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The L.A. Complex Review: Three's a Crowdby Lisa Palmer at . Comments
So this is what Cassie Steele (Abby) was talking about when she said there would be plenty of sex coming in The L.A. Complex!
In "Be a Man," Abby landed herself right in the middle of some trouble as she inserted herself in the relationship between Brandon and Laura, the two leads of Saying Grace.
Let's start backwards with this threesome. While I'm not a big fan of the decisions Abby makes, I can completely respect how she is written. Abby is a person who doesn't take the time to think about the consequences of her actions, but at least she's consistent. As usual, her boundary pushing will get her into plenty of trouble and probably off the series, but anyone could see that one coming a mile away.
I'll be much happier if the drama goes in a different direction with it.
We also get a closer look at Kaldrick's father, Walter, this week. Unsurprisingly, Kal didn't have the best childhood and his dad was incarcerated for the better part of it.
The flashback of Kal running away from some bullies and his father, rather than saving him, telling him to "Be a man" (hence the title of the episode) was especially noteworthy. It's clear much of Kal's thinking comes from his father's idea of toughness and manhood, which is probably why despite Kal's adverse reaction to his father, he runs to him when things get rough; his parent knows why Kal is the way he is.
At one point in the episode, Kaldrick's father Walter said, "I don't expect you to forgive me. I just want a chance to show you I can change." I'm sure this is exactly the sentiment Kal would love to express to Tariq, so it more than likely struck a chord.
One more reason I love this series is that it doesn't give us all the answers all the time. When the young boy comes in and starts rapping Kal's lyrics, Kal and his father share a look over the gay slurs. Is his father aware he's gay? Or does he just know Kal is not nearly as tough as the image he tries to portray?
We see this with Raquel's pregnancy as well. Last week she doubled over and nearly passed out from the pain. Is she still pregnant? Is she losing the baby? We haven't gotten any direct answers unless I'm totally missing something obvious here. As is typical, Raquel's character arc is one of the best of the week. Raquel's experience on Cactabear 2 is embarrassing and another brutal hit to her ego, as all she wants to do is commiserate over her slump with a director who she thinks is going through the same thing.
By the time her and Connor meet up later in the episode, it's high time everything unsaid is laid out on the table. Both are feeling tested and tempted and only have the other to take it out on. Connor is called out about his insecurities while Raquel is told just how desperate she seems with her acting career. After each pushes the other to the brink, Connor leaves Raquel sobbing and heads to his premiere with Jennifer Bell, whose sexual advances he turned down earlier.
One of the disappointing parts of this episode is that these two actually really enjoy one another, but they both have it right. They're extremely codependent, extremely lonely and, even though they may actually love one another, they have a lot of individual mistakes to correct before they try and be in a relationship.
The walls are closing in on Connor, who is being questioned by an insurance agent about his house fire, and Raquel's last few minutes in the episode are especially devastating, especially if she doesn't make it, which I'm praying doesn't happen because she's one of my favorites! I'm going to predict she ends up in the hospital and Connor claims to be next of kin and finds out about the baby, who didn't make it past the car crash. But I am also a huge fan of The Young and the Restless, so maybe my soap opera background is too easy of a prediction.
This leaves us with the four characters I least cared about this week: Nick, Sabrina, Beth and Simon. Nick, I'm sorry Abby broke up with you and I feel for you. I'm glad you didn't really snort that coke. Sabrina, you are becoming less likable since I don't like the degree to which you're taking this whole job competition.
And Beth? It's clear you're not eating enough, and seriously, I know you don't want to change who you are for Los Angeles, but couldn't you at least learn to keep your mouth shut at opportune times? Simon, keep doing what you're doing.
Cross your fingers for Raquel to make it out of this one alive and for Abby not to contract any STDs after this week's episode!
im really hoping the writters consider what i was sugestion a bout nick character nick deserve to move up
in the studio he need to be more nice to traig in front of the people in stead of pretending to pertect his image traig is helping him he should at least show some appreciation as a friend in business you dont have to mix pleasure with business the writters no what im trying to say
dont care for abbys role at all i dont feel sorry for kal but im glad he is changing but if he get to soft his character wont be exciting any more its ok to be soft with traig but the public he should still be kaldrick king and a loveable man be hind close doors only if he get traig back in his life the question is what is the writtter going to do ????????????
Loving Kal more and more each week!
Fantastic Review - Love this show and hope the ratings improve enough to bring along some more seasons. I think we need some more focus on Nick, his character was very dynamic in the first season and has somewhat narrowed.
Now I understand why they didn't want to make this show a Degrassi spin-off about Manny Santos... Manny was such a slut on that show and carried a lot of baggage. If I remember correctly, she also got pregnant and had an abortion. If they brought Manny to LA, what more could they write about that hasn't already been done? I want to like Abby but she's too promiscuous for my taste.


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Kansas City police are investigating a stabbing early Thursday morning on the city's south side.
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Organ donation is changing lives for the better in Canada and around the world. The following inspirational submissions come from real transplant recipients who are the Living Proof!
Ryley's Story
Our daughter Ryley was born in June 2005 and, other than deciding to join us a few weeks early, she appeared to be a healthy baby girl. We took Ryley to all her doctor's visits and had the health nurse to our home and no one saw any indications that anything was wrong. But when Ryley was two months old, she started to vomit and was making a little sighing noise when she was breathing.
My Name is Angie Essery
I had my first transplant in Toronto at the Hospital for Sick Children (called SickKIds or HSC for short) in 1990 when I was a teenager. I just went to the celebration last week on the 40th anniversary of Kidney Transplantation and got to meet Donna Fleming which made me so happy!
Getting Started
When many transplant recipients first hear about the World Transplant Games they think,"I could never do anything like that." They think that the games are very competitive, and only superb athletes can participate. This is only true for some countries, however anyone can join Team Canada to participate.
CTA Members Introduced into the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame
On Tuesday Nov 21, 2000, the 20th Annual Induction Ceremonies at the Brampton Centre for Sports and Entertainment, will be honouring 5 recipients from Brampton. Both Stevan Krajnjan and Dick Winter, Organ Transplant Recipients, were selected for their personal accomplishments over the years.
The Rookie
As a Rookie on the Canadian Transplant Games team I would like to extend thanks to the "Veterans" and fellow athletes for making the games a success. It was a wonderful experience to celebrate my ONE year "Transplant anniversary" on the Opening Day of the 8th World Transplant Games in Budapest, Hungary.
The Devine Ms. C
A Newfoundlander who'd had a transplant asked if I'd ever heard of any such thing as a transplant games. So I phoned the Kidney Foundation in Montreal (headquarters for the games then), and they told me all about them. At that time they were just called the Kidney Transplant Olympics.


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Here's to an Evening of Jewish Mamas, Storytelling, Wine & A Boobie Chair
On the night of Monday, November 25th, Kveller and LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture teamed up at the 14th St Y in Manhattan to present, "WHAT'S THE MATTER? A night of storytelling with your favorite Jewish mamas."
The audience was ushered into the theater, welcomed by a "Eve – Chair of all Mothers," a "boobie chair" designed by artist Mirta Kupferminc, and 10 beautiful, sincere, modern-day mamas, all ready and willing to bare their varying emotions and experiences with motherhood for a packed crowd.
The stories, both grave and cheerful, ranged from Karen Hartman's reading on trying to rebuild a relationship with her cancer-stricken mother, to Tamara Reese's laughter-rousing story on her son who just can't stop saying the word "cock." A striking and painful story was told by transgender writer Joy Ladin, who went unacknowledged as a parent at her daughter's bar mitzvah because the synagogue wouldn't legitimize her new identity.
The epic night of storytelling ended with wine, hummus, and of course, more kvelling and kvetching, as the readers and audience mixed and mingled until close.
If you couldn't make it, we're happy to provide videos of the four Kveller writers who graced the stage, below. Enjoy!
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Philippine Airlines recently indicated that it is planning to acquire a 49 percent stake in Cambodia Airlines. The airline is expected to pay an estimated $10 million to acquire planned stakes in Cambodia Airlines.
Media reports quoted a top official of Philippine Airlines as saying that the airline would be making a down payment of 10 percent (or $1 million) of the total acquisition cost. However, this is subject to the fulfilling of the terms and conditions of the contract, set for July 15, 2013.
The reports further quoted the official of Philippine Airlines as saying that the airline would be paying the remaining balance of $9 million upon the call of the board of Cambodia Airlines after the deal is finally completed.
Philippine Airlines also stated that once its deal with Cambodia Airlines is completed it would be purchasing 16 to 22 aircrafts worth $1.5 billion for Cambodia Airlines. The airline would be deploying 8 to 10 aircrafts to operate flights during the first year of its operation.
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Diamond Foods is Making a Huge Splash at the Super Bowl
Diamond Foods will be making a splash with its ad featuring the World's Most Flamboyant dolphin trainer standing on top of a volcano in the middle of a marine theme park. The commercial begins with the trainer whipping the crowd into a frenzy screaming "Let's Get Aquatic!" The ad ends with the phrase "Awesome + Awesome = Awesomer." How this relates to popcorn and snack nuts will be revealed during the second half of the game.
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Super Bowl TV ads – nostalgic and family safe
This was the eighth Super Bowl of the 21st century, but if you were only paying attention to the commercials, you might have thought it was the 1970s, '80s or '90s.
It wasn't just older themes that played during the between-plays breaks in Super Bowl XLII, such as Budweiser's Dalmatians and Clydesdales, which have been commercial stars during the big game for decades. Sunday's Super Bowl ads also referred to Michael Jackson's "Thriller," the Andrea True disco song "More, More, More" and the "Saturday Night Live" skit that led to the 1998 movie "A Night at the Roxbury." And that was just in the first half.
They're ad it again! Super Bowl commercials have zany flavor
From the previews that have been judiciously leaked over the past few days, the Super Bowl ads will feature a familiar mix of celebrities in zany situations and critters in zany situations.
Humor is the unchanging constant of Super Bowl ads, and that's not a bad thing, especially considering how seriously so many millions of Americans will take the accompanying football game.
Sorting through the history of Super Bowl ads
If you look at the Super Bowl advertisement hype, which seems to triple each year, it almost makes the 30-second spots seem worth the 40 bajillion dollars that companies such as Anheuser-Busch and Pepsi will be paying for them in 2008.
And with so many iconic moments in the past 3 1/2 decades, it's becoming more socially acceptable to admit you prefer the commercials to the game – especially the 52-10 blowout between the New England Patriots and New York Giants that we're about to watch on Sunday afternoon. Have we reached the point where popular culture has become part of American history? And if so, should Super Bowl ads be taught in every classroom?
The sleaziest Super Bowl ads of all time
When it comes to Super Bowl advertisements, sleaze sells. This Sunday will likely feature sexual innuendos, bodily functions, crotch injuries, erectile dysfunction talk and various combinations of the four.
Tawdry commercials have been around from the beginning — the first memorable Super Bowl ad featured Farrah Fawcett making love to Joe Namath's face with Noxzema shaving cream — but the risk-taking definitely increased beginning in the mid-1990s. The sleaziest Super Bowl by far was in 2004, which was also the year that Janet Jackson's right breast made an unfortunate halftime appearance.
Miller Spots a Strategy for Bowl Wars
Miller is calling out the dogs again.
Beginning tomorrow and running through the Super Bowl, the brewer will blanket the airwaves with a new Miller Lite ad featuring a Dalmatian, a longtime mascot of its chief rival, Anheuser-Busch.
The spot shows a Dalmatian sitting on a couch watching an earlier Miller ad. After seeing the commercial, the dog leaps off the couch and runs down the street, where it's joined by other Dalmatians, which scamper out of a barn full of Clydesdales (another reference to Anheuser). The pack of pooches follows a Miller truck that reads: "Miller Lite Has More Taste Than Bud Light."
Bud's Super Bowl ads build buzz
Anheuser-Busch spent about $2.7M a pop on nine ads in this year's Super Bowl – with seven of the spots devoted to Bud Light.The lineups are just about set for Super Bowl Sunday – not on the field, but for the glitzy, star-studded TV commercials that will cost close to $3 million apiece.
"The advertisers this year have learned how to do it," says Walter Guarino, advertising professor at Seton Hall University. "They'll keep it light and humorous, and I think it will be a real good year."
Like Eli Manning and Tom Brady on the field, Super Bowl legend Justin Timberlake will lead a team of stars through 63 ad spots with an airtime tab that will run about $175 million.
Ad Track: Pepsi hopes Earnhardt drives laps around A-B
NASCAR superstar Dale Earnhardt Jr. will go bumper-to-bumper with his former backer before the Feb. 17 Daytona 500 if he makes the starting grid in a Feb. 3 Super Bowl ad for the company sponsoring his new ride.
Earnhardt, a five-time Most Popular Driver Award winner whose 17 major victories include the 2004 Daytona 500, recently shot two ads for Pepsi's (PEP) Amp energy drink, sponsor of his race car this year.
Pepsi is the No. 2 Super Bowl ad spender this year behind Anheuser-Busch (BUD), which was Earnhardt's sponsor last season. He moved to Pepsi and the Hendrick Motorsports racing team after a highly publicized split with his family's team and says he's eager to help Pepsi overtake marketing rival A-B as a Super Bowl ad favorite.
Tide to Make Its Super Bowl Debut
THEY say time and tide wait for no man, but Tide has waited a long time to be advertised on the Super Bowl. Soon, Tide, the biggest detergent brand in America — sold by the biggest advertiser in America — will appear for the first time on the biggest day for advertising in America.
Procter & Gamble, the maker of Tide, has bought time during the Fox Broadcasting coverage of Super Bowl XLII on Feb. 3 for a commercial for the Tide to Go instant stain remover. The 30-second spot, by Saatchi & Saatchi in New York, part of the Publicis Groupe, is scheduled to appear in the game's second quarter.
SUPER BOWL GAMES VS. COMMERCIALS / Are ads superior to game?
"The Super Bowl ads are better than the game."
No doubt you've heard at least one friend or relative make that statement, usually after a few drinks, a large gambling loss or a horrible set of Super Bowl events that mock the sports gods — such as Washington quarterback Mark Rypien being named MVP.
But have we really reached the point where commercials have become more entertaining than the sporting event that surrounds them?
Beyond the Super Bowl broadcast, marketers are moving the ball
America hasn't even seen his company's commercial running on the Super Bowl yet, and Steven Schreibman is already happy with the returns from Nationwide Mutual Insurance's purchase of the most expensive TV advertising time in history.
His ad stars Kevin Federline, Britney Spears's estranged husband, fantasizing about doing a music video while cooking up fries at a fast-food restaurant. The spot has generated publicity and buzz beyond a marketer's wildest dreams, said Schreibman, Nationwide's vice president of advertising and brand management.
As of Thursday afternoon, the ad had generated hundreds of stories in the media, leading to 137 million Web viewings — or the number of times people see a brand, he said. "Right now, we are at about $5 million in ad value and there is more than a week to go before the game."
Budweiser pulls out Super Bowl gimmicks
By the time Super Bowl XL kicks off in Detroit in 11 days, Marlene Coulis will have clocked hundreds of hours in effort and thousands of miles in travel preparing for the moment.
A marketing executive at brewer Anheuser-Busch Cos., Ms. Coulis has almost as much at stake in the game as the players. Long one of the Super Bowl's biggest sponsors, Anheuser this year has bought five minutes of ad time for its brands including Budweiser and Bud Light — more time than any other advertiser in the broadcast.
Anheuser sees the Super Bowl and its expected U.S. audience of 90 million viewers as more than an opportunity to promote its brands or sell beer. It sees a chance to be seen as funny, prompting favorable reviews Monday morning by workplace advertising critics.
Picking the Roster for Super Bowl Beer Pitches
THE players on the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks who will participate in their first Super Bowl have a counterpart on Madison Avenue. On the biggest day of the year for advertising, the biggest advertiser is entrusting a newcomer to select its commercials.
The rookie is Marlene V. Coulis, who last August took over as vice president for brand management at the Anheuser-Busch beer division of the Anheuser-Busch Companies in St. Louis. Ms. Coulis succeeded Robert Lachky, who had long overseen the decisions by Anheuser-Busch about which spots would run during the Super Bowl for which brands.
Under Mr. Lachky, Anheuser-Busch's commercials often ranked highly – frequently coming in first – in the many postgame polls and surveys asking consumers which spots they liked the most. Each year, Anheuser-Busch usually buys more commercial time than any other advertiser during the Super Bowl, which is typically the most-watched TV show of the year.


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This weekend sees the official hand-over in the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul of a large consignment of antiquities which was recently sent there by the British Museum with the logistic support of the British Armed Forces.
These objects included the 20 ivory and bone furniture inlays excavated at Begram which were stolen from the National Museum of Afghanistan during the civil war (1992–1994). They were generously acquired and donated by a private individual, and conserved at the British Museum with the support of a grant from Bank of America Merrill Lynch through its Art Conservation Project. These decorative inlays were exhibited last year at the conclusion of our exhibition Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World, also supported by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.One of the returned objects: a double-tube cosmetic flask in the form of a camel with each hump…
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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Mabogo, Dowelani Edward Ndivhudzannyi URN etd-10202012-130513 Document Title The ethnobotany of the Vhavenda Degree MSc Department Botany Supervisor
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- ethnobotany
- Venda
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Date 1990-09-05 Availability unrestricted AbstractIn recent years Venda has suffered considerable environmental pressure as a result of overpopulation and agricultural and industrial expansion, which has led to indiscriminate destruction of vegetation and natural habitats.
The ethnobotany of the Vhavenda was studied with the aim of discovering their knowledge of, and dependence on mainly indigenous plants, and its impact on the local flora and vegetation. As the first comprehensive study of its kind in Venda, it also serves as a record of an important part of the cultural heritage of the Vhavenda. Personal observations and interviews with numerous Venda people have played an important role. Information from the literature on the uses of plants by the Vhavenda was also recorded and verified.
Herbarium specimens of more than 245 species of mainly indigenous, but also some exotic plants were collected and identified, and information on their uses recorded and analysed. Vernacular names for many taxa have also been recorded. The Vhavenda use indigenous plants for food, medicine, firewood, building, art, as sources of oils and dyes, for shade and as ornamentals. Despite the tendency to rely increasingly on commodities available commercially, indigenous plants still play a significant role in the lives of many people in Venda.
A utilitarian system of plant classification exists among the Vhavenda. Most Venda names of plants are related to their traditional uses, morphology, anatomy, chemistry, behaviour, habitat or relationships with certain animals, while a few have onomatopoeic derivations. A traditional system of nature conservation has for long been responsible for the preservation of those plants considered to be important.
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In his latest book, author John Coates describes the tension and exultation of the trading floor from a biological perspective.
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Using scientific information as narrative can be a powerful way to communicate.
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In Chapter , "Genes, Freaks, DNA," author Sam Kean draws parallels between the lives of Gregor Mendel and Johannes Friedrich Miescher, who both made scientific discoveries that were truly ahead of their times.
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Learning the intricacies of your own genetic profile is a double-edged sword.
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Author Ruth Padel tells the stories of John James Audubon and cellular migration in prose and verse
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Being an ex-drug-addict turned neuroscientist brings a unique insight into the physiological and phenomenological realities of addiction.
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I have never considered it for Nathaniel but my BIL's little cousin who is 9 repeated 2nd grade. She will move to 3rd grade this year. It was very beneficial to her. She has really blossomed this year in her 2nd year of 2nd grade. Her skills are much better and so is her self esteem.


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Situated in the city center, this hotel is close to Mozarthaus Augsburg, Augsburg Cathedral, and City Theater. Also nearby are Town Hall Square and Augsburg Town Hall.
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In addition to a restaurant, Hotel Augsburger Hof features a bar/lounge. Other amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access and a safe deposit box at the front desk.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. Event facilities measuring 269 square feet (25 square meters) include a meeting room. This Augsburg hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, express check-in, and room service (during limited hours). Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
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Incremental steps are where the transformed life occurs. One wholesome meal, followed by another. One time of choosing family first. One act of kindness. One act of self-restraint in the face of provocation. One assignment done carefully.read more
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Preaching is, first of all, an act of the heart. In the biblical tradition, the heart is center of experience and decision-making. It embraces the whole person: body, mind, and spirit. It is embodied and incarnational as well as intellectual. Good preaching moves the preacher and congregation alike. The pastor dances with the text through his or her bodily movements as well as lively ideas. The goal of the sermon is not to provide a final destination, but as philosopher Alfred North Whitehead says, to invite congregants to be part of an "adventure of the spirit."read more
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An important and respected voice for liberal American Christianity for the past twenty years, Bishop John Shelby Spong integrates his often controversial stands on the Bible, Jesus, theism, and morality into an intelligible creed that speaks to today's thinking Christian. In this compelling and heartfelt book, he sounds a rousing call for a Christianity based on critical thought rather than blind faith, on love rather than judgment, and that focuses on life more than religion.read more
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It's business time: Bret McKenzie, half of the popular music-comedy duo the Flight of the Conchords, is developing an animated comedy for Fox.
Growing up is hard enough, but for the pubescent characters on IFC's animated coming-of-age series, it's downright Out There. Creator and executive producer Ryan Quincy (South Park) partnered with King of the Hill alums Tony Gama-Lobo and Rebecca May for the show, which chronicles the misadventures of small-town misfits Chad Stevens (Quincy) and Chris Novak (Justin Roiland) as they navigate high school, parents and being social outcasts (the Season 1 finale airs April 19). Fred Armisen, Megan Mullally and Linda Cardellini also provide voices. Quincy explains why we should travel Out There....read more
Thankful to finally have something in common with his son, Hank is proud when Bobby's knowledge of beef earns him a spot on a college team bound for the State Championships. watch
Luanne and Lucky wake up Kahn in the middle of the night looking for their wedding gift.
LuAnn delights when a Japanese grill-chef transforms an onion into a volcano.
Joseph tries to make friends at his new private school by suggesting they burn a Chiramoya.
Joseph tries to come home after Dale abandons him at a rich man's house to have a better life.
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Are you still using Posterous, the once-popular blogging platform that was acquired by Twitter in March of last year?
Even after we told you that the inevitable risk of closure meant that it was a really good idea to export your Posterous posts and start using another blogging platform back in December? And how Posterous had stopped accepting new sign-ups last month (which is and always has been startup shorthand for "KILL… ME…")?
Well, you're tenacious, we'll give you that. But time is running out. Posterous have announced that they're closing their blogging service for good on April 30, 2013, which means you have a little over two months to get your content off there and on to somewhere else.


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A small gallery of photos shot by my very own, homemade, Lego, pinhole camera.
This camera was part of my final photography project during senior year of high school. I built it out of a random variety of Legos. Using black electrical tape, I lined the inside to avoid any light leaks. In the front of the camera I taped a small square of foil down with a pinhole poke out to serve as the lens. In the darkroom, I'd just pop off the top and slip in a piece of black and white photo paper. After that, I began a long series of trial and error.
The result were surprising and exciting! As you can see, even my professor (John Costello) had to try it out. I donated the camera and an album to the Broomfield High School photography program after graduation. A few years later I revisited the school and saw that new photography students had added their own shots to the album.


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I was appalled (and oddly intrigued) at the instruction I received from my editor this week, until I realized she told me to grab my crystal ball for this week's column. Let's just say the first draft of this installment was a little saucier until I realized she wanted predictions. So here's the best brief supposition and speculation I can suppose to speculate:
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Sorry this is later in the day. It's hard to get back into the swing of things after you've been gone for so long. I feel like Michael Jordan after he retired to play baseball trying to find his jump shot again. Of course, there's one pretty obvious difference between me and MJ: I live in Omaha.
Things are starting to pick up again after the holiday lull, meaning an egg nogg-and-rum hangover officially lasts 12 days. We have a smattering of minor casting news, Pixariffic information, award nominations, a clay Machete, and the cast photo of a remake of a Charlie Sheen movie (uncross your fingers, it's not a remake of Money Talks).
First up, Monsters Inc 2 is coming...like it or not. I for one like it...but I like a lot of things that nobody else likes, such as sleeping in cold temperatures and "Saturday Night Live." The interwebs went crazy about NEW NEWS REGARDING THIS IMPENDING PIXAR SEQUEL!!!! OMG!!! Except...the news came from an interview that's reeeeeaaaaally old. So take it with a gigantic grain of salt that next year, these two lovable monsters may be starring in a PREQUEL where they are in college.
Whatever. Sounds good to me. I'd trust Pixar to babysit my child at this point. Hell, I may trust Pixar to father a child at this point. Furthermore on the Pixar front, the Toy Story characters are STILL not done being played with yet. No, they're not launching Toy Story 4 (yet), but they are returning in a short that will be in front of...sigh...Cars 2. The automobile-animated extravaganza represents the least promising Pixar work yet, screaming "SHOW ME THE MONEY" louder than Cuba Gooding Jr (and I don't mean in Jerry Maguire, I mean when he robbed someone at gunpoint for money to eat yesterday). Still, news that Buzz and Woody will be in front of that money-grubber makes me happy. Apparently, the short will follow Barbie and Ken as their honeymoon to Hawaii is canceled, forcing the gang to give them a staycation, It's A Wonderful Life style. So...yay, the toys are back...again...
Speaking of back, after showing us her Beaver with Mel Gibson (never gonna get old), Jodie Foster is going to star in a project that continues to leap up my most anticipated scale.
The film is Elysium, and I have no idea what it's about. All I know is that it's Neill Blomkamp's follow-up to District 9...so I'm good with that. Also starring Sharlto Copely and Matt Damon, all we know is that the film is "set on another world." Maybe in that world, Foster is open about her sexuality and Gibson isn't racist. What? I said maybe.
Beauty and the Beast 3D is indeed happening! It's just happening some place much closer to you than theaters. No, not in your pants. That's a good guess though.
Instead, the hairy/pretty duo will be all up in the third dimension ONLY on Blu-Ray and not in theaters. This is delightful news to suckers like me who just bought their wives the movie on regular Blu-Ray. Thanks, Disney!!
Writer's Guild Nominations always seem smart to me. Maybe because they're given to writers? I generally like those guys. There are so many weird rules for each award ceremony, so just know that not all the best movies were even allowed to be nominated. Here they are:
An interesting batch of nominees. None surprising...can't think of any big snubs. I'm okay with it. Take that Golden Globes stupidfaces with your Tourist nominations. Blech.
As if to prove the movie exists, we finally get to see what the cast of Red Dawn, the second best thing Charlie Sheen ever did next to landing a lucrative paycheck for an ongoing family comedy series while totally whacked out on blow and beating hookers, looks like in the new remake.
Wow. They look like kids with guns. However stupid this may seem, I'm going to have to resist the battle cry of WOLVERINES when they make it. I just love the original so damn much. And I don't care who knows it!!!
And now, as we always do, let's end with a claymation version of Danny Trejo as Machete trying to sell you Lipton Ice Tea.
Come back tomorrow when I think I'm going to finally write my essay that mediates between Kevin Smith and movie critics. I'm not here just for my own glorification, you know...I want to use the power of a moderately interesting Web site to leverage peace and harmony. And if that fails, I'll probably just stick with my own glorification.
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Did you miss me? I sure missed you, my devoted silent masses! I promised I would post a few times during my holiday (saying that makes me feel British..."I went on holiday" just sounds so much fancier than "I spent the majority of the last two weeks running errands and sleeping in"). Then I didn't. This isn't because I'm a lying liar. Okay, it's partially because I'm a lying liar. It's mostly because (A) I was CRAZY BUSY, busier than I was even during regular work time (weird), and because there wasn't that much going on. Movie news and info is so slow during those two weeks that it's almost all relegated to other critics' top 10 lists, weird news items (like the stunt guy who played Donatello in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies doing stand-up comedy...yes, I will post that video below), and other uninteresting blog padding. So my choices were to rest and come back stronger than ever, my eyes rejuvenated by having not stared into the electronic abyss for days and days, or to keep plugging away and find myself suckling the exhaust pipe of a Mitsubishi Galant before too long. I chose the former.
I thought about how to start this first post back, and one way seemed obvious.
But now what? Post the video everyone was passing around of the aforementioned stuntman who played Donatello doing mediocre comedy while wearing the mask? Okay.
Steven Ho: I was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle from Steven Ho on Vimeo.
But NOW what? Recap the entirety of the events and rumors that took place in my absence? Okay, here you go:
That's a better view of one of the characters in Green Lantern. Thus, all we really know is that Green Lantern still looks turdier than your turdiest Christmas present. Seriously, other than ruining the cool cameo in Thor and minor casting news like, I shit you not, Samuel L Jackson casting news (I thought we collectively agreed not to encourage him to do every film ever by not covering his announcement that he'll be in every film ever), there is nothing of note to note. So, let's just kick off the new year with a deep, cleansing breath and vow to cover every bit of news, local and national, that warrants our actual attention.
Speaking of which, I am likely not going to continue a barrage of posts on the daily. Instead, I'm going to try to stick with one post (other than our cool columns like Things You Should Buy Me) every day that has the news of note that day. Why? Well, I think it's pretty unreasonable to assume that people will come back here repeatedly through out the day. Beyond that, it's pushing stuff that's cool off the page and whatnot. If someone has a giant objection (or wants to tell me that's a terrible decision for SEO purposes or whatever), I'll listen. But until then, for my sanity and your reading pleasure, I'm going to try to just hit you once a day. Sound groovy? It sure is good to be back, and I promise I won't disappear like that again for a long while. Feel free to comment with suggestions for the new year, news notes I may have missed, or whatever else your heart desires. We'll pick this up again tomorrow...deal?
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The epic conclusion to the most epic of epics.
A terrifying tale of an ooky pop-up book and motherly love.
A water-colored take on a Japanese folktale that is prettier than it is interesting.
"Out of this world" performances buoy a sub-par script.
Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Half of what promises to be an epic conclusion to a fabulous series.
A delirously fun satirical send up of artistic pretension.
"The Grapes of Wrath" in documentary form set in North Dakota.
If this was humanity's last hope, give up.
Actual human beings made The Tale of Princess Kaguya, and you can tell. A water-colored rebuke of the robots who...
In 1965, Stephen Hawking wrote his first ground-breaking thesis and wed Jane Wilde. His paper argued that if a star can...
On the one hand, any film subtitled "Part 1" is a naked cash grab. On the other hand, shut up and take my money, Hunger...
I know two things for sure: (1) Birdman aims to relentlessly drive home one singular point, one thoroughly expressed thesis...


text: Greetings from Mistress Stella- I recall vaguely this being discussed at one time and the problem was one of insurance/liability. Realistically speaking, it is my opinion, that we had enough trouble trying to take care of the baronial trailer(whereabouts unknown), which was hardly ever used and ended up deadlined in Mara and Eadric's yard. I don't see how we could manage to finance the use of a vehicle. Could we check into renting something like this? I think our best bet in a brush fire situation is to call the local fire department and evacuate the site. They are professional firefighters, we are not. In service, HE Stella ---------- > From: Jane Sitton <jane.sitton at radioshack.com> > To: 'Elfsea list' <elfsea at ansteorra.org> > Subject: [Elfsea] where in Corpora is it? > Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 12:59 PM > > Greetings unto the list! > > At Moot this past Monday, my lord husband, Laird Seamus Donnacadh Loganaich > an gabhain (aka Logan the Smith) brought up an issue concerning the Barony > purchasing a water tanker for use at events (to haul water from one location > to another, to spray down roads to keep dust to a minimum, etc.). > > One noble gentle countered with the advise that SCA law prohibits us, as a > Barony, from purchasing motor vehicles. > > As our home computer is still out of service, I have attempted to locate the > exact wording of the prohibition in Corpora & various related articles, > using my free time here at work. So far, I have been unable to find > anything even slightly related to this topic, but alas, cannot spend a great > deal of time "surfing" for what I need. > > Could someone with a better working knowledge of Corpora, the By-Laws, etc., > please point me in the right direction as it relates to this topic? > > Much obliged, > Madelina de Lyndesaye > mka Jane Sitton-Logan > _______________________________________________ > Elfsea mailing list > Elfsea at ansteorra.org > http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/elfsea


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Deserts and Beyond
Deserts and beyond...places in and around the southern California deserts and beyond. Photo taken at Canyon Lake, in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona, December 2011. A few minutes later, after the sun disappeared, these cliffs were their normal color. They were only golden for a short time and I'm glad we were able to view them in their glory.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Fountain~Watery WednesdayII~112912
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8 comments:
- Tina´s PicStory said...
just beautiful! :)
- November 28, 2012 at 10:34 AM
- Beth @ E. lizard Breath Speaks said...
i wish i could hear the water droplets falling. i bet it was a gorgeous noise. ( :
- November 28, 2012 at 6:00 PM
- Sally in WA said...
I love the sounds from water fountains. So soothing, especially after a busy day.
- November 28, 2012 at 7:08 PM
- Carletta said...
I hope everyone enlarges this to really take in the beauty of your shot.
- November 28, 2012 at 8:33 PM
- ReBelle said...
Fountains are pleasant things.
- November 28, 2012 at 8:36 PM
- eileeninmd said...
Pretty fountain, I hope you son did well in the race. Have a great day!
- November 29, 2012 at 2:12 AM
- Coloring Outside the Lines said...
Pretty little fountain! I love, love, LOVE your header shot.
- November 29, 2012 at 3:11 AM
- Tricia Hays said...
What a pretty fountain
Thanks for joining =)
- November 29, 2012 at 7:10 AM
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I know it's been a while lol
I got kinda choked up talking about Patrick so I had to stop it lol.
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Walking away from the American Chemical Society
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|Posted by Jenica under Collection Management, faculty, Libraries, The Vendor Files
There's no gentle introduction to this, so I'll get right to my point:
Librarians, this is a call to action.
tl;dr: SUNY Potsdam will not be subscribing to an American Chemical Society online journal package for 2013. We will instead be using a combination of the Royal Society of Chemistry content, ACS single title subscriptions, the ACS backfile, and ScienceDirect from Elsevier** to meet our chemical information needs. We're doing this because the ACS pricing model is unsustainable for our institution and we were unable to find common ground with the sales team from the ACS. Instead, we explored other options and exercised them. You could do the same if you find yourself in a position similar to ours as ACS standardizes their pricing, and maybe together we can make enough choices to make our voices heard in meaningful ways.
So here's how we got here.
The problem:
In May 2012, after much internal discussion and debate, three SUNY library directors from the comprehensive colleges (myself included) and the university centers, along with two SUNY Office of LIbrary and Information Services staff met with three representatives from the ACS at SUNY Plaza in Albany, NY, and discussed their pricing model. The ACS folks were very clear: they are dedicated to moving all customers to a consistent pricing model, the pricing steps in that model are based on a tiered system, and there is a base price underneath all of that. In principle, I absolutely support this kind of move: too many libraryland vendors obscure their pricing models, negotiate great deals with one institution while charging double to someone else, or "have to ask the manager" to approve any offer. In our discussions, the librarian stakeholders noted our support for this approach, but argued that while their tiers are reasonable and based on arguably sound criteria, the base price underlying those steps is unsustainable and inappropriate. (In the case of SUNY Potsdam, the ACS package would have consumed more than 10% of my total acquisitions budget, just for journals for this one department.) We also learned that their base price and pricing model, when applied to much larger institutions, did not produce the same unsustainable pricing – I cannot provide numbers, as they are marked SUNY Confidential, but I can easily say that what our ARL peers pay for ACS in support of their doctoral programs is, in my estimation, in no way fair or reflective of the usage, FTE, or budgets of those institutions as compared to the pricing offered my institution for my usage, FTE, and budgets. It seems to me that the tiered increases may be fair and be reflective, but the problem lies with the base price underlying their pricing model. That base price is unsustainable for small institutions. And, unfortunately, the ACS sales team is not currently interested in negotiating on that fact. In response to any suggestions of ways that SUNY or campuses might collaborate or negotiate to reach a place where we could sustain our subscriptions – one which might well be applied to other campuses, other consortia by ACS – we were repeatedly told "but that's not our pricing model." The ACS is clearly committed to creating consistent pricing across their tiers, which I respect. However, I firmly believe that their approach to the base price for their resources is unacceptable and unsustainable for institutions like mine.
What we did:
Given that there was no apparent ACS-based solution to our budget crunch in the face of what we feel is unsustainable pricing, we went to our Chemistry faculty and discussed all of this with them. This was not our first meeting; we've been discussing this since fall 2011 when we clearly understood that ACS pricing would continue to increase, and was pushing at the ceiling of what we could sustain. Along with two librarians – the Collection Development Coordinator, and our subject liaison to Chemistry – I laid all the facts out. We described our subscription history in support of their scholarship, teaching, and learning needs, pulled out the costs for ACS content when we first subscribed in the early 2000s and referred back to the discussions we had then (when I was CD Coordinator, not Director), laid out the current cost of ACS publications and the price increases over the past five years, and estimated what our 3-year prices would be. Based on our discussion, I think that some of our faculty were surprised, some seemed resigned, some were horrified, and they were all frustrated by what seemed to be a plate full of bad options. However, after two meetings and much discussion of how to reconfigure our ACS subscriptions to meet our budgetary constraints, I believe that we all agreed that this goes beyond having a tight campus or library budget: this is simply not appropriate pricing for an institution like ours. The result of our first meeting was that the chemistry faculty agreed to take their concerns to the ACS based on their individual professional involvements with the organization, talking with sales and the Chemical Information Division about their concerns, and we agreed that we'd look into other library solutions to their chemical information needs.
The options we found:
So Marianne Hebert, our Collection Development Coordinator, did some research, and came up with three options for Chemistry content.
A) The ACS Core+ Package at the new standardized price, ACS Legacy Archive, 2-3 selected titles outside the Core+, and ILL fill-in as needed beyond the 250 tokens offered. Based on our use stats, this would maintain a comfortable level of access to ACS content, but was going to save us virtually no money over our ACS full package, as we would have to pay the ACS full list prices for the selected titles, plus the $41 per article copyright clearance fee for ILLs beyond the initial free articles.
B) A Wiley 2012 STM package, which offered many chemistry titles. This was about 40% of what we would have spent on ACS content, based on our Wiley print subscriptions and other existing Wiley contracts.
C) A Royal Society of Chemistry Gold Package, and the RSC archive. This was about 54% of what we were projected to spend on ACS content.
So we gathered up the price quotes, the title lists, and our usage data, and presented the three options to the Chemistry faculty who were available on campus in July. These faculty are strong participants in their professional organization: Many if not all of them are ACS members, doing active research and publication both alone and with undergraduate research partners, some of them heavily involved in ACS committees and conferences. And they agreed on behalf of their department that despite the undisputed excellence of content and relevance to their work found in American Chemical Society content, we cannot afford the ACS content at the current pricing model.
What we chose:
When faculty compared the titles available from Wiley and the RSC, they preferred the RSC for reasons of quality, reputation, and relevance to our curriculum. On the library side, we agreed to subscribe to the RSC Gold Package, and to provide our standard ILL service for any needed additional titles (though we were careful to note the $41 clearance fee for ACS publications, and described how that works, so that everyone was clear on the many ways that the ACS has price-protected access to their content). We also added on the ACS Legacy Archive, as it is reasonably priced for an STM indexing and abstracting product. There was then a discussion of the appropriateness and feasibility of faculty encouraging students doing undergraduate research to purchase ACS student memberships (students' dues are $25 and include 25 free downloads from any ACS publication), which could be nicely dovetailed with our Legacy Archive access and would be professionally relevant to our students as they graduate and move into jobs as chemists. Our Information Literacy librarians have also begun working with Chemistry faculty to integrate "how to do chemical research without university resources to support you" into some of our information literacy sessions for the department. Teaching this kind of broader information skillset strikes me as just the kind of IL skills we want our students to have as they move into jobs outside of higher education, and I'm grateful this is one side effect of the discussion.
Librarians and faculty raised the valid concern that we might not be able to meet ACS approval of undergraduate programs without our ACS package. The ACS is in the unique position of both approving programs and selling the content necessary for approval, which I will leave to someone else to debate the ethics of. Throughout our discussions we agreed that any library solution we proposed would have the ability to meet the approval requirements in concert with our subscription to ScienceDirect. It can be done.
The dramatic conclusion:
And so that's where we are. On January 1, 2013 our ACS content will dramatically decline, and our RSC package is already active to pick up the slack. The libraries have agreed to do a robust analysis of how well or poorly this works out in this year, but the chemistry faculty were willing to join the librarians in taking a stand against unsustainable pricing structures. I argued to them that while I will always try to do what's best for our students and faculty, we also have an ethical responsibility as active members of the scholarly information ecosystem to make smart choices. I asserted that someone has to be first – someone has to stand up and say that this is unacceptable, that we must find or create better options, and that we have the power to make choices based on those options. I know that other libraries — some within SUNY, some outside — have already chosen to unsubscribe from ACS content, all for their own reasons, be they practical, ethical, financial… But no one is talking about it. Or at least, not loudly enough to suit me. So I'll be the first one to stand up and say it loud.
Librarians are often disinclined to be first to try something – we'd often rather be second, after someone else has found the hidden pitfalls. So here I am, saying that we were willing to be the first to be loud, and to provide you with a public example of what is possible. Our chemistry faculty were willing to follow that lead, and I'm grateful to them for it. I'll report back on what we learn.
** I am also displeased with Elsevier, as are many others. However, all 64 SUNY campuses buy ScienceDirect as a part of our Core Services through SUNYConnect, and given the broader interests of all of SUNY, I was not allowed to opt out of the Elsevier contract as a part of those Core Services.
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Island Air to discontinue Molokai flight service beginning April 2by: Derek Paiva
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Interisland air carrier Island Air is discontinuing its flight service to and from Molokai beginning April 2.
If you have confirmed reservations for Island Air flights between any Hawaii airport and Molokai for April or beyond, call Island Air customer service at (800) 388-1105. Island Air flights to and from Molokai between now and April 1 are unaffected by the announcement.
The Honolulu-based turboprop airline owned by Oracle Corporation CEO Larry Ellison announced last night that it was dropping its entire Molokai flight schedule, which currently includes service to the island from Honolulu Airport, Kahului Airport, Lihue Airport and Lanai Airport.
No reason was given by Island Air for ending its Molokai service. The carrier plans to contact customers with April 2 and beyond Molokai reservations for ticket refunds or to transfer their reservations to another airline. According to Island Air's announcement, all of its Molokai employees will be offered job transfers within the company.
The rest of Island Air's interisland flight schedule remains unchanged.
Ellison purchased Island Air in February 2013, eight months after purchasing 98 percent of the island of Lanai in June 2012. Island Air's announcement of the end of its Molokai service arrives a week after rival interisland carrier Hawaiian Airlines' announcement that it would launch its new Ohana by Hawaiian turboprop service with flights to Molokai and Lanai in March.
Ohana by Hawaiian will begin three daily flights between Honolulu and Molokai on March 11, and twice daily flights between Honolulu and Lanai beginning March 18.
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Narcissism is a pattern of traits and behaviours which signify infatuation and obsession with one's self to the exclusion of all others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one's gratification, dominance and ambition. Whether narcissism and its pathology are the results of genetic programming (see Anthony Benis and others) or of dysfunctional families and faulty upbringing or of anomic societies and disruptive socialization processes - is still an unresolved debate. The scarcity of scientific research, the fuzziness of the diagnosic criteria and the differential diagnoses make it unlikely that this will be settled soon one way or the other. It is the psychoanalytic belief that we are all Narcissists at an early stage of our lives. As infants and toddlers we all feel that we are the center of the Universe, the most import ant, omnipotent and omniscient beings. At that phase of our development, our parents are perceived by us to be mythical figures, immortal and awesomely powerful, there solely to cater to our needs, to protect and nourish us. Both Self and others are viewed immaturely, as idealizations. This, in the psychodynamic models, is called the phase of "primary" narcissism. Inevitably, the inexorable processes and conflicts of life erode these perceptions and reduce the ideal into the the real. Adaptation is a process of disillusionment. If this process is abrupt, inconsistent, unpredictable, capricious, arbitrary and intense - the injuries sustained by the infant's tender, budding, self-esteem, are severe and, often, irreversible. Moreover, the empathic support of our caretakers (the Primary Objects, the parents) is crucial. In its absence, our sense of self-worth and self-esteem in adulthood tends to fluctuate, to alternate between over-valuation (idealization) and devaluation of both Self and others. Narcissistic adults are widely thought to be the result of bitter disappointment, of radical disillusionment in the significant others in their infancy. Healthy adults accept their self-limitations (the boundaries and limitations of their selves). They accept disappointments, setbacks, failures, criticism and disillusionment with grace and tolerance. Their self-esteem is constant and positive, not substantially affected by outside events, no matter how severe.
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That was the 1960s, when thousands of the dry cleaning outlets dotted America's cities.
Then came the advent of polyester fabric, and the dry cleaning industry took a nosedive. Hundreds, and eventually more than a thousand, of the Martinizing outlets shut down. Only 405 remain in the United States plus another 214 in 15 foreign countries and U.S. territories.
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"I was looking to set up a business that my son could take over at some point," he said. "I wanted something that had low accounts receivable and needed few people . . . and my business broker found this."
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B150 | Port & Company
Your basic carryall tote at a great value.100% cotton Reinforced stitching on handles Dimensions: 15.75'h x 15.25'w Handle Length: 21.5'Note: Bags not intended for use by children 12 and under. Includes a California Prop 65 and social responsibilityhangtag .