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Author Allison Parr describes herself as a nomadic writer, chocolate lover, history buff and a marathon watcher of disaster movies. Allison's debut novel, Rush Me, is a New Adult genre story about a twentysomething college graduate who is trying to make her way in the competitive world of publishing and the talented professional football quarterback who, eventually, becomes her love interest. Carina Press executive editor Angela James gave Allison's book the thumbs up in a recent RT Book Reviews article, saying that after reading the submission, she "couldn't wait" to acquire Rush Me. That's quite a recommendation, and it's easy to understand Ms. James' enthusiasm for Rush Me. It's a wonderful read! Allison is here today to talk with us about her experience as a newly published author, what drew her to the New Adult genre and, of course, Rush Me.
Lea: Welcome to HEA, Allison! It's a thrill to have the opportunity to chat with you.
Allison: Thanks! I'm so happy to be here.
Lea: Rush Me is your first published novel, but it's evident from the narrative that you are articulate, extremely well-read and enjoy a broad array of literature, including the classics, history and contemporary work. Did your love of books manifest at an early age and what is your educational background?
Allison: My father read to my brother and me every night growing up — we covered Lloyd Alexander, Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, L.M. Montgomery. (Lot of L's in there.) In college, I studied archaeology and devoured historical texts — you'll find a lot of really nerdy historical references scattered through Rush Me, especially regarding Alexander the Great and Egyptology. I also studied creative writing with a professor who adored Raymond Carver and Ian McEwan, though I was a little of an Austen girl. I'm all about smart-ass female characters and strong friendships.
Lea: Your manuscript impressed Angela James, which is quite a feat given the number of submissions I'm sure she considers for publication. You must have been over the moon when you received the call that she wanted to acquire Rush Me. How long have you been writing?
Allison: I was completely over the moon — I danced in my kitchen after Angela called me! Then I scrolled through her tweets and read everything she'd said about making a Friday-night call.
As for writing — when I was really little, like Where's Spot? age, I drew pictures and dictated stories for my mom to write down. They starred ballerinas and magical puppies and fire demons. I started writing daily around age 12, after I realized I'd never make it on Broadway. Rush Me is my fifth completed manuscript. The first three are unintentional comedic gold, though I still love the fourth to pieces. (It's about a girl who falls into a vat of radioactive blue goo, turns blue and develops superpowers. Awesomeness ensues).
Lea: The New Adult novels I've read have all been written in the first-person POV, including Rush Me, which is told from heroine Rachael's perspective. Is this commonality coincidental or is it a genre trend?
Allison: It's really interesting to think about. Most novels classified as New Adult weren't written specifically for that category, but were simply writers telling the story they wanted — stories largely influenced by Young Adult fiction, which is heavy on first-person (blockbusters Twilight and The Hunger Games spring to mind). So, just as New Adult often uses a voice similar to Young Adult, I think it also uses a similar point of view.
I also think writers — myself included — chose first because it's the easiest POV from which to establish a connection between the character and reader. There is no distance between the reader and the narrator's thoughts, allowing a directness and ability for very immediate observations and humor, which isn't as easy to make in a more distant third. Of course, the drawback is that if the reader doesn't like the narrator's worldview, there's no escape from it!
I don't think there's any necessary reason to use first in New Adult, and I expect as the genre grows we'll see authors experimenting with other points of view. I expect we'll see a very close third-person, along with more dual first-person New Adult novels. Authors often establish strong secondary male characters in first novels, and I expect that when they star in sequels we'll hear both from their point of view and the newly introduced female lead. I'm looking forward to all of it!
Lea: They say you should write what you know and your heroine, Rachael Hamilton, has spent time overseas, she likes to watch disaster-movie marathons and she's a bibliophile and gobbles up a variety of literature. She's also vibrant and quick-witted with an absolutely brilliant sense of humor (heavy on the sarcasm — lol). Did you instill some of you in Rachael when developing her character? You must be an absolute hoot to hang out with if you are nearly as quick-witted as she is!
Allison: Oh, thanks, I'd like to think so! While I did use a lot of my experiences as a jumping-off point for Rachael, she's more of an amalgamation of my peer group as a whole. I tend to spread character traits from people I've met over the whole cast — I put parts of myself in Rachael's Shakespeare-quoting best friend, in her brother's snobby girlfriend, in her friends from home. I also stick bits and pieces of my friends in different characters — and the mother in Rush Me never puts silverware away in the correct department, which is a trait lifted straight from my mom. (Sorry, Mom.)
Lea: A good portion of Rush Me is set in New York City, and you write vivid descriptive prose capturing the essence of city. It's evident you know New York well. Have you spent a lot of time there?
Allison: I have, though I actually wrote Rush Me while living in California. When Angela called me and while I was revising the manuscript, I lived in Manhattan. (Now I live in Boston; I like to travel.)
I had a ton of fun exploring the city for "research." Rachael and Ryan spend a lot of time in Central Park, which is an amazing place, especially the reservoir and the forested parts to the north. I also enjoyed sending my characters to Max Brenner's for chocolate — and the bagel place Abe mentions early in the novel is Absolute Bagels up by Columbia. Rachael's publishing house is loosely based on the architecture of the neo-Gothic Woolworth Building, Harlequin's headquarters. The Leopard's Stadium is based on the West Side Stadium, which was proposed back in 2005 as part of New York's bid for the 2012 Olympics. It would have been located above the rail yards by Lincoln Tunnel, so it seemed an apt place to put my own stadium.
Lea: You have a well-designed website including a blog where you talk about a variety of topics (you're most definitely are a chocolate lover! Lol.) You also include an excellent overview of what the New Adult genre is and its origins.
In your words:
"New Adult fiction focuses on characters in their late teens to early twenties, often involving a coming of age arc concerning careers, separation from their parents, and romance. Like Young Adult, it is engaging, quick-paced, and emotionally fulfilling, but it deals with slightly older viewpoint."
Please tell us about the evolution of the New Adult genre, and why you picked this romance category as the focus of your writing.
Allison: Oh, give me chocolate and a disaster movie, and I'm happy.
The term New Adult stuck after a number of self-published novels made it big, all featuring protagonists in their late teens or early 20s, an age group notoriously difficult to sell to major publishers. (I've heard it said that this is because the millennial demographic doesn't have a disposable income, so marketing to us isn't worth it. Also, no designated shelf space in brick-and-mortar bookstores.) Most of these books weren't written to fall under the New Adult umbrella; they just had enough similarities that that term came into use.
I think these similarities boil down to coming of age, to learning how to juggle all the aspects of life without ending up empty-handed. Writers are still wrangling out the definition of NA: If you look on author blogs, you'll find almost every one has her own post on what it means, as though we're having a genre-wide existential crisis.
I wrote Rush Me not as New Adult per se, which I'd never heard of, but to write a tongue-in-cheek story relatable to my friends. While I enjoyed the quick pace and voice of Young Adult novels, they weren't relevant to my own life. Even in novels where the characters were supposedly in their early 20s, they didn't act like recent grads; they were too comfortable, poised and settled into their careers and lifestyles. At 23, many people are still confused and scared about their future, and perhaps a little more self-centered than we'd wish to admit. Those were the characters I wanted to write.
Lea: The romance between Rachael and hero Ryan Carter is tumultuous, very emotional and good fun. However, you also address very real issues faced by twentysomething adults, such as the struggle that college graduates, particularly from arts programs, face in finding work commensurate with their education and intelligence; morality; separation from parents; and pressures regarding career choices, etc. You are in the same age demographic as Rachael, Ryan and their peers. You and your friends/acquaintances must face many of the same issues. Did firsthand knowledge/experience help you instill realism into your narrative? The lack of career opportunities must be very frustrating.
Allison: It's definitely frustrating, and it completely influenced the characters in Rush Me. After college, my friends went to grad school, found unpaid internships, or moved back in with their parents. And, like Rachael and her friends, many of us feel a societal pressure to be more successful than we actually are. There's an expectation that we ought to know what we're doing with our lives by now, and the reality is some of us are still clueless. It's also a little depressing to send out job applications and not get a response, or to have a dream and then realize, oh hey, dreams don't make money. Millennials get a lot of flack, for some fair reasons — every other generation also survived being twentysomething — but I don't see a lot of fiction that deals with these issues, silly or not, so that's what I wrote.
Well, with a millionaire football player thrown in.
Lea: Please tell us about Rachael's and football quarterback Ryan's backgrounds and story; they don't get off to the best start do they? Lol. As well, can we beg you to provide a favorite snippet from your wonderful book?
Allison: Ha, no, their meet is not so much cute as scarring. I love opposites-attract storylines — as far as Rachael and Ryan can tell when they first meet at a debaucherous party, they have nothing in common.
Rachael is from a New England suburb, a sort of cocoon from reality, and she has absolutely no knowledge or interest in sports. She studied English, did AmeriCorps, and now has an unpaid publishing internship as she tries to figure out what she's doing with her life (I've known about 30 unpaid publishing interns, so that had to make it in there). Ryan, on the other hand, knows exactly what he's doing. He grew up in Iowa with a handful of older brothers and went to Michigan on a football scholarship, and now he's a quarterback for the New York Leopards. But he's wary that people might try to take advantage of the fame and acclaim his team has worked hard to earn.
Here's an excerpt from after Rachael watches a highlight reel of Ryan while eating diner pancakes:
I looked up at Ryan, my mouth slightly open. He looked at me warily, and when he spoke, his tone was guarded. "Are you going to make fun of that, too?"
"Make fun of it?" I repeated, my voice slightly high-pitched. "Ryan, I think that's one of the sweetest things I've ever seen. People do that for you? That's amazing." The video struck a chord in me—the way Ryan must strike chords with the people who made it, the way he mattered to so many.
"Yeah. People love you." I dragged the video backwards, freezing on the small boy. It was complete and utter hero worship. These thousands of people, completely obsessed with the stars of sports. It really was modern-day gladiatorial games. People had cheered just like this for their favorites in the ring. Right up until they cheered their bloody deaths. "You're really lucky you weren't born two-thousand years ago."
"Well, because you'd probably be dead. Because you'd be a gladiator, of course," I said absent-mindedly.
Lea: That was a favorite scene of mine, too. I really liked how you matured Rachael and Ryan over the course of the story. While both strong-minded, they certainly have insecurities regarding their relationship. It's a tough road to love. 😉
Do you like football? If so, was Ryan's character inspired by a particular player?
Allison: That would be telling! No, actually none of the players or characters are inspired by real people. Many of my friends have said they're worried I might write them into a book, but instead I like to mix-and-match traits and behaviors until I invent unique characters. Instead of being inspired by a player, I more see Ryan and Rachael as two sides of the same coin — both argumentative, passionate and with a matching sharp humor.
As for football, I am from Boston, so I'm regionally obligated to give a shout-out to the Patriots. Which, as I'm sure all the HEA readers will agree, is clearly the best football team ever.
Lea: You've signed a three-book deal with Carina. What can we look forward to from you next, and will the books be connected? You wrote some standout secondary characters in Rush Me. : )
Allison: Thanks! Book two is about Michael O'Connor, the Leopards' running back, and archaeology grad student Natalie Sullivan.
When Mike inherits a plot of Irish land from an estranged uncle, he also takes on a grad student determind to excavate an Iron Age harbor on his property. Natalie wants to prove herself to the academic community, while Mike wants to protect old family secrets. In a battle of wills that carries them from New York City, to rural Ireland, to the lights of Paris, Natalie and Mike deconstruct their own chaming personas, and in doing so uncover more than an ancient harbor.
I also have a novella in the works that tells the backstory of Alexandra Wilson and Nathan Hart, former best friends who went their separate ways at the end of high school, only to be reunited for the first time in Rush Me.
Lea: Allison, thank you so much for taking time out to join us today. The very best of luck with Rush Me and your future publications.
Allison: Thank you so much for having me!
You can find out more about Allison and her books at her website, www.allisonparr.com. You can also connect with her on Facebook and Twitter (@Allison_Parr).
Lea Franczak cannot remember a time when she didn't have a book in her hand. She's read and enjoyed multiple genres but is especially partial to contemporary and erotic romance (with or without D/s themes), dark gritty romantic suspense and paranormal romance. Lea also writes reviews at Book Lovers Inc. and is active on Goodreads.


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June 9th, 2013, 18:12
Half-Life 2 + Episodes 1 & 2
The first part of the previous decade was probably my most busy period in terms of video games so this time I could compare the incredibly highly rated HL2 with both its contemporaries and the original.
All in all it was a much more well-rounded experience with diverse and at times unusual gameplay and an actual story with about half a dozen noteworthy characters which was a huge step-up from the original and (I guess) the mainstream FPS of the time.
Technically the game still holds up quite well (I played all 3 unmodded) and I was kinda surprised by the impression the physics engine made on me. While all mainstream shooters make quite a big deal about how realistically their physics engine imitate real life collisions HL2 was the only game I played that got a step beyond barrel shooting (there's lots of it) and actually integrated a fair amount of physics based puzzles to its core gameplay.
Another notable departure from the design of the original that was only emphasized by the contrast between the scale and its scripted nature was the way the game treated the player. While I don't consider myself to be great at shooters I played through the Half-Lifes on Hard and consider the 2nd being much more challenging than the 1s both in terms of shooting and puzzles despite neither ever making me regret my choice. Having said that there's a fair bit of handholding that is probably its most "modern" feature in comparison to the original even over the technical aspects. It's certainly a scripted ride but still a very good one.
The episodes were pretty decent overall although the 1st one felt a bit like filler. By the end of Episode 2 it looked like the existing gameplay mechanisms weren't (good?) enough for Valve as they started introducing a few one-off "Tower Defense" situations which almost always end up being rather "gamey" than valuable to the game's story or it's own gameplay.
While I couldn't imagine myself buying into the best game ever reviews before playing HL2 and still am nowhere near agreeing I can see how it affected the industry. In some ways, the high production value scripted sequences with first person drama or even the driving sequences has been repackaged and served in a more appealing to the mainstream setting too many times to count despite being at times vain imitations. The Call of Duty series are the main offender the comes to mind. As for Valve, looking past the embarrassment that their handling of Episode 3 has been, they haven't done too bad in distilling some of the great(est) parts of HL2's gameplay into standalone games. The similarities between the puzzle-solving and the zombie-shooting of HL2 and Portal and Left 4 Dead respectively are striking and I wouldn't be surmised if the shooting parts have basically been repeated in Team Fortress 2.
Having now played though the series, if I had to name what I liked the most about them I'd name the world/setting the games take place and the forces driving the events that Freeman witnesses. The game uses the all-too familiar mechanism of dropping the player in a world which he has no clue about but instead of spoon-feeding him the lore the story and the motives it's is at best cryptic despite featuring events/characters that are bigger than the known world, the dimentions or even time. The G-Man or his employers, Nihilanth, Xen and the Combine have tremendous potential which has so-far been underutilized by Valve.
PS. I need an editor.
I'd just like to interject here and point out that I'm not going to say anything to spoil the mood, Chief. I'll just float here and watch. Don't mind me, just sitting here, floating and watching, that's me.
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Department of History, numerous faculty featured in winter edition of Life and Letters magazine
Mon, March 24, 2008
The college's community of scholars is the focus of the new issue of Life and Letters with the theme of "Gateway to the Americas and Changing U.S. Demographics." The Department of History and its renowned faculty and graduate programs are featured throughout this issue of the college magazine.
The department's Latin American history graduate program has consistently been ranked No. 1 in the country by U.S. News and World Report. "Through the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS), the College of Liberal Arts is uniquely poised to forge innovative research collaborations that call upon the interdisciplinary talents of such nationally recognized programs as Anthropology, English, History, Spanish and Portuguese, and Sociology," said Randy Diehl, dean of the college of liberal arts.
The Department of History has built both an extraordinary legacy of renown in academic research and publishing and excellence in mentoring graduate students. But when President Powers focused his attention on the History Department in 2006 with a pledge of $1.3 million in recurring funds, he really got things going at top speed.
Just this past January, Alan Tully, chair of the department, and Randy Diehl, dean of the college of liberal arts, announced the launch of the Institute for Historical Studies (IHS) at the reopening celebration of Garrison Hall. The building was closed for a year-and-a-half, while it was being renovated for the first time since it was built in 1926. Garrison Hall has always been home to the History Department. The Director of the IHS is Associate Professor Julie Hardwick. The institute explores themes whose historical roots are of critical importance for the contemporary world as well as for the historical profession.
The inaugural theme that will also include a public lecture series for 2008-10 will be "Global Borders." Some potential lecture topics are:
- Why we eat what we eat: ethnic food ways, immigration, and assimilation
- Tourism and the American Southwest: Native Americans, Navajo rugs, and U.S. homes
- Presidential politics: Thomas Jefferson's boundaries.
The story titled "Cuba after Castro" features History Professor Jonathan Brown's research. He recalls how Cubans reacted to the news of Castro's illness in 2006 when he happened to be in Cuba conducting research, and what life might be like under Raul's leadership, page 8.
Brown visited the sites of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara's revolutionary trail of the movement they founded for a textbook he is working on, page 9. He has also been part of a team of professors that achieved the new break-through partnership agreement between the University of Havana and The University of Texas, page 40.
The story titled "From Tuskegee to Havana: Black Hemispheric Linkages" features Assistant Professor Frank A. Guridy's research on the interaction of African Americans and Latin Americans in various and sometimes unexpected venues, page 10. One of those places was as students at the Tuskegee Institute in Ala. during the first decades of the 20th century.
Booker T. Washington is renowned for his autobiography, starting the school, and his major influence on the Americas. But it is not widely known how much he influenced Cuba by recruiting hundreds of Cubans to come to Tuskegee for their education. Many came and returned to Cuba to play vital roles in the cultural and social exchanges between Cubans and U.S. African Americans that continues to influence both ethnicity groups in both countries today.
Plan II Honors Program get its study abroad bolstered with a gift of $1 million by CarMax founder Austin Ligon and his wife, Samornmitr "Pan" Lamsam. "This extraordinary gift will help to transform the lives of our students by allowing more of them to study abroad and immerse themselves in foreign cultures they will come to know up close," said History Associate Professor and Interim Director of Plan II Michael Stoff, page 16.
Research Briefs
Five historians have their research highlighted, pages 37-38:
Virginia Garrard-Burnett, Pentacostalism on the rise in Guatemala
Susan Deans-Smith, Mexico, Colonies and Empire
John McKiernan-González, Mediating Mexican-American identity in literature, and he has just recently launched a Web resource for undergraduate historical research, "Mapping the Borderlands"
Anne Martinez, History through a transnational lens
Anne Twinam, to publish book titled, "The Purchase of Whiteness in Colonial Spanish America."
Jewish studies strengthened in the college by its scholarship in Latin American Jewish studies and hosting the Latin American Jewish Studies Association's web site in conjunction with the newly formed Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies. History Professor Robert Abzug was tapped to be the director of the center.
Fulbright Fellowship is awarded to Associate Professor Emilio Zamora to do research in Mexico, page 39.
Noted historian explores nature and the connection between Puritans and conquistadors
Professor Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra is a renowned author and scholar of early modern Atlantic history and colonial Spanish and British America. He research includes nature and how it was understood and manipulated to the connection between Puritans and conquistadors. Many of his books have won awards and received high praise, page 39.
Guggenheim fellowships are awarded to two history professors: Neil Foley and Cynthia Talbot, page 40.
News Highlights
Liberal Arts launches Institute for Historical Studies at newly renovated Garrison Hall reopening reception; History News Network honors history professors Mark Lawrence and Madeline Hsu as being top young historians today; President Powers pledges support for Liberal Arts for English and history departments; College names History Professor Robert Abzug as Director of Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies; History alumnus Jesús F. "Frank" de la Teja will serve as Texas' first State Historian, page 40.
University enters agreement with University of Havana and Professor of History Jonathan Brown, associate director of LLILAS, helped negotiate terms of the agreement, page 40.


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Accomplished narrator Jim Roberts gives listeners a sincere performance of this meditation on Native American life by Charles Ohiyesa Eastman. Published originally in 1911, The Soul of the Indian is Eastman's attempt to elucidate the religion and customs of the American Indian as it was before any influence from the white man. As Eastman states, most of the previous accounts of Native American life had been made during a transition period, and thus their beliefs had already begun to be diluted. Roberts takes command of this influential and valuable text and gives listeners insight into the real workings of Native American culture from the mind of one of its most decorated scholars.
Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) was a mixed-blood Sioux. His maternal grandmother, daughter of Chief Cloudman of the Mdewankton Sioux, was married to a well-known Western artist, Captain Seth Eastman. In 1847 their daughter, Mary Nancy Eastman, became the wife of Chief Many Lightnings, a Wahpeton Sioux. Their fifth child, Charles Alexander Eastman, as a four-year-old, was given the name Ohiyesa (the Winner).
During the Sioux uprising of 1865, Ohiyesa became separated from his father - his mother had died soon after his birth - and fled from the reservation to Canada under the protection of his grandmother and uncle.
There, he was schooled in the Indian ways until the age of 15, when he was reunited with his father, who took him back to his homestead in present-day South Dakota.
Eastman went on the become one of the best known Indians of his time, receiving a bachelor of science degree from Dartmouth in 1887 and a medical degree from Boston University three years later.
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Ken Harrison 8:30 a.m., Nov. 18
Just a note to all the old people of the World. I found Pham Thi Thuong on the Vietnam web at Vietnam.com . She lives within the Truong Thhuong Commune of the Thoi Lai District and says she is 120 years old. This makes her the oldest person in the World. She has lived through all the wars and conflicts of this time, raised 9 children and lives on VND 12,000 or USA $6.45/month. She should write a book for the young people, because she is a winner in the game of life and stands as an icon to success of a winning people.
1. Looks like we had other neighbors 40,000 years ago. A new type of human?.
Ref: USA Today 3/25//10 page 1A
Hey Father Joe--
2. Homeless shelters are more costly than permanent housing. After working in homeless shelters and using their services for 12 years working in the streets, I agree only that the people that are able to work and care for themselves would be less costly in permanent housing. Most homeless people have other social problems that would not let them live well in permanent housing, without help in their day to day living.
Ref: USA Today, 3/25/10 page 3A
3. Eating more in China may be bad for your health. With 10% of the population now having diabetes and projected 26% at risk this is not good.
Ref: The Wall Street Journal, 3/25/10 page 1B
4. I wonder if Wall Street could solve this problem. They deal with bubbles all the time and the price of methane and fertilizer seem to keep going up. Maybe Tony Goltstein should hire a Wall Street broker to solve his problem.
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My trip down to the Disney Pro Soccer Classic has been a trip of many firsts: my first time in Orlando, my first trip to Disney. Add my first NBA game to the list as I just spent an evening with the guys from Sporting KC basking in the vertically-gifted glow of Kevin Durant and Dwight Howard.
For the Sporting KC players, staff, ownership and family, it was a fun night away from the tedium of the practice field and the hotel. For me it was an opportunity to see a bit of live sport that wasn't soccer --a very rare treat-- and to catch up with a few players I hadn't seen in a while like CJ Sapong, Kei Kamara and Chance Myers. I also got to see Aurelien Collin rock a leather vest over a sleeveless shirt while wearing sneakers covered in metal spikes; who knew Mad Max had a French cousin who played centerback?
Teal Bunbury was also in the house, fresh off of the U.S. Olympic team's victory over Mexico last night in Dallas. Unfortunately for him rookie Dom Dwyer was also there to. Check out the clip above and you'll see what I mean.


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text: Relatiosh+t hit the fan just in time for St-Valentines. Dealing with failed romance has never been more fun. IDolphin's front-girl, Rossee draws inspiration from the emotional roller-coaster existence of international fashion models to drop witty lyrics about falling in and out of love, shady encounters, glamorous parties followed by hangovers, body image issues, and yes, enlightenment. Rossee's ultra sexy voice and style along with Latch's buoyant guitar solos and phat beats turn iDolphin into an instant Myspace success with nearly two million plays and a mushrooming fan database worthy of an established band. Get it all out on the dance floor. Listening to iDolphin's Relationsh+t not only will make your body move, it will surely help you release emotional toxins and make you loose weight as it has done for Rossee and her friends. Fact: Rossee has dropped 13 pounds through the recording of her debut album. One pound a song!


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I just saw this as a stage production in May at the Takarazuka theater, and I've really wanted to see the show and manga that it was based on. I'm so glad you guys got this property!!! <3
Finally caught up on Naruto Shippuden!
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Everyone should watch this show, in fact they must, or they cannot call themselves anime fans.
My worry is that people won't watch it "Because it looks old." In fact, if you are thinking of not watching it because you think it looks old, you are a horrible person.
Don't be a horrible person: watch Rose of Versailles. Hope that we get more classics. Any chance that you could pick up Aim for the Ace, Star of the Giants, Candy Candy, Brother Dear Brother, or Urusei Yatsura?
For those who are interested, legit++ community-subtitle site Viki has Dear Brother. I would be very pleased if AnimeSols, which just successfully crowdfunded its first release of Creamy Mami, could put together a deal to try to get Dear Brother made, including some kind of deal to stream it on Crunchyroll.
{++ I stress "legit" since some people get confused between Viki and unlicensed fansub sites ~ Viki has licenses for the anime that it streams.}
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OMG!!! I usually watch Shonen anime,but I must say that La Rose de Versailles is one off my weakness. I absolutely love this anime. Highly recommend it!!
I've been loving this series and plan to recommend it to all of my Francophile friends.
If anime is a roadblock for them, it's their own loss! I've found the series, historically balanced, charming, exciting and a likely tear jerker ending. All I would expect from a Shojo Historical romance.
The percentages, of Elite versus commoner, they throw around is sounding sadly familiar and a better analogy of our current political situation, than the American Revolution is. I find it interesting to discover only a few characters are fully fiction.
No I'm not scared... I'm rationally concerned.
I missed this when it first aired! Couldn't be more excited to watch this on crunchy!
I will put it at my less priority watch list since it's classic of sorts, but 14 hours... But still because of summer lack of time i still haven't really started watching this season, not mentioning watching older shows. I really hope they will change day length to 36 hour soon. For some time i feel that today is too close to tommorow.
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That's what usually happens when it's a "Catalog title". A shame.
Become a ninja :D. It's not like there exist any real borders on internet...
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I have this in my DVD backlog. I WILL get around to watching it soon. I need to see where Utena's predecessor came from!
My backlog...
So far 4 eps in and I'm bored as hell. Perhaps it's not as genderbend/yuri-y as I wanted it to be. So far it's ridiculous petty politics and barely any character development. Can someone give me a reason to give it more of a shot?
An epic. I heard this shoujo manga<the rose of versailles> when I watched an Asian Drama, can't remember though whats the title of that drama<i've watched too many asian dramas > the protagonist said ' don't bug me i'm watching 'the rose of versailles' and the she mimic it nice
I think his manga more on like 'Goergie' .. i really think so..
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A local Indivisible, Elizabeth Haymond, wrote today, "It is not enough for us to simply win enough votes, we must use this as an opportunity to condemn bigotry and xenophobia across our state. This is our moment to control the narrative. . ."
The noble motives that Haymond wants to virtue-signal to the world through her political action get undermined in the very next sentence. She is good, and there will be no dissent about that.
Who are the bigots and the xenophobes? That's easy. They self-identify by opposing Haymond or voting against the way Haymond wants.
Not only is a political disagreement with Haymond impermissible, it constitutes an offense personal to Haymond on spiritual and metaphysical levels.
What if the purported bigots and xenophobes have a good reason for voting against the act of government that Haymond supports? Doesn't matter. The narrative is under Haymond's control and she's not interested in debate.
This is just one example of the Left's paradigm. You could take all of the social pathologies the Left virtue-signal about and pair them up with policies and actions the Left have assigned to the domain of government. They reinforce each other in tautological circles of reason.
The election of Donald Trump catalyzed the Left on a metaphysical level. The Left didn't just lose an election. They watched, and continue to endure, insults to all that is just and holy in their world. The string of hate-proxy social pathologies the Left obsess upon are all in a high state of excitement right now, and will apparently remain so for the foreseeable future.
The Left seek something big and invasive–they want your mind. An election for the Left is just a step in a direction, a weapon in the broader battle for your head space.
They won't admit straight out that they want control over your thoughts because that would put people off. But look at Haymond's political construct above and do a little deductive reasoning. See if you can find any space left over after she's through.
And consider this is just one of a whole basket of the Left's political vectors, all motivated by meta-level social pathologies that must be justly resolved, but in reality can never be finalized until utopia is achieved.
They leave no room for any individual thought in your brain after they get done with you.
To be fair, conservatives have meta constructs of a religious nature too. God-given rights described in the Declaration of Independence codified into legislative and constitutional enforcements may be considered as metaphysical in nature as the Left's basket of social pathologies.
Both sides' metaphysics can be distinguished by; those that support the collective and those that support the individual, those that expand the domain of government and those that empower the individual against the usurpations of government, those that control your mind and those that set your mind free to create, those that are tautological and those that are unconstrained.
Free cultures award virtue on the basis of what one creates. Collective cultures award virtue to people who talk about it. Obviously, one of these paradigms leads to more tangible progress, and it isn't the one that calls itself progressive.
Consider the educational malpractice of legions of young people taught in public school each day the language of the Left's social pathologies. Will they grow up to be Haymonds?


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- April 8, 2011 03:10 AM (GMT)
Ceremony marks anniversary of Lufkins disappearance
Posted: Apr 07, 2011 10:16 PM EDT Updated: Apr 07, 2011 10:16 PM EDT
By Brian Allen - email
For the last year, we have been keeping track of the investigation into the disappearance of A-J Lufkins.
Lufkins disappeared after a night of drinking at the American Legion bar in Sisseton.
While no authorities will go on record to discuss the circumstances of his disappearance, several witnesses tell Action News that Lufkins got into a fight with as many as three other people before vanishing.
Since that night, there has been no sign of A-J.
On Thursday night in Agency Village, there was a community service to commemorate Lufkins life.
At the community center in Agency Village, a community wide response to the most painful of circumstances...a family who doesn't know if one of their cherished loved ones is dead or not.
"I didn't want it to be a memorial, cause we haven't found him yet. That's not the way I wanted it." For one year now. Sheila Lufkins has waited for some type of news, good or bad, about her son A-J. She has looked at pictures, unable to touch him and not knowing where he is. It has been a living hell. "I haven't found the answers yet so I still believe he might be out there."
Community volunteers helped organize this celebration of A-J's life. No one here wants to say the word death. But A-J's grandfather, Carl Lufkins, believes his grandson...the young man who used to visit him everyday...is lying dead somewhere...and Carl just wants to bring him home and say good bye. "If I could just find his body, recover his body. Then I would have peace. But this way I have it on my mind day and night."
The Lufkins family and many in this community firmly believe A-J is the victim of foul play and that someone knows where A-J is. Sheila Lufkins doesn't want to wait another year for that information.
Unfortunately the last year has brought far too many questions and not enough answers for the Lufkins family and the Sisseton Wahpeton community. This gathering was held in the name of hope. That somehow, some way, there would be some development that would end the mystery surrounding A-J's disappearance. So far that hasn't happened but no one here is giving up hope.
South Dakota's Division of Criminal Investigation continues working on this case with assistance from the FBI.
We are going to continue following the story of A-J's disappearance as well.
- April 8, 2011 03:11 AM (GMT)
Search continues for A.J. Lufkins
Posted: Apr 05, 2011 1:12 PM EDT Updated: Apr 05, 2011 1:12 PM EDT
By Jamie Stubbe - email
Attorney General Marty Jackley said Tuesday that the Division of Criminal Investigation continues to search for Andrew Jon Lufkins of Sisseton, SD.
Lufkins, 23, was reported missing a year ago on April 7, 2010.
He was last seen near the Legion bar in Sisseton between 9 p.m. and 12 a.m. Lufkins was believed to be on foot, wearing khaki pants, a dark colored sweatshirt with "South Pole" lettering on the front, a dark undershirt and a pair of blue and white shoes.
The DCI has investigated many leads and conducted multiple searches in this case, and the family has also conducted volunteer searches to find Lufkins.
The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information regarding Lufkins is asked to contact the Roberts County Dispatch Center at 605-698-7667.
- April 8, 2011 03:13 AM (GMT)
$10,000 reward offered in AJ Lufkins case
Posted: Jul 07, 2010 11:46 PM EDT Updated: Jul 08, 2010 4:33 AM EDT
By Katie Taube
A reward is up to $10,000 for information leading to AJ Lufkins.
The Sisseton man was last seen at the American Legion Hall in Sisseton nearly three months ago.
Tonight his family expressed their frustration in figuring out where their son, grandson and friend is.
"Not a day goes by I don't think about him," says Lufkins' grandfather Carl Lufkins.
He was one of several family members announcing tonight the reward for information leading to his missing grandson is now up to $10,000.
Tonight the family says more than anything, they want some answers.
"How the investigation is going - anything. I haven't spoke to anybody for about a month now so I don't know how it's going," says AJ's mother Sheila.
She says she first reported her son missing in April.
But she says two weeks later she found out the case wasn't in the tribal police system.
"I was really angry because I reported it, the city told me I had to report it with the tribe."
Sheila says nothing was done.
"Just that one day they searched when he first disappeared," says Carl Lufkins.
The family says it's not like AJ to just take off with no clothes or possessions.
And they're waiting for the information that will give them closure.
His mom Sheila says, "We just want information to bring him home."
Money for that $10,000 reward was collected from fundraisers, donations and the Sisseton-Wahpeton Tribal Secretary.
If you have any information on what happened to AJ Lufkins, contact the Sisseton/Wahpeton Tribal Police.
- April 8, 2011 03:14 AM (GMT)
FBI joins the search for A.J. Lufkins
Posted: Jun 21, 2010 8:40 PM EDT Updated: Jun 21, 2010 8:40 PM EDT
By Brian Allen
The FBI is now joining the investigation into the disappearance of A.J. Lufkins of Sisseton, who was last seen in early April.
The FBI'S Minneapolis office made that announcement on Monday night.
An FBI spokesman tells Action News, their agency was asked to join the investigation by local authorities.
Lufkins was last seen at Sisseton's American Legion post back on April 7th.
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The situation in Syria has grown increasingly complicated for President Barack Obama and his party, raising serious questions about the White House's credibility on foreign affairs and forcing Democrat lawmakers to choose sides on the controversial issue.
And public statements made in opposition to the president's proposal have prompted the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) to ask that its members "limit public comment" on the situation until they have been briefed by White House officials, The Cable reports.
A CBC aide in an interview referred to the request as "eyebrow-raising," adding that it "was designed to quiet dissent while shoring up support for President Obama's Syria strategy."
So it has come to this? CBC lawmakers have been asked to keep quiet on the president's proposed plan to intervene in Syria until the White House has had a chance to sell them on the idea?
White House National Security Advisor Susan Rice is scheduled to address the CBC on Monday. The group's support will be crucial if President Obama wants to secure congressional approval for military strikes in Syria.
But until Rice addresses the group, which holds more than 40 House votes, they have been advised by CBC chairwoman Marcia Fudge to "limit public comment until [they] receive additional details," The Cable notes.
Asked if the "request" was basically a gag order, National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said "the Administration is reaching out to all Members to ensure they have the information they need to make an informed judgment on this issue."
Another source familiar with the situation explained that the request wasn't made to "silence" CBC members, but to give the White House a chance to "inform" them of the president's plan in Syria.
CBC members who have recently spoken out against military action in Syria include Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).
"We must learn the lessons of the past. Lessons from Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and others," said Rep. Lee.
"If I felt for one minute that my nation was in danger, and I'm 83, I would volunteer and do something to protect her," Rep. Rangel said Wednesday in an interview with The Cable. "But I'll be damned if I see anything worth fighting for."
A coalition of 116 congressmen, including 64 Democrats, sent President Obama a letter last week urging him to seek congressional approval before engaging Syria.
"The Syria vote is splitting the party and from the CBC point of view, it's very sensitive," an aide said in The Cable report. "I think where they were coming from is 'OK, I know you're against military engagement, however, before you go public opposing involvement, wait and give us some time to convince you why we need to support the president.'"
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday approved a resolution allowing the president to intervene in Syria within a 60-day period, with a 30-day extension.
This means that the battle for congressional approval rests with the House.
So how will this play out? Here's The Cable's prediction:
If a resolution to authorize military force fails to pass in the House, it will likely be due to an odd pairing of conservative and libertarian Republicans and liberal Democrats, including Congressional Black Caucus members. When asked if his constituents had any appetite for a war with Syria, Rangel replied bluntly. "In answer to your question: Hell no."
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The Trolley runs everywhere in Salem that you'll want to visit, and your ticket is good for the entire day, so you can get on and off as much as you would like.
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We've got our hands on the newly released Google Nexus One android phone. Here's our first take on the device, in photos.
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Who's the babe in the second picture? I think the enormous phone is pretty cool, would be nice to have in my man-room
It sure does look good and the battery seems to be user replaceable. I'd consider one if I can get it thru Sprint. AT&T kicked me off the iPhone plan because I am in roam data mode too much.
I have one of these, and it does have a very slick feel to it.
I played with my friend's Nexus One over christmas when I was back home (she works for google).
It seems pretty cool, but she was running on the AT&T network so it was kind of slow. Not sure what the point of animated wallpapers are either.
Some random chick that looks hot to you because you haven't been outside in years.
On topic: Meh.
Not available on AT&T 3G data networks... no sale.
I'm never going to use a smartphone on Verizon, where voice and data concurrency is not possible (imaging driving several hours using GPS to find out the family you;re going to see called and left several voicemails to tell you they're not there or canceled plans, or the simple inability to check an e-mail while on a call... to hell with that!). T-Mobile has 1 tower in our city, close to the capitol, but nowhere near me and would be useless.
AT&T might suck in some heavily urban areas like NYC where the available frequencies for calls are 100% saturated and nowhere to grow, but here in our town, and on a recently upgraded AT&T 3G network it's mighty fast and I have not dropped a call in over a year (except in one spot about 30 miles out of town where you leave AT&T's network and pick up a partner network, but ALL calls on ALL providers drop there, so itls a non issue... They even posted billboards to warn people lol).
When Google releases an Android 2+ powered phone that is fully compatible with AT&T, then some of the 2 million people in this state might start to switch. For now, out of everyone here in our IT department (2200 people) about 60% have an iPhone (about 85% of those with smartphones). The few who bought either the Droid or the G1 returned it in less tha a week and bought an iPhone or Blackberry instead.
Kind of reminds me of a Microsoft hardware design. Definitely doesn't look as "elegant" as the iPhone.
Yeah, it only works on EDGE on AT&T, not 3G.
It's useless eye candy it seems. Looks cool, but they will run your battery down faster.
Well Verizon is getting it in the spring, so surely Sprint will follow?
Looks slick enough that I might consider dumping the Pre.
Yup, it's a phone.
It was slow because the NO doesn't support AT&T's 3G network at all.
I don't recall exactly, but I'm pretty sure I've received calls while using the GPS 9on the droid). I can test it later, but am 99% sure it's not a problem. I think the phone might cache your route data so that it can navigate when you lose a signal (doesn't help if you want to do a new destination I suppose).
So this phone doesn't work on Verizon or Sprint (CDMA networks) and doesn't support the GSM band used by AT&T's 3G network. That leave...T-Mobile? This is supposed to be a winning game plan how? I wonder if anyone at Google realizes Nexus One abbreviates to NO?
I'd have to assume she was a Google employee who just happened to be hanging out near a window rather than amongst the other lab-coated Google zombies. E.g. that last picture full of people before the box shots - they look so hyped.
No kidding. When Android was initially announced I really wanted to get excited about a viable 'open' phone, but Google isn't delivering. "Uncheck this box to lose all backup support for your phone, or leave it checked to keep all your passwords and data on our wiretap ready, Patriot Act compliant centralized servers." How about an advanced option to specify your own synchronization URL, using some common protocol like WebDAV or something?
Well, a CDMA version is scheduled for 2010, according to Google.
Install any application you wish. Delete the applications on there. Don't use the icons that are there from the start. It is an open phone.
It doesn't support 3G or 3G on AT&T networks? If it is the former, then bummer what an odd design choice, since 3G is going to be the minimum requirement for new 4G GSM networks. I wouldn't buy a phone that I can't be roaming in new networks.
CDMA doesn't cut it, since that is a none-game beyond USA borders and is so 20th century now. Most places that do have CDMA have deprecated it in favour of 4G GSM. For this reason, I can't see this being much of an option for the traveling business people who want an alternative to the Blackberry.
Looks like currently available HTC sets for WinMo and Android...
Looks like you've used an iphone or some other cruddy camera for these grainy shots.
That aside, the phone and announcement is fairly bland. No big developments. I'm disappointed and see no reason to jump to android right yet.
Where is all this retardation coming from? AT&T is not the sole GSM network in the US. TMobile also has a 3G network which this phone works with. And since they're testing it in the UK and Singapore, it obviously works abroad.
Looks like a very comfortable phone to hold. Decent hardware design, if nothing flashy.
You're more than welcome to utilize AOSP on it, sans google apps. You're able to use your own IMAP servers with the mail app. Or Maps(-) and OpenGeo data instead of Google Maps. It's silly to ask google to not use their servers for providing maps or mail sync, though.
So yes, thre is an advanced option to do exactly what you want.
My first impression was "Jesus, that's a big phone!".
I imagine if an iPhone and a Pre had a baby it would look something like this.
I'm waiting until 2019 for the Nexus Six model.
Google Nexus Six:
"Warning: May attempt to kill user by driving thumbs into eyeballs."
Sure pays to sit on the Apple Board doesn't it? Right down to the box and cradle the phone sits it, Google just copied it all.
Pathetic. Google, I wouldn't buy on on principle alone.
The shape seems nice but I'm a quite a bit disappointed with the design. It looks dated already on launch day. I don't get all the different shades of grey. Would have been much nicer in all-black in my opinion.
How DARE Google use the color white and make the device shaped like all PDAs!
Lol, a loyal allegiance to plastic gadgets. Bond between man & machine knows no bounds.
I wonder how much of it was designed by Google and how much was by HTC. Anyone know?
Based on reviews, the Droid is still the Android phone to get, even if the look isn't as...fashionable.
Interesting phone. I love the screen size, but wouldn't get this phone for its lack of physical keyboard. All in all it does look like a good phone for people that would rather have a touch screen.
I think it is great that someone has released a phone that doesn't appear to be US centric. The bands that they have chosen might not sit well with the backwards and fragmented US mobile market, but it will work for all carriers in Australia except one (all of which have 90%+ coverage), and most of Europe and Asia.
Ever wonder why there are no Android phones on Att? Could it be they don't, you know, want them? Ever thought that maybe they didn't want to sell all the phones unsubsidized?
Give it time. When a quad band 3G chip comes out this will be a non issue. Until then...
Coincidentally, the AT&T 3G data network is unavailable on AT&T phones, too.
You've obviously never used data and voice at the same time. The phone still lets you know of incoming calls; you just can't do both at the same time. Which really isn't a big deal for most people; humans are poor at multitasking. Most of the time I have access to a computer as it is, or I'm driving and wouldn't be able to multitask anymore than driving and talking. If you're one of the small percentage of people who actually need voice+data concurrently, great. Most don't.
So AT&T covers some 290m people, but can only provide reliable service to those of you fortunate enough to live out in the sticks? And that's acceptable to you? If it's a problem of "the available frequencies for calls [being] 100% saturated and nowhere to grow", why hasn't this been a major issue for other carriers?
99% of statistics are made-up. I can't speak from anything but personal experience, but in my own tech area, there are quite a few iPhones. However, those people generally bought the phone as a fashion statement. A larger majority of people have not bought a smartphone because their most important criteria is having a phone that works well as a phone. These are the people that have been flocking to WebOS and Android in droves over the past couple of months (trust me, I administer a server which provides e-mail, calender, and contacts connectivity for mobile devices so I have a good idea of our device makeup). Quite a few people I have spoken with will be dropping their iPhones for Android, as AT&T coverage sucks in my city of ~250,000.
You mean the one with 10 Google employees looking bored and nobody talking to them?
Part of the activation procedure is a Voight-Kampff test.
Very beautiful woman in the first two photos ..
That said, The phone is worthless for my state (Alaska), as tmobile refuses to sale up here.
"where was that place?"
"uh, let me check the map ... guess I'll have to call you back in a little while."
"let me check the map ... it's over at the corner of foo and bar."
Add in a discussion of reviews on Yelp, throw in a twitter update, etc. Then there's work use, where you can check an email in the middle of a conference call to verify some detail or other.
Not being able to do voice and data concurrently would suck ass.
Also, this phone is ugly. The UI at least can be shinied up later on, but the phone itself is still ugly. Nice looking screen, at least.
That packaging just needs a tiny little "Designed by Google in California" text on it, though.


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Hugh Jackman says he is heartbroken his new film, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," was leaked online a month before its official release.
The movie, which focuses on the beginnings of Jackman's clawed Marvel superhero Wolverine, is not scheduled for release in the U.S. until May 1, but a work print of the film began appearing online last week.
20th Century Fox said the FBI and Motion Picture Association of America were investigating and promised to prosecute those responsible.
The Australian actor, in Sydney to unveil 20 minutes of completed footage of the film to around 600 fans, said he was upset about the leak but still thinks fans will flock to see the movie in theaters.
"It's a serious crime and there's no doubt it's very disappointing. I was heartbroken by it," Jackman said. "Obviously, people are seeing an unfinished film. It's like a Ferrari without a paint job."


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Maternal Link To Alzheimer's Disease?
New research published in the March edition of Neurology reflects on growing evidence that Alzheimer's disease could be inherited from a patient's mother. The study found that test subjects with mothers who suffered from Alzheimer's had twice as much grey matter shrinkage as subjects with fathers who suffered from Alzheimer's and those with no family history of the disease.
Omega-3 Fatty Acid DHA Not As Effective In Slowing Alzheimer's As Thought
New research suggests DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid, does not appear to slow the progression of cognitive or functional decline in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
Link Between Heavy Smoking And Alzheimer's Suggested
A new study released by Kaiser Permanente has linked heavy smoking during midlife to an increased risk in developing Alzheimer's disease. Smokers who smoke more than two packs of cigarettes a day also had an increased risk of developing vascular dementia, the second most common form of dementia. Vascular dementia occurs as a result of compromised blood flow to the brain.
New Vision For Reform For Treatment Of Alzheimer's Disease
A new book by a prominent neuroscience professor and a science communications specialist sets out a new vision for reform for Alzheimer's treatments and outlines preventative methods to delay onset.
Peridontal Gum Disease Could Increase Alzheimer's Risk
New research from New York University College of Dentists provides fresh evidence that poor dental hygiene can increase the risk of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. New evidence from NYUCD supports link between gum inflammation and Alzheimer's disease NYU dental researchers have found the first long-term evidence that periodontal (gum) disease may increase the […]


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|Pants, 2003
|Brown, M.
|Arthur's Underwear, 1999
|Chapman, J.
|Vegetables in Underwear, 2015
|Doodler, T.
|Bear in Underwear, 2010
|Doodler, T.
|Veggies with Wedgies, 2014
|Escoffier, M.
|Brief Thief, 2013
|Freedman, C.
|Aliens Love Underpants, 2007
|Freedman, C.
|Dinosaurs Love Underpants, 2010
|Freedman, C.
|Pirates Love Underpants, 2013
|Gehl, L.
|One Big Pair of Underwear, 2014
|Ji, Z.
|No! That's Wrong! 2008
|MacIver, J.
|The Frog Who Lost His Underpants, 2013
|Medearis, A.
|Poppa's Itchy Christmas, 1998
|Mould, W.
|Ants in My Pants, 2001
|Parr, T.
|Underwear Do's and Don'ts, 2000
|Parr, T.
|Underwear Do's and Don'ts (Board Book), 2000
|Parr, T.
|The Underwear Book, 2000
|Sendelbach, B.
|The Underpants Zoo, 2011
|Tupera, T.
|Polar Bear's Underwear, 2015
|Wilson, S.
|The Day We Danced in Underpants, 2007
|Zapf, M.
|Underpants Dance, 2014
|Ziefert, H.
|Goodnight Underwear, 2013
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Facilities Planning & Construction
Management of Capital Projects
Program/project Development of Capital Projects:
- Reviews, schedules and coordinates architect/engineer/construction manager selection and manages design-build process;
- Coordinates all aspects of project between client user-group, administration, trustees, plant operations, and all other on and off campus units;
- Translates program needs into cost estimates with design drawings and specifications;
- Assures compliance with federal, state and local codes and regulations;
- Emphasizes cost control with sound building design; generates standards and general criteria for quality built environment.
Construction Management:
- Manages all aspects of construction projects through bidding and construction manager processes with staff supervision over construction scheduling, project payments tracking and approval change orders;
- Coordinates interface with academic, research, and all other institutional units to undertake modification of campus infrastructure;
- Deliver space to user in final form in accordance with the program.
Design of Facilities and Grounds
Site Selection and Comprehensive Physical Development Plan:
- develops and updates site options per program requirements or as administratively directed;
- sets priorities and standards for development and future land-use;
- generates comparative assessments for internal decisions on building assignment, prioritizing of infrastructure and deferred maintenance expenditures and property utilization.
Interface with Metro/Community on Planning Issues:
- In conjunction with VU Office of Community Relations and VU Real Estate, advises on land acquisition, zoning matters, and coordinates as needed on matters involving interaction among campus/neighborhood/Metro interest groups;
- Public relations matters and volunteer service to non-profits via VU.
Planning of Campus Landscape:
- Enhances and sets parameters to preserve natural features of grounds and landscape environment;
- Coordinates integrating of building programs, plus service/utility, parking/transportation, pedestrian/auto circulation, and all other manmade elements harmoniously into existing infrastructure; encourages preservation of courts and open spaces.


text: Took this out and about with me today. Even on the weekend I can't seem to get away from work issues! Since it wasn't a holiday in the US we for sure had system issues AGAIN and i was for sure sitting in a craft show taking care of system problems. So glad i had some tea with me. Picked this up recently as it's not a bad little tea to get occasionally from della terra. Not one i need stocked ALL the time but it's a decent one to cycle through occasionally.


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WASHINGTON — A Maine gubernatorial candidate maneuvered around his opponents Monday by announcing he's gay, road blocking what he calls their "whisper campaigns."
Rep. Mike Michaud, a Democrat, came out in op-ed columns in the Portland Press and Bangor Daily News, USA Today reported. He said he was doing it to silence his opponents who were trying to turn his personal life into an issue.
"Allow me to save them the trouble with a simple, honest answer: Yes, I am. But why should it matter," Michaud wrote. "That may seem like a big announcement to some people. For me, it's just a part of who I am, as much as being a third-generation millworker or a lifelong Mainer. One thing I do know is that it has nothing to do with my ability to lead the state of Maine.
Michaud is 58 and single, and he becomes the seventh openly gay or bisexual member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., is the only out senator.
Michaud is considered the Democrats' best hope for winning the governor's race in 2014. He was first elected to the House in 2012.


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Picture: John Rich The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presents an evening with 'The Celebrity Apprentice' - Arrivals New York City, USA - 26.04.11
Emmy Award-winning director John Rich has died at the age of 86.
He passed away after a brief illness at his Los Angeles home on Sunday (29Jan12).
Born in Rockaway Beach, New York, Rich studied at the University of Michigan and served in the Army Air Forces during World War II.
He went on to direct a number of popular U.S. TV shows throughout his career, among them The Brady Bunch, Mister Ed, Gilligan's Island and The Jeffersons, and he won two Emmy Awards for episodes of All in the Family and The DICk Van Dyke Show.
Rich also directed Elvis Presley in hit movies Roustabout and Easy Come, Easy Go.
He later teamed up with Happy Days star Henry Winkler to produce the series MacGyver and eventually retired from the industry in 1999.


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43rd Ave, Outer Sunset
Ranked 14th best street in Outer Sunset
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- Families with kids
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Got a burning question? Why not ask the locals! Simply ask your question below
"Quiet street, not much about 43rd Avenue."
43rd Avenue is much like the other Avenues in the Sunset District; a quiet neighborhood and street. As you go down this street you will pass by big streets such as Clement, Geary, Fulton, Lincoln, Judah, Taraval, and Noriega. 43rd Avenue on the Richmond District side ends at the Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center. On the Sunset District side, 43rd Avenue ends at the San Francisco Zoo. Although there are no buses that run on 43rd Avenue, there are however many places for transportation on the big streets that 43rd Avenue intersect. On this Avenue, you will pass by a few corner stores, a gas station or two, and Francis Scott Key Elementary School. 43rd Avenue is an ideal place to live on for those who seek a quiet place, but for those that like a more active street, 43rd Avenue should be one place to turn away from.
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"Sunset/Richmond street that runs through many large streets."
43th avenue isn't that great of a street to live on. It runs about 7 blocks from the beach through both the sunset and Richmond districts. Housing styles range very slightly within the neighborhoods. Apartments, houses and condos are all available. The street just isnt't that exciting, it's not especially close to anything and the houses all basically look the same with the occaisional crazy neighbor that paints their house orange. This street is a typical avenue of the Sunset/Richmond districts; the houses and neighborhood's attitude are basically the same in whatever area you are in. This street also crosses big streets with bus lines that can take you almost anywhere, like Judah, Lincoln, Clement, California, Geary, Taraval and more. 43th avenue is a straight shot all the way down, excluding the detour to get through Golden Gate Park which you will need to get onto the Great Highway or 41st avenue to cross the park. 43th avenue also takes you down to the San Francisco Zoo.
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Grace Anne's waterbirth
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This is the story of my daughter's birth, Grace. When I originally got pregnant, I was with an OB and was just expecting that I didn't have many options for my birth experience, since there were no midwife's i n my town, and my insurance only covered hospital births. When I spoke to my OB about my birth plan, I was discouraged when she was against some of the things on the list, especially an IV. (My veins are super small, and I've always had a history of technicians not being able to get an iv in or take blood out without considerable problems.) So, I made the decision to find a midwife. When I was 32 weeks pregnant, I discovered that 2 new midwives started at a local OB practice, so I switched over. The midwives also were working with our hospital on starting water birthing, which I really wanted to do, but still thought it would never be possible with my insurance and with the hospital rules. Surprisingly, my midwives ended up getting the approval a few weeks before I gave birth to grace! I also never needed to get my IV, and I had an easy/relatively trouble free waterbirth in a hospital – everything that my husband and I had envisioned for Grace's birth.
Here's my story:
I ended up going into labor with Grace 5 days before my due date, which I think was attributed to the massive amounts of Red Raspberry tea and EPO that I was taking up until the last few weeks of her birth. I went to my chiropractor appointment on Tuesday Nov 1st at 4:00pm for my weekly adjustments on trying to get Grace out of posterior position. (she had been posterior my whole pregnancy) Almost 1 hour after the appointment, consistent contractions started. (I had been experiencing contractions for weeks, but they were inconsistent and more like Braxton hicks.)
They got pretty strong by 11:00pm, and that's when we called my Doula to come to the house to help with the contractions, etc. She helped me use certain positions to make progress faster: ie: sitting on a toilet, sitting on a birth ball, using the shower, going for a walk. I was avoiding those positions because they hurt more, but she told me to do them since the pain is what you want to get you more dilated. My husband was a real trooper though all of this, especially when the pain started to get more overwhelming, he kept his cool. We continued different positions until 4:00am when I couldn't take the pain anymore, and wanted to go the hospital. In the parking lot, I chugged a concentrated version of the red raspberry leaf tea (2 cups of water with 1 oz of tea) to help with the rest of the contractions. It was disgusting, but I really do think it worked! My midwife checked me at the hospital and I was 7cm, and started going into "transition" right afterwards. I went from 7-10cms in about 30 mins. They tried putting an IV in my arm several times for a hep lock (which I was totally against but gave in to), but they couldn't find a vein! They poked me 4 times before they said that I don't need one.
That's when they allowed me to get into the water. It's a inflatable pool that has a plastic liner. I was about the 5th person to have one at the hospital, so when I started that process, I was asked if a student nurse and student doctor could come in to witness the birth. I could have cared less at this point, so I said yes. I ended up pushing in the water for 1.5 hours! it was REALLY long, but I didn't really realize it was that long until my husband told me afterwards. That's about the point that he broke down crying because I was in some pain. It took such a long time to push because Grace was posterior, but she ended up turning at the last few contractions. She was crowing the majority of the time, so I just had a hard time getting her from that position out. They almost had to get me out of the pool because she was crowing so long... In the end, I was able to catch her in the water and put her on my chest myself. That was the best part of the whole experience in my opinion. Grace was 8lbs 8oz and absolutely beautiful! We were both surprised at how "clean' she came out and pink too! I also barely tore. I had 3 small tears, but they were more like skid marks.
Having a natural birth was 100% worth it in my opinion. The high you get right after the birth was nothing I've ever experienced in my life. The pushing part though was VERY overwhelming, but a few days after grace's birth, I didn't even think about it anymore.
All and all I'm truly blessed to get to have the birth that my husband and I so much wanted for Grace! It all started with watching the documentary "The business of being born" when I was a few months pregnant. Back then, we never would have thought that we'd be having our birth in the water, and catching our own daughter! People just aren't open to natural birth here, so we just thought that we'd be giving birth on a bed with an iv sticking out of my arm. But one by one, everything fell into place. It is quite amazing how when you really put your mind to it and do research, the stars sort of just align for you. Or so it did for us.
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hi to all,
im JAHRR
i wanted to make accurate iron man mark 4, 5, 6 helmets...
for starters i'll base it with this pic
credit for james robbins.
this is his mark 6 model
compared with the mark 2
i would like to make a pdo file for pepakura using these pics as basis, but how?
can you guys help me with my project?
i've also provided the links for those who'd like to get started with their own helmets and suits
for the Mark 2 or 3 helmets, definitely use Sharkhead and Dubean's pdo file
download it here:
Sharkmark VI - Iron Man - Helmet - Unfolded by Dubean33.pdo - 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download
for the suit:
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Morning-after pill to be over counter
The government Tuesday lowered to 15 the age at which girls can buy the morning-after pill without a prescription and said the emergency contraception no longer has to be kept behind pharmacy counters.
The decision by the Food and Drug Administration is an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the drug.
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Today, Plan B One-Step is sold behind pharmacy counters, and buyers must prove they're 17 or older to buy it without a prescription. Tuesday's decision lowers the age limit to 15 - and will allow the pill to sit on drugstore shelves next to condoms and spermicides or other women's health products. But customers must prove their age at the cash register.
Teva Women's Health, which makes Plan B, said it would begin over-the-counter sales in a few months.
The question is whether Tuesday's action settles a larger court fight. Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Edward Korman of New York blasted the Obama administration for imposing the age-17 limit, saying it had let election-year politics trump science and was making it hard for women of any age to obtain the emergency contraception in time. He ordered an end to all age restrictions by Monday, for Plan B and its generic versions.
The FDA said Tuesday's decision was independent of the court case and wasn't intended to address it. Technically, the FDA approved Teva's application to sell Plan B in this manner.
The Justice Department remained mum on whether it planned to appeal Korman's decision, and the White House had no immediate comment.
The women's group that sued over the age limits said Tuesday's action is not enough, and it will continue the court fight if necessary.
Lowering the age limit "may reduce delays for some young women but it does nothing to address the significant barriers that far too many women of all ages will still find if they arrive at the drugstore without identification," said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights.
The FDA said the Plan B One-Step will be packaged with a product code that prompts the cashier to verify a customer's age. Anyone who can't provide such proof as a driver's license, birth certificate or passport wouldn't be allowed to complete the purchase. In most states, driver's licenses, the most common form of identification, are issued at age 16.
"These are daunting and sometimes insurmountable hoops women are forced to jump through in time-sensitive circumstances, and we will continue our battle in court to remove these arbitrary restrictions on emergency contraception for all women," Northup said.


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HOUSTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Gov. Rick Perry pledged Tuesday to pursue reforms that would provide relief for Texans facing the highest homeowners insurance rates in the nation, but a consumer advocate said they don't go far enough.
During a visit to a home construction site, Perry said he would make homeowners insurance an emergency issue when the Legislature convenes Jan. 14. More than 40 bills have already been pre-filed to address the insurance crisis.
Texas homeowners insurance rates, the highest in the nation, were the hottest issue in the recent election. Democrat Tony Sanchez charged Perry had neglected the problem, but the Republican said he had taken legal actions and pushed for reforms.
"Working with legislators of both parties, we will restore fairness to the marketplace, provide greater incentives for competition and lower rates for Texas consumers," Perry said in Houston, reiterating his pledge to push for changes in the Texas law.
Perry called for reforms that would give the state total rate oversight -- including the ability to impose across-the-board rate freezes and to restrict the use of "credit scoring" to set rates. About 95 percent of current policies escape regulation due to a loophole that impacts only homeowners insurance.
"Homeowners insurance reform will be extensively discussed and debated at the state capitol in the months to come, but all proposals share some common goals," he said. "We must lower rates, continue to stabilize the insurance marketplace, end unfair pricing practices, and stop fraud and abuse within the system."
Under Perry's plan, the Texas Department of Insurance would be given the power to review all rates and to impose either a company-specific or an across-the-board rate freeze while the agency completes rate reviews. He also called for a ban on the use of credit histories in setting premium rates, except in instances where there is a direct correlation between consumers' credit history and their insurance risk.
"Some of the proposals don't go far enough and many of them need to be fleshed out a little bit more," said Rob Schneider, senior staff attorney for the Consumer Union's office in Austin. "Ultimately Gov. Perry is going to state his goals for insurance reform and it's up to the Legislature to iron out the details."
Schneider said so-called "reform" legislation will be passed by the Legislature but the question will be whether it will go far enough to ensure there's not another crisis in five or 10 years.
"We think the loopholes have to be closed, but we have to do more than what some people are calling minimal reforms," he said.
Schneider said the important goals are assurance of price stability, fair underwriting guidelines, and fair choice in the marketplace.


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Being a mother have really change the outlook of Alicia Keys. Alicia Keys have graduated from the odd looks of the early 2000's to a more modern sophisticated woman today. Here she is attending the Givenchy Fashion Show in Paris for Fashion Week.
For the occasion she opted for a clean, crisp black and white attire with a statement necklace. She wore a white Tuxedo jacket with a sheer white button down shirt, black skinny pants and a bold cross on her neck with a pair of strappy heels. She took the front row seat and seem to enjoy the show saying via Twitter, "Givenchy show was spectacular!!!!! Wow!!!"
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