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Twelve months after the debut of the first personal genomics services, Kevin Davies expectorates and explores the pros, cons and controversies of "23 et al."
By Kevin Davies
Nov. 12, 2008 | One year ago, Iceland's deCODE Genetics kicked off a new era in personalized genetics with the launch of a direct-to-consumer service dubbed deCODEme. A few days later, California's 23andMe debuted its own service with the slogan: "Genetics just got personal. Don't worry. We're here to help."
For less than $1000, deCODE and 23andMe offered customers the exciting opportunity to gander their unique genetic quirks and glitches, as revealed by the identities of more than 500,000 DNA markers (single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs). Such services would have been unthinkable just two years ago, before the explosion of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) began pinpointing susceptibility genes for common, complex diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and mental illness.
Some of the attraction of these web-based services is undoubtedly recreational—what's my haplogroup? Do I have fast-twitch muscles? Am I a fast or slow caffeine metabolizer? Some people may be curious about tracing their family's roots or comparing genomes to friends and family members. Adoptees may be interested in gleaning something of their biological background. But these services, which now include offerings by Navigenics and SeqWright, translate the latest peer-reviewed genomic research into estimates of individualized disease risk, potentially allowing consumers the opportunity to confirm indications from their family history or revealing wholly unsuspected predispositions to a given disorder.
Sequence SecretsThe proselytizers of personal genomics acknowledge that these services are works in progress, but some anecdotal results have been remarkable.
Last summer, deCODE Genetics co-founder Jeffrey Gulcher, 48, reviewed his deCODEme data, which indicated he had a doubled lifetime risk for prostate cancer. Even though his PSA levels were fairly normal, Gulcher ended up getting a biopsy that revealed a grade 6 (Gleason scale) prostate carcinoma, which was successfully resected. "I'm not only the CSO, but I'm also a client," Gulcher joked at CHI's Beyond Genome conference last June. "This test may have saved his life," says deCODE CEO Kari Stefansson in all seriousness.
The co-founder of Navigenics, Los Angeles physician David Agus, received similarly alarming results when he took his firm's Health Compass analysis—an 80% risk of a heart attack. He told guests at the Navigenics launch party last Spring that he is taking appropriate lifestyle, dietary and medical action.
Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google and husband of 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki, recently disclosed that he carries a mutation in a Parkinson's disease (PD) susceptibility gene called LRRK2. By searching all of his genotyped LRRK2 SNPs through his 23andMe account, Brin learned that he carried the same point G2019S mutation as his mother, who has PD. This puts Brin, he says, in a unique and fortunate position: "I know early in my life something I am substantially predisposed to. I now have the opportunity to adjust my life to reduce those odds… and support research into this disease long before it may affect me… I have a better guess than almost anyone else for what ills may be mine—and I have decades to prepare for it."
A handful of anecdotal stories is no substitute for hard data of course, and the consumer genomics industry has sparked deep concern among the medical establishment and certain state regulatory agencies about the wisdom, validity, and legality of delivering medical information to consumers—and the public's limited ability to interpret their odds ratios and relative risks without expert assistance. Rather than fork out $1000 for a genome scan, the New England Journal of Medicine argued earlier this year that it made more sense to buy "a gym membership or a personal trainer" and implement dietary changes to reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes.
Last summer, the State of California issued "cease and desist" letters to 13 consumer genomics providers, but while some firms retreated, the major providers satisfied the State that their tests are performed in CLIA-certified labs with appropriate physician oversight.
Regulatory rumblings notwithstanding, it is easy to overlook just what has been achieved in the past 12 months thanks to the collective efforts of what BioTeam's Michael Cariaso dubs "23 et al." These genome scans are not, the providers stress, diagnostic tests, but a means of providing information that mirrors the stunning progress researchers are making in dissecting the genes underlying complex traits. Indeed for most genes, the individual impact on a person's relative disease risk is minor. One exception is Apolipoprotein E (ApoE), which was strongly associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) by Duke University professor Allen Roses and colleagues (see, "A Virtual Pharma Organization," Bio-IT World, June 2008). This is the gene that James Watson had redacted from his genome sequence last year rather than learn his potential AD risk.
"The odds ratio of ApoE4 is 3.0, which is pretty substantive," explains Boston University's Robert Green, who is conducting a trial to study reactions to Alzheimer's genetic testing. By contrast, most gene associations in complex diseases produce odds ratios of 1.1 or 1.2 and thus have limited significance by themselves. "But people who are not statistically sophisticated will not necessarily understand that. All they'll see is that the risk is higher or lower," Green warns.
Green talks of a "nightmare scenario" in which a woman is sophisticated enough to order a personal genome scan, but unable to distinguish the BRCA1 hereditary breast cancer gene from the breast cancer markers offered by 23 et al. "Oh my God, I got the gene for breast cancer," she thinks. Her surgeon studies the printout and concurs: "Yeah, you're positive for the gene, I guess we better [schedule surgery]."
The author holding a mock Navigenics Health Compass scorecard that allows users to immediately assess their health risk profile. Conditions are grouped in columns according to predicted lifetime risk (<1%, 1-10%, etc.). Orange boxes denote conditions of higher than average risk to the individual.
Running the BasesDuring 2008, I signed up for personal genomics services from four providers: deCODE, Navigenics, 23andMe and Houston-based SeqWright. The firms' philosophies may vary but the procedures are similar. The consumer's DNA is surveyed on a commercial or customized Affymetrix or Illumina DNA chip for 500,000 to 1 million SNPs. The results are delivered via the web and (with one exception) regularly updated as new findings are published. These services are now as cheap as $399, thanks to 23andMe's recent price cut.
Navigenics: Health Compass
At $2500, the Navigenics service is the most expensive whole-genome SNP service on the market—excluding Knome's six-figure sequencing service. Navigenics is working closely with the medical community and does not consider itself simply a direct-to-consumer offering. For example, it is collaborating with Scripps, Affymetrix, and Microsoft in a 20-year study to determine if personal genomic testing encourages participants to make beneficial lifestyle changes.
Last Spring, I visited Navigenics headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., to discuss my results with Elissa Levin, the director of the company's in-house, on-call team of genetic counselors. Navigenics is the only company that offers this direct resource. "I think people would benefit from having some expert consultation," of their genome scans, says Green, noting that the family physician isn't necessarily qualified for that role.
There's nothing recreational about the Navigenics Health Compass: it won't tell me whether I can smell asparagus in my urine or whether my maternal ancestors hail from Doggerland. The focus is strictly on medical conditions—in particular, actionable conditions for which Navigenics believes there is a beneficial medical or lifestyle intervention. "If we can detect Alzheimer's at age 21, we open up 50 years—I call it the therapeutic window," explains co-founder and CSO Dietrich Stephan. "As opposed to presenting when half your brain has been melted by disease, you present when you're totally cognitively normal."
The Health Compass currently presents information on 21 diseases. The results are presented clearly and intuitively: conditions are arrayed in columns according to estimated lifetime risk, from less than 1 percent to above 50 percent. This reminds clients that their lifetime risk of a heart attack, although perhaps less than the general population, is still greater than say restless leg syndrome, even if their individual risk for that disease is increased. Disease boxes shaded orange indicate a significantly elevated individual risk. I quickly survey only five orange boxes—a good omen perhaps.
The single most predictive result is for AD. For the 3 percent of the population that carries two copies of the ApoE4 allele, the risk of AD is increased ~ 15-fold, and my curiosity is heightened because the disease stole my great aunt Gwyneth. The silver panel puts my lifetime risk at 4.5 percent—half the national average.
There is similarly reassuring news for lupus, age-related macular degeneration, multiple sclerosis and type 2 diabetes. For each disease, I can learn my precise genotype and a wealth of medical information. I can also print out a thick report to take to my physician. But some conditions do bear further inspection: my risk of heart disease is no better than the national average, about 40 percent, and my risk of prostate cancer is slightly elevated. In most cases, these risks are calculated on just a few known genes, with the likelihood that many more genes remain to be detected, whether by GWAS or resequencing for rarer variants. My calculated risk will be revised as each new variant impacts the overall likelihood of that disorder.
One final entry catches my eye: obesity is in an orange box, my lifetime risk pegged at the national average of 34 percent, because I carry a risk allele for the "fatso" gene, FTO. At 6'2" and barely 165 pounds, with a limited exercise regimen consisting of refereeing a few high-school soccer matches, that isn't something I will worry about.
deCODEmeWhile deCODE Genetics is best known as a drug development and diagnostics company, Kari Stefansson says "The original business proposal was always to use genetics for preventative health care. The idea of marketing direct to consumer is something we've been toying with for several years."
Assessing SNP Associations
Before including a disease SNP in their consumer genomics offerings, 23 et al. employ teams of very smart geneticists and bioinformaticians to assess the merits of every peer-reviewed association. Many of these papers—and the SNPs genotyped as a result—stem from deCODE's ground-breaking research on complex diseases. "We have isolated 50-70% of the new discoveries," in the past two years, says Stefansson, who ticks off precedents in type 2 diabetes, heart attack, and prostate cancer, to name a few. "We aren't marketing tests unless they have a greater effect on the risk of disease than elevated cholesterol."
At Navigenics, Michele Cargill, who has the distinction of having worked with both Eric Lander and Craig Venter, leads a group of more than half-a-dozen geneticists who weigh every reported gene association in the top-tier journals. Not only must the association pass muster statistically, the disease must be actionable. If a robust gene association for Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) should materialize next month, Navigenics won't include it unless it believes there is a genuine medical or lifestyle change that can benefit the individual.
At 23andMe, a similarly qualified team of geneticists, many of them Ph.D.s formerly with Stanford, review papers as they appear in press. The Gene Journal features many more traits and conditions, but like newspaper movie reviews, each condition is rated one to four stars. Only a four-star rating is deemed "established research." In one case, a result published in Science earned a single star.
Most of my own results across the three major platforms that offer aggregate likelihood risks were in close agreement, but there were some intriguing disagreements. These could arise for a number of reasons, including different platforms (and SNPs), statistical programs and criteria. For example:
The deCODEme service offers information on more than 30 conditions. It includes information on ancestry and some personal traits, including hair and eye color and—unfortunately in my case—baldness. More surprisingly, I'm an asymptomatic carrier for hemochromatosis (ironic, as I'd published the paper on the cloning of that gene a decade ago). There's also a tool to compare my genome to dozens of people of different ethnic ancestry. This tells me I am genetically more similar to Craig Venter than, say, an Mbuti pygmy—a feature some consumers might deem "recreational," others not so much. A more useful tool is deCODE's gorgeous java-fueled genome browser: using this, I can pinpoint all of my SNPs matched against the reference genome, zooming into the raw sequence if desired.
23andMe: Gene JournalNot surprisingly, 23andMe, co-founded by Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki, has enjoyed lavish media attention for the past 12 months. That's attributable to the Google connection, the celebrity spit parties, and non-stop appearances from the Today Show and New York Fashion Week to the World Economic Forum and even the Bio-IT World Expo (see, "23andWe," Bio-IT World, June 2008). The company provides the deepest dive into your genome data, presenting information on ancestry, traits (earwax, heroin addiction), carrier status for Mendelian disorders, and risks for common diseases.
The medical reach of the Gene Journal is illustrated not only by Brin but also by his wife. Wojcicki has revealed that she is a carrier for Bloom's syndrome, a recessive disease that, like Tay Sachs and a dozen or so other conditions, is more frequent among people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. For Wojcicki and her husband, such information is anything but recreational: they are expecting their first child.
The ability to search the full SNP dataset is also valuable. For instance, a recent New England Journal report identified a SNP that predisposes towards statin-associated myopathy. It was trivial to key in the identity of that SNP and learn I did not carry that allele.
The ancestry painting involves a proprietary algorithm, explains senior director of research Joanna Mountain, to compare groups of SNPs against those catalogued in the HapMap project. Other services had said my genome contained traces of African or Asian genetic material, but the 23andMe report is unequivocal and consistent with my own self identity: my chromosomes are 100% blue, or European. Avey, who has the same pattern, called her chromosome painting "very boring."
23andMe has pioneered the social networking aspect of its service, encouraging customers to compare genes to friends and family and join a community effort called "Research 2.0."
SeqWright: GPSBased in Houston, SeqWright's Genome Profiling Service (GPS) has received scant public attention compared to its competitors since its launch in early 2008. The company, co-founded by Baylor genome center director Richard Gibbs, is a genome service contract research organization, but it already possessed a CLIA-certified microarray facility.
SeqWright's GPS lacks some of the bells and whistles of its competitors. My report was delivered in May, but it is not dynamically updated. The report is presented as a single HTML page—mine presented 16 medical conditions. It conveys odds ratios for each tested SNP, but the GPS doesn't offer an aggregate likelihood ratio or lifetime risk for each disease. When presented with a list of 17 SNPs for Crohn's disease or 26 for type 2 diabetes, it's unclear for a geneticist what to make of the information, let alone a lay person. Nor does it list the genes that contain each SNP, citations to the original literature, or the ability to dynamically search raw SNP data.
Digging DeepIf you are not content to wait for the personal genomics companies to decide which conditions are officially presented, then Michael Cariaso's Promethease program may be just the ticket. "The pure computer programmer in me has always wanted to write Promethease," says Cariaso. "I want to have my own DNA as data and figure out what the hell it means."
After downloading my raw SNP data, I ran Promethease, which annotates my genotypes based on information in SNPedia, a wiki for SNP data built by Cariaso and Greg Lennon. This reveals hints of associations with many other conditions, although this is very preliminary data. Cariaso recently demonstrated the potential of his program when he won a 23andMe-sponsored competition to predict the traits and characteristics of 23andMe's anonymous demo account holder, based solely on a handful of SNPs.
All of the consumer genomics firms have expressed interest in shifting to whole-genome sequencing once the price is right. Stephan says Navigenics will introduce some form of exome sequencing in 2009. Knome CEO Jorge Conde says he expects to have sequenced 20 individuals by the end of 2008. The sequencing is performed by the Beijing Genomics Institute in Shenzen; clients fly to Boston for a daylong debriefing before receiving their data on a USB thumb drive.
Knowing one's full genome sequence won't be a godsend. There are still glaring deficiencies in our ability to interpret genome data or predict the significance of the thousands of novel SNPs and copy number variants unearthed in each new human genome. After originally being told last year he carried a mutation in the BRCA1 breast cancer gene, James Watson later learned it was nothing more than a "benign Irish polymorphism." That may not concern an 80-year-old man, but such a misinterpretation error could have catastrophic results for a young woman with a family history of the disease.
Yet despite legitimate concerns about the validity and significance of every reported gene association, Stefansson has no doubt where this is going: "Within the next 3-5 years, pretty much every college-educated person in the U.S. is going to have a profile similar to the one found in deCODEme or 23andMe or Navigenics."
Navigenics' Stephan goes further. "Ultimately," he says, "[the goal] will be: sequence the genome, put it in a big computer, push a button, and get a rank order list of things you are at risk for. It will supplant newborn screening and all molecular diagnostics."
This will surely hasten some sort of federal regulation, which would be widely welcomed. The consumer genomics trend is "absolutely unstoppable," says Green, who adds: "The question isn't really, should it be happening or can we stop it? The question is to foster an incremental path along which it's done better and better."
And let's not forget the environment. Two years ago, my soccer days came to an abrupt end when my face latched onto a thunderous clearance at close range, resulting in a detached retina that no genome scan could have seen coming.
Editor's Note: The author thanks deCODE Genetics, Navigenics and SeqWright for providing complementary personal genome services.
This article appeared in Bio-IT World Magazine.
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The painfully slow rate of job growth can be blamed at least in part on home mortgage modifications that reduce house payments for struggling homeowners, because such policies incentivize people to stay where they are instead of moving to better job markets, according to a new paper by researchers Kyle F. Herkenhoff and Lee E. Ohanian, both at UCLA.
The paper is one among a growing number papers that explore why mobility has decreased so drastically through the recession, and what the effects have been. Most economists would agree that reduced mobility increases unemployment: When people don't move, they deny themselves the chance to find work in a city or state where jobs are more plentiful. However, there have been different conclusions regarding why people are staying put. For instance, while job recruiters have said many people are staying put because they owe more on their home than it's worth and would thus lose money if they sold it, this paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis shows "underwater" mortgages have had minimal effect on mobility.
The UCLA paper looks at the other side of the coin: People who stay in their homes via mortgage modifications. "By reducing mortgage payments based on current income, mortgage modification changes the incentives to accept job offers and to relocate to labor markets with more favorable job prospects," the economists say. Later, they conclude: "These policies…can add about 0.5 percent to the unemployment rate, and reduce per capita income by about 1 percent, which reflects both lower employment and lower worker productivity through skill erosion."
The paper focuses on modifications made by the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), because it's the most frequently used among government programs. By reducing mortgage payments to a lower percentage of income, such modification programs actually raise unemployment. Unemployed people are eligible for the program and unemployment benefits count as qualified income under the program. In a Feb. 2010 report, roughly 57% of the permanent modifications were for people with employment problems, including outright unemployment, the paper said.
"The modification program thus subsidizes unemployment/low skills by reducing the opportunity cost of staying in the local labor market. In the no-modification world, there is no such subsidy and as a result the incentive to relocate to the labor market with better job prospects is higher," the authors conclude.


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NICE, FRANCE, MAY 4 After about two weeks in France with longtime partner Vanessa Paradis and their kids, Lily-Rose, 6, and Jack, 4, Johnny Depp is set to board a flight heading stateside.
VALENCIA, CALIF., MAY 7 Aaaah! Nicole Richie braved 62-mph curves and plunges aboard the Tatsu roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Joining her at the park were her pals Mischa Barton and Cisco Adler.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA., MAY 6 Ashlee Simpson goes long and blonde at the SunFest music festival. Part of her new look, says a source, is a nipped-and-tucked nose.
NEW YORK CITY, MAY 5 Julia Roberts and Ralph Fiennes were all smiles at the Drama League Awards, despite losing the distinguished performance award to Christine Ebersole.
NEW YORK CITY, MAY 5 Hand in hand in their West Village neighborhood, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick take running errands literally.
MALIBU, MAY 7 It's an unlikely sports-TV-music trifecta when Courteney Cox Arquette Arquette (center) hits the beach with volleyball ace Gabrielle Reece (left) and Sheryl Crow, along with Coco, Cox Arquette's 23-month-old daughter, and Hopper, Cox Arquette's Cavalier King Charles spaniel.
LOS ANGELES, MAY 4 Demi Moore retrieves her ride after hitting a tanning salon.
HOLLYWOOD, MAY 6 Wilmer Valderrama (left), Ashton Kutcher and Laura Prepon catch up during That '70s Show's series wrap party at Tropicana Bar. What will Kutcher miss most about the show's eight-year run? "Just seeing my friends every day."
NEW YORK CITY, MAY 8 At TIME's black-tie bash honoring its list of 100 most influential people, a dapper Will Smith (whom the magazine dubbed "The Smart Mouth with a Sweet Heart") shows off his newly shaved noggin.
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIF., MAY 7 In her first public appearance since splitting from Richie Sambora, Heather Locklear cheers for her teammates—including a grown-up Haley Joel Osment (he's 18!) to her right—at Michael Douglas's celebrity-golf tournament hosted by Lexus.
CAPE TOWN, MAY 4 A skydiving Prince Harry has good reason to signal thumbs-up as he comes in for a landing: Zimbabwean girlfriend Chelsy Davy was on terra firma waiting to give him a hug.
BEVERLY HILLS, MAY 6 Looking vibrant, Gwen Stefani heads home from a quiet meal at Nate 'n Al Delicatessen with pals who threw the singer her second baby shower earlier in the day. Stefani's due to welcome her little lamb any day now.
MIAMI BEACH, MAY 6 Slimmed-down duo Beyoncé and Jay-Z strolled in the sand, but their fitness plan didn't keep them from indulging: Their South Beach diet included Kobe beef hot dogs at Prime One Twelve the next night.
LAS VEGAS, MAY 7 Now there's a Celine Dion duet. The diva (right) and her wax likeness flank her husband, René Angélil, at Caesars Palace right before Dion's 500th performance of her Vegas show "A New Day...."
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7 Products That Would Make A Pregnant Woman's Life Easier If They ExistedDevan McGuinness
I was sitting around a few days ago thinking about how life will be different when I do get pregnant. It for sure won't be my first time being pregnant, but it's been kind of a long time for me. My kids are all really close in age and so I was never really out of that phase of being pregnant and I've since had a lot more time to reflect.
It's funny how different things are now even just four years later. There are new products available to make life easier for pregnant women and newborns that was not available when I could have made use of them. However, I do still think there is a lot more room to grow.
As much as I love being pregnant, it's certainly not always easy and if there were just a few more products available to target some specific things that come up during pregnancy, it could get a lot easier!
Click through to see 7 products that I think would make life easier for a pregnant woman… if only they existed:
Self-Tying Shoes 1 of 7When in the later stages of pregnancy, seeing our feet is hard enough and trying to tie shoes can feel nearly impossible. While there are shoes that are available that you don't need to tie, but if we had shoes that self-tied, that would be sweet.
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Bras That Grow With You 2 of 7Not only does your belly grow when pregnant, but with breast changes that happen -- they grow a lot too! If there were bras that could fit us perfectly and grow with us -- we could have it all.
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A Bed With a Belly Pit 3 of 7I am a tummy sleeper and the more pregnant you are, the harder it gets to sleep on your stomach. If there was an affordable way to convert your bed to include a belly pit so you can lay down without putting the pressure on your stomach, I could actually sleep!
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A Way to Encourage the Baby to Move 4 of 7If you've been pregnant and have had a baby foot jammed in your ribs or a baby who loves bouncing on your bladder, it hurts. If there was a way to gently encourage the baby to move a bit -- oh we could me more comfortable!
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Protection When Out in Public 5 of 7Have you been in public and had someone randomly put their hands on your stomach? If there was some way to have a protection around you to stop that from happening, how awesome would that be? Some sort of gentle but effective shock system could prove to be valuable.
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Clothes That Regulate Body Temperature 6 of 7When I am pregnant I am hot one minute and cold the next and it's never consistent -- worse than the weather when trying to decide what to wear. If there was maternity clothes that regulated for you, that would be amazing!
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All Craving Flavored Gum Balls 7 of 7One of the big symptoms of pregnancy is those food cravings we get and they can sneak up on us. If there was some way to have gum ball flavors of the most common and bizarre cravings, we would be totally set & that would mean no 3am food runs for our partners.
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Huge eclectic estate from this long time valley couple.
Furnishings, antiques, collectibles, art, jewelry, clothing. Lots of interesting things for everyone.
37th ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY FLEA MARKET, May 25-27. St. Regis, I-90 Exit #33. Montana's largest, nearly 200 vendors. Call 406-649-1304 for info.
Moving Sale, Saturday, May 18, 9 AM to 2 PM, 215 College St. Stevi. Half of proceeds go to Methodist Church Loaves and Fishes Fund.
Vendor opportunity: Arts, crafts, home based businesses. Western Heritage Day, June 22nd, downtown Stevensville. Call 777-3773 or download application at www.mainstreetstevensville.com.
Habitat for Humanity ReSale. New & used building materials & much more. Fridays & Saturdays, 9–4. 131 Old Corvallis Rd, Hamilton.
Farm and Garden
MEMORIAL DAY FLOWERS! Hundreds of beautiful hanging baskets starting at $9.95. Great selection of Proven Winner flowers, $3.00. VEGETABLE PLANTS – 39 varieties of tomatoes – $1.25 each, 26 varieties of peppers – $1.00 each. Strawberry plants, asparagus roots. Onion, garlic and shallot sets. Montana certified seed potatoes, potting soil, peat moss, garden seeds. Wall o' Water plant protectors, package of 3 – $9.95. Glads. Grain fed beef by the quarter or half. Moeller's Nursery, 961-3389. Open every day, 9-6.
30 LARGE BLACK ANGUS COWS FOR SALE. Planned July calving. $1,000/head. Pasture is BURNED OUT! 406-323-4124.
FRESH FARM EGGS. Natural free range chicken eggs, delivered daily to the Bitterroot Star. Call 777-3928 for availability or just stop by! NOW CARRYING: Wild Alaska Sockeye Salmon! Also available: Locally produced Bugoni's sausage, Severson's natural Angus beef, locally made all-natural chocolate bars with NO additives. AND freshly roasted Big Sky Coffee Roasters coffee.
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Star Tracks: Monday, May 16, 2016 42 years, 2,191 covers and 55,436 stories from PEOPLE magazine's history for you to enjoy
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A Deadly Mystery
While Police Examine Two Decomposed Bodies—a Woman and An Infant Boy—the Family of Laci Peterson, Missing Since Christmas, Waits to Hear the Worst
As of April 15 the mystery of Laci's disappearance remained just that as forensic experts analyzed the bodies. Discovered in California's Contra Costa county—90 miles from the Modesto home where a pregnant Laci and her husband, Scott, lived before she vanished last Christmas Eve—the remains were in such bad condition that conclusive results could be several days, or even weeks, away. The bodies "could potentially be our daughter and grandson, our sister and nephew, loving members of our family," Laci's relatives said through Kim Petersen, executive director of the Carole Sund/Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation and a family friend. "If this turns out to be Laci, we want the animal responsible for this heinous act to pay."
The discovery could mark the first significant development in the case since police changed it from a missing person investigation to a homicide March 5—three weeks after Laci's due date. In the past her family has heard rumors about bodies found, but this time the presence of an apparently full-term infant—the 27—year-old Laci was eight months pregnant—raised expectations. Instead of calling Laci's mother, Sharon Rocha, 51, and stepfather Ron Grantski, 56, Kim Petersen drove to their Modesto home on April 14 to tell them the news. When Sharon heard, "she cried," says Petersen. "Laci's family has shown great dignity in how they have handled themselves and said, 'We want to know everything.' "
The location of the bodies also seemed significant. They washed up on the shores of Point Isabel park, about three miles north of the Berkeley Marina. Laci's husband, Scott Peterson, 30, told police that after saying goodbye to his wife on the morning of Dec. 24, he drove to the Berkeley Marina and spent the day fishing. Police have not named Scott as a suspect, nor have they officially cleared him (he could not be found for comment). "Obviously there are questions he hasn't been able to answer," Sharon told PEOPLE before the discoveries. "We don't know what those questions might be. But they've managed to clear other people."
Earlier this year Scott angered Laci's family by selling her Land Rover and putting the couple's two-bedroom house on the market (he later took it off). But even before that, they stopped publicly defending Scott when Amber Frey, 28, a massage therapist, told police she had a relationship with Scott, something he had denied. "We felt betrayed because we asked him point blank," says Sharon. "By his not being completely honest, it was one more delay in the investigation."
And now another excruciating delay. "This waiting is the worst," Laci's loved ones said—the not knowing if Laci and the boy she would have called Conner had been found. Just two weeks ago, Laci's brother Brent, 32, and his wife had a baby boy—Sharon's first grandchild. It was a bittersweet moment for a devastated family. "This is a nightmare," says Sharon. "And I keep waiting to wake up."
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Hotel Mariosa, Porto-Vecchio
- Free WiFi and free parking
Main amenities
- 27 guestrooms
- Near the beach
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Outdoor pool
- Rooftop terrace
- Breakfast available
- Outdoor tennis court
- Beach umbrellas
- Business center
- Airport shuttle
- In-room childcare
- 24-hour front desk
For families
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Babysitting or childcare
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Premium TV channels
What's around
- On the waterfront
- Porto-Vecchio Marina (3.7 mi / 6 km)
- St Jean-Baptiste Church (3.8 mi / 6.1 km)
- Bastion de France (3.9 mi / 6.2 km)
- La Chiappa Lighthouse (4.1 mi / 6.6 km)
- Palombaggia Beach (5.1 mi / 8.3 km)
Our stay was great. The hotel is brand new, very modern and minimalist decor. The rooms…
Excellent brand new hotel! The position is fantastic,has right by the sea. They have also…
- Figari (FSC-Figari - Sud Corse) 27-min drive; 15.4 miles/24.8 km
- Ajaccio (AJA-Napoleon Bonaparte) 144-min drive; 85.3 miles/137.3 km
- Free self parking
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
Hotel Mariosa, Porto-Vecchio
Hotel Info: 866-539-8117from $353
- Villa (Annex Villa - 150m from the hotel)
- Classic Room, Garden View
- Classic Room, Partial Sea View
- Superior Room, Sea View, Garden Area
- Superior Room, Sea View
- Panoramic Room, Terrace, Sea View
- Superior Room (Forest side)
Also popular with travelers from the USA
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 27 rooms
- Check-in time 4 PM-4 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Airport shuttle service is available on request. Contact the property in advance to make arrangements.
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Babysitting/childcare *
- No pets or service animals allowed
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available on request) *
- Free self parking
Nearby Four Star Porto-Vecchio hotels
In the hotel
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop/café
- Poolside bar
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Beach sun loungers
- Beach umbrellas
- Outdoor pool
- Pool sun loungers
- Outdoor tennis court
- Beach towels
- Pool umbrellas
- Tennis on site
- Business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 323
- Conference space size (meters) - 30
- One meeting room
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Designated smoking areas
- Rooftop terrace
- Garden
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Soundproofed rooms
- Turndown service
- Premium bedding
- In-room massage available
- Rainfall showerhead
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Flat-screen TV
- Premium TV channels
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Access via exterior corridors
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Special features
DiningLe Mariosa - This poolside restaurant specializes in local cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
On Site
- Outdoor tennis court
- Tennis on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Motor boating on site
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Snorkeling on site
- Tennis lessons on site
- Water skiing on site
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
Hotel Mariosa, Porto-Vecchio's small print
Also known as
- Hotel Mariosa
- Hotel Mariosa Porto-Vecchio
- Mariosa Hotel
- Mariosa Porto-Vecchio
- Hotel Mariosa Corsica/Porto-Vecchio
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool without adult supervision.
For transfers, guests must contact the property 72 hours prior to arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.45 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 3 years of age.
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for EUR 120 per night
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of EUR 25 for adults and EUR 15 for children (approximately)
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of EUR 70 per vehicle (one way)
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
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The Utica Observer Dispatch is reporting that Brian Brown pleaded not guilty Saturday to attempted first-degree murder for shooting at Oneida County Sheriff's Deputy Michael Burger on Thursday.
Police say Brown and his cousin, Ikiko Brown, 24, of Utica robbed the NBT Bank in Rome about 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
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Happy Halloween! Whether you're spending the evening passing out treats or taking the young ones for a costumed stroll around the neighborhood, your kitchen is soon to become a repository for piles of fun-sized goodies. But before the kids chomp it all down, borrow a handful for your own use – and share in the sugar high.
Sweet Salad
Remember Waldorf salad? This easy-to-prepare candy bar apple salad has the same idea – luscious flavors doused in a creamy dressing. Rather than the Waldorf's classic combination of grapes, walnuts, and marshmallows, this one uses apples, SNICKERS®, and vanilla pudding to create a caramel apple–flavored treat.
Substitute with abandon to suit your tastes (or your pantry). Some suggestions include using a mixture of SNICKERS and HEATH Toffee Bars, pears rather than apples, and different flavored puddings.
Delicious Drinks
When your little monsters return home with bags stuffed full of colored candies, look no further than Skittles®-infused vodka. With each flavor individually bottled and ready to drink, you won't have to search for a sweet end-of-day treat. But if chocolate and peanut butter is more your style (or you're only in the mood for a quick nip), try a peanut butter cup martini.
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Obama's health care law advances in the states
WASHINGTON -- Threatened with repeal just weeks ago, President Barack Obama's health-care law now appears on track in close to half the states, with others playing catch-up and the administration readying a fallback for states not wishing to participate.
Friday was the original deadline for states to notify Washington if they would play a role in building new health insurance markets through which the uninsured can get coverage starting in 2014. Though the administration granted a month's extension, most states have already made their intentions known.
As of Friday, 23 states plus Washington, D.C., were proceeding; 15 said they'd defer to the federal government to run their markets and 12 were still mulling over their options. The mostly blue group proceeding included five Republican-led states. The undecided included several states that seemed to be moving toward an active role.
"Postelection it's really been 'game on,'" said Kelly Barnes, leader of the health-care group at the PricewaterhouseCoopers consulting firm.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney had vowed to begin dismantling "Obamacare" his first day in office. But Romney lost, and instead GOP governors are scrambling to see if they can find an accommodation with the administration after two years of fighting the president's signature law.
A check by the Associated Press found that 16 states plus Washington, D.C., want to build their own exchanges. Starting Jan. 1, 2014, individuals, families and small businesses will be able to buy private coverage through an exchange in their state, with most consumers getting government assistance to pay premiums.
The exchanges will also help steer low-income, uninsured people into expanded Medicaid programs in many states.
Another seven states have indicated they want to partner with Washington to build their exchanges. Ohio joined this group Friday and West Virginia officials said they're heading in the same direction.
Fifteen mostly Republican-led states say they'll defer to the federal government to build and run their markets. Georgia and Wisconsin formally joined that group Friday. However, New Hampshire, where Democrats won control of the state House in the election, is taking a look at its decision to default to the feds.
Finally, another 12 undecided states now have until Dec. 14 to determine what role, if any, they'll play.
Other Republican-led states say they don't have enough information to make a decision at this point and want the Obama administration to release major regulations bottled up for months.


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I want to be supportive, so I will try. BUT understand that is going to be hard for someone who has NEVER had this problem (so I'm not really the person you were addressing in your post)! You didn't sound overweight to begin with to me!!! So I kind of understand your family freaking out if you have dropped 6 kilos.
I assume you are in good health?? Not medical reasons for weight loss??
Simplest answer - eat more calories from Primal approved foods. Seeing you simply eat more good, solid food (fats! good carbs!) might reassure them that you are not cutting back your food too much and so it doesn't matter what you AREN'T eating (grains etc).
I think most people are going to tell you the same - EAT!!!
Also - build some nice heavy muscle by doing weights workouts. IF you are still exercising in a weight loss way, cut back on that type of workout.


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Sir.—In their informative article in the October 1987 issue of AJDC describing various aspects of Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, Zitelli et al1 made the statement, "Practices such as secretly going through mother's possessions, unannounced home visits,2 and concealed videotaping3 may be unacceptable to many professionals, difficult to carry out, and in some instances illegal [reference numbers changed]." We strongly disagree with the authors' inclusion of concealed videotaping (with reference to our 1983 article3) among unacceptable or illegal practices. We also find such an inclusion surprising, since the authors emphasized the difficulty of achieving a favorable outcome in legal proceedings initiated to protect the child. Our decision to use hidden camera surveillance in this instance,3 and in subsequent cases,4 was based on the knowledge that a definitive diagnosis, supported by incontrovertible evidence, is crucial in such court proceedings. We believe that our primary obligation,
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Quick Kitchen Tip: How to Poach an EggJulieVR
There are few simple kitchen tasks as daunting as poaching an egg. My sisters and I learned the technique early, when as kids poached eggs on toast were a staple not only of breakfast, but of lunch and dinner. As a grown-up, poached eggs on toast remain one of my all-time comfort foods, and a great quick and easy meal that I know my 5 year old will eat. But poached eggs aren't only for toast anymore – try them on top of a salad (spinach and bacon, especially!) and let the yolk mingle with the dressing – or try a sort of deconstructed pasta carbonara, with a poached egg on top rather than tossed with the hot noodles. A poached egg makes a quick meal of sautéed greens or leftover grains (rice, barley, quinoa) – or try a poached egg on top of a burger or pizza.
To poach one or more eggs, bring an inch or two of water to a gentle boil in a skillet big enough to accommodate the number of eggs you're cooking. (It's best to do no more than 3 at a time – too many eggs will crowd the pan and cool down the water.) Add a good sprinkling of salt and if you like, a teaspoon of vinegar, which isn't necessary (I don't do it) but will lower the PH of the water and prevent the whites from becoming ragged. Reduce the heat to a simmer the point at which the water barely bubbles – a rough, rolling boil will make your eggs go all over the place when you crack them in.
Gently break your eggs into the water and as they start to set, spoon the water over the tops of the yolks to help them cook. If they stick to the bottom of the pan, loosen them with a thin spatula. Poach your eggs for 3-4 minutes, until the whites are firm and the yolks have filmed over. Remove them from the water with a slotted spoon and transfer them to buttered toast or onto a paper towel to drain.
And here's a tip, if you're having company for brunch or need to cook poached eggs for a crowd: you can poach eggs in advance, and keep them in a bowl of cold water in the fridge for up to 2 days. Reheat them by dipping them into a saucepan of simmering water for about 30 seconds.


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SEDAN, N.M. - Jeanne Newlon, 80, died Wednesday, May 31, 2006, in Clayton.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church in Clayton with the Rev. Kevin Phillips, pastor, and the Rev. Billy Rammage, pastor of First Baptist Church in Clayton, officiating. Arrangements are by Hass Funeral Directors of Clayton.
Mrs. Newlon was born Feb. 6, 1926, in Sedan to L.P. Temple and Ola Ruth Pogue Temple. She married Carl E. Newlon on June 8, 1947, in Clayton.
Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Sandra Faye Springmeyer of Campbell, Calif., Janice Rinker of Clayton and Janet Coburn of Albuquerque; two sons, David Newlon of Texline, Texas, and Kendall Newlon of Sedan; a sister, Winnifred Lawrence of Ponchatoula, La.; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to the Sedan Community Center, in care of Wendell Callis, Sedan, NM 88436.
Sign the online guest register at www.hassfuneralhome.com.
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Turning Japanese Holiday Guide (2011)
Shopping for the anime nerd or Japanese culture enthusiast in your life this Holiday season? While your local mall may no longer be the best place to look, the internet is always abundant with options, many of which at an affordable price, too. We nerds here at Gaming Angels have you covered, complete with website listings below! FINAL FANTASY Mascots Accessory Case Square Enix Official Online Shop $24.99 This tokidoki inspired accessory bag would be perfect for the nerd chic gamer in your life. It features the four iconic Final Fantasy mascots; Chocobo, Moogle, Cactuar and PuPu. Would be ideal as a makeup bag, or for school or art supplies. https://ssl.square-enix-shop.com/SqEx/us/ShowDetail.action?productId=1173 FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN Folding Fan (Sephiroth) Square Enix Official Online Shop $29.99 This lovely fan features the colors and symbol of Final Fantasy VII's villain, Sephiroth. It would be a lovely piece of wall decor, and aRead more →By Vanessa in Turning Japanese 2 Comments »
Manga Review: 51 Ways to Save My Girlfriend by Furuya Usamaru
Earlier this year I came across a manga that is emotional, shocking, truthful and prophetic. It was considered as Science Fiction, until March 11, 2011 that is. Manga 51 Ways to Save my Girlfriend (Kanojo wo Mamoru 51 no Houhou ) has become a psychic premonition and of a slice of life in post quake Japan. This fictional earthquake story was written by FURUYA Usamaru back in 2006. The manga spares nothing and takes a look at the darkest sides of disaster. The main character is a guy who is looking for a job at Fuji TV headquarters in Odaiba. Known as a resort and tourist attraction the island of Odaiba is home to an Aquacity an enormous shopping mall, a high tech multi-plex cinema and a gourmet zone which is the largest in Japan. The major attractions of Odaiba are mentioned in the manga as the characters make theirRead more →By geekwoman in Turning Japanese 1 Comment »
Manga Review: Soil by Atsushi Kaneko
I read manga every night. It's my guilty pleasure and an insomniacs ticket to dreamland. I read several popular ones like Bleach, Claymore, Fairytail, Vampire Knight, Kuroshitsuji, and Kanojo Wo Mamoru 51 No Houhou, to name a few favorites. From time to time I get tired of the formula. Slice of life, high school kids doing this or that, or some such about nothing. There aren't updates everyday to read, so occasionally I'll do searches. On one particular night I set the search engine I was using for 'mystery' and found Soil. SOIL is a parapsychological mystery by Atsushi Kaneko. It begins with a story that seems to be about two detectives and the disappearance of a family. Set in weirdly named "Soil New Town" (New Soil Town?), which seems to be a sleepy pastoral community, of course appearances are deceiving. As it is presented, you may empathize with theRead more →By geekwoman in Turning Japanese No comments yet
Interview: Stephanie Herrera, Artist and Writer for Dreams
Recently Geek Woman played Dreams for iOS on iPad. And then got in touch with the artist/creator, Stephanie Herrera. Geek Woman: It seemed like the differences in the pictures were tiny details that women would be more inclined to notice than men, were you intending that? Stephanie Herrera: When I made the game I was a lot younger than now and the differences just came out of thin air, I didn't plan them at all, just made whatever came to my mind. I think the innocence of the moment also helped and the stuff I was going through in my life at that certain point, such as becoming a self conscious woman. What art your art style influences? In that time I liked manga and anime a lot, probably you can tell from the images, lol… But now I'm older I have much more influences in my style, most ofRead more →By geekwoman in Women in Games No comments yet
Turning Japanese Weekly News (June 1st – June 7th)
VIZ Media: Free "Heroes of Manga" Reading Kits Now Available for Libraries! VIZ is kicking off their 25th Anniversary Celebration with with a special Heroes of Manga reading kit, for librarians to share with their patrons! Sign up by June 8th to receive the FREE kit at http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/541378/Heroes-of-Manga-Reading-Kit-Offer! Manga is one of the most requested categories in libraries today, and helps promote a love of reading, especially for reluctant readers! Our library kit features some fun giveaways for readers of all ages, featuring popular properties classic & new, including NARUTO, FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, NURA: RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN and more! The kits include: 50 book covers 300 assorted bookmarks 50 buttons featuring NARUTO 5 assorted VIZ Media tote bags 1 Heroes of Manga literacy poster For more information, check out www.vizmedia.com VIZ Media Announces Product License for Hit Action Anime TIGER & BUNNY! VIZ Media is now the exclusiveRead more →By Vanessa in Turning Japanese No comments yet
Review: March Story
March Story is a new Manga series released in Fall of 2010 by VIZ, which is author Hyung Min Kim's first piece of work as a Mangaka.Read more →By Vanessa in Turning Japanese 1 Comment »
Review – Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
Developer: Omera Force Publisher: Techmo Koei Platform for this review: Xbox 360 Rating: M (for Mature) Release Date: November 2, 2010 RENT Last year publisher Koei and developers Omega Force released Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage. The game is a spin-off of the Warriors series based on the manga by the same name. The story of the game happens during a nuclear war where the world is left in violence and despair. The strong took over and slaughtered the weak for supplies. Humanity never gave up hope and held on to the ideal that someone would come to the rescue in their time of misery. In the middle of that, a hero emerges by the name of Kenshiro. Kenshiros story: The successor of Hokuto Shinken and the youngest of the four Hokuto Brothers, Ken wanders the land in search of his love, Yuria, who had been kidnapped byRead more →By Xalaga in Xbox 360 No comments yet
Japan's Anti-Anime Law
Coming up on the political scene over in Tokyo, there is a strong possibility that an unpopular law could get passed. Called Bill 156, the "Anti-Anime" bill has been backed by a governor named Shintaro Ishihara. Seen as an embarrassment by some, there is an influence to clean up anime. Its place in Japanese media, can cause cultural misunderstandings when anime is often seen as sexually promiscuous and degrading towards women. What they really want to get rid of are the ones that sexualize underage young girls. Criticism has come about now due to the vagueness of how the bill was written. An over broad description of what is taboo could mean that anime in general could have to become more censored. Ishihara and the new law are feared to be a ticket to anime's demise. Like video games in the USA which are trashed by people who never playRead more →By geekwoman in Turning Japanese 3 Comments »
VIZ Celebrates Valentine's Day with two Shojo Manga Debuts on the VIZ Manga iPad App
February is the month of love, and what better way to celebrate than with two shojo manga debuts on the VIZ Manga App for the iPad: fantasy fairytale Merupuri, and supernatural adventure Natsume's Book of Friends! In Merupuri, by Matsuri Hino (creator of Vampire Knight), an occurence of fairytale proportions threatens good girl Airi's dreams of a cozy home and a loving husband! In Natsume's Book of Friends (on the YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens booklist!), Takashi has learned to hide his gift of sight from other people… But when he moves back to the small town his grandmother grew up in, he discovers that he's inherited more than just the Sight from the mysterious Reiko – a book of power containing the names of spirits & demons, many of who now want to reclaim their names… by force if necessary! For more information, check out www.vizmedia.com. FollowRead more →By Vanessa in Turning Japanese No comments yet
"Forgotten Japanese Spirit"
In a long winter like this one it isn't easy to keep one's spirits up. On a trip to return soda bottles we accidentally found a little Japanese jewel. Intrigued by the title I brought it home to learn more about it. The Bunraku "Nihonjin No Wasuremono" or the "Forgotten Japanese Spirit" is a fine natural Yamahai Junmai Saké. It feels as though a precious genie is in the bottle that I don't want to let out. More than just being about getting drunk, the making of rice wine is still an almost sacred, and revered process. It involves the purest of cool water as it comes from the mountains. This one was made in the Saitama Prefecture. It is a Yamahai, which means that the brewer uses native yeasts, those just floating in the air of the brewery. It is a very tricky process which not many modern brewersRead more →By geekwoman in Turning Japanese 1 Comment »


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If you are looking for cheap photographers with the know-how and experience of a true professional, then come visit us at Studio One to One in Houston. Our studio offers state-of-the-art equipment and is staffed by qualified professionals. We do offer cheap photography, as we run weekly and holiday specials, but don't offer cheap-looking photography. Studio One to One takes pride in being able to provide quality photographs taken by world-class photographers, but in a way that won't break the bank.
Unlike other cheap photographers in Houston, our studio only uses proven professionals with professional equipment. Studio One to One's niche is that we can offer cheap photography and quality photography at a good value. Regularly, you would have a cheap photo studio with the bare minimum of equipment and untrained photographers or a state-of-art studio with trained professionals overcharging customers for photos that may not be worth the money. Our cheap photography studio is only cheap in price, not in quality.
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Whenever you come across a cheap portrait studio or cheap photographers, you have to wonder how they are keeping their prices so substantially low. Unless they happen to be running a discount, cheap can usually mean questionable quality. There may be plenty of cheap photographers in Houston, but our photographers at Studio One to One pride themselves on quality.
There are a lot of different reasons to get a photo taken: heads shots, graduation, baby photos, and family portraits. Different times in someone's life means different occasions to have pictures taken. Why would we risk repeat business with low grade, bad quality photos? At Studio One to One, we care about our customers and want to help you capture the special moments in life without worrying about the cost. We also want you to help you get the upper hand in your professional life as well. Having a great headshot or modeling portfolio with the best pictures will help you to land a job you'll love.
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American Airlines Announces Codesharing With EL AL Israel Airlines
American Airlines, a founding member of the global oneworld® Alliance, today announced it will apply to the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) for authorization to begin codeshare cooperation with EL AL Israel Airlines. The application proposes that codesharing operations begin on Feb. 1, 2008.
Under the proposal, American would place its AA designator code on EL AL flights to Tel Aviv from New York John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK), Los Angeles, Miami and Newark, as well as on EL AL fights to Tel Aviv from European gateways in London Heathrow, Paris, Madrid, Zurich and Rome.
In turn, EL AL would place its LY designator code on certain of American Airlines domestic flights out of El Al's North American gateways -- JFK, Miami, Los Angeles, Newark and Toronto. El Al would also codeshare on American's flights between the United States and London Heathrow, Paris, Madrid, Zurich and Rome.
"EL AL is a high quality, world-class airline that will provide our passengers and shippers with additional choices and convenient service to Tel Aviv," said Henry Joyner, American's Senior Vice President -- Planning. "We also look forward to serving EL AL's passengers on our American flights in many of our North American markets. We're especially pleased to be codesharing with EL AL into, and out of, our new $1.3 billion state-of-the-art JFK terminal."
"We are proud to join forces with American Airlines, a company whose history, size and range of services speak for themselves," said EL AL CEO Haim Romano. "The authorization of EL AL's codeshare agreement with American Airlines will open up new horizons, create a wide range of possibilities, and enable EL AL passengers to fly on LY code -- with convenience and maximum flexibility -- between Israel and North America."
American and EL AL already have a frequent flyer program relationship. American's AAdvantage members may earn or redeem AAdvantage miles on EL AL flights.
About American Airlines
American Airlines is the world's largest airline. American, American Eagle and the AmericanConnection® airlines serve 250 cities in over 40 countries with more than 4,000 daily flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 1,000 aircraft. American's award-winning Web site, AA.com, provides users with easy access to check and book fares, plus personalized news, information and travel offers. American Airlines is a founding member of the oneworld® Alliance, which brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business, enabling them to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. Together, its members serve nearly 700 destinations in over 140 countries and territories. American Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation. AmericanAirlines, American Eagle, the AmericanConnection® airlines, AA.com and AAdvantage are registered trademarks of American Airlines, Inc.
About EL AL Israel Airlines
EL AL is Israel's national airline. The company was founded in 1948, just a few months after the establishment of the State of Israel. EL AL was government-owned until it underwent privatization in 2004. EL AL operates over 400 weekly flights to 38 destinations around the world -- in Europe, Africa, the Far East and North America -- including connecting flights to another 600 destinations. EL AL is the largest carrier on routes between Israel and North America, and it flies directly to five North American airports -- JFK in New York, Newark, Miami, Los Angeles and Toronto -- for a total of 27 weekly North America-bound flights, including some 17 to the greater New York area. The company maintains a fleet of 37 passenger planes, two of which are new 777-200s that it received in the summer of 2007. It recently announced its intention to buy a fifth 747-200 and continue equipping 737s. The EL AL Matmid Frequent Flyers Club numbers nearly 600,000 members, about a fourth of whom are outside of Israel, mainly in North America. The club maintains strategic partnerships with credit card companies in Israel, the US and Europe, as well as with many tourist organizations.
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100 Million Homes!
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Our movie, 4 Nights In The Hamptons, will be released January 6th by Gravitas Ventures on VOD & DIGITAL. So that means it will be... Read more
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