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When I quit drugs and drinking, I found out I had chronic persistent hepatitis C. I’d contracted it in 1978 when I was 17. As the years went by, my chances increased for developing cirrhosis, liver cancer, or liver failure. I might even need a liver transplant. I’d heard about interferon and its brutal side effects, including suicidal depression. I had HCV (hepatitis C virus) because I’d been so depressed as a teen, I shot drugs and shared needles in hopes I’d croak.
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10 Facts About Japan: When Americans hear the word “Japan,” a mishmash of ideas pop into our heads — sushi and rice, manga and anime, kimonos and sumo wrestlers and Japan’s alphabet that looks like hieroglyphics in black brush strokes. We see mosaics in our minds of Samurai swords, origami, geisha robes and Mount Fuji, soba noodles, and oodles more. Here is a carefully compiled list of ten tantalizing and, well, weird aspects of Japanese culture that you probably never even thought of: – See more at: http://theblot.com/top-ten-most-bizarre-facts-about-japan/#sthash.RDyS9ly8.dpuf
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Top Ten Serial Killers Who Murdered Together: Alton Coleman and Debra Brown, David and Catherine Birnie, Faye and Ray Copeland, Fred and Rosemary West, Gerald and Charlene Gallego, Jens Söring and Elizabeth Haysom, Judith and Alvin Neelley, Michelle Michaud and James Daveggio, Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, Ricky Davis and Dena Riley
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Some online communication faux pas can alienate your audience and make your overall communication less effective, says New York City online communications consultant Dorri Olds. She has worked with hundreds of small businesses, helping them build web sites and master social media. Olds works to cure her clients of these afflictions.
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