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Wed Locally

2009-06-05T10:58:00.000-07:00

In this article, “Think Globally, Wed Locally; How one Calgary couple applied the rigours of 100 Mile Diet to the happiest day of their lives” the writer talks about a locally grown dinner for a wedding. The bride’s father invites his family and friends to his daughter’s wedding, and asks them to bring local food. All the food was from their farms. They made diet food with no salt and pepper. And they enjoyed an outdoor wedding ceremony. The writer thinks that every wedding ceremony should include local food like what was happened in the past.

Have you ever been to a marriage ceremony where you didn’t like the food? Have you ever thought about how much money it takes for food to be creditable? Hosts always want their wedding be special, so they think food is one of the interesting things on this night. And they try to find a good chef to cook fantastic dishes. I had never heard about people who cook their wedding food by themselves or got help from their friends but I think if that happens it will be a nice way to get special food; they will cook which ever dishes their family and friends prefer, and the food cost will be only the cost of having the chef.

If you are one of those people who always want to do unique things, you will prefer to make your wedding with local food. It is uncommon in several cultures and I think people usually try to do strange things on this day to make their guests never forget it. The distinction is not just in the idea or in the food but also it’s in the food taste. I think that what we cook in our recipe is more delicious than what chefs do, even if they are wonderful cooks. People are more comfortable with homemade and they will compete with each other to cook delicious food.

When you invite people for your wedding, you want them to like your food and eat it. Chefs haven’t known about what your guest’s favorite food. They will cook what they think is good, but your guests might not like it. If you make it locally, you will care about what they prefer and what will surprise them when they eat it. They will find fantastic dishes with good qualities.

Some people bring their wedding chef from another big city to cook their food and be proud of them service. You can do that, but you will give all your money to them and lend more. I know the chef will care about every thing and you will find time to care about other things in the ceremony. But losing your money because of this chef will deprive you of spending a nice and long honeymoon. So, special homemade food with losing less money is a wonderful idea.

Really, making our own wedding food is a special thing we will do. Not everyone will get this idea or be able to do it because it is hard but we will get unique food, and our guests will like this food by home recipes. Also, the most important thing, this idea will help us to keep much money to enjoy in the honeymoon. Cooking local food by your family or friends is the best way to do a special wedding ceremony.

References:

Bottecher, S. Think Globally, Wed Locally; How one Calgary couple applied the rigours of 100 Mile Diet to the happiest day of their lives (2008, September, 15) Inter press service. Retrieved June, 01, 2009 from LexisNexis
Callaghan, R. Hical Eating (2008,Jan 29) Inter press service. Retrieved June 01,2009, from LexisNexis.
Farnsworth, A. Eat local-even in Winter (2009,March, 04) Inter press service. Retrieved June, 01, 2009 from LexisNexis.
Filar, M. Eat from your backyard; Food grown locally is good for you and Mother Nature (2008. October, 22) Inter press service. Retrieved June, 1, 2009 from LexisNexis
Sedlak. A. Think globally, eats locally (2008, Oct, 31) Inter press service. Retrieved June 01, 2009 from LexisNexis
Turner, R. Buy locally (2009, April, 09) Inter press service. Retrieved June, 1, 2009 from LexisNexis

Eat Locally

2009-06-02T12:55:00.000-07:00

In this article ”Digging into local fare; Verities chef helps good things grow—then he cooks ‘em,” the writer talks about a good chef who he supports local foods. He thinks that we should get food from our own farm or buy it from another farm to get healthy food. Also, he thinks that if we care about our education, we should also care about our food. He mentions that he doesn’t say that just to get healthy food but also we can freeze it and make jam or pickles. Long, who is a chef, suggest that we should looking for the food value, where our food grows and how to be sure our food doesn’t have any chemical substances.

Did you feel angry or frustrated when you bought vegetables or fruits from a grocery store and you can’t use them, because they were old or chilled for a long time? You probably lost a lot of your money. Now that is over. You can have your favorite fruits and vegetables, take care of them until they grow up and enjoy them when you eat. Otherwise, you can buy them from any farm, which are cheaper than what the store has. I think getting fare in these ways has many benefits. For example, you will eat healthy food with less chemical substances, save your money and keep extra food to use it any time.

The last several years, news and people have talked a lot about organic and chemical food. Of course, we need organic food, which is healthier, and has good taste. You will find that just on the farm. And you can protect yourself and your family from chemical’s bad effects.

Eating local food will help us save money, because most of our money will go if we buy food then we find it not fresh or have a bad taste. So, when we keep it in our refrigerator, it will rot fast. For that, if you want get food which is fresh, has a good look, and a good smell, stays for a long time and is cheap, you should get it from a farm. Farmers always sell their products at low prices because they don’t have a store and they never need a refrigerator to keep food in it.

People who have farms usually have extra food. So, they make it in different ways to stay for long time, for example, jam or pickles. Also, they freeze it. It is easy to do that and you will find food anytime when you need it. Also, when you make it to stay for long time, you know how you make it and you will be sure that there isn’t any kind of chemicals inside it.

In conclusion, making your own food from your own farm has good benefits for you and your family. You will be sure that you eat healthy food with less chemical substances, it is cheaper and you can keep extra food for a long time. So, you will have a different kind of good food and your money. I think if you try this way, you will never go back to buying bad food from any store.

References:
Larose, L (2009,January. 7) Digging into local fare; Verities chef helps good things grow—then he cook’ em. Inter Press Service, Retrieved May 28, 2009, from ttp://www.lexisnexis.com:80/us/lnacademic/returnTo.do?returnToKey=20_T6686772747

Ozone layer will damage our life

2009-05-26T13:00:00.000-07:00

In the article ” Climate Change” the writer discusses the fact that with damaged ozone layer, we will get lots of problems, such as skin cancer and worse weather. So all countries around the world should make rules to keep our environment clean. Also, the writer mentioned that the United States and Canada made a good protocol to rescue the ozone layer. But if people don’t follow this protocol the ozone layer will be damaged in 2050. And that will affect people, animals and plants. In 2009, most countries in the world will meet to discuss the global pollution and find some ways to solve these problems.

Did you hear your grandmother or grandfather talk about unusual environment problems? I don't think they met lots of people who suffered with medical diseases as skin cancer, people who were worried about changes in the weather every year, or their farm having no plants. That is what has happened to our life, because the ozone layer is being destroyed.

The last several years, lots of people have begun to suffer with different kinds of skin medical problems, especially with skin cancer, which is the hardest kind of problems. The researchers have found the biggest reason that makes people get skin cancer is when they are exposed to the sun when they swim or relax at the sea. So, they advise that if people want to enjoy themselves under the sun, they should choose a good time when the sun is not too hot and put some special lotion on their bodies to protect them. People should know how ultraviolet radiation would harm their skin.

Year after year, the weather is changing to the worst situation. When the ozone layer is starting to be destroyed, the temperature also starts to change. Most of the frozen areas such as Antarctica are losing their ice mountains because the weather has become hot there and the ice has melted. Also, a lot of cities around the world have been damaged because of hurricanes or tornados, or earthquakes. And the scientists think that if the ozone layer is damaged more of the earth will get hard changes and problems everywhere.

One of the hard problems that happen because the ozone layer is lost happens to the plants. A lot of farms are becoming poor because plants are dying. The scientists try to help these farms but they couldn’t. The plants need the sunshine, but the sun harms them. Plants are losing their elements, which make them a live and grow up. The scientists try to find different way to keep plants such as plants in a protected area but it is a very expensive way.

We have never thought that the soft ozone layer is important to save our earth. But now everyone realizes that, and all our countries’ governments educate us about what we would suffer with if we make the ozone layer damaged. We might get skin cancer, lots of hot and hard weather with lot of hurricanes, and we might lose the plants and be unable to find good vegetables. We should as people live on this world, and help our countries to protect the ozone layer by following their protection protocol.

Reference:

Leahy, S. (2009, Sep. 16) Climate change: Chemical lobby weakening ozone treaty. Inter Press Service. Retrieved May 19, 2009, fromhttp://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43888

Psychology!!

2009-04-27T12:03:00.000-07:00

My major is clinical psychology. When I was sixteen years old, I found a big book which is about psychology. I spended three months to read it. It was so interesting to me. After that I was being more interesting about people’s personalities, and psychological disorders. Then, I dicided that I will study about psychology. During my college years, I started to change my personality to the best. And I helped some of my friends and my family members with their personalities problems or any disorder such as, panic attake, anixity and family problems. I had have a dream. In some day I will travel to complet my education in psychology. After I graduate, I worked at a hospital. It was so amazing time but I never forgot my dream. I belive if I study more and work more in my major, that will let me the best psychologist in my city. And I will help people to solve their problems and get a great life. Now I will start my master degree after a few months. Then, my dream will be reall.

Crab

2009-04-21T15:25:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I like to try different kinds of food that are uncommon to me. Last weekend I went with my kids to chinese restaurant at Marion. It had has many kind of deshes. Most of them I never tried them befor. One of them was crab legs. I wanted try it but I was worry about it test. May be I don't like it then It will make me disgusted. Then I won't like all the food and leave this restaurant. I pushed my self many times to get one. When I took the crab leg, I couldn't know how I can eat it. I asked the waiter and he said, "you shoud use leg breaker and you can find it clous to the crab dish". Even if it hard to break it, but really I liked it taste. I t was so delicious. And I asked my kids to try it, but they said," no way MoM". It madE them scared and feel disgust. It was a first time which I ate someting strange to me.And I took this pictuer to show you my new best dish.

Kids' Emotions in Play Therapy

2009-04-17T08:33:00.000-07:00

CESL

My Life!!

2009-04-15T14:59:00.000-07:00

I’m a mix funny and serious person. I really don’t like to talk about what I’m. I prefer to know what people think about me. In my life I met lots of good people. And I have a good relation ship with them. So, I try to be a good person that every one trusts me. I try to do what will reflex my morals. Also, I want to do any thing that will be beneficent for long time for my kids, my family and other people. Then, if I die, they will never forget me. And my kid’s will proud of me. I think also they will follow my life method. I believe that I will get a wonderful life in heaven. But what are sad for me is my kids, my parents and my sisters because I know they will miss me a lot. And they will miss my support, which is so important for them. So, I try to give them all my love, my support and my life. Finally, I think this paragraph will be one of things that make my family never forget me.

Saudi Stereotype

2009-04-15T10:06:00.000-07:00

Each country has special stereotypes. Usually they come from their cultures. In my country we have also stereotypes. Some of them are good but some are not. Our parents encourage us to being away from any stereotype which will effect our believe or moral. The last Ten years all Saudi guys: boys and girls were wearing clothes that write on it some English words. We really like them but our parents were worry about what those words mean. Now, some Saudi designer are start make something special. It is a new style. They make T-shirts and write some words on them by Arabic language. All those words have good meaning and encourage guys to do good things and keep their morals. In my picture, which I add it here, the word on the shirt means, “I’m Saudi”. It means I’m proud of my country. I realy like it and I will wear one some day.

Saudi Flag

2009-03-30T13:00:00.000-07:00

Saudi Arabia Flag has a rectangular shape. It is a green flag. The green color means the outgrowth and munificence. And it has words in the center. This words mean there is one God and Mohammad is the messenger of Allah. Also, Saudi Flag has logo. It contains of saber. And it means of the strenghth. Saudi Flag doesn't strike during the mourning as what other countries do because it has a name of God.It is kind of respect and reverence of our God.

CESL Events

2009-03-02T14:16:00.000-08:00

I started study in CESL in Janeuary, 2008. Until now, I enjoy to study there. Also, I remember many amazing events that happened to me such as, improve my English, meet lots of international and Americans friends, and get good experiences. But I still memories the bad thing that I was suffering with it for at least five months. I was studying in the same level for three times because of low TOEFL score. I know that is important to pass CESL levels. But still hard to stay get same skills. During this months I felt down and I couldn’t enjoyed in my classes. After that I could pass and refresh my powerful to study. And can learn from this bad experience.

The Fear of Fear Itself

2009-02-27T07:28:00.000-08:00

Preference:
Saxbe, D. (2005,Nov/Dec). The Fear of Fear Itself. Psychology Today. Last Retrieved Feb 18, 2009, from http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-3930.html

Summary:
In this article, “The Fear of Fear Itself,” the author discusses that most of the people around the world feel sometimes, as if they couldn’t breathe well with fast heartbeat. They usually thought that it is a panic attack, but that as not the truth. Panic attack is a sudden feeling such as fast heart beat, nausea and vertigo. It is different from person to person. Panic happens because there is a problem in the brain. Also, the person is under stress. Some of them have a family history. So, they should get a doctor’s diagnosis and start with medical therapy, or cognitive-behavioral therapy, and work with themselves to cope with it.

Reaction:
Because my major is Psychology, I have a good experience with panic attacks. Most of the people when they came to my clinic thought they would die, and they were very anxious. I started with them to understand what panic attacks were, and what they were feeling? We need to work a lot to change their opinion about what they are feeling. Also, I usually work with psychiatry because they need anti depressants.

When I was a junior, my uncle was suffering with some panic symptoms and he thought it is a panic. He visited many heart doctors but all of them told him that it was nothing and his heart was good. I recommended that he to visit a psychiatrist and after that he knew what had happened and felt better.

I agree with this article that people who suffer from panic should fight depression with cognitive- behavior therapy. Some of them have bad ideas about medicine. But we can work with them to change it as much as possible. Also, people who follow our rules usually finished with these symptoms and they can live with no anxiety anymore.

Hard to Decide

2009-02-23T04:32:00.000-08:00

Decide to travil to Amirica that was a most anixity thing happen to me. I had a dream to study in United States. so, I spended all my life try to make it reall. When my govermant gave me this chance to compleat my education I took long time to decided if I will go or not. The hard thing was how I can live away from my family. Also, they felt sad as me. I want come and it is my only chance. But, I will miss my family and everything In my country. I thinking alot and I made compaer bettwen what I will get if I travil and What I will lose. Finally, I decide that study to Amirica will help me to improve in my majore and my work.And I came.

Valentine's Day.

2009-02-16T14:41:00.000-08:00

In my country, we didn’t celebrate in Valentine’s Day in the past because it is not a Saudi culture, so I had never celebrated when I was child. But the last ten years some of Saudi guys start to celebrate: give their lover or parents a nice gift. I received two wonderful cards from my kids and my friend who lives in Boston sanded flowers to me. Every thing was surprised to me because I didn’t expect that I would get something in this day. I was so happy and called my friend to say thanks for her feeling. Then, I took my kids to got lunch out side and enjoyed with them. It was a wonderful day and I will never forget it.

Blueprints for the Disorganized Child

2009-02-11T06:28:00.000-08:00

Preference:

Carrera M. (2005,Oct.18). Blueprints for the Disorganized Child. Psychology Today Last Retrieved Feb 4, 2009, from http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-3907.html.

Summary:

In this article, “Blueprints for the Disorganized Child” the author discusses how parents are suffering with their disorganized kids. She gave an example of parent who her kid is very unordered and his back bag usually is dirty. She tried a lot to teach him how make it and everything he uses is clean, but he couldn’t understand and still does everything with aimless nature. Then the writer gave some keys to help us discover whethere our kids have this problem. Also she gave us some ways to help them to be more organized.

Reaction:

Because my major is psychology, I discuss this situation with a lot of parents, and I see how they are suffering with them especially when they are very organized people and tried many ways to change their kids’ customs. My advice to them was: talk with them as a friend, make a series of deals, then use a punishment and reward technique. Try to be a good model for them, so change yourself first. Some parents could not succeed to change their kids randomness because they lost their patience.

I agree with the author’s Idea that kids need their parents’ support, and they should try to pass this problem. In my experience with my kids, they were so ordered when we were in Saudi Arabia. But they changed a little bit while we came to America. I thought a lot about why that happened, then I found that because I am so busy, so sometimes I couldn’t care about everything they did such as their backbag or their room, but they are still good boys; they understand that is very bad, so they try a lot to be more organized

My Hometown

2009-02-08T23:13:00.000-08:00

My hometown is the second Islamic city on the world. Its name is Almadinah. It has a prophet Mohammad Mosque that is what all the Muslims around the world want to visit it and pray in this mosque. Prophet Mohammad Mosque is able to capacitance more than tow millions prayer on the same time. Also, it has a wonderful architectural design from inside and outside, also it has ten towers, it calls”Manarah” and green dome. Underneath this mousq, there is a huge conditioner system. I hope all American people know about it and I think if any American sees pictures or reads more about my hometown he/she will surprised because most of American people hadn’t been know about it ,also they have wrong information about Islam and Islamic city .They think it is a lagging city, but this is wrong ,it is so modern and renewd city.

Am I Normal?

2009-01-26T08:29:00.000-08:00

Reference:

Murphy Paul, A. (2005, Mar/Apr). Am I Normal? Psychology Today. Last Retrieved Jan 24, 2009, from
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-3707.html

Summary:

In this article,” Am I Normal”, the writer discusses the fact that some people have some personality disorder traits. Some of them are very sensitive, and want to get the attention of people around them in their family or job. When we communicate with them, we will think those are un normal. The writer gave an example of a lady who was suffering with her associates' work. She had a histrionic personality: sensitive, impulsive and wanting to get all the people’s attention. She had many problems with people, then she got thrown out of her job. She was depressed. When she visited a psychologist, she learned that she had a personality disorder. There are many like her. The result of some survey is one to seven people have a personality disorder. We think that some of our behaviors are normal, but the fact that just the psychologist will diagnose it is not normal.

Reaction:

My major is a psychology, so I'm really interested in reading about our personality and knowing what is normal and what is not. I like to know a lot about people’s personality and how I can have good communication with them if they are suffering with some kind of abnormal behavior.

I already know about this information and I have good experience with how I can diagnose the personalities. I worked in a hospital, as a psychologist with my supervisor. I worked with a lot of patients: adults and kids. Also I did many personality tests and I.Q tests. I agree with the writer, because I had a lot of patients who were suffering with their personalities. Some of them spent their lives with many jobs and communication problems, but they never knew why that happened with them. In addition, their families also felt bad because they couldn't get a good way to help them or understand their strange behaviors. When I tried to help them it was very hard, because I had to work with their personality traits not with their behaviors.

In my country, we can see some of them in our family or in work and people usually thought they are crazy people, but that is not true, so I have to let those people know what these personalities are and what they feel and why they do this. Also some media try to change people’s impression about them and I hope that helps those people to feel comfortable with society.

My best friend

2009-01-26T06:50:00.000-08:00

My Best Friend

Sarah is my best friend. She is from Saudi Arabia. I met her online before tow years ago. We know each other just by our picture, we never meet until now. She is studying now in Colorado State. Sarah has a sweet heart, any one know her want to connect with her forever. She gave me a good advice when I came to U.S.A because she came before me and she got a good experience. We feel as we know each other when we were kids. We have something call a spirit language because I get feeling about Sarah sometimes and when I call her I find her has a trouble and that happened with her also. We have a convenience and can understand one another. We have planned to travel to some states on summer vacation, I think it will be a nice vacation and will get a good time together. I usually said" Sarah I'm really love you, you are as my sister and I will ever never forget you. I want do anything to keep a wonderful relationship with you. And thank you my heart for all your support ".

France to crack down on “pro-anorexia” Web Sites

2008-10-07T14:55:00.000-07:00

France to crack down on “pro-anorexia” Web Sites

In ”France to crack down on “pro-anorexia” Web Sites” the reporter, James Mackenzie said, the franch government wants to have control of web sites that support women and girls to stop eating to get beautiful bodies. They teach them how they can say untruth information to the doctors when they asked them about their food. That’s what Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot talks about, and she talks about how her country’s law will stop those people. The law suggests putting those people in jail; they will spend two years, and also be fined $47,450. Then it will be increased to 3 years if anyone is killed by anorexia. Health experts say this problem will increase because there is a lot of uncontrolled advertising for food or bad exercise. We know about this problem after a Brazilian model died of anorexia. The fashion industry tried to make new rules; any model that has an unhealthy bodies can’t start working with them. That is what the French government liked but it didn’t impose the law.

Http://WWW.reuters.com/articlePrint? Articled

Color Associations

2008-10-07T14:35:00.001-07:00

Color Associations

Each color has a different meaning from culture to culture. I met a blind girl last year. She asked me, "What is strawberry color?" I said, "It is red". "What does red mean?" she asked. "It means love, power, and activity,” I said. She was sad and said, “because I can't see colors I can't feel life". She never learned that colors have different meaning that depends on culture. What is intended for me for love is intended for another person for blood or fear. In my country, Saudi Arabia people have different meanings for color. I can divide colors into three kinds. Warm or fiery colors are red, yellow and orange. Natural or cool colors are green, blue and brown. Neutrality colors are white, black and gray.

The first kind is warm or fiery colors. In my country usually most of women like those colors, for example, clothes, shoes or furniture, but men don't like them except some teenagers. Red mean love, activity, bravery, sensitivity, power and confidence. I really love those colors; when I use or see it I feel powerful.

The second kind is natural or cool colors, green, blue and brown. They are taking their meaning from nature. Green means growth, success, peace and quietude. Also, it is my country flag's color. I love green. Always I believe that give a successful feeling and me confidence and I really got what I want. Blue is implying the sea. It means relaxation, serenity and deepness. In my country boys usually like this color. Brown color takes it meaning from the earth, sand and mountains. It means the ability to keep traditional things, like culture, customs and family.

The third kind is neutral colors, like white, black and gray. These colors are important colors in my country. The white color is a symbol of happiness, innocence and peace. If any woman wants to get married, she is always wearing a white dress in her wedding party. Also, Saudi men usually are wearing white clothes. It is a traditional color for men. In addition, when all Muslims are going to The Hajj, they should wear white clothes. I like this color; I feel like a baby when I'm wearing it. Also I like black color. It is an elegant color. Most Saudi women wear black clothes in the party. Some Saudi families have different meanings for white and black color. They mean life and death.

In conclusion, colors are important to feel life. They have different a meaning from culture to culture. Some colors help people to feel in love, powerful, and activity. And some help people to relax, succeed and have quietude. But some colors mean life and death, happiness and sadness. In my opinion, any color has positive and negative effect, but it depends from one person to another.

The Arts

2008-10-07T13:56:00.000-07:00

Art is an important way to help artist to send constructive messages to people. Also, it appeals to us to enjoy a wonderful painting, sculpture or drawing. I like to meditate on any kind of art. I always search for what the artist wants to say and why. The best kinds of art for me are realist painting, drawing on glass and caricature drawing.

First, realist painting has a special expressive method. The artist uses it to show daily life. I like this kind of art because it can transmit real life and treat it. I love all paintings by an Arabian artist. His name is Aiman Almalky. When I saw his paintings I was really surprised. Each one looked like a real picture. He draws the specific details; clothes, raveling, colors, furrowed face, etc. He wants all the people to know about the poor people’s life. He has wonderful paintings. I invite you to see them.

Second, glass painting is a kind of art. It helps people to transform the old or cheap glass into a masterpiece. The artist can paint on a cup, dish, vase or windows. It require a special kind of colors. When I studied in the intermediate school, I painted a kind of bird on the glass. It was beautiful.

Third, I like the caricature drawing. In the past, people thought caricature was drawing for fun and laughs but this idea is finished. It has become more influential and expressive about real life than pen drawing. It can send a message to change our society for the best. For example, most of caricature drawing discussed the poor people’s life by caricature that encouraged people to help them.

In conclusion, each kind of art has a good message for people and society. I can't draw, but I can enjoy, criticize and benefit from arts message. I love any kind of art but I prefer realist art, caricature and drawing on glass.

Making Them Work for Us

2008-10-02T08:01:00.000-07:00

In the article "Dreams: making them work for us," the author states that people can survive better because of dreams. Joseph had bad dreams many nights in a week. His dream usually affected his life. He felt tired and couldn’t work. Dr. Kramer finds a lot of dreams have messages for people to help them and he believes that understanding dream helps to make it better. And the researchers have many steps to remember the dreams. Also, Dr, Cartwright has steps to change a dream and control the bad part of it. The author believes that following dream therapy will help to change the bad dream. In concluding, the author’s opinion is that people can improve their lives with dreams because most of our dreams connect important messages.

Lucid Dream

2008-09-29T06:55:00.000-07:00

We can dream and control our dreams. That is what mr. Hartmann wants to explain in "Lucid Dream."Lucid dream means, I can dream when I'm aware and can have control of anything around me, for example, places, color, time and moving as I like. Then, mr. Hartmann writes about Stephen Laberge's technique. It is called MILD technique. That means, you can sleep and dream, then, if you like your dream you can come back and complete it with more lucidity. Also, you can practice doing better and better every time and get more enjoyment.

2008-09-25T08:33:00.000-07:00