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Safety determination of Medical Devices through E&L testing
Risk based Safety Evaluation of Drug Delivery Device
Since 2005, the use of ISO 10993 Part 18 for the Chemical Characterization of medical devices has substantially increased in acceptance by regulatory agencies. In fact, the recent FDA guidance to the Industry on the use of 10993 for biocompatibility, along with both the upcoming changes in ISO 10993-1 and the recent/upcoming changes in the USP, there is a significant importance highlighted to evaluate safety through a risk-based process. The primary source of information to use in the risk assessment is Chemical Characterization data. The actual manner to characterize those chemicals which may leach from a medical device and become available to the patient (directly or indirectly) has not been established specifically.
The experts on our team have worked directly with regulators and participated in standard-setting activities. They have a unique understanding of how ISO 10993-18 coupled with ISO 10993-17 provides the medical device industry with the framework to develop customized programs to meet the needs of safety testing through the use of analytical chemistry and biological/toxicological assessment.
Material characterization per ISO 10993-18: When is it needed & how do I satisfy the requirements?
This is particularly important for combination products, implantable devices, many external communicating devices, and devices that utilize color additives or colorants. Extractables and Leachables as it relates to medical devices driven primarily by ISO 10993: Part 1, Part 12, Part 18 & Part 17.
ISO 10993 biocompatibility consists of the following parts, under the general title Biological evaluation of medical devices:
Part 1: Evaluation and testing within a risk management process
Part 2: Animal welfare requirements
Part 3: Tests for genotoxicity, carcinogenicity & reproductive toxicity
Part 4: Selection of tests for interactions with blood
Part 5: Tests for in vitro cytotoxicity
Part 6: Tests for local effects after implantation
Part 7: Ethylene oxide sterilization residuals
Part 9: Framework for identification & quantification of potential degradation products
Part 10: Tests for irritation & skin sensitization
Part 11: Tests for systemic toxicity
Part 12: Sample preparation & reference materials
Part 13: Identification & quantification of degradation products from polymeric medical devices
Part 14: Identification quantification of degradation products from ceramics
Part 15: Identification & quantification of degradation products from metals & alloys
Part 16: Toxicokinetic study design for degradation products & leachables
Part 17: Establishment of allowable limits for leachable substances
Part 18: Chemical characterization of materials
Part 19: Physico-chemical, morphological & topographical characterization of materials
Part 20: Principles & methods for immunotoxicology testing of medical devices
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Klaus Layer'sRestless Adventures
Klaus Layer's Restless Adventures album drops on January 20th, 2015.
Grab your copy here at redefinitionrecords.com and we'll ship it to you early.
Check out some of the tracks below, as well as a new video that Klaus put together to kick off the new year (note: the song in video is not on the Restless Adventures album).
Big up to Flea Market Funk and The Word Is Bond for the assist on the album description, too!
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Kudos to Klaus for delivering a brave and experimental album to be enjoyed on numerous levels; it swings right for Hip-Hop heads, has layers of exotic instrumentation on top, and potentially something else in-between for listeners who like to look for narratives in their music. Perhaps most impressively, it does all of this a lot more cohesively than the title would have you think. The (Restless) Adventures of Captain Crook continue...
On Restless Adventures, the beloved East Coast aesthetic of his influences are inverted somewhat with what seems to be a preoccupation with the sublimity of the organic green world. The effects are minute, subtle, and highly effectual. The ambient sounds of nature that Klaus organically weaves between layers of snappy drums and warped samples could be described as both psychedelic and organic ... unfamiliar, yet strangely comforting.
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Dear Nell,
So, what should pop up on my morning Web site browse than this quote of the day from Philo of Alexandria:
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." Good advice for anyone, especially a book reviewer. And more especially one who comes to address Elizabeth Cook's Achilles.
When I heard about this teensy-weensy, 107-page (minus the glossary) tilt at the underpinning work of Western literature, my initial reaction was, why?
Why would anyone want to do this? Who wants a minnow-sized Moby Dick? An "Eroica" re-scored as a five-minute piece for the kazoo?
And these questions came to me when I thought Cook's retelling was limited to the Iliad. When I opened the book and found myself in a scene reimagined from the Odyssey, I really started to feel the ash spear quiver in my hand. But now I lay it at the lady's feet, along with tripods and skins of finest wine and robes of every silken stuff. This book is a tiny treasure.
If, as they say, every generation demands its own translation of Homer, Cook brings us here a Homer for the MTV generation. I don't say this disparagingly. I'm thinking of those singular music videos that are mini art films, the ones that marry sound and sight until the senses reel. Cook is a master of the rapid, the dynamic, the intensely compressed, of arresting images layered one upon the other. This book is not a translation; it's a distillation. The wine was fine to begin with; now she has reduced it to a few drops that sear the tongue.
Yes, I missed the Homeric hand-holds—the wine-dark seas, the rosy-fingered dawns, the islands low and away. I missed the soothing repetitions that gave the singer pause for breath and the audience time to assimilate the story. I was surprised to learn that Cook wrote this originally for performance. It does not read that way to me. Her prose is as relentless as a Greek army marching. Present tense, active verbs, concrete nouns. There is no respite here.
So, what is she up to?
The Iliad famously begins in medias res, nine years into the Trojan War. Cook starts her tale later still, much later, the war long over and weary Odysseus, desperate to get home, summoning the dead for advice on how to do so. And so we first meet Achilles as a hungry ghost, longing for news of the world he renounced. When he made his famous choice of a short famous life in war instead of a long, sweet, anonymous one, farming his father's lands with his son at his side, he sentenced himself to this sad, gray realm of the non-senses.
Cook flashes back then to the rape of Achilles' mother, Thetis, and this swift scene is, to me, typical of the strengths in what she does. Here, and elsewhere, she gives mind and movement to the women who are usually so static in Homer—posed like prizes on plinths, waiting to be won or bartered or snatched or sacrificed. Thetis, stalked like prey, rejects victimhood. She fights as snake, lion, cuttlefish (oh, for the ability to turn into a cuttlefish!) until Peleus longs to let her go, to get away, and at that point, she refuses to let him: She turns the tables and takes him. Later, Cook imagines that other famous rape victim, Helen, and this time there is no redemption. Driven into herself by others' incessant wanting and taking, Helen has become catatonic, incapable of any action in her own right.
Two favorite images from pages dense with possibilities: "Achilles looks at the man who killed Patroclus and feels the hatred spread through his body, slowly, luxuriously, like cream."
Later, when Achilles is dead and his grieving soldiers come to shear their hair and lay it on his bier: "Your body under this soft piled blanket of black and brown, russet and gold. The wind detaches and lifts some of the locks. Bright hairs separate themselves and float in the air like strange insects."
Homer would have liked that, don't you think? But what would he have made of the Keats chapter?


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5 Reasons Not to Worry This Week
Several major market indices hit fresh milestones last week, but what if consumers aren't ready to play along?
Consumer confidence is slipping for the first time since August, according to Friday's preliminary report out of the University of Michigan. Is the recent wave of encouraging job reports becoming undone in light of the problematic spike in gas prices?
I recently went over some of the companies that are expected to post lower quarterly profits when they report this week.
Thankfully, they're the exceptions and not the rule. Let's go over some publicly traded companies that are expected to stand tall this week by posting year-over-year improvement on the bottom line.
Latest Quarter EPS (Estimated)
Year-Ago Quarter EPS
My Watchlist
|Focus Media (NAS: FMCN)
|Cintas (NAS: CTAS)
|Oracle (NAS: ORCL)
|GameStop (NYS: GME)
|Nike (NYS: NKE)
Source: Thomson Reuters.
Clearing the table
Let's start at the top with Focus Media.
Few companies in China can match Focus Media as a marketer, with its fleet of elevator posters, ad-broadcasting flat-screen monitors, and billboards. As the economy of the world's most populous nation continues to improve -- and even this year's adjusted 7.5% growth-rate target would make most countries envious -- advertisers will spend more to reach out to the financially empowered masses.
Focus Media has bounced back since taking a beating last year on fraud allegations from famous short-seller Muddy Waters. The company held up against knocks that it was overstating the size of its advertising network and other bearish critiques. Analysts see revenue growing 41% when it reports tonight.
Cintas is a comforting name to see on this list. The leader in providing fresh branded uniforms to companies is moving in the right direction, and that's probably a fair indicator that companies are hiring again.
Oracle is the global leader in enterprise software. It's not all organic. Everyone knows that CEO Larry Ellison has a voracious appetite for accretive acquisitions. However, another thing that Oracle is known for is that it routinely lands ahead of Wall Street's profit targets.
Outside of a rare miss last time out, Ellison's company usually finds a way to land ahead of the prognosticators on the bottom line. So even if it may seem disappointing to see earnings per share expected to grow from $0.54 to just $0.56, history would wager on Oracle earning slightly more than that.
GameStop is reporting on Thursday. Selling video games and hardware has been an industry in decline for most of the past three years, but GameStop has helped weather the storm with its higher-margin resale business and its loyalty shopper program. Analysts see flat net sales out of the video game retailer, but they do see a healthy uptick in profitability.
Finally there's Nike. The athletic footwear company has evolved over the years. Sure, it's still selling a ton of shoes. However, it has gone on to make a big splash in branded apparel and now even mobile health.
The Nike+ FuelBand hit the market last month. The $149 bracelet measures movement and calories burned through a proprietary metric called Nike Fuel. They seem to be flying off the shelves as quickly as Nike can stock them, though it will be a long time before they move the needle for a company as big as Nike. Then again, if the FuelBand encourages the sale of more running shoes and workout shirts, maybe it will be a factor sooner rather than later.
Cross those fingers, but know the fundamentals
Investors in these five stocks have a right to be excited. They are all improving their financial situations. They are worthy of the gains that the market rally has bestowed upon them over the past year.
I wouldn't be uncomfortable owning any of these companies. They're doing the right thing, regardless of Mr. Market's mood swings.
The expectations may be high, but these five stocks wouldn't have it any other way.
Fool co-founder David Gardner has been behind some of these winning picks, but now there'sa new multibaggeron his growth newsletter's radar. Read up in a free report that'savailable right now.
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Dear Tillison: We keep a brain tumor registry on those who develop brain tumors, with a history of aspartame (NutraSweet) use. In original studies aspartame triggered astrocytomas in rats. This is the first stage of the deadly glioblastoma now rampant in the population. Dr. John Olney made world news about it last fall. It was expected since secret trade inforamtion discussed in Congress made the mention that the phenylalanine broke down to DKP (diketopiperazine) and if they told the FDA it might not get approved, in their words "have to consider complete conversion to DKP". And indeed when they gave it to lab animals they developed these tumors, the reason why aspartame was kept off the market for 16 years. The approval was because the FDA Commissioner who wouldn't approve it was fired and Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes was appointed to do the ghastly deed. He over-ruled a Board of Inquiry that said not to do it and then went to work for the PR firm of the manufacturer, Burston Marsteller. A complete expose on this PR firm is now in the new book TOXIC SLUDGE IS GOOD FOR YOU. To bring this up-to-date a translator said studies were done on humans in South America for 12 to 18 months and unpublished. They got participants from poor villages, and they were dropping out with brain tumors and seizures, two died. Aspartame is a seizure triggering drug. A physician helped her in the translating and was fired because he got upset they would not tell the public and remove it from the marketplace. So many times its not that brain tumors are herditary, its just they are using aspartame. I just met a woman, heavy aspartame user, who developed one of the astrocytomas, and she was pregnant and gave birth to a baby with a brain tumor. It was simply that she was taking a drug, aspartame, that breaks kdown into DKP, a brain tumor agent. We ask all people on aspartame to give us their case history, and especially if they have these brain tumors we want to know about it. Regards, Betty ***************************************************************************** For more information on aspartame email: betty at pd.org TYPE: sendme help on the Subject Line 1. Take the 60-day No Aspartame Test and Mission Possible send us your case history. 5950-H State Bridge Rd. 2. Tell your doctor and all of your friends! Suite 215 3. Return Asparcidal food to the store. Anything Duluth, GA 30155 USA with Monsanto's NutraSweet/Equal/Spoonful or Benevia or NatraTaste VISIT http://www.dorway.com/possible.html Get links to 29 other sites. http://www.tiac.net/users/mgold/aspartame/ FAQs/Toxicity Reports Disability and Death are not acceptable costs of business! On 15 Jun 1997, Tillison94 wrote: > I'm looking for a web site or more that has information on the possibility > of brain tumors being herditary. Please email any information to > Tillison94 at aol.com > > >


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Keith is one of ten MEPs representing the South East region which covers Kent, East and West Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and the Isle of Wight.
South East – Facts and Figures
- The South East is the largest region in the UK. With over 8 million inhabitants, it also has the highest population of any region.
- It is one of the richest regions in the country. The GDP (estimated at £130 billion in 2001) is greater than that for Denmark, Norway, South Africa and Singapore. Overall, the South East is one of the busiest and most populated regions in Europe.
- There is, however, a great deal of variation in economic standards. Areas of deprivation exist in the eastern and southern region, particularly in coastal areas. Overall the GDPs of East Sussex, Kent, West Sussex and the Isle of Wight are all lower than the national average.
- The South East is governed by a total of 74 local councils.
- Car ownership is higher than anywhere else in the UK – the region also has serious transport problems and the worst traffic congestion of any area except London.
- The South East has the worst performing health service of any region in the UK
- The South East harbours a rich natural and cultural heritage, with many areas designated as National Nature Reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest because of their special wildlife interest. Areas designated as "Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty" in the region include the New Forest, Surrey Hills, the High Weald and North and South Downs. The South Downs – which receive a total of 35 million day visits a year – are in the process of being designated as a new National Park.
South East Green Parties
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
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1.27.10: Trying to resist is futile
I have always been a little bit of a running gear snob, although probably not in the way one might think.
It is not that I looked at people and judged them for their lack of expensive, top-of-the-line running gear. Quite the opposite. In fact, I have almost always found the slowest, least dedicated runners to be the ones who possess the fastest, most expensive running watches. These are the same women who, in the gym, walk uphill for a few minutes on a low speed setting while reading Us Weekly sporting blue eye shadow.
Now of course I have digressed into snark, which I am particularly sensitive to as it appears that I have, in fact, become one of them.
In ye olden days of running, I used to love how egalitarian the sport was. All it took to be fast was a bit of natural ability and dedication. For years I ran in ratty t-shirts and old gym shorts and very often ran faster than the women sporting Lululemon and the highest end Polar watch.
All the $400 running watches in the world won't motivate your butt off the couch when you just want to watch the Bachelor. Or so I thought.
Last year, for my birthday, my husband gave me a Garmin Forerunner watch. It retails for around $160 now on Amazon (although was more last summer-drat!) and I don't think it is dramatic of me to say that it revolutionalized the sport for me.
Suddenly I was not guessing if I ran four miles. The GPS told me to the 10th of a mile! Suddenly I was not guessing at my pace, the Garmin told me I was running 8:10. Honestly, I am not sure how I could have made it through last year's training without it.
This is not to say the Garmin is perfect. It takes forever to load the satellites. The battery has to be fully charged to make it through a long run and it dies quickly after. It is heavy, much heavier than some of the Polar models I looked at and most of all, it is running exclusive. It does not have a function for running or swimming and is even difficult to use to tell the time.
A few weeks before the marathon, I received an iPod Nano and with it, the Nike Plus system, Apple's answer to the Garmin. It comes with two parts, one that attaches to the shoe (you can also buy the special Nike shoes that fit it, but I am pretty dedicated to my Asics). It is a runner's dream. Much less expensive than the Polar or the Garmin, it calibrates quickly so there is no lag time between leaving the house and actually being able to start to run.
I love the Nike Plus software on the computer and prefer it to Garmin's. It provides little incentives for running further and faster and tracks individual runs better than the Garmin. I also enjoy the voices (like Lance Armstrong's, for instance) that come on to encourage me on particularly long or fast runs, telling me "congratulations, this was the fastest five-miler you have run yet!" That is the kind of motivation I can use.
The final piece of gear I tried during my last marathon was the Polar rs800cx, which retails for $400, making it by far the most expensive of the lot. The good thing of course, is that it works for all my sports, namely biking and running (parts of it also works for swimming, but I never used it in that capacity). It was also lightweight and more stylish than the Garmin.
That is where the good parts end. I found the set up very confusing and once I ran with it, it was only later that I discovered the software is incompatible with a Mac, which meant I needed to use my husband's computer and since he is planning on buying a Mac soon enough, I may have nowhere to upload my information soon. Needless to say, that put a major crimp in my plans for the Polar.
In the end, I find myself always going back to my Garmin for the long runs. It is the easiest to read, the most reliable and also the one that got me through my first marathon. At this point, we are war buddies.
And those girls with blue eye shadow? I guess they are my comrades now, too.
Sasha Brown-Worsham is a writer, a mother and an unabashed, unashamed runaholic. Check her progress each week as she trains to qualify for the Boston Marathon.


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This grand Edwardian home resides with absolute confidence in Devonport's most prestigious location – Victoria Parade, on the scenic North West Coast of Tasmania. Beyond its immaculate façade you will discover a light-filled floor plan with expert attention to detail, resulting in an elegance that perfectly combines the very best of period grandeur with modern convenience. Showcasing a superior quality and rare Tasmanian Celery Top Pine kitchen, Australian Cedar bathroom and stair case, and Oregon beams.
- Prime position directly opposite the Mersey River foreshore
- Peaceful water views of the coastline, river and out to sea
- Enjoy the daily passing "Spirit of Tasmania" ferries from the comfort of the home
- Set on a large 2100m2 parcel of land with vehicle access via Walpole Place
- Land can be subdivided subject to approval from relevant authorities
- Secure automatic gates at the rear of the property
- Retaining all of its original features including open fire places, stained glass entrance, bay windows and 10ft ceilings
- Welcoming large entry foyer and wide hallway
- Three ground floor bedrooms with original fire places, two with ornate tiled cast iron grates
- Separate formal dining and formal lounge rooms with open fire places which with change of use can be bedrooms or multi-purpose
- Main bathroom with original claw foot bath and a separate shower
- Large laundry with extensive built-in cupboards
- Architecturally designed extension seamlessly blends the old with the new
- Modern kitchen with European appliances, large pantry and an open plan dining and living area
- Fourth bedroom upstairs with a separate living area and second bathroom
- Meticulously maintained park-like gardens with ornamental and fruit trees including apple, lemon, walnut and olive
- Sealed driveway to large double garage with loft storage space and internal access to the kitchen and living area
- Plenty of sealed space for vehicle turning and additional parking
- Multiple decks, private courtyard, wide front veranda and lush lawns surround the home
- Upgraded wiring and plumbing
- 10 minute foreshore walk into the town centre
- 15 minute foreshore walk to the Mersey Bluff beach, restaurants and sporting facilities
- Scenic 15 minute drive to the Devonport airport to take a flight to Melbourne and beyond
- One hour drive to Launceston airport with direct flights to Sydney and Brisbane
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Salesforce has inked a deal with Interxion to launch a new European data centre in France.
The data center, one of three planned for Europe, will be provided by Amsterdam-based Interxion, according to an announcement on Wednesday. The agreement between Salesforce and the cloud and carrier-neutral data centre services company will propel forward plans to increase strategic investments in France; a country Salesforce says is an "important market" for the firm's global strategy.
The opening of a new UK-based data center is planned for the fall, with France and Germany to follow in 2015. The cloud services provider says the new centers are necessary to cater for a growing European customer base.
The French data center will be powered by renewable energy sources.
In addition to the launch of the new French data center, Salesforce recently unveiled a new French headquarters. The Paris-based headquarters will house Salesforce's Digital Transformation Hub, which the company touts as a "dedicated space to foster innovation and collaboration between salesforce.com's ecosystem of customers, partners, developers and employees."
"Interxion is pleased to be selected by Salesforce as its data centre provider in France," said Fabrice Coquio, Managing Director of Interxion, France.
"Interxion's state of the art data centre will deliver outstanding connectivity and will offer a highly resilient facility for salesforce.com's growing customer base in France and Europe."
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Handyman Allen TX
At Handyman Allen TX we understand that sometimes you just need a little help to get your property in order. Sometimes a home improvement project can be just too big for you to do alone or not something you know how to do, and you need handyman to come in and help you or even just get it done for you. And then there are those little tasks that you never seem to get around to getting done, that have piled up and now look like a massive wall that you just want to tackle. In either case Handyman Allen TX is here to help you, no job is too small or too large for us to get done and out of the way for you. We are experienced in all areas of home repair and home remodeling so you can be sure we will get it down right for you every time. We have done everything from small painting projects to complete kitchen makeovers.
Handyman Allen TX have just the right expert on our team for your project and if you need more than one we can supply everyone you need to get your project done fast and properly. Our experts are waiting for your call so we can get started with your project as soon as possible and get it out of the way so you can be at peace and enjoy your time off. We do Odd Jobs, Repairs, Flooring, Electrical, Plumbing, Carpentry, Masonry, Painting and Project Design. Whatever you need done we can make it happen and it can start today. Let us get that project you have been thinking about doing for longer than you can remember but have never taken the time to get it done.
We also truly understand the older population and others who just want the work done right the first time so they don't have to bother to call us back out to fix the issue. While I am not going to be so bold as to say that we will never be called or even have never been called out to fix a project that wasn't just right. Sometimes things happen and we need to adjust certain aspects of a projects after the fact. No Problem we stand behind all of our work we do and will happily be back as quick as possible to make it right.
Our Areas of Service:
There is a full list of the services the we have provided so far and can provide you are shown on our service pages in their entirety and I would encourage you to read through the list if you have the time to find yours or better yet just call and ask us and we will discuss with you how we can get you to cross them off your list. If you don't happen to find it on the list call us anyway because we can always get it done for you anyway, we talked about list every possible item that we could conceivably be asked to do but we figured that it would much too much for someone to read through much less to be able to enumerate them all. We will be sure to add them as we experience them, so if you want cause us to change our web page then call us with that off the wall project you want done and if we do it, we will modify our site to include it for you and other we find. To protect your privacy, we will not share your name as the reason for adding it, so you won't be recognized for your efforts but we can't stop you from bragging about if you insist
Quality Care:
Our Quality expectation is that the job is done properly the first time and that you are happy with the outcome. We truly want to be the one source for all your handyman needs, but if we don't hear from you we just can come and help. We assign a master craftsman to each project to ensure that it is done right. We charge by the job and our technician are paid by the job so they have no reason to drag it out, and if it has to fixed they come back and get it done right. No extra charge to you, the only time our quote is changed, is if the scope of the job changes for some reason.
Total Care:
We believe the best service for your project is seen as the on time completion of your project, leaving your property looking as if any changes belong there and we haven't been there, and have no reason to return unless you have another project for us to do for you. We want our customers be happy enough that they want us to do more for them as well as recommending us to their friends and family.
Many of you desire to see and read testimonials about our work, and we will love to share them with you when you contact us. We have many to show you but, we would prefer to keep the confidence and privacy of our clients and therefore we avoid posting them on a website that anyone can check out. So be sure you ask to see our testimonials and we will happily share them privately with you.
Our Competition:
Yes, we have competition out there (Mr. Fix It, Andy OnCall, Tom's Home Repair and Painting, Handyman Matters and others). And some will do a good job for your home, but we make a commitment to you and your home, that no else will make to complete your home repair or other project on time and at cost, to a standard second to none. If that is the level of service, you are looking for, then you need to call today and talk with us about your project and how we can help.
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The simple reason is that you need to call us because will deliver our best service to your home project. We make no excuses and refuse to do any substandard work, so if you are happy with ok then we don't want your job, we would rather you called one of our competitors who would happy to give you the level of service you request, which might be their normal level of service anyway. But I am sure you want only the best available service you can get, which is why you are still reading this page, so I want you to be my customer so I can prove to you what I have been talking about on this site. Our difference is quality service at a reasonable price.
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Lily's Kitchen Venison & Wild Boar Terrine is a hypoallergenic grain-free wet food for dogs.
Please note that all food items will be sent separately from other goods ordered.
Made with fresh venison and wild boar. Contains a large amount of vegetables and fruit. Made from a unique blend of botanical herbs, including dandelion and burdock root.
Only real meat: no rendered animal parts or derivatives, nothing Genetically Modified, no artificial preservatives, colours or sweeteners. No wheat, corn or soya.
Meat 60%: Fresh Venison (30%), Fresh Wild Boar (30%), Organic Potato, Organic Carrots, Green Beans, Organic Apples, Butternut Squash, Hemp Oil. Herbs: Golden Rod, Nettle, Aniseed, Rosehips, Marigold Petals, Cleavers, Kelp, Alfalfa, Milk Thistle, Dandelion Root, Burdock Root.
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We regret that we cannot, by law, accept returns of any medication. If you return a medicine to us all we can do is dispose of it correctly for you as it cannot be resold.
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So… I blame IronCow. Yep. This is Matt's fault. Of course, I have really enjoyed watching the first 2 seasons of the new Dr. Who series on the Sci Fi Network and BBC America. And, yes I was looking forward to the new season starting back on July 6th. Yeah, I watched a bit of Dr. Who on PBS as a younger man.
I saw what Underground Toys was showing at ToyFair. I knew eventually all of this stuff was going to be imported to the US. But up until now I could justify not owning any of it becasue of import prices and the difficulty of tracking it all down. I knew that it was all starting to creep over to the states… and then there was that picture that Matt kept posting on several boards of his Who shelf.
Then, after a pre-Comic Con lunch there were some links from Bill aka FreshMonkey.
Here are a couple of links I have found to be useful for Dr who stuff.
Good site for Dr who toy news and pics
also this is a good place to pick up figures cheaper.
And a fun Dr who board
And now suddenly, several minutes on line and a couple of hundred dollars later I've gone from ZERO Doctor Who figures… to over THIRTY Doctor Who figures.
And now I have a list of stuff that I'm still missing like the Auton 2-pack,the Harkness with Empty Child, the Empress and the Tardis playset that I need to find at Comic Con or on line.
I'm in. Time to clear off a shelf for the good Doctor.
**Update- And now, after comic con I find myself with another 10-ish figures including the Comic Con Exclusive damaged Cyberman and Assualt Dalek, Micky Smith, Dalek Thay, two Auton 2-packs, The 10th Doctor in his blue suit and Mutant Reveal Dalek.
Now I just need a lead on a Captain Jack/Empty Child 2-pack, Dr. Constantine, Gelth Zombie and Chip!!!
Also, let me know when Dalek Sec Hybrid, Novice Hame, and the Satan Pit set hit the states!
After my last Cars blog I got a few emails from other folks that had been fighting the Cars urges only to be lured in by it's siren song. One such email also told me about a recent variation found that many folks have been speculating about- the red-wheeled Hudson Hornet.
The rumors were that it was a rare variant, or a Target exclusive. I had found the regular Hornet a few days before hearing of the red one. Then I found a red wheeled one last weekend at a Target store. I emailed the gang at Mattel to find out the answer to this riddle.
It turns out that this is a running change and that all Hudson Hornets from here on will have the red wheels. I know there are several on Ebay currently selling as "rare," don't you believe it.
This is a tribute to my other grandmother. Were she alive she would have turned 97 today. I originally posted this at that other site I used to write for back in 2002 after she passed. I have modified it and added to it a bit from that original version.
Happy Birthday Grandma. I miss you.
I get my collecting "bug" from my Grandma…
I think collecting is genetic and like hair loss, it skips a generation. No one else in my family really had the zeal or drive to collect things like my grandmother and me. Collecting was the main thing my grandmother and I always had in common and I think she always kind of looked to me to "carry on" in her absence. She collected a lot of things, plates, antiques, and truth be told she kept just about everything that passed through her hands. Not in a scary, "pack-rat", "crazy cat lady" or "Dateline NBC" kind of way, Grandma was a VERY tidy person, you always knew that everything would be the same on each visit, but she kept a running log of her life in the form of "things."
She was a SHARP lady. Fiercely independent, flexible; you never saw her unless she looked like a million bucks. In the almost 30 years that I knew her I never once saw her without her wig on. In her whole life she never ONCE wore slacks to church; only long skirts or dresses. She always told me that I was like her in spirit, and depending on how old I was and how I looked at the time, she would go back and forth as to whether I looked like my dad or my grandpa. I had never met my grandfather. He died of a heart attack when my father was 17. Grandma never remarried. She lived alone in that house for another 40 years. She always said I had my grandfather's hands. That always made me feel good, because she would hold my hands for a while and I always felt like I was able to provide her some level of connection and comfort.
I used to see movies with my Grandma. I'd spend a full day with her a few times in the summer, just her and me. And thinking back on the movies we saw, I can't IMAGINE her having any interest in them… but she did watch them with me and she was paying attention. One of my all time favorite memories of my grandmother would have been in 1983. I talked her into taking me to see Return of the Jedi. I was probably seeing it for the 4th or 5th time at this point (because back in those days, kids, you HAD to go back to the theater to see a movie! We didn't have DVD players and it took 2 or more years from release for something to come out on VHS). I can't say for sure if she had seen any of the other Star Wars films, but I suspect I made her take me to see The Empire Strikes Back at least once. We were sitting in the theater watching Jedi, and bear in mind, Grandma was in her 70s at this point, and we're at the part at the beginning at Jabba's palace, and the mysterious bounty hunter Boush is sneaking up to the frozen block that is Han Solo, and Grandma turns to me and says "That one walks like a woman." WOW! That blew my 12-year-old mind! Grandma had figured out one of the big surprises in the movie before the reveal. I mean, I knew it was Princess Leia under there because I had already seen the movie a couple of times. But I certainly didn't figure that out on MY first viewing. I remember sitting there in the theater thinking "Wow. Grandma is cool."
Cut to a 2001: Grandma was 91, well on her way to 92 and we had JUST convinced her to stop driving in October. We knew something was affecting her mind, but I never heard a name given to it. We knew it was the early stages of Alzheimer's, dementia, or just age catching up with her. Her memory was slipping, she couldn't smell things any more, her hearing was shot, and she had a lot of trouble finding the words she was looking for when she talked. She never got to a point where she didn't recognize any of us, but you could tell the loss of her always sharp mind was starting to frustrate her. She always had a mind for details: names, events, family history, etc. so to lose that, both for her sense of pride in that and the family losing all of that history..you just can't put words to that.
Grandma had an odd habit that drove most of the family nuts! It always gave her a sense of comfort to know where her collection, where her "things" would go after she was gone. She wanted them to be with people who appreciated them. So, any time you would comment on something in her house or even just pick it up and look at it, she would take a small piece of white medical tape, write your name in blue ink and stick it to the bottom of said item. That meant that when she was dead, this item would go to you. This really drove my parents crazy as I was growing up. They just thought it was morbid and wanted no part of it. I was a kid and in the early stages of my collecting "disorder" and all I knew was that Grandma was promising me cool stuff. So, my name was all OVER that place. Sometimes she didn't want to wait until she was gone, she just needed more room in her house, or she was just looking to simplify her life, and so she would send you home with another item that had your name on it after each visit. It gave her comfort to give her things to people who would appreciate them as much as she did, it gives me comfort to have those things now.
When I hear about families fighting about the estate of a relative that had passed I think of Grandma and her medical tape and blue pen. Grim as it might have been, Grandma was even sharper than we realized.
That October, she realized her limitations and agreed to move into an assisted living center close to my folks. They hired a moving company, and moved a lot of her furniture with her, but as they were packing up, she didn't seem interested in taking very many of her antique/collected things. She took several significant pieces: a cup and saucer set her father had given her, a pitcher given to her by her late husband, and a Styrofoam wig-stand that still has the word: GRAND-MA spelled out in hat pins that I had snuck into her closet and made when I was 8 years old. Everything else she left behind in that house. That house her husband had helped build, that house where she raised her kids, that house where her husband… her soul mate died suddenly in his sleep, that house where she lived alone more years than I've been alive, that lonely house was now alone.
There was still a LOT of stuff in that house. On our way back from a family celebration on Christmas Eve we stopped by the vacant house; my wife, my older brother, and I. We had been instructed to go through and see if there was anything else we were interested in for the eventuality of either: a. Grandma passing or b. them selling the house. It didn't have the same feel this time. It was creepy, it was odd, and it made us feel like grave robbers even though she was still alive. Then we really started to get a sense of what all Grandma collected. We saw history: her history, our family's, and our country's. Grandma was the keeper of a chronicle over 100 years old. She kept toys, clothes, magazines, and newspapers. She kept almost every piece of personal correspondence, from her 5th grade valentines to the "get well" cards she died surrounded by. She had sheet music, magazines and newspapers from the turn of the century. She had fascinating items that belonged to her parents. She had many of her childhood dolls, my aunt's childhood dolls, she had touchstones of any memory she wanted to go back and revisit.
That year the end of December 2001, Grandma had a stroke. It was a serious one that left her paralyzed on her left side and unable to swallow. She had a DNR order, so according to her wishes there was nothing we could do for her at that point. We just had to make sure she was comfortable as we waited for the inevitable. She died on January 18th 2002, and we buried her on Monday.
We went to a viewing of her body, just the family. My dad, her son's family, and my aunt, her daughter's family. Her family. I hadn't seen many of my cousins in 10 years, some more. I had never been to a viewing before and didn't really know what to expect. I remember there was some discussion that she was going to be buried without her glasses because no one had thought of that detail. Everyone agreed that it would have been nice to remember to grab a pair from her house, but she really didn't need them at this point. And then… we discovered "the drawer." I loved the drawer. As the top of the casket was open, in the side of the bottom lid there was a drawer. I guess you are supposed to put keepsakes or notes or something in there. I just remembered the jokes everyone was making about what to put in there. I still laugh when I think of my aunt saying "I guess we could put a deck of cards in there." Had I know the drawer was in there… I probably would have put a Boush action figure in there. So Grandma would always know I thought she was cool.
Then my family was faced with the task of unraveling her collection. Most of her things she had labeled with when she got them, how old they were and who or where she got them from. We also found things like a box full of old BIC pen caps and the lid to every medicine bottle she'd ever opened along with her more elegant, extensive collections of antiques, plates, butter dishes and the like. My family thinks this is odd, but I know exactly where that comes from. And from here on out, every time I pick up some figure by Trendmasters or some odd thing in a line I don't collect or any time I hesitate throwing away the package or lame accessory to a figure I have opened, I'll know why that impulse is deeply rooted within me.
In going through Grandma's things I also found many clippings, letters, and articles from 1895 to 1960's. Some were from small town news, some were from large companies from New York, and many we don't know where they were from. We just know that she liked them enough to save them all this time. The one through-line of all of these scraps of her history, is that they all contain a sense of poetry that you no longer find in letter writing or news reporting. Even the obituaries were something you could tell was extensively researched and you could tell someone spent a lot of time and thought. I think that's what this essay is. It's an attempt to give her the obituary she deserved, from someone that loved her dearly.
Helen Pickett 1910-2002
Be bold and let the mighty forces come to your aid-Goethe
Going off the topic of toys today to celebrate something significant. Specifically my family, even more specifically my grandparents as they both have events the first week in July. There will be 2 family posts back to back and then we'll get back to toys.
Today is my (maternal) grandparents anniversary. Their SIXTY-FIFTH wedding anniversary. That's an incredible amount of time to be married. That's slightly under two of my lifetimes. They were married in their mid to late teens just before Grandpa went off to be a tail-gunner in some B-26s in WWII.
All marriages have their ups and downs and their trials and tribulations, but these folks have stood the test of time and they have done it with a grace that is an inspiration to everyone that has met them. You can't imagine one without the other. In a time where… what's the statistic up to now? HALF of all marriages end in divorce? It's incredible to see one last this long and still work. They are God-loving farm folks that made it through the great depression, made it through being a world apart during World War two, raised three children, seven grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, droughts, floods and fires… they've seen it all and they still wake up in the morning and say "I choose you."
I wish I were back in Oklahoma to celebrate with them and the rest of my family today, but since I can't do that, this will serve as my salute!
I love you guys! You've taught me about life, love and what's really important. Here's to 65 more! God bless you.
My grandparents circa 1943
My grandparents circa 1987
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Resetting Social Security -- An Annuity That Actually Makes Sense
I'll give you a recent example, using a real client, to illustrate how it works. Paul is 65 years old, in good health, and married. He had elected to take social security at age 62. Three years later, he has collected a total of $51,500 in Social Security benefits.
Paul has the option of doing something called double dipping on Social Security. Larry Kotlikoff, author of Spend 'til The End, explains that Paul would be allowed to repay those benefits, without any interest whatsoever, and then immediately reset Social Security as if he had elected it at his current age of 65.
For Paul, this meant that for $51,500, he could get an additional $466 a month and have that amount increase with inflation. That increased payment would not only continue the rest of his life, but also have a survivor benefit for his wife should he die first.
Two ways to look at it
The first way to look at this option is to determine the number of years Paul or his spouse would need to live to breakeven. If you take into account the time value of money (the cash today is worth more than cash in the future), Paul would need to live about 10 years before the increased benefits would exceed the cash he is paying today. Actuarial tables predict that he will live an additional 17 years, making this a good bet.
A second way to look at this is that the client is buying longevity insurance. He is buying a cash stream that is very similar to an insurance product known as an immediate inflation adjusted annuity. This product, in return for a lump sum that you pay today, gives you a monthly cash payment that is adjusted annually for inflation.
How much would it cost Paul to buy a low cost annuity on the open market? According to Vanguard, an inflation adjusted lifetime annuity of $466 a month would cost about $107,000, with his spouse having the right to collect 50 percent of the payment after his death. I used 50 percent because that approximates the amount of the survivorship benefit for his particular circumstances. Thus, for only $51,500, Paul is getting a product that would cost about $107,000 in the open market, and likely more than that for an annuity paying agent commissions.
The comparison to the annuity is close but not quite perfect. It's possible the feds may decide at some date to lower Social Security benefits. An insurance company, however, would be contractually obligated to make those payments for as long as they are in business. That would tend to imply the insurance annuity has more value. On the other hand, the U.S. government has a much lower default risk than an insurance company. Yes, insurance companies can go out of business; and there is no assurance that state guarantee funds can make policy holders whole if they default systematically and the federal government decides not to bail them out, as they did recently. All told, I'd rather have my cash stream supported by the only entity legally entitled to print money -- the U.S. government.
My advice
Resetting Social Security is a complex analysis which involves several factors such as amount to repay, increased benefit amounts, health, tax rates, and political climates. Regardless, it may also make good sense for someone who took Social Security early and has the cash to repay it. Larry Swedroe, who writes Wise Investing, points out that fixed annuities can make sense in certain circumstances and disucsses it in his book on alternative investments. Maybe so, but I'd explore this avenue first.


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In November 2010 the Blue Mountains Botanic Gardens installed their first photovoltaic system on the Visitor Centre's roof. The Centre was looking to make the best use of available funding to lower its energy costs and reduce its carbon footprint.
A 9.57kW system was designed that would best utilise the available roof space and infrastructure of the Centre. The system comprises of 33 Schott Solar Double Glass Polycrystalline 290W modules in combination with an SMA SMC 10000TL- 10 inverter.
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T-Mobile CEO Philip Humm neither denies, nor confirms the rumours Sprint may acquire T-Mo
posted by Alex I. / Mar 14, 2011, 8:48 AM
Now a letter written by T-Mo's CEO Philip Humm neither denies, nor confirms the rumours that Sprint may acquire its rival. However, we think it's safe to assume that his words won't reassure these people who fear the idea Sprint and T-Mobile may merge into one carrier. Here's a part of the letter:
Make of this what you want (especially the strategic partnership part), really, but we want to know your opinion - do you believe it would be a good move for both Sprint and T-Mobile if they merge into a single carrier?
source: T-Mo News
29 Comments
1. elandrumiii
Posts: 109; Member since: Mar 20, 2010
After the Sprint Nextel debacle I don't see how Sprint could mess this one up. They already know where they are going and acquiring T-Mobile would only make getting there easier.
posted on Mar 14, 2011, 9:03 AM 3
16. nothing unregistered
2 garbage companies do not make 1 good company...terrible move...this coming from a sprint employee
posted on Mar 14, 2011, 4:05 PM 0
2. Smitty Barnes unregistered
Good move. Stop living in the past regarding the Nextel merger. This is a very different situation as technologies are beginning to merge together.
posted on Mar 14, 2011, 9:28 AM 2
7. remixfa
Posts: 14605; Member since: Dec 19, 2008
Smitty, these technologies couldnt be more OPPOSITE. They are both "TALKING" about an LTE path, but neither one of them has it. Its not going to happen, and if it does, they will stay 2 seperate companies until they have a full LTE buildout to share. At that point they would probably shut down sprint's network and go GSM as Tmobile's HSPA+ backhaul is waaaaaaay faster than sprints 3g (soon to be 44mb/s compared to 2mb/s). If they flipped all of sprints towers to GSM, the resulting coverage area would be phenomenal LTE+ and HSPA++ as the "slow" speed would be great. But.. its not going to happen. Also, in typical PA fashion, they showed 1 paragraph of a full page letter that everyone else reported on last wed.. lol.
posted on Mar 14, 2011, 11:45 AM 1
22. donpeppino9
Posts: 67; Member since: Jan 24, 2010
i dont think we should focus on the technology as much. both companies can share other assets to make them more competitive. marketing, radio spectrum, rate plans could all be shared to improve each other. eventually they would build out a 4g network together.
posted on Mar 15, 2011, 12:19 AM 0
3. jbash
Posts: 345; Member since: Feb 07, 2011
nice stepping stone if they decide to go with LTE down the road. CDMA voice and text and HSPA+ for data in the short term. Just an idea don't know how plausable. The hard part is all the different plans and signal platforms(cdma, gsm, and iden) that customers are on.
posted on Mar 14, 2011, 10:10 AM 0
4. wordscolliding unregistered
Just remember that ALL the leadership from the Sprint/Nextel merger are long gone. Different CEO, different Chairman, different Board of Directors, different CFO, CTO, Executive VP's, etc etc. If this happens, the only thing it will have in common with the Sprint/Nextel merger is the logo. (And who knows if even that would change...)
posted on Mar 14, 2011, 10:27 AM 1
5. Viboi unregistered
I think that Sprint should acquire because first of all T-mobile is a struggling company as far as service but the company has money. Sprint is the third largest carrier with the cheapest rate plans, so if you really think about it, if they acquire Tmobile that would mean more towers for better coverage and that will give them the option of CDMA / GSM. Better coverage means competition for At&t & Verizon. Also Sprint already has REAL 4G so it will enhance the 4g coverage as well. Also if the merge happens Sprint should keeps all its plans and just include t-mobile customer and make all Sprint phones with CDMA/GSM capabilities.
posted on Mar 14, 2011, 10:32 AM 2
8. remixfa
Posts: 14605; Member since: Dec 19, 2008
you obviously have no understanding of technology. if you did, you wouldnt of typed any of that. lol.
posted on Mar 14, 2011, 11:46 AM 2
23. donpeppino9
Posts: 67; Member since: Jan 24, 2010
haha i dont think this person does, lets just give an A for effort.
posted on Mar 15, 2011, 12:21 AM 0
21. CRICKETownz
Posts: 980; Member since: Oct 24, 2009
And by the time the two technologies get ironed out and function at a reliable level 4G for the other carriers would be well solidified which would mean that all that work from a merger to take the long route to produce an average result...
posted on Mar 14, 2011, 10:57 PM 0
6. Concerned TMO custy unregistered
Although i do think change would be good for both companies, cause lets be honest neither company has the best rep, i do wonder what direction the technology will go. What sounds great is the possiblity of the best rate plans with a combination of plans possible. But TMO seems to be the only company with multiple devices available that actually use its "4G" capabilties and getting faster.
posted on Mar 14, 2011, 11:37 AM 0
9. shinobi
Posts: 8; Member since: Feb 14, 2011
I am already thinking to ged rid of T-Mobile..Did a stupid thing and upfrade with Samsung Vibrant phone((((But if T-Mobile will go together with freaky Sprint I definitely will pay $200 ,sell phone on EBay and will continue with my current AT&T deal which is much better !But I hope none of this shit will never come into a real life !!!!!
posted on Mar 14, 2011, 11:49 AM 1
11. jbash
Posts: 345; Member since: Feb 07, 2011
so you wanna nearly double your monthly bill and not have as much coverage than go with sprint. SMART! Assuming you kept a smartphone with unlimited Talk, Text, and Web T-mobile $99.00 Data throttling at 5GB ATT $115 for 2GB data cap $135 for 4GB cap Sprint $110. Verizon $120.00 5000 texts unlimited mobile to mobile text
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17. bingobongo unregistered
"T-mobile $99.00 Data throttling at 5GB" That's for T-Mo's Mobile Broadband Service home-skillet--Smartphone Web is $10 for 200-MB or $30 for Unlimited
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25. jbash
Posts: 345; Member since: Feb 07, 2011
posted on Mar 15, 2011, 9:24 AM 0
28. pickles
Posts: 14; Member since: Jan 18, 2011
with at&t at this point for 84.99 you can get unlimited calling to ANY cellphone on ANY network (sound familiar?), UNLIMITED SMS/MMS and instant/video messaging, YES a 2gb data cap, big deal unless you're a power user (less than 2% of smartphone users on AT&T use more than that and AT&T has more smartphones than sprint), 5000 night/weekend minutes, and 450 anytime minutes that rollover. how is at&t gonna double his bill? get a grip dude. sprint has more national coverage than at&t or verizon? since when? most of it's roaming! you're just a sprint fanboy. at&t isn't the best, but for some people it is the best for them. same with any carrier.
posted on Mar 17, 2011, 10:02 PM 0
12. luis_lopez_351
Posts: 951; Member since: Nov 18, 2010
We need more competition not less >:(
posted on Mar 14, 2011, 2:24 PM 0
13. box unregistered
As a T-Mobile customer, if T-Mo were sold to sprint, I'd be porting right out to AT&T, or maybe one of the smaller discount carriers, wherever I'd be able to get my monthly recurring charges less than $50/mo for 300+ mins, unlimted text/data for non-smartphone, and GSM/UMTS
posted on Mar 14, 2011, 2:26 PM 1
14. screwball unregistered
Since when is HSPA++ faster than WIMAX, obviously LTE is the way to go but HSPA++ doesnt even reach 4g speeds. In fact: At&T had the FCC change the definition of 4g from an acutal speed to just " a considerable increase in speed from 3g." This would be a great merger if they could properly combine the strengths but that wont happen, this is america its about the money not about the quality.
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15. Jackbenimble unregistered
Sprint should buy T-Mobile and then release exclusive phones that have CDMA and GSM antennas, making coverage awesome everywhere.
posted on Mar 14, 2011, 3:30 PM 1
18. luis_lopez_351
Posts: 951; Member since: Nov 18, 2010
good idea but to much work and would be expensive -__-"
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27. tr0s unregistered
uhhh ok so it would require some rewiring/programming but i wouldn't say it would be difficult. sprint blackberry tour, bold, 8830, and htc touch pro2 all have cdma and gsm antenna's. granted the data is a slight challenge on some but the technology is already on the market.
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19. djhoolang unregistered
I hope they don't merge, I live in South Texas, and Sprint coverage is very limited here. If they do it then they should let us get out of our contracts early without paying for it. I would want to switch to Verizon, they have the best phones, and when I am in my home state of Iowa, I can get service there, which I can't do with sprint or t-mobile!
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20. thatguy unregistered
So will they keep both CDMA and GSM running or what? I would not want to give my N1 and be forced to a new contract and a new phone.
posted on Mar 14, 2011, 7:38 PM 0
26. johngalt
Posts: 5; Member since: Feb 17, 2011
My primary concern would be in regards to competition. If they do merege, then you will essentially be down to 3 major players in the US market. Once that hapens the carriers will be subject to outlandish Governmet scrutiny and eventually will be broken up, a-la ma bell and once that happens you coverage has a very strong chance of being "regional" as it was in the late 90s- on the other side, it makes perfect business sense for sprint-good opportunioty to increase coverage and clients
posted on Mar 15, 2011, 10:50 AM 0
29. sprint customer unregistered
Who cares? Everyone has the carrier they want. If you don't like Sprint then you just don't like them. If you have another carrier then why even post on this topic ? Sprint may have shitty coverage in certain areas, but I can say that my phone works. And you idiots who are always trying to prove your point by throwing out numbers and arguing about who pays more, you didn't chose your phone based off of your bill, you got it based off of your phone. So all this crap about "roaming on the network most of the time" was a decision you made, so don't bash it or talk shit because if you want to know why your shit is getting turned off and sent to collections every month, look in the mirror.
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Rhinoceroses are the largest land mammals after the elephant. There are five species of rhinos, two African and three Asian. The African species are the white and black rhinoceroses, and both species have two horns. Asian rhinos include the Indian (or great one-horned rhinoceros) and the Javan, each with one horn, and the Sumatran, which has two.
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Rhinos rank among the most endangered species on Earth. Valued for their horns, they face a dire threat from poaching, which is rapidly pushing them towards extinction. Their horns are used in traditional Chinese medicine, as well as carved into jewelry, dagger handles and other trinkets. Rhino horns have become so valuable on the black market that thieves are stealing them from museums and game trophies shot long ago.
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Main course
Hot Borscht With Foie Gras And Herring Under The Coat Of Vegetables Rolls
By Anatoly Komm
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A delicious Russian food recipe revisited by the famous Russian chef Anatoly Komm, for a hot borscht soup with foie gras and sour cream
For the hot borscht with foie gras
- Foie gras 25 g
- Powdered sugar 4 g
- Beef TM 7 g
- Garlic 0.8 g
- Watercress 0.5 g
- Dried onion 5 g
- Borscht PJ 80 g
- Celery broth 30 g
- Sour cream sphere 16 g
- Pampushki 6 g (white bread)
For the beef TM
For the dried onion
- Shallot 100 g
- Butter 100 g
- Vegetable broth 1.5 g, dried
For the borscht PJ
- Beetroot 1,6 kg
- Tomato 470 g
- Cabbage 160 g
- Carrot 375 g
- Oil 150 g
- Salt 5 g
- Black pepper 2,5 g, ground
- Lemon juice 200 g
- Cumin 2 g, ground
- Parsley 15 g
- Sugar 60 g
- Water 600 ml
- Ketchup 105 g
- Glucose garlic 40 g
For the sour cream sphere
- Dill 9 g
- Garlic 5 g
- Sour cream 500 g
- Milk 130 g
- Kikkoman 12 g
For the celery broth
- Celery root 370 g, peeled
- Celery stem 135 g, peeled
- Water 1,1 l
For the herring under the coat of vegetable rolls
- Beetroot paper 3 g
- Potato 60 g, boiled
- Carrot 60 g, boiled
- Pink homemade mayonnaise 30 g
- Herring 40 g, fillet
- Eggs 40 g, boiled
- Beetroot jelly 5 g
For the beetroot paper
- Beetroot juice 300 g
- Methyl 12 g
For the beetroot jelly
- Beetroot juice 70 g
- Celery broth 40 g
- Gelatin 4 g
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- Recipe category Main course
- Recipe yield 6
- Recipe cuisine East European/Russian
Beef TM
Add salt and pepper to meat, pour on the oil, put into a thermo pack and leave in the thermomat 75°C.
Dried Onion
Remove the top 2-3 layers of shallot, cut along from one side.
Add butter to a pan and place the onion, cut-side down, into the pan and fry until transparent.
Borscht PJ
Peel and cut the beetroot, carrot and cabbage.
Brown beetroot with carrot, adding lemon juice and sugar, blanche cabbage.
Mix all the vegetables, add spices and water and stew.
Add ketchup.
Put the mixture and garlic into PJ boxes and freeze.
Grind twice when frozen.
Sour Cream Sphere
Chop the dill, garlic and add milk and Kikkoman.
Whisk the mixture, put it into single use injector and make the sphere.
Celery Broth
Cut celery root and stem as desired.
Boil on slack fire about 1,5-2 hours.
Finishing Dust the 3 foie gras pieces with powdered sugar and burn with the burner.
Put minced meat TM into 3 corners of the plate, place pieces of foie gras on the meat, place dried onion on the side.
Place sour cream sphere frozen with liquid nitrogen into the 4th corner of the plate.
Dissolve Borscht PJ in the celery broth, strain it and pour it on the sphere when hot.
Serve with garlic pampushki (white bread).
Herring under the coat of vegetable rolls
a) Beetroot paper
Make a fresh beetroot juice, then dissolve the methyl in it.
Beat with blender.
Spread the mixture over a flat surface and keep first in a freezer (about 24 hours), then dry it (about 2 hours).
Make a sheet of paper 14 cm x 14 cm when ready.
b) Boiled potato, boiled carrot
Boil the vegetables, then chop them finely.
c) Herring fillet
Remove skin and bones from the fillet.
Cut into bricks about 14 cm long.
d) Boiled egg
Boil an egg, separate and finely chop the white and yolk.
Beetroot jelly
Mix beetroot juice and celery broth, add gelatin.
Cut into fine cubes when ready.
Put beetroot paper on a bamboo sushi mat.
Put mixed potato and carrot on the paper.
First cover with a layer of a egg white, then a layer of a egg yolk, then a layer of jelly and herring fillet.
Make a roll, cut it into 6 pieces.
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Serve the rolls on a separate plate.


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reading time
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
I started a long to-read list while I was doing my library practicum last semester and as soon as I was finished with school I placed a bunch of books on hold. Now, I've been playing a game with myself by trying to read these books before they're due.
I've also been more diligent in keeping my goodreads page up to date. You can friend me and see what I've been reading by clicking on the goodreads link in the sidebar of my website.
It's fun to sit on the couch with Jon and the kitties at night and lounge and read instead of researching or writing papers on my computer.
PS. My Kandinsky quilt was featured on the blog, quiltporn, on Sunday. Wendy has been featuring gorgeous quilts on her blog. Check it out!
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well, you got time to reading now!! :)ReplyDelete
"quiltporn" what a funny name for a blog, i'll check it out!
There are times when I find piles of books at our library that I absolutely must check out -- and then I end up going online to renew them several times over because my expectations were just too high. Keep on plowing through those novels.ReplyDelete
And I love that quilt that the kitty is lounging on. Greens are appealling to me these days.
I always love seeing photos of your home, it looks so modern. You have quite the pile of books to read before they are due, but I'm sure with your extra time now you'll get them read.ReplyDelete
That's cool that your quilt was on another blog, it is a really cool quilt!
Isn't it nice to have a big selection of books to choose from?ReplyDelete
Congrats on having one of your quilts chosen for Quilt Porn! I love them all...great choices!
congratulations on the feature - it is well deserved, your kandinsky quilt is beyond amazing.ReplyDelete
and hooray hooray for having time to read *whatever* you desire!! enjoy it, you've totally earned it!
Looks like one book will be overdue no matter how fast you read it! lol Too cute! It's so nice to be able to kick and enjoy a little bit of pleasure-reading after tons of student-y stuff - Hope you relish each word!ReplyDelete
Great news about your quilt, too.
You are feeling exactly how I feel when school gets out for the summer! Congratulations on your quilt feature... very cool! I love that quilt!ReplyDelete
ooh how lovely to be able to bask in all those books! enjoy!ReplyDelete
and congrats on being featured- you totally deserve it, i LOVE that quilt!
Well you can always renew them - I MUST stop reading so much, I've been on a reading kick too, I'm getting no sewing done! That pic of kitty is too darling.ReplyDelete
I like that there's a book titled This Book Is Overdue lol Congrats on the feature!!!ReplyDelete
It is great to have time to read. I am reading Catching Fire right now. Congratulations on the quilt!ReplyDelete
Oh! Catching Fire! Hurry! Read it! It soooo good. It's pretty much all the rage at my middle school- every teacher and kid seems to have read it.ReplyDelete
That third book can't get here soon enough.
Been a follwer for a little while - and just added you to my goodreads. This pile looks awesome... I dream for a nice break in life where I can just get lost in books!ReplyDelete


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July 15, 2004
SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Housing Finance Agency's (CalHFA), Housing Enabled by Local Partnerships (HELP) program has awarded City of Livermore $1.5 million to fund the development of affordable homeownership and rental housing units. This represents one of 11 California localities, in total, awarded $11.99 million in low-interest loans to acquire, develop, rehabilitate, or preserve affordable rental or ownership housing.
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