text:
Degrassi Mania
Degrassi The Next Generation
SEASON ONE EPISODE GUIDE:* MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION PARTS 1 & 2: Remember Baby Emma from DEGRASSI JUNIOR
HIGH? Well, she's all grown up and starting Junior High in DEGRASSI herself. Meanwhile, her mom Spike is planning an Old School
DEGRASSI Reunion.
Emma is a tweenager who has "met" a guy online named Jordan. He's cute, he's an enviornmentalist and they have soooo
much in common! She giddily tells her best friend Manny all the details.
While dropping some of Spike's stuff off at school (Where Snake is now a teacher!) for the reunion, Emma and Manny run
into their friend JT and then they run into this guy named Toby that JT met in summer camp. They all end up hanging out together,
the whole time Emma gushing about her dream man "Jordan".
Toby, because he wears glasses, must be a nerd and therefore is ten times wiser than everyone else, says that "Jordan"
sounds too good to be true and that it's probably some forty year old man posing as a kid. Emma brushes him off, not wanting
to hear it.
Later Emma gets an invitation to actually MEET "Jordan", who will be in town staying at a nearby hotel. Without telling
anybody about it, she agrees to go.
The night Emma is going to meet "Jordan" is the night of the big DEGRASSI HIGH reuniuon and we get to see such
Old School favorites as Snake (DEGRASSI teacher), Spike (mother/ hairdresser), Joey (widower / used car salesman / father
of small daughter), Caitlin (TV reporter), Lucy (walking and seeing again!), an Amy-less Alison and a few others (who
get miniscule camera time and are just shown in a crowd scene. I saw Liz and Kathleen and a few others. Was Dwayne there?
Ya mean he's still alive???).
Caitlin is introducing her obnoxious fiancee Keith to everyone, including Alison who is apparently so horny she's practically
honking. Fiancee Keith slips off to try to make a move on Alison and Joey catches them and ends up having a fistfight with
the guy. Caitlin dumps Keith and we are left to wonder if the torch Joey carried for Caitlin all these years still burns.
(Ooooooooooooooh! Let us hope so!)
Meanwhile, Emma is in a hotel lobby waiting for "Jordan" when a forty year old man walks by and says "Are you Emma? I'm
Jordan's teacher. Come on up to our hotel room." Emma stupidly follows the guy upstairs and soon discovers that there IS no
"Jordan", that this middle-aged man was just posing as a teen boy so he could lure her to a hotel room to videotape himself
molesting her.
Back at home Manny, JT and Toby suspect something bad is gonna happen to Emma and through hacking her computer find out
where she is. They run to the DEGRASSI HIGH Old School reunion to tell Spike Emma is in trouble. Spike and Snake
call the cops and rush to the hotel.
They find the hotel room Emma is being held captive in and rescue her from the evil clutches of Fake Jordan.
Emma and Spike agree not to keep secrets from eachother anymore.
Mistakes In The Show:
Emma - who had blue eyes as a baby in DEGRASSI HIGH - has brown eyes as a teenager in DEGRASSI: THE
* FAMILY POLITICS: Ashley wants to be school president. Her step-brother Toby wants to thwart her plan so he gets his
friend JT to run against her.
* EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: Both chubby insecure Terri and snooty, stuck-up Paige have the hots for Spinner. Spinner
seems to prefer Terri and it's driving Paige (who sort of looks like Miss Piggy) nuts.
There is a school dance coming up and Ashley is trying to talk Terri into going. Terri is all "Who would wanna dance
with me? I'm fat!" Ashley trys to convince her that if she goes Spinner will dance with her.
Ashley agrees to help tart Terri up for the dance so she looks hot and Paige, who has evil intent, jumps on the bandwagon,
offering to "help".
Ashley fixes Terri up then leaves. This is when Paige breaks out the sherry and gets Terri drunk. She sluts her up and
then takes her staggering on over to the dance.
At the dance Terri is feeling no pain, busting a move, dancing around like those fat hos on JERRY SPRINGER and grabbing
Spinner's face and saying "You're sho cuuuuute!" Then Terri gets a horrified look on her face and covers her mouth and bolts
for the Ladies room to puke.
Spinner ends up dancing with Paige and the next day it would seem the two are now a couple. Terri blew it.
B story involves Emma's interest in the "troubled new boy" Sean. She asks him to dance with her and he says "Yes".
* PARENTS DAY: Ashley and Paige get all dressed up for Parents Day because they are trying to make an impression on Toby's
talent scout mother. She ends up taking an interest in Terri.
* THE MATING GAME: The school is rehearsing scenes from ROMEO AND JULIET. Jimmy is Romeo. But his girlfriend Ashley is
not Juliet. Nasty b*tch Paige is, and Paige has had a long-time rivalry with Ashley, and therefore Ashley is scared Paige
is gonna make a move on Jimmy ("She's always wanted everything I've ever had" Ashley says of Paige)
Will Ashley "put out " to keep Jimmy from fooling around with someone else? Or will Jimmy and Ahsley realize they aren't
ready for sex and sit on Ahley's bed blowing condoms up like balloons?
* BASKETBALL DIARIES: Jimmy wants to be the star of the basketball team. Spinner offers him one of his Ritalin pills,
explaining that Ritalin makes hyper people mellow but it can also make mellow people hyper.
So Jimmy takes the pill and Spinner doesn't and the result is Jimmy bouncing off the walls and Spinner bouncing off the
walls....and mooning everybody. Mr Raditch is not amused!
* SECRETS AND LIES: Ashley's father comes to visit and Ashley hopes that her parents will reconcile (even though her
Mom is now with Toby's father).
Then Dad drops the bomb on Ashley: He's gay.
While this is all going on, obnoxious over-achiever Liberty is chasing around JT who she has a crush on.
After Toby tells JT about Ashley's father "coming out of the closet" JT gets the "bright idea" to tell Liberty he's gay
so she'll leave him alone! (This leads to a very funny scene where JT, acting over-the-top queer, goes "Hi, Liberty, girlfriend!"
and then wraps his arm around his "lover" Toby! )
In the end, Liberty finds out JT isn't really gay and she's crushed to find out the extent he would go through to get
rid of her.
* COMING OF AGE: Ashley is tired of Jimmy never leaving her alone. She is thinking (aloud) of breaking up with him and
the word gets through the grapevine and Jimmy trys to end it with Ashley. But they end up getting back together again.
B Story : Emma is sitting outside the school with Manny when Sean walks over and starts to talk to her. She jumps up
to talk to Sean and Manny, realizing that Emma has her peiod (All over the back of her skirt) pulls her back down. The two
rush to the Ladies room to clean Emma up. Paige comes in the Ladies room and hands Emma a mini pad. Emma is now a "woman"!
(Are You There, God? It's Me: Emma!)
* RUMORS AND REPUTATIONS: Emma wonders why Mr Armstrong is always alone with Liberty, talking after class and slipping
her notes. She starts to suspect (aloud) that Mr Armstrong and Liberty have a little somethin-somethin going on and she tells
ONE person about it.
The rumor gets passed around and soon the whole school is buzzing about "Mr Armstrong and Liberty Doing It" (Of course,
they are not REALLY Doing It. We later find out Mr Armstrong was giving Liberty special help because she has a learning disability)
B story: Spinner finds a bug in his cafeteria food.
* FRIDAY NIGHT: Jimmy and Spinner torment humorless teacher Ms Kwan so bad that she quits (She comes back in later episodes)
Emma has her first date with Sean and everything that can possibly go wrong does.
* WANNABE: Manny wants to be a cheerleader. Emma trys to talk her out of it saying that it's sexist.
Meanwhile JT, Toby and Liberty are looking for the two PRINGLES cans that will win them a million dollars.
* CABARET: Ashley and Terri are preparing a song for the talent show. It's a ballad and Ashley is being a real ham about
singing it all seriously and not giving Terri anything to do.
Paige decides she wants to join Ashley and Terri's "group" and is soon totally taking over, turning the song into a pop
song, picking out slutty costumes, choreographing sexy dance moves and changing the band's name to PAIGE MICHAELCHUK'S
Ashley drops out of the band because she doesn't wanna do it Paige's way. When she sees what a huge hit Paige and
Terri are performing the song at the school talent show she re-joins the group and the band changes it's name to PMS.
* UNDER PESSURE: Sean is acting like a Bad Boy again. He gets into a fight with JImmy (I forget why) and when Emma trys
to break it up Sean knocks her a** down.
Emma breaks up with Sean.
* JAGGED LITTLE PILL: We love this one! JT and Toby are having a sleepover while Toby's parents are out of the house.
They know that Ashey and a bunch of her girlfriends are going to be downstairs in their nighties having a pajama party. JT
has a hit of "ecstacy", that he plans on splitting with Toby. Then they will go downstairs and get bizz-ay with the girls.(Yeah
When Sean stops by they tell him their perverted little plan. He takes the hit of "E" downstairs to slice it in
half for them.
Downstairs he runs into Ahsley. He tells her the story and says he's going to give JT and Toby an aspirin instead, figuring
they'll never know the difference. He gives Ashley the pill to throw away. Instead Ashley takes it.
Throughout the whole slumber party Ashley is acting crazy, screaming at the TV, dancing wildly with Liberty (!), inviting
more people over and just all in all acting whacked out. She took the "E" so she could get funky with Jimmy but she somehow
ends up fooling around with Sean...which Jimmy finds out about. Jimmy , and everybody else, ends up furious at Ashley.
Meanwhile, Toby and JT, who took ASPIRIN are in Toby's room acting all f*cked up.
* WHEN DOVES CRY: There's this teenage boy following around Joey Jeremiah and his little girl Angela. Who is it? It's
Craig Manning, the son of Joey's dead x-wife Julia. Craig lives with his abusive a**hole father and dreams of a better life,
running off and living with his little sister.
Because Emma is Angela's babysitter this gives Craig time to hang out with Angela. Neither his pops or Joey is really
thrilled about it...especially when Craig trys to (lets call it what it is, Folks) kidnap his sister.
After Craig gets beaten to a pulp by Dear Old Dad, Joey agrees to let him stay with them.
Meanwhile, JT is trying to get a date with older, popular, b*tchy girl Page, who is lamenting over her terrible mullet
hair-do. Her friends offer to give her money to fix her hair if she goes on a pity date with JT. She does, and ends up having
a great time. Then her friends show up and tell JT the whole date was just a dare.
JT is crushed, but the next day at school Paige apologizes to him. He says he would be happy if he got a kiss....and
she kisses him...On the cheek. (Cheesy granny kiss! But he seems thrilled anyway!)
* GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN: Emma is none too thrilled to find out that her Mom "Spike" is going out with her teacher
"Mr Simpson" / "Snake".
* KARMA CHAMELEON: Ashley is tired of being treated like a pariah by her friends because of the stupd "E" experience
over the summer where she acted like a fool, called Paige "a hag" (true dat!) and broke Jimmy's heart and squashed his manhood
(not literally) by hooking up with Sean.
She begs everybody for forgiveness and gets it.
But then Sean asks her out on a date and she accepts.
Her friends, who had assumed she was back on with Jimmy since they made up , are apalled and once again go back to treating
Ashley like sh*t (Even that two-faced Terri!)
B story: Toby likes Kendra and is horrified to find out she is Spinner's sister.
* WEIRD SCIENCE: There is a school Science Fair and Emma's project wins, making Liberty make snotty, snarky remarks
about how Emma only won because her Mom's boyfriend Mr Simpson was one of the judges.
And - Get This-: Spinner is having a hard time controlling his boners! (I watched this episode with my 8 year old and
had to explain to her what a "boner" was. Fun, fun, fun!)
* DRIVE: Joey goes away for a weekend getaway with his girlfriend and leaves Craig the house with the promise that
he can have his friends Jimmy, Spinner and Marco over if they promise not to have any booze, drugs or women at the house.
The guys are determined to have some G rated fun anyway and this involves them watching Spinner chow down on eerosole cheese.
Wheeeee! Does the fun ever START???
The guys talk Craig into taking a car on Joey's lot for a joyride, not realizing the lot has a silent alarm.
When they get back from their Good Time Cruise after winning concert tickets, they run right into Angry Joey who then
tells Craig's friends to get lost and rips up not just Craig's concert ticket, but the other three tickets too! (Man, Joey,
way to be a dickweed. Forgotten already the shenanigans YOU used to get into when you were Craig's age?!)
B story: Ashley wanst to get her belly button pierced.
* SHOUT: Cheerleader Paige, who already HAS a boyfriend , Spinner (Ho!) is making eyes at a basketball player from the
opposing team and starts flirting with him. He calls her "Spirit" and invites her and Hazel to a house party.
Paige tells Spinner a "Sick Grandma" story and heads to the party dressed like a slut and lookin' for love in all the
wrong places.
When Spinner and Jimmy show up at the party (Oh no!) Paige runs upstairs to a bedroom with Dean to hide out. They start
to kiss and five seconds later Dean has gotten her pinned down and is ripping a condom open with his teeth. He date rapes
The next day at school Paige is...Well, I dont know. She isn't totally horrified by the rape yet. It's not until AFTER
she relaizes Mr Wonderful has no intentions of calling her and making her his woman she realizes "Hey, maybe I was raped".
She holds in her shame until Spinner calls her a nasty name and then she tells everything to Hazel, who tells her she should
press charges.
* SHOUT PART 2: PMS is entering a Battle Of The Bands contest and they want to use a piece of poetry Ashley wrote for
homework as lyrics to a song.
When they get together to rehearse Ashley shows them her New And Improved Lyrics, making the song about rape. Paige,
who was date raped in the last episode, refuses to sing the new lyrics and this causes her to lock horns time and time again
with Ashley. FINALLY she tells Ashley the reason why she doesn't wanna do the "rape song" and Ashley is sympathetic and they
decide they will sing the song with the original lyrics.
The day of the contest Paige spots Dean in the audience and launches into the rape song ("Poor Thing")
* MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM: Toby is manorexic! Tired of being a dumpy nerd (who my daughter calls "Toad-jee" for some reason)
he decides he wants to try out for the wrestling team. His weight puts him in the heavy-weight division fighting hulking guys
who can kick the crap out of him though, so he starts starving himself so he can wrestle the light-weights...and look stunning
in his spandex man leotard doing it!
In the cafeteria Ashley confronts him on his refusal to eat and to show her up he guzzles down this huge, disgusting
looking chili burger thing. He then heads to the Mens room to make himself throw up. JT walks in and hears Toby purging. HE
trys to talk about it but Toby ain't having it.
Toby goes out to fight in a match and faints. Everyone finds out about his manorexia.
B story: Terri is a plus sized model.
* TAKE MY BREATH AWAY: Craig goes on a date with younger girl Manny and the next day at school is a "He Said/ She Said"
telling of how the date went.
Manny thinks the date was incredibly romantic and that Craig is her steady boyfriend now
Craig thinks Manny acted incredibly childish during the date ("Horsey Horse!") and decides he wants to go back to just
being friends.
When Craig sees Manny decorating his locker all girlie he lets the bomb drop: He tells her that it's not his locker he
doesn't like, it's her. (Ooooh! HARSH!)
* DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE: It's International Day at DEGRASSI and everyone is showing their pride, except for Somalian
Hazel, who is handing out jerk chicken and lying about being Jamaican. Hey, Mon!
When an Iraqui girl's project gets trashed because someone thinks of her as a "terrorist" Hazel comes foward, admits
she's Somalian. The next day she does an oral report on her new-found Somalian pride.
* WHITE WEDDING: Emma is getting ready for Spike and Snake's wedding (Wow, that was a fast courtship, huh?) Manny
tells her she should invite Sean to be her date for the wedding and Emma says "no". Manny then, behind Emma's back, gives
Sean an invitation and says it's from Emma. When Emma finds out later she's furious: And she un-invites Sean.
Everything that could go wrong goes wrong in planning the wedding: Craig, Tobey and JT try to get a stripper only to
have Joey get one and then not let them watch "The Show" (!), Emma's perm comes out terrible and Spike, who thinks she might
be pregnant, takes a pregnancy test and finds out she has a bun in the oven....and Snake had just said he is in no rush for
kids. D'oh!
At the wedding everyone awaits to see if Spike and Snake even show up. They DO show up at the last minute in jeans and
t-shirts and get married.They then switch to their formals for the party where Sean shows up and dances with, kisses and gets
back together with Emma.
* CARELESS WHISPER: Marco has been dating Ellie but he hasn't been Giving Her The Goods.
Ellie is starting to suspect Marco is gay.
Marco is starting to suspect Marco is gay.
We at home are starting to suspect Marco is gay.
And he is!
But to throw everyone at school off his trail Marco tells everyone that Ellie is his "girlfriend"....and even implys
that he's been "hitting it"!
* HOT FOR TEACHER: JT has a crush on his teacher "Miss Hot Sauce" and is even trying to imply that she has the hots for
him too.
They spend the evening together...birthing baby guniea pigs! (How romantic!)
* MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE: Emma is dating Sean again and so she invites him to a family dinner. Sean is very uncomfortable
with the situation. When he goes into Emma's kitchen to get a glass of water he spots a bottle of booze and helps himself.
This leads to him getting drunk and having nasty words with Emma's mother. He then storms out and goes to Jimmy's alcohal-free
At Jimmy's party (where Ashley is trying to get back together with Jimmy, who is too busy hosting the party to pitch
woo at Ashley) it doesn't take long for Sean to find Jimmy's parents booze stash and start hitting that. When Jimmy finds
out he throws Sean out.
Emma has a talk with Sean telling him that alcohal is not a good way to "deal with his problems".
* RELAX: The girls hockey team is trying to beat the boys team so they can get Joey Jeremiah's Used Car Emporium (not
really his used car lot's name) to sponser them and give them snazzy new uniforms. Their coach Liberty is an out-of-control
In the end Joey sponsors BOTH the boys team AND the girls team and everyone looks just darling in their new duds.
And Liberty's fat head goes back to normal size.
* DRESSED IN BLACK: Jimmy and Ashley are a Happy Couple again. Or ARE they?
Jimmy misses the "old Ashley", a cute little preppie-ish girl. Ashley has now taken to wearing all black and is borderline
"Goth".and Jimmy just isn't digging it.
Ashley is pissed that Jimmy insists on keeping her old pictures up in his locker. She even gives him a new Robert Smith-like
picture of her and Jimmy puts it up....next to the old picture of the "Ashley he likes".
In a class project re-enacting a scene from TAMING OF THE SHREW Ashley shows Jimmy how she feels she can't be controlled
and subdued for the love of a man. She breaks up with Jimmy because he can't accept her the way she is.
B story: Toby buys condoms "just in case" he gets lucky with Kendra and Spinner finds the condoms and wants to kill Toby.
* FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT: Emma is protesting the genetically modified food the cafeteria is serving. Mr Radicth trys to
stop her and Emma continues to protest OUTSIDE the school. She ends up getting in trouble fighting for what she believes in.
* HOW SOON IS NOW? DEGRASSI has a basketball game against the school that Paige's rapist Dean is in. This leads to Paige
getting upset and JT picking a fight with Dean - while in his cute little cat mascot outfit.
Paige vows to make Dean pay.
* TEARS ARE NOT ENOUGH: Craig's father trys to make up with Craig. He is trying to talk Craig into moving back in with
him. But little by little Craig starts to see his father's old habits coming back.
When his father has a fight with him Craig goes back to Joey's house.
Later on the police show up at Joey's house to let Craig know his father had an accident. And is dead.
* TEARS ARE NOT ENOUGH PART 2: At Craig's father's funeral Craig starts to laugh maniacally at the eulogy, where
his father is depicted as a loving caring father. "HAH" says Craig. The same father who beat him up?! He's GLAdDthe old b*stard
is dead!
Everyone wonders why Craig isn''t upset by the old b*stard's death and worry that he isn't "allowing himself to grieve".
Craig asks Ashley to go to the DEGRASSI Luau with him and she accepts.
At the Luau Craig has a break-down and throws a fit and storms out.
He is followed by Terri and the two of them sit in the hallway talking and crying.
Craig "lets it all out" and feels much better. He returns to the Luau and dances with his "queen", Ashley.
FATHER FIGURE: Spike is about to give birth to Snake's spawn and this has Emma thinking about her "real father" who she
never knew: Shane McKay. She only has one blurry memory of Shane, and it was from when she was three years old and went
to visit him in a hospital. So because that meeting took place in a hospital Emma thinks Shane is a doctor.
She starts looking for Shane McKay's in phone books and stuff and finally finds the hospital he is at through the DEGRASSI
HIGH alumni list in the school computer.
She goes to the hospital with Craig to meet Shane and is surprised (and not PLEASANTLY surprised neither!) to find that
Shane is NOT a doctor, but some weird mental patient dude. "You have pretty blonde hair like Emma" he says when Emma sneaks
into his room. "I AM Emma" she says. Shane, who isn't "all there" says she CAN'T be Emma because Emma is only three years
old. (Boy, those years just FLY by when you're in a mental institution, huh?)
Before Emma leaves she gives Shane her address so they can keep in touch. Well, no good can come from this: Shane breaks
out of the hospital and shows up at Emma's house, determined to pick things up where he left off with Spike over a decade
ago! He doesn't take the news that Spike is married to Snake and having a Baby Snake very well. In fact, he asks Spike to
dump Snake and marry him and let him move in and be the baby's daddy (Oh, Shane: You so cwazy!)
When Spike goes to call the hospital to come pick Shane up he has a violent fit and trashes the house. Then Spike
goes into labor.
Emma hands Shane something to knit (!), Liz and Snake hurry to the house and Spike has a good old fashioned home birth.
At the end, Shane goes back to the hospital and Emma learns to embrace her "real family": Spike, Snake and Baby Jack.
* U GOT THE LOOK: Why can't sweet little Manny get a man? Because even though she's cute as a button she's not hot and
trashy! So manny gives herself a make-over and starts showing up for school dressed like a Pussycat Doll.
When Mr Raditch and Liberty complain that they can see Manny's thong Manny solves the problem by refusing to wear underwear.
Manny's new a**-cleavage makes her the hit of the school (At least with the boys) and JT starts to realize he has a crush
on Manny. But Manny is only interested in flirting with the older boys. (We are supposed to feel sorry for JT in this episode
but I just can't: He doesn't realize he likes Manny until AFTER she starts dressing like a ho? Where are HIS honerable intentions?!)
Soon Manny has an older boyfriend and a throng of panting male admirerers and Emma is totally disgusted by young Manny's whorish
new ways.
B Story: Craig, Spinner, Marco and Jimmy have started a band and are having jam sessions in Joey's garage: Which has
Joey running around giving them advice they don't want or need and singing that damn Everybody Wants Something song.
* PRIDE: Marco is having a hard time coming to terms with his closet homosexuality. Oh sure, he has the whole school
thinking he's dating Ellie, but he also has been getting caught giving Sean salacious looks while watching him shoot baskets
shirtless. "What are you? A fag?" Spinner teases. Ummmm...Yeah, Spin: He is!
Everybody goes to the beach with Paige's gay older brother Dylan, he of the twinkling blue eyes and mop of Shirley Temple
curls. He's openly gay . And proud, damn it! (Not like that poser, Marco)
When everyone teases Marco and Ellie for not making out in public Ellie tells them that she and Marco aren't "dating"
anymore. She doesn't want to be part of Marco's charade anymore.
Marco is finding himself attracted to Dylan but Spinner is trying to set him up with Hazel. Finally Marco snaps and tells
Spinner he's gay. Spinner does NOT take the news well.
B Story: Snake may have cancer.
* PRIDE PART II: Spinner is being a nasty prick about Marco being gay and even writing nasty things about Marco on the
mens room wall.
Everyone is going to gay Dylan's hockey game and since Marco and Spinner are fighting Marco doesn't go with The Gang.
He goes by himself, walking through "The Gay Village" alone at night. A bunch of guy's jump him and attack him and Marco crys
(I almost cryed too!) He tells everyone he was being robbed but the truth is he was "gay bashed".
B Story: Snake is taking tests to see if he has cancer. If he DOES he will have to start chemo. Because he might lose
his hair if he has to do chemo anyway he raises money for the Spirit Squad by offering to shave his head in front of everyone
if they raise enough money. Now Snake AND Joey are bald!
* GANGSTA GANGSTA: Sean is acting like a thug again: Hanging out with "The Bad Kids" (including that douchebag Jay) and
stealing stuff. He steals Snake's new laptop computer. Snake thinks he absent-mindedly "lost" it (He's so tired from the chemo
treatments) but Emma suspects that Sean is a thief and HE is the one who took the computer (And she's right!)
B Story: JT has a wet dream about Liberty (!) and when he's acting like a prick towards Toby, Toby tells everyone about
it. (How embaressing! Why didn't JT just tell him he had a dream about Paige?!)
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?: Ashley and Craig are a young couple in love and he wants to go all the way but she keeps
pushing him away.
One night Ashley decides she's ready to Give Up The Ghost. She is throwing a big house party and she tells Craig that
when everyone at the party goes home Tonight's The Night. Boom Chicka Chicka Chicka Boom!
Craig (Stupid f*ck that he is!) tells Spinner that he's going to bang Ashley tonight and Ashley overhears Spinner talking
about it (D'oh!) and Ashley calls the night of sin off.
Manny starts flirting with Craig and telling him how Ashley doesn't appreciate him and how he needs a woman who will
treatt him right. And then Manny "treats him right" (nudge nudge, wink wink) And Manny and Craig "Do It"!
Of course, Manny, who has been jonesing for Craig ever since he showed up in Season Two, thinks this means that they
are now a couple. Of course not! He's still going out with Ashley.
B Story is a good one: To get Snake's mind off his cancer and chemo treatments Joey takes him for a Big Night Out of.........bowling
(?) where they meet up with Wheels (He's shaved bald too now!) and the three of them have a great time singing yet another
retread of Everybody Wants Something!
* WHISPER TO A SCREAM: Ellie's father who is in the service gets shipped away and Mom starts drinking.
While this is all going on Ellie starts an internship working for Caitlin.
All the stress is too much and Ellie starts cutting herself.
B Story: Terri has a secret admirer and is in dread that it may be Toby, who has been acting very weird lately. She is
relieved to find out that it's that Harry Potter looking guy Rick (Hell, she's probably relieved to find out it's anybody
but Toby!)
* AGAINST ALL ODDS: Emma has a crush on this black kid named Chris. She finds out he will be guest DJ'ing at a rave and
decides to go with Manny so she can hopefully catch Chris's eye.
When they get to the rave Emma finds out that Chris has a gilfriend. They end up alone and Chris goes to kiss her but
Emma, knowing Chris has a girlfriend, can't go through with it. She returns to the rave, looking for Manny but she can't find
Manny anywhere.
When Emma gets back home she catches Manny and Craig making out in her room. Craig hightails it out of there and Emma
starts fighting with Manny: Was Manny just trying to get her to go off with Chris so she could sneak back to Emma's room with
Craig? And doesn't Manny care that Craig is dating Ashley? And what exactly is loose Manny DOING with Craig anyway???
Emma "breaks up" with Manny.
B Story: The guy's have a slumber party and Spinner is afraid that Marco will make a move on him. Marco let's Spinner
know he ain't all that.
* NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP: The good news is Terri finally has a boyfriend. The bad news is it's crazy pyscho Rick and
he beats her up.
While rehearsing for Marco's play ("Ma-Maaaaaa!") Rick keeps giving Terri awful acting tips and flys off the handle when
she doesn't take his advice. Everyone is starting to suspect that somethings wrong with Rick. Hazel sees scars on Terri and
asks her about it and trys to talk Terri into breaking up with Rick.
* HOLIDAY: Wow, Craig has really gone from famine to feast: Not only is he going out with Ashley ("champagne") he's also
banging Manny ("ice-cream") on the side.
He goes out to buy them both Christmas presents and then hides them under a blanket in his room (The presents, not Ashley
and Manny).
One day when Ashley is in his room and cold she goes to wrap the blanket around herself and finds the presents. She wonders
who they are for.
When she sees Manny wearing the bracelt she saw in Craig's pile of gifts Ashley starts to suspect something is up.
Meanwhile, Joey breaks up with his girlfriend Sydney to reunite with his childhood love Caitlin.
* THIS CHARMING MAN: Emma starts hanging out with Chris, who has just broken up with his girlfriend. He is interested
in hooking up with Emma but everytime they are together all Emma wants to do is track Sean so she can prove that he was the
one who stole Snake's laptop.
* ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN PART 1: Manny's pregnant! And the baby is Craig's!
Manny doesn't want her parents to find out about it and ship her off to the The Philipnes (Wait a minute: Manny Manuella
Santos isn't Spanish?!) so she plans on getting an abortion. Then she finds out that Craig, who has always wanted a "real
family" wants to keep the baby. They plan on keeping the baby and getting married.
* ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN PART 2: After trying to babysit Baby Jack goes terribly Manny decides that she's not ready to
become a mother and decides to get an abortion. She isn't going to marry Craig after all (And its a good thing to cuz if she
did her name would be Mrs Manny Manning...and that's just STUPID!)
Meanwhile, JT once again tells Liberty to "bug off" so she starts looking for love elsewhere: Newly interested in her
class project partner Sean, she starts dressing in leather and flirting with him. Sean is obviously repelled but nicely enough
sets her up with one of his thug friends.
* TAKE ON ME: THE BREAKFAST CLUB DEGRASSI style. Sean, Ellie, Hazel, Jimmy and Toby all have Saturday detention together.
The highlight of this episode is watching Mr Raditch workout in the school gym in a pair of shorts with one of
those big rubber workout balls. (It isn't Raditch's Manliest Moment).
Ellie ends up with Sean, Hazel ends up with Jimmy and Toby ends up alone again naturally.
* DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER: Terri gets back together with her control freak boyfriend Rick even though all her friends
are against it.
They all go out for a day of fun together and Rick and Terri end up going off and having a fight. Rick, who caint keep
his damn hands to himself, pushes Terri and she falls and hits her head on a cinderblock and is knocked out cold. Her friends
are horrified to find Rick looming over Terri's unconcious body.
Terri goes to the hospital, where she remains in a coma for a couple of episodes.
B Story: Sean is tired of Ellie always bringing her best friend Marco on their dates (What a hypocrite Sean is! He always
brings Jay and his other thug friends on he and Ellie's dates!)
* ROCK AND ROLL HIGH SCHOOL: There is a Battle Of The Bands and both Craig's band and Ashley's band are in it.
Ashley has been acting like Queen B*tch to Craig lately (And why shouldn't she? He cheated on her with Manny and even
offered to MARRY Manny when she got knocked up!) and Craig wants Ashley, whose every song is an I Hate Craig Anthem (She
even had t-shirts made up for her band with a picture of Craig's tortured head aflame on them!), to forgive him.
He sings the What I Know song ("What I know is that I hurt you, what I know is that I suck and what I
know is that I'm sorry") at the Battle Of The Bands and his band wins and Ashley forgives him.
* IT'S RAINING MEN: Marco finally hooks up with Dylan.
And JT stars in a terrible corny TV commerical ("Don't get all up in my fries, dog!)
* I WANT CANDY: FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF DEGRASSI style. Spinner, Paige and Ashley all play hookey from school.
Spinner and Paige are determined to have fun but Ashley is being a total downer. She ends up getting into the spirit
of things by entering an Elvis Impersonator contest.
* OUR HOUSE: Sean's older brother moves away and Sean, who doesn't want to leave girlfriend Ellie, stays at the apartment
by himself, getting student welfare. But soon Sean's place turns into Party Central and his grades are dropping. Can he pull
his act together?
J.T. asks Manny to a dance. They start "dating" but nothing really comes of it.
* THE POWER OF LOVE: DEGRASSI has a huge Bollywood party and everything that can go wrong does. This includes Jimmy getting
a sari instead of a suit (He does look cute in it though!), Jimmy, Spinner, Paige and Hazel ending up with the same waiter
Spinner and Paige had stiffed on their hookey day with Ashley and a crappy piece of sh*t limo being driven by BILLY RAY CYRUS.
When they finally get to school everything is great...until the fire starts.
* GHOST IN THE MACHINE - PART 1: Paige goes to court to accuse Dean of rape. the court finds Dean not guilty and Paige
doesn't know how to deal.
Craig gets $10,000 from his dead father.
* GHOST IN THE MACHINE - PART 2: Paige goes to a party and acts like a total tramp, flirting with other guys in front
of Spinner. They have a fight and she takes his car keys and goes to a nearby frat party where Dean is bartending, trying
to get into the frat.
Paige picks a fight with Dean and tells everybody at the party he's a liar and a rapist. Then she goes outside and plows
Spinner's car into Dean's a few times for laughs.
The police think Spinner is the one who trashed Dean's car and Paige comes foward and admits she did it. She apologizes
to Spinner and promises to pay him back for his cars damages.
B story: Craig buys a new guitar. Joey starts hitting Craig up for money, telling him they are going broke.
* KING OF PAIN: Marco is running for Student Council President. His running mate is that nasty tough girl Alex and she's
walking around making snotty gay remarks at Marco, quipping "Who would want a queer for President?" (or something like that).
Marco's parents, who still don't know Marco is a poof- and dating Dylan, are excited that Marco is running for school
Dylan breaks up with Marco because Marco won't tell his parents they are a couple.
Marco's mother figures out that Marco is gay and Dylan was his boyfriend. Marco "comes out to his mother"...but isn't
ready to come out to his father yet.
Marco wins the race for Class President and gets back together with Dylan.
* MERCY STREET: Terri's crazy x-boyfriend Rick comes back to DEGRASSI and Emma trys to get him thrown out of the school.
B story: J.T. uses a penis pump after catching a glimpse of Craig's manhood in the locker room (!) (You know: I ALREADY
had the hots for Craig BEFORE I saw this episode. Finding out he had a huge cock was just gravy. Now I'm cukoo bananas for
Manny dumps J.T.
* ANYWHERE I LAY MY HEAD: When Ellie's alcoholic mother starts a fire that nearly burns down the house Ellie moves in
with Sean, telling her Mom that she is staying with Ashley.
Spinner works the car wash with Manny while Paige is away and is flirting with Manny the whole time.
* ISLANDS IN THE STREAM: Paige is working to get Spinner the money to repair his cra that she trashed. Spinner is being
a real ball buster. AND he's also flirting with Manny The Man-Stealer whenever Paige is not around.
Paige and Spinner break up.
Meanwhile, everybody at DEGRASSI is making weird kid Rick's life a living Hell.
* TIME STANDS STILL - PART ONE: The DEGRASSI gang is still busting Rick's chops, trying to get him to leave DEGRASSI.
Rick, Jimmy, Toby and Emma go on a quiz show called WHACK YOUR BRAIN and when Rick goes up to do the final bonus round
at the end Jay and Spinner give him the CARRIE treatment, rigging a bucket of paint to come down and then feathers. (Wait
a minute: HOW did they rig this up to fall on Rick at just the right time? In just the right spot?) Rick is humiliated and
goes home and gets a gun.
* TIME STANDS STILL - PART TWO: Rick comes back to school, ready to reap vengence.
When he's in the Mens room Spinner and Jay are talking about the "tar and feathering" and notice Ricks's feet under one
of the bathroom stalls (They knew it was Rick cuz , well, the feet had paint and feathers on 'em!) and pretend that JIMMY
was the one who master-minded the prank.
Rick goes and finds Jimmy and shoots him. Emma, Sean and Toby hear the shot and run over. Rick holds the gun up to shoot
Emma and Sean wrestles with him to get the gun away. A shot goes off. Rick is dead. (Jimmy is still alive and in the hospital.
In later epsiodes he is in a wheelchair.)
* BACK IN BLACK; Sean is being treated like a "hero" for saving the school from Crazy Man Rick. When he sees his Mom
and Dad on a news show talking about their son, the hero, he decides he's going to jump into a car and drive back to his home
town to confront his parents. He takes Ellie, Emma and Jay with him.
In the end Sean ends up making peace with his parents and decides he wants to stay with them (How nice for his girlfriend
and roommate Ellie!)
* NEUTRON DANCE: Craig's band DOWNTOWN SASQUATCH is supposed to be in the studio making a demo, but everytime the band
goes to jam they are stuck listening to Craig and Ashley do another corny love song duet. "Since when is Ashley in the band?"
Spinner and Marco wonder.
Becaues Spinner is now sort of dating Manny he has HER join the band, wearing cute outfits, stupid hats and shaking a
tamborine (Manny! Ashley must LOOOOVE that!) THEN Marco brings in an accordian. All these stupid stunts are a ploy to get
Craig to say he wants things back the way they were....Which would mean "the way they were BEFORE Ashley joined the group".
At the last minute Craig kicks Ashley out of the band and the recording studio but once she leaves upset he can't concentrate
on working on the demo. He runs out of the studio and after Ashley. He totally blows the demo for himself and everybody else
in the band (Gee, thanks, Craig!)
B Story: Paige takes a yoga class and gets a crush on the instructor, student teacher Mr Orleander.
VOICES CARRY - PART ONE: Craig and Ashley are a couple again. When she goes to her father's gay wedding Craig steals
Joey's credit card and goes to where the wedding is and gets a hotel room to woo Ashley in.
Ashley "Gives Up The Ghost" and then Craig goes to her father's wedding with her. Then Craig decides now would be a good
time to pop the question. He races back home, gets his mother's wedding ring, comes back and asks Ashley to marry him. Ashley,
not knowing what to say, implys she will marry him...One day...But not anytime soon. Crazy Craig makes an announcement
that he and Ashley are engaged! (Ashley dies of embaressment).
When Craig realizes he and Ashley AREN'T engaged he has a total flip-out and ruins the wedding. Then he comes home where
he is confronted by Angry Joey, who he beats the Hell out of.
Everbody starts to suspect that Angry Young Man Craig might be a few dimes short of a buck and decide he needs meds.
* VOICES CARRY - PART TWO: Craig is bi-polar. And pretty damn hot!
Liberty and JT are a couple.
* BARK AT THE MOON: IS Manny Spinner's "girlfriend" or not? She has been flirting with The New Kid Chester.
* SECRET - PART ONE: Okay, I personally found this episode a little hard to swallow. (Ha ha)
Emma, who just hasn't been the smae since the shooting has been hanging out with that no good lowlife thug Jay. He invites
her down to the ravine where everybody goes to get drunk and give head.
At first Emma is totally repelled and then she decides "What the Heck" and starts giving Jay blowjobs for cheap rubber
* SECRET - PART TWO: There is a gonorrhea outbreak at DEGRASSI. Jay's girlfriend has it. The girl he has been cheating
on his girlfriend with has it. Oh sh*t. Maybe Emma has it too!
Emma ends up having to tell her Mom and Snake about her "oral fixation" so they will make her a doctor's appointment
(How embaressing!)
* EYE OF THE TIGER: Spinner finally confesses he was responsible for Rick flipping out and shooting up the school so
he can be friends with Jimmy again.
* QUEEN OF HEARTS: Ellie starts playing poker for money to pay her rent. In the end she ends up moving back in with her
Mom who is clean and sober now.
B Story: Paige is dating student teacher Mr Oleander.
* MODERN LOVE: Manny leaks out the secret of Mr Oleander and Paige's secret affair.
* MOONLIGHT DESIRES: Marco is head over heels in love with Dylan. He is shocked when he shows up at Dylan's dorm room
unannounced and catches Dylan making out with another guy. Dylan tells Marco that he's just "experimenting" and suggests Marco
"experiment" too.
Marco trys to get Dylan jealous at a party by going off with another guy. Dylan doesn't much care and Marco can't go
through with actually fooling around with the other guy.
Marco goes off with Craig to ask him for advice and when Dylan walks in Marco kisses Craig to get Dylan jealous. (I love
this scene! A Craig and Marco sandwhich? Count me in!)
* WEST END GIRLS: Paige has been missing Spirit Squad practice because she's too busy dating Mr Oleander. Manny has been
taking her place as head cheerleader. Well, Paige ain't havin' that! She has Manny knocked down to being team mascot (Hey,
where's JT?!)
This leads to an ugly back and forth feud between Paige and Manny.
Meanwhile, director Kevin Smith is in town planning to shoot his new movie in the halls of DEGRASSI. He asks Craig to
write a song for the movie and flirts with Caitlin.
* GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD: Craig is acting nucking futs again. He's refusing to take his meds.
He plans on following Ashley to England this summer but she tells him she wants to go alone. Craig decides to live in
the DEGRASSI HIGH boiler room (!) while Kevin Smith shoots his film in the school. Craig spends his days writing his song
for the Kevin Smith flick and freaking out.
* GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD 2: Craig is homeless and living on the street (?! WHAT?!) and he hooks up with some shady street
musician guy who beats him up and steals his guitar.
Caitlin breaks up with Joey.
Don't Get All Up In My Fries, Dawg!
DEGRASSI: It's Not Just A Show: It's An Obsession


text:
"The biggest potential hurricane disaster on the Atlantic Coast is in the New York City, northern New Jersey, western Long Island metropolitan area," writes Bryan Norcross in his book the Hurricane Almanac where he says it is the very lack of preparedness in these areas that increases their vulnerability to disaster.
It is time to prepare, and to help Nassau County residents get ready for the unexpected Pet Safe Coalition would like to have families with pets send us their family's disaster plans and the family may win a prize. Once a month the family with the best thought-out plan and resources will win a prize in the Pet Safe Coalition's "Pet Safe Families" competition. Families with pets are invited to write or call the Pet Safe Coalition to share their plans to keep their pets safe in emergencies. This can include plans to evacuate from the home or plans to have a trusted person take care of the animals in the family's absence.
This past week was the American Heart Association's National CPR and AED Awareness Week. It is an occasion to remind us all how vital it is to be trained in CPR and in the use of an AED (automated external defibrillator). When someone falls victim to sudden cardiac arrest, every minute without bystander CPR decreases 7-10 percent. The interval between the 911 telephone call and the arrival of Emergency Medical Services personnel is usually longer than five minutes. Without CPR being initiated, and the use of the life-saving shock delivery of an AED, a victim simply will not survive.
Our House of Representatives clearly understands the importance of this training. On Tuesday, June 2, they passed the Josh Miller HEARTS Act, bringing the nation one step closer to a more secure environment for victims of cardiac arrest. Specifically, the legislation creates a grant program for schools to purchase AEDs.
This is a sincere thank you to all the volunteers and the community who supported our recent book sale. The proceeds of the sale support the children's and teen's summer library programs. We greatly appreciate the help and cooperation from our library board, the Department of Public Works and the village board of trustees.
The State Senate unanimously passed legislation sponsored by Senator Craig Johnson that would protect residents from deception, harassment and possible fraud over the phone lines.
The legislation (S.2753) would outlaw "spoofing," a practice where telemarketers and others seek to mask their true identity by altering the number that appears on a person's Caller ID.
On Thursday, June 4, Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy introduced three pieces of legislation focused on the state of nursing in the nation. The bills, the Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2009, Nurse Training and Retention Act of 2009 and a resolution recognizing the need for safe patient handling and movement, are a series of initiatives addressing such issues as increasing the number of school nurses, fixing the nation's critical nursing shortage and improving workplace safety for nurses.
McCarthy, a nurse for over 30 years, has been at the forefront of issues regarding nursing throughout her tenure in the House of Representatives and was successful in including several nursing education provisions in the historic reauthorization of the Higher Education Opportunity Act last year.
Last week, the MTA reversed its short-sighted and wrong-headed decision to eliminate regular train service to the Belmont Park Race Track.
This is good news for Belmont's host communities and for Nassau County and New York State as a whole. As we work together to make Belmont a world-class destination, the MTA's decision to limit the availability of mass transit options was simply counterproductive.
The village board and I attended a meeting hosted by the Nassau County Village Officials Association (NCVOA) last Wednesday evening. The meeting was to discuss the recently proposed Consolidation Bill (A8501 and S5661) that was presented in Albany May 26, conveniently after the Memorial Day weekend.
The purpose of the bill is to amend the current law for Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government. This bill is being introduced by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, at the behest of Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, sponsored in the Senate by Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, and supported by Governor David A. Paterson. In short, it will amend the process to dissolve villages. Simplifying this process makes our village vulnerable to outside influences and costly unnecessary expenditures.
Struggling unemployed Long Islanders whose unemployment benefits are about to run out will be able to tap into a $645 million federal grant for unemployment compensation under legislation overwhelmingly passed by the assembly, Assemblyman Tom Alfano announced.
Alfano, who is ranking member of the powerful Assembly Labor Committee, voted to move the bill to the floor of the assembly that will allow unemployment compensation recipients to receive a 13-week extension on their benefits.
Senator Frank Padavan joined fellow veterans, families and friends in thanking and honoring the soldiers of the 4th Finance Detachment at a "Freedom Salute" Saturday, May 2, at the Whitestone Armory. The ceremony honored 24 soldiers for their service in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Page 51 of 52<< Start < Prev 51 52 Next > End >>

subset: commoncrawl


text:
An Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Clinic that serves Alexandra, Arlington, Northern Virginia and the greater Washington DC area.
The initial visit consists of an extensive review of the Patient-Health-History. This includes the familiar questions you usually see on health questionnaire forms. In addition, you will be asked many questions about the condition that brought you in for an acupuncture treatment so that we can get a complete story of how the condition developed. You will also be asked questions about sleep, digestion, daily intake of food, exercise, elimination patterns, social support systems and how you generally relate to the world. All of these questions help us determine a composite diagnosis according to Chinese Medicine so that we can address the root cause of your condition.
Answers to these questions begin the process of formulating a Chinese Medical diagnosis for you which is then corroborated or changed during the next step of the initial visit. This step consists of an examination of your tongue and taking your pulses. We are looking at the tongue for its size, the tongue coating, the tongue color and any change of color or coating on the tongue because each of these characteristics has a different meaning to us and indicates which specific systems may be out of harmony. Pulse-taking also helps us determine where there is imbalance as there are six main pulses at each wrist each related to a different organ system.
Once we have made the diagnosis and chosen the acupuncture points to use, the treatment begins. You lie down on a comfortable massage table. Each of the point locations is cleaned with an alcohol swab and then a sterilized acupuncture needle is inserted. Needles are usually left for forty to forty-five minutes. The initial visit usually takes an hour and a half to two hours.
Subsequent visits lasts an hour. We talk for about fifteen to twenty minutes to determine how you are doing and the results of the prior treatment. Needles are then inserted and left in again for forty to forty five minutes.
The general protocol for treatment is bi-weekly treatments for two weeks followed by weekly treatments for two to three weeks. Usually after the weekly treatments, you will be able to recognize a better level of health and amelioration of the original condition that brought you in for acupuncture. The frequency of treatments will then vary dependent upon your specific condition and needs. Once you have attained satisfactory results from treatment, you are encouraged to maintain a seasonal maintenance schedule in order to stay in a balance. However, the frequency of treatments will vary with you and your needs.
Many conditions may be alleviated very rapidly by acupuncture. However, some conditions that have arisen over a course of years will be relieved only .
"My mission is To help you heal yourself so that you can live your life to its fullest potential."
The Acupuncture Center of Northern Virginia is one of the oldest acupuncture practices in Virginia and has been in operation since 1997. It is owned by Linda Lloyd. Ms. Lloyd believes that acupuncture is a safe and natural way for patients to help heal themselves by bringing their bodies into balance.[ READ MORE ]
Pregnancy is a time of such great physical change that you can feel like you don't recognize your own body. As your shape changes, so do your aches and pains, your center of gravity, your sense of taste and smell—even … Read more
Imagine you are driving down the road with your gas pedal to the floor. Your car runs great and gets you to where you need to be. All is good. But then you look around and notice that everyone else … Read more
@2012. Acupuncturenova. All Rights Reserved


text:
About Us
Back Issues
So you want to be a writer
ACI Writing Tips
: The World Wide Web's first comprehensive English-language writing assistance center, brought to you by ACI (Academic Consulting International), offers a small (but, we hope, valuable) collection of materials and resources to help with writing, for a nominal fee.
Bartlett's Quotations
Canadian SF Forum
Common Errors in English
: The best yet!!! An alphabetical list of common grammar errors (things like: * absorbtion * accept/except * accidently * adapt/adopt * adultry * adverse/averse * advice/advise * affect/effect * ain't * altogether/ all together * allude/refer * allusion/illusion * alot * alright * altar/alter * and so on). Take a look at this site -- it's so cool!
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
What If Magazine
. What If? Online, a young writer\'s forum which is an offshoot of Canada's top teen writer\'s magazine.
Why Did My Story Get Rejected?
and other articles: The late Marion Zimmer Bradley's helpful information for new writers.
Edmonton Small Press Association (ESPA)
Magazines Canada
: News, information and events for and by Canada's magazine industry professionals! Go to
for a special offer - Subscribe to any 3 magazines and pay for only 2 — it's like getting one FREE!
SF Canada
The Writers' Trust of Canada
Canadian Resources
Canada's Digital Collections
: This website is one of the richest, most significant sources of Canadian content on the Internet. You can explore a vast array of multimedia resources celebrating Canada's history and culture, its landscapes, technology, scientific discoveries, and Aboriginal communities.
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
Images Canada
: The gateway to images of Canadian events, people, places and things!
National Library of Canada
- Canadian Information By Subject
National Library of Canada
- Pathfinders & Passageways: Exploration of Canada
Magazines & Other
3 A.M. Magazine
: The world's largest online marketplace for used, rare, and out-of-print books. Abebooks connects those who buy books with those who sell them, providing abundant selection at affordable prices. Download a free copy of
, Abebooks' inventory management solution, available for Windows and Macintosh. Available in French, English and German.
The Antigonish Review
: For nearly thirty years, The Antigonish Review has consistently published fine poetry and prose by emerging--and established--writers.
Ascent Aspirations Publishing
: Home to
Ascent Aspirations Magazine
, a combination of an Online Literary Journal published quarterly and a print magazine/anthology published semi-annually.
Bewildering Stories
: Bewildering Stories offers a home and audience to speculative writing in all genres. Non-fiction and reviews also welcome.
Canadian SF
Challenging Destiny
Directory SciFi
Your one-stop destination for anything related to sci-fi movies, comics, books, stories and more.
: Are you looking for a particular book, and can't find it in a local new or used bookstore? Check this free site, and get access to over 60 bookstores around North America. We did a search on the On Spec: The First Five Years anthology, and found 2 copies in used bookstores in Burnaby, BC and San Fransisco, CA. Gotta love it!
Kasma Magazine
: A magazine dedicated to publishing quality science fiction from new and established writers from all over the world. Each issue features four new and original works, published quarterly.
Locus Online
: Covers the SF writing industry. Check out their "Links" page to see a list of publishers.
: Another fine Canadian science fiction magazine.
Independent authors from around the world.
Penguin Books Canada
: Publishes award-winning Canadian fiction and non-fiction for adults and children and distributes bestsellers from around the world. They have a great collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy - just go to the search section and choose from the pull down menu.
: Contains pages of links to sources of e-books, audio books, and paper books, to SF fannish activity, and (especially for those whose hands or eyes no longer do their bidding) to sources of gadgets and software (assistive technology) that will enable them to continue to enjoy fiction and fanac.
SF Site
: SF news, reviews and links.
: Fondée en 1974, à Longueuil (Québec), par Norbert Spehner, Solaris est la plus ancienne revue de littérature fantastique et de science-fiction en français dans le monde.
Spicy Green Iguana
: Over 206 magazine links to science fiction, horror and fantasy magazine sites.
: A Literary Collection
: An online 'zine of prose and poetry. Worth a look.
SurLaLune Fairy Tales
: A portal to the realm of fairy tale and folklore studies featuring 26 annotated fairy tales and over 1,000 illustrations.
: A semi-pro magazine featuring science fiction and dark fantasy from established and up-and-coming writers.
Well Read Books
: Specializing in mystery, science fiction/fantasy new and used books, models, and memorabilia. Located in Calgary, Alberta.
Well Told Tales
: Well Told Tales is a writer-centric Web site focused on HORROR, SCI-FI and CRIME entertainment.
Edward Willet
Holly Phillips
Jaine Fenn
Hugo Fernbom
Rob Sawyer
Ceri Young
Reviews of On Spec
Tangent Online
: The genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy since 1993.
: The Australian Dark Fiction Web Log
Sign up for our newsletter
Learn about upcoming issues and events.
subscribe today »
read a free issue »
donate to On Spec »
Site Map
About Us
Writers Directory
Magazine Info
Submit a Story or Poem
Submission Guidelines
Back Issues
Advertise With Us
Current Issue
Read a Free Issue
Canadian SF and Fantasy Awards
Contact Us
Email Us a Question
Email Us a Story
©2014 On Spec Magazine


text:
By Dr. Mitchell Hecht
Q: I saw my doctor recently because of a reddened, intensely itchy area on the left inner ankle. He said that it was "stasis dermatitis," a skin condition caused by my varicose veins. He recommended a steroid cream and to see a vascular surgeon. Can you explain more about this? – S.H., Cumming
A: Stasis dermatitis is a skin condition classically seen in the legs and feet due to chronic swelling from conditions such as varicose veins or congestive heart failure. The arteries are usually working fine, getting freshly oxygenated blood into your legs, but incompetent valves in the leg veins make it difficult to get the blood out. So they swell, become discolored and inflamed."Stasis" means stagnation of flow; "dermatitis" is a general term describing skin inflammation. If it gets bad enough, skin breakdown and ulceration can occur. Obesity increases the risk of leg swelling and stasis dermatitis.
Compression stockings and leg elevation are time-tested treatments for swelling and itching, but my experience has been that many folks (especially men) find compression hosiery to be uncomfortable and fail to wear them as directed. It's important to see a vascular specialist to make sure there's not an arterial circulation problem or leg clot that might be worsened with leg compression. Diuretics help more when the cause is excess blood volume, rather than bad veins. Burrow's solution can be applied with gauze to weeping areas. Steroid creams are helpful to quiet the itching but need to be used cautiously to avoid further thinning of the skin and leg ulcers. Lastly, in folks who are obese, losing as little as 10 percent of body weight will help decrease swelling and improve symptoms.
Dr. Mitchell Hecht is a physician specializing in internal medicine. Send questions to him at: "Ask Dr. H," P.O. Box 767787, Roswell, GA 30076. Due to the large volume of mail received, personal replies are not possible.


text: New stories Upcoming Incoming 0° KickBeat SE Review | Everybody Loves Kung Fu Guitar Hero | The Game Fanatics 2m ago - Zen Studios' latest title KickBeat has arrived on the PlayStation 4 and the Wii U this week in Sp... | PS4 Comments (0) Source 7/10 thegamefanati... 0° The Witcher Adventure Game Beta Review | RyattaReviews 4m ago - The forthcoming board and online game is actually pretty fun, despite being online only in the be... | PC Comments (0) Source - ryattareviews... 0° ALONE Review - 8BitChimp 10m ago - ALONE, Laser Dog's second and latest game in the App Store and Google Play, is probably the best... | iPhone Comments (0) Source 9/10 8bitchimp.com 10° Clock Tower creator announces spiritual successor for PS Vita, iOS, and Android 17m ago - "Hifumi Kouno, the creator of the classic horror adventure series Clock Tower, and his studio Nud... | PS Vita Comments (0) Source Ad Destiny The Game Now - Explore Mars, Rediscover Venus, Reclaim the moon, Protect Earth. Become Legend. The wait is over! Destiny is now available to play, Pick up your... | Promoted post Read More SiteBot 20° Watch Final Fantasy XV's Amazing Open World Dazzled By A Real-Time Day and Night Cycle Plus Weather 18m ago - Watch the gorgeous world of Final Fantasy XV unfold before your eyes in this new demonstration st... | PS4 Comments (0) Source


text:
During the game on Sunday, Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Pacman Jones reportedly made threatening comments to New York Jets wide receiver David Nelson. Jones reportedly said "I'm going to find out where you live and come and get you." Nelson however is downplaying the threatening words.
"I wouldn't say it was a threat," Nelson said Monday of Jones' comments, per ESPN New York. "I'm not going to say that he threatened me or anything like that. He did say some stuff on the field, but I wouldn't take it as a threat. I'm not going to get into specifics of exactly what he said. But I can confirm I've read a lot of reports that are true."
Jones made the threat after several 'dirty plays' from Nelson. The threat didn't register with Nelson, but he did take offense to being called dirty.
"I've never had anyone call me dirty ever in my life before, so this was just an incident where I just think he apparently wasn't fond of playing against a physical receiver from the beginning of the game to late in the game," Nelson said. "His view of dirty is a little bit different than mine."
Tags: Cincinnati Bengals David Nelson New York Jets Pacman Jones


text:
To download the latest issue
Home > POWER ELECTRONICS > The inverter market to be $45 billion in 2012 and to reach ...
Feb 20th, 2013
The inverter market to be $45 billion in 2012 and to reach $71 billion by 2020, estimates Yole Développement
Yole Développement announces its Inverter Market Trends for 2013 2020 and major technology changes report.
Yole Développement announces its Inverter market trends for 2013 – 2020 and major technology changes report. Yole Développement's report provides a focus on the six most attractive applications (PV, wind turbines, EV/HEV, rail traction, motor drives and UPS) and a new analysis on power stack trend from the previous report. Yole Développement also updated the technology trends, market forecasts until 2020, supply chain analysis and regional players strategies and comprehensive understanding of dynamics for passive components and semiconductor devices.
There is significant growth in the inverter market, which reached $45 billion in 2012 for motion and conversion
In this Yole Développement report, the analyst updates and presents market forecasts until 2020. "We estimate the inverter market to be $45 billion in 2012 and to reach $71 billion by 2020. A total of more than 28 million units were shipped in 2012 and we estimate that will grow to 80 million units in 2020," explains Brice Le Gouic, Activity Leader, Power Electronics at Yole Développement.
Thus, the main components of inverter, passive and semiconductor modules (that we will find in power stacks) represent enticing industries. The power module market was $1.9 billion in 2012 and passive components achieved a market size of more than $4 billion, including capacitors, resistors, connectors, busbars and - newly added in this updated report - magnetic components (inductors and transformers).
As expected, wide band gap semiconductor devices have also started to penetrate those high-end market segments: SiC is present in PV inverters – a total market size of $43 million primarily driven by diodes in micro-inverters, but also by JFETs – and GaN which should be introduced in 2013.
Semiconductor technological developments continue to evolve and sharpen inverter performance
Adoption of power stack is driving the modular approach across applications
Power Stack is the innovative sub-system of an inverter. Inverter and device makers are becoming power stack manufacturers for several reasons:
Large firms such as Ingeteam, Semikron or ABB are now involved, but power stack also interests smaller players such as AgileSwitch – former IGBT driver manufacturer – who are part of this about $500 million market.
Major changes are happening across the supply chain
As a consequence, Yole Développement analyst has observed and analyzed in this report two main trends coming out of the power electronics industry:
More information on the report here.
Sources :
More POWER ELECTRONICS news
Sep 15th
Sep 11th
Sep 8th
Sep 8th
Sep 5th
©2007 Yole Developpement All rights reserved Disclaimer | Legal notice | To advertise
Yole Développement: Le Quartz, 75 cours Emile Zola, 69100 Villeurbanne, France. TEL: (33) 472 83 01 80 FAX: (33) 472 83 01 83 E-Mail: info @yole.fr


text:
Sparks were flying between Roxy and Zach last week and now, Roxy's finally coming clean about her crush on the boundary-pushing photographer. When Whitney, Samantha and Roxy meet for lunch, Roxy admits that she wants to "get naked" for Zach (or at...... Read Full Episode Summary »
Whitney confronts Olivia after she blows off interviewing her for ELLE and Roxy goes on a date with a photographer.
*This episode is not currently available*
Sparks were flying between Roxy and Zach last week and now, Roxy's finally coming clean about her crush on the boundary-pushing photographer. When Whitney, Samantha and Roxy meet for lunch, Roxy admits that she wants to "get naked" for Zach (or at least his camera), even as she points out that his flirty texts already make for an "awkward" working relationship. Next, Whitney tells Sami about her upcoming features on RueLaLa & Elle.com - and credits Olivia with making it happen. "I'm shocked that Olivia pulled through for me," she confesses as the other girls nod in agreement.
Meanwhile, Olivia drops by the office of Elle's Executive Accessories Editor to pitch another story: a feature spotlighting her friends, jewelry designers Jemma Wynne. Kate visits their website and agrees they have talent, and Olivia promises to follow-up with images/background info and to touch base about arranging an interview.
Across town, Whitney arrives at the Milk Studios in the Meatpacking District for her RueLaLa shoot, where she receives a warm welcome (and a big hug) from Erin. After saying hello to the shoot's photographer, Jonathan, and Stacey Santo from RueLaLa, she asks Erin about Olivia and learns that the girls are trying to work on their communication. Kelly Cutrone arrives and asks when Olivia will be coming to do her behind-the-scenes interview with Whitney. Erin admits she's not sure where Olivia is - or when she's planning to arrive.
So where IS Olivia? Over at the Jemma Wynne showroom, getting ready to interview her friend Stephanie Sheikowitz (co-founder of JW), for Elle.com. While Senior Producer Sebastian rolls the tape, Olivia gets things rolling with Stephanie while we flash back to Whitney and the gang, who are still (impatiently) awaiting Olivia's arrival at the studio.
A frustrated-sounding Kelly demands to know when "Palermo" will be arriving on set (Erin admits she has no idea) while Whitney finds out a little more about Jonathan, the shoot's photographer. Just then, Erin gets a call from Olivia informing her that she won't be coming after all. After she hangs up, she informs Whitney and Kelly that Olivia's out interviewing another designer instead - and tells them how Olivia had only negative things to say about Whitney's line. Furious on Whitney's behalf, Kelly threatens to take Olivia down while Erin shakes her head over Olivia's betrayal.
Back over at Elle, Erin confronts Olivia about skipping out on Whitney's interview. Olivia calls the no-show a "miscommunication," insisting that she had already committed to the interview with Jemma Wynne. Unconvinced, Erin tells Olivia she let the magazine down, and scolds her for hurting Whitney's feelings and putting everyone in an awkward spot. Olivia responds by announcing the discussion is "done" and angrily storming out.
Later that night, Roxy surprises Whitney by telling her she's going out with Zach. Roxy insists it's just a business "meeting," but her sexy outfit (and the romantic restaurant Zach takes her to) suggest otherwise. Over dinner, Zach complains about being drilled by Kelly (hey, she's very protective of her girls!) and Roxy shows him pictures of her dog. Dinner ends on a flirty note, when Zach hints how much he's enjoyed hanging out with Roxy.
Back at Elle, Joe Zee calls Olivia into his office and confronts her about standing Whitney up. Although Olivia insists it was a misunderstanding, Joe orders her to make things right with Whitney - and tells her that her job at Elle is on the line. "If you want to work here," Joe warns, "I need you to make amends."
Elsewhere at Elle HQ, Erin drops by Sebastian's office to check out Olivia's interview with Gemma Wynne. Although Sebastian warns her it's "rough," Although Sebastian warns her it's "rough," Erin is decides the footage isn't spectacular and not worth using. Did Olivia really ditch an exclusive with Whitney for this?
Over at People's Revolution, Roxy fills Whitney in on her date with Zach (she had fun, but Zach's so nice it makes her nervous!) then move on to discuss Olivia's disappearing act at the photo shoot. Whitney wants to brush off Olivia's bad behavior, but Kelly arrives, and tells Whitney to "take this bitch out!" Whitney admits she's seeing Olivia later that day, and Roxy and Kelly offer the same advice: stand up for yourself and "fight back"!
When Whitney arrives at Fig & Olive for the big confrontation, Olivia is already waiting. Olivia starts things off with a quick apology, telling Whitney she's sorry for the "miscommunication. Unfortunately, Whitney's not quite ready to forgive and forget. Instead of accepting Olivia's apology, Whitney accuses her of missing the meeting on purpose and refusing to support her clothing line. When Whitney calls Olivia's actions immature (and tells her she made herself "look like a complete bitch,") Olivia decides she's heard enough. Despite the stern ultimatum from Joe, she storms out of the restaurant while Whitney calls her a "coward" under her breath.
'The City' Theme Song
Olivia proposes to Kate that she interview her friends, the designers of Jemma Wynne, for a segment on ELLE.com.
Whitney & Erin on photo shoot for Whitney's line in connection with ELLE.com & Rue La La.
Kelly arrives at the photo shoot.
Olivia interviews her friend Stephanie from Jemma Wynne.
Kelly and Erin grow impatient waiting for Olivia to arrive to interview Whitney for ELLE.com.
Whitney reviews photos with the photographer, and is intrigued when he tells her that he is primarily a war photographer.
Erin grills Olivia for making her and the magazine look bad by not coming to interview Whitney.
Zach, the photographer, picks up Roxy to go out for a dinner meeting.
Roxy and Zach have drinks at Philip Marie.
Olivia stops by Joe Zee's office to discuss upcoming projects.
Erin meets with ELLE.com to review Olivia's Jemma Wynne interview.
Whitney and Roxy discuss their situations with Zach and Olivia while at People's Revolution.
Kelly provokes Whitney to confront Olivia about not wanting to support her line.
Olivia walks out after Whitney confronts her for not supporting her line.
Next time on 'The City'


text:
How I know people on LinkedIn really know me..
2% of all views to my LinkedIn profile are now pole dancing or erotica related.
With skills like this, you don't even need to see his photo.
This is one of the more remarkable single endorsement bombings I've ever seen.
Katherine says, "All true."
A podcast appears to be a highly effective tool.
Woke up this morning to a Twitnado, courtesy of Charlie at Buzzfeed. Time for a thank you endorsement bombing!
Sounds like a good survival buddy.
One part "Great Gatsby," one part "Duck Dynasty".
Actually, two of these go together. (via Erika Napoletana).
Page 1 of 4
← Newer • Older →


text:
Person DetailsUpdate
Patrick is the CEO of Mobiflock.
He has been in the mobile industry for 15 years. He was previously the CTO and co-founder of Clickatell - a global messaging provider, known for its simple and easy-to-use mobile messaging services.
Patrick has an intimate understanding of both the technical and business challenges in the mobile space. He has been consulted for his expertise in mobile messaging, mobile payments and geolocation.
He is a serial entrepreneur and visionary who has the ability to develop innovative solutions and guide them to commercial success.
In 2010, he recognised the need for a safer mobile ecosystem and co-founded Mobiflock to focus on mobile safety and security.
Experience (2)Update
Jan 1, 2010
CTO, Co-founder
Jun 1, 2000 - Jul 31, 2009
News (1)Update
The Clickatell SMS Alternativenews.softpedia.com


text:
I don't know if you noticed, but cats are always on my mind.
Illustration by ©Joy Ang
(via sebastienmillon)
2:10pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZZQNoxHWPI0y
- ariyx likes this
- btwixtt likes this
- arekusandora reblogged this from enchantedtigress
- mermaidslovesex likes this
- enchantedtigress reblogged this from littleg
- enchantedtigress likes this
- thecrueltyofart likes this
- marr-tb reblogged this from anakotowicz
- fabynne likes this
- xnhan00 likes this
- nicmcd likes this
- sodablu likes this
- outside-the-birdcage likes this
- haecceityx reblogged this from littleg
- coleott likes this
- tumblrdorfscastle likes this
- jhanbalan likes this
- donforente reblogged this from soosabroso
- soosabroso reblogged this from donforente
- francescanoemi reblogged this from anakotowicz
- srnejo reblogged this from emerrei
- nekoshiri likes this
- panquecas likes this
- omnomsenzubean likes this
- aheartlikethat reblogged this from littleg
- khmerrabbit reblogged this from thenymph
- kamalachanrocks likes this
- dubukat reblogged this from shawnms
- dubukat likes this
- shawnms reblogged this from anakotowicz and added:
cats and cats and cats.
- shawnms likes this
- livegenuinely likes this
- lullabyforan-insomniac reblogged this from deberiasserungustodehelado
- noodlehero likes this
- mariposasagridulces likes this
- emberandvoid likes this
- paripia reblogged this from popmodernidad
- gabirey reblogged this from erroresdelocio
- iamnotpractical likes this
- clarisacb reblogged this from rimiti
- queenof-myparadise reblogged this from gatoseoutrosbichos
- bigcitydweller reblogged this from gatoseoutrosbichos
- gatoseoutrosbichos reblogged this from anakotowicz
- monounique reblogged this from popmodernidad
- remolinodecolor reblogged this from popmodernidad
- todoloquepuedodar reblogged this from ardilladefelpa and added:
bella ilustracion
- bythe60b reblogged this from deberiasserungustodehelado
- ardilladefelpa reblogged this from arbolpurpura and added:
Mi vida se resume así.
- joc235joc reblogged this from arbolpurpura
- joc235joc likes this
- Show more notes


text:
Main Content
Sport your Packers' 2010 NFC Championship bragging rights with style and class in the Championship performance polo from Cutter & Buck! Featuring custom embroidered Champs graphics and DryTec moisture-wicking technology, it's the ultimate winning style for showing off Green Bay big-time win and Super Bowl XLV berth.
- DryTec technology for ultimate comfort
- Lightweight performance polo
- Officially licensed NFL product
- Placket with three buttons
- Quality embroidery
- Rib-knit collar
Other Fanatics also liked:
Special event items are produced by manufacturers only after the outcome of a game or event. These are advanced sale items and will ship immediately after they are received in our warehouse.
Manufacturer direct items are shipped directly from the manufacturer. These items are not available for international or expedited shipping.
Customized items can be personalized with options such as your name, your favorite number, and/or designs. Some options may be limited by league rules.


text:
It's been a very long time since I made some colorful drawings… So here is the last one I made last week. This is Rémi Torregrossa, a great artist and autor of comic books; you can see his work here !
Stain (Pris avec Instagram)
Shk pnk (Pris avec Instagram)
Pris avec Instagram
I've been training to draw expressions lately; which one is your favorite?
I like the number 19 è n é
J'aurais bien aimé être un zombie. (Pris avec instagram)
And here again, the Octogirl. =)
I was thinking that this creature would be able to change her color, as ocotpusses do. Octopus can change their colors according to their environment and their feelings (fear, anger…).
Pris avec instagram


text:
Readers' Reviews
EatalyBack to Restaurant Details »
A retail love letter to Italy, with food stalls galore and five restaurants. Reservations are accepted at Manzo, a luxe steak-centric place run by Michael Toscano, who had been at Babbo; more-casual fare is available at La Pizza and La Pasta, at the vegetarian Le Verdure, and at Dave Pasternack's excellent fish house, Il Pesce. These are all just fine, though Manzo's a little expensive for a supermarket dinner. The point of Eataly is shopping: excellent pastas, dried and fresh-made; a bakery; canned goods; cheese; meats; fish; vegetables; books; housewares; drinks; wine. Load up on these and head home to cook, or simply stop in for an espresso or a small gelato, and take the measure of the place for the next time through.
Share your thoughts.
10 Readers' Reviews
October 28th, 201011:28 am
Hey y'all, this is New York....no, this is Manhattan. Of course Eataly's prices are high because as a business, they have to pay for overhead, and the 5th Avenue location. That still doesn't take away the "wonder" of this place. Okay its noisy, but I'm a native New Yorker and have spent a lifetime in noisy restaurants. Most Manhattan restaurants and mega supermarkets are ALWAYS noisy in Manhattan. It ain't in Brooklyn,or the Bronx or Queens. It's Manhattan and it is, what it is. I've bought finishing olive oils at DiPaolo and Buon Italian for a few years. They both overcharge that product over Fairway up in Harlem. Unfortunately, here in Manhattan, Its about the rent and yes, its about the tourists. Live with it, or as many of you have stated, definitely go somewhere else.
— SMF, New York, NY
October 21st, 20102:51 pm
Crowded, noisy, overpriced...
Many of the items can be bought at other stores (Chelsea Market, Coluccio's) to name a few, and what's the big deal with hand made mozzarella? they have it at fairways...
Manzo feels like eating at an airport lounge. The pasta sauce was too spicy and kind of watery.
Nobody in Italy would wait two hours for a table, you just go somewhere else...
I guess in NYC the trick always works: high prices ... it must be good... let's wait in line no matter what...
And please, mario batali, is not the god of Italian cooking... he's not even Italian
October 21st, 20102:51 pm
Too expensive, and not worth the wait. I also don't consider Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich Italians. They are Americans and excellent marketers, but the food in their NYC restaurants wouldn't make a buck in Italy itself. It's average, and any true Italian restaurant in NYC (with actual Italians in the kitchen) is much more genuine and tastes a lot better.
— EuropeanSportsFan, New York, NY
October 21st, 20102:50 pm
if the pizza here is anything as good as it is in Naples, rush over.
— zoli, san francisco
October 21st, 20102:50 pm
The one in Turin is heaven! Had the most amazing white truffle risotto there just at the start of truffle season. Go visit there if you cannot stand in line in NYC.
— Madonna120, Kentucky
October 21st, 20102:49 pm
Whoever "designed" this place should be charged with a crime. I predict it will be closed within a year, there's no way they'll be able to pay the rent as a tourist attraction - unless they start charging admission....hmmmm
— MD in NYC, New York, NY
October 21st, 20102:49 pm
I loved EATALY so much I did a video review of it!!! You can watch it at the following link:
— Hillary Davis, NYC
October 21st, 20102:48 pm
The emporium is well intentioned but waiting ninety minutes to eat pizza or pasta? I find the place to be a logistical nightmare and getting a place to sit or stand with your food and/or drink at busy times is stress inducing. I don't want to work that hard when New York has so many great Italian food eateries and markets that are easier to navigate. I wanted to love this place because I love everything Italian but I think the proprietors went over the top with their vision. They ended up making the place too chaotic and lacking the soul of a what could have been a great Italian food hall. But nonetheless, I guess the Eataly frenzy will continue.
— LGold, New Canaan,CT
October 21st, 20102:46 pm
I walked through Eataly the other day. The place is impressive; the layout is beautiful. But I just can't accept the prices. There are so many small artisan shops in New York where you can get all of this stuff at better prices AND support community owned-businesses. Why would we pay for this stuff?
The answer, sadly, is that while there has been a "great white return" to the city in recent years, so many have returned determined to make sure diversity, at least the economic kind that used to make New York a vivacious place, is also a thing of the past. And this store is just one more enabler.
The pasta section is ridiculous. I make my own pasta when I have time. It's flour and water, people. Maybe eggs. If you are so serious about the way you eat, make your own. If not, listen to the New York Times: they did a taste test of pastas a few months back, and Trader Joe's Pasta at $.99 a pound won, hands down, in a blind taste test. But I guarantee that people will be bragging that the $8 pasta you get at Eataly is soooooo good.
Furthermore, this place is a limo-liberal classic in the making. I can't wait for the next dinner party. I bet "green-minded" people will brag about the imported Italian-whatever for which they overpaid at Eataly that they could have gotten hand made from a shop in Brooklyn for half the price. But it will be better to them; after all, they paid more for it. Doesn't a higher price make it better?
It's funny that every day in the New York Times, comment-section contributors spit vitriol at middle Americans for their stupidity for buying McMansions and SUVs. But the fact that New Yorkers get taken everyday at stores that label themselves "gourmet" because they display fancy packaging proves we're all on sailing on the same ship of fools.
Enjoy your $8 pasta. It is your 10.5 ounce SUV.
— P., New York, NY
October 20th, 201011:29 am
Ugh. Just what Manhattan needs. Another overcrowded place to obsess over overpriced food.
— Stephen, Manhattan


text:
Narrow your search
The Boskke Sky Planter is a clever way to keep fresh herbs always on hand. The upside-down planter requires little attention to maintain.
The Click & Grow Smart Herb Garden uses plant cartridges to grow fresh herbs. The addition of an LED makes the gadget suitable for use regardless of available light.
CMU's HERB seems to prefer the "precious creme" inside Oreo cookies. Now put that knife down.
The Hot Pot BBQ offers a clever way to save space on the patio.
The Triple Herb Pot from Sagaform stylishly extends the life of your fresh herbs.
The AquaSprouts Aquarium Aquaponic Garden converts a standard aquarium into a thriving ecosystem. The Kickstarter project is capable of growing herbs, small fruits and more.
You can quickly mince handfuls of fresh herbs with the Microplane Herb Mill.
Herbs can make any meal, especially when they're fresh. The Fresh Mill Herb Storage and Mill makes adding those herbs just a little easier.
Dicing herbs finely is no problem for the Compact Herb Chopper, even if you're dealing with small leaves.
Fishing herbs out of a pot when you're done infusing them is a thing of the past: the Jumbo Herb Infuser holds all the herbs you could want to add to any dish.


text:
Tags Maturesex
New bbw mature sex stories pics, New bbw sex stories
All the models were 18 years of age or older when photographed! If you have any problem with pictures, just contact us with webmaster at this domain, we'll remove it immediately. This website is for adults 18+ only! © 2013 Sex Pictures Archive


text:
The X-Alp is built with the same lightweight design as the X-Dry, but features a less radical curve in the shaft to make it more versatile on lower-angled technical terrain. The X-Alp comes with a durable single-density handgrip that will hold up to whacking crampons in sticky snow. The smaller pinky ledge and long steel spike make plunging easier and the contoured adze offers a comfortable grip when using the tool for support.
More In This Category
MSR (Mountain Safety Research®), the Seattle-based manufacturer of high-performance outdoor equipment, has gripped the snowshoe... [ full story ]
Three new MSR snow shovels offer unparalleled strength and efficiency. MSR (Mountain Safety Research®), the Seattle-based... [ full story ]
The lightest technical crampons currently available allied to a very clever modular design that means they will fit many... [ full review ]
DMM's new top of the range ice tools do not disappoint when it gets steep and lairy, but are they versatile enough to span across... [ full review ]
Related UKC Forum discussions
Cassin X-Alp Axe
Allcord Ltd, Nov 2011
© Allcord Limited
Cassin X-Alp Hammer
Allcord Ltd, Nov 2011
© Allcord Limited
Gear News and Outdoor Industry News at UKC and UKH presents climbing, walking and mountaineering equipment and stories that will be of interest to UKClimbing.com's readers. They are not gear reviews and are provided by companies that advertise with UKClimbing Limited. Please feel free to comment about the stories and products on the associated thread.


text:
5445 Beavercrest Dr.,
Suite #7
Lorain, Ohio 44053
Serving letter carriers in upstate New York and Ohio
Daniel E. Toth, National Business Agent
Dan Toth was elected Cincinnati Region 11 national business agent following balloting held among his region's active and retired members in 2010. President William H. Young had initially appointed Toth to that post in May 2009 to fill a vacancy.
Toth first became active in the defense of letter carriers when he took a shop steward position in Lorain, Ohio in 1984, and he has been working on behalf of his brother and sister letter carriers ever since.
He later rose to become president of the 200-plus member Lorain Branch 583 and also served as director of education for the Ohio State Association of Letter Carriers.
In May 2005, President Young named Toth a regional administrative assistant for Region 11, where peers described him as diligent in his pursuit of fairness for NALC members.


text:
If you've got an old dish rack sitting around, don't throw it away! Our organizing expert, Zorianna Kit, says you can use them to straighten up outside of the kitchen.
"I'm always looking for ways to re-use or recycle items around the house rather than just throwing them away. And if that item helps me stay organized, well that's even better," says Zorianna.
Take a typical dish rack...why would you want to go to an office supply store and buy something when you can turn a dish rack into a portable organizer?
"The great thing about a dish rack is that it's lightweight and it keeps items standing straight up, almost like a filing system," says Zorianna. It can even become an easy place to keep tax receipts organized throughout the year. Just take a few manila folders, staple the sides closed, label them and place them in the rack, and at tax time, your dish rack will save you some time and energy!
Copyright 2013 America Now. All rights reserved.


text:
Think apartments are modern, well equipped and come with everything you need for self-sufficiency. These studio, one and two-bedroom apartments in London Bridge come with free WiFi, washing machine, ironing board and a plethora of pots and pans. And staying here means you not only get a bedroom but a sitting room and kitchen too. Well located for the City, there's also a nearby ferry service to Canary Wharf.
Rating: 85% of LondonTown customers would recommend to a friend - out of 5 based on 67 recent customers surveyed
Map for Think London Bridge
Underground Stations
Railway Stations
Car Parks
Think London Bridge
Most recent feedback from actual LondonTown.com customers
|Nicely set out room, clean and modern. However, it was extremely hot (November) and I had to ask for the heating to be switched off twice.. Even opening the sliding window didnt cool it down much.
Don from Warrington, United Kingdom would recommend this hotel to a friend
|Voyage en famille; appartement bien situé, propre et suffisamment spacieux - 3 enfants. a proximité supermarché, commerces de proximité. Bus et métro à proximité(station London Bridge). Nous recommandons cet établissement.
Carole from Chateau Thebaud, France would recommend this hotel to a friend
|There was cutlery in the apartment. A small site table next to the bed seems a necessity and was not there. Otherwise it was clean recently renovated and the free wi-fi is always a big plus.
Demetris from Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus would recommend this hotel to a friend
|Excellent comfortable accommodation and great value for money.
Nicola from Benfleet, United Kingdom would recommend this hotel to a friend
|Great location, clean, and well kitted out. Would definitely use again.
Fp from Southwark, United Kingdom would recommend this hotel to a friend
TripAdvisor User Reviews
Think London Bridge Hotel Facilities
Hotel services
Fitness centre
Swimming Pool
Business facilities
Business centre
24hr porter
24hr reception
Laundry services
Dry cleaning
Passenger lift
Accept dogs
Airport shuttle service
Room facilities
En suite bathroom
Satellite and cable
In-room direct dial
Room service
24hr room service
Mini fridge
Tea/coffee making
Air conditioning
In-room safe
Wifi - FREE
For children
Baby cots
- From: £15.00
Wheelchair access rooms
Guide dogs welcome
|Check-in from:
|Check-out before:
All rooms
Some rooms
Telephone reservations
To book the Think London Bridge by phone, call the telephone booking department on 011 44 20 7420 4956. The hotel reservations call centre is open seven days a week from 8am until 11pm (UK time) seven days a week. From America call 011 44 20 7420 4956, you can also call for free in America by dialing Freefone / Toll free on 1-800-986-9403..
Group booking discounts
Are you booking for a group of people? If you are making a booking for a group of people and require over 10 rooms, you may prefer to speak to the Group Booking Department for Think London Bridge bookings. Special deals can be arranged for groups, including discounts and arrangements for adjacent and inter connecting rooms if required. Call the Groups Reservations Department on 0207 292 2307. The best way to book a group deal is to complete the online form for group reservations at Think London Bridge .
Customer Service - Speak to a London hotel expert
From USA:
011 44 20 7420 4956
8am to 11pm
Toll free: 1-800-986-9403
Free callback service:
We can call you back
Email a London Expert
Send email
Live Chat
Advisors available now
Chat to a London Expert
Live chat
Speak to a
London Hotel Expert
From UK:
020 7437 4370
Free callback service
If you prefer, we can call you back for free:Call me back
Email a London Expert:Send an email
My shortlist
Our pick of alternative hotels
Suggestion 1
The Bermondsey Square Hotel
Close to Tower Bridge
Customer rating: 92%
Bermondsey Square Hotel offers a peaceful place to stay with its 79 bedrooms taking up one.. more
Suggestion 2
Hilton London Tower Bridge
Near Tower Bridge
Customer rating: 98%
This plush, modern hotel south of the historic Tower Bridge is very convenient for explori.. more
Suggestion 3
Novotel London City South
Near London Bridge
Opposite St Paul's Cathedral and right in the shadow of the Tate Modern Novotel is a s.. more


text:
Pharmacy professor helps transplant patients negotiate medicine maze
Every day, organ transplant patients must remember to take as many as 10 to 15 different medications. Most are designed to prevent the body from rejecting the transplanted organ.
Others address concurrent medical conditions such as high blood pressure, infection, lipid disorders and diabetes.
As a member of the abdominal organ transplant team at Temple University Hospital, Nicole Sifontis, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the School of Pharmacy, helps patients negotiate this medicine maze.
Currently, not all transplant teams include pharmacists, but that could soon change.
Effective Aug. 1, 2004, the United Network for Organ Sharing amended its bylaws to state that a clinical transplant pharmacist who will be responsible for providing pharmaceutical care to solid organ transplant recipients must be identified to qualify as a designated transplant program.
Using a large medication card and a multi-compartment pill box, Sifontis lays out a specific routine, instructing patients on what medications to take, as well as when and how to take them.
"Transplant patients follow very complicated medication regimens. We spend a lot of time reviewing and explaining the appropriate use of their medicines, filling their pill boxes and educating them about how each of their medicines work," said Sifontis, who has found that such counseling enhances medication adherence.
Pharmacy students who choose the five-week transplant rotation assist and accompany Sifontis. While she encourages students to ask the patients questions and make assessments, she is always there at their side.
A large portion of the students' responsibilities surround educating patients on their medication regimen, including side effects and potential drug interactions. Pharmacy students also provide drug information to other healthcare providers on the team, including the transplant surgeons and transplant coordinators.
Sifontis concentrates mostly on the patients just out of surgery because they're at the most critical stage. She also works with the transplant coordinators on medication planning for patients going home from the hospital. Typical medications include immunosuppressants (up to three different drugs), anti-virals and anti-bacterials.
While the immunosuppressants must be taken for life, the others are usually taken just for the first six months after surgery, when patients are at higher risk of infection and other complications.
Patients might also already be taking medications for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and osteoporosis. Sometimes there are mental illnesses, like depression, that also require drug therapy. Because many of these medications have the potential to interact with the immunosuppressants, they must be monitored very closely.
During the acute phase, which occurs in the first few weeks after the transplant, the big issue related to medication is side effects including tremors, gastrointestinal upset and weight gain.
"We counsel patients to report any new side effects, many of which are dose-related," Sifontis said. "A certain dose is required for a drug to be effective, however. Choosing the appropriate drugs and dosages while preventing harmful drug interactions and side effects is an ongoing concern that we re-evaluate at every patient visit."
After about three to six months after transplantation, patients start to feel better, many are able to return to work and medication adherence becomes an issue. "Why do I need to take all of these pills if I feel so great?" they say.
The abdominal organ transplant team holds clinic daily. Patients arrive by 7 a.m., before they've taken any medications, to facilitate accurate testing of certain medication blood levels.
Patients must also report everything else they are taking, such as supplements, vitamins and even herbal therapies, to help prevent adverse interactions.
"The best part of this job is that it's always different. You never know what's going to happen from one day to the next or even from hour to hour due the nature of organ transplantation.
When an organ becomes available, everything moves very quickly," Sifontis said.
– By Eryn Jelesiewicz