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Can You Ever Be Friends With Your Ex?
Can You Ever Be
Friends With Your Ex?
So, can you ever be friends with your ex? Does it have to be all-or-nothing?
Comfort zoneAlthough it would make things much easier in the dating world, relationships rarely see mutual breakups. One person is usually the heartbreaker, while the other mulls over the breakup for weeks, even months. It's never easy to break up with someone you've shared good times with (and even if they were bad times, they were still times).
But the person who does the breaking up feels like less of a bad guy by offering that sense of truce: "It's not you, it's me. We can still be friends." This peace offering of friendship provides the dumper with the solace of knowing they aren't such a horrible person because they still want to be friends with their ex.
I've created a monsterNot only does it give the dumper the comfort of knowing they aren't monsters, but by wanting to remain friends, it also allows the dumper to feel that their former lover will still be in their life, and they won't have to miss having them around.
So now the dumper can move on with their life with ease, and with the pleasure of having coffee with their former mate every so often. The person who got dumped, however, has the pleasure of being constantly reminded of the person who ripped out their heart when they receive friendly messages and e-mail.
Obviously, these messages on the machine and coffee dates don't last long, and if they do, they end even worse than the breakup.
So, having considered all this, can you ever be friends with your ex? We say no. Find out why.
exes must stay that way because
You've seen each other naked
Although it may be possible to have casual sex with a friend, even this can damage a relationship. As hard as it is to accept, it's difficult to bring a relationship back to its normal state after having been intimate with someone. You will always have an image of that person naked, and memories of the trysts will always be triggered by the smell of her skin or perfume, or even by hearing a song that you once made passionate love to.
And as thick-skinned as you are, it's hard to see the person in the same light after being entangled in each other's skin and sharing a moment of sheer ecstasy with one another.
Can you ever be friends with your ex? We say no, and we have more reasons...
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would anyone like to post any interesting animal shows that they think we'd be interested in,
i know there is a thread about the show called "Tanked"
now i understand that not all of us can view stuff as some of us are in different countries,
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Tonight showing in England.....
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Excerpts From Testimony on Nomination of New C.I.A. Head
Published: September 21, 1991
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20— Following are excerpts from testimony by Bobby Ray Inman, a former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, at the hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the nomination of Robert M. Gates as the Director of Central Intelligence, as provided by the Federal News Service, a transcription company. Need for an Organizer
When I came to C.I.A. for the first day in -- the end of January '81 and looked at the chaos in the offices -- Frank Carlucci had already gone to Defense to be the Deputy Secretary -- I decided that we needed someone very bright, knowledgeable and capable to come and organize the two offices and to get them to work together coherently. . . .
Robert Gates had just finally gone back to getting the analytical job he wanted, and Mr. William Casey had never met him.
Now, it turned out that he had actually been exposed to him. Robert Gates had been part of a briefing team during the transition, but it hadn't registered. So I can with great confidence tell you for a lot of the press speculation of things about involvement in October Surprise, et al, Mr. William Casey didn't even know how Bob Gates was in that time frame.
May I shift quickly, and I'll try to be faster, to a topic, compartmentation. And I take your time on that because as I talk to my many friends in the news media, I find this is a problem that I've had the most difficulty getting them to understand, and so I dwell on it for a while here. One of the first things a professional intelligence officer learns is that sensitive sources and methods cause material to be compartmented. In more recent years, worry about political leaks also caused material to be compartmented. So it is that knowledge of compartmentation and the respect for it that has caused me to believe it is entirely feasible that there are areas that, yes, even the Deputy Director is excluded from.
There was a significant program related to the sale of arms to Iran, and there are real issues about whether that was properly certified and notifications done. There is separate activity related to a civilian private sector effort to support the contras. There is also the ongoing effort of intelligence support to the friendly forces in El Salvador, other countries. Plus, eventually, a legal program being rebuilt, all within the legal framework. There is the issue of diversion of funds, which would include the illegal, and the issue of involvement by C.I.A. into operations supporting the private sector effort after the Boland Amendments passed.
Some of the discussion, certainly in the media, has tended to put all those together and to say if you knew any one part of it to infer you must have known it all. And that's what I was trying to get at in the issue of compartmentation. Gates's Qualifications
I believe [ Mr. Gates's ] testimony is credible. First, the events are entirely plausible, of not being part of it. I have asked him directly. He told me directly that he did not. I have never had an experience where I found Mr. Gates lying to me, so my inclination, therefore, is to accept that he's told me the truth. And I believe that.
I believe, even if we weren't in the troubled world that we're going to be in, that he is the best candidate for the job and that he is now ready to provide the leadership and the management not only for C.I.A. but for the intelligence community that the country needs and that C.I.A. needs. . . .
I've been doing some sampling of youngsters I know and middle-level managers I know and a couple of senior ones. The very bright younger ones are very eager to see him return. There's substantial apprehension at other levels that he will move too fast, too swiftly and too brutally for their careers. So, I think you should all understand that if you proceed to confirm you're still going to read articles in the newspapers, people who are unhappy about their comfortable life being changed, about these are all being done for political reasons. . . .
I have to be honest to tell you that if I thought the world of the next 10 years was going to be one in which the primary responsibility for the Director of Central Intelligence was running covert operations, I'm not sure Bob Gates would be the individual I would be recommending to you today. But that isn't the world I see at all. The world I see is largely going to be trying to understand a vastly changing world, to support the necessary ongoing activities of the Director of Operations, but also looking for all those other human intelligence sources and supporting them, that are in the Department of State and the others, that are overt not covert.
Two Secretaries of State object to Mr. Gates's putting forward forcefully his own views. If you're ambitious to climb in this town, you don't go antagonize the Secretary of State, if you're on the route to promotion. Agency's Capabilities
. . . I hope the situation's better than what I'm going to portray to you. What the user community has asked the intelligence community to focus on for many years, is the Soviet military capability. . . .
In the years that I watched it was very rare you got a question asking you what was going on in the politics in a region or an area and I have a substantial worry that you know, the focus was on the Kremlin, what's happening at the Kremlin. . . .
That's why I made a reference earlier to -- it's probably not a good historical analogy, but referring to this as the Kerensky period. I think the failed coup was like 1917 -- replacing the czars -- 1918 still in front of us. We don't know what's going to happen out of these next six to nine months, and precisely what you put your finger on, the politics inside a lot of these republics may be the factor that determines it.


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Defendant Pleads Guilty in Scotty Joe Weaver's Murder
Jim Burroway
May 1st, 2007
On July 22, 2004, 18-year-old Scotty Joe Weaver's burned body was found at the side of a rural Alabama road. He had been beaten, strangled, cut, burned and robbed of between $65 and $80. While robbery was first thought to be the main motivation, Baldwin County District Attorney concluded that the crime was actually a hate crime:
"In Alabama, we have very little violent crime against race. We've gone past that in our state," said Baldwin County District Attorney David Whetstone. "We're not there yet in lifestyle changes. We haven't arrived yet to more acceptance." …
"We have very specific evidence that indicates part of the motive involved his sexual orientation," said Whetstone.
Whetstone noted that the wounds on Scotty Joe's body indicated "overkill," a common feature of anti-gay hate crimes.
Robert Porter, 18, Nichole Bryars Kelsay, 18, and Christopher Gaines, 20 were arrested and charged with capital murder. Gaines and Kelsay had been Scotty Joe's roommates.
Gaines appears to have been the most cooperative of the three defendants. Shortly after his arrest, Gaines' lawyer at that time said that Gaines told him that Porter "spoke openly of wanting to kill the guy because he was gay."
Yesterday, Christopher Gaines pleaded guilty to capital murder. A shortened jury trial will begin Monday to determine whether he receives the death penalty or life without parole. It's uncertain whether he will testify against the other two defendants when they stand trial later this year.
Alabama's hate crime law doesn't cover sexual orientation, but prosecutors said it would be a factor in determining if they would seek the death penalty. Scotty Joe Weaver's murder was not included in the FBI's hate crime statistics for 2004, representing another example of the gaps in the FBI's hate crime reporting program.


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Tanya Tolman, a senior wellness management major from Newcastle, Wyo., was named recipient of the coveted Spirit of BH award at the annual Student Volunteer Awards banquet.
Tolman received her award from BHSU President Thomas Flickema. The talented senior was nominated by a professor, a student and an administrative staff person. It is unusual to receive nominations from more than one source.
Described as an enthusiastic student and BHSU advocate Tolman served as president of the student ambassadors, served on the swarm day committee, was special-events chairperson for the student activities committee, a member of the wellness club, coordinator of Christmas on campus, Big 100 Week coordinator, coordinated the Clint Lewis benefit dance and raffle and served as a volunteer student athletic trainer.
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Last night, on the Charlie Rose show, as Bill Maher and Larry Charles pontificated about their own brilliance in the face of those people—you know, the religious folk—I could not help but think that on the opening weekend of their atheism movie "Religulous" they came in far behind the number one movie "Beverly Hills Chihuahua."
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Yes, that little pint-sized puppy scrapped with the big dog and showed him that a little nice beats a whole career built on expressing personal prejudice.
On its opening weekend the atheism movie Religulous' box office rank was ten with Beverly Hills Chihuahua coming in at number one the "Christian movie" Fireproof came in at number 8 and a comedy that utterly demolishes the far left liberal movement, particularly Michael Moore, entitled An American Carole came in at number 9.
I would think, I would imagine, I would hope that both atheists and Christians are more than read to abscond from Bill Maher's style of arguments from outrage and make attempts to engage in civil discourse.
Bill Maher stated that he is getting email from people telling him that at the end of his atheism movie people actually clapped and he asked when the last time people clapped at the end of a movie. Well, let's see…what day is it? Just last week when I went to see An American Carole people clapped when the movie was over. And yet, in both cases there sympathetic audiences—so what of it?
If you are interested in Bill Maher's very many fallacious assertions please see the following essays:
Bill Maher's Cinematic Endeavor
Bill Maher's Errata
Bill Maher's Sad Anniversary
Richard Dawkins and Bill Maher: The Dynamic Duo of Demonstrably Deleterious Delusion, Part 2


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Media Hit of the Week: Victory in Ohio
Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite wrote about Ohio's repeal of the anti-workers' rights law SB-5 this week at the Washington Post's On Faith page. Thistlethwaite interviews FPL board member Rev. Tim Ahrens of We Believe Ohio, who we worked with on the anti-SB-5 campaign:
But another thing the sign "Thank God for unions" represents is the role of people of faith in the defeat of "Issue 2″ in Ohio. The sign and its sentiments show that political conservatives no longer "own" religious values in the public square. Thus, there was not only a groundswell to fight these draconian cuts in state workers rights, but also there was also strong faith support for rejecting these cuts. Drawing 'values voters' into campaigns used to be only a conservative strategy, but that is no longer the case.
Rev. Tim Ahrens, senior minister of the First Church of Columbus, Ohio, and one of the founders of We Believe Ohio, a coalition of diverse religious voices in Ohio dedicated to achieving social justice, has been working hard with other people of faith in Ohio to defeat Issue 2.
I contacted Rev. Ahrens, following the defeat of Issue 2, and asked him what this vote in Ohio meant in terms of faith and public issues.
Rev. Ahrens replied, "Hundreds of thousands of Ohioans have fought long and hard for the past 11 months to reverse the river of a right-wing attack on working men and women and their families. We have overcome lies and deceptions to do so. As people of faith, we need to remember that labor and economic questions are fundamentally religious questions. There are no purely spiritual interests in our times that are not made manifest in the every day life of working people. Every day real working people get up, pray, walk out their door and give us their best. They return to their families exhausted from serving. That is spirituality made manifest. That is faith beyond belief."


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I've been eyeing the Tom Bihn bags (specifically the Imago, possibly also the MCB), thanks in part to the great reviews I've seen online.
However - the only light interior/lining colour seems to be wasabi, which (to me) seems far too lime-green-y.
Is there a chance of other light interior colours being used in 2013? Pale blue, grey (lighter than steel), linen, etc.?
Given the cost of international shipping, I'm happy to wait if more colour options are likely to be on the horizon.


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I have been with my girlfriend for 5 years and over the past 3 months she has lost total intrest in sex. I have tried everything (I mean everything) The romance and passion is gone...She said she's not intrested in anyone else just doesnt want it...HELP!! Is it something women go though? She has even told me to go get it somewhere else just as long as she doesnt know who...i dont want that and you can only spank off os much (lol) Any help would be great!
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Jun 10 @ 3:57PM
Yes Luv ... however age has little to do with it ... it is about a woman's horomone levels. When the decrease and age yes can be a factor, the sex drive decreases. Thousands of studies have been done on this topic. You can set the mood and foreplay until your balls fall off ... won't make a difference to her. It is biology ... horomone levels. Estrogen to a woman is like testorone to a man ... and women do have levels of testorone ... some doctors even prescribe testorone to women to help improve their sex drives and horomone levels. If she is interested ... have her talk with her ob/gyn.
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Jun 10 @ 5:36PM
I don't know her age......but it could be the onslaught of MENOPAUSE!!
Jun 10 @ 6:24PM
Well, I'd say the "problem" is either physical or emotional. A trip to her OBGYN could help with any physical symptons.
Emotional...... that's a different can of worms. Every woman I've encountered who ever lost interest in sex....... meant she was no longer interested in me. That is a lot harder to fix......... IF it can be fixed at all. Takes a lot of conversations. Counseling can help........ if you want to expend that much energy. She may have already "given up" in her mind........ but is reluctant to leave the relationship because to MANY people, men and women, a bad relationship is still better than the unknown of being on your own.
You have some work ahead of you figuring out just what is going on with her.
Good luck.
Jun 10 @ 8:53PM
Ohhhh but I have very strong feelings about this topic. So here goes and you might want her to read this.
Assuming the relationship has not been jeoparized for other reasons and unless there is a valid medical reason for your g/f no longer enjoying sex then she and subsequently you,have a serious problem.
It is completely unfair for a parnter to simply say they have stopped enjoying sex and leave the partner to their own devises. This tells me she has already left the relationship physically and emotionally will not be far behind.
Not knowing her age but given the possibility she could be pre-menapausal, is still no excuse for quitting the sexual enjoyment you receive in a relationship.
Many women do feel the effects of menapuase and simply no longer feel sexual This means they have to work harder at being sexual until it's 2nd. nature again. And ladies yes, sometimes it is difficult but you must continually work at it and make it just as important to your life as the rest of your activities.
Sexual intimacy is part of a healthy relationship. Granted the encounters may lesson with time but to banish them from a realtionship all together spells trouble.
To expect your partner to accept your decision to restrict or limit sexual intimacy truly tells me you no longer care about yourself, your partner and the strength of the relationship.
Humpppffff...guess I said enough.
Jun 11 @ 5:59AM
I feel for you my friend,and agree with the previous posters,most of the time it comes down to hormone levels or doctors who don't have the nerve to admit they don't know whats causing it.
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Former Puerto Rico State Senator Roberto Arango has publicly announced he's gay. Arango voted against gay rights and supported a constitutional ban on gay marriage.
In a radio interview with Noti UNO, Arango insisted that he had not been asked whether he's gay.
"The day someone asks me, I will give a reply," he said. "In that respect, I have nothing to hide."
"Are you a homosexual?" he was asked.
"Yes," he replied.
In resigning from his post three years ago in the wake of a gay sex scandal, Arango, a Republican with a record of supporting anti-gay legislation, blamed his enemies for his downfall and stated that he was taking nude photos of himself to document his weight loss….Don't we all…;)
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Dogs have their day (for my dogs, that would be every day). But pity the poor spider. If we're not blithely destroying any hard-spun web in our path, we're shrieking at, smacking, stomping and/or flushing them.
Mostly because they simply trigger some atavistic horror-blech-eek! reaction in our subconscious. I am among the eek-ers, though I have a no-kill policy, opting for the catch and release thing (the actual performing of which is assigned to my much calmer husband). Spiders are, I know, kind of miraculous (I've watched em produce silk from nowhere, like the magical Acme Thread Co., and spin their — OK, dastardly traps — over the course of an evening). Plus, without spiders the world would be very buggy indeed.
Now let's talk … tarantulas. Calm down. Yeah, they're big, and extra exotic spiders, but they're furry spiders. And in Coarsegold, Calif., where thousands of harmless ones make their home, the local citizens who gave grown to know and, well, admire them have been working to repair the rep of this much-misunderstood arachnid.
Each fall during tarantula mating season (yeah, see, even spiders need love) the critters emerge from their burrows in the search of a mate. The locals cut in on the arachna-romance dance one day a year to throw the Coarsegold Tarantula Festival, this year Oct. 27.
Dian Boland started the fest 14 years ago, shortly after moving to this little community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, about half an hour south of Yosemite National Park. "I accidentally ran over a tarantula and was severely admonished by a neighbor," she said. She decided to learn more about the spider, and the more she learned the more impressed she was.
"I wanted to make people aware of how interesting they are, how they really are good for the environment and unique to the mountains up here and really a lot of fun," she said.
The "fun" at the fest includes a "Hairiest Legs" contest for men and women, tarantula themed baking contest (no, spiders are not an ingredient, just a motif), costume contest, tarantula races and more.
Whether or not it's great fun for the spiders, who are, after all, probably in a pheromone frenzy, they will, in the end, see the benefits of the celebration. "I've had hundreds of people who say they spared the life of a tarantula because of the festival," said Boland. People are reporting they now gently move them from places they're not wanted, instead of resorting to a shoe or bug spray.
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Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan & Tajikistan - Heart of the Silk Road
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan & Tajikistan - Heart of the Silk Road
Group Tour Essentials
Most nationalities require a visa for Uzbekistan including UK, US and EU which should be obtained before travelling. While some nationalities including UK and US do not need official visa support before they can apply for their Uzbekistan visa, others will need a Letter of Invitation, and this will be provided by Undiscovered Destinations as required.
Please note that our scheduled Silk Road group tour requires that you obtain a multiple entry visa for Uzbekistan as you will be entering three times. The current cost of the visa if applied for directly at the Embassy in the UK is £57.
Most nationalities require a visa for Turkmenistan and this should be applied for before travelling. A Letter of Invitation will be required and this will be provided by Undiscovered Destinations. The cost of the visa if applied for directly at the Embassy in UK IS £75.
The Tajikistan visa should be obtained before you travel and a Letter of Invitation and a Hotel Voucher will be required. These will be provided by Undiscovered Destinations. The cost of the visa if applied for directly at the Embassy in UK is £20.
These guidelines are based on information supplied by the embassies in London. If you are applying for your visa elsewhere please check details with your selected embassy.
Please note: We cannot request the visa support until we have full passport and client details from you. We will also need a clear copy of your passport and the location of the embassy at which you are to apply for the visa. The visa support is embassy-specific, so you cannot subsequently change your mind about where you will get the visa. It is your responsibility to provide us with these details in full. Failure to do so will mean that we cannot provide the visa support. Not all countries have official Uzbekistan representation, in which case you will need to allow extra time to send your passport to a country with an Uzbekistan embassy.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you are in possession of a full passport, valid for at least six months after the date of return to the UK. We strongly advise that your passport contains a minimum of two blank pages, as this may be a requirement of the local immigration authorities. In addition certain countries will stipulate that the two blank pages are opposite each other. If you are unable to meet these requirements you may be refused boarding by your airline or denied entry by the immigration authorities.
For specific information about the requirements for your destination please check with the country's embassy or consulate. Alternatively UK citizens can visit www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice
Airport Tax
No departure tax currently applies when leaving Uzbekistan by air. There are also no border taxes to pay for the land borders crossed within this tour.
Customs Declarations
Please note that when you arrive in Uzbekistan you will be asked to complete two customs declarations. One of these will be kept by the customs officials and the other will be stamped and returned to you. You will need to keep this safe to present to customs when you next exit Uzbekistan. When you exit Uzbekistan you will need to complete one customs declaration to be given to the officials together with your previous form. This will happen at each border you cross.
Health and Immunisations
We strongly recommend that you contact your doctor's surgery or a specialist travel clinic for up-to-date information, advice and the necessary vaccinations. For a visit of less than one month, almost certainly you will be advised to have immunisations against the following: Diphtheria and Tetanus, Hepatitis A, Typhoid, Meningitis.
Important Information Concerning Medicines
In line with current British Foreign Office advice, it is important that if you are travelling with prescription drugs in Uzbekistan, that you also carry a doctor's prescription with you.
What should my travel insurance policy cover?
• medical and health cover for an injury or sudden illness abroad
• 24 hour emergency service and assistance
• personal liability cover in case you're sued for causing injury or damaging
• lost and stolen possessions cover
• cancellation and curtailment (cutting short your trip) cover
• Extra cover for activities that are commonly excluded from standard policies,such as certain sports
The policy should cover the whole time that you are away.
Your policy may also have:
• personal accident cover
• legal expenses cover
Common travel insurance policy exclusions
Always check the conditions and exclusions of your policy:
• most policies will not cover drink or drug-related incidents
You must take reasonable care of your possessions or your policy will not cover you.
Practical information
Local Currency
The currency in Uzbekistan is the som. In Tajikistan it is the somani, and in Turkmenistan it is the manat. For current exchange rates visit www.xe.com.
Where currency can be exchanged
It's relatively easy to exchange money in Uzbekistan, either at banks or moneychangers. ATM machines are not widely available in Uzbekistan – and those that do exist tend to be unreliable. The best currency to bring into Uzbekistan is US dollars – these should be crisp and free from any marks as many places will not accept them otherwise. Other currencies can be extremely difficult to exchange. When you cross borders into Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, your guides will be able to assist you with obtaining local currency.
Credit cards and travellers cheques
Changing travellers' cheques can be difficult and we do not recommend that you bring these. In addition to this, credit cards are not widely accepted. We recommend that you bring sufficient cash in US dollars to last your visit.
Best time to go
The region can be bitterly cold in its winter months, and fiercely hot during July and August. The best time to visit is generally accepted to be from May to June, and September to November.
Main Language
The official language of Uzbekistan is Uzbek, which consists of a number of different dialects. Having only recently been released from the Soviet Union, Russian is also widely spoken, while Tajik is spoken by the country's Tajik minority. In Turkmenistan the language is Turkmen, which as a Turkic language is similar to Uzbek. In Tajikistan the official language is Tajik, from the Persian language family. English is becoming increasingly widely spoken but it is still not always easy to find someone who speaks it.
Main Religion
Uzbekistan is predominantly Sunni Moslem, although not many people actually practice their faith regularly and Islam is interpreted less strictly here than in other parts of the world. There are also small pockets of Judaism and Christianity.
Food and drink
Central Asian cuisine tends to feature a fair amount of mutton as a staple. Uzbekistan is influenced by Turkish style cuisine and often involves kebabs, breads and various dips. Plov is a regional favourite – a mixture of rice, meat, fried onions and vegetables which is similar to a pilaf. Other dishes to look out for are steamed pumpkins, stuffed cabbage and vine leaves, and a variety of dishes made from fermented dairy products. The food in Uzbekistan contains a fair amount of spices but tends not to be too hot – cumin, coriander and sesame seeds are some of the most popular spices used. In summer, fruit, vegetable and nuts can be found in abundance.
If you have any special dietary requirements you must notify us at the time of booking. While we will make every effort to cater for you, we cannot guarantee that this will be possible. Vegetarians may experience a lack of variety in food as much is made or flavoured with meat.
As a rough guide, a simple meal will cost around $4-8, while something more elaborate will cost $8-10 or more depending on where you eat. Street snacks are cheaper, at around $1-3.
Our tours in Central Asia use either private cars or air-conditioned minibuses which although not luxurious are perfectly comfortable. We also take some domestic flights, which are made on either RJ85 or A320 aircraft (Uzbekistan) and Boeing aircraft (Turkmenistan).
Local conditions
Travelling in the destinations that we visit requires a good deal of understanding that often standards simply won't be as they are at home. While we aim to make your trip as comfortable as possible, please be aware that we are often visiting remote or less developed regions that may have little infrastructure. While we aim to make your trip run as smoothly as possible there may be times when we need to ask for your patience while we rectify any problems.
What to take with you
First Aid Kit
The first thing on your list should be a first aid kit. Whilst there is no undue cause for alarm, travellers are best advised to travel well-prepared: adequately immunized, with sufficient supplies of prescription drugs, along with a medical kit.
When it comes to clothing it is usually recommended that lighter clothes are worn through the day, and warmer ones at night. A hat is also advised to be worn through the day to protect from the sun. You should make sure that you bring a waterproof jacket for any rainy days. As Uzbekistan is conservative in terms of dress codes you should make sure that you bring a few outfits that are suitable for entering mosques and religious buildings – long sleeves and trousers / skirts are a good idea.
Footwear is a main priority on this tour. Comfortable walking shoes/boots are recommended.
Your luggage should not exceed 20kgs (44lbs). One large suitcase/rucksack, and one small hand luggage rucksack is acceptable. Please note that you will be crossing land borders on this tour, so you may wish to take wheeled luggage; some border crossings can be lengthy
Suncream/sunblock is a must. Insect repellent, including a bite spray will also be useful to have.
You will not need to bring a sleeping bag as bedding will be provided when at the homestay. However we do recommend that you bring a towel.
This tour does not require any special degree of fitness but you will find it more enjoyable if you are reasonably fit.
Cultural and environmental guidelines
Women should not enter mosques unless specifically told they can do so and you should always refer to your guide regarding dress code and behaviour in and near religious sites.
You may come across beggars while on tour in Uzbekistan. Every traveller has different perspectives on this and ultimately the choice is up to you. Many sources recommend that you watch to see if local people give, and then follow their lead with genuine beggars. We do not recommend giving money, sweets, pens etc to children as this can encourage a begging mentality and can lead to children choosing to beg rather than go to school.
Haggling is a way of life in Central Asia when making many purchases, especially with tourist souvenirs. Usually, but not always, the vendor will start with a price that is higher than they are prepared to accept, and the buyer is expected to haggle. There are no hard and fast rules with this – some vendors may initially quote a vastly overinflated price, others may start with a price close to the true value, while others may just present you with one price and not be prepared to discuss it. Although many tourists may feel uncomfortable with this, it's important to remember that this is best entered into in a relaxed manner. Once you have agreed upon a price, it is extremely bad form to then not pay this. Please also bear in mind that a small amount of money to you can be a relatively large amount for the vendor, and that it is not necessarily best practice to 'beat the vendor down' to the lowest possible price. Remember that they also have a living to make.
Please make sure that you take any rubbish back to the hotels or camps with you where it can be properly disposed of – this includes cigarette butts as well.
Please do not buy any products made from endangered species – this is not sustainable and hastens the species' decline.
You should always ask permission before taking anyone's photograph and respect their decision if they say no. In more remote areas women and older people often do not want to be photographed. Some people may also ask for some money – sometimes a little, sometimes a lot - in return for a photo. Taking photos of military installations, state buildings, and airports can lead to problems with local authorities. If you are unsure about whether it is acceptable to take a photo, please ask your tour leader or guide.
Please note that many sites charge photography fees, which are not included in the cost of your tour. You should allow around $40 or so if you wish to take photos at a wide range of sites.
Tipping is common practise in Central Asia. If your local guide has been helpful then you could think about tipping. If you are travelling on our group tour, a reasonable amount to allow would be around $3-4 per person per day for the guides, and around $2 per person per day for the driver.
Foreign Office Advice
We constantly monitor the advice posted by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). In particular we will always advise clients of any travel warnings. At the time of writing the FCO advises against travel to areas of Uzbekistan which border Afghanistan – this includes Termez which is visited on this tour. It is likely travel warnings will remain in place for some time to come, and we are only able to accept a booking on the basis that you are aware this is the case and confirm that you are still happy to travel irrespective of the current FCO advice.
Furthermore, it is the clients' responsibility to ensure that they hold full travel insurance which includes medical repatriation.
You should check the validity of your insurance with your provider, given the travel warnings in place. We can however, help you organise insurance which will continue to be valid.
It should be noted that this information applies to British citizens. Other nationals are asked to check the current position of their respective government.
Further Information
Public Holidays in Uzbekistan:
1 Jan Victory of Islamic Revolution.
8 Mar Women's Day.
21 Mar Navruz (New Year)
1 May Labour Day
9 May Day of Memory and Respect
1 Sep Independence Day
8 Dec Constitution Day
In addition to this Uzbekistan celebrates a number of Islamic holidays which follow the lunar calendar and so vary annually.
Dates are for guidance only and may vary year to year
Electrical Supply
Electrical supply is 220V and plugs usually have two round pins like most European countries.
Recommended Reading
Central Asia – The Lonely Planet Guide
Bradley Mayhew
The Great Game
Peter Hopkirk
The Lost Heart of Asia
Colin Thubron
Murder in Samarkand
Craig Murray
A Ride to Khiva
Frederick Burnaby
Please note that the information provided is correct at the time of writing but may change. It is intended as a guide only. Further information regarding vaccinations and travel health visit www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk or contact your local healthcare provider.
In addition we strongly advise you to check the information and any travel advice provided by your government. For British citizens you should visit the Foreign Office website www.fco.gov.uk.
Furthermore, you should be aware that any travel warnings or advisories may affect the validity of your travel insurance. Therefore, at the time of booking your tour it is essential you check any restrictions on cover with your insurance provider.
Issue Date – 04/04/2016 LM
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Unlike its non-concurrent form, tuples aren't frozen, and it needs VACUUMing due to the aforementioned DELETEs that will leave dead tuples behind.
Unlike its non-concurrent form, tuples aren't frozen, and it needs VACUUMing due to the aforementioned DELETEs that will leave dead tuples behind.
=Backwards compatibility=
=Backwards compatibility=
Revision as of 23:38, 5 March 2014
This page contains an overview of PostgreSQL Version 9.3's features, including descriptions, testing and usage information, and links to blog posts containing further information. See also PostgreSQL 9.4 Open Items.
Major new features
Replication improvements
Replication slots
TODO: Blog posts, redundancy of wal_keep_segments et al.
Replication slots allow standbys to provide information to the primary or upstream cascading standby as to the point they've reached in the write-ahead log. This information is available to the primary even when the standby is offline or disconnected. This eliminates the need for wal_keep_segments, which required the admin to estimate how many extra WAL files would be needed to be kept around in order to ensure supply to the standby in case of excessive replication lag.
Here is an example:
On the primary server, set max_replication_slots to allow the standby to register to a slot:
max_replication_slots = 1
The wal_level will also need to be set to at least "archive", but as this example will be using a hot standby, we'll set it to "hot_standby":
wal_level = hot_standby
Restart the primary for these settings to take effect, then connect to the primary and create a replication slot:
SELECT * FROM pg_create_physical_replication_slot('standby_replication_slot');
A standby can then use this replication slot by specifying it as the primary_slotname parameter in its recovery.conf:
primary_slotname = 'standby_replication_slot'
On the primary, you can see this being used:
postgres=# SELECT * FROM pg_replication_slots; slot_name | plugin | slot_type | datoid | database | active | xmin | catalog_xmin | restart_lsn -----------------------+--------+-----------+--------+----------+--------+------+--------------+------------- standby_physical_slot | | physical | | | t | | | 0/3000420 (1 row)
Now the primary will keep hold of WAL for as along as it needs to, which is until all standbys have reported that they have progressed beyond that point. Note, however, that if a standby goes offline, and the replication slow isn't dropped, WAL will build up on the primary. So if a standby needs to be decommissioned, it's slot should then be dropped like so:
# SELECT pg_drop_replication_slot('standby_replication_slot'); pg_drop_replication_slot -------------------------- (1 row)
Otherwise, ensure there is enough disk capacity available to keep WAL on the primary until the standby returns.
In future logical replication will also take advantage of replication slots.
Logical decoding
TODO: Blog posts, explanation of what it's the groundwork for
Performance improvements
GIN Index's now faster and smaller
TODO: Blog posts, benchmark results
When a database instance is restarted, its shared buffers are empty again, which means all queries will initially have to read data in direct from disk. pg_prewarm can load relation data back into the buffers to "warm" the buffers back up again. This will mean that queries, that would otherwise have to load parts of a table in bit by bit, can have the data available in shared buffers ready for them.
TODO: Example
Other new features
Normally, cluster-wide settings need to be edited in the postgresql.conf, but now changes can be made via the ALTER SYSTEM command.
postgres=# ALTER SYSTEM SET log_min_duration_statement = '5s';
This doesn't actually change postgresql.conf. Instead it writes the setting to a file called postgresql.auto.conf. This file *always* gets read last, so it will always override any settings in postgresql.conf. Setting it to DEFAULT removes the line from postgresql.auto.conf:
postgres=# ALTER SYSTEM SET log_min_duration_statement = DEFAULT;
An advantage of making changes this way is that the settings are more likely to be correct as they are validated before they are added:
postgres=# ALTER SYSTEM SET wal_level = 'like the legend of the phoenix'; ERROR: invalid value for parameter "wal_level": "like the legend of the phoenix" HINT: Available values: minimal, archive, hot_standby, logical.
If this had been set in postgresql.conf instead, and someone attempted to restart the cluster, it would fail. Naturally postgresql.auto.conf should never be edited manually.
Prior to PostgreSQL 9.4, refreshing a materialized view meant locking the entire table, and therefore preventing anything querying it, and if a refresh took a long time to acquire the exclusive lock (while it waits for queries using it to finish), it in turn is holding up subsequent queries. This can now been mitigated with the CONCURRENTLY keyword:
postgres=# REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW CONCURRENTLY mv_data;
A unique index will need to exist on the materialized view though. Instead of locking the materialized view up, it instead creates a temporary updated version of it, compares the two versions, then applies INSERTs and DELETEs against the materialized view to apply the difference. This means queries can still use the materialized view while it's being updated.
Unlike its non-concurrent form, tuples aren't frozen, and it needs VACUUMing due to the aforementioned DELETEs that will leave dead tuples behind.
Set-returning functions are most frequently used in the FROM clause of a query, and now if it's suffixed with WITH ORDINALITY, a column containing an ordered sequence of numbers is added.
For example:
postgres=# SELECT * FROM json_object_keys('{"mobile": 4234234232, "email": "email@example.com", "address": "1 Street Lane"}'::json) WITH ORDINALITY; json_object_keys | ordinality ------------------+------------ mobile | 1 email | 2 address | 3 (3 rows)


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So I've been using Rogaine liquid for the past year, but about two weeks ago, I started experiencing extreme itchiness on my hairline where I apply Rogaine. Also, the skin in that area became very rough, and somewhat swollen and red. So, to be safe, I switched from liquid to foam (since foam does not contain propylene glycol). Around the same time, my armpits and hands began to become very itchy as well. I took off my shirt last night to look at my armpits, and they were extremely red. So I look at the ingredients on both my deodorant and my hand lotion, and they both contain propylene glycol. So it seems to me that I have developed an allergy to propylene glycol. Am I overlooking another possibility of what is happening?
This leads me to another question: do I now have to switch over to products that do not contain propylene glycol? My hair product, soap, deodorant, and hand lotion all contain it. My shampoos contain glycol distearate; is that the same thing as propylene glycol? Can anybody help me with these questions? I'd like to go to a dermatologist with this, but I was just at one and I don't have the money to make another appointment. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


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2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup butter
1 cup
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5 large eggs
1 (6 oz.) milk chocolate candy bar
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Vanilla ice cream
Smucker's® Hot Fudge Microwaveable Topping
HEAT oven to 300°F. Coat 10-inch tube pan with flour no-stick cooking spray.
COMBINE all ingredients except hot fudge sauce in large bowl of electric mixer; beat at medium speed until just mixed and no lumps remain. Pour batter into prepared pan.
BAKE 1 hour 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. (Do not overbake.)
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May 4, 2016
Associated Press Release
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is giving a break to temporary workers due to the federal government shutdown.
Temporary farm, construction and other low-wage workers in Florida and around the country will get more time to request a visa extension, if they can show the primary reason for their delay in making the request was because of the three-week shutdown.
High tech and other temporary workers can make the same claim for extending their visa.
USCIS is a fee-based agency, so it continued to operate during the shutdown. But it relies on some data from the Department of Labor and other government agencies that were closed to process visa petitions and run other programs.
The government's work eligibility program for employers known as e-Verify was also affected.
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Western Washington University earned the No.6 seed in the West Region and will compete in the NCAA Division II Men's Golf South Central/West Regional beginning Monday, May 5 at Austin, Texas.
Playing host to the three-day, 54-hole regional which will be held at the Grey Rock Golf Course is St. Edward's University.
The Vikings have gone to regionals every year since joining the NCAA, this being their 16th straight appearance.
A total of 108 student-athletes from the West and South Central regions will compete for an opportunity to advance to the NCAA II Championships on May 19-23 at The Meadows Golf Course in Allendale, Mich. Each region qualified 10 teams and four additional golfers.
Leading WWU will be Kyle Schrader (Jr., Olympia/Tumwater), who took medalist honors last year, andMark Strickland (Jr., Mukilteo/Kamiak). Both helped the Vikings place second at the 2013 regionals and reach the national semifinals, being named Golf Coaches Athletic Association PING West Region all-stars.
Schrader and Chris Hatch (Fr., Mukilteo/Kamiak) were recently named first-team Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-stars. Strickland was a second-team pick after being a first-team choice last year.
Schrader has a 75.1 scoring average, Strickland 75.6 and Hatch 75.7.
Completing the Vikings' squad for interim coach Luke Bennett are Craig Crawford (Sr., Stanwood/Highland Christian) and Brennan Emory (R-Fr., Mount Vernon) (76.6 scoring average). Crawford, who was a first-team GNAC all-star in 2012, played in only the last four tournaments this season, but had a team-leading 73.0 scoring average and finished among the top 10 in three of them.
Six squads from the 20-team regional and the top two individuals not on a qualifying team will advance to the national championships.
Defending champion Cal State Monterey Bay is the top seed from the West Region. Chico State is No.2, with California Collegiate Athletic Association champion Cal State Stanislaus No.3, Sonoma State No.4, Simon Fraser No.5, WWU No.6, UC-San Diego No.7, Pacific West Conference champion Hawaii Hilo No.8, Dixie State No.9 and California Baptist No.10.
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference champion Western New Mexico is the No.1 seed for the South Central Region. Heartland Conference champion and host St. Edward's is No.2, Dallas Baptist No.3, Colorado School of Mines No.4, Cameron No.5, Midwestern State No.6, St. Mary's TX No.7, Colorado State-Pueblo No.8, Colorado Christian No.9 and Colorado-Colorado Springs No.10.


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When I am finishing a piece that I put poly on, I will sand with 220 grit sand paper between coats and make a tack cloth out of a paper towel soaked in mineral spirit. My wife has asked me to paint my current piece and I saw an article in another wood working magazine about fine painted finishes and just before the final coats suggest to scuff up the primer with 220 grit by hand and remove the fine powder with a tack cloth. What would you all use to get the dust off a painted surface before going to the next coat?
Best regards to all and safe woodworking,
With oil based finishes I use an old tee shirt (or blue shop towel) damp with mineral spirits. For water based products I use same water instead of mineral spirits.
I don't use store bought tack cloths for anything... I leave them on the store shelves were they belong.
Avoid homemade or store bought tack clothes. Many contain contaminates that can screw up your finish. And, they can pick up contaminates and spread them to the rest of the surfaces.
It's best to vacuum off the dust. After vacuuming, for the last coat, lightly wet a clean cloth or non-embossed paper towel with mineral spirits and lightly wipe the surface. That will remove any remaining dust or lint. No need for this between coats except for the last coat.
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I bought a good size roll of Cheesecloth, cut & fold it into what your hand is comfortable with. In my earlier just getting started, timid of the next step time. Upon reaching the stage of staining & finish of what took a great deal of time & effort to reach this latter point. I at that time bought Bob Flexners thick book on, Understanding Wood Finishing. In this he basely passed on the same advices as above. When you prersonally can control the amount, quality & combinations of the ingredient of a product, over the trust you place in some store bought products/material, that you cannot 100% vouch for. Over all,,, you are better off doing it your self, by controling the quality & amount of the product that you have choise to use.


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Why Roseville streets will " or won't " be resurfaced this summer
With the warmer months come road resurfacing projects, and some residents may be left wondering why certain streets get repaired and others do not.
The city of Roseville conducts these improvements when the weather is dry and ambient temperatures are high, which means in a couple months crews will begin resurfacing streets. They'll begin with roads in relatively good condition before addressing bad ones.
This might seem illogical, but officials say it's the most proactive and cost-effective way to maintain the city's 428 miles of streets with limited funding.
"We have to be strategic in terms of how we maintain all our streets," said acting Public Works Director Rhon Herndon.
He says targeting less-damaged streets with regular maintenance and applying a surface treatment every seven to 10 years keeps roads in good shape and prevents degradation to a condition that requires more costly repairs.
"It is a pro-active approach and not many cities and counties do that," said Streets Division Superintendent Jerry Dankbar.
That's why residents might see streets resurfaced in a subdivision built only five years ago.
"We do not want to get to the point where we have to use thick asphalt overlays that are very expensive," Herndon said.
The city hasn't used asphalt overlays as a regular fix-it measure for at least the past decade, instead turning to other treatments such as slurry seals or cape seals that protect roads from water intrusion - a street's worst enemy - and provide a new wearing surface.
Herndon equates this practice to replacing a car's brake pads, which drivers are advised to do before they've worn down to the metal.
A road not resurfaced for 20 years may look unsightly, but as long as it's safe for motorists and pedestrians, the city will withhold repairs until funding becomes available. If a road needs attention now, it gets attention now, Herndon said.
Resident Fred Lopez recently emailed the Roseville City Council to express his dissatisfaction with the process. He lives near the intersection of Woodcreek Oaks and Blue Oaks boulevards. He said the surface on Blue Oaks has deteriorated to the point of being a nuisance.
"The bumps, cracks and uneven road surface are unacceptable for this city and the thousands of citizens who drive that surface daily," Lopez wrote.
Dankbar responded that the segment of road in question is scheduled for resurfacing in the next three years. City crews will fill cracks with a hot rubber sealant and replace more distressed areas of pavement. Then an outside crew will resurface the street - contracting out is more cost-effective, Herndon said.
Dankbar told Lopez that potholes on Blue Oaks Boulevard will be repaired immediately.
Roseville receives an average of $5.3 million a year for road maintenance. About $2.9 million comes from gasoline tax revenues, $700,000 in state Regional Surface Transportation Program funds and $1.7 million in Utility Impact Reimbursement funds. This money can only be used for roadway purposes.
After the cost of road resurfacing preparation activities such as filling cracks and potholes, and maintaining roadway striping, markings and signs, and conducting drainage projects, the city has about $3 million a year left for resurfacing contracts.
The city notifies residents when resurfacing will occur in their neighborhoods. Residents may put their trash out for regularly scheduled pick-ups.
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To determine resurfacing, Roseville ...
- Uses a computer program that rates streets from zero to a perfect 100 on the Pavement Quality Index (PQI)
- Target PQI for residential streets is 65, and target for collectors and arterials streets is 72
- Residential streets serve neighborhoods and tend to get a slurry or cape seal treatment
- Collectors are medium-size streets that connect residential roads to arterial. They are usually two-lane roads with no parking. Treatments are typically more substantial than those used for residential.
- Arterial roads include Douglas Boulevard, Galleria Boulevard and Cirby Way. Treatments begin with microsurfacing before possible use of 1-inch asphalt overlay.
- Staff evaluates streets every three years to update the computer system
Recent road projects approved by Roseville City Council
- A pavement surface of hot mix asphalt microsurfacing will be applied to parts of Roseville Parkway and E. Roseville Parkway, beginning in July for $1.2 million
- Neighborhood streets will be cape sealed, including portions of Ridgewood Oaks, Foothills Junction Center, Westwood Terrace and Vineyard Point Business Center. Construction begins in July for $850,000.
- A pavement surface of hot mix asphalt slurry seal will be applied to various residential streets, including portions of Stoneridge East Village and Diamond Oaks neighborhoods and within the Pleasant Grove Wastewater Treatment Plant. Construction begins in July for $700,000.


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Woodard gets a clean slate
Supervisor Gregory Woodard has had his request to expunge the record of his indictment in 2008 on misdemeanor charges approved. Commonwealth's Attorney Robert D. Hicks and Circuit Judge R. Bruce Long signed Woodard's request on Jan. 28 to expunge his record, according to court documents. Woodard joins Supervisor Michelle Ressler, Sheriff Steve Gentry and Teresa Altemus, a former supervisor, in successful attempts to expunge the records of their indictments. Supervisor Bobby Crewe has not sought to expunge his record, a search of court records shows. Woodard was indicted in July 2008 on misdemeanor charges of malfeasance, misfeasance and misuse of office for transacting a public business in secret, engaging in warrantless searches and seizures and engaging in computer trespass. Those charges were later dismissed on Oct. 31, 2008.


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A man fell ten feet when a chairlift on Aspen Mountain broke and tilted towards the ground because of metal fatigue, but was not hurt.
Aspen spokesman Jeff Hanle said the unidentified man skied away and did not require treatment Saturday.
Hanle said the Ruthie's Express lift chair broke about 1 p.m.
Two other people on the same chair managed to hang on until the Ski Patrol arrived.
The lift was shut down and all the other chairs examined.
Hanle said he had never heard of a similar incident.
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It's been a very slow buying market here at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, with studios holding off until later in the week to drive the prices of films down. Of course, that didn't stop Focus Features from acquiring Hamlet 2 for $10 million dollars, the largest figure in Sundance history.
Today only saw one major film that found a home, and it was a film that I absolutely raved about in my review earlier this afternoon. It appears that director Nanette Burstein's midwestern coming of age documentary American Teen has been acquired by Paramount Vantage for an estimated $1 million. This marks the fourth major acquisition in the last two days, including the aforementioned Hamlet 2, Choke and Henry Poole is Here.
I could not be more excited for Nanette Burstein, who talked passionately today about her film at the press and industry screening. Her film is a really honest look at what its like to grow up in the midwest (read: the real world). And since that's where I come from, there is a distinct connection there. Either way, it is a great film. Need more proof, read my review: American Teen.
Keep an eye on our Sundance 2008 Homepage for more from Park City.