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I'm not a girl, I'm a woman! So no games please.
I'm not a typical Latina. I love country music, love watching basketball, and I love playing volleyball. Now I'm getting into football and I really enjoy it!can't wait to go to my first game!!! I'm a very simple, down to earth, positive and caring person. Im fun and funny, with a little sarcasm lol. I'm always smiling and trying to make others smile. I don't like lies or games. I'm not here for that. I'm a woman looking for a man, not a girl looking for a boy. I have two jobs and two kids, so I don't have a Lot of free time, but I like to enjoy the little I have as much as I can. I've been through a lot, but I don't let those things affect my life. The past is in the past for a reason, and I thank the past for molding who I am today and for making me stronger. I want a relationship, I don't need one. Im not desperate and I won't settle for less. I respect others and I wish to be respected as well. That for me is the base of any relationship. I'm looking for someone that will treat me like I deserve to be treated, respect me and make me laugh. No games. Don't say things because you think I want to hear them, say things that you really mean it. I like to chat and text before I go out with someone. If you want to know more, doubt be afraid to ask.
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I exercise 3-4 times per week.
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The lodge, cowboys, house of beer, buffalo wild wings, ale house, old town
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The Guardian is reporting that mobile phone operator 3 is planning to launch a Skype handset.
In what would mean free internet calling via a mobile for the masses, the report sees 3 working closely with Skype on the project.
The device itself is said to be being produced by far eastern manufacturers with no spec or features, other than the Skype compatibility, confirmed.
The story suggests that the handset would be launched this year for both pre-pay and contract customers, unlike 3's current Skype offering which is only available via the X Series platform.
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I have the following conflicting results from 2 different labs:
Lab 1:
IgA Quantitative 149 Ref. range: 70-400
Anti Gliadin IgG Negative Ref. range: Negative at serum dilution 1/40
Anti ttG IgA Negative 3 Ref. range: Negative<20 ### Weak Positive 20-30 ### Positive>30
Lab 2:
Anti-Gliadin IgA Positive 1/20 Ref. range: Negative
Anti Endomysial IgA Negative Ref. range: Negative
Anti ttG IgA <10 U Ref. range: Negative<20 U ### Weak positive 20-30 U ### Positive>30 U
1- I'm not very confident in all the test results because as I've said in an earlier posts, celiac tests are rarely made in Egypt.
2- I think the most accurate test is ttG IgA of lab 2 because they told me they do it in Europe
As you can see, they appear to be all negative except the AG IgA.
Is it possible to have such conflicting results or did some lab do an error?
If it's possible to have such conflicting results, which test should I believe?
Please keep in mind that a previous trial in the past of the gluten free diet for about 7 weeks didn't make feel much better. In addition, the problems I have are not directly related time wise to eating gluten. That is I don't have this direct connection between eating gluten and then having the symptoms a couple of hours later.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Monday night, the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 in overtime. Edmonton, who had owned the Blackhawks last season, gave up two one-goal leads during regulation as Marian Hossa completed the comeback for the Blackhawks by punching in a rebound off Nikolai Khabibulin. The win gave the Blackhawks two more points and brought their record to 16-0-3 with a league-leading 35 points. The Blackhawks' start to this season is not only impressive, but record-breaking. No team has gone as many games as Chicago (19) to start a season without losing in regulation and are now chasing the 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers' 35-game unbeaten streak. They will look to continue their run tonight against a Divisional rival in the St. Louis Blues.
While this streak will mean nothing once the playoffs come around, it's still an accomplishment deserving of praise. The Blackhawks are the hottest team in all of sports. The last time the Blackhawks lost a game in regulation? April 23, 2012 - a playoff game against the Phoenix Coyotes. The last time they lost in regulation during a regular season game? March 25, 2012 against the Nashville Predators. Chicago has put this impressive streak together with impeccable goal-tending from two men. Their starting goalie, Corey Crawford, went down with an upper-body injury recently and missed several games. No matter, backup Ray Emery stepped in and now has a perfect 8-0-0 record on the season. Crawford made his return last week and promptly recorded his first shutout of the season. Mix that in with a dominating defensive squad that includes former James Norris Trophy award winner Duncan Keith, Olympic gold medalist Brent Seabrook, Stanley Cup winner Niklas Hjalmarsson, veteran Johnny Oduya and improving young stud Nick Leddy and a top-notch offense with Hart Trophy nominee Patrick Kane, captain Jonathan Toews and a perfect mixture of veterans (Patrick Sharp, Marian Hossa) and young players making an impact (Andrew Shaw, Brandon Saad). Not to mention the Blackhawks are second in the NHL in penalty killing percentage thanks to defensive forwards in Michael Frolik and Marcus Kruger and you've got the makings of the best team in the NHL right there. And there's still talented players on the team that I didn't even mention. That's how deep they are. The streak makes for good journalistic fodder and it's a nice feather in their cap (or another feather on their crest perhaps) but all it does is convince the NHL world and their fans that the Chicago Blackhawks need to carry this momentum into the playoffs a few months from now and bring the Stanley Cup back home to Chicago.
• The Kansas City Chiefs have acquired QB Alex Smith from the San Francisco 49ers for two second round draft picks - one of them being a high second round pick. Smith became expendable after he suffered a concussion last season and his backup Colin Kaepernick sparked the offense better than the former number one overall pick did in his time starting. Still, Smith was hardly having a bad season by any means. 2012 was actually shaping up to be his best season of his career before the injury and now he has a chance to really prove himself once again with the Chiefs and new head-coach Andy Reid. Regardless, this was an impeccable deal for San Francisco as they got rid of an unneeded player and brought in some very valuable trade pieces as this move could be a precursor to another. Darrelle Revis, perhaps?
• The NHL is currently discussing a possible shakeup in the way they do things. The current alignment of teams is focused on Conference standings as the top eight teams in the West and East make the playoffs - the same concept the NBA uses. With the new alignment plan getting closer and closer to coming intro fruition for next season, the NHL may have a playoff picture more similar to the MLB. The proposal would have four Divisions where each winner would punch a playoff ticket as well as Wild Card spots. The Divisional winner with the highest point total at season's end would face the playoff team with the fewest points and so on. The plan requires approval from both the NHL Players' Association and Board of Governors. It would move the Detroit Red Wings into the East in what would be a very unpopular move amongst NHL fans as the Detroit/Chicago "Orginal Six" rivalry has been a staple of the league since its inception. Still, who isn't drooling at the idea of a Stanley Cup Final against these two rivals?
• The New York Knicks beat the Golden State Warriors 109-105 last night, but it was Stephen Curry who made the most noise. The All-Star snub poured in a career-high 54 points to go with six rebounds, seven assists and three steals in a line that made fantasy owners everywhere salivate. Curry was incredibly efficient as he went 18-28 from the field including an astounding 11-13 from three-point land - just one short of the NBA record.
• Dennis Rodman was in North Korea. I'm not sure why, apparently Kim Jong-un is a big NBA fan and loved Michael Jordan and the Bulls Dynasty of the 90s. I have no idea what to make of this, but maybe Dennis Rodman will bring us world peace. You taking notes, Ron Artest? It's one thing to change your name, how about you get off your butt and do something like model citizen Dennis Rodman, huh?
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Lady Gaga dropped an "unfortunate announcement" Tuesday (February 12) — so unfortunate that she barely knew how to tell her fans, especially those who were planning on seeing her in Chicago, Detroit and Hamilton, Ontario. The singer delayed three Born This Way Ball shows due to a crippling injury.
"I've been hiding a show injury and chronic pain for sometime now,over the past month it has worsened. I've been praying it would heal," Gaga revealed on Twitter. "I hid it from my staff, I didn't want to disappoint my amazing fans. However after last nights performance I could not walk and still can't."
I've been hiding a show injury and chronic pain for sometime now,over the past month it has worsened. I've been praying it would heal
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Mother Monster posted on her site that, by doctor's orders, she must postpone her North American tour, citing synovitis (severe inflammation of joints) as the culprit. Gaga is currently halfway through her Ball dates, taking over Montreal on Monday night, but three upcoming shows have been postponed.
» 2/13, 2/14 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
» 2/16 – Detroit, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
» 2/17 – Hamilton, ON @ Copps Coliseum
Dates in Philadelphia and New York City leave Lady Gaga just one week to rest up for the planned shows, but Gaga plans on healing "as soon as possible."
"To the fans in Chicago Detroit & Hamilton I hope you can forgive me, as it is nearly impossible for me to forgive myself. Im devasted & sad," the singer wrote. "It will hopefully heal as soon as possible, I hate this. I hate this so much. I love you and Im sorry."
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I only used 11 oz container of blueberries,,,,, totally amazing - this one is for sure one I will make over and over again!!
Awesome treat. Cut and gave neighbors half of the "goodies". They called, less than 30 minutes, and reported they had all been eaten, they were wonderful and send more! The ones here are lasting a little longer!
Will certainly make them again!
I made this recipe for a carry-in at work. Huge hit! Everyone wanted the recipe! It was fairly easy to make, and the blueberry and lemon flavors are wonderful together. The cheesecake filling was an added bonus! Yum!


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The world's first commercially available hydrogen-powered car may hit the road as early as next month.
Honda Motors Co. says that it has already started mass production on the FCX Clarity, a zero-emissions vehicle introduced two years ago as a concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show. It will be offered next month at select California dealerships as part of a limited lease program.
The announcement comes on the heels of last week's news that Toyota plans to roll out rechargeable plug-in hybrids by 2010.
Some see the latest moves as signs that recent spikes in oil prices have prompted automakers to accelerate the delivery of alternatives to gas-powered cars.
"Whenever car companies are doing something pretty novel, they tend to very cautious," says Joseph Romm, a former assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy. "Toyota probably wanted to wait a few more years to improve the technology, but when the price of gas shot through the roof, they started to understand that the cars will sell like hot cakes."
Some road-ready options like natural gas vehicles have already begun to feed growing demand. "Phones are running off the hook over here," says Richard Kolodziej, President of the International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles. "People are asking how to either convert their cars to natural gas or to buy one for themselves."
But to be successful in the long run, a next-generation automobile needs to meet environmental standards and be affordable and flexible enough to fit a range of American lifestyles. And while the top contenders offer several benefits over your typical gas-guzzler, they have drawbacks too.
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Natural gas vehicles have been around since the '70s, but haven't caught on in the United States like they have in countries such as Brazil and Germany. Of the estimated 5 million NGVs on the streets today, only 130,000 are driven along U.S. roads.
Such a fact may seem surprising considering there's a lot to like, on the surface at least. Not only is natural gas abundant in the United States, it produces lower emissions and costs about a third less than what's offered at the pump. Clean-burning fuel means less wear and tear on the engine and fewer visits to the mechanic.
The Honda Civic GX, the only natural gas-powered car offered in the U.S., was also recently named the world's cleanest-burning engine by the Environmental Protection Agency.
"All these benefits that we have now, we've had it forever. Now we are seeing the economic benefits and people are responding to it," says Kolodziej. He points out that in states like Utah, where NGVs are growing in popularity, drivers have been filling up at a rate of 65 cents a gallon.
Still, some don't think the potential savings are worth it when taking into account all the inconveniences a NGV owner would have to live with.
The Honda Civic GX, for instance, can only go 220 miles before having to refuel, about 130 miles less than the regular Honda Civic. Additionally, there have been gripes about the lack of trunk space because of the massive fuel tank that's required.
Also, what works in one state, won't necessarily work in another. "If you live in California, you can probably get by with a natural gas vehicle," says Clayton Cornell, managing editor of the alternative energy site Greenoptions.com. "But with most places in the U.S., there just aren't enough refueling stations."


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I was at Borders (whaddayaknow, they redirect to Amazon!) in Redmond looking for something to do with my Little Brother when I came across this book. Given the recent blogs by Eric and myself, I thought it would be a good read. I also picked up The Complete Idiot's Guide to Psychology on a whim because it looks like it could be fun.
(Of course now I'm looking the titles up on the web I see they're a few dollars cheaper. Nevertheless, I would not have stumbled across them just browsing around cyberspace, so I think it was money well spent).
I'll report back on the books if I ever finish them, but I have this annoying habit of never getting more than 1/3 or 1/2 or 3/4 of the way through a book before giving up and going on to something else (kind of like with Xbox games, or programming projects, or pretty much anything else I do... maybe the psychology book will have something to say about it).
I didn't find anything of use for my primary mission, so if there are any parents of 12-year-olds (or, indeed, any 12-year-olds) reading this that have good ideas about what to do now that the weather has turned bad, I'd love to hear them!
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"C'est une vie de chien!"
"It's a dog's life!" The French use this expression to shrug their frustration at the overwhelming struggles of life. To me, it is a statement of how random our most important beliefs are.
Growing up in Iran, many Muslims believed dogs to be ritually impure and killed them. The streets were filled with rabid canines chasing and biting pedestrians who would beat them in return. At the same time, the very wealthy kept dogs in their homes, trained them, and treated them as bonafide family members.
What fascinated me was that the side of the street where the dog was born dictated its fate.
Much of life is pure luck. We are not that different from dogs. A woman born in Saudi Arabia has a vastly different outlook and outcome than a man born in Sweden. Born in the Great Depression, also, would have given rise to a totally different path than entering today's saturated social media world.
We don't choose our parents, or our country of birth, or our native tongue, or our religion, or the color of our skin, or our set of diseases, or our gender. So much of the most important aspects of our lives are random, out of our control.
Judaism is my beloved religion, the family in which I thrive, the language with which I form community and pray to God. Yet, I am painfully aware that what has given my life significance is quite arbitrary. I was born in a Muslim country to a Jewish family. Why should I not believe in Islam or give up both and believe in Christianity? Why religion at all? In school, I struggled, and tried to understand different religions. But I studied science, microbiology and molecular biology. I found poetry in the motion of cells and in the order of physics. I saw God in the double helix and its twists and turns. I wanted a truth that I was not prepared to handle.
At some deeper level there is absurdity in our individual beliefs.
My truth is a product of the randomness of where I was born, as is yours. The only way to know The Truth is to love our neighbors, celebrate diversity, and find God's Face in the rainbow of truths. Each of us in only part of the answer, together completing the puzzle. In the end, no religion has meaning; it is our interaction with its teachings and our expression of those teachings in kindness that assign it significance.
C'est une vie de chien. We are really not that different, you and I- just stray dogs looking for shelter, love and our way back home.
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Hey my people,
So glad we text with our thumbs, because here I am, with my fingers in a splint. Seems I am capable of impaling my hand with a staple gun. This was no big deal when I did it, except, wow, it's strange to look at your palm and see a staple there. Very solid, too. I had to pull to get it out.
And why the emergency room? Because the finger nearest the tiny puncture wounds started to swell. With a little nagging, I agreed to go to the emergency room, where they plugged me into a Very Serious antibiotic drip.
So at least I wasn't twice-dumb.
And I sure wasn't scared of the hospital. After three bouts of cancer, I feel quite at home at Cedars.
Plus they're classy. Not one person said, A staple gun. Really? You fool.
Here's a bird with vision. See her up there? Staring down the wind, daring anybody to mess with her. I thought she just liked riding this massive cactus in the breeze. Who wouldn't? I'm getting the image of a pirate on a quarterdeck. "Faster, damn me eyes! Put every scrap of canvas on her!" Etc.
Leave it to my pragmatic partner to point out the obvious. "The bird's got a nest in there and she's protecting it." Okay. Still. It's got to be fantastic up in that penthouse of a plant. Those baby birds are going to be hard to please later in life.
We won't be here forever. Not the bird, not her babies. Not me. But just for today, what a view!]]>
Hey my people. I'm crazy about Caitlin Kiernan. Glad she got her Vinnies! Watch, weep, wonder, go forward! Love from Anne and all the rest of us Well Again's out there.
Hey my people,
Opinions please: Does a cancer diagnosis bring on DIY fever? That's how it's been for me. My temperature registers in the lower end of the spectrum, I admit: When I get a grand idea, like making a little covered hut out in the yard to house all that exercise equipment we never use, It takes all my energy to buy the list of materials. Every label has to be read and, half the time, deciphered with the help of YouTube or Wikipedia. Is it water- or oil-based? Toxic to children and animals? Long-lasting? Quick-drying? Does it require molly bolts? (I am not interested in molly bolts. The term sounds like a Revolutionary-era sexually transmitted disease.)
If you're like me, you spend a lot of time whipsawed between that cancer-survivor urge to take control of your environment and the chemo-brained reality that you are willing to exert yourself only in short bursts and then only on ideas you've already had.
I do get tired of the half-assedness that plagues all my projects. Also, it's new year's resolution time. So when my nephew-in-law, a professional tile guy, explained how to regrout the kitchen counter, I decided to Do It All the Way.
I was at it for three days, digging out all the nasty-greasy old grout in preparation for the fresh batch. Then came the rubber gloves, the cool water--not too much!--the bucket, the stirring, and, in about two minutes, the frenzied race to the finish. The instructions said to ply the tile float at a nice even pace, just ease that grout on into the crevices. Yeah, well. Not the way this stuff was drying. I wound up tearing around the counter at a dead run, raking big globs of black muck out of the bucket and stuffing it into every hole I could see.
It was like finger painting. It was fantastic.
There was collateral damage, it's true. Talk about the fog of war: There is now a thin layer of gray-black grout all over me, the floor, the dog, and the cat.
But I did it. No pile of unused supplies taking up permanent residence in a corner until I forget what they were for. No big swath of countertop left undone, with the promise to resume "next weekend," meaning "never in this lifetime."
No, for once I followed all the way through. That's what I told my nephew.
There was a brief silence on the phone. Then he asked, "You regrouted the whole kitchen?"]]>
Hey my people,
As we unwrap this gift of a new year, I find myself thinking of friends who have crossed over into some territory that I think must make this one look very poor indeed.
You can tell me there's nothing after this life. I don't believe it. I know there's more, because this segment is so nonsensical, it could only be a puzzle piece.
What do my friends know that I don't? What can they see that I can't? Don't get me wrong, I'm not itching to find out right this minute. But when the time comes, I think it's going to be like...skydiving. Hanging onto the plane, clutching grabbing shrieking and then.... OH WOW.
That's what Steve Jobs said as he crossed the threshold, according to his sister, novelist Mona Simpson. Three times: "Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow."
My years on the cancer quad haven't given me the power to understand death, but I have come this far: I bet it's the best party ever. For one thing, so many of my friends are there already. Daisy. Ben. Shannon. Allison. Sandy. Steve. Sam. Nancy. Savannah. Brit. They've moved on, but they continue to enrich my world just as surely as if we were having lunch tomorrow. They've taught me that you can be in two places at once--two times infinity, for all I know.
So: blessings to all of us this year. Wherever we are in the great continuum, there's more to come. The altitude is perfect, the moment is right. Open your eyes. Jump.
Here we are at my birthday, December 22. This is a big one. Actually, as the astute blogger Lisa Bonchek Adams points out, they're all big ones once cancer has entered your life. But this is a flip-the-decade birthday, y'all. This is me getting to say I've somehow lived thirteen years since I was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer. I've had all that time to grow, change, rant, cry, love and learn.
I haven't wanted to complain on this blog, because considering how much life I've saved up, how rich I am in memories, complaining is just bad manners. But just this once, since it's my birthday, please indulge me.
So I dropped a heavy box on my foot in September. It hurt like hell, but I figured that's what I get for cleaning out the storeroom when it's 95 degrees. Couple days later, I look down and holy crap, my foot and ankle are all swollen. Mrhuuhhh?
X-rays, orthopedic boots, hot packs; nothing broken, says the podiatrist. Once we've eliminated hairline fractures, he looks at my chart, sees that December 22 birthday approaching, and goes, ah, wink wink, at this age we don't heal as fast as we used to. This was inarguable but also, it turns out, irrelevant.
I found out I had lymphedema only after I started an exercise program at my alma mater, Cedars-Sinai. Unlike the podiatrist, the cancer folks knew what to look for when they saw my by-now-mild swelling. Thanks to their sharp eyes, I'm lucky enough to have caught my problem early.
It still sucks. I'd gone 13 years without pelvic lymph nodes, no problem. Then some idiot, probably me, packed the storeroom and neglected to post avalanche warnings. All it took was one injury, and there's cancer, up in my face yet again, delivering another of those little insults that make it such a pal even after it's in remission.
Now my leg is swathed in bandages out to here, and will remain so for the next several weeks. Then I get fitted for my new style statement, a compression garment. Excuse me, what? Yeah. A compression garment. Like Spanx for your foot, for life.
On the other hand, behold the power of words. Spanx for your foot. Doesn't sound bad when you write it, does it? Sounds like something you might buy at Macy's to complement your tankini. Maybe my compression garment will make me look svelte. Ten pounds lighter. No cankles here!
Or maybe lymphedema just sucks. Regardless, even if a compression garment is the last birthday present I'd want, it is my birthday. I made it to 60, and I'm celebrating.
Today I finally asked the rude question about exercise and cancer. Like, WHY?
I hate exercise, so, keeping in mind that cancer is a gigantic imposition on my life, why should I have to exercise too?
My friend Dr. Asher at Cedars-Sinai patiently explained, and for what felt like the first time, I listened.
Statistics show that for many people, just 130 minutes of exercise per week can decrease the risk of recurrence by 30%.
Let me repeat that in case you just went into shock. Just 130 minutes of exercise, repeated every week, could give you a 30% better shot at thumbing your nose at cancer from now on.
130 minutes. It takes me that long to catch up on Grey's Anatomy. I can get through 130 minutes of anything. If this is even a little bit true, I might -- MIGHT -- be willing to change my ways.]]>
Hey my people,
I'm just resurfacing from Rise 2013, a four-day conference with the unbelievably dynamic motivator/ businesswoman/ guru Ellie Drake, along with guest speakers like Jamie Lee Curtis and Valerie Harper and Marianne Williamson -- and about 1200 increasingly enchanted women, including me.
Driving to the LAX Marriott for the closing day, I was so jazzed that I dictated my whole Well Again philosophy into my phone. I practically wept, it was so brilliant. Unfortunately, I discovered today, the phone didn't save it. It was like one of those dreams where you wake up just before the galactic emissary tells you how to achieve world peace.
Tough blow, I have to say. But this much remains clear to me.
In 2014, we'll have Well Again meetups in California. I'll be speaking as well as writing, and I'll be reaching out to contact all of you -- everyone who's living on beyond cancer and wondering when they'll find their posse of people who understand and -- hear this -- who would be friend material anyway, because that's how cool they are.
More fun, less fear. That's how we get Well Again.
Here's the second unbelievably cool cancer-fighting viral video I told you about: "Molly's P.INK Tattoo," which came to me from upworthy.com. Click to meet Molly Ortwein, founder of P.INK.org, (P.INK as in "Personal Ink"). After her double mastectomy, Molly elected to adorn her reconstructed breasts with tattoos. Colby Butler, of Unfamous Tattoo in Miami, did the inking on two gorgeous representations of Brazilian pernambuco blossoms, reflecting Molly's love of all things Brazil.
This story so far is lovely but not groundbreaking, right? Okay, here's the groundbreaking part. Molly has gone on to found P.INK.org -- a nexus that pairs women who want to answer cancer with tattoos with tattoo artists willing to offer their time and talent to help. I hope you'll check out the P.INK Pinterest page. Maybe recommend this idea to somebody you love.
Brave women like Molly Ortwein and (previous post) Deborah Cohen are confirming what we all instinctively know: This is a momentous time in the wide world of cancer. The big C is losing its power to make us hide and talk in whispers. We're fighting cancer, and we're willing to be seen fighting cancer.
There's a fierceness cancer gives us, and although I bleeping hate the cancer, I love the fierceness.
Molly is a perfect example. She may cry here and there during this video, but she's not remotely embarrassed about that. She's planning to work those tattoos, honey. Talking about plans for her next trip to Brazil, she says with a grin: "I am so looking forward to marching my ass around the beach with no top on."
You know what? We are fighting back against the soul-killing after-effects of cancer, and we are being seen fighting back. I'm thinking about two viral videos I saw today. Both make me cry, not with sorrow, but with joy.
First came the most delightful, not to mention funky, homemade dance video, staged in the OR to Beyonce's "Get Me Bodied" by an awesome woman named Deborah Cohen and the medical team about to perform her double mastectomy. She termed it a Flash Mob and invited funky souls everywhere to join in. Here's how it went down.
Just five days after her surgery, Deborah's video has been viewed more than 6 million times on YouTube. Nearly 200,000 people have visited her CaringBridge page, and many have responded to her request to film their own "Get Me Bodied" videos and email them to her. "I picture a healing montage," she writes. "Are you with me?"
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You just made me cry... so many good memories! I remember when I leveled up high enough o pay back Slate... oh man he was never up for more then a min!
EQ1 is too old and too hard, there are alot of things that can be improved but many that should never have changed. I hate the idea of current MMOs being solo friendly... thats stupid. The who point of a massive community is to work together, not to be alone... Why play a MULTIPLAYER game alone?
Please don't take this as a flame, but this argument is old and tired. I say this because there are many things to do in a MMO, not just group and fight together. There are many ways you can co-operate with other players, without grouping. Crafting, trading, chatting ,roleplaying, etc. If I log into WoW, buy something off of the Auction House, then sell my wares on the same Auction House, then get a rogue to open my locked box and get a enchanter to put a enchant on my weapon, I have done things with other players that I could not do in a single player game. I have "played" with other players without fighting. These games are not all about fighting mobs, there are other aspects where having other players around is desireable.
I like to solo and group, but mainly I solo, because it takes time to find a group and I like to go at my own pace. Plus, I have a family and get interrupted at times and have to go AFK. The days of a diehard group centric game are over, IMHO. MMO's are a business that need subscribers and most people want to solo.
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Thief? 4?
*eyes tear up*
I won't judge you Brad, but you're missing out. At least with the first two. Which makes me wonder if 4 will be like 3, but oh well.
Pikmin was fun, too. At least when it didn't go all STUPID-RTS-A.I. on you and make everybody drown in the damned water.
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Thief 4 ?
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"Thief 4 ?agreedAwesome"
I played a bit of Pikmin but never any thief. I've always been interested in thief though so we'll see how this next one looks.
I am going to be very excited if there is a new Pikmin. And a new Thief for that matter.
Personally, I think it's just indicating that the summer is here.
More Pikimin!
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Thief 4 should be structured like Metal Age but have the camera pulled back like Deadly Shadows
Never played either of them so don't worry Brad.
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Thief is the greatest game of all time for me...if you're telling me Thief finally gets a 4th game...i'll tear up too!
if it's true, they better get the atmosphere dead on.
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Woot. Thief 4.
Oh, this reminds me. I've never play a Pikmin or Thief game before. Oops.
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I'm not a 'fan' of the Pikimin series, but I too would say that looks like a Pikimin in the grass. Sorta.
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Hell yes Pikmin 3! Never even heard of the Thief series.
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Let's just say that Thief: The Dark Project was using how much noise you were making, how fast you were going, and how well you blended in to the shadows when all you punks thought Metal Gear Solid was amazing for using vision cones. Thief is the stealth game all others try to be like at this point, at least when it comes to how the game handles detection and stuff.
I will buy a Wii just for Pikmin. I got Pikmin 2 on launch day and played it for 3 months straight.
If the Thief series is ever going to make a come back then it has to be built from the ground up, names like Warren Spector and Randy Smith are not on the list of makers anymore and they were the people who made Thief a star in its own way.
"I will buy a Wii just for Pikmin. I got Pikmin 2 on launch day and played it for 3 months straight."Then you should buy a Wii for Little King's Story.
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Thief 4... I was hoping it wouldnt end with the letdown of thief 3. The first two were pure awesomeness,
A new thief game? This better not just be a rumor...
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I think it's safe to say Pikmin 3 is very close from being shown via screens, I expect a few shots in next months Edge at the very least, and for the game to be playable at E3.
Miyamoto has a good relationship with the magazine. He drew this cover art for the 100th issue.
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Sweet. I have heard very good things about the Thief games, and Pikmin is ok as well.
I'm playing through Thief II right now. 4's announcement does not interest me as I have no reason to be confident about how they handle the franchise. The same goes for Deus Ex 3. Maybe they'll be a pleasant surprise, but I'm not letting myself get hyped over the possibilities after Invisible War and Deadly Shadows. I was extremely pleased with what they were showing of IW, then it was such a let down, yet I slowly got hyped for Thief 3 figuring they might have learnt from their mistakes. In the end, it was a marginal improvement in terms of the engine, with just as many design flaws and only barely saved from one person's work (The Cradle) which didn't really make up for the rest of the game's quality. Yay for Pikmin 3 (how do you even pronounce "Surrrrrrrrre" btw? Maybe it should say "Suuuuuuuuure" instead). Also, GoNintendo links to a different source, and that source links to another source, why credit GoNintendo as the finders?
If the next Pikmin game is dedicated to eradicating the little suckers, then I'm in.
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i hope its true thief 4 would awesome if they do make it i hope they leave garret with his original voice actor and especially pikmin 3 the first 2 were hard but i loved them to death
Played some of the first Pikmin, never played a Thief game and I wouldn't care for a new Pikmin game but I would try a new Thief game.
what the hell happened to new games? goddam
"what the hell happened to new games? goddam"Let's make it new. Combine Thief with Pikmin. Omar uses the pikmin as various tools and weapons varying from arrows for his bow to lock picks to daggers to distractions. As a distraction, omar sends out a yellow pikmin in one direction with a bomb-rock. While the no-good aliens go after the pikmin, Omar slips through the shadows, launches a pikmin right at the bomb-carrier's head creating a gorey mess for the maid to clean up. What is Omar after this time? Food? Gold? Perhaps some more pellets to feed his addiction?
No. A sword.
Seppuku time. Honor must be regained.
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Its taking forever for Pikmin 3 to come out
The original Pikmin is almost half as sexy as you, Brad, so naturally I jizz in my pants every single time I play it. It's the closest thing to a mate in your league that you could ever find.
Yes Thief 4! Oh man, shame on you brad, that first game was an amazing experience.
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Yeah pikmin 3 might make me want to get a wii too...i loved the first two and could definitely let pikmin take over my life for a while
thief 3, deadly shadows 2, or straight up thief 4? Or something else? How about just "Thief".
Thats two awesome fists of games straight to your face! Embrace the fists...EMBRACE THEM!!
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4's announcement does not interest me as I have no reason to be confident about how they handle the franchise. The same goes for Deus Ex 3. Maybe they'll be a pleasant surprise, but I'm not letting myself get hyped over the possibilities after Invisible War and Deadly Shadows.Agreed. I believe I read that the group who may be making the next Thief are the same team that is working on Deus Ex 3. Since we will see that title before Thief, I'll gauge my expectations for Thief 4 off how well the new Deus Ex plays. Just because it's being made doesn't mean the final product will be anything we want to play. I hope it will be good, but I'm not going to get excited just yet. And, there is a question of what influence new masters SquareEnix will have on the company as a whole.
Thief 4 WOOT!
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I was a huge Gamecube fan; but, I have to admit that I have never played a Pikmin game before. I am excited for Thief, too, but I have been waiting a long time now for the next big thing from Nintendo.
I played both Thief (not sure which one), and Pikmin 1 + 2, and both franchises deserve a sequel. To bad pikmin 3 will be a Wii game, which means i won´t play it...
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Nice bump, broski.
Thief is the only game seires that did true stealth justice. Pikmin was always just a simple game that was a lot of fun to play
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These comments come just over a week after McCoy fired this insult at Osi and said their feud is genuine. Of course, it's easy for LeSean to say he's done with the rivalry following a 19-17 victory. It will be interesting to see if Umenyiora is willing to move on from it or if he still thinks McCoy is a woman.
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Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Immigration Interior Enforcement Strategy's implementation is now the responsibility of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (BICE). This strategy was originally created by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). In the 1990s, INS developed a strategy to control illegal immigration across the U.S. border and a strategy to address enforcement priorities within the country's interior. In 1994, INS's Border Patrol issued a strategy to deter illegal entry. The strategy called for "prevention through deterrence"; that is, to raise the risk of being apprehended for illegal aliens to a point where they would consider it futile to try to enter. The plan called for targeting resources in a phased approach, starting first with the areas of greatest illegal activity. In 1999, the INS issued its interior enforcement strategy designed to deter illegal immigration, prevent immigration-related crimes, and remove those illegally in the United States. Historically, Congress and INS have devoted over five times more resources in terms of staff and budget on border enforcement than on interior enforcement.
INS's interior enforcement strategy was designed to address (1) the detention and removal of criminal aliens, (2) the dismantling and diminishing of alien smuggling operations, (3) community complaints about illegal immigration, (4) immigration benefit and document fraud, and (5) employers' access to undocumented workers. These components remain in the BICE strategy. INS faced numerous challenges in implementing the strategy. For example, INS lacked reliable data to determine staff needs, reliable information technology, clear and consistent guidelines and procedures for working-level staff, effective collaboration and coordination within INS and with other agencies, and appropriate performance measures to help assess program results. As BICE assumes responsibility for strategy implementation, it should consider how to address these challenges by improving resource allocation, information technology, program guidance, and performance measurement. The creation of DHS has focused attention on other challenges to implementing the strategy. For example, BICE needs to coordinate and collaborate with the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) for the timely and proper adjudication of benefit applications, and with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP) to assist in antismuggling investigations and sharing intelligence. In addition, BICE needs to assure that training and internal controls are sufficient to govern investigators' antiterrorism activities when dealing with citizens and aliens.
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Was the Mexican Revolution of 1910 a Success?
December 10, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
History and Public Policy Program
The Mexican Revolution of 1910 had dramatic effects on both Mexico and the United States that have endured to the present day. This presentation deals with its armed phase (1910-1920) and its institutional, reformist, and state-building phase (c.1920–c.1940), as well as its longer-term legacy.
Woodrow Wilson and Syngman Rhee
December 06, 2012 // 2:00pm — 3:30pm
North Korea International Documentation Project
Co-sponsored by the Syngman Rhee Institute at Yonsei University, "Woodrow Wilson and Syngman Rhee" seeks to address the Wilsonian legacy in Korea and marks the beginning of a partnership between the Wilson Center and the Syngman Rhee Institute which will result in the digitization and dissemination of the presidential papers of former South Korean president Syngman Rhee.
Andreas Papandreou: The Making of a Greek Democrat and Political Maverick
December 03, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
Global Europe Program
Greece in the 1960s produced one of Europe's arguably most controversial post-WWII politicians. Andreas Papandreou's maverick politics grew out of his conflict laden re-engagement with Greece in the 1960s. In this biography of Andreas Papandreou, the author Stan Draenos chronicles the events, struggles and ideas that defined the man's dramatic, intrigue-filled transformation from Kennedy-era modernizer to Cold War maverick.
Nuclear Statecraft: History and Strategy in America's Atomic Age
November 29, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
International Security Studies
We are at a critical juncture in world politics. Nuclear strategy and policy have risen to the top of the global policy agenda, and issues ranging from a nuclear Iran to the global zero movement are generating sharp debate. The historical origins of our contemporary nuclear world are deeply consequential for contemporary policy, but it is crucial that decisions are made on the basis of fact rather than myth and misapprehension. In Nuclear Statecraft, Francis J. Gavin challenges key elements of the widely accepted narrative about the history of the atomic age and the consequences of the nuclear revolution.
Regional Dynamics and Inter-Korean Relations, Past and Present
November 27, 2012 // 10:30am — 4:30pm
North Korea International Documentation Project
Supported by the Korean Ministry of Unification, "Regional Dynamics and Inter-Korean Relations, Past and Present" seeks to bring a broader historical perspective to current issues affecting inter-Korean relations by conveying the importance of deep historical continuities on the Korean Peninsula.
Leak: How (and Why) Mark Felt Became Deep Throat
November 26, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
History and Public Policy Program
Deep Throat, the most fabled secret source in American history, was regarded for decades as a conscientious but highly secretive whistleblower who shunned the limelight. But when the FBI's former no. 2 executive, W. Mark Felt, came forward in 2005 to claim the mantle, questions about his true motivation began to be raised. Max Holland will discuss the Deep Throat puzzle, revealing for the first time in detail why Mark Felt leaked and his inadvertent place in history. In the process, Holland will lay bare the complex and often-problematic relationship that exists between the Washington press corps and federal officials.
The Life of a Vilna Ghetto Rescuer: Reading, Writing, Remembering
November 26, 2012 // 2:30pm — 3:30pm
Global Europe Program
Julija Šukys, author of Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaitė, carefully collected, preserved, and archived the written record of the life of Ona Šimaitė. Šimaitė, a librarian at Vilnius University, used her position to aid and rescue Jews in the Vilna Ghetto.
The Remarkable Past and Present Fate of UNESCO
November 19, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
History and Public Policy Program
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural, and Communications Organization (UNESCO) grew from seeds planted during World War II and enjoyed bipartisan Congressional support as it joined the UN family in the 1940s. But controversy overtook it; the United States withdrew by 1984. It re-entered nearly twenty years later, but objecting to the agency's 2011 vote to admit the Palestinian Authority, it began extracting itself once again. Barring a political miracle, the United States will assume observer status by this time next year. What will be the consequences?
Twenty Years of Independence: Reflections on Freedom and Democracy
November 16, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Global Europe Program
This Director's Forum will feature Martin Bútora, Honorary President of the Institute for Public Affairs in Bratislava and former Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the United States (1999-2003). Ambassador Bútora will deliver the keynote address at the 13th annual Czech and Slovak Freedom Lecture.
Understanding Chinese Nationalism: Historical Memory in Chinese Politics and Foreign Relations
November 13, 2012 // 9:00am — 10:15am
Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
How did the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) not only survive but also regain the support of many Chinese citizens after the Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989? Why has popular domestic sentiment turned toward anti-Western nationalism despite the anti-dictatorship democratic movements of the 1980s? Why is there a higher possibility that the new Beijing leadership will adopt a more nationalistic foreign policy in response to domestic nationalism in spite of China benefiting most from globalization?


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There's no debate that Willie Roaf is one of the greatest offensive lineman in NFL history. The big fella played in the league for 13 years and eventually bought an insane mansion in Villa Park, California. He bought the place back in 2008 for a cool $2.15 million and ended up putting it on the market earlier this year for $2.95 million. Looks like there weren't many nibbles because he just lowered the listing price to $2.39 million. The place is huge, has ridiculous views and a pool/hot-tub combo that could get anybody laid. I mean it's got neon lights and fountains, the thing's a panty dropper. More Information On Nasty's Mansion 5 bed, 6 bath 6,500 sq. ft. sitting on 1.07 acres Billiards room complete with a wet bar Outdoor kitchen and fire pit in pool area [Buy Willie Roaf's Mansion - Realtor] [h/t Realtor] Filed under: Football, NFL
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America's luge Olympian Kate Hansen has recently become a pop sensation amongst Winter Olympic viewers. The 21-year-old Californian certainly knows how to dance. A little bit of Beyonce is enough to psych her up for competition.
"My girl, B – she just gets me fierce and I get stoked and I have to," Hansen told NBC Sports of her pre-game dance routine. "I have good mojo going on, so it's just how I roll."
She gets a 9 out of 10 from the judges here!
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Suprisingly Bigfoot actually DID win the fight, that's why he TKO'd Browne and there's that weird W on his record right now.
As far as Brown having "more skills" than anyother HW with, you're simply flatout wrong.
Browne has excellent physical attributes and alot of potential, he's big and he's agile. BUT, his striking isn't anywhere near on par with that of say Overeem or JDS or Hunt, his BJJ isn't anywhere near Werdum, Mir, Gonzaga, Big Nog or Barnett, his wrestling isn't anywhere near close to Cormier or Cain and his GNP isn't anywhere near that of Bigfoot or Fedor. So please, seriously explain to me how he's got more skills than every other HW? Are you suggesting that he is more well-rounded? Because I haven't see that from him either, the top HWs all have alot more to their games than Browne, in which his major advantage will just be size and even that will disappear against some HWs.
All I can see is that he's got alot of potential(but I'd give the bump to Stipe looking down the line) and he's a really big HW. But I've yet to see how he has somehow separated himself from the pack, hell, I've yet to see him look like a Top Ten, so exactly how does he have more skills than the rest of the divison?
With the loss to Bigfoot, I have Browne at the top of the HW prospect pack with the likes of Stipe, SDR, Herman, Jordan and Schaub(in that order). His biggest win is against Struve and he was totally flat against Kongo.
The funny thing is, while you seem to be hanging off of Browne, by devaluing Bigfoot(who is a legitimate challenger), you're just knocking down your boy Browne, making it sound like he shit the bed against some can, which is incorrect.
In future, please utilize at least one comma.
He maintained his composure and recovered really fast hardly something you ever see from someone who was nearly finished.


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I actually have two questions:
(1) Is it possible to put another image on top of an ImageButton that already has an ImageUrl set (without changing the ImageUrl - literally just add the second image 'on top')? Even by using CSS?
(2) I have a dynamically set number of ImageButtons contained within a ListView. When a user clicks on an ImageButton, I change the
.CssClass property of the one clicked in order to 'highlight' it. My question is this: whenever an ImageButton is click, I need to not only highlight it, but make sure I unhighlight all the others. However, I'm having trouble getting the others. I get the clicked ImageButton using
((ImageButton)sender).CssClass = "SelectedImageButton";
in the event handler. However, how do I get all the others so I can set their style 'back' to the unhighlighted style?
Thanks in advance for any help!
UPDATE: ANSWERED! I've solved the issue mentioned in (2) using the following algorithm. Note, I've marked @OFConsulting's answer below as the correct answer because without his algorithm, I would have never gotten the following algorithm (which came from tweaking his algorithm slightly). Thanks @OFConsulting!
// Cast the sender to an ImageButton to have the clicked ImageButton
ImageButton clickedImageButton = sender as ImageButton;
// The ListView has ListViewDataItems and the ImageButtons are in
// THOSE children controls, thus match on the ImageButtons' Parents' IDs
Control parentControl = clickedImageButton.Parent;
List<ListViewDataItem> allOtherImageButtons = MyListView.Controls.OfType<ListViewDataItem().AsQueryable().Where(i => i.ID != clickedImageButton.Parent.ID).ToList();
// Highlight
clickedImageButton.CssClass = "HighlightedStyle";
// Unhighlight
foreach (ListViewDataItem button in allOtherImageButtons)
// The ImageButton is always the 2nd child control of the ListViewDataItem
ImageButton childImageButton = (ImageButton)button.Controls[1];
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Photographer and blogger Bill Hess of Wasilla, author of "Gift of the Whale: The Inupiat Bowhead Hunt - A Sacred Tradition," was among the first to see the stranded California gray whales off Point Barrow in 1988. With the release of "Big Miracle," the Hollywood film based on the attempt to rescue the whales, Hess is scanning his photographs from the event and uploading them in a series of posts on his blog. He opens his posts with photos from the bowhead whale hunt that was just ending when the grays were spotted, then follows with a post that includes some of the first photos taken of the trapped whales.
The holes were empty when Billy [Itta] first pointed them out to me. Then, a snout rose into one, followed by that hollow, blast of a sound that a whale makes when it exhales.
Soon, another whale followed. Shortly thereafter, another. A bit later, the third - the smallest one, the tip of its snout already eroding from pushing through and scraping against the slushy ice.
After a bit, the whales moved to the other hole, and then they kept going back and forth between the two holes. It was both wonderful and horrible to witness. Wonderful, because it is always wonderful to see a whale, and to hear the hollow, blasts of their breath. Horrible, because in those breaths I heard both their desire and desperation to live - and I did not believe they had much time left to live. Their deaths could potentially be drawn out and miserable, as the slush hardened and the ice slowly enclosed over and suffocated them to death.
The best thing, it seemed to be me, would be for skilled hunters to come and quickly put them out of their misery. Yes, so far, all the hunters that I heard had agreed that these gray whales should be given some time, to see if maybe a hard wind would blow from the west and sweep the distant pressure ridge and this slush out to sea and so free the whales. If that failed, then perhaps the hunters themselves might think of something - I couldn't imagine what, but, again and again, I had been amazed at the incredible resourcefulness the hunters had shown in dealing with all kinds of challenges on their frigid ocean homeland.
Check Hess' blog, Logbook Wasilla, in coming days for more of his writing and photos from the Barrow whale rescue.


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My parents tease my toddler, sometimes don't know when to stop, calling her a "spoiled crybaby" or "she needs to learn" when they made her cry. They get mad at me for not teaching her to not throw tantrums. My in laws are the opposite. She cries or throws a fit and they baby or pamper her. They kinda of cater to whatever she wants. They get mad at me for asking to not let her do what she wants. As a mother I have mix emotions on both my parents and In-laws. I'm not sure what to do?
Oh Mom! This is tough stuff - it's that fine line between how to be tactful, stand up for what you know your child needs and still keep the relatives happy. But - you've now crossed into the world of parenting and you are now the authority. Nobody knows your child's needs better than you. Your best bet is to sit down with index cards (my technique) and write out a few notes you want to say to both sets of parents. The message needs to be strong but also kind. In a nutshell you're saying: "I know you love her, but this is what we think is best for her. Then describe the technique or strategy that you hope they will use and then add WHY you think it's important. End with, "I hope you'll support us." Ideally, your husband is with you (especially helpful when he talks to his parents). Know that Grandparents have that special privilege of being able to spoil their grandkids with love, but when it comes to discipline and parenting you rule. Go MOM!
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There is some hype about a new product....the Sharpie Liquid Pencil. This is a fun item that writes like pencil and remains eraseable for 24 hours before it becomes permanent. But wait! This sounds familiar! Matisse Derivan has been making a product called the liquid pencil. Although the Sharpie is great as an everyday writing utensil, the Matisse liquid pencil is made for artists. It comes as a fluid so you can pour it onto your palette and use a brush. In addition, there are 4 subtly shaded undertones and 2 neutral graphite shades to use. You can use brushes, pen nibs, or any other mark-making tool.The liquid pencil has a permanent and re-wettable formula. The permanent formula is water-soluble and similar to acrylic. The re-wettable formula is similar to watercolors in the sense that it can be thinned extensively with water or lifted with water. You can even use a regular eraser.Get the sheen of graphite with the behavior of paint! And make sure to watch Sterling Edwards' Free Art Lesson for a great demonstration.
Ever been in a "funk" and can't paint? If you're very serious about your painting (vs. doing it once in a while for fun) you know that "da funk" can really rattle you. Sometimes it hits you out of nowhere and sometimes it comes at other more predictable times.
Lets look at what causes it, and i'll give you some tips to get you going again. First lets look at some things that cause "da funk." One is sheer burnout. Lets say you've been working on a series of paintings or an event (like a show) that either took a long time to complete or took alot out of you (creatively and/or physically). For this symptom the remedy is to take a few days off. Sounds crazy but nothing but rest will get you jazzed again. You just dont have any steam left. Those few days off will give your Muse time to recover and when it does, it will begin to let you know by stirring those desires to paint again. Trust me, this happens to me all the time, and i think it happens to every artist (including me) just after delivering a show. There's such a feeling of let down and it can put the kabosh on your creative energy.The second thing that can zap your Muse is a personal crisis or anything else that you're thinking about as much as you used to think about finding a painting. You just have to realize that sometimes life just gets in the way. Let's say you just got a bad diagnosis from the doctor, or you're spending night and day taking care of an elderly parent. The mind doesn't have time or desire to be creative. That makes sense, right? But why are we so frustrated when it happens? We have to let these things run their course and when they do, you'll find yourself wanting to sling that paint again. Now, for a few ideas on getting that creativity jumpstarted... I've heard of still life painters going out to buy new still life props at the thrift stores, and i can see that working. Theyre getting interested in some new things to paint. As a plein air landscape painter, when i get bored i like to travel to a different city or region of the country to paint and this gets me going again. i usually do this at least four or five times a year to keep things interesting. So the next time youre not feeling it, do one of two things: 1. rest and really dont worry about it (the urge to paint will return) or 2. get up and find something that really makes your motor run, and then go paint it. And then like Jack Nicholson, you'll be saying, " I'm Baaaaccckkk!"
The members of the ChromaZones are Triangle area artists that specialize in abstract art. Each of the artists brings to the group unique qualities but all share a common goal of celebrating and promoting the Triangle area's visual arts community. The group originally came together during a charity fund raising effort and promotion of the 2009 Raleigh SPARKcon celebration.
Members of the ChromaZones are: Craig Burt, Marianne Conti Burt, Allen Clapp, Jillian Goldberg, Larry James, Sarah Mantel, Cheryl McCardle, John P. McFadden, Sys Oppenlander, Constance Pappalardo, Carol Joy Shannon, Mary Storms, Juley Striegel, Domingo Vega, and Rebecca Worters.
The ChromaZones' most recent work is a 15-piece collaborative painting that will be donated to the Aids Alliance annual art auction, "Works of Heart" 2010. The 16 x 20 canvases were donated by Jerry's Artarama, Bob Rankin designed the piece, and fifteen artists painted the individual panels to create the larger presentation.
"We know there are pros and cons to these projects - but we are having a great time doing this and last year the proceeds went 50/50 to VAE and to St. Baldric Childhood Cancer Foundation. This year we made this one and we have one more planned for VAE's "For the Love of Art" auction in February 2011.
A the moment, "Filet of Soul" is exhibited at Port City Java on Fayetteville St. in Raleigh and will stay up until the auction in October. There will be a write-up on this and The ChromaZones in the September - October issue of Artsee magazine."
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As before, there are numerous characters and story lines to keep track of. Trombonist Antoine Batiste (Wendell Pierce) takes a job teaching music to schoolkids while also putting together a hot new band, the Soul Apostles. His former wife, bar owner LaDonna (Khandi Alexander), spends much of the season suffering from the effects of a brutal assault. Chef Janette Desautel (Kim Dickens) now lives and plies her trade in Manhattan, while her former boyfriend, DJ and aspiring rapper-music exec Davis McAlary (Steve Zahn), has taken up with up-and-coming fiddler Annie Tee (Lucia Micarelli). Activist lawyer Toni Bernette (Oscar winner Melissa Leo) tries to get to the bottom of a killing that may have involved police misconduct, while daughter Sofia (India Ennenga) struggles to adapt to life without her dad, who died in the previous season. Part of the show's appeal is the fact that these folks and the others whose story lines we follow are not superheroes or world-beaters; they're just people dealing with life's daily, if not exactly ordinary, vicissitudes. But as before, it's the music that remains the show's soul and constant heartbeat, whether it's provided by regulars like Antoine, Annie, and trumpeter Delmond Lambreaux (Rob Brown), who's trying to simultaneously update and honor the traditional New Orleans sound, or guest artists including John Hiatt and Shawn Colvin. You might tune in for the writing and acting (both excellent), but in the end, it's the sounds of Treme that will keep you coming back. --Sam Graham
After visiting New Orleans, bought Treme first season, and we were hooked :-)
Great post-Katrina storyline, great music, great food. Learned a whole lot. Read more
I am a musician and I wish that I was born down there in New Orleans. What can I say?Published 23 months ago by DavewhammybarMac


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My Mexican non-adventure.... adventure.... or something like that
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Thanks to Tourmeister for hosting the TWTex BBQ. I'm glad I got to meet the folks that I did.
After leaving Scott's house I continued west, aiming for Lake Corpus Christi for another TWTexan's house to spend the night. "I'll leave the bottom floor unlocked for you." :trust:
Well, soon after leaving Huntsville, its like someone told the big boss man up stairs to paint a different landscape. I went from pineywoods to scrubby, desert-ier, terrain full of cattle and my first cactuses. What I didnt notice, while enjoying the landscape was the piece of paneling in the road.... that the car in front of me kicked up.
Kicked up, meaning, I drove through a 4ft x8ft x 1/4" piece of brown wall paneling that was standing on its side.... I didnt know what the freak that was..... I thought I might need to check my shorts after that, but I just pissed myself.:-P I didnt get a picture of this event, unfortunately.... but a couple miles down the road, i tried to use my HWY pegs. turns out i picked up a hitch-hiker... a 1ft square-ish piece I kicked it off and watched it land square across the hood the the car tailgating me... they backed off.
Then, after seeing several pieces of paneling on the road, I caught up to the source.
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Researchers in the United Kingdom have found that elderly people are more likely to be moved into a care home after spending time with their families over the Christmas holiday than at any other time. The reason? Families who live at a distance tend to spend a longer time with their elders during the holidays. After a few days together, adult children notice issues with their parents' physical or mental health that may not have been obvious during shorter visits or from telephone conversations. Some of these changes are thought to be due to chronic loneliness which can sometimes be alleviated through more in-home personal care. In other cases, the opportunity to socialize in a care home may be better fit.
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