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Shameful experiment takes toll on animals
Re: the Dec. 4 article "Bighorns, mountain lions dying."
Now let me get this straight. The Arizona Game and Fish Department transplants, at taxpayers' expense, 31 bighorn sheep from their natural habitat in Yuma to the Catalina Mountains, the natural habitat of mountain lions.
Within weeks, two bighorns are found dead and for that reason two mountain lions are killed by Game and Fish. What a surprise! What did they expect from this experiment? That the lions would not stalk the sheep for food?
It appears the department's stupidity is only surpassed by their desire to destroy God's creatures. This is just another attempt by these people to override the natural order of nature by taking things into their own hands. My heart bleeds for both of these beautiful species that are needlessly being led to the slaughter. Shame, shame, shame!
Sally Alves
Retired business owner, Rio Rico
Bighorn sheep project is another travesty
Re: the Dec. 4 article "Bighorns, mountain lions dying."
The Arizona Game and Fish Department's reintroduction of bighorn sheep to the Catalinas is biologically and ecologically unsound — and they know it. It is strictly a PR thing. Now they've begun the purge of the "predators," the mountain lions and coyotes, cited as "a threat" to the bighorns.
I would like to think that there might have been a biologist or two who professionally disagreed with this transplant but I guess they wanted to keep their jobs! Seems like another jaguar travesty.
Robert Moses
Retired wildlife biologist, Sierra Vista
Is the GOP willing
to let thousands die?
The online problems experienced with implementing the Affordable Care Act, and President Obama's misleading statement that everyone could keep the health insurance plan they had are inexcusable.
Equally inexcusable is the Republican Party's determination to destroy a program that will provide health insurance for millions of Americans who lack coverage while not offering an alternative plan.
The bottom line is that the Republican Party is willing to accept that millions of Americans will suffer and thousands will die from a lack of adequate medical care. This reality is truly frightening.
Stuart Sellinger
Retired school administrator, Tucson
Scrapping Obamacare would be a mistake
Re: the Nov. 16 article "House OKs health policies that don't meet new markers."
Republican and Democratic members of Congress voted to effectively scrap the Affordable Care Act. Members argued they were protecting the American people from a "disaster." Figures vary, but most estimates place the uninsured around 45 million; the underinsured at around 35 million. Who or what will protect these Americans?
The "disaster" referred to is the higher cost of ACA comprehensive insurance to some Americans, but all insured Americans are already paying higher costs as the uninsured seek assistance in emergency rooms.
To allow companies to continue to offer inadequate insurance guts the basis of the ACA and destroys the logic on which the law, and insurance, is based. The act is flawed, but scrapping the protection it offers millions of needy Americans is no solution.
Republicans and Democrats worry about, and work toward, re-election, rather than serving the nation by working together. How different their stature would be had they the courage to work thus; how different, to take pride rather than embarrassment in our legislators.
Ann Weekes
Retired, Sahuarita
The truth about Tucson
Re: the Nov. 15 guest column "Tucson, in decline, needs vigorous new leadership."
Pat Darcy hit the nail on the head. We need common sense leadership. Shame on us for all the millions that we have spent with no returns. The dishonesty, the wheeling and dealing, the "we didn't know" excuses from all who had a hand in our community decisions.
I'm a native and have seen so many businesses close, a red flag that Tucson is losing. You know your city is in a bad way when we have to send our mail to Phoenix and they have to return it back to us. Maricopa County is laughing all the way to the bank.
Norma Alday
Retired art teacher, Tucson
Situations in N. Korea, Iran are different
Re: the Nov. 27 column "A dangerous deal with Tehran, one we've seen before."
There is actually little similarity between North Korea and Iran regarding nuclear weapons. Iran signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. North Korea did not. Iran has a complex, divided government whereas North Korea has a monolithic single party dictatorship. North Korea is in a state of war against South Korea, the United States and the United Nations, but Iran is not at war with anyone.
Most important, Iran is a theocracy whose cleric in charge has issued a Fatwa against atomic bombs, which the government of Iran cannot, under Iranian law, defy. Iran wants the State of Israel to disappear, but without damage to any sacred sites in the Holy Land, a goal that a nuclear weapon cannot accomplish. There is no actual evidence Iran is trying to make an atom bomb, just suspicion, whereas the NPT grants them the right to enrich uranium for electric power. Facts trump fear, Senator Cruz!
David P. Vernon
Independent management
consultant, Tucson
Sometimes it takes
more than a president
Re: the Nov. 29 letter to the editor "Compare WWII ramp-up with health website."
With due respect to the letter writer who compares the buildup during WWII to Obamacare: If you look back it was not the president who accomplished that ramp-up, it was our entire country working together. It took a country working as one to do what was done during WWII.
Now compare that with what we have today. Yes sir, it takes more than just a president.
Roger Ray
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Lil Wayne Cut His Dreads — UPDATED
UPDATE: Looks like the above photo of Lil Wayne might just be an optical illusion. Entertainment journalist Kelley L. Carter tells The Boombox exclusively, "Lil Wayne didn't cut those iconic dreadlocks. He had them pulled back in some sort of bun, with a few strands hanging down his back. I can see why people thought he cut them off … The pictures certainly make it look that way. But his hair is still all there."
Carter even snapped a photo of Weezy's dreads, still intact while at the Madden Super Bowl party in New Orleans — see it here.
Original Story Below
Lil Wayne and Big Boi are hanging out in New Orleans to celebrate the Super Bowl match up between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens. But one thing is seemingly different about Weezy in the above photo — where's his hair at?!
As Complex reports, this is not Photoshop — it's the 'Lollipop' rapper's real hair, rendered dreadless but some sharp shears.
Big Boi was probably surprised by his friend's new do, so he posted it to Instagram late last night, shocking fans all over the rap world.
After their combined crews had an evening out in the Big Easy, they all went to grab an early morning breakfast at Waffle House. All is well in hip-hop. All is well.


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|2004Q-0180 - Qualified Health Claim (QHC): Lutein and Eye Disease
|FDA Comment Number :
|Submitter :
|Dr. Alberto Davidovich
|Date & Time:
|06/29/2004 06:06:45
|Organization :
|DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.
|Private Industry
|Category :
|Issue Areas/Comments
| Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305) June 25, 2004
Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061
Rockville, MD 20852
Reference: Docket: 2004Q-0180 - Qualified Health Claim (QHC): Lutein and Eye Disease
To Whom It May Concern:
This letter contain comments to the qualified health claim petition - Xangold? Lutein Esters and development of certain eye diseases, docket 2004Q-0180.
DSM Nutritional Products, Inc. believes that there is sufficient data to justify the use of a qualified health claim on conventional foods and detary supplements regarding the relationship between lutein and zeaxanthin and certain eye diseases.
We have all the references cited in these comments, and they are available at your request.
Please feel free to call me, at your convenience if we can be of any assistance in the evaluation of these comments.
DSM Nutritional Products, Inc
Alberto Davidovich, DVM, PhD
Associate Director Regulatory Affairs
45 Waterview Boulevard
Parsippany, NJ 07054
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Great board! I'm on my second PBJ board. Trashed my first one in the park and ready to do it again. It's pretty buttery but there are other more buttered boards out there. Holds a nice edge and easy to steer when you're rodeo'n around on the mountain. And my mom said I couldn't handle the power of a v6. HA! But all in all it's a great board to mess around on. If you have questions leave a reply and I can get back to you.


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Marcus Washington hasn't missed a game since signing with the Redskins in 2004. In fact, Washington has played every game of his seven-year NFL career except for the 2002 finale and subsequent playoff loss, when he was with Indianapolis.
However, the 2004 Pro Bowl strong-side linebacker might not be in the lineup when the Redskins (5-9) visit St. Louis (6-8) on Sunday.
Washington was downgraded to doubtful on Thursday after missing a second straight day of practice with a sprained knee he suffered late in last Sunday's victory at New Orleans.
"It's better, but if we had a game tomorrow, I don't know if I could play," Washington said before meeting with the Redskins' medical staff.
Jeff Posey, who has started 76 games for San Francisco, Jacksonville, Houston and Buffalo, would likely start if Washington can't go. Second-round draft choice Rocky McIntosh would probably also play more than usual.
"It's the NFL," Posey said. "You always have to be ready."
Washington's likely absence could also mean more playing time for second-round draft pick Rocky McIntosh, who has seen little action on defense, because weak side starter Warrick Holdman has also been taking snaps on the strong side this week.
"Marcus is a tough player and a very inspirational leader, too, but it's always an opportunity for someone else to step up," said assistant head coach defense Gregg Williams.
Washington is second on the Redskins in tackles, sacks and passes defensed and fourth in quarterback pressures. He's the only member of the defense to start every game in each of the last two seasons.If Washington doesn't start, only defensive end Andre Carter, safety Sean Taylor and Holdman will have started every game on the Redskins' defense this year.


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Ohhhhh say can you siiiiing? Photo: Beyonce
Beyonce is back, you guys. Although in truth, she never really went anywhere. We know this because we have been obsessively - excuse us - appropriately following her on her blog and more recently, Instagram, after she made her debut on the latter just last week. Well, the mother of Blue Ivy - who by the way is now 11 months old if you can believe it - is back in the studio, recording what - we don't know. Hey, maybe she's just doing voice-overs for Family Guy. Then again, she is wearing some seriously 'eff off' black and white leather pants from Rag & Bone with a pair of edgy Nicholas Kirkwood loafers so we hardly think she'd waste such a sartorial triumph on Seth MacFarlane. That guy is utterly gross.
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5.29 KB, patch
|Details | Diff | Splinter Review
5 years ago
Created attachment 652648 [details] [diff] [review] Proposed patch When renegotiating, we need to continue to use the client_version used in the initial ClientHello to work around a Windows SChannel bug. Windows SChannel compares the client_version inside the RSA EncryptedPreMasterSecret of a renegotiation with the client_version of the initial ClientHello rather than the ClientHello in the renegotiation. This bug was described by Martin Rex in a message to the IETF TLS working group on 22 Sep 2011: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg08079.html It is also described in OpenSSL ticket #2702: TLS bad_mac_record with IIS 7 and client authentication http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=2702 (Enter user:guest password:guest if prompted.) OpenSSL patch: http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=22087
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5 years ago
Comment on attachment 652648 [details] [diff] [review] Proposed patch Review of attachment 652648 [details] [diff] [review]: ----------------------------------------------------------------- [This is probably easier to read within the Splinter tool.] ::: mozilla/security/nss/lib/ssl/ssl3con.c @@ +4032,5 @@ > + * During a renegotiation, ss->clientHelloVersion will be used again to > + * work around a Windows SChannel bug. Ensure that it is still enabled. > + */ > + if (ss->firstHsDone) { > + if (SSL3_ALL_VERSIONS_DISABLED(&ss->vrange)) { Is this defensive programming? Is it supported to call SSL_OptionSet and/or change the enabled version range after a connection has been established? @@ +4038,5 @@ > + return SECFailure; > + } > + > + if (ss->clientHelloVersion < ss->vrange.min || > + ss->clientHelloVersion > ss->vrange.max) { Similarly, it seems like these checks must be redundant, because when we sent the initial handshake, we only chose a client hello version that was within range. @@ +4275,1 @@ > ss->clientHelloVersion = ss->version; Why not this instead?: /* We set the client hello version during the initial * handshake, and then never change it, to work arond * the Windows SChannel bug described above. */ if (!ss->firstHsDone) { ss->clientHelloVersion = ss->version; } This would be clearer than asserting that the assignment will have no effect.
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5 years ago
In the meeting today, we decided we will check in Wan-Teh's original patch and leave the bug open to address the review comments, because addressing the review comments are just cleanup.
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5 years ago
Comment on attachment 652648 [details] [diff] [review] Proposed patch Review of attachment 652648 [details] [diff] [review]: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Brian, thank you for your review comments. ::: mozilla/security/nss/lib/ssl/ssl3con.c @@ +4038,5 @@ > + return SECFailure; > + } > + > + if (ss->clientHelloVersion < ss->vrange.min || > + ss->clientHelloVersion > ss->vrange.max) { You are right. Originally my patch didn't have these two checks, as this patch interdiff shows: https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10828269/diff2/5:8/net/third_party/nss/ssl/ssl3con.c#newcode4044 Ryan suggested that I add these checks in his code review. The conditions detected by these checks can only happen if the enabled version range of the socket is changed after the initial handshake. @@ +4275,1 @@ > ss->clientHelloVersion = ss->version; I wanted to assert that for renegotiation, we must have set ss->version to ss->clientHelloVersion. I agree that my comment is not clear. The statement ss->clientHelloVersion = ss->version; is an important invariant of the code, so I think it should be done unconditionally. If this invariant does not hold, NSS may be confused.
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5 years ago
Created attachment 665770 [details] [diff] [review] Proposed patch v1.1 I improved the comment a little. Patch checked in on the NSS trunk (NSS 3.14). Checking in ssl3con.c; /cvsroot/mozilla/security/nss/lib/ssl/ssl3con.c,v <-- ssl3con.c new revision: 1.191; previous revision: 1.190 done
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WASHINGTON – Two U.S. radio stations have dropped The Rush Limbaugh Show from their schedules after the right-wing radio host called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and "prostitute" over her support of President Barack Obama's new contraception plan.
Both KPUA in Hilo, Hawaii, and WBEC in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, announced Monday they would no longer carry the show.
Meanwhile, Limbaugh said he had gone too far when he branded a birth-control activist a "slut," as he scrambled on Monday to defuse a controversy that has driven advertisers from his influential radio show.
In apologizing, the firebrand talk-show host couldn't resist taking a swipe at his opponents.
"I acted too much like the leftists who despise me. I descended to their level, using names and exaggerations," Limbaugh said. "It's what we've come to expect from them, but it's way beneath me."
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How does it make you feel when people put you or people in your position on a pedestal for their arguments about the war "that's why we need to keep fighting" or "that's why we need to get out of there?" Ahmed Mussafar in Vider, TX
You know, with any war there is always somebody who gets kills and somebody who gets injured. We are not an excuse one way or another to control how you think about the war. That is something we are going to find out eventually about this war. The most important thing to me is that people understand more and more exactly how many people have been injured in this war and whether they are being well treated or not when they come back to this country.
What was the most important thing you learned about the experience of US troops before and after your devastating injury? Christina Poag in Fredericksburg, VA
They are doing something to serve this country. And they are risking their lives oftentimes to save the lives of those that are over there with them. One of the most amazing things to me was the fact that they actually landed a helicopter not even knowing who we were and just assuming that we were military. They came in with their helicopter even though there was gun fire happening around us and still landed the helicopter and saved our lives. That is what we are talking about in this war and that is what they are doing day to day.
What aspect of reporting do you look forward to returning to the most, and has your experience changed how you approach that aspect? Mark Ziemer in Alpharetta, GA
My love of journalism from the very beginning is reporting and getting out to the places where the stories are happening and learning more about them so we can tell more accurately what the story is. That is certainly what I want to do. I believe that I need to get around the entire country as well as overseas. There was a time when the US was pretty separate from the world. We had a big ocean on the east and a big ocean on the west, but I think those oceans have pretty much disappeared and you have to keep traveling and reporting and seeing different places. I think I am going to go back to the way I was before. There is more time now that I would like to spend with my kids. Covering wars in the past sometimes I was gone for 3 months or more.
Has experiencing a near death experience changed any of your political views toward the war? Mitchell Dorshorst in Madison, WI
The belief about the war that I concentrated on is that we need to help the soldiers and marines when they come back from the war. My concentration is not so much on whether the war should be done or not but what we should do about those that come back. Politics is part of our country. I think there is one aspect of the war that everyone agrees with whether it is the right, left or the middle: we completely underestimated what was going to happen with the Shiites and the Sunnis. And we certainly didn't understand how long this war would go on. Ultimately I think we will be able to look back in history and know what this war was about and what it has done.
Since you have had first-hand experience in the battle front; if it were up to you, would you let the troops come home and why or why not? Robert Dominguez Jr. in Aubrey,Tx
That's not my decision.
Do you think the competition of today's 24-hour news stations is hurting journalistic integrity? Meg Brady in Lancaster
A lot of people, when they were younger, watched a very small number of networks or newspapers or magazines to read about what was happening in the world. Now we have a very wide collection. Now we have multiple numbers of networks and magazines and newspapers. Now we get it from multiple places - from blogs to the internet to all sorts of television news and written reporting. That has just changed.
Do you have any advice of how to succeed in the world of journalism? Kameron Straine in Colton
I think you just need to follow what is interesting to you. And do something that is important to you. I think if you don't actually like going out into the field and trying to learn some truth, than it may be more difficult to do. It's the same as with any job.
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(Laughs) What do you mean about my hair? I don't know what that means.
Did David Bloom's death have an impact on you when you were recovering from your injuries? J. Berman in New York City, NY
Yeah, I think there was a time when I thought that maybe there was some story that would be important enough that I would be willing to take my death in order to understand it. But once David was killed in a situation like that I told my wife that I don't feel that anymore.
If you could wake up tomorrow and find yourself in another profession, would you want to do? Nancy Thaler in Brecksville, Ohio
I still haven't quite figured that one out yet. But I hope that I can remain in journalism. Journalism is what I have always loved at least since I was 30 and first started in it.


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canon: Labyrinth; looking for a dressing room or PSL buddy :DJul. 25th, 2017 10:26 pm
Eagerness is endearing in small doses but quit unattractive in excess.
Wouldn't want to make any poorly-thought out wishes, now would you?
I CHOOSE YOU, PIKACHUJul. 25th, 2017 09:03 pm
IT'S TIME FOR THE POKEMON ADVENTURE YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED. Whether you're a trainer on your journey, a gym leader, a Kahuna, a member of Team (whatever), or any other thing your heart desires, make sure to have a good time and take good care of your Pokemon! Maybe you have a human companion along with you too. A journey is always better with friends.
Those who do not learn from historyJul. 25th, 2017 07:41 pm
(also including high fantasy, steampunk, and sci-fi because why not)
There's nothing quite like a good historical setting to take a tale of sordid romance to the next level. Perhaps it's the setting that seems so separate from our own time, thus making the whole thing feel more exotic or epic. Besides, the codes of attitude! The costumes! The traditions! The disease and early death!
Uhhh, did I mention the costumes?
- This is a meme for shipping in historical (and also fantastical by historically based) settings. Pretty self-explanatory.
- Post with your character, information, and preferences.
- There are TWO things you can RNG here, because everybody loves some RNG. First is time period, second is prompt. Two for the price of one.
- Comment to other people.
- Be kind to others, play nice, etc.
( Time periods and prompts )
Smutty scenarios for a muggy dayJul. 25th, 2017 06:27 pm
The Rules
1. Character A: Post to the meme and wait for replies. Name|Series|Prefs
2. Character B: Go to the RNG and roll some numbers. Type first, and then go to that category and roll again.
Please listen to and respect each others preferences.
Thank you.
Type Of Porn
1. Regular
2. Public
3. Hardcore
4. Roleplaying
5. Toys
6. Fail
7. Misc.
8. Wild Card (Mix and match prompts or bring your own!)
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I want to believeJul. 25th, 2017 01:59 pm
The aliens are coming! The aliens are coming!
Or maybe they're already here. Or maybe they were here and left, taking you with them. Or are you really one of them?
Let's find out.
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tuesday sexting;Jul. 25th, 2017 07:45 pm
sexting meme
what it says on the tin. leave a blank comment, include your preferences or a starter, it's all good. reply to others with a text, a dirty picture (please link all nsfw things!), misfires, misdials, drunk filthy voicemails, whatever your heart desires.
"Prince Rhaegar loved his Lady Lyanna, and thousands died for it."Jul. 25th, 2017 01:43 pm
The search parties are out, the flags are raised, because you're missing. Gone without a trace, really.
Or are you?
There's a suspect in your disappearance, someone who absolutely had to take you away by force. The picture's clear to all outside parties.
Except it isn't that clear cut. You've left, yes, and you've been taken, of course, but you weren't strong-armed into it. You went with this person, this suspect, of your own free will. Because you love them, because you can't be together otherwise, because they offer a better opportunity regardless of your feelings towards them, because you want to escape someone else you know for certain you can't love, or just because you can.
Those people who believe you've been snatched away, they don't get it. They don't know you were given a choice...you took it.
A wedding and a beddingJul. 25th, 2017 01:28 pm
The proper rituals have been followed, and all the planning for your wedding has been done...whether you planned it or it was all arranged for you, right down to who you'd marry. Still, regardless of the circumstances of your nuptials, there are usually certain expectations and traditions to be held on the night of your wedding: namely, the consummation of your wedding. Is sharing a bed on the first night merely a suggestion, or for you two is it requirement?
Arranged → Everyone knows what's best for you, and you have a duty to fulfill.
For Love → Lucky you.
As Planned → Whether you're going through the motions, awkwardly learning together what to do, or finally getting your hands on who you've been pining for, you're getting down to business.
Unplanned → Everything that can go wrong does. You just can't or won't do what you know you should. Neither of you want to do the wedding night blueprint, so you decide to play cards instead. Maybe you just cuddle. It's up in the air!
a test of trust between friendsJul. 25th, 2017 09:11 am
You finally did it, whether it was an accident, intentional, or in a fit of rage, you just killed somebody and now you need help. You need the kind of help only a true friend can give.
Hide the Body
A meme about murder and the friends who help you hide it.( More Info and Prompts Inside )
( sneaking around )Jul. 25th, 2017 08:33 am
Get the adrenaline pumping and your best game plan in motion, because you've got to be sneaky about your sexcapades. Whether you just like to take advantage of inopportune moments, like fucking before battles or in tight spaceship cockpits or when you have company, your relationship is...not opportune, or you two simply like to abscond during the in-between moments you have together, you'll soon learn to appreciate the fine art of intrigue and being covert.
HOW to PLAY
UnconventionalJul. 25th, 2017 08:18 am
Saying: If it fits, it ships.
The Challenge: Respond to everyone who tags you, no matter how unexpected, crazy, or mismatched the characters are. Play a ship.
- Comment with your character and preferences. If you want, you can include a one sentence or so blurb about your character. But blank comments are fine.
- Tag to others.
- RNG for prompts. Prompts cannibalized from random memes.
People are strange, love is strangerJul. 25th, 2017 08:14 am
Vampires and humans. Angels and demons. Ghosts and the living. The idea of "opposites attracting" is hardly a new one, but with the rise in popularity of supernatural creatures, aliens, and other sentient beings beyond our human understanding, the forbidden romance trope has been injected a shot of fresh blood- sometimes quite literally.
This meme does just that, taking the whole "not meant for each other" thing to it's most logical extreme. Of course, it's not always angst and depression. These days, mermaids and bird-people can have their relationships in peace to some degree.
- Comment with your character, putting any preferences you have (ie, "humanoid characters only," F/M, etc). Also, be sure to note your character's "species" for others to reference (Name | Character | OTA | Human, ghost, mutant, alien, vampire, god, zombie-catgirl hybrid, etc).
- Reply to others. If your characters aren't different species, feel free to AU or anything else like that.
- Use the rng to determine your prompt.
- Also I didn't think I needed to say this, but be excellent to each other. Dick comments and anon bullying are not on.
- Meeting: Did you know there were, I don't know, werewolves before this? Or maybe you thought all aliens were evil. Will this...thing change your perception?
- Falling in Love: You know you're not the same, but your feelings don't care.
- Self-Hate: Perhaps you're mad at the being you're in love with, yet you're more angry at yourself.
- Can't Be Together: Whether for self-inflicted reasons or societal rules, you can't be in love with who your heart has chosen and it's putting a strain on you.
- Pushing You Away: Things are getting too intense, and for both of your sake, you want to make friend/crush/lover hate you.
- Beauty & the Beast: One of you is beautiful, the other hideous. Maybe, though, the beautiful one is ugly in the eyes of society, depending on where you live. Whatever the case is, you don't look the same.
- Confession: Screw the rules, you're going to tell that sweet girl/guy/other how you feel! What can go wrong? Or this is something you've put a lot of thought into and you're scared, but you're going to do it.
- First Time...or Not: Finally, the two of you are taking the next step and getting physical. It may go off without a hitch, depending on your...you know, or- OH GOD, HOW IS THAT GOING TO GO IN HERE. Wait, you have a...?
- The Kinky Option: Hey, maybe being different will pay off. Think about it. A long tongue? Ghost powers? Sounds like it could be fun in the bedroom.
- Prejudice: "What are you doing with that dirty monster?" "You know we can't be involved with humans!" "We don't take kindly to your type around here." Why can't people just leave you two be?
- Facing Your Instinct: It's hard to be with someone when you want to suck their blood. Or eat their brains. Or possess them.
- Because of Me: Your lover has been dragged into your fight or hurt by others of your kind. Now they're in the crossfire.
- Standing Up For You: Hey, knock it off! I don't care what you think, he's perfect in my eyes.
- You Don't Know You're Beautiful: The fluffy option where you're trying to make your loved one see just how much you care and how they're beautiful to you, no matter what.
- Gifts: Show your affection with a gift from your culture.
- Starting a Family: Can you even reproduce? Is it something you want to consider? Perhaps it's new ground to tread, so you'll have to be the first to think about it.
unspoken thing.Jul. 24th, 2017 11:22 pm
Unspoken Thing
1. Comment with your character, series, preferences, etc. in the subject.
2. Roll a number between 1-15 for a prompt.
3. Reply to others and play the scenario out!
( prompts. )
One Line Smut PromptsJul. 24th, 2017 07:40 pm
Anything can be sexy if you say it the right way. Lean in close and whisper, shout it out loud, or write it in a message, just get your message out!
- Post with your character name, canon, and prefs in the subject line
- In the body of your comment, tell us what your character just said to their partner. Don't post context, nothing outside quotation marks, just what they said and nothing more.
- Examples:
- "More. Harder. You can do better than that."
- "Bend over, honey. I'm on top this time."
- "Tonight, I'm going to rock your world."
- "Oh, God, I won't be walking straight for a week."
- "I need you to lick just a little bit lower."
- Including more than one prompt is totally okay!
- Respond to other prompts that catch your eye, set up the scene with your character's reaction to hearing it. It can be pre-sex, during, or after! Assumed CR is going to be the default for this meme.
Also, check out the Bring Your Own Kink Meme @ TLH
HELP ME PLEASE! the memeJul. 24th, 2017 07:47 pm
We all have something we either can't do, or can't do alone. Luckily there's a meme for that.
○Post with your character. Don't put their name and canon in the header. Instead put something that they don't know how to do and would like to learn, or something they might want help or practice with.
examples: I can't swim • I need to clean this whole house so I can go to a ball and seduce a prince • I'd like to practice throwing pitches with someone
○Look around the meme! If you see someone that you think your character can be of some help to... tag them!
I'm friends with the monsterJul. 24th, 2017 01:49 pm
There's a long precedent in folklore and myth of beautiful young people - both men and women - being kidnapped by monsters: dragons, beasts, goblins, demons, elves, vampires, wolves, or even evil humans. In the end, however, these prisoners are almost always rescued and brought back to civilization to live a normal and happy life.
But what if they didn't want to leave their jailor?
They've seen behind the surface and have begun to sympathize with this "monster;" no, more than that, they've fallen for them. Will this story have a happy ending? Will the monster believe that anyone could love them? Most importantly, though, can the two of them be left alone without any attempts at a "rescue?"
how to play
All of the romance prompts. All of them.Jul. 24th, 2017 09:26 am
- Comment with your character and preferences.
- Comment to others.
( it's under here because i have a lot of prompts and feelings okay )
This is no fairy taleJul. 24th, 2017 08:24 am
Long ago, in a distant land...
That's how a fairy tale would start, followed by velvet words and beautiful images on parchment, telling of the adventures of heroes. But you? You don't get a fairy tale - you certainly don't get the prerequisite knight in shining armor, whether you wanted one or not. It's the right time, yet the wrong place and the wrong person, for sure. Maybe you're being protected, somehow; on the other hand, you could be getting kidnapped. At any rate, your companion is a rough-edged warrior, a commoner, a ruffian rogue, or even worse, a savage.
Will you even survive this story unscathed? Because you certainly won't get a picture-book ending or, far be it, true love...right?
Putting on my music while I'm watching the boysJul. 24th, 2017 07:10 am
|Most societies have certain mores that are unspoken rules; humanity itself even has such conventions, grilled subconsciously into our minds for our own safety. Don't go out alone at night. Avoid getting wet when it's cold. Don't pick fights with those stronger than you...okay, some of us missed the boat on the last one, but the point still stands. Society's rules tend to be more variable, though they apply to most aspects of life - including sex. In fact, bending the rules on what's considered acceptable in romance and sexual encounters can lead to anything from ostracization to death, depending on the time and culture.
So, play it close to the chest if you're going to do a big, big, big t a b o o. Is it worth the risk?
- Comment with your character and preferences. Be sure to include what you want and what you DON'T WANT. Blank comments are fine; info is even better!
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A bit of a nip and tuck in the final hours of the year, but, thanks in part to last minute currency market interventions, Poland managed to squeeze under its legal public debt threshold for 2011. Dominik Radziwill, the deputy finance minister, announced that the country's debt to GDP ratio came to 54 per cent – just under the limit of 55 per cent.
The official exchange rate for debt calculation is set on the last trading day of the year – in this case Friday. With about 30 per cent of Poland's debt denominated in foreign currencies, it is crucial for the zloty to not be too weak on that day. Read more


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Tucows anounced recently that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program to repurchase from time to time up to $40 million of its common stock in the open market.
You can read the press release after the jump :
" Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX) (TSX:TC) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program to repurchase from time to time up to $40 million of its common stock in the open market.
The new $40 million buyback program will commence February 10, 2016 and will terminate on or before February 9, 2017. The Company's previous buyback program, which commenced February 16, 2015 and was scheduled to end on or before February 15, 2016, has been terminated as the Company has repurchased approximately $20 million of its common stock, the maximum dollar amount permitted under that program.
Purchases for the new $40 million buyback program will be made exclusively through the facilities of the NASDAQ Capital Market.
All shares purchased by Tucows under the stock buyback program will be retired and returned to treasury.
The timing and exact number of common shares purchased will be at Tucows' discretion and will depend on available cash and market conditions. Tucows may suspend or discontinue the repurchases at any time, including in the event Tucows would be deemed to be making an acquisition of its own shares under Rule 13e-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Subject to applicable securities laws and stock exchange rules, all purchases will occur through the open market and may be in large block purchases. Tucows does not intend to purchase its shares from its management team or other insiders.
The purchase will be funded from available working capital and existing credit facilities. As of February 8, 2016, Tucows had 10,687,912 common shares outstanding."


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ANGEL EYE BULB LED UPGRADE - suggestions please...
Hi All,
I searched but did not find any substantially good answers. I have been screwed previously buying LED Angel Eyes on Amazon without too much research - never again.
I am willing to pay more for proper bulbs that you can SEE DURING THE DAY (not these 3W - 5W weak lights that you only see at night - already wasted $50). I want to know from you E53 X5 OWNERS...please post your bulb suggestions and please, if you can, post a pic of your front end with the Angel Eyes ON DURING THE DAY.
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Trust Company, the responsible entity for the
But the responsible entity has declined to release the independent expert's report, which some hybrid holders believe recommended the write-down of
"Trust is committed to ensure SPS holders rights are appropriately recognised in any proposal that might be advanced," it said.
"However, as noted in PaperlinX's announcement, there is no certainty that such a proposal will be advanced or approved by PaperlinX shareholders or SPS holders."
PaperlinX informed the market on December 23 of the private equity approach. Trust Company declined to make any further comment yesterday.
The statement comes after The Australian Financial Review revealed yesterday that a group of hybrid holders, representing about 15 per cent of hybrids on issue, is pressing Trust executives about the value of their investment.
Trust chief executive John Atkin and chief financial officer David Grbin as well as hybrid holders Gaby Berger, Brad Newcombe and Graham Critchley, are scheduled to meet with the group tomorrow.
Hybrid holders want Trust to release the expert's report that apparently devalues their investment and also want to ensure their views on the proposed bid for PaperlinX were understood, according to Mr Berger, who owns 59,000 PaperlinX hybrids. They might also push Trust to call an extraordinary general meeting to ensure all hybrid holders have the opportunity to express their view.
Mr Newcombe, a former director at fixed income specialist FIIG who owns 6000 PaperlinX hybrids, said Trust's statement was a step in the right direction. "Considering where [hybrid holders] sit in the capital structure, we're going to want more than [the $21.85 proposed under the offer being considered]," he said.
PaperlinX shares closed unchanged yesterday at 7¢ while PaperlinX hybrids closed 70¢ higher at $17.50.
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Hi there,
So, I'm writing this for a few reasons. I can't find any way to write Chuck directly, so I figure I'll post here and hope for the best.
I'm Michael Phillips, a writer and avid reader. I'm also a person with physical disabilities. Basically, I can do anything on a Mac using my thumb, a switch, and some assistive software, this includes reading books. Anyway, this is me: [url]http://www.assistiveware.com/michael.php[/url]
I prefer eBooks, but I also read unabridged audio books from iTunes. Back in January, my life went insane, I took very ill and spent about two months in the hospital. I got a tube installed in my throat, a tube in my stomach. However, during this crazy phase of my life, I've had plenty of time to read. A few months ago, I started reading your books. None of them are available as eBooks, so I downloaded what is available on iTunes. I read Haunted, Lullaby, Survivor, Rant, Diary and Invisible Monsters between yesterday and mid-July. I very much want to read the rest of your books, particularly Choke and Fight Club, but unfortunately they're not available digitally. Would you be at all willing to forward me these books in PDF or text format? I'll gladly paypal you the full hardback price for each book, I won't send the files to anybody, I just really want to read the books.
As a writer, reading your work has totally inspired me, especially Survivor. I'm writing better than I've ever written. Personally, your books totally helped me to feel better during an absolutely fucking dark period of my life.
If you're really bored, here's an example of something I wrote recently:
So, I'm in the Adirondacks visiting my friend, Mike McNally, and his family. He, Celeste and I are in the van on our way to Lake Placid; I want to take the elevator to the top of the ski jump from the 1932 Winter Olympics. Celeste and I are in the back of the van, Mike's upfront driving and pointing out various sights we should notice. We're driving along nicely until for reasons immediately unapparent to me we slow down and pull over. We missed a Yield sign, much to the dismay of a local cop. So, the van stops and Mike does something one always does when pulled over by a cop, he turns off the engine. For most people this isn't a big deal, but when you require a running engine to breathe things get a little dicey. The van powers my Bipap, the Bipap powers my breathing. No engine, no Bipap. No Bipap, no breathing.
The Bipap's cigarette-lighter adapter makes one slight beep before it goes out. "Celeste heard that, right?" I think to myself, but she doesn't hear it. Nobody hears it, save for me and I can't talk. *I blink and move my eyebrows wildly, the signal for "I can't breathe." The signal for "Help, I'm screwed." Celeste doesn't notice, she's not looking in my direction, she's looking for the van's title and registration. I blink wildly. I know I have about 3 minutes until I black-out. I blink wildly. I'm aware that it's a rental vehicle, so I worry about how long it might take Celeste to actually find*the title and registration. I think, "Okay, calm down. Celeste will notice, she won't let you die." Followed by, "Way to go, Michael. You picked a great trip, you're going to die." Followed by, "Fuck you, shut up, you're not going to die." I blink wildly, Celeste doesn't see me. McNally pointed out the Adirondack Medical Center, I wonder if it's far away. I think about Sara, my girlfriend. I wish that she was sitting by my feet as I lay in the back of the van. I'm sorry for screwing things up so badly after I got sick in January. I wonder why God hates me so much. I blink wildly, Celeste sees me. She knows exactly what's wrong, and after about 2 minutes of not running, the engine is back on in 2 seconds flat. I'm fine, everything's fine. Fifteen minutes later I'm 26 stories high on the observation deck of that ski jump. Very much alive.
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Here are a few stocks to keep on your radar:
- Priceline.com (NASDAQ:PCLN) gained 0.7% after the company beat Wall Street's first-quarter earnings expectations and said second-quarter profit and revenue would come in above current estimates. On Friday, Goldman Sachs downgraded Priceline's shares, which had climbed more than 33% in 2011.
- Domino's Pizza (NYSE:DPZ) rose 3.1% after the company beat analysts' first-quarter earnings and revenue estimates late Thursday.
- Shares of Timberland (NYSE:TBL) were up 1.1% after a huge selloff on Thursday, which was incited by the company badly missing first-quarter earnings estimates.
- Visa (NYSE:V) gained 0.6% after the company beat Wall Street's fiscal second-quarter profit expectations.
- General Motors (NYSE:GM) rose 0.6% after selling off on Thursday despite a profit report that beat analysts' estimates.


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Best Of :: Shopping & Services
What? How can the Dallas Observer give Best Video Store to Blockbuster, that evil, excessive-late-fee-charging corporate Godzilla? Simple. For one thing, convenience counts, and we don't have to explain why this company edges out its competitors on that note. Sure, Premiere Video, which has owned this award since 1907, has a better, more eclectic selection. But not everyone lives off Mockingbird Lane, we have to remind ourselves, and convenience does count. While it may be true that Blockbuster recently fought off complaints about its late-fee policy, at least you can still rent videos that don't have to be returned the next day. And you have to give the Dallas-based company credit for evolving: Although the store still focuses on the latest blockbusters, its new releases now include a much broader selection of independent films. If you missed that Spanish thriller that was recently playing at the Angelika, chances are good you can now rent it at Blockbuster.
Shopping at Sam Moon Trading Co. on a Saturday afternoon is kinda like walking down Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras--minus the naked breasts and 32-ounce hurricanes, of course. But this place is just that crowded. It's a shopping mob. And like Mardi Gras, Sam Moon is almost too much to take in at once. From the moment you walk through the door, you're shoulder to shoulder with an army of women with glassed-over eyes and arms filled with goodies. There's also the occasional husband hidden away in one of the store's corners, holding a basket and looking just a little bewildered. But if you like cheap, funky jewelry (which we do) and gaudy sequined purses (which we do), then fighting these crowds is worth it. Sam Moon's selection of adornments for the ears, neck, wrists and toes is beyond compare. Just remember: Move fast and don't be afraid to use your elbows.
This eclectic Deep Ellum shop has nothing you need but just about anything you might want. From postcards and handbags to picture frames and decorated hairbrushes, Mark & Larry's has it all--which makes it an excellent place to find a gift for that person who has everything. They also offer the best selection of greeting cards in town. No matter the occasion, this place has a card for it. Some are sweet and sentimental, but some are crass and downright cruel. And those are the ones we like. Just be sure to keep an eye on the parking meter. It's easy to while away an entire afternoon thumbing through every card in the rack. Or is that just us?
It's one of those dying arts that's now making a strong comeback. Women are getting back into the kind of sewing that Grandma did, says owner Judy Mack. Not only is she an authorized Pfaff dealer, but she offers a variety of fabrics, supplies, notions, books, patterns and--perhaps most important--instruction classes. Instructors will teach you everything from beginning quilting to installing zippers without tears, tatting and digitizing. There are even classes for the kids and teen-agers. Store hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Not only does Nice-born co-owner Yasmine Bohsali serve up the best baguettes and chocolate croissants this side of the Mediterranean, but his shop has become a social gathering spot for French transplants and Americans who speak the language. "Many of our French customers," Bohsali says, "tell us our place reminds them of home because we're authentic." L'Alliance Française, the local chapter of French expatriates, had them cater the group's recent Bastille Day celebration. Store hours are 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Frequently a readers' pick as the best music store in Dallas, what this chain does best is provide good prices on most of its offerings--and it provides huge offerings. Even somewhat obscure artists from the era when Tower Records carried actual records can be found (on digitally remastered CDs, of course). The store also has tapes, DVDs, posters, magazines and other stuff to keep you occupied for hours. When record-company execs start bitching that online and digital music will destroy their industry, just head to Tower on a Saturday and see people go through the beautiful ritual of touching, reading and purchasing music. Well, it's beautiful to the people who own the store, at least.


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Only in America.
I like this
No longer playing World of Warcraft. Goodbye fond memories
Someone watched kick-ass then got a big stupid lightbulb above their head.
The only real life superhero for me is Simo Hayha, he inspired fear in millions of Soviet soldiers, what more can you ask for? His nickname was White Death for fucks sake
At least they aren't random idiots who like to read comic books a bit too much! Well, maybe they are, but it means they should be able to put up a good fight.'Everyone on my team either has a military background or a mixed martial arts background, and we're well aware of what it costs to do what we do'
"You fucked his wife, fucked his fucking wife, you fucking wife fucker, you fucked his fucking wife you wife-fucking cunt, another mans wife? You stupid? You fucking thick you cunt? Fuck another mans wife? You don't do that!"
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Digital Revolutionaries (The Men and Women Who Brought Computing to Life) : In the beginning, there was the computer. And it was big. As big as a room. Sometimes as big as a house. Early computers required teams of white-coated scientists to keep them running, yet one of those giant behemoths could not match the computing power of a single microchip today. From the first massive computers to today's nanotechnology, Digital Revolutionaries offers a guided tour of the history of computers and a celebration of the human ingenuity that led the world from ENIAC to iMAC.
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Having been a member for nearly 3 years now there are some really amazing things you have done here, no doubt about it! However, QUALITY CONTROL is not one of those things.
essentially, here is what I would like to rely on as a consumer:
1- when an author uploads a template I want to know that someone from themeforest actually opened that template, installed it and most importantly, went through the documentation one line at a time and made 100% sure that documentation was
A: sane
B: readable and accurate
C: actually works as claimed by the author
Intended result: the person at themeforest should be able to make that template look like the one advertised without doing any imports, right out of the box by following the set up instructions. If they can not then the theme should be REJECTED, or at the very least rated for the items above.
Example: you open the theme and it does not install properly, the documentation is not clear and you were not able to easily make the theme look like the one advertised might be rated like so:
A: Sanity: 0% FAIL (took over 20 hours to install)
B: readable and accurate: 10% POOR
C: actually works as claimed by the author: 15% POOR
D: validation: HTML : 250 Errors | CSS: 50 Errors -according to w3c validator
E: security: vulnerable, uses scripts which make the site easy to hack (note: this means that TF would need real web developers on staff to review of course…)
F: Overall: F- low grade
Notes: fails all of googles page optimization tests, documentation is not well defined, could not turn features on or off, too much inline CSS and Javascript, incompatibility issues, no regard for web standards.
The other thing I see ALLOT of is authors adding in an absurd number of features, or no useful features. Let me give 2 examples:
EX 1- ABSURD number of features:
we bought a commerce template recently, The author added support for multiple commerce plugins and then tried to compensate, the result was an absurd number of sidebars one for each plugin, too many TPL options to make any sense, bad semantic markup, and poor javascripting from too many incompatible scripts to the point that the admin panel features stopped working unless the theme was turned off making it basically useless. He then decided that adding every single HEX color option into the option tree AND including a cache plugin was somehow a "sane idea" and the result was a giant mess.
EX 2- NO features:
we bought a news template recently, there was a ton of stuff hard-coded into the template that make it basically useless. The author decided that he would hardcode the taxonomy into the template, so when we went to change the MUSIC category into MOVIES it could not be done without rewriting the entire backed taxonomy, in addition, there were NO features that allowed this to be changed and all the PHP vars were stuffed into the template in a way that also meant we had to rewrite every single database query. The documentation was BS copied from Wordpress.com and only showed how to use wordpress and not the template, useless.
In closing: this is an awesome community, my experience has mostly been positive, however, it only takes one bad apple… I would like to see the TF product be better than awesome, I would like to see it become a WEB STANDARD haven instead of a mad rush for authors to cash in on poorly coded nice looking templates. (please do not become the next thememonster… you are so close to being the best theme site on the web, take it all the way!!! wooooo!)
I definitely agree with you that too many unnecessary features leads to code overload. I don't really have a comment about the taxonomy since I'm guessing it was meant to be only used as a music taxonomy.
In terms of setting up themes, I don't think there is an easy way to make the fresh install look like demo without importing anything. It would be a cool feature for a future Wordpress update (to enable a default import file).
BTW, did you mean Templatemonster?
I agree with the most you've said. Sure, that kind of inspection is good for high quality, but, then TF needs 20+ reviewers, because even now, some people wait a lot to get theme up and running.
+ One more thing to ask you, do yo think that after you get soft rejected, another reviewer must check the new submitted theme, or it MUST be the same as before. (i don't want answer "who finds it first"
Regarding this topic i would like to point out someting that i saw just now browsing through the new aprovals. In the footer of the wp theme MaS there is a height difference between the input text-area and the submit button of about 1-2 px. It`s not much but it pops in your eye(thanks to that yellow bg). Unless discrepancies are the new "thing" now, some themes are not reviewed in dept. This is not the first theme that i saw with height differences but i had to point this out. Maybe the author is watching and would like to fix that before marketing his theme as super pro tips and other eye catching "standards".
Thanks a lot for the feedback, useful info.
We need more and more opinions from buyers.
BTW, did you mean Templatemonster?yep. lol
NicoaraCostin said
Unless discrepancies are the new "thing" now, some themes are not reviewed in dept.
CSS stuff is not the core issue here so much as template functionality. I could care less if we are 2px off on a button class, however, the proper syntax, validation, seems more important to me. One possible solution might be to earn the "validated at" badge? Always nice to see the green box with "100% valid XHTML Strict 1.0" on it.
I agree with you, enough of no 100% theme function. We all win with that control. In first buy, thought that already has a control. If it that easy, i will try to do a theme my self xD
creativesousa saidwow… I now see how deep the rabbit hole is. perhaps this idea of quality control is also one of international community control as well. Either that or our own educational system has failed us here in the USA.
I agree with you, enough of no 100% theme function. We all win with that control. In first buy, thought that already has a control. If it that easy, i will try to do a theme my self xD


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Housing veterans...a seminar for landlords, building owners, property managers, and community partners
Veterans Housing and Employment Assistance
Monday, January 13, 2014 from 12:30 PM to 4:00 PM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Greetings Housing Partners!!
Our Landlord Seminar is this Monday, January 13th from 1pm to 4pm and would like to remind those that have not RSVP'd to please do so and "Thank you" if you already did!!
space is limited, so please RSVP to Sandhya Nair email@example.com
For every guest registering, please send and email to Sandya with your name, organization or company, phone number, email, address
Space is limited to only 120 guests so please register so that we save a space for you
Please Remember to bring listings for any available units you may have and plenty of business cards or brochures.
It will be a wonderful experience for everyone present and I am confident together we will end veteran homelessness by 2015!!!
Thank you.
Hilda Ramos, LCSW
Housing Specialist
U.S Department of Veteran Affairs,
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Social Work Homeless Program
820 S. Damen Avenue
Chicago, IL 60612
Tel. (312) 569-8603 ext. 58603
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
When & Where
Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center
820 S Damen Ave
Monday, January 13, 2014 from 12:30 PM to 4:00 PM (PST)
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"You are 60?!" Startled, eyes wide, Rick, a 30-ish stockbroker seated next to me swivels in his seat and peers at me. It is October 2000, and I am at a runners' meeting that will, I hope, make me a participant in the Boston Marathon. I am only a casual runner and one of the oldest people in the room. I am scared to death.
"No," I reply. "In fact, I'm 61."
Rick's eyes widen even more. "Wow! I'll have to tell my mom!" And then, more puzzled, "Why are you doing this?"
Why, indeed? How can I possibly think of running 26.2 miles from Hopkinton, MA, to downtown Boston at an age when my contemporaries are moving to Florida?
There seem to have been many reasons. I wanted a large project, with a goal at the end, and I wanted to do it before it was too late. To prove myself, to take on a challenge of large dimensions, to show women-particularly older women-that they can do whatever they set their minds to. Those were prominent among my goals. But more than anything, I wanted to do something bigger than myself.
The Preview
It's the fall of 1999. My son Jay is in my Cambridge, MA, kitchen eating his breakfast. I am preparing for my standard run, planning to take more than an hour to go five or six miles. "Mom," Jay says, "you aren't doing anything to get fitter. Try running as fast as you can for 30 minutes and see what happens." Pooh, I think, 30 minutes? That's nothing. Out I go.
Thirty minutes later, back I come-my body contorted, cramped and distressed. I have challenged parts of me that definitely need attention.
Jay is sitting there, still eating his cereal, and I detect a certain smugness in his expression. "All right," I pant, "how do I get fitter?"
The first step turns out to be an introduction to Michael Woods, master of an excruciating gym program developed to challenge the entire body-MY entire body. My abdominal muscles undergo slow sit-ups and other tests. My resting heart rate accelerates into aerobic zones I had not thought of on the treadmill. Arm, shoulder and back muscles are subjected to increased weights. Squats, pull-ups and lunges of every sort strengthen my quadriceps, thighs and calves. It's torture, but I endure. After each weekly session of one hour, I am more exhausted than I have been with several hours of casual exercise.
Summer approaches. I am still running, and feeling amazingly strong, moving effortlessly over eight, nine, 10 miles. My body seems to have taken on a new identity. One late August day in Maine, on a road where the swamp maples are already turning scarlet, an idea comes out of nowhere-I can do the Boston Marathon.
To enter Boston with a number, a runner has one of two choices. You can qualify for the race by achieving a certain time in a previous, sanctioned marathon. My age category dictates four hours and 10 minutes, running under-10-minute miles for 26.2 miles-impossible for me. The other route is to raise money for a Boston Athletic Association-approved charity.
I am accepted by the Dana Farber Cancer Institute team, which raises funds for innovative cancer research. The program offers an extraordinary support plan to its runners: training manuals and advice, a team coach, group runs, fund-raising advice, tasty snacks. My only problem is that I am twice the age of most team members!
The Training
The week before Thanksgiving 2000. A 15.5-mile run along the beautiful shore road from Prouts Neck, ME, all the way to Portland. Boy, am I impressed with myself-even though on Thanksgiving Day, the flu hits my stressed body with a vengeance.
January 6, 2001. My first group run in Cambridge with the Dana Farber team. Heavy snow. We slip and slide 13 miles along the banks of the Charles River. Marathon training is not weather dependent.
January 20. Another group run, from the Boston Athletic Club through the streets of South Boston, around the harbor in slanting snow, past oil tanks, past the JFK Library, in wind, hail and bad visibility. I get lost in a housing project. After three hours, the worried team captain sets out in his car to return me to team headquarters.
January 26. While on a regular weekday run along the Charles, pain pierces my left calf. Several days later it is still there, despite rest and ice. A visit to my doctor produces the dreaded news. "No running until this injured tendon heals-at least three to four months." Total despair.
February 1. My great team captain, Kristin Graves, inspires me with stories about the Kennedy Brothers, a Boston physical therapy group known for treating marathon runners effectively. "We'll get you to the starting line," promise PT experts Bronco and Jake. I do exactly what they tell me, even though it takes an enormous amount of time-and trust.
February 6. Alta, Utah. On an annual ski trip with friends, I commit myself to three hours a day of aerobic workout. Out of the pool, onto the machines, off the machines, into the pool: three hours of total boredom but a necessary part of the regimen-mental as well as physical commitment.
Mid-February. A renowned Boston podiatrist takes a look at my feet, already supported by old orthotics, and creates new, very stiff, realigned ones that will give me, in his view, perfect podiatric balance. After the next run, my feet are blood-soaked; parts of them have been rubbed raw by the dramatically changed inserts. My savior is Dr. John Danchik, former marathoner, Olympics doctor and chiropractor, who observes my gait and adjusts my alignment and feet to what will work, not what is perfect.
April 9. Seven days before the race, I am making a bed when I crunch my bare toe into one of the legs. Purple streaks shoot up to my ankle. Alone and in a state of panic, I drive myself to Mt. Auburn Hospital, where X-rays reveal a chipped bone. Dr. Danchik provides me with another brand-new skill, showing me how to "buddy-tape" that toe to the next one to provide support. The rest of the week is spent with the foot elevated and covered with quantities of ice.
Marathon Weekend. I feel a sinus infection looming. A holistic practitioner persuades me to cleanse my head with cayenne pepper tablets. My head is cleansed, but so is the rest of my body. Thoroughly! And for the entire weekend. Although I am supposed to consume copious amounts of pasta and other energizing carbohydrates, the sight of food is nauseating. New rule: never eat anything radically different when you are in training.
The Race
The Boston Marathon is the only major marathon that starts at 12 noon. Nonetheless, I am up at 6:00 a.m. I check and recheck my equipment. Vioxx. Aleve. Tape. Scissors. Power Gel. Goo. Jacket. Long tights for my aging legs. Dana Farber T-shirt. The Dana Farber team shelter in Hopkinton is full of goodies. I hang out there, have my picture taken, stretch, and dedicate my race to my niece and goddaughter Liza, who is struggling with lung cancer.
The number on my front is 15,558, meaning that I start a long way back. Making my way to the end of the line, I pass many determined faces, young and old. I tell myself, "I can do this."
In a rush, we are off, heading for Natick. I spend a mile or two in frenzied movement before I can settle down and start focusing on the people around me. I eavesdrop on critical advice that will help me on the road ahead: "Move to the other shoulder of the road if your left side is already hurting"; "Slow down"; "Drink water at every stop." I'm already gulping water and Gatorade. And thinking about how soon my "milestones" will come up: sister Joan at Mile 9 in Natick, sons Chris and Jay at Mile 14.5 in Wellesley, friend Judy Bagalay at Mile 17 at the foot of Heartbreak Hill, Boston College at the top of the hill at Mile 20, the Finish.
There's Joan! Buried in the crowd at the Natick train station. I am so happy! I had thought it would be too early for a stop, but it's the perfect time to fall out, take an Aleve, stretch…I tell Joan good-bye, and as soon as she's out of sight, I miss her.
Getting to Wellesley takes forever. The famous crowd of cheering college girls starts to appear at Mile 13, but it's a long stretch into town. Finally I see Chris and Jay-signs, grins, oranges. "You're doing fine, Mom," Jay cries. "Just keep up your pace."
More stretching and some jelly beans at Mile 16.5. My quads are killing me. I have picked up my feet and put them down for almost 90,000 feet, maybe 60,000 times. The upper parts of my legs have braced against the down slopes and driven the upgrades nonstop for over three hours. I have poured liquids into and over myself at 15 water stops. I turn the corner, and there it is-the Marathon's infamous Heartbreak Hill-plus my friend Judy, with oranges.
In the 15,000-number group, I am definitely with the halt and the lame. Many are walking up this succession of rolling hills, not just Heartbreak but three miles of undulating upward slopes. Will I walk? No, I will never walk. If I walk, I will never get there. I pick up my pace. I hear from the sidelines, "Go, Dana Farber!"
The mile signs become my focus. One more mile, one more gulp of water, one more gel. The concentrated sources of energy in the little packs of food are now critical. Twenty miles into it, and Boston College comes in sight. I have been running for four hours, longer than I ever have, but I know that if I had to, I could crawl the rest of the distance. My body seems OK, my shoes don't hurt too much, my muscles are locked in place, and I can just put my head down and seemingly move like a tractor.
Here's Commonwealth Ave. There's Boston's landmark Citgo sign. Here are spectators, all heading for home. I turn the corner onto Boylston St. and realize that I am looking at the finish line. About six blocks ahead, in a canyon of tall buildings, I see the huge banner and cameras over the blue line on the street, the grandstands, the flags.
My leg is going to fall off. I'm going to trip, I'll fall on my face, I'm going to have a heart attack. I tug my hat down over my eyes and move on.
"Mom!" Two very familiar figures leap over the snow fence. Jay, video camera in hand, Chris at his side.
I'm over the finish line, the electronic clock overhead registering my time. A few more steps to get the marathon blanket. I almost forget to pick up my official medal.
The day after the race, I find myself getting into my car, driving out to Hopkinton, retracing my tortured steps. I want to see where I've been. Some memories are vivid; some stretches are complete blanks.
I drive back home, knowing that if you do the right thing, if you take the time to learn about yourself, if you understand your process and your training, if you learn from your mistakes, if you put all your eggs in the basket of commitment, and if you persevere, you will be rewarded. I certainly was. I did it!
Marjorie McHenry Bride '61 lives in Cambridge, MA where she is a tour operator for alumni/ae and art museum travel programs, and in Prouts Neck, ME where she spends a lot of time outdoors and on the coast. Her two sons in Boston and Portland carry on the long family tradition of health and athletics.
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