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Matthew Hawkins: Toying Around With Paper Engineering Creativity
When I was with a former employer there were rumors of upcoming layoffs (obviously the rumors ended up being true or I wouldn't be referring to it as a FORMER employer). The company denied the rumors, which sent employees a message to be nervous. Sure enough, layoffs started. First it was some forced retirements. Then the sales force got hit hard. Naturally, the creative department, which was one of the largest of any American company, started suffering odd hits among the staff.
Many of these people were leaders in creative innovation that were completely undervalued and underused. Matthew Hawkins was one such individual. His success at making his passion the top priority in his life shows how much untapped potential went to waste while working for the company. But, as the saying goes, "one door closes and another opens." The open door also allowed him to profit from his passion, rather then let it bypass his pocket and go directly to his employer.
Matthew Hawkins. Self portrait in paper.
How He Started A New Creative Path
"Well," Matthew begins, "I was working at a greeting card company as a production artist and they had these free soda machines. So every time you went to get a soda a little plastic cup would drop down and at the end of every day I'd amass a small stack of plastic cups. One day I turned one over and drew a face on it with a Sharpie. Then I used some index cards and made little paper limbs for my little 'Cupenstein.'"
"So I started making more and more cup figures," Matthew resumed, "and started making more and more elaborate paper accessories like cars and whatnot. In a little while these creations were more paper than plastic cups. About this time I came across the website http://www.paperforest.blogspot.com and they feature artists who were making these amazing little paper crafts and sharing the templates online. I made a paper craft character to promote a comic I had just released. I was hooked and things just took off from there."
"While at the card company," he continues, "I got a couple art directors interested in the idea of putting some punch out and assemble toys inside of cards, so we developed a line for Father's Day. We thought kids and dads would enjoy making these models. So I was given the time and resources to fully develop them."
Unfortunately, as can happen with innovative ideas, Matthew's ideas were a bit too fresh for some. As he relates the story, "they were presented to a certain retailer that didn't go for them and I'm not sure why we never tried the concept again. People seemed to dig them. I know I've hit roadblocks with other companies because they feel they aren't instant gratification, they're too hard to build, kids don't have the attention span or parents don't really want to spend time with their kids — they want something to throw at them to keep them quite for a few minutes. I disagree with all these things and that's why I continue to work with companies who believe these toys are a great project for families and kids and have great value and fun."
Luckily, Matthew landed at a company that saw value and fun in his work. "I do a lot of papertoys for my current employer, who specializes in fast food premiums — stuff you would find in kids meals from fast food restaurants. We use 'papertoys' (Matthew's term for his paper creations) to cost balance plastic or plush toys. So we might do a month of papertoys so we can afford to do really cool plastic or plush toys the next month or will put one papertoy in with a group of plastic toys. With the price of oil/plastic going up, shipping getting more expensive and a rising wages in China, papertoys have become a great option for us. They are cheaper, can be domestically produced and at the end of their life, biodegradable! I also design and illustrate a lot of kid's menus for them.
Just a few of Matthew's creations for fast food premiums.
Matthew has also discovered that his 3d work has become an art form, showing in galleries around the globe. "I have sent papertoys to shows in LA, New York, Vancouver, Amsterdam. Places like Rivet Gallery in Columbus and Pink Hobo in Minneapolis. Lately I've been doing these larger scale Shadow Box type pieces that use my paper craft atheistic but applies it to a more 'hang on the wall' type art. I love doing large freestanding pieces but they don't sell because people don't know what the heck to do with them!"
After so many creations and successes on the market and in galleries, it was inevitable that Matthew do a collection in book form. "Urban Paper was my first book experience and it sold out in its first year but didn't get a second printing," he reflects. "Mostly I think due to a bad economy when it came out a few years back but since then I've done publishing projects for books and toy kits that have been selling well!"
One of the many books in which you can find Matthew's work. Check out his site for more!
There's a good chance you've already seen Matthew's papertoys in a magazine or newspaper. As a 3D illustrator, he has had some impressive clients. "I started out wanting to do editorial illustration," he recalls, "so I love it when I get a chance to build a little paper craft scene or toy that gets used for illustration. I've done stuff for a kid's magazine, alternative newsweeklies and even did a papertoy version of Rupert Murdoch driving a paper machine robot for Newsweek!
Cover of The Pitch — Kansas City (Village Voice Publishing).
Naturally, I had to ask how long it takes him to create one of these pieces, from concept to finished piece, as it's not just design but also paper engineering. "A long, long while," he answered, dodging the question nicely. "I really have no idea. All I know is it always takes longer than I think. I enjoy the process so I don't really count the hours but when a commercial project comes down I'm almost always under the time quoted."
With a growing reputation and exposure, Matthew's work is gaining popularity. I asked what projects he has on the horizon. "I'm actually doing some small kids crafts and a big paper craft piece for an upcoming event at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. I also have a full year of gallery shows to which I'm sending pieces. But this year, I'm really concentrating on getting some retail stuff in the market place. I went to Toy Fair a few week ago and saw a lot of crap paper craft kits being offered and I thought 'HEY! I can make crap paper craft kits, too!' So, I'll be focusing on some of those projects."
What's Matthew's future in this creative avenue? "I'm just going to keep plugging away, and I want to get back to doing more free models to download from my site. I love to share these things for free as it was a big part of what inspired me to start making them. I'm working with a few different toy companies to make a few retail papertoy kits for the market."
Matthew imparts some advice for those who want to explore making 3D papertoys. "Grab a piece of paper and start cutting, gluing and folding! Really explore the medium with your hands. Don't open up Illustrator and start making cubes."
Creativity Is The Key Basis To Success!
It's been a while since Matthew left his fulltime job and the safety of a weekly paycheck. I asked how he feels about his success as a 2D illustrator/designer, moving into the 3D arena. "It's weird!" he admits. "It wasn't something I planned. I just found something I enjoyed and shared it. As soon as I stopped trying to make a career drawing and designing what I thought would sell and just followed my passion, things just started to happen for me!"
"I've managed to make a decent career doing what I love." He adds, "I find having that background in concepting, illustrating and character design gave me a leg up over some paper engineers who are more engineer-centric and not as creative. So I've found a sweet spot between the technical and the creative. I love it when I get to jump a technical hurdle in pursuit of a creative goal."
One of Matthew's innovative projects.
Matthew's piece from the Pee-Wee Herman Show in Los Angeles.
Available at Barnes & Noble: Robot Wars. Build 'em, battle 'em, love 'em!
Andy Warhol and his fifteen minutes of fame… unless you leave him out in the rain!
I asked Matthew what other uses his toys might have and he answered: "Kindling" demonstrating how important it is to have a sense of humor about one's work. His papertoys are worthy of a place of honor in our lives… though not when on fire! Mostly because they are whimsical, fun, colorful and beautiful; but also because it reminds us that creativity is boundless and that is our strength and gift. Use it well.
Check out Matthew's site for more information, lots of more cool papertoys, videos, books and other stuff. You can even download some free toys!


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Non-carbonated drinks, which now account for nearly a third of all beverages sold in the state, were left out of the law, meaning billions of lemonade, iced tea, Gatorade and water bottles wind up in the trash or in recycling bins.
Walk around any one of the handful of sports fields in Milford, town health officer Paul Mazzuchelli said this week, and what's most interesting is what you won't see.
Coke cans, Pepsi bottles, even the occasional discarded beer can or bottle - most are likely absent.
You'll still find trash cans overflowing with empties, though, but these are empty water bottles, discarded bottles of Gatorade and other sports drinks, iced tea, lemonade and other non-carbonated beverages.
Under the state's bottling law, which went into effect in 1983, bottles and cans of carbonated beverages like soft drinks, beer and mineral water can be redeemed for a nickel a piece.
Non-carbonated drinks, which now account for nearly a third of all beverages sold in the state, were left out of the law, meaning billions of lemonade, iced tea, Gatorade and water bottles wind up in the trash or in recycling bins.
It's a paradox that's getting attention on Beacon Hill.
Legislation introduced this year would expand the bottle bill to include water and other non-carbonated drinks, and raise the redemption on bottles and cans to 10 cents to adjust for inflation since the law was passed.
The proposal was referred to the Legislature's Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy, where it was tabled last week for further study, effectively killing it.
Among local officials, though, the measure found widespread support, though not for purely altruistic reasons.
Including water and other beverages in the bottle bill, they said, would almost certainly drive consumers to keep millions of bottles out of the trash, easing the burden on local trash collection programs.
"I would say it's a very high number that get thrown in the rubbish and do not get recycled," Mazzuchelli said of water bottles. "I think it does add up. I think it would be a significant amount, not only in tonnage, but also in bulk."
With the town paying nearly $68 for every ton of garbage it hauls to an incinerator in Millbury, he said, getting those bottles out of the waste stream will save the town money.
How much money?
Though it's tough to say how many water, juice and other unredeemable bottles are thrown away by residents in any single town, the volume statewide is staggering.
In 2005, the most recent year for which statistics are available, more than 1.3 billion non-redeemable beverage containers were sold, according to research by the Connecticut-based Container Recycling Institute.
Getting even a fraction of those bottles and cans out of the waste stream, Executive Director Betty McLaughlin said, would save cities and towns thousands.
"Nobody is saying let's have a deposit on everything, and bring it all back to the grocery store," she said. "But the sheer volume" is considerable.
Adding water, juice and non-carbonated drinks to the bottle bill, she said, will keep a huge volume of plastic, glass and aluminum out of landfills and incinerators, while allowing towns to run smaller curbside recycling programs for other items, including paper and non-beverage containers.
"You would get a higher participation rate," she said. "You get a higher quality material (to recycle) and it's not funded by the taxpayers."
Though opponents of expanding the bottle bill point to increased costs for consumers, McLaughlin believes deposits are akin to a user fee.
Unlike community-wide recycling programs, which are paid for by all taxpayers, deposits on redeemable beverages are factored into the sale price, hitting only those customers who buy a product.
What's more, she said, customers who want to get their money back can, simply be redeeming bottles and cans for their deposit.
"You're going to get your nickel back," she said. "If you don't get it back, it's because you choose not to.
"It may raise the price of production, but somebody has to pay to recycle this material. The question becomes do you want the general taxpayer to foot the bill, or do you want the people who use it to foot the bill? Maybe little old ladies who live in town don't want to pay for your beer-drinking habit."
But Chris Flynn, president of the Massachusetts Food Association, a lobbying group representing grocery stores and supermarkets, believes the bottle bill, even in its present form, is an impediment to the simplest way to get the bottles and cans out of the trash: recycling.
"When the law went into effect, we didn't have a comprehensive recycling program," he said. "(Today) 85 percent of communities have a recycling program. We're asking the question, 'Why does that carbonated beverage have to be dragged back to the food store for three times the cost?'
"The bottle law is an archaic approach, it is a costly approach and it is diverting attention from comprehensive recycling."
Rather than trying to expand the law, Flynn said, the association believes the law should be scrapped and residents should be encouraged to recycle through other means such as pay-to-throw trash programs.
"Stop talking about bribing and taxing our citizen into doing the right thing," he said. "Curbside (recycling) is much cheaper."
Despite Flynn's arguments to the contrary, local officials this week said they would welcome efforts to expand the bill to include water and other non-carbonated drinks.
"It's long overdue," Framingham Public Works Director Peter Sellers said. "I don't think anyone anticipated the proliferation of bottled water, which has kind of outstripped the use of carbonated beverages and fruit juices. I think we all think it's a good idea, both for environmental reasons and also because it's a sound practice for solid waste disposal."
Though the change won't likely save towns much money in the short term, the long-term benefits could be great.
"The problem is ... the bottles are so thin now, you have to create a (large) volume of it," Franklin Public Works Director Brutus Cantoreggi said. "You can fill up one of those large bags, and it probably weighs three pounds."
While there may not be much to be had in terms of savings, there are still benefits to getting more bottles out of the trash and off the street.
"We constantly fight the battle over here," Cantoreggi said. "Anytime we go out and clean up a ball field, they're just all sports bottles and water bottles.
"Anything we can do to encourage recycling, I'm 100 percent behind. I couldn't be more tickled if that happens."
Peter Reuell can be reached at 508-626-4428, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.
MetroWest Daily News


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Monday, July 18, 2016
Singer Gerado Ortiz Arrested For Violent Video
90 comments:
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 11:31 AM
this moron should have been arrested a long time ago for making shit "music"ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 4:24 PM
Hell yes!!Delete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 4:31 PM
It's just music. That's like saying drake and Rick Ross should be arrested for their music videosDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 10:51 PM
Ya sabemos que este compa nomas es un putitoDelete
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2016 at 3:04 AM
Nah should arrest that panda guyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2016 at 3:03 PM
Ortiz deserves it n worseDelete
@4:31 the fake "Rick Ross" deserves even worse for using and exploiting the the name of a man that got caught up in typical political BS
END ALL studio "gangsters"!
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2016 at 7:46 PM
I also vote that panda guy be arrested!Delete
- AnonymousJuly 21, 2016 at 7:02 AM
3:03 capone, gotti, M&M, vanilla ice, mc hammer, j-lo, and the likes, are all stealing trademarks, but they cuntribute to the dumbing down of the american youth, while making money money for their new billionaire 'entrapreneurs', how about them?Delete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 12:01 PM
The mexican federal government has violent videos of their crimes, they would never have enough prisons for all the mexican government criminals, only for their lower level henchmen...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 12:07 PM
This politically in correct but I think its time for censorship here in the usa also . Society as a whole has far less moral in the past 40 years .Young people are greatly influenced by what they are exposed to by music videos and pop culture . Fuck this musician . He needs to be out of business . Become a fruit picker if you cant do any better than that asshole . Wait a good moral fruit picker wouldn't want him beside him working. Did this guy have a momma ? Poor job Momma !ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 6:24 PM
Freedom of speech and expression.. USA.. You want censorship gladly move your ass to mexico or how about a isis controlled country ..Delete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 8:19 PM
Freedom of speech ring a bell !Delete
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2016 at 5:00 PM
Shove your censorship up your ass side ways! This is what makes Merica Great ... Stop your whining and go support your local fruit man!Delete
- AnonymousJuly 21, 2016 at 9:56 AM
Freedom of "expresshun" in the US is an adult matter, only adults know when to self-censor, and for how much, specially mainstream media, tv, radio and print, even in schools people self censure if they want their budgets supplied with money, and from some of that budget money, even Turk terroristas manage to squeeze 150 charter schools from the US education department, because lobbying pays for all involved...politicians, terroristas, lobbyists, except for the children and the teachers, pare ts and taxpayers...Delete
--but this is the US gaddemet, behaving like mexicans...
--If there were more censure, "narco-terrorista messages" like this would not be found anywhere in the world...
- AnonymousJuly 22, 2016 at 3:20 AM
All you talking about free speech. Having decency standards for mass media has nothing to do with free speech.Delete
No one is stopping anyone from saying something. But there should be standards for tv etc. In today's society where both parents work the children spend a lot of time watching the smut on tv.That's why kids today are so screwed up and our society is breaking down.
- AnonymousJuly 22, 2016 at 5:37 PM
3:20 the self censorship we talk about, is about real big crimes and misdemeanors reports getting supressed, by their own authors sometimes, and more often by their Casas Editoras, that know when to shut the fack up voluntaritly, not about you and your pornyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 24, 2016 at 12:11 PM
Look at all you nobody's arguing LOL so sad the only voice you have is ranting on a public reply box ... Pathetic lil nobody's.. Dint worry ill give you the needed attention you desire :)Delete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 12:25 PM
"gaining 30 million views before being taken down" --- many people like watching violence and sex (me too). But vast majority of them (99 %) never break the law.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 12:35 PM
Why him , the producer should be the one arrested he was just the actor and the singer , mark my words he wount last a day in prision con dinero baila el perroReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 12:52 PM
product of such society)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 1:30 PM
this is retarded. you can sing about whatever you want.ReplyDelete
he is not single handedly causing narco-violence. what a
joke...the feds need to arrest the killers, not the musicians....
this wouldn't happen in the USA
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 1:39 PM
Hell ya throw this wanna be in the pin..that willy wonka looking fool. Cant stand gerardo...ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 4:23 PM
@1:38 Cant stand him either,good thing we like justin beiber ,and KanyeDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 10:52 PM
Avienteselo a los Mayatez :)Delete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 1:46 PM
Another story I read about this said he was also being investigated for money laundering and involvement with criminal organizations.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 9:55 PM
pretty sure all the music comes from organized crime.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2016 at 3:07 AM
Yes filming it in a drug lords house and using state units. In his videoDelete
In Jalisco
- AnonymousJuly 20, 2016 at 9:59 AM
Jalisco government told Gerardo Ortiz, "plata o plomo", the choice was obvious, but the federales didn't got nothin' out of it, not even a postcard, y esas si son chingaderas...Delete
Mochensen sin que les digan o les hagan sentirr la mazacuata, y filmen un pinchi video con los patrones agarrando la lana antes de correr a agarrar nachas plastilinas de "modelos" siliconas...
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 2:00 PM
... He Paid Some $$$ And Is Out Already ... Sadly, No Pasa Nada Like Most High Profile People In Mexico ...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 2:05 PM
So a video depicting violence will get you arrested . While actual chopped heads are being used as soccer balls in the streets and bus load of students goes missing yet no one arrested ? Hmm seems like good ole Mehico policia federal are really getting the upper hand on crime ..ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 7:39 PM
Theres no money in finding the students so they wont be found. Thats how it works in Mexico. Money talks.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 20, 2016 at 10:05 AM
The mexican government is finding that those 43 were 43 too many, the new US ambassador in mexico seems to be getting involved in local "Nacional shit" she like war with the right guys...Delete
--as often happens to me, I forget her name, she is a woman...
- AnonymousJuly 20, 2016 at 10:06 PM
Terrible a women ambassador in mexico representing the USADelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 2:20 PM
Samethung that happened with Larry Hernandez will happen with Ortiz, nothing! All just a publicity stunt.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 7:07 PM
Watch out we got TMZ in the house !!!Delete
- AnonymousJuly 20, 2016 at 10:06 AM
7:07 no mameees, we may have tres güeyes with chismes de tres metros, no miles...Delete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 2:53 PM
Pinche govierno chafas enves que se procupen də los pinches carteles panochudosReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 7:06 PM
Pendejo cállate !!!!Delete
- AnonymousJuly 21, 2016 at 10:18 AM
7:06 ooops, why, yank your chain?Delete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 3:03 PM
This guy looks like the corpses that turn up with no head. So it's a crime to film a violent video in the murder country of the world. RidiCULO!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 4:11 PM
Lol....Mexico and it's politicians are a joke...arresting somebody for making music....never heard ice t got arrested for cop killah or snoop for murder was the case....aisi arresten a gerardo Ortiz bola de hipocritas....arresten a Los politicis rateros y corruptos todos..ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 4:19 PM
El komander canta mejor ...ReplyDelete
I don't like his music but this is ridiculous. Will they go after film makers in Mexico that make violent films too ? Most likely extortion to get money from him. Mexico has no shame. They don't even hide it anymore.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 20, 2016 at 10:13 AM
Lionardo did Caprio has just made a movie, where he gets bare butt naked inside a horse! And he killed the horse first, not even Hannibal Lecter ever did that, the mexican movie director should be arrested too, instead he got another Oscar...Delete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 5:04 PM
All you little Gerardo fanboy groupies need to realize that there are additional charges, including money laundering.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 7:24 PM
people are upset that they would arrest people for a music video not just bcuz its Ortiz. theres no additional charges couldn't find a credible source. his ball was only $5,000 pesos. im pretty sure its more for money laundering, you gullible idiotDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 7:33 PM
one of the worlds most corrupted government. they rape, kill, and torture its own people with impunity. they're so offended by a music video that it goes out and arrest the artist. because of there self righteousness morals. these guys who enforce these laws are the sickest the most perverted just complete disgusting pieces of crapDelete
- EL TEMO /THE TEMOJuly 18, 2016 at 7:34 PM
Hey man leave the gerardo groupies alone :)Delete
- AnonymousJuly 20, 2016 at 10:15 AM
No worry, temo, perro que ladra no muerde...Delete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 5:44 PM
Mexico es pura Novelas. Fantasy.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 20, 2016 at 10:16 AM
5:44 the murders in mexico are too real...Delete
- AnonymousJuly 20, 2016 at 10:13 PM
As is your love life :( LOSER LMFAO!Delete
- AnonymousJuly 21, 2016 at 10:28 AM
10:13 write the time you talking to man, I almost te rayé la madre, then I realized that maybe you was talking to @5:44, maybe...Delete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 6:26 PM
Good ole fashion shake down by the good ole happy mehican people...ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 20, 2016 at 10:13 PM
SHAKE DOWN ON MY HUEVOS PENDEJO!Delete
- AnonymousJuly 21, 2016 at 10:34 AM
6:26 "the good ole happy mexican people" are not poolice officers or ministeriales that arrested Gerardo Ortiz, so they could not be executing another good ol' hole shakedown, that is all about the government...and some pie holes speaking through their buttholeDelete
- AnonymousJuly 24, 2016 at 12:08 PM
@10:34 well the butthole speaker is lining his pockets with shakedown money :)Delete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 6:32 PM
I hope there are other charges other than this video. here you have a man getting arrested for a pretend murder and rape and assault in a music video while the real criminals committing acts like this never get arrested or held if they are. Mexico has now become Comedy Central?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 20, 2016 at 10:15 PM
Talk about being a hater, are you jelly of ole Gerald ? did he fondle your GF after a show?Delete
Comedy central? wtf are you talking about there lil fella?
- AnonymousJuly 21, 2016 at 10:36 AM
10:15 you are a total comedian,Delete
not funny, just real ridiculous...
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 6:45 PM
$3000 to bail out not bad huh? Lol Mexican Authorities are a COMPLETE JOKE, Chapo pays a couple millions to Escape 2ce, and many more examples lolReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 7:10 PM
Leave it to Mexico to ban freedom of expression...yeah this dude is a bum but he is getting what he wants...publicity...no different than NWA in their heyday...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 7:28 PM
Este wey vende cocainaReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 7:47 PM
Fuckin federal police should arrest themselves!!!bola de PENDEJOS!!!!!ReplyDelete
Mexico. Is opressed. Censorship.....next you can't tell police f u or burn the Mexican flagReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 10:18 PM
Mexico always with the Bullshit how bout arresting the fucks who make chopping head videos or kidnapping ransom videos...pinches idiotas what a shitty country I am so ashamed to be mexican when the government does bullshit like this. Waste time and money on bullsgit while real criminals are out there killing torturing etc.........ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2016 at 1:24 PM
You mean your ashamed to live in Mexico, don't blame the race, blame your government and all the citizens of Mexico that don't stand up to the government and do something about it...since Mexico is full of matadores, why don't they start killing off all the bad cops and politicians.Delete
Obviamente el govierno nomas le interesa el dinero, porque no arrestan a los productores y actores de peliculas que glorifican al narco si ese es el caso. Es una verdad que ocurre en mexico y de eso no quieren que hablen,una mierda el govierno mexicanoReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 11:11 PM
He is under ivestigation because the house used in the video belongs to someone in the CJNG.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2016 at 12:47 PM
i thought he was cds thoDelete
- AnonymousJuly 20, 2016 at 10:16 PM
Everyone on the end jump into the big ole CIRCLE JERK of cartels...Delete
- AnonymousJuly 21, 2016 at 10:52 AM
Kombo kolombia is a witness that not all that jump to bed with cartel mafiosos make it out alive...Chuy Quintanilla and el shake are two more...Delete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 11:18 PM
So you can see El Señor de Los Cielos on TV every night wich is about murder drugs and womenizing but Gerardo Ortiz gets arrested for a music video hahaha el Pri is a joke and Mexico needs to stop this bullshit alltogetherReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2016 at 6:54 AM
"He is under ivestigation because the house used in the video belongs to someone in the CJNG."ReplyDelete
So, if THEY know this, why don't THEY do something about it already. Do THEY not know where the freaking house is?
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2016 at 7:10 AM
free Gerardo Ortiz...free El Chapo....impeach el Pendejo de Peña NietoReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2016 at 8:21 AM
They don't show el senor de los cielos in Mexico!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2016 at 11:38 AM
The real crime is him using a drug lords house that was supposedly confiscated by the Mexican government n turns out by lookn at the video is they have it still. Exposes the Mexican governmentReplyDelete
Really glad something like this is being taken seriously, even though the arrest is probably for show.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 20, 2016 at 10:20 PM
Why are you glad? So you want music to be censored?Delete
so than you want movies to be censored also?
see were this is going?
- AnonymousJuly 21, 2016 at 10:57 AM
The prostiturer that armed todo este pinchi pedo is just trying to earn pointzz to become the next governator of the "state of guadalajara" according to poolitical insiderzzzDelete
I don't want to see any music videos which normalises the rape/violent revenge of womenDelete
I don't want to see any films which normalises the rape/violent revenge of women
See where this is going?
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"Football clubs 'in poor financial health'" a headline on the BBC News website has just screamed (1). Apparently "many clubs are continuing to spend too much, principally on players' wages, as they always have done". What? Surely not? Well, OK, the said headline was in the Business section of the BBC website rather than their Sports section.
Begbies Traynor, who over the years have been Administrators of Chester City, Kingstonian, Lincoln City, Huddersfield Town, Northwich Victoria, Wrexham, Farnborough Town, Crawley Town, Scarborough, Bournemouth, Halifax Town, Southampton, and now Port Vale, have just completed a survey looking at the finances of Football League clubs.
Beneath the trite headline, there was some detail of interest.
"Of 68 teams surveyed in those divisions, 13 have signs of distress such as serious court actions against them, including winding-up petitions, late filing of accounts and "serious" negative balances on their balance sheets.
That 19% compares to just 1% in the wider economy, the firm said."
In particular "the financially distressed clubs include three in the Championship, six in League One and four in League Two." Obviously the survey had been completed under conditions of confidentiality, so we can only speculate on which these thirteen clubs might be that are under short-term financial pressure, a temptation which I will resist, at least publically.
There are also the clubs which, to me, have potentially longer-term pressures because they operate on business models which may not be sustainable. Two which have caught my eye with their recent publication of financial results are one likely to be relegated to the Championship, Wigan, and one about to be promoted out of the Football League, Southampton.
At Wigan (2), turnover was reported as up 16% on the previous year, although this, it was conceded, was "mainly due to the increased Premier League broadcasting rights contract". Worryingly though, net losses had risen from £4m to £7.2m.
Wigan fans might take some comfort from the fact that:
"Net debt including bank borrowings and loans from David Whelan and his family remained virtually unchanged at £72.2m compared with £72.6m in the previous year Since the year end £48m of debt was converted to equity which significantly reduces the Club's long term liabilities."
Chief Executive Jonathan Jackson commented:
"This position would not have been possible without the continued financial support of Chairman, David Whelan. The post year end conversion of debt to equity has significantly strengthened the Club's financial position and has, to a very significant extent, written off the debt owed to Mr Whelan. The club cannot continue to make losses every year and we are continuing to shape all aspects of the Club to ensure the long term future remains positive both on and off the pitch."
Perhaps just a hint there that Mr Whelan's pockets are not bottomless. It was he who has called for control on players' wages (3). It was Wigan that managed to hit a wages/revenues ratio of an utterly unsustainable 208.3% in 2004/05 (posting passim).
Meanwhile over at Southampton another 'debt for equity' conversion was reported last Thursday (4). The estate of former owner Markus Liebherr had 'invested' £33m over two seasons but had now converted these loans into shares. (My reason for putting single quotes around 'invested' is that I do not see loans as investments. If I had pushed my credit cards to their spending limits, would I talk in terms of MasterCard and Visa investing heavily in me?).
This conversion certainly takes the financial pressure off a club which last season made a net loss of £11m in gaining promotion from League 1.
The Liebherr family seem to be in that rare group of benefactors which includes Steve Gibson at Middlesbrough – those prepared to dig into their pockets deep and for the long term. At Middlesbrough the club is "now free from debt owed to external providers" (5).
Looking along the South Coast from the perspective of a long-suffering Pompey fan (but who is number 1 a football fan rather than a club fan), a club in deep, deep trouble not least because it is still paying some players Premier League wages as it faces the drop, my eye caught on the wages/revenues ratio at Southampton, a very high 93%.
This counter-evidence in the discourse over the financial strengths and weakness of clubs is hardly typical. While few clubs, correction, no English clubs, are as financially distressed as Portsmouth, the Begbies Traynor report paints a more typical picture.
As Portsmouth head for Southampton this Saturday, to be 'entertained' as the media like to phrase it, I'll not be building my hopes up for a surprise Pompey victory. The earlier derby this season may have been a draw, but Portsmouth now have a depleted squad, forced upon them by their financial circumstances (and as one might well argue, not before time). No, I'll be quietly fuming on the absurdity that the outcome on the pitch will have been determined ultimately by the lottery of how rich and how committed your club's benefactor has been. It may be a football match, but it certainly is being played in a context of competitive balance. One club has been the subject of heavy financial doping, and is paying the price, and one is the subject of financial doping, but has so far kept the 'habit' under control. One is a savage indictment of the failings of the benefactor model, and the other is fortunate enough to be able to say 'OK so far'.
If any good at all is to come out of the 'basket case' circumstances Portsmouth finds itself in, it will be through a new and more sustainable financial model, which is why I fully support the community share offer from the Pompey Supporters Trust. Post-commercial era football has totally lost it way. Clubs have become the playthings of sugar daddies, and have, as in the cases of Portsmouth and Southampton, sugar daddies with no local connection. Ownership has become a lottery, and fans have been betrayed as a consequence. Football governance looks as it will receive only light-touch reform, but that is insufficient to set it back on a road where the results of games are determined in a context of competitive balance. Financial Fair Play, whatever the extent to which it will actually prove successful, is a no brainer. And fan ownership is the only way to ensure clubs are a part of the community whose name they are happy, and proud, to identify themselves by.
This posting is, for the moment, open to comments, but please bear in mind that this is not a fans' forum – it is a personal blog, which is happy to encourage serious debate. Trolls will have their comments deleted, as will those who favour the so-called banter of 'scummers' and 'skates'.


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Parts utilized
Whole plant.
Properties and constituents
• Considered antibacterial, astringent, antiscorbutic, febrifuge, antidiabetic, stomachic, refrigerant.
• Study on volatile components of AB fruits showed 6 mg/kg of total volatile compounds; 62 compounds were identified, nonanal and (Z)-3-hexenol were dominant.
Eaten raw.
Prepared as a relish and food flavoring.
· Skin diseases, especially with pruritus: Reduce the leaves to a paste and apply tolerably warm to areas of affected skin.
· Fruit juice used as eye drops.
· Post-partum and rectal inflammation: Infusion of leaves.
· Mumps, acne, and localized rheumatic complaints: Paste of leaves applied to affected areas.
· Warm paste of leaves also used for pruritus.
· Used for boils, piles, rheumatism, cough, hypertension, whooping cough, mumps and pimples.
· Cough and thrush: Infusion of flowers, 40 grams to a pint of boiling water, 4 glasses of tea daily.
· Fever: Fruit as a cooling drink.
· The fruit has been used for a variety of maladies: beriberi, cough, prevention of scurvy.
· Infusion of leaves also drank as a protective tonic after childbirth.
– In Malaysia, leaves are used for venereal diseases.
· In Indonesia, leaves used for boils, diabetes, mumps, fever.
· In French Guyana, fruit decoction or syrup use for hepatitis, diarrhea, fever and other inflammatory conditions.
· Because of high oxalic acid content, fruit used to remove stains from clothing and for washing hands, removing rust and stains from metal blades.
• Hypoglycemic / Hypotriglyceridemic / Anti-Atherogenic / Anti-Lipid Peroxidative: Effects of Averrhoa bilimbi leaf extract on blood glucose and lipids in streptozotocin-diabetic rats: Study showed that AB extract has hypoglycemic, hypotriglyceridemic, anti-lipid peroxidative and anti-atherogenic properties in STZ-diabetic rats.
• Antioxidant / Antimicrobial Activities: The scavenging of NO by the extract of AC fruits was dependent on concentration and stage of ripening. Extracts showed antimicrobial activity against E coli, Salmonella typhi, staph aureus and bacillus cereus.
• Phytochemicals / Antimicrobial: Phytochemical screening of fruit extracts yielded flavonoids, saponins and triterpenoids but no alkaloids. The chloroform and methanol fruit extracts were active againsxt Aeromonas hydrophilia, E coli, K pneumonia, S cerrevisiae, S aureus, Strep agalactiae and B subtilis. In conclusion, AB fruits possess potential antibacterial activities that warrants further studies.
• Anti-diabetic: Study showed the aqueous fraction was more potent than the butanol fraction in the amelioration of hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia in a high fat diet-fed STZ diabetic rats and suggests the AF as the potential source for isolation of the active principle for oral antidiabetic therapy.
• Anti-bacterial: Study of the aqueous extract of AB leaves and fruits showed antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The antibacterial activity could be associated with the presence of bioactive compounds of the flavonoids type, like luteolin and apigenin. The results suggest further studies to isolate and identify the responsible compounds.


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LANGLEY, B.C., Canada (Sept. 24, 2013) – The U.S. Men's National Team started slow but picked up steam in a 25-19, 25-17, 25-9 victory over Dominican Republic on Tuesday at Langley Events Center.
| Max Holt serves as members of the U.S. Men's Team staff work
behind him during the match against Dominican Republic.
With the victory, the U.S. Men (2-0) have won Group A and will advance directly to Friday's semifinals. The top two pool winners in terms of points advance. Cuba (2-0) also won its pool, but it has nine points while the U.S. has 10. Canada's match against Mexico on Wednesday will determine the third pool winner and second team to advance to the semifinals.
The events are being live streamed at langleyeventscentre.com/continentalvolleyball. The Championship winner will qualify for the FIVB Grand Champions Cup in November in Japan.
Immediately following Tuesday's match, U.S. Head Coach John Speraw (Los Angeles) huddled with his team to praise their play through the match.
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"I was happy that even when we were ahead 2-0, we continued to play very hard and we continued to improve throughout the match," Speraw said. "I thought that third set we were better than the first. That's what this tournament is all about is for us to continue to improve on what we're doing on our side of the net."
The U.S. led the Dominican in kills (39-26), blocks (10-4) and aces (9-0).
Outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) led all scorers with 15 points on a match-high 11 kills, one block and three aces. Priddy played his first full competitive match with the team since the 2012 Olympic Games.
"It's fun to get out there. I really like what's going on. I like the staff. I like the environment," Priddy said. "Tonight, the Dominican dug a lot of balls and they have a lot of guys that can hit. I thought we did a great job tonight of staying in the moment and fighting for each point."
Outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) and middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) each finished with 10 points. Anderson scored on nine kills and one ace. Holt scored on six attacks, three blocks and one ace.
Middle blocker Futi Tavana (Kalaheo, Hawaii) and opposite Carson Clark (Santa Barbara, Calif.) each scored seven points. Tavana had five attacks and two blocks. Clark added three attacks, one block and three aces.
Setter Micah Christenson (Honolulu) totaled five points on one kill, three blocks and one ace. Christenson was also credited with 22 running sets and no faults. Libero Erik Shoji (Honolulu) was credited with 12 excellent receptions and seven digs. Priddy led the team in digs with 10 and Anderson was credited with 12 excellent receptions.
Outside hitter Jeff Menzel (Santa Barbara) entered the match as a substitute in the third set and score four points on four attacks.
Speraw started Anderson and Priddy at outside hitter, Holt and Tavana at middle blocker, Clark at opposite, Christenson at setter and Shoji at libero. Menzel played as a substitute in the third set.
In the first set, the score was tied 19-19 when Tavana scored on a quick kill. Priddy took the serve and ran the table, serving for the final five points of the match, including an ace, two kills by Anderson and a block from Tavana.
The second-set score was tied 7-7 when the Dominican Republic's serve went out of bounds to give the U.S. an 8-7 lead at the first technical timeout (TTO). Priddy got the serve and scored with an ace to give the U.S. a two-point lead. With the U.S. leading 10-8, Tavana served for five straight points to put Team USA ahead for good at 15-8.
The U.S. never trailed in the third set, leading 8-3 at the first TTO. Later, with the U.S. leading 17-8, Christenson served for six straight points, including an ace, to put the match out of reach for the Dominicans.
2013 U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team
NORCECA Men's Continental Championship
Sept. 23-28 in Langley, B.C., Canada
U.S. Roster for the NORCECA Men's Continental Championship
No. - Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
1 - Matt Anderson (OH, 6-9, West Seneca, N.Y., Penn State)
2 - Sean Rooney (OH, 6-10, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
3 - Kyle Caldwell (S, 6-8, Newport Beach, Calif., UCLA)
4 - David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
8 - Reid Priddy (OH, 6-4, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
9 - Murphy Troy (Opp, 6-8, St. Louis, Mo., Southern California)
11 - Micah Christenson (S, 6-6, Honolulu, Southern California)
14 – Jeff Menzel (OH, 6-6, Santa Barbara, Calif., UC Santa Barbara)
15 - Carson Clark (Opp, 6-6, Santa Barbara, Calif., UC Irvine)
17 - Max Holt (MB, 6-10, Cincinnati, Ohio, Penn State)
21 - Futi Tavana (MB, 6-7, Kalaheo, Hawaii, BYU)
22 - Erik Shoji (L, 6-0, Honolulu, Hawaii, Stanford)
Head Coach: John Speraw (Los Angeles)
Team Manager: Anton Willert (Berlin, Germany)
Assistant Coach: Matt Fuerbringer (Costa Mesa, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Mike Wall (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Consultant Coach: Andrea Becker (Martinez, Calif.)
Consultant Coach: Charlie Sullivan (Springfield, Mass.)
Athletic Trainer: Aaron Brock (Storm Lake, Iowa)
Team Doctor: Dr. Chris Lee
NORCECA Men's Continental Championships Schedule
All times PT
Sept. 23
United States def. St. Lucia, 25-12, 25-10, 25-11 (Group A)
Cuba def. Bahamas, 25-16, 25-12, 25-7 (Group B)
Canada def. Guatemala, 25-10, 25-10, 25-10 (Group C)
Sept. 24
Mexico def. Guatemala, 25-18, 25-14, 25-23 (Group C)
Cuba def. Puerto Rico, 25-17, 22-25, 25-22, 25-22 (Group B)
United States def. Dominican Republic, 25-19, 25-17, 25-9 (Group A)
Sept. 25
Puerto Rico def. Bahamas, 25-10, 25-17, 25-20 (Group B)
Dominican Republic def. St. Lucia, 25-19, 25-12, 25-23 (Group A)
Canada def. Mexico, 25-22, 25-15, 25-12 (Group C)
Sept. 26
9th-Place Final: Bahamas def. Guatemala, 25-18, 25-21, 25-23
Quarterfinals: Puerto Rico def. Mexico, 25-17, 25-17, 25-22
Quarterfinals, Cuba def. Dominican Republic, 25-21, 21-25, 23-25, 25-16, 15-12
Sept. 27
7th Place Final, 4 p.m.: Bahamas vs. St. Lucia
Semifinals, 6 p.m.: United States vs. Puerto Rico
Semifinals, 8 p.m.: Cuba vs. Canada
Sept. 28
Fifth-Place Match, 4 p.m.
Bronze-Medal Match, 6 p.m.
Championship Finals, 8 p.m.
Past Champions
1969: Cuba (USA, third)
1971: Cuba (USA, second)
1975: Cuba (USA, third)
1977: Cuba (USA, fifth)
1979: Cuba (USA, fifth)
1981: Cuba (USA, second)
1987: Cuba (USA, second)
1989: Cuba (USA, third)
1991: Cuba (USA, second)
1993: Cuba (USA, second)
1995: Cuba (USA, second)
1997: Cuba (USA, second)
2001: Cuba (USA, second)
2009: Cuba (USA, second)
2011: Cuba (USA, second)


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Fresh off its Critics Week prize at Cannes, "Take Shelter" has taken shelter at Sony Pictures Classic, who has delivered the first trailer for the film.
"Take Shelter" stars Michael Shannon as a man who begins to think there's a great storm brewing, and becomes obsessed with building a shelter for his family, who are in no position to spend money or time on such a thing. Next-big-thing and "tree of Life" co-star Jessica Chastain plays Shannon's wife.
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"Take Shleter" opens Oct. 7, here's the officail synopsis:
Curtis LaForche lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Curtis makes a modest living as a crew chief for a sand-mining company. Samantha is a stay-at-home mother and part-time seamstress who supplements their income by selling handmade wares at the flea market each weekend. Money is tight, and navigating Hannah's healthcare and special needs education is a constant struggle. Despite that, Curtis and Samantha are very much in love and their family is a happy one.
Then Curtis begins having terrifying dreams about an encroaching, apocalyptic storm. He chooses to keep the disturbance to himself, channeling his anxiety into the obsessive building of a storm shelter in their backyard. His seemingly inexplicable behavior concerns and confounds Samantha, and provokes intolerance among co-workers, friends and neighbors. But the resulting strain on his marriage and tension within the community doesn't compare to Curtis' private fear of what his dreams may truly signify.
Faced with the proposition that his disturbing visions signal disaster of one kind or another, Curtis confides in Samantha, testing the power of their bond against the highest possible stakes.


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Dan Radcliffe Talks Filming Nagini Scene at Godric's Hollow for Deathly Hallows
Jul 10, 2009
Actor Dan Radcliffe was a guest on Live with Regis and Kelly talk show this morning where he discussed recent filming for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In the interview which you can watch here in our galleries, Dan stated he had been filming recently several weeks ago a scene where he has to fight Nagini the snake. Readers will recall of course these are the dramatic events that take place over Christmas at Godric's Hollow with Bathilda Bagshot.
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A Rambo game is in development at Reef Entertainment, MCV has revealed. The yet to be titled game is due for release in 2012 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC and will supposedly "capture the gritty atmosphere and full-on action which made the Rambo movies so successful".
Reef Entertainment penned a deal with film company SudioCanal which allows them to create numerous titles based on the Rambo movies.
"I am a big fan of Sylvester Stallone movies, and when we had the opportunity to secure the video game rights from StudioCanal for the Rambo franchise, we had to grab it with both hands," said Reef Entertainment CEO Peter Rezon.
"With the success of the most recent Rambo film, and an international appetite for action movies with Expendables 2 scheduled for release next summer, we felt now was a good time to do something special with this licence."
Reef Entertainment doesn't have the best history when it comes to putting out triple-A games, with its most notable titles being Wii ports of Sniper Elite and Rogue Trooper. The Rambo license could well produce the publisher's most successful game to date, but it's not known if next year's game will feature star Sylvester Stallone - whose inclusion would be a bigger deal than the series itself.


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Pharmacokinetic (PK) Study of Single-dose Rosuvastatin and Tipranavir/Ritonavir in Healthy Subjects
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00344123
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : June 26, 2006
Last Update Posted : February 4, 2016
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Tipranavir/Ritonavir Drug: Rosuvastatin
|Phase 1
This is a prospective, open-label pharmacokinetic study in healthy HIV seronegative adults. This study will examine the pharmacokinetic interactions between steady-state TPV/r 500 mg/200 mg B.I.D. and single dose rosuvastatin 10 mg when the drugs are co-administered.
Rosuvastatin 24 hour pharmacokinetic sampling will be performed on days 1-2 and 12-13. Rosuvastatin 48 hr samples will be collected on days 3 and day 14.
Tipranavir and ritonavir 12 hour pharmacokinetic sampling will be on day 11 and 12.
Safety assessments (physical examination, vital sign measurements, and clinical laboratory tests) will be performed at screening, during the study and prior to discharge. Subjects will be continuously monitored for adverse events throughout the duration of the study.
On Day 1, subjects will receive a single 10 mg dose of rosuvastatin. Beginning on Day 3, subjects will receive a combination of TPV 500 mg/RTV 200 mg twice daily for 11 days (Days 3-13).
On Day 12, subjects will receive a single 10 mg dose of rosuvastatin co-administered with TPV/r.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|29 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Single-dose Rosuvastatin 10 mg When Co-administered With Steady-state Tipranavir 500 mg/Ritonavir 200 mg TPV/r) B.I.D. in Healthy Adult Volunteers
|Study Start Date :
|February 2007
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2008
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|May 2008
On Day 1, subjects will receive a single 10 mg dose of rosuvastatin.
Beginning on Day 3, subjects will receive a combination of TPV 500mg/RTV 200 mg twice daily for 11 days (Days 3-13).
On Day 12, subjects will receive a single 10 mg dose of rosuvastatin co-administered with TPV/r.
Drug: Tipranavir/Ritonavir
On Day 1, subjects will receive a single 10 mg dose of rosuvastatin. Beginning on Day 3, subjects will receive a combination of TPV 500mg/RTV 200 mg twice daily for 11 days (Days 3-13).
On Day 12, subjects will receive a single 10 mg dose of rosuvastatin co-administered with TPV/r.
Other Name: Aptivus
Drug: Rosuvastatin
On Day 1, subjects will receive a single 10 mg dose of rosuvastatin. Beginning on Day 3, subjects will receive a combination of TPV 500mg/RTV 200 mg twice daily for 11 days (Days 3-13).
On Day 12, subjects will receive a single 10 mg dose of rosuvastatin co-administered with TPV/r..
Other Name: Crestor
- To compare single dose rosuvastatin Area Under the Curve during 24 hours (AUC0-24h) and Cmax with single dose rosuvastatin AUC0-24h and Cmax when co-administered with TPV/r 500 mg/200 mg twice daily at steady state [ Time Frame: 24 hours ]
- To evaluate the short term safety and tolerance of TPV/r (500 mg/200 mg B.I.D) combined with single dose rosuvastatin (10 mg) [ Time Frame: 48 hours ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects must have a body mass index (BMI) of 18 to 30 kg/m2, inclusive (BMI = weight (kg)/[height (m)]2) and weigh at least 50 kg.
- Males or females, ages > 18 to < 65 years.
Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must not be nursing or pregnant. All women of childbearing potential (have not reached menopause nor undergone hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, or tubal ligation) must have a negative serum human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) test performed at screening (within 24 hours before the start of study day 1). Female subjects who are not of reproductive potential (have reached menopause or undergone hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, or tubal ligation) or whose male partner has undergone successful vasectomy with resultant azoospermia or has azoospermia for any other reason, are eligible without requiring the use of contraception. Documentation of menopause, sterilization (hysterectomy, oophorectomy, tubal ligation, or vasectomy) and azoospermia by patient-reported history is acceptable. Both male and female study volunteers of reproductive potential must agree not to participate in a conception process (i.e., active attempt to become pregnant or to impregnate via sperm donation or in vitro fertilization), and, if participating in sexual activity that could lead to pregnancy, the female study volunteer/male partner must use a form of contraception as specified below while receiving protocol-specified medication(s) and for one month after stopping the medication(s). Male study volunteers will be required to use a barrier method for at least 3 months after completion of the study.
- Condoms (male or female) with or without a spermicidal agent
- Diaphragm or cervical cap with spermicide
Exclusion Criteria:
- History or current evidence of any significant acute or chronic medical illness that, within the investigator's discretion, would interfere with the conduct or interpretation of the study.
- History of acute or chronic pancreatitis.
- History of diabetes mellitus, hypertriglyceridemia, or chronic renal insufficiency.
- Proven or suspected acute hepatitis at the time of study entry.
- Current or recent (within 3 months) gastrointestinal disease which would interfere with the conduct or interpretation of the study.
- Any major surgery within 4 weeks of enrollment. Any gastrointestinal surgery that could impact upon the absorption of study drug.
- Donation of blood or plasma to a blood bank or in a clinical study (except a screening visit) within 4 weeks of enrollment.
- Inability to tolerate oral medication.
- Inability to tolerate venipuncture and/or absence of secure venous access.
- Known or suspected HIV infection or chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
- Known active drug or alcohol abuse which, in the opinion of the investigator, makes study participation to completion unlikely.
- Any other sound medical, psychiatric, and/or social reason, as determined by the investigator.
- Subjects with aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), or bilirubin above the upper limit of normal.
- Hemoglobin < 9.5 g/dL, and platelet count < 100,000/mm3.
- Subjects with creatine phosphokinase (CPK) elevation greater than 3 times the upper limit of normal.
- Any other clinically significant screening lab abnormality (as determined by the investigator)
- History of any significant drug allergy, drug rash, or sensitivity to any class of drugs relevant to the study drugs.
- Prior exposure to tipranavir/ritonavir.
- Exposure to any investigational drug within 4 weeks of enrollment and throughout the study.
- Any previous hypersensitivity or intolerance to tipranavir or ritonavir or any other ingredient of Aptivus or Norvir.
- Hypersensitivity to sulfonamides
- Any previous hypersensitivity or intolerance to rosuvastatin or any other ingredient of Crestor (rosuvastatin).
- Known elevated liver enzymes in past clinical trials with any compound
- Use of any agent, within 2 weeks of dosing, that is known to induce or inhibit drug metabolizing enzymes
- Use of any over-the-counter drugs, including antacids, alternative herbal products, or prescription drugs that, in the opinion of the investigator, might interfere with the absorption, distribution, or metabolism of TPV, RTV, or rosuvastatin within 14 days of study entry.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00344123
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins University
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
|Principal Investigator:
|Paul Pham, PharmD
|Johns Hopkins University
|Responsible Party:
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|June 26, 2006 Key Record Dates
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|February 4, 2016
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|February 2016
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|This is a prospective, open-label pharmacokinetic study
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Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: Vascular Biology - and Pathophysiology - Participants
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: Vascular Biology
and Pathophysiology
Rosemary J. Akhurst, Ph.D.
Christopher Austin, M.D.
Sabine Bailly, Ph.D.
Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir, M.D., Ph.D.
Jonathan Berg
Carmelo Bernabeu, Ph.D.
Joyce Bischoff, Ph.D.
Stephen M. Black, Ph.D.
Luisa M. Botella, Ph.D.
Ben Huth Byer
Janice Huth Byer
Rita Carvalho
Henry Chang, M.D.
Marianne Clancy
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Sean Cullen, M.D.
Cesare Danesino
Austin Diamond
Terri DiMaio
Harrison W. Farber, M. D.
Marie E. Faughnan, M.D., M.S.C.
Africa Fernández-López
Eric B. Finkelstein, Ph.D.
Anne Marie Finley
William H. Fleming, M.D., Ph.D.
Tassilo Förg
Carol Gallione
Arupa Ganguly, Ph.D.
Pan Ganguly, Ph.D.
Urban Geisthoff, M.D.
Stephen Goldman, Ph.D.
Daniel M. Goodenberger, M.D.
Fatima Govani
Stephen Groft, Pharm.D.
Alan Guttmacher, M.D.
Jaewon Han, Ph.D.
Zhihua Han, Ph.D.
Katharine Henderson, M.S., C.G.C.
Kwon-Ho Hong
Luisa Iruela-Arispe, Ph.D.
Bruce S. Jacobson
Joy Jadrich
Mirjana Jerkic
Ion S. Jovin, M.D.
Regan E. M. Klatt
Sanjeev Kumar, Ph.D.
Young Jae Lee, Ph.D.
Gennaro Mariano Lenato
Michelle Letarte, Ph.D.
Tom G. W. Letteboer, M.D.
Dean Yaw Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Andreas Lux
Maria L. Mancini
Douglas A. Marchuk, Ph.D.
Paul R. McCurdy, M.D.
Jamie McDonald, M.S., L.G.C.
Frank John Miller, M.D.
Stuart Newfeld, Ph.D.
Aline Nsounta
Suk Paul Oh, Ph.D.
Sung Ok Park
John Albert Penner, M.D.
Dinushi Perera
Charles Marquis Peterson, M.D., M.B.A.
Paola Pierucci
Mary Porteous, M.B.Ch.B., M.S.C., M.D., F.R.C.P. (Ed.)
Nadia Prigoda, M.S.C.
Deborah D. Proctor, M.D.
Mira Corinna Puri, Ph.D.
Reed E. Pyeritz, M.D., Ph.D.
Marlene Rabinovitch, M.D.
Beth Roman, Ph.D.
Diana Romero, Ph.D.
Carlo Sabbà, M.D.
Esther Shao, M.D.
Nader Sheibani, Ph.D.
Claire Shovlin, Ph.D., M.A., F.R.C.P.
Florent Soubrier
Dennis L. Sprecher, M.D.
Duncan John Stewart, M.D.
Rebecca Stockton, Ph.D.
Peter B. Terry, M.D.
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Richard Charles Trembath
Linda W. van Laake
Kirk Vandezande, Ph.D.
Calvin P. H. Vary, Ph.D.
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Bob White, M.D.
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He has a PhD in education, he is an Olympian Judoka,he is a BJJ black belt under Ricardo Liborio, he's an Abu Dhabi veteran, he is a strength and conditioning coach for some of the world's top athletes, and he's the cousin of Kimbo Slice.
His name is Rhadi Ferguson, and he has decided to take the same talent, mentality and gifted athleticism that has taken him to the peak of excellence in so many other fields, and apply it to becoming a pro mixed martial arts fighter.
With ties to such schools as American Top Team, Team Lloyd Irvin, American Kickboxing Academy, and Nashville MMA, Rhadi has built a network of friends, athletes, training partners, and teachers that will help make his transition into MMA as smooth and as successful as possible. He knows it will take a lot of work, and that is something he is used to. Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) spoke to Rhadi on Wednesday about his decision to enter the world of professional MMA.
PRO MMA NOW: Hi Rhadi, thank you for speaking with us at Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com). Could you tell us about your Judo background, how you got into Judo, and how you got to the level of representing the U.S. at the 2004 Summer Olympics?
RHADI FERGUSON: I started Judo at the age of seven in Miami, Fla. in an elementary school program. Then I went on to train with a guy by the name of Jack Williams at Miami Day Community College until I was 13. And then my parents moved up north to Pennsylvania, then to Maryland, and I did not return to the sport of Judo until I was 22-years-of-age. At 22, I accepted a job at Texas Instruments that was located in Massachusetts, and I began to train with Jimmy Pedro, a four-time Olympian. From the age of 22 on, I ended up becoming an Olympic alternate in 2000, and then becoming an Olympian in 2004. After quitting my job at Texas Instruments, I ended up moving to the Olympic Training Center, and trained under 1984 Bronze Medalist Eddie Liddie. That's where I really learned the importance of strategy and tactics in the areas of combat and judo. And due to hard work and dedication, studying, and becoming a student of the sport, I was able to excel.
PRO MMA NOW: Did you play any other sports growing up?
RHADI FERGUSON: In college I wrestled, I ran track, and I played football.
PRO MMA NOW: Now you have also competed at Abu Dhabi and are a BJJ black belt. When did you start getting involved with BJJ and who is your primary trainer?
RHADI FERGUSON: I started getting involved with jiu-jitsu in 1998, and my instructor at that time was Lloyd Irvin. Lloyd Irvin instructed me all the way from my white belt to brown belt. And I received my black belt from Ricardo Liborio. I ended up moving to south Florida after the Olympics, and I began training down at American Top Team.
PRO MMA NOW: You have competed in Judo and BJJ at the highest levels, what would you say are the main differences in the two martial arts?
RHADI FERGUSON: The differences in the two arts are the rules, basically. Both arts have some of the same stuff in them, but the evolution of the arts is so, based upon the rules. That's it, that's the difference. Both are difficult to do, both take a lot of practice, a lot of skill. Both take a lot of "stick-to-it-iveness." And both require you to really study if you want to achieve the highest levels.
PRO MMA NOW: Talk to me a little bit about the influence Lloyd Irvin has had on you?
RHADI FERGUSON: Lloyd is an absolutely excellent competitor, was a great training partner. I would like to think I was a good student of his, because he was definitely a good student of mine. I was able to teach him judo and he taught me Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I think he's the best person I ever taught judo to, ever, even won the national championships in judo.
PRO MMA NOW: You say he was the best you taught, because of his ability?
RHADI FERGUSON: No not because of his ability, because he studies. He studies like nobody else. And I really appreciate that because I do that on the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu side. The one thing about Lloyd I really learned from when I was training and practicing and being taught by him was that during practice you really got to have your game face on at all times. You know, if you bump your head, or hurt your elbow, or catch a cramp in your stomach, or a stitch in your side, or something like that, you don't show it you don't stop, you just keep rolling. Sometimes in the judo culture, every time somebody bumps their head, or bumps their arm, or bumps their elbow, they stop and they hold their boo boo, and they rub it out, know what I mean? Lloyd doesn't do that. He's balls to the wall, 100 percent. He's one of the toughest dudes I ever rolled with, without a doubt. Not only one of the best, one of the toughest.
PRO MMA NOW: What separates his style of jiu-jitsu from some of the other teachers?
RHADI FERGUSON: It's more systematic. It follows a distinct curriculum. Lloyd brings in professionals and hires professionals to help with his curriculum, and to help him with his training. He's hired me and brought me in to help teach some of the grip fighting to his students, and the throws, and the takedowns, also some of the strength and conditioning stuff. He's hired other professionals to teach what they know. He understands that he doesn't know everything, but that his students need to be exposed to everything. And he makes sure he has the resources and all to expose them to the best training possible.
PRO MMA NOW: You are also a strength and conditioning coach, is that right?
RHADI FERGUSON: Correct.
PRO MMA NOW: Who are some of the fighters you've worked with?
RHADI FERGUSON: I've worked with Brandon Vera, I've worked with Jeff Monson. I had the opportunity to work with Taraje Williams-Murray, the two-time Olympian (Judo). I've worked with track and field athletes, NFL football players, I work with a lot of individuals.
PRO MMA NOW: I read where you did some work with Bobby Lashley, is that right?
RHADI FERGUSON: Yes. I helped him set up what I call "Team Bobby," making sure he had a nutritionist in place, a good orthopedic surgeon in place, a good internal medicine doctor in place, a good strength and conditioning coach in place, basically making sure he had his whole team in place, so that he has the support system around him, so that he can do what he needs to do; training partners, etc.
PRO MMA NOW: Is that guy as strong as he looks?
RHADI FERGUSON: Without a doubt. Without a doubt.
PRO MMA NOW: Did you get to see his fight this past weekend?
RHADI FERGUSON: I was at Strikeforce.
PRO MMA NOW: Oh okay. What did you think?
RHADI FERGUSON: I thought it was an excellent show. It was an absolutely phenomenal show. They did a really good job promoting it. The place was jammed packed. People were excited. It was good to see Herschel Walker in the ring. After watching him on the field for so many years, it was good to see him in the ring, no matter who his opponent was, it was good to see him.
PRO MMA NOW: What did you think about Bobby's performance?
RHADI FERGUSON: It was what I expected. I wasn't surprised at all. I can't say that Bobby surprised me with something, because he didn't. I trained with Bobby – Wes Sims couldn't beat Bobby if Bobby had both legs and both arms bandaged up. It's just not going to happen.
PRO MMA NOW: Now, the rumor is you are getting ready to take that Olympic level athletic ability and apply it to mixed martial arts competition – is that right?
RHADI FERGUSON: Well, my Olympic athletic ability is gone. I mean I'm definitely looking to use my brain and my mind and my athletic prowess and jump into the ring without a doubt. I think a lot of people forget these guys like Yoshida or myself, 50 years from now I'll still be an Olympian, but that does not mean I will be in the same type of shape I was when I went to the Olympics. That's damn near impossible. But I am looking at stepping into the ring and the cage.
PRO MMA NOW: Where have you been, and where will you be training your MMA?
RHADI FERGUSON: I'll train a little bit everywhere. I'm a member at American Top Team, but I believe in getting the best training possible. And I say that, for the individual. I mean, I believe in getting the best training possible for me. That means I will spend time training at American Top Team for sure. My friend, Dave Camarillo is out at AKA, I'll probably go out there for a week or two. I'll go see Lloyd Irvin for a week or two. I may go see Ed Clay for a week or two. And I'll pop my head into some judo clubs every now and then to stay sharp. My main training base will probably be American Top Team. I also train at a place called Fighters Alley. I believe in creating positive relationships and a great network so you can train anywhere. I'm not the type of guy who thinks you should only train at one place. I don't believe that. I come up from Judo, where, if you travel, like when you are in France, in Paris, at the Paris Open, you will go and train at the camp with all the people you will fight the next weekend. So it's not like you're trying to hide something, or you can't train with other people. It wouldn't make any difference if I trained with someone for four weeks and then fought them at the end of four weeks. That doesn't make any difference. You're supposed to be able to do that.
PRO MMA NOW: Is MMA just the natural progression of yourself as a competitive athlete – what made you decide you wanted to compete in MMA?
RHADI FERGUSON: Well, I always wanted to do it. I had some health issues I had to get resolved, but once I was okay, I jumped in. But is MMA a natural progression? No, not at all. MMA is an option. No. MMA is an option that I'm blessed to have. I would like to try it out. I think it will be fun. I think I can do well at it. I believe I can do well, and that's just what it is.
PRO MMA NOW: What would you like to accomplish in the sport?
RHADI FERGUSON: I would like to win.
PRO MMA NOW: Good enough. I'm told that Ed Clay is going to manage your MMA career, is that correct?
RHADI FERGUSON: Yes sir.
PRO MMA NOW: How did you get hooked up with Ed?
RHADI FERGUSON: Ed is one of Lloyd's associates as well, and was one of his students at the time, that's how I met Ed Clay. Then I met him when I was grappling because he had a Gi company that sponsored me for a while.
PRO MMA NOW: Gameness, right?
RHADI FERGUSON: Gameness, correct.
PRO MMA NOW: You mentioned we might see you possibly coming to Nashville MMA and training some. Obviously, they have Dave Herman down there, a big heavyweight, that's done very well. Are you familiar with Dave, have you seen any of his fights?
RHADI FERGUSON: Yes I have. I'm looking forward to training with him. I'm not really sure when. My wife is in her ninth month of pregnancy.
PRO MMA NOW: Oh wow, congratulations.
RHADI FEGUSON. Thank you.
PRO MMA NOW: Is it a boy or girl, do you know yet?
RHADI FERGUSON: It's a girl.
PRO MMA NOW: Is this your first?
RHADI FERGUSON: Nope, second one. Got a boy and a girl.
PRO MMA NOW: Now you are a pretty big guy from what I could tell. What weight do you walk around at?
PRO MMA NOW: Is Howard Davis helping you with your hands at ATT?
RHADI FERGUSON: No. Howard is working with Chuck Liddell on The Ultimate Fighter right now.
PRO MMA NOW: Oh yeah, okay.
RHADI FERGUSON: I'm working up at Fighters Alley in Melbourne, Florida with Cesar Baraza, and a guy named Juan Aruamo. They are helping me with my hands. Jab, cross, and a left hook, that's it.
PRO MMA NOW: Can you give us a possible date or a time period when we might see you in the cage?
RHADI FERGUSON: Probably sometime after July. I need some time to get myself in shape… I'm pretty rusty to say the least. I'm real rusty. A lot of my game was based upon explosive movements. With Lloyd, I learned a whole jump passing system, a lot of jump passing, which I don't do now, because I'm not in the same amount of shape. My new jiu-jitsu coach has been teaching me a new tight jiu-jitsu game which I've been learning, but it's a little different for me, now that I'm 34-years-old, getting ready to be 35 soon, training, lifting, and practice is different. It's not the same anymore. It's not balls to the wall all the time. It's more of a scientific approach.
PRO MMA NOW: Obviously, your last name is Ferguson. There is another famous Ferguson in the sport who is your cousin. For the record you want to tell us who that is?
RHADI FERGUSON: Kimbo Slice.
PRO MMA NOW: Are you guys close, or were you close growing up?
RHADI FERGUSON: No, as a matter of fact, we have a mutual cousin that we are both close to, but our paths never crossed when we were younger. As we got older and sat down and talked, he was always over at my aunt Ethel's house every time I wasn't over there and vice versa. We just ended up missing each other, that's just how it went.
PRO MMA NOW: What's your opinion of what he's done with his career?
RHADI FERGUSON: Absolutely fantastic.
PRO MMA NOW: He's come a long way from the Youtube days huh?
RHADI FERGUSON: Yeah, a long way. He's very humble, very respectful, just a good all around guy, man. Mo Lawal was joking with me last weekend at Strikeforce calling me "little Kimbo," and I was like, "you know what, that's a compliment," because if he wasn't winning and just losing and he wasn't any good, there would be no reason to say anything like that. He moved the sport forward. I remember when I watched him fight at one of the events in Miami, he brought a different demographic to the sport that didn't come out to the UFC, that didn't come out to watch MMA events, and that's huge. All the sudden when Kimbo fights you see the rainbow of colors inside the arena, which you normally wouldn't see, and that's great for the sport, itt's great for people, it's great for society, it's great man.
PRO MMA NOW: Just like Brock brought in people from a different demographic, so did Kimbo.
RHADI FERGUSON: That's right, and I hope to bring in people from a different demographic. I'll probably be the only PhD in the game.
PRO MMA NOW: Thank you so much Rhadi for taking the time to speak with us at Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com). I think you are going to bring something new and fresh to MMA's heavyweight division, I can't wait to see you in there, and I look forward to following your fight career. Is there anyone you would like to thank, or would you like to send any shout-outs?
RHADI FERGUSON: I'd like to thank my wife, Traci Ferguson, for giving me the opportunity to peruse this other option.


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Here in the not so royal kingdom of California lives a boy who hates sleep. Not to be captain obvious, but that boy is yours truly. There are nights I just can't sleep. If I do attempt sleep, there needs to be noise in the background. I love having the TV on. Only problem are the dreams that arise from falling asleep to CNN. Hello to joining protests in Egypt & being stuck in Syria. Not usually the splendid dreams one would fancy having.
However, my beloved TV was down last night. Therefore, I spent the night tossing & turning. I tried counting sheep then sweaters. Alas, no sleep. Insomnia is a funny thing, its rough going to bed & sometimes I feel like I could run a whole marathon with the amount of energy I have (in the middle of the night). The wall of sleep that follows the next day is brutal. My whole day is a battle against the evil forces of drowsiness, heavy eye lids & restful thinking.
It's like I am running parallel to this brick wall that keeps following me everywhere I go. Behind the wall is something wonderful, but the wall is perpetual & won't leave my presence.
Last night, I tried a new approach to falling asleep. I set my Pandora radio to the Maria Callas station & tried listening to some opera. I closed my eyes & imagined myself frolicking through majestic French gardens & admiring the serene English country side.
Ok, that's what most people would commonly say. What did I really want? I wanted to listen to Madonna & do a magical rendition of Vogue in my head, while breakdancing to Grand Master Flash (also mentally) & imagining myself lost in a Space Oddity via Ziggy Stardust via David Bowie. But no, I opted for the more peaceful & cliche way to fall asleep. Did it work? only for 45 minutes. I didn't have any significant dreams or serenity. Once the alarm went off on my iPHONE. The operatic voice faded into the screeching rhythms of an early morning alarm.
The not so royal kingdom of California needs more noise. However, listening to opera while attempting sleep makes me a more cultured insomniac ( I really don't listen to opera outside bedtime). Fear the wall of sleep. It's not your friend. If you really wanna give it a big "fuck you" draw some graffiti on it & show the wall who's boss.


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Blue Whale Eco Friendly Plush Toy, 100% Organic Cotton, Handmade With Love
Regular price $38.00
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