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Giveaway: Adobe InDesign CS5 Books from Focal Press
In this giveaway, we've teamed up with Focal Press, a publisher of media technology books for over 70 years, to give 10 lucky Six Revisions winners a copy of Interactive InDesign CS5, a training guide and reference book for the popular desktop publishing software from Adobe. Read on to see how you can win a copy of the book.
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The Interactive InDesign CS5 Book
From creating interactive PDFs to full-fledged Flash sites, the expanded capabilities of InDesign now make it possible to design projects that go beyond print, into the world of Web and interactive.
Interactive InDesign CS5 is the first book of its kind, expressly devoted to the interactive capabilities of InDesign CS5 and their use in creating documents destined for output to interactive PDF and Flash SWF.
Both a reference book, with sections broken out by topic, and a training guide, with real-world exercises and/or projects provided for each chapter, the book includes exercise files available for download on an associated website. It retails for $49.95.
About the Publisher: Focal Press
Focal Press has been publishing content for creative people for over 70 years. They're a top publisher in the media technology space, in areas such as Photography, Animation, Gaming, Filmmaking, Postproduction, Visual Effects and Motion Graphics.
They have now extended Focal Press to include Web Design by creating content for web designers that help them understand the tools of the craft in a way that focuses on the design elements.
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How to Win Interactive InDesign CS5 from Focal Press
To win a copy of the book, simply answer the following question in the comments:
- How can Interactive InDesign CS5 help you?
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150 Comments
Mark Petherbridge
How can Interactive InDesign CS5 help you?
- As a student who hates the fact that the course books I am required to buy are outdated and for products that came out in the days of Macromedia. I think its important to stay up to date with awesome programs like InDesign. However affording those isn't justifiable considering fees, loans, and everything else that seems to make a student poor. This would really help me get to grips with the latest version of InDesign and allow me to succeed in 'current' skills.
John Polacek
I'd love to win a copy of this book. As a web developer, I'm interested in how InDesign is used as a publishing tool in actual production (not just demos) and the best practices for doing so. I'm familiar with many of the features, but it would be nice to be completely up to speed with the latest.
I work with InDesign A LOT and am working closely with interactive design studios. And while there is a ton of information on everything available online, a comprehensive reference in the good old fashioned form of a book would come in very, very handy.
We have been developing interactive pdf's for use as Electronic Press Kits for our field representatives/speakers. Interactive InDesign CS5 would be a great way for us to finally get a handle on this huge project.
As a mostly print and publication designer I feel that this book will better enable me to use my favorite page layout program to expand my skill set even further into the realms of interactivity and design. Great giveaway. Thanks!
Nearing the completion of my web technologies degree I could really use this to expand my skills and offer more options to future clients. Thanks for another great giveaway!
J Hoye
I am hoping that it will give me a springboard to creating and publishing an interactive museum tour guide eBook targeted at the iPhone/iPad.
How can Interactive InDesign CS5 help you?
Having only just delved into all that is Adobe, an extensive, comprehensive guide such as this would be worth it's weight in gold. There's only so much I can remember, so having a book such as this, to hand would be awesome!
Also, winning something is always a nice feeling :D
I would like to create interactive ebrochures that could be published in web too as swf. And also PDFs. Hope this book would help me to learn them.
Dario Calonaci
How it can help me? Makin' me aa better print designer, makin' me learnin' Indesign!
Sadly, for print design I always used AI…now it's the time to change!
It could definitly help me to bring interactivity in documents that I produce. Pretty amazing stuff you can do with InDesign.
Export to flash, …
Interactive InDesign CS5 can definitely help me become familiar with Adobe InDesign, which I am very interested in using for designing things for my User Experience team.
Dennis Stevenson
I purchased the CS5 suite at release and have used every piece of software within the suite. InDesign is an under-utilized gem and I hope that, with this book, I can take advantage of more of it's features!
Thank you for the opportunity.
Alexandru Pitea
Working in webdesign, InDesign CS5 new capabilities could come in handy, especially for creating SWF documents. Interactive InDesign CS5 is here to show us how to harness these awesome new features!
Thanks for the giveaway!
This book would be helpful so that I can learn how to be more productive when it comes to InDesign. I think it has much more to offer than what I know and what better way to learn than with the book.
Love your blog…I've been following it for a while. Keep up the good work !
I use indesign to create client brochures and product catalogs on a daily basis. I have not used Indesign to its fullest potential because I am unfamiliar with the interactive aspect of it. This book may help show me how else indesign can help me improve projects for clients.
Speech is a linear form of interaction, with the arrival of books, everything get sectioned and well divided, so we can skip through part that were not interested in. In a non physical world, INTERACTIVITY can leverage about our experience to gather information, if we can integrate better interactivity in pdf document, the user or reader can find informations faster.
I create PDF's all the time for my clients, learning how to use the capabilities of InDesign to further my knowledge will help me save time and my clients money.
Lorenzo Morales
I would better understand how indesign could help me excel in my daily work of publication.
I've always wanted to learn more about InDesign, but never made the commitment to use it. I work with pdf files at work and it would be great to learn more about interactive docs.
As a web developer and aspiring web/print designer, I would use this book to broaden my perspective.
I'm a graphic designer and I'd like to use the book to learn how to make interactions with web designers go more smoothly. I would also like to use it to increase productivity in my work flow..
I am working on a family tree and I am thinking about turning the project into an ancestrial book about my family and I was contemplating doing this using indesign, but I am an inDesign noob and this would put me on the right track. This would allow me to add another skill to the list.
Alex W
As a self-taught graphic and web designer, free time isn't something I've had the most of. I've always wanted to learn more about InDesign, just haven't had the time to sit down and play around with the program. There is so much to learn about print, and I think this book would be an awesome start to a skill I know I would use in my future!
To really learn all the ins and outs of the tools – I don't use many shortcuts.
I would also like to learn all the new features that are available in the latest version of the products.
I want to push the normal expectations of InDesign in its current usage at my company.
Erika Sentz
I'd love to win one of these books because I have been hoping to work in InDesign, but have never been able to learn how! This would be a wonderful opportunity.
Learning how to create interactive PDFs and SWFs will broaden my skill set and services I can offer to my clients.
I just started using InDesign last year, and now I wonder how I lived without it! I watched a few tutorials to get me going, and I'm using it to create a variety of documents for print. But I haven't begun to scratch the surface of its abilities to create interactive content, and I can't wait to get my hands on "Interactive InDesign CS5″ so I can start using its incredible interactive capabilities to enhance the websites I design.
How can Interactive InDesign CS5 help you?
I think the future is interactive, so, as I'm trying to stay up to date with the new trends on communication, that's vital for my improvement.
This book would be very beneficial in helping me utilize InDesign to its fullest. I am a visual communications student and a budding designer eager for resources and any teacher willing to help me.
Timothy Whalin
PDF creation is a part of our design field – I create PDFs every day. And more and more PDFs are being viewed on the computer instead of through print. I have dabbled a bit in the interactive side of InDesign, but would love a book that could teach me the full aspects of it. Thanks for hosting the contest.
Ester Liquori
Indesign looks like it is easy to learn but it conceals a lot of useful features that it could be useful to know. A good book on the software is definitely the best way to do that. I hope to win ^__^.
Thank you!
Did all the design for my wedding in Indesign. I'd love to see what is in the book
I'm familiar with InDesign CS4 but it's old at the moment, so it would be a great opportunity for me and my clients, that i was up to date with the latest, and this book would take my work at the higher level.
InDesign is my favorite program and I consider myself to be pretty good at it. I know more tricks and techniques than most. To maintain this status, I've got to stay on top of it. So really, I need books to keep my ego supported.
Sean M
I'm definitely new to InDesign but I believe that the book could help me to learn InDesign better so that I could create some things for a website I'm currently finishing up.
Pablo Lara H
Because PDF are the way we send everything in these days. As well as PDF are a extended format and it is a must to develop the necessary skills to enhance them.
Frank Mooren
As a Desktop Publisher and Webdesigner, I love the possibilities InDesign delivers to the new world: cross-media publishing.
I've been using Photoshop for years to design print pages…I know it's not the perfect tool, but it's what I know. I'd love to learn InDesign so I can start using the right tool for the job.
This book would be awesome! I do web development, and would love to learn how to use InDesign as a publishing tool.
I'm stuck in a rut with InDesign and would love to learn some new tips/tricks to get out!
I have just started using InDesign, and it would be a great help to have Interactive InDesgn CS5 to help me work through it all. Thanks for this great giveaway.
PS. I love your tutorials; they are always just to the point. I read nearly all of them. Thank you! :-)
We use InDesign CS5 at work all the time for our proposal booklets for prospective clients; we could put a copy of this to good use!
We use Indesign CS5 for all of our layout work here at the library. In the past we have had to take that content and reformat it for the web. With this book it appears that we can streamline that work.
I routinely use Photoshop for all my design needs but I'd love to learn InDesign and expand my toolset.
I started using InDesign CS4 last year and I have learned quite a bit. I am hoping that this book will allow me to expand on that knowledge and prepare me to transition to CS5 when we upgrade later this year.
Clarence Hubbard
This would help with my department. We publish several magazines, but are looking how to them more interactive for the web.
I have been using InDesign since V3 but for print only. I would love to learn how I can use ID CS5 more effectively for my interactive projects.
Paul Kyrejto
The most interesting thing about interactive publications is their ability to bring interactive content to user through iPad and similar tablets. Adobe announced that most improvements of CS 5.5 will touch InDesign and particularly that direction. I work mostly with traditional media so I'd like to learn the other side of InDesign though.
Our print and web team will be merging. Most of the print project for magazines, and annual reports will be delivered electronically in order to save costs. This tool will be undispensable for us.
Interactive Indesign CS 5 is a useful page layout application which can be implemented into covering and presenting a wide variety of media. It makes it possible to create animation, without writing code, as well as export documents as a Flash project. Multiple page sizes and balance columns allow expansive interactivity.
This book will help me to work more efficiently… plus I'm wanting to learn more about creating eBooks in InDesign.
I need to stay up to date on changes to software I haven't used in a while. Especially since my employer won't pay for classes and wants to get back into print advertising.
I'm a web designer and have used InDesign a few times. I'm really terrible with it and consequently hate working with it! I'd love to actually learn the right way to use the program. Thanks!
How can Interactive InDesign CS5 help you?
I use InDesign for print design commissions, but I feel like I've only really scratched the surface of what it's capable of. I'd love to use this book to really master it!
Jocelyn Littlefair
I use InDesign to build print publications for a non-profit organization. We would like to make these print publications available online, and learning to add interactivity to the PDFs would be amazing!
The Yo
Getting my head back in the "game" after a 2 year hiatus is rough… Trying establish my rep as a freelance designer and with this book, I could learn to take my current skills and work with a whole new program.
Jeremy A
Just picked up InDesign CS5 as a matter of fact. VERY excited about the new features, and this book would be the perfect tool. I currently assist a few online Colleges and Universities in marketing to prospective students. This would allow me to utilize the interactive features to make Brochures, Course Guides and other collateral more appealing.
It will help me to get introduced in the digital, 2.0 & 3.0 capabilities of InDesign: it's not a tool just printed books, magazines and newspapers anymore!
Tom Collins
We've been publishing print books, using InDesign, since 2004, with the first Creative Suite. I'm the design/layout guy and upgraded to CS5 last summer and have barely scratched the surface of its interactive features.
Figuring out how to integrate interactive with out print books is a survival level need … and Interactive InDesign CS5 seems like a lifeline to me.
Phil Stringfellow
I'd love to win copy of Interactive InDesign CS5 to further my knowledge of print design after using FreeHand and Illustrator respectively to design adverts, brochures and magazine layouts. I'm looking to start-up an interactive design-based e-mag and this would surely help me develop a better understanding laying out designs for all sorts of reasons! Good luck to all who entered!
Chris Skopec
I work with InDesign nearly everyday at work and at home. Learning the new interactive features means I can keep my skills applicable as the world continues to move away from the printing press and towards tablets.
This book would be a big help for me as I'm a webdesigner and I'd like to know more about magazine and text design, to maybe move into a print agency. Photoshop and Illustrator are my great friends, but I'm not used yet to this huge machine called InDesign!
According to my job nature, I create a lot of PDF daily using ms word. but its very time consuming when there are lot of images and differnt graphics. With the help of this book I dafinatel add one more tool in my tool sets.
Brittany Rubinstein
Throughout my education I have become pretty proficient with the other design tools in the Adobe Suite. InDesign is the one where I really feel my skills are lacking and this book would really help bring me up to speed. I am also fascinated by the idea of interactivity. In fact at the moment I can't even think of how that would be applied in InDesign, but I would love to find out and see what I can create!
I've been using Adobe products since the early 90′s and have loved them all!
Anyone remember Pagemaker?… thank God for the evolution of products!
How can Interactive InDesign CS5 help you?
In the past 4 years I have used interactive PDF predominantly to add navigation to my PDF ebook. I am looking forward to learn more about interactive PDF and enhance user experience of a multimedia-rich ebook.
I want to move away from limited functionality iWeb, which is what I used for my website. I already have CS5 and this book will help me in my objective of moving away from iWeb.
to help me with my eBook "how to move from Blogger to WordPress" — I used Word because I didn't have the training in InDesign! But the next one, maybe?!
Michael Trang
i'd use it instead of googling my questions since it's obviously more reliable.
Cynthia S
I'd like to keep my CE up, this would go a long way in doing that, especially for no $$$ output = huge bonus.
The book would show me opportunities of upgrading from CS3 to modern way of designing with CS5. How to create iPad designs, how to embed video to designs, …
Obviously a book of this caliber would take my knowledge of inDesign and send it to the next level of professionalism and computing bliss….
Cause, at the en of the day, thats where we all want to go, right..? Up up and farther up n stuff… What are the odds of winning this book anyway. Back to work.. thanks for the post. :)
Simple: it will help me transforming my current corporate general presentation made in powerpoint into an effective presentation AND high-quality booklet ready to print.
Bingo !
I work really often with CS5 Suite and this would be a very nice and useful addition to my skill set.
I'm new to indesign and have been brought up with quark when I was in school many years back. I still would like to learn indesign as it's what everyone uses now.
A. Fayziev
This book will give a great opportunity for self-study and advancement for me as a web developer helping me to embrace the area of print design in particular.
I'm ready to put new techniques to great use with this book! Interactive Indesign CS5 .. I'm calling you out, it would be greatly apreciated if I won this.
InDesign is one of those applications that has a lot of hidden features. Every time I have to do something, I do it one way, and then learn that there is shorter and easier way. So having an actual book will help a lot while using this program. Also, today is my birthday and I would love to get such a gift =))
I need to learn more about publishing on the iphone and the ipad, and so far I use InDesign for print only. I would love to win this book.
I want to learn more & expand my knowledge in design so I hope this book can help me with my endeavour. Thanks.
Fraser Boag
I have a friend who does packaging and graphic design work for clients and is, at the moment, learning to use inDesign. I would give this to him!
This will help me develop better instructions and forms to be sent out to clients and potential clients for my business.
This is an amazing offer.Thanks for sharing.I want to learn InDesign for DTP.
No more bloated books about features of program I use everyday. Interactive PDFs are definitely something these books could help me streamline. Thanks for the opportunity.
Rachel @ Last Res0rt
Making books of my comics is necessary for my survival — knowing how to actually use all the features of InDesign would help me a lot!
It can speed up lecture by creating an interface like software where the user canchoose informations. And i really do need to learn it for creating dynamic pdf or ebook
I'm a graphic design student and god indesing Cs5 is a hard software to learn, this book would help a lot! thx :)
As someone who is interested in design and InDesign particularly CS5 edition, this is will greatly help me a lot especially in the creating interactive PDFs for real world use.
This book can help me learn InDesign. I'm familiar with Illustrator & Photoshop, bu I'm an InDesign noob.
Kavya Hari
I have to learn more tips as well as tricks through Adobe In Design CS5 book. Thank you so much for sharing here :)
How can Interactive InDesign CS5 help you?
It can help me start to use the program the right way.
As an Adobe Certtified Instructor, I'm always looking for useful information about the software I teach. I already bought your Photoshop 3d book and it's been very usefull to my classes.
As a regular InDesign User i hope that the book will help me to publish better interactive documents which is a completely new challenge for me.
I haven't used InDesign yet so this book would be a great way to start. Thanks.
Being a web designer, I usually work with relatively low resolution images and is already accustomed to the quirks and eccentricities of the medium I work with. I am sometimes asked to do designs for business cards and brochures but I always turn them down since I don't have an experience in the print medium, even for personal purposes.
I think Interactive InDesign CS5 will be big help for me now that I am planning to "cross over" to print medium and is starting to educate and train myself with the quirks and eccentricities of this one. Honestly, InDesign is just sitting here in my computer, unused, and winning this book would definitely be a push for me to finally explore it :)
Interactive InDesign CS5 will help me in learning new techniques and will enhance my knowledge in interactive design.
Sandra D
As webmaster, I would like to specialize me also to the print, therefore I need to the interactive indesign cs5 to learn the good using of indesign to work on the right way directly ;)
I wanted to spend some time in InDesign for a while now and maybe going through that book will give me the right motivation. Interactive InDesign also sounds like an interesting candidate for wireframing/mockups.
I have just recently started working with indesign. This would help me immensely in learning the ins and outs of indesign.
Bratu Sebastian
It would be great to learn some Indesign too. I'm currently launching my tutorial website, so a bit of printing and magazine design programs would help a ton.
How can Interactive InDesign CS5 help you?
This book will improve my skill with efficient technique in design and layout.
i have been interested in learning how to design websites and the elements that go alone with this but haven't been able to find/choose a book to begin learning it! i would love to win this!
I'm looking for various sources to create interactive learning materials, primarily published via Flash/swf. Believe this would be a great learning opportunity.
Good luck you all…
I would love to explore its flash capabilities.
i am an engineering student and very passionate about technology and stuff and recently i started my website and i am still trying to get the looks that i want. I think that Indesign will help me with what i seek :)
I`d love to win the books… Nowadays I´m using InDesign but intuitively, a little of knowledge wouldn`t hurt me…
When you are trying to stay a step ahead of the competition, every little advantage gained can mean the difference between winning and losing…
With this I'll be able to get leverage into the interactive elements of InDesign taking my skills into another area and expanding my abilities to solve problems.
OK – so enough of the foamy stuff…
I'll grab a copy, please :-D
This will be a great tool to use to refine my InDesign skills. I do all the publishing for my company and would really like to have this resource.
As the communications coordinator for a large organization, I am responsible for the design and creation of our Annual Reports. As of last year, in a response to audience feedback, we have made the jump from print to interactive pdfs for our reports. I believe this book will provide excellent tips and advice on how to best unlock the potential of interactive documents, a medium I am just beginning to explore!
Part of my work is to design interactive manuals and presentations for my clients. I feel I have still a lot to learn about InDesign capabilities.
As a mostly print and publication designer I feel that this book will better enable me to use my favorite page layout program to expand my skill set even further into the realms of interactivity and design. Thanks
Pavel Valencia
In the last two years I have diagrammed and designed with InDesign, including two books, but in general I have used it for different projects … There are many things I love in InDesign in particular the management style … but with new tools for interactivity and animation the creative possibilities increase significantly, I think the book will help me to discover this new "universe" of tools.
Apologize for my bad English … Greetings from Peru
This will really help me in my day to day web needs. I use adobe products and getting great tips and ways of utilizing the tools of adobe would be a big help.
I once worked myself through an indesign-learning-book, but most of it already forgotten; this would be a nice new impulse for me!


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Bondage is the tying, binding, or restraining of a person for the sexual, aesthetic, and/or psychological pleasure of the parties involved. Rope, cuffs, bondage tape, self-adhesive bandages, or other restraints may be used for this purpose.
Bondage may be used as an end into itself, as in the case of rope bondage and breast bondage. It may also be used as a part of sex or in conjunction with other BDSM activities.
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Many couples incorporate bondage into their sex lives, often sporadically but sometimes more regularly, and find sexual bondage to be relationship-affirming.[1] This sometimes takes the form of a sex game or rape fantasy enactment, or the enactment of a partner's sexual fantasy. Bedroom bondage games are commonly used as a form of foreplay.[2] It requires and implies a level of trust and a surrender of control by the restrained to the active partner.[1] The main feature of sexual bondage is that it renders the restrained person vulnerable to a variety of sex acts and is unable to interfere in the ensuing sexual activity. The restrained partner is dependent for their sexual satisfaction on the actions of their partner, who may treat the restrained partner as their sex object.
Bondage can be relatively simple to apply, enabling improvisation using household items and little experience. Bedroom bondage is usually mild bondage, with one partner voluntarily being put into restraints by being tied up or handcuffed. blindfolds are a common part of bedroom play. The restrained partner is then typically sexually stimulated by masturbation, fingering, oral sex, a vibrator, or intercourse. Bondage can also be used for purposes other than sexual foreplay. For example, it may be used in erotic tickling or for sexual teasing.
The free partner may derive erotic pleasure or achieve sexual arousal from being in a dominant situation, while the tied partner may achieve arousal from being in a largely "helpless" position in the hands of a trusted partner. Either way, the partners are usually playing out bondage games to act out their sexual fantasies.[1]
A subculture of gay men, sometimes called leathermen, were among the first groups to make obvious hints of their tastes in bondage in public. Other groups, including pansexual and heterosexual BDSM enthusiasts, later followed suit. Early public displays were mainly limited to the wearing of certain fashion items, such as collars and cuffs.
Over time, more explicit public displays arose. The most prominent examples are LGBT street fairs, such as the famous Folsom Street Fair. These events are few in number and highly controversial in most regions.
Exhibitionist displays are another manifestation of public bondage. They are typically undertaken by individuals who fetishize public displays of sex and sexuality. However, some exhibitionist bondage is done as a social and/or political statement. This could be an effort to raise awareness of alternative sexuality or a political metaphor for oppression.
BDSM clubs feature semi-public bondage. Participants will attend meetings in a private space called play parties. While the clubs and events are considered private, play parties feature open spaces where play occurs that allows other attendees to watch scenes in progress. Public play of this variety is more rooted in social activity and the safe space afforded by such clubs than exhibitionist fetishism.
Bondage features prominently in BDSM scenes and sexual roleplay. Bondage has a sexual appeal to people of both sexes and all sexual orientations, in either a dominant (top) or submissive (bottom) role.
There are also some common fantasy settings in which bondage may be a component. These include:
Bondage is often combined with other sexual and BDSM techniques.
Self-bondage is more complex, and may involve special techniques to apply bondage to oneself, and also to effect a release after a lapsed period of time. Self-bondage is also notably risky: see the safety notes below.
A large variety of bondage equipment is available for use in BDSM scenes for a number of results. These include rope, straps, or harnesses which can be used to hold limbs together; spreader bars, x-frames which can be used to keep limbs apart; the body or limbs can be tied to an object, such as to chairs or stocks; the body may be suspended from another object, as in suspension bondage; or it may used to restrict normal movement, such as use of hobble skirts, handcuffs, or pony harness. Bondage may also be used to wrap the whole body or a part of it in bindings, such as cloth or plastic (saran wrap or cling film "mummification") as well as sleepsack bondage.
One of the purposes of bondage in BDSM is to restrain a person (typically called the bottom) in a BDSM position. This may involve simply tying the hands together in front or behind. Other positions involve the use of a waist belt to anchor the hands to the front, back or sides. Other popular positions are the spread eagle, with the limbs splayed out and fastened by wrists and ankles to bedposts, door frame or some other anchoring point; the hogtie, which secures each wrist to its corresponding ankle behind the back (wider, padded restraints such as bondage cuffs are recommended for this); the balltie, which secures wrists to ankles, in front, with the knees drawn up to the chest; the crotch rope, which involves pulling a rope between the labia to apply pressure to the female genitals. Sometimes a knot is placed in the rope at the position of the clitoris to intensify the sensation. Other positions include the reverse prayer position (not recommended unless the subject has flexible shoulders), and an over-arm tie, in which the arms are brought over the head, and the wrists fastened together behind the head and then by a length of rope, chain or strapping to a belt at the waist.
The types of restraints used in bondage include rope, which is often preferred because of its flexibility. Rigging, however, requires considerable skill and practice to do safely. Other types of restraints include chains, handcuffs, thumbcuffs and belly chains. Institutional restraints, such as straitjackets may be used in some roleplays, and purpose-made bondage gear, such as monogloves, sleepsacks, bondage hooks and bondage tables, are also available.
Some BDSM play parties offer "bondage workshops", where couples, or people otherwise consenting with each other, can practice tying up each other under the instruction and supervision of an experienced bondage rigger.
Many people regard bondage as safer, when conducted between sober, trusted partners who are fully aware of the risks involved and the precautions necessary to ensure safety, such as informed consent. Partners who are in committed relationships may have a greater basis for trusting each other. Performing acts in a supervised location, such as a dungeon, or with a group of trusted friends may also increase safety.
There is also a subculture of people who seek out others interested in bondage and pursue such activities with people who they do not know well. This subculture has given rise to the safe, sane and consensual credo, which is being replaced with Safer, Sane & Consensual, considering that 'safe' is subjectively impossible.
Safety precautions include:[3]
One very simple safety measure is to ask the subject every so often if he or she is all right. Another is to check body parts like hands and feet for numbness or coldness, which can happen if nerves have been pinched or blood circulation has been blocked. Another is to check for skin discoloration. Skin that does not get enough oxygen turns bluish. If blood can get in, but cannot get out because one of the veins has been blocked, that part of the body turns purple.
If the subject has been gagged or can otherwise not verbally communicate, a different form of the safeword is needed. For instance, they may hum a simple tune, or opening and closing one or both hands repeatedly, or releasing an object held in one hand (such as a rubber ball, or a scarf).
Some simple preparations may also be helpful:
It should be noted that scenes depicted in bondage photographs and videos are chosen for their visual appeal and fantasy value. Sometimes these positions are dangerous or cannot be maintained for more than a few minutes (i.e., "don't try this at home") such as inverted bondage or suspension from the wrists and ankles. In many cases they cannot be "acted out" with good results and are only for extremely physically fit and very experienced BDSM participants.
Self-bondage carries a higher risk, particularly because it violates an important principle of bondage safety; to never leave a bound person alone. Without someone to release them in the event of an emergency or medical crisis, self-bondage can be lethal to its practitioners.[4]
Some people regard bondage to be erotically stimulating or sexually arousing. Bondage features in some sexual fantasy scenarios. Studies of men's fantasies have shown that the fantasy of being bound during intercourse is second in frequency only to the basic fantasy of sex with a voluptuous nude woman.[citation needed] Bondage themes have been present in erotica and pornography for some time.
Bondage pornography for heterosexual men almost overwhelmingly depicts bound women, rather than bound men, despite one of the most common fantasies in both sexes being one of being bound.
Bondage fantasies often involve dressing in a role outfit. Typical outfits for the submissive person invoke common icons of passivity or sexual innocence (e.g. a shepherdess, nun or schoolgirl outfit for women, or a leather slave harness and cuffs for men). In a similar respect, the dominant person's attire often reflect images of power, control, and extreme discipline (a Nazi officer, police or prison warden uniform).
Some people who have been put into long-term deep bondage (mummification) have reported having out-of-the-body experiences and there are some who desire to be put in deep bondage for this reason. A New Age form of bondage is being immersed a sensory deprivation tank for the express purpose of having an out-of-the-body experience as was practiced while on ketamine by John C. Lilly.[5]
Bondage is also presented in erotic and mainstream literary forms, including cartoons and magazines, and depicted in erotic art, such as some of the works of Gustave Doré and John Everett Millais. The mythical Andromeda was a popular subject for bondage in art by painters including Rembrandt's Andromeda Chained to the Rocks (1630), Théodore Chassériau (1840), Edward Poynter (1869) and Gustave Doré (1869).
Other popular scenarios for bondage in art was that of Angelica from the fifteenth century epic poem Orlando Innamorato, which is itself a continuation of the romantic epic saga Orlando Furioso, which is similar to that of Andromeda in that the heroine is offered as a sacrifice to the sea gods; and the damsel in distress theme. The damsel in distress theme was also used in The Perils of Pauline (1914) motion picture serial, which found Pearl White in mortal danger on a weekly basis.
Depictions of bondage in art may be erotic, in which case they would tend to depict a young woman in danger and fear, and some are BDSM in style. Bizarre was a fetish and bondage magazine published between 1946-1959 by bondage artist John Willie. It included drawings and photographs using professional bondage models in bondage or sadomasochistic scenes. Sweet Gwendoline was the main female character in his works, published largely in the 1950s and 60's, and possibly the most famous bondage icon after Bettie Page. She was repeatedly depicted as the stereotypical naïve blonde damsel in distress.
Bondage received a positive (if brief) treatment in The Joy of Sex, a mainstream sex manual popular in the 1970s. The publication of Madonna's book, Sex, which included photographs of bound nudes, did a great deal to improve public awareness of the acceptance of bondage.
By the 1990s, references to bondage could be found in mainstream prime-time television series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where equipment such as handcuffs or collars and concepts such as the safeword were included as a matter of course.
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty was an erotic trilogy published in the 1980s by Anne Rice which contained bondage scenarios, as part of a wide range of BDSM acts.
Other examples of bondage erotica include Pauline Réage's Story of O, Frank E. Campbell's books[6] and the artwork of Robert Bishop.
The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy by E.L. James was first published in ebook in 2011 and subsequently went on to become a bestseller. The print edition of the first book, Fifty Shades of Grey was published in 2012 and became the fastest selling bestseller, breaking multiple sales records. The trilogy revolves entirely around a fictional BDSM relationship; though it is widely considered a poor representation of BDSM relationships, by those in the BDSM scene.
Bettie Page tied and spanked in an image from Bizarre
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In London exists over five thousand pubs, so the party is assured. But to do this, you must have many pounds in your wallet. A beer costs at least 4 Euros, and an entrance fee in a nightclub rarely costs less than 20 Euros. Dining out is a real gastronomical journey because in London there are treats from around the world.
Before venturing into in the London night, you must try the city's gastronomy. Not talking about the traditional fish and chips but the flavors and seasonings that come from all over the world. Among the recommended restaurants in the British capital, we recommend Nobu, one of the most famous in the city or Massala Zone, Indian food. For a traditional English ambience, try the oldest restaurant in London, The Rules, near Covent Garden and taste the British pies.


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Over the last few years we've witnessed a spike in the market for special leather watch straps. Much of this movement has come from the devotees of Panerai watches, who have spawned an industry of strap smiths crafting fine leather straps for Panerai watches from a variety of sometimes exotic sources: reindeer hide, vintage leather jackets, antique gun holsters, and many others.
A post on TimeZone recently struck our fancy when a member showed a strap he made for his Breitling Chrono-Matic from a Ron Guidry baseball glove. Guidry's nickname was "Gator" and the post jokingly notes that the strap could be called a "Gator" strap as a result. Very nice work! For a few more pictures, click here.


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Beirut: Lebanese President Michel Sulaiman on Tuesday denounced as "unacceptable" air raids carried out by Syrian warplanes against targets inside Lebanese territory.
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Michel Sulaiman: Syria raid on Lebanon unacceptable
Lebanon president to send a message of protest to so that such operations are not repeated
"The president of the republic, General Michel Sulaiman, considers Syrian air strikes inside Lebanese territory an unacceptable violation of Lebanese sovereignty," Sulaiman said in a statement from his office.
The remarks were the first official Lebanese confirmation of the air strikes a day earlier, which hit the town of Arsal, in east Lebanon, close to the Syrian border.
The Syrian government, however, on Tuesday denied that its warplanes bombed areas in Lebanon on Monday. "News on Syrian warplanes firing inside Lebanon is untrue," a source in the ministry was quoted as saying in a report by the state-run SANA news agency
The Lebanese statement said Sulaiman had instructed Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour "to send a message of protest to the Syrian side so that such operations are not repeated."
On Monday, a high-ranking Lebanese army official confirmed Syrian air strikes along the border area, without saying whether they had struck inside Lebanese territory.
But a security services official on the ground told AFP that Syrian planes had fired four missiles at Arsal, where many residents back the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.
Al Manar television, which belongs to the pro-Syrian regime Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement, reported that the warplanes had targeted two barns used by "armed men" in the Wadi Al Khayl area of Arsal.
Washington also confirmed that Syrian forces had fired at northern Lebanon, calling the strikes "a significant escalation in the violations of Lebanese sovereignty that the Syrian regime has been guilty of."
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The Year Ahead: Environmental and Sustainability Hotspots in 2013
On Tuesday, January 15, Dr. Andrew Steer, President and CEO of World Resources Institute (WRI), hosted an annual Stories to Watch in 2013 event in Washington, D.C. Dr. Steer identified six hotspots – topics that will dominate headlines in the coming year.
1. The evolving energy mix in the U.S. and worldwide
More than 55 coal plants were shut down in the U.S. in 2012. Yet over 395 remain, and global coal consumption continues to rise, particularly in India and China. The development of other energy sources – shale gas and renewables – has the potential to offset coal demand. What is unclear is how quickly countries will develop these alternative sources. The U.S. is the only industrialized country that does not have renewable energy targets.
Greg Sebasky, Chairman, Phillips North America, on Innovations in Sustainability Venture Sourcing
In mid-October 2012, global leaders across private, public and NGO sectors convened in San Francisco to discuss innovations that will be key to growing sustainable urban environments. At the close of the conference, Triple Pundit contributor Heather King interviewed Greg Sebasky, Chairman of Phillips North America, to discuss Phillips own innovation strategies.
TriplePundit: According to Phillips' annual reports, you are investing $645 million a year in green innovation. Help us understand what this investment means, and how it reflects your sustainability innovation strategy?
Greg Sebasky: This is more than a dollar number on paper. Our vision is to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation, and everyone at Philips is focused on that same goal. Innovation at Philips isn't contained to an R&D facility; it is happening all around us. Every customer interaction helps contribute insights about needs, desires and aspirations that help us take new innovations and bring them to live in meaningful ways.
AeroFarms: A Greener Way to Grow Greens and Feed Our Future?
Last week, the Wall Street Journal sponsored a pitch slam session at its annual ECO:nomics conference in Santa Barbara.
Five entrepreneurs pitched their business models to an audience of several hundred investors and CEOs in a mock funding contest.
The NY-based AeroFarms, a sustainable agriculture start-up, was the overwhelming favorite.
AeroFarms is state-of-the-art controlled growing environment that enables local communities and farmers to grow over 250 leafy greens without sun, or soil and with 90% less water.
The system uses an aeroponic technology and LED lighting developed at Cornell University's Agriculture School. Instead of planting in soil, organic seeds are embedded in cloth and the roots are sprayed with water. Crops are grown in vertical stacks, like trucking pallets, which use space efficiently. All materials, nutrients and water runoff is captured and recycled. Crops grow faster and cleaner than traditionally grown greens, and the system requires far less acreage.
Bill Gates on the Five Miracles Needed for Energy and Climate Challenges
Last Thursday, at the Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics conference in Santa Barbara, Bill Gates talked with several hundred CEO's and corporate leaders about why and how he has accelerated his involvement in clean energy solutions.
"My foundation is committed to helping the very poor and to improving education. It is clear that if you want to help humanity, you have to get energy prices down," he explained.
"Energy is a huge constraint to economic advancement in the developing world."
Yet this focus extends beyond energy pricing and availability. Gates wants carbon neutral energy sources. Anything that contributes to global warming will be "a disaster."
"The goal has to be zero emissions," he said. "The goal is very daunting."
Jerry Brown on Solyndra, China, High Speed Rail and "Imagination and Rigor"
Last week, at the close of the Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics conference in Santa Barbara, California's Governor Jerry Brown talked with CEO's and industry leaders about his work to build a health, clean energy economy in California. Here are some highlights:
Wall Street Journal: In 1977, California introduced solar tax incentives. How has your view on energy policy evolved?
Governor Brown: California has always been a leader in environmental legislation and we'd like to continue that tradition.
In 1977, California has a budget surplus. We did not have to consider the costs of those incentives. The incentives were "free virtue." We had a 55% credit that was mostly heating related, and a 25% credit for conservation improvements. We garnered billions in energy savings, set the pace for the nation, and a foundation for renewable energy.
Now it's different because we are working with a huge deficit. But one thing that has lasted well has been a focus on building efficiency. We also have a law that one third of our electricity must come from renewable sources. We need to balance how we achieve that goal in a way that is environmentally and economically sound.
The point is to think big and to think long-term. We can't get there overnight.
Beyond Lighting Retrofits: Grainger Helps Companies and Institutions Embrace Sustainability
Earlier this week, Grainger, a Fortune 500 international supplier of facilities and building maintenance products, gathered over 15,000 customers and suppliers in Orlando, Florida.
Grainger's customers include over 2 million businesses and institutions across 157 countries. They include a broad range of heavy and lighter manufacturers like ConAgra, travel and hospitality companies like Hilton and United Airlines, technology and communications giants like AT&T, and leading educational and government entities such as the US Postal Service. Grainger's suppliers are a similarly broad mix of brand name companies such as General Electric and smaller innovative start-ups. Albeit a company sponsored event, The Grainger Show was effectively a facilities industry tradeshow.
Sustainability was a primary theme and significant focal area to customers and suppliers. Over the past few years, Grainger has actively worked to increase the efficiency and sustainability of its own operations by investing in LEED certified facilities, building out sustainable product offerings and educating its team. The company was the first industrial distributor to have a LEED certified facility; they now operate 12 LEED facilities and are actively expanding that base.
For the Love of Chocolate: Rainforest Alliance's Sustainable Cocoa Program
As a nod to Valentine's and the associated obsession with chocolate, Rainforest Alliance hosted a webinar on February 13, 2012: "Greening the Cocoa Industry."
Eric Servat, Senior Manager of the Rainforest Alliance cocoa program, described current developments in the cocoa industry and the Alliance's efforts to expand sustainable cocoa production.
The cocoa industry is large, growing and complex. Europe and the U.S. have historically been the biggest consumer markets, but growing demand in the Asia – Pacific region is putting pressure on the market supply. Global Industry Analysts (GIA) predicts that the global cocoa market will reach 5.3 million tons by 2015.
How Coca-Cola Is Working to Cure the World's Water Headaches
In its early iteration, Coca-Cola was marketed as a way to cure ailments and inspire social dialogue.
"Dr. Pemberton created Coke as a headache tonic," tells Bea Perez, Coca-Cola's new Chief Sustainability Officer.
Today, the Coca-Cola Company is trying to address a larger infirmity: the world's water supply.
"Water is a business essential for Coca Cola," Jeff Seabright, VP, Environment and Water Resources, Coca-Cola, explained at the World Climate Summit. "We are increasingly seeing a water stressed world, and projections show a 40% world shortage by 2050. We care out of self-interest and shared value."
Today, over one billion people lack access to safe drinking water and water shortages threaten thousands of animals and habitats. Climate change will further impact the water cycle and related agriculture.
Corporations: The New 'Angels' of Clean Tech?
Investors, entrepreneurs, policy and non-profit leaders convened on Wednesday to discuss the clean tech funding environment at the 4th Annual Cooley Clean Energy and Technologies Conference in Redwood City, California.
Out of the ashes of Solyndra – the highly publicized, government supported solar technology company that closed its doors on September 1, 2011 – panelists and attendees identified the promising trends in clean tech financing. A primary theme: corporations are stepping up to provide expansion capital, compensating for the pull back of traditional venture investors.
According to Bloomberg's Nathanial Bullard: "Expansion capital is zooming." Private equity and 'corporate strategics' are helping clean tech companies scale and compensating for a dearth of IPO opportunities and continued venture support.
Craig Newmark on Doing Well by Doing Good
Craig Newmark is a self-professed nerd, an ingenious, committed philanthropist and a wry savant. He founded craigslist in 1995 as an email distribution list for friends, featuring local events in the San Francisco Bay Area. The service became web-based a year later; it fast expanded into other classified categories and U.S. cities. Today, it covers most countries in the world. Despite his phenomenal success, Craig Newmark has not followed the usual Silicon Valley route of going public, selling out and maximizing his return. Instead, he decided to "do what makes him feel better."
At the SOCAP 2011 conference, Newmark talked about his leadership style, the social impact of craigslist – beyond "getting rid of an old sofa" – and his new venture craigconnects.
7 Hot Topics from SOCAP 2011
As SOCAP 2011 – a conference focused on "accelerating the flow of capital to social good" – drew to a close last Friday in San Francisco, there was a prevailing sense of optimism and opportunity. Here are 7 hot topics people were discussing in the halls and along the breezy Bay side Fort Mason conference grounds:
1. Mobile technology opens huge new markets – in developed and emerging countries.
Worldwide, there are over 5 billion cell phones in use. There are now three times as many phones as computers. Increasingly, phones serve as the primary technology for business, especially in large emerging markets. This is no more evident than in applications of mobile money and micro-transactions where the cell phone will be the foundation of commerce. Mobile money will spawn economic development in regions that have not before had the access or infrastructure or capital.
Habitat for Humanity's Impact on Green Home Market
Habitat for Humanity is one of the world's leading builders; in 2010, they built and sold over 38,000 homes. Build 100 ranked them the sixth largest builder in the U.S.
Habitat's primary charter is 'safe, affordable, decent housing for the poor.' Yet, the celebrated non-profit is an increasingly important player in the green building market.
"Habitat is very aware that the built environment is a major factor in GHG emissions," asserts Mary Kelley, Habitat's Leadership Development Officer. "Most of our affiliates are independent non-profits, so the impetus to adopt greener practices comes largely from individual chapters. But we are seeing more and more affiliates focus on building green." Many work with local, regional and national green certification organizations such as NAHB's green building program, LEED for Homes, Earthcraft and Green Point Rated.
Burning Man's Green Complexion
A week ago, the renowned Burning Man festival raged in the Black Rock desert of Nevada. More than 50,000 people from all over the world gathered as a community and built a city for a week.
The prevailing spirit of the event is self-reliance, civic responsibility, creativity and a purposeful absence of commerce. The very premise of a temporary city that 'leaves no trace' is environmentally sustainable. The event has become a laboratory and a platform for sustainability.
"Burning Man models how we will manage our future, a future in which resources are scarce and people have to come together to find solutions. We haven't issued any green manifesto, but the Burning Man is increasingly attached to sustainability," explains Marion Goodell, Director of Business and Communications.
SOCAP11: Jeffrey Hollender on his Encore to Seventh Generation
Jeffrey Hollender co-founded Seventh Generation Inc., the country's largest distributor of non-toxic, all natural cleaning, paper and personal care products. Seventh Generation pioneered a new category of cleaning products, growing exponentially as it's primary retail partner, Whole Foods, ascended. He served as CEO and Executive Chair until his abrupt departure last year. Hollender is also the co-founder of the American Sustainable Business Council and a member of the board of directors of Greenpeace USA, Verite, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility and the Environmental Health Fund. Yesterday, he spoke to a SOCAP 2011 audience about lessons learned from his Seventh Generation experience and what he plans to do next.
Heather King reports from SOCAP 11 the following as told by Jeffrey Hollender:
I've had a year since I've left Seventh Generation – plenty of time to sit on a beach, surf as much as I want, and to think about what I've learned and what I want to do next.
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Van Jones on the American Dream 2.0
By Heather King
Van Jones may have resigned his post as Obama's green jobs czar, but he continues his crusade for a better America. This afternoon at the SOCAP 2011 conference, he rallied support for the "American Dream 2.0″ and railed on the Tea Party.
"There was a tech bubble and a dot com bubble. Now we have the Tea Party bubble," said Jones, "and I want to pop it."
In his view, the Obama campaign and administration started off on the right track. The Obama campaign made patriotism cool again, and represented the core American value of 'e pluribus unum.' He inspired. The future was all about hope and change, cultural and spiritual renewal disguised as politics. Then the President and his supporters got embroiled in running the government. "We stopped doing what was working for us; our messages were all about subcommittees."


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Based on the number of Martial Arts Schools listed, Stark is the 8th largest County in Ohio. There are 31 Martial Arts Schools listed in Stark County. Tae Kwon Do is the most offered Martial Arts Style in Stark County area, followed by Aikido and Kempo/Kenpo.
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Here is a Chart and list showing Martial Arts available in Stark County. This is based on information from 22 Martial Arts Schools in Stark County area that made style information available.
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The 40th ride of the largest bicycling event in Kansas history, a 550-mile ride across the State, begins on Saturday. BIKING ACROSS KANSAS (BAK) is an eight-day tour originating at the Kansas-Colorado line with a route of more than 900 bicyclists and support staff.
The bicyclists will start at the Kansas, Colorado line west of Elkhart. Their overnight stops will be Satanta, Spearville, Ellinwood, Salina, Wamego, Oskaloosa, and Hiawatha. BAK will celebrate its 40th anniversary by including current and former BAK cyclists and supporters in an evening event on Tuesdayat Salina Central High School. The cyclists' final night together will be in Hiawatha on Friday, June 13. The following morning they will cycle to the Missouri border, dip their wheels in the Missouri River at White Cloud, and proceed to Highland to enjoy a celebration picnic at Highland Community College on Saturday.
BAK is also routed through Hugoton, Dodge City, Kinsley, Larned, Great Bend, Ellsworth, Abilene, Junction City, Manhattan, Silver Lake, Horton, and many more Kansas towns.
"We are all excited to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Biking Across Kansas by offering the highly requested "diagonal route" that crosses every other previous BAK route since 1975. With this route, cyclists will have the opportunity to experience an amazing cross section of Kansas geography. Starting with the wide-open Cimarron Grasslands in the southwest, riders will pass through the farmlands of Central Kansas, cross the scenic Flint Hills, and pedal right up to the banks of the Missouri River in the far northeast corner." said David Rohr, Chairman of Biking Across Kansas, Inc.
Riders will range in age from 7 to 88. Families representing three generations are expected again this year. Many of the riders will be from Kansas, but entries are also expected from as many as 30 states, including some as far away as Massachusetts, Florida, New Mexico, California, and Oregon. In addition, participants are anticipated from as far away as the Australia, Ireland, Germany, and Canada. Participants will enjoy the state's favorable early-June cycling conditions. The main goals of Biking Across Kansas are to promote wellness through bicycling, celebrate Kansas history and the beauty of its landscape, and enjoy the warm hospitality of its towns and people.
View BAK's route in detail to share with local citizens and highway drivers at BAK 2014 Google Map. For additional information on Biking Across Kansas 2014, visit www.bak.org.
About Biking Across Kansas
Biking Across Kansas (BAK) is an annual, eight-day, bicycle tour across the state of Kansas. BAK promotes health and wellness through bicycling, the history and beauty of the Kansas landscape, and the warm hospitality of the Kansas towns and people. BAK started in 1975 with fewer than 100 hundred riders. Forty tours later BAK is now over 850 bicyclists annually.


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Though Republicans and Democrats have dominated headlines for months, Connecticut's Green Party is also running candidates in all five districts in next week's congressional elections.
Despite being shut out of a handful of debates and fighting for media attention on limited budgets, Connecticut Greens say they're running for office to win. Stephen Fournier, Scott Deshefy, Ralph Ferrucci, Richard Duffee, and Harold Burbank, the five Green candidates for Connecticut's Congressional seats appeared on WNPR's Where We Live Monday and outlined their party's key values.
The five roundly criticized the bi-partisan federal bailout bill and called for criminal prosecution of Bush administration officials. On health care, they aggreed that neither the Obama nor the McCain plans give Americans what they need, a single-payer healthcare system.
Harold Burbank of Canton is running the the 5th District:
"The Green Party has been for single-payer, centralized, universal healthcare coverage since it's founding. It would cover everyone. No one would be excluded-- regardless of age, disablity, pre-existing conditions, all the things that HMOs and private insurance tend to reject. And no one in this country would die or fail for lack of health care again.
This is the first time the Green Party has fielded a full slate of congressional candidates on Connecticut.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- There are no conceivable ways a Herbalife (HLF - Get Report) investor may claim Friday's selloff was unexpected absent a lack of proper due diligence or honesty. My initial reaction was, "That's pretty convenient timing, almost exactly one hour of trading left in the week".
Any remaining doubt that puppet masters were pulling strings in symphony quickly dissipated upon further reports that federal law enforcement agencies were investigating the company. Herbalife's falling price had all the telltale indications of well-connected big money punishing shares.
The leak happened on a Friday afternoon when volume is typically light, but early enough to allow time to spread via Twitter (TWTR) and CNBC. Once the market was in a state of worry, concern and heightened focus, the second knock-out punch came. That was the "revelation" the Justice Department and FBI are conducting investigations.
The hard-hitting precision one-two punch was enough to cause shareholders to panic and entice short-selling day traders to jump on board for an easy kill. Herbalife's bear momentum was strong enough that Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) and Avon Products (AVP) moved down in sympathy, and both finished Friday's session lower.
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square's name is plastered on Herbalife's stock Twitter thread, but Friday didn't necessarily originate there. Ackman, a hedge fund manager, may have a billion-dollar motivation to want the shares to decline, but unless he is exiting -- something he probably wants to do sooner than later -- or is preparing to exit, Friday's attack doesn't help him much, outside of mark-to-market accounting for his hedge fund. So then, who does profit from a fall on Friday? Someone who is short and wants to get out of a position, that's who. More than 25 million shares were shorted in the company as of the last report, almost three million more than the previous period two weeks before on March 14.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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All aboard!! Meet the stars of Lomax: The Hound of Music from CPTV! Join Lomax, Delta, Amy and on the Essex Steam Train for a day of family fun. Sing along to live performances, enjoy viewings of the show and snap a few pictures in front of the "Melody Hound Express." Don't miss your favorite music hound and his friends at the Essex Steam Train Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21.
There will be four train departures each day at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3:30 pm.
Tickets are $18 per person and include activities for the whole family including a one-hour live show aboard the Essex Steam Train, a photo opportunity in front of the "Melody Hound Express" train as seen in the show, and a viewing of Lomax episodes in River Valley Junction.
Lomax: The Hound of Music is a PBS children's series and CPTV National Presentation based on the curriculum of distinguished University of Hartford Professor John Feierabend.
Lomax airs Saturdays at 9:30 am and Sundays at 7:30 am.
For more information and directions, call: 800-377-3987 or visit www.essexsteamtrain.com


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It's certainly true that a picture can say a thousand words so, as India and Nepal celebrate what must be one of the world's most colourful religious festivals this week - Holi - we thought we'd share this gallery courtesy of the Guardian.
If you haven't experienced this riot of colour for yourself, where Hindus throw coloured water over each other and during which usually strict social norms are relaxed (it's wild!) why not book yourself in for next year? Holi falls on 27th and 28th March in 2013 and we've a stack of trips which co-incide, including our 14 day Road to Delhi trip and our 22 day North India Unplugged trip.
Our tailor made adventure holidays will truly inspire and delight the senses and will live in your memory for ever.
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See through this trick and triple your productivity: Those stressed parts of us always asking us how will we get everything done that needs to be done, especially when there is so much to do, are themselves incapable of doing anything other than wasting the precious energy we need to proceed… Even as they use these same forces to lend themselves a heightened but false sense of importance.


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Fluconazole Therapy for Cryptococcal Meningitis: Are Options Available Where It Is Needed Most—Africa?
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Cryptococcal meningitis has been reported as the most common cause of meningitis in many areas of sub-Saharan Africa where there is a high prevalence of HIV infection. Cryptococcosis is associated with up to 500,000 deaths per year in sub-Saharan Africa [1]. Though access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is increasing, because of the limited availability of recommended treatment for cryptococcal meningitis, it continues to be responsible for 10% to 20% of all HIV-related deaths in Africa. Although the combination of amphotericin B and flucytosine is recommended for induction-phase treatment, availability is severely limited in many settings, whereas fluconazole has been widely available through a philanthropic program ...
- Park BJ, Wannemuehler KA, Marston BA, et al.: Estimation of the current global burden of cryptococcal meningitis among persons living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS 2009, 23:525–530. CrossRef
- Lawn SD, Harries AD, Anglaret X, et al.: Early mortality among adults accessing antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS 2008, 22:1897–1908. CrossRef
- Bicanic T, Meintjes G, Wood R, et al.: Fungal burden, early fungicidal activity, and outcome in cryptococcal meningitis in antiretroviral-naive or antiretroviral-experienced patients treated with amphotericin B or fluconazole. Clin Infect Dis 2007, 45:76–80. CrossRef
- Chang LW, Phipps WT, Kennedy GE, Rutherford GW: Antifungal interventions for the primary prevention of cryptococcal disease in adults with HIV. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005, (3):CD004773.
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Bulgur and Beef Stuffed Peppers Video
Whole Grain Week, Day 3: Susan explains the benefits of bulgur
Hi. This is Susan Westmoreland in the Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen. We're in day three of Whole Grain Week. And another all-star is bulgur. It's actually wheat berries that are steamed, and dried, and then crushed. They are a mainstay in Middle Eastern cooking, both in salads where they're just soaked, and in warm entrees from grape leaves, too. Tonight, we are gonna stuff peppers with them, with some ground beef and bulgur and some dill and some feta and lemon. Really delicious and easy to do. And this stuff actually cooks up more quickly than rice or lots of other grains, and it's just really tasty. Again, nutty and sweet. So, all you have to do is-- I like a medium or a coarse grain on this, which this is about medium. It works really well together with meat or with just a veggie thing as a sauté or peel off. Serve it as a side dish or as the main dish in a skillet thing. Anyways, Susan Westmoreland, helping you take back dinnertime.
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I love that you did the #Blarkie hashtag. Brilliant! I want to meet you next time! Hope you will come back to Texas in 2014 and not blame me for anything the Longhorns may have ever done to the Razorbacks in SW Conference history. <3 (I can say this because I lived in Arkansas for 2 years near N. Little Rock and when I told my preacher I was from Texas, he said "I won't hold that against you." – LOL)
Great meeting you! I feel like I'm always stuck in phase 1
So you were at Blissdom and I was at Blissdom and I was even wearing my fancy boots. How did we not meet? Better planning next time.
Great advice. Smart. Here's my small talk trick I taught myself during awkward recruiting/social situations at accounting school (yes, that's a thing). The 5 Ws. Just stand there like a dork and come up with a WQ. Such as… Who do you know here? What is your blog/book/accounting practice all about? Where are we going after this– the bar? It's like a pneumonic device to think of questions. If you get to When and you're still not clicking, MOVE ON
Thanks for being the one to engage us all in small group – you were a great Community Leader
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As The New York Times's David Carr observed, "media bias and hyperbole seem like pretty small targets when unemployment is near 10 percent, vast amounts of unregulated cash are being spent in the election's closing days, and no American governing institution — not the Senate, not the House of Representatives, not even the Supreme Court — seems to be above petty partisan bickering." Is this the cause that brought some 200,000 people to the mall, or was it just a proxy for the frustration of the left who are weary of political battles who wanted to feel political without, you know, being political?
It's unreasonable to ask Stewart to be the one to try to help his fans mature from this ambivalent frustration to constructive engagement, of course. He is valuable as a critic precisely because he's a satirist. Maybe we should ask Barack Obama why he has failed to do it, because that certainly was what he seemed to promise to do when elected in 2008. But I think the real question is for those who feel Obama gave false hope for a different kind of politics. Were they surprised that, after Obama won, politics was still tough? Is the answer that when the going gets tough, the tough get ironic?
The Tea Partiers may propagate misinformation, but they organize and their candidates win. Messages matter in elections, and so does money. But more than anything, what matters is hard work—nothing changes minds more than volunteers talking to their neighbors on behalf of a candidate. And logging on to Facebook when you're procrastinating at work to "like" a candidate or make a political comment is not the same as devoting time in the evenings when you could be home recovering from a hard day's work or doing something infinitely more fun than phone banking—like watching comedians make fun of politicians.
Stewart, who regularly skewers media for emphasizing style over substance, needs to ask whether he's falling into the same trap. And his fans, who may be fed up with "screaming on the left, yelling on the right," need to be challenged to do more than "care." No one's going to do it differently if there's not a better way to win.


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The start of hunting season means more dogs in the woods, and that could lead to more cases of rabies.
Pender County health officials want to help keep your animals safe. A reduced price rabies vaccination clinic takes place tomorrow.
The event will be held at the Topsail Humane Society in Hampstead, and is open to any Pender County resident. Vaccinations for dogs and cats are $3 each. Hunting clubs with large packs of dogs can arrange for a house call.
For more information, or to set up an appointment, call 910-259-1349.


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Bring in the nutrition troops!
About Natural Defense:
Pure Health's Natural Defense is a blend of nutrients your body needs in one easy-to-swallow vegetable capsule. Natural Defense contains Vitamin C' Selenium and Immuno-LP20' an immunobiotic compound of heat-treated Lactobacillus plantarum L-137. These days' it takes more than an apple a day to keep the doctor away!
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- 635 mg of Natural Defense per serving.
- Supports daily health.
- Contains Vitamin C' Selenium' Immuno-LP20 and more!
- No binders' fillers or excipients.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These products are not meant to diagnose' treat or cure any disease or medical condition. Please consult your doctor before starting any exercise or nutritional supplement program or before using these or any product during pregnancy or if you have a serious medical condition.
Serving Size: 2 Capsules
Servings Per Container: 15
Amount Per Serving / % DV*
Vitamin C [as Ascorbic Acid and Acerola Powder (25% Vitamin C)] 60mg / 100%
Selenium [as SeleniumSeLECT® Pure (+)-Selenomethionine] 50mcg / 71%
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The Ride Machete Snowboard is a high quality board designed with a go anywhere. Featuring a LowRize Rocker, the Machete has the contact points of the board lifted off of the snow, providing a flat zone under foot. This allows for great control while cutting through the snow. Supporting this is a Thin Construction, with a tapered tip and tail to reduce swing weight, as well as enhanced tip flex, and lastly side walls that run past the effective edge. All of this combines to make the Machete a sharp and quick board.


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Tricyclic antidepressants for postpartum depression
Generic Name | Brand Name |
imipramine | Tofranil, Tofranil PM |
nortriptyline | Aventyl, Pamelor |
How It Works
Tricyclic antidepressants balance certain brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) that are linked to depression. When these brain chemicals are in proper balance, the symptoms of depression may be relieved.
Why It Is Used
Tricyclics are an older class of antidepressant that has been well studied for postpartum depression treatment. Nortriptyline and imipramine are passed on to breast-feeding infants at very low levels. Nortriptyline has been studied the most for breast-feeding mothers.1
Doxepin (Sinequan, Zonalon) is not considered safe while breast-feeding.2
Tricyclics may cause bothersome side effects. This is why tricyclics are usually tried only when treatment with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) hasn't been successful. But if you have done well with a tricyclic in the past, talk to your doctor about using it for postpartum depression.
How Well It Works
Tricyclics are as effective as newer antidepressant medicines at relieving symptoms of depression, but the side effects can be worse.
Side Effects
Side effects of tricyclic antidepressants tend to improve as you continue to take the medicine. Potential side effects include:
- Stomach upset and other problems, such as constipation.
- Fatigue, drowsiness.
- Excitability, anxiety.
- Insomnia, nightmares.
- Dry mouth, blurred vision.
- Lowered blood pressure.
- Changes in appetite or weight.
- Excessive sweating.
- Inability to urinate (urinary retention).
- Loss of sexual desire or ability.
- Tremors, shuffling walk, slurred speech (uncommon, so report this to your doctor).
FDA Advisory. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an advisory on antidepressant medicines and the risk of suicide. The FDA does not recommend that people stop using these medicines. Instead, a person taking antidepressants should be watched for warning signs of suicide. This is especially important at the beginning of treatment or when the doses are changed.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
What To Think About
Tricyclics are started at low doses, and the dose is increased gradually to reduce the severity of side effects. You may need regular blood tests to check the amount of the medicine in your blood. Too much of this type of medicine in the bloodstream can be dangerous.
Do not suddenly stop taking these medicines. These medicines must be gradually tapered off with supervision from your doctor.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
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The legal theory is the delegation of powers. Congress delegated the power to write legislation within a certain scope, breadth, and depth, to the executive branch of government, authorizing it to set up an agency to manage same.
Congress has the right to delegate its power to legislate to other branches of government. It is unfortunate, but we are learning now that it has delegated pretty much all of its power.


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Oak Flooring - Helping you choose
The ethos behind the Willowson brand is luxury wood flooring at unbeatable prices. Our reputation is built on excellence. Our wood flooring is a carefully chosen range of wood flooring based on quality, appearance and durability. To help you choose, all our wood flooring samples are free, so order some today or call us for more information before you buy!
For those who prefer a more traditional construction for their hardwood floor, Willowson offer several options in Oak including lacquered, oiled, brushed , stained, handscraped and distressed.
- No Need for Sub Floor Preparation
- Easy & Quick To Install
- Suitable for Underfloor Heating
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Engineered Oak Wood Flooring
Engineered boards are produced by adhering the hardwood wear layer to several core/base layers and are specifically designed to be more dimensionally stable than solid boards, whilst they can be directly adhered to the sub floor, they are more commonly 'floated' on top of an underlay.
Willowson also offer a hard wearing option in the multilayer range. Extremely wide, extremely thick, extremely heavy, extremely stable and extremely versatile. With an overall thickness of 20mm, constructed by adhering a 6mm hardwood wear layer on to a 14mm plywood base, this product can be pinned across floor joists, glued directly to the sub-floor or floated on a suitable underlay, and can also be installed above under floor heating.
Solid Oak Wood Flooring
For those who prefer the idea of a solid hardwood floor, keep in mind that the wear layer is only that part of the board which sits above the top of the tongue, in consequence the wear layer is often as thick on an engineered board as it is on a solid board.
Solid hardwood flooring is produced from a solid slab of timber and whilst it offers a more traditional construction it is also less stable than engineered alternatives. Solid boards are more commonly either pinned or directly adhered to the sub floor.
Lacquered or Oiled?
As the saying goes 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' and once again the chosen finish will simply be down to personal preference. UV Lacquered floors generally have a higher level of sheen than oiled floors, which tend to have a matt or satin finish. There is little difference in the purchase cost between a lacquered and an oiled floor; therefore it will most likely be the look of the flooring that determines which the consumer will choose. This said there are a number of other considerations which should be borne in mind when taking this decision.
Lacquered hardwood floors are pretty much non-maintenance. Obviously they need to be swept over with a soft broom from time to time and occasionally wiped over with a lightly moistened mop or damp cloth. They will however show scratch marks with usage, as would a lacquered table top.
Oiled (UV)
Oiled floors on the other hand are much more forgiving where scratching is concerned. Scratches tend to be less obvious and are also much easier to repair locally. A light sand, followed by the re-application of oil, will generally restore the appearance of the flooring without the need to re-finish the entire area.
Willowson offer a range of specialist finishes to meet all your requirements.
Grade: Nature or Rustic?
It is most important to be happy with the grade of timber you choose to obtain the look and feel you require. At Willowson Flooring our products fall into one of two groups as below.
Nature (AB Grade)
A Grade timber is taken from the core of the trunk and tends to be clean with a uniform grain structure. Moving outwards from the core of the trunk is B Grade timber which will become slightly more varied in colour with some pin knots. Expect variation in the natural sapwood colour, limited character marks, sound knots of less than 3mm, mineral streaks of less than 3mm x 100mm. No stains, checks or splits.
Rustic (CD Grade Mixed)
Moving towards the perimeter of the trunk is the CD Grade timber. This will become more rustic & varied in appearance. All colour variations allowed and all characteristics of the species allowed. A serviceable floor after knot holes, checks, splits and other imperfections are filled and finished.


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Randori wrote:Isn't lighting a match gonna set off the methane gas from your farts/shits?
Also, this thread has seriously turned into poop talk.
Not really. It happens if you fart with the flame right next to your butt. But there isn't enough methane to be there in just your poop to do the trick of explosion by lighting a match in the bathroom before flushing.
Mir@k wrote:Actually you can. By flushing the generator of the smell you're cutting off additional emmisions, and the remaining miasma can easily be disposed of once the source is out.Krest wrote:You can't flush smell.
Birdofterror wrote:I think he's saying once you flush the Source of the smell. (Shit most likely) That you can just like... open a window, light a match, wave your hands around or let off some febreeze that the smell would go away.
Or he's talking about some quantum forces of the universe that's beyond my simple understanding. Wouldn't be the first time.
It's very simple. You eliminate the source from which the smell is coming from and the smell leaves. Dissipates would be the more appropriate terminology to use since the air borne particles are moving from their greater concentration to lesser concentrations. Its the law of diffusion right before your nose.


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Hello there! I'm Dr. Vinifera, or "Vinny" for short. Ask me your toughest wine questions, from the technical aspects of winemaking to the fine points of etiquette. I hope you find my answers educational and even amusing. Looking for a particular answer? Check my archive and my FAQs. You can also follow me on Twitter: @AskDrVinny.
Dear Dr. Vinny,
I am typing up a wine list for a new restaurant. Should I type it as follows: Pinot Noir, Macmurry, Russian River 2011 or 2011 Pinot Noir, Macmurry, Russian River?
—Jeffrey B., Plymouth, Mass.
Dear Jeffrey,
it's up to you to decide how to render wines on your list, but you should make sure it's consistent, and every wine should be listed with its correct producer, appellation and vintage. And please, no spelling errors, which drive me crazy ... and this means you've put me in the awkward position of publicly scolding you on your spelling of "MacMurray."
At Wine Spectator, we list wines first by winery, then typically by grape variety, appellation and vintage, so we would call this wine MacMurray Ranch Pinot Noir Russian River Valley 2011. I think that reads just fine, though you could also have a section of your list headed "Pinot Noirs" and then just put MacMurray Ranch Russian River Valley 2011.
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On Wednesday, just as the Senate passed sweeping new legislation to modernize a 30 year old federal surveillance law, President Bush signaled that he would swiftly veto a bill approved by the House earlier in the day that would overhaul the Presidential and Federal Records Act to ensure emails and other government documents are preserved in the age of the Internet.
The measure was passed by a vote of 286-137, more than a year after several Senate and House investigations discovered that the Bush administration apparently purged millions of emails and that dozens of administration officials used email accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee to conduct official White House business in what appeared to be a violation of the Presidential Records Act.


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