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GRAMMY Award winning singer songwriter k.d. lang will tour Australia in July on her Ingénue Redux Tour, celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the release of her first all-original album Ingénue.
Tuesday 18 July 2017 7.00PM - 10.00PM
On sale Tuesday 28 February at 10.00am
For more information please contact the event organiser on +613 9864 2300
Important car park update: Construction of Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre's (MCEC) new multi-purpose building is currently underway alongside Convention Centre Place, opposite South Wharf DFO and Hilton Melbourne South Wharf.
Please note that building entrances, pedestrian footpaths, vehicle access and bicycle routes may be altered during the construction period. We encourage you to follow directional signage in place to navigate around the construction zone.
Car parking spaces are currently limited within the surrounding construction zone, and in particular, the Exhibition Centre car park (entry off Normanby Road) quickly reaches capacity on busy event days.
We recommend parking at the Siddeley Street car park located off Wurundjeri Way which is a short walk across Seafarers Bridge to MCEC.
Please refer to the map below for additional car parking options.
Event organisers can download a printable MCEC car parking information sheet here.
1060 undercover parking spaces available, managed by Wilson Parking. Entrance and exit off Normanby Road with a height restriction of 2.2 metres. Open 24 hours, seven days a week.
Fees (weekdays including public holidays):
Evening rate Monday to Thursday: $16.00, entry from 6.00pm and exit before 6.00am the next day. Casual rates will otherwise apply. Friday: $20.00, entry from 6.00pm and exit before 6.00am the next day. Casual rates will otherwise apply.
Weekend rate $20.00, per exit, per day. Casual rates will otherwise apply.
Earlybird rate Monday to Friday: $17.00 entry between 6.00 – 9.00am and exit between 3.00pm - midnight. Casual rates will otherwise apply.
Please note - All MCEC car park patrons will be directed to car park Door 1 during overnight closure (8.00pm – 6.00am), to access the external areas of South Wharf Promenade.
Open 24 hours, seven days a week.
Evening rate Monday - Thursday: $12.00, entry after 4.00pm and exit before 6.00am the next day. Casual rates will otherwise apply.
Friday evening, weekend and public holiday rate: $13.00 per exit, per day.
Earlybird rate Monday to Friday: $16.00 entry between 6.00am and 9.00am and exit between 12.00pm - midnight. Casual rates will otherwise apply.
This is a Wilson Parking car park, located at Munro Street under the Westgate Bridge. You can access this car park via Normanby Road and Munro Street.
Discounted parking rates are available for exhibitors.
Contact Wilson Parking on +61 3 9224 0301 (work hours) for discount rates and conditions.
Open air car park, managed by Wilson Parking. Entrance off Normanby Road. Open 24 hours, seven days a week.
Evening rate: $10.00 entry after 6.00pm and exit before 6.00am.
This is a Care Park car park, located at Munro Street.
0.0 - 1.0 hour - $6.00
Daily maximum (Monday to Sunday) - $11.00 for up to 12 hours of parking. *Please note, on days that there is a public exhibition at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre the flat rate is $12.00 for up to 12 hours of parking.
Taxi drop off points are at 1 Convention Centre Place (for Convention Centre) or 2 Clarendon Street, South Wharf (for Exhibition Centre).
Taxis can be booked by contacting Silver Top Taxi (131 008) or Yellow Cabs (13 22 27).
Melbourne's tram network services the metropolitan inner-city area with 28 lines. Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) is serviced by regular services departing every few minutes.
MCEC is stop 124a (Crown Casino / MCEC) for routes 96, 109 and 112 stop opposite the MCEC on Clarendon Street, South Wharf.
Tram numbers 48 and 70 stop at the end of Flinders Street. Walk towards the Yarra River and cross Seafarers Bridge.
Melbourne's metropolitan train network operates from the nearby Southern Cross station connecting to all parts of Melbourne.
Exit onto Spencer Street and take trams 96, 109 or 112 to stop 124a, which stops opposite the Exhibtion Centre entrance of MCEC.
Bus route 237 operates from Queen Victoria Market, via Southern Cross Station to Lorimer Street South Wharf from Monday to Friday. Lormier Street is approximately a five minute walk to MCEC. There is also a coach pick up/drop off point at Bay 1, Convention Centre Place (closest to DFO South Wharf).


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Following a damning "60 Minutes" story on the vulnerability of the nation's chemical plants to terrorist attack, Greenpeace provided the White House today with a list of facilities that reported risks to populations of one million or more. This list accompanied a letter to President Bush, charging his administration with two years of neglect on this crucial homeland security issue. Greenpeace also called for a series of measures to diminish and eliminate these threats. The global environmental organization provided key data to "60 Minutes" for its story.
"The foot-dragging by an administration that claims Homeland Security as its number one priority is shocking. Almost nothing has been done to protect the nation from terrorists who could turn chemical plants and rail cars into weapons of mass destruction," said Rick Hind, Toxics Campaign Legislative Director for Greenpeace. "The White House has only supported minor voluntary initiatives proposed by the chemical industry itself. Chemical safety should not be optional."
Using publicly available data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Greenpeace identified 112 facilities in 25 states, with the top 20 threatening between 2.8 and 12 million people. More than two-thirds of these facilities store or use chlorine. The 25 states are: Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin.
In its letter, Greenpeace urged the President to take action on three fronts: issue new regulations to encourage plant design changes and conversion to safer technologies, support meaningful legislation(S. 157) to prevent chemical disasters, and prohibit the transport of hazardous chemicals through highly populated areas such as Washington, D.C.
Terrorism experts from agencies such as the EPA, the Department of Justice, the General Accounting Office and the FBI have thoroughly documented the nation's vulnerability to toxic releases at U.S. chemical plants. This vulnerability is not limited to an intentional terrorist attack. Lax business practices or an accident could result in a deadly release similar to that experienced in Bhopal, India in 1984, when a gas leak at a pesticide plant killed 8,000 within three days.
"The answer isn't merely higher fences or more security guards," said Hind. "Safer substitutes exist for chlorine, ammonia, hydrogen fluoride and other ultra-hazardous chemicals. We can and should neutralize this threat by eliminating the unnecessary use of highly toxic substances, beginning with those that threaten the largest numbers of people first."
Click here to read the letter Greenpeace sent to Bush.

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Rhode Island food is famous for its hot wieners, grinders, snail salad, and pizza strips, which are exclusive to the state, and are rarely found outside Rhode Island, which is a state located in New England area of United States, where the state is believed to be the smallest state in United States in terms of area.
Popular Foods of Rhode Island Cuisine
- Hot wieners – Hot wieners, also known as gaggers, are similar to hot dog, but smaller in size, which are normally served covered with mustard, meat sauce, celery salt and chopped onions.
- Snail Salad – this is one of the famous Rhode Island fooditems, which is prepared with large quantity of snails (more than five pounds) and other ingredients used in seafood based dishes, where the salad is termed as "family style" salad and is served in various eating establishment in the state.
- Grinders – these refer to submarine sandwiches, which are commonly prepared in Italian style with the help of cold cuts of ham, salami, capicola, Provolone cheese and prosciutto.
- Pizza strips – these refer to rectangular shaped pizza strips prepared without the use of cheese, and served cold, where the production of these strips is carried out at Italian bakeries, which are then sold throughout the country.
- Spinach pies – these pies are quite alike calzone, with the difference being in the filling, where spinach pies are filled with pepperoni or black olives and seasoned spinach in place of meat, cheese and sauce as in case of calzone. In a variation of spinach pies, broccoli may be added at times in place of spinach.
- Johnny cakes- cakes made up of water and corn meal, which are pan fried like pancakes.
- Linguiça – this Rhode Island food refersto spicy and peppery Portuguese sausage, which is consumed with hearty bread.
Festive and Special Food Items of Rhode Island Cuisine
- Dough Boys- this is a unique dish of Rhode Island, which consists of large disks (plate sized) of dough which are deep fried and sprinkled with pizza sauce or powdered sugar, and enjoyed largely during carnivals and fairs.
- Zeppolas – also known as zeppolis, these refer to doughnut like pastries, where the center is exposed and filled with ricotta cream or vanilla pudding, which is topped with cherry. This Rhode Island fooditemis eatentraditionally on Saint Joseph's Day, which is celebrated on a large scale throughout the state).


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Neo Tempus – Inhale ft. Jack Bedford [Audio]
Toronto, ON – Neo Tempus drops some new self produced audio gearing up for the release of his debut project, Yours Sincerely. The new record titled "Inhale" features vocals from singer Jack Bedford and will surely put you in a chilling mood. Light up! Listen below and download after the jump.
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John Wall stopped, grimaced, looked back and collapsed to the floor. As play continued on the other end of the court, Wall was flat on his back, tapping on his left shoulder and writhing in pain. Washington Wizards head athletic trainer Eric Waters rushed to his aid as Wall kicked out his right leg and covered his face with his right elbow.
"I was scared," Wall said of his second quarter fall, "like, 'I can't catch a break.' That's all I was thinking."
When Wall finally got up, with the assistance of Waters, and headed to the locker room — hunched over and holding his left shoulder — the Wizards could only assume the worst; since for much of the season, that's been the only news that they have received.
Turned out, Wall would only miss the rest of the half. But getting Wall back did little to help the Wizards avoid their scoring doldrums as they lost their third consecutive game, 85-76, to the Memphis Grizzlies.
Wall had nine points, seven rebounds and six assists in just 23 minutes for the Wizards, who only had one player score in double figures and were limited to just 46 points in the final three quarters. The problems began in the second period, when the new-look Grizzlies limited them to a season-low 10 points, with the Wizards missing 12 consecutive shots.
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Holland & Knight, Debevoise, Morgan Lewis: Business of Law
Elizabeth AmonA group of 24 lawyers including 12 partners from Patton Boggs LLP are joining Holland & Knight LLP, which is opening its 18th U.S. office in Dallas.
James C. Chadwick, former co-chairman of Patton Boggs's business department, will lead Holland & Knight's Dallas office as executive partner.
"The outstanding group of lawyers joining our firm will enable us to expand our existing corporate finance and restructuring practices throughout the U.S.," Steven Sonberg, Holland & Knight's managing partner, said in a statement. "In addition, Holland & Knight's entry into the Texas market will offer client expansion opportunities for our other practices."
Michelle White Suarez, who was the managing partner of Patton Boggs's Dallas office, and commercial finance partner Matthew Fontane will also assume leadership roles at Holland & Knight, the firm said.
Additional partners who practice in the areas of corporate and commercial finance, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring and bankruptcy joining the firm include Robert W. Jones, Scott C. Wallace, Kenneth M. Vesledahl, Fred S. Stovall, James L. Baker, Eric W. Kimball, Anthony J. Herrera, Brent R. McIlwain, and Eric M. Pfeifle.
The firm also hired 11 associate lawyers and a senior counsel and expects to make additional hires in the future.
Last week, after it was reported that a group was leaving Patton Boggs for Holland & Knight, Patton said in a statement, "These colleagues are our friends and we thank them for their service and wish them well in their new endeavors." The firm had no further comment yesterday.
The lawyers joining Holland represent clients in the financial services and corporate sectors on leveraged acquisitions and leveraged recapitalizations, senior and subordinated debt, syndicated bank facilities, private placements, asset-based lending and restructurings, workouts and bankruptcy, among other matters, the firm said.
The group also advises institutions and funds on mergers, acquisitions and other business combinations, as well as securities and general corporate matters.
King & Spalding announced yesterday that former Patton Boggs partner David J. Farber, a life sciences and health-care regulatory litigator, joined the firm's food and drug administration, life sciences and health-care practices in Washington.
Patton Boggs, with about 500 lawyers, has 10 offices in the U.S. and the Middle East. In Dallas, the firm has more than 75 lawyers, including more than 30 partners, according to its website.
Holland & Knight has more than 1,000 lawyers with offices in Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Bogota and Mexico City as well as the U.S.
Debevoise, Covington Advise Tribune on $2.73 Billion Deal
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Covington & Burling LLP are advising Tribune Co., which agreed to buy Local TV Holdings LLC's 19 television stations for $2.73 billion in cash, the biggest U.S. broadcasting deal in six years. Dow Lohnes PLLC advised the sellers.
The Debevoise team is led by partners Paul S. Bird and Jonathan E. Levitsky and includes partners Jeffrey E. Ross, Peter A. Furci and Lawrence K. Cagney. Covington's team was led by partners Mace Rosenstein and Matt DelNero.
Dow Lohnes's team included partners Kevin Mills and Len Baxt, corporate, and Michael Basile, communications.
The acquisition of Local TV, principally owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners, will almost double the number of Tribune's stations to 42, according to a statement yesterday. Local TV assets include 16 markets, with top-rated stations in Denver, Cleveland and St. Louis, the companies said.
The deal, which reduces Tribune's reliance on newspapers, offers a wider audience to advertisers and gives the company an edge in talks with cable and satellite carriers, who pay to distribute local channels on their networks. Including Gannett Co.'s agreement to buy Belo Corp. for $1.5 billion, the industry saw $3.2 billion in deals last quarter, the biggest for takeovers since 2007.
"Television is hot," said Ed Atorino, an analyst at Benchmark Co. in New York. "Right now these companies want to get bigger."
Tribune's acquisition is the largest takeover of a broadcast-TV company since a group led by Haim Saban acquired Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Communications Inc. for $12.3 billion in 2007, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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Crowell & Moring Lures Six-Member Team from Dickstein
Crowell & Moring LLP added a six-member energy team from Dickstein Shapiro LLP in the environment, energy & resources group.
The new additions include partners Larry F. Eisenstat, who led Dickstein's energy group, and corporate-transactional partners Patrick W. Lynch, and Jonathan C. Odell, the firm said in a statement. A policy adviser, counsel and associate also join the firm.
"They bring a wealth of experience, industry knowledge and relationships to our firm that will significantly enhance Crowell's ability to assist its many energy industry clients," Scott L. Winkelman, partner and co-chairman of Crowell & Moring's environment, energy and resources group said of the hires. "Through their sophisticated understanding of energy markets, their project development and management skills, and their corporate transactional experience, the team will help Crowell & Moring clients navigate regulatory challenges, advise on emerging policy issues, structure and document corporate and transactional matters, as well as tackle bet-the-company disputes."
The team has regulatory, project development, transactional, litigation, and compliance experience on behalf of companies that develop, finance, operate, acquire, sell, restructure, or manage energy and other infrastructure projects, the firm said.
Crowell & Moring's environment, energy and resources group is comprised of almost 40 attorneys who work from the Washington, New York, California, Alaska and Wyoming offices. The firm has about 500 lawyers with 11 offices in the U.S., Europe, Cairo and Rydadh.
Chicago Office Chief Gillette Leaving SEC to Become Law Partner
Merri Jo Gillette will step down as director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Chicago office to join the the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP as a partner, the agency said yesterday in a statement.
Gillette will leave the SEC later this month after more than 25 years, the agency said.
At Morgan Lewis, Gillette will focus on representing financial institutions, corporations, boards of directors and individuals before financial services regulators and other regulatory authorities. She will also advise clients on internal investigations, developing effective compliance programs, risk and crisis management and corporate governance issues, the firm said in a statement.
Morgan Lewis has more than 1,600 legal professionals at 24 offices in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Gibson Dunn Expands, Adding Two Brussels Competition Lawyers
Competition lawyer Jens-Olrik Murach joins Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Brussels office along with another lawyer. Murach, who joins the firm as a partner, previously practiced at Flick Gocke Schaumburg in Bonn, Germany, where he headed the EU and competition practice.
"We have expanded our competition practice in the U.K., U.S. and now Brussels to meet client demand," Ken Doran, chairman and managing partner of Gibson Dunn, said in a statement.
Murach is a German-qualified lawyer with more than 10 years' experience in antitrust law in Brussels and Germany. He will practice from both the Brussels and Munich offices, focusing on the German market, the firm said.
His antitrust practice includes merger control, restrictive practices, market dominance and cartel investigations. His representative work has included matters including Bayer/Aventis CropScience, Siemens/VA Tech and Areva/Alstom.
Gibson Dunn has more than 1,100 lawyers at 18 offices in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Shearman Arbitration Specialist to Join Cleary in Frankfurt
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced that Richard Kreindler, a partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP, will join the firm as a partner based in Frankfurt.
Kreindler will be part of the Cleary Gottlieb's international arbitration and litigation practice.
Kreindler "will further strengthen our global disputes practice, which has represented corporate and sovereign clients in many of the largest and most complex commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, and has grown over the past decade to include more than 80 senior lawyers based in New York, Washington, Brussels, Frankfurt, Cologne, Rome, Milan, Paris, London and Hong Kong," Cleary Gottlieb Managing Partner Mark Leddy said in a statement.
Kreindler has experience in Europe, the U.S., Asia and the Middle East, representing clients in disputes under all of the institutional and ad hoc arbitration regimes, and serves regularly as presiding arbitrator, party arbitrator, and expert witness, the firm said. He has experience in commercial arbitration as well as disputes in the public international law arena, including multilateral and bilateral investment treaty based arbitrations.
Cleary Gottlieb has more than 1,200 lawyers worldwide.
Rockefeller Group CEO Joins Proskauer Rose in New York
Proskauer Rose LLP announced that Kevin R. Hackett, who was president and chief executive officer of the Rockefeller Group, joined the firm as a member of the private-equity real estate practice in the New York office.
Hackett joined the Rockefeller Group in 2004 as chief operating officer of the subsidiary Rockefeller Group Development Corp., becoming chief executive officer of that company in 2007 and assuming his most recent position in 2009, the firm said.
"His real estate expertise on both the business and investment side is at the highest level and will be a tremendous asset to our clients," Proskauer Chairman Joseph M. Leccese said in a statement.
Proskauer has lawyers at 13 offices in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
M&A Slows as Stock Market Rally Fails to Spark 2013 Comeback
A healthy stock market and cheap debt have traditionally been two ingredients that helped fueled booms in mergers and acquisitions. The recipe isn't quite working this year.
Instead, the ingredients may paradoxically be prolonging a lull in transactions, say investment bankers and lawyers, many of whom had predicted a deal-making comeback in 2013. Higher stock prices, coupled with a shaky recovery, have made some executives wary of overpaying for acquisitions, or selling too cheaply. And some potential targets have tapped cheap credit to win a lifeline and stay independent.
"If I go through my checklist of what needs to be in place to enable M&A to happen, I can put a tick in many of the key boxes," said Mark Warham, head of mergers and acquisitions for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Barclays Plc. "Yet so far we haven't seen a real intensity of deals this year."
While transactions worldwide reached about $490 billion in the second quarter, up 3 percent from the previous three months, they were down about 10 percent compared with the same period in 2012, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
"The sustained runup in stock market prices has made it more challenging in many situations for cash buyers like private-equity firms to put together deals that make financial sense," said Lee Meyerson, head of the M&A group at law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
At the same time, the buoyant market also pushed some private-equity firms to take their portfolio companies public to get a better valuation than in a sale, said John Eydenberg, co-head of America's investment banking and head of financial sponsors for Deutsche Bank AG.
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Texas Filibuster Star Rose From Teen Mom to Harvard Law Graduate
Texas lawmakers returned to Austin yesterday for another attempt to put the state at the forefront of a Republican-led push to legislate away abortion, resuming a fight that made state Senator Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, into an overnight sensation last week.
Davis, who went from teenage single mother to Harvard Law graduate, shot to fame as she tried to block new abortion limits with a filibuster. Barred from restroom breaks, drinking water, sitting or even leaning on her desk, she held the floor more than 11 hours as word of her marathon monologue spread over the Internet.
Davis, 50, and party colleagues joined by raucous spectators in the galleries, prevented a vote on a bill that would have shut almost all the state's abortion clinics and banned the procedure after 20 weeks. The same measure tops the agenda in a new special session, prompting a pledge from thousands to rally against it at the Capitol.
Support from Republicans who control the Legislature means the Democrats' victory probably will be short-lived. More important to abortion-rights advocates is what Davis may represent: a newly awakened voter bloc rebelling over what they see as government overreach into health-care decisions made by women in consultation with their families and doctors.
Born poor with three siblings, Davis began working at 14 to help her single mother make ends meet. By 19 she had become a single mother herself, according to her website. Starting at a junior college to become a paralegal, she graduated first in her class at Texas Christian University and went on to Harvard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
After nine years on the Fort Worth City Council, she won in an upset to take a Senate seat from a Republican incumbent in 2008. As a lawyer, she works for Cantey Hanger LP in Fort Worth on matters including litigation, real estate and regulation, according to the firm's website. She spent more than five years as an executive in a real-estate title business in the city.
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Movie SummaryJuwanna Mann
Web Site: http://www.juwannaman.com/ Description: Jamal Jeffries and his trash-talking, ball-hogging, team-hating ways get him booted out of the league. When his fancy accessories--crib, cars, ultra-fine girlfriend--dribble away as quickly as his career, a desperate, financially-strapped Jamal takes his last shot at crashing the boards. Transforming himself into female power forward "Juwanna Mann," Jamal scores a tryout with the only pro organization that will take him--the women's league. It's tough enough for Jamal/Juwanna to contend with fierce competition on the court and proper protocol in the ladies' locker room, but his identity crisis hits another snag when he falls for team captain Michelle Langford. Too bad Michelle is already tight with smooth-talking lady killer Romeo, a dawg with moves sprung straight from Jamal's old bad boy playbook. And when rapper Puff Smokey Smoke tries to score with Juwanna, there are more balls in play than Jamal knows how to handle. It's gonna take more than a heavily-padded sports bra for Jamal to bounce back, but by the buzzer, he'll learn that to be a better man--and ballplayer--he's gotta get in touch with his feminine side. Movie summaries and listings powered by Cinema-Source
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Andrew Long - November 7, 2004 - 85:00 EDT
THAT ACCURSEDLY CATCHY SONG has been making the rounds around here, and needless to say, song titles in my titles equal shamelessly begotten hits, so tick-a-tick-a-tock, motherlovers. Anyhow, today I come to you with a specific concern in mind: the wussying up of the Jeopardy theme song. See, I was wasting time like a good lad should last night, surfing this here interweb in search of diversion, and possibly giantess porn, when I stumbled across an 80s retro site. I decided that hey, Jeopardy has really wussied up its theme song in the past decade, so I went for the source: 5 minutes of pure, ear-shattering synthesized goodness. In conclusion, I hope Ken Jennings gets hit by an ocean liner, and Alex Trebek emerges from his nightmare with his old, and better, theme song in tow.
Also, that Halloween special should not be termed as such. FOR SHAME!
Oh and I have an actual question as well. I'm pretty short on cash and I heard Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne is not selling well, I was wondering if I wait for a price drop will the game disappear from store shelves never too return?
Also, I've just picked up Phantom Brave, since I finished Xenogears for the second time (what a wonderful game n'est-ce pas?). Anyway, I'm trying desperately to find a use for Marona, and so far all of the weapons that use the "heart" SP don't have any attacks, is Marona destined to either A) suck, or B) heal for all eternity?
Thanks, Matthew "barieuph" Russo
First off, thank you so much about the hyperlink to the book, I didnt know it existed and i think im going to enjoy that site pretty much!
Although i understand your argument about Xenosaga Episode 1 ( movies of 30 min was a little bit long...), it did not diminish the quality of the story, well at least not of my point of view. But it seems that your complaints have been heard since in Xenosaga Episode 2, they are doing the movies smaller and more balance, so I guess that the feeling you had with the first one, will not be there on the second, if even you will play it...
Besides, even if the movies were quite long, having prepared myself for this kind of situation, i did enjoy the game pretty much... I like RPG, especially ones with good story and I believe that Xenosaga has one, no matter the way it is portrayed...
Mydhrin Emrys
Back to the original letter, yes, I understand. 1 DQ game as opposed to.. 9 FF games was it? Why would anyone care about DQ? Maybe I'm a little bitter about the whole thing. I kind of always have been. I pretty much grew up playing the old DQ games yet it seemed like most everyone I knew would never even bother to give it a chance.(one person comes to mind who simply refused to play a DQ game because he was such a hardcore FF fan) Anyway, I'm rambling once again, and since you effectively tore me a new one in your response to my other letter, here's my question.
DQ7 certainly did not launch the DQ into the mainstream the way, say, FF7 launched that series(Maybe FF6 did that? I don't know). With the graphics overhaul and general system enhancements, do you think Square Enix can push the DQ series with DQ8?
And there we go, thanks
Guess what! Uematsu getting credited for their work is another way they get the shaft! Chrono Trigger is a good case in point. Referring to the Chrono Trigger OST, which has 64 tracks, Uematsu is only credited with 10 tracks (9 in reality, see note for Disc 1, Track 18 below). The remaining 54 tracks are all by Mitsuda.
Here's the list of tracks Uematsu is credited for. Keep in mind that these names are translated from Japanese, and thus may be approximations:
Disc 1
Disc 2
On a side note, I think that Lunar 2: Eternal Blue would make a better movie than Lunar: Silver Star Story (or Silver Star Story Complete).
-- R. Bemrose Webmaster, VGMusic.com
On to brighter and more recent things, I was curious to know the rpgs you were most hoping for with in the next year or two, or perhaps some with vague details you hope will turn out very well. As of late I've turned my attention towards more pc based rpgs, less about consoles, I have my sights fixed on the dungeon lords game, mostly for a new multi player experience with my friends, and the new Elder scrolls, they've taken everything I loved about the first person king's field series and used their own unique sl and innovation to take my breath away, I can't wait til this year passes so i can have a copy of it.
And onto a more taboo, and surely a topic to get my hit over the head by much of your readers, Final fantasy.. dun dun dun... What I can't seem to understand is, why everyone is so annoyed, upset, ranting, raving and spewing nonsence and garbage and giving S-E such a hard time over all the new FF projects and what they've been doing lately. Granted you'll answer that, and it'll make sence, but bear with me before you set your phasors to kill. Step back and take a look at the entire series with me, right from the first on up through.. say FF x-2, everyone is different, some copy things from old, some carry over similar story lines, combat systems, even characters.. atleast for the spin off side series with the name attached, but what most people don't realise is, we asked for it, litterally. They sit and mumble, whine, complain and spark off year long aguements about every lil FF topic they can find, in chatrooms and most especialy forums, and they think no one is watching. Think I'm wrong? How long and how hyped has a FF 7 sequal been? How about people wanting square soft to take another crack at movies, this time using an actual ff world.. sound familiar readers? Don't try to hide, you know who you are.
It's also worth noting that some people are probably concerned precisely because of how questionable some of the choices made in X-2 were. It's all well and good to dream up sequels to FFVII, because when you're dreaming about them, the cold, hard, rational light of suck has no chance to shine on them. Now that they're reality, however, they've taken concrete form, and some of those shapes aren't exactly what people had in mind. The fact of the matter, in the end, is that you can't please everyone no matter what you do, and people change their mind from time to time. Sure, it sucks if they try to become president, but nobody ever accused message board users of possessing that kind of capacity. Also, your letter is far too long. I am cutting it here, and whatever you think, putting a card game into FFIX does not equal putting a good one, which is my problem with the idea.
Terribly, LockeZ
Andrew:Actually, the dimension you have described is the Sultan Ali dimension, a mythical realm where furniture salespeople hide when doing their level best to keep me at work hours past closing time. They escape to this magical plane with their customers so that they are invisible to the naked eye when I check the floor, and then re-emerge just as I'm putting my coat on to walk out the door. It's really quite irritating!
Be nice to the slime and send him many letters, for he grows wrothful when I delay his Monday column so. For Friday, I shall be orgasmically embracing WoW, so you'll have to send me shockingly amazing letters to divert my attention. Good luck, and P.S. - Creamsicles are a big attention-getter!
Andrew Long joined the army. Saw the world. Would rather be sailing.
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Journal of Language and Literature Education
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Dynamo rookies Will Bruin and Kofi Sarkodie were named to the 18-man squad that will participate in the Generation adidas tour to the Netherlands later this month. The group will be led by Sporting Kansas City head coach Peter Vermes and his coaching staff.
The tour, which begins on Monday, will include training at the grounds of famed Dutch power Ajax and a match against the Ajax Reserve team on Dec. 8. The group will also play matches against Dutch second-division clubs FC Volendam and Almere City FC before the tour comes to a close on Dec. 15.
Among the players named to the team is Philadelphia Union forward Danny Mwanga, Real Salt Lake midfielder Luis Gil, Columbus Crew midfielder Tony Tchani, New England Revolution defender Kevin Alston and Vancouver Whitecaps forward Omar Salgado, the No. 1 pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft.
Vermes was nominated for MLS Coach of the Year in 2011 after he led Sporting Kansas City to the best regular season record in the Eastern Conference and a berth in the conference championship.
Last year the Generation adidas group traveled to Spain, where the team posted wins against reserve teams from Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and Rayo Vallecano.
"This annual offseason tour is invaluable for young players, and we are excited to see this talented group come together in the Netherlands," MLS Executive Vice President Todd Durbin said. "Our players' development is enhanced by their exposure to legendary clubs like Ajax and the opportunity to compete against their peers in other countries."
Generation adidas Match Schedule
Dec. 5: Generation adidas players depart for Amsterdam
Dec. 6: Training (Ajax Academy fields)
Dec. 7: Training (Ajax Academy fields)
Dec. 8: Generation adidas vs. Ajax Reserve team (Ajax Academy fields)
Dec. 9: Training (Ajax Academy fields)
Dec. 10: Training (Ajax Academy fields) -- Team to attend Eredivisie match between AZ Alkmaar vs. De Graafschap
Dec. 11: Training (Ajax Academy fields)
Dec. 12: Training (Ajax Academy fields) -- Team to attend match: Ajax U23 vs. PSV U23
Dec. 13: Generation adidas vs. FC Volendam (in Volendam)
Dec. 14: Generation adidas vs. Almere City FC (in Almere)
Dec. 15: Generation adidas players depart for U.S.
David BinghamPos: G | Age: 22 Club: San Jose Career: |
Most famous for his goal in a friendly and an assist on a long kick to Wondolowski, but also proved an able option for the Quakes and shined in the Reserve league. WATCH: Bingham assist |
Zac MacMathPos: G | Age: 20 Club: Philadelphia Career: |
Forced into action in 2011 due to an injury late in the season to Faryd Mondragon, the young keeper showed he has huge potential both as a shot-stopper and a leader. WATCH: MacMath stones Justin Braun |
Kevin AlstonPos: D | Age: 23 Club: New England Career: |
A regular starter since joining the Revs in 2009. Speed and aggressiveness saw him called up to US national team several times and named to 2010 MLS All-Star team. WATCH: Alston blocks Arnaud chance |
Conor ShanoskyPos: D | Age: 19 Club: D.C. United Career: |
Still young, the US youth international looks to be an honest defender. Made several impressive reserve appearances for United in 2011. |
Kofi SarkodiePos: D | Age: 21 Club: Houston Career: |
Was going to struggle for time in Houston's veteran defense, but showed good mobility and willingness to get forward when given the chance. WATCH: Sarkodie takes his shot |
Michael TettehPos: D | Age: 22 Club: Seattle Career: |
Speed, strength, but still learning his positioning. Spent 2011 behind a steady backline regulars in Seattle. |
Zarek ValentinPos: D | Age: 20 Club: Montreal Career: |
Youth, speed, good touch, personality, and international experience -- he has the potential to be the complete package at right back. |
Dilly DukaPos: M | Age: 22 Club: Columbus Career: |
Former US youth international emerged in 2011 as a playmaker in the workmanlike Crew midfield. WATCH: Duka slams home the equalizer |
Sacir HotPos: M | Age: 20 Club: New York Career: |
Untested and inexperienced but has shown flashes in reserve matches for the Red Bulls. |
Amobi OkugoPos: M | Age: 20 Club: Philadelphia Career: |
Steady, honest midfielder who can go box to box. |
Luis GilPos: M | Age: 18 Club: Salt Lake Career: |
Saw a few breakout moments in 2011, including his first goal. WATCH: Gil opens his MLS account |
Matt KasselPos: M | Age: 22 Club: New York Career: |
Skillful midfielder out of Maryland who has not had much chance to shine within NY's veteran midfield. |
Jack McInerneyPos: M | Age: 19 Club: Philadelphia Career: |
Quick and crafty, a US youth international with a nose for goal. Jack Mac is on his second GA tour. |
Tony TchaniPos: M | Age: 22 Club: Columbus Career: |
Traded from NY to Toronto and then to Columbus, injury kept him from seeing the minutes the big holding midfielder saw in his rookie season in 2010. WATCH: Tchani scores first goal |
Will BruinPos: F | Age: 22 Club: Houston Career: |
A powerful target man who converted several goals early in the 2011 season, including nailing a hat trick against D.C. United. WATCH: Bruin completes hat trick |
Corey HertzogPos: F | Age: 21 Club: New York Career: |
Found some playing time in his rookie year in 2011, but was usually locked behind internationals Thierry Henry and Luke Rodgers. |
Danny MwangaPos: F | Age: 20 Club: Philadelphia Career: |
Strong and fast, the #1 overall pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. Has been a vital part of the Union's attack since arriving in Philly. WATCH: Mwanga can't be stopped |
Omar SalgadoPos: F | Age: 18 Club: Vancouver Career: |
A young, talented striker taken #1 in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. WATCH: Salgado opens MLS account |


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In it, but not of it. TPM DC
U.K. Press Think They've ID'ed James Foley's Killer: A British Rapper
In recents days news outlets, mostly in Britain, have cited anonymous sources identifying the killer: Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary. The Sunday Times attributed it to "senior government sources." Fox News quoted "a senior Western intelligence official." The Telegraph listed Bary, 24, as one of several suspects, perhaps an indication that the sources leaking to the U.K. press aren't all in agreement.
Image via YouTube.
The exact evidence linking Bary to the killing isn't clear, and no authorities have gone on the record identifying Bary as a suspect. Aside from Fox News, no American outlets have independently corroborated the report, even with the help of anonymous sources. The White House declined to comment on the reports when asked Tuesday by TPM.
"For various reasons, at this stage we will not be confirming or otherwise commenting on potential suspects," National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden told TPM in an email. "We'll continue using all the tools at our disposal, including working with foreign partners, to bring Jim Foley's killers to justice."
Other outlets like the New York Times, NPR, the Associated Press and the Washington Post have picked up on the "speculation" about Bary, but have not yet provided any additional reporting on its veracity.
Bary was already a familiar face to the British press after reportedly posting a picture on Twitter in which he was holding a severed head, as The Independent reported earlier this month prior to Foley's killing. The Telegraph also said that Bary had "a similar build and skin tone" to the man in the video of Foley's killing.
But, as the BBC reported last year, British intelligence believes 200 or more British citizens are fighting alongside Islamic militants in Syria. Other estimates have placed the number at twice that. So it's not clear, beyond the circumstantial evidence, why British press sources have pegged Bary as Foley's killer.
U.S. journalist James Foley in 2011. (AP Photo/Steven Senne).
As the New York Times reported Sunday, Bary previously performed under the name "L Jinny" and his singles were played on BBC Radio. His 54-year-old father, Adel Abdel Bary, is facing terrorism charges in the United States dating back to the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed more than 200 people. The younger Bary sometimes referenced his father's case in his music.
According to the New York Times, Bary left London in 2013 to go to Syria and has maintained an active Twitter presence -- including the now-famous pose with a severed head.
As the speculation about Bary swirls, however, the official line from the British ambassador to the United States remains only that they are "close" to identifying the person who killed Foley.


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Long Term Wrap Up: 2014 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring
Time flies. It seems like just yesterday we picked up our long-term Mazda CX-5 with a little over 600 miles on the odometer. But it is now nearly half a year later, our three-month evaluation period turned into four months during which time we drove nearly 8,000 miles behind the wheel of the CX-5.


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Sleeps | 6 |
Bedrooms | 4 |
Bathrooms | 1 |
Space | 120 m² |
Property type | house |
Minimum Stay | 2 nights |
Our house is a well maintained, antique house, which we bought in 2014 and renovated and converted into a holiday home. We have 5 bedrooms (3 doubles and 2 singles with wide beds). Our Guest House is very suitable for groups of 2 - 6 people and of course perfect for families with children. Even as a single traveler you feel comfortable with us! Our house is built so that it is not disruptive, if not all the rooms are occupied. Ask so that we can discuss the conditions and make you an offer to us. Our house is cozy and comfortable furnishings in the house and inside it is during the day cool and dry (never wet, not even in the low season). The environment and our neighbors are quiet and pleasant. My partner Tony Lokuge and our employees are always on the spot and take care of your needs and your security. We are uncomplicated and multicultural - you realize that you are on holiday in Sri Lanka and also learn the culture and get to know the cuisine. We also perform at the colorful markets in Galle (fish / vegetables) and show you the famous Fort. In our place Dodanduwe There is a large daily fish market next to the fishing port you will find a beautiful beach! Beach and sea within easy walking distance.
Our garden is spacious and also has shady places, where you can enjoy the time. We have 4 Beachbeds available. We are happy to prepare your breakfast and to / (included in price), or cook for a dinner or prepare a BBQ. Inside you is a renovated pool table and digital TV and WiFi. The neighboring Hikkaduwa is a great well-known tourist, where you can find everything your heart desires. From entertainment to water sports, shops and supermarkets, Ayurvedic clinics, restaurants / bars, souvenir shops etc. On the bright yellow beach long undisturbed walks are possible to evening or morning hours. The sea water quality is very good and the color of the water is often turquoise. There are plenty of water sports on offer, such as scuba diving, snorkeling, surfing, kite surfing, etc. Hikkaduwa can be reached with the Vespa in 5 minutes on the main road. We will gladly reserve Rent bikes for your stay. Of course you can at any time move the tricycle tuc tuc, great for families with small children. With our comfortable Station Wagon we are happy to lead you to the capital of the south, to Galle. Here can be well spend an interesting day with shopping in the modern bile or sightseeing in colonial Galle Fort with exclusive shops and restaurants. In our house you are in good hands and will also get an insight into the Sri Lankan culture. Let Be prepared to Sri Lanka is a beautiful, diverse country in which there is much to discover!
we had a awesome time at Tony's River Lodge - great and secure place for children - Tony is a kind and helpful person with a sense of humor and we appreciated his guidance during our 2 weeks stay - very clean house and garden!
Alwin and Family
We spend a happy holiday in Tony's River Lodge - great family location - wir fühlten uns wie bei uns zuhause und Tony war dann wenn wir ihn nötig hatten und ansonsten konnten wir selber schalten und walten. Unsere Kinder haben den grossen Garten sehr genossen! Tolle Nähe zum Strand Hikkaduwa und das Naturschutzreservat Rathgama-See. Vielen Dank wir werden wieder kommen :-) Familie von Schulthess
wir haben mit einer Reisegruppe die wunderschöne Lagune besichtigt und sind spontan auf Tony's Riverlodge gestossen. sympathische Betreuung (24 h vor Ort) und super gelegenes einfaches und zweckmässiges Ferienhaus. ruhig in der Nacht und am Tag waren wir in kurzer Distanz von Meer, See und dem Touristenort Hikkaduwa und Galle. genialer Billiardtisch!! leckere Juices! vielen Dank, wir werden wiederkommen!
Sandra und Bernhard
our house is centrally and quietly. The service is on site. Cosy house has beautiful bedrooms, large garden, pool table and digital TV / Wifi. The long white sandy beach-Hikkaduwa and the nature reserve of Rathgama Lake are nearby. We are happy to offer you tours. We are uncomplicated and multicultural - you realize that you are in Sri Lanka during the holidays and learn the culture and get to know the cuisine. We will be happy to show you the colorful markets with fresh produce (vegetables, fish).
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Fees | No additional mandatory fees |
Im Preis ist Frühstück, Strom, Wasser, Reinigung, Billard, Bettwäsche, Frottiertücher, WiFi, Digital-TV inbegriffen. Betreuung vor Ort 24 h. Flughafentransfer: 70 Euro / 2.5 Std. Fahrt mit unserem komfortablen Station-Wagon, Vespa-Bikes können für Sie zur Miete organisiert werden. Tuc-Tuc Dreirad-Stand vor dem Haus, Busstop vor dem Haus. Tagestouren nach Galle, Unawatuna.
Bezahlung des gesamten Betrages vor Ort bei Anreise oder auf Wunsch vorgängige Überweisung von 50% des Betrages auf unser CH-Konto


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Paris 2012: Honda CR-Z, now almost sporty
Hybrid coupe gets a small but welcome power boost for '13 - and some new colours...
Honda seems to have acknowledged this with the appearance at Paris of an upgraded CR-Z. Its new combined petrol engine/electric motor output of 137hp is unlikely to set even petrol-soaked trousers on fire, but the bump-up from 124hp is welcome and should at least give this sweet-looking coupe a decent feeling of 'sportingness' (new word alert).
That old-school single-cam lump has had its valve timing fettled, hoisting the output from 114hp to 121hp. The electric motor now pumps out 20hp and gets its juice from a Lithium Ion battery for the first time, which as any fool who has used a drill will know is always the best choice. The battery has a Plus Sport (S+) boost function for loosening particularly awkward screws. With at least 50 per cent charge on board you can press a button to 'engage warp drive', giving increased acceleration for up to 10 seconds. A bit like KERS, then, only not quite as exciting.
We know that 121hp and 20hp don't equal 137hp. It's the magic of hybridity and Integrated Motor Assist. More importantly, torque is up 23lb ft to 140lb ft. All this means the 0-62 time comes down from 9.7 to 9.0 seconds, still not exactly face-distorting but at least going in the right direction. Top speed is 124mph, with unchanged combined consumption and CO2 figures of 56.5 mpg and 116g/km, giving it some company car appeal for those with flexy-choice.
So that folk know you're humming around in the latest model, there are styling revisions inside and especially outside, where you've got a new front bumper, grille, rear diffuser, new 17-inch alloys, and a couple of new colours, Aurora Violet as you see here, and the no doubt equally sudden Energetic Yellow.
The revised CR-Z goes on sale in the UK in January 2013.
except that violet colour...
I want to love these Honda folks, but they've been off the road and in the ditch for quite some time. Nice lawnmowers though...
Is it really that hard Honda?
Having ONE car in their line up that does this in my opinion would at least give Honda slight credibility back. If the punter wants to fork out the best part of a grand as showroom tax that's up to them, but at least they would have their finger in the pie of a performance vehicle again.
Other manufacturers (at least for the minute), still have engines with similar emissions in their line up. Honda COULD if they really wanted to include the 2.0 iVtec im sure.
But that's the problem with this hybrid technology, it adds so much weight.
It has to be the laziest, poorest excuse for "progress" there is. You want a more economical car? Make it heavier.
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Nation's IP Legal Experts to Gather in New York City for Albany Law School Conference
Oct 04, 2006, 01:00 ET from Albany Law School
ALBANY, N.Y., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Albany Law School will present a two- day interdisciplinary conference on the "Impact of Technological Change on the Creation, Dissemination and Protection of Intellectual Property" on Oct. 26- 28, 2006, at The Cornell Club, New York, N.Y. Panelists from the academic and legal communities will examine Intellectual Property issues while challenging the fundamental principles of Copyright Law and the pressing legal issues surrounding them. The distinguished group of 35 speakers is truly international and inter- disciplinary including recognized experts in their fields from throughout the United States as well as England, Scotland, Germany, Israel, Australia and New Zealand. The conference director, Sheldon W. Halpern, the Hon. Harold R. Tyler Jr. Chair in Law and Technology at Albany Law School, has organized several interdisciplinary conferences exploring the impact of technology and intellectual property law on the creation, dissemination and protection of intellectual property. In addition to law professors and attorneys, the international conferences attract a range of academic and other professionals from technology and the arts. Underwriters and sponsors include the New York IP Law Association, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, Winston & Strawn LLP and Kluwer Law publishers. To register, contact Tammy Weinman at (518) 445-3210 or firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit www.albanylaw.edu/ip. Attendees can receive 14 CLE credits. About Albany Law School ALBANY LAW SCHOOL is a small, independent private school in the heart of New York State's capital since 1851. As the oldest independent law school in the nation and the oldest in New York, the institution offers students an innovative, rigorous curriculum taught by a committed faculty. Several nationally recognized programs --including the Government Law Center and the Albany Law Clinic and Justice Center -- provide opportunities for students to apply classroom learning. Students have access to New York's highest court, federal courts and the state legislature, as well as a thriving tech-based economy, leading to an employment rate for graduates well above the national average for law schools for the past 25 years. www.albanylaw.edu. - Contact: Nicole Soucy 518-445-3208 email@example.com
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People tend to take more generous helpings when the food they eat is of the same hue as the crockery on which it is placed, says a new study.
When foods "blend in" with their background, people serve themselves 20 percent more than if they were serving the same meal on a plate of contrasting colour.
In the study, people were given either a red or a white dinner plate and led to one of two buffet tables offering pasta; one in tomato sauce, the other in cream sauce, the Telegraph reports.
Those given crockery which "matched" their food - red for tomato sauce, or white for cream sauce - gave themselves helpings between 17 and 22 percent larger than those with plates of contrasting colour.
Further, research has established that the average person eats around 92 percent of a portion they serve themselves.
The latest study by researchers at Cornell University, US, repeated several times on groups of 60 participants, found the actual colour of the food and plates made no difference; what mattered was the contrast between the two.
Study authors said the colour contrast appears to act as a "stop sign" reminding people to think about how much food they were serving.
Brian Wansink, professor who runs Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab, said: "People will generally serve themselves far more on a large dinner plate than they would on a smaller one, because the eye is tricked. It seems that colour contrast is one way to block this illusion."
The research author said those trying to lose weight could help themselves by buying brightly coloured or dark plates, to provide contrast with common white foodstuffs such as pasta, rice and potatoes.
Alternatively, green plates could be used as a way to trick children into eating more vegetables, he said.


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Clinical Trials Shed Light on Minority Health
"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working to increase the participation of people in racial, ethnic and other minority groups in the clinical trials that test new medical products.
Why is this important?
Ensuring meaningful representation of minorities in clinical trials for regulated medical products is fundamental to FDA's regulatory mission and public health, says Jonca Bull, M.D., director of the agency's Office of Minority Health (OMH). Racial and ethnic minorities include African American, American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian American, Hispanic American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities."
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Prison Planet.com
February 2, 2013
Another salvo in the war against raw milk. Despite the fact that they are ubiquitous in Europe, the UK government is prosecuting raw milk supplier Hook & Son for selling raw milk from vending machines in the Selfridges supermarket (Hook & Son had signed a private agreement with Selfridges to do so). This is a pre-cursor for the government's plan to make raw milk illegal in England.
Why is the government promoting a toxic waste in our food and water (fluoride) as well as GMOs that cause cancer and innumerable other illnesses, while attempting to ban healthy raw milk?
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Before you came to SMU, your last college job was at Kansas back in the late 1980s. What's it like for you being back in the college game?
I mean, I'm just happy to be coaching, being with my staff, being around the game. Games to me are tough but being at practice, working with players and being connected with the university is terrific. It's an adjustment coming into an arena with no people and going on the road and no people. But we've got to try to change that. It's going to take time. It's part of enjoying your job. We want to create an atmosphere here where people want to come and support our team, want us to be a big part of this campus.
Fellow former Tar Heel George Lynch is your assistant strength and conditioning coach…
Our AD [Rick Hart] is a Carolina guy, assistant AD [Matt Roberts] is a Carolina guy. I told [Director of Player Development] Eric Snow to be a Carolina guy. That was a big part of my life, being around Coach McGuire and Coach Smith. I learned the right way about family and loyalty from Coach McGuire. We want to have an atmosphere just like that. That's really important. But we're SMU. Our blue's a little different. Even though it was a tough blue for me to look at at first, I'm getting to enjoy it. Kansas blue's a lot like this one. Same colors at KU, right?
Are you happy with the early results at SMU or instead more focused on the bigger picture, namely what you and your staff have to do to raise the profile of the program? I don't even think about that. We've got such a big hill to climb. We've got seven and a half healthy players, we've just got to go game-by-game and practice to practice. We've just got to put our values in and get guys to understand what they need to do to get better every day. We're feeling pretty full of ourselves right now. Wait until some of these guys see this film. When the UNC job came open in the past, did you ever get any serious consideration for that job? Well, the first time it came open [in 1997], I was having training camp with Philly. Coach [Smith] orchestrated that Bill [Guthridge] had to take the job and left him with a great team. I was with Scott Williams. I was hoping he [Coach Smith] wasn't ill but he explained to me why that was the greatest choice. The second time it came open [in 2000], he [Smith] called me and said he was going to recommend Roy [Williams] because Roy had been in college 20 years but if he didn't get it, he wanted me to have it. A lot of things went down. I don't think I was [then AD Dick] Baddour's guy so I was crushed. Coach [Smith] said 'I'll get you the job' and I said 'It's OK, Coach. The AD doesn't want me.' Then, the next time it came open, Roy was saying he wasn't going to leave and he decided to leave. So naturally, I love that school. I love Coach Smith and I love Coach McGuire and I want to be part of it. But they made a great choice [in hiring Roy Williams in 2003]. Kansas hit a home run [by hiring Bill Self after Williams left] so everything worked out great. Can you discuss the biggest lessons you took from playing for both Frank McGuire and Coach Dean Smith? We don't have enough time for that. They're two of the greatest coaches of all time. It's about playing the right way and respecting your teammates and respecting the game, building a family. Everything that I know, that I've been taught, so much of it stems from them and I'll never change. I'm just hopeful that I can carry on and give the message that I was taught but there's not a thing I don't do every day that they haven't been a part of.
When Kansas played UNC in the 2008 Final Four in San Antonio – and again last year in the Elite Eight – you appeared to be rooting for the Jayhawks rather than the Tar Heels… UCLA was there [in '08]. I coached there. I was close to [their coach] Ben Howland. Memphis was there—John Calipari is like my son. KU was there—Bill Self's family, he coached with me. And Roy [Williams] and I have been family forever. Roy just gave me the seats. Last year, I left when Kansas played Kentucky [in the championship game]. I didn't see the final game. They were my guys. That year, I just happened to stay there. People were saying in Kansas City I was cheering everybody but I was with Kansas for a month. I just happened to be sitting in their stands. All I know is when [any of those schools] go to the Final Four or they're in the Sweet Sixteen or Final Eight, everybody wins. How many coaches have an involvement like I do? That was one of the greatest things to ever happen in my life. |


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Bill Belichick, Tom Coughlin and the Bill Parcells coaching tree from Super Bowl XXV |
01.26.12 at 12:30 pm ET |
FOXBORO — As he does often when asked to reflect on his days with the Giants, Bill Belichick reminded everyone that a lot can change in 21 years in the NFL.
"That was a different time, the game was different then what it is now," Belichick said Thursday.
But the men from the staff of Bill Parcells on the Super Bowl XXV champion Giants continue to make their mark in the league and once again that will be on full display on football's biggest stage.
The defensive coordinator, of course, was Belichick. He has since won three Super Bowl titles as head coach of the Patriots, winning five AFC championships in the process. Tom Coughlin was wide receivers coach on that team before leaving immediately after Scott Norwood's kick sailed wide right to take the reigns of the Boston College football program.
Coughlin turned BC into a perennial bowl-caliber team while producing NFL-ready talent, a trait that continues today. Coughlin moved on to take the Jaguars to a pair of AFC championships before taking on the Giants head job, replacing Jim Fassel after the 2004 season.
"That staff worked pretty well together," Belichick said. "My relationship with Tom in those those years with me coaching the secondary and him coaching the receivers, we really worked together. We helped each other out."
In all there were four assistants on that Giants staff under Parcells that would become an NFL head coach. In addition to Belichick and Coughlin, there was defensive line coach Romeo Crennel and linebackers coach Al Groh. Giants offensive coordinator Ron Erhardt was the head coach of the Patriots from late 1979 through 1981.
"Being able to have that give and take with conversations like, 'Tom this is a tough pattern, or we're really having tough time defending this route. Or we can tell your corner is lined up like this it's going to be zone. We can tell when he jams, it can be tough on a route.'"
What was interesting Thursday was how appreciative Belichick sounded of Coughlin for speaking up and how grateful Belichick was to Parcells for creating an environment that fostered that kind of communication among coaches.
"That reinforces some things. On your side of the ball you think you're coaching the best you can, and that's what you're doing. But when the guy working against you is telling you that this is really hard or that this is harder than that is. Then it gives you another perspective from an offensive standpoint and not just a defensive perspective.
"There was a lot of that. It wasn't just about what you were doing. It was a team effort. It was a special team, not just with the coaches but with the players. "
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Willie Nelson isn't the only regular at Charley's, a diner cum saloon with breakfast options such as whole-wheat pancakes paired with coconut syrup, locally grown coffee—and beer (808/579-9453, charleysmaui.com, pancakes $6.25). Locals flock to Jacques North Shore for sushi, like the Hawaiian roll, with tuna, avocado, cucumber, and macadamia nuts (808/579-8844, $10).
Cheap and cheerful Flatbread (808/579-8989, flatbreadcompany.com) is where to be for pau hana, a.k.a. happy hour, while Mama's Fish House has Maui's best mai tai (808/579-8488, mamasfishhouse.com, $16).
Argentine designer Tamara Catz sells chic, laid-back resort wear in her self-named shop (808/579-9184, tamaracatz.com). Lilikoi Beauty carries Hawaii-made skin care products like the Ola Hawaiian Coconut Bath Soak, which comes in a real coconut (808/579-6055, lilikoibeauty.com, $29).
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The next president and chief executive has been selected for Compass Corporation for Recovery Services.
Robert Stokes, most recently vice president and chief operating officer of Coleman Professional Services health and rehabilitation organization in northeast Ohio, was selected to take the helm. He replaces Bill Sanford, who stepped down earlier this year after 10 years leading the organization.
Compass provides inpatient and outpatient services for alcohol and drug addiction treatment.
Mr. Stokes has more than 25 years of experience in health care and behavioral health services fields, including hospital management positions at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron and Marymount Hospital near Cleveland.


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Ahora estoy, entre luces hermosas
mas cuando estaba sola, sé que Dios me cuidó.
(Now I am among the beautiful lights,
but when I was alone,
it was God who took care of me.)
—from "Mariposa de Barrio"
Sunday, January 26, 1997
The night began at El Farallon, a popular nightclub in Lynwood, California. El Farallon was where you went to hang out with your friends and get lost in the music, forgetting everything else for just a few hours. It was where I met Juan López, my second husband, after locking eyes with him across the dance floor. Most important, it was where many regional Mexican singers launched their careers. And it was where I decided to shoot my first music video, for my song "La Chacalosa" (The Jackal Woman).
My father had done business with the owner of El Farallon, Emilio Franco. Franco said we could shoot the video before the doors opened at 9:00 p.m. At the time, my dad, known to many as Don Pedro Rivera, was one of the biggest producers of regional Mexican music. He had always been my biggest supporter, especially in those early days when I was struggling to break out. He had plans to buy commercial airtime for this video to promote "La Chacalosa."
I wasn't making much money with my music. It was difficult to get my songs on the radio because I refused to fit into the mold of the typical Latina singer. I should have been younger, thinner, softer, quieter, dumber. In the Latino community, female singers were supposed to be beautiful and superskinny, and their music was supposed to be silly. Latina singers were meant to be looked at and not really heard. But I wasn't eye candy. I was considered overweight. I was considered not to have vocal talent. And I was singing strong, ballsy corridos (folk tales, often involving drug dealers). I probably intimidated the men. No other women were singing corridos. It was like a woman rapping. Women weren't thought to be tough enough, or real enough, to be singing about the gritty world of drug dealers. The people in the industry tried to make me change. If you want to make it in this genre, they said, you have to do this or that. A lot of women had to do sexual favors to get played on the radio. Fuck that. I wouldn't do it. I wanted to make it based on my talent or not at all.
At the time we shot the video for "La Chacalosa," I was working as a Realtor to support my three children and myself. Music was secondary. Juan López, the man I later married, was serving a seven-month prison sentence after being charged with smuggling immigrants. He was set to be released in three weeks. Because I didn't want to be alone, my sister, Rosie, and her friend Gladyz came with me when I would go out at night for a music gig. On this night they sat in the nearly empty club watching me do several takes of the song. I thought we would be done by nine, but by the time we finished taping at around nine thirty, a few customers had started to trickle into the bar area. Before we left I went to the ladies' room. As I exited the restroom, a man grabbed my right arm to make sure he had my attention. "Aren't you El Cinco's lady?" he said. El Cinco (The Five) was Juan López's nickname. I distinctly remember looking into this man's green eyes as he tugged roughly at my arm. He was making me upset and he knew it. "Leave me the fuck alone," I told him as I broke away, wondering how he knew Juan and why he cared if I was Juan's lady.
I picked up my things and walked out of the club with Rosie and Gladyz. I was in a bit of a rush because they were both still in high school, and this was a school night. I wanted to get them home as quickly as possible so we wouldn't get in trouble and they would be allowed to hang out with me whenever they wanted. I was never one to have many friends, especially since Juan scared many of them away with his temper and his rude behavior. Now that he was incarcerated, I was a loner. Hanging out with the girls was fun and helped keep me busy until his release.
First I dropped Gladyz off at her house on Walnut Avenue in North Long Beach, then I dropped Rosie off at our parents' house on Ellis Street, just a few blocks away. It was only 10:30, so we were in the clear. Once I made sure Rosie was in the house, I turned up the music and began the drive back home. I was living in beautiful, gangsteriffic Compton. Being a Realtor, I had bought a house there as an investment and decided to live in it for a while. It wasn't the best neighborhood, but I was happy to have a place to call my own. I couldn't wait to get to my bed that night. I was singing along to my all-time favorite CD, 15 Éxitos, by Marisela, as I drove down the 91 freeway west.
As I exited right onto Central Avenue, I noticed the car behind me flashing its high beams. It got closer and closer as I slowed down to see if I knew who it was. I didn't recognize the small white sports car and I couldn't see who was driving. The driver flashed his high beams again. What the fuck? Was I driving too slow? Did I forget to turn on my signal? Suddenly, the car sped up alongside my green Ford Explorer, purposely trying to sideswipe me. That's when I realized not just one but three men were in the car, and I started to get scared. I sped up, hoping that they were just messing around with me. They weren't. They would drive behind me, then speed up and try to run me off the road and into the parked cars on Central Avenue. "Shit. What the hell am I going to do?" I said to myself.
I was approaching my house on Keene Avenue and didn't want these men to know where I lived. I was living alone with my three young children. Our house had been broken into just two months earlier, and everything had been stolen. That's how the neighbors had found out that my husband was locked up and wasn't there to protect us. All of this was running through my mind as I kept driving around the block, hoping these guys would magically disappear. My whole body was shaking. Finally, I stopped close to my house, though not in front of it. "Maybe they'll just leave," I kept saying to myself. How foolish.
Their car stopped behind me and I could see that the men were ready to step out. I didn't know what to do, and fear took over. I decided that I would make a run for it. I would run as fast as I could, the way my brothers had taught me to when we played baseball as kids.
I opened my car door and started sprinting in my high heels, screaming at the top of my lungs. I did not look back. I could hear the sound of their boots running after me. I ran, I screamed louder. I cried. I prayed that someone would hear me. If they did, nobody came to my rescue. The boot steps were gaining on me. My high heels were slowing me down. Suddenly I felt two pairs of strong arms grab me. I had been caught. I tried to fight back. I kicked and screamed. I wasn't going out easy. I was the gangsta bitch from Long Beach. The Rivera rebel who never lost a fight.
But I was outnumbered. One man had stayed in the car. One covered my mouth with his huge hand. One dragged me by the hair and pulled at my arms until I was thrown in the backseat of the car. That's when I saw those green eyes again. The prominent chin. The man from the club.
He raped me in the backseat of the vehicle. Over and over he repeated the words I had said to him at the club: "Leave me the fuck alone. Leave me the fuck alone." He mocked me as he raped me. As the tears streamed down my face, I decided not to fight back anymore. All I could think about was my kids. I was so afraid that I was going to be killed and they would be left without a mother. Maybe the men would let me live if I "behaved." I felt that I was losing myself. I could feel the strength seeping out of my body and mind. I was afraid that they were going to take turns on me, but when the man was finished, he told his friend, "Throw this bitch out my car." I silently thanked God as I was slammed onto the sidewalk, realizing that it was finally over. But the damage was done.
I sat on the curb, numb. I couldn't cry. I was just relieved to be alive.
I vowed that I would never tell anyone of my shame. They say that when you keep a secret, it eats you up inside, but I felt that it was better that way. I wanted to appear strong in front of my children and my family. I didn't want anybody to know. And I wanted to maintain my persona as Jenni, the Rivera rebel who had never lost a fight. But deep down inside I knew I had lost a piece of myself that I would never recover. My soul had been shattered, but to the outside world I did just as I had been taught since I was a little girl: I kept my head up and continued forward. It is, after all, the Rivera way.


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Oh hey, remember how Heather Graham was in "The Hangover"? Well, to ensure continuity is kept intact for the entire trilogy, she will be returning in "The Hangover Part III."
In what is becoming a "Machete Kills"-style actor parade, Todd Phillips continues to stack up the cast for a grand finale to the franchise with Variety reporting that he's "expected to add several well-known actors in cameo roles." What the film won't be, hopefully, is a half-baked rehash of the first two, though if early plot rumors about The Wolf Pack breaking Alan (Zach Galifianakis) out of a mental hospital are true, then perhaps this will be worth the follow-up. As you'll recall, Graham played Jade, a stripper who married Stu (Ed Helms) in the first film but didn't make the trip to Thailand in 'Part II.' How she factors into the story here remains under lock and key, but with shooting set for Los Angeles and Las Vegas, it may be that Jade hasn't exactly moved on up since we last saw her.
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Blue lagoon is cocktail that is famous to get the ladies just in the right mood for a proposal. As today is proposal day and V Day is just round the corner, you can definitely try to master this cocktail recipe for a goof haul. As this vodka cocktail is famous with the ladies, it the guys who should use this as a Valentines recipe to try before they pop the question. The taste is fruity at best and with a sharp tinge of alcohol. The smell is like smelling a tropical beach on a sunny day. The colour, a transparent deep blue is the most attractive feature of this cocktail.
Blue lagoon cocktails are readily available in all pubs and restaurants serving liqueur; in fact you can actually get virgin versions of this cocktail recipe too. But as it V day and alcohol has it stipulated role to play we will stick to the original cocktail recipe with vodka as the base drink. The way you toss it up makes all the difference to this Valentines recipe.
Ingredients For Blue Lagoon Cocktail:
1. Vodka shot glass 1
2. Blue Curacoa shot glass 1
3. Lemonade ' normal glass (four times shot glass volume)
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5. Ice 4-6 cubes
6. Slice Of Lime 1
7. Cherries 2
Procedure For Making Blue Lagoon:
- Fill a high ball glass (special variety of cocktail glass shown in the picture) to the half way mark with ice.
- Pour the vodka and blue curacoa shots into it at once and shake in a circular motion to mix it up. Do not use a stirrer to stir the drink because it will take the texture of it's taste away.
- Pour the lemonade over the ice and alcohol mix. Again shake in a circular motion to mix it up.
- If you want your drink to be stiff then use 3 parts of lemonade instead of 4. If you use two then it will become too stiff to be a proper cocktail.
- You can garnish this drink with a variety of things. For a sweet under taste float some cherries in the drink. For a citrus touch you can put a slice of lime.
Serve your blue lagoon cocktail chilled in a beautiful high ball glass as your V Day special drink.


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Splendors and Glooms (Hardcover)
July 2012 Indie Next List
"If Dickens had incorporated magic and witchcraft into Oliver Twist, he could hardly have concocted a darker tale of childhood in the 19th century. Like a Dickens tale, Splendors and Glooms is riddled with details that transport the reader into the plot. It's not a comfortable place to be: hard and dirty and scary and uncertain. But there is also loyalty and innocence and love, proving once again that seemingly frail ideals are stronger than steel and dark curses. Schlitz masterfully serves up a rich history lesson wrapped in an adventure that is impossible to put down until the witch is buried. And even then you feel that the adventure is just starting!"
— Elizabeth Anker, Alamosa Books, Albuquerque, NM
Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her sorcery to a Victorian gothic thriller -- an enthralling, darkly comic tale that would do Dickens proud.
The master puppeteer, Gaspare Grisini, is so expert at manipulating his stringed puppets that they appear alive. Clara Wintermute, the only child of a wealthy doctor, is spellbound by Grisini's act and invites him to entertain at her birthday party. Seeing his chance to make a fortune, Grisini accepts and makes a splendidly gaudy entrance with caravan, puppets, and his two orphaned assistants.
Lizzie Rose and Parsefall are dazzled by the Wintermute home. Clara seems to have everything they lack -- adoring parents, warmth, and plenty to eat. In fact, Clara's life is shadowed by grief, guilt, and secrets. When Clara vanishes that night, suspicion of kidnapping falls upon the puppeteer and, by association, Lizzie Rose and Parsefall.
As they seek to puzzle out Clara's whereabouts, Lizzie and Parse uncover Grisini's criminal past and wake up to his evil intentions. Fleeing London, they find themselves caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it's too late.
Newbery Medal winner Laura Amy Schlitz's Victorian gothic is a rich banquet of dark comedy, scorching magic, and the brilliant and bewitching storytelling that is her trademark.
About the Author
Laura Amy Schlitz is the author of the Newbery Medal-winning Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village, illustrated by Robert Byrd; A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama; The Night Fairy, illustrated by Angela Barrett; and other books for children. She lives in Maryland.
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Newbery Medalist Schlitz delivers many pleasures—fully dimensional children, period details so ripe one can nearly smell them, and droll humor that leavens a few scenes of true horror. A highly original tale about children caught in a harrowing world of magic and misdeeds.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A brooding Dickensian novel with a touch of fantasy and a glimmer of hope. . . Vividly portrayed and complex, the characters are well defined individuals whose separate strands of story are colorful and compelling. Schlitz weaves them into an intricate tapestry that is as mysterious and timeless as a fairy tale.
—Booklist (starred review)
Two orphans, a witch and a girl who laughs at death: Each shares the lens of protagonist in Newbery-winner Schlitz's fully satisfying gothic novel...Schlitz's prose is perfect in every stitch, and readers will savor each word.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Victorian London could be a magical place: horse-drawn carriages, puppet shows, elaborate upper-class houses. Of course it could also be miserable: fog, filthy streets, shabby hovels where too many people live in too few rooms. Schlitz conjures both the magic and the mundane here. . . .Schlitz uses such evocative language that readers will practically smell dirty London and then be relieved by the crisp, cold air in the countryside around the witch's crumbling mansion. The characters are recognizable tropes: the witch is rotting from the inside out; the orphans may be dirty and ill-bred, but they have spirit and pluck; the little rich girl is actually sad and lonely; the skinny puppeteer and the overly dramatic landlady are recognizably Dickensian. Yet, they are so well drawn that they are never caricatures, but people whom readers will cheer for, be terrified of, or grow to like. The plot is rich with supernatural and incredibly suspenseful elements. Fans of mystery, magic, and historical fiction will all relish this novel.
—School Library Journal (starred review)
Few books can be called both delightful and eerie - this novel is one. Utterly transporting.
—Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal Winner
Settle down; prepare for mesmerism: Laura Amy Schlitz is behind the curtain, ready to show us a story that has real magic lacing through it.
—Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and What the Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy
Thrilling and masterful. The characters are real humans, trapped upon the page as if by magic. The plotting is relentless . . . and then resolves into a perfect crystal. The book is beautiful. You will bark with laughter and you will cry. I did.
—Adam Gidwitz, author of A Tale Dark and Grimm
A wonderfully twisty, creepy melodrama with three heroes to love, two villains to hate, and then at the end — but I won't tell, except to say it's totally satisfying.
—Nancy Werlin, National Book Award finalist and Edgar Award winner
The book builds slowly and ends stunningly.
—Chicago Tribune
[A] superb gothic novel…Vivid and strange, this latest work by Ms. Schlitz—a Newbery Medal-winner—is, like a marionette show that the orphans see one night, a spectacle "sharp-edged, exquisite, and eerily alive."
—Wall Street Journal
This thrilling Dickensian novel weaves a tale of sorcery and magic that will mesmerize with its intricate plot and wicked but endearing characters.
As the author unravels the mystery, she explores the many levels on which the characters themselves serve as puppets. Schlitz proves herself a master storyteller as she skillfully maneuvers the strings of this gothic tale right up to the astonishing climax.
—Shelf Awareness for Readers
Middle-schoolers not quite ready for Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus can revel in this lusciously atmospheric title of rival magicians and the children caught in their crossfire.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
Besides the rich language, setting and plot, SPLENDORS AND GLOOMS features an utterly delicious story that weaves its spell through the fortunes of innocent and not-so-innocent children, the cadaverous puppet master, a dying witch eager for revenge and dramatic action in a castle tower that will have readers as entranced as Grisini's audiences.
t is exceedingly rare to find an author who hits it out of the park, so to speak, every single time she writes. Ms. Schlitz has written six published works for children and not one has been anything but remarkable. As adept at fairy stories as fairytales, at straight biographies or melodramatic ghost stories, at long last we see what she can do with a Dickensian setting. Result: She does wonders. Wonders and splendors with just a hint of gloom. The sole downside is sitting and waiting for her next book. If it's half as good as this one, it'll be worth the wait.
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