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After the aberrations of the Roman Rite which continue to occur sporadically up at the Auckland Cathedral, and the intolerant injustice of forcing frequenters to participate in liturgical abuses, Marty has done some research into whether a haka may be performed as an honorary concert piece during the celebration of Holy Mass.
Is the show-piece of a loud haka, performed towards the congregation on the steps of the sanctuary, a valid form of liturgical inculturation, or is it cultural festivity which should be kept for other non-liturgical occasions?
Marty, and indeed many of his contemporaries, will agree that Vatican II and other post Conciliar documents have allowed some types of inculturation.
But what is true inculturation in the liturgy?
To answer this difficult question, some discussion is required, as well as the input from several Magisterial documents which will be consulted, named, and quoted.
Firstly, Marty has consulted the NZ GIRM (General Instruction for the Roman Missal in NZ) and the Third Edition of the Roman Missal recently printed by the NZ Bishops Conference (NZCCB). In these official Liturgical Books, which have recognitio (approval) from the Holy See for NZ, there is not a single mention of any such haka-like adaptation for NZ as valid inculturation.
Furthermore, Marty has studied up those sections of the GIRM which refer to inculturation, and has decided to reproduce the pertinent sections here, for all to easily comprehend the mind of the Church in these matters. See further below.
If a haka is a valid cultural adaptation for the liturgy, why is it not mentioned in the NZ GIRM? Surely, if the NZ Bishops considered it an important adaptation, and one that is common place enough to be upheld, they would have asked the Holy See to approve it, so that all can be clear and in the light.
Surely, if the haka has become an integral part of the NZ liturgical landscape, then the NZ Bishops would have sought to have it officially recognised as part of our cultural liturgical scene. The haka has been around for a long time, and the introduction of the new Missal would have been a cunning moment to have this officially inserted into our liturgical books, so as to become a concrete and standardised expression within our NZ Liturgy.
Maybe our Bishops did, and they were rebuffed?
Marty considers this as quite plausible because it is obvious to any reasonably formed Catholic person that the haka is not in harmony with Catholic Liturgy and would be a contamination of the Rite, were it performed as an honorary show-piece in Holy Mass. This isn't an All Blacks test match after all.
It is quite possible that they were denied permission, as they have often asked for things which are inconsistent with the Catholic Faith; e.g. did not Archbishop Dew request the Holy Father at the Eucharist Synod, to allow remarried divorcees to receive Communion as well as their non-Catholic partners (2005)?; did not Bishop Brown when in Auckland ask for women priests and married priests (1987)?;did not Bishop Campbel lecture the current Holy Father at the Word of God synod, telling him that theater after the Gospel proclamation in Mass is more fruitful than reverent liturgy (2007)?; and apparently did not all of the NZ Bishops personally ask Pope John Paul II at their ad limina visit to allow communion for remarried divorcees in NZ?
Here are the relevant passages on Inculturation for the Liturgy from the NZ GIRM.
The norm established by the Second Vatican Council, namely that in the liturgical renewal innovations should not be made unless required by true and certain usefulness to the Church, nor without exercising caution to ensure that new forms grow in some sense organically from forms already existing, must also be applied to implementation of the inculturation of the Roman Rite as such.
So, any implementation of inculturation must grow organically from already existing forms, and should be introduced with caution. Their addition must also be shown to be truly and absolutely spiritually useful and fruitful for people. Clearly, from an authentic Catholic understanding, a haka does not meet any of these requirements.
Inculturation, moreover, requires a necessary length of time, lest the authentic liturgical tradition suffer hasty and incautious contamination.
Marty thinks that it is clear to any reasonable person that the imposition of a haka within Mass is hasty and incautious. Marty also thinks that it is clear to any reasonable person that a shouted aggressive haka (axiomatic really) performed towards the people on the sanctuary steps during Mass, is a contamination of the Roman Rite, which leads to a diminution of people's faith and worship.
It distracts people from Jesus, and leads to purely human praise and glory, which in the context of Catholic Liturgy runs the risk of becoming sacrilegious or even blasphemous; because it tends to place human efforts above the work of divine redemption in the liturgy, at the very moment when we should be adoring God for what he has done for us in Christ.
For how long and how often has the haka been aggressively shouted during Holy Mass?
Not very often, Marty would guess; even at Maori language Masses, and only in recent years. The haka at the Auckland Cathedral was a hasty, incautious, and contaminating addition, which is contrary to the Liturgical patrimony of the Western Church; it is at odds with the instructions from the Holy See, and nowhere to be found in any official instructions from the NZCCB. It was introduced solely by the priest there, and the youth organizers.
Finally, the pursuit of inculturation does not have as its purpose in any way the creation of new families of rites, but aims rather at meeting the needs of a particular culture, though in such a way that adaptations introduced either into the Missal or coordinated with other liturgical books are not at variance with the proper character of the Roman Rite.
A haka during Mass and other Maori mihi before Mass, are the false 'creation of new families of rites' which, from all outward appearances, have no official approval from the NZCCB, nor the Holy See.
A haka during Mass is at 'variance with the proper character of the Roman rite', because it is not organically consistent with the Rite, in its own structure, gestures, and in its words. Neither is the haka theologically consistent with the Rite. The Roman rite is ordered towards the Father, through Christ, in the Holy Spirit; and its actions, gestures, and movements are solemn, sober, modest, and reverent; something very different to the haka, both theologically, and expressively.
An analogy would be inserting a Guns n Roses song into the middle of a Mozart piano piece. It doesn't fit, either in form, tone, or inspiration. Actually, it's worse, because at least 'Sweet Child of Mine' may lay some claim to being 'musical'; a haka can have no claim to being 'liturgical'.
True inculturation meets the needs of a particular culture in their Christian expression, but is not at variance with the proper character of the inherited Christian Liturgy, as received in the Living Tradition and guaranteed for us by the Magisterium.
The Liturgy has particular Christian elements which must be safe-guarded and which are not re-adapted from culture to culture; e.g., Jesus used bread and wine, and in Asia it is not acceptable to use rice and tea. One can't just add in whatever ritual that one likes to the already established Christian rituals.
So it's not just a matter of 'each to their own taste'. It's about seeing the Holy Spirit at work in the Tradition of the Church, and seeing that He has ordained the Liturgy like this (in the different Rites) because it is consistent with man's spirit/body and His relationship to God, to worship this way: solemnly, reverently, nobly and humbly.
Some elements of Holy Mass are determined by Christ, some are Apostolic and were set by the Apostles, some develop within the life of the Church in the different liturgical traditions. We now receive this heritage as having been guided by the Holy Spirit.
Any new changes, accretions, or pruning, must be in harmony with what has already grown organically. That is why the authority of the Church has the right to discern and determine which cultural adaptations are good for the liturgy and which are harmful to it. From the GIRM:
And so, the Roman Missal, though in a diversity of languages and with some variety of customs, must in the future be safeguarded as an instrument and an outstanding sign of the integrity and unity of the Roman Rite.
Must be safe-guarded … From what? Haka-like additions which have no official Church approval.
In response to this, so as to attempt to validate the haka and its associated add-ons, some researchers might be tempted to refer to some African offertory processions, and other such dignified and valid inculturations, which have been approved by the Holy See.
Watch what Cardinal Arinze (the previous Prefect of CDWDS) has to say about dance in the Liturgy, and secular music, including the African processions. He makes it clear why these processions are acceptable, how they are not dances, and what is not in accord with the mind of the Church: Cardinal and Dance
Placing a haka after the Gospel, which is shouted and screamed at people sitting in the pews, like a performance, is not, according to the Church's documents, a valid way of inculturating certain Maori forms to the liturgy.
The haka does not express Christian worship of Christ and, what is more, it is not universally accepted in NZ culture. It's structure, tone, and gestures are foreign to the true nature and expression of Christian worship; and thus it creates great tension when artificially inserted into the Mass, such that well-formed Catholic people are scandalized, and distracted from the Lord. The haka creates distracting 'noise' in Mass.
With these principles in mind, Pope John Paul II, in his Apostolic Letter The Church in Oceania, said this regarding authentic inculturation for Oceania:
To guide this process, fidelity to Christ and to the authentic Tradition of the Church is required. Genuine inculturation of the Christian faith must always be done with the guidance of the universal Church.
Notice that: '…with the guidance of the Universal Church…' '…fidelity to Christ…' and '…to the authentic Tradition…'. Has anybody asked the Holy See whether a haka is ok for Mass? Maybe the NZCCB have done so, and have been told 'no' by the Holy See. Maybe they haven't even asked. I'm not sure which is worse. JPII continues:
While remaining wholly faithful to the spirit of communio, local Churches should seek to express the faith and life of the Church in legitimate forms appropriate to indigenous cultures.
But this does not mean any old form. It means LEGITIMATE forms, consistent with the Faith, and ratified by the Church authorities. Not forms which disturb people, turn them away from Jesus, and turn the liturgy into a distracting spectacle, where they watch others do their artistic dance.
Liturgy is not theatre, nor is it entertainment, nor is it performance, nor is it pantomime.
Liturgy is not a place where people get to dress up, and do performance in front of people. If that has happened, we certainly have entertainment going on, but we also have a type of reverse polluted clericalisation going on, where instead of effeminate priests parading around the sanctuary and 'posing' in their nice vestments, enjoying the attention, and drawing everybody to themselves, we now have lay people doing it, but under another form. Cultural plays in the liturgy are a new type of narcissism in the liturgy, drawing people away from Jesus and towards performers in the sanctuary.
Cultural dances in Mass could well be a new type of 'clericalisation of the laity'. Not clericalisation, where lay people wrongly try to do true priestly things, but where lay people are being encouraged to copy false and corrupt egotistical priestly distortions. JPII again:
New expressions and forms should be tested and approved by the competent authorities. Once approved, these authentic forms of inculturation will better enable the peoples of Oceania to experience in their own way the abundant life offered by Jesus Christ.
Tested and approved. Has a haka been properly tested? Has it been approved by the NZCCB or the Congregation for Divine Worship? As noted above, I would have thought that the new GIRM for NZ would have contained any of these approvals, had they been approved.
Pope Benedict XVI in Sacramentum Caritatis made it clear that the Roman Rite is supra-cultural:
The Synod of Bishops was able to evaluate the reception of the renewal in the years following the Council. There were many expressions of appreciation. The difficulties and even the occasional abuses which were noted, it was affirmed, cannot overshadow the benefits and the validity of the liturgical renewal, whose riches are yet to be fully explored. Concretely, the changes which the Council called for need to be understood within the overall unity of the historical development of the rite itself, without the introduction of artificial discontinuities.
No artificial discontinuities: … haka = artificial; haka = discontinuity.
In 1994, the CDWDS put out a particular guide for Inculturation, called Varietates Legitimae:
Innovations should only be made when the good of the Church genuinely and certainly requires them; care must be taken that any new forms adopted should in some way grow organically from forms already existing. 'This norm was given in the constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium in relation to the restoration of the liturgy, and it also applies, in due measure, to the inculturation of the Roman rite. In this field changes need to be gradual and adequate explanation given in order to avoid the danger of rejection or simply an artificial grafting onto previous forms.
This document also said:
The process of inculturation <u>should maintain the substantial unity of the Roman rite</u>. This unity is currently expressed in the typical editions of liturgical books, published by authority of the supreme pontiff and in the liturgical books approved by the episcopal conferences for their areas and confirmed by the Apostolic See. The work of inculturation does not foresee the creation of new families of rites; inculturation responds to the needs of a particular culture and leads to adaptations which still remain part of the Roman rite.
Adaptations of the Roman rite, even in the field of inculturation, depend completely on the authority of the Church. This authority belongs to the Apostolic See, which exercises it through the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments; it also belongs, within the limits fixed by law, to episcopal conferences and to the diocesan bishop. No other person, not even if he is a priest, may on his own initiative add, remove or change anything in the liturgy. Inculturation is not left to the personal initiative of celebrants or to the collective initiative of an assembly.
Let me repeat that… 'No other person, not even if he is a priest, may on his own initiative add, remove, or change anything in the liturgy…'
So, it is obvious that the priest-celebrant, nor the youth office, has any right to impose a haka on the liturgy up at the Auckland Cathedral (or anywhere else, for that matter); nor may they subject Mass goers to such personal whims and cultural performances.
Also worth considering in these matters, is Redemptionis Sacramentum:
Finally, it is strictly to be considered an abuse to introduce into the celebration of Holy Mass elements that are contrary to the prescriptions of the liturgical books and taken from the rites of other religions.
Placing a haka into the Mass, as an honorary celebration, which almost always results in applause, is certainly the introduction of elements which are contrary to the liturgical books, contrary to the liturgical rite, contrary to authentic worship, contrary to Christian spirituality, contrary to the NZCCB, and contrary to the Holy See.
Regarding dance in the liturgy (the haka is a type of war dance, even if it is a way of showing honour; it's aggressive), and the often resulting pew-sitter applause, Cardinal Ratzinger, in discerning what causes it, had this to say in his book Spirit of the Liturgy:
Dancing is not a form of expression for the Christian liturgy. In about the third century, there was an attempt in certain Gnostic-Docetic circles to introduce it into the liturgy. For these people, the Crucifixion was only an appearance…dancing could take the place of the liturgy of the Cross, because, after all, the Cross was only an appearance. The cultic dances of the different religions have different purposes – incantation, imitative magic, mystical ecstasy – none of which is compatible with the essential purpose of the liturgy as the 'reasonable sacrifice'.
So, dancing is not compatible with liturgy. Ratzinger continues…
It is totally absurd to try to make the liturgy 'attractive' by introducing dancing pantomimes (wherever possible performed by professional dance troupes), which frequently (and rightly, from the professionals' point of view) end with applause.
It is absurd to try to make liturgy more attractive, especially to young people, by inserting dancing. Ratzinger continues…
Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally disappeared and been replaced by a kind of religious entertainment. Such attraction fades quickly – it cannot compete in the market of leisure pursuits, incorporating as it increasingly does various forms of religious titillation.
When applause breaks out, the essence of the liturgy has disappeared, and we see that it is really entertainment that is happening. Ratzinger continues…
None of the Christian rites include dancing. What people call dancing in the Ethiopian rite or the Zairean [Congolese] form of the Roman liturgy is in fact a rhythmically ordered procession, very much in keeping with the dignity of the occasion. It provides an inner discipline and order for the various stages of the liturgy, bestowing on them beauty and, above all, making them worthy of God.
The current Pope, as a wise theologian, and a holy man, makes the careful distinction between the gentle dignified processions from Africa and their harmony with the Christian Rite, and other aggressive passionate dancing which has no place in the liturgy.
Unspontaneity is of their essence. In these rites I discover that something is approaching me here that I did not produce myself, that I am entering into something greater than myself, which ultimately derives from divine revelation. This is why the Christian East calls the liturgy the "Divine Liturgy", expressing thereby the liturgy's independence from human control.
In reading all these documents, it is clear that there are places for authentic inculturation in the Roman liturgy, but only in certain geographical areas, and only according to certain criteria.
But these adaptations, normally require time, and must be proved to be truly beneficial to the spiritual life of the Faithful. They are only approved by the local Ordinary, the local Conference, and the Holy See.
Finally, it would seem that if a haka had been approved in NZ there would be ample documentation, and it would have been included in the GIRM for NZ. Currently, there is no such adaptation in the NZ GIRM.
Congratulations for reading this far!
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People having problems with their car which Ford has been unsuccessful in repairing is not hard to comprehend. What is hard to comprehend are people who are willing to take the financial loss, instead of filing a lemon law claim to have their car replaced or their money refunded. It has never made much sense to me why people would accept a financial loss of potentially thousands of dollars versus having that money refunded to them through a lemon law claim.
Seems to me there must be a lot of people who are uninformed about their rights and incorrectly assume that hiring a lemon law attorney will cost them money.
You complain that Ford doesn't care about their customers. Well...I don't personally believe that, but you're welcome to think that if you like. However, I will say that people who decide to "bite the bullet" aren't helping matters either by going the trade-in route either. Why? When a person trades their car in all the problems and previous service history is swept under the carpet, so to speak and the problems get passed on to the new owner eventually. In the meantime, an opportunity to have the car repurchased under the lemon law has been missed. Think of it this way, not every car qualifies under the Lemon Law, but if every person who did qualify to file a claim traded their car instead, how would Ford ever know the extent of the problems that exist with their cars? See my point? On the other hand...if everyone who did qualify filed a Lemon Law claim instead, can you imagine the reaction from Ford? Not only would they be forced to repurchase all those automobiles, but at that point they'd be forced to deal with the problems. Anybody remember the Ford Pinto with the exploding gas tank? GM had a similar problem with the side saddle gas tanks on certain trucks sold under the GMC and Chevy name. Eventually all the lawsuits put both Ford and GM in a position where they had to reengineer and replace those faulty gas tanks. Same could happen with the Ford Focus.
I'm not an attorney, nor am I a litigous person, but I do believe that a remedy exists (lemon law) that many people simply aren't using. So again getting back to my earlier point, it's not hard to comprehend that there are lots of people who are unhappy with their cars, but rather it's the people who choose to walk away and take it in the shorts financially instead of using the process that exists to help such people. That I do find hard to comprehend.
The problem with that is that many of us that are having problems have had our cars far more than a year. I had mine for 18 months (bought and received in the beginning of April, 2011), so the lemon law does not apply. The car wasn't in the shop the specified number of times or amount of days within the first year.
Do you really think we're all that stupid to miss something like getting all of our money back? The original members of this section of the forum have been here for 18-20+ months.
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These are amazing. I don't have much of a sweet tooth, but love the deep, rich, creamy flavors of these. A 13-year old I know insisted on a tower of whoopies for her birthday cake. Yummmy! They'd make a great Valentines gift for a kid, teacher, hubby, or yourself.
shipping is a challenge-as they are a fresh product we need to place in special packaging and ship within two days to you-but they are worth it. We have had no issues in the shipping-hope that helps
@Kathy - I know the shipping is really, really expensive. We also paused on this subject. Here's why the the Whoopies are so expensive to ship. To keep the cream filling stable and for these to arrive in perfect condition they need to be shipped in a packaging system - chilled and insulated. We are passing on our actual costs, fyi.
I too was just about to order for Valentine's gifts to a few people, but shipping makes this cost prohibitive. I understand the need not to delay shipping, but more research on shipping containers and costs are needed to make these fly out the door. I would expect to pay up to $6.00 for shipping... I can drive to Newburyport from the Cape for less money. I hope to order them in the future.
They look delicious... look similar to macarons. Would love the recipe!
Oh my gosh! I love whoopie pies! When we were kids, my grandmother would take my sisters and me on an outing to Nantasket Beach and Paragon Park. She always brought along a large tin filled with whoopie pies which we ate all day long. I'm so glad whoopie pies still live!
Delish Whoopies, with natural ingredients, yum, yum.
They also have other fabulous pastries and the BEST Latte in Newburyport.
Hmmm...the shipping does seem high, but the pies seem very reasonably priced. I know one specialty online retailer carries their version of whoopie pies and charges $49 for a dozen and $11 shipping. I guess the best value is to buy 2 dozen from Daily Grommet.
Julie and Alan also baked 250 whoopie pies for our wedding. They were a instant hit.
Carol from the Cape and everyone else is invited to visit our beautiful city of Newburyport, MA and stop by at Chococoa Baking Cafe, located at 38 Washington Street, Newburyport(next to Joseph's Winter Street Cafe. We are open daily 7:00-am to 3:00pm (usually later) and weekends 8:00-3:00, Closed Mondays-please let us know that you heard this on the Grommet-you will receive a special treat!
Though we understand why you may want the receipe - this is our secret receipe. But I can tell you that we had a lot of fun researching the perfect balance of chocolate for the receipe! Never realized the chemistry of chocolate. We had the opportunity at a Fancy Food Show to taste chocolate from different altitudes in the same country even that made a difference! It was important to us to have a rich chocolate flavor. Yum! Give them a try
This is the best whoopie ever. The perfect size and gourmet taste.
A friend's daughter's high school soccer team was consistent - they consistently lost! So to boost morale, he showed up unexpectedly on the field one rainy afternoon and surprised the whole team with a bunch of whoopie pies. They won the game! Honest!!!
I have been serving The Whoopie at all of my recent feng shui workshops and my students love them! They are moist, decadent, delicious and the perfect size for snacking, without the guilt. The cafe is worth a trip to Newburyport to sample The Whoopie with the excellent hot chocolate. Julie & Alan are a delight to meet.
a tower of whoopees for a birthday cake? - that child must be a genius! - why not a tower of whoopees for a wedding cake? - looks like aaron served them at a wedding already - if people can have towers of those disgusting krispy kreme donuts, i want a tower of wholesome, handmade whoopee pies! - yum-o! - i would be interested to know the source of the chocolate used in making these since i have done some work with fair trade chocolate coming out of ecuador
make that *whoopie* as opposed to *whoopee* :-)
These are the best. Well worth it whether you get them on-line or at the bakery.
I have tasted, ok devoured, these whoopies in both frozen (due to lack of patience) and thawed form and they are delicious either way. Whoopie samples in local stores don't stand a chance. These whoopies use fresh and local ingredients and it makes a difference. Not sure I will try them with a raspberry lambic beer but trust me they seem to go well with any beer.
These are my all-time favorite dessert!! Delicious!!!
These are the best whoopie pies in the universe and being a gal from downeast Maine I have sampled many! We always take our kids Chococoa Whoopie Pies when we visit them in Alaska and California. It's just difficult not to eat them all on the journey....They are great with a cup of tea, glass of cold milk or a nice chardonnay.
Yay! I mean Woopie!!! yes they are great too great! Congrats Alan and Julie-The Grommet Award !
We have done a couple of styles of tower wedding cakes. IT can work with small and large weddings. Our experience is using a tiered tray is the easiest for the guests-just piling all the whoopies together may not be stable for your guests all trying to reach for them. One couple actually placed a small cake at the top of the tier and then tiered The Whoopie in various flavors below on separate tiers. They cut the cake and devoured The Whoopies! Other couples ahve just fed The Whoopie to each other. Here's a money-saving tip for the brides-in our experience caterers have not charge a serving or cutting fee as you would a cake!
Our chocolate sources needed to be kept close to our chest...but if you know your chocolate you might have fun trying to determine what kind-and if not you can just keep trying The Whoopie!
We say that The Whoopie is a twist on the classic whoopie pie-here's a twist-because the chocolate is a dessert-quality-The Whoopie can be served with a red or dessert wine or even a raspberry lambic beer. What a fun pairing for Valentine's Day and delicious for a fun dessert course-add some fresh berries and impress your friends! Easy!
Perfect husband gift for upcoming Valentines Day. There could be a double meaning in the cookie's name...wink wink.
Julie-I love them all.....looking so forward to purchasing many!!!
The Whoopies are delicious! We have them stashed in the freezer and the kids grab them for a dessert after dinner. Our son has severe peanut and tree nut allergies, but the Whoopies are perfectly safe for him! Thanks Julie and Alan.
These whoopie pies are great quality and delicious. I thought pumpkin was my favorite, but just tried the new chocolate raspberry cream, so yummy!
I am a snob on Whoopies Pies with childhood memories from my Nanna from Maine making them when we visited from the flatland of Mass. Chococoa Baking Company pies are absolutely the best. They have their own following and in a recently charity auction they were an overbid item. We bought them for my son's graduation parties....over 100+ and they were gone in no time. There is nothing better to buy for Valentines Day than whoopies pies. :) Hoping my wife reads this!
Hello All you Whoopie pie lovers-it is fun to read the stories how many different ways people of all ages are enjoying them! The blogger, Mike who thought they would be great with just a beer points they work for any occassion-you can dress them up for weddings or a casual night at home. We appreciate hearing the stories. Seriously the raspberry lambic, which is a belgium beer with effervesant is amazing pairing with The Whoopie! On our first tasting, we sold Joppa Fine Foods, of Newburyport out of their Raspberry Lambic beer!
Thank you
I ordered 100 Whoopies from Julie & Alan (which they custom packaged for me) to give to tenants & vendors. What a hit! One person, who ate a Whoopie as soon as I gave it to him said, "Just one"? So appreciated I'll most likely double my order next year.
great texture, great taste, great size and the most delicious flavors!
Here's an update on shipping charges. Chococoa has decided to offer reduced shipping on Daily Grommet orders. Shipping for an assorted dozen is now $8.95.
We're noticing lot of orders being shipped to colleges. The Whoopies are a wonderful Valentine idea for students living away from home.
We ordered the Whoopies for my daughter's art show opening - they were a smash hit! Gone within seconds! They are the best!
Ann & Dave
Here in Pennsylvania we call them Gobs. I make them for every holiday and event that I am asked to do them for.
@Pamela - Gobs - that's a fun name, I bet they are a hit!!
GLOBS - I can't believe I've seen them at this time. My mother used to make Globs for us in the '70s. My mother (a great cook) passed away on 3/19/2010. At that time, I received a sympathy card from my long time boyfriend of the time. I hadn't heard from him in over 10 years, but he made sure to put those in the memories he had of my mother. What great times!
@Shelley - what a wonderful coincidence for you to come here and find the treat that your mother baked for you so long ago! It must have made quite an impression on your friend.
Yumm Whoopie Pies. Born and raised in Maine as well, these were always a welcome treat! Especially during harvest.Buy them when I go home to visit and ship em back Fed.Ex :-)
@Lona - what a great story, thanks for sharing! You'll have to try Chococoa Baking's take on the Whoopie Pie and let us know how it compares!
Hello Grommet Fans! It is our one year anniversary of becoming a Grommet! What a difference the Grommet folks & fans have made for us at Chococoa. We thank you, appreciate the kind words and of course, all those orders! We are working on adding new flavors this year and will keep you posted. But in the meantime -they make great Super Bowl Party treats -as kids of all ages will enjoy them...and remember-it's Valentine's-everyone loves decadent chocolate! Order today. Yum! Thank you
I grew up eating Whoopie Pies - I still have my mother's home-made recipe and my daughter and I make them just before Christmas every year. I grew up in Pennsylvania and this really brings back memories. We give them as gifts to friends and family and never, ever, share the homemade recipe!!! Thanks for the memories.
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Macquarie has said that Gunns will begin to experience a turnaround in volumes towards the end of 2010, after the timber company on Monday warned that its full-year net income would be less than half the profit it posted a year ago.
Gunns warned its 2010 net profit would come in around $28 million, compared to the $56.2 million achieved in the previous financial year. Bloomberg consensus for net profit was $16.1 million.
Earnings before interest and tax for the year ended June 30 were at $52.2 million, at the lower end of guidance in a range $50 million to $60 million.
Gunns exports about 70 per cent of its woodchips to Japan and stronger local dollar versus the yen has put pressure on its wood supply. Macquarie analyst Jodie Bannan said the key driver for any improvement in Japanese woodchip demand will be end paper prices, which to date remain at low levels.
"We expect any volume turnaround to be gradual and to begin in late calendar year 2010," she said.
Gunns also diverted 30 per cent of its woodchip volume into China in the first half of 2010 when demand was stronger. But tonnes were sold in US dollars and the sharp swing in currency crushed returns.
Supply sold into China also receive a much lower price than Japanese contract price due to the lower quality wood in demand.
Gunns flagged an impairment charge of $98.1 million, which mostly related to the writedown of non-core assets and businesses that were prepared for sale or closure, and the carrying value of other assets.
The timber giant reiterated that while the results released on Monday were preliminary and un-audited, it was "in compliance with all banking covenants at June 30".
It had a narrow escape of what appeared to be a breach in its debt covenant last month. But after an accounting reclassification of additional earnings from its duties as manager of Great Southern's timber managed investment schemes it gained some breathing space.
JP Morgan said: "However, you cut it, Gunns did not have a good fiscal 2010."
Gunns' key customers, meanwhile, have placed more importance on the Forest Stewardship Council certification, which Gunns has embraced. But the company could still could be more than a year from obtaining the full certification if all goes as planned.
FSC's Michael Spencer said Gunns has had a formal assessment where a team of auditors looked at its operations.
"There will then be pre-assessment report completed," he said. "Gunns will then have to go through criteria by criteria to make some changes and then go back for a main audit. All up this could take one or two years depending on how fast Gunns acts and how much they need to address."
Chief executive
Mr L'Estrange added it was another step on the road to focusing Gunns on its core plantation and processing-based operations.
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BROKEN-United Kingdom-2006
Written and Directed by Adam Mason and Simon Boyes
I'm not sure how to say this in a delicate manner, so I'll just say it. I refuse to waste time reviewing this misogynistic piece of garbage. 90 minutes of my life was wasted watching this pile of excrement. You want my review? That's my review. I have more respect for women in my little finger than the makers of this film have in their entire bodies. This may not be a popular post and it may not get me a whole bunch of page views; but instead of a review I am including a list of links to organizations that help in the fight against rape and domestic violence. I'm sorry this isn't my usual happy go lucky humorous review. This is a matter I feel strongly about; so maybe next time, folks.
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Organization for Women
Rape Abuse and Incest National Network
Center Against Domestic Violence
The sites I have listed are just for starters. Each one will have information that will help you should you decide to become involved or if you need help in any way.
Oh yeah, no blood drops. Enough said.
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- Salon Uses Domestic Violence Imagery to Advertise (bellasugar.com)
- 'Domestic violence not criminalised by Senate' (nation.com.pk)


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Milwaukee Airport Inn places you within a 15-minute drive of popular attractions such as Milwaukee Art Museum and BMO Harris Bradley Center. This 93-room hotel welcomes guests with conveniences like a restaurant, free in-room WiFi, and free self parking. It's near the airport and also close to St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral.
This hotel is home to a restaurant and a bar/lounge. Get a pick-me-up at the coffee shop/café. Start each morning off right with full breakfast served for a fee.
All of Milwaukee Airport Inn's 93 recently renovated rooms provide microwaves, refrigerators, and free local calls. Guests can expect to find TVs and stay connected with free WiFi. Hair dryers are also standard.
Renovated in 2016, Milwaukee Airport Inn offers free WiFi in public areas, a business center, and a computer station. You can take advantage of free parking, along with an airport shuttle (available 24 hours) for USD 12.00 per person one way. The 24-hour front desk has staff standing by to help with concierge services, and answer any questions about the accommodations. Additional amenities include laundry facilities, a fireplace in the lobby, and an ATM.
Property features
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Free parking
- Onsite dining
- Business center
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Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A business center is on site.
A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This Milwaukee hotel also offers concierge services, a fireplace in the lobby, and laundry facilities. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours), a ferry terminal shuttle, and a train station drop-off service. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Milwaukee Airport Inn is a smoke-free property.
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 93
- Number of floors - 2
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- ATM/banking
- Business center
- Coffee shop or café
- Newspapers in lobby (surcharge)
- Concierge services
- Fireplace in lobby
- Ferry terminal shuttle (surcharge)
- Computer station
- Train station drop-off (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Laundry facilities
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Restaurant
- Free self parking
- Train station pickup (surcharge)
- Year Built 1970
- Long-term parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Television in common areas
- Free WiFi
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
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- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
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Long-term parking (surcharge), Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
Milwaukee Airport Inn offers 93 air-conditioned accommodations with hair dryers and blackout drapes/curtains. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and microwaves. Rooms have partially open bathrooms. Bathrooms include bathtubs.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include phones along with free local calls (restrictions may apply). Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Renovation of all guestrooms was completed in February 2016.
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub only
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Television
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- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Partially open bathroom
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
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Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Spring Gardens - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. A children's menu is available. Open daily.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
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Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
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Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 10 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 20.00 per pet, per stay
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
No elevators
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 7.00 and USD 15.00 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 12.00 per person (one way)
- Pet fee: USD 20.00 per pet, per stay
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
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- Milwaukee Howard Johnson
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This property offers transfers from the ferry terminal, airport, and train station (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details on arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Up to 2 children 10 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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or some peace activists the prospect of a nuclear-free Scotland would be reason enough to vote for independence. But following a vote for independence a Salmondled government would be involved in complex and difficult negotiations with the UK government over how to divide up the UK national debt, oil and gas revenues and other joint assets and liabilities. It is unlikely that Scotland's income will match its public spending commitments.
he aims of redistribution at a UK level and having devolved governments are not incompatible, but there are tensions in seeking to increase the economic powers of the Scottish Parliament on the one hand and have a UK parliament that can re-distribute wealth across all the nations and regions. Our proposals therefore seek to balance these two legitimate sources of democratic pressure by enhancing economic and political democracy across the UK and Scotland.
Finding a new site for Trident will be nigh on impossible for the UK government. Even if a site were found, new bases would be prohibitively expensive and would take at least 10 years to build. Under these circumstances MoD spokesmen have said that ministers would be likely to offer the Scottish government 'whatever it takes' to continue to base Trident at Faslane and Coulport for the next few years. The Trident bases, instead of being a drain on the Scottish economy, would become a crucial asset which could be milked for cash to support Scotland's struggling economy at a difficult time for the new government. Scotland would also have to negotiate its own membership of the EU which is committed by treaty to military interoperability with NATO. The pressures from the US and UK governments to delay the removal of Trident would be immense. More to the point, 'waiting for independence' diverts the movement from the immediate campaign to change policy now in face of a weak and divided Tory/Lib Dem coalition. Thus, independence is no magic bullet for a nuclear-free Scotland and could be a dangerous diversion.
This would be built on: support for full national parliaments and, for England, devolved institutions as democratically determined by people in England together with an overall federal parliament that would have charge of the monetary system, macro-economic policy, foreign affairs and defence the Barnett formula, or some form of needs-based redistribution the principle of raising income tax based on an adjustment to the block grant in order to allow the Scottish Parliament more flexibility to create a fair tax system both nationally and locally that improves public services and the pay and conditions of public servants the capacity to borrow for capital and revenue purposes well beyond the limits set out in the Scotland Bill to allow the Scottish Parliament to end its dependence on Public Private Partnership/Private Finance Initiative (PPP/PFI) and Non-Profit Distributing (NPD) projects the demand of the 'Claim of Right', that the Scottish Parliament should have powers to take land, property and enterprises into public control and ownership without qualification the power of the Scottish parliament to form enterprises that are publicly owned with a view to rebuilding Scotland's industrial base on green technology, renewable, and high value manufacturing thereby addressing unemployment black spots and creating a prosperous future for the people, especially the young people, of Scotland.
POWER for SCOTLAND'S PEOPLE A labour movement view
o far the 'Independence' debate has been a sterile argument between unionists and nationalists. Would independence impoverish Scotland and turn it into another Greece or Portugal on the periphery of Europe? Or would it make us a land of prosperity - a new Norway? More importantly, for trade unionists and socialists, the debate so far misses the crucial dimensions of class politics and the redistribution of income and wealth. What constitutional settlement would best allow the people of Scotland to break the power of big business and neoliberal policies and promote social and economic justice? And, as this folder agues, this has to be done in large part at British level because that is where the capital which controls Scotland's economy is concentrated. The STUC has played a leading role in the campaign for Home Rule and a Scottish Parliament since the 1930s. But it was always for a parliament with the powers to tackle the deep rooted challenges facing working people - poverty, poor housing, inadequate public services, unemployment and industrial closures. In other words, working people in Scotland needed a parliament to represent them which could work in unity with working people elsewhere in Britain to defend and advance their interests. Such a parliament is now more needed than ever.
Under this scheme, Scotland's parliament could be part of a federal structure in which England, or the regions within it, could have some measure of self government while a federal government in London would have responsibility for the currency, corporate tax rates and a portion of income tax. A crucial component of this would be to maintain the principle of redistribution of income from the wealthy south-east and City of London (currently the Barnet formula) to poorer areas like Scotland. The Scottish Parliament, for its part, should have the power to take over failing companies, to hold key industries and utilities in public ownership and to invest in selected strategic industries such as renewable energy and life sciences through the public sector.
y contrast, 'independence' or 'full fiscal autonomy' would break the unity of workers and trade unionists across Britain. SNP policy is to lower taxes on corporate profits to attract business away from other parts of Britain. 'Independence in Europe' would deprive Scottish people of the very powers they would need to intervene in industry or borrow for strategic investment. Both would be in breach of EU competition law or the new EU 'stability pact'. Moreover, 'independence' and 'full fiscal autonomy' would both dispense with the crucial principle of redistribution of income at UK level. An 'independent' or 'devo-max' Scotland, without a high level of unity and working class mobilisation, would become a low tax, low wage economy which would struggle to maintain public spending and jobs at current levels. Only a Scottish Parliament with increased powers of intervention in the economy, which retained the principle of redistribution at British level, would promote the unity of trade unionists and working people throughout Britain. This would create the optimum conditions for democratic advance and socialism in Scotland and across Britain.
These measures would require a challenge to EU law and changes in UK Company law. However, with political will and a united Labour Movement this kind of devolved settlement is achievable and is what the left should be fighting for.
his folder is published by the Red Paper Collective and includes the followiing contributors: Dave Watson, John Slaven, Richard Leonard, Jackson Cullinane, Neil Findlay MSP, Vince Mills, John Foster, Pauline Bryan, Alan Mackinnon, Tommy Kane, Tom Morrison, Jennifer McCarey. Stephen Smellie.
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, 162 Holloway Road, London N7 8DQ 020 7700 2393 www. cnduk.org
he referendum has dominated the media's coverage of Scotland, sometimes to the detriment of more pressing issues, such as the impact of cuts and the attack on pensions throughout the UK. Not surprisingly Alex Salmond and the SNP have tried to restrict the discussion to Independence v the Union. Even the "third option" Devo-Max has been shaped by the SNP. Introduced more recently is Devo-Plus and we now know the proposals that will form the Scotland Bill. None of these options prioritise the redistribution of wealth, greater equality or democratic control of the economy.
ach of the proposals listed has to be judged against the back drop of 'who owns Scotland?' Over the last four decades there has been a continuing drift of economic power out of Scotland with 82.5% of large corporations externally owned.
Privatisation, as well as taking much of the economy out of democratic control, has also stripped away any semblance of meaningful regional control. To take just one example the South of Scotland Electricity Board turned first into Scottish Power and Scottish Nuclear (later British Energy) before being taken over by the Spanish and French transnational corporations Iberdrola and the EDF Group respectively.
With a few exceptions, all the biggest employers in Scotland are either UK-owned and controlled, quoted on the London Stock Exchange or highly dependent on the whole UK market of 60 million, compared to the Scottish market of just 5 million for the sale of their goods and services. Indeed the Scottish Government's most recent data shows that Scotland exports almost twice as much to the rest of the UK (£34 billion) as it does to the whole of the rest of the world put together (£19 billion).
The recent Scotland Bill for example is extremely limited. More borrowing powers are proposed. These could allow the Scottish Parliament to invest in capital projects, therefore stimulating the economy, but only to a limited extent. Any additional borrowing would have to be paid back and if the investments do not generate sufficient tax receipts then this could impact significantly on future Scottish spending. The Scotland Bill, it could be argued, was developed as a response to growing SNP influence rather than a vehicle for tackling the structural inequality of Scotland today. Its strength is that it retains the principle of UK wide redistribution embodied in the Barnett formula.
Reform Scotland, a Market orientated Think Tank, argues Devo-Plus would see Scotland take responsibility for all taxation except VAT and National Insurance, and for its own spending. The motivation is to constrain the Scottish government and remove the redistributive element of the Barnett formula which takes cash from wealthier areas of the UK to those less so. Reform Scotland's image of Scotland under Devo-Plus is a low tax and deregulated economy with reduced public spending.
Like Devo Plus this requires Scotland to have full fiscal autonomy preventing any UK wide redistribution. It ignores the fact that much of Scotland's wealth, as we will show later, is not actually controlled from here and will escape any attempt to redistribute it from company profits to individual needs.
The SNP's model is for independence within the EU. The EU from its inception was designed to legally underpin, sustain, protect and develop capitalism in Europe. Huge swathes of legislation in Scotland and the UK are influenced by, or are a direct consequence of, European Directives. Scotland, if independent of the UK, would not be independent of the EU. Neither would Scotland be free from the neo-liberal globalised world of which the EU is an integral part. Scotland would still be at the mercy of transnational corporations, thus raising the fundamental point that political selfdetermination without economic self-determination is ultimately futile. Indeed an independent Scotland would see its ability to fight back against corporate power fatally weakened.
Nowhere is this state of economic and industrial integration more apparent than in the financial services sector. The 2008 collapse of Scotland's biggest two banks RBS and HBoS and the takeover of Sir Brian Soutar - ultimately depends on City of their loan books by the UK Government and London banks Lloyds has brought into sharp relief the branch plant nature of these leviathans of Scottish life. It is clear that even the big business figures operating within the SNP's own orbit like Sir George Mathewson, Sir Brian Souter, Sir Tom Farmer, Sir Angus Grossart, Peter de Vink, and Martin Gilbert are all ultimately dependent for their business success on external institutions, not least the investment banking networks which operate from the City of London. This is where much power lies now, and where it will remain irrespective of any future referendum vote for a separate Scottish state. It is misleading to claim that "independence" as projected by the SNP and others in the pro-independence camp would amount to a break up of the British State and allow Scotland to follow a different economic path. The fact is that Scotland is in a highly advanced state of economic and monetary union with the rest of the UK. Independence on these terms would simply mean abandoning any democratic avenue by which working people in Scotland, jointly with those in England and Wales, could seek to impose socially-accountable control. Corporate power is organised at British level. It would remain so. SNP independence would thereby place Scotland's economic and monetary policy, the great bulk of its production and its biggest market beyond its democratic influence.
he question is: would independence on SNP terms in any way free Scotland's people to meet the crucial challenges of economic and social development in a progressive way?
The SNP Left believe it would, and they do so by combining two arguments. One: people in Scotland are more social democratic and egalitarian than people in England. Two: in the era of globalisation small nations provide the best vehicles for economic development. An independent Scotland would, therefore, be both politically more progressive and economically more dynamic. Neither argument is entirely wrong, until you put them in the context of the SNP's model of independence. Firstly they take little account of what made people in Scotland progressive and egalitarian and how this can be maintained. Secondly they don't acknowledge that, as shown above, there is little opportunity for economic independence within the limits set by the SNP. More fundamentally, especially given that they claim to be on the Left, their arguments ignore issues of class and class power. Every nation has its history. Unlike Ireland, Scotland was not a colony. Its capitalist landlords, merchant princes and employers continued to use the separate Scottish systems of law, religion and education to exploit their own people. The object of the Union with England was to secure a share of the profits of colonial empire. As a class, they continued to dominate Scotland's economy and its politics and still do today, though more indirectly, through the hedge funds and financial institutions of the City of London and its satellite centre in Edinburgh. An independent Scotland may not be a new Greece, but neither can it be a new Norway. Scotland's workers developed trade unions in their own defence - generally in combination with workers in England. Yet the periods of general working class mobilisation, have been relatively short-lived, and their transforming impact on political attitudes only occurred when struggles against Scottish employers merged with wider British struggles – and brought the trade union movement into collision with the class power of the employers at British level. In the 1970s it was the joint victories of the miners, London dockers and UCS shipbuilders that together, and only together, defeated the Conservative assault. Today's egalitarian values, as held up by the Left nationalists, are a reflection of these struggles. But they are not permanent or guaranteed. 'Independence in Europe' would mask the exercise of economic power at British level. Worse, it would trap people's political horizons within the neo-liberal terms set by Edinburgh fund managers: growth by cutting taxes on external big business. It is the direct opposite of the 1970s battle for economic democracy which launched the demand for a Scottish parliament. If working people in Scotland are to be mobilised for a future based on social control over capital, rather than being controlled by capital, then the demand for economic democracy must be relaunched.
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A small golden-haired girl had, while sitting around the Queen, unknowingly sat on the foot of Her Royal Majesty. Since I had already seen this scene 100 times or more I was entirely focused on "Lizzie II." I saw the slightest tremor as the child's bum hit her foot and came to rest. This was followed by an almost imperceptible glance at the child who, only a few hundred years ago, would have been the pronoun in "off with her head!" for daring to touch the royal ped with a common bottom.
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i had surgery 26 day ago but since yerterday its very itchy and the redness is noted in both!! its this an allergic reaction?
Could I Be Allergic to my Saline Water Breast Implants?
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Alergy to implants
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Allergic To Breast Implants ??
The simple answer is that you are not allergic to your breast implants. You are likely feeling the tiny nerves to the skin recovering and regaining normal sensation. This is a very common sensation weeks after breast augmentation surgery.It is also possible given that it only appeared yesterday that something in your bra has caused this reaction.
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Redness after saline breast augmentation may be an allergy...
It would be highly unlikely that you are allergic to saline breast implants. More likely you are reacting to buried sutures as they dissolve. If your surgeon used deep stitches that dissolve you can get some relief with warm compresses and benadryl.
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Could I Be Allergic to my Saline Water Breast Implants?
Without a little more history and and examination, I wouldn't want to guess the answer to your question. What I can say is that this could be something needing prompt attention, so a visit to your surgeon is in order.
Thanks for the question, best wishes.
Redness and Itching after Breast Augmentation?
Although it is not likely that you are having an allergic reaction to breast implants, it is possible you are having an allergic reaction to something else. An infection should also be ruled out. I would suggest following up with your plastic surgeon for physical examination, an accurate diagnosis and treatment plan.
Best wishes.
Web reference: http://www.poustiplasticsurgery.com/Procedures/Procedure_breastAugmentation.htm
Allergy to saline implants? Probably not.
It would be highly unusual for you to be "allergic" to your saline implants. More commonly we see issues with skin irritation and itching from the postop bra, antibiotics, tight and dry skin from the increase in stretch, and nerve recovery from the procedure. Simple things to improve this are frequent washing of your bras, moisturizers for the skin, and over the counter Benadryl to help with symptoms.
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While this isn't really breaking rules, this isn't appropriate or funny by any means, and I applaud the administration at this high school for stepping up.
Corona del Mar High School in California is under scrutiny for holding an NFL-style prom date draft. According to Yahoo, the principal sent home a letter to parents about the behavior:
Parents of juniors and seniors received a letter last Friday from Principal Kathy Scott notifying them of the "rumor" of a "prom draft," similar to a NFL draft – an idea that school officials said raised potential concerns about female students being "objectified."
Male students purchase draft tickets, and female students are then "drafted" as dates for the prom, scheduled for June 7, according to the principal's letter.
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This update replaces the text based view pager indicator with a sliding bar that looks just like the stock launcher's indicator. I'm still not satisfied with the contrast between the bar and the surrounding elements, because it isn't easy to see at this point. I'll keep tinkering with it, and would welcome suggestions. In addition, I have figured out how to allow viewing of read protected directories like /data/. My implementation isn't perfect, which leads me to my next point. I have come to realize that there are some fundamental shortcomings to a few of the apps underpinnings, and I need to find a way to fix them. I have yet to figure out how to make the root process persist so that root functionality doesn't throw up a toast every time it does something, and I seriously need to clean my code.
Therefore, my plan is thus: I'm going to take a crack at helping the dev of OpenExplorer figure out how to enable full root functionality. His code is the only resource I have been able to glean much useful info from, and his own implementation is still half-baked. (seriously, why are there no robust root related resources out there?) Then, (tentatively) I'm going to fork his repo and replace the look and feel of his app with that of Holo File Explorer, while retaining what appears to be a vastly superior back end. The downside to this is that we're looking at something of a rabbit hole, so you guys may not hear from me for a bit. The upside is that forking OpenExplorer will provide a less buggy experience, plus lots of extras like network folder, dropbox and box.net access.
I'm also hopeful that at the end of this process, I'll have my own code hosted on GitHub and ready for collaboration. If I can get interested parties to help with development, It'll speed up the rate of releases. Because to be honest, my rate of release hasn't exactly been timely of late, and you guys deserve better than that. This is the best answer I can come up with to solve the problem. What does everyone think?
New Readers: I've been working on a new file explorer app for phones since the beginning of the year, and I would like to present what I have accomplished so far in order to get some feedback. The reason why I decided to make this app is that most (if not all) of the file explorers out there have clunky user interfaces or lackluster feature sets. I recently purchased a Galaxy Nexus and decided that I needed a file browser to match the aesthetic appeal of the rest of the system. After hours of searching through several dozen of the market's best browsers, the only one with any degree of stock visual polish was inKa file browser. Unfortunately, the app was pretty basic. No root features at all. This prompted me to build my own file browser (although it is still far from complete).
What the app has thus far:
1) Swipable pages. There are 4 swipable views that can be navigated independantly (just like you would on a desktop computer with 2+ explorer windows open.
2) Files can be cut, copied and then pasted within or across the swipable pages. (long press anywhere on an item or check the boxes in order to bring up the "contextual action mode" (screenshot 3)
3) The drop down at the top of the page displays the folder hierarchy for the currently selected folder view.
4) The start of a file details screen (Screenshot 5). There are a lot of functions that people can perform on files (MD5 checking roms is a big one in my mind) and I just don't like the idea of relegating those functions to dialog boxes or menus. I know that this kind of view isn't something that any of the other file explorers have, but I think there is value in departing from that convention.
5) MD5 summer and checker is now working! I tested it on a 100+mb rom and it ran pretty quickly (5 or 6 seconds) on my Galaxy Nexus, so Rom Flashers might enjoy using this one. I don't have the UI polished to my satisfaction yet, but the functionality is there.
6) Sharing files is now enabled. The updated ShareActionProvider for 4.0+ will be coming at some point.
7) Opening/installing files/apks! Bugs aside, the app now handles almost all of the usual file explorer functions.
8) Themes! Switch them under general settings, and then exit if switching between dark and light or darkactionbar to get the text colors to reload properly. Working on fixing this.
What isn't done yet:
1) Root actions. This is a biggie, as I want this app to satisfy both power users and casual users at the same time. Feel free to comment on your most desired root functions.
4) A robust data summary view, including something similar to what you find in the DiskUsage app in the market, as well as some other metrics. Maybe even an miui-like file type size summary.
5) I'm considering a view (linked to from a button in the top right corner of the app) that displays currently running and finished file operations. I think this might be better than throwing up a dialog box for big file copy/paste tasks and having it keep the user from doing anything until the operation is done.
6) Bookmarks
7) Search. Not sure if this will be a basic file search or a grander attempt at indexing and speed.
8) A text editor.
9) Other basic things like an actual settings page, polished action mode icons, image previews
10) Image previews And there you are. Please provide any and all feedback/criticism/praise/trolling that you can. I'd really like to build this into something that works for everyone. Thanks!
Jake Wharton just released beta 6 of Action Bar Sherlock last night, so
New stuff:
*A placeholder settings menu now appears when users click settings
*See screenshot 5 for a look at the file info screen. Currently accessed by clicking on a file. Not sure if this is how things will stay, since this is a departure from the ususal "click to open in another app" behavior.
*Gingerbread compatibility! May be a few bugs here and there, but I have the thing running on my old Droid X with CM7. Theme is a little rough for GB devices, so I have some work to do there.
*Buttons more clearly indicate whether they have been implemented.
New stuff:
*A whole bunch of bug fixes dealing with copy, cut and paste. Things are still a little broken, but way better than they were before. Remaining issues deal with the UI not properly reflecting paste status - nothing sinister.
*Blue dividers between each page of the viewPager
*Sharing files now works! Select 1 or more files and send them via 3rd party app.
*Files can now be opened in 3rd party apps from the file view screen *Files can be MD5 summed and compared in the file view screen
*I did some checking and things seem to work in Froyo too
*Tinkered with the file icon logic a little bit, and in addition to some less obvious things I got apk icons working. *Based on some of the name suggestions, I renamed the app to "File Swipe." Name still isn't final, but someone mentioned that "Swipe" was a bit confusing. I'm listening to your name suggestions, so please keep em' coming.
*Polished up the action bar icons a tad bit (Search used to be a little too fuzzy, Data summary was too small, add didn't reflect that it was for adding folders, and bookmarks was too dark.)
New stuff:
*Themes! In addition to the original ICS Holo Light theme, we now have a dark and light-with-dark-actionbar theme. (You need to exit the app using the new exit button in order to get the themes to switch properly. Working on fixing this.)
*A lot of internal refactoring and housecleaning. Not that interesting to you guys, but it had to be done in order to make themes work.
*App now handles reopening and orientation changes without crapping out (used to stop updating the navigation dropdown and would sometimes force close on actions). Learned some interesting things about viewpagers (the swipey pages as found in the market) in the last few days, so I'm hoping to be able to share that info with other coders out there in some fashion.
*The beginnings of a settings page (whoooo!)
*Settings includes the theme switcher and a popup to update the default directory. Haven't gotten it to verify directory input yet, so don't go too crazy.
*A new exit button. As mentioned earlier, you need to exit in order to get the themes to load properly. May disappear later. Not sure.
New stuff:
*Nothing show-stopping. Just little tweaks and fixes here and there
*After talking with some of you guys, tapping on a file now opens the file instead of a details screen. Details are now reached via the menu. The option will only present itself when a single file item is selected. Keep up the feedback (because I listen)!
*Tweaked some of the colors a little to provide contrast between file names and file details.
*Pulled in the latest code base from Jake Wharton's ActionBarSherlock. Therein lies the real bounty of changes. (This guy is a beast)
*Pre-3.0 users now get a proper ICS navigation dropdown, instead of that bloody spinner list.
*Icons are back, so things are looking normal again.
Holy bugger this has been a crazy month. Since the last update, I moved from PA to NC and started a new job. It's been a while but thanks for your patience.
New stuff:
*I'm back! (whoooooooo!)
*A hopefully bug-free scroll position/history stack. Essentially this means that instead of taking you up a level, the back button returns you to the previous folder you were at (each scroll pane gets its own history too), and it also remembers your scroll position when you go back. It's a small touch, but it really makes the whole thing more natural.
*Moved the pagertitlestrip from the bottom to the top and changed the styling a bit (as inspired by today's google maps/navigation update today). You'll all have to let me know if you like the change. Haven't figured out how to shrink the text size on it either, so those caps should be less obnoxiously large sometime soon. I'll try and make sure you don't have to wait another month before the next update Maybe sometime this weekend. Depends on how ambitious I am.
Quick update today. I added in a new sort button to allow for alphabetical and last modified sorting, along with a 'reverse sort' that toggles between ASC and DESC sort. Enjoy!
Update 4-11-2012
The most obvious change for today is the the theme. I've switched the default over to the app's "Identity" theme. The new goods are pictured in the updated screenshots. I've also fixed the app so that it displays the navigation dropdown at load time, and I figured out the bug that was making everyone's root file location only display one folder. There are probably some other small visual tweaks, but nothing that important.
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