text: Hi I'm here to present you a rather unusual team with the distinct quality of having 6 choice items and 0 users of Stealth Rock. Despite this, it somehow exceeded all of my expetations and went 4-0 in SPL, after being built just for fun originally. I don't usually write RMTs, but since this team is both unusual and successful I decided to give it a try. Introduction etc Generally, this team works because it is constantly on the offensive. Between specs Leaf Storms and CB Head Smashes, the opponent just doesn't have any breathing space, and with every attack (except haunter's, but I'll get to that later) being boosted it won't take long to wear him down. A problem is that because it lacks entry hazards, the opponent has an easier time switching, but the only member on the team who learns SR is Aggron who is ~always better off using head smash, while none of the members are easily replacable. It works anyway though so who gives a shit; let's move on to the actual team. The team at a glance etc The individual members etc @ Choice Band Trait: Pressure EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - ExtremeSpeed - Hidden Power [Grass] - Flare Blitz - Stone Edge Entei's main purposes are punching holes into the opponent's team and picking off fast weakened mons, which is why it pretty much only ever uses flare blitz and extremespeed. It destroys almost every single pokemon in the tier on the switch, and the ones that can survive usually have to recover, giving me a free switch, or can't, making them easy to wear down. Sometimes the team relies on Entei to revenge kill a dangerous threat like Sharpedo though, so it's important to plan its use carefully, as it can die pretty quickly with SR on the field and flare blitz recoil. Not much else to say about Entei since it only really uses two moves. (M) @ Choice Scarf Trait: Levitate EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk) - Giga Drain - Trick - Shadow Ball - Sludge Bomb When I added it to the team, Haunter's only purpose was the surprisingly hard task of killing omastar (who otherwise sweeps the team clean if it gets a free turn) and I was annoyed that I had to add a scarfer. However, it turned out to be really good outside of that too. It generally comes in to revenge kill fast threats I can't KO without taking damage myself or to clean in the late game. It can also trick a wall or a set up sweeper if its speed isn't needed in a particular game. Its moveset doesn't have a good coverage or anything, but it's enough to accomplish what I need it to. Giga drain is necessary to OHKO Omastar while sludge bomb allows Haunter to take care of grass types like Sceptile, who this team has a lot of trouble with. Shadow ball is just there to hit stuff like Sigilyph and slowking super effectively if I ever need to, since it doesn't really need anything else. @ Choice Specs Trait: Levitate EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) - Leaf Storm - Trick - Volt Switch - Hidden Power [Fire] Rotom is mostly used early in the game to weaken the opponent's team and give free switches to Aggron and Entei or just deal tons of damage with Leaf Storm, depending on the situation. Hp fire is mainly for ferroseed and doesn't come to use very often, while trick is a good option if I want to Volt Switch without having to worry about Ground-types getting free turns. This is important because this team hates SR due to not having any recovery outside of regenerator, so keeping them off the field and pressuing/getting rid of the opponent's SR user is a high priority early in the game, which is something Rotom is perfectly equipped for with volt switch and leaf storm. (M) @ Choice Specs Trait: Regenerator EVs: 248 HP / 252 SAtk / 8 Spd Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) - Fire Blast - Grass Knot - Surf - Psyshock Slowking plays a very important role in this team, taking care of Fire-types like Entei and Moltres as well as pretty much anything that doesn't 2HKO it. It's also hard to OHKO, so it can come in after a KO or a volt switch and beat a ton of shit one on one. What really sets it apart, though, is regenerator, which allows it to function as a wall (within limits) and check strong attackers throughout the game even with a choice item. Grass knot is mostly there to avoid being a completely free switch-in for other Slowking, while fire blast takes care of any Grass-types attempting to switch in. Psyshock is mainly used for jynx, who is a huge threat to this team, and makes Slowking the team's best switch-in to Gallade. (M) @ Choice Specs Trait: Regenerator EVs: 252 HP / 252 SAtk / 4 Spd Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) - Sleep Powder - Hidden Power [Fire] - Leaf Storm - Focus Blast Tangrowth's role is similar to Slowking's, as it's also really bulky and can rely on some recovery in form of regenerator. While Slowking mainly takes care of the special side, Tangrowth's purpose is holding off physical threats such as Feraligatr and Aerodactyl or beating anything that can't KO it one on one. As with every member, its use in a specific game depends heavily on the opponeent's team. If there's nothing important for Tangrowth to check, it's used more offensively and the other way around. Sleep powder might seem odd on a choice specs set, but it's still really useful as it effectively takes out a mon and gives you (and the opponent I guess but whatever) a free switch. Focus blast isn't that useful because Afrobull isn't seen very often and nobody recognizes the excellence of sap sipper Miltank, but I still have it just in case, while hp fire hits other grass types. Tangrowth mostly just uses leaf storm though. (M) @ Choice Band Trait: Rock Head EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Heavy Slam - Ice Punch - Head Smash - Earthquake I present you the most amazing pokemon in the game™. Aggron generally just doesn't give a shit about anything and kills things with head smash. In case that this isn't possible due obstacles like steelix, it can usually overcome these with one or two correct predictions, and in the rare case that that isn't possible due to something like quagsire blocking the way, there's still the entire team left to put pressure on it. Aggron will almost always get to get a good head smash off eventually, and when it does, something dies. Of course this won't always work that easily, but it still almost guarantees one KO per match, often more. Aside from this, it can force out pretty much everything that can't OHKO it, provide a good switch-in to subroost Honchkrow, take a head smash from another Aggron, destroy leftovers Sigilyph and force out pretty much everything that can't OHKO it. Aggron is amazing. Closing comments etc That should be it, I hope you like it. I don't know why this team works, but it does! It's also incredibly fun to use, so I encourage everyone to try it out. Have fun etc In summary, this team's greatest strength is that it doesn't lose, somehow Also shoutout to CBB for the original idea and IFM for telling me to use it in SPL


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When I first built my blog, I used a bogus title (Enobytes Bloggg). I changed the tile several days ago to Enobytes Wine Blog, however, Yahoo is still referencing to the old title. For example – from here http://www.enobytes.org/wine_blog/ click on the right hand icon "subscribe". It's an "Add –it" widget. Then select add this to "My Yahoo". Yahoo is still calling the title as "Get Enobytes Bloggg on My Yahoo!" when it should be "Enobytes Wine Blog". Any idea what is going on? I resubmitted my feed pages to Yahoo days ago.
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The City of Longview and the Longview Bicycle Club recently celebrated the opening of the Grace Creek Mountain Bike Trail on Saturday. The unpaved trail allows users to mountain bike, hike, or run approximately three miles of wooded property owned by the City of Longview. The mountain bike trail begins with a trailhead at the …
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May 29 2013
Hot dog, it's the Fourth of July: Fireworks show adds concert, festival, hot dog eating contest
Longview's annual 4th of July Fireworks and Freedom Celebration is expanding this year to include a concert and festival with activities for the whole family throughout the day. The event is scheduled for Thursday, July 4, 2013, at the Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Complex. Activities throughout the day include amusement rides, a hot dog …
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May 03 2013
Longview recognizes history as train town
In coordination with Union Pacific Railroad, a presentation will be held to recognize Longview as a "Train Town USA" city. The ceremony will take place at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 3, at the Longview Train Depot, 903 Pacific Avenue. The celebration is part of Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary. Longview's history is directly tied to the …
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May 02 2013
Voters decide
The next City of Longview Election will be Saturday, May 11, 2013. Voters from Districts 5 and 6 will elect council members, and voters from all districts will decide three propositions. For City Council, Richard Manley is running unopposed in District 5, and Sidney Allen is running unopposed in District 6. Voters from all districts …
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Apr 16 2013
City To Host Walk
City of Longview, Partners in Prevention's East Texas Anti-Trafficking Team, will host a Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® event at noon, on Thursday, April 25. The event will take place at the Longview Mall Center Court, 3500 McCann Rd. The international campaign is a playful way to draw attention to the serious issue of …
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Apr 13 2013
McCall to keynote
Dr. Miles McCall will be the keynote speaker at the Longview Chamber of Commerce Small Business Awards Luncheon and Leadership Longview graduation April 30 at the Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Center. McCall is an innovative professional consultant and speaker and is founder of Generational Leadership.com, which works with businesses and organizations in an attempt …
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Apr 09 2013
City to host career fair
The City of Longview will host a Career Fair, Wednesday, April 10, 4-7pm, at the Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Center, 100 Grand Blvd. The event will showcase careers available with the City of Longview from police officers to firefighters to public works and more. City departments will have information about current job openings as …
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PHILADELPHIA City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson said he recently stopped the sale of two vacant city-owned lots in Point Breeze to a developer because the parcels were a good fit for a new affordable-housing strategy.
But the developer poised to buy the parcels at 1316 and 1318 S. Cleveland St. happened to be Ori Feibush, the budding real estate titan who has announced plans to challenge the first-term councilman in next year's Democratic primary.
Johnson said the potential buyer of the lots did not influence his action.
"We hadn't had a conversation," Johnson said. "He wasn't even on my personal radar."


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Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI] - Risk-based Treatment Assignment
- General Information About Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
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- Treatment Option Overview for Childhood ALL
- Treatment for Newly Diagnosed Childhood ALL
- Postinduction Treatment for Childhood ALL
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- Postinduction Treatment for Specific ALL Subgroups
- Treatment of Relapsed Childhood ALL
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Introduction to Risk-based Treatment
Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are usually treated according to risk groups defined by both clinical and laboratory features. The intensity of treatment required for favorable outcome varies substantially among subsets of children with ALL. Risk-based treatment assignment is utilized in children with ALL so that patients with favorable clinical and biological features who are likely to have a very good outcome with modest therapy can be spared more intensive and toxic treatment, while a more aggressive, and potentially more toxic, therapeutic approach can be provided for patients who have a lower probability of long-term survival.[1,2,3]
Certain ALL study groups, such as the Children's Oncology Group (COG), use a more or less intensive induction regimen based on a subset of pretreatment factors, while other groups give a similar induction regimen to all patients. Factors used by the COG to determine the intensity of induction include immunophenotype and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) risk group classification. The NCI risk group classification stratifies risk according to age and white blood cell (WBC) count:[1]
- Standard risk-WBC count less than 50,000/μL and age 1 to younger than 10 years.
- High risk-WBC count 50,000/μL or greater and/or age 10 years or older.
All study groups modify the intensity of postinduction therapy based on a variety of prognostic factors, including NCI risk group, immunophenotype, early response determinations, and cytogenetics.[3]
Risk-based treatment assignment requires the availability of prognostic factors that reliably predict outcome. For children with ALL, a number of factors have demonstrated prognostic value, some of which are described below.[4] The factors described are grouped into the following three categories:
- Patient characteristics affecting prognosis.
- Leukemic cell characteristics affecting prognosis.
- Response to initial treatment affecting prognosis.
As in any discussion of prognostic factors, the relative order of significance and the interrelationship of the variables are often treatment dependent and require multivariate analysis to determine which factors operate independently as prognostic variables.[5,6] Because prognostic factors are treatment dependent, improvements in therapy may diminish or abrogate the significance of any of these presumed prognostic factors.
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Sunday morning, Rev. Jerry Wilkinson had two reasons to celebrate.
He has been pastor at First Baptist for 12 years and was waiting for the arrival of his granddaughter.
While the first lady was with their daughter, Rev. Wilkinson enjoyed the anniversary that was prepared for him.
Mary Jackson was the mistress of ceremony. The music was provided by the First Baptist Senior Choir. The presentation of flowers were done by Ola and Lanie Cobb. John Smith read the announcements and extended words of welcome to our guest speaker and wife.
Jamie Reidner is proud to announce the birth of this granddaughter, Kaylee Alayna Thompson.
Kaylee Alayna was born on Aug. 24, 2012, at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. She weighed 7.9 pounds and was 20.9 inches long.
Proud parents are Linsey and Nick Thompson.
Grandparents are Karen and Tony Dile of Magnolia and Lisa Bell of Hodgenville. Great-grandparents are Beverly and Richard Bendick of Freeport, Ill.; Joan Gjesdahl of Palm Bay, Fla.; and Melvin and Sandy Bell of Hodgenville.
Most of us have experienced distractions of one sort or another while driving, but did you know the consequences you might face if your distractions cause an accident?
In Kentucky, all drivers are now prohibited by law from texting while driving. The law was signed in 2010.
A man was asked, "When you are in your casket, family and friends are mourning over you, what would you like for them to say about you?" His reply: "Look, he's moving."
This man wanted to live and that is the desire of almost everyone. Why? There are a variety of reasons but I believe God placed the desire to live within every one of us. Without that desire, we would try to end it all when situations become extremely tough.
Jim Miles, left, accepts a certificate from Lion's Zone Chairman Bill Albano recognizing 35 years of combined service to the Buffalo and Hodgenville Lions Clubs.
LaRue County High School art teacher Monique Hannah and some of her students were guests at Thursday's Rotary program. Front from left, Denzell Lewis and Madison Lee; back, Superintendent Sam Sanders, Miranda Hornback and Abby Modrowski. The Hodgenville Rotary Club meets weekly at Paula's Hot Biscuit.
LaRue County Friends of the Library purchased a refrigerator for the library recently. It replaced one that had been in the building for decades. Above, LCFL member Rita Smith took a look inside the refrigerator.
Prime Time Band to perform
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Clearing up confusion
Published: Friday, January 16, 2004 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 15, 2004 at 11:43 p.m.
The commentary (Jan. 7), "Volunteer military is isolated from civilian society," consists of repetitions of the title's claim (four), the author's purported reasons for her purported problem, and her suggestion for a cure - reinstituting the military draft.
Unfortunately, the author gives no facts that support the existence of her purported problem. She fails to base her highly questionable opinions on any specific examples illustrating how and why the United States "lost the ability to have a meaningful discussion about anything that involves the military."
Or how the " ... demise of the draft ... ended the natural exchange of experience between military and civilian worlds." Or by what mechanism "The strong sense of civilian control of the military ... was lost by the end of the draft."
Has my 32 years of active service in our military, preceded by four years of reserve duty while in medical school, plus my continuing consulting with our military forces, put me too close to the problem to recognize it?
"Why doesn't anyone ever talk about ... how weak civil-military relations have become ... ?" Could it be that the professor alone has identified this problem? Or that the "problem" is solely in her mind?
The professor decries the lack of civilian control of the military. Has she ever heard of Congress? Last time I looked, it was composed entirely of civilians. And does she really need to be reminded that Congress controls the military?
After several readings, the reason for the author's convoluted and confusing invective became clear: her alleged assertion that today's military is ''openly aligned with the Republican Party."
Perhaps a bit of advice from a scientist might help cure the professor's current confusion.
Scientific method demands that if one cannot put aside emotional bias, one must recuse oneself from involvement in a problem.
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June 15, 2002 by Jeff Schroeder
Pro Larry Peacher wins final Central Division tournament of the year
SHREVEPORT, La. - It's been hot as a hinge in, well, Louisiana for most of the week on the Red River. But as temperatures cooled off a bit for the final round of the EverStart Series Central Division season closer Saturday, the competition heated up. In the end, it was a local river rat named Larry Peacher who came away with his first victory in a Pro Division barnburner.
Pro Ricky Scott of Van Buren, Ark., set the mark to beat when he weighed in five bass worth 13 pounds even. Coming in from the river, Scott thought he might have had it won.
"I thought I had a little more weight than that," he said. "I had all big ones. I guess they were just poor quality."
Next up was Peacher, who set his sack full of five bass on the scale. The readout said 14 pounds, 5 ounces, but Peacher had one deceased fish. The 8-ounce penalty gave him 13-13, enough to beat Scott but left him to sweat it out as the opening-round leaders - Danny Gulledge and Newton Ford - came to the scale. He also had to worry about James Davis Jr., whose partner for the day, Jason Reyes, had just won the Co-angler Division.
And, one by one, they all fell short. Gulledge, the pro from Hamburg, Ark., who led days two and three, could only muster two bass weighing 5 pounds, 8 ounces while Ford, the day-one leader from Brandon, Miss., only notched one bass for 3-9. Davis put up five fish, but they were all little ones, topping out at 7-9.
Peacher, a 52-year-old rookie EverStart pro out of Bentley, La. - a town about 15 miles off the Red River downstream from Shreveport - had just won his first tournament.
"I feel like I've accomplished something. I feel really good about it," Peacher said. "It took me until my last tournament of the year, but I did it."
Peacher used a little local know-how and a secret fishing hole to capture his winning stringer Saturday. This much we know: He fished on Pool 5 - the same pool that the takeoff point at Clark's Marina is on - all week and he caught most of his bass pitching a jig designed by fellow pro angler Jim Eakins. He focused on the submerged trees - he called them "stickups" - and he said he was "near Shreveport." But, even after it was all over, he held firm to his fisherman's code of silence.
"I've been sworn to secrecy," he responded when asked exactly where the spot was.
His silence might be warranted. Peacher sort of lay in the weeds throughout the week, posting just enough weight to make the cuts. But he knew something about his secret fishing hole. The Sunday before the tournament, he caught 19 pounds of fish there.
"I knew it was possible (to win) in there," he said. "I just found the right pool. I caught them today, all day long. I probably culled all five of them at least once (each). There wasn't a whole lot of difference between today and the first three days. They just bit today and it was a matter of staying with them. By 11 o'clock every day, the bite was over."
Over and just enough. Peacher, a plumbing and heating contractor whose previous best finish this season was 65th place at Sam Rayburn, collected $15,000 and a new Ranger boat for his first professional victory.
"I was sweating it out with those other two (Gulledge and Ford) still out there," he said. "I'm just thankful I had enough to win it."
Rest of the best
While Scott, a perennial BFL top-10 finisher, was admittedly a little disappointed with his second-place finish, he said he did all he could to win. He focused on a three-mile stretch in the main river channel flipping a tube with heavy line into willows and logjams to catch his 13 pounds.
"I stayed up there and beat up everything I had," he said. "That's a pretty good sack down here. I just got beat today."
Scott collected $10,000.
Mark Goines of Shady Point, Okla., took third place and collected $9,000 with five bass weighing 11 pounds, 6 ounces. Goines, too, has been mining a single honey hole all week and today thought it would really pay off. He hooked into a bass that he estimated at around 8 pounds - and then came a big blow when it broke off.
"It wouldn't have been so bad except, when he came off, I saw him come back up and wave at me," he said, only half joking.
Jeff Pate of Heflin, La., locked into fourth place ($8,000) with four bass weighing 11 pounds even. Fishing a brush hog, he also lost a big bass Saturday - a 5-pounder - in heavy vegetation.
"We were fishing in such thick stuff it was like pulling a rubber boot through chicken wire," Pate said.
Local hero Marvin Ettredge of Shreveport rounded out the top five pros. He took fifth place and collected $7,500 for five bass that weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces.
"It was pretty vigorous out there. I was happy to get where I got," he said.
As for Gulledge and Ford - the fearsome twosome who, for all intents and purposes, practically dominated the first three days of competition - it was just a run of bad luck Saturday as they respectively finished in eighth and 10th place. Ford had boat trouble all day while Gulledge said that the shad in his area "just didn't come up today."
Burnett wins second standings title in two years
With his sixth-place finish at the Red River, Wesley Burnett of Hot Springs, Ark., came back to win the standings title in the Central Division. Jim Tutt of Longview, Texas, led in points coming into the week, but his 46th-place finish at this tournament dropped him into second place in the standings and allowed Burnett to move up from third place. Burnett wins the Central Division title with 757 points for the year. Tutt finished with 735.
It is the second standings title in two years that Burnett has won. In 2001 he won the Wal-Mart FLW Tour Co-angler Division points title. Burnett also won the 2000 EverStart Series Challenge (now Championship) while competing as a co-angler.
The Central and Eastern divisions have wrapped up for the 2002 season. The next EverStart Series event is the first of four Northern Division tournaments to be held June 26-29 on the Mississippi River in Welch, Minn.
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Peru Likely to Keep 4.25% Rate as Stimulus Boosts Economy
Peruvian policy makers will probably keep borrowing costs unchanged for an 11th month as the government's fiscal stimulus and rising business confidence bolster the economic outlook.
The central bank will maintain the overnight rate at 4.25 percent, according to all 10 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The seven-member board, led by bank President Julio Velarde, will announce its decision at about 6 p.m. local time.
South America's sixth-largest economy will expand faster than expected this year as public investment soars and stronger U.S. growth boosts the outlook for exports in the third-biggest copper-producing nation, the bank said in a March 23 report. Policy makers will probably keep rates on hold for the rest of this year on concern that Europe's debt crisis may choke the U.S. recovery, even as Peru's inflation remains above target, said Hugo Perea, the chief economist at BBVA Banco Continental.
"Domestic demand has helped shield the economy from the global slowdown," Perea said by phone from Lima. "The economy is growing about in line with potential, which suggests monetary policy will remain neutral."
Stimulus, GDP
Peru's government is implementing economic stimulus measures worth almost 2 percent of gross domestic product to offset slower global growth, Finance Minister Miguel Castilla said March 21.
President Ollanta Humala's administration will also seek private investors to participate in $10.4 billion of infrastructure projects to be started this year and next, he said.
Public infrastructure spending, which shrank 18 percent in 2011, jumped a record 41 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, the finance ministry said April 9.
GDP may expand 6 percent this year if an increase in business sentiment to a one-year high in February leads to stronger private investment, Castilla told Congress April 10.
Cement demand rose almost 20 percent in March, indicating construction activity is recovering, he said.
Policy makers in their quarterly inflation report published March 23 increased their GDP forecast to 5.7 percent from 5.5 percent previously. GDP rose 6.9 percent in 2011.
Inflation, Target Range
The report also forecast a 2 percent to 3 percent increase in consumer prices this year before moderating to 1.5 percent to 2.5 percent in 2013.
The central bank, which targets annual inflation of 1 percent to 3 percent, had said Feb. 9 that the pace of price increases would ease to 2 percent in 2012.
In March, prices climbed 0.77 percent from February and 4.2 percent from than a year earlier on higher fuel and food prices, the national statistics agency said April 1.
Inflation will probably decelerate more slowly than expected this year as political disputes from Iran to Sudan, which have helped push up the price of crude more than 7 percent in 10 weeks, continue to pressure supply, Perea said.
The yield on the country's May 2015 sol-denominated bond have risen 22 basis points to 4.37 percent since central bank's March 23 report prompted investors to rule out an expected cut in borrowing costs.
The Peruvian sol has gained 1.3 percent against the U.S. dollar this year. The currency was unchanged from yesterday at 2.6620 at 9:18 a.m. Lima time, according to Deutsche Bank's local unit.
Trade, Rate Horizon
Still, a slowdown in exports is a sign that slower Chinese growth could hurt Peru's $176 billion economy, said Juan Varilias, president of exporter group Adex.
Copper, zinc and lead shipments fell in February amid concern demand may ease in China, Peru's top export market, he said in an April 10 e-mailed statement. Metals account for about two-thirds of Peru's exports.
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What first struck me about Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin was the intensity of his coaches and players at practice.
I hit a spring ball practice earlier this year, and saw that Kiffin already had his athletes and coaches playing at nearly the intensity of game days. You first must practice at that level, and there sure was evidence of that.
Kiffin played music during practice, something I thought I'd never see at Tennessee. Right in the middle of practice -- in a goal-line stand -- he cued the music, and it was easy to see the athletes transform their attention, motivation and intensity levels, which were as game-like as I've ever seen.
When I asked Kiffin about it, he said that on trips, bus rides and the Vol Walk, the players prepare themselves for the game by plugging into their iPods. I listened to music before games, too, but it was on a Walkman. Kiffin uses music to motivate his players to ignore the heat and fatigue, and even pits the offense and defense in competitions in which the winners choose the next day's music.
This tells me he's on the level of the players. He understands them and what motivates them.
He also chose a smaller salary in exchange for being able to spend more for high-quality assistant coaches. That demonstrates Kiffin cares more about long-term results than a big paycheck. He picked some of the best assistant coaches in America, and they're great recruiters on top of being great coaches.
It's funny that Kiffin has been criticized for publicly taunting other schools or using a helicopter to fly to high school games for recruiting purposes. His comments have led to a ton of publicity that you couldn't buy even if you had the money. He's making a big statement that Tennessee is back in the hunt.
The fans love it when you criticize Florida or other colleges on the schedule. That's one sure way to win over your fans and make them believe in you.
I have high expectations for Kiffin. Although UT lost to Florida at The Swamp, the Vols rebounded to blow out Georgia. Then UT turned around to nab a verbal commitment from A.J. Johnson, a 6-foot-3 junior linebacker from Gainesville, Ga., who had offers from 12 schools, right under Georgia's nose. Kiffin has shown a real commitment to recruiting that should propel Tennessee back toward the top of the conference.
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When the New England Patriots have a bye week, everyone can exhale.
No, it's no fun when you have to sit Tom Brady or Wes Welker. But everyone else? Heck, having the Pats on bye can save us all from ourselves.
I do lots of radio interviews over the course of the week and appear on a bunch of TV shows on which I'm asked a constant stream of questions regarding BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Stevan Ridley, Deion Branch, Chad Ochocinco, Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski. Can we trust them? Should we bench them? How can we ever start them if their usage is going to be so maddening? Bill Belichick is certainly not the fantasy owner's friend. In the history of football, there might never have been an offense so explosive yet with so few reliable individual players.
For one week, anyway, you can file away your questions. Come up with alternatives. Breathe easy. Because once Week 8 comes, you're going to have to start pulling out your hair all over again.
Week 7 byes: 49ers, Bengals, Bills, Eagles, Giants, Patriots.
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Carson Palmer, QB, Oakland Raiders (Pending trade, owned in 0.2 percent of leagues). The Cincinnati Bengals' stubbornness finally paid off, as they found a trading partner willing to give up a ton for Palmer. Jason Campbell's broken collarbone set the stage for Oakland to deal a first-round pick in the 2012 draft along with a conditional pick in '13 for the disgruntled Palmer. It was way too much for the Raiders to give up for a QB whose arm strength has never been the same since an elbow injury a few years back, but there's no question that Palmer is miles better than Kyle Boller would've been in relief of Campbell.
Palmer, still only 31, reunites with former Bengals receivers coach Hue Jackson, who's now the head man in Oakland, so he'll hit the ground running in this offense. But Palmer hasn't shown the wing to consistently get the ball down the field for several seasons, so let's not go calling this a reinvention of those famous vertical Raiders attacks. Palmer will be a No. 2 fantasy QB most weeks until further notice: He's worth picking up for the signal-caller-needy, but not a must-start in any format. The best news here is for the Raiders' young receivers. They would've lost all semblance of value with Boller throwing them the rock.
DeMarco Murray, RB, Dallas Cowboys (owned in 3.3 percent of ESPN.com leagues). It sounds as though a high-ankle sprain will keep Felix Jones out for multiple weeks, and although it's premature to say the Cowboys will completely hand their starting gig over to this rookie rusher, it's no stretch to say that Murray looked like a better player than Tashard Choice this past week against the Patriots. Choice fumbled away a key first-quarter red-zone possession after a New England turnover and had five carries for 14 yards, but Murray looked powerful and steady as he put up 32 yards on 10 carries. There's a platoon brewing in Big D, it would seem, but, at the moment, the guy I'd prefer to own is Murray. But on the inconceivable chance I could be wrong (hey, it's happened), Choice is probably addable, too.
Jackie Battle, RB, Kansas City Chiefs (26.3 percent). Just a reminder that Battle was awfully good carrying it 19 times for 119 yards two weeks ago against the Indianapolis Colts. He has another pretty tasty matchup against the Raiders in Week 7, and Todd Haley has talked him up as a lead back the past few days. Thomas Jones and Dexter McCluster also will be in the mix, but bruising Battle can continue to be a pretty nice fill-in, and you don't find many potential NFL No. 1 rushers on the waiver wire. I mentioned Battle in last week's Free Agent Finds column, but this is a waiver period when we should see his ownership in ESPN.com standard leagues spike.
Maurice Morris, RB, Detroit Lions (0.4 percent). Jahvid Best suffered a concussion near the end of Detroit's first loss and his status for Week 7 is up in the air. Considering Best also had a concussion in the preseason, the thought here is that the Lions won't take any chances with him, and he'll sit Sunday. That's likely to lead to a backfield mishmash, but I remember last year as Best struggled with turf toe injuries as the season went along, Morris produced some pretty decent efforts, and he wound up with five rushing scores. Newly acquired Ronnie Brown (15.0 percent) could get some action, too, though he's new to Scott Linehan's system. He could be in line for short-yardage work right away, as could Keiland Williams (0.4 percent). But remember: The Lions are currently 27th in the NFL in rush attempts per game, so it's not likely you see any of these guys go crazy against the Falcons this week. In the short term, while Brown climbs the learning curve, I tentatively expect Morris to be the team's leading RB. But Brown is worth a look for the desperate, too.
Fred Davis, TE, Washington Redskins (47.3 percent). I've mentioned him in an earlier edition of Free Agent Finds, but it bears repeating: Fred Davis is a top-10 fantasy tight end. Please add him. Chris Cooley will miss multiple games because of a badly fractured index finger, so Davis has absolutely no competition for looks at the position. Against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, he had six catches for 95 yards, production that won't be atypical for him going forward. He's an excellent downfield threat in an offense that sometimes struggles to find such things.
David Nelson, WR, Buffalo Bills (45.9 percent). Buffalo is on a bye, so you're obviously not getting immediate returns from Nelson in Week 7, but I think he bears mentioning again in this space because his first experience as an NFL outside receiver went pretty well. He had six targets and four catches for 62 yards versus the New York Giants on Sunday, plus, he drew a downfield pass interference penalty. In other words, the transition from the slot to the outside was relatively seamless, and although he won't be threatening Steve Johnson for primacy in that Bills pass offense any time soon, there's good reason to believe Nelson can stick in the starting lineup in a fairly valuable role. He's worth adding in all leagues now.
Demaryius Thomas, WR, Denver Broncos (0.3 percent). Eric Decker looks like the Broncos' new No. 1 receiver for the moment, if only because he stands at the crossroads of health and opportunity. Long term, however, I view Decker as a strong No. 2 receiver and think Thomas has the makings of a No. 1. Can that happen as soon as this season? I'd tend to think not because Thomas has a long road back after tearing an Achilles this past winter, and there are plenty of other candidates to steal looks. But Thomas is expected to play in Week 7 versus the Dolphins. Eddie Royal also will return from injury this week and is a pretty good bet to get first crack starting opposite Decker. But Thomas is the potential freak here: a 6-foot-3, 229-pound beast with fantastic straight-ahead speed and leaping ability. There's a 90 percent chance he won't do enough to be a fantasy starter this year. But that 10 percent chance is worth gambling on if you have a roster spot available because he has that No. 1 upside.
C.J. Spiller, RB, Buffalo Bills (64.8 percent). Spiller is owned in a lot of leagues and has been a pretty big disappointment. I included him on my 10 Flag-Planted Players list this summer, before any of us knew Fred Jackson would decide to be the Fantasy MVP through six weeks, and Spiller hasn't averaged even three carries per game. But those in PPR leagues should take note because Chan Gailey says he anticipates using Spiller at wideout for the immediate future. Injuries to Donald Jones and Roscoe Parrish have left Buffalo thin at receiver, and Spiller got a bit of work as a pass-catcher moving all around various formations versus the Giants on Sunday, grabbing five throws for 39 yards. The Bills are off this week, but if you're desperate for RB help in a league where you get points for catches, check and make sure Spiller isn't on your league's waiver wire.
Dallas Cowboys defense (24.8 percent). Color me surprised that this unit was able to go into Tom Brady's lair and register 10 fantasy points without scoring a fluke TD. Four turnovers and three sacks, plus allowing "only" 371 total yards and 20 points is a truly respectable showing. Now, any Dallas fan knows that this team can't stand prosperity and can lay an egg at any moment. But this week, in a home game against the St. Louis Rams, I'm willing to take my chances. Owned in less than a quarter of ESPN.com leagues, this almost certainly will be a top-10 unit, especially if Sam Bradford can't play. A.J. Feeley would make a tasty aperitif for DeMarcus Ware.
Other acceptable bye substitutes, about whom I've written in previous weeks: Matt Hasselbeck, QB, Tennessee Titans (51.2 percent); Earnest Graham, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (66.0 percent); Tashard Choice, RB, Dallas Cowboys (1.4 percent); Ben Tate, RB, Houston Texans (52.3 percent); Delone Carter, RB, Indianapolis Colts (33.8 percent); Donald Brown, RB, Indianapolis Colts (1.6 percent); Montario Hardesty, RB, Cleveland Browns (15.4 percent); Greg Little, WR, Cleveland Browns (8.0 percent); Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, Oakland Raiders (51.4 percent).
Deeper League Finds
Danario Alexander, WR, St. Louis Rams (4.4 percent). The Brandon Lloyd trade renders Alexander's sleeper status somewhat moot. I liked what I saw from Danario -- albeit mostly in a come-from-behind, mop-up situation -- on Sunday's game tape: This kid isn't just a downfield flyer. He's also a tough receiver at the point of the catch who'll go over the middle, and, at 6-5, 217 pounds, he's no fun to tackle. As I said before the Rams traded for Lloyd, I was ready to proclaim Alexander as a waiver-acquisition candidate in all leagues. But now there's not even a guarantee he'll play in two-receiver sets, as St. Louis also likes Brandon Gibson. Deep leaguers can add him; everyone else should put him on watch.
Eddie Royal, WR, Denver Broncos (0.6 percent). With Lloyd gone, the Denver offense is in flux, to put it mildly. Obviously, Tim Tebow is the biggest story, and we'll have to discover on the fly whether he can make fantasy stars out of any wideouts with his funky delivery. But Royal looks ready to return from his partially torn groin and is a decent bet to start opposite Eric Decker in two-receiver sets while Demaryius Thomas gets his legs under him. As I mentioned above, Thomas is my favorite to break out, and eventually I think Royal will gravitate back to the slot alignment that best suits his talents. Deep leaguers can take a shot on him, regardless.
Greg Salas, WR, St. Louis Rams (0.0 percent). Remember Danny Amendola? Salas is a rookie and isn't nearly as polished as injured Amendola, but he is apparently the new slot receiver in St. Louis. On Sunday, he had 10 targets and eight catches for 77 yards, and although things won't always be so rosy (especially if Sam Bradford can't play this week against the Cowboys because of his high-ankle sprain), Salas likely is headed for quite a lot of looks. He's probably not a great option in standard-scoring leagues, but if you're in a deeper PPR format, this is a kid worth taking a chance on. As the others battle for outside receiving spots, it seems likely that Salas is locked into the slot for the moment.
John Beck, QB, Washington Redskins (0.4 percent). The Redskins just can't go back to Rex Grossman. Can they? Grossman was at his gunslinging worst versus the Eagles on Sunday, crushing any hope of a comeback in D.C. by tossing three third-quarter interceptions. Mike and Kyle Shanahan talked up Beck all summer, to the point that I was convinced he would win the Week 1 starting job, but I think this kind of performance from Grossman is really all the Shanni need to make a change. Beck ran for a score versus Philly, but that's not necessarily his game. He doesn't have great weaponry and, in his brief regular-season NFL history, has shown extreme jitters in the pocket. I have doubts this will go well, but if you're in a two-QB league, you can do worse.
Christian Ponder, QB, Minnesota Vikings (0.1 percent). You know that stuff I just wrote about Grossman? Doesn't that go double for Donovan McNabb? No, his numbers from Sunday night's blowout loss to the Chicago Bears don't look horrible: 19-of-24 for 177 yards, no TDs and no INTs. But he was sacked five times, basically giving himself up after barely being hit on a couple of occasions, including once on a safety. And if a guy completing nearly 80 percent of his throws can be said to be inaccurate, Donny Football was inaccurate. He rarely hit his guys in stride and had a few more of his patented bounce-at-your-feet tosses. Ponder wasn't much better in his fourth-quarter cameo, and the Vikings are headed for a 3-13 type of season. They have a terribly constructed receiving corps and an average-at-best offensive line. But again, if you're in a two-QB league, Ponder is worth an add just because I have to believe he'll be starting as soon as this week against Green Bay.
Other acceptable bye substitutes for deep leaguers, about whom I've written in previous weeks: Bernard Scott, RB, Cincinnati Bengals (5.0 percent); Doug Baldwin, WR, Seattle Seahawks (12.2 percent); Torrey Smith, WR, Baltimore Ravens (22.2 percent); Jacoby Jones, WR, Houston Texans (10.5 percent); Jared Cook, TE, Tennessee Titans (6.0 percent).
Christopher Harris is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He is a six-time Fantasy Sports Writers Association award winner. You can ask him questions at www.facebook.com/writerboy.


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DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02846.x
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Macleod, J. and Hickman, M. (2010), How ideology shapes the evidence and the policy: what do we know about cannabis use and what should we do?. Addiction, 105: 1326–1330. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02846.x
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In the United Kingdom, as in many places, cannabis use is considered substantially within a criminal justice rather than a public health paradigm with prevention policy embodied in the Misuse of Drugs Act. In 2002 the maximum custodial sentence tariff for cannabis possession under the Act was reduced from 5 to 2 years. Vigorous and vociferous public debate followed this decision, centred principally on the question of whether cannabis use caused schizophrenia. It was suggested that new and compelling evidence supporting this hypothesis had emerged since the re-classification decision was made, meaning that the decision should be reconsidered. The re-classification decision was reversed in 2008. We consider whether the strength of evidence on the psychological harms of cannabis has changed substantially and discuss the factors that may have influenced recent public discourse and policy decisions. We also consider evidence for other harms of cannabis use and public health implications of preventing cannabis use. We conclude that the strongest evidence of a possible causal relation between cannabis use and schizophrenia emerged more than 20 years ago and that the strength of more recent evidence may have been overstated—for a number of possible reasons. We also conclude that cannabis use is almost certainly harmful, mainly because of its intimate relation to tobacco use. The most rational policy on cannabis from a public health perspective would seem to be one able to achieve the benefit of reduced use in the population while minimizing social and other costs of the policy itself. Prohibition, whatever the sentence tariff associated with it, seems unlikely to fulfil these criteria.


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These villagers, standing in the doorway of their kitchen, represent the typical nuclear family structure of the Shuar people in El Tiink. This circular bamboo hut, with dirt floor and fire pit, is separated from the rest of the house and used for cooking and preparation of food. Today, the Shuar people are the largest indigenous population still living in the Amazon. Although much of their life has been changed by the modern world many things still remain the same. They try and keep their traditions alive despite the rampant deforestation and outside influences taking place around them.
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Molecular assessment of genetic diversity in mung bean germplasm
- G. Roopa LavanyaAffiliated withDepartment of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Allahabad Agricultural Institute-Deemed University Email author
- , Jyoti SrivastavaAffiliated withPMB (Genomics), National Botanical Research Institute
- , Shirish A. RanadeAffiliated withPMB (Genomics), National Botanical Research Institute
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RAPD profiles were used to identify the extent of diversity among 54 accessions of mung bean that included both improved and local land races. Out of the 40 primers screened, seven primers generated 174 amplification products with an average of 24.85 bands per primer. The RAPD profiles were analysed for Jaccard's similarity coefficients that was found to be in the range from 0 to 0.48, indicating the presence of wide range of genetic diversity at molecular level. Cluster analysis was carried out based on distances (1-similarity coefficient) using neighbour-joining method in Free Tree package. The dendrogram resolved all the accessions into two major clusters, I (with 11 accessions) and II (with 43 accessions). However, the cluster was further divided into four subclusters (II A with six, II B with nine, II C with 15 and II D with 13 accessions). The distribution of the accessions in different clusters and subclusters appears to be related to their performance in field conditions for 10 morphological traits that were scored. This study indicated that the RAPD profiles provide an easy and simple technique for preliminary genetic diversity assessment of mung bean accessions that may reflect morphological trait differences among them.
Keywordsgenetic diversity local land races mung bean field performance RAPD
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- Title
- Molecular assessment of genetic diversity in mung bean germplasm
- Journal
Journal of Genetics
- Online Date
- April 2008
- 10.1007/s12041-008-0009-3
- Print ISSN
- 0022-1333
- Online ISSN
- 0973-7731
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- Springer-Verlag
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- genetic diversity
- local land races
- mung bean
- field performance
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- G. Roopa Lavanya (1)
- Jyoti Srivastava (2)
- Shirish A. Ranade (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Allahabad Agricultural Institute-Deemed University, Allahabad, 211 007, India
- 2. PMB (Genomics), National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226 001, India


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Age: 36-43
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I must have gotten a good one as my version has such a *pow! factor that even when I put another fragrance over it, it overpowers it!! I think that is great for it seems that the lasting power was a bit lacking for most people. Sometimes I try to mix fragrances just to see what happens...
My impression of this fragrance is that it is Gardenia and other white flowers and a bit of peach or something. If you like Gardenia you will love this.
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I usually love Philosophy fragrances so I was excited to try this one. It smells nice, a lot like Ocean Dream, but it gave me a headache that lasted quite a while.
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I wanted to like this soooo much. I kept trying it. I can barely smell anything and even when I use a lot. I smell faint flowers of some kind, but nothing that sticks out.
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I really like this fragrance. I have re-purchased it once because of how much I like it. I'm rubbish at choosing fragrances so if I like something I generally stick to it - this is floral but not TOO floral. But this fragrance has no lasting effect on me, it just won't hang around long enough. And the bottle, though lovely, is obviously very cheap to produce. So ... as much as I like it, for what it is it's too expensive. And I won't repurchase again.
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I used to purchase the small 'Amazing Grace' perfume and I kid you not, right when I would get half-way through the bottle, the pump would break. This happened twice... thank goodness for Sephora's awesome return policy... but by the second time I was over it. I still had the AG body butter... and I hate wearing fragrances alone. So I stumbled upon this and decided to pay the difference and give it a go.
I LOVE this... I love summer fragrances... and this is my favorite perfume, just amped up. It's still so pretty and super feminine, but it has a sexy summertime note that makes it so different. I still use the original AG lotion and just use this spray. Everytime I wear it I get compliments. The original AG is very mild... this one is a bit more noticeable and so far the bottle has not stopped working. I will continue to buy this as long as they make it.
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I almost missed this one. Philosophy product's packaging is very simple. I only tried this because of the title. I got a two day sample and I love this. The scent is so fresh and girly. I loved wearing it. I just wish it had more staying power. I will be purchasing this one.
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Absolutely beautiful fragrance, perfect for summer! Its a very light, fresh and non-offencive smell so is perfect for every-day wear. I am a big fan of Philosophy products and I had to smell this when I found it in-store. I instantly fell in love with the pretty, feminine fragrance and simply had to buy. Even the bottle is elegant and simple and will look great on any girls dressing table. It does fade in a shorter amount of time that perhaps you would hope (as previous reviewers have mentioned), but to me this is not too much of an issue. The price is fair for the amount in comparison to other fragrances. Will definitely be buying the matching body lotion! Highly recommended :)
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This perfume is perfect for me. I've been mulling over Philosophy scents for a while and the moment I smelled this one I was sold. It's so light and fresh, it's summer in a bottle. It fades on me a little but my boyfriend can smell it on me hours later so the fading is not that much of an issue.
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I love Summer Grace! This has become my summertime work scent and I can't get enough of it. The scent is light and airy, and the second I spray it on I feel better about being a part of the rat race. I don't have any issues with the fragrance fading, but I'm also a pretty subtle person and in-your-face perfumes don't stand a chance of staying in my arsenal.
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A five-year agreement between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSTAT) at least partially helps offset a potential gap in polar-orbiting weather satellite coverage.
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The gap endangers property and lives, and could have significant economic consequences as well, Dodaro added.
The JPSS program received some good news over the summer, with its first new satellite – JPSS-1 – passing two programmatic reviews at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The reviews show the program is on track to meet higher-level critical milestones, and indicates the satellite, ground system and launch service and operations measure up to mission objectives.
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I bought this for myself, but evanutally gave it to my son who would look much "charming" and cuter in it. When I first opened it up, it gave me a shock, it was bright green. I don't even think people will even read/look at the writing because it is light written in white letters. With so much brightness, people will sure to notice you and then they will noitce the writing which will put a smile on anyone's face, lol :)
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