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Cleveland Ohio -- The Alcohol, Tobacco and Trade Bureau reports that most of the 948 brewing permits issued in 2013 went to brewpubs, citing figures from the Beer Institute in Washington, D.C.
Nationally, there is a record 3,699 active 'permitted breweries' overseen by the bureau, the institute says.
It includes breweries that "could be out of business, could be on the books as business plans," Chris Thorne, the institute's vice president of communications, told The Plain Dealer.
The bureau's licenses can cover "people who set up brewing companies but may not have an established brewery," he said. Thorne added it also includes larger companies with separate operating facilities. For instance, Anheuser-Busch would need 12 permits for 12 locations.
"Most are very small – we're talking micropub, one or two barrels a week," Thorne said. "While there is an increase in numbers it's probably not going to change the overall structure of the industry very much."
Thorne's policy group keeps a close eye on taxes. Beer is a heavily taxed commodity, at the state and federal levels, along with consumption and excise taxes: "Up to 40 percent of what you pay for a beer goes for taxes," he said.
"The point is we have a very successful small brewers' tax credit on the books, and it is our intent to have small brewers get this tax relief to gain a pathway to the marketplace," Thorne said.
"Thanks in great part to the small-brewer tax credit, today we're seeing more small brewers than ever before. But consumers are also increasingly less loyal to beer, and that is a challenge for every brewer of any size," he said.
Here's how the credit works, according to the institute: Small brewers - defined as the equivalent of producing up to 110 million six-packs – "receive a substantial break on federal excise tax, paying only $7 per barrel on the first 60,000 barrels. The regular tax rate is $18 per barrel, which is paid by all brewers of more than 2 million barrels, all beer importers regardless of size, and on every barrel produced by small brewers beyond 60,000."
By volume, breweries are, technically, small operations: "More than 90 percent of permitted breweries today produce less than 60,000 barrels annually," according to the institute.
What's interesting to note is that four states – California, Washington, Colorado and Oregon – account for a third of the nation's breweries.
Where does Ohio fit in?
In 2012, 80 permits were issued. In 2013, that number jumped to 112.


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Fond memories for former Echuca resident
Four-time Melbourne premiership player John Lord jun. treasures his time spent in Echuca, still calling the town home.GEORDIE COWAN May 28, 2014 3:29am
Among other things, John Lord jun. wants it to be recognised that he kicked the first senior goal in Echuca South Football Club's history.
It may have been his team's only major in a 30-goal flogging, but he kicked it.
Lord only stayed one year at South, before going back to play at Echuca and eventually went on to play 132 games with Melbourne Football Club, becoming a four-time premiership player in the process.
He came to Echuca as a boy after World War II, when his dad, John Lord sen., took over the newsagency and Lord became the self-proclaimed ''world's best paper boy''.
''I used to be up at the Riv Herald every morning with a few of my mates, watch them finish the printing of the paper on the old printing machine and off we'd go and deliver it,'' he said.
''The Melbourne papers would turn up at about 9 o'clock in the morning and of course by then we were at school, so you had to deliver them after school.
''I often think I probably knew every house in Echuca at one stage.
''And it wasn't riding bikes on concrete footpaths, it was mud — your bike would get clogged up, the bindis would get you and you'd be walking back for miles.''
Despite only living in the town for less than 10 years, Lord has fond memories of it and he still calls it his home town.
''I've always considered Echuca my home and yet I was born in Melbourne,'' Lord said.
''Dad went to war when he was aged 39 — far too old, I think, to go — but he was militaristic and all his brothers had gone to the First World War.
''Two uncles won military medals — one on the Western Front and one at Gallipoli — and that's what started Dad.
''He tried to get into the First World War, but he was only 15 or 16.
''And so the stoic person in the whole family has been my mum (Mary). I admire Mum so much.
''The fact that she went on to live to 94 and went out giving Mark Latham a mouthful just shows how astute and competent she was.''
Lord said it was a tough time during the war, with his dad away for five years and only one spell at home in the middle for about six weeks.
Arriving in Echuca as an eight-year-old, Lord attended Echuca State School and spent his weekends — aside from delivering newspapers — chopping up wood in the mornings and going out rabbiting.
''We had ferrets on our bike with boxes and came back with the rabbits. We'd skin the rabbits and you used to get 10c for that,'' he said.
''I remember diving off the wharf into the water — and subsequently finding out it was only about six feet deep — but we all did it.
''I couldn't swim, so I had to teach myself to swim so we could swim across the river.''
Sporting-wise, he played everything. Tennis, cricket and, of course, football.
''I grew up in that hero worship and when we played kick-to-kick, I was (Collingwood player) Bill Twomey, because some other kid had John Coleman,'' he said.
He played his first football match as an early teenager for Echuca High against Echuca Tech — one of only two official football games for the year.
Going to Echuca Football Club first, where his dad was president for a time, his local heroes were the Kenna family.
''They were just marvellous,'' Lord said.
''Morrie Kenna, Josh Kenna, Frank Kenna, Kevin Kenna — all great footballers.
''Kevin was silky smooth, Frank was too. Morrie was just a gentle giant and a lovely man and Josh would have made league footy if he had a go at it.''
Lord can remember virtually all of the 1950 Echuca team — ''but I get lost at the back line'' — and he went on to play for a couple of years with the reserves team.
''I used to love that, because we were in the Bendigo league and we used to go away in the bus and they gave us 20c at Bendigo to buy a pie before we came home,'' he said.
He then went to Echuca South for a year before returning to Echuca, where he only ever played two games of football.
''The first one was against Rochester in Moama and I was on the half-forward flank and I got the obligatory whack behind the ears from one of the Rochy guys,'' he said.
''The next minute I hear a ruckus behind me and here's Morrie Kenna with about three Rochester guys and Morrie's tried to square up.
''I learned later Morrie reckoned that was about equal, he and three Rochy players.
''The second game was against Eaglehawk in Bendigo and if we won it, we were in the finals.
''Blow me down if I marked not far out from goal in the dying minutes of the game two points down or something.
''Of course I can win it and become a schoolboy hero, but I miss it.''
The following year he left school and worked at Elder Smith's, who sent him to Rochester, Mortlake and then Lismore.
''When I first started at Elder Smith's, I spent two weeks in Melbourne and Dad was a great mate with (former Melbourne captain-coach) Bert Chadwick,'' Lord said.
''He asked him to look after me and Melbourne let me train with the firsts one night and signed me up to play in the thirds the following Saturday.
''Now I don't think I had done enough to warrant this other than the fact Dad was mates with Bert Chadwick.
''But I played with the thirds and that locked me into Melbourne.''
Lord then went away with Elders, but Geelong pursued his signature after he started playing well at Lismore.
''Melbourne made me play in a practice match the following year and the story goes (captain) Noel McMahon was sent out to see if I was tough enough,'' he said.
''Apparently he whacked me once and I just got up and kept playing and then he whacked me again and I then turned on him.
''And as I say, thank God I missed, because he would've killed me.''
John sen. had also played 24 games with Melbourne in 1921-23, before joining St Kilda for another 30 games.
''Dad went on to play with Victoria after joining St Kilda, so there was a little bit of feeling that 'we let him go, so we're not going to let you go','' Lord said.
The then 19-year-old was then called up for national service for six months and became extremely fit, only to be called back to play in Melbourne's reserves semi-finals and grand final, to his surprise.
''I dominated those games because I was so fit and that started my 10 years at Melbourne,'' Lord said.
Entering an extremely successful time at the Demons, Lord went on to play in premierships in 1957, 1959, 1960 and 1964.
''Looking back on it, you don't fully appreciate it,'' he said.
''I thought at one stage every footballer should play in a premiership side. It's terrific.
''But then we wanted to play in another win.
''People used to say to me, 'which one was the best premiership', and I'd say 'the next one'.
''Another line I have is, I think I'm the only guy to win five premierships and I've never made a team of the century anywhere.
''Echuca South never claimed me, Echuca never claimed me, Lismore's never claimed me.''
Lord came to Melbourne as a ruckman, but was asked to play as centre half-back because they identified him as an ideal replacement for Geoff McGivern, who was set to retire.
''I'd never played centre half-back in my life,'' he said.
''I did take the first couple of years there, but it's a frustrating position because it's a negative thing, you can't make the play.
''Eventually I got into ruck and centre half-forward, which I enjoyed a lot more.''
Playing all his career under legendary coach Norm Smith, Lord had nothing but praise for his leader.
''A lot has been written about Smithy and all of it was pretty true,'' he said.
''He was a great man.
''Smithy's record is unsurpassed in so many ways.''
Lord also has fond memories of his first senior game in 1957, when Melbourne played Fitzroy.
''The dressing rooms there had an indoor alleyway to the Fitzroy rooms,'' he said.
''I have to say (former Fitzroy star) Dougy Nicholls was loved by everybody, but he came storming into our dressing room.
''Norm Smith's welcoming him with open arms, but Dougy's just said, 'no, I've come to smell the gum leaves'.
''He just came up and wanted to see me. He was great.''
Lord knew Nicholls from his time in Echuca, where Nicholls would often travel to town to get John sen. to come to Cumeroogunja, south of Barham, to put on shows for the Aborigines there.
''So I got to know Dougy very early in life and I remember one New Year's eve, the celebration in Echuca used to be a big bonfire in Echuca South on the plains,'' Lord said.
''Up there was Mum and Dad, Sir Doug Nicholls and his wife and Sir Bert Chadwick and his wife.
''The mayor, or 'the Lord mayor' as dad used to say, and two knights of the realm at the Echuca bonfire.''
John sen. was the equal youngest member of 12 children born in 1899 and was trained as a secretary at the railways.
Part of that role was to be a shorthand typist and, when he signed up for World War II and got to the Middle East, someone knew of his talents and was directed towards headquarters.
''He became General (Thomas) Blamey's shorthand typist during the war,'' Lord said.
Lord said his father also met General de Gaulle during his time in the Middle East, when de Gaulle would come to get supplies from the Australians.
Lord's mother, Mary, originated from Castlemaine and then Bendigo before moving to Melbourne.
John sen. returned from the war with a back injury and, after initially being selected for the occupation forces in Japan after the war, he injured his back once again and started to look to take over newsagencies.
Once in Echuca, John sen. spent a long time on the Echuca council and became mayor for three years.
The undoubted highlight of his time in charge was when HM Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, visited in 1954.
''He was the only returned serviceman on the council and they got him to stay on,'' Lord said.
''The mayoral robes were tailored for him.
''The Queen, I can remember that day so well.
''Dad was fantastic, but Mum, she looked a million dollars that day.''
Since Lord finished his football career, he worked in the media for many years with 3XY, Channel 10 and Channel 7, before retiring in Melbourne.
His brother, Stephen, still lives in Echuca while his sisters, Leslie and Mary Ruth are in Yackandandah and Brisbane respectively.
''I've always claimed Echuca as home even though in the full context I probably only spent eight or nine years of my life there.
''I only ever remember it fondly.''
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Syracuse, NY -- A new anchor restaurant-brewpub officially rolls into the Canyon section of Destiny USA Monday night when Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant opens to the general public.
Some of you have already been there — for a good part of last week.
Gordon Biersch employees were training and special guests invited for previews of the place were in to dine and raise money for the Food Bank of Central New York.
Many more of you will be on hand for dining, twice-a-night happy hours, quarterly tapping parties for seasonal beers and, perhaps, corporate events.
And the food?
"Gordon Biersch makes fresh, from-scratch California cuisine with Asian-influenced dishes," Gordon Biersch regional manager Ryan Hendrickson said Friday as the kitchen crew, waitstaff, managers and others prepped for trial runs before Monday's grand opening. "We're very proud of our food."
And the brew.
Six beers plus a seasonal ale are brewed on the premises. Steel tanks can be seen behind a glass wall in the bar area. Marcellus native Dave Collins, Gordon Biersch's full-time brewmaster, is overseeing that end of the operation. Biersch brews lagers that have won awards in several prestigious beer competitions.
Some on tap right now behind the expansive bar include Czech Pilsner, Brewer's Select and Golden Export.
Over the bar, six, 60-inch flat-screen TVs command attention. Four more are above high-top wood tables near the bar. There's also a beer garden pouring out toward the common area of the mall and next to a window-wall overlooking the Hiawatha Boulevard entrance to Destiny.
The open design of the restaurant rolls from the front, through the bar, into the dining area and the open kitchen. The brick walls and exposed steel beams on the ceiling give the place an Armory Square vibe.
Biersch joins the new The Melting Pot and Cantina Laredo restaurants that are open in the Canyon section of the expansion. P.F. Chang's China Bistro, across from Biersch, is about ready to open.
Hendrickson said Gordon Biersch, open every night until 11 and until 2 a.m. on the weekends, will appeal to everyone.
"We fit the niche for any dining experience," said Hendrickson.
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For Williams and hundreds of others who revere it, the appeal of the 4,000-acre tract has become infectious.
"You can walk in the woods and think, 'this is great,' but here, the river is a friend," said the 36-year-old Williams. "It's like fire. Fire has its own personality and when it's burning, you feel like you've got a friend in the woods. That's how I feel about that river."
The tract is unique because there are very few undeveloped stretches of the Au Sable system. When it's at its best depends on the user. Cross-country skiers like Williams, who enjoy the silence of winter, think it's now. Starting from near Roscommon where the river channels under Chase Bridge against windowpane ice, entering the trail on a snowy morning is like entering Narnia through the wardrobe.
White pine and balsam filter sun through sugary clumps clinging to the boughs. The pathway wanders along the river leading skiers to evermore breathtaking sights. It travels over boardwalks, through cedar swamps and past river overlooks. Skiers can follow it through a tunnel of trees 200 yards long.
MASON TRACT PATHWAYType: Classic stride only, ungroomed but tracked by skiers; snowshoeing alongside ski tracks.
Length: Approximately 11.5 miles. A loop along Thayer Creek is midway and connects with the main trail at either end.
Access (2): From Roscommon, take M-18 north to Chase Bridge Road and turn left. Drive approximately 2 miles to Chase Bridge crossing the Au Sable South Branch. Park there and walk north across the bridge to the trailhead. From Grayling, head east on M-72 to Canoe Harbor campground road. Turn right. The trailhead is on the left. Maps are at either end and along the route.
Difficulty: Intermediate and advanced beginner.
Rentals and trail information: In Roscommon, Cross-Country Ski Headquarters, cross-country-ski.com, 989-821-6661; in Grayling, Cross-Country Ski Shop, 989-348-8558. DNR information at the Roscommon district office at the M-18 exit off I-75.
The pathway travels by well known landmarks like Dogtown, where guides once kept dogs in hillside dugouts when using them for deer hunting was legal.
One of Williams favorite spots is High Banks, where pathway travelers can sit perched 100 feet or so above the water.
"It's maybe five miles from Chase Bridge," Williams said. "Before my daughter was born, I'd go there at least twice a week. Sometimes I'd just sit on the bench there in the snow, stare over the river and think about how nice it was that a half-hour before, I was in class. The most alluring thing about it is the silence. All the sounds are muffled by the snow. "
Another auto executive, George Mason, later bought it. When he died he left it to the state with the provision that it forever remain wilderness. The state named it the George Mason Wilderness Retreat. But to most, it's The Mason Tract.
Skiing the Mason Tract Pathway is not difficult, but it is rated intermediate because of some tricky hills near M-72.
Beginners can stick to the upstream end's first mile or so or walk the spots they can't handle.
Thanks to Williams, skiers will be able to travel its length this winter.
Two fall windstorms fell trees along the path that DNR had no funds to clear.
Williams and Jimmie Mac Frye, son of Bob and Lynn Frye, who own Roscommon's Cross-Country Ski Headquarters, got approval from the DNR to clear the pathway.
"The DNR didn't have the funding, so I took it on myself," Williams said. "I want to watch over it. It's my intention to make it a school adopt-a-trail project and involve kids who may not even know the trail exists."


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Background: Hepatic complications are a major cause of illness and death after bone marrow transplantation.
Objective: To confirm the results of a pilot study that indicated that ursodiol prophylaxis could reduce the incidence of veno-occlusive disease of the liver.
Design: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
Setting: Tertiary care teaching hospital.
Patients: 67 consecutive patients undergoing transplantation with allogeneic bone marrow (donated by a relative) in whom busulfan plus cyclophosphamide was used as the preparative regimen and cyclosporine plus methotrexate was used to prevent graft-versus-host disease.
Intervention: Before the preparative regimen was started, patients were randomly assigned to receive ursodiol, 300 mg twice daily (or 300 mg in the morning and 600 mg in the evening if body weight was > 90 kg), or placebo.
Measurements: Patients were prospectively evaluated for the clinical diagnosis of veno-occlusive disease, the occurrence of acute graft-versus-host disease, and survival.
Results: The incidence of veno-occlusive disease was 40% (13 of 32 patients) in placebo recipients and 15% (5 of 34 patients) in ursodiol recipients (P = 0.03). Assignment to placebo was the only pretransplantation characteristic that predicted the development of veno-occlusive disease. The most significant predictor of 100-day mortality was the diagnosis of veno-occlusive disease. The difference in actuarial risk for hematologic relapse in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia and nonhepatic toxicities between the two groups was not statistically significant (13% in the ursodiol group and 20% in the placebo group; P > 0.2).
Conclusion: Ursodiol prophylaxis seemed to decrease the incidence of hepatic complications after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in patients who received a preparative regimen with busulfan plus cyclophosphamide.
Survival rate at 100 days was 0.77 for patients receiving ursodiol and 0.59 for those receiving placebo ( = 0.19).
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Carolina Panthers have heard every joke imaginable about the way their offensive line played in their first meeting against the Chicago Bears.
The line was like a turnstile, a revolving door, they cleared a wide-open path to quarterback Jake Delhomme.
It's all true.
The Bears blasted through Carolina's line for a whopping eight sacks of Delhomme, and just missed bringing him down several other times. Under constant pressure, Delhomme made a pair of poor throws that Nathan Vasher intercepted to set up two Chicago scores.
"It was embarrassing," guard Tutan Reyes said.
The Bears went on to a 13-3 win and left Carolina stunned.
"We knew Chicago was a good team going in there," said offensive coordinator Dan Henning.
"We didn't know it was as good as it is on defense. We made a couple of errors, and they got ahead.
"That's the way they like to play."
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The Game: Carolina (10-6) at Chicago (11-5), 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Solider Field.
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The Panthers know if they've got any chance to beat Chicago in Sunday's NFC divisional playoff, the line has to do a much better job of protecting Delhomme and giving DeShaun Foster a chance to run the ball.
The Bears expect Carolina to come into Chicago with a variation on their original blocking schemes, but defensive end Alex Brown wasn't so sure it would help. Brown, who had two sacks in the Nov. 20 win, laughed out loud when asked if the Panthers' line had improved since the first meeting.
"I think they have improved, I think they have gotten better," Brown said. "They obviously are going to change it up for us because we did have eight (sacks).
"They are not going to do the same thing. If they do, expect the same outcome, that's all I can say."
Chicago was the only team that successfully used a four-man front to get after Delhomme, and once it began working, the Bears didn't give up. Carolina fell behind 10-0 after the two early Delhomme interceptions, and couldn't run the ball from there.
The Panthers called 46 passing plays and ran it a season-low 16 times.
A repeat will certainly be disastrous for Carolina.
"If you were to tell any defensive lineman in this football league that he was going to get (46) chances to sack the quarterback, I guarantee you that they're probably all licking their chops in that situation," guard Mike Wahle said.
"We've got to do a better job of one-on-one blocking - but at the same time, we've got to keep ourselves out of those scenarios."
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South Carolina's Fort Mill Golf Club has reopened following a $3-million renovation. The unveiling of the remodeled course marks a pair of milestones at Fort Mill: the 60th anniversary of its Donald Ross-designed front nine, which opened in 1948, and the 50th anniversary next year of its George Cobb-designed back nine, built in 1959.
Overseeing the project for course owner Leroy Springs & Company, Inc. was Gene Roper, director of golf operations. "Fort Mill Golf Club is the product of two of the country's most storied and prolific golf course architects, Donald Ross and George Cobb," said Roper. "We're thrilled today to share the restored luster of their original designs with golfers around the region."
Leroy Springs & Company is a non-profit company dedicated to supporting the recreation, education, and community needs of citizens in Chester Township, Fort Mill Township and Lancaster County in South Carolina. The company operates golf courses in all three communities and oversees the operations of the Anne Springs Close Greenway and Leroy Springs Recreation Complex, both in Fort Mill, as well as the Leroy Springs Recreation Center in Chester.
The remodel of Fort Mill, which weaves through stands of live oaks and pines, was directed by architect Clyde Johnston, who in 2001 designed Springfield Golf Club, a sister course located a few miles away. Johnston, a former president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and member of the Donald Ross Society, relied on a 1947 master-plan drawing from Ross for the front-nine renovations.
Although Ross's drawing did not provide a legend for design elements such as mounds, slopes, hollows and rough - indicated by a varying series of hash marks, Johnston used his experience and design plans from other Ross courses of that era to assist in interpreting the master plan.
Even less specific drawings were available for Cobb's back nine, so only modest design changes were made there, with just two bunkers added and four traps removed on the nine holes.
The renovation included the rebuilding of all tee and green complexes, and the conversion of the greens from bentgrass to the heartier and more heat-tolerant MiniVerde grass, a Bermuda hybrid that retains the smoother and quicker putting characteristics of bent. Additionally, all bunkers on the course were rebuilt, with several on the front nine repositioned or eliminated to match Ross's drawings. The bunkers on the back nine were redesigned to reflect the look of the Ross-style bunkers on the front.
Now measuring 6,801 yards from the tips, the renovated par-72 layout actually plays 25 yards shorter than the original course. "We understand that at one point the original Fort Mill nine holes had the second highest course rating in all the Carolinas after Pinehurst No. 2, Ross's acknowledged masterpiece," said Roper. "It is a testament to the design balance and strategic shot values of the original course that it didn't require lengthening in an era of rapid technological advancements in golf equipment."
The project also involved upgrades to the clubhouse, with a major remodel of public areas and a redesign of the exterior and deck area to enhance views of the course.
Fort Mill Golf Club is a semiprivate facility open to daily-fee play, with annual memberships also available. For more information, call 803/547-2044 or visit www.playfortmill.com.
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What is going on in your life?
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What are your stressors that may be causing the anxiety and the depression? Do you have any thoughts on the matter?
Not so much is going on. I dont have a job but I do have a dog. Otherwise not so much, I dont feel the urge to do anything fun..One major stressor is absolutely my muscel disease called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. It makes your muscels very weak and most of us die before 35. I think a lot about death. And now recently I started to feel disconnected from reality and it makes me get panic.
Im from Sweden so my english may be a bit incorrect :)
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I am so sorry that you have inherited this disorder, and I am sure that it is responsible for your depression and anxiety.
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If the sertraline is not doing well for you then you may want to talk to your physician about giving you something different, that will help with depression and anxiety, and may give you more energy as well. Furthermore, it will not cause weight gain.
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What I have in mind is bupropion (Wellbutrin in many countries). It may suit you better.
I believe so to but this feeling of depersonalization is rather new. I dont know if it can happen when you have a depression or if its a side effect of the medication (it can happen but its rare).As said, I dont know if i have depersonalization or if its just something made up.
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If you are suffering from anxiey
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Do you still have anxiety? Do you have panic attacks? Does it come and go?
The sertraline I have been on for just three weeks, so its effect havent really started.It was worse before. The panic attacks are not happening as often. I do take 50mg sertraline and a calming medication called Oxascand. A bensodiazapine. Until the sertraline kicks in.
But two days ago I got a really hard panic attack. Feeling dizzy and disconnected from reality.
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Depersonalization, you understand, come with anxiety and depression.
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You should be able to stop the panic attack with some benzodiazepines. Let me find the generic name for Oxascand (for Scandinavia, no doubt). Give me a moment.
I thought so. Will the Depersonalization go away when the meds kick in or is it something permanent?Yeah, it helps against the panic attacks.
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It is oxazepam, and not the most effective benzo for panic attacks. The best one would be alprazolam, taken as needed when you feel an attack building. It can work in 15 minutes if you dissolve it in our mouth. Ask you physician about it. If you use it cautiously you should not get addicted. Get the doctor's advice.
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It WILL work better than the Oxascand, which is more for general anxiety and alcohol withdrawal.
The panic attacks are happening more rarely, so for me it have worked. Its the depersonalization Im worried about.
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The depersonalization should go away as the depression is treated and begins to lessen.
Ok. I hope it will go away. One fun thing is that depersonalization also is a side effect from Sertraline. Its rare though. 1-10 in 100 people.Just two small follow up.1. Why do depersonalization happen when you get depressed?2. Why you suggested busprion?
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There are no medications to treat the depersonalization per se, but the antidepressant, when lowering your depression should help.
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I suggested bupropion, I thought.
Thats what I mean, bupropion :)
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It is not an SSRI but is effective for depression and anxiety.
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Buspirone is an anti-anxiety medication not in the benzodiazepine class.
Ok. And the other question, why can depersonalization happen when you get depressed?
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In my experience
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buspirone is not widely used but buproprion is and is very effective with less side effects.
I will talk with my doc about the buproprion.And the last question, why can depersonalization happen when you get depressed?Im just curious.
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I am thinking. :)
Ok :)
And why you think it will lessen when the depression is getting decreased..
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A person's entire perception changes when they are depressed. The things that once brought them pleasure, or were interesting to them, lose their ability to charm and hold them. Their sleep pattern changes, they are fatigued, their psychomotor activity speeds up or slows down, their feeling of self-worth drops, they can worry about being sick to the point of being delusional; their ability to think and concentrate drops considerably. They cannot concentrate. They think of death and dying or even suicide. The whole world looks different. This, it seems, can give a feeling of derealization. The world has less substance and their life is more vaporous and less solid, in a sense.
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As all of these feelings begin to normalize after positive response to treatment, the world will once again feel more solid and real. That is my theory.
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It makes sense, does it not?
It does. I hope the sertraline will help, it still needs some time to kick in or before i know if it works.
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I hope it does. You have 3 weeks invested in it and you may as well see what it does. It is the best SSRI for anxiety and depression, from what I know, and not prone to all the side effects of some of the other SSRIs.
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I wish you great success and shall keep you in my prayers.
Thanks Elliot. It feels a bit better now.
God bless you :)
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I am so happy to help.
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May God bless you as well.
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The stage is set for one of the 'mammoth misuses' of captive elephants in the country, with the festival organisers of Thrissur Pooram, the largest temple festival in the South India, doing the final preparations to make the festival a roaring success at the cultural capital of Kerala.
Of course, elephants are the chief highlight of the festival, in which as many as 110 elephants decorated with golden headdress (nettippattam), decorative bells and other elephant accoutrements will be paraded before a sea of humanity. But this time also, the authorities are all set to brazenly violate the captive elephant rules, enacted for the welfare of domesticated elephants and for the smooth conduct of the Pooram.
Divisional Forest Officer A R Sasikuamr said that the Pooram cannot be conducted as usual by strictly adhering to the amended Kerala State Captive Elephant Management Rules as most of the rituals associated with the decades-old festival can be performed only with the blatant violation of the rules.
"Last year, the organisers had received special permission from the State Government with regard to the parading of elephants, subject to certain conditions, following a plea in this regard. So, this year also, the organisers will have to explore the possibility of special permission to bypass the captive elephant rules," he said.
"The amended Kerala State Captive Elephant Management Rules prevent the elephants from being paraded in procession between 11 am and 3.30 pm. However, most of the attractive rituals of the festival, like the 'Madathil Varavu' and 'Pooram Nirakkal of the Paramekkavu Devaswom', are being held during the peak time of the day," said V K Venkitachalam, president of the Elephant Lovers Association.
"Besides, as per the rule, elephants should not be paraded on uneven surfaces. But, the 15 elephants of the Thiruvamabadi Devaswom are used to standing at an inclined place near the southern entrance of the temple to take part in the famous 'Kudamattom' ceremony, the chief attraction of the festival, which is a violation of the captive elephant rules," he said.
"Apart from this, there should be sufficient space between the elephants paraded for processions and the public.
"The elephants should also be allowed at least three hours' rest after every procession, during the day time. But, all these rules will be violated if the organisers go ahead with the Pooram the way they did in the previous years," he added.
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Columbine Five Years Later
Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris Murdered 13 People and Wounded 23 at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. Looking Back, Survivors Talk About the Nightmares, Pain and Hope—and the Killers' Parents Quietly Build New Lives
One of the first students shot, he taught himself to walk again with grit and the support of people around the world
For three years he had been waiting for this moment. Sitting nervously in his wheelchair at the May 2002 graduation ceremony of his class at Columbine High, Sean Graves heard his name called. With hardly a wobble, he arose from his wheelchair and walked to the podium for his diploma—as his classmates and hundreds of spectators came to their feet in a roaring ovation. It was the first time he had walked in public since the day the 15-year-old freshman was hit by a bullet fired by Eric Harris that grazed his spine and partially paralyzed him. "I wanted to make sure these people knew I didn't do it for myself," says Graves. "I did it to show that things are possible with prayer and hard work."
Graves acknowledges that in the aftermath of the tragedy he "despised" the killers. But slowly he started to realize that the road to a more normal life would start with letting go. "Why should I spend so much time and energy hating two people who aren't even in this world anymore?" he says. "I just focused all my attention on recovering." He has undergone eight surgical procedures and spent hundreds of hours in physical therapy.
He still uses a cane to get around, but plans to finish up soon at Red Rocks Community College and get a job rebuilding computers. Even now Graves talks often about how grateful he is for the support he received from people around the world, as evidenced by the eight duffel bags of mail he has in his basement. One message he especially treasures is a note he received from Christopher Reeve, whom he met at two spinal-research fundraisers the actor hosted in Vail and whose courage helped give him strength. Wrote Reeve of hearing about Graves's steps on the stage: "I was your inspiration, and now you are mine."
Kacey Ruegsegger
Years after coming face-to-face with the killers, she could not shake a sense of dread
I knew who shot me," says Kacey Ruegsegger of the moment when Harris confronted her in the school library, as she huddled fearfully under a table. "I remember looking straight down the barrel." In the next instant the shotgun blast blew a hole in her right shoulder and her hand. "I made a moaning noise, I guess," recalls Ruegsegger. "The gunman told me, 'Quit your bitching.' I thought he was going to shoot me again, so I pretended to be dead." Adds Ruegsegger: "I was the only one out of the first six shot in the library who survived."
The physical injuries she suffered that day were bad enough, but the lasting psychological scars have proved just as debilitating. "I used to have panic attacks all the time, the first three or four years," says Ruegsegger, 22. "If somebody walked into a restaurant with a suspicious bag, I would be gone." There were times when she had difficulty calming herself. "I'd be shaking and have this overwhelming sense of doom," she says. "It was like somebody else just comes inside me and takes over—it was the worst feeling." Until recently she could not bring herself to enter any library, for any reason, even after she enrolled at Colorado State University.
In 2001 she had an epiphany—she wanted to be a nurse. As her mother, Darcy, explains, it is a way for Kacey to "give back" for having her own life spared. There has been other progress as well. In February she steeled herself and went into a library for the first time. "I called my mom," says Kacey, who expects to finish her nursing studies at Arapahoe Community College this December. "I was so excited." But she doesn't fool herself into thinking that the shadow over her has been entirely lifted. "I have my faith, and I look like I'm doing great," she says. "But there are days, I'm sure for all of us, that it's not okay."
The Mauser family
In memory of their son, a crusade for gun control; at home, a new child brings joy and hope
You don't get over it," says Tom Mauser, whose 15-year-old son Daniel was killed in the library at Columbine. "But you have to be honest with yourself that your child would not want you to be in deep grief and anger for the rest of your life." And yet those two emotions have continued to influence his life in profound ways. Almost from the first days after the tragedy, Mauser, 52, emerged as a passionate advocate of stricter gun-control measures, visiting the White House and lobbying the state legislature. His efforts paid off in November 2000, when Colorado voted to become, along with Oregon, one of the first states in the country to close the so-called gun-show loophole, which had allowed the purchase of firearms at such events without background checks.
Mauser received much credit for getting the initiative passed—but he also became the target of death threats from opponents. Meanwhile wife Linda, 52, began urging that the couple, who also have a daughter, Christine, 18, adopt a baby. In October 2000 they picked up their new daughter, Madeline, now 4, in China. "We recognized that she was not a replacement for Daniel," says Tom, "but still we had room for her in our hearts." And indeed the newest member of the family has proved a true blessing. "She's amazing," says Tom. "She's given me something to look forward to." Tom doesn't speak as much in public these days, but when he does, he always stumbles over the part where he tells the audience, "My son died." Says Tom, his eyes filling with tears: "Those words are still hard to say."
Richard Castaldo
A movie role, a band and a budding business help ease what has been a difficult path
He can sound remarkably matter-of-fact. "There's not too much that bothers me now physically, it just takes a lot longer to do stuff," says Richard Castaldo, 22, who suffered a bullet wound to the spine that left him in a wheelchair. "I'm about as adjusted to it as I'm going to get." And in some ways that is quite well adjusted indeed. Passionate about music, he plays bass guitar in a rock band, Danger Girl. With money from a fund set up in his name, he was able to purchase an apartment building in South Denver as well as a house for himself nearby. A featured role in Michael Moore's documentary Bowling for Columbine proved another plus. "It was cool, because after that it was more like 'Hey you're from that movie,' rather than 'You're from the school-shooting thing,'" he says.
But Castaldo also feels a private anguish. "I think the anger has started to seep into Richard," says his mother, Connie Birdsell-Michalik, 48. "It upsets him that he wasn't doing anything. He was just eating lunch, and now his whole life has changed." Still, the one thing Richard insists he doesn't allow himself to do anymore is wonder, "What if?" "I used to a little bit, but then I realized it's just stupid," he says. "You'll drive yourself insane trying to think about that."
Anne Marie Hochhalter
On an 'evil' day that left her with grievous wounds, she was saved by a couple of timely miracles
Anne Marie Hochhalter had just gone outside to soak up some of the warm midday sun when she heard a popping noise behind her. Then something struck her in the back. It hurt, but she thought it was from a paintball gun. As a friend helped her, another bullet hit, this time tearing a critical vein. "I was bleeding to death," recalls Hochhalter, 22. "It didn't look bad on the outside, but inside it felt wrong—it felt wet."
The way Hochhalter sees it, even though the attack left her paralyzed and wheelchair bound, she was nonetheless quite lucky. "If the ambulance had come two minutes later—even two minutes—I would have died," says Hochhalter. Her good fortune continued when she got to the hospital, where surgeons, prepped to start operating on a heart patient, took her instead. "A lot of evil happened that day," says Hochhalter, "but a lot of things went so right."
In the months after, though, it was a different story. Her mother, Carla, soon started showing serious signs of bipolar disorder. In October she committed suicide. "I don't think she knew what she was doing," says Hochhalter. "Which is kind of like Eric and Dylan—I don't think they knew what they were doing." Now living in her own townhouse and taking business courses at the University of Colorado-Denver Center, Hochhalter draws comfort from her involvement in a local church and a close relationship she has developed with Sue Town-send, 55, whose stepdaughter Lauren, 18, was one of those killed at Columbine. "When I look at Anne Marie," says Townsend, "I feel Lauren smiling on me."
Patrick Ireland
Once known as the tragic 'boy in the window,' he now looks ahead to a bright future
He remembers when the shooters came into the library. "They said, 'Everybody with white hats [which were customarily worn by many of the school's athletes], stand up. This is for all the s—— you've put us through for the past four years.' " Then the carnage started. Pat Ireland, now 22, was shot three times, including twice in the head, which knocked him out for roughly three hours. Somehow, despite being paralyzed on his entire right side, when he came to, he was able to crawl 50 feet to the window. A photo of him desperately plunging through the shattered glass of the second-story library onto the roof of a waiting rescue vehicle became one of the most indelible images of the tragedy.
Five years later one of the bullets is still lodged in Ireland's head, but memories of the horror seem amazingly far from his mind. "You can think about it and dwell on it for a limited amount of time," says Ireland, who spent months in rehab after the attack and still has trouble gripping with his right hand and walks with a slight limp. "But then you've just got to kind of accept it and start living your life the best you can." Toward that end he has earned a 3.9 GPA as a finance major at Colorado State University, is looking forward to entering graduate school and has a girlfriend, Kacie Lancaster, who is an aspiring model. And he often goes back to visit Columbine High. "I love that school," he says. "It's my school."
In the immediate aftermath of the shootings, Dylan Klebold's parents, Tom and Sue, fled their comfortable home in Deer Creek Canyon to seek privacy in their grief. Already, though, a sign reading "Sue & Tom We [Love]You. We're Here for You. Call Us" and bearing the signatures of many of their neighbors had been placed on one of their fences. The couple soon returned home but didn't seem inclined to reach out to many of those who offered them support. "My sense is they've kind of withdrawn from social contact," says one neighbor, who has occasionally seen them walking on nearby trails.
Tom, 57, still operates his mortgage-and-property company from a home office, and Sue, 55, has kept her position as a college job-placement official for the disabled, where she has earned the respect of many coworkers. "I have never seen anybody as strong," says one colleague. "She read every letter that she received—-supportive and nonsupportive. She has tried to understand what happened head-on." In much the same way Eric Harris's parents, Wayne and Kathy, have also stayed in the Columbine area. Wayne, 55, continues to work developing pilot-training programs, and Kathy, 54, a caterer, recently helped plan her son Kevin's wedding. They, too, have a very tight circle of friends. "They are getting back to some semblance of a normal life, and I'm putting quotes around normal," says longtime friend Carl Payne, who lives in Plattsburgh, N.Y. "What they've gone through I would call a nightmare." And most painful, it is a nightmare foretold by the two killers, who made a three-hour tape before their rampage that practically boasted of what lay in store for the parents they professed to love. "They're going to go through hell once we're finished," said Eric Harris on the tape. "They're never going to see the end of it."
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Animal welfare campaigners have reacted with dismay to a call by parliamentarians for sheep and cattle to be stunned and left alive in experiments to satisfy halal meat consumers.
Politicians want to persuade Muslims that slaughter techniques in British abattoirs can be consistent with their religious beliefs.
Halal meat requires animals to be alive when their throats are cut and to die from the loss of blood. Some Muslims oppose stunning because it could kill the creatures outright.
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Amarillo Biosciences Inc. had ups and downs during 1999.
On the upside, the company started the third-phase tests of its oral interferon for the treatment of Sjogren's syndrome, a condition that causes the autoimmune system to attack the body's moisture-producing glands.
If the tests go well, Amarillo Biosciences will seek Food and Drug Administration marketing approval this year, said John M. Smith, director of marketing and vice president for international business development.
Amarillo Biosciences also started negotiations for licensing agreements with large pharmaceutical companies in the United States, Canada and Europe. These companies are looking for medicines in late-stage development that would be available for marketing in the next year or two, Smith said.
"They know that we have something," he said.
A study in Saudi Arabia on fibromylagia, another autoimmune system disease that causes extreme fatigue, has been going well, he said.
But not all has been smooth sailing for the company. In October, the National Association of Security Dealers delisted Amarillo Biosciences from the Nasdaq.
Amarillo Biosciences is off the Nasdaq but on the Over-the-Counter bulletin board, or OTC, a way to trade shares off the stock market.
Amarillo Biosciences's stock price dropped below $1 a share, trading for a short time at a 52-week low of 50 cents a share before rebounding last week to $1.19.
Also on the downside, the Chinese government halted the development of the low-dose oral interferon as a treatment for hepatitis B, Smith said. The company had been ready to start a third-phase study of the drug, which would have cleared it for marketing and patient use.
The Chinese government said that enough Chinese companies produce interferon that it does not need to import it from the U.S., Smith said.
Before joining Amarillo Biosciences a year ago, Smith was senior director of Innopharma Inc., in charge of marketing and business development. A 35-year veteran of the pharmaceutical industry, he also has worked for industry giants Pfizer and Bristol-Meyer Squibb.
Amarillo Biosciences was formed by Joseph Cummins in 1984 to research oral interferon. Cummins is a veterinary researcher at the Texas A&M University animal research station here. While other interferon researchers were skeptical of oral interferon because of its susceptibility to digestive enzymes, Cummins continued his research and today the company holds 19 patents and is being met with increasing interest in the research community.
This summer, the scientific publication Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research published 21 review and scientific papers on oral interferon uses.
The company touts oral interferon's advantages over injected interferon treatments as cost and ease of use by patients.
In 1999, Amarillo Biosciences took another step from being a biotechnology research company to being a a commerical operation with the appointment of Kathleen Kelleher as chief operating officer and vice president of business development. Before joining Amarillo Biosciences, Kelleher was senior director of licensing at G.D. Searle and had been in charge of business development in two early stage biotech companies, Curative Technoloiges and Nexstar.
Research, though, will not be ignored because other uses may be possible for oral interferon, Smith said. Some are as rare as oral warts in HIV patients, who now are treated with cryosurgery. The condition afflicts probably no more than 1,500 patients nationwide, he said, but a small study at the University of San Francisco has indicated oral interferon can bring relief to the condition.
The key to more research is money. The delisting by the NASDAQ made that task more difficult, Smith said. But, he said, such funds were nearly impossible to find in the first place.
A Japanese pharmaceutical company, Hayashira Biochemical Labs, the bulk supplier of interferon for Amarillo Biosciences, struck a deal this year in which it will supply $3 million for research. Hayashira currently owns about 34 percent of Amarillo Biosciences' 6,360,000 shares.
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KENT COUNTY, MI -- Michigan State Police authorities have closed eastbound I-96 at Alden Nash Avenue, and the M-6 entrance ramp, because of multiple crashes Monday afternoon.
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KALAMAZOO, MI — This year's youth volunteer of the year traveled out of her comfort zone to help people in need.
Katie Short, 17, a senior at Mattawan High School, has racked up more than 100 hours through missions trips in Tennessee, South Dakota and Kentucky. This summer, she plans to travel to Detroit to volunteer more.
"We've planted gardens, helped with construction and demolition and performed a lot of odd jobs," she said.
Short said she began volunteering because of her mission trips with Portage United Methodist Church.
"I think my favorite experience volunteering was when we went to South Dakota," she said. "We spent time on an Indian reservation and got to go to pow wows and stuff like that."
She has also volunteered as a mentor to an early elementary student at Mattawan Elementary for two years. She spends an hour each week with a student to serve as a role model for good behavior.
"I think (volunteering) is a great way to give back to the community. You meet people you wouldn't normally meet," she said. "That's what really drives me to volunteer, the people."
Short participates in several other volunteer activities with the Youth Group at Portage United Church of Christ as well. Each month, she helps serve a free lunch called Wide Open Table to community members at Portage UCC.
"Katie approaches life in a very positive fashion," said Michael Dudley, the dean of students at Mattawan High School who nominated Short. "She has learned to show compassion and kindness to others and to treat all people as equals. She does this with her warm smile and outgoing personality."
Every year, Short also volunteers for Martha's Table at Loaves and Fishes in Kalamazoo. She serves food, helps clean dishes and visits with the homeless that are served at the dinner.
She helped out with a shoe drive with the Mattawan Food pantry as a participant in the Miss Mattawan Scholarship Program.
"On top of the time I volunteer in the summer, I'd say I volunteer an average of two hours a week," she said.
Short also plays varsity lacrosse, participates in pageants and student council, sings in her youth group band and is a member of the National Honors Society.
Dudley said that regardless of how busy Short's schedule is, she always finds time to give back to her community.
In the fall, she plans to attend Michigan State University to pursue a degree in crop and soil sciences.


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something you like so much its almost gay, the act of liking something excessivly
you have gay love for Adam Sandler
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It's love. That's all there is too it. But it's between 2 people of the same gender, instead of between a male and female. But in terms of feelings and love, it's the same as male-to-female love. It's the goal of many of those who are LGBT+ to achieve.
I wish I could have gay love, but I know 0 guys who are gay in my area, only many on the internet. I'm still closeted, and our area tends to be more homophobic, and my high school is run by lazy assholes that don't support us. One day I hope I can escape this place and chase after love in a more accepted region, like California. (True story by the way)
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8 comments:
- Belle on Heels said...
i am embarrassed for you :)
- Nov 16, 2012, 12:22:00 PM
- P*P*P said...
HAH! This is too funny. I haven't read a single Twilight book, but I've seen all of the movies. They're pretty terrible...but I can't help but go see the last one!
- Nov 16, 2012, 12:41:00 PM
- Pris said...
I can't wait to see it! But it is certainly bittersweet- so sad to see it end!
- Nov 16, 2012, 12:45:00 PM
- MCW said...
I want to see it too!
- Nov 16, 2012, 1:34:00 PM
- Leslie said...
Lol! It's good for the soul to embrace what you love. Have a lovely weekend. :)
- Nov 16, 2012, 2:27:00 PM
- Jenna said...
I am also proud to say I am a Twilight fan! What a fantastic story to lose yourself in! I cannot wait to see the final movie...I heard all about the twist ending! Crazy!
- Nov 18, 2012, 10:37:00 PM
- Nat said...
So jealous you did the 5 movie marathon! I still need to see BD2, I'm dying!! I'm hoping over the holiday, I can't believe it's all over.
- Nov 19, 2012, 8:54:00 AM
- Kate said...
I can't believe you did the whole marathon. Super fan! I'm not into Twilight but I did see the last movie with my sister last week. I liked it better than the others. I still can't get over the casting of the Cullens. Awful (maybe it's their makeup?)
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Mitt Romney has won a coveted endorsement from the governor of South Carolina.
Gov. Nikki Haley, a Tea Party favorite, also endorsed him in 2008, but Romney bowed out of the race right before the primary.
"Neither South Carolina nor the nation can afford four more years of President Obama, and Mitt Romney is the right person to take him on and get America back on track," Haley said in a statement after announcing her endorsement on Fox News Channel.
She added that Romney, "Knows what it's like to make a decision and lead."
South Carolina is considered a tough state for the former Massachusetts governor, because of voter concerns about his Mormon faith and reversals on social issues.
Haley's endorsement and political networks could prove to be a big boost for Romney this time.
The South Carolina primary is scheduled for Jan. 21. It is the first state in the South to hold a primary.
Newt Gingrich's campaign has already been aggressively campaigning in the Palmetto State.
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