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Patient-Reported Outcome Of Facial Erythema (PROOF) (PROOF)
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Last Update Posted: February 28, 2017
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The purpose of the study is to evaluate the patient-reported outcomes (feedbacks of patients)of a new drug for the treatment of erythema of rosacea (central facial redness). The feedback of patients receiving the active drug will be compared to the feedback of patients receiving the placebo.
|Rosacea Erythema
|Drug: once-daily brimonidine tartrate 0.5% gel Drug: once-daily brimonidine tartrate vehicle gel
|Phase 3
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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MedlinePlus related topics: Rosacea
Drug Information available for: Brimonidine tartrateU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Satisfaction With the Overall Study Treatment [ Time Frame: Day 8 ]Percentage of participants who are very satisfied/satisfied/somewhat satisfied with the study treatment
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Facial Appearance Since Starting the Treatment [ Time Frame: Day 8 ]Percentage of subjects who answered A lot better/A little better to the question "what do you think about your facial appearance since starting the treatment?"
- Percentage of Participants With at Least One Grade Improvement in the Clinician's Erythema Assessment (CEA) [ Time Frame: Day 1, 3 hour after drug application ]Percentage of participants with at least one grade improvement in the CEA
- Percentage of Subject Reporting a Treatment-related Adverse Event [ Time Frame: From consent signature, up to Day 8 ]
|Study Start Date:
|July 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Brimonidine tartrate 0.5% gel
once-daily brimonidine tartrate 0.5% gel
|Drug: once-daily brimonidine tartrate 0.5% gel
Placebo Comparator: Vehicle
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|Drug: once-daily brimonidine tartrate vehicle gel
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female subjects age of 18 years or older,
- A clinical diagnosis of facial rosacea,
- A Patient Self-Assessment score of 4 (severe) at Baseline prior to the study drug application,
- A Clinician's Erythema Assessment (CEA) score of 3 (moderate) or 4 (severe) at Baseline prior to the study drug application,
Exclusion Criteria:
- More than 5 facial inflammatory lesions (papules or pustules) of rosacea,
- Any uncontrolled chronic or serious disease or medical condition that may either interfere with the interpretation of the clinical trial results, or put the subject at significant risk if the subject participates in the clinical trial as judged by the investigator,
- Known or suspected allergies or sensitivities to any component of the study drugs, including the active ingredient brimonidine tartrate (see Investigator's Brochure),
- Female who is pregnant or lactating.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01885000
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|Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
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|Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität
|Frankfurt am Main, Germany
|Universitätsklinikum Münster, Klinik für Hautkrankheiten
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|Universitäts-Hautklinik Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
|Tübingen, Germany
|CentroDerm Gesellschaft für dermatolgische Forschung mbH (GmbH)
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Layton AM, Schaller M, Homey B, Hofmann MA, Bewley AP, Lehmann P, Nohlgård C, Sarwer DB, Kerrouche N, Ma YM. Brimonidine gel 0.33% rapidly improves patient-reported outcomes by controlling facial erythema of rosacea: a randomized, double-blind, vehicle-controlled study. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2015 Dec;29(12):2405-10. doi: 10.1111/jdv.13305. Epub 2015 Sep 28.
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|First Posted:
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|Results First Submitted:
|November 17, 2016
|Results First Posted:
|January 13, 2017
|Last Update Posted:
|February 28, 2017
|Last Verified:
|January 2017
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Skin Diseases
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The driver of one of the trains involved in the west London train crash drove through a red signal.
BBC Transport Correspondent Simon Montague says the Thames train also went through two yellow signals before crossing into the path of the oncoming Great Western express.
The Great Western train, which was travelling from Cheltenham to London Paddington, had been given a green light and was proceeding normally.
The red signal in question, known as SN109, has been known to give trouble before. It is an unusual shape, with the red light offset to one side because of visibility problems caused by overhead wiring and pylons.
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Mick Ricks, the general secretary of the train drivers' union, Aslef, told BBC News that the problems with this signal had been raised with the appropriate authorities.
He said the drivers wanted the signal to be resited to make it more visible.
Mr Ricks said there had been an incident four years ago and the resulting inquiry had recommended moving the signal. So far, the powers that be had continued to drag their feet on the issue, he said.
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"This show has been a heartfelt endeavor to connect the dots between agriculture and art – two passions of mine," said Sarah Syverson, a personality from KSJD and the director of the Montezuma School to Farm Project.
Syverson plans vignettes loosely based on her personal farming journey to the Durango Arts Center in a one-woman show called Growing: Adventures in Food and Farming. She is the writer and star of the show. She plays herself and other characters including an old goat lady, a turnip, a canning cheer leader and a new-ager who wants to be one with the vegetables. All the supporting characters help Syverson grow along the way.
"She really runs a broad spectrum that is what so fun to watch her shift from character to character," said Mona Wood-Patterson, the co-creator and producer.
While Syverson was growing up in the suburbs of a town in Montana, farming seemed like a scene from poetry. She pictured herself walking through rows of perfect vegetables wearing a peasant dress.
But when she left corporate life and moved to the Mancos Valley to run her own three-acre farm, reality and accompanying hilarity set in.
Invading grasshoppers and failing greenhouse roofs are part of the farming life. Yet, the show approaches the plagues and joys of farming with an eye for comedy and highlights tender moments.
"It's not just a riotous comedy, it's really a journey," Wood-Patterson said.
In real life, without any experience, Syverson forayed into animal husbandry with chickens. She was terrified of touching them but also of facing their deaths. In the end, a few of the first dozen met their demise at the hands of Syverson's own dogs.
"It was mortifying to pick up this bloody chicken," she recalled. Now, she faces their slaughter as a natural end – when they are no longer producing many eggs.
She later moved on to keeping bigger livestock, and all along the way, she was learning.
"That is what this show is about for me – growing in my heart and soul, growing a little food to share, and being able to laugh with an open heart along the way at the pitfalls and steep learning curves," she said.
She was also inspired by her moments as the director of the Montezuma School to Farm Project, which started educational gardening programs in the Dolores, Mancos and Montezuma-Cortez school districts.
Some students she encounters during her work are disconnected from the source of their food. She recalled a class in which a student who saw meat rabbits for the first time commented, I wouldn't eat that; my food comes from the grocery store.
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PARK CITY — There's more than meets the ear at the Sundance ASCAP Music Cafe.
Not only do fans get to hear and see artists such as LeAnn Rimes, the Fray or Richard Marx, they get to take in the visual art displayed around the hall.
Sure, the cafe is set in the Stanfield Gallery on Park City's Main Street, but some of the art that will hang throughout the duration of the Sundance ASCAP Music Cafe has a connection with music.
Take for instance the two major pieces displayed on the wall behind the mixing board. These works, "Ectoplasm" and "The Plunge," were painted by Incubus lead singer/founder Brandon Boyd.
Other works of art displayed were created by Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy. Also included in the gallery are works from pop artist icons Steve Kaufman and Peter Max.
While Boyd wasn't on hand to play at the ASCAP Music Cafe this year, he talked with the Deseret News about his visual art.
"I have been, for all intents and purposes, (doing art) ever since I can remember," Boyd said. "My parents tell me when I was a wee lad I used to carry a pad of paper in my back pocket and a bevy of colored pencils in my other pocket and just sort of scribbled around."
"I was sort of the quiet kid," he said. "So I expressed myself visually."
Boyd said he always wanted to be an artist "in whatever form that took."
His mother was a "very talented painter," he said. "She would have my brothers and me doing exercises from a book called 'Drawing From the Right Side of Your Brain' (by Betty Edwards). She applied a lot of techniques, keeping my brothers and me busy when we were out to dinner or waiting somewhere.
"We didn't have video games," he said. "So it was, 'Here, do this scribble game.' "
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Robert Rodriguez's Predators remake/sequel has a director. No it's not him. Rodriguez is still just producing and he's produced the director of Vacancy to help it.
The word comes from Austin filmmaker HQ AICN where Robert handed them the reigns and asked them to announce his choice to the world. They did and also managed to ask him a few key questions like, why aren't you directing this yourself? Robert's answer to that question is pretty long, even making allowances for AICN's abnormally large fonts but the short answer is: He's busy.
Rodriguez also confirms that the movie will be shot in Austin at his Troublemaker Studios, and offers hints about the story. For instance he says, "like the original movie, the title does have a double meaning. Aliens was a different take on the Alien idea, and an original movie in it's own right, and that's what we want to do with this." Best of all for those of you who threw up in your mouth the first time you sat through Alien vs. Predator he insists that Fox believes, "No one is ever going to talk about AVP again after this film, I will stake my life on it."
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Eight years ago, Audrey MacLaren chose to marry her human lover. That decision marked her as an exile from the Dragon Kings, an ancient race of demons who were once worshiped as earthly gods. In the centuries since, as conception became increasingly difficult, their numbers have dwindled. Yet Audrey and her husband managed the impossible. Their son is the first natural-born Dragon King in a generation - which made him irresistible to the sadistic scientist whose technology makes demon procreation possible. In the year since her husband died failing to prevent their kidnapping, Audrey and her little boy have endured hideous experiments.
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Ok, i've never used them before but I'm guessing that they will be quite handy for the Puffer which I'm soloing, so can anyone tell me where to get cheap and good energy gels please? I guess I'll be buying about 24 of them. And some of those nun tablet things too.
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I'd suggest you try some first - not all agree with everyone.
Not trying to be a smart-arse, but runny honey in a gel bottle is a very cheap alternative. Obviously not got exactly the same composition as a gel, but it's still giving you the carbohydrate (sugar) you need the most. Particularly good if you're using an energy powder in your drink as well, which should cover other bases like electrolytes. Best to work out how much fuel you need as well...rough calc is 1g of carbohydrate per kg of weight per hour. If using gels, you could easily be looking at three or more per hour!
I do tend to keep a couple of Torq gels with caffeine for when I'm really getting knackered though.
It is really important to try them first - if they dont agree with you in something like a 24 then you can really upset your stomach (and end your race).
Having said that, i rate the Torque gels. The flavours are less harsh / chemical than others i have tried, and they come in a nice big box of 20ish i think.
Nuun tablets - great but remember to drink enough. The cola ones are a bit funny tasting but ok. I use a few tubes to mix up the flavours. Not a problem as they are useful for normal riding anyway.
go into your local asda cheaper than any LBS
Jelly babies
http://www.energy4sport.com whatever they have on offer.
You'll need more than 24 if it's all you are eating. About one every 20 minutes is the recommended amount on the packaging.
You can get isotonic ones which don't require you to drink water at the same time. I prefer the high5 iso ones
Several kilos of Haribo.
the lucozade gels they sell in the big tescos cost about 60p. usually found next to all the energy drinks.
I've tried a few. SIS are the worst - it's like squeezing Grangemouth waste into your mouth. Honey Stinger taste the best but are currently unavailable in the UK. Torq are a safe bet. The Yoghurt ones don't taste ridiculously sweet and the Rhubarb and Custard is brill!
Hmmm, I'm 110Kg at the moment so this could be pricey but there is no way that they will be all I'm eating! I'm not going to win it I just want to keep going for as long as possible. There's not much upsets my metabolism, it's got pretty used to being abused over the years. Sounds like my usual of flap jack, haribo and jelly babies might be enough after all! Ta for the replies.
I really like the yellowy green SIS ones, and they're often on discount in Tesco. That said, usually I use haribos but for this I guess I'd take real gels.
There are lots of recipes out there to make up your own if you fancy playing around.
One of my favourite (and very simple) is dates, brown rice syrup and a small amount of powdered caffeine all bunged in a blender. It's got a great mix of longer and shorter lasting carbs, tastes pretty good, has the kick from caffeine and is fairly healthy.
Although most of the time I find it easier just to go with dates, bananas and flapjack
summer fruit High5 Energy Gel work for me and are nice enough.
You can get isotonic ones which don't require you to drink water at the same time. I prefer the high5 iso ones
You still need to drink water - no gel can be isotonic anyway but some do contain electrolytes meaning you don't need so much electrolytes in your drinks
to the OP I would have a few and carry one in your pocket to get you round a lap but rely on your usual fuelling to provide the bulk of your carbs
Hmmm, my usual fuelling is sweeties and then beer! That won't work in this case I don't think. I suspect the spare tyre I have carefully built up over the hols will keep me going!
haribo good for shorter rides. i wouldnt fancy having 24 hours worth of haribo consumption in my stomach! That is going to cause trouble
torq are the best - most of the others give you a dodgy stomach if eaten too many. bars are really tasty too.
rough calc is 1g of carbohydrate per kg of weight per hour.
shouldn't that be lean weight?
and if you've never eaten them why would you race with them? you wouldn't ride a new bike. eat what you trained on.
TJ you're right. IF you look at standard gels they need to be consumed with (extra) water. These don't. They don't provide you with enough water to survive though. On the plus side they tase just like thick fruit juice so go down easily unlike the gloopier ones.
runny honey in a gel bottle is a very cheap alternative
Im going to try this
and if you've never eaten them why would you race with them?
Because I've never trained for 24hrs before!
Aren't gels for shorter more intense events where your digestive system can't really cope with solids? You should be fine with "proper" food or bars. Maybe a caffeinated gel such as the mule bar lemon zinger if you're really in trouble in the last hour or so.
What I would do ( what I did do!!) is to try to eat normal food every lap or so. You need a good mix of carbs - long and short acting. Carry some gels ( or jelly babies) for emergencies halfway round a lap - I did and I used them a couple of laps.
So - good dinner the night before with plenty of carbs. Long acting carbs for breakfast ( porridge is good or other oats) Carbs in your drinks and electrolytes - I ran on salted diluted apple juice, eat little and often during the 24 hrs.
You will need as many calories as you can cram into your system in any way you can basically
A mate of mine reckons a shot of the SIS gel makes him feel like a lady at the end of a porno.
I actually really like them though. Handy during running races as you don't need to drink as much water with them. I think they're meant to be isotonic or something like that. Whereas I find the torq ones awful without lots of water. Not a big issue when riding though.
yup that's the one
SIS Gels are mingin IMO... like a gob full of phlegm
High5 work for me - banana is the fave...
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HOUSTON, March 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI) announced today that John T. Gremp, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, will address attendees at the following event:
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Simmons & Simmons has posted a slight drop in turnover from £251.7m to £250.3m for the 2012/13 financial year, with a similar drop in average profit per equity partner (PEP).
The latest financials, which are still unaudited, show that net profit remained stable at £66.2m in 2012/13, compared to £66m in the previous year.
The firm posted PEP of £525,000 at the end of the last financial year, down just under 0.6 per cent from £528,000 the previous year.
Simmons said its highest-paid partner last year received £950,000 compared to £975,000 in 2011/12. The bottom of equity also dropped slightly, from £275,000 to £270,000.
Simmons reported a 3 per cent drop in turnover for the first half of the 2012/13 financial year compared to the same period in 2011/12 (28 November 2012), but the full-year figure is down only 0.5 per cent on 2011/12's final results.
The breakdown of revenue across Simmons' practice areas show that the finance, litigation and employment teams were all very slightly up on 2011/12. However there was a fall in the proportion of corporate work at the firm, from 23.6 per cent in 2011/12 to 21 per cent at the end of 2012/13. Finance and litigation remain the top performers, making up 38 and 33 per cent of turnover respectively, while the firm's employment practice contributed 8 per cent of revenue last year.
The 2012/13 figures follow a strong 2011/12. The firm posted £251.7m in turnover for that year, up 3.6 per cent on the previous year's £242.9m, with a 14.8 per cent rise in PEP from £460,000 in 2010/11 to £528,000 in 2011/12.
The past year saw significant international expansion for Simmons. Most recently the firm was granted a licence to open in Singapore (8 May 2013). The firm's third German office opened in Munich in March this year (10 January 2013).
Meanwhile Simmons also announced an alliance with American hedge-fund focused boutique Seward & Kissel last year (4 October 2012).


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When Ventilating is Devastating
Not long ago, success for people in the ICU with acute lung injury was easy to mark: It meant getting off the ventilator alive.
But as intensive care specialists began following patients once they left the ICU, they saw that too often, all wasn't well for these formerly sickest of the sick. That prompted a rush to fine-tune ventilator use, and things improved: Simply cutting back air pressure, for example, helped lower a 70 percent risk of death to 40 percent.
Yet some patients—perhaps a third—haven't snapped back to health weeks or months later. For them, lungs can heal in six months, but not so the mind. That's of some concern to psychiatrist Joe Bienvenu. A specialist in anxiety disorders, he was recently asked to cover psychiatric parts of a new Hopkins study of post-ICU patients. The study—Improving Care of Acute Lung Injury Patients—follows the formerly "ventilated" from 11 Baltimore hospital intensive care units up to five years later.
Bienvenu was turned around by what he read and saw.
"I was hesitant at first to sign on," he says. "When I heard that these patients suffered from PTSD, it seemed kind of far-fetched." So he and Hopkins colleagues began by confirming the problem; they reviewed data from earlier, smaller studies of intensive care survivors. PTSD clearly looked genuine.
Yet it was seeing patients that most affected Bienvenu. "It only took a few and I was convinced," he says.
Consider John Lyons,* an amiable, soft-spoken man whom Bienvenu invited to a departmental grand rounds. Lyons, a self-described perfectionist in his 40s, comes from "a family of worriers" and lives with his father. He was once treated for depression. But two years ago in the ICU, Lyons' amiability disappeared. Viral pneumonia had made him septic. Suffering acute respiratory distress syndrome, he was sedated and intubated for a month to save his life. He became delirious.
In his delirium, Lyons was convinced he was being tortured in death's basement where the walls dripped both blood and flesh—a common hallucination, it seems. Severely agitated, he punched nurses, requiring heavier sedation and restraint.
Once home, the newly frail man tried to be positive, but flashbacks and insomnia troubled him months before he sought help. With medication, his PTSD lifted, though he's still uneasy at times.
"It's no surprise that many patients suffer after-effects," Bienvenu says: They've been acutely ill. Their shortness of breath alone is frightening. Their widespread inflammation surely includes the brain. They're restrained. Intubation is painful, and many of the drugs they need—benzodiazepines and catecholamines—stress the psyche at high doses.
Bienvenu's review brought out risk factors for PTSD that bear more investigating. Having a history of anxiety or depression is one. So is having intense memories. "For many patients," says Bienvenu, "these experiences are oddly more real than daily experiences. And they last—they're memories of fighting for your life."
Medication is also suspect. The very benzodiazepines that ease breathing and damp down patients' primal anxiety at being intubated are tied to both delirium in hospital and to PTSD once they're out.
Now the task, says Bienvenu, is to get a coherent picture and see where changes could be made. One working hypothesis is that patients who're sensitive by nature become more agitated in the ICU and need more medication. They suffer more potent hallucinations, perhaps, which, in turn trips anxiety attacks once they're home. Only more work will tell. The five-year study should help, if only to confirm a need for ICU alternatives. Already, there's a suggestion that administering steroids to damp down inflammation may shield the brain from severe effects.
Meanwhile, Bienvenue says, "just knowing who we should and shouldn't worry about in the ICU could make a difference." He is especially interested in what role temperament plays, how it might predict who needs more reassurance and watching. "It could be," he says, "that intervening early goes a long way."
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Fans, entrepreneurs among first buyers of new iPad
MADISON, Wis.—Apple's latest iPad drew the customary lines of die-hard fans looking to be first and entrepreneurs looking to make a quick profit.
Many buyers lined up for hours, and in some cases overnight, as the tablet computer went on sale in the U.S. and nine other countries. They did so even though Apple started accepting online orders a week ago.
The new, third model comes with a faster processor, a much sharper screen and an improved camera, though the changes aren't as big as the upgrade from the original model to the iPad 2.
As with the previous models, prices start at $499 in the U.S.
"I don't think it's worth the price but I guess I'm a victim of society," Athena May, 21, said in Paris.
Dan Krolikowski, 34, was first in line at a Madison, Wis., mall. He arrived 14 hours before the store's opening and was buying an extra one to sell on the "gray market."
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Those who ordered iPads online started getting them delivered Friday. However, Apple now says there's a two- to three-week shipping delay for online orders. There's also demand in countries where the new iPad isn't available yet.
In Hong Kong, a steady stream of buyers picked up their new devices at preset times at the city's sole Apple store after entering an online lottery.
The system, which required buyers to have local ID cards, helped thwart visitors from mainland China, Apple's fastest growing market. A release date in China has not yet been announced. Apple will begin selling the iPad in 25 additional countries next Friday, mostly in Europe.
At Apple's flagship retail store on New York's Fifth Avenue, the composition of the line, and the way many customers were paying for two iPads each with wads of cash, suggested that many of the tablets were destined to be resold abroad.
The gadget also drew entrepreneurs of a dubious nature. In Orlando, Fla., authorities arrested a
About 450 people lined up outside Apple's Ginza store in downtown Tokyo. Some had spent the night sleeping outside the store.
Dipak Varsani, 21, got in line in London at 1 a.m. Thursday local time and said he was drawn by the new device's better screen.
"You've got clearer movies and clearer games," he said. "I use it as a multimedia device."
Despite competition from cheaper tablet computers such as
Apple says the iPad is propelling us into a "post-PC era," with computers that work very differently from the traditional laptops and desktops.
Two years after the debut of the first iPad, the device's launch has become the second-biggest "gadget event" of the year, after the annual iPhone release. In Atlanta, one kid in line carried a sign that read "Happy iDay!"
Many said they lined up for the atmosphere, rather than ordering online.
"Sure, it's a marketing ploy, but I still love the experience," said Pam Johnson, 58, a Portage, Wis., writer who traveled about an hour to the Madison store. "You have great conversations. You learn a lot. You don't get that when you just sit at home and wait for it to be delivered to your doorstep."
Peter Svensson reported from New York. Kelvin Chan in Hong Kong, Robert Barr in London, Sharon Chen in Singapore, Malcolm Foster in Tokyo, Kathy Matheson in Philadelphia, Thomas Adamson in Paris and Johnny C. Clark in Atlanta contributed to this report.


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EQUIPPED with an old car and a selection of kilts, a group of friends are heading to Scotland for an unusual fundraising venture.
Gary Hunter, from Thirlby, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire, decided he wanted to do something memorable to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
So, along with three friends, he decided to buy and tax an old car for less than £400, sell sponsorship on it and drive up to John O'Groats.
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On the way they will be stopping at events including the Glenurquahart Highland Games Glen Challenge, near Loch Ness. There they will take part in a ten-mile run dressed in kilts.
The venture, Bangers 'cross the Border, will also take in other runs and events, including the Glendale Show in Northumberland.
Mr Hunter, along with Stuart Graham, David Weston and Chris Parker-Eland, from Northallerton and Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, will be setting off from the Carpenters Arms in Felixkirk on Friday, August 23 and returning on Monday, August 26.
"I turned 50 this year and though I would like to do something different and we decided to raise money for Macmillan Cancer – all four of us have had people who have needed Macmillan Cancer Support," said Mr Hunter, who helps run his family business, Wren Cabinet Makers.
"None of us are runners, but our first run will be near Loch Ness at the Highland games there. We're going to be doing in excess of 1,000 miles in the car."
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'Bipolar' Jesse Jackson Jr admits to spending campaign funds on luxuries
Jackson (47), who had represented Illinois in the House of Representatives from 1995 until his resignation in November last year, told US district judge Robert Wilkins on Wednesday he supplemented his income with political campaign funds for seven years.
When Wilkins asked for Jackson's plea, he responded: "Guilty, your honour. I misled the American people."
Prosecutors said they might ask for a five-year prison sentence in the corruption case – the maximum permitted by law – while Jackson's legal team said it might argue for four or less. Sentencing is scheduled for June 28.
"His campaign funds were a personal piggy bank," Ronald Machen, US attorney for Washington, told a news conference.
Jackson, once considered among the nation's most promising black politicians, expressed regret for misusing the campaign money. At one point he turned around to face his family and appeared to mouth the words: "I'm sorry."
"I fully understand the consequences of my actions," Jackson, who dropped out of public view last year and had treatment for bipolar disorder, told the judge.
Waiving his right to a jury trial, he said: "I have no interest in wasting the taxpayers' time, or their money."
Jackson's father, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, and other relatives and friends sat in the front rows of a Washington courtroom. The elder Jackson declined to answer reporters' questions after the hearing.
Wasted potential
The former congressperson's wife, Sandi, tearfully pleaded guilty at a separate hearing on Wednesday to filing false tax returns that did not report the campaign money as income. She is a former member of the Chicago City Council. She walked into the hearing holding hands with her husband just hours after he also had pleaded guilty.
Jackson signed an agreement with federal prosecutors to end an investigation into his personal finances. Prosecutors said he had cooperated fully with them.
"The guilty plea today is so tragic because it represents such wasted potential. Jesse Jackson Jr had the drive, the ability and the talent to be the voice of a new generation. But he squandered that talent and exchanged that instead to satisfy his personal whims and his extravagant lifestyle," Machen said.
The prosecutors had accused Jackson of shipping a $43 350 man's Rolex watch purchased with campaign funds to his Washington address. He also sent fur capes and parkas purchased with $5 150 in campaign funds from Beverly Hills to the home of an unnamed person, court documents said.
The government had said earlier that Jackson must forfeit tens of thousands of dollars worth of celebrity memorabilia derived from the alleged crimes, including a $4 600 fedora that once belonged to the late pop star Michael Jackson.
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He must also forfeit $5 000 worth of footballs signed by American presidents, $10 105 in memorabilia from martial arts film star Bruce Lee and $11 130 in Martin Luther King Jr memorabilia. Prosecutors say a final list of the items Jackson must forfeit will be released at his sentencing.
They say he used campaign money to buy $9 588 worth of children's furniture and $1 553 in porcelain items.
The bulk of the money, $582 773, paid for 3 100 purchases on Jackson's personal credit cards. He charged routine items like nightclub tabs, clothing, movie tickets and dining, court papers say. One billing entry in November 2008 lists $5 688 for "Martha's Vineyard Holistic Retreat". Martha's Vineyard is a Massachusetts island that is popular as a summer retreat for the affluent.
"For years I lived off my campaign," Jackson said in court.
In another complicated transaction, Jackson's campaign paid $8 000 to someone identified in court papers as "Person A" for work described as "data entry & cleanup". In fact, prosecutors say, Person A used the money to buy two mounted elk heads for Jackson's congressional office in 2011.
In 2012, Person A sold the elk heads to an undercover FBI agent who was instructed to wire payment to one of Jackson's personal bank accounts.
Jackson's actions add up to conspiracy to commit fraud and give false statements, according to the plea agreement.
Bipolar treatment
Jackson ran for Congress and won at age 30, serving from 1995 until resigning on November 21, citing health reasons and acknowledging he was under investigation by the FBI.
One of Jackson's lawyers, Reid Weingarten, told reporters after the hearing that the court should take Jackson's years of public service into account when he is sentenced. Jackson would not speak to the media but would make his case in court papers, Weingarten said.
Jackson may already be thinking of life after prison.
"There will be another chapter in Jesse Jackson's life, a chapter that brings joy to the people who care about him," Weingarten said.
Jackson disappeared from public view last summer and speculation swirled for weeks about his condition. At first he said he was being treated for exhaustion and in July his doctor said Jackson was receiving intensive care for a "mood disorder".
Jackson eventually was treated for at least six weeks at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for bipolar disorder.
Civil rights movement
In accepting Jackson's plea, Wilkins went through a series of questions that are routinely asked of defendants but that took on poignancy because of Jackson's father's career as a civil rights champion: Did he realise he would no longer be able to vote, serve on a jury or own a firearm due to his felony conviction?
Jackson said he did and wiped tears from his eyes.
The elder Jackson was a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr during the civil rights movement of the 1960s and campaigned for voting rights for blacks.
Wilkins's own civil rights history complicated the case. He was a leader of a group of Harvard students supporting Jackson senior's 1988 presidential campaign. Wilkins, who became a judge in 2010, also had appeared on the elder Jackson's CNN television show in 1999 to discuss his successful lawsuit against the state of Maryland for racial profiling of black drivers.
Wilkins offered to step aside from the Jackson cases but neither side wanted him to do so. – Reuters


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Some people think that watermelon raises blood glucose levels sky high, while other nutritionalists think otherwise.
So we did a bit of research to uncover the real deal with this thirst quenching, juicy, sweet fruit.
A normal serving of watermelon actually would not have much effect on blood glucose levels, while watermelon is stated as having a high GI value of 78, the carbohydrate load is very low, about 5% per serving which means that melons (particularly watermelon and cantaloupe) are excellent snack fruits.
So for the technical amongst us, watermelon has a rated GI of 78, however a 200g wedge, without skin, contains just 6g or carbohydrate and therefore the Glycemic Load, GI is 6.
Melons originated in the Middle East and gradually spread across Europe. Ancient Egyptians and Romans ate cantaloupe and muskmelons; melons were even placed in the tombs of many Egyptian kings. As water was often in short supply watermelon was a highly regarded fruit.
It is believed that Christopher Columbus took melon seeds to the United States that is now one of the leading commercial growers of the fruit (including China, Turkey and Iran).
Melons are part of the gourd family; both have thick skins and a seeds in the middle and contain a large amount of water. In fact the water content is around 90%, so not only does it provide a rich source of vitamins and minerals, it is a good source of fluid.
Health Benefits:
Watermelon is a wonderful thirst quencher, not just in its solid form, but can also be made into a refreshing iced smoothie. It is thought to also help counter inflammation that leads to asthma, atherosclerosis, diabetes, colon cancer and arthritis.
It is packed with antioxidants and an excellent source of potassium, which helps cleanse the kidneys, and obviously as it has a high water content it means that the kidneys are flushed through too. Potassium and water are also known to help lower blood pressure.
Tomatoes contain lycopene and so do watermelons!
Watermelon is a fantastic source of Vitamin C and A and contains a very concentrated source of the carotenoid lycopene. Lycopene has been studied for its antioxidant and cancer preventing properties and the list continues to grow including, breast cancer, endometrial cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer and colorectal cancer.
Watermelon seeds are also known to be rich in good fats (essential for the brain) and proteins. Watermelon also contains phytonutrients that support proper functioning of the internal organs, eyes, and secretion system and are high in citrulline, an amino acid our bodies use to make another amino acid, arginine that the body uses to remove ammonia. Arginine, in tests has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes patients with insulin resistance.
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Watermelon is rich in B vitamins that help boost energy, in particular B1 and B6, magnesium and as mentioned potassium. The high water content and low calorie count of the fruit means that you get more nutrients per calorie, which can't be bad.
Some cool ideas for watermelon:
• Blend chunks of watermelon with a few ice cubes and a splash of limejuice. Serve with some fresh mint leaves. Makes a wonderful thirst quencher
• Another spritzer idea: blend watermelon with a spoonful of honey and a splash of lemon or lime, then add some sparkling mineral water and a sprig of mint
• Chunks or slices of watermelon can be served on the side to balance a spicy dish
• Drink green tea with a slice of chilled watermelon – a great prostrate cancer reducer
• Purée watermelon, cantaloupe and kiwi, mix with a little yoghurt and mint and serve as a soup or sherbet
• Roasted watermelon seeds are a great snack, they can be ground up in cereal or in bread
• Make a summer salad of watermelon and thinly sliced red onion, season with salt and black pepper
• Add ice cold watermelon to a fruit salad, a little known fact, cut fruit can retain its nutrients for up to 6 days if kept chilled
• Make a salad of watermelon, cantaloupe melon balls and seedless green and red grapes, toss in a few mint leaves to add a fresh flavour
• Liquidise and put in the freezer to make a refreshing sorbet.
Selecting and storing watermelon:
The best watermelons have a deep colour and their seeds should be deep in colour.
It is not always possible to purchase cut watermelon; a good whole watermelon is heavy and has a relatively smooth skin, it should be neither overly shiny nor dull. Check that the watermelon has a slightly yellowish cream coloured underbelly that denotes it has been resting on the ground during ripening, fruit without this may have been harvested prematurely and will not be so juicy.
Normally a whole watermelon will not fit easily into a fridge, cut into quarters, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate to preserve freshness, taste and juiciness.
So next time you feel the urge for something sweet, reach for a slice of chilled watermelon, it's a healthy snack with a lot of stored goodness.
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"Spice and Wolf" tells the story of a traveling merchant named Lawrence who accidentally 'captures' a wolf harvest spirit named Horo, and makes a contract with her to return her to her homeland in The North. Contrary to popular belief, "Spice and Wolf" is -NOT- an hentai, or full of fanservice. There is some nudity, but basically just in the "a harvest spirit probably wouldn't wear clothes", and not in a sexual/pornographic manner. Also just to make clear, Horo -does- wear clothes for the majority of the anime :P I downloaded this and episode #7 was missing, and it turned-out to be an OVA, so I have included it in this as well, hence the "[complete]" bit. This is for the first season only, as the second season is called "Spice and Wolf II". All files are .AVI by the way.
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I'm going to seed this for a LONG time, this is a great torrent, Thanks!!
Thanks for the effort Sheikan. I loved this release. I also will share the fruit.
By the way where was the OVA, there are only 13 episodes of the series but no OVA, am I right?
By the way where was the OVA, there are only 13 episodes of the series but no OVA, am I right?
Thanks for the torrent.
Didnt see an OVA. Also the girls name is Holo not Horo.
ninjaOGN, Holo and Horo is written the same in Japanese ホロ. That's why you see it misspelled


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Two huge rivalry games highlight the Big 12 game slate and are a key battleground in the Midlands region recruiting wars.
This year's Red River rivalry game between Texas and Oklahoma is always a highly publicized game for good reason. With OU struggling and the Longhorns seemingly better than any team not named Southern California, most people are not expecting a tight game. And just like on the field, it appears that the Sooners and Longhorns are not butting heads in recruiting as much either.
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UT loaded up on commitments early and currently has 24. If there hasn't been a big Sooner-Longhorn battle yet, there probably won't be one. History has always shown several top Lone Star prospects are almost always highly sought after by the two conference powers, but this year appears very, very different.
One of the biggest battles was with Arlington (Texas) Martin wide receiver Josh Marshall. After taking a trip to Norman, it was a last minute Texas offer and visit that eventually swayed the Lone Star State native to Austin.
Other Texas commits such as South Garland's receiver Phillip Payne, North Mesquite offensive tackle J'Marcus Webb, and five-stars Eddie Jones and Sergio Kindle held Oklahoma offers, but committed to Texas very early in the process before any real battles formed.
Is this a future trend?
In the Big 12 North, state rivals Kansas and Kansas State prepare to do serious battle for not only bragging rights, but the upper hand in recruiting. If KU were to beat the Wildcats for the second straight year, there could be a serious shift in control over major recruiting territories.
Thus far, the Jayhawks have landing three of the top four players in the state.
The Wildcats, however, have won some head-to-head battles with KU. Over offers from Kansas, K-State landed three prospects included Dallas (Texas) W.T. White athlete Leon Patton, Harrisonville (Mo.) defensive tackle Zach Kendall, and Kilgore, Texas rising defensive end prospect Wayne Daniels. Daniels could be one of the most underrated prospects in Texas this year and is a major grab for Bill Snyder and company.
Will this year's game push things in the Jayhawks direction?
Texas Tech hauls in huge visitor weekend
When you get the top rated prospect in the state of Missouri and a boatload of top Texas talent in for a game, things can look pretty good on the recruiting front.
That's what happened in Lubbock this past weekend. It all started with four-star rated Webster Groves (Mo.) defensive end Adrian Clayborn. He went into the visit with Nebraska as his clear leader, but things have changed after checking the Red Raiders out.
"I don't know, I came away from that visit and it now makes my decision a lot harder because I liked Tech a lot," Clayborn said. "I think I'm going to Michigan State on Oct. 29. I think I'll take the other two after the season, to Mizzou and Illinois."
Other top visitors such as Rajon Henely and Dwayne Bazile watched the game. Texas commit Deon Beasley also was a guest.
Beasley told Orangebloods.com after his trip to Lubbock that he is still committed to the Longhorns.
"I'll probably not take visits, but I'm human," Beasley said. "The main reason I went to Tech is because I was just trying to get away. I haven't been going to school because of Hurricane Rita. I've just been sitting around the house.
"I know where I'm going to school and that's Texas."
Longhorns making other running back plans?
With the constant rumors flying about Texas running back commit Emmanuel Moody and his wavering pledge, it appears that UT is not taking any chances and is looking around as well.
The newest name on the list is Mesquite Horn running back Mon Williams, who was receiving early interest from UT, but insiders say that though he dropped them in the beginning, he likes the fact that the in-state powerhouse is now looking at him as running back rather than as a linebacker.
Williams will be taking in the Texas-OU game this weekend.
Other Texas commits that could be looking around include North Shore cornerback Chykie Brown who is still planning on checking out Miami, USC, Florida, LSU, Colorado and Missouri. Running back Vondrell McGee has suffocated any rumors of his wavering commitment and says he is solid to UT.
Nebraska hosts JUCO pair for Tech game
One of the top junior college players in California will be in Lincoln to watch Nebraska take on Texas Tech this weekend in Fresno (Calif.) City College star cornerback Andre Jones.
Holding offers from not only NU but USC, Arkansas, Oregon, Oregon State, Utah, Washington, and Washington State, he has since had the Big 12 team in the lead. Insiders say that if the trip goes well, it could "one and done" for the highly touted JUCO prospect.
"I love Nebraska right now, you know," Jones said. "I have been keeping in contact with coach John Blake there. I call him just about every week to check up on things. I feel like I have known him for years."
His teammates at Fresno, Steve Allen is also ready to make his splash on the Division I level. Allen will be visiting Lincoln along with Jones this weekend making people wonder if there is could be a package deal for NU this weekend. Allen is originally from Florida and signed with Iowa State out of high school.
Fox maintains favorites after A&M trip
He's always appeared close to committing, but then again North Crowley (Texas) High school tight end/offensive tackle Jason Fox continues to maintain that he will wait on his decision.
Fox has A&M and Miami at the top. The Aggies certainly helped their cause when he took his third unofficial trip to College Station this past weekend and seemed to really like what he saw.
"I told them I really loved it down there," Fox said. "I really love A&M but I still love both schools (Miami and Texas A&M). Either school would be a great one."
One positive is that as for now, he has not other visits planned. Is this a sign that Fox is close to deciding or just a delay in scheduling until his season finishes?
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By: Stef Lima, IATG ContributorAugust 10, 2016
I have a personal way to categorize the healing process.
#1 A process with an end or #2 Leaning into a looping pattern.
Finding an end to a healing process is similar to cutting your finger. Once it's cut, you know it'll heal and recover. To lean in a looping pattern is like forgiving someone who broke your heart and living with that day by day until you feel ok about what happened. Then eventually you'll be set free from the pain.
In both examples, time is everything. Some people heal fast, others not so much. These scenarios can be tricky, especially if we mix recovery in the conversation. Dealing with healing and recovery at the same time is difficult, because the process isn't trivial. This is process #3, a difficult one because it's focused on who you are and what's going on inside of you.
When I was 16, something inside of me snapped. Sometimes, I wonder how and why that happened, and I have the same conclusion: everything. Everything made me doubt my worth. This feeling circled around me for some years thanks to an eating disorder. The worst part was the doubt. Doubting myself every single day and thinking that I wasn't enough (or pretty or thin enough). I just couldn't find a way to fight back, so I surrendered. It was exhausting and these chapters with an ED showed me how I, only I, can put myself down without blinking. When you turn into your worst enemy, nobody can hurt you better than yourself.
My internal chaos started when my parents divorced. I absorbed all the bad feelings and then I entered the looping mod. I thought I needed to be better than the situation, my friends, my mom… better than everyone else. I needed to have everything in the 'right' place, but I destroyed myself in the process. It was too much weight, like carrying too many books. One day, I stumbled and lost balance.
The impact of the fall forced me to see that I just couldn't take care of everything, but it took me years for me to really see it. What I saw was a soul trapped inside my body and a heart educated to pretend, while inside I was screaming. I was angry, insecure...
In time, the recovery process began. But it doesn't mean that I'm healed.
I'm free from my eating disorder; that's the recovery part. But my mind and my heart still carry half open scars, and they pinch me when I'm about to doubt myself all over again.
Living with an ED made me scared of losing myself, my health, my bright days all over again. One of the worst feelings in the world is to feel that you're lost and not capable of coming back. I'm vigilant. I learned to put myself first. Every day is a choice and almost every day I'm scared.
Sometimes, I'm scared to fall back to my eating disorder, because there I've found a fake sense of control. Somehow, I was safe there because it's easier to pretend. That's why I live in a looping mode. I'll always carry the remnants of what happened to me. And if these remnants find a gap, they'll make themselves comfortable and eat me alive again.
Some healing processes don't find an end, because the scars will always be a little bit open. The remnants of an ED will always make me remember the pain and the fear. My scars are a quick reminder of my responsibility to not make them bleed.
Recovery is possible and healing is a forever process. I'm recovered. But part of me will never let that experience go. I recovered, but I'll never forget. My eating disorder will always live with me in my memories. I didn't find an end in my healing process, but I did find a middle ground so I could live and have a life. After the ED, I've learned the that the only way to not fall again is by choosing myself every day. It's not easy because sometimes I feel too much and my feelings have the talent to blind me.
Life, people, and our image in the mirror will always betray us, and we need to be strong. We need to struggle and deal with that struggle, not hold everything inside our minds, our bodies, and our hearts. It's not healthy. By choosing me, I choose kindness and respect. And you can do that too. I'm not alone and neither are you.
Never be scared to choose yourself.
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This week's episode, "True North," starts with Henry in a store reading a comic book when Ava, a little girl from school, introduces herself to him. She asks if Henry wants to hang out with her and her brother, Nicolas, but when they go to leave the store the clerk stops them. He accuses Henry of stealing; turns out the two kids stole candy and planted it on poor Henry.
(Need to catch up? Check our our past Once Upon a Time Recaps:
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We go to a flashback and a man is chopping a tree, the man is Hansel and Gretel's father. The kids ask to help, so he hands his compass to Gretel and asks that they pick up kindling, but to return to him when they are done. After a while of collecting, it starts getting dark, so they go back to where they left their father, but he's gone. They hear a noise, so they set off to find him, but it's the Evil Queen (EQ) and her guards asking what they are doing in her forest. (For the record, it's no wonder Emma has such a horrible wardrobe, EQ/Regina steals the show with her wicked costumes. That hat was to die for!)
Back in the present, the store owner is telling Regina that Henry stole from him. She asks what he stole and once she hearts it's candy, she denies it, saying Henry doesn't eat candy and it must have been Ava and Nicolas. Emma walks in (she's the sheriff after all) and asks what happened. It seems Ava and Nicolas gave the clerk a phone number for their parents that didn't work. Emma asks them why; Ava steps up and says that they couldn't pay the phone bill so the phone was disconnected. I totally Aww!ed there. Hmph, I'm a sucker it seems.
Flashback again, Hansel and Gretel tell the EQ that they lost their father somewhere in the woods, EQ doesn't care and has her guards seize them. The kids take off but EQ does some spell and captures them. She says she will help them find their father if they do a favor for her (RUN KIDS RUN).
Meanwhile, Emma takes the kids home, but once they are out of the car, they hop a fence and end up in the basement of a vacant house. Emma catches them, and they tell her that they have no father and their mother has died, so she takes them to her house. Emma asks Mary Margaret about them, but she says while she's seen them, she's never seen their parents. Emma wants to look for their father, but Mary Margaret says it's a bad idea. Emma doesn't want them to have to go into social services because she's been there.
Emma ends up in the records' office trying to find the kids' birth records. But Regina has already beat her there and called social services. She tells Emma that they need to be driven to foster care in Boston where they will be separated.
In flashback land, EQ takes Hansel and Gretel to the home of the blind witch. She tells the kids that they have to get a leather satchel for her, and then she will help them find their father. But she gives them a warning: They can enter the house after dark (no adults can enter because of a spell) and under no circumstances are they to eat anything in the witch's house. When they get to the home, they see it is made entirely out of sweets.
At the Sheriff's office, Henry comes in and tells Emma that Ava and Nicolas are really Hansel and Gretel. That their father can't be far as no one can leave Storybrooke. Henry then asks Emma to tell him about his birth father. Emma says she was really young, just out of foster care when she met his father while she was working in a diner. He was a fireman and when Emma found out she was pregnant, she tried to find him, but discovered he'd died saving people in a fire. He was a hero, but then she ended up in jail. Later on, Emma is with Mary Margaret and pulls out her baby blanket to show the kids, it's the only thing she has from her birth parents. She asks the kids if they have anything of their birth father's and Ava pulls out the compass. Emma sets off to find their father.
Flashback, Hansel and Gretel sneak into the house, which was amazing and I would have licked the walls if given the chance, thank you very much. Gretel reminds her little brother NOT to eat or lick a thing. The blind witch is asleep in front of a fire, but when Gretel goes to grab the satchel, she wakes up. Hansel can't seem to follow directions well and ate a cupcake (yeah, you know I'd have done it too). When the witch wakes up, we see a ton of bones and skulls in front of her. She creeped me right out when she said "I smell dinner." *shudder*
Emma visits Rumpelstiskin to ask him about the compass, and he tells her he was the one who had sold it. He promises to give Emma the buyer's information, but only after she forgives him. She bargains with "How about I'll tolerate you," and he pulls out a card and tells Emma the dad's name. When Emma leaves, we find out the receipt was blank. Sneaky sneaky Mr Stiltskin!
Emma goes to a garage and finds the kids' father, he says that it's impossible that he only had sex once with the kid's mother. Umm, hello buddy, REALLY? That's your excuse? Pfft. Emma shows him the watch that went missing around the time the kids were conceived, but he refuses to believe they are his and tells Emma he is sorry but he can't take the twins. Emma tells Mary Margaret what happened, and Regina interrupts to tell Emma that she has to have the kids in Boston by that evening. Again, can I please have her wardrobe?
Back at the blind witch's house, she has the kids locked up in a cage ready to cook them. But she has a dilemma—butter or gravy. I'm gonna go with butter, I am a Paula Deen fan, after all. The kids end up getting her keys and Hansel runs off, only to get witch magicked all the way back. Somehow they shove the witch in the oven and take off with the satchel (yeah, I'd remember the satchel?!). EQ is watching in her magic mirror and sets fire to the oven—butter wins!
Hansel and Gretel return to EQ's palace with the satchel, which EQ has waited a long time for. Inside is a red apple, which she says is a weapon for an enemy that thinks she's safe. EQ tells the kids that their father abandoned them in the woods, but because they were the only kids not to succumb to the lickage of the witch's house, she'd like them to stay with her. She will give them everything their hearts desire, but they refuse, saying they will find their father with or without her. EQ casts a spell on them and they disappear.
Back in present time Storybrooke, Emma sets out to drive the kids to Boston. Henry tries to convince her not to go, because something terrible will happen if the kids leave. But she sets off anyway, only to have to call for help when she gets engine trouble in the woods.
Back to past time Storybrooke, EQ is watching Snow White in her mirror when her guards bring in a prisoner: Hansel and Gretel's father. She had him all along. She says that the kids are gone, but she has a question for him. She promised his kids anything their hearts could want, told them he abandoned them, but still they refused her. Why? He says family always finds one another, so she says fine, release him. Good luck finding them.
Meanwhile, Hansel and Gretel wake up in a forest and set off to find their father….but the forest is MASSIVE. Yep, good luck with that kids.
Present for the rest of this recap!
In the back of Emma's cruiser, the kids' compass starts to work and points behind them. Their father has come with a tow-truck. Emma faked the car issue and wanted to give him one last chance to see the children. Once he see's them, he's all in. Yeah, that's believable, but hey it's a HEA right?
Emma returns home and tells Mary Margaret what happened, and says she wonders what it would feel like to find her parents. She also tells her that she lied to Henry about his father, that he wasn't a hero at all. Whoa, who IS the baby daddy? She ends up telling Mary Margaret that Henry thinks Mary Margaret is Snow White, thus she is Emma's mom. Mary Margaret takes it pretty well and makes a joke about it, but when Emma leaves she sees her baby blanket and sniffs it. Okay, creepy much?
Outside in her car, Emma is reading her file of when she was found as a kid. Henry shows up with pie (Emma told him his father loved pumpkin pie). Emma says she wants to talk to him about his father but chickens out and tells him that she is happy that she told him about his father. Then a motorcycle pulls up, the rider parks and climbs off all clad in black leather. Rowr! It's a hottie! He says he is new in town and needs somewhere to stay, so Emma tells him about the inn and says that strangers don't come to Storybrooke. When he walks away, Emma says "I didn't get your name." His response? "Because I didn't give it to you."
At first I thought he might be Henry's dad, but Emma didn't seem to recognize him. So my question for all of you, who is this man and does he make up for the death of the hottie sheriff?
Natasha Carty reviews Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy on her website Wicked Little Pixie and lives in Toronto, Canada, with her cat, Seamus.


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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
I saw a movie I liked.
Apparently set in the modern-day rural south (or the sometime-in-the-last-thirty-years rural south). It starts with a boy running away from a killer dog, stepping on a board with a nail sticking through it, then continuing to run with the board nailed to his foot. Then he gets arrested and treated, and then the cops give him his board back. Then he takes the board home and makes it into an airplane for his little brother, who eats paint and mud.
The kid is played by Jamie Bell, who's British but looks, speaks, and acts exactly like the surly backwoods Southern character he's supposed to be here. This guy is a seriously talented actor.
Pretty soon his uncle shows up (fresh from jail), moves in, and in a fit of pique, beats and stabs the boys' father to death. They flee into the woods and he starts chasing them. (He's played by Josh Lucas, who is no Robert Mitchum but does have a certain disgusting good old boy menace.) For the rest of the movie they wander here and there, through junkyards and swamps, while he sort of half-assedly hunts them. It's riveting. The swamps and trees and dirty backyards look sweat-drenched and everything is covered in a film of grime--which, as you know if you've ever been there, is just how the semi-rural landscapes of Louisiana and Mississippi look.
I liked the film because the plot seemed a thing that sort of happened in the background. It's a wandering, dreamy film. It stops to pay attention to minor characters who are deeply fascinating despite appearing only for minutes or seconds. It has an odd, permeating score by Philip Glass that seems to slow down the chase scenes, make them less "exciting" and more sort of arbitrary and ominous. The saturated colors, the grime, the strangeness and aimlessness... it added up to something. Certainly it was aesthetically satisfying.
(And I didn't fast-forward through even a second of it. That's really rare for me.)
David Gordon Green is the director. I saw part of All the Real Girls, another film he made, but it bored me. I'm now inclined to see his first film, George Washington, however.
Speaking of George Washington, The Criterion Collection is a great company. When are they going to release The Conformist on DVD? It's the perfect movie for them.
5 comments:
- Greg said...
since when is moss grey?
- NickAntosca said...
When it's dead or sodden.
- Greg said...
By its definition, living moss is always "sodden". Moss retains so much water that the ancient Greeks used it to put out fires.
When a true moss dies, it invariably turns brown.
There are a couple species of moss whose green is so muted and light that you could, at a distance, mistake it for grey, but that grey is an optical illusion.
Lichens, which are not the same thing as moss, can be grey, but I suppose that doesn't scan as nicely: "gray as lichen" seems to come off a little less trippingly from the tongue than "gray as moss."
And of course, there is Spanish Moss, which isn't a moss at all. Spanish moss is grey, but it's more closely related to the Pineapple than any other species of plant.
In any event, I think I've proven my point, which is: most people associate moss with a lush, vibrant green colour. Moss does indeed thrive in rainy weather, so your metaphor is just a hair off the mark--you'd have nice bit of synchrony on your hands if moss were indeed gray--but I'm afraid it doesn't quite work. Nice try, though.
- Nathan said...
George Washington thinks moss is gray.
- NickAntosca said...
For some reason despite thousands of hours hiking as a child I like to think of moss as dull and gray.
Nathan, I would ignore your spam posting except that the video is sort of brilliant.


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Do you need furniture ideas to outfit out your Minecraft house and improve your gaming experience? Then you've come to the right place!
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Living Room
1Place a line of stairs. On the ends curve the stairs. This is your couch. You can also add banners underneath the stairs that will look like couch pillows.
2Place 2 bookshelves and a furnace. Put black stained clay on top. You can put buttons on the bottom if you want to. This is your TV.
3Make a brick fire place shaped area. Make it whatever size you want. put nether rack in the floor. Build the chimney up through the roof. Use cobwebs to make smoke.
- If your house is made of wood make sure to make the back wall bricks too or your house will burn down.
Part 2
1Place 1 iron block. On top of it place a dispenser. Then put an iron door in front. Put a lever on the side of the dispenser. Fill the dispenser with food. This is your working fridge.
2Place 4 fences, 1 for each corner of the table. Put string on all of the other blocks under neath it. Then place carpet on top of the string and fences. This is your table.
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1Place 2 beds next to each other. Then take 2 carpet of your choice and 2 white carpet. Shift-click the 2 white carpet to the top of the beds, and the other carpet to the bottom. Add white wool blocks in front of the beds. Add the other color of wool blocks to the bottom of the beds. Right-click the side of the bed to sleep. This is your comfy bed.
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In Reply to: Teen Toe Walking? posted by Beth on October 14, 2000 at 20:02:40:
My boys also toe walk. My oldest is 12 and he toe walked since he could walk. The orthopedic doctor said don't worry -- as he plays more and runs and stretches his legs he will naturally stretch his heal chords. By the time he was 10 he did not toe walk all the time. He still occassionally stands on his toes, especially after a growth spurt. My younger son, 8 also toe walks but only started at about 5. His tight heel chords were so severe he was not able to stand straight with toes pointed forward. He was serial casted on one leg(only one was so serious) for about 3 weeks. This allowed him to stretch so he could stand upright. I do stretching exercises with him and he is being monitored to make sure it does not get worse. Eventually he may need surgery-- however he has so much growth left that will not be for a long time
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: I have two teenage sons, 15 and 17 yrs of age. I am a little worried: about the way my oldest walks.
: I don't know if it is the correct term, but it is what I would describe: as toe walking or walking tip toe. His step is "bouncy"...rarely does: his heel touch the ground. Usually it is some 3-4" off the ground. : Should this be cause for concern? I've noticed that my 15 yrd old is: beggining to walk with his heel off the ground, too...though not as high: as my oldest. While at the mall last weekend I noticed other teenage: boys walking with a similar "bouncy" step, but none as pronounced as my: son.
: In my research on the web, I discovered that toe walking is the result: of tight heel cords. Correction seems to be with braces or serial: casting. Do you think either of these would help my son? Would it help: preventing this in my younger son?
: Neither of my sons have any medical problems besides this.
: I'd appreciate any help or information you can give me! I'd really like: to get this taken care of before my son goes off to college next: year...if it is a problem.
: Thank you!
: Beth
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ENGLAND can take advantage of a "tired" India team, says former Pakistan legend Zaheer Abbas.
India have played too much cricket recently and have not performed to their potential
England play the first of five ODIs on Friday in Rajkot with India suffering from too much cricket, according to Abbas.
They are currently 2-0 down to Pakistan in the three-match series and could possibly face Eoin Morgan's England after a humiliating whitewash to their arch-rivals.
Abbas said: "I did not expect such wins. It was a battle of nerves and Pakistan did better to win it.
"The India players were tired. They have played too much cricket recently and have not performed to their potential."
In India, media pundits, former internationals and fans have called for a change when the squad to face England is named.
Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh are all in need of runs, while spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been another target for criticism.
But Dubliner Morgan will not be taking the reigning world champions lightly.
He said: "I don't think it is a good time to play India.
"I don't think it is ever a good time to play India.
"They might be going through a bad patch but they are very, very dangerous cricketers and they have guys who can turn the game on its head in a matter of minutes."
England will be without their two key men, Kevin Pietersen and James Anderson, who have been rested for the tour.