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February 9, 2012 by Charles Pelkey
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The International Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled largely in favor of a UCI appeal, finding former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich guilty of doping offenses related to the 2006 Operación Puerto investigation and annulling all of his results back to May of 2005.
The three-member CAS panel issued a two-year suspension of the now-retired rider, banning him from the sport until August 22, 2013. The decision represents a minor victory for Ullrich in that the panel rejected a UCI request that the 38-year-old rider be banned from the sport for life.
The panel found, however, that there was sufficient evidence that Ullrich had enlisted the medical services of Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes, the Madrid-area gynecologist whose offices were raided as part of the Puerto investigation in May of 2006. It was in those raids that investigators from the Spanish Guardia Civil seized performance-enhancing drugs and more than 100 blood bags, many of which were subsequently linked to high profile riders.
Ullrich was among several riders named in the investigation and was suspended, along with teammate Óscar Sevilla, by the T-Mobile team on the eve of the 2006 Tour de France. Ivan Basso (CSC), Francisco Mancebo (AG2R) and five members of the Astana-Würth (formerly Liberty Seguros-Würth) team, including Alberto Contador, were also excluded from that year's Tour. Contador was among several riders subsequently cleared of charges in the case, Basso later served a suspension and returned to the sport, but Ullrich's career was effectively derailed by the allegations.
Jurisdictional and procedural questions
Based on a report from the Guardia Civil, the UCI had requested that the Swiss Cycling Federation initiate disciplinary action against Ullrich in 2006. It wasn't until 2009 that the Swiss Olympic Committee ruled that Antidoping Schweiz lacked authority to discipline the German rider, whose Swiss license had expired in October of 2006.
That triggered a 2010 appeal from the UCI, which sought to annul all of Ullrich's results back to 2002 and to impose a life-time ban. Ullrich's legal team challenged the UCI's authority to discipline the rider since he had already retired and was no longer subject to the Swiss governing body's authority.
Furthermore, Ullrich claimed that he couldn't be subject to the actions of the disciplinary panel since Antidoping Schweiz wasn't even in existence when his license lapsed, meaning that he had never formally agreed to be subject to its jurisdiction.
Ullrich's attorneys raised a number of other procedural claims in the rider's defense, but also argued that if those were rejected that any disciplinary actions be referred back to the Swiss federation, rather than being imposed by CAS.
The CAS panel rejected the bulk of Ullrich's arguments, noted that the UCI retained authority over Ullrich and concluded that any resulting sanction could be imposed by the appeals panel itself.
Probative value of evidence and no factual defense
The panel then found that DNA evidence showed that Fuentes was in possession of Ullrich's blood and that there was no medical justification for the storage of the rider's blood other than for purposes of performance-enhancement.
"The report, prepared by Dr. Dirk Porstendörfer, concluded that the samples provided by Ullrich matched the genetic materials provided by the Spanish Civil Guard with an extremely high degree of probability (one in six billion)," the panel noted.
The panel noted that Ullrich's own financial records showed that Ullrich had paid Fuentes in excess of 80,000 euros for medical services.
"Ullrich's bank statements … show a payment to Dr. Fuentes in 2004 in the amount of €25,003.20," the panel reported, "and a second payment in 2006 to a numbered Swiss HSBC bank account in the amount of €55,000 which HSBC has confirmed was also associated with Dr. Fuentes during that time period."
Spanish investigators had also provided the UCI with evidence that Ullrich had made frequent trips to Fuentes' offices in the years before the 2006 Puerto raids.
"The UCI has offered into evidence documents obtained from the Spanish Civil Guard, which the Spanish Civil Guard seized or otherwise obtained as part of its Operation Puerto investigation or from other sources," the CAS panel wrote. "These documents include: (1) Documents evidencing travel by Ullrich to Madrid for reasons that are not known to be related to cycling events. (2) Calendars seized from Dr. Fuentes that use a code to record the withdrawal of blood from athletes on specified dates, and inventories of fridges and freezers containing blood bearing the date of extraction – since the blood samples can be associated to particular individuals, read together the inventory and the calendar are a guide to the dates when Ullrich is alleged to have provided blood to Dr. Fuentes for storage."
In concluding its evidentiary analysis, the CAS panel expressed "surprise" that Ullrich's entire legal strategy was based on procedural and jurisdictional challenges and included no direct challenge of any the evidence presented.
"Ullrich's silence in this respect is both notable and surprising, given the vigour with which he has otherwise contested the UCI's allegations," the decision noted. "Despite the Panel's surprise in this respect, it is of no consequence to its ultimate decision; the UCI rules do not contain a provision that would permit a negative inference to be drawn from efforts to avoid addressing the substance of an allegation of an antidoping rule violation."
While no negative inference could be directly drawn by the absence of a defense on Ullrich's part, the panel did note that there was compelling evidence to conclude that there was a doping violation and nothing had been presented to impeach that evidence.
"Given the volume, consistency and probative value of the evidence presented by the UCI, and the failure of Jan Ullrich to raise any doubt about the veracity or reliability of such evidence, this Panel came to the conclusion that Jan Ullrich engaged at least in blood doping in violation of Article 15.2 of the UCI Anti-doping Rules."
No life-time ban
The CAS panel, however, rejected a UCI call to impose a life-time ban and to annul Ullrich's results all the way back to 2002. The UCI based its request on the fact that the Puerto case constituted Ullrich's second doping violation and that UCI and WADA rules called for the imposition of a life-time suspension. Ullrich was found to have used amphetamines (reportedly the drug ecstasy) while partying with friends in 2002.
The CAS panel noted that amphetamines had since been reclassified as being banned only if found in an in-competition test.
The panel concluded that the 2002 violation would no longer qualify has a doping offense and, therefore, did not warrant the imposition of a life-time ban.
"In short, were Ullrich to be found to have ingested amphetamines out of competition today," the panel reasoned, "he would not have committed an anti-doping violation."
Ullrich's suspension expires in 2013, when the man who became Germany's first-ever Tour de France winner in 1997 will be 40 years old. It's doubtful that Ullrich ever had plans to return to competition, since he formally announced his retirement in February of 2007. A suspension, however, also includes a ban on his participation in the sport in any other capacity, including coach, manager or sponsor.
Wednesday's ruling also strips Ullrich of results dating back to May of 2005 after the panel concluded that the evidence presented "established that Jan Ullrich was fully engaged with Dr. Fuentes' doping programe at least from that date." Most significantly, that would negate Ullrich's third-place finish in the 2005 Tour de France and his overall win at the 2006 Tour de Suisse.
The court also ordered Ullrich to pay 10,000 Swiss francs (8300 euros) to defray a portion of the legal costs of the case.


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Fixed NavBar - CSS for Changing Background Colour
Posted 16 January 2013 - 10:56 PM
Is someone able to help with how to input the CSS for changing the colour of a Fixed NavBar from one of the standard colours to a a different (not standard PageLines) colour? I think the code is something like this:
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I have uploaded the plug-in 'Pagelines Customize' > clicked on 'Editor' under Plug-ins > selected the 'Pagelines Customize' plugin > selected the PageLines CSS file > entered the subject code immediately underneath the following wording (I've added it below too so you can see what II guessed had to be done) >
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/* = Start Your Custom CSS Here = */
/* ============================== */
.navbar.pl-colour-green {
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Nothing happens. I don't know CSS - just signed up with Lynda.com to learn. I'm used to a theme that asks for the HEX # I want to use :-) Help anyone?
Posted 16 January 2013 - 11:08 PM
First, we use the American spelling, so colour vs. color may have some impact.
Next, my best recommendation would be to use the Dashboard > PageLines > Site Options > Custom Code area to paste your CSS.
The NavBar uses RGB color coding because of opacity. See the CSS below for informative purposes:
The code you provided includes elements which don't exist, so I doubt they'll work.
The one above, modified will.
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Posted 16 January 2013 - 11:39 PM
Thanks for the response! I input the CSS below and it changed the border-top-colour (1 px) but not the actual navigation bar ...
.navbar.pl-color-black-trans {
background-color: rgba(186, 207, 140, 0.12);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center top , rgba(186, 207, 140, 0.8), rgba(186, 207, 140, 0.9));
background-repeat: repeat-x;
border-top-color: rgba(186, 207, 140, 0.9);
border-top-style: solid;
border-top-width: 1px;
Any suggestions?
(Thanks for the reminder about 'color' as opposed to 'colour' :-)
Posted 17 January 2013 - 12:31 AM
Hi there, the css for the navbar uses cross browser code for the background color as it uses gradients.
The background gradient is also supplied using the selector background-image, so you'll need to amend these. Not all of these codes show up in firebug so I've included the full background spectrum for the cross browser css below for you.
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Posted 17 January 2013 - 12:46 AM
Thanks James ... some of your fonts in the last few lines of your code are showing up with strange symbols ... I've attached a screen print here so you can see what I mean.
Are you able to take a screen print on your end so I can see how they translate on my end?
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Posted 17 January 2013 - 12:55 AM
James, ignore my request ... I've done a search and think I've figured out what you've sent me. If it doesn't work I'll be posting a note here. Thanks :-)
Posted 17 January 2013 - 12:57 AM
That strange, i'll look into why that happened. Doesn't seem to like the double quotes
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Posted 17 January 2013 - 01:08 AM
The code works ... except that it colours both the fixed NavBar and the second NavBar ... hate to be a pain ... suggestions how I keep the second one black and only change the top menu? Thanks
Posted 17 January 2013 - 01:10 AM
Our emails crossed ... thanks for the screen print James
Posted 17 January 2013 - 01:26 AM
Hi Sue, do you have a link to the page I can look at
Posted 17 January 2013 - 01:32 AM
Sure James ... give me a few minutes to add the code back ... here's the link
Posted 17 January 2013 - 01:49 AM
The easiest way I can think to do it is to go Pagelines>site options>navbar and you'll see an option to change the color of the 'fixed nav' at the top. Change that to blue and leave the standard navbar as blank, save.
Then in your css swap the pl-color-black trans line at the beginning for
That way the you're not editing the css for the black, only the blue which is assigned to the top nav.
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Thank you VERY much James! Hugely helpful. I'm heading off to dinner and then will make the changes later tonight. Thanks again for all your help. MOST appreciated. Sue
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You're welcome Sue :-)
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Hello, can you please help by explaining how I can change the background color of my fixed Navbar
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Before the update I was able to tweak the css but now, i am unable to make the whole top bar green.
I found the css in firebug but making changes in pagelines css window and saving it, it does reflect the changes, it reverts to Blue.
Can you please help.
thank you.
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Hi Carl,
Please open a new topic and kindly reference this one. It's considered topic hijacking and we don't reply normally to resolved topics. It's best to always open a new one to ensure we give you optimum attention to your issue.
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Currently, the College of Engineering undergraduate student body is composed of around 13% female students, close to the nationwide average. Maybe some of you can recall the days when this number was closer to 5%.
Find out what the College is doing to make engineering accessible to more young women.
The College of Engineering is pleased to announce Erik Coats as the recipient of the 2012 Faculty of Excellence Award. Erik possesses great teaching skill and is a strong researcher and is well deserving of this award.
Erik's research was recently featured in the Idaho Statesman. Read the editorial.
In the last newsletter I announced my top three priorities for leading our college forward into 2020. My first priority is to increase collaborations with industry, alumni, and other friends of the college. People who participate with our faculty and students are fundamental to the success of our students. One way to increase this collaboration is to constantly seek your input on how to improve our services. Our college has a system of strong industrial advisory boards. They actively support our programs and we learn from their insights. We welcome comments at alumni events and other communications you may send our way. We also treasure personal visits to campus.
For example, last month Clint Woo from Boeing talked with 75 of our students about how he became an engineer, earned a position at Boeing, and moved through various jobs within the Boeing company. The students loved his frank conversation and the chance to imagine what they could be doing in the future.
We also hosted a reception for Lou Edwards, one of our recently retired faculty in Chemical Engineering. There were over 100 alumni and friends who joined us in the Kibbie Dome with encouraging comments from former and current students. At this event we announced a campaign for the Lou Edwards Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering. Once fully funded, this endowment will provide the support and prestige for outstanding faculty and students into perpetuity. I was moved by the many alumni who made donations that evening to add to the anchor gifts already provided by some of our alumni and friends. I am convinced this chair will be fully funded in the near future and we can begin to put the endowment to work.
During the event we heard from several former faculty and deans, and industry representatives who had prepared comments for the evening. At the end of the program I asked for impromptu comments and Jacob Bow, a senior in Chemical Engineering, gave us some closing remarks. Afterwards one of the speakers told me how inspired he was by that student and thankful that he stood up to speak. I've always thought of our campaign tag line "inspiring futures" to be directed at the futures of our students. It was then that I had one of those "ah ha" moments. Whether you are 19 or 90, it is about the futures of all of us.
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During the trip, the EWB-UI team met with many community members, and determined that in addition to potable water, an irrigation system is sorely needed.
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Realizing that flat tires were the single largest problem for people who depend on bicycles for their livelihood, we worked to develop a product that would put an end to flat tires. The milele tube uses no air, never punctures, and lasts five years. It pays for itself 10 times in the first year alone and increases the incomes of those who earn a living on their bicycles by 25%.
The future of the milele airless tube, the Sub-Sahara African cycling market, and Baisikeli Ugunduzi are bright.
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The College of Engineering has created a new endowed chair in honor of Louis "Lou" Edwards. Named the Lou Edwards Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering, the fund will support the recruitment and retention of top faculty members who emulate Edwards's excellence in leadership, teaching and research in the field.
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Dave Strader Calls Boston's 2OT Winner For The Canadiens
"And the Canadiens now lead it 3 games to 2."
D'Oh! Now, Huff Post probably goes too far calling it a HUGE embarrassment and doesn't even list Strader as the pbp guy in the article. Is it embarrassing and a boneheaded move? Yes. But did 99.9% of people watching know Strader meant to say "Bruins" instead of Canadiens? Probably. It would be a much worse error if Strader's actual call of the goal was for the wrong team, but a simple misspeak afterwards doesn't bother me as much. It's not like he screamed, LINE DRIVE... BASE HIT.... caught, out there! Now that would just be silly.
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CAROLINA CONNECT is presented annually by AdvantageWest, the economic development partnership for the 23 western counties of North Carolina, and is considered by many as the top event of the year for entrepreneurs across the state and beyond. Collaborating on the event this year with AdvantageWest is Mountain BizWorks, a nonprofit agency that supports entrepreneurs with business development and capital.
The event starts with a pre-conference networking breakfast at 7:30 a.m. A panel discussion kicks off the program at 8:30, featuring 30-and-under entrepreneurs who will share what led them to start their own ventures and how they've achieved success at such a young age. (See details below.)
The lunchtime keynote speaker is an internationally recognized leader in social media and customer service, Peter Shankman, founder of the social media website Help A Reporter Out. Described as a "buzzsaw of ideas," Shankman will discuss a new world fueled by what he says are the two most powerful currencies of all, relevance and trust, and what businesses need to know to prosper in this new environment. He'll sell and sign copies of his latest book, Customer Service: New Rules for a Social Media World, following his presentation.
The closing session features some of the area's most recognized "entreprebrewers" – entrepreneurs in the brewing industry – Joe Eckert (Jack of the Wood), Mike Rangel (Asheville Pizza and Brewing), Oscar Wong (Highland Brewing), and Jeanine Buscher and Sarah Schomber (Buchi) – who will come together with moderator John Mark Stroud to share their unique perspectives on how business, competition, collaboration and community created a brand bigger than all of them: Beer City USA.
There will be morning and afternoon breakout sessions as well, covering cloud computing, sales and marketing, finance and capital, innovation, social entrepreneurism and succession planning. CAROLINA CONNECT wraps up with the announcement of the winner of a $10,000 business plan competition for women entrepreneurs, presented by AdvantageWest and Verve magazine, with a post-conference reception immediately following, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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Conan O'Brien Is the Villain
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Conan O'Brien is the real villain in the "Tonight Show" controversy, contrary to the claims of his supporters. Several years ago O'Brien bamboozled NBC into taking the "Tonight Show" away from Jay Leno and giving it to him in spite of the fact that Leno had been leading his time slot for years. That's the equivalent of benching Bret Favre to play a quarterback who has never made the playoffs.
Shortly before the transition from Leno to O'Brien someone at NBC figured out Leno was one of the few at the network who could actually win his time slot. NBC decided to put him on in prime time even though variety shows, except for contest shows like "American Idol", hadn't worked in prime time for years.
The gamble didn't work. NBC lost viewers in both time slots and local affiliates complained because they were losing viewers.
Late local news programs are often considered relatively equivalent by viewers. Many viewers will watch whichever news program comes on after the prime time program they watched or before the late program they want to watch, particularly considering that there may not be any commercials between the end of one program and the start of the next. Many of those viewers who switched to David Letterman for late night viewing may have switched news programs as well.
Conan O'Brien complained because he had "only" seven months to show what he could do with the "Tonight Show". He ignored the fact that prime time television shows are typically only given about seven months to convince a network to give the show another season. Jay Leno would have been justified in protesting his removal from the "Tonight Show" because he was dominating the time slot at the time. O'Brien has nothing to complain about because he failed to match Leno's success.
Unlike the previous two Tonight Show hosts, O'Brien had been doing a similar show for several years. Johnny Carson had been doing a game show when he was given the job. Jay Leno had guest hosted the Tonight Show, but had never had a show of his own.
O'Brien's failure to match Leno's audience indicates he wasn't ready for that time slot. He should not have been surprised that NBC wanted him to move back and let Leno take over the first 30 minutes after the local news..
O"Brien basically said NBC wasn't big enough for both him and Leno. NBC has recognized that Leno is more valuable to the network than O'Brien and is doing what it should have done years ago, let O'Brien go somewhere else.
CBS's David Letterman and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel have sided with O'Brien for obvious reasons. The last thing they want is to have to compete with Leno again.
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COugh Among Hypertensive Patients Treated With Telmisartan, Who Had to Stop previoUs ACE-i Treatment Due to couGH in Slovakia (COUGH)
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In the light of ONTARGET and TRANSCEND studies results, it would be interesting to investigate the real-life telmisartan treatment tolerability. It is well known and accepted that the Real-life setting is much more adequate to reflect the antihypertensive and safety properties of the drug in comparison to the organized and scheduled setting of the clinical trial. Because there are not much data on the cough in relation to telmisartan, therefore it would we worth to observe the cough frequency and general treatment tolerance in patients treated with telmisartan, who had to stop their previous ACE-I treatment due to cough.
Condition | Intervention |
Hypertension |
Drug: Telmisartan (Kinzal/Pritor, BAY68-9291) |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Observational Model: Cohort Time Perspective: Prospective |
Official Title: | Cough Among Hypertensive Patients Treated With Telmisartan, Who Had to Stop Previous ACE-i Treatment Due to Cough |
- Cough frequency among telmisartan treated patients, who had to stop their previous ACE-I treatment due to cough [ Time Frame: 4 months after initiation ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Number of Participants with Adverse Events among patients, who had to stop their previous ACE-I treatment due to cough [ Time Frame: 4 months after initiation ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Enrollment: | 980 |
Study Start Date: | January 2010 |
Study Completion Date: | September 2010 |
Primary Completion Date: | September 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Groups/Cohorts | Assigned Interventions |
Group 1 |
Drug: Telmisartan (Kinzal/Pritor, BAY68-9291)
Patients treated with telmisartan tablets under the real-life setting. Dosing regimen customised to the needs of each participating patient according to the investigators assessment
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
Primary care clinic hypertensive patients with cough caused by the ACE-I regardless any other factors.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Hypertension
- Age > 18
- ACE-I related cough
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current treatment with telmisartan
- Cholestatic disorders and severe hepatic failure
- Allergy to telmisartan
- Pregnancy and lactation period
Additional Information:
No publications provided
Responsible Party: | Medical Director, Bayer s. r. o, Obchodna 2, 811 06 Bratislava |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01217879 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | 15379, KL0910SK, 14881 - KL0910PL, GM.2009-04-06.0017 |
Study First Received: | October 6, 2010 |
Last Updated: | November 14, 2012 |
Health Authority: | Slovakia: State Institute for Drug Control |
Keywords provided by Bayer:
Cough Telmisartan Bradykinin Tolerability |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cough Hypertension Respiration Disorders Respiratory Tract Diseases Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory Signs and Symptoms Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Telmisartan Benzoates |
Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Pharmacologic Actions Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Protease Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Antifungal Agents Anti-Infective Agents Therapeutic Uses |
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When you tried to visit Social Media Today on Jan. 15 you were probably greeted with this giant scary warning:
"Content from Smartdatacollective.com, a known malware distributor, has been inserted into this webpage." Oh yeah? Since when? Google helpfully tells you since when:
So, for the last 90 days Google found no problems. That's a pretty shabby record for a known malware distributor. The short story is none of the Social Media Today sites were infected with malware, and Google's hysteria took down over 175 sites. And how is their warning not libelous?
Badware Gonna Get You!
Google blacklisted the entire iSocket ad network because their mighty cadre of malware scanners thought they detected some Badware. That's what Google calls it, Badware. Like weird parents who try to control their kids with scary stories: "The Badware's gonna GET you if you DON'T watch OUT." Or your crazy auntie (me) running around singing "Nananananananana BADWARE."
Of course Google promises solemnly that they care deeply about us and thus are totally careful about flagging sites as infected. Because when they block an ad-serving network for malware that also blocks the sites that run the ads.
While Google's assurances feel rather hollow at the moment, their concern is well-founded, because thanks to the incurably insecure Microsoft Windows the Internet is little more than a giant worldwide botnet of infected Windows machines pumping out malware and spam 24x7x365. It's pretty much a sewer, and I don't mean like a seamstress or tailor, and infected Web pages are a major source of infection. A single ad server can infect thousands of sites.
Getting Clean
But we know what the road to hell is paved with. Google blocks first and reports later. They send emails to sites they are blocking. Then Webmasters need to clean up their sites, and then ask Google for a review. Your only recourse is Google Webmaster Tools, which is a nifty little toolkit, but it requires a fair bit of hoop-jumping to get it set up for your sites, so if you don't already have an account you have a lot of work to do.
Webmaster Tools gives a detailed report with links to allegedly-infected pages and copies of the offending code. It's usually not updated until several hours after that first email notification. Then to get your site off Google's blacklist you have to request a review-- which you can do only from Webmaster Tools. You can't talk to a human. No phone, no email, no other recourse no matter how much business you're losing. Google cheerily advises "If you don't see a warning in Webmaster Tools, but your site is flagged, please check back later." As Ernest Tubb sang, Thanks, thanks a lot.
Google reportedly realized their mistake yesterday and lifted the block an hour after they placed it. But it took from 7-12 hours for the reversal to propagate across the Internet.
Dodgy Ad Servers, Google Paranoia
The iSocket ad code that triggered Google's freakout response does look a little dodgy. (You can see it here on Pastebin.) This pulls elements (like ads) into a customer's Web page from iSocket's servers, so the code we see on the page isn't the problem, but what it potentially pulls in. This isn't exactly a best practice, but ad networks do it this way because it's the most reliable way to dynamically insert code into a web page that their customers probably won't screw up. So it's hard to see what Google freaked out at. Perhaps it found some actual malicious content on a site somewheres, and the common denominator was similar invoking code, and because it's a trigger-happy automated system that was enough. We'll never know because Google won't tell.
John Ramey, founder and CEO of iSocket, was kind enough to offer some information:
"First and foremost: there is zero evidence yet to suggest that isocket actually served malware on SMT. After thorough investigations, we see no evidence that our systems were hacked, exploited, security was breached, etc. We believe Google had a false positive, then made a gross error in applying that punishment across a wide swatch of publishers. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to it.
"Google PR gave us word tonight that Google lifted the world wide block within an hour of it first happening, by around 9am PT. Google wouldn't have manually intervened and removed the block if there was actually a wide spread issue with isocket. The problem was, it takes Google's system a long time to undo what it took only minutes to create...they have the moral obligation as the Internet Police to improve both the system for flagging problems, and their ability to quickly correct mistakes when they happen."
Mr. Ramey is right. There is no due process, no meaningful appeal, and Google won't talk to anyone. And they get away with it because they have a giant monopoly on search and Internet services.
Who Pays?
The nice people at Google have not responded to my repeated requests for comment, and have made no public comment. If there are people there. I'm starting to believe it's just a giant automated algorithm. But there is a bit of comedy to enjoy-- go to Google's About page to read all about how "#1: Focus on the user and all else will follow." Visit their News page to read-- absolutely nothing about how they mistakenly shut down 175+ sites and cost them a day's business.
When a kid throws a rock through your store window, she buys you a new window. Doesn't Google owe a whole lot of people for disrupting their businesses for a day?
So....rock, meet hard place, our brave new Google world devoid of humans, guilty until proven innocent, and no penalties for Google's mistakes. Or Microsoft's either-- don't forget they play the key role in these follies, by creating the problem and doing little to cure it.


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Below is a rundown of the latest activity from the Naples Police Department.
Date: 10/1/12- 10/2/12Day: Monday - TuesdayHours: 0500-0459
Felony Crimes:
Grand Theft; 1333 Mandarin Road; it was reported that an unknown person stole two pieces of jewelry from her mother's estate. The case was forwarded to detectives for follow-up investigation.
Misdemeanor Crimes:
Petit Theft & Dealing in Stolen Property; 141 9th Street North; Robert McGuire, W/M, age 61, who is homeless, was arrested for stealing property from Sunshine Ace hardware and later pawning the property at a pawn shop.


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WASHINGTON -- In advance of tonight's first presidential debate in Denver, Republican nominee Mitt Romney has had plenty of advice from prominent kibitzers on what he must do to boost his flagging chances against President Obama.
National polls indicate Romney is still in close contention, but state-by-state surveys show he has been slipping in key battlegrounds such as Ohio and Florida that will be decisive in the Electoral College vote. Many backers have counseled him to stand up firmly to the man in the Oval Office or to spell out in much greater detail what he would do to turn the economy around.
Both these urgings make sense. Yet in a broader sense, tonight's long-anticipated confrontation will be watched to see and hear how the heralded corporate repair man manages to sell himself as a prospective president and world leader.
Despite months of public exposure from the marathon Republican primary debates, his party convention and traveling thousands of miles on the campaign trail, Romney has remained a question mark. What sort of man is behind that friendly if stiff and reserved demeanor? His efforts to connect with Main Street do not seem to have brought Americans to the comfort level they like to have with their leader in the White House.
For all the legitimate complaints millions of Americans have against Barack Obama and his failures to bring faster results to a lagging economy, the president continues to enjoy relatively high personal approval. He is more at ease in public encounters, and his cool confidence on the debating stage is something Romney will have his work cut out to match.
Yet it will be imperative for the challenger to focus more on substance than on style in this first debate. He needs to bring the contest back to his primary argument for being the better candidate -- that he is uniquely suited to lift America out of its economic doldrums and put its millions of unemployed back to work.
That means finally offering a much more specific roadmap to recovery than in his general five-point agenda on education, energy, foreign trade, deficit reduction and small business stimulation. He was able to be clear and definitive enough in his opposition to the auto industry bailout and "Obamacare," but much less so in spelling out how he would deliver on the 12 million new jobs he has promised.
Instead, Romney has allowed himself to be seen, first, as a fawning courtier of the most conservative elements in his party, contradicting his earlier moderate posture. Second, he has encouraged the view of himself as man of great wealth insensitive to the struggles of the less fortunate in the society. His taped fund-raising remarks, in which he dismissed "47 percent" of Americans as non-taxpaying takers of government largesse who would never vote for him anyway, threw him onto the defensive and handed the Obama strategists a bonanza for their television blitz against him.
For all these reasons, tonight's debate will be the greatest challenge for Romney against an incumbent president since Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale faced the hugely popular Ronald Reagan in 1984. Mondale tried candor then, saying in the debate that he would tell the truth on raising taxes, and he was buried on Election Day.
But Romney may have no other recourse than to lay out a much more convincing program of job creation for the "100 percent of Americans" he now claims to champion after his colossal gaffe.
Conservative kibitzers who are advising Romney to pivot suddenly to assaulting Obama for failing to take more decisive action in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East are giving him bad advice. Obama has effectively insulated himself on foreign policy with the killing of Osama bin Laden, and by turning away from the adventurism of the previous Republican administration.
Tonight's debate is Romney's best chance yet to make the more convincing case for himself and his plans as Mr. Fix-It at home. He needed to make that case long ago, and now time is running out on him.
(Jules Witcover's latest book is "Joe Biden: A Life of Trial and Redemption" (William Morrow). You can respond to this column at email@example.com.)


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In April 1994, the Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute hosted its Fifth Annual Strategy Conference. The theme was "The Revolution in Military Affairs: Defining an Army for the 21st Century." After fourteen of the nation's leading defense scholars presented papers on the role of technology in warfare, Dr. Paul Bracken and Colonel Raoul Alcala concluded the conference by offering their views of the Army's future. Professor Bracken contends that the Army of the 21st century will be shaped by domestic concerns as much as by external threats to American security. While economic power has increased in importance in international relations, military power as traditionally conceived remains a dominant factor in determining the status of nations. Colonel Alcala holds that there is a connection between ideas and principles. He argues that doctrines will provide the basis for force structure, training, and weapons acquisition. Colonel Alcala maintains that the Army's ability to stay intellectually ahead of the technology will be, perhaps, its greatest challenge in the next century.
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Thursday July 22, 2004
BLOG SPOTTING - Wait Til Next Year's Prospect Update (where do the Twins rank?)
Another relatively short entry today. There is just one topic I really want to bring up. I received my daily ATM Report from Lee Sinnis yesterday afternoon and when I got to #11, I have to admit my brain started racing. Here is what it said:
According to ESPN's Peter Gammons, if the Mariners can't find a taker for 2B Bret Boone, they might just release him.
OK, am I the only one who finds this a little bit interesting?
First, if anyone knows what's going on as the trade deadline approaches, it is Peter Gammons.
Second, the Mariners have already traded Freddy Garcia and Rich Aurilia (after releasing him) and flat-out released John Olerud. Clearly they are going a different direction and are in rebuilding mode. There are rumors of Eddie Guardado going to the Cubs. Twins fans keep hearing Dan Wilson's name as a possible catching option for the Twins. Pretty much everyone but Ichiro could probably be had at this point. I know that the Mariners are making efforts to trade Bret Boone.
Third, Bret Boone is having a bad season. He is currently hitting .242/.301/.406 with 16 doubles and 13 home runs. That's not good at all. But as we know, Boone has been one of the better offensive second basemen in the game the last four years or more. He also is a Gold-Glove caliber defender.
Fourth, I have talked a lot lately about how I want to see the Twins go with an infield of Terry Tiffee at 3B, Jason Bartlett at SS, Michael Cuddyer at 2B and Justin Morneau at 1B. That team will cost about $1.3 million and be as productive as the current four infielders, who would make over $18 million next season. The cost savings could be used to pay Boone's contract for 2005. I would move Cuddyer in to 3B (with Tiffee coming off the bench or in AAA).
Fifth, Bret Boone would be around for the rest of this season, but also has $8 million left on his contract for next year (he also has an option of $9 million for 2006 which vests with 450 plate appearances in 2004... note, he's already at about 365, so it is likely). I think that is a fair amount if he puts up numbers like he did in 2001 or 2003. In the last three years, he has averaged 32 homers and 122 RBI. He has shown signs of life of late as well. In his last five games, he is 9-24 with four doubles and two homers.
Sixth, the Twins need a bat, right? Clearly there would be risk in this trade from the Twins perspective. Boone has missed time this season with back spasms and a hip injury. In both cases, he just missed a couple of games. Neither of these injuries have recurred since May. Will Boone stay down this year, or will playing for a competitive team get his energy up and push him toward a solid last two months?
Seventh, if the Mariners are indeed willing to just release him and eat the remainder of his contract, Boone could come cheaply. What if the Twins offered them Luis Rivas, Michael Restovich and Adam Johnson? (or less) The Twins could ask that the M's pay Boone's 2004 salary. The Twins could pay the remainder of the Rivas 2004 salary. (this is what happened in the Shannon Stewart trade. The Blue Jays paid the rest of Stewart's contract and the Twins paid Kielty.) The Mariners would still get out from paying Boone in 2005, so big picture, they save money.
Look at this possible 2005 Twins lineup if they were to make this deal:
LF Shannon Stewart
RF Lew Ford
C Joe Mauer
2B Bret Boone
1B Justin Morneau
CF Torii Hunter CF
3B Michael Cuddyer/Terry Tiffee
DH Matthew LeCroy
SS Jason Bartlett/Nick Punto
That's a lineup that would be fun to watch! That is a lineup that can put up some runs 1-9. That is a lineup where they could get double-digit home run power from no less than 8 of them. They could get 20 or more from up to five of them. They could even get 30 homers from two or three of them.
Stewart, Hunter and Boone would make about $22 million while the other six starters would make a total under $2 million. In other words, Terry Ryan could spend about $30 million on his pitching staff before approaching Carl Pohlad's self-inflicted salary cap. When you consider that Joe Nathan is already locked up for about $1.5 million next year, Juan Rincon and Grant Balfour aren't arbitration-eligible and Jesse Crain, JD Durbin and Scott Baker could all be producing at minimum cost. The team could/should afford to make Johan Santana and his agent very happy. The Twins could spend some money to keep Brad Radke (although, I wouldn't pay him more than $5 million per for three years). In other words, the Twins could still be players in the free agent market, making the possibilities more plentiful.
Finally, I won't hate the Booney Bat Flip as much if he is a member of the Twins!
Any thoughts? Is Bret Boone someone the Twins should go after? E-mail me.
If you have any other thoughts, questions, or comments, or ideas for future postings or research, please e-mail me.
Twins 12, Devil Rays 2
The Twins have not had a game like this for awhile. They needed it. They needed a fun game where everyone was able to contribute. It was more than just Lew Ford and Justin Morneau as it has been of late, although those two players did well too. All nine Twins starters got at least one hit. The team had 17 hits or which 8 went for extra bases.
Things started out very ominously though. With Brad Radke on the mound, his first pitch landed in the left field bleachers, just inches beyond the reach of Lew Ford. In the 2nd inning, Robert Fick blooped a single to center to score Tino Martinez and give the Rays a 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the 3rd, the Twins got help from an unlikely source. Henry Blanco, who has not had a hit in like 3 months (note: slight hyperbole), drilled a solo homer to deep left-centerfield to cut the Rays lead in half. But it was the 4th inning when the Twins really got to John Halama and took control of the game. Lew Ford led things off with another hustle-double. Justin Morneau then slapped a two-strike single to left field to score Ford. After Michael Cuddyer was intentionally walked, Henry Blanco stepped to the plate again. He hit a hard grounder up the middle for a two-run single. It is a game of inches. If Blanco hits that pitch just a split-second later or earlier, it could have been a double-play. The Twins then got another surprise boost when Luis Rivas drilled a three-run shot to left-center. After a Ford single and a Morneau double to right, Torii Hunter singled in Ford to give the Twins a 9-2 lead. Ford hit his 12 homer of the season in the 6th inning. It was a line drive that just kept going. In the 7th Shannon Stewart singled in Michael Cuddyer, who had earlier singled. Then Nick Punto hit a fielder's choice that scored Rivas. That ended the scoring for the Twins.
It was plenty of run support for Brad Radke. Radke went 7 innings and gave up just the two runs on six hits (no walks). He struck out four. Joe Roa and Aaron Fultz each pitched a scoreless inning of relief to close the game.
There were a lot of hitting stars for the Twins. Justin Morneau was 3-5 with a RBI. Actually, the two times he got out were probably the two hardest balls he hit all game. Henry Blanco was 3-4 with a HR and 3 RBI. Luis Rivas was 2-4 with the three run homer. Lew Ford was 2-4 with his 23rd double and 12 home run. Shannon Stewart was 2-4 with two doubles. Michael Cuddyer was 2-4 with a walk.
Overall, just a great game for the Twins. Hopefully it is a little bit of a pick-me-up. We will find out this afternoon when Johan Santana and the Twins take on Dewon Brazelton and the Devil Rays. Here are their stats this season:
Thursday - 12:10 - Johan Santana (8-6, 3.55, 1.04, .233) vs Dewon Brazelton (2-3, 3.27, 1.43, .238)
Any thoughts on the Twins? Do you still think they should make a trade? Is Kris Benson the guy?? E-mail me.
Redwings 1, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 6 - Well, the big news was the AAA debut of Scott Baker, but it didn't go as well as hoped. He did throw 0's on the scoreboard the first two innings. However, in five innings, he gave up six earned runs on nine hits (no walks and no strikeouts). He gave up two homers, one of them to Shawn Wooten. Joe Beimel came in to pitch the final three innings. He didn't give up a run. Josh Rabe was about the only bright spot for the Redwings offense. Hitting in the 3rd hole (Jason Kubel did not play), Rabe was 2-3 with a double, a walk and an RBI.
2B Luis Maza - .318/.356/.453, 20 - 2B, 6 - 3B, 9 HR, 45 RBI, 5 SB
OF Kevin West - .294/.347/.550, 30 - 2B, 20 HR, 78 RBI
1B Garrett Jones - .284/.317/.536, 21 - 2B, 16 HR, 51 RBI, 8 SB
Rockcats 11 Harrisburg 9 - After scoring 12 runs on Tuesday, the Rockcats got 11 last night. They needed them as the starting pitcher, Jon Pridie, had a rough outing. In 3 2/3 innings, he gave up 8 earned rns on 8 hits and 2 walks. Victor Moreno came in and improved to 5-2 by pitching 2 1/3 innings of one-hit, one-run ball. Travis Bowyer was incredible again. He picked up his 2nd save with three one-hit, scoreless innings. Offense wasn't a problem as New Britain got contributions from all over. SS Tommy Watkins went 3-4. Kevin West was 2-3 with a double, a home and 3 RBI. Garrett Jones was 2-4 with a double and a HR and 4 RBI. His homer was a first inning Grand Slam. Luis Maza was 2-4 with a double, walk and RBI. James Tomlin was also 2-4 with a walk. Matt Scanlon was just 1-4 but hit his 5th homer.
Game 1 - Miracle 3, St. Lucie (7) - Because of a Tuesday rainout, the Miracle were scheduled for two games. In the first, the Miracle got a miracle and won a game in which they had just three hits. Jose Morales had a double. Danny Matienzo and Doug Deeds each had RBI singles. Jeff Randazzo improved to 5-9 with 5 2/3 innings. He gave up two unearned runs on five hits and five walks. He struck out three. Pat Neshek got his first save with 1 1/3 innings of perfect ball, with 3 strikeouts.
Game 2 - Miracle 3, St. Lucie 4 (8) - In the second game, the Miracle actually doubled their hit total to six, but it wasn't enough to get the day's sweep. Ron Perodin went 2-3 and was hit by a pitch. Jesus Merchan was 2-3. On the mound, it was a bullpen by committee start. Levale Speigner started and didn't allow a run in 2 2/3 innings. He gave up four hits, walked two and struck out five. Ricky Barrett gave up two earned runs despite not giving up a hit in 2 1/3 innings. He did walk three and struck out three. Jannio Gutierrez gave up two runs (1 ER) in 2 2/3 innings. He gave up five hits (no walks) and struck out four.
Swing 10, Peoria 6 - Quad Cities had to use a number of relievers to get through their game last night too. TJ Prunty started and went three innings. He gave up three runs on six hits and two walks. He also hit two batters. Tristan Crawford got the win with 2 2/3 innings of one run ball. Jay Sawatski (Twins 8th round pick this year) was called up from Elizabethton (as was first round pick Glen Perkins) and pitched two innings. He gave up two unearned runs on two walks. He struck out three. Another newby, Matthew Hines gave up three hits and walked none in 1/3 of an inning. I don't know how it is possible, but he did not give up a run. Eric Brandon earned his 5th save with a perfect ninth inning.
E-Twins 5, Johnson City 12 - The E-Twins got some runs, but the pitching staff just didn't have it. David Shinskie gave up six runs on six hits and three walks in 2 1/3 innings. John Williams came in and in 2 innings, he gave up five runs (2 earned) on four hits and a walk. Javier Martinez came in gave up just one run in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out five. Jeff Mousser pitched a scoreless 9th.
Bryan over at Wait Til Next Year has developed a mid-season prospect list. Everyone makes their own preseason lists of prospects, but Bryan has updated his. I love minor league information and love these lists. Be sure to check out his Top 100 list starting here. He also gives a brief description of each player.
Here is where he ranks Twins prospects:
#35 Jason Kubel
Think Jeremy Reed 2003, without the plate discipline. Instead, Kubel has fantastic contact skills that led to a .377 average in the Eastern League before being promoted to AAA. Being an outfielder in the Twins' organization is a death penalty, but Kubel's 41 extra-base hits gives Terry Ryan one great piece of trade bait. This is another player on the list I forecast will drop by year's end, but for now, I gotta give the kid his due
#40 - Jesse Crain
Relief prospects are generally overrated, but Crain deserves the hype he's gotten. After rising through three levels last season, Crain has had a home in Rochester this year, appearing in 33 games as the Red Wings' closer. But, Crain should be preparing for a move, as the Twins could no doubt use some help in the bullpen towards the end of the year. Crain might not be the immediate closer, but setting up Joe Nathan will be a wonderful way to start what will likely be a great career.
#77 - Scott Baker
The reason I love Baseball America? It's the source where I find guys like Scott Baker, who recently struck out 12 batters in a game, and has given up a ridiculously low 44 hits in 70.1 innings in AA. His peripherals are the type that get turned into a reliever, especially the low average against that Kevin Goldstein recently cited. But, even if Baker ends up being Jesse Crain's set-up man, the Twins succeeded.
#89 - JD Durbin
Again, injuries have stalled Durbin's development, but he remains on the Twins' blueprint more than any other Twins hurler, including Jesse Crain. Durbin has very solid numbers across the board in the Eastern League, and looks ready to become a Rochester Red Wing. The Twins need starting pitching like the Texas Rangers do, so there is nothing to indicate that Durbin won't get his chance in the Twin Cities. And sometimes, opportunity is half the battle.
Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Lew Ford and Michael Cuddyer have graduated from being eligible from this list. I think Bryan did a pretty good job. There are a bunch that I would have had higher or lower, but that's all debatable. I would have Robinson Cano rated much higher than 56. I would now have Scott Baker higher than 77. But, these kinds of lists are fun.
And on that note, I am going to call it a day! Have yourself a good one! As always, if you have any questions or comments on anything, please e-mail me.


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Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Madonna and Beyonce were at Chicago's United Center on Tuesday night for double-taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" as it approaches its finale next week. Winfrey received a standing ovation from about 13,000 fans.
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I have:
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Warhawk - just got
Eye of Judgement - just got
I also have Rock Band but no instruments...gotta wait 2 more months or more to buy them I guess.
I have:
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Guitar Hero 3
Ratchet & Clank
Edit: Add Call of Duty 4 to the list.
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Right now, yes. It's stupid that they didn't put the instruments out individually at release. But I didn't buy the game, someone bought it for me. I figured the Guitar Hero 3 controller would work with it, but of course not. That'd be too easy.
On ebay they have idividual instruments for sale, but the guitars and drums are going for high prices, so I guess I'll just wait.
Though you probably won't see me on for a while.
I got the mic for Rock Band today in case one of you wants to get a game going online sometime. I suck at singing though haha.
PSN name = Fyzzix.
Anyone wanna make an NHL 08 League for PS3?
The singing is HARD. Damn thing couldn't fail me fast enough. If you want to give a shot at it my band "Satan's Taint" could use a singer.
Not sure if the online chat works on the PS3 version of Rock Band, though. So that might make it a little tougher than it should be.


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Shirley & Marcy
A mother was concerned about her kindergarten son, Timmy, walking to school.
He didn't want his mother to walk with him.
She wanted to give him the feeling that he had some independence but yet knowthat he was safe.
So she had an idea of how to handle it.
She asked a neighbour if she would please follow him to school in the mornings,staying at a distance, so he probably wouldn't notice her.
The neighbour said that since she was up early with her toddler anyway, itwould be a good way for them to get some exercise as well, so she agreed.
The next school day, the neighbour and her little girl set out following behindTimmy as he walked to school with another neighbour girl he knew.
She did this for the whole week.
As the two walked and chatted, kicking stones and twigs, Timmy 's little friendnoticed the same lady was following them as she seemed to do every day allweek.
Finally she said to Timmy,
'Have you noticed that lady following us to school all week? Do you know her?'
Timmy nonchalantly replied, 'Yeah, I know who she is.'
The little girl said, 'Well, who is she?'
'That's just Shirley Goodnest ,' Timmy replied, 'and her daughter Marcy ...'
'Shirley Goodnest? Who is she and why is she following us?
'Well,' Timmy explained, 'every night my Mum makes me say the 23rd Psalm withmy prayers, 'cuz she worries about me so much.
And in the Psalm, it says, 'Shirley Goodnest (surely goodness) and Marcy(mercy) shall follow me all the days of my life', so I guess I'll just have toget used to it!'
May Shirley Goodnest and Marcy be with you today and always
Shirly Goodnest And Marcy
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