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So, you thought paper dolls were just for kids? Think again, my fashion forward friends. Meet Paloma and Ryder, creations of illustrator Judith van den Hoek for the new Trendland Shop, Shopping online has never been this much fun. These stylish models create a framework to mix and match frocks and smocks for your creative contemplation. What combination will you don for that party next weekend? Poloma and Ryder will soon have friends, as the available models expand with the ever growing fashion line. Go ahead. Play a little. It's good for the psyche.
Credit : Paloma wears Marni Sunglasses $93, M Missoni Color Blocked Jacket $610, M Missoni Wool Skirt $275, Damir Doma Leather Bangle$220, Martin Margiela Pointed Brass Ring $400, Proenza Schouler Tote$725, and Givenchy Rider Rainboots $295.
Credit : Ryder wears Ksubi Glasses $210, Rag & Bone Kennington Jacket$185, Wool Cropped Drop-Crouch Trousers $65, Rag & Bone Weekender Bag $195, and Grenson Archie Wedge-Sole Brogues $365.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo – The pair of peregrine falcons that are having their nesting activities shared with the world through a "FalconCam" at Ameren Missouri's Sioux Energy Center in St. Louis recently hatched three chicks. Two eggs remain unhatched.
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As far as I know, no-one has as yet reported that Real World Haskell has hit the shores of Australia. Well, I'd like to rectify that situation now that I just received my copy (which whilst later than people in the Northern Hemisphere and the Americas have reported, is a day earlier than the earliest I was told to expect it by Fishpond)!
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The effect: Using three spectators, you name a playing card, and let Spectator #1 choose a random number. You name another card, and let Spectator #2 name another random number. For the third prediction, you name a number, and Spectator #3 names ANY card (except the cards you've already named, of course).
You open a deck of cards and spread them out, showing that the cards are all numbered on the back, with different numbers. You find the card with the number that Spectator #1 chose, and let him remove the card, keeping it face down and secret for now. You repeat, finding the card with the number that Spectator #2 chose, and let him remove that card as well. Now you turn the deck face up, and look for the card that Spectator #3 chose, and let him remove that as well.
Spectator #1 turns his card over- it is the exact card you named BEFORE he chose his random number! Spectator #2 turns his card over- it is the card you named before he chose his random number, too! And when Spectator #3 turns his card over, the number you named is written on the back of the card!
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Time To Eat Some Crosby Crow
- Thursday, May 20, 2010 2:03 PM
- Written By: Steve Silver
It is time to come out of hiding.
I am not sure I will ever fully recover from the Pittsburgh Penguins' Game (if you can even call it a game) 7 against the Montreal Canadiens. It was an embarrassment of epic proportions.
To make matters worse, I spent the past weekend in Philadelphia where I couldn't even drink my misery away without bumping into a raucous Flyers fan celebrating their own Game 7 triumph. Those Broad Street Bullies sure seem like a lock for "Team of Destiny" with a 2-0 series lead in the conference final, eh?
What is most painful, though, is facing the consequences of supporting Sidney Crosby.
I truly never imagined that I would have to take back everything I said about him, but it is time to line up at the crow buffet.
I should have seen the signs starting in the Olympics.
Despite being a non-factor for most of the Gold Medal run, Crosby worked his magic in overtime against Team USA for the winning goal. I thought for sure it would happen again in Game 7. Not even close.
Maybe the magic had run out, or he was tired or he just didn't want it enough. Perhaps Hal Gill on one leg really is that good of a defender. Whatever the reason, Crosby, as well as Evgeni Malkin, was nowhere to be found pretty much the entire series against the Canadiens. Marc-Andre Fleury, despite flashing moments of brilliance, couldn't stop a softball for the most part.
Now after seeing Ovechkin and Crosby completely dumbfounded by the play of Montreal netminder Jaroslav Halak, you have to wonder what Philadelphia knows that nobody else did.
How were the Flyers able to post 6-0 and 3-0 victories already when the Capitals and Penguins resembled the pre-Gordon Bombay District 5 squad staring in awe at the evil Hawks?
Although I hate Philly sports teams, I'll jump on the Flyers bandwagon for this run for no other reason than the fairy tale story revolving around a regular-season finale shootout just to make the playoffs.
In my dream world the Flyers will take down the Chicago Blackhawks in six games.
Just watch out if they actually do win the Stanley Cup, but because Flyers' fans are quite a special breed as illustrated by this attack on a Montreal hockey writer's car. I smell a riot brewing.
Finally, on a completely off-topic installment of "Today in Steroids," cyclist Floyd Landis admitted to using pretty much ever performance enhancer he could get his hands on.
Are we really surprised by this anymore? I can't think of a truly innocent athlete falsely accused of using steroids. Sure, they swear innocence at the time, but the truth eventually always comes out.
I think we should create an amnesty day where every athlete using an illegal substance can come out and own up to it without fear of punishment. I'm willing to bet more than 75 percent of athletes in every sport throughout the world would have something to admit.
Let's not forget about the most recent news regarding Santana Moss and the dirty doctor from Canada either.
I have said it before and I will say it again. Professional athletes are not role models and they will do anything to keep up with or gain an edge on their competition.


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- "So are you in, big guy, or are we gonna have to kill you?"
- ―Gordon Sargent
- "Well, since you put it that way...I'm in."
- ―Niko Bellic
Waste Not Want Knots in Grand Theft Auto IV for Patrick McReary. Niko Bellic walks in on Packie joking with his sister, Kate McReary, and his two associates Gordon Sargent and Michael Keane, whereupon Packie tells Niko that he got a tip about a lot of money being stored in a warehouse close to the docks, and that they are going to attempt to rob the warehouse. Niko joins the gang and drives them down to the warehouse.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Pick up Packie and the others
- Drive to the waste depot
- Get inside the depot and get the cash
- Get the cash from the office
- Meet up with Packie outside of the depot
- Escape from the depot with Packie
- Swim out and get in the boat
- Get Packie back to safety
WalkthroughFind a four seat car and pick up Packie and the others to the warehouse, there will usually be a Schafter at the side of the house for you to use. During the drive, Packie reveals to Niko the full plan, which is robbing an Ancelotti Family operation: they are going to run in the front of the warehouse, wipe out anyone in their way, take the money, then run out back where a boat will be waiting for them near the docks on recommendation of Ray Boccino.
When you arrive at the warehouse, follow Packie and the guys over two fences to a small junkyard. There will be a bunch of goons hanging around outside, so after you jump the second fence, pull out your weapon and start firing. Stay ahead of your allies and kill everyone outside. Make sure to protect Packie and the others. When you reach the warehouse door on the side facing the street, run in and grab some cover on that low wall right next to the door. Kill everyone inside the warehouse. Then run up the stairs, across the catwalk to the overhead office to grab the bag of cash. But now, some Italian mobsters, who are also planning on stealing the money, come into the warehouse and start firing at Packie and his group. Kill the mobsters that you can see and head down the stairs. Packie will tell Niko to follow him to a boat waiting on the river to get away in. Ignore any mobsters after this point and run, Gordon and Michael will stay behind to take care of them. Run out the warehouse and follow Packie to the docks. You'll have to swim to the boat. Once you and Packie are in the boat, head to the yellow marker. Once your there, mission passed.
After the mission, Packie will call Niko and ask if he can take his sister Kate out on a date.
Video Walkthrough
- Michael refers to the Gambetti Family as "Gambinos"; the Gambetti Family is based on real life Gambino Family.
- Packie tends to rush into battle and therefore gets killed fairly quickly. You should keep an eye on him and try to take out your enemies quickly to prevent this from happening or try to get Michael, whom has an AK-47, to go along with Packie.
- After Niko steals the money and the Italian mobsters come in, it is better to run away from them and out the back rather than trying to fight them all, as there is almost no cover and the mobster infinitely spawn.
- As long as Packie is in the boat with you when you escape, the mission will be a success; the other two associates do not need to be in the boat. The mission will still fail if you are inside the warehouse and they die, but once you run outside the warehouse to the boat, it does not matter if they live or die.
- Packie uses a Pistol during this mission, while Michael uses an Assault Rifle and Gordon uses a Pump Shotgun. Strangely, during the cutscene, Gordon is left-handed (as seen in the picture) however during the main part of the mission, he is right-handed.
- This mission could be a reference to the television show The Sopranos, in which the main character, Tony Soprano (who Toni Cipriani is based off), is involved in garbage disposal (among other businesses), and his self-described job title is "waste management".
- In some lines of dialogue, Packie tells Michael Keane to save his money, while Gordon comments "You shouldn't save too much, Michael. You might get hit by a bus tomorrow...". This could be a reference to his death in the next mission.
- There is a mission in Saints Row 2 called "Waste Not Want Not", however it is completely different to this mission.
- If you attain a 1 star wanted level, the police will shoot at you like it is a 2 star wanted level.
- Packie and Gordon tend to complain and yell if you get into a police chase or you flip your car.
- The police will shoot the closest character (Michael, Gordon, Packie, or Niko).
- Michael is the only one person in this mission that doesn't complain or yell.
- The assault rifle Packie gives to Michael in the beginning cutscene is most likely the same rifle Packie used himself in the last mission, seen that he mentions "one previous owner, safely driven" and uses only a pistol himself in the mission.


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BW068: Baffling the Bouffalant!
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With Mistralton City just a few yards away, Ash and company decide to take a break when his Oshawott started this fight with Tepig by stealing a piece of his Pokemon food. Bad move on their part as they get attacked by Bouffalant. Iris, Snivy, Oshawott, Tepig and Axew are separated from Ash and Cilan while trying to get away. She find a Nurse Joy wearing a blue curly wig while her Audino wears a green curly wig, which Iris thought was ridiculous. She explains that the Bouffalant won't attack anyone who has a curly wig because it would think that their part of the herd. So Iris, Oshawott, Tepig, Axew and Snivy had to swallow their pride and wear curly wigs. Can they get through the Bouffalant Territory without being spotted and reunited with Ash and co.? And will Oshawott and Tepig comprimise to each other and work together instead of fighting?
- "Who's that Pokémon?": Bouffalant (US)
- When Iris gets her hair zapped and static after being hit by Bouffalant's Wild Charge, this would mark a second character who gets its hair static by an electric type move. The first was Dawn whose hair gets zapped by her own Pachirisu with Discharge.
- This is the second time Ash looked up Bouffalant on the Pokedex. The first was BW054: Ash Versus The Champion! but the difference is, it said that if the Bouffalants are aggressively depending their territory, they'll charge anything and everything in their way. Which means Ash and co. were accidentally trespassing into the area.
- Ash and co. may have seen one Bouffalant with Alder once in BW054: Ash Versus The Champion! but this is even worse when they encountered many of them when they were wild in the wilderness.
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The game Hockey fans have been waiting for! Hockey Nations 2010 is a full 3D arcade simulation of the sport featuring 14 national teams from around the World.
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Republic of Angola
Area: 1,246,700 sq. km. (481,400 sq. mi), about twice the size of Texas.
Cities: Capital--Luanda (pop. 4.0 million); Huambo (750,000); Benguela (600,000).
Terrain: A narrow, dry coastal strip extending from Luanda to Namibia; well-watered agricultural highlands; savanna in the far east and south; and rain forest in the north and Cabinda.
Climate: Tropical and tropical highland.
Nationality: Noun and adjective--Angolan(s).
Population (December 2003 est.): 14,300,000.
Annual population growth rate (2002): 2.9%.
Ethnic groups: Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mixed racial 2%, European 1%.
Religions (2001 official est.): Roman Catholic 68%, various Protestant 20%; indigenous beliefs 12%.
Languages: Portuguese (official), Ovimbundu, Kimbundu, Bakongo, and others.
Education: Years compulsory--8. Enrollment (2003 est.)--primary school 55%, secondary 30%, and post-secondary 3%. Literacy (total population over 15 that can read and write, 2002 est.)--42% (male 56%, female 28%).
Health: Life expectancy (2002 est.)--total population 46.7 years. Infant mortality rate (2003 est.)--154/1,000.
Work force (2003 est. 5.6 million): Agriculture--85%; industry and commerce--15%; services--6%.
Type: Republic.
Independence: November 11, 1975.
Branches: Executive--elected president (chief of state), appointed prime minister, and 30 appointed civilian ministers. Legislative--elected National Assembly (233 seats). Judicial--Supreme Court (a Constitutional Court, provided for in the 1992 constitution, has never been established).
Administrative subdivisions: Province, municipality, commune.
Political parties: 123 with legal status; in 1992, 12 won seats in the National Assembly. Pro-government--Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). Opposition--National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), Social Renewal Party (PRS), National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA), Party for Democratic Progress - Angola National Alliance (PDP-ANA), Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), Party of the Alliance of Youth, Workers, and Peasants (PAJOCA), Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), Democratic Alliance (AD), Angolan Democratic Forum (FDA), Social Democratic Party (PSD), and the Angolan National Democratic Party (PNDA).
Suffrage: Universal age 18 and over.
GDP (2004 est. using purchasing power parity): $35.1 billion.
GDP (2004 est. using Atlas method): $14.3 billion.
Annual real GDP growth rate (2004 est.): 11.4%.
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Avg. inflation rate (2003): 95.2%
Natural resources: Petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, bauxite, uranium, gold, granite, copper, feldspar.
Agriculture: Products--bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc, tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest products; fisheries products.
Industry: Types--petroleum drilling and refining, mining, cement, basic metal products, fish processing, food processing, brewing, tobacco products, sugar refining, textiles.
Trade: Exports (2003 est.)--$9.8 billion: crude oil (90.3%), diamonds (8.4%), refined petroleum products (1.0%), gas (0.2%), coffee, sisal, fish and fisheries products, timber, cotton. Major markets (2002)--U.S. (35.8%), China (11.6%), France (6.9%), Belgium (5.4%), South Korea. Imports (2003 est.)--$4.1 billion, machinery, electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts, medicines, food, textiles. Major sources (2002)--Portugal (26%), U.S. (17.9%), South Africa (15.9%), France (8.6%), South Korea, Brazil.
Angola is located on the South Atlantic Coast of West Africa between Namibia and the Republic of the Congo. It also is bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia to the east. The country is divided into an arid coastal strip stretching from Namibia to Luanda; a wet, interior highland; a dry savanna in the interior south and southeast; and rain forest in the north and in Cabinda. The Zambezi River and several tributaries of the Congo River have their sources in Angola. The coastal strip is tempered by the cool Benguela current, resulting in a climate similar to coastal Peru or Baja California. There is a short rainy season lasting from February to April. Summers are hot and dry, while winters are mild. The interior highlands have a mild climate with a rainy season from November through April followed by a cool dry season from May to October. Elevations generally range from 3,000 to 6,000 feet. The far north and Cabinda enjoy rain throughout much of the year.
Angola has three main ethnic groups, each speaking a Bantu language: Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, and Bakongo 13%. Other groups include Chokwe, Lunda, Ganguela, Nhaneca-Humbe, Ambo, Herero, and Xindunga. In addition, mixed racial (European and African) people amount to about 2%, with a small (1%) population of whites, mainly ethnically Portuguese. Portuguese make up the largest non-Angolan population, with at least 30,000 (though many native-born Angolans can claim Portuguese nationality under Portuguese law). Portuguese is both the official and predominant language.
In 1482, when the Portuguese first landed in what is now northern Angola, they encountered the Kingdom of the Congo, which stretched from modern Gabon in the north to the Kwanza River in the south. Mbanza Congo, the capital, had a population of 50,000 people. South of this kingdom were various important states, of which the Kingdom of Ndongo, ruled by the ngola (king), was most significant. Modern Angola derives its name from the king of Ndongo. The Portuguese gradually took control of the coastal strip throughout the 16th century by a series of treaties and wars. The Dutch occupied Luanda from 1641-48, providing a boost for anti-Portuguese states. In 1648, Brazilian-based Portuguese forces re-took Luanda and initiated a process of military conquest of the Congo and Ndongo states that ended with Portuguese victory in 1671. Full Portuguese administrative control of the interior did not occur until the beginning of the 20th century.
Portugal's primary interest in Angola quickly turned to slavery. The slaving system began early in the 16th century with the purchase from African chiefs of people to work on sugar plantations in S�o Tom�, Princip�, and Brazil. Many scholars agree that by the 19th century, Angola was the largest source of slaves not only for Brazil, but also for the Americas, including the United States. By the end of the 19th century, a massive forced labor system had replaced formal slavery and would continue until outlawed in 1961. It was this forced labor that provided the basis for development of a plantation economy and, by the mid-20th century, a major mining sector. Forced labor combined with British financing to construct three railroads from the coast to the interior, the most important of which was the transcontinental Benguela railroad that linked the port of Lobito with the copper zones of the Belgian Congo and what is now Zambia.
Colonial economic development did not translate into social development for native Angolans. The Portuguese regime encouraged white immigration, especially after 1950, which intensified racial antagonisms. As decolonization progressed elsewhere in Africa, Portugal, under the Salazar and Caetano dictatorships, rejected independence and treated its African colonies as overseas provinces. Consequently, three independence movements emerged: the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) led by Agostinho Neto, with a base among Kimbundu and the mixed-race intelligentsia of Luanda, and links to communist parties in Portugal and the East Bloc; the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA), led by Holden Roberto with an ethnic base in the Bakongo region of the north and links to the United States and the Mobutu regime in Kinshasa; and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), led by Jonas Malheiro Savimbi with an ethnic and regional base in the Ovimbundu heartland in the center of the country and links to the People's Republic of China and apartheid South Africa.
From the early 1960s, elements of these movements fought against the Portuguese. A 1974 coup d'etat in Portugal established a military government that promptly ceased the war and agreed, in the Alvor Accords, to hand over power to a coalition of the three movements. The ideological differences between the three movements eventually led to armed conflict, with FNLA and UNITA forces, encouraged by their respective international supporters, attempting to wrest control of Luanda from the MPLA. The intervention of troops from South Africa on behalf of UNITA and Zaire on behalf of the FNLA in September and October 1975 and the MPLA's importation of Cuban troops in November effectively internationalized the conflict. Retaining control of Luanda, the coastal strip, and increasingly lucrative oil fields in Cabinda, the MPLA declared independence on November 11, 1975, the day the Portuguese abandoned the capital. UNITA and the FNLA formed a rival coalition government based in the interior city of Huambo. Agostinho Neto became the first president of the MPLA government that was recognized by the United Nations in 1976. Upon Neto's death from cancer in 1979, then-Planning Minister Jos� Eduardo dos Santos ascended to the presidency.
The FNLA's military failures led to its increasing marginalization, internal divisions, and abandonment by international supporters. An internationalized conventional civil war between UNITA and the MPLA continued until 1989. For much of this time, UNITA controlled vast swaths of the interior and was backed by U.S. resources and South African troops. Similarly, tens of thousands of Cuban troops remained in support of the MPLA, often fighting South Africans on the front lines. A U.S.-brokered agreement resulted in withdrawal of foreign troops in 1989 and led to the Bicesse Accord in 1991, which spelled out an electoral process for a democratic Angola under the supervision of the United Nations. When UNITA's Jonas Savimbi failed to win the first round of the presidential election in 1992 (he won 40% to dos Santos's 49%, which meant a runoff), he called the election fraudulent and returned to war. Another peace accord, known as the Lusaka Protocol, was brokered in Lusaka, Zambia, and signed in 1994. This agreement, too, collapsed into renewed conflict. The UN Security Council voted on August 28, 1997 to impose sanctions on UNITA. The Angolan military launched a massive offensive in 1999, which destroyed UNITA's conventional capacity and recaptured all major cities previously held by Savimbi's forces. Savimbi then declared a return to guerrilla tactics, which continued until his death in combat in February 2002.
On April 4, 2002, the Angolan Government and UNITA signed the Luena Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which formalized the de facto cease-fire that prevailed following Savimbi's death. In accordance with the MOU, UNITA recommitted to the peace framework in the 1994 Lusaka Protocol, returned all remaining territory to Angolan Government control, quartered all military personnel in predetermined locations, and relinquished all arms. In August 2002, UNITA demobilized all military personnel and in September 2002, together with the government, reconstituted the UN-sponsored Joint Commission to resolve all outstanding political issues under the Lusaka Protocol. On November 21, 2002, UNITA and the government declared all outstanding issues resolved and the Lusaka Protocol fully implemented. UN Security Council sanctions on UNITA were lifted on December 9, 2002. In advance of national elections projected for 2005 or 2006, UNITA and the MPLA held their first post-war party congresses in June and December 2003, respectively. The UNITA Congress saw the democratic transfer of power from interim leader General Paulo Lukumba "Gato" to former UNITA representative in Paris Isaias Henriqu� Samakuva, while the MPLA Congress reaffirmed President dos Santos' leadership of party structures.
The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC), formed in 1974, rejects the Alvor Accords that included Cabinda as part of Angolan territory at independence. Since 1975, FLEC has engaged in low-level guerilla attacks against government targets and has periodically kidnapped foreigners in an effort to press for an independent Cabindan state. Leadership struggles within FLEC have led to its breakup into various splinter factions, two of which continue the movement's armed insurgency. The international community has rejected the notion of Cabindan independence. The Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) launched a major offensive against FLEC in November 2002. While the offensive was moderately successful, at least one of the FLEC factions retains a guerilla capability. Periodic, separate negotiations between the leadership of the two armed FLEC factions and the Angolan Government have failed to produce a settlement to the conflict.
Angola changed from a one-party Marxist-Leninist system ruled by the MPLA to a nominal multiparty democracy following the 1992 elections, in which President dos Santos won the first-round election with more than 49% of the vote to Jonas Savimbi's 40%; a runoff never took place. The Constitutional Law of 1992 establishes the broad outlines of government structure and delineates the rights and duties of citizens. The government is based on ordinances, decrees, and decisions issued by a president and his ministers or through legislation produced by the National Assembly and approved by the president. The parliament is generally subordinate to the executive.
Few opportunities exist for opposition parties to challenge MPLA dominance. A multi-party constitutional reform process is underway in parliament. President dos Santos has stated he intends to organize new parliamentary and presidential elections after the approval of a new constitution--currently under debate--and following consultations with political parties and civil society. The leading opposition parties, including UNITA, favor a 2005 date. The MPLA has announced its preference for elections in 2006.
Angola is governed by a president who is assisted by a prime minister and 30 cabinet ministers, all appointed by the president. Political power is concentrated in the presidency. The executive branch of the government is composed of the president (head of state and government), the prime minister, and the Council of Ministers. The Council of Ministers, composed of all government ministers and vice ministers, meets regularly to discuss policy issues. The President, the Council of Ministers, and individual ministers in their areas of competence have the ability to legislate by decree.
The National Assembly has 220 members elected in 1992 (three seats for Angolans living abroad have never been filled). They represent parties whose weight is determined by a formula that takes into account national tickets and provincial voting. The ruling MPLA controls 59% of the seats.
The central government administers the country through 18 provinces. Governors of the provinces are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the president.
The legal system is based on Portuguese and customary law but is weak and fragmented. Courts operate in only a fraction of the 164 municipalities. A Supreme Court serves as the appellate tribunal; a Constitutional Court with powers of judicial review has never been constituted despite statutory authorization.
The 27-year-long civil war has ravaged the country's political and social institutions. The government estimates that 4.7 million people were internally displaced by the civil war. As of January 2004, 3.8 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) had returned to their communities. Reintegrating these returned IDPs, 195,000 returned refugees, and 450,000 former UNITA soldiers and their family members continues to pose serious challenges. Resettlement of the remaining internally displaced and the return of 250,000 refugees from neighboring countries is ongoing. Daily conditions of life throughout the country and specifically in Luanda (population approximately 4 million) mirror the collapse of administrative infrastructure as well as weak social institutions. Government support for social institutions is inadequate. Hospitals are without medicines or basic equipment, schools are without books, and public employees often lack the basic supplies for their day-to-day work.
Principal Government Officials
President--Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Prime Minister--Fernando da Piedad Dias dos Santos "Nando"
Deputy Prime Minister--Aguinaldo Jaime
Minister of External Affairs--Jo�o Bernardo de Miranda
Minister of the Interior--Osvaldo de Jesus Serr� Van D�nem
Minister of Finance--Jos� Pedro de Morais
Minister of Defense--Kundi Paihama
Minister of Petroleum--Desid�rio da Gra�a Ver�ssimo da Costa
Minister of Planning--Ana Dias Louren�o
Ambassador to the United States -- Josefina Perpetua Pitra Diakite
Permanent Representative to the United Nations -- Ismael Gaspar Martins
Angola maintains an embassy in the United States at 2100-2108 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20009 (tel. 202-785-1156; fax 202-785-1258; web: www.angola.org). Angola also maintains consulates in New York City (attached to its Permanent Mission to the United Nations) at 866 UN Plaza, 48th St., Suite 552, New York, NY 10017 (tel. 212-233-3588, ext. 15; fax 212-980-9606; web: www.un.int/angola) and in Houston at 3040 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 708, Houston, TX 77056 (tel. 713-212-3840; fax 713-212-3841).
Angola has a fast-growing economy largely due to a major oil boom, but it also ranks in the bottom 10 of almost every socioeconomic indicator. Aside from the oil sector and diamonds, it is in economic disarray because of 27 years of nearly continuous warfare, corruption, and economic mismanagement. Despite abundant natural resources, output per capita remains among the world's lowest. Subsistence agriculture and dependence on humanitarian food assistance sustain the large majority of the population.
By contrast, the rapidly expanding petroleum industry--now producing up to 993,000 barrels per day (bpd), behind only Nigeria in Africa--accounts for 51.7% of GNP, 90% of exports, and 90% of government revenues. Oil production remains largely offshore and has few linkages with other sectors of the economy.
Block Zero, located in the enclave of Cabinda, currently provides the majority of Angola's crude oil production. ChevronTexaco, through its subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company, is the operator with a 39.2% share. Sonangol (the Angolan state oil company), TotalFinaElf, and ENI-Agip are partners in the concession. ChevronTexaco also operates Angola's first producing deepwater section, Block 14, which started pumping in January 2000 at the rate of 80,000 bpd and is scheduled to add 180,000 bdp in production by 2006. Production from these Cabinda fields will be eclipsed by deepwater production further south in the Kwanza Basin scheduled to come on-line between 2002 and 2010 that will more than double current production.
TotalFinaElf brought the first Kwanza Basin deepwater blocks on-line with production from its Block 17 concession that began in February 2002 and now produces up to 30,000 bpd. Additional sub-fields will begin production in 2006 at the rate of 200,000 bpd. ExxonMobil brought the first of its Block 15 sub-fields on-line in 2003 at the rate of 70,000 bpd. Two additional discoveries of 3 billion barrels in reserves each are to begin production in 2004 and 2005 at a rate of 250,000 bdp each. Both ExxonMobil and TotalFinaElf made new discoveries in these blocks in 2003. Exploration is ongoing in recently awarded ultra-deep water concessions and in deep water and shallow concessions in the Namibe Basin. BP made the first significant ultra-deep water find in its Block 31 concession in 2002 and followed up with two more in 2003. Marathon also drilled a successful well in its Block 32 ultra-deep water concession. TotalFinaElf operates Angola's one refinery (in Luanda) as a joint venture with Sonangol; plans for a second refinery in Lobito are moving forward. ChevronTexaco and Sonangol are exploring the feasibility of a liquefied natural gas plant at Soyo. The United States purchases more than half of Angola's petroleum production, by far the largest importer. Exports to Asian countries, particularly China, have grown rapidly in recent years.
Diamonds make up most of Angola's remaining exports. Despite increased corporate ownership of diamond fields, much production is currently in the hands of small-scale prospectors, often operating illegally. The government is making an increased effort to register and license these prospectors. Legal sales of rough diamonds may occur only through the government's diamond-buying parastatal, although many producers continue to try and bypass the system to obtain higher prices. The government has established an export certification scheme consistent with the "Kimberley Process" to identify legitimate production and sales. Other mineral resources, including gold, remain largely undeveloped.
In the last decade of the colonial period, Angola was a major African agricultural exporter. Because of severe wartime conditions, including extensive laying of landmines throughout the countryside, agricultural activities were brought to a near standstill, and the country is now forced to import much of its food. Small-scale agricultural production is increasing as IDPs are returning to the land. Some efforts at commercial agricultural recovery have gone forward, notably in fisheries, but most of the country's vast potential remains untapped. Coffee production, though a fraction of its pre-1975 level, is sufficient for domestic needs and some exports. Overlapping traditional land use rights, colonial-era land claims, and recent land grants must be sorted through before significant commercial agricultural development can move ahead.
An economic reform effort launched in 1998 was only marginally successful in addressing persistent fiscal mismanagement and corruption. In April 2000, Angola started an International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff-monitored program (SMP). The program lapsed in June 2001 over IMF concerns about lack of adequate Angolan progress. Under the program, the Government of Angola did succeed in unifying exchange rates and moving fuel, electricity, and water prices closer to market rates.
In December 2002 President dos Santos named a new economic team to oversee homegrown reform efforts. The new team has succeeded in decreasing overall government spending, rationalizing the Kwanza exchange rate, closing regulatory loopholes allowing off-budget expenditures, and capturing all revenues in the state budget. New procedures are being implemented to deposit all government revenues in a single Central Bank account. The Angolan Government has adopted a new investment code. Concerns remain about quasi-fiscal operations by the state oil company Sonangol, continued oil-backed commercial borrowing by the Angolan Government, and inadequate transparency and oversight in the management of public accounts. The Angolan commercial code, telecommunications law, and land tenure law all require substantial revision.
The Angolan Government has reopened dialogue with the IMF in order to negotiate a new staff-monitored program. In its published July 2003 Article IV report, the IMF endorsed four prerequisites to proceeding with formal negotiations: (1) disclosure of foreign debt data; (2) timely provision of macroeconomic statistics; (3) full implementation of the single government account at the Central Bank, and (4) additional dialogue on oil revenue management. A December 2003 IMF staff mission to Angola found some progress in these areas. In February 2004, the Angolan Government and the IMF reached agreement on the steps necessary to conclude SMP negotiations.
Angola is the third-largest trading partner of the United States in sub-Saharan Africa, largely because of its petroleum exports. About 5.1% of U.S. non-OPEC oil imports in 2002 were from Angola, a share that should continue to increase. By the same token, U.S. companies account for more than half the investment in Angola, with Chevron-Texaco and ExxonMobil leading the way. U.S. exports to Angola primarily consist of industrial goods and services--such as oilfield equipment, mining equipment, chemicals, aircraft, and food. On December 30, 2003, President Bush approved the designation of Angola as eligible for tariff preferences under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for 2004.
The Angolan Armed Forces, known by its Portuguese acronym FAA, are headed by a chief of staff who reports to the civilian minister of defense. There are three services--the army, navy, and air force. Total manpower is about 140,000. The army is by far the largest of the services with about 130,000 personnel. The navy numbers about 3,000 and operates several small patrol craft and barges. Air force personnel total about 7,000; its equipment includes Russian-manufactured fighters and transport planes. The "Casa Militar," or presidential guard, answers directly to the Office of the President and is separate from FAA command and control structures.
From 1975 to 1989, Angola was aligned with the Soviet Union and Cuba. Since then, it has focused on improving relationships with Western countries, cultivating links with other Portuguese-speaking countries, and asserting its own national interests in Central Africa through military and diplomatic intervention. In 1993, it established formal diplomatic relations with the United States. It has entered the Southern African Development Community as a vehicle for improving ties with its largely anglophone neighbors to the south. In 1997, Zimbabwe and Namibia joined Angola in its military intervention in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where Angolan troops fought in support of the Laurent and Joseph Kabila governments. It also has intervened in the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) in support of President Sassou-Nguesso.
Multilaterally, Angola has promoted the revival of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) as a forum for cultural exchange and a means of expanding ties with Portugal and Brazil. During the peace process, the government fully cooperated with the UN Mission in Angola (UNMA), which concluded its mandate in mid-February 2003. Angola began a 2-year term on the Security Council in January 2003.
The United States established formal diplomatic relations with the Government of Angola in 1993. Before 1989, U.S.-Angolan relations were defined by the Cold War. The United States initially supported Holden Roberto's FNLA and later Jonas Savimbi's UNITA against the pro-Soviet and pro-Cuban MPLA government in Luanda. Since 1992, the bilateral relationship has steadily improved. Policy planning talks between the United States and Angola occurred in March 2003.
The U.S. Mission in Angola consists of four agencies--the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of Defense, and the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC). In addition, a variety of federal agencies maintain relationships with the Angolan Government through ongoing projects, including the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of Energy. In FY 2003, U.S. Government assistance amounted to roughly $188 million.
USAID continues to provide emergency assistance to vulnerable populations with a particular emphasis on assisting the resettlement and reintegration of war-affected populations. Contributions from its Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, totaling $20 million, provided seeds, tools, and other critical resettlement supplies and helped rehabilitate critical health and water/sanitation infrastructure in returnee areas. Through the State Department an additional $13.2 million helped finance refugee repatriation and reintegration. USAID's Food for Peace office provided emergency food inputs valued at $106.7 million to feed vulnerable populations and help stimulate agricultural recovery. The State Department continued to support humanitarian demining and small arms/light weapons destruction valued at $3.5 million and $500,000, respectively.
USAID's development program worth $12.4 million focused on democratization, agricultural rehabilitation, economic reform, maternal and child health, and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. Additional HIV/AIDS funding of just over $3 million from HHS/CDC, $1.7 million from the Defense Department, and $150,000 from the State Department helped expand surveillance, prevention, education, and voluntary counseling and testing activities. USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives provided $2.8 million to support civil society and independent media development. Additional democratization funding of $1.6 million was provided by the State Department to support civil society, political party strengthening, independent media, and judicial reform. An additional $80,000 was provided as small grants to local organizations to support democracy and human rights. To assist with economic reform, the State Department provided $2.2 million to work on land tenure, economic policy, and the financial sector. An additional $60,000 in grants were provided to community development projects. $152,000 in International Military Education and Training (IMET) funds was provided for English language training to the Angolan Armed Forces. Professional training for law enforcement personnel at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Gaborone, Botswana continued. The Safe Skies for Africa program provided around $800,000 in equipment and training to the Angolan civil aviation authority. As part of its public diplomacy program, the Embassy provided nearly $434,000 in English language training, educational exchanges and fellowships, and information resource services.
At the same time, the energy-based U.S. trading relationship continues to expand and spark other ties. One offshoot has been the development of a Sister City relationship between Lafayette, Louisiana and Cabinda and between Houston, Texas and Luanda. The Catholic University of Luanda has close links with a number of American institutions and has received support from the Angola Educational Assistance Fund, a U.S. non-profit organization organized by Citizens Energy of Boston. Sonangol has a longstanding program of educating its professionals in U.S. universities, complementing ChevronTexaco's policy of U.S. training for its own growing pool of Angolan professionals. Long before oil was discovered, American missionary efforts from the early 19th century established several Protestant churches in the interior, which also provided much of the schooling that was available in rural colonial Angola; those historical links now are being revived with exchanges in both directions.
Principal U.S. Officials
Ambassador--Cynthia G. Efird
Deputy Chief of Mission--James Knight
USAID Director--Diana Swain
Defense Attach�--MAJ Nicolas Lovelace, USA
The U.S. Embassy is located at Rua Houari Boumedienne No. 32, Miramar, Luanda, Angola. International mail: Caixa Postal 6484, Luanda, Angola; Pouch: Department of State, 2550 Luanda Place, Washington, DC 20521-2550; telephone: (244)(2)445-481, 447-028; fax: (244)(2)446-924, 447-813.
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She began her career by singing R&B Ballads and Love Songs titled Dreamin, My Dream Came True and Dream Rap, and her image is described as "all tea parties and teddy bears". This is based on R&B singer Mariah Carey, the bestselling artist of the 1990s, and her self-titled 1990- debut.
This briefly changed when a female rapper, The Real Rochelle, released a song titled Rochell'le, Rochell'le (which could be a reference to the the TV show Seinfeld, which had a fictional movie and musical, also titled Rochelle, Rochelle). Rochell'le quickly responded with the highly unexpected diss rap song Rochell'le's Revenge, which was rumored to have been ghost written by her boyfriend, gangsta rap legend Madd Dogg. In the song, she "lyrically destroyed her similarly-named rival with clear logic: simply, that there could only be one Rochell'le, due to the uniqueness of her name and the unusual apostrophe before the final two letters". This string of back-and-forth songs is based on the 1985-1988 Roxanne Wars (Rochell'le being a parody of Roxanne Shanté).
After the Rochell'le Wars, her then manager/producer Jimmy Silverman influenced her to take on a more sexualized, hip-hop driven image with the albums Leg$ (1991) and, after breaking up with Madd Dogg, Dangerous Curves (1994) which caused the public to lose interest. This again parodies Carey and similar events in her career between 1995 and 1999, from adding hip-hop music and sexualized music videos and in her music on her albums Daydream (1995), Butterfly (1997) and Rainbow (1999) (including her album artwork for Rainbow) and up to Carey's breakdown in 2001 and her film and album/soundtrack project Glitter which was also released in 2001 and her divorce to Tommy Mottola in 1997.
Forgotten Legends says that she has disappeared from the scene and people wish to see her return, a reference to Carey's 2001-2004 struggles. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was made in 2004, almost six months before Carey made a huge comeback with The Emancipation of Mimi (2005).
Rochell'le is also a parody of R&B singer Michel'le as evidenced by the unusual name spellling. Her debut album was also produced by then-boyfriend gangster rapper Dr. Dre.


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Sixty-two years after the publication of the Diary of Anne Frank in Dutch, Aladdin Library is proud to offer its readers the first authorised translations of the book in Arabic and Persian.
Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. For the first 5 years of her life, Anne lived with her parents, Otto and Edith, and older sister, Margot, in an apartment on the outskirts of Frankfurt. After Hitler s rise to power in 1933, the family moved to Amsterdam in the Netherlands to flee the increasing persecution of Jews in Germany. Seven years later, the German army occupied the Netherlands and the fragile peace of the Frank family was once again shattered.
By July 1942, the Nazi authorities in the Netherlands had received orders to deport Jews to concentration camps in German-occupied Poland. Anne and her family went into hiding in a secret attic apartment behind the office of Otto Frank's business. They were soon joined by four Jewish friends of the family. Several non-Jewish friends and colleagues of Otto Frank smuggled food and clothing to the secret annexe at great risk to their own lives.
On August 4, 1944, officials of the German secret police, the Gestapo, and their Dutch collaborators raided the hideout after being tipped off by an anonymous Dutch caller. The eight detainees were sent to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.
Selected for labour due to their youth, Anne and her sister, Margot were transferred to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany in late October 1944. Both sisters died of typhus in March 1945, just a few weeks before British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen on April 15, 1945.
Anne's mother, Edith, died in Auschwitz in early January 1945. Only Anne's father, Otto, survived the war. Soviet forces liberated Otto at Auschwitz on January 27, 1945.
While in hiding, Anne kept a diary in which she recorded her fears, hopes, and experiences. Found in the secret apartment after the family was arrested, the diary was kept for Anne by Miep Gies, one of the people who had helped hide the Franks. After learning of Anne s death, she gave the diary to Otto Frank.
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We recently moved from the Midwest to Colorado and have been searching for a puppy for a few months. We thought we had found a breeder but when we went to a local dog show and asked around the people who had goldens were very negative about this person. Is this normal and just them being jealous or should we take it as a warning? The people we talked to seemed very nice and no one tried to sell us a puppy so Im thinking there may be something to it. One of them told us to look at the past litters for the mothers of the current litters and it seems they both had puppies before they turned two years old. Would this be enough to get a bad name? The current litters the moms are all over 2 now. Another breeder told us it was a breeder who just cared about winning and I wonder if that is where the jealously comes in. I was nervous about posting because I dont want to make anyone feel bad but we need to start figuring out where we are getting our puppy from and if we need to keep looking. We really wanted to get a puppy before Christmas and it seems hard to find a well-bred one now but also dont want to regret where we get one from. Here is the breeder we were considering :: Captivate Goldens ::
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Do the parents have OFA hip,and elbow clearances? Do both parents have heart clearances by a cardiologist and a current eye clearance in the past year? If the answer is yes to all of these things,mthen go for it. Both litters have nice pedigrees...
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I have seen the puppies from Marianne and no doubt they are gorgeous puppies. Parents should have clearances (but always always double check www.offa.org to make sure) This would include Hips, Elbows, Eyes, and Cardiac.
She has bred a few litters before they turned two and received their full clearances. It just depends on what you feel comfortable with.
Is that the only thing that the breeders said about her. I would email Marianne and ask her about the previous breedings. Ask for references.
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Thank you. We will most likely ask the breeder directly but wanted some outside views. We learned about health clearances early on because we had the help of a few good breeders where we use to live. It was too early to get a puppy before the move but we learned so much about the basics but are having a hard time figuring out that grey line of good and bad breeders. At first we really wanted to get a mix breed or a rescue. When we finally decided getting a purebred golden puppy was the best match for our family we also wanted to make sure we supported the best breeding practices and breeders really concerned about the animals and that is why I asked my question. Frank
Following the link to litters on her website it appears that the parents of both litters listed there have all clearances. Certainly these are beautiful dogs. She has chosen impressive sires, too. And it's good that she shows them. Just from a quick look at the website, she looks like a good breeder. But I would make sure the current litter's parents have clearances. With that, and absent anything to raise red flags, I'd feel very comfortable with this breeder.
P.S. if you get a Chilly pup, we will have half-siblings! As I am getting a puppy out of the same sire.
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I am not commenting about the person/kennel in this post but more the situation because this situation is becoming more widespread within the breed and I personally see it as rather alarming. When a breeder is newer to the breed and just starting out and trying to build a foundation for a breeding program, it would be expected that the breeder would wait until the dogs are 2 years old and can get their final clearances, the breeder has time to ammass knowledge about the dogs and the lines and that the dogs have time to reach mental and physical maturity so you know what you are really working with. We do also have this as part of the GRCA's COE and while that is not a set of rules, it is more of a guideline, one would hope that someone who is hoping to start a line would be mindful of those guidelines. This is not always the case.
It was that at one time a breeder would maybe "prove" a young male dog who had all his prelims in order when he was close to 2 years old by breeding him to one of their own girls. This would be done by someone who has a lot of experience in the breed and someone who is well versed with the dogs that they are working with. While this may seem like a bit of a double standard of sorts, a male dog doesn't have to deal with the pregnancy and raise a litter. All of a sudden, there is now a great rush to breed girls under the age of 2 years old and some are citing that it is "safer" for the girls when they are younger and thus less prone to pyometra, uterine inertia and other breeding problems. Breeders are using information from reproductive specialists to try to justify these breeding practices because the repros say it is safer to breed them younger rather than waiting until they are older. However, the repros are not saying to ignore the parent clubs recommendations on clearances and other things. While an accidental breeding can certainly happen and has happened to most breeders once, one has to start to question when a breeder has multiple "accidental breedings".
I was recently on a committee with the GRCA to revisit the requirements for our Outstanding Sire and Dam program. The major reason for the GRCA looking into this was complaints from other members as to the early breeding of our goldens. When looking at results online and because I am also the GRCA's conformation statistician, I have seen dogs as young as 10 mos old siring litters of puppies and I have also seen girls at about 18-20 mos old giving birth to litters(so they were 16-18 mos old when they were bred). Sorry, I don't agree with this practice and I would never condone the behavior. It takes goldens a while to mentally mature and that is also part of the reason that the COE suggests waiting until the dogs are over 2 years old before breeding them besides the fact that they need final clearances and need to be given time to physically mature, as well so that you can really make accurate breeding decisions instead of just breeding to a stud dog dujour. Asking one of my girls to be a mom before they are 2 years old is just not something that I personally am at all comfortable with. Being pregnant and raising a litter is a lot of stress on the girls and they need both mental and physical maturity to do the job well, as well as a lot of support from the breeder. How those puppies turn out has a lot to do with the job that mom does with raising them. Some of my girls haven't been bred until they were closer to 3 and some over 3 because I did not feel they were ready to be mom's. All of these things are considerations that a breeder needs to look at before deciding to breed one of their girls.
Thankfully, in this situation, her girls did go on to get their final clearances. However, that is not always the case. I do know of a male dog who was bred multiple times at around 10 mos old and without having done any prelims. He did not clear his hips and has a littermate that did not clear her heart. But, there are now all these puppies on the ground.......so now what????
I can assure you that it has nothing to do with jealousy on the part of other breeders and rather an expectation that we all do what is best for the dogs themselves and you will find that most reputable breeders do adhere to the GRCA's COE pretty closely. When someone who has very little experience in the breed or with breeding all of a sudden appears to be throwing caution to the wind, so to speak, no-you won't be hearing wonderful things about them from their peers and it is not something that we as breeders take lightly at all(saying something that could be construed as negative against a fellow breeder) So, one then has to ask yourself-while the dogs may have clearances now, do you want to support this type of breeder? A tough question and probably a little more than what you had bargained for with your post. Just because someone is showing their dogs, does not make them a reputable breeder. There are a lot of different elements that need to be there to be considered before someone is deemed a reputable breeder.
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I can't thank you enough. Between the posts and private messages it has become clear we want to look another direction. Sometimes what looks good upfront doesn't tell the whole story.
Thank you everyone and what hvgoldens4 wrote is exactly what I have heard as we have asked around in the last few days. The breeders we talked to were very careful about what they said and you could tell they intentionally were screening how they really thought. They were in no way mean but you could tell they struggled with recommending her or allowing us to believe it was an ethical option. It was obvious they didn't have respect for her and why we became very confused and turned to this group. The breeders at the show tried very hard to be nice and guide us to find the answer on our own and at no time did they bad mouth anyone. They simply made it obvious that we had more research to do and once we did then we had more questions about what makes a truly ethical breeder. We have had a hard time deciding on getting a purebred anyway since there are so many shelter dogs needing homes. We only want to support the very best breeders out there.
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I was speaking about when talking to someone who was inquiring about puppies and looking for a referral. I do not like to say anything negative about any other breeders and will say nothing at all before I would "trash" another breeder to someone. I much prefer to make more general statements and let someone draw their own conclusions.
As I said, it takes more than just showing dogs before I would consider someone a reputable breeder.
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