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Redbox Redbox $1 DVD rentals Redbox scam. Charged $26 for a movie I rented and returned the next day. Internet
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I called Redbox. They said that they would send a technician out there and look for the movie in the box and I would get a response in 7 - 10 days. The next day I received an email saying that they couldn't find the movie and the charges were justified.
There is nothing I can do at this point except warn other people.
It might not be so bad if I could at least now own the DVD, but I don't have it since I returned it.
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Killing a show by canceling it is one thing. But killing major or recurring characters on a popular show is a dramatically complex development that can alter the dramatic structure of a show and its character development. »Read Full Article(8)
G. Love performing at Potawatomi Bingo Casino Saturday
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Still, in the case of choreographer Morgan Thorson, it seems apt. For her new work, "Journeyman," she'll find a stranger at a party, and through a conversation craft a solo dance missive. Thorson will perform her piece for her new acquaintance and collaborator privately, then publicly as part of a weeklong performance festival curated by Alverno Presents called "Solo Flight." »Read Full Article
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New York-based Four Nations Ensemble presented a French baroque musical buffet Saturday at UWM's Zelazo Center.
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Lewes, DE, February 13, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Xplore Software Consulting Inc today announced that Xplore e-Project Management v1.0 has achieved Oracle Exadata, Oracle Exalogic Ready and Oracle SPARC SuperCluster ready status through Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). Today's announcement demonstrates that Xplore Software Consulting Inc supports Xplore e-Project Management v1.0 with Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and Oracle SPARC SuperCluster.
Xplore Software Consulting Inc is a Gold level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork.
Oracle Exadata Ready, Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Ready and Oracle Exalogic Ready are part of the Oracle Exastack Ready program which allows partners, such as Xplore Software Consulting Inc, to be recognized by Oracle for testing and tuning their applications on Oracle Exadata, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud or Oracle SPARC SuperCluster engineered systems.
Oracle Exadata delivers extreme performance and is the ideal database platform for OLTP applications, data warehouses as well as the varied and unpredictable workloads of cloud computing. It is a complete package of servers, storage, networking, and software that is massively scalable, secure and redundant. Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud is hardware and software engineered together to provide extreme performance, reliability and scalability for Oracle, Java and other business applications, while delivering lower TCO, reduced risk, higher user productivity and one-stop support. Oracle SPARC SuperCluster is the world's efficient multi-purpose engineered system, delivering extreme efficiency, cost savings, and performance for consolidating mission critical applications and rapidly deploying cloud services.
The Oracle Exastack Ready program recognizes Xplore Software Consulting Inc as having applications that leverage the latest Oracle technology to better support joint customers.
Xplore Software Consulting Inc. is an ISO 9001:2008 Certified Organization, providing Product Development, IT consulting and outsourcing services to clients globally as partners to conceptualize and realize technology driven business transformation initiatives. Xplore Software Consulting Inc. helps companies make the most of their IT investments by providing Business and System Integration solutions, Custom Application development, ERP implementations and Product Licensing services, and India to offer cost effective IT solutions using an optimal mix of onsite and offshore services. For maximum flexibility, speed, accuracy and efficiency, a robust IT strategy is critical.
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The Oracle Exastack program helps enable Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and other members of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) to rapidly build and deliver faster, more reliable applications. Leveraging the Oracle Exastack program, qualifying OPN members have access to Oracle performance experts and dedicated labs for testing and tuning their applications on Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and Oracle SPARC SuperCluster. With an Oracle Exastack Optimized status, partners will receive access to corresponding Oracle branding, logos and related benefits to effectively differentiate their offerings. Customers can be confident when selecting Oracle Exastack Optimized applications that they are supported, and have been tested and tuned with the goal to achieve optimal performance, scalability and reliability. Also part of the program, Oracle Exastack Ready is dedicated to helping ISVs run their solutions on the latest major release of Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, Oracle SPARC SuperCluster and their component products, including Oracle Database, Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux and Oracle VM. These products provide partners with a lower cost and high performance infrastructure for database and application workloads across on-premise and cloud based environments. To find out more, visit http://www.oracle.com/partners/goto/exastack
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The Aerial Tram's skeleton was removed from the Royal Gorge Bridge & Park on Friday. The Aerial Tram was destroyed in the June 11 Royal Gorge Fire, in addition to most of the park's structures except for the Royal Gorge Bridge. The Aerial Tram was one of the world's longest single span aerial trams when it debuted at the park in 1969. 'It was like putting an old friend to rest,' said park official Peggy Gair. 'Hundreds of thousands of guests have enjoyed the 2,200-foot ride across the Royal Gorge.'
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Whether hailed as heroes or cast as threats to social order, entrepreneurs--and their innovations--have had an enormous influence on the growth and prosperity of nations. The Invention of Enterprise gathers together, for the first time, leading economic historians to explore the entrepreneur's role in society from antiquity to the present. Addressing social and institutional influences from a historical context, each chapter examines entrepreneurship during a particular period and in an important geographic location.
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Lilian Baksalevowicz has been in the film industry for over 20 years working in South Africa, the United States and Europe. In Los Angeles she worked with high-profile directors such as Sofia Coppola, Alex Keshishian and Edward Lachman among many others. In New York Lilian was an Agent for The Right Eye Agency representing award-winning cinematographers, production designers and editors.
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text: Posted November 29, 2012 Lot easier to be patient when its not the Giants or Broncos defense. I'm not bashing Cam. I'm just saying until he learns to beat the blitz of a good defensive team when it matters, he has not arrived and let's not crown him for arriving for beating a team that for all intent and purposes has quit for the year. For the Record, I'm a Newton fan, but, his accuracy is not good and must improve for him and this team to move forward. First, let me say that I love Cam. I look forward to his becoming as great as Rodgers and Eli and Brady. Because he will. I don't like Brees. I can see Chud's plan as surely as if he wrote it out for me. It's all about teaching Cam and allowing him time to learn. The speed seems slow only because there are only 16 games, 60 minutes a week. SIXTY MINUTES. Chud knew D's would attack the option differently this year and Cam needed to be able to handle that & understand what they were doing. That he had a problem with it was evident from the Jets preseason game. Good D's also adjust during games and Cam needed to be able to handle that too. And Cam's decision making suffered while he learned. Thus, slow indecisive handoffs. Late, from the back foot, throws. Cam scrambling. And don't try to tell me it was because Cam didn't call audibles. With every down it's Cam who calls & sets the protection. Until he can do it without second guessing himself, you will see hesitation and bad decisions from Cam. It affects the o-line too, who are young and learning themselves. I'm not sure Cam would've called any audibles even if he could. Chud opened the playbook some Monday night. And, yes, the Eagles secondary helped. When was the last time Cam looked a safety off & it worked that well? Saints game? But their front D were pulling stunts the entire 2nd half. Show one thing and do another. Overload a side, hopefully the correct side. Did you watch the o-line? On almost every play one of our lineman was free, guarding no one, because of those stunts. That's why it took pulling them offsides to move down the field and to get them to stop stunting so much. It was a brilliant move on Chud's and Cam's part, the Eagles stopped the stunts. That's the reason we could run the ball as well as we did to close the game. Okay, you wanna' do that, then we'll do this. lol That's part of the bruising football Rivera wants to play. Cam was correct after the game. He does need to be more consistent. Not with throws but with decision making, reading the D, setting the correct protection. He did, finally, take what the D gave him - damn, he read what they were doing - and dictated to them. It was one good game. It will take many, many more before he's doing it without thinking about it so much. That is what Chud is doing for Cam. Giving him the opportunities to be great. Patient optimism. 2 people like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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(Re 1,000th game milestone): "It doesn't really feel any different, anything special. It's a game that was very important for us to win. I really liked the focus coming into the game tonight. The players came out right away with the kind of intensity and attitude of moving their feet, getting pucks going north, and recovering pucks. That was a huge first goal that Fraser scored on a nice play by Moreau from behind the net. That's what I like about the milestone: the fact that the team played well and won the game."
(Re chance to coach Kings): "You are forever grateful to people who give you another chance. It's great to be here and I love the environment and the attitude of what the players are showing. They're a young group that working hard for each other, wants to win for each other. We're moving in the right direction. We're a good hockey club and this can be a good club for a lot of years because of the youth."
(Re game recap): "The last four periods is a tell tale sign of how we need to play with the puck. The defense moved the puck a little quicker getting it up the ice. "
(Re power-play goal): "That was probably the turning point in the game, really. We had a five-minute opportunity to really put the nail in the coffin and [Justin] Williams made a good play from low and we found a goal to go up 2-0 and we went from there."
(Re Terry Murray):" It's probably harder as a coach to get to 1,000 games than it is a player… It's a big milestone for him…Putting all that stuff aside, we just needed two points…His coaching style suits us very well. He's not a screamer; he's not a yeller. When he first got here we didn't have much of a system, especially in our D[efensive] zone. We went to one of the best defensive teams over the last three years. It's a lot about the system he brought in and really hammered home with us, and guys buying in too."
(Re game recap): "Right from the drop of the puck we weren't ready to play. You always get what you deserve, or at least way more than often you get what you deserve. We got what we deserved tonight."
(Re last few games): "As far as I'm concerned we played three bad games in a row. I don't want to say I don't know, because I know. We think we're there; we're not even close. We think that we are good enough because we've won five games in a row that we're there but we're not even close. We said this when we were winning games; we aren't there. Along the way we forgot what we had to put in to win hockey games."
(Re game recap): "A lot of things went wrong. It's too early to analyze it. I guess a lot of things went wrong so it's not only the D zone. Obviously we are not spending time on the O zone."
(Re disappointing loss); "Not even close [to the most disappointing loss of my career]. I've been playing hockey for twenty years so I've had worse games than that, and bigger ones too."
- Terry Murray coached in his 1,000th game tonight (494-377-129 all-time record…three wins behind Glen Sather for 17th all-time in NHL history
- Twelve different players recorded points tonight for the Kings
- The Kings scored four times in the second period (last time they scored four in a period was Dec. 27, 2010 in 4-0 win at San Jose)
- The Kings are now 5-1-1 in their last seven games vs. MIN at STAPLES Center
- The Kings have now scored a power-play goal in 11 of 17 games this season
- The Kings are now 63-0-3 in their last 66 games when leading after two periods
- Anze Kopitar has seven points in his last five games (2-5=7)
- Justin Williams has six assists/points in his last five games (0-6=6)
- Colin Fraser scored his first goal as a King tonight and had six hits (second game)
- Every Kings skater recorded at least one shot on goal tonight
No schedule practice – Tip-A-King at Sony Pictures Studios
Post Game Quotes Compiled By: Ryan Kantor, Jennifer Nechiporenko and Spencer Votipka


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Curbing Idealistic Images and CDV for the Sake of Lion Conservancy
Meredith: Our brilliant team of Snapshot Serengeti undergraduate volunteers at the University of Minnesota are perhaps even more on top of the lion literature than I am! This week, we have a guest post from one such student, Clayton Mazur, describing some recent work of Dr. Packer's on lion disease spread in Serengeti Park. This post is a synopsis of a scientific paper that can be accessed in full here.
I propose we play a word-association game. I will offer a word and you think of what comes to mind. "Africa." Did you imagine Mt. Kilimanjaro, or the towering, lush rain-forests of the Congo? "Wildlife." Did you envision the sprawling savannas of Tanzania, home to hundreds of thousands of migrating wildebeest? If so, I would bet that your savanna also included the enigma of Africa: the African lion. Was he a graceful figure standing upon Pride Rock looking out over his kingdom? Perhaps he was laying in the shade, his dark mane flowing in the breeze as he waits for the females to return with a kill. I would argue that elegant images such as these are what come to mind for the majority the public. The portrayals of lions in the media- from Lion King to the MGM Lion- support this notion. As elegant as these images are, reality is less than elegant for the lions living in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, Africa.
African lions have unique social structures that help them brave the tough conditions of the savanna. Lions live in families called prides; one to two male lions rule a pride. The roles of female and male lions within a single pride are vastly different. While females hunt, raise the cubs, and reproduce, male lions defend the pride from attack by other predators such as hyenas. Living in a large family group offers lions protection, but it also comes with costs. One cost is that females need to supply a large number of individuals with enough food for survival. Female lions coordinate hunts whereby they stalk prey and then give chase, but this technique only yields about 26% success. The low success rate forces large prides to split or starve. Perhaps a more interesting difficulty of living in a large pride is the spread of disease within lion populations. As Dr. Craig Packer has found, disease prevalence is a threat to the current lion population.
A fatal disease that persists in the carnivores of Serengeti National Park is Canine Distemper Virus (CDV). CDV infects a range of carnivores, from dolphins to rodents and even some primates. The viral infection causes encephalitis, pneumonia, anorexia and eventually, death. You may be familiar with CDV if you own a dog, for many owners in the US vaccinate their dogs for CDV. In Serengeti National Park, where local villages cannot afford to vaccinate their dogs, CDV is a conservation concern for African Lions who contract CDV from domestic dogs. To try to remedy the concern, an intense vaccination regime started in 2003. Packer and colleagues attempted to characterize the progression of CDV in both domestic dogs and African Lions. Their goal was to determine if domestic dogs were responsible for the infections observed in African Lions. The team also wanted to determine if the 2003 vaccination program had any effect at reducing CDV in the domestic dogs and/or African Lions.
The scientists worked with blood plasma collected from both domestic dogs (obtained from 1992-2012) and from African lions (obtained from 1984-2012). After collecting the blood samples, the team ran serological tests to detect for the presence of the CDV virus in individual dogs or lions. Using a Bayesian model, the scientists then calculated the probability that an individual lion or dog would contract CDV in one year. The scientists also used sensitivity models to determine the extent at which domestic dogs transmit CDV to lions. From the results of these models, the scientists were able to comment on the fate of the lions with regard to CDV.
The research team drew results by interpretation of the two models. They found that CDV had persisted in the populations of both dogs and lions for more than 25 years. Outbreaks of CDV occurred in 1981, possibly in 1976, and in 1993. Not only do these results suggest a historic presence of the fatal disease in the national park, the dynamics of each outbreak of the disease was unique. The scientists found that the year in which CDV infected the most dogs differed from the year in which CDV infected the most lions. The researchers proposed that this pattern identified domestic dogs as initial vectors for CDV in the park. After a 1994 outbreak in the lion population, the dynamics of the outbreaks become more disjoint. The disjointed dynamics between the domestic dog and lion populations suggest that after 1994, infections cycled through the dog population and the lion population separately. However, the spread of CDV between dogs and lions was not eliminated after 1994.
With domestic dogs established as an initial vector of CDV, the scientists wanted to know transmission rates between domestic dogs and lions. Again, they used a sensitivity model to predict this factor. The scientists found that domestic dogs were ten times more likely to spread CDV to lions than lions were to spread CDV to domestic dogs. With such a high prevalence of CDV in the domestic dog population and the tendency for CDV to spread from dog to lion, the effects of the 2003 vaccination effort were an important factor to analyze for the conservation of the Serengeti National Park lions. The scientists first analyzed the effects of the vaccine on the domestic dog population. Before 2003, there had been very sparse vaccination in villages surrounding Serengeti National Park. As was expected, this vaccination effort did little to curb CDV infection in either lions or domestic dogs. It was not until after 2003 when all villages to the east of Serengeti National Park and all villages within 10 km to the west of Serengeti National Park vaccinated their dogs against CDV did there exist a decrease (~5%) in CDV infections.
With CDV slightly decreased in domestic dogs due to the vaccination effort, was there a similar decrease in CDV infections in the lion populations? Unfortunately, the sample size of lion serum that the scientists could obtain was not enough to comment on the updated magnitude of dog-lion CDV transmission. Overall, the scientists determined that CDV was still able to cycle in the lion population with very little reduction in the prevalence of the disease. However, not all is hopeless for the lion populations of Serengeti National Park. Dr. Packer's team suggests that direct vaccination of lions may be more effective at preventing the disease. Additionally, the team suggests that advances in serological techniques would allow for increased accuracy when researching episodic diseases, such as CDV. Implementation of safe vaccines coupled with more accurate serological tests could minimize the effects of CDV outbreaks and ensure the health of the Serengeti lions.
As evident from the work of Dr. Packer and colleagues, there are threats to the conservation of the lion populations of Serengeti National Park. Not only do prides run the risk of individuals starving to death, splitting, and human-lion conflict, disease is another risk factor of living in a pride. Yet, these prides, these perfect families, come to mind when the public thinks about lions. Idealistic images of cubs play fighting or suckling from their mother are important for generating interest and compassion for African lions. One can be content with the image of the brave, courageous, elegant male lion standing on Pride Rock overlooking his kingdom, but one must simultaneously recognize the reality of the lion's plight. Only then will conservation for lions be truly feasible.
Notes from the Lab
Meredith: Not all of our exciting research takes place in the field — there's a lot going on behind the scenes in our lab, and we rely on an invaluable group of undergraduate research assistants to help us go through the massive amounts of Snapshot data you guys provide! Jess has been working with us for the last few semesters and has some insight on what it's like to work with this Serengeti data set.
Hello everyone! My name is Jessica Dewey, and I am currently an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota working in the research lab that runs this project! Cool, right? I'm new around here so I thought my first post should be an introduction of myself and how I got involved in this lab.
Imagine me a few years ago: a young high school student, undoubtedly procrastinating in some way, suddenly stumbling upon a website called "Snapshot Serengeti". At the time, I was only certain of two things — I loved animals and I loved research – so this discovery was perfect for me! I spent most of my evening identifying animals, and continued to go back to procrastinate even more.
Now flash forward to last semester, when I get an email from one of the university biology clubs saying that Dr. Craig Packer, head of the Serengeti Lion Project, will be giving a talk about his work. Well I HAVE to go! I sit and listen intently, eager to learn all about research being done with lions. Near the end of his talk he then mentions a website (Snapshot Serengeti, of course) where all of the images from the field get uploaded for the public to identify, and I'm immediately floored. How did I get so lucky, to go to the very University that uses those pictures I spent time identifying years ago in their research? The best moment was when the graduate students working with Craig said that they were looking for undergraduates to help them with their research. I took the opportunity to introduce myself to Meredith, and so far my experience in this lab has been amazing.
I've learned a lot about how field research is done, how data is collected and analyzed, and what it takes for someone to actually be a researcher in the field. Not everything I do is as fun as going through tons of pictures a day, but all of the work in this lab is interesting and meaningful, and that's what really matters to me. One of the major projects the lab has been working on with Meredith is trying to characterize changes in habitat at the camera trap sites by looking at the Snapshot pictures. We have been going through the giant list of data to find pictures to use for this characterization. We haven't been going through the images themselves – rather the metadata, or the data ABOUT the data (it's literally the biggest Excel sheet I've ever seen). It can get monotonous at times, but what keeps me going is the thought that when we finish picking out all of these random images, we will get to look at them and use them for this research project.
I hope that was a thorough enough introduction for you all, but let me say one last thing: THANK YOU! Without the time you all put in to identifying these pictures, the research we are doing would not be happening at the pace it is.
Here is one of my favorite images I've seen so far:
Honey badger:1 chicken:0
Have you ever seen the look on a dogs face when confronted with a cat that fights back? There is utter confusion about his role in life, "hang on a minute that cat is way smaller than me, I could stomp her in a second, but now she's scaring me?" our imaginary dog says. Well that's about my reaction the first time I came face to face with a honey badger.
Honey badgers are small, reaching somewhere between your ankle and your knee and no more than 1 meter long. They weigh around 10kg but don't let these dimensions fool you; a honey badger is full to the brim with confidence.
Most small animals will run when they find themselves face to face with a human; a sensible option given our species general nature. A honey badger on the other hand probably won't and this can be very disconcerting.
One night I was sat round a fire in what classed as my garden, though in reality there was nothing to distinguish it from the rest of the bush surrounding us as home was in a nature reserve and there were no fences. It was a crisp, for the lowveld in South Africa, winters night and the stars were shining brilliantly as we sat in the sand by the fire waiting for the chicken to finish cooking. From the other side of the river the hyena started their whooping and the hippo disputed the rights of some patch of dry grass. Winter is the dry season here and things get difficult especially for bulk grazers. The African night sounds had as captivated as usual. The chicken smelt good. My husband was just about to rouse himself to check it one last time when we both heard something moving behind us in the dark. As it got closer we saw it was a honey badger moving at a lopping determined gait that they have straight towards us. It was a wonderful treat to see one of these guys close up and for a few seconds we were rapt. But it didn't stop. It trotted straight to the grill, a small pause to give us a low growling warning and chomp, there went half our chicken. We couldn't believe our eyes, this wasn't a hand reared animal or an animal in a public campsite in a national park that gets used to people, this was a real live wild animal. It had no fear of us, it totally wrong footed us as we were not expecting it to just bull doze its way in. Needless to say we grabbed the rest of our meal and took it into the safety of the house to finish in peace.
Honey badgers really are remarkable creatures. Whilst in search of food they can cover up to 30km in a night. They eat a varied diet of mammals, birds, reptiles and some roots and berries and of course honey when they can get it. They climb well and can swim; they will dig furiously to follow a rodent down a hole and just don't seem to give up in their pursuit of prey.
Honey badgers are tough and there are many stories about them killing buffalo, fighting lions, being bitten by cobras and surviving. One of the tricks they use to help evade predators is by having very loose skin around the back of their necks. A lion or leopard will grab for this area, coming up with a mouthful of skin but leaving the vital bones and muscles untouched. The honey badger can then twist round and start biting and scratching with it all its might often inducing the dog/cat scenario from the start of this blog i.e. predator dropping honey badger in utter surprise.
So next time you classify a honey badger on Snapshot Serengeti remember it's not always size that counts.
The lost lions of the Transect Steady pride
### Today we've got a guest post by our very own Daniel Rosengren, lion tracker (& photographer) extraordinaire. ###
It started with some mysterious footprints around the Loliondo Kopjes. There were a lot of fresh paw marks in the mud following the road. I could tell it was a big pride but the only big pride with a territory nearby was the Young Transects. But I could not hear their collar. Neither could I hear any of our other prides. I drove around for a while looking for lions, especially on the rocks and under trees. I didn't find any and guessed it could have been the Young Transect lions anyway, only without the collared female.
A couple of weeks later I was headed out east when I soon caught eye on a big group of lions. As I drove closer I realized they weren't any lions I knew. I tried to get photos of all of them but it wasn't easy knowing who you'd already got in a group of 17 lions. Luckily they all started walking along the track. All I had to do was park ahead of them and take photos as they passed one by one. Once I had photos of all their left sides I went home to try to figure out who they were.
I concentrated on the older females as the youngster probably never had been seen before by the Lion Project. After a while I found a couple of matches. It was TR86 and TSF from the Transect Steady pride, not seen since December 2009, almost three and a half years earlier. But the last time they were seen regularly in our study area was in 2008.
Now I contacted TANAPA and the vets to organize a collaring of one of the females. They were coming. I drove back to the place where I'd seen the lions and hoped they hadn't walked too far. I found them in the shade of a tree. Then a long wait started for the vets to organize themselves and drive all the way from Fort Ikoma. Once they came, the collaring went smoothly, the rest of the pride watching from a distance.
About a week later I found the pride just outside the northern edge of our study area along the Pipeline track. Two more old females known since before had joined them, TR93 and TR106. Then they disappeared. So two weeks later I decided to search for them and drove along the Pipeline track north. But instead of driving on the actual track, which in many places was disappearing because of little use, I drove parallel to it, hitting all hilltops to be able to pick up the radio signal from a greater distance. The drive was terrible as the hills in the area are specked with large rocks and I had to drive dead slow. I held on the the steering wheel as little as possible. Having no power steering means that every time I hit a rock I risk breaking thumbs or worse.
I picked up the signal after a while but I still had to pass several hills before finally finding them, right by the track at a river confluence. That was quite far north of our study area and too far to go and see them on a weekly basis. The future will have to show where they finally settle.
The sound of silence?
## Today's guest post is from our moderator and regular contributor Lucy Hughes. ##
What does silence mean to you? Maybe it's that moment at the end of the day when the telephones stop ringing and the office hubbub finally stops and you can hear yourself think. Maybe sitting in your garden listening to the insects and aeroplanes pass overhead. Or maybe it's that first 5 minutes of waking before the baby starts howling. Whatever it means to you the point is silence isn't really silent. Something is always making a sound even if it's a leaf rustling in the wind or a cricket singing.
In the African bush night time silence is deafening. Just before sunset there is a rush of activity. The day shift starts looking for a place to spend the night whilst frantically searching out that last mouthful of food. Young banded mongoose are scolded into their burrows by older siblings. Antelope take a drink before heading to thicker cover. Francolins are calling out their staccato calls whilst sandgrouse flock to drink. As the sun sets and darkness looms everything quietens down, the last to make a noise are the guinea fowl who wait till it is just dark to, one by one, barrel up to adorn their favourite roosting trees like giant Christmas baubles. They finally settle down, and the nearby baboons stop squabbling and there is a moment's peace before the night shift takes over.
The Scops owl is first with its 'poop poop poop' call sounding almost like an insect. Then the night-jars join in. A distant rasping bark and the jackal are off calling ownership of their territory. They stop suddenly and a moment later there it is, the slow wo-oop! Woo-ooop! and the hyena clan are declaring they are up for business.
There has been no respite to the constant noise of the African bush during this transition between day and night; a seamless mix between the two sound tracks. As the evening wears on and the night shift are out hunting in earnest it gets quieter. If you are lucky enough to experience this it is unforgettable. The silence is thick, it hurts your ears and you want to shake your head to clear it. You are straining to hear anything out there in the blackness and your senses have you on high alert, never mind that you are in a vehicle your primal instinct knows this is Africa and beasts roam that want to eat you.
The only sound is a cacophony of insects and it is this that gets in your head, it is a relief when a spotted eagle owl calls breaking the pitch and giving you perspective again. Staring into the blackness you see a shape move , you can't make out what it is, then comes a noise that goes right through you, a guttural, low sawing sound, a leopard is calling broadcasting its presence using the ground as a sounding board. He walks out in front of you, pauses for a moment, then strides off purposefully into the night.
The silence of the African night is palpable. You could slice it with a knife. It is so full of promises of wonderful animal encounters that I never want to sleep. It's my favourite sound of silence; what's yours?
The short and happy life of a Serengeti lion
### Last week Craig spoke for Cafe Scientifique about lions and shared the research that Lion Project has been conducting for the last 45 years. Check out the video here. Peter and Faith, UMN undergrads conducting research in the Lion Lab, attended the talk and share their experiences as well. ####
Peter and Faith here! Last week we had the opportunity to attend the Bell Museum's Cafe Scientifique. Cafe Scientifique allows scientists from all disciplines and specialties to share their research directly with the public in the form of a casual presentation given at the Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis, MN. This past month's talk was given by Snapshot Serengeti's own Professor Craig Packer, giving a historic rundown of some of the highlights of the lion research conducted by the University of Minnesota's Lion Research Center.
As prospective lion researchers ourselves, it was both interesting and valuable to hear the conclusions of past research from the perspective of the researcher. Not to mention having it be told in a casual and humorous way, which is a refreshing break from the stack of scientific papers we are usually reading! The audience, which was made up of local community members, was also engaged in the talk. Even though Dr. Packer presented complex graphs and maps, he explained the research in a way that was accessible to everyone. The studies that were discussed during the talk included the lion's mane study, why lions form prides, and even a bit about lion conservation and the potential use of fences to protect vulnerable populations. In addition to reviewing past research, Dr. Packer also talked about the lion project's current research–Snapshot Serengeti. The audience was amazed by how fast volunteers sorted through the millions of images on Snapshot Serengeti. (To all of you that have contributed to the success of "Snapshot", cheers to you!) By the end of the talk, the entire audience, (including us!) had loads of insightful questions, and left with a piqued interest in the world of lion research.
Close Encounters
## Margaret and I are both recovering from a crazy week at the Ecological Society of America conference and the incredibly successful Save Snapshot Serengeti campaign, so we're posting a fantastic story from our regular contributor and Snapshot moderator Lucy Hughes. Thank you all again for helping us to make Snapshot Serengeti so successful. ###
When you live in the African bush you imagine it will be full of close encounters with wildlife like lion, hyena and elephant. It's true to say there is a fair number of these encounters but in reality it's the small critters you encounter more frequently. Often these can be far more heart stopping. I am talking about snakes. What's more, they don't relegate themselves to the bush; they tend to congregate around your house.
My house was a thatch and stone affair that nestled in amongst rocks, very scenic but also perfect snake habitat. Snake encounters were an almost daily occurrence on the reserve and life with them took a bit of getting used to.
My first encounter just weeks after I moved in was right by the front door. Coming home one day I caught movement out of the corner of my eye and realised I had just walked past a snake sticking its head out of the rock wall. I went hot and cold as my ankle must have been inches away from it. Fumbling with the key I burst through the door and from the safety of its glass watched the now empty hole to see if the snake would reappear. Oh yes, it came out alright, a Mozambique spitting cobra. To cut a long story short Sid the Spitting cobra and I became friends. I didn't disturb my door sentinel and he didn't bite me. I regularly saw him peak out of the same hole. Learning to live with snakes is important in the bush. Killing any wildlife is frowned on in a reserve.
One night whilst doing the dishes idly gazing out the window the rock wall suddenly seemed to move. Once my brain readjusted to the image I realised a rock python was making its way out of the thatch and down to the ground on a night time foray. Now a 2 meter python in the roof is not a bad thing. For a start it keeps the tree squirrel population down and that in turn keeps the black mambas away (who love tree squirrel snacks). As long as it's a small python you don't worry about it finding its way into your bed at night, a black mamba on the other hand caused me quite a few sleepless nights after I saw it disappear into the thatch.
My shower was out doors and had a resident foam nest frog living on a shelf. One morning going for a shower I heard a terrible squealing. A spotted bush snake had my frog and was busy devouring it. It took over an hour to swallow my friend.
I once had a pair of orphaned baby tree squirrels (yes mum fell afoul of a Mamba) When they where big enough I would sit in the garden with them whilst they ran around exploring. The little female was quite brave and was scampering around on the rocks. Next thing I hear a piercing squeal and the little squirrel shot up into a low branch. I raced over and scooped her up and sat with her in my hand for about a minute whilst she breathed her last. A Puff adder sitting in a crevice had struck her.
But for all the horror stories snakes are fascinating things and it is a thrill to see them in action so close. I would rather they stayed out of my house though, the garden is close enough! When we learn to live with nature it offers us such rewards.
Stuck. Part 2.
##### Today's post is a continuation of last week's adventure, written by Patrik Dousa. #####
When we left off the story from last week, all of us in the Serengeti team were out deep in the sour tern range of the Serengeti trying to free a land rover from thick mud. All we accomplished was securing the range rover even deeper in the mud. From 1/4 of the wheel being submerged to a half, with the bumper touching the ground. Good going. A beautiful sunset was going to occur in an hour or so and the last place to be at that point was in the middle of a hazardous plain with a large pride of lions waking up for their nighttime prowls.
The lions are still watching us from their mesas to the north and Ali is figuring out the next move. I thought it was a clear decision. Leave. Now. Have I described to you the fortitude and diligence of a lion researcher? A job that requires you to spend most of your time in the dry plains with the only the basic minimum requirements to sustain you doesn't attract individuals who give up too easily. No, Ali and George see the sunken rover as a challenge that must be faced. We aren't leaving, not without a fight.
Just then a tourist vehicle pulls up along a road about a half-mile from our area on the other side of the uncrossable mud plains. The guide is in the process taking them back home to one of the southern lodges and apparently decided to stop, having spied the magnificent example of male lion that was observing our vehicle. The new arrival attracted King Simba's attention and the powerful elegant beast starts walking towards the tourists. I can see their excitement mount through my binoculars — this moment is going to be the highlight of their trip. George and Ali are laboring through shovelfuls of the thickest, reddest, peatiest mud you can imagine and only a short distance away, well-scrubbed observers are preparing themselves for the the apex of their Serengeti experience. Such is life.
I see a bold cub follow his master lion and play around his feet incurring his wrath for a moment. The king playfully swats back and raises his head to the heavens letting out an immense roar to the delight of the tourists. The greatest show on earth — with our little car-trouble side-show of going on right in the background. "Who are those crazy people back there?" they must have asked their guide. "Well, they're professionals, so they must know what their doing." the guide is certain to have responded.
The lion's roar triggered a slow migration of the lionesses and their cubs from the low mesas to the area closer to the tourist vehicle where the male lion had settled. As the single file procession began, we felt a wave of relief since the pride was now headed away from our rover. A few more attempts to drag out the stuck vehicle failed. By now the sun is steadily growing larger and more rosy as it begins its decent. The sky eventually reaches the particular hue that Ali reads as our signal to leave.
We secured the vehicle and took all the valuables and began a slow retreat back thinking, "please don't get stuck" on repeat until we got back on the main road. The pink sun blossomed into a deep red bloom that backlit the acacia tree line creating the beautiful silhouetted postcard image that the Serengeti is so well know for. The mood in the car was impervious to these romantic supplications. Exhausted and temporarily defeated, the crew made the long journey back toward the research house.
Being the visitor who expended the least amount of sweat that day, I suggested that we stop at the local canteen Seronera and that I'd treat everyone to a chicken and rice dinner and a Stoney Tangawizi (the extra spicy ginger ale that is everybody's favorite drink in Tanzania). This turned out to be a very cost effective way to turn the sour mood sweet — just a few bucks per plate and brew to get everyone back to their happy place. Soon the team was back to the bantering with the locals and planning tomorrow's adventure. That was my last night at the Serengeti, the next day I was back on the road to Arusha. Ali messaged me later and mentioned that they were able to round up a crew to go back and successfully drag out the rover the next day. This did not surprise me since I had well learned: you can't keep a lion research team down for long.
Stuck. Part 1.
Stuck. Surrounded by lions. Please come.
This is not a text message that you'd necessarily expect to get on your cell phone…unless you work as a lion researcher in the Serengeti like Ali does. Receiving this text in the early afternoon, she takes the news in stride as a necessary task that needed to be finished before dark. I on the other hand, as a visitor, am charged up and nonplussed with the drama of it all. George, one of the field research assistants on a lion tracking expedition, obviously needs help and pronto, so we are on our way out within a few minutes. In the wild Serengeti, a few minutes can separate success from tragedy — the research team has an exceptional awareness of this and also the discipline to do what it needs to be done in a methodical and prompt manner as Ali is demonstrating to me at this moment.
We track George and his land rover down just like we do lions. Each rover is outfitted with the same tracking unit that is on the collar of each radio-tracked lioness. So we chase the rover's signature signal deep into the southern range, driving on the dirt roads as fast as we can safely afford. As the day draws towards a close, the animals become restless. Elephants trumpet in the distance. A serval — a beautiful African wild cat one doesn't see everyday– trots across the road and disappears in the brush. Normally such a sighting would warrant an immediate stop, but not today.
Finally, we go as far as the roads can take us and we must venture in the unmarked grassy plains that are a minefield of axle-breaking holes and mud-traps. Driving off road is risky business in the daytime –as George was just reminded of — and completely a fool's errand in the nighttime. Ali looks for the tell-tale signs in grass patch coloration that indicate a possible hole as she swerves deftly through the treacherous terrain in a labored crawl.
Finally on the horizon, we sight George and his rover axle deep in a seemingly stable area. The dry cracked surface, however, masks a vast mud hole created by the recent rains. This is the worst kind of environmental trap that even a seasoned veteran like George can fall prey too. With a lighthearted smile that belies any frustration, George explains how he tracked a pride of lions into this area and was surprised by the sudden drop into the mud. Luckily, our rover remains in the solid area just short of George's rover. We check the area and see that the lions have moved off to a series of small mesas to the north. It's safe enough to exit the vehicles as long as one of us keeps a 360 degree lookout.
Our cellphones at that point record no bars, so as Ali readies a tow line, she inquires how George was able to get a message out.
The calm exterior and wry banter of every lion researcher I've met is always the counterpoint to the fierce passion and iron discipline at their core. George is all smiles and laughs a bit as he recounts the sinking feeling he had when he saw that he had no bars on his cellphone and lions surrounding three sides of the vehicle. A thickly maned adult male lion stood watch right outside the drivers side as if he sensed George's desperation.
A good scientist, when faced with a problem, puts together an experiment to test its boundaries. Perhaps the cell phone could be made to transmit somehow? As George raised his hand up and out of the vehicle he noticed to a single bar flicker on and off. This observation made him hatch a plan that he reflected on as he eyed the attentive dark-maned sentinel waiting outside along with the multiple groups of lionesses and cubs surrounding him.
The day was not going to get any longer so George, did exactly what he contemplated: he composed his terse message on his phone, climbed out the window onto the roof rack, and jumped up several times pressing the send key until the signal caught and the phone indicated the message was sent. Then he waited for the animals realize that he was still out of their range and relax back down to their lazy poses and before slipping back into the car to await rescue.
By the end of the story, the tow cable is fastened and mud traction ladders are in position under the rear wheels of the rover. Ali is ready to begin the first effort to pull the car. The gears lock in, the engine strains, the wheels spin, and…Georges car slips off of the ladders and deeper into the mud.
To be continued…
All in the name of science
Today's guest blogger is Lucy Hughes. Lucy lived and worked on a private nature reserve in South Africa for four years, carrying out field research that included a camera-trap study into the reserve's leopard population and twice monthly bird surveys for Cape Town University's Birds in Reserves Project (BIRP).
Arrhhh, that really hurts! A three inch thorn had just penetrated my, admittedly inadequate, footwear and was stuck deep in the sole of my foot. Thorns are a serious hazard of camera trap placement in the South African bushveld where plants with thorns or hooks seem to make up about 90% of species.
My colleague Michelle ran back to the landy to get a first aid kit whilst I set about extracting the thorn, there seemed to be an awful lot of blood. I watched the path eagerly for Michelle's return but as she got near she seemed to slow down and as she opened her mouth to speak I knew exactly what she was going to say. "Luce, if it's not too painful, what about spreading your blood around a bit?"
Callous as it may seem it wasn't a bad idea. We had been having trouble with capturing clear night shots of leopards. They always seem to be in a hurry and the shots we had were often blurry making it impossible to id the individuals. We needed a way to get the leopards to pause for a second or two in shot of the camera trap.
We had been advised that scent was the answer and were experimenting with various different ones and now it seemed human blood was to be the next test. I dutifully hobbled out in front of the camera and scraped my bleeding foot around on a nice flat rock Michelle had procured, wondering about the sensibleness of using human blood as bait for a predator. My slight discomfort was all in the name of science.
In the end it didn't work, It rained a couple of nights later and my efforts where washed away. We never did find the perfect scent. We were told that tinned sardines worked wonders as well as catnip and perfume. We tried them all. It seems our cats where immune to these. The only thing that stopped them in their tracks was the scent of other leopards. I did learn however that the scent of tinned sardines was particularly interesting to giraffe of all animals. My method was to bury a plastic cup up to its rim in sand and put a blob of sardines in the cup. Now you would have thought that giraffe would have walked on by but as the picture below testifies, giraffe just have to take a closer look. You always learn something new!


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Situated on the boardwalk, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Casino Locarno and Piazza Grande. Madonna del Sasso is 1.2 mi (1.9 km) away.
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In addition to a sauna, Ramada Hotel La Palma au Lac Locarno features a fitness center and complimentary bicycles. The hotel offers a restaurant. A complimentary manager's reception is offered on select days. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
This 4-star property offers access to a business center and a meeting room. 3 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is offered to guests. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Dynamic Recovery Solutions Bullying, scaring, not informative, debt owed not mine Internet
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GREAT INFORMATION! I'm signed up with Experian and there has been no movement on my credit reports since mid-2013... so how did DRS find out so much current information on me? I have no idea! I've never even had a Discover card and they told me that this debt went back to 1992 - so even if I did owe a credit card company the statue of limitations has long run out.
These people are just fraudelent jerks - I'm just scared because they have so much information on me without going through a credit reporting company.
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1. Pull your credit report and for every account opened in your name that is not yours, contact the merchant and ask for the original application for credit. This may help you find whoever is doing this.
2. If fraudulent accounts you do not recognize have been opened in your name then file a police report that your identity has been stolen - you will need this later to provide to creditors and collectors.
3. Contact the three credit bureaus and have a permanent freeze put on your account due to identity theft. You'll have to go through the process of having it lifted every time you need to apply for credit but it will halt further attempts at identity theft.
4. Debt Recovery Solutions (DRS) picks up debt that is past the statute of limitations - really old debt. They are one of the bottom feeder collection companies. Write them a letter certified return receipt stating that they must provide you with proof the debt is yours and that it is not past the statute of limitations for your State and that until they do, they are to cease contacting you and if they make any attempt at placing this on your credit bureau via a default judgment you will sue them under the provisions of the FDCPA. Do not ignore any court summons that you receive. It is a favorite tactic of companies like this to attempt to obtain a default judgment against you assuming you will not show up in court. Be prepared with statute of limitations law citations for your state and the fact they have provided no proof the debt is yours. The whole IRS angle is bogus. The IRS has zippo to do with credit card debt. It is another favorite tactic of these bottom feeders to lie and threaten. Dont fall for it. Make sure you review the FDCPA and know your rights.
5. If you are a victim of identity theft, once you have the police report, send it to DRS (also certified letter) as proof the debt is not yours and let them know if they pursue you, you will file a lawsuit against them.
6. I would consider signing up for a service such as Debix, Lifelock, or Watchdog to help you manage the security of your identity going forward. Also some of the credit bureaus like Equifax provide a service for monthly fee (about $15) that provides you with alerts if there are any changes to your credit.
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi slipped back into the national rankings this week at No. 24 thanks to a four-game winning streak.
But the Rebels' last three victories -- over Idaho, Arkansas and Troy -- haven't exactly been against the nation's best. Now the Rebels (7-3, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) get a shot at No. 8 Missouri (9-1, 5-1) on Saturday in a much more difficult test.
Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace said playing Missouri will be a chance "to really see how good we are." The Rebels' offense gained a school-record 751 total yards in last week's 51-21 victory over Troy.
Missouri must beat Ole Miss and Texas A&M to clinch the Eastern Division title. The Tigers are coming off a bye week following a 48-17 victory over Kentucky on Nov. 9.


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A balanced life is a cigar in each hand
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The copy doesn't bring to mind anything positive.
It's a joke, and not a very good one.
I don't think it works on the level of a joke. So beyond the joke, the literal interpretation of the copy is 'hold a cigar in each hand'. Is there room in your trashcan for this one?


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Rosie Ferguson is seventeen and ready to enjoy the summer before her senior year of high school. She's intelligent-she aced AP physics; athletic-a former state-ranked tennis doubles champion; and beautiful. She is, in short, everything her mother, Elizabeth, hoped she could be. The family's move to Landsdale, with stepfather James in tow, hadn't been as bumpy as Elizabeth feared.
But as the school year draws to a close, there are disturbing signs that the life Rosie claims to be leading is a sham, and that Elizabeth's hopes for her daughter to remain immune from the pull of the darker impulses of drugs and alcohol are dashed. Slowly and against their will, Elizabeth and James are forced to confront the fact that Rosie has been lying to them-and that her deceptions will have profound consequences.
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OneStopMotors.com2950 S Rancho, Suite 200 Las Vegas, Nevada United States of America
OneStopMotors.com, George, Everett, Nicki Never put ad up, three days I cancelled and they said no refund. Motorcycle is unusable because of accident in the garage. Las Vegas Nevada
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Within three days, the ad didn't show. WE dropped a large box on the bike and it fell and dented it. I called to pull the ad. They said No even though it hadn't beenplaced. I subscribed on the 2nd of Nov and on the 5th, less than 72hrs later, the accident happened. They insisted and put the ad up anyway withough pictures which they said I never sent. Of course I did.
When I called on teh 5th, spoke to George. He was so rude, shouting etc and wouldn't let me speak. Asked for a manager and was told no one could come to the phone. Then Everett call, not a manager. Said couldn't stop the ad and said I had to payNext day Nicki called and said she was a manager and there was noothing she could do. The ad is up since I cancelled and they refuse to do anything.
Credit card company said usually have 72 hrs to cancel. Onestopmotors has phone records recorded from my conversations.
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Stable Kernel 126.96.36.199 Released
The new kernel release includes bugfixes and security updates.
The new release removes two security bugs: one bug affected the driver for Intel's i965G chipset, and the other, the Adaptec Raid driver.
In the case of the Intel driver, an incorrectly implemented buffer gave non-privileged users –access to the Direct Rendering Manager. The patch for the "aacraid" module removes an error in controls for access to the SCSI path via calls to Ioctl.
In addition to this, dozens of patches have been introduced to remove minor bugs. The release does not include any new functions. A list of changes is available in the changelog as usual.
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Striker Forestieri, 23, scored his first Watford goal at Huddersfield last season and he returned to inflict more damage on the West Yorkshire club, scoring the opener for his side in Saturday's 2-1 win.
During last season's corresponding fixture Forestieri provoked the fury of home fans by going to ground at every opportunity, but those antics were not in evidence on his return and Zola said: "No one has ever doubted his qualities but he has to use them in the right way.
"The Huddersfield fans remember him but he reacted well. He also stood up all the time!
"He has all the tricks and the pace but he is still young. He is improving and has huge potential."
Danny Ward's flicked header gave Huddersfield a 17th-minute lead from Adam Hammill's right wing cross but the advantage lasted just over a minute as Forestieri hit back immediately.
Troy Deeney played the ball out to Davide Faraoni who centred for the unmarked Forestieri to drive home into the bottom corner.
Two minutes before the break Watford scored what proved to be the winner.
Hammill's needless foul on Forestieri conceded a free-kick just on the edge of the box. Lewis McGugan's strike was parried by Alex Smithies but he could not hold the ball and Daniel Pudil slotted home.
Watford had several good chances to seal the points in the second half but Forestieri, McGugan and Josh McEachran were wasteful.
Zola added: "It was a good performance but we had so many chances in the second half we should have killed the game.
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Complaint Review: Purity Mineral Science Makeup
Purity Mineral Science Makeup6051 Wallace Road- Suite 110 Wexford, Pennsylvania U.S.A.
Purity Mineral Science Makeup Purity Science stole 7.95 and then 59.99 from my account and cost me 70.00 in overdraft fees!! Wexford Pennsylvania
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