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EDMONTON - It looked like it would be a double dose of the Edmonton Oilers triumphing over the Calgary Flames in the Split Squad Battle of Alberta on Saturday night but a late charge by the Calgary road squad resulted in a 6-5 shootout victory for the Flames.
The Oilers had a 5-2 lead with nine minutes to play in the third period but then Calgary found some spark and came all the way back to tie the game at 5-5 with three goals in just over four minutes.
"There are some habits that we need to correct, and we'll be on them as quick as possible," said Oilers Associate Coach Keith Acton, noting particularly the players' shift lengths and their contribution to the Calgary comeback.
Action did like what he saw from a lot of his troops tonight.
"Davidson and Nurse played well on defence. I thought Andrew Ference did as well. We did some good things. I thougth we went to the net really well. Jesse (Joensuu) did well going on the net," Acton continued. "Five goals should be enough to win a game."
Lance Bouma's goal was followed just over a minute later by one from Josh Jooris and then T.J. Galiardi hammered home a power play marker with 4:51 to play to tie it up.
It didn't take the Oilers long at all to do some damage as Taylor Hall fired a shot from the top of the left circle that barely made it over the line -- or perhaps didn't, depending on what angle you were looking at -- after Flames netminder Kari Rammo got a piece of it.
Moments later Ben Street fired a shot from the side boards that eluded a screened Dubnyk and suddenly the game was even at 1-1. Ironically, just over a minute into the game and the match-up at Rexall Place had more goals scored in it than the contest going on three hours south despite that one starting an hour earlier.
The first penalty of the game went to Calgary's Lance Bouma, but the Oilers were unable to convert on the man advantage.
Marco Roy took a minor penalty with just over eight minutes to play in the opening frame to put the Flames up a man for the first time on the night. However, that power play was short-lived as Sven Baertschi took a hooking penalty less than a minute later.
With Baertschi still in the box, Ryan Smyth picked up the puck after Denis Grebeshkov pushed it towards the net. Smyth backhanded it in to put the Oilers back in the lead at 2-1.
That one-goal lead turned into a two-goal lead with 58 seconds to play in the opening frame. Kyle Platzer poked his stick into a scramble and knocked the puck over Rammo to increase the Oilers lead to 3-1.
After one period, shots on goal were 13-8 in favour of Edmonton.
The Oilers opened the second period much the same way as the first, with a lot of energy and it led to another early goal.
Off the rush, the Oilers start hacking away at the puck with Rammo doing acrobatics keeping the puck out of the net. The play started with Nail Yakupov's shot from the left circle and a rebound point-blank by Jesse Joensuu. Mark Arcobello then swooped in to put home the third rebound and make it a 4-1 game.
Near the midway point of the middle frame, Jiri Hudler fed Dennis Wideman at the top of the right circle and he made no mistake, rifling a shot blocker-side past Dubnyk to draw the Flames within two.
The Oilers responded a minute later. Joensuu shoveled the puck from behind the net, wrapping it past Reto Berra, who recently replaced Rammo in the goal.
The Oilers announced that Ales Hemsky had left the game due to illness. Nail Yakupov moved up onto a line with Hall and Smyth. Marco Roy moved into Yakupov's spot with Arcobello and Linus Omark.
Calgary outshot Edmonton 14-8 in the middle frame and had a 22-21 edge in shots over 40 minutes overall.


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Definición de uniformitarianism en inglés:
sustantivo[mass noun] Geology
The theory that changes in the earth's crust during geological history have resulted from the action of continuous and uniform processes. Often contrasted with catastrophism.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- They teach that the rejection of God's Word did not begin with Darwin's theory of biological evolution or even with Hutton and Lyell's geological uniformitarianism.
- With this concept, he suggests, those great protagonists of uniformitarianism, Hutton and Lyell, would have agreed.
- However, in recent decades geologists have been saying that the gradualistic uniformitarianism of Charles Lyell does not match the evidence.
uniformitarian adjetivo& sustantivo
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- The very possibility of volcanists in debate with neptunists, and catastrophists with uniformitarians, depends on the adoption of time-frames very different from those derived from the human life-span.
- This is clear from the 'father of uniformitarian geology', James Hutton - see his assertion.
- Much fieldwork remains to be done on Earth's ancient glacial climates using well-tried uniformitarian principles embodied in sedimentary basin analysis.
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CRAFTED at the Port of Los Angeles
- Location: Los Angeles
- Specialty: New indoor craft marketplace in former warehouse
- Price range: $-$$
- Website: craftedportla.com
Store History
- Founded: 2012
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, CRAFTED hosts almost 100 vendors in the handmade industry, from artisanal food makers to one-off jewelry designers. Whether you're looking for a bespoke feathered felt hat worthy of a royal wedding, or a succulent artist to create a vertical garden for your wall, you'll find it all at CRAFTED.
Each vendor leases a market stall on a long-term basis, so you can count on finding your favorite crafter or designer on any given weekend. Besides the aisles of handmade goods, the market also features arts and crafts stations for your little ones, food trucks, live music, and other special events.
Over the next year, CRAFTED plans to roll out 4 more phases of 100 artists each, and eventually fill up its 2 wooden warehouses totaling 135,000 square feet.
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With his new student visa, Prasanth Goinaka was on a path toward his dream: an MBA from an American university in the heart of Silicon Valley.
That's why his parents back in India were stunned when their 28-year-old son was killed while manning a cash register at a convenience store in Oklahoma City -- 1,500 miles from campus.
A Bay Area News Group investigation has found that Goinaka -- as well as thousands of other foreign students enrolled in schools here -- probably should not have been in the country at all. They're being lured by unaccredited universities that promise help getting a prized student visa. But it turns out that these universities' legal right to assist with visas is in question.
Once here, students like Goinaka often have to go to extraordinary lengths to pay the bill.
But how he ended up losing his life halfway across the country from San Jose's International Technological University is part of a much larger story of the U.S. government's failure to catch up to a growing problem in America's higher education system.
Little-known and less-watched, a group of schools -- including San Jose's ITU, Sunnyvale's Herguan University and until recently Pleasanton's now-shuttered Tri-Valley University -- are building lucrative businesses by assembling student bodies comprised almost entirely of student-visa holders. Yet, the newspaper's investigation found none of the schools meet the criteria necessary to assist foreign students to come here: They are neither accredited nor do their credits transfer to recognized universities.
"Universities like Tri-Valley are causing an enormous surge of international students," said Mohan Nannapaneni, secretary of the Milpitas-based Telugu Association of North America. The Indian nonprofit group raised $5,465 to ship Goinaka's body to his distraught parents and donated legal help to 155 traumatized Tri-Valley students, some tagged with electronic tracking devices when the federal government shut down the school on visa fraud charges.
"Why are we putting immigration authority into (these) "... universities' hands?" Nannapaneni said.
University officials deny any wrongdoing.
But records reviewed by the newspaper tell a different story about the schools' actions, and suggest the government and even the students themselves are to blame for the problem.
Government approved
A decade after terrorists in the country on student visas carried out the Sept. 11 attacks, the Department of Homeland Security -- the very agency established to oversee a tougher visa system -- endorses universities that should be ineligible to issue the necessary certificate for students to gain F1 student visas, records show. It even places these schools on the list that international students consult before pursuing a degree in the U.S.
Tri-Valley University was on that list even as federal agents were raiding the school in January on widespread allegations of visa fraud and alien harboring that left 1,500 foreign students in legal limbo and sparked violent protests in India.
"It is having approval I thought it is good university," former Tri-Valley computer science student Harsha Sri, 25, said in an email. He paid $2,700 to attend less than a month's worth of classes and is now back in India.
Tri-Valley demonstrates the riches that can be made from turning a school into a visa mill. When federal agents finally caught on, they discovered that the unaccredited school had been paid millions of dollars by foreigners to obtain student visas that authorize them to remain in the U.S. -- a scheme whose growth was fueled by a profit-sharing system that gave students who referred newcomers from abroad a 20 percent cut of the tuition, according to court records.
Something else authorities found suspicious: More than 550 students enrolled in the Alameda County university were registered as living at the same address: a two-bedroom apartment on El Camino Real in Sunnyvale.
Call for crackdown
So how do schools that exist to provide student visas get away with it? U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and other lawmakers are exploring just that, and they're beginning to demand answers. "These sham universities "... operate solely for the purpose of manipulating immigration law to admit foreign nationals into the country," Feinstein and three other senators wrote in a March letter to Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that cited the Tri-Valley University allegations.
Questions have been raised about ITU and Herguan, but those schools haven't been charged criminally and haven't been accused of the same conduct.
In the case of the two Silicon Valley universities, their applications to enroll foreigners with student visas appear to misrepresent the facts. Both claimed that their credits were accepted by accredited schools. But when pressed by the newspaper, neither school could support that assertion. Still, the applications were accepted by the government, and both schools have been given clearance to issue the certificates needed for students to get visas.
While the Department of Homeland Security refused to answer questions about specific schools, it provided the newspaper both ITU's and Herguan's visa program applications in response to a public records request. The documents showed:
In an email response, Richard Friberg, the school's vice president, said "this is a competitive market, releasing the names of the schools will cause the receiving schools to withdraw their letters since they do not want it known that they are supporting schools that are yet to be accredited. ... you are not going to get HGU to expose the other schools."
"We would not award any credit from either institution," said Terri Eden, who oversees SJSU's transfer credit policies.
Big prize: Legal jobs
Still, trusting students arrive at these schools in droves, lured by fancy websites and advertising slogans such as ITU's "Global Development Through Silicon Valley Education." About 900 students are attending ITU's summer school -- and it plans to enroll up to 5,000 students when renovations are complete. The school does not require standardized test scores for admission and employs a "quality control officer" in Hyderabad, India, for prospective students.
In an interview with the newspaper, ITU said its graduates get jobs at tech companies like Brocade and Intel. Brocade has no records of any ITU graduates; Intel has one.
At Herguan, about 450 students are enrolled. Until recently, the lobby was decorated with photos of its president with former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and commendations from U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose, and others.
The students are attracted for another big reason: legal jobs. Government approval means that the schools are authorized to offer "Curricular Practical Training," a program that is supposed to give on-the-job experiences that are "an integral part of an established curriculum" directly related to the students' major area of study, according to federal regulation.
The federal government leaves it to colleges to determine what kind of job is legitimate, saying it doesn't want to meddle in curriculum issues. At Tri-Valley, immigration officials found "career training" for many students translated to low-level retail jobs, such as at a dollar store, a 7-Eleven and a tobacco shop, in New Jersey, Virginia, Texas and other states.
In need of jobs
Goinaka came to San Jose's ITU in January 2010 with a bachelor's degree and a stint in the Indian navy.
Video surveillance at S-K Food Store where he worked in Oklahoma City shows a heartbreaking scene. He was dragged from the cash register, shoved to the ground, and then shot in the head by armed robbers.
"I can't believe this. He left only two months ago for studies and now we heard that he is no more," Goinaka's father told Indian journalists in March 2010. "Oh god, why this happened to him."
Goinaka had friends in Oklahoma, where police reports show he arrived on a Friday, the same day ITU officials said he attended class in San Jose. Two days later he was dead. It's unclear how he proved to the U.S. consulate in India that he had enough money to live in the U.S., a requirement for a student visa.
On news of his death, one friend wrote to an Indian newspaper: —... due 2 financial prbs he desperately needed a job. But I NEVER expected this would happen 2 him. But he did wat he had to. R.I.P love u alwys."
Federal law requires that foreign students attend class full time and not take more than one online class per academic term. ITU says that it has students who live outside California, but who travel to San Jose for weekend classes.
"It can be done on a weekend format. "... They can do assignments from a distance. The model of the school is very tied to industry," said Gregory O'Brien, ITU's dean of Advanced Graduate Studies and Research. "Distance learning is a proven concept."
Mikel Duffy of ITU said: "What happened to Prasanth Goinaka was very tragic," adding, "Prasanth, as all of the other graduate students at ITU, was a legal adult and took it upon himself to make the trip to Oklahoma City."
But members of the group that helped ship his body home say Goinaka's story is an example of the broken promises many Indians are finding at colleges in the U.S.
"He was a hardworking and disciplined kid and we lost him in this country," said Prasad Thotakura, president of the Telugu Association of North America.
"He came to this country to further his education and to go back and help his parents by getting a good job. He was their only son. All their dreams have been shattered."
Accreditation promises
Housed in nondescript office buildings, both ITU and Herguan say they are legitimate universities and offer valuable coursework, as well as a legal route for foreign students to work off campus.
They both said that no school can be accredited until it is up and running -- and that they are now seeking accreditation and expect approval.
"We will be accredited," said ITU Vice President Yau-Gene Chan, who took over the school from his father in 2005 -- a year after it lost accreditation -- when it had only 18 students and was $87,000 in debt. By 2009, it had enrolled 1,500 students and earned $4 million. Because of student demand, it moved to its current site on West San Fernando Street, with 12 classrooms; when renovation is complete, it will have 18 classrooms.
"Our research can very easily compete with MIT or Princeton or Berkeley or Stanford," he said, adding that its students have gone on to earn Ph.D.s at those schools, although he offered no evidence. Even without accreditation, "because we provide documentation of what a student is learning, we can get our credits recognized. We do such a careful job of documenting what a student learns, and they see the quality of our students."
ITU graduate Bhagat Patlolla landed a job at a Stanford cardiovascular research lab, but had already earned a medical degree in Russia before attending ITU. "Studying at ITU involved hard work and commitment," he said in an email, praising the faculty. "Two years at ITU taught me a lot."
Although ITU is a nonprofit university, its leadership is well paid. ITU's academic vice president, Gerald Cory, earned $445,832 in 2009, the most recent year that data is available -- more than the $436,800 salary of UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau.
Herguan University did not consent to an interview, but in a written response, officials said, "HGU believes it meets the standards for accreditation and plans to be accredited within the next 12 months."
Herguan did not permit on-campus interviews of its students. But one, who asked that his name not be used, said, "This university surely did some mistakes and this is the reason behind all this chaos. But they have changed all the rules. "... I think we have to give them a chance."
Meanwhile, despite facing a 33-count indictment, Tri-Valley President Susan Xiao-Ping Su is asking her former students to keep faith on the former school's website. Su -- who has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from UC Berkeley and lectured at Herguan in 2007, ITU in 2004 to 2007, and San Jose State from 2004 to 2007 -- urges students "to move on" but adds: "TVU has many good things and is a very genuine university. We are working very hard to have our name cleared."
Jump in student visas
Feinstein and four other senators have called for better procedures to detect fraud by schools and an immediate crackdown on illegal use of student visas by foreign nationals to attend universities that "exist solely to allow any foreign national "... to unlawfully enter the United States."
It wasn't always like this, said Nannapaneni of the Telugu Association of North America.
Decades ago when Nannapaneni left India to study at Boston University, far fewer universities were approved to accept international students, he said; now, federal data show that 10,000 schools do. In the five-year period that ended in 2009, foreigners in the country on student visas jumped 55 percent to more than 950,000. In the past, these universities were academically rigorous, he said, carefully checking applicants to make sure they were qualified.
"Then universities started going abroad and recruiting people off the streets," Nannapaneni said. "They don't check their backgrounds, to see if they are qualified. What has happened is that there was a big trend change."
Michael Wildes, a prominent New York City-based immigration lawyer, said, "There is a shift of immigration responsibility to the schools. But the schools are profit-making centers. This creates a point of vulnerability in the system."
The students at these unaccredited schools tend to be from India's young and growing middle class, and whose parents are not college educated, say Indian educators.
"They can't visualize that the schools might not have a good reputation," Nannapaneni said. "Or they might think, 'What the hell, I'll see what is there.' They hear their friends are going, and they all want to come."
"Once they get here, they realize it's not right. But they still need to pay their fees," to hang onto their student visas, "and they start working outside, because they're desperate for money."
Back in India, Tri-Valley student Sri is poorer and still jobless.
"Students are joining without knowing," Sri said, "so unfortunately they are losing their careers, money and time."
Contact Lisa M. Krieger at 408-920-5565.


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MILAN, ITALY - The 200 dealers Ducati brought from around the world to take part in EICMA-related festivities had front row seats for the unveiling of the company's new 848, 1098R and Monster 696.
Monster 696
Ducati first introduced the Monster series in 1992. It is a model series many people credit for helping the company return to prominence.
"For 2008 we changed all of the parts and redesigned every detail," says Ducati Product Director Claudio Domenicali. "We think this product is much, much better than the old model, and we think this is the right motorbike to get into the Ducati family. But it's not an entry-level bike — which can be seen by the high-quality components we chose to use in its design."
The 696 weighs 355 lbs. — 11 lbs. less than its predecessor — and produces 80hp and 50.6 lb.-ft. of torque at 7750rpm. It's air-cooled, has a wet clutch, and the ergos have been revised with a shorter reach to the bars and slightly lower, more forward footpeg position.
Look for the new Monster design to be gradually phased in to further Monster models.
Ducati says the 848 was built to fill a niche the company says was missing from its lineup, designed as a lower price option to the 1098 and likely to be valid competitor to Japanese-built 600cc fours.
The assembled Ducati dealers were impressed; particularly by the numbers: The 848's 134 hp Testastretta Evoluzione engine provides a power-to-weight ratio better than the 999. And, at 369 lbs., the bike is an amazing 11 lbs. lighter than the 1098.
"This is a very extreme motorbike for very good riders," Domenicali announced as he pulled the veil off of the 2008 1098R, a bike Ducati released for customers that can't afford a Desmosedici but want something more exotic than the standard 1098 and 1098S.
Powered by a bigger, 1200cc powerplant and featuring a redesigned subframe and transmission, the 1098R produces 180hp and 98.8 lb.-ft. of torque at 7750rpm, and is 5.5 lbs. lighter than the standard 1098. Ducati says an available ?R? kit further boosts output to 186hp. (Continued)


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REGION: Weather-related road conditions and closures
The San Diego County Department of Public Works announced the following road conditions:
JULIAN: 6 to 8 inches of snow reported; 10 to 12 inches on Mt. Laguna. Chain controls are in effect. County road crews are plowing
BORREGO: Route 37 has been closed by the CHP from Mile Marker 18 to MM 6 due to heavy snow. S2 is closed between Highway 78 and Highway 79 by the CHP following an accident involving two big-rigs. Elsewhere there are reports of 3 to 6 inches of snow in the S-22 area. Chains are required.
RAMONA: Hunter Street is closed between Raymond & Kelly avenues. Magnolia Street between State Route 78 and Magnolia Heights is closed. Pile Street between Black Canyon Road and Magnolia and Orange avenues is closed.
FALLBROOK / BONSALL: Station reports all roads are open but Huffstatler Dip is flooded.
SAN MARCOS : Country Club Dip is closed in Harmony Grove due to flooding.
VALLEY CENTER: Cole Grade is closed at the dip. Chains are required on Sunrise Hwy from Old Highway 80 to Highway 79.
PALOMAR MOUNTAIN: Eight inches of snow reported at 4,000 feet. All roads are OPEN; Chains are REQUIRED.
JAMACHA: Rancho Jamul Drive at Highway 94 is flooded; Jefferson Road between Olive Vista and Lyons Valley Road is closed.
SPRING VALLEY: Quarry Road dip is closed. County road crews continue to clear accumulated debris to allow water runoff. At 317 Worthington steel plates are being placed for an open trench.
ALPINE: No major issues. Road crews are on Storm Patrol.
CAMPO: Snowing from Crestwood East to Jacumba.
LAKESIDE: Flooding reported at 3827 Wild Oats Lane. Flood control is on scene. Property is sandbagged. No other issues.
Please exercise extreme caution when driving on all mountain roads. Be alert for county road crew trucks and snow plows.
Source: San Diego County Department of Public Works


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War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace Volume 4, Part 2, Chapter 19 Summary
- Finally, the French start to really retreat. They're going way the heck back to France, but before that they're going to stop in Smollensk. Mostly because it's there, and they need to visualize themselves stopping somewhere, since France is so darn far away right now.
- They get a move on, but tons of their soldiers just quit and go AWOL.
- Meanwhile, Kutuzov is still holding the Russian army back. Why fight and have soldiers die unnecessarily? The French are already doing everything they can to get out. Clearly, they've lost the war. But still, the Russian army does end up engaging the French a few times. They win, but lose some men. It's pointless but unstoppable.


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Special Issue "Environmental Nanoparticles and Their Toxicity"
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2009)
No papers have been published in this special issue yet.
Last update: 25 February 2014
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text: Hi all, Knowing the link btw IRTF nmrg group and IETF ops group, Is there any work or paper to fuel SNMP to a more efficient pooling of big tables (hundreds of rows) , like a new PDU type 'GetBulkTableRows' ? I am aware of AGGREGATE-MIB draft-glenn-mo-aggr-mib-03.txt but I think this approach needs a setup of fully defined Varbinds not sure if applicable to dynamically growing tables. In other words, for well know object/instances. Also draft-irtf-nmrg-snmp-compression-01.txt ( I don't know current status, not in IETF) OID compression, some of the techniques may be very expensive in computation with no significant savings. Also draft-irtf-nmrg-get-subtree-mib-01.txt, I do not believe reduce the overloaded data and requires trap receiver in sync with the requester In summary many attempts to be SMIv2 compatible, but what's wrong with create another PDU type as SNMPv3 did over SNMP v1 ? My question is related to systems with very long tables where transfer is very inefficient even with getbulk I may think of 80%+ (arbitrary figure) of the data (repeated OIDs, indexes) is not real data values, just OIDs, Also I believe direct memory access to the index and columns could be cheaper than lexicographical ordered pointers to the running memory table and little BER encoding. Should we wait for SMIv3, or an overall substitute of SNMP? Graphically: ( not different of Net-SNMP output of snmptable tool ) {[index1][index2][index3].... [VarbindNames1] [VarbindNames2] [VarbindNames3] [VarbindNames4] ...} {[idx_a] [value1(idx_a)] [value2(idx_a)] [value2(idx_a)] [value2(idx_a)] ...} {[idx_b] [value1(idx_b)] [value2(idx_b)] [value2(idx_b)] [value2(idx_b)] ...} VarBinds could be for the whole table columns or a subset within the table I bet the below syntax is incorrect but just in case.... Used some templates from RFC 3416, or any other ASN.1 representation of a table BULKRows ::= SEQUENCE { SEQUENCE { varBindColumnar } SET OF { varBindValues} } VarBindColumnar ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE (0..max-rows)) OF VarBindNames VarBindNames::= SEQUENCE { name ObjectName, -- equivalent to Entry SEQUENCES or a subset, Indexes MANDATORY always and first } VarBindValues ::= SEQUENCE { value ObjectSyntax -- positionally in sync with VarBindColumnar } Thanks Eduardo


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It's the Kanye West incident in particular that rubs most detractors the wrong way. While playing victim, Taylor Swift was in truth, benefactor. Like she always is.
Newton's third law of physics states, "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." Take note: The reaction to your disapproval of Taylor Swift is hundreds of teenage girls in Idaho clicking the "Purchase" button on "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" on iTunes.
Seriously. She's already sold four million tracks from the new album. IN ONE DAY. And she's just getting started. How? Why?
Because she sings catchy songs, for one thing. But like everything else, there's deep psychology here: 22-year-old Taylor Swift is—on several levels—what America wants its daughters to be. It's why you can't stop her; she, in the existential sense, is why you can't stop her. In Brooklyn, a long way from Idaho, there are branded products of hers positioned at eye-level in a Walgreen's, which can only be useful for little girls who are supposed to see Swift, and perhaps learn something from her. About her. Or about her way of life, one that they may in some way inhabit.
22-year-old Taylor Swift is—on several levels—what America wants its daughters to be.
Sure, other pop stars try to sell us fragrances, posters, and bedding, but for half of the country, there's an uneasiness about embracing them as pop stars that doesn't—nor will ever—exist with Swift.
Beyoncé is married to a former drug dealer-turned-rapper. Nicki Minaj: rapper. Rihanna looks like she's back in a relationship with a man who beat her. Also: they're all black. In the same way you don't see young white girls carrying around black Barbies, many of those little girls will retain the same attitudes as they grow older, when their dolls become pop stars (and then, again, when their pop stars become dolls).
And to Taylor Swift's benefit, her white contemporaries only serve to help her cause, ostensibly lacking the perceived moral compass that's so crucial to her success. Lady Gaga and Katy Perry fill children's heads with lustrous, pro-gay propaganda, Miley Cyrus is a stoner, and Ke$ha looks like she crawled out of a Waste Management site.
Then along comes the young, beautiful, innocent, Taylor Alison Swift. She's from the heartland—not the Caribbean islands or New York City. To her, a rude boy is the fresh-faced young man who interrupts her with a kiss "in the middle of saying something." Not, say, the big-dicked ruffian whose erection Rihanna asks after on her own "Rude Boy."
That sound you hear is Middle America's collective sigh of relief.
What's the biggest strike against T-Swift's immaculately untarnished image? Lately, she's been in the tabloids for the fact that she maybe, possibly, but totally cheated on Conor Kennedy with his cousin, Patrick Schwarzenegger.
White girl problems. But even other white girls don't have it as good as Taylor Swift.
When news broke that Twilight actress Kristen Stewart cheated on her co-star and longtime boyfriend, Robert Pattison, with Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders, she was immediately—and publicly—shamed. Stewart was mysteriously absent during a promotion of the upcoming Twilight film during this year's MTV VMAs and (untrue) rumors spread that she was dropped from the (currently nonexistent) Snow White sequel, with fan made videos like "Kristen Stewart Is A Whore" popping up to add salt to the wound.
As a young woman who doesn't spew the same counterculture image so synonymous with Stewart, this type of vitriol and and fallout is something Taylor Swift will never have to deal with. To her credit, Stewart's scandal reached a marriage, but the idea at play—dishonesty in a relationship—is fundamentally the same, regardless of legal binding. Despite all of this, Taylor Swift somehow emerges as a victor.
Taylor Swift can't lose. She wasn't built to lose, in the same way Goldman Sachs wasn't built to lose, either.
This is the point: Taylor Swift can't lose. She wasn't built to lose, in the same way Goldman Sachs wasn't built to lose, either. For this, Swift actually is a Feminist. Of course she is. She lives to demonstrate the kind of calculated business brilliance once thought to be the domain of alpha-males. Except Swift's savvy resembles less a corporate endeavor than the work of an infallible demi-goddess, one whose desirability transcends gender constraints with little resistance. There isn't a man on the planet who can get away with Swift's carefully coordinated juxtapositions in such a public way, on such a high level, in 2012. She's just more evolved. The ruse is stunning.
If Swift ever loses, it's a controlled, predetermined loss, one built to eventually swing in her direction. She's the Lloyd Blankfein of pop culture; in the same way he couldn't win without the deregulation of banking, she exists because we allow her to, because we, on some level, want her to. Because of our fundamental impulse as a society to love precious white girls who appear to be standing for something while in fact disrupting nothing. But can we blame her?
We can't. America is, after all, the land of opportunity. And she has seized upon every single one, impeccably and without fault or shakiness.
So, yes: Taylor Swift is The Baddest Bitch in America. Get used to it. Get over it. Or embrace it. Go ahead, put on your TaylorFace and pretend like you didn't know she was. Or don't. It doesn't matter, because—TaylorFace, or not—Taylor Swift is somewhere living out a real life fairytale in her moat-adorned residence. Read: She got what she wanted. And she'll continue to.
In the immortal words of Louisiana rapper Webbie: "Now that's a bad bitch."
Or, as Swift would have it: "All you'll ever be is mean."
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This article talks about food allergies/reactions re: restaurants.
Great article but so scary! I can't believe the highest number was for pn! I printed out a bunch of chef cards and keep them in my wallet. Fortunately or unfortunately depending on how you want to look at it....we don't eat out that often! This just really reinforces the need to talk to the cooks! Thanks for posting this!
That is a great article. We try to stick to the same few restaurants. I like our local Bob Evans because one of the servers (the one we usually get) also has kids with PA. I guess deep down inside i relize that every time we go out to eat there is a risk (no matter how careful) so I am always on guard and watch ds for reactions very closely. I would not think of going anywhere (let alone a restaurant) with out 2 epi's.
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Sniper Mode
There are two options when it comes to capturing action, blast away (truly the funniest thing to do in photography) or sniper mode, the single shot. Both methods are totally valid, both methods can capture the exact same image. And there is no shame in using either method. Since I shoot with the D3x, the first method isn't really an option so I am forced to use the sniper mode but I could always attach the D3s and go the fun way. So why don't I do that? I was asked that and the only answer I can really come up with is, I like the challenge. Watching through the lens, looking at the biology and the hints my knowledge provides while moving the lens waiting to hit the button to me is fun. Of course the number of images I capture will be less but when I do get them, I feel a little pat on my back occur. One side benefit I do find though in playing this game is keeping reflexes sharp and I think that in the long run is a good thing. Oh, and in case you don't understand sniper mode, let me put it this way. One shot does the job.
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|Case Number
|Log Number
|Date Submitted
|Date of the Event
|Saw triangle shaped unidentified object (1 red light in middle & 2 flahing white lights on sides) flying slower and lower than commercial plane headed south
|lights triangle video
Sighting Location
|United States
Sighting Specifics
|Viewing Distance
|101-500 Feet
|Sighting Duration
|Object Features
|Patterned Surface
|Object Flight Path
|Straight-line path
|Object Shape
|Weather Factors
Sighting Details
I was driving back to my mom's house after watching a show at my friends house that ended at 11:30pm. I was driving down 100 S. and I saw an object in the sky that was stationary like a star, but it twinkled more intense with a orangish/yellow/red/white pulsating look... I had seen this same 'star' a few months before and asked my sister and mom what it was... My mom said it looked like an airplane but then realized it had to be a planet since it was stationary yet bigger than a star. I didn't think much of it driving home but I decided to be daring. As I pulled into my mom's deive-way I stopped diagonally half way in her deiveway half way in the road facing my headlights directly toward the object in the sky and I flashed my brights twice... Right after the second time flashing my brights, the object disapeared and seemed to turn into a very small object (like a small plane) and slowly flew away... It canged from a planet like changing color orb to an aircraft 4 times smaller that had a faint blinking red light. I was scared so I went to call my mom but my phone died after the first ring... So I quickly ran into my house to wait for my mom to get home. My mom arrived at the house around 11:50 PM and I invited her to look out of the back french doors to see if the planet like object would show up again... The night sky was clear of clouds but it did have an occasional plane flying normal routes above. About 30 seconds after looking out of the back doors we both witnessed a HUGE triangle shaped aircraft that flew directly over our house. We watched in shock scrambling to try to get our phones/cameras to take a picture. I got an iphone video but you can't even see the moon better yet a flying object. The object was at least as big as a large commercial aircraft, maybe a lot bigger depending on how low it actually was flying. It was flying around half the speed of a commercial aircraft and it was flying extremely low compared to all of the other planes/ helicopters I've seen. I saw a perfect view of the undercarraige of the triangle craft. The craft color blended in with the dark black night sky. It had a red (non -flashing) light in the middle or front bottom of the craft... With white pulsating/flashing lights on the two back corners of the triangle. The white lights were flashing or pulsating slightly out of sync but they kept blinking in a steady pattern. And it seemed to have really really small pinpoint like white lights outlining the craft making it obvious that it was a triangle and not a cigar shape with two wings like an airplane. It flew directly from North to South and it dissapeared aroud 2-3 minutes later into the treeline. We were both kind of shocked and confused after the event. I felt pretty scared, but I did get a jolt of energy throughout the event. Then after the event I sat on my couch from 12:00 to 3:00 AM staring out of the doors to make sure I couldn't catch a video of it. (& I was too afraid to sleep) haha... If I wasn't with my mom I probably would have left her house to sleep at a friend's house. Let's just say I didn't sleep at all last night...& I can't wait to go back to college in the city of Muncie... Being out here in this corn reminds me of the movie signs.
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Honest Abe LbNA # 12487
|Baby Bear
|Placed Date
|Nov 26 2004
|Kerrville, TX
|Found By
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|Last Found
|Dec 30 2015
|Hike Distance
|Last Edited
|Dec 30 2015
Difficulty: Easy
Distance to Letterbox: About 1/4 mile
Status of letterbox: Alive and Well on 3/23/2009
The "Honest Abe" letterbox is located in Kerrville-Schreiner City Park. This park originally was a State Park, but now is run by the city. It still offers camping, fishing, picnicing, hiking, binking, animal viewing and much more. This box is located very near Silver Eagle's box.
From I-10, go south on Hwy 16 for to Loop 534. Turn left and go about 4 miles to Hwy 173. Turn left and then a quick right into the park. After the entry booth, go right at the fork and follow the road past the group picnic area on the right, to the parking area for Trailhead #1, also on the right.
To the Letterbox:
Take the trail and find Silver Eagle's box (Walk west on the gravel path for about 100 yards until you come to a trail jct. Turn around and go back down the trail the way you came for 15 steps and look right (south) for a multi-trunk cedar tree 5 steps from the trail.). Now go to the trail junction again, and take the left side trail. Stay on this main trail until you come to a large tree pile on your right, and the trail bends sharply to the left. This is about 100 yards from the trail junction. Do not take the bend in the trail. Instead, go west on a faint trail at 270 degrees for 15 steps (into the trees). Locate the large cedar tree on the left. The box is in the croch of this tree.
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Indian Camp
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Indian Camp Suffering Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Paragraph)
Quote #1
She lay in the lower bunk, very big under a quilt. Her head was turned to one side. (10)
Let's notice a few things here: first, the woman is on the lower bunk, and her husband is on the top. Symbolic of the hierarchy between men and women maybe? Second, the Indian woman's head is turned to the side. And what are we told a few lines down? "The husband in the upper bunk rolled over against the wall" (19). So the woman and her husband are actually in the same position, mirroring one another. Hmm, maybe this contrast is worth exploring more…
Quote #2
"Oh, Daddy, can't you give her something to make her stop screaming?" asked Nick. (17)
This quote tells us that the Indian woman is in a world of pain, but it also shows us that Nick doesn't like the sight (or sound) of suffering. Her suffering is making him suffer! Ok, probably not nearly as much. But still—the kid's hurting.
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The husband in the upper bunk rolled over against the wall. (19)
For someone having a baby, this husband sure doesn't seem all that sympathetic to his wife's plight. On first reading, we probably assume that he's just tired of listening to screaming for the past two days. But in hindsight, we can read a lot more into this line: it occurs right after Nick's father's comment that he doesn't hear the woman's screams because they're not important. This comment is supposed to be a reflection of Nick's dad's manly stoicism in the face of adversity, but the husband clearly is affected. Who would have thought that you could convey all of that just by having a character roll over?


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The comedy is known for its high-caliber guest stars, but it's always extra-fun when a musician drops in to show off their acting chops (in fact, Britney Spears' receptionist role was one of our favorite cameos). We have high hopes for Perry, who has shown her flair for the dramatic in pretty much every live performance she's ever done. Here's hoping it translates on scripted TV!
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It would be difficult to find anyone in the modern Virginia Wine industry with seven degrees of separation from the "Father" of the modern Virginia industry Gabriele Rausse.
Already recognized with lifetime achievement award from the Virginia Wineries Association and similar accolades from the Virginia Vineyards Association, Rausse is much more than a thirty-five year veteran viticulturalist, he is a treasure and an active participant in today's industry.
Rausse first arrived in Virginia, from his Italian homeland, in 1975 on a short assignment for the Zonin family wine company to evaluate the vineyard potential of a winery location in Barboursville.
After arriving and finding the site very suitable, Rausse served as the founding winemaker of Barboursville Vineyards. During this time he was encouraged by the state secretary of agriculture not to encourage others to plant grapes because tobacco was the future of the Old Dominion. Rausse ignored this advice.
His next assignment was to evaluate and establish a vineyard and winery near the same rolling hills where Thomas Jefferson failed to do so. Utilizing both his old world winemaking techniques and his new world understanding of wine growing, Rausse created Simeon Farm (now known as Jefferson Vineyards). He became well known for sharing his time, intellect and charm.
Exceedingly humble, Rausse has mentored at least three generations of Virginia winemakers including his own two sons Tim and Peter.
Today, in addition to running his eponymous winery, Rausse serves as the Assistant Director of Gardens and Grounds of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation's Monticello. It was in this role, where I see Rausse continue to push the envelope. For a number of years, Monticello produced a very small quantity of Sangiovese from vines Rausse nurtured on the property. I have been lucky enough to taste this wine on several different occasions. The idea of tasting a wine grown on TJ's property grown by the "Father" of the wine industry makes it even sweeter.
Continuing to share his knowledge, Rausse today serves as lead faculty for Piedmont Virginia Community College's Viticulture and Enology program. He has also served as adjunct faculty for the University of Virginia's Travel and Learn Program.
In his spare time, he also serves as the consulting winemaker to a handful of Virginia wineries as well as a sought after vineyard consultant.
As one noted, "Without Gabriele's hard work and dedication to push ideas forward, what we know is now a leading Virginia industry of wine would not exist. He is, in many ways, the "Father of the modern Virginia Wine Industry."
While Gabriele Rausse Winery is not open to the public, if you call Gabriele or one of his sons would be happy to show you their family's efforts to keep the Virginia wine business forward.


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Good morning! Here's the overnight news. After catching up, come back to SAI all day for live tech news and analysis. Marissa Mayer does not consider herself a feminist. Marc Andreessen is backing an app for contractors who want to rent equipment. Walt Mossberg says you might want to wait a while before buying a Pebble watch. You blinked, and now LinkedIn is worth $18 billion up from $4 billion at its IPO. You thought Facebook killed Friendster? Hah. Scientists at MIT performed a "digital autopsy" on the social network to find out what went wrong. They say: "the combination of a low
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- 2 1/2 pounds all-purpose flour, plus more for kneading
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- 1 cup water
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Put 1/2 pound of the flour to the side.
In a large mixing bowl, make a well with the remaining 2 pounds of flour. Add the yeast, potato, salt and water into the middle of the well. Incorporate all the ingredients and pound the dough to bring out the gluten. Dough should be wet and sticky.
Add half of the olive oil, then the remaining 1/2 pound of flour. Forcefully beat the dough down. Add more flour as kneading.
Cover and let rest for 15 mins. Come back and knead some more with more flour. Cover and let rest in a warm place until doubled.
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I don't know about you, but in five years of high school and five more years of university not once have I had a successful study session where friends or colleagues were involved. A study group is meant to cover and understand one section at a time, together. The idea is that where one member falls short in understanding the others can step in and assist. The group structure is in place to support and motivate. In spite of everybody's best intentions though there are simply too many factors counting against study groups:
Sky-high likelihood of getting distracted
Every time a colleague has a question or feels they just want to vent about something unrelated, your concentration gets broken. If someone feels peckish they will recommend a lunch break for everyone; or the mere mention that they're going to the cafeteria for something will break your concentration anyway. Phones will inevitably ring and beep. There's seldom a decent stretch of uninterrupted study time when you're with other people.
The timetable isn't tailored to you
You can be rushed or held back if the differential in information uptake is great between study group members: some take longer to understand than others. The pace at which the group moves therefore will never be optimized for you. You're either going to be forced to catch up by taking short cuts or hold yourself back to wait for others.
Where you may be familiar with a topic and only require an hour of revision, most of your colleagues could be weaker at the subject and insist on devoting a full day to it. Of course you're free to study something else in this time, but then that defeats the entire purpose of the study group.
The logistics involved
When you're at home you just take your notes to the nearest quiet table and study. Anything needed is at home with you. If you go somewhere to study with a group you need to firstly ensure you pack everything you need and secondly make the trip to wherever the study session is. This logistical effort seems small but there's also the return trip to consider and by the most optimistic estimation the effort to pack up, travel and then eventually return home will take at least 30 minutes, usually 45. All this time could be spent revising an extra topic. Add up that time over just one week and consider what you could get done in that time.
How clever is your group?
Being in a group may increase the odds of somebody knowing something that others don't, but it doesn't preclude the possibility that everyone has the wrong understanding of a topic. The group mustn't just be a bunch of friends deciding to study together, especially (and I don't mean this in a nasty way) if they're all borderline students trying to scrape a pass. For a study group to work its makeup needs to comprise of students with varying abilities in different subjects/sections, without any overall laggards to hold the others back. This in theory sounds fine, but in practice finding yourself in such a group is highly unlikely, especially given the societal pressure you will be under to study with your friends.
There comes a point where being in a group is counterproductive and everyone simply works best in isolation. Teamwork is not always the solution. Universities have tutorial sessions (known as homework in school) where practice examples are looked at and questions can be asked of a qualified tutor. Remember too that most lectures permit questions. Any more interaction than tutorials and lectures I fear is often more of an excuse to socialize than achieve anything fruitful.


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"Le Pape de la Bistronomie", says Figaroscope's Emmanuel Rubin. The what? Who? It's none other than Christian Constant, he's been called a few things in his life, but never Le Pape, even by his mum, who loves him to bits and on whose cooking all his ideas are based.
Since Constant quit the Crillon several years ago he has had some life changing experiences, as this is not Closer magazine we wont go into the details, but just stick to him making his mark on the chic left- bank rue Saint Dominique. First came the classy Violon d'Ingres, then Fables de la Fontaine (which he has sort of sold to his chef, but still keeps an eye on it), then Café Constant, everyone's favourite and now, "Les Cocottes", which opened this week to three hearts from the Popes of Figaroscope. A blessing indeed!
"The name is a play on words, "cocottes" means women", grins Constant, winking at his Scottish wife Catherine. But seriously what it means is a brilliant new concept. "For me it's the answer to fast food à la francaise, where can you get a good jambon beurre in this town?" he asks. Well from now on at Les Cocottes dear. The natural stone colours and hip décor are by Luis Allelulia who recently transformed Le Violon, when Constant decided to lower the prices, but certainly not the quality.
Think diner à la Francaise. There's a long table d'hote, a "zinc" bar and three giant Serrano Hams sitting in the window waiting to greet you. "We're open all day, every day", says Constant. Breakfast includes scrambled eggs, oeufs plats, hot croissants, toast and Christine Ferber jams. Of course there's newspapers, tea and coffee, fresh juices.
Lunch is for tasting "Les Cocottes", concocted in the kitchen by Constant, chef Philippe Cadeau plus a dream team of young talent. Constant chose multi-colour Staub casseroles which decorate the restaurant and can be bought to take home, empty or full. Waiting for her order is Annie, who lives in the quartier. "I've just ordered soup of Gazpacho de tomatoes brunoise, poivrons rouge et vert avec croutons and Verrines of Crémeux de tourteau, vinaigrette tomate et basilica", she tells me.
The prices are so terrific you'll want to rush there immediately. Les Salades 9€ – Soups 7€ – Les Verrines (in tall glasses) 8€ – Les basic Cocottes 12€ (Cocotte of the Day changes, yesterday it was Contrefilet à la plancha, fleur de sel et poivre, with Belle Salade melangé 24€ or, for the ladies who don't, "legumes de moment" at 12€. Quiches, tourtes, omelettes 7€ – 8 stunning desserts 6€ or La fabuleuse tarte au chocolat de CC – 8€. Italian ice-cream from the machine in the corner – 4€. "But I only want a sandwich". OK. I'm coming to that. Les Tartines – 4.50€ or Sandwiches and Baguette 5€, you choose the filling. Wash down with a glass of Anjou rouge, Clos de la Paonnerie 2005 would you believe – 2€.
And, if you want to eat at home, pop in and order. By the time you've had a look in the jeweller's next door, it'll be ready.
Every 'hood needs a "Cocotte", now that's what they should be out on the streets manifesting about n'est pas?
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Earlier this month,the Kentucky State Police issued its annual report on crime in Kentucky.
When measured against 1995, there were 50 fewer homicides, 6,000 fewer burglaries and almost 5,000 fewer DUIs last year even in the face of population gains, while auto thefts and robberies were almost half of what they had been.
A serious crime took place about every three minutes last year. About 50 percent of those were thefts, burglaries and assaults; 20 percent were drug offenses; and 10 percent were tied to vandalism.
Dear Editor: Over the years, I've become sick and tired of the staff-written rants of our know-nothing Congressman Geoff Davis that appear in my hometown paper. Each Wednesday, like clockwork, we get the spin according to the talking heads of "Fixed News" or His Immense Acreage Rush Limbaugh on the hot-button political issue du jour.
Last week's screed on the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) took the cake. Like the little boy who told everyone that the Emperor had no clothes, I'm telling you that your congressman is full of it.
I read your article about CVS' possible interest in an Eminence location in the (June 22), edition. I was dismayed by the immediate negative response to the announcement. It seems every time any business shows an interest in Eminence, the reaction is the same: Eminence's borders are closed to new business.
If today turns out to be an average one for Kentucky's hospitals, here is a glimpse of what is taking place: More than 6,600 patients will be treated in emergency rooms; 14,000 more will be helped with other outpatient services; 1,500 will be discharged after a stay of about four-and-a-half days; and 150 of the state's newest citizens will be born.
This information, compiled by the Kentucky Hospital Association, gives us a much clearer view of the one place in our communities that we may not always want to visit but are always glad that it's there.
09, President Obama has spoken of a sweeping agenda with promises of a stronger economy, fiscal discipline, improved health care and cheaper energy from the full range of our energy resources. Unfortunately, these were empty promises.
The promises started with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or the "stimulus" bill, which the president's economic advisers said would hold the unemployment rate below eight percent. Instead, the unemployment rate has stayed above eight percent for 40 straight months.
Memorial Day is a time to honor our soldiers and remember those who have fallen. This day also comes at the end of National Military Appreciation Month, an appropriate occasion to reflect on national unity and lend our support to those in uniform. Although some have tried to paint a picture of the "one percent" over the last several months, there is a real one percent prepared to protect us all: the United States Armed Forces.
For several years now, the General Assembly's Office of Education Accountability has compiled an annual report that gives us a big-picture look at how our students compare to their counterparts in other states.
While there are persistent challenges, many tied to poverty, the report has some positive trends certainly worth noting.
I am writing in regards to the Mobile Food Pantry that comes to the Henry County Fairgrounds the fourth Wednesday of every month.
I think this is a great service that is being offered to the less fortunate citizens of Henry County. But there aren't any restroom facilities available to use. I am a handicapped senior that has bladder issues. I know it is a long time that everyone has to sit in their cars to wait and get the food. If you don't get there early to get a good place in line, you don't get hardly any food.
As I read Brad Bowman's article: HCSO's New Office Open June 4th, last week, I was surprised to see a glaring omission. The move was, in part, due to the Henry County Health Department. However The Henry County Health Department Board was not mentioned in the article.
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Clinical trials market reached $50bn in 2008, despite recession fears, says a new report.
Premarin, a gel containing a mixture of female sex hormone oestrogens, from Wyeth offers to relieve some of common symptoms of vaginal dryness and painful intercourse in women.
India's Glenmark and Aurobindo are set to launch thier generic versions of hypertension drugs fosinopril sodium and hydrochlorothiazide - the therapeutic equivalent of Bristol-Myers Squibb's Monopril-HCT - in the US market.
Celgene tries to block Dr Reddy's Revlimid generic using REMS as an excuse, say reports.
India's leading contract manufacturing and research services (CRAMS) provider Jubilant Organosys has reported a nearly ten-fold jump in its consolidated net profit for the quarter ended June 31, 2009.
iIndia's leading generic maker Sun Pharmaceutical will license certain patent applications related to the anti- depression drug escitalopram (Lexapro) following settlements of lawsuit.
Photodynamic therapy is pain-free as it requires no cuts Photodynamic therapy, a pain-free technique for treating cancer, has been launched in Chandigarh, Punjab, India by the Netherlands-based pharmaceutical firm Brema Pharma International, recently.
Plan B One Step, a new one-pill emergency contraceptive, has been given approval in US. Plan B One Step pill, which contains the synthetic version of estrogen levonorgestrel, can be taken as a single pill in one dose after unprotected sex or in the case of contraceptive failure to avoid unwanted pregnancy, said Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, the manufacturer of the pill said in a press release. "Emergency contraception is more effective the sooner it's taken, and with Plan B One-Step women can now act quickly and take it right away when the unexpected happens," said Amy Niemann, General Manager, Senior Vice President of Teva Women's Health. Plan B One Step should be taken within 72 hours (3 days) of unprotected sex or contraceptive failure. If taken correctly, about seven out of eight women who would have got pregnant will not become pregnant after taking Plan B One Step, the Israeli-based Teva claimed. Plan B One-Step, however, cannot be used for inducing abortion. Plan B One Step will not work if a woman is already pregnant and it will not terminate an existing pregnancy. Also, Plan B One-Step doesn't protect against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Side effects of Plan B One Step include changes in your period, nausea, lower abdominal pain, fatigue, headache, dizziness, and breast tenderness. Plan B One Step will be available at licensed U.S. retail pharmacies within the next month. Plan B One-Step will be available over the counter for consumers aged 17 or older, and will be sold to women younger than age 17, as the US FDA is expanding over-the-counter (OTC) access to Plan B One-Step. However, women younger than age 17 will require a prescription but they will need a prescription to purchase the pill. Emergency contraceptive pills are now available over-the-counter after U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York asked in March to FDA to reconsider its decisions on the sale of the Plan B emergency contraceptive and ordered its producer to make the pills available to 17-year-olds without a prescription. The court has also ordered US FDA to reconsider its decisions for Plan B over-the-counter sale. It was currently available only behind the counter then, so those who wanted to use the drug needed to ask a pharmacist for the pills. Plan B was sold by Barr Pharmaceuticals, which was recently acquired by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., headquartered in Israel, is among the top 20 pharmaceutical companies in the world and is the world's leading generic pharmaceutical company. Over 80 percent of Teva's sales are in North America and Europe. Plan B® One-Step is manufactured in partnership with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. by Gedeon Richter, Ltd. of Budapest, Hungary. Plan B One Step, a new one-pill emergency contraceptive, has been given approval in US.
Registration of clinical research organizations which conduct human studies on drugs, cosmetics and medical devices would soon be made mandatory in India.
Technology for recombinant streptokinase is developed by IMTech, Chandigarh Indian contract services provider Shasun Chemicals & Drugs Ltd has forayed the fast-emerging biogenerics segment by launching its generic version of the recombinant streptokinase in the Indian market. The Chennai-based Shasun is one of the prominent custom research and manufacturing services (CRAMS) player and a leading supplier of several active pharmaceutical ingredients including ibuprofen etc. Shasun developed the biotherapeutic recombinant streptokinase under public-private-partnership. The technology for streptokinase was developed by the Chandigarh-based Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTech), a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). According to some estimates, the streptokinase market in the country is over $17 million growing in double digits. Apart from Shasun, Shantha Biotechnics (Shankinase), Bharat Biotech India Ltd (Indikinase), Virchow Biotech (Virkinase) have also either launched or working on their versions streptokinase in India. Streptokinase is a protein produced by beta-haemolytic streptococcus. It belongs to a group of medications known as fibrinolytics, and works by activating plasminogen through cleavage to produce plasmin. Streptokinase is used to break up blood clots in the blood vessels of leg veins, lungs and around the heart. Streptokinase injection can dissolve blood clots that form in the heart, blood vessels, or lungs after a heart attack, or some other disease process. Shasun has biotech facility at Velacherry, Chennai, southern India The facility is involved in the creation of biotechnology capabilities & capacities especially in the area of protein processing solutions to provide services for the biotech & pharmaceutical companies. Shasun Chemicals and Drugs Ltd was founded in 1976 and its headquarters are in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. Shasun acquired UK-based Rhodia Pharma through its wholly owned subsidiary Shasun Pharma Solutions Ltd . UK. Shasun Chemicals & Drugs Ltd posted revenues of Rs. 127 crore, a growth of 5 per cent compared to Q2 FY08 for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. For Q2 FY09, the company suffered forex losses of Rs. 13.50 crore (against Rs. 10.25 crore gain for Q2 last year) resulting in Net Loss of Rs.10.71 crore as against Net Profit of Rs 6.89 crore for the corresponding quarter of last year. On a consolidated basis, revenues for the quarter stood at Rs 219 crore compared to Rs 206 crore for Q2FY08, registering a growth of 6%. The Net Loss of the period stood at Rs. 19.04 crores as against Net Profit of Rs. 8.2 crore for the corresponding quarter of previous year. Shasun entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Merck & Co., Inc last year on its proprietary cross-coupling copper technology (also known as Buchwald technology) to manufacture and commercialize active pharmaceutical ingredients. The Buchwald cross-coupling technology is one of the most popular technologies in the pharmaceutical area allowing increasingly complex new drugs to be manufactured in an efficient and economical way. Shasun API facility at Puducherry was established in 1986. The Pondicherry facility is a dedicated plant for the manufacture of Ibuprofen. Shasun is one of the largest manufacturers of ibuprofen in the world. The plant is inspected multiple times by the FDA, MCA and other regulatory bodies in countries across Europe, North America and others. Shasun's ibuprofen supply chain includes Boots Co, UK - the original innovator of ibuprofen. Shasun offers complete spectrum of ibuprofen derivatives such as S+ Ibuprofen, Ibuprofen Lysinate, and Ibuprofen Sodium. Shasun Pharma Solutions is the vertically integrated chemistry partner for the pharmaceutical industry. Its services include innovative process research and development, small scale manufacture for clinical trial supply and full scale commercial manufacture of advanced intermediates and API's. Shasun Pharma Solutions is carrying out complex multistage organic syntheses, including chemistry in liquid ammonia, organometallic chemistry, halogenations, Friedel-Crafts reactions and reductions, as well as powerful chiral syntheses such as Jacobsen chiral epoxidation and kinetic resolution.


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Listed below
are just a few of Anya's
Saturday August 30, 2008 8 PM, Anya will
be performing in a benefit for the
Sunday June 22, 2008 at the Syracuse Polish Scholarship Festival in Downtown Syaracuse, NY
Saturday October 28, 2006 at 9:30 p.m. Anya will perform at the Cricket Club in Irvington, NJ. Also appearing will be the band Modern Talking
Saturday, September
9th, 2006 at 3:00 p.m.,
May 27th
June 4th
June 10th
June 25th
Please visit
Anya, a porcelain doll-like
beauty, will light up the Polusa Nightclub at midnight, Saturday, February
25. Polusa Nightclub promises over 1,000 anticipated music and dance
lovers the night of their lives as Anya's riveting pop/rock vocals heats
up the stage to a spicy red hot so Lucas Prata can perform his dance
hit "And She Said". Rumor has it Anya has a big surprise for
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Please visit Anya's to BIO PAGE to read more about this young dynamo.
Anya's Hollywood Publicist Sums It Up on the PRESS PAGE.
Please leave an email address so Anya's Webmaster can send your 'free' MP3 of her album's title track, MELTDOWN. Anya's lyrics "up the river one last mile, I'm in Sing Sing in denial, barbed wire fences surround me" tell a poignant story of the falsely accused.
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BIKER GIRL. Anya penned this love song as a tribute to her biker friends and fans around the world. The biker community gave Anya a performance stage at the age of 15. Her love and gratitude for them is forever!
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Visit ANYA'S CORNER and catch up on all that's happening in this young lady's career.
A MESSAGE FROM ANYA - My motto is, "every twinkling star needs a sky to shine in", and she says, "YOU, my audience, are my sky - with YOU, I'll shine brightly".
"I love all of you! - Anya" .
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Wednesday, November 30, the University of Connecticut, Stamford branch, will feature Anya in a mini concert as a "sneak" preview to the release of her Freshman full-length album titled Meltdown due in stores mid-March 2006. This concert, open only to students of the University, will take place at 12:30 p.m. in the Atrium.
In mid December we would like to invite you to please take the opportunity to view photos of this show by clicking on "photos" and then select "Anya's friends". There you will also find music memorabilia snapshots of motorcycle expos, music conferences & performances that capture special moments in Anya's musical journey. Remember, everyone that visits this site is part of Anya's unique journey.
October 2, 2005 at 1:00 p.m., there will be a sneak preview of Anya's new album titled Meltdown. Anya will sing select tracks such as Biker Girl, inspired by and dedicated to America's motorcycle men, women, girls and boys. Super Sunday, an annual event founded by Don Clady, Connecticut's premier bike show promoter, will take place at the Connecticut EXPO Center in Hartford, Connecticut. This event promises over 10,000 attendees.
I'd like to thank all of my fans, friends and family for the endless stream of congratulatory email I've received on the release of this exciting album. I love email and you'll all hear from me. Check out the links and stop by my "Anya's News" column to catch up on what's happening!
Please remember, I pray for peace and love in your life and peace and love in our world. And, FOR GOODNESS SAKE... PLEASE SIGN MY GUESTBOOK!
Anya performs September 11, 2005
at 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m at the Nyack Street Fair Band Shell. At 12
Noon Anya will sing The National Anthem, there will be a moment of silence,
a bagpiper plays and Anya will continue her performance with selections
from her forthcoming album titled Meltdown.
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Why Shouldn't the U.K. Get an EU Deal?
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron will make what could be the speech of his political life on Friday, in which he'll try to ink in a new vision of the U.K.'s place in the European Union.
He wants to negotiate a looser relationship; one which leaves the U.K. in the EU, but in a form of slow lane, while the euro-zone members forge ahead on the freeway to ever-closer union.
The received wisdom is that he'll be lucky. The euro zone is supposedly getting tired of British 'exceptionalism' and is ready to offer Mr. Cameron nothing more than a De Gaulle-like 'non' for his pains.
But, beside all the posturing and brinkmanship, why on earth shouldn't Mr. Cameron expect to get just what he'll ask for?
The drive to federate is rooted in the logic of the single currency, and the vexed question of fund transfer between the euro-zone's winners and losers. The U.K. opted to stay out of the euro. Even if it had a federalist bone in its national body, which it hasn't, surely the case that those who stayed out must integrate because those who went in have to is a weak one.
No, in the end, there must be a decent chance that Germany will give in, and let the U.K. have its way. A referendum on a changed settlement is surely preferable to a simple 'in or out'. There's a better than even chance that that would be lost, and see the U.K. exit altogether.
Germany surely doesn't want that. Quite apart from the strong possibility that it has no desire to be left alone with France in the EU big players' club, with no London to play off against Paris when needed, Germany needs the U.K. to stay in.
The U.K. brings diplomatic and military clout to the table, and Germany lacks both for all its economic heft.
The U.K. has the permanent seat at the U.N Security Council, the nuclear arsenal and the long tradition of diplomacy in countries Germany doesn't reach. Oh, and it's a net contributor to the EU piggy bank, too. The Germans don't want to see any of those leave the party. They'll have to make up the shortfall. What sort of union fights tooth and nail to keep debtors in, but lets the contributors go?
Oh, and there's the U.K.'s vast trade deficit with the best of the EU as well. Contributor and best customer. Let that go? No chance.
If the extremists on both sides would just keep quiet, the U.K. will probably get its deal. Exceptionalism will prove better than exit, and that's essentially the choice facing both sides now.


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Example of How to Interpret a Climate Prediction Center Graphic
Several example locations (noted by the arrows) are included in the above maps with corresponding percent chances for above, near, and below normal conditions.
The top map indicates the 3-month temperature probability. One can interpret the first temperature probability graphic as much of the western half of the country having a greater than 33% chance for above normal temperatures this winter, while only the Florida peninsula has a greater than 33% chance for below normal temperatures. The other areas in white labeled with "EC" have an equal chance for experiencing above, below, or near normal temperatures.
The bottom map shows the 3-month precipitation probability. As far as precipitation likelihood, one can see that the northern Gulf coast has a greater chance to have above normal amounts, while the upper Midwest and Pacific Northwest have greater chances for below normal.


text: The Vicus Martis Tudertium Project is an archaeological excavation on the great ancient Roman road of the Via Flaminia. Led by Prof. John Muccigrosso of the Drew University Classics Department, the dig is open as a field school to students, but others can also participate through our Visitors Program. The site is located in beautiful Umbria, about 1 ½ hours from Rome. To find out more, explore this site through our menu.


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Cake, cake, cake. Sorry haters, but Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley is going to have his cake and eat too. He shared a cryptic photo of a half-eaten "Dreaming Princess" cake proclaiming that the days of Foursquare are sweeter than ever.
Perhaps he's right! The company did announce an innovative new feature that automatically sends you texts and rumors are swirling that Microsoft wants to take a chunk of the company. But, if we're believing caption, he's not going to tell us for another three months. Please, someone remind us to check in with that.
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Thanks to my TOTALLY RAD parents (seriously, guys, you're the best), my life is about to make a change for the better... I'M FINALLY GETTING A DSLR! It's been a long time coming. And you no longer have to hear my woes about not having the camera I want. My woes will be over. Woever.
That's pretty much it... I am just so excited, and this li'l blog is in for a sweet treat. Thanks for hanging in there with me!! TWO WEEKS AND COUNTING.
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GOAL: To develop excellent individuals (Sincere Spirituality, Exceptional Character, and Great Knowledge)
DIRECTION:Through a positive, accurate, and motivational worldview (Islam based on the revealed knowledge of the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w., combined with a logical, scientific understanding of Allahs physical creation based on the accepted facts (but not non-Islamic Interpretations) of all fields of modern science).
MOTIVATION:Mans role as vicegerent (Khalifah) on earth with the three responsibilities:
MEANS:The Khalifah Method is comprised of three easy steps:
Remind yourself and your children that we are Khalifah of Allah, and instill deeply into your childrens consciousness the strong desire to carry out their responsibilities as Khalifah.
Take the opportunity, a number of times each day, to give positive attention (warm and loving praise) to your child for any good things they do or good characteristics they show.
Set firm, reasonable rules for your child, make sure your child understands those rules, and enforce those rules consistently with kind discipline (this means without harshness) which is the Sunnah of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
The Khalifah Institute begins its activities by offering seminars, training, workshops, and publications (books, CDs, cassettes, posters, and training programs) for the parents, teachers, work force, youth, and children of Malaysia with the goal of helping to initiate such positive changes in Malaysian society, InshaAllah, that the whole world will come to see us as an example of what a rightly guided Islamic nation can do to combat the evil influences of modern society and will desire to model their society on ours. We carry out close follow-up of our educational programs through volunteers who are trained as Khalifah Trainers. Target groups for our programs include parents, teachers, workforce, youth, teenagers, children and preschoolers.
To help bring about a world society that is good and right in every way. Good and right is defined as that which conforms to the rightly understood beliefs and practices of traditional Islam based on the revealed knowledge of the Quran, the authentic Sunnah and Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), combined with a logical, scientific understanding of Allahs physical creation based on the acceptesd facts (but not non-Islamic Interpretations) of all fields of modern science.
To continue, publicize, further develop, and disseminate the life work of the founder, both nationally and internationally, in all forms, to help bring about a better world. This work encompasses forty years of research in child and clinical psychology, theoretical physics and cosmology.
To disseminate the body of knowledge through publications, seminars, workshops, talks, conferences, and training sessions using the Khalifah methodology and to assist in the practical application of the method at all levels of society.
As always we put our trust in Allah as the only absolute knower of truth. Responsibility for all errors is ours alone and due to human failings. For any errors we may make we offer our most sincere apologies to the Muslim Ummah, and beg the forgiveness of Allah. We understand, of course, that there may be alternative interpretations of the true knowledge of traditional Islamic belief and practice held by individuals and groups within the Muslim ummah. To the degree that these alternative interpretations do not constitute unbelief, we welcome this diversity within the Islamic tradition as a great Mercy from Allah.
We at Khalifah Institute often use the language of modern scientific and logical discourse to explain and promote traditional Islamic belief and practice. To those unfamiliar with this use of lan guage to further the cause of Islam please do not be alarmed. Although we use modern language and concepts in our presentation of Islamic belief and practice we are not Modernists. We support and work for a return to the traditional beliefs, values and practices of Islam, based on the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), as the only way to successfully bring about a spiritual revitalization of the Muslim ummah, and to ultimately bring about a fully and truly Islamic world.


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Tallahassee, FL - The opportunity to climb in the Panhandle Conference standings is what's at stake for Tallahassee Community College on Tuesday evening when it hosts Pensacola State College in a men's and women's basketball doubleheader.
The Eagle men (16-7) enter Tuesday's 7:30 p.m. contest at 2-3 in PC play and with two important games on the horizon. A quick glimpse at the schedule might lead one to believe this Saturday's trip to Northwest Florida State College is the week's marquee matchup. The PC standings suggest otherwise.
Tallahassee and Northwest Florida State are tied for third with identical 2-3 records. Meanwhile, it's Pensacola State (15-7, 3-2) who is all alone in second place, following last Saturday's upset win over Northwest Florida State. But as is always the case in the rugged Panhandle Conference, 40 minutes is all that's needed to alter the standings dramatically.
Tuesday is no different for Tallahassee, who can claim a share of second place with a win but will fall to fourth place all by itself with a loss. A victory would also help avenge one of the Eagles' least-inspiring performances of the season - a 62-59 loss in Pensacola on January 8.
In Tuesday's 5:30 p.m. tilt, the Lady Eagles (12-6, 1-4) will try to ride the momentum from Saturday's surprising 64-54 win at Gulf Coast Community College. The task will be much tougher, however, as the Lady Pirates bring a gaudy 22-0 record and the nation's No. 1 ranking into the Eagledome.
Pensacola State has a 2.5 game lead over Chipola College as it hits the midway point of the conference schedule on Tuesday. And the Lady Pirates already have a win over Tallahassee under its belt - a convincing 84-62 triumph on January 8.
Tallahassee snapped a four-game losing streak with its win over the Lady Commodores. More importantly, it kept the Lady Eagles' slim postseason hopes alive. Tallahassee is only one game back of Gulf Coast and Northwest Florida State, both of whom are 2-3. Chipola (2-2) sits only 1.5 games ahead of Tallahassee.
Both of Tuesday's games will be carried by Panhandle Sports Broadcasting and can be seen online at www.PSBlive.com.


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Mein Kampf success down to 'Fifty Shades phenomenon'
Why is Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto topping ebook charts 90 years after it was written?
THE surprise popularity of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf on the ebook market has been linked to the 50 Shades of Grey phenomenon.
While print copy sales of the infamous manifesto remain stagnant, the ebook features on several of Amazon's bestseller charts, and is currently topping its propaganda and political philosophy list, as well as its "fascism and nazism" politics chart.
The book, which outlines Hitler's idea of a global Jewish conspiracy, also features in the top 20 of the iTunes politics and events chart.
Boston journalist and author Chris Faraone believes its electronic popularity is the result of the "50 Shades phenomenon coupled with latent curiosity that's easily sated with a click".
Erotic novels such as El James's 50 Shades of Grey – which in June 2012 became the first ebook to sell one million units on Kindle – are increasingly consumed in more clandestine e-form, he says.
"People might not have wanted to buy Mein Kampf at Borders or have it delivered to their home or displayed on their living room bookshelf, let alone get spotted reading it on a subway, but judging by hundreds of customer comments online, readers like that digital copies can be quietly perused then dropped into a folder or deleted," says Faraone.
The first Kindle edition of Mein Kampf surfaced in late 2008, selling for $1.60. Amazon now sells six ebook versions, despite calls from the World Jewish Congress to remove the manifesto altogether, along with other "hate books".
In Germany, the sale of print copies continues to cause controversy. The country stopped printing new productions of the book after inheriting copyright ownership in 1945 but this ownership expires 70 years after the author's death in 2015.
Lawmakers in Germany had pledged to release an annotated version of Mein Kampf to coincide with the expiration of their rights. But last month officials backed out of the plans following complaints from Holocaust survivors.
Nevertheless, as Philip Oltermann in The Guardian points out, with the rise of the internet and ebooks, officials can do little about the thousands of scans uploaded outside Germany that remain just a keystroke away for those within the country.


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Monday, August 3, 2009
Cassie Ainsworth Style
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btw, that skins marathon was imcomplete. some of the best episodes were left out. and the third season is amazing too. I dont see how an american show could compete especially something called gossip girl
- August 3, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Im watchin bbca now. even though it says season three premiers this week, you can watch the episodes online because it was in britain forever ago.
- August 3, 2009 at 10:01 PM
- Catie said...
Ohmygod I love, love, LOVE Cassie! Of all the Skins characters, she is definitely my favorite. Beautiful, funny, fashionable, and a whole lot of weird.
- August 14, 2009 at 11:11 PM
She's also my style muse.
I really adore her!
- August 19, 2009 at 11:08 PM
- goaroundgirl said...
I love cassieeee! I can realte to her in so many ways I cant even write them all.
Shes amazing.' Oh woow'
- October 7, 2009 at 2:24 AM
- Kristen said...
I feel like MTV tried to Americanize this show and failed miserably. I don't know why we don't just buy the rights to the BBC shows, or show them on BBC America, as opposed to hiring American actors and filming in American cities with the EXACT SAME PLOTS as the British versions (you know, the originals). Hello, The Office? Coupling? Being Human???
- June 9, 2011 at 9:36 AM