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Millions of customers have been hit by a decision to bring forward the final collection time at almost one in seven boxes.
Around 19,000 post boxes have had the time quietly changed to as early as 6.30am in towns and villages across the country.
The Royal Mail has been accused of offering a second class service for first class prices.
In many maket towns, it is not unusual for the final collection - people's last chance to deliver a letter which will arrive the next morning - to be 9am.
In Cumbria, the final collection time has been moved forward by an average of seven hours at more than a third of the county's post boxes.
The creeping changes are forcing people to post letters the night before to catch the "early bird" final collection, or face a long delay in the letter arriving.
The radical changes mean that replying to a letter, such as a bill, by "return post" is almost impossible for people in country communities.
For many people, they do not even get their post until several hours after the final collection deadline has passed.
It is a far cry from the early 1900s when it was possible to send a letter in London which arrived at your home in the capital a few hours later.
But in a surprise move, Royal Mail's regulator Postcomm revealed a major investigation into the firm's collection and delivery times.
The regulator said its three-month investigation is aimed at discovering if Royal Mail's customers are "sufficiently protected."
Chairman Nigel Stapleton said he fears Royal Mail "may be giving itself more time to deliver first class mail the next day."
The earlier times, which are still as late as 7.30pm in some business areas, make it easier to hit its delivery targets because it has longer to sort the mail.
The time has been slashed by more than three hours at about 3,200 of the country's 116,000 post boxes for its crucial weekday service.
Post boxes near the towns of Ipswich, York, Grimsby, Lancaster, Swansea, Newport, Croydon and Stoke-on-Trent have all been affected.
People pay for a First Class stamp because they want the letter to arrive the next day but the changes make this impossible unless they get up at dawn - or drive for miles to get to another post box with a later collection time.
In the beautiful village of Perton, near Ledbury, Herefordshire, the collection time has been moved from 3pm to 7.30am on weekdays.
John Griffin, 68, a retired headmaster who lives in the village, said: "You buy a first class stamp - but you have an automatic second-class service unless you are up at 7.30am. Life is not always that convenient."
"When I heard somebody on the radio saying the earliest final collection time was 9am, I laughed out loud. She is either misinformed or it is a bare-faced lie."
In Wales, one elderly couple, Douglas Davies, 90, and his wife Ada, 89, from Llandysul, used to enjoy strolling 100 yards to post their letters.
But then the collection time was switched from 4.45pm to 9am about six months ago.
Their niece, Christine Hicks, 56, who regularly helps out her relatives, said: "It is a crazy situation but it seems as if rural communities are becoming more and more marginalised."
Postcomm's consultation will look at both delivery and collection times, which have lead to radical changes to Royal Mail's service over the last few years.
It is urging everybody from people who post the odd birthday card to major business users to send thousands of letters every day to come forward with their views.
Today most people get just one delivery but it often does not turn up until lunchime. Before 2004, when second delivery was axed, about 90 per cent of customers got their first class mail by 9.30am.
By law, Royal Mail must try to deliver at least 93 per cent of all first class post by the next working day. Latest figures show it is beating this target.
Small business lobby groups said yesterday their members are fed up with the constant changes to Royal Mail's service.
It is possible to pay to have your mail delivered by 9am but many small businesses do not have the money to spare, or resent paying for something that used to free.
Stephen Alambritis from the Federation of Small Businesses said: "For a small business to pay to get its post by 9am does stick in the throat, particularly when we hear that Royal Mail is making a nice tidy profit nowadays."
At present, there are no legal obligations which force the Royal Mail to deliver or collect mail by a certain time.
Under its licence, it must make at least one delivery to every home every working day, and do one collection from every post box.
But Postcomm warned yesterday that it has the powers to rip up the rule book and give it a strict timetable to stick to.
In a veiled threat, it said: "All this information [gathered from the consultation] will help Postcomm decide whether a more formal approach to collection and delivery times is necessary."
A Royal Mail spokesman said: "Only Royal Mail collects the mail and delivers the mail six days a week right across the UK."
"Where we have to do an early collection from a particular box, we always aim to ensure that there is a later collection made at a nearby box or Post Office branch."
"None of our rivals provide collections and deliveries nationwide to the UK's 27 million addresses or have the capability to do so."
The last 12 months has seen dramatic changes at the Royal Mail, including the biggest shake-up in the way we pay for postage for 165 years.
Since August, people sending anything through the post have to think about the size and thickness, not just the weight.
The former monopoly has also been opened up to full competition for the first time; and faces one of the biggest pension black-holes in the country.
A first class stamp now costs 32p which is cheaper than most other countries in Europe.
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MEDEWA Religious School, Pengiran Pekerma Sakam Setia Diraja Sahibul Bandar (PPSD) Religious School and Katok 'A' Religious School jointly held a Teacher's Day celebration recently.
Some 50 teachers attended the event.
Present as the guest of honour was Ustaz Mohd Zamery bin Hj Nayan, District Islamic Education Officer. The celebration aimed to nurture the spirit of cooperation among the teachers and appreciate the contribution of religious teachers.
The event also celebrated teachers who are pursuing their degree education at Seri Begawan Religious Teachers University College (KUPU SB).

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I dont know how this happened, I really don't. I remember looking into his amber eyes they were gorgeous and then gazing upon his pale jaw line, I remember muttering something about how beautiful he was and blushing.
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Just moved into a new house, bedroom was pink with white iron chandelier with floral shades, all woodwork and trim is crisp white and 9ft ceilings...painted walls a british khaki, changed mini shades to black and added the jet black thermal/blackout curtains...looks classic and elegant!
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Garinger High School Students Learn About Sustainable Construction With USGBC-Charlotte Region
Select students from Garinger High School in Charlotte will learn about sustainable construction through a four-part green building program with the USGBC Charlotte Region Chapter, Communities In Schools and Access Services.
The top 6 students from each environmental science class were invited to tour the Duke Energy Center and see first-hand the environmental attributes of this LEED Platinum beacon of Charlotte's skyline. The classroom session on March 16 will be a career panel with 4 professionals and an audience of 130 environmental science students. The campus improvement project will include designing and building recycle bins for the Garinger High School campus.
This project is in its 4th year and the goal is to expose students to the benefits of green building and show them the myriad of career opportunities in the field of construction.
"The USGBC CRC recognizes that the sustainable building movement is becoming the new normal in the construction and design process. With this in mind, it is vital to share this knowledge with future architects, engineers and construction professionals,"
About The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Charlotte Region Chapter
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Charlotte Region Chapter is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to a prosperous and sustainable future for our region through cost-efficient and energy-saving green buildings. USGBC is the driving force of an industry that is projected to contribute $554 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product from 2009-2013. USGBC Charlotte Region Chapter leads a diverse constituency of professionals in the green building industry, as well as builders and environmentalists, corporations and nonprofit organizations, elected officials and concerned citizens, and teachers and students. For more information, go to http://www.usgbccrc.org.
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If The Woods Could Talk The Plot:
It all begins with a modern day scientist and his purchase of an old, isolated lot in England.
A time where fear was
carried with all woman His mission : Create a new form of liquid injection that will allow trees to absorb more carbon dioxide and release more oxygen.
On a near by tree His daughter wanted to become a journalist and a reporter. "I am down on whores and I shant quit ripping them till I do get buckled." A quote from Jack the Rippers "Dear Boss" letter! A place of sudden and total loss of light Living in the middle of nowhere... She found a picture of her house from the late 1800s The picture was taken from the woods... Injection After Injection They Found themselves deeper in the woods "My soul lies within these woods, my blood runs through there veins, i WILL live on forever!" Little did they know the injections caused side effects... The trees began to move closer to the house They stopped where the bushes were infront of the old house. The roots dug up old boxes Boxes of the victums The Victims came back to life with a mission of revenge Revenge on those claiming to know the ripper Main Target was Robert James Lees, a psychic claiming to know the Ripper. How It Connects to Frankenstein Isolation: The scientist isolated him and his daughter so he can do his work..
seems similiar to how Victor isolated himself from everyone inorder for him to make his creation.
The Side Effects: The scientist injections did have consequences that he didn't consider...just how Victor didn't consider what the world would be like with his creature in it. THEY'RE ALIVE! : Victor percieved nature as being alive...now it litterally is! Alive or Dead? : Victor creates life from death...the scientist accidentially does the same thing. Let the chaos begin! Both creations seek revenge! London, In 1888 the serial killer, Jack the Ripper was on a killing rampage and was never caught or identified. Side note: Works Cited
Bastian, Rex. "How To: Fertilize Trees via Liquid Injection." Grounds Maintenance | How to Care for Your Lawn, Landscape, Turf, Grass. Web. 23 Mar. 2011. .
"Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Introduction to the Case." Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Main. Web. 23 Mar. 2011. .
"The Psychic Who Claimed to Know Jack the Ripper..." Leicestershire News, Jobs, Property, Cars, Sports | This Is Leicestershire. Web. 24 Mar. 2011. .
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If you are in Kallio and you absolutely must have Indian style food, then this is your choice. Yet the price doesn't match the quality and you get better food in downtown Nepalese/Indian restaurants.
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With a stay at Best Western Grandsky Hotel Beijing, you'll be centrally located in Shunyi, convenient to Shunyi Jianhe Garden and Chaobai Cemetery of Revolutionary Martyrs. This hotel is within close proximity of Beijing Golf Club and XiZang TangKa QiShi.
Make yourself at home in one of the 121 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms have hair dryers and bathrobes. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and gift shops/newsstands.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or grab a snack at a coffee shop/café. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
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Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a business center, and a 24-hour front desk. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and meeting rooms. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
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The DoctorsTV show recently featured a new bariatric procedure that may be an attractive alternative to gastric bypass and gastric banding surgery. SPIDER weight loss surgery is a less-invasive procedure than other bariatric procedures because it involves making a tiny incision in the belly button. According to the segment on The Doctors TV show on Friday June 10, 2011, this procedure can reduce the size of the stomach by as much as 80 percent and leaves virtually no scars.
How SPIDER Weight Loss Surgery Works
The SPIDER weight loss surgery procedure involves removing a large portion of the stomach, and the operation is performed from multiple different angles for better results. Only a very small part of the stomach is left behind, so the patient feels very full after eating a small amount of food. The procedure gets its name from the effect of the tool that unfolds inside the patient like an umbrella during the procedure.
Bariatric surgeon Dr. Brian Quebbemann was featured on The Doctors TV show to talk about the procedure and showcase the success of SPIDER weight loss surgery on a formerly 233-pound female patient. Dr. Quebbermann states that the ideal candidate for SPIDER weight loss surgery is someone who has struggled with obesity and has failed to lose weight after making significant diet and lifestyle changes.
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Another fat reduction procedure featured on The Doctors this week was Tickle Liposuction, also known as Tickle Lipo. This innovative procedure uses technology that has been FDA approved for fat removal and body sculpting, and involves using a low-frequency acoustic infrasonic vibration to break down the fatty tissue before it is extracted from the body. This innovative method means the tissue heals up quickly and you're left with a smooth and contoured appearance.
If you don't need to lose a lot of weight with bariatric procedures or SPIDER weight loss surgery, you could be a good candidate for the Tickle Lipo procedure. Take a look at some of these liposculpture before and after photos to see examples of results with tickle lipo and other liposuction procedures.
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Cool Time-Lapse of Star Trails and Ruins in Joshua Tree National Park
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Gavin Heffernan has put together another awesome time-lapse of desert landscapes and star trails, this time at Joshua Tree National Park.Read More
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In this masterclass we look at the main language and culture factors to consider, how to build positive influence and effective relationships in your target markets and plan your international communications to achieve business success.
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She didn't remember the exact day but she remembered answering the questions and defending what she thought needed it. She woke every morning thinking, when she ate she thought; everywhere she went she was in her own world full of thoughts. She was not a very social girl but what went on in her mind begged to differ. She conversed with the unspoken voices, she built them. She created and tore down skyscrapers, gave and took life, she was the ultimate creator. She built the field in which they played and ended the game when she wanted.
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She allowed the border of the world and reality to intersect like a Venn-diagram so she was in both equally as much, but she constantly reached for the world which was her escape. She hated to admit that as much as the world was a reference sheet to reality the same went vice versa. They went hand in hand, like a married couple and their child was their center. The center was a sticky situation, that child was both an all powerful creator and an ignorant baby. "How can the two be one?" was the question that made it so sticky and left it unanswered.
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Disclaimer: The X-men are not my toy box, I'm merely borrowing and promise to put everyone away when I'm finished. The title does not belong to me either, it's a song by Counting Crows on their "This Desert Life" CD. I also don't own the reference to Sandman or Star Trek.
Warning: This is Bobby/Jono and mentions Jono/Ang so it's slash, if you don't like slash please don't read.
Note: I wrote sometime reading Uncanny X-men 427 but before Weapon X 15. After reading the Weapon X I just let this sit and sit until I decided that I was either going to post it or delete it. Obviously I decided to post it. Please let me know if you think I made the wrong decision. Nicholas is from the Exiles crossover, Walter and Amber are from the Chamber icons. Also I figured everyone's aware that Chamber's a telepath and didn't distinguish the telepathy with Bobby's talking. I simply treated it as I would normal speech instead of putting different tags on it. If this doesn't work for you please let me know.
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All My Friends
I'm having one of those can't get out of bed days that Ang use to be so good for. Paige was never any good on those days if only for the fact that she's too bright. She never knew when to let be, not on those mornings when it hurt too much. Normally I could take my love-lust-want (whatever you decide to call it) for her and force myself to deal, but on those days I always felt like more of a monster for loving someone so pure and beautiful when I am merely a shell of my former self. Now she's found herself another blond rich pretty boy to go girl crazy over and I'm suppose to shut down. Suppose I had it coming for letting Sugar use me.
On those days, on a day like now when it hurts too badly to even force myself out of bed, I could barely look at her for the amount of self loathing that would run through me. Now I can't even look at her without seeing her boyfriend. She's gotten everything she's ever longed for since Sam joined the New Mutants and I've got nothing. I don't even have the respect of that mutant kid Nicholas, the one I saved in Cleveland, she does.
I need Ang, he understood better then anyone. Maybe it was his mutation or just his easy going know when to kick me in the ass nature, but he understood. He knew on those mornings if he should drag me out of bed or if he should not say anything-just crawl under the covers and hold me. I'm a telepath and he knew my mood swings better than I did.
It was so a hard to love Paige and so easy to love Ang and now I've lost them both. I've lost them in such a short span of time that I'm back to feeling as low as my first days post-explosion. Just when I'm starting to feel good, comfortable-hell I turn Scott down for leading something to be a T.A.-my world comes crashing 'round my head.
It's so much easier to pack up and leave rather than watch Paige with Worthington. Stupid rich one of the first X-men pretty boy Worthington, last thing I needed. Annie's right-can't kiss, so what's the point? I can't even keep things straight with a girl I care for. Hell, I'd run from me.
And every time I go out onto the lawn I look up and see my best friend hanging there. I don't know how I'd stand if Jubes had died too.
Ms. Fros-Emma tried to give me a plane ticket. She ordered me to go clear my head, spend some time with Sean. I refused. Just because she's feeling guilty doesn't mean I want her pity. I made it to England on my own before I could do it again, if I wanted to. I figure I can get anywhere. I've got my car packed except for some of the clothes-couldn't decide what to wear last night.
Walter said he figured me better then someone who'd run away. I'm not running-I'm leaving so Paige doesn't have to look at her cast offs moping about. Every word Annie said was true. If he had my life he'd understand. I thought Amber was right, but now I know she was wrong. Beauty can be skin deep and sometimes it is all that matters. He just shook his head after I went off on him. He told me to write him. He rolled away and I finished throwing my stuff in my car, thanking myself every second for buying it. It's not much, but it'll me gone.
I'm going to pick a direction and drive, just as soon as I can force myself to get out of bed.
My door creaks open and before I work up the energy to tell him go away he asks, "Leaving?"
Bobby, my poor mans Ang, he could never understand me like Skin and I don't want to complicated things by going through some shit goodbye. It would be so wrong for the both of us.
"No, I packed my car just for the hell of it."
"Really?" he asks with a hopeful tone.
Somebody get me out of this mess.
Annie's little nickname works wonders, he cuts me off angrily, "Don't call me that!"
Maybe he'll be angry enough to storm away. He doesn't, bloody hell-I'm gonna have to deal with him now.
"I'm not the one who wants her."
"It was one kiss," he growls the door clicking shut. He's got this thing lately for leaning in doorways. He's gotten it into his head that it makes him look good.
"Am I supposed to believe that?"
"Hey, I still maintain that she kissed me," he defends his voice getting higher with irritation. Bobby's voice has this tendency to get higher when he upset. Not angry, upset. When he's angry his voice gets lower, quieter. It's a turn on when he's angry.
"You panicked and kissed the first person you could," I accuse.
"I thought we already had this argument," he mutters.
We did. My accusing him of wanting the French-Canadian and kissing Annie over it had me receiving Drake's method of torture, the kind that doesn't include him icing you. He held me down and tickled me (which isn't right as far as I'm concerned, but I let him have his fun anyway) till I could barely laugh in his head anymore, then he started kissing me, everywhere.
"You sure you don't want to have it again?" I'm tempted to pull the covers down so I can watch him blush.
When he doesn't say anything I tell him to go away. He sighs in this defeated/annoyed-with-me fashion and kicks off his shoes. Then he starts opening drawers. I know all this by noise and sense. I reach out as gently as I can to see what he's after.
"Don't go peaking in my head, anything more than talking from you and I end up with a migraine."
Sorry I think automatically, but don't project.
"S'okay," he tells me. Did I or didn't I? I never apologize. Angered I burrow myself deeper into my covers and tell him if he doesn't go away I'll migraine him by project no trespassing signs into his head.
I hear clothes get tossed on my desk and boots thunk against the floor as he tells me, "Shut up."
I ignore him as he packs the rest of my bag. He really just needs to leave, I can't deal with some shit goodbye, not when I've lost so much already, not when he's best friends with Worthington. Why can't he just go away? Why did I ever start anything with him?
Because he was there and I wanted him and I needed someone at that point. He was there, how could I not take?
Eventually I hear him zip up my bag and toss it onto the floor. My protest is met with him telling me none of my clothes are that fragile. He sits down on the bed and I pull my covers away from him.
"You say goodbye to Jubes?"
"Oui." I'm such an ass.
"Stop it," he growls, "I don't want him."
Please. He and I have the same sense of humor and we have similar anger, except I brood more and he's has a mouth. After I leave, they'll probably work something out.
"You could kiss him," I point out.
"Or I could kiss you."
He always does that, says thing that make ache inside.
"He could kiss you back."
He lets out a frustrated growl, "I don't…"
I don't let him finish, I reach out and drag him under the covers with me, which isn't hard as he's willing to help.
"Hey," he tells me softly running his finger down my nose.
I push the covers down, reach up to touch his face and stare. He's got the most gorgeous eyes. People are always telling me about mine, but I'm the first to tell him about his. They're this pale brown, like the color of tiger's eyes and there's this pain in them if you actually take the time to look. Sometimes I just stare at them, gets him nervous, but I do it anyway.
I get his thumb brushed across what's left of my cheek and he asks, "What's with your new obsession with kissing?"
"Same as always," I stall as I pull the covers back over our heads and wrap myself around him. He's only a bit shorter than me, but broader in the shoulders. He's also somewhere around room temperature if you don't count the ice coldness of his chest. I place my hand over the center of it and feel the coolness radiating from under his shirt, it reminds me of the flame I've got under mine. I ask if he's had anyone look at it other than that nurse.
"Hey, Annie's okay. I admit I was skeptical, but…"
"It was that good a kiss?"
"Stop, Jono, would you just stop? She does her job and that's what matters. Stop trying to change the subject. What the hell is up with you lately? You're obsessed with the whole 'I can't kiss' thing, so why not tell me why?"
So I tell him about Annie's words and I mean to leave it at that, but instead I find myself going on about how I wish I'd never gone to that the stupid meeting, that I should have stayed in the room with Ang. He tells me to ignore Annie's words, she doesn't understand. He says he wishes he'd said something to get me out of that meeting. He starts running his fingers over mine, making me aware of my hands. It's this habit he's got, not sure why.
I tell him that I think Annie understands better than anyone.
"You don't always need a mouth to kiss Jono," he tells me half-heartily, there's desperation in his tone.
I stare at him, not comprehending and ask him what he means. He blushes and tells me I'll think he's a geek. I tell him I already think that and to just get on with it already.
"I'm such a geek," he mutters, "Shouldn't have opened my stupid mouth."
I run my thumb over his lips and wait for him to come to his senses and just show me what he meant. He reaches for my hand, shaping it the way he wants it, then his hand folded in the same way he begins to lightly run his fingers over mine.
"I watch too much Star Trek," he mumbles.
I'm suddenly very hyper-aware of my hands, and I know what he's referring too and am wondering why I never thought of it before, why Paige or Ang didn't. His fingers are still running over mine and it's enough of a sensation that I close my eyes and just feel it. This is as close to a kiss as I can get, as I've ever gotten, and coming from Bobby it feels like one.
Then the idiot pulls his hand away muttering about how stupid he is. I catch his wrist and tell him no.
Then I reach out and kiss him.
"Don't go," he says abruptly in an almost whine staring at me, pleading.
It hits me then this choking sensation and a pitch somewhere in my stomach, do I even have a stomach? It's wrong that I can still feel this way. I almost ask him to come with me and stop myself just in time. Instead I tell him, "I have to."
I can't ask him to come with me. He's left here before and always come back. He's been doing this superhero gig since he was a kid. At least I had something of a life, however short, before my powers manifested. This is all he really knows, I can't ask him to walk away from that. What kind of person would I be if I did?
He kisses my forehead and tells me, "I'm sorry."
"What are you being sorry for?" He does that sometimes, just says he's sorry. I don't pretend to understand.
"That things got so screwed up for you."
"S'not your fault," I tell him before prodding, "or is it?"
He laughs. He laughs so easily sometimes, I wish I could.
"Cause if it is, you and I have some serious discussion coming up."
"No, please no! Anything, but you being serious. You're already too serious."
"Anything?" I ask toying with the button of his pants.
His breath hitches and he protests.
As I unzip his pants I tell him, "One last time."
He agrees and after…after I'm finally feeling like maybe I can get out of bed. I start to tell him that I'm going and I get his hand over my face and him telling me, "Mmmm no, sleep."
"Very articulate, Drake, and just what purpose does your hand have in shuttin' me up?"
His arm tightens around me and he mutters, "I've decide that under the circumstances and for my own selfish reasons you're not allowed to leave so shut up and go to sleep."
"Bobby, get off."
He tilts his head giving a michievous half smile before telling me, "Already did."
I make an annoyed sound in his head and he winces.
"Robert…" I start.
"Jon," he throws at me.
"Jono." I correct.
He blinks down at me before pushing the hair off my forehead and telling me, "I understand that you have to leave. I don't think it's right and I don't want you too, but you're going to and I'm not going to stop you, so stop being a jerk and at least let me fall asleep first. At least let me live in my denial a little longer, kay?"
I really am the biggest jerk, I come up with about a dozen different reasons to push him away. Not dealing well, and feeling stupid I run my fingers over his and then my thumb over his lips and tell him to go to sleep. I close my eyes and let myself enjoy not wanting to get up for other reasons then feeling depressed.
Again it hits me, this want to take Bobby with me, to be selfish and convince him to pack a bag and leave all his family and friends just so I don't have to feel so low all the time. Strange memory of Angelo in my head, smoking, and one of our more serious discussions, him telling me that if I'm ever going to be happy that I have to learn to do it on my own, no quick fixes, no falling in love because you can't really love someone when you don't love yourself first. Which was the one real difference between Ang and me, he loved himself. I remember waiting till he was done with his smoke before dragging him into bed to simply shut him up.
I remember being happy in a strange unreal distant way.
When I actually do reach out and touch it, happiness, it refuses to stay for long. Things usually get worse after I feel it. It's such a strange thing to feel a slight fear when you realize you're happy, to will and wish it away in a vain hope for the next shoe not to fall.
I hold still a moment and listen to Bobby's breathing, which is steady enough that I know he's sleeping. Carefully I untangle myself, give him one of my pillows to hold onto and go take a shower.
When I get back I finally take a look at the clothes he's set out for me. They're what I normally wear except that the shirt is new. There's a man on it, pale and thin with odd hair and an angular face. I recognize him from some comic of Ev's that I remember flipping through. There's a saying next to the man: We do what we do because of who we are, if we did otherwise we would not be ourselves. Under that it says Sandman. The comic, Ev's so long ago when the world was brighter, when I thought I knew what loss was, but hadn't really yet learned.
I feel choked again, which really shouldn't be possible.
I put my pants and boots on and attempt to dry out my hair before going back over to the bed. I study Drake, sleeping, he really only looks that peaceful when he sleeps. I touch his lip again and his hand involuntarily comes up and catches mine. I lean down and breathe in, closing my eyes. I really, really, wish I could kiss him, a real lips against lips long open-mouth kiss. Moments like this I miss kissing more than usual.
I am gonna miss Bobby as much as the rest of my family from Generation X. I was never meant to be an X-men. I don't regret coming here, because than I never would've develop what small family I have from them, but I'm just not cut out to be a hero.
I put on the shirt, take my bag and go.
I just walk away.
I leave, pick a direction and drive in a vain hope of finding a way to learn to be like them.
Maybe, just maybe, one day I'll learn to shine.


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I looked on, eyes wide at the others than had gathered in the clearing - I assumed that these people were the sentient species, even though they all looked slightly different. The woman was clearly different, having a different shaped body to the others with the other one that had just popped up from the ground looking slightly shorter. What had I landed myself in?
"Hello!" I shouted, waving one hand high in the air. "I come in peace." I offered them a smile, my eyes lingering on the woman for a little longer. She seemed the most trusting of them, the one who was less likely to try to attack me. I wondered if that was the way with these people, if there was some sort of difference between genders.
"You haven't given me a satisfactory explanation yet." The tall man was clearly eager for a fight, drawing his blade again and pointing it at me. I sighed, this time holding both of my hands up in the air.
"Well I'm not going to be able to do anything now, am I?" I hollered. "Satisfied yet?"
The man shook his head, repeating his statement, this time adding a threat. "If you do not tell me what I want to know, I will be forced to act."
I considered teaching the guy a couple of new words to try to take his vocabulary from the gallant clap-trap to something a little more street but considered otherwise. "Would you prefer it if I was in cuffs? I bet you'd like that wouldn't you?" Looking at him more, he was rather cute, for a primative.
"What do you speak of?" The man approached, his weapon raised.
"Try it." I shot him a disapproving look, pulling a marker from my pockets and drawing a big x across my heart. "There's your target. Just try it."
I smirked at the woman as he charged, his blade hitting me a little south of the cross. It didn't really do anything, with the weapon bouncing off of me. "What?!"
He tried again, hoping that doing exactly the same thing again would make even the slightest bit of difference. When it didn't, I stepped up to him, taking his wrist in one hand and squeezing my fingers tightly around it, waiting for him to drop the weapon. He winced in pain, begging for me to let him go.
I did, picking up the blade and examining it. I ran my tongue along the metal, feeling a little thrill race through my body. Before I started enjoying myself too much, I threw it like a javelin, watching it slice throw a branch or two before sticking in one of the trees.
"Need some help?" I offered the short one my hand, pulling him up from the ground, a little surprised when he didn't come up too much.
He grunted what I assumed was a thanks, going over to the woman. I considered giving him a little spank but thought that it was a bit soon.
"What are you?" The aggressive one asked from the ground, a little pool of red beside him.
"Better." I whispered in his ear, pulling a medi-pack out of my other pocket. I chucked him a plaster before moving to the woman. I put on an upper-class voice, declaring "I am simply a traveller of the skies. I have only one request."
I placed my arm around her shoulders as we started to walk away from the fire. "Yes?" She asked in a sweet voice.
"Take me to your leader." I said proudly. "I'm only joking - I've always wanted to say that." They offered me a blank look so I scratched my head. "In all seriousness, just the one question. Which orifices on your body are acceptable for probing? I don't want to cause offence."


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Posted by Staff Writer on November 19, 2014
You may have seen flyers around the MSB-Elk River campus with information about our newest resource to assist students in need of writing and math help.
Several Minnesota School of Business campuses (Elk River, Blaine, Brooklyn Center, and St. Cloud) recently rolled out the Virtual Coaching Center (VCC), which is similar to the campus coaching center except it is accessible remotely.
Dan Roddin, MSB-Elk River math and technology instructor, came up with the idea to offer more opportunities for students to get the help they need.
The campus coaching centers are somewhat limited in the assistance that they can provide based on scheduling and availability of instructors. Roddin began working with Elk River campus staff and faculty to design a program that would be the most user-friendly for both students and faculty utilizing the VCC.
Through the use of Microsoft Lync, Roddin was able to create a schedule for each instructor from each campus to provide remote assistance in writing and math. The schedule, helpful videos and a link to the VCC have been loaded into the Student Launchpad under Student Services for easy access.
There are 10 VCC sessions available throughout each week for writing and math. The instructors log in at the beginning of their session and are just a click away if students need help. Features that are available during each session include:
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If you are interested in checking out the VCC, go to the Student Launchpad and find the information under Student Services. You can also watch a video about the VCC.


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Though, I often find myself disillusioned by the world and the relative shallowness of the majority of its inhabitants – I also take great pleasure in some of the objects and the activities that they enjoy. That is not to say that I wholly embrace the content of these machinations – and in doing so adopt the particular beliefs communicated through them – but rather, that I understand their connection to the very carnal nature of human understanding. These objects, ideas, and activities express a very coarse and unfiltered portrait of the human mind; they illustrate the concepts that are wildly conveyed by the general population. The beauty of these beliefs is in their rawness. The fact that the very people who hold these beliefs in the highest regard are unaware of their significance further highlights this point.
These objects – when joined by those intellectual pursuits reserved for only a fraction of the population – provide the clearest representation of the human soul. They underscore the one-dimensionality of the masses by demonstrating that – at its very root – this lack of depth is a fundamental component of our understanding. For you see, would those few individuals – gifted with an above average cognitive capacity – be able to so effectively inquire as to the majority, without their presence? Needless to say, they would not.


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did you put a mag in and see how it fed?
I have a .308 SPS and a Bell and Carlson stock. I bought a Stocky's M5 DBM and had a smith install it. He called today and said he was afraid to go any deeper because he didn't think it would feed properly. I took it home and installed the bottom metal on the action and it seemed fine so I'm not sure what he;s talking about. The front screw seems to be almost flush while the rear is clearly not deep enough. Since the outline of the DBM is perfect can I just deepen the two inlets? Everything is lined up perfectly. just not deep enough. Any idea why he thinks it won't work?
did you put a mag in and see how it fed?
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I did the whole process on my own by hand....don't be afraid to go deep. The ledge on your bottom metal should be on plane with the bottom of the stock. I actually went a bit too deep but corrected it by bedding my stock (and putting in new pillars)
If you cut a little too deep you can always shim your way back out of it. However, I think the gunsmith was right in this case as there is a lot of material over flush on the rear screw in the pic. BE careful.
Just to clarify that when i installed the mag well on the bottom metal it was not with the stock in between the two. I clearly need to dremel more material out of the inlet pockets. I wasn't too clear in my initial post. Let me rephrase, the action screws, stock holes and DBM holes line up just fine. It seems obvious to me that I just need to deepen things a tad to get the DBM flush with the stock. I'm more confused as to why the smith didn't go deeper. He claimed the mag wouldn't feed properly if he did. I can't see that. He gave it take to me so I could contact the manufacturer just to be certain that everything was the correct part and what not. I know it is fine but figured I could just dremel the remaining material out since he did most already. I really wasn't happy with how he dumped this on me.
Some "smiths" are not comfortable installing and fitting DBM kits. If they take off a little too much, they now owe you a brand new stock. A lot of smiths that don't specialize in this type of job won't take the chance.
OK got the DBM installed and ran into a little problem. When I run the DBM flush with the stock it won't allow the mag to lock into place. I shim it with a couple of nylon washers in the front of the DBM and the mag locks great but the gun won't feed a round.
Should I just play around with various shims until it works? It seems that with the DBM flush with the stock the mag would be fine but it is blocked by a small rectangular metal piece that is just below the bolt when the action is open. Any thoughts on this?
And should the mag be touching the bottom of the action?


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PURPOSE: Sternal wound infections continue to persist, complicating cardiac surgical procedures and representing significant added hospital costs and are potentially life threatening. Sternal wounds have identical components of that of prosthetic joint replacements; metal, bone and fat. Our orthopedic colleagues have been successful at limiting prosthetic joint infections with the routine use of Pulsed Irrigation with antibiotic solution.
METHODS: Rates of sternal wound infections for this study were recorded for years 2004 consequetively through the 1st quarter of 2007. These rates are also tracked by the New York State Department of Health. The protocol change of using the Stryker InterPulse pulsed suction irrigation system with 3 liter normal saline bags containing 1 million units of Polymyxin and 100,000 units of Bacitracin began 2006. One surgeon's pre and post protocol change was compared for sternal wound infection rates, controlling for differences in surgeons technical variables.
RESULTS: The protocol change in irrigation amounted to a low volume irrigation of the sternal wound prior to closure, with a bulb syringe of 50,000 units of Bacitracin to a high volume irrigation of the wound, utilizing a battery operated hand held pulsed suction irrigator. The high volume irrigant was 3 liters of normal saline containing 1 million units of Polymyxin and 100,000 units of Bacitracin. The 2004 total cases was 259 with 13 infections for a rate of 5%. 2005 was 297 cases with 10 infections for a rate of 3.4%. In 2006, the year of the initiation of the new protocol, there were 268 cases with 5 infections for a rate of 1.9%, statistically significant. For 1st quarter 2007 62 cases with no infections.
CONCLUSION: Pulsed irrigation of the sternal wound prior to closure with high volume antibiotic irrigation containing Polymyxin and Bacitracin may be valuable in decreasing the incidence of sternal wound infections.
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: The routine use of pulsed irrigation of antibiotic solutions after joint replacements may be advisable for sternal wounds, given the similarities of the components including metal, bone and fat.
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CHRIS HILL has capped his remarkable rise with an England call-up.
The Warrington prop, 24, won the Challenge Cup and made the Dream Team in his first Super League season since moving from Championship side Leigh.
Now he goes for Grand Final glory against Leeds on Saturday and national coach Steve McNamara could not ignore him for his squad to face France and Wales on October 20 and 27 respectively.
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A Second Chance at Lies
Eva finds her crush at the side of the road with amnesia. When he mistakes her for an old flame, she goes along with it to live out her ideal relationship.
However, when things start to get serious, Eva has to contemplate living with her lies or telling her love that there's more history to their first meeting than she first divulged.
Leonardo Pettifer and Evangeline 'Penny' Moorson couldn't have been more different.
Their potential relationship could have been epitomised in their potential 'break-up'. That essence of the arguments they never got around to having. On the one hand, Eva's insistence that something must have been going on behind the stern looks and the restricted class of the classroom walls could have kept a whole house of lovers burning; on the other, Leo declared that he knew more than to risk his career on the whim of a beautiful girl.
And who was to which was right? Eva was indeed beautiful, but only in the off-chance that she didn't say anything spiteful to ruin her façade with tears. Leo was capital in his sense and deduction- something which Eva would childishly yearn to have- but, contrarily, he had little kindness within his soul when it came to the students that he surrounded himself with. Leo's certainty lay in the assumption of a fact that they would not want to have a member of staff interfere.
One pretended he was no longer a prude, the other desperately tried to imitate such a reserved nature.
"I'll change one day," she promised herself. "I need to change for others. I'm no longer a child." That much was true; as a seventeen-year-old, Eva's stubborn eyes roamed in the same way that any teenager's curiosity would, but her mind fast-forwarded to her future and to sticking with the man she had become a little too fond of.
Unfortunately, Leo had noticed such attention with worried contempt. He didn't need a crush only six years into the job. His scheme to escape from one side of destiny unfolded quickly; in two months, he was packing his bags, considering changes houses as well as cities.
When we come to the scene, Leo and Eva cannot be more different and distanced. A whole county of land stands between their desire for each other. In his own way, Leo was the lucky one, wrangling a promotion so that he wouldn't have to think about her, faithful or not.
However, that didn't stop Eva from hurting from what he had previously said to her. They might have both escaped any outward scandal, but it was true that they were both disappointed on the inside. Leo's blank heart could forget anything that Eva had told him, but it was worse that he would forget how touched she easily could be.
On that final day, Eva watched as her heart continued to fold in two. Over the summer she became disparate to her sprightly self, falling into a depressed state of concentrated work. She pressed herself to find a way into the country's top universities, as if that would be enough to convince Leo that her intensity was worth combating his intellect and his incorrect assumptions.
Eva strained to forget about word of rebuke that she had heard when she had confessed to love. If there was any unfair advantage, it also fell to Leo, for he would never see the halls in which they met again, whereas Eva herself was stuck trying to ignore the past in a haunted house.
For the time of the summer, however, she swamped herself in everything and nothing, and soon exploits meant that her tears dried, albeit only a little. She got up, she left, she stopped waiting for her happiness to come.
Leonardo Pettifer and Evangeline 'Penny' Moorson couldn't have been any more different, but sometimes opposites attract…if only the past would not have meddled with their heads.


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Affiliations: Nassau County Medical Center
East Meadow, NY
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY,
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Springfield, MA
Correspondence to: Arsad A. Karcic, MD, Department of Cardiology, Nassau County Medical Center, 2201 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow, NY 11554; e-mail: email@example.com
To the Editor:
We read with interest the recent article by Harwell and Brown
(February 2000),1 which reviewed drug resistance of
Streptococcus pneumoniae. However, little attention was
given to the efficacy of ciprofloxacin against the pneumococcus. The
indications and usage of ciprofloxacin in the treatment of lower
respiratory tract infections (LRTI) caused by streptococcal pneumonia
have remained controversial.
We reviewed 18 large clinical studies, including our
own,2–4 and we analyzed the results of ciprofloxacin in
the treatment of LRTI. From these 18 studies, we derived a total
cumulative number of streptococcal LRTI treated with ciprofloxacin,
which numbered 204 patients. Based on analysis of the results in these
documented patients,2 we conclude that >90% of the 204
patients with streptococcal pneumonia LRTI treated with ciprofloxacin
were reported cured.
There were isolated reports of treatment failures in this group,
particularly in a single study by Davies et al.5 In that
study, of the 26 patients with pneumococcal acute exacerbation of
chronic bronchitis, only 9 improved and the remaining 17 were clinical
failures. The bacterial eradication rate was only 56%. It is possible
that this study was flawed because two lots of medications were used
and there were four different treatment regimens. We agree that
ciprofloxacin and other floroquinolones are not the first choice of
treatment in patients with community-acquired LRTI who have no
comorbidities. By contrast, the practical results of worldwide
experience have demonstrated that ciprofloxacin works well and remains
one of the treatment choices for patients with LRTI and comorbidities
like diabetes, COPD, alcoholism, or nursing home-acquired LRTI, who
often have polymicrobial infections with S pneumoniae as one
of the pathogens.
Drs. Karcic and Khan correctly state that the use of
ciprofloxacin for S pneumoniae-associated lower respiratory
infections remains controversial. We think it important to
differentiate between pneumonia and acute exacerbations of chronic
bronchitis. Methods for predicting flouroquinolone outcomes have
recently been reviewed1and suggest that ciprofloxacin is
suboptimal for many pneumococcal infections. Additionally, as mentioned
by the authors of the letter, clinical failures in documented cases of
pneumococcal pneumonia have been published.2–3 This was
noted and referenced in our review. Such an observation is in keeping
with our experiences of several cases of this disease that have either
failed to respond and/or were associated with sustained bacteremia
despite use of this agent. The Infectious Disease Society, in its
guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia does not
consider it comparable to newer quinolones, especially at historically
recommended doses.4 Use of ciprofloxacin for acute
exacerbation of chronic bronchitis is more difficult to judge, because
of difficulties in assessing causal pathogens, as well as a different
natural history of disease. In general, we believe that there should be
few downsides to use of newer quinolones for management of presumed
pneumococcal infections and for the documented problems with the use of
the more venerable agent.
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Unless you are aiming for a Nobel prize, a university education isn't always the best way to become famous.
Those three or four years could be better spent in a drink and drugs hell from which you later extract a harrowing memoir, or in having plastic surgery.
But university is always a good place to practise future career options. Try out a little campus fame first and you could either develop a taste and talent for celebrity or discover before it's too late that obscurity is more your thing.
An easy way to fame, on or off campus, is to be related to someone who already has it - or at least pretend that you are. It helps if you happen to have a credible name - like Windsor, say - but even something more ordinary, such as Branson or Bush, will do if you drop the right hints.
Failing the right genes or ability to dissemble, you could always try dating someone famous. It will help if you are stunningly beautiful, of course - this will never do you any harm in the pursuit of fame - but so long as you've tipped off the paparazzi and make sure you get your squeeze in a compromising position, it won't matter what you look like. For the purposes of fame, your new amour should ideally be married, moralistic, and have a photogenic wronged partner.
Given a lack of A-list celebrities or national politicians to romance at the student bar, you could try student politics. Everyone will know who you are if you become president of the students' union. They'll even know your name if you try to become it but don't quite succeed, especially if you fail to secure a single vote, or lose to a cheese plant.
Easier on the ego is the option of standing for the role of Ents officer, which could make you both famous and popular. However, do make sure that you're after the kind of fame that involves parties rather than an enigmatic existence on a Scottish island.
If you prefer solitary fame, it may be possible to achieve it by developing an aura of eccentricity. Dress permanently in outfits from the 18th century. Appear at every social occasion but never speak to anyone, except to quote Milton.
Then there's always the comedy or theatre circuit. Get picked as a leading lady, or man, put in a harrowing or hilarious performance, and make sure you cultivate journalistic friends who will name and picture you in every glowing review. Or get together a band, become a word of mouth sensation, and play rare gigs at tiny, packed venues.
An exceptional sporting performance, preferably at international level, could get you noticed, as could starting up a multimillion-pound internet business, like Google.
If all this seems too much like hard work, there are quick routes to campus fame, such as streaking on graduation day, throwing up in an unusual public place, or starting a naively embarrassing or sexually explicit blog about the minutiae of your everyday life.
For maximum impact, you'll want this filmed and posted on YouTube, but not necessarily if you're planning any kind of career once you graduate.
By all means make the most of new media, and even newspapers, but for those who want a certain route to fame, the holy grail remains TV. Make sure you are in the vicinity, looking gorgeous, angry, or both, whenever there's a camera around. Be prepared to comment, criticise, wave a banner or a fist, no matter what subject is being filmed, and to do it twice for retakes. Most important, speak in soundbites. If there's one thing higher education should be able to deliver, it's the ability to bluff your way through a brief answer on almost anything.