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creative name calling
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Townie The Delicate Creampuff
Oct 29, 2004
The little sneak is hiding behind an anonymous name, He said he would never be incognito! He hates those who would not use their real name! His real name must be Tessie Townie I'll bet,
he has been quietly following the discourse and holding his tongue. Not very clever Duncan Donut
what a whizz!
-By Duncan Donut, following the discourse and holding his tongue
By hm,who could it be?
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accolades from peanut gallery
Townie In Mufti
Oct 27, 2004
Don't you recognize this little turd?Its townie a cup of tea and a creampuff how dainty,who else could it be?
He finally wen't underground completely,only the periscope feather is visible!
DMMs of this link make me sick (I actually am).you sure are a sick loonie
toon!
-By Biggest Mother Wins, A Lawyer In Every Pot,Behind Every Bush
By hm, who could it be?
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Tiny Antennas to Keep Tabs on U.
The Food and Drug Administration and several major drug makers are expected to announce an agreement today to put tiny radio antennas on the labels of millions of medicine bottles to combat counterfeiting and fraud.
Among the medicines that will soon be tagged are Viagra, one of the most counterfeited drugs in the world, and OxyContin, a pain-control narcotic that has become one of the most abused medicines in the United States. The tagged bottles - for now, only the large ones from which druggists get the pills to fill prescriptions - will start going to distributors this week, officials said.
Experts do not expect the technology to stop there. The adoption by the drug industry, they said in interviews, could be the leading edge of a change that will rid grocery stores of checkout lines, find lost luggage in airports, streamline warehousing and add a weapon in the battle against cargo theft.
''It's basically a bar code that barks,'' said one expert, Robin Koh, director of applications research at the Auto-ID Labs of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ''This technology is opening a whole series of opportunities to make supply chains more efficient and more secure.''
Wal-Mart and the Department of Defense have already mandated that their top 100 suppliers put the antennas on delivery pallets beginning in January. Radio tags on vehicles and passports could become a central tool in government efforts to create a database to track visitors to the United States. And companies are rushing to supply scanners, computer chips and other elements of the technology.
The labels are called radio-frequency identification. As in automated highway toll collection systems, they consist of computer chips embedded into stickers that emit numbers when prompted by a nearby radio signal. In a supermarket, they might enable a scanner to read every item in a shopping cart at once and spit out a bill in seconds, though the technology to do that is still some distance off.
For drug makers, radio labels hold the promise of cleaning up the wholesale distribution system, where most counterfeit drugs enter the supply chain - often through unscrupulous employees at the small wholesale companies that have proliferated in some states.
Initially, the expense of the system will be considerable. Each label costs 20 to 50 cents. The readers and scanners cost thousands of dollars.
But because the medicines tend to be very expensive and the need to ensure their authenticity is great, officials said, the expense is justified. Costs are still far too high for individual consumer goods,
By Several Major Drug Makers
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Let's Get The Job done
One of the fundamentals of life as combat soldiers is the buddy system. When one rests, the other is alert. It's a guarantee that someone is watching out for you.
While the war on terrorism has changed many things, it hasn't altered the Army's buddy system. But have you ever heard of a soldier whose combat buddy is his grandpa?
Sgt. Larry Bledsoe, 51, and his grandson Pfc. Richard Rutherford, 19, are ready to fight side by side along the Iraq/Iran border as members of Kingsport's Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 278th Regimental Combat Team.--- Grandfather, grandson head off to war in Iraq
On Thursday, the two marched in a parade and took part in a send-off ceremony at Camp Shelby, Miss., where the 278th has trained since June.
``I sort of hate it for him being young and going over,'' Bledsoe said. ``But in a way I'm glad he's with me. It really helps.''
Rutherford says his grandfather has done a good job of showing him the ropes, and he's more apt to ask him questions that others might label silly or stupid.
``It makes it a little bit more comfortable when you have family here, someone you love and that loves you,'' Rutherford said.
However, the situation is not so comfortable for his family back home.
Instead of worrying about one loved one, the family is now focused on two members of different generations in harm's way. For them, life is filled with constant worry and the awful decision of whether to watch the media's coverage of the war or to tune it out. It will only get worse when the 278th arrives in Iraq.
Bledsoe lives in Clinchport, Va., while Rutherford lives just over the Virginia state line outside Kingsport.
``I guess his mom took it (the deployment) the hardest,'' Bledsoe said. ``She cried like a baby. And it's worked on my son. He's missed us a bunch.''
Bledsoe said his wife has held up well for the most part. However, as the time to go overseas nears, the thought of losing her husband and grandson has taken a toll.
``I've tried to teach her to be independent over the years, and I think that helps,'' Bledsoe said. ``But this week, being the final send-off, it's been a bit tougher on everybody.''
One who doesn't seem worse for wear is Rutherford. Under the brim of a hat pulled down tightly, you can't miss a glint of enthusiasm in his eyes. He has a stoic look that says, ``I am a soldier. Let's get the job done.''
By Under the brim of a hat pulled d
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