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Image Comics announces DRM-free comic book store
Image Comics' solution to comic book piracy: remove DRM
It's one of the most iconic images in comic book history: Superman bursting free of oversized, heavy steel chains. For more than 70 years, the Man of Steel has been tearing those flimsy and ineffective chains asunder.
And on July 2, Image Comics' publisher Eric Stephenson helped comic fans everywhere feel a bit more like Superman.
Speaking at Image's annual Image Expo event, Stephenson declared that—effectively immediately—all digital comics sold through the company's revamped website would be free of digital rights management (DRM) technology. This decision makes Image the first major comic book publisher to sell its digital content without the chains that have frustrated many readers for years.
To date, most publishers have opted to sell comics through ComiXology, the mobile comic reading application that has (for better or for worse) become something of an industry standard. But comics purchased through the ComiXology app are accessible only through that app, so readers who buy them are actually paying for the mere right to view those comics—not own them. Comics from ComiXology can't be moved, permanently downloaded, backed up, or read on a device other than those sanctioned by ComiXology. And when ComiXology's servers crash—like they did in March, when readers swamped the service to nab free content from Marvel—its comics become inaccessible.
Comic book publishers tend to view the ComiXology model as a way to combat piracy. In 2011, when DC Comics rebooted every one of its flagship titles (including Superman), it partnered with ComiXology to begin offering same-day publication of digital comics alongside print ones. Pirates leaked one of the new issues online before the print edition even hit newsstands.
Stephenson is taking a different approach. In a recent interview with Wired, he flatly stated that the antidote to comic book piracy was not stronger restraints, but better comics:
"My stance on piracy is that piracy is bad for bad entertainment. There's a pretty strong correlation with things that suck not being greatly pirated, while things that are successful have a higher piracy rate. If you put out a good comic book—even if somebody does download it illegally—if they enjoy it, then the likelihood of them purchasing the book is pretty high. Obviously we don't want everybody giving a copy to a hundred friends, but this argument has been around since home taping was supposedly killing music back in the '70s, and that didn't happen. And I don't think it's happening now."
Equally refreshing were comments from Image's Director of Business Development, Ron Richards.
"There's something to be said for the ownership factor," Richards said. "If readers purchase a book on ComiXology, that may be their library but from what I understand that could be revoked. And God forbid, if ComiXology goes under or their data center has an earthquake all their hard drives go away—then you've got nothing."
Images' digital comics store launched alongside the company's refreshed website, but not all the company's titles are available digitally—yet (The Walking Dead is ready for download without DRM, for example, while Saga isn't). Richards says that Image's entire catalog will eventually be available online—no chains attached.
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It is great that Image Comics is going DRM-free! Their redesigned website is nice, but the search feature seems to be a little wonky. I can only get Brian Wood's Mara to show up by searching for the creators' names!? Typing in Mara doesn't get me the Mara comic, but I do get several results (both series and creators) that contain mar*.
Haven't purchased anything yet. I'm way too cash strapped to be able to spend money on comic books on a regular basis, but my birthday is this week, so I was hoping to treat myself to the complete run of Mara. Unfortunately, it looks like issue #6 (it is a six issue limited series) has been delayed (again). And, like I stated above, searching for Mara on the site is far harder than it should be. It isn't even listed on the "All series" list (which might be why it doesn't show up in the search). I'll probably buy all six issues when issue 6 comes out. The only other comics I'm really reading right now are DC's Wonder Woman and Image's Chew and Saga. It amuses me greatly that the Wreath language, Blue, in Saga is Esperanto. But all three of those comics I read by getting the trades from my local public library.
Baen Books have sold their e-books without DRM from the beginning, and have done well.
They even reported increasing sales for authors where free downloads were provided (as teasers).
The Baen Free Library and Baen's online store are a great example of how to do things right. You can even download the free books without having to 'buy' them. Some other sites make the user go through the entire checkout process to 'buy' an item for $0.00. Though the disclaimer at the top of the intro page is a little disappointing: "As a result of our decision to sell our titles at third party vendors, we have had to remove some titles. Others are undergoing alteration and will be brought back into the Library over the next few months."


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Yes? 92% of the teenage population would be dead if Ambercrombie and Fitch or Hollister said it was uncool to breathe.
Its not really the thing in my realm but there have been the occasional times whe i got some of anime's fashion picks and worn it to a party and people found it quite appealling and some have even tried to put together similiar outfits....The path to conquest leaves nothing else to be desired!!!!
I love it a lot. I wore it to work one day and the ppl looked at me funny. It was pretty cool.
cosplay is fun no doubt about it
i love to cosplay to a anime convention every year and its so funny to see so many of em trying to imitate fight scenes and such from anime series
cosplay is really cool i hope i can wear cosplay at a convention somedayXD "blood isnt enough...."
I like to cosplay two if i had the money and a covention center next to where i live.
i like it
hi every body im new! ^_^
I don't think I would go to those hights to become an altimate fan of anime I just think its over doing it a little "Lord please forgive us for the truspasses that we are about to commit!!" - Dead Leaves, #777
Someday, I will become Pyramid Head at the next convention lol "After a thousand battles, one only sees death!" -Chaos Space Marine Predator (Warhammer 40,000)
I hope the next comic con takes place in Albany NY "Lord please forgive us for the truspasses that we are about to commit!!" - Dead Leaves, #777
u can check out comic con international's website and they tell you when other conventions start.

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Lucille (Letterhos) Warnement was reunited with her beloved husband, mother and other family members in God's eternal place Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. She passed away in Chambersburg, Pa., where she lived with her son, Jerry, and daughter-in-law, Cindy.
She was born July 20, 1914, to Karl and Mable (Serin) Letterhos.
She is survived by one sister, Mary (Letterhos) Fox, and sister-in-law, Jeanne (Fox) Letterhos.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Helen Mann and Genevieve Smith; and brother, Charles "Chip" Letterhos.
"Lucy" graduated from Calvert High School in 1933 and her high school yearbook noted that she was best known for her genuineness, a quality she never compromised. After high school, she worked at Mercy Tiffin Hospital, Tiffin Art Metal, Tiffin Glass and Sears. During World War II, she served as an ordinance/munition inspector.
She married Herman Warnement in 1947 and lived in Newark and Canton. She always longed to return to Tiffin to be with her family and old friends. She is now home!
She was a dedicated wife, loving mother and devoted Catholic. She enjoyed church activities, baking and Black Velvet.
Her Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, at St. Mary Catholic Church, Tiffin, with the Rev. Gary Walters officiating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Tiffin. A rosary will be prayed 20 minutes prior to Mass.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary Catholic Church in memory of Lucille and Herman Warnement.
Condolences may be sent and the guestbook signed at www.hgmackfuneralhome.com.


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Producer J.J. Abrams confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that he is in talks with Bradley Cooper to play disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong in the biopic he is producing.
Abrams confirms he is working on a Lance Armstrong script.
When asked if he was working on it with Cooper, he responded, "He sent me an email and we have been talking."
Last week, Cooper announced he would like to play Armstrong.
He told the BBC: "I would be interested in that. ... I think he's fascinating. What a fascinating character."
Cooper is nominated for a best actor Oscar for "Silver Linings Playbook."
Meanwhile, Armstrong plans to cooperate with anti-doping officials to help clean up the sport of cycling but still has issues with U.S. Anti-Doping Agency chief Travis Tygart, Armstrong attorney Tim Herman wrote in a letter sent Friday.
Tygart recently taped an interview with "60 Minutes" in which he accused Armstrong of lying during his televised confession last week with talk-show host Oprah Winfrey. The "60 Minutes" interview is scheduled to air Sunday on CBS.
"Lance's commitment to the truth and reconciliation process is firm, despite the attempt at piling on through more appearances by Mr. Tygart on '60 Minutes,'" Herman wrote in a letter addressed to USADA attorney Bill Bock.
USADA set a deadline of Feb. 6 for Armstrong to cooperate in exchange for a possible reduction of his lifetime ban from sanctioned sports. Herman said Armstrong was willing to cooperate with USADA but could not meet that deadline because of prior obligations. Instead, Herman said Armstrong plans to work with a Truth and Reconciliation Commission being established by two other governing bodies: the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Cycling Union (UCI).
"Lance will cooperate fully in a true effort to 'clean up cycling,'" Herman wrote Bock on Friday in the letter obtained by USA TODAY Sports.
Because pro cycling is largely a European sport and USADA doesn't have the authority to be involved with the other 95 percent of cycling competitors, WADA and UCI are better positioned for the task than USADA, Herman wrote.
"We have been asked to and intend to participate in this commission and would like to coordinate things such as your (USADA's) interview request with all pertinent bodies in this process," Herman said. "That cannot happen in the next two weeks."
In the interview with Winfrey, Armstrong confessed to cheating during his cycling career and lying about it for more than a decade. He said he used banned drugs or blood transfusions to gain in edge in all seven of his victories in the Tour de France from 1999 to 2005.
USADA and the WADA want Armstrong to make a full confession under oath before a lessening of his lifetime ban can even be considered. If he cooperates and provides further assistance to help clean up doping in cycling, his ban could be shortened to eight years, according to the WADA code. USADA previously met with Armstrong in December, a meeting that did not go well.
"Mr. Armstrong has already been provided well over a month since our meeting in December to consider whether he is going to be part of our ongoing efforts to clean up the sport of cycling," Tygart said in a statement Friday. "He has been given a deadline of February 6th to determine whether he plans to come in and be part of the solution. Either way, USADA is moving forward with our investigation on behalf of clean athletes."
Herman expressed displeasure in Tygart's remarks airing on "60 Minutes." In that interview, Tygart said Armstrong lied to Winfrey when he said he never doped during his comeback to cycling in 2009 and 2010.
Tygart told "60 Minutes" that Armstrong's blood tests from 2009 and 2010 show that there was a "one in a million chance that it was due to something other than doping."
Tygart also suggested there was a big reason for Armstrong to lie about this: Under the statute of limitations for criminal fraud, he would still be subject to prosecution.
"I note with disappointment yet another appearance by Mr. Tygart on '60 Minutes' being advertised heavily for this weekend," Herman wrote. "The press releases tout it as more criticism of and attacks on Lance, despite no shortage of that following his recent revelations."
Herman said other riders had denied doping but only came forward to clean up cycling when faced with criminal charges and a grant of amnesty.
"Although USADA has never dealt with Lance on a similar basis, we have committed to cooperate with a truth and reconciliation process that truly can 'clean up cycling,'" Herman wrote.
USADA released a massive evidence file in October that detailed Armstrong's doping. Before then, Armstrong denied it and accused USADA of conducting a witch hunt against him. In his interview with Winfrey, he still said many of USADA's allegations against him were not true.
For example, Tygart previously told "60 Minutes Sports" that one of Armstrong's representatives once offered USADA a donation of about $250,000 — an offer USADA considered improper.
Armstrong said it wasn't true in his interview with Winfrey.
In the new "60 Minutes" interview, Tygart said he took the call himself.
"It's one of his closest representatives," Tygart told CBS' Scott Pelley, according to a news release from the network that included excerpts of the interview. "I've told the federal government in its investigation on the civil fraud side, so I don't think it would be appropriate now to name the name because it's still one of his closest representatives."
Some other points of dispute:
— Armstrong told Winfrey he only used the banned blood booster EPO in small amounts. USADA says that's not true, either.
"He used a lot of EPO," Tygart said. "You look at the '99 Tour de France samples, and they were flaming positive, the highest that we've ever seen. And he's now acknowledged those were positive."
— Armstrong told Winfrey he did not push his teammates to dope, contrary to USADA's evidence, which included sworn statements from teammates.
"He was the boss," Tygart told Pelley. "The evidence is clear he was one of the ringleaders of this conspiracy that pulled off this grand heist that defrauded using tens of millions of taxpayer dollars, defrauded millions of sports fans and his fellow competitors."
— In his interview with Winfrey, Armstrong said he looked up the word "cheater" in the dictionary and said he didn't think it applied to himself.
"It's amazing," Tygart told Pelley. "You could go to almost any kindergarten in this country or frankly around the world and find kids playing tag or four square and ask them what cheating is. Every one of them will tell you it's breaking the rules of the game. No real athlete has to look up the definition of cheating. And it's offensive to clean athletes who are out there working hard to play by the rules that apply to their sport."


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This year the opening reception will coordinate with Dream's Third Thursdays, and be held at Town Hall Thursday, March 21, from 5-7 p.m.
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This exhibit is open to artists over the age of 18 who reside in Dorchester County, and/or within the town limits of Summerville and adjacent Communities. All work must be original and created by the artist.
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The idea of a punk rock musical may strike some folks as patently absurd. How can you take one art form -- gritty, rebellious, brutally minimalist -- and marry it to another -- polished, family-friendly, harmonically complex -- without crippling them both? Some fans, in other words, are simply never going to warm to the idea of a Green Day musical, no matter how good it is.
But they're missing out. American Idiot, which opened Tuesday night at Broadway's St. James Theatre after a run at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, is about as rock'n'roll as musicals get.


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A growing understanding of the role microRNAs (miRNAs) play in brain development and function and in synaptic plasticity, combined with the recognition that a single miRNA can regulate the expression of multiple genes across networks of biochemical pathways, is fueling interest in miRNAs as targets for intervening in psychiatric disorders.
At the recent Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington, D.C., researchers presented studies evaluating the association between miRNA dysregulation, neurodevelopment, schizophrenia risk, and anxiety disorders.
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder each affect about 1% of the population in the U.S., costing more than $100 billion/year and taking a high toll on families of affected individuals.
Although both disorders tend to have high heritability, they are not strictly genetic diseases and disease development may depend on a complex interplay between genes and environmental triggers. Further complicating the picture, both diseases involve dysregulation of multiple signaling pathways; additionally, different molecular aberrations can result in a similar phenotype.
The predominant mechanism by which a miRNA silences a target gene in mammals is through post-transcriptional regulation, preventing a strand of messenger RNA (mRNA) from being translated into a protein.
Claes Wahlestedt, M.D., Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, described miRNAs as "master regulators" due to the ability of a single miRNA to target hundreds of mRNAs and the emerging consensus that miRNAs regulate more than half of all protein-coding genes.
This regulatory layer "may account for some of the missing genetic/epigenetic variability in the etiology of psychiatric disease," he said.
At present, the most significant known risk factors for schizophrenia are copy number variations (CNVs), with the 22q11 deletion being the most common. It is present in about 1 in 4,000 people and in 1% of people with schizophrenia.
Most cases of 22q11 deletion syndrome (DS) involve a de novo deletion, typically about 3 million base pairs in size, and are not inherited. The disorder has variable presentations and individuals carrying the deletion have about a 25% risk of developing schizophrenia.
Included in the 22q11 deletion is the DGCR8 gene, which has a key role in the biogenesis and maturation of miRNAs to their mature, shortened form. Linda Brzustowicz, M.D., professor, department of genetics, Rutgers University, introduced the concept of canalization, which refers to the robustness of a trait or phenotype and the ability of a phenotype to be expressed regardless of genotypic or environmental variability. She proposed that "miRNAs may be a mechanism of canalization."
The fact that schizophrenia does not develop in about 75% of people with 22q11-DS may be attributable to the increased capacity of canalized traits to absorb mutational variance. Dr. Brzustowicz presented a model in which 22q11-DS results in DGCR8 haplotype insufficiency, which perturbs the miRNA regulatory system, allowing previously silenced regulatory mutations to alter gene expression. DGCR8 mutations result in a reduction in one or more subsets of miRNA, with the consequence of increased gene expression.
By determining which miRNAs are reduced in the brains of patients with 22q11-DS and applying the canalization hypothesis, it may be possible to predict which genes are likely to have increased expression and to have a role in the development of schizophrenia.
Maria Karayiorgou, M.D., professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, is also studying 22q11 mutations, and specifically the 22q11.2 microdeletion.
Dr. Karayiorgou uses a mouse model of 22q11 CNVs, characterized by deletions on mouse chromosome 16 that correlate to 22q11 CNVs in humans. She applies behavioral assays to study cognitive deficits and has reported deficits in spatial working memory tasks indicative of decreased working memory capacity. These behavioral deficits are associated with DGCR8 deficiency in DGCR8 knockout mice.
The 22q11.2 microdeletion does not appear to affect basal synaptic transmission in mice, but it may affect the activity of neuronal networks in the prefrontal cortex. The mutated mice exhibited reduced synaptic memory in this region of the brain. Dr. Karayiorgou concluded that miRNA dysregulation likely contributes to the cognitive impairment seen in the mouse model by altering short-term synaptic plasticity.
A presentation by Brooke Miller, Ph.D., research associate at Scripps Research Institute, demonstrated that "miR-132 dysregulation in schizophrenia has adult and neurodevelopmental implications." She described the analysis of human brain tissue samples from 34 control subjects, 35 patients with schizophrenia, and 31 individuals with bipolar disease, evaluating each for 854 miRNAs using microarrays. Only 2 of the 854 miRNAs were differentially expressed in schizophrenia and 10 in bipolar disease; miR-132 overlapped both.
Dr. Miller gave several reasons why miR-132 is of particular interest: its transcription is directly regulated by the cAMP-response element binding protein; it regulates synaptic outgrowth; it potentiates N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor signaling; and its targets are significantly upregulated in tissue samples from individuals with schizophrenia.
In fact, more than 25 (13%) of putative miR-132 targets are significantly upregulated in schizophrenia. miR-132 also has a role in regulating gene expression in mice during postnatal weeks 2 to 4, which corresponds to adolescence in mice, a crucial period of neurodevelopment.
"Of 201 miR-132 targets, 57 overlap with gene-expression changes in that developmental period," she said.
Stephen Magill, an M.D., Ph.D. student at Oregon Health and Science University, provided evidence to support the hypothesis that "miR-132 regulates dendritic growth and arborization of adult newborn hippocampal neurons." He studied the role of miR-132 at the cellular level.
In mouse studies, using sensors of miRNA activity that have single-cell resolution, Magill and colleagues showed that ablation of miR-212/132 resulted in significantly decreased dendrite outgrowth in vivo, including reductions in both the length and branching of dendrites. miR-132 is the predominant functional product of miR-132/212.
Ilris Hovatta, Ph.D., University of Helsinki, looked at differences between inbred mouse strains as a means of studying mRNA and miRNA networks and defining mechanisms that regulate genes associated with anxiety disorders. Dr. Hovatta presented data on miRNA expression in various brain regions, including the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and hypothalamus, and identified anticorrelations between miRNA and mRNA pathways. As expression of a miRNA increases, expression of its target mRNA decreases.
An unbiased genome-wide screen led to the identification of 69 miRNAs with expression levels that correlated with anxiety-like behavior. The researchers used pathway analysis to predict their target mRNAs and the gene-regulatory networks that control anxiety in mice.
Schahram Akbarian, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, described "Neural epigenomes in developing and diseased prefrontal cortex."
Epigenomic mapping studies, with a focus on hydroxymethylation of cytosine, have identified more than 100 site-specific covalent modifications affecting nucleosome core histone proteins that are important for normal brain development. As part of the Brain Epigenome Project at UMass Medical School, researchers have studied more than 80 billion base pairs of DNA from nucleosomes derived from neurons in the prefrontal cortex. A comparison of 15 epigenomes identified differences between neuronal and non-neuronal epigenomic signatures.
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Burma Celebrates New Years by Launching Air Strikes on Kachin Civilians in Laiza
In Time Square, they dropped the ball for New Years. In Burma, they dropped bombs for New Years. Call it Than Shwe's gift to the ethnic Kachin People (Jinghpaw) on this New Years Day as he stepped up military operations with renewed air strikes by attack helicopters and jet fighters. Civilians in the Laiza area were forced to dig bomb shelters as *Burmese Government forces destroyed infrastructure, civilian & military targets in clear violation of International Law as well as mandates issued by the UN. Guess those international laws only apply when convenient and profitable. And where is the western media, asleep at the wheel again but its not the first time they deliberately ignored the Kachin People. more »


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Not Fade Away
Directed by David Chase
Starring: John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill, Bella Heathcote
Rated R for pervasive language, some drug use and sexual content
1 hr. 52 mins.
When rock and roll was born, America was one country. By the time the music industry turned it into big business, the country had changed into something completely different.
If you weren't there, it's hard to describe, but here's just a short list of rock's subtexts: race riots, the Vietnam War, feminism, the sexual revolution, environmentalism and political chaos. Strange to say, but the heartbeat of each of these movements was connected to some variation of rock and roll. It was the music that defined the protest. It was rock and roll that became its soundtrack.
In Not Fade Away, director David Chase, creator of the HBO series The Sopranos, does his best to capture a small piece of that dynamic birth. Nestled between big names like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were thousands of kids and their garage bands who dreamed about having their names posted on a marquee.
Chase should know. He was one of those kids, a drummer and bass player from the early 1960s who tried to pursue a rock and roll career before branching off into filmmaking.
Set in suburban New Jersey, Douglas (John Magaro) comes from a conservative Italian family. Father Pat (James Gandolfini) and mother Antoinette (Molly Price) still hold on to Old World values. But Douglas is a child of the new revolution. His life is captured by rock and roll, drugs, and a horny desire to impress the chicks. And at the very top of his wish list: being in a band.
In high school, Douglas is invited to be a drummer for a cover band that includes his friends Eugene (Jack Huston) and Wells (Will Brill). Like most high school bands, they start raw and often suck. But they have big dreams, and after a few years they finally gel and think about hitting the big time.
Most band films deal with the obstacles, success, tragedy and final resolution of a band's history. As a picture about the early history of rock and roll, Chase has chosen a different path, one based on his own personal experience. He knows that for every band that makes it, there are thousands that don't. Chase was one of those thousands and tries to capture some of that near-miss emotion, the hubris of the dream and the disappointment of being good, but not that good.
He has the cast to carry this out, including an excellent performance by John Magaro, the Dylanesque Italian son who claws his way up through the band to become its lead singer.
The problem with this film is its storyline. Despite Chase's attempt to capture a unique vantage point, the story itself sometimes sags and becomes predictable.
There's also a running debate about the value of rock as art versus the business of making a living. Given the era Not Fade Away explores, this feels like a false argument. Rock as art came later with the rise of bands like Yes and Pink Floyd, but in the beginning it was about drinking, partying and getting laid.
Chase has made a valentine to his early days in rock and roll, and it's that personal exploration that offsets the bland storytelling. These observations and the music itself, which includes everything from blues to Nancy Sinatra, and Lead Belly to the Rolling Stones, keep the film entertaining.
No doubt the '60s were weird. Not Fade Away reminds us just how quickly that weirdness spread across America. And thanks to Chase, you can go back to the beginning of rock and enjoy that weirdness.
This is not a great film, but forget that. It's the soundtrack that makes it worthwhile. So just settle back and enjoy the pulse. It's what America became after all those jangling guitars kicked in and the country started to party.


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The final showings of "Peter Pan" at the Chief Theatre run Dec. 13-15. All performances begin at 8 p.m. Friday through Saturday, and Sunday matinees will begin at 2:30 p.m.
Ticket prices are $10 for adults and $8 for senior-youth (through 12th grade)-military. Tickets may be purchased in advance from Suwannee Valley Internet in Chiefland and at Point of View in Fanning Springs.
Seating may also be reserved through Becky Gill, who can be reached at 352-443-9096.
The Great Suwannee River Clean-up, initiated and coordinated by Current Problems Executive Director Fritzi Olson, is nearing the end of the historic river and the 2013 clean-up. The last 20 miles will be tackled by the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, the Friends of the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuges and all the volunteers they can muster Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Dixie Music Center is once again hosting "An Old Town Christmas" Sunday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. on the outdoor stage at the store. This is a live concert of Christmas music performed by several local musicians and groups. Performers this year include the Gospel Singers and Brotherhood band, the Beamis Family Band, Kerry Gordon, Debbie Wheatley, Faith and Righteousness, the East Coast Band with Al and Patty, Robbie Blake and Bruce Miller, Karen Powers, the Slackers and more.
Manatee Springs State Park and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection are hosting the annual Clay Landing Days event Nov. 29 and 30, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
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Walmart in Chiefland has been authorized by its corporate office to help with the Toys for Tots drive, according to toy drive organizer Bryan Chrisp. The drive will consist of three weekends beginning Nov. 29.
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February 2, 2013
MARTINSBURG — Making sure you have functioning smoke alarms and following some basic fire prevention safety tips are two things local officials say can help families stay safe in the event of an......
I wonder what will be said once the family of the fire in Frederick Co that claimed the lives of two children find out the first due Engine company went to the WRONG location!!!! Then after realizing their mistake tried to respond to the correct address and ended up in a ditch!!! They ended up arriving at the scene approx 30 min later!! Thats the other side of this tragedy. Who will be held accountable for this??
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If only the stupid people would alone die in these tragedies. Unfortunately, they too often take others with them and, sometimes, are the only ones to survive. How many smoke detector 9-volt batteries are now in Christmas toys?
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Ambrose Park Ambrose Park is located at Rocky Lane and Porter Avenue comprised of five acres with a large pavilion, restrooms, playground and picnic area with tables and grills. DuPont Park DuPont Park is located on U.S. 11 at Exit 20 off Interstate 81. Comprised of 28 acres, the park offers three regulation size fields, parking area, pavilion and restrooms. Gerrardstown Gerrardstown Athletic Field is located one mile south of Gerrardstown on Virginia Line Road. Comprised of three acres, the park serves as a practice site for baseball, softball and soccer. Hedgesville Park Hedgesville Park, located between hedgesville Elementary and Middle schools, is comprised of 15 acres. The site offers a lighted baseball field, a little league field, pavilion and fitness trail. Lions Park Inwood-Bunker Hill Lions Park is located south of Musselman Middle School on 20 acres. The park offers a large pavilion, a fitness trail with exercise stations, volleyball court, playground area, a practice soccer field and much more. Lambert Park Lambert Park is located on Woodbury Avenue on 8eight acres. The park offers a swimming pool with bath house and concession stand, a baby pool, wading pool and water slide, a softball field, pavilions and the Berkeley 2000 Recreation Center. Martin Luther King Jr. Park Martin Luther King Jr. Park is located on West Martin Street. The park offers a paved basketball court and a fitness center and a playground Oak Street Park Oak Street Park is located on Oak Street on two acres. The park offers regulation horseshoe pits, the horseshoe pitchers association plays and practices here, a pavilion with concessions, a basketball court, playground area and volleyball court. Oatesdale Park Oatesdale Park is located on the corner of Baltimore and William Street across from Tavern Road, past Stephens Tire and Auto. On 22 acres, the park offers two in-line hockey skating rinks, a stream, little league fields, and is the home to the Martinsburg Little League. P.O. Faulkner Park Faulkner Park is located on Sycamore and Ryneal streets in Martinsburg on 30 acres. The park offers a high school baseball field, tennis courts, playground, pavilion and more. The park is also adjacent to Charlotte Prather Park, the girl's softball complex. Pikeside Park Pikeside Park, on five acres near the West Virginia Air National Guard, offers a baseball field and softball fields. Roush Field Roush Field is located between South Georgia Avenue and South Alabama Avenue and offers a practice ball field. Poor House Farm Poor House Farm Park is located 3.5 miles west of Interstate 81 at the King Street exit. The park offers the Haunted Trail annually as well as a large pavilion, a smaller pavilion, trout stream, jogging and hiking trails, playground, lake, youth football field and much more. War Memorial Park War Memorial Park, located on Tennessee Avenue, near City Hospital, offers many amenities, including swimming, mini-golf, pavilions, playgrounds, picnic areas with grills and more.
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We've been enjoying our summer.
Most days I have Noah fill up all our bottles with ice and water, and Carter goes in search of Gray's and Ivy's shoes. We head to a park. And stay as long as we can until the heat gets us or we run out of snacks.
Nothing gets done around the house. And I always say I'll get to it when they go to bed. But then, when they are all fast asleep, and I can hardly keep my own eyes open, I say I'll get to those things tomorrow.
But it's summatime. Everything moves a bit more slowly, heavy, lazy. It's like I don't even have any stories to tell. We're just moving about, happily.
We did have Chinese for dinner last night (Cantonese chow mein, Kung Po Chicken, pan fried noodles, fried rice) and here are a couple of the fortunes in our cookies (including grammatical error):
Ask yourself this question: "Is my attitude worth catching?"
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5 out of 6 people recommended this car.
Consumer Reviews
1990 Lexus LS400
by Thomas Nguyen from Hayward, Ca | January 12, 2014
I bought the car when it was 10 years old. Engine never gave me any problems. I was surprised it took me out of town fine. Thinking back now, all day driving doing security work (100's of miles). Especially for an old car. But I bought it from a dealership who maintained and repaired vehicle (assuming it did). So unfair criticism. I wasn't the first owner so I shouldn't speak about its dependability. Previous owners say alot. However owner doesn't say dependability, exmination and what's reality says its dependability. Maybe it was repaired during the time before me. Oil stains were in the bottom. Probable from leaking hoses. I common thing in any car. Suspension was suspectable. A dangerous car in the rain. It skids. So very dangerous in the rain. Safe (6.0) in crash due to heavy chiseled metal. Personally, I never felt comfortable driving the car. One of the major reason is because it was 10 years, 135K miles. Brakes had alot of problems. My mother crashed the car. Tires were changed when they didn't need to be. Alignment was done. Light's kept on blowing out. I didn't know the History. I wasn't a mechanic. So when I opened the hood I didn't see anything. When I test drove the vehicle I didn't feel anything. I already knew about car problems, my father fixes his truck all the time. Basically I made a risky choice. A desperate one because it was the only place that would finance me. Compared to other cars, to me the exterior design was sharp and bright. Interior was clean and sharp. I had an eye for this. I heard Lexus put "alota time" in designing the car. Kudo's for the hard work. The reason why I wouldn't recommend this vehicle to a friend because its 2014. The vehicle is a 1990. So it would be a 24 year old vehicle. My recommendation is eliminate from buying a car you don't know because its expensive and too complicating to deal with. Just keep your car and drive. A car isn't a buying and selling thing because its like open heart surgery. You don't know the things people will dump into it. Especially when its an engineering mess.
Purchased a new car
Uses car for Commuting
Does not recommend this car
Very Nice Car For The Money
by JackyChann from Merced , Ca | September 1, 2011
I got this car for my son's graduation present, this car is superb. The only down side this car have is that it get not so good gas mileage in the city but on the freeway we get about 400 miles per tank so that's not too bad. Pearl white is a timeless color to get, there are only 2 things wrong with this car at this time, 1. a/c is not cold, maybe a leak somewhere 2. a clunk noise in the front right of car when we go over rough road. 3. that's all, everything else is super 4. currently 8/01/2011 it got 204500 miles
Purchased a new car
Uses car for Just getting around
Does recommend this car
Pedestrian Excellence
by Amskeptic from Kendall, NY | June 17, 2009
I have owned two LS400s. I still own a BMWE34 and a Mercedes W116 alongside both experiences with the Lexus. The Lexus executes its tasks with unruffled competence. Its engine is world-class smooth and economical. But it nonetheless reminds me of the drop-dead gorgeous creature at the party who turns out to have nothing new to say. The Lexus is not reaching for new territory, it seeks only to meet the standards of others. Dump it into a corner, and compromises are apparent in its sodden response. Wax the exterior, and you can't help but feeling like you are waxing the washing machine, it is an appliance. A competent appliance. It is a perfect car for people who want competence. It would be a disappointment for anyone who wants to experience the effort of a manufacturer to expand the envelope of automotive performance. Colin (there is a caveat here: I work on all of my cars exclusively. I admire the Toyota engineers for beautifully intelligent engineering. But lawdy is it complex and I do not doubt that half of Lexus repair budgets are being blown on confused mechanics efforts. If you must pay others to maintain and work on your car, find a good smart mechanic. These are stunningly reliable cars until they get screwed up)
Purchased a new car
Uses car for Just getting around
Does recommend this car
Incredible Car
by 19 Year LS400 Owner from Long Island, New York | February 18, 2009
I have owned my black LS-400 for 19 years since new. I can't give up on the car since it is so wonderful. The original bulbs (except headlamps) are still working! 131,000 miles and feels better than most modern cars. Everything still works! Replaced timing belt and water pump, a/c compressor and will need a power steering pump some day...not bad!
Purchased a new car
Uses car for Transporting family
Does recommend this car
One Of The Most Reliable 90's Luxury Vehicles
by J. Banks from Portage, WI | November 20, 2006
When your buying a Lexus, your buying more than just a beautiful name and great looking car. You're buying Reliablilty, these cars had little to no problems back in there day. Obviously somebody did something right. The point I am trying to get through your head is that The LS400 was one of the most beautiful and luxurious cars of the 90's. I am sad to see that Lexus pass the car off and came out with yet another beautiful car the LS460 it's just as nice but it is not as conservative. I hope that any interested buyers looking for a nice used car have the LS400 on top of there list. Its Great.
Purchased a new car
Uses car for N/A
Does recommend this car
Beautiful Engineering From Of Course Lexus
by J. Banks from Portage, WI | November 17, 2006
Most people probably thoght back in 1990 that the Lexus LS400 would'nt sell. Lexus seemed to have mastered that. back then there really was no other car like the LS400, some people complained that the Mercedes Benz looked similar, they make look similar but Lexus is the overall winner over the two.
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Style Inspiration From a Costume Designer
Costume designer Julie Weiss doesn't particularly like the term "costume." She sees the clothes she makes as tools of communication.
In creating the wardrobes for the soon-to-be-released movie "Hitchcock," she considered color, shape, fabric, fit and fashion history—all the while developing outfits that would support each actor's performance. The movie includes Anthony Hopkins as director Alfred Hitchcock, Helen Mirren as his wife, Alma Reville, Scarlett Johansson as actress Janet Leigh and Jessica Biel as actress Vera Miles.
"As a costume designer, you are part of the merger between that actor and their character," says Ms. Weiss, who is currently working on costumes for the coming Broadway production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
Unlike fashion designers, who create for a brand, costume designers create looks that are right for specific events and characters. That is akin what we all do to dress for the day at hand. Ms. Weiss's thinking offers insight for dressers trying to equip themselves for the scenes of their own lives. Here are six guiding principles that emerge from her work on "Hitchcock."
1) The costume must serve the person wearing it.
In an opening scene, a beige dress with a draped bodice establishes the dichotomy of Alma's character as a loyal wife and as a capable but underrecognized filmmaker. "When she put that dress on, her posture changed," Ms. Weiss recalls of Ms. Mirren's wardrobe test. "We knew that was her." Its elegant silhouette, easy flattering fit and neutral color let her character dominate a scene in which Alma seeks (unforthcoming) compliments on her appearance from her husband.
"That to me was the perfect film dress," Ms. Mirren said after a Los Angeles screening of the film.
2) Research with care.
Like any shopper, Ms. Weiss looks all over for the perfect outfits. For "Hitchcock," which covers the period when the director was making "Psycho," she studied the film as well as the lives of the characters, digging through news archives and even interviewing people who knew them. She haunted vintage stores as well as the archives of costume companies such as Western Costume Co., Palace Costume & Prop Co. in Los Angeles, and Early Halloween in New York. "Hitchcock" director Sacha Gervasi says he hired Ms. Weiss because she arrived for her interview so well-prepared. "She has a whole back story to every detail."
3) Consider the language of color.
In film, as in the board room, hot colors can connote control. Ms. Weiss dressed Alma in a deep red suit for a scene in which she takes charge of the filming of 'Psycho," which has spun out of control. Yet softer colors are less likely to overwhelm a scene in which an actor needs to emote subtly.
4) Focus on the overall effect, even if it requires altering details.
"Psycho" was in black and white, so Ms. Weiss filled in the blanks when it came to dressing the characters of Ms. Leigh and Ms. Miles. Ms. Leigh was said to have worn a blue dress in the film, but the costume designer says she didn't replicate the costumes that closely. She dressed Mr. Hitchcock in his roomy black suits in each scene because that is the way he is remembered—though the director probably wore other clothes at home. The key to good costuming is to "simplify—unless, of course, you're Elizabeth I," notes Ms. Mirren, recalling another of her roles.
5) Create a uniform sense of style.
The costume designer builds wardrobes she believes her characters would collect for themselves—just as stylists often advise real clients to create a unique style for themselves. For Mr. Hitchcock's assistant, played by Toni Collette, she relied on the sort of appropriate-but-classy professional wardrobe that many midlevel managers would love to have. (Some current styles are right in line with that era). "She looks the part of a working woman who is proud of what she wears," Ms. Weiss says. Yet Ms. Weiss was mindful that this character wouldn't want to overshadow the boss.
6) Realize it may take time to make a piece your own.
When actors test a wardrobe, Ms. Weiss feels it is important that they take time to settle into a costume. "You design a piece, and (the actor) tries it on," she says, "and then you wait until that costume becomes an item of clothing."
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Not all love stories are romances, a point thoughtfully explored in "Celeste and Jesse Forever."
Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samburg) are perfect for each other as illustrated in the three-minute opening montage that shows them growing from teens in puppy love to adults in wedded bliss.
Cut to a car interior where they're singing along to a song and playing an interesting "off-color" game with a tube of lip gloss. Meeting friends for dinner, they are so super cute together - leaning in close, laughing, finishing each other's sentences, talking in foreign accents - that it's all too much.
Then their friends scream at them to stop it! - but not for the reason you might think. To say much more would ruin a truly brilliant bit of writing that jettisons "Celeste and Jesse" out of cute romantic comedy territory and into a contemplative look at modern relationships.
Celeste is an author and trend forecaster who is out promoting her new book, "Shitegeist." Jessie is a talented graphic artist doing freelance work, but not much else. She's talkative and assertive; he's quiet and unmotivated. They are the essence of the romantic notion that opposites attract and they are clearly devoted to each other. But there are cracks.
He is immature ("He doesn't have a checking account or dress shoes," Celeste complains to a friend) and doesn't appear to be in a hurry to change. That's why Jesse is living alone in his art studio behind their home, where he's more apt to be watching (and crying at) a video of the Beijing Olympics than drawing. She is tightly wound and controlling in a deceptively nice way.
As they navigate their "separation," neither wants to cut the ties to each other and the true dynamics of the relationship unfold. Celeste complains Jesse is immature, but she treats him like a child. "I'm proud of you. You're gonna do great," she tells Jesse before a date with the Yogurt Girl.
When he comes to her with life-altering news that will rock their world (a plot line that feels a bit too contrived), her surprising response is the motherly "what do you need me to do," instead of asking him what he plans to do.
As Celeste and Jesse work out their evolving relationship, the film explores whether two people who are perfect together are necessarily right for each other. There is a natural, easy rapport between Jones and Samburg that is instantly likable and makes you root for them to find happiness, whatever "forever" may mean in terms of their relationship.
Jones wrote the script with Will McCormack (who plays a pot-smoking friend in the film) and the story is more than a little inspired by their real-life relationship that included a short romance followed by the realization that they were indeed perfect for each other - perfect best friends, that is.
How much of the film is drawn from real life isn't clear. But I'll give Jones and McCormack credit for creating something fresh in a genre that relies too much on the old standbys and look forward to seeing more from them.
Starring: Rashida Jones, Andy Samburg, Emma Roberts, Will McCormack, Elijah Wood
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Running time: 91 minutes
The Lowdown: A separated couple tries to maintain their friendship while pursuing new relationships.
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Berklee's focus is on contemporary music, so the children are learning, but through Linkin Park, Green Day, pop music, rock 'n roll, R & B and jazz.
July 03, 2011
Berklee's focus is on contemporary music, so the children are learning, but through Linkin Park, Green Day, pop music, rock 'n roll, R & B and jazz.
July 03, 2011
It's impossible to live in the 50 states and not know at schoolhouse classics like "The Star Spangled Banner" and "This Land Is Your Land" but those famous patriotic odes aren't the only way to give a musical shout-out to America. This Independence Day, we've hand-selected these 15 songs which talk about this big, great, complicated country of ours each in its own special way from the critical (Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The U.S.A.") to the full on celebratory (Miley Cyrus's "Party In The U.S.A."). Happy 4th of July everyone!
July 02, 2011
And after last week's official opening of the second Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe, which is next door to Oakland's Fox Theater, Gov. Jerry Brown and Anne Gust Brown came to dinner. The two-hour visit to the new restaurant was proof that Brown hasn't forgotten his old job, and still wants to support the Uptown Oakland renaissance he promoted as mayor of Oakland. Read more
July 01, 2011
Lady Gaga talks about being a Green Day fan and the first album she purchased, Dookie.
July 01, 2011
Sure, there's "pride" and "patriotism" but let's get serious for a minute: Being American means blue jeans. It means cowboy boots and dust in your hair and crazy shoulder pads and Lady Gaga shoes. Somewhere there are debt crises and manifest destinies and whatnot, but what really matters on the Fourth of July is optimism—putting on your sunglasses and venturing into the horizon like good Americans. While there are plenty of tunes about being an American, these are the ones that remind us that looking like an American can be weird and crazy but almost always cool. Like, Bruce Springsteen-cool. (No Fourth of July playlist is complete without The Boss and that is an undisputed fact and if you are even questioning our style-commitment to Bruce you should maybe have your passport revoked.)


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Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Dorchester District Two officials have been looking forward to opening three brand-new elementary schools for the 2015-2016 school year.
Now officials are simply hoping to start construction on one of those elementary schools sometime soon.
Elementary School 1, named Eugene Sires Elementary, is missing a land disturbance permit that is preventing the start of construction.
Superintendent Joe Pye is worried the school will not open on time. Im most concerned, Pye said. Ill be very blunt I dont see where it could possibly open on time.
Bob Folkman, capital improvements facilitator for the district, approached DD2 board members during their meeting Aug. 11 to deliver the construction update. Folkman said contractors are still waiting on answers from OCRM, a coastal division of DHEC responsible for land disturbance permits.
Originally, Folkman said, the final land disturbance permit was supposed to come in at the end of July or beginning of August.
Now theyre telling us they hope to have their comments and permit by the end of this month, Folkman said. We hurry up and wait. Its just out of our control.
Construction has already begun on Elementary Schools 2 and 3, also known as Sand Hill and Alston Bailey elementary schools, respectively. Folkman said there are no permit issues with those two schools.
Chairwoman Gail Hughes asked Folkman if one of the board members tries reaching out to OCRM, if that would help speed things up.
Im just really concerned; we dont want to ruffle feathers, we want to try and get results, Hughes said. We just have to be careful of what we say to these people because we dont want to take one step forward, four steps backward.
Folkman said a meeting is something they can try.
We appreciate any help, he said.
After the board meeting, Folkman said the permit process should have started in May 2013 about three months earlier than it actually did.
This is my first experience with this, Folkman said. Im frustrated.
All three new elementary schools are supposed to open in August 2015 in time for the 2015-2016 school year.
Im still optimistic that it will open in 2015, Folkman said, but we just got to do what we can to get through this permit process.
Once we get that permit we can start construction, he added.
Pye, however, is not quite as optimistic.
I think we may be off a few months, he said. If its only a month or two off thats one thing, but if its seven months off, then that means another whole year delayed. If we dont get it out of the ground soon, its adding up. Thats my issue.
In particular, Pye is worried about over-crowding within the districts older elementary schools something these new schools are supposed to relieve.
Some of these schools are having a hard time handling it, and thats my concern, Pye said.
Pye is hopeful that in a month the district will have good news about that land disturbance permit. I think by this time next month we should have every one of them out of the ground, he said.
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Sirtex Medical signed an agreement with SingHealth under which researchers from Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and National Cancer Center Singapore (NCCS) will explore the potential of a new technology known as carbon-cage nanoparticles toward the development of a new generation of cancer therapies.
According to the Australian National University, carbon-cage nanoparticles carry a high internal payload of radioactive material while the outer carbon shell is chemically inert and possesses properties for the attachment of cancer-targeting agents or coatings that can impart stealth-like properties to the nanoparticles. Such properties can enhance their ability to evade detection by the immune system, thus improving their ability to target specific cancers.
Carbon-cage nanoparticles are sub-micron size particles of graphitic carbon that encapsulate a metallic core. The technology had its start in Technegas, which was originally invented by Bill Burch, Ph.D., at the Royal Canberra Hospital and the Australian National University in 1984. Technegas has been used in nuclear medicine as an inhalable aerosol of carbon-cage nanoparticles containing a radiologically detectable radioisotope for the diagnosis of blood clots in the lungs.
The agreement will comprise several research projects. The first will evaluate the technology's use in the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer that has spread within the abdominal and pelvic cavities. A range of other gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and female genitourinary cancers may potentially benefit from the new treatment approach.
"Over the past six years Sirtex has been working with the Australian National University to develop a leading position in nanoparticle IP that may be developed for the treatment of human cancers in areas of unmet clinical need," Gilman Wong, Sirtex' CEO, said. "This master research collaboration agreement with SingHealth is a milestone in the development of Sirtex' carbon-cage nanoparticle technology and brings together a leading group of physician scientists from the National Cancer Center of Singapore with a strong track record of transitioning new technologies into the clinic."
In June of 2010, Sirtex signed an agreement with SGH to determine which of two drugs, sorafenib or SIR-Spheres (a medical device used in interventional oncology to deliver Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) to the liver), should be the first-line drug and which the second-line for patients with inoperable liver cancers. The trial was fueled by about $10.2 million—a lump-sum gift of $8.5 million from Sirtex Medical, and $1.65 million to be disbursed over five years from the National Medical Research Council.
Sirtex has also been busy expanding its manufacturing capabilities. In November, they announced plans to establish and commission a manufacturing facility in Germany, which would be completed over the next two years at a cost of $4.5 million. Also, back in August, Sirtex began tripling its manufacturing capacity of SIR-Spheres at its Willmington, MA facility. The company invested approximately $4 million to install two hot cells together with ancillary equipment over 18 months.
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Is MMR vaccine safe?
I have read about some studies questioning the safety of MMR vaccines - how it can cause autism and irritable bowel syndrome.
I am getting confused how true these claims are... We have long believed on certain medical innovations as the 'miracle cure' for diseases only to be debunked a decade later.
Now I'm questioning if vaccines are all really that beneficial...
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Dear Raven,
It can be a difficult decision deciding which vaccines your child should have but I do feel that it is right that every parent makes well-informed decisions about vaccinations.
MMR which you mention is perhaps the most debated childhood vaccine as it carries higher possible risks to the child.
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