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Wellness Treatments:
Running Shown to Slow Effects of Aging
Posted: August 15, 2008
Regular running slows the effects of aging, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine that tracked 500 older runners for more than 20 years.
Older runners have fewer disabilities, remain more active as they get into their 70s and 80s, and are half as likely as non-runners to die early deaths, the study shows.
"If you had to pick one thing to make people healthier as they age, it would be aerobic exercise," James Fries, MD, an emeritus professor of medicine at the medical school and the study's senior author, says in a news release.
Researchers tracked 538 runners above the age of 50, comparing them to a similar group of 423 non-runners. The runners were part of a nationwide running club.
The participants, now in their 70s and 80s, answered yearly questionnaires about their ability to perform everyday activities such as walking, dressing, grooming, getting out of a chair and gripping objects. The researchers used national death records to learn which participants died and why. Nineteen years into the study, 34% of the non-runners had died, compared with only 15% of the runners.


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Key findings from the survey include (percentages are based on dollar volume of originated loans):
- For the second half of 2006, 55 percent of subprime originations were for refinance purposes unchanged from the first half of 2006 (see Chart 1). Among subprime refinances, 87 percent were for cash-out purposes compared with 75 percent for the first half of 2006. However, in the first half of 2006, 12 percent of refinances were reported as "unknown" or "other purposes" and thus, the refinance for cash-out purposes in the first half of 2006 could very well be higher.- Based on loan count, 32 percent of subprime purchase loans were made to a first-time home buyer, up from 25 percent in the first half of 2006. - The average loan amount for subprime loans in the second half of 2006 was $202,295, only 1 percent higher than the average loan amount for subprime loans of $200,167 in the first half of 2006. -Almost three-fourths, or 72 percent, of subprime originations came through the broker channel in the second half of 2006, an increase of 3 percent from the first half of 2006. - Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) loans (including Interest Only ARM Loans) comprised 75 percent of subprime originations in the second half of 2006, versus an ARM share of 67 percent of subprime originations in the first half of 2006 (see Chart 2). - Owner occupied homes represented 93 percent of subprime originations in the second half of 2006 versus 92 percent in the first half of 2006 (see Chart 3). - The average loan amount for second mortgages in this half was $35,506, an increase from $33,555 in the first half of 2006. The increase in the average loan amount along with the rise in the number of second mortgage originations was driven largely by a sharp increase in closed-end loans. This is the third report on subprime mortgage originations. The inaugural report covered subprime origination data from the second half of 2005. Thirteen subprime companies participated in this survey, including many of the top 10 subprime originators. The subprime company information includes origination data from companies that originate at least 50 percent subprime or ones that could break out their subprime originations separately. If you are not a member of the media and have questions about the Subprime Mortgage Originations Survey, please contact Vincent Varma at (202) 557-2831 or Joel Kan at (202) 557-2951.
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is the national association representing the real estate finance industry, an industry that employs more than 280,000 people in virtually every community in the country. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the association works to ensure the continued strength of the nation's residential and commercial real estate markets; to expand homeownership and extend access to affordable housing to all Americans. MBA promotes fair and ethical lending practices and fosters professional excellence among real estate finance employees through a wide range of educational programs and a variety of publications. Its membership of over 2,200 companies includes all elements of real estate finance: mortgage companies, mortgage brokers, commercial banks, thrifts, Wall Street conduits, life insurance companies and others in the mortgage lending field. For additional information, visit MBA's Web site: www.mba.org.

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Southland park districts offer community pools to help people cool off from the summer heat. | AP file photo
Updated: August 8, 2013 6:53AM
Is there anything better than jumping into a nice, cool pool on a hot summer day? I think not. Take advantage of the pools in the Southland, and make a day of it with your family.
I'm sure glad fireworks are illegal in Illinois. On July 4 we endured house-rattling, car alarm-tripping booms from mid-morning through late evening. From 7 to approximately 11 p.m., the fireworks were nonstop. I'm so glad men risked their lives by signing the Declaration of Independence so several hundred years later the citizens of America are able to celebrate by literally having their hard-earned money go up in smoke and flames. No wonder we have the elected officials we do. Most people haven't a clue as to how to be responsible citizens.
What's wrong with this picture? The very day celebrity chef Paula Deen is exposed as using the N-word years ago, a cable channel airs "Blazing Saddles," a Mel Brooks comedy which used the N-word repeatedly. Where is the politically correct crowd's outrage on this movie? In my opinion, the acronym PC stands for petty complainers.
Rick from Worth
I want to thank the Illinois Lottery for the past 35 years. I've lost an estimated $250,000 myself. I'm filing my third bankruptcy because of the Illinois Lottery. It's a real winning game. Shove it.
RC from Oak Lawn
It's a pity that young people are so neglected by their parents. I see young females with their bras hanging out of their clothing. Shoulder-less tops, low-cut fronts and cutout backs leave the bra, often black, so visible that it seems pointless to bother with the top at all. These girls look like they are selling. Where are their parents?
Tinley Park
Why is President Obama marching around Africa telling the world the United States is going to give millions to Africa for their development? Did he forget that he was elected by the American people to put the United States on track to solve our problems of unemployment, illegal immigration, a policy on health care reform and, above all, to reduce the huge federal debt that he has contributed to? Mr. Obama, it is time to come back to the United States and work on our own problems. Stop running away from the people who hope you will solve these problems.
Edward from Frankfort
Let's say I am a professional athlete. I make more money in a year than the majority of you average folks make in your whole lifetime. When my team wins we are honored with parades and victory celebrations while you average or less-than-average fans struggle and strain just to get a glimpse of me, yet you still congratulate me again and express how proud you are of me and my team and the city we represent. Get a life! We do appreciate you spending your money on memorabilia and insane ticket prices. Stay proud and keep me in the bucks.
Palos Park
A Speak Out commenter mentioned that some people don't have empathy for people who are poor. I do have empathy for people and charities that deserve it. The key word here is "deserve." People who live off of the empathy of others don't deserve it. Neither do charities whose administrative costs are the majority of your donations.
Bob from Oak Forest
I live in the 10th Ward and I want to know: Do the police ever stop and check to see if these street vendors have a license? There are too many on the street corners.
We already have a new dream airport all ready to go but no planes. We have a dream prison with no prisoners. Both were paid for by the taxpayers without a vote on either one. Now we want another dream airport, paid for by the taxpayers. Has anyone ever asked the airlines if they want to land there? Here is a famous quote: "Build it. They will not come."
Ernie from Markham
I think it's funny that many people think that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is a traitor and should be tried as a criminal. Mr. Snowden exposed what has been going on inside our U.S. government as far as spying on citizens and others. It's no secret that things have changed since 9/11. Snowden is not a traitor. He is a hero. Maybe things have gone a little too far with all of this spying.
So why is it when we use credit cards or a check we must show identification but Link card users don't have to? Many of us know users who sell Link cards for cash.
As someone who went to both Chicago Blackhawks celebrations when they won the Stanley Cup, let me tell you that former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley really knows how to throw a parade. The parade Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel threw was an embarrassment. People stood four hours to see a bus go by at 35 mph. We got to see all of five seconds of our Blackhawks. It was an embarrassment.
Bill from Mount Greenwood
Many people seem to be getting in-home monitoring services where you can watch the inside of your house. This is fine if you are the only one monitoring your house because you put in these cameras. But many security companies install this service and can monitor the inside of your house. Has anyone read the book "Nineteen Eighty-Four?" The only thing author George Orwell got wrong was the year. Do you really think it's a good idea to have strangers watching your house? People need to wake up. It's scary what people are accepting and losing in their personal freedoms.


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Rep. Braley Talks Fuel Sources
MARION, IA (CBS2/FOX28) -- Rep. Bruce Braley was in Marion on Monday to discuss legislation he has introduced which he hopes would put more power in the hands of consumers to decide where the money they spend on fuel goes.
On Wednesday, Braley re-introduced the Country of Origin Labeling for Fuels Act. The legislation would require fuel stations to post where the fuel originated from on the pump. The hope is that a measure like that would allow consumers to decide if they want to spend their money on domestic or imported fuel.
According to Braley's office, the U.S. consumes more than 15 million barrels of oil each day and nearly half of that total comes from abroad. Top oil importers include Canada, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Venezuela, Mexico, and Nigeria.
Braley's office also reports that since the creation of the Renewable Fuel Standard in 2005, nearly 10 billion gallons of foreign oil per year have been replaced by renewable ethanol with much of it coming from Iowa.


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- Breed: Domestic Shorthair
- Color: Black (Mostly)
- Age: Adult
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I am already neutered, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Spitz came to us when he was 4 weeks old. He was found swimming for his life with his litter mates. Spitx was named after the Olimpic swimmer for his swimming abilities. The only thing he has to remember his swim is he lost his right eye. There will not be any medical problems from this, he can see just fine with out it, he never could see out of it so he will be fine.
He is a fighter when it comes to life and lover for ever. He loves french fries and he will try to eat anything chocolate (and that is a BIG NO NO for cats) but he still tries. He will slowly climb up on your lap and roll over on his back as to say "ok my turn rub my tummy please" He is one big clown. He will come when called. (even by his nick name "Fat Baby")........
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- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Racine already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Racine breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
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From German machine manufacturer Martin comes the Speed 20/10, a rollable spray station for varnishing. The one-meter by two-meter surface is covered with a roll of ordinary, cheap packaging paper, which varnish won't stick to; so when spraying your piece, there's no need to mask the underside. And it has a couple of other cool tricks, watch the vid:
What you might not be able to see in the vid is that it's foot-pedal controlled; tap one pedal to get those two rollers to pop up, so you can lift your piece away from the sides, or you can hit the other foot pedal to either advance to a clean sheet, or roll smaller pieces off of the surface and into your waiting hands. The action requires an air compressor, being all-pneumatic; they don't want any electricity jumping around, the rep explained, if folks are spraying explosive substances.
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Conspirator in Credit Card Scheme Sentenced To over 7 Years in Prison
Scheme had Over 250 Victims and Losses of almost $1 Million
Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Storme Jordan, age 30, of Burtonsville, Maryland, today to 87 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein. Judge Titus also ordered Jordan to pay restitution of $978,977.
According to his guilty plea, from September 2005 to at least May 2007, Jordan, codefendants Dain McCalla and Troy Duncan and others, fraudulently added unauthorized users to existing credit card accounts of other people, causing new credit cards to be issued in the recently added user name. These fraudulently obtained credit cards were then used to purchase gift cards and other items, and obtain cash advances.
As part of the scheme, Jordan obtained identifying information of victims, including names, dates of birth, social security numbers. Jordan, Duncan, McCalla and others, would obtain a copy of the victim's credit report from the internet and then call a credit card issuer identified on the victim's credit report. Using the identifying information of the individual victims Jordan and others would then request that another name be added to the existing credit card account. On some occasions, Jordan also requested that the line of credit be increased for the existing account and on others, requested that a PIN number be assigned to the newly issued card so that cash advance transactions could be accomplished. Jordan requested that the issuing credit card company send the new credit card by overnight courier to an address where he would retrieve the credit card after it was delivered. Once the card was received Jordan and his co-conspirators would purchases items at various stores, obtain cash advances through ATM transactions and purchase gift cards.
For example, on March 5, 2007, Jordan fraudulently obtained a VISA card that was delivered by overnight courier to an address in Bethesda, Maryland. On that same day he used the fraudulently obtained VISA credit card in the name of the victim to purchase in excess of $3,000 in gift cards. To complete those transactions, Jordan presented to the store cashier a District of Columbia driver's license bearing Jordan's photograph but in the name of the victim.
Previously sentenced co-conspirators include: Dain Claude McCalla, age 28, of Mitchellville, Maryland, sentenced to 42 months in prison for credit card fraud and ordered to pay $944,996.50 in restitution, and to forfeit a BMW car, a computer and cell phone; Troy Duncan, age 28, of Beltsville, Maryland, sentenced to 48 months in prison for credit card fraud, conspiracy to commit credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft, and ordered to pay restitution of $393,000, the amount attributable to Duncan for his role in the scheme; Abu Kondeh, age 25, of Baltimore, sentenced to 30 months in prison and Rhoan Anthony McCalla, age 26, of Beltsville, sentenced to 63 months in prison, both for conspiracy to commit credit card fraud.
Two other defendants have pleaded guilty to varying roles in the scheme: Dain McCalla's brother Christopher McCalla, age 25, of Largo, Maryland and Joy Dean, age 23, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein thanked the U.S. Secret Service, Baltimore County Police Department, Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Police Department and Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy and his office for their assistance in this investigation and prosecution. Mr. Rosenstein commended Assistant United States Attorney Bryan E. Foreman, who prosecuted the case.


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I am very happy to find this site. I feel like no one understands what I am going through but after reading the posts here I find that people actually do. My issue is a little different than the others though. My husband and I have been married for 7 years. His daughter, who is 11 now, lives with us full time and has always (since she was 2). BM sees her every other weekend and for 4 weeks in the summer. My husband works out of town Monday thru Friday (engineer) so he is only home on the weekends. Therefore, technically I am the full time stay at home caregiver for Emma. There really havent been any big issues (other than the normal ones) until this year. Now I am being hit with being the "bad guy" all of the time. She is getting a smart mouth, is disrespectful, doesnt want to do homework, throws amazingly big dramatic fits. I am sure it is hormonal but I feel like I am raising this child alone. I feel like all I do is harp on her (do your homework, do your chores, turn the TV off, etc). BM is famous for "sideline" parenting (first to tell us WHAT we are doing wrong) and Dad is now morphing in to the "absent parent needs to coddle child" mode. When Emma goes to her moms she is doted on and there really are no rules. Its "fun time". When Dad gets home on the weekends it is also "fun time". I push for he and Emma to go do things alone so that they can keep the dad/daughter bond. I feel like I need to get a sicle and a black cape and tatoo "crypt keeper" on my forehead.
Everything I read is "let the parents handle it" or "disengage" but I cant because I am technically the only parent 28 days out of 30. I feel like I need to start on medication. Any ideas I can try to incorporate? |
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Sounds like a letter almost any mother could have written about an on-the-road Dad and a hormonal tween girl. May not sound like it, but that's actually good news! And for what it's worth, I can actually empathize with BioMom and Dad not wanting to discipline her in their short time together. So how to deal...? Is she old enough for a heart-to-heart? I'm imagining a talk where you and she get to sit down together and you let her know that you feel bad that you're always the one having to be the 'bad guy'. That you understand Dad and BioMom wanting their time with her to be fun-only -- but that YOU'd like to have some fun-only time with her too! Then maybe agree to some core house-rules, with a 'standing date' for girl-time-fun if her behavior is good. Something simple, like watching a favorite TV show together? Or a manicure if her homework is done on time? Just my two cents (and from a mom of boys, no less...) |
I'd also suggest having a heart-to-heart with DH and telling him you're tired of being "the bad guy" as well. While he may not want to "spoil" his weekends by disciplining his daughter he's not doing her any favours and also setting himself up for a time when he might _want_ or _need_ to discipline but she won't take a blind bit of notice because she never has. At the very least he needs to have a talk with her and insist she behave better towards you. I know just how you feel. |
I was in a similiar situation a few years ago and like sweeby said you just have to be consistant. One of the things that I did was after punishment I would tell her why she had to be punished then I would tell her I loved her and I would give her a big hug and Kiss. My SD is 11 now also and when I see other kids misbehaving I always show her what the kid is doing and tell her that is why I have to be strick on you so you wont act like that. And like sweeby said you have your fun time with her too. |
Your post made me smile :) you could have been me writing those words a few years back, we have the exact same situation as you except my SD is 12 now, and BM dissapeared a couple years ago.....So don't feel alone! I would like to tell you it gets easier..but heck parenting in general is not easy, and step parenting is even harder.....You are a parental figure to her, and flat out you are gonna be seen as the bad guy wuite a bit to her the next few years if you are the main caregiver.....don't feel guilty about it though, someday when she is a parent she will thank you!! I would sit down w/ your DH though, and try and figure out a better plan for his interaction with her...my hubby travels a lot sometimes but while he is gone, he is checking in a few times a day, and pretty much knows whats gone on even if he isn't at home, I am not opposed to "telephone Parenting" and often have my Bio's and SD give dad a call....sometimes it's good (hey dad! I got an A++++) or sometimes it's not ( uh..yeah..dad..I got detention for chewing gum.true story!) It has worked well for us, keeps dad more involved when he doese have to be gone, and I don't feel like I am doing it all alone if he is out of town........... |
And also make sure you don't forget to compliment her for things she does well/ good behavior. I sometimes have to remind myself that it's just as important to comment on the good behaviors. That way you are not 'always' picking on things, it's better balanced. |
- Posted by kellyjo763 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 9, 09 at 11:42
Thanks to everyone. I talked with her and we are going to set aside one night a week (Wednesday) for a "girls night". Movie, dinner, mani/pedi....anything we can fit in. Will give us some bonding time, help make some memories and hopefully alleviate some stress on my end. Thanks again to everyone that posted. It helped. |
I'm really glad you've found something that you think might help! Best of luck :) And don't be afraid to change horses midstream if this isn't working the way you'd like. |
- Posted by poppingrays (My Page) on Thu, Dec 10, 09 at 15:31
kellyjo - and don't rule out a good prescibed medication :-) It can be very helpful in stressful situations. It doesn't make you a bad person. |
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Well, recently, I had this theme problem, what I did is downloaded a theme package, that was a .zip and then moved to (the name of the file is "Nord")
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Code:root@bt~#: cp /root/.themes/Nord /usr/share/themes/
But that gave me a "omitting" err0r, what is wrong? can anyone technically point out where I am going wrong?
Also, resolve my problem with this theme, somehow, with the GUI when i copy this stuff (Nord) from the /root dir to the /usr/share/theme directory where the file should be, it doesnt (the theme) come on the theme (appearances and settings) menu? how to install a particular theme then>? I tried dragging the whole zip file to the appearances and settings, still?
Thanks to read the thread, I hope I will learn something fro here, btw, I am a new user, this is my first day here
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okay I did it, what was to be done is using the recursive way that is
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Seattle-area concerts and theater are selling steadily despite the economic downturn, with recent or upcoming sold-out shows including Phish, Coldplay, Billy Joel, Elton John, Death Cab for Cutie, "Wicked," John Legend, the Steve Miller Band, Jackson Browne, Celine Dion, AC/DC, Britney Spears, Brad Paisley, Buckcherry and Avenged Sevenfold and Lyle Lovett.
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Recession? What recession? When it comes to live music, Seattle-area concerts are selling steadily despite the economic downturn.
"All ticket sales in this area are up," said Jeff Trisler, president of Live Nation Northwest. "We're very happy doing so well, particularly in this rough economy."
Phish sold out two shows at the Gorge Amphitheatre in record time — less than half an hour. Coldplay's Gorge date sold out in a day. And both the Billy Joel-Elton John show at KeyArena in November and July's Death Cab for Cutie show at Marymoor Park sold out their first shows and had to add a second.
"We're on par or ahead of last year," said Trisler.
In the theater world, tickets for the national Broadway tour of "Wicked" recently went on sale at the Paramount Theatre, and so far is the strongest presale in the history of the Broadway musical, which began touring in 2005.
At Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery's summer-concert series, John Legend, the Steve Miller Band and Jackson Browne have already sold out. The Tacoma Dome is doing well too, as upcoming concerts with Celine Dion, AC/DC, Brad Paisley, and Buckcherry and Avenged Sevenfold — plus the recent Britney Spears show — all sold out.
"We're finding that people are staying closer to home these days but still want to be entertained," said Steve Brown, marketing manager of the Tacoma Dome.
Besides wanting to take "stay-cations," as Trisler calls it, venues are also being more conservative about what shows they pursue, booking artists with whom they already have a successful track record rather than experimenting with new acts. Returning artists in the Seattle area this summer include the Indigo Girls for ZooTunes at Woodland Park Zoo, and Lyle Lovett for Chateau Ste. Michelle in Woodinville.
Venues are also being careful about ticket costs.
"We haven't increased prices as dramatically as many sectors of the business world has," said Josh LaBelle, executive director of Seattle Theatre Group, the nonprofit that manages the Paramount and Moore theaters and puts on shows at some other venues. "There are so many performances that go for the cost of parking."
One example: The upcoming No Depression Music Festival — a whole day of roots music at Marymoor Park on July 11 — will cost just $45 a person.
"At another time, we would have scaled it higher than that," said Dave Littrell, owner of the Lakeside Group, which produces shows at Chateau Ste. Michelle and Marymoor Park.
But low prices and good lineups aren't the only things keeping people buying; promoters say live entertainment has a value that keeps the customers coming.
"It's a nice thing to get you through whatever ails you," said Trisler.
This trend has been reflected in past downturns as well.
"I won't say we're recession proof," said Littrell, who has produced shows for the last 35 years. "But, generally when economic times are tough, then our business seems to do OK."
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Honda introduces the new 2014 model Honda CR-V that will provide safety and driving comfort with the undisputed quality.Don't expect major styling changes even with a model-year 2014 CR-V update. We could see a few exterior tweaks, particularly with regard to the front- and rear-end treatments, where we might see new lower fascias, revised headlamps and taillights and perhaps a more-aggressive looking front grille.
Should the 2014 Honda CR-V continue with the current engine/transmission combination, expect its fuel economy to remain steady at an EPA-estimated 23/31/26-mpg city/highway/combined with front drive and 22/30/25 mpg with AWD.If the 2014 CR-V indeed gets its own version of the Accord's Earth Dreams 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine and a six-speed automatic transmission, expect those estimates to jump to around 25/34/28 mpg with front drive and 25/33/27 with AWD.
Inside, Honda is likely to answer its critics by revamping the 2014 CR-V's interior to include the use of higher-quality materials on the dashboard, doors, and center console to give it a richer look and feel. Switches and gauges might be revamped, and the vehicle could receive revised seats as well.
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The De Young finished its voyage under tow. "The rest of the trip was real scary," Larson recalls. "We were moving real slow, a sitting duck. We were listing thirty degrees when we arrived, but it was one of the happiest days of my life when we pulled into port and there was the Pacific Fleet in for refueling."
Since the ship had been abandoned by its civilian crew, it was officially taken over by the Navy, which promptly renamed it the U.S.S. Antelope.
The Armed Guard engaged the enemy all over the world and was in on every invasion, carrying men and war materials. Luxury liners converted into troop carriers were the plum assignment; on the other end of the scale was duty on ships that ferried high-octane fuel or munitions--a single bomb and there would be nothing left when the smoke cleared but debris and an oil slick.
Sometimes survival was just a matter of chance. Cecil Ray, another guardsman from Colorado Springs, arrived in San Pedro Bay, Leyte Island, on October 24, 1944, as part of General Douglas MacArthur's famous return to the Philippines. Ray was on board the SS Samuel K. Barlow, which was loaded with high-octane fuel and 500 Army troops.
"We had barely dropped anchor," Ray recalls, "when we became the target of an enemy bomber. Our 20mms were pounding at him all the way. Upon seeing fire spitting from his wings, I jumped behind the bridge wheelhouse, meeting the captain coming around from the other side.
"In a split second, the plane was by us and crashed into the bay just off our port bow. Jubilantly, I yelled, 'We got him, we got him!' At about that same instant, there was a terrific vibration on the bridge. The gunner in the gun tub nearest me was pointing at an object that had come to rest no further than five feet away. The object was a 200-pound unexploded bomb."
During 29 days in San Pedro Bay, all the while sitting on high-test fuel, the Barlow suffered through fifty air raids, including a kamikaze "Divine Wind" attack that missed the ship by only a few feet.
Ray was a long way from Colorado Springs.
Raised on a farm just west of Denver, eighteen-year-old Harold Flenthrope joined the Navy in December 1942 "with the Army breathing down my neck."
He was sent to Farragut, Idaho, for training, "which in January and February is the worst place on earth to be," Flenthrope says. "Or so I thought." When the Navy asked for a hundred volunteers to go to signal school at the University of Chicago, he was among those who stepped forward, "mostly to get out of Idaho."
Flenthrope had no idea he was bound for the U.S. Naval Armed Guard. "As a matter of fact, I had no idea of what the Armed Guard was," he says.
But by September 1943, he was a signalman on board the SS W.S. Thayer, a Liberty ship bound for the Mediterranean loaded with tanks and guns. "I was actually looking forward to going to sea," he says. "But I was assigned to the ship in the evening, and we left at three in the morning. There was another signalman who had some experience, which, I guess, is why he figured he could make me take that first shift while he went to bed.
"I was real nervous. It was pitch black, and you couldn't even see your hands in front of your face. I didn't know what I was doing as we were trying to form up a convoy. The only thing I knew about the ship was where I was supposed to sleep and where the bridge was...I've never forgiven that fellow for leaving me like that."
But Flenthrope got through the night. He even managed to avoid seasickness. "Somebody told me to 'stay midships, don't look at the water and don't eat too much,'" he recalls.
Except for his sleepy counterpart, none of the Armed Guard crew had been to sea before.
Unloading in Algiers, the Thayer took on the job of shuttling troops to Naples, Italy, which had recently been captured from the Germans. But kicking the Germans out of Naples didn't remove the threat from the air. "We were bombed every night," Flenthrope says. "As a signalman, I had nothing to do when we were in port except stand around and be scared. At least the gunners were too busy to be scared."
Although the nightly bombing raids took their toll on the other ships in the harbor, the Thayer was spared. And finally, the ship and her crew were sent back to New York for reassignment. But their joy at being home was short-lived; they soon were told their ship was going to be "winterized."
"Everybody knew what that meant," Flenthrope says. "It meant Murmansk--the suicide run." Keeping the Soviet Union in the war was crucial to Allied strategy--it spread the German military thin on two fronts. But the Soviets desperately needed supplies, and there were only two deep-water routes available. One was to the Persian Gulf and India, the same trip Jones had taken his first trip out. But the Indian ports were poorly equipped to handle the massive off-loading of war supplies, and a ship might have to wait idle for weeks before it could get under way again. The supplies themselves would take weeks to reach their destination, traveling by rail and roads to the Russian front.


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Chinatown's On Leong Building
January 20th, 2010Filed under: Exhibitions
On Leong Merchant's Association Building, 1928
Anyone who has been to Chicago's Chinatown will recognize this distinctive and beautiful structure. It is the visual cornerstone for this community, and its story reveals much about the development of the Chinatown neighborhood and the people who have lived there for over one hundred years.
Currently known as the Pui Tak Center, the On Leong Building is actually the second structure built to house the On Leong Merchant's Association in Chicago. The first was built in 1912 on 22nd Street, today Cermak Road; shortly after the original Chinese American community was pushed out of the South Loop area. In 1921, after an expansion of Chinatown and association membership, the On Leong Merchant's Association purchased the property at 2216 S. Wentworth Avenue for a new, more majestic building that would reflect the vitality and traditions of this rapidly-growing community.
Drawing of the façade of the On Leong Merchant's Association Building, 1926
Construction started on the On Leong Building in 1926. David Wu, executive director of Pui Tak Center, described some of the challenges the developers faced. At that time, "…there wasn't a Chinese American architect that they could turn to to design their headquarters building. They wanted a building that reflected Chinese culture so they brought a stack of Chinese architecture books to a bunch of architecture firms downtown, and eventually the firm of Michaelsen and Rognstad [got the bid]." Michaelsen and Rognstad were native Chicagoans of Norwegian heritage. While their designs drew from Chinese as well as Western European traditions, the building is pure Chicago, including the use of architectural terra cotta for the exterior surface, the building material of choice in 1920s Chicago. After spending $1 million on construction, the new building was dedicated and opened on May 2, 1928.
Architectural terra cotta plaque from the On Leong Merchant's Association Building, Courtesy Chinese American Museum of Chicago
In 2007, the Pui Tak Center's leadership was awarded a $100,000 grant from the "Partners in Preservation" program. The building received the most votes of all the nominated historical sites in Chicago; people voted from as far away as Hong Kong and Slovakia. The money has been used to repair the terra cotta exterior and clay tiles on the roof.
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My buddy laughed at me. "Careful," he said, nodding to the dozen decoys floating in front of us. "You just described a good duck hunt."
I thought of our conversation again a couple of weeks ago, after the state Division of Wildlife announced changes in regulations for mountain-lion hunting. The new strictures aim to stop so-called canned hunts -- a scheme in which a commercial outfitter would release his hounds on a lion's trail. Then, once the cat had been pursued and treed -- often after many miles of chase -- the outfitter would call the paying customer, who would be driven to the tree to shoot the lion.
"That violated the basic precepts of fair chase," notes Todd Malmsbury, a spokesman for the DOW. "There's much more to hunting than actual killing."
According to the updated code, it is now illegal for anyone to prevent a treed or cornered lion from escaping for the purposes of waiting for the hunter to arrive and slay the quarry. (Outfitters used to do this by tying their hounds to the tree or by starting a fire underneath the lion to scare it into staying put.) The regs now also require the triggerman to have been "a member of the hunting party"; that is, he has to have participated in the actual chase (although the law leaves the definition of what constitutes being "a member" up to game wardens).
As with all unsavory hunting practices, canned mountain-lion hunts have been confined to a small number of hunters and outfitters. There are only an estimated 5,000 lions in Colorado; on average, about 375 are killed each year by hunters. Still, the tradition has by no means been unheard of -- even in places where it is prohibited. Utah has outlawed canned hunts for many years. But Rudy Musclow, who heads up enforcement for the Utah Division of Game Management, says he still makes a handful of arrests in such cases every year.
The worst he remembers happened about six years ago, in eastern Utah, where an outfitter, working with dogs, trapped a mountain lion in a tree after a long chase. While the outfitter kept the lion in place, the paying customer was flown in from Colorado. Once in Utah, the would-be shooter still had to take his hunter-safety course. Meanwhile, after a full three days and nights in the branches, the desperate lion finally decided that the dogs below were less of a threat than whatever might be coming, so it leapt out of the tree and ran away.
You would think that ethical standards for hunting would be absolute. After all, what's morally right when it comes to killing an animal should be the same everywhere: A bear in Maine ought to enjoy the same rules of honorable pursuit as a bear in Wyoming or Colorado. But that's not necessarily the case.
Few people have thought about this more than Jim Posewitz has. As the head of Orion: The Hunter's Institute, a Montana-based nonprofit organization, Posewitz often is called on to give ethics seminars to hunters. "We've been legislating fair-chase proposals since colonial times," he points out. The most obvious example is limiting the number of game licenses sold in a given year.
Other game-management laws, Posewitz adds, strive to strike a "balance between an animal's ability to escape and a hunter's ability to take one now and then." Among hunters, the idea that the pursuer and the quarry should be on more or less equal terms is known as the doctrine of fair chase.
Over the years, a handful of these rules have become universally accepted and uncontested, because the advantage to the hunter is simply too great to allow. Jack-lighting, or spotlighting, an animal -- shining a bright light into its face in order to paralyze it long enough to line up a good shot -- is illegal in most, if not all, states. Same with dynamiting fish or hunting from an airplane.
Yet once these obvious rules of engagement are out of the way, the specifics of what constitutes a fair chase become more of a moving target. Hundreds of years ago, the idea of what was sportsmanlike wasn't so hard to figure out. Even if he'd wanted more of an advantage, a man with a spear pursuing a deer on foot really did give the animal a sporting chance.
The invention of the gun tipped the balance against the beast for good, of course, and today huntsmen must accept artificial limits on their ability to kill prey. Even so, dozens of companies race to introduce the latest gear designed to make the hunt easier and more successful. "There is a constant flow of products developed to provide advantages to hunters," Posewitz writes in his seminal book Beyond Fair Chase: The Ethic and Tradition of Hunting. "Sights, scents, calls, baits, decoys, devices and techniques of infinite variety fill the marketplace."


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Swelling. Swelling is due to fluid in the tissues. It is a combination of interstitial fluid, plasma and white blood cells.
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Inflammation is the result of the body's defense against a pathogenic antigen. There are two defense mechanisms the body uses to mount a response against these antigens. First is a rapid response known as the innate immune system. This system is able to detect many molecular patterns found on pathogenic organisms, but lacks specificity of recognition. The macrophage is a key cell in the initial response, along with other white blood cells such as neutrophils, basophils and eosinophils. Complement is a complex protein system that either destroys cells directly or marks them for destruction by other white blood cells. Phagocytosis is a major means of destroying cells by engulfing the bacteria and destroying it with enzymes (lysozymes). White blood cells release powerful proteins called cytokines that can coordinate and amplify the response.
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Today is AIG day and there's lots of interesting stuff out there in the press (not to mention Geithner live on C-SPAN).
First, there's quite a bit of focus on a November 5 presentation BlackRock made to Tim Geithner's New York Fed concerning the backdoor bailout of Wall Street and foreign banks through AIG. Here's how The Wall Street Journal reports it deep in its C1 story.
On Nov. 5, the New York Fed received a presentation, a 44-page analysis put together by a unit of BlackRock Inc., saying that the banks had significant bargaining power with AIG and had little incentive to cancel the contracts unless they received par, or 100 cents, on the dollar.
But no one that I can tell points out who BlackRock is: The giant money manager who was then half-owned by Merrill Lynch (which still owns a third of it). Merrill was one of the biggest AIG counterparties, with $7 billion funneled to it by the government through AIG. So the Fed is being advised by one of the AIG counterparties that it can't give haircuts to the AIG counterparties because "the banks had significant bargaining power with AIG and had little incentive to cancel the contracts unless they received par."
It would have been nice to have had that context in these stories. Is it worth its own story?
The immediate reason why AIG needed bailing out in the fall of 2008 was the collateral called in by the likes of Goldman Sachs due to both the deterioration of AIG's credit rating and of toxic assets they'd bought insurance on from AIG. Could the government have stopped the collateral calls without directly giving Wall Street tens of billions of dollars?
The New York Times reports that some at the Fed thought it could just guarantee the AIG contracts, which didn't have to be paid out unless and until the assets defaulted. The paper reports some at the Fed worried that it was giving the banks a $30 billion "gift" to the counterparties. That's because if it had guaranteed AIG's contracts, there would have been no need for collateral. But then the banks would have had to repay AIG the $30 billion in collateral they'd already forced it to put up against the CDS. Could they have done it?
This alternative, though, would have most likely met with opposition from the company's counterparties, which would have had to return to A.I.G. all the collateral they had received over the previous year. But with the failure of Lehman Brothers and the seizing up of the money markets still fresh in everyone's minds, bankers wanted to keep as much cash on hand as possible. According to an Oct. 26, 2008, presentation by Morgan Stanley, an adviser to the Fed, Goldman would have had to return $7.1 billion to A.I.G. and Merrill, $3.1 billion.
That's a lot of money that Goldman et al were holding there. It's clear that money (it seems that the Times is implying it was cash) helped prop up these wobbling banks during the fall. Was it so much of a prop that they would have failed if required to return it? I'd like to see an explanation on that. Goldman, an Audit funder, was particularly aggressive in its collateral calls, Bloomberg says, "demanding more collateral while assigning lower values to real estate assets backed by the insurer."
Of course, these swaps were worth much less than what the counterparties got for them. The Financial Times has a very interesting story (which it nicely gives a lot of space) on the AIG non-haircuts. It digs out an anecdote showing Merrill taking an 86 percent haircut on CDS contracts a few months before the AIG bailouts. Remember the Fed's French-banks excuse?
On one side of the earlier negotiations stood a group of banks that included Merrill Lynch of the US and France's Société Générale. On the other: Security Capital Assurance (SCA), a Bermuda-based bond insurer that had run into difficulties as the US subprime mortgage market imploded. At stake was how much money the banks should receive on insurance contracts that SCA provided for complex pools of mortgage securities known as collateralised debt obligations, or CDOs.Among other reasons, the banks had bought the insurance – called credit default swaps, or CDSs – to protect themselves against a panic just like the one sweeping the markets at that time. But SCA lacked sufficient capital to pay the claims in full and the banks feared that if the insurer went under, they would receive nothing.


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Archive for Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard Of
Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard Of: The Valley
Posted by: | CommentsThe "valley piercing" is a surface piercing of the lower back that lies right above, or sometimes within, the cleft of the buttocks. This funny and interesting contemporary piercing has also been known by many other names, including "butt crack piercing," "sacral piercing," and "coccyx piercing."
Like most surface piercings, the valley piercing can be performed with either a single hollow piercing needle, two hollow needles, or the punch and taper technique, depending upon the preference of the client and the piercer. Due to the area of the body in which it resides, this type of piercing can be difficult both to clean and to completely heal, and because of constant movement there's a higher rate of rejection or migration than average.
Valley piercings are worn almost exclusively with surface bars, though flexible PTFE or tygon bars have been used from time to time. They can be pierced both vertically and horizontally, and sometimes will sit slightly higher up on the back. As an alternative to the traditional surface piercing, some choose to get dermal piercings in the area instead. Those who have tattoos across the lower back may also use valley piercings or valley dermals strategically to accent their body art.
Although valley piercings have been around since at least 2007, they remain rare to this day in both the US and UK. For a long time these piercings were called by interesting alternate names by both the persons who wore them and the artists who pierced them, causing them further anonymity. Many piercers throughout the western world have yet to even perform one, making them some of the coolest piercings you may have never heard of.
Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard Of: the Transverse Lobe
Posted by: | CommentsTired of the same old ear piercings? If you are looking to get a less common ear piercing that looks cool and has minimal pain then this might be the one for you. A transverse, or horizontal, lobe piercing is an ear piercing that is done the long way on the earlobe instead of piercing from front to back. The length of the piercing is parallel to the sagittal plane, or vertical plane, of the lobe. The transverse piercing does not pierce the cartilage, but goes only through the skin of the ear lobe. The jewelry sits as horizontal as the anatomy will allow. When wearing a barbell, one ball emerges on each end and sits on the ear with no shaft exposed.
The transverse lobe piercing is done most often as a freehand piercing, meaning no clamps or forceps are utilized, due to the type and amount of tissue. A receiving tube is often used. The exact piercing spots are marked then a 14 or 16 gauge hollow needle is inserted from the outside edge of the lobe to the medial edge of the ear lobe. Then, the piercing jewelry is inserted and fixed into the ear. Much of the technique involved with this piercing depends on the anatomy of your ear and whether your lobes are attached or not. Some piercers may use a curved needle on attached earlobes while a straight needle would generally be used on earlobes that are unattached.
The look of the piercing makes it seem as though there would be prolonged agony as the needle passes through that much flesh. However, most people feel less pain when getting a transverse lobe piercing than with a standard earlobe piercing. The inside of the earlobe consists of mostly fatty tissue and there are not many nerves in the path of the needle. It's just slightly uncomfortable.
It is possible to stretch a healed transverse piercing. However, the stretching process must be done at a very slow rate due to the fact that there is much less tissue around the area of the piercing than with most other stretchable piercings. A transverse lobe piercing can also be done though earlobes that are already stretched. Most people who get their transverse done when they already have stretched lobes will have the piercer do it through flexible, thin, silicone tunnels. You can also get custom tunnel plugs made that have holes drilled into them to accommodate such a piercing. The second option looks amazing, but it is expensive and would be somewhat difficult to change on your own. Labret studs can also be used.
Healing a transverse lobe piercing can be a fairly worry free process. Normally, most ear lobe piercings are very quick to heal, but transverse lobes often take longer to heal due to the longer fistula. Healing time can take around two to ten months. Just as with any new piercing, it is extremely important to follow your professional piercer's aftercare regiment and guidelines. Abscesses are the most common problem with this particular piercing. Salt soaks are very important to the healing of the piercing because they help with drainage and abscess prevention. Avoidance of swimming and contact with makeup, hair products, or lotion are often recommended, and extra care should be taken when brushing hair or undressing. Cell phone and head phone use on the side of the fresh piercing should be limited, and sleeping on a fresh piercing is not recommended. And as always, wash your hands before touching your piercings to avoid infections even after they are healed.
There is a greater portion of the barbell inside the ear so it is also important to wear jewelry that you are not sensitive too. Flexible PTFE or bioplast barbells and rings are a good option for this piercing. A straight barbell is most commonly worn with non attached earlobes and a curved barbell is generally used with attached lobes. A BCR or circular barbell of proper diameter must be used; this however will be less comfortable on someone with unattached ear lobes. There is also a risk of migration with this piercing, and jewelry that is too heavy is most often the cause. If you have questions about your jewelry, your piercer is a wonderful resource.
Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard Of: The Smiley
Posted by: | CommentsA "smiley" is a piercing of the thin strip of flesh that attaches the center of the upper lip to the gum plate. This piece of flesh is called the upper lip frenulum, and the piercing itself is consequentially also known as "lip frenulum piercing" or alternatively "scrumper piercing."
Like most oral piercings, the smiley is performed with a hollow needle after the inside of the mouth has been properly disinfected. For this type of piercing especially, using a professional piercer is essential to prevent injury to the soft tissues of the lip or gums. Aftercare is much the same as that of tongue and lip piercings and will often include rinses with special mouthwash or sea salt solution. Due to its placement in a very high-motion area, this particular piercing may require extra vigilance to lower the risk of migration or rejection.
For the most part, smiley piercings will be worn with circular barbells (either BCRs or horseshoes), but occasionally a small curved barbell can be seen. Of course, the wearer may have to pull back their upper lip for you to know it's there at all, a definite plus for those who enjoy having unnoticeable or "secret" piercings.
The smiley has become more popular in recent years, but as a fairly modern piercing (first noticed in the 1990s after publication in a magazine) there are some areas where lip frenulum piercing is virtually unknown, or at least very rare. It also falls under a variety of names (scrumper, rooster, glicker) depending on locale, making it one of the coolest piercings you may have never heard of.
Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard Of: The Rhino
Posted by: | CommentsThe rhino is a cartilage piercing done vertically through the tip of the nose. Sometimes also referred to as a vertical nose tip piercing, the name "Rhino" comes from the piercing's resemblance (particularly when tipped with a spike) to the nose of a rhinoceros.
There are two basic methods in which a piercing that would be referred to as a rhino is performed. The first is very straight forward: piercing it through the nose's end from underneath the tip and emerging through the top. This is done with a standard piercing needle and is generally worn with a small curved barbell about the size of an eyebrow ring. The second option is considerably trickier and involves the stretching of an existing septum piercing, which is then pierced through the healed fistula from inside and out through the top of the nose tip. This style of Rhino piercing, though it gives a very similar look, is sometimes referred to as an inverted or reverse septril or "high septril" because of the methodology.
Aftercare for these piercings is very similar to that of any regular cartilage piercing, generally including sea salt soaks and gentle cleansing. Due to the amount of cartilage being pierced through and the nature of its positioning, a Rhino make take slightly longer to initially heal, and care must be taken to avoid migration or rejection.
Although this type of piercing has been performed in some tribal cultures, it wasn't until after the year 2000 that westerners began showing up with Rhino piercings, many of the first doing so after trips to Africa or South America. As such, the modern methods of performing a nose tip piercing have evolved fully only in the past few years across the US and Europe, making the rhino one of the coolest piercings you may have never heard of.
Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard Of: The Uvula
Posted by: | CommentsIf you know where your uvula is, you might be astounded to hear that it can actually be pierced, but that's exactly what a uvula piercing is. For those who don't know, the uvula is that dangling extension of tissue at the back of your throat, right in between your tonsils. Since there are no official names for this piercing other than a few pieces of regional slang common to the US and UK, the piercing itself is normally simply called "uvula piercing."
The uvula piercing is one of the more dangerous piercings a person can get, because of the potential for gag reflexes kicking in during the piercing process. Due to its sensitive nature, it's highly recommended that those who get a uvula piercing go to an expert piercer, if possible, one who has done this type of piercing successfully before. Other suggestions for minimizing risk include practicing how to subdue the gag reflex, and doing several dry runs with piercing clamps in which the piercer will mimic the pressure to the uvula that would be experienced during actual piercing.
The first known uvula piercings were done by piercer Jon Cobb in the mid 1990′s, and since that time a rash of urban legends has come into existence concerning many false risks involved in actually having the uvula pierced. For the most part, the only major issues concerning health and piercing of the uvula are infection and depending on the person, snoring. The uvula moves around quite a bit during swallowing actions of the throat, but as a part of the oral/digestive anatomy, it's commonly removed and holds no major nerves. Aftercare for uvula piercings may include gargling with salt water, and occasional cleansings with a toothbrush, and the jewelry generally worn is circular barbells and captives.
If you haven't heard of uvula piercing or thought it was a hoax, it's probably due to the many false rumors circulated about it. It's mysterious, slightly dangerous, and the subject of countless tall tales, which probably makes it one of the coolest piercings you may have never heard of.
Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard Of: The Ragnar
Posted by: | CommentsThe ragnar piercing, also called a "deep snug," is a modification of traditional snug piercing. This is a piercing of the ear cartilage at about the point where the lobe blends into the helix, but unlike a regular snug piercing, the ragnar extends from the traditional snug point and goes through the cartilage of the helix (the ear's outer rim) coming out the other side. As a horizontal piercing, this makes it appear as though there is one ball at the inside ear rim and another resting on its outside edge.
Although modifications like the ragnar may have existed prior to its naming and exposure, the first formal photography of a deep snug piercing labeled with the name "ragnar" was published around 2002. The piercing was shown on a man named Thure Ragnar Stedt, whom it was undoubtedly named for.
Because a ragnar piercing passes through such a large amount of cartilage at one of the crucial structural points in the ear, it often takes several months to heal completely and must be looked after carefully to avoid the perils of infection. Some of the suggestions for aftercare when healing this piercing include not sleeping on your pierced side, sea salt soaks, and the avoidance of hair products for at least twelve weeks. The jewelry most fitting for a ragnar is a barbell made of movable biocompatible material like bioplast or bioflex, because they are hypoallergenic and apply less pressure to the curvature of the ear than heavier solid materials.
If you haven't heard of the ragnar, it's probably because of its rarity. Although ragnar piercings have been around for about a decade, very few professional piercers can say they've performed more than one or two. Almost everyone who sees one agrees though, that they love how interesting and different a ragnar looks, which probably makes it one of the coolest piercings you may have never heard of.
Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard Of: the Ashley
Posted by: | CommentsThe Ashley piercing, also often called by it's more technical name, "inverse vertical labret," is a modern lip piercing in which one end rests inside the mouth (normally in the area where a standard labret would fall) and the other end is visible in the center of the bottom lip. Although there are variations of this piercing done in pairs or to the side of the lip, unlike most others of its kind, all of them are generally referred to by the same name.
There is little information directly available concerning how the Ashley piercing got it's name, but it is suspected that as with many other contemporary piercings it came from either the piercer who invented it, or the first person to successfully wear it. And although it is similar to both a vertical labret and a jestrum (named for the first woman to be seen with it, Jesika Bornsen), the Ashley has not been around as long as either of these piercings, and is likely an inventive modification of traditional vertical labrets.
As with other piercings that pass through the tissues of the lip itself, many professional piercers who are familiar with this type of piercing recommend the use of a curved barbell to lessen the risks of migration and rejection. Healing time is usually longer for an Ashley as well, averaging anywhere from three to twelve months, due to the fact that it's placed in an area of the lip more prone to irritation and jostling from movement. Normally Ashley jewelry is purchased or modified by its wearers to have a flat disc or dome instead of an actual ball on the inside of the lip, and is done in either a 14 or 16 gauge.
If you haven't heard of the Ashley, it's probably because of it's age! This piercing is still in the stages of being perfected and standardized, so much so that many piercers who have been practicing for years have never even performed one. It's new, it's interesting, it's pretty to look at; it's definitely one of the coolest piercings you may have never heard of.
Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard of: The Nasallang
Posted by: | CommentsThe Nasallang, a tri-nasal piercing, is a piercing of all three major points on the nose at the same time: the left nostril, right nostril, and septum. This is performed as a single piercing through all three places with the same needle and uses a single piece of barbell jewelry, kind of like an industrial, but for your nose. Because the needle (and afterwards the jewelry itself) will have to pass through the upper portion of the nasal septum, a nasallang will usually be done lower on the nose than standard nostril piercings; placement will vary slightly depending on the individual shaping and extension of nasal cartilage.
This piercing was first invented and named in the 1990′s by famous California piercer Cliff Cadaver. Like most contemporary piercings, the nasallang was first seen on a celebrity, the person that Cliff performed it on, Bobby Brady. However, unlike most others of its kind, Mr. Brady's name has clearly nothing to do with what the piercing itself is called.
The nasallang is normally pierced all at once with a single needle, but has been known here and there to be performed as separate piercings and later connected. This method however is not recommended by most piercers who are familiar with this type of piercing, as small amounts of migration can occur during healing which then cause separate piercings not to line up properly. The piercing is cared for like most other nasal piercings, but due to its nature will generally take a little bit longer to heal than a standard nasal piercing. It also bares mentioning that to be a true nasallang and not just another tri-nasal piercing, it must be worn with a straight industrial style barbell. And perhaps one of the most interesting things about a nasallang piercing, is that most who see it won't realize that it's a single piece and will instead assume that there are just two separate nostril piercings. In this way, it's almost like having a cool secret that only those close to you know.
If you haven't heard of the nasallang piercing, it's probably because the piercing itself is still on the upswing. Although it sounds amazing and cool, this is still not a mainstream piercing, which, to be perfectly honest, is exactly what makes it one of the coolest piercings you may have never heard of.
Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard Of: the Marley
Posted by: | CommentsThe Marley is an oral piercing of what is called "the tongue web," or more accurately, the frenulum linguae. This is the thin strip of tissue underneath the tongue that connects it to the lower gum plate. Most people can get this piercing fairly simply, however, due to the varying thicknesses and positions of the tissue, a small amount of persons will be unable to get a proper Marley piercing.
The Marley is considered a contemporary piercing because it first began popping up in the 1990′s, although little is known about the piercing's specific origin or who exactly first applied the name "Marley" or "Marly" to tongue frenulum piercing. It has been suggested in many circles that the name Marley is a reference to famous and celebrated rasta movement icon and reggae vocalist Bob Marley, and may represent freedom through the spoken word, as without the frenulum linguae, we would be unable to speak.
For the most part, this type of piercing is recognized as having a higher than average rate of rejection, although initial healing is fairly quick at a mere two to ten weeks. Due to the location and the shape of the frenulum itself, Marleys are usually done in a sixteen or eighteen gauge, and circulars or curved barbells are normally worn. Although it has a reputation for being somewhat painful, tongue web piercing tends to have little associated issues as long as proper aftercare (consisting primarily of rinses) is followed to the letter.
If you haven't heard of the Marley, it's likely due to its ambiguity. Though it claims to have been around since at least the mid nineties, tongue web piercing neglected to truly catch on until just the past few years. And although piercers on the East and West coasts respectively may be aware of its existence or even small levels of popularity, many of those in the Central and Midwestern United States will be able to say that they have performed a Marley piercing less than a handful of times, making it one of the coolest piercings you may have never heard of.
Coolest Piercings You May Have Never Heard Of: the Daith
Posted by: | CommentsThe daith is a piercing of the upper ear cartilage close to head. This is one of the few piercings that has more than one placement (mostly due to the variations in cartilage shape from person to person) and is called by the same name in all of its orientations. There are two primarily accepted positionings for a daith piercing, which are in the thin flap of cartilage where the helix meets the scalp, or more traditionally at the portion of the cartilage that crests between the tragus and rook areas of the ear. In accordance with the piercing's placement when it was first invented, a true daith must be placed in a very specific manner on the crest, so that one end of the jewelry appears to be emerging from within the ear canal.
This piercing gets its name from the Hebrew word Daath (or Daith), meaning "intelligence," or "knowledge," and was co-invented by famous piercer Erik Dakota and a female client, who rightfully drew the connection between a conduit placed in the ear and the filtering of wisdom.
Daith piercings are most often done with a long, curved piercing needle, although they can sometimes be performed with a straight needle and a receiving tube. These piercings generally take several months to heal entirely, and because of their location, extra care must be taken to prevent infection. Once healed, circular or curved barbell jewelry of various types is most commonly worn. Variations of the daith include its alternate placement mentioned above, and the less common "forward helix," or horizontal daith.
If you haven't heard of the daith piercing, it may be due to geography. Even though this piercing was invented in 1992, it was first performed pretty strictly in California, and primarily the coastal region. Also, like many other piercings of the inner ear cartilage, the daith didn't experience a real surge of popularity until several years after its inception. Even now the piercing is still in the process of becoming mainstream, which probably makes it one of the coolest piercings you may have never heard of.


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1 Maschil of David; a prayer when he was in the cave. I cried to the LORD with my voice; with my voice to the LORD I made my supplication. | 1 I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy. |
2 I poured out my complaint before him; I showed before him my trouble. | 2 I pour out my complaint before him; before him I tell my trouble. |
3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way in which I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. | 3 When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who know my way. In the path where I walk men have hidden a snare for me. |
4 I looked on [my] right hand, and beheld, but [there was] no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. | 4 Look to my right and see; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life. |
5 I cried to thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living. | 5 I cry to you, O LORD; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." |
6 Attend to my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. | 6 Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me. |
7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall encompass me; for thou wilt deal bountifully with me. | 7 Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me. |
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Created in 1880, Weissensee represents the oldest Jewish burial ground in Europe and contains 115,000 graves. What is remarkable is that it survived the period of the Third Reich. In fact, it was one of the few German properties that remained in Jewish hands during the Nazi era. The 130-year-old cemetery still holds a fascination for visitors, but it is well hidden from the rest of Berlin and seems almost unreal in its grandeur and mystery.
Wauer blends archival footage and stills (mostly black-and-white) with new color footage. Aided by cinematographer Kaspar Koepke, she allows the camera to gently glide through plants and trees, as if filming scenes for a fairytale. The visitors Wauer finds include an Argentinean family looking for descendants and a bird watcher who once fell in love in the garden. Others include grave painters restoring old tombs and schoolchildren working on a classroom assignment.
With a nod to such fictions as The Secret Garden, Brigadoon, and even the cult horror movie The Iron Rose, In Heaven, Underground delicately balances the inherent sadness of a movie about the dead (and the Nazi era) with the stirring and wondrous narrative about the garden. The quirkier moments (especially the contributions of the bird watcher) add welcome comic relief. Wauer's technique is creative without being arty, using a 3D computer effect to enhance the still photos and employing a charming original score by Karim Sebastian Elias. Even through film, this visit is memorable.


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Posted: 09/23/2011
This is a reminder that the Department has proposed a rulemaking that will amend state air quality rules to implement recent federal amendments that will defer for three years counting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from biogenic sources towards Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Title V applicability. The Department will accept written comments until 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Additionally, the Department will hold a public hearing for the proposed rulemaking at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, at the Department's Air Quality Bureau offices at 7900 Hickman Road in Windsor Heights, Iowa.
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Well my love of cars started when I first watched a episode of top gear and now i see much more fantastic cars like Porsche Carrera GT and McLaren Mercades SLR.I now am tryin to get some friends together and do car show.
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Scott Alario earned a BFA in photography from the Massachusetts College of Art (2006) and is currently working toward an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (expected 2013). Alario's work has been shown in Bloomington, Indiana, Providence, Rhode Island, and in Reykjavík, Iceland. He was the recipient of a Rhode Island State Council of the Arts Fellowship Merit Award in 2012, and selected for inclusion in "Exposure: 7 Emerging Photographers," published in the November/December 2011 issue of Art New England. He lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island.
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One of London's secret gardens
Chelsea Physic Garden is hidden away in the heart of the capital behind high walls next to the River Thames. This is one of London's 'Secret Gardens' and many Londoners themselves don't even know about.
Chelsea Physic Garden is London's oldest botanic garden and a unique living museum. This verdant paradise, hidden within the sprawling urban centre of London, was created to promote the study of plants and how they can be useful to people.
You'll be captivated by Garden of World Medicine, which is Britain's first garden of ethnobotany (huh?), which is the study of the botany of different cultures and indigenous peoples. This fascinating garden looks uses of plants for medicinal purposes within different cultures and their views about natural healing remedies.
Chelsea Physic Garden also features Europe's oldest rock garden, the new Pharmaceutical Beds and a Victorian fernery. During your visit you can enjoy guided or audio tours and try delicious homemade food in the renowned Café, including honey made at the gardens by their very own hives of Honey Bees. You can also pick up a jar of this delicious goo at the Garden Shop along with a range of eclectic gifts.


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Motel 6 Clarkston WA is located off US 12 / Bridge Street. Restaurants are within walking distance and shops are nearby. Canyon and river tours are within 1.5 miles. Enjoy our indoor heated pool and hot tub. Free Wi-Fi is throughout the building.
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