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Wow... awesome poster. I can only hope that is what the wallpapers and dvd pic is gonna look like.
Unlike I Love You Phillip Morris' poster is just a teaser as well, i'm doubting that is going to be the actual poster. Same with this, I don't think it's going to be the actual poster. I wish it will be/is though.
By the way, the official website for the movie is:
Can't wait for the updates... and the teaser trailer! Which should be coming very soon!
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Thanks i found my new wallpaper
Fluffy, fluffy, fluffy...
I might a known that't the first place you'd see.....
I first looked at the background, reminded me of my College Calendar,
then the face, I too realized it's a little Marie in the Sound of Music look.
Do love the colors and mood it sets,
when I saw it at first I thought of the song: Blue Skies, but now realize that is more of a down song than an up song. I wonder what the song would sound like with a peppy tempo.
Thanks a lot Grinchy Steve.
NOthing less, Fluffy, nothing less..
that's how I felt today out in the water watching the sunset and
the clouds rolling by, isn't nature grand, perfect day today for an
evening swim, water was warm, sandy clear, and rockin and rollin.
Beautiful day! Thanks God!
That beautiful day turned into such a horrid night.
I felt sooo good after then it all started to fall apart...
I had to pack for my flight, get all my papers together, I wanted to take the 8mm movie camera, couldn't because I had to pack extra papers that only frustrate me yadaddaaaayad. blah
my night was as bad as my day was good. Experiencing hell and heaven all in one day.
Worst was only getting 1 hr of sleep for the night, if that, it seemed like 5 minutes.
But now that it isl over, I can close my eyes andl go back to when I was in the water,looking up at the skies and remember how beautiful those moments were.
I tried, but similar to you, maybe 1 hour then wake up.
two if I was lucky then maybe a few on the bus.
I caught up the next day though, when I don't get enough sleep I get a really intense head ache, now I have a little taste of what happens to people who have sever migrains, almost intolorable. I almost was sick to my stomack on the transit through Calgary, just held my breathe and hoped we make it to the terminal, I did as soon as I was on solid ground I felt better.
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(Reuters) – Janet Yellen, fresh from taking the helm of the Federal Reserve, made it clear on Tuesday she would not make any abrupt changes to U.S. monetary policy, saying the central bank was on track to keep reducing its stimulus even though the labor market recovery was far from complete.
In her first public comments since becoming Fed chief earlier this month, Yellen had testy exchanges with some Republican lawmakers over Wall Street regulation and central bank independence. But she managed to keep financial markets calm by emphasizing continuity with the policy approach taken by her predecessor, Ben Bernanke.
Yellen said the central bank must keep its eye on the unusually high incidence of long-term unemployment and the exceptionally high proportion of Americans who can find only part-time work as it plots a tricky reversal of its very accommodative policy stance.
By a number of measures our economy is not back, the labor market is not back, to normal, Yellen told the U.S. House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee. There's a great deal of slack in the labor market still.
Under Bernanke, the Fed bought trillions of dollars in bonds to drive borrowing costs lower and spur investment and hiring, swelling its balance sheet to more than $4 trillion. In December, it decided to begin scaling back its support given a drop in unemployment and stronger economic growth.
Since then, however, signs have emerged of a sharp slowdown in jobs growth, leading some investors to wonder whether the Fed might put the wind-down of its bond-buying program on hold.
But Yellen showed little inclination to change tack. She said the Fed would likely take further measured steps to curb its stimulus if data broadly supports policymakers' expectation of improved labor markets and a rise in inflation, and she cautioned against reading too much into recent jobs figures.
Prices for U.S. government bonds slipped and stocks rose, with major indexes closing up more than 1 percent, as investors saw few surprises in Yellen's comments.
It's very obvious she is working from the same playbook as Bernanke, said Tom Porcelli, chief U.S. economist at RBC Capital Markets in New York.
In only her second week on the job after serving for more than three years as the Fed's vice chair, Yellen received accolades from both Republicans and Democrats on being the first woman to lead the central bank in its 100-year history.
But during the unusually long hearing on the Fed's semi-annual monetary policy report, she referred to notes and appeared uncomfortable at times in addressing sharp questions on regulation. At one point during the more than four hours of questioning, Yellen said she would have to study the details on a ban on bank proprietary trading before advising on how lawmakers might want to adjust the so-called Volcker Rule.
Yellen, who was appointed to chair the Fed by President Barack Obama, was cut off at times by committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling and other Republicans as she tried to patiently explain the central bank's two-pronged approach to supporting the economic recovery: buying bonds and promising low interest rates for a while to come.
The Fed has trimmed its monthly asset purchases by $10 billion at each of its last two policy meetings; it now buys $65 billion in Treasuries and mortgage bonds per month, and it expects to shutter the program by later this year.
Yellen said the purchases were not on a pre-set course, but added that it would take a notable change in the outlook for Fed policymakers, who next meet on March 18-19, to set aside their plan to wind down the program.
As for the possibility of actually increasing their bond buying, she said it would take a significant deterioration in the outlook for the job market, or very serious concerns that inflation was not moving higher over time. Inflation is running at just 1.1 percent, well shy of the Fed's 2 percent target.
Yellen nodded to the recent volatility in global financial markets, where some emerging market currencies and stocks have sold off in recent weeks, but she said at this stage it did not pose a substantial risk to the U.S. economic outlook.
More than five years after the 2007-2009 recession ended, the Fed has embarked on perhaps its most difficult policy shift as it tries to back away from flooding the financial system with ultra-easy money while convincing investors that interest rates will stay near zero well into next year.
Having lowered rates to near zero in the depths of the crisis in late 2008, the Fed has said it does not expect to raise them until well after the time the jobless rate drops below 6.5 percent, especially if inflation remains weak.
But unemployment has already reached 6.6 percent, down from 8.1 percent when the Fed launched the latest bond-buying program in 2012, and policymakers are scrambling to decide how best to adjust their guidance.
A shaky run of recent data, including two straight months of weak jobs growth, has raised questions over whether the economy can sustain the strength it showed in the second half of last year. Gross domestic product grew at a 4.1 percent annual rate in the third quarter and at a 3.2 percent pace in the fourth quarter.
We have to be very careful not to jump to conclusions in interpreting what those reports mean, Yellen said, referring to the jobs data, which she said may have been impacted by unusually cold winter weather.
While Yellen said the unemployment rate remained well above the central bank's target level, she also said a significant part of the fall in labor force participation was structural and, therefore, permanent. That would mean the jobless rate commensurate with full employment has risen.
At the hearing, Republicans aired their concerns that the Fed's aggressive easing of monetary policy had raised the risks of a troubling bout of inflation and asset bubbles, and made it easier for the government to run large budget deficits.
Hensarling said the Fed's promise to keep rates low well into the future was a noticeable departure from a decades-old monetary policy rule of thumb that Yellen once called the mark of a sensible central bank.
So that begs the question today, using your words, are you a sensible central banker, and if not, when will you become one?, he asked.
Congressman, I believe that I am a sensible central banker, Yellen replied.
(Reporting by Jonathan Spicer and Jason Lange; Additional reporting by Margaret Chadbourn and Lucia Mutikani in Washington and Ann Saphir in San Francisco; Editing by Andrea Ricci, Timothy Ahmann and Paul Simao)
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Therefore, below are some thoughts you might want to implement with new clients or review with current ones.
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A Yale University political science student from Oak Brook and a University of Chicago student specializing in climate change were among 32 Americans selected over the weekend as Rhodes scholars.
Vinay Nayak, a senior at Yale, has focused his studies on how the Internet can be used to promote civic engagement in elections and government. He is also the son of businessman and political fundraiser Raghuveer Nayak, a key figure in the investigation of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
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Nayak, 21, graduated from Hinsdale Central High School, where he won a Chicago Tribune All-State Academic Team scholarship and graduated as co-valedictorian in 2010.
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By Samuel Burke, CNN
It has now been one month since the grieving families of Newtown, Connecticut put their children on the school bus, only to have them never return.
Teachers, of course, were victims too - but all of the lives lost in that American school massacre are just a small fraction of the total number of gun deaths in the United States.
In fact, the number of Americans killed in guns deaths is far larger than the number of those killed in terrorist attacks around the world every year.
In 2010, 13,186 people died in terrorist attacks worldwide; in that same year, in America alone, 31,672 people lost their lives in gun-related deaths, according to numbers complied by Tom Diaz – until recently, a senior analyst at the Violence Policy Center.
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While the United States government has invested more than half a trillion dollars on homeland security since the September 11,, 2001 attacks, according to the Congressional Budget Office, there has been practically no effort to deter gun violence.
"I think it stems from the fact that most Americans of good will simply do not know how many of their fellow [citizens] are killed every day and every week by guns in America," Diaz told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an interview Tuesday.
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"[The NRA and the gun industry] tried to eliminate the unit in the Centers for Disease Control that did this research and then what they really did is just cut their funding out." Diaz also said those pro-gun groups have stopped the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms from revealing data to the public.
Despite the gun lobby's efforts, the majority of Americans support some type of gun control, according to the latest Pew Research Center poll. 82% favor background checks, 55% favor a ban on assault-style weapons, and 54% favor a ban on high-capacity ammunition clips.
Diaz believes there is virtually no chance the NRA will propose or favor some type of solution that limits access to guns or ammunition.
"Wayne LaPierre, who is the executive director, has said there are no shades of grey in this debate. 'You are either with us or against.' And the NRA's consistent position – long standing for at least two decade – has been, 'We will not compromise on any gun control legislation.'"
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Another anti 2nd amendment post by CNN masquerading as information, go figure.
The number of automobile deaths in the US is 1 in 10,000 giving us a grand total of over 31,000 in 2011. That's right, 3 times more than all gun murders. 75% of which are gang on gang related deaths.
BTW, in the stat CNN used showing 31,672 gun deaths in the US, they fail to mention that 20,000 of them are suicides. If you take away ALL the guns suicides will still happen. I wish for once the news media would stop twisting the stats to fit their political agenda.
So you must agree then with gun control since there are a number of laws and restrictions on car ownership and lawful use. For example you can't drive a military tank on city roads. Government and vehicle manufacturers are constantly working to reduce vehicle deaths. Since you made the comparison I am guessing you are supporting the government take a similar approach to gun regulations.
The statistic that I saw was that 83% of all gun deaths are from suicide. However, I have seen some statistics that put it much closer to half. Either way though suicides is the leading contributor to gun deaths in the U.S. It is disgusting seeing the media pushing for gun control using tactics that discredit their self professed journalistic integrity. It is just another demonstration of why you must seek out and find the answers to your questions on your own, because the media is not unbiased or void of an agenda.
The problem is in trying to find good statistics. We have 31,600 gun deaths and over 8,000 murders with firearms. That means that the other 23,000 are suicide, accidents, etc. But I haven't been able to find a breakdown. If half of the original number are suicides, that's about 16,000, which leaves 7,000 unaccounted for. For example, it would be interesting to know what percentage was intruders or other criminals shot in self-defense, as opposed to family members shot in the mistaken belief that THEY were intruders.
Hey, since when are automobiles constructed to kill people? They are accidents, fool, gun deaths are from GUNS which are MADE to KILL people, on purpose, not by accident, by the nature of their construction. You are as ignorant as any NRA member who actually thinks you can compare cars to guns....
Baseball bats kill more people than assault rifles( media term,not correct)Try watching NEWSROOM on HBO and learn how to do some truthful reporting.
Mr. Hernia, please site me an example of a person with a baseball bat killing a dozen or more people in one assault? The downside to being an id10t is that you are the last to know.
You, sir, are quite a man. One who obvious has no respect for others–You call people cowards, irrational, and other degrading things. What gives you the "right" to use such language against others who disagree with you. In looking into your words and thoughts, you must be the irrational one. If given a gun, would you go shoot others? Why would you believe that of many others. If you honestly look at numbers and statistics, most gun related deaths are not by civilized people shooting others. If you are pushing for such legislation on guns, why are you not asking for a ban/legislation on cell phones. Do you know how many people are killed every year because of driving while talking or texting. Your ignorance of the subject is appalling to those who are decent hardworking and just want to protect their families. Get over yourself and use common decency and arm yourself with true knowledge.
Hey, Jack-A-hernia, baseball bats don't kill people; people wielding guns kill people. Isn't that the 2nd amendment's bottom line? The right to keep and bear arms so you can kill people. What would even be the point of keeping and bearing arms unless you also acknowledge the PURPOSE of doing so? What's that you say? Only people kill people? Then I guess you don't need guns, since the ENTIRE POINT in the first place is to kill people!
Only 300 killed by long rifle, Many more than that, by knives and clubs.
Before you post, get the REAL facts and do some thinking.
By the way you spelled the original posters name, you must be 12 right?
@Juliemac, look up the fallacy of the perfect solution. Understand that you are irrational and are part of the problem.
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Do you really need the government to protect and babysit you? No. Face reality that the only person good enough for your safety is YOU. Cops can't be there right away. Let me also understand this... you want to make the citizens less powerful. The Second Amendment was there to protect citizens against a tyrannical government and also personal use. If Americans only had flintlock pistols during the American Revolution, would they have won? No. If guns kill people, then guns killed Osama Bin Laden. The reason people want gun control, is because they are scared. "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself." Why would you fear healthy, strong, Americans who know their guns inside and out while defending our liberty?
Who is more scared, those who are sick & tired of hearing about daily gun violence, or those who fear their government is in cahoots with a NWO to enslave and then murder them?
Who is dumber, those who realize that our government is driving towards a New World Order in which a global elite has complete control of the world population through its purveyors of violence or those who think things like 9/11, the Gulf of Tonkin, intelligence on Iraqi WMDs, curveball, Newtown, Oklahoma City, the 1993 WTC bombing (clearly linked to the FBI), 7/7/04 in London, Iran Contra, the small plane crash that killed Michael Connell, and the release of Iranian hostages on the day Reagan took office were just random, unrelated events?
Your rights are in no way infringed by gun regulation. It was put there to control slaves, you just make it into what ever suits your agenda.
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Been to an airport lately?
I consider my right for intimacy and privacy a much more essential liberty than my right to be an armed civilian in a civilized society.
How comes that quote always comes up as pro-gun argument, but never against all the privacy violations and cuts to civil liberties in the name of "war against terror"?
An NRA paraphrasing of another quote from Revolutionary times:
The Tree of Gun Rights mush periodically be refreshed with the blood of innocents.
So why are we spending billions on terrorism?
More people are killed by automobiles than terrorists and guns put together,
and the FBI is the #1 sponsor of terrorist plots in the US
(as most FBI convictions involve domestic stings that target mental defectives rather than chasing global armed terrorists).
Fortunately, paranoia should be detected in the mental health checks on people who want to own guns.
"Guns kill more people than terrorism" Don't tell the terrorist this...,or the troops in Afganistan,,,They may want to stay there for there own safety....That"s the silliest thing I"ve read today...............
It may be silly, but it's true. Do a little footwork. I did and the stats which I found on my own surprised and saddened me.
People People!! Inanimate Objects DON'T KILL PEOPLE; PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree, but I'd rather take my chances against a guy shooting at me with a six shooter than a rapid firing semi-auto with a 30 round clip.
So it is OK if we all have nukes then because nukes don't kill people, people kill people...with nukes.
It"s not a big deal....Our countrys population is still growing faster than people dieing of old age,,,cancer ,,,murder,,etc.,,,etc.,,,, When the population begins to decrease,,,than I'll become concerned...Until than,,,I don"t care
I'll bet you would care if it was a member of your own family who got shot. Yeah. I think you would care then.
I know CNN used to be known as Clinton News Network, is it now the Cowards News Network? Automobiles and drunken driving kill more Americans than guns. So what do the liberals want to do about that? It is easy to maneuver a high-speed vehicle into a crowd of people or school kids and kill them.
By liberal logic, all vehicles should not have the ability to travel over 70 miles per hour. Why do Hollywood liberals purchase cars that can operate over 70 miles per hour? It is a killing machine, you know, that can be used to cause havoc.
A coward is someone who thinks he needs guns to protect himself from the world.
I have an idea: Let's regulate automobile ownership and require proper training and insurance. Oh wait.
So, are you saying that guns should be as regulated as automobiles? Thanks, you are now part of the solution instead of being the problem. Kudos.
its easier to kill with a gun....get it... you could use anything... bats knives cars....2×4...on and on .... but if you want to kill more than one person at a time...get something that can rapid fire.... gun idiots just do get it...
we need to ban pressure cookers and pipes
Let's face it. The NRA enables and promotes domestic terrorism. The NRA is far more effective when it comes to killing Americans than Al Quaida.
What a bunch of idiots. I hope those screaming in favor of legally owning those assault weapons have their children shot exclusively. You guys are morons. The economy is collapsing, but we'd rather worry about the meaningless gun control laws and lance armstrongs doping use. America is turning into a third world country.
On the recent issue of whether or not to arm teachers, what kind of consequences should they face if they have to shoot down one of their own students? What kind of educational atmosphere would we create if they must consider their own students as potential violent criminals? That's hardly a healthy one, in my opinion
Did anyone even imply that "terrorism" wasn't a phony emergency drummed up by PNAC to legitimate for TV-watching American retards that complete military and economic domination of the world was equivalent to "freedumb"? The comparison is a non-starter unless you're the type of TV-watching retard that watches CNN.
Woo on to them that the shade innocent blood.Cudos to America,continue the figth.
You mean you've just found this out.!?
When it comes to killing civilians terrorists have got nothing on the American gun toting public.
Yet Russia had nearly 16,000 homicides in 2011 compared to the U.S. 12,500. Russia has very strict gun laws by the way. You can say that the NRA and other second amendment advocates lead to the killing of people but you would also have to say that they save peoples lives as well. So instead of just throwing out ignorant, unproductive comments, lets use some empirical evidence and logical reasoning in your next comment in order to give you some validity.
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How come no one is discussing the economic causes of gun violence?
where did the VPC get their statistics? do you feel this is irresponsible reporting? in fact, tom diaz is who gave you your statistic and you yourself said he isnt even involved with vpc anymore. so your sensationalized slanted report is from somebody who doesnt even have a job? w2g cnn!!! this is why people are turning away from you when it comes to getting their news!
I find these statistics extremely suspects, but the fact that more people die from gun violence in the US than terrorism is far from surprising. in 2001 about 3,000 people died the US has killed more than ten times that including enlisted soldiers, terrorists, and civilians. Every years about 10,000 people die from guns every year in the US. I'm not saying this is acceptable. I am saying this is a non story. The NRA has way too much power. Private companies have way too much a stake in foreign policy and war to be trusted. The entire United States is a flawed empire. This article is just annother company trying to make their mark. Nothing short of self interest.
Just wanted to point out that banning guns will INCREASE the number of gun deaths, and legalizing guns will DECREASE the number of gun deaths. See chart:
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Gang bangers account for many gun homicides. We could place their gangs on the terrorist list but that wouldn't be PC.
OK lets forget the terrorist line on this thing. EVEN THOUGH in 20 10 we killed over 2.4 times as many people here in the US with guns than the terrorists did in THE ENTIRE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!! with a fricking war going on in in Afghanistan AND Iraq.
But why let that go ......... because in the same year 2010 we killed 33,687 people with our AUTOMOBILES!!!!!!! That's a difference of only 2,015 (5.9%) less.
To be perfectly honest these numbers ABSOLUTELY BLEW MY MIND!!!. I had no idea the gun deaths were so high (BAD) and that the auto numbers were so low ( i was thinking around 50,000)
So what right, what's my point???????
OK I apologize for yelling. But lets talk here. in most area's you have to pass drivers ed in High School TO PASS HIGH SCHOOL. Then you take a written driving test which includes ALL the various requirements of the proper use of the vehicle you wish to use. different classes of vehicles have different tests which are based on how much damage those vehicles can do if misused. most of us get passenger vehicle licenses which must be retested every 5 years or so while truckers and better have to retested every year. Also if you are a trucker and you want to carry anything REALLY dangerous you have to get special training and licensing as well as background checks and the likes. We don't want just anybody driving 25 tons of explosives around. Then you get your eyes tested and have your ACTUAL driving skills tested by a government tester. Some of you have failed it. either the written or the practical. It happens.
OK you get your license. Now your driving. Everywhere you go there are restrictions on the use of your vehicle. Speed limits, no right turns, no left turns, school zones, no stopping/standing, NO CARS ALLOWED.
Oh SNAP I FORGOT!!!!! The government FORCES you to have INSURANCE on your vehicle ("Obama can't force us to have Medical insurance!!!!!") SORRYYY I digress but yes, we are FORCED to have insurance on the bullet we drive around every day. How many of you want to pay the HUGE fines for not having it. Up to and including loosing your driving privileges.
If you break those rules the cops are ready willing and able to pull you over and give you a ticket, take away your vehicle and arrest you.
SOOO what am I saying here?
First for those who don't know me well a little Background. I am a Navy Submarine veteran. Sonar Tech Submarines, Submarine Qualified. 4 1/2 years underway underwater. But that wasn't my goal. I wanted to be a Navy Seal Sniper with a second in explosives. Unfortunately Ronnie Reagan (i voted for him every time) Needed STS's more than seals so i was not allowed to try out (BOY WAS HE WRONG) In High school I was on the ROTC rifle team for 4 years shooting every day for at least 45 min. I LOVE GUNS. I also know what they do. I know EXACTLY what they do.
Now there are many areas in this nation with rather draconian (2nd Amendmenters words) gun laws. I should know. I am a born and bred Chicagoan (CUBS FAN(shut up i was born within a mile of Wrigley)) There are also those who live in area's where all you need to buy 1,5 or a dozen M16's at a gun show is a good 5 day stubble, cash and a pulse(optional). By the way that is where a lot of the bad guys in Chicago get their guns. they send people across the country to places where they can get them and bring them back to my home town. At a HUGE profit.
Look at the stat in the pic in the article. 85% agree with background checks. We have background checks to see who can carry guns in their trucks but on who can buy those guns.
Waiting periods. The mentally ill (background check) buy who did the Batman Movie Massacre (i can't remember exactly but i think it was 87 hits in 150 seconds with 3 different weapons) bought all 3 of those weapons LEGALLY within 40 days of the incident. would a 60 or 90 day waiting period have made a difference? He was looking for help but could not find a bed. Maybe he could have found one with more time.
Ban High capacity magazines. Again look to the stats. OK were down to 54% for 40% against. Now back to Batman. His first weapon was a shotgun, no affect. His second weapon was basically an M16 with a 100 ROUND MAGAZINE. I didn't know they made those. Obviously they do. LUCKILY it jammed after only 45 shots. He must have only had one because he changed to a Glock 9Mil with 15 shot mags. The Cops recovered 3 spent mags on the floor of the theater. By the official timeline the perp spent 150 seconds in action. He hit 89 times. In a previous post i did the numbers of what would have been the affect of 10 round mags. Using a VERY optimistic view he would only have hit 52 times a 42% reduction. in all probability he would have hit much less.
This is what you sheeple who believe the crap the NRA is shoving down your throat.
For those of you who are veterans, ESPECIALLY those in the army or marines who know far better than I how long it REALLY takes to reload and reacquire a target, i wonder why it is you think it necessary to hunt with an M16. Who really needs a 50 cal sniper rifle?
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Why do you think URL parameters don't work? You have tested this without success? I've seen many videos produced by Google saying that this method is best.
In Everett's video, he said to do the following... what do you think?
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Charge for a device and people can get critical, but give it away for "free," and minor annoyances might suddenly evaporate. That's how it goes with Verizon's Samsung Galaxy Stellar. What makes this phone such a great option, though, is that Samsung and Verizon aren't tossing you scraps; the Galaxy Stellar is fully loaded with 4G LTE, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, a dual-core processor, a 4-inch display, and camera technology that delivers quality outdoor shots, though not a high megapixel count.
While the Galaxy Stellar won't blow away those with larger budgets, the cost -- or lack thereof -- sweetens the deal for those looking for a deal on Verizon's network. Free isn't really free, of course; the price comes with the condition of a new two-year service agreement. The carrier now forces new users into a shared data plan, which will raise the price for some. On the flip side, Verizon's 4G LTE network is currently the most extensive.
Verizon's free Samsung Galaxy Stellar is a steal (pictures)See all photos
Design and build
At first glance, the Galaxy Stellar strongly resembles the Droid Razr Charge, also for Verizon. A little smaller, it nevertheless has the same glossy black plastic body, similar port placements, and, most distinctively, a slightly peaked chin. The Stellar is softer and less pronounced than the Charge in that respect.
The handset's 4.8-inch height and 2.5-inch width are barely worth noting, but the 0.47-inch depth is thicker than the slim high-end phones in the Samsung family. Still, a half-inch thickness is within the realm of normalcy, though it feels as hefty as it looks at 4.7 ounces. The slick, reflective coating will help the Stellar glide into loose pockets. Weight aside, it feels comfortable to hold, and my ear had no complaints.
You'll find a 4-inch Super AMOLED display as your window into Android. The Stellar's resolution is a respectable 800x480 pixels, also known as WVGA. It's fine for the Stellar's screen size, where icons and text look typically sharp and bright on the automatic brightness setting. Support for 16 million colors helps achieve the rich look.
Beneath the screen is where I find my favorite Samsung convenience, a fourth capacitive navigation button that pulls up the menu keys. This is an onscreen control on a lot of Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) phones, but in stock Android, the menu placement can jump around. I enjoy having the context menu where I can see it. This isn't new for Samsung, which has long included a menu button as part of its usual controls. What is different is the use of Google's vertical ellipsis symbol, and the placement all the way on the right, where you'd find it in stock ICS.
Moving on to the physical controls, you'll find the charging jack at the Stellar's chin, the power button on the right spine, the volume rocker and microSD card slot on the left spine, and the 3.5mm headset jack up top. There's a rear-facing camera, and above the display there's a front-facing camera lens. Nearby, you'll also note the blue LED indicator light.
OS and dual mode
An Android 4.0 phone, the Stellar includes several hallmark features, including the capability to view recently opened apps, peer into your data usage, set up face unlocking, and take advantage of some reorganization and housekeeping. Samsung's TouchWiz interface adds a lot of its own aesthetics and software extras, including the quick-access settings at the top of the notifications pull-down menu, and the option to pinch the home screen for a view of all home screens.
Like AT&T's competing Pantech Flex, the Stellar has a simple bootup mode to help Android newbies to get acquainted. However, it's far less drastic a change than the Flex's, which limits the number of home screens to one and replaces the menu pages with a simple list of settings on a single screen. In contrast, the Stellar keeps the multiple customizable home pages, but does make them simpler. The drop-down menu and app tray remain the same as standard mode.
Any customizations you make to either mode gets saved if you feel like swapping back and forth, perhaps sharing profiles between two people on a single handset.
Some of the pared-down features are what make the Stellar stand out as a starter smartphone. At least 90 percent of the Android experience is the same, from the sign-on for Google and multiple social-networking accounts, to GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and hot-spot support (up to 10 devices).
The lack of near-field communication (NFC) is one difference, and it means that the Stellar won't be able to take advantage of Android Beam or of S Beam, Samsung's enhanced version. NFC would have been a bonus for the Stellar, but its absence isn't necessarily a demerit for this class of smartphone. There is, however, support for Wi-Fi Direct.
The Samsung virtual keyboard is your only option on the Stellar, but it does let you trace words as you would with Swype or SwiftKey (which you can independently download through the Google Play storefront).
Holding and pressing a capacitive touch key won't bring up voice actions, but you'll have your choice of two assistants. Google Voice Actions remains the typical option for voice search through the Google search bar, for example. You can also use Samsung's own S Voice software, which you can load as a separate app. At this stage in the software's development, I much prefer Google's contribution.
Verizon and Samsung have loaded up the Stellar with a ton of apps. Some call it bloatware, others might think of it as a head start. Luckily, ICS lets you hide and disable unwanted apps, though you won't be able to completely uninstall them. Among the haul, you'll see a passel of Amazon-related apps (Amazon store, Kindle, music, IMDb, Audible, Zappos), Amex Serve, several game demos, the Quickoffice productivity app, and a scoop of Verizon apps, like VZ Navigator.
The titles complement Google's preinstalled services like the Maps app with turn-by-turn voice navigation, and essentials like a clock, a calendar, a calculator, and a music player. You're free to download other apps, TV shows, movies, and music from the Google Play store.
The Galaxy Stellar's 3.2-megapixel rear-facing camera has a slightly unstable personality. Many of Samsung's camera modules have a good reputation, and so long as you're outdoors in abundant natural light, this shooter delivers photos that are some of the best they can be for the limited resolution, from a smartphone. Colors were vibrant and only a little oversaturated (but at least evenly so), and images have defined edges when kept small, so they're ideal for uploading to social networks. However, there's no autofocus, so you have to make sure your manual focus is spot-on.
There's also no flash. That helps keep the phone's price low, but indoor photos taken in artificial light will take a dive in quality. The difference is especially notable with photos of people.


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If you're one of the 7 million Americans who have daily heartburn and are on medication, investigating the LINX Reflux Management System introduced by Torax Medical Inc. should be on your New Year's to-do list.
Dr. Jeffrey S. Mandel of Savannah Surgical Oncology is one of only two Georgia physicians trained to surgically implant this game-changing device into the lower end of the esophagus as a method for treating patients suffering from gastroesophageal reflux disease.
The LINX consists of a series of weakly magnetized beads held in a ring on titanium wire.
The beads separate to allow food and drinks to pass, and then contract again to keep stomach acid from entering the esophagus.
Chronic acid reflux is a condition which, according to Dr. Mandel, most doctors initially preferred to treat with drugs.
The simple reason is that if side effects develop, people can stop taking or change their medications. Histamine blockers like Zantac and Pepcid arrived and decreased the amount of stomach acid.
After that, proton pump inhibitors came on board and took away any presence of acid in the esophagus.
The problem, however, is that even without pain, the regurgitation of stomach fluids can still take place.
When that fluid becomes base rather than acid, Dr. Mandel says, it is actually even more dangerous to the lining of the esophagus.
Ultimately, any reflux is bad, because changing that lining can be a precursor to esophageal cancer.
"There are a large number of people who are not satisfied with their medicines, who are looking for something else," Dr. Mandel says, "and they may not know that surgery is an option."
The LINX device is less invasive than previously developed surgical procedures and has less problematic after-effects. For example, according to Dr. Mandel, some procedures leave patients with gas bloat because they have difficulty belching, and a small percentage of people are unable to vomit. This is obviously a problem when a person contracts a GI bug, he says.
Dr. Mandel heard about LINX when it was still in clinical trials and, when FDA approval came in March 2012, he went to the Credentials Committee at St. Joseph's/Candler to begin the approval process for using it.
It came just in time for 21-year-old Erica Hagains, who began suffering from severe acid reflux as a young teenager.
"I had ulcers when I was in high school," Hagains says.
In ninth grade, while the teenagers around her were indulging in things like sausage and pepperoni pizza, she was cutting out all spicy foods.
Adding to her suffering was the fact that she is hypoglycemic. Social events that revolve around eating were a nightmare any way she looked at it.
"I just wouldn't eat," she recalls. "Then my sugar might drop, but I was already nauseous."
Hagains was referred to Dr. Mandel in July when it was determined that her medications weren't working. She was set to get married to her fiance, Patrick, in November.
Something needed to be done or she'd never be able to eat at her reception or enjoy the planned honeymoon in New Orleans.
Typical lifestyle adjustments of heartburn sufferers, such as avoiding caffeine, citrus, peppermint and chocolate, weren't enough for Erica.
She was losing weight, and for six to seven months before having the LINX surgery, Erica slept sitting straight up in bed.
"I'd be killing my neck and wake up with a headache - I'd still wake up with acid in my mouth," she recalls.
Erica's surgery lasted about 25 minutes and took place in October. The first few days after surgery, patients are told to eat every two hours so the device opens and closes frequently as it heals.
In the clinical trials, patients sometimes had trouble swallowing during the first two to six weeks after the surgery. Six months later, says Dr. Mandel, 60 percent of patients will have no symptoms. Fifteen percent say when they swallow, they might feel something. Another 15 percent notice it, but not every day, and 5 percent have difficulty swallowing once a day.
During recovery, Erica found the first bite at almost every meal would get stuck. She suffered some vomiting as a result, but a month out, that had stopped.
The November nuptials at First Baptist Church in Alma went off without a hitch. About 200 guests came and, at the bride's request, enjoyed 50 homemade pecan pies.
Erica's mother postponed their Thanksgiving meal until the newlyweds returned from their honeymoon. It was the first holiday meal that had not made her daughter sick in a long time.
"I'm living a different life," Hagains says.
• At 6 p.m. Feb. 6, St. Joseph's/Candler will offer a free anti-reflux surgery talk, "Can Magnets Cure Your Heartburn?" Dr. Jeffrey S. Mandel will discuss the new LINX procedure in Candler Hospital's GI Unit Lobby, Professional Building, 5354 Reynolds St.
• At 6 p.m. March 6, Dr. Mandel will discuss LINX in Candler Hospital's Marsh Auditorium at 5353 Reynolds St. For more info, call 912-819-8610.


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Jason Statham showcases acting range in new film
With the success of his own franchise films like "The Transporter" and "Crank," as well as being a part of "The Expendables" and newly added to the "Fast and Furious" series, Jason Statham is a bonafide action star. But with his latest film, "Redemption," the actor shows his acting range by playing a homeless soldier on the streets of London.
Statham says he was drawn to the role because of its writer, Steven Knight, who penned the London underbelly dramas, "Eastern Promises," and "Dirty Pretty Things." The 45-year-old is hoping to add another dimension to his movie career, which began in 1998 when director Guy Ritchie discovered him selling perfume and jewelry on the streets of London.
AP: What did you learn about homeless soldiers while doing this film?
Statham: We sat with ex-soldiers and they told us how difficult it was to come back. They told us stories about their friends, how they lost an eye, how they lost limbs. How do you expect to get a job with a disability? You've been shown how to shoot a gun or operate a weapon, but all of these things are of no use anymore. ... We found a lot of soldiers end up on the street because they find it easier to exist there. They can function because it's almost like a frontier between what's legal and illegal and find a way to do something that they were good at.
AP: Steven wrote "Eastern Promises." Did you agree to do this film providing there wasn't a naked fight scene in a sauna?
Statham: (Laughs) That was a great fight. ... I admire it, but I don't want to be in it.
AP: You were once a diver for the British national team. How did that translate to action star?
Statham: It was a hobby and I went in a couple competitions. Within a year I'm on the British team and I'm running around the world (in) competition. It's a 10-meter platform, you're throwing yourself around. You're doing spins and twists and you know you get to visit countries you never get to visit and you compete with all the nationalities around the world. It's a giggle. It's not something I ever thought I would do anything with. I just wasted 10 years on it that's all. I think people think that's my calling card which it never was.
AP: When (Sylvester) Stallone called you for "The Expendables," was it like getting accepted into the all-star game of action stars?
Statham: Of course. I'm from the U.K. (laughs.) There's no big action stars out there and for me to get the invite was a great thing. It's a big privilege to be part of the cinema icons. .. There's no one on the planet that doesn't recognize the man (Stallone) so to be asked to come to the party is a big privilege and you can never overlook that great sort of invite.
AP: With basically you and James Bond as the country's action stars, how are you perceived in the U.K.?
Statham: I have no clue (laughs). I wouldn't know. Let's see. ... They'll review this and we'll see what they think of it. I don't know. I really don't know. Sometimes you don't know what the critic wants to see, whether they like what I do, whether they don't. There's always going to be a fair amount of people that don't like what I do and an amount of people that do. I think at the end of the day it's about what the audience likes. .. The world's a big place and if people are going to see the films, we're only making it for the audience. We're not making it for people that don't pay to go see it. It's nice to have good things written about you but it's not good to get carried away because you can inflate your head to such a degree to think you're something that you're not. Constructive criticism is good but if it's done with a poisonous ink then I'm not so keen.
AP: After building a career on action films, what other kind of role would you take?
Statham: I'd love to do an action comedy. I'd love to anything -- if it's good, and the quality is good and the director is smart and the producer is a clever chap and everybody is working together. It has to fit me. It's no good for me to do so radically different that I'm going to look ... I'm going to regret that. There's no point.


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Junction Tree is a preschool bilingual series targeted at five and six-year-olds who come from a predominantly English-speaking home environment. It is a hyper-real park where our characters live inside a magical big tree house together with other tree communities. The Junction Tree community itself comprises: Moomba, the cub lion; Cheery, the ever-cheerful girl-next-door; Kucinta, the cat; Beary-Big, the story-teller; and Granny Gwen, the ice cream lady. Other characters include Mr Clean, everyone's friend who helps keep the environment clean; and Mr Bin, the talking litter bin. The gang is back for Season 2 with more stories, songs and themes which centre on experiences and self-discoveries that pre-schoolers can identify with – like school bullying, fear of thunder, good hygiene, and even packing for holidays. We also meet Cheery's parents for the first time… Dr V runs a clinic at Junctioin Tree, while Mrs V is a work-at-home mum. See them all at Junction Tree ! Audio Language: English;Tamil
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Twilight Of Emergent Idolatry: New Age Apostasy is a sequel to the much beloved Tween Apostate classic of Emergent Babel, Twilight Of Emergent Idols. These Apostate films are based on the Emergent Twilight book series co-authored by a female Mormon false religionist and a bunch of Emergent heretics. A bunch of morons more like it! These films are spiritual confusing for sure! Why they even teach such confusing and postmodern Emergent ideas as: people have souls, there is good and evil in the world, "love conquers all," redemption, wholesome values, etc. Discernmentalists do not be fooled by these apostate values since this book series was written by heretics so therefore these anti-Biblical values are opposed to our core Discernmentalist values of only the Elect have souls, the world is totally depraved, self-righteousness and war-mongering conquer all, wrath, etc.
We Know with Absolute Certainty these Absolute Truths! Todd Friel using Eric Barger's Bible Based Selective Uncomprohensive Cherry-Picking Reading Machine has said of the newest installment in the Emergent Twilight series that it in fact promotes the false teaching of: "How to Tell God, 'You're not the Lord of me. I'll do whatever I want'." Yes we should fear and be paranoid of fictional books and films this much as True Truthwarriors. Anyways, the newest installment in the Emergent Twilight series—Twilight Of Emergent Idolatry: New Age Apostasy stars all your favorite Emergent heretics: Rob "Universalist" Bell, Phyllis Tickle "Your Ears" and Tony "I Have No Truth" Jones among others and Dakota Fanning whom these evil Emergents corrupt and turn into a contemplative Soul-sucking vampire.
Here was sweet little Dakota when she was a Bible-believing Southern Baptist:
And here is Dakota after those Evil Emergents kidnapped her and forced her to star in their sin-promoting movies—Hounddog, Twilight Of Emergent Idolatry: New Age Apostasy and now even more heretical movies:
Here Dakota is in an Emergent coven:
And the ensuing results of the evil Emergents' spiritual apostasy are working on Dakota:
See the difference—We Do—Absolutely! This is why we Discernmentalists must warn you parents to never take your children to movies that we don't approve of —because your children are too dumb to realize the fine lines between fantasy and reality—and Emergents blur them constantly. This is why we must set the standard for you and tell you to boycott Twilight Of Emergent Idolatry: New Age Apostasy and the like.


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Congratulations to "JoAn V.", the winner in M.J.'s giveaway. Thank you to all who participated!
I'm proud to say my key ring contains only three keys. My gal pal Kelly and I joke that we want to avoid responsibility as much as possible. But I know that some of you are more ambitious than us and actually *gulp* take on responsibility with relish. There's something in this article for you, too. As much as Kelly and I don't like to act responsible (i.e. act like adults) sometimes we are forced to. So slacker or power hungry, you have to learn to handle responsibility and I'm going to give you some tips on how to do that.
One. Learn to prioritize your responsibilities. Unfortunately, this means work comes before fun. I actually had a discussion about this with my teenaged son today. He claimed he didn't have time to take out the trash this morning, his chore. My response was, but you did have time to sit on your bed and mess with your tablet earlier. You're not making your responsibilities around the house a priority and that's not fair to the rest of us living here. I mean, come on, I'm not asking the boy to climb mountains. It takes five minutes to take out the trash. But I digress.
Two. Set up a reward system for yourself. If I get such and such done (responsible activity) then I can do such and such (complete and utter time wasting activity with no value whatsoever—but loads of fun). You may have guessed that this system works well for me. For example, I want to dive into the book I'm currently working on today and ignore all of my other "more important" tasks. But I can't do that. For some reason…
Recently the members of my writing group nominated me as treasurer (because no one else wanted the position). Upon telling my husband about it he spouted out, "Who in their right mind would put you in charge of money?" To which I replied, "Weren't you listening? NO ONE in their right mind, but my writer friends did." Today I need to make out the deposit for the dues, which is a chore that should really take me all of five minutes, but I still dread it. I also need to read something the bank sent me regarding this account because it might say something pertinent in it (although I doubt it). In order for me to get through these heinous activities I have to tell myself that I will be able to get in some writing time afterwards.
Three. Reward yourself. This is for you ambition junkies out there. You need to remember to reward yourself for all of your hard work every once in a while and make time to do something frivolous or simply mindless. For instance, you all showed up for work this week, right? So you should be able to kick back and read a little romantic suspense.
And have I got just the thing for you! Following this article is a blurb from my romantic suspense THE HEART TEACHES BEST. Go ahead. Treat yourself!
What are some of the responsibilities that you have to really work yourself up to accomplish? Do you have any tricks that make handling chores easier? Please join in today's discussion by commenting below. And be sure to enter my giveaway for an e-copy of my romance AN UNCOMMON LOVE.
He's the cop.
Cooper Sullivan is the cop in charge of investigating a murder outside of a Los Angeles night club. The famous romance author, Sydney Essex, has been found strangled in the parking lot. When the young officer returns to the scene of the crime the night after the murder, he gets involved in a fight in order to protect a woman, who he realizes afterward, is the victim's sister. Soon he finds himself torn by his attraction to the irresistible blond teacher, and his need to maintain a professional distance.
She's the teacher.
Laney Essex is distraught over her sister's death, so the high school English teacher returns to the bar where the crime occurred to find answers. To her dismay, she is only left with more questions, many centered on her developing relationship with Cooper Sullivan. Is the pull she's feeling towards him reciprocated, or is the handsome detective only showing her professional courtesy, or, perhaps, even pity?
But he's the one teaching her lessons of the heart.
When Laney receives a threatening phone call from Sydney's murderer, it quickly becomes evident that the man who killed her sister is after her, too. Can Cooper figure out who the killer is before it's too late? And if he does solve the case, will it just be another file stamped "CLOSED" in red and locked away in a drawer, or will the sparks that have been flying between the two finally ignite?
As she sat leafing through her planner a huge apple came down on her desk. She looked up. Cooper was leaning on her desk with a grin. The bright, blue shirt he had picked out earlier in the morning was giving his eyes an even more devastating gleam than usual. The corners of her lips turned up a little, but she raised an eyebrow at him. "Do you have a pass, young man?"
"Ooh!" he responded, leaning in to press his lips to hers. "I love it when you get all teachery with me!" He took the kiss deeper and she found her heart beat beginning to race. She pulled back, aflutter, feeling the heat rise in her face and chest.
"Why do I suddenly feel like this is the Apple of Temptation?" she asked, pushing back in her rolling chair to put some distance between them.
Cooper picked it up and tossed it up and down. Watching the apple, Laney didn't realize how close he had gotten until he snatched the apple out of the air, and laid it back on her desk, bringing him within inches of her. "You can call it anything you want," he said with a wicked smile. She tried to back up again and rammed her back into a tall, metal filing cabinet. He burst into Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher" and air-guitared away from her, hopping on one leg.
Now that she was able to breathe, his proximity making it difficult before, she laughed. "Don't give up your day job, Sullivan." She sat back down and pretended to be engrossed in adding grades to her grade book, running her finger down columns and marking in it.
He strode smoothly back over to her desk. "S-o-o-o," he said, running the back of his finger down the side of her face as he leaned against her desk. "You're telling me you're not in the least bit turned on right now?" His voice was almost a low purr.
She trembled, and looked up. "Okay. Maybe a little by the visitor's badge."
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Deadline Approaching for Louisiana's 2013 Turkey Season Lottery Hunt Applications
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is reminding hunters that the 2013 turkey season lottery hunt application deadline of Thursday, Feb. 1 is approaching.
Regular turkey lottery hunts will be held on 10 state wildlife management areas (WMAs) this spring. Youth Lottery hunts will be held on 15 WMAs and five Kisatchie National Forest (KNF) Ranger Districts.
In addition to the 689 regular WMA turkey lottery slots and 248 WMA youth turkey hunt slots, KNF is providing115 lottery slots, which includes 75 slots for the newly established youth lottery turkey hunts on the Caney, Winn, Kisatchie and Catahoula, along with the 40 slots offered last season on the Vernon and Evangeline Units of the Calcasieu Ranger District.
Some of the LDWF-WMA youth turkey hunts are guided, while KNF youth hunts on March 16 are non-guided. Additional public lottery turkey hunt opportunities occur on US Army Corps of Engineers' lands and US Fish and Wildlife Service's lands.
The application forms for 2013 Turkey Season WMA and KNF lottery hunts for adult and youth hunters are now available on the LDWF website. Those forms list all lottery hunts dates and locations and are located at http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/hunting/lottery-hunts.
The 2013 wild turkey season will open March 23 in three designated areas with varying end of season dates as follows: Area A, March 23 – April 21; Area B, March 23 – April 14; and Area C, March 23 – April 7. These areas include similar geographic boundaries utilized in 2012 except for minor additional openings in Pointe Coupee, Ascension and Iberville parishes. The statewide youth and physically challenged hunter weekend for private lands will be March 16-17. To access additional information, the 2013 Turkey Regulations pamphlet can be viewed at http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/regulations.


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iPad! So Funny!
The iPad is a tablet computer designed and developed by Apple. It is particularly marketed as a platform for audio and visual media such as books, periodicals, movies, music, and games, as well as web content. At about 700 grams (25 ounces), its size and weight are between those of most contemporary smartphones and laptop computers. Apple released the iPad in April 2010, and sold 3 million of the devices in 80 days.
The iPad runs the same operating system as the earlier iPod Touch and iPhone, albeit a slightly older version. (The versions are to be synchronized in September 2010.) It can run its own applications as well as ones developed for the iPhone. Without modification, it will only run programs approved by Apple and distributed via its online store.
Like iPhone and iPod Touch, the iPad is controlled by a multitouch display sensitive to up to eleven fingers — a break from most previous tablet computers, which used a pressure-triggered stylus. The iPad uses Wi-Fi or a 3G mobile data connection to browse the Internet, load and stream media, and install software. The device is managed and synced by iTunes on a personal computer via USB cable.
Media reaction to the device has generally been neutral or positive, with more positive reaction after the device was launched.
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Present-Nix, Nat, Mati, Gareth, Pomme, Sam (i think thats everyone, apologies if not)
1) The idea of a Kitchen Action Day came up again. Ideas for changes included:
Jars and tubs, moving the sounddesk to enlarge thekitchen, painting/getting new recycling bins, more fridges putin, completely seal up all food in dry store, make an efficient alochol selling station in cafe area, replace disabled toilet floor, curtain for mop stuff area in toilet, move sinks
A Nix to paint recycling bins
A Mati to talk to Ken about possibility of moving the sink
A Mati to post his masterplan for fridge and sound desk
A Mati to propose a date for the Action day and inform everyone
A POmme to bring in her spare jars. Or we could order big pickles which come in suitably massive jars from Jordan Valley
A Nix to work out a place to store old diaplay fridge so it can be used for alcohol in future
2) Nix is talking to Dan at Settlement re possibility of using a different venue which has cooking fscilities where we could make lots of our own cakes, falafel etc and actually teach vollies about cooking
A Nix to clean the falafel maker
3)Nix asks Forest to support Warrior word zines at Knock-will take tea/coffee/pitta bread. C N E group agreed.
A Nix to type up proposal to BB
4)Re getting more customers in
Gareth is planning Theme nights with themed food. Yas and Mati have made posters for new volunteer recruitment
WE wondered if it is always this quiet when the sun comes out. Could we see comparable income figures for the Forest last May?
Other points
A Pomme is away for a while, mati will take on cleaning cloths
A Gareth to post the police number BIG in kitchen
No Compost! It just gets left in kitchen overnight and is unsanitary
A Nix to talk to Ida re chocolate tree
KMs will ensure that Cafe n Events happens and send at least one rep to FWG. We are bottom liners. Gareth happy to be NM bottom liner.
Cafe and Eventsis first Wednesday of the month at 7pm
Thats it folks!
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Mint Lemon
(Nane Limon)
1 tsp mint, dried
Piece of lemon rind
1 cup boiling water
3-4 lemon wedges
Honey, optional
Place the mint and lemon rind in a small Turkish tea pot-brewer (demlik). Pour the boiling water over the leaves into the brewer. Cover and let it brew for about 7-8 minutes. Then pour the brewed Mint Lemon into tea glass using a small tea strainer. Serve Mint Lemon with the lemon wedges or few drops of lemon juice. Mint Lemon has a sweet-smelling taste and don't need to sweeten it:)
The girls have cramps or upset stomach while they grow up, Mint Lemon is perfect for them:)
When I had an upset stomach or digestion problem, my mother or other elders used to say "I will brew Mint Lemon for you, you will be fine". Indeed, it always gave me the comfort; no pain, no nausea, no gas and also brought a nice sleep:) I've brewed plenty of Mint Lemon for my children, like my mother:)
I have also added the recipe to my archive. Therefore, my children would make this healthy drink for their children when they need it:)
* As with all natural herbal teas, Mint Lemon, certainly not to be boiled. If there is a left over tea do not re-heat and use again! Because they can do more harm than good to you.
Benefits of Mint:
-Mint in vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3 mingling.
-It brings digestive system in order.
-It destroy Spasm-Gas.
-To prevent the smell of mouth you can drink Mint Lemon:)
2-3 Turkish tea glass Mint Lemon.
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A STUDY OF THE ROLE OF RAB27 IN LACRIMAL GLAND ACINAR CELL SECRETORY TRAFFICKING by Lilian Chiang A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES) December 2010 Copyright 2010 Lilian Chiang
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|Tear proteins are supplied by the regulated fusion of secretory vesicles with the apical surface of lacrimal gland acinar cells, utilizing trafficking mechanisms largely yet uncharacterized. We investigated the role of Rab27b in regulating the exocytotic pathway of these secretory vesicles. Evaluation of morphological changes by transmission electron microscopy of lacrimal glands from Rab27b-/- and Rab27ash/ash/Rab27b-/- mice, but not Ashen mice deficient in Rab27a, showed significant changes in organelle morphology which included an approximate 50% decrease in abundance of secretory vesicles and decreased vesicle localization in the subapical region. Along with an apparent secretory pathway effect, knockout of Rab27b also resulted in a two-fold increase in the number of lysosomes, four-fold increase number of damaged mitochondria, two-fold increase in the formation of autophagosome-like organelles, and observed increased ER swelling and vesiculation. Confocal fluorescence microscopy analysis, also confirmed by biochemical assays, of primary cultured rabbit lacrimal gland acinar cells revealed that Rab27b was enriched on the membrane of large subapical vesicles that were highly colocalized with Rab3D (73.6±2.0% at rest) and Myosin 5C (58.3±7.4% at rest). Stimulation of cultured acinar cells with the secretagogue, carbachol, resulted in apical fusion of these secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane.; We also established live-cell protocols for examination of cultured lacrimal gland acinar cells by measuring quantifiable markers for adenovirus entry; these protocols were applied to the remainder of the live cell studies. Tagged-Rab27b constructs expressed in lacrimal gland acinar cells allowed for visualization of Rab27b dynamics in real time. Wild-type Rab27b was expressed on a large subpool of mature secretory vesicles in the subapical region of the cell. Constitutively-active Rab27b increased the average size but retained the subapical distribution of Rab27b-enriched secretory vesicles, while dominant-negative Rab27b redistributed this protein from membrane to the cytoplasm. These secretory vesicles did not colocalize with the lysosomal pathway.; Functional studies measuring release of a co-transduced secretory protein, syncollin-GFP, showed that constitutively-active Rab27b enhanced (up to ~1.5-fold of wild-type), while dominant-negative Rab27b suppressed (no significant change from resting state), stimulated release. Disruption of actin filaments inhibited vesicle fusion to the apical membrane but did not disrupt homotypic fusion. Rab27b–enriched secretory vesicles also required intact components of the cytoskeletal network. Rab27b colocalized highly with the dynein motor protein subunit, p150Glued. In a series of stimulation-recovery experiments, real time image series showed for the first time clear visualization of Rab27b-enriched nascent vesicles formation on the surface of a Nascent Vesicle Site (NVS) located in the basal region of the acinar cell and their gradual movement towards the subapical region to join an existing pool of secretory vesicles as they matured over a 60 min time frame. Disruption of microtubule polymerization sequesters secretory vesicles on the NVS in close proximity to the trans-Golgi network, although colocalization with specific markers was low. These data leave two possible conclusions: that the NVS as a contiguous membrane compartment of the trans-Golgi network, or that the NVS is a completely separate organelle. We also examined Rab27b colocalization with another cytoskeletal component, F-actin. Rab27b also colocalized with Myosin 5C but not directly with actin filaments. Depolymerization of actin filaments prevents mature vesicles from fusing with the apical membrane. Finally, Rab27b shows high co-localization with a truncated form of one of its binding effector proteins, melanophilin, although localization was not obviously altered by overexpression of truncated melanophilin.; Previous studies have suggested that Rab27b is a participant of the last steps of secretory trafficking in other cell types, but have not looked at its role as one in a continuous pathway. In this study, we demonstrate a chronological and multi-step role for Rab27b that is critical in the secretory pathway of lacrimal gland acinar cell. In conclusion, we have shown in this study that knockout of Rab27b results in a major secretory, as well as degradative pathway, effect on lacrimal gland acinar cell morphology. Rab27b is highly enriched on the membrane of secretory vesicles and is associated with components of the exocytotic pathway. Rab27b-enriched secretory vesicles require intact microtubules for "long distance" transport of nascent vesicles to replenish subapical Rab27b-enriched vesicle pools. Upon stimulation, actin is necessary for vesicle-to-apical membrane fusion. Overexpression of constitutively active Ra2b7b up-regulates secretion, while dominant negative Rab27b suppresses the effect of stimulation. These last functional studies correlate with in situ morphological observations of decreased secretory vesicle numbers in Rab27b knockout mice.
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|A STUDY OF THE ROLE OF RAB27 IN LACRIMAL GLAND ACINAR CELL SECRETORY TRAFFICKING by Lilian Chiang A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES) December 2010 Copyright 2010 Lilian Chiang