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There's an infectiously friendly tug one feels spending time at the Green Man Store. The place is more than a business for owners Jill, Carrie and Joe — who also call themselves the White Wolf Clan. It's a calling and an extension of their lifestyle and beliefs in positive spirituality, herbal remedies, pagan traditions, personal-energy healing, psychic readings and the like. Inhabiting a handsome Tudor-façade structure, the Green Man Store sells colorful, homemade candles, powerfully fragrant incense, a diverse tarot deck collection, crystals, sage bundles, books (on magic, Wicca, Celtic myths, runes, divination, gnosticism, occult philosophy, the Hiram Key, etc.) and metal statuary (Egyptian, Buddha, Hindu). Ornate, magical forest–themed wooden hutches and cabinets hold a dizzying array of potions, roots, barks and herbs. The bright, airy back room is used for classes, events, rituals and parties. The second floor features psychic reading rooms, classrooms and healing rooms. As for the Green Man, he's a ubiquitous pagan motif in Old English architecture, a sort of "Father Nature" character. This place is the antidote to negative vibes. 5712 Lankershim Blvd., N. Hlywd. (818) 985-2010, thegreenmanstore.com. —Adam Gropman
Pat Grossi's stage name is Active Child, which refers to his precious, youthful tendency to put his ears right up to the speaker to get a better listen. The moniker is a bit cringe-inducing, and indeed the lyrics on the Pasadena resident's 2011 full-length debut album, You Are All I See, aren't for those too cool to attend school. They're unfiltered, unvarnished, filled with pummeling emotional honesty, through the eyes of sometimes-vindictive characters whose feelings are crushed over and over but nonetheless expect next time to be different. "I fall in love, way too fast," he sings on "Way Too Fast." "You're so damn cold, soon you'll be all by yourself." Produced by composition genius Ariel Rechtshaid, Grossi's songs are often accented by electronic flourishes and harp, and almost all of them feel like climactic scenes in dramatic movies — the part where we learn Bruce Willis is dead, or that the woman in The Crying Game is a man. This is not music for the ironic of heart. activechildmusic.com.
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If there is one band that represents the multicultural mix of Los Angeles, it's La Santa Cecilia. Since its Latin Grammy nomination last year, the Boyle Heights–bred group has been representing L.A. at major festivals in Texas and New York. (It's exciting, particularly for those who can remember them packing La Cita in their early years.) They're also picking up the attention of critics, through pieces on NPR's All Things Considered and Latino USA. Further, their hybrid of Latin, rock and world music has caught the attention of groups like Cafe Tacuba, Lila Downs, Ozomatli and Los Lobos, all of whom have had La Santa Cecilia open shows for them this year. Anyone who has attended their concerts can attest that lead singer Marisol "La Marisoul" Hernandez has one of the most powerful voices in the city, in any genre. lasantacecilia.com.
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Each summer the Levitt Pavilions in Pasadena and MacArthur Park put on free shows; the scene is relaxed, the views are nice, and the lineups are absolutely first-rate. Although a good portion of the musicians are from L.A., they come from all over the world, and include Weekly favorite acts like Dam-Funk, Fool's Gold and Buyepongo. (There's a particular emphasis on Latin alternative music, with a spotlight on new and underappreciated groups.) It's suitable for the whole family but edgy enough for serious music aficionados, there are great food vendors and, hey, did we mention it's free? MacArthur Park: 230 W. Sixth St., Westlake. (213) 384-5701. levittla.org. Pasadena: Memorial Park, between Walnut and Holly on Raymond Avenue, Pasadena. (626) 683-3230, levittpavilionpasadena.org.
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South Los Angeles rap collective Black Hippy was assembled by Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, who, via a handwritten sign hanging in their Carson studio, lets them know that they should strive for charisma, personality, swagger, substance, lyrics, uniqueness and work ethic. In an era of one-off dance club hits, it's the "substance" that the group — rappers Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, ScHoolBoy Q and breakout star Kendrick Lamar — seems to take to heart most particularly. Their hard-edged raps pay strict attention to craft and structure, while remaining suitable for car stereos and self-medication time. With members dropping first-rate solo efforts in rapid succession, the collective has linked up with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Records, and a group effort is in the works. So much concentrated talent is a bit dizzying — and supergroups never seem to work — but our money is still on Black Hippy living up to their reputation as this decade's N.W.A. topdawgmusic.com.
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Smooth steel curves cut the skyline at unexpected angles and sharp creases, which is partly why no other building in L.A. proclaims "21st century" like Walt Disney Concert Hall. The acoustics and visuals inside are as impressive as the exterior, which makes it easily the best place to hear an orchestra in Southern California. Whether it's symphonic or choral music, an organ recital or a jazz, pop or folk-music show, the sound is detailed and warm. Meanwhile, seating surrounds the stage — something that is rare in the United States. Conducting geeks can sit behind the orchestra, while thrill seekers can purchase a front-row seat in the balcony (or side and rear terraces) for an extra adrenaline rush. Even the parking garage directly below is clean, safe and easy to use. Want to learn more? Take the free, self-guided audio tour narrated by actor John Lithgow, architect Frank Gehry and L.A. Philharmonic conductor laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen. 111 S. Grand Ave., dwntwn. (323) 850-2000, laphil.com/philpedia/about-walt-disney-concert-hall.
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Edited press releaseHospitality, security policies, and procedures in place at Churchill Downs in recent years for the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) will reflect one small change for this year's 132nd renewals of the races May 5 and 6. The minor alteration in the policies is an addition to the list of items that patrons may bring into the track. This year's attendees may bring seat cushions into the facility through all entrances. Those padded cushions may not have a back. Patrons who attend the historic track's marquee events should again expect magnetic wand searches at all Churchill Downs entrances; limits on the types of items that patrons may carry into the track, including a ban on coolers of any type; and higher visibility of uniformed security personnel in all areas of the track. The hospitality, guest service, and security efforts at the Derby and Oaks will again include the location of a "general store" in the infield. The store, located near the tunnels from the clubhouse to the infield, will be operated by Levy Restaurants, Churchill Downs' food service provider. The store will offer food, drink, coolers, and other items that may not be brought into the track.
Churchill Downs will again station guest service and hospitality representatives at locations throughout the track to respond to questions or concerns posed by patrons on Derby and Oaks Days. "The Derby and Oaks fans from throughout our region and across the United States, along with those that join us from around the world readily and easily adjusted to the major changes in our security and hospitality procedures when they were implemented four years ago," said Steve Sexton, president of Churchill Downs. "These procedures are now a regular part of the Derby and Oaks experience, and many patrons have told us that they enjoy these marvelous days of racing more now than ever before."
Nearly 40 local, state, and federal law enforcement and government agencies will be involved in the Derby and Oaks security effort at Churchill Downs. Agencies that joined the track in the development of security policies for this year's events include the Louisville Metro Police Department, Louisville Fire & Rescue, Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, Metro Louisville Corrections, Kentucky State Police, the Kentucky National Guard, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Secret Service. Security procedures and policies for the 2006 Kentucky Derby and Oaks include: --Magnetic wand searches of patrons at all track entrance gates
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--"Box" lunches if packaged in clear plastic bags or plastic containers, limit two per person (maximum size 18"x 18," no trash bags)
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Two years ago, Chris wrote this great introduction: British Pathe Develops Huge Historic Picture Archive, of the newly digitized archive of British Pathe newsreel content.
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British Pathe is offering free access to a digitized collection of more than 12 million historic photographs from its 20th century cinema newsreel archive. Archivists and technicians at ITN, which now operates the British Pathe library, have created the images by re-scanning the newsreel's 3,500 hours of 35 millimeter film. Images are displayed as a "storyboard" of thumbnails. Since the images were digitized from motion pictures, a full page of thumbnails represents about 50 seconds of material from a video clip…The site offers free search and preview storyboards for anyone to view. To save a preview image, simply right click it and save it to your hard drive. Preview files display a large copyright notice, but can be used for personal or educational purposes. Enhanced high resolution versions of the images are also available for web publishing and use in power point presentations for a fee.
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Lawyers are important to every personal injury victim. This is because they understand better all the aspects of personal injury cases. Without proper guidance, a personal injury victim can easily lose their claim or even find themselves being the ones to pay the defendant. If you are in the market for a lawyer, you ought to select one as carefully as is possible. What should you consider before selecting any attorney?
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The victims in Sunday's shooting were Deborah Socia, 59, and Maria Gonzalez, 64. Socia was shot in the head and Gonzalez was shot several times, Wayne County Medical Examiner's office spokeswoman Mary Mazur said.
Police say both women were friends of a woman who had broken off a relationship with the alleged gunman, whose name hasn't been released. The 65-year-old man has been arrested but not charged.
He surrendered to police Sunday evening at the center on the city's southwest side, where the man and the women killed were residents. A woman who answered the phone there Monday morning said nobody was available to comment.


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Doppler Surrogate Endoscopy for Screening Esophageal Varices in Patients With Cirrhosis
Background: Portal hypertension is a common consequence of hepatic cirrhosis, which causes esophageal varices. Bleeding from varices has a high mortality rate. The present gold standard for diagnosing varices is endoscopy. Considering endoscopy side effects and patients' low acceptance, there have been always efforts for finding alternative diagnostic methods including Doppler ultrasonography (US).
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate changes of Doppler indices in cirrhotic patients with and without esophageal varices.
Patients and Methods: Sixty six patients with known cirrhosis entered this cross-sectional study. Gastroscopy was performed for patients, and the first questionnaire was filled based on the Japanese Portal Hypertension Society guidelines. Then patients were referred for Doppler US of splenoportal system, and information was documented in the second questionnaire.
Results: Forty-four patients were male and 22 female. Forty six patients had esophageal varices, and 20 did not. There were no significant associations between splenoportal indices found by Doppler US, and presence of esophageal varices in patients. However, we found a negative association between platelet ratio to spleen diameter, and to splenic vein diameter.
Conclusions: Neither of studied variables was perfect to differentiate cirrhotic patients with and without EVs. Endoscopy is still the gold standard diagnostic method for diagnosing esophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis. It seems that some of the splenoportal Doppler indices are promising, but more research and evaluation is necessary.
Keywords: Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; Esophageal and Gastric Varices; Endoscopy
1. Background
Cirrhosis represents the end stage of progressive fibrosis which destroys normal liver tissue and produce regenerative nodules.
Variceal bleeding (which is a consequence of portal hypertension) is one of the most dreaded complications of cirrhosis. The risk of variceal bleeding is 25-40% in patients with cirrhosis (1, 2). When HPVG (hepatic venous pressure gradient) reaches 10 mmHg, the varices start to form, and when it reaches 12 mmHg the chance of bleeding increases dramatically (3).
In this situation, to divert blood from portal system, collateral veins form in different places, which two important sites are distal esophagus and gastric; these sites contain most of bleeding from portal hypertension. The incidence of esophageal varices in patients without ascites is 40%, and 60% in those with ascites. The incidence of esophageal varices (EVs) increases almost 5% per year (4). Almost one third of patients with varices have eventually bleeding which is the main cause of mortality (5); the mortality rate of EVs bleeding reaches 15-20% (6-9).
Survival of patients who had first variceal bleeding decreases dramatically, and only 30-40% of those who did not receive treatment survive two years after the initiation of bleeding (10).
Diagnosing gastric-esophageal varices and taking necessary precautions are important factors in reducing portal hypertension risks and increasing patients' survival. Endoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosing upper GI varices. Besides its diagnostic value, physicians can perform preventive or emergency treatment through endoscopy like sclerotherapy and band ligation (EVL). Based on the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), all of patients with cirrhosis must undergo screening endoscopy to diagnose gastric-esophageal varices (11). Patients who do not have any sign of varices must be evaluated with endoscopy during the next three years. Patients who were diagnosed with varices at first endoscopy must undergo another endoscopy in the next two years (12).
However, endoscopy even in its pure diagnostic form has high cost in most of the countries and has encountered by patients low acceptance. Therefore, many efforts have been performed to find a proper alternative method.
Radiologic diagnostic methods even with double contrast do not have acceptable accuracy to diagnose varices in the early stages, and to determine hypertensive gastropathy changes appropriately. Therefore, they are not considered as good screening methods for varices, but in some studies, they showed high accuracy for diagnosing high-grade varices. One of the methods of interest for gastroenterologists and radiologists is Doppler US indices of splenoportal system, which shows extensive changes through cirrhosis and portal hypertension (13).
2. Objectives
The aim of the present study was to evaluate Doppler US indices of splenoportal system as a noninvasive, in hand, low cost and repeatable method for diagnosing esophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis.
3. Patients and Methods
This was a cross-sectional study with convenient sampling method, and the study population was all the patients with cirrhosis regardless of its etiology referred to us during 2011. Study was performed in Guilan Liver and GI Disease Research Center affiliated to Guilan University of Medical Sciences. Cirrhosis was diagnosed based on the clinical signs confirmed by laboratory and radiologic evaluations, and in rare cases was diagnosed with biopsy. Patients' age was not considered as an inclusion/exclusion criteria, but regarding sources of patient referral (patients who referred to GI Adult Clinic of Razi Hospital, Rasht), most of the patients were adults. The exclusion criteria were history of endoscopic treatment like sclerotherapy and band ligation, and history of medical treatment for reducing portal pressure. Patients with history of bleeding from varices (with or without endoscopic or medical intervention), patients with passive congestion of liver without cirrhosis, cirrhotic patients with known thrombosis in port or splenic vein (detected by Doppler), and patients with history of splenectomy were also excluded from the study.
Sample size was calculated based on extracting the variance of portal vain indices measurement from the literature (14), measuring the effective clinical significance (d) by expert elicitation method, and considering the significant level (error of α) equal to 0.05.
Platelet count (the lowest documented amount) and upper GI endoscopy were performed for the patients. Endoscopic characteristics of portal system were documented based on the Japanese Portal Hypertension Society guidelines in four parts on the first questionnaire including; varices development in esophagus (upper, middle or lower third), color of varices (blue or white), presence or absence of red signs (including hematocystic spot-red, wale-cherry red, spot-diffuse redness), and grade (F1, F2, and F3). Then the patients were referred for Doppler US of splenoportal system, and findings (including portal, splenic and left gastric vein diameter, portal vein velocity, ultrasonic detectable gastroesophageal collaterals, flow direction in portal vein, respiratory variation of portal vein diameter, presence of ascites, splenic diameter, and splenoportal index) were documented in the second questionnaire. PENTAX EG 2940 with EPM 3500 processor made in Japan was used for endoscopy. For Doppler US, the Ultrasonix SP made in Canada with probe 3.5 was used. Endoscopy and Doppler US were all performed by a single experienced physician.
The endoscopist and radiologist were unaware of the radiologic and endoscopic features, respectively. Since patients were in non-emergency condition, endoscopic and Doppler studies were all performed in the morning before the lunch time, which automatically eliminates the effects of probable differences in portal pressure in different times of day.
Using appropriate and advanced tools from known companies, performing endoscopy and Doppler US by experienced physicians, and preparing questionnaires based on accredited societies guidelines and indices from radiology and endoscopy reference sources, provided a proper validity to our gathered information.
SPSS version 16 was used to analyze the data, and t-test, Chi square and Spearmen correlation were employed to compare data. P value less than 0.05 was considered significant.
4. Results
Sixty six patients entered the current study, including 44 male (66.7%). The mean age of patients was 55.39 ± 19.27 years. Forty six patients (69.7%) had esophageal varices, and 6 (9.1%) had gastric varices. Gender and the mean age of patients did not show significant difference between those patients with and without EVs (P = 0.449 and P > 0.05, respectively). T-test did not determine any significant difference between those patients with and without esophageal varices for portal vein diameter, splenic vein diameter, left gastric vein diameter, the mean platelet count, and the blood velocity in portal vein (P > 0.05 for all). By using Chi Square, we also could not find any significant difference between those patients with and without EVs for portal vein diameter changes during respiration, blood flow direction in portal vein, ultrasonic detectable gastro-esophageal collaterals, presence of gastric varices, presence of ascites and portal vein velocity (P = 0.503, P = 0.503, P = 0.785, P = 0.09, P = 0.254, P = 0.424, respectively). Splenoportal index (SPI), spleen diameter, and platelet spleen diameter ratio did not have significant difference between the two groups with and without EVs (P = 0.165, P = 0.175, P = 0.495, respectively). Spearman Rho test was used to find correlation between platelet count and varices grading, and between platelet count and spleen diameter ratio and varices grading (P = 0.938, P = 0.710, respectively). Also we found a negative
correlation between platelet counts spleen diameter ratio, also splenic vein diameter. However, no significant difference was observed between patients with and without esophageal varices by each of these parameters separately. Some of the patients` demographic data and diagnostic findings are shown in Table 1.
Table 1.
Patients Demographic Data and Diagnostic Findings
5. Discussion
Esophageal varices bleeding is accompanied with poor prognosis and decreases patient survival. Increase of portal vein diameter more than 13 mm represents portal hypertension with a specificity of 95-100% and a sensitivity of 42% (15, 16). In our study, the mean of portal vein diameter in patients without EVs was 12.79, and 12.7 in those with varices, which did not have significant difference, and both were lower than the cutoff point (13 mm). This finding acknowledged the fact that with progression of portal hypertension, new collaterals appear, and diameter of present collaterals increase, so the portal blood flow diverts and portal vein diameter decreases (14).
In a half of patients with portal hypertension, the splenic vein diameter increases to more than 10 mm (15). The mean diameter of splenic vein in our patients without EVs was 9.4 and 10.8 in those with EVs, but the difference was not significant. The reasons could be first the splenic vein diameter changes only in 50% of patients, and the second one of the main parameters for splenic vein hypertension is gastric varices, especially in fundus; in our study only six patients had gastric varices. It seems that in our patients most of collaterals had formed in other sites, so we did not observe statistically significant difference between the two groups.
The mean diameter of the left gastric vein in our patients without EVs was 4.05 mm, and was 4.71 in those with EVs , but the difference was not significant. In one study increasing left coronary vein diameter of more than 5 mm (17), and in another more than 6 mm (18) were considered as a sign of portal hypertension with 80% sensitivity. This dissimilarity between our results and reported results may be due to the fact that evaluation of left gastric vein is not very easy in Doppler US, because of its small diameter and place, as we could not find it in 7 of our patients, and the fact that the left coronary vein is in direct relation with port, and when collaterals are sufficient to reduced portal dimension like our patients, the pressure decreases in the left coronary vein as well.
In healthy persons, the diameter of splenic and portal veins increase 50-100% during respiration, in patients with portal hypertension these reduce to less than 50% (15, 16). In our study most of the patients had respiratory changes less than 50%, and the difference between patients with and without EVs was not significant. It seems that these changes happened in early stages of portal hypertension even before gastric-esophageal varices development, therefore cannot differentiate between the two groups of patients (with and without EVs).
Splenic index is spleen length multiply by its width (cm), by dividing splenic index on blood velocity in port vein the splenoportal index (SPI) is calculated. In the present study, SPI was 4.61 in patients without EVs, and 5.28 in those with it. Using the Roc method, the cutoff point of SPI was 4.15 with sensitivity and specificity of 33.3% and 31.5%, respectfully. The low sensitivity and specificity of this index make it invaluable for diagnosing esophageal varices.
With progressing of hepatic fibrosis and portal hypertension, the splenic vein diameter increases and consequently platelet number decreases, therefore platelet count/spleen diameter ratio is an index for evaluating varices. Giannini from Italy considered cutoff point of 909 as a reliable index for diagnosing esophageal varices (20). Other studies also reported a cutoff point between 160-1014 (20-22), however, Saewar in his recent study did not find any significant association between platelet count/ spleen diameter ratio and EVs (23).
In the present study, the mentioned ratio was 773.11 in patients without EVs, and 676.65 in those with EVs, but the difference was not significant (P = 0.495). Based on the Roc cure diagram the cutoff point of 759.01 had the highest sensitivity and specificity of 68.8% and 25%, respectively, the low sensitivity and specificity of this index, make it unsuitable to differentiate patients with and without EVs.
In this study we also evaluated some other indices including spleen diameter, frequency of gastric varices, presence of ascites, and two variable indices including splenic vein diameter and blood velocity, portal vein diameter and blood velocity, left gastric vein and blood velocity, blood velocity to spleen diameter, and blood velocity to SPI.
Although, we did not find any statistically significant difference between patients with and without EVs for these variables, however the blood velocity in portal vein to splenic vein diameter (P = 0.056) and blood velocity in portal vein to spleen diameter (P = 0.07) worth further evaluation in other studies with larger sample size.
Liu et al. conducted a study on 383 cirrhotic patients with Child score A for diagnosing EVs with Doppler US. His results indicated that cutoff value of 3 for SPI have a sensitivity of 92%, specificity of 93%, positive predictive value (PPV) of 91%, and Negative predictive value (NPV) of 94% for diagnosing EVs. He concluded that this cut off had capability of diagnosing EVs in 92% of patients who did not have endoscopy, and therefore is a reliable index (19).
Dib et al. from France stated that although using noninvasive method for diagnosing EVs is logical and rational, but still endoscopy is the preferable and the most reliable method compared with other diagnostic methods, however we have to expect more studies on capsule endoscopy (24).
5.1. Limitations
The limitations of this study were low number of cases and controls, variability of the velocity, and differences in diameter and pressure of the veins in different times of day.
In the present study, neither of studied variables was perfect to differentiate between cirrhotic patients with and without EVs. Further studies with larger sample size may indicate value of two variable indices; blood velocity to splenic vein diameter, and blood velocity to spleen diameter. Endoscopy is still the gold standard and accurate diagnostic method to diagnose gastric-esophageal varices.
We would like to thank all the Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Research Center (GLDRC) personals and Radiology department of Poursina hospital staff that assisted us in this study.
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sonicfan's Tamtacular Tama-Go Log!
Posted 19 July 2012 - 03:53 PM ( #35 )
Unpaused Truffles and Jake after a long trip to the air and space museum. Cause everyone likes boring tours. Okay, It was kind of exciting. I guess I should appreciate it more, since I'm a kid.
Truffles: Finally I can quit smiling! I smiled for 4 hours straight.
Jake: And it was hard to keep my lips in the same position for so long!
Okay, okay! Sorry, geez. Anyway, this entry is short because they pretty much aren't doing anything at all.
Posted 20 July 2012 - 10:58 AM ( #36 )
Hello and welcome to the Tamtacular Tama-Go Log! We have two new followers today: MyVintageFairyTale and bunnychi43. Happy reading!
Truffles: Yes, happy reading!
Jake: Uh, honey?
Truffles: Jakey? What is it?
Jake: When are you going to the store?
Truffles: Why? We have plenty of food.
Jake: This house is UGLY. We need a NEW ONE.
Truffles: *huff* Well I like it perfectly fine!
Jake: But I don't! (Darn horrible fashion-sense women)
Truffles: WHAT Did you just SAY?
Jake: Honey I-
QUIT FIGHTING! Gee WHIZZING CUPCAKES. Anyway, Truffles has full stats as usual. (This game is boring) and she isn't doing anything -,-
Well, this is another SHORT log post. I wish they'd just have a baby already so I don't have to make boring posts like this.
Posted 20 July 2012 - 01:28 PM ( #37 )
Well, Jake and Truffles still haven't done anything. So I guess I'll discuss something more important: WE HAVE ALMOST 400 VIEWS! =D
Thanks guys, I love all your support! So you know what I'm doing? Since Truffles is boring, I'm starting up a Tamagotchi P1 simulator! YAYZO!
That's....I guess I'll name him...Pasta!
Pasta: IM HUNGRY!
You are pretty hungry. I guess I'll play with you, the game on the tamagotchi P1 is the arrow guessing game and it's a very easy game! Now I'm playing the simulator in hyperspeed so I can care for it better.
Truffles: Haha, 1996 games are funny.
Pasta: Hey! You shut up.
Yes Truffles, this post isn't about you.
Trying on different skins, although this is my favorite too, right Pasta?
Pasta: IDK.
Aw, you're so cute, you little blob. By the way, it's a Marutchi. Anyway, I just wanted to show him to you guys. I'm going to do more log entries with him later on!
Posted 20 July 2012 - 04:45 PM ( #38 )
Like my custom-made skin? It's an edited version of the Navy Blue version. I like it!
Pasta: That's me!
Yup. You are a hungry fellow, but that's only because you are in hyperspeed mode.
Pasta: Yeah, I guess I am.
Played the number guessing game with him, fed him some bread, and then gave him a treat.
Pasta: Candy!
That's all for now.
Posted 21 July 2012 - 09:32 AM ( #39 )
Well...this is stupid...Auto Recovery lost my whole post, and I AM NOT TYPING IT OUT AGAIN. GOSH.
I guess I'll tell you the events of that post.
1. Truffles had a baby
2. I named it Coco
3. The END
See how boring these log posts are getting? Starting up the ol' P1 simulator.
Pasta: Hi there, sonicfan!
Hey Pasta, the Tama-Go is being so freakishly boring that I decided to make a log post about you.
Pasta: You joking?
No joke. Post is over now.
Posted 23 July 2012 - 11:56 AM ( #40 )
Cocoa: I'M HUNGRY!
Cocoa: FEED ME NO-*poop*
ARGH! Oh hey guys, sorry I haven't posted in a bit. I was waiting for Truffles and Jake to leave so I could do a fresh start on Cocoa.
She is a beautiful Belltchi now. So adorable! She has 6 bars of training and almost full friendship. That's all for now.
Posted 25 July 2012 - 08:44 AM ( #41 )
Cocoa, you're still 2 years old. And I've had you for at least four days. What's up with that?
Cocoa: I dunno.
Whatever. Currently she is a Shelltchi! Woohoot! She has full training bars, friendship, and hapiness! Lovelitchi, I WANT! I WANT YOU!
Also, almost 450 views! I noticed one of you rated me down to four stars. I understand and hope to make this log better!
That's it for now.
Posted 25 July 2012 - 12:00 PM ( #42 )
The most amazing thing just happened. Cocoa evolved into Lovelitchi! I have never gotten a perfect care character before, so this is an accomplishment! Even better, when I sent her to the park, she met none other than Kuro himself.
Posted 15 August 2012 - 08:07 AM ( #43 )
Guess what...fufufu...I GOT KUROMAMETCHI! Yesh!
Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. I got a bit sidetracked. Anyway, say hi Noodles!
Noodles: Oh, hi.
By the way, this is my 5th generation. The fourth generation was just a Kikitchi again. Sigh.
Noodles: Don't you diss dad!
Well...FINE! For every stage of Noodles's growth, I got the best care character possible. Ahirukutchi, Kilalatchi, and then Kuro!
Noodles: You played on Minecraft untill I had lost 3 hunger hearts!
Heheh, sorry about that one! Anyway, I guess this is all for now.
Posted 15 August 2012 - 08:35 AM ( #44 )
Restocked on some food because I have virtually unlimited Gotchi points (learn how to do it in the tips and tricks section of this forum.)
Next I'm sending Noodles to the park! EW HE MET OLD FART GRIPPATCHI!
Noodles: GET AWAY FROM ME!
He came home in a hurry. Ooh! I think I can buy a new wallpaper!
There's a beach wallpaper available, good enough.
Gonna go get 100,000 more gotchi points brb.
Posted 28 September 2012 - 07:19 PM ( #45 )
I noticed my Tama-Go sitting on my desk, all dusty and alone. I felt sad for pausing it for so long, and unpaused it, pulling me back into the world of Tamagotchi!
Spaghetti: Nice to seeya!
Broth: You actually came back for us?
Milkshake: Gaga!
Oh hey guys! I'll buy you a new wallpaper. It's the fourth default house. By the way, Spaghetti is a Makkiko, Broth is a Kuromametchi, and Milkshake is undetermined as of now.
Milkshake: Haha! Da-
OH NOoOOOooo! Not Batterytchi! Now I have to find the freakin' screwdriver.
30 minutes later...
Broth: Thank goodness! You switched the batteries, eh?
Sure did, and you aren't doing anything at all. I guess this is all for now!


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Greenwood denies Wigan top spot
AFP Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 12:39 am TWN
LONDON -- Joe Greenwood left it late before crossing for the decisive try Monday that boosted St Helens' play-off push while also keeping local rivals Wigan Warriors off the top of Super League.
Drop goals from Matty Smith and former Wests Tiger Pat Richards looked to have earned Wigan a draw that would have returned them to the top of the table.
But Greenwood went over under the posts with three minutes remaining to seal a dramatic 22-16 victory at Langtree Park and keep Saints seventh.
With Sam Tomkins and Sean O'Loughlin both rested for Wigan's Challenge Cup semifinal against London Broncos it was Saints that made the fast start.
Adam Swift's first-half double raced the hosts into a 12-0 lead but Richards and then Josh Charnley, who scored two tries of his own, turned the game on its head around the interval.
And after Smith and Richards both slotted drop-goals to seemingly earn a draw it was left to Greenwood who barged over after a fine break from Tommy Makinson.
Afterwards man-of-the-match Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook called on his teammates to use the result as motivation for their play-off push at the end of the season.
"That was a good win," said the St Helens prop.
"We had a week long preparation for this game and I think that showed, I thought we looked fit and healthy.
"Wigan have got a big game coming up this week but we stuck to the plan that Browny gave us and we looked like a really good side.
"Hopefully this win will push us on, we have got a week off now and then we go to Perpignan which is definitely not going to be a walk in the park."
On Sunday Danny Brough was the star of the show for Huddersfield Giants who moved to the top of the table with a hard-fought 48-32 win against Castleford Tigers.
Brough scored 20 points, including a first-half blitz that saw him score a try and convert all six Giants scores, as the home side survived a late Cas comeback.
Aaron Murphy and Ben Blackmore both went over twice for the Giants but after former Parramatta Eel Weller Hauraki went over for the Tigers in the second half the score was back to 36-28 with a quarter of an hour to go.
But Murphy made sure of the win late on as the Giants continue to impress in Super League this year.
Warrington Wolves are keeping pace with the Giants though as Brett Hodgson inspired the Wire to a 34-6 win over Hull KR.
The former Wests Tiger scored a try and kicked four goals but it took until the second half for Tony Smith's side to do the damage against the Robins, Michael Monaghan crossing for the final score of the match.
On Friday, Jarrod Sammutt's remarkable try-scoring season continued but it took a late Luke Gale drop goal to secure Bradford Bulls a 19-12 win over Hull FC.
Defending champions Leeds Rhinos ended Wakefield Trinity Wildcats's four-match winning run in a tense Yorkshire derby settled by Ryan Hall's late try for a 20-18 win.
Stephen Wild's second-half try proved decisive as Salford City Reds beat Catalan Dragons 16-12 for their first win at the Salford City Stadium since April.
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In quite the disruptive scare, Prince Charles and wife Camilla Parker-Bowles were the victims of a protester attack on Thursday evening (December 9) in London, England.
The Rolls Royce in which the royal couple was riding in en route to the London Palladium had white paint hurled at it by students angered by the recent tuition increase.
A source at the theatre told UsMagazine, "They were whisked inside as soon as they arrived. All security were on hand to protect them as they entered the theatre."
Fortunately, Charles and Camilla were unharmed, but thirty-eight protesters and 10 police officers were injured, with six more officers requiring hospital treatment.


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FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Germany's Siemens AG promised investors its deal to buy Invensys' rail business for a hefty 1.74 billion pounds ($2.78 billion) would contribute to boosting profits in a tough economy.
The engineering conglomerate, Germany's most valuable company, aims to save 6 billion euros ($7.75 billion) and focus on its core areas of expertise to close a gap with rivals such as ABB and General Electric.
Late on Wednesday, the company said it was buying Invensys Rail and selling its baggage handling and postal sorting operations as part of that plan.
The deals will lift the operating profit margin of Siemens' Infrastructure & Cities division by more than one percentage point in fiscal 2014 from 7.5 percent last year, I&C Chief Executive Roland Busch said during a conference call on Thursday.
"We are investing in our profitability. We see a margin improvement ... as validation," Busch said.
The purchase of Invensys Rail vaults Siemens, which was advised on the deal by Goldman Sachs, well ahead of rivals in rail signaling, with a 17 percent market share, almost double the closest rivals Alstom and Ansaldo STS.
The 1.74 billion pound price tag represents about 97 percent of parent company Invensys' market value ahead of Wednesday's announcement, or 15 times Invensys Rail's estimated 2013 operating profit, which analysts said seemed very high.
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A 24-year-old male worker jumped off a building to his death on April 24th only two days after getting a job in the factory. Only three days later a 23-year-old female jumped off her sixth-floor apartment and was carried away by medical staff, but employees overheard medics saying it might be too late to save her.
Everything is once again in "silent mode" at the Zhengzhou Foxconn factory in China where employees have been forbidden from speaking about anything but work on the factory floor. Even when speaking voices should be low so no one else can hear. Meetings between more than two people are policed and have to happen in specially designated places. Breaking those rules leads to cuts in the salary or downright firing of employees.
Foxconn workers' complaints are about the long monotonous work hours spent in silence. 14 people committed suicide in Foxconn factories in 2010 and after a massive outcry the company was forced to change the conditions of its workers.
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