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|Jane Smiley, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for "A Thousand Acres." (ELENA SEIBERT)
Front row at the talkies
Hollywood novel depends on a hyperverbal cast of characters
Ten Days in the Hills
By Jane Smiley
Knopf, 449 pp., $26
In 11 novels over the past quarter-century, Jane Smiley has combined a good-natured, ardent curiosity with a vast narrative intelligence -- both about how the novel should work and about the particular architecture she creates therein. The best of her fiction delivers whole worlds entire: the heartbreaking, high-stakes realm of horse racing in "Horse Heaven," the melancholy regret of "The Age of Grief" and "Ordinary Love and Good Will," an Iowa farming family stumbling through life in "A Thousand Acres." Even when she sacrifices a greater depth to her own cleverness, the result can be splendidly satirical -- take her brilliantly rendered send up of academe in "Moo," or her portrait of the all-American dream of real estate in "Good Faith." Time and again she has confirmed her place in the high hills of American fiction, thanks to her brains, her wit, and her emotional resonance.
Little of which is put to good use in "Ten Days in the Hills," a long-winded, sexed-up Hollywood novel that seems as infatuated with its own volubility as it is exasperating. Smiley has borrowed from Boccaccio's "The Decameron" to jump-start her story, much the way she drew from "King Lear" for "A Thousand Acres"; Boccaccio's medieval classic is a set of interlocking tales from 10 refugees who have left the city to escape the Black Death. Here the contemporary scaffolding is a group of movie people and various hangers-on who hole up together at a couple of mansions in west LA in late March of 2003 -- the morning after the Academy Awards, and days after the US-led invasion of Iraq. Their reluctant host is a 58-year-old director named Max who's waning in every sense of the word -- he can't summon the requisite virility to make a movie or to please his lover, Elena. But he can still talk dirty, or talk dirty with metaphors (about war and power and movies, always movies), and so he does -- in one average-sized paragraph at the start of the novel, I counted 12 uses of the word "penetration." And let's face it, that's not even a very sexy word.
But if Max is all hat and no cattle, that doesn't stop him from dreaming; his current fantasy is to make a feature-length film, mostly fleshy close-ups, called "My Lovemaking With Elena." And yes, he got the idea from "My Dinner With Andre," which "Ten Days in the Hills" closely resembles, at least so far as solipsistic dialogue is concerned. Because there's very little action to speak of (beyond sexual athletics, which are plentiful), the main social interaction for the group is conversation; because they are only thinly fleshed out beyond their interchanges or their inventor's satirical viewpoint, the talk itself is cheap. "What do you want to do today?" Max asks Elena at the start of the novel. Comes her quick and thoroughly implausible reply: "Hide out from the war." Oh, OK , honey -- want some sparkling water with that overly delicate political conscience?
One of the problems with the novel is that its conceit (that a group of privileged go-getters have wandered onto this ship of fools for 10 days) is more convenient than it is realistic. Besides Elena and Max, we have his 23-year-old daughter, Isabel (back from New York and searching for the meaning of life) ; Elena's son, Simon, who's on break, maybe permanently, from UC Davis ; and Max's ex-wife, Zoe Cunningham, a half-Jamaican pop celebrity whose commanding beauty can stop traffic, even in LA. There's her guru-boyfriend, Paul, who is such a finely depicted snake-oil salesman that he may be the most interesting character in the novel. (When Zoe recounts a dream during one of their paying sessions, he closes his eyes, stumped, then asks: "Did you know you were once a god?") There's Stoney, Max's agent, who, at 38, is wildly in love with Isabel, and Charlie, Max's right-wing friend from back east, who provides plenty of political fodder for Elena's position on the war. Two older women are no doubt meant to represent Cassandra and the
"Ten Days in the Hills" zigs and zags through each of these characters' dramedies, full of sound but very little fury, trying to locate its moral center in (besides the idyllic Delphine) Elena, whose outraged sentiments about the war turn out to be a highly sensitized form of obsessive-compulsive disorder. (This is one of the more cynical revelations of the novel.) But the points driven home are pedantic; the characters who espouse them, hollow -- or so farcical that we don't really give a damn about them. One recurring theme, which has the cast moving to a fancier place down the street, is an effort by a group of wealthy Russian financiers to snare Max into remaking Gogol's "Taras Bulba" -- another story about war and religious hatred, the point of which defeats itself. Amid the sparkling talk of the novel (which goes on among opulent settings and fine vegetarian dining) are shaggy dog stories and rehashed film plots and a few political tirades; interestingly, Smiley has given one of the most credible voices on the war to Charlie, whose support-our-troops stance is at least heartfelt. This moment is indicative of one of Smiley's great gifts as a writer, which is her generosity of vision -- she has created a straight man with a thoroughly sympathetic point of view.
The blow-by-blow sexual explicitness of "Ten Days in the Hills" enhances the feeling of the French farce; there are even a couple of Russian maids -- Monique and Marya! -- who appear after hours to offer special services. Writing about sex is a slippery slope, of course -- it can fail in a variety of ways, and when it succeeds, the spotlight is inevitably cast upon the author's intent. Certainly Smiley has mastered the technical challenge; for sheer gasps and thrusts and pillow-talk, she rivals John Updike. The question, though, is -- toward what end? We already knew she deserved a place on the field with the pros. Her mastery here of sexual realism gives us a more intricate group portrait -- Zoe shags Simon, Isabel shags Stoney, and Paul seems to be having phone sex -- but it's a portrait whose individual components don't amount to much. "Ten Days in the Hills" is full of endless pages of amusing conversation about myriad subjects, most of which confirms the author's range and intelligence but does little to engage the reader. At one point in the middle of the novel, at the end of a long night of movies and bickering, Paul considers that he is adrift on "a sea of languor with a group of people who on land could be avoided, and were therefore fine enough, but here, on this cruise, were insufferable." Boy, do I know what he means.
Gail Caldwell is chief book critic of the Globe. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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MONTREAL (Nov. 12)
Intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews in Canada has been increasing substantially in recent years, a study by Louis Rosenberg, research director of the Canadian Jewish Congress, showed today.
The data showed that, whereas the intermarriage ratio among Canadian Jews was 3.8 percent in 1931, it had gone up to 16.5 percent in 1962, and rose still further to 18.5 percent in 1963. At the same time, Mr. Rosenberg said, the total number of Jewish marriages in the Dominion has been declining, going down by 6.6 percent in the period from 1941 to 1963. In the same period, he said, the rate of marriages among the general Canadian population increased.
From 1962 to 1963, he said, the intermarriage rate had gone up in the provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Quebec; but increased in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario. In general, the data showed, the intermarriage rate went up in areas with fewer Jews, and declined in the areas with the larger Jewish populations.

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Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen
(10.03.1867 - 05.08.1942)
place of birth: Flensburg,
Preußen: Kogenluft-Stabschef,
German officer and aviation pioneer Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen is considered to be the
co-founder of Germany's air forces. Thomsen served during the Great War
as Chief of Staff to the Commanding General of the German Air Force,
Kogen-Luft General von Hoeppner.
began his military career in 1887 as an officer in the Pionier
(combat engineers) service arm. He then spent the majority of his
pre-War service
duty either on staff at fortresses in Alsace-Lorraine, or serving on
the Great General Staff in Berlin.
the Great War, Thomsen retired but remained secretly active
during the 1920s at the German Military Mission in the Soviet Union as
Germany sought to re-establish its air power. Even though he had
meanwhile become legally blind, von der Lieth-Thomsen was reactivated
in 1935 with the rank of Generalmajor and served as nominal chief of
the German Air Force's Military Science Department until his death in
August 1942 on Sylt Island. Air Force General von der Lieth-Thomsen was interred at the
Invaliden-Friedhof in Berlin-Zehlendorf.
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The goal of Diamond Digger level 646 is to wake up 4 Fireflies and reach 100 points in 24 moves or fewer. Read the tips, watch the video and get an idea of what you're supposed to do on Diamond Digger Saga level 646.
Diamond Digger Level 646 Video
The video below demonstrates how I completed the level. It will show you what the objective of the level is and how you can complete it as well.
If the goal or layout of the current level is different compared to what you see in the video below, don't hesitate to let us know in the comment section below and we'll update the video.
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To complete the level we've compiled a small list of general tips that should help you along the way. While some tips are more useful than others, it's always good to be reminded of the basics.
- Most important tip of all is to take your time because there is no time limit. Calculate where diamonds will be placed after you create a match-up and search for the best match-ups possible.
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The call, scheduled for Friday, October 30, 2009 at 9:00 am Eastern Time, will be hosted by John D. Craig, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer and Michael T. Philion, Executive Vice President Finance & Chief Financial Officer.
The call will also be Webcast on EnerSys website. There will be a free download of a compatible media player on the companys website.
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The 55th Annual New Hope Automobile Show, presented by Porsche, has announced its 3rd annual "Road Rally." The rally takes place on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 10:00 am and is sponsored by Solebury Parks & Recreation.
Locals are invited to show up at the New Hope-Solebury High School in a classic car or an everyday car along with a $25 entry fee to compete in the event.
Participants will receive a list of questions to help navigate to the final destination. The rally is not a timed race nor based on speed, but a quest to answer the "scavenger-like" questions correctly and make it to the "unknown" last stop where winners will be announced. Once there, the answers will be collected for official scoring and trophies will be awarded.
Pre-registration is not required and all automobiles are welcome.
Of course, the Road Rally is just a stop on the way to the big main event- New Hope's antique and classic car show happening on Saturday, August 11 and Sunday, August 12, 2012 at the New Hope-Solebury High School.


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A CASE of mistaken identity led to tragic consequences when a man was viciously assaulted outside a discount store yesterday (Thursday).
The 35-year-old victim was in the BUYology store in Weldale Street at 4pmwhen he said hello to a woman he thought he recognised.
But after realising he was mistaken another man in his 20s confronted him before picking up a brick from bushes outside and running towards him.
The shocked shopper tried to flee the store but tripped over and cut his knee before the younger man smashed him over the head several times with the brick.
The injured man suffered a cut forehead, eyebrow and knee and was taken to the Royal Berkshire hospital for treatment and later released.
His attacker is white with short dark hair and wore a yellow T-shirt and long shorts.
Witnesses should contact Detective Constable Graham Holdsworth on the 24-hour emergency number 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org


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Newb here. I went through the comprehensive "For the New Reloader" sticky.
I'm planning to start loading .30 carbine ammo. This is an expensive way to save money! I'm planning to get a Lee basic single stage press, a set of 3 dies, a bullet holder, brass tumbler, and powder scale. I already have the calipers, and I think I will just check the brass and get a trimmer when I have enough stuff out of spec.
If I buy new brass, the cost for the first go-round is the same as for factory ammo, so I don't think I will get new brass. I will have to check it for size and clean it. I don't see a lot of used equipment out there, but I will check what one guy 30 miles away has.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is on a mission to identify bank accounts that are safe and affordable for underserved banking customers, yet still profitable for banks that offer them.
To that end, the agency recently tapped nine banks, varying in size, location and business model, to participate in a case study by offering such accounts to their customers.
The agency described the accounts as being largely electronic, FDIC-insured and subject to applicable consumer protection laws, regulations and guidance, and as having reasonable rates and fees proportional to their cost. The transactional (i.e., checking) accounts will be checkless and won't charge fees for overdrafts or insufficient funds. Some accounts may include financial education, money transfers, bill payment, links to savings accounts to cover overdrafts and "reasonably priced" overdraft lines of credit or small-dollar loans.
Here's a list of what's on offer:
• Bath Savings Institution in Bath, Maine, will offer a new eSafe transactional account and an existing Basic Savings account.
• Citibank will offer savings accounts to low-income microloan borrowers in New York City.
• Cross County Federal Savings Bank in Middle Village, N.Y., will offer modified NYC First and Statement Savings accounts at branches in the Greater New York City area.
• First State Bank in Union City, Tenn., will offer a new card-based Checking Plus Basic transactional account and an existing Regular Savings account.
• ING Direct in Wilmington, Del., will test the appeal of its existing Orange Saving account for underserved low-income customers in Seattle-Tacoma, Wash.; Baltimore-Towson, Md.; Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga. and Philadelphia, Penn.-Camden, N.J.-Wilmington, Del.
• Liberty Bank and Trust Co. in New Orleans will offer new E-Cash transactional and savings accounts.
• Pinnacle Bank in Lincoln, Neb., will offer Pinnacle Safe Deposit accounts in Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri.
• South Central Bank in Glasgow, Ky., will offer new transactional and savings accounts, promoted in partnership with community organizations.
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Climate regions are classified according to the Köppen Climate Classification System. The system became widely used after 1900, when Wladimir Köppen devised a categorization of the Earth's climates based on the flora and soil found in the regions. Tropical climates belong to the low-latitude climates that are characterized by tropical air clusters regulated by the equator. Broadly, tropical regions can be divided into two climate regions: tropical moist climates and wet-dry tropical climates. In addition, a third region can be found in deserts, a dry tropical climate that is sometimes also referred to as desert biome.
Tropical Moist Climate
Tropical moist climate is found in rain forests, particularly in the Amazon, East Indies and Congo. The climate is characterized by high humidity (typically up to 88 percent) especially during summer, and an even air temperature of about 27 degree Celsius all year-round. Heavy rains happen throughout the year. Tropical moist climates can be further divided into two categories: tropical wet and tropical monsoon climates. Tropical wet climates have heavy rain showers almost daily, air temperature stays even year-round, and the weather is most often sunny. Tropical monsoon climates differ from the tropical wet climate by having a few months every year with less rain.
Wet-Dry Tropical Climate
Wet-dry tropical climate is the climate found in savannahs and sometimes also referred to as a tropical continental climate. This type of tropical climate covers most areas of Africa, India, northern Australia and South America. Typically, savannah climates have a distinct dry and wet seasons. The dry season is considerably cooler than the wet season, which is in the summer with temperatures rising to 40 degrees Celsius. Wet season does provide heavy rains; however, considerably less than monsoons and not enough to have entire forests in the region, thus the areas it affects are known as grasslands.
In an article on climate change, the Independent Newspaper reports on greenhouse emissions and other environmental concerns affecting tropical climate regions. Climate change is spreading tropical regions further south and north. The consequences to affected areas are tropical climates that produce more storms in some areas and more drought in others. The widening of the tropical climate regions can also directly effect global warming, expediting its progress.
Desert Biome
Dry tropical climate, also known as a desert biome, happens in desert areas bordering the equator on both sides. This type of climate is typical in northern Mexico, Argentina, central Australia and southwestern United States. These desert areas have intense heat that quickly, with light winds, dissipate any moisture from rains, resulting in arid desert conditions.


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|Reviews for Beggar's Banquet
| ElleVipsilon chapter 1 . 9/16
This is really nice and truthful to their character. I like how Sansa reminds the Hound's aggressive actions toward her in King's Landing, not only the ever used phrase "you won't hurt me" and his knightly actions.
| De rien bitches chapter 1 . 8/26/2015
| blackkitty95 chapter 1 . 10/2/2014
This is so, so beautiful! Well done.
| hellou4 chapter 1 . 5/23/2014
Goddamn beautiful! You succeed at putting the lemon elements into the deep, beautiful storyline together, and you round it up just amazingly! I cannot believe, why haven't I found this earlier, you're awesome.
| WildBubblesRoam chapter 1 . 5/7/2013
That was wonderful!
| wubwubwub chapter 1 . 5/6/2013
i found this one strangly sweet.
Even though it does not seem Sansa would ever turn into this kind of character as she is mostly a foolish little girl considering all that has happend to her.
Still like the dialoque. It contributes her with an attitude most appriacated.
| Vikingheart chapter 1 . 2/17/2013
I really liked this!
You have a nice style, describing the smut in a very poetic way, while still keeping it HOT! :-)
Their dialogue in the beginning was very well written, you really kept them both in character! THANK YOU for this story!
| voodooqueen126 chapter 1 . 2/15/2013
This is brilliant.
| Anonymous chapter 1 . 2/14/2013
Great fanfic! I love how you managed to keep them both in character:)
| kashicanhaz chapter 1 . 2/14/2013
That was delightful! Sent flutters through my tummy, that one did-brilliant job as always!


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Nintendo Wii
Review by ss__samy
"This console truly is a revolution"
This is it. The gaming revolution promised by Nintendo we've all been waiting for. Ever since the N64 failed to be as great as the previous Nintendo console, the SNES, Nintendo's console sales have been in a bit of a slump for nearly a decade. The N64 had some awesome games, but it ultimately fell to the PlayStation even though it was a 64-bit console with more graphical horsepower than the PS. The GameCube also had some amazing games, but it ended up in third place last generation despite it having more powerful hardware to the PS2, which got more sales.
What was the problem? The consoles were definitely did not lack horsepower, but due to some crucial mistakes by Nintendo, they did not live up to their full potential. In the N64's case, Nintendo decided to keep using cartridges that they manufactured instead of CD's, like the Playstation. Even though cartridges required no external memory card to save games and had no loading times, they were very expensive to make and the N64 lost a lot of third party support. Nintendo feared the N64 might have gone the way of the Sega CD so they used cartridges. The Gamecube had no DVD player, and since DVD was new at the time of its launch, the DVD player was a major selling point. The mini disks used by the Gamecube also held less data than the disks used by the PS2 and Xbox. Third party support was better on the Gamecube but less cross platform games made it onto the Gamecube.
However, in one E3 press conference, Nintendo promised their new home console would be a gaming revolution. They claimed horsepower alone could not sell a system. And lo and behold, in November 2006, they brought us the Wii. Like they said, it had weak hardware compared to the 360 and PS3, but it boasted the most innovative control scheme ever seen in a long time. And it does all this at a low price.
Hardware: 7/10
The Wii is the smallest and sleekest Nintendo console to date. It has an Apple-esque look and feel and is fits in very well with your entertainment system. It can be laid down horizontally and also be placed on a vertical stand. The blue light in the slot loading drive is also a very nice touch.
If you compare the Wii's CPU and GPU to those of the other two next-gen consoles, you will find that it is a dwarf by comparison. The Wii is around 1.5 times as powerful as the Xbox. As of August 2007, it can go up to a max. resolution of 480p. Due to the Wii not being able to play games in HD, many people were highly critical of its weaker graphics processor. But let's not forget that this console is meant to use innovative controls that put you right in the game. The graphics are also not a total eyesore and are completely bearable. They lack the HD sheen but they are still quite sufficient for many people who don't even own HDTV's. It also unfortunately only has 512MB of flash memory for storage. The Wii's sound capabilities are still extremely good, if you hook it up to the right speakers.
If you put its graphical capabilities aside, the Wii has some very interesting features. It has a flap on top that, when opened, reveals four Gamecube controller ports as well as two Gamecube memory card slots. The Wii is backwards compatible with all Gamecube games of its region. Its slot loading drive accepts the DVD sized disks the Wii uses as well as the mini disks the Gamecube uses. It has two USB 2.0 ports on the back, which allow for things like keyboards and LAN adapters to be attached, and it has built in 802.11b/g Wifi.
Controller: 10/10
What an amazing piece of technology the Wii remote is. You can really tell Nintendo worked their tail off to perfect its design and technology. It uses accelerometers and optical sensors to provide full motion sensing capabilities. Imagine swinging the remote to hit a baseball or to mimic Link's sword. There are so many possible games that can work perfectly on the Wii controller. It has rumble and also includes a small speaker on the front, so whenever you shoot an arrow you will hear a "twang" from your Wii remote which will fade into the TV speakers. The controller has a large A button near the top of the remote, a Control Pad, a power button in the corner for turning the Wii on or off, a B trigger at the back, a "Home" button with - and + buttons on either side, and finally the 1 and 2 buttons. Unlike most recent consoles, the remote itself has no analog stick. The Wii remote can be used in conjunction with a "Nunchuk" attachment. The Nunchuk is a smaller controller with some motion sensing capabilities as well, and it plugs right into the bottom of the Wii Remote. Since the Remote is one-handed, the Nunchuk gives you the option of playing games with two hands, since some game genres will require the analog stick and the Z and C buttons as well as the motion sensing within the Nunchuk.
You can also buy a Classic Controller, which is used for playing some of the Virtual Console games. It is shaped like a Super Nintendo controller, and has the same button layout, except it adds on the Home, + and - buttons as well as two analog sticks and two extra shoulder buttons. The Classic Controller requires no batteries, it plugs right into the back of the Wii remote.
Developers have to grasp the new concept of the Wii remote, and therefore a lot of Wii games are not perfect. The motion controls may not be as responsive as you think and sometimes the controls just feel tacked on. However, as developers familiarize themselves with the remote, the controls for games will improve over time.
Interface: 8/10
The Wii uses "Wii Channels" as its primary interface. Whenever you turn on the Wii, you will be presented with Wii channels, a bunch of rectangles on the screen, each with different features. You can point to any rectangle that is filled in. You can select a Wii game but there is also the Mii Channel, the Weather Channel, the News Channel, and more.
The Mii Channel is interesting. You can create your own avatar by selecting different skin tones, hairstyles, accessories, height, name, and more. Nearly every Mii can be unique.
Game Selection: 7/10
The Wii is a console that has a wide audience. Nintendo is trying to reach out to those who haven't played video games before and show them how easy and fun it can be. Therefore, a lot of games are targeted at these new gamers and thus the Wii is plagued with too many minigame collections.
The Wii itself comes with a free game, Wii Sports, which is an amazing game to show off the Wii controls to a newcomer. You can play Tennis, Baseball, Bowling, Golf and Boxing. The controls are amazingly responsive and Nintendo chose a great way of reaching out to non gamers.
For people who enjoy playing more hardcore games, the Wii still delivers. It has a decent library of games such as Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Paper Mario, Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and more
Online/Multiplayer: 4/10
At the moment Nintendo has released VERY few online games for the Wii. And Nintendo's friend code system makes things safer for younger gamers, but it is less convenient than using Lobbies or universal IDs. Thus, some developers like EA use their own dedicated online system for the Wii.
For those who enjoy battling Pokemon or playing Mario Strikers, they have those titles online, but nearly nothing else can be played online. Nintendo needs to fix their online system, and they need to do it soon.
The Wii delivers. You are getting a fresh new gaming experience and the games will just keep getting better. Nintendo is at #1 in sales for a few reasons. They reached out to non gamers and they provided innovative, fun gaming at a low price. Graphics will be the least of your worries. Mario, Link, Pikachu and company will have new life breathed into their franchises. There is nothing out there like the Wii. No other console delivers such innovation, and no other console can reach out to such a huge audience. Nintendo has their flaws, but I think they are on the right track to success. Anyone who hasn't tried the Wii will be absolutely stunned at how much fun it is to play. Kudos to Nintendo for revolutionizing gaming!
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 01/08/08
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Beth A. Schrope holds M.D., Ph.D., and F.A.C.S. degrees. She joined the faculty of the Department of Surgery in July of 2001 as a Clinical Instructor after completing her residency with New York Presbyterian Hospital. She assumed her current position as Assistant Professor in July of 2002. She is the Director of the Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ. She graduated with an M.D. degree from Temple University in 1996. Prior to joining the profession of medicine, she completed a Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering at Drexel University in 1992 and won numerous federal grants as principle investigator for research work in medical ultrasound. At the moment, her clinical areas of interest include bariatric surgery and surgery of the pancreas and biliary tract as well as surgical ultrasound. Her research interests include novel applications of autologous pancreatic islet cell transplantation and bariatric surgery outcomes research. Dr. Schrope is an active member of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
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EOS Ultra Moisturizing Shave Cream Reviews
Alright but not the bestIt smelled good and it was one of the most moisturizing shaving creams i've used. The issue I had was it came out as a lotion not a shaving cream. It didn't "foam up", it was simply putting body lotion on so that I couldn't see very clearly where I had already shaved. Not to mention I needed like 5-6 pumps to cover half my legs, a little did not go a long way which is disappointing considering it'...read mores more expensive. I probably used this to shave my legs like 4-5 times before it ran out. I'd rather just save my money and use a good lotion afterwards to make up for the moisture. — 1 year, 10 months agomikenza | 77 reviews
Wonderful shave creamThis shaving cream is wonderful. I have tried it in all three scents and they are all great. The formula deeply moisturizes skin while providing a smooth base to shave. The hairs are picked up easily with this shaving cream and my sensitive skin is soothed after using this. The only complaint is that it is difficult to get all the remnants out of the bottle - the pump stops working when there is s...read moretill so much product left inside and its difficult to shake the rest out. That is only a design flaw, however, and doesn't have an impact on the product overall, which is really great. — 2 years, 2 months agoanniebeaux | 129 reviews
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!Where do I even begin????!!!! This went above and beyond my expectations! I was dazzled and amazed! I am a fan of EOS brand. The lip balm, hand lotions, and now the shave cream. It's affordable ($2.99 ish I think??) so you don't break the bank. It has an iconic smell that isn't too overpowering but it is still pleasant. It claims you can shave wet or dry. I haven't tried shaving my legs dry and i ...read moredon't think I ever will to be honest! But they make this statement because it has so much moisture which is hard to believe but i can see it! It leaves my legs silky, smooth, and flawless. I live up North so in winter my skin can get dry, this shave cream combats that! I would recommend it to everyone! They make a smaller travel size one, so if your weary about buying the full size product, just get the travel/trial size one. I think it is around $.99 so DEFINITELY a steal! — 2 years, 10 months agobgrathwohl | 25 reviews
Really Enjoyed it.I admit that I bought it for the packaging and smell. However, I found that it worked well. I was surprised that it came out as a lotion and not as a foam. I have a feeling that this is because it's wet and dry so if you dry-shaved, this would act easily as a lotion that you could just rub in. This was fine for me. It stuck and lubricated better, in my opinion. Foam tends to wash, fall, or stick t...read moreo surfaces and water so this was better for me. It didn't clog up my razor like others say but I use (and prefer) single or double blade razors because that's all you, quite frankly, need. It did extremely well. The razor went over my legs great and my legs aren't feeling irritated like they do with other products. For the first time in a long time, I don't have razor burn. The pump was fine for me. The bottle isn't slippery (it has a thin layer of silicone I believe) and a little goes a long way. It stayed thick for me. Others who say that it thinned out must have been doing something wrong. Since it lubricated so well, I didn't knick myself as much. I did knick myself once but that's because I slipped a little so it's my fault, not the cream's. I think I'll be buying this from now on. It has a good price, too. — 3 years, 1 month agotpofsam | 3 reviews
Love this stuff!I'm always looking for ways to go chemical-free with my beauty products, and this is definitely a great substitute for my usual shave gel. It's more of a thick lotion that doesn't foam like other shaving creams. It's also insanely moisturizing and my skin has never felt so smooth after a shave. The one bad thing about it is that because of its thickness, it doesn't dissolve well and can get stuck ...read morebetween razor blades. It'll wash out with a little more effort. Overall this is a great product and one of my new favorites. — 3 years, 2 months agotruebeauty123 | 39 reviews
Terrific product!I really like this product! I bought the pink one and it smells great! Usually, when I shave, I feel like my legs are on fire, but not with this product! My legs are smooth, smell good and don't hurt as they usually do after I shave. My razor didn't get clogged, it's true you have to get used to the texture, but it's worth every cent in my opinion. — 3 years, 7 months agoAmyrosie | 2 reviews
I like it and I don't.It certainly isn't amazing, but it's vegan and that's enough for me. It smells pretty good, Its at Walgreens, which is pretty much the only store near here, and isn't too expensive. But, it isn't very smooth. It works but I feel like it could work better. — 3 years, 11 months agoraven_winters | 9 reviews
Great Product!I absolutely love this product! I personally like to use it on dry skin but I run my razor under water after every "line" I shave. After shaving I take a bath or shower and cleanse with body wash to remove the excess product. After I get out and dry off there is no need to apply moisturizer because this product is like a lotion itself. My legs have never been more smooth and have absolutely no razor bumps!!! Highly recommend trying this product. — 4 years agomissbuddy | 4 reviews
Smells wonderfulI love the eos products there my fave and I have the vanilla bliss and it smells magical — 4 years agoRagen6704 | 2 reviews
Review subjectsmells awesome i got the purple lavender one. It was kinda hard to use in the shower tho and didnt provide much lather or moisture like I thought it would it seemed like you need alot to get it to stay without rinsing off in the shower. I think that it is more for dry shaving when you arent competely wet. not a terrible product but not great either I will probably jus stick to regular shave cream from now on. — 4 years, 1 month agokfloyd01 | 37 reviews
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When Alvin Greene won a primary election in June 2010, it wasn't just us Palmetto State people who were surprised as hell.
The shock that an unemployed, non-honorably discharged veteran awaiting trial for obscenity charges could somehow beat a well-known political figure, and without having done any type of campaigning, shook from coast to coast -- including the West Coast home of Jason Grant Smith.
But he didn't respond in the format chosen by us South Carolinians, many of whom just argued (and drank) and debated (and drank) while trying to figure out just who the hell was this Greene guy, and how the heebie jeebies did he wind up taking 60 percent in the primary.
Instead, actor/writer/director Smith actually sought answers, which he's now finalizing into a documentary titled "I Voted?"
The movie, covering not just Greene's surprising upset but the overall imposition of electronic voting machines, recently completed its filming and is now in the production phase.
Smith intends to release "I Voted?" in time for the 2014 election season.
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What was the trigger? "I couldn't understand how it was that in our 24-hour news cycle, nobody could figure out what happened," he recalls from the multiple news reports circulating immediately after Greene's shocking upset.
"David Axelrod (nationally-known campaign advisor) was on "Meet the Press' shortly after Greene's nomination and he couldn't explain it. Obviously, something bizarre was taking place and I wanted to try and understand it."
He landed in South Carolina with camera in hand two months before the 2010 general election searching for answers to those questions we all still have.
From Greeneville to Charleston and much in between, he spoke with candidates and political activists. He asked county election officials and voting machine critics. Smith questioned local media, and even got insight from national media icon Dan Rather.
"While traversing South Carolina, I tumbled into the byzantine rabbit hole of American elections," he describes, "a mechanism rife with technical, legal, accessibility, and people challenges."
But while South Carolina's well-known for using questionable electronic voting machines that offer no paper trail records to confirm their results, 15 other states use them, too. As a result, Smith had to widen the focus.
"I had no idea that 24 percent of the country uses touch-screen systems that are paperless and cannot be audited or recounted," he says.
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The NYT is touting the big news. China just passed Japan as the world's second largest economy! This is painful because the piece badly misleads readers about the relative size and importance of China's economy.
Measured by purchasing power parity -- a measure that assigns the same price to goods and services regardless of where they are produced -- China has long been the world's second largest economy and in fact is already more than twice as large as Japan's economy. It is only by using an exchange rate measure of GDP that China's economy ends up being a close rival of Japan.
The exchange rate measure adds up the size of the economy's output in its own currency, then it converts this measure into dollars at the current exchange rate. Of course there is a large arbitrary component of the exchange rate at any point in time. In China's case, the government has a policy of deliberately depressing the value of its currency. Some estimates put the under-valuation at more than 40 percent. If China allowed the value of its currency to rise, then its exchange rate measure of GDP would rise accordingly. In other words, China could have passed Japan in GDP by this measure two years ago if it had allowed its currency to rise by 20 percent against the dollar.
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"Do The Right Thing" is a film that told truths, director/producer/writer/actor Spike Lee said Sunday at a 25th anniversary screening of the film at BAM in Fort Greene.
Some of those truths just weren't known until recently.
"We had the crystal ball, we predicted what would happen. We predicted it. LA uprising, Rodney King verdict, we predicted it. John Savage's character, that Larry Bird jersey, Boston Celtics shirt, stepping on Radio Raheem, I mean stepping on Buggin' Out's Air Jordans, we predicted gentrification."
In other news, Lee's wife Tonya Lewis Lee told New York Magazine that he is to blame, partially, for the gentrification of Fort Greene and Brooklyn.
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Robin Williams is reconnecting with the 12-step program during a brief stay at a Minnesota facility.
A spokeswoman for the 62-year-old actor-comedian says Williams planned the visit as a respite to recharge after more than 18 straight months of work.
Publicist Mara Buxbaum said Williams is "taking the opportunity to fine-tune and focus on his continued commitment, of which he remains extremely proud."
Williams has been open about the challenges of maintaining sobriety. He sought treatment in 2006 when he relapsed and returned to drinking after 20 years.
Williams stars in the CBS series "The Crazy Ones" and the film "The Angriest Man in Brooklyn," which was released in May. He has several other projects in the works, including another installment of "Night at the Museum."
Reed left estate to wife, sister
Lou Reed's estate is worth over $20 million, and it's bequeathed to his wife – musician Laurie Anderson – and his sister.
Reed's executors value musical rights and various other assets in his estate at $20.3 million in court papers filed Monday in Manhattan.
The sum doesn't include the East Hampton, New York, home Reed bought for about $1.5 million in 2009 or his Manhattan apartment in a building where apartments sell for millions. The filing is part of the legal follow-up to Reed's will, filed in November.
The Velvet Underground frontman and "Walk on the Wild Side" singer died Oct. 27 of complications from a liver transplant. He was 71 and had no children.
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Joe Manganiello is sexy and single.
People magazine has crowned him Hollywood's hottest bachelor.
"I am part Sicilian," he told the magazine. "I am passionate. I am a hot-blooded person. If you don't like spicy, then maybe I'm not for you."
The "True Blood" hunk, who announced his split from girlfriend Bridget Peters in March, says he's "at my best when I have someone to wake up next to."
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Cool shot....
Hey Kris. Did you guys climb in Dennis's quarry at all this day? I am wondering what condition the routes on the far right side of Dennis's quarry are in. Any Pics?
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Feb 8, 2010
Hey Burt -- thanks for the comment!
From the road we saw two guys climb the flow to the left (Quarry Monster?). There were two thinner flows to the right that looked little thinner than in your picture from last year. Not quite in (?). Next time we're there, I'd definitely like to walk in to check them out.
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Computed tomography (Proceedings)
The use of computed tomography (CT), though not readily available at every institution, is becoming a more widespread modality for use in the small animal patient. Computed tomography affords a rapid evaluation of skeletal images with a small slice thickness that can be as small as 0.625. Computed tomography in chondrodystrophic breeds of dogs is being performed instead of myelography due to the rapid acquisition and ability to see mineralized disc material. Due to the increased availability of multislice CT scanners, sedated CT scans are becoming possible due to the fast acquisition time. The purpose of this proceeding is to describe the physics and benefits of CT imaging in the small patient and the new uses that this modality provides.
Computed tomography is a method of image acquisition similar to radiography. An x-ray tube is used to generate photons that pass through a patient and is read by a detector (similar to digital radiography). Where CT differs is the fact that the x-ray tube spins around the object being imaged to provide a cross-section of each section of the object without superimposition of structures as occurs with conventional radiographs. This elimination of superimposition allows for enhanced ability to detect fracture fragments, improves the ability to localize lesions (such as dental disease and sinus lesions) and increases the ability to see smaller lesions, when compared to conventional radiography.
Computed tomographic technology is generally talked about in terms of what "generation" a scanner is considered. For example, a third generation scanner (also called a rotate-rotate scanner) has a series of detectors that spins with the x-ray tube. A fourth generation scanner (also called a rotate-stationary scanner) has a spinning x-ray tube and a complete ring of transducers that do not move with the x-ray tube. A sixth generation scanner is the most widely available today and this is also called a helical scanner. The difference is that a fourth generation scanner generally has a large number of detectors, which means better resolution, when compared to the third generation scanner. A helical scanner allows for continuous acquisition of an image while the table moves to decrease the scan time required.The way an image is generated in a normal acquisition is that the x-ray tube completely circles the desired area and an image is generated. This provides the best possible resolution, but when three-dimensional reconstruction is performed, the image can look very irregular. This is because, like slices of bread, each slice will not perfectly align with the image cranial and caudal making a stepped appearance. During a helical acquisition, the table continues to move through the gantry allowing only 66% of a complete revolution around the object. The remaining 34% of the image is then extrapolated from the slice in front of the image and behind the image. Though this means that the image is not completely accurate, but it provides for a smoother transition between slices, smaller slice thickness and a more rapid acquisition.
Due to the use of x-ray technology, the use and interpretation of CT is more intuitive then other modalities like ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging. Computed tomography works on the basis of attenuation of the x-ray beam. Due to this difference in attenuation, it is possible to see acute hemorrhage, mineralization, small fragments of bone secondary to a fragmented medial coronoid process, as well as the difference between fluid and soft tissue when contrast medium is given.
Computed tomography's main benefits are rapid acquisition and lack of superimposition. The average CT study can take approximately 2-3 minutes per acquisition. Multislice CT scanners are similar to single slice, except that the multislice scanners have multiple rows of detectors allowing more than one slice to be acquired at a time. Multislice scanners range from 2 slice to 256, or infinite, slice. The more detectors that are present, the faster the acquisition and the smaller the possible slice thickness. However, just like with radiographs, a small slice thickness means more energy is required, which would adversely increase the patient's radiation dose. A complete head CT of a dog using a multislice CT scanner generally will take 20 seconds.
Due to the rapid acquisition and the amount of image detail, CT is considered the first imaging modality to evaluate the nasal cavity, the elbows and the thorax for pulmonary metastatic disease. Computed tomography is also ideal for trauma patients or patients that are paralyzed and are not stable enough for longer procedures like MRI. With the ability to reconstruct images in multiple planes as well as generating three-dimensional images, CT can provide rapid guidance for surgeons as well as being used by oncology for radiation therapy planning.


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I liked this lobster roll so much I felt the need to take a photo of myself doing a thumbs up. It was maybe my favorite of the MDI/Bar Harbor area and there is some stiff competition in this neck of the woods. It's a close call with Docksiders in Northwest Harbor. It seems like the there is some sort of dividing line for Maine lobster rolls. I think it's somewhere north of Camden, where the overall quality starts to go way up. You don't find much frozen meat or lobster rolls without tail meat up here, high quality stuff. I would say the only other region where you could go, stop anywhere, and have an excellent chance of getting a great lobster roll would be the New Hampshire coast. Something weird happens between the Maine border and Camden where too many places seem to think it's ok to serve frozen and/or shredded, low quality meat. Anyway, back to Down East, the meat was very tender, briny, perfect tasting. There were large chunks of tail, claw, knuckle and they were very generous about the portion, not quite so much that you need a fork, but right at the border, fantastic. Just the right amount of mayo, paprika, but it didn't bother me at all in this case. The roll was the standard white hot dog roll, but it was grilled to buttery perfection. There is somewhat of a water view from the picnic tables, but you have to look for it. Great lobster roll, don't miss it if you're in the area.
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Despite Election Day coming right on the heels of Hurricane Sandy, Chinese voters in Chinatown, Flushing and Brooklyn turned out in record numbers to cast their ballot for president, according to World Journal. The article below was translated from Chinese below.
New Yorkers faced the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy with transportation woes, loss of power and water, and temperatures barely above 40. But these factors did not deter voter enthusiasm, even despite waiting on line for over an hour. In many polling places across Chinatown, turnout was either a record high or close to it. The active participation of Chinese-American voters has also changed the stereotype that Chinese-Americans do not vote.
Many voters cast their ballot in the morning before heading to work. When polling stations opened at 6 a.m., there were already many waiting in line. In polling stations across Chinatown, Flushing, and Brooklyn Chinatown on Eight Avenue, there were many lines, with some even snaking across two blocks. The second peak occurred at 5 p.m. Many people were still rushing to the polls before the 9 p.m. closing time. Much of the staff at the voting booths said that they did not have time to eat or to go to the restroom.
"There are so many people. We simply don't have enough time," they said.
Many of Chinatown's voting booths saw a record-high turnout. In Confucius Plaza, more than 1,000 people turned out to vote. P.S. 130, which included eight districts, had almost 5,000 voters. The polling place at the courthouse located on Centre Street, which normally had only hundreds or even tens of voters, had almost 1,000 voters this time. P.S. 1, near East Broadway, had more than 350 people by 1 p.m.
"Seven out of 10 voters are Chinese-American," one Chinese translator said. Many Chinese voters said that they cast their vote for Obama and incumbent Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
The presidential election attracted residents who have normally not been very active voters. Mr. Sun, who was temporarily staying with relatives after losing power and water, said that he did not know that those displaced by Sandy could vote at any polling station. It took him four hours of bus and subway transfers to vote.
Many college students and elderly voted for the first time.
"This is my right," they said. "I am poor, so I definitely voted for Obama."
Many college students supported Obama's policy on low-interest student loans.
Before Sandy hit, one voter couldn't make up his mind on which candidate to vote for. But in the end, he went for Obama, after the president visited the region devastated by the hurricane while Romney did not.
Although New York is a Democratic state, there were still many who voted for Romney. Ms. Sun, who works at a garment factory and voted once four years ago, said, "Obama is a good guy, but he is too lax. The poor get welfare with no need to work. I'm over 50 years old and work from morning to night and earn a little more than $20,000 a year. I have to pay taxes but I do not have health insurance. A friend of mine has a family of five and both parents rarely work. With three children, they get food stamps worth about $1,000 a month. They also get a tax credit of about $10,000 a year. Obama encourages lazy people. This country's [fiscal] hole is just too deep!"


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ALDF Files Suit to Free Tony the Truck Stop TigerPosted on April 11, 2011
For more updates, visit our Tony the Tiger feature article.
June 27, 2012:
There is a hearing set for August six in Sandlin's lawsuit against the State; the court will hear ALDF's and the State's exceptions, which seek to have Sandlin's case dismissed. If we succeed, Sandlin may appeal. If we lose, the case will proceed to the preliminary injunction stage.
Sandlin's appeal of our original law suit finally got a briefing schedule, so we're expecting Sandlin's opening brief in early July, with our response due later in July. No oral argument date has been set yet.
May 7, 2012: In today's hearing in Baton Rouge, District Judge Janice Clark agreed that the Animal Legal Defense Fund and two Louisiana residents can be parties to the lawsuit filed by Michael Sandlin, owner of Grosse Tete's Tiger Truck Stop, against the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF). ALDF and the other interveners seek to defend the state's law banning private ownership of big cats. Thanks to today's ruling, ALDF will now have a right to participate in all steps of the litigation as it moves forward. Read more…
May 3, 2012: In today's hearing in Baton Rouge, the judge ruled ALDF's plaintiffs lacked standing in our lawsuit to force the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to do its job of enforcing Louisiana's big cat ban now that the Tiger Truck Stop and Michael Sandlin are keeping Tony the tiger without a permit, in open violation of state law. The judge also ruled that department has discretion whether or not to enforce Louisiana's law banning private ownership of big cats at this time. Read more…
April 5, 2012: The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit to force the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to do its job of enforcing Louisiana's big cat ban in the case of Tony. Michael Sandlin's permit to keep Tony expired in December, yet he has continued to keep Tony confined at the Tiger Truck Stop, in open violation of state law. Read more…
January 30, 2012: Last Monday, Judge Caldwell denied a motion brought by Michael Sandlin and the Tiger Truck Stop (TTS) that sought to suspend Judge Caldwell's order while Sandlin and TTS appealed. Read more…
November 2, 2011: Great news from Baton Rouge, where Judge Michael Caldwell has ruled in favor of the Animal Legal Defense Fund and Louisiana taxpayers in our lawsuit to free Tony the Tiger from the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete, Louisiana. Read more…
September 20, 2011: The court has scheduled two new hearings in the Tony the Tiger case. On October 17th, the court will hear the State's exceptions, which challenge the plaintiffs' standing to bring the case. On November 2nd, the court will hear ALDF's motion for a permanent injunction to revoke the permit that lets Michael Sandlin confine Tony at the Tiger Truck Stop.
August 29, 2011: This morning, the Louisiana Court of Appeals ruled that Michael Sandlin and the Tiger Truck Stop are necessary parties to the Animal Legal Defense Fund's lawsuit to free Tony the tiger and ordered a new trial in the case. In so ruling, the Court vacated the permanent injunction issued by the trial court that would have freed Tony in December. The decision means ALDF will need to amend its complaint to add the new defendants, then re-do the litigation thus far. While we disagree with the Court of Appeals' ruling, this is just a minor set-back. We are confident that the trial court got the law right the first time around and will rule the same way when we go through it again with Mr. Sandlin and the Tiger Truck Stop as parties.
August 15, 2011: ALDF lawyers were in court today to defend against Sandlin's attempt to get our case dismissed. In another victory for Tony, the judge denied Sandlin's motion. This means the case will continue to move forward. The Court has set a hearing date of September 15 for ALDF's motion for a mandatory injunction, which seeks an immediate revocation of Sandlin's permit to keep Tony.
July 19, 2011: The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a motion for a mandatory injunction in June that would compel the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to revoke the current permit and seize Tony–meaning that Tony would not have to wait until December to experience his new life beyond the Tiger Truck Stop. Although this specific request was part of ALDF's original complaint, the court did not rule on it at the hearing in May. A new hearing on the motion for a mandatory injunction was set for July 22, but has been postponed to a later date yet to be determined.
May 6, 2011: Victory for Tony! This morning, a judge in East Baton Rouge District Court granted the Animal Legal Defense Fund's request for a permanent injunction against the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, preventing the Department from renewing the annual permit that allows Michael Sandlin, owner of Grosse Tete's Tiger Truck Stop, to display Tony. When the current permit expires in December 2011, Sandlin will no longer be able to keep Tony confined as a roadside exhibit at the truck stop where he has languished for over a decade. Read more…
April 11, 2011
The stench of fuel. The deafening sound of diesel engines. The neverending boredom of captivity and isolation. Such are the conditions in which Tony, a 10-year-old Siberian-Bengal tiger, has spent every day and night of the last decade at the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete, Louisiana. It's no life for a tiger, or any other animal. That's why the Animal Legal Defense Fund has filed a lawsuit in Louisiana, arguing that the permit that allows Tony to languish in a roadside cage violates state law.
Kristin Bauer, the actress who portrays the lovely-but-lethal vampire Pam on HBO's award-winning True Blood, has teamed with the Animal Legal Defense Fund in the fight to free Tony.
Tony's Tragedy
In addition to being subjected to noise and diesel fumes 24-hours a day, Tony is also frequently harassed and taunted by visitors at the truck stop. His enclosure is devoid of adequate enrichment, such as logs, trees, or complex vegetation that would allow him to engage in natural tiger behaviors. He has no pool of water large enough to allow him to submerge himself to cool off in the blazing heat of the summer. As a result of the stress of his confinement, Tony constantly paces on the hard concrete surface of his enclosure, putting him at risk for dangerous and painful veterinary conditions. Michael Sandlin, the owner of Tony and the truck stop, has been cited by the USDA due to violations of the Animal Welfare Act, including a lack of proper sanitation and improper feeding practices.
Year after year of living at the Tiger Truck Stop have taken their toll on Tony's health. The ambient noise from the nearby freeway and the idling trucks, their diesel engines spewing noxious fumes directly into his enclosure, is painful and obtrusive to an animal with such sensitive hearing and an acute sense of smell, says veterinarian Jennifer Conrad, who has 16 years of experience with captive large cats and has visited Tony. "Based on what I have observed of Tony's enclosure at the Tiger Truck Stop and his behavior from video and photographs, it is my professional opinion that this tiger is in poor condition and needs intervention on his behalf," she says.
ALDF's Argument
On April 11, 2011, ALDF filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and its secretary Robert Barham, arguing that he violated state law in granting a permit allowing Sandlin to exhibit Tony at the Tiger Truck Stop. Joining ALDF as a co-plaintiff in the case is former Louisiana Representative Warren Triche, who authored the state's law which led to the ban on the private ownership of tigers. Two other Louisiana residents, also deeply concerned by Tony's long-time suffering, are additional co-plaintiffs.
At the heart of ALDF's position is the fact that Sandlin's current housing of Tony violates state and local laws. In 2006, the Louisiana state legislature unanimously passed Act 715, which required LDWF to control the private ownership of big cats. The department enacted regulations prohibiting citizens from keeping a tiger as a pet or exhibiting a tiger in the state. In passing these regulations, the department rightly declared that possession of big cats and certain other exotic animals poses significant hazards to public safety and health and is detrimental to the welfare of the animals.
The regulations provided an exception, however: individuals who legally owned big cats as of August 15, 2006, were grandfathered in. These owners would need to apply for an annual permit from the LDWF. An ordinance passed in Sandlin's parish of Iberville in 1993 made it illegal for anyone to keep a tiger or other large exotic cat on his or her premises for exhibition. In other words, Sandlin did not qualify for the exception because he was not in legal possession of Tony. In addition, Sandlin is ineligible for the state's grandfathering provision because he does not live on the premises where Tony is kept, contrary to regulations.
Despite the fact that Sandlin was ineligible for a grandfather permit, the LDWF nonetheless issued him one. ALDF is taking the department to court to invalidate this illegally-issued permit.–and free Tony from his troubled life at the truck stop.
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My Name Is Olga, My husband is a truck driver and I was traveling with him when we stopped at this place my husband said do you want to see a tiger I throught he was kidding I walked to the cage with him and could not see the tiger at first as I was looking around in this small
hot cage and saw the tiger sleeping on the top part of a small inclosed cage. My heart droped I felt like crying I was so upset with my husband because he showed me this. There was nothing I could do for this poor animal . Its really discussting how can this be allowed. I would like to help in any way I can


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