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15 year old Bekzhan Tashbaev is meeting his Minneapolis host family for the first time. He is a foreign ex-change student from Kyrgyzstan, a former Russian Republic.
"I'm very excited, I can not believe I'm in the U.S," Tashbaev said.
In his country Bekzhan means, "Strong Soul." Courage is exactly what it's taken for this teenager to leave his family and everything he knows to live with strangers for the entire school year. The actual distance from Kyrgyzstan to Minneapolis is 6,338 miles. So did he study up on his new hometown?
"Yes, I looked at Google maps," Tashbaev said.
It is also the first time Ariel Abell has hosted a foreign exchange student. A friend told her about the opportunity and she was all for it.
"I'm really excited to have somebody from another country and welcome them into our home and teach them about the U.S.A. As we can," Abell said.
Gwen McNallan is that friend. She is in charge of the Midwestern region, That's about 11 states, and 350 students, for ASSE International Student Exchange Programs.
"In Minnesota currently I have 44 but I will have closer to 50," McNallan said.
Kids come from all over the globe. We are talking about Western Europe, Africa and South America to name a few. They either stay for a semester or the entire school year. Each student and host family must go through a screening process.
"Criminal background checks for everybody under 18 living in the home. We do a series of background references, we do a home visit," McNallan said.
Tashbaev passed with flying colors. He says, this is chance of a life time he will never forget.


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Four new models join the Mazda 6 lineup: a new MAZDASPEED 6 with a 274-hp turbocharged engine, 6-speed manual transmission, and all-wheel drive; a lower-priced V-6-powered "s" model; and high-end Grand Sport versions for both 6i and 6s models. All models get mild styling revisions and slightly larger front brakes. The 4-cylinder's automatic is now a 5-speed unit, up from last year's four, and the V-6 engine gets a slight increase in torque and decrease in horsepower.
The Mazda 6 was first introduced in 2003, a replacement for the 626. Disguised as it was by what some may consider bland styling and sometimes derided for a lack of horsepower from its V-6 engine, few people realized that the 626 was a driver's car, with exceptional steering and crisp handling. When the Mazda 6 made its debut, it was clear that the wallflower days were over. Like other recent Mazda makeovers, the Mazda 6 wears its sporting intentions on its sleeve with aggressive styling that has been tweaked for 2006. While most American-market midsize cars are only sold as a four-door sedan, the Mazda 6's European-style lineup also includes five-door hatchback and wagon versions.
The Mazda 6i is powered by a 2.3L four-cylinder engine. Its output of 160 hp is just 10 shy of the old 626's 2.5L V-6. The 6s gets a 2.0L V-6 and changes to the exhaust system for 2006 increased torque to 199 lb.-ft. (up from 190), but decreased horsepower to 215 (down from 220). Both engines are available with either a 5-speed manual or an automatic transmission (five speeds for the four-cylinder, six speeds for the V-6).
The MAZDASPEED 6 sedan employs Mazda's 2.3L turbocharged DISI (Direct Injection Spark Ignition) engine. Direct fuel injection, which sprays fuel directly into the cylinder (as opposed to spraying it into the intake manifold just before it enters the cylinder), increases throttle response and fuel economy and lowers emissions. Total power output is 274 hp and 280 lb.-ft. of torque. The all-wheel-drive system uses an electronic differential to direct up to 50 percent of the engine's output to the rear wheels. Suspension modifications give the MAZDASPEED 6 improved handling, a firmer ride, and a lower ride height. Other features include 18-inch alloy wheels, electronic stability control, bigger brakes, and unique styling inside and out. The MAZDASPEED 6 will be sold in two versions: base Sport and up-level Grand Touring, which consists of leather seats, heated front seats, 8-way power driver's seat with manual lumbar adjustment, heated mirrors, and an advanced keyless entry and start system.
The Competition
The Mazda 6 is one of the more unusual competitors in the Midsize Conventional segment. In a field where buyers favor utilitarian cars that offer room and reliability, the Mazda 6's sporting intentions make it unique. The Mazda 6 competes against 19 other models in the segment.
According to the J.D. Power and Associates Sales Report,SM the Toyota Camry's 376,803 sales made it the best-selling model in the segment for 2005. It was followed by the Honda Accord (369,293) and Nissan Altima (255,371). The Mazda 6 sold 71,447 units in 2005. Other top-selling competitors in this segment include the Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Taurus, Hyundai Sonata, Pontiac G6, Buick LaCrosse, Subaru Legacy and Outback, Chrysler Sebring Sedan/Convertible, and Dodge Stratus.
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Rock out with Club Penguin's best pets ever. And check out the new cat and dog puffles!
Waddle on!
-Club Penguin Team
We're SUPER excited to show you an exclusive sneak peek of what puffles will look like on the Club Penguin app.
The team has been working really hard to get these little guys animated in 3D, and they'll be available TOMORROW!
And here's what they'll look like in your igloo
You'll be able to see your puffles in your igloo, take them for walks, and care for them at the Puffle Hotel and other care stations around the island.
Until then... Waddle On!
-Club Penguin Team
G'Day Penguins,
Last week we had an awesome game of hide and seek – rangers and animals style! Thanks for taking part, we found some pretty sneaky hiding places around the island… Including, Rockhopper's ship; check out the picture of us sailing the seas yarrrr!
It's finally Easter – one of my favourite times of the year. You know why…? Because Easter means CHOCOLATE, and LOTS of it! So lets hold an Easter party to celebrate this totally "sweet" holiday! Come dressed in anything Easter themed – as a bunny, an egg, a chick, chocolate… whatever that makes you think of Easter! We'll meet in the Forest and take it from there, who knows, it might even be time to go and find the new cat and dog puffles – TOO EXCITING! Also, don't forget your favourite jokes and dance moves – it wouldn't be a Chattabox party without a giggle and a dance!
So lets meet at The Forest on the Down Under server at 4pm (East Australian Standard Time) on Thursday 17th April, which will be 6pm for all of you in New Zealand. Don't forget, this is now 11pm Penguin Standard Time on Wednesday 16th April for everyone over in the US and Canada, and 7am on Thursday 17th April for my pals in the UK.
Waddle on!
- The Club Penguin Team


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Take Neal Raymond off Shelter Island and put him on a cruise to St. Kitts. You would not believe how many people come up asking for his autograph because they think he's Larry David.
"You've got to laugh. We had no idea" there was a resemblance, said his wife Cathy.
"Yeah, I was telling them sure, I'll give you my autograph," Neal said. "But I'm not who you think I am. They didn't believe me."
Here on the Island, Neal is Neal, a veteran member of the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Board of Assessment Review, a former town councilman and one-time candidate for town justice, not to mention a key player in the local Conservative party — as is Cathy, who was an enthusiastic participant when Neal sat down at the kitchen table for an interview last week.
They've taken a cruise every January for three years now — a reminder of their 1983 wedding, which took place on a trip to Barbados. They flew there then, and until three years ago, Cathy resisted the more relaxed cruise option. A Bronx native who worked for years as a cook overseeing the kitchen and the inmate staff at the county jail in Riverhead — "I loved it. I thought I was in the Bronx," she said of the tough crowd — she didn't like the idea of heading out of sight of land.
Her daughter Samantha, a captain on North Ferry whose own daughter Amanda is a ramp hand, helped change her mind.
"She's the one who said you got to get off the Rock," Cathy said.
Cathy was a dispatcher for the county DPW in Yaphank and Neal was a deputy county sheriff based in Riverhead when they met. He would gas up in Yaphank. They'd chat. One day she saw him coming out of a store in Riverhead and thought he needed a ride.
"We got to talking and then we went out," Cathy said. They married in 1983, a second marriage for each.
They lived in Speonk-Remsenburg and both loved driving to Shelter Island every spring to spend a day or two taking pictures of the returning ospreys. Neal has been into cameras, photography as well as radios — he's a licensed ham operator — ever since he was a kid growing up in East Moriches, where he was born in 1940. His father worked at Chapman's Lumberyard. His mother was the first employee of the North Fork Bank.
He was also into hunting as a kid. One of his father's hunting pals was Charles Dominy, the county sheriff, who was a Shelter Islander. Through hunting trips, Neal has been well aware of the Island since childhood.
After high school, he joined the Air Force, just like his older brother, a retired military man who now lives in Florida. Having worked at a local electronics shop, where TV repairman Sonny Edwards was a customer — Sonny was another Shelter Islander from the old days — Neal worked on electrical systems "all over," he said, from Goose Bay to Tucson to Dover.
Married right out of the service, he went to work for Grumman Aerospace in Calverton and lived in East Quogue, where he and his wife raised three kids. The marriage lasted nine years.
When Grumman began laying people off in the early 1970s, Neal took the Civil Service test to become a deputy sheriff. Initially he was hired as a corrections officer at the county jail in Riverhead.
"It was good. I got along with everybody," he said. "You want to know a great story? I had an inmate try to hit me in the head
with a mop ringer and another inmate, who is still in prison for murdering a girl in Smithtown, he grabbed the guy's wrist and actually saved me from getting hit."
The man who protected him, Neal explained, was a brilliant guy who "got screwed up" in Vietnam.
He became a deputy sheriff about 1973, transporting prisoners to state facilities. Eventually he was promoted to investigator and conducted background checks on prospective county employees. After that, he investigated pistol permit applicants. At the time of his retirement in 2002, he was working on the warrant squad, serving subpoenas and making arrests.
By then, he and Cathy had been married almost two decades. They moved to the Island full-time in 1993, a time when Cathy was mourning the deaths of her mother and brother in the same month and suffering from the aftereffects of an accident at work that had forced her to retire.
The couple had a log home upstate but "there was so much snow on the front porch," Cathy said, she could not manage the place with her injuries.
"I was out of it," Cathy said. "So he said, 'Let's go out to Louis Beach.' We stayed at the motel, we rented bikes, and we were riding around, down by Bay Shore Road, and he said, 'How would you like to live here?' And I looked at him and said, 'I'd love to but we can't do it. We got a home upstate' and he was working out of the warrant squad" in Hauppauge "and that would be 100 miles a day" for his commute.
Neal put in for a transfer to Riverhead. They sold the upstate place and their house in Remsenburg-Speonk. They took possession of a high ranch in Hilo; they later moved to a new place on Terry Drive.
They threw themselves into life here. Kathy was honored a few years ago for all the cooking she did for the Silver Circle seniors program. She still makes an appearance as the Easter bunny every year at the Silver Circle Easter party.
Neal still coordinates radio communications for the 10K and the Chamber of Commerce's fireworks show and he works with Police Chief Jim Read as a member of the town's emergency preparedness team, providing backup radio communications in case of hurricanes. It was Neal who helped the town obtain a grant from the Sheriff's Office to buy license plate scanners for the town's patrol cars.
Cathy ran for the School Board and won. Neal answered ads in the Reporter seeking candidates to serve on the Board of Zoning Appeals and the Board of Assessment Review.
"They asked me why I would be good," he remembered, "and I said, 'Because I don't really know anybody here.' So they said, 'OK, you're on.'"
He had to quit when he served on the Town Board for two years, winning an election in November 2005 to finish out the remaining two years of the late Jim Messer's term. "I thought it would be interesting and I could bring some ideas," Neal said.
As for deciding not to run again, he hesitated. "I don't know," he said. "It was just …"
"Neal!" Cathy interrupted. "You don't want to be enemies! I mean they catch you at the post office, they catch you here and there, and they want to know. can you do this, can you do that."
Neal didn't disagree.


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They both play high school seniors on Pretty Little Liars, but in reality Janel Parrish (Mona Vanderwall) and Troian Bellisario (Spencer) have long since graduated. But you may be surprised to learn which actress is a full three years older than the other. Click on the next photo to find out!


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We'd seen Ozzy Osborne fiddling around with previous Samsung offerings - but they were featurephones. Well now he's finally stepped up and gotten himself a real phone -- the Samsung Jack. Said phone should be hitting AT&T's website for sale tomorrow -- anybody out there planning on joining Ozzy?
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Great commercial!
a fun little commercial - but it really shows very little about the phone compared to the informational ads we see from apple.
one thing i did notice that i think may be new: at the end of the ad when the phone fills the screen, there's some windows mobile branding. this is the first time i noticed this kind of thing - has this been present before?


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- Deinstitutionalization: Myth or Reality? Messina, James J.; Davis, Jannar W. // Journal of Rehabilitation;Jan-Mar81, Vol. 47 Issue 1
Focuses on issues affecting deinstitutionalization of mentally ill and mentally retarded in the United States. Forces hindering growth of community rehabilitation; Importance of rehabilitation professional on advocating deinstitutionalization; Factors affecting public policy.
- Reflecting on Reentry and Rehabilitation. Evans, Donald G. // Journal of Community Corrections;Fall2006, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p4
The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one by Leonard A. Sipes,Jr. on an approach and system on how to help the reentry of offenders in their community, another by Doctor Randy Shively on the issue of the reentry of offenders who are suffering from mental...
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Sellling to your natural market
By Michael Goldberg
Knock Out Networking
It's absolutely impossible to say "no" to those little leaguers, cheerleaders, soccer players, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts and other children's organizations fixated in front of the supermarket selling their candy, cookies and raffles. Can you do it? I mean, have a heart! Although I'm not a big candy or cookie fan, I'm a sucker for a little kid trying to raise funds. Free enterprise at it's best! I'll take three boxes of whatever you got. It's funny, many of these groups actually take credit and debit cards, as well as checks. Soon, you'll be able to apply for financing — through your iPhone.
These kids are the best sales people on the planet for a number of reasons. They've got the cuteness factor going, often, their fundraising is for an excellent cause, and there's plenty of peer pressure. Many times, you feel obligated to buy because one day, your kid will be selling stuff. And what goes around comes around. But you know that.
Also, there's almost always a contest or some incentive for the kid who sells the most. Season passes to Great Adventure; ice cream at Friendly's; a tour of the Willy Wonka chocolate factory; an iPod; a trip to Hawaii...
Now, think back to when you were a kid and needed to sell something. Who were the first prospects you peddled? Yep — family and friends. And you did so without hesitation. Mom and dad were always good for a few boxes of samoa Girl Scout cookies, as were grandma and grandpa, Auntie Mae, and Uncle Louie. Same thing with the kiddies today. Incidentally, samoas /caramel deLites represent 19 percent of total Girl Scout cookie sales — probably due to a lot of mom and dad sales.
So, kids are great, and have always been great, at selling to their "natural market" (a term in the insurance world that means family and friends). Heck, if insurance companies could recruit kids to sell life insurance, long term care insurance, disability and annuities, they would.
It's safe to say that everyone has a natural market. Well, pretty much everyone. New sales producers — especially in the insurance industry — are encouraged to educate their family and friends about the good company they work for and the great products they sell. Not that there's anything wrong with that. All is fine in the world, provided there's not a sales pitch at the end of the lesson.
C'mon, nobody likes to be sold. Do you? How about your family and friends and the family and friends of your family and friends? Still with me? After all, you're not in the Girl Scouts. And selling a term life policy with adjustable premiums to mom and dad is a bit different than selling a box of Samoas.
Now, as Bill Maher might say, I kid the insurance industry. But it's actually very smart to train and encourage producers to sell to family and friends, and I'm sure production numbers prove it. It's just not all that easy to do, and sometimes not all that nice, either. That's why there's so much hesitation to do so. And it's also probably why one of the most common questions I get asked in seminars by sales producers and managers is: "How can I be more successful selling to my natural market?" Here are some suggestions.
Don't sell them
Yes, it's worth repeating! Your mission is not to sell your natural market. Selling to your friends and family (especially a product that involves personal finances and other private matters, as well as big bucks) is awkward. It's tough to put those close to you in that position. Or at least, it should be. Remember, to Auntie Mae, you will always be her little pookie. It might be tough to convince her that you're also a trusted authority on long term care insurance. It might also be tough to convince Dad's big shot pals at the country club to listen to your investment advice if you don't look old enough to drink.
Differentiate yourself
It's much easier to help someone that has (or is) branding themselves in the marketplace. So, if you can establish a niche or target market that you have become known for, it will help you clarify exactly who you help, what you do, and how you do it. After all, there's a big difference between chiropractor whose specialty is helping women with lower back pain due to pregnancy, a financial planner known for helping with 401(k) rollovers, and a realtor that specializes in helping young couples find an affordable home.
Ask for help
Ask for guidance. Ask for forgiveness (kidding). Ask for direction. Ask for suggestions. Ask for opinions. Ask for introductions to others that can further help. Ask for feedback. Ask for resources that might be helpful, including Web sites, trade publications and blogs. Just be specific with your questions. Don't forget, if you ask the right questions, you get the right answers. OK, so what do you think happens when you don't ask any questions?
Build confidence and credibility
The more knowledge and skills you develop in your profession, the more confident your family and friends will become in your abilities. And with confidence comes credibility. As you earn certifications, awards, recognition, or an impressive database of clients, your natural market will become one of your greatest referral sources.
Show gratitude
Say thank you. Send a thank you card. Send a gift (there's all kinds of nifty things you can order online). Send a business referral. Always show gratitude, appreciation and thoughtfulness when your natural market (or anyone for that matter) lends a helping hand or actually becomes one of your clients. It's a deal you never lose, and one that's not soon forgotten.
As you build your body of work and expertise over time, communicating with your natural market will become easier. In fact, those closest to you will get into the habit of providing you with referrals, based on all the good feedback you get. In fact, they'll want to do it based on your great rep, positive results, and appreciation. Isn't that cool?
You can also use this approach with your un-natural market (I made this up), which are second-tier contacts made up of college alum, neighbors, and some friends. Your un-natural market may also include individuals that consider you a client, customer, or patient, such as your insurance rep, accountant, doctor, dentist, plumber, electrician, interior designer, wedding planner, manicurist, landscaper, and realtor. Not that you want to make it conditional, but the professionals in your un-natural market don't really want to lose you as a customer. So, developing a business relationship that's mutually beneficial makes sense. Dollars and sense.
Let's be clear. If those in your natural market want to buy from you or invest with you, great. Just don't be the one to push the envelope. Nobody likes to be sold, but people love to buy — even family and friends. Of course, you can always ask for forgiveness.


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Ah, boys and their toys, of course, the older the "boy" the more expensive the "toy." When it comes to Yenko Supercars the going rate for a fully restored example is on average 350-750K, but that doesn't stop these guys from driving the hell out of them.
"Don Yenko intended for people to have fun with the cars bearing his name, and that's exactly what we're doing," commented Yenko Sportscar Club (sYc) Executive Director Tom Clary. "It doesn't matter whether it's a survivor car, a restoration or a race car, everybody is welcome at the Supercar Reunion!"
The sYc is dedicated to the machines created by Canonsburg, Pennsylvania's Yenko Sportscars Inc., but all types of American-built muscle cars are welcome at the Supercar Reunion. At previous events, we've seen Oldsmobile 442s, Pontiac T-series LeMans, GTOs, Firebirds and Buicks, and even the occasional Mopar.
Members of the Bow Tie persuasion roll up with anything from a Yenko Camaro, Nova, Chevelle or even a Corvair (Don Yenko built some badass Yenko Corvairs) to a Baldwin-Motion, Berger, COPO, DANA, Fred Gibb-Dick Harrell or Nickey Chevrolet muscle car. And dig this: They do it strictly for the fun of it. No classes, no prize money, no trophies!
Supercar Reunion XIII set up shop Friday, Sept. 3 at Madison, Illinois's Gateway International Raceway, and was treated to some of the best weather participants could ever hope for. Track conditions were obviously ideal with temperatures in the high 70s with a slight breeze blowing, which made working on and tuning these oftentimes finicky big-block engine factory hot rods less of a chore.
Event performance numbers ran from Event Low E.T. set by Ed Rambeaux Jr. and his original Nickey Fathom Green '68 Camaro at 9.92-136.00 through the mid 13s. Though not the quickest, Tom Clary's ex-Bob Hamilton "Red Alert" SS/DA '70 Chevelle wowed the fans with its chassis-twisting launches. Big "Red" carded a Best Of 10.82-123.09.
In addition to the vintage iron there were numerous gen five '10 Camaros in attendance. The factory IRS suspension seemed to hamper optimum straight-line traction, but Nickey Chicago is working on this issue. Speed E.T. for the latest hatchlings ranged from Jon Clary's LS7 427-equipped Yenko/SC (the first of the new wave Yenko Camaros) at 11.75-116.23 to the mid-12s near 120 mph.
By late Friday afternoon everybody had had their fill of drag racing and gravitated to the bar inside Collinsville, Illinois's Gateway Center, followed by dinner where former Fred Gibb Chevrolet Parts Manager Bob Lionburger was the featured speaker. Saturday's agenda consisted of both an indoor concourse and outdoor show and shine, the latter of which is annually sponsored by the Gateway Camaro Club. With drag racing completed, the bench racing began at 8.00 a.m., and continued well into the afternoon. By 4:00 p.m. Saturday, Supercar Reunion XIII was a wrap.
If you're a hardcore muscle car fan, and you've never been to one of these events, we recommend you check it out. Better yet, dust off that old muscle car sitting in the garage, or pull your old doorslammer out of mothballs, and take it to Supercar Reunion XIV. Who knows, drag racing may become "fun" all over again.
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Prerequisite Courses
Both the Associate of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees require 39 SC of preprofessional course work and 68 SC of professional course work.
The bachelor's degree requires an additional 6 SC of basic education course work and 7 SC of additional upper level course work.
At least 40 SC of the total course work appearing on the student's degree plan must be courses taken at the upper level (junior or senior). Students are encouraged to consult with the department chairman regarding specific upper level course work requirements.
The following 39 SC of courses are required for admission. All listed courses are required from a regionally accredited post-secondary academic institution, and must fulfill all College requirements regarding acceptance of transfer credit. If in doubt of the suitability of the following prerequisite courses, please call the College of Health Professions Welcome Center for clarification. For a list of eligible prerequisite courses at institutions around Arkansas, see our Dental Hygiene Prerequisite Guide for 2015-2016.
Area/Typical Course Title Minimum Semester Credit
SCIENCE Chemistry 4
Principles of chemistry course with laboratory Biology Principles of biology course with laboratory. (A Zoology course is also acceptable.) 4
Microbiology 4
One semester course with a laboratory Mathematics College Algebra or higher mathematics 3
LIBERAL ARTS History 3
History of the United States or National Government English Composition 6
Two-semester sequence of English Composition TOTAL LIBERAL ARTS 9
FINE ARTS Music, Art, Theater 3
HUMANITIES Philosophy, Political Science, Literature, or Humanities 3
SOCIAL SCIENCES Psychology General Psychology 3
Sociology Introduction to Sociology 3
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Snooki Says She Doesn't Go Tanning Because Obama Taxed Tanning Beds
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"I don't go tanning, tanning anymore. Because Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning. And I feel like he did that intentionally for us. McCain would never put a tax on tanning."
— Snooki holds President Obama personally responsible for not going tanning anymore in the first 10 minutes of Jersey Shore's season two, which debuted at the MTV Movie Awards last night, although the show's not back until July 29. Maybe Obama is to blame, but more likely Snooki's new gig as spray-on tanner SunLove spokesperson is to thank.
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Wow, you mean a moron supports McCain? Surely, you jest lol I mean, we're talking about a woman who obviously thinks she's about 30 pounds lighter than she actually is (hence, her tacky, skin-tight dresses) and thinks Amy Winehouse-like beehives are the height of sophisticated hair-styling. I'm not the least bit surprised that she's making deluded, inane comments.
Gawjuslayd 5 years
Wow! Finally an educated answer from MissSushi! Everyone is so anti-tan and Snooki the anti-christ, I wonder how many people on here that run their mouths on the "dangers of tanning" are smokers or ex-smokers. Haha! BTW- For those of you on the "skin cancer standpoint" take a moment out of your pasty lives to check out the facts. Maybe the daily dose of education will excite you!! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080107181411.htm
MissSushi 5 years
that was the most ridiculous generalization, victoria. I don't use tanning beds, but the people who do use them in moderation use them because its a faster way to get a bit of color, which generally gives a false healthy glow look. It's dangerous, but so is slathering yourself up with mineral oil at the beach and laying out for hours.
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Instead of taxing it they should just shut them down, it's a health hazzard. Why does anyone want their skin darker anyway, are they jealous of dark skinned people? yet the same people are racist against darker skinned people, confused yet? A tan was something we always got naturally when visiting the beach not something to go out of the way to get year round. Be happy in your own skin!
cirrus1701 5 years
But, when are the extra taxes going to stop? If you agree with this one, what's next? Salt, red meat, Sunkist orange soda...? That has 84 grams of sugar. What about all those silly energy drinks? They can't be too good for your heart. Why not tax those? Enough is enough! I really don't want to sit around drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiener," and using 3 seashells in the bathroom. (name that movie :) ) Embrace the responsibility for your own life. The government is not your mother.
janneth 5 years
Yes, put a 50% tax on her talking.
robinlh912 5 years
Can the whole Jersey Shore bunch just go away now? Please? So tired of them
Sundaydrive 5 years
is she saying this as a bad thing or a good thing that she'll be less likely to get skin cancer?
flyinggrip 5 years
and how ironic is it that McCain had melanoma?
reesiecup 5 years
I don't think looking good (or in her case, toasted) is worth getting skin cancer or aging skin.
runningesq 5 years
Also - I don't see how taxing tanning is any different than taxing cigarettes.
bryseana 5 years
The tax is a good thing. Habitual indoor tanning can lead to skin cancer. 15 minutes in a tanning bed is equivalent to 8 hours in the sun. People just aren't educated on the risks involved.
runningesq 5 years
It would probably be best if she just stopped talking.
MissSushi 5 years
You'd think being that vain would be enough to stop them from over tanning... you end up looking a very tired and worn out 45 by the time you're late 20s early 30s when you tan that much. My cousin is barely 32 and she looks about 15 years older because she thinks she needs to tan her very fair skin just because she works in a salon. Selling the product... mmhmm, that's gonna back fire you on pretty soon...
chloe-bella 5 years
Ok, so the entire WORLD making fun of her disgusting, over-tanned appearance didn't dissuade her from tanning, but the nominal tax was enough to send her over the edge? I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around that. I guess I don't understand the whole Jersey girl thing because I live too far away, but I feel like if I were ever viewed as being one of trashiest, tackiest people in the United States, I would probably step back and re-evaluate my lifestyle choices.
snarkypants 5 years
hahahahahha this is ridic. oh well. just another reason to love the prez. anybody snooki doesn't like is a friend of mine!
chillchic 5 years
Well, I'd like to thank Obama for this tanning tax. Hopefully my trips to the beach will be less frightful this year.
5 years
The taxes are there for a reason GAW - the medical costs for people with skin cancers due to tanning far outweighs the price of a tanning session...
sarah-lynn 5 years
Didn't NJ already tax it anyway? But this is clearly all Obama's fault, since he single-handedly passes or fails bills on his own. She should be thankful the senate passed it because she looks like she got kicked out of Willy Wonka's. She should probably use the time she'd be crisping to pick up a book.
genesisrocks 5 years
She looks horrible over-tanned! She should be thanking Barack for real
juicebox07 5 years
I think this tax is a good thing, if it helps people cut down on tanning. I'm not really against tanning in general, but I'm against obsessive tanning. If this helps people tan less frequently, then I think it's good. Excessive tanning is not only gross (sorry, but that's my opinion. When you tan too much, you look like you just got pulled out of an oven), but it can pose serious threats. I know a girl who died of skin cancer at age 21. Then again, if you don't care about the risks, why should I care about them for you? All I know is I'm protecting my own self by not tanning. Sorry if this has turned into some anti-tanning debate. I didn't mean for that. I just want to express my reasons for agreeing with the tax.
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Gawjuslayd 5 years
I hate to say this, but I agree 100% with her. I am a Jersey girl that loves that tanning, but to tax it, is really ridiculous. Can't we enjoy one thing without the government going in and ruining it! They make monye on everything else, Obama needs to put his nose into something more meaningful!


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DURHAM, N.H. - Five Wildcats scored in double figures as the University of New Hampshire women's basketball team posted a 68-55 victory over the Netherlands National Team in an exhibition game tonight at Lundholm Gymnasium.
Sisters Anna Matthias (Guilford, Conn.) and Maren Matthias (Guilford, Conn.) each recorded double-doubles, with both scoring 11 points and hauling down 11 boards apiece.
The visitors held a 15-10 lead with 9:09 to play in the first half after Nienke Geerts converted a conventional three-point play. The'Cats would then go on a 14-2 run capped by a three-pointer by junior Kiki Proctor (Harrisburg, Pa.) to give UNH a 24-17 lead with 3:33 left in the half. New Hampshire would head to the locker room at the half with a 28-24 advantage.
The hosts would open the second half with a 13-2 run that gave the Wildcats a 41-26 lead with 16:34 to play in the game. The run was capped by five-straight points by Sarah Bushey (Champlain, N.Y.) on a pair of free throws and a three-pointer. Netherlands would close to within 64-53 with 2:03 to play on a three-pointer by Laura Kooij, but the visitors would get no closer.
Bushey and senior Kelly Donohue (Rochester, N.H.) each recorded 11 points, while sophomore Taylore Jarvis (Nazareth, Pa.) chipped in with 10 points. Kooij had a game-high 16 points for the visitors. Elke Snider also recorded a double-double with 10 points and 11 boards.
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LAKE GEORGE Friday the 13 was a lucky day for many visitors to the Great Escape and Splashwater Kingdom.
The U.S. National Luge Team was on hand at the Blue Lagoon waterslide, meeting and greeting patrons and holding a timed event at the slide.
Jon Lundin, media and public relations manager for the U.S. Luge Association, said the event was arranged to showcase the sport.
We usually hold events in the winter as a recruiting tool, Lundin said. We came up with the idea of a waterslide to show people what it would be like to learn the luge.
Olympic Luge silver medalist Mark Grimmette was on hand, with his medal from the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.
Its hard to describe what its like, Grimmette said of riding the small sleds down a steep, winding and icy track. Its incredible, we go about 80 to 90 mph and feel four to five G forces on the way down. Sometimes the ice is so smooth its actually very quiet and peaceful.
Grimmette said on a good run, riding the luge is actually very calming.
Other Olympians were at the top of the water slide, helping competitors and offering advice.
We tell them to keep their weight in the middle, stay low and dont flip over, Grimmette said. Competitors didnt reach nearly the speeds of lugers, but Lundin said the sensation is similar.
Luge is the fastest sport on ice, he said. This type of event is our number one recruiting tool, and this is a way of showcasing our obscure sport. He said they were looking especially for kids age 11 through 14 who may become interested in training for future luge competitions.
I might want to try it, said Christopher Dorn, age 10, of Queensbury at the bottom of the water slide.
The sport of luge is actually one of the oldest of winter sports. The Vikings used sleds with two runners as early as 800 B.C. The first American Olympic Luge Team in 1964 was made up of mostly American soldiers who had been stationed in Europe. American sliders remained in relative obscurity until 1980 when the Olympics came to Lake Placid and the nations first refrigerated luge run was built for that event.
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Willy jokes detumesce in comedy horror Shadows of the Damned. Find out what else T3's gaming experts had to say about the latest from the Shadows of the Damned stable
Thematically, Shadows Of The Damned is the maddest and most original game you'll play this year. As demon-hunting, motorbike-riding hero Garcia Hotspur, you smash through hell to retrieve your girlfriend from one of its most powerful demons.
Shadows of the Damned: Comedic horror
Along the way you sup Absinthe and Tequila to recover health, feed demon pubes to glowing goat heads, and save your game by startling jellyfish demons into crapping themselves and flying away. Oh, and there's a gun called the Hot Boner. It's bonkers.
Underneath all the madness, though, beats the heart of a thoroughly ordinary game. It's Resident Evil 4 all over again, only with Silent Hill 2's composer on soundtrack duties and No More Heroes' creator on story. Sound great, even so? Sadly, the reality falls well short of the stellar billing. At first you're too busy acclimatising to the eccentricities of the world to notice its many shortcomings.
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But by the time you've faced off against your third or fourth 'boss-with-glowing-weak-spot,' the cracks are starting to show. And then they glow red. While similar games such as Dead Space 2 and Vanquish do a great job of hiding their simplicity behind clever, varied set-pieces, Shadows falls victim to some of video games' oldest clichés - endless key-card(ish) doors, predictable bosses in clearly marked arenas, painfully linear levels... it's a conservatism that seems to have dragged much of the once world-leading Japanese games industry to its knees.
OK, it tops Resident Evil 5 and Lost Planet 2 for surface creativity, but Shadows Of The Damned is the same ageing, traditional and risk-averse clunker underneath. Still, it isn't all ripping off Resi 4. Although the over-the-shoulder action feels very familiar (and yes, there is a 'merchant' who inexplicably pops up to sell upgrades), there are fresh flourishes - such as the 'darkness' - which add variety.
Darkness? At certain points, a thick black fog that constantly drains Garcia's health swallows the world. To stay alive you must find and light up a goat's head - which restores light permanently - or spark fireworks, often while fighting off a selection of hell-dwellers.
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This juggling of combat and puzzle solving does bring thrills, but Shadows habitually overuses its smartest tricks. The first time a demon crawls up to snuff a light it's great, but it soon gets predictable, shifting from cute to just plain annoying. One thing that never gets old is the mix of horrific imagery and dark, dark comedy - mostly from Johnson, a reformed demon who transforms into weapons while spewing funny one-liners and misdirected knob-gags.
OK, he isn't Wheatley-from-Portal 2 funny, but he's a likeable companion as he lightly mocks Garcia's stern, deliberately clichéd seriousness. Ironically, it makes watching Garcia's kidnapped girlfriend get worn as a skin, pulled apart, drowned, swallowed, decapitated and repeatedly murdered by demons harsher and more affecting. It's all so over the top it's tough to accuse Shadows of being scary - but it's just nasty enough to make you squirm as well as chuckle.
Even the brilliant soundtrack, crafted by SH2's Akira Yamaoka, feels oddly out of place as Johnson lays B-list dick jokes over his velvety, haunting guitar. The problem is it's neither as funny as Portal 2 or Bulletstorm, nor as bumtinglingly scary as Dead Space 2 or SIREN Blood Curse.
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In truth it's middling, and with a lack of innovation and thrills in its heart it fl oats off among the also-rans... think Enslaved, Dark Sector or The Club. Sadly, despite a fantastic line up of development talent, Shadows Of The Damned is ultimately a wasted opportunity.
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Death came to my door today
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When I felt the winds blowing in
The angels came to tell me
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Good for You, Treaasure Coast, July 17
Coty to head food bank Board
Miguel Coty, director of marketing and communications at Martin Memorial Medical Center, will serve as 2011-12 president of the Board of Directors for Treasure Coast Food Bank.
Coty took over for outgoing Board President Carl Newton at Treasure Coast Food Bank's annual meeting and awards luncheon. Newton will continue to serve as immediate past president. Other officers sworn in at the luncheon were: Vice President Rhonda Blakey; Secretary Beverly Berry; Treasurer Tom Mackie; Director at Large Yolando Hewling; and Director Emeritus Leo Capoccia. Other directors are Maura Burgreen, Rabbi Arthur Rutberg and Eric Strickland.
Treasure Coast Food Bank, which through its partner agencies, feeds more than 40,000 people weekly, also recognized its outstanding volunteers and partners for the past year. Freddy Entin of Vero Beach, a constant volunteer in Treasure Coast Food Bank's offices, was given the Hunger Fighter award. Eileen DiTullio, chair of the Empty Bowls project in St. Lucie County, is the Individual Volunteer of the Year. The Volunteer Group of the Year is the Rotary Club of Orchid Island, which has given financial support and volunteer time to key Food Bank programs. The Corporate Volunteer of the Year is the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 1690, representing 1,300 letter carriers at six post offices, for its annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive.
Partners in Treasure Coast Food Bank's fight against hunger are as essential as volunteers. Treasure Coast Food Bank recognized Love and Hope in Action of Port Salerno, which offers daily meals, a weekly Mobile Pantry, and help for the homeless as its Partner Agency of the Year. WalMart in Sebastian was recognized as Treasure Coast Food Bank's Retail Partner of the Year for donating almost 172,000 pounds of food during the past year. The Feeding Hope Award was presented to the WalMart Distribution Center of Fort Pierce, which provides Treasure Coast Food Bank with logistical help, quality control and safety training in the Food Bank warehouse. The Feeding Hope Award was presented to Tropicana for its support with volunteers and product.
3 named National Merit Scholars
More than 1,700 additional winners of National Merit Scholarships — financed by colleges and universities — have been announced by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The Merit Scholar designees join more than 2,900 other college-sponsored award recipients who were announced in late May.
Officials of each sponsor college selected their winners from among finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program who will attend their institution. College-sponsored awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.
This year, 198 colleges and universities are sponsoring about 4,800 Merit Scholarship awards. Sponsor colleges include 118 private and 80 public institutions located in 45 states and the District of Columbia.
The final group of winners brings the number to approximately 8,300. The high school graduates will receive scholarships or undergraduate study worth a total of almost $35 million. In addition to college-sponsored awards, two other types of National Merit Scholarships were offered — 2,500 National Merit $2,500 scholarships for which all finalists competed and more than 1,000 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for finalists who met criteria specified by their grantor organizations.
This year's competition for National Merit Scholarships began when approximately 1.5 million juniors in some 22,000 high schools took the 2009 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program entrants. In September 2009, some 16,000 semifinalists were named on a state representational basis, in numbers proportional to each state's percentage of the national total of high school graduating seniors. Semifinalists were the highest-scoring program entrants in each state and represented less than 1 percent of a state's seniors.
To become a finalist, each semifinalist had to submit a detailed scholarship application, which included writing an essay and describing contributions and leadership activities in high school and the community, have an outstanding academic record, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official and earn SAT scores that confirm the qualifying test performance. From the semifinalist group, about 15,000 attained finalist standing, and more than half of the finalists were chosen to receive National Merit Scholarships.
Sarah E. Stover of Fort Pierce will study green technology/sustainable engineering and attended Fort Pierce Central High School.
Matthew J. Colbert Jr. of Sebastian will study engineering and attended Sebastian River High School
Panagiotes G. Mamangakis of Stuart will study writing and film and attended Jensen Beach High School.
Goldstein donates to Weagle's bike ride
Pedaling a bicycle from the northern reaches of the Treasure Coast to Palm Beach County provided meteorologist Steve Weagle with plenty of typical Florida flatlands and precious few places to relax and coast downhill. The WPTV News Channel 5 weatherman did, however, enjoy a nice "push" from Lauri J. Goldstein.
The Stuart attorney's donation added to the momentum generated by other contributors to Weagle's recent ride, which helps raise awareness about the start of hurricane season and funds for the American Red Cross.
In its 12th year, Weagle's bicycle trip covers a lot of ground. This year, he pedaled from Sebastian to Boca Raton, receiving cheers from onlookers and happy honks from motorists along the way to help him maintain motivation.
"Usually, news that hurricane season has started increases everybody's anxiety levels at least a little bit, as we all vividly remember that rash of storms that thrashed Martin County and the Treasure Coast a few years back," Goldstein said. "But Steve's bike ride is a smart and creative way to get people engaged without turning up the hype machine or playing on our fears. Our firm is happy to support any effort that helps get us ready for whatever the storm season holds, as well as a world-class organization like the American Red Cross."
Hubbard is certified nurse educator
Dr. Ann Hubbard of Port St. Lucie has recently earned the credential of certified nurse educator (CNE). An Indian River State College employee for 18 years, Hubbard served as a professor and serves as the assistant dean of nursing at IRSC.
The nurse educator certification distinguishes academic nursing education as an advanced specialty practice within the nursing profession. The National League for Nursing also recognizes this certification as demonstration of excellence in the role of the academic nurse educator.
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CLEVELAND - Cleveland police released the names of the 13 officers involved in the police chase in Cleveland that ended with two people being shot dead.
The Cleveland Division of Police also released 45 audio recordings from the Nov. 29 incident, which started as a report of shots fired near the Justice Center. The two suspects, ages 30 and 42, were killed while in a car behind Heritage Middle School in East Cleveland.
Here are the names provided by Cleveland police:
- Patrol Officer Wilfredo Diaz #350 Appointment Date: 11-03-08
- Patrol Officer Michael Brelo #416 Appointment Date: 10-15-07
- Patrol Officer Cynthia Moore #1277 Appointment Date: 10-15-07
- Patrol Officer Michael Farley #409 Appointment Date: 04-08-96
- Patrol Officer Brian Sabolik #1021 Appointment Date: 01-10-11
- Patrol Officer Paul Box #2526 Appointment Date: 08-19-96
- Patrol Officer Randy Patrick #1580 Appointment Date: 08-04-97
- Patrol Officer Scott Sistek #1395 Appointment Date: 02-25-08
- Detective Michael Demchak #1621 Appointment Date: 10-23-82
- Detective Erin O'Donnell #1027 Appointment Date: 09-28-98
- Detective Christopher Ereg #767 Appointment Date: 08-30-99
- Detective Michael Rinkus #2182 Appointment Date: 01-06-92
- Detective William Salupo #1969 Appointment Date: 02-17-98
Cleveland police said they will not be releasing photos of the officers. Those involved have been placed on three days administrative leave, which is standard, and are due to be back at work on Tuesday. The 13 officers, 12 of which are white and one Hispanic, will be placed in a wellness program and on restricted duty status for at least the next six months.


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Winemaking Notes
The grapes were all hand picked and hand sorted in the vineyard to ensure only the fruit in the best condition made it to the winery. They were then crushed and allowed to drain before being gently pressed. This ensures the juice goes to ferment in the best condition and with a minimal amount of handling. Fermentation was at cool temperatures and the wine spent a short time on yeast lees before being fined and bottled in early July.
Like all HVD Sign Post Semillons, this wine is bigger and softer than say, Vat 1 or Belford, and with all of our 2013 semillons being somewhat fuller and richer than normal anyway, the vintage really lent itself to this style. The wine has lots of soft fruit now but also has the backbone of acid to see it live long into the future. It will, however, be hard to keep after release as it will be so good to drink at four years of age.
The HVD Vineyard
Tyrrell's HVD vineyard is situated within the Hunter Valley, 150km north of Sydney. First planted in 1908 and partally replanted in the mid 80s, the original semillon block known as the Sign Post, and the original chardonnay block (also planted in 1908), are still producing wine of great character.
The HVD Vineyard has light, sandy, well drained soils and is situated between two creeks that run out of Moore's Gully. We use traditional viticultural techniques of cane pruning and clean cultivation with a mound thrown up under the vines. This reduces the temperature at the base of the vines. The clean cultivation reduces moisture competition from grass and weeds plus closes any cracks in the ground to prevent moisture evaporation during the hot months of December and January.
The 2013 Vintage
The growing season for the 2013 vintage was quite different to the previous two years. We had a warm to hot spring and an early summer with basically no rain. In the middle of January the paddocks were like a dust bowl and we went into the vintage period with small berries and high acids. On the January long weekend the heavens opened and we received about 175ml of rain which really got the vines working, and by the Wednesday of that same week the flavours we were looking for started to appear and picking started in earnest.
Tasting through a number of local semillons from 2013 there is a real difference between those picked before and after the long weekend.
This wine was picked on January 31, which was absolutely spot on.
Cellaring Potential
Hunter semillon is one of those wines that simply gets better and better with bottle age; particularly when it is made from one of the best vineyards in the region. At four to six years old this wine will show both the benefits of bottle age, with complex toasty honey characters, but will also retain some youthful freshness. It will be brilliant drinking in 2017, but as is always the case it will easily handle further bottle aging.


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Animal Carcinogenicity StudiesEfavirenz was neither mutagenic nor clastogenic in a series of in vitro and animal in vivo screening tests. Long-term animal carcinogenicity studies with efavirenz have been completed in mice and rats. At systemic drug exposures approximately 1.7-fold higher than in humans receiving standard therapeutic doses, no increase in tumor incidence above background was observed in male mice, but in female mice, an increase above background was seen in hepatocellular adenomas and carcinomas and pulmonary alveolar/bronchiolar adenomas. No increase in tumor incidence above background was observed in male and female rats with systemic drug exposures lower than that in humans receiving therapeutic doses.
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Teratogenicity/Developmental ToxicityAn increase in fetal resorption was observed in rats at efavirenz doses that produced peak plasma concentrations and area under the curve (AUC) values in female rats equivalent to or lower than those achieved in humans at the recommended human dose (600 mg once daily). Efavirenz produced no reproductive toxicities when given to pregnant rabbits at doses that produced peak plasma concentrations similar to and AUC values approximately half of those achieved in humans administered efavirenz (600 mg once daily). Central nervous system (CNS) malformations and cleft palate were observed in 3 of 20 infants born to pregnant cynomolgus monkeys receiving efavirenz from gestational days 20 to 150 at a dose of 60 mg/kg/day (resulting in plasma concentrations 1.3 times that of systemic human therapeutic exposure, with fetal umbilical venous drug concentrations approximately 0.7 times the maternal values).1 The malformations included anencephaly and unilateral anophthalmia in one fetus, microphthalmia in another fetus, and cleft palate in a third fetus.
Placental and Breast Milk PassageEfavirenz readily crosses the placenta in rats, rabbits, and primates, producing cord blood concentrations similar to concentrations in maternal plasma. Maternal and fetal blood concentrations in pregnant rabbits and cynomolgus monkeys are equivalent, while fetal concentrations in rats exceeded maternal concentrations. In a study of 25 mother-infant pairs, median efavirenz cord blood/maternal blood concentration was 0.49 (range 0.37–0.74).2 In a study of 13 women in Rwanda, efavirenz was given during the last trimester of pregnancy and for 6 months after delivery.3 Efavirenz concentrations were measured in maternal plasma, breast milk, and infant plasma. Efavirenz concentration was significantly higher in maternal plasma than skim breast milk (mean breast milk to mean maternal plasma concentration ratio 0.54) and higher in skim breast milk than in infant plasma (mean skim breast milk to mean newborn plasma concentration ratio 4.08). Mean infant plasma efavirenz concentrations were 13.1% of maternal plasma levels. In a study of plasma and hair drug concentration in 56 mother-infant pairs receiving efavirenz-based therapy during pregnancy and breastfeeding, infant plasma levels at delivery and hair levels at age 12 weeks suggested moderate in utero transfer during pregnancy and breastfeeding, with approximately one-third of transfer occurring postpartum (40% cumulative with 15% during breastfeeding).4 All mothers and infants had detectable efavirenz plasma levels at 0, 8, and 12 weeks and mean infant to maternal hair concentration at 12 weeks postpartum was 0.40 for efavirenz.
Human Studies in PregnancyIn a study of 25 pregnant women receiving efavirenz during the third trimester as part of clinical care, efavirenz clearance was slightly increased and trough levels were decreased compared with levels measured postpartum.2 These differences are not of sufficient magnitude to warrant dose adjustment during pregnancy.


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R.I.P., Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker as a Team
Well, consider one of the most dominant teams in recent team play history dead. Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker, who went 5-0-0 the last time the Presidents Cup was played and won two matches at the Ryder Cup is most likely done for 2011.
Why? Because the last two times the duo has been out, they've redefined the term "steamrolled." The last team match at the 2010 Ryder Cup, Tiger and Steve lost 6 & 5, but somehow managed to get beat even worse on Thursday at Royal Melbourne.
How bad? Just the worst team defeat in the history of the event. Yikes.
It isn't really fair to sit here and yell at the two, even though they failed to make a birdie in the alternate shot format and made three bogeys in the loss. Stricker isn't healthy, he's rusty, and it's obvious after the first day that if he wins just a single point for the Americans it will be a huge boost. We saw this at the Solheim Cup with Cristie Kerr and are seeing it now with Stricker; no matter how great a player is, if they aren't healthy, they aren't that much of a help to the team.
Expect Stricker to play his four-ball on Friday, mandatory since all players compete, and then expect him to sit all of Saturday.
Tiger, on the other hand, gets a chance to tee it up with Dustin Johnson. I'm not really saying it's going to be a huge change, but it might help to be out with a guy that has been playing golf and did make a clutch putt on the 18th hole for an important halve on Thursday.
Tiger and Dustin will be bombing it, having some fun with it, and hopefully get Woods back on track. I was wondering which Australian Open Tiger we'd get at the Presidents Cup. For the first two days, he looked like his old self, and then on Saturday the next Tiger. So far, we're getting the guy that shot 75 for no real reason.
I'd like to see old Tiger again on Friday.
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If Stricker's health is so bad and his game is so rusty that he has to sit out all of Saturday's matches he should have stepped down before the event started.
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Hanna meets an old friend.
Here's the Canadian promo for Pretty Little Liars ep. 2.10 – Touched By An A-ngel. It has been previously reported that Nat will appear in this episode as Hanna's soon-to-be stepsister Kate!
Sadly, no Nat sighting yet but still really good soapy scenes.
As per The Hollywood Reporter…
All My Children's Natalie Hall has made plans for the holidays.
The actress, who has played Colby Chandler on the long-running ABC soap opera, has booked the lead in the Hallmark miniseries Love's Christmas Journey.
In the two-hour, two-part miniseries, slated to air in November, Hall will play Ellie King, a young pioneer woman who has suffered the loss of her husband and daughter.
In the mini, part of the Love Comes Softly series based on the books by Janette Oke, Ellie (Hall) will visit her brother Aaron (General Hospital's Greg Vaughan), a sheriff in the small town of Haddonton, and his two children during the Christmas holiday. When a corrupt attorney in town leaves an innocent young man to blame for Mayor William Wayne's (Sean Astin) barn catching fire and burning, Ellie steps in to help.
Dylan Bruce (As the World Turns), JoBeth Williams (Private Practice), Ryan Wynott (The Cape), Jada Mae Facer and Bobby Campo (CSI: Miami) co-star.
Dave Cass Sr., who helmed Hallmark's 2002 miniseries Johnson County War, will direct.
Hall, repped by The Group Entertainment and Paradigm, will next be seen in an arc on ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars, where she'll play Kate, the stepsister to Ashley Benson's Hanna.
After being canceled in April, All My Children will air its final episode on Friday, Sept. 23 at 1 p.m., with lifestyle series The Chew taking over the time slot on Monday, Sept. 26.
So proud of our girl! Amazing.
Great news for All My Children fans! All My Children has confirmed the return of 4 vets and among them is David Canary (Adam Chandler)! I am beyond excited to watch Nat & Jacob in scenes with their beloved father. Here's a little statement…
AMC confirms that Julia Barr (Brooke), David Canary (Adam), original cast member Ray MacDonnell (Joe) and Lee Meriwether (Ruth) are all coming back. No first air dates are available yet, but all four will be back on-screen in September. "I can't wait to work with David again!" cheers Jacob Young (JR).
I am equally excited to see that Brooke will be returning as well. Sadly, Colby & JR's big sisters — Hayley & Skye will not be returning. Kelly Ripa (Hayley) has said that due to scheduling conflicts she and her husband, Mark Consuelos (Mateo) will not be able to make it out to California to tape for the show when they wanted them to. And Robin Christopher (Skye) is expected to return to General Hospital soon.
Admin Note: Expect the remaining captures for Natalie to be added hopefully before the weekend is out. I just got my new and improved (much faster) internet and I can now work on catching up in the gallery which shouldn't take too long.
The deal has been made for All My Children & One Life To Live to continue on online! So get ready.
BURBANK, CA – July 7, 2011 – ABC has licensed its iconic soaps, "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" to Prospect Park, it was announced today by Brian Frons, President, Daytime, Disney/ABC Television Group & Janice Marinelli, President, Disney/ABC Domestic Television and Rich Frank & Jeff Kwatinetz of Prospect Park. The exclusive multi-year, multi-platform deal enables the soaps' stories to continue beyond their finale dates on ABC. ABC will broadcast its final episode of "All My Children" on Friday, September 23rd and will air the final episode of "One Life to Live" in January, 2012.
The licensing agreement, brokered by Disney/ABC Domestic Television Group, enables Prospect Park to continue production of "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" beyond their life on ABC. Prospect Park will produce and deliver the two long-running programs to consumers via online formats and additional emerging platforms including internet enabled television sets. Under the terms of the arrangement, the programs will continue to be delivered with the same quality and in the same format and length. Additional details of the new productions and tune-in will be forthcoming from Prospect Park.
My friend Colleen has told me that according to Bobbie Eakes' (Krystal) Twitter — the cast has been released from their current contracts pending negotiations with Prospect Park. We'll keep you updated on Natalie's status with the show. The plan is to continue on with the current hour long format of the show online but further details are not yet known i.e. how many days a week it will air etc. But for now enjoy this major victory soap fans.
Here we have a video from a few weeks ago of Natalie & Brandon on the red carpet at the 2011 Daytime Emmy Awards Official Innovative Artists Pre-Party. They talked to Nikki Beach TV host Sabrina Robertson on the red carpet. How adorable are these two?
Note: I will be uploading the images soon.
Joel McHale had a little fun making jokes about Colby & Asher. Nat sounds good — but like she's stated in the soap press — "Colby" is not a professional singer so why play it like that all the time. Plus it might have been the song.
I thought this was funny. But I think whenever Joel or Chelsea Handler crack jokes on the ABC/CBS/NBC soaps it is just that funny.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO some good news for our lady Ms. Natalie! As per PrettyLittleLiars.us
We already saw Hanna's step-sister Kate in the 4th episode of Season 1. But she will be back! In the 10th episode of this season Kate will make her return. And we hear she's going to make Hanna's life real miserable! Kate was previously played by Natalie Floyd but Natalie Hall will now take over this role!
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Remember Kate, Hanna (Ashley Benson)'s evil stepsister-to-be who we met way back in Season 1? Well, as "A" would say, the bitch is back!
Expect Hanna's sis to make an appearance in Season 2, Episode 10 of Pretty Little Liars, but she won't be played by Natalie Floyd. Introducing the new and far more evil Kate, played by Natalie Hall!
I'm so proud of her! I adore Nat and we will continue to follow Natalie's career no matter where.
Here we have Nat's March episodes. March was a rather fun month for me watching Colby on-screen. I loved her video blogs as she basically talked about the betrayal between her mother and boyfriend… it was heartbreaking at times watching her just spill out all this emotion she had inside. I liked Asher being there as a sounding board for her about what's going on in her life. The scenes Nat did with JR (Jacob), Liza (Jamie), & Erica (Susan Lucci) were a lot of fun to watch. I really felt for her when JR was telling her that she had to stop airing her dirty laundry as it made the family look bad. The 16th was my absolute favorite episode and Natalie stole the show from the opening with her singing, to the fun scenes with Damon, the meaty emotional looks at Confusion and much more. All around it was a great episode.
Enjoy these newest additions!
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It's time to play catch-up and batch in all of our caps from Nat's airdates for the past few months so get ready!
Sadly Nat only had 7 airdates but she knocked it out of the park when she finally realized the dark secret her mother was hiding in regards to her boyfriend Damon. I really hope next year those scenes get Natalie a Daytime Emmy nomination.
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