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QUEANBEYAN High School Student Representative Council has been awarded the Service Group of the Year following a busy 12 months of fundraising.
During 2013, the group raised money for charities including the Cancer Council, Leukaemia Foundation, World Vision, Red Shield Appeal, Home in Queanbeyan, Breast Cancer Research and Blankets for Ethiopia.
SRC member Ty Phelps said one of the highlights was holding a 'Purple Day' to fundraise $1000 for one of their peers whose house had burnt down.
The Queanbeyan High School SRC is unique in that all students are invited to be part of the group rather than voted in. The most active students and teachers are recognised at a presentation at the end of the year.
The arrangement was instigated by SRC coordinator and teacher Michael Guilfoyle who has since left the school.
Mr Phelps said the loss of Mr Guilfoyle presented a challenge for the group but one he believed they can meet.
"Mr Guilfoyle was a big part of the SRC, he helped us a lot and really pushed us," the year 12 student said.
"It will be a big challenge without him but we have a new SRC coordinator who we're sure will fit in and keep up."
Mr Phelps said it was "awesome" to be recognised for their hard work.
"It makes us feel that people are really watching and appreciate what we do," he said.
"We're really making a difference."


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Inovio Pharmaceuticals ( INO) CEO Joseph Kim is walking back expectations for the phase II study of its DNA vaccine VGX-3100 in women with high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN 2/3), also known as cervical pre-cancerous lesions. Results from the VGX-3100 study should be announced any day, but I suspect Inovio already has data in hand. Why else would Kim be laying the foundation for a massive spin job, if not to cushion the vaccine's failure?
The red flags flying over Inovio are there for any clear-eyed investor to see:
Inovio pushed through shareholder vote approving a 1-for-4 reverse stock split on May 23, which went into effect on June 5. Why the need for a reverse stock split? Kim explained:
Our stockholders approved a reverse split to have our price and share structure reflect our leadership position in immunotherapies and expand our potential investor audience.
Interesting spin. Drug companies in leadership positions aren't generally valued with stock prices in the $2 range. More typically, terminally depressed stock prices -- like Inovio's -- are the direct result of management incompetence and/or drug development setbacks and failures. Innovio is very good at issuing press releases and promoting its stock to retail investors, but its track record of developing DNA vaccines is abysmal.
Inovio's decision to enact a reverse stock split right before the VGX-3100 results was more likely timed purposefully to keep the stock trading above $1 if the study fails. Well played, Kim!
Kim hints at negative VGX-3100 study results in Monday's interview conducted by a Seeking Alpha contributor.
In the interview, Seeking Alpha contributor Trevor Lowenthal asks Kim, "Inovio is expected to produce a top line data read-out for its experimental HPV immunotherapy, VGX-3100, very shortly. How crucial is this to Inovio's future?"
Kim's response:
The upcoming data will help define the potential clinical utility of this HPV immunotherapy for late-stage cervical pre-cancers. But the efficacy and immune response data together are going to help define the broad potential of the products based on our expansive DNA immunotherapy and electroporation technologies as monotherapies and as combinations with complementary technologies, such as checkpoint inhibitors. [Emphasis added.]
Later in the interview, Kim is asked, "What are the primary risks facing the company?"
Again, Kim's response:

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Bringing together veterans, VA officials to improve care
As our country was preparing to celebrate Independence Day earlier this month, I traveled our state to hear the needs of our veterans. This was a wonderful opportunity for me to hear directly from veterans about how we can ensure they are receiving the support they were promised. From World War II vets to our young service members just home from Afghanistan, the information shared at our meetings was invaluable.
I brought top North Dakota Veteran Affairs officials on the tour so veterans could ask questions and voice concerns directly to VA leaders. I appreciate their open participation.
At a young age, I was taught to always honor our service members. When my father returned from World War II, he started the first VFW in Mantador. It was one of the smallest posts in the country, but it allowed Dad and his friends a place to discuss their experiences and organize efforts to improve policy for veterans. Our state has one of the highest rates of military service -- more than four times the national average. It is my honor to represent our brave veterans as a U.S. senator, and I will always work to fulfill our sacred commitment to those who have served our nation.
On my six-city tour, I heard from veterans from all walks of life who are facing many of the same day-to-day challenges. One of the top issues that came up was the difficultly our rural veterans face traveling to VA health centers. While our state has many dedicated volunteers to transport vets, the travel is often grueling. Some vets have to travel seven-plus hours, do chemotherapy, wait for other patients, then ride home the same day. As one who has experienced chemo, this is an incredibly difficult experience for veterans. It is clear that we need to expand vets' access to services at other hospitals, with the VA reimbursing the costs.
I also heard from many young vets who are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These men and women repeatedly expressed the dire concerns about the ability to file insurance or disability claims. It is unacceptable to deny our service members their earned health care benefits simply because they have been discharged due to symptoms of PTSD. We need to honor our commitment to their service, and that includes the traumatic effects of their service.
Throughout the entire state, there is a lack of mental health care. In western North Dakota, the need is pronounced. Because of their incredible skills and work ethic, myself and others have encouraged young vets to come out and work on our state's energy development. We have a great demand for labor, and many vets are in need of good-paying jobs. However, we need to ensure that when they head out west, they have access to quality care. We need to both expand the VA's community-based outreach clinics and add more mental health professionals.
The last stop on my tour was at the Fargo VA. I huddled with leaders there to relay what I heard from North Dakota veterans. They were very receptive to many of the suggestions offered and have already committed to making improvements.
Fargo VA officials are dedicated to making the system work for vets, and I will work closely with them to make it better. My listening tour is just the beginning of my work to enhance the lives of North Dakota veterans.
A few folks on the tour said to me, "Heidi, how can we afford to pay for these services?" I replied, "How can we not afford it?" We promised our brave veterans quality care if they served our country, and now we need to live up to our commitments.
Heitkamp is a U.S. senator from North Dakota. She hosted meetings in Minot, Bismarck, Dickinson, Devils Lake, Grand Forks and Fargo during the Congressional District Work Period to discuss the challenges facing North Dakota veterans. Contact her at www.Heitkamp.senate.gov.


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Why We Rail Against the Wrong "Common Enemy"
Colin Harris
His comment reminded me of the adage: "A religion can get along fine without a God, but it does have to have a devil."
Indeed, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that communities are mobilized and energized as much if not more by a common enemy as they are by a common dream or vision.
The crusades were launched to rescue the Holy Land from the "infidels." Early 20th century groups railed against booze, evolution and modernism. Hitler's Germany stoked its passion by addressing the "Jewish problem." The Ku Klux Klan has had a clearly defined common enemy.
The horror of 9/11 created for some a common enemy in Islam before discernment gradually refocused that perspective toward the extremism that can clothe itself in any faith.
Even now, especially in the political landscape, there are many indications that groups that otherwise would be separated by clearly defined differences (tribal identities) are united and energized more by what (or whom) they are against than by any commitment to a common positive goal.
Maybe my friend is right: If you want to get people to transcend the differences that make cooperative community difficult, help them find a common enemy – the ship is sinking, the house is on fire, the Russians are coming, illegal immigrants are taking our jobs, freeloaders are draining our resources. It seems to work.
This has led me to wonder if part of the genius of biblical theology is its guidance toward seeing a common enemy not so much in some "other" (person, group or faith system), but in that feature of ourselves called self-righteousness.
St. Paul and his successors in Christian theology have pointed clearly to the dimension of our lives that yields control to the "enmity" and "party spirit" (Galatians 5:20) that pull us apart rather than to the love and justice that bind us together.
The theological vector of Christian faith directs us to a vision of community that transcends the distinctions by which we separate ourselves (race, class, gender, political status and the subsequent derivatives of these).
It also calls us to work toward making that community a reality in our contexts, large and small.
If there is a true "common enemy" with the possibility of uniting and energizing the family of faith in its covenant partnership, perhaps it is this internal one, rather than the external "other" that we so often point to as our rallying focus.
But how can participants in the collective voice of a faith community, large or small, identify and focus attention on this "common enemy" that lives within us all?
It is so much easier to join the pep rallies that create and demonize some "other" as an enemy whose threat can be inflated by the rhetoric of well-funded manipulation.
It takes more than a bit of courage to speak and act against the swift current of popular thinking that is all too willing to identify our enemies for us.
Is it too much to hope that people of faith will resist being drawn by this manipulation into opposition to a common enemy that really isn't common at all, but only the carefully designed boogey man of groups seeking enough public support to make their agenda successful?
In 1970, Walt Kelly introduced a series of comic strips marking that year's observance of Earth Day by having his chief character, Pogo, observe, "We have met the enemy and he is us."
What would happen if members of the family of faith were to commit to helping each other identify and resist this enemy that is indeed common to us all, and to helping each other not fall victim to those who are always ready to have us identify their enemies as our own?
Colin Harris is professor of religious studies at Mercer University and a member of Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, Ga.


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I have noticed since taking away the pacifier that I am getting less milk at my daily 11am pumping session. Is this related to additional time she 's spending at the breast, or is my supply dropping? I used to get 6 oz and now I am down to 4 oz. I like to have a little expressed milk on hand just in case...
Let me know what you all think, please. I would love to hear what happened when your EBF babies gave up their pacifiers. TIA!
DS is 8 months. Just before 7 months his first tooth started coming through - his interest in his paci was fading so we took it away completely. He's got 2 teeth now, and still is quite happy without the paci (i don't even know where it is anymore)...
I noticed my milk waning a little - but I'm positive that in our situation DS was simply drinking more. Today he was eating every 1 1/2 hrs. He'll gnaw on snap peas and devour nectarines... and potatoes every once in a while, but it's all milk... (I actually came online today to post a cry for help - I am EXHAUSTED).
Is it possible your LO is sucking/drinking more now that the paci is gone? Maybe you need to eat/drink more??
I really have no sound advice, I'm a newbie. Hope someone with more knowledge/experience comes along... in the mean time, our LOs are paci free!! That's sorta great, no?? (I'm happy)
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Thanks for your reply! How are things going with you?
I am also so relieved our babies are paci-free. Giving up the paci with a toddler was a looming tantrum mountain I definitely was not looking forward to climbing. I can sympathize with the frequent feedings; we are also on an every hour and a half schedule during the day. Hang in there. My baby spontaneously started sleeping from 9:30p to 5:00a last week after waking up every two hours or so since birth. Miracles do happen ;)
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Fantasy Afternoon
This one is a sequel to my previous story, "Shared Pleasures". I got some lovely notes on it and the sexy lady who inspired the first provided me with inspiration for yet another. Enjoy, dearest! ~~Hugz from Jen
Alicia was enjoying the new life she had started after divorcing Ron. Every moment of it was filled with hedonistic pleasures, she was determined to live life to its fullest, sexiest potential. The relationship she now shared with her best friend Glory brought her a smile every day and passion almost every night. If Glory wasn't around to make her cum and wet her sheets, her daughter Alison was now more than willing to satisfy her perverted Mommy. Aly was swiftly learning all of her mother's hot-spots and was even finding a few that Glory was unaware of. Alicia had no doubt that in time; Aly would be as perverted as she herself was. The 16-year old teen was the nastiest little slut she had ever known and Alicia was incredibly proud of her and happier still that it had been she who had helped bring that out in the girl.
She loved lapping her daughter's pussy and hearing Allison beg and moan and squeal for her to stop. Of course, being the unprincipled whore that she was, Alicia had no intention of stopping. The 42-year old Mommy just went on the attack until Aly came as hard as she could. She would then let up for a little while before tumbling all over the sweet teen and starting things off again. She adored her gorgeous blonde Glory and Becca was a teenaged wildcat, but there was an undeniably kinky thrill that came with making love to her own, sexy, auburn-haired daughter.
Today she and Glory were taking the girls out and they were going to kick things up a notch. Her friend Polly had called her, informing her of a lingerie fashion show that was by invitation only. The attractive black woman was planning to attend with her daughter and she had been offered four extra tickets by the woman putting on the show. She asked Alicia if she and the others would like to attend.
"It's a school day," Alicia said to her friend with a wistful sigh. "I know that I'd love to come and I'm sure that Glory ..."
"Let them skip school today, it will be totally worth it," Polly insisted. Her tone indicated to Alicia a hint of naughty pleasures yet to be found. "You'll be seeing some of the sexiest lingerie that's on the market and the models are all sexy little bitches, believe me!"
Alicia did believe Polly, her gorgeous friend had never steered her wrong. Sexy lingerie, sexy models, a chance to spend the day with her daughter, Glory and Becca ... it was too much of a temptation to pass up.
"Okay sweetie," Alicia cooed over the phone. "I accept your very generous offer, what do I owe you for all this generosity?"
Polly's voice came over the phone in a husky, whiskey-soaked tone. "In a week or two, I'd love it if you and Alison could join my daughter and me ... for dinner," Polly requested. Polly's tone left Alicia with no doubts that dessert would be far more important than the main course. She readily agreed to those conditions.
Alicia hung up the phone, trembling with delight. She immediately called Glory, who sounded a bit out of it. Saying as much, she laughed when Glory told her the reason.
"We bought Becca a new strap-on yesterday," Glory said, slowly waking from a sex-induced stupor. "Of course, the slutty little whore insisted that we try it out – over and over and over again! I've only been up for 30 minutes, I can barely walk and I haven't had my coffee yet. What are you calling about, sweetheart?"
Alicia related Polly's invitation to her lover, who immediately came awake. "Oh fuck, the four of us surrounded by lingerie-clad girls, we'll be horny for days!" She squealed over the phone. "Of course we want to go, you just give me all the information and Becca and I will be there with bells on!"
Alicia gave her girlfriend all the relevant data and then got off the phone, just in time to see her sexy daughter descend the stairs in a lacy black bra, thong and bedroom slippers. It was almost a chore to get Aly to wear clothes around the house as of late.
"Come back to bed, Mommy-lover," Alison said, licking her lips. "My first few classes today are canceled; they're on a field trip. We can spend another few hours in bed with me eating your pussy – I'm soooo horny!" Alison practically wailed.
"Good God, I've created a sex fiend," Alicia said quietly, although she knew Aly would hear her. "Why didn't you go on the trip?"
Alison giggled. "To a farm? Shyeahhh, right!" Alicia giggled. Her little girl was most assuredly a child of the city. She stood there, shifting her weight around on one foot, looking sexy and edible. It only took minutes for Alicia to submit to her desires, take Alison upstairs and let her ride their favorite strap-on. The girl didn't make any of her afternoon classes either.
Indulging herself with Aly – there were scant words that could describe the feelings, sensations and emotions that went through her body when she and her daughter made love or had sex. There were differences, of course.
Making love with Aly – that was so wonderful, like their souls had joined together and their bodies blended. It was hard to tell where one began and the other left off. Their kisses were soft, tender and lingering. Caresses were slow and gentle, little gasps emerged as they touched each other with affection. In times like this, Alicia felt closer to her daughter than ever before.
Fucking Alison was a totally different game. Alison was much like her mother, a lesbian nymphomaniac. She loved to be lewd in the bedroom, she would nip and bite, she left little scratches all over your body and when she used a dildo, Alicia felt as if her daughter might have been a man in a former life. She also loved it nasty; Alicia would rim her daughter's ass and then fuck her there with the toy. All the while, Alison would be spewing forth profanities that would have got her sent home from school – "or kept after by a few of my teachers", Alison had told her mother with the naughtiest little wink.
Living her life by her own rules had liberated Alicia. She still wasn't ready to move in with Glory, but her love for her best friend had grown even more, if that were possible. Becca and Aly had just made it a happy foursome. The thought of seeing all those hot girls in pretty lingerie had her pussy almost molten-hot with lust and she hoped everyone would be exhausted the morning after.
Although it was only a few days until the lingerie show, to Alicia and Aly, it seemed like forever. When the big day came, the girls did themselves proud. Aly put on the tightest black leather pants she owned, a blouse her mother would never have let her wear last year and sexy and feminine lingerie underneath. She topped that all off with 4-inch black stiletto heels and she wore her auburn hair wild and tousled, giving her a very erotic look.
Alicia had continued getting her body in shape, so she wore a decadent brown suede mini, a low-cut blouse and thigh-high, brown suede "fuck me" boots. Underneath, all of her lingerie was sheer and revealing and she knew both Glory and Becca would find it delicious. Her skin was lightly perfumed and she knew that when mixed with the aroma of sex, it would be delicious. The mother-daughter pair got in Alicia's Jaguar and went to pick up Glory and Becca.
Their outfits almost matched, although in reverse. Glory was in a black mini with a sheer white blouse and heels, black stockings on her sexy legs. Becca's top was black silk and clung to her tits, her mini, stockings and heels were white. Alicia already felt her libido racing and they hadn't even made it to the show yet.
They arrived about 15 minutes before the show and were introduced by Polly to her daughter, Renee. From the way that Polly and Renee were holding hands, Alicia would have bet that they shared the same kind of relationship she shared with Aly and Glory shared with Becca. In a short while, she would find out for herself.
The show began and every model was a yummy piece of eye-candy, as far as the women were concerned. Not one of the women was over 21 and all of them wore the lingerie nicely. Alicia noticed Polly and Renee eying it all closely and taking notes, likely making decisions as to what to buy for their store. Alicia's reactions to each item were making it hard for her to be comfortable – she would have loved to buy each and every piece!
Towards the end of the show, a woman not much younger than Alicia herself came out to thank everyone for attending. She introduced herself as Cindy and told everyone this was her latest line and she was thrilled everyone had been so receptive. A tall, leggy redhead, Cindy could still have modeled herself, Alicia thought. As Cindy finished her speech, a few more models came out and showed off the remaining pieces. It was the final two models that attracted Alicia's attention the most.
They were two saucy redheads that were identical twins, dressed in opposite colors. One wore a black corset, black fishnet stockings and high stiletto heels with a black top hat. Her twin wore a while corset, white patterned stockings, stiletto heels and a white cap. The girls kept moving close together, tantalizing Alicia and her companions with how hot they looked together. Alicia found herself fantasizing about the twins and wondering if they "played" as some sisters and twins often did? She knew her cunt was wet and was thankful that Glory and the others would take care of that soon enough. Everyone applauded as the show ended and Polly took them over to meet Cindy and thank her.
Cindy was beautiful close up, her green eyes were dazzling and you could see she wore her own product nicely. Glory was quite flirtatious with Cindy, she was almost girly in her actions and it amused Alicia to no end. Alicia commented on the twins and how lovely they had been.
"Yes, they are lovely, aren't they?" Cindy smiled. Then, a gentle sigh escaped her lips. "I suppose I shouldn't have let them be in the show – they're only 14. But they're both such shameless little bitches and they asked me so sweetly, I just couldn't say no."
Alicia would have thought the twins were a bit older, but it didn't matter. It was Cindy's next comment that caught her off-guard. "What's a mother to do when her girls want to be models so very much and they both look like that?"
Polly nodded and had the most evil of smiles on her face. In an instant, Alicia knew her friend had been privy to Cindy's little secret.
"We're going out for drinks with Cindy and some of the girls," Polly smiled. "We're going to ... talk business at the store after," She grinned at Alicia.
"Would you be able to take Hannah and Hayley home with you, I could pick them up later," Cindy asked. Glory and Alicia shared a quick look, but there was nothing they could do. Cindy had been gracious with the extra tickets and Alicia knew they were on the spot. Their little sex-fest could wait a few hours, surely. She nodded to Cindy and the woman went to go fetch her daughters. Glory shrugged at her lover and Alicia could see the girls were miffed, but there was nothing to be done about it.
The girls came out a few minutes later and if Alicia thought the sisters were pretty on-stage, off stage, they radiated a youthful, fresh and sensual beauty. Both had soft, gentle voices and seemed very grateful to Alicia for her assistance. They chatted amiably with Alison and Becca and it all sounded so innocent. Alicia chuckled to herself, thinking if the twins knew how atypical the 16-year old teens were, they would have been stunned. For the entire car ride home, Glory kept looking over at Alicia, but there wasn't much Alicia could have done. Their evening would be a bit shorter, but Alicia silently promised her girlfriend and their daughters that she'd make up for it later.
When they got inside Alicia's home, Hannah and Hayley whipped off their coats. They were still wearing the lingerie they had worn in the fashion show. Before anyone could say anything to the twins, Hayley spoke up. "Mom and Aunt Polly told us that we should enjoy ourselves with all of you," She smiled. Hannah spoke next "Mom also told us that she'd be here in a few hours."
The foursome was stunned and if there had been any doubt to just how the girls were to enjoy themselves, those doubts were ended when sexy little Hayley walked over to Glory and planted a sensual, tongue-tangling kiss upon the older blonde. Hannah was in between Alison and Becca and acting like a total little slut, sharing hot, wet kisses with the other teens.
"Aunt Polly?" Alicia questioned.
"Uh-huh," Hayley giggled as she moved away from Glory. "Our uncle was married to Aunt Polly for years, until he decided he wanted a younger woman." She sighed. "What an ass. If he had been smarter and stayed with Aunt Polly, he could have had us, Renee, Polly and Mom and any other little bitch that caught his eye. Why can't men learn to communicate better?" Hayley commented, sounding wise beyond her years.
Alicia decided to make everyone comfortable. Hayley now sat with her, so close that Alicia could count the freckles on her adorable button nose. Glory sat on the other side of her while Hayley's twin was still insinuated between Aly and Becca. Everyone began kissing and caressing, there were soft little sighs of pleasure bouncing off the walls.
"I love older women," Hayley said as Glory's hand slid up and down her fishnet stocking-clad leg. "They know what they're doing, they've usually lost all of their hang-ups and they aren't afraid to let go and they keep on going and have the naughtiest ideas," She grinned as Alicia's adept fingers freed her breasts from the corset. The 14-year old giggled at first at Alicia's touch, but the laughter soon turned to soft, quiet moans which were only silenced when Glory began kissing her.
Alicia glanced over to see the adorable little Hannah being licked and sucked by her own daughter while Hannah's obviously-skilled tongue was dancing across Becca's quim. Moments like these may have seemed so evil and wrong to a lot of people, but for Alicia and her surrogate family, these were the times they lived for. Being on the edge, enjoying liaisons with beautiful women and sexy girls, how could life ever get better than this?
"Fuck, what a great little tongue this naughty slut has!" Becca squealed as Hannah lapped her eagerly. "Mom, wait until she gets her mouth on you – she's almost as good as Aly or Aunt Alicia!"
"She must be good then," Glory grinned, moving from beside Hayley and pulling Alison away from Hannah. "Go and taste her twin baby, let Hayley suck your mom's pussy. If I know my baby, Alicia's climbing the walls right about now – let's really kick this little pussy party into high gear!"
Becca knew that her mother always had the best, naughtiest ideas, so she almost ran to join with Alicia and Hayley. She spread the redheaded teen's legs wide apart, tore the thong to one side and began to gobble the younger girl's cunt. The sisters had one noticeable difference – Hayley had a red landing patch, her sibling was shaved or waxed bare. There was a slight, perfumed aroma rising from Hayley's soaked pussy, Becca dove in and began to lick the hot teen. That spurred Hayley forward, she had been helping Alicia to get naked and was now working her fingers and tongue into the sexy mom's juicy pussy.
"Oh baby, she's a fucking nasty little bitch!" Alicia groaned, making eye contact with Glory. The two friends had shared several adventures over the years but this one, sharing their daughters with two more young girls, this was almost the highest plateau they had ever achieved. She loved watching Glory and Aly blow Hannah's fucking mind, her body was cumming already as her brain raced through all of the various combinations they would be able to perform tonight. Not only could they have different threesomes, there would be the chance for 3 pairings as well. The evening had shifted into high gear the minute everyone walked through Alicia's front door.
"I think we should all go upstairs to the bedroom, we don't want to stain the furniture," Alicia giggled. She led the way but kept looking back at her lovers and the newcomers following behind. Hannah and Hayley didn't walk like typical 14-year olds, they had the naughtiest little wiggle, someone had taught these girls to be provocative. Knowing that made them even sexier to Alicia.
Alicia splayed herself on the bed and before she even had a chance to say a word, Hayley was between her legs and Hannah was sucking her tits. She screamed out loudly as the girls and Glory watched her debauchery. Glory was the next to jump in, putting herself between Hayley's legs and eating her furiously while Alison did likewise to the girl's twin. As for Becca, she flitted about the bed doing anything and everything that came to mind.
"Jesus fucking Christ, this is all so incredibly hot!" Becca groaned as she tongued her mother's cunt. "I bet it can't get better than this, six nasty, hot women sharing one bed, fucking each other and acting like total sluts. I don't see how it could get any better than this!"
"Oh, I can think of one way," Came a voice from the door. The sextet looked over to see Cindy standing there, wearing a sexy Basque, butterfly-patterned black stockings and high boots. She had a look that Alicia would have described as decadent on her gorgeous face.
"I hope you don't mind that I let myself in, the door was open and I could hear all the moaning," Cindy grinned. "I hoped – no, I knew – my girls would be able to pull this off, I was sure all of you would be fucking like bunnies when I came to pick up the girls."
"Oh God, another one," Glory breathed. "You're so fucking sexy Cindy, get naked and join us. I want to see you and your daughters making it, you've done that before, haven't you?"
"Oh yes, several times," Cindy grinned as she approached the bed. Alicia was glad she'd bought a new bed months ago, the biggest they had. It would have to bear the weight of several horny ladies writhing in sexual ecstasy.
"Mommy's be fucking with us for a while," Hayley grinned as her mother buried her face between her twin's legs. "She's an awful, perverted Mommy who does all sorts of things to us – we love every one of them, don't we Hannah?" She giggled.
"Uh-huh," Hannah sighed as her mother licked her deeply. "Mom and Aunt Polly said they thought you were `our kind of people'. This is so nice – we have some new friends who won't judge us," She smiled.
Alicia was almost stupefied at the openness of the two redheaded teens and their sensual mother. The three of them were now tangled up, Cindy between Hannah's legs as her other daughter licked her. She, like Hannah, was bald down below.
Alicia could no longer do the math of how many sexual combinations could be achieved, only that there were more than her wildest dreams. The feeling of soft lips on her neck made her shiver, she turned to see her daughter nuzzling her there while Becca's long, red nails were raking over her thighs. Glory was already lapping her daughter's cunt, their affection for each other only surpassed by their incestuous passion. It was thrilling and Alicia didn't think it would ever lose its lustre. There was a flurry of movement and now it was Cindy between her legs and – DAMN! – the new lover was easily as good as Glory when it came to loving a woman. She winked at Glory when she moved between Cindy's long legs and a happy smile crossed her face when she saw the four teens romping together, legs and arms tangled erotically. Alicia knew this would be a night to remember – it already had been!


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Lauren Panella.
In-form drivers Lauren Panella and Robbie Morris spearhead the attack on Trots TV this week.
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Hi, i am making a 2 tier cake no biggie i can do that my question is how do i make each tier more than 6 inches each? is it as simple as just buying deeper pans???? or thicker filling ? any help would be great am making the cake for my friends 9 year old daughter on Feb 1st in aqua and lime and really want the cake to "wow" her
You don't need to buy deeper pans, just stack as many layers that you need for the desired height remembering to use a support system for every 4" of cake height.
When I need a much taller cake than my 4" - 4 1/2 " norm I will make 3 - 2" layers. Very time consuming in terms of baking, but it looks nice for certain designs.
I do double barrels every so often, and they are two normal 4" tiers constructed to look like one. Very dramatic.
I also make 3 - 2in layers when I need a taller cake, and I don't typically use additional supports within each tier. I use a stiff dam of really thick chocolate ganache and then crumb coat another thick layer of ganache.


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Jenny Barringer of the University of Colorado set a collegiate record of 8:42.03 for 3000 metres on the second and final day of the NCAA Indoor Championships (14).
Barringer, who finished ninth in the Beijing Olympic steeplechase in an American record 9:22.26, showed herself to be equally at ease on the flat, winning by nearly half a lap from the 8:56.27 of Susan Kuijken of the Netherlands, who was the defending champion.
In the men's 3000m, Galen Rupp of Oregon completed a good two days' work with an eased up 7:48.94. On Friday (13) he won the 5000 in 13:41.45 and anchored Oregon to a victory in the distance medley relay with a 1600 metres split in 3:57.08, equivalent to a 3:58.5 mile. Rupp is the first man to claim all three titles in the same meet.
At the other end of the distance scale, both 60m dashes were sizzlers. LaKaya Brookins, a 19-year-old sophomore at South Carolina, parlayed a brilliant start to a 7.13 clocking, equalling Angela Williams' meet record. Minutes later, Jacoby Ford outraced Trindon Holliday, 6.52 to 6.55 in the men's 60. Ford had tied the meet record of 6.51 in Friday's heats.
There was a world indoor season lead for Michael Bingham of Wake Forest who just held off Texas Tech's Gil Roberts in the men's 400m, 45.69 to 45.71. The previous fastest in the world this year was the 45.89 set by Sweden's Johan Wissman when winning the European Indoor title last weekend in Turin, Italy. The 22-year-old Bingham, had a previous indoor best of 46.12.
In the women's 400, Francesca McCrory of Hampton University scored an upset over Jessica Beard, the 2008 World junior silver medallist. Each won her section, but McCrory was faster, running 51.55 to Beard's 51.77.
Kenyan Sally Kipyego bidding to win a record 10 NCAA individual championships, fell just short in the women's Mile. Kipyego led every step of the way until the last one, where she was out-leaned at the finish by Sarah Bowman, 4:27.72 to 4:27.75.
Best of the women's field events was a 4.35 Pole Vault victory by Kylie Hudson, with Alicia Rule second at 4.30 and two others clearing 4.25.
The men's Weight Throw was won by Jason Lewis at 22.88, a mark which vaults him into the top 30 of all time. His PB was 22.04m which he produced in his season's opener in Flagstaff on 23 January. Second yesterday was Steffen Nerdal of Norway, who threw 22.54. The 24-year-old Norwegian had a previous career best of 21.56 from earlier this year.
The men's Triple Jump was won by Christian Taylor, 18, the reigning World Youth champion, with a last- round, last-jump 16.98m. This huge PB (16.11 on 1 March was his previous best) overtook 17-year-old Will Claye's 16.80m which also came on his last attempt, and was better than the USA junior record.
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No matter how new your office computer might be, sooner or later you begin to notice that the thing just isn't running fast enough to satisfy your desire to get your work done ASAP, especially on a Friday afternoon. Of course, it couldn't be your own fault that the calculations you need to put that last crucial piece of data into the important report due on Monday are taking so long to compile. So it has to be the fault of your desktop unit, ancient relic that it is (installed in the bygone era of last month's companywide IT upgrade cycle).
That sense of rising expectations among personal computer users has caused the world's hardware vendors to pull out all the practical stops to address the need for speed with ever more exotic architectures and processors, within the financial constraints of economies of scale. Dual-core processors are now the rage, with quad-core devices hot on their heels. And pity the poor fool who has not been updated from a 32-bit architecture to a 64-bit one.
Need even more power dedicated to your own personal use whenever you want it, like right now? You could try hogging the server farm when your chips are down (pun intended), but that unsympathetic clod who calls himself a systems administrator keeps blocking your access requests with sarcastic usage request replies. Where's Moore's Law when you need it, for heaven's sake (it's nearly 5 o'clock)?
Well, hope may be on the horizon. It won't come soon enough to get you out of today's predicament, but it could give you something to dream about over the weekend.
From this week's Supercomputing 07 Conference in Reno, Nev., comes a report from The Economist, "More's Law", that says the march of the supercomputers from the chilly vaults of the computer science lab to a desktop near you is on in earnest.
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It has also rolled out a desktop monster this month, the SSC flexBLADE, a 1500-watt modular x86 blade cluster (price not announced) that fits in a box so small you could park it next to your file cabinet.
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While I don't have orbital hollowness where the actual eye socket is, I was pretty hollow from the top of the orbital rim to my uppermost cheeks. After months of deliberation, research and being depressed over my super dark circles and tear trough hollows, I finally took the plunge with Restylane.
In hindsight, I am beyond thrilled with the results now that I've had it done, but I'll admit I was a little scared when I first started researching the procedure!!! I read so many horror stories on Real Self about people getting granulomas, under eye bags, prolonged swelling and blood pockets after under eye fillers, so I was very afraid to move forward w/ tear trough injections. Additionally, I noticed there seems to be a minority of plastic surgeons on Real Self that keep reiterating how filler should not be injected near the eye, since the results can be incredibly unforgiving if done incorrectly. But after being miserable for months about my eyes, posting questions on Real Self and researching what doctor I should see, I felt like I had really done my due diligence. I selected Dr. H due to his numerous accolades, reputation and conservative approach. Additionally, I figured if I was going to let anyone inject anything near my eyes/upper cheeks, I wanted that person to be an oculoplastic surgeon.
The process itself wasn't painful at all. I waited about 15-20 minutes for the numbing cream that was slathered on my under eyes to take effect. Before Dr. H started the injections, we agreed that he would under-correct my tear troughs since we weren't sure how much I was going to swell. The plan was to inject a little, and then I would come back in a month for a touch-up. As I looked upward, he began injecting the lower part of my eyelid/cheek junction, using only .5 CC's total for both of my eyes (remember – we were under-correcting!!). The injection process took about 10-15 minutes. Dr. H would inject small amounts, take a step back and look at my face, and keep going. After he was finished, I looked at my face and was so happy - I wasn't hollow anymore!
I felt some transient tenderness where the injections were placed later that night, and a miniscule amount of swelling around one of my eyes that lasted 12 or so hours. Dr. H asked that I not mold the filler around my eyes or press on my face, and to not use any ice. The next day when I woke up, I have never been happier! Even though my tear troughs were slightly undercorrected since we didn't know how much I'd swell, I was so pleased. It's amazing what Restylane can do to improve hollowing in this area, especially when this type of injection is performed by a skilled doctor that knows what he is doing!!
About a month later, I returned to his office for a touch up on my tear troughs. After a touch up, I feel like my under eyes look amazing! There is no hollowness, and I have an absolutely smooth lower eyelid-cheek junction. The amount of concealer I used to paint my lower eyelids with to camouflage the hollow and darkness was dramatically cut! I went from caking primer, color-correcting concealers and tons of powder to barely using anything. Awesome!
I would definitely recommend this procedure …just make sure you see someone that does tons of tear trough cases, is experienced and honest. It's your face, so don't let just anyone touch it! (Especially a non-physician!!) And if you live near the LA area, see Dr. H!!!


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iscsiadm records not found after restarting the service...
I am trying to setup ISCSI on a Server using Centos, I have configured everything already including the CHAP authentication.
When I restart the ISCSI service the records are not loaded automatically.
Any suggestions.
iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p 192.168.10.1
this command discover the 4 targets of my MD3000i
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service iscsi restart
It tells me the iscsiadm no records found, so it doesnt login automatically. I did this on another server I am using to access the same LUN and this one is able to login automatically.
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Hello again, my friend just got a Remington 550-1 at a gun show for under 100.00 what a steal. But now I want a 22 semi too. I forgot how much fun they are. There are a couple of Marlin 60's out there but I prefer the older models with the longer barrels. I found a few Springfields and an Ithica semi, how good are these? These are fairly inexpensive when compared to the Remington.
What's not to like about the Model 60's.
The basic Savage/Stevens/Springfield Model 6/87/187/etc design was manufactured over many years. It IS a good rifle. My Model 87A puts my much newer Ruger 10-22 Rifle to shame.
But, as with any firearm that old, be sure you can check it in person before buying, or have the right to return it if faulty. You'll want to check not only the bore, butthe cartridge lift and feeding - this is where this design seems to fail most often. The good thing is, Numrich (e-gunparts.com) has all parts for these rifles, and any good gunsmith can fix them quickly.
Also, check into the old Mossbergs. Excellent rifles and usually not expensive. I'm up to seven of them! :)
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Turin, Italy and other European cities that reinvented themselves after decades of decline could serve as models for a southeastern Michigan comeback, an expert on urban revitalization said today.
But Jennifer Bradley, a senior research associate for the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, cautioned that Detroit's rebirth will be measured in decades, not years.
"Greater Detroit has a foothold on the future," Bradley told a gathering of civic, business and political leaders at Macomb Community College. "... But it's going to take a long time. It's going to be measured in decades, not political administrations."
Bradley told her audience the story of Turin, which shares a past remarkably similar to that of Detroit.
For many years, the automaker Fiat provided most of the jobs for the Italian city, which came to be known as "Italy's Detroit."
Beginning in the 1970s, manufacturing declined and high-paying jobs disappeared.
"The city hemorrhaged jobs by the tens of thousands," Bradley said.
Eventually, about two-thirds of those jobs disappeared over a period of two decades. Budget deficits followed and Turin found itself a dying city, Bradley said.
But starting with the election of a new mayor in 1993, Turin began its turnaround. City officials focused on improving the city's landscape, putting a railroad that divided the city underground and replacing it with a wide, green boulevard through the heart of town.
Transportation improvements followed and the physical improvements slowly triggered companies to invest again in Turin. Jobs followed.
The turnaround was punctuated in 2006 when Turin was chosen, almost as a reward, to host the Winter Olympics, Bradley said.
"They still have a lot of challenges," she said. "It's more accurate to describe (Turin) as on the road to recovery."
Southeastern Michigan could experience a similar rebirth, Bradley said, though she conceded the region is "at the beginning of the process. There is a lot of work to be done."
Still, the researcher suggested, southeastern Michigan has more assets and is better positioned for an economic turnaround than was Turin.
"You have incredible assets that in many cases exceed what European cities started with," she said.
Bradley suggested several steps will be necessary to key Detroit's rebirth, including major makeovers of the Ambassador Bridge and Detroit-Windsor tunnel to enhance exports and construction of a region-wide mass transit system.
MCC President James Jacobs agreed that physical improvements are necessary to drive economic redevelopment.
"You need a presence, something that draws people together," Jacobs said. "And it can't just be in downtown Detroit."
But, Jacobs added, Bradley couldn't address one key issue.
"Where is the political will to do all of this?" he said.
While the Detroit area may struggle for a while yet, Bradley said the region only needs to look at its own history for proof that a rebirth is possible.
"This is the city that invented the future of America (with the automobile)," she said. "And I think you can reinvent your own future using those same skills and that same ingenuity."
Bradley made her remarks at a fund-raising luncheon for the Macomb Presidential Scholarship. The scholarship fund was established to provide assistance to Macomb Community College students who may not qualify for funding under typical financial aid guidelines.
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SAO PAULO — Prostitutes in one of Brazil's biggest cities are beginning to sign up for free English classes ahead of this year's Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup.
Cida Vieira, president of the Association of Prostitutes in the city of Belo Horizonte, said Tuesday that 20 have already signed up for the courses and she expects at least 300 of the group's 4,000 members to follow suit. The association is organizing the classes and seeking volunteer teachers.
"I don't think we will have problems persuading English teachers to provide services for free," she said. "We already have several volunteer psychologists and doctors helping us."
She said classes are expected to begin in March and last up to eight months.
"It will be important for the girls who will be able to use English to let their clients know what they are charging and learn about what turns them on," Vieira said by telephone.
"And for the same reasons we are also thinking of offering free French and Italian classes," she added.
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"Texas authorities are beginning a sweeping review this week of the state's dominant public school curriculum under pressure from critics who charge that it indoctrinates the children of Texas with communist, pro-terrorist propaganda from behind a shield of secrecy."
Apparently the curriculum developers had the gall to suggest that someone (such as King George III) might have considered the participants of the Boston Tea Party to be "terrorists."
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What follows are excerpts of comments sent by e-mail to the Times by Carolyn Clark, a spokeswoman for the James A. Haley VA Medical Center in Tampa. The term "diversion" refers to the hospital's practice of turning away patients because it is too full or too busy:
We have significantly reduced the amount of time our Emergency Department is placed on diversion status this year. For example, diversion hours went from 518.26 hours in the first quarter of FY07 to 133.25 hours during the same time period in FY08 — a 74 percent reduction. The reduction in diversion hours for the second quarter of FY08 is even better. We were on divert status for 1,024.25 hours in the second quarter of FY07 compared to just 189 diversion hours in Quarter 2 of FY08 — an 82% reduction.
Looking at FY08 thus far, as of July 31, we were on diversion a total of 554.55 hours. For the same period in FY07, our total diversion hours were 1,797.25. This means that 10 months into FY08, we have reduced our total diversion hours by nearly 70 percent. Our end of year figures are expected to be even higher.
We made these significant gains by increasing capacity — adding an additional 31 inpatient beds — and by maximizing our efficiency, evidenced by our length of patient stay, which is consistently below Center for Medicare (CMS) standards. In fact, we have one of the lowest lengths of stay among all hospitals in the VA's VISN 8 Network.
Although we have made remarkable improvements in our diversion rates, we will continue to streamline our processes and maximize the efficient throughput of patient flow — without compromising patient care. We will also continue to evaluate the need to add additional inpatient beds....
The VA treats all patients in emergency situations, in full compliance with the Federal Emergency Medical Treatment Active Labor Act (ETALA) and COBRA. However, if VA does not have the capacity or capability to provide required care in one of its facilities, healthcare is arranged for eligible veterans using community resources. In the case of veterans without a military service-connected disability, Medicare is the primary insurance payee with a co-pay required of the veteran. In the case of eligible veterans with military service-connected disabilities, the health care is cost-free with VA paying 100 percent of the bill. VA complies fully with all federal regulations and U.S. Codes as it pertains to health benefits...
Tampa remains one of the busiest VA hospitals in the nation, with nearly one million outpatient visits and over 13,000 inpatient admissions in 2007.
To give you some perspective, in 2000, we had about 48,000 unique patients (individual patients who came at least once to the hospital. Most patients see their providers about 10 times over the course of the year.) By the end of FY2007, 116,031 unique patients had received care and through July 2008 of this fiscal year, we have provided care to 107,144 unique patients.
Over the last two years, Tampa's patient growth appears to have stabilized, however, the current population continues to age, requiring more emergency room visits and inpatient stays.
Space on the main hospital campus is a definite issue. We're working hard to free up additional bed space by expanding on-site, by reallocating space within the hospital, and by moving outpatient functions off-site.
Here is a snapshot of our initiatives to expand and improve:
We're moving five Primary Care teams, the Outpatient Pharmacy, the Dermatology Clinic and the Eye Clinic out of the main hospital to leased buildings close to the hospital. Most of these moves are expected to be completed by Spring 2009.
We're also expanding on and off campus. In June 2008, we opened a new 30-bed ward in our world-class Spinal Cord Injury Center, bringing the total number of beds in the SCI "hospital within a hospital" to 100. Also, new on-site modular buildings provide about 33,000 additional square feet of space for the Polytrauma program and other functions.
We're adding a 50-bed mental health inpatient ward, a 9,000 sq ft expansion. That project is expected to be completed by December 2008. We've also added 22,000 square feet of space to our Operating Room and Laboratory areas.
A major project that has been approved is construction of a nearly 100,000 square foot, state-of-the-art Polytrauma Healthcare Center that will consist of two new floors of the hospital plus a mechanical penthouse for infrastructure support. Part of this project includes a much-needed 1,500 space parking garage. This project will be underway in 2009.
To provide care for our patients close to where they live, several VA Outpatient Clinic expansions and new facilities are in the works. All facilities are in leased buildings.
Completed in June 2008, the Zephyrhills Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) opened a new 2,155 square foot expansion of its mental health services. The new building is located across from the existing clinic.
The Lakeland CBOC has outgrown its current 4,140 sq foot facility and will relocate into a larger, 10,000 sq ft building and a second new building of the same size housing a Satellite Mental Health Center . The new mental health center will be located behind the new CBOC on 4231 South Pipkin Road . The main CBOC is expected to be completed in the fall of 2008; the mental health center is expected to be completed in early 2009.
Meanwhile, a 4,000 sq ft expansion to the New Port Richey Outpatient Clinic (OPC) is expected to be completed in mid-2009 and a new 5,271 sq ft Satellite Mental Health Clinic will be built about 2 and a half miles from the current VA clinic on Little Road. Also, construction of a new 3,200 sq foot dental clinic in New Port Richey began in July 2008; it's expected to be completed in the fall of 2008.
With the population exploding on the South Shore, a new 50,000 sq ft Outpatient Clinic is also being planned in South Hillsborough County . The clinic has been approved and design, build and activation is planned for the 2010 timeframe. With a planned staff of more than 150, clinic services will include primary care, outpatient mental health, specialty care including audiology, podiatry, urology, women's health care, cardiology, endocrinology, neurology, orthopedics, outpatient surgery, radiology, pharmacy and laboratory.
With these ongoing initiatives and a highly motivated staff dedicated to providing veterans with the very best healthcare available, we are confident that improvements will continue to be made ensuring our patients have access to care when and where they need us most.


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Crime & Punishment of Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Source: GNA
A 19-year-old unemployed has been jailed seven years for unlawful entry, stealing and possessing fire-arm without authority by the Akim Swedru Circuit Court.
Bright Offei admitted the offence and was charged with one year on the first count, two years on the second count and five years on the third. Counts two and three are to run concurrently.
Detective Inspector Kwaku Appiah told the court presided over by Mr. Yaw Atta Sampong, that the complainant, Mr. Joseph Nartey is a farmer at Ohianhyeda village near Akenkensu in the Birim South District while Offei claimed to live at Ashaiman near Tema, but his uncle's village is close to Mr. Nartey's village.
Inspector Appiah said on May 30, this year, at about 0700 hours, Mr. Nartey and his wife went to their farm and returned at about 1200 hours mid-day, but when he entered his room he saw that the room had been ransacked and an amount of GH¢50.00 stolen.
He said Nartey hurriedly informed the volunteers (watchdog committee) of the area, who strongly suspected Offei as the culprit, rushed to his abode and conducted a search on him.
The watchdog committee found on Offei GH¢30, one locally manufactured pistol and a small hammer.
Inspector Appiah said the convict was handed over to the Police and during interrogation, he admitted having gone to Mr. Nartey's village to steal the money but could not tell where he obtained the pistol and the hammer.**


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Commentary: Enough is Enough on Hits From Behind
by Dan Myers/CHN Staff
It wasn't long ago that dangerous hits from behind in hockey were quite rare.
While in college, I covered Minnesota State hockey for three years. Over that span, I missed perhaps one home game and would travel to away games a few times per season. I don't think it's a stretch to say I'd see maybe three or four checking from behind majors in a season — at least with my own two eyes.
This was during the mid-to-late 2000s, so this is by no means a "when I was young..." kind of story.
Friday night, I settled down in the living room to take in one of the more epic nights of WCHA television in recent memory. At one point, I had access to four games at once. Needless to say, I was doing plenty of channel surfing.
In the four hours I watched games that night, I witnessed two checking from behind majors live. Another happened in the MSU-Wisconsin game I was not watching at that particular moment. That's three — in one night.
Lately, it seems at least one team in every game will get the benefit of a 5-minute power play at some point in the night. Certainly, officials are being directed to more vigilantly call these hits as majors. But it goes beyond that, to a cultural shift that has taken place. Unfortunately, with those odds, it's only a matter of time before we see another devastating injury caused by one of these hits.
The problem I have with these hits is how brazenly and overtly dirty many of them are.
Take the hit by North Dakota's Danny Kristo on Minnesota's Ben Marshall on Friday night. Argue all you want folks, Kristo went into the corner with an intent to cause some damage. Was he trying to paralyze Marshall? Absolutely not. But judging by the forearm to the back of the head Kristo also gave Marshall, this was no garden variety check. Was it anger? Was it frustration? Is there a history here? Only one person knows for sure.
His reaction to his game misconduct aside, Kristo deserved being tossed from that game. He also deserves a suspension, and a lengthy one at that. Unfortunately, he won't receive one.
North Dakota fans will crow about that assessment, but these are the same people that said the suspension of St. Cloud State's Aaron Marvin a couple of years back for his check from behind on Chay Genoway was too short. And I agree with them. Any check that has an intent to injure needs to be handled swiftly and harshly. By looking at the replay, there is no way to say there wasn't intent on the part of Kristo.
And until college hockey — no, all of hockey — wants to start handing out suspensions for checks from behind, this type of behavior will continue. In today's SportsCenter culture where guys are trying their damnedest to flatten someone, a clear message needs to be sent: Such behavior will not be tolerated. Ever.
Checking, at its purest form, was once used to separate a man from the puck. Now, it's used as a way to fire up the crowd and his teammates. In some cases, it's used to send a message.
The message Kristo sent Friday night was a clear one. And for the record, the puck was long gone when he hit Marshall from behind.
This isn't meant to pick solely on Kristo either. In the same series 24 hours later, Minnesota's Tom Serratore checked North Dakota's Andrew MacWilliam from behind and was assessed a minor for charging. This should have been a check from behind. Just a couple of minutes later, teammate Mark Alt was booted — and rightfully — for a check from behind.
It's this kind of reckless behavior — and its cousin, head hits — that can simply no longer be tolerated. It adds nothing to the game, and by cracking down on it, takes nothing away from it. My solution: Instead of a game misconduct, start by making it a game disqualification, thereby forcing the offending player to sit an additional game. There needs to be a system in place to crack down on repeat offenders too.
Start assessing these penalties as game disqualifications and I promise guys will start thinking twice about laying someone out from behind. In the mean time, it'd be nice if coaches took some initiative and sat down a guy for a dangerous hit. It sends a message to a player that he is not only accountable to the league, but also to his team.
There is no place in college hockey for checks from behind. I hope something is done, and done soon, before it costs someone a chance to live a normal life away from the rink.


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Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Dental Anesthesia
Coming off anesthesia
Is there anyway to get the anesthesia through your system faster? In other words get rid of the numb faster.
There is a new medication that just came out that speeds the offset of "numbness". It cuts the typical lip or tongue numbness from 3 hours to 2 hours or less. It is called Oraverse. Other than this, some local anesthetics without epinephrine have a somewhat shorter duration of soft tissue anesthesia. And lastly, having your dentist use the smallest amount to achieve numbness for the duration of the intended procedure can help. Good luck.
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I am sick of it. Stop right now.
I am a size 2 on my most bloated days. I am an attractive woman, or so I have been told. I weigh 115 lbs. I don't exercise, because frankly, I hate it and chasing a two year old around ought to count for something. I eat cheese and carbs. I drink beverages that aren't diet, and honestly, I never will drink diet. I eat greasy, fried foods like there is no tomorrow.
Just because I am thin, and am so without dieting or exercise, does NOT mean I am not allowed to have feelings, much less negative ones. It does not mean I can wear "anything". It doesn't make me a shallow, vacuous idiot.
I have the same life as you--I just am thin. I have a husband who is deployed. I scare myself silly sometimes thinking of what could happen to him. I have a two year old who can drive me up a wall. My relatives and in-laws make the Osbournes look like Ward and June Cleaver. I do not have a perfect life, I am just thin.
I find clothes I like everywhere. Only problem is, they are never in my size. Yes, that's right, they are never in my size! All I can ever find in clothing styles I like are the so-called plus sizes. (Women who wear these are NOT plus, they are average and just as beautiful as any other woman alive.) I found an adorable top that would have looked great on me and bonus! It was on clerance for a buck fifty! Woot! The smallest size? XL. Great, because THAT will fit. I am not on the secret fashion mailer, I am just thin.
I am not an idiot. My IQ is higher than 92% of the American population. I know the difference between effect and affect. I know alot is actually spelled a lot. My husband, who is a very intelligent man, can't even understand what I say half the time. My name isn't Muffy or Candy. I am not dumb, I am just thin.
I can't even get a decent job because of my size. Oh, don't believe me? 80% of the interveiwers for positions in the area I live are women. Most of them are not a size 2 or even close to it. They take one look at me and little frown lines appear between their eyebrows. I never get the job. In the ones where a man interviews me, he spends more time staring at my tits than my resume(and yes I have started wearing turtlenecks to interviews with men--they stare at my tush instead). When they hire me(which they always do) I quit within a week, because an hourly game of slap and tickle wasn't in the job description, and I have no desire to put it in.I am not paid more for my size. I can't even get the job, I am just thin.
I am not anorexic or bulimic or the possesor of any eating disorder. I am just thin.
I don't have constant great hair days. I am just thin.
I have a monthly period which suck big ole monkey turds. i am just thin.
Stop being hateful to me. Stop telling me you hate me because you do not wear my dress size. It hurts. I don't care if you are joking. I still have feelings! I do not tell you I hate you because you wear clothes I cannot find in my size, do I? If I were to say that to you, you would hurt. I feel that way everytime you say it to me.
I have not always been pretty, trust me. I had a mullet and coke bottle glasses in middle school. I didn't even NEED a TRAINING bra until I was 16. I was teased mercilessly every day for three years in school. I still carry the emotional scars of that. I may be thin on the outside, but I am still human inside. I still have a tender heart that hurts when you make fun of me, when you say you hate me, when you dislike me because I don't look just like you, when you look at me with disgust because I do not look just like, when you treat me like I have the bubonic plague just because I DO NOT LOOK JUST LIKE YOU!!!
I am human. I have a tender heart. I need your friendship, just as you need mine. Stop hating me because I am not just like you. Let's celebrate our differences instead and find what is inside each other that we can love. I know we can do it.
I agree 100%!!! Although I do work out I am a naturally tiny person and I can never find anything that fits and I cant wear "anything". Xs and 0 is sometimes to big and it sucks just as much. Great post!
I sooooo understand this. Real women come is ALL shapes and sizes. Great post!
I thought i was the only one that had this problem. i never have anything in my size and people tell me that they wish they could be this small. It's nothing special really. A medium is too big for me and sometiems a small too. I have to wear extra small which they don't usually make too many of. On top of that i wear anywhere for a size 0-3 which sometimes a 0 is too big then what? it doesn't get any smaller than that. People automatically assume that i don't eat and that's why i'm this size and that's not it at all. If i knew what it was then i would change it so i could be a bigger size and not have EVERY person who ever talks to me tell me how tiny i am and i couldn't of have a baby this tiny. I AM AND I DID SO GET OVER IT! .... i'm done rambling and venting =]
good. post.... but i am more of a sturdy woman.... ... i once had a friend say..... Deborah ... you are a pioneer woman... OMG... I almost flatten him....hahahahah
Coming from the other side of that spectrum, I have to say that was a really good post. I am guilty of thinking thoughts like that sometimes, that if only I were thin... Look at her, I wish I was that thin... Society really does a number on us all, doesn't it? Classic case of "The grass is always greener..." people don't realize that everyone has struggles. And we are all different for a reason. We have to celebrate our differences.
And LOL @ pioneer woman -- I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time but that made me laugh :)
Thank you ladies. I really didn't want to offend ANY woman, no matter her shape, color, heritage, dress size, whatever! ALL women are beautiful! Look at yourself. There is something beautiful and unique about every single one of you! No diet will ever take your beauty away or add to it. No makeup will either. What is beautiful is INSIDE us all! We have to learn to love one another, not judge one another based off of superficial and shallow reasons, like dress size or skin color.
We ALL have difficulties, and we ALL have our triumphs. And if you are on this site, you have the greatest triumph of all--a child who looks at you and sees love. A child who knows you hold their world in your hands and you will never let them fall. A child who calls you the most precious and wonderful name of all--MOM.
We are all Mom's on here--let's love each other, if for no other reason.
..... ooooooooo..... another well said... mama4christ361..... yep my little girl... is always giving me compliments... not matter what i look like
On the other side of thin, when I see a thin woman, I usually think "I remember when I looked like that" or "I miss my old body". I had a really good friend who was tall and very thin, and I was constantly amazed at how rude people were to her. Accusing her of having an eating disorder, making fun of her stature, telling her they "hated" her, even going so far as to say that she couldn't understand what struggling was because she was "skinny".
For whatever reason, some people take someone else's thinness as a personal affront, as if the thin women of America are thin just to piss the non-thin off. Of course this is insecurity, low self-esteem, and plain old fashioned jealousy. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who are like this.
Don't let them bring you down :)
If you think your thin you should see me! Now I am not putting down heavy people out all but thin is better then heavy both health wise and look wise! Also I don't want to be rude or anything, but by looking at your picture on your page your not as pretty as you call out to be. Like saying you will get any job if it is a man hiring you! Don't get me wrong your in no way ugly but your not gorgeous or anything. I am no better looking either, but I don't say " I was not always this pretty ". Again your not ugly but your not drop dead move over gorgeous either. Sorry I call it the way I see it. Don't get your panties in a wad now either. We are just plain simple thin people that's all.
Well, that was quite rude. I never said I was gorgeous, just attractive. In this area, many of the women here are overweight and toothless, because it is very rural, so any attractive woman will get a job from a man. I am really hurt and speechless over your comment needpills. That was a very rude and mean thing to say. I hope you know, I love you anyways. All women need love, even ones who can less than nice.
Plus, I think you are a very attractive woman, as well.
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text: sam22 Posted January 9, 2008 I have noticed that choosing the player bonuses for winning leagues, cups etc makes no difference at all to performance.. For example i could offer my squad the lowest bonuses for winning league etc, and they will still win every game... I won the champions league, winning every game. However, in the league cup playing my strongest side I was beaten in the quarter finals by a championship side Have other people noticed this? Its coming up to the time when I need to offer my bonuses for the season, and i'm thinking of offering the minimum lowest amounts possible. Do you think this will make me less likely to do well, and my players to perform as well? At the moment i don't think this decision is even factored into the game, the decision is simply used to calculate how much you pay at the end of the season. It dosen't effect the players morale, dertermination, performance in big games etc Thanks for your comments and thoughts guys Alternatively, I have offered maximum bonuses for all competitions only to lose and play poorly. I am talking about managing the same team. Has anyone else noticed this? You might as well just offer your squad the minimum bonus for all competitions entered as this decision has no effect on the performance whatsoever. I hace read that offering higher season bonuses for certain competitions makes you more likely to perform better. This is simply not true. Simiarly, it dosen't work in priorotising which trophy you want to win most. I tried as an experiment to offer the minimum bonus for champions league, and the maximum bonus for the league cup 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites