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Definition of conceit in English:
1 [mass noun] Excessive pride in oneself: he was puffed up with conceit
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- Smugness, conceit, an arrogance which has the appearance of humility… here I can no longer reserve my hatred for these impotent writers.
- He looked at the miracle of his creation of the Khalsa and attributed it to the Khalsa, without pride or conceit.
- Indeed, conceit, arrogance, and egotism are the essentials of patriotism.
vanity, narcissism, conceitedness, self-love, self-admiration, self-adulation, self-regard, egotism, egoism, egocentricity, egomania;
pride, arrogance, hubris, boastfulness, cockiness, self-importance, immodesty;
self-satisfaction, smugness, complacency;
French amour propre
informal big-headedness, swollen-headedness, uppishness, uppitiness
literary vainglory
2An ingenious or fanciful comparison or metaphor: the idea of the wind's singing is a prime romantic conceit
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- To do so, she explores the idea of metaphoricity, transforming conceits into self-reflexive, self-questioning, and ultimately self-effacing representation.
- Those are very difficult paths to walk, to be up front about taking that stuff seriously, and not just using it as a trope or a conceit.
- He is as adept in the conceits of metaphysical poetry as he is in the tones and tunes of seventeenth-century verse; the strings upon which he strums are held taut by centuries.
image, imagery, figurative expression, metaphor, simile, trope, figure of speech;
play on words, pun, quip, witticism
2.1An artistic effect or device: the director's brilliant conceit was to film this tale in black and white
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- Shadow of the Vampire is a fictionalization of a true event, taking off from a brilliant conceit, that the director of a vampire film would hire a real vampire to play the leading role.
- Whereas Mangan's work is an echo of some pretty familiar sculptural conceits, Painting Machine seems to come from a place that's a little more contemporary.
- As a result, artists are constructing elaborate conceits to make what they produce fit into the category of a print.
2.2A fanciful notion: he is alarmed by the widespread conceit that he spent most of the 1980s drunk
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- No writer could pen a single word but for the rich humus of public domain effort with which we garden our notions and conceits.
- Some conceits concerning Scottish education are exactly that, but there has been a long-standing tradition of higher rates of participation at university which dates back to medieval times.
- ALTHOUGH IT IS an old idea, the conceit that faith can maintain its hold on the imagination only as long as there are blinkers on human vision still has considerable appeal.
idea, notion, fancy
archaic reverie
Late Middle English (in the sense 'notion', also 'quaintly decorative article'): from conceive, on the pattern of pairs such as deceive, deceit.
Words that rhyme with conceitaccrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat
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BOSTON (WOMENSENEWS)-- In any conflict between fundamental rights, courts have to balance the competing interests involved, which means neither side wins, completely.
That's what happened last week when the United States Supreme Court struck down Massachusetts' "buffer zone" law that required protesters to stand at least 35 feet away from clinics providing abortion services and other health care for women.
Then this week with the Hobby Lobby case, the Court weighed the interests of for-profit corporations against women's "compelling interest" in obtaining access to contraception and ruled that the government--not private companies--must protect that interest. Small, private corporations cannot be forced by federal law to pay for contraception if the law imposes a "substantial burden" on religious liberty and is not the "least restrictive means" available to protect women's rights.
Both these decisions give the pro-choice side new rules of engagement to consider.
In the case of the buffer zone, some critics say the decision weakens abortion rights, but in fact the Court wrote only that Massachusetts' 35-foot zone was too big; a kind of elephant-killing-a-grasshopper legal problem. It's OK for laws to restrict protesters' First Amendment rights, but laws that impose on speech in "public places" can't be more restrictive than necessary.
Thirty-five feet was more space than necessary, the Court said, because the attorney general failed to prove that anything "less restrictive" would have been inadequate. This means that a smaller zone--say 10 feet--could well be constitutional given that in a 2000 decision, the Court upheld Colorado's 8-foot "buffer zone" law. Thirty-five feet might also be acceptable but Massachusetts will need to collect the data to prove it, first.
The very nature of "balancing" rights in decisions such as this means each side gives a little to accommodate the other. But as with most things, the political rather than the human value of the interests involved usually determines where the balance is struck.
Supreme Court's Buffer Zone
For example, the Supreme Court itself is protected by a substantial "buffer zone" law that keeps protesters hundreds of feet away from the building's entrances. The Court will hear a challenge to the constitutionality of that law in September. While the zone is much larger than 35 feet, the law will likely be upheld on the theory that the marble area around the court is a slightly different type of public space from the public sidewalk outside a women's clinic. I also expect the Court to say the Supreme Court building is a "special" place worthy of "special" protections. Lucky for the Court, they get the final say on who gets "special" privileges.
Meanwhile, let's be honest about a certain imbalance in the Court's balancing act. If people held signs outside a housing project in Boston stating, "Blacks are inferior," does anyone think the Court would call it "free speech?"
Race and gender aren't always analyzed the same way in legal conflicts and sometimes racism is a more weighty concern than sexism. But in a battle of competing interests, civil rights laws are lower in the pecking order than the fundamental liberty interests of privacy and autonomy that underlie abortion rights. That means anti-abortion speech should be more "restrictable" than racist speech, but the politics of women's freedom often leads the law down irrational pathways as was reaffirmed in the bizarre Hobby Lobby decision earlier this week.
The curious part of the decision wasn't that the Court protected a religious opposition to contraception, it was that it extended that protection to the "commercial, profit-making" sector. Previously, such exceptions would only have been allowed in connection with nonprofit religious practices.
Hobby Lobby extended that idea to for-profit companies by relying on the already controversial notion of "corporate personhood." In other words, any company--whether a nonprofit religious one or not--now has a "personal" right to exercise religious freedom in a way that limits the fundamental rights of actual individuals. As with too many court decisions, only females, at least for now, will suffer the consequences. However, the ruling certainly sets the stage for corporations to use religion as an excuse to discriminate against other protected classes in society.
Let's hope a group of Wiccans soon becomes a monopoly owner of all golf-supply companies and refuses to provide coverage for Viagara. That case will get to the Supreme Court for review in about an hour and the justices will have an epiphany that overturns Hobby Lobby as the only intellectually honest way to protect men's right to erectile functioning.
Stepping Up the Game
Meanwhile, back to the buffer zone, given the political element involved, that ruling is a signal to pro-choice advocates to step up their game.
Let the speech wars begin.
By allowing protesters to be closer to clinic patients, the Court has tipped the balance against the freedom of women to obtain medical care without harassment. But the decision is hardly a major victory for the anti-choice movement. Indeed, it could be a pyrrhic victory. As noted by the Boston Herald's Margery Eagan, "buffer zones" wouldn't even be necessary if women's medical care wasn't segregated out for different treatment in highly visible locations, which may well happen because of this decision.
For now, just as women will be organizing protests, online and in public, asking consumers not to patronize Hobby Lobby stores or any of the other 50 or so businesses that filed similar suits, when anti-choice advocates say their Christian faith compels them to protest, pro-choice advocates who disagree with that message should stand right next to them with signs saying "Jesus was an illegitimate child" or some other phrase that is just as insulting as the command that women not exercise authority over their bodies.
Pro-choice advocates have a right to disagree publicly with the claim that Christianity requires women to give birth to unwanted children, just as people debate whether the Quran requires women to wear burqas.
Protesters have a right to express their belief that abortion is wrong. But they should have to tolerate insults, too. Anything that happens outside a women's clinic is, after all, in the public sphere and the United States Supreme Court says all offensive speech is protected there. I'd gladly hold a sign that says: "Some of the same priests who want to control women's bodies controlled the bodies of children they molested."
If speech is so important, and I agree with the Court that it is, then women should not be wasting time redesigning buffer zones and proposing dopey new laws to punish the harassers. They should be brave enough to fight speech with speech.


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April 20, 2005
Commercial Windows Initiative
The Commercial Windows Initiative, a project of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, works to increase the energy efficiency of windows used in small to medium-sized commercial and multi-family construction projects in the Northwest. Its goal is to dramatically increase the market share of energy-efficient commercial glazing. To do this, the initiative is working with architects, developers, window manufacturers, and utilities.


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While visiting my sister, it was requested that I make the lemon cupcakes featured on the cover of this cookbook. I omitted the orange juice and zest from the glaze, replacing it with more lemon. The glaze was my favorite part, although my sister really enjoyed the cake. The recipe is also available at Prevention.com.
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Definition of inimitable in English:
So good or unusual as to be impossible to copy; unique: they took the charts by storm with their inimitable style
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- It's written in their inimitable style and has a ton of enthusiasm.
- With his inimitable style, he started writing plays and short stories.
- The other selections are Corea originals, written in his inimitable style.
incomparable, unparalleled, unrivalled, matchless, unmatched, peerless, unequalled, unsurpassed, unsurpassable, superlative, supreme, without equal, without match, beyond compare, beyond comparison, second to none, in a class of one's own;
model, faultless, perfect, consummate, ideal, unexampled, nonpareil
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- With its imminent departure from the scene and the rise of a digital photography - combining disposable immediacy but dispensing with tactile inimitability - the time has come for a re-evaluation of the Polaroid snapshot.
- The other view was that the inimitability of the Koran was intrinsic: its literary perfection was such that no one on earth could hope to imitate it.
- Perhaps, keeping with the inimitability of the man's life and work, this is only appropriate.
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- He wrote one inimitably brilliant work, one wryly enjoyable one, some amusing pieces, and everything else is admirable but largely unreadable.
- He was a deadly mimic, and learned to phrase inimitably from blues and soul, though his voice was often ridiculed; his guitar skills, like Guthrie's, varied from painfully rudimentary to quite accomplished.
- The medieval painters who beautified the island's thousands of churches with frescoes and iconic pictures had their own earthy, realistic and inimitably Cretan style, warmly humorous yet extremely devout.
Late 15th century: from French, or from Latin inimitabilis, from in- 'not' + imitabilis (from imitari 'imitate').
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Alden's School of Cosmetology is a school that offers education and training in the beauty industry for residents of Baker, Louisiana. Alden's School of Cosmetology is accredited by the National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, having held that accreditation for the last seven years. The primary program offered by Alden's School of Cosmetology is in cosmetology, which trains individuals with the skills and education needed to obtain licensure and seek out gainful employment after graduation. The cosmetology courses that are offered at this location are:
Alden's School of Cosmetology graduates about twenty-one students per year, with about 9% of students who start the program continue on to complete it.
Alden's School of Cosmetology provides student services in the form of job placement opportunities for students looking for work and cosmetology career guidance & assistance to help students. Local and state licensing procedures may vary, and as such it is suggested students lookup obtaining a license in cosmetology. For additional information regarding licensing and consumer disclosures, interested individuals may visit the school's website.
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Welcome to NMAP
A Climate Debate Imbalance?
The HBO comedy show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver made a mockery of media false balance in its climate science coverage. Oliver was also interviewed on the science podcast Inquiring Minds, and host Chris Mooney noted:
"I feel like they said in 4 minutes something I've been saying for 10 years with like tens or hundreds of thousands of words; what they said was that there's no debate over global warming, so to have these 'balanced' 1-on-1 TV debates is just preposterous."
Citing the 97% expert consensus result from a paper published
last year, John Oliver illustrates what a statistically representative
climate change debate should look like.
Project Announcements
NEW: NMAP is working GeoLive at UBC to develop an interactive map tool that can be used by communities and individuals in Canada to outline how climate change is affecting their community. The web-based map will be launched in the Fall of 2015.
Many analyses of change and impacts emphasize quantitative information -- often presented at a broad scale. The new NMAP map tool will provide a unique site where the focus is on the stories, images and experiences provided by individuals and communities. This will help build an understanding of the reality of climate change and what it means at the local scale.
An outline of the initiative will be provided by Kevin Hanna and Jon Corbett (from UBC) at the 2015 Resilient Cities Conference in Bonn. Click here to see the presentation (a pdf document).
Research of note
A reassessment of historical data and methodology by US research body
debunks 'hiatus' hypothesis used by sceptics to undermine climate
science The report "Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability; April 2014", by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that ice caps are melting, sea ice in the Arctic is collapsing, water supplies are .under stress, heat waves and heavy rains are intensifying, coral reefs are dying, and many fish and other creatures are migrating toward the poles, or in some cases going extinct.
Some of the most extreme predictions of global warming are unlikely to materialize, new scientific research published in Nature Geoscience has suggested, but the world is still likely to be in for a temperature rise of double that regarded as safe. That would still lead to catastrophe across large swaths of the Earth. Click here to see the Guardian article.
The MC3 project has published a set of best practice case studies in community and local government actions for climate change.Click here to visit the MC3 website.
CO2 emissions rises mean dangerous climate change now almost certain. Research by the Global Carbon Project says emissions growth placing world on path to warm between 4 and 6C.
NMAP's Work
Climate change has become the chief global environmental issue. The climate change discussion has grown from accepting the science and thinking about attenuation to acknowledging that we now have to adapt and plan for environmental change. We need to adapt to new and changing conditions.
The adaptation imperative requires new and novel approaches to planning and infrastructure development and it requires leadership and innovation in governance. Local governments are often most responsible for infrastructure and land use planning and will play a central role in shaping the response to adaptation.
In Canada leadership on adaptation issues increasingly comes from local governments.
There is a growing acknowledgement that adaptation and resiliency strategies developed and implemented at the local level are essential for supporting sustainable infrastructure, adaptive land use planning, and the continued provision of the broad range of services that local governments supply.
Canadian local governments are on the frontline of the adaptation and resiliency imperative, but are they planning for change? There is a need for research that not only provides an image of what local governments are doing, but also identifies requirements, options and planning strategies. NMAP works to help address these gaps.
The need is for research that not only provides an image of the present situation, but also identifies the requirements of local governments, planning options and policy strategies. The National Municipal Adaptation Project works to develop research that does this.
The need for planning
Our view of planning is comprehensive – we see it as the core activity in local decision-making about how to best provide and support the physical systems that support community economic, social and environmental public services. We also see it as a strategic activity that is ideally inclusive, proactive and interdisciplinary.
NMAP is working to assess the state of planning for adaptation and resiliency in Canadian local governments, develop case studies, and generate applied knowledge for advancing community adaptation planning. In Canada there are a range of organizations and government agencies that are addressing different aspects of adaptation and developing examples and guidelines. Our approach is to develop a comprehensive image of the state of planning and the needs of local governments.
Learning about climate change
The New York Times has posted a series of articles about climate change. The series, titled 'Temperature Rising', may be accessed by clicking here.
Featured Videos
The rapid transition from a society of individual fishermen and hunters to an economy supported by corporate mining raises difficult questions. How would Greenland's insular settlements tolerate an influx of thousands of Polish or Chinese construction workers, as has been proposed? Will mining despoil a natural environment essential to Greenland's national identity — the whales and seals, the silent icy fjords, and mythic polar bears? Can fishermen reinvent themselves as miners? Click here to see the slide presentation from the New York Times.
From the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to this June's conference, how has the UN summit process evolved? Sustainability pioneers reflect on the shift of focus from the environment to sustainable development and discuss how business has become an essential element. Click here to see the video, posted on the Guardian website
Canada has withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol. The Canadian environment minister said that Kyoto did not represent the way forward for Canada. Canada, Japan and Russia have said they would not accept new Kyoto commitments. Click here to see the video, posted on the Guardian website
UN climate talks ended with an agreement to work towards a legally enforceable deal, covering all countries, to take effect by 2020. Management of a fund for climate aid to poor countries has also been agreed, though how to raise the money has not. Click here to see the video, posted on the BBC website
Researchers in Chile have released time-lapse footage of the dramatic retreat of a glacier in Patagonia. The footage, which shows a yearly cycle of the Jorge Montt Glacier, demonstrates that the glacier is melting - at a rate the scientists say is faster than any other in Chile. Click here to see the video, posted on the BBC website.
Image above: Many parts of the Vancouver are region are at risk for flooding. A key adaptation planning need for many Canadian communities is the development of 'adaptation infrastructure' and resiliency plans for higher water, and more frequent high water events.
Adaptation News 2015
Canada has agreed to a G7 commitment to
deep cuts in carbon emissions by 2050 — with an eventual stop in the use of
fossil fuels by the end of the century. But Canada and Japan blocked attempts
at a stronger statement on binding greenhouse gas reduction targets, according
to The Canadian Press sources who saw a working draft of the G7 communiqué,
which was released today after the two-day summit in Germany. "We emphasize that deep cuts in global
greenhouse gas emissions are required with a decarbonization of the global
economy over the course of this century." (G7 statement). The call to put
energy sectors on a low-carbon footing has serious implications for Canada's
greenhouse-gas-emitting oilsands. From the CBC.
Canada's Prime Minister faces international criticism on the country's climate change polices as he heads to a G7 meeting in Germany. Canada is being publicly blasted as a climate laggard in a report co-authored by former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, while the Canadian government's chief climate negotiator fielded skeptical questions about Canada's greenhouse-gas reduction policies at a UN climate conference in Bonn. From the CBC.
Scientists have long labored to explain what appeared to be a slowdown in global warming
that began at the start of this century as, at the same time,
heat-trapping emissions of carbon dioxide were soaring. The slowdown,
sometimes inaccurately described as a halt or hiatus, became a major
talking point for people critical of climate science. Now, new research suggests the whole thing may have been based on incorrect data. From the NYT.
Canada announces new targets that would cut carbon emission up to 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. But are the oil sands part of the cuts? The Environment Minister encounters problems explaining the policy From the CBC
Norway's parliament has formally endorsed the move to sell off coal
investments from its $900bn sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest. It is the largest fossil fuel divestment yet, affecting 122 companies
across the world, and marking a new success for the fast-growing and UN-backed climate change campaign. A new analysis said the fund would sell off over $8bn (£5bn) of coal-related investments as a result. From the Guardian.
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We select links that are relevant to adaptation planning and related climate change or local government planning activities. We do not link to external sites in return for remuneration or any other consideration in kind. We link to sites based on content merit.
These are free to access, but users may sometimes be asked to register or subscribe before viewing some content. Some sites may require registration and a fee after viewing a certain number of articles. External links on this page are selected and reviewed when the page is published. We do not produce them or maintain them. We do not necessarily endorse services. views or information they provide.
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A Quote by William Butler Yeats on belief, life, and soul
The mystical life is the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write. . . . I have always considered myself a voice of what I believe to be a greater renaissance - the revolt of the soul against the intellect.
Source: Letter to author Laurence Housman (23 July 1892)
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Horse show performers get housing help
The performers of Valitar, the equine-human show canceled last week at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, will not be stranded when the lease on their apartments expires Friday.
Several Del Mar hotels will provide rooms for the nearly two dozen performers, who plan to participate in benefit shows in early December, said Linda Holst, a spokeswoman for the new show.
"We are very grateful that the hotels will donate the rooms free of charge," Holst said.
The producers of Valitar, Mark and Tatyana Remley, pulled the plug on the production Nov. 21 citing slow ticket sales. The performers said they had not been paid in three weeks and were left stranded in South Bay apartments arranged by the producers.
The production that premiered two weeks ago involved about 55 horses and 25 performers in a 45,000-square-foot red and black tent that seats 2,200 people.
The benefit show scheduled for Dec. 8 will be produced by Valitar's director, Sylvia Zerbini. The show, called Sylvia Zerbini's Leberte, will be staged at the Del Mar Fairgrounds Arena.
"Liberte is a show that expresses sensitivity, a story of friendships, instincts and good luck," Zerbini said in a statement.
If the 1,300 seats for the first show sell out, a second show could be added Dec. 9, Holst said. If both shows sell out, a third show may be added on Dec. 7, she said.
Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through the fairgrounds box office and Ticketmaster. Each paid admission will also get a free ticket to the 2013 San Diego County Fair, said Linda Zweig, spokeswoman for the fairgrounds.
Proceeds from the show will be used to pay the performers, help transport the horses owned by the performers back home and other expenses. Prices are $100 and $75 for box seats and $35 for grandstand seats.


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Hi All,
I have a SUN E4500 machine which has its two internal hard disks mirrored
via Veritas. One of them has failed. Now when I replace it I will have to
synchronize data from its mirror explicitly or will it happen behind the
scenes through Veritas?
Also I have a SUN A5200 disk array attached to the SUN E4500 server. This
disk array has RAID 1-0 implemented via Veritas on its disks. One of the
disks has failed. After replacing with a new disk will synchronization with
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FATF Ends Monitoring of Nigeria, Morocco
The Financial Action Task Force said late Friday it removed Nigeria and Morocco from its list of countries subject to monitoring over anti-money laundering and terrorism financing regulations.
The FATF said in a statement that it "congratulates" the two countries for the significant progress they made in addressing deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and terrorism-financing regimes.
The FATF, an international body that sets standards on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing policy, met in Paris last week for the first time since Russia's Vladimir Nechaev assumed the presidency.
Countries that fail to implement FATF recommendations run the risk of being labeled as high-risk or uncooperative jurisdictions, thereby making it more costly and difficult for those nations to do business with the banking systems of the body's member states, which include the U.S. and U.K.
Stephen Oronsaye, who headed Nigeria's delegation to the FATF, was quoted in Nigerian media as saying the country — and companies from there — are free from the repercussions of being on the gray list.
"It is expected that there will be great reduction in the costs and time line of financial transactions between individuals and institutions between Nigeria and other countries," Mr. Oronsaye was quoted as saying.
The FATF also said Mongolia, on the gray list, isn't making sufficient progress addressing its deficiencies. If Mongolia doesn't take action by February 2014, the FATF will drop it to the dark-gray list, or identify it as "being out of compliance" with its action plan.
Algeria made the drop, according to the FATF statements, to the dark-gray list on Friday from the gray list it was on in June.
Antigua and Barbuda, however, moved up to the "improving" list, from the "not making sufficient progress" list. It "made significant progress" on its plans to fight money laundering and terrorism finance, the FATF said Friday.
Russia and New Zealand, both of which were torched last week by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development for insufficient efforts to fight bribery, were praised by the FATF for improving their anti-money laundering and terrorism financing regimes. The FATF said it removed both countries from its "regular follow-up" list.
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Community Breast Care, the leading accredited breast health center serving the Central Indiana area, provides the most fully comprehensive breast care services and compassionate state-of-the-art care. Our program includes breast surgery, radiation and medical oncology services, plastic and reconstructive surgery, genetic counseling, physical therapy and survivorship support.
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State-of-the-art diagnostic services available to diagnose and treat benign and malignant breast disease include breast MRI, mammography, breast sonography/ultrasound, biopsy, ductography and more. Tests are conducted at our Breast Diagnostic Centers utilizing state-of-the-art technology and equipment operated by licensed, certified or registered technical staff who function under the direct supervision of our physicians and radiologists. All tests are interpreted by our radiologists.
We offer 3D mammography, a revolutionary new screening and diagnostic tool designed for early breast cancer detection that can be done in conjunction with a traditional 2D digital mammogram.
A computer produces a 3D image of your breast tissue in one millimeter slices, providing greater visibility for the radiologist to see breast tissue detail. They can scroll through images of your entire breast like pages of a book. The additional 3D images make it possible for a radiologist to gain a better understanding of your breast tissue during screening and provide a more confident assessment. It also means there is less chance your doctor will call you back later for a 'second look'.
Community now offers 3D mammography, a revolutionary new screening and diagnostic tool designed for early breast cancer detection. This is a four-view digital mammogram, which includes two views of the left breast and two of the right. This exam takes approximately 10 minutes after which time you will be able to leave. Prior to the radiologist reading your films, they will be run through our Computer Aided Detection (CAD) system. CAD is a computer that highlights or marks particular areas of concern that the radiologist may want to review a second time. This does not replace the radiologist reading. Your films will be read by a breast radiologist either that same day or the next morning. If there is a suspicious area, one of our radiology staff members will contact you to schedule additional imaging. If your mammogram appears stable, you will receive a result letter within one week.
Community now offers 3D mammography, a revolutionary new screening and diagnostic tool designed for early breast cancer detection. A diagnostic mammogram is scheduled when you are experiencing a new problem, or have had a recent abnormal mammogram or a personal history of breast cancer. The digital mammogram is taken the same way as a routine mammogram; however, additional or special views may be taken as well. These films will be read by a breast radiologist immediately and your results will be given to you at the time of your visit. If ultrasound or additional imaging is needed, it will also be done at that time.
Breast ultrasound is a painless test in which sound waves are used to visualize the internal structures of the breast. Images are created by the sound waves, to help identify fluid filled cysts or solid nodules (solid lumps). Ultrasound is not currently felt to be appropriate as a screening exam for breast cancer, so it is not routinely performed for all patients. However, it is a valuable diagnostic test used in evaluating possible breast abnormalities questioned during mammography, breast MRI, physical exam, or breast self exam. Ultrasound is generally used after mammography, and it is only used before or in place of mammography in certain cases, such as very young patients or pregnant women.
Breast ultrasound is performed with the patient lying on an exam table. Gel is applied to the skin to allow transmission of sound waves. We evaluate the specific area of possible abnormality questioned on the mammogram or MRI, or the area of a lump that can be felt by you or your doctor. The results of a breast ultrasound exam will be correlated with your other test results, and explained to you before you leave the office.
Remember that you cannot be sure if a new breast lump is a cyst by the way it feels, so it is important to report any new or persistent breast lump to your doctor.
Breast MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, uses a magnetic field to provide three-dimensional images of the breasts. Breast MRI is used as a screening tool for breast cancer for high-risk women (in combination with mammograms or other imaging tests), or to determine the extent of cancer found in a biopsy. During a breast MRI, the patient lies on her stomach and the breasts are positioned through special round openings in the table. A contrast agent (dye) is used to show the areas of concern more clearly. If the MRI is being done to evaluate for breast cancer, an IV is started before the exam. Breast MRI remains generally accepted as a screening tool only, and is not commonly performed as part of an initial diagnostic evaluation of a clinical (physical exam) or mammographic finding.
This is done using an ultrasound probe placed on the breast. A patient lies on her back or side while the ultrasound probe is used to locate the cyst. The area of concern is numbed using local anesthetic and a small needle is inserted directly into the cyst to withdraw fluid. If fluid cannot be obtained, the procedure will be turned into a core biopsy.
This is done using ultrasound guidance or by palpation. The area of concern is numbed using local anesthetic and a small incision is made. Using a needle, tissue samples are removed from the area. It is recommended that we get six adequate samples of tissue. The samples are then put in a solution and sent to pathology. You will receive your results in 2 to 3 business days.
This is done using ultrasound guidance or by palpation. The area of concern is numbed using local anesthetic and then, using a very small needle, cells are withdrawn from the area. These cells are put onto slides and sent off to pathology. You will receive your results in 2 to 3 business days.
A stereo biopsy is done using mammographic guidance. This is a more complex procedure that takes approximately 1 to 2 hours. At Community Breast Care, patients are offered the option of having this procedure done in a prone (lying on stomach) or upright (sitting in chair) position. Once you are in position, your breast will be held in place with light compression. X-rays will be taken to verify the location of the area to be sampled. Once the area is confirmed, it will be numbed using local anesthetic. A small incision will be made, through which a biopsy needle will be inserted. Specimens will then be taken. You may feel pressure during this time; however, you should not feel any sharp pain. Once an adequate specimen is obtained, a small titanium clip may be placed in the area through the already placed needle. If the area of concern proves to be abnormal or cancer, this clip will mark the area that needs to be excised. If it is benign, this clip can stay in your breast. You will never be able to feel it and it causes no harm to your body. A mammogram will be performed after the clip placement, which will document the location of the clip. You will receive your results in 2 to 3 business days.
A ductogram (also called a galactogram) is a specialized imaging procedure used to look at breast milk ducts to diagnose breast cancer or other conditions such as nipple discharge, papillomas or fibrocystic changes. During a ductogram, a patient lies on her back with arms above her head. The radiologist will find the duct (usually through discharge) and insert a small catheter into the duct. A contrast agent (dye) is injected through the catheter and a mammogram is taken to look at the insides of the milk duct. This exam is generally only done for bloody or clear discharge in a nipple when mammogram is otherwise normal.
If you are scheduled for surgery, it may be necessary for you to have a needle localization (needle loc). This is done the day of your surgery. A needle loc can be done using mammographic or ultrasound guidance depending on which imaging modality can best visualize the abnormality.
Sentinel lymph node biopsy is a procedure that identifies the first (sentinel) node or nodes that receive lymphatic fluid from a cancerous tumor, thus identifying the dominant drainage pattern. Tumors may drain to different node chains in the breast, according to the position of the tumor. This procedure identifies the nodes most likely to show whether or not the cancer has spread from the original tumor. Prior to the procedure the area around the areola will be injected with dyes that will be used to map out and identify the sentinel lymph node. The first dye is usually injected one to two hours before surgery, the second dye at the time of surgery. Or, in some cases, both dyes will be injected at the time of surgery. During the procedure, a hand-held detection probe is used to identify the area of greatest dye uptake guiding the surgeon to the lymph node(s) that drains the tumor. An incision will be made and the identified single node (or nodes) is removed. Once the sentinel lymph node (or nodes) is removed, depending on your diagnosis, the preliminary pathology review may take place at the time of your surgery or after your surgery is complete. If cancer cells are present, more lymph nodes may be removed.
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The Indian automobile industry is treading a rough patch. While the recent hike in petroleum prices has already begun to impact sales of petrol-driven vehicles, the government's latest proposal to increase the levy of excise duty on diesel vehicles could further ruin the case for automobile manufacturers.
The combined vehicle sales of listed automobile manufacturers have declined by more than 1% over the past one month from April 2012 to May 2012.


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"My style is very eclectic. I've picked up things from all the places I've visited and lived around the world."
Before 23-year-old Nikki Reed became the inscrutable, beautiful vampire Rosalie in the Twilight movies—the fourth in the series, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, opened November 18—she played another frightening creature: an American teenager, in the indie film Thirteen, which she cowrote. Yet all the brooding films can't cloud Reed's sunny side. She hikes almost daily with her German shepherd, Enzo; is over the moon about her recent marriage to American Idol finalist Paul McDonald, 27, this fall; and feeds Twitter @NikkiReed_I_Am with a constant stream of congeniality. Her personal style is equally effervescent, a quintessential Californian brew of chic and relaxed, which made Reed a perfect fit for the laid-back glamour of this year's holiday looks. Keep the merriment on high, and ring in 2012 Nikki-style.
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"My hairstyle here has a little Rosalie to it. Yeah, this look is definitely her. It reminds me of flashbacks we did in Eclipse."
An art deco frock is fresh, not costumey, in cream instead of standard black. A pearly hue has party-through-the-seasons appeal (it's light enough for summer), as does the dropped waist, which you'll be seeing in spring collections. (You heard it here first!) No matter the time of year, the generous cut and short hem allow modern flapper girls to break out the moves.
Dress, Anna Sui, $480. Necklace, Venessa Arizaga, $295. Pink and green bracelets, M.C.L by Matthew Campbell Laurenza, $2,205 each. Star bracelet, KumKum, $490
"I quit smoking two years ago, which is my biggest accomplishment. When you do that, your whole lifestyle changes, like the places you want to go to eat or the people you surround yourself with. I started exercising and I hike almost every day with my dog. It's incredible."
Jumpsuit, BCBG Max Azria, $218. Earrings, Juicy Couture, $68. Belt, AmiClubwear, $17. Bangles, M.C.L by Matthew Campbell Laurenza, $1,400 to $1,845 each. Bag, JimmyChoo, $595
"I wore a Marchesa dress to the Eclipse premiere that was very similar to this one!"
Playing it safe is best left for the other 364 nights of the year. For a New Year's Eve bash, go wild with a dress that showcases the season's most fun trend: feathers! You'll stand out from the flock tastefully by sticking to neutral colors like champagne and gold. (This dress in red would be over-the-top!)
Dress, Haute Hippie, $1,195. Earrings, Dannijo, $295. Wide bracelet, Marc by Marc Jacobs, $98. Narrow bracelet, Joomi Lim, $184
"Rosalie and I have such different color palettes that work with us. Rosalie's blonde hair and fair skin work really well with pastel-y colors, whereas I tend to not wear those colors. I wear harder colors."
A T-shirt dress for cocktail hour? When cut from a luxe fabric, such as velvet, sure! Simple, striking burnout stars are proof that you don't have to wear a skintight dress to be sexy.
Dress, Sonia by Sonia Rykiel, $395. Earrings, Steve Madden, $18. Bangle, Kate Spade New York, $178
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"At first, they were very secretive about our costumes for the wedding scene [in Breaking Dawn], but they were very glamourous."
Sequins, a holiday staple, are taking on a new ease, adorning soft, stretchy fabrics that move with you (no bunching). You'll want to wear your "party" dress everywhere, even the beach! A black back ensures this number—a steal at $110—keeps you looking as slim from behind as you are sparkly from the front.
Dress, Topshop, $110. Earrings, Dannijo, $295. Bracelet, Rebekah Price, $230
"I love this dress because I can sit cross-legged in it and just relax. If I can do that, I'm happy!"
To strike a balance between comfort and glam, opt for a roomy cut like this caftan-esque dress. Embellishments signal you're in a celebratory mood. For finishing touches, affix a glimmery hair band—we adore this stretchy one (no "headband headache")—and dress up digits with glittery polish. (Reed added some sparkle of her own: her engagement ring!)
Dress, Suno, $681. Headband, Dauphines of New York, $128. Cuffs, BaubleBar, $24 each
"I was worried I was going to fly away in this dress while jumping up and down and that the feathers would come to life and then I'd have no dress!"
"The Cullen family tries to be a little more modern with their clothes. Ashley [Greene, who plays Alice], Elizabeth [Reaser, who plays Esme] and I were always trying to grab some pieces from the 1920s and 1930s. Although in theory that was right, it made us stand out too much, so we had to stick with wearing modern-day clothes."
"Rosalie is more concerned with her hair and makeup and how people view her than she is about the most perfect little charm on her necklace. Alice cares more about the details than Rosalie does."
"At some point I'd like to have a jewelry line. The last place I lived was Greece so I got really into the evil eye. It'd be cool to get an evil eye tattoo on my outer wrist."
Hair, Kristin Ess; makeup, Amy Oresman for Neutrogena; manicure, Kimmie Kyees for Elegant Touch; grooming, Sunnie Brook for Redken; prop styling, Steve Halterman. See Get-It Guide.
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We were intrigued by the implications of a new body of research summarized by New York Times health correspondent Tara Parker-Pope in her Well blog.
As she wrote, ... giving ourselves a break and accepting our imperfections may be the first step toward better health. People who score high on tests of self-compassion have less depression and anxiety, and tend to be happier and more optimistic ... self-compassion can even influence how much we eat and may help some people lose weight.
Her article focused on research by Kristin Neff, Ph.D., of the University of Texas, and summarized a controlled trial from Wake Forest University, which found that planting self-forgiving notions in the minds of female college students reduced their junk-food consumption.
Prompted by Parker-Popes blog post, we searched the literature, and uncovered additional relevant research published four years ago by Duke University researchers (Leary MR et al. 2007).
The Duke team investigated the thinking and emotional processes by which people with self-compassionate attitudes deal with unpleasant life events.
(The term self-compassion refers to people who forgive their own shortcomings, and tend not to beat up on themselves.)
The five Duke studies grouped participants according to their attitudes toward themselves, then evaluated their behavior in various contexts:
Reports on negative events in their daily lives
Responses to hypothetical scenarios
Reactions to interpersonal feedback
Rating their or others' videotaped performances in an awkward situation
Reflecting on negative personal experiences
The results showed that people with self-compassionate attitudes had resilient reactions to negative events that buffered them against negative self-feelings when imagining distressing social events.
When notions of self-compassion were planted in the minds of participants who ranked low in self-esteem, this intervention seemed to moderate negative emotions in response to ambivalent feedback from other people.
People who ranked low in self-compassion undervalued their videotaped performances, compared with the perceptions of those performances by objective observers.
Finally, when people were unknowingly nudged toward having a more self-compassionate perspective, they were more likely to acknowledge their role in negative events without feeling overwhelmed with negative emotions.
The Duke team concluded that feeling kindly toward yourself is more psychologically beneficial than holding yourself in high regard:
In general, these studies suggest that self-compassion attenuates people's reactions to negative events in ways that are distinct from and, in some cases, more beneficial than self-esteem.
To read the full New York Times story, see Go Easy on Yourself, a New Wave of Research Urges.
Leary MR, Tate EB, Adams CE, Allen AB, Hancock J. Self-compassion and reactions to unpleasant self-relevant events: the implications of treating oneself kindly. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2007 May;92(5):887-904.
Neff KD, Vonk R. Self-compassion versus global self-esteem: two different ways of relating to oneself. J Pers. 2009 Feb;77(1):23-50. Epub 2008 Nov 28.
Parker-Pope T. Go Easy on Yourself, a New Wave of Research Urges. The New York Times. February 28, 2011. Accessed at http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/28/go-easy-on-yourself-a-new-wave-of-research-urges/


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Black Hairstyles for Round Faces
There's nothing you can do to get long hair within a day, a week or a month. Unless you intend to add extension while waiting for your hair to grow long again. Therefore, for those of you who have long hair and want short hair. You must think first before heading to the salon, or you will regret later. But if you want to completely change your appearance, you could try a little piece without harsu short cuts and you can also change the color of your hair, it will be a big factor to make you different from before. However, you also have to consider your face shape.
Besides face shape, hair type and volume must also be considered when looking for a black hairstyles for round faces. You could try a piece of medium length cut with bangs or layered. Instead of choosing to cut hair with straight bangs, heavy or none at all, the best hairstyles for round face that you have to go for one with layered bangs. Do you have long hair or medium length, layered cut bangs will draw attention upward, giving you more in-depth round face.
If you do not want to sport bangs at all, the best hairstyles for round faces that you can go to reach far beyond the shoulder, and parted in the center. Center partition will frame your face and extends a little more. You can wear this style ultra-straight, sleek, wavy or curly. If you want a haircut like Rihana, you can try extending bob cut that will make your round face frame to slightly oval.
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BRIDGEPORT - West Virginia must do more to encourage women to seek employment in non-traditional occupations, says Janis Gunel, executive director of West Virginia Women Work.
Gunel spoke Tuesday to the state Legislature's Equal Pay Commission in Bridgeport.
Gunel said technical programs in the state tend to segregate students and do little to encourage women to seek employment in areas such as construction and trades, like carpentry and electrical jobs.
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Janis Gunel, executive director of West Virginia Women Work, spoke Tuesday to the state Legislature's Equal Pay Commission about Step-Up for Women, a program designed to train adult women for jobs in construction.
The Step-Up for Women program, which has locations in Morgantown, Martinsburg and Charleston, offers free 11-week classes for women to receive training in those fields.
"The overall goal of our program is to help adult women get entry-level jobs in construction," Gunel said. "Many of them are single parents. Many are heads of household. About 60-70 percent have incomes under $10,000 when they start the program. About 90 percent have incomes under $25,000."
Gunel said the program has an 80-90 percent placement rate, and starting jobs are usually $12 an hour or more.
The students who take the class are highly motivated, and instructors inspect them to not only learn the trade but also to show they are actively pursuing a job in the area they've chosen, she said.
"In order to graduate they have to show us they've done work," she said. "They can't just sit there and take the class."
Gunel said for the program itself, the biggest hurdle is money.
"That's the big question: the funding," she said.
The program is funded partly by state and federal grants and a small amount of money from the West Virginia Department of Education for gender equality in vocational programs. But Gunel said the classes themselves can be expensive due to the cost of materials, travel and teachers. Students, however, do not pay tuition, which is part of the draw of the program.
"We estimate it costs us about $4,500 per student to put them through this training," she said.
Gunel said she is actively pursuing business and community partnerships for the program and several legislators offered to help the program reach out to possible areas of funding.
Those interested can find more information on the program through facebook.com/stepupforwomen and can apply online at wvwomenwork.org/stepup.


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In a quiet area of Milan, Hotel Piola 2 stars awaits you in welcoming interiors, a few minutes away from Corso Buenos Aires and the historical city center, near the public transport stops.
Comfortable and just recently renovate, our hotel is easily reached from the Central Station and from the bypass, ideal for those headed for the Carlo Besta Institute or the Milan Polytechnic.
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Enhanced-Use Development at the Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, New York
Notice Of Designation And Notice Of Intent To Execute An Enhanced Use Lease.
The Acting secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is designating the Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, New York, as a site for Enhanced-Use lease development. VA intends to execute an Enhanced-Use lease of 2.5 acres to the Renaissance Corporation of America for construction of a 1,220-space parking garage.
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Jake Gallun, Portfolio Manager, Asset and Enterprise Development Service (181B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 565-4307.
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38 U.S.C. Sec. 8161, et seq., specifically provides that the Secretary may enter into an Enhanced-Use lease, if the Secretary determines that at least part of the use of the property under the lease will be to provide appropriate space for an activity contributing to the mission of the Department; the lease will not be inconsistent with and will not adversely affect the mission of the Department; and the lease will enhance the property. The project meets these requirements.
Dated: December 20, 2000.
Hershel W. Gober,
Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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The company was founded by Max Brockhaus (1867-1957) in 1893. Early that year, he acquired the catalogs of Hermann Brockhaus Haesse, Edward Wedl, and part of the catalog of Joseph Roth. Several operas have been added to his catalog, including Der arme Heinrich. In 1976 the company was merged with the Bonn publisher, Joachim von Roebel (1945-2004). In 2006 there was a major revision to the company that resulted in several reprints of public domain works.
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M.B ###. Some works, presumably taken over from Edward Wedl are marked E.W.W.N.##, as here.
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Some of the worst tragedies in the world were born out of good intentions, and some of the most beautiful works of art and music were born from darkness.
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Hamas says that after Friday it will not recognize Mahmoud Abbas as the Palestinian president, but says its top priority is the Gaza situation.
Maan news reported that a senior official in Hamas' political wing, Musa Abu Marzouq, said in an interview with Sawt al-Aqsa radio in Gaza, that Abbas' rule will no longer be legal under Palestinian law.
"The president's term ends today (Friday). (Because) we are living under exceptional circumstances, Hamas should set up other priorities, it has to put all internal differences aside to confront the offensive."
Abbas and the Palestinian Authority have not yet commented on the issue.
The Israeli offensive in Gaza has overshadowed the internal strife between Hamas and Fatah, but tensions remain.
Hamas won parliamentary elections in 2006 but Abbas then fired Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh's unity government after Hamas seized power in the Gaza Strip in June 2007. Hamas won the election, with 74 seats to the ruling-Fatah's 45, providing Hamas with the majority of the 132 available seats.
Until now, Hamas has recognized Abbas as the elected president while disputing the legitimacy of an emergency government the president appointed in 2007 instead of the unity government.
In mid 2008, Abbas' government unilaterally declared that the president's term would be extended beyond its formal end-date of 9 January. Hamas has rejected this move, citing the Palestinian Basic Law.
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What worries us more is that people are putting money — known to be downright filthy — in their undergarments to begin with.
No longer acceptable [Nothing To Do With Arbroath via Local Grocery Has New Payment Policy Buzzfeed]
What worries us more is that people are putting money — known to be downright filthy — in their undergarments to begin with.
No longer acceptable [Nothing To Do With Arbroath via Local Grocery Has New Payment Policy Buzzfeed]
Does that mean no ass pennies?
…but that's how I gain my edge in a hostile corporate environment!
…god I miss that show.
I got them on netflicks and re-watched them. They didn't have the same feel though. like seeing them twice or so long after the first time ruined them a bit.
God I hope thats what is was. Because if I'm changing, I don't want to know about it.
"You handle my ass pennies everyday. You pick up my ass pennies for good luck. You throw my ass pennies in fountains and make wishes on them. You give my ass pennies to your little daughter to buy gumballs with."
God, that was such a genius sketch.
You have ALL handled my ass pennies!!!!!!
Don't worry about it. All money has been in someone's undergarments at some point in time.
Just like it all has trace amounts of cocaine.
I worked at a jai alai fronton in Florida one summer while I was in college. You would not believe the number of morbidly obese, heavily-sweating women who would reach into their potato-sack-sized bras and pull out a handful of damp and clammy bills to make their wager. It was one of the most disgusting things I'd ever seen.
So they don't accept money?
I wouldn't either if I saw you pull it from your ball sack.
But thinks of the strippers.
What if I take it out of my G-string before I enter the store?
What if I take it out of your G-string before I enter the store?
Per the precedent established by "Candy v. The State of Illinois", strippers get an exemption because what they wear is technically an outergarment (as it's not really under anything).
Only if it's still warm.
I'm confused. Will they accept money that is still IN my undergarments?
"That'll be $21.13."
"Go fish."
"Security to register 2. Code Brown at register 2…"
What do I do with all those ones then?
Depends *which* undergarments. I wouldn't have a major problem accepting money stuffed in a bra (at least, unless the lady wearing the bra has a particular problem with personal hygiene). I would, however, have slightly more of an issue with money being retrieved from lower undergarments (panties/briefs/boxers/etc.)
What's the deal with this trend of keeping your money or your sell phone or whatever stuffed in your bra? Talk about trashy, yuck, and it's always the nastiest girls that you see doing it too.
Girls don't believe in pockets.
And all the the nasty girls do it because they know nobody else will be going in there.
Actually, I believe it's the manufacturer of female clothing that hate pockets…..
rich gay men hate pockets?
I kid, I kid.
yes, apparently it ruins the "line" of the clothes.
More like, a TON of women's clothes have either no pockets, or fake pockets, or mini pocketlets so small you could see a dime poking out the top.
First thing I do when buying pants is verify functioning pockets and I love finding skirts with pockets. I'm a woman who prefers a wallet to an easily forgotten/snatched purse when possible, so pockets are a must.
"Girls don't believe in pockets."
Which is, you know, sort of ironic.
If I have no pockets and don't want my purse, I just carry my wallet.
No offense to anyone who does, but I can't imagine reaching in my bra for money.
I wore pants without pockets. Once. I don't wear them anymore and I'm surprised my nickname isn't pockets because I pull everything out of them. LOL
I've seen fat women carry their cell phones in their cleavage. Totally gross.
"…unless the lady wearing the bra has a particular problem with personal hygiene…"
Because women who carry their money in their bra are known for their stellar hygiene.
Depends, when I went to Easter Europe few years ago, the bra seems to be the popular place of hiding money with older women. (The keep a small amount in the purse, and "backup" funds in the bra.) I was told it was to prevent loosing all the money to pickpockets.
(Younger generation uses plastic, mostly.)
So maybe tourists? Still, they did not use otherunderwear.
Depends on whether it's Depends or not… if yes, then mostly certainly no… also, eeeeeeeewwww
Need I say more?
Having been handed money from between a rather…full figured woman's breasts…and the money was slightly damp and smelled bad…I can see why this policy makes sense. I wished I could have told her "no thank you" but I would have lost my job…
working at walt disney world [the florida one] people handed me money from pretty much all over. shoes, swim trunks, bras, security pouches, socks, ankle wallets, neck wallets, etc
i have discovered that, at least in florida, if it's been touching skin it's pretty gross. especially in august. US currency really soaks up sweat
I worked at a jai alai fronton in Florida one summer while I was in college. You would not believe the number of morbidly obese, heavily-sweating women who would reach into their potato-sack-sized bras and pull out a handful of damp and clammy bills to make their wager. It was one of the most disgusting things I'd ever seen.
…and suddenly, your handle makes a disturbing sort of sense to me.
So are they in support of MONEY LAUNDERING???
There's a guy that comes into my store who constantly has snot running down his face and pays with a wad of sweaty, gummy money.
Normally I wait until people are out of sight before I dive for the hand sanitizer, but him? I do it *right* in front of him.
One of the many reasons I am glad I no longer work retail.
And the women taking money out of their bras are never the attractive young women that might make that transaction a little erotic (or at least less sweaty/gross). No it is always the women who look like they ate 2 or 3 of those attractive young women for breakfast.
Just a wild guess, but I take it this sign isn't from a Whole Foods store.
Nor a "Hole Foods" store.
Maybe a Ho Foods Store?
Based on some of the horror stories from friends who work at WF, it certainly would come in handy there, too.
You haven't lived until a morbidly obese woman pulls a dripping twenty out of her bra.
Happened to me way more than I ever want to think about when I worked retail. Especially in the summer time. WET money, ew.
Yes, I was (sadly) speaking from experience.
had the experience…
I think this is more about women keeping bills in their bras. This is why we carry purses.
One more reason I'm disgusted when I see cashiers licking their fingers. You don't know where that money has been.
Or worse…maybe they DO.
…or their fingers.
They must have a tank of an immune system tho.
I find finger-licker cashiers disgusting, too. In a grocery or drug store, they're handling money, packages of raw meat, household cleaning products, medicines packages sick people have handled, etc.
I sometimes point out what an unhealthy and gross-out practice this is, and depending on the response (many deny having licked their fingers before handling my items), I sometimes contact the store manager. I tell him or her the cashier's name, and say, "Just observe the cashier for a minute or two. Finger-lickers do it habitually and frequently. Point out how unhealthy a practice this is for the cashier and the customer. I don't want your cashier's saliva on my items."
Haha. I had step aunts who would keep money in their bras even though they carried a purse. They'd slip to the restroom moments before having to check out of a store. No restroom? They'd find an unoccupied corner, turn their back to the store, and have their kids act like a short human wall while they fished for the cash.
Overly obese women, women who're obviously churning some butter in those folds, are the intended target of that store's policy.
I would absolutely refuse to accept moist, smelly money that people had been keeping in their tits all day. It's truly disgusting.
Why assume money in a bra is sweaty and stinky? If money was between the breasts or under them, sure, but not on the very top near the strap. Holding money in your hand will make it sweatier than being tucked into that part of a bra (even a fat woman, since people seem to think that top of a large woman's breasts sweat copiously. I'm heavy, and while I don't keep money in my bra typically, I've done it when I unexpectedly needed to keep money safe and found myself sans pockets and purse. It didn't stink up anything.)
Thank you for sharing.
Pics or it did not happen.
It usually was- I worked at a theme park in the hot outdoors. It would ruin the rest of the money in our register, we had to keep it separate because it would make the rest of the money wet. It was nasty.
A cashier rarely has that luxury.
I know someone who keeps her her debit card and paper money in her bra. She was pick pocketed once and lost almost everything in her wallet. Can't say I blame her really *shrugs*
Isn't this against the law, the money says "for all debts public and private."
from all body parts public and private.
pubic and private
Something tells me there's a line you can draw. If I go into the restroom and come out with a wet bill smelling strongly of asparagus, I doubt Uncle Sam would take umbrage at anyone's refusal to accept it.
For all debts. Since they haven't bought anything yet, it's not a debt. So my car mechanic has to take cash if he fixes my vehicle before asking for payment, but a store doesn't (if they don't render services/goods before payment.)
That "law" means that the piece of paper upon which this sign is printed is indeed legal money. Nobody is actually obligated to accept paper bills as payment. Should we ever experience hyper-inflation you will quickly find out that paper is ultimately worth as much as you would expect from a piece of paper and nobody is obligated to take it is payment.
Not unless it's a bio-hazard. There are laws against that, too.
Ah, here we go, straight from the Horse's mouth:
"There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise."
my immigrant grandma used to keep her wallet somewhere under her skirt/petticoats AND it was attached to her body with a string. it was a production (mortifying to me as a kid) whenever she had to pay for something.
Wait, hold up.
What was the other end of the string attached to?
I worked as a bank teller for two years, and I still shudder at the prospect of a warm, floppy dollar bill pulled from a bra or sock. But even dry money is disgusting.
The next time anyone gushes about the sweet smell of money, invite them to be present when a bank teller opens their cash drawer first thing Monday morning. "Musty" doesn't do it justice.
I admit that I've been guilty of doing this on occasion when I've gone to places where I do NOT want to be carrying a purse (carnivals, concerts, amusement parks -anywhere where there is a huge gathering of people) but I don't stick it down INTO my bra, rather I put a few folded bills underneath my bra strap near the shoulder – not a place where its gonna get dirty/sweaty. I had my purse stolen at an New Years Eve outdoor celebration once (so many people I never did see who grabbed it from me) and learned a lesson. I just wish women's clothing manufacturers would PUT POCKETS IN THEIR CLOTHING!!! 9 out of 10 pairs of pants have no pockets or ones so tiny you couldn't put a dime inside. Now that mp3 players are so popular, I've found a velcro sealed armband wallet/mp3 holder that I use instead.
How about wet money from a pocket in a swim suit?
if it smells like a chlorinated pool that's at least better than sweaty feet smelling money
It's a good thing I keep my money in my sock… now if you'll excuse me, I just have to take off my shoe to pay for this microwave burrito.
What about in a sock, in my underwear? Or what if I only wear one sock, and nothing else?
So, why might you be stuffing a sock in your underwear, chief?
Maybe he's stuffing something into the sock instead
Well, okay, but if you keep your cell phone there too, the principal is going to confiscate that too.
They make these little pockets you can attach to your bra strap to keep bills in. They don't go in the cleavage or underneath, so unless you were really drenching your clothes or reeked overall I don't see how the bills could get wet or stinky. That said, if I used one it would be for extra secret money in case of a problem, NOT my primary wallet!
They're almost certainly talking about women who fold the dollars very small and carry them in their bra, very common in some cultures. I saw this often as a supermarket cashier in the 70's.
Well if you take the sign literally (and I will), all money must be tendered (wait for it) **IN** undergarments. Clean or dirty, new or used, up to you.
I will not be patronizing this establishment. Thank you very much.
Mildly surprised it hasn't been amended "…unless the chick is really hot in which case you get a discount."
I keep my credit and debit cards in my bra sometimes, but since chip technology came out I'm the only one who touches them anyway, so I feel it's less gross than eccentric. Actual cash, I will never keep in there- wouldn't that be extremely uncomfortable?
I've only carried money in my bra once and it was only because it was a very large sum of money!
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GIDEON - Allie Jowers Tate, 86, died May 1, 2003, at the Gideon Care Center.
Born Jan. 14, 1917, in Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Agnes Mooney Jowers.
On Feb. 11, 1939, in Portageville, she married Thomas Albert Tate who preceded her in death on Sept. 7, 1974.
Survivors include: one stepson, Chester Graham of Clarkton; one stepdaughter, Mary Sebourn of Sikeston; and two nieces, Peggy Turnage of Hayti and Wanda Malony of Indianola, Miss.
One son, Bobby Gene Tate, also preceded her in death.
Visitation is from noon to 2 p.m. today at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville where services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Mike Melton will officiate.
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