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Anyone every come across this? The map looks fairly convincing that it indeed happened. But a trip back there would certainly prove or disprove it.
That is interesting, John. But there is another reason why the Park Service doesn't like off-trail hiking. They claim that people going off-trail often need to be rescued. This is simply not true. The majority of rescues, and I have studied this, involve the following: folks making a wrong turn and losing contact with their group; people slipping off the tops of waterfalls; people wandering off marked trails unintentionally. This has nothing at all to do with folks who practice off-trail hiking as an art. Personally, I don't use a GPS, because for the past 30 years I have navigated with topographic map, compass, and altimeter. I defy you to say that someone who navigates like me, who has studied the maps and plans a detailed route, needs to be rescued. It actually makes me angry that the Park Service says that people like me, who for instance go up a certain fork of Trout Branch or Cannon Creek, will need to be rescued. We are the last people who need to be rescued, versus for instance folks who go too close to the edge at Grotto Falls or Abrams Falls.
No Jenny, they don't want anyone going offtrail. Because they may find things the NPS would rather we not find. I was offtrail two weekends ago and found the remnants of a shed up near Cane Creek. It was quite suspicious and neatly tucked away. Strange thing is, there were fresh footprints around it. I had already seen enough snakes so I didn't lift up that hot tin in those weeds in the middle of nowhere.
Interesting--I hope I will be able to see the article, as a resident of western NC and not a subscriber to KNS.
Well what do you know. Morgan Simmons wants to be a real man like.... ME! LOL :-) shoot.. I ain't no real man. Last weekend proved that. I was ready for the assisted living facili-ty by Monday morning. sore as a boil. I don't read or keep up with the news media very well. I've decided to be like Smith Wigglesworth and not allow a paper in my house! Here is what he had to say of newspapers "If I read the newspaper I come out dirtier than I went in..."I will add to that a great majority of the other news outlets like tv, radio, and even internet news. Always looking for a more salacious story.Jenny, of course they don't want to promote outlaw hiking.. off trail travel? Surely not!I hope the news crew that was willing to go and do some real investigative journalism gets blessed for their willingness to tell the truth.
When I was promoting my book "Murder at the Jumpoff" a couple of years ago I was told the News-Sentinel would not do an article on it because it features off-trail hiking and the Park Service doesn't want publicity about off-trail activity even though there is nothing against off-trail hiking in the park regs--not even off-trail camping, or what they call "cross country permits," as you know, John. I didn't bother trying when my second book, "The Twelve Streams of LeConte," came out earlier this year. It also of course features off-trail hiking, not visiting old homesites but following all the streams to the top of LeConte. KNS is very afraid of offending the Park Service.
Following your post about my favorite hiking destination, Hangover, Morgan Simmons took the idea from your blog and did a feature story in the Knox News Sentinel, which owns this blog. What is interesting to me about the Blackberry Farm issue is that we all know that Lail, Simmons and everyone else at KNS reads most everything on this blog but they wouldn't touch a story about Blackberry Farms clear cutting trees within NPS bounds any more than they would touch a story about the NPS giving land and rerouting a trail around a former Governor's house that now has what was part of a public park. It's going to be real funny when they get scooped on this story because on our recent fact finding trip, I was accompanied by a camera crew from a news outlet. Soon, folks are really going to start wondering why the wilfull omission of coverage by KNS. But that has already been addressed by Eric Gerhardt who published a letter to the KNS entitled "Real Reporting on the Smokies Needed". He was referring to the KNS refusal to cover the Knox resolution condemning the backcountry fee. I just tried to find that article in the KNS archives to share and it is strangely missing. But there is are several about Blackberry Farms and all the great things they have to offer their guests. Let's see how long this stays here before the mystery censors return.
I should explain that my references to France and New Orleans are related to the fact that Steve George lives in Mandeville, Louisiana, just across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans. However, I love that the theme of the French Revolution has been picked up! And Dana's idea is great--a hike where we femmes tres gentiles wear Marie Antoinette wigs! Hilarious! Allons enfants de la Patrie/ Le jour de gloire est arrive!
By the way, I checked room rates on the Blackberry Farm website. For off-season (I went to November because all the leaf-peeping dates are booked), it'll set you back $1,700 for one night. But that does get you a private golf cart !
I should sign up for a women's bp trip wearing a Marie Antoinette wig. John do you prefer being Louis or Napoleon?
Jenny, I so agree. They consider us the proleteriat. Well then... Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite! Let the beheadings begin! We'll line 'em up over here. I will be happy to run the guillotine or empty the basket.
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The Reason: The Jacksonville Jaguars have the 31st ranked offense in the NFL, with an average of 12.5 points per game. They also have the fifth best defense, giving up just 18.2 points against per game. They have gone under the total in each of their last five games, and 10 of their 11 games this season. The Chargers have failed to score more than 20 points in each of their last three games and their quarterback, Philip Rivers, has struggled mightily this season. Look for a low-scoring game to unfold as this game goes under the total.
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The Reason: The Capitals finally broke out of their losing skid and won their first game with Dale Hunter behind the bench by defeating the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. Now they will look to begin a winning-streak, and what better way to do so than by playing the Florida Panthers. While the Panthers have been solid this season, the Caps have had plenty of success against them in recent memory, winning 10 of the last 13 meetings between these two teams. Look for the Caps to continue their dominance over the Panthers with a win tonight.
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Washington, D.C.—FDA has issued a draft guidance advising more judicious use of antibiotics in food-producing livestock, stating that antibiotic overuse in this manner is a "serious threat" to public health.
Washington, D.C.—Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) were joined by 49 other representatives and five other senators to urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to retain the regulated status of genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa.
Rockville, MD—As more and more consumers are beginning to recognize the benefits of a sustainable lifestyle, manufacturers of household cleaners are learning that they too need to join the eco-friendly revolution.
Prairie Village, KS—A recent life cycle inventory (LCI) study has shown that recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE), two leading household and beverage plastics, can make a tremendous difference. The research, performed by Franklin Associates, an assessment firm based here, shows that recycling can lead to considerable "reductions in energy consumption, solid waste generation and greenhouse gas emissions."
Boulder, CO—On June 21, A-M Holdings, LCC, received approval from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to acquire the Whole Foods Market branch located on Broadway in Boulder. The store is the original site of Alfalfa's Market .
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France military says Mali town Konna 'not recaptured'
French military officials have denied an earlier claim by the Malian army that the central town of Konna has been recaptured by government forces.
France launched its military intervention last Friday after Islamists seized Konna and began advancing further south.
Another central town, Diabaly, was captured by rebels on Monday.
French and Malian troops were reportedly heading towards the town in preparation for a ground offensive.
In March and April last year, Islamist and secular Tuareg rebels overran the main population centres in northern Mali. Soon the Islamists, some with links to al-Qaeda, took control and imposed a hardline form of Sharia.
While a West African force was being planned with the aim of bringing the north back under the control of the Malian government, the rebels began moving further south.
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It was the rebel capture of the strategically important town of Konna last Thursday that prompted France's military intervention.
French warplanes began air strikes against Islamist fighters the next day, and by Saturday a Malian military official said the army had brought Konna back under control, and 100 rebel fighters had been killed.
But French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told reporters in Paris on Tuesday that the town was not in government hands.
The French aerial campaign had managed to block the rebels who had moved back to an area between Douentza and Gao.
But, he said, "at this time, the town of Konna has still not been recaptured by the Malian armed forces".
BBC Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield says the significance is unclear, but it suggests that the Malian army on the ground does not have the capacity to take advantage of the air support offered by the French.
Heritage siteA series of air attacks by French helicopters and fighter planes reportedly sent the rebels fleeing from two of the main northern towns, Gao and Timbuktu. But gunfire was heard outside Timbuktu, a Unesco world heritage site, on Tuesday.
Foreign forces in Mali
- Some 800 French troops in Mali, 900 troops involved elsewhere in Africa
- French Mirage and Rafale jets, Gazelle helicopters
- Nigeria to send 900 troops; Senegal, Burkina Faso, Niger and Togo expected to send 500 each, and Benin 300
- Ghana, Guinea and Chad also to send troops
- UK providing two C17 cargo planes for French effort
- Belgium and Denmark also sending transport planes
- US to provide communications help
And the Islamists have hit back, seizing the central town of Diabaly on Monday, 350km (220 miles) north-east of the capital, Bamako.
France says 1,700 of its soldiers are involved in the operation to help the Malian military fight back against the Islamists, with almost 800 on the ground in Mali itself.
Defence sources said their numbers were expected to increase to 2,500.
Air strikes were launched on targets in Diabaly on Monday night and news agencies reported that French soldiers were seen heading towards the town in armoured vehicles.
AFP quoted a local government official some distance south as saying that several hundred Malian and French troops were on their way.
RFI radio correspondent Serge Daniel, in Mali, said it was the first time since the start of the operation that French troops had been seen on the ground. "They are with the Malian army, 60km (37 miles) south of Diabaly."
Other reports said French armoured vehicles had been spotted driving north from the capital, Bamako.
A West African force of about 3,300 is also due to start arriving in Mali in the next few days, under a UN Security Council resolution.
The force will be made up of 900 Nigerian soldiers, the first of whom will leave for Bamako on Wednesday, as well as troops from Benin, Ghana, Niger, Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Togo.
French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday that France had one main aim: "To ensure that when we leave... Mali is safe, has legitimate authorities, an electoral process and there are no more terrorists threatening its territory."
Mali's refugees
- 144,500 fled Mali by end of 2012
- 54,100 to Mauritania, 50,000 to Niger, 38,800 to Burkina Faso and 1,500 to Algeria
- Hundreds more left in past week
- 228,918 internally displaced in Mali itself
- 5,000 people fled fighting in Konna
The flare-up in violence has prompted another 30,000 people to be displaced from their homes, according to the UN.
Until this month, some 144,500 Malian refugees had already been registered in neighbouring countries since April 2012.
France's intervention has prompted concerns for the welfare of eight French hostages kidnapped in the area over the past two years.
President Hollande said on Tuesday that "those who have taken them captive should reflect. There's still time to return them to their families".
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5 don't eat the sausage !!!motherwell | 12/06/2009 | See all motherwell's reviews (8)If you like the humour in Ashes to Ashes,you will love the final episode.As well as having a great storyline (With a moral in it),the gags come thick and fast.I Love the scene when They are talking about the 1980's Porno.If you want to know what the "Don't eat the sausage" is about,you will have to buy the DVD'sGreat Stories,Great SCi-FI & Great Gags.Buy it and enjoy !
4 Great TVgcawley | 09/06/2009 | See all gcawley's reviews (10)I would recommend that you watch life on mars beforehand but Ashes to Ashes is still great fun to watch! I can't wait until the last episode and although not quite as good as life on mars I still think it has done itself justice, especially with some of the fantastic one liners Philip Glenister has! I watched the series finale last night and it is one of the best ending's Ive seen! I really wasn't expecting it and it was completly different to life on mars. Now I can't wait for the 3rd series!!!
3 An improvementquoling | 02/06/2009 | See all quoling's reviews (14)But still not great - the story lines are getting the "same" - the acting is improving but only just...rumour is that philip glenister does not want to do another series...even though the bbc has commissioned one...if he doesn't then they really would be flogging a dead horse.This is a lot better than series one although the charcters are not as strong and even gene hunt seems to be becoming a softy...i will buy it for collecting purposes..but thats all.
3 THE EIGHTIES ARE BACK, AND ITS CRIMINALTHEMOORE | 09/06/2009 | See all THEMOORE's reviews (184)I never thought I would find myself saying this, but I am starting to lose faith in this franchise. Life On Mars was fantastic and Ashes To Ashes series one was a decent start setting the trend for something new. For this second series we were told the stakes would be higher and they are, the series appears to be better thought out and has a much darker note, but I can't help but feel that it's all been done before - the corruption in the second and final series of Mars and Alex's "operation" seems to be a retread of Sam's.That's not to say that I don't like this series, it does have its high moments - Gene Hunt operating a crane being one of them, but the stories have become a tad run of the mill with the crime of the week approach and the underlying story of the coma/time travel is becoming silly now as even if the outcome is going to be different to Mars then why aren't we getting any answers or any clues, and if we are getting these then why aren't they more obvious? In addition - and I know I may get a lot of grief for saying this - but Keeley Hawes still fails to engage me as Drake and I couldn't give two hoots if she makes it back to her daughter or not!Like I have said though that's not to say the series doesn't have its high moments. Gene's one liners and jokes are still present while plots like in episodes three, four and seven make for great watching. On the whole though; I feel slightly let down by the ending to the brilliant ongoing Martin Summers storyline to which the writers went for a simple approach in my opinion and the finale; while very humorous in parts (no pun intended!) ended on a scene that I found particularly cheesy and not helped by Keeley Hawes acting, which appears great at times and then nose dives at others. Rumour has it that there's a third series in the pipeline. If there is lets end all this time travel because the formula is becoming old and writers don't seem able to bring something new to the table.
2 Getting Tired !!INDESIT | 27/05/2009 | See all INDESIT's reviews (7)Although a vast improvement on series one, Ashes to Ashes isn't a patch on Life On Mars in terms of quality, acting or writing. Infact the format itself is getting desperately tired and this is starting to show as series two reaches its climax. The writers will need a great game plan and even the short return of John Simm as Sam Tyler in series three if they are going to drag this idea along for yet another year,


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Could the great recession lead to a great revolution?
A look at mass protests during the past 500 years reveals surprising clues.
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For the first time in generations, people are challenging the view that a free-market order – the system that dominates the globe today – is the destiny of all nations. The free market's uncanny ability to enrich the elite, coupled with its inability to soften the sharp experiences of staggering poverty, has pushed inequality to the breaking point.
As a result, we live at an important historical juncture – one where alternatives to the world's neoliberal capitalism could emerge. Thus, it is a particularly apt time to examine revolutionary movements that have periodically challenged dominant state and imperial power structures over the past 500 years.
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, which laid the foundation for liberal democratic elections and the expansion of the free-market system throughout the world, revolution and protest seemed to lose some of their potency.
Leading historians believed that a new age had appeared in which revolutionary movements would no longer challenge the status quo. Defenders of the contemporary system were suspicious of nearly all forms of popular expression and contestation for power outside the electoral arena. But remarkably, this entire discourse sidestepped the major impulses of human emancipation of the past 500 years – equality, democracy, and social rights.
Proponents of neoliberalism are indifferent to this history and dismiss the notion that "another world is possible" that could alleviate grinding misery and poverty around the world. But in opposition to the contemporary individualistic system of capitalism, evidence of a new global movement dedicated to social justice and human rights has sprung from the ashes of the past. Just in the past decade, we have witnessed the expansion of worker insurgencies, peasant and indigenous uprisings, ecological protests, and democracy movements.
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Dr. Zafer Gürdal
Ronald E. McNair Chair, Technical Director of the McNAIR Center
For as long as he can remember, Zafer Gürdal has been fascinated by flight. As a child in Ankara, Turkey, he recalls building a makeshift rocket from a mechanical pencil using the shavings from match heads to propel his creation into the sky. His innate curiosity and drive were a natural fit for a lifetime of propelling aerospace ingenuity forward.
While at Virginia Tech and Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, Zafer pushed the frontiers of aerospace research, developing stronger, lighter materials that are critical to future exploration. This cutting edge research has brought him international recognition as a leader in aerospace innovation.
Zafer welcomes the challenge of bringing together the many facets of aerospace at the University of South Carolina. Research is his focus, with the education of tomorrow's workforce a primary goal. Under his leadership, the McNAIR Center will challenge Carolina's brightest young minds, unifying USC's aerospace effort to bring an array of opportunities to researchers and students alike.
Dr. Michel van Tooren
Deputy Director, McNAIR Center for Aerospace Research and Innovation
Michel van Tooren is Professor Aerospace Systems Design and Structures at CEC and deputy director of the Ronald E. McNAIR Center for Aerospace Innovation and Research. Michel has a BSc, MSc and PhD in Aerospace Engineering and joined CEC in September 2013. Before joining USC he worked for Fokker Aerostructures in the Netherlands as Manager New Concept Development. He combined this position in industry with a part-time appointment at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of the Delft University of Technology. Prior to that he worked ten years as professor Systems Integration Aircraft at the same University, building a group specialized in Aircraft Design, Flight Mechanics and Multi-disciplinary Design Optimization. This group became well-known for its work in MDO, Aircraft Design, KBE and Truck Aerodynamics. This followed a previous ten years of research, education and innovation in design of composite structures. His research focus at CEC will be design and manufacture of composites structures. In addition he will serve as the Chair of the Aerospace Engineering Studies Committee for CEC.
Captain Martin J. "Marty" Keaney, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Executive Director, McNAIR Center for Aerospace Research and Innovation
In the position of executive directory, Marty Keaney is responsible for spearheading McNAIRs business development, centers management, executing grant proposal development, research administration, interdisciplinary educational integration, and building collaborative partnership opportunities supportive of external science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programing initiatives.
Prior to joining McNAIR, Marty served 28 years in Naval Aviation as a helicopter pilot, commanding Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Five One and USS Essex (LHD-2) a helicopter/aircraft carrier, and Deputy Director, Information, Plans and Security, in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. He was also Vice President, Advanced Solutions Division for Delex Systems Inc, a professional services company with more than 40-year's experience supporting U.S. aerospace efforts. At Delex, Keaney succeeded in developing relationships with companies, consultants and potential customers that allowed Delex to understand, resource, and develop comprehensive proposals that won competitive contract awards exceeding $45 million.
A graduate of the University of South Carolina, Marty holds a Joint Specialty Officer certification and is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Command and Staff College; and is a member of the Columbia Rotary Club. He and his wife Susan reside in Columbia, S.C


text: Experimental treatment for PTSD: EcstasyBy Caleb Hellerman, CNNUpdated 11:45 AM ET, Mon December 3, 2012Just WatchedEcstasy as PTSD treatment?replayMore Videos ...Ecstasy as PTSD treatment? 03:02Story highlightsRachel Hope suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder for yearsIn 2005, she investigated an experimental new treatment: EcstasyDr. Michael Mithoefer convinced the DEA to green-light a study of the treatmentMore than 7 million Americans suffer from PTSDRachel Hope was 33 years old when she received a painful reminder: She couldn't outrun the past. Hope was trying to help a new assistant at her Maui rental property business, but it wasn't going smoothly. Part of it was Hope herself. "I had this startle reflex," she explained. "The phone would ring, and I'm literally three feet off the floor, screaming."My new assistant said, 'You're driving me crazy!' And I would say, 'I'm really sorry, just please try to ignore it. It's embarrassing, but let's keep working.' " But the young man, a teacher on break, wasn't pushed off easily. Soon after, Hope said, "he walked over to my desk and dropped a stack of papers two inches thick. It was every single PTSD study that was online, and he just said, 'pick one.' " A few days later, Hope was dialing the number of South Carolina psychiatrist Dr. Michael Mithoefer. Her plan: to see whether she could free herself of a lifetime of torment by taking a drug he was testing -- a drug most people know as Ecstasy. Photos: Treating PTSD with Ecstasy 7 photosPhotos: Treating PTSD with Ecstasy 7 photosEcstasy and PTSD: One story – Rachel Hope and her daughter at a park in West Los Angeles in 2011. Hope struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder for years before trying a controversial treatment: the drug Ecstasy.Hide Caption 1 of 7Photos: Treating PTSD with Ecstasy 7 photosEcstasy and PTSD: One story – MDMA, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, was first synthesized in Germany in 1912. Later called Ecstasy, it became a party drug in the 1980s; the Drug Enforcement Administration put it on the list of forbidden substances alongside heroin and LSD.Hide Caption 2 of 7Photos: Treating PTSD with Ecstasy 7 photosEcstasy and PTSD: One story – Dr. Michael Mithoefer and his wife, Annie, in the Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, office where they administer MDMA treatment to PTSD patients as part of their trial.Hide Caption 3 of 7Photos: Treating PTSD with Ecstasy 7 photosEcstasy and PTSD: One story – Hope says she no longer has flashbacks or night terrors and no longer jumps when the phone rings. She gave birth to her daughter in 2008.Hide Caption 4 of 7Photos: Treating PTSD with Ecstasy 7 photosEcstasy and PTSD: One story – Hope with her grandmother, mother and daughter in 2011.Hide Caption 5 of 7Photos: Treating PTSD with Ecstasy 7 photosEcstasy and PTSD: One story – Hope's grandmother raised her after the age of 6.Hide Caption 6 of 7Photos: Treating PTSD with Ecstasy 7 photosEcstasy and PTSD: One story – Hope with her son and daughter in 2010. Hide Caption 7 of 7EXPAND GALLERYA teetotaler, Hope wasn't looking for a thrill. She'd been born to a young hippie mother who couldn't stand the thought of parking their VW bus in one spot. After seeing psychedelic casualties all along the road, to Hope, drugs signified a lack of control. That was the last thing she needed. It was hard enough to hold things together stone sober. Truth be told, Hope didn't need her new assistant to tell her what the problem was. She just didn't know how to fix it. She'd been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, traced to a period of sexual abuse as a child and a life-threatening car accident. She'd been hospitalized four times for the debilitating symptoms, and stress had caused bleeding ulcers bad enough to send her to the emergency room twice more. Along the way, she tried cognitive behavioral therapy, hypnosis and acupuncture. She tried an established therapy called eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, where a therapist used physical stimuli -- light tapping and guided eye movements -- to try to retrain her brain. It made her eyeballs feel like they would burst out of her head. She tried gestalt therapy, screaming out her rage."Nothing worked," she says. "I got to the point where I just said, 'I'm handicapped. I'm just going to have to live my life like this.' It was pretty horrible." A formal planMore than 7 million Americans suffer from PTSD, and by most estimates, only half of them -- at best -- are ever cured. A decade ago, the widely acknowledged need for better treatments opened the door to Mithoefer and his unconventional approach. By the time he took Hope's call in February 2005, the soft-spoken, ponytailed Mithoefer had managed to convince the Drug Enforcement Administration to green-light a study of Ecstasy as an adjunct to psychotherapy. Of course, he wasn't calling it Ecstasy. Neither were the scientists from the Food and Drug Administration and certainly not the DEA agents who had picked over Mithoefer's bungalow in Charleston, South Carolina, making sure it was "secure" in case drug-hunting criminals tried to break in and grab the stash. He'd gotten the 3,4-methylenedioxy-methylamphetamine (MDMA) -- the chemical name for pure Ecstasy -- from Rick Doblin, the founder of a MAPS, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. The group's stated purpose is to develop "medical, legal and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana." It wants to turn mind-altering drugs like Ecstasy into prescription medicine. The advocacy unsettles some people, but this was no Timothy Leary operation. Doblin says he was determined to do things the right way. "Doing science that gets reported, that's an idea we can sort of leverage," Doblin said. To win broader acceptance for MDMA -- and for cousins like LSD and psilocybin, the mind-altering compound in so-called magic mushrooms -- "the medical route was the only route. Everything else was blocked." That meant a formal plan for drug development: study protocols, institutional review boards and the rest. Mithoefer, a University of Virginia-trained clinician who specializes in trauma and had a long-running interest in MDMA, was the perfect partner. When Mithoefer enrolled the first patient in the new study in 2004, U.S. troops were in Iraq fighting the longest-running war in American history. They just didn't know it yet. Even then, there were men and women jumping out of their shoes at the sound of a car horn and waking up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat from another nightmare. But most troops hadn't come home yet. America wasn't ready. A sense of crisis was years away, but Mithoefer -- and other specialists in psychological trauma -- were bracing for a wave of tortured souls. Before taking Hope's call, the doctor had spent nearly three years navigating the federal bureaucracy to win approval for his small experiment, designed to test a simple question: Is MDMA, used in a clinical setting, safe? The point is sometimes lost, but even today, civilians make up the vast majority of people struggling with PTSD. As Mithoefer launched his research, he wouldn't be working with veterans. He'd be working with civilians, mostly female survivors of sexual assault. All had tried conventional treatments -- either therapy or medication -- without success. On average, they had suffered their debilitating symptoms for 19 years. Hope was patient No. 7.'It just wouldn't stop'Hope was used to putting on a front. To a casual visitor, she seemed fine. Her rental property business in Hawaii earned a steady living, and she and a close friend were happily raising a 13-year-old son through an unconventional co-parenting arrangement. She was restless on Maui, but after a bumpy childhood, it seemed she'd found a kind of peace. But you didn't have to look hard to see a dark side. "I was argumentative and defensive, and I was very angry," she recalled. "I was having panic attacks and anxiety attacks and all the physical problems that come with it. I had irritable bowel syndrome, and I couldn't sleep." To survive, she pushed people away. "It makes intimate relationships very difficult," she said. "Some part of me was on guard, and it just wouldn't stop."To be continued in Sunday's storyMore from healthIs your penis size 'normal'?Science to Carson: You're wrong LGBT people in rural areas struggle to find good medical carePowered by Livefyre


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Martin Luther King Celebration Events 2012
MLK Service, City-Wide Rally and March
When: Monday, January 16, 2012 • 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Where: Depart from Madame Cadillac Building
Activities include assistance at St. Dominic Outreach Center and participation in a city-wide rally and march at Central United Methodist Church. Transportation and lunch provided.
Contact: Jesse Cox (313) 927-1404 or Sr. Barb Beesley (313) 927-1403
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Men's Lacrosse Added to Marygrove College's Athletic Slate
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Marygrove College recently announced the addition of their fourteenth sport, Men's Lacrosse, as part of a growing athletic program that is set to join the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletic's (NAIA) Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) next year. Men's Lacrosse will be added to the slate of offerings on Marygrove's northwest Detroit campus in the 2012-13 academic year with competition beginning in Spring 2013.
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Paul Beatty 2012
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Beatty is the author of three novels: The White Boy Shuffle (1996), Tuff (2000), and Slumberland (2008), and two books of poetry: Big Bank Take Little Bank (1991) and Joker, Joker, Deuce (1994). He also edited Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor (2006). He was the recipient of the first Grand Poetry Slam Championship of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in 1990.
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Dear Marygrove Alumni and Friends,
This is the October 2011 issue of Marygrove Minute -- Marygrove College's way of keeping you up-to-date on the College's news and events. Marygrove Minute is meant to supplement The Tower Times, our alumni print publication, which is published three times annually.
Marygrove Minute is a collaborative effort between Marygrove's Alumni Relations and Communications and Marketing departments. We hope you enjoy it!
Kiva Detroit: Champions for Small Businesses
Changing Lives
Join us for an engaging perspective from two speakers —Kiva donor and a Kiva recipient. Detroit is the first Kiva City in the United States, a program where Kiva works with community organizations to provide microloans to small businesses. Kiva Detroit is the product of a partnership between Michigan Corps, ACCION USA, Knight Foundation and Kiva International.
co-chair of the Kiva Detroit Board became involved with Kiva while he was a professor at the University of Michigan. An entrepreneur, a pastor, and former elected political official, he also serves on the Knight Foundation Advisory Board.
co-chair of Kiva Detroit, is an inaugural recipient of a Kiva Detroit loan, which is being used to launch Thrive Detroit Street newspaper. She is a Project Manager and Program Director for the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program, funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Women's Center Manifests on Campus
What used to be a dusty, cramped room for storage will now be filled with hope, healing, and laughter. Marygrove's Women's Center, now established in room 030 of the Liberal Arts Building, offers a sanctuary of resources, from assault crisis hotlines and Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Questioning (LGBTQ) support networks to information on academic curriculum and programming in women's studies. Where stacked chairs once collected dust, now sit several shelves of books available for check-out, from history to self-help. Two cozy couches and lounge chairs have replaced the area once reserved for cluttered desks and printers. The once barren walls now wear the proud artwork of female artists, including a cycling display of canvas paintings.
"We envision that the Women's Center might come to be known among students as a kind of oasis where they can stop by to browse and stay to study regardless of their majors, in a safe, rigorous, and supportive environment," said Darcy Brandel, assistant professor of English.
The Center is open to men and women from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Work-study students, like Veronica Johnson will greet you with a big, warm smile, offering aid and resources. Johnson, a social work major, has a drive to help those who need it most.
Marygrove College Joins WHAC
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Marygrove College Joins Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
DETROIT, Oct. 18, 2011— Marygrove College, a fourth year National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) institution, was recently named an official member of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC). The conference welcomes Marygrove as the 11th member and only school in the City of Detroit to be part of one of the NAIA's most prominent conferences.
The announcement was made official after a unanimous vote by the WHAC's Council of Presidents. With the announcement, Marygrove will join the conference beginning Fall 2012 and will compete in 13 conference-sponsored sports.
Black Male Engagement Challenge
BME Black Male Engagement - Share, Inspire, Empower!
BME Challenge Celebration - A project of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Open Society Foundations' Campaign for Black Male Achievement. It's time to recognize our network of Detroit black male leaders, partners and friends!
Tuesday, October 18, Downtown Detroit at Ford Field.
BME guests are asked to enter at Gate G off of St. Antoine Street). The celebration is free for the BME network and friends!
With special guests including Jalen Rose: Native Detroiter, Former NBA Star, and Founder of the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy Charter School. And a BME story and performance from artist K'Jon.
5:30 p.m. : Mix & Mingle with the BME Network and Special Guests - 6:15 p.m. : Reception with Dining & Call to Action. It's time to recognize our network of Detroit black male leaders, partners and friends!
Marygrove, UD-Mercy host Career Fair, Oct. 11
Marygrove's Office of Career Services is hosting a career fair next Tuesday, Oct. 11 from 2 - 6 p.m. on the campus of the University of Detroit Mercy.
The career fair, entitled Recruiting in the D: McNichols Talent Career Services Collaboration, was organized by Marygrove and UDM as a way of working together to retain talent in Michigan by encouraging employers to recruit students and alumni from our neighboring institutions.
Interested students are encouraged to attend to learn more about available graduate programs, internships/co-ops, and full/part-time seasonal employment. Career fairs offer students an opportunity to practice professionalism in the business environment as well as opportunities for career development. Students should plan to attend in professional attire, with a resume in hand, if they are seeking employment opportunities.*
Please visit the link below for registration information.
*Shuttle transportation from the Marygrove campus to and from the Career Fair at UDM is available beginning at 1:30 p.m. in front of the Madame Cadillac Building.
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- Marygrove Elects Student Government. On the Road to Change.
- Making History. Marygrove answers the global call for peace.
- Exhibit Showcases IHMs' History
- Take Back the Night Sheds Light on a Painful Reality for Women and Children.
- Redemption 101: Coursework that Changes Lives
- Director of Michigan Department of Human Services to speak at Marygrove Commencement
- Amy S. McCombs- Frederick P. Currier Writing Award Winners Announced
- Marygrove College Introduces New Online Course: Protect Your Money, Credit and Identity


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Are there any names you liked until you saw them in real life?
♂ Ellis Christopher / Asher Estlin / Seth Joshua / Gordon Thomas / Russell Joseph ♂
♀ Marilyn Kay / Joanna Kathryn / Tessa Diane / Nola Elaine / Christine Ruby ♀
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I used to babysit a Cody who was a budding sociopath.
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I've never had that. If anything I've had the opposite. I'll meet someone with a name and then I'll like it even more!
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I think I did with Charlotte. Before I met a Charlotte I was head over heals for the name. More than that I had an image of what a little Charlotte would be like, a tiny little girl with a round angelic face, with blue eyes and fair hair just like my childhood doll named Charlotte. I would have used it even if it was a top ten name. But then one day a women came into the library where I work with her two daughters, one of which was a Charlotte. This was the first Charlotte I had ever encountered. Charlotte was around three or four and totally not what I pictured a Charlotte to look like. It sort of put me off the name because she wasn't how I pictured a Charlotte to be, but it also gave me a reality check. I always picture specific children along with the names I like and it made me realize that the children I imagine in my head won't be the children I'll get if I ever have children and use those names.
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I used to like Shoshana.
Then I heard it on GIRLS, and without knowing that Shoshana was the character's name, I though they were all saying Shauna with a stammer (sh-shauna). I spent two episodes trying to figure out how that could happen before I realised what they were saying. Now I would sadly never consider the name...Åshild / Norwegian / 24 / Name Collector / Work: Daycare and the Library / Love to bake, read and listen to music
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Poll: 48 Percent of Floridians Approve of Las Vegas-Style Casinos, 43 Percent Oppose
While Republican politicians may be paving the way for casinos in Florida, Republican voters narrowly oppose the plan 48-46. Democrats, independents, Catholics, men, and white voters, meanwhile, support the measure. Support among women and Hispanics is virtually split, while black voters, Protestants and born-again Evangelicals oppose the idea.
However, 61 percent of Floridians say casinos would be good for Florida's economy, and 73 percent don't think that gambling is morally wrong.
Meanwhile, the Q poll finds that 50 percent of Floridians disapprove of the way Gov. Rick Scott is handling his job compared to just 38 percent who approve. His approval rating, though, is up five points since December.
The Republican-controlled legislature has similar numbers: 32 percent approve, 49 disapprove.
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Seniors Beware: What You Should Know About Life Settlements
Older Americans might hear about opportunities to sell their existing life insurance for cash in transactions known as life settlements. A life settlement, or senior settlement, as they are sometimes called, involves selling an existing life insurance policy to a third party—a person or an entity other than the company that issued the policy—for more than the policy's cash surrender value, but less than the net death benefit.
Life settlements can be a valuable source of liquidity for people who would otherwise surrender their policies or allow them to lapse—or for people whose life insurance needs have changed. But they are not for everyone. Life settlements can have high transaction costs and unintended consequences. And even if you decide a life settlement is generally right for you, it can be hard to tell whether you are getting a fair price.
If you are considering selling your life insurance policy to a third party, you can help protect yourself by familiarizing yourself with your existing policy so that you fully understand your options, becoming fully informed about life settlements, shopping around for the best offer, and dealing only with licensed buyers and brokers. We are issuing this Alert to highlight the questions you should ask and the factors to consider before entering into a life settlement.
What Is a Life Settlement?
In the past, if you owned a life insurance policy that you no longer wanted or needed, you generally had two choices: surrender the policy for its cash value or allow it to lapse. Life settlements present a third option: selling your policy (or the right to receive the death benefit) to an entity other than the insurance company that issued the policy. That transaction is known as a life settlement.
The life settlement market emerged as an offshoot of the viatical settlement industry that developed in the 1980s as a source of liquidity for AIDS patients and other terminally ill policyholders with life expectancies of less than two years. Unlike viaticals, however, life settlements involve policyholders who are not terminally ill, but generally have a life expectancy of between two and ten years. Life settlements also tend to involve policies with higher net death benefits than viaticals.
How Do Life Settlements Work?
The purchasers of life settlements, sometimes called life settlement companies or life settlement providers, generally are institutions that either hold the policies to maturity and collect the net death benefits or resell policies—or sell interests in multiple, bundled policies—to hedge funds or other investors. In exchange, you receive a lump sum payment. The amount you will receive in the secondary market depends on a range of factors, including your age, health and the terms and conditions of your policy—but it is generally more than the policy's cash surrender value and less than the net death benefit.
When you sell your life insurance policy, whoever buys it is acquiring a financial interest in your death. In addition to paying you a lump sum for your policy, the buyer agrees to pay any additional premiums that might be required to support the cost of the policy for as long as you live. In exchange, the buyer will receive the death benefit when you die.
Factors to Consider When Deciding to Sell Your Life Insurance Policy
Life settlements have proven profitable not only for institutional investors that purchase policies, but also for the providers and brokers who handle these transactions. As a result, competition among life settlements providers for individuals seeking to sell or otherwise terminate their life insurance policies has become increasingly intense. Because the life settlement industry is relatively new and may target seniors who may be in poor health, it can be prone to aggressive sales tactics and abuse.
That does not mean that you should never consider a life settlement. A life settlement might make sense for you if you no longer want or need your current policy—or if you can no longer afford the expense of paying insurance premiums and are willing to give up or replace the coverage. Even then, however, you should proceed with caution. Here are some of the key factors you should consider:
1035 Exchanges If you're thinking of switching from one life insurance policy to another, you should consider whether a "1035 Exchange" would be more beneficial than a life settlement. Depending on your circumstances, if you opt for a life settlement, you may have to pay taxes if the cash surrender value of your policy—or the amount of a life settlement—exceeds the premiums you've paid. |
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If you decide to go forward with a life settlement, here are some questions you should be sure to ask.
Life settlements may make sense for people who no longer need or want their insurance policies, and would otherwise surrender their policies or allow them to lapse. But even then, you should proceed with caution. Consult with your broker or other financial services provider, and make sure that you:
Where to Turn for Help and Additional Resources
Life settlements can involve almost any kind of insurance policy, including variable policies. However, because only variable insurance products are securities, FINRA only has jurisdiction over life settlements involving variable policies.
If you have questions or wish to file a complaint about a life settlement, be sure to call or write your state insurance commissioner. If your complaint concerns a variable life insurance policy, you may also file a complaint with FINRA.
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Glossary of Terms: Life Settlements
Accelerated Death Benefits
Also known as "living benefits," accelerated death benefits provide payments to policy holders who have a long-term, catastrophic, or terminal illness-payments that ordinarily would not be available prior to the policy holder's death. Rules concerning accelerated death benefits vary from company to company and from policy to policy. In some cases, depending on the term of the policy or contract, the beneficiaries of the policy may be entitled to a reduced death benefit.
Cash Surrender Value
The cash surrender value of a life insurance policy is the amount you can collect if you cancel (or "surrender") the policy before it matures or before you die. The amount is typically based on the cash you've built up in the policy over time (your tax-deferred savings) minus any surrender charges or outstanding loan balances.
Lapse refers to the termination of an insurance policy when an individual fails to pay his or her premiums on time. If you allow a policy to lapse, you typically cannot collect any cash surrender value that would otherwise be available.
Net Death Benefit
A death benefit is the amount an insurance company pays to a policy holder's beneficiary when the policy holder dies. Not all life insurance policies or annuity contracts provide for this sort of benefit, and not all death benefits are calculated the same way. The net death benefit is the amount specified in the insurance policy or annuity contract, minus any unpaid premiums that are due and outstanding loan balances or other withdrawals. In the case of variable life insurance or variable annuities, investment gains and losses can impact the amount of the death benefit.
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A popular Mediterranean dessert with layers of flaky, paper-thin phyllo pastry, crunchy walnut bits and golden honey. The history of baklava is not well documented, but it's thought that its current form was developed in the imperial kitchens of the Topkap Palace in Istanbul based on a Central Asian Turkic tradition of layered breads. (None of that will matter, however, when you're enjoying this delicious rendition.) 1 lb., 4 ozs.
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According to consulting firm IRN Inc., the automotive industry is expected to launch an average of 120 new vehicles annually through 2020, which is going to spur the development of more complex components.1 The designs for these new vehicles rely on lightweight materials and powertrain improvements that include downsized engines, with the addition of direct injection and turbocharging. While the primary purpose for most of these design considerations is to improve fuel economy or reduce emissions, there remains a trend also toward consumer customization requiring a flexible manufacturing environment capable of building a variety of vehicle models in the same plant.
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We were shocked when we saw the report on July 18 that Kristen got breast implants. We asked you and 75% of readers think she just got her hands on a good bra. We also reached out to a few plastic surgeons who tell us otherwise! Let the debate begin!
We think Kristen Stewart is beautiful no matter what, but a new report claims she had breast implants. We asked three doctors who told us EXCLUSIVELY they also believe she had surgery. What do YOU think?
"It's a 99% certainty that she has had augmentation," famed Dr. Barry M. Rose tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY. Dr. Barry M. Rose, Anesthesiologist at University Of California San Francisco Medical Center, is a top medical professional and tells us that Kristen had a breast augmentation. Dr. Rose has overseen thousands of plastic surgery, breast augmentations and liposuction procedures.
"The shape and volume of her breasts in the new photo would indicate the overwhelming probability that she has undergone breast augmentation. It would have been a slightly better comparison if her blouse/shirt would have been the same in both photos." About Kristen's recovery time, "She can be back to non-strenuous work within a week and back to running and swimming and things of that nature in six plus weeks."
Beverly Hills board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Ashkan Ghavami told us EXCLUSIVELY that based on our photos above, "either she has a really amazing bra on or had an appropriately-sized breast augmentation. If she did indeed undergo breast augmentation, her jump in cup size is in harmony with her body proportions. This is a very common recent trend among celebs and the public, and is in line with the 'flash recovery breast augmentation' technique. It is a welcome trend as it is better for your body. If she did have breast enhancement surgery, she just qualified for the cut-off age for getting silicone, which is performed after the age of 22. This all makes perfect sense given the timing of these photos."
New York City-based plastic surgeon Dr. Adam Schaffner added EXCLUSIVELY, "This certainly could be the result of a good, padded push-up bra. However, in my opinion, based on the size and shape of her larger breasts, breast augmentation is more likely. When I perform a rapid recovery breast augmentation, patients go home the same day. Patients often report of having mild tenderness along the incision and pressure in the breast region due to presence of the breast implants, but other than that, they're going on with their normal daily lives with the exception of strenuous physical activity from which they should refrain during the recovery period." In two to three weeks, patients can exercise with limitations and in six weeks, can resume normal patterns.
Our doctors all say that it looks like Kristen had breast implants but you guys aren't so sure. Do you think Kristen was pressured to get larger breasts because she is an A-list actress in Hollywood, especially with her high-profile topless scene in On The Road? The bottom line is that it's Kristen's personal decision and we love her either way!
After reading our expert opinions, what do YOU think, HollywoodLifers?
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Why say that Robsten is a PR stunt. How about Andrew G and Emma S. They were in a movie and they're getting talked about so much more thatn before. And Jelena, Justin got more fans from Selena and Selena got fans from JB and they're always on e news and whatever else because of the fact that they're JELENA. Selena and Justin are probably a couple and robsten IS a couple. They wouldn't spend so much time in interviews and airports and red carpet events hiding it for YEARS. They wouldn't have met each others parents and siblings. Rob wouldn't have had his arm around Kristen at a wedding without them knowing there was paparazzi there. And the whole kiss at Cannes, the paparazzi's were in bushes looking so they didn't know then. Come on guys, no one puts in that much work for a PR stunt. They're a REAL couple and I believe they WILL last because they've lasted through all the rumors for FIVE years. They will make it. They both believe in young love and they are MEANT for each other. I LOVE ROBSTEN!!! ROBSTEN FOREVER!
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Ok maybe she just got a REALLY good push up bra, they do exist these days, I myself have a really good one. I have the same problem she does.. well really it's not a problem, we're all just crazy and think we want this huge chest, when really we probably look fine. It doesn't mean that she got implants, and even if she did.. so what, let the girl live. The criticism towoards celebrities, actors, musicians etc is just crazy. How is anyone supposed to build any confidence when they're being followed 24/7 .. by cameras and critics. I feel bad for her, I know she seems like she has a slight case of social anxiety, but she is very young and she just started out in the business. I would probably be the same way if I were in her shoes. The point of my comment… if she did indeed get breast implants, good for her.
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if it is really true it is going to be because of you hollywwod life and us fans who cannot stop commenting about her and her man.when all eye is on you ,one becomes self concious.it may also be that she has a good solid bra on.either way it is her life.medically though,it is not my piece of cake.
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Its the bra!!!!! A good bra and make a guy look like he has boobs I've seen it lol And don't you need recovery time after you get implants she has been so busy these last few months. I don't know if I'm the only one in the world but my boobs get bigger just before I get my period u guys ever think of that?????
Posted at 3:28 AM on July 19, 2012
the picture above from comic-con is the ONLY picture from that event that made her boobs look implanty. Every other photo from that event made it look like she was a smaller breasted girl with a good push up bra. The doctors have clearly not looked at the other pictures, just this one. It's just the angle of the photo, girlfriend still has her old boobs and all your doctors are gonna have egg on their faces in about a week when pap candids come out showing her still as an A-cup.
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You need to leave Kristen alone,go trash some one else, like maybe your own family. Maybe you need to just get a live of your own. Let Rob an Kris alone, give them a break to be able to live their lives how they want. You have to put your self in their place for a day or two,and see if you like people spying on you all the time. I would not think that you would like some one telling untrue stories on you either. Rob and Kristen are our friends. We care about them, and we don't like people saying bad things about they. Love You Guys,Take Care…….
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Gosh! Bonnie Fuller! WHO ARE THE DOCTORS OR PLASTIC SURGEONS THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!!!??? ….are they QUACK DOCTORS!? The smallest size of the SILICONE BREAST IMPLANT is obviously bigger if KRISTEN really had breast augmentation procedure! Kristen is wearing a padded push-up BRA!!! that's all!!!
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She has the same small breasts leaving Comic Con with Rob via private jet after she changed out of her outfit and probably out of that special bra. Some bras can reshape and move your breast to hold it tighter or fuller. She was just wearing a padded bra and a tight shirt. Go to all the websites that showed her video with Rob leaving Comic Con on a private jet and you will see she has the same God-given breasts she always had. LOL!
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If December determines store sales for the year, retailers should be cautiously optimistic heading to this final stretch before Christmas.
Consumer sentiment jumped more than 7 points, from 75.1 in November to 82.5 in December, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan poll. Third quarter corporate profits reached a record high, increasing 9% in the last year, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. And sales of single-family homes recorded their biggest increase in more than 33 years, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.
Consumers shopped well over the Black Weekend, though spending was ultimately down almost 3% to $57.4 billion from $59.1 billion in 2012, according to the National Retail Federation. The NRF also reported a record 141 million people shopped over the four-day weekend, up from 137 million last year.
ShopperTrak reported total in-store traffic over the Thanksgiving weekend increased by 9.4% in the apparel sector, while traffic in electronics decreased by 6.5% for that same time period.
"Overall, we saw a 1% increase in sales for the four-day weekend, and a 4% decline in traffic, which is not as robust as one might have thought it would be," states ShopperTrak's Bill Martin, founder. "However, coming in at 1% seems soft, but there is lot of shopping left to do."
Three out of 10 consumers start holiday gift shopping in November, according to the Cotton Incorporated Lifestyle Monitor™ Survey. Nearly half (49%) of all gift givers planned to shop in-store on Black Friday (up significantly from 42% in 2012), followed by after Christmas (25%) and Christmas Eve (13%). Additionally, half of shoppers planned to shop online on Cyber Monday (up significantly from 41% in 2012), followed by Black Friday (40%), National Free Shipping Days (27%) and after Christmas (18%).
Cyber Monday proved more successful than ever, with shoppers clicking their way to nearly $2 billion in sales, up 20% over last year, according to comScore Inc. However, the majority of sales (86%) still occur in traditional brick and mortar locations, comScore reports.
While some consumers expressed opposition to stores opening on Thanksgiving itself, 14% of the population could not resist the discounts and promotions, says NPD Group's Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst.
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Cohen says stores that opened on Thanksgiving were engaging in "share wars," which everyone can expect will continue going forward.
"This is not a consumer growth opportunity," he says. "It's about selling the same amount with a little bit of growth; protecting your space while not giving it away to someone else. Online won't go away, and now opening Thursday won't go away. The retailers that were busiest were those that offered doorbuster deals or '50% off storewide' sales."
On average, gift givers plan to spend approximately $508 on gifts this season, down 10% from $568 in 2012, the Monitor shows. Gift cards will top the gift list (68%), followed by clothes (57%), toys (46%), electronics (37%) and jewelry (30%).
While apparel will be a popular gift, consumers expect to spend more for electronics this year ($254 versus $186), the Monitor shows. Those figures, though, are down 18% from what shoppers spent last year ($310 on electronics and $226 on apparel in 2012).
Consumers might be planning to spend less money this year because wages have remained stagnant for U.S. workers. The U.S. Labor department says hourly pay for nongovernment, non-supervisory workers declined to $8.77 last month from $8.85 at the end of the recession in June 2009. Additionally, Census Bureau figures show that, adjusted for inflation, the median household income is the same today as it was in the late 1980s — $51,017. That's down from an inflation-adjusted peak of $56,080 in 1999.
While shoppers emerged from the Thanksgiving blitz needing to cover more shopping ground, stores should continue to expect slightly more than modest sales gains over last year.
"Just because retailers have more hours with more promotions and more deals doesn't mean consumers have more relatives to shop for or more money to spend," Cohen says. "The consumer has learned that Black Friday is about opportunity. It's to score what you covet and get items you've been putting off for the last year or last few months. A lot of self-gifting goes on over the four-day weekend."
The Monitor finds 79% of gift givers admit to sometimes buying items for themselves when shopping for others. Cohen says apparel was the top Black Weekend purchase, followed by toys and footwear.
Martin says four out of the 10 busiest shopping days will occur between Dec. 20 and Dec. 24. ShopperTrak predicts there will be an overall 2.4% increase for entire season.
"Even though heavy promotions will be going on, we look to December as the key to the success of the season," Martin says. As for his own shopping list, this retail expert has a lot of ground to cover himself. "I'll be starting on Dec. 23rd — or, as we call it, 'Father's Day' — when all the men get up off the couch."
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Once upon a time, when Gabriel was 2 months old, we took a trip to San Francisco to visit Aidan's parents and attend his friend's wedding. We stayed at his mom's house and I forgot the one and only thing that you should never forget when staying in a big house–the baby monitor. It wasn't so awesome. .
Little baby Gabriel was asleep and we put him in a bassinet in the living room while we watched TV in the den. I eventually told Aidan I was going to go to bed in the downstairs apartment and forgot to tell him to bring the baby down when he was going to bed (why I didn't take him with me is beyond me). Of course, he didn't take him because he didn't know to.
5am rolls around and I realized he didn't wake up to nurse, which at that age he did about 3 times by 5am. I woke Aidan up and said, "where's booboo?" (that's what we call Gabriel).
"What do you mean 'where's booboo?'" he responded.
My legs FLEW up those stairs and found my little 10 week old son asleep in the big dark living room–he probably cried and cried until he just fell asleep. It still makes me sad to think about it.
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Like I said, there are a ton, but this one is the one I use. You can even record your own voice or play a song from your music library if your baby wakes up and hearing your voice or a song can soothe him or her back to sleep.
Also kind of neat? The app records them so you can hear what they do and say and even save that! Gabriel sometimes wakes up and says, "aha" his name for Chloe, which makes me think that he's dreaming about her. So cute.
This app is perfect for traveling since it takes up NO space and costs a grand total of $2.99. Pretty good deal, right?
There are video monitor ones too, but I can't do that because I'd spend the entire night staring at his little face. Because really? Why wouldn't I?
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