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The ALS Blood Bank is a repository of blood samples collected from volunteers with ALS to be used for current and future research projects. Some of the projects include searching for ALS biomarkers, genetic factors and gene expression in ALS, and pathophysiology of ALS. The donation is less than 100 mL of blood (this is less than one fifth of the amount that is standard for Red Cross donations) and provides an abundance of research material for multiple research projects. We are collecting samples from both volunteers with ALS and people who do not have ALS (control volunteers).
Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) of skin fibroblasts from a patient with the mutation of the gene C9orf72. The figure above shows inclusions comprised of RNA from this gene that abnormally aggregate in the nucleus and are suspected to be a critical aspect of the disease pathogenesis.
We are creating a bank of cultured fibroblast cells using skin biopsy samples collected from sporadic ALS patients, control volunteers and especially patients with C9orf72 mutation and their family members. These cells allow for ongoing research of the pathophysiology of both sporadic and genetic forms of ALS, and provide a research model for therapies.
We are searching for more volunteers willing to have a skin biopsy to support this research. While science has sophisticated models and technologies to study these diseases, direct access to human tissues with these diseases is vitally important and in short supply. Volunteering involves having a skin biopsy procedure performed (a small 3 mm incision is made to collect the sample). From this biopsy, a specific type of cell called a fibroblast will be extracted and then cultured to become a resource for future studies.
Information gained from central nervous system (CNS) tissues collected after death is vital to the ongoing research at the UC San Diego Center for ALS Research and Therapy. Despite years of research, the actual pathogenesis of ALS remains unknown.
Effective treatments will depend on a better understanding of the cause of the disease. Gaining both ALS and control (healthy) tissue is needed for this research process. We ask that ALS patients, friends and family members consider making the commitment to assist in future research by agreeing to donate CNS tissue samples.
In 2006, an obscure protein called TDP-43 was identified in ALS to abnormally mislocate from where it normally functions in the nucleas (right) to the cytoplasm (left) where the protein clumps and aggregates. This discovery transformed the ideas about ALS pathogenesis and has been one of the critical themes of modern molecular research.


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Abraham Lincoln at your fingertips
app launched on Abe's birthday
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[February 15, 2013]
CHICAGO -- Abraham Lincoln got a
birthday present that everyone can enjoy: his own smartphone
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, along with
AT&T, officially launched the free "Abe App" on Lincoln's 204th
birthday. The app lets everyone explore Lincoln facts, quiz
themselves about his life, peruse pictures of his presidential
museum and more.
"President Lincoln was, for the most part, a
self-taught man who loved to learn. He had an insatiable curiosity
and wide-ranging interests. The Abe App gives users a fun,
interesting and meaningful way to learn about our 16th president,
using today's technology," said Carla Knorowski, chief executive
officer of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation.
"Through the Abe App, we share every aspect of the man from his
boyhood to the presidency -- from little-known facts like his
favorite meal to the well-known like his views on slavery."
The free app's sound effects are the very same sounds Lincoln and
his family heard in daily life. The quiz timer is a recording of
Lincoln's office clock ticking. A wrong answer triggers the clock's
gong. A right answer is greeted by Robert Lincoln's dinner bell.
"I'm especially excited about the app's daily Lincoln facts --
what we're calling the 'Abe-a-day' feature. Everyone can use a daily
reminder of all that Abraham Lincoln accomplished for the nation,"
said Amy Martin, director of the Illinois Historic Preservation
Agency, which operates the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
The app is available for iPhones and for phones using
Android-based operating systems. It can be downloaded at
http://bit.ly/AbeApple and
The app has quietly been available on iTunes and Google Play,
attracting interest from Lincoln fans around the world. It has been
downloaded by people in China, Romania, Thailand, Russia and more.
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"The power of wireless broadband technology is changing the
world. The Abe App is where history meets technology to spread the
story of Abraham Lincoln. Now people of all ages can use a
smartphone or tablet to access this free app to learn more about
President Lincoln and his important life," said Paul La Schiazza,
president of AT&T Illinois.
The Abe App was developed by EDA-Soft Mobile Solutions. In
addition to the fact of the day and the Lincoln quiz, it includes
pictures of the Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library, a link to
the museum's gift shop, information on contributing to the
foundation and contact information.
The private, nonprofit Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Foundation supports programming at the Lincoln Presidential Library
and Museum. It fosters Lincoln scholarship through the acquisition
and publication of documents and promotes historical literacy
through a wide range of activities. To learn more, visit
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Sopranos star Steve Schirripa is reuniting with some of his former cast mates for the Nickelodeon movie Nicky Deuce.
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Based on the children's book of the same name that Schirripa co-wrote with Charles Fleming, Nicky Deuce is about an overprotected teen (iCarly's Noah Munck) who ends up spending the summer in Brooklyn with the uncle (Schirripa) he never knew he had. Viewers can expect fun cameos from Sopranos alums James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Curatola and Tony Sirico.
Watch an exclusive clip from the movie, which premieres Monday, May 27 at 8/7c on Nick at Nite.


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A Brazilian man faces several charges after speeding his Volkswagen through a crowd of hundreds of bicyclists Friday evening in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Given the sheer force of the attack caught on video, it's amazing no riders were killed.
An attorney for the driver of the black VW Golf, Ricardo Leis, 47, says he was only driving in self-defense, claiming the bicyclists were threatening him and his 15-year-old son who was riding in the passenger's seat. The melee sent eight bicyclists to the hospital and injured dozens more.
Warning: the video is violent.
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This Supercomputer Is the Perfect Holiday Gift
All you want for Christmas is a supercomputer? Thanks to Cray, that's now possible. The CX1 is the venerable supercomputer vendor's first mass market high performance computer (HPC) designed for a mass market. The chassis is about the size of a college dorm refrigerator but has room for eight dual-socket blades.If all you want for Christmas is a supercomputer, Cray's mass-market offering is the size of a small refrigerator and packs nearly a teraflop of computing power.
Fully populated with 32 Xeon 5400 processors running at 3.5GHz, the CX1 can hit 786 gigaflops. That won't get it onto the Top 500 list of supercomputers, where the slowest machines still hit nine teraflops of performance, although a few years ago, the CX1 would have made the list.
Customers can configure the computer right from Cray's home page, just like if they were buying a Dell computer. The chassis starts at $8,000 and the individual blades run around the same amount, depending on configuration.
Customers have the choice of Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008, both of which have clustering technologies for multiple rack or blade servers. Each chassis can have up to 4TG of attached storage.
Deploying a supercomputer is not like setting up your average server. It requires a considerable amount of testing and preparation. Cray wanted to eliminate that with the CX1. "One of the things we've tried to do is work on is what we call 'ease of everything'," Ian Miller, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Cray, told InternetNews.com.
"It's easy to configure and buy on the Web, and we have a complete operating system stack in the HPC server 2008 and/or Linux, which means we can get people up and running much more quickly," he added.
Miller said Cray sees two types of potential customers: The first is a user who is confined to the desktop with a big workstation running various HPC workloads and needs more performance, but is scared to take a leap to a cluster. The second type is a person tired of waiting to get on big servers. Large scale supercomputers have waiting lists of days or weeks before a person can get on to run their processing jobs, and if the person needs to go back for follow-up tasks, it's back in line.
IDC HPC analyst Steve Conway said low-end supercomputing is a market with very little supply. "There aren't a lot of products out there yet, even though it's a pretty attractive-sized market, but there definitely is a need," he said.
IDC estimates the HPC market will hit $3.1 billion by 2012, and not all of that will be Blue Gene/L or Roadrunner. "You've got two things going on: First, you've got a bottom-up market, which is people in small-ish firms that have problems they cannot solve on a desktop system and need something bigger like an HPC system, but they don't have people in house who can operate it. So they need something that's easy to buy and operate," said Conway.
"The second thing we're seeing is in big firms with people who use HPC but limit its use, and these folks want to drive the benefits of HPC deeper into the organization into workgroups and to key engineers and scientists, and that's what's making that market grow," he said.
The Cray CX1 will be available starting next month.
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Leather women's wallet, hand crafted in the U.S.A. Includes organizational pockets and zippered coin purse.
The twisted, tear drop shape of the paisley pattern has an interesting history. The pattern itself originated in India and Iran but the name paisley comes from a small town by that name in the west central Lowlands of Scotland where weaving industries thrived in the 19th century. Soldiers returning from British colonies brought home cashmere wool shawls from India and as demand grew, the East India Company imported more. Throughout the 1800's, weavers in the town of Paisley, Scotland became the foremost producers of these shawls in Europe. Working initially in five colors, while most other weavers produced paisley patterns in only two, they eventually mastered a pattern exhibiting up to fifteen colors. The design became known as the Paisley pattern, exhibiting a much greater use of color in their shawls than those still being imported from Kashmir.


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I recently attended several conferences where I noticed that advisors' adoption level of all sorts of tablet devices is doing quite well. At any given session, I noticed a fair number of advisors using tablets to take notes, check email or access websites. I began to wonder, then worry: Are we all taking the necessary steps to protect our access credentials, our passwords and, ultimately, the information we retrieve and send while using wireless connections? Did the attendees in that crowded downtown hotel even think about security and data privacy at all? The reality is that not all wireless connections share the same level of security. In fact, some don't have any security at all. When you use wireless networks, it is important to at least understand the level of security they offer, which should have a direct influence on what information you are willing to transmit using that connection.
Some of the most secure wireless networks are offered by large communication companies like Verizon, AT&T and Sprint. Your device might already have the capabilities built into it to connect to one of these networks. Or you could purchase a small wireless modem and create your own mobile hotspot. The benefits, of course, with using the major wireless carrier networks are that you are leveraging their security infrastructure, and you have access to their support and their users' experience. This might be most attractive to someone who is not very technology savvy or simply doesn't want to worry about understanding the level of security of various local wireless networks at hotels and coffee shops. One of the challenges though is that the costs could get fairly expensive depending on how much data you use and your location (domestic versus international).
Perhaps the most common wireless network used by advisors while on the road is a Wi-Fi-based network. The first point to recognize is that not all Wi-Fi networks are created equal; they don't all have the same level of security or present the same risks. It is important to make sure that your device is not set up to automatically connect to any available Wi-Fi networks. It is understandable to have this feature turned on for known, trusted networks, but not just any network available. Furthermore, Wi-Fi networks that offer some level of security and require a password to connect are always good initial signs of trustworthy networks, compared with being listed as unsecured. Generally, the password is provided by your hotel, conference host or another source. At least this tells you that not everyone and anyone can use the network. While you are using this Wi-Fi network, be sure to connect using HTTPS and SSL before accessing any private information like email and financial websites.
If you frequently use Wi-Fi networks that you don't control (as opposed to those you do control, like at your home or office), then you should consider setting up a personal virtual private network, better known as a VPN. Essentially, a personal VPN is a shield that you activate or connect to immediately after logging onto a Wi-Fi network. You can even automate this step with many personal VPN providers. Then, everything you do through this Wi-Fi network—review email, access websites—is transmitted using the encryption technology of the personal VPN. Examples of personal VPN providers include Hotspot Shield, GoTrusted VPN and Cloak. Each of these providers offers different pricing plans and also generally makes available a trial period for testing their product. This is important because you want to make sure that you understand how to use their product as well as determine that the performance and overall speed is acceptable.
For firms that have a number of employees using wireless connections, you need to make sure that your policies and procedures are very clear regarding how your staff may or may not use them, especially when they are traveling or on vacation. It is very easy for an uninformed employee to think, "I'll just log in and check my email and a couple of account balances" while having a coffee at an Internet café. They might never realize the risk that they are taking or the steps they could follow to minimize it. The fact is your employees now have access to more business information while away from the office than ever before. Don't make the assumption that they understand when it is a good or bad idea to use a wireless connection to access information.
In the end, there are technology steps that you can take in addition to common sense decisions to protect your credentials and information while using a wireless connection. Awareness is where this begins. Understand the type of wireless connection that you are using, and let the security level of that connection determine what you are willing to do while on that network. There are never any guarantees, but you can dramatically reduce the chances of your information and data being compromised.


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You can find BOI NEFT, RTGS and IMPS codes in the table alongside. Bank Of India NEFT, RTGS and IMPS code is same as IFSC code and used in net banking. For carrying out these transactions we need account details like account number, holder's name as per bank records, type of account and IFSC code. Money can be transferred using any of the three techniques i.e. IMPS, NEFT and RTGS. This Bank Of India IFSC code for East Of Kailash branch can be used for various online fund transfers.
Bank Of India East Of Kailash IFSC code is an 11 digit code used in online fund transfers. This IFSC code contains 4 Characters that represent BOI, 5th character is reserved for future use and the last 6 characters represent the East Of Kailash branch code. BOI has many branches all over the country and physical cheques cannot be transferred anywhere across the country to transfer funds hence internet banking is preferred. The IFSC code BKID0006021 is used to identify the Bank Of India East Of Kailash participating in online transactions via RTGS, IMPS and NEFT systems. You can find the IFSC code for Bank Of India East Of Kailash in the table alongside
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Do you like to fish, relax by the pool, stroll along the beach and its foreshores, drive your 4x4 on the beach, barbecue in the park, swim in one of Queensland's safest beaches? Then Moore Park Beach is the destination for you!
Moore Park Beach is a peaceful area with parks and playgrounds, abundant bird-life around the duck pond, a bike track, walking tracks along the esplanade. The beach really is glorious: 17 kilometres of pristine sandy beach. Just 200 metres from Bundaberg's best beach, Moore Park Beach Motel offers clean, affordable, comfortable and friendly holiday accommodation. With their convenient location, you can leave your car parked at the motel and enjoy a relaxing walk to the beautiful beach and surrounding areas, maybe even catch sight of turtles coming ashore to hatch, or baby turtles scurrying back to the sea.
The bowls club across the road is the ideal spot for a relaxing cool drink, dinner, a game of pool, a flutter on the poker machines or just chatting to the friendly locals. This is the place to relax, away from the bustle of city life, yet only 15 minutes from Bundaberg and all its attractions.
Due to current health advice on social distancing, please contact the business for the most up to date information regarding opening times and services.
Purpose- built room with full disability facilities, built to AS1428. King-size bed, full size fridge, tea/coffee making facilities, toaster, microwave and hair-dryer. Single bed can be included if required. Outside seating.
These rooms cater for up to two adults and two children, with a queen bed, double bunks, table and chairs and a two-door refrigerator.
With a very comfortable queen and single bed, each room can cater for up to three people. All rooms have reverse cycle airconditioning, ceiling fans and limited cooking facilities with toaster, kettle, two door fridge/freezer and microwave, 32 inch televisions and DVD player (on request).
The most comfortable queen bed, with separate shower and toilet, tea/coffee making facilities, full size fridge, toaster, microwave and hair-dryer.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


text: Ok i have a question. I never smoked pork ribs or baby backs. I'm more of a beef back ribs type guy. I've been doin tons of research on smoking and spraying ribs during the smoking process. Has anyone here use anything real good to spray on ribs or know anyone who knows alot about this? I've read you can use just plain apple juice but i think there is something better. I also read you can use jack daniels. Any further info would be greatly appreciated. :yellowthumb:


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The season is upon us. First game is this Weds night at Clippers. What are you all looking forward to? For me it's the development of Jamal Murray. See if he's crossed the line of a very good player to a star. Also to see how Isaiah Thomas and MPJ look when they come back.
It's been a while since I've been this excited for a Nuggets season. I really feel like we will make some noise. Go Nuggets!


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The FIRM Friday Open Track Day March 1st
The FIRM
Registration closed March 1, 2019 11:59 PM on March 1, 2019 11:59 PM EST Registration ends March 1, 2019 11:59 PM on March 1, 2019 11:59 PM EST Registration opens January 8, 2019 12:00 AM on January 8, 2019 12:00 AM EST Registration runs from January 8, 2019 12:00 AM to March 1, 2019 11:59 PM
Welcome to The FIRM Open Track Day! Become a Drivers Club Member for unlimited FIRM hosted Open Track Events!
$2500 Annual Pass Holder (3 Free Private Instruction sessions, 10% off courses, guaranteed 48 FIRM hosted events).
$1500 Annual Pass Holder (1 Free Private Instruction session, 5% off courses, guaranteed 24 FIRM hosted events).
Entry Fee
$250 per Driver ($200 online early registration)
$100 Instruction (20-min Session)
$75 per Additional Driver
$25 per Ride-along
$25 Helmet Rental
$10 per Spectator
Prices do not include applicable sales tax.
Open Track Day Schedule
- 7:30 a.m. Gates Open*
- 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Vehicle tech
- 8:45 a.m. Mandatory Drivers Meeting
- 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Track Open
- 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Track Closed for Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Track Open
- 5:00 p.m. Gates Closed*
*The schedule is subject to change. The FIRM may suspend or cancel operations if severe weather is in the area.
SA-2010 OR NEWER HELMET IS REQUIRED FOR ALL DRIVERS. We do not allow SNELL, DOT or M-rated helmets. If you do not have a proper SA-2010 or newer helmet, you may rent one from us.
Track Layout
Planning Information
- Entry is PER DRIVER, not per car. Each driver must register and pay individually. Pre-registration is strongly recommended.
- If you are unable to attend, we regret not being able to offer refunds.
- Open Track Days/Track Attack Weekends run RAIN or SHINE!
- All drivers *MUST* attend the mandatory drivers meeting. If you fail to attend the drivers meeting, you will not be allowed on track.
- Drivers must wear a helmet and seat belt or safety harness at all times while on track.
- A SA-2010 or newer helmet is REQUIRED for all car drivers!! Motorcycle helmets are not acceptable.
- Natural fiber long-sleeve shirt is recommended. Long pants and closed toed shoes are required!
- Convertibles are allowed. Driving a convertible or any OPEN TOP vehicle, even with a pop-up, factory or aftermarket roll bar, is an added risk. If you are unsure if your rollover protection is adequate then seek a professional opinion or use a different vehicle. We can not advise you, other than to state the obvious dangers of open tops at high speeds.
- Tech Inspection required by FIRM staff.
- The FIRM's Track Policies must be adhered to at all times.
- All drivers must be over 18 and have valid driver's license.
- Drivers under 18 *may* be allowed on track if they hold a recognized competition license AND have a parent sign The FIRM's parental liability and release waiver form.
- Fire suits are recommended for all race prepared cars.
- The paddock speed limit at The FIRM is 5 MPH.
- Both the driver and passenger windows must be down at all times.
- Passing is allowed when the wheels are straight and then only with a "point by" from the driver being passed.
- Return to pit-out for tire inspection if you have put two or more wheels off course.
- If you drop two or more wheels off the course, go to the paddock for consultation. Repeated off course driving may end your day.
- The FIRM reserves the right to refuse access to the track to anyone at anytime.
- Track Days are for drivers of all experience levels. However, you will be required to purchase a minimum of one instruction session with a FIRM instructor if you have no prior track experience.
Definition of Flags
- Green: Your session has started.
- Yellow: Caution, slow down, no passing, and be prepared to avoid track blockage.
- Red: Come to an immediate and safe stop.
- Black: Slow down, no passing – come to the paddock.
- Blue with yellow stripe: Check your mirrors – a faster car is about to pass you!
- Checkered: Your session is over – finish this lap and return to the paddock.


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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Hank Steinbrenner wants Joe Girardi to remain with the New York Yankees and is awaiting the manager's decision on a new contract.
Girardi's current deal expires at the end of the month, and the team offered a new agreement last week.
"It's up to him now," Steinbrenner, the team's co-chairman, said Tuesday.
The Yankees failed to make the playoffs for the second time in 19 years and finished with an 85-77 record, their poorest since 1992. All-Stars Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira and Curtis Granderson missed much of the season.
"Well, the No. 1 thing is, and it's not an excuse, the injuries were catastrophic," Steinbrenner said. "And that's the word for it, catastrophic. I've never seen anything like it. We've been in baseball for 40 years, and I haven't seen anything like it. It was crazy."
New York was mathematically eliminated during the last week of the season, losing nine times in a 12-game span before finishing with a three-game sweep at woeful Houston.
"It's amazing how they hung in for as long as they did," Steinbrenner said. "Showed a lot of toughness."
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman says the team would like to get under the $189 million luxury-tax threshold for next season, which includes room for about $177 million in salaries. A season-long suspension of Alex Rodriguez would lower the payroll by $27.5 million.
Getting under the threshold would cut the Yankees' tax rate from 50 percent to 17.5 percent in 2015, and there would be additional savings under the revenue sharing plan.
But New York would have to spend if wants to retain second baseman Robinson Cano and Granderson, who are eligible for free agency.
"We want to make improvements now," Steinbrenner said. "The 189 is just a one-year thing. It's not a permanent thing. If we can deal with that, we'll going to try and do that, and that will make it easier for us in the future. But that doesn't mean we won't be able to make some moves."
Steinbrenner is working to improve the Yankees' player development system, which was not able to provide enough adequate replacements this year for the lost offense when the regulars got hurt.
"We've got to add to what we have in the farm system," Steinbrenner said.
The Yankees scheduled organizational meetings beginning this week to determine offseason plans.
"We're still going to do everything we can to win the World Series every year," Steinbrenner said.


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New Project Allows Members of Congress to Adopt Conscience Prisoners
'We must shine a light on these prisoners of conscience until they are free,' said Katrina Lantos Swett, who chairs the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
WASHINGTON — A new initiative in the nation's capital invites members of Congress to "adopt" international prisoners of conscience to advocate for their release and to highlight the importance of human rights and religious liberty.
"We must shine a light on these prisoners of conscience until they are free," said Katrina Lantos Swett, who chairs the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
At a Dec. 6 press conference, she explained that the Defending Freedoms project will encourage legislators to "stand in solidarity" with conscience prisoners, work for reform in their countries and send a message to the world about the importance of fundamental human freedoms.
Lantos Swett is the daughter of former Congressman Thomas Lantos, the namesake of the congressional Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, which is working with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and Amnesty International USA to spearhead the initiative.
Annette Lantos, chair of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice and widow of Tom Lantos, recalled how she and her late husband experienced persecution as young Jewish teenagers in Hungary during the Holocaust, escaping only through the compassionate aid of others.
This experience left her husband with a desire to speak out for those who are persecuted, work that is today continued through this new program, she said.
The Defending Freedoms project allows individual members of Congress to focus on individual prisoners of conscience, standing in solidarity with them, following their plight and publically advocating for their release.
By "adopting" prisoners of conscience, lawmakers can increase attention and support for human rights and religious freedom on an international scale.
Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass., co-chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, said he hopes the project will "promote a new awareness of prisoners of conscience around the world."
"There are far too many brave people around the world who still languish in jail cells today simply because they are engaged in peaceful protest and exercising the rights to freedom of assembly and expression," he said.
Noting that a country is more likely to be politically and economically stable when basic human rights are respected, he urged his fellow lawmakers to "make sure that these prisoners of conscience are not forgotten."
'Make a Difference'
"There is a tremendous opportunity to really make a difference," said Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., who also co-chairs the commission.
He told stories of how members of Congress have been able to aid prisoners of conscience in the past and said he hopes to have 300 congressional participants in the program by the spring.
"To participate is more than just a letter," Wolf stressed, saying it means the lawmakers must "engage" in action. He suggested that legislators travel to the home countries of their adopted prisoners and ask to see them and their families as one means of taking steps to spread news of their plight.
Frank Jannuzi, head of the Washington, D.C., office of Amnesty International USA, praised the initiative as an example of the "bipartisan spirit in Washington" that can be so "powerful" when put into practice.
He called for the program to be a reminder of the larger battle for human dignity across the globe.
As the congressmen stand with these oppressed prisoners, he said, "We must also dedicate ourselves to addressing the underlying root causes of that oppression."


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HOUSTON – It's a crime that begins in the street, but it ends inside your home. To be exact, it's an incredibly costly crime that ends inside your home computer.
"The biggest thing about this crime is that the criminal can steal your credit card numbers, your savings account numbers and your checking account numbers. They can wipe you out financially," said Brett Dearman, a digital detective with McCann Investigations of a cyber-security company located in Bellaire.
The crime is called Wi-Fi Jacking. It has also been called War Driving, and all thieves have to do is park outside your home, use the right software, and with a few clicks on a laptop, they can break into your home wireless network. But they can only do that if your Wi-Fi network is open and unprotected.
How dangerous is it?
Cyber security experts say leaving your home Wi-Fi wide open is just like giving the keys to your house to 100 thieves at the same time, you are completely open to attack.
The problem is a lot of people just don't pay attention to the details about their home computer systems, and don't even know if they have Wi-Fi protection or not.
We decided to find out how widespread the problem is.
To do that, we at Local 2 Investigates went War Driving with Dearman, on a mission to identify people in various neighborhoods with wide open Wi-Fi.
We traveled to three different Houston area neighborhoods, Bellaire, West University and southwest Houston, and within 30-seconds of hitting each area; we already found dozens of people with open home Wi-Fi.
"It's so easy to break in to these people's lives, they have no idea," Dearman said.
Of course we are not going to enter any of these Wi-Fi systems, or identify who owns them, our aim is just to warn people about the danger they are facing.
But it's not just the threat of being robbed by these Wi-Fi jackers. If they want to, Wi-Fi jackers can also take over your computer and use it to distribute and sell illegal drugs or child pornography.
What can you do to lock these Wi-Fi jackers out of your network?
It's very easy to do and you don't have to be a computer expert.
All you need to do is enable what's called WPA on your wireless router.
We have created a special online tutorial to show you exactly how to do that right here on our website.
Remember, protecting your home Wi-Fi takes only a few minutes, while leaving it wide open could wipe you out financially.


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SOCHI, Russia, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Jamie Benn scored the game's only goal on a deflection Friday and Canada set up am Olympic gold medal showdown with Sweden by defeating the United States 1-0.
Carey Price recorded the shutout, stopping 31 shots to put Canada in the men's hockey final for the fifth time in the last seven Olympics.
The Canadians will be trying for their third gold medal in the last four Games, and will be meeting a Swedish team that reached the championship contest with a 2-1 decision over Finland.
Canada completed a hockey sweep of the United States and will be trying to win all four team medals that were available in Sochi.
In the women's gold medal game Thursday, the Canadians overcame a 2-0 deficit with less than 4 minutes remaining in regulation and eventually won in overtime 3-2. Canada has won both the men's and women's curling gold medals.
Benn, who plays his NHL hockey for the Dallas Stars, scored 1:41 into the second period. Carey, of the Montreal Canadiens, was then called upon to protect the lead.
The only goal came against Jonathan Quick, who made 36 saves.
Loui Eriksson and Erik Karlsson scored 4:27 apart in the second period Friday to give Sweden its victory.
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Karlsson's game-winner came on the power play after Jokinen had been called for tripping.
Henrik Lundqvist, who has started every game for Sweden in this year's Olympics, stopped 25-of-26 shots.
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It's hard to believe, but Discovery Channel is celebrating 25 years of Shark Week! All of Discovery's programming is turned on its head as their prime time slots swallowed whole by these fearsome creatures of the deep. In a press release, Discovery promises their viewers "eight all-new shark-filled specials that get you so close to the action, if you were any closer you'd be bait!" Now that is close my friends!
If you want to know everything you could possibly imagine about sharks, then Shark Week is for you. Discovery has a website dedicated to Shark Week at http://www.sharkweek.com. There is a ton of trivia, videos, show previews, games, and lots of teeth! Embedded below, you can see a preview of tonight's episode called "Sharkzilla".
If TV isn't enough for you, fear not, Discovery has you covered. You can download the "Discovery Channel HD" app that let's you in on all the action via your iPad. It is available in iTunes via this link. When you download this app, iPad users will have exclusive access to "Shark Week Plus", an interactive second screen experience, synchronized to select shows from Shark Week's 25th Anniversary! You can also play along with your Facebook friends while you're watching Shark Week with Shark Week Bingo. Pictured below, you can pick which episode you are watching and you can click on game pieces as you see them come across your TV screen.
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Parting remarks: This town is a jam band (sometimes)
More than three years ago, when the fates saw fit to actually pay me for spending half my weekends constructing occasionally verbose pieces (always much longer than asked for) on the subject of music, I sh*t my pants, figuratively speaking.
Sure, there were some weeks I wanted to claw my eyes out, when no CDs had found their way to my mailbox and I had to use the two tracks available online and the 50-word blurb to write a 400-word piece (and you wondered why I sometimes begin pieces with a paragraph about a loosely related topic- "So I was on my way to the dentist yesterday..."), the sun was shining outside (like it is today), and all I wanted to do was recline on a blanket with someone soft next to me.
But in terms of work, having a job where the only requirement was to write about local shows and make it at least 400 words long is pretty radical, both in the true meaning of the word and its latter-day usage.
But in about 250 words I'll be done with this Music Editor gig, and moving on to a summer of lounging around before pursuing an academic future– a summer without churning out a thousand words a week, watching a usually mediocre act, and locating a press kit to review– tasks that have waxed and waned in troublesomeness over time.
I'm ready to move on. I've seen about 150 acts, including most of the repeat offenders, and have probably heard most of the rest in recorded form. Most of them– with a few notable exceptions– are now blended together into a rootsy mélange.
Yup, Charlottesville loves its bluegrass, a fact that– while I knew it before I started this Hook gig– was vehemently reinforced each week. And I've seen some good ones: Old School Freight Train's technical mastery, King Wilkie's soulful reaching, and the late/great Hogwaller Ramblers– all those both held my ADD musical interests and made me appreciate the genre in a way I had never before thought about.
Charlottesville's good to folk and jazz as well, and with the University support, classical concerts can be found every weekend. It's less kind to its rock, my genre of choice, and a town like the spacious nothing that is Harrisonburg easily beats it. This is so for a combination of reasons including:
1) The college radio station, WTJU, plays rock music only between 2-4pm and 11pm-6am. This is a university, generally a place skewed to the younger less-rootsy set, and yet the station makes its thirsty audience turn to one of the local modern rock stations or get an iPod, for the sake of playing seven hours a day of classical, which we can get just fine (and I do) on the NPR stations, 88.5 or 103.5.
2) Since the closing of Trax in 2000, there has not been a venue big enough to bring in acts bigger than "employee favorites." Starr Hill, which has a capacity of 450, went from booking Ex-Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus to a constant reliance on safe acts that bring in the 30-something accountant crowd.
3) We don't even get many smaller touring bands– either few outside artists want to play here, or Charlottesville venues are generally being very insular in the choice of bands they book. Most weeks have a rotating cast of local artists with only one or two non-native spices.
4) With the opening of the Satellite Ballroom on the Corner, things may indeed be looking up for rock fans. It's a good capacity space made for seeing rock shows and the occasional dance party, in a great location, just what this town needs, and those in charge of booking include one Plan 9 music savant. Hopefully they will capitalize on the venue's promise.
Even more the red-headed step-children are hip-hop and soul. As far as I've ever been able to tell, there is no college rock hip-hop presence at all and only two hours a day on WNRN.
Oh, you say, what about Kiss FM, the 10 in a row station? Sure, it's got some hip-hop, but even I, woefully lacking in hip-hop knowledge, know that LL Cool J and Mariah Carey are not exactly on the cutting edge of the genre. And most venues in town seem to be off limits for hip-hop shows except acts that have broken through the musical glass ceiling. I don't think I've listed more than 15 hip-hop shows in the calendar during my entire time in the editor's seat.
Charlottesville is a college town, and without UVA we'd be another Staunton, nice but small. And though the census lists our population around 40,000, this number swells each year with the migratory tide of students. The needs of this group of music lovers and music lovers-to-be, as well as the rest of us perpetual youngsters, are not being served. Somebody should get on that.


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Bitcoin mania is back! But is it a bubble?October 24, 2013: 1:48 PM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
Remember that Bitcoin bubble? The price of the virtual currency rose as high as $266 in early April when everyone was worried that problems with banks in Cyprus could lead to a huge euro disaster.
The mainstream media (CNNMoney included) started doing stories about investors snapping up bitcoins, and bars and doctors accepting payment via the digital currency. It became clear that Bitcoin was starting to look a bit like the 21st century version of tulip mania.
The Cyprus crisis ultimately ebbed and the value of bitcoin promptly plunged to $54 from $266 in a matter of days. The price roared back to about $150 later in April but quickly retreated to around $70 by early summer.
Related: How porn links and Ben Bernanke slipped into Bitcoin's code
Many people then quickly forgot about Bitcoin. It seemed destined to become 2013's financial equivalent of the pet rock. Or #Linsanity. Remember him, Knicks fans?
But a funny thing has happened in the past few months that hasn't gotten a lot of attention. Bitcoin has bounced back sharply from its lows. The price is now around $212. And some investors think it could soon hit new highs.
At first blush, the rally doesn't appear to make sense.
If the United States had actually defaulted on its debt, that might have been a good reason for Bitcoin, as well as gold, to surge. The dollar would have looked a lot weaker in a post-default environment and investors could have been more willing to flock to currencies that aren't subject to the whims of dumb politicians.
But the default didn't happen.
There's also the issue of online black market Silk Road, which was shut down by the FBI earlier this month. That site, which only accepted bitcoins as payment, was infamous for allowing users to surreptitiously buy illegal drugs and hardcore weapons.
The value of bitcoins did dip the day that Silk Road was shut down. But prices have since resumed their rally.
Related: Why the Silk Road bust could help Bitcoin
So why is Bitcoin still popular among investors? One bitcoin owner (and he literally owns just one bitcoin) says it's simply a case of supply and demand.
"It's not about the news and headlines. There is a finite supply of bitcoins being released," said Leigh Drogen, CEO of Estimize, a site that crowdsources earnings and sales forecasts from a wide group of investors.
Bitcoins are "mined" by a complicated computer algorithm that's designed to ensure that there are never more than 21 million bitcoins in circulation.
According to Bitcoin website Blockchain, there are currently about 11.9 million bitcoins in circulation.
"The more people that want to own bitcoins, the more the price will grow. The gradual adoption of the platform is driving the price higher," Drogen adds.
One of the main allures of Bitcoin is that the supply will never get too high. Critics of good old-fashioned paper currencies like the dollar, euro and yen complain that their value can be manipulated (usually not for the better) by central banks that turn on the printing presses when they see fit. Sound familiar?
Still, Drogen admitted that investing in Bitcoins is very speculative. So don't sell all your stocks and bonds and put the money into that proposed new Bitcoin ETF that the WInklevoss twins of Facebook (FB) fame are launching.
Related: SecondMarket beats Winklevii to the punch with Bitcoin fund
"I own one bitcoin just for the hell of owning a bitcoin because I want to understand it," he said, adding that he bought it several months ago. He didn't disclose the price he paid. But thanks to the recent rally, that investment is in the black. And he's not planning to sell it anytime soon.
"People are afraid of what they don't understand. But that's often when you can make the most money," he said.
However, investing in Bitcoins is not for the faint of heart. Drogen is advocating a buy-and-hold strategy. Many traders are trying to quickly move in and out of the cryptocurrency. And that's dangerous.
The relative scarcity of bitcoins has led to extreme price volatility on a daily basis. There is no central exchange to buy and sell bitcoins either.
Drogen even joked about how many Bitcoin investors get together in the real analog world to trade them. There's a monthly gathering in New York's Union Square Park that he went to once. He said it was like what the stock exchanges used to be when people and sheets of paper outnumbered machines.
"It's strange. Bitcoins are such a new technology but people meet and trade them in an old school way," he said.
Related: Bitcoin is more powerful than world's fastest supercomputers
Of course, people still trade them online as well. And if you look at Mt. Gox, one of the more popular sites for trading bitcoins, prepare to be nauseous. Bitcoins traded as high as $233.40 today and as low as $175.30. You could sail an aircraft carrier through that price gap.
Drogen thinks the idea of a digital currency will be around for a long time, though he conceded that Bitcoin may not be the ultimate winner.
"The idea of a cyrptocurrency is not going do die. Even if Bitcoin doesn't survive, something else will emerge," he said.
But that's all the more reason to play it safe with Bitcoins. If you want to plop $200 and change on one bitcoin, there are worse things you could spend your money on. Just don't make bitcoins a major part of your portfolio.
Reader comment of the week! These are dark days for two iconic retail chains: J.C. Penney (JCP) and RadioShack (RSH). A tweet by stock market analyst Brian Sozzi prompted me to joke that the two should join forces. But one reader had a brilliantly sarcastic retort
Ouch! Well-played. Although it would still be nice to get a free haircut for my kids at the Shack next time I need a pack of D batteries.


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Back in March, I bought a set of SKS Commuter fenders, and pretty much fell in love with the function. The look took a while to get used to, but it's slowly grown on me.
The SKS Commuter is supposedly a full-wrap fender, but as you can see to the left, it covers about 40% of the rear, leaving plenty of room to throw a sizable rooster-tail onto whoever happens to be riding behind you. As I'm pretty slow, no one's usually behind me so that's not too much of a problem. The rear fender does keep you from getting a butt-stripe, and the front fender keeps your feet pretty dry through all but the deepest puddles.
About a month ago, you may recall I did some rather unsavory, hackish repair work to a fracture in the rear fender. I examined the fender for other signs of damage and nothing really caught my eye. The initial repair job from August is still holding up great, by the way. I figured that the fracture was from the time it got mangled in May. Now, I'm not so sure.
Yesterday, I noticed some rattling from the rear of the bike and saw that the fender had indeed cracked all the way through right where it attaches to the rear brake caliper. Upon further inspection tonight, it's also about ready to crack all the way through in a third spot.
While they're relatively attractive, moderately priced, functional and come with decent installation hardware/instructions, I can't help but be pretty disappointed that they lasted only six months. I've ridden The Twelve about 2000 miles since I put them on.
In the heat of the summer, my bike was hidden in a somewhat cool parking garage. I never left it locked up in the sun. I can't blame UV degradation or excess heat/light exposure because the only time it was out in the heat was when I was riding it.
Overall: They worked really well while they lasted, but I'm not impressed. I am, however, a believer in fenders now.
Some people I was talking to when I got these fenders expressed a lot of good remarks about the Planet Bike Cascadia fenders -- both in looks and form, with massive mud-flaps that make it less likely you'll rooster-tail riders behind you. I suppose I'll give those a shot when I can afford it. For the time being, I've yanked the fragmented corpse of a rear fender off of my bike.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Product Review: SKS Commuter Fenders
Back in March, I bought a set of SKS Commuter fenders, and pretty much fell in love with the function. The look took a while to get used to, but it's slowly grown on me.
8 comments:
- Jennifer said...
Uh oh, are the Commuters the same as the Chromoplastics?
- September 24, 2008 7:20 PM
- Noah said...
They're not identical but they could be made of the same stuff. Mine were actually a really deep, deep red plastic (you could only tell in bright light) covering what seems to be an aluminum backbone. That aluminum strip is what cracked, I think. It's been gradually taking the rest of the fender with it.
- September 24, 2008 7:26 PM
- Sirrus Rider said...
I've got Cascadias on my 700c Sirrus Hybrid and I'm extremely satisfied with them. I've had Hardcores on the Alpine for almost 4 years now and they're rock solid!
- September 24, 2008 8:41 PM
- Ken Harris said...
I'll second the Hardcores. I've got them on my mountain-bike/commuter conversion and they do work well. I think the front ones are a little far away from my tires though, as my feet tend to get soaked when going through a puddle. I put some 1.5" coummuter tires on they have a much lower profile than the mountain tires that the Hardcores are meant to cover...
- September 24, 2008 8:54 PM
- Doug said...
I have PB Cascadias on the three bikes I use for commuting. Prior to the Cascadias coming out, I used their regular Freddy Fenders. After many thousands of miles in extreme weather conditions, I've never had one crack on me. Back in the early 90's I used to use some Zefal fenders. I cracked several sets of those fenders.
- September 24, 2008 9:12 PM
- Sairen said...
I bought a set of fenders only to find that I don't think they'll go on my suspension fork. Do you know of any fenders that work with front suspension?
- September 25, 2008 7:57 AM
- Noah said...
I'd think the Planet Bike SpeedEZ ATB fenders might work. The SpeedEZ's get zip-tied to the fork if you don't have eyelets.
What fenders did you get and where are they having problems? The upper brake boss mount?
- September 25, 2008 8:19 AM
- Apertome said...
I have the "Chromoplast" fenders and have had no problems with them. I tend to think maybe you just got a bum set, or maybe something hit your fender, cracking it.
Or maybe the Commuter fenders are just weak. I don't know. I can understand your desire to go with something else this time, though.
- September 25, 2008 5:21 PM
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Posted by Jonathan Rochelle, Director of Product Management, Google Drive
Since the Quickoffice team joined Google a few months ago, we've been working to make it easier for you to work with your legacy Microsoft Office files -- both by converting them to Google documents and by editing them directly in Quickoffice.
Better conversion to Google Docs, Sheets and Slides
You've always had the option to convert documents from popular formats into Google Docs, where you can share and work together in real-time. In the past few months, we've incorporated Quickoffice conversion technology into this process so your Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint files look even better when you convert them to Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, respectively.
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Using Quickoffice to edit Office files on your iPad
Converting old files to Google Docs, Sheets and Slides is the easiest way to share and work together, but perhaps not everyone you work with has gone Google yet. To complement what you can do with Google documents, we're also making it easier for you to make quick edits to Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint files without conversion. Starting today, the Quickoffice iPad app is available for free to all Apps for Business customers, and iPhone and Android versions are on the way. With the app, you can open and edit any Office files you've stored in Google Drive right from your iPad.
Whether you're converting Office files to Google documents or you just need to make a couple quick edits without converting, it should be easy to get work done whenever you need to, on any device. Stay tuned for more document conversion and mobile editing improvements in 2013.


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Free Beer & Hot Wings: Cleveland Indians Fan Shows Everyone How to Catch a Baseball with His Teeth [Video]
This Cleveland Indians fan has quite a skill. He can catch baseballs with his teeth.
Watch as a ball is thrown into the stands by an outfielder and this bro locks in on it during Monday night's Indians-Detroit Tigers game.
OK, remember that part where we said he can catch baseballs with his teeth?
Well, it's not 100 percent effective. It didn't work out so well for him this time.
The best part is how the announcers just blatantly laugh at him.
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Hi again, it seems today is my day for posting topics and I need your help once again. I bought a package of German Blood Sausage and am in need of some suggestions on what to do with it. I've had the Brit version in a fry up a few times an like it, but am looking for a new way to prepare it. Despite the fact that I like it, I have to admit am still a little gun shy about it and that is stiffiling my creativity at the mo.
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If you google the spanish morcilla there are lots of ideas. I like the look of the morcilla stuffed squid.
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:11 pm
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Erin, one of my earliest food memories with my German mother-in-law: she told me to shut my eyes, open my mouth, 'n yep...a slice of Blutwurst...
so many wursts so little time
Have just come across this..while browsing..'n at the end of the piece are directions for making blood pudding...
can remember years back, Gai Blison wanted to make them using her blood..a google search and how about this..from Barbara's blog!!!...:
"All was well until I came to the chapter entitled Amiable juyce (blood sausage). Back in 1993 Gay was involved in designing and preparing the Body Dinner for the 1993 Symposium of Australian Gastronomy. The Symposium of Australian Gastronomy, founded in 1984 by Australian food historian Michael Symons , meet once every 18 months to discuss food and attend workshops. The event is followed by a dinner with a given theme.
Gay Bilson floated the idea of serving blood sausage made from her own blood. Her plan was to have her blood tested to make sure it was safe, collect and store around 3 litres and make the sausages using a blood sausage recipe that was normally made with pig's blood.
Her legal advise was it would be necessary to inform the diners what was being served before they ate it to risk the possibility of being sued if anyone suffered from the shock of it all. She ran the idea past her colleagues and after an overwhelming negative response shelved the plan.
Frankly, I was horrified at the thought of eating someones else's blood. Even though I have no problem with eating blood sausage (made from pigs blood). And yet I'm told pig's blood has similar properties to human blood. Gay Bilson saw the idea as the most generous gesture a host could make - she would be giving herself to others.
It got me thinking . How would I feel if it was offered to me at a dinner? One would hope it was only a degustation sized serving. Was Gay Bilson being self indulgent or was she genuine in the giving of herself to others? Personally, I feel she was genuine and not self indulgent. People with a real interest in food are usually adventurous, eager to try new and different tastes. They also love to cook and get great pleasure from sharing their efforts with friends. I firmly believe this was Gay Bilson's objective. "
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:12 pm
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Thanks Barbara, that sounds good, I'll check it out.
Madame, oh my! Giving person or not, no way! To me, that is the same as a steak and kidney pie with my kidneys.
"It's watery....and yet there's a smack of ham."
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:37 pm
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Erin, I've just realised I did something rather naughty...methinks a big block post from another blog is a no no...
however words of Barbara are always more than interesting..so I doth think it's ok
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Perfectly okay Madame.
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It's really difficult to gross me out (Hey I was a nurse for years!!) but I'm afraid this Mme. Bilson's conceit is beyond the pale. Rather than a "giving" opportunity it strikes me as the epitome of narcissism!
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
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Giving of herself, huh?
Soon as I read that I started thinking about all the old cannibal jokes.
I would have to have passed on that dainty.
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Sometimes I would get annoyed because I would say something, (not quite loud enough) and then the class clown would pick up my one liner, say it louder and take all the credit.
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