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Labour reveals £351m a year in housing benefit going to bad landlords in the North West.
Labours Shadow Secretary of State for Housing John Healey has today revealed that £351m a year in housing benefit is going to private landlords letting out substandard homes in the North West. 193,000 private rented homes in the North West fail to meet the decent homes standard, the highest figure outside London and the South East.
The new analysis from the recent official English Housing Survey shows the cost to the public purse of Englands 1.35 million sub-standard private rented properties. Taxpayers are picking up a bill for £2.5bn a year nationally in housing benefit paid to landlords who are letting out properties that the government classes as non-decent.
To be classed as decent a home has to be warm, safe and in good repair.
Labour has pledged to crack down on sub-standard private rented homes by offering a consumer rights revolution for renters, starting by introducing tougher legal minimum standards for all private rented homes, and encouraging private landlord licensing. At present, there are effectively no minimum standards for private renters, and tenants are reliant on over-stretched council environmental health teams to weed out dangerous homes rather than being able to take matters into their own hands.
A Labour government would consult with landlords and relevant professionals on new legal minimum standards to ensure properties are fit for human habitation on specified criteria, for example:
- safe wiring and appliances
- freedom from serious damp and vermin infestation
- appropriate water and sewage facilities
- appropriate facilities for the preparation and cooking of food
- general good repair.
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing John Healey MP said:
The number of families renting from a private landlord has soared by more than a million since 2010 but decisions made by Conservative Ministers have made it easier for a minority of bad landlords to fleece the system.
Most landlords provide decent homes that tenants are happy with, but these rogue landlords are ripping off renters and taxpayers alike by making billions from housing benefit on sub-standard homes.
Theresa May declared the housing market is broken but Tory Ministers wont act to make the market fairer or work better for private renters.
After seven years of failure the Conservatives have no plan to fix the housing crisis. The next Labour government would call time on bad landlords and bring in a New Deal for private renters to establish new consumer rights. Wed introduce legal minimum standards to put renters back in control, and give councils the powers they need to tackle the worst offenders.


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As Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly returned home to continue his battle with mouth cancer, he took time Wednesday to meet with WBBZ-TV Vice President and General Manager Bob Koshinski for a television interview to update everyone in Western New York and across #BillsNation on his health, family and involvement with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on the sale of the Buffalo Bills.
Click here to watch highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCiFdXMRisY&list=UUQxoLtAiSH2xEHJJojH1Dsw
A portion of the interview will air on "The Bucky and Sully Show" Friday night at 6:30 p.m. (with an encore presentation Sunday at 11:30 a.m.). More will follow Monday night live at 6:30 p.m.
During the one-on-one interview, Kelly talked with Koshinski about the pain he has endured in this second battle with cancer, saying, "I've been better." However, he passionately declared, "I will beat this."
When talking about the support of his wife, Jill, and their family, Kelly emotionally paused for a moment. He reflected on the immense faith his family has, and thanked the community for its outpouring of support and #PrayersForJK.
On the sale of the Buffalo Bills, Kelly respectfully acknowledged the passing of owner Ralph Wilson stating, "Now the time is right for the fans." Kelly has been working for several years behind the scenes to assemble an ownership group that would keep the Buffalo Bills in Buffalo. He said his conversations with Goodell indicate the commissioner wants to keep the team in Western New York.
Koshinski has had a long professional relationship with Kelly, going back to 1986 when he covered the QB's arrival in Western New York for WKBW-TV. That relationship continued when Koshinski co-hosted "The Jim Kelly Show" on Channel 7, covering the team during the Super Bowl years.
When Koshinski became vice president and general manager of the Empire Sports Network, their connection became much more personal when Kelly joined him to help create the Ilio DiPaolo Scholarship Fund in memory of the late pro wrestler, restaurant owner and community leader. Koshinski reflects on their 28 years together on his website, www.allsportswny.com.
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Michael Schumacher remains in an induced coma in hospital - one month after a skiing accident that left the F1 legend fighting for his life.
The seven-time world champion has been receiving round-the-clock care since December 29 when he struck his head on a rock while skiing off-piste in the French Alps.
His condition officially remains "critical but stable" and no date has been announced on when he is likely to be taken out of the coma.
But some experts fear Schumacher could be in a vegetative state for the rest of his life.
Wife Corinna, 44, and children Gina Marie, 16, and son Mick, 14, remain by the 45-year-old's bedside and thanked fans for their support on his official website earlier this month.
"We are deeply touched by all the messages to get well soon for Michael which still are being sent. That gives us strength. Thank you all so much!" the statement read.
"We all know, he is a fighter and will not give up!"
And as F1, the sport which Schumacher dominated at the turn of the millennium, begins its winter testing programme in Jerez this week, former colleagues and fellow drivers have been sending their own words of support.
Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel grew up idolising Schumacher and the two remain close friends.
The Red Bull driver is tipped to overtake Schumacher's haul of world records, including world championships, race wins and pole positions during his career, but the 26-year-old admits his is "praying for a miracle" that will see his childhood hero recover.
"It's horrible, especially for his family and close friends not knowing what's going to happen," said Vettel.
"In that regard I am still a shocked as everybody else and I pray and hope he will come back and the miracle will happen and he will be the person he always has been before."
Ferrari, the team with whom Schumacher won five consecutive world titles, sent a #forzaMichael picture earlier this week, while the new Mercedes car features a #keepfightingmichael hashtag on its side as the F1 teams come to terms with their former driver's condition.


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SPRINGFIELD -- Lawmakers are thinking about scaling back free bus and train rides for all but the poorest seniors to help cash-strapped transit agencies, a move that carries the risk of alienating a large group of voters with little more than three months until the primary election.
That's why the plan rolled out today by legislative leaders and transit officials to curtail free rides March 1 faces an uncertain future in the two days left in the fall session.
"There's been a surprising amount of support, but I think it's something that people for the most part don't want to do," said Rep. Julie Hamos, D-Evanston, who's running for Congress. "It's never pleasing to look like we're taking anything away from anyone, especially seniors. But the recession really hurt tax revenues that transit agencies were relying on for funding."


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Some more info: According to /usr/share/doc/proj/README.Debian, "The Debian proj package includes built-in datum conversion. (It was compiled with proj-datumgrid-1.3.zip unpacked in the nad source directory.)"
According to the proj.4 FAQ (http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/wiki/FAQ): "Verify that you have the binary files (eg. /usr/local/share/proj/conus) installed on your system." It seems that the package does not include /usr/local/share/proj/conus, according to "dpkg -L proj", though it does have some other files there. Also from the FAQ, there's a PROJ_DEBUG environment variable. Setting this I get: $ cs2cs +proj=latlong +datum=NAD27 +to +proj=latlong +datum=NAD83 pj_open_lib(proj_def.dat): call fopen(/usr/share/proj/proj_def.dat) - succeeded pj_open_lib(proj_def.dat): call fopen(/usr/share/proj/proj_def.dat) - succeeded -117 30 pj_open_lib(conus): call fopen(/usr/share/proj/conus) - failed pj_open_lib(alaska): call fopen(/usr/share/proj/alaska) - failed pj_open_lib(ntv2_0.gsb): call fopen(/usr/share/proj/ntv2_0.gsb) - failed pj_open_lib(ntv1_can.dat): call fopen(/usr/share/proj/ntv1_can.dat) - failed 117dW 30dN 0.000 So it does seem that it's the absence of this /usr/share/proj/conus file that's the problem. Has it been accidentally omitted from the build, perhaps? I also consider the fact that the program silently continues and prints a wrong answer when it has detected that the file is missing to be a bug. Phil. _______________________________________________ Pkg-grass-devel mailing list email@example.com http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grass-devel


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Here is an interesting experimental stereoscopic 3D short film from 2009 made by a Norwegian company called Chiptoons. It seems more like a strange music video, but fun to watch at least once, although the depth effect could've been a better. The video is in Side by Side format with Right Image First, 1080p half horizontal resolution (squashed), so you will have to select 16:9 aspect ratio when opening it. The video is also available on YouTube 3D. As usual don't forget to share your comments if you watch the video…
Ztring Theory – An Experimental Stereoscopic 3D Short Film
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Two East Passyunk businesses are hosting their first-ever Queers on the Avenue (QOTA) gathering. Chhaya Café (1823 E. Passyunk Ave.) and Home (1815 E. Passyunk Ave.), a café/brunch spot and home furnishings boutique, respectively, will welcome guests with free nibbles, hot apple cider and free samples of Quaker City Mercantile's Spodee wine. 6 p.m.-9 p.m., free, various locations (see above).
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|When medication prices are unaffordable, patients travel abroad for a better deal
The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 27, 2018
"Pharmacies vetted by PharmacyChecker are licensed with their applicable pharmacy board or licensing authority, do not sell controlled substances (which international pharmacies cannot ship into the U.S.), require a valid prescription, and encrypt personal financial information..."
|Big Pharma Cozies Up to Trump as He Moves to Lower Drug Prices
Truthout, July 24, 2018
Gabriel Levitt, president of PharmacyChecker.com, is quoted: "FDA-approved medicines are available at much lower cost in Canada and the UK... so clearly Americans should be allowed to import them for personal use, as long as they do so from licensed pharmacies."
|Drug importation should lower prices, but the FDA can do more
American Enterprise Institute Blog, July 20, 2018
According to economist and drug quality expert Roger Bate, PhD, "Foreign web pharmacies credentialed by PharmacyChecker.com already encourage importation for those in the know. As I found when I tested them, they sell good quality medicines at roughly half the price of US-based pharmacies... All the FDA has to do is allow Pharmacy Checker to do its job and tell the American people about it."
|Trump administration to explore drug imports to counter price hikes
The Washington Post, July 19, 2018
Gabriel Levitt, president of PharmacyChecker.com, is quoted calling the move "a step in the right direction toward accepting the fact that we are very capable of importing lower-cost safe and effective medicines."
|How Can You Find a Legitimate Canadian Pharmacy?
The People's Pharmacy, July 9, 2018
The People's Pharmacy recommends PharmacyChecker.com verification before you buy from a Canadian online pharmacy.
|Combating escalating drug prices
The Westlake, July 3, 2018
Diana Pi, M.D., recommends PharmacyChecker.com for patients looking for more affordable medicines from pharmacies outside the U.S., especially for those without generic alternatives.
|If we can import food safely, why not medicines?
Just Care, May 8, 2018
Diane Archer, founder of Just Care, points out that if the FDA can ensure the safety of imported foods, then they could also ensure the safety of imported medicines. She notes that the pharmaceutical industry has worked with Visa and MasterCard so that patients sometimes cannot use certain credit cards to buy medications online from many of the verified pharmacies on Pharmacychecker.com.
|Keeping International Pharmacies Under a Cloud
Tarbell, May 2, 2018
This investigative report details how groups funded by the pharmaceutical industry are working to scare American consumers away from purchasing affordable prescription medication internationally, citing safety concerns that apply to rogue sites but not legitimate pharmacies, such as the ones verified in the PharmacyChecker Verification Program.
|Americans Need Safer Access to Canadian Online Pharmacies
HuffPost, April 2, 2018
With medication often unaffordable in the U.S., PharmacyChecker is recommended as a reputable company that vets Canadian online pharmacies where medications can be purchased for much less.
|Medicines cost me $30,000 annually — I suffer enough without the burden of high drug prices
The Hill, March 29, 2018
Opinion contributor voices her own struggle with affording Crohn's disease medication, pointing out that "prices in other high-income countries are on average 56 percent lower than in the U.S." and cites PharmacyChecker price comparisons for Abilify sold in the U.S. versus Canada.
|Advocate Counters the Fake News About Buying Insulin Online
Insulin Nation, March 12, 2018
Gabriel Levitt of PharmacyChecker.com talks about the online marketplace for insulin and how the pharmaceutical industry has infiltrated the media with stories that portray international online pharmacies as counterfeit drug pushers instead of the lifeline that millions of Americans choose for affordable, reliable medication.
|Up to 90% Savings on Prescription Drugs: PharmacyChecker.com Specializes in Creating Access to More Affordable Medication
BadCredit.org, February 28, 2018
Walking consumers through the history and services of PharmacyChecker.com, the author explains how to vet pharmacies and compare medication prices as well as get involved with advocacy efforts to lower drug prices in the United States.
|Faster isn't always better: Expedited FDA approval and public health
The Mountaineer, February 6, 2018
Encouraging people to take their health and financial matters into their own hands when medicine is unaffordable, the article recommends that people "utilize available tools such as PharmacyChecker.com to compare drug prices online".
|International drugs cut prescription expenses for self-insured employers
Employee Benefit News, February 4, 2018
PharmacyChecker.com is mentioned as a verification service that makes purchasing affordable medication from international pharmacies easier for employees.
|How to Save Money on Your Prescription Medications
Bloomer Boomer, February 2, 2018
An informative post for baby boomers seeking affordable medication details how to safely order medication online through international pharmacies verified by PharmacyChecker, as well as consumer options at local U.S. pharmacies.
|Prescription Drugs From Overseas Can Save You Hundreds, but Are They Safe?
Money Talks News, January 30, 2018
Money Talks News correctly points out that just because the news focuses on counterfeit medications sold online, "doesn't mean you need to rule out overseas pharmacies altogether". PharmacyChecker.com is recommended as a valuable resource for vetting online pharmacies and comparing drug prices.
|U.S. Drug Prices vs. The World
Drugwatch, January 25, 2018
New in-depth reporting on drug prices, savings and importation features key insights from Gabriel Levitt, president and co-founder of PharmacyChecker.com, and an interactive international drug price comparison chart with data from PharmacyChecker.com.
|The top three pharmacy challenges of 2018
Modern Medicine Network, January 7, 2018
Kelly Ann Barnes, JD, RPh, PharmacyChecker.com Vice President of Pharmacy Verifications, discusses cost as a driving factor for 'nonadherence'. "There are new factors affecting drugs today—higher prices, company mergers, and higher cost generics that often are no longer low-cost alternatives to branded drugs. Not taking medications is a revolving issue with many consequences".
|Importing Prescription Drugs Yields Healthier Employees
American Sustainable Business Council, December 5, 2017
PharmacyChecker.com president, Gabriel Levitt, writes about the benefits of businesses supporting personal drug importation for their employees. He reviews the safety of online pharmacies, the savings they make possible, and the advocacy needed to expressly permit Americans to buy medication from abroad. PharmacyChecker.com is a proud member of the American Sustainable Business Council.
|20 Drugs That Cost a Lot Less Outside the U.S.
HuffPost, December 1, 2017
PharmacyChecker.com CEO and founder, Tod Cooperman, M.D. recounts why he founded PharmacyChecker and provides a list of twenty brand-name drugs that do not have generic alternative availability in the United States and can be ordered for much cheaper from abroad using international pharmacies reviewed and approved through the PharmacyChecker Verification Program.
|Alex Azar is big pharma personified. He must not become US health secretary
The Guardian, December 1, 2017
PharmacyChecker.com's president and founder of Prescription Justice, Gabriel Levitt, opposes the nomination of a former Eli Lilly president, Alex Azar, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. Azar's policy positions and those of the pharmaceutical industry seem to be one and the same, meaning he is a poor candidate to help lower drug prices. Mr. Levitt urges the Senate to vote no to Azar.
|How Big Pharma keeps drug prices high - What You Can Do
Tarbell, November 2017
This comprehensive report on the lobbying power of the pharmaceutical industry recommends advocacy actions that Americans can take to combat high drug prices. Solution #8 links to PharmacyChecker.com to find reputable online pharmacies in Canada that supply affordable medication.
|Online pharmacies gain popularity amid rising drug prices
Consumer Affairs, October 24, 2017
PharmacyChecker's "online pharmacy watchdog" and advocacy roles highlighted in story about drug prices leading Americans online to find affordability.
|A tale of two drug bills — one proposed bill will worsen the drug prices crisis
The Hill, June 23, 2017
PharmacyChecker.com President and founder of Prescription Justice Gabriel Levitt sounds a warning about important legislation to curtail imports of opioids that may also curtail imports of safe and affordable medication, which is unacceptable when American families are facing a crisis that is just as deadly as drug abuse—inflated drug prices. He proposes amending the bill to ensure that safe prescription import orders are not stopped.
|It's time to make it legal for Americans to order prescription drugs from abroad
STAT, June 12, 2017
"Meanwhile, the cost of 20 widely used drugs is three times cheaper in Canadian than in New York pharmacies, according to PharmacyChecker.com, a website that vets overseas pharmacies and compares prices." This article was also featured in The Boston Globe.
|American Council on Science and Health Board of Scientific Advisors, Stephen Barrett, MD
Pathways to Lower Drug Prices, May 25, 2017
"A free Web site, PharmacyChecker.com, maintains a database of trustworthy pharmacies and the prices they charge, which are usually less than half of their U.S. cost".
|PharmacyChecker.com Recommended by Leading Healthcare Expert, Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD
PharmacyCheckerBlog.com, April 12, 2017
In her new book, American Sickness , Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD, an award-winning journalist, currently chief editor of Kaiser Health News, and formerly with the New York Times, recommends visiting PharmacyChecker.com to consumers who choose to import more affordable medications for themselves or their family members via online pharmacies if prices are too high domestically.
|Trump's Promise To Rein In Drug Prices Could Open Floodgate To Importation Laws
Kaiser Health News, March 22, 2017
In an article on drug importation legislation, Kaiser Health News reports that PharmacyChecker, "helps Americans buy medications online by vetting overseas pharmacies and comparing prices for different drugs."
|Getting Drugs That Work, and at The Right Price
The People's Pharmacy Podcast, February 2, 2017
If your medicine stopped working properly when you switched to a generic version or if your medicine costs too much, you'll want to hear what Tod Cooperman, M.D., Founder of PharmacyChecker.com and ConsumerLab.com, has to say to health experts Joe and Terry Graedon of the People's Pharmacy. You can find the podcast on ITunes or the People's Pharmacy website. (Dr. Cooperman's segment begins at 6:50 into the podcast and runs until 18:10).
|PharmacyChecker's Blog Named "Top 50 Pharma Blog" Winner
Feedspot, January 19, 2017
PharmacyCheckerBlog.com was cited by Feedspot as one of the top 50 blogs covering the world of pharma. PharmacyCheckerBlog.com focuses on telling Americans the truth about savings and safety related to buying medications from online pharmacies and personal drug importation.
|Can you trust Canadian online pharmacies?
The People's Pharmacy, December 12, 2016
People's Pharmacy says "Canadian online pharmacies represent huge savings" citing PharmacyChecker.com verification and price information.
|Prices of Generic Heart Failure Drugs Vary Widely – Some Lower Internationally
HealthDay, November 14, 2016
A recent study found the cost of filling prescriptions for three common drugs for heart failure ranged from as little as $12 to as much as $400 at pharmacies in Missouri and Illinois. As quoted in the an article about the study, PharmacyChecker.com's CEO Tod Cooperman, M.D. suggested that "Patients need to shop around and look for discounts with medicine" and could cut costs in half on one of the drugs, digoxin (found to cost $1.30 in the study) by purchasing it from a reputable international online pharmacy.
|Who's to Blame for Our High Drug Prices
The Huffington Post, October 21, 2016
PharmacyChecker CEO Tod Cooperman, M.D. discusses the role of the U.S. government in protecting the pharmaceutical industry and limiting consumers' access to low cost medication.
|How Big Pharma's Shadow Regulation Censors the Internet
Electronic Frontier Foundation, October 6, 2016
Internet free speech group Electronic Frontier Foundation cites PharmacyChecker.com as an independent evaluator of international online pharmacies in article identifying actions by drug companies to curtail online access to affordable medication.
|An Outcry Over the Price of EpiPen
The New York Times, September 2, 2016
PharmacyChecker president published in New York Times Letter to the Editor in response to Mylan Epipen price hikes, advocating for Americans who need safe personal drug importation.
|The candidates agree: Legalize personal imports of prescription drugs
The Hill, August 24, 2016
PharmacyChecker founder, Tod Cooperman, and Lee Graczyk, board member of Prescription Justice Action Group and the founder of RxRights.org discuss why both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump support the right of Americans to legally import medication from overseas.
|The Graedon's Guide To Saving Money on Medicines
The People's Pharmacy, August 2016
Joe and Terry Graedon recommend PharmacyChecker.com for finding the lowest prices on brand name drugs internationally and recognize its commitment to American consumers: "We have met the founders [of PharmacyChecker.com] (Tod Cooperman, MD and Gabriel Levitt, MA). They have impressed us with their commitment to helping U.S. citizens obtain affordable and reliable medications. Even more helpful than the list of pharmacies are the PharmacyChecker.com price comparisons."
|Online Pharmacies Can Save You Money
Online Pharmacies Can Save You Money, July 28, 2016
On JustCareUSA.com, Kelly Ann Barnes, JD, RPh, PharmacyChecker.com's VP for Pharmacy Verifications, discusses international online pharmacy safety and savings with Diane Archer, founder of JustCareUSA. Ms. Archer also serves as Chair of the Board of Consumer Reports and founded the Medicare Rights Center.
|Is 'Generic Viagra' Legitimate?
New York Times Ask Well Blog, July 25, 2016
PharmacyChecker.com recommended as an information source for finding credentialed international online pharmacies that sell Pfizer's brand name Viagra.
|Americans Deserve the Truth About Lower Cost Prescriptions
Morning Consult, Health, June 27, 2016
President of PharmacyChecker.com, Gabriel Levitt, provides a fistful of truth about the international online marketplace in pharmaceuticals, prescription drug safety and affordability.
|How to Find an Online Pharmacy You Can Trust
Verywell.com - April 20, 2016
In "How to Find an Online Pharmacy You Can Trust," on Verywell.com, a website providing expert health advice, Michael Bihari, M.D., a board-certified pediatrician, suggests using PharmacyChecker.com if buying medication internationally for "some assurance that you are dealing with legitimate companies that are properly licensed in their home country."
|Should You Buy Your Meds Through Online Pharmacies? Weigh the Pros and Cons
MoneyTalksNews.com - February 10, 2016
Money Talks speaks truth about buying medication online from other countries.
|A Growing National Outcry for Lower Prescription Drug Prices
Afro - October 21, 2015
PharmacyChecker.com recognized for supporting prescription drug legislation to lower prices domestically and facilitate safe prescription drug importation.
|Hillary Clinton Wants to Legalize Prescription Pill Import From Canada
Tech Times - September 29, 2015
Tech Times, in discussing Hillary Clinton's support of legalizing the importation of prescription medications from Canada, and cites PharmacyChecker.com as a company that helps consumers evaluate online pharmacies.
|The Real Story Behind a $750 Pill -- and How You Can Get It for $6
Huffington Post - HuffPost Healthy Living - September 28, 2015
In the Huffington Post, PharmacyChecker founder, Tod Cooperman, MD, helps consumers make dollars and sense of the Daraprim drama, showing that a $750 pill is only six bucks in the UK!
|Buying Medicines Online? 7 Safety Tips You Shouldn't Ignore
Makeuseof.com - August 13, 2015
Top tech site MakeUseOf.com recommends using PharmacyChecker's list of approved online pharmacies as one of the top ways to stay safe when purchasing medication online. The story also cites PharmacyChecker Blog's analysis on the number of Americans buying medication online.
|How You Can Save Money on Your Prescriptions
Fox News - Fox & Friends - August 1, 2015
PharmacyChecker.com founder Tod Cooperman, M.D. tells consumers how to save money on meds locally and internationally.
|US Patients Turn To Online Pharmacies For Cheap Meds, But Drug Companies Say The Sites Endanger Consumers
International Business Times - May 21, 2015
Medications obtained from pharmacies certified by PharmacyChecker "were half as expensive as the drugs ordered from U.S.-based outlets certified by VIPPS or LegitScript.com."
|Is It Illegal to Get Your Prescriptions from Canada?
The People's Pharmacy - February 2, 2015
Is it legal to get your prescriptions from Canada? Here's what the People's Pharmacy says…
|Increase Medicine Price Transparency in Your Hands
Access Our Medicine - January 27, 2015
PharmacyChecker is praised for having "the most user-friendly search engine for comparing prices at online pharmacies." in Access Our Medicine's guide to the best tools to help consumers lower medical costs.
|Lawmakers Look for Ways to Provide Relief for Rising Cost of Generic Drugs New York Times - November 25, 2014
New York Times article about soaring generic drug prices cites PharmacyChecker.com's drug price analysis, noting that PharmacyChecker guides patients in the mail order purchase of medications.
|Icann or I Can't? Internet Agency Clashes with FDA Over Online Sites The Wall Street Journal - October 28, 2014
Internet Governance Regulations Should Not Disadvantage Consumers Seeking Affordable Medications Online.
|Inconvenient truths about foreign online pharmacies The Hill - October 8, 2014
PharmacyChecker VP Communicates With Congress via 'The Hill Congress Blog' to Remind Elected Officials that Online Access to Safe and Affordable Imported Medication Is Good for America.
|British pharmacy chain launches online drugstore for Maine consumers Bangor Daily News - October 7, 2014
New UK Online Pharmacy Applies to the PharmacyChecker Verification Program.
|Patients cross borders for online deals on medications CNBC - May 23, 2014
PharmacyChecker.com noted for giving consumers peace of mind while looking for international online pharmacies.
|Maine's drug importation law does not endorse online pharmacies. Should it? Bangor Daily News - May 9, 2014
Maine passed a good law last year, lifting the state's ban on personal prescription drug imports from pharmacies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Our VP, Gabriel Levitt, wrote an op-ed for the Bangor Daily News about the new law and online pharmacies.
|Scare Tactics Over Foreign Drugs New York Times - March 24, 2014
In a New York Times Op-Ed, PharmacyChecker.com Vice President Gabriel Levitt advocates for Americans who buy affordable medication internationally whose access is threatened by FDA's and big pharma's misleading conflation of genuine imported prescription drugs with counterfeits.
|Ins, outs of getting meds from overseas Philly.com - January 16, 2014
If you want to buy your medications overseas safely, Philly.com recommends PharmacyChecker.com as a consumer source for comparing prescription drug prices among certified international pharmacies.
|Why is Google Supporting Big Pharma? Infojustice.org - January 7, 2014
PharmacyChecker.com Vice President Gabriel Levitt published an article in the American University's Washington College of Law's blog called InfoJustice.org to explain how an unlikely industry coalition that includes search engines, payment processors, credit card companies, domain registrars, and mail carriers is undermining online access to safe and affordable medicine in support of big pharma's agenda.
|Be Wary of Stratospheric Increases in Generic Drug Prices The People's Pharmacy - January 6, 2014
The People's Pharmacy, a champion of the American consumer, recommends PharmacyChecker.com to find the lowest prescription drug prices from international online pharmacies.
|Pharma Goes to Court to Defend High Prices, Deceptive Marketing Check Up - Philly.com - December 2, 2013
Pharmaceutical industry expert cites PharmacyChecker.com's pricing data and analysis in an article about pharma's abuse of the legal system to keep drug prices high and defend its deceptive marketing practices.
|Ask Well: Buying Cheaper Drugs Online Well Blog - NYTimes.com - October 31, 2013
The New York Times reports that PharmacyChecker.com's Verification Program protects consumer information and ensures that its online pharmacy members meet quality standards.
|As Drug Costs Rise, Bending the Law Is One Remedy WNYC - The Leonard Lopate Show - October 31, 2013
PharmacyChecker.com was recommended on the Leonard Lopate Show to help Americans avoid scam websites when shopping for medication internationally.
|The High Cost of Prescription Drugs The New York Times - October 23, 2013
American doctor recommends PharmacyChecker.com for finding safe and affordable pharmacies online.
|Could Buying Prescriptions by Mail Order Save You Big Bucks? The People's Pharmacy - October 21, 2013
PharmacyChecker.com recommended as a source for information on prescription drug price comparisons among certified U.S. and international pharmacies.
|The Role of Voluntary Agreements in the U.S. Intellectual Property System United States Congress - September 18, 2013
Gabriel Levitt, vice president of PharmacyChecker.com, testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee's Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet subcommittee, urging congress to protect, and do more to encourage, Americans' access to safe and affordable medication online, while continuing efforts to dismantle dangerous rogue pharmacies. Read our summary of the hearing or view the video coverage.
|Up To 77 Percent Of Viagra Bought Online May Be Fake, And Possibly Dangerous, Research Shows Forbes - September 12, 2013
PharmacyChecker.com's verification program's online pharmacy members are highlighted for medication safety with a 100% pass rate noted by an independent study.
|The Op-Ed: High Drug Prices Are Making Us Sick; Where Are Our Leaders? Pharmalot - September 10, 2013
Read the op-ed written by our vice president, Gabriel Levitt, explaining why high drug prices are literally making Americans sick.
|Buying Prescription Drugs Online Without Getting Burned Bloomberg Businessweek - August 2, 2013
Bloomberg Businessweek speaks with online pharmacy experts, including PharmacyChecker.com's Gabriel Levitt, about the recently passed legislation in Maine that allows residents to legally and safely import medication from other countries.
|Maine Once Again Allows Mail-Order Canadian Drugs To Cut Costs National Public Radio - June 27, 2013
Gabriel Levitt of PharmacyChecker.com speaks with NPR about the recently passed bill in Maine that allows residents to import medication, and what it means for many who cannot afford to pay U.S. pharmacy prices.
|Counterfeit Drug Dangers: Extent of Problem Debated at Maine Forum The Maine Public Broadcasting Network - June 19, 2013
The Maine Legislature recently voted to allow its residents to order prescription drugs form international pharmacies. PharmacyChecker.com Vice President Gabriel Levitt gives his opinion on the measure.
|Buying Prescriptions Online & PharmacyChecker.com The Honest Apothecary - June 13, 2013
The Honest Apothecary interviews PharmacyChecker.com Vice President Gabriel Levitt, finding the truth about the safety and savings offered by legitimate online pharmacies.
|Inside the Dangers of Online Pharmacies CBS News - February 8, 2013
PharmacyChecker.com's price comparisons and verification program pointed out as a reliable resource for consumers looking to save on medications.
|Should You Use an Overseas Pharmacy? Money Talks News - February 1, 2013
Stacy Johnson discusses drug prices in the U.S., the savings available from pharmacies outside the U.S., the FDA's position on personal drug importation, and the role of PharmacyChecker.com. The report includes an interview with PharmacyChecker.com's President, Tod Cooperman, M.D.
|Pill Pitfalls: Tips to Make Sure Your Medication is Safe CBS News - May 22, 2012
CBS News drug safety article tells consumers who personally import medication to only use credentialed websites, such as those approved in the PharmacyChecker Verification Program.
|The Wrong Way to Stop Fake Drugs New York Times - April 22, 2012
Lead op-ed in the New York Times calls for helping more Americans safely buy affordable medication online and mentions safety of PharmacyChecker.com verified foreign pharmacies. "Foreign versions of drugs can cost roughly half what they do in the United States. For the millions of Americans who are uninsured or underinsured, buying from international, credentialed online pharmacies could provide access to the medicines they need at a price they can afford."
|When Buying Drugs Online, First Consider the Source The Wall Street Journal - April 2, 2012
Medicines sold by PharmacyChecker.com verified pharmacies are authentic. "'That would lead me to believe these credentialed sites most of the time, if not all of the time, are selling good quality drugs,' says Roger Bate, one of the authors of the study."
|How to Cut Your Drug Costs U.S. News and World Report - July 28, 2011
Listed among other effective ways to save money on prescription drugs, the article notes that PharmacyChecker "...compares prices of mail-order pharmacies, and can help you find the lowest posted prices."
|Drug Discount: 5 Ways to Save at the Pharmacy U.S. News and World Report - Sept. 2010
"The Pharmacy Checker website provides a useful tool for comparing drug prices among reputable online pharmacies."
|10 Things the FDA Will Not Tell You Smart Money - January 31st 2011
"...it's an open secret that individuals aren't prosecuted for bringing back legal meds from other countries - so long as they're for personal use... 'Almost all prescription orders personally imported reach the consumer,' says Gabriel Levitt, the vice president of PharmacyChecker.com..."
|Counterfeit Drugs and Internet Smarts The Wall Street Journal - Nov. 2009
"Drugs bought over the Internet showed that as long as the sites were approved by a government agency, like U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or a private credentialing agency like Pharmacychecker.com, one runs almost no risk."
|Scam Alert - Double Drug Sting
AARP - Jan. 2009
AARP Bulletin recommends PharmacyChecker.com to avoid rogue pharmacy scams.
|Cut Costs, Not Care Los Angeles Times - Dec. 2008
"Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs advises checking online prices, for U.S. and foreign pharmacies, at PharmacyChecker.com."
|Canadian Online Pharmacies A Better Deal for Meds - September 20th, 2005
"Eisenberg and his colleagues used an online company, pharmacychecker.com, which evaluates Canadian Internet pharmacies, to find sites that met key safety standards-including proper licensing of the supplying pharmacy and requirements that consumers submit a doctor's prescription."
|Run for the Border MarketWatch - July 2004
"If no generic equivalent exists, consider at least peaking over the border. Pharmacy Checker, at www.pharmacychecker.com, provides free price comparisons between U.S. and Canadian online pharmacies for most medicines "


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Chinese-based company Giada has begun selling their newest ION 2-based nettop PC 'N20′ in the US.The Giada N20 is a nettop PC which based on NVIDIA ION2 platform. The Giada N20 nettop is powered by a 1.8GHz Intel Atom D525 dual-core processor, a 2GB RAM, a 320GB hard drive, and a NVIDIA ION 2 graphics card.
The Giada N20 nettop is equipped with a Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Gigabit Ethernet, a multi-card reader, two USB 2.0 ports, an HDMI port and pre-loaded with Windows 7 Home Premium OS.
On the top of the unit, a small door conceals a memory card reader, an eSATA port, and the requisite speaker and microphone jacks.
The Giada N20 comes with a metal base, an external 19 V/3.42 A DC power supply, an HDMI cable, a driver CD, a manual, a warranty card, and a remote with two AAA batteries.
The remote is a fairly standard media center-oriented piece of hardware, with requisite directional keys and playback controls. The large music button launches Windows Media Center. Of all three of the nettops we test, the Giada's remote boasts the farthest range (at 8.5') and the widest cone of responsiveness, with over 180 degrees of coverage.
The new Giada N20 nettop is currently available in US for the price of $449.


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OTTAWA — Dennis Seidenberg: out for the season.
Zdeno Chara: unavailable for the night because of an undisclosed injury.
Dougie Hamilton: sidelined for maybe another week.
Tuukka Rask: yanked after allowing three goals on 12 shots.
Zach Trotman: in for his NHL debut, just 30 minutes after arriving at the arena.
Despite all that, the Bruins were inches away from claiming at least 1 point on Saturday.
The Bruins had a 6-on-4 situation for the final 1:51 of regulation after Ottawa's Zack Smith was called for a faceoff violation. Within that stretch, the Bruins ripped off 10 attempts, including four off the stick of Jarome Iginla, in hopes of tying the game. But only three landed on goal, and the Senators' Craig Anderson smothered all three to lock up a 4-3 win.
"We had some good looks there with two minutes left," Iginla said. "We moved it pretty well. Anderson made some good saves. We hit the side of the net. It just didn't go."
At 9:42 of the third, the Bruins thought they had taken the lead. Iginla, following up on Milan Lucic's drive to the net, booted the puck across the line. It would have given the Bruins a 4-3 lead.
Lucic raised his hands in celebration. Iginla did not. Iginla had shifted his left skate to steer the puck past Anderson. Video review confirmed the no-goal call on the ice.
"I didn't expect it to be a goal," Iginla said. "You don't know when you're on the ice how the [kicking] motion is."
The Bruins couldn't score the go-ahead goal. About six minutes later, the Senators did.
Torey Krug was trying to hold the offensive blue line, but he couldn't handle the puck. Krug's opponent was Bobby Ryan, Ottawa's most dangerous finisher. Ryan made Krug pay for the bobble.
Ryan pulled away and tricked Chad Johnson into thinking he was looking five-hole. Instead, Ryan went to his backhand and snapped the puck past Johnson at 15:25 for the winning goal.
"Just one of those plays where you get a bad break and it ends up in the back of the net," said Krug, who was on the ice for three of Ottawa's four goals. "It's not fun to be on the bad side of that."
Krug is a rookie. But in the context of the newbie defense, Krug was a veteran against Ottawa. On Saturday, Krug became the only defenseman to dress for all 39 games.
Krug's blue-line company included two former Providence teammates whose travel plans could have been the foundation of a bad road-trip movie.
On Friday night, Providence had settled into Glens Falls, N.Y., in preparation for Saturday night's game against Adirondack. That night, David Warsofsky got the news that because of Seidenberg's injury, his presence would be required in Ottawa. But Warsofsky, as well as Nick Johnson (recalled because of Carl Soderberg's unavailability because of concussion-like symptoms), didn't have his passport.
With the help of assistant general manager Don Sweeney, who was scouting in Albany, N.Y., that night, Warsofsky and Johnson returned to Providence at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Saturday. Later that morning, with their passports in hand, Warsofsky and Johnson flew to Ottawa from Boston. They arrived early enough in the afternoon for Warsofsky to take a nap.
The quick rest paid off.
In the third period, Warsofsky tied the game at 3 with his first career NHL goal. The Marshfield native rotated down to the right circle, considered his options, and ripped a slap shot past Anderson at 6:36.
"I felt a lot more comfortable tonight than I did in my first call-up," said Warsofsky (two shots, three blocked shots in a career-high 18:23 of ice time). "I think that was a good thing. I just want to keep improving on that."
There was no time to nap for Trotman. On Saturday, Trotman was pulled out of Providence's morning skate. The Bruins needed him because of Chara's condition. Trotman, who had his passport, took a cab from Glens Falls to the Canadian border.
"Luckily, I didn't have to pick that one up, so I don't know," said Trotman with a smile when asked of the tab.
Once through customs, a car service hustled Trotman to the rink. Trotman arrived at 6:30 p.m. and stepped onto the ice just in time to take line rushes in warm-ups.
Trotman, wearing No. 42, logged 16:41 of ice time, including 3:06 on the No. 2 power-play unit. Trotman landed three shots and missed with two others.
"I don't think I actually realized what was going on until about midway through the second period," Trotman said. "By then, I was in the swing of things. I was just playing at that point — keeping it simple and getting my legs under me. It worked out all right."
It was one of the Bruins' loopier days. Johnson (17 saves) wasn't even supposed to be in uniform. But Johnson dressed because the Bruins had to assign Niklas Svedberg to make room for their AHL reinforcements.
"It would have been nice to come out of here with at least a point," said coach Claude Julien. "I thought we deserved that much with how hard we competed to get ourselves back in the game. Unfortunately that wasn't the case.
"We had a lot of stuff happening today. Lot of scrambling to get players here on time. With all of that happening, I think our guys responded well."Fluto Shinzawa can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeFluto.


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Action Comics #2 (Preview)
in Comic Previews Comment
- Story by
- Grant Morrison
- Art by
- Brent Anderson, Rags Morales, and Rick Bryant
- Colors by
- Brad Anderson
- Letters by
- Patrick Brosseau
- Cover by
- Brad Anderson, Ethan Van Sciver, and Rags Morales
- Publisher
- DC Comics
In his weakest moment, Superman is taken down – but by whom? And if the world wasn't ready for a man with super powers, they're utterly unprepared for the rage of a Superman cornered! The cornerstone character of the new DCU continues his debut adventure!
Source: USA Today


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As of 2016, there are no open Mikasa stores or dealers left, but Mikasa items are available through the website, Mikasa.com. Buyers can search the website by pattern name or browse all available patterns online.Continue Reading
Mikasa sells products such as dinnerware, serveware, drinkware, flatware and home accents. There are also dining sets and collections available. Some of the top patterns available from Mikasa include Italian Countryside, Antique White, Garden Harvest, English Countryside and Arabella, but there are hundreds of other patterns to choose from.
The dinnerware options from Mikasa include both fine china and casual dinnerware, and customers can choose from dinnerware sets that range from service for four to service for 16. Mikasa also sells serveware, such as butter dishes and gravy servers, as well as serving bowls, cake plates, casserole dishes, trivets and warming dishes.
Mikasa has a full range of drinkware options including barware, stemware and coffee, tea and espresso drinkware. The company sells drinkware sets of two, four, eight and 12. Flatware comes in service for four, eight or 12. Available serving utensils include cake servers, steak knives and salad servers. Home accent items include items such as candle holders, crystal, vases, home accessories and picture frames.Learn more about Tools


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The Short of It
An Australian researcher was determined to find out what types of families are the happiest, and after five years and hundreds of interviews, he says he has found that parents who have gone through a lot of effort to grow their families are the most content.
The Lowdown
Bronwyn Harman, a psychology and social science lecturer at the Edith Cowan University in western Australia, spent five years interviewing 950 parents about their levels of happiness. He found the following parents were the happiest: ones who had large families, with four or more kids; those who chose IVF, surrogacy or adoption to start a family; and LGBT couples.
"What surprised me the most, I think, was that parents who identify as LGBT, as well as mothers of large families, were the most satisfied with life," Harman told Yahoo Parenting.
Going into the project, Harman thought he'd find that families with several children were less happy because of the noise and constant needs, and he thought LGBT families would be less content because they have to deal with discrimination outside their homes.
Family therapist Lois Braverman, president and CEO of the Ackerman Institute for the Family in New York City, says larger families are probably happier because they always have someone to talk to and count on. They face less isolation. But, despite family size, she says the number one thing that determines happiness is family processes like positive parenting, setting boundaries, showing love and offering consistency.
So, which type of parents did Harman find to be the least happy? Single dads.
"There is this perception that mothers are the real parents and fathers just sort of help," Harman told the Sydney Morning Herald. "There is still no understanding in 2015 that fathers are co-parents that have just as much responsibility for kids."
The Upshot
Harman's findings contrast a recent popular study that says when the first child comes along, 73 percent of couples expressed a decrease in happiness. And if their level of satisfaction in parenthood was low, they were less likely to have more kids.
But my neighbors fit the findings of this study perfectly. The two dads are a married couple with five adopted children, and I've never seen such a happy family. Whether they're playing in the backyard together or smiling for vacation pictures, you can tell that household is truly content. They worked hard for their marriage and to become parents, and it shows each time I see them.
What types of families do you think seem happiest?
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NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Postal Service starts delivering the 2009 holiday season by issuing the Winter Holidays stamps Thursday and the Hanukkah and Kwanzaa stamps Friday at the American Stamp Dealers Association Mega Stamp Show in New York City.
"We hope Americans will use these stamps to spread the joy of the Holidays on cards and letters across the nation this holiday season," said David Failor, U.S. Postal Service executive director of Stamp Services.
Winter Holidays
The Winter Holidays stamps feature a reindeer, snowman, gingerbread man and toy soldier. A merry reindeer dangles a red bulb ornament from his antler. Flurries of large flakes dust a snowman sporting a top hat, coal buttons and a carrot nose. The gingerbread man is decorated for the season with green, red, and white icing. The toy soldier smiles while standing at attention. Borders of evergreens, stars, wreaths, and holly add another holiday touch to the stamps.
These popular figures are seen throughout the holidays, decorating homes, schools, and stores from Thanksgiving to New Year's. They also appear in gift-wrap designs and are the subjects of several favorite songs and stories. As stamp art, they will add a festive touch to letters and cards sent to friends and family.
This is the first Postal Service stamp project for artist Joseph Cudd. His company, Brushworks Studio, in Greensboro, N,C,, is primarily a gift wrap and print design firm. To create these stamps under the direction of Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Ariz., Cudd first sketched the designs by hand and then finished them on the computer using a graphics tablet. More than 1.5 billion 44-cent First-Class stamps are available in booklets of 20 and ATM booklets of 18.
The new 2009 Hanukkah design features a photograph of a menorah with nine lit candles. The menorah was designed by Lisa Regan of the Garden Deva Sculpture Company in Tulsa, Okla., and photographed by Ira Wexler of Braddock Heights, Md. Carl T. Herrman of North Las Vegas, Nev., was the art director. All 35 million 44-cent First-Class stamps, available in sheets of 20, went on sale this morning.
The 2009 Hanukkah stamp is the third U.S. issuance to commemorate the holiday. The Postal Service issued its first Hanukkah stamp, which featured a stylized illustration of a menorah, in 1996. A design featuring an ornate dreidel followed in 2004.
The U.S. Postal Service celebrates Kwanzaa, a non-religious holiday that takes place over seven days from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. Kwanzaa draws on African traditions and takes its name from the phrase for "first fruits" in Swahili, a widely spoken African language. Stamp artist Lloyd McNeill of New York City, under the direction of Carl T. Herrman, created this new, festive, highly symbolic design to celebrate the holiday.
The bold colors in the stamp art are complemented in the top right corner by the colors of the Kwanzaa flag — green for growth, red for blood, and black for the African people — which are the same colors as the Pan-African flag. The field of green around the borders symbolizes growth and a bountiful harvest. In the hoop that the girl holds in her hands, as well as in the family grouping of mother, father, and child, McNeill symbolized unity.
This is the third stamp design issued by the U.S. Postal Service in celebration of Kwanzaa. The first Kwanzaa commemorative stamp was issued in 1997. Thirty million 44-cent First-Class stamps, available in sheets of 20, went on sale this morning.
The 2009 Christmas: Madonna and Sleeping Child by Sassoferrato stamp will be dedicated Oct. 20 at the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, Calif.
First-Day-of-Issue Postmark
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office, at The Postal Store Web site at www.usps.com/shop, or by calling 800-STAMP-24. They should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes to themselves or others, and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:
(Winter Holidays) (Hanukkah) (Kwanzaa) Stamp(s)
421 Eighth Ave., Rm. 2029B
New York, NY 10199-9998
After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark. All orders must be postmarked by Dec. 9, 2009, for the Winter Holidays stamps and Dec. 10, 2009, for the Hanukkah and Kwanzaa stamps.
Stamp images courtesy of the United States Postal Service
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Look Back with Anger
Despite that gloomy paragraph lingering above, I am grateful to have some good friends. The last two nights I have spent the evenings with some good and kind people and I had a great time each night. Thanks to the Reeses, the Kaehrs, the Coles, and Joe Skeen for the good company and for cheering up a bitter, fat cartoonist.


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There are a lot of women who are not big fans of winter and they search for different ways to deal with their winter depression. Well, my secret is makeup – when I feel down I put the best kind of makeup on and this immediately improves my mood. If you also like wearing makeup and you are eager to learn all the new trends, then you could try out these interesting winter trends which will improve your winter mood and will make you feel better and more beautiful. Check them out!
#1 Bold eyeliner
Winter is the perfect season to experiment with your eyeliner especially if you are not much into other type of makeup, like eyeshadow. This winter you could experiment as much as you want with your eyeliner because one of the top makeup trends this season will be all about bold and unusual eyeliners. You could take your eyeliner to an extreme and make it long and thick. Or you could also try a bottom eyeliner that is long and thick that goes a little under your bottom lash line.
#2 Add glitter
Another of the leading trends this winter is not an uncommon one. During the Christmas holidays, and especially on New Year's Eve, makeup is glamorous and shiny. A lot of women add some more sparkles and glitter on their eyes. And if you also like glitter, you could take advantage of this trend and apply some more glittery eyeshadow. But your eyelashes are not the only part of your eyes you could apply glitter on. This season there is another trend coming up and this is glitter on your brows. More and more women have started lining the bottom line of their eyebrows with glitter. It is a fun trend perfect for a party.
#3 Matte lipstick
If you are a fan of the matte lipstick, then hurry up and take advantage of it while it is still one of the current trends because with the coming of the new year, matte lipsticks will give their place to glossy lipsticks. But still winter season is an ideal one for matte lipstick and you can continue wearing it, at least until the Christmas holidays.
#4 Dark lipstick
Another trend which is very typical for the cold month of the year is dark colors. People usually wear these dark colors on their clothes but this season take the dark colors to the next level and wear them on their lips. After all what is the best time of the year to wear dark blue or black lipstick than fall and winter?! So, if you like these dark colors, including any other dark hue you like, wear them as a lipstick this winter season.
#5 Twiggy lashes
One of the top fashion icon of all times Twiggy is famous for hes iconic lashes. Her unique look is one of the things that makes her so popular. If you do not know her, you'd better check some pics of her in the Internet and check her iconic lashes because this winter season they will be also one of the hot trends. You can add falsies, or if you prefer natural lashes apply voluminous mascara. You should also not forget to apply some powder on your lashes before you apply the mascara because this is going to give some more volume to your lashes.
#6 Silver
The next makeup trend that is hot right now and will continue to be during the winter holidays is silver. This includes not only silver nail polish, but also silver makeup, with a special accent on one's eyes. You could apply silver metallic eyeshadow, or even glittering shadows. Silver is a color that matches the white color of the winter. And it is also going to be a nice match to your holiday outfits. That is why you should not be afraid to wear it this season.
#7 Colorful eyes
If you are used to wearing only earth-color eyeshadow, or even no shadows but only eyeliner and mascara, then you will probably find it strange to wear colorful eyeshadow, especially during the winter. This is because vivid colors, like rink, green, blue, yellow, are most usually linked to the warmer months of the year, and they are hardly typical for a winter-kind of makeup.
But who says that makeup trends should always be typical? If you are not afraid to experiment, then you could add some vivid colors to your eye makeup. And this could even get you in a better mood and help you wait for the summer with some extra patience.


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It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.
|Pacific Rim: Uprising
|Release Date
|Action Fantasy Science Fiction Adventure
|Production Companies
|Legendary Entertainment, Double Dare You Productions, UpperRoom Productions, Universal Pictures
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True Genius is Getting Away With It. Before I get into my self-indulgent emo crap about the Penn State game, go read consecutive Diarist of the Week Ron Utah's conclusion to the two-parter (Part I here) on Hoke vs. Saban recruiting and whether Michigan's at least following Bama's recruiting pattern toward future success. Money chart shows contributions from Saban recruits of various rivals ratings, with 1 (blue) the washouts, 2 (orange) the spot starters/useable depth, and 3 (maize) the starters & stars:
Yes, chartnazis he should have labeled that better. As I've mentioned before a lot of those sub-four stars (5.7 and lower) were down-rated against their apparent talent by Rivals and other sites because the kids were high-risk to meet NCAA academic requirements. Saban's strategy for tapping all of that talent was to oversign like a mother and let that the risk work to his benefit. Hoke's smaller classes have very few academic risks.
Diaries Etc.: LSAClassof2000 found the Big Ten has rushed for enough yards since 2000 to make two trips to the moon. I'll let GOLBOGM update his charts before diving too far into his comparison of the best NCAA hoops coaches. Here's his latest remaining schedule update. The Blockhams have a power outage and this is a metaphor for something. Marching On (the wallpaper by jonvalk). Marching on…
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So this week we learned a few hard truths. Like this basketball team isn't a 1 seed. And according to this thread there's a lot of people who come to MGoBlog for something other than cleverness and cats.
The "I only come for Brian" crowd got an inadvertent taste of that yesterday. Thursday content on the front page after a game with Penn State is supposed to be Ace's gifs, Brian's game column, the video highlights thing that keeps promising me they're upgrading their servers, UV, and This Week in Twitterverse. Instead you got Brian talking to cats and then nothing, because—raise of hands—after THAT who really wants gifs and highlights and links and tweets of Michigan defenders standing around while PSU's floppy walk-on drives for easy layups? If you weren't around for the game thread, or the postgame thread, I'll save you the trouble: it's 1200 comments alternating between calling our defense pathetic and the refs awful.
So cats. This isn't solely an internet phenomenon. The ancient Egyptians worshipped cats for their irreverence in the face of massive upsets to Hittites. The ancient Michigan fans used pictures of adorable kittens to make it through the aftermath of The Horror.
Since the late '90s the nittany variety has been that cathartic release for Michigan. Whenever it looked like our program was about to atrophy, a kitten in a scarf would appear, dressed all up nice like a real national program of consequence and culture, and lose in a fashion that let us regain at least some plausible measure of being Michigan fergodsakes. It was their apparent strength that catapulted the 1997 team to a #1 ranking we'd never relinquish. My freshman year a theretofore underwhelming squad blanked a top ten Penn State team in what's still one of the most memorable games I've ever been to. Minnesota tripped up their title-bound team in '99 but Michigan traveled to Happy Valley the following week, went nose to nose with Arrington and Brown, and sealed Tom Brady as the comeback kid. There's 2002. 2005 when is seemed all we could do was lose 4th quarters. 2007.
Basketball playing our home and home with them during the interlude of some brutal Big Ten stretches seemed scheduled for exactly that purpose. Instead we ended up returning the favor.
I discovered MGoBlog during that whole '07 Comcast/Big Ten Network spat. The Midwest's least favorite company was having a hissy fit over putting another Fox channel on a basic tier, because the way cable works is you have to buy 150 channels you don't want before getting to the ones you do, and nothing drives the masses to move up like sticking the Michigan game just out of reach.
As a result I had to go to a local bar to watch the Northwestern game. Amidst a classic DeBordian display of zone left that made that game way too close I ran into my old fraternity brother Dave Malak, who informed me there's a website that responded to Appalachian State by turning pink and posting lots of cats. Phones didn't yet have the internet they have today so it wasn't until that evening that I got home, searched for "michigan blog cats the horror" and got the September archives starting with the newest on top. The first MGo article I ever read began thus…
9/22/2007 - Michigan 14, Penn State 9 - 2-2, 1-0 Big Ten
Adrift on a sea of bodies, legs gone, head yanked back, enemies all around and pawing, Mike Hart stretches for the inch he needs and gets it. When Hart is gone and I am old and my mind flips through the rolodex of players past, this will be the image that lingers. It's his career writ microscopic. He takes his natural ability, and stretches it to its breaking point, and Michigan has a season again.
Somehow Mike Hart still feels like a secret. In some extremely obvious ways he is not: one of Michigan's vaunted triplets going into this season, he is widely acclaimed as the best back in the Big Ten and one of the best in the country. Anyone claiming the "no respect" card for Hart is going to have to make a strong case indeed. Everyone knows he is good. Maybe even great. But they don't know.
You can maybe forgive me and the other front-pagers if we try to sound like that sometimes. Writing is an impressionable craft; consciously or unconsciously we all imitate what we admire. I read Cook long before Foster-Wallace whom I've since devoured; prior to that my major sportswriting influences were Mitch Albom and Craig Ross. I adopted Brian's cheekiness because levity is the key to his genius for brevity and that's something I've always lacked; in turn he has little use for my themography or acoustic sensibilities. The advent of blogging sparked a new age of Impressionism in sports journalism, and I ask your patience as those of us who came after the vanguard fill in the white space of d'Orsay with our mimicry; we're all here for the Monets.
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Board etc.: Denard catches footballs. MJ14 culled Twitter for some recruiting updates. Michael Scarn put together a handicapped 2014 recruiting board. M1817 explains Tom Brady's restructured contract so you can explain to people who question how/whether Tom could take less money.
Krzychawe Kryzewefski Coach K comments spark an interesting discussion on when it's appropriate to rush the court, situationally and in a "give the other team a second to get off the court" kind of way. The M's in the center of Crisler and Yost are "UNACCEPTABLE" according to M. Discover posters' super-secret double identities. Blackhawks fan tries to solicit mourning from Red Wings fans over the potential loss of that rivalry if Detroit moves East, receives a chorus full of "Yeah we'll miss you when we play Florida, maybe."
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As of this week for the first time in my adult life I have a front yard. I'm stoked for gardening and tossing various balls back and forth and stuff, but so far this is all I've done with it.


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sep 30th a special day for west ham this season..whys that you ask? well it is one of only 3 yes 3 games we will play at home that will be the traditional 3pm kick off before the turn of the year thats just crazy to me...its the price you pay for selling your "product" to the tv companies...younger fans its not a big deal but to me it just takes a bit from the whole saturday tradition for me...and how long before the overseas fixture becomes reality? 5 years 10? its coming mark my words it will happen because the premier leagues the most watched league in the world and money talks.
Sat, 12/08/2017 - 11:40
You know its going to happen,a european super league...at least we may have a chance of the prem without the top 6!!
Dicks is the man
Sat, 12/08/2017 - 15:29
the champs league is absolute rubbish imo. i don't even watch the knock outs unless its arsenal v bayern and i want to see 10 goals go past wenger. i used to like the 3 cup formation, the uefa, cup winners and champions cup. for me it put the right teams in the right tournaments. winning the fa cup used to be an entry into the cup winners cup, a tournament that had value for smaller clubs. now we have this absolute rubbishness of a europa league full of weak european teams and a a few giant clubs that need something when they tumble out of the champs league early on. getting rid of uefa and cup winners simply put more places to the 'big clubs' in europe and took away chances of smaller ones. the modern game has also ruined the legendary managers like clough. we won't see the likes of him again, rare that they were back then they are now extinct because how can you take a club like say Ipswich from the champs up to win the prem league and euro cups? not a chance due to the dominance of money over tactics and team building.
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Sat, 12/08/2017 - 17:39
Talk about sit on the fence! I agree with what you say about things Mac, but think the arrogance of FIFA, eufa and the fa, will eventually prove dicksy right. In my view those 3 bodies are fiddling whist Rome burns! As for European football only time I watch it is every time we play in it! Yes you've guessed it not very often at all!
Sat, 12/08/2017 - 12:58
But with the domination of the prem by the top 6 for the last few years (apart from leicester of course) i can see some sort of breakaway...maybe the prem will be split into 2?for me that would really put the nail in the coffin...
For me & by the looks of it a few others,im actually not that bothered that a new season is kicking off today,ive never been like this in 50 years of following football...its the money & greed in football that has changed it for me.
Although i have bought tickets for the opener at home v huddersfield,& am looking forward to a few games this season,its possibly make or break for me in terms of bothering anymore...ill aways be westham,but just havnt got the enthusiasm i used to...
Sat, 12/08/2017 - 14:40
you are not alone, a good friend of mine who spent a year 'off' football due to an intense relationship split up with his girlfriend and returned to football. However what has happened in the last year with the greed and money has put him off enjoying it anymore, so he is switching allegiance to 'egg chasing'.
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Sat, 12/08/2017 - 17:35
Nev it looks like you are talking about the man I must be sitting next to every Saturday afternoon. Been watching the rugby more and more often over the last few years.
Sat, 12/08/2017 - 14:39
Couldn't agree more 65, The great big fat greedy football money machine just keeps on rolling on and on. I can't be arsed anymore, we're all mugs, fuck it.


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The people who are angry about all this are people who considered a multiplatform Bayonetta 2 to be a real possibility. To the those people, I would say this: you should be thanking Nintendo, because I assure you, Bayonetta 2 would not exist on any platform without them:
"That being said, the console games market is in a state of upheaval, so establishing a new game franchise requires a considerable amount of will, determination, and love. Bayonetta is a brand that we want to see become stronger, reaching the hands of more and more gamers, so we have continued to consult with SEGA, the previous game's publisher, on how we can make sure this takes place. Our answer was a new partnership with Nintendo."
|It's not all roses for Bayonetta 2.
Consider this: Platinum Games have not had a hit since the original Bayonetta, which only sold 1.35 million units worldwide. Now, if I sold 1.35 million of anything, I would regard that as a success, but for SEGA as a publisher, I would imagine that the game sold well below expectations given the marketing push it had. Now consider the fact that SEGA has financially hit a tight spot, and have had to drastically scale back their publishing operations in order to guarantee future profits. That means sticking to your Sonics, your Yakuzas, your Monkey Balls, and your Total Wars - not your Bayonettas. I would add that it is highly likely that Bayonetta 2 was part-way through development before SEGA's scale-back as well.
So you're Platinum Games, and you're faced with a decision: either throw Bayonetta 2 in the bin and it will never get made, or shop it around to another publisher, one that will not only need to fund its remaining development, but will also want it bad enough to buy it back from SEGA.
The only publisher who fits that bill is Nintendo. Nintendo needs a strong launch lineup for the Wii U, and it needs to prove to 'core' gamers that it is serious about securing exclusive AAA third party content going forward. In a huge show of faith, Nintendo is also putting its name to Platinum's new IP, publishing Wonderful 101 at launch.
It's clear that Nintendo is supporting Platinum in a big way, and Platinum is returning the favour. Platinum was clearly looking for a way that Bayonetta 2 could exist, and Nintendo has provided them with that way.


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Been knocking about, writing stories and drawing LOTR characters betwixt Chemistry class notes, and thinking about death.
My friends tell me (and a lot of grown-ups) that I have an amazing amount of danger tolerance. I guess if you read this blog you've probably come to the same conclusion. Beasts? Bullies? Bad-guys? Bring it.
I came to the point where I decided that I wasn't afraid of anything. I've stood on the highest point Mount Si, with voices behind me calling Raymond, get away from the edge, tossing rocks over the gorge, waiting four, five, ten seconds before hearing the crack, not even feeling a chill down my spine. They're more afraid than I am, and they're not even near the edge. Afraid? Not me.
But I've found out that I do have a fear. Two, actually. Take notes, this could be the last you hear of them. This stuff ain't easy to talk about. The first of course, is cleaning earwax out of my ear with that evil Chinese spoon. My brother broke my eardrum once by sticking a chopstick in my ear (playing doctor) and it kind of scarred me for life. My mom digs deep and hard. I feel like I'm getting a lobotomy or something. I keep on expecting her to pull out her deadly surgical ear-cleaning stick with a bunch of brain-goop and little sparks of electricity zapping out from it. Anyway, it still makes me get dizzy. I know it's not my place to question God, but if he made us in his image, what's with the nose-hairs and earwax? He probably just made it to humiliate us. And have a good laugh. At any rate, I'm not laughing.
The second fear came as a surprise. I discovered it during those times I'm left home alone, and my family told me they'd be back at 8:30, and it's 9:00 and they're still not back. I'm fogging up the window, and I can't think any other thought but "what if they don't come back?" I'm bracing myself for that wretched call from the police "we regret to inform you, Joseph, that there was an accident on I-90..." or "there was a shooting down at South Center and..." and those words would shatter my whole life, shape my whole future, my whole character, and make or break it forever.
Maybe my friends really do have a reason to be more terrified than me when they see me playing on cliff-edges. Because it's not my death I'm afraid of. It's yours.
It comes up in my prayers, randomly, needlessly, "GOD, I CAN'T LOSE MY DAD. NOT NOW. PLEASE. DON'T TAKE HIM. DON'T LET HANNAH GET HURT. EVER. OR JOHN-LUKE. DON'T LET MOM GET IN ACCIDENT. GOD GOD GOD, I'M SCARED TO DEATH. DON'T LET THEM DIE. PLEASE DON'T LET THEM DIE."
It doesn't make me any more cautious or protective actually, because can I help it if my sister is on a 747 eight miles above Earth and the engine fails? Or if my dad gets a heart attack, or my brother is hit by a car? It's the one thing in life I can't stand not being able to control, not knowing when it's going to happen. And we all know it's going to happen. At some point, someone I love is going to die. And I don't know how I'll react to it.
So here I am, doodling during Chemistry lectures and worrying whether my mother will be alive to pick me up afterwards. Not exactly constructive daydreaming, but the part of me that is also trying to memorize the periodic table of elements is enjoying himself. The part of me that would rather feel pain than nothing at all. So here's a bit of nonsense I wrote, about Celtic knots, and the death of the wife I haven't met yet. And yes, I did steal a line from Song of Solomon. It's actually written to music, but can't figure out the chords and I'm not singing it if I did.
Remember when we
Would play by the sea
I'd sing as you strummed on the lyre?
Your songs rung in the glen
Now I strain to listen
To those songs that I no longer hear
My love has lived twice
She's seen Paradise
How could you have left me behind?
I'll never see you
Till I can undo
This labyrinth woven in time
Until I feel the cool of day
When life's long shadows flee away
Until that day, I'll always say
My love's a Celtic knot away
I'll find them, I swear
Why wasn't I there
When the cold steel met ends with her bone?
How wretched I am
What a miserable man
That I'd leave her to face them alone
While the embers still glow
I can see her shadow
As it dances on tapestry walls
And I must go on
For my love has gone
To the land from whence they fall
Until I feel the cool of day
When life's long shadows flee away
Until that day, I'll always say
My love's a Celtic knot away
Celtic knots remind a lot of time. They're doesn't seem to be much space between them, the end seems right before your eyes, but if you follow one thread from one end to the other, it seems to take an eternity. It's maddening to have to go through this maze of life before you'll finally meet up with that person again.
Hannah got my acrylic paints for Christmas. I'm still trying to figure it out, and everything still turns out more cartoon-ey than I like. But just writing a song didn't seem to cut it. I don't know, maybe I should just get back to Chemistry. Or cleaning my ears out.
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