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San José, Costa Rica, Wednesday, June 5, 2013, Vol. 13, No. 110
going up 5 percent this year
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Water is going up in Heredia but not as much as the local utility provider wanted.
The Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos said it has approved a 5 percent increase for the Empresa de Servicios Públicos de Heredia. The increase takes effect as soon as the new rates are published.
The utility wanted a 27.6 percent increase. The increase covers customers in Heredia Centro, San Rafael, San Isidro, Barva and Flores, said the rate-fixing agency.
The agency also approved a 16 percent hike for 2014 and 9 percent for 2015, it said.
The agency also approved a 600-colon fixed monthly charge over and above consumption for utility customers. That's about $1.22. The company wants 2,049 colons.
The rate includes a sliding scale that increased the cost per cubic meter of water the greater the use. For example, for home consumption the first 14 cubic meters of water are each 194 colons. For business the cost per cubic meter is 464. There are seven steps in which the cubic meter cost increases up to 912 percent for use over 120 cubic meters for homes and businesses. After 61 cubic meters of water a month the price for homes and businesses is the same.
Costa Rica signs tax treaty
with Ecuador to share data
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Costa Rica and Ecuador have signed an agreement to exchange tax information.
Ricardo Patiño Aroca, the foreign minister of Ecuador, was in town to participate in the ceremony. This is part of the effort that the country is making to comply with rules of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. To do otherwise would cause Costa Rica to be considered a tax haven.
Since 2009 Costa Rica has signed agreements with a number of countries.
Three young burned victims
airlifted to valley hospitals
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Three persons, including an 8-year-old girl, suffered serious burns Tuesday when a container of fuel exploded, said security ministry officials.
The three were airlifted by helicopter to Tobias Bolaños airport in Pavas and then to hospitals.
The mishap took place in Grano de Oro near Chirripo in the canton of Turrialba. Involved were a youth, 18, the girl and a boy, 4. The girl appeared to be the most badly burned, ministry officials said.
Environmental fair begins
today at Antigua Aduana
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
An estimated 130 environmentally conscious businesses will be showing their wares starting today at the Feria Ambiental 2013. The event is in the Antigua Aduana on San Jose's east side.
The event begins on the World Day of the Environment. The inauguration is this morning. Most major government agencies will have displays as well as the various utilities. The Antigua Aduana is on Calle 23.
Venezuela's Zulia state
will ration food purchases
By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
A Venezuelan state is testing a system to limit purchases of food and other staples in a move that officials defended as necessary to stop contraband trade but opposition critics slammed as Cuban-style rationing, local media reported Tuesday.
The nation's consumers have for months had to endure long lines or visit several stores to find basic products that run the gamut from toilet paper to butter, driven in part by a lack of hard currency to ensure imports.
The state of Zulia in western Venezuela said it will launch a pilot program next week that uses a digital system to block shoppers from buying the same staple products at different stores on the same day.
"Considering the average size of a family, one person should only buy 20 staple products during the period that we establish, which we think will be one week," said Bladimir Labrador, an official with the Zulia state government. He spoke to the newspaper Panorama in an interview published Tuesday.
Venezuela's price control system leaves the cost of basic products such as rice and flour considerably below their market value, creating a temptation for consumers to buy them in large quantities and resell them during shortages.
The business is even more lucrative in border states such as Zulia, which neighbors Colombia, because shoppers can buy goods and resell them across the frontier where they trade for several times the subsidized Venezuelan price.
Products to be covered by the system include rice, milk, toothpaste and diapers. The pilot program is to be carried out in 65 supermarkets in Zulia's capital Maracaibo and the neighboring municipality of San Francisco.
Supporters of the system credit the late leader Hugo Chávez for creating welfare programs that keep groceries cheap for the poor as part of his self-styled socialist revolution that his protege and designated successor Nicolas Maduro has vowed to continue.
Opposition leaders say the nagging shortages are a sign that the Chávez-era state-led model of price controls and frequent nationalizations is running out of steam.
"We cannot allow the government to use our state to create a Cuba-style rationing system," said opposition legislator Elias Matta of Zulia. "This shows the failure of 21st century socialism."
Obama is expected to press Xi
on espionage and cyberattacks
By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
White House officials say U.S. President Barack Obama will take a tough stance on China-based cyberattacks when he hosts his Chinese counterpart at an informal summit later this week.
Speaking anonymously Tuesday, the officials said Obama will tell President Xi Jinping that Washington holds the Chinese government responsible for any hacking attempts that originate inside China.
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The official told reporters Obama will urge China to take action to stop the large-scale theft of U.S. military and commercial secrets that has been detailed in a series of recent government and private reports.
Both sides hope to use the relatively relaxed, two-day summit beginning Friday at a luxury resort in California to ease tensions between the world's two largest economic powers.
But the two leaders are expected to find little agreement on the issue of cyber attacks, which are becoming a growing strain to U.S.-China relations.
Much to the displeasure of China, which denies the attacks, Washington has grown increasingly bold in directly accusing Beijing of involvement in the cyber theft and espionage.
Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel told a Singapore security forum Saturday the U.S. is concerned about the growing threat of cyber intrusions, "some of which appear to be tied to the Chinese government and military."
A recent report prepared for the Pentagon by the U.S. Defense Science Board said Chinese hackers have stolen the designs for over two dozen top U.S. weapons systems. Earlier this year, the U.S. Internet security firm Mandiant said the Chinese military has stolen large amounts of data from about 150 U.S. companies and organizations.
China has accused Washington of using the media to make what it views as irresponsible claims for political reasons. It has also returned the accusations, saying it is the victim of widespread cyberattacks by U.S. hackers.
A top Chinese Internet security official on Tuesday told Chinese state media that Beijing has mountains of data with which to accuse the U.S. of hacking attacks, if it wished to do so.
But Huang Chengqing, director of the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China, said such disputes are best settled through communication, not confrontation.
Last week, the U.S. and China agreed to hold regular, high-level talks on cyber security. The first such panel will occur in July. Obama officials say they hope it will focus on developing an international code of conduct for operating in cyberspace."
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This photo is of Volcán Poás. It was taken at 5:35 p.m. Sunday from Vara Blanca de Sarapiqui. It is one of many donated to the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico.
Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica/Joel Suire Robert
|Central Valley bracketed by plumes from
nearby volcanoes
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
At two places overlooking the Central Valley, volcanoes are blowing their top.
Volcán Poás emitted plumes of gas estimated to be at least a kilometer into the air Sunday and Monday. The plumes were seen from Poás, Alajuela, Zarcero, Heredia, San Carlos, Desamparados and Zurquí, said the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica at University Nacional in Heredia.
The outlets in the volcano crater are emitting vapor about 450 to 575 degrees C, and the vapor is largely water and sulfur dioxide, said the Observatorio.
Poás is a major tourist destination and there was no indication that the plumes would jeopardize this activity.
At the east end of the valley, Volcán Turrialba also was putting out a column of vapor. The plume was seen from at least
| Heredia, San José,
Cartago, Guápiles, as well as locations nearer the mountain.
Particles of fine silica from deposits of volcanic ash gave a rosy color when hit with the light of the sun, said the Observatorio. The plume also contained ash and sulfuric acid. The gas outlets at the crater of Turrialba are estimated to be emitting vapor about 800 degrees C.
Tuesday a park worker reported a light deposit of ash in Pacayas y San Pablo de Oreamuno de Cartago, said the Observatorio. Two volcano experts went to the summit Tuesday between 2 and 3 p.m. and reported that they saw a flow of gas stronger than normal.
Officials continue on alert at Turrialba, and farmers and stockmen near the volcano have pretty much abandoned those parts of their land damaged by acid rain. They also are prepared to make a haste exit if the mountain really acts up. The national park there is closed to visitors.
|Investigators detain 25 in case of
driving test impersonators
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
There is another scandal involving the nation's driver's license testing. Judicial agents said Tuesday that they had detained 25 persons on allegations that a substitute was used to take the written test.
Agents said they conducted arrests in Desamparados, San José, Cartago, Santa Cruz, Liberia, and Upala, among others.
The main allegation is that four persons were taking the written test under the names of other persons. For their efforts they received 80,000 to 90,000 colons or about $160 to $180, according to the Judicial Investigating Organization.
|The arrests involved the test takers
and the individuals who paid them to take the test.
Agents said that workers at the educational section of the transport ministry noticed a year ago that one individual had taken the written test 13 times.
Agents said that the test takers used the idenity documents of those who paid them to get into the testing room.
Investigators have been busy at the driving license facilities. Individuals have been detained in cases where licenses were issued without the road test. There also was a case of faked documents for passenger transport.
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|Tiny drones designed to gather secrets of powerful Caribbean
By the University of Florida news service
Kamran Mohseni envisions a day when the unmanned vehicles in his laboratory at the University of Florida will swarm over, under and through hurricanes to help predict the strength and path of the storms.
The tiny, autonomous craft can spy on hurricanes at close range without getting blown willy-nilly, while sensors onboard collect and send in real time the data scientists need to predict the intensity and trajectory of storms: pressure, temperature, humidity, location and time.
Mohseni said people always ask him how the miniature flying machines can take on one of the monster storms. They are just 6 inches long and about the weight of an iPod Nano.
"Our vehicles don't fight the hurricane. we use the hurricane to take us places," said Mohseni, a professor in two engineering departments.
The aerial and underwater vehicles can be launched with commands from a laptop hundreds of miles from the eye of a hurricane. Mohseni and a team of graduate students use mathematical models to predict regions in the atmosphere and ocean that can give the vehicles a free ride toward their destination. Once in the vicinity, they can be powered off to wait for a particular current of wind or water.
'When they detect the current they need for navigation, they power back on, slip into the current, then power off again to conserve fuel as the current carries them to a target location.
In essence, they can go for a fact-gathering ride on hurricane winds and waters.
The devices are a departure from current technology, which uses hurricane reconnaissance aircraft to punch through a storm's eye wall and release sensors that free-fall and might or might not collect helpful data. Underwater data are even more difficult to collect today, although just as important, considering that the warm, moist air on the ocean surface provides fuel for hurricanes.
University of Florida/Eric Zamora
This is one of the mini-drones.
Mohseni's vehicles, even launched hundreds at a time, also reduce the cost of hurricane reconnaissance.
"If you want to blast through a hurricane, you have to build a bigger airplane," Mohseni said.
"We are going the opposite direction. We don't have anything that is super duper. We have cheap sensors, but with a lot of them you can significantly increase the accuracy of your measurements," said Mohseni
The prototypes produced at the institute are about $250 apiece and are too small and lightweight to cause damage when they hit something, a big consideration in hurricane-force winds and waves. Mohseni does not use a landing strip to test the aerial vehicles. He just tells them to crash, picks them up and flies them again. The carbon fiber shell of the aerial vehicles is wafer-thin but resilient. With proper funding, Mohseni said, the vehicles could be tested in a real-world hurricane in two or three years.
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Voice of America photoCrowd lights candles in Victoria Park before the rain.
Thousands remember massacre
in rainy Hong Kong protest
By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents braved torrential rain to attend a candlelight vigil marking the 24th anniversary of Beijing's deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square.
Organizers of Tuesday's annual vigil in Hong Kong's Victoria Park claimed a turnout of 150,000 people, while police gave a smaller estimate of 54,000.
Some of those who gathered in the park left when the rains started, but many stayed, huddling under umbrellas and chanting slogans calling on China's Communist leaders to vindicate the 1989 protest movement in Beijing's main square.
Chinese troops backed by tanks crushed the student-led demonstration on June 4 of that year, killing hundreds and possibly thousands of people. Beijing considers the protest to be a counter-revolutionary rebellion and blocks annual attempts by pro-democracy activists to commemorate the killings.
Residents of the former British colony of Hong Kong have retained the right to protest since it returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
The chairwoman of Hong Kong's main opposition Democratic Party, Emily Lau, was at the latest vigil, organized by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China. Speaking to a reporter by phone, she said many locals still have strong emotions about the Tiananmen crackdown.
"They really feel that China should move forward, should have an investigation to set this whole thing to rest," Ms. Lau said. "So, in a way, the Hong Kong people are very, very persistent. Twenty-four years is a very long time, and these people keep turning up every year and they keep giving money to the Patriotic Alliance."
The rainstorm forced organizers to end Tuesday's rally after 50 minutes, the first time it has been cut short. Ms. Lau was among those who ran for cover.
"We were all drenched," she said. "It was pouring down with rain. It was like a river flowing. Some people left. I left early too because we got so completely soaked. But there were lots and lots of people going in, and all the football pitches were filled up, and they had to move over to the grass land."
Speakers at the vigil also vowed to keep fighting against what they see as Beijing's attempt to slow Hong Kong's progress toward universal suffrage for the city's leader and legislature in the coming years.
Turnout estimates for last year's event ranged from 180,000 people, as claimed by organizers, to 85,000 as reported by police.
In Beijing, police were on guard for possible protests at Tiananmen Square and other prominent areas.
Many Chinese activists already had been detained, placed under house arrest or monitored closely in the lead-up to the sensitive anniversary.
Chinese government censors also tried to block any reference to the anniversary on social media sites. China's popular Sina Weibo service even removed a candle icon to prevent subscribers from displaying it as part of a digital vigil.
Ms. Lau said such actions have tarnished the image of the new Chinese Communist rulers who took office last November in a once-in-a-decade leadership transition.
"The impression is that the new leadership is very, very tough and, in fact, things are getting from bad to worse," Ms. Lau said. "So it is exceedingly disappointing, because some people thought that President Xi Jinping is going to be some kind of reformist. But I guess all those dreams have been dashed. Nevertheless, the people still want to soldier on, because they want to see a democratic China."
Earlier this year, Xi called for more political courage to deepen reform in China and said the ruling party must improve its policies to benefit more people in a fairer way.
But he also said the process of opening up the state is a long-term, arduous and onerous cause which needs efforts from generation to generation.
Obama and Chile's president
discuss trade relations
By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
U.S. President Barack Obama and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera have met at the White House, discussing progress toward creation of a trans-Pacific free-trade zone, and other regional and global issues.
Pinera's visit comes just more than two years after Obama visited Chile, where in an address in Santiago he praised political, economic and social progress across Latin America.
Vice President Joe Biden, who recently was in the region as part of a second-term Obama administration outreach to the region, also attended the Oval Office discussions.
Chile and the United States are among 11 nations working to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a new trade agreement.
Obama praised what he called Chile's remarkable growth trajectory and its role in the negotiations.
"We discussed the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a high standard, high level trade agreement with the countries of the Asia-Pacific region which is the most dynamic and fastest growing region of the world, and Chile has been an excellent partner with us in trying to bring this multilateral trade agreement to a close," said Obama.
Negotiations involve 11 nations: the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Australia and New Zealand, with Japan also scheduled to join the talks.
Talks involve complex market access, legal, financial and labor issues. Washington said momentum was strong after the last round of talks in Peru. The next round is in Malaysia in July.
Pinera said Chile hopes a final deal on the trade zone will be achieved.
"Chile is fully committed not only achieving an agreement to create the largest free trade zone in the world, which will be the case if the Trans-Pacific Partnership is approved, but also we want to approve it within the time frame that we have set," said Pinera.
The discussions, which Obama called wide-ranging, also included the subject of negotiations for Chile to join the U.S. visa waiver program.
Next week, Obama welcomes the president of Perú, and the White House announced recently that President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil will pay a state visit in October.
The flurry of U.S. activity on Latin America, with an emphasis on trade, comes as China, which is not part of Trans-Pacific negotiations, has conducted what media reports have called a charm offensive in the region.
China's President Xi Jinping, who is to meet Friday and Saturday with Obama in California, has visited Mexico, Costa Rica, and Trinidad and Tobago discussing economic cooperation.
Voice of America photoQueen Elizabeth arrives at her celebration.
Queen Elizabeth celebrates
her six decades on throne
By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
A fanfare of trumpets and cheering crowds greeted Queen Elizabeth on the 60th anniversary of her coronation Tuesday, with a service in Westminster Abbey featuring a priceless crown that has adorned the heads of British monarchs for 350 years.
Decorated with rubies, sapphires and amethysts, the golden St Edward's crown was made for the coronation of Charles II in 1661 and has been used to crown every British monarch since.
Together with a golden, eagle-shaped bottle containing the holy oil for anointing, it took pride of place beside the altar for the historic service.
For Elizabeth, 87, it was a return to the scene of her coronation when, at age 27, she ascended the throne upon the death of her father, King George VI.
Jubilant throngs and trumpets heralded the arrival of a monarch who has seen 12 prime ministers during her reign: from Winston Churchill to David Cameron.
The service was attended by all the senior British royals including the Queen's 91-year-old husband Prince Philip, who had had to withdraw from an engagement the previous day with an unspecified ailment.
Heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, Prince William and his pregnant wife Kate and Cameron were among 2,000 guests in the Abbey, the site of coronations for nearly 1,000 years.
While coronation day in 1953 was dull and rainy, bright sunshine poured through the stained glass windows of the soaring gothic edifice during Tuesday's service.
In 1953, millions of Britons gathered round brand new black-and-white television sets to watch Elizabeth's coronation, an event that gave Britain a chance to celebrate in the grim, austere years after World War II.
"A nation watched. It was the first time the whole nation had watched anything as it happened," said Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in his address. "This they saw: pomp and ceremony on a rainy June day, wrapped in time and custom. Very British."
Hers was the 38th coronation to take place at the Abbey, a tradition launched in 1066 by William the Conqueror, the first Norman King of England.
Tuesday's ceremony marked another milestone for Elizabeth as she edges towards Queen Victoria's record as Britain's longest-serving monarch. Victoria died in 1901 after more than 63 years and seven months on the throne.
The congregation sang the national anthem at the beginning of the service, and Cameron read from the Old Testament Book of Kings. Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy wrote a poem for the occasion that focused on the symbolism of the historic crown.
Read by actress Claire Skinner during the service, it contained the lines: "One head alone can know its weight, on throne, in pageantry, and feel it still, in private space, when it's lifted: not a hollow thing, but a measuring; no halo, treasure, but a valuing; decades and duty."
Public opinions divided
on case of Bradley Manning
By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
The court martial of U.S. Army Pvt. Bradley Manning, who gave hundreds of thousands of secret government files to the WikiLeaks Web site, began this week in a courtroom at Fort Meade, Maryland. Some analysts say Manning is a traitor who endangered American lives while supporters believe he is a whistle blowing hero.
Prosecutors contend the 25-year-old Army intelligence analyst effectively put U.S. military secrets into the hands of the enemy, including Osama bin Laden. They want to send him to prison for the rest of his life.
But Manning's lawyers say he was young and naïve and only wanted to enlighten the public about the harsh reality of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Steven Bucci is a senior foreign policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation. He says Manning engaged in espionage and broke the trust of the nation.
"He took an oath not to violate that trust and he willfully and with disregard for any of the potential implications of what he did, stole information and gave it away to people who were not authorized to have it. That's called spying in the vernacular," said Bucci.
Manning has admitted turning over hundreds of thousands of documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. He had access to the material and was arrested while serving in Iraq.
It is the largest release of classified information in U.S. history and is the most sensational since publication in 1971 of the Pentagon Papers, a secret Defense Department history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Morris Davis is a former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay who says he plans to testify in Manning's defense at the court martial.
He says the prosecution in the Manning case is overzealous.
"I think the government, when it started, thought it was going to be like the trial of the century and I think the impact has not borne that out. So they ought to accept a reasonable resolution and move on," said Davis.
As Manning's trial opens, a grassroots activist network is supporting him through a Facebook page, Twitter account and website.
Rallies are being held this week in dozens of U.S. cities and at least six foreign countries. Thousands of people have donated more than $1 million for his defense fund.
Anne Wright is a retired U.S. Army colonel and former diplomat who supports Bradley Manning and his decision to release classified documents.
"And these are particular cables that we need to know because they, many of them identify government malfeasance or even criminal actions being done by government employees that should be exposed to the world," said Ms. Wright.
But others say the release of the material threatened to expose valuable military and diplomatic sources and strained America's relations with other governments.
U.S. tourist gang rape victim
in crime-plagued India
By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
An American tourist was gang-raped by a group of men in a hill resort in northern India, police said Tuesday, in the latest of a series of attacks that have thrown the spotlight on women's safety in the world's largest democracy.
The woman was picked up by three men in a truck on Monday night while hitchhiking back to her guest house in the town of Manali in Himachal Pradesh state, police said. She had been visiting friends and had been unable to find a taxi home.
Three men were briefly detained and then released in connection with the attack, Himachal Pradesh Police Chief B. Kamal Kumar said, clarifying an earlier statement which appeared to say the men had been arrested.
"Sorry, I think it was misquoted. I think they were detained for questioning, they were not arrested," Kumar said.
The woman told police her attackers took her to an isolated area and raped her. She was taken to a local hospital for preliminary tests before being taken back to her guest house, said a local police inspector, who declined to be identified.
"We are in contact with authorities but due to issues of privacy we have no further comment," Peter Vrooman, spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, said in an email.
Instead of dropping the woman at her hotel, the men drove in a different direction for about 16 or 17 kilometers (10.5 miles), then overpowered and raped her, the inspector said, adding that the hospital test had confirmed the sexual assault.
"Her condition is stable and she is accompanied by two women constables. All medical help has been given, and the doctors have been taking care of her," the inspector said. "We have told her we are like family and are available for any help."
In March, a Swiss tourist was gang-raped while on a camping trip in a forest in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. In the same month, a British woman jumped out of her hotel balcony in Uttar Pradesh state to escape a feared sexual assault.
Sex crimes are common in India. The National Crime Records Bureau says more than 24,200 rapes were reported across the country in 2011, about one every 20 minutes.
U.S. officials seeing test
for modified wheat grain
By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
The U.S. government is working with private companies to develop a rapid test for genetically modified wheat in response to fears about an unapproved wheat strain, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Tuesday.
Buyers in Asia and Europe have shunned U.S. wheat since the Agriculture Department announced last week that a strain of wheat, modified by Monsanto Co. for herbicide tolerance, was found in an Oregon field. Genetically modified wheat is not approved for cultivation anywhere in the world.
Vilsack said development of a reliable, low-cost test for modified wheat was an Agriculture Department priority. Asked how soon a test would be available, Vilsack said, "Obviously, as soon as we can do it."
Current tests are expensive and time consuming, and the new test is intended to be quick and easy.
Vilsack's remarks, on the sidelines of an event focused on cutting down food waste, were his first public comments on the subject since the wheat find was announced May 29.
Agriculture officials have said daily there are no signs genetically modified wheat was in commercial channels. Vilsack said development of a rapid test would allow grain exporters and processors to assure customers that their products are safe to eat.
With that assurance, he said, "The markets will be re-opened."
Japan, South Korea and the European Union have said they plan to test incoming wheat shipments for modified wheat. Preliminary tests by Korea on U.S. wheat and flour were negative, officials said on Monday. Final results are expected today.
U.S. agriculture officials were communicating with trading partners and customers about the investigation, said Vilsack.
Two approaches are available for a wheat test, said Vilsack. One test, used on corn and soybeans, examines protein in crop. The other method is a DNA test.
The department's other priority is to find the source of the wheat that sprouted in the northeast Oregon field. The unwanted volunteer seedlings survived when sprayed with the weed killer glyphosate, which led to tests that identified the wheat as a Monsanto strain.
Other fields on the farm tested negative for the wheat, said an Agriculture Department spokesman.
Some $9 billion in U.S. wheat exports hang in the balance. The United States, the world's largest farm exporter, exports nearly half of its wheat crop.
U.S. Marine and kin grabbed
by kidnappers in rural México
By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is searching for clues in the kidnapping of a U.S. Marine reservist in México.
The FBI says U.S. citizen and Iraq War veteran Armando Torres, III, disappeared May 14, along with his father and uncle, who are Mexican citizens.
A statement by the FBI's San Antonio division says armed gunmen took the three men by force from Torres' father's ranch in La Barranca in Mexico's northeastern state of Tamaulipas. The statement says Torres had driven across the border from the southern U.S. state of Texas to visit the ranch.
Torres' sister, Cristina, said her family members' abductions came as a shock.
"It is just shocking, you know, because you do not want to believe it. My cousin called me," she said. "She told me that she had seen a white truck outside the house. She saw several people just get out the car and go into the house. And they grabbed my brother, and my uncle, and my father, and they just, you know, just took them."
The FBI is turning to the public for help identifying those responsible for the kidnapping. Anyone with information is being asked to call the agency at 956-546-6922.
México has been plagued by kidnappings in recent years, many of them carried out by the nation's drug cartels. Official figures showed 1,043 cases between January and October 2012, although experts say the numbers are likely much higher.
In addition to the Mexican criminal investigation, the FBI says it has opened an international investigation in the case.
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carbon-based catalyst
improves batteries cheaply
By the Los Alamos National Laboratory news staff
Scientists have designed a new type of nanostructured-carbon-based catalyst that could pave the way for reliable, economical next-generation batteries and alkaline fuel cells, providing for practical use of wind- and solar-powered electricity, as well as enhanced hybrid electric vehicles.
In a paper appearing in Nature Communications, researchers Hoon T. Chung, Piotr Zelenay and Jong H. Won, describe a new type of nitrogen-doped carbon-nanotube catalyst. The new material has the highest oxygen reduction reaction activity in alkaline media of any non-precious metal catalyst developed to date. This activity is critical for efficient storage of electrical energy.
The new catalyst doesn't use precious metals such as platinum, which is more expensive per ounce than gold, yet it performs under certain conditions as effectively as many well-known and prohibitively expensive precious-metal catalysts developed for battery and fuel-cell use. Moreover, although the catalyst is based on nitrogen-containing carbon nanotubes, it does not require the tedious, toxic and costly processing that is usually required when converting such materials for catalytic use.
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Some Costa Rican Internet provider pathways have been showing up on block lists.
The pathways, identified as IP numbers, are the way computers identify themselves and talk to other computers and how email is routed.
Two Costa Rican IP numbers within the last two days have been identified by anti-spam sites as sources of unwanted or malicious material. Consequently, most Internet servers block these IP numbers automatically.
That means the individual who signs on to a computer and is automatically assigned a blocked IP number by a service provider here cannot see some Web pages or send email.
The IP addresses that were identified as blocked are operated by the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad. Some computers have permanent IP addresses but others are assigned them dynamically by the provider.
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Yael Krigman is equal-parts baker and businesswoman. She sells her treats through her company's Web site. She was a lawyer but she knew she was onto something when her homemade cake pops, balls of cake and frosting dipped in candy-coating that sit atop lollipop sticks, thrilled colleagues at work.
"I made them one week, and people got so excited, they just went nuts," she explained. "They thought they were so delicious, and I started selling them that same week."
Now, Ms. Krigman wants to expand her Washington, D.C.-based business by opening a shop that specializes in cake pops.
"I was talking to a friend of mine, and we were discussing the different options for financing my storefront, and we talked about bank loans and investors and he told me about Kickstarter," she said.
Kickstarter is a platform for crowd-sourced funding. Entrepreneurs such as Ms. Krigman post their projects and funding goals on Kickstarter.com, and people around the world pledge money. Backers and Kickstarter don't get a share of the business, but there are incentives. In Ms. Krigman's case, most levels of backers will get cake pops.
Kickstarter is just one of the ways Ms. Krigman hopes to get funding for her store. She says the Web site makes it easier to think about expanding her business.
"Bank loans are difficult to get, especially for small businesses with not many assets, and investors, you know, you have to give away part of your company, and I'm really proud of what I've built and I want to continue to grow it," she said. "I don't just want to be a manager at a bakery."
Ms. Krigman's goal is to raise $70,000. But if a project doesn't meet its goal in time, no money changes hands.
"I've really been sending out a lot of e-mails to everybody that I've ever known and anybody who has ever ordered from me, and I've been telling my friends and just trying to get people to spread the word," said Ms. Krigman of her Kickstarter campaign.
She hopes her shop will join the more than 40,000 projects that have been funded through Kickstarter.
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Rob Thomas, the creator of the canceled television series "Veronica Mars," turned to Kickstarter to fund a Veronica Mars movie, and he made a playful video with the show's cast.
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The Veronica Mars movie project broke records, raising $5.7 million. That inspired actor, writer and director Zach Braff, who used Kickstarter to raise $3 million for his film, "Wish I Was Here."
"Maybe this could be a new paradigm for filmmakers who want to make smaller personal films without having to sign away any of their artistic freedom," Braff explained in the video he posted on Kickstarter. He noted he could get funding in Hollywood, but he feared investors would want control over casting and creative matters.
As of June, people had posted about 100,000 projects on Kickstarter. Less than half reached their funding goals. The successful ones raised more than $500 million combined. Kickstarter, which is based in New York City, takes a 5 percent fee from successfully funded projects.
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Towards college graduation there is always an attendant joy that finally, you'll be leaving all that behind but at the same time, there is a fear lurking concealed in the corners of our mind regarding the career steps you have to take. For some graduates through a combination of several factors they land a job not long after graduation while others have to wait and wait.
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In reality, more than half of the time spent in the process of acquiring a degree is spent socializing and perambulating while the labor market is a far different kettle of fish. It often takes some time to readjust our mindset to these realities. Job seeking is serious business and should be treated as such.
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Having spent four, five or even six good years of your life under the supervision of no one and come out with a good grade it shows you possess enough maturity to handle certain tasks without unnecessary supervision.
If for your case this is not so you may have to make conscious effort to learn. This is a time to find out what exactly Mr. Employer needs and get ready.
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Feeding puppies Rottweiler and adult dogs: diet
Rottweiler is a well-trained, clever defender. This breed has the power and ability to defend.
Therefore, it requires constant physical exertion and a certain approach to nutrition. Feeding Rottweiler has its own characteristics.
Such a dog should have a relief musculature andIt can not be overfed, and most Rottweilers have an excellent appetite. In fact, the Rottweiler needs less food than, for example, Doberman of the same weight, because the Rottweiler needs less energy for heating and is less active. Particularly harmful overfeed for puppies. How and what to feed the Rottweiler?
Feeding Rottweiler with dry food
The choice of feed between dry and natural depends on theAvailability of free time and thickness of the wallet. Dry dog food saves time, but reduces the family budget, because in a cheap feed there are no quality products, and it often leads to obesity and malfunctions in the body. Only expensive food (Hill`s, Royal Canin, Eukanuba) and quite good ones (Purina Pro Plan, Ist Choice, Eagle Pack,) allow to keep the dog in fine form.
The best periods for feeding the Rottweiler dryFeed - active growth, pregnancy of the dog and lactation, rehabilitation after illness. In everyday life, in the presence of time, a natural product is preferred.
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Making up the menu of your dog, you should take into account that the proteins in it should be about 50%. It can be:</ P>
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Meat must be moist or cooked no more than 5Minutes. Rottweiler can also be given mesenteric beef inner fat - not more than 100 grams per week. Vegetables, preferably in raw form (that is, fiber) should be 20% of the menu. It is better not to overdo it, because the Rottweilers a lot of vegetables often causes digestive upset.
Porridge (carbohydrates) account for 30%. It is better to cook rice, buckwheat and oatmeal (Hercules) cereals and do not like manna and pearl barley.
But this calculation is made for an active dog, which spends at least two hours a day on an intensive walk.
If an adult rottweiler lives in an apartment and hisA way of life inactive, then a day he will need 500-800 grams of beef, including lung, heart; 2 kg of thick porridge and 300 grams of grated vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beets). Once a week you can give cottage cheese with kefir instead of one feeding porridge. Also, once a week you can give 800 grams of raw fish (capelin, trout, salmon).
When the dog is kept in the winter in the enclosure and with increased physical exertion, these portions are increased by 1.5-2.5 times. A nursing bitches can be increased up to six times.
Feeding Rottweiler puppies
How to feed a rottweiler puppy, how many times and how to do it right? Growing a puppy, it is important to maintain a smooth appetite and good eating of all the food offered. To do this, it must always be fed in one place and at the same time.
Puppies Rottweiler experts advise to feed from6 to 3 times a day (from 2 months old to one-year-old) gradually changing over to two-time feeding. The first time the puppy should be fed early in the morning before walking, and the last - just before bedtime. At night, it is better not to feed, so that the dog gets used to not disturb the owners. Introduce in the diet of new foods need small portions.
Raw meat to kids is more useful than boiled and shouldMake at least a third of the diet. Milk and vegetables are also needed, but it is better to give carrots quite a bit because of its laxative effect. From 10 weeks you can give soft beef and veal cartilage, but after the main food.
Determine the necessary puppy portion is better for himBehavior. He must eat everything and lick the bowl to his place. If he licks the bowl for a long time, then the volume of food should be slightly increased. But if the puppy has a swollen abdomen after eating, the portion should be reduced.


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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Lots of Catch Up Posts from the Weekend - Nice Chairs
I was busy this past weekend - not just playing in the ocean, but laundry, washing the truck, meeting with old colleagues, and even some work. The next several posts are less than a week old - playing catch up for now. I ended up going to Waikiki twice last week (one big sprawling shopping mall with people living on top - not my scene, except in the summer when the surf comes rolling in). I posted pictures of the fish paintings a couple of posts back from the first trip. On the second trip, I saw these chairs in the Quiksilver shop. Nice chairs
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I love these posts! You really are so motivational! I went to the store today and bought a bunch of bananas. And I was running late, so I didn't make my morning shake like I have been doing. I was worried I would be tired all day because the shake always gives me energy. But you're right! I was surprised how much energy I had from 3 large bananas!
Have fun camping!
Oh! And a question, I have always thought sweet potatoes were better than regular ones. Is there a reason you eat the standard ones instead?
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Sweet potatoes are good for you too! We just are able to buy those big 10-pound bag of regular potatoes for $1 so we make lots of those. Plus, my husband makes BOMB baked potatoes. So eat either one if you'd like!! :o)


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Here is a list of such remedies. There is no known side effect, but if in doubt, consult your doctor or homeopathic expert for dosage and frequency of use. Depending of remedy you choose, you can apply it either daily or several times a day, or even hour. If you do not see improvement after reasonable period of time, use different remedy, and the again wait for the results. Usual principle is to start slowly and see how it works, and than go for there.
BryoniaThis helps in cases when person can not be moved or even touched, due to a high level of pain. It relives it efficiently.
Ruta graveolensThis remedy is best use for pain treatment in cases extreme pain of arthritis. Ruta also helps if you still feel the pain after Arnica treatment.
ArnicaBeside pain management, it calms the person down. Best use is in cases of chronic arthritis.
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Kali carbocinumIn case of deformed or thicken joints, or discomfort from cold weather, this remedy is recommended.
Aconitum napellusIt is recommended in cases or discomfort from cold weather. It can relieve the pain from inflammation.
Calcarea fluoricaIt is often recommended in cases of swollen or enlarged joints, when the pain is caused by motion or heat.
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Just as a reminder, here's a screenshot of the example stack:
So what do we need to do to allow the user to click on the column header and apply the sort and filter at the same time? It's quite a simple bity of scripting, but before we get to that, you need to make some minor modifications to the datagrid columns.
- Switch to the 'pointer' tool, and select the datagrid, then open the Object Inspector, and switch to the 'Columns' panel
-> select the column 'index' and set its Sort by column type to 'Numeric'
-> select the column 'name' and make sure its Sort by column type is 'Text'
Now edit the script of the datagrid, and set it to:
local sOriginalData
local sIndexMap
local sFilter
setProp dgData pData
put pData into sOriginalData
end dgData
getProp dgData
return sOriginalData
end dgData
setProp dgFilter pFilter
put pFilter into sFilter
end dgFilter
getProp dgFilter
return sFilter
end dgFilter
--> datagrid callbacks
on GetDataForLine pLine, @pData
local tKey
-- retrieve the original line of data
put sIndexMap[pLine] into tKey
put sOriginalData[tKey] into pData
end GetDataForLine
on SortDataGridColumn pColumn
SortMap pColumn
HiliteAndStoreSortByColumn pColumn
dispatch "RefreshList" to me
end SortDataGridColumn
--> private commands and functions
private command RebuildMap
local tKeys, tKey, tIndex
put empty into sIndexMap
put 0 into tIndex
put the keys of sOriginalData into tKeys
sort tKeys numeric
repeat for each line tKey in tKeys
if sFilter is empty \
or sOriginalData[tKey]["name"] contains sFilter \
add 1 to tIndex
put tKey into sIndexMap[tIndex]
end if
end repeat
set the dgNumberOfRecords of me to tIndex
dispatch "ResetList" to me
end RebuildMap
private command SortMap pColumn
local tSortDirection, tSortType, tSortCaseSensitive
local tSortCommand
local tKeys, tKey, tNewIndex, tNewIndexMap
-- works whether a column is specified or not
if pColumn is empty then
-- find the current sort column
put the dgProps["sort by column"] of me into pColumn
if pColumn is empty then
exit SortMap
end if
end if
-- assemble and do the sort command
put the dgColumnSortDirection[pColumn] of me \
into tSortDirection
put the dgColumnSortType[pColumn] of me \
into tSortType
put the dgColumnSortCaseSensitive[pColumn] of me \
into tSortCaseSensitive
put "sort lines of tKeys" && tSortDirection \
into tSortCommand
switch tSortType
case "numeric"
put " numeric" after tSortCommand
case "international"
put " international" after tSortCommand
case "datetime"
case "system datetime"'
put " dateTime" after tSortCommand
end switch
put " by ColumnValueForLine(pColumn, each)" \
after tSortCommand
set the caseSensitive to \
(tSortCaseSensitive is true)
set the useSystemDate to \
(tSortType is "system datetime")
put the keys of sIndexMap into tKeys
do tSortCommand
-- rebuild the index map
put 0 into tNewIndex
repeat for each line tKey in tKeys
add 1 to tNewIndex
put sIndexMap[tKey] into \
end repeat
put tNewIndexMap into sIndexMap
end SortMap
private function ColumnValueForLine pColumn, pLine
local tKey
-- retrieve the original line of data
put sIndexMap[pLine] into tKey
return sOriginalData[tKey][pColumn]
end ColumnValueForLine
What's changed in comparison to the last implementation? Well, the bulk of the necessary work is done in the new private command SortMap, which reads the column sort properties and uses a custom sort function to get the filtered lines in the right order on the basis of the column value in the original lines of data. Then it builds a new IndexMap to replace the old one, and the regular refresh routines of the datagrid will "just work."
So what happens when we sort the data descending on the name, without applying a filter?
Looking good - does the filter still work? Let's type 'url' into the filter field.
You may have noticed that I also added getProp-handlers for dgData and dgFilter, making the above script easily reusable. With just a bit of lateral thinking and coding, you too can build just about anything, thanks to Revolution.


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Football News: Review Of The Day 4th February 2019
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Review of the Day
Pulis Backs Flynn
Middlesbrough manager Tony Pulis has given his backing to Newport County boss Michael Flynn, who he believes can manage at a higher level. Their two sides are set to face each other again in an FA Cup 4th Round replay, with the winners due to meet Manchester City in the 5th Round. Pulis said of Flynn: "Michael was a tenacious player who got everything out of his ability through his attitude and commitment and he has got to do the same as a manager. Hopefully Michael is successful enough to take Newport up and if bigger jobs come along, they come along. He will have to decide then if it's the time to move on or not. Hopefully he will do it in a similar way to me. People forget that for all the success I have had, I started working with similar teams (to Newport). The Gillingham team I took over (in 1995) were getting 2,000 crowds. You learn more at those clubs and it puts you in good stead for other jobs ahead. I am pleased that we can say there is someone else from that area who has come through and managed in league football. I think Michael has done a fantastic job. He has got a good team and there is an identity there, which is always good. You can see they have been coached, they have been worked with and some effort has gone into it. He is going to have his ups and downs. As managers you have to take the rough with the smooth. But he has got broad enough shoulders and is a strong enough character to know you have to learn from good times and bad times." Flynn rescued The Exiles from relegation from the league in his first few games and has since solidified Newport's place in League Two, as well as leading his team to a shock victory over Leicester City in the FA Cup 3rd Round this season, after knocking Leeds United out last season.
James Left Out To Clear Head
Swansea City manager Graham Potter has said that he left out winger Daniel James as his head was not in the right place following his failed deadline day move to Leeds United. The Welsh international had agreed terms and taken a medical before the deal was pulled just as the window shut. Potter said: "He's had a tough 24, 48 hours, he needed to clear his head," Potter said. And [he] didn't feel he was in the right place to play this weekend, he'll come back in on Monday and be ready to help the team. Unfortunately it's part of football and one of those moments. He's a young lad and a fantastic boy. We've got a lot of time for him but we understand he's been through a tough period so we need to be patient with him." Swansea did manage to offload three high earners that they could not afford to play, but held onto regulars James and Leroy Fer.
Police Investigate Hooligan Problem
After trouble saw police needing dogs and horses to break up trouble between Bristol City and Swansea City fans on Saturday, they are now investigating what they termed "co-ordinated disorder and criminal damage" as hooligan elements rear their ugly, deformed heads once more. Chief Superintendent Paul Mogg has claimed that a large group of Swansea fans arrived "with the intention of drinking to excess and seeking confrontation". Three officers and a dog were injured as police and stewards were attacked. Bristol City released a statement which read that 800 of Swansea's travelling support arrived in the ground 20 minutes after kick-off "and immediately removed the segregation nets on the east corner of the Atyeo Stand. Twenty-five Swansea City fans were removed during the game and there were a number of arrests. Regrettably, several Bristol City supporters were involved in altercations in the corner of the Atyeo Stand and Dolman Stand before being apprehended. The incident in its entirety was captured on CCTV and a formal investigation in conjunction with the Avon and Somerset Police match commander and our head of safety is under way." Police also said that objects were thrown by each set of supporters and there was further trouble after the game with one man arrested for assault, an officer hit in the face with a coin and two officers, one of whom was mounted, pushed into a fence. Seems like football is going back in time to the bad old days of the 70s and 80s.
Crouch Has Sausage Named After Him
A Burnley-based butchers is releasing a new sausage today named after new Clarets' signing Peter Crouch. Crouchie's Red Hot Robot was chosen after the company held a competition for customers to come up with the name. Heys Family Butchers owner Danny Heys told the BBC: "It would be fantastic to see Peter down at the butchers - he will certainly get a warm welcome and some of his sausages to take home for his tea. We usually only do celebratory sausages for players or managers when they have achieved something at the club, but Crouchie coming to Burnley has really caught the imagination of our customers. He really is one of the characters that makes English football so special. Let's hope he can bag a few goals and help us climb to safety and we see the robot in full flow." That is not the only welcome Crouch has received from Burnley fans, who have also seen fit to put a sign on a low bridge warning him to mind his head.
Searchers Find The Plane Wreckage
The privately-funded search for Emiliano Sala has found wreckage believed to be from the plane he was in, near Guernsey. A remotely operated submarine will now be deployed to confirm the findings visually before a recovery operation begins.
Former Coventry City and Cardiff City defender Ben Turner has found a new club. The 30 year old has agreed a deal with Mansfield Town until the end of the season. He had been released during the January transfer window by Burton Albion.
Written by Tris Burke February 04 2019 05:48:41
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Archive for July 2015
How to play Fur Elise by Beethoven: Beginner Piano
Hello! I am very excited today, because we're going to work on a snippet of that piece you've always wanted to learn on piano – how to play Fur Elise! Now, this isn't the full version, as it's quite difficult (at a Grade 7 level, in fact), but the first page is doable…Read More
A Natural Minor Scale: Beginner Piano
Hey folks! Today is a short and sweet video on how to play A natural minor scale. It's nice and simple, and for now we're working on just one octave, hands separate – what's REALLY important is that you start getting acquainted with all the different key signatures, both major and minor,…Read More
Major and Minor Keys: What they are, and how to tell them apart
Hey there! Today's video covers some important music theory information – when you're learning a piece, how do you know what key it's in? There are two types of keys – major and minor keys. We'll talk about how to find a major key's doppelganger (minor twin), and how to analyze a piece…Read More
What is a Harmonic Minor Scale?
Hello! Harmonic minor scales are definitely my favorite type of scale – the harmonic minor scale. I mean, major scales are nice and all, but there's something so spicy and mysterious about harmonic minors, and it has everything to do with that raised 7th! If you don't know what I'm talking about, definitely check out…Read More
Land of the Silver Birch: Beginner Piano Tutorial
Hello! Today I'm very excited to share with you an arrangement of 'Land of the Silver Birch', because it's a Canadian folk song, and I'm Canadian and thus biased, and it's just overall a good tune. It's the first piece we've learned on this site in a minor key – in the next…Read More
How to Invert Chords on Piano
Today's video is all about how to invert chords on the piano. This is a SUPER IMPORTANT and practical skill to learn – take heed of the all caps!Read More
Prayer by Gurlitt: Beginner Piano Lessons
Hi folks! Today's piece is a slow, chordal, vocal-style piece – Prayer by Gurlitt. The sheet music, as always, can be found below. Enjoy! 🙂Read More
Beethoven – Russian Air, op. 107 no. 3 – tutorial
Hello! Russian Air, op. 107 no. 3 is for relative beginners – you'll probably want at least several months under your belt before trying out this one, but it's lots of fun if you're ready to work hard! Beethoven's Russian Air, op. 107 no. 3 is a fairly famous piece from a set…Read More
Introduction to Harmony: How to Harmonize a Melody
Hello friends! Even if you have 0 knowledge of harmony, and very little understanding of music theory, this video should give you a little insight into why composers choose what they do when adding harmonies to a melody.Read More
How to Play Brahms Lullaby in F Major
Hello! Today's video is a tutorial on how to play Brahms Lullaby – it's a very famous and well-known lullaby, and this arrangement is written in the key of F major.Read More


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I had a problem before with a hole with one of my tooth and it was painful Dr. Rusznak suggested and offered me the composite filling. And after that everything's perfect, I never felt any pain in my mouth again.
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