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'I don't have to be very clever to do my job', says Brexit Secretary David Davis
David Davis has said he doesn't have to be "very clever" or "know that much" to do his job as Brexit secretary.
The Cabinet Secretary said he just has to be "calm" and admitted that last Monday's botched attempt at getting an agreement with the European Union to move to Brexit trade negotiations had tested that ability.
Theresa May's attempt to reach a Brexit deal on the Irish border fell apart at the start of last week after a damaging public row with the Democratic Unionst Party over Northern Ireland's future.
On an extraordinary day in Brussels, EU leaders raised expectations that a deal on the terms of the UK's withdrawal was about to be reached, only for Mrs May to return empty-handed following a serious miscalculation over the DUP's response to a key negotiating point.
Speaking to LBC radio, Mr Davis said: "What's the requirement of my job? I don't have to be very clever, I don't have to know that much, I do just have to be calm. And that did test the calmness a bit, a little bit."
Speaking this morning, Mr Davis said Britain's commitment to maintaining a soft Irish border after Brexit is "much more than legally enforceable".
He said the UK would seek to maintain a "frictionless, invisible" border between Northern Ireland and the Republic even if Friday's last-minute agreement to allow trade talks to start collapses in the event of a "no deal" Brexit.
His comment on Sunday that the plans were a "statement of intent" was branded "bizarre" by the Irish government, which insisted an agreement that the UK will have "full alignment" with the EU on issues that impact on Northern Ireland was "binding".
But Mr Davis claimed his words had been "completely twisted".
He told LBC Radio: "What I actually said yesterday in terms was we want to protect the peace process, want to protect Ireland from the impact of Brexit for them, and I said this was a statement of intent which was much more than just legally enforceable.
"Of course it's legally enforceable under the withdrawal agreement but even if that didn't happen for some reason, if something went wrong, we would still be seeking to provide a frictionless invisible border with Ireland."
Mr Davis went on: "What we're saying is this bit of it, the bit about the full alignment argument on the issues which affect the peace process in the Belfast Agreement, we would look to that anyway because one of our absolute underpinning aims is to ensure that Ireland and particularly the Northern Ireland peace process is not harmed.
"And what's most symbolic in that is the absence of a hard border, the absence of border posts and that sort of thing.
"And we are quite certain we can do that by technical and other means even if we end up without a deal with the European Union."
Asked why he said the soft Irish border deal was a statement of intent, Mr Davis replied: "Because it's more than legally enforceable.
"In the event that the withdrawal agreement doesn't happen then we would still be seeking to maintain an invisible border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, that was the point. I was making the point it was much more than just in the treaty, it's what we want to do anyway."
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Introduction to Pregnancy Symptoms
A missed menstrual period is often the first recognizable sign of a possible pregnancy, but there are other signs and symptoms of early pregnancy as well. Not all women have all symptoms or experience them in the same way. The most common first trimester symptoms are discussed in the following slides.
Missed Period
The first sign many women recognize as an early sign of pregnancy is a missed menstrual period (amenorrhea). Some women may experience lighter-than-normal periods, and they may also have spotting that can occur 1 to 2 weeks following conception.
A missed menstrual period can be caused by other conditions aside from pregnancy, so it is not always a definitive sign.
Breast Swelling, Tenderness, and Pain
Breast enlargement, tenderness, or pain similar to premenstrual symptoms, can occur early on during pregnancy. The breasts may feel full or heavy, and the area around the nipple (areola) may darken. A dark line called the linea nigra that runs from the middle of the abdomen to the pubic area may appear.
Nausea and Vomiting
"Morning sickness," or nausea and vomiting that usually occurs in the morning in early pregnancy usually happens between weeks two and eight of pregnancy. It's a misnomer because the nausea and vomiting can actually happen at any time. It's thought changes in levels of estrogen may play a role in developing nausea.
Another early pregnancy sign may be food cravings or aversions. Women may have an unusual urge to eat a particular food, even one she previously did not like, or she may be completely repulsed by a food she used to love. This is common and usually the food aversions fade with the first trimester.
Fatigue and Tiredness
The extra progesterone in a woman's body during pregnancy may cause her to feel fatigued and tired, and the need for naps increases. By the second trimester, energy levels usually rise again.
Abdominal Bloating
The rise in progesterone during pregnancy can also cause abdominal bloating, fullness, and gas. The weight gain in the first trimester is usually minimal, but cramping and bloating may make you feel as if you have gained more than the typical one pound per month.
Frequent Urination
The urge to urinate more frequently starts about six weeks into pregnancy, thanks to the hormone human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), which causes increased blood flow to the pelvic area and can stimulate the urge to urinate. Later in pregnancy, the urge to urinate may be increased by the growing baby in the enlarging uterus putting pressure on the bladder.
Elevated Basal Body Temperature
Many women hoping to become pregnant will chart their basal body temperature (the lowest body temperature in a 24-hour period, usually first thing in the morning after waking). The basal body temperature usually rises around ovulation and lasts until the next menstrual period. If the basal body temperature stays high for longer than that, it may indicate pregnancy.
Melasma (Darkening of the Skin)
During the first trimester, the skin on the forehead, bridge of the nose, upper lip, or cheekbones may darken. This is often referred to as the "mask of pregnancy," and the medical term is melasma or chloasma. It is more common in darker skinned women and those with a family history of melasma.
Mood Swings and Stress
Rapid changes in hormone levels during pregnancy may be responsible for mood swings and feelings of stress. Women may feel very emotional, anxious, or depressed, and have crying spells. Mood swings may be worst in the first trimester, easing up somewhat in the second, and coming back as the pregnancy nears the end.
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Guilford senior Mike Williams added 120 rushing yards and a score and Tyler Hunt kicked a school record-tying three field goals. The win clinched Guilford's best season since 2007 when the Quakers finished 6-4.
Guilford's offense reached the red zone on each of its first five possessions, but Catholic's defense held the Quakers to three Hunt field goals. The freshman booted a 41-yarder early in the first quarter, Guilford's longest since 2006. His 19-yard field goal 3:45 before halftime made it 9-0 and matched the school record for field goals in a game, which he shares with three others.
Pawlowski's one-yard run seven seconds before halftime sent the Quakers into the locker room with a 16-0 lead.
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Catholic's defense held on fourth down from its own 27-yard line on the ensuing Guilford possession. Cordivari and company marched right back down into Guilford territory. Facing a fourth-and-three from the Quakers' four-yard line with six minutes to play, the Cardinals opted for a 12-yard Timbo McGarry field goal that made it a 16-10 game.
Williams put the game out of reach with a 30-yard run on a third-and-two play with 2:51 to go. Adam Smith passed to Pawlowski for the two-point conversion and Guilford had a two-touchdown lead. Satiir Stevenson ended any chance of a Cardinals' comeback with his second interception of the game, this one with 1:57 remaining.
Williams and Pawlowski became first Quakers' tandem with over 100 rushing yards in the same game since Sept. 8, 2001. Guilford finished with a season-high 243 rushing yards, its best single-game total since 2008. Williams, one of six seniors recognized prior to the game, moved into seventh place on Guilford's career rushing list with 1,549 yards. Pawlowski also completed 15-of-26 passes for 201 yards and moved into seventh place on the school's season passing yardage list (2,120).
Catholic's Cordivari completed 20-of-42 passes for 139 yards and a touchdown. Alonzo Cooke made four receptions and Hubbell finished with three. Cardinals' linebacker Conor Stuecker made a game-high 14 tackles.
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Each night millions of parents share their beds with their toddlers, but over the years mixed messages have confused parents, making them wonder if bed sharing is a good idea.
Psychologist, and mom, Aileen Garibyan says she's followed traditional advice, against sharing a bed with kids.
"It could cause problems between the couple, as well as behavioral problems with the child," according to Garibyan.
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But now comes a new study from Teachers College of Columbia University, that goes against previously held beliefs. This study shows that sleeping with toddlers does not lead to behavioral or cognitive problems.
This comes as good news to Connie Legaspi. Her two year old son Michael loves to sleep his parents.
"It's just better because we do end up sleeping through the night, the three of us, rather than putting him in his crib and he cries all night long," says Legaspi.
Still, some parents say they believe it's up to each individual family to see what works best for them.
Adam Wade says his boys love cuddling with him and wife, but as they get older, they seem to gain independence by sleeping on their own.
"For our older boy, I think he gets a bit more confidence sleeping alone. He's in the big boy bed now," says Wade.
And for Legaspi, who's expecting twins, the new research gives her the flexibility to just do what she says feels natural.
"We'll just get a bigger bed," says Legaspi. "We have a queen size now, so we'll get a king size."


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Felix Baumgartner fully loaded weighs 260 pounds wearing specialized equipment for a supersonic freefall. He's protected head to toe in a pressurized space suit.
The 12-pound chest pack contains monitoring, tracking and communications systems. Critical data during the jump will be transmitted to mission control in real time.
The pressurized capsule weighs as much as a VW Beetle (2,900 lbs). A helium-filled balloon will lift the capsule and Felix at about 1,000 ft per minute. That's a better climb rate than you'd get with a single engine 150 hp airplane.
Once launched, Felix will float to 120,000 ft in less than 3 hours. The 30-million-cubic-foot helium balloon is 1/10 the thickness of a Ziploc bag, yet weighs more than 3,000 pounds. Stretched out it would cover about 40 acres.
As the balloon ascends the temperature decreases with height up to the tropopause. In the stratosphere the temperature actually increases with height. This warming comes from ozone molecules absorbing ultraviolet light from the sun.
Felix pays special attention to step off from the capsule. Due to the lack of atmosphere below, nothing will slow him down. A stable body position is key to preventing an uncontrollable spin and possible loss of consciousness.
Before Felix leaves the safety of his pressurized capsule, he will wait for a final "clear to jump" from mission control. Once he depressurizes and detaches hoses, he must jump. In an emergency he could ride the capsule back to earth unpressurized but with limited oxygen reserves.
The delta position (head down) is best for stability, decreased drag, and attempt to break the speed of sound.
Felix is likely to reach the speed of sound within 40 seconds from 120,000 ft. As he moves away from the edge of space and closer to the troposphere, the atmosphere becomes thicker as it holds more air molecules.
Mission Attempts 1. First to Reach Supersonic Speed in Freefall: First person to break the speed of sound and achieve Mach 1 in freefall, estimated 690 mph, with further acceleration possible, 2. Freefall from Highest Altitude: Expected jump from 120,000 ft, 3. Longest Freefall Time: Expected freefall of 5 minutes, 35 seconds or more, 4. Highest Manned Balloon Flight: Expected ascent to 120,000 ft
As Felix falls closer to the troposphere, where airliners fly, the air molecules are multiplying which acts as a gradual brake when he comes thundering through the sky at supersonic speeds.
As Felix falls closer to earth, air molecules continue to increase acting as a gradual brake as he thunders through the sky. He must slow to 172 mph before opening his parachute. Worst-case scenario, his reserve chute will open automatically.
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In Hebrews 10:19-22 we read, "Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,... let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water." Because of what Jesus did on the cross two thousands years ago, we need not approach God in fear and trembling, for our hearts are sprinkled clean and our bodies washed. The application is strong and unambiguous: "LET US DRAW NEAR!"
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Annabel Marie Oswald, age 103, of Frost, died Sunday, January 6, 2013, at Parker Oaks in Winnebago. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 11:00 AM, at United Lutheran Church in Frost, with Rev. Arne Halbakken officiating. Burial will be in United Lutheran Cemetery, Frost. Visitation time will be one hour prior to services at the church. Patton Funeral Home & Cremation Service, of Blue Earth is assisting the family with the arrangements. Web tributes may be left at www.pattonfh.com Annabel was born July 12, 1909, in Buffalo Center, IA,, the daughter of Thomas and Florence (Adams) Bosma. She was raised and educated in Buffalo Center, Iowa where she was a 1926 graduate of Buffalo Center High School. She earned her teaching certificate and taught at the Oswald School near Elmore before her marriage to Norman Oswald on August 27, 1930 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. The couple farmed at Pilot Grove, Dell and later at Frost for many years until retiring to Frost in 1966. Annabel taught Sunday school for many years in Dell and Frost and was very active in church ladies aide and circles. She grew many excellent vegetable and flower gardens and later enjoyed wintering with Norman in Mesa, Arizona. The couple loved to travel and had visited Germany, Norway, Mexico, Alaska and many other domestic locations. Her greatest joy was being with her family and staying connected to her extended family; she will be greatly missed. Annabel Oswald is survived by her daughter, Lorraine Karkela of Savage, her son, Raymond (Pat) Oswald of Frost, her brother, Jim Bosma of Buffalo Center, Iowa, her sister in law, Grace Bosma of Buffalo Center, Iowa, her grandchildren: Tammy (Kevin) Greenfield, Jim (Deb) Oswald, Todd (Julie) Karkela, & KrisAnn (Tom) Krause, her great grandchildren: Alicia, Melissa (Levi), Ryle, Thomas, Andrew & Mitchell and great great grandson- Logan. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband-Norman in1998, and twelve brothers & sisters: Lewis Bosma, Edward Bosma, Thomas Bosma, Mattie Horton, Heiko Bosma, Bert Bosma, Lillian Mastin, Bessie Weaver, Esther Mastin, Grace Hassebroek, Irene Burger & Clarence Bosma and a son-in-law, Willard Karkela.
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Ran qPCRs on the DNA I extracted on 20170504 and earlier today.
The full list of samples is here (Google Sheet): 20170502_Ava_Ab_List
Standard curve was p18RK7 from 20161128.
All samples were run in duplicate.
Master mix calcs are here (Google Sheet): 20170509_qPCR_WSN1_Ava_Samples
Plate layouts, cycling params, etc. can be seen in the corresponding qPCR Reports (see Results below).
Baseline threshold was manually set to 580, based on Lisa's development of the withering syndrome qPCR assay.
Curves look good on all runs (except the one that's been noted and has been repeated). Will pass along to Ava and Carolyn.
qPCR Report (PDF): Sam_2017-05-09 07-29-36_CC009827.pdf
qPCR Data File (CFX96): Sam_2017-05-09 07-29-36_CC009827.pcrd
This plate has a bad curve and needs to be re-run! It has been repeated below!
I've included this for posterity only!
qPCR Report (PDF): Sam_2017-05-09 08-56-22_CC009827.pdf
qPCR Data File (CFX96): Sam_2017-05-09 08-56-22_CC009827.pcrd
qPCR Report (PDF): Sam_2017-05-09 10-21-15_CC009827.pdf
qPCR Data File (CFX96): Sam_2017-05-09 10-21-15_CC009827.pcrd
qPCR Report (PDF): Sam_2017-05-09 11-44-42_CC009827.pdf
qPCR Data File (CFX96): Sam_2017-05-09 11-44-42_CC009827.pcrd
qPCR Report (PDF): Sam_2017-05-09 13-07-46_CC009827.pdf
qPCR Data File (CFX96): Sam_2017-05-09 13-07-46_CC009827.pcrd


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GOOD-HEARTED PESTERING: If we feel for anyone come the happy foliage days of fall, it is for the people who cover the phones at various visitors' bureaus and chambers of commerce. Those are the tireless employees on the frontlines of the foliage watch, and they must get inquiring calls throughout late September and all of October. And all of the calls ask this: "Are the leaves changing yet?" And then the nice employee stands, walks to a window, and gives the out-of-town caller a full, up-to-the-minute report on the trees that can be seen from the visitors' bureau office.
AND... this is understandable. It can be difficult to predict the change, and when it comes, it arrives with a briskness that is both notable and fleeting. So, yep, leaf-peepers want to be on-schedule, but that schedule varies from year-to-year, depending upon the dryness of the previous winter, overnight lows, and several other meteorological, nature-based factors. Nevada City surely gets many a call starting in September, but the oh-so-picturesque northern Gold Country burg goes a step further: They've got a downloadable brochure.
TRUE... the brochure isn't going to tell you just when the trees dotting the hilly town'll go crimson and gold, but it'll give you a great idea what to watch for. The higher elevations of the region tend to start seeing autumn hues in September, while Nevada City and Grass Valley can go full bore in the glorious department come October. Want to keep tabs on one of the prettiest fall (and anytime) cities in California? Best watch this space, leaf-peeping, visitors'-bureau-phoning eager beavers. ("Eager beaver" is a compliment, of course; what is fall foliage-tracking without some eager-beaver-ness?)


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Obama's modest gains
Four years ago, President Barack Obama called preventing nuclear terrorism a top security priority, but the U.S. is only marginally safer from that threat today. Obama has a limited window in his second term to achieve his nuclear security vision. If missed, the opportunity may only recur after a nuclear catastrophe — one that could have been prevented.
It was only last April in the casino town of Batumi, Georgia, that a cigarette-smoking man wearing a suit expressed interest in buying uranium for his Turkish boss. Fortunately, Georgian police were tapping the room and arrested him and others, halting any potential sale. This incident was the latest in a long line illustrating ongoing black-market demand for nuclear materials that could be fashioned into a "dirty" bomb or nuclear device.
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Since 1993, there have been roughly 2,000 cases of illicit or unauthorized trafficking of nuclear and radioactive material logged by the International Atomic Energy Agency . Thirty illicit radioactive trafficking incidents were reported in the former Soviet region alone from 2009-11. As Obama said in December, "Make no mistake, if [terrorists] get [nuclear material], they will use it."
There has been modest progress made with Obama's leadership on nuclear security through the Nuclear Security Summits he launched in Washington in 2010. In 2009, 41 states had weapons-usable nuclear material; now 31 do. The 53 states participating in the NSS process have committed to improving security of dangerous nuclear materials in their possession and helping others who ask for such assistance. The Seoul summit also increased attention to securing vulnerable highly radioactive sources that could be used in a dirty bomb.
But it is not enough. There are no binding international standards for securing nuclear and radiological material and no requirement to even adhere to the recommendations of the IAEA. Lacking standards, there is no agreed-upon process to assess how well states secure their dangerous nuclear materials. Obama has called for "durable international institutions" to prevent nuclear terrorism, but there is no mandate for an organization like the IAEA to help with security unless a state asks first. And then, all interactions are kept confidential.


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Only one founding member of the pioneering Jamaican band is still alive and in the group, which performs at World Beat Center in Balboa Park and Black Box in Tijuana.
The Skatalites and The Temptations?
What could the pioneering Jamaican band, whose ebullient ska music helped lay the foundation for reggae, have in common with the pioneering Motown vocal group, which in February received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989?
The answer, sadly, is death.
Make that, multiple deaths.
Both groups were officially launched in the early 1960s — in Kingston and Detroit, respectively.
Both groups proved enormously influential, with The Temptations soon joining The Four Tops, The Supremes and The Miracles at the forefront of the Motown Records-fueled pop-soul revolution.
The Skatalites, meanwhile, almost single-handedly created ska, the brassy, upbeat, rhythmically infectious style in turn begot the proto-reggae hybrid known as rock-steady. The band went on to collaborate with such seminal reggae artists as Jimmy Cliff, Toots and The Maytals and Bob Marley & The Wailers.
The Skatalites' clipped, calypso-inspired beats, syncopated mento bass lines, punchy, jazz-fueled brass arrangements and New Orleans R&B-styled guitar and keyboard riffs influenced No Doubt, UB40, the Specials, Hepcat, San Diego's Buck-O-Nine and other bands on either side of the Atlantic.
Today, The Skatalites and The Temptations continue to tour and perform, even though each group now only has a single surviving original member in its respective lineup.
For The Temptations, the sole survivor is Otis Williams.
For The Skatalites, who perform tonight at the all-ages World Beat Center in Balboa Park and Friday at Tijuana's 18-and-up Black Box, alto saxophonist Lester Sterling has that distinction. All of the band's eight other co-founders are deceased (the first, trombonist Don Drummond, died in 1969, the most recent, drummer Lloyd Knibb in 2011).
Undaunted, Sterling soldiers on, at 77, the lone member of a proud musical legacy. He currently leads an eight-man lineup of The Skatlites, which also features veteran singer Doreen Shaffer. Together, they pay tribute to a band that helped to profoundly change music in Jamaica, and — by extension — much of the world.
The Skatalites, with DJ Carlos Culture
When: 8 tonight, Thursday, April 4
Where: World Beat Center, 2100 Park Blvd., Balboa Park
Tickets: $15
Phone: (619) 230-1190
Online: worldbeatcenter.org
The Skatalites, with Maxi Vargas, Mano Bravo, Riddim Lions, Shocks of Mighty, 2000 Tons of TNT and Abram Serratos
When: 8 p.m. Friday, April 5
Where: Black Box, 6th and Avenida Revolucion, Tijuana
Tickets: $15
Phone: (619) 230-1190
Online: worldbeatcenter.org


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Armillo was one of the games I stopped to see at the Penny Arcade Expo just to be polite. I'd never heard of the studio behind the game, Fuzzy Wuzzy Games. I wasn't in the mood for a cute, colourful platformer.
But... they roped me in. The guy handing out promo postcards for the game did his PAX job well and made eye contact. I couldn't brush him off. So I sat down to play Armillo, not mentioning where I was from. I ran the game's title character around a spherical world, dashed with one button, jumped with the other. I started thinking about Sonic controls and Super Mario Galaxy level design (Sonic Adventure 2 had spherical worlds before Galaxy, some Sega fan is yelling at me now). As I played, someone else behind me said they saw some Bomberman in this game, too. The whole thing felt like a throwback, even when I — surprise — found a machine gun for my armadillo to briefly use, twin-stick-shooter-style against enemies.
I had enough fun that, after a couple of minutes, I dropped the veil of anonymity. I told the Fuzzy Wuzzy guys I was from Kotaku and needed to show our readers the game. So we filmed it, with two of the developers explaining the action. You see a little bit of two levels of the game. What you don't see is a two-player mode which I ran out of time to check out.
The game is about six months from completion. Fuzzy Wuzzy hopes to put it out on Steam and Xbox Live Arcade, but it doesn't sound like they've found a publisher yet. I enjoyed what they've made so far. Is it weird to think of a colourful platformer that combines 3D Mario and Sonic games as a throwback already? Maybe. But let's think of it as fun too. There is promise here, but still a lot to prove for a new studio's debut game.
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Wesley Chapel Florida Homes for Sale November 23rd 2018
In Wesley Chapel today, there are 407 single family homes FOR SALE
104 single family homes HAVE SOLD in the last 30 days
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I was the Chairman of the Wesley Chapel Chamber Economic Development Committee for 3 years and have chaired the Wesley Chapel Art Show and the Wesley Chapel Fall Festival several times.
I was honored to win the Wesley Chapel Chamber Ambassador of the Year 2 years and even ran for Honorary Mayor of Wesley Chapel one year.
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Starting from 12th December 2016 the receptionists will be asking each patient a couple of questions regarding the appointment you are wishing to book. These questions have been set and approved by our GP's to enable you to be seen by the post appropriate clinician within the best timescale.
You can be assured that all communication is dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
Our aim is to help support you and deal with your enquiry in an efficient timely manner.
Thank you
The Council has agreed to make Berrycombe Car Park available to patients and visitors to Carnewater Practice between the hours of 8.00am to 18.00pm. The car park signs will change to permit holders only from 18.00pm to 8.00am.
As many of you will know, Dr Hignell is retiring from Carnewater Practice at the end of March. I am sure you will join with us in wishing him and happy, healthy and very long retirement.
We are very pleased to announce that Dr Dale Staff is joining the practice from Monday 20th February. Dr Staff is an experienced GP and he is looking forward to getting to know the practice and its patients. He will be working on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Welcome Dr Staff!
New Staff Member Joins the Team
We are delighted to welcome GEORGE KEMPNY to the team. George is a very experienced Pharmacist, and is joining the team to help deal with medication queries and reviews. He will be speaking to and seeing patients to deal with their queries and helping the GPs with reviews. We are sure he will be great addition to the Carnewater Team - Welcome George!
There are major roadworks in Bodmin which are expected to last at least 11 months. The works will include road closures, and diversions which will change regularly.
All patients registered with us have a named GP. For more details about this please click the link on the right of this page under Further Information.
To see our annual report please click on the Patient Group link on the right below, and then click on the Annual Patient Participation Report tab. You can see what your Patient Group have achieved this year, and how they help shape services and work with the practice to achieve this. If you are interested in joining the group, please contact the secretary - details also on the patient group link below.
Are you a carer for someone with dementia? There is a walking group in Bodmin for dementia sufferers, their families and carers. For more information please click the button below right "Dementia Walks" under Further Information.
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NHS 111 launched in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly on 4 February 2014. The easy to remember number replaces NHS Direct's 0845 4647 service and should be called if the surgery is closed and if medical help is needed fast but it's not a 999 emergency. The service will be provided by South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT), which already runs the 111 service in Devon, Dorset and Somerset. If you need medical advice then please call 111.
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Brett Lee and Asha Bhosle – You Are The One For Me
Australian pace bowler Brett Lee has joined up with Hindi singer Asha Bhosle in a music video that hit number four on the Indian charts in its first week. Lee plays the part of a blond Westerner attempting to win the heart of a Hindi speaking young woman in her office, singing and playing accoustic guitar. 74 year old Asha translates his English into Hindi and then teaches him to speak and sing Hindi himself.
Click on the image below to play the You Are The One For Me video.
You Are The One For Me was shot by director Abhishek Ashok Mehrotra and director of photography Sahil Kapoor.
The music video is part of a larger project, "Asha and Friends", conceptualised by Shamir Tandon, CEO of Virgin Records India, and produced by wireless telephone network Mauj. Tandon first suggested to Asha Bhosle that they producer a collaboration album with well known singers. Asha put a little twist into the proposal by suggesting that they approach capable singers not publicly known for their talent.
Tandon says it was a huge challenge to create a balance between a legend like Asha and celebrities who were not regular singers. "But Asha's choice of singers is fantastic, and the project has turned out very well," he adds.
Asha Bhonsle said "I have been an avid Cricket fan, so naturally I know almost all cricket players. I knew Brett Lee could sing and strum. He's young, goodlooking, intelligent and a singer," she said.
Lee has been a member of Australian band Six & Out, a group of five New South Wales Blues first class cricketers. They recorded "Six & Out" and "Eleven" in 2000, along with "Can't Bowl, Can't Throw", before releasing an album in 2002, "Bring It On!".
Asha Bhosle is a prolific recording artist known for her work in the Bollywood industry. She has recorded more than 12,000 songs in 14 languages, and been involved in more than 900 films. Asha and her sister Lata Mangeshkar were immortalised in 1997 by British indie outfit, Cornershop, in the song Brimful of Asha.
Lee recorded the song in a gap between two Champions Trophy matches in Chandigarh and Mohali. The music video was filmed in his hotel. Lee told the Sydney Morning Herald, "We had a break in between games last year, so I wrote the lyrics in half an hour and we headed up to a studio in Mohali to record it. Then we hired a room in our hotel in Mumbai to shoot the video. I have been shooting commercials since I was 20, so it all came pretty naturally."
The album, "Asha and Friends, Vol. 1" has six tracks, two of which are remixes. Asha thought of Sanjay Dutt, well known Bollywood actor, after seeing him as Murli (Munna) Prasad Sharma in Munnabhai MBBS. Also involved were Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar and the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs from Zee TV.
1. Aapke Dil Mein – Asha Bhosle and Sanjay Dutt
2. Aapke Dil Mein (Dance Mix by Babli) – Asha Bhosle and Sanjay Dutt
3. Haan Main Tumhara Hoon – Asha Bhosle and Brett Lee
4. Haan Main Tumhara Hoon (Big Snare Mix by Anirban B) – Asha Bhosle and Brett Lee
5. Mehbooba Dilruba – Asha Bhosle and Urmila Matondkar
6. Zamane Mein Aaye Deewane Naye – Asha Bhosle and Zee Lil Champs
Lyrics for Haan Main Tumhaara Hoon by Brett Lee
Can you tell a girl you don't know that you're the one for me?
Do you walk right up or play it cool or simply let her be?
Can you tell a girl you don't know that you're the one for me?
Do you walk right up or play it cool or simply let her be?
I know I'm different, I'm not from here
I'm just another guy
With blond hair it's hard to hide
I think I caught your eye.
Words in Hindi sung by Asha…
Jaao jaao jaao tum baatein yu banaao naa zara
main hindustani ladkii hu…sharmati hu zara
Jaao jaao jaao tum baatein yun banaao naa zara
main hindustani ladki hu…sharmati hu zara
Agar tumne socha tumne mere dil ko jeet liya
toh ek baar socho ohh buddhu aisaa kyun kiyaa
Please give me one chance
I know I'm not Indian
I promise I'll make you laugh
I'll even learn some Hindi
Do you like me yet? And can we call this fate?
I really like you girl
Can we go on just one date? (one date)
Jaldi jaldi jaldi jaldi bohut hai jaldi tum sab ladko ko
around the world tum ek se ho aur ho sabhi buddhu (What?)
Pehle dil mera jeet lo phir sochenge Brett Lee
Main aisi waisi naa hu
Main hu badee nakhrelii
Playing hard to get are we?
It's time I went away…
But hold your breath
I don't give up
I'm back again in May
Peeche peeche peeche zara bhago tum main sochungii thoda
tum aate rahon tum jaate rahon shayad ban jaaye jodaa
You had a chance and blew it now
as the sun goes down
and when night falls you're by yourself
I am not around
Oh please please please come back to me…
I really want you my love..
I really want you my love..
Kya tum mere ho
Kya mere hii rahogee
Jaise bhi ho tum
Kya waise hii rahogee
Lee finishes the song by singing to the young woman in Hindi…
Haan main tumhara hoon
Tumhara hii rahoonga
Haan main tumhara hoon
Tumhara hii rahoonga
Kya tum mere ho?
Of course
Haan main tumhara hoon
Tumhara hii rahoonga
Haan main tumhara hoon
Tumhara hii rahoonga
Haan main tumhara hoon
Tumharaaaaa hiiiiii rahoongaaaa
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Tagged: Abhishek Ashok Mehrotra, Asha Bhosle, Brett Lee, Sahil Kapoor
Location: India


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Oscar Pistorius has anxiety disorder due to unstable childhood, court told
Oscar Pistorius has an anxiety disorder brought on by an unstable childhood and the "traumatic assault" of having his lower legs amputated as a baby, a psychologist told the court hearing the South African track star's murder trial on Monday.
Pistorius was born with fibulas in his lower legs, leading to amputation at the age of 11 months.
Testifying for the defence about his mental state, forensic psychiatrist Merryl Vorster said that because the surgery was at such a young age, it would have been impossible to reason with the baby, making the pyschological scars much deeper.
"He was too young to understand why," Vorster told the court. "His mother could not have comforted him because he was pre-language phase. It would been perceived as traumatic assault."
Pistorius is on trial for murder after shooting and killing his girlfriend, 29-year-old law graduate and model, Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year.
The athlete says the shooting was a tragic mistake, and that he shot at a closed toilet door in his luxury Pretoria home thinking an intruder was hiding behind it.
The states alleges he fired at Steenkamp in a fit of rage after the couple had a row in the early hours of the morning.
If convicted of murder, Pistorius faces life in prison.
Vorster also said his parents' divorce when he was a child would have added to the 27-year-old's general feelings of anxiety and insecurity.
After his parents split, Pistorius was brought up by his mother, who died of cancer when he was aged 15. Pistorius has frequently spoken of his love for his mother and the difficulty her death caused him.
However, in her assessment of the athlete, Vorster said Pistorius' mother grew increasingly anxious and drank excessively, making it impossible for her to address the fears and concerns of her children.
Terrified of intruders breaking into the house, she slept with a pistol under her pillow, Vorster told the court.
Pistorius competed against able-bodied spinters on carbon-fibre prosthetics, becoming one of the most recognised names in athletics. Besides a clutch of Paralympic medals, he reached the semi-finals of the 400m at the London 2012 Olympics.
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All the more reason to use salt or sugar scrubs!!
Plastics in the Great LakesGuest post from Dr. Marcus Eriksen, executive director of The 5 Gyres Institute
When we joined the crew of the Flagship Niagara to study plastic pollution in three of the Great Lakes this summer – Superior, Huron, and Erie. We had no idea we would find a greater number of plastic fragments than any other water surface sample collected around the world.
The 5 Gyres Institute has traveled to each of the five subtropical gyres in the North and South Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean, collecting over 500 samples of the water surface. In the Sargasso Sea we had a few samples with over 400 particles of plastic pollution. Our net has a 1/3rd millimeter mesh with a 60cm wide opening. It looks like a manta ray, and is towed behind the boat at 2knots for one hour, so you're collecting roughly 2 football fields of area when you trawl. You can imagine our surprise when we counted 1596 particles from one sample taken a couple hundred miles east of Cleveland, Ohio. But the fragments are tiny.
They look like little perfect spheres, multi-colored beads, the size of the period at the end of this sentence, and they're everywhere. These micro-beads are difficult to find in the water. They are dirty, look just like fish eggs, and you need a microscope to tell the difference. But they are easy to spot on store shelves. In fact, many products say "microbeads" on the front, and in the ingredients section you'll see "polyethylene". They are the exfoliants in skin care products.
They are designed to abrade you face when you rub those creams into your skin. They are designed to wash down the drain, quickly finding their way into our waterways. This is the exact opposite of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) we aim to see in everything we manufacture, where you consider the full lifecycle of your product when you sell it. It's just common sense. No longer can we consider the land and sea to absorb garbage unnoticed. We bought 4 skin products to see just what the exfoliating materials are.
Two of the products state they contain microbeads, and when you dissolve them in water and pour it over a t-shirt, what's left behind is plastic. Two of the products were different, after dissolving them in water, we found crushed apricot shells in one and cocoa beans in the other. One is the problem, the other is the solution. We've uncovered a problem, once unseen, but now obvious to us all. The alternatives, Apricot shells and cocoa beans, do the same thing that polyethylene microbeads can do, but with the added benefit of being environmentally benign.
There are three approaches that must happen simultaneously in order to reach a positive conclusion. First, the consumer is responsible for their choice, both at the checkout line and voting booth, so we must raise public awareness. Second, EPR is a legislative move, one that makes companies adhere to the right choice. But we prefer the third option here, the one that puts choice in the hands of the companies making the product in the first place. Businesses, like Nutrogena and Johnson & Johnson, have known about the natural exfoliants for years, but they may not know that their product pollutes the Great Lakes. With this information, we believe good people will do the right thing. This means ending the use of plastic microbeads in consumer products.
This study was conducted in collaboration with SUNY Fredonia, specifically Dr. Sherri "Sam" Mason, and with funding provided by the Burning River Foundation.


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We had no choice but to sack Chris Hughton, says Norwich chief
Norwich chief executive David McNally has the club had "no choice" but to sack Chris Hughton as the Canaries manager.
The board decided to end Hughton's 20-month reign after a string of disappointing results left the Canaries 17th in the table and five points clear of the relegation zone charged new manager Neil Adams with keeping the club in the Barclays Premier League to land the job on a long-term basis.
Hughton had been under pressure at different periods of a season in which a summer spending spree never truly inspired his side to build on an 11th-placed finish last year, but the final straw was a home defeat to fellow strugglers West Brom on Saturday.
Norwich now face a trip to Fulham, the team directly below them in the table, before a final run of four fixtures that sees them play Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.
But McNally wants Adams to pick up enough points in those daunting fixtures to both keep the club in the top flight and seal his position on the bench beyond the end of the campaign.
"We will have to wait until the end of the season but it is all in Neil's hands, if he wants the big job here it is entirely up to him," he said.
Having won just once in their last six games Norwich have slowly slipped into the relegation dogfight and McNally believes the decision to change was not as 'bonkers' as the likes of Gary Lineker have suggested.
Lineker, Hughton's former Tottenham team-mate, Tweeted on Sunday evening: "Chris Hughton has been sacked by Norwich. Now? With 5 games to go? Utterly bonkers!"
But McNally said the decision was taken with the club's supporters in mind.
"We felt we were left with no choice," he said.
"Recent form and performances have been disappointing, We have lost four of the last six games and have lost seven away games consecutively.
"We had to do something to ensure we have the best possible chance of staying in this league. As a football club we are very supportive of our mangers, we give them time to get the job done and do things right.
"Clearly it is a results business and four points from the last six games, particularly against peer-group clubs, hasn't been good enough. We believe that with Neil in charge for the next five games we have got a greater chance of improving our position.
"If you read the reaction over the past 24 hours, the national media have said we are bonkers but a lot of Norwich supporters have been encouraging us to make this decision.
"We are only here for two things, we are here for the football club and for the supporters, we have to do everything we can as often as we can."
Adams himself takes the job having led Norwich to the FA Youth Cup last season and, having played for the Norfolk side for five years before moving into a coaching role, he jumped at the chance to prove himself at senior level.
When asked how long it took him to accept McNally's offer of replacing Hughton, the 48-year-old replied: "Two seconds. It was an absolute no-brainer of course.
"I have been here almost 20 years as a player and a coach and to be offered the opportunity to manager the club is an honour."
Hughton's last game saw the Norwich supporters turn on him at full-time, jeering the result and throwing a number of paper clappers - aimed at improving the atmosphere at Carrow Road - in his direction.
Adams admits witnessing that spectacle was not a pleasant experience but thinks he can do enough to avoid facing a similar demise.
"It is never nice," he said.
"It was unsavoury and it was a disappointing time for everybody and that disappointment has obviously come from the result which is the primary thing we are addressing, I am confident I can get the results to keep us in this division."
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The ReUse People reduces the solid waste stream and changes the way the built environment is renewed by salvaging building materials and distributing them for reuse.
What Is Deconstruction?
Deconstruction is an environmentally-friendly alternative to demolition. Trained deconstruction crews carefully deconstruct the building to salvage as many of the reusable materials as possible, diverting them from local landfills. Salvaged items typically include doors, windows, cabinets, lighting and plumbing fixtures, framing lumber, roofing materials, and flooring. For an overview of materials salvaged from actual projects, visit the projects page.
Materials are shipped to TRP retail warehouses, or to the warehouses of partnering organizations, for sale and distribution to the public. Salvaged lumber is sometimes used as raw material by furniture, cabinet and flooring manufacturers. Larger dimensional lumber is shipped to mills that resurface and cut the lumber for reuse in homes and commercial buildings.
TRP has a nearly spotless safety record, a reputation for starting and completing jobs on time and on budget, and a long list of satisfied contractors and clients.
What are the steps for deconstruction?
Here is all you need to do:
Receive an appraisal consultation:
TRP will have independent, IRS qualified appraisers assist you in determining a preliminary value of your donation at no obligation to you. If you choose to move ahead with the project, the appraiser you hire will complete the full evaluation and all necessary documentation.
Get a free deconstruction bid:
A TRP-Certified Deconstruction Contractor will submit a bid to carefully deconstruct your building to TRP specifications.
Email or fax the Donation Letter to TRP. This letter states you intend to make the donation and identifies your appraiser and TRP-Certified Deconstruction Contractor. Note: your tax deduction cannot be processed without our receipt of this letter. (See "Donation Letter," enclosed.)
That's it. TRP takes if from there!
What are the benefits for the homeowner?
Tax donation documentation is available for every private building owner. The value of used building material donations can often be substantial – large enough to pay for the costs of deconstruction. The following chart shows actual deconstruction jobs and the tax donation value received by their respective homeowners. The amounts listed are dependent upon several variables and should not be used to assess your specific situation. For additional information, see Homeowner's Guide to Donations.
Below the chart is a comparison of deconstruction costs to those of traditional demolition on an actual project. To calculate the economic benefit you could receive when choosing The ReUse Solution™ click on this worksheet.
Actual Appraised Donation Values
The example below is a composite based on actual jobs and used here to make an economic comparison between deconstruction and demolition. This composite is a single story, 2200 square foot house plus garage, with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, raised foundation, composite shingles, single-paned windows, carpeting, hardwood floors, and a 12 x 40 wood deck. The costs due not include removal of concrete slabs, sidewalks, foundations or asphalt, but do include the site being left in a rake clean condition (no debris).
In the machine demolition scenario, the owner pays $10,100, but in the TRP deconstruction scenario, the homeowner receives $24,640 in after tax benefits - slightly more than the total deconstructon costs. Therefore, the owner would be financially better off to the tune of $10,402 ($302 received in tax benefits over the cost of deconstruction plus avoiding $10,100 in machine demolition costs).
Comparison Between Deconstruction and Demolition
|*Total materials (lumber, plywood, cabinets, plumbing and electrical fixtures, doors, windows, etc.) would generally appraise for $77,000 to $112,000 in good reusable condition. Assuming a tax bracket of 28%(federal only - this will be larger in states with an additional income tax), the after-tax cash value, based on a typical appraisal value of $88,000, is $24,640.
Now for the disclaimers. Figures vary depending on location, age and condition of the home and materials, topography, type of siding and interior walls, distance from a TRP or partner retail-warehouse, landfill rates, etc. Still, the economics almost always favor TRP deconstruction over demolition.


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I must live with my quiet rageBut do not ask the price I paid, I must live with my quiet rage, tame the ghosts in my head that run wild and wish me dead. Should you shake my ash to the wind ? Lord, forget all of my sins, oh let me die where I lie, neath the curse of my lover's eyes. -endlesslove
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The Security Theater Cycle
"What we obtain too cheap," Thomas Paine famously wrote, "we esteem too lightly"—and it turns out that the converse holds true as well. It's a well known and robustly confirmed finding of social psychology that people tend to ascribe greater value to things they had to pay a high cost to obtain. So, for instance, people who must endure some form of embarrassing or uncomfortable hazing process or initiation rite to join a group will report valuing their participation in that group much more highly than those admitted without any such requirement—which is one reason such rituals are all but ubiquitous in human societies as a way of creating commitment. Studies suggest that people are more likely to read automobile reviews after purchasing a new car than before—suggesting that people are sometimes less concerned with spending money in the most judicious fashion than with convincing themselves, after the fact, that they have done so. More morbidly, relatives of soldiers killed in action sometimes become much more fervent supporters of the war that cost them a loved one—because the thought that such a grave loss served no good purpose is too much to stomach.
I suspect that this phenomenon may help explain the dispiriting state of affairs described by an airline industry insider in an important Wired piece on airport security. The short version: we've spent some $56 billion on "enhancing" airport security over the past decade, with almost no actual security enhancement to show for it. We're spending huge amounts of money and effort on burdensome passenger screening that doesn't seem very effective, while neglecting other, far more vulnerable attack surfaces. It is, when you think about it, a somewhat strange priority given the abundance of highly vulnerable domestic targets. Reinforced cockpit doors and changed passenger behavior pretty much made a repeat of a 9/11-style suicide hijacking of a domestic flight infeasible—at negligible economic and privacy cost—long before we started installing Total Recall style naked-scanners, which makes explosives the real remaining risk. Yet the notable bombing attempts by passengers we've seen since 9/11 have (a) originated outside the United States, and (b) been foiled by alert passengers after the aspiring bomber slipped through the originating country's formal screening process.
This shouldn't be terribly surprising: when a terror group has already managed to get an operative into the United States, a domestic flight (that can't be turned into a missile) would be one of the stupider, riskier targets to select, given the enormous array of much softer target options that would be available at that point, even assuming pre-9/11 airport security protocols. As far as I'm aware, the last time a passenger successfully detonated a bomb on a U.S. domestic flight was in 1962. This presents something of a puzzle: Why have we focused so disproportionately on this specific attack vector, at such disproportionate cost, when the terrorists themselves have not? Why haven't we reallocated scarce resources to security measures (such as better screening of airline employees) that would provide greater security benefit at the margins? One possibility is that, having accustomed ourselves to submitting to the hassle and indignity of ever more aggressive passenger screening, we become more disposed to believe that these measures are necessary.
It's become commonplace to refer to many aspects of airport screening—the removal of shoes, the transparent plastic baggies for your small allotment of shampoo—as "security theater." Security guru Bruce Schneier coined the term to refer to security measures whose ritualistic purpose is to make passengers feel safer, even though they do almost nothing to actually increase safety. But on reflection, this seems wrong. It probably holds true in the immediate aftermath of a high-profile attack or disaster. Once the initial heightened fear subsides, however, these visible and elaborate security measures probably do more to increase our perception of risk than to assuage our fears. It is, after all, something of a cliche that hyperprotective parents tend to end up raising children who see the world as a more dangerous place. Overreacting to childhood illnesses is one reliable way of producing adult hypochondriacs down the road.
Security theater, then, isn't only—or even primarily—about making us feel safer. It's about making us feel we wouldn't be safe without it. The more we submit to intrusive monitoring, the more convinced we become that the intrusions are an absolute necessity. To think otherwise is to face the demeaning possibility that we have been stripped, probed, and made to jump through hoops all this time for no good reason at all. The longer we pay the costs—in time, privacy, and dignity no less than tax dollars—the more convinced we become that we must be buying something worth the price. Hence, the Security Theater Cycle: the longer the ritual persists, the more normal it comes to seem, the more it serves as psychological proof of its own necessity.


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Friday, January 12, 2007
Little Jamy
Ok, I've decided that it's just not fair to keep this picture to myself any longer. Behold, little tiny Jamy. Three days old in this picture.
More to come tomorrow. (And by the way, Jamy is not only a shakespeare character - it's also the equivalent of "meow-y" in Swedish. Suits this boy perfectly, because he sure meows a lot - squeaks, really - when I lift him up.)
9 comments:
- Maria said...
Vilken liten sötnos! Gillar särskilt teckningen på tassen, det ser ut som att han har en vante på sig! :)
- January 12, 2007 7:37 PM
- Anne said...
Maria, eller hur! Det är som en liten Michael-Jackson-handske :) Ena brorsan har precis likadan.
- January 12, 2007 7:52 PM
- Kristen said...
She is just too sweet. I love that picture!
- January 12, 2007 10:29 PM
Oh wow!!! Fy tusan att jag är hur allergisk mot katter som helst.
- January 12, 2007 10:59 PM
Very cute and adorable kitty! But so is the bowl! I like it so much!
Have a nice weekend.
- January 13, 2007 12:31 AM
- shelly said...
Oh so cute! Already found herself stuck in a bowl! This one's going to be a funny little troublemaker, I can tell ;).
- January 13, 2007 7:11 AM
- Laura said...
Eeee! That picture is adorable! What a sweetie.
- January 13, 2007 8:41 PM
Ok, even though I say I don't like things that are cute and little, I have a soft spot for kittens, just don't tell anyone... I just want to give that little guy a squeeze...
- January 14, 2007 5:37 PM
nice kitty, but I miss the recipe!
- January 17, 2007 3:22 PM


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