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Save the date!

2012-05-22T13:41:08+02:00

J'ai découvert grâce à Louise l'univers des mariages à thème. En surfant de site en site, je suis tombée sur de chouettes annonces de mariage.

Voici quelques "Save the date" que j'aime beaucoup.

Cinzia Bruschini

Jonathon Campbell

Daniel C

Garrett Davis

Un mariage sur le thème de la fête foraine, j'adore!

2012-05-22T13:38:03+02:00

Quand je vois toutes ces belles photos de mariage à thème, je me demande pourquoi on reste si classique chez nous...

Jammie Hammond Photography

TOUT CONTRE…

2012-05-02T01:36:00+02:00

Ça y est, ma nouvelle carte postale est sortie depuis quelques jours ! ENJOY !

KL LOTH, « TOUT CONTRE / ENVERS ET CONTRE TOUT » (2012)
carte postale éditée à 800 exemplaires, avril 2012
15 x 10,5 cm
éd. cARTed

www.filmsdelover.com

2012-04-30T20:12:00+02:00

Si comme moi :

* Vous avez déjà comaté sur facebook tout la journée, et qu'il y a rien eu de nouveau en 24heures (non mais serieux ils ont fait quoi de la journée les gars ? Ils ont bossé peut être ?)

* Vous n'avez pas de partenaire

* Et ce depuis longtemps

* Si vous adorez rêver d'amour. Oui je sais, c'est de la masturbation sentimentale en fait. Je l'assume sans souci aucun.

* Si vous avez déjà perdu énormément de temps à ressasser les moments love de Gossip Girl

* Si vous préférez regarder des films d'amour (même s'ils sont pourris) plutôt que de réviser, pour votre examen qui se déroulera dans dix jours

* Si vous avez déjà maté tous les films avec Romain Duris et autres quinze fois

* S'il y a des soirs où vous vous faites bien chier, alors complètement désespéré, vous tapez "films d'amour" sur google,et malheureusement vous ne tombez que sur Titanic et N'oublie jamais

J'ai trouvé cette petite merveille ma foi. On va pas se le cacher, sur la liste j'en avais déjà vu quelques uns. Mais bon, ca reste très utile en cas de détresse sentimentale (ou si vous êtes cinéphiles d'amour on sait jamais).

Merci à ceux qui ont créé ce site. Mes soirées pyjama en seront bouleversées à jamais.

PS : JAMAIS J'AVOUERAIS A MES POTES :

Que j'ai lu avec beaucoup d'attention cette liste, et que le site est sur représenté dans mon historique (juste après l'horoscope du jour et l'interprétation des rêves)
Que j'ai déjà regardé à peu près la moitié des films qui figurent sur la liste
Qu'entre One Day et 2001 L'odyssée de l'Espace, j'ai pas préféré L'odyssée de l'espace ...

Opening To Love Ru - Forever we can make it !

2012-04-27T18:56:00+02:00

Alors je n'ai pas aimé le manga, et encore moins l'anime... Pas d'histoire, ou alors vraiment une toute petite et pas terrible, et beaucoup de ecchi pour pas grand chose au final... Par contre j'ai eu un petit coup de coeur pour l'opening assez original, et musique sympa !

Vive les mariés !

2012-03-21T08:23:00+01:00

Bonjour....

Aujourd'hui je vous présente une carte pour un mariage...

Je suis contente, je m'améliore dans la colorisation aux Promarkers !

- tampon Magnolia et Artemio (pour le texte)

- Colorisation Promarlers

- dentelle blanche

- Papier BO Bunny (Crush Love) et Toga (collection Mademoiselle)

... en rose

2012-02-27T11:43:00+01:00

Bonjour bonjour!

Aujourd'hui je viens vous proposer deux petites cartes réalisées autour d'un combo rose pour Cé et Marine que j'embrasse bien fort!!

La première répond au combo proposé sur le forum de la boutique Inspiration Création.

Papiers de Pandore / Bobunny - Die coeur Kesi'art - Bouton de récupération.

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La seconde est un lift de Saby proposé sur le forum Scrap ou café.

Papiers de Pandore - Tampon Kesi'art - Encre Versafine - Classeur de gaufrage Basic Grey (fleur).

Je vous souhaite une agréable journée.

A bientôt!!

LOVE

2012-02-24T10:00:00+01:00

Bonjour bonjour!!

Aujourd'hui c'est une ambiance colorée qui vous attend sur le blog !!!!!!!!! Bien loin du temps qu'il fait (no comment!! LOL)

J'ai réalisé et offert à des amis un mini qui allie amour et couleurs. Des bisous aux Cayrois s'ils passent pas là!

Vous l'avez peut-être déjà découvert dans le dernier e-mag de Mlle bulle puisque je vous propose le tuto.

Pour celles et ceux qui ne l'ont pas vu, voici une petite séance de rattrapage...

Papiers et étiquettes Echo Park / Swirlcards - Masking Tape MT - Dies Kesi'art - Tampons In'Mi créations / Kesi'art / La Cie des elfes - Boutons de récupération (Merci la lozérienne!!!!) et ficelle.

Voilà pour aujourd'hui!!

A bientôt ;-)

Love Love Love

2012-02-14T11:45:00+01:00

VALENTIN OU LES PROLÉGOMÈNES

2012-02-13T18:00:00+01:00

Prolégomènes 1 : Le stress a souvent une connotation négative parce que les gens l'associent à la peur ou la colère , qui sont des émotions qui nous perturbent. Cependant, une grande joie (le mariage de mon meilleur ami), un grand succès peuvent aussi provoquer des réactions physiologiques (tension musculaire, fatigue, un massage pratiqué par Valentine, etc.). Il y a deux types de stress : le stress aidant, bénéfique pour notre organisme (« eustress » "eu" en grec ancien peut-être traduit par "ce qui est bon" : exemple EUgène ; et c'est pour cela que les vaches font mEUh en regardant passer les trains, sauf les jours de grève !) et le stress nuisible, gênant (« dystress » "dys" en grec ancien peut-être traduit par "mauvais" par exemple DYSpepsie... je ne crois pas que DYScola soit dans le dictionnaire de la conversation... à vérifier). Si le niveau de tension est adapté à la situation, à l'action, il est bénéfique. Si au contraire, il n'est pas adapté, disproportionné (on aurait du écrire DYSproportionné), il y aura encore plus de tensions et donc, des conséquences physiologiques et psychologiques. On peut donc affirmer que le stress, c'est l'ensemble des réactions de l'organisme (positives ou négatives) à une demande d'adaptation.

Il faut savoir que le stress existe depuis très longtemps (déjà). Les humains ont toujours dû faire face à des situations déstabilisantes et qui provoquent un déséquilibre. Ce sont par exemple, nos inquiétudes concernant notre avenir économique, le tirage du loto, la jeunesse puis la vieillesse, la santé, le foot, la météo, etc.

L'homme (mais pas la femme...) va donc percevoir les demandes de son environnement, les traiter, et tenter de réagir à ces dernières par le biais d'une gamme de comportements innés et acquis qui constitue un « potentiel personnel » de réponse, potentiel pouvant différer grandement d'une personne à l'autre.

Le stress peut avoir comme cause une excitation émotionnelle (la Saint Valentin par exemple). Ainsi la non-spécificité serait due à des stimuli présentants un point commun qu'est l'émotion.

Prolégomènes 2 : Le stress est très souvent présent dans le cadre de la vie professionnelle. Parfois, les entreprises exigent beaucoup de leurs cadres (c'est le kiss-cool). Ceci va provoquer une situation de stress, de pression : des clients impossibles, un patron trop exigent, des collègues affreux (et laids à la fois !), des commérages au bureau (ὀνοματοποιΐα : bah !), des délais trop courts, etc.

Quelques signes qui exposent la situation de ces derniers :

* Irritabilité, fatigue, difficulté à se concentrer, perte du sens de l'humour (et du sens de l'amour !).

* Ils tombent malade plus souvent, accordent moins d'importance à leur travail.

* Ils sont impliqués dans plus de disputes que d'habitude.

* Ils arrivent à faire moins de choses, éprouvent peu d'intérêt pour leur vie en dehors du travail.

* Ils ont du mal à se lever tôt les jours de semaine. (ça c'est pour Valentine !)

* Surcharge ou manque de travail (trop ou pas assez de choses à faire).

* Trop ou pas assez de responsabilités.

* Insatisfaction du rôle ou des tâches actuelles.

* Mauvais environnement de travail (bruit, isolation, danger, Valentine dans la cuisine, etc.)

* Longues heures de travail, insécurité de l'emploi, voyages excessifs, absence de pause... PAUSE !

* Espoir de promotion limité, salaire minable.

* Problèmes avec les clients, à cause du patron (toujours !), avec les collègues ou le personnel dirigé par la personne.

* Discrimination à cause du sexe (Valentine... quand tu nous tiens !), de l'origine ou de la religion.

* Un trajet éprouvant, intrigues politiques.

Prolégomènes 3 : prolégomènes constituent une longue introduction placée en tête d'un ensemble de notions préliminaires...(et revoilà Valentine !)

Il s'utilise toujours au pluriel. (un Valentin , des Valentines !?)

Prolégomènes 4 : je n'utilise le terme prolégomènes que depuis cette nuit. À ce sujet, je te conseille comme saine lecture nocturne (avec Valentine...) et pourquoi pas diurne "La Dissolution" de Jacques Roubaud, poète, prosateur, traducteur et mathématicien.

posted by GSV@18:00CET
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TOGETHER FOR EVER

(ISBN-10: 2913549276)

Valentin était évêque de Terni, dans les monts Sabin (Italie). Le philosophe romain Craton vint un jour le voir pour qu'il guérisse son fils mourant. Valentin accepta s'il promettait, si son fils guérissait, de ne plus chasser les chrétiens mais de chercher à les comprendre. Craton accepta et Valentin, après une prière, guérit le malade. Aussitôt Craton et sa famille se convertirent non sans que cela ne fît beaucoup de bruit. Valentin fut décapité vers 273 pour avoir refusé de renier sa foi. Saint Valentin est devenu le patron des amoureux à partir d'un proverbe du Moyen-Age : "A la saint Valentin, les oiseaux commencent à roucouler".

Hope I am not too impudent...

Les hommes sont solitaires. Ils se volent mutuellement l'amour.

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Cow-boy

2012-02-11T08:54:06+01:00

Bonjour bonjour!

Me voici me voilà aujourd'hui avec une déclaration... d'amour! C'est de saison en plus^^

J'ai réalisé une page qui le met à l'honneur. Ce cow-boy me fait voir la vie en rose. Et qui a dit que cette couleur était réservée aux filles,!,!

Je vous prouve le contraire, voyez plutôt!

Il a revêtu le costume préparé par mes amis à l'occasion de mes trentes ans^^ So chic!

Papiers Echo Park Paper - Napperon en papier - Impression carte Diddl - Masking tape en tissu Toga - Ficelle, ruban et agrafes.

Je vous souhaite un très bon week-end!

A bientôt!!

Boîte altérée

2012-01-13T16:09:37+01:00

Bonjour.... Un des challenges proposé sur le forum des Fées Bricoleuses était de réaliser une boîte pour ranger ses ATC... J'appréhendais car je ne m'étais jamais trop essayée à l'exercice mais bon j'étais tentée par ce nouveau défi...

Elle m'aura pris la journée, mais voilà comment ça s'est terminé :

Les papiers sont issus du bloc Lost & Found (version 1) de My Mind's Eye.

Les fleurs proviennent de chez Babou (rayon mariage !).

La serrure et la clef sont en plâtre et viennent de chez Rêves de filles. Elles ont été colorisées à l'aide d'encre en spray Terra Cotta de la marque Tsukinero et d'un Glimmer Mist Creme de Rouge de chez Tattered Angels.

Les attaches parisiennes qui retiennent le couvercle sont à l'origine dorées (les toutes simples qu'on trouve dans le commerce) et je les ai colorisées avec du vernis à ongle rouge !

Maintenant, il ne reste plus qu'à remplir cette boîte !

R.L.M.

2012-01-04T16:15:28+01:00

XMASMMXI

2011-12-26T00:00:00+01:00

posted by KMAIR*@00:00CET
photo Originally uploaded by KMAIR*

XMASMMXI

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Vive le vent!

2011-12-23T18:13:00+01:00

Just a little smile...

2011-11-27T07:19:00+01:00

... for today:

Mandy Aftel - my new love

2011-09-26T21:18:45+02:00

Testé aujourd'hui : Parfum de Maroc (version liquide), d'Aftelier Perfumes (Mandy Aftel). Appliqué vers 11h30, bien présent pendant 4-5h, toujours accroché - quoi que devenu discret - à 21h.

Il m'a évoqué une tombe ancienne, quelque part au sud de la Méditérannée, pas en Egypte mais peut-être en Turquie, au Liban ou en Irak, une tombe ancienne où une momie toute enduite d'encens, de résines et d'épices précieuses, aurait passé quelques millénaires en compagnie de gros bouquets de roses, des roses dont le parfum suave et miellé n'aurait aucunement été altéré par le temps.

Et, curieusement, puisque mon cerveau sait bien que je n'ai pas les moyens de m'offrir une "grande" bouteille de cette petite merveille (50$/30 euros/2ml, frais de port compris), il me dit : "Tu ne peux pas t'offrir ce délice, alors console-toi avec Coco de Chanel!".

Bonne journée !

2011-09-10T02:42:00+02:00

Photographier des graffs depuis le train, ce n'est guère évident !
Celui-ci, je l'ai raté à plusieurs reprises. Et maintenant il semble avoir été enlevé…

BONNE
JOURNÉE
PETIT COEUR

"Petit coeur" a bien de la chance !

En réessayant lors d'un autre voyage, c'était encore pire…

Vu sur la voie ferrée entre Metz et Luxembourg, vers Hettange, au printemps 2010

Aquarius Heaven ”Can't Buy Love” Video

2011-08-30T10:52:00+02:00

''Radikal Love Machine'' Le premier T-Shirt d'Europa Radio est dispo

2011-08-16T18:26:56+02:00

Personal

2011-08-11T12:52:00+02:00

J'ai par moments un peu la sensation que ma vie "personnelle" part en cacahuètes.

"J'ai une question réthorique: si je n'étais pas vasectomié, est-ce que tu accèpterais/aimerais/souhaiterais que je te fasse un enfant?".

Quelque part entre amour, anarchie (Tao), déraison et tragédie grecque...

Soundtrack: Mosaic - Wovenhand / pastis sans glaçons.

Christ, ayez pitié!

Lapsus

2011-08-08T00:42:00+02:00

Aide Moi

Aime Moi

Love Me

Leave Me

Say

Stay

I want you to be here

I want you to be there

Quand les lettres décident de trébucher, Changent-elles vraiment le cours des choses ?

Bonnes vacances, à bientôt !

2011-08-06T21:50:25+02:00

Boom boom pow!!

2011-07-10T19:52:00+02:00

Les 22, 24 et 25 juin derniers se produisaient les Black Eyed Peas (BEP pour les intimes) au Stade de France.
Je sais… je mets 2 semaine à publier le billet, mais il me fallait le temps de m’en remettre…

Pour l’historique, à l’époque de l’ouverture de la billeterie, seulement la date du 25 était ouverte. Quand j’ai appris qu’une nouvelle mise en vente était faite le lundi 31 janvier à 10h du matin, j’ai missionné mon acolyte des soirées kéké à l’achat immédiat… j’étais à l’aéroport pour partir en Martinique à ce moment là, on m’excusera du peu.
Quelle joie quand il m’a envoyé un sms « J’ai les places !!!! ». On était alors à M-5 et l’attente se faisait déjà longue ! Et pour cause !!!

Le fameux jour du concert est arrivé et la journée se faisait interminable.

Qu’on mette les choses au clair : je ne suis pas une fan de la première heure des BEP… Mais l’idée d’une soirée au Stade de France qui se transformerait pour l’occasion en boîte de nuit géante m’emballait particulièrement. Surtout connaissant les avis de ceux qui avaient déjà assisté à un concert des BEP.

Et je ne fus pas déçue !
Laissant les premières parties de côté, le concert a duré 2h. 2h de show, 2h de folie furieuse, 2h à nous déchainer sur les plus grands tubes du groupe et sur un mix parfait de Will I Am mariant à merveille tubes rock and electro, allant de Nirvana, Blur, Rolling Stones jusqu’aux Benassi Bros.
A chaque chanson terminée, j’avais la crainte de la « dernière ». Celle qui appelait à la clôture, celle qui appelait à l’arrêt de notre extase dansante.
A chaque nouveau morceau entamé, je disais à mon ange gardien des réservations : j’espère qu’ils vont chanter celle là, celle là et encore celle là… Cela laissait alors présager encore une heure de show !!
Et ils les ont toutes faites ! De leurs derniers tubes un peu dance me direz vous à leur tube « Where is the love », j’atteignais le nirvana du défoulement.

Quant à la clotûre… je n’en parle même pas… Après « The time of my life », dégradante reprise de Dirty Dancing mais sur laquelle les corps se déchainent quand même, ils ont enchaîné sur « I got a feeling » soit 15 minutes durant lesquelles j’ai abandonné mes mollets et ma vois quelque part dans le Stade de France.

Les BEP, vous m’avez régalée !

Si on devait me demander de comparer avec Lady Gaga (mon 1er concert kéké), j’avoue que je choisis les BEP… Lady Gaga méritait une visualisation du show, car c’est beau ! costumes et chorégraphies au poil obligent… Car avec les Bep, il faut le dire, il y a pas mal d’approximatif.
OK, je ne suis pas forcément satisfaite d’avoir constaté un play-back de Fergie… j’ai même trouvé ça moyen, mais ils ont réussi à nous faire oublié ce petit « raté » très vite. Mais la conclusion fut que je n’étais pas là pour les regarder, mais pour danser !
Alors play-back ou pas, je les remercie d’avoir transformé mes jambes en miettes et de m’avoir transformée pendant 3 jours en loque, car pour rien au monde je ne le regretterais…

I had a feeling, that this night would be a good good night !!

Breakbot ”Lazy Sunday Selecta”

2011-06-30T17:31:17+02:00

Petite surprise en ce jeudi ensoleillé: Breakbot nous a offert une jolie mixtape d'une demi heure et quelques qui, comme à l'accoutumée, s'avère être excellente d'un bout à l'autre. De la Funk groovy à la Soul sensuelle, le plus 80's des azimutés d'Ed Banger est comme un poisson dans l'eau et nous rassure après son vrai-faux live au Grand Journal la semaine passée. Une petite demi-heure d'amour et de soleil qui annonce un mois de juillet funky comme jamais.

Clic et tact…

2011-06-20T02:27:00+02:00

pour ceux qui aiment le noir ?

The Other Document Dump: NSA Declassifies 50,000 Pages

2011-06-17T05:41:36+02:00

combing through the emails uploaded to news sites. Types of documents range for the on Russian election districts in 1948 to the ironic how-to on "--that information was seriously need to stay under raps for 200 years? It's just way too easy to criticize or simply make fun of the government for the timing of document dump.

First of all, there's the Plain thing. Did the spooks at NSA deliberately release all of their top secrets on the same week that every investigative reporter and their summer interns were sidetracked trying to figure out whether the former vice presidential candidatein the Alaska governor's manion? (Incidentally, ABC reported on that .)

Related: Then, there's the Obama thing. All year, the president has been taking heat for his hypocrisy over hisin the context of his stated commitment to increase transparency in the government. The controversy started last year when the U.S. government tossed Pfc. Bradley Manning into solitary confinement--sometimes forcing him to stand naked in the hallway while guards checked his cell for contraband--all for sending a batch of classified U.S. government documents to WikiLeaks. The other much publicized trespass came in the case of Thomas Drake, a former NSA senior executive on trial for treason according to the Espionage Act of 1917 for telling a reporter about internal mismanaging of funds. Aon Drake provided an in depth look at the Drake's dilemma, wherein government officials drew a line between acts of treason and Obama's commitment to transparency. "You don’t get to break the law and disclose classified information just because you want to,” an assistant attorney general told the magazine's Jane Meyer, “Politics should play no role in it whatsoever.” The federal prosecutor in charge of the case insisted, "This is not an issue of benign documents." A bargainon Friday revealed that the government had compromised and Drake would plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of “exceeding authorized use of a computer.”

This most recent NSA release is certainly benign. Presumably starting with the 200-year-old book, the now declassified documents from before World War I through the 1960s. Like the , there's a lot of information, but not much of it is terribly useful. We perused them for a bit, and it's fun! Here's a sampling and a link to the index courtesy of Wired;

Included in this new (.pdf) of supposedly secret-packed documents: a 1944 report on Japanese merchant ships, a 1946 dossier on Chinese railroads, and a 1954 German article on Lenin’s use of secret writing (with milk) while in prison. Presumably, this refers to Lenin’s stint in Siberia, in the mid-1890s. Exactly why Vladimir Ilyich’s reliance on lactose letters needed to be kept under wraps for 11 decades, the NSA doesn’t say.

The release is also most definitely part of an effort to polish the government's transparency-unfriendly image. The NSA said so plainly in theannouncing it: "This release of documents is the first in a series of releases planned over the next two years as part of NSA/CSS's commitment to meeting the requirements outlined in the President's 21 January 2009 Memorandum on Openness and Transparency in Government (Executive Order 13526)."

We can only hope this or the next batch may include secrets as titillating as this leaked recording of President Johnson ordering some Haggar pants.

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After Failed Judgment Day Campaign, Where is Harold Camping?

2011-06-17T03:41:43+02:00

he and his followers spent around and marketing for the event.

Whether or not Camping will have an explanation for why his formula predicting the end was not accurate this time or not, some believe he needs to come up with a . However, Camping may find his loyal followers not so forgiving. Some spent a good portion of their savings on advertising; others spent college funds, but after the media blitz, the Rapture and Judgment Day never came. But perhaps the most disturbing thing to come out of the incorrect prophecy is the silence on the part of Harold Camping.

Were his followers just tools to help market his radio station? The exact number of people who believed Camping is hard to quantify. His "Open Forum" radio & television show is broadcast on 66 stations in the United States and even more worldwide. Instead of taking to the airwaves to calm the nerves of the faithful, Camping remains shut up with a website that keeps crashing probably because of high traffic.

While nobody likes to be wrong, spending that kind of money and being wrong is something nobody really likes. But convincing a group of people of an event and convincing them to spend money to publicize it must be an extremely difficult situation. Still Harold Camping needs to come forward, either with an explanation or an apology. Instead, . At a time when his more than ever, the man at the center of the issue is keeping quiet, even when other religious leaders are offering counsel and help for his followers. So where is Harold Camping? It would seem nobody yet has the answer.

Jason Gallagher is a former travel professional and long-time Pennsylvania resident. These experiences give him a first-hand look at developing situations in the state and everything included in the travel industry from technology to trends.

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Parade for champion Mavs rolling through Dallas

2011-06-17T03:11:48+02:00

Cheered on by thousands of happy fans, Dirk Nowitzki, Mark Cuban and the NBA champion Mavericks rolled through the streets of downtown Dallas on Thursday in a parade celebrating the club's first NBA championship.

More than 250,000 people were expected on a hot morning, with everyone staking out spots hours before the parade's scheduled 10 a.m. start. Franchise founder Donald Carter and his wife, Linda, for whom he started the club as gift, were in the lead vehicle, a white convertible.

"Fantastic," Carter said.

In a waiting area at the start of the parade, Cuban clutched the championship trophy as entertainer Jamie Foxx, who is from the Dallas area, joined the fun. Most wore T-shirts that read, "Raise the Banner," and other championship gear. Cuban tweeted several pictures from the holding area.

"It's unbelievable," Nowitzki said as he took a cigar from teammate Jason Terry before boarding his float. "If it hasn't sunk in yet, it will now. ... We're on the top of the world now so it feels amazing. For 13 years I've waited for this moment. It's amazing and we're all going to enjoy it."

The parade featured three floats, 10 convertibles and a dozen trucks. It started a few minutes late and was to go less than a mile, ending near the team's arena, where a bash was planned for 10,000 season-ticket holders. Police closed the plaza outside the building hours before the parade after it reached its capacity of 3,000 people.

Those inside were treated to a replay of the championship-clinching victory over LeBron James and the Miami Heat on Sunday.

Temperatures were in the mid-80s at the start of the parade and a high of around 100 was in the forecast, according to the National Weather Service. There were several reports of fans overcome by heat before the parade even began.

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Associated Press writers Linda Stewart Ball and Diana Heidgerd contributed to this report.

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DEP: Conn. mountain lion likely was captive animal

2011-06-14T21:59:59+02:00

A 140-pound mountain lion that was struck and killed by a car in Connecticut was likely a captive animal that escaped or was released, environmental officials said Monday.

The male lion was killed Saturday on a highway in Milford, a coastal city that's more than 1,000 miles from where the nearest population of mountain lions lives. Department of Environmental Protection officials said they were working with New York authorities on a lead but declined to disclose details.

Officials believe the dead animal was the same mountain lion that was spotted in the wealthy town of Greenwich from May 31 to June 5, even though there were two reported sightings of a mountain lion in Greenwich after the lion was killed.

"There's no native population of mountain lions in Connecticut. We believe this was a pet that escaped or was released in some fashion," said Susan Frechette, DEP deputy commissioner. She said officials were investigating who may have owned the animal, who was probably younger than 6.

"Until we have something we can really go on, a photograph, a clear paw print or something that really indicates that we have another animal, we're still assuming we're dealing with one," Frechette said.

Further tests are needed to determine the type of mountain lion found. The eastern mountain lion has been declared extinct by the U.S. wildlife officials.

Col. Kyle Overturf with the Environmental Conservation Police said authorities are investigating the case as a possible violation of Connecticut's wildlife laws.

"It is illegal to possess a mountain lion in Connecticut, and if our investigation reveals that a Connecticut resident illegally possessed this animal, we may see criminal charges," Overturf said.

He appealed for the public's help in finding the animal's origin.

No one in Connecticut had a permit for a mountain lion, Overturf said. New York had two permitted mountain lions and neither of those animals escaped, he said.

"They're following a lead right now that we're working with," Overturf said. "Other than that, we have no other leads."

Lori Severino, a Department of Environmental Conservation spokeswoman in New York, said the agency isn't directly involved with any investigation based in Connecticut

Mountain lions are regularly reported throughout the Northeast but rarely documented.

"For Connecticut, I can say with certainty, this was the first hard confirmation that we've had of the occurrence of one individual of the species," said Paul Rego, a DEP wildlife biologist.

Officials urged residents to keep an eye on children and pets, bring any cat or dog food inside and deposit trash in sealed containers. Mountain lions are most active at dawn and dusk.

Audubon Greenwich closed its trails Sunday and Monday to the public after a resident reporting seeing a mountain lion a day after the mountain lion was killed in Milford.

"We're just kind of taking it one day at a time," said Karen Dixon, Audubon director. "I think people are just trying to stay informed."

Phylis Roitsch, a Greenwich resident who lives near one of the sightings, said she was concerned for her pets' safety. But if another mountain lion turns up, she said she hopes officials can use a tranquilizer to capture it.

"The mountain lion must be every bit as scared and unhappy as we are," Roitsch said.

The nearest population of mountain lions is in Missouri or Nebraska, said Tom French, assistant director of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.

"I suspect that it probably escaped from some private individual," French said.

Massachusetts officials have seized six mountain lions in the past 27 years that were kept as pets, the most recent in 1993, French said. He said mountain lions were more popular as pets 25 years ago, though they're still somewhat common nationwide.

The last confirmed cougar sighting in the Northeast was in Maine in 2000, said Christopher Spatz, president of the Cougar Rewilding Foundation.

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Associated Press writers Susan Haigh and Michael Melia contributed to this story.

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Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center Receives National Outstanding Patient Experience Award by HealthGrades

2011-06-13T06:56:39+02:00

DETROIT, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center was among 339 hospitals nationwide, and the only hospital in metropolitan Detroit, to receive HealthGrades' 2011 Outstanding Patient Experience Award. The award recognizes hospitals that are rated in the top 10 percent of patient satisfaction surveys based on the patients' experiences in each hospital.

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HealthGrades analyzed patient satisfaction data for 3,797 hospitals in the country using Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) hospital survey data obtained from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The information was compiled from surveys given to a random sample of patients who were discharged from hospitals between April 1, 2009 March 31, 2010.

"This is such an honor to be recognized as one of the nation's top hospitals when it comes to the patients' experience," said Gerold Bepler, M.D., Ph.D., president and CEO of the Karmanos Cancer Institute. "Although we pride ourselves on providing exceptional cancer care and treatment for our patients, it is gratifying to know that their assessment of Karmanos places us among the top 10 percent of hospitals in the United States. I'm truly grateful to work with such a caring and committed team who make sure our patients and their families experience the very best care every day."

To be considered, hospitals had to have a minimum requirement of 50 acute care beds or at least 100 survey responses. A total of 27 survey questions provided information on measurements including: overall hospital rating; family and friend recommendation; communication with doctors and nurses; responsiveness of hospital staff; pain management and communication related to medicines; discharge information; and cleanliness and quietness of the facility. Hospitals with rankings in the top 10 percent of all hospitals considered were designated as the 2011 Outstanding Patient Experience award recipients.

The Karmanos Cancer Center is one of only 40 National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the United States and is the only hospital in Michigan solely dedicated to fighting cancer. Treating nearly 6,000 new patients each year, it's been ranked most preferred hospital for cancer care in southeast Michigan for four consecutive years, according to the National Research Corporation.

"There are many people who help assure that our patients have the very best experience but it's our compassionate and very qualified nursing staff who are attentive to our patients needs, as well as their families, around-the-clock," said Chief Nursing Officer Karen Goldman, R.N., MSN, AOCO, vice president, Patient Services. "They're trained professionals and the best at what they do while treating each patient as if they were a member of their own family. That's part of what makes Karmanos a very special place."

HealthGrades is America's most trusted, independent source of physician information and hospital quality outcomes. HealthGrades online properties are the nation's leading destination for physician search and empower more than 200 million consumers annually to make informed health care decisions. For more information visit .

For information on cancer services call 1-800-KARMANOS (1-800-527-6266) or go to .

About the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Located in mid-town Detroit, Michigan, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute is one of 40 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the United States. Caring for nearly 6,000 new patients annually on a budget of $216 million, conducting more than 700 cancer-specific scientific investigation programs and clinical trials, Karmanos is among the nation's best cancer centers. Through the commitment of 1,000 staff, including nearly 300 physicians and researchers on faculty at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, and supported by thousands of volunteer and financial donors, Karmanos strives to prevent, detect and eradicate all forms of cancer. Its long-term partnership with the WSU School of Medicine enhances the collaboration of critical research and academics related to cancer care. Karmanos is southeastern Michigan's most preferred hospital for cancer care according to annual surveys conducted by the National Research Corporation. Gerold Bepler, M.D., Ph.D., is the Institute's president and chief executive officer. For more information call 1-800-KARMANOS or go to .

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Bugless software key to security, expert tells NATO

2011-06-10T21:27:16+02:00

Bugless software is key to cyber security and global vendors should pay hackers who have detected program bugs and so helped pre-empt attacks, a top IT expert told a NATO cyber security meeting here Thursday.

"Software vulnerabilities enable breaches. If we want to make cyber space safer, we need to find a way to force vendors to produce more secure software," Charlie Miller told some of the world's top IT security experts attending NATO's third annual cyber defence conference.

Renowned in IT circles for having detected bugs in Google's Android software and being the first to find a critical bug in the MacBook Air, Miller has also worked as computer security specialist at the US National Security Agency.

He charges that the reluctance of software vendors to pay hackers for weeding out program bugs is a factor contributing to online security breaches.

"Vendors don't like to pay for (the detection of) bugs because of many reasons, among other things they're afraid it will encourage people with good IT skills to find bugs, or it may make competitor's software look more secure," he said, noting that companies like Mozilla and Google have paid up to 3,000 dollars (2,053 euros) for information on software flaws.

"There are some unused solutions we can consider. Vendors could step up and pay those who find bugs -- major vendors can cooperate to pay into a fund that pays for bugs and governments too can encourage the vendors to pay for (the detection of) bugs," he insisted.

NATO announced plans this week at its Tallinn conference to beef up alliance cyber defence capabilities with the creation of a special task force to detect and respond to cyber attacks.

The Symantec cyber security firm recently reported that web-based attacks in 2010 were up 93 percent from 2009.

The June 7-10 NATO cyber security conference attended by 300 top IT experts from across the globe focuses on the legal and political aspects of national and global Internet security.

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Obama dismisses 'double-dip' recession threat

2011-06-10T18:16:50+02:00

US President Barack Obama Tuesday dismissed fears of a plunge into a "double-dip" recession and warned against "panic" over dismal economic data that is beginning to cloud his reelection hopes.

In a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Obama responded to signs the recovery may be slowing and sought to assure "skittish and nervous" investors and voters that better times lay ahead.

"I am not concerned about a double-dip recession," Obama said, empathizing with people who were frustrated that growth had not been unleashed more quickly.

"I'm concerned that the recovery we're on is not producing jobs as quickly as I wanted to happen," he said, adding there was "enormous work to do" to strengthen the recovery after the worst recession in decades.

As Republicans fire up their race for the party White House nomination and lambast Obama's economic policies as a failure, the president recalled that the world came close to a "complete disaster" back in 2009-2010.

"Recovering from that kind of body-blow takes time," Obama said, admitting that in recent weeks the economy had faced strong "headwinds."

"Recovery is going to be uneven. There are going to be times where we are making progress, but people are still skittish and nervous, and the markets get skittish and nervous."

"Our task is not to panic, not overreact, to make sure that we've got a plan, a path forward," he said, noting the need to tend to structural issues and fundamentals that would promote growth and a sound business environment.

Obama spoke at length about the state of the economy after the unemployment rate spiked to 9.1 percent last week, as other data showed a moribund housing market and slowed manufacturing growth.

Numerous private sector economists have lowered estimates for second quarter GDP growth to under 2.0 percent, down from 3.0 percent growth rate forecasts for the year that would have conjured up hundreds of thousands of jobs.

The dismaying evidence that the recovery may be stalling has offered a sudden opening to Republicans, especially those running nascent presidential campaigns, who know many Americans are yet to feel evidence of a recovery.

Mitt Romney, the putative Republican frontrunner for the 2012 election slammed Obama for saying the jobs data was a "bump in the road" and issued an indictment of administration policies he said had "failed America."

The attacks appear based on solid political logic: in a new Washington Post/ABC poll released Tuesday six in 10 Americans gave Obama negative marks on the economy.

More crucially, two thirds of independents -- the voting bloc which often decides US presidential elections, disapproved of the president's economic policies.

Obama said he and Merkel had a long discussion about the global economy, and warned that Europe's debt crisis gripping nations such as Greece, Ireland, and Portugal "cannot be allowed" to threaten the broader global economy.

"We think it would be disastrous for us to see an uncontrolled spiral and default in Europe, because that could trigger a whole range of other events," he said, but added he was confident European powers could handle the crisis.

"This is a tough and complicated piece of business. And ultimately Europeans are going to have to make decisions about how they proceed," Obama said, arguing that Greece would need outside support to promote growth.

"Given their level of debt, it also means that other countries in the eurozone are going to have to provide them a backstop in support.

"And frankly, people who are holding Greek debt are going to have to make some decisions, working with the European countries in the eurozone, about how that debt is managed."

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Pennsylvania Government Employees Directed to Pay Close Attention to Calendars

2011-06-03T12:58:10+02:00

s Right-to-Know Act, many state goes onto those great calendars.

Most of the commotion comes from press inquiries into the . While his staff rightfully refused personal data and family appointments, as well as security information, the staff also decided that withholding information about meetings between the governor and other people. According to the Office of Open Records, those meetings need to be made public. The administration has even taken the decision to Commonwealth Court to protect that information.

Above and beyond the lawsuit, a memo that was , indicates that state government employees have been advised to review what information is kept on their work calendars, which should be fairly common practice. However, the memo goes a step further and advises employees to clear information after meetings have been completed. While not notorious by any means, the practice is just a way of keeping employees organized and efficient. Still, the Office of Open Records and other officials will likely be keeping an eye on the deletions just to be sure nothing shady is going on.

Surely, most Pennsylvania residents are not interested in the personal contact list and family information of state government employees. Deleting those dates as they are completed should be fairly common practice. In addition, home addresses and telephone numbers, as well as any personal notations, should probably be kept in a separate calendar anyway.

However, much of the professional information is available under the Right-to-Know act. While security and travel arrangements are off limits, as well they should be, other meetings should be made available to the public, as the tax payers are the ones footing the salaries in question. Scrutiny of public officials is not exactly new territory, but the practice of governments issuing guidelines on the use of electronic calendars is somewhat new.

White House slashes red tape to boost economy

2011-05-30T07:34:14+02:00

The White House Thursday unveiled a series of measures to cut back on burgeoning red tape and simplify rules which it said could save US businesses "billions" of dollars over the coming years.

The US administration hopes the move will lift some of the burdens from struggling companies and give fresh impetus to the faltering jobs market with unemployment still hovering around 9.0 percent

In a move to boost job-creating small businesses, President Barack Obama in January ordered a review of government regulations to ensure the myriad of rules do not stifle economic growth.

He signed an executive order designed to ensure the recovering US economy is competitive and freed from suffocating red tape, while protecting the health of Americans, public safety and the environment.

About 30 government agencies took part in the review, and the new measures should begin to have an immediate effect, US officials said.

"Cumulatively, the reports that we're releasing today... would take immediate steps to eliminate hundreds of millions of dollars in annual regulatory burdens," said White House budget director Jack Lew.

"In fact, over the next several years, these steps have the potential to eliminate billions of dollars in regulatory burdens," he told reporters on a phone conference.

Among the measures unveiled was a move to simplify export forms to help boost American products on overseas markets.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said businesses would no long have to fill out "unnecessary government forms" which would cut 1.9 million annual hours of work time and save more than $40 million annually.

The Environmental Protection Agency agreed to streamline its anti-pollution measures at gasoline stations "because modern vehicles already have effective air pollution control technologies." The move could save some $670 million over the next decade.

And the Department of Health was to re-examine some of the "burdensome regulatory requirements now placed on hospitals and doctors, like requiring redundant entries of information in medical databases."

"These, and the many more changes proposed in the regulatory look-back plans, will add up to real savings for America's small businesses," the White House added in a statement.

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The Preakness: More important than its glamorous Kentucky Derby cousin

2011-05-28T15:39:26+02:00

The Preakness may be Americas greatest horse race. Thats probably not as important a boast as it used to be, given the sport of kings long US decline. But the underappreciated middle leg of the Triple Crown is a superior sporting moment to its more glamorous Kentucky Derby cousin.

The Kentucky Derby goes first, to be sure. Its got a song (My Old Kentucky Home) a drink, and better womens hats. Asked to name one national horse race most Americans would probably come up with the Derby.

The Preakness is the Triple Crowns backstretch, however, and as any rail fly knows, it is in the backstretch of an equine contest that the prospect of drama emerges. Every Kentucky Derby winner may win a Triple Crown champion. The Preakness is when that becomes a real possibility or dreams are left in the Old Hilltop dust.

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As Preakness 2011 post time approaches, here are three more reasons the race is better than the Derby, (or the Belmont Stakes, for that matter):

ITS NOT STUFFY. The Kentucky Derby is so enamored of its history that sometimes it seems more like a reenactment of a race from the 1800s than an event of modern times. Those hats. The livery. The song.

The Preakness, on the other hand, has an actor in a centaur suit as a mascot. Yes, thats occasioned a lot of comment his name is Kegasus, and the hijinks in the infield have gotten out of hand in years past.

But in general the Preakness is a race regular people go to and look forward to attending, we might add. Its a fun show, not Masterpiece Theater with hooves.

ITS URBAN. The Kentucky Derby is in Louisville, which is a city, and the Belmont is near New York, which is certainly a city, but neither is of their urban area, if you know what we mean. The Kentucky Derby harkens back to a halcyon rural past. The Belmont is actually on Long Island. Only the Preakness is part and parcel of the city in which it resides.

Thats Baltimore, in case you didnt know. The Preakness is run at Pimlico, which is on the northern edge of the city most famous now for decay shown in The Wire. And Pimlico is no Wrigley Field, surrounded by gentrification. Most of the track is surrounded by the Pimlico neighborhood, which is fairly gritty, though not awful. A big source of cash this month for residents is allowing Preakness attendees to park on their lawns.

But Baltimore isnt all drug deals and David Simon-scripted drama. If you attend the Preakness its just a short hop to Caf Hon for lunch.

You can visit the fabulous National Aquarium down on the Inner Harbor, take in an Orioles game. Tickets are easy to get the Birds had hope in May, but for the moment theyre playing crummy.

SEABISCUIT. And if you want to talk history, the Preakness or, more precisely, Pimlico itself will always have Seabiscuit and the Match of the Century, arguably the greatest horse race of all time.

Seabiscuit was an undersized, knobby-kneed thoroughbred given to sleeping and eating for long periods. He was also a great racing champion and one of the most beloved US sports heroes of the Great Depression.

On November 1, 1938, Seabiscuit met Triple Crown winner War Admiral in a two-horse match contest at Pimlico. Special trains from all across the nation brought thousands to Old Hilltop. Forty million people listened on radio. Two hundred yards from the wire the horses remained tied.

At that point Jockey George Woolf eased up a bit so that Seabiscuit could mark the presence of his rival. The pudgy, determined little horse then lit off, pulling away and winning by four lengths.

Todays Preakness is run over the same ground.

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Is Sunscreen Enough on "Don't Fry Day"?

2011-05-28T09:40:25+02:00

Third Annual National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention "Don't Fry Day" Campaign to Encourage Sun Safety Awareness

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Despite skin cancer's being largely preventable, it remains by far the most common type of cancer in the United States. There are over two million new cases of skin cancer diagnosed annually, which is more than new cases of breast, prostate, lung and colon cancers combined. To help reduce rising rates of skin cancer, the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention designated the Friday before Memorial Day, May 27, 2011, as "Don't Fry Day."

This year, the National Council urges everyone to think beyond sunscreen to protect their skin while enjoying the outdoors. While generous sunscreen usage is an important way to protect your skin from the sun, there are additional sun safety measures that can help prevent skin cancer:

Avoid sun burning, intentional tanning, and using tanning beds;Wear sun-protective clothing, a wide-brimmed hat, and sunglasses;Seek shade;Use extra caution near water, snow, and sand;Get vitamin D safely through food and vitamin D supplements."As millions of Americans head outdoors for family fun on Memorial Day weekend the unofficial kick-off to summer 'Don't Fry Day' is an important reminder for the public to protect their skin from ultraviolet (UV) radiation while enjoying the outdoors," said Sandra I. Read, M.D., co-chair of the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention. "While most everyone enjoys a sunny day, keeping your skin safe from overexposure to UV radiation can be easy by practicing simple sun-safety tips."

The American Cancer Society recommends that everyone "Slip! Slop! Slap!...and Wrap" - slip on a shirt; slop on sunscreen of SPF 15 or higher; slap on a hat; and wrap on sunglasses.

The UV Index forecast is a helpful resource to learn your daily risk of overexposure to the sun. Developed by the National Weather Service and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the UV Index forecasts the strength of solar UV radiation on a scale from 1 (low) to 11+ (extremely high). Simply log on to the EPA website atto see the National UV map, download a free UV Index widget for your website, or download a free mobile application for your smart phone. The predicted UV level can be used as a guide for appropriate sun-protective measures to prevent overexposure to UV radiation.

Skin cancer is on the rise in the U.S. Here are some statistics:

The American Cancer Society estimates that, 68,130 cases of malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, were diagnosed in 2010. One American dies of melanoma almost every hour.While the incidence of many common cancers is falling, the incidence of melanoma continues to rise. Melanoma is now one of the most common cancers among young adults ages 15-29. To minimize the harmful effects of too much UV exposure, the National Council advocates that comprehensive protection from UV radiation should be a life-long practice for everyone.

For more information, including how to use the UV Index to plan outdoor activities, visit the National Council's site at . The National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention is the united voice of more than 45 organizations, associations, and agencies dedicated to reducing skin cancer morbidity and mortality in the United States. Council members represent some of the nation's premier physicians, researchers, clinicians and advocates for melanoma and skin cancer prevention.

SOURCEThe National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention

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Kan. lawmakers end work with anti-abortion push

2011-05-15T04:08:12+02:00

Kansas legislators approved restrictions on private insurance coverage for abortions and adopted a state budget stripping funds from a Planned Parenthood affiliate, capping a string of victories Friday for abortion opponents only four months after sympathetic Gov. Sam Brownback took office.

This year, five major proposals favored by abortion opponents cleared the GOP-dominated Legislature as members heeded a call from Brownback to create "a culture of life." But Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, the target of much of lawmakers' efforts, confirmed that it is consulting with attorneys over possible legal challenges

"Four or five anti-choice bills, as we would characterize them, is pretty significant," said Tait Sye, a spokesman for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. "It would be in the top tier of anti-choice legislatures, which is probably what Brownback wants."

Brownback, a Republican, is expected to sign the bill sent to him by the state House a mere 15 minutes before lawmakers adjourned their annual session. The House's early-morning vote was 86-30 in support of a larger bill that included the abortion coverage restrictions. The state Senate had approved it Thursday night, 28-10.

The measure prohibits insurance companies from offering coverage of abortions as part of their general health plans, except when a woman's life is at risk. If the bill becomes law as expected, starting in July, individuals and employers who want abortion coverage would have to buy supplemental policies that cover only abortion.

Supporters of the bill argue that it will protect employers who oppose abortion rights from having to pay for policies that cover the procedures. The legislation also says that no state or federally administered health-insurance exchange in Kansas established under last year's federal health care overhaul law can offer coverage for abortions, other than to save a woman's life.

The $13.8 billion budget approved by legislators, also early Friday, includes a provision diverting about $330,000 in federal family planning funds away from Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri to public hospitals and health departments. The group's top executive warned that it will be forced to reduce services dramatically at clinics in Hays and Wichita that don't perform abortions without affecting one in the Kansas City suburbs that terminates pregnancies.

Brownback already has signed legislation to tighten restrictions on late-term abortions and require doctors to obtain written permission from parents before terminating minors' pregnancies. Legislators also have sent him a bill to impose new health and safety standards specifically for abortion clinics, which the governor plans to sign Monday.

"Governor Brownback has never been shy about the fact that he's pro-life," spokeswoman Sherriene Jones-Sontag said.

Kathy Ostrowski, legislative director for the anti-abortion group Kansans for Life, said the state's new laws will protect women who seek abortions from dangerous clinics and provide more accurate reporting by doctors about their activities.

"It has obviously been a good session," Ostrowski said after lawmakers adjourned.

Democratic Govs. Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson, who held the office before Brownback, blocked most major changes in Kansas abortion laws, vetoing legislation that is becoming law this year.

"There's clearly a message here that women are dispensable," said state Rep. Annie Kuether, a Topeka Democrat and one of the Legislature's shrinking number of abortion rights supporters. "I'm sick and tired of being treated like a second-class citizen."

The measures in Kansas are part of a wave of anti-abortion legislation across the nation, as abortion opponents have been encouraged by the election of new Republican governors last year and conservative legislators.

The Guttmacher Institute, a research organization supporting abortion rights, says Kansas and Missouri are among seven states now with restrictions on private health insurance coverage of abortion. Also, a dozen states, including Kansas, restrict coverage in health exchanges.

Planned Parenthood officials say moves to strip funds from affiliates are afoot in at least five other states; one in Indiana has filed a lawsuit there.

"Why would we want to continue to give Planned Parenthood tax dollars to ostensibly prevent pregnancy, when they make even more money performing abortions when that 'prevention' fails?" said Mary Kay Culp, Kansans for Life's executive director.

But Brownlie said the Planned Parenthood clinics offer a wide range of services, including thousands of breast exams and tests for sexually transmitted diseases each year. The federal dollars account for about 10 percent of the budget for its Kansas operations, he said.

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Too Few Teens Know the Dangers of Tanning Beds: Poll

2011-05-11T05:50:46+02:00

t warn teens and young women about the skin cancer risks posed by tanning beds, according to a new survey.

The American Academy of Dermatology's online poll included more than 3,800 white females aged 14 to 22 from across the country who were asked about their tanning knowledge, attitudes and behavior.

The survey found that 43 percent of indoor tanners said they had never been warned about the dangers of tanning beds by tanning salon employees, and 30 percent said they hadn't noticed any warning labels on tanning beds.

And the survey revealed some potentially deadly misperceptions about tanning beds.

Younger tanning bed users (aged 14 to 17) were twice as likely as older users (aged 18 to 22) to incorrectly believe that tanning beds are safer than the sun (39 percent versus 15 percent), and more than three times as likely to incorrectly believe that tanning beds do not cause skin cancer (26 percent versus 8 percent), according to the results.

"Indoor tanning poses a significant health risk, especially for [white people] because of their fair skin. Studies have found that UV [ultraviolet] radiation from indoor tanning beds increases a person's risk of developing melanoma by 75 percent," Dr. Ronald L. Moy, president of the American Academy of Dermatology Association (AADA), said in an academy news release.

"Contributing to this problem is the fact that tanning bed facilities currently are not required to verbally warn patrons of the known health risks of UV radiation and, in some cases, they may be misleading the public by falsely promoting artificial UV light as safer than natural sunlight," he added.

Moy noted that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration currently classifies tanning beds as a Class I medical device. This means they are subject to a minimal level of regulation and oversight, similar to tongue depressors, bandages and crutches.

"That is why it's important that the FDA change the classification of indoor tanning devices to reflect the significant health risks that they pose, often unknowingly, to tanning salon patrons," Moy added.

The AADA supports the Tanning Bed Cancer Control Act, which calls on the FDA to review its classification of indoor tanning beds and to introduce enhanced consumer warning label rules for the devices.

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'Fast Five' races to furious start with $83.6M

2011-05-02T11:40:26+02:00

"Fast Five" has left the competition in the dust with an $83.6 million debut to grab the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Universal Pictures' fifth movie in "The Fast and the Furious" franchise was by far this year's biggest opening. Its take was more than double the previous best of $39.2 million for "Rio," the 20th Century Fox animated hit that slipped to No. 2 with $14.4 million.

The No. 1 movie the two previous weekends, "Rio" raised its total to $103.6 million.

"Fast Five" set a record for best April debut ever, speeding past the $71 million haul of its predecessor, "Fast & Furious," two years ago.

The movie reteams stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker as outlaw driving aces and adds Dwayne Johnson as a federal agent on their tail. The action expands beyond the franchise's traditional racing scene into a broad crime romp.

"Summer began April 29," said Nikki Rocco, head of distribution for Universal. "This was all about the right decisions we made, from the concept to the task. How this was made, that it's not just a car-racing movie, but making it into an action-heist movie. ... And the marketing that said, 'This is not the same. This is new. You're going to love this, and it's going to open up a whole new world.'"

The movie gave Hollywood a huge head-start on the summer season, which begins with next weekend's debut of the Paramount Pictures superhero saga "Thor."

Overall revenues totaled $155 million, up a whopping 52 percent from the same weekend last year, when "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was No. 1 with $32.9 million, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com.

It was the third-straight weekend that receipts climbed, lifting Hollywood out of a prolonged downturn that began last fall. Revenues for 2011 were running 20.5 percent behind last year's just three weeks ago, but the rebound since then has left Hollywood's business down just 14.2 percent compared with 2010.

"What a difference three weeks can make," said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. "We get so gloom-and-doom, and appropriately so, but look how quickly we're turning this around. And we're on the cusp of the biggest movie-going season of the year."

"Fast Five" added $81.4 million overseas to bring its worldwide total to $165 million. "Thor" already has opened in many international markets, pulling in $93 million overseas ahead of its U.S. release.

Domestically, the weekend's other new wide releases tanked. Disney's teen romance "Prom" debuted at No. 5 with only $5 million, while the Weinstein Co. animated sequel "Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil" opened at No. 6 with just $4.1 million.

Freestyle Releasing's horror comedy "Dylan Dog: Dead of Night," featuring "Superman Returns" star Brandon Routh, debuted far outside the top-10 with a paltry $885,000.

"Dylan Dog" played in narrower release of 875 theaters, averaging $1,011 a cinema, compared with $1,832 in 2,730 theaters for "Prom" and $1,653 in 2,505 cinemas for "Hoodwinked Too."

"Fast Five" played in 3,644 theaters, averaging a mammoth $22,950 a cinema.

Ten percent, or $8.3 million, of domestic revenues for "Fast Five" came from huge-screen IMAX theaters.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be released Monday.

1. "Fast Five," $83.6 million.

2. "Rio," $14.4 million.

3. "Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family," $10.1 million.

4. "Water for Elephants," $9.1 million.

5. "Prom," $5 million.

6. "Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil," $4.1 million.

7. "Soul Surfer," $3.3 million.

8. "Insidious," $2.7 million.

9. "Hop," $2.6 million.

10. "Source Code," $2.5 million.

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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

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enVisionMATH: Understanding Fractions Earns Finalist Honors in 2011 Software & Information Industry Association CODi

2011-04-30T20:53:47+02:00

Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards. Developed based on the award-winning instructional approach of enVisionMATH, Pearson's bestselling elementary math program, the app is honored in the Best Mobile Education Solution. Students in grades K-6 can turn to the app for additional practice as they learn with the program's new edition, enVisionMATH Common Core ©2012, built from the ground up to provide 100 percent coverage of the Common Core State Standards for Math.

Established in 1986, the CODiE Awards celebrate outstanding achievement across the software, digital information and education technology industries. Nominated products undergo an intensive review by subject matter experts, analysts, journalists and other respected authorities in education technology.

"When young learners understand fractions, they are on their way to building a firm foundation for learning math throughout their education," said Mike Evans, senior vice president of Mathematics, Pearson. "That is why our first app in the series we are developing to support the nation's No. 1 math program focuses on this important concept. We are honored that our peers in the ed-tech industry recognize the way Pearson is leveraging mobile technology to engage students in developing the math skills requisite for success in school, college and careers."

enVisionMATH: Understanding Fractions is an engaging and visual way for children to learn about fractions. Featuring the delightful animated animals from the popular elementary math program, the app helps children understand dividing areas into equal parts, fractions and regions, and fractions and sets. A "Quick Check" assessment at the end of each lesson lets children test what they have learned. enVisionMATH: Understanding Fractions is one of more than 100 apps Pearson created for teachers and learners of all ages as part of its overall commitment to leverage emerging technologies to personalize learning for all students. To download enVisionMATH: Understanding Fractions, go to .

For the second consecutive year,tops the list of companies with products named as CODiE finalists, with 15 innovative ed-tech and information management products earning recognition. All were developed based on the company's commitment to leveraging the power of technology and innovation to prepare today's students for success in college and careers. Pearson products earning finalist honors span the spectrum of today's breakthrough education and business technology products, such as mobile learning apps, educational games, technology-driven professional development and robust systems for managing information and data. Pearson's programs are focused on college- and career-readiness and preparing students to meet the Common Core State Standards.

In addition to enVisionMATH: Understanding Fractions, the company's products moving on to the next round of competition in this year's CODiE Awards are Briggs/Cochran Calculus; EQUELLA; Grammar Jammers Primary Edition; Hospitality and Tourism Interactive; MyLiteratureLab; MyMathLab Algebra I and II; MyMathTest; MyReadingLab; myWorld Geography; PowerSchool; PowerTeacher 2.0; SuccessMaker; SuccessMaker Collaborate; and Words Their Way Online Workshop.

In the next step of the CODiE Awards process, enVisionMATH: Understanding Fractions will be voted on by the entire SIIA membership, who determines the winner in each category. The CODiE Awards will be announced at the 2011 Ed Tech Industry Summit in San Francisco on May 23.

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Champagne from Baltic Sea shipwreck up for grabs

2011-04-28T11:31:40+02:00

Two bottles of champagne, thought to be about 200 years old and part of a cache of 150 salvaged from a 19th century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, will be auctioned in Finland in June.

The cache, which belongs to the government of Aland, an archipelago in the Baltic, includes a bottle from the house of Veuve Clicquot and another from Juglar, which closed its doors in the early 19th century.

Acker Merrall & Condit, of New York, will auction the two bottles on June 3.

When the first bottle was recovered from the sunken two-masted schooner dating from about 1780-1830, Swedish champagne writer Richard Juhlin estimated it would fetch about 500,000 Swedish krona (49,758 pounds).

"We didn't know if it was going to be anything drinkable," Ella Grussner Cromwell-Morgan, a sommelier who lives on Aland, said in a telephone interview about the first bottle.

Wine experts estimated from the corks and the hand-blown bottles that the wines were produced between 1811 and 1831.

"Most likely they're older than that, because in those days they kept wine stored for 10-12 years in barrels before they shipped it," said Christian Erikson, the diver who discovered the cache.

Erikson, a friend of Cromwell-Morgan, brought the first bottle to her.

"It tasted sweet, but it had that really crisp acidity that made it so balanced," she said about the bottle from Juglar. "And, of course, it had all those secondary flavours -- the leather, the tobacco, the dried fruits -- that are associated with older wines. And there was the definite impression of oak."

Cromwell-Morgan tasted two more bottles -- another Juglar and a Veuve Clicquot. A few bottles of Heidsieck, now part of the Vranken Pommery Monopole Group, were also discovered.

"The Juglar still had a flowery, young citrus aroma, sort of fruity apricots, while the Veuve Cliquot was more mushrooms," Cromwell-Morgan said, adding that it was consistent with the 19th century, when sweet wines were favoured.

Wine experts suggest the Baltic's steady 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius) temperature, the darkness and lying undisturbed 150 feet (50 metres) under water helped in the wines ageing process.

Erikson said he felt a bit guilty about drinking some of the champagne straight from the bottle.

"If I'd known it was worth so much, I would have at least poured it into a glass first," he said.

Aland, an autonomous region, is a duty free port, so the buyers will not have to pay any taxes, according to Bjorn Haggblom, head of communications for the government of Aland.

The government intends to use the auction's proceeds to fund maritime archaeological work and benefit the Baltic Sea environment.

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S&P threatens to cut U.S. credit rating on deficit

2011-04-18T22:34:05+02:00

Standard & Poor's threatened to downgrade the United States' prized AAA credit rating on Monday unless the Obama administration and Congress find a way to slash the yawning federal budget deficit within two years.

S&P, which assigns ratings to guide investors on the risks involved in buying debt instruments, slapped a negative outlook on the country's top-notch credit rating and said there's an at least a one-in-three chance that it could eventually cut the country's long-term AAA rating.

A downgrade, which would leave Germany and France with a higher rating, would erode the status of the United States as the world's most powerful economy and the dollar's role as the dominant global currency.

If investors start demanding higher returns for holding riskier U.S. debt, the rise in bond yields would crank up borrowing costs for consumers and businesses. That would threaten to hurt the economy as it recovers from the worst recession since World War II.

"This new warning highlights the need for the U.S. to take better control of its fiscal destiny if it is to avoid higher borrowing costs and maintain its central role at the core of the global economy," said Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive at PIMCO, which oversees $1.2 trillion in assets and has a short position on U.S. government debt.

Major U.S. stock indexes shed more than 1 percent after the announcement. Longer-dated government bond prices initially fell but recovered in afternoon trade and the dollar rose.

More immediate fiscal problems in Greece, traders said, hurt the euro and supported some U.S. assets.

The cost of insuring Treasury debt against default at one point on Monday neared a 2011 high, though it was well below lofty levels hit two years ago when fears of a double-dip U.S. recession raged.

BUDGET BATTLE

The threat of a downgrade raises the stakes in the struggle between President Obama's Democratic administration and his Republican opponents in the House to get control over a nearly $1.5 trillion budget deficit and $14.27 trillion debt burden.

The White House last week announced plans to trim $4 trillion from the deficit over the next 12 years, mostly through spending cuts and tax hikes on the rich. Congressional Republicans want deeper spending cuts and no tax increases.

The deficit problem has become crushing since the financial crisis of 2008. Now for every dollar the federal government spends, it takes in less than 60 cents in revenue.

A budget deficit running at nearly 10 percent of output and expected to grow will likely further swell a public debt load that's already more than 60 percent of the country's gross domestic product.

"Because the U.S. has, relative to its AAA peers, what we consider to be very large budget deficits and rising government indebtedness, and the path to addressing these is not clear to us, we have revised our outlook on the long-term rating to negative from stable," S&P said.

Even so, Austan Goolsbee, the top economist at the White House, downplayed S&P's move, telling CNBC on Monday it was a "political judgment" that "we don't agree with."

DoubleLine Chief Executive Jeffrey Gundlach said on Monday that the S&P warning "should serve as an effective cattle prod in pushing the politicians toward a program of spending cuts and tax increases."

"NOT THE END OF THE WORLD"

Some on Wall Street also downplayed the immediate impact.

"If a corporate entity had the same kind of unsustainable leverage problems, it would have been downgraded long ago," said Robert Bishop, chief investment officer of fixed income at SCM Advisors in San Francisco.

"But from the standpoint of the sovereign, being on outlook negative is not the end of world," he added. "Japan, for example, is a double-A credit."

S&P downgraded Japan's rating earlier this year for the first time since 2002, saying Tokyo had no plan to deal with its mounting debt burden.

But unlike the United States, Japan runs a budget surplus, with most outstanding debt held by domestic investors. That means the country need not depend on foreigners for financing.

Axel Merk, president of Merk Hard Currency Fund in Palo Alto, California, said Monday's warning was "a wake-up call that we need to do something in the U.S." S&P is "absolutely correct that this is something serious that needs to be addressed."

For PIMCO, the world's largest bond fund, the picture had become bleak enough to prompt it to announce in February it had sold all U.S. Treasuries in its $236 billion Total Return Fund..

Bill Gross, PIMCO's chief investment officer, said he expected interest rates to climb, the dollar to fall and the United States to lose eventually its AAA credit rating.

A top administration official Monday said S&P underestimated U.S. resolve to clean up its finances.

But the ratings agency said neither the White House nor Republican plan does enough to fix the shortfall, and the tension between the parties has cast doubt on whether they will be able to work together on a long-term solution.

"Looking at the gulf between the parties, it has never been wider than now," David Beers, S&P's global head of sovereign ratings, said on Monday. "It takes a lot of political will to bridge this gulf."

Last week, a U.S. congressional report last week blamed ratings companies such as S&P and Moody's Corp for triggering the financial crisis when they cut the inflated ratings they had applied to complex mortgage-backed securities.

George Feldenkreis, CEO of Perry Ellis International, said that casts doubt on S&P's outlook.

The ratings agency "does not have the intellect or systems to judge the ability of the U.S. economy or political system to resolve its issues of taxation and needed budget cuts," he said.

Moody's put some issues of U.S. Treasury debt on watch for a downgrade in 1996 when the White House and Congress failed to extend the government's debt ceiling.

The two sides are heading for a similar showdown over the $14.3 trillion legal borrowing limit, which will have to be extended within weeks.

SOURING ON THE DOLLAR

The U.S. debt burden has grown exponentially after a housing bubble burst in 2007 and set off a world financial crisis that toppled several Wall Street banks, drove up the jobless rate and thrust the global economy into recession.

Governments around the world were forced to increase public spending to prevent their economies from lurching into an even worse depression.

The tactics helped spark a recovery but left the United States and other advanced economies, which were hit hardest by the crisis, with staggeringly large debt burdens.

The U.S. dollar managed to rise on Monday, and traders said debt problems in Greece and other European countries were hurting the euro.

Even so, the greenback is down about 5 percent against major currencies in 2011, and record low interest rates together with the S&P move will do little to make it more attractive, said Kathy Lien, director of research at GFT.

"Even though I don't think an actual downgrade would occur, in this very sensitive or vulnerable time for the U.S. dollar, it's enough to spook investors from holding or buying U.S. dollars," she said.

(Additional reporting by Richard Leong, Jennifer Ablan, Herb Lash, Al Yoon, Dena Aubin, Wanfeng Zhou, Frank Tang and Emily Flitter; editing by Frank McGurty)

Love etc. Part IIIVXMXXX... etc

2011-04-03T21:05:00+02:00

Hello hello, this is Sunday evening here, France, 8pm, and I'm slightly drunk if you please, sorry, but I have some excuses/reasons/explanations for it that I won't necessarily go into for now.
Maybe later.
The most important part of this story is that I'm still able to spell quite properly even after three... no, two and a half rum-orange drinks/glasses/things.

I can still talk to the dog straight (it's a real dog/poodle to be precise here and not a shadowy one, I swear), and guess by his look/eyes that he wants a biscuit and not just water.
Well. This is all just supposed to be an awkward funny short little note.
So I'll do my best to keep it that way.
Lately here I've talked about love. And sex and politics and sewing.
But one crucial thing I neglected to mention (sorry), because I'm such a very descreet/modest (pudique, en français) person is that for the first time ever in my life ever, this year (lately), for the first time ever, yes I want this to be clear: for the very first time EVER, a man tells me that he loves me. Not just by mail, no, and he did not tell me that he-thought-that-he-was-in-love-but-sorry-that-was-a-mistake, nothing so evanescent, no, no he really does say it and stick to it. For the very fucking time ever in my 34 years long life.

For those who don't know, I'm 34, yes, thank you.
So imagine my ... errrrrrr.... what am I to say?
Imagine you're 34 and for the first time ever on a horse's back. Or on a camel's back. Or on the mooon. That will do well as well. Then, once there, what are you supposed to say/do/write/...?

Some people -- I've heard them well since they were speaking to me and we were alone the two of us -- some people told me very plainly that they think I'm evil/a bad person (for some of them (and some of them only) just two minutes after having given me a full "french kiss" and just two minutes before giving me a full second one). Some people said to my face/ear that I'm a personified freezer, that I turn everyone down, that I'm sly, dishonest, mean. Those people must be thinking right now: "Of course you've never been loved before: you're baaaaad!".

I know they probably think so...
But at least one man now thinks and FEELS and SAYS (and write long and well) otherwise and I'm grateful.

Sorry if this looks like a 15 years old teen's blog: I've some homework wayyy behind schedule.

I'm listening to the 16 Horsepower's "Olden" album (yeah! let's steal horses together!) if that can put things into perspective (I mean it's a rather serious grown up kind of music).

20:40pm - 3 rum-orange drinks/glasses/things so far.

Oh and I love him, by the way.
(But I'm so much more used to loving that to being loved... oh... Well. Let's go watch tv instead of writing stupid teen's kind of blog notes... Sorry...The poodle is dreaming/whimpering under my very chair right now, how sweeet!! )

”love”

2011-04-03T17:39:16+02:00

- Love makes the world go around

- The light of my light "Darling, you light up my light"

- She drives me crazy "I'm crazy about her"

- Failling in love "I'm falling in love with you"

- You are too good to be true "You're like a dream come true"

- Love at first sight

History

2011-02-28T02:19:00+01:00

Ouvrir cette page, y inscrire des mots en mode automatique , sans relire, pour garder du présent une trace, même fugace

lire et même relire les archives parfois mais sans se retourner et puis continuer à vivre, ressentir et avancer ou du moins essayer de faire que le pas suivant soit un pas en avant....

Voici pour moi un peu le résumé de la Vie en Z.

Tout a commencé avec des bougies, un avion, une envie de passer du temps dans ce là-bas et puis il y a eu mon voyageur, un retour à moi, le froid du réel et le chaleur de sa voix , les turbulences puis le brouillard qui enveloppe

Il y a eu des ombres et le temps qui patine ,use et pourtant fait qu'aujourd'hui l'autre existe toujours dans nos souvenirs qui s'ils ne sont pas communs auront tout fait pour etre particuliers.

J'aimerai tant connaitre des histoires sans fin qui ont le gout d'un dénouement heureux mais autour de moi seul le vide répond au silence

Love

2011-02-25T09:33:00+01:00

Février oblige, encore une carte sur le thème de l'amouuuur...

Encore une fois, je me suis beaucoup amusée à la faire, utilisant cette fois principalement une perfo coin et bordure d'Artémio... Le reste ? du papier rouge, un tampon love ancré en blanc et du ruban...

After Fox's `Idol,' CBS dominates TV ratings

2011-02-23T23:17:30+01:00

After Fox's "American Idol," the television landscape lately has become pretty clear: There's CBS, and there's everybody else.

The two versions of "Idol" last week were the most popular programs on TV, the only shows with more than 20 million viewers, the Nielsen Co. said Tuesday. The next 16 shows on Nielsen's list were all on CBS, including the premiere of Forest Whitaker's new drama, "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior." It had more viewers last week than the show it was spun off, "Criminal Minds."

Ten of those 16 programs were the genre that's in CBS' wheelhouse: crime or legal-oriented procedural dramas.

While last week may have included Valentine's Day, two new relationship-oriented comedies are struggling mightily out of the box. NBC's Thursday comedy "Perfect Couples" barely had more than 3 million viewers, while Fox's "Traffic Light" had 3.5 million viewers.

CBS averaged 11.2 million viewers for the week (6.8 rating, 12 share). Fox had 9.6 million (5.5, 9), ABC had 6.6 million (4.1, 7), NBC had 5.5 million (3.5, 6), the CW had 1.8 million (1.1, 2) and ION Television had 1.2 million (0.8, 1).

Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision led with a prime-time average of 3.7 million viewers (1.9 rating, 3 share). Telemundo had 1 million viewers and TeleFutura 930,000 (both 0.5, 1) and Azteca and Estrella both had 230,000 viewers (both 0.1, 0).

NBC's "Nightly News" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9 million viewers (5.8, 12). ABC's "World News" was second with 8 million (5.3, 11) and the "CBS Evening News" had 6.1 million viewers (4.1, 8).

A ratings point represents 1,159,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 115.9 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.

For the week of Feb. 14-20, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 23.2 million; "American Idol" (Thursday), Fox, 22.18 million; "NCIS," CBS, 19.4 million; "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 16.8 million; "The Mentalist," CBS, 15.01 million; "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 14.51 million; "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 13.29 million; "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior," CBS, 13.06 million; "Mike & Molly," CBS, 12.92 million; "Criminal Minds," CBS, 12.85 million.

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ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox and My Network TV are units of News Corp. NBC and Telemundo are owned by General Electric Co. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks. TeleFutura is a division of Univision. Azteca America is a wholly owned subsidiary of TV Azteca S.A. de C.V.

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POUR VOUS LES AMOUREUX !

2011-02-15T18:00:00+01:00

Salut !

Je ne vux pas vous laisser sur votre faim. Encore quelques mots doux ?

BONNE ECOUTE A TOUS !

JCLAVEAU

Joyeuse Saint Valentin !!!

2011-02-14T16:37:55+01:00

Joyeuse Saint Valentin

Voici le gâteau que j'ai fait cet après-midi , c'est un savoie coupé en 2 fourré à la crème vanille et nappé de chantilly . La crème rose c'est de la chantilly avec quelques gouttes de colorant alimentaire rouge .