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(HIGHTSTOWN, NJ) -- All three Pleasure Productions contract girls: Krystal Steal, Nikki Benz and Trinity, rocked Delilah's Den after ECVS trade show hours Tuesday night. For the first time ever, all three Pleasure contract stars performed on one dance stage. Dancing to a packed and expectant crowd, the Pleasure Superstars did not disappoint. The party shifted to a higher gear as soon as the Pleasure Superstars took the stage. Booze was flowing as dollar bills rained down on the girls. The show started after midnight with the girls pitching newly-designed Pleasure t-shirts to the drooling crowd. They then moved to the groove and put on a real show for all. There was some heavy kissing and petting involved in the show as well. They exited the stage to a loud ovation and ear-splitting hoots asking for more. "They're awesome! I wish they were regulars here!" said an ecstatic ogler. "The girls were great! You can feel they have terrific chemistry. They really put on a good show and this bodes well for their upcoming dance gigs." beamed Pleasure President, Frank Kay. "The girls were very professional and looked every bit as beautiful in person as in their videos and pictures. I would highly recommend them to any club owner in the country." said Delilah's owner, Gary Santabarbara. The Pleasure Superstars are scheduled to appear at Philadelphia's Club Risque' on October 2-4 with two shows nightly at 9pm and 12 midnight. Click on the attached pictures to enlarge them. More pictures of the girls are available at PleasureProductions.com and DelilahsNJ.com. Pleasure Productions remains one of the largest and most respected adult manufacturers in the industry. They boast a library of over 5,000 active titles and have enhanced their DVDs with their Popshot On Demand TM technology, currently undergoing patent and trademark registration. They can attribute their success and longevity in the industry with a simple phrase: In this business, it's All About Pleasure!
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5 Ideal for any car enthusiast!Captain2 | 14/11/2007 | See all Captain2's reviews (62)Top 100 Reviewer Top 100 Music Reviewer Top 10 Books Reviewer Top 100 PC Reviewer This 1hr 30 DVD is the ideal stocking filler for any fan of Top Gear and car enthusiast.This DVD is jam packed full of astonishing machines; Audi R8, Lamborghini Murcielago, Clarkson's favourite... Aston Martin DB8 and of course the one and only Bugatti Veyron. Oh, and the new Mondeo.Whilst watching this, I would love to be part of the camercrew! Some of the scenes in this are just... well words cannot describe!Keep watching until after the credits for the brilliant gallery of cars!
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Academy Award-winning actress Charlize Theron was spotted heading to Pinkberry in West Hollywood with her son Jackson. The typically glammed up star (who looks stunning dressed up or down) rocked a a chic, relaxed look of a trendy animal sweater (Madewell's Zebra Love Pullover) paired with Current/Elliott's edgy and popular jeans – The Multi Zip Stiletto. Instead of sky-high heels, she opted for more practical cute flats – the Joie Aliso Woven Loafers in tan and black. Charlize accessorized with some reddish-brown shades and her hip new pixie haircut. And her son looked hip too in his little tee, jeans, sneakers and black cap!
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Hair Metal Guitarist Finds What He Had Been Missing All These Years
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This is an actual email from a customer. He's a former hair metal guitarist who finally discovered what he had been "missing out on all these years." I love to hear that my guitar theory book and DVDs are working for someone. Maybe you can relate to Bob's story. I especially like when he says "I immediately was able to start expressing myself. I felt like a 2 year old must feel like who can finally start talking…frustration left instantly."
Hi Desi,
I wanted to write and thank you for your excellent Fretboard Theory book and DVDs. They quite simply have changed my life in so many positive ways.
I fell in love with guitar 25 years ago as a teenager during the height of the "hair metal" days. I was obsessed with guitar heroes like George Lynch, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eddie, and many of the lead guitarist in the bands that looking back might appear silly with their long hair and outfits, but could really play their instruments. I soon began playing guitar and spending hours trying to get each tab note for note, which would often take weeks (if ever) given the complexity of some of these guitar solos.
This approach allowed me to build a small repertoire of sorts, while developing technique (bends, hammer/pulls) and impressive speed. But to say that I felt limited in my abilities, despite appearing as a major shredder on a few well learned songs, was an understatement. Soon frustration met college and career, and the guitar remained in its case for extended periods of time.
A few years ago I decided that it was time to take another stab at things and really improve me playing. After shaking the rust off, I quickly regained my earlier skills and even began experimenting with recording. But frustration again would limit my progress, I would play maybe 30-60 minutes a couple times a week and never really make any progress.
The main source of my problem was that in my head I was a complete genius virtuoso. Ever since those hair band days, it seems that on some level 24×7 my mind is composing riffs, leads, rhythms…I even air guitar constantly. But I could not remotely replicate this in real life.
A few months ago I came across your book and DVDs on Amazon, however I was leery of wasting money on a poorly written/organized system. Still, the glowing reviews reassured me and I placed the order.
The layout and format of your product was perfect for me in that it immediately gave me hope with the Pentatonic lessons. The book showed me the patterns that I already kinda knew, but I did practice them more. Following up with the DVD and seeing how they were really applied showed me instantly what I have been missing out on all these years. I immediately was able to start expressing myself. I felt like a 2 year old must feel like who can finally start talking…frustration left instantly.
This incentivized me immensely, I practiced up and down the fretboard in all the keys. My playing went from sporadic to several hours daily. I was finally soloing over all my iTunes songs seemingly at will. This got me over the hump so to speak when I got to the CAGED system. Seeing the value of what I was learning, I would spend hours just practicing arpeggios, whereas before I would have given up well before mastery.
My familiarity with the fretboard peaked just in time for the Major scale, and for the first time in my life I was playing by ear with I, ii, iii, IV,V,and vi after watching the DVD.
I got to Modes in the book, but completely missed the point at first as it seemed a little too "obvious". But I popped in the DVD, and it immediately brought everything FULL circle for me. THIS was the lesson where I finally felt like I could start playing what I was hearing in my head; designing my own mood versus reacting to randomness and "happy accidents".
I'm sorry for the long email, but I wanted you to know how massive this was for me and how your format was the catalyst. In less than 2 months, I have learned more about guitar than I have in my entire life, and my playing has improved 10 fold. It's exponentially improving every day, and being able to express myself has completely enriched my life.
thanks again,
Virginia, USA
I really appreciate feedback like this. I would love to hear your story too. Also, please post testimonials and reviews online (at Amazon, Facebook, guitar forums, etc.). It's the the best form of publicity I can receive.
Play Until Yer Fingers Bleed!
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I completely feel where Bob is coming from in this email!!..I started playing in '84 & my mom could barely afford the guitar I was lucky enough to get that Christmas so I knew going in that lessons were out of the question but that didnt matter to me at all..I had a rough start learning open string notes,tuning,5 chords,etc for about the first 4-6 months but I quickly excelerated beyond those first founding months..By my 6th or 7th month I discovered that I was a natural with TABs & began building my own style learning & gleening bits & peices from my fav axemen such as Lynch,DeMartini,Jake E. Lee,Randy Rhoads,EVH,etc,etc,etc..But about 6 years into my musical adventure MTV dropped "the Nirvana bomb" & suddenly finger tapping & fast lead playing wasn't cool but cliche'..=(Naturally,as all hairband guitar players from the 80′s probably did,I found myself doing quite abit of soul searching as to what direction I was going to go in regarding my own life as a guitar player..It was during this time of self musical reflection that I knew for sure that if I wanted to play guitar professionally I had to learn theory..Unfortunately,this is where all my musical probs started to set in & in alota ways derail my status as a guitarist in the local scene..I had been playing for 8 years so playing the guitar wasnt my problem,understanding what I was playing was my major malfunction but within about 5-6 so-called "guitar teachers" I began to realize that they didn't know music theory anymore than I did so I began investing in a small collection of musical equipment & any study aids that I felt would help me to at least grow as a self-taught musician..It wouldn't be until 2010,26 friggin' years after I started playing guitar,that I would FINALLY find Desi's Fretboard Theory!!..As soon as I found Desi's website I immediately knew that his knowledge of theory was genuine,factual & definately what I had been looking for!!..Since the 1st day I entered into Desi's Fretboard Theory course the mysteries of theory have been quickly turning into a logically understood knowledge of music theory..I'm finally seeing my dreams of playing/teaching guitar legitimately coming to life!..In 2008 my wife & I had decided to try living in her home country of Thailand but we were racking our brains out trying to figure out how we would support ourselves financially..We worked on a coffee shop idea for awhile but in the end it just wasn't something we felt we could stick with & just about the time we were losing hope I found Fretboard Theory..Within the last 2-3 years of going through Desi's course & creating my own bi-lingual lesson plan I'm happy to say that I'm already looking at 3 possible offers to teach guitar in Thailand & I'm so excited that I can hardly sit still!!..Playing guitar has been like getting dressed everyday to me for years now & thanks to Desi I'm finally aquiring the knowedge that I need to do what God gifted me to do so long ago!.. I can never say thanx enough Desi but once again,THANX!!..;-) |


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The Intentional Spinner
The Intentional Spinner - A Holistic Approach to Making Yarn
by Judith Mackenzie McCuin
For 'Improving' spinners, The Intentional Spinner by Judith Mackenzie McCuin is a must-have.
It's not just a step-by-step technique guide, although the 'Spinning Techniques' section does do step-by-step extremely well. The 'holistic approach' referred to in the subtitle means that it helps you to design and make the perfect yarn for your project by understanding the structure and properties of all of the fibres available to you.
The Intentional Spinner is ordered into two main sections; the nature and science of fibre, and technique. It culminates with four projects of intermediate standard. For each of these, Judith Mackenzie McCuin pulls together everything we've learned and explains the reasoning behind the choice of fibre and spinning method. Intentional and holistic!
At 150 pages, it's not a slim book and packs a huge amount of detailed text, diagrams and tables. It's very well illustrated and is enriched with titbits of historical and cultural information, science and anecdotes which make it a fascinating and absorbing read and also fun to dip into.
paperback, 150 pages, 9" (230mm) x 9" (230mm)
Shiela Dixon, 19 April 2009
Intentional Spinner: A Holistic Approach to Making Yarn - Judith MacKenzie McCuin
Aimed at improvers, a must have: fibres and structure, possibilities, history, techniques, projects.
paperback, 150 pages, 9" (230mm) x 9" (230mm)
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Antoine interviews CEO Helen Waukazoo and Clinical Director Orlando Nakai of the Frienship House of American Indians in San Francisco to discuss their program and the grand opening of their new facility in San Francisco. Then George Galvez of the Intertribal Friendship House and Juan Berumen talk about the upcoming IFH benefit with Blackfire and Aztlan Underground on Appril 22. Plus music by Annie Humphrey, Verdell Primeaux, Aztland Underground and Keith Secola. Plus the Bay Area Indian Calendar.
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By STEVE DOWNES
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
More than £800,000 has been handed to East Anglia to help vulnerable residents save money on their energy bills.
The £837,000 is part of £46m of government cash to reduce fuel poverty, boost energy efficiency, and encourage collective switching and purchasing.
The funding will be used by local authorities and other organisations to keep people's energy bills down and ensure homes are warm this winter, and in the future.
Organisations were invited to bid for money in three areas:
● Tackling fuel poverty by installing efficient central heating and insulation in the homes of vulnerable residents
● Improving home energy efficiency by carrying out Green Deal energy efficiency assessments to give advice to residents
● Spurring people on to group together to bulk buy their energy and switch to cheaper providers.
In East Anglia, King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council got £185,000 and Suffolk County Council £165,000 to tackle fuel poverty.
Suffolk County Council (£98,000), Cambridgeshire County Council (£75,000) and Broadland District Council (£232,000) got cash to improve energy efficiency.
Broadland District Council (£37,500), North Norfolk District Council (£18,500) and Norwich City Council (£26,000) received money for energy bulk-buying and switching.
North Norfolk MP and government minister Norman Lamb said: "I have been working with Norfolk Rural Community Council to promote community buying which can save people money on their energy bills.
"I am really pleased the coalition recognises the potential for people to save money by coming together to negotiate or change energy supplier."
Energy secretary Edward Davey said: "We need to find new ways to help people with their energy bills, working with communities and councils across the country.
"The projects we are funding will help people save energy and save money: helping the most vulnerable to heat their homes, getting the Green Deal market up and running and encouraging people to switch energy suppliers to get their bills down.
"Funding will also be used to drive forward collective purchasing and switching initiatives at a local level, helping consumers get a better deal on their energy bills."
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But what about those who have to heat by domestic oil? Nothing is being done for them. Why not, don't they count or is it okay for them to freeze?
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
They wouldn't want to publicise schemes like that. More uptake equals less savings.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Lamb has lost all credibility. His letter in the EDP last week was disgraceful. He was once held up as an icon of virtuousness amongst a mire of self-interest and deceit in British politics. That was before the 2010 election. Now we see that not only has he sold his soul to the Tories, he is even using their misinformation-speak. In his letter he claimed that his coalition has protected funding for the NHS. Would this be the same NHS that has haemorrhaged almost 6,000 nursing and health visitor posts since the general election? The greater priority for his NHS seems to be funding highly paid 'management' positions off-payroll so the individuals concerned can avoid tax. In a similar example of the wrong priorities, while ambulance staff in Norfolk battle bravely to serve the public with ageing vehicles, some with in excess of 250,000 miles on the clock, the 'managers' within the ambulance trust ponder which brand new executive lease cars to choose, all paid for from the trust budget of course. So let's chuck money at council's to deal with fuel poverty because that's easier than tackling the route cause - foreign-owned energy companies run by fat cats from the legacy of the mass privatisation giveaways of the 1980's.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The warmer homes schemes, about to be curtailed by this coalition of minority party politicians, is 50 million underspent, how many elderly hypothermia victims does that translate into Mr. Lamb?
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Why should anyone worry about bills when the big chiefs of the privatised utilities walk off with £6 million pay offs?Vulnerable people particularly must keep themselves warm.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
46 million support for energy companies, via poor consumers with leaky homes and high energy bills, companies who, by the energy ministers own admission, have overcharged us already for years and will cost us an extra 30 year, each year, because our civil servants signing the con tracts have no idea of procurement law. A coalition of the damned, Norman is partial to helping MP's and Lords to a slice of the privatised NHS, with some 40% of signatories in the Houses of Parliament having voted yes to the bill, furthering their own nest eggs. Coalition politicians are now buying votes and publicity with every step they take.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Does anyone listen to a word Norman Lamb has to say?
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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Amazing News…Butterfly Summer has won the Oxfordshire Book Awards 2013 – best book in the secondary schools category!
Butterfly Summer is the story of Becky, who moves with her mum back to her tiny home village, where old family secrets start to resurface. Becky seeks refuge in the beautiful local butterfly gardens, where she becomes friends with the impulsive Rosa May.
It's a story about obsessive friendship and dark family secrets. A mesmerizing story that builds to a shocking conclusion.
Some secrets last a lifetime. When Becky and her mum move to the tiny village of Oakbridge, Mum is hoping for a new beginning. But when Becky discovers an old photo of her mum in hospital clutching a baby, twelve years before Becky was born, Becky becomes haunted by the thought that her mum is keeping something from her. Stifled by her mum's over-protectiveness and depressive moods, Becky feels more alone than ever. The only place she finds comfort is at the beautiful local Butterfly Garden with her new friend, the wild-spirited and impulsive Rosa May. But Becky can't shake off the unanswered questions. Why can't she swim? Where is her dad? Who is the baby in the photo? And why is her mum lying to her? As the two girls spend more time together however, Rosa May's unpredictable temper and possessive streak suggests that she is hiding something as well…and in the heat of the sun-drenched summer, it seems that Becky is the only one in the dark.
Conway drops clues deftly into the water with hardly a ripple — reread this gently nostalgic mystery and you will be astonished at what you missed the first time. The Jewish Chronicle
This is a book that you finish and want to read all over again… Anne-Marie Conway deftly keeps you away from the truth, dropping hints that have you wondering but don't reveal too much. Books, bonnets and full-frontal blogging
A gripping story which catches the importance of friendship – even when there are dark, dark secrets. When Becky and her mum return to where her mum grew up she uncovers an old photo which reveals something about her family she has never known before. Mum's too busy with her new job to ask but Becky finds a very special friend in the beautiful Butterfly Garden. There are secrets everywhere in this atmospheric story which is beautifully resolved. Love Reading 4 Kids
Like Conway's Star Makers Club series, [Butterfly Summer} is really easy to read – she has a wonderful writing style which makes the book hard to put down and her prose captures the settings, especially the Butterfly Garden itself, vividly… A definite recommendation for a thrilling read. Ya Yeah Yeah blog
I was…completely swept up in the story from the first page. The setting is beautifully done, with the hot oppressive summer perfectly matching the tone of the story, and the butterfly garden itself embodying the relationship between Becky and Rosa May. The more serious themes, such as Becky's mother's depression, are dealt with sensitively but without sugar coating, and Rosa May's changeable nature gave the story a real sense of danger and tension. It's really not the story of light and happiness suggested by the title, but a much more weighty read that will give readers something to really think about. The Bookbag
Secrets and mysteries abound in Anne-Marie conway's haunting novel, BUTTERFLY SUMMER. Becky and her mother have moved to a small village for a fresh start but when Becky finds an old photo of her mother with a baby, taken 12 years before Becky herself was born, questions need to be answered. Like just why is her mother so afraid of water? Perhaps Becky's new friend Rosa May holds the answer. The Sunday Express
Becky is haunted – in every sense – by her family's past, and especially by her father, whom her mother refuses to discuss with her. Who is the demanding girl in the butterfly garden on the edge of the village whom nobody sees except Becky? And what really happened to her father? Lovely characters include Mum's supportive friend Stella, her common-sensible son Mack and Mr and Mrs Jackson who run the village shop. The Independent on Sunday
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Passenger numbers down at Heathrow
Thu, 10 Apr, 2008
A spate of flight cancellations saw passenger numbers at London Heathrow Airport fall last month.
Figures published by the airport's operator BAA show that 5,612,300 passengers travelled from Heathrow during March, a drop of 0.6 per cent from the corresponding period in 2007.
The reduction in passenger numbers came in a period that saw 300 flights cancelled because of the weather and a further 300 halted due to operational issues associated with the opening of the new Terminal 5.
London Stansted Airport also saw a drop in the number of people travelling, with its total of 1,824,200 representing a fall of 0.3 per cent.
However, passenger numbers at London Gatwick Airport increased by 8.1 per cent to 2,816,000.
The rise was a result of the increased popularity of domestic and European services from Gatwick. However, there was a fall in the number of people using the airport's transatlantic flights.


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Not all watches are created equal. Neither are the stories that go along with them. But for someone, somewhere out there, this might be cool. Johnny Manziel, or "Johnny Football", is a Heisman Award-winning quarterback out of Texas A&M, and was the 22nd pick in the 2014 NFL draft after much speculation that he would go early. He didn't. But he did wear a Rolex Datejust with an aftermarket diamond bezel to the 2013 ESPY Awards and now it's for sale!


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Learn English online: How the internet is changing language
Online, English has become a common language for users from around the world. In the process, the language itself is changing.
When America emerged from the ashes of a bruising war with Britain in 1814, the nation was far from united. Noah Webster thought that a common language would bring people together and help create a new identity that would make the country truly independent of the British.
Webster's dictionary, now in its 11th edition, adopted the Americanised spellings familiar today - er instead of re in theatre, dropping the u from colour, and losing the double l from words such as traveller. It also documented new words that were uniquely American such as skunk, opossum, hickory, squash and chowder.
An American Dictionary of the English Language took 18 years to complete and Webster learned 26 other languages in order to research the etymology of its 70,000 entries.
The internet is creating a similar language evolution, but at a much faster pace.
There are now thought to be some 4.5 billion web pages worldwide. And with half the population of China now on line, many of them are written in Chinese.
Still, some linguists predict that within 10 years English will dominate the internet - but in forms very different to what we accept and recognise as English today.
That's because people who speak English as a second language already outnumber native speakers. And increasingly they use it to communicate with other non-native speakers, particularly on the internet where less attention is paid to grammar and spelling and users don't have to worry about their accent.
Unicode: Facilitating international languages
English remains the single most commonly-used language on the web. But in 2010, for the first time ever, the majority of the world's data was in non-English text.
That's because new computer technology has made it easier to read and write in non-Roman languages.
"Much technology was initially unreliable in languages other than those using Roman script," says computational linguist Robert Munro. "But the broader adoption of standards like Unicode means that this is changing."
Unicode enables a message generated in Chinese characters in Shanghai to appear the same when it's read on a computer or mobile device in San Francisco.
"The internet enfranchises people who are not native speakers to use English in significant and meaningful ways," says Naomi Baron, professor of linguistics at American University in Washington DC.
Users of Facebook already socialise in a number of different "Englishes" including Indian English, or Hinglish, Spanglish (Spanish English) and Konglish (Korean English). While these variations have long existed within individual cultures, they're now expanding and comingling online.
"On the internet, all that matters is that people can communicate - nobody has a right to tell them what the language should be," says Baron. "If you can talk Facebook into putting up pages, you have a language that has political and social standing even if it doesn't have much in the way of linguistic uniqueness."
Some words are adaptations of traditional English: In Singlish, or Singaporean English, "blur" means "confused" or "slow": "She came into the conversation late and was blur as a result."
Others combine English words to make something new. In Konglish, "skinship" means intimate physical contact: handholding, touching, caressing.
Technology companies are tapping into the new English variations with products aimed at enabling users to add words that are not already in the English dictionary.
And most large companies have English websites, while smaller businesses are learning that they need a common language - English - to reach global customers.
"While most people don't speak English as their first language, there is a special commercial and social role for English driven by modern forms of entertainment," says Robert Munro, a computational linguist and head of Idibon, a language technology company in California.
Fragile languages find footing online
Unesco estimates that half of the world's 6,000 languages will have disappeared by the end of the century - but new research shows that social media and text messaging in particular are promoting and supporting language diversity.
Texting is now conducted by speakers of around 5,000 languages.
"Text messaging is the most linguistically diverse form of written communication that has ever existed," says Munroe.
"It's also become the first form of written communication of many of the world's languages," he says.
"Most have only ever been spoken. But the technology and economics of text messages and the proliferation of cells phones means it's the most economic option of communication."
"The prevalence of English movies in regions where there is not much technology other than cell phones and DVDs makes English an aspirational language. People think it's the language of the digital age."
In previous centuries, the convergence of cultures and trade led to the emergence of pidgin - a streamlined system of communication that has simple grammatical structure, says Michael Ullman, director of research at Georgetown University's Brain and Language Lab.
When the next generation of pidgin speakers begins to add vocabulary and grammar, it becomes a distinct Creole language. "You get different endings, it's more complex and systematised. Something like that could be happening to English on the web," he says.
Take Hinglish.
Hinglish is a blend of Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and English and is so widespread that it's even being taught to British diplomats.
Mobile phone companies are also updating their apps to reflect its growing use.
In Hinglish, a co-brother is a brother-in-law; eve-teasing means sexual harassment; an emergency crew responding to a crisis might be described as 'airdashing', and somewhat confusing to football fans, a 'stadium' refers to a bald man with a fringe of hair. There's even a new concept of time - "pre-pone", the opposite of postpone, meaning "to bring something forward".
The increasing prevalence of the internet in everyday life means that language online is not a zero sum game. Instead, it allows multiple languages to flourish.
"Most people actually speak multiple languages - it's less common to only speak one," says Mr Munro. "English has taken its place as the world's lingua franca, but it's not pushing out other languages."
Instead, other languages are pushing their way into English, and in the process creating something new.


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Do you even think that a guy like Rilee Rossouw will get a chance ?
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Marie G. Exume realizes the College of Saint Elizabeth can give her the future she wants.
Initially recommended to the College by her high school guidance counselor, Exume also heard great things about the College from others. "I decided to do an overnight stay to see if I would like CSE," she said, "I found that I truly loved the smaller environment and I got the feeling I could do really well here.
She is an involved student at the College and is a member of the College Activity Board and is the Treasurer for Alliance of Education Opportunity Fund for Students of New Jersey. Exume is certain she has received a chance that she probably would have never had at any other school. "I feel I have great opportunity at the College of Saint Elizabeth. I love how the college provides such a small environment. It allows me to really use my voice while I am in classes. Every student has a chance to participate in every classroom discussion and the professors really get to know you."
At this point, she wants to continue to grow beyond the wealth of education that is at her fingertips. "I love the concept of international business," she said. "So after I graduate from graduate school, I would love to travel and see the difference in culture and how businesses are run all over the world from a human resource or a global corporation view point."
"I know that once I receive my degree from the CSE that I will succeed," she said. "I respect the fact that the College is focused on successful women. They put women out there to be leaders and I know I will become the powerful woman that CSE teaches us to be."


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It keeps growing each year.
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Friday, November 23, 2012
Following last week's 16-8 defeat at Chelmsford, Holt entertain Saffron Walden in London 2NE tomorrow.
After victory over Old Streetonians the visitors, who Holt haven't played in a league fixture for over a decade, will be travelling to Norfolk in confident mood.
Coaches Ed Steed and Penny Chapman reflected on last week's defeat to third place Chelmsford, with a mixture of frustration and disappointment. Disappointment at the loss and frustration that once again this was to a large extent down to their own indiscipline,
"Both Penny and I thought that there was something in the game for us and looking back I think we both feel we should have got at least a losing bonus point from it and probably more," said Steed.
"Performance-wise there wasn't much to choose between the two sides. Chelmsford had a big, strong pack who were very effective at the break down and a good set of backs but I think our boys competed well against them, especially in the second half, when I thought we were the better side."
Poor discipline was something that had been addressed in training before the Chelmsford game, so it must have been galling for the two head coaches to see their side gift their opponents nine points for needless penalties in the first half. Following a frank talk from the coaches, Holt were more controlled in the second half but the damage was already done.
"As coaches there is only so much you can do to address the problem of discipline. The players have to sort this out for themselves," said Steed. "They have to realise that in this league, we are not just coming up against better players but also a better standard of referees, who don't tolerate things you get away with at a lower level. Until we do it could continue to cost us dearly'.
With Holt slipping to fifth in the table and Saffron Walden moving above them to fourth, a difficult encounter can be anticipated for the second Saturday in a row.
However, with physio Andy Siddall, reporting no fresh injuries Holt will be able to choose from a near full strength squad. Ben Harvey is likely to continue at fly half for the still unavailable Tom Jackson and Tim Allen is likely to remain in the back row following his man of the match performance last week. Stuart Robson also returns to the squad, giving a further option on the wing.
Holt will be unveiling their new 'All Black' style kit this weekend, sponsored by main club sponsor, Bakers and Larners of Holt.
• Diss may not have been firing on all cylinders in recent weeks but the fact remains that they are on a decent run of results, and have won two and drawn one of their previous three fixtures in London 1N.
Tomorrow they have a tough looking fixture, with in-form Luton providing the opposition at Mackenders. After a poor start to the season the visitors have won four of their past five matches and currently stand fifth in the table, two places above Diss.
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The Media Studies Job Market, 7: Searching as an Academic Couple
Mrs. Extratextuals is an Assistant Professor at Wisconsin too, in another department. She finished her Ph.D. in 2009, and so in 2008 we were both on the market. The Miracle of Miracles occurred and we both got interviews at the respective top programs in our fields (okay, so some would argue the rankings, but best for each of us), followed by us both getting the jobs. While perhaps the Stonemasons were behind it all, to the best of my and her knowledge, she was not a partner hire. But we'd prepared for it a long time, asked endless people about it, and I've seen partner hires occur, meaning I still feel able to talk about the process. More after the fold …
At the same time, though, whereas many other parts of this series were written from the joint experience of being on a committee and having looked for jobs, this one's almost completely from the latter perspective, without much inside knowledge, since I've never handled partner hires administratively. That also means that the peculiarities of my and my wife's situation (straight, diff. depts but same faculty, no kids, me further ahead than her, etc.) means that any reader should discount appropriately for their own situation. And it's written solely for academic couples; I don't know the deal for non-academic couples.
(Oh, by the way, if you've wondered why I'm dedicating so much time to writing these entries, and what's in it for me, the answer is in part the Miracle of Miracles. Mrs. Extratextuals and I both worked our living asses off for many years for that miracle to even be possible, but we're also aware that supreme luck was required. We've drawn deeply from academic karma, and now feel forever as though we owe it something in return. Consider these posts a small offering)
So, first, some biographical background. Mrs. Extratextuals (sorry for the name, but I'd rather preserve her privacy somewhat) and I met as grad students in London. Then she got a job at an NGO in New York, following her Masters, while I needed to finish my Ph.D. So we spent a year with me going to New York whenever possible. Then I finished up and got my first job, as a Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley. That got me to the States, but it overshot her. Ooops. So, two years of me going to New York all the time. Jet Blue loved me. Then I got the Assistant Prof gig at Fordham, which got me to New York. Yay, right? Except she then started her Ph.D. … at Penn. At least it was now her turn to commute, and so she spent half the week in New York, half in a tiny room in Philly, living with some very cool Settlers of Catan-loving vegan anarchists. Until her coursework was done, and then we finally got to live together for real. I mention this to underline that though we experienced the Miracle of Miracles, we paid our dues. You too will need to pay your dues.
Indeed, if you are one half of an academic couple, I'd counsel you to learn these rules:
- Thou shalt realize that living apart or compromising your hopes is going to happen
- Thou shalt know where one another stands
- Thou shalt work thine living ass off
With more detail, let's start with the first rule. I've known very few academic couples who've been together the whole time. Any who have, they either met at their current university, or one of them agreed to be an adjunct or part-timer. Don't think you'll be the exception. Instead, plan for it. Early on, refer often to rule (3), which we'll come back to. But also talk about it. Sure, Mrs. Extratextuals and I might've talked about it too much, but at least we knew where one another stood, and we didn't pretend it wasn't happening.
If you don't know where your partner stands, you're in trouble, personally and professionally. Work out what your dreams and hopes are, and what those of your partner are with regards work and life. Maybe one of you isn't really as much into academia as the other one, and doesn't really care about life as an adjunct or without tenure. Maybe you both love it as much as each other. Maybe one of you has specific institutional needs, or geographic needs, or social ones, that the other doesn't, which will make it hard for one of you to compromise on certain scores. Mrs. Extratextuals does heavily grant-funded research, which meant an R1 job was virtually required if she wanted her data to be her own. By contrast, I can do my work almost anywhere. So we knew, going into our search, that taking a non-R1 job would hurt her big time, but me not so much. I had niggling concerns about living in non-cosmopolitan America, since I'm not American, so we knew that mattered. Work out what's truly important for you as a couple and for you as individuals.
And think ahead. When I went to Berkeley, it was as a lecturer in a program, not a department, so there was no possibility of a tenure-track conversion. I knew my time there was limited, which in turn meant that we knew I'd keep trying to get to New York, and Mrs. Extratextuals would consider Ph.D. programs that triangulated (including Berkeley, where there was a great program for her). Planning was very important.
We also knew, though, that our best chance of being together in the long term was for me to publish up a storm, and for her to go to a kick-ass Ph.D. program and be a phenom (which, proud Mr. Extratextuals that I am, I should note that she did. She had full ride offers from every program to which she applied. Let's be clear on one thing: she's the smart one). See, neither of us wanted to compromise too much, and neither of us wanted to ask the other one to do so, which left us with rule (3). The more you work, and the more that you turn your depression or nerves into raw smarts and hardwork, the better your chances become. And here's a little tip: long distance relationships can actually make hard work easier (if you don't have kids; if you do, it might prove a living nightmare for one half of the pair of you). When you're not together, you have carte blanche to stay up late working, to work on weekends, to turn into a work machine. You will need to sacrifice if you want a job together, and weekends and evenings were my sacrifice.
See, as an academic couple, your hopes for being together and both employed rest on one of three options: either you get jobs at different universities that are in the same city or region, or one of you sucks it up and takes an adjunct or lecturer position, perhaps with the hope of advancing one day, or a department wants one of you enough to fight to get a partner hire for the other one, who in turn seals the deal. All three situations are made much, much easier by you both being as good as you can be. In the latter, for instance, it's not just good enough for Partner A to be a hot-shot; Partner B has to be good enough for the university to play ball and give them a job. And in general, your chances of getting a job are always better when you're better. So put down that fifth beer, get your ass home, and read.
(Please note: sometimes [often?] this is not enough. I don't mean to imply that hard work will set you free in all cases. Be prepared for suckiness, in other words, but don't think that luck alone will conquer the suckiness. Herculean labor is required)
Okay, enough lifestyle counseling for me. Let's discuss mechanics.
First off, if you're an ABD, I hate to tell you, but your chances of demanding a partner hire for your significant other are next to nil. See, you're simply not accomplished enough yet to demand a university go to the effort. Instead, both of you should refer to rule (3) and invest in the future.
When the time comes, you want and need a situation in which the department really wants you. Most of all, though, the Chair must want you. It's the Chair who is going to be arguing for the hire and be your advocate, so when you have your campus visit, make sure you play real nice with him or her. The problem is that most people agree that it's perilous to mention your desire for a partner hire while at the campus visit. Why? Because you immediately label yourself as someone who will be harder to hire, and thus you hurt your case. Note that it may be very hard to avoid such discussions. Nobody is meant to ask you about your marital status, but truth be told, a lot of people will. Some will do so knowingly and in contravention of university policies, but many will do so very well-meaningly. They're trying to get to know you as a person, and asking nice questions about your partner can be a part of that. They might also simply want to present the case for why you should come, and so they hope to spring into reaction by telling you where your kids can go to school, how easy it will be for your partner to find work, etc.
(Interlude: This process is way harder for women. I was rarely asked about Mrs. Extratextuals. And even if I brought her up, I think a lot of people simply assumed that my wife would follow me. That assumption makes life very hard for heterosexual female candidates, since departments may assume you'll follow your husband, and thus it matters more to them what he does and how possible it is to get him work too. It's a sexist world, even when the individuals don't realize they're being sexist. How to deal with such questions? It's hard. You can say they're not allowed to ask, but that makes you seem standoffish, and unless you feel like a lawsuit, you'll be left without a job. You can dodge, but that might make you seem cold and removed. You can be very honest, but that might be a problem. Neither Mrs. Extratextuals nor I worked out an easy answer, except not to be a woman in a patriarchal society, but I invite other readers to offer answers.)
So, you likely bide your time until you get the offer. Then what happens? You need to be clear that a partner hire is required, and you need to be very honest and open with your Chair. They're your proxy in this battle, and so they need clear guidance. Don't be too scared that they'll go away, not get what you want, and simply revoke their offer to you. If they can't get what you want, they'll come back to you … unless they're a complete douche. Have an open discussion about all the depts or programs in which your partner could work, especially if their work is interdisciplinary. Make sure your partner's CV and materials are ready to deliver.
I've heard of more places offering partner hires these days. Tenure-track hires are hard, and non-tenure-track ones more common. But a lot of universities realize, first, that the best way to get a good person is to give them a partner hire; second, that smart people tend to fall for smart people, and thus hiring partners isn't the "trash receptacle" that some imagine it to be; and third, that a happy couple with two good jobs is way less likely to go roaming for another job down the line. If a partner hire goes especially well, both individuals tend to arrive happy with the world, and in love with the university that hired them both, and they can thus make great citizens of the university. Also, be aware that some departments welcome partner hires; they're not the nasty lepers that some make them out to be. Why? Because a partner hire is nearly always a hire you weren't going to get anyways. Most departments spend a lot of energy fighting for more hires, and especially these days, those fights often fail. So if a university opens up the coffers to get you a partner hire, it's likely that a department is getting a "free" hire. (Of course, they may feel that hire is mortgaged against an otherwise future hire, so some resent it. I don't want to lie about the realities here). Finally, if your partner followed rule (3), who knows, maybe they're a massive blessing in disguise?
Your Chair's job will be to find a department that could house your partner, convince that department's Chair to give you a look, and they'll usually then offer funds from your department's budget to bring your partner out. They may also pay part of the eventual salary. If it works, and if the Dean gets on board, who knows – you might be happily together in one place.
The other situation is to get the job, get your partner some form of adjunct or lecturer or VAP work, and then hope to make the position better for your partner in the future. In all honesty, I know of more cases where this didn't happen (see Jason Mittell's comments on the "inside" hire post for more soul-destroying details), but I do know some situations where it has occurred. In the latter, it's usually because the dept wants the partner with the better job to stay, and is scared they're going to leave. It may require a competing offer to seal the deal, in other words.
Whatever your situation, I wish you luck. And go read Jonathan Sterne's piece about the same issue.
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HELLP syndrome | |
Classification and external resources | |
ICD-9 | Not assigned |
DiseasesDB | 30805 |
MedlinePlus | 000890 |
eMedicine | ped/1885 |
Patient UK | HELLP syndrome |
MeSH | D017359 |
HELLP syndrome | |
Classification and external resources | |
ICD-9 | Not assigned |
DiseasesDB | 30805 |
MedlinePlus | 000890 |
eMedicine | ped/1885 |
Patient UK | HELLP syndrome |
MeSH | D017359 |
HELLP syndrome is a life-threatening obstetric complication usually considered to be a variant or complication of pre-eclampsia.[1] Both conditions usually occur during the later stages of pregnancy, or sometimes after childbirth. "HELLP" is an abbreviation of the three main features of the syndrome:[2]
HELLP usually begins during the third trimester; rare cases have been reported as early as 21 weeks gestation. Often, a woman who develops HELLP syndrome has already been followed up for pregnancy-induced hypertension (gestational hypertension), or is suspected to develop pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure and proteinuria). Up to 8% of all cases occur after delivery.
Women with HELLP syndrome often "do not look very sick."[3] Early symptoms can include:
There can be gradual but marked onset of headaches (30%), blurred vision, and paresthesia (tingling in the extremities). Edema may occur but its absence does not exclude HELLP syndrome. Arterial hypertension is a diagnostic requirement, but may be mild. Rupture of the liver capsule and a resultant hematoma may occur. If a woman has a seizure or coma, the condition has progressed into full-blown eclampsia.
Disseminated intravascular coagulation is also seen in about 20% of all women with HELLP syndrome,[5] and in 84% when HELLP is complicated by acute renal failure.[6] Pulmonary edema is found in 6% of all women with HELLP syndrome,[5] and in 44% when HELLP is complicated by acute renal failure.[6]
A woman with symptoms of HELLP can be misdiagnosed in the early stages, increasing the risk of liver failure and morbidity.[7] Rarely, after a caesarean section surgery a woman may have signs and symptoms of a shock condition mimicking either pulmonary embolism or reactionary haemorrhage.
The exact cause of HELLP is unknown, but general activation of the coagulation cascade is considered the main underlying problem. Fibrin forms crosslinked networks in the small blood vessels. This leads to a microangiopathic hemolytic anemia: the mesh causes destruction of red blood cells as if they were being forced through a strainer. Additionally, platelets are consumed. As the liver appears to be the main site of this process, downstream liver cells suffer ischemia, leading to periportal necrosis. Other organs can be similarly affected. HELLP syndrome leads to a variant form of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), leading to paradoxical bleeding, which can make emergency surgery a challenge.
An association has been demonstrated between long chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA-dehydrogenase deficiency (LCHAD deficiency) of the child and maternal HELLP and AFLP (acute fatty liver of pregnancy). This inherited, autosomal recessive abnormality of fatty-acid oxidation can result in significant morbidity and mortality in infants, if untreated. Treatment with dietary manipulation is possible. Approximately 80% of infants with LCHAD deficiency have been born after pregnancies complicated by AFLP or HELLP. However, what is not known is how many pregnancies complicated by AFLP or HELLP result in infants with LCHAD deficiency.[8]
HELLP syndrome can be difficult to diagnose due to the variability of symptoms among pregnant women (frequently a woman will have no symptoms other than general abdominal pain), and early diagnosis is key in reducing morbidity. If not treated in a timely manner, a woman can become critically ill or die due to liver rupture/hemorrhage or cerebral edema.
In a woman with possible HELLP syndrome, a batch of blood tests is performed: a full blood count, a coagulation panel, liver enzymes, electrolytes, and renal function studies. Often, fibrin degradation product (FDP) levels are determined, which can be elevated. Lactate dehydrogenase is a marker of hemolysis and is elevated (> 600 U/liter). Proteinuria is present but can be mild.
In one 1995 study, a positive D-dimer test in the presence of preeclampsia was reported to be predictive of woman who will develop HELLP syndrome.[7][9]
The diagnostic criteria for and subtypes of HELLP vary across studies, which "makes comparison of published data difficult."[1] The classifications include:
The only effective treatment is prompt delivery of the baby. Several medications have been investigated for the treatment of HELLP syndrome, but evidence is conflicting as to whether magnesium sulfate decreases the risk of seizures and progress to eclampsia. The DIC is treated with fresh frozen plasma to replenish the coagulation proteins, and the anemia may require blood transfusion. In mild cases, corticosteroids and antihypertensives (labetalol, hydralazine, nifedipine) may be sufficient. Intravenous fluids are generally required. Hepatic hemorrhage can be treated with embolization as well if life-threatening bleeding ensues.
The University of Mississippi standard protocol for HELLP includes corticosteroids.[13] However, a 2009 review found "no conclusive evidence" supporting corticosteroid therapy,[1] and a 2010 systematic review by the Cochrane Collaboration also found "no clear evidence of any effect of corticosteroids on substantive clinical outcomes" either for the mothers or for the newborns,[14]
With treatment, maternal mortality is about 1 percent, although complications such as placental abruption, acute renal failure, subcapsular liver hematoma, permanent liver damage, and retinal detachment occur in about 25% of women.[5] Perinatal mortality (stillbirths plus death in infancy) is between 73 and 119 per 1000 babies of woman with HELLP, while up to 40% are small for gestational age.[15] In general, however, factors such as gestational age are more important than the severity of HELLP in determining the outcome in the baby.[16]
Its incidence is reported as 0.5-0.9% of all pregnancies, and 10-20% of women with severe preeclampsia.[1] HELLP usually occurs in Caucasian women over the age of 25.[7]
HELLP syndrome was identified as a distinct clinical entity (as opposed to severe pre-eclampsia) by Dr. Louis Weinstein in 1982.[2] In a 2005 article, Weinstein wrote that the unexplained postpartum death of a woman who had hemolysis, abnormal liver function, thrombocytopenia, and hypoglycemia motivated him to review the medical literature and to compile information on similar woman.[3] He noted that cases with features of HELLP had been reported as early as 1954.[3][17]


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