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ADMA Biologics (NASDAQ: ADMA) is a late stage biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, and intends to market specialty plasma-based biologics for the treatment and prevention of certain infectious diseases. ADMA's targeted patient populations include immune-compromised individuals who suffer from an underlying immune deficiency disorder or who may be immune-suppressed for medical reasons. ADMA's product candidates are intended to be used by physician specialists focused on caring for immune-compromised patients with infectious diseases.
ADMA also operates ADMA BioCenters, an FDA-licensed, GHA-certified source plasma collection facility which provides a portion of blood plasma for the manufacture of its lead product candidate RI-002.
BetterDoctor is a digital health marketplace startup revolutionizing the way consumers search for and discover highly qualified doctors. With 1 billion medical appointments occurring annually, 250 thousand medical practices, and hundreds of insurance plans in the US healthcare system, the process of finding the right doctor and booking medical appointments is very inefficient and lacks transparency. By aggregating disparate sets of healthcare and consumer data, BetterDoctor is creating an analytics engine that verifies the quality of the doctors and powers BetterDoctor's mobile and web apps, which provide consumers personalized recommendations of the best doctors in a matter of minutes and with just a handful of clicks, eliminating the need to spend hours manually searching through online directories and verifying availability one by one.
Flexible Stenting Solutions (FSS) is a New Jersey based private company developing and commercializing flexible, strong and durable stents that are built on a proprietary FlexStent® technology platform and a unique delivery system. The Company's broad product platform includes third-generation flexible peripheral arterial, venous, neurovascular and biliary stents. The FSS stents offer advantages over currently available stents including: greater stent flexibility, improved scaffolding and radial strength, and greater fracture and kink resistance. The company's reconstrainable stent and delivery system offers a unique game changing technology to the peripheral stent market.
Flexible Stenting Solutions was acquired by Cordis Corporation, a division of Johnson & Johnson, on March 12, 2013.
HyperMed is developing hyperspectral imaging for medical applications. The technology, originally developed for military surveillance, provides an advanced form of spectroscopy that provides a two-dimensional tissue oxygenation map. The company has developed a new product using the same breakthrough imaging technology as used in its OxyVu™-1 system. HyperMed's new product, called HyperView™, is FDA 510(k) cleared. HyperView is designed to deliver the same diagnostic information in a smaller, more portable configuration. Multiple published studies have demonstrated the clinical utility of OxyVu for the diagnostic assessment of wound healing, diabetic foot ulcers, and amputation planning. technology has been in service since 2006 and has been shown in published clinical research to effectively assess oxyhemoglobin, deoxyhemoglobin and oxyhemoglobin saturation in superficial tissue for a number of key healthcare applications.The market opportunity for the clinical diagnostic applications for hyperspectral imaging represent a multi-billion market.
i2Dx is developing a multimodal, cloud-based diagnostic platform for the assessment of neurological disorders. The platform will provide quantitative digital assessments of a number of biomarkers that are indicative of brain health with the goal of providing a personalized, longitudinal brain record for healthy individuals and patients.
JHL Biotech (TWEM: 6540) was founded in 2012 with a vision of making biopharmaceuticals affordable and accessible to all patients through manufacturing innovation. To achieve this vision, JHL will provide world-class process development and manufacturing services in Asia to companies developing and commercializing high-quality, affordable biologic medicines. JHL is leveraging the latest process and engineering technologies to reduce the complexity and cost of mammalian cell culture manufacturing. These technologies will be incorporated into world-class biologics API manufacturing facilities in Asia that comply with US, EU and ICH cGMP regulations and guidelines.
Led by an experienced team of Genentech and Amgen veterans, and funded by top-tier venture capital firms including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), Sequoia Capital, Biomark Capital and CDIB, JHL is uniquely positioned to deliver manufacturing solutions to its worldwide partners.
Juno Therapeutics (NASDAQ: JUNO) is focused on revolutionizing medicine by re-engaging the body's immune system to treat cancer. Founded on the vision that the use of human T cells as therapeutics will drive one of the next important phases in medicine, the company is developing cell-based cancer immunotherapies based on its chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and high-affinity T cell receptor (TCR) technologies to genetically engineer T cells to recognize and kill cancer cells. Juno Therapeutics has shown compelling evidence of tumor shrinkage in clinical trials using multiple cell-based product candidates to address refractory B-cell lymphomas and leukemias. Longer term, the company aims to develop its cell-based platform to include additional product candidates to address a broad range of cancers and human diseases.
On January 22, 2018, Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) and Juno Therapeutics (NASDAQ:JUNO) announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement in which Celgene has agreed to acquire Juno.
Opus Bio (formerly Lentigen Corporation) is a diversified biologics company focused on the development and commercialization of breakthrough treatments for human disease. Lentiviral vectors (LV), the company's technology platform, are widely recognized by the scientific community as the most efficient method for delivery of genetic sequence information into cells to reprogram their function. The ability to efficiently and stably reprogram mammalian cells has numerous uses in biotechnology and biomedicine, including drug discovery, target validation, biologics manufacturing and cellular therapies.
Opus's most advanced clinical candidate is a T-cell chimeric antigen receptor cellular therapy targeting CD22 for hematological malignancies. In December 2014, the company has entered into an agreement to license the CD22 program to Juno Therapeutics (NASDAQ:JUNO). Phase I clinical study for this compound is enrolling and treating patients. Opus Bio has also secured the rights to other proprietary antigens that combined with its lentiviral vector may have broad applicability across epithelial cancers, including colon, small-cell lung, ovarian, breast cancer, stomach, and esophageal, among others.
Strand Life Sciences provides bioinformatics solutions with advanced visualization, predictive systems modeling, data integration, and scientific context management components to transform raw data into actionable insights. The company employs 200 people, mostly in Bangalore, India, and services both the research and clinical markets.
Strand enjoys three advantages over the competition globally: superior software analytics, superior curation of gene variants, and a major cost advantage for DNA test interpretation. When combined, Strand is finding a rapidly growing demand for its StrandOmics software platform, which hospitals and service providers can use to service their patients and healthcare clients. With every sequence and gene test, the company's cloud database gets more valuable with related metadata, which can be used to improve future analytics, thereby creating an additional demand for StrandOmics.
Strand has developed the most advanced software for analyzing DNA sequences. Today, 1,400 research institutions worldwide use Strand's software under the product names GeneSpring (marketed by Agilent) and Avadis (marketed by Strand). The company reached profitability in 2007, and in early 2013, the company began to service the clinical market in India. It opened its own DNA sequence and gene panel wet lab in Bangalore, India, and in December, the company opened a lab which it operates in the 1,400-bed Mazumdar-Shaw Cancer Center in Bangalore. By the end of 2013, Strand was servicing the gene testing and DNA sequence analysis needs of over 100 hospitals in India, and in 2014 it has begun to expand into the US market.
WaveTec is committed to developing and providing innovative wavefront measurement technology for cataract surgeons. WaveTec's revolutionary ORA System® provides real-time, intraoperative refractive information to ophthalmologists worldwide, allowing them to deliver the best possible vision for their cataract patients.
On August 27, 2014 Alcon, the global leader in eye care and the second largest division of Novartis Group, announced that the company has entered into an agreement to acquire WaveTec Vision.
WhiteGlove's Complete Health Solution™ provides a comprehensive suite of technology-enabled health and wellness services – including biometrics, wellness coaching, acute care, telemedicine, chronic care, and on-site services – delivered by our clinical team. This service, combined with powerful web-based portals for the member and employer provide the capabilites required to monitor and improve health and wellness. Because WhiteGlove's solution leverages a single view of the patient and is able to clinically intervene when care is needed, we eliminate the complexities and flaws of current wellness and population health management strategies.
Founded on the idea, "Think Differently About Healthcare", and delivering an exceptional healthcare experience, WhiteGlove empowers employees and dependents to better manage their own health and wellnesss.


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something about not being able to drive a car has been holding me back all my life. after I graduated from college at age 20, I have set my mind that by 25 i would be driving my own car. but here i am forty-something and all and i just finished driving school a few weeks ago.
so now, i'll be driving my own life. shoulda done this a long time ago.

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text: Death toll in the ongoing epidemic of meningitis C climbed to 745 on Monday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said. That's more than 300 additional deaths in the last two weeks. Some 8,057 cases suspected to be meningitis have been reported across the country. Of the 8,057 cases, 7,519 have occurred in the five states that have reached outbreak levels for Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) serotype C–Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, Kebbi and Niger, according to NCDC. The Northern Traditional Leaders Committee on Primary Health Care convened a meeting of governors and traditional leaders from all northern Nigerian states with federal government and development partners in efforts to end the outbreak. Enhanced surveillance in several states in partnership with NCDC and partners has helped find and report more cases. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) coordinated mass vaccination for 2-29-year-olds in Katsina and Zamfara, where the outbreak started. Similar vaccination is planned for Sokoto, while distribution of medicines continues. The NCDC's emergency operations centre for meningitis leads national coordination of response to the outbreak. The incident manager, Dr John Oladejo, who heads the centre, said, "We are grateful to all Rapid Response Team members, including government agency and partner staff who have remained at their different field posts, through the Easter period working on this outbreak response and control." NCDC chief executive officer Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu said, "The NCDC will continue to engage proactively through all our channels of communication online and offline.


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"A Facebook fan is worth $174 to a brand, up 28% since 2010, according to Syncapse, a social media marketing firm.
Syncapse worked with research firm Hotspex on a survey based on data collected from more than 2,000 U.S. panelists in late January and early February. The study compared Facebook fans and non-fans based and their corresponding product spending, brand loyalty, propensity to recommend, media value, cost of acquisition and brand affinity to arrive at the figure.
Though $174 is an average figure, the value varies from brand to brand.
The reason, says Syncapse CEO Michael Scissons, is "what a consumer would spend on Zara vs. Coke." A higher average purchase price makes a fan more valuable.
The study also contrasts fans and non-fans. The former are much more active in social media. The average fan is a fan of 10 brand pages at a given time. On the other hand, almost two-thirds of non-fans have followed 10 or fewer brand pages. Three quarters of fans are likely to share good brand experiences and share promotions and discounts with their Facebook friends. About two-thirds of fans are likely to share a bad brand experience."
Source: Mashable, 17th April 2013
Note - There is obviously lots of controversy about this sort of analysis - clearly fans are always likely to spend more on a brand than non-fans, and you can't necessarily say that being a fan creates that - treat with caution.
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
A Facebook fan is worth an average of $174 to a brand
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21 January 2017
has decided that sitting on the arm of my chair, very close to my face, is his favorite spot. If I'm working, my lap taken over by the computer, he sits there THAT close to me, and either tries to stare me down, talks nonstop, or paws at my boobs.
Usually, it's the latter. The little shit has gotten to 2nd base more in three days than anyone did the first 30 years of my life.
It's not exactly helpful, and I've gotten far less done than I think I would have.
But. The angry-glasses snit is over.
Okay, fine, I don't look any happier, but I am. New glasses--yes they're identical to the old, other than not being broken--got in yesterday. Second pair of new glasses should get here next week...because I clearly need a backup pair.
But the thing that got me...the cost. With insurance coverage, the glasses purchased at the doc's officer were nearly $400. I went to Costco for the spare pair, and the exact same lens, all the same options, and a much sturdier frame was a hundred bucks less WITHOUT insurance.
Yeah, next year, Costco right from the start.
4 comments:
- Angel, Kirby and Max said...
He is a real charmer!
- January 21, 2017 9:59 PM
- Just Ducky said...
The only thing with Costco is that none of their glasses come with sunglass options that would clip on etc. Agree, without insurance, eye wear is expensive.
- January 22, 2017 6:41 AM
- Eileen said...
He's such a helper!
I have some insurance through work, but the amount hasn't increased in the nearly 20 years I've worked there. Of course, as I've gotten older I've needed a stronger prescription, tri-focals (though they call them something more benign...progressive lenses) and the cost has increased. The last pair was just over $700 and I got $120 from insurance. Oh well, at least I an see.
- January 22, 2017 7:47 AM
- Thumper said...
The glasses do come with transition lenses...basically sunglasses. If I want clipons, there's always Walmart, but I prefer wearing over-the-glasses sunglasses anyway. Better coverage.
- January 22, 2017 10:30 AM


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It can be the biggest headache for business owners when choosing commercial property in Norfolk; accessibility vs price. Leasing or buying commercial property in Norfolk, Norwich, or in its suburbs can be an attractive thought. Especially in relation to cities such as, London, Manchester or Birmingham, the prices of Norfolk commercial property is relatively cheap. Agencies and property owners know that businesses want to get their facilities as close to their retail space, clients and the major travel routes as possible. In this article we will take a look at the kind of things business owners need to think about when purchasing a commercial property.
Locating property further afield from the industrials hubs of London and Manchester may be seen as an unattractive proposition due to the increased costs of travel. However , with the cost of industrial property has high as it is in the UK's major cities, companies are increasingly looking to find cheaper commercial properties further afield.
Competitive Prices
As a business owner you will be constantly scanning the internet and brochures to find an affordable commercial property. This is one of the selling points of Norfolk commercial property, in the sense thats is relatively cheap, with a host of large industrial units at affordable rates. Although it may not be the cheapest in the country, it certainly is in southern England.
The great thing about Norfolk is that is highly accessible, located just two hours from London, and an hour from Cambridge, Norfolk commercial property is starting to look a great proposition. Very close to the south and easily accessible via to the centre and north of the country, having a business HQ in Norfolk is a very wise decision.
Norfolk's capital, Norwich has it's very own airport. With hundreds of internal and international flights a week this is a great place to base your business. If you have customers around the world or you require shipping your goods via air travel this is a great way of cutting costs by living nearby to the airport. Consider this as your gateway to the world!


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Industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology is the scientific
study of the workplace. Rigor and methods of psychology are
applied to issues of critical relevance to business,
including talent management, coaching, assessment,
selection, training, organizational development,
performance, and work-life balance.
Anna Marie Valerio, Ph.D. is a consultant specializing in executive coaching and leadership development and a published author and writer. President of Executive Leadership Strategies, LLC, Anna Marie's areas of expertise include executive coaching, team leadership development, women's leadership, and providing leadership workshops.
Anna Marie's broad background includes experience working with hundreds of senior executives in a wide variety of Fortune 500 organizations across many industry sectors. Her corporate experience includes working in IBM with the CEO's direct reports and their teams to build worldwide leadership capability. Prior to joining IBM, Anna Marie directed the Organizational Effectiveness function in Sony Electronics, Inc., where she was responsible for talent management initiatives, including coaching. At Verizon, she led teams with responsibility for designing and implementing selection tests and assessments, employee opinion surveys, and multi-rater feedback surveys.
Focusing on helping men and women improve their working relationships, Anna Marie's book, Developing Women Leaders: A Guide for Men and Women in Organizations, was published in 2009 by Wiley/Blackwell. Her prior book, co-authored with Robert J. Lee, is Executive Coaching: A Guide for the HR Professional, published in 2005 by Wiley.
Dr. Valerio is a licensed psychologist and a member of The Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, The NY Metropolitan Association for Applied Psychology, and The Society of Consulting Psychology. Anna Marie is a frequent speaker at professional conferences and is frequently quoted in the media.
Presentation: Coaching Senior-Level Women
Abstract: Developing women leaders is a priority as organizations understand the impact of the contributions of women leaders on the success of the organization. The presenter will discuss how executive coaching accelerates the leadership development of women leaders and enables talent management professionals to move them through the leadership pipeline into key management roles.
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My little piece of the net. I love cross stitching and family. Hopefully you enjoy a look into my life.
Jan 5, 2016
DUCJC Day 5
here. I finished one of the panels other than the charm...
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Congrats on the cute finish Katie.ReplyDelete
Love it! You crazy stitchers have smoking needles thus year - another finish?!ReplyDelete
That's lovely. It must feel great having another little finish under your belt, not counting the charm. :)ReplyDelete
Very cute great finish!ReplyDelete
Another stitching accomplished, congrats!! :)ReplyDelete
Sweet finish.I love the letter font.ReplyDelete
Yeah, another finish!! :) Your needle must be smoking :)ReplyDelete
I love it it's really pretty
Great finish on the panel! I hope the other side goes as quickly so you can knock out another finish.ReplyDelete
Great finish!ReplyDelete
That's great, another beauty.ReplyDelete
Another great choice - and you're already 1/2 done! That's a bonus.ReplyDelete
I love the saying on this piece :)ReplyDelete
You are slaying this challenge. Congrats on another wonderful finish!ReplyDelete
I love Cathy's designs... this is no exception!ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I appreciate comments and Thank you for taking time out of your life to care whats going on in mine.


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Thursday, May 9, 2013
Barclay James Harvest: Barclay James Harvest
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"a stunning chord change from verse to chorus"ReplyDelete
GS, one genuine advise. Don't listen too dissonants and atonal stuff too much. I can witness that you'll lose the ability to recognize and appreciate little things like this. For honestly I don't hear it. And I realize it's a loss. Of course I think the gains greatly outweigh it, but the catch is: it wasn't a choice I deliberately made and now I couldn't go back if I wanted to.Replies
- AnonymousMay 10, 2013 at 7:08 AM
Can you even tell the difference between a major and minor chord? That progression just screams to be noticed.Delete
Who knows? Maybe playing the violin for more than 15 years, from which 6 or 7 in an amateur orchestra (including stuff from Mozart, Beethoven and Mendelssohn) was lost on me. Or maybe you post as an anonymous because you know yourself it's a silly question.Delete
So at the other hand - can you even tell the difference between tonal and atonal music? Because you seemed to have missed my point - I have been listening to strong dissonants and atonal stuff for 30 years. And there is a price to pay.
- AnonymousMay 10, 2013 at 10:51 PM
Oh, knock it off.Delete
- AlexisMay 9, 2013 at 10:14 PM
My CD copy has 13 (!!) bonus tracks on it, all of them short pop songs, derivative, but catchy. Check them out, for they apparently consisted the bulk of BJH's concerts circa '68. Their inclusion multiplies the number of good melodies on the record by at least three.ReplyDelete
"The very fact of recording at EMI's Abbey Road Studios must have also been quite inspiring."ReplyDelete
Not to mention quite reliable. That's the part most people conveniently ignores when gushing over the quality of analog recording: in the analog era, the quality leap not only between average and good studios, but even between good and state-of-the-art studios, DID matter.
Just compare the sound of, say, Fritz Reiner's classic recording of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra (1956) or Miles Davis' Kind of Blue (1969) with your average rock'n'roll single from New Orleans or Memphis. Sam Philips or Art Rupe were geniuses precisely for their ingenuity and their ability to make an exciting production with equipment that although leagues beyong consumer grade, was crap compared with big studio material.Replies
I agree with you that the role of the producer and the engineer was crucial back then. In classical music you never can go wrong with Deutsche Gramophon - no matter how big the orchestra, sound quality was always first class. I'm not nostalgic about the analog era because I know some records with crappy sound quality as well. And even if the master tapes were good things could go wrong; a prime example is Deep Purple's Machine Head.Delete
Oops, typo, Kind of Blue is 1959.ReplyDelete


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Saturday, November 3, 2007
Third Time's the Charm at Ortolan
One lovely Friday evening, when the air was just starting to turn crisp, we left the house directionless and hungry. We ended up at Ortolan on Third. We had been there previously twice, both times enamored of the decor but less so with the food. The decor really draws me, it is like dining in Marie Antoinette's private apartments. And the food, appropriately, is French. This is a modern style French that really appeals to my California sensibility. Chef Christopher Eme has cooked in Los Angeles at L'Orangerie and alongside Joel Rubichon with Philippe Braun and at famous French restaurants Taillevent and Auberge de l'Eridan. We dined at Ortolan when it first opened out of curiosity about the remodel of the Lynq space, then again about a year later for our wedding anniversary and haven't been since. It is definitely a special occasion atmosphere, which worries me for the longevity of the restaurant. Wildly successful restaurants in Los Angeles tend to be more casual and easily adaptable for any occasion, like a Lucques or a Jar where you are as easily comfortable in jeans as a suit. And I feel even more concerned at this writing because our food Friday was phenomenal. The third time was the charm, everything was beyond delicious, flavorful and presented with whimsy. What a joy.
The service was also stellar. Every person who approached our table seemed genuinely interested in our comfort and pleasure and they all seemed like they were enjoying being there, something I love to see in a wait staff. The sommelier even chose a wine by the glass appropriate for our orders, and did so in a professional manner 100% unconcerned that we were not going to order an entire bottle. I have no clue what he chose for either of us, save that each was French and utterly sublime. White for me, red for him. I should call him and see if he remembers because I would love to try and dig up a couple of bottles. Chef Eme came out toward the end of the meal and we had a lovely conversation about upcoming events, the obligatory beaujolais nouveau coming November 15th, and the unfortunately missed white truffle menu of mid-October. Le sigh.
We ate in the bar area/lounge which feels a little more casual. I love this bar area. Above the room is a massive skylight, which makes for no particular impression in the evening, but during the daytime provides them with enough sunlight to host a gorgeous tiered herb garden hanging from the west wall. It looks so beautifully striking in the candle light and runs the entire length of the room.
To start, the chef sent out a lovely autumnal amuse-bouche. There were two soups to share in these funky little test tubes he loves to use. One was a pumpkin and the other was a roasted red bell pepper, both soups were so intense and infused with evggie richness. Both were also topped with a trace of the omnipresent foam that all contemporary French restaurants use prodigiously. A lovely mix of textures.
Also served was a little dish of eggplant caviar surrounded by pesto. Eggplant caviar is one of my favorite things, although I rarely see it on a menu these days and have only made it myself a few times. The pesto gave it a nice kick.
To start, we ordered one course of Heirloom Tomato Five Ways. What amazing tomatoey goodness. Let me count the ways: a small mound of tomato ratatouille, two small lumps of tomato puree encased in a light aspic, one part of the plate looked like a small cigar with something vaguely pink but delicious in the middle, another was akin to a tomato mousse thinly wrapped in cooked kale, and the fifth seemed to be a tomato puree that we swirled around the plate and used for dipping. It was truly lovely.
The second starter was a ceviche of bay scallops with osetra caviar. These were wrapped in thin little sheets of browned sugar so they would keep the shape of a neat little circle. I loved that Chef Eme is so dedicated to presentation. I am always happy with anything that tastes good and I am not a stickler for presentation. But how fun to eat the food of someone who is. It is an art form to be reckoned with. I love watching the French food competitions like the Bocuse d'Or, where the presentation is clearly more than half the battle.
For main courses we tried poached turbot with lemongrass and ginger with pumpkin gnocci, and there were also lovely chunks of okra, red grapes and red bell pepper on the plate.
The second main course was a cod wrapped thinly in cooked kale. This seems to be a theme. I like it because it gives shape and color to the food using something slightly uncommon on most restaurant menus. In my memory, I have only seen this done in one other restaurant, Monet in Ashland, Oregon. This dish was strongly suggested by the server (Chef Pierre Verger's wife) and it was basically a melange of veggies overcooked into a slightly mushy but dry texture and then wrapped in kale. I was not overly pleased with that dish, but I loved my cod at Ortolan. The cod was accompanied by clams in their shell, julienned potatoes, and a lovely light sauce lightly flavored with truffle. Honestly, you could put truffle on the most horrifically prepared and conceived crap on Earth and I would gobble it down. I love the truffle. This dish would have been delicious even without.
We declined dessert and dove into the little plate of petite fours they sent around with the bill. These are always cute and fun. Two of them looked like little sugar hamburgers, two of them were simply homemade marshmallows, one was a little chocolate football and the sixth was mysterious. I always love these little plates because I am not a huge dessert fan and these fill the need for just a taste of sweet.
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ML Update
A CPI(ML) Weekly News Magazine
Vol. 16, No. 41, 01 – 07 OCTOBER 2013
The Fodder Scam Verdict: Lessons and Challenges
The conviction of Lalu Prasad Yadav, Jagannath Mishra and Jagdish Sharma in the Rs 950-crore fodder scam by a special CBI court in Ranchi is now likely to result in the first case of disqualification in the wake of the Supreme Court's July 10 verdict that calls for automatic and immediate post-conviction disqualification of any member of state legislature or Parliament. The government had in fact brought an ordinance to counter the Supreme Court judgement and abort the threat of such disqualification. However much Rahul Gandhi may now dismiss the ordinance as 'complete nonsense' and the BJP may oppose and ridicule it in public, the fact remains that the ordinance was mulled by none other than Rahul's own government and endorsed by all parties including the BJP!
The scam-ridden Indian polity will surely now try to use the fodder scam example to seek some legitimacy and paper over the current crop of 21st century scams that are immensely bigger than the Bofors scam of the 1980s or the fodder scam of the 1990s. This is where the people of India will have to intervene and insist on matching punishment for the architects and managers of scams like the 2G and coalgate ones which have caused far bigger loss to the national exchequer. If Jagannath Mishra and Lalu Prasad are held responsible for having presided over the fodder scam, there is no way Manmohan Singh can escape his culpability for the mega scams that have become the trademarks of his government.
While Lalu Prasad and his party RJD are most centrally identified with the fodder scam, a closer look at the anatomy and trajectory of the scam reveals a whole range of accomplices cutting across social and political divisions. The BJP and many anti-Mandal ideologues would like us to believe that politics was 'cleaner' in the pre-Mandal days of elitist and upper-caste domination in politics and that the proliferation of scams is a post-Mandal phenomenon with SC/ST/OBC leaders and ministers showing a greater proclivity for corruption. The fodder scam clearly refutes this notion and exposes how the baton of corrupt governance actually passed hands from the days of Jagannath Mishra to the era of Lalu Prasad.
If corruption has acquired alarming proportions in the last two decades, it is clearly a fall-out of the neoliberal policy package of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation, and the closer nexus between corporate houses, ministers and top bureaucrats that characterises governance in this neoliberal era.
The fodder scam narrative is also a great political leveller where leaders of RJD and JD(U) and Congress and BJP are all exposed as members of the same corrupt club. The CBI of course will have to explain why it spared leaders like Nitish Kumar, Shivanand Tiwari and Lallan Singh who all are mentioned as recipients of fodder scam cash in the testimonies of senior officials of the animal husbandry department. Is it because during the crucial early years of the CBI probe the NDA was in power with Advani as the Union Home Minister and all these leaders were in the same coalition? And incidentally, by the time we got the current verdict Nitish Kumar has switched over from his protracted alliance with the BJP to growing political bonhomie with the Congress!
It remains to be seen how the RJD faces the current blow. In the late 1990s when Lalu Prasad had to go to jail, he chose Rabri Devi as his successor. Today he has no chief ministership to protect, what is at stake is the party presidency. When the RJD was in power the party had fallen in line and accepted the family-centric succession. Today the RJD is in a much weaker shape – Lalu Prasad himself has been reduced to a faded shadow of his former self and his politics of survival with the blessing of the Congress in Delhi and the feudal forces in Bihar has reached a dead end. It therefore remains to be seen how the socio-political constellation that passes in the name of the party called RJD responds to the present juncture, especially if Lalu Prasad once again falls back on the family line.
Rabri Devi has reportedly compared the present juncture of the RJD to the Congress being run by Sonia and her son. But if the culture of dynastic succession is no longer able to arrest the decline of the Congress, the RJD should obviously think again!
To conclude, the law catching up with a few corruption cases is of course a welcome development, not because it will automatically serve as a deterrent but because it will serve as an inspiration for the ongoing people's struggle against corruption, corporate plunder and the corporate-politician nexus that increasingly characterises contemporary bourgeois politics and governance. But nobody will miss the contrast that while a few leaders are being convicted in an old corruption case, those convicted in cases of massacres of Bihar's rural poor are being acquitted by the dozen and the masterminds of communal carnages and fake encounters are bidding for power at the Centre and whipping up communal frenzy with impunity. And to buy the BJP's support for pro-corporate pro-FDI legislations, the Congress simply dumped the Bill against Communal Violence.
The fodder scam verdict should therefore galvanise the people in a more vigorous and determined campaign not only against corrupt politicians and bureaucrats but also against the perpetrators and masterminds of communal and caste violence. The law must deal equally sternly with the looters of national exchequer and enemies of the rights of minority communities, oppressed castes and women.
Withdraw the UPA Ordinance to Protect Criminals
It was the Congress-led UPA government that brought in the latest ordinance which sought to negate a Supreme Court order summarily disqualifying MPs and MLAs convicted for serious crimes. The ordinance cleared by the UPA Cabinet and endorsed by an all-party meeting needs to be viewed in the context of the shameful credentials of our elected representatives.
The deadly combination of money power and muscle power has led to a veritable explosion of criminality in the Parliament and State Assemblies. According to their own affidavits, about 58% of our 543 elected members of Parliament are crorepatis. Nearly 30% of them – 162 to be precise – have a total of more than 400 criminal charges pending against them. About 14% or 76 MPs have serious pending criminal charges against them. In the elections to the Lok Sabha and various State Assemblies since 2008, of the 4807 elected members (MPs and MLAs) 1460 (30%) have declared criminal cases against them, while 688 (14%) have declared serious criminal cases.
But only 24 of them, i.e., only 0.5%, have declared in their affidavits that they have been convicted at some point in a court of law. In addition to the general problem of very slow court proceedings, what is responsible for this extremely low rate of conviction is obviously the political clout these powerful people enjoy. So the need of the hour is not only to disqualify convicted MPs and MLAs but also to debar people, against whom charges have been framed in serious criminal cases, especially related to communal, caste and gender violence, from contesting elections till their names are cleared. This is what the election commission also recommended, and so did the Justice Verma Committee with regard to rapists.
The CPI(ML) denounces the content of the proposed ordinance and demands its immediate withdrawal. It also warns the government against any further attempt to lend a hand to criminals in the fray and in Legislatures.
On the "Right to Reject"
The recent Supreme Court order granting voters the right to record a "none-of-the-above" (NOTA) option in the voting machine itself, i.e., to reject all candidates in the fray and make the voter's rejection counted, is a small step in the right direction. That a NOTA vote should enjoy the same sanctity as a vote in favour of a particular candidate has indeed been a long-standing democratic demand.
It is clear that even with a substantial number of such votes there will still be winners in our first-past-the-post system. But if in any given constituency NOTA votes exceed the number of votes secured by the winning candidate, should not a repoll be ordered? And should not voters also have the option of recalling non-performing legislators who betray the trust of the electors? Indeed, the right to reject must go together with the right to recall.
Such issues – and there are many of them – should be widely discussed and debated within Parliament and without. On that basis we must move forward with a comprehensive electoral reform that puts in place a system of proportional representation, debars parties from luring voters with freebies and false promises, ensures genuinely fair elections that are free from the macabre dance of money and muscle power and communal machinations and guarantees transparency in the funding of political parties. Only as part of such thoroughgoing reform can the recently announced partial correctives become truly meaningful.
All India Kisan Mahasabha Holds Dharna at Parliament St
AIKM held a protest dharna at Parliament Street in the National Capital on 30 September to highlight various demands of peasants, particularly protection of farmers' lands and addressing agrarian crisis. It demanded withdrawal of anti-peasant policies and to enact a land protection legislation, replacing recently passed land acquisition act. A memorandum was sent to the Prime Minister through this dharna.
The AIKM also demanded to intensify relief operations in devastated areas of Uttarakhand and to rehabilitate around 1000 villages to safe places in that state, to stop efforts for eviction of the rehabilitated farmers of Bhakhra-Nangal Dam from Gujarat and Haryana where they were resettled years ago; to resettle all displaced farmers from various projects including DVC and to guarantee their livelihoods; to give proper compensation, employment and rehabilitation for the affected farmers in Bareilly; to stop privatisation of electricity and water, to increase public funding in agriculture, increase subsidy in diesel, fertilizers and agricultural appliances; and relief to drought and flood affected farmers all over the country.
The land acquisition act passed by the last session of Parliament actually talks about compensation, rehabilitation, resettlement and transparency, but amidst jugglery of words this paves the way for the land grab already going on, on a massive scale in the country. First of all it is silent on the private acquisitioning of lands by corporates with the help of local middlemen by hook or crook. Then, the public purpose is defined in such a way that ongoing corporate land grab can be justified as public cause. In the name of 'consent' it only says that private and PPP acquisitions have to be decided after 70 and 80 percent consent; while governmental acquisitions will not require such binding. Moreover, social or environmental impact assessments and recommendations of expert groups will not be mandatory for the government to comply. And to top it all, provision of 'urgency' will overrule all the clauses.
The new legislation talks about 'food security', but instead of taking any concrete steps lands being snatched away in the name of 'corridors' and 'expressways' will continue and without specifying any limit the 'public purpose' remains with the decision and discretion of concerned state governments and district administrations. This is utter hypocrisy that same parliament session that passed the Land Acquisition Act has also passed the Bill on Food Security. But to ensure whatever has been promised the country will need to increase food production and increase effective area under cultivation. Yet the state is paving the way for the steady decline for availability of agricultural lands. It is clear that in the name of increasing yield, the government wants to force the farmers towards dubious and dangerous GM crops and growing corporatisation of agriculture in India.
Rajaram Singh, General Secretary of AIKM said that UPA-II's economic liberalisation has intensified attacks on livelihood and democratic rights of peasants-workers and students-youth. The acquisition of land and natural resources on a massive scale and continuing agrarian crisis has rendered peasants into paupers forcing them towards suicide. This is happening at a time when country is facing severe economic and monetary crisis.
AIKM leaders Prem Singh Gehlawat from Haryana, Purushottam Sharma and Indresh Maikhury from Uttarakhand, Afroz Alam from UP, Gurmeet Singh from Punjab and RYA's Aslam Khan also addressed the dharna.
Convention against Politics of Communalism and Minority Witch-hunt
A convention against politics of communalism and minority witch-hunt was held in New Delhi on 25 September. This was addressed by CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, many relatives of victims of minority witch-hunt, senior journalist Syed Muhammad Kazmi, Akhlaq from the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR), CPI(ML) CC member Mohd. Salim, and representatives of the JNU Students' Union.
Comrade Dipankar said that at a time when Muslims are being framed in the name of fighting terror, when we are seeing a witch-hunt of people's movements in the name of fighting Maoism, there has to be a concerted struggle against the US scripted neo-liberal policies, against communal witch-hunting and orchestrated communal violence, and against the pro-corporate policies that both the UPA and NDA are deeply committed to. He also mentioned that in Bihar, where Narendra Modi's 'Hunkar' rally has been announced by the BJP with much fanfare, CPI(ML) and the poor and deprived sections of the state would be organising a 'Khabardar' rally in defence of democracy and secularism.
Addressing the convention, CPI(ML) Central Committee member Mohd. Salim talked of the US's carefully scripted global campaign of Islamophobia which is playing itself out in India in the form of framed cases, custodial torture and killings, and fake encounters that have become common phenomena in many states. In the few landmark cases where court proceedings have exonerated the falsely accused youth, there has been no acknowledgement of wrongdoing on part of the police and anti-terror squads, no apology, and no compensation or rehabilitation for those who suffered jail and torture on the strength of baseless charges. "With the Congress, SP, and UPA desperate to obediently follow the US path of Islamophobia, such cases have increased alarmingly," he added.
Akhlaq from the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) talked of the roots of communalism in India, of the policies to divide and rule and the manner in which minorities are being denied their basic rights. "Our fight is not only to free innocent Muslims who have been framed, tortured and thrown in jails. Our fight is also to ensure that those really responsible for the bomb blasts and terror attacks, those who receive training for terror attacks even in military schools, are actually prosecuted," he said. Niaz Ahmed from Darbhanga talked of how the innocents in Samastipur and Darbhanga are being framed, "So-called secular forces such as JD(U) and Congress remain silent and never ensure justice for victims of communalism and witch-hunt." Anwar from Kunda in Pratapgarh and Sher Ali from Rampur shared their experiences of how their relatives were falsely framed. JNUSU Joint Secretary Sarfaraz Hamid and Vice President Anubhuti who had been part of fact-finding teams to Malegaon and Muzaffarnagar respectively addressed the convention and spoke of how innocent Muslims were framed in Malegaon and jailed for years together and how the Muzaffarnagar riots were cynically orchestrated.
Journalist Ajoy Ashirwad, who has reported extensively on the Muzaffarnagar violence pointed out the use of patriarchal protection in orchestrating communal violence: "in Mangalore (Karnataka), in Gujarat, and now in Muzaffarnagar, we have seen how false stories of Muslims trapping Hindu women, of the alleged 'love jihaad' are an integral part of the communal programme". He also talked of the demographic transformation of villages in the wake of communal violence, where there are deliberate attempts to destroy the homes and livelihoods of Muslims, to destroy mosques and spread hatred. Noted journalist Syed Mohammad Kazmi, who is himself battling a protracted legal struggle after being falsely framed in a terror case, said "after the communal violence during partition, during the razing of the Babri Masjid on 6th December, communal fascist forces are now trying to ride to power by literally walking over the dead bodies of Muslims". At the end of the convention, several resolutions against minority witch-hunting, orchestrated communal violence, and demanding justice for victims of communal violence were passed.
Aslam Khan from the Revolutionary Youth Association (RYA) pointed out that the convention was being held in the backdrop of a deliberate communal offensive spearheaded by the BJP and the Sangh Parivar, and unfortunately condoned by various governments of all hues.
That the proposed anti-communal violence Bill ¼Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparation) Bill, 2011½, not even presented in Parliament under pressure from the BJP, has now been laid in cold storage for so long is the biggest proof of how superficially the UPA government views the important issue of communalism. This Convention demands that this pending Bill should be strengthened, presented immediately in Parliament and passed.
1. At such a time when the Muzaffarnagar riots have once again brought to the fore the communal brutalism and unholy nexus of the opportunistic political parties and the way in which the contextual meeting of the National Integration Council concluded without any concrete work plan, it is clear that achieving political gains rather than a safe and secure atmosphere for the minorities is the priority of the Congress. This Convention strongly condemns this attitude of the Central government and demands that a concrete policy against communal violence should be put in place with provision for stern action against Parties or representatives of Parties who indulge in communal or casteist violence.
2. This Convention demands that an immediate end should be put to witch hunting of innocent Muslim young men in the name of terrorism and spreading of canards by the government and security agencies about certain areas in the country being terrorist hubs. It has been seen that Muslim youths have been arrested without proof and later pronounced innocent and released by the courts. There is no accountability for this injustice against them and the government has taken no steps for their rehabilitation. This Convention demands that such unjust actions be immediately stopped and the responsible officials be punished, and that legal provision be made to guarantee compensation and rehabilitation by the government in cases where such false charges of terrorism are slapped.
3. This Convention demands the release and rehabilitation by the government of the number of innocent Muslim youths in various parts of the country who are under prolonged arrest on false charges.
4. This Convention demands the implementation of the Nimesh Commission in Uttar Pradesh.
5. This Convention demands action against the officials responsible in the recent cases of custodial death of a Muslim youth Khalid Mohammed in Uttar Pradesh and the murder of Kateel Siddiqui in Yerwada jail in Maharashtra.
6. Anti-minority attitudes can be observed from time to time in the actions of security agencies including the IB, which aggravates the communal common sense already prevalent in society. This is made clear by the role played by these agencies in the case against Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi during the last general elections. This Convention demands strict action against agencies or other bodies indulging in such prejudicial behavior.
7. This Convention reiterates the demand for a judicial enquiry into the Batla House "encounter" and further demands that a National tribunal be constituted to enquire into all cases of witch hunting and harassment of minorities.
8. This Convention considers the BJP primarily accountable for the recent riots in Muzaffarnagar. It is only the well planned attacks and false propaganda by communal and casteist forces which could blow up a common quarrel into the gigantic proportions of a riot. That the ruling Samajwadi Party government took no effective steps despite prolonged mischievous propaganda by communal forces shows that their objective also was to score political points out of the riots. The CPI-ML demands that all parties involved in the riot be probed by an independent agency and the guilty be given stern punishment.
9. This Convention demands that MPs, MLAs and members of local bodies accused in cases of communal or casteist violence or violence against women should be expelled from such institutions and be banned from contesting in elections in future.
10. This Convention demands a concrete plan for compensation and rehabilitation for the families of those killed as well as for all those affected in the Muzaffarnagar riots. It further demands strict action against communal and casteist forces and the creation of a safe and secure atmosphere so that the displaced families can go back safely to their homes.
11. This Convention demands that all persons arrested in Kashmir without a trial or chargesheet under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (wherein a person can be put in jail without any proof, merely on the basis of suspicion), should be released without delay and draconian laws in various States of the country such as Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the North Eastrn States and other similar Acts should be immediately repealed.
March to Rajbhawan on Karbi Anglong Issue
About 500 people at the call of CPI(ML), KSA and KNCA, condemning attack on democracy in Karbi Anglong and demanding release of all CPI(ML) and KSA leaders, marched to the Rajbhavan on 16th September. Protesters strongly condemned the act of arresting and jailing of CPI(ML) and KSA leaders in false cases. Congress Govt. has virtually imposed a state of emergency in the hill district and no political dissent is being allowed. Karbi Anglong is virtually turned into police raj and no leaders and activists in the jail get justice, on the contrary instead of granting bail, additional non-bailable sections are imposed on arrested leaders.
The protesters shouted slogans like "no autonomous state no rest", "release all CPIML and KSA leaders', "hold talk on autonomous state issue with sincerity and political will". The procession reached Rajbhawan and submitted a memorandum to the Governor of Assam. The memorandum demanded: (1) unconditional release of arrested leaders, (2) restore democracy in Karbi Anglong and democratic voice of the people be allowed, stop state terrorism in the hill district, (3) Constitute CBI enquiry into the police firing on 31 July 2013 at Diphu as there are instances of Human rights violation by the Assam police personnel, and (4) Provide Rs. 50 lakhs as compensation to the family of Martyr Rahul Singnar who was shot dead by police from behind.
Leaders of CPI(ML) Hill Party Committee, KSA, KNCA, AISA, AIPWA, KANKIS, RYA including CC member Com. Pratima Inghipi, Selawar Bey, Sem killing, Kharsing Singnar, ex EM L N Subba and Politburo member Rubul Sarma, secy. of Assam State Committee Bibek Das participated in the protest programme. CPI(ML) leaders declared that they will continue the movement until and unless release of the jailed leaders.
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Why I dislike "headline readers" part 2,734.
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"GOP State Senator Wants Emergency Bill to Make Anal and Oral Sex a Felony"
Garrett is attempting to resurrect Virginia's "crimes against nature" statute. Cuccinelli, as Virginia's AG, tried to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that the law was both necessary or constitutional. He failed.
Of course, the goal behind the bill is to make sex between two people of the same gender more consequential. The bill does not make penile-vaginal sex between minors a felony, because that's not a "crime against nature."
OK, really? Well if that's the case I'm mad. Lawrence v Texas took care of this years ago. People need to give this up. You know all I ask is that you shut the fucking door! When I want to watch someone make out, I will pop in a DVD and watch John Wayne kiss Lana Turner and then smoke a cigarett.. I don't want you doing it in public or in a parade or at Chick-fil-A. Smoke what you want. Drink what you want. Kiss, lick, suck who you want. Just be two or more consenting adults and shut the door.
Once the door is shut, it's no one else's business. Period.
So if Garrett or Cuccinelli are trying to criminalize adult behavior between two consenting adults of any persuasion, I don't want to hear it.
However, I don't just "share" or "like" stuff on FB that I don't check. So I check.
Turns out this has NOTHING to do with gay people. Some creep named William Scott McDonald at age 47 was creeping on a 17 year old girl. McDonald forced, coerced, whatever, oral copulation. McDoanld was tried and convicted, in part under the Virginia Unnatural Acts law. Now McDonald is appealing his case on the grounds that Lawrence v Texas nullified the sodomy law in Virginia. Which it did, for two consenting adults. Not for you, ya diddler! So Cuccinelli and Garrett are trying "clarify" this statute to say it's not about two consenting adults, it's not even about two consenting teens. It's about sodomy between pervs and underage persons.
Oh but gay rights activists are howling about Garrett and Cuccinelli. It's all a big trojan horse so they can go after gays. Seriously? Do you nitwits actually believe that somehow they got this creep McDonald to file an appeal, so they could fight it, just to sneak in laws that hurt gay people???? Who told you this? The Smoking Man?
Get a grip. The only thing this case is about is punishing diddlers as much as humanly possible. They can't lock them away in a dank, dark place until the 12th of never. So they use whatever tools are at their disposal. Let them.


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food joint is upstairs. We went there only for desserts and we had that...the place had lot of bread stuff, french hearts, mousse, cakes and pastries.
We ordered Going Nut, Chocolate Envision, Blueberry Cheese Cake and Tiramisu.
1. Going Nut: It is a chocolate pastry with lots of nuts inside and outside of it, if you go by the name but there were few of them and it had not so sweet taste. The icing inside was nice.
2. Chocolate Envision: The cake looked like a dutch truffle from outside and had some white chocolate bits over it. Overall it was not the best but decent enough.
3. Blueberry Cheese Cake: Came in a plastic cup, saw something like this for the first time and the blueberry was not sweet but sour. Destroyed the whole amazing feel to it.
4. Tiramisu: No one can ever go wrong with a Tiramisu but for the first time i tasted a bitter and yellow coloured Tiramisu...if you have an option you can avoid it.
I must have gone on a wrong day where nothing was that great...maybe next time somewhere else.


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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Racist Fox News Calls American Latino Babies "Children of the Corn!"
While Wallace spoke, a graphic appears with the title "Children of the Corn" -- the title of a horror story by Stephen King that has been adapted to film. It's not clear why the producers chose that title, though corn is traditionally an important element of the Mexican diet.
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Monday, September 12, 2016
A Chill Up The Spines Of State Employees As 9 Get Axe in Budget Crisis; There Could Be More, Plus: More ABQ Mayor '17 As A Key Decision Ripples Through The Race
given the axe and the centers closed.
Critics of the move wondered why Tourism did not cut administrative costs or the state ad budget to save the $560,000 in annual savings it says will result from the layoffs. One political reason might be that state employees are not very popular with the public and Gov. Martinez's pollsters are probably telling her laying some off isn't going to cause her much harm or evoke much sympathy for them.
The tourism cuts were part of the administration's order that executive budgets under her control be chopped 5 percent across-the-board as the state confronts an historic and what is appearing to be an out of control multi-year budget deficit nearing $1 billion dollars. Unless there is a dramatic rebound in oil and/or natural gas prices in the next two years, that total could balloon even more.
It's not as if government employment wasn't already being targeted by Martinez and the austerity hawks before the budget crisis became full blown in the wake of the energy price crash.
As of Aug. 1, there were 17 fewer full-time positions than a year earlier and 630 fewer than in 2012. Those numbers, however, do not include the vacancy rates in positions that are funded. To avoid layoffs, department heads often leave positions vacant in case budgets are trimmed. Vacancies stand at 14.8 percent throughout state agencies, but are higher in some, including the Taxation and Revenue Department, Regulation and Licensing, the Environment Department and the Department of Workforce Solutions, which are all at or near 20 percent. Despite emergency efforts to hire more prison guards, the vacancy rate in the Corrections Department is 22 percent.
Budget crisis or no budget crisis, the predilection of a GOP administration in any economic environment is to keep government small. The budget debacle only exacerbates the threat of major state government layoffs as the administration refuses to entertain any tax increases and maybe even closing tax loopholes to create revenue to prevent layoffs.
But layoffs aren't going to solve the dilemma. The nine layoffs at Tourism save about $560,000 annually. Let's assume that's about $60,000 per position in salary and benefits. Say you lay off 1.500 state employees and/or realize savings from not filling vacancies, a number hard to imagine. That would net you an annual savings of only about $90 million. But the budget deficit alone for the year that started July 1 is already projected to be $458 million and could go higher.
That's why we need a comprehensive plan that includes new revenue as well as belt-tightening and a set of priorities. Right now we're getting a meat axe, across-the-board approach where all services and needs are deemed equal.
The game of chicken continues. The Governor waits for the legislature's budget plan and the legislature waits for the Governor as a special session looms. No one wants to own this and it seems Santa Fe is simply waiting for what it sees as an inevitable rebound in oil prices to bail them out. But look at the natural gas bear market in Farmington, now in its second decade, and how it is has devastated San Juan County via depopulation, slashed budgets and for many a reduced quality of life.
As pessimistic (and correct) as we have been about the state's outlook, even we did not anticipate the enormity of what we currently face and what we could face going forward. State employees from the university system down to the building janitors have reason to grab the edge of their chairs and hang on.
While I would have liked to have seen the increase in public financing get on the ballot, I don't think that Keller is the one who is hurt by the decision. He has high name recognition, not just from being a state senator and state auditor but also because ABQ will remember his car wash ad against Robert Aragon, his GOP rival for state auditor. That ad went viral. The other Dem candidates, Deanna Archuleta and Brian Colón, do not have that kind of name ID.
The failure to increase public financing for candidates, says this Keller sympathizer, also will have another impact:
What this also means is that major independent efforts and Super PACs are now inevitable, and will play a major role in City elections.
Those PACS are not bound by any spending limits and could add oomph to any of the campaigns--privately or publicly financed.
Keller is expected to stay with public financing and receive the $362,000. Archuleta is raising private money and Colon is expected to do the same but whether they can raise more than $362,000 and gain an advantage is up in the air.
Republican Celina Bussey, head of the state labor department, is still being mentioned as a possible, with some sources saying she's still looking and others saying a run is doubtful. ABQ adman Steve McKee, an early possible, is now said to be out. Dem Terry Brunner is out. Dem Pete Dinelli is considering. Republican City Councilor Dan Lewis and Republican BernCo Commissioner Wayne Johnson are other names still circulating as possibles. The election is in October of 2017.
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- Imagine a situation where you are giving an interview with a perspective employer sharing tales of your experiences and selling him on the many reasons he should hire you and doing it by using very specific examples.They might Google you to find that what you are saying is correct or not.And they just says that sorry the job does not fits as per our expectation!!!.You are thinking that what went wrong even you are satisfying with you conversation to employer. What are they looking for? Not your Facebook page (although if you don't have that blocked, they will definitely enjoy the read). Not your dating profile (if they did, that's actually über creepy). Instead, what they're looking for is your online professional presence. And in today's world, you need to have one out there for them to find.
For many professions, an online professional profile will only help you. And until someone rolls in with something better, the best place to go to build one is LinkedIn.If you have a profile on LinkedIn already, kudos!.But this isn't really about that. You should have already created one of those years ago. If you haven't, you should Google around for some tips and tricks for building a great page. Then circle back over here.This is about using your profile correctly — and to your advantage. Because in the corporate world, people read into things. Including the things you're doing on sites like these. So here are the top eight things you might be doing wrong on LinkedIn.
1) You don't have any recommendations.If a hiring manager is scoping out your LinkedIn profile and doesn't see a recommendation, they might think, "Hmm…no one likes their work," or "They must not have impressed anyone," or even, "Umm, this is a dud networker."
The Fix: Get some recommendations, duh. If you haven't tried it yet, that's your homework for today. Send out a request for a recommendation to at least five people you've worked with or currently work with (check your company policy). You'll be surprised at how willing, honest and complimentary people will be of your work
2) You get a flood of recommendations. One word. Shady. If you get a flood of recommendations one day, we're all going to know you're looking for a job. More often than not, job searching occurs under the radar. Well, broadcasting a bunch of recommendations all at the same time is the complete opposite of that.
The Fix: I know what you're thinking, "I need recommendations to get a job, but you're telling me not to get a bunch of them!" The trick is to always be looking for recommendations, even when you're satisfied with your job. That way, when you're not satisfied, you're already set. If you've done great work for a client, ask them for a recommendation via LinkedIn as soon as the project is completed. If you leave a job for another, ask all your former colleagues to give you a shout out. There are lots of ways and reasons to get recommendations, get creative.
3) You lie.This one is pretty self-explanatory, and yet, for some it's hard to follow. In all business settings, if you lie, you will eventually get caught.
The Fix: The best fix to this one is to just simply not to do it.
4) You flirt. Generally women don't have a problem with this one, but men seem to. We tend to know exactly what we want, when we want it and how to avoid you if you're not offering how or what we want. On the one hand, the LinkedIn profile might look so juicy and attractive – how could you not write her? But on the other hand, approaching said modern woman in their professional setting (albeit an online one), isn't ok. Even if you craft a message that would blow even Shakespeare out of the water (although, it's questionable why you would choose that route), you probably won't get a call back. If she's serious about being on the site for business purposes, you will have a hard time chipping away at that. In simpler terms, don't be a creep.
The Fix: Take your party elsewhere. If you see someone on LinkedIn that you find attractive, find another way. Or connect to them and actually be professional and strike up a real networking relationship. There are better places to go to find someone to date.
5) You don't describe your job. Hmm, "specialist." That means so many different things. And when you don't describe it, we have no idea what you're talking about or what you do from 8-5 p.m. every day. The main point here is that you don't want a blank piece a paper with job titles, it doesn't help you at all.
The Fix: When I chose this as one of the eight "wrongs," I actually got conflicting feedback from some folks about how best to share details about your experience. Some said it was ok to list job titles only, and then put the description in the summary at the top of the overall profile. Some said it was best to describe each job, as if building a résumé. When it comes down to it, either of these works, you just have to do one of them so people know you actually work.
6) You don't post a picture. No, it's not a beauty contest (and actually, if you use a glamour shot-esque photo, you may get laughed off the interwebs). But a picture is definitely worth a thousand words. We're not going to judge you, we just want transparency from you. If visuals weren't important in the business world, you would get every job by simply going through a telephone interview (wouldn't that be nice?). LinkedIn is very much the same way. Because it has the photo feature, you should be using it. We want to see who we're working with, networking with and introducing ourselves to – we are visual creatures.
The Fix: Ask a talented amateur photographer friend to snap a few pictures of you. Trust me, they'll be more than willing and you'll reap the rewards. While you're at it, go ahead and use those pictures to create an About.me page. It's a lesser-known site, but one where you can make some great connections while also showing off a bit more personal flair than LinkedIn will allow.
7) You don't have any "stuff." You don't have to be a renaissance corporate-America person with tons of medals, awards and lots of extra-curricular activities, but it helps add a little personality to you if you've got some extra "stuff" listed in your profile. Everyone has something they can add to their profile, a hobby, an award they've won, school organization they led, put something there. If reading this has made you suddenly realize you don't have anything to put there because you work too much – you need to change that. Having a life outside of work makes you marketable.
The Fix: This one is easy. Think about your hobbies, your organizations, what you do for fun, and list them. It shows that you're human and that you enjoy life. Then list any awards you've won at work and any professional affiliations you may have. Then go out and join a few LinkedIn groups (like this one), start a few discussions and get active. LinkedIn is an amazing way to network if you take advantage of its offerings.
8) You change your profile top to bottom. This falls in line with the recommendations. If you're making massive changes to your LinkedIn profile all at once, that tech-savvy employer will get suspicious. What's worse, is that anyone you're linked up to will get a notification that you've changed your profile drastically – so if they don't notice it when you do it, they'll notice it then.
The Fix: Don't do any major fixes to your profile all at once, be strategic about it. Make changes gradually and smartly (or if you're not going to be smart about it, make your settings private). You have colleagues who keep an eye on your profile regularly (I promise). If you really are job searching, don't give them something to gossip about.
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2017 predicted to be a good year for South Carolina cotton growers
SANTEE — South Carolina cotton growers can expect to see a better year in 2017, according to a Clemson University economist.
Nathan Smith, an Extension professor and economist at Clemson's Sandhill Research and Education Center in Columbia who spoke at the South Carolina Cotton Growers' annual meeting on Jan. 24, said cotton acreage in South Carolina is expected to increase in 2017.
"Right now, the outlook for cotton going in to 2017 is an improvement over 2016 in terms of price," Smith said. "The overall expectation is for cotton acreage to increase across the Cotton Belt, especially the mid-South and Texas. Hopefully, we'll see more cotton acres in South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia."
Figures from the USDA for the 2016 South Carolina cotton crop show 190,000 acres were planted, with 184,000 acres harvested. The cotton yield in South Carolina in 2016 was 678 pounds per acre and 260,000 bales were produced.
The Cotton Belt is the southern agricultural region of the United States in which cotton is produced. The Cotton Belt extends from Virginia down into Florida and across the United States into California. In addition to an increase in acreage, Smith said prices also are expected to increase.
"With cotton trading in the low 70-cent range right now, that's encouraging growers to look a little stronger at planting cotton this year instead of corn and soybeans," said Smith, adding he doesn't expect any peanut acreage to be planted in cotton.
South Carolina growers who plan to plant cotton this year have several varieties from which to choose. Mike Jones, the state's cotton specialist housed at the Clemson Pee Dee Research and Education Center in Florence, said new cotton varieties that have proven to produce high yields are: Deltapine (Monsanto) varieties DP 1646B2XF, DP 1747NRB2XF, DP 1538B2XF and DP 1639B2XF. Phytogen (Dow AgroSciences) varieties PHY 499WRF, PHY 495W3RF and PHY 333WRF. The Stoneville (Bayer CropScience) variety showing high yields is ST 5020GLT and Bayer CropScience variety with high yields is ST 4946GLB2. Americot Seed Company had two high-yielding varieties with NexGen 5007B2XF and NexGen 3522B2XF.
In his report from the 2016 cotton crop, Jones said 76 percent of the total cotton acreage in South Carolina was planted in new Xtendflex cotton varieties. The most popular variety was DP 1538B2XF on 26 percent of acreage, followed by DP 1553B2XF on 20 percent of acreage, DP 1646B2XF on 11 percent of acreage, DP 1522B2XF on 5 percent of the acreage and NexGen 5007B2XF on 4 percent of acreage.
"South Carolina growers are making sound cotton variety decisions, planting an estimated 79 percent of the state's total acreage with the top 10 highest-yielding varieties from our Official Variety Testing program in 2016," Jones said.
Anyone who grows cotton knows thrips are certain to make an appearance in the crop. Jeremy Greene, an entomologist at the Clemson Edisto Research and Education Center, said these are the most predictable pests in cotton.
"Cotton growers can be assured thrips will be present every year in South Carolina cotton crops," Greene said. "Tobacco thrips are the primary species of thrips that will attack cotton. Growers can reduce risk from thrips injury by planting later in May."
Bollworms and stink bugs were insect pests Greene addressed during the meeting. According to Greene, bollworms are controlled primarily with Bt technology in the majority of cotton planted in South Carolina, although the technology does not provide 100 percent control of the species. Growers still need to scout for and manage bollworms, as needed, Greene cautioned, particularly as issues with resistance to Bt proteins and pyrethroid insecticides increase in the future.
To aid cotton producers in their fight against insect pests, the Clemson Cooperative Extension Service has two mobile apps. Found at http://www.clemson.edu/extension/mobile-apps/, the first app is the Calibrate My Sprayer App for iOS and Android devices. This free mobile app aids in the proper calibration of spraying equipment. The second app, found on the same page, is the Mix My Sprayer app, also for iOS and Android devices. The My Sprayer app is a free app that aids users with quick, accurate calculations of product mixes to be applied with spraying equipment. Custom lists of favorite products by category can be created.
In addition to these topics, attendees at the meeting also heard about weed control technologies, laboratory services available from the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, as well as updates on other research projects including projects involving precision agriculture technology and nematode management.
Cotton planting season is almost ready to begin in South Carolina. About 80 percent of the state's cotton crop is planted during the first week in May.


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Pippa is not really beautiful, her face looks like prune from too much tanning, but she is white and skinny so that equates beauty in the eye of the media, the same media that has tried for years to convince me that Jennifer Anniston is sexy. Saying it repeatedly doesn't make it so and needs to take some time out of the limelight because the same media that is up her ass right now will turn on her in a very short time.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Is any body else sick of Pippa Middleton? The media's sick obsession with this woman is annoying me as much as the non stop coverage of reality celebutards. The woman's only claim to fame is that her sister married Prince William.
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Here's a Topps USA card of Yanks' prospect Peter O'Brien. Although not much of a prospect because he only has one tool, that one tool is power and that's pretty damn cool. He's already got more than 30 HRs on the year, trailing only Joey Gallo and Kris Bryant for the most in minor league baseball. Pretty nuts. I assume he'll get the call at some point late this year or next, but he'll probably never be more than a Shelley Duncan, all-or-nothing kind of hitter. Still, it could be very exciting to watch him.
Oh yeah, Pittsburgh Pirates was in the title, right? I'll double up on trade posts and include some cards sent over from our favorite Pirate collector, Mr. Bob Walk The Plank. Matt had a few Tino relics for me, both of which are awesome, and even included an Ivan Nova autograph (sorry for the dark scan). I'm 99% sure this is my first Nova 'graph of any sort.


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Last month we packed our little cars and hit the LOOOONG road up to Island Park, ID. My mom has a cabin up there and the WHOLE wonderful gang spent the week canoeing, hiking, biking, horse back riding, searching for animals and staying up late, chatting with cousins we never get to see! It was a fantastic week spent with my family that I love so much! :D
Our backyard for a week.....
This picture makes me smile....
Brent and me on one of MANY long walks!
The most handsome man around.
and his STUNNING bride ;D
Jacob and his ubber cute, ever growing family.....
Adorable Justin and Katie...and their insanely cute munchkins of course
Mom and her girls (minus 1...whom we missed dearly!)
Beautiful Aunt Julie
This picture made me laugh OUT LOUD!
On our LONG drive
Just a few of the many faces from the trip......
Doesn't this picture make you wanna go for a ride!?
Oliver had a BLAST!
Our postcard home...
Love birds.
The whole group on our last day together
Thanks again mom, for having us all up there for an amazing week of fantastic memories! We had a blast! :D
Summer days in Island Park
Friday, August 28, 2009
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Once you've run the nuts and water through your blender cycle, you simply strain it. At this point, I like to add a couple of possible flavorings. Sometimes I add the seeds of a vanilla bean, or if I'm feeling extra decadent, I like to add a couple of tablespoons of raw cacao powder to make chocolate almond milk. And once you try this, you might not ever go back to store bought almond milk. You can't compare it to the silky mouthfeel and clean taste of homemade.
Homemade Raw Almond Milk
makes roughly 1 quart
1 cup raw almonds
4 cups purified water
1-2 pitted Medjool dates (optional)
1 cinnamon stick (optional)
- In a clean glass pitcher that holds at least 5 cups of liquid, combine all of the ingredients and let soak for 8-24 hours, or overnight.
- Add the contents to the jar of your blender and let it run until the mixture looks very milky and frothy. If you don't have a high-speed blender, you might need to let it run extra long, but it'll still work just fine.
- Pour the liquid into a nut milk bag or a piece of muslin over a fine mesh strainer, and squeeze out all of the milk into your desired container. Let chill and serve.
Once strained, you can clean out your blender jar and add the milk back in with your variation of choice:
seeds scraped from 1/2 of a vanilla bean
1-2 tablespoon raw cacao powder or cocoa powder
honey or pure maple syrup to taste (best if you don't start with the dates if you're using these)


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Also linking to: Theme Thursday prompt Doubts
Little did she know what was in store.
The marketplace faded as her eyes fell on him. Memories came flooding through.
"He would've looked like him if he had lived", she thought wistfully, foolishly wishing they could meet again.
"But I always thought I'd see you again", sang the busker. She looked heavenward and smiled.
Theme Thursday prompt Doubts
Whenever I have doubts, I usually look heavenward and ask the question. The universe always sends an answer if we only learn to listen.
Many questions and doubts went through my mind as the memories flashed through yesterday.
More often than not I get the answers from a song and yesterday was no different. Thank you Universe.
May today be the day you find the answers you seek. May today be the day your doubts are resolved.
Check out these awesome bloggers who are also taking part in the UBC challenge:
Shilpa Kajal Richa Jairam Sheethal Kathy Swati Michelle Nabanita
My previous UBC Jan 2014 posts here
Drop by my facebook page Suzy's Ilation and if any of your posts needs some tlc, add it to the goodwill thread there and I'll drop by and give it some love.
Warm Regards


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It's been a while since I posted any quiet time baskets, and that's because I haven't changed them out in a while. But I got some fun stuff for a Thanksgiving basket and a snow basket, so I had to make room.
- I painted the cupholders of a fast food drink caddy red, orange, yellow, green, and brown and the girls were supposed to take it outside and fill each container with things of that color.
- Assorted pinecones and rocks
- A magnifying glass, a small flashlight, and a makeup brush for examining rocks
- A birdhouse
- Four flipbooks of insect, bug, and bird trivia with magnifying glasses to look at the slides
- Halloween playdough (lime green, purple
- Rolling pin and cookie cutters
- Glow in the dark skeleton (it's the same size as Helena)
- A test tube of glop from the dollar section at Target and a Halloween segmented plate to play with it on (ONLY ON THE PLATE!!!!)
- A science experiment workbook
- A picture book about pumpkins
- A picture book about a haunted house
- Geeky glasses to go with the mad scientist stuff
Be sure to click on the quiet time baskets link to see more ideas!


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Governor McDonnell's (and the Republican) agenda for 2012 is to loosen gun controls and restrictions in Virginia. There is no mention of keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill.
Following the Virginia Tech shooting, Virginia's Republicans and Democrats promised they would adopt policies to make our campuses safer—emphasis was put on mental health and keeping guns from those who are dangerous to themselves and others. Governor McDonnell was Attorney General when those promises were made. He did not object; his silence was tacit approval. The promises have not been kept.
The mentally ill can still go to any gun show in Virginia and buy a weapon without a background check. Colorado closed that loophole after Columbine; Virginia should do the same.
Governor McDonnell apparently considers that sponsoring a radio jingle to raise awareness is the right response to the Peter Odighizuwa's, Cho Seung-Hui's, and Ross Turett Ashley's of this world. It is not.
Virginia spends less on mental health than it did before April 16, 2007. Furthermore, McDonnell is intent on privatizing the state's mental health program. Privatization will weaken, not strengthen mental health care. A similar privatization program in New Jersey has led to a decline in the quality of care.
Privatization may be popular with some—but it is fool's gold. Privatization is not more efficient than the current state-run program. Virginia will lose economy of scale through privatization. There will be cuts in care to ensure profits.
With voters clamoring for ethics in government, McDonnell should keep promises—particularly involving the safety of our schools.
I are asking you to strengthen, not loosen laws to keep guns out of the hands of the unstable; I am asking you not to weaken mental health care—keep it in the hands of the state
Yours sincerely,
David Cariens
Kilmarnock, Virginia


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Last year we recommended you avoid using Netflix Instant Watching to view the David Lynch films Dune (1984) and Wild at Heart (1990) once we discovered they were presenting the movies in a different aspect ratio than their original theatrical presentations. We recently found a useful educational video below produced by cable station Turner Classic Movies (TCM). The video features several distinguished filmmakers explaining the importance of getting the technical detail of letterboxing right in our home video presentations. After reading our article and viewing the many examples we collected, you will better understand why every film should be seen as their directors originally intended.


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Dave King, perhaps best known for his Self Editing For Fiction Writers (now in second edition) wrote to say:
I've just become aware of a couple of new sins in the publishing world that writers need to know about. I know a lot of writers get so frustrated with traditional publishing that they have to go somewhere, so they turn to vanity presses and self-publishing. And the people waiting to prey on them seem to be evolving new methods. I've written and attached a warning for your readers. Can you post it on your blog?
Of course, we said. Here's Dave's piece:
A former client recently told me he'd just published with a small press to very good reviews. I was surprised since I had flagged some serious problems with his manuscript, and he said he had published it without changing a word. I looked into his situation and discovered two new publishing sins.
One is the back-door vanity press. Instead of asking for money up front like traditional vanities, these imprints only publish your novel if you promise to buy a certain number of copies yourself. This keeps them from being labeled as vanities by many of the websites that warn writers about scams. Two websites that caught this one are Writer Beware and Preditors and Editors . Back-door vanities make enough profit selling to their own writers, so they don't have to bother selling to the public.
Then there are the review mills. These companies will review your book for free, then offer to put their review on your Amazon or Barnes and Noble page for a small fee. Somehow, the reviews all seem to be raves. And all the books they reviewed were either vanity or self published.
Pouring yourself into a novel with no idea how well it will be received can sometimes leave you hungry for good feedback. Sadly, there are unscrupulous businesses (including some editorial services) who will give you that feedback whether you deserve it or not. The books published by back-door vanities and praised by review mills may actually be good books. Since they never reach a fair marketplace, we'll never know.
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Channel 809 on Direct TV. The channel is called Country Hits Radio. I've been getting all sorts of work around the house done listening to my favorites – George Strait, Merle Haggard . . . ahhhh. I love me some classic country!
Golden Spoon Tart Mango and Graham Cracker frozen yogurts swirled together. YUM!
OPI nail polish in panda-monium pink. it's a sweet spring color and makes me super ready for sundresses and sandals.
They sell this at Bath & Body Works and when they have their really big sales (the one with the yellow and red bags and the rubber duckies) you can get it for less than $2. It's a sheer, not sticky gloss that tastes and smells like mint. LOVE.IT.LOTS.
The color yellow. I want everything to be yellow right now. If I had an extra $100 I'd buy a lightweight spring cardigan or this darling scarf from Pleated Poppy. It's called sunshine yellow. What's not to love?
Or if I couldn't find just what I wanted OR had even another $100 I'd buy some cool yellow pillows to lighten up the family room.
This is the signature fragrance from the Ritz Carlton Key Biscayne. They have these candles all over the hotel and they smell sooooooo good. And, of course, they're yellow.
All of these great, newish to me, websites are making my days better AND more productive.
Tracks calories, carbs, sugar and whatever else you're into. Swimsuit season is looming and I am keeping this open on my computer and my iPad all the time right now to help keep me stay on track.
I am not a crafter, am not particularly creative or the owner of patience and fine motor skills. Sites like Laurie's are perfect for me! She has cataloged great recipes, free printable downloads for Springtime entertaining, décor tutorials – you name it.
Amber over at Starfish has shared some easy tips recently for making life just a little simpler. I really like Amber for a whole bunch of reasons.
She lives in Coastal San Diego where my heart will always be. AND her house is flippin' adorable. I just die when she posts and shares pix from her house. I even love her throw pillows for goodness sakes. Oh, and she's a jewelry designer and made a darling necklace when my sweet new niece was born as a gift for her Mama.
Her recent tips for setting a 15 minute timer and quick bathroom clean ups are just icing on the cake for me. In fifteen minutes I can rinse and load the breakfast dishes in the dishwasher, make the bed and empty the bathroom trash cans. How's that for productive?!?! LOVE IT!
Life just seems so short these days and since I my sugar intake is limited right now I'll take happy anyway I can get it ;) ENJOY
xoxo, Mrs. Montoya
The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.
~Bern Williams