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Infrastructure, trade and regional integration.
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"The Pacific Alliance, as the group calls itself, is "the most exciting thing going on in Latin America today", according to Felipe Larraín, Chile's finance minister. Some outsiders think so, too. Costa Rica and Panama want to join; Canada's prime minister, Stephen Harper, and his Spanish counterpart, Mariano Rajoy, have said they will attend the Cali meeting as observers."
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TAMPA | Clinton McDonald is used to staying in the background.
Despite helping the Seattle Seahawks win a Super Bowl, McDonald was one of the least-talked free-agent signings during the offseason for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He could turn out be the most important.
The veteran noseguard has already provided a strong presence on Tampa Bay's defensive line on and off the field.
Gerald McCoy, who plays next to 6-foot-2, 297-pound McDonald, said it's easy to miss how valuable McDonald is to the squad.
"It's not always going to be him getting to the quarterback," McCoy said. "He does things people don't see. People see Gerald McCoy gets the pressure or Gerald McCoy make the play but people are not looking at the fact that there's no step-up lane because our nose has pushed the pocket. People see Gerald or (Adrian) Clayborn or Michael Johnson get the (tackle for loss), but people are not realizing the ball had to bounce (to the outside) because he made it bounce. He does a lot of things that people don't pay attention to unless you play football. That's why he's so valuable."
Coach Lovie Smith agreed with McCoy.
"We can talk forever about Gerald and we should just based on his play, but Clinton McDonald has really played well, too," Smith said. "So he has to get used to people saying, 'Oh, yeah, Clinton, let me talk to you, too.'
"We brought him in for a reason, to play next to Gerald. He's doing that."
McDonald knows he's not going to be the one generally getting the limelight. But as long as his teammates appreciate him, he's OK.
"As far as being highly sought and highly publicized, no, it's not highly publicized," McDonald said. "But your teammates give you the appreciation you need because they understand how difficult it is.
"I don't mind it," he said. "Me and a couple of friends back in Seattle used to say, 'we're just a bunch of nobodies, trying to tell somebody about everybody.' We don't seek out for the cameras or things like that. It's respect from our peers and respect around the league is what we look for."
Playing with the stacked Seahawks, McDonald started just one game in 2013 but matched his career high with 35 tackles and added a career-high 5.5 sacks.
Now, he will be in the middle of the Bucs' defense, one that McDonald knew a lot about when before he arrived.
"This defense is one of the defenses we looked at last year," McDonald said. "They were highly talented, they brought a lot of packages, brought a lot of speed. They were physical even then.
"A good thing about this defense is you don't have to push guys to be physical. They want to be physical. They want to hit. We want to stop the run, we want to rush the passer. We want to do things like that to make us a better defense."
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Be staff, very attentive.
Breakfast is not as extensive as it used to be.
friendly check in. free pancakes at night.
Individual AC units in room that I could set as cool as I wanted it. Facility needs updating, but at least it was clean.
No light bulbs in lamps on either side of bed, only 1 nightstand in room with one queen bed, no lighting at desk, very limited electrical outlets. I had no shampoo or soap. No "do not disturb" sign to put on door. Very strong odor of air freshener throughout facility.
Breakfast was not bad. Much better than last time we stayed.
Don't usually expect much from a Super 8, but was pleasantly surprised.
Clean enough
Well decorated
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Breakfast options were plentiful--Very impressive
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Didn't see an elevator--was with my mom who had bad knees and we were on the second floor. We only stayed for a night, so we didn't bother asking to be relocated.
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Bathroom didn't appear clean, but I think it was actually clean, and just run old/run down.
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Small details like Easter egg hunt in lobby
Worst experience
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This might be a better job for surrogates than for the candidate himself to adress. Historically framing the country as fucked up doesn't make you look very snazzy or confident.
Don't worry, the Bush/McCain 08 campaign has Cheney fixing the vote.
Remember Zimbabwe? We do.
Does anyone else notice that they received a BATTERY of other questions? Why is it automatically the "wrong track" question that made them go Obama?
@1 - Obama doesn't actually have to say the words "fucked up". But, he's certainly eloquent enough to frame the debate as "I think most of us can agree that we're on the wrong track (heads nod in approval), and my opponent doesn't plan to change anything (most of the undecideds suddenly leer at McCain)".
Hmmm. This might be a good time to review what we know about MoE's ... and subsamples.
Hints: Starting from N=589, a half-sample would be about N=295 ... and the Independent component of that would be in the neighborhood of N=65 (possibly varying considerably between the two half-samples; methodology is insufficiently disclosed).
Please do read the original 538 posts. This is more an outgrowth from the Obama-is-up-by-fifteen! or twelve! polls that came out this week. They had Obama up way more than ever before, and everyone was searching around for an explanation. The "do you think the country is going in the right direction?" question was added before the question Obama or McCain in these polls. In contrast, in the other polls that had Obama only up by 5%, this question was not asked.
The New Jersey study is being used to confirm this hunch. He acknowledges the low samples in this study. Still, the logic seems fairly solid. McCain *is* campaigning on the status-quo....
Jonathan -- My point is that with (say) 25 McCain Independents and 42 Obama Independents in the entire sample, it's neither necessary not possible to peg the discrepancy to question ordering.
As for the LAT and Newsweek outliers, differences in party mix offer a more pedestrian and fully adequate explanation.
Hey numbers guys:
When things are totally fucked up voters through out the incumbent party.
Everyone knows that.
Since a year ago things have gotten way even more fucked up with housing crisis, the price of food, shit I paid 1.50 for aa freaking yam at Safeway, and the price of gas.
You might try doing some numbers on how many points Obama gets more for each 25 cents the price of gas goes up...I'd say it's about 2 or 3.....
"Iraqs fucked up, the economys fucked up, health cares fucked up, the environments fucked up, and all John McCain can say is to stay the course. If thats the mindset that voters take into the ballot booth with them in November, Obama will win quite convincingly."
Yes, and what's better is Obama does not need to tell them everything is fucked up, everything really is so fucked up everyone knows it.
What would be interesting would be to do polls saying okay, what about Biden versus McCain? Richardson? Hillary? A rabid yellow dog?*
You might find that they are all up over the GOP quite a lot now.
*Note: this is not a coded reerence to a bitch, ie HRC. This is a reference to a "yellow dog Democrat." Go look it up.
PS: one warning sign amongst the generally good poll news right now is McCain is way ahead among Catholics. Now in the last 9 elections whither the catholics go that's who wins. They are the swing voters basically. Middle class folks who sometimes care about social programs if they do not feel threatened by disorder and crime and such.
So beware hubris, etc. etc.
We won't support NO-Bama whatsoever and will re-defeat him in November!!!
Say "YES" to War on Iraq by Dan Savage Oct. 2002
"War may be bad for children and other living things, but there are times when peace is worse for children and other living things, and this is one of those times."
"The War on Iraq will make it clear to our friends and enemies in the Middle East (and elsewhere) that we mean business: Free your people, reform your societies, liberalize, and democratize... or we're going to come over there, remove you from power, free your people, and reform your societies for ourselves."
Washington Post June 27, 2008
"Bomb Kills Marines, Iraqi Tribal Leaders
At Least 40 Die in Two Separate Attacks"
Say "YES" to War on Iraq by Dan Savage Oct. 2002
"War may be bad for children and other living things, but there are times when peace is worse for children and other living things, and this is one of those times."
"The War on Iraq will make it clear to our friends and enemies in the Middle East (and elsewhere) that we mean business: Free your people, reform your societies, liberalize, and democratize... or we're going to come over there, remove you from power, free your people, and reform your societies for ourselves."
Washington Post June 27, 2008
"Bomb Kills Marines, Iraqi Tribal Leaders
At Least 40 Die in Two Separate Attacks"
These are facts Americans continue to ignore:
1. It is not our duty or obligation to remove any dictator from any foreign country by invading and killing anyone in our way. The Monroe Doctrine, December 2, 1823
2. It is not our responsibility to invade a foreign country to promote the evil of democracy. The Monroe Doctrine, December 2, 1823
3 - It is not our responsibility to invade any foreign country to allegedly protect a neighboring country to settle squabbling, religious or tribal differences between them that have lasted decades or a thousand years. The Monroe Doctrine, December 2, 1823
4. The U.S. Constitution does not authorize the American people to be robbed using borrowed money to fund wars based on lies and what is known as nation building. Our military is for our defense, period. We have the right to defend if attacked.
5. Bush has acknowledged the fact that Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with September 11, 2001.
6. There were no weapons of mass destruction.
7. Iraq was NOT any kind of threat to these united States of America.
8. Bush and his co conspirators planned the invasion of Iraq long before September 11, 2001, because it is the agenda being pursued for world government and every country who doesn't fall lock step into line will be invaded and occupied until the desired results are achieved. That agenda includes making sure control of the world's oil supply is in the hands of the power brokers who own the U.S. Congress.
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This years West Nile virus outbreak is on pace to be the most lethal on record, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As of Sept. 11, the CDC had received reports of 2,636 cases of West Nile virus disease in people, with 118 deaths. Those numbers increased about 35% from the previous weeks report.
"Were still largely monitoring cases that occurred several weeks ago, and that was the peak of the epidemic," said Lyle R. Petersen, MD, MPH, director of the Division of Vector-borne Infectious Diseases in the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. "So we still expect large numbers of cases to be coming in, even for the next several weeks, even though the epidemic itself or the number of infections may be going down at this point."
Of the cases, 1,405 (53%) were classified as neuroinvasive disease such as meningitis and encephalitis. As was the case the previous three weeks, the number of neuroinvasive cases is the highest number reported through this time of year since the West Nile virus was detected in 1999. The total of number cases is the highest reported since 2003.
"We consider neuroinvasive disease the best indicator of the scope of the epidemic, since these cases are most consistently reported, and thus we continue to believe that this years outbreak is the most serious [West Nile] outbreak to date," Petersen said.
As was the case in previous weeks, two-thirds of the reported cases are in Texas, Louisiana, South Dakota, Mississippi, Michigan and Oklahoma, with 40% in Texas.
"We know that West Nile virus outbreaks are highly focal," Petersen said. "It depends on a number of ecological factors which are hard to measure, and which are influenced by weather such as the number of birds, susceptible birds in an area or conditions that may have caused more mosquitoes or change the interaction of mosquitoes and birds.
"All of this is something that were going to try and sort out in the upcoming weeks and months, as we start to look at the data in more detail."
The CDC wants to investigate other issues as well, Petersen said. "The infections only been here for 13 years, and so we really want to know what the long-term public health impacts and impacts on people are." The CDC also plans to examine "the genetic characteristics of the virus that circulated this year and see if theres any change in this virus that may have altered the course of the epidemic. We do not believe that is the case, but we just want to make sure that the virus, lets say, is not more virulent than it used to be."
The CDC also addressed reports of a shortage of West Nile virus test kits available to state health departments, possibly leading to delayed diagnoses. The CDC confirmed a short-term shortage, but said it has been resolved and laboratories should be able to meet their needs for the remainder of the season.
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I have used both the line-X and the Armor Thane and I actually prefer the Armor Thane (which is what's currently on my ram.) I found the Line-x hardened after a couple of years and is very abrasive, it's why they claim its non slip… but if your stuff slides in the bed it gets scratched up. The Armor Thane is more rubbery and can be sprayed on thicker than line-x and almost feels like a textured rubber mat. I have ¼ inch thick on the bed and 1/8th on the sides. Plus it looks shiny when its clean while the Line-X goes Flat black pretty quick.
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Same Sh*t, Different Species (Photos)Meghan Gesswein
She walked with a purpose, as if she was in a hurry. Daylight was fading, and it was obvious that she had somewhere she wanted to be. Following behind, her two children were oblivious to her intentions. To them, it was a big game. A fun walk in the snow. They would stop occasionally to play, and you could almost see the look of exasperation on her face as she turned around to stop them. You could practically hear her telling them that now was not the time, that they must hurry along. I'm sure the children giggled and the mother rolled her eyes.
As I watched the scene unfold, I could imagine myself in the same scenario. I had, in fact, probably been in a similar situation a few times over. But this wasn't a replay of my life that I was watching; it was a scene from Discovery Channel's Frozen Planet. And it wasn't a human mother and children, it was polar bears.
It occurred to me, in that moment, that even though we are different species, as mothers we have more things in common than you or I might originally think. I spent a few hours thinking about ways that mothers are similar, even if they don't share the same genetic code.
You can see a few of the similarities that I came up with after the jump, and then tell me, have you ever been able to relate to a mother from another species?
You Can Never Sleep On Your Own Time 1 of 8Instead of sleeping whenever you want, once you become a mother you sleep on someone else's schedule.
The caption from one of the previous photos in this set reads "This little 5 month old baby kept playing while mom wanted to sleep. Mom grabbed her and attempted to snuggle with her, but the baby would have nothing to do with sleeping." Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
Photo Credit: Arkansas Shutterbug via Flickr
There's Always Someone Who Wants To Eat Your Food 2 of 8Once you're a mother, it is nearly impossible to eat something without having a child insist you share. And you do, even if you don't want to.
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You Perfect Your Refereeing Skills 3 of 8Whether it's a play fight or a real fight, as a Mother you're often watching them unfold and, inevitably, breaking them up.
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There's A Lesson To Teach 4 of 8Until the day they "leave the nest" it seems that there's always an important lesson to teach them about surviving on their own. It might be how to catch a fish, or how to prepare a fish, but a life lesson is a life lesson.
Photo Credit: US Fish & Wildlife Service Headquarters via Flickr
You Lose All Sense of Personal Space 5 of 8It seems as if there's always someone encroaching on your personal space. Sometimes, it's awesome. Other times, it's all you can do to not lose your mind from the near constant contact.
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There's Always Someone Chirping In Your Ear 6 of 8Kids, no matter the species, are almost always making noise. Laughing, crying, yelling, talking, singing, howling, barking, chirping...it seems that some type of sound is constantly emanating from them.
Photo Credit: US Fish & Wildlife Service Headquarters via Flickr
You're Always on the Defense 7 of 8Your kid's safety is your number one priority and you'll do pretty much anything to protect them if you think they're in danger. In fact, pecking someone's eyes out may have crossed your mind a time or two.
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There's Always Someone to Clean 8 of 8As a general rule, kids of any species are a magnet for dirt and grime. As soon as they're clean, they usually need to be bathed again.
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(Art) When Franz von Stuck made his painting Sinthe unmistakable dark-eyed, bare-breasted woman wearing a hissing serpenthe intended it to be seen from below, as if on an altar, being worshiped. In the first of an occasional series of explorations of historic works in the Frye's collection by contemporary artists, Seattle artist Victoria Haven created a large, crystalline, gold Mylar structure that will surround the lascivious early-20th-century painting at its restored, righteous height. (Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave, 622-9250. Noon5 pm, free.) JEN GRAVES


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Athlete's Foot: Toe Web (Interdigital) Type
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Athlete's foot is a fungal infection of the skin. Toe web (interdigital) type athlete's foot often begins with skin that seems moist and pale white. Itching, burning, and a slight odor are often noticeable. As the infection progresses, the skin between the toes becomes scaly, peels, and cracks.
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Spektor to write Broadway musical
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Entitled Beauty, the show is aiming to hit Broadway in time for the 2011-12 season and is directed by Tina Landau.
Spektor released her fifth studio album Far in June.
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Speaking in June about her success with previous albums such as Begin To Hope and Soviet Kitsch, Spektor said: "It has taken me a lot of hard work and I've played so many places to get here.
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In the Region/Westchester; Doling Out a Food Giant's Home
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Published: December 28, 1997
WHITE PLAINS— AFTER 19 months on the market amid questions of its continued viability as a modern corporate address, the former headquarters of the General Foods Corporation, a red-brick complex built in 1953, has now caught the attention of a Manhattan developer who plans to turn it into a multitenant corporate campus.
The low-slung property, a dormitory-style quadrangle with more than 600,000 square feet, had become known as the Kraft building after the merger of Kraft and General Foods in 1995. When it was put on the market in April 1996, many brokers feared it was going to be a tough sell, primarily because of its peculiar design and the suspicion that it had outlived its usefulness.
''It had pretty much been accepted that it would probably be sold for an alternative use, not as a speculative office space,'' said Michael Siegel, an executive director at Insignia/Rostenberg-Doern, a commercial brokerage in Stamford, Conn. ''This buyer has to be given a lot of credit for committing to the property the way he has. From a capital aspect it will take a great deal of resources to get it ready for the market as a multitenant property.''
Earlier this year, Classic Residence, an affiliate of the Hyatt Corporation, contracted to buy the property and convert it into a retirement community. But after studying whether such a transformation was feasible, Hyatt dropped out.
Waiting on the sidelines was the Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation. ''Cohen Brothers had already expressed interest in the property before the Hyatt deal,'' according to Carl Austin, president of Austin Corporate Properties in White Plains, which represented Cohen Brothers in its search for space in Westchester. ''We were patient. But when the Hyatt deal didn't go forward, everything happened very quickly.''
On Nov. 28, it was announced that Cohen Brothers had contracted to buy the 39-acre complex on North Street, near Westchester Avenue, just east of downtown. All parties declined to provide terms of the purchase, but said they expected a closing by March.
Charles Steven Cohen, president and chief executive of Cohen Brothers, would not speculate on what it might take to make the complex marketable for multiple tenants.
''We're doing an architectural analysis now,'' Mr. Cohen said. ''We think it lends itself to the smaller corporate user, who will be able to enjoy the amenities that are normally only available to larger users. It's just premature to say what the cost will be.''
Mr. Cohen said he intended to modify the property to accommodate users of 25,000 square feet or more. ''They can be part of a campus environment,'' he said. ''But the way the property is laid out, there are buildings within buildings. And each building can be self-contained.''
THE property appears to be one very large building. But it is actually four interconnected buildings, which form a quadrangle around an open-air courtyard. All but the four-story south wing are five stories high.
Mr. Cohen said that the unusual, almost homespun, design was what first attracted him. ''I'm from Westchester, and I've always known this building,'' he said. ''With the growing Manhattan market, we thought it was great to be able to buy something this well maintained and well located. It's much more cost-effective than building a new building.''
He said he hoped that its unusual design would appeal to tenants looking for alternative space. ''It's not a glass box,'' he said. ''It's warmer, kind of rusticated.''
''Who wants another brass and glass tower sitting in the middle of a potato field?'' he added, referring to the many Westchester office buildings that sit on their own campuses, often far from any other amenities.
Although Cohen Brothers has been very active in Manhattan, this is its first acquisition in Westchester. ''With this product we hope to be competitive with Connecticut for the 25,000-square-foot-and-up user,'' Mr. Cohen said, ''and to provide an alternative to Manhattan.''
With this purchase, Cohen Brothers will have committed to buy over three million square feet of office space in 1997. The company bought three office buildings in Manhattan this year, including 622 Third Avenue, with 875,000 square feet; 135 East 57th Street, with 340,000 square feet; and the Swiss Bank Tower, atop part of Saks Fifth Avenue, with 312,000 square feet.
With the tightening of Manhattan's office market, Mr. Cohen says he thinks Westchester is a viable alternative. ''I go with my own gut,'' he said. ''And this looked like a good buy. We'll be able to offer rents in the low to mid-$20's, which is competitive with Connecticut and Manhattan.''
According to Maureen O'Boyle, a director of Cushman & Wakefield, which represented Kraft in the sale, Cohen Brothers was in a bidding war for the building with several other developers. ''I think it's a function of the healthy climate in the market right now,'' Ms. O'Boyle said. ''As a result of four to five years of right-sizing and streamlining costs, companies are renewing leases and acquiring additional space.''


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We paid for a room online for our nephew's Christmas visit. Upon their arrival, they had to pay for it again with their own card, saying mine was just to hold the room. However if they hadn't shown up, they would have charged my card. Ha! I called and they said to come down and they would run my card and refund their card. When I showed up with my card, they said my nephew had to be there at the same time. When I asked why, they said they don't want my business anymore, and my nephew had to be out of the room within an hour. When he arrived, they had cancelled his electronic room key and he had to climb through the window to retrieve his luggage. I recommend the Motel 6 across the freeway (Carlsbad East).
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- Product Code: EAT-06970
- UPC Code: 073377069703
- Package Quantity: 1 Brush
- Dimensions: 9.8 x 3.5 x 2 in, 0.2 lbs (0.09 kg)
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- Vegetarian Standard
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Made from the fibers of the Japanese palm plant, this brush is perfect for the bath or for dry air massage. Wet or dry, this brush revitalizes by exfoliating dead skin and promoting blood circulation.
I love this brush! Comfortable & easy to brush the whole body--and I'm not a barbie. Sure my husband teased me that it looks like a shrunken toilet brush but that won't change how I feel about it. The bristles are just as soft and still just as firm as they need to be. I can actually feel my blood circulation improving as I use it without my sensitive skin areas being irritated.
Very good brush, effective for exfoliating. I was impressed that the bristles were sturdy and didn't chip away with use. Click on my username for more reviews! If you thought that this review was helpful please feel free to press the 'yes' button.
Posted by 5568803047372123923 on Jul 28, 2016
Very good and clean an in natural quick delivery also
Great product
Posted by 4628510372544604517 on Jul 17, 2016
This is the first body brush I have ever used so I don't have anything else to compare it to but I'm really happy with this brush. I use it before I shower and it really helps with my kerstosis pilaris but I haven't noticed much difference with my cellulite but it still deserves 5 stars for it's help with kp 😃
think again
Posted by 5489996562587886024 on Jun 14, 2016
the handle is designed not to dry fast enough and grew mold in a week. the hemp like strings wrapped around the handle never dries even placed out side of the bathroom!!!
A fantastic product easy to use
Posted by 4713325485620776946 on Jan 07, 2016
A fantastic product easy to use
Perfect for dry brushing
Posted by Mayito on Dec 26, 2015
I love this brush because is very hard and this allow a good exfoliation before take a shower


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Bronte by Moon Stripe Throw
Product information
This lightweight throw is a masterclass in craftsmanship by hand. Made from 100% lambswool, this it is designed with fringed edges and a low-key, relaxed stripe.
Perfect for adding a touch of colour to a neutral colour scheme or match with similar tones for a coordinated look.
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Bronte by Moon
- Dimensions
- L185 x W140cm
- Eligible for International Delivery
- Ironing instructions
- Do not iron
- Material
- 100% lambswool
- Style
- Patterned
- Tumble Dry
- Type
- Throw
- Washing Instructions
- Dry clean only
About the Brand
Bronte is one of the UK's leading manufacturers of woollen blankets and throws. Renowned for their quality and innovative use, the throws are made in one of the longest established mills in Britain: fine wools have been manufactured in Guiseley, Leeds, since 1837. The Bronte mill is also one of the few 'vertical' mills left in Britain, with dyeing, blending, carding, spinning, weaving and finishing taking place on one site.
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Serious Sam 3 joins Steam Workshop
Croteam's Serious Editor has joined the ranks of the Steam Workshop-compatible. The tools were in beta for a short time, so the suite has gone live with more than 60 mods already available, including multiplayer and survival mode maps, character skins, and weapon and enemy modifications. The Editor should be available to all Serious Sam 3 owners via the Tools section of their Steam library.
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I'm trying to set up customized submenu bars under my main menu items. The submenu bar holds the childs of the parent main menu item you're curretly at.
Nutrition| Excersice | About | Contact
Diets | Recepies | Supplements
So I would like to show the submenu items depending on the parent where you're at. In the examples case, the nutrition category.
For this I tried to add a simple line of php in the .header.php file:
<?php if (is_page('Nutrition')): ?>
<div id="access2" role="navigation">
<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'container_class' => 'menu-header2', 'theme_location' => 'secondary' ) ); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
But it's not working. I can however choose and make a secondary navigation in my wordpress dashboard > appearance > Menus. But the problem is that it isn't showing on my website when I'm in the nutrition category. (It's actually showing never..)
I've checked the HTML, and it's not there. So I guess there must be something wrong or missing in my php...?
I'm completely new to php and have little knowledge of it. So go easy on me :-)


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DLA Piper to Close Glasgow Office, Sell Insurance Practice
DLA Piper LLP and Allen & Overy LLP are among international law firms moving jobs to cheaper locations or cutting positions to reduce costs.
DLA Piper plans to close its office in Glasgow, Scotland, and sell its defendant-insurance practice, spokesman Nick Bell said in a statement today. The firm is also shrinking its multi-site document production unit, he said.
Earlier this month, the firm opened an office in Seoul, headed by Daniel Lee, managing partner for Korea. DLA Piper has a total of about 4,200 lawyers in more than 30 countries.
The closing of the firm's Glasgow office comes as some global law firms restructure their workforce. Allen & Overy is transferring 43 support staff to Belfast from continental Europe and the U.S., the firm said in a statement today.
The office was opened in 2011 to provide support services that had previously been based in the firm's London headquarters at a lower cost, the firm said. Allen & Overy is offering relocation packages to its staff in an effort to minimize job losses, according to the statement.
"We understand that these changes will be difficult for those of our staff in each location who are affected, and we are committed to supporting them and treating them fairly," Allen & Overy global managing partner Wim Dejonghe said. "But with low economic growth across many developed markets, we must ensure we are operating in a way that will deliver the cost efficiencies our clients expect of us."
Another U.K. law firm, Eversheds LLP, has proposed a plan to close its 29-person Copenhagen office and open one in Beijing, the Financial Times reported today.


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Samsung Galaxy S2
For a long time, if any technology writer was asked what phone they would recommend to most users, the answer was simple. Even for the least Apple-inclined, 'Get an iPhone' was the only honest answer. It was not perfect, but it was the best on the market bar none.
Since then, devices such as the HTC Desire have provided worthy challengers. Today, the Samsung Galaxy S2 is the only phone that challenges the iPhone 4. That's because it's elegantly designed, has decent battery life and a superb interface, but it also offers features that are unavailable elsewhere.
So whether it is full HD video recording, the Super Amoled 4.3" screen or just general, remarkable speed, the S2 pretty much has everything. As an Android phone, its integration with Google Maps is superb, but it's faster than any other on the market to find your location, for instance. It offers impressive new apps such as WiFi Direct, to connect to other devices. Buy a Samsung TV and the S2 is the remote control you wish you'd always had.
In terms of irritants, the lock-screen design looks cheap and the keyboard could be better. That's small beer. If you want the smartest phone, today's battle is iPhone 4 v Samsung S2.
Score: 4.5 /5
Operating System: Android
Screen: 480x800 4.3"
Processor: Dual core 1200 MHz
Battery (Talk time): 8.4hrs
Camera Resolution: 8 Megapixels
Weight: 116g
Memory: 16gb/32gb Plus Micro SD sot
Apple iPhone 4S
The iPhone is the phone that everybody has heard of because it revolutionised, in a way that only Apple could, how phones work. Now with the iPhone 4S, Apple has fixed the well-documented aerial problems and added a 'personal assistant' called Siri. It lets you speak to the iPhone just as you might to another person, asking it to set alarms, search the web or using it to write email. Apple has shown that it is still at the top of its game, even if the 4S was merely an evolution from the popular iPhone 4.
That's not to say the iPhone is without its flaws, but it is certainly beautifully designed (by Briton Jony Ive) and it offers a whole world of entertainment and productivity through its gargantuan app store. The appeal is at once both aspirational and functional.
Thanks to a new operating system, iOS5, the iPhone now handles notifications much better and syncs with the iCloud for music, photos, calendars and other information. So whether it's screen, HD video recording or video calling, the iPhone excels.
There are currently some software problems relating to the iPhone's battery life, which Apple has acknowledged - but it's the slick interface that makes the iPhone 4 so compelling. The downside is the price and the fact that Apple retains absolute control. Millions around the world regard the former as a bargain price for the latter. It's difficult to disagree, even as competition mounts from Google's Android.
Full review: Apple iPhone 4S review
Score: 4.5 /5
Operating System: iOS
Screen: 640x960
Processor: Single core Apple A4 800MHz
Battery (Talk Time): 14 hrs
Camera Resolution: 5 megapixels
Weight: 137g
Memory: Built in 16gb/32gb
Nokia Lumia 800
In its latest version, Windows Phone is the best thing Microsoft makes. Sadly, it's never had hardware that really feels like a truly premium product – until now.
The Nokia Lumia 800 is, according to CEO Stephen Elop, "the first real Windows Phone". Other models, made by HTC and Samsung, have been decent enough, but they don't offer the solidity of the new Lumia 800.
Although the seamless polycarbonate shell and the solidity of the device are impressive, in fact it's the Windows Phone software that really shines. Teamed with Nokia's excellent design and camera heritage, there's a lot to like, whether it's the Office integration, gaming with Xbox live or simply social network integration.
The 3.7" screen offers Super AMOLED resolution, and Windows Phone's living tiles really do look impressive; showing you the weather, a boarding pass or a friend's photograph, the display hardware here is as good as this software needs. And the phone's tactile, matte finish means the Lumia is not like the bar of soap that many other phones often seem to be modelled on. It's also pleasingly weighted, at 142g.
Unique apps on the Lumia are limited, although satnav and music applications are impressive. There's no front-facing camera either, but the Lumia puts Windows back in the game.
Full review: Nokia Lumia 800 mobile phone review
Score: 4/5
Operating System: Windows Phone 7
Screen: 800 x 480 3.7"
Processor: 1.4GHz
Battery (Talk time): 9.5hrs
Camera Resolution: 8 Megapixel
Weight: 142g
Memory: Built in 16gb
Motorola Atrix
When T3 magazine announced its "Hot 100 Gadgets" of 2011, the Motorola Atrix was No 1, ahead of Apple's iPad, a host of Google tablets and a range of products, from laptops to sound systems and games consoles.
Thanks to a dual-core processor, rather surprisingly advertised on the start-up screen, the Atrix runs extremely quickly and is able to do a number of things at once in a way that would have been unthinkable even 18 months ago. Watching a movie while also flicking to a web browser, say.
The Atrix challenges the distinction between mobile and computer. For most consumers, the basic functions of a laptop – text editing and web browsing – can now be done online. People are buying laptops, not for their power, but for the keyboard and larger screen.
An Atrix, however, can plug into the Lapdock accessory, which boasts the sort of super-thin, ultra-light design that would once fetch a much higher price than £299.
Of course, the dock is not a fully-fledged laptop, but for many purposes it's as much as you'll need. Factor in the other docks that can use the phone to play movies via your TV or music via your hi-fi and the Atrix is as irresistible as a Google Android handset gets. If there's a fault, it's that it's still easy to get to the limits of its capabilities. That's testament, though, to how far technology has come so fast. In future, a single device is likely to connect wirelessly to screens of various sizes in various settings. Atrix is a first glimpse of that new, always connected world.
Full review: Motorola Atrix review
Score: 4/5
Operating System: Android
Screen: 540x960 4.0"
Processor: Dual Core 1000MHz
Battery (Talk time): 8.8hrs
Camera Resolution: 5 Megapixels
Weight: 135g
Memory: Built in 16gb plus Micro SD slot
BlackBerry Torch
BlackBerry and touchscreen haven't previously been a great match, and truth be told the Torch is by no means the best example on the market when compared to Apple, Android and many others.
With a slide-out keyboard, however, the Torch offers both a genuine BlackBerry experience and a larger canvas. That means it can come close to actually fulfilling BlackBerry's promise of being great for both business and pleasure.
Unfortunately, the device still lacks apps in the numbers of other platforms; those that are there, however, are perfectly good enough. Universal Search is a handy feature, however: just start typing and the software automatically looks for everything relevant, including contacts, emails and more. If there's nothing in the device, you're offered links to Google and other sources.
So the Torch is a very impressive business phone that's acceptable to also use for listening to music or watching movies. BlackBerry are keen to point out that they are Britain's best-selling smartphone maker which, thanks to younger users and cheaper prices, they are. But while the Torch is the best BlackBerry on the market at the moment, it's not the best smartphone.
Full review: Review: BlackBerry Torch 9800
Score: 3/5
Operating System: Blackberry OS
Screen: 360x480 3.2"
Processor: 624MHz
Battery (Talk time): 5.5hrs
Camera Resolution: 5 Megapixels
Weight: 161g
Memory: 4gb plus Micro SD slot
Motorola Razr
Motorola has unveiled a new version of its top-selling handset, the Razr. The new version, which runs Android and is just 7.1mm thin, is the successor to the original clamshell handset that sold more than 130million units after it was launched in 2004.
Available on a number of networks in the UK from November, the device features a Kevlar body, a top-of-the range 4.3" display and a 1.2GHz processor.
The original Razr was initially launched as a high-fashion designer phone, but after the price was lowered it went on to sell in record numbers. It is still the world's best-selling clamshell phone, and featured in popular TV shows such as Lost and Top Gear. A version made for charity was launched by Oprah Winfrey and Bono.
Running Android 2.3.5, the new device also includes a new app called MotoCast, which allows the device to stream or download content such as music, films or files from any computer in the world, so long as it is also using MotoCast.
Sanjay Jha, Motorola's chairman and chief executive, said that "Motorola Razr is an iconic brand, and one that originally revolutionized the mobile device industry by turning a functional necessity into an object of desire."
The phone will feature an 8megapixel camera and can record in full 1080p HD video. A new feature called "Smart Actions" will also automate certain settings, so that, for instance, the phone can automatically put itself on silent when the GPS registers that it has entered its owner's workplace.
The Razr will also be sold with a range of accessories including the laptop-style lapdock made popular by the Motorola Atrix smartphone.
It is expected to retail on tariffs making it free at £35 per month.
Score: 4/5
Operating System: Android
Processor: dual core 1.2 MHz
Screen: 540x960 4.3"
Battery (Talk Time): 12.5hrs
Camera Resolution: 8 Megapixels
Weight: 127g
Memory: 16gb Plus Micro SD slot
Google Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Google has announced its much-awaited new phone, the Galaxy Nexus, and also released a new version of its Android phone software. Codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich, Android 4.0 will be available to existing Android users soon and is available to software developers now. The Galaxy Nexus will launch in November.
Among the Galaxy Nexus's new features are face recognition, allowing users to unlock their phones simply by looking at the phone's front camera, a redesigned interface, an improved keyboard and a new application using Near-Field Communications (NFC) that lets two Android handsets share content directly.
The phone also replaces all physical buttons with software-based, moveable equivalents. The change allows a larger, 4.65" screen, which like the previous Nexus S model is slightly curved.
Running a 1.2Ghz processor, the Galaxy Nexus will be made by Samsung and also offers a high-definition display. Although many phones, such as the newly announced Motorola Razr and the Samsung Galaxy SII offer 8 megapixel cameras, the Galaxy Nexus uses a 5mp version.
Writing on the Google Blog, the company's Senior Vice President of Mobile, Andy Rubin, wrote that "Ice Cream Sandwich makes Android simple and beautiful, and takes the smartphone to beyond smart". It's that crucial, improved usability that means Android is finally beginning to match the user experience of the iPhone interface.
Score: 4.5 /5
Operating System: Android 4
Screen: 1280x720 4.65"
Processor: Dual core, 1.2GHz
Battery (Talk time): 6hrs
Camera Resolution: 5 Megapixels
Weight: 135g
Memory: Built in 16gb
HTC Sensation XL
HTC's Sensation XL is both sensationally good and sensationally heavy compared to its main rival, the Samsung Galaxy S2. With the extra bulk you do, however, get the superb HTC Sense interface and audio from Beats by Dr Dre - the distinctive headphones are included in the box. All that makes a real difference and means that this is more than a typical Android phone. Contact information is effortlessly integrated with social networking and you can use HTC's exclusive movie store to buy films direct. With a large screen and full HD, the Sensation is also able to do them justice. It is, in that sense the logical successor to HTC's hugely popular, superb Desire HD, but with massively improved sound quality.
The Sensation's two problems, however, are its bulk and its battery life. The former is not a huge problem per se, but compared to other devices HTC needs to do better in future. Of more importance is the battery life, which users will notice flags before the end of the day even in casual usage. It is better than the LG Optimus 3D, but then it isn't powering all that 3D wizardry.
The overall feeling with HTC is that this is the company that forced others, such as Samsung and Motorola to up their game. From HTC's perspective, perhaps it's unfortunate that they succeeded so well.
Score: 3.5 /5
Operating System: Android Gingerbread
Screen resolution: 480x800 4.7"
Processor: Dual Core 1.5GHz
Battery (Talk time): 8.25hrs
Camera Resolution: 8 Megapixels
Weight: 163g
Memory: 1gb plus Micro SD slot
Motorola Defy+
Motorola's advertising slogan for the Defy is that it's 'Party Proof'. That means, according to the advert, you can take it to Brazil, splash it with cocktails, drop it on the dancefloor and still call a cab home and text your friends to say you made it back. This robust design, perhaps more than a squillion apps, is of real use to consumers.
Newly updated, the Defy+ now offers all its previous superb Android features, but with a faster processor and a newer version of the software. Enhanced with Motorola's MotoBlur interface, it can integrate your social networks and it is also an excellent media device, integrating FM radio with web radio. The responsive screen looks very good, although it's let down most often by the Defy's poor camera. For a device that wants users to take it out partying, that seems a peculiar omission.
With decent value contracts on offer and a phone that promises to last far longer than most, it's hard to fault the Defy. That's not to say it's even Motorola's best phone (see the Atrix, above), but it's an excellent device.
Score: 4/5
Operating System: Android 2.3
Screen: 480x854 3.7"
Processor: Single core 1GHz
Battery (Talk time): 7.1hrs
Camera Resolution: 5 Megapixels
Weight: 118g
Memory: 2gb plus Micro SD slot
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
Sit on a tube, train or bus of a morning and it's clear how many people use their mobile phones to play games. Angry Birds' popularity is built not on excellence but on boredom, and the reason so many similar games have been so successful is that people tend to play a range of games at similar times, or games tend to be fairly easy to finish.
Step forward 'the PlayStation phone', the first example of which is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. It uses the same controls as the popular games console and the makers hope that both players and developers will be drawn to it as a new kind of device.
In truth, unfortunately, the Play is still a first version of that ambition, launched in April but still yet to be properly overhauled. But it seems fair to assume that phones with a specific gaming bent are likely to become more common because simply playing via the touchscreen means your fingers are covering the screen too often.
For now, the unique selling point of the Play is that gaming capability. More games are coming and the software is being improved. So if gaming is your thing, it's surely for you. But if gaming's really your thing, you might actually be best off getting a games console such as a Nintendo 3DS and a separate phone.
Score: 3/5
Operating System: Android
Screen: 480x854 4.0"
Processor: 1000 MHz Scorpion processor
Battery (Talk time): 8.25hrs
Camera Resolution: 5 Megapixels
Weight: 175g
Memory: 400mb Plus Micro SD slot


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Favorite Movies by Genre (under MUCH CONSTRUCTION)
- Coming of Age - GHOST WORLD
- Tear-Jerker - THE COLOR PURPLE
- Action - THE MATRIX
- Shark Movie - JAWS
- Romantic Drama - CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Depardieu)
- Romantic Comedy - IMPROMPTU
- Romantic Adventure - ROMANCING THE STONE
- Romantic Horror - BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (hell, it may be the only one)
- Sci-Fi - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
- Kids' Movie Live-Action - LABYRINTH
- Kids' Movie Animated - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
- Merchant-Ivory Production - HOWARDS END
- Horror movie, silly - SLEEPAWAY CAMP II
- Horror movie, slasher - FRIDAY THE 13th Part 3 (the one with Cory Feldman. Way cheesy, but also way freaky.)
- Horror movie, killer - WHEN A STRANGER CALLS BACK
- Horror movie, weird - PHANTASM
- Horror movie, killer animal (other than Jaws) - PIRANHA (the old one, written by John Sayles, check it out!)
- Horror "film" - THE SHINING
- Chinese Film - RAISE THE RED LANTERN
- French Film - CYRANO DE BERGERAC (w. Depardieu)
- Italian Film - LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
- Spanish Film - TALK TO HER
- 80's "Teen" Flick - SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL
- Greenaway Film - THE PILLOW BOOK
- Gangster Movie - GODFATHER II
- Crime film Guns - RESERVOIR DOGS
- Crime film No Guns - ZERO EFFECT
- "Period" Piece - IMPROMPTU
- Erotic Movie - HENRY AND JUNE
- Documentary (entertaining) - AMERICAN MOVIE
- Documentary (fairly serious) - BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE
- Musical (before 1980) - THE SOUND OF MUSIC
- Musical (after '80) - MOULIN ROUGE
- Gay-Themed Movie - THE SUM OF US
- Kevin Bacon Movie - FOOTLOOSE
- Dancing Movie - SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, STRICTLY BALLROOM, I just can't decide
- New Zealand Movie - HEAVENLY CREATURES
- Aussie Movie - STRICTLY BALLROOM
- Monkey/Ape Movie - PLANET OF THE APES (orig)
- Zombie Movie - NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD ('68)
- Vampire Movie - BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
- Epic - GANDHI
- "Chick" Flick - FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
- Shakespeare Adaptation - PROSPERO'S BOOKS (adaptation of The Tempest)
- Comedy (low-brow) - BASEKETBALL
- Comedy (middle-brow) - L.A. STORY
- Comedy (high-brow) - IMPROMPTU
- Christmas Movie - THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROLE(good songs, and who can resist Michael Caine with Muppets?)
- Anti-War Movie - THE THIN RED LINE (Ostensibly, I suppose, it's just a meditation on war, and doesn't necessarily take a position. But the movie sure felt anti-war to me.)
- Movie about native peoples - BLACK ROBE (Canadian made, superb, but violent)
- Drug Movie - REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
I've made up many categories, probably cause this is the way I see movies. Also, because I've seen a hell of a lot, so for example choosing one foreign film would leave way too many out.
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Mon dieu! Am I glad to see someone else list CYRANO DE BERGERAC. A familiar story, but this version (the one with Gerard Depardieu) is the definitive version. And all the dialogue is in rhyming couplets - but it works. The ending is so sad that I'm tempted to shift this movie from my Costume Drama slot to my Tear Jerker slot - except that it's fiction and I want my TJ to be truth-based.
Btw, I might be mistaken but I think you'll find that HEAVENLY CREATURES is a New Zealand movie - or is it just that the events depicted occurred in NZ?
Have to say though that I can't see how FACE/OFF could be anyone's favorite. I usually like Nicolas Cage, but his performance in this movie was so weird that it put me off.
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I used "Aussie" film to represent the whole continent. New Zealand film seemed like too narrow a category.
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Travel advisory: If you ever go to Australia or to New Zealand, don't lump them together. In some sections of Oz society (namely the sports-mad sections, which is just about all of them) you'd get lynched for equating A with NZ - and it's much the same in the Land of the Long White Cloud (= a translation of the Maori name for NZ).
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Actually, I'd love to be able to figure out some kind of non-lame genre-split that would allow me to include Face/Off on my FMbG list. The whole Cage-plays-bad-guy/Travolta-plays-Cage-playing-bad-guy (and vice-vice-versa) was just too much fun (Travolta-playing-Cage bashing Travolta's appearance, for example). Combined with some fantastic action sequences, decent lines, and a slam-bang finish really make it a contender for best action movie, I think.
I'd completely forgotten about Cyrano; I have to find a place to add it. You've both seen Roxanne, I assume?
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Spectacular disagreement there, Jim.
Of course I've seen ROXANNE - one of Steve Martin's best, before he came over all serious and almost stopped being a comedian. I hate it when that happens.
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Man, jen, is it just me, or do you have like, many more genres than any one person should have? :)
Oh, and part of a debate I've had before... shouldn't "The Empire Strikes Back" (easily the best of the trilogy) be under "Fantasy" or at least sf/f? :)
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Indeed, I do have to many genres... This is because I fritter away too much time watching movies instead of writing papers for example. As to Empire Strikes Back being fantasy... I don't know what to do with these particular genres. I'm not a huge sci-fi/fantasy "geek" so I don't know if I'm qualified to choose which is which... Fantasy always strikes me as an odd name, too, because in a way all movies are fantasies.
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I really love all the categories!!! Probably because I really like a lot of the movies-- but I really think the best christmas movie ever is "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
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For Horror Movie - Slasher, my I humbly suggest Psycho or the original Halloween?
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
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Romantic Horror - BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (hell, it may be the only one)
Interesting. After 10 seconds of thought, I can't think of other nominees for "romantic horror" (except other Dracula versions). Can anyone else?
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Would you count the Phantom of the Opera/King Kong school of films featuring misshapen, misunderstood males who fall in love with beautiful women, often causing havok?
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
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I'd certainly count Phantom of the Opera, good one. And I've felt like there was a big one on the tip of my brain since my last post, and I finally pinned it down: The Sixth Sense.
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Thank you for being one of the 26 people on this Earth that saw and liked "Zero Effect," Jen. My friends are starting to get tired of my ranting about it!! Anyways, it's probably on my top ten, so kudos.
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