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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — One of Kentucky's Medicaid managed care groups has announced it will begin laying off workers next month to prepare for shutting down.
Kentucky Spirit Health Plan, a subsidiary of St. Louis-based Centene Corp., announced last fall that would exercise a contractual right to end its contract with the state effective July 5.
The organization notified state and local government officials and its 145 employees of the impending layoffs on Monday.
The organization said the first round of layoffs will be July 5 with subsequent layoffs within six months.
Kentucky Spirit said in a statement that it is committed to helping the 140,000 clients it serves transition to other providers. Kentucky has three other Medicaid contractors.


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A Dade County, Ga., man yelled out the driver's window that deputies had missed him with their shots before turning a pistol on himself, authorities said.
Samson Gilbreath, 27, remained in critical condition at Erlanger hospital after he shot himself in the head during a standoff with police Wednesday night, Sheriff Patrick Cannon said.
Officers fired at Gilbreath, who was inside a minivan, after he raised his weapon at an officer, Cannon said, but they missed.
The standoff began about 8 p.m. after 911 received a call that Gilbreath had fired two shots at a relative's house on Lookout Mountain and was headed to his parents' home on Sand Mountain, Cannon said. As he was leaving, he made threats to kill his parents and his aunt, Cannon said.
A relative also called Gilbreath's parents and warned them to leave before he arrived, Cannon said.
When a special response team arrived at the home of Gilbreath's parents off Fuller Road, Gilbreath locked himself inside and threatened to make an officer kill him, Cannon said. A negotiator tried to reason with him, but Gilbreath became agitated, the sheriff said.
The standoff lasted about three hours, until Gilbreath -- who police describe as "mentally disturbed" -- walked outside holding a gun to his head, Cannon said. Gilbreath jumped into a minivan in the yard and tried to drive away, but officers shot out his tires, he said.
After yelling that the officers who shot at him had missed, Gilbreath pointed the gun under his chin and fired, Cannon said. He was airlifted to Erlanger hospital.
Gilbreath's grandmother said his family is heartbroken.
"He was a kind, gentle person," said the woman, who didn't give her name over the phone Thursday afternoon.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called to investigate the case, which is common in officer-involved shootings, said Jerry Scott, special agent in charge of GBI's office in Calhoun, Ga.
Investigators will make sure officers didn't break the law when they exchanged fire, he said. None of his staff is on administrative leave at this time, Cannon said.
Gilbreath has been arrested before in Trenton for disorderly conduct, the sheriff said.
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Why I Don't Think Barrow is the Most Electable Democrat
There is a notion prevalent out there that the best chance for a Democrat to win the U.S. senate seat being vacated by Saxby Chambliss is to choose the admirably resilient conservative Democrat John Barrow of Georgia's 12th Congressional district.
Even the national press is getting in on that meme in articles like this one in Salon.
I think the assumption that our task as Democrats is to entice the Dixiecrats who left the party for the GOP to return to the party would be a serious mistake. The Dixiecrats are dying off here as certainly as their older conservative white counterparts are in other parts of the country.
We need to be energizing the base which makes the progressive Democratic party Georgia's future: minorities, young voters, environmentalists, young labor activists, and other parts of the progressive coalition.
Campaigning for someone who, for instance, is equivocal on the notion that health care is a right for all citizens is not going to engender enthusiasm among the Democratic Party's natural constituency.
As much as I admire Representative Barrows' ability to survive a hostile environment, I'd rather he stick to his district. We need to run a candidate who is a pragmatic progressive. Our biggest obstacle is a lethargic Democratic Party of Georgia. We need to break out of that with a candidate who makes it a joy to knock on doors and work in phone banks.
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María Arévalo never planned to become a professional cook. Born into a Segovian shepherding family, she learned to cook when she got married. Now, much later in life, she has taken to it like a duck to water after her husband's sudden death left her in charge of the Mesón Don José in Peñafiel. Dishes on the menu include rice with hare, lentils, veal's tail with artichokes, and these beans. The quantities here are calculated around a whole hare, but they could be halved. If you can lay your hands on wild mushrooms, so much the better. The best beans to use are Blanca Redonda from the two local D.O.s: El Barco or La Bañeza.
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1 whole hare (see below)2 - 1/4 lb white haricot beansSalt3 oz olive oil1 large onion, weighing 4 oz, skinned and chopped2 garlic cloves, skinned and sliced1 green bell pepper, choppedSmall handful of fresh parsley, roughly choppedPiece of spicy-hot dried pepper, to taste2 bay leaves1 sprig of thyme9 oz oyster mushrooms, wiped cleanA splash of Spanish brandy1 level tsp sweet pimentón
María recommends cleaning the hare but leaving it in its skin for two days if possible. She leaves the beans to soak in salted water for at least 12 hours in a heavy-bottomed pan large enough for the cooking stage. Joint the hare and cut into chunks. Season well with salt and set aside in a cool place. Heat the olive oil gently in a large frying pan and sauté the onion, garlic, bell pepper, parsley, the spicy-hot pepper (if you are using it), the bay leaves, and thyme. When the onion is softened, add the hare pieces and sauté them until they are golden.
Add the hare and the mixture into the beans, stir in the cognac, pimentón, and enough water to cover. Put over low heat, bring to a gentle simmer and cook slowly for 1 1/2 hours, shaking the pan occasionally to ensure it is not sticking and adding a little cold water from time to time if the beans look as if they are drying out. Add the mushrooms, cook for another half hour, and check the seasoning.
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The resolver is the window from your computer to the global DNS system. Simply typing a URL awakens a link to computers all over the world.
Memory artists can memorize a list of over 300 numbers, but others might find it hard to remember even the four numbers that make up an IP address. Most people agree that a name is easier to remember than a number. The advantage of associating an object with an alphanumeric name is the real reason for the existence of the huge, globally distributed Domain Naming System (DNS), a system that links computer names and addresses around the world. The DNS system has been the subject of countless articles and books, most of them focused on the naming system itself or on DNS servers such as Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND). But on the other end of the connection is an application on a simple desktop computer that needs a means of contacting the server to resolve a name to an IP address.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- Severe drought and storms here in Kentuckiana and all around the country this summer could cost some of us our trees. Good morning Kentuckiana's Andy Treinen has some advice on when to remove a tree and how.
Each year thousands of trees in the US are damaged by storms, wind lightening and ice and we've seen all of that around here recently along with drought damage. But it's not always clear when to say goodbye to that signature tree.
Proper tree care is an investment that can lead to substantial returns by adding up to 15 percent to the value of your property. But damaged goods can do the opposite. So the key is knowing when to give up on a tree with poor leaf development, discoloration or multiple dead branches.
"If a tree is structurally damaged whether it's split or something of that nature every once in a while there are things we can do like pinning a tree together with rods, putting cables in trees, lightening branches and things of that nature, those are sometimes options to try to save the tree." said Certified Arborist Stephen Courchaine.
Angie's List, the nations leading provider of consumer reviews, talked to highly rated tree service companies for advice. The consensus is that you don't procrastinate. Because waiting too long could cost you a whole lot more.
"If the tree is already dead they potentially can't climb the tree to remove limbs. Also you want to make sure they have the proper insurance because the last thing you want is someone getting hurt on your property or when those limbs are dropped it causes any damage to your property," according to Angie Hicks.
Certified arborists can best determine any special care you may need in saving a tree. Things like construction around a root system, lightening, a changing grade in your yard or too much mulch can all send a tree in the wrong direction. Arborists can also diagnose insect infestation and disease.
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FEATURES of the Patagonia Men's Piton Hybrid Jacket
- Polartec Wind Pro with Hard face Technology and a Deluge DWR (durable water repellent) finish, protects your front torso from wind, moisture and abrasion
- Polartec Power Dry fabric provides superior stretch, warmth and moisture management in the arms and back; durable, smooth jersey face slides easily beneath layers
- Warm brushed-fleece interior moves moisture quickly to the fabric face
- Microfleece-lined collar, chin guard, cuffs and hem
- One zippered chest pocket and two zippered handwarmer pockets are pack- and harness-compatible
- No shoulder seams for pack-wearing comfort
SPECIFICATIONS of the Patagonia Men's Piton Hybrid Jacket
- Weight: 11.4 oz / 323 g
- Slim fit
- Front Panels: 7.9-oz Polartec Wind Pro 90% polyester (50% recycled) / 10% spandex, with Hard face Technology and Deluge DWR (durable water repellent) finish
- Back and Side Panels: 5.9-oz Polartec Power Dry 94% polyester (54% recycled) / 6% spandex
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I always appreciate sizing info. I'm 6 feet, 185 lbs with athletic build and bought "L". I typically buy "M" in other Patagonia garments, but this is a slim fit. Arms are a bit long, but sleeves can be rolled up at the cuff if need be. Otherwise, fits well. Despite price (this was 1/2 off), Patagonia makes great gear and this is no exception - well constructed and functional. Can be worn as base-layer or on its own.
The materials are great. Shells slide on/off effortlessly. It's great alone and I use it for business travel to snowshoeing. Sheds light rain quite well, great fit, packs small. SOME of the colors are rather contrasty between the materials which might be an issue for some. It's the "layer" I've been searching for, for a long time. Great piece.
Patagonia has done a fantastic job with this particular piece. I'm 5'11'' 145lbs and went with a Medium. I tend to prefer more athletic (trim) fitting garments and this jacket fits perfectly for my taste. The jacket performs quite well from 30 degrees with a light base layer to 60 degrees in active pursuits. Interior fleece is soft and the exterior allows the jacket to move freely under a hard shell. All zippers are easy to open and close with or without gloves.
This is a good product, but I dont know if I would buy it again. I dont get very cold and this is usually overkill if over a base layer or under a shell. I still like it, i just don't know when to use it. If I got it again I would get the hoody, and I would use it when if it was very cold, as insulation, or a stand-alone over a cap 1 on a super windy, otherwise dry day. Lighter than a R1, and more versatile, but with my current pieces I havent found a time to pull it out other than walking around.
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Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is due back at Fort Meade this week, where lawyers for the alleged WikiLeaker plan to argue that he was punished at a military brig before his case had been heard — grounds, they say, to dismiss all charges against him.
By the time he arrived at the Marine Corps brig at Quantico, Va., Manning was world famous. The former intelligence analyst, who lived in Maryland before enlisting in the Army, had been accused of giving hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks.
Espionage Act and aiding the enemy.
Manning, 24, is the only suspect arrested in the largest leak in U.S. history. He is accused of sending raw field reports from Iraq and Afghanistan, diplomatic cables from U.S. embassies around the world and a video of a U.S. helicopter attack in Baghdad to be published by WikiLeaks. If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison.
To some, Manning is a traitor; to others, a hero. His alleged mistreatment at Quantico, where he was held from July 2010 to April 2011, drew concern from Amnesty International, the British government and the United Nations' anti-torture watchdog, among others, and helped to make him an international cause celebre.
The Marine Corps and the Pentagon have said Manning was not mistreated.
During Manning's first five months at Quantico, his lawyers said, he was held in "the functional equivalent of solitary confinement" — confined to a 6-by-8-foot cell, with no window or natural light, for more than 231/2 hours each day.
He was awakened at 5 a.m. each morning and required to remain awake until 10 p.m., according to his lawyers. He was not permitted to lie on his bed or lean against the cell wall. He was not allowed to exercise in his cell.
Guards were required to check on his well-being every five minutes. If they could not see him — if he was asleep under his blanket or turned to the wall — they would wake him.
His lawyers contend that those and other "egregious" conditions at the base near Washington amounted to illegal pretrial punishment.
In court papers, lawyer David Coombs said commanders kept Manning in maximum-security custody and on prevention-of-injury status — under which he was not allowed a regular blanket or pillow, and forced to undergo the regular guard checks — in spite of a favorable security assessment and the recommendations of brig psychiatrists.
According to Coombs, the psychiatrists said Manning did not present a risk to himself, and the prevention-of-injury status was actually causing him psychological harm.
Coombs said a senior officer resisted changing Manning's status. The officer, whose name is blacked out on documents released by Coombs, told brig officials that "nothing is going to happen to PFC Manning on my watch" and "nothing's going to change."
Coombs described the conditions as the "flagrant violation of Pfc. Manning's constitutional right to not be punished prior to trial."
The Quantico brig was closed in December 2011 as part of the national military base realignment process known as BRAC. A spokesman for the Marine Corps base at Quantico could not be reached for comment.
In April 2011, Manning was transferred to the Fort Leavenworth Joint Regional Correctional Facility, where Coombs said he has been classified as a medium-custody detainee. He has been allowed to eat and socialize with other detainees, walk around without metal shackles and keep personal hygiene items in his cell.
Dwight H. Sullivan, a former Marine Corps attorney who now teaches at George Washington University, said military law allows for the dismissal of charges against a suspect who is found to have been punished before trial — but such cases are rare.
"It's not something that one often sees," Sullivan said.
Generally, he said, a judge who finds that a suspect has been punished before trial may credit that punishment against any eventual sentence, so Manning has "great incentive" to get his allegations on the record now.


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With its 201-hp, 2.4-liter DOHC i-VTEC® 4-cylinder engine, the TSX triumphantly combines high performance, light weight and fuel efficiency.
The 3.5-liter VTEC® V-6 engine produces an impressive 280 horsepower and 254 lbs.-ft. of torque (both SAE net), while achieving an EPA Fuel Economy Rating2 of 19 in the city and 28 on the highway.
For those who enjoy getting the most out of a high-revving engine, the TSX Special Edition model can be combined with a 6-speed close-ratio manual transmission. Six ratios make it easy to keep the TSX in your favorite part of the engine's rev band.
Standard on both engines, the 5-speed Sequential SportShift automatic gives you the best of both worlds by combining the convenience of precise and intuitive automatic shifting with shift-for-yourself enjoyment.
Like a stereo and its speakers, a drivetrain's capabilities go only as far as the suspension system with which it's paired. The TSX is equipped with front double-wishbone and rear multi-link suspensions. The double wishbone design provides superior wheel positioning and prevents damper friction during hard cornering that can result from strut designs commonly found among competitors.
Precision-crafted electric rack-and-pinion steering allows drivers to feel how the wheels are encountering the road through their fingertips.
The TSX braking system features a firm pedal feel that enables the precise deceleration and modulation demanded of high-performance driving.
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"The Free State
Project is a plan by which a critical mass of liberty-minded voters will
relocate to an underpopulated state and electorally take control of the
state government. From that point we will not only eradicate
authoritarian state laws, but slowly wean ourselves off federal control,
until we reach a satisfactory level of autonomy, whether independence or
something less. Our goal is to get 20,000 freedom minded men and women
to join the movement."
-- Jason Sorens, founder of the Free State Project
I do not speak on behalf of Jason Sorens or the Free State Project. I am a fiercely non-partisan libertarian anarchist. I believe that functional anarchy is possible and even probable within my own lifetime, but that on the whole it can only be achieved by means that are rational, nonviolent and apolitical. My own opinion is that trying to abolish the state by voting is a pointless as trying to end war by fighting in one.
That being said, I'm about to make an argument to endorse the Free State Project as a vehicle for individual self-liberation as well as a promising joint effort in reducing the government. Did I just contradict myself? No. Put the issue of electoral politics aside for a moment.
Now imagine twenty thousand people dropping in on, say, New Mexico (my pick for the FSP location). Twenty thousand libertarians of varying degrees who believe in a free society enough to pack up and move to another state not a rational decision for all of us. Will they create a freer society? I believe so. Now, take that same group and drop them in the middle of a resurrected Nazi Germany (imagine, okay?). Would they create a freer society there as well? I think the answer there is yes again. Because when you put a large group of freedom-loving individuals in the same area, it makes a fertile environment for free living. You may move there and find an employer who's more than happy to pay you in cash, off the books. You may find a landlord who doesn't need to see two forms of ID. You'll probably live next to neighbors less apt to act as unpaid government snoops. You might start up your own business and find helpful advice on working off the books from a whole community of business owners; folks who live and die by their reputations instead of by lawsuits and red tape, and would help even their fiercest competitors keep the government off their backs.
People would enjoy a greater degree of freedom as individuals because of the benefits of a libertarian community and an underground economy. They would also diminish the government by reducing state and local revenue per capita, thereby pressuring the government at both levels to privatize more public services. This would in turn demonstrate the efficiency of privatization, and that will create popular demand for even more privatization. Remember, not all cycles are vicious.
What we're seeing here is a trend toward decentralizing the government into smaller and smaller regions until what's left is just a mop-up job. People will, intentionally or not, abolish the nation-state by voting with their feet and their dollars. And we're here to see the beginning of it! The people will probably come in successive waves like so: THE PIONEERS The first wave freedom-lovers. Mostly registered FSP members, the people who will determine the location for the project. I for one hope it is either or Nevada or New Mexico; one has a favorable political climate and one is a border state, which is gravy. And they're both pretty close to me in California, so I'm more likely to move to Nevada or New Mexico than I would be to move to Alaska or Hawaii. This wave will help establish a freedom-loving community and an off-the-books economy, thereby opening doors to refugees from all over the world.
IMMIGRANTS For centuries, people have come to America because of the idea of freedom that they associate with it. We have the opportunity to help those people make that idea into a reality. For most illegal immigrants the biggest obstacle, even in view of the recent wave of perverted nationalism, isn't getting into the country but sustaining oneself after making the move. If they know about a place where you can hire, work, buy and sell in cash or electronic currency or the barter system, then that problem is taken care of. We'll have people coming in from Mexico and Canada, but you may also be in contact with libertarians on other continents who have always wanted to live here. Invite them to come as vacationers or exchange students, and then invite them to stay. MILITARY DESERTERS AND OTHER VICTIMLESS FUGITIVES Time was when you could hitchhike across the country and get by on odd jobs along the way. Aren't you glad things have changed and now you have a Big Brother on the playground looking out for you? The economy we spur at a grassroots level will attract people who need to disappear for the same reasons it will attract people who need to get around the INS. This will appeal to Claire Wolfe fans (who should visit Doing Freedom!) because you can drop out of the system without starving to death.
THE PERSECUTED If you're anti-war, you are part of a dissenting minority and about to come under fire. Intolerance reaches its all-time high in wartime. I never dreamed that bigotry and blind patriotism on this scale would come back in style in my lifetime. But that's how it is, and people need a haven. They don't need to respond to bigotry by gathering up in one place, but they should have that as an option. Illegal immigrants, deserters, or anyone persecuted because of their beliefs or ethnic backgrounds, will know that they are all welcome here.
Finally, I want to say that the deciding factor in my decision to endorse the Free State Project was September 11. The government on all levels is exploiting that unspeakable tragedy for its own ends by throwing your civil rights out the window, and by stirring up a very dangerous fad for bloodlust. If this escalates to World War III, it could be the first world war in which extinction is a very real threat. Think about that for a moment.
Things don't have to go that way. There's a good chance that if the voice of dissent is loud enough, it will divide the country and derail the war that politicians want so badly. The Free State Project is part of that dissent even now. Whether you agree with me on the FSP or not, we need to stand up and be counted as saying yes to peace and yes to liberty.
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The days are getting shorter and despite the un-seasonally mild weather, winter is well on the way. For many people around the UK this is a time of great hardship as they strive to keep warm and save money on their fuel bills. Perhaps this is an apt time to look at the lessons from a ground-breaking region-wide insulation scheme, Kirklees Warm Zone who won an award from us in 2009 and have now completed the project.
The final report assesses the scheme in detail and the lessons learnt over three years of installing free insulation and other energy-efficiency measures in thousands of hard-to-treat homes in Kirklees on a streamlined, ward-by-ward basis.


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Some residents of a north Lubbock neighborhood say a dangerous situation created by road construction is putting lives at risk.
Cody Adamson says he and his neighbors are fed up with drivers speeding down the roads with some not even stopping at stop signs.
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KCBD saw several drivers blow through the stop sign on North Salem Avenue and Itasca Street.
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Is there an easy way to combat this without repeatedly unplugging and replugging all of your electrical items? How difficult is it to install on/off switches on our plugs so that we can switch electronic items on and off (just like lights) as we enter and leave rooms?
You know how a lot of electronics have the power cor that plugs into the wall, and the other end plugs into the electronic? Like on a laptop? To save energy, do I have to unplug the plug from teh wall, or can I unplug the laptop where the power somes into it? (meaning the plug/cord would still be attached to the wall.)
I'd certainly be willing to unplug my tv, but can't just switch off all the a/v equipment at the spike bar since then Tivo wouldn't work. I can't give up the Tivo.
You have to unplug the plug from the wall.
Christinanyc, I'm with you that, I can't give up my DVR (which is like Tivo). You can do is buy Smart Power Strips which automatically cuts off electronics plugged into it which are being unused.
I would then plugg my Tivo or DVR into the wall, so it will always stay on.
I noticed that when my washing machine and my dryer are not in use, a red pilot light is still on each of them. I've started turning them to the off position between use. Are these things also vampires? Does this help?
"I noticed that when my washing machine and my dryer are not in use, a red pilot light is still on each of them. I've started turning them to the off position between use. Are these things also vampires? Does this help?"
The red pilot lights are likely just status lights and are using LEDs. LED's use an extremely small amount of power and they might suck as much as a dime a year in power. I wouldn't be too concerned.
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I don't have the answer on exactly how this is done but I am aware that it is possible. I saw it on that show with Ed Begley Jr. He had an electrician come to his house and install a switch right near the front door which cut the power to all no essential electronic appliances (you can pick which outlets you need to remain on when you are not home)
Thanks! That's a very cool idea... I wish this was done when my apartment was built. It would be great if developers worked these sort of energy saving tricks into their designs. Anyway, I'm going to look into this. Thanks again for the info.
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Some commentators are getting their knickers in a twist because they feel they are now unable to twist their lover's knickers around their fingers.
The world is, apparently, experiencing major changes in extramarital sexual behavior. And the reason for these changes is the development of superior technological gadgetry over the last few years.
According to Nick Harding of London's Independent newspaper, the United Kingdom's divorce rate is going down, and one of the reasons, he posits, is that it is far too easy for your spouse to catch you cheating, if not in flagrante delicto, then certainly communicanto.
Or, for those of you whose Latin is restricted to Russell Crowe in Gladiator, a snoopy spouse can find out where you've been and what you've been doing not by asking you or even catching you out in person, but by taking a voyeur's voyage around your gizmos.
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Mr. Harding tells the tragic story of an Iraq vet who came home and discovered his wife's heinous affair by looking at her Mii performance records on their Nintendo Wii console.
It recorded the long nights of virtual bowling by the Iraq vet's wife with someone out there, bowling that appears to have escalated to a slightly less virtual and virtuous rolling. In the hay, as it were.
But technology isn't merely wrecking the joy of extramarital sex in the ways that many readers might have already experienced--the text message that gets read by the wrong person, the e-mail that gets surreptitiously scanned and interpreted. Or even misinterpreted.
Just a cursory googling brought me to a site that will happily sell you something called a GPS Snitch, which is "small and has advanced features in real time," for a mere $399.
Essentially, the GPS Snitch enables you to follow your spouse's car wherever he or she may go. Or roam. But if you're really suspicious, you could try wandering over to Brickhouse Security's very thorough site.
Brickhouse Security is keen to sell you a semen detection kit. (Sale price: $49.95.) I would underline the fact that this masterful technology works on garments of all materials, colors, and genders.
While I don't intend to spoil all your enjoyment of this most sobering science, I really must quote just one short paragraph from the Brickhouse site: "On Sunday morning, he left the house and told you he was going to play golf. Then, when he came home and took a shower, you grabbed his underwear and did the test. If you detected semen, what is he going to say? 'I was masturbating on the golf course.'"
Mr. Harding appears keen to suggest that younger people, who are more tech-savvy, are the ones who are keeping clear of infidelities, especially long-term ones. He quotes a psychologist called Andrew Marshall: "Keeping an affair going has become almost impossible. I would regularly counsel couples where an affair had lasted more than three years. Today, he or she will first get proof and confront. The result is that the length of affairs has dropped dramatically. Looking at all the evidence, it seems that the end of the secret affair is in sight."
Word has slipped out in only the last 24 hours that the propensity to have an affair, at least for men, may be genetically determined. But being a people sort of person, I am very keen to discover whether readers have been, well, caught. If not in the act, then at least very shortly afterward.
I am also interested to hear whether the ubiquity of your technological footprint really is making it more difficult for you to cheat on your spouses. Or whether, in fact, the younger ones among you have decided that, perhaps, marriage at a young age simply isn't such a good idea.
I have heard it said that many long-term relationships are currently being held together by economic imperatives rather than the atomic thrust of love. But I am a romantic at heart, and I want to be convinced that the true exciting beauty of the illicit affair is not quite dead.
Hmm, personally I think technology is making it easier to succumb to temptation. I mean, hell, pissed at the ole lady? Hop on Facebook or MySpace and find a new squeeze for the night. It's sad and unappealing how easy it is. Possibly a reason I'll be unmarried for many many more years lol
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Debra and Mike dance and talk. Debra tells Mike that the reason she stayed around to get closer to him, not because she likes the city. Bo and Carrie talk as well, Carrie tells Bo she's glad he has Billie now. Later Billie becomes a little light on her feet so Bo tells her he thinks she's had a full day and needs some rest. Billie and Bo return to their room and Bo asks her if something wrong, he feels like she has something on her mind. Billie tells him that there is something she's been debating telling him and Bo says they can swap secrets, he has something to tell her as well. Bo lets Billie go first, but he stops her and says what he has to say is more important. Bo tells Billie he wants to make love to her, he wants to consummate their marriage. Bo tells her that he wants to forget about everything and concentrate on her, and she says she wants that more than anything. Bo then asks her what her secret was and she says it's not important and leads Bo to the bed.
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In the Jungle Stefano, Kristen, and Hope are heading towards the helicopter and John is trying to get to the compound. A native shoots a dart at Hope, but it misses and hits a tree. Stefano then fires into the jungle and tells Hope if they don't get out of here they will be killed. Hope is positive John is out in the jungle and refuses to leave without him. Stefano tells her no, they have got to go now! Suddenly the helicopter starts to shut down! John hears this and thinks they are in trouble so he crawls back to the compound. The helicopter pilot says it will take a few minutes to repair the copter, and when Hope wants to go look for John, Stefano tells her no! Hope whines and moans and Stefano tells her if she wants to she can go. Hope asks if he will wait for her but he says she can't have it both ways, Hope knows Stefano is afraid of something she may know. The copter pilot says that he's just about ready and they begin to make preparations to leave once again. John is no in range of the copter and can see Hope and Kristen, when he's hit with a poison dart! Back at the chopper another dart is fired and Stefano order's his men to shoot at anything that moves! John stumbles out of the forest and the guards call Stefano and the gang. John passes out and Kristen and Hope try to revive him. Dr. Rolf notices the dart in John's leg and tells them he will be dead soon anyways. Dr. Rolf says takes the dart and says it is lined with deadly poison!
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In Rome, Mike and Debra are walking back to Mike's room, and Debra can't get Franco's words out of her mind. Mike asks Debra what is wrong. Sami and Franco are watching and Sami is sure her plan is working, but Franco has reservations. Sami thinks Debra is going to break up with Mike, but Debra tells him she doesn't want to go up to his room yet. Mike tells her to wait here, he has a surprise for her. Mike leaves and Debra goes back to the table were Carrie is. Sami says this is bad, if Debra tells Carrie about what Franco told her it could ruin everything. Franco and Sami argue about Carrie and who she really loves, Sami is sure her sister loves Mike and only choose Austin to spite her (Sami).
Debra asks Carrie what Mike is like, how she feels about him, etc... Carrie says that he is the most wonderful man, she's known him her whole life. Carrie says she had a crush on him at one time, but they never dated and Mike never returned her feelings. Carrie tells Debra about going to L.A. with Mike and all the adventures they had. Debra says after all they've been through, she's surprised she and Mike never got together. Carrie says that she and Mike are just friends and that Mike will always see her as the little girl next door. Debra mumbles that she guesses that guy was wrong. Mike returns and he tells Debra that her surprise is ready.
Mike has planned a romantic dinner for Debra, and Mike is surprised that the hotel staff has prepared it on the roof! Mike and Debra begin to dance to some song. Meanwhile Sami tells Franco they have to find Mike and Debra so Franco goes to see what he can find from the concierge. Franco learns that Mike and Debra are on the roof, so Sami and Franco head up there to stop anything that might be happening. On the roof Mike and Debra kiss as their dance ends. Mike asks her if she'd like to have some champagne up here, or in his room. Debra says in his room, of course. As they leave Sami and Franco show up and Franco says that they must have gone to Mike's room. Sami says this can't happen when Franco tells Sami that Mike will never break up Carrie's marriage, Sami says the only thing they can do is make Carrie realize she loves Mike. Down at the plaza Carrie wonders why seeing Mike with Debra bothered her.
At the Brady Pub, Shawn is setting up Belle's birthday party when Susan, Little Elvis, Chelsea, Brady, and Belle all show up. Belle is going to be three today. Chelsea asks about Marlena and Shawn tells them that she is with Roman.
At the hospital Marlena is clinging to Roman, saying she won't let him die. Eric tells her she's done everything she could, but Marlena says there must be something she can do. Lexie comes to check on Roman and asks Marlena and Eric to please wait outside. Abe shows up and learns about Roman, he thought John would be back by now. Abe tells them Stefano supposedly has the cure but is waiting for his pardon, which Abe is working on.
Marlena and Eric go to the pub for Belle's party, and Brady and Belle want to know when their daddy will come home. Susan sees how bad Marlena is feeling and says she's sorry for the terrible time she's going through. Susan tells Marlena she knows how she feels, Roman was her first love and she still loves him, but she's in love with John too. Susan tells her it's possible to love two men at one time, she loves Elvis but she'll always love John just a little. Susan says she knows she belongs with Elvis and Marlena just has to figure out which man she belongs with.
Caroline is sitting with Roman at the hospital. Roman asks where Marlena went and Caroline tells him she is with Belle at her birthday party. Roman tells his mom about his hopes and dreams, and how they aren't going to happen now. Caroline tells him that she is not going to lose him again and she will pray to god for a cure.
Marlena and Eric return to the hospital and Abe tells Marlena that he talked to Stefano. Abe says Stefano swears he has the cure, but Marlena thinks something is wrong if he won't let them talk to John. Caroline comes out of Roman's room and hugs Marlena. Marlena than asks Abe to call Stefano again to find out what is going on. In Roman's room, Roman tells Eric that he doesn't want him to tell his mom about his dying wish. Roman wants her to marry him for love, not pity.
In the Jungle Stefano's men bring John into the compound. As Hope is nursing John, Stefano orders his men to search the jungle for John's backpack. Stefano then tells Dr. Rolf if he can't return to Salem all his plans are ruined! Dr. Rolf leaves and returns with a serum that may keep John alive until they can get the bark from the tree which the poison berries that the natives used to make the poison on the darts came from, Phew! Stefano says that bark, when made into a tea will counteract the berries poison.
Abe calls Stefano and demands to talk to John now! Stefano says he's unavailable and will only get answers. Lexie asks to talk to her father and she begs Stefano to bring John and the cure back. Stefano tells her he is trying to do the right thing, but they are having problems with the local villagers. Lexie tells Stefano that Roman isn't go to survive much longer. Stefano asks her if he saves Roman will he acknowledge that he is her father? Lexie asks why he has to bargain for everything, true good is doing something without getting something in return. Stefano says he will do the best he can and hangs up.
Dr. Rolf asks Hope and Kristen to give him a moment with John so he can examine him. Kristen tells Hope that they can't let John die, and Kristen notices Stefano is missing so she decides to go find him. Hope finds Stefano working on some funky device which he claims will buy them some time. Stefano tells Hope it is a holograph projector. Hope says she remembers this from Maison Blanche and he tells her it's never been at Maison Blanche! Stefano has his men take the projector to the compound wall and get ready to use it. Stefano is dressed up in this cellophane costume and some type of mask. The camera is aimed at Stefano, whose projection is projected into the jungle. Stefano then starts chanting and screaming, which scares the natives back into the jungle.
Back in John's room Kristen is with him, but all he is calling for is Doc. Stefano's phone begins to ring so Kristen answers it. Abe asks to speak to John now and she tells him that John has been poisoned and is dying. Marlena grabs the phone and demands to speak to John! Kristen says nothing and Marlena begs to speak to John, and Kristen says okay. Kristen places the phone to John's head and tells him it's Marlena. Marlena tells John she loves him and he says he loves her to and begins mumbling about the cure for Roman. When John collapses Kristen turns the phone off.
Hope tells Stefano that what he did was incredible, and thanks him. Suddenly Dr. Rolf shows up with John's backpack, but there is no flower in it!
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Setting the stage for his night with Billie, Bo is laying rose pedals on the bed While doing this he's thinking about Hope, figuring she's probably been to bed with Franco by now and Billie walks into the room in what looks like a mini white slip. She asks Bo if he's sure about this and he tells her they've waited for a long time and yes, he's ready. They're both nervous and she starts unbuttoning his shirt. She finds a picture of Hope in his shirt pocket. He apologizes and tells her he forgot about the picture. She understands that he still loves Hope, but he's the only man in her heart. She accepts that his feelings for Hope are different than they are for her. He tells her that making her his second choice is NOT good enough for her and pulls away from her. He tells her she's moved on to not have low self-esteem and she needs to be number one. She's worth a man's total devotion and love and she says "and you can't give me that." He tells her she use to have his total love and soul, maybe they can find it again. When she asks about Hope, he confesses if there was a chance to be with her, he wouldn't be there right now. But, Hope's with Franco and starting a new life together. All he knows is they're they tonight together and she has always been there for him. He plans on forgetting about Hope and kisses her. The wind picks up and blows Hope's picture out the window. He looks out the window and tells Hope goodbye and to be happy with Franco. He asks Billie if that's a sign, or what? Even more ironic, Franco and Sister Sami walk in the alley under the window and the picture of Hope blows into Franco's hands... WOW! They figure Bo threw it out his window. Sami looks up and sees Austin in the window and saying it should be their honeymoon and Carrie calls Austin. She says "Damn her" as Austin closes the window shutters. They then see Mike and Debra in the window kissing. Carrie is in a new negligee.
Down in the courtyard, Sister Sami and Franco are talking. He suggests she has a DRINK to calm down and she reminds him it wouldn't look good for a nun to be caught drinking She tells him she'll have a double espresso then, and he comments that should help calm her down. She knows that Debra is probably in Mike's room right now and she has to stop them before they make love.
Up in their room, Austin fills Carrie in on his call to Kate and Lucas. He tells her Sami left town to be by herself and Lucas was looking after Will. Austin asks Carrie why she's upset and she says "Debra" (hmmm, green eyed monster??). Carrie tells Austin she had a very strange talk with Debra about Mike.
Outside Mike's room, Mike asks Debra if she's sure she wants to come in and she said tells him she is. As she walks in, he has this far away "Carrie" look. Some kissing starts up in the room. Debra steps away and tells Mike she'll be right back. He looks out the window and says "Carrie, it just wasn't meant to be", but it's going to be alright. He hears a song and says he knows it. Carrie hears it too. The song You Are so Beautiful is playing and he sees Carrie listening to it too from her window. Carrie can't figure out why that song affects her so strongly and Mike just watches her. Mike dreams that Carrie turns and talks with him and tells him the song made her realize how much she loves him. He tells her he loves her too and what should they do. Carrie tells Mike they need to go to Austin together and tell him. After he dreams that, we see Debra walking up behind him in a black slip.
Bo and Billie are kissing on the bed.
Susan returns back to Marlena's penthouse and punches in what seems like a 10 digit code in the security system (everyone else seems to have a 3 or 4 digit code). She can't wait to get in her jammies and get a warm glass of milk and start her book about zombies called Night of the Living Zombies and goes off to her room mocking a zombie with her hands straight out in front of her. Later in her jammies and bunny slippers, she tells Mr. and Mrs. Thunder and Lighting they may seem close, but being it's a security building, they can't get her...crouches on the couch and reads her book out loud. We see the elevator door open and a someone in a black coat walking out of it. While reading her book she hears noises and there's thunder and lightening in the story as well When she reads there's a knock at the door, and the lights goes out, she panics and runs for the door . She opens the door and the person in the black coat walks in and falls on her: It's Celeste and she's out like a light. Susan tells her to open her eyes and to tell her what in the blue blazes is going on here. Before waking up, Celeste sees a picture of Elvis and the baby. Celeste gets up and reminds Celeste who she is, Susan Banks. Celeste doesn't know why she's there, she was sleepwalking. She tells Susan she only does that when she has a message to give. Her dream was about the father of Susan's child and it was a psychic vibration from her subconscious as to where the biological father of Baby Elvis could be. Susan brings some sugar to Celeste and she pours it onto the tray and Celeste starts running her fingers in it. She draws an image in the sugar and Susan asks if this is a magic trick. Celeste sees a vision of Elvis' picture again. Susan said it looks like a map.. Celeste pulls Susan out in the rain to find THE house. They find it and Celeste tells her that house has something to do with Elvis' father.
Marlena goes to the chapel to pray. It's the darkest hour of her life. The men she loves most in her life are dying and she can't do anything to help them. She begs for their children and herself to save their daddy's. If God feels her loving both of them was wrong in his eyes, not to punish them or their children, but to punish her instead.
Stefano is frustrated that the flower in not in John's backpack and John's being hit by a poison dart and will die (how many times has he tried to kill him over the years). In his room, John tells Marlena he's dying and he gasp, loves her. Kristen is going to need a chiropractor if she keeps cranking her neck any lower to overhear their conversation on the phone. Yelling into her cellphone, Marlena asks John how can he be dying and she loves him. John says don't leave me and the connection gets dropped as he falls asleep. Kristen, hearing they lost the connection, hangs up the phone just before Stefano walked in. Marlena, Abe and Lexie talk after they got off the phone and they tell Marlena John's going to bring back the cure. Stefano pulls Kristen out of John's room and tells her to let Hope comfort John (so she can't snoop around the compound). Hope asks the doctor if there's anything she can do, but he said not without the bark. John's pulse is stronger since he talked with that Doc person though (guess Kristen 'fessed up about the call?). Lexie and Abe join Marlena in the chapel to say their own prayers.
While Marlena is in the chapel, John starts calling out for her telling her he needs her. Kristen said no more calls, but Stefano said it's the only thing keeping him alive. Kristen turns the phone off and walks out. Stefano follows and tells her to put her damn jealousy on hold and think about John's survival. John calls again for Marlena and Dr. Rolf gets up and Hope sits by John on the bed. He opens his eyes and sees Marlena and pulls Hope onto his chest and hugs her. Hope gets up and asks Dr. Rolf what's happening. He said John's probably hallucinating and she should go along with whatever it is, as that's what's keeping him alive. John wakes up and again sees Marlena's face while looking at Hope. He touches her face and tells her he wants and needs her SO MUCH and to please make love with him, now.
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Sami is up to her old tricks in Rome. Dressed in her nun's habit and with Franco as her accomplice, Sami watches in triumph as her scheme starts to pay off. She sees Mike and Carrie each come to their hotel room windows, listening to the song they danced to in LA. Mike stares longingly at Carrie, but Carrie doesn't notice. Debra comes to the window behind Mike, but he doesn't even see her, despite the very revealing negligee she is wearing. Debra sees Mike gazing at Carrie, and suddenly she knows that what Franco said was true - the married woman Mike is in love with is Carrie. Mike finally notices Debra and walks away from the window and pours them some champagne. As they start kissing, the song starts playing again and Mike becomes distracted. Debra finally asks him, "Is this the song you and Carrie danced to?" Mike is stunned to find out that Debra has figured him out, but he admits that Carrie is the one he is in love with and apologizes to Debra. Debra says that she can make him forget Carrie and they start to kiss again. But finally, Debra realizes that Mike isn't really with her any more, and tells him that it's okay, but she thinks Carrie was stupid not to fall in love with him when she had the chance. Debra puts on her coat and leaves Mike alone with his thoughts.
Meanwhile, Austin notices Carrie's great interest in the song being played and teases her about it being an old boyfriend's special song. Carrie still can't quite figure out why it is special to her, but she and Austin end up making love anyway. Later, when Carrie hears the song again, she suddenly remembers when and where she heard it before - dancing with Mike in LA. Carrie is disturbed by the memory and wonders why she blocked it in the first place. She goes to the window and is surprised to see Mike sitting at his window looking out into the night.
Sami despairs when Mike closes the shutters to his room, and assumes her plan has not worked. Franco just about has her convinced that it is time to give up and find happiness with someone else when they see Debra walk by swiftly. Sami knows then that it is just a matter of time until Carrie realizes she has feelings for Mike.
Back in Salem, Marlena tells Eric about John's phone call and the fact that he has been poisoned. Eric refuses to believe it and tells her to call him back, but she can't get through (because Kristen turned off the phone). They visit Roman's bedside and his only thought is sorrow for their suffering. Caroline comes by later and Marlena has to tell her about the call from John. Together, they wait anxiously for any word from John.
At Stefano's compound in the jungle, John is hallucinating in his delirium that Hope is Marlena, and begging her to make love to him. The sight of John caressing Hope almost sends Kristen over the edge, but Dr. Rolf and Stefano restrain her and tell her that the only thing that is keeping John alive right now is his illusion that Marlena is there. But when John tries to kiss Hope, it is too much for Kristen and she grabs Hope and throws her out of the way. John immediately cries out in pain and his vital signs grow much weaker. Hope condemns Kristen for being so selfish that she is willing to let her irrational jealousy interfere with helping to save John's life. Hope goes back to John and tries to revive him, but it looks hopeless. Just then, Dr. Rolf rushes in with a cup of tea from the bark of the tree and says that it will save John. Kristen begs to be allowed to give it to him, but she is unable to make him respond, and furiously she has to give the cup to Hope (who looks pretty smug about the whole thing). Hope, pretending to be Marlena, manages to make John gather up the strength to drink the antidote tea. Kristen and Stefano go out into the hall to wait, and Kristen is surprised to see Stefano close to breaking down as he sees all his plans go up in smoke. Kristen asks why he doesn't just go live somewhere away from the U.S. in a life of luxury. Stefano says that his freedom wasn't the only thing he hoped to win, nor was Marlena - that there are things more important to him even than Marlena is. Before Kristen can find out what that is, Dr. Rolf rushes out and tells them that something is happening with John. They burst into John's room and find him regaining consciousness. He asks what happened and seems to trust only Hope to tell him. She tells him about the poison dart and the antidote and about Marlena calling. John says that he got the flower, and Hope has to tell him that it fell out of his backpack and there is no way for them to make the cure. John is horribly disappointed and feels he let Roman down. But he asks to call Marlena right away and to let her know he is all right. Hope grabs his cell phone, notices it was turned off, and gives Kristen a dirty look before dialing Marlena. When Marlena picks up on the other end and hears John's voice, she is overwhelmed with relief and gratitude. Once she finds out that John will survive, she asks if he got the cure. John has to tell her that there is no way for them to get it now. Marlena is crushed, but tells John she is sure he did his best. Meanwhile, Hope, Stefano, and Kristen go out in to the hall to give John some privacy, and in frustration, Stefano hurls John's backpack against the wall. Suddenly, Hope notices something falling out and demands a piece of paper. She collects some seeds in the paper and asks Dr. Rolf if they're from the flower, and he says they are. Hope and Stefano ask if Dr. Rolf can make a cure for Roman from the seeds alone, and he says he just doesn't know if there are enough...
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Jack paces his cell worrying about Jennifer's promise to get the warden's password and the risk involved in her disguise. He sits down and prays that she will be careful, because he would rather spend the rest of his life in prison than let anything happen to her. Meanwhile, at home, Travis drops by as Jennifer is heading out the door with Abby. He makes up an excuse about needing to stay to replace a defective part in her security system. Abby tells Travis that her mommy has a secret about work, and Jennifer pretends it has to do with the TV station. Travis doesn't believe her. Abby, who was playing with Jennifer's prison guard nametag reading "Hope Williams," drops it on the floor and Jennifer and Abby leave Travis alone in the house. Travis immediately starts searching for some evidence of what Jennifer is up to. But for a while, he can't find anything. At the prison, Jennifer steals a moment with Jack, and he tries to talk her out of her dangerous mission, but Jennifer insists she won't get caught. Elsewhere in the prison, TC gets another guard to sneak into the warden's office and get the phone number of "Williams," not knowing it is really Jennifer. He can't quit thinking about the way Abby called "Williams" Mommy. Unfortunately for Jennifer, the number she listed is her own home number, and Travis is in her house alone. When TC calls and gets the answering machine, Travis is stunned to hear TC's voice on the machine looking for "Williams." Travis picks up and the two of them try to figure out how TC got Jennifer's house when he was trying to call Williams. Travis says there is no way Jennifer could be involved in a prison guard - until he spies the nametag reading "Hope Williams" that Abby dropped on the floor.
Marlena visits Roman in the hospital and finds Mickey Horton there finalizing Roman's will. Roman tells her they also need to discuss funeral arrangements, and hints that me wants to be buried next to her. Eric, listening outside the door, wonders whether he should tell Marlena about Roman's last wish - to be married to Marlena before he dies. He asks Caroline about it and she tells him to do what he thinks is right. Eric goes in and asks Roman to release him from his promise not to tell Marlena about Roman's last wish. Roman refuses, telling Eric he doesn't want Marlena to marry him out of pity. Marlena talks to Caroline and tells her that although she would do anything for Roman, she has planned her whole future around John and doesn't know if it would be right to be buried next to Roman. Caroline gives her a hug and tells her she has to do what is best for herself. Caroline goes in to visit Roman and cradles his head, singing him a lullaby as she did when he was a baby. Eric finally breaks down and tells Marlena what Roman's last wish was.
At the DiMera compound in the jungle, John wakes up feeling much stronger, and sees Hope beside his bed. He asks her where Marlena is, because he is sure she was there, that he held her in his arms and spoke to her. Hope tells him it was a hallucination, but John doesn't believe her and gets out of bed because he is convinced that Stefano has Marlena trapped somewhere in the compound. Finally, Hope confesses that she pretended to be Marlena so that John could gather the strength to keep on living when the natives were searching for the antidote to John's poison. John is stunned, but moved by Hope's gesture of generosity, which probably saved his life. He thanks her and she says that his health is the only thanks she needs. Just then, they feel explosions rock the compound. John holds Hope close as they try to figure out what is going on. John asks Hope if they got the flower for the cure, and Hope says that all that was left in the bag were some seeds, and Dr. Rolf is trying to make the cure from their extract. John tells her that now is the perfect time for them to snoop for the secret that Stefano is hiding from Maison Blanche. Hope agrees and they pick one lock on a door across the hall to find baby toys and clothes. Although it gives Hope the creeps, she can't figure out what they're for, so she tries the next door. It is double bolted and John has to pick the lock (naturally, it's too challenging for Hope). John keeps working on the door as the explosions stop for a while.
In the lab, Kristen is coming undone as Dr. Rolf works on the cure. She is positive she has no chance at John unless Roman survives. Both Stefano and Dr. Rolf tell her to calm down so Dr. Rolf can work. Carefully, he extracts the juice from the seeds, but just as he is getting to the most delicate part of the process, they feel explosions rock the compound. A guard rushes in to tell them that the natives have gunpowder and are trying to breach the wall with a series of small explosions. Stefano goes out to do his medicine man holographic dance to scare them away again. When he gets back, he asks Dr. Rolf if there is enough extract to make the cure. Rolf says, "No!" Stefano is furious and sees all his plans going up in smoke, and Kristen starts to lose it again. But then Dr. Rolf says, "Wait!" as he discovers one last beaker with a few drops of fluid, which JUST might be enough to finish the cure.
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BOOM-BOOM-CLAP! The MMMPod will, The MMMPod will ROCK YOU!
Seriously, the dude who was instrumental in making that beat happen, Roger Taylor of Queen, talks about its origins, as well as the Queen Extravaganza, which is the tribute act that he recruited and produced to offset all the cruddy Queen cover bands in the world.
On the June edition of the Metro Monthly Music Podcast, we also talk to Santigold about getting psyched up, and the Walkmen about getting chilled out.
Ian Astbury of The Cult gets out of SongSleuth™ jail somehow, although he totally pleads guilty to ripping off AC/DC.
Ice-T talks about his new movie, "Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap." He also talks about the late MCA of the Beastie Boys and even performs a "cover song" of sorts of one of his favorite rappers.
We also hear a "Ruined by Rick Rubin" remix and a new tune from King Tuff.
To get started, click on Santigold, or download the MMMPod from iTunes by clicking here.