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Skull Tankard
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- The perfect pirate accessory
- Impressive 3D skull and crossbones design
- Enjoy a tankard of mead or classic ale
- 600ml capacity
- Made from polyresin and stainless steel
- Stainless steel inner is dishwasher safe
- Measures approx. 16cm x 14cm x 10cm
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You have your galleon ship, you've stolen enough gold coins and buried treasure to last you a lifetime, but there's just vital thing missing. With a barrel of the finest ale or sweetest mead ready to drink, you need a really pirate-tastic drinking vessel to show off your buccaneering credentials.
This skull and crossbones design Skull Tankard is the ultimate way for any sea captain to drink their favourite tipple. Decorated with the skulls of the fallen and the bones of the defeated, this hefty tankard will leave no land lover in doubt of your fearsome ways. Made from cold cast polyresin with a removable, dishwasher safe stainless steel inner, it's not only scary, but pretty practical too.
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Morning Buzz: Follieri Gets Four Years
People reports that Anne Hathaway's ex Rafaello Follieri has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for 14 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy. Follieri stated, through an interpretor, that "what I did was wrong and there is no point in making excuses. … I will never be able to wash away the shame. … I just hope that someday those who have been hurt by my actions will forgive me."
TMZ reports that Ali Lohan, considered a minor at 15, has filed a petition to work in Los Angeles in LA Superior Court. Lohan reportedly will be working with her record company, Maloof Music.
The New York Daily News reports that View host Elisabeth Hasselbeck will be introducing Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin at a series of rallies in Florida this weekend. "I am more than honored to be there, so I will be flying there to travel with her and meet some pretty interesting people, I have a feeling," Hasselbeck told ABC News. "That's an honor, I'm excited to do it, and I'll have some stories I'm sure on Monday."
Broadway World reports that Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening will close on Jan. 18 after 859 performances. The show won eight Tony Awards in it's critically-acclaimed run.
TMZ reports that Star Jones has filed a lawsuit alleging that her NYC penthouse triplex is a "unhealthy and dangerous" place to live due to mold. Jones says that she hasn't been able to live in the residence since March of 2006 and is suing for $700,000 in damages.

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You may remember my previous blog, which covered the subject of customizing your web site based on the location of the person visiting it. Itching for some more tech info for your website? Don't worry; I've got you covered.
Let's talk Spambots. The internet is full of these automated scripts that crawl around the web for any number of reasons. Some, like the crawlers from Google and Bing, are there to read content, store relevant data and analyze it for search results. Those are the friendly bots that you want to come visit.
However, there are a lot of other crawlers that you really don't want on your site. These evil bots may come to find email addresses to put on their spam lists, steal content or look for weaknesses in your code that allows them to cause damage.
The "good" crawlers can be taught. You can instruct these bots how to correctly crawl a site, telling it where it can go and where it can't–and they actually listen! These instructions can be given in a file named "robots.txt", or via meta tags at page level. Need details about instructing bots? Check out http://www.robotstxt.org/.
The bad crawlers, however, do not listen to instructions, and controlling them requires a much more heavy-handed approach.
Think that you may be bugged down by some evil bots? The first thing you need to do is identify these troublesome crawlers. This can be done by finding the name of the crawler, as all things crawling around out there have something called a "User Agent". This is the name or identity of the crawler, for example, Google's is called "GoogleBot". Most web analytic programs have a way to aggregate a list of the user agents that are visiting your web site. When you acquire this list, you can search the web for info on each user agent or visit a resource such as http://www.user-agents.org/ to learn about them.
Here are some I have used with varying level of effectiveness:
Perishable Press Blacklist:
A great blacklisting script that helps filter out not only known user agents, but also IP addresses and known malicious requests intended to find weaknesses in your server.
Stop Forum Spam:
A community driven project that holds a database of known spammers on web sites that allow user generated content.
A system that helps you control user-generated content providers and contact forums; it analyzes the content and accepts or rejects it based on signals that would indicate spam.
I hope my experience with these bots, both good and evil, will help you determine how to best handle your own crawlers!
What other sites have helped you manage spambots?
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Bethlehem, Free State - The Independent Police Investigative Directorate on Monday was investigating a case of an officer committing suicide in custody.
The officer, accused of rape, hung himself on Saturday afternoon in a holding cell where he was kept alone, said spokesman Moses Dlamini in a statement.
"The evidence found at the scene suggests that the deceased hanged himself using shoe laces."
The officer had apparently raped his ex-girlfriend in the early hours of Saturday morning and was arrested the same day.


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HOUSTON - Deputies are searching for a man who robbed a northwest Harris County jewelry store.
Harris County sheriff's deputies said a man walked into Zales in the 22500 block of Tomball Parkway about 10:15 a.m. on Monday.
The man walked up to a display case, pulled out a gun, threatened employees and demanded jewelry from the case, investigators said.
Detectives said the employees put jewelry in a bag the robber brought with him.
The man walked out of the store and got into the passenger side of a gold, four-door Saturn.
The man was described as black, about 30 years old, 6 feet 2 inches to 6 feet 3 inches tall and 180 to 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a Chicago Bulls T-shirt, blue jean shorts, black tennis shoes and a Chicago Bulls cap.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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JOSH O'Hanlon's hat-trick inspired a stunning five-goal blast inside 17 second-half minutes as ruthless Poole Town went top of the league with a Magnificent Seven against Frome.
Dominant Dolphins had only Luke Burbidge's deflected opener to show for their first-half efforts but Cherries loanee O'Hanlon lit the blue touch paper with a cushioned touch and composed volley three minutes after the restart.
The young Irishman soon added his second as the hosts set about their scoring rampage with further goals from Michael Walker and new boy Mike Gosney.
Confident O'Hanlon lashed home his third with aplomb before Neil Martin scored the goal of the day with four minutes to play.
After a tepid start, Poole capitalised on a huge slice of luck to take a 16th-minute lead through Burbidge.
The tricky winger latched on to O'Hanlon's well-weighted ball and hit a low shot which cannoned up off a Frome defender, leaving keeper Darren Chitty stranded as the ball looped into the net.
The hosts maintained their dominance and really should have added to their lead before the break with Jamie Whisken's snapshot, a glaring miss from Luke Roberts and Gosney's slip with the goal at his mercy tantalising a buoyant crowd.
Those missed opportunities were, however, soon forgotten as Dolphins made a flying start to the second half, swiftly doubling their advantage after the break.
Steve Devlin's corner dropped kindly for Roberts and although the young striker's lobbed effort came back off the crossbar, O'Hanlon was on hand to coolly net in a crowded penalty area.
Frome looked a spent force and O'Hanlon soon made it three, netting with a thumping finish after the tenacious Devlin had won the ball back in midfield to thread through his colleague.
And it was soon four as Gosney's delightfully dinked free kick from the left found the towering Walker at the far post to overpower his marker and crash home.
The wayward visitors simply had no answer and a quickly-taken throw set up Gosney to turn and slam a swerving low effort across Chitty from the edge of the box.
Poole's landslide continued as O'Hanlon completed his hat-trick. Poole broke with pace and Burbidge slid a superb ball through the ragged Frome backline for the Irishman to coolly stroke past the advancing Chitty.
The hopelessly exposed Frome keeper pulled off a fine double save from Burbidge and Gosney to stem to the flow of goals as the game steadily began to peter out.
Gosney had another effort ruled out for offside with six minutes to play but the goal of the day was saved for the dying embers as left-back Martin took the ball in his stride, stepped inside and unleashed an unstoppable rocket beyond the despairing dive of Chitty.
Dolphins: Hutchings, Tallack, Martin, Walker, Whisken, Jermyn (Lowes, 66), Burbidge, Devlin, O'Hanlon (Davis, 70), Gosney, Roberts (Preston, 60). Unused subs: Lindsay, Manley (g/k).


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How do you keep your heart healthy?
February is National Go Red For Women Month. Ladies it's about keeping our hearts healthy and sometimes we forget about that Hearth Disease is the number 1 killer of women.
So we're asking you the question, how do you keep your heart healthy. Let us know so we can share with all of our girlfriends how we can keep our powerful red beautiful hearts pumping healthy.
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Douglas Fairbanks
No. 19 in a series of 50 from Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes
"Born on May 23rd, 1883 in Denver, Colorado, Douglas Fairbanks studied to become a mining engineer, but changed his mind and went on the stage, leaving in 1915 for screen work. He soon won stardom, becoming famous for his vigourous personality and acrobatic feats upon the screen. Perhaps his most famous silent film was Robin Hood. His talkies include Mr. Robinson Crusoe and The Private Life of Don Juan. In 1920 he married Mary Pickford. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is his son by his first wife. His brother Robert manages his business affairs."


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Rock Your Firefox - June 2010
by Mozilla
About this Collection
These add-ons were featured on Rock Your Firefox during June 2010.
6 Add-ons in this Collection
Evernote Web Clipper by Evernote
226,506 users
Use the Evernote Web Clipper to save things you see on the web into your Evernote account.
Collector's Note To read the review, visit http://rockyourfirefox.com/2010/06/evernote-web-clipper/
ReminderFox by Tom Mutdosch, Daniel Lee
46,546 users
ReminderFox displays and manages lists of reminders and ToDo's. ReminderFox makes sure you remember all of your important dates via easy-to-use lists, alerts, and alarms, right in your browser without the need for a separate calendar program.
Collector's Note To read the review, visit http://rockyourfirefox.com/2010/06/reminderfox/
Merriam-Webster by Wil Clouser (clouserw)
215 weekly downloads
English dictionary search.
Collector's Note To read the review, visit http://rockyourfirefox.com/2010/06/merriam-webster/
Wired-Marker by BITS Co., Ltd. & Prof. Okubo, BITS Co., Ltd.
6,485 users
Wired-Marker(http://www.wired-marker.org/en/) is a permanent (indelible) highlighter that you use on Web pages. The highlighter, which comes in various colors and styles, is a kind of electronic bookmark that serves as a guide when you revisit a Web ...
Collector's Note To read the review, visit http://rockyourfirefox.com/2010/06/wired-marker/
Google Shortcuts - All Google Services at a glance by Soeren Rinne, Carlos Jeurissen
16,548 users
Display all Google services as buttons or as a space-saving dropdown menu next to your address bar. Reach services like Gmail, Google reader, Google maps, Google calendar, and many more in a single click from your browser.
Collector's Note To read the review, visit http://rockyourfirefox.com/2010/06/google-shortcuts-2/
Yapta by John Yapta
2 users
Comparison shop for the best fares on airline websites. Yapta will track fares for the flights you like and notify you when prices drop.
Collector's Note To read the review, visit http://rockyourfirefox.com/2010/06/yapta/
What are Collections?
Collections are groups of related add-ons that anyone can create and share.Explore Collections
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Ask a Lawyer and Get Answers to Your Legal Questions
Yes, correct. They have issued an $820 credit towards an apartment. The apartment that I am living in is currently at $1040 per month, so I pay $220 per month.
No, no eviction notice has been given. Just an oral, sit-down, saying that I was being terminated as of today.
Yes, I had to sign a lease. Sorry, i wasn't very clear in my initial statement. Per the lease, an employee has 7 days to vacate upon termination until their employee credit gets terminated and the full rental agreement takes its place, which would be the $1040 per month. I am wondering, since 7 days is ridiculous to ask someone to leave, especially having no job, if I could possibly increase the time frame of that credit to the entire month, legal eviction time frame, or if I am stuck paying the remaining 20+ days of full lease, which would be prorated of course?
Pretty much what I was ready for was bad news, in these recent times.. But, thanks for verifying my suspicions.


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The Fairness Doctrine was an FCC (Federal Communication Commission) policy that was in place from 1949 to 1987 that required broadcast companies to do two things. First, they had to devote adequate time to controversial public issues and give fair coverage to opposing views on those topics. Second, those broadcasters had to allow reply time for citizens to react to those issues.
This policy was instituted by the FCC in 1949 in response to an FCC Commission Report which decreed that broadcast licenses should only be distributed when they served the public interest. To that end, the institution of the Fairness Doctrine ensured that broadcasters would further the public interest in the communities that they served by devoting some airtime to these public interest topics.
The primary opposition to the Doctrine came from journalists and other media producers, who considered it a violation of their First Amendment rights and that they should have the final decision in balancing and maintaining fairness in stories. In addition, rather than go through the extra effort of finding contrasting opinions for each story, many journalists decided not to cover these controversial topics at all, which created a "chilling effect" in which stories were not covered at all.
By 1985, the FCC decided that the doctrine was no longer useful for its intended purpose and that it violated the First Amendment which governing free speech (even though several Supreme Court cases had upheld its constitutionality in the past). In 1987, the FCC voted to revoke the Fairness Doctrine, though it technically remained on the books until 2011. At that time, the language that implemented it was removed from FCC regulations following a White House executive order for government organizations to eliminate unnecessary or redundant regulations.


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Homemade croutons are really easy to make, and you can whip up a batch in minutes. In fact, you can make your own croutons in as little time as it takes to make the salad you're putting them into. The best part is – you can make them with any old bread you have around – sandwich bread, dinner rolls, hot-dog buns. They're basically cost-free to make, and they're so simple!
We eat salad often here because it's a quick, easy and filling side-dish for a pasta dinner or a hearty bowl of soup.
Caesar Salad is our family's favourite, and it makes a fairly regular appearance at the dinner table. One of the reasons our caesar salad is so good is because we add homemade croutons. For me, a caesar salad just isn't complete without croutons. Actually, in my opinion, almost every salad is better when you add croutons!
It used to drive me nuts though, when I'd be all set to make a salad, and then discover at the last minute that we were out of croutons. So one night, I decided to make my own croutons from scratch, and I was so excited to discover how easy it was. And they're SO much better than those crunchy, rock-hard, store-bought croutons!
My homemade croutons are so fresh, and they're not filled with nasty preservatives like the ones that come in a box. Plus, you can store them for weeks in an air tight container!
The best part ist that you can make them with whatever bread you have on hand! Hotdog buns, croissants, kaisers, french loaf or just regular loaf-bread!
Once you start making your own croutons at home, you'll never need to (or want to) buy them again!
Yay! No more last-minute dash to the grocery store when you want to put a salad on the table!
Here's how you make them!
Quick and easy homemade croutons:
Go to your bread basket or wherever you keep your bread stash, and pull out something that's a bit on the stale side. Anything: French loaf, Ciabatta, homemade bread, hot-dog buns… Use whatever you have on hand.
I made the croutons in these photos with a few mini croissants that had been sitting in our bread drawer for a couple of weeks. They were very stale. Very stale is just fine.
Grab your stale bread cut it up into chunky cubes.
Now toss those cubes into a bowl and drizzle a little 0live oil over them.
You don't need a lot. Start with a tablespoon or so.
Stir 'em up good.
It's going to seem like only a few have soaked up the oil, but you'll see the sides of the bowl start to get oily, and you'll kind of know that they're all getting lightly coated.
If you need to add more oil, just add a tsp at a time. You don't want to soak your bread cubes.
You could add some flavour at this point too: a generous dash of parmesan, crushed oregano, basil or garlic powder. Whatever suits your fancy…
Now, spread your oiled bread cubes out on a baking sheet and pop them in the oven for approx 10 minutes at 350ºF.
You can gently toss or stir your croutons at the 5 or 6 minute mark. I never really find it necessary, but if you want to, go for it.
By the 10 minute mark, they should be a toasty, golden-brown.
That's it, that's all! Wasn't that quick and easy?
Storing your homemade croutons:
You can store your homemade croutons for a couple of weeks in an airtight container or zip-lock bag.
A friend of mine keeps hers on the counter in a sealed mason jar.
I often use a plastic cereal box insert to store my croutons in. Cereal box inserts are great. They're much cheaper than a ziploc bag, and it makes me feel good giving it an extra life before tossing it.
Aren't they pretty? And oh, my! They are SO delicious!
Say good-bye to those rock-hard, artificial croutons you've been using. Once you try these, crispy-chewy little gems, you won't look back!
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Ambiguity of Spring
TO ALL MY FELLOW BLOGGERS AND BLOGUETTES: SALUT! 14 April, A.D. 2010
My ambiguity about Spring. I have always been ambiguous about that Season, after all, the poet wrote
"April is the cruelest month"
(from the epic, "The Wasteland," TS Eliot)
Beauty of trees in bloom, ⎯the abundance of foliage after the bareness of Winter.
Yet in this same season we remember the Armenian Genocide (some 2 million souls, men, children, women, young, old, ⎯Armenian Christians⎯slaughtered during the Long March of Van , by Ottoman Turks, ⎯a crime the Turkish Nation still refused to acknowledge, ⎯even after the Germans have acknowledged their crimes in the Holocaust,, where 8 million souls, men, women, and children young and old of Jewish origin murdered en mass by German Nazis in the Concentration Camps of Europe crematoria with their black belching smoke of human ashes, between 1942 and 1945…
The Armenians constitute ¼ of my blood but for me a significant quarter, each year the date comes about, April 15th…and I think which of my relatives were amongst that anonymous mass of humanity, murdered on the side of the road on that Long March…I will never know, so I receive them all as my blood, along with my Ethiopic, Greek and Arabic/Moorish strains from the Island of our ancestors, Sicilia, in the Mediterranean.
Yes, whilst the trees were in bloom and Earth regenerated from the throes of Winter, this horrid darkness encompassed Spring, in April, 1915; and the years 1942 through 1945 in "civilized" Europe, Europe of Descartes, Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Immanuel Kant, Goethe…
My other "ambiguity" about the Season of Spring concerns⎯on a lighter note⎯my allergies! With the onset of this Season begins my suffering with runny nose, teary eyes, cough, sinus-clogs, etc.⎯this since childhood and it still continues (I always look forward to Spring but then again living back East, dreaded its onset at the same time.)
"April is the cruelest month," I have always understood that line of Eliot's innately, the words continue to resonate with me.
Memories of Spring. Maybe occurred in my 6th year (?). My grandma, Janaïna Sparaínos, told me then a cautionary tale, as it were. It was about a young girl who lived in the next village near my Grandma's on the Plain of Enna on the Island of our ancestors, Sicilia, in the Mediterranean. The young girl's name was Persephonéa ⎯Persephoné. One day the girl wandered away from her home⎯contrary to her mother's wishes⎯into a field of flowers nearby, to pick a bouquet for her mother, Demeter. Now this was the first contact with the poetry of my ancestors, ancient Greek colonists who, with African Carthaginians, were the first inhabitants of our ancient Island…Returning to the story, as my grandma told me, while the little girl was in the field picking flowers, the devil suddenly appeared out of the ground with his fiery steeds and chariot and snatched the young girl, taking her away with him into his underground kingdom, to be his bride. The devil, Hades, allowed the little girl to visit with her mother once a year only, when the flowers were in bloom and trees were in blossom.
That occasion became known as the Season of Spring, when Persephoné emerged from Hades to visit with her mother, the goddess of the Earth, Demeter. When the mother surrendered her daughter over to Hades (the devil, as the story has it) Spring was over. This poetry was passed down for the last 3, 000 years on the Island. As a teenager I researched the poetic story and traced it back to its origins, in Greek mythology.
Thus, my Grandma, was the one to first influence my budding poetic imagination⎯at the age of 6!
The Obverse) The joyousness of Spring:
My two daughters will attend the Giants' Baseball Opening Game, this Saturday, April 10th, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, which, as I write, is why I am here in San Jose at my daughters' home, to "babysit" my grandchildren, Joseph (11) and Maya (7)…
The other joyousness that has occurred this Spring: birth of 5 kittens to my cat, Esmerleda-Kitty. (I have two cats, Gigi-Kitty and Esmerelda-Kitty.) So I spent Easter, April 4th, with 5 Easter kittens and two Easter cats. One of the kittens I have named Harriet-Kitty, in honour of my friends at the Harriet Blog / Poetry Foundation … The other kittens named: (3 boys) Arâm, Jacques, and Yusef the Screamer; (2 girl kitties): Harriet-Kitty and Alice-Kitty (after Alice, Ted's widow, Alice Notley)... Mom-cat was exasperated with nursing so I had to feed these kitties with a baby-bottle and kitt-formula (acquired from the pet-store for a pretty penny!) Not much sleep – just like my days of being a dad when my two daughters were first born in 1967 and 1969… doing the "baby shuffle" but am grateful my mommy-kitty, Esmerelda, and her kittens are safe and well!
I end with this optimistic note, my fellow Bloggers and Bloguettes, with warm wishes for you all, may you find many creative adventures in the years to come; may you be enveloped in the mystery of Love, with some occasional glimpses of The Marvelous in your lives (Le Merveilleux).
"We are Life's Guests" – Boris Pasternak (during an Interview, 1959)—À Bientôt!—(Fr.,) So long for now!
P.S. My 16th book: ENVOY, published by Punch Press, Richard Owens, Buffalo, New York, AD2010. Not carried by my West Coast distributor SPD Books; must be ordered directly from the Publisher
Richard Owens, Editor
810 Richmond Avenue
Opening/Reading/Book Signing at MOE'S BOOKS, Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, Calif., MAY 26th, Wednesday eve. 7P.M. at the bookstore. Guest Readers, Andrew Joron and Ivan Arguëlles, my Friends and fellow poets. ---And, again, yes, Sina, you are my "colleague", but I prefer, "Fellow-Poet."—
Merci et Salut, je suis votre ami, Sotère
Sotère Torregian is an American poet, born in Newark, New Jersey on June 25, 1941. He attended Rutgers University, and taught briefly at the Free University of New York and Stanford University, where he helped establish the Afro-American studies program in 1969. In the mid-1960s he was associated with the...


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London - An emotional Steven Gerrard urged Liverpool to maintain their focus after they secured a pivotal 3-2 victory over Premier League title rivals Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday.
"Nothing is ours yet," he said, after addressing a tearful on-pitch battle cry to his teammates at the final whistle. "The important thing now is not to get carried away with that result."
Liverpool's win, secured by a 78th-minute Philippe Coutinho strike, left them seven points above City at the top of the table, and means that they will be guaranteed to claim the title if they win their last four games.
Gerrard, 33, has never won the Premier League and he had tears in his eyes as he called his colleagues into a post-match huddle while the home fans' celebrations raged around them.
The game was preceded by a minute's silence to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, when 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death during an FA Cup semi-final at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium.
Gerrard has a personal connection with the tragedy because his cousin, 10-year-old Jon-Paul Gilhooley, was one of the victims.
Roared on by a fervent home support, Liverpool went 2-0 up through Raheem Sterling and Martin Skrtel, but City hit back in the second half via David Silva and a Glen Johnson own goal, only for Coutinho to claim the winner.
Asked to describe the occasion, Gerrard replied: "Emotional." He added: "That win means so much. They got back into the game, but I think we showed today that we want to go to the wire. We want to go all the way.
"That's the longest 90 minutes I've probably ever played in. It felt like the clock was going backwards in some parts of that game."
Liverpool visit Norwich City next weekend, before another seismic home game against second-place Chelsea on April 27.
They then travel to Crystal Palace, before closing the campaign at home to Newcastle United, but Gerrard says that they cannot afford to look beyond the forthcoming game at Carrow Road.
"That is such a big result for us," he said.
"We've got four cup finals left. People said that was the biggest one (match), but I disagree – I think the biggest one now is Norwich.
"We need to stay calm and prepare for Norwich. The scenes are great today and the fans are very happy, but we have a day off tomorrow and then we go for Norwich."
Striker Daniel Sturridge, meanwhile, is doubtful after hobbling off in the second half, with manager Brendan Rodgers explaining that "he felt a wee bit of tightness in his hamstring".
Rodgers praised his side's resolve. "It was a remarkable performance," he said. "We showed so much spirit and quality." – Sapa-AFP


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Sweet Strawberries by Jennifer Raymond
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Sweet Strawberries
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Sweet and succulent, strawberries signal the start of summer. With small white blooms and bright red fruit, strawberries make their way into pies, desserts and drinks. Enjoy these crochet strawberries any way you want!
These strawberries call for worsted weight yarn and size E hook, but the yarn and the hook can be adjusted to make a larger or smaller strawberry.


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Radiation Therapy After Lumpectomy in Treating Women With Ductal Carcinoma in Situ or Invasive Breast Cancer
This study has been completed.
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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First received: February 5, 2003
Last updated: June 10, 2010
Last verified: June 2010
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It features orderly footage which provides us the basic premise of the flick.
Sure you must be wide awake to watch this early footage from the psychological thriller. Yes, a trailer for Jessica Alba-starrer "Awake" has been smoothly released by MGM and The Weinstein Company on the net by now.
Spinning a bit less than two and a half minutes, the trailer is submitted in both standard and HD format on Yahoo! Movies, but you can also reach for it via AceShowbiz's Awake Trailer page. Or simply just check it out below.
Characters played by principal cast members besides Alba like Hayden Christensen, Lena Olin, and Terrence Howard are all featured in as the trailer gives us the basic story of the movie. Shown in a time-line fashion, it presents shots from the wonderful life Christensen's character has up to his heart surgery where he experiences the "anesthetic awareness."
Written and directed by Joby Harold, "Awake" bills Alba as the love of Christensen's character Clay, Olin as Clay's mother, and Howard as a doctor who previously saved his life and is now his good friend. Pic originally cast "Requiem for a Dream" star Jared Leto to play the male lead, but in the end gave the part to Christensen instead.


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A mix of crisp charred haricots verts and blanched green and yellow wax beans, as well as juicy cherry tomatoes, gives this salad terrific texture. The spicy dressing includes roasted garlic and, less conventionally, roasted ginger (roasting mellows out the flavor).
- Preheat the oven to 350°. Brush the cut sides of the garlic with oil and season with salt. Wrap the garlic in foil, cut side up, and roast for about 1 hour, until very soft. Let cool, then squeeze the garlic cloves from the skins into a blender.
- Meanwhile, roast the ginger directly over an open flame until charred all over and slightly softened, 7 minutes. Peel and chop the ginger. Add to the blender along with the fish sauce, soy sauce, chiles, sugar and 2 tablespoons of water and puree until smooth. Season the dressing with salt.
- In a saucepan of salted boiling water, cook the beans until crisp-tender, 2 minutes. Drain and cool under running water. Drain again and pat dry, then transfer to a large bowl.
- In a very large wok or skillet, heat the 2 tablespoons of oil. Spread the haricots verts in the wok in a single layer and season well with salt. Cook over high heat until the beans are charred on the bottom and crisp-tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the haricots verts to the beans, then add the tomatoes and one-third of the dressing; toss well. Season the salad with salt and serve with the remaining dressing.
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Release Notes: Google calendar sync. A lot of polish on cell phone and Funambol client SyncML support.
Release Notes: SyncML 1.2 support. Full Evolution SyncML support through SyncEvolution. BlackBerry SyncML support through MobileCreek. Exchange (5.5+) SyncML support through Brutus and SyncEvolution. Many enhancements and cleanups.
Release Notes: A new HTML version has been released. A free LDAP Contacts service has been enabled. Contacts can have a JPEG photo. RSS/Atom support for todos/tasks has been added. You can set calendar colours. There are many DHTML and AJAX enhancements.
Release Notes: The scrollbar works better in list and todo views under Linux. HTTP AUTH fix for WebDAV calendars. Issues with editing and saving LDAP contacts were fixed. Tree color issues were fixed. Sorting may be done by first/last or last/first. Unhandled VCARD X- properties are preserved throughout the system. Outlook "File As" is preserved.
Release Notes: Dragging/resizing events, highlighting recurring events in the new year view, and saving edits to personal info have been fixed. Categories support to/from Sync4j SyncML, sensitivity support to/from Sync4j SyncML, and categories support to/from Sync4j SyncML have been added.
Release Notes: Several fixes to contact synchronization. A new GUI similar to OS/X iCal with transparency effects. A fix to support Sync4j's Birthday element. SyncML fix for the business fax number. Copy/cut/paste calendar components. Dynamic sorting for some tables.
Release Notes: OS/X iCal interoperability works. Self-healing code for missing iCalendar time zone definitions. Minor VCARD 2.1 parsing issues fixed. Tasks/ToDos are supported in SyncML via ./Task. Minor GUI enhancements. SyncML fixes for LDAP contacts, and renaming a contact works completely now. The first and last name VCARD requirement is gone.
Release Notes: The production release of shared calendars was made. The production release of HTTP AUTH support for WebDAV calendars was made. More types of illegal cell phone vcal data are supported. Minor GUI cleanups and enhancements were made. All XML special characters may now be used during sync. SyncML updates auto-update the WebDAV view. A fix was made for the permissions of the GUI.
Release Notes: An experimental Google-like calendar search was added. Experimental shared calendars infrastructure work was done. Support for non-ASCII characters in vcal was added. vcal photos are now ignored until the Siemens broken JPEG problem is solved. More strange types of vcal data are supported. Workarounds exist for all known cell phone problems. All LDAP special characters are allowed for contacts.
Release Notes: A monthly and yearly recurring events optimization error was fixed. The LDAP service is now completely integrated with SyncML. Complete support was added for Sync4j SyncML clients for contacts, events, and tasks. Support was added for the next beta Sync4j SyncML plugin for Outlook so you can keep Outlook contacts, events, and tasks synchronized automatically. Fixes were made for the English and Spanish translations. The LDAP service was upgraded. The first event you create is no longer automatically deleted. More undefined VCAL cell phone anomolies are supported.


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The Ethics of Human Rights Philanthropy
May 29, 2012 06:00 PM
End: May 29, 2012 07:30 PM
Location: UCL Faculty of Laws - Graduate Wing, 1 - 2 Endsleigh Street, London, WC1H 0EG
About the event:
This final Symposium from the Pentland Symposium series addressed the ethical challenges presented by philanthropy towards human rights organisations, both academic and non-academic. It considered recent charges that this kind of philanthropic giving distorts national politics; academic priorities; and undermines the will of Parliament.
Against the background of the Woolf report, the panel considered the ethics of philanthropic giving and how this form of funding might be treated so as to avoid accusations of bias, 'opinion-buying', and research agenda setting by donors.
- Sigrid Rausing (Rausing Trust)
- Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy)
- Anthony Tomei (Director, Nuffield Foundation)
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Situated in what was once an 18th century farmhouse, The Farmhouse at Mackworth has found its home in this beautiful building blending old and new to create the perfect place for a mid-week pit stop or a weekend getaway. Each of our 10 boutique bedrooms have been stylishly designed with plenty of extra touches added for that home-from-home feel. Every room includes luxury linen, towels and bathrobes, rain forest showers, White Company toiletries, hairdryers, smart TVs, and Nespresso machines.
The Farmhouse at Mackworth serves fresh, homemade food, including Josper oven cooked steaks and wood fired pizzas as well as Sunday roasts, using the best quality ingredients. As well as the bar, restaurant and hotel, The Farmhouse at Mackworth is home of The Folly; a spacious, stylish and intimate venue that is able to accommodate a range of party sizes and budgets hosting up to 130 guests for weddings an events.
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It's actually a video we just put up featuring the clumsy insatiable eating machine that is the bullfrog.
We shot this over 3 days using a Phantom camera and seeing frogs eat at high speed really is dramatic...hence the awesomely over-the-top music.
Frogs of all kinds are in serious trouble. They're facing the largest mass-extinction since the dinosaurs. Up to half of the species could disappear in our lifetime.
As part of amphibian ark and the year of the frog, this is our little side project to bring some attention to these creatures.


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The Little Falls Area Chamber of Commerce invites all Chamber and community members to a post-legislative dialog with Rep. Ron Kresha, R-Little Falls, and Sen. Paul Gazelka, R-Cass County, Wednesday, from 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. The event will be held at Little Falls City Hall, 100 Seventh Ave. N.E.
This is an opportunity for the public to hear a recap of the 2014 legislative session and a preview of the 2015 session. Gazelka and Kresha will be present to hear firsthand the concerns and issues that impact the success of your business. Questions and comments from the audience are welcome.
Direct question about the legislative update to the Chamber of Commerce by calling (320) 632-5155.


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Beyoncé's Tasty Weight Gain
Beyoncé has been working the Etta James wig for all it's worth during the time leading up to the release of her new album I Am… and film Cadillac Records.
And as for portraying James in the movie, Beyoncé points out to In Style, "I gained almost 15 pounds to play the role. It was way easier—and tastier—than having to lose so much weight for Dreamgirls."
That does sound tasty, B. Did you happen to consult any of your Hollywood peers for advice on how to properly pack on the pounds?
Surely some of them would have great tips to offer.
Of course, when you do an about-face and go to shed the extra padding, you might wanna steer clear of certain diets.


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PRODUCT The Fisher Price Sparkling Symphony gym is an excellent toy apparatus to keep any child entertained. It's bright colours, range of music tones and play toys mean that it will give you a break and your child some entertainment. Lying on your back can get boring even for babies. This gym will keep even the most active of child entertained. SUITABILITY It's suitable for children over 3 months old, and even when they stop lying on their backs they can play with it sitting up. So, you will get your money worth out of it. The good thing about this toy is that it's got different functions as your child grows. For newborns they have extended play of music and lights. Newborns love music and this has got some excellent relaxing music. For older babies, they can activate single songs and light patters by pressing things on the gym like the sun, moon or start. And for toddlers, babies can press keys to hear music notes or sound effects. The gym is easy to assemble and it can be folded up just as easily to save storage space. It's looks really attractive, with a range of bright bold colours, you can even start teaching your baby the colours. The gym features music from Mozart and Beethoven and others and has five children songs and a variety of sound effects. This gym is certainly a cut above the rest. I had bought my neice a play gym from Argos, but this one from Fisher Price is much better. The good thing is that it's very durable and it will last you a long time. My nephew has used is quite a lot but it still looks brand new. A good tip..... Use the baby gym when babies get restless but don't over use it otherwise they will get bored of it. Twenty minutes at a time is more than enought. If you can't put your baby to sleep the Beethoven music is really good and can really help. PRICE The Fisher Price Sparkling Symphony gym costs
£24.99 which is considerably more than the Argos play gym. But you do get more for your money, the range of music is excellent, the bright colours together with the extendable toys make this a really good apparatus for babies.
Yesterday night watching Iraq?s capital city being blown apart with after wave of bombs landing. I sat there in horror watching the live pictures unfold the same way I had sat there in horror watching the second plane crash into the Twin Towers. It came to be then, how ?two wrongs can?t make a right?. If someone does wrong to you, you don?t do wrong to them. Surely, not!. This war is pointless. I?m not anti-American and you don?t have to be Anti-American to be anti-war. This isn?t a war, it?s a massacre. It?s a destruction of a country and for what. To finish a job that Bush?s Dad didn?t at the end of the Gulf War. If Iraq have got these chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction then surely they will use them. The fact is they haven?t and the American?s know it and that?s why they are attacking them. Let them go to Korea, they know they have nuclear weapons and instead say ?diplomacy? is the key. The first thing the armies did was secure the oil pipe fields and that is the simple reason behind the war. OIL. By going to war, American and Britain have undermined the United Nations. There total disregard for the UN disgusts me. It makes me mad and poses the question ?who do American think they are?. I am ashamed that Tony Blair is so blinded by his loyalty to Bush that he can?t see the truth, the injustice of the war. To Bush this is all a big game. This so called war is just another show of America?s bully tactics and they will only serve to re-inforce the hatred many feel towards them. If everytime the IRA planted a bomb in our shopping centres, we didn?t bomb them did we?. The world should unite to oust Bush before he destroys the world. The hypocritical nature of Bush?s administration is for all to see. He can go to war, destroy the UN in the process for their means whilst at the same time refuse to sign treaties to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This from a president who was elected all too controversially.
I say, STOP THE WAR, and STOP THE WAR NOW!!!!! They say it will be worth it in the long run when the Iraqi people are liberated. But, I don?t believe in collateral damage. An Iraqi life is just as important as an American life. The only victor will be Bush when he gets his oil. Watching Fox News made me sick. They seemed to think it's all a big joke. They forget that it's real life, that there are people under them bombs like you and me. If the war should continue then we should allow Iraqi refugees to come to this country and to all the allied country, since it's their bombs that are going to displace them. I bet that will make people angry. So let any Iraqi displaced by the war come!
I was over at a friends house when she offered my some Lindt chocolate. I hadn't tried this chocolate before so you could say it was whole new experience and one that I really enjoyed. Brief History...... The Lindt & Sprüngli chocolate company originated as a small, father and son Zürich chocolate shop in 1845. From those roots grew the Lindt tradition in Swiss chocolate of the finest quality. As the company grew, Lindt chocolate became well known in Europe. Today, Lindt chocolate is an international company that is famous around the world. Taste...... Having tried the milk chocolate at my friends I thought it was excellent. As chocolate goes it was as good any that I have previously tried. So I decided to purchase the Lindt dark chocolate which again equally as fantastic. The taste was mouth-watering. It seemed to melt in your mouth with ease. It certainly went down well, as the box was finished quite quickly. Packs of Lindt now don't last long in our household. Once a piece has been snapped off, soon the bar is gone. If you have a sweet tooth then you should definitely treat it to some Lindt chocolate. It may now be so good for your waistline but it's excellent for treating yourself. You can get Lindt chocolate easter eggs, individually packed truffles that come in a box of 22. Try the Lindt Lindo chocolates they are really good and perfect to eat in front of a good film. Overall I love Lindt chocolate and my Mum buys it me everytime she goes shopping!. If like me you like chocolate then you should try Lindt, because I'm sure you will approve.
If like you like a good chewing gum then let me point you in the direction of Wringley?s Extra Thin Ice. It?s excellent gum as well as that it gives you cool Ice breath. The Wrigley?s brand is renouned, Wrigley?s Extra Thin Ice is relatively new. It?s different but in my opinion just as good. PACKAGING It comes in a tiny pack which you can easily carry around. Inside the pack you get tiny little blue pieces. On the packaging it says ?Extra? (which is in white) and then ?Thin Ice? in blue and yellow. It looks quite good. COST Unlike the Wrigley chewing gum which costs just 30p, these cost slightly more at 80p. However, you do get more for your money. A gum and a breath freshner. The cool Ice taste is also worth paying that extra for. You get 24 pieces inside so you do get more than the standard seven sticks. TASTE I like the way they leave a tingly feeling on your tongue. It?s definitely Icy and refreshing. I like the peppermint taste, and it leave a good taste in your mouth. DRAWBACK Be warned your mouth will be turned blue. Some kids however love a blue mouth and tongue!!! OVERALL I have tried this product a few times and they are worth buying. But, for somebody who just likes some gum then it may be best to stick to the Wrigley?s stick.
For anyone who isn?t entitled to free Dental care. Here are some tips especially if you are a student. First, I?ve been having a lot of trouble with my tooth. It has chipped a while a go but only recently it started to hurt quite a lot especially at night time. The pain was awful as you can imagine. After a week or so I decided that it was time for me to go to see the dentist. My last visit was some six years a go. So, I had to start from scratch. Luckily, there were five or six local ones all of which were private none were NHS. The first thing I found was the cost was huge. As a student there was no way I could afford such high costs. Nevertheless, I paid a £20 initial fee and went to see the dentist. As I waited for an X-ray result the woman at the reception passed me a piece of paper. Detailing the cost. My mouth nearly fell off. It said that my dental care, three visits would cost me £390. I was blown away. Imagining what I could do with £390 I was quite shocked. My pain was awful but surely it couldn?t cost so much. So I decided to visit some NHS dentists further a field. Luckily I found a dentist was going to do all my dental care which included, three X-rays, one tooth being removed, and polishing for £70. It was much affordable price. Although, my treatment took a month from start to finish, it was affordable and with the help of medication I was able to manage the pain. So my first advice is that if you are going to pay stay away from private dental care, if you are going to pay then pay at a NHS dentist they are much cheaper. Another advice would be try not to leave it to long before you visit your dentist. If I had visited my dentist regularly I could have saved myself a tooth! Also shop around, some places are much more cheaper than other. Don?t start any treatment before a full cost list otherwise you could start something you might be unable to afford to finish.
Want to buy a present that won?t cost you an arm and leg then try the Urban Decay make-up case. It contains two lipsticks, two lipglunks, a glitter body haze and four eye shadows. It?s suitable for teenagers especially since the nice bright eye shadow colours will look really good for a nice night out. However, it?s also suitable for someone older but I would say that it lacks the class for someone a bit older and someone who knows there stuff. The glitter is really good and id you like the sparkles then you will like this. Add it to the eye shadow and you can get a really great look. The lipsticks are also really good. They are easy to apply and once you apply you do not need to apply again for a good couple of hours. If you want to go out in the evening then its good to wear however I wouldn?t recommend wearing it all day long since you will keep on need to reapplying for the desired results. You also get two brush/applicators with the pack however be careful because the ends can easily come off. PACKAGING The face case comes in good packaging however you will have to wrap it up to give it that glamour result. The Urban decay face case costs £7.99 and is good value for money. However, if like me you are used to something abit more classy then you may think that you could do much better. But, if you have some teenage friends, cousins or daughters then I am sure this will go down as a treat. You can buy this product from Boots.
I was looking at the dooyoo internet sites when I came across faceparty.com The reviews on it seemed good so I decided to go and have a look. Faceparty.com is a website with over 904 104 members online. It?s a site where you can have lots of fun and meet people of similar interests. You can create your own free profile, add a picture and let other people leave comments or rate your page. You can use the Party chat to meet friends, have chat with people via your mobile without revealing your mobile number. You can even get invited to parties hosted by the site managers. There?s the facts about the site??now the truth. It?s extremely slow to navigate and unless you are a geek and can?t make friends in the real world. This site isn?t for you. It looks so amateurish. Even the décor of the site reminds me of something babyish. The profile pages are not very good. If you bother to wait five minutes for three or four sentence to load up, it?s not worth bothering with. As for the meet people through the site. Unless you want to meet some perverted people I?d also advise staying away from both the SMS and chatroom. Regulation is poor and the chat is filth. Any good points?. NO. Even the name of the site doesn?t match the contact. It?s hardly a party! I?m sorry this opinion is brief but there?s not much to say about this site. I wouldn?t bother wasting your time signing up to become a member. I can see no benefits to the site.
If you are looking for a good quality eyeshadow then look no further than Urban Decay Eyeshadow. AVAILABLE From Boots it is brilliant to use, easy to apply and suitable for a variety of occasions. COST It costs just under £10 but you pay for what you get. In this case you do get quality. You only have to apply once or twice at most during the day. The look is just as good in the evening as it is in the evening. LOOK Use Urban decay eyeshadow and you will get a smooth, glow look around your eye. Tone it up and it looks cool, classy and perfect a night out. Or if you want you can tone it done to achieve that sophisticated look. SHADES You can get Urban decay in four colours. The ones I have tried or silver and brown. Both are good and both give a different look. PLUS POINTS It may seem like you are paying a lot for an eyeshadow but your money is well spent. First it will last you a long time. My first eyeshadow from this brand was pruchased almost a year a go and its still going strong. So in the long run you get your money worth. Secondly, when you wear this eyeshadow you will get a noiceable difference and the odd 'that's a nice eyeshadow' comment which is always nice. PACKAGING Comes in nicely silver shaped box. Looks classy and doesn't disappoint. OVERALL There's a lot of eyeshadows on the market. It can be difficult choosing which one to buy. Urban decay eyeshadow will add glamour to your eyes. It's good on your skin and won't irratate. Thumbs up from me.
Grain Bar If you don?t have time to have breakfast in the morning or like me you are not a breakfast person. Then try Kellogs Nutri-Grain Bar. It?s nothing heavy and won?t make your stomach churn. If I have something to eat in the morning I just can?t stomach it. That was until I found Kellogs Nutri-Grain Bar. It?s light, full with all the nutrition?s that you need and most importantly it won?t make your stomach churn. There?s a range of bars to chose from. From fruit filled middles, to bars with currants, oats and even apples. You can buy them individually from supermarkets or you can buy them in a multi pack. I personally like to buy the multi-pack for £1.97 since you will get enough Kellogs Nutri Grain Bars to last you for a full week. They are also advisable to eat as part of a low calorie diet since they only contain 140 calories. Taste?. They actually taste very nice. They are quite sweet and despite the rugged brown appearance of the bar they taste really nice especially the middle part. It?s perfect to put in your bag and eat it when your hungry. They are great hunger fillers. They come in nice packaging and I would recommend them to anyone. You don?t have to eat them in the morning, you can eat them when you feel hungry or if you are on the move and you can?t find anything else to eat. They are available from most newsagents, supermarkets and co-ops. There?s often a buy two get one free offer on at Superdrugs. If you haven?t tried on then I would definitely recommend it because they are very nice. Overall, Kellogs Nutri-Grain Bar are tasty snacks to eat. They are just the right size to fill you up and it means that your stomach will no longer be making the hunger noises. For 30p bar they are extremely good value.
If like you used to have Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger and a few other chatroom software applications then Trillian is for you. It combines all the chat messengers into one. WHAT TRILLIAN CAN DO FOR YOU? It will save you hard drive space as you only have to download this software. Yes, you can uninstall your Yahoo and MSN Messengers or your ICQ programme. Your computer will be faster and you will have less icons on your screen. This will mean your computer will crash less often and your computer will hopefully be a bit more efficient. Trillian combines the following five applications: MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM and IRC All in one. So if you are a member of more than one then sign up. You can have multiple accounts and still use Trillian. You can then access five chat software?s using one application-Trillian. You get all the extra?s like emotions, sounds as all the other messengers just less hassle.You do however need to be sign up with Yahoo messenger to talk to people on Yahoo messenger so ID is still required. Trillian is free to downloads and it downloads really fast. It only takes a few minutes to download and it can be downloaded from: www.download.com or www.trillian. cc It?s got good security features and if you do experience a problem they do have a good helpline that you can contact. Trillian is reliable and easy to use. It has all the features of Yahoo and MSN Messengers and will save you a lot of hard drive space. It?s definitely worth checking out!
PRODUCT This is an extremely luxurious perfume. The name suggests a bit of mystery, supernatural and the perfume doesn?t disappoint. It got this kind of mysterious smell to it. Something you think you have smelt before but in fact you haven?t or have you? It?s a perfume that I haven?t really heard of but it?s one that will match any perfume bottle that you have. In other words, it won?t disappoint. Made by Scannon Ghost is one a range so if you like this perfume there?s plenty more from where this came. SCENT The scent is quite floral and quite natural. It smells quite summery, that nice summer flowery smell you get. It?s quite musky but better than that. It?s actually quite difficult to put in words what it smells nice but I would say a cross between Jean Paul Gaultier?s and Ralph Lauren. The scent isn?t very strong and won?t over power you. PACKAGING It comes in a really well designed transparent bottle. It?s a thin vase like shaped bottle and looks very good. It would make an excellent gift, it looks very expensive and would shine up any dressing table. It?s a blue bottle and has the word Ghost written in silver, which adds a bit of class to the perfume. AVAILABILITY It?s actually quite difficult to get hold off. I did manage to get a bottle from House of Fraser but I am told that if you look in good perfume shops you can actually get hold of a bottle. There are other fragrances from the Ghost collection which you may want to try like Ambush, Generation or Iceberg. PRICE You can get a bottle (medium sized) for £25 which is good value. It lasts quite a long time and would make an excellent gift. I recently purchased a bottle for my Mum and she loved it. OVERALL This is a good perfume. It?s not one that I would have bought as there are so many to chose from these days but it?s certainly one that I would recommend.
Arguably the greatest leg-spin bowler in Cricket history. But, another unavoidable fact. A drug cheat. It may seem cruel, bland even but the so often the truth is. Look at Linford Christie he was an exceptional 100m sprinter but surely anyone with half a bit of brains can figure it out. Afterall, how many 35+ do you know who can run 100m under ten seconds. None, exactly. However, with Shane Warne it was different. He was true, genuine class. The first bowl that he bowled against England, he bowled Mike Gatting. It was pure genius as the ball turned and deceived even a great batsmen like Gatting. It was start of a terrific and exciting career for Shane Warne. And of course he didn?t disappoint becoming Australians leading wicket taker. He became a legend in his own right. So, he failing a drug test makes it even harder to take. I wonder why?. Surely, he doesn?t need them. Yes, he?s had his shoulder injury and his form has been affected. But, surely not. But, then again who knows. Maybe yes. Afterall it was he and Steve Waugh who got a fine and a good telling off for betting on matched. The truth is no-one knows. One thing they (they I mean the drug cheats) have in common is that they all protest their innocence. No-one ever admits fault so for us the public we never know who to believe. Was it a genuine mistake, maybe it was maybe it wasn?t but his reputation will be forever tainted. The lesson for anyone cricket lover or fan of sports is that drugs can wreck careers. Shane Warne, will miss out in playing in the World Cup. His probably last opportunity to show what he could do on the world stage. He will miss the opportunity to show that he still can do it on the top level. If the truth is that his Mum gave him so dietary supplements then Warne should have known better than to take any supplements before checking with the team doctors. But, whatever the case, whatever the story the World Cup will be a lesser
place without Warne. A truly brilliant spin bowler. I hope his name is cleared for crickets sake more than anything.
If you have teenage children this is a site that could interest you. What is Shop Solo? It?s a shopping portal for teenagers. It aims to provide a clear directory of all online shops that accept Solo, which is a debit card for teenagers. This site helps find shops and sites that accept the Solo card. However, the great thing about this site is that it?s got some fantastic products to offer teenagers within their budgets. So, everything is affordable. Of course the only problem is being a teenage site some of the products might not appeal to older people. However, I did find some of the things appealing. For example, you can buy a pocket DV2 Camcorder for £99 it?s got some great features and the price is also very good. They have sections on books, clothes, DVD & Videos, Electronics, Gifts, Miscellaneous, Music, Sports, and video Games. They all contain lists of items suitable for 13-19. If you are looking for a gift for a teenager you can get some really inspirational ideas. For example, if you click on the Gift section you will find a list of sites that provide gifts for teenagers. Simple click onto the name and you will be directed to the site. The site is well laid out, it?s features are simple and navigation is fast. This is a very good online directory for shops and sites that accept Solo cards. On the website you can find a list of the ten best teenage sites. This site is in fact in association with teentoday.co.uk. If you are a teenager or have teenage children then direct them to this site because I am sure they will find it interesting. There?s not much else you can say about this website. It?s extremely useful for teenagers as they are it?s target audience and if you want some good ideas or tips on what to buy teenagers then this site will be useful.
Having watched Training Day on the weekend. Last night my brother went and bought the DVD. Please read my last op for an opinion on the film. Just to recap it stars Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke who work together. Denzel Washington takes Hawke on a Training Day. Ethan Hake plays Jake and Denzel plays Harris. Of course, it?s a very eventual day with a few twists and turns in the plot. Overall, it?s a good film. Watching it on DVD I thought it slightly better. You certainly get quite a few extra?s. There?s an alternative ending to the film-although it?s not that different it?s quite good to say what other ending they had in the pipeline. Also there are some extra scenes, some of which haven?t been used in the film. Again, it makes good viewing. I like some of the scenes with some really gritty action in it. If you have watched the film, the DVD will make a lot more sense and more interesting viewing because you can piece things together. You also get about a fifteen minute commentary on the making of the film, the location etc. If you like facts and figures then this will interest you. You get the soundtracks to the film and some extra rap music which lasts about four to five minutes. For £7.50 you buy the ?Training Day? DVD with the following features: Commentary by director Antoine Fuqua Theatrical trailer(s) Never-before-seen footage Alternate ending Behind-the-scenes documentary 2 Music videos: Nelly's "#1" and Pharoahe Monch's "Got You" Widescreen anamorphic format Overall, the DVD is a great acquisition if you like the film. If you do like the film then the DVD will make a lot of sense and make interesting viewing. My brother liked it more than me which may suggest he liked the film more----which is true, he did.
I watched this film on Saturday night on Sky Box office. It lasts just under two hours and is a certificate 18. It stars Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris and Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt The plot revolves around Ethan Hawke?s first day at work as an undercover cop. To what seems as Denzel Washington showing the ropes to Hawke is actually a very clever plot that only gets revealed later on. The first twenty minutes are quite uninspiring really. The two drive round and I did think to myself at this stage that this wasn?t going to be a film that I was going to particularly like. Then, suddenly the film bursts into action when Ethan Hawke spots two men trying to rape a girl. He gets into a fight with them and saves the girl. As she runs off he picks up her pass. This unknowing to him will actually save his life later on. Meanwhile, Denzel Washington manages to persuade Ethan Hawke to take some drugs. A clever ploy by him since now he has drugs in his blood and he will cleverly manipulate this later on to get Ethan Hawke to do what he wants. Denzel Washington goes around town to what seems to the audience as showing Hawke the ropes but in fact he is collecting cash since he need money to pay off some people who will kill him by mid night if he doesn?t. His plot seems to be working perfectly. As he gets an arrest warrant, plots the perfect arrest and finds a substantial amount of money-of which of course he keeps from himself so he can pay his debt off. However, Hawke his unimpressed. He joined the police to catch criminals not to become one. However, he?s persuaded by Denzel Washington to go along with things because it?s the only way to catch the proper criminals. Denzel?s killed at this moment and made it look like it was a self-defence shooting. He even shoots a cop twice to make it look real. And Hawke is told to say that he shot the guy. However, Hawke is not so impressed. However, wh
en Denzel Washington leaves Hawke in the company of some Mexicans, the end looks near for Hawke. They are just about to kill him when they see the photo of the girl he earlier saved from being raped in Hawke?s pocket. Yes, it?s a small world and guess what she?s the niece of one the guy?s who?s trying to kill Hawke. So he rings her up, she confirms that a ?scruffy white guy? saved her. And guess what he?s saved. Now, Hawke goes after Denzel Washington. He realises the trouble that he?s in and how he stole the money to pay his debt for killing a Russian. Not to impressed that his so called friend left him nearly to die. He goes after him, steals the money and despite Denzel?s Washington?s plea from the help of the ?black neighbourhood? they are not willing to help. They are sick of him to be frank. The end has come for Denzel and he is gunned down. At this point I looked away. The Training Day was over and so was the film. My verdict?.. The acting was good. Both actors played the role well. Denzel Washington was excellent and different from the normal roles he plays. I liked the way he said ?Even King Kong hasn?t got anything on me?. But, the irony was that despite all his awareness he is gunned down at the end. The storyline is weak in the beginning, it takes half an hour just to get going. But, when you watch the film to the end you can then understand why. So, if you feel tempted to leave in the first quarter don?t there?s much more to come. It?s got quite a bit of violence and contains some bad language. On the whole this is a good film. A good storyline with two very good main actors. A bit of a boyish film but one that females won?t dislike either.


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I am pleased to be here today to discuss our work regarding health care fraud in
Since 1997,
My testimony today focuses on the types of providers that have been investigated for fraud and the outcomes of those investigations, and strategies that could be used to combat
These products were developed using a variety of methodologies, including analyses of fraud investigations and outcomes data obtained from federal agencies, review of public court records, examination of relevant policies and procedures, and interviews with agency officials. n4 The work on which these products were based was conducted in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain sufficient, appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives. We believe that the evidence obtained provided a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives.
Medical Facilities Were the Most Frequent Subjects of Criminal Investigations, and Hospitals Were the Most Frequent Subjects of Civil Investigations
In recently completed work, we found that medical facilities (such as medical centers, clinics, and practices) and durable medical equipment suppliers were the most frequent subjects of criminal fraud cases in
According to 2010 data, about one-quarter of the 7,848 subjects investigated in criminal health care fraud cases were medical facilities or were affiliated with these facilities. Additionally, about 16 percent of subjects were durable medical equipment suppliers. Among the subjects investigated in criminal fraud cases, a small percentage (approximately 3 percent) were individuals who were beneficiaries of health care programs.
Most of the subjects investigated for criminal fraud in 2010 were not pursued--meaning that the HHS-OIG did not refer the subject's case to DOJ for prosecution. According to the 2010 data, 1,086 subjects were charged in criminal fraud cases and approximately 85 percent of them (925 subjects) were found guilty, pled guilty, or pled no contest to some or all of the criminal charges against them. Among those subjects that were found or pled guilty or no contest, the most frequent subjects were medical facilities (18.7 percent) or durable medical equipment suppliers (18.5 percent). See table 1 below for additional information on subjects who were found or pled guilty or no contest in 2010 criminal cases by provider type.
Table 1: Number and Percentage of Criminal Health Care Fraud Subjects That Were Found or Pled Guilty or No Contest by Provider Type, 2010
............Number of subjects that were found or pled guilty or no contest ..........Percentage of total number of subjects that were found or pled guilty or no contest
Medical facilities
Medical centers or clinicsa ..........130 ............................18.7%Medical practices ............43
Durable medical equipment suppliers ........171 ............................18.5
Other centers, clinics, or facilities ........58 ............................6.3
Other ................49 ............................5.3
Home health agencies ............42 ............................4.5
Pharmacies ..............40 ............................4.3
Management service providers ..........33 ............................3.6
Nursing homes ..............14 ............................1.5
Medical transportation companies ........14 ............................1.5
Pharmaceutical manufacturers or suppliers ......9 ............................1.0
Mental health centers, clinics, or facilities ......9 ............................1.0
Medical supply companies ..........8 ............................0.9
Insurance companies ............5 ............................0.5
Dental clinics or practices ..........4 ............................0.4
Government employees, contractors, or grantees ......3 ............................0.3
Hospitals ..............2 ............................0.2
Unknown affiliation
Individualsa ..............220
Health care providers ............52 ............................31.6
Data unavailable ............19
Total ................925
Source: GAO analysis of Department of
Notes: Data in this table are for calendar year 2010. For the subjects in the DOJ's USAO data, we identified the provider type using the court documents obtained from the Public Access to Court Electronic Records database. The data from HHS-OIG pertained only to health care fraud in
aAmong the 130 subjects affiliated with medical centers or clinics, 8 subjects were beneficiaries. Among the 220 individuals whose affiliation was unknown, 95 were beneficiaries. In total, there were 103 beneficiaries who were found or pled guilty or no contest to some or all of the criminal charges against them. This represents approximately 11.1 percent of all criminal subjects who were found or pled guilty or no contest.
Additionally, about 11 percent of the subjects found guilty or who pled guilty or no contest were beneficiaries of health care programs. Among the 925 subjects that were found or pled guilty or no contest, 103 subjects were beneficiaries--95 of whom are listed as individuals in Table 1 and 8 of whom were affiliated with medical centers or clinics. For example, in one of these criminal cases, a number of people associated with a medical clinic, including owners, an administrator, employees, a physician, and beneficiaries pled guilty or were convicted for their participation in a scheme to defraud
Hospitals and Medical Facilities Were the Most Frequent Subjects of Civil Fraud Cases, Including Cases That Resulted in Judgments or Settlement
Hospitals constituted nearly 20 percent of the 2,339 subjects of civil fraud cases investigated in 2010, and other medical facilities accounted for about 18 percent of the subjects. Less than 1 percent of subjects involved in civil health care fraud cases were beneficiaries of health care programs.
Not all of the subjects investigated in 2010 civil cases were pursued; by pursued, we mean that the USAO or DOJ's
Table 2: Number and Percentage of Subjects in Civil Health Care Fraud Cases with Judgment for Government or Relator, Settlement, or Both by Provider Type, 2010
........Number of subjects with judgment, settlement, or both ..................Percentage of total number of subjects with judgment, settlement, or both
Hospitals ..............165 ............................27.4%
Medical facilities
Medical practices ............65
Medical centers or clinics ..........35 ............................16.6
Other centers, clinics, or facilities ........41 ............................6.8
Home health agencies ............34 ............................5.6
Nursing homes ..............26 ............................4.3
Durable medical equipment suppliers ........25 ............................4.2
Management service providers ..........21 ............................3.5
Dental clinics or practices ..........21 ............................3.5
Pharmaceutical manufacturers or suppliers ......19 ............................3.2
Insurance companies ............15 ............................2.5
Pharmacies ..............13 ............................2.2
Medical transportation companies ........11 ............................1.8
Mental health centers, clinics, or facilities ......5 ............................0.8
Other ................5 ............................0.8
Medical supply companies ..........3 ............................0.5
Government employees, contractors, or grantees ......2 ............................0.3
Unknown affiliation
Data unavailable ............58
Health care providers ............34
Individuals ..............4 ............................15.9
Total ................602
Source: GAO analysis of
Notes: Data in this table are for calendar year 2010. For the subjects in the USAOs and DOJ's
CMS Has Made Progress in Implementing Strategies to Prevent Fraud, but Further Actions are Needed
CMS has made progress in implementing strategies to prevent fraud, and recent legislation provided it with enhanced authority. However, CMS has not implemented some of the key strategies we identified in our prior work to help CMS address challenges it faces in preventing fraud. Among others, these strategies include strengthening provider enrollment processes and standards, improving pre- and post-payment claims review, and developing a robust process for addressing identified vulnerabilities.
* Strengthening provider enrollment processes and standards--As we have reported in the past, strengthening the standards and procedures for provider enrollment could help reduce the risk of enrolling providers intent on defrauding
* Improving pre- and postpayment review of claims--As we have reported in the past, having robust controls in claims payment systems to prevent payment of problematic claims can help reduce loss. n9 Effective prepayment edits that deny claims for ineligible providers and suppliers depends on having timely and accurate information about them, such as whether the providers are currently enrolled and have the appropriate license or accreditation to provide specific services. In prior work, we found weaknesses in the database that maintains
* Developing a robust process for addressing identified vulnerabilities--As we have reported in the past, having mechanisms in place to resolve vulnerabilities that lead to improper payments is critical to effective program management and could help address fraud. n13 For example, fraud in the
Although CMS has taken some important steps to identify and prevent fraud, including implementing provisions in PPACA, more remains to be done to prevent making erroneous
As the authorities and requirements in recent legislation become part of
n1 In 1990, we began to report on government operations that we identified as "high risk" for serious weaknesses in areas that involve substantial resources and provide critical services to the public.
n3 See GAO, Health Care Fraud: Types of Providers Involved in
n4 The products listed at the end of this statement contain detailed information on the methodologies used in our work.
n5 GAO-12-820. We use the term "subjects" to refer to individuals and entities involved in fraud cases. These subjects can be individuals, such as a dentist or a nurse; an organization, such as a pharmaceutical manufacturer; or a facility, such as a hospital.
n6 Individuals, known as relators, can bring civil health care fraud suits in the name of the government under the False Claims Act (FCA). The FCA prohibits certain actions, including the knowing presentation of a false claim for payment by the federal government. 31 U.S.C. [Sec.] 3729(a)(1)(A). In these cases, known as qui tam cases, the relator can receive a portion of a monetary settlement, and reasonable expenses and attorneys' fees and costs. 31 U.S.C. [Sec.] 3730(b),(d).
n7 See GAO, Medicare Program Integrity: CMS Continues Efforts to Strengthen the Screening of Providers and Suppliers, GAO-12-351, (
n8 Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat.119 (2010), as amended by Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA), Pub. L. No. 111-152, 124
n9 See GAO,
n10 GAO-12-351.
n11 See GAO, Fraud Detection Systems:
n12 See GAO, Medicare Fraud Prevention: CMS Has Implemented a Predictive Analytics System, but Needs to Define Measures to Determine Its Effectiveness, GAO-13-104 (
n13 GAO-12-801T.
n14 See GAO,
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