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We have long prided ourselves on being a world leader in manufacturing technology. WD & HO Wills began the trend back in 1883 by introducing a cigarette-making machine that could produce around 200 cigarettes a minute. At the time it was hailed as revolutionary. Today, our fastest machines can produce around 14,000 cigarettes a minute. We have moved towards an increasingly automated internal supply chain to maintain the highest possible production rate. Our investment in product design and innovative processing techniques continues to make us one of the world's lowest cost producers of tobacco products.
Our operations
Our manufacturing operations globally drive continuous improvement in quality, supply reliability and occupational health, safety & environment whilst maintaining cost leadership. The network of factories produces all products including cigars and cigarettes as well as roll your own, make your own and pipe tobaccos, in addition to tubes, filters and rolling paper products. The factories are grouped in regions around 'Leading Factories', which provide support in the sharing of best practice to the other factories of the region.
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At key locations around the world, we have invested in state-of-the-art equipment, further improving efficiency, flexibility and competitiveness.
We have a consistent benchmarking system across our factories covering all aspects of manufacturing. This gives us significant opportunity to review and balance our total supply chain activity, while retaining the flexibility to react quickly to changing market conditions. This is an area from which we expect to gain significant benefit over the coming years.
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Sony launches music streaming service
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
TOKYO (AP) — Sony Corp. on Wednesday launched a music streaming service in a bid to boost sales of its consumer electronics and break Apple's dominance of the online music business.
The Japanese company's "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity" is a cloud computing-based, digital music service that does not involve downloading tracks like Apple's iTunes, which started in 2001.
Instead, a subscription gives users access to a catalog of about 6 million songs, which can streamed to Sony's Internet-connected devices like the PlayStation 3, personal computers and Bravia TVs. The service can be synchronized with a user's existing music files, including iTunes, Sony said.
The service debuted in the U.K. and Ireland Wednesday and will be rolled out in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and New Zealand and the U.S. next year. "Music Unlimited" follows the launch this year of an on-demand video service that is now available in the U.S. and several European countries.
For Sony, the two services represent an effort to better connect the company's consumer electronics with content like music, movies and games in a fiercely competitive market.
Since taking over in 2005, Sony's Chief Executive Howard Stringer has been trying to unite the company's sprawling businesses, cut costs and improve efficiency.
In developing its new music service, Sony decided to shift away from downloadable songs, said Kazuo Hirai, executive vice president and head of the company's Networked Products and Services division.
"We realized that if we were playing catch up with the same (iTunes) model, it would be difficult to appeal to users," Hirai told reporters in Tokyo.
Initially, the service is intended to mainly enhance the appeal of its products against competitors like Microsoft Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co.
"But over time, it needs to stand on its own," Hirai said.
The service cannot yet be used on portable devices such as the Walkman or cell phones, though Sony says it plans to eventually add those.
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October 2010: For The Record
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Great Things
By the time you read this, the Nov. 2 elections will have come and gone. Whether you anticipated that the results would affect you directly, there's no doubt that the mid-term shake-up will matter. But, if you're like me, the campaigning will just about drive you crazy. Here in Georgia, the race for the Office of Governor has been a nasty, mudslinging event. The negative campaigning has taken the place, if only temporarily, of the negative talk about the economy. So I thought I'd bring to the forefront a few "great things" that can shed some positivity.
A Green Schools Center
The U.S. Green Building Council (USBGC) has launched the Center for Green Schools to fulfill an ambitious goal of ensuring everyone has the opportunity to attend a green school within this generation. USGBC says United Technologies Corp. is the first Founding Sponsor of the Center for Green Schools.
Through the Center, USGBC is escalating its work on green schools caucuses in the U.S. Congress and the 50 for 50 Initiative with state legislatures nationwide; the nationwide Mayors' Alliance for Green Schools; and the Coalition for Green Schools, which represents more than 10 million members collectively and comprises organizations such as the National PTA, the National School Boards Association, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers.
First state to adopt green code
Rhode Island is the first state to adopt the International Green Construction Code (IGCC). The Rhode Island Green Buildings Act identifies the IGCC as an equivalent standard in compliance with requirements that all public agency major facility projects be designed and constructed as green buildings. The Rules and Regulations to implement the act took effect in October. The IGCC applies to new and existing, traditional and high-performance commercial buildings. It includes ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1 as an alternative compliance requirement.
In addition to the Code Council, cooperating sponsors of the IGCC are the American Institute of Architects, ASTM International, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, the USGBC and the Illuminating Engineers Society. In August, Richland, Wash., became the first city globally to adopt the IGCC as a non-mandatory document for commercial buildings.
Blog for construction professionals
Maxwell Systems Inc. has launched Construction Biz Wiz, a blog that provides content of interest and value to professionals across the construction industry, including construction business owners, managers, accounting staff, project managers, estimators, IT managers, etc. The link is http://blog.maxwellsystems.com.
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- 30January 2010 For The Record Never Back Down Jennifer Morrell Editor firstname.lastname@example.com One goal I constantly strive toward is maintaining a positive attitude regarding the economy and the construction industry, in general, during this nasty recession. Spouting doom and gloom while sitting around the office or walking the floors of…
- 30December 2010 For The Record LEEDing the Way Jennifer Morrell Editor email@example.com Having just returned from the 2010 Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, I am energized and motivated about all things green. No paper, no carbon footprint, and only sustainable materials (think: masonry) are the way to go. Of the…
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Subject believed to be 'on the run'
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The Callaway County Sheriff's Office is on the hunt for a Jefferson City man they believe to be responsible for the robbery of Bank Star One in New Bloomfield on Saturday.
A Callaway County judge issued a warrant Wednesday afternoon for Gary Leland Coleman, 49, of Jefferson City. Coleman is wanted on $30,000 bond on a charge of second-degree robbery in connection with the New Bloomfield case.
"Basically, since the airing of the still images and the security video (from the robbery), we have received a number of tips believing the identity of the suspect to be Mr. Coleman," Callaway County Sheriff Dennis Crane said. "After further investigation by the department, we do believe him to be our suspect."
He said Callaway investigators also have received information that Coleman is "out of the state, and on the run," prompting Crane to submit Coleman's information to the national database.
According to Crane, Coleman has two prior felony convictions: One in 1993 in Boone County for possession of a controlled substance and one in 1999 for forgery, also out of Boone County.
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Noun. Grocery + Socialism = Grocialism. A socio-economic pracitice where grocery chains must raise the prices on similar non-sale items or items that don't typically have a coupon option, such as produce, meats, milk, etc. because hoarding couponers clear shelves of the sale items and this is a huge loss to the store. With only non-sale item alternatives left for the non-extreme coupon user or general public, their full price groceries effectively offset the loss created by couponed-sale items.
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Weinshenker, Matthew. Forthcoming. "The effect of fatherhood on employment hours: variation by birth timing, marriage and coresidence." Journal of Family Issues.
Christensen, Kathleen, Matthew Weinshenker and Blake Sisk, 2010. "Workplace flexibility for federal civilian employees." In Workplace Flexibility: Realigning 20th Century Jobs to 21st Century Workers, edited by K. Christensen and B. Schneider, pp. 274-308. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
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text: Film Roman Inc. has reported that revenue increased by 19% to $9.4 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2001, over $7.9 million for the same period last year. Net loss attributable to common stock for the second quarter of 2001 was $1,293,641, or $0.15 per share, compared with a net loss attributable to common stock of $800,260, or $0.09 per share, for the second quarter of 2000. The nonrecurring increase in net loss was attributed to the termination of certain administrative employees, the phasing out of the live-action feature film division causing the write off of certain development projects and the costs incurred from the failed Pentamedia acquisition. Film Roman Digital has reported the creation of CAPBUSTERS, a new Flash animated series, which is currently being shown on LEVEL13.NET and will be offered to traditional media this fall. The company is also in negotiations to produce two additional animated projects on a for-hire basis. In addition, a script is being finalized to produce TRIPPING THE RIFT as a theatrical film. A strategic partnership between LEVEL13.NET and DIRECTV has resulted in an animated film festival currently being promoted across the country and on DIRECTV. In commercials, Film Roman just completed a commercial for Suntory beverages and has begun production on a new Burger King commercial. "With the projects we currently have in production and the various deals we now have in negotiation, we will have an extremely busy second half of this year and an equally big year next year," said John Hyde, chief executive officer of Film Roman. "By increasing our base of both the proprietary and for-hire work, we expect the next 18 months to be the best in the company's history."


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Conservative thinktanks step up attacks against Obama's clean energy strategy
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A network of ultra-conservative groups is ramping up an offensive on multiple fronts to turn the American public against wind farms and Barack Obama's energy agenda.
A number of rightwing organisations, including Americans for Prosperity, which is funded by the billionaire Koch brothers, are attacking Obama for his support for solar and wind power. The American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec), which also has financial links to the Kochs, has drafted bills to overturn state laws promoting wind energy.
Now a confidential strategy memo seen by the Guardian advises using "subversion" to build a national movement of wind farm protesters.
The strategy proposal was prepared by a fellow of the American Tradition Institute (ATI) although the thinktank has formally disavowed the project.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/08/conservative-thinktanks-obama-energy-plans
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1. Energy production fundamentally drives economic growth
...if they don't like solar and wind power, fine, but what do they propose as alternatives? Massive government nuclear power projects? Or the same old fossil fuels, that are getting more expensive and less abundant all the time?
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2. windfarm protesters? really?
Dumb all over, yes we are
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Star Trek Maps
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Star Trek Maps is a set of four maps and an Introduction to Navigation booklet.
Possibly the most technical Star Trek book ever produced, the booklet introduces the reader to galactic coordinates and basic vector calculus. The maps themselves are well researched and properly projected to 2D. The maps also include a list of Federation members and an overview of various planets visited in the original series.
Background information
A copy of the Maps was on display at the Smithsonian Institution's 1992 Star Trek exhibition.
A relatively large number of people worked on this technical publication, a number of whom later found their way into various Star Trek production teams.
|Design & Co-Ordination:
|Jeffrey Maynard
|Technical Direction / Concept Artist:
|Michael McMaster
|Astronomical Art / Copy Control:
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|Technical Graphics:
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|Airbrush Art:
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Rick Sternbach
|Mechanical Production / Typography and Layout:
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|Manual Author / Technical Consultant:
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|Technical Assistance:
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Jennifer Garcia '13 excels in prestigious legislature internship program with Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal
Carol Berkin will address the role of women during U.S. Revolution on April 8
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A largely dry bright day, cloud increasing late afternoon
A largely dry and sunny start for most with light winds. Staying dry through the day, though cloud will slowly approach from the north west by late afternoon. However it should stay bright across Kent until dusk. Maximum Temperature 17 °C.
Becoming cloudy across the region through the evening with some light outbreaks of rain likely for most by midnight. The cloud cover giving a much milder night than of late. Minimum Temperature 7 °C.
Becoming breezy through Monday morning but largely dry with some brightness. Rain will sweep in from the west during the afternoon giving a damp end to the day. Clearing overnight. Maximum Temperature 16 °C.
Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:
Largely dry from Tuesday with some decent sunny spells developing and a general warming trend through the week. Winds generally staying light throughout making it feel pleasant in the sunshine.
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Rain and strong winds moving south-eastwards. Dry in far southeast.
Rain with strengthening winds in the northwest will move slowly south-eastwards, fragmenting and becoming patchier with time. Meanwhile, much of the south and east will see very little rain, with the southeast staying dry, with some bright or sunny spells.
It will be mostly cloudy and mild, with outbreaks of patchy light rain and drizzle for many, with some hill fog in places. Heavy rain in the northwest, with gales.
Rain and strong winds will spread south-eastwards through the day, although not clearing the far south-east until the evening. Cooler with blustery showers in the north and west.
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This is my second email to you. I thought you did not receive my first email. This is to announce you with pleasure that an edited book titled "Politics, Public Administration and Governance: The Experience of Bangladesh" is going to be published by September 2009. The panel of editors is very eager to include any of your writing related to either theoretical construct or developing country context of Governance like "Myths and Realities of Governance and Corruption" or abridged version of your idea of "Governance Matters" or "Governance Matters VI: Governance Indicators for 1996-2006" any writing of your choice related to governance in a book entry format may be an effective contribution to this anthology. We believe any book on governance without your writing will be half-hearted. Thus, we cordially seek your 1) kind permission and submission of manuscript for publication. 2) necessary update and editing of your contribution, if and where necessary, 3) a letter of written declaration of permission 4) a brief resume not more than 55 words that includes name(s), current institutional affiliation and research interest and ends up with email address, and 5) a passport size photograph of each contributor (in JPG format). The deadline for the submission is on or before 14 August 2009. Final acceptance and confirmation of the contribution will be notified on or before 25 August 2009.
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- Child Abuse Awareness Month emphasizes the importance of healthy family structures through outreach programming
- Week of the Child
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South Plains Closing the Gaps Council
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- Change students' fundamental beliefs about the appropriateness and benefits of college.
Volunteer Center of Lubbock
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- Provides opportunities for leadership development and civic engagement through volunteerism.
- Youth in Service (6th-12th grade)
- Recognize young people for the service they provide to the community and to give them support in connecting to the community. School campuses enroll in the program at the beginning of each school year and agree to designate a sponsoring group or organization on the campus to oversee the program.
- United Way Youth Division (6th-12th grade)
- To give high school students the opportunity to learn about community services provided by the Lubbock Area United Way.
- Youth Advisory Board (6th-12th grade)
- Provides opportunities for young people to become proficient in the ethics and mechanics of board service.
- Youth in Philanthropy (6th-12th grade)
- Opportunity for high school students to learn about philanthropy, charitable foundations, and community agencies.
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Holmes, JSU partner to further educational opportunities
Holmes Community College signed a major agreement with Jackson State University Thursday on the Ridgeland Campus to create an academic partnership to increase educational opportunities and degree completion for students.
HCC President Dr. Glenn Boyce; Dr. Don Burnham, vice president of the Ridgeland Campus; JSU President Dr. Carolyn W. Meyers, JSU Provost James C. Renick, and Dr. Priscilla Slade, special assistant to the JSU provost for community colleges, were among those in attendance.
Others on hand included numerous faculty from both institutions and Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee and state Rep. Rita Martinson of Madison.
The memorandum of understanding will allow HCC students to pursue a bachelor's degree from JSU in selected fields, including elementary education and criminal justice. JSU will provide junior and senior level courses on the campus of HCC, establishing a process for the students to receive a JSU degree without leaving the Ridgeland Campus.
"This is a really special occasion," Boyce said. "We are very excited about where this relationship and partnership is going to take us. We know we are going to make meaning difference in thousands of students' lives because of this agreement we are going to sign today so we appreciate that very much."
Boyce said the agreement is important because of the relationship being built between Holmes and Jackson State University. "Signing a formal document is nice, and it's a nice agreement that we can all refer to but it's the relationships we build between each other is what really will make a difference to our cities and state," said Boyce.
He said the state of Mississippi has an educational goal where by 2025 60 percent of all Mississippi citizens will have a degree of some type or certification. He stressed by doing this not only recent high school graduates will receive a quality education but non-traditional students as well. "We also need to outreach education, every facet we can and reach the market to those who cannot get to us," Boyce said. "We have to access education in a way that works for them.
"We have a deep understanding at Holmes that they (non-traditional students) have needs that 18-year-olds don't have," he added. "We want to bring a university education with a community college foundation closer to these students. We have to reach out to the non-traditionals who had the dream and couldn't get this done. This partnership will do that."
Boyce said Holmes and Jackson State have a bond in the fact both institutions have a large number of first-generation college students. "It's on us to make sure they can navigate our system seamlessly," he said. Lots of work has been done to improve education and articulation agreements between institutions have played a major role in that process. "All of that work was not afforded to non-traditional students years and years ago," he added. "This relationship will create that seemless relationship that will allow them to succeed."
Meyers echoed Boyce's comments by saying, "We all realize that this is a different landscape, a different world of education. We have in Mississippi a unique opportunity that stands to benefit everybody. Sure this is a worthy challenge. Everybody in the whole state benefits. Educated students make informed decision."
"This is a commitment to the future of our hometown, our state," she said. "It's a wonderful thing. All community colleges and universities have a commonness to serve the students of our state. I know it can work, will work. Getting above a certain age doesn't limit your dreams and your heart songs of what you want to do and want to explore. I've been there and got the t-shirt."
"We are committed to raise the educational levels of the whole state," she added. "We want them to have something real and a direct pathway from an associate degree to a bachelor's degree. I'm so happy and proud of this special, special day. We are investing in the future of the next generation. This is a solid, real investment that we are making. We treasure our relationships with the area community colleges."
Under the agreement, HCC will provide classroom space and a list of potential graduates and their corresponding degree programs, and both institutions will develop and maintain specific Matriculation Agreements (MAs), outlining courses to be taken at HCC and courses to be taken at JSU. The MA guarantees to the HCC student that the prescribed courses may be used toward a specific degree plan at JSU.


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As is the case with most twins, the similarities don't usually stop with appearances.
Like his 19-year-old brother, Chase Norrish plays on the blueline with the first-place Yorkton Terriers and like his sibling he is in his second season with the SJHL team.
What is eerie, to a degree, is both played in 56 games during their rookie campaign and both racked up the same offensive numbers – six goals and 11 assists.
He also played his midget hockey with the Beardy's Blackhawks of the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League and in 2010-11, like his brother, played three games for the Terriers.
Chase Norrish has also attended a Western Hockey League camp in Medicine Hat, but he is happy playing with the Terriers and keeping the door open for a college scholarship opportunity.
That is where the line is visible in the sand, however, as Chase has three goals and seven helpers in 27 games this year (Brady has 3-12-15 totals in 25 games) and although he would like to pursue the college route, going to an American college isn't a priority.
"I'd like to stay in Canada if I can," admits Norrish.
Having written his SAT and completed his Grade 12, Chase Norrish is focusing on hockey and hoping that his play on the ice will generate some interest from post-secondary institutions.
"I'm just taking it year by year," says Norrish.
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"If you still wanna run, maybe there's something I can do to help!" Pinkie Pie suggested.
Fluttershy frowned and lowered herself to Twilight's level. "Word of advice; Don't accept HER help. She doesn't take anything seriously." she whispered before looking back to a now frustrated Pinkie.
"UGH! Why do you have to be so awful to me!?" She questioned, angrily stomping a foot on the ground.
Rarity approached her also upset. "Oh pfft-K-Psh! Don't play innocent Pinkie Pie! You are no better than she is!" she then pointed at Fluttershy before being grabbed by Pinkie.
"AND WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!" she yelled before letting go.
"I am happy to lend my assistance as well...TO SOMEONE WHO WOULD APPRECIATE WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER!" she retaliated.
Now Rarity, Pinkie, and Fluttershy were in a full blown argument, yelling, screaming, and complaining at each other. Dan Green attempted to break the girls up by stepping in.
"Hey! Hey! Calm down ladies! Can't we just work something out??" he suggested only to be shoved aside by Rarity.
Spike wasn't going to stick around for the outcome and quickly took refuge in Twilight's backpack, zipping it closed from the inside!
"Listen to ya'll caren on!" Applejack finally spoke up, sitting on top of the teacher's desk. "Get over it and move on!" she ordered before dropping an apple core into the trash can next to her.
Rarity approached the high school cowgirl, not ready to calm down just yet. "You mean like how you've gotten over what happened with Rainbow Dash?" she asked.
Applejack glared. "She said she'd get the softball team to make an appearance at my bake sale! I tell everybody they're comin' and then not one of them shows up! She made a liar out of me! That's different!" she explained.
"Is not!" the 3 girls claimed.
"Is too!" Applejack came back.
Once again, everyone but Twilight and Sonic's crew continued bickering. Until finally, Twilight had enough.
"STOP! All of you!" she yelled. instantly, the entire room fell silent. "I wanna show you something." she said before reaching for the book that Spike was holding out for her.
She opened the book to a page which showed the 5 girls including Rainbow Dash during their freshmen year. "You were friends once." she assured.
Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles approached to have a closer look at the photo.
"The freshmen fair...ya'll remember that?" Applejack asked.
The girls nodded, all remembering the times when they would hang out and talk and have fun together.
Twilight closed the book and looked back to the group. "But something happened. I think that something was Sunset Shimmer." she stated.
Rarity approached her and frowned. "Well it's a nice theory darling but Sunset Shimmer had nothing to do with it!"
Sonic gave the purple haired girl a doubtful yet smug look. "Oh really?"
Fluttershy nodded. "She's right. Sunset Shimmer isn't the one who ruined my silent auction for the animal shelter by bringing fireworks and noisemakers. It was supposed to be a serious event, and Pinkie Pie ruined it!" she explained before turning her back and crossing her arms with a frown.
Pinkie begged to differ. "What are you talking about? I got a text from you saying you didn't want a silent auction. You wanted a big party!" she informed.
Fluttershy looked up, now rather confused than angry. "I-I never sent you any text."
The frizzy haired teen also had a sudden look of confusion. "You didn't?" she asked.
Now it was Rarity's turn to piece together her situation. "You don't think she's the one who's been sending me all those emails do you? Every time I volunteer to help with the decorations at the school function, I get an email from Pinkie Pie saying she has plenty of volunteers. And then I find out she's done everything herself!" she explained.
"I never sent you any emails." Pinkie replied.
Tails grinned. "Looks like all the pieces are starting to fall into place."
Now Applejack had the same thought. "Hey...maybe she's the reason Rainbow Dash didn't show up for my bake sale!"
"Didn't you ever ask Rainbow Dash why she didn't show up?" Twilight asked.
Applejack frowned, rubbing the back of her head. "I guess I kinda stopped talking to her at all after that.."
Twilight got up from her seat and approached Applejack with a supportive smile. "Maybe now would be a good time to start."
Knuckles stood up from his seat as well. "If we're gonna find her, She's probably outside practicing her soccer skills in the field." he explained.
Now that Rarity was well aware of what was going on, she realized what the red headed fighter was wearing then fainted.
Sonic blinked. "Uh...Is she ok?" he asked.
Rarity quickly got up and dashed over to her bag before pulling out her measuring tape and proceeding to do the same as Twilight, measuring his clothes before pulling out a better looking wardrobe and slipping it over Knuckles. His white sleeveless shirt was now a red short sleeve and his workout pants were red but now sported a white stripe going down to either sides.
Rarity sighed. "Sorry...But I just can't stand to even look at you with those hideous rags!" she commented before clearing her throat. "No offence."
Knuckles looked over his new look. "Erm...none taken." he replied.
"So now can we go look for Dash?" Sonic asked.
Everyone nodded before following Knuckles to the soccer field outside.
That is until something came up for Sonic.
The blue haired adolescent continued to follow the group before being stopped in the hallway by a rather familiar-looking pink haired girl in a red skirt and red boots.
"Excuse me! You look new! Allow me to introduce myself! I'm Amy Rose but you can just call me Amy! What's your name?" she cheerfully asked.
Sonic went wide-eyed. [Oh no...I should've guessed this world had one too…] he thought to himself before looking back to the newcomer with an annoyed sigh. "I'm Sonic. Now if you could just step aside and let me get back to my friends, that'd be nice." he said.
"Aw! But we just met! Unless you don't mind if I join you guys!" she suggested with pleading eyes.
Sonic rolled his, knowing how Amy would not give up so easily to be with him. "Fine but just so we're clear, We are just friends!" he assured.
Amy nodded, secretly crossing her fingers behind her back. "Whatever you say Sonic! Now let's go!" she grabbed the teen by the arm and ran after the group.
Later at the school's soccer field, Rainbow Dash was busy kicking a row of soccer balls into the goal before Applejack approached her.
Meanwhile on the sidelines, The rest of the group including Amy were sitting on the bleachers, observing the two girls working things out who could be seen talking to each other.
"They're actually talking! That's a good sign!" Rarity commented.
After a while, the two could be seen hugging.
Pinkie Pie beamed. "HUGS~ Hugs are always good!"
The reunited duo walked back over to the bleachers.
"Somebody, and I think we can all guess who, told Rainbow Dash that my bake sale had been moved to a different day. Dash showed up with all the softball team and thought I canceled on her!" she explained.
Amy smiled. "Maybe that's why I saw so many softball members after school in the cafeteria!"
Rainbow Dash walked up to the seated Twilight. "So you're lookin to dethrone Sunset Shimmer and become princess of the Fall Formal huh?" she asked.
Twilight remained silent for a second until sheepishly nodding her head.
"Gotta say, I'd really love to see that happen! I'll totally help you out!" Rainbow said while bouncing a soccer ball on her knees before letting it drop then placing her foot on it.
Twilight gave a hopeful and gleeful smile.
"All you gotta do is beat me in a game of 1-on-1!" she announced.
Twilight's happy expression faded into a more worried one. "What?"
"First one to 5 goals wins!" Rainbow maneuvered the ball back onto her foot, launched it onto her head, pushed it into the air before unleashing a powerful kick on it, sending it rocketing into the goal behind her.
"One zip!"
Knuckles chuckled. "I see Rainbow hasn't changed one bit.." he joked.
Sonic grinned. "Alright Twilight! Let's see if you can do what I do and run with those legs of yours!" he yelled, trying to show some support.
"C'mon Twilight! You've got this!" Tails added, also wanting to show some moral support.
The game was on.
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"Oh pfft-K-Psh!
Rarity Beat-boxes.
Rarity Beat-boxes.
are you gonna continue the story sometime soon?
Interesting how you brought in Amy, crushing on Sonic like a madwoman, just when they went to look for Rainbow Dash... X3
Amy (in the Equestria Girls Event) just lied to Sonic, I know she's My favorite Sonic Frenchise Character, but honesty Amy leave him alone!
Can't wait to see My Favorite Sonic Frenchise Character, Sonic Go against My Favorite MLP:FIM Pony/Character, Rainbow Dash. and I, for the almost things I like, can't wait for it, Yeah!!!
Can't wait to see My Favorite Sonic Frenchise Character, Sonic Go against My Favorite MLP:FIM Pony/Character, Rainbow Dash. and I, for the almost things I like, can't wait for it, Yeah!!!


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Sarkozy concedes defeat in French presidential election
Sunday, May 6, 2012
PARIS (AP) — Nicolas Sarkozy has conceded defeat in France's presidential elections, saying he called challenger Francois Hollande to wish him "good luck" as the country's new leader.
Sarkozy thanked his supporters Sunday and said he did his best to win a second term, despite widespread anger at his handling of the economy.
He said "I take responsibility ... for the defeat."
Polling agency projections predict that Socialist Hollande will win the elections. Partial official results also show Hollande in the lead.
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Smart Cow
World-traveling Shallow Thought Wednesday guru John Lindner is back -- and smarter than ever, thanks to all the red meat in his diet. Here's John. LV
Is there anything as sweet as vindication? (I'm presuming total world domination skews savory.)
When the unseen, unelected, unwelcomed panjandrums of nutritional purity declared butter and eggs "unhealthy," I held out, eating, if anything, more butter and eggs. Both those staples have since returned to the good graces of our would-be keepers. Julia Child was, as always, right. Still, the puritans press on.
They inflict warning labels on the population least likely to need them while the most endangered demographic pays the sniffy cautions no heed because, hey, they're the ones most likely to bring a soldering iron into the bathtub. Safety concerns are not among their priorities. Misadventure is their only teacher. Besides, if you really need a written exhortation against climbing high-voltage relay towers, you're destined for an early grave, or very lucky. Officialdom cannot preserve you. It can only annoy.
So it goes with red meat. Long has it been the bane of green economists and yoga instructors. Beef, so the mantra goes, is inefficient and unhealthy.
Let me quickly interject that I harbor no animosity toward vegetarians or vegans (as long as they don't proselytize in breathy, apocalyptic outbursts or prudish murmurs). I mean, somebody has to challenge the herbivores, right? And yes, I agree, a diet of nothing but meat, while fun, may cause complications down the road. Scurvy comes to mind.
In quantities in excess of moderation, I like meat. Red meat. And now, finally, my position on red meat (eat it!) has been vindicated. Eating red meat makes you smart. No less an authority than NPR states the case.
Of course, this revelation makes me wonder why, with all the cheeseburgers under … well, ok, hanging over … my belt, I still can't understand elementary algebra and articulate a better case against helmet laws. Or does grinding the meat prematurely release its cerebral emoluments? Should I have sent back all those over-cooked burgers?
But then I don't eat meat for my brain … or my heart. I eat it for my soul. After all, what good is your health if you're miserable?
Meat. It tastes like being right.
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Academies sink into further difficulty
The E-Act academy chain was stripped of 10 academies this week after it was given a "financial notice to improve" by the DfE's Education Funding Agency last year.
The reorganisation appears to have been triggered by several of the schools receiving damning reports about performance following Ofsted inspections.
E-Act will remain in control of the further 24 academies while Department for Education (DfE) officials work to find different sponsors for the 10 schools affected.
Education secretary Michael Gove said...
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educational time bomb
The issues with the academy system, monitoring, standards and SEN is just the tip of the iceberg.
We have an educational system that a person with no teaching qualifications can teach a class room of children, what was once a profession is now just a job. All the many teachers I know are getting out as soon as they can, in just a few years all the experience particularly at the top will have gone.
There are fundamental flaws in the current system and is degrading further as other 'ideas' are rolled out with out due consideration of there impact. Money for SEN is not ring fenced so funds for an individual child does not have to be spent by the school on that child. There is no or minimal auditing of how the funds are spent and no teeth for those who are tasked with trying.
Can one imagine running a business in the same way, getting a tax allowance for one item but in fact spending it on another?
Then you have the personal connections (Gove with a key academy sponsor) in other scenarios such a relationship could be deemed inappropriate.
You'd be wrong ...
... to imagine that financial irregularities are confined to academies. My local bog-standard comprehensive was found to have a £450k deficit in 2007. The LEA bailed it out, staff were made redundant, changes were made so that the head could promise "this will never happen again", ya-di-ya-di-ya.
In 2011 it was discovered that the school now had a £850k deficit. The head left ...
Any business or Organisation
Any business or Organisation can be badly run, it's refreshing to see though that something is being sown about it. I look forward to my local council receiving the same action.......if only!
@evely - my partner is an artist and used to go into schools as a freelancer to teach children specific skills and techniques, the schools no longer allow this as she doesn't have a formal teaching qualification, end result.......the children no longer learn those skills. So it's not always the same as you mention.
We also have many teaching friends, they generally feel under pressure more than they used to but won't be leaving the profession, not whilst they continue to receive the holidays that they do and the pension that they will be entitled to. I personally wouldn't/couldn't do the job, but I guess they wouldn't be an accountant either.
Some of these academies are run by scam artists...
Ripping off the funds to line their own pockets but from this article it seems as though academies that are a part of large groups are under scrutiny which I assumed would be governed a lot better than stand-alone academies which really need monitoring and scrutinising.


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Milika III was the third planet in the Milika planetary system. This system was located in the Alpha Quadrant. This was an inhabited planet.
Early in his career, Jean-Luc Picard led an away team on this planet to save an ambassador. This incident was mentioned by Q as one of the crucial events forming Picard's personality. (TNG: "Tapestry")
Milika III appeared in the starchart Data and Picard were studying in Stellar Cartography in 2371. (Star Trek Generations, display graphic)
Judging from Q's speech, this probably took place before 2333, when Picard became captain of the USS Stargazer.
The star chart seen in "Generations" depicted the location of planets, stars, and star systems in the Alpha Quadrant. Based on the dimensions of the circles used to mark locations on the star chart seen in "Generations", this planet was located relatively near to the USS Enterprise-D.


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Mother May I
May 10, 2013 | by The Paris Review
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My Mother's Love
May 11, 2012 | by Albert Cohen
Shortly after fleeing to London from Nazi-occupied France, novelist Albert Cohen learned of his mother's death in Marseille. His grief took the form of a series of personal essays for La France libre, which later grew into Book of My Mother. It was translated into the English by his wife. In honor of Mother's Day, we bring you this excerpt.
She waited three hours for me in that square. Three hours which I could have spent with her. While she was waiting for me, wreathed in patience, I chose to concern myself, stupidly enthralled, with some poetic amber damsel, abandoning the wheat for the chaff. I missed three hours of my mother's life. And for whom, good God? For an Atalanta, an attractive arrangement of flesh. I dared to prefer an Atalanta to the most sacred goodness, to my mother's love, my mother's incomparable love.
Incidentally, if some sudden illness had deprived me of my strength or merely all my teeth, the poetic damsel would have pointed me out and ordered her maid to sweep away that toothless garbage. Read More »
A Week in Culture: Joe Ollmann, Cartoonist
June 14, 2011 | by Joe Ollmann
I live in a neighborhood in Montréal called Parc X. Now, I confess this sounds a lot more ghetto-y and gangsta than it actually is. It's really a hard-working, largely immigrant neighborhood that is in imminent danger of being overrun by white hipsters.
We do literally go through a hole in a fence from our slum to take our son to his school in the neighboring wealthy Anglophone area, but the fact that he wears a fancy school uniform does slightly tarnish our street cred, I admit.
Montréal's ostensibly a French-speaking city, but the French language is rarely heard in my mostly Greek and Pakistani neighborhood. I am neither French, Greek, nor Pakistani and speak none of their languages with proficiency, so I'm perpetually an outcast, though I am, by nature, a bit of a Zelig, attempting and failing to ever fit in. Always the pale, white, cultureless bridesmaid.
It was Easter recently, which this year not only coincided with Greek Easter, or "Greece-ster," as I sensitively and cleverly have named it, but also Passover. In the French-speaking world of Quebec, Passover is noted on French calendars as "Paque Juive," or Jewish Easter (!), which my Jewish homeys find offensive based on the fact that Passover preceded Easter and therefore should not be relegated to Easter-spin-off status. Oh people, why can't we all just get along?
Strong and Wise Mothers; No Children, Please
May 6, 2011 | by Lorin Stein
Dear Lorin:
This Mother's Day, I'd like to give my mom a thoughtful gift as a gesture of my deep love and respect for her. I'd like to give her a book with a strong, wise female character whom she might resemble. Do you have any suggestions?
Yes, I made that mistake once: I gave my mother To the Lighthouse—and told her that Mrs. Ramsay reminded me of her. She didn't much like the comparison. Mrs. Ramsay is certainly strong and wise, and we want our mothers to be strong and wise, but so often our mothers have ideas of their own. I suggest Lydia Davis's Collected Stories, which contains not only tributes to strong and wise mothers (including Mrs. D) but also funny and sympathetic stories about mothers under pressure.
My mother has an etiquette question: is it impolite to say when being seated in a restaurant "Away from children please," given that she has four children (but they are adults and she didn't take them to restaurants until they had manners). —A friend
This one I checked with my own mother, who managed a restaurant when my sister and I were children, and has pronounced views on restaurant etiquette. Her view: away from children, by all means! I feel the same. It is always depressing to see adult conversation sacrificed to the whims of some little psycho in a high chair, playing fort-da with its knife and fork. I think our mothers were absolutely right to leave us at home (even if, in my case, this has left me with an unslakable and expensive weakness for eating in restaurants, and for eating late, and generally for the company of grownups ... )
Happy Mother's Day to all!
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September 28, 2012
I photographed the most gorgeous actress, Aubin Wise, for the cover of Panorama's beauty issue out now. Aubin is staring in the Broadway musical Ragtime, opening in Boston today! She was the absolute best to work with. Her face is stunning and she was so easy going and sweet. I love working with great people!
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May 17, 2012
I absolutely adore how this photo shoot with Panorama Magazine came out. The retro feel, the saturated colors…love, love, love. I just get giddy when location, styling and the art direction of a photo shoot all come together to produce such fun images. Special thanks to Samantha House coordinating all these moving parts. She always has such great vision and creativity.
Boston Guide – Date Night
March 6, 2012
Lately, I have been doing work with Panorama Magazine and Boston Guide…you know, that Playbill size city magazine you see at many of the hotels and tourist spots. We did a really beautiful cover and style piece for the February issue I have been dying to share.
The photo shoot was a breeze and our models Christine and Shawn were fabulous. I swear the cover shot took only 10 frames to get. Christine was amazing.
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We define a distance metric using the RCS transform as the weighted L2 error in central attribute and neighborhood function value:
where the neighborhood difference is
The central attribute difference is similarly,
where a is the dimension of .
The bias term expresses a trade-off between the contribution of the central attribute error and the neighborhood function error. Generally the neighborhood error is the most important, since it captures the spatial structure at the given point. However, in certain cases of spatial ambiguity the central attribute value is critical for making the correct match unambiguous. For example in the image shown in Figure 2(c), the neighborhood component of the RCS transform would be roughly equal for the marked point and a point located just below the top lip (centered in the dark region of the open mouth). A modest value of disambiguates this case.
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In anticipation of Senate votes this week on a proposed expansion of criminal background checks for firearms sales, one gun rights organization broke with the powerful National Rifle Association on Sunday to urge support for a compromise drafted by Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Patrick Toomey, R-Pa.
The endorsement by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms — which calls itself the second-largest gun rights organization in the country behind the NRA, claiming 650,000 members and supporters — is one of several moves over the past few days that have provided a boost to the hopes of proponents of background checks.
While leading gun-control advocates — including President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg — back the bipartisan proposal, the announcement of support Sunday from the Citizens Committee reveals that there are substantial parts of the bill that are viewed as "wins" for the gun lobby, including provisions that would prohibit a government registry of gun ownership and make it easier to transport and market weapons across state lines.
Though news of a split in the usually unified gun lobby cheered gun-control advocates, the gun lobby can count other probable wins in the current debate, such as the likely defeat of legislation to limit military-style assault weapons and ammunition clips. Now, an expansion of background-check requirements for gun sales is considered the most likely major achievement.
Initially, gun-control advocates hoped for passage of a requirement for background checks of individuals purchasing a gun in most any circumstance. Currently, background checks are conducted only for purchases made from licensed gun dealers. The compromise measure, drafted by Toomey and Manchin, would require background checks for currently exempt online and gun show sales but not for most other private transactions.
There were other signs of momentum on gun control legislation over the weekend, included a tentative expression of support for the Toomey-Manchin compromise on Sunday from Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., an endorsement by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and indications of backing from several House Republicans, including some who have had previous endorsements from the NRA.
Officially, only three Republican senators — Toomey, Collins and Mark Kirk of Illinois — have said they plan to vote for the Manchin-Toomey agreement. Democratic aides say the bill will need the backing of at least six Republican senators to pass.
The measure still has a long and tortuous path, with dozens of amendments to the gun bill expected. The Senate is scheduled to begin formal debate Tuesday by first considering the plan to expand the gun background-check program.
Sixteen GOP senators voted late last week to proceed to debate, but several of them and some moderate Democratic senators said they are unlikely to support the bill's proposed compromise amendments. It is not known how many amendments will be considered by the Senate over the next two weeks. For the past few days, the Toomey-Manchin proposal has received nearly all the attention.
A decade ago, the NRA backed expanded background-check legislation, but it now stands firmly opposed. An NRA spokesman reiterated the group's opposition Sunday evening and again promised to score the Senate vote on the compromise in making future election endorsement decisions.
The group that backed the bill, the Citizens Committee, has far fewer members than the 4 million claimed by the NRA. It was founded in 1972 and functions as a kind of sister organization to the Second Amendment Foundation, a legal think tank and law firm based in Bellevue, Wash., that, along with the NRA, has been a leader in filing major court challenges to halt restrictions on gun rights.
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Revelation 8:10-11: "And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter."
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AKRON -- A weekend detour is set for Akron-area drivers as Memorial Parkway will be closed Saturday morning (May 4) through Sunday evening.
Officials say the closure is needed to place a new bridge structure over the parkway for the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway.
The bridge is located at the bottom of the hill between Hickory and Aqueduct streets.
Traffic will be detoured via Cuyahoga Street, Howard Street, Main Street, Market Street and Merriman Road. Access to all driveways, park entrances and road crossing will be maintained on both sides of the bridge.
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G-Star's s/s2012 campaign face: Clémence Poésy
19 Jan. 2012
G-STAR RAW LAUNCHES NEW CAMPAIGN WITH CLÉMENCE POÉSYDenim brand G-Star's new spring/summer 2012 global advertising campaign introduces fast rising actress, Clémence Poésy in images captured by the iconic photographer and filmmaker, Anton Corbijn. G-Star's new autumn/winter 2012 collection was presented yesterday at Bread and Butter Berlin with a RAW art performance.
Born in 1982 in Meudon, France, Clémence took on her first acting job at the age of 14. She starred in the Academy Award nominated film In Bruges with Colin Farrell, and in 127 hours, the highly acclaimed follow-up of Danny Boyle's Award winning Slumdog Millionaire. She became known amongst a wider audience through her role as Fleur Delacour in several Harry Potter films and her part in the US hit series Gossip Girl.
Clémence's rare and effortless beauty and style are an inspiration for the fashion world, and frequently featured in Vogue as well as on various magazine covers, from i-D to Nylon to Zoo Magazine to Crash.
The fast rising actress reflects the G-Star RAW brand DNA. She is a confident, strong and in control woman without compromising her femininity. Clémence's character embodies our unexpected combinations philosophy of mixing contradictory elements as she features in both Hollywood blockbusters and independent films.
Clémence on the G-Star campaigns: "I got to know G-Star RAW through their campaigns and Anton Corbijn's photography. It comes out in magazines, it's different, it's very simple, and it's got something very rock & roll."
Returning for the campaign are iconic photographer and film maker Anton Corbijn, whose black-and-white images were shot in Lisbon, and artist, filmmaker, actor and musician Vincent Gallo, who was introduced in the Autumn/Winter 2011 campaign.
In the campaign, both Clémence and Vincent wear the Arc pant, representing the continuing 3D denim innovation within G-Star. This iconic G-Star fit is the second 3D denim ever designed and this season G-Star introduces new and improved fits.
The G-Star spring/summer 2012 campaign will launch in print and online in February and outdoor media beginning of April. The campaign outfits of both Clémence and Vincent will be made available through G-Star Stores, marked with a special hang-tag for easy identification.
Denim Theme anchors G- Star Autumn/Winter 2012 Show
Yesterday G-Star RAW presented its new autumn/winter 2012 collection at Bread and Butter Berlin. G-Star is always looking for new ways to express its DNA, and this season chose to create an unexpected combination of a fashion show and contemporary dance.
G-Star's proprietary raw denim formed the basis for the clothing in the RAW art performance, which included seven male and seven female dancers. The show is based on a performance of Dutch choreographer and modern dance ambassador Conny Janssen. For G-Star Janssen re-choreographed ZOUT into a twelve minute fashion-ballet show. The professional dancers all wore pieces from the G-Star autumn/winter 2012 collection
Denim Theme anchors G- Star autumn/winter 2012 Show at Bread& Butter Berlin
The foundation of G-Star is based on denim, offering a broad bandwidth of styles, providing denim for everybody and being a true democratic denim brand. Highlights this winter include the introduction of the New Radar for men and women. This denim pant has lowered front pockets to create an effortless attitude, without having to wear your denim as 'hang low' as popularised by street culture for many years. Continuing this season are the 3D denim innovations throughout the G-Star collections. New fits introduced for Autumn/Winter are the Super Slim fit for men and the High Waist Skinny for women.
In terms of washings a key innovation this season is DeepTones. G-Star's new and unique denim treatment causes it to hardly fade when washed; making sure that dark denim stays dark. All iconic G-Star denims for both men and women will be available in DeepTones: G-Star Elwood, 3301, New Radar, Arc pant and Midge.
Alongside the denim theme, G-Star brings a colour palette of yellows, reds and oranges to the colour denim collection. RAW Correct Line offers this season a modern, city-formal wardrobe inspired by the 20's street style and socialites, including a fresh palette of python blue, bullet grey, orange and white. To complement these palettes G-Star introduces a strong black denim range in different fits.
Clémence Poésy introduced the performance and also sat front row along with German celebrity Cosma Shiva Hagen.
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I am very grateful to have any insurance coverage -- don't get me wrong -- but the deductible on this policy is a whopping $500 and -- and this is the biggest problem for me -- I have to pay 100% up-front for all of my prescriptions, then trust the insurance company to reimburse me 80%, in a timely fashion. Now, I currently am taking two protease inhibitors (no pharmaceutical names will be shared here, as I refuse to give them any free publicity), an antiviral, three prophylaxis medications and two vitamins. On the months I do IL-2, I add a whole host of other medications to combat the side-effects to my list of prescriptions. My monthly prescription bill can easily top $3000 most months. Never mind how to pay all of that cost up front, how can I even afford to pay my 20%, or $600?
Which brings me to the Medicare supplement portion of this column (you were waiting for that, weren't you?). Last fall, I participated in a week-long HIV retreat, and was talking with a friend of mine about this upcoming loss-of-COBRA dilemma. He shared with me that he had all of his HIV drugs paid for at 100%, by his Aetna Medicare supplement. It sounded too good to be true, but he gave me a contact number at Aetna and I followed up on it as part of my insurance investigation. Lo and behold, he was right! I am not acting as any kind of an insurance or Medicare agent here, just sharing my particular journey; but I must admit, that the Aetna Medicare supplement (the only supplement I investigated) fits very well into my particular prescription dilemma. Aetna will pay 100% of the cost of any HIV drug on their formulary, which is quite extensive -- I called their pharmacy and quizzed them -- even including such new medications as Sustiva. If your HIV drug is not on the formulary, they will charge only a $25 co-pay and you can submit a request for your medication to be added to the formulary. My three prophylaxis drugs have a $10 co-pay each. You can get a 90-day supply of medications for the cost of a 60-day supply, if it is a medication that you will be taking on a regular basis. For instance, I can get a three-month supply of Diflucan for $20. I haven't pursued whether or not Aetna will pay for my IL-2 yet, so I have no information to share with you on that.
My internists and GYN are not on the list of Aetna Medicare participating providers, so I will use my insurance coverage through my husband's job to pay for doctor visits. For me, the biggest expense was prescription costs and for that, Aetna's Medicare supplement works very well. Thanks to my friend, Richard, for the referral. I can also add that the agent who helped me get through the maze of Aetna pamphlets and jargon, and figure out if the supplement would be of any help for my particular case, was a real nice lady (not a high-pressure sales lady!) and I would highly recommend her. She came to my home, at no cost, and explained the various policies and coverage. If anyone is interested in a contact name and phone number to obtain more information, I would be glad to pass it on, like it was passed on to me. Just leave a message for Susan Cornutt at the ASP office.