on the Sundance Channel, and the first episode stars designer, inventor, entrepreneur and Fox Point native Jake Zien.
Zien invented a flexible power strip called Pivot Power, and the show, which airs at 9 p.m. Aug. 30, will include a profile of the 22-year-old and show how Pivot Power evolved from an idea to a product now available in stores nationwide.
"I thought it was a great idea at the time," Zien said, noting that Pivot Power began as a school project. "The teacher said I came up with an idea people would want to buy. I had zero idea on how to get it there."
"Quirky" the television series is designed to show (and shamelessly promote) the goings on at Quirky the company, which helps people develop products online. "Quirky" will be a weekly, hourlong show running over six weeks and featuring the stories of 12 inventors from across the country.
Zien's gadget, which is designed to accommodate large power-adapter bricks, was selected by Quirky's community to be a new product. The gadget has cast Zien into the role of one of the company's shiniest success stories.
"I certainly wasn't expecting it," Zien said. "I couldn't imagine this idea would have this reception."
Zien, a Nicolet High School alum and recent graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, is remarkably down-to-earth about it all.
"There have been a lot of rewarding things about this experience, and one of them is representing Milwaukee," Zien said over the phone while standing on the fire escape outside his office in New York City.
"It is so exciting," he said. "Every time I pick up the phone with Quirky it's more exciting than the last."
Each week Quirky's online community gathers to develop products to solve everyday problems, and when these creations hit the market, each community member involved earns money.
Zien stands to cash in thousands for his idea. He shies away from discussing how exactly much, noting that as a recent graduate he has job-seeking friends with college debts.
But Quirky's Web page for Pivot Power outs his current take at more than $20,000 after Quirky has taken its sizable share of the proceeds. Rightfully so, Zien says, noting that the company streamlines the process and speeds things up considerably.
"I couldn't have done this without them at all," he said. "I am so impressed with the process."
Zien said that despite Quirky's resources and expertise, the company doesn't steam-roll over its inventors after an idea is embraced. Quite the opposite, he says, noting that there are several rounds of product development, and inventors have many opportunities to be involved.
"The nature of their process is very open," Zien says. "They engage the community on every level from coming up with ideas, to choosing colors, to picking a slogan."
"I felt in a very material way that I was influencing the process," Zien says. "As the inventor, they reach out to you and want your input. They showed me the prototypes, and I was in their office frequently."
As a young designer, Zien fit comfortably into Quirky's environment. His background also gave him a unique perspective during the company's development process, he said, and it was an experience he would strongly recommend to other young designers.
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text: iran Global Journalist: Yemen's Hidden War By Jason McLure • Feb 25, 2016 AP The conflict in Syria gets the headlines, but 2,000 miles south in Yemen a separate civil war has brought an already impoverished country to its knees. More than 80 percent of the country's population is in need of humanitarian aid - aid many can't get because of the fighting. As Shia rebels backed by Iran have battled the country's Saudi Arabia-backed Sunni government, al-Qaida and the Islamic State have taken advantage of the chaos to expand their influence. On this edition of Global Journalist, a look at the humanitarian and political crisis in Yemen and the threat posed by international extremist groups in the country. Listen Listening... / 28:30 Global Journalist: Yemen's Hidden War Missouri Weighs Ban on Investments in State Terror Sponsors By Associated Press • Feb 25, 2016 Jacob Fenston / KBIA The Missouri Senate is advancing a proposed ban on state investments in companies with operations in countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism. Global Journalist - Iranian Divisions Leave U.S. Reporter Jailed By Jason McLure • Oct 8, 2015 AP Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian has been imprisoned in Iran since July 2014. On this edition of Global Journalist, we examine how Iran's internal politics and relations with the U.S. have led to the lengthy jailing of a correspondent for a major U.S. newspaper. Global Journalist: Kurds in Conflict By Jason McLure • Sep 10, 2015 Bram Janssen / AP With more than 30 million people spread across Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran, they are a minority everywhere they live. 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Yemen on the Brink By Jason McLure • Mar 19, 2015 Hani Mohammed / Associated Press The small Arabian peninsula nation of Yemen has gone through a lot of turmoil in the past decade. One president was ousted in 2012 during the Arab Spring, in January a second was overthrown by the Houthis, an Iranian-backed militia. Meanwhile al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, perhaps the terror group's most deadly affiliate, has seized the opportunity to expand its presence in Yemen. What is the future of this country, and what does it mean for the West if it becomes an Iranian ally or descends into Somalia-style chaos? Iran Calls GOP Letter 'Propaganda Ploy,' Offers To 'Enlighten' Authors By Bill Chappell • Mar 10, 2015 Republican senators' letter to Iran about ongoing nuclear talks has prompted a lengthy response from Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who delivered an overview of international law as he critiqued the letter. 'You Are Invited': Isolated Iran Seeks Foreign Tourists By Steve Inskeep • Feb 19, 2015 Two events last week suggested the conflicting currents in Iran. The country marked the anniversary of its revolution last Wednesday with the usual slogan, "Death to America." The following day, Iran opened an international tourism exhibition with a different slogan: "You are invited." Iran wants to welcome more international tourists, including Americans. But that's a challenge for a country that's wary of outsiders, and closely monitors its own people. World leaders 'cautiously optimistic' after Iranian nuclear talks By Rehman Tungekar & Jim Flink • Oct 17, 2013 Ebrahim Seyyedi / Associated Press Listen Listening... / 28:59 This week, Iranian negotiators proposed a set of confidence-building measures aimed at ending the decade-long deadlock over the country's nuclear program. 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La's abstinence-only sex ed related to HIV epidemic among African-American youth
There are 21 comments on the Examiner.com story from Aug 27, 2012, titled La's abstinence-only sex ed related to HIV epidemic among African-American youth. In it, Examiner.com reports that:
Dr. Mark Alain Dery, a physician specializing in HIV/AIDS at Tulane University, has experienced what he has called "a cruel testimony for how hard life can be," referring to his job of end-of-life care for HIV-infected patients in the city of New Orleans , a city that continuously ranks top five in the highest cases of HIV/AIDS nationwide, in a ... (more)
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"Dont Play With Me"
Since: Jun 11
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#2 Aug 27, 2012
Instead of blaming "African Americans" for the HIV/AIDS epemdemic why not spend time trying to find a CURE for a disease. Instead of wasting all our time and money on WHO HAS THE DISEASE maybe we can spend our time and money on HOW TO TREAT THE DISEASE. Do we REALLY want to treat HIV/AIDS or do we just want this disease to exist to kill off the Black race first?
"im a crazy childish 19yo "
Since: Aug 11
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#3 Aug 27, 2012
they wont find a cure because they dont want to... ppl with HIV can live long lives but only with the help of medicine. because of that they r making money n if they find a cure then they will lose money....keeping the sick, sick.
"Dont Play With Me"
Since: Jun 11
Location hidden
#4 Aug 27, 2012
Wow. Never thought of that. Thanks
#5 Aug 28, 2012
This disease was created by whites to commit genocide in Africa. Now they making it seem like a Black man's disease.
#6 Aug 28, 2012
Easy black girl, how old were you when your daddy or uncle broke you in?, did your mana bother reporting it to the police?, or did you have a family party.
"Obsidian Princess"
Since: Sep 09
#8 Aug 28, 2012
no such thing as HIV causing the non- existant "Aids."
massa, is we sick?
Toronto, Canada
#9 Aug 28, 2012
This is very good news, I must say.
"Trump-- I follow my instinct"
Since: Mar 11
Columbus Ohio
#10 Aug 28, 2012
if republicans have their way that is exactly what will happen.They love the rich,give them more and more tax breaks while the poor and sick have to pay more.Republicans and their rich buddies don't want a national health care program because they say it will cost to much.What they mean is it will cost to much for poor people that need health care.One thing you can say about republicans,they don't have a caring bone in their body.
Bristol, UK
#11 Aug 29, 2012
You have been in America for over 500 years and should realise by now that the institution protect, reflect and sustained racism. your leaders, entrepreneur, scientist should invest and look for the cure yourselves rather than hoping the system will one day give you the cure. About time you negros should do for self not dependence on your enemies.
United States
#12 Aug 29, 2012
That's odd becouse the number show that g.w. did way more about h.i.v. then obama funny how numbers can't lie.
United States
#13 Aug 29, 2012
The cure is morality self control not jumping in the sack with every aids infected down low Negro in the hood
After all its not airborne like ebola or even west Nile virus
Is it .70 present of all new cases of h.I.v. are in Africa American woman and I haven't seen many crackers hooking up with the sisters have you . It came from Africa most likely from coming in contact with ape or monkey blood while preparing them as food.but go ahead tell your self its the white devils fault why not everything else is . You'll look foolish you'll be wroung it won't help things but you'll feel better and after all isn't what its really all about.
"Dont Play With Me"
Since: Jun 11
Location hidden
#14 Aug 29, 2012
Dang you are dumb
Ube, Japan
#15 Aug 30, 2012
The enemies created the disease, why not the cure? If man's heart wasn't so evil, AIDS would not have existed.
Ube, Japan
#16 Aug 30, 2012
One theory of the origin of AIDS is that it developed from contaminated vaccines used in the world's first mass immunisation for polio. There are a number of reasons why this theory is plausible enough to be worthy of further investigation.
The location coincides dramatically. The earliest known cases of AIDS occurred in central Africa, in the same regions where Koprowski's polio vaccine was given to over a million people in 1957-1960.
The timing coincides. There is no documented case of HIV infection or AIDS before 1959. Centuries of the slave trade and European exploitation of Africa exposed Africans and others to all other diseases then known; it is implausible that HIV could have been present and spreading in Africa without being recognised.
Polio vaccines are grown (cultured) on monkey kidneys which could have been contaminated by SIVs. Polio vaccines could not be screened for SIV contamination before 1985.
Another monkey virus, SV-40, is known to have been passed to humans through polio vaccines. A specific pool of Koprowski's vaccine was later shown to have been contaminated by an unknown virus.
In order for a virus to infect a different species, it is helpful to reduce the resistance of the new host's immune system. Koprowski's polio vaccine was given to many children less than one month old, before their immune systems were fully developed. Indeed, in one trial, infants were given 15 times the standard dose in order to ensure effective immunisation.
#17 Aug 31, 2012
No your the dumb one, aids started in Africa where it jumped the species barrier from apes to humans through eating monkeys, the exact same thing has happened with a disease called simian foamy virus, read a fcuking book moron. Your race did it to itself.
#18 Aug 31, 2012
Aids has always been in Africa, but it used to be locked away from people deep in the jungle, effecting people very rarely, but then a road was built going through these areas and it then spread,via try truck stop prostitutes
Toronto, Canada
#19 Aug 31, 2012
Yes, yes , yes AIDS was created by White scientists on the back of research done by the Nazi heros during WW2. But AIDS ain't nothing compared to the race specific, quick killing contagious cancer that is to come. Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooo!!!!!!
Can ya dig it??????????
"Trump-- I follow my instinct"
Since: Mar 11
Columbus Ohio
#20 Aug 31, 2012
I have developed a new laser weapon that will disintegrate racists.Will you be my first test subject?
Since: Aug 12
#21 Aug 31, 2012
Rape virgins that is the African way to cure AIDS. It works so good too!
Toronto, Canada
#22 Aug 31, 2012
Ook ook ook, come on vile sheboon, make a move if yer feelin' strong!!!!!!!!!!
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Black Friday is a national shopping holiday for all shopaholics; consider it the Olympics for the bargain-obsessed. Usually, only really dedicated shoppers create strategies to get the best deals in town, while the rest of us get the picked-over items. But everybody who wants a deal should have a strategy! Here are my tips for the uninitiated to survive Black Friday without being trampled for those $3 penguin pajama pants.
1. Run to a few of the stores you're planning to hit on Black Friday in advance and grab any coupon fliers, visit websites or watch for deals in the coupon section in the newspaper the week before. This will help you devise a clear list for what items you plan to get from each store. Create a list of stores you plan to shop at, what time they open and what you need so you can get in and out as quickly as possible.
2. Set a clear time for when you need to wake up to get to a store on time. Stores such as Target, Wal-Mart and Best Buy usually have the longest lines since they always have the best deals. If you're shooting for the cheapest price in town for a 16-inch TV, for example, you may have to camp out. If you're going to brave the cold overnight for a deal, make sure you dress warm.
3. Once those stores open, you'll probably see the real shopaholics and deal hunters running through the doors; if you think you're a part of that category, by all means, join them. Just don't stampede anyone in the process. For all the regular shoppers: Don't expect to get any of the best deals if you're not ready for a little competition.
4. Since you prepared so much for the moment you step into that wondrous store full of Black Friday deals, you should know what to do. You've memorized that store's map so don't waste any time racing for those $3 Christmas movies that no one truly likes. Try and stick to your list. Although it may be tempting to get that $1 doorbuster slow cooker, do you really need it? Probably not.
5. Lastly, just remember to have fun as all the shopaholics unite at the wee hours of the morning. Whether or not you get everything on your list, remember that they're just things.
- Target, 9 p.m. Thanksgiving Day
- Toys R Us, 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day
- Wal-Mart, 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day
- Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic (selected stores), check your local store for times
- Sears and Kmart, check your local store for times
- Best Buy, Macy's, Kohl's, 12 a.m. Black Friday
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■ Arbor Day Foundation offers blue spruce trees
It may not seem like it but spring planting is near.
Anyone from Minnesota who joins the Foundation in February 2013 will receive 10 free Colorado blue spruce trees to plant when the weather turns warm for a $10 contribution for membership.
The free trees are part of the nonprofit Foundation's Trees for America campaign.
"The blue-green hue and distinctive shape of Colorado blue spruce trees will help beautify Minnesota for many years to come," said John Rosenow, founder and chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. "The trees will also add to the proud heritage of Minnesota's existing Tree City USA communities."
The Tree City USA program has supported community forestry throughout the country for more than 35 years.
The trees will be shipped postpaid at the right time for planting, between March 1 and May 31, with enclosed planting instructions. The 6- to 12-inch trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced free of charge. Foundation membership is $10
Members also receive a subscription to the foundation's colorful bimonthly publication, Arbor Day, and The Tree Book, which contains information about planting and care.
For more information, contact the Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, NE 68410, by Feb. 28, 2013, or visit arborday.org/february.
■ Crow Wing County reports customer service reviews
Crow Wing County reported it received 97 percent positive reviews for customer service received regarding building permits and 100 percent positive reviews for septic permits, wetland and surveying issues and landowner assistance during the Development Review Team (DRT) process, according to a recent survey released by the Land Services Department.
The survey, conducted annually in January, polled nearly 700 landowners, consultants, and contractors who interacted with the Environmental Services Office within the Land Services Department in 2012. The county reported 97 percent of those surveyed indicated that county staff provided them with complete and accurate information in a timely manner and that staff members were friendly and respectful.
Comments suggesting areas of improvement were also received and suggested changes to the website, ways to improve communication and education, and ideas to allow an E911 address to be issued for vacant property. Crow Wing County stated it plans to continue to make improvements to the website and communication, including the launch of a new online permitting system this spring. In addition, because of public feedback, the Land Use Ordinance was recently changed to allow E911 signs to be placed on vacant property.
The county reported respondents to the survey for the Development Review Team (DRT) had 100 percent of those responding indicating the process was helpful or very helpful. The DRT process brings together zoning applicants, township officials, and relevant government agencies along with county staff in a pre-application meeting to discuss proposed land use map amendments, variance, conditional use and plat applications prior to actually submitting such applications.
This was the second year the survey included questions related to land surveying, wetlands, and septic systems. The county reported respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with the level of customer service and technical expertise offered by county staff in these areas and noted significant improvement in these areas.
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Starting Feb. 2, girls in Brainerd will begin the annual Girl Scout Cookie Sale. On Feb. 8, girls will start "Booth Sales." That date has been designated Girl Scout Cookie Day.
Thin Mints, Caramel Delites, and the other favorites will returning, plus this year a new cookie has been added to the lineup, Mango Crèmes with Nutrifusion. Cookies cost $4 per package. Many girls are listing their Cookie Booth locations at www.girlscoutcookies.org. Customers can also download the GirlScoutCookie Finder app on their Smartphone.
The famous Thin Mints remain, but Girl Scouts are giving their cookie boxes an overhaul to highlight the real purpose of the $790 million cookie program, which is to teach girls five essential life skills: goal setting, decision making, money management, business ethics, and people skills. Girls will ask 50 million cookie fans across the nation to buy or order more boxes in honor of their success in running the largest girl-led business enterprise in the world.
All the revenue earned from cookie activities — every penny after paying the baker — stays with the local Girl Scout council that sponsors the sale. Councils use cookie revenue to supply essential services to troops, groups, and individual girls, such as providing program resources and communication support, training adult volunteers, and conducting events.
For nearly 100 years, Girl Scouts, with the enthusiastic support of their families, have helped ensure the success of this annual sale.


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Went down to Leadville from Matchless the snow so terrible, I had to go down on my hands and knees and creep from my cabin door to 7th Street. Mr. Zaitz driver drove me to our get off place and he helped pull me to the cabin. I kept falling deep down through the snow every minute. God bless him. ···· Baby Doe Tabor, March, 1935
On March 7, 1935, Baby Doe Tabor was found dead of a heart attack in her small shack at the famous Matchless Mine, just outside Leadville, Colorado. She had, for whatever reason, adopted the storage shack at the Matchless Mine as her living quarters since her husband's death in 1899, 35 years earlier. Contrary to popular belief, she did not "hold on to the Matchless as it will pay millions again," as some have incorrectly reported were Horace Tabor's deathbed words. The Matchless Mine had long since been lost to foreclosure and had failed to produce even with several new attempts on the part of the new owners. Baby Doe was living in the tiny cabin only due to the generosity of the current owners of the worthless mine.
Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt Baby Doe Tabor, once a millionaire, had died in virtual poverty. After her death, 17 iron trunks that had been placed in storage in Denver were opened, as well as several gunny sacks and 4 trunks that had been left at the St. Vincents Hospital in Leadville. All that was left from the Tabor fortune were several bolts of unique, untouched and quite exquisite cloth, several pieces of china, a tea service and some jewelry, including a diamond and sapphire ring. The famous watch fob and chain given to her husband, Horace Tabor, at the opening of the $700,000 Tabor Opera House in Denver was also found, along with several memorabilia pieces.
This incredible story has captured the imagination of the world for decades.
In 1860, when the California Gulch discovery was made just south of present day Leadville by the Stevens party, Horace Tabor and his wife Augusta (the first woman in California Gulch) arrived with their son Maxcy. They had left their farm in Kansas, arrived in Denver and then, hearing about the Kelley success in the present day Leadville area, decided to head west. As Augusta later recalled, The 19th of February, 1860, I was lifted from a bed of sickness to a wagon, and we started for the new mining district.
The Gulch had been panned out, however and by 1862, the Tabors had left the area, heading back east over Mosquito Pass. Horace had built a cabin in Buckskin Joe and had become involved in community affairs there... he ran a grocery store, was appointed postmaster and was elected to the school board.
But the appeal of the California Gulch eventually brought the Tabors back in November of 1868, where they once again opened their store. Horace became postmaster of the town then called Oro City, located in the California Gulch. Later he built a house and moved to Leadville, and became the citys first mayor and second postmaster.
Tabor was known to be a generous man, and that generosity paid him big dividends. On April 15, 1878, Tabor opened his store as usual. Two German immigrants, August Rische and George Hook, walked in and asked Tabor if he would grubstake them. Tabor did, three times; the first costing him a mere $17.00. A month later, on May 15th, the group knew they had a bonanza on their hands; the Little Pittsburg Mine. By the end of the summer they declared a $10,000 dividend to each; this was all that was needed to spark Tabor into quickly becoming the acknowledged leader of the silver mining community. He was later to buy, among others, the famous Matchless Mine.
In 1880, an attractive 25 year old young lady named Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt Doe, a recent divorcee, arrived in Leadville. Her presence was soon discovered by Horace Tabor, who began a discreet relationship with her. By July of 1880 however, it was no longer a secret. Horace moved out of his and Augustas home and asked her for a divorce. She refused. Horace then consulted with Bill Bush to secure a divorce, which he secretly did in Durango, Colorado. But it was not legal. Whether Horace knew this and was simply defiant, or whether he truly didnt know is unknown, but the fact remains that he and Elizabeth (soon to be forever known as Baby Doe) were secretly married in St. Louis September 30, 1882. When Augusta Tabor learned of the marriage in St. Louis it was too late to contest it. The divorce, which Horace continued to pursue relentlessly, was fought equally as vigorously by Augusta. She asked for separate maintenance, claiming her husband was worth over $9 million (plus a number of other properties she was unfamiliar with). Tabor denied it, which is probably true. More accurate estimates put his worth at about 1/3 of that.
Horace Tabors fame grew, and he even served as a senator. Through political favors, he was able to secure a 30-day appointment to Henry Tellers vacated senatorial position. He was sworn in on February 3, 1883. But the scandal of the alleged divorce and marriage raged on, and was front page news across the country. It was an embarrassment to Washington, as well as other prominent figures in high social circles.
On March 1, 1883 the marriage between Horace and Baby Doe was finally legalized. Augusta Tabor eventually received a good part of the Tabor fortune in a final divorce decree and moved to Pasadena, California where she died on February 1, 1895. Many say it was from a broken heart.
When Congress repealed the Sherman Silver Act, the government was no longer in the market for silver. Prices dropped lower than the operating costs needed for the silver mines, and it became impossible to continue operations. Horace Tabor, failing to listen to the advice of others and diversify, faced ruin. In the interim, and adding to the crisis, Tabor had also made a number of unsuccessful, if not unwise, investments in foreign mining ventures that failed. He lost huge amounts of money in Mexico and South America. His reserves were gone, and he and Baby Doe lost everything. But regardless of the now destitute condition of the Tabors, Horace never lost faith in the future, and until his dying day he always found work of some kind, hoping to recapture his lost wealth. At age 65 he was shoveling slag from Cripple Creek mines a t $3.00/day until he was finally appointed postmaster of Denver just a year before his death.
By the turn of the century, it was obvious the end of Leadvilles colorful era was at hand. Many of the famous pioneers had either died or moved on. And perhaps this was most prominently brought to the attention of the world when, on the morning of April 10, 1899, Horace Tabor died of appendicitis.
Leadville today still holds many memories of its glorious past as well as the impact the Tabors had on this colorful community.
Courtesy Universal Systems Inc producers, Colorado History video series - www.leadville.org


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1995 STS Speedometer / odometer issue
Hello all;
I just purchased a 1995 Cadillac Seville STS. The speedometer mostly does not work. About 95% of the time, it does not work. Additionally, the trip function as well as the odometer seem to not work. Occasionally, the speedometer will work for a few seconds here and there while driving. At first, I thought it worked with I accelerated heavily; but that was just an unfounded impression. Anyway, during those times, it seems that the odometer and the trip work.
Can someone suggest what things I need to check that might be the source of this problem?
Any suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Re: 1995 STS Speedometer / odometer issue
First place to check is the VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor) - located on top of the right transmission output shaft extension - just about in front of where a passenger's right toes would point.
Either the electrical connector or the (Hall effect) VSS itself.
How to's down in Discussions, Item Specific; Cadillac Tech Tips. Locator diagram in my albums - The Community tab ^^^, Albums, the red Seville. 2 albums, 118 pictures/graphs/diagrams. (mostly for 2000 and later, but mechanical location is OK)
Next place is a diagnostic of the DIC (Driver Information Center)(instrument panel module). Talk to N*Caddy in this forum. He'll see this, probably today.
Study the sticky post just above this one - "How to pull codes" - to find out how to get stored diagnostic trouble codes from your car's built-in code reader/scanner/memory.
Re: 1995 STS Speedometer / odometer issue
Thanks for the replay.
I have ran the codes twice and only get historic codes and no new codes. I will also try this again to see if any new codes are there; but I know that there currently aren't any.
Thanks so much this gives me at least a place to start looking.
Re: 1995 STS Speedometer / odometer issue
Do some deep, deep research on the horrors and nightmares of changing a sound system HU that is part of the car's serial data bus and TheftLock system.
Changing the HU is totally doable, just takes the correct adapter harnesses and some car audio know how. I would advise letting a professional do it...And by that I mean NOT Best Buy or any other large chain electronics store, an actual car audio shop...I had mine done and it worked flawlessly for the 5 years I owned the car.
Re: 1995 STS Speedometer / odometer issue
I have worked with computers and electronics for the past 15 years. I have managed large datacenters full of complex electronic systems and devices. I have successfully changed out two factory audio systems with aftermarket alpine systems in the past. One in a honda passport and the other in a 300zx. It is always a challenge; however, I enjoy it and worse case scenario; I know a very good audio shop that can help me out if I end up messing up anything really badly. I have no issues messing and working with electronics. I will not touch breaks, engine, or other safety items. I have both the trunk adapter harness (but will try to avoid using it since I have no idea how to run it well from there to the dash as well as a dash adapter harness. Finally, if all else fails; I will use the thread in this forum of just connecting to the HU an AUX cord - worse case scenario. I really would love to use my blue tooth enabled alpine and microphone with my phone. Also, will make way for a future installation of a double din nav system with all the bells and whistles; when I can afford the $800 price tag. Finally, I have found that crutchfield support is spectacular along with great resources of people like yourselves. Anyway, plan on it this weekend. Will take pictures and let you all know how it goes.