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I think children in the age range of 2 to 4 are pretty fun to shop for: they like things that are too advanced for babies, but they still find wonder and excitement in opening up a toy.
Here is a list of my top 10 gifts to buy for a child who is 2 to 4 years old!
Top 10 Gifts for a 2-4 Year Old:
Disney Leap n' Roar Kion
currently on Amazon for $24.99
This stuffed lion is based off the Disney Junior show The Lion Guard. Kion will roar when you wave your hand in front of his nose and leap when you push down on his legs. He also says a bunch of his signature phrases!
ABC Mouse
$7.95 per month
ABC Mouse is an educational website that's geared toward children ages 2-7. It includes an online curriculum in reading, math, science, and art. The best part for your child is that it seems like a super fun game, so they're playing and learning at the same time (and this website has great reviews). You can sign-up for a 30-day free trial, too.
Hasbro Love 2 Learn Elmo
currently on Amazon for $39.99
Elmo is basically a hot toy every year. This Elmo is neat because he connects to the Love2Learn Elmo app and parents can program Elmo to refer to the child by name. He also has more than 350 responses and sings songs.
Hasbro Baby Alive Twinkles n' Tinkles Doll
currently on Amazon for $29.99
I had a Baby Alive doll when I was young! Of course they are a lot different now, but it's fun that this doll is still a popular toy. This doll's diaper lights up when she needs changing, she talks, and she includes accessories.
B. Toys Bouncy Boing Hankypants Hippo
retails for $29.99
I think I'm too big to play on this, but it looks super fun. This hippo inflates to become a bouncing ride-on toy! It bounces when your child bounces and can be quickly inflated (the air pump is included).
American Plastic Toys Dump Truck
currently on Amazon for $13.99
A good vehicle toy is always a classic. This dump truck includes a 12″ dump bed and knobby wheels. It's perfect for rolling around the house or taking on the yard outside!
Fisher-Price Little People Disney Princess Palace
currently on Amazon for $18.90
I know a lot of little girls who would be thrilled to get this palace for Christmas. This highly-rated toy includes spots that twirl to make the figures dance, plays songs, and includes Belle, Cinderella, and Belle's prince.
Mega Bloks Big Building Bag, 60-Piece
currently on Amazon for $18.09
Encourage hands-on play with this big set of blocks! This Mega Bloks set includes 60 big-sized building blocks and also includes a zippable bag for easy clean-up and storage.
Play-Doh Dough & Sets
prices vary, but are around $10-$15
Anything Play-Doh related is fun to a 2 to 4 year old! You could get them a big pack of assorted colors to squish around and encourage motor skill development. And the play sets include accessories that are great for pretend play and creativity.
My kids have always loved books from the time they were tiny babies. Books encourage language development and reading skills (and a child's personal library can never really be too big). Here are a few of my favorites:
Tails by Matthew Van Fleet
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
Doggies by Sandra Boynton
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Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1890
Photograph of the interior of Cave VII at Nadsur, taken by Henry Cousens in the 1890s. The caves at Nadsur, located in western Maharashtra, are part of the earliest phase of rock cut architecture in India. The complex consist of a series of viharas, where monks would have once lived, and a simple unadorned Chaitya. The chaitya would have functioned as a Buddhist place of worship, with a hemispherical monument or a stupa at one end. In his account of 1891 Cousens wrote about Nadsur: "No. 7 is the most important cave in the whole group, and it also the largest...Around the three sides of this cave are cells with a bench in each, and each is provided with a small lattice window. In the south wall are three cells, in the west or back wall four, and in the north wall one. Around the three sides of the cave, and before the cell doorway, runs a low bench...The whole of the back wall, with parts of the north and south wall, are decorated with the Buddhist rail, arch, and other mouldings, with figures of men, women and animals. Shallow niches alternate with the cells doors along the walls, and each of the former is surmounted by the chaitya arch, with an imitation of wooden ribbing under its soffit..." The cave was probably excavated between 70 and 50 BC, dated through paleographic evidence. This photograph shows an interior view.

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The role of the Delegation involves reflecting upon political events, developments and trends within Russia, as well as between the EU and the Russian Federation, while at the same time supporting the EU-Russia political dialogue.
The Delegation thus monitors political life in the country, including issues relating to the areas of human rights, justice, freedom and security, and developments in Russia's foreign (and defence) policy.
Since 2014 the illegal annexation of Crimea and the conflict in Eastern Ukraine have seriously affected the bilateral political dialogue. As a result, some of the policy dialogues and mechanisms of cooperation are temporarily frozen, and sanctions directed at promoting a change in Russia's actions in Ukraine have been adopted. However, Russia remains a natural partner for the EU and a strategic player combating the regional and global challenges.
Russia is the EU's largest neighbour, which has always been reflected in extensive cooperation and exchange over the 25 years prior to the current crisis. Russia is a key player in the UN Security Council and, due to history, geographic proximity and cultural links, is one of the key players in Europe and its neighbourhood. Russia is also a major supplier of energy products to the EU and a large, dynamic market for EU goods and services, with considerable economic growth.
As members of the United Nations, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe, the EU and Russia are committed to upholding and respecting the fundamental values and principles of democracy, human rights, the rule of law and the market economy. These values underpin the EU-Russia relationship.
The current legal basis for EU-Russia relations is the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) which came into force in 1997, initially for 10 years. Since 2007 it has been renewed annually. It established a political framework for regular consultation between the EU and Russia, based on the principles of respect for democracy and human rights, political and economic freedom, and commitment to international peace and security. Furthermore, the PCA is complemented by sectorial agreements covering a wide range of policy areas, including political dialogue, trade, science and technology, education, energy and environment, transport, and prevention of illegal activities. Some of these dialogues and consultations have been suspended following the annexation of Crimea.
Modern day challenges can best be approached through a sense of joint responsibility and understanding. The EU works in close cooperation with international partners, including Russia. A broad range of foreign policy questions, including security, are best approached through a sense of mutual understanding and concern.
Both the EU and Russia have a long record of cooperation on issues of bilateral and international concern including climate change, migration, drugs trafficking, trafficking of human beings, organised crime, counter-terrorism, non-proliferation, the Middle East peace process, and protection of human rights.
Furthermore, the EU develops a range of informal operational contacts that allow for a detailed understanding of Russian priorities and policies on international issues, provide early warning of potential problems and support the coordination of policy planning.
Ongoing EU-Russia cooperation covers 4 policy areas — referred to as common spaces:
Additional opportunities for EU-Russia dialogue include:
Since 1997 the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement has been the general framework of EU-Russia political and economic relations. One of the main objectives of this agreement is the promotion of trade and investment as well as the development of harmonious economic relations between the EU and Russia. The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement was supposed to be upgraded through the negotiation of a New EU-Russia Agreement, providing a comprehensive framework for bilateral relations. The New Agreement should have built on the WTO rules and included stable, predictable and balanced rules for bilateral trade and investment relations. Negotiations started in 2008, but they were stopped in 2010 because no progress was made in the Trade and Investment part.
The EU is nonetheless by far Russia's main trading and investment partner, while Russia as the EU's fourth trade partner is also its largest oil, gas, uranium and coal supplier, important for the EU energy needs. This economic inter-dependence of supply, demand, investment and knowledge resulted in numerous joint commitments to maintain good economic relations with a specific focus on energy cooperation offering energy security and economic growth to both sides.
However, the illegal annexation of Crimea and the destabilization of Ukraine led to a revision of the EU-Russia relations, including the suspension of formal activities under the PCA as well as the formal suspension of negotiations on the New Agreement. Targeted restrictive measures against certain Russian entities and individuals, as well as measures aimed at trade and investment in Crimea, were also adopted in 2014 and prolonged ever since.
Trade between the two economies showed steep growth rates until mid-2008 when the trend was interrupted by the economic crisis and unilateral measures adopted by Russia which had a negative impact on the EU-Russia trade. Since 2010 mutual trade has resumed its growth, reaching record levels in 2012. In 2012 Russia joined the WTO further expanding opportunities for economic relations with the EU and other foreign partners. However, problems remain with the Russian implementation of the WTO commitments which has had an impact on further growth. Indeed, bilateral trade declined already in 2013 and it further went down in 2014 against the backdrop of economic difficulties in Russia and trade restrictions introduced by Russia on food imports. The strong depreciation of the RUR, the fall in global commodity prices and the protracted economic recession in Russia led to a further contraction in bilateral economic relations.
The EU is Russia's main trading and investment partner, while Russia is the EU's fourth trade partner. In 2015 EU exports to Russia totaled €73.9 billion, while EU imports from Russia amounted to €135.8 billion. The EU trade deficit with Russia was therefore €61.9 billion in 2015, and it is primarily the result of significant EU imports of energy products from Russia.
The internal economic difficulties in Russia, the strong depreciation of the RUR and the fall in global commodity prices have resulted in a drop in Russia's trade with nearly all partners: in 2015 -37% for trade with the EU, -28% for trade with China, -32% with Belarus, -26% with Turkey, -31% with Japan, -28% with the USA, -34% with South Korea. Russia, accounted by 10% of the EU's trade in 2012, currently accounts for less than 6% (and 4% of EU exports). Russia still remains an important trade partner for the EU.
The EU is by far the largest investor in Russia. The total stock of foreign direct investment in Russia originating from the EU approached €170 billion in 2014.
Following Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and its role in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, the EU imposed restrictive measures, including targeted economic measures, against Russia. In turn, Russia imposed restrictions on the import of agricultural and food products from the EU.
The EU's energy policy, including towards such an important external partner as Russia, is based on the concept of Energy Union, which has as an objective to make energy more secure, affordable and sustainable. The EU's Energy Union strategy is made up of 5 closely related and mutually reinforcing dimensions:
Russia is the largest oil, gas, uranium and coal exporter to the EU. Likewise, the EU by far the largest trade partner of the Russian Federation. Based on this mutual interdependence and common interests in the energy sector, the EU and Russia developed an energy partnership and launched the EU-Russia Energy Dialogue in 2000.
The EU is ready to cooperate with Russia in further developing a number of market principles in the energy sector, such as: an energy efficiency and saving policy, investment facilitation and protection, the right of access to energy transport infrastructure, network operators' independence from the natural monopoly producers, sector regulation, and reform of monopolies.
To be noted that since 2014, and alongside with many other sectoral dialogues between the EU and Russia, discussions in the framework of the formal Energy Dialogue format have been suspended. However, regular dialogue continued to take place on an ad-hoc basis (as for example the trilateral gas talks between Russia, Ukraine and the EU aimed to insure an uninterrupted supply of gas to and through Ukraine, including after 2019).
The aim of the Energy Dialogue, as put in place in 2000, is to develop a long-term energy partnership between the EU and Russia. The Dialogue is focused on oil and natural gas, energy efficiency, cooperation in the interconnection of the European Union and Russia's electricity grids, trade and enhancing the safe use of nuclear materials.
Russia and the EU both seek to ensure stable energy markets, and to secure reliable exports and imports. Both wish to see improved energy efficiency and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from energy production and use in their respective economies.
Against this background, the EU-Russia Energy Dialogue has identified a number of common and complementary interests for which concrete actions for the short and medium-term are implemented.
These areas include:
The Dialogue also has an environmental aspect as it aims to reduce the impact energy infrastructure causes on the environment, to encourage the ongoing opening of energy markets, to facilitate the market penetration of more environmentally friendly technologies and energy resources, and to promote energy efficiency and energy saving.
The Early Warning Mechanism is one element of the EU-Russia Energy Dialogue. This Early Warning Mechanism constitutes an essential procedure whereby the parties inform each other of short- or long-term risks to the security of supply or demand. Contact persons on both sides have been designated and the Mechanism has already proven its effectiveness. The formal nature of the Mechanism, including its precise format, contents and organization are included in the Memorandum on the Early Warning Mechanism.
The environment and climate change are the areas of tremendous significance both to the European Union and Russia. Given long common land and sea borders, interconnected biosystems and shared risks, environmental problems can and should be addressed together. The need for joint action, together with the rest of international community, is even more pronounced in the area of climate change and global warming.
Russia boasts huge areas undisturbed by man and holds over 20% of the Earth's water resources and forests. But while Russia is home to unique natural resources, it also suffers from a number of environmental problems, some a legacy of the Soviet past, some brought about by more recent economic growth, with threats to biodiversity, deforestation and illegal logging, water, air and soil pollution ranking among the most serious ones. Given its geographical closeness, common land and sea borders, many of those issues are of common concern and should be tackled together.
With 5% of global greenhouse gases emissions, Russia is the world's fifth largest emitter country after China, the US, the EU and India. It has high levels of emission per capita and emission intensity of its economy. It is one of the largest producers of gas, oil and coal, with a poor record on energy efficiency, and is the world's largest forest country. Due to Russia's location as a neighbour of the EU, its climate policies, beyond a global impact, have also a direct impact on the EU due to the risk of carbon leakage and competition distortion in the trade of energy and goods.
The European Union cooperates with Russia on environmental and climate change issues in the framework of numerous international organisations, conventions and United Nations bodies and agencies. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is one example of international forum where the EU and Russia are actively collaborating actively in pursuing the global objective of preventing global warming and its catastrophic consequences for the humanity.
Bilaterally, the European Union and Russia have been co-operating on environmental questions since 1995. Over the past two decades, the EU has provided support for numerous projects aimed at improving environmental standards in Russia. Currently, the EU is channelling its support to the environment and climate action through its on-going partnerships' initiatives: the Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) and the Northern Dimension (ND).
In the new round of CBC programmes 2014-2020 environment is one of the priority thematic objectives. Recently, five CBC land-border programmes with participation of Russia (Kolarctic, Karelia, South-East Finland-Russia, Estonia-Russia and Latvia-Russia) have been signed. These programmes worth more than €223.7 million are co-financed by the EU (€115.04 million), Russia (€57.5 million) and participating EU Member States (€51.2 million), and will be implemented in shared management with the MS. Moreover, in the framework of the Baltic Sea Region programme €8.8 million of EU funding has been allocated for projects covering Russia and Belarus.
The Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP) is a multi-donor fund covering two windows of activities: environmental and nuclear. The overall pledged size Fund is €353,13m with the EU being the largest contributor, in total €84m. In the environmental window water and wastewater treatment and solid waste are among the largest sectors in the project portfolio. It also includes district heating rehabilitation (to reduce CO2 and black carbon emissions) and energy saving. NDEP operates in the North-West Russia and Northern Belarus. The objective of the NDEP's nuclear window is funding projects that will mitigate the legacy of the operation of nuclear-powered ships and submarines of Russia's northern fleet, which are in different stages of decommissioning.
Educational cooperation between Russia and the EU is guided by the principles of the Bologna Process of the Council of Europe which Russia is a full member of since 2003. Through this process, countries, institutions and stakeholders of the European area continuously adapt their higher education systems making them more compatible and strengthening their quality assurance mechanisms as part of the European Higher Education Area.
This Europe-wide framework for higher education allows individuals from participating countries to move freely between higher education institutions, jobs, business sectors and countries, making the learning experience more adaptable to changing labour market demands. Its main goal is to increase staff and students' mobility and to facilitate employability.
In this context, it is remarkable that over 1.4 million students from around the world come to Europe every year for higher education studies. With thousands of world-class universities, research centres and higher education institutions, Europe offers so much choice. There are opportunities of Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree and PhD/Doctoral programmes and also short-term exchange programmes so that students can choose the experience that suits them best.
There are numerous opportunities for Russian individuals and institutions to benefit from the EU-Russia educational cooperation. To learn about what Erasmus+ has to offer for individual and organisations, click here.
Student and academic mobility programmes in Russia contribute to the reinforcement of people-to-people contact between Russia and the European Union. Russia remains among the leading non-EU participant countries in EU academic programmes.
The EU is committed to the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms all over the world. The EU regards the full respect of human rights as vital to the long-term social and political stability of any country.
The EU is committed to promoting human rights and the rule of law in Russia in a sustained and constructive manner.
In many countries around the world non-governmental actors are working with dedication and bravery, often in difficult conditions, to help ensure the effective protection of human rights and the advancement of democracy. Support to such organisations is a priority for the European Union.
The European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights was created by the European Parliament in 1994 to support both the activities of civil society working for human rights and democracy and the efforts of international organisations. It was renamed the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) in December 2006.
The EIDHR has the following objectives:
EIDHR projects in Russia are implemented by Russian and European non-governmental, non-profit-making organisations. The EU allocates between 100,000 and 1 million EUR to each project. Usually the grant beneficiary must part-finance at least 5% of the project costs from its own funds or from a grant awarded by another donor. Projects have the duration of between 12 and 36 months.
Since its launch in Russia in 1997, the EIDHR has supported over 390 projects.
The projects are selected on the results of local, regional or global (worldwide) calls for proposals. The complete information of the calls is published on the following website of the European Commission. On this website anyone can find Guidelines for applicants for each EIDHR call for proposals. The Guidelines set out thematic priorities, specific modalities and other conditions of the calls. The selection is based on objective and transparent criteria, which are also indicated in this document.
The EU and Russia have been aiming at further enhancing cooperation on migration and asylum. Therefore, in 2011 a specific EU-Russia Migration Dialogue was established to bring together experts to discuss issues related to international protection, irregular migration, migration and development, and legal migration.
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX) has been cooperating on an operational basis with its Russian counterparts on the basis of a working arrangement established in 2006. This practical cooperation has focussed on risk analyses, training, research and developments related to border management, as well as possible joint operations under the aegis of FRONTEX.
Significant steps have been taken in strengthening cooperation in the fight against organised crime:
The EU and Russia have also aimed at sign an agreement on the control of drug precursors which would strengthen administrative cooperation to prevent the diversion of drug precursors.
The fight against trafficking of human beings, money laundering and terrorist financing and cybercrime represent potential for a strengthened cooperation between the EU and Russia. The EU and Russia hold regular expert meetings on counter-terrorism.
Informal talks have been held between the EU and Russia on judicial cooperation in civil, criminal and commercial matters. Eurojust and Russia aim at further strengthening their cooperation. Negotiations on an operational agreement were started in 2009 and were suspended following Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea.
The legal framework for EU-Russia science and technology (S&T) cooperation is set by the following documents:
Institutionally, S&T cooperation is coordinated by the Joint S&T Cooperation Committee and several EU-Russia thematic S&T working groups established under the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology.
Independent Experts Report on the Implementation of the EU-RU S&T Cooperation Agreement
One of the most established forms of EU-Russia S&T cooperation is the participation of Russian scientists in the EU's Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, where Russia has traditionally been one of the most active and successful international cooperation partner countries. EU researchers, for their part, actively participate in Russia's research and development (R&D) programmes, such as Federal Targeted Programmes on R&D and the Russian 'mega-grants' programme to attract leading scientists to Russian universities and research institutes.
Since 2014, the EU's Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 'Horizon 2020' has been the main instrument of cooperation in the areas of research and innovation at the EU level. Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU's Research and Innovation programme ever, with a budget of nearly € 80 billion for seven years (2014 to 2020). It aims to foster innovation through collaboration, bringing together researchers, innovators and industry from the European Union and beyond. The programme is open to everyone from everywhere, including from Russia.
Russian scientists, universities, research organisations and enterprises are able to team up with their European partners to participate in projects under Horizon 2020 and make the best use of Europe's excellent opportunities in research and innovation. Russian researchers and organisations are encouraged to participate in all actions of Horizon 2020 as consortium members and take part in the proposal submission to the European Commission.
To support Russian participation in Horizon 2020 actions and in view of the fact that participants from Russia are no longer automatically funded by the EU, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation regularly publishes dedicated calls to offer funding support for Russian Horizon 2020 participants in accordance with its own call procedures (Russian Federal Programme (FTP) "R&D in Priority Areas of Development of the Russian S&T Complex 2014-2020"). Russian applicants to these calls will have to provide a document acknowledging their participation in the consortium of the joint Horizon 2020 proposal, submitted under the Horizon 2020 call.
The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation has established a functional mailbox firstname.lastname@example.com to which enquiries about support available in Russia for participation in Horizon 2020 may be sent.
Depending on the nature of their proposed research, Russian participants of Horizon 2020 research and innovation projects are also encouraged to apply to the regular calls of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the Russian Science Foundation, which may be able to provide funding support in accordance with their own funding rules. In addition, the Russian Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises may be able to support the participation of small innovative Russian enterprises in Horizon 2020 projects on a case-by-case basis in accordance with its own funding rules.
More information about is available on the "Country page - Russia" of the Horizon 2020 participant portal
Enquiries concerning participation in Horizon 2020 may also be directed to the offices of the appointed Russian National Contact Points
Another key area of Russia-EU S&T cooperation involves the development of global research infrastructures, including the large-scale "mega-science" projects. Russia and the EU actively collaborate on a number of research infrastructure initiatives, for example the EU X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) and the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR); the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER); the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN); and others.
Russia and the EU also collaborate within the framework of the Group of Senior Officials (GSO) on global research infrastructures.
A number of important programmes are in place to facilitate researchers' mobility between the EU and Russia. At the EU level these are mainly the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (under the EU's Framework Programme) and Erasmus+ programme*. These initiatives serve as an important tool of Russia's integration into the European Research Area and the European Higher Education Area.
* Since 2014, the previous TEMPUS and Erasmus Mundus programmes have become part of the integrated Erasmus+ programme
Initially, the EU provided technical assistance to Russia in a great variety of spheres under the TACIS programme (1991-2006). During this period several successful projects were implemented and programmes such as Tempus (in the field of higher education cooperation) and Cross border Cooperation were launched.
The nature of EU-Russia cooperation changed following the end of TACIS. For already nearly a decade, available EU-funding for cooperation with Russia has been largely channelled to support ongoing policy dialogues in the framework of EU-Russia common spaces and the partnership for modernisation. Cooperation in the field of higher education and academic exchanges, cross border cooperation and northern dimension has also continued, parallel to this.
The EU is also providing support to civil society in Russia via the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and Civil Society Organisations (CSO) and also supports policy dialogues via the Partnership instrument.


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While Canada's Olympic medal hopefuls spend countless hours training and competing in chlorinated waters ahead of the Summer Games in London, recreational swimmers sometimes shun the pool for a superficial reason: dry hair.
Elite swimmers can relate to the problem.
"My hair is usually very dry and brittle and breaks and has split ends and sometimes can just be this fuzzy mess," said Annamay Pierse, who spends about 20 hours a week in the pool.
Part of the problem is that she spends much of the day with wet hair, said Pierse, who is the world record holder in the women's 200-metre breaststroke but did not make the cut for London.
"You swim in the morning, and then it barely dries by the time you get back to the pool in the afternoon. Then, you put it in a ponytail and then there's more breakage."
Valerie Welsh, a team captain with Synchro Canada, estimates about 35 hours a week are spent training in the pool. The Saint Nicholas, Que., native puts a little conditioner on her hair prior to donning her silicone cap — but even that method can have its drawbacks.
"The chlorine attacks the conditioner instead of my hair, but I can't put too much because my cap will slip when I'm going to do a dive in the pool," she said in a phone interview from London.
"The chlorine is really rough on our skin, so we need to moisturize a lot, but still we need to be careful because we're wearing a nose clip," said Welsh. "We cannot put moisturizer cream on our nose because we don't want the nose clip to slip during the routine."
While most recreational swimmers aren't logging Olympian hours in the pool, it's hard to beat the health effects of a casual dip. The full-body, calorie-burning exercise places little to no stress on bones, joints and connective tissue.
For those worried about their locks, Dr. Paradi Mirmirani, a faculty member of the American Academy of Dermatology, offers up a suggestion: Put emollient on the hair to protect it. Out of conditioner? Check your kitchen cabinet for olive oil.
"It's an emollient, it's a moisturizer, it's a vegetable oil as opposed to a petroleum oil, so it would work just as fine," Mirmirani said in an interview from Vellejo, Calif. She believes infrequent chlorine exposure can't do a lot of damage.
"If you picture the hair has its protective layer, a protective barrier, it's over time that that protective layer gets worn," she said. "The longer your hair is, the older it is, the more damage it's seen over the years, so that hair is going to have a lower threshold for developing problems. (With) shorter hair, you're not going to run into too much trouble."
Another effect of swimming in a chlorinated pool is the deposit of certain metals — specifically copper — onto the hair.
"People with very light blond hair may notice that the hair turns a bit greenish. The greenish colour is the copper," said Mirmirani.
Using a cap and specific shampoos that attach to the copper can help, but often just rinsing out the hair after swimming can be beneficial, she noted.
Caring for the hair after a swim or lengthy time in the pool will vary depending on the length and caliber of your locks.
"The longer your hair is, the finer your hair is, if it's colour-treated or you use heat, you're going to have to be more vigilant about those things to protect your hair; so conditioning, you're going to want to do more of it," Mirmirani said.
As for skin care, she said those with dry skin will want to opt for a thicker moisturizer and a higher oil content. "If you're scooping it out, it's going to be better than if you're pumping it out or pouring it out."
She cautions against using hot water, which can further dry out the skin.
"(Try) to keep the shower as cool as possible," she said. "And then, you don't need to use a lot of soap because that can be drying as well."
After a Saturday morning practice, Pierse, a Pantene brand ambassador, will usually go home for a long shower and saturate her hair with product to help repair any damage.
But after swimming for 22 years, the 28-year-old said she's just grown accustomed dealing with the dryness as a part of the job.
"I think over this time my hair has kind of slightly gotten used to it in a way — it's used to the chlorine more than someone who isn't in the pool that often," said Pierse.
"It probably doesn't get as damaged as it used to and I was first starting to swim. But still, I think it's just part and parcel of the game."


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2:20 to Maven Central – Verifying your Identity
This post is the second part of the series "2:20 to Maven Central" – the complete guide to deploying artifacts to Maven Central.
In the previous post, we looked at how to prepare and verify your luggage (a.k.a the POM file). The next step on the way to Maven Central is verifying your identity.
You verify your identity by signing your artifacts and publishing your public key to a public PGP key server. Signing your artifacts is a requirement for publishing them to Maven Central. This is typically accomplished by creating a signing (OpenPGP) key.
But why, you may ask, do you have to verify your identity. The answer is simple, in order to maintain the integrity of the Maven central ecosystem. By signing your artifact, you are enabling anyone who uses artifacts from maven central to be able to verify that the packages they receive do indeed come from you and have not been modified in any way.
Before going into detail of how to do this, I will summarize the whole signing process here. Basically you create a GnuPG signing keypair containing the private and public keys. The private key is used to sign your artifact, while your public key must be hosted on a public PGP server, allowing anyone to be able to verify your artifacts.
In order to generate a new keypair, you need to enter the following command in your terminal (assuming GnuPG is properly installed on your machine):
gpg –gen-key
Follow the instructions at the command prompt and accept the default settings which are recommended. A few things to note:
You can leave the default key without an expiration date. It is possible to change the expiration date after creating the key, but it may be difficult to communicate it.
Choose a good passphrase and guard it carefully. If someone were to have access to your key, (bad things could happen)™.
There are several GUI front-ends for GnuPG available which you could use to generate the key if you do not want to work on the command line.
Next you need to upload the public part of your generated key to a public PGP server. Uploading can be done with the following command in your terminal:
gpg –keyserver pgp.mit.edu –send-key <keyID>
The Key ID looks something like 5DED768A and is also the name of the key file which is generated
PGP keys are forever. Once you upload a key, you cannot remove it anymore. You may however generate a revocation certificate to let others know that the key is invalid. The MIT PGP public key server FAQ is a good read.
Once you have created and uploaded your key, you should now configure maven to use your key for signing your artifacts. For this, there is the maven-gpg-plugin (note that the gpg command must be available from your terminal when using this plugin).
Ideally we want the artifact to be signed only when we are performing a release, not during development builds. We therefore specify in the POM file that we want signing to be activated only for releases. This is accomplished by adding the following profile to your POM file:
Now you're all set. When performing a release build, you will be prompted for your passphrase and the artifact will be signed using your GnuPG key.
Having built and signed the artifacts, the next step would be boarding the train to Maven Central.
2:20 to Maven Central – The Complete Guide
In a previous post, I mentioned that the Android Contact Picker library is now deployed to maven central. Getting there was a multi-day process which involved a lot of Googling to figure out stuff. Thanks to blogs like this and this, I was able to finally get through the process. But it can be a bit tedious if you are new to all the side-processes involved.
For this reason, I want to document the whole process again for myself and maybe for anyone who might find it useful. I am doing a series about deploying to maven central, starting with preparing your POM file right up to final deployment. The basic assumption here is that you know your way around maven and are looking to deploy to Central.
As there are many ways to get to Maven Central, I am going to focus on using the Sonatype Express which takes only Open Source Software passengers. There is a guide to the Sonatype OSS Maven repository, which focuses on how to deal with things on their end. These series of posts focus on what you the developer need to do to prepare your artifacts for maven central.
This post will focus on the first step, which is preparing your POM file.
Part 1: Verify your luggage – Is your POM ready?
I am assuming you already use maven for building your project (hence the interest in deploying to maven central). This means you know what the pom.xml file is, and if you do not, take a look at the Complete Maven Reference and the POM reference. Maven can easily build your project with a minimum of information like the packaging, dependencies etc.
However, much more is needed in order to deploy your artifacts so that they can be reliably shared with others and dependencies properly resolved. There is a minimum set of tags required in the POM file in order to improve the central repository and support the Maven ecosystem. The minimum required tags are the following:
- <modelVersion>
- <groupId>
- <artifactId>
- <version>
- <packaging>
- <name>
- <description>
- <url>
- <licenses>
- <scm><url>
- <scm><connection>
- <developers>
More details on each of the elements can be found in the POM reference. You can take a look at the Android Contact Picker POM file for an example of how to enter the attributes. Here are a few additional notes about some of the required elements in the POM:
- Choose your Maven coordinates carefully. They need to be unique to your project. Use your domain name or that of your organization as prefix. It is usually recommended, but not required that the coordinates match your Java package names.
- While still in the development phase, use the –SNAPSHOT suffix in your project version. For example <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>. This enables you to always get the latest development build when testing.
- Version control links are important (and mandatory) and most popular versioning systems are supported by Maven. They will also be used during the final release phase by the maven-release-plugin.
- Putting the release repository/pluginRepository in your POM is discouraged. In ideal conditions, all your dependencies should be already in central and central repository is self-contained.
Once your pom file has all the necessary components in place you should test your build by running maven clean install. This will build your project and install it into your local maven repository. If this succeeds, then you are ready to go on to the next step. If not, look at the errors and fix any issues and rebuild. Rinse and repeat until it works.
The next stop en route to Maven Central and the topic of the next post is verifying your identity.
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Android Contact Picker 2.2.0 now available on Maven Central
The Android Contact picker library is a simple Android library which allows you in one API call to:
- Display list of contacts
- User selects a contact
- Display contact details
- User selects a phone number
- Perform an action with the number
Actually the library has been out for quite a while now, so you may already know/use it. However, since I first wrote the library, I have discovered the maven build tool (which is very awesome, if you configure it right).
Well Android Contact Picker is now available from the Maven Central repository and you can use it simply in your project by including the dependency in your pom file
Last I checked, if you use Eclipse, then you will need to download the project and import it into your workspace in order for Eclipse to be able to resolve the references.
However, if you use IntelliJ (which I now use for the library) then when you include the dependency in your pom file, it will download the project, import it, build and resolve all references related to the project. You can then be on your merry way building that awesome app of yours. Yeah I know, IntelliJ is cool in that regard.
This version is principally the same as the 2.1 version. So if that works for you, you can stick with it. Well, there is one small difference, custom phone number labels are now properly displayed instead of just the text "Custom".


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Let me guess…These were your thoughts Sunday night?
In that case…
Use your new week starting today for thoughts like the ones I posted below (because I love them so), and KICK ASS! After all, Monday is about getting yourself centered, so naturally you would want to start it off right (even if that means having a coffee in hand).
In the past I used to dress totally sluggish and blame it on the fact it was a Monday. I actually would justify and grant myself a fugly ugly day just because. If the old me were to fall asleep in a meeting, my excuse would be "It's Monday". And if i made mistakes, or felt groggy…I would also blame Monday. If I decided to not wear any makeup and not get sleep the night before, I would again blame Monday. Monday, Monday, Monday. Poor Monday, getting such a bad rap. The truth is, Monday can be anything you want it to be. If you want Monday to be grand…then grand it is. If you want Monday to sparkle, then sparkle it will. It is really about perspective. Dressing your best, and feeling good in your skin is a GREAT way to start a new week. Set up your week to feel amazing and watch how the cards fall in your favor. Smile. Be grateful. Have gratitude. Feel the love around you, because it surrounds you. Be present. I can even put money on the fact that you will feel so much better keeping that in mind. ...And save the fugly ugly days for when you REALLY, REALLY need them (like when you are belted over in pain from your period, or you have to have a colonoscopy-then it's totally legit).
Mostly likely your smile is going to be a shining light for someone else without you even realizing it. So make sure you are shinning bright, because we need your light.
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The famous adage If you help, it will eventually come back to you brings the importance of courtesy, gratitude and thank you .
We often seek other in need but we never go back to say a simple Thank You once it's successfully completed. Remember the people , who are there for you, in daily ordinary life. From your domestic help to the security guard, who takes care of your house in your absence, from chauffeur to the office boy, who is always there for you at workplace. We never express our gratitude and often take them for granted, thinking it is the part of your job.
But I wonder why we can't be polite and gentle with them expressing them our sincere appreciation and acknowledgement. They are doing something worth noticing and a simple Thank you is effective and powerful.


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Aesthetically, Sony Ericsson has certainly broken the norm when designing the Sony Ericsson Aino. We've long criticised the company for producing the same, dull looking handsets when most competitors are innovating, and they've clearly listened to customer feedback - when closed the Aino looks sleek and stylish, and its long curved design is a hit with us. The large 3in touchscreen takes up most of the front real estate, and a handy unlock button at the top of the phone unlocks the screen.
Unfortunately, first appearances aren't everything and sliding the Aino open is when things take a turn for the worse. The Sony Ericsson Aino's 3in touchscreen means the phone is rather long when opened and the result in a top heavy design.
To make things even worse, the Aino's keypad is positioned right at the base of the phone - when messaging, the weight at the top of the handset makes it feel as though it will easily topple out of your hands. The keypad is also rather small and the controls are awkwardly positioned and squashed together - specifically the selection buttons and shortcut and clear keys.
The biggest disappointment of the Sony Ericsson Aino's design is that its 3in touchscreen can only be used when the phone is closed. In this mode, the touchscreen is used specifically to access the multimedia menu. You can use the camera, view photos and images, listen to music or the built-in FM radio and watch video files, but absurdly you can't access the web browser using the touchscreen.
The screen itself is responsive but the interface isn't very intuitive - it's not clear how to go back a level (you have to touch the top half of the screen where there are no icons) and the options are very limited. For example, you can listen to already created playlists but you can't edit them without sliding up into non-touchscreen mode, and you can only sort music by albums, not artist, genre, song or any other category.
Hooking up with a PlayStation 3 (PS3) games console is one of the highlight features of the Sony Ericsson Aino. Running through the myriad of options, settings and menu screens on both the PS3 and the Aino to get this feature up an running is a pain in the proverbial, but once the set-up was completed we were impressed with the results.
The exact cross media bar (XMB) on the PS3 is displayed on the Aino when connected so it's a familiar look and feel. Videos looked superb on the Aino's display and streaming can be done over Wi-Fi or 3G. The latter will certainly power through plenty of data and does take a while to load, so you've been warned.
PS3 streaming aside, the Sony Ericsson Aino is a fairly standard handset. An 8.1-megapixel camera with LED flash, built-in GPS, Wi-Fi and HSDPA capabilities are all included. The camera takes less than impressive photos and the LED flash isn't capable of providing enough light for decent low-light shots. Google Maps and the Wayfinder Navigator application are both included but the latter requires an extra subscription cost.
Sony Ericsson is generous with included accessories - the Aino comes packaged with a charging/synchronising dock that's positioned at a good angle to watch videos, as well as an MH100 Bluetooth headphone adaptor. The latter allows you to use a standard set of headphones with A2DP Bluetooth.
It is rather large but has a convenient shirt clip and its built in microphone means you can also take phone calls. Turning on the MH100 automatically pairs it with the Aino (provided Bluetooth is on), so it's easy to get connected. The bundled adaptor still doesn't excuse the Aino's lack of 3.5mm headphone jack - sound quality over a wired connection is still better than over Bluetooth and you're stuck if you forget or lose the Bluetooth adaptor.
The Sony Ericsson Aino's ability to wirelessly connect a PS3 is a great feature, but the limited touchscreen functions and its top heavy design diminish its wider appeal.


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What is your recommended rule of thumb for converting to an injections strategy in the event of a pump failure and a replacement pump is not available for, say, 48 hours?
There are several ways to do this. I tend to use a relatively easy method. Hopefully, your physician has already talked to you about this very situation and you already have prescriptions for insulin syringes, NPH, and the rapid-acting insulin (which is already in the pump). Rapid-acting insulin dosing would be the same as with the pump. All of our pump patients do carbohydrate counting and would continue to use the same ratio for meals. The most difficult time would be the first one to two days without the pump. NPH insulin is a good substitute as it would reach peak levels more quickly than the other long-acting basal insulins. I usually take the total amount of basal insulin used in units and multiple that by 1.1. Then, the dose should be split two-thirds morning and one-third evening. I would not recommend using rapid-acting insulin only for two days. These insulins last only three hours, which means that you would have to give a shot every three hours at different doses to make up for the lack of a long-acting basal insulin.
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- Speakers: Mackenzie Boli, City of Boulder; Shayle Nelson, Larimer County; Emily Gubler/Toshen Golias, Lyons Prepared
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- Strong local leadership is a key part of resilience. When policy makers and community advocates are setting the pace, we all are stronger. This panel features leaders of community projects that are making an impact in their various areas. Their work showcases different methods of leadership that builds strong connections and local advocacy. Together they will speak about ways to identify and support local leaders to create positive and resilient change for communities around Boulder County.
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Folks, it is clear that some nail-biting is going on in the NDC camp over the arrest, detention, and processing of Koku Anyidoho (Deputy General Secretary of the NDC) for trial on the allegation of treason by virtue of utterances he made that the Akufo-Addo government hates.
We have already unpacked his utterances and suggested that they were part of what made Koku the victim of circumstances wrought by himself.
Is Koku Anyidoho willing to present himself as the sacrificial lamb for the NDC's future good? We have seen pictures of him and former president Mahama; but we are left slack-jawed as to why Mahama's intervention couldn't effectuate his release from custody and why the abject silence from Akufo-Addo. Or is it just a matter of letting the law run its own course? And what law is that, anyway?
The reaction from the NDC camp is ambivalent. The party leaders have been quick in disassociating the party and themselves from those utterances while at the same time vigorously sympathizing with him and warning the Akufo-Addo administration not to overstep bounds in handling the matter.
Situated within the context of the simmering public anger against Team Akufo-Addo for masterminding the endorsement of the agreement on security cooperation between the United States and Ghana by the NPP-dominated Parliament, Koku's utterances appear to be grossly misplaced.
However, Koku Anyidoho's fate isn't so: treason calls for the maximum penalty of death or a long incarceration to reduce the victim to nothingness.
Be whatever it may portend, this particular instance is the first in our 4th Republican experiment that poses serious questions regarding fundamental human rights on the freedom of expression or whatever else. Of course, freedom of expression isn't limitless. It is "contained" and "containable" as captured in the popular saying: "You have the freedom or right to swing your arms; but that freedom ends at the tip of my nose. Simple!!
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Koku Anyidoho swung his arms but exceeded limits by hitting the nose of the NPP administration whose immediate reaction has turned out to paint it as grossly intolerant, pitiably ignorant of precedent set by its Akufo-Addo and others, and mindless of the damage to its reputation and risk to Ghana's democracy. If it cannot contain the pressure from the Koku Anyidoho's just blowing empty hot air, how can it deal with the situation when the Right to Information Bill is passed into law? (And given the fact that one credit that Akufo-Addo basks in is his influence on the Kufuor administration to repeal the Criminal Libel law in Ghana)!!
Folks, let's land. Koku is in the grips of the law, which the NPP camp is enthusing over, even as more remains to be known on whether his case is any different from others that had occurred under previous administrations but were glossed over. The records are there for anyone to refer to.
Whether what is happening in his course should be allowed to run its full course is another niggle. Former president Rawlings is reported to have said that the NDC camp should not over-do things but allow the "due process" to run its full course in Koku's case, which raises serious questions, especially when viewed in the context of his own political ambitions.
Ghana's replete with instances of Koku's case. Is it the "Big Six"? Or the very members of Nkrumah's government who were accused of treachery and put before court? Or the case of the reactionary forces led by Dr. J.B. Danquah who were brought to their knees with the Preventive Detention Act?
Or all others thereafter, spanning the National Liberation Council era, the National Redemption Council era of Kutu Acheampong (when the Alex Hamah's and Kofi Awoonors were accused of treason and tried? Or under Fred Akuffo when Rawlings was pidgin-holed and court-martialled?
Let me focus on this Rawlings episode to say that when May 15, 1979, flopped, he faced dire circumstances when no thought of rule-of-law influenced anything to his advantage. Had his trial been concluded as planned, he would have been executed on Monday, June 4, 1979. To his advantage, Major Boakye-Gyan and the others led the movement to liberate him and usher him into a new era of political boom and glory. Those of us alive to happenings at the time still remember all. Don't turn me on here, folks!!
But suffice it to ask whether Rawlings allowed any due process in the affairs of the victims of his tight-grip administration under the AFRC and PNDC.
In the era of the AFRC and PNDC, especially, those who stood against him ended at the Teshie military range, bullets riddling their bodies and their bodies buried at undisclosed spots that Kufuor would constitute a committee to identify in the Nsawam area for them to be exhumed and given a fitting burial in their hometowns. Kutu Acheampong, Afrifa, Amedume, Utika, Boakye, Odartey Lamptey, and Roger Felli faded out of existence. So did many unaccounted-for ones too. Can Rawlings tell us if they were given any "due process" before being sent to the west? Sad!!
Many other so-called coup plotters were disposed of under Rawlings. Some were serving or retired military officers, so-called armed robbers, etc. who were tried at the public tribunals and summarily condemned to death. What due process is Rawlings talking about in this case of Koku Anyidoho?
We now boil matters down to what befell Rawlings when his political sun set. When Kufuor's Truth and Reconciliation Commission targeted him, he wasn't left alone. The mass of NDC supporters gave him all the "weight" he needed to feel protected, even at the time that fears about the due process of law being followed abounded. It was the same show of solidarity when his overbearing wife, Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings, was being tried for financial malfeasance.
That show of support had its positive impact as it proved to Kufuor that the NDC won't just sit down unconcerned for him to manipulate the situation to damn the Rawlingses. No wonder that Kufuor had the foresight of an impending NPP loss at Election 2008 to whitewash Nana Konadu and the others just a day before he left office.
Folks, all I am trying to say here is that what Rawlings has come out with is spirit-dampening because it doesn't fit into the energizing moment that the NDC has wrought in its bid to lead Ghanaians to oppose the obnoxious agreement that the confused Akufo-Addo Team has signed with the US to mortgage Ghana's sovereignty for a paltry 20 million Dollars!!
The waywardness of Koku Anyidoho is just an unexpected offshoot. To concentrate on it and to create the impression that Rawlings has sought to do with his appeal to the NDC loyalists to allow the due process to ruin its course belies a lot that makes me insist that Rawlings is really lost in the scheme of things.
If he has any thought and respect for the "due process of law", he would have done things better than he did when he was the strong-arm leader of Ghana. Pontificating all over the place won't help him claw back lost grounds. In truth, the NDC's credibility problem---and what has alienated segments of the electorate from it---can be pinpointed on Rawlings himself. So, what does he really seek to grab for the NDC's good when he takes on his own political camp for rebuke and needless head-butting?
What specifically does Rawlings want to raise to help the NDC gain political capital? What lesson does he wish to teach us now apart from seeking to advance his own agenda by commenting on this Koku issue? Many mis-steps already!!
But the ultimate lesson to be learnt from Koku's fate is that in a political system in flux, no one should tempt Fate by making utterances that have serious implications for national security. As I have already made clear, in a democracy, public or personal disavowal for or rejection of the government in power should be made in the ballot box (at the polls), not on media platforms to be (mis-)construed as treasonous/treasonable conduct. That is where Koku's problem lies.
The lesson that this problem teaches us is that we need to know how to conduct affairs so we don't over-step bounds. Those who seek to build a brighter future don't undercut themselves with unconscionable behaviour as Koku has done.
And those in Koku's political camp will do better than crying "Halleluia" all over the place as if doing so will ensure piety to return the NDC to power. It won't because the voters have the past against which to view the present and the future. That's the lesson to learn. No more for now.
I shall return…


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To begin with, I would like to point out an omission from yesterday's update. Yesterday our master fisherman, Doc, did not catch any
This morning we continued on very nicely with Whomper pulling us along briskly. Our standings in the race were improving with our
biggest spinnaker pulling us. We speeded along at 10-11 knots, with spurts into the 15s a number of times (when gusts of wind and
the downhill sides of waves cooperated just right).
The waves changed a lot. Sometimes we got a regular following swell, and sometimes we were in a confused mess of waves. We were in a
steady breeze of 15-20 knots which accounts for the nice swell. But we were in different eddies and currents associated with the
gulf stream, causing the mixed-up stuff.
With the boat rocking around randomly, the mast can go back and forth 10-20 feet in an instant. This made Whomper flutter around
sometimes and we got some loud crackles, and pops as the sail snapped back into the desired smooth flying shape. (yes, that was
In the afternoon Bob was driving. He proceeded to shred our dear spinnaker, and Whomper was no longer. Just for the record, Bob's
blamed the equipment, as a true sportsman should. And just for the record, I blamed the driver.
It took some time to retrieve the torn remains of Whomper from the air, the water, and the deck and stuff it into the right front
hatch. Then we raised the mainsail all the way and put out the gennaker while we considered our options. This slowed us to about 6-7
knots. During this process, Doc decided to catch another fish and we had a 15 pound dolphin (mahi-mahi for the snobs and granola
heads) on board.
We decided on our littlest spinnaker, Bambi. After the better part of an hour we toiled physically and mentally and got it hoisted
and puffed out pretty. And after another hour or so we figured out how to trim it and speeded up to 8-10 knots.
So we ate supper. Two days ago Steve ordered pizza. He got it tonight. (this is not Domino's!)
An hour or two after dark we got a call on the radio from a boat called Thunderbird. We have been chasing them the entire race.
Thunderbird is a 40 foot trimaran that goes faster than we can.
Unfortunately, they called because their rudder broke and they couldn't steer anymore. We offered to help them fix it or tow them if
they wanted. It took us almost 2 hours to catch them. During this time they tried several methods to steer and get going. When we
got there they were happy to have us tow them. We tied the boats together with about 300 feet of rope. This took quite awhile since
it was dark and wavy. We finally took off with sails down, motors on, and autopilot engaged.
After we got underway, Bob and I played a rip-roaring rendition of In the Mood on our sousaphones for them.


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The Republican leaders in Arizona continue to blame their decision to gut support for the state's neediest families on an impending budget deficit. The truth is they could have made other choices in the budget instead of swiping money from single mothers and their children.
This will force the Department of Economic Security to drop more than 2,700 children from Arizona's federally funded assistance program. This move is expected to keep between $4 million and $9 million in state coffers, which is nothing compared to the more than $100 million in special interest tax cuts scheduled to take effect in fiscal year 2016 – including the continued drop in the corporate income tax rate.
TANF provides cash assistance for the most poverty-stricken families. The average benefit people, including children, receive is less than $92 per month. The money is often used to put food on the table. The Republicans have sent a clear message about their priorities.
Based on their other budget decisions, it seems they would rather support tax cuts for insurance companies and big corporations than help our state's poorest single mothers and children make ends meet. This attack on the poor was not necessary. This was a choice.
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Storm Warning is a melodrama that attacks the Ku Klux Klan and the failure of people to rise up against such instances of social evil and speak the truth. Having purchased the "hot" stage property A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, Warner Bros. was contractually obligated to wait until the end of the play's original Broadway run to adapt it for the screen. In the meantime, the company worried and worried that a rival studio would co-opt the project, thereby cutting into Warners' potential profits, by incorporating some of the play's potent themes in other films. Like a harried soul so afraid of death that he or she ends up committing suicide, the studio finally shot itself in the foot by making Storm Warning, which includes some of the Streetcar stuff. Thus Warners' own Streetcar-wannabe was released, as it turns out, earlier the same year as Elia Kazan's film A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). No other studio released anything that could be described as beating Warner Bros. to the punch.
I love this bit of background for epitomizing Hollywood irrationality. The film itself is frighteningly dark at night and just as steadily engossing in daylight. The brilliant script is by Richard Brooks and Daniel Fuchs, from Brooks's novel Storm Center; the direction by Stuart Heisler is striking, arresting and intelligent—a career high. The net result is stark and serious in black and white.
The protagonist, Marsha Mitchell, is a New York City high-fashion model who arrives at night by bus in a southern town. She is visiting her younger sister, Lucy, who is married to Hank Rice, whom Marsha hasn't yet met. Marsha witnesses murder in the streets: Klansmen storm the local jail, springing Adams, a reporter investigating the Klan, an "outsider," spuriously jailed for drunk driving, and killing him. Marsha sees the face of two of the Klansmen when they remove their hoods. At her sister's home she sees one of those faces again. It belongs to her sister's husband. The film centers on Marsha's dilemma. She is torn between bringing Hank to justice, especially at the urging of the crusading local district attorney, and ceding to her sister's wish for family peace. Hank's sexual advance on her and assault upon his pregnant wife decide the matter; but, before she can set matters right, Marsha is kidnapped by the Klan, who aim to silence her.
This is gripping stuff. When confronted with the boast of all the "good" the Klan does, Marsha incisively responds, "I've seen what the Klan does." Nevertheless, at the inquest into Adams's death, Marsha lies to protect Lucy's marriage. However, after Lucy walks in on her husband attempting to rape her sister, Lucy chooses to abandon her spouse, whom Marsha is now prepared to expose as one of the killers. The Klan, therefore, has another "outsider" with which to deal. One might complain that the KKK's reign of terror targets men, not women, blacks, not whites—and that there isn't a single black soul in sight in this small southern town. Doubtless, the studio did not want to cloud the film's anti-KKK message by engaging the ambivalence towards Negroes (as African Americans were then called) felt by the film's target white audience. The critical thing is that the film's message comes through powerfully, especially when Lucy, shot by her husband, dies in Marsha's arms, moving Marsha to accept responsibility for this outcome: "This is all my fault!" As citizens, we are obliged to tell the truth, whatever the circumstances, when we witness a crime.
As Ronald Reagan agreeably plays him, District Attorney Burt Rainey isn't sanctimonious as he goes about his job of trying to get Marsha to testify at the inquest against the Klan, if only she would. Ginger Rogers plays Marsha, and she is alternately sensitive and stunning; hers is a performance by an actress at the peak of her abilities. (Susan Hayward, originally pegged for the part, would not have been so shrewdly modulated or, ultimately, so deeply moving.) Critic Andrew Sarris, though, put his finger on the most interesting aspect of Rogers' performance and director Heisler's handling of it: Rogers' mature sexuality. Steve Cochran, with two beautiful performances up ahead (R. G. Springsteen's Come Next Spring, 1956; Michelangelo Antonioni's The Cry, 1957), is effectively creepy and loutish as Hank. One major performance, however, is ridiculous. Doris Day, as Lucy, skips around in musical-comedy style, mawkishly emotes rather than acts, and never once hits a note of even scant realism. This would remain Day's worst performance until Midnight Lace (David Miller, 1960).
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Shiri Appleby (born December 7, 1978 in Los Angeles, California) is a Jewish-American actress best known for her leading role as Liz Parker in the Roswell television series.
Shiri and her younger brother, Evan, were raised by their parents Dina and Jerry Appleby in the San Fernando Valley (northwest of downtown Los Angeles, over the Hollywood Hills, in Los Angeles County). Jerry is an American telecommunications executive and Dina is an Israeli-born school teacher.
She graduated from Calabasas High School (Calabasas, California) in 1996 and went on to major in English literature at the University of Southern California while also studying theater arts. She is known for her work in the community and active participation in charity events.
Shiri began her acting career at the age of four, starting with advertising for various products such as Cheerios and M&Ms. Her first advertisement was for Raisin Bran but it was never aired.
She has had guest appearances on many television programs, most notably thirtysomething (1987), Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989), ER (1994), Baywatch (1989), Xena: Warrior Princess (1995) and Beverly Hills 90210 (1990). For Roswell, she tried out for the roles of both Isabel and Maria before landing the role of Liz Parker. She has also had minor roles in a significant number of movies.
Shiri was in Bon Jovi's music video "It's My Life" with Will Estes. She was also featured throughout the 2004 music video for the song "I Don't Want To Be" by Gavin DeGraw.
Shiri has brown eyes, brown hair and is around 5'3" tall. She has a scar above her left eyebrow, resulting from a dog bite when she was young.
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