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Well hello again my friends how are we doing?? Well we had a very active raw last-night with a lot of things happening and a few questions answered and even more coming up.....so shall we begin the speculation....so here are my thoughts on what is bound to happen at the EC and a possible WM card....
Well first off, lets start with what we saw on Raw tonight. We have our participants for
well I know it's early to start speculating the outcome and fallout from this months Elimination Chamber PPV. But like many of us, I shall do the same and begin the speculation and creative ideas flow. As we all know this one of the last major stops on the Road to WM and I do believe it's about to get very interesting.
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Britt Schaefer is a self-proclaimed wanna-be designer, artist, and Martha Stewart. She's all about making things pretty, creatively – up cycling, repurposing, etc. The founder of A Penny Saved, Britt blogs about all sorts of frugal, yet fabulous design ideas and projects. We recently discovered this Sharpie artist when she posted a Sharpie-made wall design created in her very own home! The outcome of the project is nothing short of amazing. After seeing what Britt can do with a Sharpie, you can't help but to be inspired to Uncap What's Inside!
How would you describe your personal style?
Fickle! It seems to change from day to day. One day I'll find myself on a Hollywood Regency kick, the next, I'm loving Swedish design, then it's traditional, mid-century mod, French provincial, etc.
Where/When did you come up with the idea to use Sharpie to create such tremendous wall art? Why not just wallpaper or paint?
I fell in love with some designer wallpaper, but with my fickle tendencies, I just couldn't see spending hundreds of dollars on something that I might not love once installed. Then I saw a similar project where someone had drawn a bold pattern on their walls with Sharpies, and I thought, why not create my own version of the designer paper that I had fallen for?
What is your creation & design process like?
I don't really have a process, per se. I spend a lot of time scoping out blogs, magazines, and interior designers' sites for inspiration. Then I just figure out how to make things come together, using upcycled, reinvented, thrifted and handmade items whenever I can. Each room & each project is different.
Who is your favorite interior designer? What do you like about their work?
I'm a big fan of Ruthie Sommers. Like me, she doesn't seem to be able to stick to just one style, but she's a master at blending several styles to create spaces with lots of personality.
Favorite Sharpie? Why?
It's so hard to choose just one! (See a pattern here?) I love Sharpie pens for just about anything, but for special occasions or for a little extra sparkle, I love the metallics!
Tell us about your blog, A Penny Saved. What is it about? How long have you been blogging? What inspired you to start?
It is a random collection of my favorite design ideas, DIY projects, and bargain finds, with a little about my life thrown in. I started blogging about a year and a half ago. My husband and I had just moved half way across the country, into a brand new house, and I wanted to document the process of turning it into a home. In the year and a half since, I started adding in posts about whatever was inspiring me at the time.
We have something huge in common, I too love thrifting and going to yard sales. What do you love most about going to Yard Sales and Thrift Shops?
I love getting great deals, of course, but I also love not knowing what to expect – you never know what you'll find and how you'll end up using it.
What's the best thing you've ever found?
A free baby grand piano at an estate sale.
What are you currently searching for?
An antique lantern fixture, a chinoiserie dresser, and maybe another tole chandelier.
Scrolling through your blog, you seem to have collected so many great pieces! Do you have any tips for finding those "diamonds in the rough"?
Don't look just at the condition or the intended use. Think about what a piece could become if you painted it, reupholstered it, repurposed it.
Are you working on any new projects that you can tell us about?
I'm hoping to freshen up my kitchen a little…..painted cabinets, subway tile backsplash. Nothing too labor-intensive or expensive, but hopefully it will make a big impact.
What's the best piece of advice someone has ever given you?

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THE mercury in East Lancashire is set to tip 27C as the area basks under the hot summer sun today.
But less than 24 hours later, flashfloods, thunderstorms and even hailstorms could batter the area, including the sold-out Beat-Herder music festival in the Ribble Valley, the Met Office warned.
Today's good weather has been caused by hot air from the Mediterranean.
A Met Office spokesman said: "Temperatures will reach 26 or 27C today, and people will definitely need to wear suncream.
"There won't be any cloud cover until around 9pm, and with very, very warm nights, there will be no respite."
But by Saturday the good weather will have break with heavy rain.
Huncoat weather expert Roy Chetham said: "This isn't unusual for this time of year. We have had a few bad summers, which makes this summer seem quite good,.
"It's not a heatwave or drought just yet.
"On Saturday, any storms will be of a showery nature. One part of a town maybe inundated and another part will see nothing, so people's experiences will be quite varied. But we don't know yet. It's only a forecast."
The AA said it was expecting a 'significant increase' in breakdowns, mostly due to overheating. Motorists have been urged to check their tyres, coolant levels and to make sure their cooling fan is working properly.
The AA was also advising drivers to stay tuned to local radio for traffic and weather updates.
Spokesman Mark Spowage said: "Changing conditions on Saturday will bring torrential thundery showers in places. While they are likely to be shortlived, water will quickly run off, causing localised flash-flooding as well as making the roads slippery.
"Keep your speed down and don't risk driving through flood water."
Lancashire's fire service warned against swimming in open waters in an effort to cool down. Last month, James Goodship, 17, from Colne, drowned at Lake Burwain.
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Peanut, orangutan with cancer, and twin turn 9
Published: Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 6:07 p.m.
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MIAMI — An orangutan that received cancer treatments and her twin sister are celebrating their ninth birthday.
Peanut and Pumpkin turn nine on Sunday. Miami's Jungle Island is hosting a birthday celebration for park visitors. The admission price will be donated to the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, which helped provide "world-class care to Peanut during her chemotherapy treatment."
Peanut and Pumpkin are only the third set of orangutan twins to be born in captivity. They are a hit with park visitors, using sign language and an iPad to communicate with trainers.
Peanut's chemotherapy ended last month after her medical team announced it was time to wrap up her treatments for the aggressive lymphoma.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Channel 4 has found a suspicious person claiming to represent the Florida Department of Children and Families could be a fake.
It started when Channel 4 received an email from a resident of the Antlers Apartment complex in Deerwood.
The resident said someone knocked on their door around 10:30 p.m. a few nights ago and said he was with DCF.
The Channel 4 viewer wrote: "A man casually dressed with a black folder and a green and white identification card (that was flashed very fast)."
The email continued to explain that the man asked the residents questions about their neighbors and their children.
The viewer that emailed Channel 4 suspects the man was a scam artist. Neighbors told Channel 4 they are are worried.
"I don't know how DCF works, but for someone to come from DCF, that's kind of late," said one neighbor.
"It would have put my suspicions up quick. I would've shut the door, called police," said Sandy Brookins, who lives nearby.
Channel 4 took the email to the Department of Children and Families. According to DCF, there's no way the person would be one of their investigators. DCF said their investigators carry badges that feature a phone number people can call to verify the worker is legitimate.
Channel 4 crime analyst Ken Jefferson said people can call DCF or police to confirm an investigator's identity before opening their door.
"It is absolutely okay to call police, and don't let them flash you a badge, compare the authenticity of the ID itself," said Jefferson.
DCF also has card readers on their cards so that people can scan the badge with a smart phone to verify that they work for DCF.
Jefferson said it is possible the fake DCF worker was trying to get information he could use to break into residences.
"It is set up, trying to look around your place, see what's inside and scan the area to see what they want to come back to get," said Jefferson.
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We're super excited for the upcoming exhibit Please Touch the Art, by Danish artist Jeppe Hein, a water and mirror labyrinth that's being erected at Brooklyn Bridge Park. The series of 18 sculptures intended for public interaction are sure to be a hit for big and small alike. Our favorite aspect of the exhibit is Appearing Rooms on Bridge View lawn where water shoots up establishing rooms with wet walls (bring your native water shoes!). Other works include the skyline inspired Mirror Labyrinth, featuring mirror polished stainless steel of varying heights dotting the landscape as well Modified Social Benches, a series of 16 benches each unique, quirky and unexpected. The exhibit begins May 17 and extends to April 17, 2016. See you there!
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Blythe Wheaton, co-founder of The Pet Rescue Center, is giving a hand to financially struggling pet owners to help feed their pets.
The nonprofit animal rescue group – which has saved nearly 700 animals from euthanasia at Southern California shelters – recently received a $3,000 grant from Banfield Charitable Trust to help fund its Pet Pantry. Wheaton will use that and donations from local retailers including Russo's Pets in Laguna Niguel and Target in Aliso Viejo to provide pet food, cat litter and other pet products to help struggling pet owners keep their pets.
During the Pet Rescue Center's first giveaway on Sept. 14, 24 families came in to get food. Donations helped feed 33 cats and 17 dogs. People are given one bag of food per pet.
Wheaton, of Laguna Beach, talks about the program's importance and how a lack of means plays into the abandonment of pets.
Q. How much of a need is there among pet owners?
A. According to the state of California Development Program, there is a 6.2 percent unemployment rate in Orange County. That is 101,000 people. About 46 percent of households have at least one dog, and 39 percent of households have at least one cat, according to 2011-12 data from the Humane Society.
We are early on in the program and won't have exact numbers as to how many we will reach, but we are energized and eager to make an impact in Orange County households of the unemployed and senior population that would otherwise have no way to feed their pets.
Pets provide love and companionship in good times and bad. People need that these days.
Q. Are you donating any pet food to charities in south Orange County such as in cities like San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente, Dana Point or in Laguna Beach?
A. We donate any leftover food after our monthly distribution to South County Outreach. They serve Irvine to San Clemente and Rancho Santa Margarita (including Trabuco Canyon) to Laguna Beach. We also are working on a partnership with Age Well that services Senior Living throughout the O.C.
Q. Who qualifies?
A. The distribution is intended for those that are unemployed or seniors. We have an application that we require be filled out prior to receiving any of the giveaways. For those that are unemployed, they have to provide proof of unemployment.
Q. What type of food is donated?
A. We have a variety from various pet food companies. A little bit of everything. We get puppy/kitten food, mature pet and special-diet donations, and for any pets that require this food, we are happy to give it to them.
Q. What happens to pets that are given bad nutrition or fed by table scraps?
A. A consistent diet is best, but in hard times, I think any food is better than none.
Q. How many of the animals that your group rescues are malnourished?
A. There are always very serious cases of malnourishment at the shelter. It is unclear, though, what the cause of the malnourishment is until we can do a medical assessment. Once in our care, we do all we can to return our rescues to optimum health and then find them a new forever family.
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THOUGH flood defences have saved the majority of homes from the scale of flooding seen in 2007, 23 properties have still succumbed to water.
While the city may not be seeing the scale of devastation caused by the floods seven years ago, Mary Dhonau, flood victim advocate, said it was a traumatic experience for those affected.
During the recent heavy rain, the Environment Agency said it had reports of 23 properties flooded in and around Worcester.
The majority were in Severn Stoke where nine properties are flooded and rescue teams had to save two adults from rising waters on Sunday evening.
The pair were trapped in their home in Church Lane by about one metre of water at 6.15pm.
They were led to safety by firefighters from Pershore using an evacuation sled.
Firefighters said they had spoken to people living in the area to establish arrangements if the water levels should rise once again.
In Upton-upon-Severn, six properties were flooded, five properties were flooded in Diglis and three in Bewdley.
Ms Dhonau, whose former home in Waverley Street was flooded on numerous occasions, said: "What people don't expect when they have been flooded is the feeling once the media has gone.
"At the time it is exciting and everyone is pulling together but suddenly that goes and and you're hit by a huge emotional rollercoaster which takes you completely unawares.
"You have to watch everything you have saved up for, things like drawings your children have done at playgroups or pictures of them as babies, all those memories destroyed and in a skip.
"People aren't prepared for the hugeness of it all - it's absolutely awful."
In Waterworks Road, Barbourne, where homes back on to the river Severn, a number of residents had clubbed together to instal flood defences and pumps.
The homes are managing to stay dry despite the river waters being in their back gardens and in the road.
A woman resident said: "I believe a couple of neighbours who haven't got defences have had their kitchens flooded but a few of us have invested in our own flood defences because we don't get any help from anyone.
"I think the river's the highest it's been since since 2007, it has been up and down the street on various occasions but at the moment, because of the extreme weather conditions, it's up to the kerb.
"We've got a lot of sightseers and people who want to drive through the river and then turning around but I think the road really needs to be closed off to stop the backwash.
"The water could be contaminated and they don't consider someone may have just cleaned out their garage or trying to get on top of things."
She said she was trapped in her house yesterday because her flood defences had to be built higher but people were managing to make it out wearing waders.
"After the floods in 2007, I was determined that we were staying so we have put up with it.
"It is what you expect when you live next to the river and the views when it is drier compensate for it."
Ms Dhonau said things had come a long way since 2007 with flood defences at Powick, Uckinghall and Kempsey all working well.
"What we need to make sure we do for absolutely everyone who has been flooded is to get behind them as a community.
"If you know someone has been flooded go over there and help out.
"Offer them a cup of tea, bath or just ask them to come over for a bit of warmth and help them get through a really, truly awful time."
For advice on flooding visit www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/default.aspx or www.knowyourfloodrisk.co.uk.


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The archeological dig conducted at the site of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg uncovered the largest concentration of pre-European encampments anywhere in Canada.
A four-year block excavation of land below what's now the CMHR at The Forks -- and archeological work conducted during the construction of the $351-million museum -- uncovered 191 separate hearths and a total of 400,000 artifacts, museum officials and archeologists announced today.
The findings suggest what is now the centre of Winnipeg was inhabited more frequently, by more people than was previously believed, even though it has long been established The Forks has been the site of human settlement of some form for 6,000 years.
The excavation work yielded eight separate layers of artifacts left behind by indigenous inhabitants between the years 1100 and 1400. These strata were uncovered in soil down to a depth of as much as three metres below the surface.
More recent strata, which would have yielded a record of the Fur Trade era, were destroyed by the railyards at The Forks. But archeologists did uncover the remains of a horse that was likely used as a draft animal in a Hudson's Bay Company experimental farm in the 19th century.
The artifacts uncovered from the pre-European period included pottery fragments, stone points, pipe fragments, whetstones and awls, among other tools. Some materials show evidence of trade from north of Lake Manitoba and the U.S., based on materials such as Knife River flint, which comes from North Dakota.
Some pottery fragments also bear similiarities to both the Woodland style associated with the northern woods and the Blackduck style associated with plains culture. It's unknown whether this fusion of style represents an intermingling of people or the transfer of ideas.
Archeologists also found agricultural tools such as a hoe and the remains of maize, but it is unknown whether agriculture took place at The Forks or if these materials were brought here.
Evidence of bighorn sheep and pronghorn, two species no longer found in the Red River Valley, were found alongside remains of bison, deer and other common animals.
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Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders
Loss of smell and taste
My husband lost his smell & taste about 4 years due to taking atenolol. He has been off of it for 8 months but no chagne yet. Is there a Dr. any closer to. We live 45 miles from any city.
I'm not aware of any cases of taste or smell loss from atenolol, so the reason for your husbands loss may be more involved. Your best bet is to consult a physician associated with a taste and smell clinic. I'm not certain where you live, but such a clinic is located at the University of Cincinnati, University of Colorado, University of San Diego, University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Connecticut. If these locations are too far, then consider consulting an ENT physician associated with your nearest university.
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Starting a Book Discussion Group
In general, 8-12 participants make for a good discussion, allowing everyone a chance to express opinions. The size of the meeting space could be a determining factor when considering group size.
Decide whether you will meet in someone's house, take turns hosting, or meet in a public meeting space such as in a library, church or other community facility.
The group will have to determine how often it will meet and for how long. A meeting time of one to one and one-half hours is a good length for a meaningful discussion. Meeting more often than once per month can be challenging both in terms of scheduling and getting the reading done.
Some groups set limitations on what they will read. Fiction or nonfiction? Classic novels or contemporary ones? History, politics or social issues? Romances or mysteries? Award-winning fiction? No limits?
The group will need to come to an agreement about how books are selected. Will each member get to select one in rotation? Will suggestions be tossed into a hat and put to a vote? Will one person make the selections?
How will books be acquired? Will group members be buying the books? A librarian can help you select titles that are owned by the library in sufficient numbers for borrowing by every member in the group.
It is helpful to produce a list of phone numbers and addresses of group members in case a discussion has to be cancelled or some other unforeseen problem presents itself that would require contact prior to a scheduled meeting.


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From the strangely tasty deep fried bubble gum, to the dangerously tempting doughnut hamburger topped with bacon and a fried egg, there are some recipes simply worth quitting our diet for -- if only to take one bite!
Deep Fried Bubble Gum
This concoction from the famous Texas State Fair borderlines shocking, as well as downright confusing. However, we'd be lying if we said we weren't just a little curious what fried bubble gum tastes like!
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Thanksgiving "Cherpumple"
What's your favorite Thanksgiving pie? Cherry? Apple? Pumpkin, perhaps? Well, with the infamous "Cherpumple", you can have all three. This may seem too good to be true, and it probably is. However, if consuming a three-layered dessert with a pumpkin-pie-and-spice-cake bottom layer, apple-pie-and-yellow-cake middle later, and cherry-pie-and-white-cake top layer sounds feasible to you...then bon appetit!
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Ditch Dog
A specialty of the restaurant Ditch Plains in New York City, the "Ditch Dog" looks both dangerous and delicious. The dish consists of a hot dog on a bun, covered in fresh macaroni and cheese. As if this combination wasn't deadly enough as is, the whole thing is served atop a pile of french fries.
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Hot Beef Sundae
What could make a hot fudge sundae even better? If you were thinking "beef," then this is the meal for you! The hot beef sundae recipe, made popular among beef lovers at the annual Iowa State Fair isn't actually as ridiculous as it sounds; instead of fudge, whipped cream, and a cherry, it calls for gravy, mashed potatoes, and a cherry tomato!
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Paula Deen's Lady's Brunch Burger
The Food Network's Paula Deen has built herself quite a reputation for her over-the-top, high-caloric recipes. Her "Lady's Brunch Burger", however, takes the cake (or, in this case, the doughnut!) The burger consists of hamburger meat, eggs, and bacon...all sandwiched between two glazed doughnuts!
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Loaded Potato Skins
We'd heard of stuffing potato skins with many delicious things before, such as sour cream and onions, but never macaroni and cheese! However, now that we know this recipe for loaded potato skins exists, complete with a crunchy touch of bacon, we just might have to try it.
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Domino's Oreo Pizza
Several years back, Domino's Pizza attempted to change the delivery pizza game with this "dessert pizza" made of oreos. Although the trend didn't exactly take off, we can't say it looks half bad. In fact, it looks pretty amazing!
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Paula Deen's Peanut Butter Cheese Fudge
This list just wouldn't be complete without one more shout-out to Paula Deen. On the surface, her fudge recipe may look tame; however, the fudge also includes a large amount of peanut butter and Velveeta cheese!
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It can do a lot of things to you.
I am running a new race, for me at least, apparently this will be the 40th running of the Erie Marathon at Presque Isle. I chose it for several reasons. The foremost in my mind was an article in Runner's World listing it as one of the top 5 BQ races in the world. Yes I was hit hard by the events in Boston, and while I have actually qualified for the race in 4 of my 7 Marathons, I never really thought about running the race. I'm still not sure that I would even try to register this year, but I am getting off topic.
What I have been trying to do the last few years is hit 3 hours. I actually had that as an A goal time in my first Marathon, before I knew what 26.2 miles could do to a person, before I knew about the Loop, and before I even knew that much about running far. It was also my A goal in Marathon #'s 4,and 5, but 4 I went into hurt so I backed off and got a 3:09. 5 I went out way too fast and crashed on the hills late in the race(3:36). After that one I backed off a bit on the speed, and put more into the coaching, I ran a 3:10 at the Towpath Marathon last year.
Any way, when I saw that article I thought this could be my big shot at 3 hours. A race that has that many BQ finishers has got to have a fast field.
Reason two was that it is actually pretty close. Living in North East Ohio, I've seen the signs for Erie Pennsylvania all of my Life, and when I checked it out it's a 2 hour drive. I could logistically stay here the night before and drive there race morning. That's not my plan, but if all else failed I could do it.
3rd was a bit subconscious, I knew in the back of my mind that a lot of people on the Loop felt the same way about Boston, I knew that a lot of them were looking to BQ, I also knew that a lot of them read Runner's World, so my chances of a real Loopmeet would be drastically increased. I have since found out that My logic was good, and there will be lot's of loopsters there.
So back to the Results from last year. I looked last night after work. Top 3 I'm not even close. 1st place Masters was a little fast, but not terribly so. Now Age Group is where it's at. 3:07 was the 1st place time last year for the 40-44 AG, 2nd I believe was 3:11, and I don't remember 3rd. Mostly I just know based on that top time that if I can come close to my 3 hours I've got a shot at an AG award.
Of course then I looked at some of the other stuff they had listed. Because of the article in Runner's World, there is a huge increase in registrations this year. So the field will be bigger. I know from experience that as the field gets bigger the chances of coming up against some faster runners goes up.
I know that none of that really matters, this is a race against myself and the negative voices in my head. I am right now better prepared than I have ever been going into a Marathon, or any race for that matter. I had an aggressive plan that I set up, and I hit almost all of the workouts. The few that I missed were replaced with workouts of equal difficulty. Even knowing that I still have my doubts, and keep drifting to just go for 3:05 that's still 10 minutes faster than what I need to BQ, and it would be a 4 minute PR. Going sub 7 for 26.2 miles seems crazy to me, but 7:05 is much more reasonable.
Any way, it looks like I'm letting the madness of the taper get to me. I'm just glad that I am only doing a 2 week taper, and that it's more of a cut back. I'll be doing my last long run this Sunday, and it will be around 15 miles. The following Sunday is the race. Tomorrow will be my Yasso 800's, I'm going for 10 sets sub 3, if I get there I may go for 12.
I have 4 days off from work before the race, so I should be able to get all of the stress from there out of my system by race day. I will be running every day next week with the XC team, and that always makes me feel better.
Now I have the possibility of an AG award to think about. Of course it all comes down to race day. What will the weather do, will I run it smart, or will I go out too fast and lose it in the later miles. Or will the pace just be too much for me.....
I just got an e-mail from one of the guy's I ran XC with in High School. He started running again a few years ago, and is moving along. His older brother graduated with me, and was one of the guys that joined the team my Junior year. That was when I had to start working to stay on Varsity. He was a natural runner, and was faster than me. Fast forward to closer to the present. We've been in the same race twice, a half and a full Marathon, and I've beaten him in both. His brother sent me his time from his last Marathon, 2:58 and change. I guess if nothing else I've got to try to stay close. Rivalry can be a good thing.
We will see.


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Andrew Popper
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Andrew F. Popper is the Bronfman Professor Law and Government and teaches torts, administrative law, government litigation, and advanced administrative law. In 2016 he was elected law faculty member of the year. He is the recipient of American Bar Association awards for excellence in both tort and administrative law and has received American University's highest faculty award, Scholar/Teacher of the Year. He has served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and for nearly two decades has chaired the law school admissions committee. He is the director of the law school's Integrated Curriculum Program and faculty advisor to the ADMINISTRATIVE LAW REVIEW. He has served as chair of the Administrative Law Section of the Federal Bar Association and has been a site visitor for the ABA and AALS, participating in the accreditation review of twelve other law schools, chairing four of those visits. He is the recipient of the Maryland Writer's Association Firs Place Award for mainstream fiction.
Professor Popper is the author of more than 100 published books, law review articles, papers, and public documents. He is lead author of the West casebook (now in its 3rd edition), Administrative Law: A Contemporary Approach (2016) and West's Materials on Tort Reform (2010). His recent articles are in law school journals at Harvard, Northwestern, Marquette, DePaul, and many other schools. In addition, since 2009, he has published three legally-themed novels, Sunrise at the American Market (2015), Rediscovering Lone Pine (2010), and Bordering on Madness: An American Land Use Tale (2009). He has served as a consumer rights advocate and pro bono counsel for the Consumers Union of America, testified before more than 40 state and federal congressional committees, and authored amicus curiae briefs before the United States Supreme Court. Prior to coming to the Washington College of Law, he held an endowed chair at the University of Denver, School of Law, and before that practiced law in Washington, DC.
Currently Teaching
Areas of Specialization
- Products Liability
- Torts and Compensation Systems
- Administrative Law
Degrees & Universities
- LL.M., George Washington University National Law Center 1976
- J.D., DePaul University School of Law 1973
- B.A., Baldwin-Wallace College 1970
Selected Publications
- Andrew Popper with Philip Harter, Gwendolyn McKee, Mark Niles, Frank Pasquale, & Anthony Varona, Administrative Law: A Contemporary Approach (3d ed., West 2016).
- Andrew Popper, Sunrise at the American Market (Carolina Press 2015).
- Andrew Popper, The Affordable Care Act is Not Tort Reform, 65 Cath. U. L. Rev. 1 (2015).
- Andrew Popper, More than the Sum of All Parts: Taking on IP and IT Theft through a Global Partnership, 12 Nw. J. Tech. & Intell. Prop. L. 253 (2014).
- Andrew Popper, In Personam and Beyond the Grasp: In Search of Jurisdiction and Accountability for Foreign Defendants, 63 Cath. U. L. Rev. 155 (2013).
- Andrew Popper, Beneficiaries of Misconduct: A Direct Approach to IT Theft, 17 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 29 (2013).
- Andrew Popper, In Defense of Deterrence, 75 Alb. L. Rev. 181 (2012).
- Andrew Popper, Capping Incentives, Capping Innovation, Courting Disaster: The Gulf Oil Spill and Arbitrary Limits on Civil Liability, 60 DePaul L. Rev. 975 (2011).
- Andrew Popper, Materials on Tort Reform (West Academic Publg. 2010).
- Andrew Popper, Rediscovering Lone Pine (West 2009).
- Andrew Popper, Defective Foreign Products in the United States: Issues and Discussion, 37 Prod. Safety & Liab. Rptr. 45 (Jan. 2009).
- Andrew Popper & Gwendolyn McKee, Administrative Law: A Contemporary Approach (West Publg. 2008).
- Andrew Popper, Bordering on Madness: An American Land Use Tale (2d. ed., Carolina Academic Press 2008).
- Andrew Popper, Patricia E. Salkin & David Avitabile, A Companion to Bordering on Madness, an American Land Use Tale, Second Edition: Cases, Scholarship, and Case Studies (2d. ed., Carolina Academic Press 2008).
- Andrew Popper, Unavailable and Unaccountable: A Free Ride for Foreign Manufacturers of Defective Consumer Goods, 36 Pub. Safety & Liab. Rptr. 219 (Mar. 2008).
- Andrew Popper, Giving a Break to the Producers of Unsafe Durable Goods: A Criticism of The United States House of Representatives Bill 3509, 4 Saberes, Revista de Estudios Jurídicos, Económicos y Sociales (2006).
- Andrew Popper, Averting Malpractice Through Information: Informed Consent in the Pediatric Treatment Environment, 47 DePaul L. Rev. 819 (1998).
- Andrew Popper, A One Term Tort Reform Tale: Victimizing the Vulnerable, 35 Harv. J. on Legis. 123 (1998).
More Publications...
- Andrew Popper, The Two-Trillion Dollar Carve Out: Foreign Manufacturers of Defective Goods and the Death of H.R. 4678 in the 111th Congress, 26 BNA Insight (January 2011).
- Andrew Popper, A Perspective on Independent Judicial Review in Vietnam and the United States, 3 Saberes, Law Review of the Law School at Universidad Alfonso X Al Sabio (Fall 2005).
- Andrew Popper, The Unpredictable Scope of Judicial Review, 2 Saberes, Law Review of the Law School at Universidad Alfonso X Al Sabio (January 2005).
- Andrew Popper, U.S. Tort Reform, 27 Civ. & Com. L. Rev. Hong Kong 379 (2003).
- Andrew Popper, Tort Reform Policy More Than State Law Dominates Section 2 of the Third Restatement, 8 Kan. J. L & Pub. Policy 38 (1998).
- Andrew Popper, What's the Scoop on Tobacco?, 20 Leg. Times 29 (Oct. 17, 1997) (reprinted in 150 N.J. L.J. 715 (Nov. 24, 1997); "Media Coverage of Tobacco Cases: More Smoke Than Light," Tex. Law. (Nov. 3, 1997); "Trying to Read the Tobacco Leaves: News Coverage of Tobacco Sheds Little Light," Fulton Co. Daily Rep. (Oct. 28, 1997); "The War is Far From Over," Conn. L. Trib. (Nov. 3, 1997)).
- Andrew Popper, Preserve Rate Making Immunity, J. of Com. (Oct. 3, 1997).
- Andrew Popper, Tobacco's Black April, 148 N.J. L. J. 579 (May, 1997) (reprinted in 21 Leg. Times 23 (May 5, 1997); Conn. Leg. Trib. (May 12, 1997); Tex. Law. (May 26, 1997)).
- Andrew Popper, The Uneasy Integration of Adjunct Law Professors Into American Legal Education, 47 J. Leg. Educ. 83 (Spring, 1997).
- Andrew Popper, Administrative Law in the 21st Century, 49 Admin. L. Rev 137 (1996).
- Andrew Popper, In Defense of Antitrust Immunity for Collective Ratemaking: Life After the ICC Termination Act of 1995, 35 Transp. J. 26 (1996, Issue 4).
- Andrew Popper, Federal Tort Reform Is Still a Bad Idea: A Comment on Senate Bill 687, 16 J. Prods. & Toxics Liab. 105 (1994).
- Andrew Popper, The Federal Administrative Judiciary, Fed. B. Assn. (Aug. 1992).
- Andrew Popper, Tort Reform--Commentary, 25 Md. B.J. 31 (1992).
- Andrew Popper, Haslip on Punitive Damages: A Political and Consumer Perspective, Toxic L. Rptr. 1359 (Mar. 27, 1991) (reprinted in BNA Product Safety & Liability Reporter (Mar. 22, 1991)).
- Andrew Popper, Contract Rules Advance Public Policies, Transp. Exec. Update (Jan/Feb 1991).
- Andrew Popper, Commentary, 4 Admin. L.J. Am. U. 831 (1990).
- Andrew Popper, A Tort Law Perspective Regarding Victims of Crime, ABA (1987).
- Andrew Popper, Antitrust Commentary, 53 Transp. Practs. J. 183 (1986).
- Andrew Popper, Antitrust Commentary: Southern Motor Carriers, 52 Transp. Practs. J. 529 (1985).
- Andrew Popper, The Profoundly Injured Child: How to Assess Damage to the Family Unit, 20 Tr. 28 (1984).
- Andrew Popper, Antitrust Commentary, 51 I.C.C. Practioners J. 287 (1984).
- Andrew Popper, Antitrust Commentary, 52 Transp. Practs. J. 117 (1984).
- Andrew Popper, Antitrust Editorial Comment: The 1984 Supreme Court, 51 Interstate Com. Commn. Practs. J. 609 (1984).
- Andrew Popper, Comment: American Trucking Associations Inc. v. ICC; United States v. Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference; Ex Parte No. MC-166, 50 Interstate Com. Comm. Practs. J. 79 (Nov.-Dec. 1983).
- Andrew Popper, Eliminating Immunity: The Antitrust Presumption, 50 Interstate Com. Comm. Practs. J. 440 (1983).
- Andrew Popper, The Antitrust System: An Impediment to the Development of Negotiation Models, 32 Am. U. L. Rev. 1201 (1983).
- Andrew Popper, An Administrative Law Perspective on Consensual Decisionmaking, 35 Admin. L. Rev. 255 (1983).
- Andrew Popper, Case Comment: Ex Parte No. MC-156, 50 Interstate Com. Comm. Practs. J. 326 (Dec. 1982).
- Andrew Popper, The Motor Carrier Act: Alter Antitrust Immunity for Collective Ratemaking, 26 Your Ltr. of the L. 25 (1981).
- Andrew Popper, Shipper Antitrust Liability in a Rate-Deregulated Market; Fundamental Inquiries and Analysis, in Collective Ratemaking in the Motor Carrir Industry: Implications to the Public ( 1980).
- Andrew Popper & Barbara Entwistle, Trying an Antitrust Case, Overview of Antitrust Law, Evidence, Settlement and Negotiation and New Developments, in Manual, L.E.A.A.-Department of Justice Grant Publication (Department of Justice 1979).
- Andrew Popper, Antitrust Considerations in Motor Carrier Regulation, Transp. L. Conf., Papers (Series 78-5) , 70-106 (1978).
- Andrew Popper, Collective Ratemaking: A Case Analysis of the Eastern Central Region and a Hypothesis for Analyzing Competitive Structure, 10 Transp. L. J. 365 (1978).
- Andrew Popper, Workshop on Computerized Legal Research, 1978 Transp. L. Inst. 307 (1978).
- Andrew Popper, Finance Transactions--Jurisdictional Requirements, 1977 Transp. L. Inst. 1 (1977).
- Andrew Popper, In The Matter of Consumers Power: Applying the Antitrust Laws to the Nuclear Electric Utility Industry, 4 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 499 (1977).
- Andrew Popper, Book Review: "A Treatise on International Criminal Law, Crimes and Punishment, Jurisdiction and Cooperation", 51 U. Denver L. Rev. 197 (1974).
- Andrew Popper, A 1971-1972 Survey of Foreign Law in the United States Courts, #11 2 The Globe (Illinois State Bar Association, International Law Section) (Sept. 1973).
Selected Works in Progress
- Andrew Popper, Their Sacred Estates (aka "The War of the Greenbelt") ( Forthcoming).
- Andrew Popper, Materials on Tort Reform (2d ed., West 2017).
Selected Presentations
- Andrew Popper, Presentation, A Celebration of Civil Justice and American Tort Law (Breaking Through Power, A Celebration of Civil Justice and American Tort Law, D.C., Sept. 29, 2016).
- Andrew Popper, Presentation, The Special Place of Tort Law in the U.S. Legal System (Convocation, American Tort Law Museum, Winsted, Conn., Sept. 2015).
- American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Annual Award in Administrative Law (ABA 2015).
- Andrew Popper, Presentation, Comments on Forced Arbitration and the Fate of the 7th Amendment (Roscoe Pound Civil Justice Institute, Balt., Md., July 2014).
- Andrew Popper, Congressional Briefing, An Overview of the Legal Issues: H.R. 5, A Medical Malpractice Tort Reform Bill (U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, D.C., 2011).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Fictional Narrative and the Traditional Socratic Class (U. Md., Apr. 15, 2010).
- Andrew Popper, Legislative Hearing, The Nonprofit Athletic Organization Act of 2006 (Before the United States House of Representatives, Floor Debate, Wash., D.C., Dec. 5, 2007) (reprinted in Congressional Record, H8691 with the full text (less footnotes) in Cong. Rec.E2214, Extensions, Dec. 8, 2007).
- Andrew Popper, Legislative Hearing, Hearings on H.R. 3509, The "Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2005" (Before the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, United States House of Representatives, 109th Congress, First Session, Wash., D.C., Mar. 14, 2006).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Questions Candidates Should – And Should Not– Ask (Association of American Law Schools, Nov. 20, 2005).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Is Judicial Review in Vietnam Sufficiently Independent to Meet WTO Fairness Requirements? (ASEAN/U.S. AID Forum, Aug. 3, 2005).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Courts, Legislatures, and a Response to Walter Dellinger (Brookings/Amerian Enterprise Institute Judicial Symposium, Apr. 29, 2005).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, A Plaintiffs Perspective on the Medical Malpractice Premium Crisis (International Health Policy Forum, American University, Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., Feb. 23, 2005).
- Andrew Popper, Legislative Hearing, Increasing Volunteers by Reducing Legal Fears: Hearings on H.R. 1084, H.R. 3369, and H.R. 1787 (Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives, 180th Congress, Wash., D.C., July 20, 2004).
- Andrew Popper, Panel, Election Campaign Refrom (Administrative Law Review Symposium, American University Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., 2004) (Fall 2004, Administrative Law Revew).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Scope and Review and Agency Discretion (U.S. Embassy Seminar, Mexico City, Mex., Oct. 10, 2003).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Viewing Tort Law as Public Interest Lawyering (Public Interest Roundtable, American University Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., Oct. 2, 2003).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Facing Community Opposition in Zoning Cases (American University Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., Apr. 2, 2002).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Land Use Lawyering: Confronting Oppositional Behavior (Founder's Day Program, American University Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., Mar. 2001).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, The Relationship between the Academy and the Legal Profession (Founder's Day Program, American University Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., Apr. 1999).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, The Restatement (Third): An Unfortunate Homage to Tort Reform Politics (Organization of Economic and Legal Policy, Lawrence, Kan., June 26, 1998).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Political, Emotional, and Technical Challenges Associated with the Construction of a New Law School Facility (American Bar Assocaition, Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, Conference on Bricks and Bytes, III, Washington University, Mar. 1997).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, The Necessity of Punitive Damages (University of Wisconsin, School of Law, Institute for Legal Studies, Madison, Wis., Oct. 27, 1996).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Core Issues Regarding Hiring, Training, and Evaluation of Law School Adjuncts (American Bar Association, Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, Jackson Hole, Wyo., June 6, 1996).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Protecting Speech, Free Exercise, and Avoiding Establishment All With 'No Law': Who Were the Founders Trying to Kid? (United Methodists Church Educational Program, Bethesda, Md., Apr. 28, 1996).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Antitrust Immunity After the ICC Termination Act of 1996 (Eastern Central-Middle Atlantic Conference Board Meeting, Apr. 10, 1996).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Administrative Law in the 21st Century (Centennial Panel on the Future of Administrative Law, American University Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., Apr. 1996).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Teaching and Testing: Guidelines and Suggestions for Prospective Law Faculty (American Intellectual Property Association, Washington, D.C., Oct. 28, 1995).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Unlocking the Secrets of the Employment Market: Lawyers CAN be Teachers (American Intellectual Property Association, D.C., Oct. 24, 1994).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, The Most Delicate Task: Hiring, Re-Evaluating, and Dismissing Adjunct Law Faculty (Association of American Law Schools, Law School Administration Workshop, D.C., Oct. 1994).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Tort Protection for the Symbols of Indigenous Peoples (Colloquium Series, Washington College of Law, D.C., Apr. 16, 1994).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, The Clinton Administration After One Year, The First Annual Checkup (Federal Bar Association Senator Roberty Byrd Conference, D.C., Aug. 1992).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, The Impace of Law Schools on Incivility in the Practice of Law (D.C. Inns of Court, Apr. 1992).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Product Liability Laws and Malpractice (National Press Foundation, July 17, 1991).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Expanding the Resource Pool: Families as Plaintiffs in Traumatic Head Injury Cases (Joint Program of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association and the Maryland Head Injury Foundation, May 31, 1991).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Tort Reform: A Masterpeice of Public Deception (Irving A. Levine Memorial Lecture, Montgomery Continuing Legal Education Institite, Apr. 17, 1991).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Post-Maislin Legislative Options (Northeastern Transporation Association, Oct. 10, 1990).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Coincident Pricing and Common Carriage on a Collision Course (Regular Route Common Carriers Conference, Feb. 12, 1990).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, A Policy Analysis of Trigger Tariffs and Other Forms of Nonstanding Pricing (Southeast Transportation Association, Apr. 14, 1989).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Is There a Clear Policy Directing Discounting or Adoption of the Master Tariff Based on Supreme Court Decisions? (Eastern Central Motor Carrier Association, July 16, 1988).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Freedom of Speech: First Amendment Concerns for a Censors Conscience (National Issues Forum, D.C., Sept. 30, 1987).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Legal Considerations of the Family Unit as Litigant (Maryland Head Injury Foundation, Apr. 25, 1987).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Panel and Commentary: A Tort Reform Perspective for Journalists (Foundation for American Communication, Nov. 9, 1986).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Corporate Responsibilty and Tort Refrom (Bureau of National Affairs, Sept. 22, 1986).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Legal Implications of Catastrophic Injury: Case Study on Depressed Skull Fractures (Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Conference, Mar. 15, 1986).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Criminal Responsibility and Toxic Torts: Overview (Bureau of National Affairs CLE Program, Nov. 7, 1985).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Product Liability Reform: A Critical Analysis of Compensation Alternatives (U.S. Senate Seminar Series, Dodd Seminar, Oct. 24, 1985).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Traumatic Injury to Children and Compensable Familiar Distress (Association of Trial Lawyers of America, June 7, 1985).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, The New Libel Law: Reputation Panacea or Constitutional Affront? (Maryland Continuing Legal Education Institute, May 23, 1985).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Federal Standards for Product Liability: Preemption Without Valid Purpose (American Enterprise Institute, June 16, 1984).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, The D.C. Circuit and Regulatory Policy: A Judicial Condemnation of Administrative Inaction (Federal Executive Seminar Series, May 8, 1984).
- Andrew Popper, Speech, Profoundly Injured Child: The Damages and Challenges to the Child and Family Unit (The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Mar. 31, 1984).
Selected Honors & Awards
- First Encubant to the Bronfman Chair in Law and Government (Am. U. Wash. College of L. 2017).
- Elected Law School Professor of the Year (Am. U. Wash. College of L. 2016).
- Faculty Award for Outstanding Service (Am. U. Wash. College of L. 2012).
- American University's 2009-10 "Scholar/Teacher of the Year." ( 2010).
Selected Media Appearances
- Thomson Reuters Legal Current, "Congressional Testimony on Proposed Legislation Regarding the Foreign Manufacture and Sale in the United States of Defective or Unsafe Products" (Thomson Reuters Aug. 9, 2010) (Interview).
- Thomson Reuters Legal Current, "Rediscovering Lone Pine" (Thomson Reuters Aug. 9, 2010) (Interview).
- Thomson Reuters Legal Current, "Tort Reform Education" (Thomson Reuters Aug. 9, 2010) (Interview).
Related Links
- Rediscovering Lone Pine
Audio interview with Professor Popper about his manuscript
- Rediscovering Lone Pine Wins Maryland Writers' Association Prize for Mainstream Fiction
Thomson Reuters' Press Release
- "Leaping Forward--or Not--With the 2010 Foreign Manufacturer Legal Accountability Act"
Guest Blog on TortsProf Blog


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|Mag Bay Adventure
Part 2: Everywhere we looked there were baitfish, birds, and marine mammals.
By Rick Gaffney — March 2002
We didn't do too badly, either. By the end of that first day, we'd released eight billfish and caught plenty of tuna and dorado (dolphin or mahi-mahi), despite being out of the center of the action for most of the day. Once we reached Santa Marina Bay, Hamilton invited us and another Riviera to raft up on either side of Mil-So-Mar, and we soon were dining on the culinary creations of three boatloads of ecstatic fishermen.
The next day broke clear and relatively calm, and we headed out toward the fabled Thetis Bank into a settling sea with high-expectations that were quickly realized. Our triumvirate of gamefishing boats raised doubles, triples, quadruples, and more. At times there were so many billfish following the teasers to the transom that we couldn't keep track. Everywhere we looked there were baitfish, birds, and marine mammals ranging from seals to porpoise to Finback whales, in one of the most incredible feeding orgies any of us could remember. We watched 30-pound dorado assault striped marlin four times their size in an effort to get at the same bait. Massive bait balls discolored the water, and packs of low-flying frigate birds marked additional bait. Seals rolled through the surface, snorting their misty exhalation and nailing sardines and other forage. It was absolute piscatorial mayhem.
Team Riviera released 24 billfish on our first full day on the Magdalena Bay grounds. With more anglers and two crew working the cockpit, the number could easily have been double that. Heading back to the dock, it wasn't hard to believe the tale of one boat releasing 78 billfish in one day's fishing here.
The waters off Baja's Magdalena Bay have been known to fishermen since at least the early 1900s, when Zane Grey ventured there from California. Today California gamefishermen routinely voyage there on long-range boats and stay for days or even weeks at a time. Mag Bay has no tourism infrastructure to speak of–no marinas or moorings, and even basics like fuel are hard to come by at the commercial port of San Carlos. The area seems to have been protected from rapacious over-harvest by its isolation, although long-liners have begun to hit these waters with a sometimes devastating impact on the striped marlin population, and sardine seiners are increasingly seen as well.
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Runs a bit large. Stones and ring is very pretty. Sits high off your finger. Will be hard to match to a band.Read More
My girlfriend loved it! Two days later we got in a huge fight and broke up though I think she dumped me for the ring. Black is bad luck... But it's gorgeous.Read More
Beautiful ring!
I love this ring! It's so unique and I get compliments on it all the time . I wear it every day and it has never looked old or lost a stone . Great quality for the price.Read More
stones fell out
I like to wear my rings everyday, after about 6 months this one was missing two little stones. Was very beautiful though.Read More
I ordered this ring as my engagement ring, and I absolutely love it. Two years after wearing it, and I still love it.Read More
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My fiance presented me with this ring and it is everything I have ever wanted in an engagement ring and more! We have been looking at black diamonds for quite some time and we were thoroughly excited when we found this on overstock.com...You find the same rings in Zales for double, sometimes triple the price...and while I know that he loves me enough to spend that on me, in today's economy, it isn't feasible when you can find the equivalent for an incredible price! I am so excited to be sporting this on my ring finger!Read More
Beautiful, but ...
I wore this ring every day for a year and a half. It did not tarnish. However, it needs to be cleaned frequently. The band is elevated higher than you would anticipate and the extra width on the sides takes some getting used to. In addition, the cut outs collect dirt, dust, and whatever I'm cooking in the kitchen. Also, when I received it, the center stone had a small scratch down the center that was displeasing. Some of the black 'color' on the accent stones began to wear off which lead me to believe that it was not in fact a black diamond at all. Black diamonds or not, the ring is a beautiful piece that held a lot of sentimental meaning to me. It lasted a very long time and is incredibly durable despite its imperfections and inconveniences.Read More
Very Nice
I LOVE this ring, What i didnt notice that in the picture the side view are hearts with little dimonds in them. Im not a big fan of hearts but the ring is still lovely. I got this as a promise ring from my boyfriend and i think its perfect for a promise ring, and seriously jewlary stores would have asked for atleast twice the price for a ring like this, such a rip off! So for that i am very thankful for overstock.com!!! :o) However my back diamond has a speck of dirt in it. I notice it and bothers me, maybe i just need a new one sent to me, it looks like a dust or smuge is on it. It must just be a mistake in my stone, I didnt see and other negative reviews about it. Hope this is helpful! Enjoy the ringRead More
Classy Little Ring
I bought this ring to temporarily replace my lost engagement ring. I really do love it and although I've since found my original ring, I still wear this one on my right hand. The ring is really pretty and has a nice shine and sparkle. More than I expected from a black diamond. Great choice for a girl that wants to have a unique look, respectable size stone, subtle shine and sparkle without breaking the bank.Read More
Love this ring
I got this as an engagement right, ive had it about a month and half and still in LOVE with it and still getting compliments on it all the time. it fits well and its prefect size on my hand, its not a huge ring but its not tiny either. i would recommend it to anyone who is open to black diamonds!!Read More
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Hello krrimarte, I am sorry to hear you lost the center stone. You will be contacted by Customer Care for further assistance. Thanks for shopping with us.
"can you give me some bands that go with this ring? i dont know how to see what sizes are the same ."
I'm so sorry to say we do not have anything with the millgrain edge that will match this at this time.
I ordered the 1/5 ct Miadora black diamond anniversary ring, and it looks really good with this ring in my opinion. I just got them in today!
Thanks for your interest, this band would go great with this ring. http://www.overstock.com/Jewelry-Watches/Miadora-Sterling-Silver-1-5ct-TDW-Black-Diamond-Anniversary-Ring/5593952/product.html
"What band goes with this?"
We have many bands to choose from but the recommendation was to keep in mind the thickness and dimensions of the product to match this ring.
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Military FunLogic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
One day 7 friends, Stephen, Felicia, Anna, Clark, Brad, Abby, and Jessica, decided that they wanted to pretend they were in a war. So, Stephen went to his older brother, and his brother said that you need to be ranked in an army before you go into battle. So, for the next week the brother set up obstacles that the kids had to do and moved them up or down in rank depending on how well they did. Here is the list of ranks that the brother came up with:
1. Lieutenant General
2. Brigadier General
3. Colonel
4. Lieutenant Colonel
5. Major
6. Captain
7. First Lieutenant
8. Second Lieutenant
9. First Sergeant
10. Sergeant
11. Corporal
12. Private
Can you figure out how high each of the 7 friends is ranked if they all started out as a Private with these clues?
Day 1
Brad is promoted by 1, Abby doubled that, Felicia doubled Abby's promotion, and Stephen doubled Felicia's promotion.
Day 2
Jessica is moved to First Sergeant, Anna is moved 2 above that, and Clark is moved 4 below Anna.
Day 3
Stephen and Anna are both promoted by 2, Clark is promoted by 1, and Jessica is demoted by 1.
Day 4
Abby is demoted by 1, Jessica is moved to the lowest rank, and Felicia is moved to Captain.
Day 5
Everyone who had been promoted on Day 1 is moved up by 1.
Day 6
Anna moves up by 2, Clark moves up by 4, and Jessica moves up by 1.
Day 7
No promotions or demotions.
Do you know the order of how high the 7 friends are ranked in their play army?
AnswerOn Day 1 we know that Brad is moved up to Corporal; Abby doubled that, so she moved up by 2. So, she is now a Sergeant. Felicia doubled Abby's promotion, so she is moved up to Second Lieutenant. Stephen is moved up by 8, a Lieutenant Colonel.
Then on Day 2, it says that Jessica is moved to First Sergeant, and Anna moved 2 higher than that, a First Lieutenant, and Clark is moved 4 below Anna to Corporal.
On Day 3 Stephen is moved up to Brigadier General and Anna to Major. Clark is moved to Sergeant, and Jessica is moved down one to Sergeant.
Day 4, Abby is moved down to Corporal, Jessica is moved down to Private, and Felicia goes up to Captain.
Day 5, everyone who had been promoted on Day 1 is moved up, and that's Stephen, Felicia, Abby, and Brad. Stephen is now Lieutenant General, Felicia is a Major, Abby is a Sergeant, and Brad is a Sergeant.
Day 6, Anna is moved up to Colonel, Clark is moved to Captain, and Jessica is moved to Corporal.
The order of the 7 friends at the end are:
1. Lieutenant General Stephen
2. Colonel Anna
3. Major Felicia
4. Captain Clark
5. Sergeant Abby
5. Sergeant Brad
7. Corporal Jessica
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name = raw_input("Hello, What is your name?")
if len(name) > 0:
print ("Hello " + name + "! Nice to meet you. I am the God of Awesomeness. However, you can call me Gabriel.")
play_game = raw_input("Well then, " + name + ", would you like to play a game?")
if play_game == "Yes" or "yes" or "y":
print("Excellent! Lets continue. We will play...... the conversation game. yes, you will have a conversation with me.")
print "I will ask questions first"
color = raw_input("What is your favorite color?")
print color + ", hmm, interesting. Mine is Green!"
age = raw_input("How old are you?")
if age < 18:
print "well, you are well on your way to the dreadful 'real world'"
print "interesting, so you are " +age+ ". Thats great. You gain more life experience with every year!"
print "Well, that was it! Goodbye!"
elif play_game == "No" or "no" or "n":
print("well then, that is quite disappointing. Goodbye, " + name + ".")
print ("I do not understand your words of wisdom. Perhaps you shall try an answer like yes or no?")
elif len(name) <=0:
print ("how about you actually type something?")
anyways, whenever I run the code, except for when I ask for a name, the code accepts any input. For example, if i were to answer 'no' to the question that asks if the user wants to play a game, the code runs the IF statement regardless. However, since my code is running in the first place, I'm assuming that the syntax is correct.
Any help is appreciated!
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Is there anyway to insert pictures in a private message?
Oh just to clarify its a picture saved on my computer.
Not sure that you can if it's from your computer. If it's on the internet, it's just like posting a picture in a regular post.
Check to see if there's an option for including an attachment. If so, then you should be able to upload it as an attachment and display it.


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You exercise your body to stay physically in shape, so why shouldn't you exercise your brain to stay mentally fit? With these daily exercises you will learn how to flex your mind, improve your creativity and boost your memory. As with any exercise, repetition is necessary for you to see improvement, so pick your favorite exercises from our daily suggestions and repeat them as desired. Try to do some mentalrobics every single day!
The peg mnemonic system is useful because it can help you remember items in non-sequential order. This is especially helpful for material that already has a natural order to it. For example, you could use the peg system to easily remember the Ten Commandments, the amendments to the US Constitution, the periodic table of elements, or the planets in the solar system.
The following example shows how you could use the peg system to remember the first 5 US states in order of population. The first word given is the peg word, followed by the state, then the substitute word that we will use to make our association. For example, to remember that California is number 1, you would make a visual association between a bun and the Hollywood sign.
1. Bun - California - Hollywood Sign
2. Shoe - Texas - Longhorn Cattle
3. Tree - New York - Big Apple
4. Door - Florida - Oranges
5. Hive - Illinois - Sears Tower
You could easily continue this list for all the states.
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Sometimes economics can be helpful even if it does not allow you to make point predictions with any degree of confidence. This is the case, for instance, when it can rule out certain combinations of outcomes for different economic variables as unlikely or even nigh-on impossible. An example of such an unlikely configuration of outcomes is (a) a strong and sustainable recovery of the US economy and (b) a strong (let alone a strengthening) US dollar. A very similar statement can be made about the prospects for a speedy recovery of the UK economy.
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One of the latest trends in the global beauty industry is the proliferation of anti-aging hair products in the marketplace. Consequently, beauty product developers, ingredient suppliers, and brands large and small have been busy addressing the graying population in hopes of attracting the baby boomer marketplace.
With concerns over thinning, breakage, dryness and over-processing, consumers have been looking for the holy grail of hair restoration for years, and are finally getting some answers that won't cost them the proverbial arm and a leg.
"The majority of women currently treating thinner hair are unsatisfied with their current regime and very interested in a natural alternative," says Cindy Angerhofer, Aveda's executive director of its Botanical Research Lab. "This significant gap in treatment inspired Aveda to enter the anti-thinning hair category to provide [consumers] with high-performing, botanically derived solutions, and capitalize on a considerable growth opportunity of the brand."
Anti-aging hair concerns among consumers know no geographic boundary, she adds. "Forty-six percent of women globally are concerned with thinning hair, yet only a quarter of them act on it."
The beauty market has shown strong growth in 2012, says Nicole Tyrimou, beauty and personal care analyst at Euromonitor International, improving upon its 2011 performance despite the deepening of the economic crisis in Europe and a slowdown in China's economic growth.
"Consumers are now more willing to pay for convenience, with experience also becoming increasingly important in the value equation," she wrote on the Euromonitor International website. And consumers' desire to maintain healthy hair has steered ingredient suppliers and product developers toward creating a plethora of hair products for the over 40 age group.
Consumers want to look and feel as good as possible, as well as prolong the gap between salon visits, Tyrimou explains. "This has led to a growing consumer desire for products which can help them to nourish and care for their hair," she says.
Angerhofer comments that Aveda's anti-aging products are rooted in ayurveda, the 5,000-year-old healing tradition from India. Aveda's plant- and flower-based Invati line, which is Sanskrit for invigorate, targets hair loss. "This system is comprised of 97% naturally derived [ingredients] that reduce hair loss," she says. "Invati is powered by Densiplex, an invigorating complex of ayurvedic and traditional Chinese herbs, which help energize and rehabilitate the scalp around the follicles when massaged in."
Another company that has addressed this market is Capsulent, which recently rolled out Kerabead, says Tycho Speaker, president of the company. "Kerabead describes our thin-film encapsulation technology, which wraps an ultra-thin layer of keratin(from natural wool) and alginate (from ocean plants) around droplets of active ingredients," Speaker says. "The capsule wall integrates with damaged hair. As the product dries, the internal active ingredients (shea, argan oil, mango butter or silicone) are released, forming a protective layer that seals the patch."
Capsulent developed its platform technology for numerous markets and industries, Speaker adds, and focus groups of varying ages helped them fine-tune the technology. "What really surprised us was the benefits we saw on mature hair," he says. "As hair ages, there is a lot more accumulated damage. With regular use [of products with Kerabead], the hair became smoother. We saw older women able to grow their hair long again because they weren't experiencing as much breakage."
More mature consumers (40s and up) are typically faced with thinning hair, volume loss, graying, brittleness and dryness. Studies have shown that they still desire volume, shine and manageability and eschew products that weigh hair down.
The hair care market continues to be very competitive, with more than 10,000 products hitting the market in 2012. Generation Klean, launched in 2011 by JD Larson and Jasmine Abedi, competes by targeting the anti-aging hair care demographic with its aptly named Gray Disappear.
"As the baby boomer generation continues to age, they'll need an easy solution to hair dyes," says Abedi. Many hair dyes do not bind well to grays, she explains, and consumers are becoming more educated (and discriminating) about ingredients found in many products. As this awareness increases, consumers' demand for products without certain ingredients will increase as well. "Generation Klean will be in a good position to fill this need with Gray Disappear and other products we'll be launching," Abedi says.
Another recently developed product, Revivogen Pro is a hair restoration line from Advanced Skin and Hair that was developed by dermatologist Alex Khadavi. "Revivogen Pro is part of our medical hair loss treatment," says Jennifer Karp, director of sales and marketing for the company. The line was tested at salons, where they saw dramatic success. "The product treats hair to look thicker and fuller, and the line was expanded to include a scalp treatment, shampoo and conditioner," Karp says. It also includes a volumizing hair mask that targets the over-30 market, and the entire collection is sold exclusively through Ulta.
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Tink had been in Los Angeles for a week so that morning before his plane left LAX, it occurred to me that a good, wifely thing to do would be to welcome him back to the Rondarosa with a home-cooked meal.
If New Year's is a time to regroup and look toward the upcoming year, then Thanksgiving is a time to gather and reflect on the year that has passed.
We had a funeral at church the other day which was not unusual.
She was not a pretty woman in the days of her youth. Her lips were too thin, her forehead too high and her eyes so round they seemed to bulge into the lens of the glasses she wore.
Most husbands, if they carry a photo of their wives, like for it to be one of glamour and beauty. That would not be my husband.
For years, I blamed it on those richly royal blue, suede high-heel pumps. The ones with the ridiculously tall, spiked heel and absurdly pointed toe. I was 22 when I bought them, and 36 when I donated them to the Salvation Army.
The woman looked over the selection of books, picked up four and smiled.
They all come with some kind of a price and all with a certain amount of disappointment, but still Rodney keeps trying.
Any self-respecting Southern woman has a list of casserole recipes a mile long ready to bake at a moment's notice.
Mama had great stories. My favorite was the only one I asked for her to repeat often. It has become something of an anthem in my life.
By chance, we happened upon him in a small gift shop. The clerk recognizing me laughed and said, "What a coincidence! She just bought a copy of your book!" She gestured toward a small woman browsing through a group of men's sweaters.
She said it, of course, with smirk. Those women who really don't understand the ways of the women of the South seem to always speak about us in words vividly cloaked in disdain.
(This is the third installment of a three-part series about Charlie Tinker.)
"Some day," Daddy used to say often as I was growing up, "I'm going to the Holy Land. I want to walk where Jesus walked."
Years ago when Mama was widowed, it became suddenly and shockingly clear she wasn't completely capable of being on her own. This was news to us, because she had always stepped up and did whatever it took to look after our family. She was quite ingenious and hardworking.
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Superman flies into first weekend
Spurred on by Wednesday's record opening day in the Philippines, Warner Bros Pictures International's Man Of Steel bursts into 24 markets day-and-date with North America.
The Superman tale debuts in the UK, Mexico and South Korea and grossed $1.7m on its first day in the Philippines to set a new industry opening day mark.
The studio is in the thick of a busy early summer. Man Of Steel's stablemates The Hangover Part III and The Great Gatsby have amassed $183.4m and $150m, respectively. Gatsby opens in Japan.
Sony Pictures Releasing International's reigning box office champion, the sci-fi After Earth, stands at $65.5m and touches down this weekend in nine territories including Australia, New Zealand, Belgium and Holland.
The distributor reissues 2012 3D in South Korea and there is a smattering of Caribbean debuts for This Is The End day-and-date with the comedy's North American debut.
Universal Pictures International's smash Fast & Furious 6 raced to $380.6m by the close of last weekend and is expected to soar past the $400m mark.
Fox International opens comedy The Internship in around 20 markets, among them Australia, New Zealand and Russia. Latest figures put the animation Epic on $108.4m and DreamWorks Animation's The Croods on $396.2m.
Star Trek Into Darkness has grossed more than $176.4mthrough Paramount Pictures International and opens in France, Italy, the French and Italian regions of Switzerland and Brazil.
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|John Pruban, president of TekServe POS, moderated a dynamic panel discussion on managing rollouts.
|TOPSS brought together IT and operations executives.
|Alan Lipson, center, and Monica Harvey-Ticknor of Hewlett-Packard, right, compared notes with Beth Williamson of Williams-Sonoma and a colleague.
|AutoZone's Ken Brame, CIO and VP IS, asked a question as Cathy Hotka of Cathy Hotka & Associates looked on.
|Frank Riso, left, senior director of retail operations, Motorola, visited with Tim Kane from Wincor Nixdorf.
|The Check into Cash Crew came out in force. Left to right, Mike London, Edward Haluska, Ed Ryan and Alan Haws.
|John Rutherford of The Sports Authority took home a special gift from Sprint, presented by Michelle Brantley of Sprint and Murray Forseter, publisher and editor of Chain Store Age.
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This article was published 9/6/2014 (1170 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I want something I'd call "lovers without borders." I'm a free spirit by nature and won't be told what I can and can't do with my body. I shocked myself by falling in love with a Winnipeg guy -- my best friend -- and am suddenly committed to an engagement with a huge diamond ring. And this week, my fiancé shocked me further by saying, "Now we must be true to each other. That's what the ring means."
I didn't say much. We both travel for work. We were pals first, and totally honest about our adventurous sex lives here and out of town. I planned to keep on seeing my occasional sweethearts in different cities. I don't want to stop that, but he seems to have realized he wants monogamy from me.
What I want, if anything, is a primary home husband and my out-of-country lovers here and there. What should I do now: break it off and humiliate him? If we did, would I get to keep the ring, or have to give it back? -- Refuse to be Jailed, Winnipeg
Dear Refuse: Give the big rock back, sister. You don't want a traditional marriage and your guy has realized he does -- that's a big disconnect right there. You should break it off right now with a minimum of embarrassment for him. You can even let him say it was his idea, so he can save face. Or, you can keep your mouth shut and go ahead with the marriage, keep messing around and then get divorced later in a big emotional and financial mess.
You're not ready for marriage and you're not deeply in love with this man. So, put the big diamond ring back in the box, hand it back and apologize from the bottom of your adventurous little heart.
By the way, a woman with class doesn't have to ask if she should make a bid for the ring. Of course you shouldn't!
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I met a cute guy at The Forks. We spent all the afternoon together, held hands, went walking and kissed by the river endlessly. At the end of the afternoon, his friend showed up in a truck to give him a ride home. He lives in the country.
My guy got in the truck fast, and I signalled for him to roll down the window. I asked when we would see each other again. He said quickly he was "tied up." His friend said, "What is she talking about?" He said, "Don't worry. She's just a friend. Nothing happened."
He didn't even turn and answer me, just rolled the window back up, like I no longer existed. The two guys were yelling at each other. Then his friend squealed out of the parking lot and drove away. What exactly happened to me? -- Innocent, 17, North End
Dear Innocent: We can't be 100 per cent sure what happened, but here's a good guess: the guy you spend that romantic afternoon with is probably seeing or is attached to someone the driver cares about -- a friend or relative (like his cousin or sister) -- back home. Your Romeo was probably hearing about that as they barrelled down the road home. Don't expect to see this guy again, and don't waste your time waiting on the riverbank for Chapter 2. This guy got caught.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I have six teeth missing. My kids are always telling me to go get them replaced because they make me look "less intelligent" than I am. I look like a bag lady. I have 2.5 university degrees and a well-paying job where I work from home. But I have a secret phobia. I am terrified of dental work going on in my mouth. Getting all those teeth would cost me a fortune, too. The kids say they will even pay for it, because they all have good jobs and are in their early 30s. I don't know what to tell them. I am too scared! -- Big Baby, Winnipeg
Dear Baby: You could start by seeing a psychologist about your fear of dental work. Then you could investigate which dental offices use which practices, to do extensive dental work like yours in Winnipeg. Modern dentistry is nothing like what you may be imagining, nor does it take a lot of time in the chair. Just reading about new techniques may set some of your fears to rest and allow you to make a visit "on spec." If anyone has overcome this problem and gotten the extensive dental work they needed, please write in and we will publish your letter in an upcoming column.
Please send your questions or comments c/o firstname.lastname@example.com or mail letters to Miss Lonelyhearts c/o Winnipeg Free Press, 1355 Mountain Ave., Winnipeg, MB, R2X 3B6


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While Dilma Rousseff and Cristina Fernández face rising political uncertainty in Brazil and Argentina, across the Andes plucky Chile soldiers on in time-honored fashion – that's to say, predictably.
Michelle Bachelet, the former president, steamed towards another presidency on Sunday with a romping win in the primaries – which pretty much guarantees her a landslide win in November's presidential election. But then again, is everything so certain, even in stolid Chile?
Brazil's recent protests, and student riots in Chile last week over university tuition fees, have led some to wonder if "Chile is the next Brazil?" (Although, truth be told, it would be more accurate to call "Brazil the next Chile" as Chile's student riots, despite the country's booming economy, pre-date Brazil's turbulence by several years; the first were in 2006.) Read more