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Last November, EarthLink announced it would not make any further significant investments in its muni wireless business and that it would begin a process to consider its strategic alternatives. Yesterday, the company announced that the alternative it has settled on is to sell off the business altogether. The news came when EarthLink released its Q4 and Full Year 2007 financial results.
While the company has committed to a plan to sell its muni wireless assets, which it values at $40 million, as yet, there are no takers.
The move did not come as a surprise to industry watchers, as EarthLink CEOand newly elected Chairman of the BoardRolla Huff has been clear about EarthLinks declining interest in funding a venture that, while successful by some measures, was not producing the ROI stockholders were looking for.
"After thorough review and analysis of our municipal wireless business we have decided that making significant further investments in this business could be inconsistent with our objective of maximizing shareholder value," said Huff, in a press release last fall.
In a press release issued yesterday, EarthLink made the decision to sell official.
Phil Belanger, a founding member of the Wi-Fi Alliance, whos company, Novarum, has done extensive testing on many of EarthLinks muni Wi-Fi networks, says its not the technology that failed, but rather the business model.
I think that everyone has already concluded that the EarthLink-style model of building Metro Wi-Fi networks primarily for commercial public Internet access and residential broadband is not viableparticularly in large cities with competitive broadband alternatives. So, this is nothing new for the industry. It is simply the other shoe dropping. Municipal wireless networks are still being built, but the successful ones support multiple applicationsusually private city applications with a commitment from the city to buy a minimum level of service, says Belanger.
In terms of who might buy up the EarthLink assets, Belanger says it will likely vary city-by-city.
What will not happen is another service provider coming in and assuming the same role as EarthLink with the existing contracts. In Philadelphia for example, the contract never made sense for the service provider. It is far too onerous. There was no way they were going to make money on that network. The best they could do was minimize the bleeding and consider it an advertising expense that helped build the rest of their muni business," he says.
In general, the EarthLink muni networks are competently built. So, there are reasonable assets in place that someone could leverage for a particular application. The Philadelphia network provides fairly good coverage outdoors. It could be converted to a public safety network. If the city could get a good deal on the current infrastructure they would not have to invest much more to optimize the network for public safety.
Ironically, Comcast or Verizon may also be interested in the Philly network. Comcast, in particular, could leverage its cable plant to provide more wired backhaul and increase the performance of the network dramatically. But, they won't go near it if they have to assume the contract liabilities.
Muni/metro wireless expert, Craig Settles says the key to success will be for local governments to leverage the networks to meet their own needs.
Everything depends on how clear your vision is, says Settles. There are many local governments actively working to make the business case for a network to serve primarily mobile government workers and asset management, plus key constituent groups, such as the medical and university communities. Given this, if I'm a service provider that can embrace the vision of meeting that government need, then it might make sense to buy the EarthLink business. Everything depends on the price and what you get for your money.
I think EarthLink's position that there's no money to make with muni wireless is true, to a point, if the only thing you want to do is sell a general consumer service. Anyone who buys this business with that in mind is likely in for trouble. But muni wireless as a local government resource, that you can take to the bank.
EarthLink has publicly committed to continuing to work closely with the municipalities it currently serves. And, according to Settles, Philadelphia, the most prominent EarthLink muni customer, has been expecting this all along and has a contingency plan in place.
Philadelphia's CIO has planned for this development, says Settles. He views that city's network as a potential invaluable resource. They have nearly 3,000 mobile government workers, 300 city-owned facilities located throughout the city, a large number of mobile assets such as vehicles, and probably a larger number of fixed assets, such as parking meters. The network significantly benefits improving communication capabilities and management of all of these resources.
While the money-making end of the business seems not to have worked out in EarthLinks favor, the deployments have outshined other deploymentsincluding WiMAX.
For the past several months we have been testing Clearwire fixed WiMAX deployments, as well as the metro Wi-Fi deployments, for our Novarum Wireless Broadband Review, says Belanger. With the right client device, the EarthLink network out performs the typical Clearwire network. So, the technology and implementation is competitive and not obsolete in any way. If deployed in a market that is lacking in other broadband alternatives (like most Clearwire cities) the EarthLink networks can deliver a competitive commercial service. In Philadelphia? not so surethere are many alternatives (with prices that dropped since the EarthLink network went in).
While EarthLink hasnt yet indicated if it will break up the assets and sell them city-by-city, given the size of its Wi-Fi-related losses (roughly $80 million last year compared to $20 million the year before), it seems likely that regional deals will emerge.
Naomi Graychase is Managing Editor at Wi-FiPlanet.com


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My first exposure to Omar Souleyman came on the final day of ATP's 2011 Nightmare Before Christmas event. I wandered into Butlins to be greeted by music from literally thousands of miles away from the cold Minehead coast, Souleyman presiding over the sweltering crowd with effortless cool as his unmistakably Middle Eastern sounds filled the room. Fellow ATP performer and Caribou-collaborator Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) must have been impressed - for now, two years later, he's on production duties as Souleyman finally releases his debut studio record Wenu, Wenu. It's not like Omar has been procrastinating all these years, however - he's appeared on around 500 bootleg recordings since 1996, when he and keyboardist-composer Rizan Sa'id began to play the Syrian wedding circuit.
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He was walking towards the Greenstead estate between 10.20am and 10.40am.
The second man is described as white, aged between 18 and 25, with a medium build and dark hair. Police said he was seen running up Hewes Close at around 10.56am.
He was wearing a long-sleeved, plain "London Bus red" hooded top and dark trousers.
Police have also previously appealed for help to track down a man who tried to attack a jogger less than a mile from where Ms Almanea was killed.
The white man, thought to be in his early 20s, around 5ft 7in and of medium build with a narrow face and possibly fair hair, tried to attack the woman in Peache Road, Colchester, at around 10pm.
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BAKER � Volunteers at three churches can divide 1,700 canned food items they wouldn't have gotten without Baker School students' efforts.
BAKER � Volunteers at three churches can divide 1,700 canned food items they wouldn't have gotten without Baker School students' efforts.
Kindergartners through 12th-graders have collected that many non-perishable items for needy residents. The donations will stay in the community, benefiting the Shady Grove Assembly of God Church soup kitchen and Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church and First Baptist Church of Holt's food pantries.
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Students learned more than philanthropy through the project, which soon offered an art lesson. Middle and high school students stacked and grouped the cans to create what they called "canstruction" projects.
They formed the shapes of an oversized soda and a minion from the "Despicable Me" films, among others. Stacy Burlison's high school physics class created a Dr. Seuss-themed "Cat in the Hat" piece.
The school gave cupcakes and doughnuts to Ashley Hall's third-grade class and ROTC students, respectively, who collected the most cans in their respective categories.
A group of middle-school Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics students won a pizza party after voting best overall by the school.
Students said they couldn't have made those prize-winning shapes without donations, and having so many canned goods to build from was inspirational because they knew where the items would go next.
"We were not expecting to have that many cans ... we had so many left over (after creating the art pieces)," Kimberly Kimmons, 17, said. "It was a really awesome feeling."
Chloe Fox, 17, agreed.
"It's nice to help out other people," she said.
"I am really proud of all of the students," Burlison said. "The community really needs this."
Senior Alex Farris said she enjoyed working on the project as well, but providing for the less fortunate is also rewarding.
"Knowing we will be helping out families in our community is a great gift,� she said.


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Burke's latest novel is a superb crime story
"Light of the World" (Simon & Schuster), by James Lee Burke
The themes in James Lee Burke's lyrical, allegorical crime novels rarely change, but each new book delves more deeply into them, revealing an author who is increasingly troubled about human nature and the American character but unwilling to abandon hope for redemption.
"Light of the World" begins with Burke's most popular protagonists, Sheriff's Detective Dave Robicheaux of New Iberia, La., and his menacing sidekick, Clete Purcel, vacationing in Montana with their grown daughters, Alafair and Gretchen. But when someone tries to kill Alafair with an arrow, it's clear that trouble followed them there.
Most of the novel's characters, Dave included, have long struggled with childhood trauma. Burke's fans have watched Alafair grow from a frightened adopted child to a successful author. He fled from the terror of a Central American revolution. Gretchen was sexually abused as a child and grew up strong enough to kill one of her abusers. The novel's villains, including wealthy oil magnate Love Younger and his arrogant son, Caspian, are struggling with their own dark secrets. So is Wyatt Dixon, the violent rodeo clown who wanders into the story from "In the Moon of Red Ponies" (2004), part of Burke's Montana-based series featuring Billy Bob Holland.
Some of these damaged characters have channeled their pain into a fierce determination to help people while others have turned their anger into bloodlust, Burke tells us, exploring his old theme about the possibilities of redemption.
Once again, Burke creates villains who view avarice as a virtue, heedless of the damage they wreak on the environment and their fellow man. Again, he demonstrates how easily they corrupt the police and politicians. He returns to his themes of racism and the hijacking of Christianity by hateful bigots. And he continues his exploration of the nature of evil, asking us to consider whether its source are men who, as he once put it, make "a conscious choice to erase God's thumbprint from their souls," or whether it is truly the work of the devil.
In this novel, as in all of Burke's work, the past is ever present, haunting both his characters and the soul of the nation. The dead are always with us, he says, apparently meaning it literally. In "Light of the World," the specters of Nez Perce Indians slaughtered by the U.S. cavalry haunt the Montana ridges, and a troubled and selfless woman is the embodiment of a Christian martyr slaughtered in a Roman arena.
Dave and Clete's immediate nemesis is a homicidal maniac named Asa Surrette, who seeks revenge for a series of articles Alafair once wrote about him. But the killer is a pawn in the hands of powerful men whose greed knows no bounds.
As always, the law is corrupted and outgunned, and as the bodies pile up, Dave, Clete and their daughters recognize that if they want justice, they will have to get it for themselves.
The result is perhaps Burke's boldest and most complex novel to date, at once a superb crime story and a literary masterpiece from an author who has been named a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master.
Bruce DeSilva, winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award, is the author of "Cliff Walk" and "Rogue Island."


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Luzon Island, Philippines
This leaf fish has coloration patterns that make it similar in appearance to an algae-covered sponge. This type of venomous fish be seen in a wide variety of colors, including pink, yellow, white (or off-white), and black, to name a few I have seen. As with other scorpionfish, leaf fish do not cruise the reef as do other fish-- they move suddenly, and only long enough to find a different perch from which to observe potential victims. Waiting patiently, they sway gently from side to side in the current, perhaps mimicking a piece of lightweight reef debris. Smaller than most reef scorpionfish, this one is about 3 1/2 inches in length, nearing its maximum length of about 100 cm (four inches). Leaf fish are also known as "paper fish".
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So you might understand why I continue to watch, with childlike wonder, footage of Jacques, his hands a blur of activity, cutting an onion into a mound of uniform squares in seconds. Wanting to learn how to properly handle a knife, I wasted no time getting Jacques Pépin's Complete Techniques. The book needs no introduction to many of you. If it does, and you're serious about cooking, go get it. It's an invaluable and extremely thorough collection of step-by-step photo tutorials, presented in the charming, black and white style of an auto repair manual. It also contains a recipe that was new to me, and has since become a go-to move in the Babychili kitchen. I present it to you, with pictures of my hands instead of Jacques's. Taking a page from Donna Ruhlman's playbook, key technique photos are presented in black and white, as color does not contribute information in this case.
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We last made this dish at a luxury dinner party of another sort, as a shout-out to a different chef: Richard Blais. I really felt for Richard, and what he might feel upon reviewing his decision to make banana scallops for the second time in a single season of Top Chef (three total, in case you missed it). My concept was to make "scalloped" potatoes, where seared sea scallops were paired with soap-shaped, roasted potatoes of roughly the same size, shape and colors. We were so pleased with how they turned out that we decided to make them again.
Pommes savonnettes (soap-shaped potatoes) from Jacques Pépin's Complete Techniques
5 large, starchy potatoes (Idaho russets work well here)
2 T butter
1 1/2 T neutral oil (grapeseed or vegetable oil)
3/4 C water
I was a bit nervous about making these for a shoot, since Erin had previously been the one executing this dish. The first step does take a bit of practice and patience. It's important to remember that a mistake is not the end of the world. Potatoes are relatively inexpensive, and imperfectly cut ones can be used for many things (mashed potatoes, home fries, etc.).
Peel and rinse the potatoes, then shape them into cylinders. Carving out the cylinders is by far the trickiest step. Three things I learned here:
1. Use a narrow bladed knife. Like a jigsaw, it is easier to turn and maneuver.
2. Trim the ends of the potato to be square with its long axis. Do this first. The flat ends will provide visual references as you trim the curved body of the cylinder.
3. Angle your knife to make a shallow first cut. If you start cutting too deeply, you will be trimming more potato than is necessary. Observe:
My first cylinder was really skinny as a result. Contrast this with my third potato, starting with flat ends and a shallower cut:
This time, the trimmings were dramatically thinner. It's easiest to use a sawing motion with the knife, turning the potato to cut along a curve. Try to achieve a rough cylinder, going back a second or third time to refine. For me, this quickly became a fun game, where my goal was to lose as little of the potato as possible while still achieving a nice, clean cylinder. Note the vast improvement that resulted from these few, simple adjustments:
Next, slice each of these cylinders into disks about an inch thick. Optionally, you can bevel the edges, which makes them look a bit less like scallops and more like pieces of hotel soap. The beveling also makes things look a bit cleaner after cooking, since the edges can fray.
Arrange the potato disks into a single layer in a large, nonstick, oven-safe skillet, with the nicer looking sides facing down. Add butter, oil and water. I find it's convenient to combine these items in a pyrex measuring cup and melt the butter in a microwave. The mixture can then be poured evenly over potato slices. If the surface of the skillet is covered with the potato slices (as it should be), the liquid will come up to about 3/4 of the height of the slices.
Bring to a rolling boil over high heat, then place in a preheated, 475 degree oven at the lowest position (preferably the floor of the oven). Cook for 35 to 40 minutes, until potatoes are soft. The tops of the potatoes should be blistery, and slightly brown.
Allow potatoes to rest at room temperature for a few minutes, then flip them over. The bottoms should be beautifully browned, and the act of turning should allow the potatoes to absorb most of the remaining butter and oil.
Sea scallops with cilantro gremolata and ginger lime beurre blanc
I made the full recipe for the gremolata and beurre blanc, but prepared only a dozen scallops to feed 4. For reasons I have discussed previously, I used freshly cracked black pepper instead of white pepper.
Presentation is always a matter of personal taste, but I chose to plate two potato slices with one scallop.
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Paul Krugman doesn't like the Rasmussen poll on the popularity of health reform in Massachusetts. I've cited that poll in the past, so I have an obligation to present contradictory information. Besides, when Krugman talks, I listen. Since many people consider the reform we're likely to get similar to that which was enacted in that state, it's an important issue.
Krugman cites the Boston Globe/Harvard School of Public Health poll and finds this to be its essential conclusion: " 79 percent want (reform) to continue." That's much stronger than the tepid support in the Rasmussen bill, and it's important.
I had a somewhat different interpretation, however, when I read the write-up in the Globe that Prof. Krugman cites. "79 percent of those surveyed wanted the law to continue," the article says, "though a majority said there should be some changes, with cost reductions cited as the single most important change that needs to be made."
Then there's this: "In another question, residents were nearly evenly split over whether Massachusetts could afford to continue with the law as it stands: 43 percent said the state could not, and 40 percent said it could."
Lastly, the money quote (literally): "A national survey by Kaiser released this month found that Massachusetts has the most expensive family health insurance premiums in the country, averaging $13,788 in 2008."
Some of us knew that already, but it's important to repeat it in this context.
Granted, the Senate bill has more cost containment in it that the original Massachusetts bill, especially in the latest draft (and thanks in part to progressive opposition to the bill, in my opinion.) But I still think it's weak on cost controls, and that many people are wildly overestimating the effect of those that it does contain. But it's worth noting that many of the bill's proponents have been touting the idea that mandates themselves will help keep premiums under control. I think that argument has been seriously undercut by results in Massachusetts.


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Super Why! "Little Bo Peep" Where's Mister Lizard? Whyatt is searching and searching and doesn't know where to find him! Once again, it's the Super Readers to the rescue when they meet Little Bo Peep, who is hot on the trail of her missing sheep. The Super Readers aren't satisfied with leaving them alone until they come home, and spring into action! Educational Objectives: To learn about solving a mystery! Fun, interactive activities show preschoolers how to build the alphabet, rhyme with OG words and use the power to read to change the story. D
9:30 am
Dinosaur Train "An Armored Tail Tale/Pterasaur Flying Club" An Armored Tail Tale - The Pteranodons tag along as Hank Ankylosaurus visits the Big Pond to scout a Dinoball talent named Eugene Euoplocephalus. Eugene is a smaller version of Hank, an armored dinosaur with a giant tail-club. Hank and Eugene really hit it off, and after they all play Dinoball, Hank recruits Eugene to play on his team! Pterosaur Flying Club - Tiny and Shiny practice their swoop-de-loops and other flying moves in anticipation of their play-date with fellow Pterosaurs Petey Peteinosaurus and Quincy Quetzalcoatlus. D
10:00 am
Sesame Street "The A Team" Abby, Elmo, and Telly are in the arbor when Big A comes in looking for members to join the A Team. The A Team helps people by solving problems using letter A words, such as "arrow" and "anchor." Abby, Elmo, and Telly join the team and proudly wear the letter A on their chests. D
11:00 am
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Fruit Picking Day/Daniel Is Big Enough to Help Dad" Fruit Picking Day - Daniel and his friends are enjoying a Fruit Festival in the Enchanted Garden. Prince Wednesday grows upset because his big brother Prince Tuesday can pick the highest fruit off the tree branches, but he can't. He wishes he wasn't so little! Then, when the festival-goers spot a very special magical golden pear on the ground, Prince Wednesday is the only one little enough to reach it. D
11:30 am
Sid The Science Kid "Sid's Amazing Invention" Sid believes that he has discovered a new invention to put toys away! Sid learns his invention is actually a simple machine called a lever, which is not only useful for launching toys, but can also help lift up really heavy things. D
12:00 pm
WordWorld "The Best Nest/Duck's Family Reunion" The Best Nest - It's Duck's turn at show and tell at school, and he wants to bring the thing he loves the best: his nest! But when the nest breaks apart into letters, will Duck be able to retrieve them all in time? Duck's Family Reunion - Because they have a similar sounding name, Duck mistakes Truck for a long-lost relative! Frog is a bit ruffled at the epidemic of silliness going around, but ends up saving the day for Duck and his word 'family'. D
12:30 pm
Caillou "Caillou The Brave" Caillou's Camel Ride: Caillou is afraid to go on a camel ride after Leo tells him camels are mean and they like to spit! At the zoo, Caillou tries everything he can think of to avoid the camels. When Mommy and Daddy finally catch on to Caillou's hesitation, they insist he doesn't have to ride a camel, but should at least see a real camel and decide for himself. As Caillou learns about the camel from its trainer, he feels better and finally decides to take that camel ride. D
1:00 pm
Barney & Friends "Things I Can Do and Differences" Things I Can Do: Baby Bop isn't satisfied with the things she can do. She wants to play the keyboard like Riff and wants to be able to skate like Barney. Nobody can cheer her up, until she unexpectedly gets the whole park dancing--and she realizes there are things she can do, too. D
1:30 pm
Thomas & Friends "Clever Ideas" Thomas' Tall Friend - Thomas is given the special job of delivering a giraffe to the Sodor Wildlife Centre. He is so excited about making friends with the giraffe that he doesn't go straight to the Wildlife Centre as instructed. Instead, Thomas collects leaves and fresh fruit from the other engines to give to the giraffe. D
2:00 pm
Curious George "Go West, Young Monkey/Meet The New Neighbors" Go West, Young Monkey - The Doorman gets a special delivery - a Western Town to add to his amazing train set. He lets George, Steve, and Betsy assemble it, but they lose the final railroad pin that holds it all together! After helping them search, an exhausted Hundley dozes off and dreams that he's the deputy of an old West town where a stranger (George) loses the ceremonial pin that links the new railroad tracks. Can Deputy Hundley find the pin and save the day? Meet the New Neighbors - George ventures into the new neighborhood Vietnamese grocery store to buy carrots, cucumbers, and apples. D
2:30 pm
Martha Speaks "Martha In Charge/Truman And The Deep Blue Sea" Martha in Charge - Helen comes down with laryngitis, and she's sent to bed to recuperate. Truman and the Deep Blue Sea - Truman can't believe his luck when Alice invites the gang to go whale watching . . . . until he realizes that he has to actually get on a boat.G
3:00 pm
The Electric Company "Pies for Puppies" It's the Pies for Puppies charity bake sale, and Jessica, Danny Rebus and others are competing to sell the most pies and become the "puppy hero." But someone has taken all of Jessica's pies! The Electric Company discovers that Danny Rebus is trying to cheat his way to victory, and it is up to them to put a stop to it. D
3:30 pm
WordGirl "Shrinkin' in the Ray/Department Store Tobey" SHRINKIN' IN THE RAY: WordGirl must defeat Dr.. 2-Brains when he invents a shrink ray, and uses it to shrink down the cheesy items he covets for easy stealing. DEPARTMENT STORE TOBEY: Tobey interrupts the Botsford's shoe shopping trip, as he tries to impress WordGirl with his elaborate riddles - but he's too clever for his own good. D
4:00 pm
Wild Kratts "Snow Runners" On their way to return some Hispid hares to Asia, the Wild Kratts accidentally lose them in a wintery North American forest. Martin and Chris must use the amazing winter adaptations and strategies of the Snowshoe hare and lynx to locate the hares before it's too late. D
4:30 pm
Cyberchase "Totally Rad" The dastardly Hacker (Christopher Lloyd) takes over the Radopolis cybersite, declaring himself King in "Totally Rad," the season premiere of CYBERCHASE. In an effort to dethrone him, the kids challenge the Hacker's extreme team to a winner-take-all skate-off. There's just one catch: high-scoring tricks need as much area as possible and the field keeps mysteriously changing! With Digit ( Gilbert Gottfried) as coach, the kids put on a dazzling display of blading, boarding, and biking, but can they match their performance to the changing arena? The Big Idea: Different shapes bounded by the same perimeter can enclose very different areas. D
5:00 pm
Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Will They Like The Show? It's A Shoe-In!" DJ and Sammy head to a sneaker company to design and build more functional footwear while Jay and Sam learn the art of street performing. D
5:30 pm
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Earthflight, A Nature Special Presentation "Africa" Float above a cape gannet colony then arrow-dive with these birds among sharks, dolphins, whales and the great sardine run. Specialized cameras also soar with fish eagles, flamingos, kelp gulls and vultures providing fresh views of the most animal-packed continent.G
8:00 pm
NOVA "Ground Zero Supertower" NOVA examines the new skyscraper rising up 104 stories from the site where the Twin Towers once stood. This update of "Engineering Ground Zero," goes inside the construction of the tower's final floors and the installation of its 800-ton spire and beacon. The show also goes underground to inspect the multi-billion dollar transit center with its sweeping design.G
9:00 pm
Brains On Trial with Alan Alda "Determining Guilt" A fictional case of an 18-year-old on trial for attempted murder when a convenience store robbery goes wrong is used to gain insight into how developments in neuroscience could assist the criminal justice system. U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff, who would preside over such a case, has a longstanding interest in neuroscience and its conceivable effect on criminal law. Part 1 of 2G
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By Dr. Mercola
A growing trend of drug misuse is alarming medical experts, policymakers, and patient advocates.
In recent years, there has been a massive increase in off-label use of a class of drugs called "atypical niacantipsychotics."
These drugs, which include Seroquel, Zyprexa, Risperdal and Abilify, are only approved to treat disabling mental illnesses, but they're being prescribed by psychiatrists and primary-care doctors to treat conditions they were never approved for, such as:
- Anxiety
- Attention-deficit disorder
- Insomnia
- Behavioral problems in toddlers, and
- Dementia
Atypical antipsychotics have carried a black-box warning – the strongest warning label possible for drugs – since 2005, cautioning that use in elderly patients with dementia increases risk of death.
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, antipsychotic drugs are not indicated for the treatment of dementia-related psychosis.
Yet many doctors are still prescribing antipsychotics for dementia.
According to a recent article in the Washington Post:1
"Critics say the popularity of atypical antipsychotics reflects a combination of hype that the expensive medicines, which can cost $500 per month, are safer than the earlier generation of drugs; hope that they will work for a variety of ailments when other treatments have not; and aggressive marketing by drug companies to doctors and patients...
[S]erious side effects... include major, rapid weight gain... [t]ype 2 diabetes, breast development in boys, irreversible facial tics and, among the elderly, an increased risk of death."
Skyrocketing Misuse of Dangerous Antipsychotics in Children
Most of the atypical antipsychotics were approved in the 1990's, at which time they were reserved for a very small minority of serious mental illnesses; primarily schizophrenia and bipolar disorder – diseases afflicting an estimated three percent of Americans.
More recently, some atypical antipsychotics have also been approved for the treatment of severe depression.
This class of drugs include:2
|Aripiprazole (Abilify)
|Clozapine (Clozaril)
|Lurasidone (Latuda)
|Olanzapine/ Fluoxetine (Symbyax)
|Quetiapine (Seroquel)
|Asenapine Maleate (Saphris)
|Iloperidone (Fanapt)
|Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
|Paliperidone (Invega)
|Risperidone (Risperdal)
Shockingly, as discussed in the featured Washington Post article, recent disclosures show that children in foster care receive a disproportionate amount of potent mind-altering drugs. Not only do American foster children receive more psychotropic drugs than other children in general; they receive more drugs than those with the most severe forms of mental illness!
This is an absolute tragedy, as these children are being drugged not out of medical necessity, but primarily for the convenience of caretakers, and for the profit of those within "the system."
Can Severe Mental Illness Be Diagnosed in Toddlers?
Children as young as 18 months are now receiving antipsychotic drugs, despite the fact that the diseases they're designed to treat rarely develop before adolescence.So why are toddlers receiving these potent drugs?
Sadly, one of the key reasons these drugs are used is because of their sedative effect. They're typically prescribed to control "disruptive" behavior – not to treat severe mental illness. Granted, the dubious diagnosis of "pediatric bipolar disorder" is in large part responsible for the increased use of antipsychotic drugs in young children.
It is absolutely incomprehensible that there has been such an astounding increase in the diagnosis of childhood mental illness. The only rational explanation is a manipulation of the definition to justify inappropriately drugging our children.
According to the featured article:
"Between 1994 and 2003, reported diagnoses increased 40-fold, from about 20,000 to approximately 800,000, according to Columbia University researchers.
That diagnosis, popularized by several prominent child psychiatrists in Boston who claimed that extreme irritability, inattention and mood swings were actually pediatric bipolar disorder that can occur before age 2, has undergone a reevaluation in recent years.
The reasons include the highly publicized death of a 4-year-old girl in Massachusetts,3 who along with her two young siblings had been taking a cocktail of powerful drugs for several years to treat bipolar disorder; the revelation of more than $1 million in unreported drug company payments to the leading proponent of the diagnosis; and growing doubts about its validity."
"Inventors" of Pediatric Bipolar Diagnosis had Strong Drug Industry Ties
If you suspect foul play might have something to do with this dangerous trend, you're probably right. Last year, the Harvard psychiatrists who invented the pediatric bipolar diagnosis were disciplined for conflicts of interest4 after it came to light they'd all received millions of dollars in undeclared drug company monies.
In a July 21, 2011 article, Vera Sherav for Alliance for Human Research Protection writes:
"An investigation, prompted by Sen. Charles Grassely, was conducted by Harvard University-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital.
It concluded that psychiatrist Joseph Biederman and two of his proteges, Thomas Spencer and Timothy Wilens - each of who failed to disclose millions of dollars they had each received from the makers of antipsychotics, the drugs they promoted for the treatment of bipolar in children – had indeed violated the University's/ and hospital's conflict of interest reporting standards.
The three wrote a mea culpa letter stating "we want to offer our sincere apologies… 'acknowledging' our mistakes…"
However, no mention was made anywhere about the profound consequences of these psychiatrists' commercially-driven clinical recommendations.
No mention about the corruption of the scientific literature, about clinical practice that deviated from the Hippocratic Oath, 'First, do no harm,' nor was any mention made about the harm suffered by children whose doctors were misled about the safety and efficacy of highly toxic drugs.
Child psychiatrists and pediatricians throughout the US were guided by these exceedingly influential Harvard psychiatrists."
The investigation also unearthed evidence of commercially-driven corruption of the research produced by these psychiatrists. A New York Times article5 revealed that court documents showed Dr. Biederman promised Johnson & Johnson that the results of a planned study in preschool children would "support the safety and effectiveness of Risperdal in this age group."
One Drug... A Cornucopia of Side Effects...
According to a study published last year, off-label prescriptions for antipsychotic drugs doubled between 1995 and 2008, from 4.4 million to a staggering 9 million prescriptions. In 2008, an estimated $6 billion was spent on off-label antipsychotics in the US, of which $5.4 billion was for uses based on uncertain evidence!
Taking an antipsychotic drug to treat, say, insomnia, is really like using a bazooka to rid yourself of a mosquito. It's overkill of the highest order, or as Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman is quoted as saying in the featured article, "It's a total outrage."
Unfortunately, relentless advertising has helped "normalize" these drugs, so people don't think much of taking one. Take Abilify (aripiprazole), for example. It is licensed for the treatment of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, autism, as well as major depression when taken with antidepressants. I.e. it is used to augment the effects of the antidepressants.
This is because, of course, antidepressants don't work as advertised either. Numerous studies have demonstrated that antidepressants are no more effective than a sugar pill...
Abilify is a perfect example of how dangerous polypharmacy is spreading and increasing.
The word 'polypharmacy' means "many drugs," and essentially refers to instances where an individual is taking too many drugs – either because more drugs are prescribed than clinically indicated, or when the sheer number of pills simply becomes a burden for the patient.
This situation used to be primarily a concern for the elderly, who generally take more medicines than younger folk. But over the past several years, even children as young as three are increasingly being prescribed four or more drugs! This is a significant problem, as the more drugs you mix together, the greater the chances of serious side effects.
People (of all ages) taking psychiatric drugs appear to be particularly prone to polypharmacy, which is particularly disturbing since each and every one of these drugs are quite potent and potentially dangerous when taken all by itself. Abilify, for example, has a staggering 75 different side effects6 associated with it, including:
|Low thyroid (hypothyroidism) or high thyroid (hyperthyroidism)
|Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
|Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
|Gallstones and kidney stones
|Yeast infections
|Carpal tunnel syndrome
Antipsychotics: Overused, Overpriced, Oversold
According to Sandra B. Goodman, author of the featured article:
"'Antipsychotics are overused, overpriced and oversold,' said Allen Frances, former chair of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine, who headed the task force that wrote the DSM-IV, psychiatry's diagnostic bible.
While judicious off-label use may be appropriate for those who have not responded to other treatments for, say, severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, Frances said the drugs, which are designed to calm patients and to moderate the hallucinations and delusions of psychosis, are being used 'promiscuously, recklessly,' often to control behavior and with little regard for their serious side effects.
Doctors are allowed to prescribe drugs for unapproved uses, but companies are forbidden to promote them for such purposes.
In the past few years major drugmakers have paid more than $2 billion to settle lawsuits brought by states and the federal government alleging illegal marketing; some cases are still being litigated, as are thousands of claims by patients.
In 2009 Eli Lilly and Co. paid the federal government a record $1.4 billion7 to settle charges that it illegally marketed Zyprexa through, among other things, a '5 at 5 campaign' that urged nursing homes to administer 5 milligrams of the drug at 5 p.m. to induce sleep."
Who Decides What Mental Illness is?
Modern psychiatry has expanded its reach to the point that even the most normal of emotions and mental states now fall under one labeled "disorder" or another. They have been able to cleverly define mental illness with the use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). This book is created by members of the American Psychiatric Association.
You would think that diseases are put in this book after evaluating carefully executed scientific trials, but nothing could be further from the truth. Additions and changes to this manual are determined by votes by its members. This categorization is NOT based on science at all! It is well documented that psychiatric drugs in general and atypical antipsychotics specifically, are misused across the board.
The over-use and mis-use of these drugs exact a very steep price – your health. If you fall into the category of having been mis-prescribed a psychiatric drug – which today is more the norm than the exception – please understand that there are far better, safer options. And for those of you who are taking a properly prescribed drug, based on appropriate diagnosis of a mental illness, just be aware of what the potential side effects are, so that you can avoid more serious illness.
By making key lifestyle changes you may be able to counteract some of the most devastating side effects, allowing you to maintain better health…
Normal Life Challenges are Now Medical Conditions
According to the featured Washington Post article:
"Wayne Blackmon, a psychiatrist and lawyer who teaches at George Washington University Law School, said he commonly sees patients taking more than one antipsychotic, which raises the risk of side effects. Blackmon regards them as the 'drugs du jour,' too often prescribed for 'problems of living.'
Somehow doctors have gotten it into their heads that this is an acceptable use. Physicians, he said, have a financial incentive to prescribe drugs, widely regarded as a much quicker fix than a time-intensive evaluation and nondrug treatments such as behavior therapy, which might not be covered by insurance."
Alas, you cannot push a drug unless people believe they might have a disease. At the heart of the problem is the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), and its slew of newly created diseases that are dubbed in need of medical treatment (i.e. drugs).
The central dilemma is that many of the "disorders" could apply to nearly any one of us at one time or another, hence any one of us, or ALL of us, can at some point justify taking a potent drug. The practice of systematically inventing disease or exaggerating minor ones in order to sell more products actually has a name. It's called disease-mongering, and it's a well established tool used among drug companies.
And as irrational as it may seem, any one of the following "disorders" can be "treated" with a drug:
- Are you sometimes shy? Then you may have "Social Phobia."
- Are you wondering about deeper things, such as the meaning of life? Then you've got a "Religious or Spiritual Problem."
- Do you argue with your brother or sister? Then it's a "Sibling Relational Problem."
- Does your child argue with adults, lose his temper, or annoy people? Then he has "Oppositional Defiant Disorder."
- If you or your teenager is uncertain about what path to take in life, what your values or career goals are, you've likely got an "Identity Problem."
The Drugging of Our Children
It is bad enough to prescribe dangerous psychotropic drugs to adults, but some of the most targeted people are just barely out of diapers. In 2007 alone, half a million children and teenagers were given at least one prescription for an antipsychotic, including 20,500 under the age of 6.
American children are the most medicated children in the world. For example, they get three times more prescriptions for antidepressants and stimulants, and up to double the amount of antipsychotic drugs than kids from Germany and the Netherlands. How can we, as a society, continue to allow corporate profits to come before lives, and even before children's lives? And why is it that so few people are willing to step up and really expose the corruption once and for all?
If you or your child is suffering from an emotional or mental challenge, please seek help, but do so from someone who does not regard psychotropic drugs as a first line of defense. It will be very helpful if you first optimize your or your child's diet and lifestyle as this will significantly improve the likelihood of any successful natural intervention.
A good starting point would be my comprehensive health plan that is free to view. There are also many wonderful tools out there to address your emotional challenges. One of my favorite ones is the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT).
Could a Vitamin Actually Help Psychosis?
I will be interviewing Dr. Andrew Saul later this year about his new book, Niacin: The Real Story: Learn about the Wonderful Healing Properties of Niacin.8 He co-wrote the book with Abram Hoffer M.D., Ph.D., who published over 600 reports and articles as well as 30 books. His early work led to the use of niacin for schizophrenia and as an cholesterol treatment. Dr. Hoffer died in 2009 at the age of 91, but he successfully treated many thousands of patients with high dose niacin for psychotic disorders.
He presented some very compelling evidence to support treating most psychotic disorders as a vitamin B3 deficiency.
Considering it is very inexpensive and has virtually no dangerous side effects it would certainly be worth a consideration for anyone who has a family member with this mental health challenge. I would also highly recommend picking up this $12 book at Amazon and learning more about its use.
Is there Hope for Change?
Fortunately, there are glimmers of hope that sensibility will return and that much-needed changes will be made to prevent most of the unnecessary drugging. According to Boodman:9
- Texas has announced it will not allow a child younger than 3 to receive antipsychotics without authorization from the state10
- Arkansas now requires parents to give informed consent before a child receives an anti-psychotic drug
- The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it is summoning state officials to a meeting this summer to address the use of antipsychotics in foster care
- Senators Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) and Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) have introduced legislation that would require doctors who prescribe antipsychotics off-label to nursing home patients to complete forms certifying that they are appropriate, and
- Medco is asking doctors to document that they have performed diabetes tests in patients taking the drugs
"Our intention here is to get doctors to reexamine prescriptions," [Psychiatrist David J.] Muzina [a national practice leader at pharmacy benefits manager Medco] said. "In the short term, I don't see a change in this trend unless external forces intervene."
I believe one of the first steps toward change is education and awareness - in this case, people need to be re-educated about drugs and disease, so they won't fall for the lure of "the magic pill." Doctors must also become more sensitized to the grave harm inflicted on their patients by unnecessary drugs, and focus on normalizing their patient's biochemistry by eliminating sugars and processed foods, and considering addressing hidden vitamin deficiencies like niacin.


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19 December 2003
Jonathan G. Katz
Re: File No. S7-19-03
Dear Mr Katz,
We represent some of the largest foreign institutional shareholders1 and are jointly submitting this letter in response to the request of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for comments in respect of the proposed Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 (the "Rule") which would, under certain circumstances, require companies to include in their proxy materials, security holder nominees for election as directors. We appreciate the opportunity to participate in this important undertaking and intend our comments to be helpful to the Commission in its efforts to ameliorate the process for shareholders to nominate directors onto the boards of investee companies.
Our respective trustees, directors and clients have mandated their fund managers to take into account material corporate governance issues in order to better safeguard and enhance the long-term value of our members' assets. Given that a significant portion of our members' assets are invested in the United States, and the growing convergence of capital markets globally, we have a strong interest in promoting good governance and corporate responsibility practice in that market.
We are writing to express our strong support, in principle, for a rule that provides shareholders with a procedure that ostensibly promotes better access to the proxy process. We believe this initiative has the potential to redress a significant distortion in the US capital market framework.
Although we commend the Commission for recognising the importance of addressing this issue now, we have a number of significant reservations and concerns regarding the proposed "trigger" events necessary to activate the mechanism for shareholder participation in the nomination process. Indeed, we are concerned that if these triggers do become incorporated into the nomination process, it could seriously undermine this unique opportunity by the Commission to deliver major change by, at the same time, erecting near-insurmountable obstacles in the path of investors.
Fundamental Aspect of Good Governance
The Commission has proposed certain "trigger" mechanisms to limit the use of the Rule to "situations where there is evidence that the proxy process may otherwise have failed to permit security holder views to be adequately taken into account". We fundamentally disagree with this concept. Proper access to the proxy is normally a basic ownership right which enables shareholders to act responsibly and in a timely manner when management is consistently under-performing or engaging in practices that are value destructive or inappropriate (eg aggressive accounting or personal excess). Measures that frustrate such rights in the US or continue to enable poor management to shelter from accountability should not be used to undermine effective change.
The right for shareholders to nominate (and remove) directors should be available to shareholders (except, of course, in connection with change of control contests) of all companies in order to align the interests of directors with the shareholders they represent. It should not be applied only in the case of companies with a poor corporate governance record, nor should it have to be earned.
Further, the Rule as proposed creates unnecessary hurdles for shareholders in order to participate in the nomination process. These hurdles could be removed without encouraging frivolous use of the nomination process by narrowly-tailoring that process to allow its use by shareholders meeting certain ownership requirements, for example along the lines of those provided in the Rule.
International Standards
If the Rule is adopted as proposed, the United States will be out of sync with practices in other markets which give shareholders the authority to appoint and remove directors with comparative ease.
In the United Kingdom, for example, Section 376 of the Companies Act 1985 grants shareholders the right to include a resolution at an Annual General Meeting ("AGM") for the appointment of a director. The only qualifying condition for the filing of such a resolution is that the members represent at least 5% of the voting rights at the general meeting or they number at least 100 and hold shares on which there is an average amount paid up of at least £100 (UK Sterling) per member. A simple majority is all that is required to pass such a resolution - which is binding upon a company.
Unlike the United States, in the United Kingdom shareholders are also able to vote against the election of a director at the AGM following his/her appointment as well as the re-election of a director when his/her term of office is up for renewal. This vote also requires a simple majority and is binding on the company.
Alternatively, investors in UK companies are entitled to requisition an Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") if the shareholders calling for this meeting represent 10% or more of the voting share capital and put forward resolutions to appoint and/or remove directors. Ordinary Resolutions filed for an EGM also require a simple majority and are binding upon the company.
Similar rules apply in Australia, France, Germany, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and Sweden and other jurisdictions where statutes are modelled on UK company law.
We understand that the Commission has to manage expressed corporate fears about unstable boards but given the Commission's commitment to market reform, we would urge the Commission to focus its attention on experiences in other jurisdictions where provisions granting shareholders direct access to the nomination process have not resulted in the destabilisation of corporate boards. For example, in the United Kingdom, while the right to nominate directors is important to institutional shareholders, it is rarely used. Indeed, we would argue that the availability of this right is more likely to lead to board stability and a reduction in time-consuming, disruptive and expensive proxy battles and a shift of emphasis towards more serious, collaborative and constructive dialogue with corporations.
Delayed Process
The timescales envisaged in the proposal also risk distorting the situation. Delaying access beyond the next annual meeting helps maintain and possibly exacerbate situations that are undermining the business and shareholder value. Limiting the time period for an application to two years risks forcing the hand of shareholders to nominate candidates rather than seeking to work for constructive change and resolution first. The events of the past two years testify to the rapid changes even the largest of companies can experience.
The 5% Threshold
The voting right thresholds should be set at levels which recognise the level of fragmentation and low concentration of ownership in the US. As barely half of companies listed on the NYSE, AMEX or NASDAQ markets have a single shareholder who could satisfy the proposed ownership requirement, according to the Release, the threshold needs to be adjusted accordingly. While 5% is the threshold in the United Kingdom for an AGM resolution, as explained above, we believe this is appropriate in that market given the relatively greater concentration of share ownership there.
Shareholder Proposals
If the Commission does adopt the Rule with the trigger mechanism intact, we would urge the Commission to include, as an additional triggering event, a company's failure to implement a shareholder proposal submitted in accordance with U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 14a-8 that receives support from the majority of votes cast. We believe that those circumstances strongly evidence shareholder dissatisfaction with the proxy process and estrangement from the board of directors.
We would therefore urge the Commission to reconsider the Rule and be sensitive to both domestic and foreign investors' concerns that the nomination process outlined in the Rule would not be sufficiently responsive to a potential problem with an investee company. In the same way that we have learned from developments in the US, we believe the Commission would indeed benefit from considering the experience of jurisdictions other than the United States. We would be pleased to provide the Commission with further information regarding these processes or answer any questions in this regard.


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Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa
His Grace Bishop Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa is ruling bishop of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese (ACROD) as a titular bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. He was nominated in July 2012, elevated to the episcopacy on August 30, 2012, in Constantinople, and consecrated a bishop on November 27, 2012, at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
His Grace was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on December 7, 1958, with the baptismal name of George, the first of two children of Peter and Antonia Tatsis. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill earning a BA degree in Biology (1981) and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte earning a MS degree in Biology (1989). Working for more than 20 years in the field of cardiovascular research at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, he authored and co-authored over 100 articles, abstracts, and book chapters.
A true son of the Church, from his early youth he served in his home parish of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Charlotte, North Carolina, in various capacities including altar server, Sunday School teacher for 13 years, and in several leadership positions including parish council president. He was also a founding member of St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he served on the parish organizing committee, as Sunday School teacher for four years, as a member of the choir, and as its first parish council president.
After taking part in a mission trip to Alaska sponsored by the Orthodox Christian Mission Center, he felt the calling to pursue his life-long dream of studying for the holy priesthood. Leaving his secular job in early 2003, he entered Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts, in the fall of 2003 and graduated in May of 2006 with the Masters of Divinity degree.
His Grace was ordained a deacon at St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, on November 4, 2006, by His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta. He was tonsured a monk at Agia Lavra Monastery in Kalavryta, Greece, on January 17, 2007, receiving the name Grigorios, with St. Gregory Palamas as his patron saint. He was ordained a priest at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 28, 2007, also by His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta, and was elevated to the rank of Archimandrite on the same day. On February 1, 2007, he was appointed as the Ierokyrix (itinerant preacher) of the Metropolis of Atlanta. On September 14, 2007, he received the offikion (rank) of Confessor at the Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Chapel in Atlanta, Georgia.
Serving in his role as Itinerant Preacher and Confessor, Archmandrite Grigorios has travelled extensively throughout the Metropolis of Atlanta, where he has led parish retreats, heard confessions, and provided spiritual direction to countless numbers of clergy and faithful. Recognizing his affinity for youth ministry and his administrative skills, he was given the responsibility of overseeing all youth programs in the Metropolis of Atlanta.
Archimandrite Grigorios also served as the parish priest of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, from December 20, 2010, until May 31, 2011. Since October of 2011, he has served as Dean of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in New Orleans, Lousiana, and as Vicar of the Western Conference of the Metropolis of Atlanta.
Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa
|Preceded by:
|Ierokyrix of the Metropolis of Atlanta (GOARCH)
|Succeeded by:
Archim. Christodoulos (Papadeas)
|Preceded by:
John (Martin) of Nyssa
|Titular Bishop of Nyssa
|Succeeded by:
|Preceded by:
Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos
|Primate of ACROD
|Succeeded by:
- Archimandrite Grigorios (Tatsis) Is Nominated By Diocesan Priests As Successor To Metropolitan Nicholas
External links
- Consecration of Bishop Gregory
- The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Elects the Very Reverend Archimandrite Grigorios Tatsis Bishop of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese (ACROD)
- Ierokyrix of the Metropolis of Atlanta
- Fr. Grigorios Tatsis - Homily 6-19-12 (YouTube video), given at St. George's Orthodox Church (ACROD), in Taylor, Pennsylvania
- Nomination of Archimandrite Grigorios Tatsis As Successor to Metropolitan Nicholas (YouTube video), July 14, 2012
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