Thursday, November 26, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
DON'T EVER LET ANYONE CONVINCE YOU THAT E-MAILS AND PETITIONS ETC. DON'T WORK.
HERE'S JUST THE LATEST EXAMPLE THAT THEY CAN:
Dear sherry,
This Thanksgiving, we have something to truly be thankful for - YOU! A couple of weeks ago, I asked you to sign a petition to my Senator, Tom Coburn, demanding that he release his inexplicable hold on an important veterans spending bill. Well, over 13,000 of you signed, and just a few days ago, Senator Coburn caved to you, released his hold, and the bill passed unanimously!
Your efforts didn't go unnoticed. The Military Times newspapers immediately wrote about your show of support for veterans. You can read that story here - http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/11/military_akaka_coburn_veteransbill_110609w/
Because of you, veterans will see an influx of important funding - appropriations that will go towards providing caregivers to the seriously
wounded veterans, women veterans' health, mental health, care for rural veterans, and more. Thousands and thousands of veterans, from all eras, will benefit because of your efforts. It's a huge deal.
So, on behalf of all of us at VoteVets.org, I wanted you to know that we're forever thankful for your help. And, we wish you and your family a very happy and healthy Thanksgiving.
Sincerely,
Miranda Norman
Iraq War Veteran
Oklahoma State Captain
VoteVets.org
And Jon, Brian, Peter, Richard, and the entire VoteVets.org team!
Paid for by VoteVets.org
Tell-a-friend!
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today is pie day.
i already made the filling for the cranberry/raisin pie. it's cooling on the stove.
next, i have to make the crusts so they can chill in the fridge. making a pumpkin, a pumpkin chiffon, apple, and a mincemeat as well as the cranberry/raisin one.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
One Thumb Down, Very Down: Vatican Says New Moon is a Must Miss « JONATHAN TURLEY#more-17596
One Thumb Down, Very Down: Vatican Says New Moon is a Must Miss « JONATHAN TURLEY#more-17596
yeah,like this is going to stop ticket sales!
yeah,like this is going to stop ticket sales!
Nothing But Death
by Pablo Neruda
There are cemeteries that are lonely,
graves full of bones that do not make a sound,
the heart moving through a tunnel,
in it darkness, darkness, darkness,
like a shipwreck we die going into ourselves,
as though we were drowning inside our hearts,
as though we lived falling out of the skin into the soul.
And there are corpses,
feet made of cold and sticky clay,
death is inside the bones,
like a barking where there are no dogs,
coming out from bells somewhere, from graves somewhere,
growing in the damp air like tears of rain.
Sometimes I see alone
coffins under sail,
embarking with the pale dead, with women that have dead hair,
with bakers who are as white as angels,
and pensive young girls married to notary publics,
caskets sailing up the vertical river of the dead,
the river of dark purple,
moving upstream with sails filled out by the sound of death,
filled by the sound of death which is silence.
Death arrives among all that sound
like a shoe with no foot in it, like a suit with no man in it,
comes and knocks, using a ring with no stone in it, with no
finger in it,
comes and shouts with no mouth, with no tongue, with no
throat.
Nevertheless its steps can be heard
and its clothing makes a hushed sound, like a tree.
I'm not sure, I understand only a little, I can hardly see,
but it seems to me that its singing has the color of damp violets,
of violets that are at home in the earth,
because the face of death is green,
and the look death gives is green,
with the penetrating dampness of a violet leaf
and the somber color of embittered winter.
But death also goes through the world dressed as a broom,
lapping the floor, looking for dead bodies,
death is inside the broom,
the broom is the tongue of death looking for corpses,
it is the needle of death looking for thread.
Death is inside the folding cots:
it spends its life sleeping on the slow mattresses,
in the black blankets, and suddenly breathes out:
it blows out a mournful sound that swells the sheets,
and the beds go sailing toward a port
where death is waiting, dressed like an admiral.
Killer Flu Bug Attacks Western Ukraine
Yuriy Dyachyshyn, AFP / Getty Images
By Nicole Straff
An outbreak of a type of viral pneumonia has plunged the Ukraine and its neighboring countries into a state of panic. A potentially lethal combination of three different viruses are reported to have mutated into a single pneumonic plague, which is believed to be far more dangerous than swine flu. The death toll has reached 189, and as many as one million people have been infected, most of them within regions of Western Ukraine.
Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko has called in the World Health Organization to investigate, and a team of medical specialists is carrying out tests in Kiev and Lviv to identify the virus. Samples have been sent to London for analysis. However, preliminary tests reveal no significant changes in the pandemic based on samples taken from patients in the last few days, according to WHO affiliates in London and the Unites States. A total of 34 samples have been analyzed independently; analyses are performed as part of a global influenza surveillance network.
One of the WHO’s Collaborating Centers is St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. There, researchers from the Virology Division in the Department of Infectious Diseases state that preliminary genetic sequencing shows that the Ukraine virus is similar to the virus used for production of the pandemic flu vaccine. At press-time, the Memphis WHO Collaborating Center said, “Additional questions about the pandemic virus circulating in Ukraine will be answered as more data is available. WHO commends the government of Ukraine for its open sharing of samples to inform global monitoring of the virus for signs of change.”
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, “The character of this threat demands that rapid action be undertaken at the European Union level.” As the Daily Express in Britain originally reported, Russia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Romania have launched health checks on Ukrainians entering their territory. In a televised interview, President Yushchenko said, “Unlike similar epidemics in other countries, three causes of serious viral infections came together simultaneously in Ukraine. Virologists conclude that this combination of infections may produce an even more aggressive new virus as a result of mutation.”
Presidential elections, which were to be held in January, may be cancelled.
Yuriy Dyachyshyn, AFP / Getty Images
By Nicole Straff
An outbreak of a type of viral pneumonia has plunged the Ukraine and its neighboring countries into a state of panic. A potentially lethal combination of three different viruses are reported to have mutated into a single pneumonic plague, which is believed to be far more dangerous than swine flu. The death toll has reached 189, and as many as one million people have been infected, most of them within regions of Western Ukraine.
Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko has called in the World Health Organization to investigate, and a team of medical specialists is carrying out tests in Kiev and Lviv to identify the virus. Samples have been sent to London for analysis. However, preliminary tests reveal no significant changes in the pandemic based on samples taken from patients in the last few days, according to WHO affiliates in London and the Unites States. A total of 34 samples have been analyzed independently; analyses are performed as part of a global influenza surveillance network.
One of the WHO’s Collaborating Centers is St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. There, researchers from the Virology Division in the Department of Infectious Diseases state that preliminary genetic sequencing shows that the Ukraine virus is similar to the virus used for production of the pandemic flu vaccine. At press-time, the Memphis WHO Collaborating Center said, “Additional questions about the pandemic virus circulating in Ukraine will be answered as more data is available. WHO commends the government of Ukraine for its open sharing of samples to inform global monitoring of the virus for signs of change.”
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, “The character of this threat demands that rapid action be undertaken at the European Union level.” As the Daily Express in Britain originally reported, Russia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Romania have launched health checks on Ukrainians entering their territory. In a televised interview, President Yushchenko said, “Unlike similar epidemics in other countries, three causes of serious viral infections came together simultaneously in Ukraine. Virologists conclude that this combination of infections may produce an even more aggressive new virus as a result of mutation.”
Presidential elections, which were to be held in January, may be cancelled.
harsh, really really nasty:
Low Tea Party moment symbolic of muddy week :: The SouthtownStar :: Kristen McQueary
Low Tea Party moment symbolic of muddy week :: The SouthtownStar :: Kristen McQueary
this WOULD be funny if it wasn't sad:
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"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Monday, November 23, 2009
Fearmonger-in-Chief Beck reveals 'The Plan': Frighten people into joining a movement of bedwetters | Crooks and Liars
THE
SHOEBOX
A
man and woman had been married for more than 60 years.
They
had shared everything. They had talked about everything.
They
had kept no secrets from each other except that the little
Old
woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had
Cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.
For all of these
years, he had never thought about the box, but
One day the
little old woman got very sick and the doctor said
She would
not recover.
In trying to
sort out their affairs, the little old man took
Down the shoe
box and took it to his wife's bedside.
She agreed that it was
time that he should know what was
In the box. When he opened
it, he found two crocheted dolls
And a stack of money totaling
$95,000.
He asked her
about the contents.
'When we were to
be married,' she said, ' my grandmother told me
The secret of
a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that
If I
ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a
doll.'
The little
old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two
Precious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with
him two
Times in all those years of living and loving. He
almost burst with
Happiness.
'Honey,' he
said, 'that explains the doll, but what about all of this money?
Where did it come from?'
'Oh,' she
said, 'that's the money I made from selling the
dolls.'
A
Prayer.......
Dear Lord, I pray for Wisdom to understand my
man;
Love to forgive him; And Patience for his moods;
Because Lord, if I pray for Strength, I'll beat him to
death,
Because I don't
have time to crochet.
SHOEBOX
A
man and woman had been married for more than 60 years.
They
had shared everything. They had talked about everything.
They
had kept no secrets from each other except that the little
Old
woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had
Cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.
For all of these
years, he had never thought about the box, but
One day the
little old woman got very sick and the doctor said
She would
not recover.
In trying to
sort out their affairs, the little old man took
Down the shoe
box and took it to his wife's bedside.
She agreed that it was
time that he should know what was
In the box. When he opened
it, he found two crocheted dolls
And a stack of money totaling
$95,000.
He asked her
about the contents.
'When we were to
be married,' she said, ' my grandmother told me
The secret of
a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that
If I
ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a
doll.'
The little
old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two
Precious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with
him two
Times in all those years of living and loving. He
almost burst with
Happiness.
'Honey,' he
said, 'that explains the doll, but what about all of this money?
Where did it come from?'
'Oh,' she
said, 'that's the money I made from selling the
dolls.'
A
Prayer.......
Dear Lord, I pray for Wisdom to understand my
man;
Love to forgive him; And Patience for his moods;
Because Lord, if I pray for Strength, I'll beat him to
death,
Because I don't
have time to crochet.
the 2 videos below are andy jr. as elvis. first time i ever took a video with my little camera and uploaded. i think it came out pretty good.
dark chocolate espresso shortbread cookies
Edges tipped with unsweetened chocolate and white chocolate enhance the coffee flavor in these cookies.
Prep: 33 min.; Cook: 23 min.
Editor's favorite; Make ahead
Yield: 1 1/2 to 2 dozen
Ingredients
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon instant espresso powder or instant coffee powder (we tested with Café Bustello)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
3 ounces white chocolate baking bar (we tested with Ghirardelli)
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate baking bars
Preparation
Combine first 5 ingredients in a medium bowl; set aside.
Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; gradually add powdered sugar, beating well. Stir in dry ingredients; beat just until blended.
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Divide dough into 3 equal portions. Place 2 portions on opposite ends of 1 baking sheet. Place remaining portion on second baking sheet.
Cover dough portions with plastic wrap; gently press or roll each portion of dough into a 5 1/2" circle. Lightly score each round with a sharp knife into 6 or 8 wedges.
Bake rounds at 325° for 23 minutes or until shortbread feels firm to the touch. Gently score each round again with a sharp knife. Slide parchment from baking sheets onto wire racks. Let shortbread cool completely on parchment. Cut shortbread into wedges along scored lines.
Melt chocolate baking bars separately in small bowls in the microwave according to package directions. Partially dip wide end of each shortbread wedge in unsweetened chocolate. Place on a wax paper-lined jelly-roll pan, and freeze briefly to set chocolate. Then partially dip other half of wide end of each wedge in white chocolate. Freeze briefly to set white chocolate.
Oxmoor House, JUNE 2007
Edges tipped with unsweetened chocolate and white chocolate enhance the coffee flavor in these cookies.
Prep: 33 min.; Cook: 23 min.
Editor's favorite; Make ahead
Yield: 1 1/2 to 2 dozen
Ingredients
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon instant espresso powder or instant coffee powder (we tested with Café Bustello)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
3 ounces white chocolate baking bar (we tested with Ghirardelli)
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate baking bars
Preparation
Combine first 5 ingredients in a medium bowl; set aside.
Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; gradually add powdered sugar, beating well. Stir in dry ingredients; beat just until blended.
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Divide dough into 3 equal portions. Place 2 portions on opposite ends of 1 baking sheet. Place remaining portion on second baking sheet.
Cover dough portions with plastic wrap; gently press or roll each portion of dough into a 5 1/2" circle. Lightly score each round with a sharp knife into 6 or 8 wedges.
Bake rounds at 325° for 23 minutes or until shortbread feels firm to the touch. Gently score each round again with a sharp knife. Slide parchment from baking sheets onto wire racks. Let shortbread cool completely on parchment. Cut shortbread into wedges along scored lines.
Melt chocolate baking bars separately in small bowls in the microwave according to package directions. Partially dip wide end of each shortbread wedge in unsweetened chocolate. Place on a wax paper-lined jelly-roll pan, and freeze briefly to set chocolate. Then partially dip other half of wide end of each wedge in white chocolate. Freeze briefly to set white chocolate.
Oxmoor House, JUNE 2007
Sunday, November 22, 2009
andy staranic jr. /elvis(before the show)
a lot of us went to see the son of friends do his elvis impersonation at a little bar last night.
it was a teeny place and the backdrop of the makeshift stage was plastic garbage bags. the dj tho had a very nice sound and light system. it was a great time. they also had a neil diamond impersonator there that was simply phenomenal. his name is ed burik.
but it was andy staraniec jr. that we were all there to see. andy jr. is a very talented singer and he could sing in his own style and be terrific as well as doing elvis.
here are some of the pictures. there's andy jr. and his mom sara. there's sara and her husband andy sr. there's the bar crowd, including a still tired but happy me, and there's andy jr. as elvis and ed burik as neil diamond.
i'm not much on impersonators, but these guys are good and it was a very fun evening out.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
chewy chocolate cherry cookies:
The tartness of the cherries contrasts with the cocoa and semisweet chocolate chips.
Yield: 30 cookies (serving size: 1 cookie)
Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour (about 4 1/2 ounces)
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
2/3 cup dried tart cherries
3 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips
Cooking spray
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°.
Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk. Place sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until well blended. Add vanilla and egg; beat well. With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture. Beat just until combined. Fold in cherries and chocolate chips.
Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes or just until set. Remove from oven; cool on pans 5 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely on wire racks.
Nutritional Information
Calories:80 (30% from fat)
Fat:2.7g (sat 1.3g,mono 1.1g,poly 0.1g)
Protein:1.1g
Carbohydrate:13.4g
Fiber:0.8g
Cholesterol:12mg
Iron:0.4mg
Sodium:56mg
Calcium:10mg
Julie Grimes Bottcher, Cooking Light, DECEMBER 2005
The tartness of the cherries contrasts with the cocoa and semisweet chocolate chips.
Yield: 30 cookies (serving size: 1 cookie)
Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour (about 4 1/2 ounces)
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
2/3 cup dried tart cherries
3 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips
Cooking spray
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°.
Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk. Place sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until well blended. Add vanilla and egg; beat well. With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture. Beat just until combined. Fold in cherries and chocolate chips.
Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes or just until set. Remove from oven; cool on pans 5 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely on wire racks.
Nutritional Information
Calories:80 (30% from fat)
Fat:2.7g (sat 1.3g,mono 1.1g,poly 0.1g)
Protein:1.1g
Carbohydrate:13.4g
Fiber:0.8g
Cholesterol:12mg
Iron:0.4mg
Sodium:56mg
Calcium:10mg
Julie Grimes Bottcher, Cooking Light, DECEMBER 2005
Priceless...
According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington was recently faced with a unique problem.
A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick, they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints.
Every night the maintenance man would remove them,and the next day the girls would put them back.
Finally the principal decided that something had to be done.
She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man.
She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night (you can just imagine the yawns from the little princesses).
To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required.
He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it.
Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
There are teachers .... and then there are educators.
=
According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington was recently faced with a unique problem.
A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick, they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints.
Every night the maintenance man would remove them,and the next day the girls would put them back.
Finally the principal decided that something had to be done.
She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man.
She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night (you can just imagine the yawns from the little princesses).
To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required.
He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it.
Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
There are teachers .... and then there are educators.
=
please-take the few minutes it takes to watch this to the end.
then make up your mind. thanks.
then make up your mind. thanks.
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d'Armond Speers: Dad Spoke Only Klingon To Son For Three Years
d'Armond Speers: Dad Spoke Only Klingon To Son For Three Years
someone willingly bore his child????
OMG!
someone willingly bore his child????
OMG!
Kids Are Quick
____________________________________
TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America .
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
____________________________________
TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
__________________________________________
TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
(I Love this kid)
____________________________________________
TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
__________________________________
TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
__________________________________________
TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
_______________________________________
TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ' I. '
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
________________________________
TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry
tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.
______________________________________
TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
______________________________
TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir.. It's the same dog.
___________________________________
TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
__________________________________
PASS IT AROUND AND MAKE SOMEONE LAUGH!
LAUGHTER IS TIME SPENT WITH THE GODS AND THE SOUL'S MEDICINE!!
____________________________________
TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America .
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
____________________________________
TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
__________________________________________
TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
(I Love this kid)
____________________________________________
TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
__________________________________
TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
__________________________________________
TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
_______________________________________
TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ' I. '
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
________________________________
TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry
tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.
______________________________________
TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
______________________________
TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir.. It's the same dog.
___________________________________
TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
__________________________________
PASS IT AROUND AND MAKE SOMEONE LAUGH!
LAUGHTER IS TIME SPENT WITH THE GODS AND THE SOUL'S MEDICINE!!
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