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Spas and spa treatments are a dime a dozen and some places can be pretty dodgy. But then every so often, you stumble upon that gem.
From the moment you enter the 9th floor of the Suncoast Towers hotel on Durban's Golden Mile, where the architecture echoes Miami's art deco, the body begins to relax and the mind begins to drift. The views of the Indian Ocean from each of the seven treatment rooms are breathtaking.
Apparently the signature massage, Sea Whisperer, is a client favourite.
Trained by experts from Indonesia, the therapists use long-stroke massage techniques with light, soothing music playing in the background to great effect.
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The annual Point-in-Time Survey will be held Thursday, January 26, 2012. The survey is conducted across the nation as a way to gather information on the number of people experiencing homelessness at that particular point in time.
The NET is a group of government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and advocates who address the needs of the homeless population in Gregg, Uphsur, Harrison, Marion, Panola, and Rusk Counties. The group meets the first Monday of the month at 11:30 a.m. at a different location. If you are interested in learning more about the NET please contact Jodi Cobler, email@example.com, 903 646 3533. The NET is a member of the Texas Homeless Coalition who coordinates the statewide count.
On January 26th their volunteers will be going to the shelters, homeless programs, motels, and the unsheltered to survey individuals and families who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless.
The information from the surveys will be used to generate a report on the state of the homeless in our community. The report will be used to address the gaps in services identified in the survey.
The group is looking for donations of LED cap lights, toothpaste and brushes, soap, gloves, socks, and stocking caps to hand out to the homeless who take the survey. Please take your donations to Newgate Mission, 207 South Mobberly Avenue, Longview.
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The annual Point-in-Time Survey will be held Thursday, January 26, 2012. The survey is conducted across the nation as a way to gather information on the number of people experiencing homelessness at that particular point in time.
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Everyone wants to bring it back to the lightning. To trace it all to that one stray bolt from the heavens that literally vaporized the shoes off a teenage Retief Goosen's feet, turned a golfer's instruments into a mangled mash of medal.
When Retief Goosen wobbles in a tournament, takes a three-shot lead over a bunch of golf nobodies into the final round of the 2005 U.S. Open and then goes out there and shoots an 11-over 81 that sinks him faster than all of James Cameron's special effects in Titanic, everyone's shocked. Because - well, it's Retief. And he survived lightning, you know.
When Retief Goosen strategically dominates a tournament, turns back a charging Phil Mickelson at the 2004 U.S. Open with the sureness of his shot making, everyone expects it. Because - well, it's Retief. And he survived lightning, you know.
That lightning did not give Retief Goosen superpowers, a la Peter Parker's spider. It just threatened his life and left him with him some serious burns. Of course, you would not know this from listening to everyone talk about the fifth-ranked golfer in the world.
Jim Nantz was at it again this weekend during the telecast of The International. As Goosen wrapped up the victory in the Stableford-scoring-system event, Nantz observed matter of factly, "He's unflappable."
This likely would have made Goosen smile. (Good luck trying to pick out that smile though.) For Goosen seems to understand better than anybody just how mortal he is. How he's subject to the whims of golf and its collapses and comebacks just like anyone else. No one needed to remind him that the International was his first win on any tour this season.
Jim Nantz may have been puzzled by that. Retief Goosen knew too well.
He's talked openly about his frustrations with his game heading into this week's PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey. "I'm not playing the way I know I can play,'' Goosen told reporters recently.
Goosen seems intent on making sure everyone knows he bleeds too. Let others discount his U.S. Open and British Open final round stumbles. He'll bring them up. He'll poke fun at the fact Sports Illustrated picked him too win the PGA Championship in its recent preview issue. It's almost like he wants everyone to know the whole unflappable lightning link is not his story.
Heck, Goosen will even argue with Mom on this one.
Though Goosen admits to sometimes staring at those mangled clubs today (he's kept them for 20 years now), he dismisses the common perception that the lightning strike changed him, made him the serious, focused fellow who cannot be fazed by mere tournament pressure. Even if it's an outlook the woman who raised him believes.
"That's what (Mom) thinks,'' Goosen said. "I don't know. How old was I? Sixteen, just about 17. So I think I wouldn't say it changed me. I was back on the golf course about three weeks later playing. As soon as I got rid of all the burn marks and I could get my shoes back on, I was out there playing again."
It's the same type of attitude displayed in the wake of his U.S. Open and British Open meltdowns. Goosen played the International when many of the other top players elected to rest the week before the PGA Championship because he felt his game needed the competitive environment. Then, he went out and gutted out a final day of 36 holes in Denver's mile-high attitude over the 7,619 yards at Castle Pines Golf Club to grab that long-awaited first win of 2005.
Goosen guzzled bottled water like Nick Nolte downs bourbon. Thirty six bottles of water in one day by Goosen's unofficial, slightly dazed final count.
Suddenly, Goosen felt a little better about his chances at Baltusrol.
"I wouldn't say I lost confidence," Goosen said in his post-win press conference at the International. "But I was disappointed in the way I played. At some stage, you figure the tide is going to turn."
Maybe, this should be what Goosen is known for. Not being unflappable, but fighting through his very human falls. Of course, that isn't as satisfying as the lightning enlightened story.
Lightning struck Goosen when he was 16, during a round of golf. It knocked him unconscious, singed his clothes, left burn marks on his body, including some on his feet that made putting on shoes impossible.
"I was playing golf with my cousin and there was actually thunder in the area,'' Goosen said. "And we actually all stopped play. We all went to the shelter areas. About an hour later or so everybody started going back on the course. It looked like it had passed, because the thunder storms in South Africa tend to come in pretty quickly and leave pretty quickly."
Only fate wasn't shinning so brightly on Goosen this day.
"We'd just teed off on the seventh hole, and I remember hitting my tee shot down the right side, so you had to sort of walk past a clump of trees to get where the ball was,'' he said. "And I was really right next to the trees when the lightning hit. And that was that.
"Next time, I woke up I was in the hospital."
Goosen still keeps the remains of his vaporized clothes and clubs from that day.
"You can't make out the clothes, the clubs are all burned in places," he said.
The lightning tale is made all the easier for everyone to latch onto because it's the only story many people have heard about Goosen.
Goosen's third-place finish at the Masters could not have been any quieter if he played his rounds on an empty course. Tiger Woods induced the wows, Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson waged war over spike size, Ernie Els watched his game blow up, David Duval style.
Goosen? He was there? Oh yeah, that's the guy steadily making his way around Augusta's pines, hitting almost everything solid, nothing spectacular. Goosen's final-round 67, the lowest round on Sunday by anyone, ended up reduced to agate type in many U.S. newspapers.
His U.S. Open collapse could not have been louder, especially with so many having declared the trophy his on Saturday night. His British Open meltdown went largely unnoticed, because he was out of the lead when he started bogeying early on Sunday.
Such is life for Goosen, just outside the so-called Big Four. Goosen is like the forgotten fifth Beatle, good enough to get into the picture but not always the conversation.
Only now, the PGA Championship is here and more and more people are starting to talk Retief again.
Some pros are comparing Baltusrol's newly lengthened Lower Course to a U.S. Open setup. Scrapers win U.S. Open courses. And Retief Goosen may be the most resolute scraper in golf.
"I like the golf courses really tough,'' Goosen said. "The more you have to start grinding it out, the better."
This version of Retief Goosen is sort of blowing up at age 36. Well, as much as a guy who would fit right into a crowd of engineers with pocket protectors can blow up. Goosen's branched outside of the golf world as a celebrity endorser now, hawking Grey Goose Vodka in a new ad campaign. (Golf's supposed wallflower pushing vodka? Perfect.) He's also moved into the world of golf course design, setting up a firm in his native South Africa that's already begun planning on three courses.
Not that Goosen obsesses over courses in his regular job. Unlike many of the top pros who found a way to get in a few Baltusrol rounds before this championship week ever arrived, Goosen routinely does not play major championship courses until he's in an official practice round.
"I'm not really somebody that likes to go to a golf course too early,'' he said. "If you go to a major four, five days before the tournament. I feel like by the time the tournament comes you're sort of brain dead, you're sort of over prepared. You can over prepare, I think."
Can you imagine Vijay Singh ever saying such a thing? It turns out Retief may not be as conventional as people think.
Despite his reputation for quiet seriousness, Goosen shows plenty of signs he's more carefree than a lot of people think. He was disqualified for the Nissan Open after he overslept and missed his 6:40 a.m. pro-am tee time. The night before, he been out promoting Grey Goose Vodka at a cocktail party.
Okay, he'd been out till about 6 p.m. Still, for this guy it's a start.
Goosen's also started speaking up more recently, even on controversial issues. He argues that women should have to qualify to play in men's events, rather than being given sponsor exemptions into the field. Even if one of those women garnering those exemptions in the future could be fellow South African Ashleigh Simon.
Not that Goosen's childhood buddy and countryman Ernie Els heard that or much of anything else during their final round U.S. Open pairing at Shinnecock in 2004.
"He didn't say anything to me,'' Els said then. "It was kind of spooky."
Els ended up posting a 10-over-par 80 that day. Who says you cannot intimidate by staying mum?
Now Goosen is looking to make Baltusrol's unique closing back-to-back par 5s the stage for his latest, tough course championship. Goosen does not like those tournaments where the numbers go silly low. In fact, there's plenty of question whether he has the game to win in that fashion. Goosen had four top 10 finishes early this year, but he only shot lower than five-under in one of them. He wins when a course curtails the other top players' spectacular shotmaking. That was his story. Of course, then he won the International where it is all about birdies and eagles in the Stableford.
Go figure? Or just life.
Retief Goosen does not need lightning to strike. That's not his game. That much he knows. No matter what you think.
U.S. Open wins: 2001, 2004
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International wins: 17
2005 wins: One (last week)
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Despite the state's graying population, the average age of Ohio nursing-home residents has dropped from 83.1 years to 77.3 in less than two decades, according to a state-commissioned report released yesterday.
Several reasons underlie the trend.
On one hand, far more elderly Ohioans who would have been in nursing homes 20 years ago are in their own homes today, thanks to the state's emphasis on less-expensive home-health services.
Among Ohioans at least 60 years old who need help caring for themselves, 55 percent received care in a nursing home in 2011 compared with 91 percent in 1993. And the state now relies far less on nursing-home care than in the 1990s, when Ohio had one of the highest rates of nursing-home use and its Medicaid per-capita nursing-home expenditures were among the highest in the nation.
Ohio's ratio has improved from 47th among states to 24th, said Bob Applebaum, director of the Ohio Long-term Care Research Project at Miami University's Scripps Ger-ontology Center.
"It represents an amazing success story for the state," he said.
But a breakdown in the state's behavioral health-care system also is a factor in the lower average age of nursing-home residents, Applebaum said.
The percentage of nursing-home residents younger than 60 more than tripled between 1994 and 2012, from 4 percent to 12.7 percent. And 1 in 6 Medicaid enrollees living in nursing homes was younger than 60 in 2011. That's an increase of 26 percent from 1997 and coincided with an 11 percent drop in the number of Medicaid enrollees older than 60 in nursing homes.
In the spring of 2012, there were 8,723 Medicaid enrollees younger than 60 in nursing homes. Of them, 18.5 percent needed no assistance with "activities of daily living" such as bathing, dressing, eating and grooming.
"There's almost no reason why someone with no ADL impairments should be living in a nursing home," Applebaum said. Many of those residents likely have a mental illness and, once they are stabilized, remain in nursing homes because they have nowhere else to go, he said.
Moving someone from a nursing home to a community-based setting saves the state an estimated $35,250 per year, said Bonnie K. Burman, director of the Ohio Department of Aging.
Over the next two years, the state wants to move out of nursing homes 1,200 people who are younger than 60, have a primary diagnosis of mental illness and want to live in a community-based home, Burman said. That would save $43.9 million, including $16 million for the state.
The increase in the younger-than-60 nursing-home population also reflects the fact that more patients are discharged from hospitals into nursing homes for rehabilitation after hip and knee surgeries, Applebaum said.
Nursing homes have aggressively pursued such patients because Medicare is a relatively generous source of reimbursement. Such admissions statewide soared from 30,359 in 1992 to 149,273 in 2011.
"For a lot of people, the nursing home is very short-term care," Applebaum said. "It's a rehab stop on the way home. The whole industry has changed over the last two decades."
The report found that in 2011, Ohio's nursing homes received an average of $442 per day per Medicare patient, an 11 percent increase from an inflation-adjusted $397 in 1998. That compares with an average per-day charge of $208 for patients who paid out of pocket, a decline of 1.4 percent from an inflation-adjusted $211 in 1998.
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Because not only did the people of America put in the White House a black guy called Barrack Hussein Obama as the successor of George W. Bush (only in America), they also gave the world, our collegues, our investors, our critics and our clients the biggest and finest case we could ever wish for to prove us right about a communications model built on social media.
My guess is that this will be widely popularized in our country by the upcoming Swedish elections. Parties will have studied Obama and they will be eager to replicate what he did. They will demand that their respective agencies possess this knowledge and work by these strategies.
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Don't be fooled by the sunshine — it's cold out there, and it's dangerous.
The polar vortex that's gripped much of the country in a bone-chilling freeze has settled over the D.C. region, as temperatures struggled to make it beyond single digits.
A wind chill warning has been in effect most of the day for much of the region, as unyielding wind gusts made it feel as cold as 20 degrees below zero. Several school districts and government organizations delayed opening or closed altogether.
As the night approaches, temperatures will again plummet, with lows between 7 and 15 degrees. A slight reprieve will come Wednesday as temperatures creep towards 30 degrees.
Pepco had as many as 2,000 reported outages early Tuesday, though that number was down to about 300 by late afternoon. Roughly 150 Dominion customers were without power, mostly in the Richmond and Northern Virginia areas. About 400 BGE customers were affected, though the number of outages was less than 50 by 5 p.m.
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The NYT on the UK riots — the Grey Lady still doesn't get it
The New York Times published an editorial today that reminds one how liberally biased the paper's editorial board is. In its editorial it claims that all of the problems the UK has recently undergone are the result of the current administration and their austerity measures.
Cameron has been talking tough, suggesting that perhaps eviction or cutting off benefits to looters who are on the public dole might be one means of punishing offenders and making others think twice about committing such crimes again. He's even talked about cutting off internet service in areas hit by flash looting mobs to cut their communication links.
The Times finds all of that an abhorrent over-reaction, and there are some good arguments against such moves by government. But that's not where the NYT editorial board gets it wrong. It is here:
Such draconian proposals often win public applause in the traumatized aftermath of riots. But Mr. Cameron, and his Liberal Democrat coalition partners, should know better. They risk long-term damage to Britain's already fraying social compact.
Making poor people poorer will not make them less likely to steal. Making them, or their families, homeless will not promote respect for the law. Trying to shut down the Internet in neighborhoods would be an appalling violation of civil liberties and a threat to public safety, denying vital real-time information to frightened residents.
Britain's urban wastelands need constructive attention from the Cameron government, not just punishment. His government's wrongheaded austerity policies have meant fewer public sector jobs and social services. Even police strength is scheduled to be cut. The poor are generally more dependent on government than the affluent, so they have been hit the hardest.
What Britain's sputtering economy really needs is short-term stimulus, not more budget cutting. Unfortunately, there is no sign that Mr. Cameron has figured that out. But, at a minimum, burdens need to be more fairly shared between rich and poor — not as a reward to anyone, but because it is right.
This is utter nonsense. As with most on the left the Times prefers to cast blame at those who they disagree with ideologically instead of actually analyzing the problem and admitting that perhaps it is their ideology which has led to these problems.
Point one – these riots weren't a result of several months or even several years of austerity. They are the culmination of a decades long social engineering project that has created a culture and is dependent upon government for everything. It has coddled it, excused its behavior and now finds it can't afford it. The socialists have finally run out of other people's money and are now paying the price for such foolhardy social engineering.
Point two – the answer to the problem isn't now nor has it ever been more "public sector jobs and social services". Instead the answer is to entice the private sector into these areas and have them produce productive jobs. Of course, if the benefits program, i.e. the dole or "the game", continue as it has, there's absolutely no incentive for anyone to take a job. One of the standing jokes is about an government appeal for businesses in the UK to hire Brits instead of Eastern Europeans. But British businesses know that Eastern Europeans will actually show up, on time and work, whereas Brits won't. That is a cultural problem – not an austerity problem. And it is a cultural problem that has been caused and nurtured by the likes of those who write editorials for the New York Times.
Point three – it won't get better by doing the same thing again. As has been said by many, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting different results. This is a social engineering project that has failed. Committing money they don't have to recreate it is the height of idiocy.
The Times also stoops to a bit of class warfare by claiming David Cameron is a product of "Britain's upper classes and schools". The implication being he has no concept of the problem, being so far removed by class, and thus "he has blamed the looting and burning on a compound of national moral decline, bad parenting and perverse inner-city subculture".
Janet Daley at the UK's Telegraph rips into that premise and calls the Times on its hypocrisy:
Yes indeed he has, thus putting himself in agreement with about 90 per cent of the British population. But the New York Times in as uninterested in the overwhelming majority of British public opinion as it is in the great mass of American public opinion. It is as smugly and narrowly orthodox in its Left-liberal posturing as its counterparts in Britain. (If the BBC were to be reincarnated as an American newspaper, it would be the New York Times.) So it carries on in class war mode with accusations about Mr Cameron's blithe imperiousness: "Would he find similar blame – this time in the culture of the well housed and well-off – for Britain's recent tabloid phone hacking scandals or the egregious abuse of expense accounts by members of Parliament?"
Well as it happens, the MPs' expenses scandal is pretty small beer by comparison to the "pork barrel" and lobbying scandals which have dogged the US Congress for generations. Would the New York Times like to opine on how much relevance the class backgrounds of Washington legislators have to those problems?
If the Times could find an angle that would help it push its outmoded ideological argument, probably so, but her point is well taken. Dailey concludes with the real reason for the editorial, fact free as it is – it's all about certain politics:
The remedies which it criticises Mr Cameron for adopting are, in fact, not within his personal power at all: evicting tenants from council housing is a matter for local councils not for the Westminister government. And he has not proposed "shutting down the internet in neighbourhoods [where there is civil disorder]". As far as the New York Times is concerned, the riots of last week were all about the state of the economy and the Government's spending cuts: an argument so untenable that even the Labour party does not advance it. In its pious conclusion, the editorial states unequivocally that "what Britain's sputtering economy really needs is short-term stimulus, not more budget cutting." Barack Obama couldn't have asked for a more generous endorsement. And that, one assumes, is what this ludicrous exercise in Schadenfreude was all about.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
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A vertical invasion of barbarians
Children are widely believed to be a blessing, and I suppose, in many ways, they are. But children are also a problem, in that each new generation of kids is a vertical invasion of barbarians. They have to be taught the details of how to behave in civilized society, to be instructed in its standards and norms. Moreover, those norms must be enforced, and violators must face the appropriate penalties for violating those norms. Doing all of this is an important charge, and you fail in it at your peril. Because, as the London riots show, the result of that failure is this:
The first line of defence against crime, the justice system, is not seen as sufficiently threatening to deter the youths. One of the group says this would be my first offence, "the prisons are over-crowded. What are they going to do? Give me an ASBO? I'll live with that."
The government has failed to keep order, according to the group. They agree that their motivation is partially that "the government aren't in control – because if they was we wouldn't be able to do it could we?".
The low rate of arrest of looters is then also brought up as an incentive to loot, with one youth saying "they failed, innit? How many people have they arrested really, though? Ten." He then says "I'm not really bothered. I'll keep doing this every day until I get caught."
The incentive to make money from their crime spree is clear: one of the youths says he has been looting because he didn't want to "miss the opportunity to get free stuff that's worth, like, loads of money".
Powerless families are also shown to be a major factor in allowing the looting to take place. One youth admits to warning his family he was going to be present at the riots, and then describes a subsequent telephone conversation with a family member: "He said 'get home, you're in trouble' I said 'no' and just put the phone down. They can't get into town, they can't get me, and when I get home, nothing's going to happen to me, I'm not going to get grounded or shouted at. I might get shouted at but that's it, I'll live with it and keep doing it."
These youths are not being irrational. Quite the opposite. They've quite fully absorbed the reality of modern life in the UK, a society that has largely abandoned the fundamental norms of civilization, giving them lip service, but without enforcing them.
Think of the very real shortcomings the attitudes above inculcate.
- The justice system is a farce, and no severe penalties need be feared.
- The government cannot effectively control lawlessness or protect property.
- The property of others can be taken without real fear of reprisal.
- Family discipline is toothless.
The larger society aids and abets these attitudes by defining self-defense as criminal vigilantism, and punishing the victims of crime for having the temerity to defend themselves, and perhaps injuring their assailants if attacked.
These youths in London and Manchester have learned their lessons well. Property owners cannot resist them, the police can't control them, and if they are unlucky enough to get caught, sanctions will be minimal. These are not cultural attitudes that promote civilization. Quite the reverse, in fact. They are the attitudes of barbarism, in that they reduce all of society to victims—except for those that choose to be predators. The cultural message these youths have received is that predation pays and is relatively risk free.
They're acting on that cultural message, in a perfectly understandable and rational manner, while authorities dither for days about whether the use of water cannons or rubber bullets are an appropriate response.
What these rioters need is the type of lesson that armed property owners convey with an immediacy that the police are unable or unwilling to provide. But, of course, in modern "civilized" Britain, that's literally the last thing they have to fear.
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London rioting–are we seeing the death throes of the welfare state?
Buried deep in the New York Times story about the ongoing riots in London, the inability of the police to contain them and the fact that they've now spread to other cities is this paragraph:
For a society already under severe economic strain, the rioting raised new questions about the political sustainability of the Cameron government's spending cuts, particularly the deep cutbacks in social programs. These have hit the country's poor especially hard, including large numbers of the minority youths who have been at the forefront of the unrest.
The underlying cause of the riots had to do with the shooting, by police, of a popular activist in London. The spread, however, is presumably now because of the "spending cuts" the Cameron government has made in an effort to address it's very serious deficit problem. This on the heels of the same sort of unrest and rioting in Greece when social programs were cut.
The paragraph is intriguing because of the way it approaches the problem. It doesn't stress the debt or deficit the UK has or the fact that the level of spending the UK is committed too in order to fund the social programs is unsustainable, it instead addresses the "political sustainability" of such cuts.
That's a very telling point. Substitute "political will" for "political sustainability" and you get the picture. And frankly, that's what it boils down too everywhere. Do the politicians in charge actually have the political will to do what must to be done to right the financial ship of state?
What has been built by the welfare states everywhere is crumbling. There are large irreparable cracks in their foundations. All are showing signs of unsustainability and that is leading to internal instability. The recipients of the largess taxed from the producers and borrowed on their behalf isn't going to be there much longer.
That's the problem. Even the rioters know that the gravy train, in relative terms, is pretty much over. Reality, not politicians, have said so. In fact the politicians mostly have no choice – they either have the means to continue as they have in the past or hey don't. And the more severely indebted welfare states are hitting that wall.
Add this to the mix though and you see how very horrific this is for the UK:
Beyond such social challenges is the crisis enveloping London's Metropolitan Police. Even before the outbreak of violence, the police have been deeply demoralized by the government's plan to cut about 9,000 of about 35,000 officers and by allegations that it badly mishandled protests against the government's austerity program last winter and failed to properly investigate the phone-hacking scandal that has dominated the headlines here for much of the summer. The force now faces widespread allegations that it failed to act quickly and forcefully enough to quell the rioting at its outset over the weekend.
And of course, citizens there are left not only to fend for themselves in many cases, but have been disarmed by government to boot.
As for the poor "disadvantaged youth" at the center of the rioting? Well it seems they may not be quite as poor or disadvantaged as one would think:
Despite a build-up in the number of riot police officers, many of them rushed to London from areas around the country, gangs of hooded young people appeared to be outmaneuvering the police for the third successive night. Communicating via BlackBerry instant-message technology that the police have struggled to monitor, as well as by social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, they repeatedly signaled fresh target areas to those caught up in the mayhem.
They coupled their grasp of digital technology with the ability to race through London's clogged traffic on bicycles and mopeds, creating what amounted to flying squads that switched from one scene to another in the London districts of Hackney, Lewisham, Clapham, Peckham, Croydon, Woolwich and Enfield, among others — and even, late on Monday night, at least minor outbreaks in the mainly upscale neighborhood of Notting Hill and parts of Camden.
They've used technology to organize flash mobs of looters. It's anarchy and the police seemingly aren't up to the job of stopping it.
The BBC and other British news organizations reported Tuesday that the police may be permitted to use rubber bullets for the first time as part of the government's strengthened response to any resumption of the mayhem. David Lammy, Britain's intellectual-property minister, also called for a suspension of Blackberry's encrypted instant message service. Many rioters, exploiting that service, had been able to organize mobs and outmaneuver the police, who were ill-equipped to monitor it.
Rubber bullets, of course, only have an effect if police are where the rioters are. And apparently, that's not something they've been particularly successful in doing here lately.
Finally, harkening back to the fact that the UK has a serious debt and deficit problem and must cut spending, one has to wonder why it is involved spending money on things like this:
On Tuesday, the violence seemed to be having a ripple effect beyond its immediate focal points: news reports spoke of a dramatic upsurge in household burglaries; sports authorities said at least two major soccer matches in London — including an international fixture between England and the Netherlands — had been postponed because the police could not spare officers to guarantee crowd safety. The postponements offered a dramatic reminder of the pressures on Mr. Cameron and his colleagues to guarantee a peaceful environment for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
That $15 billion extravaganza will have its centerpiece in a sprawling vista of new stadiums and an athletes' village that lie only miles from the neighborhoods where much of the violence in the last three days has taken place.
Bread and circuses? The UK is laying off policemen and cutting defense spending, but has $15 bil to throw at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games? One has to wonder about priorities.
All-in-all a very volatile situation which could, given the method being used by the criminals, get worse. In the meantime expect the liberals on both sides of the Atlantic to denounce the cut backs in social spending and demand the rioting "youths" be placated. Political will is a scarce commodity in this world. It may indeed end up the the "political sustainability" of the cuts fall before the desire of politicians to maintain power. Of course that won't change the fact that the unsustainable spending bill will come due whether they or the rioters like it or not. But perhaps, just perhaps, they can kick the can down the road just enough for them to escape the wrath and blame that will come when that can can't be kicked anywhere any longer.
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|Stephen Nichols Cast as Y&R's Tucker!; William Russ OUT!
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|Dec 16 2009, 10:39 PM Post #1
Y&R Shocker: Stephen Nichols Replaces William Russ
That was fast. Actor William Russ, who hit The Young and the Restless December 2 as the Donald Trump-esque jillionaire Tucker McCall, has been ousted from the role and replaced by Days of Our Lives great Stephen Nichols (Patch). Nichols was due to begin taping December 17 and will appear on air January 27. The Y&R execs have kept their statements brief. Co-exec producer/head writer Maria Arena Bell says: "William Russ is a talented actor and we enjoyed working with him. However, we decided to take the character in another direction." Adds co-exec producer Paul Rauch: "[Russ] did a wonderful job while he was here."
Why the switch? Here's my thought: Russ, known for his recurring roles on Boston Legal and The Ex List, has been giving a performance that seems strong enough, but it may be that the soap needed more superstar luster because Tucker will eventually be revealed to have a shocking (and we do mean shocking!) connection to a major (and we do mean major!) denizen of Genoa City. Check back here soon for an exclusive interview with Nichols.
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|Dec 16 2009, 10:47 PM Post #2
|I actually liked William Russ in the role. I wonder if the "other direction" was somehow dictated by Eric Braeden feeling threatened by William Russ in the role. I could have actually seen Russ and Braeden going toe to toe as business adversaries. I like Stephen Nichols and all but I'm not sure I could see him and Jess Walton fitting together as well as she has with Russ. Of course the "new direction" could be away from Jill too and I was so glad that they had finally put Jill/Jess in a pairing that seemed to actually have potential.
|Dec 16 2009, 10:47 PM Post #3
I couldn't be happier about this. Something about William Russ as Tucker just creeped me out, LoL. Especially in his scenes with Jess Walton. Ick!
Hopefully Y&R will give him some good stuff to work with.
|Dec 16 2009, 10:49 PM Post #4
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|Wow, good for him!!
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|Dec 16 2009, 10:50 PM Post #5
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|This is who they wanted for the role originally. I wonder why Stephen finally gave in?
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|Dec 16 2009, 10:51 PM Post #6
|Yes, yes, yes!!!!! I could not be happier!!!!!
|Dec 16 2009, 10:52 PM Post #7
After all... tomorrow is another day!
Every time Tucker was on screen I was thinking he was still the dad from Boy Meets World.
But I really wish Stephen Nichols was going back to GH to inject some life into the Cassadines instead of Y&R. I just can't see Stephen Nichols as a businessman at all, but he is a good actor so I'm sure he'll do everything he can to make it work.
|Miss Rhi
|Dec 16 2009, 10:52 PM Post #8
What creeped you out about about Russ as Tucker and his scenes with Jess Walton?
I'm happy for Stephen Nichols that he's found work though and if the speculation out there is right he certainly looks like he could be related to "someone".
|Dec 16 2009, 10:53 PM Post #9
|Yay! for Stephen. I guess this means I'll have to start watching Y&R again. Hmm.
|Miss Rhi
|Dec 16 2009, 10:54 PM Post #10
Him being older and having the salt and pepper hair helped me forget him as "Mr. Matthews" somewhat. I've seen him on other stuff since then so that also helped too.
|Dec 16 2009, 10:55 PM Post #11
I don't know. There's just something about him that was creepy to me. I'm not sure why, because I always thought he was cute on "Boy Meets World," LoL.
|Miss Rhi
|Dec 16 2009, 10:56 PM Post #12
He was also younger on Boy Meets World so that may have something to do with it too..... ;)
|Dec 16 2009, 10:58 PM Post #13
Sharongate, bitches!
I like Stephen Nichols, but so far, this Tucker character is completely boring and useless. I didn't think Russ had any chemistry with Walton either, maybe Nichols will.
But whatever, none of it means anything if the writing isn't there, and for Y&R, it really isn't there these days.
This writing regime's attempt at a business storyline is hallow and laughable.
Edited by Y&RWorldTurner, Dec 16 2009, 10:58 PM.
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|Dec 16 2009, 11:04 PM Post #14
|I guess I'm the only one who liked Walton & Russ together.... :laugh:
|Dec 16 2009, 11:07 PM Post #15
What a coincidence. Amello knows what I'm talking about. ;)
I'm excited to see Nichols back on my screen. I can't wait to see if he and Walton share chemistry.
Hopefully, the new Malcolm will turn out to be a flop and we can get someone more suited for that role as well.
|Dec 16 2009, 11:09 PM Post #16
|I think he'll hit it out of the ballpark opposite EB and PB. YEAH!!
|Dec 16 2009, 11:12 PM Post #17
Always the Panic Spreader
|OMG...I just had a horrible...well maybe not horrible...thought! If they put Tucker and Phyllis togeter, would they call them "PHUCKER?"
|Dec 16 2009, 11:12 PM Post #18
Sharongate, bitches!
I think we all know who he is "related" to, this is completely predictable and boring...
I certainly didn't need them to tap into that angle. :hmmph:
I mean, certainly it isn't any coincidence that Jill is having Paul track down Katherine's lost "daughter" right now. This daughter may just as well be a son. I'm betting on it.
Edited by Y&RWorldTurner, Dec 16 2009, 11:13 PM.
|Dec 16 2009, 11:13 PM Post #19
|I really think this is an inspired move. Stephen Nichols isn't your typical Y&R business-tycoon male and that's exactly what's going to make him stand out -- in a good way, IMO. I can also see him having loads of chemistry with Michelle Stafford, so let's hope they pair her and Tucker up, LoL.
|Dec 16 2009, 11:13 PM Post #20
LoL, how random! I just got through posting that Y&R should pair up Phyllis and Tucker because I think Nichols and Stafford would have great chemistry.
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This guest post comes from Odysseas Papadimitriou, CEO of Card Hub, a leading website that helps consumers find the best credit cards and save money on gift cards. How do you spot a shoeaholic? Well, if you're the type of person who needs a separate closet just for your shoes, you're a shoeaholic. If your shoe budget is bigger than your food budget, you're a shoeaholic. If the Most Interesting Man Alive and Chuck Norris ask where you go shoe shopping, you're a shoeaholic. The real question, … [Read more...]
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As you know, when you become pregnant, your wardrobe will need to change. You will need clothes that will fit well with your growing body and that will still flatter your figure. You know that maternity wear will be important for your comfort. However, have you thought about your shoes? Of course, there is no such thing as maternity shoes, but that does not mean you should not change the type of shoes you should wear. There are very good reasons for this and when you choose the right shoes for … [Read more...]
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Luckily Kim hates flip flops, so let me review these Hari Mari flip flops! They are the most comfortable flip flops I have ever worn! They have a nice padded sole and great arch support as each pair is built with patented memory foam-lined toe pieces, supportive foam arches and soft-squeeze rubber mid-soles to keep feet in constant comfort. The cloth straps feel nice on my feet. Since they are cloth, they do get dirty very easily though. The cloth is white so it does not clean off real well. I … [Read more...]
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Just because you're working out doesn't mean you don't still want to wear cute shoes, but the right shoes for the gym or your favorite outdoor activity require more than just a high score on the cute-o-meter. Active shoes need to offer support, keep your body mechanics safe, fit correctly and be comfortable and durable enough to wear for hours at a time. No matter how well made a shoe is, wearing the right shoe for the right activity is the key to comfort and support. Chaco The Chaco … [Read more...]
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What will be the top shoe trends for AW 2012? Here are our top three picks: 1. Ornate Opulence Next season's fashion is sumptuous and luxurious; imagine velvet dresses, jewels, intricate embroidery and metallic tones. But how can we nail this trend right down to our choice of accessories, without looking OTT? There are two ways to go. Crank up the luxe factor and accessorize an embellished dress with purple suede shoes with suitably regal ruffles. Or choose a pair of knee-high boots in … [Read more...]


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The holidays can be a stressful time for many. But for those who find themselves homeless, or without a job and unable to put food on the table, the holidays can be a time of desperation.
At the Gospel Rescue Mission in South Tucson workers say the number of people seeking help goes up this time of year. In response, the Gospel Rescue Mission closes off the street in front of the shelter each Thanksgiving and sets up tables for a street banquet.
"We're prepared to serve 3,200 this year, last year it was about 2,700, so we know that with the economy and everything else that's going on we're prepared for a little bit more," says Kelly Edwards, who directs the kitchen at the men's shelter.
Edwards says people often think about volunteering or donating to those in need during the holidays, but the less fortunate--and the shelter kitchen--need help year round.
"We're feeding about 12,000 meals a month," Edwards says. In addition, the kitchen has a sack-lunch program for those residents who have jobs, and for other people who come to the shelter seeking food.
"We don't turn anyone away hungry, ever," Edwards says.
Rick Smith has been a resident at the men's shelter for a little over a month, and he works in the kitchen. He says he fell into hard times when he lost his job and got divorced. He has a commercial pilot's license and operated heavy equipment with a construction company for 17 years, but he says he could not seem to pick himself up once he lost his job.
"I started drinking, I started doing drugs –I've been doing that for about the last four years," Smith says. "My life was going downhill fast. I was losing everything; I was losing my apartment, losing my car."
Smith says he texted his brother one night and with his help ended up at the shelter the next morning. Scott Munro, a pastor and director of development and expansion at the Gospel Rescue Mission, says Smith represents what he calls the "economically homeless."
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The Book of Eli
Movie Review
The Book of Eli
by Eric D. Snider
Grade: B
Released: January 15, 2010
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As usual with apocalypses, the one in "The Book of Eli" left America covered in soot, grime, dust, and ash. We know little about what happened, only that it was 30 years ago and the survivors call it "the flash." Actually, probably The Flash. Kind of a big deal, The Flash was.
One of the few human survivors, and indeed the only human we see for the first 10 minutes of the movie, is played by Denzel Washington, whose name we surmise is probably Eli. People he encounters call him a "walker," because rather than settle in one of the villages, he keeps traveling on foot across the country. He's headed West, on a mission of some kind. He holds as his prize possession a thick book with a gold cross on the cover, which we surmise is probably a Bible.
The importance of this book is one of several things that makes the film different from your standard post-apocalyptic drama (including "The Road," which came out less than two months ago). Written by newcomer Gary Whitta and directed with graphic-novel-like flair by twin brothers Albert and Allen Hughes ("Menace II Society") -- their first film since 2001's "From Hell" -- it has the bleak, desaturated look that these things always have, and not an abundance of new ideas. But the new ideas it does have are thought-provoking and surprising, enough to make the film worth considering.
It is quickly established that, despite the threat of highwaymen, looters, and cannibals, Eli can take care of himself on the road. A hardy survivalist, he's learned that if you roast a cat for food, the oil that drips out of it can be used as lip balm, a hint I'm fairly certain Martha Stewart never mentioned. And while he isn't much to look at, Eli can hold his own in a fight, wielding a machete like a pro.
He stops in what looks like an Old West settlement, though it probably used to be a major boulevard in Phoenix or something. (A faded "J Crew" sign is barely visible above one of the storefronts.) Here people can trade what they have for what they need: moist towelettes, cigarette lighters, et cetera, in exchange for drinking water or food. Things are civilized here, more or less -- again, the Old West is invoked -- and run by a man named Carnegie (Gary Oldman), who operates a saloon/hotel/brothel and employs many henchmen and lackeys. The bulk of all the world's reading material having been extinguished 30 years ago, Carnegie is one of the few literate men in this society, and he's been searching for a particular book that he believes will help him gain even more power. What are the odds it's the same book Eli has??
Solara (Mila Kunis), a young woman in Carnegie's employ, befriends Eli for the purpose of learning more about him, and is curious about the book. Her mother, Claudia (Jennifer Beals), also somehow beholden to Carnegie, is blind. Blindness is common here, evidently because of The Flash. Outdoors, everyone wears sunglasses or goggles, and the sky is always white. This method of cinematography is frustrating in the beginning, when people appear almost as silhouettes against the bright background, but it's toned down as the film goes on.
The story amounts to a showdown between Eli and Carnegie, one believing he's on a mission from God, the other with more selfish motives. What I find interesting is the idea of spiritual faith being as powerful as it is to Eli. He comes across like an Old Testament prophet, willing to do whatever it takes to complete his mission, and unwavering in his dedication to it. These are not common attributes in movie heroes, so it's intriguing to see these matters handled in what you wouldn't peg as a "religious" film.
Washington's performance is solid, as usual, though it's far from the most demanding role he's ever played. Gary Oldman's menacing Carnegie is suitably hammy, and Tom Waits shows up as an amusingly paranoid shopkeeper. Mila Kunis and Jennifer Beals, representing the fairer sex, try to rise above the cliche that women are only victims, but it must be said that women do not fare very well in this society. Still, Solara and Claudia are each given their moments of strength.
The revelations and twists in the story's finale, clever and satisfying though they are at the time, don't stand up to much scrutiny: I doubt this is a movie that people will watch over and over again. But it's shot with style, and the story has enough thrills and dark humor to justify one two-hour trip into the desolate future.
Grade: B
Rated R, a lot of brutal violence, some harsh profanity
1 hr., 58 min.
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Cardboard Testimonials
First, a quick health update. I got a new gyno who was willing to do an ultrasound of my ovaries, and she found...nothing. I felt like a hypochondriac, but I really had extreme cramping. Not lately though, thankfully. The new gyno talked with me about my general health and when she found out about my migraines and other issues she started naming off all these ideas (acupuncture? chiropractor? etc.) and I'd tried most of them with no relief. Every time I see a new doctor it's like that. If I was a doctor, I'd be like that too; they're wired to fix people and I appreciated her concern and willingness to give advice. My migraines took a turn for the worse for a while, which I am convinced is from some cranberry pomegranate juice that had grape juice in it - I'm almost certain grape juice is a trigger for me so I'm going to start avoiding it. The last few days though, my head has been great. Is is the 5-HTP, or something else that I'll discuss in my next post? I think you all will enjoy my next post; I'll try to get it up as soon as I can. :)
So, wondering about the title of this post? Lots of churches have been doing what's called Cardboard Testimonials, and when my church decided to do them, I was asked to participate. Check out the video below; you'll know which one is mine. This is one of the hardest things I've ever done. It was for a combined service so there were maybe 400 or more people in the congregation, and reading other peoples' testimonials before going on stage was so touching that I started to lose it, as most people in the church did. I don't like being up in front of people so I was hoping the intimidation would distract me and I wouldn't cry, but obviously that wasn't the case. But, I'm glad that I could share my story and represent all of you struggling with pain. And I meant what I wrote; God hasn't healed me, but he really does give me strength, every single day. Here's the video:
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- Parin Stormlaughter said...
So moving!
Without God, I wouldn't still be on this earth. You bet He gives daily strength.
And YAY whatever it is that's helping!
- November 20, 2011 at 10:33 PM
- Jamie said...
Amen! Thank you so much for sharing.
- November 21, 2011 at 12:33 AM
- mikbackwards said...
Thank you for again making me remember that I am not alone.
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- December 3, 2011 at 2:08 AM
- Molly said...
Grape juice... I hadn't heard of that as food trigger before. Probably some chemical sprayed on them in g. Enjoy your blog posts. I've started doing the same at www.manageyourmigraines.com Have you tried avoiding gelatin and malt? These were the "last" of the discoveries for me that since avoiding has cut down the number of migraines I get immensely. Although I am still discovering... good luck!
- December 6, 2011 at 3:56 PM
- Heather said...
Molly - I don't think grape juice makes the standard list of migraine triggers, but I guess it's my own personal one. Either that or there have been lots of coincidences. Either way, I'm going to avoid it except for communion at church - my church uses the dipping method so I don't think the quantity is enough to matter.
I hadn't tried avoiding gelatin or malt, but I did try eating nothing but rice a while back and then added foods gradually, and I had headaches the whole time (so nothing changed). I'm glad you're making discoveries that are helping! I may have to do a stricter diet at some point. It's so much work, as you know, but worth it if you get results!
- December 7, 2011 at 1:49 PM
Dear Heather,
I want to inform you of a great way to get rid of headaches that you and the world of headache sufferers should know about.
I used to sell Q-ray "ionized bracelets" part time for ten years. They so dramatically changed my life and lessened or got rid altogether of various muscle and sore joint pains/symptoms in dozens of family and friends that I demonstrated the bracelet on,I became intrigued by how they worked. I eventually, through much research, put two and two together and figured it out.
"Ionized bracelets" have worked every single time over a ten year period, to relieve headaches (except twice), on dozens and dozens of people who I ran into over the years and were suffering 'at the time' from headaches, some minor, many major.
Ran into one guy who had had a migraine for four strait days, another for two strait days and they put the bracelet directly on their forehead. Within two minutes the headaches were gone.
I've had many customers who have never suffered headaches again after wearing an "ionized bracelet" constantly on their proper wrist.
The medical community doesn't want to hear about it (afraid of the competition I guess.) It seems everybody is on "big pharma's payroll and they don't want non chemical solutions or sadly, even to find a cure. I mean if they really did find a cure for most headaches they'd be out of business.
You should tell your audience about "ionized bracelets." They come with a 30 day money back guarantee and their success rate is 95% without taking medicines or pills.
I put together a video a few years ago that is still available on U-tube that explains how and why Ionized bracelets work. It's all very logical and makes complete sense, yet "static electricity" in the brain is NEVER mentioned in any of the literature on the web regarding headaches.
When something is "static" that word means that it "doesn't move." Static electricity in the brain,is therefore causing blockages in the brains electrical system and blockages in the body of any kind (including electricity) cause pain, fatigue and weakness as anyone knows who has held their breath for too long, hada muscle cramp or a "headache." It's like a car blocking the road, everything get's backed up.
Anyway, please go to
and watch my video with the complete explanation of how ionized bracelets work.If you like,get my contact information from the video. The bracelets have an overall success rate for muscle and joint pain relief of 95% (even better for headaches).I will restart selling the bracelets if there is a demand. To order one. Just need your wrist size in inches, your Visa or MC number and a mailing address.
Heather, you could help a lot of your audience out by telling them about "ionized bracelets." I don't even care of they buy one from me,lots of places they are available.I am selling them at a great discounted price as I only have a few left but I can order more.
Thanks for your consideration.
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- December 12, 2011 at 10:24 PM
- Amy said...
Thank you for sharing this! God has given me so much strength. There have been too many days of pain for me to count and He has pulled me through. I know I don't have that strength on my own, and certainly not the hope to continue searching for my cure. :)
- December 14, 2011 at 6:32 PM
- santa barbara chiropractor - dr.zemella said...
People around the world continue to turn to chiropractic care for headache problems. It was estimated in 1995 by the National Institutes of Health that already about 48 million people in the USA used chiropractic treatment, and the numbers around the world are growing. A recent trial done for a PHD thesis at Macquarie University, showed that 60% of migraine sufferers had a reduction in their symptoms during the course of the treatment. They reviewed headache chiropractor and other chiropractic services since 1923, and found a success rate between 72% and 90%. The benefits at times seemed to last for years after the treatments.
Chiropractic services seem to be most successful in the treatment of back problems, headache and migraine. In a study published in 1995 that related to tension headache, in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. It found that headache chiropractor care did provide some benefits.
Chiropractic services deals with subluxations (misalignments of vertebrae causing nerve irritation) anywhere along the spinal column, not just in the lower back. Sometimes the vertebrae of the spine become misaligned or lose their range of motion for one reason or another. This misalignment puts pressure on nerves leading to and from the brain. A chiropractor helps put them back in place by using gentle and highly skilled adjustments.
Going to a headache chiropractor services is a safe and effective way to treat headaches or migraines without drugs. The idea behind chiropractic is not that the condition itself is treated, but that the body is able to heal itself. Some people have dramatic results, and become completely headache free. Some migraine sufferers find complete relief. Others find relief simply from some symptoms or after effects of the migraine attack. The best thing to do is find a chiropractor that you're comfortable with, and track the results of the treatment over time.
There are three things to remember when considering headache chiropractor treatment. First, always talk to your doctor and let her know what you're doing. You especially need to see your doctor if you're having new symptoms. Second, choose your chiropractor carefully. Third, remember that headache chiropractor treatment is not a treatment of conditions. It helps the body heal itself. That means that chiropractic care often goes along with other treatments and general healthy living.
- January 1, 2012 at 12:29 AM