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These are super cute! I got them because the Gel Tip Toes were out of stock. I'm sure this product would work well for someone else, but I ordered these and the Gellows at the same time and find those provide more of what my feet need.
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Britney Spears has been snapped carrying Jayden James out of the Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center into a waiting SUV on Monday, November 10.
Britney Spears' youngest son Jayden James has been released from the Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, where he's been treated over the weekend for what was cited as "a terrible allergic reaction." The 2-year-old boy was photographed being carried away by his pop superstar mother into a waiting car outside the hospital at about 6 P.M. Monday, November 10.
In the photo which was made public by US Weekly, it can be seen that the mother-son duo was escorted into the SUV by a police and security. One eyewitness testified to have seen Britney looking "totally exhausted."
Britney, according to report, took Jayden back to her family's "Serenity" compound in nearby Kentwood, Lousiana. No words if the boy's father, Kevin Federline, would make his way to see him.
On Monday, November 10, a representative for Spears' family posted a confirmation on the singer's official site, stating "Jayden James Federline was admitted to the Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center on Sunday, November 9th. Doctors concluded he had a reaction to something he ingested. He is expected to be discharged tomorrow." Cause of the allergic reaction wasn't disclosed though.
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DRUMMING for Life beat out a rhythm for three-and-a-half hours and raised around £300 for children with cancer.
"I can't run, but I can drum," said Bournemouth youth worker Joe Musker, who organises two sponsored drumming sessions a year to raise funds for charity.
Eight drummers aged from 12 to 62 took part in the non-stop drum which took place in the youth club at Winton recreation ground.
"I'm absolutely delighted," said Joe, a former professional drummer.
"I just love doing it. It's so popular with all the kids when they come to Winton Recreation Ground Youth Club."
They were helped out by musicians from Bournemouth band Electric Panda for the drumming marathon.
"It was great," said Joe.
Delicious cupcakes made by Helen Owen proved so popular that 40 were consumed during the event.
And her son Jordan Owen, 17, raised a magnificent £315 in sponsorship towards the £634 raised during the last drum marathon in August, for Macmillan Cancer Care and the Breast Cancer Unit at Poole Hospital.
His reward was a cymbal, presented by Joe during the event.
"We all had a great time," said Joe. That's what it's all about. I just love passing on what I have learnt to the youngsters now."
This time the Youth Cancer Trust is to benefit from the sponsored drum and, with just over £256 raised so far, they hope the total will exceed £300.
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DENVER — Conventional wisdom suggests point guard Ramon Sessions will terminate his contract July 1, become a free agent and sign a bigger and better deal with the Lakers.
After all, he wasn't acquired March 15 to be just a rent-a-player.
He would prefer to think about the present rather than the future, however, and concentrate on helping the Lakers advance past the Denver Nuggets in their Western Conference quarterfinal series.
Sessions, who made his playoff debut in Game 1 against the Nuggets after spending his first four seasons with non-qualifiers Milwaukee, Minnesota and Cleveland, is due to be paid $4.3 million for this season and $4.5 million in 2012-13.
"It's definitely something that's not in the back of my mind right now because I'm trying to focus on the playoffs," Sessions said on the eve of Game 4. "It's not even a concern. I don't know what's going to happen. I know it's coming.
"It's something I'll deal with."
The Lakers paid a sentimental price when they traded veteran Derek Fisher and a first-round draft to the Houston Rockets to acquire power forward Jordan Hill. They got Sessions from the Cavaliers for Luke Walton, Jason Kapono and a draft pick.
The Rockets then bought out the 37-year-old Fisher from his contract and he signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder. After a short break-in period, Sessions assumed Fisher's starting position with the Lakers.
"Once they traded 'Fish,' I knew they kind of opened the door to bring me in and try to run the show," Sessions said. "It was something I was comfortable with. It was something I did in my career, but not to this magnitude with a playoff team.
"I knew I was ready for it."
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Kobe Bryant dismissed any notion Denver's mile-high altitude hinders his performance in any meaningful way despite the Nuggets' customary pregame announcement that exercise at 5,280 feet can pose serious health problems.
"It doesn't bother me too much," Bryant said when asked if the altitude slows him down when he plays in Denver. "I've smoked cigars and still scored 50 points in three quarters here.
"If you're in shape, you're in shape."
Lakers coach Mike Brown agreed but said it was different for well-trained and finely tuned professional athletes like Bryant than for weekend-warrior types whose bodies aren't as fit and can't make the adjustment as easily.
"For a guy like me, who's out of shape, I feel it just walking around," he said.
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After the NBA rechecked its figures, center Andrew Bynum finished alone in fourth place in voting for the Most Improved Player Award last week. He originally was in a tie with Greg Monroe of the Detroit Pistons with 96 points.
But a first-place vote for Bynum was mistakenly awarded to Andrew Bogut of the Golden State Warriors. Bynum moved ahead of Monroe with 101 points after the mistake was found and corrected, the league said in an email Sunday.
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When James added his signature to the enlistment form, his Army recruiter leaned across the desk and shook his hand. He told him the decision he had made represented an honorable commitment to his country, and that he should wear the military uniform with pride and dignity.
Less than three months later, after having completed the rigorous training at "Ranger School," his commanding officer pulled him aside and informed him he had been selected to participate in a special ops program -- he was the most qualified candidate to accomplish the mission's objectives.
The specialized training he received was short but intense, and before the month had ended, he was airdropped behind enemy lines, landing in the middle of a rice paddy, deep inside the jungles of Cambodia. His orders were to operate as a lone "wolf," laying landmines along transportation routes that serviced the Ho Chi Minh Trail and to use his considerable military skills to identify and disrupt illegal sanctuaries.
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Minority Council Members Say Leppert "Mischaracterized" Their Support of Love Field Concession Contracts Delay in Campaign E-Mail
The seven who claim the mayor needs to be clear when talking about their stance on the Love Field concession contracts (from left to right): Delia Jasso, Dwaine Caraway, Pauline Medrano, Carolyn Davis, Tennell Atkins, Vonciel Hill and Steve Salazar
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On Monday, we told you about an e-mail we received from Mayor Tom Leppert's campaign thanking his city council mates for agreeing to defer the vote on two concession contracts at Dallas Love Field Airport so city staff could cook up some new options to consider at the council's August 4 briefing. Then, finally, a vote on those options would take place at the August 11 agenda meeting.
"I also want to thank all my colleagues for agreeing to step back together and be open to considering additional choices encompassing a competitive bid," Leppert wrote, emphasizing that the entire council was on board with these new ideas.
At the time, we wondered if perhaps Leppert hadn't heard about the press conference held the day before the scheduled June 23 vote, where the seven minority council members blasted the mayor and endorsed the contracts on the table.
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"We did not support your deferment of the contracts extension in order for staff to explore more options," the group wrote in a missive to the mayor today, which was copied to several other city officials. "We have read with concern and disappointment your email to supporters on Monday, June 28, 2010 where you have mischaracterized our support of the deferral on the concessions contracts issue."
As we noted on Monday, the group is firm in its support of the current contract proposals, and they told Leppert as much, along with explaining that they only supported a delay so that Angela Hunt could "obtain more information before deciding her vote on the issue."
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Truckee, Ca., September, 2008
The first women's specific snowboarding retail company, MissBoarder LLC, has formally announced plans to open its first brick and mortar location this October in Truckee, CA at 10015 Palisades Dr. The first "MissBoarder Boutique" will be located just minutes from several major Lake Tahoe area resorts such as, Northstar, Squaw Valley, Boreal and Alpine Meadows.
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Freeholders voted unanimously for a recommendation by Freehold Mildred Scott, who called for the county to end its more than six-year-long agreement with the U.S. Marshal Service to house detainees in the corrections facility in North Brunswick.
Scott said the Marshal Service was insisting the county enter the federal 287 (g) program, which allows municipal and county law enforcement officers to simultaneously work as immigration agents, giving them authority to initiate deportation proceedings against illegal aliens linked to serious crimes.
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Vince has provided three sample death critical animations on The Age of Decadence forums. Perhaps of even more interest - if I understand the comment correctly - the composer from Katauri's King's Bounty has provided much of the music for the game with 13 tracks provided so far.
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I thought that was widely known already. It has been public for some time, though never announced.
In fact, go back to the first combat trailer. Listen to that music. Sound familiar? That track was turned down for use in AoD (not appropriate enough) and then used for King's Bounty.
Hmm, the animations look pretty stiff, and that combat trailer looks downright dreadful in terms of animation quality.
I understand this is an indie production, but it's unfortunate they were not able to come up with something a bit less rigid and dreary.
Oh well, hopefully the rest of the game is better.
They should really include a running animation. The animations are generally not great, but running would eliminate a lot of the awkwardness.
I suspect that isolated animations, like in-game still shots, don't do justice to the art or the work that's gone into the game.
We'll know for sure once the combat demo is released.
I am referring to the combat trailer Brother None linked at in his post.
I thought the crit ani's were quite good. Better than some AAA games. The extra shove of the spear and the guy looking up and holding his arm up in reflexive defense before the final blow in the other two were nice touches. Good attention to detail. Add a little blood splatter (not to the ridiculous DA amount) and appropriate sound effects and they're good to go.
I also like these new animations! They seem to make sense.
Sometimes it's the little things that stand out. Lately I've been playing IWD2 (and enjoying it quite a bit), but the animations for my dwarf using his two-handed ax are so bad, that I'm beginning to wish I'd chosen a different character.
The strikes really look like critical hits, and the victims react the way they should. I especially like how the attacker plants his foot to pull out the spear! Kneeing the ax victim while he's down is a nice touch too!
I haven't paid much attention to the music before so, no, I wasn't aware of it. With the combat trailer, I was paying attention to the combat, not some music I figured was unlikely to be final.
I like the animations enough. They lack weight - the axe wielder looks like he is using a plastic prop - but AAA stuff finds it hard enough to get that right. More than good enough relevant to the rest of the game.
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He gave two major pieces of advice in his farwell address...
1 - Not to split up into political parties - He felt this would cause a divide in the nation and that politics would no longer be about what people believed, but about what parties believed
2- Do not engage in alliances with nations during peace time as this will only drag us into their conflicts - Washington believed in isoliationism - After the French helped us in the Revolution he refused to send aid to the French during their revolutionary war stating that it wasn't our conflict to get involved with.
Here's a website containing an abstract from his address:
You can also view the full text. Just click on the option.
Pres. Washington warned against foreign alliances and political parties, which was somewhat ironic because politically, although he officially never joined a party, his policies and way of thinking had a distinct Federalist tilt and he thouroughly rejected most of the ideas of the Jeffersonians. I think the emergence of political parties between the Federalists and the Republicans was already a foregone conclusion when he gave his farewell address
Also, about alliances, we fefused aid to France during the Revolution primarily because we made the alliance with France while Louis XVI was in power and now a completly different French government was asking us to come to their aid and this is why Washington refused to help France's fight vs. England and why he became wary of foreign alliances.
washington warned the country about foriegn allies and not to get in others business with conflicts. but i guess bush hasnt learned any thing from our fore fathers hope this helps
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Disruptions to the wreck occurred in 1925, Amer said, when propellers were salvaged, and again in 1954, when Hartley witnessed the salvaging of two engines, a boiler, propeller shafts and a 30-foot section of the stern.
With the mystery of the wreck solved, Amer will resume efforts to locate the third cannon.
Amer said he will ask local loggers in the spring to move the logs holding the Brooke in preparation for raising the two cannon. He said he also wants to determine whether a field of logs carpeting the river bed close to where the other two cannon were found, is covering the missing cannon.
The logs are a remnant of the Mars Bluff Navy Yard, one of seven inland Confederate naval yards and the one where C.S.S. Peedee was built and later used for logging activities.
While Amer has worked to locate the cannon and gunboat, his colleague, Dr. Jon Leader, a SCIAA research associate professor, is searching for the naval yard.
Like the third cannon, the land portion of the Mars Bluff Navy Yard remains elusive.
Leader's initial search, using ground-penetrating radar and remote-sensing technologies with students from USC and East Carolina University's Program in Maritime Studies field school, uncovered early occupations by Native Americans, but no evidence of the naval yard. He said he believes it may be on adjacent property along the river, which he will investigate this spring.


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Adam Levine, Lea Michele and Sarah Jessica Parker among Obama's celebrity wish list
With all the GOP campaign shenanigans, we almost forgot there's still a president in the White House who wants to get re-elected. President Obama is sticking to his guns, and by guns I mean celebrities. The Tennessean newspaper reports that his campaign has complied a massive list of athletes, musicians, businessmen and actors they would… More ▸


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Manila, Dec. 2, 2001 - (STAR) By Nelson Beltran - Sta. Lucia Realty came in its Sundays best and routed a listless Pop Cola side, 86-74, for the second straight game to gain whats only its second Philippine Basketball Association finals stint in nine years.
The Realtors simply outdid themselves, playing above their potentials, according to coach Norman Black, to crush the Panthers in their do-or-die match and arrange a best-of-seven showdown with the San Miguel Beermen for the PBA Governors Cup crown to the delight of their supporters at the Araneta Coliseum.
Game One is set Wednesday also at the Big Dome.
Damian Owens came up with a triple-double performance with 10 points, 18 rebounds and 14 assists and got all the needed support from his teammates as they totally outclassed the Panthers for the emphatic victory that capped a big comeback from 1-2 down in the best-of-five series.
The Realtors imposed their will on the Panthers right from the start, racing to a 26-6 lead in the first seven minutes of the game and hanging tough the rest of the way.
Sta. Lucia dictated the tempo practically throughout despite the return of Johnny Abarrientos from a six-game layoff.
Paolo Mendoza seemed to relish his matchup with Abarrientos, firing 12 points, including two three-pointers.
Then there were Dennis Espino, Marlou Aquino and Gerard Francisco who had their own fine moments in the contest.
"My local players stepped up, playing above their potentials and that was the key," said Black as they arranged a title rematch with the Beermen whom they faced in their first-ever finals stint in the last years Commissioners Cup.
"We won by a big margin but I got scared by our hot start. Its hard to maintain the momentum of a big start but we kept the intensity till the end," Black added.
Meanwhile, the fate of the RFM Corp. franchise is to be discussed in a meeting at 6 p.m. at the Edsa Shangri-La Plaza today. Pop Cola board representative Elmer Yanga sought the special board meeting to discuss the possible transfer of the RFM Corp. franchise to San Miguel Corp.
SMC is purchasing the Pop Cola Corp. from RFM and the giant food conglomerate wants the Pop Cola franchise in the PBA to be part of the deal reportedly involving P11.6 billion.
A two-thirds vote of the board is needed for the franchise transfer to be made. Yanga said they will play under the banner of Selecta if the transfer is nixed by the board.
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Introducing BWW Geeks World!
Back in November of 2012, we added 10 new web sites to the BWW family, covering TV, Movies, Fashion, Music, Dance, Opera, Classical Music, Comedy, Visual Arts and Books. I'm excited to report that all 10 are off to fantastic starts, each currently being staffed up with their own editorial teams that are as passionate about those areas of entertainment as we are about theatre here.
I've always been a (happily) self-proclaimed geek myself, always with a dual passion for theatre and technology (thus, BroadwayWorld.com). As the new sites ramped up with content, and traffic, it quickly became evident that we had room for 1 more BWW site.
Today we've officially launched BWW Geeks World, timed to the 2013 International CES in Las Vegas, for which our new geek gurus are covering left, right and center with hundreds of articles about the newest in consumer tech.
The new site will cover the geeky end of home entertainment, mobile, social media and more -- basically featuring all of the many devices and services on which our readers will be consuming entertainment over the years to come. We launched the other sites because the world of theatre continues to open up and to intersect with other areas of the arts. Today, as we're seeing more productions filmed, more technology making its way to the stage - well, it's another perfect fit.
If you're a fan of technology, I'd like to personally invite you to also check out the new BWW Geeks World here, otherwise, stay tuned for a SLEW of very exciting BroadwayWorld additions and upgrades that are being cooked up here in the virtual kitchen as I type. The Spring is shaping up to be a great theatre season and our continued, unmatched coverage is full steam ahead!
Happy 2013!
The 2001 Syracuse University graduate (School of Information Studies) is also the owner of Wisdom Digital Media, an award-winning leading design company for entertainment and technology web sites. In his previous life, he held an executive position for the world's leading publisher of technology magazines, web sites and conferences and, as a result, was named among the "Top thirty magazine industry executives under the age of 30" by FOLIO Magazine. Robert Diamond founded BroadwayWorld.com in 2003, which has now become the largest theatre web site in the world. He also serves as the site's Editor-in-Chief, covering Broadway and beyond, with specific local coverage for 100 cities in the United States, 35 countries worldwide and 15 other related areas of entertainment - including dance, opera, fashion, concerts, comedy, films, television and more. In May of 2014, the site was awarded a 2014 Award for Excellence in Theatre Arts Education by the prestigious Theatre Museum. Diamond got his start in the entertainment field, accidentally, when he created the 'official web site' (while in college) for Michael Crawford, the popular actor and original Tony and Olivier Award-winning star of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. (He still blames Crawford - and credits him - for anything that goes particularly right or wrong during an average day.) As a respected member of the Broadway and theatre community, Diamond also served as Lead Producer for a series of sold-out shows using the BroadwayWorld.com 'brand' for a set of 'Standing Ovations' concerts, which also branched out into titles that included Holiday Shows and even more specific concerts like 'From Stage to Screen and Back Again' in tandem with publishers and movie studios. All proceeds were in turn donated to Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS, the industry's leader in aid for performers in need. Robert lives in Manhattan with his wife and two dogs, growing the business and getting little sleep. In addition, you can usually find him in a theatre many nights a week. Robert's very popular blog, 'The Broadway Pulse' appears daily on BroadwayWorld.com and he also wrote weekly about theatre for the USA Network's Character Approved blog. In December of 2011, Diamond was one of 5 Syracuse University Alumni, all having achieved success in the world of start-ups, business growth and venture capital, participating on a panel addressing young alumni who are currently pursuing their dreams of running their own business and experiencing the day to day challenges of a startup. It is part of the university's new Student Accelerator Program, for which Rob was recommended by Syracuse University's i-School. In late 2012, Wisdom Digital Media announced the official spinoff and launch of 10 new entertainment web sites including BWWMoviesWorld.com, BWWTVWorld.com, BWWFashionWorld.com, BWWBooksWorld.com, BWWMusicWorld.com, BWWArtWorld.com, BWWComedyWorld.com, BWWDanceWorld.com, BWWClassicalWorld.com and BWWOperaWorld.com. In January of 2013, BWWGeeksWorld.com, devoted to home entertainment, mobile technologies and social media launched as well, followed by BWWFitnessWorld.com and BWWTravelWorld.com in April of 2013. In July of 2013, BWWHub.com launched as a portal to the complete family of entertainment and lifestyle offerings. In 2014, BroadwayWorld.com returned to the concert stage, with a series of benefit concerts featuring Broadway's brightest stars. A new partnership with Rock-it Science Records will record and release these special evenings, with proceeds benefiting various charities.


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Galleries - Starfleet Bridge Illustrations
Comparison ChartsStarfleet and Earth Starship BridgesStarfleet and Earth Shuttle Cockpits
Comparison Charts
Starfleet and Earth Starship Bridges
Starfleet and Earth Shuttle Cockpits
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Variations of the Runabout Interior - a detailed look at the changes to this regular DS9 set over the years
Re-Used Shuttle Interiors - runabout interiors, other shuttle cockpits
All illustrations originally created for the Star Trek Fact Files and Star Trek: The Magazine. All images cleaned up for publication on this site. Some modified to represent different canon bridges. Thanks to BobyE, Andy Kinnear, Erwin, Gilso and A Call to Duty.


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Advanced Micro Devices' next-generation graphics processors will ship with GDDR5 (Graphics Double Data Rate 5) memory from Qimonda, the companies said Tuesday.
AMD's upcoming ATI Radeon R700 graphics chips are scheduled for release in the coming months and will offer a significant improvement over the company's current graphics chips, according to AMD executives. The R700 is the first AMD graphics chip to support GDDR5 memory.
GDDR5 chips offer much higher data rates than GDDR3 and GDDR4, which are supported by AMD's Radeon HD 3800 series graphics processors, currently AMD's most powerful graphics chips. GDDR5 chips also consume less power than other memory types.
Memory maker Qimonda will supply the GDDR5 chips used with the first R700 chips that hit the market, but AMD is working with other suppliers, including Samsung Electronics and Hynix.
Qimonda said its GDDR5 chips are being produced in volume and have started shipping to AMD, suggesting that the launch of the R700 is not far off. AMD did not say when the next-generation graphics chip will be introduced.


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Irving Kahn is not only a value investor, but also a money manager. Currently, he is the Chairman of Kahn Brothers Group, Inc., a privately owned investment advisory and broker-dealer firm founded by him together with his sons, in 1978.
Kahn, a Chartered Financial Analyst, was among the first applicants to take the CFA exam. Furthermore, he co-founded the Financial Analysts' Journal and the New York Society of Security Analysts. Kahn was also a former director of Teleregister Corp., Hugo Stinnes Co., West Chemical, Kings County Lighting, Grand Union Stores and Willcox & Gibbs.
Kahn Brothers is one of the few firms that follow closely the value methodology of famed investor Benjamin Graham. In 1988, the Kahns bought stock in Analogic Corporation (NASDAQ:ALOG), a CAT scanning equipment manufacturer. Then going for about $8 per share, Analogic's balance sheet exhibited almost $3.50 a share in cash and net working capital of approximately $6.00 a share.
As regards earnings, the record was positive yet erratic and the share price, as high as $31 at one time, has remained in the mid-teens in the most recent years. On account of the assets that back the shares, its positive record and good management, one could argue that the risk to the investor when buying Analogic at $8.00 was exceedingly small.
In 1996, Analogic drew interest with the successful launching of its new portable CAT scanning device. The company's association with efforts to create new airport bomb-detection equipment also garnered attention after the unexplained TWA Flight 800 July disaster. The stock price skyrocketed to nearly $30, which meant for the Kahn group an annualized return over the eight-year period of nearly 18%. All in all, it was definitely not bad for an investment carrying only a nominal risk.
I believe it is interesting to examine Kahn's holdings with a view to generate seed investment ideas for further research. I consider that, if a stock is a top holding from a prominent portfolio manager like Kahn, the company must have passed stringent research standards. Therefore, I find myself increasingly interested in investing in such a company.
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE)
Pfizer Inc. is focused on developing and commercializing a wide range of products, ranging from human and animal biologic and small molecule medicines and vaccines to nutritional and consumer health care products. Currently, Pfizer operates through numerous segments like Primary Care, Oncology, Specialty Care, Established Products and Emerging Markets, Consumer Healthcare, Animal Health and Nutrition. In 2011, Pfizer posted global sales of $67.4 billion (up 1%). While sales from Biopharmaceutical reached $57.7 billion (down 1%), Animal Health reported sales of $4.2 billion (up 17%). Consumer Healthcare and Nutrition contributed also with $3.1 billion and $2.1 billion to the sales of 2011, respectively.
The Wyeth Acquisition: In October 2009, Pfizer decided to acquire Wyeth, a large pharmaceutical company, for $68 billion. With the acquisition, Pfizer has now become a rather more diversified healthcare company with a considerably stronger presence in the emerging markets. The company also improved its pipeline and developed a lower and comparatively more flexible cost base. One reason it targeted Wyeth is that it owns a large biologics platform, a very strong presence in vaccines as well as important consumer products and animal health businesses. As such, the company's Consumer Healthcare unit, which is strongly positioned in the U.S. and international markets, proved a nice addition to Pfizer's portfolio. Moreover, another reason rests in Wyeth's research, considerably focused on Alzheimer's, central nervous system (CNS) disorders and oncology. These are all areas to which Pfizer has committed a clear focus and where it sees significant opportunity for growth. I believe that Pfizer realized the synergies of over $4 billion from the Wyeth acquisition.
Deep Pipeline: Another factor to be considered here is that Pfizer intends to allocate more resources to the creation of treatments in oncology, neuroscience, metabolic disorders, cardiology, inflammation, immunology and vaccines. Those are areas where Wyeth believes it can lead and where it has a number of complementary products and some research. A further reason must be that, as the company has claimed, it intends to stop funding treatments for high risk/low productivity therapeutic areas like respiratory diseases, allergy, internal medicine, urology, and tissue repair. A further attractive factor is that, to increase its presence in the pain management market, Pfizer has also acquired King Pharma, which has a portfolio of numerous pain management products. With such acquisition, Pfizer seeks to diversify its product portfolio and bring in additional sources of revenue. Besides accessing King's pain management portfolio, Pfizer is also likely to benefit from the addition of King's EpiPen business as well as its Animal Health business. Both of them are bound to complement Pfizer's Animal Health segment.
PFE's current net profit margin is 14.8, currently higher than its 2010 margin of 12.18. I like companies that increased profit margins in comparison with other years. It is essential to know the reason why that happened. Its current return on equity is 11.78. It is lower than the 20% standard I look for in companies I invest in, and also higher than its 2010 average return on equity of 9.29.
In terms of income and revenue growth, PFE has a 3-year average revenue growth of 11.76 and a 3-year net income average growth of 7.29. Its current revenue year-over-year growth is 0.55, lower than its 2010 revenue growth of 34.09. I do not like when current revenue growth is less than the past year. It generally shows that business is decelerating for some reason. The current net income year-over-year growth is 21.22, higher than its 2010 average of -4.38. I like when net income growth is higher than the past.
In terms of valuation ratios, PFE is trading at a Price/Book of 2.0x, a Price/Sales of 2.5x and a Price/Cash Flow of 8.4x in comparison to its industry averages of 2.9x book, 2.5x sales and 10.2x cash flow. It is essential to analyze the current valuation of PFE and check how it is trading in relation to its peer group.
As regards its valuation, Pfizer posted fourth-quarter earnings of $0.50 per share, 3 cents above the average consensus estimate and the year-ago earnings of $0.47. Nevertheless, revenue was reduced 4% to $16.7 billion in line with the average consensus estimate. Despite this decline in revenue, a lower share count and cost control did help earnings to rise from the year-ago period. Citing currency fluctuations, Pfizer reduced its guidance for 2012 and is now expecting earnings of $2.20 - $2.30 per share on revenues of $60.5 - $62.5 billion. Earlier, Pfizer expected to earn $2.25 - $2.35 per share on revenues of $62.2 - $64.7 billion in 2012. Revenue will also be affected by the loss of exclusivity of Lipitor in the United States in late November 2011.
Near-term earnings will most likely be propelled by cost-cutting efforts and share repurchasing. While Wyeth brings together with it an attractive biologics platform as well as some complementary products and businesses, I do not think they will be enough to sustain long-term top-of-the-line growth. I consider the merger as Pfizer's opportunity to cut down additional costs. Longer-term growth will depend on successful drug development. Currently, Pfizer is trading at 9.4x on the EPS estimate.
Pfizer needed $22.5 billion in debt to fund the Wyeth acquisition, but I believe that its strong cash flows will most likely whittle down this debt quickly in the next few years. Moreover, after the acquisition, Pfizer had more than $25 billion in cash.
Merck & Co Inc. (NYSE:MRK)
New Jersey, Merck & Co., Inc. is based in Whitehouse Station and is a worldwide pharmaceutical products company driven by research. In 2009, Merck purchased Schering-Plough for $41.1 billion. Currently, the merged company has been placed behind Pfizer, which also acquired Wyeth for $68 billion. In May 2011, Merck acquired Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a specialty pharmaceutical company) for $430 million. By means of this acquisition, Merck seeks to enlarge and fortify its ophthalmology portfolio. Merck posted 2011 sales of $48 billion. Fundamental items in Merck's portfolio include: Bone, Respiratory, Neurosciences and Ophthalmology, Cardiovascular, Diabetes and Obesity, Infectious Disease, Oncology, Vaccines, Mature Brands, Immunology and Dermatology, Women's Health and Endocrine.
Unfortunately, Merck is and will be facing important patent cliffs, while Schering has relatively little exposure to the expiration of its patents through 2013. However, I deem it is important that, through the merger, Merck will be in a position to address immediate patent cliffs as well as pipeline failures. On account of the minimal product overlap and its relative ease to combine the cholesterol business, I expect considerable synergy opportunities from combining sales, research, marketing as well as other back-office functions. A further point to bear in consideration when investing is that such deal also helped to diversify revenue sources in geographic terms. Merck managed to achieve cost savings over $2.0 billion in 2010 and now is expecting to achieve annual savings of $3.5 billion around the end of 2012. Moreover, Merck has a worldwide restructuring program in progress aimed at reducing cost structure and improving efficiency. Merck continues to explore the possibilities of reducing its cost structure and has made public the next stage of its merger restructuring program.
I think that Merck invested in Schering because he aims to strengthen its presence in the emerging markets. In order to fulfill its objective, the company seeks to present new products, market successfully its current portfolio of vaccines and drugs and leverage the market for branded generics. I am sure that Merck's analysis takes into consideration that China has been performing rather well, with sales increasing about 30% during the fourth quarter of 2011. Merck's portfolio can play a lead role in facing some of the most important challenges in cardiovascular disease, diabetes and women's health in emerging markets. Merck must have been attracted by the fact that the diabetes franchise already generates more than $200 million in sales from emerging markets. Moreover, I find it essential that they are the second largest brands in India and Korea among oral diabetes medicines. Furthermore, Merck also looks toward biosimilars to secure long-term growth, a market that presents an enormous commercial opportunity, with more than $60 billion of biologic sales scheduled to lose patent protection through 2017.
MRK's current net profit margin is 13.02, currently higher than its 2010 margin of 1.87. I like companies that increased profit margins in comparison to other years. It is essential to know the reason why that happened. Its current return on equity is 11.49. It is lower than the 20% standard I look for in companies I invest in, and lower than its 2010 average return on equity of 1.51.
In terms of income and revenue growth, MRK has a 3-year average revenue growth of 26.30 and a 3-year net income average growth of -7.04. Its current revenue year-over-year growth is 4.48, lower than its 2010 revenue growth of 67.66. I do not like when current revenue growth is less than the past year. It generally shows that business is decelerating for some reason. The current net income year-over-year growth is 628.46, higher than its 2010 average of -93.33. I like when net income growth is higher than the past.
In terms of valuation ratios, MRK is trading at a Price/Book of 2.1x, a Price/Sales of 2.4x and a Price/Cash Flow of 9.4x in comparison to its industry averages of 2.9x book, 2.5x sales and 10.2x cash flow. It is essential to analyze the company's current valuation and check how it is trading in relation to its peer group.
Valuation is at the heart of any investment decision, whether to buy, sell or hold. Currently, Merck is facing the patent expiration of the key drug Singulair as well as U.S. healthcare reform, EU pricing pressure, the Remicade/Simponi transition and, finally, pipeline setbacks. I think that the company will still resort to cost-cutting efforts to manage to drive the bottom line. In the meantime, some of the company's recent launches will start contributing in a significant manner to the top line in the upcoming quarters.
Merck's current trailing 12-month earnings multiple is 10.2, in comparison with the industry average of 12.9 and 14.4 for the S&P 500. During the past five years, Merck's shares have traded from 7.1x to 20.4x trailing 12-month earnings.
Merck now preserves his strong financial health, even considering the additional $8.5 billion in debt that are necessary for the acquisition of Schering. I expect that the combined company will manage to generate a free cash flow of nearly $12 billion in 2011. Merck's stable and strong cash flows are likely to whittle away the debt relatively quickly.
New York Community Bancorp Inc (NYB)
New York Community Bancorp Inc is one of the leading providers of multi-family loans in the New York City area and is focused on apartment buildings featuring rents that are below market. It has two banking subsidiaries: the New York Community Bank and the New York Commercial Bank. Evidencing its growth through a number of acquisitions, the Community Bank operates with five local divisions: Roosevelt Savings Bank in Brooklyn, Roslyn Savings Bank on Long Island, Richmond County Savings Bank on Staten Island, Queens County Savings Bank in Queens, and Garden State Community Bank in New Jersey. Analogously, the Commercial Bank engages in the operation of 17 of its branches under the designation Atlantic Bank.
I think that one of the most important reasons for this investment is that the bank has an excellent underwriting record of practically zero loan losses in its main business on account of its focus on multifamily mortgages for rent-regulated buildings, which are among the most desired apartments in high-cost New York. The owners of rent-controlled apartments cannot increase rents too much unless they enhance their properties. And one important reason to ponder is that, for such upgrades, they borrow from banks like NYB, which provides very profitable loans, not only because they have considerably low delinquency rates, but also because they are normally refinanced early (thus incurring a prepayment penalty) by landlords who seek to upgrade their properties further to obtain even higher rents. What is attractive for an investor is that such cycle ends up benefiting NYB, since it enables the bank to know its clients and their cash flows considerably well. Furthermore, loans are collateralized by rent-regulated buildings, which are usually stable as well as fully occupied. The average loan/value ratio is 60%, so NYB is well cushioned against losses. The bank has avoided loan losses in its multifamily niche for approximately 30 years.
NYB's profitability was historically hampered by its low yields on loans and high borrowing costs, which managed to compress net interest income. I deem it essential, however, that the AmTrust acquisition will help to reduce the bank's funding costs and to increase margins slightly, as it raised deposits (considered the cheapest funding source) more than 50% overnight. While I expect a portion of these purchased deposits to continue to flee to different institutions, the rest has reduced noticeably the firm's reliance on rather more expensive debt.
NYB's current net profit margin is 33.43, currently lower than its 2010 margin of 35.64. I do not like it when companies have lower profit margins than the past. That could be a reason to analyze why that happened. Its current return on equity is 8.66. It is lower than the 20% standard I look for in companies I invest in, and lower than its 2010 average return on equity of 9.93.
In terms of income and revenue growth, NYB has a 3-year average revenue growth of 27.60 and a 3-year net income average growth of 83.35. Its current revenue year-over-year growth is -5.41, lower than its 2010 revenue growth of 42.80. I do not like when current revenue growth is less than the past year. It generally shows that business is decelerating for some reason. The current net income year-over-year growth is -11.27, lower than its 2010 average of 35.71. I do not like when current net income growth is less than the past year. I look for Companies that increases both profits and revenue.
In terms of valuation ratios, NYB is trading at a Price/Book of 1.0x, a Price/Sales of 3.9x and a Price/Cash Flow of 6.8x in comparison with its industry averages of 0.9x book, 3.1x sales and 6.5x cash flow.
As regards financial health, I think that NYB's capital position is now rather strong. With healthy tangible equity/assets and even Tier 1 capital ratios exceeding 7% and 13%, respectively, the bank does have enough capital to absorb loan losses and continue its acquisition efforts.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY)
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Company is recognized as one of the major producers and distributors of pharmaceuticals and other healthcare related products. The company manufactures and sells branded pharmaceutical drugs such as Sustiva for HIV, Baraclude for hepatitis B virus (HBV), Erbitux for cancer and blood thinner Plavix. In late 2009, Bristol-Myers decided to sell its interest (a 83.1% stake) in Mead Johnson, the infant formula maker. Such divestiture has allowed Bristol-Myers to operate as a completely independent biopharmaceutical company that focuses only on pharmaceuticals.
One reason that investment was directed to Bristol-Myers is that the company is looking to strengthen its portfolio of products by launching new drugs to compensate the revenue loss to occur with the genericization of important drugs, especially Plavix. The company has succeeded in this regard in 2011, as many new products were launched or approved during that year. Key product approvals encompass: the EU approval of Eliquis (apixaban) for preventing venous thromboembolic events in adults who underwent elective knee or hip replacement surgery; the US approval of Erbitux in combination with the platinum-based chemotherapy and 5-fluorouracil as first-line therapy in patients who suffer from recurrent locoregional as well as metastatic head and neck cancer; the US and EU approval of Yervoy to treat patients who suffer from metastatic melanoma, the most severe form of skin-cancer; the US approval of a subcutaneous formulation of Orencia to treat adults who suffer from moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA); the EU approval of Onglyza in combination with insulin (either with or without metformin) for type II diabetes; and the US and EU approval of Nulojix (belatacept) for preventing the rejection of transplanted kidneys in adult patients.
A second reason to consider investing in Bristol-Myers is that it boasts a rather robust pipeline and that one of its most interesting candidates is Eliquis, which was co-developed with Pfizer. In a promising development, a late-stage study (AVERROES) of Eliquis in patients who suffer from atrial fibrillation was terminated early based on clear evidence of reduction in stroke and embolism in those patients treated with apixaban in comparison to aspirin. Furthermore, in August 2011, Bristol-Myers and Pfizer presented together encouraging data on another late-stage (ARISTOTLE) evaluating Eliquis for the prevention of strokes in patients who suffer from atrial fibrillation (AF). As such, Eliquis is under priority review in the U.S. (with March 28, 2012, as target date) and under review in Europe for AF indication. Considering that Eliquis offers multi-billion dollar sales potential, a further reason to invest lies in this approval for AF indication, which would be a strong boost for Bristol-Myers. I am also positive regarding the company's focus on the rather lucrative HCV market.
BMY's current net profit margin is 17.46, currently higher than its 2010 margin of 15.92. I like companies that increased profit margins in comparison to other years. It is essential to know the reason why that happened. Its Current Return on Equity is 23.42. It is higher than the 20% standard I look for in companies I invest in, and also higher than its 2010 average return on equity of 20.30.
In terms of income and revenue growth, BMY has a 3-year average revenue growth of 6.24 and a 3-year net income average growth of -10.92. Its current revenue year-over-year growth is 9.03, higher than its 2010 revenue growth of 3.59. The fact that revenue increased from last year shows me that the business is performing well. The current net income year-over-year growth is 19.57, lower than its 2010 average of -70.77. I do not like it when current net income growth is less than the past year. I look for Companies that increases both profits and revenues.
In terms of valuation ratios, BMY is trading at a Price/Book of 3.5x, a Price/Sales of 2.6x and a Price/Cash Flow of 11.6x in comparison to its industry averages of 2.9x book, 2.5x sales and 10.2x cash flow. It is essential to analyze the company's current valuation and check how it is trading in relation to its peer group.
As far as valuation goes, Bristol-Myers has reported lower-than-expected earnings and revenues in the last quarter of 2011. Although higher than expected expenses caused the earnings miss, the revenue miss was to be attributed mainly to lower sales of Plavix and Avapro/Avalide. I expect 2012 to be a rather challenging year for Bristol-Myers, as its blockbuster drug, Plavix, is scheduled to lose its patent in the United States in May.
The company seeks to combat the generic threat by means of partnering deals and acquisitions. It is launching new products to increase its product portfolio. I believe that Bristol-Myers will definitely continue to pursue acquisitions and deals during 2012: in January 2012, it announced a $2.5 billion deal to acquire Inhibitex to target the profitable HCV market. That having been said, I see a limited upside from the current levels and I still retain my neutral view on the stock.
Based on 2012 earnings estimates, the stock trades at 16.5x in comparison to the industry average of 12.5x.
Regarding its financial health, Bristol generates a considerable free cash flow and will have no trouble fulfilling its obligations. Furthermore, during the last few years, the proceeds from the ConvaTec, ImClone and medical imaging sales have strengthened its cash position, which has been offset, at least in part, through tuck-in acquisitions.
MBIA Inc. (NYSE:MBI)
MBIA Inc. engages in underwriting municipal bond insurance and municipal as well as structured finance obligations. Moreover, this company provides asset, investment and treasury management services together with the reinsurance of guaranteed investment contracts. After Cutwater's reorganization, MBIA Inc. modified Investment Management Services (its reporting segment) to Advisory Services. Furthermore, it added another segment called Wind-down Operations. Therefore, it now reports in four segments in comparison to the previous three: the Structured Finance and International Insurance (49%), the U.S. Public Finance Insurance segment (41% of first quarter 2010 revenues), Advisory Services (1.5%) and Wind-down Operations (8.5%).
Why was it viable to invest in MBI? To separate its riskier business of insuring structured financial obligations from the conventional bond insurance, the company started an important restructuring effort to capitalize National Financial Guarantee Corp. with $5.0 billion in February 2008. Nonetheless, financial institutions holding MBI Insurance policies decided to sue MBIA over the restructuring, which was approved by New York's insurance department in 2009, with the claim that such move would render MBI Insurance unable to disburse payments for future claims. In the past year, however, 14 banks reached an agreement with MBI. So I am basically attracted by the manner in which MBIA handled the cases thus far: it allures the investor in with the positivism that it will easily solve the remaining cases and thus allow National Public to attain better ratings and so write new business.
A second important reason under analysis is that, during November 2011, MBI's BBB ratings on its municipal bond insurance unit were affirmed by Standard and Poor's, which views that the company's business and financial risk profile in a strong light. I am attracted by its statement that the stable and strong stream of premiums and investment income contributions will help to support National while inactive, not to mention that its strong distribution and management team may help to position it well in the market once such litigation is settled.
Its current return on equity is 58.21. It is higher than the 20% standard I look for in companies I invest in, and also higher than its 2010 average return on equity of 1.94.
In terms of valuation ratios, MBI is trading at a Price/Book of 1.1x, a Price/Sales of -1.2x and a Price/Cash Flow of -0.6x in comparison to its industry averages of 1.0x Book, 1.0x Sales and 11.3x Cash Flow. It is essential to analyze the company's current valuation and check how it is trading in relation to its peer group.
As regards valuation, with a beta of 2.5, shares of MBI are considerably volatile. Some sensitive issues revolve around the shares, including the outcome of lawsuits related to National and lawsuits to put back recoveries, all of which continue to be comparatively uncertain. Moreover, its exposure to commercial real estate through its structured CMBS pools, CMBS and CRE CDO does make it considerably vulnerable to potential losses.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.


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NYC is home to some of broadcast television and cable's best shows. Come see one live as a member of the studio audience. You often need to call or reserve tickets online months in advance.
10. Martha Stewart Show. 221 West 26th Street (between Seventh and Eighth avenues). Sorry Martha does sit around and tell stories about her time locked up on the Martha Stewart Show. She hosts this daytime cooking and home show with how to segments and special celebrity guests. She focuses on food, home decor, crafts, gardening, and more. Go to the request form at MarthaStewart.com/get-tickets for tickets.
9. The View. 320 West 66th Street, ABC. A female prospective on today's events and news. This show is for the ladies. Current hosts are Barbara Walters, Whoopie Goldburg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and Sherri Shepherd. For tickets go to www.theview.abc.go.com/tickets
8. The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert. 513 West 54th, Midtown. A direct spin off of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart except Colbert plays a caricature of a right winged, highly conservative Republican. Another sharp political satire show at 11:30pm after Stewart's show on Comedy Central. The Colbert Report mocks conservative shows like the O'Reilly Factor on Fox. The hardest show to get tickets right now. Sometimes an unrelated musical guest gives a performance which has nothing to do with US politics or the show. Become part of the Colbert Nation and audience member by visiting www.colbertnation.com/tickets
7. The Today Show. 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 1A, Rockefeller Center. The Today Show, NBC's four hour morning show, has been broadcast since the 195os and is on tv from 7am to 11am Monday through Friday. The number one morning show in the US. Hosts include Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Ann Curry, and Al Roker. No in studio audience. For a chance to get on TV during the taping of The Today Show, stand outside in Rockefeller Plaza against the studio glass.
6. Good Morning America. ABC's Times Square Studios (building with live ticker and mega video screen in Times Square) 1500 Broadway, Times Square. Competes directly with NBC's The Today Show. Like the Today Show, they allow crowds to gather outside the studio and to get a good chance to get on tv you need to be against the studio glass during taping.
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Today, we are going to present part 1 of a 4-part series, titled "Love & Enmity," which explores the universal themes of love, loss, anger and forgiveness. This drama, performed by our Association members from Taoyuan, Formosa (Taiwan), was adapted from the Buddhist story as told by Supreme Master Ching Hai.
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For many, one's wedding day is as much an end as it is a beginning -- a benchmark that assumes a new lifestyle and responsibility. And yet, for most of us, a wedding day means open bar, free dinner and a night of amusement provided by adults who haven't danced regularly since the Reagan administration.
Another important aspect of the wedding day is photographic documentation of the special event. And while lots of money may be spent on a perfect photographer to snap photos of perfect hair and perfect makeup against a backdrop of a perfect day, nothing can stop a last-minute photobomb of someone desperate to draw attention away from the bride and groom. Here are some of our favorite wedding day photobombs. Vote for the funniest!
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This has annoyed me forever now. I'd like to open a window and have it open
at the same size as the last time that I closed it.
For example, the windows explorer window opens at the same size regardless
of what size it was last stretched to. So Im constantly having to resize
the explorer window to accomodate how I wish to view it at.
Another example would be the Internet Explorer window, it opens at first at
full screen then it opens subsequent windows much much smaller, I end up
maximizing the window then closing it, and upon opening a new IE windows,
it's not the same size as the last time that I closed it.
How do I go about making my window sizes stick in Vista so that they always
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This article is about a My Little Pony game. You may commence screaming in terror at any time. Once you're done, though, please return. I'll wait for you. That's what friendship is all about, after all: understanding our differences, such as what makes one scream uncontrollably, and respecting those differences.
You done? Alright, I'm glad we could work through this.
A common theme among fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is the concept of grimdark. It's honestly a really silly idea where they take the sugary sweet show and write the most messed up things imaginable based on it. It all started with a fanfic called "Cupcakes" and it all kind of spiraled out of control from there. Like most fan things, it's very silly, and most of it doesn't actually fit the characters at all because, you know, they're from a children's TV show. Story of the Blanks does not do that at all. The characters from the show fit their molds. It's everything else that doesn't.
At this point, if you're still with me, I'd like to ask you to play the game. It'll take you maybe 5 minutes. It's not very long. Before you go, though, if you haven't seen the show, you need to know one concept before anything in the game will make sense. Those pictures on the rears of My Little Pony toys have the horrible name "Cutie Marks," and when a pony discovers their special talent, that mark appears. It's sort of pink pony puberty. Alright, give the game a shot by clicking here.
See what I mean? It stays true to the characters. It's pretty neat. But let's look a little deeper, shall we?
Sunny Town is a place without Cutie Marks, a place where nobody has discovered the one thing they're good at. It is a hell, or quickly turns into a hell, because nobody can ever chase their dreams in this place, otherwise they wouldn't be here. Consider it a twisted version of Neverland, where never growing up means never actually finding something that you love, enjoy doing, and are good at.
This place truly is Applebloom's hell. She, and the rest of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, are trying desperately to earn their Cutie Marks by finding their special talent, since they are among the very few in their class who have not yet gone through that process. The fact that Applebloom is willing to mess with dangerous magical potions she knows little about just to speed up the process in the season two episode Cutie Pox proves how desperate she is to get this whole thing over with. In her child in a kid show mind, there's very little that could be seen as worse than this.
However, it also represents another kind of hell for her. In her desperation and embarrassment over not having a cutie mark, she, of course, formed the Cutie Mark Crusaders with Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo. This is her lifeline and her defense against potential ridicule from her peers. Rarely, if ever, do we see her interacting with friends outside of this peer group, formed solely on the fact that they lack Cutie Marks. But if one of them gets their Cutie Mark, what happens? Sunny Town represents the fear that, when one of them achieves the goal they're all working towards, they will no longer be part of the group. They'll be an other. If Applebloom does get her Cutie Mark, would her friends shun her based on that? It's not murder, of course, but it's basically about the worst possible outcome in any My Little Pony tale, due to its kid show status. The ponies in Sunny Town talk about how they had to get rid of her, had to cast her out, how she'd ruin everything now that she had the mark. They went too far in the name of horror, but what they've basically done is shunned one of their own for no longer being like them. This is what terrifies Applebloom, more than murder or skeletons that get brushed away like they never existed by the light of a spell. Acceptance is one of her main motivators, and losing what acceptance she has is a terrifying thought for her.
Now you've thought way more about a My Little Pony game than you ever thought possible. My work here is done. Tune in next year, where I will write about My Little Pony: Pinkie Pie's Party for the Nintendo DS. (Note: I will not be doing that.) Happy Nightmare Night, everypony.
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Oakland: Oikos massacre defendant pleads not guilty
Published 4:00 am, Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The former nursing student accused of murdering seven people and wounding three others at a small Oakland college pleaded not guilty Monday, as the brother of one of the victims looked on from a court gallery.
One Goh, 43, entered his plea through a public defender and a Korean-language interpreter as he sat in the jury box of the Oakland courtroom, his hands shackled to his waist and his ankles cuffed to his chair.
Goh, who appeared calm and occasionally gazed around the room, waived his right to a speedy trial and agreed to return to court June 25. His attorney declined to comment.
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Goh's face looked thinner than it did in his police mug shot taken after the April 2 rampage at Oikos University. Alameda County sheriff's Sgt. J.D. Nelson, a spokesman for Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, said Goh had resumed eating in recent days after refusing for nearly a month out of professed shame.
Among those in the court gallery was Wangchen Nyima, the older brother of rampage victim Sonam Choedon.
Choedon, 33, studied vocational nursing at Oikos after moving to El Cerrito from Dharamsala, India, a refuge for the Dalai Lama's Tibetan government in exile.
Nyima said he needed to see Goh in person.
"I want to be here for my sister," he said. "I just want to know why this happened. It seems he has his own problems, maybe. It seems like he's a psycho, maybe."
Goh faces seven counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley has not yet decided whether to seek the death penalty.
Demian Bulwa is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Twitter: @demianbulwa. email@example.com


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American pianist Keith Jarrett, considered by many to be a genius, is among the most creative musicians working in contemporary jazz. He burst onto the scene in the early 1960s, first with Charles Lloyd and then with Miles Davis. Continue reading
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Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Which of these G8 countries is the odd one out? Well, I suppose that each of them is in some way, but Canada is unique among the G8 nations for not having any form of anti-spam legislation. Surprising, eh?
I have no idea why Canada has chosen to ignore the problem of unsolicited commercial emails for so long, but it's something which may change in the not too distant future. Senator Yoine Goldstein has introduced an anti-spam bill, known as S-220, An Act respecting commercial electronic messages (the Anti-Spam Act), which is now on its second reading and, if passed, will provide Canadian authorities with some much-needed powers to deal with spam. Read full article about anti spam legislation>>


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Hello everyone, first message on this forum!
I've known about my AS since I was around 14. I've been diagnosed since I was 10 (my mother didn't tell me).
I've had a lot of support with my issues and so have overcome most of the problems associated with AS.
I recently moved into a house, total culture shock. The day I moved in something weird started happening with my brain.
I've tried to explain this to many people including two doctors because I've been feeling this for a number of months now and I hate it.
When you are really, really tired you feel detached and retracted from the world, like you arn't in full control. Similar as to when you have drunk a little too much but arn't drunk yet. I get this constantly... 24 hours a day!
Has anyone else experienced this? I hate it SO much, I don't know what's caused it or how to get rid of it... I'm at my wits' end...
I know this feeling I call it a car sick floaty feeling. I normally feel this way for many reason ( Sensory over load would be the main reason I feel it) Being to run down or stressed and sometime common illness colds flu & even some allergies I have.
The second major problem I have that causes this is low blood sugar (I tend to for get to eat and have low blood sugar sorta like if a diabetic takes to much insulin)
Do you ever feel sick at your stomach when this happens, or weak and shaky? After eating does the feeling go away if so you may need to have your blood sugars checked. I have whats called fasting hypoglycemia.
I hope you feel better soon.
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How Does Criminal Sentencing Work?
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How Does Criminal Sentencing Work?
As the old saying goes, "If you can't do the time, don't do the crime." Everyone knows that punishment will follow a criminal conviction. This punishment can include probation, fines, community service, jail and prison time, or even the death penalty. However, how is the criminal sentence decided?
Who May Impose a Criminal Sentence?
Criminal sentences are almost always passed by judges. Juries rarely take part in deciding punishment. One exception involves the death penalty – in several states, the judge cannot impose capital punishment unless the jury recommends it instead of life in prison.
Are There Any Rules for Criminal Sentencing?
Some criminal laws include the punishment to be imposed for breaking it. The federal government and several states have passed sentencing guidelines, which provide a recommended range of jail time and/or fines for each crime. These guidelines can vary significantly between states.
While many guidelines are optional, many judges follow them closely. The sentencing requirement that judges must obey, however, is the eighth amendment of the Federal Constitution forbidding excessive bails, excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishment. Although the amendment is vague, the Supreme Court has ruled that "cruel and unusual" refers to sentences which are outrageous, inhuman and/or would shock the public conscious.
Can a Judge Increase or Decrease a Sentence?
Judges can use a number of factors to help them determine the sentence. These factors can increase the punishment, such as when the crime was particularly cruel or if the defendant committed a minor felony three times. However, they can also lead the judge to pass a lesser sentence, such as when the defendant has little or no criminal history. Sentences can also be reduced, or migrated, if new factors in the case change the outcome of the case.
If a defendant is found guilty of more than one crime, then the judge may impose more than one sentence. Hence, a convict may be forced to serve consecutive imprisonment sentences, one sentence after another.
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If you have questions about the likely punishment for a crime, you should consult with a criminal lawyer. An experienced defense attorney should be able to make a fairly accurate prediction about the sentence for a crime.
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Washington, DC–Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today sent the following letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, calling on him to put aside a constitutional amendment with no hope of passage in favor of much-needed legislation that would address the issues that matter most to the American people.
The text of Senator Reid's letter is below.
June 6, 2006
The Honorable William Frist
Majority Leader
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Frist,
For the last week, I have had the chance to talk to the people of Nevada about issues of concern to them. They are worried about the war in Iraq and the state of our national security. They are worried about gas prices, health care costs and education. The American people know what the most important issues are and they want the Senate to take the same bipartisan approach to these problems as we took to comprehensive immigration reform.
Sadly, instead of national security, gas prices, health care costs or other critical issues, you will turn the Senate's attention to constitutional amendments to ban same sex marriage and flag burning and a bill to repeal the estate tax for the wealthiest Americans.
I understand the concerns many Americans have about these issues and my position on each is clear. These issues, however, are hardly the most pressing ones facing Americans today. At a time when the American people expect us to work together to address their major concerns, you have proposed a partisan political agenda that will do nothing to help working Americans and their families.
Instead, I urge you to allow the Senate to focus on critical national security issues during the June legislative session, including legislation to help our troops and their families, to assist our intelligence agencies, to improve our defenses against terrorist attack, and to reduce gas prices and reliance on foreign energy sources. Some of the specific bills the Senate could consider include:
(1) The Defense Authorization bill which authorizes funding for our troops and their families, essential training and equipment, and policy guidance on virtually every major issue impacting the Armed Forces. At a time of war, delaying consideration of this bill for other less important issues as occurred last year is simply inexcusable.
(2) The Green Lane Maritime Cargo Security Act, authored by a bipartisan group of Senators, which addresses the critical security lapses in America's ports. The bill, supported by the Bush Administration, creates incentives for shipping companies to prescreen cargo prior to shipment and expands the infrastructure and the resources needed to better protect our seaports.
(3) The Intelligence Authorization bill is vital to thousands of intelligence community professionals, many on the front lines in the war on terror. Due to reported Republican objections, the Senate failed last year for the first time in 28 years to take up and pass an annual intelligence authorization bill. The Senate should consider the 2007 intelligence authorization bill without delay.
(4) The Maritime, Rail and Public Transportation Security Act, a comprehensive homeland security bill, which would strengthen several key aspects of transportation security. If enacted, the legislation would improve the examination of cargo before it reaches U.S. ports, compel the Transportation Security Administration to develop standards to improve rail security, and authorize a series of measures to better secure our nation's mass transit systems.
(5) The Clean EDGE Act, which offers a comprehensive approach to the important national security issues of America's reliance on imported oil and our need for energy independence. Skyrocketing gas and energy prices affect every American's budget and have ripple effects through the entire economy. It is essential that the Senate addresses these matters immediately and I urge you to schedule debate on this issue this month.
We have an opportunity this month to show the American people that the Senate is capable of reversing course and dealing with vital problems that truly matter to them. I urge you to put aside your political agenda in favor of legislation that addresses the critical issues of national and homeland security and energy independence. Let us continue what we started with immigration reform, and in a bipartisan spirit of compromise, do what is best for the people we were elected to serve.
Harry Reid
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Tomorrow's Business Leaders 2014 Kickoff Social
Tomorrow's Business Leaders, Inc.
Thursday, January 23, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PST)
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Please join Tomorrow's Business Leaders as we kickoff 2014!
We are hosting our Volunteer Social at Public House (140 east 41st street) on Thursday, January 23rd from 6 to 9 pm. Sign in to receive a free wristband at the door and enjoy drink specials all night. These specials include $4 domestic beers, $5 house wine and $6 mixed drinks.
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Hey, speaking of spam: I haven't been to the pcbsd.org forum in a while until earlier today. Your captcha thing tripped me. I gave up after some four attempts. It is the blurriest, most faded-out rendition I've seen anywhere. I'm sure it does a hell of a job keeping spammers out, but I wonder if you noticed any drops in legitimate traffic. Has anybody complained?

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