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SALMON, Idaho -- Worries that drones could be deployed to spy on citizens without warrants have prompted lawmakers in Idaho and more than a dozen other states to push measures restricting their use by police and just about everyone else.
Bills moving through legislatures in states such as Idaho, Montana and Arizona would outlaw the use of pilotless aircraft to gather evidence about suspected criminal activity unless police have obtained warrants.
Provisions in Idaho and elsewhere would also ban authorities -- or anyone else -- from using drones to conduct surveillance on people or their property, including agricultural operations, without consent.
Drones shot into the public spotlight this week when a commercial pilot reported spotting one as he was landing his passenger plane at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, and drone policy surfaced as an issue during efforts to confirm new CIA director John Brennan.
The numbers and uses of domestic drones are now restricted but they are expected to be widely permitted in coming years, raising fears about misuse of devices that can carry cameras which capture video and still images by day or night.
As U.S. regulators prepare to let drones take flight, local and federal lawmakers are scrambling to impose safeguards on an emerging market that the unmanned aerial vehicle industry forecasts will drive $89 billion in worldwide expenditures over the next decade.
Moves to protect privacy come as cash-strapped law enforcement agencies eye miniature unmanned aircraft costing as little as $30,000 as money-saving, low-manpower tools that could locate illegal marijuana farms, seek missing children and track dangerous fugitives.
While lawmakers in Idaho, Montana and Arizona said they celebrate advancements in the technology and even campaign to have their cities and states selected as drone-testing sites, they have been flooded with calls from constituents worried about eyes in the sky.
"We're trying to prevent high-tech window-peeping," Idaho Senate Assistant Majority Leader Chuck Winder said. The Republican is the sponsor of a measure to be heard by a Senate panel that ensures police have reasonable suspicion of criminal activity as well as a warrant before deploying drones.
In the national consciousness, drones are most closely identified with the use of armed, unmanned aircraft by the United States for counterterrorism operations against Islamist militants in countries like Pakistan and Yemen.
Questions over whether drones could also be used to target Americans on U.S. soil punctuated the process to confirm the nation's new CIA director this week in the form of a filibuster by Republican Senator Rand Paul but did not derail the appointment.
Attorney General Eric Holder ultimately clarified that President Barack Obama would not have the authority to order a drone to kill an American citizen on U.S. soil who was "not engaged in combat."
The majority of unarmed drones expected to operate in U.S. airspace when federal restrictions are rolled back in 2015 -- along with those now authorized for a few dozen law enforcement agencies and universities -- weigh less than 55 pounds and fly below 400 feet, government documents show.
The devices can stay airborne for up to several hours and can be used for reconnaissance, inspection and surveillance, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report.
The September report says civil uses for drones would likely emerge first after 2015, while a commercial market would develop more slowly as airspace issues are resolved. Possible uses include pipeline inspection, crop dusting and traffic monitoring.
Outsized unarmed drones have already been used by federal agencies for operations along the southwest border with Mexico. NASA uses large, high-flying drones to map and investigate wildfires and collect data on hurricanes, the GAO report shows.
Proposals by law enforcement to gain drones have faced opposition in parts of California and Virginia, where lawmakers have stayed drone use by authorities and public agencies for two years. Public fears over invasion of privacy recently shot down a plan by Seattle police to deploy two camera-equipped drones.
Worries about wholesale spying are unfounded, said Mario Mairena, government relations manager with the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.
"We see a number of positive uses for unmanned systems that will enhance public safety, enable scientific research and mitigate disasters," he said.
Yet fears about drones snooping on citizens persist. A 2007 proposal by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to use a drone to monitor range conditions in remote areas of Idaho drew protests from ranchers whose cattle graze public lands. Many Western cattlemen said they have no less foreboding now.
"The government has too much hand in our lives as it is," said Melodie Baker, whose family has ranched for generations along the East Fork Salmon River in Idaho. "A lot of ranchers are personally afraid about how information gathered by drones would be used. It's a big concern."
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Placing first in Travel and Tourism Team were Wade Hagebusch and Andrew Tilley; Business Services Marketing Series, Chase Plymell 3rd, Kinser Hogan 4th; Food Marketing Series, Haily Tejada 4th; Restaurant and Food Service Management, Wade Hagebusch 5th; Retail Merchandising, Melissa Stratton 3rd; Sports and Entertainment Marketing, Steven Archambault 5th; Principles of Hospitality and Tourism, Jacob Carroll 2nd; Buying and Merchandising Team, Cody Kozak & Taylor Goff, 3rd; Hospitality Services Team, Kaylie Creach & Kinser Hogan, 3rd; Entrepreneurship Innovation, Tony Savage placed 2rd. Plymell, Stratton, Carroll, Tilley, Hagebusch and Savage will continue on to the state competition March 16, 17 and 18 at the Lodge of the Four Seasons, Lake of the Ozarks.
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A blend between heightened expectations and mediocre results have made for a disappointing season for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
After a constant struggle to break out of their average state, the Wolves will end their season Wednesday night against the Utah Jazz having not been more than three games above .500 or more than four games below it. While this year's squad has made strides not seen from the Wolves in nearly a decade, the fact remains that Minnesota's playoff drought has now hit 10 straight seasons.
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According to Stein, a margin of victory average of +3.1 has typically netted a 50-win season. However, the Wolves have proven to be the exception. They hold +2.9 average, which stands as the highest for a non-playoff team since the 16-team format was introduced in the 1983-84 season.
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Some Dynamics of Prejudice
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Origins of Anti-Semitism
Christianity and the Jews
The New Faith Established
The Medieval Church and the Jews
Early Ghettos
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The Era of Enlightenment
The French Revolution
The Age of Reaction
Twentieth Century
The New Anti-Semitism
Anti-Jewish Racism
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The Victims
Brief History of Polish Jewry
Polish Jewry
Shtetl Life
Cultural Achievements
Rational Orthodoxy
The Hasidic Challenge
Roots of Zionism
The Rebirth of Poland
The Interwar Decades
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The Treaty of Versailles
The Weimar Republic
Economic Problems
Momentary Recovery
The Great Depression
The Nazi's Enter History
The Party Platform
The SA
The Failed Beer Hall Putsch
The Aryan Superiority Myth
Legitimizing Hitler
The End of the Republic
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Ideological Antecedents
The Irrationality of the Holocaust
Intellectual Roots
Psychological Hypotheses
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The Parents
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An Uncertain Conclusion
Three Executioners of the Fuehrer's Will
Hermann Goering
Joseph Goebbels
Heinrich Himmer
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The Last Election
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The Party and the Government
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The Blood Purge
Economic Policy
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Public Education
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The Catholic Church
Hitler and the Papacy
Hitler and the Protestant Churches
Nazi Justice
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Economic Anti-Semitism
Political Anti-Semitism
Jewish Reaction: The Reform Movement
Is Zionism the Answer?
The CV Reaction
World War I
The Weimar Years
Jewish Responses to the Nazi Danger
Organizing for Survival
The Holocaust: Master Plan or Expediency?
Who Is a Jew?
Early Legal Disqualifications
The Nuremberg Laws
Juden Raus (Jews Get Out)
VOICES: Papa's Slippers and Crystal Night
The Aftermath
Chapter 7 Hitler's War
The European Climate
Early Nazi Diplomacy
Inertia in France and Great Britain
Bloodless Victories
Austria–Fiasco and Victory
The Sudeten Germans
Appeasement at Munich
The Czech Finale
The Startling Hitler-Stalin Pact
The War at a Glance
The Defeat of Poland
Himmler's Vision of Poland
The War in the West
Governing the Conquered Nations
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Great Britain Alone
The Balkans and Operation Barbarossa
The Turning Point of the Tide
Chapter 8 From Ideology to Isolation
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Types and Aims of Concentration Camps
Himmler's Empire
SS Membership and Training
Organizing the Shoah
The Deportations
Life in the Ghettos
Functions of the Judenraete
The Lodz Ghetto: A Case in Point
The Warsaw Ghetto: Another Case in Point
Chapter 9 Annihilation: Theory and Practice
Mobile Killing Squads
Bolts from the Blue
Methods of Murder
The Killers
The Wannsee Decision
Some German Reactions
The Gas Van Experiment
Factories of Death
Gas Chambers
The Many Forms of Deception
Auschwitz's Organization
Cheaper Than Slaves
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The Hungarian Tragedy
Surviving a Concentration Camp
The Doctors
Camps in Central Europe
Theresienstadt and Ravensbrueck
The Death Marches
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Militant Jews
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Results and Significance
Other Camp Revolts: An Overview
With the Partisans
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Ordinary People
Questions of Opportunities
The Final Solution Revealed
Diverse Conditions for Rescue
Delay and Obstruction in the United States
American Jewry
Survival in Bulgaria
The Danes Mobilize for Rescue
The Plot
The Escape
Accounting for the Danish Achievement
Chapter 12 After the Deluge
Postwar Germany
Zones of Occupation
Survivors in Limbo
No Place to Go
Seeking Refuge: The United States
Seeking a Refuge: Palestine
Justice for the Murderers?
The Nuremberg Trials: 1945-1946
The Verdicts
Further Trials
The Western Military Zones
Germany and the Jews Today
Glossary and Abbreviations
Time Line
Bibliography and Selected Readings
Selected Websites
Europe under Nazi Occupation before June 22, 1941.
Germany's Expansion: 1933-1939.
Military Operations of WWII: The German Offensives, 1939-1942.
The Einsatzgruppen, 1941-1942.
The German Partition of Poland, 1939/41-1945.
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Is corporate social responsibility just about the giant, camera-friendly donation cheques? Or is it a solid business proposition? Gulf Marketing Review investigates.
March 30, 2010 12:01 by Farrukh Naeem
QTel's charity auctions of Easy-to-Remember Mobile (ERM) numbers have benefited the Qatar Diabetic Association, Qatar National Cancer Society, Qatar Society for Rehabilitation of Special Needs, the Qatar Orphan Foundation and the Qatar Red Crescent. QTel is in the process of taking its CSR best practices and exporting these across its international operations in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Many organizations run anti-smoking campaigns but one that stands out in terms of strategic brand association as well as its impact is Dubai Healthcare City's 30-day "Quit and Win" program.
Organized to coincide with the World No Tobacco Day, the program was rolled out across multiple platforms from traditional media to a dedicated website www.notobaccocampaign.com, a Facebook group and a Twitter profile, too. The campaign resulted in half of its participants successfully quitting smoking, far ahead of the international benchmark of 20-24 per cent. Campaign partners were ExHealth and the Green Crescent Insurance Company, logical choices for such a campaign.
WHO says the UAE is among the most obese nations in the world; it ranks 10th in the list of overweight countries. Using these insights, Al Islami has planned educational sessions for 100 schools across the UAE to educate students on how to tackle these hazards.
Global FMCG brands in the region adapt their international CSR programs locally. Pampers-UNICEF "1 pack of pampers = 1 dose Vitamin (A)" project by P&G did it well. Egyptians were persuaded and made aware of the importance of Vitamin A by Karima Moukhtar, a popular mother figure in Egyptian serials; Dr Muhammad Ref'aat, a child care expert; Mona Zaki, a young mother and actress; and Mo'ataaz El Demerdash, the TV presenter.
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In the auto sector, Chevrolet Middle East's "Buckle Up" campaign took its message all the way from schoolchildren to policy makers. "Being an automotive company we have a responsibility towards road safety," says Samer El Khalil, communications and public relations manager, GM Middle East. Khalil explains how parents were informed through live demonstrations on the right way to restrain children for their safety while driving.
Over 5,400 people visited the campaign stands in malls, of which 1,485 were interviewed and instructed on the correct installation of child safety seats. More than 18,000 leaflets were distributed. High traffic events like the Dubai Motor Show and the Mother and Baby Show were used for maximum exposure. Students in schools wrote letters to the local authorities highlighting the issue of child passenger safety.
The pilot project was carried out in the UAE and it will now be taken around the region. "The plan for us is to continue this campaign – not to have it as a one-off," Samer says.
For CSR initiatives to be really effective, Samer feels it is necessary to also have legislation that makes compliance to the safety guidelines compulsory.
"You could do as many campaigns as you want, you could try to reach as many target audiences as you want. But if it is not properly enforced, it's not going to change [anything]."
The brand that has put Kuwait on the map for CSR efforts is logistics company Agility, which employs more than 37,000 staff in 120 countries.
Agility's Humanitarian and Emergency Logistics Programme (HELP) brings the company's expertise in emergency preparedness and response operations to some of the world's most challenging environments. It has provided logistics support in disasters in Myanmar, Lebanon, Indonesia, Iraq and Bangladesh.
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CSR (most of it) is a new trend to generate more media coverage through using the goodwill and commitment.
People react with anything related to human causes, reliefs, charity and so on and the media tends to publish such stories.
The main objectives of CSR should be the proper support of societies and not media coverage.
It should be audited and an essential part of company's report.
PR agencies should be more mature about CSR implementation and companies should be more responsible towards their communities, without having the objective to raise media coverage and conduct more interviews
Farrukh, than you so much for spreading the news of my new book all the way to Dubai. i think the book makes a very strong case that CSR (including environmental principles) is a key component of business success.
Oh, and BTW, it is available in electronic form,and those of your readers who register their purchase at guerrillamarketinggoesgreen.com are entitled to many useful extras.
It is easy to be cynical about CSR because of the cheesy photo/PR opportunities it creates. But we don't live in a perfect world where everyone does good things purely out of the goodness of their hearts. If the company MD gets photographed handing over a big cheque to an orphanage or special needs centre or whatever, so what? As long as the cash gets to those who needs it, who cares if it was motivated by the need for PR or not.
CSR for most companies in this part of the world is purely PR, but some companies – GE being a good example – have a highly developed and embedded citizenship agenda. An effective and honest citizenship agenda should ultimately be about innovation and savings for the company, the twin benefits being to the company itself as well as the environment it operates in and the people whom it impacts. It's a far more honest proposition, and there's a clear motivating factor for everyone involved.
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Fatal anomalies where the newborn is predicted to live hours to months or are correctable only with extraordinary means include anencephaly; chromosomal abnormalities such as Trisomy 13, Trisomy 16, Trisomy 18, tetraploidy, and 4p-syndrome; complex heart lesions; holoprosencephaly; infantile polycystic kidney disease; lethal dwarfing syndromes; Niemann-Pick Type A disease; renal agenesis; Tay-Sachs disease, and Vitamin B-12 nonresponsive methylmalonic academia*
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Team GB Olympic Track lineup announced
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Jason Kenny will contest the Men's Sprint at the London Olympics next month after being given the nod ahead of Sir Chris Hoy, the current Olympic Chamion, when the final Team GB track line up was announced this afternoon.
Sir Chris will ride in the Team Sprint, along with Kenny and Philip Hindes with Ross Edgar named as reserve, and will be Team GB's representative in the Keirin in which he is also the defending Olympic Champion.
Sir Chris Hoy struck a supportive note when commenting the final selection:
"Whilst I'm obviously disappointed not to be defending all three of my 2008 Olympic titles in London, Jason thoroughly deserves this opportunity and has a great chance of success in the sprint. I'm now focussed entirely on the Keirin and Team Sprint and my goals for these two events haven't changed."
As expected Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish are the British pair for the Women's team spring, with Becky James named as reserve. Pendleton is alsoTeam GB's representative in the keirin. Ed Clancy rides the Men's Omnium and Laura Trott the Women's Omnium.
Speaking of the final selection, British Cycling Performance Director Dave Brailsford said: "We have now finalised our selection for the track events and in particular we have made the decision over who will ride the Sprint. Both Chris and Jason are on great form and that made it a difficult choice but we have decided to select Jason to contest the sprint and Chris will concentrate on the Keirin. We believe this gives us the strongest team possible going into the Games.
Jason Kenny is the form man in the sprint coming in to the Games, and rode to silver medal position in the Mens Sprint at the Track World Championships earlier this year, behind Frenchman Gregory Bauge, he replaced Bauge as world champion last year when the UCI disqualified Bauge following his banning by the French Cycling Federation for wherabouts violations. It goes without saying that Bauge will be the big threat to Kenny in London too.
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Really looking forward to the Games - especially in the Velodrome. The Brits have a great chance, but it's by no means a foregone conclusion.... the rest of the world have really closed the gap since Beijing. Will be really exciting
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Damages: Do You Regret What We Did?
(S01E09) "I want you to feel the disgust in your children's eyes when they look on you in shame." - Patty
Well, that certainly made up for the last few weeks. It's been slow to build, but I think that most of what's going to shape the rest of this season took form in last night's episode of Damages. Granted, a lot happened. Definitely a blink and you missed it kind of situation. But then again, that was one of the things that made me fall in love with the pilot in the first place. I'm actually starting to believe that the writers may be able to wrap this season up with a logical and satisfying ending.
Everything is starting to come together. All the little things we've assumed or only heard bits and pieces about were finally laid on the table for us in plain English. It's slightly annoying to me that everything was such a guessing game up until now, and just like that -- it's all out. For new viewers that tuned in for the first time, all you needed was last night's episode to really get into the game. There isn't much else you missed out on and most of the season's mysteries at least got a foundation to rest on.
First off, we saw the first hint that David and Ellen aren't going to last. Lyla, who apparently has a pocket full of restraining orders, has chosen David as her next "lover." She made copies of his keys, planted them back in Ellen's sock drawer, and even visited Ellen at work. I don't think Ellen believes her right now, but something tells me that Lyla's persistence will wear her down. It's hard to ignore someone who says she's sleeping with your fiancé. Throughout all this, I loved seeing how Ellen has changed. I think I mentioned this last week. She wears only black and acts much colder. She was going to call security to get rid of Lyla and then she ripped David a new one when she interrogated him about Lyla later that day. Despite the mini-vacation they went on to Patty's beach house, the engagement is definitely rocky.
Speaking of Patty's beach house, what happened there? In the present, things are still moving forward. Now that Ellen has been transferred to Riker's Island, she seems to have renewed some of her trust in Tom. I think she believes him when he says that he has no idea where Patty is. No one does. All we know is that she was driving out of New York like a crazy person behind the wheel, crying and sobbing. Even though Ellen told Patty that the engagement was off (What did they do that Ellen regrets?), I doubt very much that's what has her torn up. If she did order a hit on David and Ellen, what would Patty's motive be? The only clue so far is Ellen admitting to Tom that she knows something in the previews for next week. I should hope so! If she doesn't know something, this is going to sink fast.
Random thought... we haven't seen Frobisher once in the present. Where's he at? Would he have a reason to visit Ellen in jail?
Back in the past, the only other thing to talk about is Frobisher's side. People are frustrated with him, especially Moore. Spilling info to Ellen was interesting, but I personally think that Arthur having his own personal Chappaquiddick (sort of) is a bit too convenient at this point in the season. It just makes it easier for Patty to take him down I think. Takes away some of the challenge. Anyway, Moore and Fiske brought it all out in an attempt to bring Arthur into settlement mode. Seems foolish since he's been so stubborn thus far. Plus, now that Ray and Moore sent some goons to take out Gregory, that's another missing puzzle piece which only makes a trial seem more attractive to Frobisher.
Ah... but what about the tape? Assuming it wasn't destroyed when Gregory was hit by the car, the police are going to find that on his body. I think he stuck it in his pocket. Or did he leave it in his bag when he went to walk the dog? I forget. Either way, the police or Katie are going to find that tape and after that it all falls down. Even if Moore is able to kill all knowledge of Gregory's stock sale, Katie now has the check to prove it. But we know how they operate now. If they know Katie has any of this stuff, she's in trouble. We know she doesn't get killed because we saw her ID David's body in the present, but that doesn't mean they can't try. The question is who will come after her first? Patty or Arthur? Both sides want what she has.
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2014 Charlottesville Community Job Fair
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Join us for the 2014 Charlottesville Community Job Fair on Wednesday, May 7th from 10:00am to 3:00pm at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. With attendance from 60 EMPLOYERS, this will be a great opportunity for anyone looking for the right job, or better yet, the right career.
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The Saint is coming back to TV
Mr. Levinson will direct the two-hour TV movie, which will be the pilot for a proposed series. TNT had been interested, but has since backed off from the deal. Now, the film will be produced independently and then shopped to the networks. Producer Macdonald had previously worked on a Saint project in 1991, when acquired the rights to the books for producer Robert Evans. In 1997, they created a big-screen version of The Saint starring Val Kilmer. It was not deemed a hit and failed to produce a sequel.
The man with the previous, successful connection to The Saint in this new version is Roger Moore. Before becoming James Bond in the 1970s, Moore starred as Simon Templar for seven years on TV. His imprint on the role is more famous that any of the actors who've played in on screen, including George Sanders, Louis Hayward and Hugh Sinclair, who all were Simon Templar at one time or the other. It's hoped that Moore's involvement -- along with his son -- will bring some of the charm from his Saint to this new one.
Simon Templar (ST - the Saint) is a character who's been described as a Robin Hood type, stealing from the rich and doing good deeds along the way, all the while being dogged by Inspector Claud Eustace Teal, the Interpol agent determined to catch Templar red-handed. For this new incarnation, they're also casting Patricia Holm, a romantic interest/assistant, Patricia Holm, and an enemy-turned-partner in crime, Baldwin Aleppo.
At one point, Macdonald, Zamacona and the Moores interested TNT in The Saint as conceived, but they passed. Zamacona, who had his first writing job in the business on Homicide: Life on the Street, which Levinson and Fontana created, turned to them and they became attached to the project, too.
"One of the things we lost a little bit of in the movie but want to bring to the TV series is that Simon Templar is very funny character with great lines and situation humor, and I don't think there is anybody better than Levinson to tackle that," Macdonald said.


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Sick Rabbit Stolen From MSPCA's Nevins Farm In Methuen
January 23, 2013 2:03 PM
METHUEN (CBS) – The MSPCA is asking for the public's help after someone stole a rabbit from the organization's Nevins Farm location.
Lovey, a 9-month-old neutered male Dutch rabbit disappeared from the farm's rabbit adoption room sometime between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. this past Friday.
The rabbit was suffering from a medical condition and was on antibiotics at the time.
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Raspberry Sangria
Sangria can be made a million different ways, and it always seems to taste incredible! Our fragrance oil is made just like our favorite sangria - We start with a pile of juicy red raspberries, add some cherries and grapefruit, lots of sweet red wine poured on top, and a hint of orange as a garnish!Suggested Colors: Pink, Red
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I cannot keep this scent in stock. This has been a best seller for a year :)
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I like the initial scent but it has a soapy scent at the end
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I recommend you get it, you won't be disappointed. It is my #1 seller. Great hot & cold throw in GB 464
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Love this scent! It's not a really strong scent but it's strong enough to have an excellent scent throw. when cold I smell mainly raspberries. But when it's heated, the other scents start to come through in layers. Our customers have nearly bought us out of this scent, another hit with them and that means we will be back for a larger bottle soon!
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This is a wonderfully deep and fruity fragrance, with the notes of raspberry and wine being the strongest for me. It is a calming scent and a great addition to mix with stronger scents. But on it's own, it's not as strong as I'd like. It's such a delicious fragrance, that you want it to really punch.
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I used one ounce in a pound of GB464 and the fragrance was PERFECT! To give these candles some amazing color I used three chips of Ruby Red. The color and fragrance turned out bright and brilliant. My friends and customers have loved these candles and can't wait for me to make more!
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MONTREAL -- There is some intrigue regarding tonight's lone game on the NHL schedule, the Detroit Red Wings versus the Montreal Canadiens.
Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom left the morning skate early and was announced as a game-time decision due to illness.
Should Lidstrom be unable to go, it would snap his team-best streak of 213 straight games played.
On the Canadiens side, Travis Moen and Petteri Nokelainen are both out with upper-body injuries, meaning Randy Cunneyworth will dress seven defensemen and AHL call-up Andreas Engqvist will be in the lineup.
The goaltending matchup will be no surprise as fellow All-Stars Carey Price and Jimmy Howard will be in the nets.
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Johan Franzen - Pavel Datsyuk - Todd Bertuzzi
Valtteri Filppula - Henrik Zetterberg - Jiri Hudler
Danny Cleary - Darren Helm - Drew Miller
Tomas Holmstrom - Cory Emmerton - Justin Abdelkader
Nicklas Lidstrom - Ian White
Brad Stuart - Niklas Kronwall
Jonathan Ericsson - Jakub Kindl
Jimmy Howard
Ty Conklin
Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Erik Cole
Rene Bourque - Tomas Plekanec - Scott Gomez
Andrei Kostitsyn - Lars Eller - Michael Blunden
Mathieu Darche - Andreas Engqvist
Josh Gorges - P.K. Subban
Alexei Emelin - Raphael Diaz
Hal Gill - Tomas Kaberle
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National Consumer Panel: Accepting New Members
This Hip2Save.com Deal was hand-posted on Saturday, November 12th, 2011 at 8:02 am.
Several months ago, I posted about the National Consumer Panel and want to let you know that they're once again accepting new members! The National Consumer Panel focuses on measuring consumer attitudes and behavior. As a panel member, they will provide you with a hand-held scanner. Every time you or members of your household shop, you'll use the scanner to scan the barcodes on all of your purchases. Then, once a week, you'll send them your purchase information. As a reward for doing so, you'll earn gift points that are redeemable for name-brand merchandise, including electronics equipment, jewelry, household items, toys, and more!
Many readers have emailed me to let me know that their kiddos love to participate in the scanning process. It's a great way to teach your kids about budgeting while making them feel very important! Make it a family activity and get everyone involved!
Interested? Head on over here and fill out the application and you'll be on your way to becoming an NCP panelist! Keep in mind that not all areas may be needing panelists at this time, so you'll need to first register to find out if they're currently needing panelists in your area.
Check out what some readers have said about National Consumer Panel…
I was on the waiting list for 3 years and have now been scanning for over 1 year! Love it! The surveys are great too! I love saving those points for a really good prize of my choice!!!
I finally got accepted after applying three times! I've had mine about a month and it's kinda fun! If you do have a huge trip to the grocery store with coupons and everything, it does get a little confusing but most of the time it isn't bad at all. My son loves to help me scan things and put up the groceries now! =) You earn points for scanning and transmitting every week but there are other ways to earn points too such as taking surveys and they even gave me 1000 points just for being accepted!
I have been a panelist for over a decade now, have moved countless times and have been through graduate school, am the sole bread winner in my family and a single parent. Just like anything else in life, if you create some processes and a system to support the required scanning activities, participation doesn't have to be all that time-consuming. I have redeemed my points for iPods and won $500 in one of the monthly sweepstakes. I've had to replace my scanner twice and have never had an issue with the customer service center. My experience has been mostly favorable with the Panel and I have always read the fine print to fully understand what I signed up for.
Side note, I know the National Consumer panel is not for everyone as I have heard good and bad reviews. However, lots of readers have signed up and been really happy due to receiving surprise cash incentives in the mail. So, even if you don't get accepted to be a panelist, you may receive a surprise just for signing up! :)
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Question.. can you scan your items once you get home from the store, or are you supposed to do it in the store? Shopping with a 3 year old and a 4 month old, my husband and I try and get the heck out of Walmart as fast as we can! hahaha..anyone know??
When you get home from the store. It is not something you can put in your bag and take with you. Hope that helps.
Ah! I was wondering about this too! I'm glad you can scan it all when you get home from shopping. I didn't apply for this site at first because I didn't want to look weird walking around a store scanning items, lol.
I find it easier to scan at the store. I scan as I put my items in my cart I sometimes forget how much the coupons were worth once I get home so by doing it at the store I get to put in the right coupon amount. I never seen to notice anyone looking at me funny for scanning stuff though.
You can scan the item once you get home though.
You do it after you are home. It's a little time consuming, even still.
I would like to read some of the bad reviews.
I did it for 6 months and finally couldn't keep up. You have to be diligent and semi organized and I'm not. It is really good if you can get in a routine and stick to it. It was just not for me. Unlike a survey panel where you can pick and choose which surveys to fill out when you have time, NCP needs you enter every singe transaction. The customer service was always very helpful and super nice people. If you are a couponer, it was a lot more work. It advertises that many store prices are already in the scanner, but only one store of mine was in the system (Target, Walgreens, Walmart and CVS were not). So, if it was not, you have to enter each price, tell it if it was on sale, enter the amount of the coupon used. If it is a coupon for $1/3, you had to break it down to 0.33 off each. And what frustrated me most was all the moneymaker deals that we do through Colin – the scanner beeps at you and tells you that you are wrong, so you have to adjust to make the deal balance out to $0.00.
I do think it is a good incentive program and the surveys are fun, but I could not commit to it. I hope that gives you some constructive feedback on the cons.
I agree with everything Kathi said. I'm been doing it for over 5 years and have finally decided to stop. It's just too time consuming and I am very organized! There's just no added benefit for doing it long term. It takes forever to earn enough points to buy a small toy. If you're interested in taking survey's for reward points, you might want to try Zoom Panel. If I can put a very vague dollar amount on my time, I'd say that I've earned enough points to purchase a $25 toy per year of participation.
Soon after joining, I decided this program was not for me, mostly for time reasons. I went through the process of sending back the unit with their provided return label, and within a couple days, got confirmation through FedEx that it had arrived. Soon after that, I started receiving numerous emails and automated calls to return the unit. I ignored them for awhile, waiting for them to update their system. It never happened. I talked to a representative and explained the situation, and provided the delivery confirmation number. But instead of fixing the problem, they turned a collection agency on me! At that point, I was furious, and sent a lengthy email mentioning that I'm an attorney and detailing exactly what consumer laws they were breaking, and that they would be reported and/or sued if they didn't stop wrongly harassing me. The problem stopped almost instantly. I don't know if their records system is just that terrible, or they knew they had it back and were just attempting to double-dip and get some money out of me. Either way, I would never do business with them again or suggest them to anyone else. But that's just my personal experience.
same thing happened to me.
Me as well.
I signed up because it sounded like such a great deal IT"S NOT!! It takes alot of time to enter in each item as you have to enter QTY, Amount, any coupons used and their $, You get 150 pts only per week but just to get a basic toy is like 5,000 + points. I am sending mine back! Don't waste your time!!
I attempted this for a few weeks…there is only the 2 of us at home and I was still unable to keep up!
I Q several times a week-sometimes multiple items in the same trans. Imagine trying to record every single purchase, every coupon!
And the big grocery store visits were the worst! Dinner to get on the table, laundry, errands to run and I have to stand there and enter all these items! Yikes!
I knew when I was licked and too smart to not return the device.
Weigh your lifestyle carefully before you take this on…
I have just started and so far so good. I am a little confused on why I see "extra transmissions" on my account and it doesn't seem to credit me for all my purchases. Has anyone else had this problem?
I also had that problem once and realized that I had been a day early with my transmission. If you transmit more than once in a 7 day period, it will show up that you have extra transmissions and will not credit you for that week. Hope that helps.
I've been a member since June, and I really enjoy it. I shop twice per week so we just scan before putting our goods up. I do Q and have many transactions, but I usually remember what I pay for everything and what coupons I've used, and I always have my receipts handy. It makes my daughter feel like she's a cashier lol!
If anything else comes in, I enter it before I put it up, but my routine is usually the same.
I transmit every Sunday. I've received a few "thank you " gifts in the mail, and my points are adding up fairly quickly. I'm happy so far!!
It's a pass for me. I've read a lot of negative reviews on other sites. It sounds like you do a ton of work and it takes forever to save up enough points…. and then the rewards are cheap crap (pardon my language). There are many other programs out there that offer better and more tangible rewards. I'm on Swag Bucks, for example.
I have been doing this for about a year and a half. I like it. I find it takes only an extra minute or two when doing a small trip….maybe 5 min. when doing a big grocery trip. After a year and 3 months I had enough points to get a Step 2 play kitchen for my daughter. (70000 points) Shipping was said to take 6-8 weeks but I recieved in just over a week. Anytime I have had to call customer service they were very nice and helpful. I find it worth the couple extra minutes it takes to put my groceries away. I agree that at first it took a bit to get used to, but now its very easy. I get surveys maybe 2 times a week that give me 150 points each and generally take no more than 3 min each.
I've been a member for almost a year and if I do have large shopping trip to do I will take the scanner with me and do it as I put the groceries in the cart, you are asked to type in a total amount paid for each trip when you're "finished shopping", before you get to that point, turn the scanner off and then I do it as soon as I get in the car and I don't have to do it when I get home. If you have the extra time 5-10 minutes (that's a high estimate.. small trips of 10-20 items may only take 2-3 minutes) every time you shop it does add up. I've received a few gifts in the mail as a thank you for my membership, reusable shopping bag and a can/bottle opener … all in all you have to have the time to do it and the patience to let the points add up.. just like with SwagBucks you aren't going to make $20 a week doing it {unless you have a ton of referrals! :) }
@ Becky…thanks for your help!!! I thought that every time you shopped you were to send it in. I think I am understanding now. So… I should enter all my purchases for the week and transmit at one time? Do I only get 150 points a week regardless?
I had a great experience except for transmission difficulties that could not be resolved. My phone just would not connect with NCP after a few weeks. Customer service was so-so. I would gladly sign up again, but I'm afraid that my phone is not compatible with their system.
I've had a good experience as well and have been a panel member for slightly over two years now. Will I ever make a ton of money from this? No. However, I do get one approximately $25.00 gift per year so that's a plus.
I would also urge people to give it a try as there's no long term commitment. And, the one thing that I feel is super important, I feel I'm making a difference. My input goes to the manufacturer's and it's another vehicle (in my opinion) for them to realize that there are people out there that are searching for bargains and who use coupons on a regular basis. Keep those coupons coming!
Don't bother with Natl. Consumer Panel – I've been a member for several years and while at the time I joined it was fun that is no longer true, In the beginning they'd send little gifts to you now and then but no more. It takes eons to earn points and it takes many thousand points to "purchase" anything at all from their "gift" catalog.
In addition, many of their surveys ask very, very personal questions especially their yearly "demographic survey". About 25% or so of the surveys ask you for your race, the race of your family members as well as your yearly income.
In my family's years of membership we made ONE (1) purchase with our points for a very crumby plastic stick vacuum for 40K points….our current point balance is 89K with equates to about $40.
This will be our last month with them. It's 100% NOT rewarding.
I have been a dedicated member for over 2 years and have decided it is a total waste of my time. I was wanting to stay a member for a few more months, but then of course they dropped the item I have been working toward with the new 2012 gift catalog so I have just ordered something else I really didn't want and as soon as it comes, bye bye National Consumer Panel. If you're smart, you won't even get involved with these folks and this ridiculous scheme. They get paid big bucks by business for all the info we provide by using our time/effort and reluctantly give us peanuts in return.
Just wanted to say I applied when you posted this in Nov and just got my scanner via fedex yesterday. I was surprised that I was accepted since I never really thought much about it once I signed up. So we shall see how this goes. Read some reviews some pros some cons but I will make the best of it and see how I do for this year. Since it is early enough in the year to get an overall picture of the value of points and extras that I may be able to do all just from shopping. Thanks Colin
I just got accepted and the scanner came in the mail. I setup my home network such that a MAC address is required to be entered into my router in order for that machine to be allowed to talk to anything. Well, I emailed NCP and asked if there's a way to get the MAC address for my scanner. No reply. I called them on my own after a few days of being ignored via email. They said there wasn't any way to get the MAC address, you can only get the IP address. Knowing they were being morons, i said ok fine how do you get the IP address and they said to hold Function and 0 while the scanner is in the cradle and you'll get a menu where you can get the scanner info. So I did that and what do you know, the MAC address is there.
Fast forward to that evening, I get a reply email to my original request stating "i see you called and got an answer". It seems as if they avoided answering me and then finally replied when I had already solved my own issue. Then I replied that I did get the MAC address but the scanner still wouldn't transit and that I "Might have to send it back" i got an email back the next day with no offers of help, just a form letter on how to return the scanner.
This ticked me off. A good company would see what your issue was, try to help you, and if all else fails, then ask you to return the equipment. Not these folks, they could give a rats a@@ about their users, apparently.
I'm still hell bent on getting this thing to transmit but honestly after reading other reviews I'm thinking it won't be worth my time, but now I'm worried about returning it and getting the same hassle that others did.
I was accepted and just read the comments on here and wrote an email that I no longer want in on this program… we shall see
I just sent my unit back this week. I also wrote their leader (Lynne Morrison) an email that I trusted this process would go smoothly (read: don't give me any hassle because you are NOT ready to deal with me) and of course I've not heard back from her. Such a horrible company. Don't waste your time. After doing it a few times, it really was more of a hassle than it was worth anyway.
Well…I just got accepted and even though all of these comments are so negative, I'm still going for it. I have the summer off so that will give me time to get used to it before school starts again in August. I used to do surveys for another company but they took all my points so I basically said 'screw you' and left them several years ago. I had years of points accumulated..
This is such a waste of time and effort. You only get 150 points per transmission; and the minimum number of points needed for an award are 8500. If you have a helper, no problem, but for someone that routinely shops alone, save your energy.
I have been doing this since 2004. I have received knife sets, electric griddles, mixers for myself and my adult children, the list goes on and on. Apparently many of you complaining never reached super scanner status which is an additional 350 points per month. I am on permanent survey panels, where if i have nothing to report i simply check the box and am still allotted 150 points. I cannot spend the points I receive in a year. I shop once per week and i am done scanning in a matter of minutes. Everything is scanned in the same order as it is on the receipt.
I used to be on a ton of survey panels and most of those were a waste of time. I created a spreadsheet with them all and how long payoffs took and the minimum amount (cash or gift cards only) and i have since whittled that down to about a 1/2 a dozen that are actually worth the time and effort.
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The final score might have been lopsided, but the District 4-3A game was closer than the score reflected between the 18th-ranked Wylie Lady Bulldogs and Sweetwater.
The Lady Bulldogs, now 19-7 on the year and 5-0 in league play, rode a huge second half to a 66-28 home win over the Lady Mustangs on Friday.
"(Sweetwater) did a pretty good job of handling our pressure in the first half," Wylie coach Kurt Richardson said. "The second half we did a better job of matching up on defense and not giving up any wide-open shots."
Suede Shirley and Kelsey Crosson hit back-to-back 3-pointers for the Lady Mustangs midway through the second quarter to cut a seven-point Wylie lead down to one at 14-13, but the Lady Bulldogs finished the half on a 12-6 run that carried over to the second half.
Richardson saw his squad score 17 of the first 18 points in the third quarter — a run that saw most of its points come from Punkin Mack, Peyton Sanders and Brittany Brewer.
"I'd love to say I was Knute Rockne or someone like that, but all I told them was to match up quicker on defense and be more patient on offense," Richardson said of his halftime speech. "I keep telling them that one day we are going to play 32 minutes and we are going to be really good."
Wylie's standout play wasn't something that snuck up on the Lady Mustangs.
"We knew we were up against a tough opponent," Sweetwater coach Al Miller said. "We just got
a little wore out and tired, and then we let our guard down. We also committed six turnovers right off the bat in the third quarter and they scored 13 points off them."
Miller said that the fatigue came from the fact that several of his players have been trying to shake flu-like symptoms — including Suede Shirley who had eight points and seven boards for the Lady Mustangs.
For Wylie, it was the play of Kinsey Christian that stuck out in the romp.
"She can score and is getting better and better on defense using her long arms to create opportunities for herself and us," Richardson said.
The sophomore finished the night with a game-high 11 points, including a couple of shots from long range in the second half. She also pulled down six rebounds.
"I just go out there and try to do my best and help my team out," Christian said. "I know that we just work as a team to help each other out and make the best shot possible. We all go out there with the attitude to do our best and win."
The Lady Bulldogs finished the night shooting 50 percent from the field, hitting 26 of 52 shots. Wylie went 7-of-18 from 3-point range, with just two of them coming during the game-changing third quarter.
"That's a really big deal for us because we set a lot of shooting goals," Christian said. "I think that we did really well shooting tonight and we are improving every game."
The win wrapped up the first half of district play and the Lady Bulldogs are one game up on Midland Greenwood, which knocked off Big Spring 49-32 Friday night. Knowing that they are in control is something Christian said is driving the team.
"We are really confident that we are going to do really well this year, and we are improving with each game," she said.
Bulldogs ride Lopez, Davis to big win
Mike Lopez started the night off hot before passing the scoring torch off to sophomore Daron Davis as the fifth-ranked Bulldogs had no problems dispatching Sweetwater 76-25 in the boys game.
Lopez finished with a game-high 19 points, including 10 in the opening quarter, while Davis did most of his damage in the third quarter as the Bulldogs improved to 22-4 on the season and 3-0 in District 4-3A play.
Wylie coach Russell Perkins said he was proud of the way his team asserted itself on both ends of the floor in forcing 34 turnovers.
"It was so important for us to come out and establish defensively with some pressure," Perkins said. "We want to continue to make things hard on people, and it was fun to watch our effort."
Davis finished the game with 18 points, scoring 11 in the third quarter. After the contest, he deflected praise to his older teammates.
"All my teammates told me to not play scared and go out there and work hard," Davis said. "It makes me feel really good that I'm young and they're older and they trust me like that."
While Davis was reluctant to do so, Perkins had no problems heaping praise on the sophomore, who started the season with the varsity before being relegated to JV when football season ended.
"He's come in and fit in really well with us," Perkins said of Davis. "He's so athletic and versatile and can do so many things, and it's really a tribute to our kids to take on someone that is going to make us better."
The Bulldogs were particularly dominant in the second half, allowing the Mustangs just six points on one field goal and four free throws. The lone field goal came with 1:36 to play in the game on a second chance effort by Michael Hunt.
"We just want to make things hard on people," Perkins said. "They didn't shoot extremely well and the shots just didn't go in for them. We did a good job of limiting them to one shot."
Wylie 66, Sweetwater 28
SWEETWATER (17-11, 3-2) — Janell Walker 1 0-0 2, Kelsey Crosson 3 1-3 8, Kayla Chowning 0 1-2 1, Kendra Crosson 1 2-2 4, Suede Shirley 2 3-5 8, Hayley Brownlow 2 1-2 5. Totals 9 8-14 28.
WYLIE (19-7, 5-0) — Hailey Brown 2 1-1 6, Brittany McPherson 4 0-0 9, Punkin Mack 4 2-5 10, Taylor Rickman 2 0-0 5, Kinsey Christian 3 3-4 11, Peyton Sanders 3 0-0 8, Brittany Brewer 3 1-2 7, Makenley Lunsford 4 0-0 8, Taylor Bernal 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 7-12 66.
Sweetwater 7 12 7 2— 28
Wylie 13 13 24 16— 66
3-Point Goals—Sweetwater 2 (Kelsey Crosson 1, Shirley 1). Wylie 7 (Sanders 2, Christian 2, Brown 1, McPherson 1, Rickman 1). Fouled Out—None. Technical Fouls—None. Total Fouls—Sweetwater 14, Wylie 12.
JV—Sweetwater 38, Wylie 24.
Wylie 76, Sweetwater 25
SWEETWATER (12-9, 1-2) — Cole Maxwell 0 2-2 2, Kaleb Hoover 2 4-7 8, Quentin Wetsel 0 2-2 2, Michael Hunt 1 0-0 2, Isaiah McGee 3 0-0 6, DeAndre Gatson 1 0-0 3, Rhett Torrez 1 0-0 2. Totals 8 8-11 25.
WYLIE (22-4, 3-0) — Duane Hopper 3 1-2 7, Seth Hymer 2 0-0 4, Trey Myers 2 0-0 5, Daron Davis 7 2-5 18, Christian Nichols 0 1-2 1, Sterling Bristow 1 2-4 4, Josh Rhodes 1 0-0 2, DeAndre Key 2 2-2 6, Tyler Hicks 3 0-0 6, Kentrell Key 2 0-0 4, Michael Lopez 8 1-2 19. Totals 31 9-17 76.
Sweetwater 8 11 4 2— 25
Wylie 18 16 22 20— 76
3-Point Goals—Sweetwater 1 (Gatson 1). Wylie 5 (Lopez 2, Davis 2, Myers 1). Fouled Out—McGee, Nichols. Technical Fouls—None. Total Fouls—Sweetwater 12, Wylie 14.
JV—Wylie 50, Sweetwater 22
Freshmen—Wylie 78, Sweetwater 19
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This is my first time posting a tip, but as a "sufferer" (better word anyone?) of chronic migraines, I thought I would share my prescription success with you guys.
I have taken abortive migraine drugs (think Maxalt, Imitrex, etc) for many years, but when my migraines moved from a couple of times a month, to every other week, to every day, I had to find a better solution. My neurologist decided to try me on Topamax, an anticonvulsant, the type of medication typically prescribed for seizure disorders and now migraine prevention. This isn't a medicine that I would say someone should take if they only get a migraine every once in awhile, but if you're like me and get them every day or multiple times a week, it may really help you.
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I am in the 2nd trimester of baby #5. (Crazy me, I know.) I'd like to alter a few patterns I own so I can wear them through the summer. My understanding to adjust for pregnant belly and bust is to splice & spread the pattern at Center Front, and just beside it to add width, as well as add a bit more length. Would you say I am correct in this assessment?
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kylie is a girl to hang on to and never let go
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Clearly the most rediculously awesome person ever. You just dont get more awesome than Kylie.
Wow! She MUST be a Kylie!! She's just so awesome!!
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A girl that laughs. And laughs..and laughs. A Kylie is when somebody is always doing something that you never expect or that is random, you just can't help but to laugh too.
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Kylie is an aborigonal australian name meaning a type of boomerang
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A boomerang, Australian aboriginal cultural hunting small bommerang which is straght at one end and slightly curved at the other.
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Melham rode Crafty Cruiser into second place and protested against Verdant, ridden by Dwayne Dunn.
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