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Who Flung Poo, you have a GREEN LIGHT on Operation Monkey Drop. I repeat, you have a GREEN LIGHT on Operation Monkey Drop. Good luck Who Flung Poo......and good hunting.
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With that said, we start with BBK, aka: Bangkok.
We arrived by train as those of you following know by now. The train was fun, blah blah blah...you've heard that as well. So anyway, we managed to track down my old stomping ground and base of operations from my last trip to BBK. To my great pleasure the place, Mama's Apple 2 Guest House is still open and doing a brisk business. The key is finding the place. It's down a back alley and if you don't know about the place, you don't stay there. The only drawback this time was that it seems the secret gout into the wrong hands and the place was infested with the French. No offense to you Frenchies out there on this list, and you know who you are. If you're on this list, you can take a joke...
Anyway, for those of you who remember Mama, she is doing well and so is Papa. The place has not changed in 6 years and I doubt if it ever will. Many of Mama's 'children' have grown and are now helping with the hostel. They've even opened a new branch outside of BBK.
TUK TUK, symbol of Thailand
We spent our time sweating, relaxing, sweating, eating much good & cheap Thai food (Mmmmm, Phad Thai tastes even better at 20 Bht which equals roughly $.75US), sweating, risking life and limb while traveling in Tuk Tuks, and seeing the sites and Trust me, by the time we leave BBK you will be sick to death of seeing Temples. Why, wonder of wonders, we even managed to get in a little shopping. Christmas is coming and we mean to be prepared. Who wants a Prada or Gucci bag? Hermies anyone? Get your orders in now folks, Rachel is on a ROLL!
OK, this update is going to end on a short note as while I am trying to catch up I'm busy loading all the new and wonderful pics we've taken since our 'visitor' arrived so bear with me. It's all on the way. Who knows who might pop up in the next update so roll up your pants (or Capri Pants in Howard's case) cause it's going to get messy from here!
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Week 4 of Girls on the Run
This week we discussed body image and what it means to be comfortable in your own skin. The girls partnered up to trace the outline of their bodies and then wrote some positive examples of what they thought of themselves in the inside. They each presented three and I loved the repeated words of beautiful, funny, crazy, cheerful, smart, awesome, happy, and faithful.
Sitting around the circle, we talked a little about heredity and why everyone is different. One third-grader made a great comment that we would all be like robots if we all looked and acted alike. Another girl raised her hand to state, "I have a ton of hair and my dad has none. So I must have got that from my mom."
Next week is Spring Break but the girls were left with the question of what makes our Girls on the Run beautiful?
What makes you beautiful?

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MBA in Marketing and SalesDLP India Edutech Private Limited
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Semester I you can find 5 subjects which is 1.Management Functions & Behavior, 2.Economics for Managers, 3.Information Technology for Managers, 4.Quantitative Techniques in Management, 5.Accounting for Managers in Semester II you can also find 5 subjects which is 1. Human Resource Management, 2. Marketing Management, 3.Financial Management, 4.Legal Aspects of Business, 5.Research Methodology. Semester III you can find 4 subjects which is 1. Business Policy & Strategic Management, 2. Consumer Behavior, 3.Distribution & Logistics Management, 4. Product & Brand Management in Semester IV you can find 5 subjects which is 1. Total Quality Management, 2.Advertising & Sales Management, 3.Marketing of Services, 4. Customer Relationship Management, 5. Project Work. We deliver our courses with an online methodology in order to adapt ourselves to busy and profesional lifestyles. Combine your profesional life, your work, your personal time with this distance-learning course. If you have any doubts, do not hesítate to ask for more information through Emagister's website.
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Mississippi State at South Carolina Postgame Quotes
South Carolina Head Coach Dawn Staley
On the lane violation late in the game and the length of time it took to foul on the next possession
On trying to learn from this loss versus just putting it behind you
On the offense stagnating in the second half
We are getting the ball to the right people, but they just have to convert like they have been doing. We aren't asking people to do what they haven't done. we are just asking them to do what they have done all season long. With that, we still put ourselves in the position to win. I'm mad at how we lost, but I know exactly how and why we lost the basketball game, so that is number one. For me I'd rather get blown out than come this close and know the reasons why we lost the game.
Sophomore guard La'Keisha Sutton
On what the plan was with 20 seconds to go
Sophomore forward Charenee Stephens
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If patients require treatment with AGENERASE Oral Solution (amprenavir oral solution) , they should be monitored closely for propylene glycol-associated adverse events, including seizures, stupor, tachycardia, hyperosmolality, lactic acidosis, renal toxicity, and hemolysis. Patients should be switched from AGENERASE Oral Solution (amprenavir oral solution) to AGENERASE Capsules as soon as they are able to take the capsule formulation.
Concurrent use of AGENERASE Oral Solution (amprenavir oral solution) and NORVIR (ritonavir) Oral Solution is not recommended because the large amount of propylene glycol in AGENERASE Oral Solution and ethanol in NORVIR Oral Solution may compete for the same metabolic pathway for elimination.
Use of alcoholic beverages is not recommended in patients treated with AGENERASE Oral Solution.
Serious and/or life-threatening drug interactions could occur between amprenavir and amiodarone, lidocaine (systemic), tricyclic antidepressants, and quinidine. Concentration monitoring of these agents is recommended if these agents are used concomitantly with AGENERASE (see CONTRAINDICATIONS).
Rifampin should not be used in combination with amprenavir because it reduces plasma concentrations and AUC of amprenavir by about 90%.
A drug interaction study in healthy subjects has shown that ritonavir significantly increases plasma fluticasone propionate exposures, resulting in significantly decreased serum cortisol concentrations. Concomitant use of AGENERASE with ritonavir and fluticasone propionate is expected to produce the same effects. Systemic corticosteroid effects including Cushing's syndrome and adrenal suppression have been reported during postmarketing use in patients receiving ritonavir and inhaled or intranasally administered fluticasone propionate. Therefore, coadministration of fluticasone propionate and AGENERASE/ritonavir is not recommended unless the potential benefit to the patient outweighs the risk of systemic corticosteroid side effects (see PRECAUTIONS: DRUG INTERACTIONS).
Concomitant use of AGENERASE and St. John's wort (hypericum perforatum) or products containing St. John's wort is not recommended. Coadministration of protease inhibitors, including AGENERASE, with St. John's wort is expected to substantially decrease protease inhibitor concentrations and may result in suboptimal levels of amprenavir and lead to loss of virologic response and possible resistance to AGENERASE or to the class of protease inhibitors.
Concomitant use of AGENERASE with lovastatin or simvastatin is not recommended. Caution should be exercised if HIV protease inhibitors, including AGENERASE, are used concurrently with other HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors that are also metabolized by the CYP3A4 pathway (e.g., atorvastatin). The risk of myopathy, including rhabdomyolysis, may be increased when HIV protease inhibitors, including amprenavir, are used in combination with these drugs.
Particular caution should be used when prescribing sildenafil in patients receiving amprenavir. Coadministration of AGENERASE with sildenafil is expected to substantially increase sildenafil concentrations and may result in an increase in sildenafil-associated adverse events, including hypotension, visual changes, and priapism (see PRECAUTIONS: DRUG INTERACTIONS and INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS, and the complete prescribing information for sildenafil).
Severe and life-threatening skin reactions, including Stevens -Johnson syndrome, have occurred in patients treated with AGENERASE (see ADVERSE REACTIONS).
Acute hemolytic anemia has been reported in a patient treated with AGENERASE.
New onset diabetes mellitus, exacerbation of pre-existing diabetes mellitus, and hyperglycemia have been reported during post- marketing surveillance in HIV- infected patients receiving protease inhibitor therapy. Some patients required either initiation or dose adjustments of insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents for treatment of these events. In some cases, diabetic ketoacidosis has occurred. In those patients who discontinued protease inhibitor therapy, hyperglycemia persisted in some cases. Because these events have been reported voluntarily during clinical practice, estimates of frequency cannot be made and causal relationships between protease inhibitor therapy and these events have not been established.
General: AGENERASE Capsules and AGENERASE Oral Solution (amprenavir oral solution) are not interchangeable on a milligram-per-milligram basis(see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY: Pediatric Patients and CONTRAINDICATIONS).
Amprenavir is a sulfonamide. The potential for cross-sensitivity between drugs in the sulfonamide class and amprenavir is unknown. AGENERASE should be used with caution in patients with a known sulfonamide allergy.
AGENERASE is principally metabolized by the liver. AGENERASE, when used alone and in combination with low-dose ritonavir, has been associated with elevations of SGOT (AST) and SGPT (ALT) in some patients. Caution should be exercised when administering AGENERASE to patients with hepatic impairment (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION). Appropriate laboratory testing should be conducted prior to initiating therapy with AGENERASE and at periodic intervals during treatment.
Formulations of AGENERASE provide high daily doses of vitamin E (see INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS, DESCRIPTION, and DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION). The effects of long-term, high-dose vitamin E administration in humans is not well characterized and has not been specifically studied in HIV- infected individuals. High vitamin E doses may exacerbate the blood coagulation defect of vitamin K deficiency caused by anticoagulant therapy or malabsorption.
Patients with Hemophilia: There have been reports of spontaneous bleeding in patients with hemophilia A and B treated with protease inhibitors. In some patients, additional factor VIII was required. In many of the reported cases, treatment with protease inhibitors was continued or restarted. A causal relationship between protease inhibitor therapy and these episodes has not been established.
Immune Reconstitution Syndrome: Immune reconstitution syndrome has been reported in patients treated with combination antiretroviral therapy, including AGENERASE. During the initial phase of combination antiretroviral treatment, patients whose immune system responds may develop an inflammatory response to indolent or residual opportunistic infections (such as Mycobacterium avium infection, cytomegalovirus, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia [PCP], or tuberculosis), which may necessitate further evaluation and treatment.
Fat Redistribution: Redistribution/accumulation of body fat, including central obesity, dorsocervical fat enlargement (buffalo hump), peripheral wasting, facial wasting, breast enlargement, and "cushingoid appearance," have been observed in patients receiving antiretroviral therapy. The mechanism and long-term consequences of these events are currently unknown. A causal relationship has not been established.
Lipid Elevations: Treatment with AGENERASE alone or in combination with ritonavir capsules has resulted in increases in the concentration of total cholesterol and triglycerides. Triglyceride and cholesterol testing should be performed prior to initiation of therapy with AGENERASE and at periodic intervals during treatment. Lipid disorders should be managed as clinically appropriate. See PRECAUTIONS Table 8: Established and Other Potentially Significant Drug Interactions for additional information on potential drug interactions with AGENERASE and HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors.
Resistance/Cross-Resistance: Because the potential for HIV cross-resistance among protease inhibitors has not been fully explored, it is unknown what effect amprenavir therapy will have on the activity of subsequently administered protease inhibitors. It is also unknown what effect previous treatment with other protease inhibitors will have on the activity of amprenavir (see MICROBIOLOGY).
Information for Patients: A statement to patients and healthcare providers is included on the product's bottle label: ALERT: Find out about medicines that should NOT be taken with AGENERASE. A Patient Package Insert (PPI) for AGENERASE Oral Solution (amprenavir oral solution) is available for patient information.
AGENERASE Oral Solution (amprenavir oral solution) is contraindicated in infants and children below the age of 4 years, pregnant women, patients with hepatic or renal failure, and patients treated with disulfiram or metronidazole. AGENERASE Oral Solution (amprenavir oral solution) should be used only when AGENERASE Capsules or other protease inhibitor formulations are not therapeutic options.
Patients treated with AGENERASE Capsules should be cautioned against switching to AGENERASE Oral Solution (amprenavir oral solution) because of the increased risk of adverse events from the large amount of propylene glycol in AGENERASE Oral Solution (amprenavir oral solution) .
Women, Asians, Eskimos, or Native Americans, as well as patients who have hepatic or renal insufficiency, should be informed that they may be at increased risk of adverse events from the large amount of propylene glycol in AGENERASE Oral Solution.
Patients should be informed that AGENERASE is not a cure for HIV infection and that they may continue to develop opportunistic infections and other complications associated with HIV disease. The long-term effects of AGENERASE (amprenavir) are unknown at this time. Patients should be told that there are currently no data demonstrating that therapy with AGENERASE can reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to others through sexual contact.
Patients should remain under the care of a physician while using AGENERASE. Patients should be advised to take AGENERASE every day as prescribed. AGENERASE must always be used in combination with other antiretroviral drugs. Patients should not alter the dose or discontinue therapy without consulting their physician. If a dose is missed, patients should take the dose as soon as possible and then return to their normal schedule. However, if a dose is skipped, the patient should not double the next dose.
Patients should inform their doctor if they have a sulfa allergy. The potential for cross-sensitivity between drugs in the sulfonamide class and amprenavir is unknown.
AGENERASE may interact with many drugs; therefore, patients should be advised to report to their doctor the use of any other prescription or nonprescription medication or herbal products, particularly St. John's wort.
Patients taking antacids (or the buffered formulation of didanosine) should take AGENERASE at least 1 hour before or after antacid (or the buffered formulation of didanosine) use.
Patients should be advised that drinking alcoholic beverages is not recommended while taking AGENERASE Oral Solution (amprenavir oral solution) .
Patients receiving sildenafil should be advised that they may be at an increased risk of sildenafil-associated adverse events including hypotension, visual changes, and priapism, and should promptly report any symptoms to their doctor.
Patients taking AGENERASE should be instructed not to use hormonal contraceptives because some birth control pills (those containing ethinyl estradiol/norethindrone) have been found to decrease the concentration of amprenavir. Therefore, patients receiving hormonal contraceptives should be instructed to use alternate contraceptive measures during therapy with AGENERASE.
High- fat meals may decrease the absorption of AGENERASE and should be avoided. AGENERASE may be taken with meals of normal fat content.
Patients should be informed that redistribution or accumulation of body fat may occur in patients receiving antiretroviral therapy and that the cause and long-term health effects of these conditions are not known at this time.
Adult and pediatric patients should be advised not to take supplemental vitamin E since the vitamin E content of AGENERASE exceeds the Reference Daily Intake (adults 30 IU, pediatrics approximately 10 IU).
Laboratory Tests: The combination of AGENERASE and low-dose ritonavir has been associated with elevations of cholesterol and triglycerides, SGOT (AST), and SGPT (ALT) in some patients. Appropriate laboratory testing should be considered prior to initiating combination therapy with AGENERASE and ritonavir capsules and at periodic intervals or if any clinical signs or symptoms of hyperlipidemia or elevated liver function tests occur during therapy. For comprehensive information concerning laboratory test alterations associated with ritonavir, physicians should refer to the complete prescribing information for NORVIR (ritonavir).
Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis: Amprenavir was evaluated for carcinogenic potential by oral gavage administration to mice and rats for up to 104 weeks. Daily doses of 50, 275 to 300, and 500 to 600 mg/kg/day were administered to mice and doses of 50, 190, and 750 mg/kg/day were administered to rats. Results showed an increase in the incidence of benign hepatocellular adenomas and an increase in the combined incidence of hepatocellular adenomas plus carcinoma in males of both species at the highest doses tested. Female mice and rats were not affected. These observations were made at systemic exposures equivalent to approximately 2 times (mice) and 4 times (rats) the human exposure (based on AUC0-24 hr measurement) at the recommended dose of 1,200 mg twice daily. Administration of amprenavir did not cause a statistically significant increase in the incidence of any other benign or malignant neoplasm in mice or rats. It is not known how predictive the results of rodent carcinogenicity studies may be for humans. However, amprenavir was not mutagenic or genotoxic in a battery of in vitro and in vivo assays including bacterial reverse mutation (Ames), mouse lymphoma, rat micronucleus, and chromosome aberrations in human lymphocytes.
Fertility: The effects of amprenavir on fertility and general reproductive performance were investigated in male rats (treated for 28 days before mating at doses producing up to twice the expected clinical exposure based on AUC comparisons) and female rats (treated for 15 days before mating through day 17 of gestation at doses producing up to 2 times the expected clinical exposure). Amprenavir did not impair mating or fertility of male or female rats and did not affect the development and maturation of sperm from treated rats. The reproductive performance of the F1 generation born to female rats given amprenavir was not different from control animals.
Pregnancy and Reproduction: AGENERASE Oral Solution (amprenavir oral solution) is contraindicated during pregnancy due to the potential risk of toxicity to the fetus from the high propylene glycol content. Therefore, if AGENERASE is used in pregnant women, the AGEN ERASE Capsules formulation should be used (see complete prescribing information for AGENERASE Capsules).
Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry: To monitor maternal- fetal outcomes of pregnant women exposed to AGENERASE, an Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry has been established. Physicians are encouraged to register patients by calling 1-800-258-4263.
Nursing Mothers: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that HIV-infected mothers not breastfeed their infants to avoid risking postnatal transmission of HIV. Although it is not known if amprenavir is excreted in human milk, amprenavir is secreted into the milk of lactating rats. Because of both the potential for HIV transmission and the potential for serious adverse reactions in nursing infants, mothers should be instructed not to breastfeed if they are receiving AGENERASE.
Pediatric Use: AGENERASE Oral Solution (amprenavir oral solution) is contraindicated in infants and children below the age of 4 years due to the potential risk of toxicity from the excipient, propylene glycol (see CONTRAINDICATIONS and WARNINGS). Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), which metabolizes propylene glycol, is present in the human fetal liver at 2 months of gestational age, but at only 3% of adult activity. Although the data are limited, it appears tha t by 12 to 30 months of postnatal age, ADH activity is equal to or greater than that observed in adults.
Two hundred fifty-one patients aged 4 and above have received amprenavir as single or multiple doses in studies. An adverse event profile similar to that seen in adults was seen in pediatric patients.
Concurrent use of AGENERASE Oral Solution (amprenavir oral solution) and NORVIR (ritonavir) Oral Solution is not recommended because the large amount of propylene glycol in AGENERASE Oral Solution and ethanol in NORVIR Oral Solution may compete for the same metabolic pathway for elimination. This combination has not been studied in pediatric patients.
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TOM Cruise and Nicole Kidman's daughter Isabella Cruise has chopped off her locks in favour of a bright red buzz cut.
Isabella, who has previously dyed her pixie look blue, lilac and platinum blonde, showed off her stark new hairstyle on a trip to Disney World with DJ brother Connor Cruise.
Posting an Instagram photo of the pair enjoying a rollercoaster with pals, Connor wrote: "Safe to say Disney World was a blast."
The trip was to celebrate Isabella's 21st birthday on December 24.
"Wow. My sister turns 21 tomorrow. That's crazy haha! I feel like yesterday I was 8 and she was 10. Love her," Connor wrote on Twitter.
Isabella's new look comes after she moved to London to study art earlier this year, and "fell in love with Europe," US Weekly reported.
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pass Door
Seats (grey leather, need cleaned and drivers seat has stitching failure)
Brake components
ABS module
ECU (chipped SL code)
Fuel tank, sending unit and pump
1/4 glass
1/4 panels
Sunroof glass and track
Heater core/box/ac evap core
rear door cards
Wiring harness
Chassis with clean title but it has been wrecked. Have title in hand.
Best offer on everything, I just need it gone.
Engine, trans, fenders all gone


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Frozen Food in India industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2010-14, and forecast to 2019). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the India frozen food market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.
*The frozen food market consists of the retail sale of frozen fish/seafood, meat products, potato products, pizza, ready meals and bakery products. The "other" segment includes the sale of frozen vegetables, fruit and desserts. The market is valued according to the retail selling price (RSP) and includes all applicable taxes. Any currency conversions used in the creation have been calculated using 2014 constant annual average exchange rates.
*The Indian frozen food market had total revenues of $335.2m in 2014, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14% between 2010 and 2014.
*Market consumption volume increased with a CAGR of 12.3% between 2010-2014, to reach a total of 128.8 million kilograms in 2014.
*The Asia-Pacific region is expected to produce the most growth as consumers in the region demand seasonal produce year round and become more accepting of frozen products in the home.
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"Suuuuunnnnnsshhhhhhiiiiiiinnnnnneeeeeee!" Bree sang. As the sun shone down on her stronger, Bree's face lit up with a gorgeous smile. The grass poked her through her yellow t-shirt, as she fell back on the ground. Staring straight into the open sky, she opened her mouth. The words that came out were entrancing, so clear, soft, and woven with love.
"Oh sun, rain down on mee-ee, show the world your bea-uty!" she started, her clear and high voice cutting through the silence. As if on cue, the sun bared down even harder, trapping Bree in a globe of light and fire. Suddenly, little balls of fire began hitting her clothes. Screaming, and eyes burning, she batted them away. Jumping to her feet, Bree dove into the nearest thing, a bush. "What is hapenning? Stooop!" Bree cried. Her long black hair fell around her face, and Bree felt the warmth evaporate.
Opening her large, blue eyes, Bree stared at the sun. It was no longer baring down, and she felt a chill creep past her skin. Sighing, she ignored her nerves, and instinct, she just sat there. To calm herself down, she sang whatever first came to mind."It's frighting. The monster of the blue. It's coming, to haunt you! Da da diddle do!" Even singing such thoughtless words, Bree's voice was amazing. Suddenly, her mother screamed. Bree jumped to her feet. "Mom? Hang on, I'm coming!" Bree yelled. her sneakers pounded the soft dirt, as she dashed to the clothes line. Her mom had a sheet wrapped around her, after all, she had been hanging up the wet laundry.
"What hapenned mom?" Bree asked quietly, then approached Ann. Grabbing the corner of the green sheet, she yanked it off her mother. Shaking, her mother, who's name is Ann, grabbed Bree and shook her shoulders insanely. She let out a hysterical laugh, and sobbed.
"I saw a blue monster, my dear, the world has come to get me! They want me to die," her mother sobbed. Ann's brown, mid-length hair had been braided into pony-tails across her back, and her large, wide blue eyes were full of fear. She had on a short, summer green dress, with large stripes going down the side. Mom wore useless green sandles, which she stomped on the crunchy, dark green grass. Brown bangs fell onto her face, and in the state of shock, Ann ignored them.
"Mom, come on, let's get you inside. Want a nice, sweet cup of tea?" Bree asked, leading her mother to the kitchen's open doors. Bree's feet skudded the metal bar, as she pulled her mother through the opening, and stared at her reflection in the glass doors. "Moo-ootheer, you will be oka-ay. Come and sleep awa-ay, forget the hard daaa-aaa-aay!" Bree sang softly, to relax her insane mother. Her Mom's eyes snapped open, and Ann walked robot-like to the couch. With a sigh, she collapsed, her eyes snapped shut. When the blue eyes disapeared, Bree wandered over, confused; only to find that her mother was breathing steadily, fast asleep. For a minute, Bree watched the rise anf fall of her mother's side. Bree sighed deeply, and began to sing once more, in that beautiful and magical voice of hers.
"Over the rainbow, where skies are blu-u-u-ue-e. Where the people are nice, friends are a delight, and everyone loves yo-o-o-ou-u. Come with meeeee, over the rainboooooow, where skies are bluuuueeee! Ohhh-oh-oh-oooohhhh! Ahh-ooh-ohhh!" Bree's voice echoed all over the house, and made her spirit soar. Smiling, the words stung sharply in her memory, and she began to hum the toon. Sighing, she fell asleep beside her mother, and closed her eyes before she could see the little rainbow above her head.
"Honey? What am I doing here?" asked Bree's mom the next morning as her eyes fluttered open. Bree jumped awake from her slumber. Wiping her eyes, she peered at her mom.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. You spazzed out, and passed out out on the couch..." Bree said, followed by a yawn.
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P2i demonstrated for us its latest technology during MWC, which allowed a Samsung Galaxy S III to stay submerged for a period of time, and still work perfectly. Instead of dealing with the public like other waterproofing companies do, P2i is paid by the manufacturer to apply the coating during the manufacturing process which protects the model right out of the box.
With a leading 29% of the global handset market, and 33% of the global smartphone market, Samsung has been trying to win over the BYOD niche. This group is made up of corporate employees who are allowed to bring and use their personal smartphone to work. A security suite made by Samsung for this market, called KNOX, has recently been delayed until July, which is when the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active is expected to launch. Many Government workers fall into the BYOD category and offering those who work in war zones a rugged version of the extremely popular phone could help Samsung keep one foot on BlackBerry's throat as the Canadian OEM continues its effort to keep whatever corporate accounts it still has from switching to iOS or Android.
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ABBEVILLE - State police say two Abbeville men accused of killing Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Deputy Allen Bares Jr. last week will face additional charges of armed robbery and obstruction of justice.
Twenty-year-old Quintylan Richard and 19-year-old Baylan Taylor were already facing charges of first-degree murder, unauthorized use of a moveable and burglary in the case.
Bares, a 12-year law enforcement veteran, was killed June 23 when he encountered two men suspected of burglarizing a home near where Bares was cutting grass on his day off.
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Stephanie McMahon & Betty White Backstage At RAW (Photo), More
WWE's Stephanie McMahon recently tweeted some new photos on her official Twitter account. First up is a shot of she and Betty White backstage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the site of tonight's WWE RAW.
Proud to meet @BettyMWhite I'm a huge fan!!! @wwe #RAW pic.twitter.com/VeVzBZFa4i
— Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) February 10, 2014
Next is a shot of she and Angela, a fan who started a Be A STAR alliance chapter at James Madison Middle School:
It was an honor meeting Angela, a superstar, who started a @beaSTARalliance chapter at James Madison Middle School. pic.twitter.com/S9pW2yHVbc
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As hellholes go, there are few worse places in America than the Orleans Parish Prison.
New Orleans' teeming city jail first hit the radar of most Americans following Hurricane Katrina, when thousands of inmates were abandoned for days in flooded cells without food, water, ventilation, or electricity—some of them "standing in sewage-tainted water up to their chests," according to the ACLU. But OPP's problems did not begin with Katrina, nor end in the storm's wake, when prisoners were shipped back to the jail's surviving buildings.
This week, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a federal class-action lawsuit on behalf of OPP's inmates. The 38-page complaint—which names as defendants Sheriff Marlin Gusman, along with the jail's wardens and medical directors—describes a facility where prisoners "are at imminent risk of serious harm." About 44 percent of the inmates are there awaiting trial, and haven't been convicted of the crimes they were charged with. But pretrial detention at OPP, the suit contends, is in itself a brutal punishment that can expose people to physical and sexual abuse, and even death.
"Rapes, sexual assaults, and beatings are commonplace," the lawsuit states. "Violence regularly occurs at the hands of sheriffs' deputies, as well as other prisoners...People living with serious mental illnesses languish without treatment, left vulnerable to physical and sexual abuse. These conditions have created a public safety crisis that affects the entire city."
"It's just complete lawlessness in there," Katie Schwartzmann, the SPLC attorney representing the prisoners, told us in an interview. "The place is full of knives. There are tons of assaults, beatings."
"Look at their hospital transport list," she continues. "For the month of February alone, they had 23 emergency room transports for lacerations, fractures—and that's just the stuff they had to send people to the hospital for. That doesn't even count the stuff they have to handle at their infirmary."
Stints at OPP are particularly horrendous for inmates with mental illness, whom the SPLC believes make up as much as two-thirds of the jail's population—their condition often goes undetected. "There's not even a classification system," says Schwartzmann, "so people who have disabilities that make them vulnerable have a really hard time of it."
When inmates are booked into OPP, the lawsuit notes, prison officials suspend their medications for 30 days and sometimes longer: "Unsurprisingly, this practice causes some individuals to experience suicidal ideation." When this happens, "suicidal prisoners with mental health needs are transferred to a direct observation cell, in which they are held almost naked for days."
Schwartzmann cites one inmate, William Goetzee, who tried to snatch a security officer's gun outside a courthouse, professing that he wanted to kill himself. "They bring him to OPP," she says. "He attempted to hang himself. They cut him down and two days later he killed himself by eating toilet paper. He ate enough toilet paper that he asphyxiated. Tell me if that's not deliberate indifference!"
Inmates deemed mentally ill but not suicidal "are transferred to the psychiatric tiers—where they are locked down in their cells for 23 hours a day and deprived of mental health interventions," notes the complaint. "People living there are not allowed to go outside or visit with their families. Overhead lights are on 24 hours per day, and the tier contains actively psychotic people living on the ground in overcrowded cells. Deputies do not walk the tiers. Rape is rampant."
Prisoners seeking mental health services, the suit continues, "are discouraged from seeking necessary care" not only by the strict lockdown but also because they are charged a copayment for submitting the request.
Josh Hobson, a former OPP inmate and witness in the SPLC suit, contacted a local paper alleging abusive conditions at the jail. When the guards found out he was talking, they beat him brutally, he claimed, warning, "'This will teach you to talk to people'" and "'What goes on in here stays in here.'"
The problems at OPP are hardly news to the local or federal governments. Just last week, the US Marshals Service, which was paying Orleans Parish to house some federal prisoners, announced that it had pulled them from the jail due to "concerns about conditions and safety."
For decades, OPP operated under a federal consent decree. In 2009, the Department of Justice investigated the facility and issued what Schwartzmann calls a "scathing report" that deemed conditions at the jail unconstitutional. "They gave the sheriff time to remedy it, but he just hasn't. So now we're three years out and conditions are pretty much the same. Which is why we filed the case."
The SPLC's suit doesn't seek monetary damages. "All we are asking," Schwartzmann says, "is that security policies be changed and mental health policies be changed. Those are the two areas we are targeting."
Since Monday, when the lawsuit was filed, the sheriff's office has been referring requests for comment to a local PR agency, which did not respond to our emails. But the agency did issue a statement saying that "the deputies and staff of the OPSO are working daily to address the care, custody and control of the inmates in our custody," that there is a "zero tolerance policy regarding sexual activity and assault" at Orleans Parish, and that the jail health care system has been "accredited by a national group."
The past, however, may offer some indication of how the sheriff might have responded. After Katrina, when OPP prisoners complained that they had been abandoned and abused, Sheriff Gusman dismissed them as "crackheads, cowards and criminals." At another point, Gusman told reporters: "They're in jail, man. They lie."


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hello all!
i have 3 questions
i am reboulding my 305 yes iknow its not a 350 but i hold my 305
i port/matched the heads .. gegrind the valve seat exhaust are new seats , the valves are regrinded specs are:8 58 cc chamber but milled a little intake is 1.88 exhaust is 1,5 will send a pic from that
the block is a 305 rollerblock but im using a edelbrock performerplus cam kit with flat tapped lifters specs are 194° / 214° .398" / .442", 112°, 107°, 16
im using a performer intake and edelbrock 600cfm or holley 600 sfm double pumper not sure wichone
i will use headers a HEI distributor new wires sparkplugs
the question is how much hp and torque can i aspect
question 2 is before i started the project i did a compression test and each cylinder has 159.5418 is that the same als 11:1 ? and is it normal on a 305 tbi rollerblock?
question 3 i read other topics and they talking about piston to valve clearance wil i get in trouble?
sorry for the bad englihs but im from holland haha :)
Don't use a double pumper Holley for this application.
Static compression will vary by things like cam timing, ambient temp, etc.
With such a mild cam there should be no valve/piston issues.
the engine was stock and cold
maybe 275 hp
check all clearances
600/650 double pumpers are very good carbs
for aggressive street cars
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but how can i chek the clearance? btw the pistons are stock not a stroker kitt can a 305 realy get 270 hp?
and is the 160 psi the same as 11:1 ?
one horse power per cubic inch is normal for well matched pparts
engines are test assembled many times before final assembly
how many test fits do you usually do before your final assembly
hm this is my first engine project and still learning but how about the 11:1
No 160 psi is not 11.1, you need to get all your engine specs and use a compression calculator to figure your compression out. That will come later when all the machine work is done. If it's a basically stock engine rebuild with a cam etc. you may have "around" 8.50 - 9.0 to 1. There are lot of variables involved.... all depends on heads and machine work. ..... and your English is just fine.
so if the engine i ready and al the parts are togheter and i do a compression test then i still dont know anything ? haha btw my underblock is still the same i looked @ my cylinderwalls and with the information i could find i think its good enough ,, i post a pic from it .. thnx
the cyl wals are totally smooth no edges or so
160psi does not indicate 11:1 compression ratio.
I can't give you the formula to figure out the psi result of 11:1 CR, but I can tell you it has allot to do with when the intake valve closes. If you have a long duration cam the psi will be lower than if you have a short duration cam period. An 8.5:1 CR engine with a short duration cam can have as many psi as a 12:1 CR engine with a long duration cam.
You may want to download the CR calculator near the end of this article. Good article by the way. Dynamic CR
Also you might want to grind out that "swirl vane" next to the intake valve guide to give you a little more performance.
Also IMO a double pumper works better with a manual transmission where a vacuum secondary carb works better with an automatic trans.
can you show on a pic what you mean wit swirl vane i smoothed the swirl ramp is that wath you mean?
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Katrina goes Salman way to launch Isabel
Katrina Kaif, will be turning into a producer for the film and alongside will star with Isabel in the film, so as to draw eye balls for her in the film. Katrina has finally learned that a brand family name works wonders in Bollywood. She is all geared up to give an easy platform to her sister to showcase her acting talent.
Reportedly, Katrina has been planning to get into production for a longtime now and this can be the best chance to help her sister out. Katrina was initially reluctant to feature in her sister's debut film as she wanted to avoid comparisons between her and Isabel, but later she realised she needed to be in the film to ensure guarantee audience for Isabel.
Katrina told to Mumbai Mirror that the script of the film is still under process and they won't be playing sisters in the film. The actress told that it is going to be tough for her sister as she will be making her debut with the film. Katrina like an elder sister told that she will make sure that Isabel understands the language of Hindi Cinema and will boost up her confidence initially. She however, rests the entire outcome on God and audience.
Hmm!! we hope she too turns out to a Bollywood babe like you.


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Chapter 7 - p50 → ← Chapter 7 - p47
Chapter 7 - p48&49
February 25, 2013, at 12:06 AM
Two for one deal on pages today.
The final round of the fanfiction contest is open for voting! The polls will stay open one whole week, so make sure you check it out! Each one of these nine finalists is kickass.63 Comments
:D That looks like a mini-Duane!N on February 25, 2013, at 12:07 AM
I wonder if this is the little blonde girl from the beginning.Light of Mary on February 25, 2013, at 12:10 AM
D'awwwww, baby Duane! More importantly, Beadman's Better Pencils! And is that a toy kedis? This has the potential to be really cute and then crush my soul. (99% sure "vhefhen" means "father," based on context and Ashley's previous translation of "Vhefhen kakhthimun vil dan efhim tookim vil saba.")UndeadOranges on February 25, 2013, at 12:11 AM
Looks like the Alignment Matrix gradually fills up: Duane and Sette for Lawful Good, Elan for Lawful Neutral, Quigley for Chaotic Neutral, Toma, Elka, Siwl and Maike for Lawful Evil, Starfish for Neutral Evil, Murkoph for Chaotic Evil.Mad'Monster'Maniac on February 25, 2013, at 12:13 AM
I am guessing that this is Duane's flashback due to the magic but it looks like this is getting interesting.Bram Thiessen on February 25, 2013, at 12:22 AM
Woah first comment? Really? Now i get how exciting this is! =p Anyway I love the new pages! Is that little Duane? He's adorable! Also I love what you did with separating the panels! Your innovation with this medium continues to excite and delight! =DKatlin on February 25, 2013, at 12:22 AM
please, revise your update, can't see the page 49, only the 48 page.Shirlanka on February 25, 2013, at 12:26 AM
@Shirlanka 48 and 49 are on the same page. Longpage is loooong.UndeadOranges on February 25, 2013, at 12:36 AM
it is 2 for the price of 1, so those 2 pages are litterly on the same pagedragonflie on February 25, 2013, at 12:41 AM
baby duane? i was under the impression it was the little girl he seen after the fight with quigley...hatter on February 25, 2013, at 12:42 AM
@Shirlanka It's a two-in-one page (double-long). You can read the page numbers in the url as well to confirm this.Theophrastus Bombastus on February 25, 2013, at 12:45 AM
Honestly I don't think that's baby Duane. In some flashback of Duane's we saw some blonde-haired girl. I personally think Duane is the guy about to come into the house.Lugnugget on February 25, 2013, at 12:50 AM
Hey, that's cheating! I wanted to see another page when I click the 'next' button! Putting the second page below the first...any on February 25, 2013, at 12:51 AM
I'm one of those people who's frothing at the mouth at the slightest glimpse of Duane's backstory. Please be merciful with the teasing.Elmion on February 25, 2013, at 12:56 AM
Mad: What on earth makes you put Toma, Elka, et al into the "evil" category? (lawful or otherwise)LadyFox on February 25, 2013, at 01:14 AM
Murkoph, before you return to villainy, please, for the sake of us all, find something to cover your zombie-schlong. Because I'm sure Ashley is very skilled at Scenery Censorship, but after a while it's just going to get comedic if you keep running around stark naked while shit pops up from the foreground to cover your naughty bits.Locke on February 25, 2013, at 01:30 AM
I like Sette's reaction as she realizes what she's seeing. It's good to be reminded she has a heart under all that projected toughness. Of course she's been really out of sorts lately. On the bright side, we should be getting back to reality.Early on February 25, 2013, at 01:42 AM
More pressingly, why on earth did you put Sette in the lawful category?Ellie on February 25, 2013, at 01:51 AM
Early: Or she could just be saying "I've had a really bad morning, I don't want to have to deal with zombie aaaaaaaannnngggggsssssttttt on top of it!" MadMonsterManiac: Lawful Good? Chaotic Neutral at best. You might get her to Lawful Neutral because of her family loyalty and commitment to her assigned mission, but an avowed purveyor of nickery'n'pimpery ain't gonna be a paladin.RJF on February 25, 2013, at 02:06 AM
The baby is saying father, according to the wiki.... Awwwww the little girl was his kid? poor Duane. I bet she died in a Cresce attack and that's why he hates them. D= I'm ever so slightly less worried about Duane's body being abandoned in the wake of this adorableness.Steaiii on February 25, 2013, at 02:12 AM
Dhawwww, No wonder Duane is so driven towards protecting children, he must have lost his own in some way, and it probably has something to do with his undead condition. :CGiush on February 25, 2013, at 02:51 AM
It's kinda odd that Duane would have memories set before he entered the room if he's the guy coming through the door, but regardless of that I'm certain that he had kids, and I'll bet that they were killed by plague or Crescians. Then again he doesn't really need any extra reasons to hate Crescians. On a different note, I'm of a mind to disregard Ashley's previous comment and claim that the khert is expressing it's hatred for Murkoph by doing it's utmost to shield us from his manly bits.Xa on February 25, 2013, at 06:24 AM
If the khert is made of all memories, then this could be a mashup of Duane's and his child's memories. Or he could have been watching the adorableness through the window before he came in.Brandi on February 25, 2013, at 08:20 AM
LOL, poor Sette — just going deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole.Lermont on February 25, 2013, at 08:33 AM
WFBWRGBEWRTGWEJG ITS A BABY DUANE D'AWWWWWWW!!!!!!Clearmonty on February 25, 2013, at 08:55 AM
I love that the Aldish (I'm assuming) have genkan and take off their shoes at the door. Actually that's just a small thing compared to a lot of other details in this story. Over and over, I just have to squee at your world building, Ashley!Seilann on February 25, 2013, at 08:56 AM
Anyone else notice the kid's scribbles are coming to life?Mad Crow on February 25, 2013, at 09:02 AM
@LadyFox: "What on earth makes you put Toma, Elka, et al into the "evil" category?" - It's the Nuremberg Trials. They happened on Earth. The Peaceguard are similar to Schutzstaffel in their recriutment practices, their cruelty and their use both internally and on the frontlines (a la Waffen SS). The Peaceguard are similar to Geheime Staatspolizei in their security functions and their inhuman investigative methods. Elka stated (Ch.2,Pg.62,upper right frame) that the Peaceguard committed numerous murders in furtherance of genocide against the Sharte. Ashley did indicate on Formspring that torture is Peaceguard standard practice as well. Accordingly, the Peaceguard are a tool of oppression, existing for the purpose of and engaged in crimes against humanity. This makes them Evil. They are Lawful, since they promote order based on fear and intimidation.Mad'Monster'Maniac on February 25, 2013, at 09:05 AM
@Mad'Monster'Maniac: But Toma and Elka are not the Peaceguard, just members. You may as well be saying that Duane is Lawful Evil because Alderode runs on thought police, slavery and a caste system. Also, if you're using a DnD style alignment system, intention/motivation mean more than the results. It's easy to be a knight templar or well-intentioned extremist and maintain a Lawful Good or Lawful Neutral alignment. Never mind that thing about Sette. She's anything but Lawful.Xa on February 25, 2013, at 09:51 AM
I'd say Sette is Chaotic Neutral as she's neither well-intentioned nor malicious but entirely disregards rules and laws, and Duane and Toma both as Lawful Good as they are entirely well-intentioned and value rules and law.mythee on February 25, 2013, at 10:15 AM
Squeee Duane-baby!! Ayyyeeeee! Cutest little chub chub evaaarrrr.Carrie on February 25, 2013, at 10:57 AM
I'm fair certain that Sette's expression just before we blip over to memory-land has nothing to do with memories. She just realized she dropped her knife. That makes twice during her little adventure in the khert, meaning she can no longer list "never drop me knife" amongst her many talents.Jasmine on February 25, 2013, at 10:58 AM
Wouldn't sette be counted as unlawful good? Considering thievery and all. And duane as chaotic neutral? Considering he's kinda off his rocker.riffy on February 25, 2013, at 01:04 PM
Those ghosts are fucking adorable.Adorable on February 25, 2013, at 02:11 PM
@Jasmine: good observation. I hadn't yet noticed how she was looking at her hand. I think you're right on the knife.Minky on February 25, 2013, at 02:13 PM
@riffy: Yeah, I say Sette is Chaotic Neutral, but maybe one day soon she'll be Chaotic Good. Duane is definitely on the Good spectrum, barring certain times when he is Not Himself, and he tries very hard to be Lawful, although circumstance seems to have forced him into being more Neutral Good. The only characters so far that I'd class as Chaotic Evil are Starfish and Cutter. Oh, and Murkoph. The other characters' alignments are a bit harder to pin, but I'd say most of 'em are some flavor of Neutral. ...Damn. I. I need to cut back on the RPGs.Xa on February 25, 2013, at 02:56 PM
Wow! That's a really neat transition to memory land. The come-alive scribbles are great. Aaaand yay, Duane backstory to come!!!Reed on February 25, 2013, at 03:30 PM
Also: Is that blood on the hand of the person coming in?Reed on February 25, 2013, at 03:41 PM
Little Duane is so adorable~ <3 If that is Duane as a boy, maybe its the girl when she was younger/didn´t had long hair?James Rye on February 25, 2013, at 03:55 PM
i hope this language starts becoming, or already is, a real language just like elvish did.L on February 25, 2013, at 04:32 PM
Just discovered this comic today. Love the artwork. Got to the end of chapter 3 and haven't decided how much I like the story yet. How many here have read Richard Adams' /Shardik/ (which I love)? This gives me a similar vibe.Catapult on February 25, 2013, at 04:58 PM
Please drop it with the alignments. Alignments aren't even good enough for hack writers and formula genre fiction, and Unsounded is several large notches of quality above that sort of thing.ocelot on February 25, 2013, at 05:53 PM
I think all this alignment conversation strange. This whole world of Ashley's is horrible in and of itself, it is chock full of shitty people, and even the protagonists of the story are pretty awful. There is no "good" available in this story.Ike on February 25, 2013, at 06:15 PM
Is that Mikaila ?sigmir on February 25, 2013, at 06:57 PM
@Ike: You are right - Kasslyne is a textbook Crapsack World example. @ocelot: Alignments are primitive, but still are a useful benchmark. @mythee, @riffy, @Xa: I classify Sette as Good, because she consistently commits "random acts of kindness", is dedicated to her mission of restoring justice by collecting a debt owed, confronts evil at every turn and even promotes mercy when leniency is not deserved (toward Siwl). She is Lawful, because she adheres to the Mafia Code as laid down by her Da, and also follows her father's ethical rules. As Ike pointed out, the world created by Ashley is utterly horrible, and the Nary-A-Care's crime family is only good because everything else is much, much worse. It's a Gray vs. Black situation. @Xa:"But Toma and Elka are not the Peaceguard, just members" - yeah, of an SS-Gestapo-like criminal organization! Besides, Elka said "We", meaning herself, Toma, Siwl, Maike and that muscle-head Petr. Duane is a warrior priest, Ashley gave so far no evidence that temple armies have any enforcement duties in Alderode, so Duane is innocent until proven guilty.Mad'Monster'Maniac on February 25, 2013, at 08:31 PM
why are people saying that's baby duane? It's a girl. Duh. Duanes probably the one coming inPatrick on February 25, 2013, at 09:26 PM
@Patrick: What makes you so sure it's a girl? I assumed it was Duane, as well.Chipo on February 26, 2013, at 01:14 AM
@Mad: I'd classify Sette at Lawful Neutral. You're right, she does often commit random acts of kindness, but that doesn't override her more general aspirations and goals, which are all tied up in crime. Yes, her mission is "restoring justice by collecting a debt", but that debt is a sum of money made through crime, to be paid to a higher criminal power, so he can commit more crime. I don't think that counts as Good.
Also, I think Sette's expression is in regards to Duane disappearing around her after she finally caught up with him again.Chipo on February 26, 2013, at 01:17 AM
I would say that alignments are *not* useful for anything at all, even as a starting point for a more substantive discussion. They carry with them a whole load of oversimplified premises and assumptions that are bound to set any discussion off on the wrong foot. Is someone who goes around being nastily sarcastic to people evil? Neutral? What do you call someone who establishes an oppressive police state for the purpose of eradicating crime? Those are just a couple examples off the top of my head, I'm sure other people can think up more.ocelot on February 26, 2013, at 02:00 AM
Are the girls drawings turning into spirits? That's what it looks like to me. Interesting. Also, I don't think there is anyone good or evil in this comic. Duane is an undead monster, but with the best intentions, but he's clearly completely deluded about the moral qualities of the nation he comes from, but ... and so on. This is all grey zones.Michael on February 26, 2013, at 05:35 AM
@ocelot: I thought we were having a fun, if meaningless discussion. As somebody who loves gray-morality characters and classic RPGs, I've frequently had to make exactly those kinds of distinctions. My comment up there where I said "I'd say most of 'em are some flavor of Neutral." could just as easily have been "Most of them are some shade of gray." I'm sorry that our silliness offended you.Xa on February 26, 2013, at 07:36 AM
I've sat there for a long time, trying to figure out what the words on the side of the pen say. My final conclusion is that it's "Beadman", "Deadman", or "Beadma" with the rest cut off.Yuki on February 26, 2013, at 08:36 AM
@Yuki: Probably "Beadman's", the same brand as the rat traps from earlier. Pymaric chalk! That would be the most awesome thing to have as a kid!Xa on February 26, 2013, at 09:06 AM
How is Kasslyne a crapsack world? Or, at least, any more so than our own? Nothing Ashley's created here is atypical for actual real-world countries, especially pre-modern states.Peter on February 26, 2013, at 09:56 AM
@Peter: I agree. Plus the events and characters in the story seem extraordinary even by standards of the setting.Xa on February 26, 2013, at 11:19 AM
... Really? I honestly think that little one is Duane's daughter, not Duane himself. She's the one we've seen before in a flashback, in my opinion, and I believe Sette reminds him of his baby girl. And that's him, arriving home. Hmm. I wonder, though.Nanien on February 26, 2013, at 12:44 PM
My guess-it's Duane's daughter. C'mon, pleaselet it be his daughter!Kannan on February 26, 2013, at 03:41 PM
Has anyone else noticed that the little baby girl looks A LOT like Sette? Only blonde?Carrie on February 26, 2013, at 04:49 PM
I can currently think of two likely situations for this flashback to point towards: This little ball of cute is Duane's daughter, whose ghost we see later, and Duane is walking in the door, or the tot is Duane, and the ghost was his sister. The story has been in this bizarre rabbit hole for a while, and I'm thinking that going all the way to Duane's childhood wouldn't make sense unless this were showing an early interaction with another character who he holds dear, and ghost girl seems like the best candidate for that role. Another reason why I like imagining the girl as his sister is because we already have all the parent-child relationship drama of the Quigley's and Frummagem's; siblings surely feel left out of the fun.N on February 26, 2013, at 05:44 PM
Maybe, N, but if it IS Duane's kid, it completes the theme of family, and would actually introduce a parent/child relationship that ISN'T messed up like the Frummagems and the Quigleys are messed up. Anyway, I can't wait to meet Duane's family!Beat on February 26, 2013, at 07:01 PM
I always knew Duane was a Gold. They're the only Aldish with green eyes.Liv on February 26, 2013, at 07:05 PM
I've always assumed the girl was his sister as well. A parental relationship never occurred to me.Chipo on February 26, 2013, at 08:20 PM
@Liv: He told us he as a Gold. Chapter 5, pages 44-45.
Quigley: What caste is beneath that cowl?
Duane: Ssom Soud.
According to the wiki, that's translated as "I'm Gold."
@Beat: How is Mathis' relationship with his son "messed up"? Obviously he's made some bad decisions and is willing to work with some very bad people, but it's always appeared that he's doing the best that he can for Matty within his current circumstances. If he wasn't a Plat he'd be pretty young, but as it is he's dying of old age, and he has a very limited amount of time to secure a safe future for his son. The fact that he's also a political refugee and has been living on the run must severely limit his employment options, and without his caste's communal safety net to fall back on he's just plain stuck. I think he does admirably well as a single dad given such awful circumstances, and to me he's a stark contrast to Nary's negligent and abusive parenting.Xa on February 26, 2013, at 09:56 PM


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THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; Laughton in 'They Knew What They Wanted' at Music Hall--Dance, Girl, Dance' at Palace--New Films at Loew's State, Rialto and Cinecitta
Charles Laughton has manifested an unbecoming tendency to let himself creep more and more into the pictures he has been making of late. So no one should be surprised to glimpse beneath the oily black hair, beaming countenance and Charlie Chan mustache of Tony Patucci, the California grape-grower, in "They Knew What They Wanted," much more of an aspect of Mr. Laughton, the renowned and accomplished character actor, than of a genial and generous Italian-American, which is what he is supposed to be. For Mr. Laughton has let himself go just a bit too far in this film, which arrived yesterday at the Music Hall, and the consequence is that he gives little more than an actor's expansive imitation of a big dummy with a thick Italian accent.
Sadly do we render this report, for "They Knew What They Wanted" was a fine and poignant play when it won a Pulitzer Prize for Sidney Howard back in 1925, and it should have made a memorable film (although it hasn't in two previous attempts). The present story, while slightly dated, still possesses dramatic potency, since it tells of a simple grape-farmer who gets himself a fiancée by correspondence, cherishes her rapturously and suffers torment when he learns that she is to become the mother of his foreman's child. In the end, of course, he still wants to marry her, and presumably does—but only after she has gone away to serve a probationary period for the Hays office. "Peoples dey know whata dey want," remarks Tony, "but peoples dey no usa da head. We usa da head." That's the point.
Although Mr. Laughton's failure to get beneath the surface of Tony's foolish exterior—to reveal his heart—creates a major deficiency, we are not sure that the responsibility for the film's weakness is altogether his. Carole Lombard plays the role of the San Francisco waitress who succumbs to Tony's postal courtship with clear and moving comprehension of the girl's pathetic loneliness. But it takes a lively stretch of credulity to accept such an attractive female reduced to this forlorn extremity. And, while William Gargan creates an effectively tough but irresolute foreman, Frank Fay helps matters none by playing a presumably mellow padre as though he were a professional dispenser of soft soap. Neither does the script, prepared by Robert Ardrey, afford any more than conventional and oddly emotionless dialogue; and the direction of Garson Kanin betrays a rigidity uncommon to him.
Indeed, the only free and easy sequence in the film is that picturing a pre-nuptial fiesta. And during it, Mr. Laughton shows off so outrageously that it barely falls into the asset column. We do wish there had been less of Mr. Laughton and more of Tony Patucci. That's what we wanted, anyhow.
THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED, screen play by Robert Ardrey, based on the play by the late Sidney Howard; directed by Garson Kanin; produced by Erich Pommer for RKO-Radio. At the Radio City Music Hall.
Amy Peters . . . . . Carole Lombard
Tony Patucci . . . . . Charles Laughton
Joe . . . . . William Gargan
A Doctor . . . . . Harry Carey
Father McKee . . . . . Frank Fay
R. F. D . . . . . Joe Bernard
Mildred . . . . . Janet Fox
Ah Gee . . . . . Lee Tung-Foo
Red . . . . . Karl Malden
Photographer . . . . . Victor Kilian
Hired Hand . . . . . Paul Lepere
Waitresses . . . . . Marie Blake
Millicent Green
Patricia Oakley
On the face of the evidence now being thrown across the screen of the Palace, we're still not quite certain as to what RKO's Erich Pommer had in mind when he produced "Dance, Girl, Dance." Perhaps it was his intention to film a saga of glamour-struck chorines to end all sagas of said glamour-struck chorines. If so, he has nearly succeeded. Though, with the exception of Maureen O'Hara, who is sincere but badly miscast, the roles are competently filled and the film pretentiously staged, "Dance, Girl, Dance" is just a cliché-ridden, garbled repetition of the story of the aches and pains in a dancer's rise to fame and fortune. It's a long involved tale told by a man who stutters.
It would be kinder perhaps to leave out the names of Vicki Baum, who wrote the story, and Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis, who larded the scenario with some of the season's more inane lines and situations, merely adding that in it Miss O'Hara, after the usual mishaps, realizes her ambition to become a ballet dancer and that Lucille Ball, her rival, becomes the sort of woman that other women describe in a single word. Nevertheless it is Miss Ball who brings an occasional zest into the film, especially that appearance in the burlesque temple where she stripteases the Hays office. But it isn't art.
At the Palace
DANCE, GIRL, DANCE screen play by Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis, based on a story of Vicki Baum; directed by Dorothy Arzner; produced by Erich Pommer for RKO-Radio.
Judy . . . . . Maureen O'Hara
Jimmy Harris . . . . . Louis Hayward
Bubbles . . . . . Lucille Ball
Steve Adams . . . . . Ralph Bellamy
Elinor Harris . . . . . Virginia Field
Madame Basilova . . . . . Maria Ouspenskaya
Sally . . . . . Mary Carlisle
Miss Olmstead . . . . . Katherine Alexander
Dwarfie . . . . . Edward Brophy
Judge . . . . . Walter Abel
Hoboken Gent . . . . . Harold Huber
Bailey No. 1 . . . . . Ernest Truex
Bailey No. 2 . . . . . Chester Clute
The Ballerina . . . . . Vivian Fay
At the Cinecitta
There are plenty of merry, as well as touching, incidents in "Il Carnevale di Venezia" ("The Carnival of Venice"), just arrived from Italy at the little Cinecitta in Eighth Avenue, but this generally entertaining picture is a little short on the music side.
Although Toti dal Monte, a coloratura soprano who made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1924 as a mature and competent artist, acts well and sings pleasingly, spectators are likely to feel that Giuseppe Adami and Giacomo Gentiluomo, the directors of this Romulus-Lupa production, ought to have made more use of the talent at their disposal. Stately Junie Astor is lovely as a girl of humble parentage whose career, matrimonially speaking at least, is saved when her mother takes her place before the "mike" at the critical moment. Cesco Baseggio is excellent in the role of a frustrated, but benign, old music master, and Guido Lazzarini is satisfactory as the rich and honest suitor.
The ballet numbers, done in a genuine Venetian setting, are pretty, and the scenes on the canals and in the squares at carnival time are delightful. There are English titles.
Hollywood, according to reliable reports coming this way, is launching a series of musicales with Latin-American backgrounds for the purpose of winning friends and influencing receipts in the market below the Rio Grande. Universal yesterday unveiled its contribution to the cause, "Argentine Nights," at Loew's State, and we regret having to report that it is an extremely dubious good-will ambassador. The film has a few comic turns and a couple of lively tunes ("Brooklynonga" and "Hit the Road"), but for the most part the gags are corny, the routines are, to say the least, routine, and the performances lack sparkle.
Though we are not particularly keen about the Ritz Brothers' brand of buffoonery, it must be admitted that they are the backbone of "Argentine Nights." The Andrews Sisters slide into the groove when swinging "Rhumboogie" and "Hit the Road," but they never should have attempted to become comediennes. The plot, or what passes for it in this case, concerns a bankrupt troupe of musical lassies managed by the Ritz Brothers, who skip the States a step ahead of their creditors and head for the Argentine. The romantic leads are played with amateurish coyness by Constance Moore and George Reeves.
At Loew's State
ARGENTINE NIGHTS, screen play by Arthur T. Horman, Ray Golden and Sid Kuller; based on a story by J. Robert Bren and Gladys Atwater; directed by Albert S. Rogell for Universal Pictures.
Al . . . . . The Ritz Brothers
Maxene . . . . . The Andrews Sisters
Bonnie Brooks . . . . . Constance Moore
Eduardo . . . . . George Reeves
Peggy . . . . . Peggy Moran
Linda . . . . . Anne Nagel
Carol . . . . . Kathryn Adams
Mama Viejos . . . . . Ferike Boros
Papa Viejos . . . . . Paul Porcasi
Hollywood's professional patsies, those ubiquitous stunt men who are forever taking the bumps for glamorous and brittle stars, are the subjects of RKO's contribution to the field of cinematic self-analysis. However, "I'm Still Alive," the Rialto's new tenant, seems to forget its purpose early and becomes enmeshed in routine melodramatic cut-ups, with love as the major overtone. Kent Taylor as an aviator stunter, described aptly as "a guy who can do anything any one else can do—and with no hands," adequately translates a mediocre role. Linda Hayes, as his movie star wife; Ralph Morgan and Howard da Silva play the uninspired featured assignments. Mr. Taylor's observation, "risking your life for a movie isn't as silly as starving to death," may be a mite too heroic, but it is a well-taken point, nevertheless.
A Western, "Gun Code," starring Tim McCoy, is the other attraction on the double-feature program.
At the Rialto
I'M STILL ALIVE, screen play and story by Edmund North; directed by Irving Reis; produced by Frederic Ullman Jr. for RKO-Radio.
Steve Bonnett . . . . . Kent Taylor
Laura Marley . . . . . Linda Hayes
Red Garvey . . . . . Howard da Silva
Walter Blake . . . . . Ralph Morgan
Tommy Briggs . . . . . Don Dillaway
Directors . . . . . Clay Clement
Fred Niblo


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New Zealand guest nights spent in short-term commercial accommodation recorded the biggest gain in almost four years in March as both kiwis and tourists basked in the nation's long hot summer.
Guest nights rose 6.7 per cent in March, the biggest monthly gains since July 2009, following a 2.4 per cent gain in February, according to Statistics New Zealand. Domestic guest nights rose 8.7 per cent and international gained 3.2 per cent.
Guest nights in March were helped by most of Easter falling in the month, compared to the Easter holiday falling in April last year. Short-term visitors to New Zealand in March rose 13 per cent from a year earlier to 270,700, a record for the month, led by Australians, Americans and British.
"Warm and dry sunny weather, early Easter and an increase in visitor arrivals contributed to the high number of guest nights," the government statistician said.
Guest nights in the North Island rose 6.5 per cent to 1.7 million, seasonally adjusted, while in the South Island they rose 6.8 per cent to 1.1 million.
Holiday parks recorded the biggest increase, with guest nights surging 22 per cent. Backpacker guest nights rose 3.4 per cent, motel guests gained 3 per cent and hotel guests rose 2.7 per cent.
Accommodation capacity fell 2.5 per cent at holiday parks and fell 0.9 per cent at motels, while hotel capacity rose 0.3 per cent and backpackers climbed 3.5 per cent.
Occupancy rates rose for all classes of accommodation. Holiday parks gained 4.6 percentage points, motels were up 3 points, hotels were up2.9 points and backpacker accommodation was up 0.8 points.


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There's troubling news about Fisk University in Nashville selling their most important paintings: one by Georgia O'Keeffe and a second by Marsden Hartley.
It's a terribly sticky situation. Museum directors will be appalled and it could create great difficulty for the University when they seek new gifts and donations. Would you give your art to a museum or institution if you knew, in the future, they might deaccession it to raise funds? At the same time, does it make sense for a university that doesn't have an accredited museum to hold onto these important works? And what role should the donor's original intent play in the decision? (O'Keeffe gave both works as part of the Stieglitz Collection gift.)
Tyler Green blogged about it in Modern Art Notes.
Image: Georgia O'Keeffe, Radiator Building. Collection Fisk University.


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Happy New Year 2012 by FreakizationWatch
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Happy New Year 2012, my lovely watchers and visitors !
It's past midnight, January 1st ! The fireworks were lovely !
Welp, I wish you happyness, fun..nes.. |D, all the best wishes from me ! C:
(the reference for this picture is a scene from episode "Owl's Well That Ends Well" ^^)
MLP:FiM (c) Hasbro and *fyre-flye
Drawing (c) ~Sandra626
That is really, really awesome.
tiesiog wow
its amazing drawing, cute ponys
and you happy new year
and you happy new year
Oooh, so pretty...
What a fantastic job you've done. The fireworks are spectacular!
What a fantastic job you've done. The fireworks are spectacular!
Lol thanks, you too!
It's still December over here.
But, this picture is just ADORABLE~!
But, this picture is just ADORABLE~!
and an awesome new year to you too ^-^
I love it! hopefully 2012 will be an awesome year for everyone
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU TOO ! <3 Although it still isn't 2012 over here, yet.
So cuteee :3 Happy New Year Everypony ^^ 8D
Very cute and awesome!


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"There's only one true superstar of the decade, true superstar of the milenium! You know who that is? The Rask will tell you how that is! Toronto, that is the Leafs beating, puck eating, trail blazing, save raising, stronger than a bear, stronger than a buck, the biggest thing to hit Canada because THE MAPLE LEAFS SUCK!" – The Rask
Tuukkamania is running wild in Toronto right now. Rask was awesome against Toronto in Game 3, stopping 45 shots and grabbing the win. I guess it helps when you have turds like Dion Phaneuf playing for the Leafs. The guy is a useless tool – it's amazing. How a captain can be that bad on offense, defense and in transition is amazing to me. He can't do ANYTHING! He laid a huge hit on Paille in Game 2, then a huge hit on Peverley in Game 3 and then got burnt by Danny Paille for a goal.
(stick tap to Swervin81 at HFBoards)
Seriously though, look at this. Look at what Tuukka Rask is doing in net for this team right now:
Jesus Christ. If that was James Reimer, Boston would have scored about 3 goals on that play alone. And speaking of Reimer, he's a rebound machine. He has to have his pads greased with Crisco or something because some of those rebounds have been unbelievable. It makes you question how Toronto is actually a playoff team this season.
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The numbers themselves tell you that Reimer has just been a huge bag of shit. If the Bruins actually tried in Game 2, we could be talking about an elimination game tonight. It begs the question though, does Toronto actually show up tonight? One would have to think that they would, especially with such a shitty showing at home (for the first time in 9 years and 2 days, in case you forgot).
But isn't that what we expect from the Maple Leafs. For a lot of them, this is their first time in the playoffs. I mean, Phil Kessel's last trip to Season Two was in 2008-2009. Other than Kessel and Phaneuf, who has some playoff experience on this team that's a major player? For BOZOak, Kadri, Grabovski and Reimer, this is their first time at the big dance.
Sometimes experience can be something that's overplayed, but I think in this series it's a big deal. There's a lot of pressure on the Leafs to perform based on the sweater they wear. The city demands perfection despite a long Cup-less streak and an alomst decade-long playoff streak. Plus, they're putting their eggs into the Phil Kessel basket.
I have nothing against Phil Kessel. I don't believe in the "Thank You Kessel" chants, mostly because they're older than dirt. I'm glad he whined his way out of Boston because the payoff was better than him staying. People like to point to the stats comparing Kessel and Seguin – but no one really takes into account the difference in systems.
Also take into account that Phil Kessel was a big reason why Paille's goal happened in Game 3. It's all about turnovers folks and Toronto is giving them away like they're glory holes in Montreal. I've seen group orgies cleaner than the Leafs in transition. It's a wonderful thing.
And if you ever want to know the supersticious reason as to why Phil Kessel will never win anything, well…
Also his girlfriend is way out of his league.
I'm sure Randy Carlyle will cry again after tonight's game. I'm glad Julien told him to effectively shut his trap, but watch the faceoffs tonight. I wouldn't be surprised if the Bruins were tossed from the dot more than usual because Randy-Bo-Bandy had to open his mouth and complain about the Bruins cheating.
It's obvious that Boston is cheating on faceoffs. They only led the NHL in faceoffs during the regular season with 56% of the draws won while Toronto was 15th with 50%.
But hey – what so we know? We're homers who love Crosby and hate America.
After the jump, the rest of the preview...
Bruins Projected Lines
Milan Lucic – David Krejci – Nathan Horton
Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – Tyler Seguin
Rich Peverley – Chris Kelly – Jaromir Jagr
Shawn Thornton – Greg Campbell – Dan Paille
Zdeno Chara – Dennis Seidenberg
Johnny Boychuk – Andrew Ference
Adam McQuaid – Wade Redden
Tuukka Rask
Anton Khudobin
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Kessel prepping for tonight's game


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Fill the Boot campaign brings in money
Fill the Boot campaign brings in money
The Brainerd Fire Department announced Friday that it raised about $8,400 last week for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) in the three-day Fill the Boot campaign.
Kurt Doree, chair of the Fill the Book campaign for the Brainerd firefighters, said that even though the department's goal was to raise $12,000, he is pleased by the amount of money donated by the community, as each dollar counts. Doree said the money goes to help the MDA purchase equipment, such as crutches, wheelchairs and expensive equipment that families can rent for a minimal fee. It also provides a week camp for youth to attend, so they can go and have some fun.
Fire departments across the country will be collecting donations in their boots during the summer. This was Brainerd's second year taking part in the annual Fill the Boot campaign. The International Association of Fire Fighters union from across the country select three days for the event to have citizens Fill the Boot with money. Proceeds that are collected go directly to MDA. This is the 58th annual Fill the Boot season and to date, more than $28 million has been raised nationally for MDA.


text: The mayor of Canada's second largest city arrested by anti-corruption investigators on the same day city council is scheduled to meet. It's the kind of development you'd think would throw that meeting into disarray. But Gazette civic affairs reporter Rene Bruemmer found some surprises at city hall in the wake of today's arrest of Mayor Michael Applebaum. Click on the grey icon below to hear what he had to say. And remember, you can listen to all of our podcasts at montrealgazette.com/montreal@themoment and on iTunes .


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Despite noises from Motorola suggesting it was going to tone down its MotoBlur customisations of Android, diving into the Defy+ there are still a fair number of tweaks.
The seven homepages come packed with widgets, many of which are Motorola's own, with their own visual style, but they do all the usual duties with no partcularly standout additions; there's a message viewer, toggles for aeroplane mode/mute/Wi-Fi etc, a quick music player and many more. As ever we quickly rid the screen of most of these to get the most performance out of the handset, just keeping the Google search bar and settings toggles.
Jump into the main apps menu and thankfully Motorola hasn't mucked about with the layout – you just get a nice alphabetical list of apps to scroll through. However, you can whittle these down to your most recently used or downloaded apps at the tap of a button.
Strangely we didn't find Twitter and Facebook preinstalled, which is something of a rarity nowadays. This is particularly odd as one of the key Motorola changes is MotoBlur, which ties in your email and social networking accounts to provide a universal inbox, a combined social network feed and a contacts list populated with information from all the above services. Until we'd got to the MarketPlace and downloaded the aforementioned apps, we couldn't really use any of these features. Indeed it's always something to bear in mind with Android handsets; if there's something you don't like about them you can more often than not find an app or software tweak that'll put things right for you.
Another such example of how we had to put in a bit of work before getting the experience we wanted was the keyboard. Motorola has installed Swype – the ingenious, but acquired taste, onscreen keyboard that lets your trace out a word with one touch, rather than tapping at keys individually – as the default choice. We know some people like it but it's hardly the defacto standard.
Overall, though, we're talking about a typically capable Android 2.3 handset. From browsing the web to checking out what your friends are up to and playing games to finding out where you're going, it can do the lot for you, and do it well.
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Have they fixed the issues surrounding the ear piece though? This is one of the few phones that'd make me tolerate the dogs mess that is Android.
All I can say is 'so far, so good'. I've been using a handset on and off for a couple of weeks, with it being dunked a few times during that period, and have had no issues. There is a chance there will be a repeat of the issues as the basic hardware has changed so little but I think the original handsets only had sporadic problems anyway.
Sporadic is enough to put you off though, especially if you'll buying it second hand like I'll be. A solution exists though for those inflicted, involving replacing the damaged ear piece with one from an old Sony Ericsson handset.
I mean sporadic as in it only effected some handsets. Assuming you buy a working one there's little to suggest it will then stop working.
How so Ed? From what I understood, all the fautly earpieces started out working, and developed the fault thereafter.
Have had a Defy for a year now. It is noticably slower than our Atrix but you get what you pay for. Screen size is perfect for use as a hiking gps (Backpack app is awesome). I think the reviewer misses the point there. A larger screen would mean a larger phone and that wouldn't really help in an "active" device. The defy has rubber flaps (so does our indestructable Sonim btw). They are used every day nearly for the headphones and charging. They are still as good as new. The screen has a few scratches but nowt major. Very good, limited speed phone. Perfect for outdoors as it has survived mud and water over and over. Even a fall in the river. It's not a patch on the Sonim xp3.2 Quest pro, it isn't supposed to be. BUT it is smaller, lighter and can do so much more. A friend has the shiny new Sony Xperia Active. It's tiny with a very nice screen that responds better in the rain than my Defy but the battery is unbelievably poor. Doesn't last an 8 hour hike, makes it a bit pointless. He's looking into on of those Duracell recharge on the go units. The Defy battery has to be charged every night. The Sonim lasts for yonks, days at a time.
Thanks Paul B, exactly the kind of "how does this device stack up in real, everyday use, especially the particular use for which I would buy this particular device" type of info which reviews, forever trapped in their "formula", often seem to lack. For example, the 'use in the rain test' is not in the formula for a phone review, so it never rates a mention, but here it is useful and relevant. It is the sort of detail which only jumps out at you is you have actually lived with and used the device to it's full. Well done!
Because the reports seem to suggest the problems occurred fairly quickly, in which case a working second hand device is reasonably likely to be okay. It is of course a risk though.
Couldn't agree more. It's great to hear from our readers giving constructive advice back to the community. Especially as in this case we didn't really envisage this phone as being for quite the usage you put it to, so such tests weren't on our radar. Thanks Paul B.
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