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David fiddled with the bouquet in his hands, straightening the petals to make the roses look as presentable as possible. Satisfied with his fixing, he took a deep breath and knocked on the wooden door, taking a step back as he waited.
Elinvynia had insisted that instead of going out for a date, that they should instead "stay-in" and spend the night at her place. He wasn't against it at all, since it meant he didn't have to worry about arranging everything, and even less so thanks to the fact that she had mentioned it the last time they spoke on the phone, her voice adding a hint of "suggestion" to her suggestion. And so, he found himself standing on her front porch, sporting his best suit and a bushel of roses, a tad cliché but still appropriate for the day.
A shadow moved behind the closed shutter of the front door, David perking up as it was opened. Deep red eyes peered back at him as more and more of the Succubus behind the door was revealed, Elinvynia smiling back at him, tossing her hair seductively over her shoulder with a hand and placing the other on a jutted-out hip.
"Hello, David."
Her seductive drawl sent a shiver down David's back, unable to respond as he took her in. Long, black spade tail flicking behind her, her pale skin was contrasted starkly by the black and red lace she wore, little being left to David's imagination.
She took a step forward, her high heels clacking on the hardwood, and a hand reaching out to pluck a rose from the bouquet in his hands. Taking a quick sniff from the flower, she reached out to cup David's slack jaw. "Happy Valentine's day to you too, dear."
The Succubus leaned in for a kiss, her thin tail moving to wrap around David's ankle. He craned his chin down to meet her, eyes closing as he anticipated the embrace.
But the embrace never came, Elinvynia instead breaking out into a fit of giggles, causing David to open his eyes. The Succubus giggled into her hand, face as red as the rose she held, her tail still wrapped around David's leg. "D-Dav-" She struggled to say his name, wings flapping spastically as David stepped into the house, closing the door behind him.
"Ellie…" He chided her as he reached out towards the Succubus, brushing part of her sleek black hair behind her ear. She continued to giggle as she lunged into his chest, David wrapping his free arm around her to both embrace her, and to keep her from flying away with her flapping. "Way to ruin the moment…"
"S-Sorry…" She struggled between her laughs, gazing up towards David from behind her hand, cheeks red and sore from laughing. "I just… The look on your face! I couldn't help it!"
Elinvynia broke into another giggle fit, diving back into David's embrace. He sighed, patting the Succubus' back, pulling away to kiss her forehead. "Are you done?" He asked in jest, untangling himself from her grasp and tail, the Succubus stumbling backwards, her giggle fit finally dying off.
"I am…" Elinvynia began, switching in an instant to a more serious tone, twirling around on her heel to allow David a fuller view of her backside as she walked off towards the kitchen. "So that means our 'date' has started, then…"
David sighed, craning his neck and shuffling forward to let his eyes follow Elinvynia's ass, a grin on his lips. "What exactly are you planning?"
The red-eyed Succubus was busy tying her apron as David entered the kitchen, the very same apron that she had worn when he had spent his first of many mornings at her place. "Food, first of all." Her spade tail flicked towards the stove as if to gesture towards it, her hands moving to her hair to tie it into a tight bun, mindful of her horns. "Then after… Well, I don't think I need to say…"
Once again, Elinvynia grabbed David's attention by giving her garter framed hips a small shake, her attention now turned towards the stove. "For now, you can just relax, and maybe put my roses into a vase? Oh, and enjoy the view of course…~"
Now more familiar with the layout of the house thanks to his near-nightly visits, David moved towards where he thought the vases would be, taking the chance to leave a kiss on Elinvynia's cheek as he passed. The Succubus froze up momentarily at the gesture, her stirring of the pasta in the pot ceasing for a second. Blush now on her cheeks, she smiled and swatted at David with her tail as he passed again, causing him to cry out a little as it hit his butt.
Roses now placed as the dining room centerpiece, David pulled out a chair, slinging his jacket over the back, making sure to double check that his second gift was still in its rightful place.
"Do you need a hand at all, Ellie?" He asked before he sat down, rapping his knuckles on the table in slight nervousness.
The Succubus hummed, glancing into the dining room from the corner of her eye. "Well, yes, but not with the cooking…" She used her tail to pull her lingerie slightly askew, David's heartbeat picking up as she wiggled her hips.
"Ellie, I'm being serious." He said with a cheeky smile. "Is there anything I can do?"
She thought seriously for a moment, pale lips pursed as she fixed her underwear. "Well… You see those candles?" She pointed with her tail to behind David, a small assortment sitting on the top of a nearby cupboard. "Maybe light a few, set the mood…"
After another shake of the hips and a sly look from the Succubus, David stood up as Elinvynia turned back towards preparing the meal. Taking a moment to dim the lights, David quickly retrieved the candles and lit them, placing a few around the dining and adjacent living room, leaving the two largest and brightest ones to flank the rose bouquet centerpiece.
Sitting back down, David patiently waited for Elinvynia to finish her work, the smell of the food being prepared wafting out of the kitchen and throughout the rest of the home. He couldn't help but smile and stare dumbly at the scantily clad Succubus, who was more than putting on a show for him. If she went to grab something from a lower cupboard, she would make sure that David had a perfect view of her ass as she bent over, or, much to her blushing and tail-thrashing after, she would occasionally test the sauce she was cooking for the pasta, her tongue seductively lapping it up.
Soon enough, the food was ready and Elinvynia promptly dished out their portions, turning off the lights in the kitchen before striding out to meet her Valentine's date. David, who up until then had been too preoccupied with eyeing her figure, straightened his back as she set the spaghetti down on the table.
His eyes jumped to hers, an expression of confusion and suspicion on David's face. "There's only one plate…"
"Are you protesting?"
He sighed as the three-fourths nude woman wiggled her eyebrows at him, chin perched in a palm. "No," he said with a small chuckle, picking up a fork and spinning some spaghetti onto it. "I just have the suspicion you might be calling me a tramp, and if you are, that also means you're a lady."
Elinvynia giggled and blushed into her hand, taking a moment to brush some fallen bangs from her eyes, using her upward-curving horns to hold them in place. "I guess you've see through my plan, then." She said smiling, scooting her chair closer so that she was sitting right next to him, a hand coming to rest on his thigh.
Holding the fork out to allow the pale Succubus to take a bite, David replied. "It wasn't an objection, I just would like to get through dinner before you jump me."
Elinvynia kissed his cheek and then rested her head on David's shoulder as he took a bite himself, fingers still tracing the inside of his leg. "I guess you're right…" she hummed, hand stealthily moving to lightly pat his crotch, eliciting a small jump from him. "But that also means I'll be having a dessert after."
"We both will if the night goes right."
Again, David held out some spaghetti for his date, the couple sharing the fork, a fact which had not gone unnoticed by the blushing Succubus. "David?" She spoke up as he chewed on a meatball, giving his arm a small shake to grab his attention.
"I just want to say before we get busy tonight that, um… Dammit I'm so bad at this stuff…" She murmured under her breath, her pointed ears drooping slightly.
Placing the fork down, David turned towards her, brushing some hair out from in front of her face. "What's the matter?"
"I just… I'm really… Dammit…"
"Take your time Ellie, it's alright."
Elinvynia glanced at him from the corner of her eye, smiling slightly. "I-I'm just really, really happy about this. All of this."
"You mean our date? It's been reall-"
"Not our date, just, our everything." She interrupted, turning towards David, a newfound confidence surging within her. "This past month and a bit has been utterly amazing, and I've don't think I've ever been this happy."
David stayed quiet as she searched for more words, the Succubus biting her lower lip in thought. "I told you I'm bad at this…"
"Hey now, maybe…" He thought for a moment, taking both of her hands into his, rubbing his thumbs over her knuckles. "Maybe instead of saying it, show it?"
Her red eyes widened at his suggestion, Elinvynia unable to hold back a smile. Without a word, she looked away briefly to the side, as if to psych herself up, before turning back towards David and leaning in to kiss him, her wings flapping happily again.
David gladly returned the kiss, the couple lingering in the embrace for a few more moments before he had to pull away for breath, the Succubus struggling to keep her lips pressed against his.
"I think I get what you mean now." He said, giving her hands a squeeze. Elinvynia just giggled, breaking one of her hands free and reaching out and rubbing her thumb over the corner of his mouth.
"You had a bit of my lipstick on you."
In response, David leaned back in for a kiss. "Good." He said as he pulled away, reaching into his suit jacket pocket, pulling a folded piece of paper out from it. "I think it's a good time for this as well."
Elinvynia's eyes widened as she took the card from David, fingers tracing over the "For Elinvynia" carefully written across the front. Opening it, the Succubus' eyes darted across the lines of the card David had written for the occasion, blush growing and mouth slowly falling open as she read on. "I'm so lucky to have found you…" She whispered to herself as she read, repeating the proclamations and confessions David had written. "…never been happier than I am with you…"
"…I love you…" Elinvynia froze momentarily as she read the final line, before suddenly jumping forward and wrapping David in a hug, her jet-black wings wrapping around the both of them to complete the embrace. "Daviiiiiiiiiiiiiiid~!" She squealed into his chest, tail thrashing madly behind her in pure joy. "I-I… I love you, too!" The Succubus, so overcome with emotion, was unable to speak anymore, David planting a loving kiss on her cheek.
"Happy Valentine's Day, Elinvynia, I love you."
Her response was another kiss, the couple unable to hold back their smiles as they did.
Finally pushing the clingy Succubus away, David picked the fork back up and held another bit of spaghetti out towards her. "More, my love?"
Elinvynia's blush almost became as red as her eyes at that moment. "Please…"
The two continued to eat, staying as close as they possibly could, with Elinvynia's tail wrapping around David's leg like usual, a few times David having to pry her hands from out of his pants. Soon enough, though, the plate was near empty, the couple both full and satisfied at their meal.
"I'll go put this in the sink." Elinvynia said, leaving a peck on David's cheek as she stood. "Just stay right there, dear."
He smiled as she sauntered off, again eyeing her lace-framed ass until she had momentarily left his view, leaving him alone. Staring off through the window to his right, David watched a pair of cardinals sitting on the leafless, snow-covered branch outside, nestled together for warmth as the sun set. He smiled, content with how the night had gone so far. Elinvynia was right, this past while had been the best of his life. He wasn't sure if it was just the fabled "honeymoon phase" that had yet to wear off, but the fact that his heart always sped up around her, the feeling of warmth and contentedness, the butterflies in his stomach, all of it pointed towards the love between them. A love that he had confessed in the letter he had wrote her.
The feeling of two hands grabbing his knees and spreading apart his legs grabbed David's attention, looking down to see a pair of red eyes staring back at him, accompanied by a mischievous smile. "I did say I would get a dessert after, did I not?" Elinvynia said with a snicker, leaning in to kiss David's soon to be un-clothed crotch.
David began to reach down to undo his pants for her, eager to oblige her thanks to the teasing that had gone on throughout the date, but was swatted away by her tail. "I know what I'm doing, dear~"
Another kiss on his growing bulge, and Elinvynia slowly undid the zipper to his pants, popping the button off so that she could shimmy off his pants. Now only his underwear in her way, she planted yet another kiss on him, reaching up to grab the hem of his underwear and pull it down swiftly.
Her hands jumped to his growing length almost instinctively, beginning to stroke his shaft. "Ohhhh~" She mused, wiggling her hips in anticipation with her eyes focused solely on his cock. "I can't believe this is all for me…" She planted a kiss on his head after pulling back the foreskin, leaving a trail of dark red lipstick along his shaft as she traveled downwards.
David sighed heavily as her lips reached his balls, the Succubus taking one into her mouth to suck on as she stroked his length with both hands. His own hands reached out to grab her head, lifting her away as he scooted out the chair to give her more space beneath the table, the Succubus, whose eyes had begun to glaze over in lust, struggling to keep her face in his crotch.
Before going back to suckle on his balls, Elinvynia's black spade tail came around to her mouth, the Succubus sucking on it seductively to cover it with her spit. "Now let's see how long you'll last with this~"
Both hands grabbing his cock, she pulled back David's foreskin as she took one of his testicles into her mouth again, her spade tail moving to rub on his throbbing head. Timing her motions, Elinvynia would flick her tail on his sensitive head each time she stroked downward, David's hips already beginning to buck under her expert ministrations.
Sensing this, the Succubus quickly switched tactics, her warm mouth moving to his head, diving on without a second thought. David almost had to back away from the action, a shock running up his spine as she easily took his full length into her throat, leaving a red ring of lipstick around his base after pulling off.
"Tastes as amazing as always…" She said with a smirk, kissing his head again and giggling.
David's head was thrown back over the top of the chair, the man gasping for air and gazing at the ceiling. "Good… To hear…"
Elinvynia set back to her work, both of her slender hands grasped firmly around his base, eagerly bobbing on the first third of David's cock. "Ellie…" He moaned after a gasp, her tongue dancing across the underside of his head.
She responded with a sultry wink, continuing to tease and play with David's sensitive head, her lipstick being smeared across it, black makeup running slightly from her watering eyes.
"Ellie!" David suddenly grabbed onto the Succubus horns, pulling her down further onto his cock as a jolt of pleasure ran through his body, Elinvynia's magic already having brought him to orgasm. She gagged slightly on his cock as he came, struggling to breath, but not fighting against her lover's pleasure. With her nose firmly pressed against David's abdomen, she made a few swallowing motions to both swallow his cum, and help David through his climax, one of the Succubus' hands traveling down beneath her lingerie to her own nethers.
Even after he had run his course and let go of Elinvynia's horns, she kept herself firmly planted on his cock, running a thumb along the underside of it to get every last drop of cum out of him, David gasping when she finally pulled off, a string of spit connecting her mouth to his cock. "Ah…" She mused, licking his head one more time to swallow up the last drops, continuing to kiss his length and play with herself, gazing back up at David.
"Care to… Move up to the bedroom?" David asked between gasps, the Succubus standing up from beneath the table, a hand still firmly grasping his still-erect cock.
"Of course, our date is far from over, dear~"
With a kiss on the cheek and a small giggle, the couple began their way upstairs, a thin spade tail wrapped around a leg.
Tags: Succubus, Smut, Valentine's Day ------------------------------------- David fiddled with the bouquet in his hands, straightening the petals to make the roses look as presentable as possible. Satisfied with his fixing, he took a deep breath and knocked on the wooden door, taking a step back as he waited. Elinvynia had insisted that instead of going out for a date, that they should instead "stay-in" and spend the night at her place. He wasn't against it at all, since it meant he didn't have to worry about arranging everything, and even less so thanks to the fact that she had mentioned it the last time they spoke on the phone, her voice adding a hint of "suggestion" to her suggestion. And so, he found himself standing on her front porch, sporting his best suit and a bushel of roses, a tad cliché but still appropriate for the day. A shadow moved behind the closed shutter of the front door, David perking up as it was opened. Deep red eyes peered back at him as more and more of the Succubus behind the door was revealed, Elinvynia smiling back at him, tossing her hair seductively over her shoulder with a hand and placing the other on a jutted-out hip. "Hello, David." Her seductive drawl sent a shiver down David's back, unable to respond as he took her in. Long, black spade tail flicking behind her, her pale skin was contrasted starkly by the black and red lace she wore, little being left to David's imagination. She took a step forward, her high heels clacking on the hardwood, and a hand reaching out to pluck a rose from the bouquet in his hands. Taking a quick sniff from the flower, she reached out to cup David's slack jaw. "Happy Valentine's day to you too, dear." The Succubus leaned in for a kiss, her thin tail moving to wrap around David's ankle. He craned his chin down to meet her, eyes closing as he anticipated the embrace. But the embrace never came, Elinvynia instead breaking out into a fit of giggles, causing David to open his eyes. The Succubus giggled into her hand, face as red as the rose she held, her tail still wrapped around David's leg. "D-Dav-" She struggled to say his name, wings flapping spastically as David stepped into the house, closing the door behind him. "Ellie…" He chided her as he reached out towards the Succubus, brushing part of her sleek black hair behind her ear. She continued to giggle as she lunged into his chest, David wrapping his free arm around her to both embrace her, and to keep her from flying away with her flapping. "Way to ruin the moment…" "S-Sorry…" She struggled between her laughs, gazing up towards David from behind her hand, cheeks red and sore from laughing. "I just… The look on your face! I couldn't help it!" Elinvynia broke into another giggle fit, diving back into David's embrace. He sighed, patting the Succubus' back, pulling away to kiss her forehead. "Are you done?" He asked in jest, untangling himself from her grasp and tail, the Succubus stumbling backwards, her giggle fit finally dying off. "I am…" Elinvynia began, switching in an instant to a more serious tone, twirling around on her heel to allow David a fuller view of her backside as she walked off towards the kitchen. "So that means our 'date' has started, then…" David sighed, craning his neck and shuffling forward to let his eyes follow Elinvynia's ass, a grin on his lips. "What exactly are you planning?" The red-eyed Succubus was busy tying her apron as David entered the kitchen, the very same apron that she had worn when he had spent his first of many mornings at her place. "Food, first of all." Her spade tail flicked towards the stove as if to gesture towards it, her hands moving to her hair to tie it into a tight bun, mindful of her horns. "Then after… Well, I don't think I need to say…" Once again, Elinvynia grabbed David's attention by giving her garter framed hips a small shake, her attention now turned towards the stove. "For now, you can just relax, and maybe put my roses into a vase? Oh, and enjoy the view of course…~" Now more familiar with the layout of the house thanks to his near-nightly visits, David moved towards where he thought the vases would be, taking the chance to leave a kiss on Elinvynia's cheek as he passed. The Succubus froze up momentarily at the gesture, her stirring of the pasta in the pot ceasing for a second. Blush now on her cheeks, she smiled and swatted at David with her tail as he passed again, causing him to cry out a little as it hit his butt. Roses now placed as the dining room centerpiece, David pulled out a chair, slinging his jacket over the back, making sure to double check that his second gift was still in its rightful place. "Do you need a hand at all, Ellie?" He asked before he sat down, rapping his knuckles on the table in slight nervousness. The Succubus hummed, glancing into the dining room from the corner of her eye. "Well, yes, but not with the cooking…" She used her tail to pull her lingerie slightly askew, David's heartbeat picking up as she wiggled her hips. "Ellie, I'm being serious." He said with a cheeky smile. "Is there anything I can do?" She thought seriously for a moment, pale lips pursed as she fixed her underwear. "Well… You see those candles?" She pointed with her tail to behind David, a small assortment sitting on the top of a nearby cupboard. "Maybe light a few, set the mood…" After another shake of the hips and a sly look from the Succubus, David stood up as Elinvynia turned back towards preparing the meal. Taking a moment to dim the lights, David quickly retrieved the candles and lit them, placing a few around the dining and adjacent living room, leaving the two largest and brightest ones to flank the rose bouquet centerpiece. Sitting back down, David patiently waited for Elinvynia to finish her work, the smell of the food being prepared wafting out of the kitchen and throughout the rest of the home. He couldn't help but smile and stare dumbly at the scantily clad Succubus, who was more than putting on a show for him. If she went to grab something from a lower cupboard, she would make sure that David had a perfect view of her ass as she bent over, or, much to her blushing and tail-thrashing after, she would occasionally test the sauce she was cooking for the pasta, her tongue seductively lapping it up. Soon enough, the food was ready and Elinvynia promptly dished out their portions, turning off the lights in the kitchen before striding out to meet her Valentine's date. David, who up until then had been too preoccupied with eyeing her figure, straightened his back as she set the spaghetti down on the table. His eyes jumped to hers, an expression of confusion and suspicion on David's face. "There's only one plate…" "Are you protesting?" He sighed as the three-fourths nude woman wiggled her eyebrows at him, chin perched in a palm. "No," he said with a small chuckle, picking up a fork and spinning some spaghetti onto it. "I just have the suspicion you might be calling me a tramp, and if you are, that also means you're a lady." Elinvynia giggled and blushed into her hand, taking a moment to brush some fallen bangs from her eyes, using her upward-curving horns to hold them in place. "I guess you've see through my plan, then." She said smiling, scooting her chair closer so that she was sitting right next to him, a hand coming to rest on his thigh. Holding the fork out to allow the pale Succubus to take a bite, David replied. "It wasn't an objection, I just would like to get through dinner before you jump me." Elinvynia kissed his cheek and then rested her head on David's shoulder as he took a bite himself, fingers still tracing the inside of his leg. "I guess you're right…" she hummed, hand stealthily moving to lightly pat his crotch, eliciting a small jump from him. "But that also means I'll be having a dessert after." "We both will if the night goes right." Again, David held out some spaghetti for his date, the couple sharing the fork, a fact which had not gone unnoticed by the blushing Succubus. "David?" She spoke up as he chewed on a meatball, giving his arm a small shake to grab his attention. "Yeah?" "I just want to say before we get busy tonight that, um… Dammit I'm so bad at this stuff…" She murmured under her breath, her pointed ears drooping slightly. Placing the fork down, David turned towards her, brushing some hair out from in front of her face. "What's the matter?" "I just… I'm really… Dammit…" "Take your time Ellie, it's alright." Elinvynia glanced at him from the corner of her eye, smiling slightly. "I-I'm just really, really happy about this. All of this." "You mean our date? It's been reall-" "Not our date, just, our everything." She interrupted, turning towards David, a newfound confidence surging within her. "This past month and a bit has been utterly amazing, and I've don't think I've ever been this happy." David stayed quiet as she searched for more words, the Succubus biting her lower lip in thought. "I told you I'm bad at this…" "Hey now, maybe…" He thought for a moment, taking both of her hands into his, rubbing his thumbs over her knuckles. "Maybe instead of saying it, show it?" Her red eyes widened at his suggestion, Elinvynia unable to hold back a smile. Without a word, she looked away briefly to the side, as if to psych herself up, before turning back towards David and leaning in to kiss him, her wings flapping happily again. David gladly returned the kiss, the couple lingering in the embrace for a few more moments before he had to pull away for breath, the Succubus struggling to keep her lips pressed against his. "I think I get what you mean now." He said, giving her hands a squeeze. Elinvynia just giggled, breaking one of her hands free and reaching out and rubbing her thumb over the corner of his mouth. "You had a bit of my lipstick on you." In response, David leaned back in for a kiss. "Good." He said as he pulled away, reaching into his suit jacket pocket, pulling a folded piece of paper out from it. "I think it's a good time for this as well." Elinvynia's eyes widened as she took the card from David, fingers tracing over the "For Elinvynia" carefully written across the front. Opening it, the Succubus' eyes darted across the lines of the card David had written for the occasion, blush growing and mouth slowly falling open as she read on. "I'm so lucky to have found you…" She whispered to herself as she read, repeating the proclamations and confessions David had written. "…never been happier than I am with you…" "…I love you…" Elinvynia froze momentarily as she read the final line, before suddenly jumping forward and wrapping David in a hug, her jet-black wings wrapping around the both of them to complete the embrace. "Daviiiiiiiiiiiiiiid~!" She squealed into his chest, tail thrashing madly behind her in pure joy. "I-I… I love you, too!" The Succubus, so overcome with emotion, was unable to speak anymore, David planting a loving kiss on her cheek. "Happy Valentine's Day, Elinvynia, I love you." Her response was another kiss, the couple unable to hold back their smiles as they did. Finally pushing the clingy Succubus away, David picked the fork back up and held another bit of spaghetti out towards her. "More, my love?" Elinvynia's blush almost became as red as her eyes at that moment. "Please…" The two continued to eat, staying as close as they possibly could, with Elinvynia's tail wrapping around David's leg like usual, a few times David having to pry her hands from out of his pants. Soon enough, though, the plate was near empty, the couple both full and satisfied at their meal. "I'll go put this in the sink." Elinvynia said, leaving a peck on David's cheek as she stood. "Just stay right there, dear." He smiled as she sauntered off, again eyeing her lace-framed ass until she had momentarily left his view, leaving him alone. Staring off through the window to his right, David watched a pair of cardinals sitting on the leafless, snow-covered branch outside, nestled together for warmth as the sun set. He smiled, content with how the night had gone so far. Elinvynia was right, this past while had been the best of his life. He wasn't sure if it was just the fabled "honeymoon phase" that had yet to wear off, but the fact that his heart always sped up around her, the feeling of warmth and contentedness, the butterflies in his stomach, all of it pointed towards the love between them. A love that he had confessed in the letter he had wrote her. The feeling of two hands grabbing his knees and spreading apart his legs grabbed David's attention, looking down to see a pair of red eyes staring back at him, accompanied by a mischievous smile. "I did say I would get a dessert after, did I not?" Elinvynia said with a snicker, leaning in to kiss David's soon to be un-clothed crotch. David began to reach down to undo his pants for her, eager to oblige her thanks to the teasing that had gone on throughout the date, but was swatted away by her tail. "I know what I'm doing, dear~" Another kiss on his growing bulge, and Elinvynia slowly undid the zipper to his pants, popping the button off so that she could shimmy off his pants. Now only his underwear in her way, she planted yet another kiss on him, reaching up to grab the hem of his underwear and pull it down swiftly. Her hands jumped to his growing length almost instinctively, beginning to stroke his shaft. "Ohhhh~" She mused, wiggling her hips in anticipation with her eyes focused solely on his cock. "I can't believe this is all for me…" She planted a kiss on his head after pulling back the foreskin, leaving a trail of dark red lipstick along his shaft as she traveled downwards. David sighed heavily as her lips reached his balls, the Succubus taking one into her mouth to suck on as she stroked his length with both hands. His own hands reached out to grab her head, lifting her away as he scooted out the chair to give her more space beneath the table, the Succubus, whose eyes had begun to glaze over in lust, struggling to keep her face in his crotch. Before going back to suckle on his balls, Elinvynia's black spade tail came around to her mouth, the Succubus sucking on it seductively to cover it with her spit. "Now let's see how long you'll last with this~" Both hands grabbing his cock, she pulled back David's foreskin as she took one of his testicles into her mouth again, her spade tail moving to rub on his throbbing head. Timing her motions, Elinvynia would flick her tail on his sensitive head each time she stroked downward, David's hips already beginning to buck under her expert ministrations. Sensing this, the Succubus quickly switched tactics, her warm mouth moving to his head, diving on without a second thought. David almost had to back away from the action, a shock running up his spine as she easily took his full length into her throat, leaving a red ring of lipstick around his base after pulling off. "Tastes as amazing as always…" She said with a smirk, kissing his head again and giggling. David's head was thrown back over the top of the chair, the man gasping for air and gazing at the ceiling. "Good… To hear…" Elinvynia set back to her work, both of her slender hands grasped firmly around his base, eagerly bobbing on the first third of David's cock. "Ellie…" He moaned after a gasp, her tongue dancing across the underside of his head. She responded with a sultry wink, continuing to tease and play with David's sensitive head, her lipstick being smeared across it, black makeup running slightly from her watering eyes. "Ellie!" David suddenly grabbed onto the Succubus horns, pulling her down further onto his cock as a jolt of pleasure ran through his body, Elinvynia's magic already having brought him to orgasm. She gagged slightly on his cock as he came, struggling to breath, but not fighting against her lover's pleasure. With her nose firmly pressed against David's abdomen, she made a few swallowing motions to both swallow his cum, and help David through his climax, one of the Succubus' hands traveling down beneath her lingerie to her own nethers. Even after he had run his course and let go of Elinvynia's horns, she kept herself firmly planted on his cock, running a thumb along the underside of it to get every last drop of cum out of him, David gasping when she finally pulled off, a string of spit connecting her mouth to his cock. "Ah…" She mused, licking his head one more time to swallow up the last drops, continuing to kiss his length and play with herself, gazing back up at David. "Care to… Move up to the bedroom?" David asked between gasps, the Succubus standing up from beneath the table, a hand still firmly grasping his still-erect cock. "Of course, our date is far from over, dear~" With a kiss on the cheek and a small giggle, the couple began their way upstairs, a thin spade tail wrapped around a leg.


We don't realize how vital our water supply is until something goes awry and suddenly, the sink won't drain, or the toilet won't flush. Here are 20 tips for keeping your home plumbing in tip-top shape.
If you have a garbage disposal, always run plenty of cold water through to clear the waste. Cold water will keep the greasy bits in a solid state for breaking down.
When possible, avoid putting grease down your sink. Remove as much as you can from dishes and pans using paper towels.
Periodically flush your sinks with super-hot water as it will help melt the grease deposits that have accumulated in your pipes.
Clean periodically using 1/2-cup of baking soda followed by a cup of vinegar. Let it sit for a half hour, then flush with extra-hot water.
Remove and clean the faucet aerator periodically using vinegar (if you have hard water or mineral buildup).
Always use your sink traps to keep food out of the plumbing.
Make sure your dishwasher air gap is clean and working properly (check and clean it periodically).
Fill sinks completely a couple times a month and drain to flush the line.
Clean traps and remove hair, soap bits, and other debris. Use a vinegar and baking soda solution, followed by a hot water rinse for monthly maintenance.
Keep traps in place to catch debris.
Avoid dropping large bits of unused toothpaste into the sink as toothpaste does build up in the drain.
Avoid thick toilet paper as it can cause septic clogs.
If you have a water-saving toilet, go ahead and flush twice for number two (it helps clear the line).
Don't flush sanitary products or paper towels down the toilet.
Fill tub and sink a couple times a month and drain to flush out the line.
Use traps in the drains.
If your washer drains into the sink (this was common in older homes), be sure to buy and attach a sock trap for outlet hose to keep lint out of the drain.
Install frost-proof faucets with vacuum breakers to prevent backflow contamination.
Remove hoses during the winter asthe number one cause of outdoor faucet failure is when frozen water expands and cracks pipes.
Drain water from the line at the faucet, and if you have an inside line drain valve, drain it there too.
Use your shut-off valve in the winter.
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Street light in Harlow are to be switched back on overnight, after a financial agreement was reached between the district council and Essex County Council.
A proposal by Harlow District Council to raise council tax by 1.5% to help cover the £106,000 annual cost of keeping street lights switched on all night has now been accepted by county leaders.
The final arrangement will see Essex retaining responsibility for maintaining the 9,005 local lights while Harlow pays for the additional electricity and arising CO2 emissions.
Cllr Jon Clempner, leader of Harlow Council, added: 'Keeping Harlow's street lights on responds to the genuine concerns of the community and businesses, and takes into account Harlow's needs as an urban town.
He explained that the council tax increase of around 7p per week per household would ensure keeping the street lights on overnight could be maintained in the future.


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SWR schools introduce anonymous reporting app
by Kyle Barr - May 28, 2018
By Kyle Barr
Shoreham-Wading River school district is asking students and staff to become the eyes and ears of the school with the introduction of the anonymous Report It app as part of the district's increasing focus on school security.
Report It app draft of anonymous report questions.
"Last fall we started to look at different ways that students could report any safety or security issues they may have where they weren't comfortable reporting in a regular venue," Superintendent Gerard Poole said. "This was an anonymous way to let us know if there was something they know or to give us some advance notice of something that may be emerging."
The Report It app allows students, teachers, staff or community members who access the website or download the app to anonymously report on any activity they think is suspicious to the school, whether its security or drugs related or even involving social media and cyberbullying.
Alan Meinster, the assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction and assessment said at an April 18 board of education meeting each of the four district principals and administration will receive the tips and are responsible for checking up on any reports. The information in the report will then be monitored by the district main office.
"There are protocols they have to do involving investigating any information that is receive — all the principals will always follow the standard protocol, and part of that protocol is consulting with district administration," Meinster said at the meeting.
The reports are monitored during regular school hours.
The app has been active in the district for approximately a month, but Poole said the district has yet to see any reports that have required action. Though Poole admitted that since reporting is anonymous there is potential for false reports, he believes students and staff understand the purpose and gravity of what this app means for the school.
"This was an anonymous way to let us know if there was something they know is emerging to give us some advance notice."
— Gerard Poole
"We had a high school assembly where we were telling students how to use the app and what it was for, and I think the students took it very seriously as an option for them," Poole said. "We haven't had any false reports yet, and while there is potential for false reports it wasn't enough of a concern for us not to implement it."
Poole said that the school is not liable if they do not take action on any specific report.
The app is part of the district's See It, Say It, Report It campaign to get students and staff active in being mindful of school safety. The app joins other security features that the district has implemented this year such as a visitor management system in all district buildings that scans licenses and prints out a tag with a person's destination and photo. The district has also hired two more security guards for large gatherings as well arrival and dismissal during the school day.
The district is planning to implement more security features over the summer. Poole said the goal is for students to come back next year to new security vestibules and a student ID swipe-in system at the high school and Albert G. Prodell Middle School. The security features will be built with funds from the ongoing bond project.
"If you are going to encourage a student to come forward, which is not an easy thing to do, you have to provide mechanisms that are conducive to the culture."
— Anthony Lavalle
Anthony Lavalle, executive director of Sayville-based Report It Inc., said that the app was designed for use in today's technological age.
"If you are going to encourage a student to come forward, which is not an easy thing to do, you have to provide mechanisms that are conducive to the culture," Lavalle said. "Even today if you think about it, a school shooting in Texas, school shooting in Florida, the concept is that students potentially know about these types of things, but they do not communicate them because of fear of some sort of retribution or retaliation."
After the Feb. 14 Parkland, Florida, shooting, Lavalle said he's seen a lot more interest from local schools in Report It as a means of enhancing security. A number of school districts on Long Island, including Half Hollow Hills, Plainedge, Lynbrook, Port Washington and Malverne have also signed on to using the app.
The application is web-based, but there is also an option for users to download it to their phone. Each school building's webpage has a link that sends it to that specific building's Report It page.
If logging into the app from the website, users will have to input five digits for reporting for Shoreham-Wading River schools. The code starts with "SWR," with the last two letters being the school the user is sending it to, which are "HS" for the high school, "MS" for Albert G. Prodell Middle School, "MA" for Miller Avenue Elementary and "WR" for Wading River Elementary School.
School officials urge that if the report is an emergency, to immediately call 911 or contact emergency services.
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Home Features A Brush With History
A Brush With History
Photos by Christopher Winters
Christopher Winters
Robert McGreevy steadies his hand while painting fine details on a commission of the lake steamers Edward L. Ryerson and Wilfred Sykes.
Throughout a creative life that spans nearly half a century, Michigan-based maritime artist Robert McGreevy has quietly evolved into something of a freshwater renaissance man.
Considered one of the Great Lakes region's "living masters" by curators and collectors, McGreevy breathes life into historic lake vessels above and below the not-always-placid surface of America's inland seas.
McGreevy has deliberately broadened the scope of his work over the past four decades, becoming not only a master of watercolor and oils, but a rigorous historical researcher, nautical collector, lighthouse society booster, museum-caliber scale ship builder and, lately, Great Lakes shipwreck detective.
"Shipwreck detecting is a lot like being a real cop," said McGreevy with a weary shrug. "Hours and hours of boredom towing the sonar followed by explosive excitement when months or years of research pays off."
Robert McGreevy inspects a replica 4th order fresnel lens installed in the lantern of the Harbor Beach lighthouse in 2015.
Multifaceted family ties to maritime history roll back three full generations on two continents for McGreevy. In Northern Ireland, his grandfather worked as a ship's carpenter during construction of the R.M.S. Titanic. A pair of his uncles were recruited from the Harland & Wolff yard in Belfast to help drive rivets on the Edmund Fitzgerald and Mackinac Bridge in the late 1950s. McGreevy's father worked as a machinist at Great Lakes Engineering Works at Wyandotte — a builder of freshwater vessels of all sizes and types. Even his father-in-law was first chair percussionist aboard the beloved Detroit River excursion steamer Tashmoo, which, in a feat of cosmic symmetry, just happens to be McGreevy's favorite lake vessel of all time.
"The careful attention to the smallest historical detail, and care he takes to place the vessel in its historic context is what makes the paintings true masterpieces."
CHRIS GILLCHRIST
McGreevy spent his childhood along the Detroit River, sketching the lake boats (freighters) as they steamed past — one about every five minutes in those years. His talent was evident early on, and he attended Cass Technical School where he began honing a draftsman's chops. A distinguished career in Chrysler's design studio followed; McGreevy was responsible for sculpting the iconic hood ornament of the Dodge Ramcharger pickup truck among other notable automotive styling feats.
When McGreevy retired from Chrysler in the summer of 2000, he and his wife, Suzanne, moved their home and his studio from Grosse Pointe to a rambling 1920s-era farmhouse on the Lake Huron shore just north of Harbor Beach. McGreevy's work is prized by collectors for its serene color palate, elegant composition and fine draftsmanship, and also for its scrupulous historical accuracy. In fact, McGreevy considers himself a historian first, artist second.
McGreevy's rendition of what newspapers in 1901 tabbed: "The grandest race in the history of American navigation," between passenger steamers Tashmoo (foreground) and City of Erie (background).
McGreevy puts the finishing touches on a painting of the whaleback lake steamer Clifton fighting for her life on Lake Huron in 1924.
"If the painting of a vessel includes the landscape of a city or harbor, Bob will pick a particular day that that scene was to have occurred, and then meticulously scour the historical record to find out what buildings were there on the shoreline at that time, and what colors the buildings were, and what the weather conditions were on that particular day," said Mac McAdams, president of the Great Lakes Maritime Institute, an avid collector of McGreevy's originals.
Chris Gillchrist, executive director of the National Museum of the Great Lakes, adds: "Bob McGreevy works the rare magic of bringing historic vessels to life. The careful attention to the smallest historical detail, and care he takes to place the vessel in its historic context is what makes the paintings true masterpieces."
Now able to pursue his avocation full time, McGreevy's commissions — over 400 to date — have encompassed all periods of Great Lakes vessel design and development. The ornate pre-Civil War-era wooden vessels and the great passenger steamers of the Detroit and St. Clair rivers remain his favorite challenge.
McGreevy is as skilled a draftsman as he is a painter.
With few photographs to record the appearance of these early Great Lakes vessels, McGreevy will roll up his sleeves and drill down into contemporary newspaper accounts and tedious bundles of vessel enrollment paperwork before deploying his technical training in drafting and perspective to re-animate the past. He cites 19th-century master Howard Sprague as the peer he most admires.
"He had a way of capturing water that really comes alive on the canvas," McGreevy said. "He was working before cameras, and I think he must have just internalized the way the water moves — a shimmering, liquid quality shines through."
McGreevy uses traditional tools of the trade to re-animate the Great Lakes maritime past.
The roots of McGreevy's own maritime oeuvre rose from the bottom up. His first official commission illuminating Great Lakes maritime lore came in 1979, after legendary Great Lakes wreck hunter David Trotter discovered both halves of the big lake steamer Daniel J. Morrell in a single day. The wreck lies in 200 feet of water about 15 miles northeast of the Harbor Beach breakwall. The Morrell broke in two and sank in a fierce November gale in 1966, taking all but one of her crew of 29 with her when she plunged. McGreevy spent months creating detailed drawings of both wreck sites (the bow and stern sections are separated by nearly five miles) and several dramatic perspectives of the vessel breaking up in heavy seas.
New divers take for granted the Caribbean-esque post-quagga mussel visibility in northern Lake Huron now, and the high-fidelity underwater digital imaging gear available to virtually any serious enthusiast. "I cringe a little bit every time I look at those original drawings," McGreevy chuckles. "In those years divers got excited by five or eight feet of visibility. We did the best we could to piece the huge wreck site together, fuzzy 35mm slide by fuzzy 35mm slide, 8 feet at a time. Initially, we weren't even sure we had the right shipwreck. We were comparing the underwater stills to blueprints, and nothing matched. Then we realized we were looking at the slides backwards."
McGreevy also remembers a Pleistocene era before online databases. "Research was much more hands-on when I started out. I used to rack up long-distance phone bills, and drive the wheels off the car… Given the amount of authentic primary source detective work involved, by the end of a project you really felt like you had contributed to the historical record."
In recent years, McGreevy's interdisciplinary approach to maritime history has found him volunteering significant tracts of time creating original artwork to benefit the Thumb Area's Point Aux Barques and Harbor Beach Lighthouse societies. Last autumn, McGreevy's painting of the Harbor Beach Light as it would have appeared in 1913, the year of the "White Hurricane" on Lake Huron, raised $10,000 at auction. It also found him teaming up with some of the most prolific shipwreck hunters in the Great Lakes region.
McGreevy's knack for historical research will often bring to light clues relevant to where a particular vessel met her end, sparing hundreds of hours of fruitless "mowing the lawn" with the sonar gear. As a payoff, illustrating a newly discovered underwater site provides McGreevy with a unique creative challenge, and divers can occasionally help shed light on the colorful livery of nineteenth-century vessels. Glimpses of paint extracted from photo and video captures of underwater sites confirm what splendid ships they must have been in an era before color film. Or film, period.
McGreevy's painting of the steamer barge Samuel Mather rounding Whitefish Point Lake Superior, circa 1890. It was wrecked in a fog-bound collision with the steamer Brazil off Point Iroquois, Lake Superior on November 22, 1891.
After 40-plus years at the easel, McGreevy has collected a mantle full of honors and awards. He was named 2004 Great Lakes Historian of the Year by the Marine Historical Society of Detroit, and Alcona County Michigan named him its Historian of the Year in 2008. He's served as a board member of the Great Lakes Maritime Institute and was named a Shook Award recipient for his work with the Pointe aux Barques Lighthouse Society. McGreevy published his excellent chronicle of doomed lake vessels "Lost Legends of the Lakes" in 2009, and has been a contributing author to many publications, including the State History Award-winning book on the history of Huron County. Visit his website (mcgreevy.com) for information on the artist's upcoming speaking events, an updated project blog and information on how to purchase limited edition prints. ≈
Christopher Winters is a Wisconsin-based author and photographer with a passionate interest in Great Lakes maritime history.
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Founded in December 2011, Rocket Lease is off to a quick start. Solopreneur, Eric Liu, built the software, beta-tested it in February, 2012 and launched the company and website in April 2012. The company has proof-of-concept with 125 paying customers and is slowly, but surely, gaining momentum.
Their proprietary software automates the rental application process for landlords and tenants; saving time, money, and paper. The software improves the tenant screening process, increases applications per vacancy, and accelerates both inventory turnover and closings. In addition, the software aggregates data and facilitates analytics.
There are approximately 100 million renters in the U.S. One-third of property portfolios turn over, on average, in a given year. The rental application process is a billion dollar market.
Rocket Lease is paid $35 per application. Their cost per application is $18.
Rocket Lease has several competitive advantages: a state-of-the-art user interface, easy-to-read dashboard, option for customization, shared functionality, and the same application can be used by tenants for multiple properties. In addition, Rocket Lease is cheaper. In NYC, the rental application fee is $100. In Chicago, it's $65. Rocket Lease charges $35. Finally, Onsite.com, the biggest player in the space, targets large firms. Rocket Lease focuses on small and medium-sized companies.
Rocket Lease has generated $5700 in revenue over the past 5 months. The company has acquired 125 paying users, 93 of them in the past 2 months.
The company was incubated by the Brandery, an accelerator in Cincinnati, Ohio. They continue to provide mentorship.


Al Fanar was the first company to install a natural gas network in a residential development in the UAE. The installation took place in Al Raha Gardens and now services over 1,370 villas.
Al Fanar was the first company in the UAE to implement a smart metering system to streamline the process of gas monitoring and payment. A pre-payment meter allows customers to pay for their energy by topping up a handy, wallet-sized plastic card at a local charging kiosk. By transferring control of gas usage directly to the customer, the system increases efficiency and allows customers to track their spending.
Al Fanar was the first company to install a SNG system in Abu Dhabi. Synthetic natural gas (SNG) is a blend of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and air, and provides a replacement for natural gas. The system was custom-designed to fit ADNOC and GASCO specifications. This accomplishment positioned Al Fanar as market leader with more than 70% market share in this segment.
Al Fanar was the first to introduce to the UAE market an Automatic Meter Reading (AMR), a technology platform designed to save improve operational efficiency and labor by automating the meter reading process. Thanks to the AMR, meter-reading takes place automatically and without disturbing the client.
The back-office solution, AMR Hosting, allows users to track gas consumption over the internet. All data is collected in near real-time and is stored in a database by data acquisition software. The user can view, analyze and verify the data via a web application and analysis tools such as charting load profiles and analyzing tariff components.


Arle Lodge is a very vegan friendly B&B on the beautiful Isle of Mull, Scotland.
This lovely holiday accommodation is suitable for couples, families and groups of up to 31. Walkers, cyclists and bikers are all welcome.
This is a lovely accommodation for everyone but its also very welcoming to those who choose to follow a vegan lifestyle.
With your reservation you will get all the comforts of a bed and breakfast with the convenience of self catering facilities too.
When you stay at Arle Lodge you are also welcome to meet and cuddle the lovely rescue animals who live there too.
I asked the owner Hannah to tell me more about herself and Arle Lodge.
"My name is Hannah Morris and I am 31. Originally from Essex, I came to the Scottish Island of Mull on holiday at the age of 15, I fell in love with the stunning landscape and refused to leave. Luckily my amazing parents agreed to join me. I have been running my photography business 'Hannah Morris Photography' ever since.
My family and I have also been lovingly building up and running my vegan friendly B&B and self catering accommodation 'Arle Lodge' for the last 14 years. Between my partner Alan, my parents Pat and Hazel, my partners mother Tina, and myself, we make a pretty good team.
We currently have 2 dogs, 3 rescue sheep and 3 rescue cats, and I love them all dearly. But these figures change all the time. Each soul that passes though leaves an imprint on our hearts and enriches our lives.
Mull is also known for it's amazing wildlife and highland cows!
I encourage our guests to sit down and cuddle our rescue animals and see how loving and intelligent so called 'farm animals' can be.
The lodge has breathtaking views of the sea and mountains from the lounge and kitchen as well as some of the bedrooms.
If any vegans would like to know where the most vegan friendly restaurants are, or where to buy certain items such as vegan wine, I am on site during office open hours and can offer my advice.
We have a self catering kitchen so you can cook your own meals. We have fridges and food storage boxes.
This year I hope we will be getting more and more vegan guests. Please do tell your friends about us. We look forward to welcoming you on Mull.
Mull is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides (after Skye), off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute. The capital of the island is Tobermory. There are loads of events happening throughout the year on Mull check with Hannah what's on when you visit.
Please don't use Sat Nav as they rarely work on the Isle of Mull.
Arle is situated between the villages of Salen and Tobermory (4.1 miles from Salen and 5.7 miles from Tobermory) on the main road (A848). There is a sign post saying 'Arle Lodge' by the road side.
Arle is 15.3 miles North from the Craignure ferry terminal, 11.1 miles North of Lochaline – Fishnish ferry.
As you walk off the ferry you will see a big bus with a 'Tobermory' sign on it, go to this bus straight away as it doesn't wait, and ask the driver to stop at Arle Lodge.
There are buses, taxis and bike hire available on the island.
This is a small family run business so they have created a simple way for guests to check-in. When you arrive, please enter Arle Lodge (There is a sign above the main entrance). Inside and on your left there is a key board on the wall. Please take the key with your name on it. You will see directions to your room on the walls. Rooms are available from 15.30. (if the key is up earlier then the room is ready).
Complimentary self-service plant based continental breakfast for all guests (not a cooked breakfast) of cereal, bread, jams, spreads, fruit juice, tea & coffee and a range of plant milks.
There is a self catering kitchen with cooker, fridge and storage boxes so you can cook your own meals.
Please note the lodge is not suitable for babies and small children but children age 4 years+ are welcome.
Hannah provides her guests with 'Out of Eden' products, they have not been tested on animals and contain no animal ingredients.
Sadly Arle can't permit pets.
However guide dogs are welcome.
Please be aware that dogs, rescue sheep and cats are on site.
Rooms are cleaned using Astonish Cleaners approved by Cruelty Free International and are registered with the Vegan Society.
You can book and arrange your own retreats and workshops at Arle.
Because of the beauty of the Isle of Mull and its romantic scenery it has become one of the most popular wedding destinations on the west coast of Scotland.
At Arle there has been much thought given to protecting the environment.
e.g There are solar panels, energy saving Eco washing machines and they re-cycle and compost whenever possible. Full information on their environmental policy is available on their website.
This lovely accommodation opens again from Easter 2018.
Booking now for 2018 via website link below from only £56 for room and breakfast per night.


CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, proudly announces that executive vice president and chief financial officer, Scott Tozier, has been named Charlotte Business Journal's 2017 CFO of the Year award winner in the public company category. This annual awards program is intended to honor the region's top professionals for outstanding performance in senior financial leadership.
"As a senior leader in our organization, Scott has played a key role in our company's rapid growth and current success," commented Albemarle's chairman, president and CEO, Luke Kissam. "We are continually inspired by his commitment to power the potential of Albemarle, and I am pleased to congratulate him on this noteworthy accomplishment."
Tozier joined Albemarle in January 2011, as senior vice president and chief financial officer, and has assumed roles of increasing responsibility during his time with the company. He has over 20 years of diversified international financial management experience with global companies, including Ernst & Young, LLP and Honeywell International, Inc.
For more information about the Charlotte Business Journal's CFO of the Year Awards, visit www.bizjournals.com/charlotte.


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Women in Electrophysiology
Female Role Models in Medicine: The Importance of Having and/or Becoming a Mentor
Volume 18 - Issue 11 - November 2018
Rachel M. Bond, MD, FACC, Associate Director,
Women's Heart Health, Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
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If you are a medical practitioner, you've most likely heard the name Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, a British physician notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States in 1858. A true trailblazer, she broke glass ceilings by impacting gender-based bias in the field of medicine, allowing women to practice medicine all across the country. We've come a long way since 1858, with a few bumps along the road.
The Perceived State of Women in Medicine
Today, we are not only seeing a larger portion of women in the United States entering medical school, with rates exponentially increasing (e.g., 10% prior to the 1970s, to about 50% in the 2000s), but their presence in the healthcare profession is also being acknowledged and recognized for better health outcomes.
This was first brought to light by a 2016 study conducted by a team of Harvard researchers, who examined a random sample of Medicare patients hospitalized between January 2011 and December 2014 and treated by general internists.1 Overall, the researchers scrutinized more than 1.5 million hospitalizations and concluded that elderly hospitalized patients treated by female internists had significantly lower mortality and hospital readmission rates than those cared for by their male counterparts. The reasons were not clear, but raised many observations that women physicians are more likely to do evidence-based medicine, follow guidelines, and listen to and communicate effectively with their patients.
Most recently, this was further validated by a study in August 2018. The study analyzed two decades of records from Florida emergency rooms, including every patient who had been admitted with a heart attack from 1991 to 2010.2 They showed that female patients were more likely to die when treated by male doctors, compared to either men treated by male doctors or women treated by female doctors. What is also worth acknowledging is that the male doctors in the study were better at treating women with heart attacks when they had more exposure treating female patients, and especially when they worked in hospitals with more female doctors. The study suggests that when the proportion of female physicians in an emergency department rises by 5 percent, the survival rates of the women treated there rise by 0.4 percentage points. This highlights the importance of ensuring a gender-diverse work environment where we can freely emulate specific behaviors practiced by these female physicians and inculcate them in all physicians.
As a result, are the previous bumps in the road now smoothing out for women in medicine? Not quite.
The Real State of Women in Medicine
To put things into perspective, let me describe a scenario. Imagine achieving 10+ years of post-graduate education and training, and then stepping into a patient's room with your stethoscope and white coat, ready to share your expertise and knowledge, to have your patient ask, "When will the doctor be coming in?" This is a reality for many female physicians, even in 2018. This type of stereotyping — whether unconscious or not — is a form of perception bias that affects female medical school students, residents, fellows, and attendings alike, and it has to stop.
Unfortunately, despite a long history of successfully overcoming obstacles, female physicians continue to face challenges. While nearly 50% of medical students are women, only one-third are actual practicing physicians. In addition, specialties such as cardiology remain the most male-dominated, with female cardiologists accounting for only 13.2% of the population. These numbers are even more staggering when looking at the sub-specialty divisions of cardiology, in which only 7.2% of interventional fellows and 6% of electrophysiology fellows are female.
There is also the issue of pay. On average, female physicians earn $20,000 less per year than their male colleagues. These pay gaps are even higher when evaluating more male-dominated fields. With this comes the realization that women remain underrepresented at key career stages, such as senior faculty ranks, department chairs, and medical school deans.
Due to these opposing perceptions of the state of women in medicine, what is clear is that as a society, we should be focusing on ways to equip everyone — men and women — who advocate for advancement of women in medicine. To do so, we have to promote the retention of talented female doctors, scientists, and administrators by acknowledging their worth and promoting their advancement. How can this be done successfully? It should include unconscious bias training as early as medical school, but must begin with good mentorship.
Many have proposed that mentorship have certain features: (1) the structural feature of a dyadic relationship between a more experienced and a junior person, established formally or informally and primarily involving institutional proximity; (2) the interactional feature of a holistic approach to educational, personal, and professional aspects of development; and (3) the temporal feature of development and evolution of the mentoring relationship over time.3
Although it may be unrealistic to formulate a single definition of such a complex and elusive phenomenon such as mentoring, effective mentorship is likely one of the most important determinants of career success. Study after study shows that mentorship allows for mentee well-being by supporting career and personal development.4 Unfortunately, for reasons that are unclear, female physicians have a harder time finding mentors who will support and promote their work. In fact, a Swiss academic research study from 20105 showed that, across all specialties in medicine, women reported having a mentor far less frequently than their male counterparts. A recent study6 also documented that women are less likely to receive sponsorship experiences such as being recommended as a discussant or panelist at a national meeting, write an editorial, serve on an editorial board, or serve on a national committee.
What Can We Do to Correct This?
Promote sponsorship for women.
Sponsorship should not be confused with mentorship. Sponsorship is the public support for the advancement of someone who has untapped leadership potential. Basically, it requires senior leaders to risk their reputations by using their influence and power to provide a high-profile opportunity to their mentees who would otherwise not have been considered for that opportunity. Sponsorship is common and associated with success,7 but as previously reported, women are less likely to receive it. As such, further attention to gender equity in this regard is critical. Organizations need to encourage senior leaders to offer high-profile opportunities to more females. To allow for this, organizations need to provide specific training to their staff — male and female alike — describing ways to sponsor women and encouraging their leaders to consciously review and offer such opportunities. Mentees should also be encouraged to seek connections with higher-level leaders to cultivate this sponsorship. By doing so, this will not only enhance the career of individual women, but also may help diversify the leaders in our medical specialties.
Create individual mentoring programs.
Many institutions have made efforts to formulate individual mentoring programs specifically for women. Although this sounds imperative for each and every academic institution, it may not be as readily available or feasible from an institutional perspective if administration and leadership do not support and insist on its implementation. If this is the case, at least providing the option of enrollment of women in formal networking programs created with the intent for female promotion and career advancement should be encouraged at said institutions. These networking programs help early and mid-career female physicians identify potential mentors. For example, common institutional mentorship programs for female cardiologists include the American College of Cardiology (ACC)'s Mentoring Program and the ACC's Women-in-Cardiology (WIC) sections, which help women create networks that build senior leadership skills. Programs like this can provide important advice that women can't receive elsewhere, such as advice on negotiation for higher pay or access to ancillary resources, such as a life coach or administrative support. Such programs can improve participants' overall well-being and self-esteem, as well as provide practical skills, safe spaces for discussions, and opportunities to develop plans for academic success. These national programs can be highly oversubscribed, reflecting the need for institutions to offer similar local programming.
Additionally, it's important to realize that one size doesn't fit all, and that one mentor doesn't have to serve all your needs. In fact, it is smart to target a series of mentors depending on the situation and what type of mentorship is needed in your career. Think of mentorship as a board of advisors, including an older and wiser professional who gives big-picture career advice as well as a peer mentor who can relate to exactly what you're going through.
Encourage peer mentoring.
Even with a limited number of senior mentors, women can still benefit from peer support. This can come from a male colleague who understands gender bias and actively supports the promotion of women. However, women should promote one another as well. Meeting periodically with groups of women at similar career stages can be both personally and professionally rewarding. There remains a stigma, particularly in fields where women are rare, that women view other successful women as direct threats to their career goals and may feel there is only so much room at the top. This mentality must change — women need to promote other women by leading where they stand. In fact, creating an "all girls club" could help lead to enhanced collaboration, increased productivity, and real change in institutional policies affecting gender. Informal online social networks such as "Women in Cardiology" on Facebook or @WICBOT on Twitter (as well as the hashtag #ACCWIC) help promote peer support and advocacy.
Persuade more to become mentors.
The mentor-mentee relationship is not one-sided — it should be clearly noted that mentors benefit as well. It's gratifying to gain fresh perspective and insight, and help further another person's hidden potential. Probably the greatest reward comes from having your mentee pay it forward by become a mentor as well. The pledge to instruct subsequent generations of physicians is part of the Hippocratic Oath, as is the obligation to honor one's teachers whose steps you will walk in one day. Continuing the mentor-mentee relationship ensures the next generation of leaders.
Acknowledging the issues facing women in medicine and creating a community of support can allow progress in women's professional success. The challenges for women in medicine in the year 2018 may not be as daunting as it was for Elizabeth Blackwell in 1858; however, obstacles remain. To see the changes we need, we have to remain positive, promote progress, and continue to cultivate today's female medical professionals into the leaders of tomorrow. As Dr. Blackwell stated, "It is not easy to be a pioneer — but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world." So let us all — male and female physicians — be the pioneers this field needs to promote and advance gender equity in medicine, by starting with exceptional mentorship.
Disclosure: The author has no conflicts of interest to report regarding the content herein.
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Greenwood BN, Carnahan S, Huang L. Patient-physician gender concordance and increased mortality among female heart attack patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018;115(34):8569-8574.
Sambunjak D, Stras SE, Marusic A. Mentoring in academic medicine: a systematic review. JAMA. 2006;296(9):1103-1115.
Decastro R, Griffith KA, Ubel PA, Stewart A, Jagsi R. Mentoring and the career satisfaction of male and female academic medical faculty. Acad Med. 2014;89(2):301-311.
Buddeberg-Fischer B, Stamm M, Buddeberg C, et al. The impact of gender and parenthood on physicians' careers — professional and personal situation seven years after graduation. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010;10:40.
Patton EW, Griffith KA, Jones RD, Stewart A, Ubel PA, Jagsi R. Differences in mentor-mentee sponsorship in male vs female recipients of National Institutes of Health grants. JAMA Intern Med. 2017;177(4):580-582.
Hewlett SA, Peraino K, Sherbin L, Sumberg K. The Sponsor Effect: Breaking Through the Last Glass Ceiling. Harvard Business Review Research Report. Published January 12, 2011. Available at https://bit.ly/2ChJCHJ. Accessed August 27, 2018.
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Q: Update MySQL query with PHP I am trying to overwrite the current data in MySQL to be able to update everything.
I am new to this I don't see any errors with the below code:
PHP code:
<?php
// see if the form has been completed
if (isset($_POST['submit'])){
    $firstname = $_POST['firstname'];
    $surname = $_POST['surname'];

    if($firstname && $surname){
        // connect to the server
        include_once("php_includes/db_conx.php");

        // check if that user exist
        $exists = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM users WHERE firstname='$firstname'") or die ("the query could not be connected");
        if (mysql_num_rows ($exists) != 0) {
            // update the description in the database
            mysql_query("UPDATE firstname SET surname='$surname' WHERE firstname='$firstname'") or die ("update could not be applied");
            echo "successful";
        } else echo "the name does not edist";
    } else echo "you need to enter both of the fields try again:";
}
?>

The error I get is

The query could not be connected

but I tried the query and it is fine.
HTML:

<title>update MySql form</title>

    <form action="user1.php" method="POST">

First Name: <input type="text" name="firstname" id="firstname" >

Surname: <input type="text" name="surname" id="surname">

<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Update Description">

    </form>

A: Your table is called 'users' but you are running UPDATE on firstname. Change it to:
UPDATE users SET surname...

Then do
$exists = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM users WHERE firstname='" . $firstname . "'")

in order to isolate whether you have value for that variable. I would recommend printing the query string for testing purposes.

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Arthroleptis nikeae  è un anfibio anuro, appartenente alla famiglia degli Artroleptidi.

Etimologia
L'epiteto specifico è stato assegnato in onore di Nike Doggart.

Descrizione

Biologia

Distribuzione e habitat
È endemica della Tanzania. Si trova sui monti Rubeho a 1900 metri di altitudine.

Tassonomia

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
Arthroleptis nikeae su amphibiaweb.org

Arthroleptidae
Fauna endemica della Tanzania

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require 'spec_helper'

describe Conjur::StandardMethods do
  let(:credentials) { "whatever" }
  subject { double("class", credentials: credentials, log: nil) }
  let(:host) { 'http://example.com' }
  let(:type) { :widget }

  let(:rest_resource) { double "rest base resource" }
  let(:subresource) { double "rest subresource" }

  let(:widget_class) { double "widget class" }

  before do
    subject.extend Conjur::StandardMethods
    allow(subject).to receive(:fully_escape){|x|x}
    allow(RestClient::Resource).to receive(:new).with(host, credentials).and_return rest_resource
    allow(rest_resource).to receive(:[]).with('widgets').and_return subresource
    stub_const 'Conjur::Widget', widget_class
  end

  describe '#standard_create' do
    let(:id) { "some-id" }
    let(:options) {{ foo: 'bar', baz: 'xyzzy' }}

    let(:response) { double "response" }
    let(:widget) { double "widget" }

    before do
      allow(subresource).to receive(:post).with(options.merge(id: id)).and_return response
      allow(widget_class).to receive(:build_from_response).with(response, credentials).and_return widget
    end

    it "uses restclient to post data and creates an object of the response" do
      expect(subject.send(:standard_create, host, type, id, options)).to eq(widget)
    end
  end

  describe '#standard_list' do
    let(:attrs) {[{id: 'one', foo: 'bar'}, {id: 'two', foo: 'pub'}]}
    let(:options) {{ foo: 'bar', baz: 'xyzzy' }}
    let(:json) { attrs.to_json }

    before do
      allow(subresource).to receive(:get).with(options).and_return json
    end

    it "gets the list, then builds objects from json response" do
      expect(subject).to receive(:widget).with('one').and_return(one = double)
      expect(one).to receive(:attributes=).with(attrs[0].stringify_keys)
      expect(subject).to receive(:widget).with('two').and_return(two = double)
      expect(two).to receive(:attributes=).with(attrs[1].stringify_keys)

      expect(subject.send(:standard_list, host, type, options)).to eq([one, two])
    end
  end

  describe "#standard_show" do
    let(:id) { "some-id" }
    it "builds a path and returns indexed object" do
      allow(widget_class).to receive(:new).with(host, credentials).and_return(bound = double)
      allow(bound).to receive(:[]) { |x| "path: #{x}" }
      expect(subject.send(:standard_show, host, type, id)).to eq("path: widgets/some-id")
    end
  end
end


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Green. The pond went green and I do mean green. I couldn't see more than a few millimetres into the water. To my young eyes it was a catastrophe, what had I done wrong? I was terribly upset, but of course this was simply a reflection that the chlorine had dissipated, and the pond was now literally full of life, billions and billions of microscopic plants had taken advantage and grown; overnight!
Of course, I quickly learned what had happened and adjusted to my new mysterious world of the pond. The one in which I could only catch glimpses of the inhabitants, as they moved around or rose to the surface for air. Beyond that, I could only speculate over the events occurring in the depths.
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Sophie McShera (Bradford, 1 januari 1985) is een Engelse actrice.

Carrière
McShera begon haar carrière als televisieactrice met een aantal gastoptredens in 2007 en 2008 in de series Emmerdale, Doctors en Survivors. In 2009 had ze een hoofdrol in de Britse televisieserie Waterloo Road als Ros McCain.

Vanaf 2010 vertolkte McShera in Downton Abbey de rol van Daisy Robinson, na haar (korte) huwelijk Daisy Mason, de keukenmeid die onder de vleugels van de kokkin Patmore (Lesley Nicol) promoveert tot assistent-kokkin. Zij kreeg als onderdeel van de gehele cast hiervoor in 2012 de Screen Actors Guild Award voor  uitstekende prestatie door een ensemble in een dramaserie. Ook in de erop volgende films Downton Abbey (2019) en Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) speelde McShera de rol van Daisy.

In 2013 nam ze de rol op van Bryony, een werkloze in The Job Lot, een Britse sitcom en in 2015 speelde ze de rol van Drizella, de oudste stiefzus van Cinderella, in de Amerikaans-Britse film Cinderella.

Engels acteur


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Costs for repair of garden machinery.
Service costs for ride on mowers with a single cylinder engine.
Service costs for ride on mowers with a twin cylinder engine.


I'm so glad that they put it on the east coast for a change.
I'm not! The resources for research are in Salt Lake City.
they seem to do a good job of locating the conference in various parts of the country. makes it more accessible and affordable to more people. not everybody can afford to travel long distances, especially these days. I've been to Baltimore, Richmond, Philly, Raleigh, would love to see it in Kentucky sometime too as that was a gateway west and was part of the original frontier. lots of good resources there, even if ancestors moved on to other parts of the country later.
It will be fun and we will probably have a lot of great participation from our East Coast friends!