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The Characters:
Frank N Furter - Tim Curry! Your average mad scientist, transvestite, alien. Say's hello to oblivion via antimatter lasergun.
Riff Raff - Morose butler, he eventually tires of his master's abuse. After zapping Frankie we can be assured he returned to the planet Transsexual and continued doing his sister.
Magenta - Riff's sister; she enjoys banisters, sleeping with her brother, and dancing.
Brad Majors - Idiot, there's little wonder we spend half the movie yelling "ASSHOLE" at him.
Janet Weiss - Susan Sarandon! For some reason this girl sleeps with everyone except her fiancee'.
Columbia - Freak groupie, she has a voice that can reach well into the "really annoying" range. Zapped by Riff Raff.
Rocky Horror - Blonde, muscled, moron created by Frankie to satisfy his sexual urges - he needed to make about a dozen more it seems. Zapped by Riff Raff.
Dr. Scott - Wheelchair bound friend and mentor to Brad and Janet.
Criminologist - Our narrator. You will notice the distinct lack of tissue connecting his head and torso.
Eddie - Meatloaf! Previously one of Frankie's lovers; upon making a reappearance he is greeted with a pickax.
The Plot:
Let us get this right from the start, here is probably the best known cult movie of all time. For almost twenty-five years people have been enjoying the debauchery and it is not going to stop anytime soon.
Everything starts innocently enough. Brad proposes to Janet after they attend the wedding of two friends. It is only when they begin driving through a storm to visit Dr. Scott that things take a darker turn. Forced to seek shelter in a castle after their car blows a tire, the two are caught up in a carnival of carnal knowledge.
Incestuous domestics Riff Raff and Magenta tend house for the transsexual deviant mad scientist Frank N Furter. If Frank is not singing about something, he is having sex with someone - gender is no problem. (If this movie or its audience participation calls do not offend your sensibilities at some point, you are probably from California or New York City.)
Dr. Furter creates a man, er playtoy, and is busy admiring his future bedmate when who comes crashing out of the freezer? Meatloaf! Lucky for us rock fans a pick-wielding transvestite did not do him in. Even if it took twenty years for another album. (A sad correlation between the decline of rock n roll and chicks with, ahm, appendages?) Needless to say it is a short time before Frank has explored Rocky, Janet, and Brad.
Since Janet is wide awake after having sex with Frank, she goes tromping around the castle and notices her fiancee' relaxing after his encounter with their host. (Ugh, ugh.) What does she do? Oh, has sex with Rocky of course. Needless to say Frank is pissed, the arrival of Dr. Scott does not help matters. He is there to find Eddie, who was his nephew. (Small world huh?) All hands sit down to a nice, early morning dinner just before chaos breaks loose. Mainly on account that dinner is Eddie.
After turning his guests into stone (And apparently scrambling their brains.) Frank has just enough time to start the floor show, which involves everybody, and I mean everybody, wearing fishnets and dancing, before Riff finally loses it.
What seems like it would be a moderately amusing piece of bad cinema takes on a life of its own at midnight, in movie theaters across the country. Watching the movie in your home is okay, but seeing it in a dark theater full of hyper and sometimes inebriated fans gives one a whole new understanding. Ninety odd minutes of yelling the audience calls from, "Say hello Riff!" to "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Why the f**k does he have seven forks?" always left me sad to see the ending credits. The moral of this story? If you have not seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at midnight, in a theater full of freaks, you are missing out.
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Things I Learned From This Movie:
Billboards do not belong in cemeteries.
Sluts cannot read.
Transvestites are easily mistaken for vampires.
The secret to life is sno-cone flavoring.
It is difficult to tell the difference between your lithe girlfriend and a hairy transvestite.
Never piss off the guy holding an electric knife.
Do not piss off the same guy if he is indiscriminately turning people into stone.
Fishnet stockings cure paralysis.
Rainbows are caused by antigravity drives.
Stuff To Watch For:
1 min - LET THERE BE LIPS!
14 mins - LOOK OUT FOR THE SLUT EATING TREE!
17 mins - WHY DOES JANET HAVE A CONDOM IN HER HAIR?
23 mins - That is one big girl. Is that my sister? (I have a fat sister.)
35 mins - HE'S WORKING SO HARD STEAM IS COMING OUT OF HIS ASS!
42 mins - Frozen Meatloaf, ugh.
52 mins - What is Rocky looking for?
55 mins - Why did that shut off anyway?
80 mins - You know, by this point I have seen enough men in garters and lingerie to last me a very long time...
91 mins - Why is Rocky climbing the tower now? What is this guy, some sort of human lemming?
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Starving actors speak out
Criminologist: "I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey."
Janet: "Oh! What have you done with Brad?"
Frank N Furter: "Oh well, nothing. Why? Do you think I should?"
Brad: "It's you're fault, you're to blame! I thought it was the real thing!"
Frank N Furter: "Oh come on Brad, admit it. You liked it, didn't you? There's no crime in giving yourself over to pleasure."
Riff Raff: "Say good-bye to all of this...and hello to oblivion."
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Reply #9.
Posted on July 19, 2000, 01:29:18 PM by Michael
Do you have any idea how many times I've scored with girls I met at RHPS? The movie should be canonized just for helping the sex lifes of hundreds of people across the country
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Reply #10.
Posted on August 25, 2000, 05:11:40 PM by Stupid Jacob
I love this movie! Great songs. I love "Science Fiction/Double Feature"
Althought, I didn't have to see Tim Curry in drag. Eeeewww.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Reply #11.
Posted on October 25, 2000, 07:48:27 PM by Tracey
I am do the song TIME WARP for our lip sync in our festivel and i really wanting to see this movie! im 13 and i wanted to know what its rated and if its a Bad movie! like is there any killing in it or anything just wanting to know even thought im going to get it anywasy!!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Reply #12.
Posted on October 09, 2001, 05:47:17 PM by Anonymous
I wanna say that the R.H.P.S show is buzzin it certainly floats my boat! n any1 who disses it needs their heads testin! n hey Shirley i think Frank is soooooooooooooo sexy 2! ROCKY RULES!!! (K)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Reply #13.
Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM by Aimee
Sad as it may seem, this movie has become an essence of my life! I rented it on a whim (I love musicals) and fell head-over-heels in love with it.
As a virgin still waiting to see it live, I can't get enough of RHPS! I am even a member of the RHPS Official Fan Club, and it is the proudest card in my wallet (I used it for ID once). Love and treasure this movie forever... I know I will!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Reply #14.
Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM by Licia, a freak
Wow. This is the strangest movie I have ever seen....I LOVE IT! Even if I'm twelve, I have seen this about 20 times and every time I watch it I find something new. The songs are ingenius, the cast is amazing, and the storyline is bizarre. Not that he'd ever read this, but just in case: Richard O'Brien, you are my hero. Lol. Thanks so much for making the freakiest movie in the world a masterpiece. Columbia rocks!!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Reply #15.
Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:10:12 PM by Jenni
I got this video for my christmas and soon bought the soundtrack because this production is amazing and should have its own "honoury day!"
I hope this never dies!
Here's to another 25 years of horror!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Reply #16.
Posted on February 04, 2001, 03:22:34 PM by Kevin p. Schulte
Best Musical in all of history. Fandemonium i say! I see it every chance i can in theatres and ATLEAST ONCE WEEKLY. Total count 167 and still viewing, the music is ALL good and with all the rice throwing etc in the audience it never gets boring. VIVA RHPS!
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Literally, all I see on this site now is just ad spamming. It'd be really sad if this community died. If anyone else is still here, please respond.
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I think so, all the posts are now published on fb group.
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I do not think that the forum is dead! New posts appear regulary, of course maybe not so often anymore but still.
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What's with adults watching kid's shows?
Okay, not insulting any adults who actually saw those shows but I just want to make a simple retro-perspective of this issue. Roughly 10 years ago it was cool to hate a kid's show such as Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh for examples. In fact most anime forums back then are constantly filled with hatred to those shows, much like what most "kids" today did to Naruto, Bleach, random ecchi and moe shows.
Today things had changed. The kids who once hate those shows are now grown into adults and some of them are collecting cards, a hobby which they once hated. I can't say much about how it changed but I think introductions of Yu-Gi-Oh and Vanguard cards and exhibition duels in most anime-related convection may help to change their mentality towards those shows.
If Cardfight Vanguard was shown in 1999 instead of 2009 and I don't think it is cool as it is today. Just wondering.
|2013-01-10, 20:08
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Actually, I think it's mainly because a lot of kids a decade or more ago did like shows like Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh.
Then those kids grew up, but many simply continued on with their fandom into adulthood, because the show is continuing on and/or getting sequels/spin-offs. At least in Pokemon's case, I'm sure that the video games helped.
The producers of these shows noticed this, and so they tried to make the show more appealing to adult anime fans in general, while still making it accessible to the kids of today. This is to ensure that these now adult Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh fans continue to stay around.
This picture nicely sums up one way this is accomplished.
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In my country, 20-something men are playing Yu-Gi-Oh and Vanguard in the public. Something you're not going to see in past 5 years.
I think the reason why some of the "kid's" shows are quite popular among adults, at least in my theory, because of the clever marketing campaigns for the card games rather than the shows themselves. How you mentioned anime conventions already gave the clue.
|2013-01-10, 20:28
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I see two major reasons for this:
The first thing is that society is overbearing and critical of children and their hobbies, and liking things like Pokemon cards and other such "nerdy" devices is and was considered to be "nerdy" and caused you to be a social outcast. In order for something to be socially acceptable, people have to outwardly enjoy them. When you're a kid, you feel like you shouldn't do these things because they're frowned upon. When you grow up, you stop caring about what society thinks about what you do with your own money and in your own home. When you get older and you become a well-defined individual you no longer have to hold yourself to the standards of others to the extremes that children often do to fit in.
The second thing is social media and the internet. Everything has scaled up. There are more conventions, more tournaments, and more everything for things that were once considered to be nerdy. People have the ability to go on forums, and talk on Facebook, and interact with each other in their hobbies over the internet. When there are millions of other people who enjoy the same things that you enjoy, it stops being an issue that some people think badly about your hobbies.
As far as myself, I can be pretty critical when I really want to be. A lot of cartoons (especially those made by Tartakovsky and Faust, for specific examples) are actually very well made. They have all of the elements you expect in a Hollywood movie but sometimes do a better job of portraying them. Heck, Kids Next Door actually had a romance aspect to it that was pretty nicely done considering its medium and audience. I suspect a little bit of this enjoyment also comes from the fact that a lot of adults watched cartoons as a children, and society really doesn't provide us with any reason why we can't enjoy them as adults. Especially as long as animated movies from studios like Pixar are going to come out and be held to the same standards as every other kind of movie.
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I admit that I have been an avid watcher of Courage the Cowardly Dog on Cartoon Network.
But heck, that show isn't made for kids!
I don't think adults watching kid's shows is a problem. The problem begins when they begin a makeshift cult and type mysterious runes using their keyboards to look for fellow advocates.
|2013-01-10, 21:33
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I'm not sure what's hard to get about this. Kids' shows that are well made have entertainment value regardless of your age. This has always been true, and nothing's really changed. Sailor Moon was worth watching as an adult 20 years ago, and Precure is worth watching today.
The main difference is that teenagers are young enough that they don't want to be associated with kids' stuff, while adults don't have to care about that kind of thing.
|2013-01-10, 21:51
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Location: Idaho
Age: 26
Some real hardcore stuff. I having nothing but respect for a bold move like that.
|2013-01-10, 21:59
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A person's teenage years are the years when they most want to prove that they're "adult". This is because it tends to earn them greater respect and trust from adults (which translates into more leeway on curfew, getting to drive the car, etc...), and greater admiration from their peers. Appearing "kiddish" will get you the opposite - Lack of respect and concern from adults, and teasing from your peers.
This makes sense, as a person's teenage years are about gradually transitioning into adulthood. Just about every culture in the world puts a certain emphasis on that "rite of passage". High school graduation ceremonies often aren't just about finishing high school, but also about (hopefully) completing that transition into being an adult.
Once you're an actual adult, people will treat you like one as long as you appear reasonably professional at work and basically are self-sufficient. You're also not monitored the same way, generally speaking. People don't care as much about your entertainment interests unless you give them a reason to care (talk about it a lot at work, say).
So a person's teenage years are actually the hardest years to be an "open" fan of certain things. Like cartoons aimed primarily at kids, and "children's card games", and collecting figurines. Being an adult can actually make being an "open" fan of this easier.
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We're adults. We do whatever the fuck we want with our free time, and if we want to watch shows aimed at kids, we will.
It's not like shows automagically reduce in enjoyability as we age. Also, specific to anime:
-Most anime aimed at kids realize they have big and growing (considering birthrate and population of Japan) periphery demographic of adults.
-Some anime is explicitly aimed at two demographics. e.g. "shoujo" stuff that is girls 5-12, males 18+.
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Computer nerds, comic book nerds, fantasy nerds, sci-fi nerds, gamers.
Anime nerds? We are cut from the same cloth.
What movies got the most hype for 2012?
The Avengers and The Hobbit.
What TV show has one of the most highest ratings on a regular network?
The Big Bang Theory.
And what brand-new show is starting this month on TBS?
King of the Nerds.
Freaking Wal-Mart has Sailormoon and Naruto among their book section, and several mainstream anime series in their DVD selection as well.
We nerds are no longer shunned or ignored.....at least "we who live in the USA".
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I did grow out of Pokemon though but I'd watch it if it was on and just stumbled upon it while flipping channels. I still play and collect the games though.
Other than that, I still watch cartoons. And like Random32 said, I'll watch whatever the hell I want. Lol
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Now this was the era of the VHS recorder, and so my brother & I were taping shows whilst we were at school. He convinced me to start recording/watching Babylon 5 instead (on a different TV channel), and I pretty quickly picked up that a show/book/comic/whatever with a pre-scripted ending was going to provide a superior experience to any endless show jammed with repetitions and filler .
So, to this day I have an aversion to any anime which looks like it doesn't have an ending; Hayate I think is the only exception to that, but then I only watched it for the comedy, not the story.
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Phones help stop violence — Page 2 | Former Comet now Iowa coach — Page 6 " *-* O O » Amherst News-Timel < o^ W I DM SDAV. Jiitu- 1<k 2002 Man shocked, Merchants help Business owners from downtown Amherst have come together to create a benevolent fund for the worker who was shocked when he came in contact with overhead wires carrying 7,200 volts of electricity. Twenty-year-old Derek Carter was cutting mortar between bricks on a building on the corner of Park and Cleveland Avenues last Monday, when he apparently leaned back and touched his head against the electrical wires. Carter was in a hydraulic lift, sometimes called a "cherry picker" and holding a tool when the accident happened. A downtown businessman who asked not be named said his wife works across from where the Carter had been working and they both felt that something had to be done. They decided lo get together with other business people to raise funds lo help with Carter's care, which will likely last years due to his injuries. "The kid's just getting started in life," he said. He said he and his wife thought Carter was a nice young man and they noticed how hard he was working for his employer, CAR Masonry. The businessman said Carter was very proud of his job. He said he thinks this is something all the Amherst businesses will get involved with. "Somebody's in need," he said. Wingard Racing, a new business on Park Avenue specializing in muscle car accessories, is also collecting money for Carter. Michelle Wingard, who owns the business with her husband, said the company is offering a discount to customers who contribute at least five dollars to the fund to help defray the costs the family faces because of Carter's accident According to reports. Carter, a drummer in the praise band at House of Praise church in Lorain, had to have his left hand amputated because of damage that occurred when he electricity exited his body. He graduated in 1999 from Southview High School in Lorain. Carter is still in critical condition at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is still investigating the accident Contributions to the Derek Carter Benevolent Fund car. be mailed to FirstMerit Bank 160 Cleveland Ave. Amherst, 44001 or dropped off at any FirstMerit Bank location. Police seek fifth break-in suspect At the Lorain County Sheriffs Department issues a warrant for the arrest of a fifth suspect in a string of daylight robberies, it seems the man they worked so hard to nab last month was just the tip of the iceburg. The men are suspected in at least nine, bold daylight robberies around Lorain County, including several in Amherst Sheriffs deputies arrested the first suspect Jose Ortiz, 18, after a five-hour chase. Ortiz led police from five departments on a foot chase through residential neighborhoods, the Golden Acres nursing home and the woods before he was nabbed by the deputies and an Amherst Township resident Antonio Tannon, 33, who goes by several other names including Antonio Colon, was arrested in southern Michigan while driving a Lincoln stolen from Amherst Tannon, who is from Chicago, had a suitcase full of clothes from a South Broadway burglary in the trunk. He was also seen driving the Ford Contour that Hector Rivera, the third suspect, was suspected of driving the day of the manhunt the day the car was stolen in May. Rivera, 21, was arrested in Cleve land June 13. Deputies said that Rivera has been mostly cooperative. Omar Guticrrez,19, was arrested the following day. Deputies had a nickname lo work with, and heard he was coming into town, so they staked out the house he would be visiting. Ortiz had only known Rivera briefly before the burglaries, and Gutierrez had known him about a month. Rivera and Tannon have known each other for years, according to Lopez, and refer to each other as brothers. The fifth suspect is a relative of Rivera's. The sheriffs department issued an arrest for the unnamed suspect Monday afternoon. Rivera is suspected in a burglary that took place after the arrest of Ortiz, as well as the original nine. His cell phone was found below a window outside the home. He claimed he loaned it to Gutierrez. Lopez said most of the victims were older. One of the victims, a 92-year-old woman, had to be hospitalized after the burglary. She is now home, staying with family. Some of the jewelry allegedly stolen from the burglaries was traded for drugs, but much of the other property has been retrieved. Driver sentencing stalled for testing Five years and three psychiatric evaluations after sexually abusing junior high school girls, former Amherst bus driver Andrew J. Bishop still has yet to be sentenced. Lorain County Common Pleas Court Judge Mark A. Betkski ordered the man convicted of 19 counts of rape and four counts of extortion to be evaluated again. Two out of the three mental health experts that evaluated Bishop thus Car have said that he shows signs of malingering. They said that Bishop was intentionally falsifying or exaggerating symptoms to appear mentally ill. Bjshop could be sentenced lo life in prison for blackmailing the young guis into having sex with him. He claimed to have pictures of them lifting their tops at a football game and threatened to make them public if they did not have sex with him. Bishop pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity initially. He was ordered fit to stand trial in January and returned to the Lorain County Jul from the North Coast Behavioral mental health facility. He then changed his plea to guilty. Louis Romero and his wife, Cheri, pose with their grandchildren on the new ramp provided for them by friends and strangers. Man blessed by Eagles, others by AMY PERSINGER News-Times reporter Anybody taking a look from the outside at the turn Louis Romero's life had taken in the last four years would be surprised if he wasn't starting to get a little bitter. But1 after five minutes in the living room of the home in WeSlwoods he shares with his wife Cheri and their two young'grandsons, any outsider would know that Romero counts his blessings. He can't stop telling people about the nice tilings that friends and family keep doing for him lately, like the ramp the Eagle's Club built for him. Romero, 47, has diabetes. Last fall he developed a complication called Charcot joint The bones in his feet just started breaking. The problem is worsened by the fact that due to his illness, Romero can't feel pain in his legs and didn't know how much damage was batiig caused to his feet and legs. "He worked his whole life," Cheri said. Not being able to work was. nearly devastating to him. Romero can stand, but he can't walk around very well. He uses a wheel chair anytime the family goes out He wears braces on both of his feet and ankles to reduce the chance of injury to his bones. The couple had set up a portable ramp on the stairs leading out of their home. Cheri was talking to her friend, Juanita Robinson, one day about some of the trouble her husband was facing. It was just one of those regular conversations friends have, catching up on the good and the bad everyone goes through. But what happened from that conversation is what is so moving to Romero. Robinson talked to her husband about the Romeros' situation, and the two felt compelled to do something to help their friends. The Romeros said they told Robinson they were fine with the portable ramp they had set up, but Robinson wouldn't have it "David came over with a friend, and next thing I know, I had a ramp," Romero said. The actual process took a little longer than that but not much. Robinson brought over his friend Ron Harper and the two of them made measurements around the porch and front of the Romeros house. Robinson, a member of the Amherst Eagles Club, described the family's situation to the club and asked them for the funds to build Romero a ramp. He had already gone to Carter Lumber and told them the situation and worked out a price. Carter Lumber agreed to provide the lumber below cost CONTINUED on page 3 Race driver turns entrepreneur People say to start a great business start with a passion and a need. The owners of a new store downtown did just that Michelle Wingard, 24, and her husband, Jerry, 30, decided to take something that they both loved and turn it into the only business of its kind in the area. The Wingards both love cars. More specifically, they love Mustangs. She races them at Norwalk Raceway Park in Norwalk every chance she gets and her husband loves to work on them. He keeps them in racing condition for her. Currently the couple owns three, a '91 CX and two '95 GTs. It works perfect" Jerry Wingard said, "I like to build them and she likes lo race them." The problem, according to Michelle Wingard, is that most local "speed shops" are geared toward Chevy enthusiasts. Before they opened their own store, any time they needed parts for one of their cars the couple would have to have it ordered, because the shops wouldn't have what they needed in stock. The gears started turning in their heads and the couple started discussing opening their own "speed shop." On May 6 the couple opened Wingard Racing at 135 Park Ave. The company specializes in American muscle car accessories, Wingard said She said you'd go to Wingard for "anything to do with car parts." Wingard said late model Ford parts make up about 80 percent of their business and the store is doing very well. Wingard said she grew up in Amherst and when they saw the space open up on Park Ave., she knew that was the perfect place for their shop. She said it was a prime location and easy to find. When she tells customers that the store is right downtown Amherst, they know exactly where she nwanff "We love Amherst," Wingard said Wingard racing is one of several downtown businesses that are taking donations for Derek Carter, the masonry worker who was injured in Amherst last Monday. The business is offering discounts to customers who donate five dollars or more to the fund. She said her customers have been more than willing to help the family with their need. The couple has three daughters, Michaela, 7, Sydney, 4 and Shelby, 6 months. Jerry Wingard says he learned everything he knows about cars from his father, Gerald "Barrie" Wingard, who loved working on cars as much as he does. His father died in 1998 of Lou Gehrig's disease. The Wingards said that Jerry's father was very much in their hearts as they made preparations to open the business. Wingard said her father-in-law built cars from the ground up, completely rebuilt at least 25 cars. He even built a kit car in 1964. "He was always working on something," Jerry said of his father. Wingard said they recently completed rebuilding her car and she plans to be back on the track at Norwalk soon, with her partner waiting for her in the pits. Williams takes case to Congress When a U.S lee held tearing* oa the Medicare reunbuneoksot for on the in for Wilakms works as director of medical eajtiiMient. they celled on Amherst city rounribnan David T. 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Harry Reid's Graveyard
Senate Democrats are promising pre-emptive gridlock for 2013.
Even if Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan win on November 6, his agenda will be stymied if Republicans can't pick up at least three more seats than their current 47 and control the Senate. That's clear from the last two years, when Harry Reid's not-so-deliberative body became the graveyard for fiscal and other reform.
House Republicans won an historic midterm election in 2010, picking up 63 seats. They also gained six Senate seats, but a handful of weak GOP candidates (Sharron Angle, Ken Buck, Christine O'Donnell) cost them control of the upper body. Back in charge in 2011, Mr. Reid proceeded to stop nearly everything that House Republicans passed. President Obama hasn't even had to sweat a veto fight because nothing escapes Mr. Reid's lost world.
Consider the record. In 2011 and 2012 the House passed more than three-dozen economic or jobs-related bills and with only a few exceptions they died in the Senate without a vote. The bills dealt with regulatory relief, tax reduction, domestic drilling for energy, offshore drilling, a jobs bill for veterans, repeal of ObamaCare and many more. Many passed the House with significant Democratic support, as the nearby list shows.
Then there is the Democratic failure on their constitutional obligation of passing a budget. House Republicans passed their budgets in each of the past two years in the spring. The latest one, crafted by Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan, contained $4.5 trillion in deficit reduction—at least twice as much as Mr. Obama's budget proposal.
By contrast, the Senate failed to pass any budget in 2012. Or 2011. Or 2010. The Senate hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,200 days. Sorry, Harry, you can't blame that on a Republican filibuster, because it takes only 51 votes to pass a Senate budget resolution. In 2011 and 2012 the Senate Budget Committee never even drafted a budget, thus inspiring a House bill to dock the pay of Senate Budget Committee Members for not doing their job.
Mr. Reid even declared in 2011 that it would be "foolish for us to do a budget," no doubt because he thought that would allow voters to see that what Democrats really want is even more spending and higher taxes. This would have made life difficult for vulnerable Democratic incumbents who pass themselves off as moderates in election years, such as Pennsylvania's Bob Casey, Montana's Jon Tester and Florida's Bill Nelson.
So Democrats simply sat back and took shots at the Ryan budget. Meanwhile, these same incumbents are now campaigning at home as champions of domestic energy, lower taxes, spending restraint and regulatory relief—everything the Democratic Senate helped to kill.
The Senate also failed in 2010 and 2012 to pass a single appropriations bill. According to an analysis by Senate Republicans, that hadn't happened before in the 150-year history of the current spending process. This year the Senate even failed to enact a national defense authorization bill, which almost never happens.
The House passed a bill to avert the tax cliff looming in January, but the Senate failed to act on that too. Last week Mr. Reid's chief Senate lieutenant, Chuck Schumer of New York, warned that Democrats will stop any attempt at bipartisan tax reform next year, calling the idea "obsolete." He's essentially promising pre-emptive gridlock in 2013 no matter who wins.
Voters can be forgiven for not knowing all this because the media mostly ignore Senate obstructionism these days. Instead, they dutifully follow Mr. Obama's lead when he says of Congress that "I think the American people will run them out of town because they are frustrated and they know we need to do something big and bold." He means Republicans.
But if it's big and bold that voters want, House Republicans have passed it. What stands in their way are Senate Democrats. One reason the Reagan policy revolution became law in 1981 is because Republicans scared enough Democrats into cooperating by picking up a net gain of 12 Senate seats in 1980 to gain control 53-46.
If voters want to break the gridlock of the past two years and start addressing the country's urgent fiscal and economic problems, they're going to have to elect a Republican Senate as well as Mr. Romney.


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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A Senate panel has advanced legislation banning most abortions in Arkansas at 20 weeks into a pregnancy after the lawmaker proposing the ban added exemptions for rape and incest.
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee on Wednesday approved by a voice vote the new abortion restrictions proposed by Republican Rep. Andy Mayberry of Hensley. The measure had already included exemptions for the life of the mother, but Mayberry added rape and incest after facing resistance to his original proposal from Democrats on the committee last week.
Opponents of the measure say it doesn't include a wide enough exemption for the health of the mother or for lethal fetal anomalies. The measure now heads to the Senate for a vote.
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In 2013, Community Missions provided 75,980 meals to those in need in Niagara County, an increase of more than 5,000 meals from 2012. With demand again increasing in 2014, the Patrick P. Lee Foundation recently awarded a $30,000 grant, covering a year's worth of food purchases within Community Mission's soup kitchen.
"We were thrilled to learn of this award from the Patrick P. Lee Foundation," said Robyn L. Krueger, executive director of Community Missions. "The agency takes great pride in providing fresh, nutritious meals to all those that come to us throughout the year. This support ensures these vital programs will continue to address these needs. We are grateful that the Patrick P. Lee Foundation recognized this need, and responded in such a proactive manner."
Community Missions initially submitted a request for $10,000 from the foundation to purchase approximately four months' worth of the staples of a nutritious meal in the community soup kitchen, including fresh produce, meats and dairy. The foundation, however, committed $30,000 to the program upon learning more about the agency and its programs, funding the entire year's worth of purchases.
"The Patrick P. Lee Foundation is anxious to assist Community Missions of Niagara Frontier with this $30,000 grant," said Mark O'Donnell, executive director of the Patrick P. Lee Foundation. "We are excited to partner with such a passionate organization helping the people of Niagara County. There is a great deal of need in the community, and the Patrick P. Lee Foundation is happy to help."
Community Missions provides meals to the community through three separate programs. The community soup kitchen provided more than 27,000 meals last year, while the food pantry program provided an additional 29,000-plus meals in 2013. The agency also provided more than 19,000 meals to individuals staying within the agency's crisis housing services a year ago.
As much as 98 percent of the funds necessary to operate Community Missions' crisis services division come directly from individual and corporate donations, grant support from foundations, and fundraising events. Those interested in learning more about the agency, or donating to its mission, are encouraged to visit www.CommunityMissions.org or call 716-285-3403.
Community Missions has provided the Niagara community with a wide range of vital services since 1925. In 2013, CMI provided more than 75,000 meals and nearly 11,000 nights of care within its crisis services programs. Additional agency programs serve adults and youth with psychiatric disabilities, parolees, at-risk youth and other underserved populations in both residential and recovery-oriented settings.
Located in Key Largo, Florida, and locally in Amherst, the Patrick P. Lee Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to providing support to nonprofit organizations that empower families and communities with the resources needed to create positive change in areas of medical care and research, education, behavioral health and human and community services in parts of Miami/Dade and Monroe counties in South Florida, and here in Erie and Niagara counties. For more information, visit www.patrickpleefoundation.org.


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MECHANISM OF ACTION AND PHARMACOKINETICSThe mechanism of action by which this medication improves clinical signs associated with ADHD is not yet known, but it is thought to be due to the selective inhibition of the presynaptic norepinephrine transporter.1
In people, atomoxetine is well-absorbed orally with a peak plasma concentration occurring one or two hours after administration.2 It is highly protein bound in both dogs (97%) and people (98%).3 In people, atomoxetine is metabolized primarily through the cytochrome P-450 enzymatic pathway CYP2D6 to an oxidative metabolite (4-hydroxyatomoxetine). There is a genetic polymorphism of CYP2D6 in people. Those that metabolize CYP2D6 poorly experience plasma concentrations that are five times greater than the concentrations that extensive metabolizers experience. About 7% of Caucasian populations are poor metabolizers. The reported elimination half-life in people is 5.3 hours in extensive metabolizers and 24 hours in poor metabolizers.2
Dogs do not express CYP2D6; they metabolize the drug by aromatic ring hydroxylation and N-demethylation, but atomoxetine is ultimately metabolized to the same primary oxidative metabolite as in humans, 4-hydroxyatomoxetine.3 In dogs, 48% of the drug is excreted through the kidneys and 42% in the feces. The terminal half-life in dogs after oral administration of atomoxetine at a dose of 2 mg/kg is about 3.7 (+/- 0.5) hours.3
Clinical research involving acute atomoxetine toxicosis in dogs and cats is minimal, and there is no LD50 established for either species. Because atomoxetine selectively inhibits the presynaptic norepinephrine transporter while having minimal affinity and effect on other neurotransmitter receptors, it may cause an increase in autonomic tone.4
As with the body's natural fight-or-flight response, a pharmacologically induced increase in norepinephrine may result in clinical signs that are consistent with cardiovascular stimulation: vasoconstriction, hypertension, or tachycardia followed by possible reflex bradycardia. Other noradrenergic effects such as urinary sphincter contractions, transient hyperglycemia, and mydriasis may also be seen with excessive accumulation of norepinephrine.5
Additionally, since the drug's release, there have been some documented cases of severe hepatic injury in people receiving this medication.2 This has not been noted in any ASPCA APCC cases.
In a study involving 8-week-old beagle puppies receiving oral doses of atomoxetine at 4, 8, or 16 mg/kg/day for four weeks, dose-related clinical signs of vomiting, retching, tremors, mydriasis, and decreased pupillary light reflex were noted. With the exception of repetitive head movements reported at 16 mg/kg/day, the abstract (the full study was not published) does not provide doses at which specific clinical signs were seen.6
A rodent study showed that when 25 mg/kg of atomoxetine was fed to female rats for two weeks before conception and continued throughout lactation, decreased pup survival rates were observed.2 A decrease in pup survival was also noted when male rats were fed the same dose starting 10 weeks before mating.


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On the first day of spring, several students, faculty, staff and members from the community gathered on the Emmanuel College campus in Franklin Springs, Ga., for the Call on the Quad, a 12-hour day of worship, prayer and fasting for revival.
"The Call on the Quad went above and beyond all expectations and God's presence was so strong. Just as Sunday physically marked the first day of a new season, I wholeheartedly believe there was a great shift in the spiritual realm at Emmanuel College," says Katlyn Moncrief, student and event coordinator. "We may never realize the full extent our prayers, but I am certain that people and things are beginning to change. I know revival has begun at Emmanuel College!"
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Calls to Loosen Federal Circuit's Hold Grows Amid Complaints Over Rulings
More than 30 years ago, Congress granted a single court the power to hear nearly all the nation's patent appeals. But amid a boom in high-stakes patent lawsuits driven by tech giants and zealous smaller players alike, a growing number of patent experts are calling for lawmakers to revisit that move.
Critics say fundamental areas of patent law have become muddled under the watch of the court—the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in Washington, D.C.—which under a 1982 law handles the appeals of most of the nation's...


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This stage could cause some surprises due to the tricky nature of the closing kilometres. It starts at Orchies, a name synonymous with the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix. However, rather than pavé, it's short, steep hills that are on today's agenda. There are four testing climbs in the closing 16km before the final 700m-long climb up to the finish. All five are categorised for the mountains jersey competition. As at Seraing, the puncheurs will thrive but the overall contenders should also break cover today, especially as they will want to be at the front of the action to avoid needless crashes in what will be a very nervy peloton.
Jérémy Roy: "The last 60 kilometres contain a series of bumps where attacks may be launched. The final is very hard, with Mt Lambert and the hill in Boulogne. Anything is possible but I think we will arrive in small groups and the puncheurs will prevail."
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Yedlin returns to Seattle, European interest rises
TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) — DeAndre Yedlin confidently raced up and down the field for the United States against one of the top teams in the world, showing off skills that were recognized in Seattle and Major League Soccer but not so well known internationally.
And as he watched Yedlin's performance against Belgium with pride, Seattle coach Sigi Schmid couldn't help but feel that playing so well in the World Cup could bring an end to Yedlin's time with the Sounders sooner rather than later.
"When you look at it, he's a guy that's about to turn 21 and how many 21-year-old right backs have three World Cup games under their belt?" Schmid said. "That's a very exclusive market. It's something that we are proud of."
Yedlin rejoined the Sounders on Monday with a much higher profile than he had when the U.S. gathered for World Cup training camp nearly two months ago in Northern California and there was no certainty he would be on the plane to Brazil.
Yedlin is expected to be available for both of Seattle's matches this week against rival Portland — in the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday and then in MLS play Sunday.
He returned to a flurry of attention after the U.S. was eliminated by Belgium in the round of 16 and amid reports that a deal is already in place for Yedlin to make the move to Europe.
Yedlin did not comment directly on reports coming from Italy about a pending deal that would see the 20-year-old defender move to AS Roma in 2015 after completing this season with Seattle. Yedlin said playing in Europe has always been a goal, but he quickly highlighted the improved talent of the MLS.
Seattle general manager Adrian Hanauer issued a statement saying if a deal with a foreign team is finalized the team will announce it.
"I'm kind of letting my representatives handle that right now," Yedlin said. "They'll obviously get back to me on that information but for right now I'm just focused on Seattle."
Schmid sounded almost resigned that eventually Yedlin will leave Seattle and get his shot at playing in one of the top leagues in the world.
"At the end of the day you want to do what is best for the players and help the players continue to grow and advance," Schmid said. "We're a club that wants to win and wants to succeed and I also think success is also predicated on when you do what is best for the players, you're going to have success."
Yedlin was a surprise selection by U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann for the final 23-man roster that made the trip to Brazil. The roles Yedlin ended up playing were even more of a surprise. He came on as a late substitute playing in the midfield against Portugal and Germany in the group stage.
But it was his performance against Belgium that grabbed the spotlight. Coming on in the 32nd minute after defender Fabian Johnson was injured, Yedlin was a consistent offensive threat on the outside. But he also used his speed to remain solid on defense.
"It was a little nerve-wracking. I was obviously not really expecting that," Yedlin said. "But I think it helped I wasn't ready for it because I didn't have time to think, I just had to go on and play. It was good. Once I got comfortable I felt good, felt relaxed."


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Nestled in a spectacular canyon in the Indio Hills near Palm Desert, our Enchanted Desert event venue offers a truly unique location for weddings, corporate events, special occasion celebrations, casual BBQs, or elaborate themed events.
Since 1987, Desert Adventures has provided the most highly regarded outdoor adventures in the Greater Palm Springs area. As the original, largest, and most respected outdoor adventure and eco-tour company in the California desert, Desert Adventures offers a vast array of tour and activity choices. Whether you seek rugged adventure, camaraderie and team building, history and culture, nature, geology, flora and fauna, spectacular desert events, or panoramic vistas and amazing scenery, Desert Adventures has a tour, activity, or event for you!
Desert Adventuresâ Red Jeep Tours, weddings, and events are an integral part of the Greater Palm Springs destination experience. For almost three decades, Desert Adventures has fulfilled the ever-growing need for fun, educational, interactive, one-of-a-kind activities and events which are unique to the Greater Palm Springs area.
Desert Adventures is the premier outdoor adventure and eco-tour company in the Greater Palm Springs area and the only outdoor adventure company that can take you to our private 800 acre Metate Ranch, located in the Indio Hills. At Metate Ranch, we offer Jeep, wagon, hiking, and sightseeing (bus) tours, school/youth programs, family adventure programs, unique team building programs, a variety of group activities, weddings, and incredible, interactive desert parties and corporate events at our Enchanted Desert event venue.
Metate Ranch features miles of pristine desert for exploration via Jeep, bike, or on foot; a private natural palm oasis were you can see water bubbling out of the underground aquifer year round; amazing steep-walled canyons thrust up by the San Andreas Fault and carved by erosion; and incredible panoramic vistas. In addition, we have built a Cahuilla Indian Village exhibit which showcases the lifestyle and culture of the Cahuilla People.
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The Center for Diabetes Research and Policy (CDRP) at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is currently hiring research assistants to work during the fall 2012 semester. CDRP research assistants will work at the Institute for Science, Law and Technology at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and will work with faculty and students from the Health and Disability Law Clinic at the Law Offices of Chicago-Kent College of Law. Research assistants will be responsible for conducting research on a variety of topics, drafting memoranda and contributing to grant projects.
Research assistants will support the legal and policy work of the CDRP. Research assistants will research and write memos on a number of legal topics and policy issues relating to diabetes and other chronic health conditions. Research assistants will work on an interdisciplinary project addressing the issue of improving the chronic health of youth. Research assistants will work with attorneys who provide pro bono legal representation for individuals or groups of individuals who are denied access to medical treatment or insurance coverage for diabetes and diabetes-related illnesses or who face discrimination in a number of contexts, including school, daycare, employment and the criminal justice system. The research assistants may contribute to the development of recommendations concerning access to treatment, insurance coverage and related government benefits. Research assistants may also examine the conflicts that arise among the competing interests of diabetes researchers, research institutions, patients, pharmaceutical companies, and the public health community.
Applicants will be accepted from multidisciplinary undergraduate backgrounds and must have strong writing and researching skills. Applicants must submit a cover letter, writing sample and résumé via email or regular mail to:
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Kate WillsonInternational Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Kate Willson joined the Center for Public Integrity in 2007 as an investigative reporting fellow after a career in newspapers during which time she received more than 20 regional and national first-place awards for her investigative, enterprise, and crime reporting. She has reported from Central and South America as well as Southeast Asia. Willson received a bachelor's in French from Oregon State University and a master's in international print journalism from American University. Having lived in France and Belgium and worked extensively in Colombia, she is fluent in both French and Spanish. She left the Center in 2013.


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High & Low: Free-Standing Towel Racks
Whether you rent and can't make improvements, have a non-traditional tub placement, or just need more towel real estate, free-standing towel bars are an easy solution. From ladders to heaters, here's the splurge versus save roundup of towel racks of all shapes and styles.
Metal Finish, Rack:
• Etoile Freestanding Towel Rack, Waterworks, from $2,035
• Neu Home Standing Towel Rack with Shelf, Walmart, $25.97
• Floor Towel Rack, Crate & Barrel, $99.95
• Zenith Pole Caddy, Amazon, $19.97
Wood, Rack:
• Butler Plantation Cherry Blanket/Quilt Rack, Wayfair, $169
• Lohas Bamboo Freestanding Towel Rack, The Storage Store, $56.99
• Windsor Towel Ladder, Waterworks, $845
• Stainless Steel Towel Ladder Rack, The Storage Store, $63.99
• Freestanding Hooped Towel Rail, Drummonds, from $3,850
• Free Standing Towel Warmer, Vintage Tub & Bath, from $153.99
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NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – U.S.-based wearables maker Fitbit in November plans to release its first non-smartwatch supporting its payments service, Fitbit Pay, with the recent unveiling of its new health and fitness tracker Charge 3–but as with its Versa smartwatch, released in April, the NFC payments feature will only be available on a "special edition" version of the tracker in the U.S. and likely in some other markets.
The announcement of the planned NFC-enabled tracker comes 10 months after CEO James Park promised that Fitbit would enable its entire range of wearables devices to support NFC payments over the following few years. Progress, however, has been slow since then, with the large wearables maker only enabling one additional device–the affordably-priced Versa–to support Fitbit Pay. That's in addition to the Fitbit Ionic smartwatch–the first device to support Fitbit Pay, launched by the company last fall. Fitbit has released few other devices of any kind in the past year.
By comparison, Garmin has introduced four smartwatches that support its Garmin Pay service, launched around the same time as Fitbit Pay.
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NFC TIMES Exclusive – At least 13,000 buses in the UK outside of London now accept open-loop contactless payments, and more rollouts are underway as part of a plan by UK bus operators to roll out contactless on all 32,000 buses operating in the UK outside of the capital, NFC Times has learned.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – London transit authority Transport for London is proposing to extend an agreement with U.S.-based fare collection system vendor Cubic Transportation Systems to license the authority's technology used in its pioneering contactless open-loop payments system.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Fitbit Pay has entered its 21st market, with the launch this week in Thailand with two of the country's top four banks, Kasikorn Bank and Siam Commercial Bank, along with credit card issuer Krungthai Card, or KTC, supporting the digital payments service.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Danske Bank, Denmark's largest financial institution, is pitting its planned low-tech FastPay payments wearables against Apple Watch and some other higher-end wearables using tokenization, as it launches a large pilot starting this month in Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – New research shows that Apple Pay continues to dominate mobile payments services for bank cards in the U.S., although transaction volume is still low.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight –Three U.S. universities Tuesday launched NFC-enabled ID cards in Apple's Wallet, with Apple confirming that only three more U.S.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or Metro, plans to introduce mobile payments using NFC phones–but only supporting its closed-loop TAP fare payments service, not open-loop payments, NFC Times has learned.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – A new smartwatch from low-cost Chinese wearables maker Huami and the latest fitness band version from Huami's major investor and partner, Xiaomi, both support transit and retail payments–making them among the first budget smart wearables devices supporting NFC payments.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – A planned US$461 million contract to upgrade and operate the Clipper fare collection system in the San Francisco Bay Area will include account-based ticketing and a mobile app that will enable customers to tap for rides with a closed-loop virtual Clipper card on NFC-enabled smartphones.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Apple has relaxed its approach to NFC tag reading in its new iPhone Xs, Xs Max, and Xr models, removing the requirement to have a reader application open in order to use a tag. It calls the feature Background Tag Reading, and it offers essentially the same functionality that Android devices have had for years.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – U.S.-based Fossil Group is pushing deeper into the smartwatch market, as it seeks to diversify from the financially strapped traditional watch market. Among the apps Fossil is offering on several new smartwatch models are Google Pay and Alipay, the latter in China.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Google, its eye on India's projected US$1 trillion digital payments market in five years, has rebranded its Tez payments service to Google Pay and is planning to expand its services, including to Gmail-based payments and, later, NFC.


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The winner will get to select one of five different styles, up to a value of $99, and Ramsign will manufacture a number plaque of his or her choice.
The giveaway is open to readers anywhere: just leave a comment expressing interest.
Hey Mise,
Interest Mark 2
Will put your giveaway on my sidebar.......ReplyDelete
Never did get over not living next door to Alice...Smokie had me when the limousine drove away. XXXXReplyDelete
I love the european style of these plaques!ReplyDelete
No way! I want the blue French one. I really really really want the blue French one, Mise. I'll even hurry up and make the Roman blind which is definitely the decided fate of your toile! And I am so going to post a link. Tomorrow. Hopefully.ReplyDelete
I've been meaning to get a new number for my house ever since I moved here (14 years ago). Definitely interested.ReplyDelete
Hello Mise:
Mr and Mrs permanently interested here. Interested in dogs, cats, cushions, shabby chic, faded Georgian mansions, cryptic crosswords, gardens, cushions,curtains, Farrow and Ball paints, marmalade and E M Forster.
And, by the way, for the last 24 years we have been 'living next door to' Alice.
We got a new fence and the fence guys took away the old one along with the house numbers which were attached to it. A Ramsign would guide the mailman should we get a new one.ReplyDelete
I was wondering who the hell Alice was but the lovely Hyattas just introduced us.
I too would love a number or 3.
We have never heard this song before. It seemed to go on for 24 years itself but they were very cute with their hairdos.
One ht wonders?
xo jane
Thanks for sharing ... I like these plaques very much.ReplyDelete
Hello Mise
What a generous giveaway. I know how Jacqueline and the Hattatt's feel about "living next door to Alice" all those years and FlwrJane next to "who the hell/%&%% is Alice" We had a country farmhouse for more than 20 yrs, when people asked where we lived and we told them, they would say "Oh! yea the Old MacIntyre Farm" Wish we had known about Ramsign then!
Helen xx
As a giveaway addict I must say, count me in. We are at Number 54 Kitchenaid Avenue in the appliances ghetto. xxReplyDelete
I would love to win that!ReplyDelete
It is definiterly an omen that the first number you showed is 2 ..... as that is the number of our little hovel down Cow Pat Lane, round the corner from Sheep Poo Drive (yes, we live in the country!) I used to love that Smokey song .... and I think someone did indeed do a version, the chorus of which went .... Alice, Alice, who the !"£$ is Alice!!ReplyDelete
I don't think I've entered a giveaway before, so this is a first. What lovely signs, too nice to go outside though. I think I'd have to put it on an inside wall, since anyone who we want to find us knows where we are already.ReplyDelete
How perfectly lovely! Please find my expression of interest enclosed herein. If it helps, my house only requires a single digit, thereby perhaps making it a more cost-effective giveaway for the kindly folks at Ramsign.ReplyDelete
My house has not got a number, just a name. It was like that when I bought it. I like the shape of the number 5 and am enjoying the new Tom Waits album also.ReplyDelete
It's not for nothing that by inverting your initial initial upside down YOU become Wise.ReplyDelete
oh yes, especially since they came up with a way of numbering rural properties like ours that is totally INSANE and now instead of Lot 10 we are apparently something stupid to do with how many metres we are from the bitumen plus a letter that depends on how many houses come before us. Arg. official decisions like this can only possibly be improved by fancy lettering!ReplyDelete
I live next door to Amanda, who has a very covetable one of these in blue. Interested? You bet I am :DReplyDelete
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I hope you get one too!
THEY ARE SUPERB! IT SOUNDS LIKE OTHER COMMENTERS NEED THIS MORE THAN ME-BUT I WILL STILL CROSS MY FINGERS.ReplyDelete
very interested!! what a great giveaway!!ReplyDelete
I don't, Speccy, but as my house doesn't have a number the pain is bearable.ReplyDelete
Please include me, I am in need of a sign.ReplyDelete
Im in! I've been entering giveaways for these plaques forever...we still have those sticky numbers on the front of our house that they made us put up to pass inspection...let's see if the tenth times a charm!
Thank you for offering another chance to un-ghetto ourselves Mise...
xo J~
O my gosh...I would love to have one for our humble condo : ) Thank youReplyDelete
You so nearly quote my actual address there! Except, as you know, I live at number 66 :) A classic enamel sign such as this would immensely help our postman, who keeps delivering our mail to the empty house next door (not only do I not live next door to Alice, I currently live next door to nobody....)ReplyDelete
So does that count as a second entry, then?ReplyDelete
Hey, hooray!!! I'm up for it. Sure would rather put that sign up on my door (needing one) than one I will purchase from Lowe's!!!ReplyDelete
I love Ramsign! Thanks for sharing such a generous giveaway.ReplyDelete
Thank you for commenting on my blog so that I could find yours. It's right up my street.
(That is, of course, if it was you. If it was one of your 'outsourced commentators' then please do pass on my thanks...).
Hi Mise, awfully interested altogether!ReplyDelete
YES PLEASE! I am definitely interested. The number of my house would look delightful expressed in such style!ReplyDelete
I am also interested. One can never have too much enamel about oneself. Thank you for bringing a touch of the far west to a displaced Irish girl in London, doomed to long for bonne maman terrariums filled with peat bog for all eternity.ReplyDelete
hehe... alice... you slay me
Interest here too, please.
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Very beautiful! I'm waiting over 7 years for the boyfriend to do some manly hacking down of the ugly number plaque that came with the house. Maybe if I won one of these it would spur him into action...ReplyDelete
Oh aren't they lovely? Please count me in!
Found you via the sad strawberry and now longing for a pancake!
blessings x
Well this IS all very interesting and I would more than happily renumber my abode to suit the number sent if it looked so stylish as these signs do!ReplyDelete


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All it takes to find out for sure which Mercedes-Benz is really the one is a quick spin. Whether you've narrowed down your search or are having trouble knowing where to begin, contact us to arrange the test drive(s) of your choice. Alternatively, you can always drop by 21802 E. George Gee Avenue Liberty Lake, Washington. And, don't forget to browse our vast selection of well-maintained used luxury cars in Spokane. We're more than happy to go into further detail about specific models, trim levels and standout Mercedes-Benz parts.
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Wellness Food Trends: Healthier Foods for the Heart
Foods can be a solution (though carefully worded) for the leading cause of death.
Around the holidays, "have a heart" is a common plea by those collecting for charities, but year round we all strive to have a healthy heart.
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and heart attacks cause one of every five adult deaths, according to the American Heart Assn. More than 1.2 million heart attacks occur each year in the U.S. alone, and about 460,000 of them are fatal, notes the National Institutes of Health. In fact, coronary heart disease accounts for about 17 million (approximately 30 percent) deaths annually throughout the world, making it the leading cause of death in the world, according to the World Health Organization.
Based on those frightening statistics, the market for foods with a heart benefit claim is proliferating. In France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, the heart-healthy food market was valued at $2.61 billion in 2009 by UK-based Leatherhead Food Research. The U.S. market for foods making cardiovascular health claims was $7.18 billion, reflecting the use of FDA-approved structure-function claims for whole grains, soy and beta glucan-delivering oats.
Although physicians worldwide agree smoking, lack of exercise, stress, excess weight and family history are the most important contributors to heart disease, doctors and nutritionists do not always agree on the role of food. Current wisdom says eating a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet is the best dietary option, but it gets complicated after that, sometimes downright contentious.
Last year, researchers at Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and the Departments of Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, analyzed 189 prior studies involving millions of people and foods that may protect the heart from CHD. The findings, which appeared in the Archives of Internal Medicine (April issue), include a relatively short list of foods with strong supporting evidence: vegetables, nuts and the Mediterranean diet. Harmful factors were foods with trans-fatty acids and those with a high glycemic index or load. Moderate positive evidence was found for fish, marine omega-3 fatty acids, folate, whole grains, dietary vitamins E and C, beta-carotene, alcohol, fruit and fiber. It is notable the study did not analyze specific combinations of those nutrients in foods, something the food industry is pursuing in heart-healthy- and wellness-targeted foods and beverages.
The Mediterranean diet is rich in vegetables and fruit (it recommends nine servings a day), nuts, whole grains, fish, olive oil and moderate consumption of red meat and wine. It's associated with lower levels of oxidized low-density lipoprotein, or bad cholesterol, which is likely to build up deposits in arteries that lead to heart attacks. Fortunately for foodies, the diet does not prohibit other foods eaten in moderation (and that probably relieves some stress).
"Almonds deliver deliciously on heart health and consumers know it," says Stacey Humble, director of global strategic initiatives and North America marketing for the Almond Board of California. "No fewer than nine clinical studies to date indicate almonds can help you maintain a healthy cholesterol level as part of a diet low in saturated fat. Even the FDA states, 'Scientific evidence suggests, but does not prove, that eating 1.5 oz per day of most nuts, such as almonds, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease.' "
U.S. health claims
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- Fruits, vegetables and grain products that contain fiber, particularly soluble fiber.
- Soluble fiber from [other] foods.
- Soy protein.
- Plant sterol/stanol esters.
- Diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol, and as low as possible in trans fats.
And two more (sodium and potassium) relating to hypertension.
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A Classic Combination: Dark Grout and Subway Tile
Dark grout - some people love it and some people hate it. I happen to be on the loving side of things and there are many reasons why I take this position. Besides being a classic look that allows your beautiful tiles to pop visually, dark grout hides my absolute worst pet peeve - and that is dark grout. Allow me to explain after the jump.
Grout is a necessary evil in the tile world. Ceramic doesn't have enough flexibility to change with the natural shifts a floor makes and remain water tight, so grout fills in the gaps, quite literally. I personally hate seeing large swathes of grout cut into a sparkling tile floor. To me, your standard beige or white grout lines look like old food stuck between pearly white teeth; they just don't have any aesthetic value. The worst is when grout is chosen to match tile perfectly, because the areas which receive the most wear always show darkened lines that stand out to the eye. The resulting effect is of a dirty surface.
So if we need to use grout to make our tiles work, why not make it attractive? When choosing a contrasting grout color, you're making a statement rather than trying to hide it. And when the lines inevitably stain, those marks aren't visible.
Which side of the dark grout debate are you on?
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6. Charlotte Interior Designer
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Bapna to Present Keynote at Electronic Commerce Conference
Will look back on his decade of research on Internet auctions at the University of Liverpool.
Associate Professor Ravi Bapna will present a keynote address at the 13th International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC) in Liverpool Thursday, August 4.
Bapna, the Board of Overseers Professorship in Information and Decision Sciences, will present "So How Much Are You Really Willing to Pay for that Manolo Blahnik? Reflections on the Welfare Implications of Internet Auctions." Looking back on his decade of research on Internet auctions, Bapna will share various attempts at modeling and empirically and experimentally analyzing their welfare implications.
While outcomes for sellers, as embodied in auction prices, have been the traditional focus of analytical and empirical online auction research, Bapna focuses on the welfare implications for buyers. Such "consumer surplus" measures are hard to estimate as most mechanisms are designed not to reveal individuals' valuations. He will share both relative and absolute measures in multi-unit and single-unit auctions respectively. A key breakthrough in deriving relative measures in the context of multi-unit auctions was to empirically derive a stable taxonomy of bidding strategies.
ICEC annually brings together the leaders of the scientific research community in e-commerce and e-business from all over the world. This year's theme is "Mobile and Pervasive Commerce" and the conference aims to facilitate the dialogues among experts in academic and industries to exchange insights in related issues, and hopefully boost up research momentum across disciplines to contribute to mobile and pervasive commerce for the e-commerce community.


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0236. Observations of plume moths on North Andros Island, Bahamas, and notes on new records and species previously recorded from the Bahamas (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
Recent fieldwork on North Andros Island by the authors resulted in the collection of six species of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera), five of which were previously unrecorded for the Bahamas in published accounts. Three additional species are noted for the Bahamian fauna based on specimens collected in the 1980s on other islands. Representative specimens are illustrated from North Andros along with genitalic images for species where these are not readily available in other publications. In addition, images of the larva and pupa are provided for a reared species for which the life history was previously unknown.