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In it he promises that the new Bebo will be "very different from the old one", while also insisting that there will be less male genitalia after account whiteboards were often used to sketch crude drawings.
Birch first created Bebo in 2005 with his wife and it soared in popularity before being sold to AOL in 2008 or $850 million (£550 million).
However, it quickly faded as Facebook exploded across the world and he has now re-bought the site for $1 million (£660,000) with hopes to revamp it.
In the spoof video Birch discusses the penis drawings in a deadpan style over the top of the sort of music expected to be heard in a corporate video.
"I'm not going to take the moral high ground," he said. "I drew a few myself."
People interested in joining the new Bebo can register a place on the site ahead of its launch using their email address.
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"Djibouti is a return to form from the old master"
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Elmore Leonard's 44th novel, Djibouti (£7.99, Phoenix), has for its backdrop the Horn of Africa. An American film-maker, Dara Barr, sets out to make a documentary about the pirates who prey on commercial shipping off the coast of Somalia. She quickly encounters a host of idiosyncratic characters: Billy Wynn, an eccentric Texas billionaire who appears to be operating as a one-man anti-terrorist secret service; the pirate leader Idris Mohammed and his Oxford-educated weapons dealer friend, Sheikh Ari "Harry" Bakar; and James Russell, an American-born al-Qaeda operative with designs on blowing up an oil tanker captured by the pirates.
A dialogue-driven yarn, Djibouti manages to be both blackly comic and rooted in the grimmest of realities, with Leonard also shoehorning in a measure of postmodern playfulness, as Dara and her cameraman, Xavier, provide a running commentary on the business of storytelling while they put together their documentary film. It's a trick reminiscent of Chili Palmer's Hollywood screenwriting experience in Leonard's Get Shorty (1990), and Djibouti is a return to form from the old master that deserves to be measured against his finest work.

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I see a couple of pontoons moored to the quay wall at Eden Quay. Could this be the start of work on the boardwalk extension? I was thinking about how this should look. Rather than just a simple entrance at each end (O'Connell Bridge and Butt Bridge) I think an opening opposite Malborough St would be a good idea. It would help develop the quayside in advance of our new river facing National Theatre (dont all hold your breaths).
Also work is due to start on the pedestrian bridge at Custom House Quay. Any movemnt on Macken St? And what of the pedestrian bridge proposed from Malborough St to Hawkins St.
DDDA are also working with designers for an 'innovative' lighting scheme along the Liffey from Butt Bridge to the Point. In addition to all the stuff they have put up?
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Don Banks from Si.com has also picked the Bills to go with TE Brandon Pettigrew. He nailed Leodis McKelvin last year but not right away so give him time to come around if you want somebody else.
Here's the breakdown of 1-10 and some other notables:
1. Lions - Andre Smith, OT, 'Bama
2. Rams - Eugene Monroe, OT, Virginia
3. Chiefs - Matt Stafford, QB, Georgia
4. Seahawks - Michael Crabtree, WR, Texas Tech
5. Browns - Malcolm Jenkins, DB, Ohio State
(The temptation won't be there for the Bills to pick up an OSU DB)
6. Bengals - Brian Orakpo, DE/LB, Texas
7. Raiders - Michael Oher, OT, Ole Miss
8. Jaguars - Aaron Curry, OLB Wake Forest
9. Packers - Michael Johnson, DE, Georgia Tech
10. Niners - Mark Sanchez, QB, USC
Other players of note:
12. Broncos - Rey Maualuga, ILB, USC
13. Redskins - BJ Raji, DT, Boston College
14. Saints - Brian Cushing, DE, USC
15. Texans - Aaron Maybin, DE, Penn State
20. Lions - Everette Brown, DE, Florida State
25. Dolphins - James Laurinaitis, LB, Ohio State
27. Colts - Sen'Derrick Marks, DT, Auburn
No Mack (or any other center) in the first round. Discuss.


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text: This is one of those packages that make me suspect it was done without the blessing of the band, or at least without its involvement. Piss-poor liner notes that don't offer squat in terms of musical or historical insight, somewhat arbitrary track selection, and two incredibly inept bonus tracks — as a greatest-hits set goes this is pretty pathetic, though strictly as a collection of songs, the music holds up.Though many of Queensryche's best songs are on here ("Silent Lucidity", "Eyes of a Stranger", "The Lady Wore Black", "I Dream in Infrared"), I would have liked to see more. The band's more ambitious and less "hit"-oriented material is often the equal of the songs released as videos or singles. Missing in action: The gorgeous ballad "The Killing Words" and ethereal "I Will Remember" from Rage for Order; pivotal Operation: Mindcrime tracks "Revolution Calling" and "The Mission", the latter being one of Chris DeGarmo's crowning glories as a songwriter and guitarist, with a killer Michael Kamen string section; "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" and "Anybody Listening?" from Empire; and most significantly, no live material. Queensryche's decision in 1991-1992 to perform Operation: Mindcrime in its entirety on the Building Empires tour was possibly the most important artistic decision in its career, but none of the tracks (which were released in the boxed set Operation: LIVEcrime) are included here. And there are no worthy rarities whatsoever: The two bonus tracks, "Somebody Else?" and the toothless mellow trip "Chasing Blue Sky", both catch Queensryche at possibly its lowest points in songwriting clarity, unfocused and underarranged, lacking in edge and dynamics. I for one would've liked to see included tracks from Queensryche's superlative performance on MTV Unplugged, which showcased the band's prowess with acoustic arrangements; two of the songs from the show, "I Will Remember" and "Della Brown", were found in the band's Building Empires home video. These would've been prime fodder for bonus tracks — which, again, leads me to suspect that EMI slapped together this greatest-hits set without the band's involvement and just swept the vaults for B-sides that the label has rights to (Queensryche having released the Q2K album with WEA/Atlantic last year). Even as far as B-sides go, the acoustic mix of "I Dream in Infrared" (the B-side to "Best I Can") is far superior than either of the bonus tracks, as are the live Mindcrime tracks that were found on the B-side of some versions of the "Silent Lucidity" single.I don't think there's any buying incentive for the die-hard Queensryche fan, with such scant bonus material and, again, terrible liner notes. But if you just want to own only the most well-known songs because you don't have the original albums, this collection will satisfy your want.


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KINGSTON, OK -- A public meeting was held in Kingston to discuss the low water levels at Lake Texoma.
Hundreds of Texomans filled the auditorium at Kingston High School Saturday to talk about the issues facing Lake Texoma.
"I know of no other place in the world I'd rather live, than right there where we are on Lake Texoma," said James Cruson, a long-time resident on the lake.
Cruson says he's been living on Lake Texoma property for over 40 years, where water levels are at 608 feet, more than eight feet lower than normal for this time of year.
"I'd like to see it not be limited to a 100 year life span but an unlimited lifespan," said Cruson.
The Facebook group Save Lake Texoma organized the meeting to give legislators, business owners and residents a chance to discuss the drought and the impact low water levels are having on the lake.
"This lake brings in way too much money to our economy for recreation to be so far down on the list," said Robyn King, founder of the Save Lake Texoma Facebook page.
Senator Jerry Ellis reminded the crowd of the recent battles for water between Oklahoma and Texas legislations.
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"FS Real Time" has been designed to keep Microsoft® Flight Simulators
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A known problem in all Microsoft Flight Simulators is that the time keeps
falling behind the Real World time. Also, when crossing Time Zones,
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A nation transformed by presidential election
To the Editor:
Cable news show host Bill O'Reilly summarized it best when he said Tuesday night we have "become a nation that wants stuff, and the president is the guy who will give us stuff."
Saul Alinsky ("Rules for Radicals" ) say's it in his 13 rules. " You must coopt enough of the middle class with big government in order to bring it down." This has been achieved with an array of large social programs, the most visible being Medicare. The wagon will soon collapse.
We have now sealed our national fate. No amount of tax increases, the lack of will to address runaway spending, the cowardice of the opposition, and the flawed candidates put forward is all the evidence we need.
Now we sit patiently and wait for total financial collapse before we can begin any effort to rebuild what was the greatest, most free nation in human history. We can mourn over the number of voters who are woefully ignorant and vote in their perceived self interest without understanding the implications for future generations that will be obligated to pay for their "stuff". You can't legislate morality, or intelligence.
You can however induce them to vote for you, just promise them more stuff.
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text: I know the source may be questionable (profootballtalk.com). However just the thought that this guy tried defending himself saying that all those things said about him were false and that he only surrounds himself with good people, was never late to practices and games just went down the drain. Does this guy even have a clue? You tell peoplethat you surround yourself with good people and your at Pacman's workouts? Are you freakin' kidding me. Whatever knuckle head team takes this guy better hope be buys a clue with all that money they give him or people are gunna think TO is a saint after Dez's career is done. Add all that to fact that many think he hates going up the middle and probably won't block hard in the running game and I throwup at the the thought of us taking him. McX has gotta be smart enough to see right through this guy. Williams at #11 !!


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The annual COA Christmas Giving Trees are located in the lobby of the Citizens Center and at the HTM Credit Union in the basement level of City Hall. Please help a senior in need and take a tag! Gifts should be brought to the Citizens Center wrapped and marked for distribution to local nursing homes by December 20.
Best of Times and the Haverhill Council on Aging are offering a New Year's Eve Day Party at the Danversport Yacht Club on Tuesday, December 31. Trip includes transportation, luncheon, show, orchestra, party favors and champagne toast. Cost is $79 per person. Contact Kathy or Rita for additional information at 978-374-2390.
Haverhill Council on Aging is starting a new exercise program titled "3B Senior Fitness: Balance, Bones, and Brain." This class will begin on Friday, January 17, from 11:00 a.m until noon. The first class is being offered free of charge. Classes will be held at the Citizens Center, 10 Welcome St. This is a comprehensive program of fitness appropriate for seniors: balance training to prevent falls, strength training to increase bone density & age appropriate trivia to challenge the brain. By incorporating trivia questions along with the workout, you will enjoy the workout, laugh, & not only challenge your body but your brain too. And the workout flies by with great music! Join Brian for this fun, energetic class! Register/Details: 978-374-2390 Ext 11 or 16.
Do you have an interest in travelling to the Peabody Essex Museum to see "Impressionists on Water" exhibit? This trip will take place in late January. Please contact Kathy or Rita at the Council on Aging at 978-374-2390 if you would like information on this trip. Date and time to be advised.
The CoOL Program at Northern Essex Community College offers very interesting and challenging education opportunities for life-long learners who are 50 and older. This program provides a wide variety of interesting topics to be explored each semester, and students and facilitators are welcome to join in the fun. For additional information contact Charlene Boucher at 978-659-1225.


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LOL Right on, it's like the republicunts have nothing better to do than continuously show hatred towards the presdient, instead of trying to work for the good of the PEOPLE of this country, not themselves and their failed horseshyt stupidity. More and more i keep saying to the republicans, "is that all you've got? come on" Idiots like Donald Trump need to get dropped off in a men's prison for a night in the sex offender bullpen so they can be silenced permanently, the tea party morons need to just steep in hot water and just get diluted, and the other fools who continuously do everything they can to destroy the president need to get a new gig. They are going to be left behind, while everyone else tries to work with the President of the United States to move foward and help this country get back to greatness.<quoted text>
Comparison's to Hitler? Really? How often do the same old stale tactics have to fail before you Republitards abandon them? Why don't you try the birth certificate thing again. Maybe it will work this time. ROFLMAO!


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They first build up the town, bring new citizens into it, and, last but not least, dig gold. However, when it is time and the gold vein is almost spent, they better take their belongings and get the hell out of Coloma!
In the game, this is represented by a division in two phases: build up followed by tear down. At the beginning of the game, all players start in the build up phase. It is up to the players themselves to decide when there's no more profit to be had and to enter the tear down phase. Each player makes this choice for himself, so while some players are already tearing down the place, others will still be building up.


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Alan Pardew remembers well the sale of Andy Carroll on January 31st, 2011 when he had assured fans that Andy was going nowhere, and then on the last day of that transfer window, Liverpool and manager Kenny Dalglish came in with a massive offer of £35M in cool cash for the England striker, and he was gone.
Yohan Cabaye - in action against Braga on Saturday
And then Newcastle didn't have enough time to get in a replacement, and we struggled through the rest of the season with not enough strikers, much like we did last season after Demba Ba was sold in January to Chelsea for only £7M.
And Pardew is now worried that some club like PSG for example may have plans to do exactly the same thing and come in late in the transfer window with a massive offer for Cabaye – and then where would Newcastle be?
PSG, Manchester United and Tottenham have all been credited with an interest in the French International and either one of those clubs could come in for Cabaye just before the window closes in early September.
Alan Pardew was asked in the Chronicle today about some potential late moves for some of Newcastle's top players, especially for Yohan Cabaye:
"That is a worry, we have had that before with Andy Carroll and it was a tricky time to lose Andy when we did. We managed to overcome that but you don't want to make it a habit."
"For me, of course I want to keep him."
"If one of the big clubs comes in with a massive offer, we will have to react to that." As it stands at the moment there have still been no offers, he remains our player and myself and the fans would love to see him stay come September 2nd – and still be in a black and white shirt."
"The speculation about Cabaye is right." "He's a top player and I wouldn't expect no less. It's good for his confidence." "He's not caused me one problem and he's worked really hard." "His professionalism has been brilliant and our fans need to know that."
Remember that we may seem to be in good shape when the very last day of the transfer window comes around on Monday 2nd September, and then there could be some swift movement by some club to try to get Yohan, or even one or two others of Newcastle's top players.
But it would need to be at least a £25M offer for Cabaye for the Magpies to sell, and it begs the question whether we want to sell decent central midfielders like Dan Gosling this summer, in case Cabaye does leave the club at the last moment.
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A Lubbock family needs your help after their donation jar was stolen from a Lubbock convenience store.
Six-month-old Devin Martreon Washington passed away this week. He had been diagnosed with Down's Syndrome and congestive heart failure.
His family solicited donations for medical and funeral expenses by placing a jar at a Lubbock convenience store. Store employees say that jar was nearly full of donations in just a matter of hours until a thief ran off with the jar.
Lubbock Police are investigating the incident.
Meanwhile, if you would like to make a donation to the "Devin Martreon Washington Memorial Fund," you can do so at any branch of the WesTex Federal Credit Union, or in care of Washington's grandfather, Edward Cobbs, at Alliance Federal Credit Union.
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Note: It's the return of The Week In Hockey Blogging. By popular demand (that would be the statistics of exit links clicked via good ol' StatCounter), I'm bringing this back to a best-of-the-week link dump format. Enjoy!
If you haven't seen it, Puck Daddy had the must-see/hear interview of the week by talking to Theo Fleury. Go now.
Puck Worlds' Bruce Peter (AKA Saskhab) suggests a little street hockey for the kids before going to a game.
Mike Brodeur or Martin Brodeur -- stats heads want to know!
What happens when agents bitch about your ice time? Why, you get the Martin Havlat saga!
You want old-school rivalries? How about a bloody Montreal Canadiens/New York Rangers battle circa 1947?
Those Edmonton Oilers might be young and plucky but they're not the Chicago Blackhawks.
Jewels From The Crown takes a look at the New Jersey Devils from an outside perspective -- outside, as in the jilted-but-probably-happy-now lover in the Ilya Kovalchuk fiasco.
Speaking of Kovalchuk, music pals Blueland Chronicle take in the battle of ex-Atlanta Thrashers/ex-New Jersey Devils and have a chuckle.
Finally, you've probably noticed the SBN hockey network had a lot of posts about enhancing the fan experience this week. Complete disclosure -- Samsung sponsored the theme, though SBN writers were given free reign to write about whatever the heck they wanted about. Our pal Bob Wage at Canes Country summed it up and you can see that it's quite a range of ideas.
This week's soundtrack:
Monday: King by Belly
Tuesday: Hard To Explain by The Strokes
Wednesday: Wake Up by Arcade Fire/David Bowie
Thursday: Gameday lost in cyberspace
Friday: Misery Is A Butterfly by Blonde Redhead
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Hedi Slimane, creative director of Saint Laurent, presented a powerful Spring/Summer 2014 ready-to-wear collection full of bold and popping prints, statement heels and obsessively chic accessories – and Eighties disco feel with a rock n' roll twist.
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With Paris Fashion Week coming to a close, we have taken an interest in two of our most acclaimed designers, Stella McCartney and Saint Laurent. Just as we have seen in other Spring 2014 runway show's this season, these two designers who both showed on the same day, couldn't be more different in their entire presentation.
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Stella McCartney made quite the statement with her collection by exemplifying an energetic ode to femininity with a contemporary twist. The show was confident with models strutting the runway in fluid lace-detailed dresses that fell to the hip effortlessly, sheer skirts that flashed a little thigh and plunging necklines that provided the perfect amount of sex appeal. "No matter what you wear from Stella – whether it's a dress or a tracksuit – you feel a sense of elegance without having to try," said Cara Delevgine, who walked in the show amongst other famous supermodels.
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Hi, we are a family from NZ travelling for the next 2 months looking for sport climbing areas to visit in Wyoming or Idaho. The kids are 6 and 8 and have been climbing for the last few weeks in Colorado, we can lead climb to top rope them. Any suggestions of nice sport climbing areas, shady/cool, nice spots to hang out and/or camp would be greatly appreciated! We have a 30ft motorhome. Thanks so much! Hilary
Bump for Hilary. Surely some MPers have some helpful recommendations...
Vedauwoo, Wyoming is excellent for kids and has a huge variety of routes both in the shade or sun. I would not leave Wyoming without going to the Voo. The camping is great as well. My kids love it when we go there. Also, Wild Iris is reasonably kid friendly and is very beautiful. City of Rocks, ID is a classic crag that is also very kid friendly. If you are in Idaho, consider checking out Stanely. Not a lot of climbing that is kid friendly but it is beautiful beyond measure and there is lots of hiking, lakes, rivers and stuff that the kids will love. PM me if you need further info on any of the places or route recommendations. Cheers, Adam
As far as Wyoming, the only area with moderate sport climbs I would recommend would be Piney Creek Canyon near Sheridan. Lots of shade from trees, lots of 5.9 bolted routes which are classic and nearby RV camping opportunities. Very kid friendly approaches and belay areas. I take my kids there regularly to climb. Haven't seen rockfall yet but there is scree above. In Idaho, the City of Rocks is going to be your best bet for RV camping and moderates. It has tons of moderate routes but is a little limited on pure sport routes and alot of the routes are mixed gear and bolts. Also, very kid friendly approaches and belay areas. Little to no rock fall because of the solid granite. If you are in this area, I would also consider American Fork Canyon in Utah which has super easy access to moderate sport routes (5.9 and 5.10) which are in the shade. Watch the swiftwater for kids. Maple Canyon in Utah is probably the best family crag for moderate sport routes in the western U.S. if moderate is 5.9 and 5.10 for you and you like 2 second approaches. It generally stays cool all summer and there are tons of routes. Watch the occasional falling cobble for kids. I wouldn't have them under the climb or the climbs of others.
Primo thanks! They are great tips. We are in Alpine WY now and had heard about piney creek. Also thinking about Lander and Wild Iris. We plan to go to Utah in Sept hopefully it will be starting to cool down then, Maple sounds great. Thanks alot!
Lander is pretty limited on moderate sport and has steep approaches. Steep drop-offs for kids to tumble down as well.
That motorhome is problematic. Most of the really good family crags are just not accessible with that beast. For all your other criteria, the OK Corral at Wild Iris is perfect. All of the (admittedly primitive) camping is about 200 yards from the wall, and there are a large number of 5.6-5.9 routes, in little clusters all along the wall. I just think that you'd have a hard time getting that motorhome all the way up Limestone Mountain Road, let alone cramming it into one of the campsite pull-outs below the Corral.


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Leaves and LeavingTurning leaves remind me that some people change along with the seasons.Leaf. Leaves. Leaving.-Hush. If you listen real close, you can hear leaves laughing as they let go of the twigs that adore them. They flutter quietly to the ground, their graceful suicides silent to everyone except their beloved branches.-Look, the world is orange and jagged and rusted. It is decadence and leaves and leaving. It is home, it is heaven, and it is hell.-One by one, the trees ignite themselves and we watch their soundless self-destruction unfold. Whole forests seem to go up in flames without smoke. Sometimes we take pictures.-We are only left with black and brown skeletons that patiently wait to be buried under white.-I spend my entire autumn watching things die.
BolideIf the world ends tomorrow--My dad will sit out in a lawn chairthe freezing Minnesota air,chainsmoking and smirking.And you, maybe if you wanted,we'd stand at the top of the Indian moundslike we did on the Fourth of July years agoand watch meteors firework across the sky.There will be no mini doughnut stand this time,no children laughing at the bright flashes,but also no repentance.If the world ends tomorrow,you don't need to apologize for anything.Hearts are fragile thingsand it's not like this worldhasn't been struck by a meteor before.
Event HorizonLook, this is not some bullshit poemabout raising our lovers to the status of stars,there is no wonder in the celestial,no glory in the fact for a small fee, you can name one of these flaming orbsafter your love. Nice try, though.The moon winks secretlyfrom outside of the cafe windowand for once, you pay her no notice.She is not a gazeworthy, glowing pearl.She is a pockmarked space rock.Nothing more.I take in the soft crescents of your nails,your bird-boned fingers tracing invisible galaxies on the table.You smile, onceand I recall briefly your lips at my neck,and the hidden constellations behind them.I realize momentarily that somewherein the heavy murk of outer space, there is a black hole at the center of our galaxy,and that five billion years from nowwhat's left of us will be compressed together,along with collapsed stars, space dust and failed galaxies,and I think to myself
Summer and sick of counting.It is only September and I am sick of counting.It is almost autumn and I am still waiting.It has been almost four months since I've written.It has been two years and I've hardly even painted.I think I'm broken.My dorm walls are white and I want to decorate them with glow in the dark stars but I don't want to keep making wishes.My dorm walls are white and all I want to do is paint galaxies and leave this world behind.My dorm walls are white and I am possibly broken.I leave my food unfinished and my walls white and my door unlocked and my friends behind and my head empty. I break things before they can even get made.It has been four months since summer and I missed the lilacs blooming,I missed the county fair, I missed National Night Out,I missed the meteor shower, I missed summer, I've missed you,It has been four months since summer and I am definitely broken.
Fill in the blank.Sometimes people leave these why-sized holes in our livesafter they depart.
One, two, threeMy boyfriend watched, open mouthedas I unscrewed the lid of your urn,and ran my fingers through your ashes.Your depression, your soul dust.I felt nothing other thanan ocean roiling beneath my ribs,and an urge to hold the brass ossuary,and rock you back and forthlike you did for me when I was young.-At the funeral, my uncle announcedthat you despised religion.But he left out the partwhere you did believe in a God,just that he was always punishing you.-"There was nothing you could have done"said the other uncle.I think of all those spent wishes,the birthday candles extinguished for gifts,the meteor showers I wasted on love,the prayers offered from family friendsthat are now given a little too late.-This year, I turn 22 years old.But when I blow out the candles,my wish won't matter.None of them did.
DerailmentLast summer, three trains derailed and no one ever told me, "Sorry for your loss". The rails were backed up for days after that. The newscasters replayed video of the wrecked remains whenever news was slow. Several people were injured and some even died, but to tell you the truth, I didn't think about them.Instead, I thought of the twisted, broken pieces of metal . Grain hemorrhaging from the boxcars into creek. The engine lying half-submerged in the water. The families that live across from the tracks coming outside slowly and seeing the wreckage. I wonder if they heard the bridge collapse, the boxcars crash against one another, the screech and clank of metal on metal on metal on metal-I wonder the train felt anything as it derailed. If it felt the bridge crack underneath its weight, if it felt itself split into pieces. I wonder if it saw the crash coming from far away.I wonder if it felt ashamed.
AutumnSomething happened in autumn. Besides the leaves turning, anyway. They weren't very pretty this year, to be honest. The trees changed unevenly because of the lack of rain in the summertime. The sky was gloomy for most of October.I wanted to take photos of the trees with you before they turned. You know, cliché nature shots. A hillside lined with red and umber foliage. Maple leaves sprinkled over the patio after the unexpected snow in October shocked them. Milkweed spores detaching from their pods and drifting away. Things to line the inside of the photo album I was making for you.We drank too much of the summer sun in July. By the time fall came, parts of us were falling off. Our colors had blazed too early. We were fading, deteriorating. An unexpected freeze had settled overnight. You can't really explain them. Meteorologists have tried. So have I, but I guess I can't blame everything on a cool front from Canada.I woke up one morning after sleeping by your side; I g
SatelliteIt's one of those too-long nights,where I'm too awakeand you're too honest.You tell me you have your fix:leave a constellation on the walls,your star gazing eyes glazing.But no, please--You are more than a meteor.More than a flash, crash, burn.It's like the sky is crackedand the stars are slipping into space.The pockmarked, indecisive moonhas turned her back on you, as before.But I am still in orbit.Maybe if you are drunk enough, you'll lean on meslur out solar systems of sadness,stagger down streets through broken nebulae of lights.Maybe tell me you're sorry; I was right.But after so many oblivious shooting stars,somehow I doubt it.
alannahlilting clouds in your glass of cabernetare imagined weather conversationswith people you used to know,used to know pretty well andwhether you should have leftthe way that you didall carpet bags and old clothesthe fog funneled throughholes in the train windows likeburned down cigarettesunevenyou light your own and thinkremembering is musclestretched taut over bone
Yet Another Christmas CarolIt was Christmas, celebrated all around Earth - and in Heaven, of course. As for elsewhere...If you believe for a single second that the devils don't celebrate Christmas, you are, well, right, actually. They keep very quiet about it. Not even a mouse would dare speak about it to the Almighty Fiend, Lucifer. The sole exception to this unspoken rule had happened a few years back on the occasion of a Satanically spiked MTV "Merry Christmas" video which had seemed like a good idea for a few hours. Until it became obvious that it had been a pointless endeavor those who watched MTV regularly had been mostly unaffected, those who didn't had had their opinions on the low quality of the station confirmed and, generally, it had been a fruitless fiasco.You didn't talk to Lucifer on Christmas. It was the same as going to him on Easter, patting him on the back and saying "There, there, mate. Anybody would have thought that killing Jesus was a good idea. I mean,
RenewThe pig carcass filled most of the stainless tub where the delivery men had laid it. Freshly slaughtered, but not butchered, it had taken four of them to lift it there. None of them spoke to Rinnovi, only pausing for him to sign for the animal before they left.On the way to the door, one of the men pointed at the stickers affixed to virtually every item in the house; black typewritten names and addresses on white shipping labels. The leader of the group nudged him and shook his head 'no', before hurrying him out the door.Rinnovi poured a scotch, and turned on the kitchen vid display, his own visage peering back at him with a smile. He froze the frame, leaving the remote on the island beside the second stainless tub."Osiris, prepare to renew." He spoke aloud to the empty room."Preparations underway." The voice, angel soft and faintly Irish filled the room seemingly from everywhere at once. Both of the tubs began to fill with a steaming viscous liquid, spattering against the steel, a
Winter 2012 Haiku Set12-6cats in the hallshifting to findthe last afternoon light12-7all day the old catfollows a spot of sundown the hall12-8all my raked leavesnow a pileat the back door12-10cold windstreet emptya faceless penny12-12a cat's balance-if you stop petting me,I'll fall12/21rusted cloudsseventy miles per hourtowards the coming dawn
Harvest MoonThree a.m. moonlightacross lazy dust motes; atree scrapes the window.Your arm weighs on my hip likewhispered promises of love.
crystallophonethere is a punchcard sinlike a queen of spades smoldering in an alley.Engine,you hear how the gears churn,singing faster than we did beforeback when black magic dropped like apair of socks from the sky with suppliestaped to a note that said(oh, look at you now)'U.S.A.,freedom.'such a beautiful brain:whatwhat girlruns on gasoline?have a gallonor we can call it a balloon,and a new pair of glassesfor your tapered eyes(you peel the bark back on the logs,darling,but you're not sure what you see),and life says,either nail jello to a tree,successfully,or keep youricicles hanging from the eaves,caterpillars frolicking in the ashes,your 'Sam, I still don't have your number,'and your totaled passion:someone to hang inside out with,string you up like a steak with.ohwhat the hungerititis trying to tell memy brain churns like butter,my insides aflare, my chakras combusting,my
Death of a Love.She hadn't moved from her window in over a day.Watching for the impossible was something that she was content to do. It injected her with the faint hope that she might witness some of those precious memories once again. Maybe his decrepit old Clio, chugging along and spluttering to a grumbling stop right outside her house, or maybe the bicycle that he sometimes opted for instead, signalling his arrival with the ringing of a bell. It economised on both petrol and his nerves, he had always told her with a smile.His smiles were gems. She had always watched in rapt fascination when his lips pulled back and curled upwards, his left cheek dimpling slightly when it lifted more than the other. His teeth were slightly crooked, the front two pushed back a little further than his incisors, always immaculately clean.She shook her head, dragging her eyes from the unchanging scene outside. No point in dwelling on what was past, she tried to tell herself. Nothing can be done. He's gone.Yet, in a
glass in the tidegradac, croatia; summer.it is a town climbed up from the sea:a salt hymn, an exhalation, a brightly calcifiedspray. the houses here are overgrownas wildflowers, paths like tiny winding veinssprung alive between them. from my balcony i watchthe sun crest slowly into afternoon,and mothers lead their childrendown stone slopes, arterial pullto the water. by the shore,vendors sell bottles of olive oil, salt,sage, gathering up anything with the tasteof what mystery inhabits the air—brimming overthe glass lips, a curving kind of joy,the whole earth, a bowl of it.at night, my uncle drinks beerand i drink wine. he watchesthe football game and i tryto write this poem; try to bottle with languagesome tipped draught of the night waterbelow me, the children still dancing loudin its repeated unfurling,opal spray.in the morning, we swim, and stretch outour salt-damp bodies at the edgeof the sea. lying there, i rustlethrough the beach's tiny stones, pick out emer
WhitmanI am all that grows from meand all that grows from me is sacred— my hair, dirty roots reaching towards sky,fed by sky, shifted by its undulating currents my fingers, spiders, crescents, twigs,gaunt, blunt, probing, inquisitive...prurient my ears, awkward conch shells jammed on as if by mistake,rigid and ridged, elven,innocent like unexplored caves for children to bound gaily intoresounding with echoed cheers of courage wantingas if a dozen more children waited within, fearless guides; my nose, obdurate. The reach of my eyes knows no bounds;what walls are there to throw my body against?
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- On September 11, Don Hermanek and Rita Figi of IAA (Insurance Auto Auctions) came by the national office to discuss the launch of a partnership to reach out to support SkillsUSA state associations and chapters and to offer training and employment opportunities to SkillsUSA students from many training program areas. They expressed particular interest in students competing in the leadership contests. They started the meeting with the presentation of a $25,000 check. We are to get back together in early October to further develop our strategy.
- Along similar lines, staff and I met on September 13 with NCCER (National Center for Construction Education and Research). They're predicting an uptick in construction hiring and so they're looking for ways to hire our construction graduates.
- Thanks to Bill Maddox and Wanzel Jessie of YDF member N.E.W., we were able to take the Mega Prize winner John Lee and his wife, Samantha, to the owner's box at a Washington Nationals baseball game September 7th and then I took them on a Segue tour of the Washington monuments on the 8th. Both John and Samantha are big baseball fans so they were just over the moon about the prize. John teaches diesel equipment technology at Tennessee Technology Center in Elizabethton. He's also a state certified trainer, he's had national contestants, has a national officer this year and he was a Virginia state officer many years ago.
- And, finally, the WorldTeam had its first webinar on August 3. Most of the contestants, experts, management team and a few state association directors participated. It was an orientation for the team and to check on how we're doing on communications and training. We met with state association directors Karen Ward and Mike Cowles on September 10 to discuss several topics including state director certification, new training structures and registration procedures and the hotel lottery at national conference among others. The staff values their input. Past national officer, national staff member and all-around good friend to SkillsUSA, Bill Prince and his wife Patty came by to visit with the national staff on September 12. Bill addressed the staff meeting on the early history of SkillsUSA and exciting moments he recalled such as the appearance of President Reagan at our national conference.
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OPP officers laid 578 impaired driving charges and issued 481 warn range suspensions throughout the province from Nov. 23 to Jan. 2.
Last year, the OPP issued 693 charges and 625 warn range suspensions in the same time frame.
While the OPP said it is pleaded to see the number lower this year, the fact 578 people were charged with impaired driving serves as a reminder that a small number of impaired drivers threatened the lives of others.
"The OPP would like to thank Ontarians who helped carry out a successful campaign by not drinking and driving, not letting family and friends drive while impaired by drugs or alcohol and for calling 911 to report suspected impaired drivers."


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Statistics and Music: Fitting a Local Harmonic Model to Musical Sound Signals (1998)
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Statistical modeling and analysis have been applied to different music related fields. One of them is sound synthesis and analysis. Sound can be represented as a real-valued function of time. This function can be sampled at a small enough rate so that the resulting discrete version is almost as good as the continuous one. This permits one to study musical sounds as a discrete time series, an entity for whichmany statistical techniques are available. Physical modeling suggests that manymusical instruments' sounds are characterized bya harmonic and an additive noise signal. The noise is not something to get rid of rather it's an important part of the signal. In this research the interest is in separating these two elements of the sound. To do so a local harmonic model that tracks ch...


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By Austin Lewis (WMAZ)- A Georgia store clerk is facing charges after being accused of spanking a customer's child with a belt.
The 8-year-old boy admits to throwing something at the woman, but only after she called him a name.
"It's just heartbreaking me that it happened two days before my birthday, it's just, I don't like it. It happened two days before my birthday."
Logan Ivey says what he doesn't like...is how he ended up spanked at the Dollar General store.
"So I walked down this aisle and I seen the lady. She started calling me a demon, so I said 'I'll show you bad' and I picked up a cookie and I threw it at her. So I tried to hide behind the counter and somehow she found me and started whipping me and I didn't have nowhere to go."
Ivey says the clerk hit his back with a belt.
"I felt like I had five needles sticking in me, then it really hurt. I was screaming Momma."
Wrightsville police chief Paul sterling says from the footage they have...
"It wasn't a spanking, it was more or less a beating than a spanking the way she was hitting him, you know? I don't know how to explain it. It just - I don't even like to think about it."
"And I was crying real bad because she had actually hurt me. When I had actually got up from when she stopped whipping me my pants were actually a little bit warm."
While the video of what happened inside the Dollar General hasn't been released...Ivey's family says it would provide more answers.
"I just wish everybody could see the video because everybody makes comments about what it should be and what they should have done as far as the parent and all that, but if they seen the video it would be a lot different, you know, because it shows how many times she really hit him and how bad it was."
Logan's father describes his son as a typical boy.
"I mean he likes to play. You have to get onto him just like any other kid, but he didn't deserve to be beat with no belt like that by nobody else."
"It felt real real painful. Nobody should have that kinda torture to them. It really hurt."
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Thankyou ladies for the very kind words.. I honestly don't know what I would do without you all! x*x
I'm sorry for the loss, and I just know that your baby boy is looking down on you & aaron and still loves you very much. It takes a lot for someone to make a decision like that, and it was all from your heart, and you both wanted to best for your little man. You all are in my prayers, and I wish you the best of luck. If you ever need to talk, I'm here to listen.
i have read all your story :( is very sed, but you and your family are very strong.
i hope to you all the best for the future <3
Quoting Jenna xx:

Quoting Marryin&Babies2010:" ok i havent gotten a chance to read it ALL i made it to the point when you told him it was a boy :) ... [snip!] ... she doesnt hurt now. she can dance sing talk walk run jump play feel everything that she couldnt have done. hang in there babe!"

Thanyou honey.. I'm so sorry about your beautiful daughter.. But you are right and I hope she is playing up in heaven with my little man.. I see you are due in may also!:) congrats honey:)
I am very sorry you had to go through that.You made the decision that you thought was best and a mother just knows.Don't ever beat yourself up over it,it wasn't like you did it out of being selfish or irresponsible like some do.You did it for your son to not suffer and he knows that.He is in heaven with my daughter and they watch out for us each and everyday until we go home to them.Best wishes to you with your future children.
every loss is so different. I lost my beautiful baby girl to SIDS this past april. She was 5 weeks old.
So I am not going to tell you that i know what you are going through.
I have to say i admire you for your unselfish act of what you did for your son.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful heartbreaking story.
Congrads on your new miracle, i hope and pray this pregnancy goes well for you.
Im expecting in april near the same time i lost my baby girl.
I hope you keep us informed on how you are doing sweetie.

Quoting **amandamarie**:" every loss is so different. I lost my beautiful baby girl to SIDS this past april. She was 5 weeks old. ... [snip!] ... you. Im expecting in april near the same time i lost my baby girl. I hope you keep us informed on how you are doing sweetie."

Thankyou honey that is sosweet.. I'm so sorry about your little girl.. I can't even imagine..
How are you feeling about this pregnancy? Xx
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I just want to say you are very strong, and almost 2 years ago I was in a similar situation, that I decided to medically terminate.
I got pregnant too soon after my c-section with my son, the baby had implanted on my incision line on my uterus, which I had a major uterine infection and still ended up not being healed, which I didn't know until I got pregnant. At 10 weeks, I got a scan to check to see if the baby had moved up anymore on my uterus and off my incision line, and there were 3 blood clots forming around the embryo and a few inside the sac. At that point my OB said that my uterus was probably too weak to carry the pregnancy full term, and I could choose between terminating, or going on with the pregnancy to wait and see, but if my uterus ruptured, I would show no signs (ie pain), and that I would lose the baby, and possibly my own life.
So I ended up medically terminating at 11 weeks. And it was a very hard decision, and I still feel horrible about it. Like I said it's not the same situation, but I did choose to medically terminate instead of going through with the pregnancy, I was scared of leaving my son motherless.
My nurses were not nice either. It was a very hard emotionally draining experience. And I STILL feel emotionally drained from it sometimes.
But in the end you did what you thought was right, and you are very strong. I will keep your family in my prayers.
Your story is a very touching story. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers! God Bless!
First off I offer my condolances. My heart goes out to you. The worst fear in a Mothers eyes is hearing that something will be wrong with thier baby. The decision you made came from pure love. I am so sorry that you had to say good bye to your precious son, but at the same time I know he is in a much better place feeling no pain and dancing on the clouds with friends. Although our stories are much different they share simularities and I know the pain you have felt and are still feeling. May God Bless you and this new miracle you are carrying. I will be praying for you.
this made me cry.
no one should have to go through this but you and your husband and two of the strongest people I've come across.
I'm so happy you're having twins.
Your story made me cry, im so sorry you had to go through this. Just know your little man knows you love him for what you did so he or you wouldnt suffer ne more.
I'm so HAPPY you are expecting TWINS how exciting! :)
Wow Im sorry you had to go through that it must have been very hard! I couldnt even imagine being placed in that situation and have to make that decision.... Soo sorry for your loss!!!


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Heisley acknowledged that no player on the roster can be deemed "untouchable." But he insisted that it would take an extraordinary offer, which includes a star player clearly better than Gay, to pique the Grizzlies' interest. Bargnani is the only Raptors star player that is better than Gay. LOL


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The Red Wings announced that the prospect camp has been moved to Traverse City this year and will take place July 7-14. It is also open to the public.
Guess what? The Cherry Festival is being held July 2-9 this year. What a great family vacation! Enjoy parades, concerts, carnival, activities, beaches...and, oh, so much more while getting your mid-summer hockey fix.
Centre Ice is only a couple of miles from downtown, so you can drop the family off at the festivities and go watch (possible) future Wings being put through their paces.
No interest in The Festival...just thinking that if I didn't live here how great it would be to take in the combination of all the Cherry Festival has to offer....and get to see Wings hockey at same time.
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It's entirely possible that I am late to this realisation but I am going to say this anyway. In the US at least, the more you pay for a hotel the more it costs. That is going to sound stupid. But consider that at the lower end place where the competition is most fierce the WiFi is free while at the top end it is an additional fee. The same goes for bottled water in the rooms. Free at the smaller places and chargeable at the lager ones. Not just chargeable but not even a mini bar.
And this brings me to my final point, you will be pleased to hear. In the large tracts of the US where space is free the larger hotels have put in great big palaces. But this is a cover for the fact that those same places are being run on the same of fewer staff than the smaller ones. Consider the place I am in today – absolutely zero service staff but absolutely huge common areas and rooms. Its all an illusion.
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The 1970's Korg Delta Analogue synthesiser.
Sounds of the Delta is a sample library of the Korg Delta Synthesiser for NI Kontakt (full version of Kontakt required). It also has all the raw oscillator samples which can be controlled in the same way as a real Delta.
The gorgeous analogue strings have
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Also has a sixteen step analogue style sequencer.
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Section 1) Delta sample library which is placed in an easy to use drop down menu system for quick and easy access to the samples Lots of bass, strings, resonance, filter mod effects, etc all sampled and easily selected from the custom user interface.
Section 2) Delta raw oscillators section which gives you full control over the raw oscillators in much the same way as a real Delta.
Section 3) Analogue string section which enables the creation of the beautiful strings from a Delta- Easily create lush analogue, swirling pads and strings that just ooz analogue.
Each section can be played simultaneously to create huge analogue sounds.
Dedicated effects and modulation section.
The Control page allows each oscillator, string and Delta Library to be panned independently of each other to allow wide stereo spreads.
Here are some comments from owners of Sounds of the Delta from various audio forums. My thanks to everyone who gives me feedback, I really appreciate it.
This is incredible value...sounds are first class and Steve (as usual) goes above and beyond the call of duty. If you have Kontakt and you are looking for some top class sounds, jump on this, quick! Looks (Flavours of Lime is seriously talented) and sounds gorgeous as usual! Bought straight away - and it hasn't disppointed! Stunning stuff (again!)Davyache@KVR
Top Quality, Inspiring GUI, Amazing sounds from the past and all at low prices Bjarke@KVR
Steve's readiness to listen to user input and implement reasonable requests with the speed of a striking cobra is unmatched in the business, I think. And the Delta sounds fabulous! I'm like a kid in a candy store… Spitfire31@KVR
Another belter from Synth Magic! Absolutely fantastic! Redspark@KVR
Sound's great, as usual. JSP1979@KVR
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Another sampled labour of love analogue classic from Steve. Got this on Monday and haven't stopped messing about with it since. I have always been a huge fan of Korg stuff (ever since I bought a 700s in 1975) and the Delta samples are absolutely spot on. Lovely warm string sounds and the whole thing just oozes analogue and the layering options give some very nice results. Thanks for another fantastic emulation, Steve. SyncII@KVR.
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Looking forward to grabbing this one to go along with everything else you make Steve! Dr.Bill@Gearslutz
Just spent this evening getting to know this instrument and I think it is fantastic! The presets are spot on and show the versatility of the synth. It is very easy to tweak and get the sound I want. I love the sequencer, great for getting inspiration and polyrhythmic ideas (set to an odd number of steps and drum along in 3/4 or 4/4: instant 70's space rock. For the price this is an absolute bargain! Thank you Steve. Zyzygis@gearslutz
I already have the Sounds of the Quadra, that I really love, and I'm gonna have a listen to the Sounds of the Delta. Seems great too. Synthmagic is a really really great company, with wonderful products, never expensive and with a fantastic follow-up. Thanks ! Marchenoir@gearslutz
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"We had Plan A, B, and C. We knew what they were going to do and nothing worked" -summarized-
- Todd Haley during Denver post game press conf.
I do not think opposing defenses realize just how BRUTAL and PHYSICAL this type of offense is. This is not a normal fast agile QB and OL option system, this is a POWERFUL HUGE EXHAUSTING offense with an OL all over 300lbs(Clady 6'6" 315 and Franklin 6'7" 330lbs.) and a "not your average QB" running the ball.
I know it has been said but the OL being physically dominate and Tebow making the correct reads will be key. Call it attitude with smarts. At altitude, short week, Jets coming off HUGE loss; if we get on them early (physically), bully and push them off the ball and this game is ours sooner or later when they will start making mistakes from exhaustion.
This is going to be a very interesting game. I just hope Fox/McCoy don't try to get to slick and tricky. No one has really stopped this offense for more than a quarter the last few weeks. Stick with the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality. At least for now.
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From 1991 to 1995 he studied at Vladimir Conservatory, in the Faculty of Musical Ethnology, obtaining a diploma degree as chorus director.
From 1991 to 1997 he worked as a freelance jeweller and restorer of icons.
In 1997 he enrolled in an introductory course in Slavonic Studies and Art Education at the university in Greifswald and then changed to a diploma degree course in Communication Design, with photography as the main subject at the University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg.
He was one of the winners of the photography competition "Good prospects – young german photography 2007– 2008" with the work "No Direction Home", In September 2009 this work was issued as a book of the same name by the publishing house Kehrerverlag. In 2010 the work "Come bury me" was published as well by Kehrerverlag.
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while i agree with Jennings' team mentality and his assessment of Rodgers, still gotta love Frazier building the culture: "We're the Vikings and we want to talk about us and what we're trying to get done here. He understands that. That's where our focus has to be. We have so much work to get done. We don't really want to be looking at and describing other teams, other teams' players. It's us. We got to focus on us. He's good with that."


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Cherie Blair was awarded the CBE in the New Year Honours for her services to women's issues and charity.
Mrs Blair, 58, has used the prominence she gained as wife of former prime minister Tony Blair to raise both funds and awareness for a wide range of charities at home and overseas.
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An iconic Hancock County restaurant celebrated a happy homecoming Wednesday. Trapani's Eatery reopened on the beachfront in downtown Bay St. Louis.
For the Trapani family, this marks a complete recovery from Hurricane Katrina. It's also an important day for the downtown district.
The Owings family wanted to be the first customers of the new Trapani's Eatery, so they lined up almost 30 minutes before the doors opened.
"We've been coming here since even before storm and we really enjoy the food," Bay St. Louis resident Glenda Owings said. "We believe in the Bay and we want to support any of the businesses that come back. We want the Bay to come back to its former glory."
Coming back to the beach wasn't easy. Katrina took the building, the utility lines under the road and even the road itself. Now all are back, and better than ever before.
"That took about three years longer than we had anticipated," said restaurant Co-Owner Jolynne Trapani.
"We never, ever gave up our dream. We always said from day one when this restaurant was completely demolished we would replace it. We really feel like that this is the start of the rebirth of downtown Bay St. Louis."
Not long after Katrina, then-Mayor Eddie Favre said getting Trapani's back on the beach would mean Bay St. Louis recovery was near complete.
"When we made that comment at the time, it appeared that they were going to be the first ones out the shoot," explained Favre.
But Favre admits the recovery is not complete, just yet.
"It's one more business, one more step in the right direction. We have come a long way since August 29, 2005. But we still have a way to go."
For the Trapani's, seeing a dining room filled with old friends and good food makes the long journey worthwhile.
Jolynne Trapani said with an emotional tone to her voice, "My commitment, I feel like, to this community, I fulfilled.... To be back on the beachfront in Bay St. Louis, to us, is we're coming home. We're back home."
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April 21, 2014 at 3:27 pm , by Kayla Becker
When I heard that ob-gyn Lauren Streicher, M.D., a trusted member of our hard-working LHJ Medical Advisory Board, had written Love Sex Again, I wrote it off as a book for an older crowd—definitely not for a 20-something like me. But when I met with Dr. Streicher, a super energetic woman who has been the go-to person on sexual health for Dr. Oz and The Today Show, her enthusiasm won me over. I was surprised at how much I learned and how interested I was in what she had to say. Because let's face it—she's one of the few candid voices actually talking about this stuff.
In the book, which comes out this week, she covers topics such as how your hormones affect your sex life, what to do when sex is painful, how to re-spark your libido and how to improve your orgasms. She puts words to things you didn't know you had and offers solutions to problems that are common. Her personable, humorous tone makes the book fun to read, and it's useful, whether you're in your 20s or your 70s. Here are three things from the book that grabbed me most.
1. Not many women are talking about their sexual problems.
Even though 100 million women in America have troubles in the bedroom (at all ages), very few talk about it—not even with their doctors. And even if they are seeing a physician, the doctor generally won't bring it up. When surveyed, almost 42 percent of women said their doctor never asked about sex or libido. Dr. Streicher says it's time to speak up!
2. Endometriosis can affect you (and your sex life) when you're young.
The disease, which is often misdiagnosed, can be genetic and start at birth. In fact, 52 percent of teen girls with severe chronic pelvic pain had surgically proven endometriosis. It was news to me that this health problem didn't just start later on in life. It reminds me of the popular article LHJ published recently about a woman who suffered from endometriosis for 20 years without being diagnosed!
3. The HPV vaccination is safe after age 26.
Because the HPV vaccination Gardasil is only FDA-approved for ages 9-26, I thought for years that it was unsafe after that time. In reality, age 26 is the cutoff not because it's dangerous, but because the FDA has determined it doesn't have a high enough cost benefit. Most women don't ask for the vaccination because they think they're too old for it, but Dr. Streicher says she gives the vaccine to anyone who asks. So if you're, say, divorced and starting to date again, you should ask your doctor about it. The HPV virus can lead to several types of cancer, including oral. Just be prepared to pay, since your insurance probably won't cover the cost.
I asked a friend in her 50s what she found most compelling from the book.
1. Your sexual organs can atrophy?
Of course I'd heard that the drop in estrogen during perimenopause can cause your sexual desire to plummet, but I'd never heard about vulvovaginal atrophy. Lack of estrogen changes the pH so you have less lubrication and less protection from infections, as well as dryness, burning, itching and pain. No wonder so many women my age don't feel like having sex! Yes, systemic hormone therapy can help. And we now know that new lower doses and different formulas are safer for many women (although there still are risks). But with local vaginal estrogen, via cream or a ring, only a tiny amount is absorbed into your system and can restore your lubrication and elasticity to more like your younger self within a few weeks. And yes, you do have to use it or lose it!
2. STDs… they're not just for young people!
For some reason, we seem to think that 20-year-olds have more to worry about when it comes to sexually transmitted infections. There are more than 50 of them floating around out there; syphilis and chlamydia, for example, are skyrocketing in those over 55. And 80 percent of adults will have been exposed to HPV by the time they're 60. "So many times my patients say, 'I'm not worried… he's a really nice guy,' says Dr. Streicher. "I've got news for you. Sometimes the nice guys are the ones most likely to have an infection. Face it: Creepy guys usually have a harder time getting someone to sleep with them."
3. Where is the women's version of Viagra?
Women's sexual function and desire are just more complicated than men's. "Even if someone does discover the perfect pill to keep women lubricated, interested and highly orgasmic," says Dr. Streicher, "the chance that the FDA will approve that pill before our daughters are grandmothers is extremely small." So what till then? Dr. Streicher says some women with low libido benefit from small doses of testosterone, which can be prescribed off-label. A good lubricant can help a lot, too (or vaginal estrogen; see above). Don't be afraid to ask your doctor.
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