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Trick or treat! Enjoy our inaugural selection of new books for Halloween, with reviews written by the Horn Book staff. For more spooky books for middle graders, see "Slightly Spooky Middle-Grade Tales."
Vampire Baby
by Kelly Bennett; illus. by Paul Meisel
Primary Candlewick 32 pp.
7/13 978-0-7636-4691-2 $15.99
A boy describes his baby sister's transformation from cute-and-cuddly tot to bloodthirsty "Vampire Baby." After sprouting two fanglike teeth, little Tootie cuts her chompers on everything within reach: toys, furniture legs, big brother's appendages. No one takes his concerns seriously (Mom: "Take off that garlic necklace!"), so, fed up, he tries to give her away to a nice vampire family. Satisfyingly, he ends up baring his own teeth to defend his little sis. Bennett's humorous conversational text plays to realism (i.e., Tootie is a normal teething baby and her brother's imagination is getting the better of him) while Meisel's clean-lined mixed-media illustrations agreeably maintain the baby-as-vampire conceit. ELISSA GERSHOWITZ
by Samantha Berger; illus. by Dan Santat
Preschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp.
8/13 978-0-316-12656-4 $16.99
Sometimes — when you have to go to school, when you have to take cough syrup — all there is to say is "MEHHRRRR!" The life of the little guy depicted here seems to be one unfortunate event after another, and he responds accordingly, if repetitively. This is a No, David! for slightly older kids, with intense but comical closeups of a toddler's enraged face, turned Frankenstein-green for that festive Halloween touch. The ending is a sop to parents, as the boy meets a friend and his rage (and green skin) turns peaceable — but never fear, the monster still lurks within, bwah-ha-HAH. ROGER SUTTON
Me and My Dragon: Scared of Halloween
by David Biedrzycki; illus. by the author
Primary Charlesbridge 32 pp.
8/13 978-1-58089-658-0 $17.95
Paper ed. 978-1-58089-659-7 $7.95
e-book ed. 978-1-60734-608-1 $6.99
A boy and his dragon (Hameer and Sparky from Me and My Dragon) "enjoy the same stuff — except for trick-or-treating." The boy loves Halloween, but the dragon is downright terrified. In an attempt to get his dragon ready for the holiday, the boy creates a number of costumes, hoping the creature can overcome his fear. But when the dragon is scared of his own zombie reflection and lights his tutu on fire, things start looking bad. Biedrzycki's text and illustrations are balanced with sneaky jokes hidden throughout. His illustrations are colorful and vibrant, and his dragon is so expressive, you can't help but laugh out loud. SIÂN GAETANO
Five Little Monkeys Trick-or-Treat
by Eileen Christelow; illus. by the author
Preschool, Primary Clarion 40 pp.
8/13 978-0-547-85893-7 $16.99
It's Halloween, and the five little monkeys are eager to trick-or-treat. With Lulu, the babysitter, as the group's chaperone, the monkeys venture into the night and encounter several costumed friends. Mischief ensues as the trick-or-treaters swap outfits in a furtive masquerade. The little monkeys' mother, however, has the last laugh. Playfully illustrated with a colorful parade of animals and disguises, Christelow's latest Five Little Monkeys volume has none of Halloween's horror and gloom. Instead, the book is a lighthearted farce, and bonus recipes for "Lulu's Eyeball Cookies" and "Worm Juice" should put readers in a festive mood. LILY ROTHMAN
Click, Clack, Boo!: A Tricky Treat
by Doreen Cronin; illus. by Betsy Lewin
Preschool, Primary Atheneum 40 pp.
8/13 978-1-4424-6553-4 $16.99
e-book ed. 978-1-4424-6554-1 $12.99
Halloween humbug Farmer Brown just leaves candy on the porch and hangs a "DO NOT DISTURB" sign on the door. But he can still hear strange noises outside and he sees "a dark creature standing beneath the trees." And now the crunching and creaking and tapping are getting closer — and closer! While Farmer Brown trembles under the covers, Cronin and Lewin don't leave their audience in the dark. We know that those party animals of Click, Clack, Moo (rev. 3/00) fame are hosting their own Halloween bash in the barn. The well-paced text and appropriately shadowy illustrations assure listeners that the only foul thing afoot is a costumed fowl. A "quack, quack, quackle in the crisp night air" breaks the spooky mood and gets Farmer Brown to join the fun. KITTY FLYNN
Skeleton for Dinner
by Margery Cuyler; illus. by Will Terry
Primary Whitman 32 pp.
10/13 978-0-8075-7398-3 $16.99 g
Big Witch and Little Witch decide to "brew a stew." As the stew simmers, Big Witch — impressed by their tasty concoction — states that they simply "must have Skeleton for dinner." Skeleton, passing by, misinterprets her statement and fears the worst. What follows is a comedy of errors in which the childlike skeleton attempts to save itself (and its other friends on the invitation list) from being eaten. The occasionally rhyming verse, along with some changes in text size and font, creates a natural rhythm for Halloween-themed read-alouds. SIÂN GAETANO
Your Skeleton Is Showing: Rhymes of Blunder from Six Feet Under
by Kurt Cyrus; illus. by Crab Scrambly
Primary Disney-Hyperion 32 pp.
7/13 978-1-4231-3846-4 $16.99
A child helps a lost ghost dog in a graveyard "ventur[e] through the gloom / to try to find his master's tomb." As the twosome passes headstones, readers learn something about each grave-dweller's demise (self-inflicted or accidental), the mourners they left behind, or the deceased's afterlife. Black-and-white gothic-style illustrations, enhanced by pops of color and buoyed by characters' cartoonish features, complement the dead-on pacing, tone, and content of these ghoulish yet funny rhyming poems. The dog reunites with its master while the child finds a new (living) canine companion in the spirited collection's satisfying conclusion. CYNTHIA K. RITTER
Spooky Friends
by Jane Feder; illus. by Julie Downing
Primary Scholastic 40 pp.
8/13 978-0-545-47815-1 $16.99
Paper ed. 978-0-545-47816-8 $3.99
"Scarlet and Igor were very good friends. The trouble was, they could never agree on anything." In three brief stories, vampire Scarlet and mummy Igor argue over what to do and eat, what to name a kitten, and whether to draw or paint. Eventually this odd-couple learns how to compromise and work together. Feder's early-reader text addresses experiences that are relatable to children, and it includes useful repetition and age-appropriate vocabulary. Downing gives the "spooky friends" distinct and humorous personalities, while the generous white space in her spare pen and watercolor illustrations allows new readers to easily digest the entertaining action. CYNTHIA K. RITTER
The Spooky Box
by Mark Gonyea; illus. by the author
Preschool, Primary Holt 32 pp.
7/13 978-0-8050-8813-7 $14.99
A knock at the door reveals a mysterious black box. While the offstage narrator speculates about what could be inside, each spread shows the scary possibilities: bats, rats, spiders, and more. Eventually, the reader lifts a flap to reveal the answer: two smaller boxes, leading to more guesses. The lively direct-address text should keep children engaged ("What do you think could be inside?"), and Gonyea's graphically bold illustrations make the most of his black, gold, and white palette with flat shapes showing possibilities that are just suspenseful enough to keep the pages turning. lolly robinson
The Little Leftover Witch
by Florence Laughlin
Primary, Intermediate Simon 77 pp.
8/13 978-1-4424-8677-5 $15.99
Paper ed. 978-1-4424-8672-0 $5.99 g
e-book ed. 978-1-4424-8678-2 $5.99
When a contrary little witch breaks her broom, she is stuck on the ground until the next Halloween. Pointy-nosed Felina shelters with the Doon family, who over the course of an eventful year come to love her. Adult readers will see a metaphor for healthy, happy child-rearing (the true magic is love), but kids will simply root for Felina as she first accepts people food, a bed, and a bath; then goes to school and conquers reading; and finally gives up her witch hat and officially becomes one of the family. Originally published by Macmillan in 1960, Laughlin's brief novel reflects old-fashioned sensibilities (spanking is occasionally threatened) but is perennially fresh and genuinely affecting. MARTHA V. PARRAVANO
Trick-or-Treat: A Happy Haunter's Halloween
by Debbie Leppanen; illus. by Tad Carpenter
Primary Beach Lane/Simon 40 pp.
8/13 978-1-4424-3398-4 $16.99
e-book ed. 978-1-4424-3399-1 $12.99
These Halloween-y poems told from shifting perspectives — the scared trick-or-treating youngsters' and the creepy monsters' — are great for both the expert cadence (they sound smashing aloud) and also the balance of tone. Some are mildly chilling: "I'm a ghoul, / that's what I do. / Don't ask me home / or I'll eat you!" Others are humorous: "Can anybody tell me / (if anybody knows) / why skeletons aren't freezing / when they don't wear any clothes?" The digital illustrations embody this mix, too: children wide-eyed with fear are greeted by benign-looking creatures just having a good time. A fun-filled, jaunty Halloween treat. KATRINA HEDEEN
Ol' Clip-Clop: A Ghost Story
by Patricia C. McKissack; illus. by Eric Velasquez
Primary, Intermediate Holiday 32 pp.
7/13 978-0-8234-2265-4 $16.95 g
On October 13, 1741, heartless moneygrubber John Leep sets out to evict the Widow Mayes from one of his properties. After being chased by a ghostly echo of horses' hooves, John arrives at the widow's front door visibly shaken and nastier than ever — he steals a coin from her rent payment to ensure that she loses her home. Little does he know it's the last cruel deed he'll ever commit. The dark, muted shades of Velasquez's oil paintings enhance the hair-raising text. SHARA L. HARDESON
Some Monsters Are Different
by David Milgrim; illus. by the author
Preschool Holt 40 pp.
7/13 978-0-8050-9519-7 $14.99
"Some monsters are afraid. / Some are not." Page by page, Milgrim lists contrasting quirks and habits of monsters. Drawn boldly and brightly, these monsters — more adorable and wacky than frightening — stand out against the clean white of the pages. The visual differences in color, shape, size, types of appendages, and facial expressions reinforce the uniqueness of each monster. However, they are all "absolutely, positively, completely, perfectly wonderful… / just the way they are!" The message is a familiar one, but it is reassuring and transferable enough to include even the littlest monsters in your life. JENNIFER LU
How BIG Could Your Pumpkin Grow?
by Wendell Minor; illus. by the author
Primary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp.
8/13 978-0-399-24684-5 $16.99 g
There are BIG pumpkins, of course, but what about those that are ENORMOUS, GIGANTIC, and COLOSSAL? Minor imagines just such JUMBO pumpkins, placing each in a signature American scene (a MIGHTY pumpkin on Mount Rushmore, for example) for a bit of geographical literacy and a good deal of juxtapositional fun. The artist's proven talent for classic landscapes here gets a wink with the STUPENDOUS jack-o'-lanterns plomping their grinning selves down like they owned the place. Facts about each place depicted are appended. ROGER SUTTON
Ghost in the House
by Ammi-Joan Paquette; illus. by Adam Record
Preschool Candlewick 32 pp.
7/13 978-0-7636-5529-7 $15.99
"There's a ghost in the house, / In the creepy haunted house, / On this dark, spooky night, all alone." The cute little ghost (a benign powder blue, with wide eyes and worried-looking eyebrows) is joined, one by one, by a mummy, monster, skeleton, and witch. Then a little boy arrives, scaring them all away. The bouncy rhyme in this cumulative story is engaging, and the scariness level is just right for the very young. Digitally created illustrations, though rather pale and bland, feature clean compositions and an inventive use of type that will keep viewers focused and anticipating each new arrival. MARTHA V. PARRAVANO
A Very Witchy Spelling Bee
by George Shannon; illus. by Mark Fearing
Primary Harcourt 32 pp.
7/13 978-0-15-206696-3 $16.99
Young witch Cordelia combines her love for magic spells with her enthusiasm for spelling words — for example casting an O spell to change her cat into a coat. When the Witches' Double Spelling Bee (held once every decade) rolls around, Cordelia thinks she'll be a shoo-in, but her skills are put to the test against thirteen-time winner Beulah Divine. It's difficult to make a subject like spelling memorable, but Shannon's text engagingly demonstrates the relationships between words while Fearing's kinetic pencil and digital illustrations lend a Saturday-morning-cartoon quality to the characters and the comedic spell-casting action. RUSSELL PERRY
Gris Grimly's Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus
by Mary Shelley; adapted by Gris Grimly; illus. by the adapter
Middle School, High School Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 196 pp.
9/13 978-0-06-186297-7 $24.99
Adeptly "assembled from the original text," this graphic novel adaptation abridges Shelley's tale while staying true to its spirit. The inventive illustrations relocate Frankenstein and his creation to a goth-y, Tim Burton–esque time-out-of-time with a mix of modern, nineteenth-century, and steampunk sensibilities. A muted palette of sepia, gray, and olive tones is effectively punctuated by black, pinks, and purples, and, in more gruesome moments, bilious green. Grimly makes excellent use of his format with dynamic shapes, sizes, and pacing of panels; the novel's epistolary sections have an elegant (if difficult to read) handwritten look. KATIE BIRCHER
Romping Monsters, Stomping Monsters
by Jane Yolen; illus. by Kelly Murphy
Preschool Candlewick 32 pp.
7/13 978-0-7636-5727-7 $14.99 g
A whole passel of googly-eyed creatures (some with two eyes, others with one, three, four, or more) cavort around a park, to the rhythm of Yolen's spare, easy-to-follow rhyming text: "Monsters hopscotch. / Monsters slide. / Monsters swing and piggy-back ride." A story line emerges from Murphy's multi-hued (but, happily, in subdued shades) oil, acrylic, and gel illustrations: a mother monster and her children — one is red with spots, the other is yellow with stripy arms and legs — are having a blast until a tussle at the water fountain leads to hurt feelings. No worries: an apology and balloons make everything "all better," and the siblings toodle off out of the park, furry-hand in furry-hand. ELISSA GERSHOWITZ
From the September/October 2013 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.


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Footprint interviews Chelsea Flower Show gold medal winner Phillip Johnson
More from: Australian construction booms
What is the driving concept behind your garden design?
Our garden is about connecting humanity back to nature. We desperately need biodiversity back in our urban environments to green our cities and cool them down.
What is most innovative about your design?
We've harnessed water off adjacent roofs to highlight the fact that we should not be using precious drinking water other than just for drinking. For us, it's not really innovative, but for many in the UK, it is.
We have harnessed water off the roof of the temporary BBC structure behind us, and this is what sustains our installation. For Chelsea, this is a first. It rained the other day and our billabong was topped up. That's a big message.
In Australia, we have big issues with storm water. There is too much hard surface which limits permeability. Water is collected, drained away and run off the site. So what we are doing is slowing that storm water surge so that it replenishes the billabong. It can drop right down and when it rains, it recharges the system. The billabong would then overflow through an ephemeral dry creek bed or rain garden or a swale before it exits as storm water.
I also want to challenge the pool industries of the world to re-think the way they use salt and chlorine. We need to avoid completely sterile soulless water that gives people an allergic reaction when they swim in it. The billabong at the centre of our garden is a natural pool. We're working with cutting edge natural pool technology to develop more environmentally friendly ways of cleaning water that support biodiversity.
Is this approach widely accepted in your home state of Victoria, Australia or are you pushing the boundaries?
The Victoria government has been really innovative in developing an integrated approach to water management. They are motivated to drive this further. We have been approached to bring elements of our Chelsea garden to a permanent installation in the centre of Melbourne so the public can visit this beautiful habitat and understand the messaging behind it: harnessing water, making gardens permeable, using local materials, using FSC-certified and reclaimed timbers.
Why do you think your garden won?
Our environmental message is a major reason, and the size and ambition of the design. At 24x12m, it is a massive build, one of the largest builds in the history of Chelsea. Most show gardens are 10x15m, 10x20m, or 10x10m. Also our attention to detail has been absolutely impeccable. I've researched and researched, particularly how natural systems can mimick natural environments.
What are your sources of inspiration?
My own garden, just outside of Melbourne, is my research laboratory and has been a major inspiration. The Chelsea garden is a kind of replica but it's taken to a whole new level. What is beautiful in my own garden is how a habitat evolves and is self-seeding, such as the germination of fern fronds and new discernible fern spores. That's a detail we've had to execute so it's not just about these large plants but also about the lifecycle that occurs in a natural system.
We've got rainwater tanks, and we've also got solar power to show how these technologies can be integrated into the landscape. I don't like using this word, but ours is a holistic approach. Sometimes people ask 'why are you putting solar panels in?' I've seen research that shows that solar panels with planting underneath actually makes the solar panels more efficient in certain circumstances.
Is your rain water harvesting tank visible?
Yes, it's partly visible. It's only a small tank. I wanted it to be bigger but in proportion to the place we wanted to put it, it wouldn't fit so we've got roughly a 4000-litre tank.
My own home has no mains water so I'm completely self-sufficient. For drinking and house use, I have 70,000 litres, and then I have 186,000 litres of billabong water for a natural pool, for bush fire prevention, for habitat creation - all those things.
The soul of our garden and the soul of our life is this water. We should celebrate it, not hide it away. I wanted it to stand out to the world and educate everyone.
It's a big thing for me as a sustainable landscape designer to come to the other side of the world to build a garden. We've used a whole range of local materials sustainably sourced in the UK, but it's a balance.
The reason why I am here is to inspire humanity to connect back with nature and to add that biodiversity. We've flown here - that is a significant factor and I feel bad about it, but the reason is to inspire others about how we need to change. We can design sustainable landscapes in every back yard, in every front yard, on every rooftop and in every commercial and public open space.
The environmental reason for showcasing a biodiverse habitat approach to planting is to inspire people to slowly start to heal our planet. This is what we need to be doing. We are so behind; we need to accelerate.
Given that one of the fundamental principles of sustainability is doing what is locally appropriate, why would you design a garden of indigenous Australian plants, imminently suited for an Australian setting and bring it to Chelsea?
My reasoning is that it represents our country. Australia has serious issues when it comes to horticulture; our horticulture needs leveraging. It needs to be taken to a whole new level. Horticulturalists, landscape designers and landscape architects need to be consulted in major urban planning decisions and policy governing macro-level climate change. We aren't being consulted.
I have just received a phone call from the Victoria government. They want a permanent installation like this garden, and they want it in every single municipality, every single council. They want to take this message to every community to see how it can be applied in living examples. This is just amazing.
So why I am doing this? I have been asked to represent Australia. I wanted to showcase the beauty of Australian plants to the world. This might take you by surprise, but in Australia we don't use that many Australian native plants. I have felt like a pioneer trying to push Australian native gardens for the last twenty years. People often say, 'I don't want an Australian garden, I want an English garden, or I want a garden that is a contemporary one mono-culture of species'.
I have gone out on limb with this bio-diversity, 'bring back nature' habitat approach. I want to show the world how remarkable Australian gardens are and inspire Australians to have an Australian garden.
But the garden is not all indigenous plants. Indigenous plants means native to a local area. We've portrayed certain micro-climates within Australia: a cool temperate habitat, a rainforest ferny environment which is like my home, and a well-drained sandy wildflower meadow.
All our plants were sourced from the UK, Spain and Sicily. Our aquatic plants are not Australian. I wanted to use local, not indigenous plants, because I couldn't even find indigenous aquatic plants to Chelsea. I have used aquatic plants from the UK. If we brought Australian plants to Europe, that would be a massive environmental issue so we used similar species to create the same effect.
Is there anything else you'd like to say to AJ readers?
Since yours is an architecture journal, I must talk about the Waratah artist's studio. A critical issue is for landscape designers, landscape architects and horticulturalists to work more closely with architects. Often we are engaged only at the completion of a project, and we have to do the landscape design based on the remaining available space and budget.
On this project, we wanted to work with Melbourne practice Studio 505. I briefed them about a personal narrative. My mother lived in London fifty years ago. While she was away for over a year, she and my father wrote love letters every week. When she returned, my Dad gave her a bunch of Waratah flowers. They were engaged that night and are still married today. They've come together to the UK for the first time today.
Studio 505 used this flower as the basis of this Waratah studio, studying the geometry that occurs in the inflorescence of the flower. It's built out of reclaimed aluminium, offcuts of aluminium designed in Australia to pack down and easy to ship here. The petals are made from FSC-certified timber. It's designed so that when you stand in the centre of the studio, the timber petals completely disappear and the whole landscape of the garden opens up. This is an example of how landscape and architecture can work together.
We also have a louvre and window system so that the micro-climate created by the billabong's waterfalls assists in cooling this space. The solar panels assist in supplying power. In a normal landscape, we wouldn't run the power for waterfalls all the time, but because it's a show garden, we wanted to show how beautiful they can be.
- Phillip Johnson is an Australian sustainable landscape pioneer and founder of Phillip Johnson Landscapes
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Australian 'ARB' to merge with construction regulatory bodies
Green shoots as Australian housing bounces back
Sustainable Australian garden wins gold at Chelsea
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H.J.Res.459 - A joint resolution to designate April 21, 1988, as "John Muir Day".100th Congress (1987-1988)
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Earlier this year, the CAMFT Insurance and Healthcare Reform Committee voted
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SAN FRANCISCO -- After departing from Shanghai and stopping in Seoul, Asiana Flight 214 makes its final approach into San Francisco International Airport following a 10-hour flight across the Pacific Ocean. A preliminary review of the crash by U.S. investigators turns up the following:
- APPROACH PROCEEDS NORMALLY: The plane receives clearance from air traffic control to land without its instrument landing system. Visibility is about 10 miles with winds out of the southwest at 7 knots. There are no distress calls or special requests in the air traffic control tapes that captured the discussion between the tower and the Asiana pilots.
(MORE: The Latest on the Crash | Victims Were Just Teenagers)
- PLANE DESCENDS: At 1,600 feet and 82 seconds before impact, the autopilot is disengaged, a normal procedure. At 1,400 feet and 73 seconds before impact, the plane's speed is about 170 knots. At 500 feet and 34 seconds before impact, the speed has dropped to 134 knots, just below the optimal landing speed of 137 knots. At 200 feet and 16 seconds out, the plane is traveling at 118 knots.
- 16 SECONDS OUT: Plane is at 200 feet and traveling at 118 knots. The Precision Approach Path Indicator that uses red and white lights to tell pilots if they are approaching correctly is all red, indicating the plane is much too low. Lee Jeong-min recognizes the autothrottle isn't maintaining the proper speed.
- 8 SECONDS OUT: At an altitude of 125 feet, there's a call in the cockpit for additional speed and the throttles begin moving forward. The plane is traveling at about 112 knots.
- 4 SECONDS OUT: The stick shaker, a yolk the pilots hold, begins vibrating, indicating the plane could stall.
- 3 SECONDS OUT: The plane is traveling at 103 knots, the slowest speed recorded by the flight data recorder. The engines begin increasing power from 50 percent.
- 1.5 SECONDS OUT: From the cockpit comes a call to abort the landing and go around for another try.
- CRASH: The plane, traveling at 106 knots, clips a seawall at the end of the runway and then slams down on the runway. The controller declares an emergency and rescue vehicles are deployed.


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Think there aren't any Young Democrats active in Utah? Think again!
Lots of Young Democrats are making a difference throughout our state as elected officials, candidates, activists, and more. Check out the list below to learn more about our Young Dems.
Arlyn Bradshaw - Salt Lake County Councilman
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Marcus Stevenson - Vice Chair, Utah State Democratic Party
Cristobal Villegas, Secretary, Utah Democratic Party
Corey Thomas, South Salt Lake City Councilwoman
Ray DeWolf, South Salt Lake City Councilman
Chris Wharton, Salt Lake City Councilman
Jake Fitisemanu, West Valley City Councilman
Edgar Harwood - Candidate, Utah House District 43 (West Jordan)
Alex Cragun, Executive Director, Utah Democratic Party
Bonnie Billings, Executive Director, Salt Lake County Democratic Party


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National Power Chair begins rebuilding motors for retailers selling electric wheelchairs. At the time, there were numerous manufacturers, but just three different motors available.
Follow Our Journey.
National Power Chair begins catalog sales of rebuilt motors and parts. The company quickly develops a reputation for designing, building and repairing motors, parts and accessories that are stronger, lighter and less expensive than their OEM counterparts.
National Power Chair becomes NPC after robot hobbyists discover the power and strength of its motors, setting the stage for NPC to achieve prominence on television programs like BattleBots, BattleBots IQ, Robotica, Robot Wars and RFL (Robot Fighting League).
The U.S. Military (TARDEC) engages NPC to help create a Battery-Powered Motorized Traversing Unit (BPMTU) to drive the ever-increasing weight of armored turrets.
The BPMTU is recognized by the U.S. Army as one of the year's 10 Greatest Inventions. As of 2010, over 50,000 have been built and are in service on Up-Armored HMMWVs, MRAPs and MTAVs.
NPC introduces a hydraulically powered Door Assist System for Up-Armored MRAPs with an initial order of approximately 5,000 units for Cayman MRAP doors.
The NPC-patented Improved Turret Drive System (I-TDS) is introduced with a launch order of more than 5,000 units. Designed for greater performance on heavier turret systems, it features improved capabilities, enhanced ergonomics and a reduced profile compared to the BPMTU.
NPC introduces the refined "Black Box" Hydraulic Package for M915-A5 B-Kit and other heavy-duty motion control applications. Building on the successes of the original Door Assist System, it can be mounted in any attitude, and features a lighter weight, thinner profile, simplified design, easier installation, programmable positions, improved ruggedness, and an emergency bypass from the MRAP configuration.
NPC launches BlackDog Robotics, a division of NPC Robotics with a focus on developing modular robotic systems for law enforcement, security and military applications.


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Sessions and Themes
- Shifting the paradigm: Vikas Saini
- Magical thinking and Modern medicine: Harvey Fineberg
- What makes us do it?
- What will it take to get us there?: Don Berwick
- What are the knowledge gaps in avoiding avoidable care?
- Case discussions
- What are the ethical issues?
- Medical journals and the issue of avoidable care
- The schizophrenic life of the hospital CEO
- A reason to change: Shannon Brownlee
- Social responsibility of physicians: Bernard Lown
- Behavior-changing Best practices
- Global dimensions of unnecessary care: Julio Frenk
- Payment mechanisms and the Culture of medicine
- Choosing wisely and beyond: What are the next steps?
- How can patients help drive the needed change?
Excessive Spine Surgery
Heading the class in "Avoidable" is multi-level spinal fusion as a primary treatment for low back pain in patients with degenerative disc disease. Despite the many disclosures over the past few years in the press and medical journals regarding this important issue the surgeons participating in such excessive surgery have not yet been held accountable for their action, which thereby continues unchecked. Given the fact that poor behavior does not change unless there are significant consequences for it I would be most appreciative if this conference would spend some time discussing the issue of developing appropriate consequences and even more appropriately, effective behavior modifiers which would also make sense.
C. Burton


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Humboldt's Plant Geography
Alexander von Humboldt: "Everything is interconnected."
"Alles ist Wechselwirkung." Alexander von Humboldt, Reise auf dem Rio Magdalena, durch die Anden und Mexico. Margot Faak (ed.), vol. 1, p. 358.
"Alles ist Wechselwirkung." Alexander von Humboldt, Reise auf dem Rio Magdalena, durch die Anden und Mexico. Margot Faak (ed.), vol. 1, p. 358.
|Humboldt's Travels
In the first half of the nineteenth century, people believed that the Ecuadoran Chimborazo volcano was the tallest mountain in the world. Accompanied by Aimé Bonpland and Carlos Montúfar, Alexander von Humboldt almost reached the summit of the mountain in 1802. Because no one had ever climbed so high before, reports of this accomplishment made Humboldt a celebrity in Europe.
The Chimborazo and Plant Geography
Humboldt's cross-section of the Chimborazo was his most daring experiment in the visual presentation of scientific data. With its great variety and richness of information, the image displays Humboldt's conception of plant geography and reflects his effort to show the unity, diversity, and interconnectedness of nature.
The cross-section shows Latin plant names at various altitudes. In columns to the right and left of the cross-section, Humboldt presents relevant climatic conditions such as temperature, barometric pressure, etc.
Computer technology offers an opportunity to overcome the limitations of the print medium. By expanding and magnifying the concentrated form of the data, the digital library can guide the user to Humboldt's vast store of botanical and geographical information.
Accessing Humboldt's Discoveries
During their exploration of the Americas, Humboldt and Bonpland observed thousands of plants unknown in Europe. They described them in detail and supervised the preparation of colored lithographs. Although the digital library will eventually accommodate the entire range of descriptions and images, at the present time the Chimborazo figure illustrates how it is possible to access information about the plants that Humboldt considered the most important.
The user can ascertain when and where Humboldt and Bonpland located the 700 plants of the Nova Genera et Species Plantarum. The digital library provides all relevant data to recreate the geographical context of these plants.
On the basis of Humboldt's precise information, it is possible to determine how plant life and the environment have changed in the last 200 years.
Humboldt and Aime Bonpland at the Foot of the Chimborazo. Painting by Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1810)
Source: Wikipedia


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There's a paradox in the starting of a fitness routine.
It only takes a little bit of time… but you have to fight to squeeze it in.
You have to want to start it… but you have to really want to keep going.
It'll make you feel better… but it's gonna hurt to get there.
So… it's easy, but it's hard.
Why can't it just be easy, painless and quick instead of hard, ouch-y and slow?
Fitness programs are successful when you are ready to be a success doing them. I have spent the last several years wishing to be fitter, planning to exercise, thinking about losing weight… and indulging in sporadic fitness adventures that fizzled before I really saw any results. I tried Weight Watchers but it didn't excite me enough to stick with it. I kayaked until the black flies got too bad. I biked until my ipod died. I cut out wine… for two days.
I wasn't ready.
I didn't want it badly enough.
I couldn't maintain my good intentions because I was focused on it being easy and quick, instead of becoming an enduring part of my daily habit.
"Weight loss doesn't begin in the gym with a dumb bell; it starts in your head with a decision."
– Toni Sorenson
It's been really hard for me to start… and now I can't stop! My internet died the other day in the middle of one of my streaming workout videos and I was wild! I'm getting out of bed twenty minutes earlier (4:40 in the am, people. Try it! It's awesome!) so I can squeeze in two half hour videos before work. I'm planning my day around being able to get out to walk, or bike… pushing supper later, spending less time online… and fitness has become my routine, on a daily basis. It wasn't easy to get here, but the more I focus my intention on my own wellness the more motivated I am to get it done.
One of my favorite Beachbody videos starts with that imperative… Focus your Intention. Remember why you started. What is it that you want? I'm finding that this idea motivates me through my day as well as through my workout. When I focus my intention for the day, I feel successful, I feel powerful, I feel motivated.
What do I want?
How am I going to get there?
When my intention is clear, my effort becomes second nature.
Focus your intention, and go for it!
Interested in wellness and fitness and all things healthy? Find me here:
Twitter: @LibbyBroadbent


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Have you heard about AWOL Square Foot Art Exhibition? It is an interesting concept where artists create their masterpieces in a 12" by 12" dimension. Though some may think this size limitation constrains the artists' "freedom of expression", I rather think this challenges the artists to "think inside the box"and the end result was a stunning collaboration of creative talents!
Installed like wall tiles, these 12" by 12" pieces lined up uniformly next to one another against the crisp white gallery walls. Art work aside, I love these wood beams and posts in the gallery! Would love to have expose wood supports in my house ... one day!
These are the amazing pieces that caught my attention:
This tourist in NYC by Kara Schuster totally reminded me of "myself" when I was in NYC. I also thought this 3D inspired piece by Ray Cicin was edgy and fun.
I always like abstract art as it allows ones to form their own interpretation of the piece. To me, this fantastic piece by Nadine Prada is a beautiful field with wild flowers in shades of yellow, blue, and violet. Steven Crainford features a simple staircase with bright yellow railing in his piece. It may not look special here but when you see it in person, the staircase actually looks three dimensional!
You all know I am crazy about birds... well exception for pigeons. They often made a mess at my balcony but I love the energy and colors in this piece by Leila Cools. While we are on animal talk, how about this block print on wood veneer of an anime squirrel by Dan Springer.
If you want something more intense and powerful, here are two pieces for you by Nancy Brandsma. To me, these are beautiful roses ... and to Chris, he saw "thickened blood". Interesting how couple see arts very differently!
If you prefer something more quiet, here are a couple of peaceful pieces that scream romantic to me. These pieces by Jennifer Wardle reminded me of the Neuschwanstein Castle and palace's gardens in Germany.
For real 3D pieces, here is a tornado illustrated with pieces of puzzles by Josh Garle. I also have a soft spot for small felt animals and this white elephant in this mystical forest by Gillian Holmes is no exception. Unfortunately, the feeling wasn't mutual with Chris and I got a full "STOP" + "DON'T EVEN THING ABOUT IT" on this fairy tale journey.
Since my trip to Germany, I just couldn't get hot air balloons out of my mind. I love this simple, delicate piece by Keiley Stewart. I was so delighted to see how a simple origami balloon (something I learned to make in kindergarten) is now reinterpreted and turned into a sophisticated piece of hand crafted art.
Now you want to know what I really want to take home with? These two were it! I love their calm and serene quality and how they feature totally different subjects but to me, they so work together! The pear is by Lula Ladron de Guevara and the boots by Erin Vincent. Chris found the boots not very special. To me, the piece gives me a feeling of comfort and calm: a feeling busy city dwellers dream about when they come home and take off their shoes.
I've shared with you Chris' thoughts on some of my picks. Here are some of his favourites. He seems to be drawn to pieces with earthly colors and hence, these modern pieces with block paint technique.
This colorful landscape reminded me of the view of Chris' grandparents home in Germany
and Chris loves this surreal piece by Ian Patrick McAllister.
Bold, intense color on left (I thought it was a forest fire) and deep indigo blue follows (a scene from "Outter Limit"?).
My good friend, the talented Scott Young, also submitted three pieces to the exhibition. I love the energy and the execution of his pieces. Sorry about the pictures but that's the best I can do with the iphone. If you look closely, you can see the shiny quality to his pieces and that is because they were images printed on metal (available through posterjack): totally industrial and perfectly on edge!
Best of all, we also witnessed Scott's piece flying off the wall during opening night!
Scott and I in action checking out our favourite pieces.
Thanks Scott and Hugh for inviting Chris and I to this fantastic art exhibition. It was truly a fun night out and I was so tempted to pick up many of the pieces to form a focal wall in my home. Sadly the couple of pieces I wanted to pick up were perfectly sold already. Next time ... I will get there early next time!
The AWOL Square Foot Art Exhibition is on until August 22nd. If you haven't checked it out yet, you should go check out the great work of our home grown local talents!
Sunday, August 14, 2011
AWOL Square Foot Art Exhibition
Labels: Local Talents
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It was a great night, and I am glad you both came along! I also wouldn't mind a few rough timber beams in my place. You have captured some of the really great pieces that also caught my eye, and a few I must have missed. This was an international show which attracts buyers and collectors from all over, and one that I hope to do again!ReplyDelete
Yes it was a fun night out Scott! Thanks for inviting us to the event with you. Your pieces looked fantastic and so different than the others with the image printed on metal!ReplyDelete
Maybe I will need to sneak back there for another look!
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Vietnamese Lyrics
Việt Nam Việt Nam nghe từ vào đời Việt Nam hai câu nói bên vành nôi Việt Nam nước tôi. Việt Nam Việt Nam tên gọi là người Việt Nam hai câu nói sau cùng khi lìa đời Việt Nam đây miền xinh tươi Việt Nam đem vào sông núi Tự do công bình bác ái muôn đời Việt Nam không đòi xương máu Việt Nam kêu gọi thương nhau Việt Nam đi xây đắp yên vui dài lâu Việt Nam trên đường tương lai, Lửa thiêng soi toàn thế giới Việt Nam ta nguyện tranh đấu cho đời Tình yêu đây là khí giới, Tình thương đem về muôn nơi Việt Nam đây tiếng nói đi xây tình người Việt Nam! Việt Nam! Việt Nam quê hương đất nước sáng ngời Việt Nam! Việt Nam! Việt Nam muôn đời
English Lyrics
Vietnam, Vietnam! The first words you hear in life Vietnam is the first words you speak Vietnam is my country. Vietnam, Vietnam! The name calls to you Vietnam is the last word you speak when you pass away Vietnam is where the young and attractive are Vietnam is the rivers and mountains Freedom, equality, and humanity for everyone Vietnam doesn't want violence Vietnam calls for peace and love Vietnam will build1 a long-lasting happiness (?) Vietnam is on the path towards the future The sacred fire2 illuminates the entire universe Vietnam, I pledge myself entirely for you Love here is our weapon Affection will bring us everywhere3 (?) Vietnam is the word to build a kind person Vietnam! Vietnam! Vietnam is the homeland that shines brightly Vietnam! Vietnam! Vietnam is all of life
- Couldn't find a translation for "đắp yên" but I think what I have gets the general idea
- Not sure if this is referring something from Vietnamese folklore or if I translated it wrong
- Not sure how to translate "muôn nơi". Pretty sure it means "everywhere" but then the sentence doesn't make much sense
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I asked my mom what her favorite Vietnamese song was and this was the first thing she could think of. She said it wasn't her favorite though just what popped into her head. Still, it's a pretty simple and repetitive song so it was quick to translate. It's very patriotic and what I imagine hippy songs in Vietnam were like during the war.


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Pfizer to pay largest fraud settlement in Justice Dept. history, whistleblowers share $102 million
Pfizer and subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company will pay $2.3 billion to the U.S. Justice Department for illegally promoting Bextra, an anti-inflammatory drug, and Geodon, Zyvox and Lyrica.
The whistleblowers who helped the government, five of them in all, will share $102 million from the settlement.
From the DOJ press release:
Bextra is an anti-inflammatory drug that Pfizer pulled from the market in 2005. Under the provisions of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, a company must specify the intended uses of a product in its new drug application to FDA. Once approved, the drug may not be marketed or promoted for so-called "off-label" uses – i.e., any use not specified in an application and approved by FDA. Pfizer promoted the sale of Bextra for several uses and dosages that the FDA specifically declined to approve due to safety concerns.
And most troubling, health care providers were paid kickbacks for writing prescriptions:
The civil settlement also resolves allegations that Pfizer paid kickbacks to health care providers to induce them to prescribe these, as well as other, drugs. The federal share of the civil settlement is $668,514,830 and the state Medicaid share of the civil settlement is $331,485,170. This is the largest civil fraud settlement in history against a pharmaceutical company.
Read the entire DOJ press release.


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New Portal To Create STEM Stars
The Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) welcomes this week's launch of STARportal, a new online tool designed to facilitate student engagement with science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
An initiative of the Chief Scientist's Office, the platform was delivered by Engineers Australia with funding from the Australian Government, BHP Billiton Foundation through the AMSI Choose Maths project, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Telstra.
An Australian first, STARportal is a one-stop-shop for schools and families keen to find STEM events and education programs in their local area. Choose Maths Project Director and AMSI School's Program Manager, Janine McIntosh sees the online tool as a powerful value-add to the existing Choose Maths tools.
"This platform addresses a long identified need for central access to quality STEM opportunities anywhere in Australia, including initiatives delivered by Choose Maths and AMSI," she says.
With over 75 per cent of Australia's growth employment sectors demanding STEM, equipping the next generations to embrace these opportunities is essential. With maths participation in decline, this online resource opens a world of fun, exciting and challenging STEM opportunities to get children engaged.
"Parents recognise the value of STEM in securing their children's future. This exciting tool provides parents with a single national entry point to explore local activities and resources for their children," says Janine McIntosh.
Currently focused towards parents, the portal will be expanded to include additional teacher specific activities.
AMSI Director, Professor Geoff Prince, said the project was a fantastic example of multi-sector collaboration to strengthen education in Australia.
"Strengthening Australia's STEM workforce is essential to future prosperity. This is a powerful example of the impact innovation stakeholders, including industry, government and academia, can have in and beyond the classroom," he said.
STARportal is now live at www.starportal.edu.au
For Interview:
Professor Geoff Prince, AMSI Director
Janine McIntosh, AMSI Schools Program Manger and Choose Maths Project Director
Media Contact: Laura Watson
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An excellent way to practice a foreign language is to find practical applications for it. It's hard to think of a better place to start than recipes, and in that spirit I offer you a link to an excellent foodblog called Jasmine Cuisine (i.e., "Jasmine cooks"). Jasmine herself is Québecoise, so her French contains some Canuckisms, but that's part of the fun for you French-language learners. No style of French is any more or any less legitimate than any other!
Think of this as a great opportunity to learn a ton of practical kitchen vocabulary: how to say "1 cup of..." or "simmer for 10 minutes" or "stir until thickened"-- not to mention the names of all sorts of fruits, vegetables, meats, seasonings, etc.
The recipes are all fantastic, and Jasmine is very frank about her successes and failures as she attempts each dish. The blog is written in a cheerful, intelligent style; I highly, highly recommend it.


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Psalms 136:23 – (Give thanks) to the One who remembered us in our low estate for His lovingkindness is everlasting. Our greatest comfort and consolation in this life is that no matter what we go through, we have a Lord who remembers us and performs wonderful ministries for us to be encouraged. He knows us and all our situations, and comes to us with His hands of lovingkindness at the nick of the time. He knows us when we are in the valley and comes to us to lift us up. When we are in a mountain top experience, He comes to help us not fall flat on our noses through pride. He doesn't abandon us when the world tarnishes us or pulls down our reputation and dignity. He values us so much to want to come to our rescue in all our struggles. He remembers us in our worst scenarios. He remembered Elijah when the brook was dry and the ravens stopped bringing in food. He remembered Rachael when she was agonizing with frustration and rejection in the family. He remembered Joseph when he was a forgotten prisoner in Egypt. He remembered Hannah and her low estate in her family situation. He remembered Naomi and Ruth when they both were destitute. He remembered and met with a dejected Peter to restore him. He remembered David when he was running for life and moving from cave to cave and from hills to forests. He remembered Noah and his family when they were in an arc during the flood. He remembered the people of Israel during their 400 years of slavery in Egypt. He is our God and He remembers us also in our times of struggles. No matter who forgets us, He will never forget us, but will come to us to rescue us. When the storm is petrifying and there is utter darkness in the fourth watch, He will come to take us safe to the shore. He will come to comfort and encourage us and to establish us on firm footing for His name sake. He shows lovingkindness to us and His mercy towards us is everlasting and will never run dry.
Dear friend, are you weary, tired and feeling so dejected about your situation and wonder how you will escape? Do you feel so frustrated as to want to quit? Are you feeling so depressed as to sink into dejection like Jacob? The Lord comes to you today to show you from His eternal Word that He always remembers His beloved children who are forsaken, rejected and ignored by all who are around them. Even if their father and mother reject them, the Lord will never. When the whole world refuses to understand them, their Lord will always understand them fully and properly. He knows His children and their real situations very well and will never pay attention to any gossip of the enemy about them. He knows their real inner needs. He knows what they are hungry for and how deep their thirst is. He has enough resources to quench their thirst and to satisfy their desires. If they open their mouth wide, He will fill every desire. He will never break a bruised reed, but will set it properly and allow it to heal and strengthen further. He will not snuff off a smoldering wick, but will fan it to flame again for His glory. The Lord will never give up on us, but will always come back to us to put us back into circulation. He gives us opportunities again and again so that we can shine for Him. Every child of God is given second or third chance because He is kind and merciful to us and would not give up on us. He knows that we are dust and weak, and so He will pour His power and strength into us to revive our sagging spirits to once again use us for His glory. Let us today gather encouragement from knowing this Lord more intimately and thank Him for remembering us. Let us allow ourselves to be revived by His Spirit to get going on the pathway marked out for us by the Lord, soaring from strength to strength and from victory to victory.Isaiah 54:10 – "Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed", says the Lord who has compassion on you. Thought for Today
Though all around us forsake, reject and denounce us, the Everlasting Arms will still be around us to keep us binding to Himself.


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When I thought about adding a Family Recipes section of my blog, I knew that I wanted to include recipes from every part of my family. This is one of the first dishes I ate at my in-laws' house. You may be wondering what Greek Chili is. If you're familiar with Cincinnati Chili or Skyline Chili, this is along the same lines. It is full of warm spices, and it's even better prepared a day ahead. We like to eat ours served over spaghetti with cheddar cheese, oyster crackers, and diced onion.
I made this recipe a while back as a special request from my husband and had plenty leftover to stick in the freezer. Hubby and I just got home from a road trip to Idaho, only to have our tax person coming this afternoon. I was happy to have a big ziploc bag full of this ready to go so I don't have to cook dinner tonight!
The original recipe calls for the chili to be cooked on the stove uncovered. I chose to put mine in the crockpot with the lid on. We have kitties who don't need any temptation to jump on the counter! Have you ever had Greek Chili? Let me know in the comments!
- 2 lbs. ground beef, ground turkey, or ground buffalo
- 2 large onions, chopped fine
- 2 small cans tomato paste
- 1 t cinnamon
- 1 t allspice
- 1 t ground red pepper (cayenne)
- 1 t cumin seed
- 1 t red pepper flakes
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 ½ T white vinegar
- 2 T chili powder, or less
- 5-6 bay leaves
- 2-3 dashes worchestershire sauce
- 4 C water (reduce by 1/2 C if you make yours in the crockpot)
- Salt to taste.
- DO NOT brown meat – break up into water, add all other ingredients, simmer (don't boil) uncovered for four hours. (Or you can cook on low in the crock pot for 6-8 hours) Serve over spaghetti noodles. Top with grated cheese, chopped onions and oyster crackers. (This is best made the day before.)
This post is linked at the Link Party at Buns In My Oven.


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Following on the heels of Songs From Suicide Bridge, we are proud to present Misty Flats, another loner folk gem. This time, the music comes to us from Minneapolis singer-songwriter Goldberg and album producer Michael Yonkers. Recorded in '74 at the tail end of the Vietnam war, while Goldberg's stint in a would-be successful band was coming to a close, the theme of Misty Flats is transition. In the words of Goldberg himself, the album inhabits '"neither the high road, nor the low road, but somewhere in between." This mood, combined with imagery from the old Hollywood movies that were a constant in Goldberg's nomadic childhood, creates something very special indeed.
This is an album to listen to in full. Put it on 'round midnight and let it wash over you.
Misty Flats is now available for preorder in both clear and black wax and will be available for purchase August 14th.
Opening track 'Hollywood' sets the tone for the rest of the album:
Because this release is on our imprint label Future Days, unfortunately it is not included in the current vinyl subscription. However, vinyl subscribers can still use their 15% discount to purchase it!


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Hi everyone! Here's a layout I had up on the 3 Birds Studio Blog using the new Midday Medley collection. I just love this cute frame paper!!
I cut out a few of the openings and added the photos to the back of the paper so it looked like the pictures were actually framed. I also cut out a few extra shapes and added the fancy pink and white striped paper behind those.
I added the sweet little "adored" shaker box from the Midday Medley 3D Embellishment kit. The gold sequins inside look so pretty and sparkly on my layout!
To finish my layout, I fussy cut the flowers and adhered them with foam tape for a bit of added dimension, and added journaling and a few pearls from my stash.
Supplies: papers & embellishments - 3 Birds Design, pearls, Uni-Ball Signo Pen


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The commonalty professes a morality which is most closely connected with its essence. The first demand of this morality is to the effect that one should carry on a solid business, an honourable trade, lead a moral life. Immoral, to it, is the sharper, the demirep, the thief, robber, and murderer, the gamester, the penniless man without a situation, the frivolous man.
The doughty commoner designates the feeling against these "immoral" people as his "deepest indignation." All these lack settlement, the solid quality of business, a solid, seemly life, a fixed income, etc.; in short, they belong, because their existence does not rest on a secure basis to the dangerous "individuals or isolated persons," to the dangerous proletariat; they are "individual bawlers" who offer no "guarantee" and have "nothing to lose," and so nothing to risk. The forming of family ties, e. g., binds a man: he who is bound furnishes security, can be taken hold of; not so the street-walker. The gamester stakes everything on the game, ruins himself and others – no guarantee.
All who appear to the commoner suspicious, hostile, and dangerous might be comprised under the name "vagabonds"; every vagabondish way of living displeases him. For there are intellectual vagabonds too, to whom the hereditary dwelling-place of their fathers seems too cramped and oppressive for them to be willing to satisfy themselves with the limited space any more: instead of keeping within the limits of a temperate style of thinking, and taking as inviolable truth what furnishes comfort and tranquillity to thousands, they overlap all bounds of the traditional and run wild with their impudent criticism and untamed mania for doubt, these extravagating vagabonds. They form the class of the unstable, restless, changeable, and, if they give voice to their unsettled nature, are called "unruly fellows."
Max Stirner – The Ego and His Own


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He's known for his bestselling novels and the hit films they inspired: The Firm, A Time to Kill, The Pelican Brief, The Client, to name a few. His protagonists unlock secrets, ferret out corruption, and bring culprits to justice. But 13 years ago author John Grisham found himself caught in his own personal thriller, this one a frightening medical mystery.
Something was causing him to experience unnerving allergic reactions, sometimes in the middle of the night. His skin felt "on fire" with welts that would swell and itch – but what was behind the outbreaks? And how to stop them?
After consulting a physician and keeping a log of every morsel he ate for months, Grisham uncovered the bizarre cause of his misery: red meat (beef, pork and other mammals' meat). What he didn't know at the time was that this allergy to a carbohydrate (alpha-gal) in red meat is linked to tick bites. And Virginia, where Grisham's family lives on a farm, is tick central.
In fact, University of Virginia researchers were among the first to document the tick-meat allergy connection, in part because renowned UVA allergist Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills himself developed meat allergy after being bitten by ticks. What makes the allergy particularly confounding to track is that it causes delayed reactions, often over four hours after eating meat.
Despite his busy schedule of writing, speaking, and supporting good causes, Grisham manages to keep his allergy in check both at home (in Virginia and Mississippi) and on the road. A few years ago, the author sat down in his Charlottesville, Virginia office with Allergic Living contributor Mary Esselman to discuss his bedeviling allergy, making frequent reference to his meticulous log notes.
On the beginning of his odd allergy.
"The first [reaction] was in June of 2002. I noticed some rashes on my ankles. I remember thinking, 'This is weird, both ankles.'" [He didn't think it was a big deal.]
"Then in July 2002, I went with my wife to an annual garden club dinner, and she had prepared these huge beef tenderloins that I had grilled. And while I was cooking, I was shaving some off to sample. By the time we got to the garden club party, my ears were really, really itching. I got my wife and said, 'Renee, something's going on.'
There was a doctor there, and he gave me an antihistamine. My skin was on fire.
So we got in the car, and I was so desperate I stripped down, took off all my clothes but my boxer shorts, and I had all the air [conditioning vents] blowing on me, and you could just see the welts. The skin was just welting up. It almost made me nauseated just watching my skin."
[He wrote down in the food log his doctor advised him to keep that it was beef. The penny began to drop.] "It was always beef."
On developing delayed reactions.
"Two weeks later, we went to a baseball game in Shea Stadium with the kids, and I had a hot dog. And this is when the weird stuff started happening because from that point on [the reactions] were all delayed [by four or five hours after eating]. I'd be asleep – and when you wake up you know you're in big-time trouble.
I remember standing in the hotel bathroom, Renee was putting damp cloths on my skin, and you can just see it: down your legs, and right into your midsection is where it just really welts up. The inside of your forearms – there have been times when I would scratch until it almost would bleed. You just cannot stop scratching.
So the plot thickens. There were 11 episodes in 2002-2003. By then I'm writing notes to myself, 'No red meat, you idiot.' Because it was pork – my favorite pork ribs from a restaurant in Memphis one time – sausage, bacon, ham. Lamb one time. I finally just stopped eating red meat."
On cheating on the diet – and paying for it.
"Four years go by, and after a while I started eating red meat again. And I got by with it and I'm thinking, 'This is good'. In 2007, I gave the commencement speech here at UVA [University of Virginia]. Then my wife and my daughter and I came downtown and all had a cheeseburger. That was in May.
In September, Renee fixed some big beef dish, and she had a thick wine reduction sauce, just delicious. And I woke up and thought I was going to die. It was the worst hives and rashes and itching ever. I took two Allegra, got out of bed so she could sleep, went downstairs, and at some point fainted and my head cracked a chair – and broke the chair. Of course I'm hard-headed [laughs] so it didn't do any damage [to his head].
The last one was November 3rd, my wife's birthday, 2010. To celebrate, we were in Paris. We went to a fancy restaurant, and I had a very rich rabbit dish in heavy sauce and I woke up about four hours later with yet still the worst case of hives, itching. I had Allegra, and we almost called to get a doctor. But I didn't want to go to the doctor in a strange city, or a hospital, so we toughed it out.
And that was it. That episode was so bad I said, 'I can happily give it [red meat] up now'. So I've had 15 episodes in 10 years with a gap, oddly enough, when I thought I could eat beef and pork. But I can't."
On treating his reactions.
"I always have Allegra nearby. There have been times when I would wake up in the middle of an episode and take the Allegra, and it kills the itching but not the swelling. But you can sleep it off. The next day is ruined; you feel terrible.
When this got cranked up in the summer of 2002, I had an EpiPen close by. Renee was always afraid I was going to have a heart attack or stop breathing, so I carried an EpiPen …. From June of 2002 through July of 2003, that 13-month period, there were 11 episodes, and that's when I had the EpiPen. And then, I just figured it out. And I've only had four [reactions] since then."
On his wife developing the allergy.
"What's odd is now Renee has the same affliction. She started about a year ago. We live on a farm – ticks everywhere. And we're from Mississippi and never had the problem there. We moved here in '94, and again it wasn't a problem.
But I think the problem is being seen everywhere around here [Charlottesville]. It's being studied and all of that. [Renee] has been through it, I would guess, four times with rashes, but nothing as uncomfortable what I've gone through. But she doesn't want to do what I've done, so she stays away from red meat."
On how the allergy affects day-to-day life.
"There are times when you think, boy, I'd love to have a big old steak or cheeseburger or a side of ribs or even, you know, a Bolognese pasta sauce or something like that. But you say, well, it's not worth it.
Renee is a very healthy cook, and I've never had a problem with cholesterol, nor does she, or blood pressure. But it's a whole lot lower now [laughs], cholesterol. There's no real drawback. I could easily be a vegetarian. But my wife is also a wonderful cook. We spend a lot of time in the kitchen; we open a bottle of wine every evening about 6 and start thinking about what can we cook, or we go out. But we do eat a lot of chicken. A LOT of chicken.
[Outdoors,] we're much more careful now. We hike all the time, through the trails. We're much more careful with the [tick repellant] spray and spray the dogs."
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Lighting designer, Art Donovan, creates three new luminaires. Inspired by antique technology but with a clean, contemporary twist.
Duo Decanters for Ricard by Jakob + Macfarlane Architects.
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Tim Biskup Three Brothers Print
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The Devil's Pet Candle by Thorunn Arnadottir and Dan Koval. we wrote about in 2011 is becoming PyroPets! With the first being a cat named Kisa that you can support on Kickstarter.
Robert Zurn of Damm created this lamp as an homage to his birthplace, Oak Ridge,TN, the clandestine city, which refined the uranium used in the first atomic bomb, code name 'Little Boy'.
Material Lust's divinely-inspired Pagan Chair – a worship-worthy geometric steel chair rendition of the Pagan star.
Chris Peun's Nebulae, not distant cosmos, but closeups of cosmetics.
Speaker Dock is a minimalist design created by South Korea-based designer HOBBY:DESIGN.
'Kook' restaurant by Noses Architects in Roma, Italy.
Autodromo's latest watch: Prototipo Vic Elford Edition
Amsterdam designers Studio Drift have created a series of colour-mixing LED lamps with hand-blown glass domes.
Map of the Moon - hand lettered by artist Helen Cann -all the information you ever needed about our lunar cousin from Gallileo to Armstrong via 30's Jazz tunes and 70's British TV animation, Shakespeare and the man in the moon.
FEATUREDIn Pursuit of Magic ~ fun stencil/mini spray can set to spread a little magic around, and join the IPM movement around the globe.
'Sebastian' the mexican sculptor exihibition in the Gallery S. Bensimon in Paris, France
FEATUREDW Hotels bring the Alps to London with Republic of Verbier, 17 days of alpine themed fun ahead of the December 1st launch of W Verbier in the Swiss Alps, complete with a gondola, furs and fireplaces.
Volkswagen UK dogs campaign from adam&eve DDB compares Volkswagen's 21 models to 21 dog breeds.
VIDEOThe Deep, a playful stop motion film by PES using mechanical toys to create an underwater world.
Paper Orbs is an interactive installation for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2013. Beginning as a large installation that dissolves into thousands of paper helmets worn by visitors. Beautiful work from Christine Kim.
VIDEONando Costa's "The New America", a short animation in which every frame was created by laser engraving its unique artwork onto a solid block of maple.
Beast Portraits by ONASUP.
VIDEOStudio Swine's Can City, a system where Catadores (waste collectors) can use free metal and free fuel to produce an endless range of individually crafted aluminum items.
VIDEOHonda Illusions, An Impossible Made Possible is a commercial filled with optical illusions for the European launch for the new CR-V 1.6 Diesel. The making-of video is amazing!
In time for Day of the Dead, medical artist Emily Evans with a new colorway in her Day of the Dead Gold Sugar Skull wallpaper series. The gold sugar skull on a rich matte emerald, colorful, luxurious addition to any interior.
Lamp AIR CAN LED by AllSplann x Christophe Pillet.
'D01' coffee table by French designer Teïva Bodereau.
These Origami Shelves can be setup and folded away in just 20 seconds.
Rolo, organizes your clothing for backpacking - compress, compartmentalize, compact your clothing, making your backpacking experience better.
Hit me with your best Pink Punch, as named the installation beneath a canopy of trees in the Jardins de Métis/Reford Gardens beautifying Grand-Métis, Quebec.
VIDEOMaking the all-new Mac Pro is a short film released by Apple highlighting the fabrication process for making their newest pro tower.
Woodstock, a minimalist design, lightweight, mobile furniture collection, created by The Netherlands-based designer Jeroen van Leur.
FEATUREDGhosts of Gone Birds, the book is officially published today, documenting the first four exhibitions and the ideas behind the project. We joined the launch last night to celebrate the release and got a preview of the new book!
Bio City Map of 11 Billion by Terraform is an installation forecasting the world population density in the next 100 years. E-coli and jellyfish proteins are used to illuminate areas of the map.
The FireFly is an ultra-lightweight camping module that was inspired by aerospace design. Core77 takes a look at the design and development of this mobile camper.
'Zebra' ceramic tiles by French designer Pascaline De Glo De Besses.
The Diving Bell, first piece of artwork together from Senan Lee and Pansy Aung, Salt'n'Pepper Squid.
The RS3 Foosball Table by Rafael Rodriguez.
MY First Superyacht: Concept toy project.
VIDEO"Water Rock", a rock version of Pachelbel's Canon composed of 700 samples of dripping water recorded from the riverhead in Kumamoto, Kyushu. Created by Morihiro Harano and Mori Inc for Sony.
Beautiful porcelain candle holders - Casalinga lysestake designed by Trine Weng
Surreal versions of classical sculptures made from 2x4s by Morgan Herrin.
iPin ~ a laser that fits in your headphone 3.5mm minijack. Rotate it 90 degrees to turn it on or off.
The concept behind the Linon chair is to make a design from metal bars and wood. Worked under the concept of structure playing with the arrangement and order of the lines that form it.
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In the field of medicine, a general practitioner or a GP is a doctor who provides treatment for chronic and acute illnesses. The job profile of general practitioners involves providing health education and preventive care to patients. After hours general practitioner are doctors whose shift starts after the regular hours of other doctors have terminated for the day. An after hours general practitioner is there to ensure that a patient receives immediate care if the situation demands it and no other doctor is available.
What after hours general practitioners do
As mentioned above, the job profile of general practitioners involves the treatment of chronic and acute illnesses and also to provide health education and preventive care to needy patients. In general, a general practitioner treats a disease that is not dangerous, but yet requires immediate intervention to control it. The general practitioner holistically deals with the illness of the patient and takes into consideration their psychological, biological and social factors that gave birth to the disease in the first place.
The skill set of a general practitioner does not involve the expertise of treating a particular organ in the human body. In fact they are all trained to deal with multiple health issues at their early stages. Their training is not limited to the age and sex of the patient, but the level of complexity varies from country to country.
As said earlier, the role of a general practitioner varies with the region. In urban areas where multiple specialists and other doctors are available, their treatment is limited to chronic and acute illnesses; but in the countryside where there is a scarcity of experts, the general practitioner is the go-to person for any illness or disease.
About GP after hours Brisbane market has today
General practitioners in Brisbane, Australia have undergone many changes in terms of training and certifications. The necessary certification required is to have an MBBS degree, more commonly known as Bachelor of Medicine or Bachelor of Surgery. This course is generally 5 to 6 years long, and graduates are termed as general practitioners. After the completion of this degree, the candidate may move to other specialization courses, which usually takes another year, or two maximum.
To become an after hours GP Brisbane based, the candidate traditionally applies through the Australian General Practice Training program, which trains them on the ins and outs of the profession and at the end certifies them as being general practitioners.
Visit after hours GP in Brisbane
An after hours GP Brisbane wide can be found at a number of clinics. All the after hours general practitioners are equally trained in the trade, but the differentiating factor among them all is their experience. The more the number of patients they handle on a day to day basis, the more developed are their skills to detect and treat a chronic or acute illness. In addition to this, they also provide advice on preventive care and other health care measures. For more information, you can log on to the Internet.
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2ND UPDATE: Now I hear Lionsgate's bid was $15 million, plus a gross corridor, for the rights to The Terminator franchise. That's pocket change! (See my previous today: Halcyon Chooses Lionsgate As Stalking Horse Bidder In Bankruptcy Sale Of Rights To 'The Terminator' Franchise) Or is it?
According to an insider familiar with the deal, if you go by Terminator: Salvation's $380 million worldwide gross, the 5% first-dollar gross Halcyon gets from future Terminator movies is worth conservatively $15M-$20M million a pop. Or at least $30M-$40M if not more, assuming Lionsgate completes the new trilogy that started with T4. ("And why would they plunk down $15M in cash unless they intended to do just that?") Halcyon gets to keep the revenue stream from T4, which with DVD and TV revenues just beginning to come in could be worth tens of millions more. "So it's not a bad deal at all. And it's entirely possible someone else may come in and top the Lionsgate bid," the source tells me. "Bottom line: I wouldn't lose any sleep worrying about the Halcyon guys' finances. They're going to do just fine out of this."
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The Predator 4000 audible bird scarer is the most powerful of the scarers and is suitable for deterring birds over a 40 acre* area using the digitally recorded distress, alarm and predator call of real birds. The bird scarer can be programmed with up to 10 preset bird species, but please tell us which birds are most problematic to you when ordering and the scarer will be optimised to suit your requirement (use the text box above).
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To further enhance the scarer, a strobe light flashes while the sounds are played. This adds a visual deterrent and can cause the birds momentarily blindness; often particularly effective as bird eyesight is up to eight times better than human.
The bird scarer can also emit a manually controlled "shock" sound if required to give the birds an instant scare. This is done by pressing a test button on the outside of the case, or if the scarer is out of the way, for example on the roof of a building, by using an optional remote key fob control (with up to 100m range).
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Gum disease is often hard to detect since symptoms may not be very noticeable at first. This makes it difficult for people to evaluate the health of their gums on their own. It is commonly believed that brushing twice daily and regular flossing is enough to prevent gum disease. Unfortunately, that isn't the case. The reality of periodontal disease makes it all the more important to maintain a regular schedule of check-ups.
Depending upon the extent of progression of your gum disease, there may be several different approaches your dental health care team may choose. Steps taken can range from a more frequent visit schedule to gum surgery with a periodontal specialist. Most often, courses of treatment fall somewhere in between.
Very effective non-surgical tools available today include topical medications, curettage and root planing. Topical medications are self-explanatory and can be effective at times. Curettage involves the removal of diseased or infected tissue to allow the tooth and bone to heal properly. Root planing involves the smoothening of the roots' surface to remove any bacterial buildup. The clean area will allow the surrounding tissue to heal properly.
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It also means we add our birthdays together and celebrate that number instead of our own personal numbers. It helps take the sting out of the magnitude of the personal number. Trust me, this year the total of our ages is one seriously large number.
Rather than dwell on that . . . .
I'm adopted, and my parents took me home from the hospital when I was three days old. I don't know who my biological parents were. Because everything was prearranged, I went straight from the baby window to my new parents. It was kind of a family joke that when they handed me to my mom, she handed me right off to my dad. She was so excited and shaky, she was afraid she'd drop me.
Here's the scene almost one year later, at the first in a series of birthday parties. I've heard tell that I was afraid of the beach ball, but you can't tell from this picture. I'm thinking that fear was probably counterbalanced by my first encounter with birthday cake.


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Panthers quarterback Cam Newton's preseason work was probably over after the third preseason game under any circumstances, but a rib injury suffered against the Patriots last weekend made it a certainty.
An MRI found a hairline fracture that Newton said on Wednesday affects several ribs, leaving him with some healing up to do before the regular season. The quarterback is adamant that the injury won't keep him from answering the bell against the Bucs on September 7.
"There's no doubt in my mind," Newton said, via Joseph Person of the Charlotte Observer. "I'm just going to worry about things that I can control. I'm going to continue to come in and get as much treatment as possible so my body will be 100 percent."
Coach Ron Rivera delivered a similar message on Wednesday, adding that the team wouldn't be taking zone read plays out of the playbook while Newton is dealing with the rib injury. That's likely the best thing for the Panthers's chances of winning, but those runs and the team's shaky offensive line mean that Newton will be at some risk of further injury once he does return to the lineup.


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Your physician may perform additional tests to determine if the prostate cancer has spread and to understand how fast it is growing.
Bone Scans determine if cancer has spread to the bones. A physician conducts a safe diagnostic imaging test to determine whether cancer appears in the bones.
CAT or CT Scan. Computerized Tomography is a series of x-rays that produce cross-sectional pictures of the body that may help your physician determine if prostate cancer has spread.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). MRI is similar to a CAT scan except it uses magnetic fields instead of x-rays to create detailed, cross-sectional pictures of selected portions of the body.
Tumor Grading: A cancer cell's ability to mimic a normal prostate gland cell is called differentiation. Cancers that look similar to normal tissue are "well differentiated," while those appearing very different are "poorly differentiated." Cancers in between these two are "moderately differentiated." The Gleason system uses this information to grade tumors, indicating how fast the cancer is growing. A pathologist assigns a Gleason grade ranging from 1 through 5 based on the level of differentiation. The more dissimilar cancer cells appear from normal prostate tissue and the more they seem to have spread haphazardly throughout the prostate, the higher the Gleason grade assigned.
|Gleason Grades 1 and 2. Cancer cells closely resemble normal prostate tissue and are well differentiated. Cancer cells will probably have a biological behavior relatively close to normal and may not be aggressively malignant.
|Gleason Grade 3. The most common grade assigned. These cancer cells are moderately well differentiated.
|Gleason Grade 4. May indicate development of a more advanced tumor. This grade indicates the first main disruption and loss of normal prostate gland tissue architecture. This is the main class of poorly differentiated prostate cancer, and its distinction from Grade 3 is the most important decision made by a pathologist.
|Gleason Grade 5. The cells do not resemble normal prostate cancer tissue and do not look different from undifferentiated cancers that might occur in other parts of the body. This grade is generally associated with a poor prognosis. It is less common than Grade 4 and seldom seen in men with an early prostate cancer diagnosis.
When examining the specimen, a pathologist also tries to identify two architectural patterns and assigns a grade to each one. There may be a primary — or most common pattern — as well as a secondary pattern, or there only may be a single, pure grade. Added together, the two numbers create the Gleason score, also called a Gleason sum, which quantifies how aggressive the cancer appears. The Gleason score ranges between 2 and 10, with 2 being the slowest growing cancer and 10 the most aggressive. Most localized prostate cancers are in the intermediate score range of 5 to 6.
Cancer Staging: If tests indicate the presence of prostate cancer, the doctor needs more information to determine how much of the gland is affected, whether it has spread to nearby tissues or if it has metastasized to other parts of the body. Various diagnostic tests indicate the disease stage, a crucial factor in choosing treatment options.
There are two commonly used staging systems. The TNM (Tumor, Nodes, Metastasis) Staging System classifies tumors based on size, extent of spread to the lymph nodes and extent of spread to other parts of the body. The second uses Stage I through IV or A through D to classify tumors. These two systems are often combined.
|Stage I (A) The cancer cannot be detected by rectal exam alone and causes no symptoms.
|Stage II (B) The tumor is felt in a rectal exam or detected by a blood test, but there is no evidence it has spread outside the prostate.
|Stage III (C) The cancer has spread outside the prostate to nearby tissues.
|Stage IV (D) Cancer cells have spread to lymph nodes or to other parts of the body.


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Fruit Flies and Chicken Thighs
This time of year, fruit flies come a callin' and fruit bowls across the country play host to these uninvited guests.
Where do they come from? These little PITAS have a nose for produce and can smell a ripe piece of fruit (or a glass of Pinot Grigio) from afar. And, since these winged home invaders are so tiny they can easily find their way inside our kitchens.
They may also hitch a ride home on the fruits or vegetables we buy at the grocery store via eggs laid on the skin of ripe or fermenting fruit. Creeeeeeeepy.
Fruit flies can develop from egg to adult in just 8 days. Kids — they just grow up so fast these days. And they are persistent little buggers. Even if you get rid of the produce on your counter, it may not help. They don't actually need fruit to keep reproducing. They can breed in other mmmmoist (ick…I hate that word) surfaces like inside your plumbing, or on an old sponge or dish cloth.
If you cruise Pinterest you'll find loads ways to construct your own traps. I've used dish soap and vinegar in the past. It works fairly well, but it looks vile. I really don't want a bowl of drowning bugs on my counter top thank you. Plus, the vinegar smell makes me gag.
A company called Mosquito Shield sent me one of their Fruit Fly Traps to try. You simply bait it with ripe fruit (a chunk of ripe banana works perfectly…red wine too!) and hang it over your fruit bowl or set it on your counter. Fruit flies are captured and unable to escape. Every few days just empty, wash and re-use. The apple is much nicer to look at than the putrid bowl of fruit fly carcasses drowning on my counter. I may not like bugs, but I'm not a monster.
Adios suckers.
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* Not a sponsored post. Fruit flies just really gross me out.