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Saturday, May 19, 2012
My Red Babe's Transplant
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Ouch.. Never mind now your baby is very fit jor..ahhahhaReplyDelete
haha what a way to describe the event xDReplyDelete
Didn't add a turbo engine? Nice sound..ReplyDelete
Just like d fast n furious........
car maintenance definitely costs us a boom..ReplyDelete
ling: have to ... otherwise no transport..ReplyDelete
daniel: hahaha..otherwise boring..
simpleperson: wait till i save enough money! hahaah..
blee: yeah, it is like our member of the family!
Did you watch them the whole time? They must have wondered why you were taking pictures!!! Our car is red, too!ReplyDelete
You feed your boys so well...sure your absorbers would go sooner or later mah! Muahahahahaha!!!!ReplyDelete
- Irene TanMay 20, 2012 at 1:20 PM
Glad to hear that your red babe has a successful transplant. Now it is like driving a sport car, hehehehe!!!!ReplyDelete
ginny: I have to cos I couldnt go anywhere without a car.. :)ReplyDelete
stp: oh dear.. i should let them pay for them then! :)
irene: zzzooooommmm!!!
aiyo don simply speed ohReplyDelete
oh oh... the transplant not cheap eh.. nowadays, car maintenance also killing our pocketsReplyDelete
aiyo...gone rm500ReplyDelete


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The night sky can be both one of the trickiest and most rewarding shoots to master. Stop putting your camera away at sunset and learn how to photograph the stars in this tutorial on the night sky.
The post How to take pictures of the Perseid meteor shower and the stars appeared first on Digital Trends.

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101 JW Beliefs and Practices
Some of these might surprise you.
101 Strange Beliefs and Practices of Jehovah's Witnesses, compiled by Paul & Pat Blizard, former third generation Jehovah's Witnesses
(via Delmorpha)
Some of these might surprise you.
101 Strange Beliefs and Practices of Jehovah's Witnesses, compiled by Paul & Pat Blizard, former third generation Jehovah's Witnesses
(via Delmorpha)
This brings back memories.
If I looked through the window and saw JWs at the door, I dressed in my cammies to answer it. Made for some gawks in the 30 seconds prior to me throwing them out.
I think Roger may have something there…
Some of those things on the list have since been modified with the ever useful tag of "if your conscience allows it." My mother (an entrenched JW) made that comment toward voting recently. I'm sure, though, that the Brooklyn Brotherhood gets around that problem of "allowing it" with the other popular explanation of not doing something specifically because "it causes your brother to stumble."
I've noticed recently that JW doctrine is leaning toward the non-specific, probably so they can't be pinpointed down to anything embarrassing.
unbirthdays? that sounds more like disney's "alice in wonderland" (the unbirthday song) to me, not a custom by Jehovah's witnesses.
JW do not celebrate birthdays because the two reference to birthdays were celebrated by pagan leaders who murdered their innocent victims on both occasion and no worshipper of God, not even king solomon whose held numerous high profile events (that were recorded) was ever reported to have celebrated his birthday or received birthday gifts.
however we derive joy, in serving God, in preaching the good news of God's kingdom, showing love to our neighbors and we celebrate the memorial of Jesus' death as mandated by Jesus Himself.
to build on my previous comment, the second world war ended in 1945 but no reasonable person would carry a flag or anything with the swastika, even though it is a mere symbol. nor would any isreali in a 100yrs dress like a hamas militant during haloween and no american will wear a shirt that glorifies osama bin ladin.
we JW have also decided to avoid such celebrations that pagan rulers in biblical times commemorated by slaughtering innocent individuals including a servant of God.
jehovah witnesses are some of the coolest people on earth huh?the world is just jelous of them
jw are the chosen ones.you are just mad because most of you have been shut out due to immoral acts.
oh yeah I remember the matter of conscience thing. Although that doesn't stop JW's from trying to stop you from doing something even if it falls in the gray area.
For example I remember mentioning that I was going to a disco type thing with my family at a sports club and the sister I was talking to didn't like that so she tried to presuade me not to go. I think this was because 1. my family aren't JWs and there wouldn't be any JW's there and 2. I think it might've been that there was alochol involved (which is an insane reason because I have never liked the taste of alochol)
However what made angry was the fact that she had just told me that she had been with her family, most of them JW's, to her non-JW grandma's birthday party!
I think that event may got the ball rolling to me leaving.
@ dennis thurman: you say JW are the chosen ones? ok, i just wonder what your thoughts are on Rom10:11-13, Isa 59:2, Lk 13:3-5, Jhn 3:16-17,.there are many more however, im not going to quote all texts referring salvation here.
it seems to me, a non JW, that God or Jehovah if you want does NOT discriminate WHO HE wants to receive salvation. it also appears the gift is free but only to those who really WANT it. if Jesus dies once for all 2Cor 5:15 the "all" seems to be limited by the thinking of the JW teaching! in my mind that is what the Bible says powerless to match the teaching of JW's and not what was actually taught by Jesus.
this is by no means a condemnation just an inquiry.


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Despite the global a priori about China's economy being closed and its iron-fisted state-run system jeopardising its successful emergence into the global business landscape, the reality paints quite a different picture. There is a growing number of Chinese mobile internet firms that are venturing overseas. Among them, the 29 year-old founder and CEO of YouMi – a Chinese Mobile Advertising Network, Mr. Chen Di, is currently blazing the trail for this new wave of China's entrepreneurial disruptors.
Entrepreneurial Disruptor
By age 26, Chen Di was already spotted by Forbes China as one of the most promising Chinese entrepreneurs to follow. As a teenager, he had toyed with the idea of real estate, then considered finance or technology, but finally decided on a mobile application advertising company. Then in 2009, together with a few fellow students from South China University of Technology, Chen founded YouMi, and has never looked back. "If I failed to do something big in my fourth year at the university, I wouldn't be able to keep up with my teammates who studied at prestigious universities," Chen told China Daily USA. YouMi was one of the first mobile advertising platforms in China, and two years after its official launch, it really took off thanks to an angel investment of about 10 million yuan. YouMi expected its revenue to grow to between 80 million yuan and 100 million yuan—and that's only for 2015!
Conquest of the West
Over the past two decades, an unprecedented explosion of entrepreneurism has transformed the land of what seemed to be a sleeping dragon into a vibrant global business hub. From the renowned e-commerce giant, Alibaba, to the lesser known Baidu, Tencent, YouMi, and Xiaomi, these companies are getting ready to take on the global markets…and earn a recognized place in the global economy. YouMi, one of the industry's top three Chinese companies, drew the attention of internet industry players worldwide at last year's Mobile World Congress (MWC 2015) in Barcelona where they launched their newly developed global mobile ad platform Adxmi. Major players like Telefonica in Spain have already signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Chinese mobile advertising platform giant, certainly ample proof that YouMi is ready for the big time!
YouMi's products have been copied by more than 20 companies in China, but this worries Chen Di not a bit. He firmly believes that "You need to innovate constantly, launch new products in a timely manner and respond to the market." Products in China are becoming more and more sophisticated, designed with locally developed technology, yet in complete compliance with global standards. While companies in the rest of the world wonder how they can access the fast-rising incomes of China's 1.4 billion consumers, YouMi has already set sail to conquer the West!
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If you're at your Rincon Apartment Rental this Saturday May 10th, make sure you check out Tinto's Wine Paring Bruch - Tinto will be collaborating with The Breakfast Club at Ola Lola's for a wonderful Brunch and wine pairing.
The Brunch will have 2 seatings:
- 1st seating @ 11am
- 2nd seating @ 1pm
The Menu and wines will be as follows:
- Grilled Asparagus, Poached Egg and shaved Parmesan on Grilled Bread.
- Paired w/ Dominio de la Vega Brut Pinot Noir NV, Utiel-Requena, Spain
- Pan Seared Shrimp w/ roasted Corn Grits, Applewood smoked Bacon, Scallions and sharp Cheddar
- Paired w/ Sebastiani Chardonnay 2010, Sonoma, California
- Goat Cheese Tart w/ a Caramel corn crust and Blueberry-Lavender sauce.
- Paired w/ Craggy Range Sauvignon Blanc 2011, Martinborough, New Zealand
Reservations are required. Tickets are $40.00 (excluding tax + gratuity). You may purchase tickets through the Eventbrite events page. Tickets are also available at Tinto via Nasinne (787) 890-2303
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As part of its commitment to corporate social responsibility, Dusit Thani Guam Resort successfully raised over six thousand dollars for Dusit Smiles which provides surgery for children on Guam with cleft lip and cleft palate.
Hundreds of supporters attended the Dusit Smiles benefit concert held at Dusit Thani Guam Resort on November 7th featuring the award-winning urban reggae band Tribal Theory from San Diego, California.
"This particular charity is very close to our hearts. Dusit Smiles is unique because it is very tangible in the sense that this surgery that can sometimes take 40 to 45 minutes can completely change their lives,"
said Dean Huntsman, General Manager of Dusit Thani Guam Resort.
Guam physicians Dr. Darius Richardson, D.M.D., M.D. and Dr. John Fegurgur, M.D. who are both registered doctors with the global Operation Smile program have been performing cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries on Guam and as part of medical missions to neighboring countries for the past several years.
The support of these doctors has made it possible for Dusit Thani Guam Resort to work towards directing its fundraising monies towards cleft palate operations exclusively on Guam, which means all funds raised by DTGU for Dusit Smiles will stay on island.
Last year alone, the doctors performed over a dozen cleft lip and cleft palate procedures on Guam. According to Dr. Fegurgur costs inclusive of surgery, hospital related expenses and post-treatment therapy can range from $30,000.00 to $40,000.00 per patient.
Since 2010, Dusit International, one of Asia's leading hotel groups, has donated over USD $200,000.00 to provide surgery for children with facial deformities under Dusit Smiles for Operation Smile Thailand.
The company's first operation mission, which was held in Si Sa Ket, northeast of Thailand, was a successful event with the support from Dusit International's hotels and resorts as well as its business units. Funds raised come from organizing many charity activities throughout the year, in-room Dusit Smiles donation envelopes, donation boxes placed in all Dusit hotels and restaurants, charity auctions, salary donations, sports events, and much more.
DTGU's goal is to raise $20k this year; to date nearly $13,000 has been generated for Dusit Smiles.


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How to buy the best travel system strollers
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The price and capabilities of infant travel system can vary a great deal. Be sure to have a look at the features of a stroller you plan to buy.
Use the web to find the best infant travel system
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Ask other family members for advice on the best stroller travel system
Family and friends can provide a lot of useful advice to help you when you are looking to find the best stroller travel system. They should advise you on the positive stuff. They'll tell you about the weak points that they are aware of in any particular one of the best stroller travel system. They'll provide you with worthwhile information. You shouldn't be afraid to ask around. Colleagues may let others know what you are trying to find then you will get to find out their historical experiences with specific types of 3 in 1 infant travel system strollers.
Visit a baby travel system stroller Store
Ask the workers in the shop to let you try out a good baby stroller travel system. Shopping assistants can be quite helpful in these kind of situations if you meet the right one. Take the baby stroller travel system for a walk around the store. Evaluate the flexibility of the baby travel system pram in the shop. Will the infant stroller fit between the isles inside the shop? Fold the baby stroller and unfold it. How hard is the baby travel system pram to fold up? Is this particular baby stroller heavy? Is the infant stroller excessively heavy to carry? Can the seat be altered easily?
Money-back guarantee
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Rent a baby travel system stroller
This can sometime be a good strategy to properly test a 3 in 1 travel system pushchair. This option does work proper when you don't already own a baby stroller. When you rent, it is easy to sample many differing baby travel system strollers and find their strong and negative components. The length of time you hire is completely your decision. Only use this for short-term evaluation. Long term hiring can get costly in which case you will be better off just spending the cash on a new travel system pram. Leasing a pushchair long term might be quite expensive.
Check out best baby travel system reviews online
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Beauty And The Beast On DvdReviewing: Walt Disney Pictures Dvd | Rating:
This is another Disney Classic for me. Of couse if you've read about me then you know that I'm a huge Disney fan. But that doesn't mean that I like every Disney movie. Because I don't. Just the good ones! : )
I have the Platinum Edition, Special Edition and it has a ton of extras on it like the remake and the new song, 'We'll Be Human Again.' It's also has two discs, but honeslty I haven't even watched everything on the second dvd.
The idea of the movie is there is a man who likes to invent things and the towns people think he's a little wierd. And his daughter is Belle, aka Beauty. She loves to read and imagine and dream, which the people of the town also think is strange and something happends to lead her to the Beast...
I love the music from this movie and really, everything about it. This is an ultimate favorite of mine. My husband and I like to tease each other and call the 'beast' so the other person has to be beauty. And then the beast for the day goes around growling and it's sort of a game. We used to do it a ton and we still do on occasion. Even our bedroom is mostly themed from this movie. I just love it. We have all of the cd's for this movie and I know the movie by heart. I just can't say enough good things about this movie.


text: Du Bose Heyward's 1939 The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes is still much loved. There are five Easter bunnies to love. The main character, the country bunny, is female and breaks through the rabbit "glass ceiling." She is raising 21 kids on her own but still succeeds in her career because, not in spite of the fact, that she's a mother. (Read it today with a child from age 4 to age 8, Houghton Mifflin, $15 hardcover, $6 paperback.


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It's early December and Andy Skyberg is itching to blow town for a weekend of holiday cheer with old friends—including a date with an attractive divorcée who thinks he's hot.
But first, Aunt Bev needs a teensy bit of help. She's managing the Girls' Weekend Out event at the Beaver Tail Resort and could use some extra muscle. Andy figures he can spare a few hours before hitting the road.
Mother Nature, though, has other plans.
A giant blizzard makes an unexpected turn. Andy and his pooch King Harald find themselves snowbound—in a hotel full of hard-partying women, stranded travelers, a hockey team, a man-eating novelist, a belligerent blogger, and one violent, devious jewel thief.
Before you know it, man and mutt are up to their noses in another case. It's a winter wonderland of fast-paced fun and merry madness, as the sleuthing duo dig out from King Harald's Snow Job.
Aloha Richard, and welcome back again to Island Confidential! Can you tell us a little bit about Andy, the (human) protagonist?
Andy Skyberg is about forty—a good-natured, easygoing sort of fellow. Unfortunately, his wife runs off with her Pilates instructor…his business tanks…and he goes into a deep funk. Lucky for him, his sister has a job for him back in their hometown of New Bergen, working in her restaurant. As soon as he moves back, he goes looking for a dog. He finds a big ginger-colored mutt called King Harald at the animal shelter and it's love at first sight. What Andy doesn't bargain for is Harald's unexpected talent for sniffing out crime and landing his "boss" in the doo-doo.
How much do you and Andy have in common?
Other than being a middle-aged white guy from the upper Midwest, not a lot. He has more energy and more courage and a better work ethic. I'm actually a little envious of Andy.
Have your characters evolved throughout the series?
When the series starts, Andy is a little beaten down and easily manipulated by his sister/boss and his aunt. My intention, however, is for him to become more independent of these ladies. Of course, a lot of the books' humor depends on Andy getting tossed into trouble, especially by his Aunt Bev. It will be a tricky balance, but I'm game to try. And, of course, I'll keep throwing him curves in his love life, but eventually he'll find the girl of his dreams.
Have you ever thought of killing someone that you know in real life–on the pages of a murder mystery, I mean?
I haven't killed anybody, but I have depicted a few real people (under fictional names, of course) who I thought were jerks or idiots.
How realistic is your setting? Do you take liberties, or are you true to life?
A: Andy lives and works in the tourist town of New Bergen, a couple of hours up the Interstate from "The Cities." It's located in Beaver Tail County. Both places are fictional, but not unreasonable facsimiles of real locales in the Upper Midwest. However, a real rural county is not likely to have all the perquisites and amenities that I give Beaver Tail. In a way, I hope to make it like Midsomer, with a whole potential universe of eccentric characters and criminal possibilities.
When the movie or TV series is made, who plays the major parts?
A: If he were younger, Jeff Bridges would be the ideal Andy. Though maybe a little too handsome, Jared Padalecki (of Supernatural and Gilmore Girls fame) would make a fine Andy.
For Aunt Bev, I nominate Sally Field.
For Thor Hofdahl, I'd go with Gerald McRaney or Terry O'Quinn.
Finally, for Becky Reingold, Kristin Wiig or Amy Adams.
What's the best and worst advice you've heard or received as an author?
A: The best advice was to write novels because you love doing it, not to make money. How true. The worst advice was to keep trying different genres to find the one that sells for you. Well, the problem with that is that genre readers often won't read a freestanding book. They tend to not be interested unless there's a series. So series (one canine cozy, one historical, one middle grade fantasy) are what I'm working on.
Richard Audry is the pen name of D. R. Martin. As Richard Audry, he is the author of the King Harald Canine Cozy mystery series and the Mary MacDougall historical mystery series. Under his own name he has written the Johnny Graphic middle-grade ghost adventure series, the Marta Hjelm mystery, Smoking Ruin, and two books of literary commentary: Travis McGee & Me; and Four Science Fiction Masters.
Visit D. R. MARTIN & RICHARD AUDRY BOOKS|Richard Audry on Facebook


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In this romantic and evocative fantasy, Najwa is a jinni, training to be a spy in the war against the humans. Zayele is a human on her way to marry a prince of Baghdad—which she'll do anything to avoid. So she captures Najwa and makes a wish. Read more »
Series: The Jinni Wars


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Who among us, dealing with epilepsy on a daily basis, does not have the "OMG this isn't really me" moment? It can happen several times a day, every day, for me.
My most recent OMG moment happened at a friend's house. My daughter was planning to order a special necklace to celebrate the upcoming birth of her second child. My friend specializes in custom jewelry. I decided to tag along for fun. I used to be in the jewelry business, and I miss being around the sparklies.
When I went into her showroom, I was listening to the conversation and looking at the pieces on display. My attention was all about what they were doing and not on my condition.
Fifteen minutes later, I began to feel horrible. My head felt like I had a live wire inside. My eyes felt frozen and unmoving, as did my legs. I got sick at my stomach. Along with all of this physical discomfort came an impending feeling of dread.
I looked up and saw a large fluorescent light fixture at least a yard long, surrounded by ten small fluorescent spotlights. They were all on. I looked around the room and noticed for the first time that everything except the furniture was white. The walls were white, the display pieces for the jewelry were white, the linen tablecloth over the main table was white. I was surrounded by bright lights and white. The room was about to give me a seizure.
OMG. All I could think about as I stumbled out the door was that this couldn't possibly be me. I had been in her showroom many times. I had worked in environments just as brightly lit. All the information I knew about my condition just evaporated, leaving me with this strange feeling as if I were Alice in the room that was too small, wondering how she got that way.


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Wednesday, April 27. Parents are invited to cheer on their students that day:
We know that it will be hot, but we will have plenty of water, shade and squirt bottles to keep everyone cool and hydrated! Come join the fun!
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South Dakota Internet | Service Providers in South Dakota
Find and compare Internet service providers in South Dakota for dial-up Internet service, or high-speed Internet services like fiber optic Internet, DSL, cable Internet, mobile broadband service, and WiMax. Get a price quote on South Dakota Internet service from providers in your area for the best rates, and Internet speeds.
About Internet Service in South Dakota
In 2009, South Dakota was awarded grants for Broadband Mapping and Broadband Planning. The Bureau of Information and Telecommunications (BIT) has partnered with BroadMap to create a state-wide comprehensive broadband availability map measuring current Internet access coverage. This will help the State to understand better how to expand broadband Internet access throughout South Dakota. Verifying the consistent high-speeds and equal access to the Internet is the key to the program.
Internet Service Providers play important roles in broadband mapping as they are the only ones that really know their service areas with certainty. High quality Internet service and customer support are the primary concerns for them as well. There are two ISP's that we would like to feature for South Dakota:
LocalLink has been offering affordable premium online services and upgrades for several years to both residential and business customers.
Residential solutions include the following:
Unlimited Dialup Service with LocalLink Accelarator
- $26.95 monthly
- $239.95 annually
- $10.00 setup fee
Unlimited Dialup Service
- $21.95 monthly
- $179.95 annually
- $10.00 setup fee
- 256K Burstable Wireless Internet Service
- $39.95 monthly
- 384K Burstable Wireless Internet Service
- $44.95 monthly
LocalLink's business solutions are DSL, Wireless, and Private Lane or Frame Relay Internet services. Bandwidth sizes depend upon the request by business customers.
On the other hand, Golden West was the first company to stretch telephone lines across the remote plains of western South Dakota. Nowadays, Golden West and its subsidiaries provide services to over 43,000 telephone customers, 15,000 Internet subscribers, 10,000 cable television viewers, 30,000 paging customers, and some 225 call center customers that make them the state-wide leader in information, communications, and entertainment. Golden West Internet solutions are DSL High-Speed Internet, Dialup Access, Wireless Internet, and Cable Internet.
South Dakota Top Ten Cities & Zip Codes
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57101
- Rapid City, South Dakota 57701
- Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401
- Watertown, South Dakota 57201
- Brookings, South Dakota 57006
- Mitchell, South Dakota 57301
- Pierre, South Dakota 57501
- Yankton, South Dakota 57078
- Huron, South Dakota 57350
- Vermillion, South Dakota 57069


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Mayor Nutter Releases Greenworks Philadelphia Progress Report and Plans for 2011
Significant achievements made in first year of plan to make Philadelphia the greenest city in America
PHILADELPHIA - Mayor Michael A. Nutter released the Greenworks Philadelphia 2010 Progress Report detailing the many significant sustainability achievements made by the City of Philadelphia in the first year of Greenworks Philadelphia. Since last year when Mayor Nutter outlined a plan to make Philadelphia America's number one green city great progress has been made toward achieving the goals laid out in the plan, progress recognized at the national level. Read More »
E3Bank - In It For The Green
e3Bank (enterprise, environment, equity) is a new (mostly*) online bank who believes in "banking on the triple bottom line." Begun by Frank J. Baldassarre, Jr. President/CEO and Sandy Wiggins, Chairman, e3Bank's green banking scenario is not an entirely new idea, but their goal is a new way of doing banking to help institute a new way of thinking about business as it relates to the community and the environment. They want to increase 2 kinds of green – cash and the planet – as well as create a modern business with the feel of an old school neighborhood bank (the kind where the teller calls you by name before she sees it written on your paperwork). Read More »
Ecologic Reserves: Petty Island and Delta del Orinoco
The Venezuelan State and UNESCO contribute with biodiversity preservation.
The oil company CITGO, property of the Venezuelan State, donated Petty island in the Delaware River, near Philadelphia, to the state of New Jersey. Read More »


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What is a dental emergency?
Dental emergencies require immediate intervention by a dentist. Dental emergencies include:
Acute dental infection:
Severe sensitivity in a tooth not allowing you to eat or drink anything, severe pain in a tooth not allowing you to carry out routine activities, swelling in the gums of a tooth, swelling on the face or neck, difficulty in opening the mouth or in swallowing are signs of an acute dental infection.
Dental trauma:
If a tooth breaks or falls out because of injury or trauma, immediate dental attention is necessary to save the tooth. Any delay reduces the chances of being able to save the tooth.
Broken/ dislodged filling/ crown:
If an old filling/ cap gets lost or breaks, it is both a cosmetic emergency if a front tooth is involved as well as the sharp edges from the remaining tooth may hurt the tongue and gums.
Bleeding from the mouth:
Uncontrolled bleeding after cheek biting/ tongue biting can be a problem in old people or people on certain medicines. Continued bleeding after a dental surgery has been done also requires urgent care.
Acute Dental Infection
(Severe Sensitivity/ Pain/ Swelling)
Acute dental infections are extremely painful and discomforting.
Acute dental infections most commonly arise when decay/ cavity in a tooth becomes deep enough to reach the innermost layers of the tooth, causing infection in the roots.
This kind of infection will cause severe sensitivity, unbearable pain especially in the middle of the night and/or pain on chewing. When this infection spreads further, a dental abscess forms. A swelling may appear near the gums of the tooth first, spreading then to the face and neck regions. A swelling on the face and neck regions can be particularly dangerous and should not be ignored.
Acute infection of the wisdom tooth is common in the early 20's and spreads rapidly onto the face/ neck. Other than causing pain and swelling, it also makes closing and/or opening the mouth difficult.
DOs and DONTs:
With pain/ swelling/ sensitivity in a tooth, schedule a dental visit at the earliest. Do not self medicate or wait for it to subside on its own. Placing cloves near the painful tooth, warm saline rinses and using desensitizing toothpastes are common remedies people resort do, and they frequently do more harm than good.
The acute infection or pus collecting within the tooth or its gums needs to be drained. The dentist will do this either by drilling through the tooth or by establishing drainage through the gums. The tooth will in most cases need to be anesthetized prior to the treatment. However, you must bear in mind that the local anesthesia frequently does not have its full effect in the presence of an acute infection, especially pus. Therefore, it is best not to wait for a simple tooth cavity to turn into an acute dental abscess, and get it attended to at the earliest.
Dental Trauma
Trauma to the tooth can result from falls, accidents or sudden blow to the tooth. This causes the upper front tooth/ teeth to crack, fracture, become loose in their sockets or completely fall out. Other teeth can also crack, chip or fracture with heavy trauma. Such dental trauma require emergency attention - not only for the pain and bleeding, but also for the importance of time factor.
If the nerve of a developing tooth has been exposed by the fracture, if a tooth has become loose or fallen out of its socket, the success of the treatment depends on how early after the injury it is instituted.
Otherwise you may end up losing the tooth altogether.
DOs and DONTs:
If your tooth has fallen out,
read knocked out teeth
. If dental trauma causes your tooth to fracture, see if you can save the fractured fragment. The fragment can be refixed in most cases.
Knocked out teeth or teeth that have become loose in their sockets from trauma are positioned in their correct place and fixed ("splinted") to the adjacent teeth to keep them in place for 2-4 weeks. This procedure is called "replantation". Root Canal Treatment (RCT) is performed subsequently. For a
chipped tooth
that does not expose the nerve of the tooth, the fractured fragment can be recemented, or if the fractured fragment is lost it can be built up with cosmetic materials. If the nerve of the tooth is exposed, treatment depends on the state of development of the tooth root inside. For a child till about 10 years of age, the root inside may be developing where treatment is done to allow the root to develop naturally or artificially. If the root is fully developed as in an adult, root canal treatment is performed. A broken tooth is built up with
post and core
, and a
cap/ crown
is subsequently placed for strength and cosmetics.
Broken/ Lost Filling/ Cap
You get ready for your office with an important presentation on your mind, and just as you are having your breakfast your front tooth cap comes out loose. What do you do? Broken fillings and crowns of the front teeth often leave your smile looking incomplete, and your confidence wavy.
Cosmetic emergencies like these can be fixed in a single sitting in most cases.
DOs and DONTs:
Do not try to fix the cap or broken piece yourself. If the broken filling has left a sharp edge on the tooth that is hurting your cheeks/ tongue, put some cotton over it and keep it in place till you reach your dentist.
The sharp edges can be smoothened by your dentist. If the dislodged crown or the tooth is not damaged, the cap can be recemented. Damaged crowns can also be repaired. Know more about
problems with old cap/ crown and their solutions here
Sometimes a tongue bite continues to bleed and becomes a cause for concern. This especially happens in old people on medications such as blood thinners for heart disease. Uncontrolled bleeding from the site of a tooth extraction or any minor surgery in the mouth can also be hazardous.
DOs and DONTs:
To stop bleeding from a tongue bite or any traumatic wound in the mouth, apply cold compression.
Ice can be used and pressure should be applied. Tea bags can also be used to apply pressure as they contain tannins which help to stop bleeding. Intermittent cold compresses can also be used for post surgical bleeding - apply cold for 20 minutes over the face and then leave it for 40 minutes. Keep an extra pillow under your head to prevent oozing of blood overnight. Blood thinners should have been discontinued prior to the surgery and should not be started atleast 24 hours after surgery.
If bleeding persists uncontrolled, contact your dentist. Stitches may need to be placed or medication to stop bleeding can be applied locally or taken on the dentist's advice.
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Homemade Pork Stock is another one of those pantry staples that every homecook should have (in her/his freezer). Because pork tends to be a little "heavier" than chicken stock, the mirepoix used to add dimension is adjusted to counter the "natural dowdiness" of pork. I prefer leeks, onions, shallots, celery for their clear crisp flavours for a more balanced, lighter stock.
Ingredients (makes about 7L of stock):
1 kg of pork bones
1 large yellow onion, roughly diced
2 shallots, chopped roughly
2 stalks celery, chopped to approx 1" cubes
3 leeks, sliced roughly
3 bay leaves
8L water
Optional: 1 apple, diced roughly (this lends a fruity freshness)
1) Heat oven to 280 C, and arrange the bones in an oven-proof tray, taking care not to overcrowd them.
2) Pop them into the oven for about half an hour until browned and sizzling. Transfer to a stock pot.
3) Using 3 tbsp of the rendered pork fat, fry up the onions, shallots, celery and leeks in a separate pan until all wilted and fragrant, about 5 minutes.
4) Transfer to stock pot with browned pork bones, and cover with cold water, and throw in the bay leaves. Bring to a rolling boil, then lower heat to simmer for at least 6 hours (overnight is best). Check on the stock every half hour to skim the scum that floats to the top. Top up the water if necessary. Strain before use.
Tip 1: store in containers in varying volumes so you can use the amount you need, without touching the rest of the stock.
Tip 2: Stock stored in the fridge is good for use up to a week. Stock stored in the freezer is good for use up to a month.
Basic Homemade Pork Stock
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Ever Drink Sour Milk?
I am one to always check the date on the milk carton. When it's date time, out it goes. Probably due to the fact that I never used to check dates, or smell the milk for that fact. I was just one who stood at the fridge, popped the top and drank from the carton, only this one time...
It was spoiled and yes it went all over the place. Ever since, I always check dates on EVERYTHING!
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Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Our Current Financial Situation Was Not Bred Out of Incompetence, But by Design
Feel free to add additional categories. I'm sure there are more. If anyone is bold enough to honestly take the survey, perhaps I will add to the survey choices in the near future.
First, your assignment is to read the following article:
Canada Free Press: DHS Insider update: It has begun. Our current financial situation was not bred out of incompetence, but by design.
After reading it, ask yourself why Obama is touring the country (and spending millions to do so) spewing rhetoric about gun control (excuse me, that should actually read PEOPLE CONTROL) laws.
Look at the current threat coming out of North Korea! Is it a ruse? Is it a kind of "hissy fit" from a young 28-year-old dictator? Or is it a genuine nuclear threat against our nation and South Korea? If it is a grave threat, why would Obama be so continually interested in gun control/people control laws? Why isn't he focusing on the economy, working to get new jobs (like approving the Keystone Pipeline, for starters) for the American people instead of keeping them under that slavery of government hand-outs like food stamps, unemployment, disability and other types of "Obama free phone" hand-outs? I realize that some people desperately need the help. But there are probably billions of dollars of fraud within every one of those programs! So why aren't there any investigations to counter and stop such fraud? People could be hired to find the waste, fraud, and abuse and be paid from the money saved!
I could go on and on with many pages of examples.
Money is being printed at an alarming rate with apparently no fear of higher inflation. The national debt continues to soar, while Obama and his ilk try to fool the American people into thinking it's harmful to cut spending. If so, why did he and his family take 3-4 vacations over the past 3 months that cost the American taxpayers billions of dollars (while closing the White House to children going on field trips from their schools)? Why did Joe Biden spend a million dollars on hotel rooms in Paris?
What is wrong with this picture, folks???
It is because this is all being done by design - just as Mr. Doug Hagmann points out in his article (link above).
So, read the article and then place yourself in one of the following categories:
1. I see the truth about what is going on here in America and around the world.
2. I don't see the truth [and/or refuse to see it] regarding what is going on here in America and around the world.
3. I don't want to know the truth about what is going on in America and around the world.
4. I scoff at the truth and label those who think that way as a "conspiracy theorists" regarding what is going on here in America and around the world.
5. I deem myself to "intellectual" to see the "so-called" truth [and don't believe it anyway - no matter how much proof is given] about what is going on in America and around the world.
6. I humbly admit to being too ignorant [and/or uninformed] to see the truth about what is going on here in America and around the world.
7. Other [please elaborate].
Hat tip: Canada Free Press
Oh, and if that one article isn't enough to convince you of the truth, then I encourage you to read Mr. Hagmann's additional articles available HERE.
Talk Wisdom Reports...You Decide.
Oh heck...decided to post the most recent article links here too:
North Korea: The larger picture - Apr 2, 2013
Intelligence insider: Obama administration agenda to "kill U.S Dollar" - Apr 1, 2013
We will be judged by our silence - Mar 28, 2013
Disarming American citizens, Obama style - Mar 19, 2013
DHS Insider update: It has begun - Mar 19, 2013
The grand illusion of partisan politics - Mar 13, 2013
Surviving the coming collapse - Mar 12, 2013
Racing for the exits - Mar 8, 2013
The architects of our economic demise - Feb 28, 2013
Brennan: from Barack to Benghazi - Feb 22, 2013
America Over a Barrel - Feb 20, 2013
Goodbye, to my best friend - Feb 15, 2013
Sign of a financial Armageddon? - Feb 8, 2013
DHS Insider: Obama's cyber warriors & preparing for collapse - Feb 7, 2013
Running down the clock on Benghazi - Jan 24, 2013
Understanding the Obama conspiracy & U.S. takeover - Jan 17, 2013
It's about more than guns - Jan 11, 2013
Flashing red lies of Benghazi - Jan 9, 2013
It's time we became leaders - Jan 2, 2013
Savage behavior - Dec 29, 2012
The latest from "DHS Insider" - Dec 27, 2012
Flight of the U.S.A. - Dec 24, 2012
The wretched absurdity of the Benghazi report - Dec 20, 2012
Confronting our spiritual bankruptcy - Dec 17, 2012
Benghazi explained: Interview with an "Intelligence Insider" (Part III) - Dec 12, 2012
Health info collected to "protect the President" - Dec 6, 2012
Chemical weapons reports in Syria, exactly as warned - Dec 5, 2012
Benghazi explained: Behind the lies - Dec 4, 2012
Benghazi: Behind the scenes (Part II) - Nov 30, 2012
Benghazi explained: Interview with an "Intelligence Insider" - Nov 29, 2012
Obama's memo on "insider threats" - Nov 27, 2012
Thanksgiving 2012; Reaping a bitter harvest? - Nov 23, 2012
The alligator at our door - Nov 15, 2012
Sex, lies and Obama Ben Ghazi - Nov 14, 2012
Cover-up at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - Nov 12, 2012
Turning a political decision into your spiritual mandate - Nov 8, 2012
Obama's real world game of Risk - Nov 6, 2012
Abandoning America's honor - Nov 2, 2012
Obama's October surprise - exposed by Benghazi? - Oct 30, 2012
The hidden real truth about Benghazi - Oct 28, 2012
Death Race Damascus: "13 days in October" - Oct 23, 2012
"Sir, you must come with us" - Oct 16, 2012
Something in the air - Oct 15, 2012
Lemmings… At the precipice of WWIII - Oct 9, 2012
Body of lies from Benghazi to Barack - Sep 25, 2012
Real Story behind "Innocence of Muslims" on the Hagmann & Hagmann Report - Sep 23, 2012
The greatest fraud in history - Sep 19, 2012
Ambassador Stevens & the Scorpion - Sep 17, 2012
Middle East Analysis: WWIII fuse has been lit - Sep 16, 2012
Beyond politics - Sep 9, 2012
DHS Source: "It's going hot" - Aug 29, 2012
Guns N' Rose colored deals - Aug 24, 2012
Psychiatry as a weapon to silence religious and political opposition - Aug 24, 2012
Of Obama, Christians and crucifixions - Aug 21, 2012
Accidental death or something more? - Aug 20, 2012
Christianity & gun owners in the crosshairs: Chilling tactic exposed - Aug 17, 2012
Steve Quayle tonight on The Hagmann & Hagmann Report - Aug 11, 2012
Barry Soetoro, the Invisible Man - Aug 10, 2012
Behind the scenes: Obama and the NDAA - Aug 8, 2012
Disarming America - Aug 7, 2012
Serious questions surround Colorado shooting - Jul 30, 2012
Peering into Pandora's box - Jul 29, 2012
From Arab Spring to the coming nuclear winter - Jul 26, 2012
Soetoro's 2012 election contingency - Jul 22, 2012
The biggest financial fraud in history receives scant media attention - Jul 10, 2012
6 comments:
- Christinewjc said...
Well, the crickets are chirping regarding any comments or answers to my survey challenge. However, this post was picked up by Reddit in the "new" category:
Reddit.com: Conservatives/new
- April 3, 2013 at 7:41:00 PM PDT
- Christinewjc said...
Oh yeah...it's also listed in the "Republican" "Hot" category:
Reddit.com: Republican
- April 3, 2013 at 7:45:00 PM PDT
- GMpilot said...
Traditionally, the only person who ever consistently responds to your 'surveys' is me, and I'd been away the past several days. Wow. I come back and find you've gone into full Bachmann-crazy overdrive! Before I suit up and wade into this latest sludge, maybe you can answer a question or two:
Vacations are not taken in round numbers. How many was it, three or four?
How do you (or Canada Free Press) know these vacations cost 'billions' of dollars?
The GAO would know, and I suspect it's much lower. A few years back, Congresswoman Bachmann claimed that Obama's (diplomatic) visit to India was costing the taxpayer '200 million dollars per day', and even went so far as to include a sizable portion of the Navy to accompany the president's staff. The truth was considerably less. So you'll understand why I'm skeptical about this.
How do you (or Canada Free Press) know Joe Biden spent $1 million on hotel rooms in Paris?
A quick glance shows this being repeated over and over on all the right-wing sites, but none so far have shown book, chapter and verse, as you like to say. If the evidence is really out there, at least one site should have it...but so far, nothing. This one's been making the rounds since last summer, and it certainly would have been a major smackdown on Biden during the campaign if it were true. So far, nothing.
Oh yeah: put me down as 'Other' in your so-called list. #2 ('refuse to see the truth') and #3 (don't want to know the truth') are essentially the same thing. So the categories are just as imprecise as the claims.
- April 4, 2013 at 10:03:00 AM PDT
- Christinewjc said...
Consider that the Obamas took separate vacations - Barack to Fla. to golf with Tiger Woods, and Michele & daughters to Aspen? (I think) to ski. Also, the two daughters went on two "Spring Break" vacations. This all costs taxpayer money. Closing the White House to students was a really bad PR move, but apparently those in charge at the WH are too stupid to see it.
I don't think that answers #2 and #3 are the same.
"Refusing to see the truth" means that one already may have been exposed to the truth, but still refuses it or even hates it. (Sounds like someone I know...)
"Not wanting to know the truth" is more like a person who doesn't know the truth and wants to continue to be like an ostrich with his/her head in the sand, hiding from the inevitable reality of the truth.
- April 4, 2013 at 10:15:00 AM PDT
- Christinewjc said...
More hypocrisy from WH:
Daily Caller.com: First Couple hosts celeb-filled concert amid sequestration.
- April 4, 2013 at 10:19:00 AM PDT
- GMpilot said...
To say "this all costs taxpayer money" is not exactly the same as "these vacations cost billions of dollars". Everything done by the government costs taxpayer money; do you think the traffic light on your street corner grew there? If you can't provide hard numbers (remember, you ARE talking about money here), then what you have is not facts, it's opinion. And we all know what opinions have been compared to.
But you (and CFP) are claiming that this is all deliberate; that it's all a plot to crash our (and maybe the world's) economy. If Obama were of a mind to do that, he would've asked Congress to authorize another half-dozen or so aircraft carriers! They now cost about a billion dollars each, and nobody would even notice, since it's all for the sacred cow of national defense.
If someone 'refuses to see the truth', then obviously they don't want to know. As for your qualifier "one already may have been exposed to the truth, but still refuses it", that may be thrown out. Truth is rarer than chicken teeth on this blog.
- April 4, 2013 at 12:58:00 PM PDT


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Service Pack 3 Available for Office 2003 Users
Microsoft has released its third service pack for Office 2003 users. The company says the 117-megabyte bundle of security updates and program tweaks "represents a major evolution in security for Office 2003" and that it "further hardens the Office suite against potential attacks and other security threats."
Office 2003 users can download the update from this link.
In addition to bundling a number of security fixes that have been previously released as separate Office 2003 updates, Service Pack 3 includes new security features, and it does away with several features that have opened avenues of attack or disclosed sensitive data. The service pack also includes stability updates, based on information gleaned from program crash dumps reported to Microsoft.
Among the key new security features of SP3 is the addition of MOICE -- also known as the Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment. This clumsy sounding component is probably the most important piece of the entire package. For the past two years, one of the most common sources for new and targeted attacks against Windows users took advantage of flaws in various Office file formats -- such as Word, Excel or PowerPoint -- to launch other programs or write data to other areas of the operating system. What MOICE tries to do is build a wall around each Office file that is opened, and simply not let the file play outside of the wall, for want of a better metaphor.
In the name of security and privacy, certain features of Office 2003 will no longer work after applying Service Pack 3, such as the "Fast Save" option. According to Microsoft, having fast save turned on means certain metadata, such as comments, erased text, previous saved versions and a username may be embedded in the document. "Disabling Fast Save ensures that confidential data is protected against improper disclosure," Microsoft wrote.
Office 2003 users who apply SP3 may also notice they can no longer open or save certain file formats. According to Microsoft, this includes some Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, Microsoft Office Word 2003, and Corel Draw (.cdr) file formats. "By default, these file formats are blocked because they are less secure. They may pose a risk to you." In addition, SP3 blocks certain functions in older Excel file formats -- such as macros -- from running automatically, a chance Redmond hopes will help prevent security attacks on earlier file formats.
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"Office 2003 users who apply SP3 may also notice they can no longer open or save certain file formats."
I'm curious to see if M$ can detect files created by OpenOffice and block them... but not curious enough to apply SP3 today.
Posted by: James | September 26, 2007 1:43 PM | Report abuse
Originally I was going to complain; "Tomorrow, Security Fix will examine some indicators of just how much cyber crime is costing American consumers and corporations each year.".
Having read the last comment though, I'm curious about that too. IMHO it would have a very large bearing on the need for two ISO specifications and torpedo Microsoft's chances of ever getting a second format approved.
Posted by: GTexas | September 26, 2007 6:13 PM | Report abuse
Applied the service pack a week ago. No problems with installation or operation since.
Of course, it goes without saying to review the release notes and all pertinent information before installing.
Many of the restrictive changes (ex. file formats) can be reversed via registry changes (see below). Although to do so defeats the reason for the changes to begin with.
Information about certain file formats that are blocked after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3
Overall, seems to be a solid service pack release! And the wealth of documentation is helpful.
Posted by: TJ | September 26, 2007 8:37 PM | Report abuse
"Office 2003 users who apply SP3 may also notice they can no longer open or save certain file formats. According to Microsoft, this includes some Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, Microsoft Office Word 2003..."
So, one of the "features" of this service pack is that Office 2003 can no longer read certain files created by pre-SP3 versions of O2K3. I guess I don't understand how this is a good thing. Microsoft's resolution to the problem is that users should save Office files in formats that are not blocked by the SP3 registry changes, and convert existing files to formats that are not blocked. Which formats are blocked, and how is Joe User supposed to know how to deal with this? I do not look forward to asking one of the boss types to "try again" after sending me an Office file that was saved in a format that SP3 thinks is evil.
Microsoft is admitting here that they should not have implemented certain features, and they're now taking them away. Not a smart way to operate. The MS approach to security needs to be more proactive and less reactive.
Posted by: HoCo | September 27, 2007 9:17 AM | Report abuse
Are the original disks required for this - my laptop is company issued from a licenced disk image, but I do not have easy access to the install disks - in a different city...
Posted by: KDT | September 27, 2007 9:54 AM | Report abuse
KDT -- I believe if you install Service Pack 3 from Windows/Microsoft Update it should not require you to have the CD handy.
Posted by: Bk | September 27, 2007 10:31 AM | Report abuse
I didn't need the original disks. I was nervous about such a huge update but it went smoothly.
Posted by: A | September 27, 2007 3:55 PM | Report abuse
If you grab the ~117mb version, you don't need the original disk, if there's a light version (probably 50mb) then it would require the original disks but at this point (Oct 2007), MS isn't offering a smaller SP that requires the original CD.
Posted by: TravisO | October 2, 2007 12:42 PM | Report abuse
KB938810 details how to remove the FileOpenBlock and FileSaveBlock in the registry, but the instructions are WRONG.
Registry keys do not exist in my PC. Excel files other than XLS do not open.
Posted by: Jason | November 7, 2007 3:10 PM | Report abuse
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This world is called "Aperbor". It is set in a high fantasy sci-fi world where magic and science work in tandem. Most if not all technology is powered by forms of magic. Phones for example are elaborate palm-sized runestones. Alternate forms of power are found in harnessing solar energy inland and on the coasts hydropower is more frequent. All of the architecture is informed by each region's individual histories and culture, but as time has passed aesthetics have evolved into bold geometric white and pastel cityscapes (real world example: Ecoprism Tower, The Centre Pompidou-Metz, Sonnenhof). Green walls have been taken next level, and it's highly common to find magically enhanced soft green grass as carpet in elven homes. Incorporating plants into the city architecture itself has become commonplace.
The main capital is Ephe where the government stations itself on the main continent. The landmasses are broken into large continental spaces and expansive reaches of islands. As such, boat travel is still highly popular - especially between these islands. Aperbor is ruled by a Triumvirate, consisting of three elected powers from each recognized point of the globe. These points are North, East, and West. The South (Tiirtha) is forbidden to take part in ritual and government procedures.
As soon as the power is elected, the status of three Regins are split among them. One of the powers will become the Regin of Religion & Ether, the other will be the Regin of Science & Economics, and the last will be the Regin of People & Law. Each Regin is responsible for everything in their department. A new set of Regins are elected once every ten years, and they may only run twice.
In the center of every city there is a Temple Citadel where all of the city congregates if ever there is an announcement or ritual ceremony. Each city's Citadel is designed differently, as they were affected by the architecture of their own culture. Each one has its own story and legend. None of them are alike in any way besides linking energy which flows through it to protect the outer city walls.
Aperbor has two suns, a large one which the planet revolves around and another minute star which was captured by the gravity of the rotating moon and circles it steadily. The moon revolves around the planet at a far enough length where the small star has little effect on the planet aside from the Nico Desert. Whenever the moon eclipses both suns it is called Alignment. This happens once every few thousand years. The smaller star-sun is scheduled to supernovae soon.
Aperboran currency is a coin called a Khnet. The plural term is Khnetti. While some people still trade with coins, digital fund transfers are the most common. The value list of a Khnet goes from least value to highest value. Copper, Silver, Gold and a metal known as Raangi. Raangi is the rarest of all metals, and most precious. Stronger than steel but more than a million times rarer, it is lightweight and durable. Very flexible and easy to manipulate. Armor/jewelry of it is coveted. 100 of each coin is worth 1 of the next ascending.
There are common national languages spoken in Aperbor. Magiis, and Lithtos (the common language of Tiirtha). Other races have their own languages as well.


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The For-Profit-School Scandal
Lately, for-profit colleges appeared as if not able to education. Targeting so-called nontraditional students-who are generally older, will have jobs, and dont necessarily check out school full time-they advertised aggressively to get business, claiming to impart marketable skills that could cause good jobs. They invested heavily in online learning, which enabled the crooks to operate nationwide and to lower costs. The University of Phoenix, as an illustration, enrolled thousands of students across the nation, earning immeasureable dollars annually. Between 1990 and 2010, the share of bachelors degrees that originated for-profit schools septupled.
Today, the for-profit-education bubble is deflating. Regulators have been cracking down on the industrys misdeeds-most notably, lying about job-placement rates. In May, Corinthian Colleges, once the second-largest for-profit chain in the united kingdom, went bankrupt. Enrollment at the University of Phoenix has fallen by over half since 2010; a couple weeks ago, the Department of Defense asserted it wouldnt fund troops who enrolled there. Other institutions have observed similar declines.
The primary problem is that these schools made promises they couldnt keep. For-profit colleges are a great deal more expensive than community colleges, their closest peers, but, based on a 2013 study by three Harvard professors, their graduates have lower earnings and are actually prone to find yourself unemployed. To make matters worse, these students are typically in a lot of debt. Ninety-six % of these remove loans, and so they owe around a lot more than forty thousand dollars. As outlined by a survey from the economists Adam Looney and Constantine Yannelis, students at for-profit schools are roughly thrice as likely to default as students at traditional colleges. And the wonderful who dont default often use deferments to remain afloat: according to the Department of your practice, seventy-one % from the alumni of yankee National University hadnt repaid any cash, despite being out of school for five years.
Dependence on education loans has not been incidental for the for-profit boom-it was the company plan. The schools may have been meeting an actual market need, but, typically, their profits came not from creating a better mousetrap but from gaming the taxpayer-funded financial-aid system. Since the schools werent lending money themselves, they didnt worry about if it will be reimbursed. In order that they had every incentive to stimulate students to secure the maximum amount of school funding as possible, often by giving them a distorted picture products they could expect in the foreseeable future. Corinthians, for instance, was found to have lied about job-placement rates nearly one thousand times. Plus a 2010 undercover government investigation of fifteen for-profit colleges learned that all fifteen made deceptive or otherwise not questionable statements.One told a job candidate that barbers could earn as much as 300 thousand dollars per year. Schools also jacked up prices to benefit from it. A 2012 study found out that increases in tuition closely tracked increases in school funding.
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For-profit colleges have capitalized on the intent to make education more inclusive. Students at for-profit schools can borrow huge sums of income for the reason that government will not take creditworthiness under consideration when making most education loans. The aim is noble: everyone be capable of check out college. The effect, though, is that many folks get debts they won't repay. Seen in this way, students at for-profit schools look as being similar to the homeowners in the housing bubble. In the two cases, powerful ideological forces pushed website visitors to borrow (Homeownership may be the road to wealth; Education is paramount towards the future). In both cases, credit was easy and cheap to come by. Along with both cases the folks pushing the loans (banks and for-profit schools) didnt need to panic about whether those loans were reasonable, given that they got paid regardless.
Government entities is finally making it harder for for-profit schools to carry on to ride the student-loan gravy train, requiring these phones prove that, on average, students loan payments figure to less than eight percent with their annual income. Schools that fail this test 4 years consecutively may have their entry to federal loans cut-off, which would effectively put them broke. The crackdown is long overdue, but theres a significant consequence: fewer nontraditional students can visit college. Defenders of the for-profit industry, including Republicans in Congress, have emphasized now to be able to forestall tougher regulation.
But when really want more people to go to college we need to put more income into community colleges and public universities, which has been starved of funding lately. We should also rethink our assumption that college is usually the correct answer, no matter cost. Politicians wish to invoke education because strategy to our economic ills. But theyre often papering on the indisputable fact that our economy just isnt creating enough good jobs for ordinary Americans. The notion that college will strengthen your job prospects is, most of the time, a fantasy, as well as a while for-profit schools turned it right into a very lucrative one.


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Equifax CEO's apology fails to reassure investors
Equifax stock plunged despite the company's CEO annoucing changes after a security breach that may have exposed the data of up to 143 million people. Fred Katayama reports.
Equifax stock plunged Wednesday even though its chief executive Richard Smith apologized in an USA Today opinion piece. Last week, the credit rating agency disclosed a data breach that may have compromised personal information of 143 million Americans. Cyber security experts say it was one of the largest hacks ever exposed. Equifax got a lot of heat for how it has dealt with it. NYU's economics professor Joe Foudy says the company gets a failing grade. (SOUNDBITE) JOSEPH FOUDY, CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, LEONARD N. STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (ENGLISH) SAYING: "I think it's shocking that this data breach happened this summer and we're hearing about it in September, you know, just a really slow corporate response, knowing they had the ability to sort of time the disclose, you would have thought that they have formulate a coherent plan ahead of time, and they have not. To put it another way, if this had happened five years ago, the CEO would have already be out." Capitol Hill is upset, too. Thirty-six U.S. senators called on federal authorities to investigate the sale of nearly $2 million worth of Equifax shares by the company's top executives. They sold the stocks in the period between July 29 when Equifax leanred its systems were hacked and when they made it last week.


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Parents can access on-line resources and information useful for helping their student achieve professional success. Our staff is also available to answer questions on career options and career search. Misericordia University wants to open doors of opportunity for all of its graduates. The links at left are some of the services most frequently asked about by parents.
Choice Program
The Choice Program for Undeclared Students
Misericordia University's Choice Program consists of a series of seven workshops designed to assist Undeclared students explore their interests, values, and skills as well as the various Misericordia major curricula and world of work. All incoming first year Undeclared students are encouraged to participate in this experience. During the seven-week series, students will complete a series of informal assessments, engage in individual and group reflection experiences, interact with area employers representing student's fields of interest, explore the Misericordia catalogue, and meet with Misericordia professors to explore career options in the various major fields. The Choice Program offers Undeclared students an opportunity to interact with other students who are exploring their futures and provides them with a support system as they adjust to college and make decisions about their major and career choices. This workshop series is co-facilitated by the Student Success Center and the Insalaco Center for Career Development.
Guaranteed Placement Program
To find out more about the Guaranteed Placement Program, click the link below and see the accordion labeled "Guaranteed Placement Program".
Parent Guide to Career Development
In order for a student to become successful in a career after graduation, the student needs to have a plan. Parents can help with this plan by being a resource for their child and helping the student find other resources that he or she can utilize. Here are some ways to begin:
- Help your son/daughter develop a list of everyone you both know (friends, family, business associates, etc) that are working in your son/daughter's field of interest. Have your child contact these people to arrange an informational interview or a job shadowing experience where they can get a better understanding of the job and start building a network of professional contacts.
- If your son/daughter is not sure of their career path, encourage them to do internet research. The student should make a list of careers/occupations that interest them and research such things as the starting salary, the qualifications for this position and where the likely job markets are in the country for these positions. A good site for research is the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook.
- Encourage son/daughter to visit the Insalaco Center for Career Development to make an appointment. Our counselors can:
- Administer career aptitude assessments to help students find a career and a major that works for them
- Work with students to develop a resume and cover letter
- Practice interview skills
- Help students start their job search
If you would like more information, a good book on this subject is "Parent's Guide to College and Careers: How to Help, Not Hover" by Barbara Cooke.
Students can take advantage of various workshops, mock interviews, career counseling and resume critiquing offered by the Insalaco Center for Career Development. In addition to these services, students can also search for internships and full-time/part-time jobs through our website at www.collegecentralnetwork.com/misericordia
The Insalaco Center for Career Development maintains student-counselor confidentiality for all our sessions. It is our hope that parents will play a supportive role in their son's or daughter's career development process. Please see this link for more information.
Placement Statistics
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ASKING FOR IT with Adrienne Truscott
Sat · October 27, 2018
Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:00 pmAcademy of Music Theatre
Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It mixes humor, dance, and video while undoing the rules and rhetoric surrounding rape and comedy. Adrienne straddles the world of stand-up and performance art in this one woman show dressed only from the waist up and ankles down. With commentary from George Carlin, Louis C. K. and Robert De Niro, she takes on ducks, mini-skirts, rape whistles, Daniel Tosh, and Rick Ross all while drinking enough gin & tonics to get a girl in trouble. Heavy at its core but light on its feet, Adrienne makes jokes about rape all night long…even if you ask her to stop.
"Truscott is always a step ahead… with firecracker wit, sophistication and luminous humanity."(Guardian)
*This show contains nudity and strong language.https://aomtheatre.ticketfly.com/event/1718074/
Venue Information:
Academy of Music Theatre
274 Main Street
Northampton, MA, 01060
Academy of Music Theatre
274 Main Street
Northampton, MA, 01060


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Hammer toes are classified based on the mobility of the toe joints. There are two types. Flexible and rigid. In a flexible Hammer toes, the joint has the ability to move. This type of hammer toe can be straightened manually. A rigid hammer toe does not have that same ability to move. Movement is very limited and can be extremely painful. This sometimes causes foot movement to become restricted leading to extra stress at the ball-of-the-foot, and possibly causing pain and the development of corns and calluses.
Hammer toes are most frequently caused by a muscle - tendon imbalance in the foot, and are seen both in adults and children. Foot muscles work in pairs to straighten and bend the toes. If your foot has a biomechanical defect, the muscles tighten and the tendons shorten. Eventually, the toe muscles can?t straighten the toe, even when barefoot. Contributing factors are poor choices in footwear, arthritis, or trauma.
The middle joint of the toe is bent. The end part of the toe bends down into a claw-like deformity. At first, you may be able to move and straighten the toe. Over time, you will no longer be able to move the toe. It will be painful. A corn often forms on the top of the toe. A callus is found on the sole of the foot. Walking or wearing shoes can be painful.
Most health care professionals can diagnose hammertoe simply by examining your toes and feet. X-rays of the feet are not needed to diagnose hammertoe, but they may be useful to look for signs of some types of arthritis (such as rheumatoid arthritis) or other disorders that can cause hammertoe.
Non Surgical Treatment
Treating hammertoe involves straightening the toe, making tendons in the toes flexible again, and preventing the problem from returning. Some simple treatments include Soaking your feet every day in warm water, then stretching your toes and ankles by pointing your toes. Using over-the-counter pads, cushions or straps to decrease discomfort. Splinting the toe to keep it straight and to stretch the tendons of the foot. Exercising the toes to relax the foot tendons (a session with a physical therapist may help you get started with foot exercises). One simple exercise is to place a small towel on the floor and then pick it up using only your toes. You also can grasp at carpet with your toes or curl your toes up and down repeatedly. Wearing shoes that fit properly and give toes plenty of room to stretch out.
Surgical Treatment
The technique the surgeon applies during the surgery depends on how much flexibility the person's affected toes still retain. If some flexibility has still been preserved in their affected toes, the hammer toes might be corrected through making a small incision into the toe so the surgeon can manipulate the tendon that is forcing the person's toes into a curved position. If, however, the person's toes have become completely rigid, the surgeon might have to do more than re-aligning the person's tendons. Some pieces of bone may have to be removed so the person's toe has the ability to straighten out. If this is the case, some pins are attached onto the person's foot afterwards to fix their bones into place while the injured tissue heals. Following the surgical procedure, the person might have to deal with some stiffness and swelling as they pursue their recovery process. The person should also expect the toes that have been corrected to appear different following the surgery. For example; the person's toes may appear longer or shorter than they were before. The person will be advised not to pursue too much physical activity that involves their feet for some time to give their injury from surgery enough time to heal properly.
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Tereza Buskova is a Czech born artist, who has been living and working in the UK since 1998, and is now based in Birmingham where she has a young family.
Since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2007 with a MA in Printmaking, her artistic career has achieved great success, with her work being exhibited all over the UK as well as internationally, including exhibitions in Berlin, Vienna, and Prague.
The striking and theatrical work of Tereza Buskova celebrates and re-interprets long established customs, examining the roles and hidden meanings of traditional rituals through performance, video, and print making. Drawing on her own personal experiences and cultural heritage, Buskova uses her bold and poetic artistic interpretation to explore themes of womanhood, fertility, mythology and our bonds with social history. Encouraging us to re-examine and re-interpret, Buskova's work poses important questions – What is the role of traditions in the modern world? What is the boundary between art and life?
'Her work is like nothing you have seen before. She works in a very intuitive and unique way, making films, mesmerising constructions built upon her experiences of her Czech heritage, which have an ethereal, timeless quality.'
-Anita Zabludowicz
Buskova has been the recipient of great critical acclaim from the start of her career. Her first film, Wedding Rituals (2007), was awarded 'Best Foreign Film' Award at the Parnu International Film & Video Festival, Estonia. Throughout her career to date, her work has been recognised internationally by some of the art world's most prestigious art organisations.
Tereza Buskova's film Spring Equinox (2009) (the work that won her Arts Council Individual Artist's Award in the same year), explores the traditional rites of Spring in the Czech Republic and was exhibited as part of group show A Tradition I Do Not Mean To Break, at the Zabludowicz Collection in London 2009.
The setting for this film is the rural czech village of Ratiškovice, renowned for it's active preservation of traditions, such as the Easter fertility festival, from which Buskova draws her inspiration.
Working closely with the local residents, as well as her long time creative collaborators actor writer Zoë Simon, and cellist composer Bella Emerson, Buskova expertly produces a dark atmospheric absurdity that compels the viewer with layered meaning and fragmented storytelling.
'Spring Equinox reminds us that rather than being products of culture alone, folkloric traditions have their origins in the convergence of society and nature.'
–Ellen Mara De Wachter
Recently, in 2015, Buskova's film Baked Woman of Doubice (2012) was shown as part of Reality Czech: the Czech Avant-Garde Now, a day of screenings, discussion and poetry exploring the Czech film avant-garde, at Whitechapel Gallery, London.
In this film, Buskova focuses on wheat and baking – things that are pervasive throughout European cultural traditions and universally symbolic of fertility and the bonds between women. Set in the Czech Village of Doubice, we see women (including the artist's mother) unite in a fantasy ritual from which the 'baked woman' emerges, a goddess, adorned in hand crafted dough decorations.
Where Buskova in the past has drawn on the customs of Central and Eastern European culture, she will for the first time in her career shift her focus to an old English tradition. In 2016, Buskova will be joined by the people of Erdington to bring back to life the long lost ritual of 'Clipping the Church'. This new project will continue exploring some of the core universal themes present in Buskova's work – motherhood, the meaning of rituals, social and family bonds – as well as drawing on her own personal experiences of being a mother, being a daughter, and her life in Birmingham. Most importantly, this new work will be shaped and influenced by the contribution and participation of the residents of Erdington and the surrounding area. Clipping the Church will celebrate and explore relationships in the local community in an exciting public performance taking place in the heart of Erdington, in June 2016.
Clipping the Church is curated by Roma Piotrowska, and will be realised in collaboration with performer Zoë Simon (UK), costume maker Marinana Novotna (Czech), and cellist Bela Emerson (UK).
See more of Tereza Buskova's work on her artist's website here.


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Guitarist gives witness statement in assault case
Noel Gallagher has delivered a witness statement to a Toronto court saying that he has been told he will "never really recover" from the injuries he received in the city in September 2008.
The guitarist was attacked by crowd member Daniel Sullivan at the V Festival in the Canadian city while performing with Oasis there. He suffered three cracked ribs.
Now according to The Sun, Gallagher's witness statement has been read out in court in the city after Sullivan plead guilty to the charge of assault.
"I would describe the impact and shock as feeling as if I had been hit by a bus," Gallagher's statement read. "I ended up in a heap. I have been told that I will never really recover from the damage, and still feel painful twinges."
The statement continued, "The emotional impact it had was essentially coping with the pressure to perform so as not to let the band down. For a considerable period I was operating at 50 per cent of my capabilities."
Oasis had to cancel a series of gigs because of the injuries. Sullivan is set to be sentenced next month.


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The Trouble with Jobs Today and One Thing We Can Do About It
Last night's debate was enlightening for me. I kept thinking of my recent visit to the St. Louis History Museum I recently visited with a good friend. I was taken by the walk through time during The Missouri Compromise that settled the question of slavery in the United States for many years. Its repeal brought about conflict that would lead to the Civil War.
What fascinated me about the exhibit was that it tore apart not just a country, but a state and even families. There was a quiz near the end of the exhibit where you could guess whether certain family members made their allegiances to their fathers who supported the Confederacy or perhaps their brothers who supported the Union. Time after time I got the answers wrong. It made me think about how confused we all are currently around our country's leadership.
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One of the main reasons I like Christmas shopping at Marks & Spencer is because you know you're getting good value and, most of all, it's easy to do it online. Delivery to your door is free on orders over £50 or any sized order is free to collect from your local store.
Here are three gifts for £10, £20 & £30 that are guaranteed to please any woman with even a passing interest in beauty.
Ciate Mini Nail Paint Collection – £10
This is a new brand to M&S Beauty and this is a fab and fun duo of mini varnishes that's beautifully presented. They're two colour options – Red/Gold and Pink/Gold – and it'll make a lovely stocking filler or secret santa gift. It's available HERE.
Philip Kingsley Brilliant Hair Heroes – £20.65 (reduced from £29.50)
For the past few years I've been picking up one of these sets for myself as they're always reduced and such great value. I'm a big fan of Philip Kingsley haircare products, particularly the Elastizicer which is included in this set. It's considered a cult product for a very good reason. It's available HERE.
L'Occitane Delicate Cherry Blossom Set
This is a substantial set of gorgeously scented goodies. It's really weighty and looks like it would be more expensive that it actually is. Included is Bath/Shower Gel, Body Lotion, Hand Cream, Eau de Toilette and Soap. A good unisex or male option is the Invigorating Verbena set. The Delicate Cherry Blossom set is available HERE.
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'The Closer' star Kyra Sedgwick serves as Metro's guest editor
Emmy-award winning actress Kyra Sedgwick filled in as Metro's GuestEditor this afternoon to help us put together our special Earth Dayedition.
Emmy-award winning actress Kyra Sedgwick filled in as Metro's Guest Editor this afternoon to help us put together our special Earth Day edition.
You probably recognize her as the lead role of "The Closer," but today Sedgwick will use her role as Metro guest editor to warn our readers on the problems of pollution and over-consumption.
"If you collect all the plastic you use over the entire year, it would fill this entire room. And only ten percent of what we think we are recycling is actually getting recycled," said Sedgwick. "They're not breaking plastic bottles down again and remaking them into plastic bottles. Most plastic ends up in the ocean."
The increasing problem of plastic pollution and waste are two issues that are near to Sedgwick's heart. She asks all Americans to eschew plastic water bottles and use stainless steel and to replace that cardboard coffee cup with a re-useable mug.
"I will go really thirsty before I buy a plastic bottle because I know the pyramids will turn into dust
before that plastic bottle disintegrates," she said. "It's so easy to get a stainless steel water bottle."
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how much money you're saving, too," she continued. "You pay $4 for each new plastic water
bottle, when you could just buy one water bottle and fill it up at the
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Sedgwick is a native New Yorker and lives in the city with her husband, Kevin Bacon.
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The corruption investigation that led to the removal of South Korea's president this month appears to have widened yet again, with prosecutors in recent days questioning executives from two more of the nation's top conglomerates about the case.
Prosecutors began questioning the former president, Park Geun-hye, on Tuesday morning over allegations that she used her office to seek bribes from the nation's corporate titans for a longtime confidant, among other allegations.
Ahead of that effort, however, prosecutors over the weekend broadened the case by questioning Chey Tae-won, the chairman of SK Group, and Jang Sun-wook, who heads the lucrative duty-free business for Lotte Group, a major retailer. Then on Monday, Kwon Oh-joon, chairman of POSCO, the world's fourth-largest steelmaker, testified about his own company's relationship to the scandal, which was already under investigation.
The three executives have been drawn into the criminal case because their firms were asked to donate millions of dollars — perhaps, authorities suspect, under political pressure — to businesses controlled by the disgraced former president's confidant, Choi Soon-sil. She remains jailed and is facing trial on numerous charges.
The three recent examples of corporate officials being summoned before authorities are the latest revelations in a blockbuster investigation that began six months ago amid allegations that Choi, who had no government title, used her access to the president to see and edit sensitive documents.
More than two dozen people have since been charged with various crimes, including the de facto leader of the Samsung Group, Lee Jae-yong, one of the nation's most-powerful men. Several former aides to Park have also been charged, including two amid allegations that they created a blacklist to punish artists and others who were critical of the president's administration.
The case could have stalled two weeks ago when a team of appointed special prosecutors cut short their case under a statutory deadline. The president lost her job, in large part because of their work, around that time. Before leaving, a spokesman for the group, Lee Kyu-chul, warned that "more people and branches" were involved.
His statement now appears to carry more weight.
The special prosecutors' work was turned over to local prosecutors, and it appears to have propelled the case further into the murky ties between politics and business that are characteristic of South Korea's relatively young democracy.
"The core subject of this team's investigation has been the abuse of power to monopolize state affairs for personal interest and the collusive links between business and politics," said Park Young-soo, who led the special investigation.
The prosecutors now appear to be zeroing in on Park Geun-hye, who no longer enjoys presidential immunity after the National Assembly impeached her in December and a constitutional court upheld her removal from office earlier this month. She left the presidential complex more than a week ago to live as a civilian in Seoul's upscale Gangnam district.
Park, the daughter of a former South Korean military dictator, addressed a sea of reporters outside the prosecutors' office on Tuesday after a high-speed motorcade from her home wound through the streets of southern Seoul.
"I feel apologetic toward the nation's citizens. I'll cooperate in the questioning sincerely," she said.
Park has denied the allegations by saying she never acted outside the nation's interest. She also faces questions about whether she abused her power.
Park has previously declined to discuss the case with prosecutors or the judges who decided her fate on March 9.
Several of South Korea's largest companies, known as chaebol, have admitted donating money to Choi, the daughter of a deceased cult leader. Some have said they felt pressure to donate when asked by the president.
In Samsung's case, prosecutors allege that more than $30 million in donations — including a $900,000 horse for Choi's daughter, an elite equestrian athlete — prompted Park to direct officials to help pave the way for approval of a corporate merger. The tech giant has denied that allegation and said the truth will be revealed in court.
The details about the executives pulled into the case in recent days are less clear.
Chey, chairman of SK Corp., the third-largest South Korean conglomerate with holdings in energy, chemicals and telecommunications, was just released from prison for corporate malfeasance and is back in charge of his company. He received a pardon from Park in the summer of 2015. She said at the time that she granted it to spark the nation's economy.
Chey smiled to the news media before entering to speak with the prosecutors, but made no statement. He left 13 hours later, at 3 a.m. Sunday.
It's unclear what drew Lotte Group, which faces a continuing but unrelated probe involving its family executives, into the Park case. Media reports have speculated that the company's $11 million in donations to Choi's businesses, which came in two payments, might have been intended to help it keep a grip on the lucrative duty free business, or gain some other favor.
Lotte spent much of 2016 recovering from an embarrassing scandal that began with infighting over dynastic control of the company and a highly publicized raid by prosecutors on its headquarters. Its executives are on trial now for numerous unrelated corporate charges. Its alleged donations to Choi's businesses were returned, according to local media reports, but questions remain about whether the original payments were for political favors.
Kwon, POSCO's chairman, testified in Choi's trial on Monday. He told the court that his company had no pending issues before the government, but that he felt compelled to donate funds to what he considered dubious foundations to avoid corporate complications from government officials.
"They were made under pressure, rather than voluntarily," Kwon said.
Stiles is a special correspondent.
5:50 p.m.: This article was updated with more details, including the former president's comments outside the prosecutors' office.
This article was originally published at 9:50 a.m.