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The Latest Privacy Risk? Looking Up Medical And Drug Information Online, 02/24/2015, www.phiprivacy.net
Neil Ungerleider reports: If you have cancer, HIV, diabetes, lupus, depression, heart disease—or you simply look up health-related information online—advertisers are watching you. A new paper on what happens when users search for health information online shows that some of our most sensitive internet searches aren't as anonymous as we might think.
A new sheriff in town: Federal Trade Commission enforcement of medical information security=, 09/17/2014, _www.lexology.com
A recent court decision found that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has authority to enforce the requirements for security of Protected Health Information, or PHI, as defined under the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), against a defense asserted that the FTC has no authority under that statute.
Fourth Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security, 3/22/2014, www.bespacific.com
Ponemon Institute: "…we are releasing our Fourth Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security. We hope you will read the report sponsored by ID Experts that reveals some fascinating trends. Specifically, criminal attacks on healthcare systems have risen a startling 100 percent since we first conducted the study in 2010. This year, we found the number and size of data breaches has declined somewhat. Employee negligence is a major risk and is being fueled by BYOD."
Data Broker Removes Rape-Victims List After Journal Inquiry, 12/19/2013, www.pogowasright.org
If you missed Senator Rockefeller's hearing on data brokers yesterday, Pam Dixon of the World Privacy Forum made a powerful point in her opening statement about how data brokers have no shame. She cited the fact that brokers were selling lists of rape victims' names for 7.9 cents per name.
NZ privacy commissioner finds that physician properly mitigated harm following a breach, 09/18/2013, www.phprivacy.net
A doctor working in a suburban medical practice had his car broken into and bag stolen. The bag contained a USB stick holding the personal information of a number of patients, including the complainant.
PPR Releases Trust Framework© for Data Privacy, 04/03/2013, www.phiprivacy,net
Patient Privacy Rights (PPR) is pleased to announce the publication of its Privacy Trust Framework©, a set of 75+ auditable criteria based on 15 key privacy principles.
At long last, HHS unveils Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules, 01/17/2013, www.phiprivacy.net
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) moved forward today to strengthen the privacy and security protections for health information established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
De-identifying protected health information: OCR issues long-awaited guidance=, 01/04/2013, www.lexocology.com
The HIPAA Privacy Rule is intended to protect individually identifiable health information by limiting its use and disclosure. But the Privacy Rule expressly permits the de-identification of that information, and in doing so recognizes the usefulness of that information for "secondary purposes" such as comparative effectiveness studies, policy assessment and life sciences research.
Data Breach Investigation | Due Process of Law, 11/30/2010, www.databreaches.net
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In September, I posted an excerpt from a thought-provoking commentary by attorney Benjamin Wright. In discussing a fine levied against Lucile Salter Packard Hospital for late notification under California's breach notification law, he had written, in part…
New Ponemon study: patient data inadequately protected, many hospitals do not notify patients of breaches, 11/09/2010, www.phiprivacy.net
The Ponemon Institute has released a new study sponsored by ID Experts, "Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security." The study examined hospitals' patient privacy practices, breaches involving patient information, and compliance policies and activities.
Did the punishment fit the "crime?", 09/29/2010, www.phiprivacy.net
Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at StanfordUniversity was fined $250,000 earlier this year by the California Department of Public Health ("CDPH") for an alleged delay in reporting a breach under California's health information privacy law.
Judge won't accept pleas in Jackson Memorial Hospital ID theft case, www.databreaches.net
A husband-and-wife duo charged with running a racket to pilfer patient records from Jackson Memorial Hospital to sell to lawyers for injury claims tried to plead guilty Tuesday in Miami federal court.
Hospital fulfills subpoena, gets hit with privacy suit , 5/3/2010, www.pogowasright.org
Patient privacy is no doubt paramount in any physician practice. But when a subpoena suddenly is thrust into the physician-patient relationship, doctors may find themselves caught between the law and their privacy obligations.
Virginia Adds Medical Information Breach Notice Law, 4/8/2010, www.phiprivacy.net
The state of Virginia has passed a breach notice law requiring notice of security breaches involving medical information.
EMR Data Theft Booming, 3/26/10, www.privacy.net
Acceleration in the use of electronic medical records may lead to an increase in personal health information theft, according to a new study that shows there were more than 275,000 cases of medical information theft in the U.S. last year.
Better safe than sorry: Express Scripts should notify everyone, 10/02/09, www.databreaches.net
Almost a year after it was contacted by an extortionist, pharmacy benefits management company Express Scripts first learned that the extortionist was in possession of at least 700,000 more members' personal information…
FTC issues Health Breach Notification Rule, 08/18/09, www.pogowasright.org
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") is issuing this final rule…
'Anonymized' data really isn't – and here's why not, 09/08/09, www.pogowasright.org
The Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission had a bright idea back in the mid-1990s—it decided to release "anonymized" data on state employees that showed every single hospital visit.
Patient's Guide to HIPAA: How to Use the Law to Guard your Health Privacy
Report: Rethinking the Role of Consent in Protecting Health Information Privacy, 1/26/09, www.pogowasright.org
News release: "CDT today released a major policy paper intended to move the health privacy debate…
Prescription Data Used To Assess Consumers, 8/4/08, www.pogowasright.org
Health and life insurance companies have access to a powerful new tool for evaluating whether to cover individual consumers: a health "credit report" drawn from databases containing prescription drug records on more than 200 million Americans.
ANNOUNCE: Pogo's Medical Privacy News Section is Moving to its Own Site, 03/05/08, www.pogowasright.org
Privacy Group Sounds Alarms Over Personal Health Records Systems, 02/20/08, www.pogowasright.org
Concerns over Limits of HIPAA Medical Privacy Rule, 10/23/06, www.kaisernetwork.org
GAO: Medicare Data Network Vulnerable, 10/03/06, www.infoworld.com
U.S. Congress to Gut State Medical Privacy Laws? , 2/11/06, www.medicalnewstoday.com
Medical Data on 365,000 Stolen, 1/26/06, www.slashdot.org
Data Protection Used as Smokescreen, 1/18/06, www.theregister.co.uk
HIPAA Privacy Rule, 10/4/04, www.bespacific.com


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Dallas Tanner was born in 1956, at the stroke of midnight during the worst storm of the century to that date, in the seacoast township of North Kingston, Rhode Island. The eldest child of a career naval officer, he attended 9 schools in 12 years, as they moved about the country. His interest in local myths, legends and all things paranormal grew out of the ever-changing diversity of his upbringing.
His first novel, "Shadow of the Thunderbird", was required reading at a large technical college in South Carolina. He has frequently lectured, appeared on radio and television shows, and presented at conferences on his books and interest in cryptozoology. He is often cited in the media as an expert on unknown or unexpected animals. He was instrumental in salvaging Dan Taylor's Nessie chaser mini-subs, the Viperfish and the Nessa II, and is currently pursuing an interest in fossil diving.
When he isn't exploring remote locations such as the Altamaha River, Mt. St. Helens or Loch Ness, Tanner is content to write novels under the watchful eye of Samwise, the longhaired Maine Coon that sleeps atop his monitor. Dallas now lives in Greenville, SC, with his wife Carla and their five children, where he is at work on his latest project. You can visit him online at www.dallastanner.com, and his publisher at www.trilogus.com.
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I read the commentary, liked the story and prepared for a reading feast. Sadly, I still haven't finished this book and I doubt I ever will. It's drawn out and the characters don't conform with their backgrounds, i.e. Nate Archer Phd, acts like a twit with a memory block half the time. The other main character, a Pathologist/Coroner just cracked me up with her intense interest in the Turin Shroud and the amount of historical detail that she had absorbed during the period of her interest....maybe she should have been the Phd!!!!
The references to Dan Brown and the Da Vinci Code are nonsensical. The story line is utterly unbelievable and now I'm looking for something else to read instead. What a waste of a few dollars.
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When my best friend from college asked me to be her Maid of Honor, I was totally thrilled! I would be able to stand up beside her at her wedding and watch her pledge to be unified with the man of her dreams. We went through a lot in college together- like the teaching program, the long hours of first year teaching, and the struggles of dating and post-grad life.
I wanted to make sure that the Bridal Shower we threw for her was going to do her justice. Here were some of the goals and themes we had for the day:
- Be creative! Our friend is amazingly creative so we wanted to honor that.
- Use the wedding colors (teal, burlap, chalkboard, etc.)
- Have games that don't totally suck.
- Prizes that people want to win
- Easy set up and tear down.
Our invite asked people to bring a recipe for two, a bottle of wine for the couple, and a bible verse/quote to share!
Our total budget for the wedding was roughly $200.00 (not including the food). That included:
- Invites (made mine online for free here and just inserted it into the body of an email to her friends and family. I also shared it via our event on Facebook.
- Total cost for invitations: $0.00
- Decorations. We used a bunch of stuff that another bridesmaid is using at her wedding, and other things that we had on hand between all of us.
- Total cost for decor: $45.00
- Bride-to-Be Sash: $21.00 I got a really cool customizable one on Etsy here
- Venue. Originally we considered going to a church or something like that- but instead we did it at her mama's house. It worked great and was free.
- Total cost for venue: $0.00
- Games & Prizes. I found some great games online at Etsy.com and we printed them ourselves. I then bought a package of Blue Ball jars from Target and filled those with fun prizes with different themes to each. We had one prize per game.
- Total cost of 6 games (got em here): $10.40
- Total cost of prizes: $45.00 (though I did go to Sephora and Ulta and ask for free samples of perfume and make up to put inside the prizes.)
- Food & Drink: The bride's mama organized all of the food and she did a remarkable job! We did the shower in the afternoon and wanted to go with finger foods and mama had that on lock!
- She made a variety of things (mini BLTs, spinach balls, chocolate covered Oreos (MY FAVE!), mini caramel apples, rice krispies, and little sandwich wheels.) It was delicious.
- Drinks were pretty straight forward. I brought two fancy dispensers with the little spigots that make it easy. We had Sangria and sorbet punch.
- "Stations." We set up some fun stations around the shower for people to cycle in and out of to make sure everyone has something to do and make meaningful gifts for the Bride. More about that later!
- Total cost: $70.00
Now I'll take you on a tour! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves for the most part.
As she walked in we wanted it to be a surprise! That's the big part that she was excited about, she didn't want to have much to do with the planning. So, as she walked in, she was greeted by this veil on the door!
She did supply us with some awesome photos of her and the groom together. We used twine, little clothespins in her wedding colors, and dollies from Hobby Lobby and strung it up. Everyone loved it!
The games that we got off Etsy were a big hit! They included:
- What's on your phone?
- He Said/She Said
- Scattegories
- Word Scramble
- Scratch-Off Game
Plus they were super cute! We got to order them in gold and blue so they matched her theme.
We had the party set up in stations. One of them was to buy this beautiful leather bound bible from our local Barnes & Nobles and have it set up for people to highlight their verse. Some people aren't as comfortable with that, so we also added a couple moleskins in the wedding colors to give people a space to put their quotes. It was a big hit! We set it up in the backyard looking across the grass with a chalkboard for instructions.
My personal favorite was our photo booth station! I used a foam board I may or may not have found in the supply closet at school to cut out a frame for the Polaroid! Use an exacto blade. I tried to cut mine with scissors. It was not a good idea.
We brought some props (that will actually reappear at the wedding...) for people to have a good time! We added a chalkboard for people to write on for how they met the bride. It was fun! Plus, if you cropped it to put on Insta, it worked perfectly and looked awesome!
In the living room we had the gift opening station set up. We had a cool vintage box that was originally a box for shoes but we stole it for bottles of wine for the bride and groom! We're hoping it helps them get through that first year together! One of the bridesmaids made those great tissue paper balls and we used a a DIY chalkboard to tell people where everything should go.
She seemed to totally love it and I couldn't be more grateful! It was a challenge to organize a bridal shower from 250 miles away, but I'm glad we put it together! The other bridesmaids and the Mother of the Bride were instrumental in making it a day that she would cherish.
And Poochie, he was loving it too.
Together we made an awesome thing happen and I am so excited! The wedding is only three weeks away and it should be a night to remember. :)


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We are proud to announce that Mayor de Blasio and the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development have chosen Manhattan Youth to provide publicly funded middle school programs in 21 District 2 and District 3 middle schools! (Grades 6 to 8.) In addition to I.S. 289, I.S. 276, Salk School of Science, the Clinton School for Writers and Artist, Quest to Learn, the Ella Baker School, the Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS) and East Side Middle School starting in September 2015, we will provide a broad menu of extracurricular activities for middle school students at Lower Manhattan Community School, Computer School, the Anderson School, Simon Baruch Middle School, Yorkville East, City Knoll and NYC Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies! Working closely with the principal and faculty of each school, we have assembled a program that supports the culture and curriculum of each school. We provide a complete extracurricular program, including interscholastic sports teams, school plays, STEM, literacy and arts enrichment activities, and daily homework support.
Middle-School After-School Program activities vary per school. To see the activities available for your child's school, please select the appropriate school below.
IS 289IS 276SalkClinton Quest to LearnElla BakerPPAS ESMS City Knoll LAB The Computer School The Anderson School Yorkville East LMC Spruce Street Simon BaruchCity School of ArtsWest End Secondary School47 American Sign Language and English SchoolThe Center SchoolSchool of the FutureWagner
MY Film IntensiveMiddle School Summer ProgramBasketball CampComedy Camp
Manhattan Youth handles all aspects of the competitive sports teams. Any student who signs up for team sports activities will play competitive games against other NYC middle schools. These athletes will wear uniforms representing their schools and Manhattan Youth.
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In this Alienware X51 AX51R2-12875BK review, we will be looking at this new gaming desktop from Alienware. With a budget price for gaming, it does announce itself as an upper mid-range gaming device. The specs are also plenty to make the statement true.
If you are looking for a gaming machine that won't burn a hole in your pocket, then you should be interested in this desktop. Read our full review and get to know if this desktop computer is any good for gaming in this price range. Read on.
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Alienware desktop are uniquely designed. This one also comes with a new design which allows it to be placed both horizontally and vertically. It looks great and you can have fun showing this to your friends for sure.
There are a couple of ports and jacks in the front. The optical drive can also be found in the front as well. You can customize the color that gets displayed on the side which is pretty good. It sets the mood and allows you to make a PC that is personal.
With dimensions of 3.74 x 12.52 x 13.50 inches, it weighs around 12 pounds which is a kinda heavy. But it is light among desktop so if you are someone who moves things a bit, this shouldn't worry you.
Overall, it is a very good design both in terms of looks and usability.
Alienware X51 AX51R2-12875BK Specs
There is no monitor associated with this model. Take a look at some of the best monitors if you don't have a display already.
The Alienware X51 AX51R2-12875BK desktop is powered by an Intel core i7 4790 processor. This is a 4th gen chip and comes with very good power efficiency. It clocks at 3.6GHz which is pretty fast and it does give you a lot of power.
Running large games with a processor like this is pretty easy. This processor can, of course, take on any application and run it without making a fuss. That's the advantage you get for getting an i7 chip over an i5.
The memory department consists of an 8GB DDR3 RAM which is pretty decent. There are ongoing debates that talk about whether this is enough for gaming or not. According to us, this is a very good memory and is more than enough for most of the games.
Alienware has kept expandability as an option. You can upgrade the RAM and a few other parts in the future when you think it is necessary. This gives you the option to get a low-priced gaming machine and also the freedom to upgrade only when necessary.
This Alienware X51 AX51R2-12875BK wouldn't be complete without talking about the graphics card. The GPU here is a Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M. This is a very good graphics card and comes with a dedicated memory of 2GB of RAM.
You can play awesome games like Batman: Arkham Knight, GTA V, Witcher 3 and Dirt rally with very good frame rates at medium to even high settings. At this price, this level of gaming performance is unparalleled.
The 2TB hard drive gives you a lot of space, most of which you won't even be using. You can have 100 games and we are sure that even that will not fill this up. The operating speed is also pretty good and way better than the 5400RPM drives.
The operating system is Windows 8.1. Windows 10 has started rolling out to genuine users and you can also upgrade to the latest Windows operating system. It has been getting very good reviews as it has brought back the famous start menu.
There are 6 USB 3.0 ports in this desktop. These are fast when it comes to transferring data. There is an HDMI port which will allow you to connect this to a high-end HD display. There is no media card reader, but there is a DVD drive that can both read and write.
Alienware X51 AX51R2-12875BK Review: Verdict
This review should have given you a good idea about what this gaming desktop is capable of. For gaming machines, we can easily say this one is priced low. It comes with some great specs and also offers expandability in the future. Go for it if you are looking for an excellent gaming machine at a decent price.


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ACS boasts the best computer service center in Northeast Ohio! When it comes to critical computer repair, the area's finest service staff is what you need!
Based in Akron, Advanced Computer Services Inc. is within one hour travel time from Cleveland, Akron, Canton and Youngstown! Conveniently located adjacent to Interstate 77 at 800 S Broadway St., ACS offers easy access from all points in all directions.
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I wish I read this last year because it would have made my top ten list. I've been a fan of Smith's work since I've came across it in 2012. I don't remember how I came across it but I'm glad I did because Smith's is so damn fun, beautiful and inventive. I feel like a kid when I read his S.F.
Smith has been working on a series called S.F. which tells the story of Hupa Dupa, a kid who inadvertently gets caught up in a galactic war and has to join the S.F.S.F.S.F. (The Space Fleet Scientific Foundation Special Forces) and go against the Pirate Nation. As you can tell from our heroes' name, that S.F. is going to have a jokey not-take-itself-too-seriously quality to it and Smith works that angle really well.
That jokey quality plays a HUGE part in the S.F. series; it's actually essential to S.F.. S.F. playfully riffs on Leiji Matsumoto and Kazuo Umezu's work, mangas, Japanese culture (where he lives), and indie comics. Using tropes, motifs, themes seen in those mediums, Smith subverts and turns them into something new and refreshing.
S.F. #3 continues where he left off from S.F. #2. The great thing about this comic is that you don't need to have ad his previous works to understand it. Smith does a great job introduction the new reader into the world he's created and making them it feel familiar to them; that's a hard job to do but he pulls it off marvelously. You get sucked into the world and the characters and before you know it, you're done reading and left wanting more.
With S.F. #3, Smith has progressed exponentially as storyteller and artist. He has a tighter control over pacing and parsing out information. Smith also has a great ability to set up jokes and playful satire the things he loves without it coming out ironic. He loves what he's satirizing and knows some of the inherit problems within it, but there's a sincerity; I like that, I like a lot actually. I'm a huge fan of manga and indie comics and I love reading and capturing the little references in Smith's work.
Smith's art leaves you drooling. Smith's linework has this thinly loose kinetic feel it. It bends and flows from Smith's hands and it's only gotten better in time. You can see the Leiji Matsumoto and Umezu Kazuo influence in his work. He's great at drawing epic sci-fi environments, ships, aliens and characters; none of them ever seeming to be recycled things of other sci-fi work but of Smith's own imagination.
Smith has created an amazing piece of sci-fi work. A work that is accessible to all-ages and that leaves every reader with a sense of childish glee and awe.
When I bought this mini, I knew nothing about it. I didn't know the creator or what the comic was about but something about that cover and it's title drew me in. So I decided to buy it and give it try.
Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream is a collection of very short vignettes which follow the life of it's creator, Laura Park. They range from joking to depressing but neither really having a dominating force. Park balances the far ranging emotions really well. Park knows when to inject humor into a depressing situation or taking a seemingly boring situation and making it feel intense and full of life. This mini really caught me off guard and I ended up re-reading it right away after I got done.
I also fell in love with her art. Park has an amazing sketchy crosshatching line. It can capture the most creepy moments in ones life to the happiest. Park also has an uncanny ability to capture facial expression with the least minimal work. I was taken aback by the expressions of her and the people around her.
This is definitely a mini you shouldn't pass up. It's a quick read, only 20 pages, but it's a satisfying quick read.


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Marion Doctor....
In one second, a burn injury changes a kid's life forever. Marion Doctor dedicated her life to healing the pain and isolation of a burn injury through community and love.
Each evening at camp - since the beginning - since Marion and Don and Carole Cheley built the dream of a camp for burn survivors - we have been gathering as a community to sing the friendship song arm-in-arm to end our day. The circle connects all who have come before and all who will join us in the future.
As the sun sets on the life of Marion Doctor, it rises with the hope and healing of tomorrow. Kids will continue to have burn injuries and because of Marion's passion and dedication to serve this population, there is a place of hope where kids will always be welcome to join together and heal together.
Friendship Circle...
Friends, I will remember you, pray for you, and think of you, and when another day is through, I'll still be friends with you.
Day is done. Gone the sun, from the lakes, from the hills, from the skies. All is well. Saftely rest. God is nigh.
If you choose to honor Marion with a gift to burn camp, your gift will help camp continue to offer healing experiences to burn survivors. It costs $1600 to sponsor the experience for one child. Your gift will help a child heal through the power of Marion's vision.
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Hi. I have a polished Bloodstone and everytime I hold it for longer than a few minutes, I feel really weird. Is that strange? Yes, I have other crystals like Rose Quartz, Clear Quartz and Amythyst, but the Bloodstone is different. I would appreciate your input on this.
Dear E,
Thank you for contacting us with your question about the Bloodstone feeling weird when you hold it. Believe me, there is no such thing as a weird question when it comes to crystals--they continue to surprise and amaze me, even after many years of working with them!
First, I'm not sure what feeling "weird" means to you. I will assume it's not a pleasant feeling. When crystals feel unpleasant in our hand, there can be a few causes. Read them, then try to be as open and neutral as possible, and see which one(s) resonate with you. Since crystals work on an energetic level, your intuition is more valuable than your logic sometimes.
1. The crystal needs clearing--kind of like wringing out a sponge when it's full. It isn't working right, so it's prompting you to put it down rather than pick up the energy its holding. Here is some information on clearing crystals--this is usually why they feel weird or funky in your hand. But, it could also be....
2. It's trying to work on something in your energy that a part of you doesn't want to have worked on, so you're experiencing the energy as weird, or uncomfortable. Or, based on your email it's possible that....
3. You're not used to feeling crystal energy, but you happen to be sensitive to this particular crystal, so it feels weird to you.
I hope this information has been helpful to you. And of course, if you have any further questions regarding crystals or crystal healing, please feel free to contact us again.
Crystal Blessings!
Debbie Elaine
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Players Flirt designs are created for women by women. Never again will you have to settle for a cue that wasn't tailor-made for you. This wrapless midnight black model features a graphic magenta Zebrawood and white starburst double dagger design, Implex joint and butt stopper.


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Just curious if anyone distributes an energy drink other than RB & SP? What brand it is and how they are doing with it? Thanks! [img]smile.gif[/img]
I suggest that you go big. The way I see it to compete as an independant you have to be much cheaper than RB with an 8oz (buy 1 get 1 free to the consumer) or offer more for the money (larger size).
I have been distributing BooKoo (24oz can) for the past 60 days and am getting solid response so far. We are having very good success with new accounts and re-orders are solid.banned
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What we do is we have a public taste test. Then they can fill out cards, and if they want to purchase it later we contact them. But we only do 1 one at a time either taste test or sell it, not both at the same place, it keeps people coming back... lots of return customers.
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Hi we are distributing EFFECT ENERGY Drink , it´s the Nr. 2 in Germany and Central Europe. The brand has startet in late 2002. The main success is the Taste / Price / puristic design. We think it´s important that you don´t have an animal name in your brand name, if you do it looks to much like an me-too product.


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Formally trained as both a classical and jazz guitarist, DiVito has a passion for music that extends broadly beyond that (one of his gigs is leading a Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute band), and is deeply into music education. All of which has left little time for leading a record date, but at thirty-one years old he finally was able to make the time, and it was time well spent.
Breaking The Ice introduces DiVito to the world outside his NYC environs and its jazz clubgoers and guitar students. Perhaps as no surprise, Ice presents a fully formed product in DiVito as a composer, bandleader and guitarist. Playing bop-based modern jazz that calls a little to mind John Scofield's acoustic quartets, DiVito assembled Jake Saslow (saxes), Nadav Snir-Zelniker (drums) and alternately Corcoran Holt (acoustic bass) or Motohito Fukushima (electric bass) for this project.
DiVito's decision to go with an electric bassist for four tunes and acoustic for five in a discreet way diversifies the music. Fukushima and his nimble fretwork pairs up perfectly with DiVito on the ascending, repeating chord figure of the title song. By contrast, Holt's nimble walking bass figure on the bass on the sax-less blues "Layin' It" does the trick, as does a pumping bass line on "Unit 7" that moves into a progression that recalls Sam Jones' "Unit 7."
Saslow, whose own debut album was profiled here last year, acts as the front line foil and harmonizing partner. He continues to impress as an emerging sax voice with a warm tone and a soulful delivery, best displayed on delicate ballads like "For Maria," but can also swing with command as on "Breaking The Ice," and his soprano sax meshes well with DeVito on the lullaby "Her and Hymn."
DiVito's solo nylon-string undertaking of Bill Evans' magnificent "Time Remembered" bottles up the soul of that song into his Segovia inspired nylon string acoustic guitar. His acumen without a pick carries over to a smokin' fingerpicked solo featured on "Shoot The Messenger." "Pass Time," written with Joe Pass in mind, is a great tribute to the master, with some soft octaves that also evokes Wes Montgomery. DeVito invested a lot into his compositions as well, drawing in bop, pop, classical, Latin and other styles into rhythmically shifting tunes such as "Tango," "Like Minded," and "From An Old Sketch."
A long time in the making, Eric DiVito's Breaking The Ice makes up quickly for lost time. It leaves you hoping he'll find the time to make another record again soon.
Breaking The Ice was released October 2 by the Pioneer Jazz Collective. Visit Eric DiVito's website for more info.
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Sony has announced cost cuts amounting to $1.1 billion, with a total of 16,000 workers slated to get the ax, but the layoffs will not affect Sony's movie, game, music or financial businesses.
The announcement, made Tuesday in Tokyo, is Sony's attempt to slow sharp profit drops as the worldwide recession bites into sales of key Sony products and the strengthening yen shrinks overseas earnings.
The job cuts center on the electronics division. They're skedded to continue through March 2010 and include 8,000 full-time and 8,000 temporary workers, with only the former considered part of Sony's 185,000 global workforce.
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The classical limit of quantum transportby Prof. Dr. Piet Brouwer
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The interference of multiply scattered quantum mechanical matter waves is the origin of small but noticeable corrections to the electrical conductance of a metal at low temperatures. Being an interference phenomenon, this correction is statistical in nature, highly dependent on the precise location of impurities in the metal. Historically, one separates the interference correction to the electrical conductance into `weak localization', a small negative correction to the conductance averaged over an ensemble of conductors with different impurity configurations, and the `conductance fluctuations', the sample-to-sample fluctuations measured with respect to the ensemble average. What is the fate of quantum interference corrections in the limit that the wavelength of the electrons becomes small in comparison to all other relevant length scales of the device? This limit is a `classical limit' similar to the transition from wave optics to ray optics that occurs once the typical size of optical elements becomes much larger than the wavelength of light. In electronic transport, this situation is realized in semiconductor `quantum dots', small metallic islands in which the electron motion is ballistic and the only source of scattering is reflection off smooth sample boundaries. In this talk I'll show that, whereas the interference correction to the ensemble-averaged conductance (weak localization) disappears in this limit, the quantum interference contribution to the sample-specific conductance fluctuations remains surprisingly unaffected.


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A work ethic was instilled in me at Job Corps. It made me appreciate the experiences that came after.
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Comic-Con International is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2018. The nominees are for works published between January 1 and December 31, 2017 and were chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges.
Once again, this year's nominees in 31 categories reflect the wide range of material being published in the U.S. today in comics and graphic novel form, representing over 120 print and online titles from more than 50 publishers and produced by creators from all over the world.
Topping the nominations are two works done by women. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics) by first-time graphic novelist Emil Ferris is nominated in 5 categories: Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer/Artist, Best Coloring, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design. Image's Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda is nominated for Best Continuing Series and Best Publication for Teens, Liu is nominated for Best Writer, and Takeda is nominated for Best Painter and Best Cover Artist.My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Monstress
Other works with multiple nominations include DC's Mister Miracle with 3 (Best Limited Series, Best Penciller/Inker and Best Coloring for Mitch Gerads) plus 2 shared (Best Writer for Tom King, Best Cover Artist for Nick Derrington); The Flinstones (another DC title) with 3 (Best Limited Series, Best Humor Publication, and Best Writer for Mark Russell); and Groundwood Books' Louis Undercover by French creators Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault (Best Publication for Teens, Best Penciller/Inker and Best Lettering for Arsenault). Dark Horse's Black Hammer , by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and David Rubín has 1 sole nomination (Best Continuing Series) as well as 4 shared (Best Writer, Best Penciller/Inker for Rubín, and Best Coloring for Dave Stewart and Rubín). Another 16 publications have 2 nominations.Mister Miracle The Flinstones Louis Undercover Black Hammer
Among publishers, Fantagraphics and Image top the list with the most nominations. Fantagraphics ' 16 nominations include the 5 for My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, plus 2 for Cathy Malkasian's Eartha. Fantagraphics can boast 2 out of the 5 nominees for Best Graphic Album–New, Best U.S. Edition of International Material, Best Writer/Artist, and Best Comics-Related Book. Image has 13 nominations plus 5 shared. In addition to Monstress, nominated Image titles include The Wicked + The Divine (Best Continuing Series), 3 of the 5 nominated Limited Series ( Extremity, Maestros, and Royal City ), and Beowulf, by Spanish creators Santiago García and David Rubín (Best Adaption from Another Medium, plus shared nominations for Rubín for Penciller/Inker and Coloring).
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Midostaurin is an orally available multikinase inhibitor that blocks FLT3 kinase activity. FLT3 mutations are associated with more frequent and earlier relapses and worse survival. The phase 3 RATIFY trial showed that midostaurin compared with placebo improved overall and event-free survival in newly diagnosed pts with FLT3 -mutated AML when administered in combination with standard chemotherapy and as single-agent maintenance (Stone et al, ASH 2015). The ongoing RADIUS trial ( NCT01883362 ) is investigating whether adding midostaurin to SOC after alloHSCT reduces the risk of relapse in pts with FLT3 -ITD-mutated AML. Here we report safety data from the first 56 enrolled pts.


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Included in the indictment of the hackers arrested for breaking into the networks of JPMorgan Chase, E-Trade, Scottrade, Dow Jones and others was an unidentified victim that reports say is G2 Web Services, a Seattle-area company that helps banks and other financial services providers root out fraudulent merchants engaged in money laundering. Security reporter Brian Krebs on Friday uncovered the identity of the company called "Victim-12" in the indictment.
According to Krebs, prosecutors allege G2 was targeted starting in 2012 so the criminal ring, which included money-laundering activities through fraudulent Websites, could have greater insight into the fraud-fighting strategies being employed against it.
"In particular, through their unlawful intrusion into Victim-12's network, [Gery Shalon, identified by law enforcement as the cybercrime ring's leader] and his co-conspirators determined which credit and debit card numbers Victim-12 employees were using to make undercover purchases of illicit goods in the course of their effort to detect unlawful merchants," the indictment said. "Upon identifying those credit and debit card numbers, Shalon and his co-conspirators blacklisted the numbers from their payment processing business, automatically declining any transaction for which payment was offered through one of those credit or debit card numbers."


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The accident occurred just before 2:30 am. at the Route 55 overpass in the Richwood section of Harrison Township
Police say a 53-year-old male from Glassboro driving a 2013 Ford 150 pickup truck had taken the off ramp onto Mullica Hill Road and was merging onto Mullica Hill Road eastbound towards Glassboro when he struck the 26-year-old male victim who was reportedly walking in the eastbound lane.
The pedestrian who sustained serious injuries was transported to Kennedy Hospital in Washington Township was later transferred to Cooper University Hospital and was listed in critical condition.
According to authorities, the pedestrian's vehicle, a 2000 Honda Accord, was parked, reportedly disabled, on the shoulder of Mullica Hill Road approximately ¼ mile east of the crash scene.
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The Cortijo Bravo Hotel in Vélez Málaga has 20 rooms with distinct personalities. Each one of them has been decorated with utmost care so as to make it different from all others, with the objective of having guests who spend their vacations with us feel them as their own.
The Cortijo Bravo Hotel in Vélez Málaga, Costa del Sol, has 20 rooms with distinct personalities. Each one of them has been decorated with utmost care so as to make it different from all others, with the objective of having guests who spend their vacations with us feel them as their own.
All of them spacious and comfortable, and with an elegant decoration that is reminiscent of the 19th century Andalusian stately homes, and is combined with Malaga's own cosmopolitan and romantic nature, and with the British colonial style. But including all of the 21st century amenities. Rooms where interior design and lighting have been cared for up to the smallest detail, and which ooze originality. The ideal accommodations for a romantic getaway, a unique and special meeting or for getting in touch with oneself.
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Mario Van Peebles' USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016) movie trailers star Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Matt Lanter, and Weronika Rosati. USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage's plot synopsis: "The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks."
I see and understand the ambition that went into this film but the trailers for the film as sub-par. They make the film look as though the film is mediocre. In the the most harrowing moments of the trailer, when the crew of the USS Indianapolis goes into sea, is damaged by what proceeded it. I hope the film is good because it is an important story that should be told outside of Spielberg's Jaws.
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage also stars Cody Walker, Brian Presley, Emily Tennant, Callard Harris, Emily Marie Palmer, Johnny Wactor, Stan Houston, Adam Scott Miller, Mandela Van Peebles, and Joey Capone.
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Cloud GIS for Crime Mapping
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- Harpinder Singh, Rajneesh Kumar, Amardeep Singh, P.K. Litoria
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- April 30, 2012
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- Harpinder Singh, Rajneesh Kumar, Amardeep Singh, P.K. Litoria, "Cloud GIS for Crime Mapping". International Journal of Research in Computer Science, 2 (3): pp. 57-60, April 2012. doi:10.7815/ijorcs.23.2012.030 Other Formats
- In developing countries, the lack of infrastructure like GPS (Global positioning system) and GIS (Geographic Information system) have hindered the growth of the police department. This paper proposes a simple, useful and cost effective solution for crime mapping. Google cloud resources like satellite data, application and GIS software have been used to develop this application. The developer requires only a simple computer connected to the internet. The source of crime data is the RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds from various news websites.
- S. Di Martino, et al., "Spatial OnLine Analytical Processing of Geographic Data through the Google Earth Interface Geocomputation, Sustainability and Environmental Planning." vol. 348, B. Murgante, et al., Eds., ed: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2011, pp. 163-182.
- D. Kaimaris, et al., "Comparative analysis on the archaeological content of imagery from Google Earth," Journal of Cultural Heritage, vol. 12, pp. 263-269, 2011. doi:10.1016/j.culher.2010.12.007
- D. Kennedy and M. C. Bishop, "Google earth and the archaeology of Saudi Arabia. A case study from the Jeddah area," Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 38, pp. 1284-1293, 2011. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2011.01.003
- F.-M. Hsu, et al., "Design and implementation of an intelligent recommendation system for tourist attractions: The integration of EBM model, Bayesian network and Google Maps," Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 39, pp. 3257-3264, 2012. doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2011.09.013
- P. Lisa, "Digging into Google Earth: An analysis of "Crisis in Darfur"," Geoforum, vol. 40, pp. 535-545, 2009.
- M. Boulos, "Web GIS in practice III: creating a simple interactive map of England's Strategic Health Authorities using Google Maps API, Google Earth KML, and MSN Virtual Earth Map Control," International Journal of Health Geographics, vol. 4, pp. 1-8, 2005.
- A. Chang, et al., "Combining Google Earth and GIS mapping technologies in a dengue surveillance system for developing countries," International Journal of Health Geographics, vol. 8, pp. 1-11, 2009. doi:10.1186/1476-072X-8-49
- L. Santos, et al., "A web spatial decision support system for vehicle routing using Google Maps," Decision Support Systems, vol. 51, pp. 1-9, 2011. doi:10.1016/j.dss.2010.11.008
- E. Bradley, et al., "Google Earth and Google Fusion Tables in support of time-critical collaboration: Mapping the deepwater horizon oil spill with the AVIRIS airborne spectrometer," Earth Science Informatics, vol. 4, pp. 169-179, 2011. doi:10.1007/s12145-011-0085-4
- J. Ratcliffe, "Crime Mapping: Spatial and Temporal Challenges Handbook of Quantitative Criminology," A. R. Piquero and D. Weisburd, Eds., ed: Springer New York, 2010, pp. 5-24.
- J. G. J. Schaaik and J. J. Kemp, "Real Crimes on Virtual Maps: The Application of Geography and GIS in Criminology Geospatial Technology and the Role of Location in Science." vol. 96, H. J. Scholten, et al., Eds., ed: Springer Netherlands, 2009, pp. 217-237.
- M. Wolff and H. Asche, "Geospatial Crime Scene Investigation – From Hotspot Analysis to Interactive 3D Visualization Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2009." vol. 5592, O. Gervasi, et al., Eds., ed: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2009, pp. 285-299.
- R. Cammack, "Open Content Web Mapping Service: A Really Simple Syndication (RSS) Approach Location Based Services and TeleCartography," G. Gartner, et al., Eds., ed: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007, pp. 417-431.
- B. Berendt, "Text Mining for News and Blogs Analysis Encyclopedia of Machine Learning," C. Sammut and G. I. Webb, Eds., ed: Springer US, 2010, pp. 968-972.
- Lee, Kiwon, and Sanggoo Kang. "Mobile cloud service of geo-based image processing functions: a test iPad implementation." Remote Sensing Letters 4.9 (2013): 910-919.
- Lee, Kiwon. "Open source cloud computing: an experience case of geo-based image handling in Amazon web services." Korean Journal of Remote Sensing 28.3 (2012).
- Kamruzzaman, Md. "Development of an integrated GIS and land use planning course: impacts of hybrid instructional methods." Journal of Geography in Higher Education 38.3 (2014): 323-347.
- Lubrica, Nathaniel Vincent A. "Triple Feedback Hybrid (TFH) GIS Learning Framework: A Learning-Crime Solution Amalgamation." JPAIR Multidisciplinary Research 11.1 (2013).


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Ramsay Street, the set of long-running Australian soap Neighbours , is to be transformed into a hotel for fans.
The much-loved series, which first aired in 1985, has listed its Ramsay Street cul-de-sac residence on Airbnb and is offering fans the chance to win an overnight stay.
Neighbours follows the lives of families and friends in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough. It is the longest running Australian drama series and launched the careers of international stars including Kylie Minogue, Delta Goodrem, Natalie Imbruglia, Guy Pearce and Margot Robbie.
The two winners will receive return travel, have dinner with Alan Fletcher, who plays Dr Karl Kennedy, and Chris Milligan, who plays handyman Kyle Canning, and will tour the famous set before staying overnight on September 7.
Fletcher said: "This is a fantastic opportunity for guests to be hosted on the set of Ramsay Street for the first time ever.
"A sleepover on the set is a truly unique experience, where guests will see what goes on behind the scenes, meet their favourite stars and see where all the drama unfolds."
In a video to launch the competition, he added: "You could experience Erinsborough like a local - well without the scandal and natural disasters of course."
Airbnb's spokesman Sam McDonagh added: "This Neighbours listing provides an unforgettable travel experience for Aussie, UK and Kiwi fans, where they get to make Ramsay Street their home for the night."
Fans must explain, in 25 words or less, why they would like to spend a night on set and submit their entry on www.airbnb.com/neighbours before August 28.


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The 626 Night Market had two successful events in June and July so thank you for all your support! We are going full steam ahead with The World's Largest Cup of Boba Tea and are excited to see its completion and unveiling in August. Here is the latest scoop!
626 Night Market Persists in World's Largest Cup of Boba Tea Project
ARCADIA, Calif. (July 22, 2013)—626 Night Market persists in building the World's Largest Cup of Boba Tea to commemorate the beloved drink—despite not meeting its Kickstarter campaign goals—with the help of the local business community and community volunteers. Determined to realize this project, the 626 Night Market team aims to collaborate with local business sponsors to fund the giant boba cup.
"We are ecstatic that the business community is rallying to help us out and that we're pressing on," says Patricia Huang, 626 Night Market vendor manager and co-manager of this project. "This reflects 626 Night Market's familiar story: we rebound and find ways to succeed. The Kickstarter campaign may not go through but we will rise above it and persevere as always."
There will be a special unveiling ceremony for the cup at the 626 Night Market on Saturday, August 3rd, at 5PM at the Santa Anita Park Front Garden Paddock. Boba milk tea will be served from the cup on Saturday, August 3rd to a limited number of people.
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The cup itself will be 6 feet tall, made of plexiglass, and situated on a 2.5 feet high platform. The straw will extend its height an additional 3.5 feet resulting in a grand total height of 12 feet. It will hold 320 gallons of tea—over 2,500 cups of a standard 16 oz. boba drink—and will weigh approximately 2,700 lbs, heavier than an average sedan.
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To learn more about how to sponsor the "World's Largest Cup of Boba Tea," view or download the sponsorship package athttp://bit.ly/DRINKBIGSPON.
Sponsors will have their logo displayed on the World's Largest Cup of Boba Tea in addition to other benefits. The deadline to become a sponsor is July 28, 2013.
About 626 Night Market
626 Night Market is the largest Asian night market in the U.S, featuring over 160 food and merchandise vendors, entertainment, live DJs, short films, and children's activities. For more information regarding the 626 Night Market events at Santa Anita Park this summer, visit www.626nightmarket.com.


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I am a person of liberal convictions, and I spend most of my time with other liberals. Many of my friends share my liberal political views but recoil from my liberal religious beliefs. The reason that they give most frequently is that "religion is divisive and conservative."
My answer is always the same: "You are absolutely right."
Religion, I tell them, is divisive because it deals with important matters -- above all, the search for holiness and God and the struggle to determine the ultimate values that guide our lives. As human beings contend with these questions, they will offer multiple answers; this has been so since the time of Babel. Indeed, I am always amused that my liberal friends who are so insistent on pluralism in the political realm are so surprised and put off by pluralism in the religious realm. But a diversity of views on religious question is inevitable and desirable. Matters of right, wrong, and the character of the sacred are never simple. Theology, precisely because it deals with weighty and difficult subjects, is a discipline of hard edges.
You are stuck, I go on, in a childish, simplistic mindset that sees religion as a gentle, "let's all get along" affair. But no one needs religion for that. And any religion that, from time to time, is not intellectually ferocious in asserting its idea of the good -- as opposed to someone else's idea of the good -- is not a religion to be taken seriously.
At this point in the argument, my friends look at me with a smirk. You have made my case, they say. Aware of what they are thinking, I acknowledge the underside of religion. Ferocious intellectual arguments about what is moral and what God expects of us can take an extremist turn. They can become an instrument to separate those with our beliefs from the despised "other" who thinks differently. They can become a rationale to hate and even to kill.
But in most instances, I point out, exactly the opposite is true. We humans are essentially communal beings, and in our search for meaning, we build communities with others who share our values. And despite our very significant differences and our claims of superiority, it is fascinating that all major religious traditions end up asserting two basic truths. The first is the fundamental dignity of every human being -- a dignity that can only come from without and not from within; and the second is our capacity for a deep and sincere compassion that enables us to go beyond ourselves and to feel the pain of others.
True, religious people often begin by feeling this compassion for those in their own narrow community, embracing and comforting only those who attend their church or synagogue or mosque, who share their rituals, and who define morality in their terms. But what we see, from the American experience above all, is that once we have learned to relate to our own community with dignity and compassion, we rather quickly acquire the capacity to relate to others in the same way.
Yes, strong views can be dangerous, but, I insist to my friends, once we accept religion's divisiveness we can get something back from it. And that something is that religion ultimately leads to healing far more often than it leads to hate. And that is why religious Americans, as Robert Putnam has demonstrated, are, as a general rule, more charitable, more caring, and better citizens than other Americans.
Regarding the conservative nature of religion, I argue that religion is conservative because it resists the tyranny of the new and the culture of now. It asserts that when we decide on the matters of greatest consequence, we must give a hearing to the sages of old and to the sacred texts that record their voices. The religious world, it should be said, does not agree on how much attention should be paid to these voices. For fundamentalists, it is their holy writings that matter most; for religious liberals such as myself, ancient teachings must be interpreted in light of reason and modern realities. Yet both camps defer, in some significant measure, to the wisdom of those who came before.
But such deference can only be welcome. Religion rejects the arrogance of those who assume that by virtue of the fact that they are here now, living and breathing at this moment, they possess greater insight into the human condition than revered teachers of old. Religion gives the dead a vote. It says that when we want to repair the spirit and learn about kindness and compassion, the teachings of our ancestors are indispensable.
My conclusion: religion is indeed divisive and conservative -- and it is also a very good thing.


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One piece Retro Top
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by jj1
Livingston, New ...
A creation from Sewalong- Ellinor 8516 but I didn't use Ellinor, I used free pattern from
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Sep 27, 2009, 11.38 AMby kip
That is TOO CUTE !! Your piping is amazing !
Jun 23, 2008, 05.02 AMby olyaboieru
Oh, my GOD! I LOVE IT!!! It is so vintage ;) It's a great idea! I love this white and black dress! Thanks for posting it! I will die if I don't have the same dress! Amazing top!
May 27, 2008, 05.36 PMby gigglegirl77
WOW!i love the pattern and the colors you used!
May 22, 2008, 04.44 AMby nikkishell
Swoon! I LOVE this!!!!!!!
May 15, 2008, 11.01 AMby jj1
It has two strings from front & sides to tie on the back. I need to sew invisible snaps under the arms too. I went to the shops and looked for orange color tops, surprisely I found quite a fews, give be a little bit confident.
May 15, 2008, 08.25 AMby adgentry
You should definitely try wearing it. It's so cute and appropriate for spring and summer! The color is refreshing! My only concern would be making sure it stayed fastened properly since it is all one piece. Is there anything but the front buckle holding it together?
May 14, 2008, 05.58 AMby jj1
Thank you so much! It looks very odd and I don't know if I will wear it but it is fun to look at.
May 14, 2008, 02.30 AMby lybu
Cool. I love the white piping and belt buckle. These details make your top very original.
May 14, 2008, 01.31 AMby lauriana
That's great again! Looks to me like you took elements from both patterns but made your very own thing. I really like how it turned out.
May 13, 2008, 11.07 PMby soozy
Looks great! I ones saw a dress that looked a bit similar so I decided to make a top like it, but I didn't have a pattern so it's a top I'm still working on because I can't make it fit well. Now that I have seen yours, gives me the courage to go on with mine ;)
May 13, 2008, 07.31 PMby kgallagher3
I have that pattern too, but I haven't found the right fabric yet. I love your variation!
May 13, 2008, 07.11 PMby emilykate
I. LOVE. IT! I have that Butterick pattern but have not tried it out yet! I love your mash-up of the two patterns! Brilliant!
May 13, 2008, 04.23 PMby yoshimi
super! I love it!
May 13, 2008, 09.33 AMby queenb
Lovely and really original! Like it a lot!
May 13, 2008, 09.14 AMby maya511
what a fabulous and unusual piece! love the white piping and the round belt buckle!
May 13, 2008, 08.53 AMby polychromatin
WOW! I want this! Such a great top, perfect color for it and the belt is so cool! I'm really amazed by your skills!
May 13, 2008, 08.52 AMby tittabear
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May 13, 2008, 07.52 AMby carottesauvage
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Mila Kunis is red hot in Lanvin at the premiere of her new comedy, Friends with benefits, Monday, July 18 at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City. Mila Kunis followed up their stunning red Versace dress for the Today Show with even a knockout red dress. This time, Sgt. Scott Moore Marine Corps Ball date selected a number from Lanvin in 2012 Resort Collection, which ID'd by Cool Potters. Mila may have been mostly covered up in the off-the-shoulder, midcalf-length dress, but fitted silhouette still showed off her figure. Mila together Lanvin dress with pumps, which unfortunately was too heavy for her outfit.
The actor received his second red dress of the day, this time choosing a Lanvin Resort 2012 frock. Her red ruched off-the-shoulder dress was a total of simple black satin pumps and gold jewels. This is a wonderful dress, the color looks good on her for her a sexy silhouette, but I'm still not very excited about this appearance.


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text: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Jake Hamik of Northern State University had another record-breaking performance Saturday at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The junior placed fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a personal best time of :50.92 at the Irwin Belk Complex on the campus of Johnson C. Smith University. The time set a new South Dakota collegiate record in the event and a new NSU record. Both were previously held by the Aberdeen Roncalli graduate. "To break them again just shows that I have a lot more potential than what I have been doing," Hamik said. "So hopefully I can keep improving and keep breaking them and keep getting faster." Hamik's previous best time was :51.08, which he set at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa earlier in the season. "He was ready to run the best that he has ever run," NSU track coach Jim Fuller said. "There are a lot of things that have to fall into place for that to work. He was able to not kill himself in the prelims. That was important that he found that he can back off just a little bit and still run and easily qualify. Yesterday (Friday) he had a little workout day and he looked fine and he felt good and he ran a very good race." The top three finishers in the event were also juniors. (See results below). Damian Prince of Morehouse College (Ga.) won the event in :49.21. Sean Bergstedt of Truman State (Mo.) finished second in :50.18 and Justin Boyd of Angelo State (Texas) finished third in :50.83. "It was about where I had expected to finish coming in," Hamik said. "Of course you always want to place higher, but you take what you can get." It marked the third all-American award Hamik has received in his three years at NSU. Hamik placed eighth in the same event last year and was seventh in the 60-meter hurdles at the indoor nationals earlier this season. To receive the all-American honor an athlete must finish in the top of eight of an event. Hamik is the only three-time NCAA Division II all-American the school has had and his fourth place finish was the highest an athlete from NSU has finished at an NCAA Division II national meet. The USA National qualifying mark in the event is :50.75, which is well within Hamik's reach after his latest performance. Hamik said he will consider pursuing qualifying for the USA mark. "I'm looking into it. I have been practicing for nine months," Hamik said. "So what is another two weeks added on to that?" Fuller said the USA mark would be a big achievement for Hamik if he would in fact pursue it. "That is an even bigger deal then the NCAA, so that is up to him if he wants to keep running a little bit," Fuller said. "There are some good meets coming up and maybe giving that a shot is definitely in his range." Fuller's son Aaron Fuller also placed fourth in the pole vault at the State A track meet held in Sioux Falls so it was a memorable weekend for him. "This caps off a good weekend for me," Fuller said. "Unfortunately being a coach you miss your owns kids and my son got fourth at the state meet. So I'm about as happy as I can be with my athletes and my family." 400-Meter Hurdles Finals Saturday at Charlotte, N.C. 1, Damian Prince, Morehouse College (Ga.), :49.21. 2, Sean Bergstedt, Truman State University (Mo.), :50.18. 3, Justin Boyd, Angelo State University (Texas), :50.83. 4, Jake Hamik, Northern State, :50.92. 5, Adam Moore, Cal Poly Pomona, :51.40. 6, Chris Moulinet, Adams State (Colo.), :51.94. 7, Alvin Miles, St. Augustine's College (N.C.), :52.25. 8, Jermaine Baker, St. Augustine's College (N.C.), :53.54.


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Here's your place to come talk about sex and love whenever you feel like it.
There are a few things I find to be as addictive as the dating app Bumble: peeling off sunburned skin, black tar heroin, Pringles (any flavor), and gambling. So let's just say that, over the past year, I've dated a lot and leave it at that.
Like anyone else who's been dating for a while, I've learned a lot about myself — most notably that I am attracted to recently divorced Scorpio men. I don't know how they all find me (maybe there's a secret society where they all get together and lie about their feelings), but I am like catnip for Scorpio divorcees.
After a particularly sad breakup with a divorced Scorpio I'd been sleeping with (I wouldn't exactly call it dating), I did what any normal woman would do: went to Babeland with three of my best friends and dropped some major coin, then headed back to my friend's apartment where I got drunk, ate way too much Thai food, and charged my new vibrator on her kitchen counter while I live-tweeted my first time watching 50 Shades of Grey from my corporate Twitter account. You know, what most people do.
I also re-downloaded Bumble on my phone.
The next day, hung over and burping up spring rolls — after I'd frantically deleted all the things I tweeted the previous night, including "just ONCE would I like someone to ask me to strike out 'anal fisting' on a contract" — my pointer finger started its usual ballroom dance across the screen of my iPhone.
After a few minutes of swiping, I started talking to a guy who had a really cool job that piqued my interest. A foodie, I asked about the cooking skills he mentioned in his profile. He told me about the goose he smoked for Thanksgiving (to which I replied, "Who are you, Bob Cratchit?") and because I'm a star child or, you know, just a big dumb idiot, I asked him his sign. And surprise, surprise: SCORPIO.
He asked what I do for a living, which, as a writer who predominantly talks about sex and body image, the easiest answer I could give him was: "I talk about my butthole a lot." I even wrote a limerick about his butthole to prove that I'm worth my salt.
But then we kept talking, and it came up: Ryan was divorced. And not just recently, but VERY recently. In fact, the divorce was finalized not even a month ago. I rolled my eyes. Again? I thought. This can't be happening.
And so I told him, to paraphrase, Hey, it was nice talking to you, but I can't mess with someone so recently divorced. Be well, take care of yourself, best of luck.
And that's when he said something that made me stop in my tracks:
My knee-jerk reaction was, "Whoa, how manipulative is this guy?" Well, that's a lie. My real knee-jerk reaction was gut-busting laughter. Asking if I can "keep him around" even though I've already told him no? I've played this game before. I tell someone I don't want to hang out and then they say, "No problem, we can just keep talking," and then we do and they eventually wear me down. Next thing I know, I'm at their apartment bent over with my pants around my ankles swearing I'm never going to fall for this again.
Call me jaded, but I just didn't trust that Ryan was being honest with me.
But then I took a step back. I've never been divorced before, so I have no idea what it's like to go through that. But have I ever felt lonely? Sure. Have I ever been so hopelessly bored by 99% of the men I talk to that I get excited about the very, very few I have a fun time chatting with? Absolutely. Have I ever felt overwhelmed while navigating my way through the dating world? Yes. Have I ever had a painful breakup? Of course.
And so I thought, okay, maybe I won't shut this guy down. This is just a dude who wants someone fun to talk to, and it's not like I didn't enjoy talking to him. What did I have to lose, really?
And so I made a suggestion: what if we were pen pals? If he really did want to just talk, this seemed like a viable alternative. And if he really was trying to manipulate me into going on a date, I could just stop the correspondence whenever I wanted.
At first, Ryan didn't know what to do with the idea. Obviously, he wasn't expecting such a proposition. After talking it over and going through the specifics, to my surprise, he agreed.
I had a five rules:
So far, that's exactly what we've been doing. About once a week, Ryan and I exchange letters. And you know what? It's been fun. The topics we've talked about have run the gamut: everything from family secrets to the idea of marriage (his disdain for it, my love for monogamy so I don't have to get tested as often) to what we're working on in therapy. We talk about how weird our friends are, who inspires us, the personality traits we like the least about ourselves, our favorite comedians, what we do for self-care. We psychoanalyze each other. We give each other advice. We make each other laugh. I've told him things I've never told anyone else, and he's admitted the same is true for him. We don't flirt with each other. We have no plans on meeting up in the near future. We write each other because we want to.
I forgot how nice it is to talk to a stranger when there aren't any expectations. Getting to know someone without the stress of waiting for them to return your text messages, agonizing over the pimple you picked 10 minutes before a date, analyzing what they said over and over in your head, trying to decode what they really mean. Dating is stressful. But when I read Ryan's letters, I take them at face value and respond without any self-consciousness or second-guessing myself. I'm pretty much the most authentic version of myself when I'm writing. I don't edit anything, I don't censor myself in any way. I don't overthink anything.
The first time I wrote Ryan, I found a card in my stationary collection that was perfect. Also, I'm just kind of an asshole. Thankfully, he has a great sense of humor and found it funny.
At the end of my first letter to him (which I folded up and stuffed into that card), I included a picture of Rick Astley and told Ryan I chose the image because "I'm never GONNA GIVE YOU UP, Ryan. NEVER GONNA MAKE YOU CRY. NEVER GONNA TELL A LIE AND DESERT YOU." We've been pen pals for a few months now and we may never meet up, but one time we made an unbinding agreement to meet up for dinner after a year. (A one-year pen pal-iversary, if you will.) Is it more than likely that one of us will find a partner before then and have to call this whole thing off? Probably. But, for now, it's been really interesting getting to know another human being.
I could have very easily unmatched Ryan, and the likelihood of me ever running into him in real life would be the same chances as me winning a Powerball jackpot. I think about that a lot. Being on dating apps is mentally taxing. Sometimes it's really hard to keep your chin up. But if you think of weird shit to do to prevent yourself from going insane, it can be a lot of fun, too. You may even make a friend.


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Love was the only ticket needed to A-Mei's concert supporting same-sex marriage
The Taiwanese pop superstar, A-Mei, recently gave a free concert to support same-sex marriage. To enter the concert, Love Is The Only, A-Mei said, "Love is the only ticket needed." Her decision to hold the concert came after a protest was held against same-sex marriage in Taiwan.
About 20,000 fans attended the concert held at Huashan 1914 Creative Park in Taipei, with many of them waiting 6 hours in line despite rain and wind. A-Mei regaled the fans with many of her famous songs, such as "Sister," "Can I hug you lover?" and "Rainbow," often joined by spontaneous singing from the crowd. She had written on her Facebook page that she wanted to "cheer for every single heart that is defending true love."
Before A-Mei announced her concert, a large coalition of same-sex marriage opponents held a protest in Taipei. A-Mei decided to hold the free concert and paid for the about US$100,000 cost by herself and without any commercial sponsorship. She also had to give up other prearranged concerts in mainland China in order to make time for this free concert in Taiwan.
The 41-year old A-Mei is considered one of the topmost influential singers in Asia and has had a long and successful career ever since she won a singing competition on a TV program in 1995. The extremely popular singer has been called a diva of Mandarin pop music and has won many awards. Her background growing up as a minority member of one of Taiwan's native aborigine tribes and her own failed love affairs under the glare of media and paparazzi attention may have influenced her belief in equality in love and diversity. She has been an advocate for LGBT rights in Taiwan and is the first singer to sign a petition to support same-sex marriage.
Although Taiwan is considered one of the most liberal countries in Asia, recent legislative attempts to approve same-sex marriages stalled upon strong and vocal opposition from Taiwan's Christian community, as only 25% of Taiwan's Christians approve of same-sex marriages. However, the polls show that the majority of Taiwan's population either supports or is not opposed to same-sex marriage, and other non-Christian religions traditionally do not interfere with political decision making.


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