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Britain has announced the deaths of eight more soldiers in Afghanistan, its worst death toll in a 24-hour period.
Five of the soldiers on foot patrol were killed by twin blasts near Sangin in the southern Helmand province on Friday, the highest death toll in a single attack.
Britain has now lost 184 soldiers in Afghanistan since it joined the US-led invasion in 2001, more than the 179 deaths during its campaign in Iraq that began in 2003.
Fifteen soldiers, including four officers, have been killed in the past 10 days as British and US troops have carried out offensives aimed at pushing Taliban fighters out of Helmand province.
The heavy losses threaten to damage British public support for the deployment in Afghanistan.'Grievous days'David Miliband, the British foreign minister, said that it had been a "grievous few days" in Afghanistan, but that Britain would not be safe until security had been established in the central Asian nation.
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"We know that they are engaged in a very, very difficult mission and we have a responsibility to engage the country in understanding that mission and supporting it," he told BBC radio.
"This is about the future of Britain because we know that the badlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan - that border area - have been used to launch terrible attacks, not just on the United States, but on Britain as well.
"We know that until we can ensure there is a modicum of stability and security provided by Afghan forces for their own people, we are not going to be able to be secure in our own country."
Britain has raised force levels to around 9,000 from 8,100 to improve security in the run-up to Afghanistan's presidential election, due to be held on August 20.
Dangerous territory
The UK ministry of defence said all the latest fatalities occurred in Helmand.
On Friday, five soldiers from the 2nd Battalion The Rifles were killed by two blasts while on foot patrol near Sangin while a soldier from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment was killed by an explosion during an operation near Nad Ali.
United States: 730Britain: 184Canada: 124Germany: 35France: 28Spain: 25Denmark: 22Netherlands: 19Other nations: 67Total: 1,228Source: Reuters
A day earlier, a soldier from the 4th Battalion The Rifles died in an explosion while on foot patrol near Nad Ali, while a soldier from the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment attached to the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards was killed by a bullet wound.
Despite the rising troop toll, Jock Stirrup, Britain's chief of defence staff, insisted that British troops were winning in their mission to improve security in Afghanistan.
"But it's going to take time and alas it does involve casualties ... Our people out there know what they are there to do and they know they are succeeding in it," he said.Chris Bellamy, a UK-based security analyst, told Al Jazeera: "The British have certainly been knocked back in the last 10 days, but you have to remember that if you go to war you are going to lose people.
"The British and Amercians launched this major offensive three weeks ago and the Taliban know full well that they have to hang on to Helmand," he said.
"It is one of the main poppy growing areas and also its very easy to move across the border from there into Pakistan because the terrain is less difficult than the high mountains to the far east, so the Taliban know they have got to hold it."'Hard summer'
Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, said there was no question of pulling soldiers out of Afghanistan until the international community had finished its mission there and quelled the threat from the Taliban.
"This is a very hard summer - it's not over," he said at the G8 summit in Italy.
"But it's vital that the international community sees through its commitments."
Brown said Britain's resolve to complete the work in Afghanistan "is undiminished. We must help deliver a free and fair presidential election in Afghanistan".
The ongoing wave of violence has not been limited to just Afghanistan's south.
In Ghazni, a central province, four security guards were killed in an attack on Saturday, authorities said.
The guards were killed when a supply convoy they were escorting to a Nato-led base came under rocket attack, Kheyal Baz Sherzai, Ghazni's police chief, told the AFP news agency. A day earlier, in the same province, 11 fighters were killed in an operation by Afghan and international forces, Mohammad Osman Osmani, the governor, told the AFP. Separately, the Afghan interior ministry announced that 29 fighters were killed in Uruzgan province in the south on Friday.


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NSTA's new "Discovering Science" lessons provide those tools with activities that engage students to solve problems, collaborate, and discover. The acid rain lesson invites students to experiment, observe the effects of acid rain on plants, and then write about it. Additional activities help you expand topics across the curriculum. (For example, let students read and analyze Chris Van Allsburg's, Just a Dream.) Many students benefit from seeing connections between literature and science. Research indicates that giving student variety and choice in literature improves motivation. Use the list of books provided in each lesson to keep students motivated, engaged and learning.
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My cousin and little sister came to visit a few weekends ago. While we were waiting for my sister's plane, my cousin and I headed to Maharlika in East Village for a quick brunch. We sat at the bar, which was actually a really fun experience. The bar tender was incredibly knowledgable (I feel like he might have possibly been one of the owners) and super passionate about all things Filipino. If you are looking for an interesting experience in a more accessible fashion than going out to Queens, I highly recommend this.
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Pampangan-Style Sizzling Sisig with Egg
This is pig ears, snout, cheek, belly (cooked 3 times—boiled, grilled, sautéed), with sibuyas, garlic, lemon. Served on a sizzling plate with garlic rice.
– I went all out for this brunch. This is the traditional choice and wow is it meat packed. All of the meat breakfast dishes seem incredibly filling, both my cousin and I could barely make a dent. This is cool to get once, especially when they break the egg over the sizzling pan. It tastes awesome but it is heavy, I don't think I could put it into regular rotation.
iLog Breakfast silog = sinangag (garlic rice) + itlog (egg)
served with relish of kamatis, pepino, sibuyas and wansoy with patis dressing – Longganisa, sweet, garlicky pork sausage
– Ok longest food title ever. This was good, less meaty than the first but I wasn't blown away. If you're getting a meat dish, do it right with the Pampangan and maybe supplement with the new Mango French Toast dish they added to the menu (haven't had it, but will soon!).
Overall: The garlic rice is delicious, make sure you get summa dat with whatever you order. If you're really adventurous and trying to get into the local flavor, they have things made with Spam – you are a braver man (woman) than I! There are really awesome sauces, a spicy vinegar and what not. Have your waiter explain them to you because it's a nice piece of Filipino culture :)


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Led by the charismatic, flute-wielding Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull began as a somewhat Led Zeppelin-like, bluesy hard-rock band. Before long the balance tipped to courtly, Elizabethan-sounding progressive rock tinged with folk and marked by tricky time changes and long suites. Though they were masters of the concept album (THICK AS A BRICK, AQUALUNG), Tull was able to churn out hook-laden hard-rock riffs that guaranteed them a permanent place on classic-rock playlists the world over.
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Brexit and the Jewsby Keren Keet
A British Jew gives her take on the Brexit and how the British Jewish community is handling it.
Brexit: Should We Stay or Should We Go?by Keren Keet
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A growing number of Canadian children with chronic illnesses are being treated with complementary medicine, researchers say, but parents don't always tell doctors they are using the alternative therapies.
Yet informing health-care providers about vitamins, herbal and homeopathic remedies is important because in some cases they can adversely interact with traditional medications, the researchers say.
In a survey of parents having their children treated at two Canadian pediatric hospitals, researchers found that alternative medicines and such therapies as massage and chiropractic were commonly used.
At Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, 71 per cent of parents surveyed said they treated their kids with complementary medicine, while 42 per cent of parents attending the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa reported their use.
"Our study found that many, many children use complementary therapies, and unfortunately oftentimes parents do not necessarily disclose this use when they're talking to their child's health-care team," said pediatrician Dr. Sunita Vohra, co-principal author of the study.
The research, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, found almost 20 per cent of families surveyed said they had not told their physician or pharmacist about using both prescription and alternative medicines together.
"The reasons for this are probably many and varied," Vohra said. "Sometimes, parents don't feel comfortable bringing it up. Sometimes, they're not sure how that information is going to be received by the health-care team."
And in other cases, parents may not think the information is relevant because they may not consider a herbal remedy, for instance, as being a medicine, she said.
The study involved a total of 926 families at 10 different clinics in Edmonton and Ottawa, with parents asked to fill out an anonymous questionnaire in the waiting room prior to their child's appointment.
The young patients were being seen at clinics in the two hospitals that deal with pediatric cardiology, gastroenterology, neurology, oncology and respiratory health conditions.
The most common complementary medicines used were multivitamins or minerals, herbal products and homeopathic remedies, while the most often-used alternative therapies were massage, chiropractic, relaxation and aromatherapy.
Almost half reported using forms of complementary remedies at the same time as being treated by conventional medicine, while about 5 per cent said they used such alternative therapies instead of standard medicine.
The study also found that about 56 per cent of respondents were treating their youngsters with alternative forms of medication at the same time as they were taking prescription drugs.
But such concurrent treatment can be risky: The study found 80 cases of interactions between complementary remedies and traditional drugs, including 19 considered moderately adverse and six that were deemed severe.
Fish oil, for instance, can cause the blood to thin. Combining it with a pharmaceutical blood thinner can result in bleeding, Vohra said.
Echinacea, a herb taken by many people to boost the immune system, can counter the effectiveness of chemotherapy used to treat cancer, she said.
"There's all kinds of medications that can interact and you have to [assess] it on a case-by-case basis," noted CHEO pediatrician Dr. James King, who led the study with Vohra.
"The big thing is if you don't ask about it, you don't know to check, right?" King said.
Vohra also cautioned that "more is not necessarily better."
"We have seen patients that have gotten into trouble if they expose themselves … to polypharmacy – the idea of taking many things at the same time," she said. "Even though the things they're taking are natural health products, if you're on a long list of them, I would be careful.
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TriHealth has notified 150 workers, out of its more than 10,000 employees, that they will be let go for failing to get required flu shots.
The healthcare company, which is based in the Cincinnati, Ohio area, sent the notices out on Nov. 21 — the day before the Thanksgiving holiday, reports The Cincinnati Enquirer. Employees had been warned that failing to be vaccinated by Nov. 16 would result in their dismissal.
TriHeath runs several hospitals and doctor's groups, as well as a hospice, in the region. The company requires the shots as a safety issue for its staff and the patients they treat, and provides them at no charge.
Employees with a religious or health-related reason for not getting vaccinated may be exempt from the program. If an exemption is obtained, employees are required to wear surgical masks when they are near patients.
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Rub your fingers across your teeth for a few seconds. Hear anything? Squeak-y, squeak-y. That's a little bit like the sound and feel you get when you chew cooked Halloumi cheese. Unique to Cyprus, Halloumi is a semi-hard cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk — or a mix of both — seasoned with mint and soaked in brine. The salty, tangy yet mild tasting Halloumi, whose name stems from the Greek work for salty, "almi," has a special characteristic: it doesn't melt. Grill it, fry it, and it doesn't turn to gooey liquid. Life in Cyprus without it apparently is inconceivable. And I don't blame them.
Monday night I tasted Halloumi wrapped in prosciutto, cubed in soup, chopped over a beet carpaccio, pan-fried with roasted eggplant, and sandwiched in between quince. Halloumi is versatile, good raw and even more satisfying in its more chewy cooked form. Before then I don't recall having tried Halloumi cheese, yet it tasted so familiar. It reminded me a lot of Colombian queso blanco, a white, salty and somewhat rubbery cheese that we eat with bocadillo (guava-paste-like sweet) or arepas.
Seemingly I didn't get enough of the cheese on Monday for last night I was eager to sample it at home and share my discovery with D. The speckles of mint in the cheese might have caused a little skepticism at first, but one bite of the raw Halloumi got D asking for more. The final dish — grilled Halloumi and lemons with a lemon-garlic-dill vinaigrette — was an even bigger hit. The lemons accentuate the tang of the cheese and cut through its saltiness. And you'll just want to peel off and eat the golden, crisp crust that forms on the cheese. Another plus: the grilled lemons flood your home with a warming citrusy scent. With tropical storm Noel's winds, we had to use the indoor grill.
Grilled Halloumi Cheese and Lemon
Adapted from Gourmet
Ingredients– Lemons, 2
– Halloumi cheese, 1/2 lb. cut into 1/3-inch triangles
– Garlic, 1 large clove minced
– Salt, 1/4 teaspoon
– Sugar, 1/4 teaspoon
– Olive oil, 1/4 cup
– Fresh dill, 2 tablespoons finely chopped
1. Prepare a gas grill for direct-heat cooking over moderately high heat.
2. Cut 8 thin slices from lemons. From remainder, squeeze juice to measure 2 tablespoons and put in a bowl.
3. Mash minced garlic to a paste with a pinch of salt using side of a large heavy knife. Add to lemon juice. Whisk in salt and sugar until dissolved, then add 1/4 cup oil, whisking until combined.
4. Separately toss lemon slices and cheese each with 1/2 tablespoon of the dressing.
5. Grill cheese and lemon slices on grill rack, covered, turning over once until grill marks appear on cheese and lemons begin to wilt
6. Whisk dill into remaining dressing. Divide cheese among four small plates, top with lemon slices and drizzle with dressing. Serve immediately.
Cook's Notes
The original recipe calls for four 3/4-inch slices of country or peasant-style bread, which is brushed lightly with olive oil and grilled with the cheese and lemons until toasted. The cheese is served on the bread.
More things you can do with Halloumi cheese
– Eat it raw and alone.
– Eat it raw with watermelon. This is, I was told, is a traditional way Cypriots eat it.
– Cut it into cubes and mix it into salads.
– Grill it and top it with tomatoes, maybe even grill those too.
– Serve it pan-fried with eggs.
– Grate it and sprinkle it on pastas or pizza.
– Fry it and dress it with chili oil.
You can buy Halloumi cheese at Whole Foods Market.
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A Laurens County Jury has awarded close to $3 million in damages to a 51-year-old Laurens area woman in a Medical Malpractice case against a former Laurens County OB/GYN Doctor. The case cites a November, 2009 hysterectomy at Laurens County Hospital by Dr. Byron A. Brown. It stipulated that additional procedures were also performed, and that serious complications developed from the surgery. Records indicate at least four corrective surgeries were required, including cases performed at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Court records indicated the trial began Monday, July 21st and concluded with a Jury Verdict in the local woman's behalf around 7:30 last Friday evening. Dr. Brown resigned from all privileges at the hospital on May 12, 2011 and since that time has reportedly moved to the United Kingdom. He was not present for the trial last week, but did appear in a three-hour video deposition.
The jury verdict last Friday evening instructs Dr. Brown to pay the former patient $500,000 to cover Medical Expenses and $2,450,000 for "non-economic causes."
Last week's trial was the first of five cases pending against 42-year-old Dr. Byron A. Brown. A second is set to begin in Laurens County Civil Court on August 25th. In that case, the patient is suing Dr. Brown and the Laurens County Health Care System. Court records indicate that there have already been two Default Judgments against Dr. Byron A. Brown with awards of between $1.4 and $1.5 million for those two plaintiffs.


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This sample will demonstrate the following new features from EJB 3.0
Calculator.java: A stateless session bean that implements a simple java interface instead of an EJB component interface like EJBObject, EJBLocalObject or java.rmi.Remote. By annotating this class as a @Stateless session there is no need for a deployment descriptor to describe it separately. This class implements both a local and remote business interface, namely CalculatorLocal and CalculatorRemote.
CalculatorLocal.java: Since this is a local business interface, it is optional that the coder marks this class with a @Local annotation. A business interface which is not annotated with @Local or @Remote is assumed to be Local.
CalculatorRemote.java: Since this is a remote business interface, it must be annotated with the @Remote annotation.
CalculatorServlet.java: This is a servlet to process the form on the jsp page. It uses the stateless session bean Calculator to do some computation and returns the result. Note that CalculatorLocal is being annotated with the @EJB annotation. The ejb container will route every request to different bean instances. Note: a stateful session bean must be declared at the type level, whereas a stateless session bean may be declared at any level.
The structure of the deployable should look like the following:
|- calculator-stateless-ear-2.0-SNAPSHOT.ear |- META-INF |- application.xml |- calculator-stateless-ejb-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar |- calculator-stateless-war-2.0-SNAPSHOT.war
application.xml: The JAR file is referenced to provide the functionality of this deployable. The WAR file is referenced in order to show the usage of this deployable through a web based interface. The context-root is set to be /calculator so that the URL for this application will be http://<hostname>:<port>/calculator. This is generated by maven during the build and may be found in the ear or at calculator-stateless-ear/target/application.xml. The versions will vary depending on the source code version.
plan.xml: A Geronimo plan is not needed for standalone deployment of this application but is recommended to fix the module id. This example is completed by the car-maven-plugin in calculator-stateless-jetty. The dependencies are not actually needed for standalone deployment.
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Image Teases 'Guardians of the Globe' Series Launch With Marvel Marketing Parody
Avengers fans got an eye full of teaser images over the past weeks showcasing heroes from Marvel's main title, "Secret Avengers" and "Avengers Academy," but now Image Comics is trying its hand at the team promo game with parodies that cleverly announce a team book straight from the pages of Robert Kirkman's "Invincible."
"Guardians of the Globe" is headed to fans this August, although its unclear who the creative team will be as no info is listed on the mysterious teaser image aside from Invincible's quote.
After reading the most recent issue of "Invincible," it's hard to image how the frustrated hero might find his way back into his world's most respected team, but that's what makes a teaser a teaser after all.
If Invincible is going to formally join the Guardians, it'll be nice to see him take a less murderous role than his father. With Kirkman's Britt leading currently leading the team, the new series should be a cool opportunity to give the character more time to shine after the painful cancellation of his last solo series.
Check out the full-sized image after the jump and stay tuned to CA for more reveals as (if) they come.


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I really don't know … what do you like to be … and we are in 2013 , and everything changed people like you (maybe) , wants to be cyber hero in reddit , twitter , … who believe hacktivism these days ?! cDc , THC , … your tool now published in public That For last 10 years used by law enforcement , Forensics investigator and spy agents to put rats on target systems . It's good to talk about history behind the tricks , and if you don't scare to publish something like this , that's not bad talk about who used these tricks before . and before publish something like this Do you ever think to yourself !?! that's possible how many Relation will be destroy by your tool ?!I hope you will be responsible … everyday tons of security vuln and poc published , and for past 8 years I never ask anyone why ?! in the end , happy new year , and I hope find the time think to yourself about many things . take care ,
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Pure Goodness: Apples
Apples. A wonderful gift from nature.
This fruit inspired Newton, became a Da Vinci code, was called "a fruit of life and youthfulness" in mythological stories and tempted both Snow White and Eve. Yes, today we are talking about the apple.
Originated in the countries of Southwest Asia about 4000 years ago apples first arrived to Europe in the IX century. The fruit was mentioned in books written in the time of Alexander The Great who discovered the apples in Kazakhstan and brought them to Macedonia. The fruit was highly respected in ancient Rome, too. It was the Romans who introduced the apple trees to Europe by planting apple seeds in every country they conquered.
In the 17th century the English and Dutch colonists brought the apple to North America, including "New England" and "New Amsterdam" while French travellers introduced them to Canada.
Apples belong to the rose family of plants and are classified are pome fruit due to the fact that they contain a compartmentalised core. The crisp white fleshed fruits with beautiful and shiny red, yellow or green skin may taste very sweet or pleasantly tart depending on their variety.
The high fibre (pectin and cellulose) content makes apples a perfect natural aid for keeping digestive tract healthy and cholesterol —in check. A medium unpeeled apple provides about 4 grams of fibre or 17 per cent of the recommended daily fibre intake.
Apples are also known for their anti-inflammatory properties and ability to fight bacteria and viruses, prevent cancer, decrease risk of asthma and support healthy heart. If eaten before meals, apples may also help suppress appetite. The phytonutrients in apples including quercetin may help regulate blood sugar levels.
Apart from vitamin A, C, group B, K and iron, the fruit also contains calcium and phosphorus that support healthy bones and teeth as well as boron known for its ability to boost the action of oestrogen. It also appears that the phenols in the skin of apples, particularly Braeburn, may provide a good dose of UV-B protection according to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Botany.
Drinking apple juice isn't the same as eating a fresh fruit as the fibre and some vitamins and minerals will be lost, so stick with fresh apples, eat them whole, including the skin and the core and remember that two apples a day are better than one.
Use the fruit as a easy-to-carry-around snack, bake and mix them into your yoghurt for breakfast, add to salads or even meat dishes and of course, if you want to indulge, bake a beautiful apple pie or gorgeous tarte tatin.
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Such a gorgeous post, I love the photos, Sarah. The first one makes me smile every time I look at it. xxxReplyDelete
You know what they say- An apple a day keeps the doctor away! Great post. These are the cutest little girls I have ever seen.ReplyDelete
Sarah I not only love the info on apples, the fashion images are simply wonderful!ReplyDelete
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So beautiful. I love the apples and the images are so beautiful.ReplyDelete
Hope that your week is off to a great start, Sarah.
i knew they were my favorite fruit for a reason.ReplyDelete
I love this pure goodness series...and I love apples...the fashion shots are gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Sarah, you are definitely capturing the colors of autumn. The reminder to eat something as simple as an apple is perfect for today. Thank you again for the opportunity to win the giveaway--I'm looking forward to hearing from Belmondo!ReplyDelete
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beautiful pictures!!ReplyDelete
Awesome images...I have to go back and look again!ReplyDelete
Such a perfect post for Fall, the colors are amazing!ReplyDelete
PS. Thank you so much for your sweet note about my baby puppy. It's been a tough time but we are managing and praying for the best. Your words meant a lot to me!
Nancy xo
I love all the info you lay on us, girl. I read every word of these posts. You make things so interesting. How do you like them apples?ReplyDelete
What a beautiful autumn post! Love to read Natalia's info and tips and to see these gorgeous photos, especially the first one. How adorable is the little girl with her rosy cheeks. xoxoReplyDelete
I do not go crazy for the apples but i like them baked. :-)ReplyDelete
Sarah, i like very much how you mix diferent images!
..and a lovely history lesson too, beautiful!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the lovely comments so far—Natalia's pieces are always so informative and fun to read!ReplyDelete
geourgeous images, Sarah! hugsReplyDelete
How is it possible that I enjoy reading every single post you write??ReplyDelete
Have a lovely day
Sara C.
These images are incredible! So rich and beautiful. I often miss the fall...living in San Diego you don't get much of a fall. There's this little town in high in the mountains of San Diego called Julian and they get four true seasons. It's wonderful! Miss you!ReplyDelete
I was actually hoping to dedicate saturday to apples. Apple picking and baking! This post is getting me excited for it:)ReplyDelete
And little miss apple cheeks is adorable!
Sara—Natalia is quite talented, indeed!ReplyDelete
Naomi—there are definitely some perks to Autumn and the colors, to me, is just one :)
Anna—sounds delicious!


text: Politics 12 March 2009 Blonde ambition Observations on Barbie Sign up for our weekly email * Barbie. I've always had a soft spot for her. Not least because she helps me explain to people how to spell my surname ("Like Barbie but with an RI at the end": never fails). This month, Barbie is 50: cue, reams of the usual stuff about how bad she is for little girls, with her anatomically impossible waist and huge knockers. She is now also being blamed for being too flighty, and having "too many jobs". One psychologist has been quoted as saying: "If you don't want your child to be affected by this image of the female body, then don't let her have a Barbie, it's as simple as that." Yeah, right – and also stop her ever watching the TV, or reading magazines and newspapers, and ever coming into contact with women who have had plastic surgery. At least, with Barbie, children realise she's a doll. Far more damaging, I think, is to see real women who have been cut and remodelled through surgery, or elongated, plumped up and touched up through Photoshop. My aunts in Italy, growing up in the 1940s, had dolls made out of potatoes: but they never actually thought women should look like root vegetables. My daughter has a cloth doll from Habitat with horns for ears, and a whole host of other weird-looking dolls. She doesn't think women look like that, any more than she thinks Barbie is real. Children aren't stupid, only their parents are. Barbie is a doll. Let's not overthink her. Yes, she's backed by a multimillion-pound marketing campaign, but so is infant milk formula, which is far more of a threat to a young child's health. At least Barbie is a toy that involves imagination. I grew up with Sindy and Barbie and Tressy. I played with them for years. I never noticed how high up their breasts were or how small their waists were. But then, I was too busy playing with them to analyse them. I went on to become one of the first, and youngest, women admitted into the British army's Intelligence Corps. Being allowed to be a child and playing with dolls taught me that anything is possible. What made me want to be thin and fucked me up for a while was the images in French Marie Claire (the English version hadn't launched yet), which showed real women who were impossibly perfect. Barbie never left me feeling wanting. I made clothes for her, practising in miniature what I'd do in real-life size later on. But after all, she was just a toy and her hair never looked good for long, no matter how much you brushed it. The past 50 years have been enormously empowering for women; how funny that Barbie is only ever blamed for the negative part of that era. Which is just typical. She's too good-looking to be given credit for anything other than malevolent distraction. Annalisa Barbieri was in fashion PR for five years before going to the Observer to be fashion assistant. She has worked for the Evening Standard and the Times and was one of the fashion editors on the Independent on Sunday for five years, where she wrote the Dear Annie column. She was fishing correspondent of the Independent from 1997-2004. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 16 March 2009 issue of the New Statesman, The year of the crowd More


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Immigration bill's prospects seem dim
WASHINGTON - A leading congressional advocate for immigrants' rights introduced a bill Tuesday that would allow millions of illegal immigrants to become U.S. citizens and would end a controversial program that enlists local police to enforce immigration laws.
The 700-page bill by Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., is widely viewed as too liberal to pass.
Obama administration officials have said they are looking instead to a more moderate, bipartisan immigration reform bill to be introduced in the Senate early next year by Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
Still, Gutierrez made it clear that he and his allies expect a seat at the negotiating table as lawmakers and the White House seek middle ground on the polarizing issue.
Gutierrez's bill, endorsed by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Black Caucus and Asian Pacific American Caucus, would allow illegal immigrants to stay in the country while they apply to become legal residents or citizens. They would have to pay a $500 fine and show they've made a contribution to the country through work, education, military or community service.
The legislation also would repeal the 287(g) program, which enlists local police and sheriff's deputies to enforce federal immigration law. The bill says only the federal government has the authority to enforce those laws.
It also includes a provision that would allow states to offer in-state school tuition to students who aren't citizens and whose parents may be in the country illegally.
The bill acknowledges that strong border security is needed, but it also calls for increased oversight of border control agents to ensure civil liberties are protected.
"As a candidate for president, Barack Obama promised comprehensive immigration reform, and we have brought him the bill to accomplish this," Gutierrez said.
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The Hyborian Age is named for the Hyborian kingdoms, the pre-eminent powers of the age, which are the most culturally and technologically advanced lands on Earth, their kings thrones maintained through longbows, plate armour, and feudalism. These kingdoms make war against one another more often than against the real threats all around them, the wild Picts, raiding northmen, and avaricious Hyrkanian nomads, as well as the dread sorceries of Stygia to the south. Beyond Stygia and the plains of Shem lies the continent of Kush, black and unknown, a land of jungles and deserts; far to the east are more kingdoms, perhaps almost as a advanced as the Hyborian lands, but little more than legend: Vendhya and Khitai are the most prominent.
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In trouble or an awkward position, out of luck, as in His check bounced, leaving Jim behind the eight ball with his landlord. The term comes from pocket billiards or pool, where in certain games if the number eight ball is between the "cue ball" and "object ball" the player cannot make a straight shot. [Colloquial; c. 1920]
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It's a slow day, so old controversies are being revived -- like the one about a 1995 memoir written by a then-unknown Chicago man named Barack Obama.
Dreams From My Father attributes the actions of some people to others -- creating what are known as composite characters, a device Obama has never denied and in fact wrote about in the book's introduction.
"For the sake of compression, some of the characters that appear are composites of people I've known, and some events appear out of precise chronology," Obama said in the introduction to his 1995 book.
One of those characters is apparently an old girlfriend named Genevieve Cook, who, as we reported earlier today, provided her old journals to Obama biographer David Maraniss.
In Dreams From My Father, Obama writes of how he and Genevieve had a fight after watching an "angry" play by a black playwright -- but Cook told Maraniss she didn't attend that performance with him.
When asked about this decades later, during a White House interview, Obama acknowledged that the scene did not happen with Genevieve. "It is an incident that happened," he said. But not with her.
He would not be more specific, but the likelihood is that it happened later, when he lived in Chicago. "That was not her," he said. "That was an example of compression I was very sensitive in my book not to write about my girlfriends, partly out of respect for them. So that was a consideration. I thought that (the anecdote involving the reaction of a white girlfriend to the angry black play) was a useful theme to make about sort of the interactions that I had in the relationships with white girlfriends. And so, that occupies, what, two paragraphs in the book?
My attitude was it would be dishonest for me not to touch on that at all … so that was an example of sort of editorially how do I figure that out?"
That might not stop Obama's critics from accusing him of false reporting -- but the story of composite characters is nothing new; Obama disclosed it himself back in 1995.
It should also be noted that Obama is not the only memoir writer to use this technique.
Obama also wrote in that introduction: "With the exception of my family and a handful of public figures, the names of most characters have been changed for the sake of their privacy."
David's journalism career spans three decades, including coverage of five presidential elections, the Oklahoma City bombing, the 2000 Florida presidential recount and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has covered the White House for USA TODAY since 2005. His interests include history, politics, books, movies and college football -- not necessarily in that order. More about David
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Terms of Engagement(2002)
Wanted: Wife / Marriage in Jeopardy
An omnibus of novels by Kate Hoffmann and Miranda Lee
Two complete novels explore how a marriage of convenience can be downright inconvenient. In "Wanted: Wife, " Jordan Prentiss is ordered to get married or be fired. Wedding consultant Elise Sinclair is on the case, but how to mold him into the perfect groom? In "Marriage in Jeopardy, " Blake and Juliana Preston are married in name only. But when Blake's plane disappears, she has to admit he means everything to her.
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Zolo mixing a meal with mezcal
For those of you who love mezcal, the agave-based liquor that isn't tequila, head straight for Zolo Southwestern Grill on Thursday, March 12. The Big Red F restaurant at 2525 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder will be doing a five-course dinner based on Del Maguey Mezcal, which is produced small-batch and has won various World Spirits championships.
"The inspiration for having the Del Maguey Mezcal dinner came from my passion for Del Maguey's product," explains Zolo bar manager Brian Selbitschka. "The artisan nature of production, the family-owned distilleries and the fact that each mezcal is named after the village it comes from and reflects its terroir. The craft behind the product is really showcased."
Th result is a thought-provoking pairing."This dinner is a chance for us to educate our customers on the not-as-popular mezcal product, which to me is the quintessential spirit of agave," says Selbitschka. "These mezcals have a lot going on and as you build your palate and knowledge about tequila, this depth becomes clear."
The dinner, cooked by chef Brett Smith, starts at 6:30 p.m. and is $65 a person. For reservations, call 303-449-0444.
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Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - A bid to legalize prostitution in New Zealand may be averted, as opposition has grown in a parliament that is more pro-family than it used to be.
Lawmakers exercising a conscience vote have now passed a second reading of the bill, but by a margin of just 62 votes to 56. By contrast, the first reading, which took place before an election last year, passed 87-21.
The period between the two readings has seen considerable lobbying by religious and secular groups opposed to the Prostitution Reform Bill, which would make it legal for those over 18 to solicit sex, while removing the offenses of pimping, brothel keeping and living off the earnings of a prostitute.
In last July's general election, a small Christian-based party, United Future, increased its representation in parliament from one to eight seats. The party fought hard against the bill, and all eight of its lawmakers voted against it.
Most other parties were split, with many lawmakers voting against colleagues and traditional allies.
With the final tally so close, opponents of the proposed law expressed optimism that it may yet be defeated. The bill has now gone into a committee stage to consider amendments before a third and final reading and vote.
Supporters of the legislation argue that it will help regulate an existing industry and protect prostitutes, for example, by forcing brothel owners to ensure "safe sex" is practiced.
But opponents such as lawmaker Dianne Yates, one of the few female members of the ruling Labor Party to oppose the bill, see it differently.
"I don't agree that prostitution and soliciting is a viable occupation for people in this country," she said.
"Coming from a feminist perspective, I think it is exploitation of women. This bill doesn't help the prostitutes - it makes nice, clean brothels for men to use."
Outside of parliament, a fringe group called "Catholic Action" sent emails to lawmakers warning that those who supported the move would be "on the road to hell for all eternity."
A spokeswoman for the Roman Catholic Church distanced it from the sentiment and the group behind it, however, saying it did not speak for New Zealand's Catholics. Some Christian lawmakers also took issue with the warning.
A Catholic Action representative said Monday that the group has the aim of defending the Catholic faith and fighting "evil legislation, be it existing or opposed."
He said the group opposed prostitution because it always involved at least one of a list of "mortal sins" - fornication, adultery, contraception, use of abortifacients, abortion or homosexual acts.
The spokesman, who did not want his name used, said Catholic Action had "hundreds of supporters who have signed petitions and financially supported our endeavors."
More traditional opposition has come from other religious and pro-family groups.
The Maxim Institute, a secular public policy organization that has lobbied hard against the move, said the key concern related to the "disastrous social consequences that will follow."
Pointing to the experience of Australia, Maxim said the decriminalization of prostitution clearly leads to the expansion of the sex trade. "Child prostitution will worsen and trafficking women for prostitution will increase."
Noting that 25 lawmakers had had second thoughts on the bill since the first reading, the institute said that as awareness grows, and "people come to realize the effects of the proposed law change," it expected more opposition, and the legislation's eventual defeat.
A group called the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective, which is pushing for the law change, said it would increase its efforts and believed the bill would pass.
The collective says it campaigns for the rights of prostitutes to ply their trade in a legal, safe and healthy environment. Its staff are, or have been, involved in prostitution.
Meanwhile a small religious party without representation in parliament, the Christian Heritage Party, said the thousands of women who would be victims if the law passed were looking for just six members of parliament with a conscience to change their stand.
"MPs have one more opportunity at the third reading of the bill to stand for what is morally right," said party leader Graham Capill.
He called the bill an attack on women and the values undergirding a healthy society, saying it would lead to more violence, drug abuse, sexually-transmitted diseases and family destruction.
"The government should be more concerned to address the root causes that lead women into prostitution in the first place," Capill said.
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From: "Jerry L. Clark" <>
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY-L] Robert Ford
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 09:47:47 -0700
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Dear List,
My question is this. Assuming Norma is correct then do we dare say
then that the Mary Clarke who was a daughter of Edward Clarke and
Mary Kirkley even married a Robert Ford. And If she did which Robert
Ford is most likely a possibility? and if not who did she really
Because it now looks as though that marriage maybe very difficult to
prove. I certainly would like to get this Ford family corrected.
>>Second Generation Robert Ford b. abt 1664 d. 1740, gave a depo 1715 saying
>>he was 51. first wife unknown, 2/d Mary Heard, 3/d Margaret. Parent of
>>Robert, John, Peter, Monica, Anastacia, Teresa. He's a tad old to be the
>>wife of Mary Clarke, daughter of Edward Clarke and Mary Kirkley and have her
>>be the first unknown wife and mother of his children
>>Third Generation Robert Ford married Rachel Howard, and Theresa Van
>>Swearingen, Robert and Rachel parents of Monica Ford.
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I love potato breads.The addition of the potatoes give the loaves a light texture and also promotes fermentation.
Beautiful crumb and crust,
Beautiful crumb and crust, Butler!
Would love for you to share your recipe for this...................they are truly beautiful loaves and I know my son would love them, anything to do with a potato lights him up! Thanks, Mattie
Potato Bread Recipe
Hi Mattie,
This recipe is from Nancy Silverton's Bread from the La Brea Bakery.
I just made some adjustment to suit my baking and sourdough hydration.I guess it should be alright to share it here with all of you out there.
1)300g mashed potatoes, chilled
2)400g water, 55F
3)250g sourdough starter(100%hydration)
4)900g unbleached bread flour (you might have to adjust the amt depending on how wet your starter is.Nancy Silverton uses a very wet starter.)
5)3.5 tsp kosher salt
Mix the first 5 ingredient together.(You can choose to mix by hand or a mixer).I prefer to use my hand.The dough will feel sticky and soft. Cover it and allow the dough to rest for 20 min.
After the autolyse period, mix in the salt and knead it till the dough feels firm and elastic but it will still feel slightly sticky.It will takes about 10-15 mins.
Tuck it into loose ball and cover it tightly with a plastic wrap and allow it to ferment at room temp for 1.5 to 2 hrs. or until it just rise about one inch.It will depends on how cold or warm your room temp is. Refrigerate the dough for 8-12 hours.
Remove the dough from the refrigerator and remove the wrap. The dough will have expanded by approximately half, if not continue to let it rise cover with a proofing cloth at room temp until it does.
Divide into 3 equal pieces. Tuck each into a loose ball. (Don't bother to shape nicely at this time) Allow the dough to rest for 15mins.
Shape each dough into a boule and elongate it into a football shape about 8 inch long or whatever shape you desire.At this time,you may choose to proof your shaped dough in a proofing basket or in a couche which I did.Invert the loaves, smooth sides down .Make sure the proofing basket or the couche are well-floured(it is better to use rice flour) or it will stick.Cover the entire basket or couche with a plastic bag and secure it. Refrigerate the shaped doughs in the refrigerator and let it proof for 10 to 14hrs.
Prepare the oven for hearth baking one hour before. Preheat oven to 500F.
Remove the dough from the refrigerator. Remove the plastic bag. and let it proof covered with the proofing cloth for up to 1-2 hrs at room temp or until the internal temp of the dough reaches 60 to 62F. The dough will have almost double in their size.(a finger pressed lightly into the dough will leave a slight indentation)
Lightly dust the dough and invert it onto a lightly floured peel.Slash the top of the dough.
Pour a cup of very hot water into the water tray under the baking stone and shut the oven door quickly. Open the door and slide the dough onto the baking stone and close the door quickly. If you are loading each loaf separately, cut, spritz and load the second and third loaves in the same manner. If your baking stone isn't large enough, place the remaining loaves in the refrigerator while the loaf in the oven bakes.
Spritz the oven two more times during the first 5 mins.Reduce the temp to 450F and bake for 20 mins.After 20 mins, rotate the loaves around for even baking and continue baking for another 10 more mins or until the crust is a deep ,rich brown and the internal temperature reaches about 200F. Remove and cool on a cooling rack.
The interior should be soft and chewy, with a good distribution of small and large holes!
I used King Arthur's unbleached all-purpose flour instead of bread flour. The result was as good.
Happy trying.
Thank you for the recipe, I will probably give it a try this weekend, my middle son loves anything to do with potatoes and he should be coming by this weekend. Mattie
Really lovely!
That bread looks lovely, and how much do I have to pay you to get a slice? :)


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n the July 13th edition of Klosterman's The Ethicist advice column for the New York Times, an anonymous reader wrote in seeking advice about an affair his wife was having with a "government executive" whose job "is seen worldwide as a demonstration of American leadership." The anonymous reader went on to praise the government executive as "gracious" and "absolutely the right person for the job." He then asked if he should acknowledge the affair or let it continue until the project succeeds. Sounds like the government executive could hold a position like, say, the director of the CIA, right? In other words, did Paula Broadwell's husband know about her affair with David Petraeus and then turn to, of all people, Chuck Klosterman for advice? Maybe!
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Nisshin Oillio Group Ltd. said Wednesday it will raise the prices of its cooking oil products Oct. 1.
The company blamed a surge in prices of soybeans used to make cooking oil due to the severe draught in the United States.
The price increase will be the third by the leading cooking oil maker this year, after hikes in April and July.
The prices of cooking oil products for households will be raised by at least ¥10 per 1 kg, while those of commercial-use cooking oil will go up ¥200 or more per 16.5 kg, it said.
Rival J-Oil Mills Inc. is also considering raising the prices of its products.


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I think i could agree with the general point you are trying to make here. Yes I think collectively we are busier than ever as individuals, as economies become more advanced we are under more pressure to be productive.
But generally I really think there are a lot of factors at play here, alot could depend on what stage of your career you are in, if you are just starting out than you would be under alot pressure to perform and achieve more; later on this pressure should decline as you begin to manage other ppl or become more efficient at what you do.
Also it really depends on what you do. If you are a freelancer than the pressures could be much bigger than if you were working for a company because you just have to produce more work to earn money and you may be ambitious/ setting yourself larger targets etc..
but putting all of this aside i think one should always try to make time for leisure actives such as sport on a purely practical level i find it makes me more efficient to take a break walk/exercise just because after about four hours of work i get tiered from sitting and looking at a screen, and getting a bit of exercise really helps me relx a little and get my blood flowing until I get back to work.
It sounds as though you are simply overworking yourself. You should always try to keep in mind that this may not be healthy and its always up to you to take a little break and/or take things slowly once in a while, jsut because most people would start to burn out after a while
Congrats dude your script looks like its quite complex so i think you will go quite far !
I need your help finding Wordpress plugin for particular functionality I'm trying to implement on one website. I have a feeling that the plugin is out there but I am just unable to correctly conceptualise/word it in order to find it using search engines; so here it goes:
I basically want a plugin that would enable me to have something similar to a language switcher and based on the territory selected it would show/hide preselected content on a page using short codes/divs but all content should be in English; as you can see this is relativity similar to a language switcher yet I wasn't able to customise language switcher plugins to achieve this.
So what i want to achieve from a users perspective is: a users goes to the site and selects their country i.e. France/ america/England and based on their selection some navigation items and some content on the homepage and other pages gets hidden/ appears.
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Any feedback for design would be helpful. Thank you. http://redshift.kub-it.com/
The entire site seems to have quite a lot of animations however the slider doesn't, thus it appears to be a bit jerky to me.
The red one: Overall I think it looks really good but the scrolling seems broken, when I scroll on my trackpad it goes all the way to the end, I have to use the navigation menu to get from one section to the next .
The padding on the product section's paragraphs could be bigger as they are quite close to the edges.
Overall the animation speeds need to be more consistent some hover effects are quicker then others and some scroll effects are quite slow, I would advise that you slow down your however effects a little. Additionally the slider animation seems to be looping which looks odd I think it should only play once.
Also the borders around various buttons seems unequal in size (at least in safari) with them being heavier on the top.
The css could be more organised; perhaps separate out the responsive styles? And I counted way too many fonts try to limit yourself to only 2/3.
Ultimately I think it lacks a baseline grid; the whole layout needs more horizontal and vertical flow; while I can see that you followed a grid at some point too many elements seem out of whack; try to use something like http://keyes.ie/things/baseliner/ to bing more flow;
Also the cut-offs look a bit odd at least to me as my first impression is that something is broken, it took me a good 20 secs to realise that everything is fine. I would recommend you use something like usability hub to conduct some usability studies and if other people feel the same way you should get rid of the feature.
Finally, the site often seems a little crowded to me, I would considering having less text/content at least above the fold; and maybe reduce the intensity of the red.
Well done dude thats much better. A couple of things: first I would change the cover image to something else in my browser that looks like the guys head just has an icon on it straight away and also the read more links in the blog area don't really look like links? so maybe add an underline or change the colour? and I think the dark background version needs a bit more work; maybe make the blacks a little lighter or the phonts a tiny bit darker just not to have it as contrasty…
But that just me being city picky I think its come a long way now, well done!
Its actually really easy, you can open the file in any basic text editor or even dreamweaver and just substitute the lorem opossum text with your own. However if you want more understanding and control I would recommend that you start with code-academy, they have very clear nicely broken down tutorials.
Overall I would say your design looks good; but if I had to give feedback it would be:
1. Typography, make sure your slider text is more legible by increasing the contrast with the background and deceasing the line-leith; typically you have to make it less then 2-3 lower case alphabets (and while your desgin only has 1-2 line of text in those instances, you never know what the client may end up doing with it).
2. I would also make sure the images of women are a little more consistent, maybe by using a filter and re-sizing a couple so the heads are more equal in size.
3. What sort of grid did you use? at times the design lacked order join my opinion, but idk …
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I am looking into the wordpress newsletter plugin Mailpoet. This might do almost everything I require.
Thanks dude that is super useful …


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Neck Pain and Headaches
Headaches have numerous causes and are often associated types of neck pain. These kinds of headaches are known as cervicogenic headaches and may involve both the muscles in the neck and the cervical spinal nerves. Meningitis is a serious condition which can cause both neck pain and headaches (along with fever) and should be ruled out if there is no obvious cause of the headache or associated neck pain (i.e. if not trauma has occurred to the neck).
Muscles Causing Neck Pain Headaches
Muscle problems can lead to referred headaches, particularly if the muscles involved are those extending from the jawline to the side of the head. These muscles are connected to the base of the skull and can be strained by poor posture, overuse, and acute or chronic stress. Usually a headache connected to muscle problems is also felt as pain, on movement, in the shoulder. If pressure is applied to the shoulder/neck area then the headache pain usually changes; the pain can be mild to severe, lasting hours or weeks.
Neck Muscles and Cervical Nerve Interaction
There are three main nerves, C1, C2, and C3, which go directly into the head from the cervical spinal region. These
Other muscles and nerves involved in neck motion are detailed in the section entitle Anatomy of the Neck. Problems with any of these nerves and muscles can lead to headaches and neck pain. Having a thorough understanding of the cause of the headache allows medical professionals to give better guidance as to correct treatment for the alleviation and prevention of the condition. Practitioners should conduct a thorough examination of the upper back, shoulders and cranial nerves in order to determine the site of the problem.
Exercise and posture correction can be especially useful for this kind of headache and neck pain as they can eliminate the cause of the muscle strain, correct, and strengthen those muscles and potentially prevent future incidences of the condition. Some people find chiropractic treatment, from a qualified professional, helpful in alleviating cervicogenic headaches.
Degenerative Problems
Neck-related headaches are often characterized by previous neck trauma, such as whiplash, headache on one side only with no change (although sometimes both sides are painful), pain at the skull-base, forehead, sides of the head or around the eyes which usually begins in the neck, and no sharp or throbbing pain on most occasions.
Other features of headaches related to neck pain include nausea, sensitivity to sound and light, dizziness, difficulty swallowing, blurred vision (often only on the side of the headache), watering eyes on the painful side, and occasionally vomiting if the pain is severe. Sometimes swelling is observed around the eye on the side of the head where the pain is felt.
Neck Pain Headache Prevention Tips
Simple things like holding an awkward position whilst talking on the phone, or having one shoulder strap longer than the other on a backpack can lead to neck pain, muscle strain and headaches. Being aware of posture and doing exercises to strengthen the core muscles (such as yoga, and pilates) can help prevent cervicogenic headaches. Having a good sleeping position is also important, as is ensuring use of a supportive (but not overly firm) pillow.
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Botanical Basket by Beth Nielsen
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Botanical Basket
Ride in style with this bright bike bag or use it to hold your stash at home.
Finished measurements
Width Approx 11"/28cm
Height Approx 8.5"/21.5cm
Depth Approx 6"/15cm deep.
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Months before the Battle of Antietam, President Abraham Lincoln had drawn up a preliminary emancipation proclamation in order to free
the slaves in the states currently in rebellion. In part a war measure, successfully freeing the slaves would mean that Southern
citizens, both men and women, would need to perform the work that the slaves had once done. The desired impact was either fewer men in
the Confederate Armies since they would be needed at home to help produce the food, weapons, and supplies necessary for the war effort
or less of that work would be completed if men continued fighting. Either way, freeing the slaves would result in a weaker South,
whichever road they took.
President Lincoln believed that he had the authority necessary
to issue his proclamation based on the president's war powers which, according to the Confiscation Act of 1861, included the
authorization to seize, confiscate, and condemn resources that benefit those in rebellion. However, in doing so, he did not "free
(all of) the slaves" in the United States. Slavery was still legal in the border states, the slave states loyal to the Union, and
in Southern regions still loyal to the North. The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, which ultimately banned slavery from all of
the United States, was not ratified until December 6, 1865, months after the surrender of Confederate Generals Lee's and Johnston's
Armies and President Lincoln's assassination. This war had begun as, and would remain, a war between the Southern slave states and
Northern free and slave states. Paragraph five of the Proclamation identifies regions in the South not currently in Rebellion who
could still legally own slaves. Despite later describing himself as "naturally anti-slavery", President Lincoln did not
believe that his war powers authorized him to abolish slavery in states or regions loyal to the Union. Although he had on several
occasions offered the border states compensated emancipation, the efforts of their slaves were not being employed statewide to support
the Rebellion. Without this, Lincoln believed that he had no constitutional authority to directly alter slave status.
The Battle of Antietam allowed the issuing of this signal act to take place bringing with it multiple consequences. Perhaps the most
significant other than the freeing of the slaves themselves, was that England and France, who had been actively considering recognizing
the South as an independent confederacy of states, paused after the victory at Antietam, slight as it may have been. The Emancipation
Proclamation may have put the final nail in the coffin of European diplomatic recognition for the South. Without it, there existed
little likelihood of a mediated peace or of direct military aid to the Confederacy, both of which would dramatically increase the odds
for an eventual Southern independence.
The Proclamation also changed the tone and focus of the war. Once a struggle to either gain Southern independence or save the
Union, the outcome of the war would now determine the future of slavery as well. If the North won the war, they would consider the
slaves in regions in rebellion on January 1, 1863, to be free. The Proclamation spoke to its own enforcement saying, "the
Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the
freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons...". Therefore, for the emancipated slaves to remain
free, the North must win the war. If the Confederate States emerged victorious, the North could not enforce this proclamation and the
future of slavery would remain in the hands of the Southern Confederacy.
For an excellent book on the significance of the Battle of Antietam, please try
James M McPherson's
Antietam: Crossroads of Freedom.
After a moment, the President put pen to paper, looked up and said, "That will do."
"By the President of the United States of America:
A Proclamation.
Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was
issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit:
"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves
within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then,
thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof,
will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any
efforts they may make for their actual freedom."
"That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if
any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or
the people thereof, shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at
elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong
countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State, and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the
United States."
Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the
Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as
a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days,
from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively, are
this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit:
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the Parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James Ascension,
Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the
counties of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and
Portsmouth[)], and which excepted parts, are for the present, left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.
And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said
designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States,
including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I
recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.
And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the
United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the
considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-seventh.
By the President: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State."