SWEET SIXTEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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WILL DUKE AND CAROLINA COMPETE
 AGAINST EACH OTHER AGAIN????
THAT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING!!!!

Regional - Round 3 Final 1 2 T #7 Washington 45 38 83 #2 North Carolina 44 42 86 Preview | Boxscore | Recap  Leaders Washington North Carolina Points T. Ross 19 T. Zeller 23 Rebounds A. N'Diaye 11 J. Henson 10 Assists I. Thomas 8 K. Marshall 14

Regional - Round 3 Final 1 2 T #8 Michigan 33 38 71 #1 Duke 37 36 73 Preview | Boxscore | Recap  Leaders Michigan Duke Points D. Morris 16 N. Smith 24 Rebounds Z. Novak 5 K. Singler 8 Assists D. Morris 6 K. Singler 4

NEW E*TRADE Baby -- Solitary

TAKING CARE OF YOUR TATTOO

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Way Too Much Information About:
TATTOO AFTERCARE - HEALING TIPS

(1)  In 1 to 2 hours: Wash hands, remove bandage, hand wash tattoo with warm
  water & mild soap, rinse well, blot with a paper towel & let air dry about 5 minutes

(2)  Wipe on a small dab of the product of your choice - use just enough to make it
  shine & don't let it get greasy or wet (dab off any liquid).
*  I recommend auquaphor, plain A&D, triple antibiotic, bacatracin ointment,
  vitamin E, or eucerin cream.
*  Don't re-bandage the tattoo -your skin needs to breath.
*  Keep damn dirty fingers off! Always wash your hands before washing the tattoo.
(3)  For 4 days: Wash tattoo, let air dry 5 min & apply ointment at least twice a day.
*  Wash the tattoo anytime it starts to get crusty & wipe on a fresh dab of ointment.
*  Fresh tattoos weep excess ink the first few days- dab off any liquid, put old sheets
  on your bed & wear something like a soft dark t-shirt under work clothes.

(4)  5th day: Stop using ointment! Your tattoo should have some light flakey scabs
  like a minor scrape or scratch -keep it clean and let it peel.
*   It's ok to use a little unscented lotion to moisturize while peeling.
*  Don't pick, scratch, or rub. No soaking, swimming, or direct sun/wind for 2 weeks!
*  Questions or problems? -Ask your artist

*  It can take longer than two weeks for the tattoo to finish peeling.
*  Tattoos should be completely healed within 6 weeks.*  Never use ointments for more than 4 days or put ointment on scabs
  -a dry, scabby tattoo is better than a smothered, soggy tattoo that never heals and
  stays open to infection
*  Eat well, get rest, and let your skin heal itself
*  Itching is normal during healing -a couple of light slaps will help
*  Avoid ointments/salves/lotions that contain sunblock, aloe, itch/pain-relief, or  
  scar reducing ingredients... they usually cause irritaton or have bleaching agents
*  Wash off and stop using any soaps, ointments, or lotions that cause burning or
  irritation. A tattoo can be healed dry without products.
*  Be aware of your fresh tattoo and your environment during the first four days of healing
You don't have to be totally paranoid -just remember soap and water are your friends.* Always wash your hands before touching your tattoo
* Don't let other people touch your fresh tattoo
* Be cautious about surfaces in public places (bars, restraunts, gyms, hospitals)* Don't put your finger in your nose & then touch your tattoo.
* Watch out for acrylic fingernails -they hold lots of bacteria.
Being careful and washing frequently can save you a trip to the doctor for an antibiotic.

RADIATION REACHES CALIFORNIA???

CA officials say no radiation threat detected

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An employee weighs the last bottles of ground kelp at Nature Mart Inc. in Los Angeles, after a run on iodine cleaned out the store's supply and ran up hundreds of phone call requests Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Japan's nuclear crisis is spiking demand in the U.S. for potassium iodide that can protect against one type of radiation damage, even though the risk is only in Japan.

LOS ANGELES — Air pollution regulators in Southern California say they have not detected increased levels of radiation from the damaged Japanese nuclear reactors.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District said Friday radiation measured at its three sites are not higher than typical levels.
The agency's monitors are part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's network of more than 100 sensors across the nation that track radiation levels every hour.

CHILD ABUSE?????????? MAYBE, MAYBE NOT!

Mom forces son to stand on street for bad grades

TAMPA, Fla. — Wearing a sign around his neck that read, "Honk if I need an education," 15-year-old James Mond III stood for nearly four hours on a Tampa, Fla., street corner.
Fed up with his bad grades, his mother sent him there hoping to teach him a lesson about the importance of an education.
Ronda Holder never finished high school and doesn't want the same for her son.
So she sent him out Wednesday with a sign telling the world about his 1.22 GPA.
His middle school has since enrolled him in after-school tutoring.
The Department of Children and Families is investigating whether the incident might be a form of maltreatment.
Holder says she doesn't care about the critics. She wants her son to have an education.
Plenty of people honked.

GO BUSCH GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Busch wins at Bristol, again

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Nationwide Series driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (6) leads the field to the start of the Nationwide NASCAR race at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tn., Saturday March 19, 2011.

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Busch continued his march through NASCAR's record books with yet another victory at Bristol Motor Speedway.
His dominating win Saturday was the 46th of his career in the second-tier Nationwide Series, which puts him three back from tying Mark Martin's record. But in leading 266 of the 300 laps, he became the first driver in series history to lead more than 10,000 laps.
Busch has led a total of 10,035 laps in the Nationwide Series.
And at Bristol? His win Saturday was his 10th spanning all three of NASCAR's national series, and he's led a whopping 2,349 laps on the Tennessee bullring.
"Nobody gets around this place better than he does," crew chief Jason Ratcliffe said.
Busch has won the last four races at Bristol, dating back to August when he had a three-race weekend sweep. He's got four career Bristol wins in the elite Sprint Cup Series, three in Nationwide and three in the Truck Series.
The Nationwide win moved him closer in his pursuit of Martin's all-time mark. Martin grabbed a win two weeks ago in Las Vegas, but conceded that Busch would break the mark by this summer. Busch said Martin probably texted him immediately after the race in what's become good-natured ribbing between the two.
"Mark and I have a little fun egging it on," he said. "He told me after Las Vegas time is on my side, not his side."
Kasey Kahne finished second and was followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Elliott Sadler and Joey Logano. Kevin Harvick was sixth, Carl Edwards seventh and Jason Leffler, Brad Keselowski and Aric Almirola rounded out the top 10.
As Busch pulled away from the field, the real drama was back in traffic and even in the garage.

ILLEGAL!!!!!!

Why Arizona is Retreating on its Immigration Law

In a stunning turnaround, Arizona Republicans killed 5 of the state's notorious immigration laws. Terry Greene Sterling obtains a report showing deportations pummeling the local economy.
In a surprise St. Patrick's Day coup, conservative Republican senators in Arizona slapped down five harsh immigration laws that aimed to deny state birth certificates to babies born to unauthorized immigrants, turn school teachers and hospital workers into immigration enforcers, prohibit undocumented immigrants from attending college, and criminalize them for driving.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Arizona's Latest Legal Outrage
The roundly defeated measures signal that Arizona is ticking slightly towards the right-center. And, like many states that have rejected immigration measures this year, is beginning to recognize that immigration-crackdown laws can derail already fragile economic recoveries.
An embargoed report obtained by The Daily Beast details how deporting all of Arizona's unauthorized immigrants would spell disaster for the already stressed economy. Not only would 17 percent of jobs vanish statewide, the liberal Center for American Progress and the Immigration Policy Center say, but ousting all of Arizona's undocumented migrants could  "shrink the state economy by $48.8 billion."
Even so, ridding Arizona of its 400,000 or so "illegals" has long been the stated goal of  Russell Pearce, the temperamental Tea Partier with a reputation for bullying who ascended to the presidency of the state senate after sponsoring SB 1070, Arizona's notorious immigration law that makes it a crime for unauthorized migrants to set foot in the Grand Canyon State. (Parts of the law have been temporarily stayed by a federal judge.)
The passage of SB 1070 last spring sparked a successful wave of ongoing boycotts against the state, says boycott organizer and former Arizona senate minority leader Alfredo Gutierrez. The success of the boycotts, he says, are partly due to the simple fact that it was an easy sell -- Americans were "repulsed by the orgy of hate" in his home state. He notes that the state's hospitality industry took a documented $150 million hit in cancelled convention and hotel reservations.
"I don't think this was an epiphany of justice and understanding," Gutierrez says of the senate trouncing of the five bills favored by Pearce and immigration hardliners, "this was about economic impact."
The Arizona Chamber of Commerce acknowledged the negative effects of the Latino-led boycott in a letter on its website yesterday. And in a St. Pat's Day letter to Pearce, Arizona's biggest employers said they'd felt the boycott sting, and they'd had enough.
"I don't think this was an epiphany of justice and understanding, this was about economic impact."