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|BUD'S FLOWERS AND GIFTS STAFF. Employees of Bud's Flowers and Gifts are shown with the new owner displaying some of the many items now available at the Carrollton business. From left are: Julie McIntire, owner; Lindsay Gwen and Lacey McIntire, Julie's daughters; and Aneissa Randal, all three employees.
A new look, new products and a new owner greet visitors to Bud's Flowers and Gifts in Carrollton.
Julie McIntire, who purchased the business Sept. 1, has been busy creating a fresh new look inside and out and adding new products. With the assistance of her daughters, Lindsay Gwen and Lacey McIntire, and Aneissa Randal, all employees, the business now offers gift baskets and bags, cash and carry gift items, baby gifts, candy bouquets, fresh and silk flowers for weddings and funerals as well as all occasions, greeting cards, balloon bouquets and Coblentz chocolates and fudge, made in Walnut Creek.
"We want to be your one-stop gift shop," Julie said. "We have a fine selection of gifts, candy, flowers and cards; everything you need to put the perfect gift together all in one location," said Julie.
She said the candy is kept fresh in a candy cooler and the staff will be happy to gift wrap candy purchases for free. "If a business wants to give a box of candy as a gift to employees, they can place an order and we can gift wrap it and have it ready for pickup when they arrive," she said.
Greeting cards, handmade by a local resident, are also available for purchase. Gift baskets and gift bags for various occasions are also available and the staff will wrap purchases. "We also do requests for specialty baskets and flower arrangements," Julie noted. "All we ask is that the customer calls ahead to give us adequate time to fill their request." Fruit baskets can also be made at the customer's request and gift certificates are available.
"Customer satisfaction is our number one goal," she continued. "We invite people to stop in, look around and enjoy a cup of coffee and a cookie while they wait for their order."
The staff offers several years of experience. Lindsay has been a designer at Bud's Flowers and Gifts for seven years and Lacey attended floral design classes. Aneissa has been employed at Bud's for one year and Julie has floral design experience. Lacey is also a student at Kent State University where she is studying to be an elementary teacher. Julie noted the business continues to focus on creativity and uniqueness in its floral designs and offers free delivery to orders sent to Sweeney-Dodds Funeral Home in Carrollton.
As the winter season approaches, the staff is busy preparing a selection of cemetery pillows, blankets and saddles. They ask customers place orders early to allow ample time for the pieces to be made and placed on graves.
Julie said the business' delivery van carries the new Bud's Flowers and Gifts logo and is easily identifiable when the staff is making deliveries.
"We are also excited to announce the new logo will be used uniformly on all materials, including our new website which will soon be operational," she noted. The website is budsflowersandgifts.com.
The new changes to the business will be showcased during an open house Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Nov. 6 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Refreshments will be served and balloons will be available for children.
"Come in and see what's new and sign up to win a gift basket," Julie stated.
The business is located at 69 N. Lisbon St., Carrollton. Hours are 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. until noon Saturday through Nov. 5. After that date, hours will be extended Thursday until 7 p.m. and Saturday until 2 p.m. The business can be reached by calling 330-627-5114.
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Dassault Systèmes, a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced today that DraftSight has surpassed one million downloads. Over the past year since the launch of the no-cost 2D CAD product, users have been gravitating – from every area of the world – towards DraftSight and utilizing its functionality for all types of CAD creations.
From evaluating tools to help with the Gulf of Mexico oil spillclean up to developing beautiful yachts, users worldwide have implemented DraftSight in resourceful and inspiring ways. Schools across the globe have also offered DraftSight to students. In Utah, engineering students at Weber State University utilized DraftSight in the creation of a Hovercraft Autonomous Target Vehicle (HATV) developed for possible use in U.S. Air Force pilot training.
One particular user, Bill Malone of Minneapolis, MN, has since dedicated his future work to encouraging at-risk youth to pursue careers in manufacturing, using DraftSight as a prominent tool. "Onward Bound is a vocational education outreach program for juvenile offenders," said Malone. "We're offering the tools and knowledge that will give these kids some hope to get into rewarding careers. DraftSight is a key resource for this program."
In the past year, DraftSight has launched the general availability of the product for Windows, a first and second beta for Mac and recently, a highly anticipated beta version of DraftSight for Linux. Along with these products, DraftSight unveiled its own DraftSight community, a robust online community that provides learning resources and encourages user questions, collaboration and support. This community is one of the first social networks designed by engineers for engineers, designers and architects.
"We couldn't be happier about reaching this milestone," said Aaron Kelly, senior director, DraftSight, Dassault Systèmes. "From the start, it has been our intent to offer a valuable product for engineers and designers while giving them the opportunity to provide feedback on its future growth. We want to thank our users for the support and consistent response to DraftSight, and we look forward to continued shared success."
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If grep decides the file is a text file, it strips the CR characters from the original file contents (to make regular expressions with ^ and $ work correctly). Specifying -U overrules this guesswork, causing all files to be read and passed to the matching mechanism verbatim; if the file is a text file with CR/LF pairs at the end of each line, this will cause some regular expressions to fail. This option has no effect on platforms other than MS-DOS and MS-Windows. -u, --unix-byte-offsets Report Unix-style byte offsets. This switch causes grep to report byte offsets as if the file were Unix-style text file, i.e., with CR characters stripped off. This will produce results identical to running grep on a Unix machine. This option has no effect unless -b option is also used; it has no effect on platforms other than MS-DOS and MS-Win- dows. -V, --version Print the version number of grep to standard error. This version number should be included in all bug reports (see below). -v, --invert-match Invert the sense of matching, to select non-match- ing lines. -w, --word-regexp Select only those lines containing matches that form whole words. The test is that the matching substring must either be at the beginning of the line, or preceded by a non-word constituent charac- ter. Similarly, it must be either at the end of the line or followed by a non-word constituent character. Word-constituent characters are let- ters, digits, and the underscore. -x, --line-regexp Select only those matches that exactly match the whole line. -y Obsolete synonym for -i. -Z, --null Output a zero byte (the ASCII NUL character) instead of the character that normally follows a file name. For example, grep -lZ outputs a zero byte after each file name instead of the usual new- line. This option makes the output unambiguous, even in the presence of file names containing unusual characters like newlines. This option can be used with commands like find -print0, perl -0, sort -z, and xargs -0 to process arbitrary file names, even those that contain newline characters. --binary-files=TYPE If the first few bytes of a file indicate that the file contains binary data, assume that the file is of type TYPE. By default, TYPE is binary, and grep normally outputs either a one-line message saying that a binary file matches, or no message if there is no match. If TYPE is without-match, grep assumes that a binary file does not match; this is equivalent to the -I option. If TYPE is text, grep processes a binary file as if it were text; this is equivalent to the -a option. Warning: grep --binary-files=text might output binary garbage, which can have nasty side effects if the output is a terminal and if the terminal driver interprets some of it as commands. --help Output a brief help message. --mmap If possible, use the mmap(2) system call to read input, instead of the default read(2) system call. In some situations, --mmap yields better perfor- mance. However, --mmap can cause undefined behav- ior (including core dumps) if an input file shrinks while grep is operating, or if an I/O error occurs. Environment variables Grep's behavior can be affected by setting the following environment variables GREP_OPTIONS - default options LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES, LANG - language for messages LC_CTYPE - foreign characters POSIXLY_CORRECT - Posix behaviour _N_GNU_nonoption_argv_flags_ - ignore an operand see `info' for more on these
Search the file example.txt, including binary data (-a) for the string 'hunting the snark':
$ sudo grep -a 'hunting the snark' example.txt
Search the whole partition (/disk0), including binary data (-a) for the string 'hunting the snark' return all the lines
starting 25 Before the text found and 50 lines After the matching text found, this can be a way to discover fragments of deleted files:
$ sudo grep -a -B 25 -A 50 'hunting the snark' /dev/disk0> results.txt
Search the file wordlist.txt for any lines that don't include at least one vowel:
$ grep -v [aeiou] wordlist.txt
Remove lines from invoices.txt if they appear in paid.txt:
$ grep -F -x -v -f paid.txt invoices.txt >paidinvoices.txt
Searching an entire hard drive with grep can be very slow, using mdfind to identify files containing text is orders of magnitude faster.
"The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth" ~ G. C. Lichtenberg
grep man page - Apple.com
awk - Find and Replace text within file(s)
mdfind - Spotlight search
tr - Translate, squeeze, and/or delete characters


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DePaul University took a calculated gamble in early 2011 when it became the largest private school in the country to drop the standardized tests requirement for admission.
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Of the 2,593 freshmen in the school's fall 2012 class, about 5 percent were admitted without standardized test scores, and nearly all statistics from their first school year match those of test takers, officials said.


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Trucks help Detroit automakers post strong April salesBy BILL VLASIC
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GMC trucks are lined up on the lot of Capitol City Buick Pontiac GMC in Montpelier. The auto industry is expected to post its best April sales totals since 2007 when major automakers report monthly tallies Wednesday.DETROIT U.S. automakers said Wednesday that sales of pickup trucks rose sharply in April because of a revival in the housing market and increased demand from the oil and gas industry.
The increase in truck sales fueled double-digit sales growth at all three Detroit automakers and kept the industry on track to sell more than 15 million vehicles this year.
Auto analysts said the overall industry sold about 1.3 million new vehicles during April, a 10 percent improvement over the same month a year ago. It was the best April performance since 2007 and another indication that sales of new cars and trucks in the United States were returning to pre-recession levels.
As long as automakers keep reporting their best sales in at least five years, well continue to be in good shape, said Jessica Caldwell, an analyst with the auto-research site Edmunds.com.
Auto executives said pickup sales grew three times as much as the overall market during the month and were a direct result of improved housing starts and strong demand for trucks by the energy sector.
The biggest beneficiary was Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, which reported that it sold 212,000 vehicles during the month, an 18 percent gain from a year ago.
Ford, which recently reported record first-quarter profits in North America, said sales of its F-Series pickup increased 24 percent in April to 59,000 vehicles.
F-Series continues to lead the pace in the truck industry, said Ken Czubay, Fords head of sales and marketing in the United States. We are building as many as we can.
Ford reported impressive gains across its lineup, with sales of the Escape SUV up by 52 percent and the Fusion sedan up 24 percent. Even its struggling Lincoln luxury brand had a 20 percent improvement because of strong sales of the new MKZ sedan.
General Motors, the largest of the domestic automakers, said it sold 237,000 vehicles during April, an 11 percent improvement from a year ago. Cadillac had the best performance of GMs four brands, recording a 34 percent gain primarily from sales of its new ATS compact sedan and large XTS model. GM also reported big gains on the truck side, as sales of its Chevrolet Silverado pickup increased 28 percent to 39,000 vehicles.
Chrysler, the smallest of the Detroit companies, said it sold 156,000 new vehicles during April, an 11 percent increase from a year ago and its 37th consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains. The Ram pickup led the way with a 49 percent gain from a year ago. Chrysler also enjoyed strong performances by its profitable SUV models, with sales of the Dodge Durango up 65 percent and the new Jeep Grand Cherokee up 27 percent.
All three Detroit automakers gained market share during April and are expected to sustain that momentum with new products arriving this summer.
Among Japanese automakers, growth has slowed since their big comeback last year from inventory problems associated with the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011. Toyota, the largest Japanese auto company, said its U.S. sales fell 1 percent during April. The company is preparing to bring out several new models, including fresh versions of it Lexus luxury cars.
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With headstones knocked over, holes in the ground and farmyard animals grazing nearby, this overgrown graveyard looks in desperate need of attention.
The half-acre site is approached down a small dirt track, on which chickens, cows and goats roam freely.
But despite its appearance, this small cemetery in Qunu, in South Africa's Eastern Cape, will one day become the focus of the world's attention. It is in the home village of Nelson Mandela, and will be his final resting place.
Home: This small cemetery in Qunu, in South Africa's Eastern Cape, will one day become the focus of the world's attention - it will be the final resting place of Nelson Mandela
Tradition: As a former president, Mandela is entitled to a state funeral, at which the world's dignitaries will pay their respects. But he has made it known that he wants to be buried in this graveyard in his home village
Quaint: This mud brick and thatch-roofed hut is where Nelson Mandela lived from age 10 to 18 near Qunu, Mandela's home village
The 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero is currently being treated in a Pretoria hospital for a recurring lung infection.
Despite being in a serious condition, he is improving after battling against the illness.
South Africa's first black president will be entitled to a state funeral, at which dignitaries from around the world will pay their respects to a man who did so much to change global politics.
However, Mandela has told his family and friends that he wants the cemetery - called the Mandela memorial ground - to be his final resting place.
Rural: It is part of the tradition of the Xhosa people to be buried alongside family members where they are born. This young boy walks to school close to Qunu, where little has changed over the years
Fun: School children play on the roofs of buildings at the Nelson Mandela No-Moscow Primary School in Qunu
Rural: Despite Mandela being known throughout the world, this quaint and rustic village will be his final resting place
It is part of the tradition of the Xhosa people to be buried in their home villages, alongside family members.
The headstones reveal the recent history of the former president's family.
As reported by the Sun, his father Mphakanyiswa is buried here, along with Mandela's mother Nosekeni Fanny. His sister Baliwe was buried here while Mandela was in prison during the 1980s.
Sporty: Boys play football in Qunu just as a young Mandela may have once done
Unique: The rural South African village is a slow-paced blend of livestock, locals on foot and the occasional car winding along the roads and dirt paths that link humble homes
Special: Mandela changed the face of global politics. But it is this small, slow-paced village which did so much so influence his personality
But it is two graves which most stand
out. One is for Mandela's daughter Makaziwe, who died at the tender age
of just nine months. His son Thembekile, killed aged 22 in a
car accident, is also buried in the small cemetery.
Speaking to The Sun, Clan member Zimisele Gamakhulu, who met Mandela on his last visit to Qunu nine months ago, said: 'His mother used to live in a house overlooking the cemetery.
'It will surprise many if he is not buried here. It does not look much for a man who has so much influence in the world.'
Remote: A woman hand washes clothes near the former home of Mandela
Transport: A young boy walks behind his friend who rides a donkey to school
Humble: Locals admit the cemetery in Qunu does not look much for a man who influenced the world. Two women walk close to Mandela's former home
Schoolchildren in Qunu have been singing
songs in Mandela's honor and others are leaving balloons and well
wishes outside the hospital where he is being treated.
He has been undergoing treatment for nearly a week for a recurring lung infection.
The government said late on Thursday that he was improving though remained in serious condition.
Hard work: A woman gathers water from a dam for use at her home
Helping out: In Qunu, a child herds sheep to a dam for water
At Mandela's childhood school in Qunu, school children in bright blue uniforms sang in his honor yesterday. Others have gathered to pray outside the Pretoria hospital where he is staying.
The leader of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, Mandela spent 27 years in prison during white racist rule. He was freed in 1990 and became South Africa's first black president in 1994.


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Ferguson believes the West Ham striker should have been sent off for the clattering first-half challenge that left De Gea in a heap inside the United box.
De Gea has endured harsh criticism during his short time in England, for his lack of a physical presence, but Ferguson believes the 22-year-old came through the latest physical test at Upton Park with flying colours.
"His first game last season was away from home against West Brom," Ferguson told MUTV.
"The referee felt he was a young goalkeeper, who was not used to English football. There was a laxity in terms of protection for him.
"That has passed now but Wednesday was beyond the pale.
"Let's be honest, there was an assault on him.
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Beauvais placed third in the Penn Relays' 400-meter intermediate hurdles with an America East season-best time of 51.08 seconds, lowering his IC4A-qualifying standard. The senior also ran the 400-meter leg on the eighth-place distance medley relay. His split of 47.05 led the relay to their top mark of the spring, hitting the tape in 9:45.02. This is Beauvais' second weekly honor this season.
Simon won the javelin event last week at the prestigious Penn Relays. Simon placed first in the 31-thrower field of the College Division of the javelin with a toss of 64.50 meters. Simon, who qualified for the IC4A Championships and NCAA Championships, earned his second performer of the week honor of the spring with his America East season-best throw at the Penn Relays.
Hennig broke her own school record in capturing the women's 400 meters at the Cornell Big Red Invitational. Her first-place time of 55.43 eclipsed her 2010 mark of 56.09. Hennig's time is the best in the conference in the 400 meters this season.
Coxon won both the discus and shot put at the Capital District Classic at Ned Harkness Track in Troy, N.Y., on April 30. The junior threw a season-best 156' 9", an ECAC-qualifying effort, to finish first in the discus. Her mark in the discus is tops in America East this spring. She won shot put with a toss of 40' 0.75".
University at Albany competed at the Penn Relays and at the Capital District Classic last week. At the Penn Relays, senior Alie Beauvais (Hempstead, N.Y./Hempstead) placed third in the 400-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 51.08 seconds. Beauvais also sprinted 47.05 on his 400-meter leg as a member of the eighth-place distance medley relay. Senior Nasim Siddeeq (New Hampton, N.Y./Goshen Central) took third in the Eastern triple jump by leaping 50' 1.75" on his third attempt. Albany's 4x200-meter relay recorded a third-place showing in the IC4A race. The squad was clocked in 1:25.61, just off the school record (1:25.43) that was established in 2009. Sophomores Jake Rachiele (Farmingdale, N.Y./St. John the Baptist) and Jonathan Santana (Rochester, N.Y./Edison Tech) each ran sub-21-second splits on the third and fourth legs. Senior Wilfredo de Jesus Elias (Arroyo, Puerto Rico/Natividad Rodriguez Gonzalez) was sixth in the hammer throw (190' 10"), his fifth top-six finish of the spring. Senior Fred Casimo (Cohoes, N.Y./Shaker) placed 11th in the Eastern long jump (22' 10.50"). Sophomore Ethan Clary (Schylerville, N.Y./Schuylerville Central) improved his IC4A-qualifying time as he finished fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:05.45). Sophomore Royston Souvenir (Brooklyn, N.Y./Benjamin Banneker Academy) ran 56.11 to claim first in the 400-hurdles at Capital District Classic. At the Penn Relays, senior Yushanni Durrant (Montego Bay, Jamaica/Mount Alvernia) led the Great Dane women as she tuned up for the America East meet by placing ninth in the long jump with a season-best 19' 3.25" and eighth in the triple jump (39' 6"). She was also a member of the fourth-place shuttle hurdles relay. Freshman Kathryn Fanning (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) led the 4x800-meter relay to an 18th-place finish with a time of 9:15.92, bettering the ECAC standard. Fanning ran the second leg in 2:13.90. The freshman also anchored the sprint medley relay to 15th place in 4:00.89, the squad's best time of the year. Senior Jenn Pierson (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) finished 14th in the 3,000-steeplechase and qualified for the ECAC Championship (10.47.61). Sophomore Alli Rogers (Amherst, N.Y./Amherst Central) ran the anchor leg on the 4x400-meter relay that qualified for ECACs in 3:50.36. Junior Catie Coxon (Delanson, N.Y./Duanesburg) won two events, discus and shot put, at the Capital District Classic, tossing a season-best 156' 9" in the discus to improve her ECAC-qualifying distance. Senior Christen Griffin (Waldorf, Md./Maurice J. McDonough) was among five other individual winners, as she sprinted to victory in the 100-meter dash (12.74) at Ned Harkness Track.
Binghamton University competed at a pair of meets last week, starting out at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pa., before heading to Ithaca, N.Y., to compete in the Cornell Big Red Invitational. Junior Robb Quiller (West Point, N.Y./James I. O'Neil) won the men's pole vault and sophomore Jeff Martinez (Binghamton, N.Y./Johnson City) broke his own school record in the men's 10,000 meters, highlighting Binghamton's performance at the three-day Penn Relays. Quiller, who has won the past two America East outdoor pole vault titles, cleared a winning height of 15' 7". Sophomore Adam Helman (Grand Island, N.Y./Grand Island) was eighth (15' 3"). Martinez placed fourth in the 10,000 meters with a time of 29:48. He is the first Binghamton runner ever to break 30 minutes in the event, having held the previous program record of 30:05.46 (set in 2010). The men's 4x400 relay team of sophomore Casey Gilbert (Berlin, N.Y./Berlin Central) and seniors Christian Smith (Trumansburg, N.Y./C.O. Dickerson), Andy Haupt (Rochester, N.Y./Gates-Chili) and Cazal Arnett (Queens, N.Y./Christ the King), placed fourth with a time of 3:10.04. Arnett also joined junior Jesse McCormick (Ossining, N.Y./Ossining) and fellow seniors Erik van Ingen (Marathon, N.Y./Marathon) and Casey Quaglia (Bangor, Maine/Bangor) to finish seventh in the distance medley relay (9:45.17), shattering the 2003 program record of 10:43.43. At the Big Red Invitational, Quiller again took first in the pole vault, clearing a height of 15' 9". For the Binghamton women, sophomore Jessica Hennig (Pine Bush, N.Y./Pine Bush) broke her own school record in capturing first place in the 400-meter dash. Her first-place time of 55.43 eclipsed her 2010 mark of 56.09. Hennig has won the past two America East indoor titles in the 400 meters.
Boston University competed at both the Penn Relays and Stonehill College's Skyhawk Invitational last week. At the Penn Relays, the men's 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay squads placed third in the IC4A finals. In the 4x100-meter relay, junior Tewado Latty (Kingston, Jamaica/White Plains (N.Y.)), senior Joel Senick (Saskatoon, Sask./Holy Cross) and sophomores Duran Ward (Pittsburgh, Pa./Todd Beamer (Wash.)) and R.J. Page (Swedesboro, N.J./Kingsway Regional) teamed up for a third-place finish with a time of 41.32. Page, Latty, freshman Stephen Vitale (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) and Senick later finished third in the 4x400 meters after crossing the finish line in 3:09.49. Senior Whitney Ford (White Plains, N.Y./White Plains) highlighted the women's contingent with a fourth-place finish in the triple jump Eastern final (12.31 meters). At the Skyhawk Invitational, senior Dan Withrow (Dedham, Mass./Dedham) set a meet record in the discus with a 48.36-meter throw and placed first in the shot put with a 16.38 meter mark. Junior Matt Paulson (Manchester, N.H./Manchester Central) and freshman Blake Edwards (Nashville, Tenn./Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet) also garnered wins for the Terriers. Paulson captured the 1,500-meter title with a time of 3:57.02, while Edwards won the long jump with a 7.14-meter leap. On the women's side, senior Amanda Howard (San Antonio, Texas/William Howard Taft) won the 400-meter dash.
In its final tune-up before the America East Championship, University of Hartford scored three top finishes and set a pair of school records at the UMass Amherst Pre-Conference Meet. The men's squad placed sixth out of six teams with 92 points while the women finished with 54 points for fifth out of five squads. For the men, junior Andrew Chalmers scored the Hawks' lone individual title when he destroyed the competition in the 3,200-meter run, besting his closest competitor by more than 10 seconds (9:11.92). The Hawk men cleaned up in the relays with two gold medals. In the 4x100, the foursome combined for a time of 42.26, setting a new program mark in the process while the 4x400-meter team took top-billing when it finished in 3:19.26. Freshman Josh Ugwuneri led the way in the field when he took third in the javelin with a school-record-breaking hurl of 55.71 meters. On the women's side, the 4x100-meter team fell short of conference-foe New Hampshire but took second place when it posted a time of 49.94. Nicolle Adams, a junior, put together an impressive day both on the track and in the field. After placing seventh in the 100-meter hurdles (15.94), Adams went on to hit a distance of 5.23 meters to take fourth in the long jump.
University of Maine competed at the Penn Relays in its final meet before the America East Championships. For the men, junior Trevor England (Auburn, Maine/Poland) took 10th in the Eastern division triple jump with a top-10 school mark of 46' 7.25" at the Penn Relays. On the women's side, senior Alli Krous (Yakima, Wash./Walla Walla CC) led the way for the Black Bears. Krous took second in the javelin in the college division at the Penn Relays with a mark of 146' 10". The mark is among the top-three in school history and is a season best for Kraus, who has already qualified for the ECAC Championships.
UMBC broke three school records at the Penn Relays at historic Franklin Field this weekend. The men's shuttle-hurdles relay team of seniors Keith Brown (Columbia, Md./McDonough), Dominic Devaud (Baltimore, Md./Archbishop Curley) and Keith Onto (Point Pleasant, N.J./Point Pleasant Boro/St. Francis (PA)) and sophomore Trae Proctor (Brandywine, Md./Thomas Stone) finished seventh in a school-record time of 59.24, shattering the previous record of 1:01.64 set in 1993. In the men's distance-medley relay, the team of senior Michael Christmas (Invercargill, New Zealand/James Hargest College), junior Joshua Hewitson (New Market, Md./Linganore), freshman Andrew Smith (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) and senior Chris Snyder (McConnellsburg, Pa./McConnellsburg) broke the UMBC mark in 10:02.99, almost three seconds faster than the previous record of 10:05.86, set two years ago. On the women's side, the sprint-medley relay team of senior Britney Foreman (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake), sophomore Ashley Ajayi (Bowie, Md./Elizabeth Seton), freshman Deborah Adelola (Lanham, Md./Bladensburg) and senior Sara Parkinson (Chorley, England/Loughborough University) clocked in with a school-record time of 4:07.36.
University of New Hampshire sent a select few members to the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pa., and also took part in the UMass Pre-Conference Invitational on Saturday. The men's team also competed at a quad meet at Holy Cross last Tuesday. At Holy Cross, the Wildcats placed second and captured four individual titles. The Wildcats were dominant in the 1,500 meters as they claimed the top six spots, led by graduate student Tyler Dinnan (Juneau, Alaska/Melvin Douglas), who won the race in a time of 3:54.30. Freshman Kevin Greene (Silver Spring, Md./Gonzaga) won the 800 meters in a time of 1:53.66. Junior Daniel DeCrescenzo (New Milford, Conn./New Milford) claimed first place in the 5,000 meters, clocking in at 15:24.55. Sophomore Matthew Guarente (Saugus, Mass./Saugus) was victorious in the high jump with a leap of 1.93 meters. At the Penn Relays, senior Mike Simon (Durham, Conn./Durham) led the Wildcats with a first-place finish in the College Division of the javelin with a throw of 64.50 meters. Graduate student Paul DeTurk (Durham, N.H./Oyster River) placed seventh in the championship hammer throw with a toss of 58.16 meters. The Wildcats rounded out the week with a fourth-place finish at UMass, headlined by five top-three finishes. For the Wildcat women, senior Camille Quarles (Derry, N.H./Pinkerton Academy) finished fifth and set a school record in the triple jump Eastern Division with a mark of 12.23 meters. Senior Erica Jesseman (Scarborough, Maine/Scarborough) placed fourth in the 10,000-meter championship with a time of 35:11.19. The 4x800-meter relay team finished eighth in the College Division, crossing the finish line in a time of 8:58.98. At the UMass Pre-Conference Meet, the Wildcats placed third out of five teams and recorded four individual titles. Sophomore Allison Brehm (Pembroke, N.H./Pembroke) won the 100 meters in 12.52. Sophomore Rosemary Read (West Greenwich, R.I./Warwick) won the hammer throw with a toss of 50.34 meters. Graduate student Clare Egan (Cape Elizabeth, Maine/Cape Elizabeth) captured the 3000-meter steeplechase in a time of 10:51.69. The quartet of junior Elizabeth Adejuyigbe (Penacook, N.H./Merrimack Valley), freshman Caroline Bonsaint (Hampton, N.H./Winnacunnet), sophomore Katherine Woods (Essex, Conn./Northwest) and Brehm teamed up to win the 4x100-meter relay in a time of 49.03.
Stony Brook University wrapped up competition at the Penn Relays on Saturday with a win and two school records. The women's college 4x800-meter relay team, consisting of senior Lucy Van Dalen (Wanganui, New Zealand/Wanganui Collegiate), junior Page Price (Tampa, Fla./Miami), junior Mary O'Connor (Waterford, Ireland/St. Angela's Secondary School) and junior Kristal Conklin (Middletown, N.Y./Valley Central) won the event in a time of 8:51.33, also running an ECAC-qualifying time. Van Dalen, junior LaQuashia Hall (New York, N.Y./Norman Thomas), Price and sophomore Annie Keown (Auckland, New Zealand/Auckland University) set a new school record in the distance medley relay (11:31.92). The women's sprint medley relay team, made up of junior Christina Johnson (Elmont, N.Y./Sewanhaka), freshman Katie Manzi (Swan Lake, N.Y./Sullivan West), Hall and Conklin, just missed a school record by 1.1 seconds, settling for 4:07.77. On the first day of the event, junior Hayley Green (Wellington, New Zealand/Victoria University) and senior Laura Huet (Carrickmines, Ireland/Loreto College Foxrock) represented Stony Brook. Green finished fifth in the 3,000-meter run, completing the race in 9:34.79. Her time was a season best by just under 10 seconds and qualified her for ECACs Huet took 18th in the 5,000 meters (17:12.27), an ECAC qualifying mark, competing in the Penn Relays for a second straight season. She ran a 16:54.18 last season. Junior Gerard Harley (Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville) highlighted the men's performances, running a 14:36.34 in the men's Olympic Development 5,000, narrowly missing out on an IC4A-qualifying time.
University of Vermont competed at the UMass Pre-Conference Invitational on Saturday in Amherst, Mass. The men finished fourth overall while the women finished second. Senior Raheen Bush (Fort Myers, Fla./Canterbury School) led the Catamount men in the running events. Bush placed first in the men's 200 meters with a Vermont season-best time of 22.45. He also finished third as a member of Vermont's 4x400-meter relay team. The Catamounts took two of the top three spots in the men's 1,500 meters. Sophomore Ethan McBrien (Dublin, N.H./Contoocook Valley Regional) finished second in a time of 3:57.97, while junior Connor Jennings (Concord, N.H./Concord) finished in 3:58.16, good for third overall. Senior Sam Hoadley (East Granby, Conn./East Granby) set a school record in the javelin Saturday, winning the competition with a mark of 63.84 meters. Hoadley broke the previous record of 62.16 meters set by Casey Grant in 1992. His mark was second best in America East this season. Junior Mari Fourie (Waterloo, Ontario/Bluevale Collegiate Institute) paced the women in the running events as she won the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 14.52. She also ran a 1:04.12 in the women's 400-meter hurdles, good for second place. In the women's javelin, freshman Nika Ouellette (Brookline, Mass./Brookline) won for the fifth time this season with a mark of 43.42 meters. Her nearest competition was sophomore teammate Elyse Ogletree (Wayland, Mass./Wayland), who finished second with a score of 39.46 meters. Sophomore Mary Krug (Essex, Vt./Essex) won the women's pole vault for Vermont with a mark of 3.40 meters. It was her second-best result of the outdoor season. Vermont had three finishers in the top five of the women's high jump. Freshman Brittany St. Clair (Whitehall, N.Y./Whitehall) came in first with a mark of 1.60 meters. Teammates Ase Lundin (Kullavik, Sweden/Universal School) and Valerie Moyer (Reston, Va./South Lakes) finished third and fourth, respectively, in the competition.
All nine America East universities will next compete at the 2011 America East Outdoor Track & Field Championship. The event will be hosted by UMBC in Baltimore Md., May 7-8. For more information on the track & field championships, visit Championship Central at AmericaEast.com.


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With the winter we just went through, it's a safe bet that the general public is enthusiastic about the passage of the seasons from winter to spring. When I was a child, what with my father being an Episcopal priest and all, the Sunrise Service was a family tradition. When I lived on Guam, the Episcopal Church of St. John the Divine there was a lovely place to see the sun come up, with its two-story windows behind the altar that faced to the east. My mind is still imprinted with those moments.
However, my mother would have done most of her work the day before, as she prepared for a brunch that we would all settle down to once the series of services for the day were concluded. I really like that custom, whether you have a crowd or just the family; it provides a pleasant contrast with other Holiday observances.
The huge family that I had in Guam was mostly inclined to have a big potluck dinner on Christmas Eve. Late-night New Year's Eve parties are a standard way to entertain, and we barbecue all summer long, particularly in Tucson where cooking out of doors helps keep your house cool.
So it's time to think about Easter morning's repast, whether it will be large or small, potluck or prepared. The pretty pastel colors of spring will be all over the stores, with pastry decorations that look like tiny Easter eggs or bunches of flowers overflowing their containers at Fry's and Safeway. Bring them into your home and table, and see how life breaks through the cold darkness every year.
One of the things that absolutely jumps to my mind is the carrot cake. Once you mix the batter, you can pretty much cut to the chase and bake it in a large rectangular pan and decorate it as much or as little as you please. Carrot cake is traditionally garnished with cream-cheese frosting, which is easy, and if you shop at Whole Foods or Sprouts in Tucson, you can find non-dairy alternatives to sour cream and cream cheese, which is what I do. So you can get the flavor even if you abstain from dairy products other than eggs and butter.
2 cups granulated sugar
3 sticks butter at room temperature
4 large eggs at room temperature
2 cups pastry flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 cups raw finely-shredded carrots
4 ounces finely chopped walnuts
4 cups powdered sugar
12 ounces room-temperature cream cheese or substitute
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
2 ounces butter at room temperature
Preheat your oven to 300 degrees.
In a mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter until the mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, pausing to incorporate each egg before adding the next.
In another bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Set this mixture aside.
Lower your mixer speed to its lowest setting or Fold and mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture. Fold in carrots and chopped nuts until well blended.
Distribute the batter evenly into 3 (9-inch) cake layer pans, which have been generously greased. There will be approximately 1 pound 5 ounces of batter per pan. Place in the preheated oven and bake for 50 to 60 minutes.
Remove the layers from the oven and cool them in the pans for approximately 1 hour (to preserve moisture). Store the layers in their pans, inverted, in the refrigerator to prevent drying. The layers must be 1 day old.
To remove the layers from the baking pans, turn each one upside down, tap the edge of the pan on a hard surface, and catch the layer with a wire rack. Center a 9-inch cake circle on top of a cake stand or serving plate.
Place the first layer, bottom side down, in the center of the serving dish. With a spatula, evenly spread approximately 3-1/2 ounces of frosting on the layer.
Center the second layer on top of first layer with the upper side down. Again with a spatula, evenly spread approximately 3-1/2 ounces of frosting on the layer.
Center the third layer on top of second layer with the upper side down. With a spatula, spread the remainder of frosting to cover top and sides of cake. Decorate the cake as desired. Refrigerate until serving time.
Ready-made sugar carrots intended for carrot cakes are available right now, and they look pretty fancy on the cake. You can also find lots of egg-themed decorations because of the tradition that brings us decorated Easter eggs. You can also toss some shredded coconut with a little green food coloring to make "grass" for decorating the cake, or to surround it on the serving plate. Be creative!


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Mom's the word: Wood River Elementary third-graders honor mothers
CORPUS CHRISTI - Today is all about honoring mom, and it's not because she told you so.
Mother's Day means appreciating moms for all the times they let you do things your dad might not allow, such as going swimming or eating ice cream, third-grader Sarah Dwyer said.
"(Basically) anything that starts with 'Can I?' " said the 9-year-old, who attends Wood River Elementary in the Calallen Independent School District.
Sarah and six of her classmates, who are on the school's Destination ImagiNation and storytelling teams, said moms should be celebrated for the endless amounts of time they spend cooking spaghetti and meatballs, doing loads of laundry, mowing the grass and spending time with their kids.
"They do so much for us," said 9-year-old Foster Wilfong. "They care for us and love us. Whenever we're feeling down they pick us up."
Sarah said she also loves her mom for some of the quirky things like singing Justin Beiber's "Never Say Never" in front of a mirror.
To express their gratitude, the students said they plan to coordinate songs, dances, steak dinners and breakfasts in bed as ways to say thank you.
Morgan Rackley, 9, said she will cook in the kitchen while her mom stays in bed.
"I'm going to make her the pancakes now," she said.
She plans to whip up a specialty: Chocolate chip pancakes, butter and syrup.
And it's all for mom.
"My dad might wish he could eat some, but he's on a diet," she said.
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Give us Five
Earlier this month in Little Rock, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies announced the winners of its eleventh annual awards competition. In the division for papers with circulations over 50,000, Riverfront Times was honored with five awards for work published in 2005.
In the Format Buster category, the RFT staff took first place for "Unreal Presents Soulard Mardi Gras Bingo."
For Arts Feature, Malcolm Gay took second place for "Unfinished Symphony."
For Cover Design, art director Tom Carlson took second place.
For News Story (Short Form), Kristen Hinman took second place for an entry consisting of "The Case of the Stained Glass Bandit," "Current Event" and "Irons in the Fire."
And for Media Reporting/Criticism, Chad Garrison and Malcolm Gay took third place for their two-part "PostMortem" series, "Pulitzer's Pain" and "Pulitzer's Gain."
To view any or all of the winning entries, visit www.riverfronttimes.com. For a list of all AAN winners, see www.aan.org.
Feature, June 8, 2006
Roberts mows down indie record stores: Randall Roberts came up to me and said he wanted to call me for his story ["Last Year's Model"]. He never did, and then he writes this crap? I am disappointed in him and in Lew Prince for allowing an unfairly biased journalist to sit in on that meeting.
First off, I do not have a vacation home in Martha's Vineyard. I live in a two-bedroom apartment with my wife and young son and work very hard to afford even that. Second, Mason Jennings is indeed a career artist and I cannot wait until years from now when he is still making great records. Randall, you're so wrong about him; I will not even waste my time trying to convince you because you clearly have no taste. And shame on you for thinking I do not care about my customers. You ask Eric Levin how many things we have been working on since that meeting to make things better for the indies. Or you ask Lew how much financial support I threw his way after the meeting to help him in areas he was concerned about with his business.
Really Randall, I am completely committed and devoted to the independent retail world, and for you to accuse me of not caring is not only untrue but it hurts deeply.
You, my friend, have done nothing to help their cause. In fact, you have probably single-handedly added to the problems they are facing at indie retail with your attack on those who are trying to help the most.
Drew Kantor, Sony BMG, New York
Ask a Negro Leaguer, May 25, 2006
It comes down to the labels: Why should I be put in the African-American category? Because I am here in America? There are many levels of discrimination, and this, I believe, is one. Because people like me have contributed so much to your history, nullifying us doesn't make any sense. We work hard to be here, we chose to be here and we love being here. My two "American-born" children are African-Americans.
It is hard not to offend people when you talk about race. Even though at times I have been discriminated against, I do not dwell on it (which was my original point). But many African Americans are often on the lookout for how they have been discriminated against. That's all I'm saying. It all comes back to entitlement: "How can I get ahead by using my race?" Why not say, "How can I get ahead despite my social circumstances"?
In the end it's better for people like me to keep their mouths shut, because some people aren't ready to accept the responsibility towards themselves.
Francoise Sajous-Stoddard, Chesterfield
Rotations, May 25, 2006
Keep the Faith
Staying with the Church: I enjoyed Annie Zaleski's review of the Church's Uninvited Like the Clouds. I am one of the disenchanted Church fans you reference and hope this album proves better. I thought they went a bit too Pink-Floydy with Priest=Aura but have stayed through the ups and downs. Your review was well written; I'll keep an eye out.
Brian Beckmann, St. Louis
Keep the Faith
Staying with the Church: I enjoyed Annie Zaleski's review of the Church's Uninvited Like the Clouds. I am one of the disenchanted Church fans you reference and hope this album proves better. I thought they went a bit too Pink-Floydy with Priest=Aura but have stayed through the ups and downs. Your review was well written; I'll keep an eye out.
A to Z, May 25, 2006
For the love of Bob: Great column on Bob Heil. He has been an exhibitor and speaker at the Charlotte, North Carolina, Hamfest. He can really pack them in to hear about microphone developments in radio communications for amateur radio. Wonderful guy it's been a pleasure to meet him.
Bill Turner, Weddington, North Carolina
News Real, May 25, 2006
The valedictorian weighs in: As Vashon's 2005 valedictorian, I was appalled to return home after my first year at college only to read Kristen Hinman's "An Incomplete Education," which referred to my three years of hard work to attain my high school diploma as effortless. On behalf of the students who diligently worked or are currently working to meet the required graduation criteria, I oppose the suggested rumors and state that it took me and my fellow students a lot of effort to earn our high school diplomas. And with the same educators from previous years upholding their effective teaching skills and student demands, it will continue to take continuous effort for current and prospective students to earn their diplomas.
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I have put recipes and cooking tips on this website, but I know that people want more! So I am asking you, beginning and advanced cooks alike, do you have an original allergen-free recipe (free of gluten and/or other top allergens) that you would like to share on this website? Whether simple or complex, do you whip up something that others with celiac disease, food allergies or intolerance could enjoy?
If so, please participate in this little thing I am calling the "Who needs Martha allergen-free recipe exchange"!
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Ralph Lauren Blue for Women
315 reviews
70% would repurchase
Package Quality: 3.9
Price: $$$
Package Quality: 3.9
Price: $$$
on 7/15/2008 12:09:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
A bunch of white flowers (white clover, false acacia) left in a.... stable. I love those flowers,really, but cant stand animalic note of horsy sweat.
on 6/29/2008 11:06:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I've been wearing Blue for a couple of years now ... I CONSTANTLY get compliments on it from both men and women. It has become my signature scent and I love it. I would highly recommend it. It's a soft, "clean" smell.... not "perfumey" at all.
on 6/19/2008 11:58:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I bought this on a recommendation from a friend, and really liked it. It does have a sweetness to it that is cloying if you wear too much or wear it too often. The bottle is gorgeous, and as my daughter says, "Ralph Lauren is a genius in fragrance!"
on 6/10/2008 8:51:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I smelled this on a girl I used to work with and absolutely loved it; I had to go out and buy a bottle for myself. I purchased a small bottle of it from Target - just to try it out - and surprisingly, it lasted quite a while! The scent is intoxicating, one of those smells that brings back memories of something I can't quite put my finger on. It is definitely a perfume for summer - I think it's a little too beachy for the winter months.
I would describe Blue as clean, sexy, and very natural smelling. With Blue I never detect any chemical smells, it smells like something you'd smell in nature. Every time I wear this fragrance, without fail, I get loads of compliments from women - but even more from men! It is one of those smells that makes others want to linger near you.
Other reviewers have mentioned that this perfume has no staying power - I disagree. Because Blue has little-to-no chemical smell, I think your nose just gets used to it after a while so although you may not think other people can smell it anymore, they can.
I made the mistake of putting on more than normal one day because I thought I needed to - but then my brother commented that he thought even though I smelled great - I was wearing way more than necessary.
I think Blue is the perfect perfume for summer. It's the first bottle of perfume that I've actually used the entire bottle of. It's a wonderful scent, and the packaging is just as pretty. A beautiful blue glass bottle and silver engraved cap. Very classic and not at all tacky like the majority of other perfume bottles. This one reminds me of a chunk of sea glass one might find walking along a beach.
Try this one out, more than once. It'll definitely grow on you, and you'll enjoy the compliments!
I'll definitely buy again.
on 6/9/2008 4:56:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Normal, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I wish i could give this scent 5 stars but i cant. If i was judging the scent of this on its own i would give it 5 stars but i also have to take into account a fragrances lasting ability and sillage when i rate a scent. Blue has the absolute worst and most abysmal lasting power and projectory of any fragrance i have ever worn. I sprayed over 100 sprays on myself one morning and it seemed like a few minutes later the scent was gone. Thats pathetic!!!!!! Why make a scent like that in the first place. Now.......i'm going to review the scent itself. The scent of this fragrance is awesome. For the time you can smell it, it smells like the Atlantic ocean itself. Blue is a true OCEANIC fragrance. Salt water and seaweed. When i first wore it i liked to think i was in the middle of the Atlantic ocean on a small wooden raft. Kind of like something Huckleberry Fine would have used to float down the Mississippi river on. I would be on my back on this raft bobbing up and down on the pure blue waves of the Atlantic ocean. Every now and then a few flowers would float by and their scent would mingle with the salt water and seaweed. I pick a flower from the water and put it between my teeth and just bask in the serene wonderfulness of the fragrance. Its a shame Blue has no lasting power because this would be almost holy grail material for me if it did. Alas, though, it doesnt so its a no no for me.
UPDATE 02/20/09: I found a full-size bottle of this again and since it is discontinued i decided to buy it again. I raised my rating from 2 to 5 lipsticks since i love it so much. Also, the staying power isnt as bad as i originally thought. I went to get my haircut and the barber kept saying how much she liked my "cologne" LOL. As i said above, i love the oceanness of this scent. I'm on my raft in the Atlantic with flowers floating all around me with the wonderful scent salt water too. Additionally, a beautiful pink, glass fishing globe floats by unexpectedly and you fish it out of the water and find something astounding in it......Ralph Laurens Blue.
on 5/29/2008 3:19:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I smelled this on a colleague as she walked by, and simply loved it. I thought it would be a perfect day-to-day scent, so I asked my Mum for a bottle for my Bday.
BUT as rach72tn said... it just went bad on me!!!! I mean horrible. It's the kind of smell that sticks in my throat and I smell it all day long as if I sprayed cheap hairspray all over my body. I've even tried it since, hoping I would find something nice in it - don't want to waste the bottle after all, but alas, it's a "no go" on me.
Sorry for the rant - it really is too bad. I wanted to like it, I swear! I still haven't told my Mum either. Having said that, though, now I always try before I buy.
on 5/13/2008 8:19:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
It's definately a good scent, but it's not for me. It's a bit too boring for me, especially for spring and summer time.
on 5/9/2008 12:00:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Other, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
Just learned yesterday this item is not being discontinued. There is a problem with the glass manufacturer of the bottle and it should make its return Fall '08
on 4/20/2008 3:15:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
This perfume makes me so sad because I LOVE LOVE LOVE this scent just sprayed in the air or on paper....but if it even touches me just a little bit.....EWW!! I mean, really.....it's BAD! I've never had a perfume smell this terrible on my skin except for CURIOUS! So yes....they are def similar if not the same perfume lol cuz they both reek of the same god awful "whatever" on my skin. Test this out with your chem before you invest in a bottle of this. Yikes
on 4/18/2008 3:12:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brown, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I RIS today and I tried it. I like it. It smells good the scent is nice, clean and fresh like you just stepped out of the shower. Too bad that this fragrance has been discontinued. Oh well good thing that the person I swapped with gave me the full size bottle it'll last me a good while since I tend to wear a different perfume everyday. Thanks Joan!!!
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