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Zoe Mendelson is traveling the world, talking to friends and strangers about the messy, wonderful business of love. This series tracks her journey, highlighting the best of her encounters.
There are few things as challenging as talking to Thais about homosexuality. Thailand has a reputation as an especially gay-friendly country, so why, even when language was not an issue, did my interviewees seem so utterly confounded by my questions? Well, because it turns out I was the confused one. Turns out, in fact, there's very little homosexuality in Thailand, so to speak.
In Thailand there are a lot of ladyboys, or katoey, and toms, as in "tomboy." Without official data, the only way I can describe this is to say that, at least in the big cities, it's noticeably common; you see them everywhere, even portrayed in popular media. Ladyboys are more common than toms, who have appeared on the scene more recently.
Ladyboys are men who dress as women and toms are women who dress as men. To say either group identifies as "men" or "women" would oversimplify the issue. The polite term for katoey in Thai literally translates to "third gender." Thai has no gendered pronouns, but when Thais refer to ladyboys and toms in English, they consistently used "her" and "him" respectively in such a natural way it seems to reflect the way they think of the people rather than an effort towards political correctness.
Maybe it's because Thais do, to a large extent, consider ladyboys women and toms men, but neither men who date ladyboys nor women who date toms are considered "gay." Anecdotally, it seems that ladyboys don't date ladyboys and toms don't date toms. When I asked about this, Thais looked at me like I was crazy or stupid. I spoke to Pang, a woman in a relationship with a tom, and we had the following conversation:
Me: Do toms ever date toms?
Pang: No, never!
Me: If a girl dates a tom is she gay or lesbian?
Pang: What? No! Not lesbian, not gay. No no no. In Thailand not use the word "lesbian."
Me: In the U.S. toms date toms and girls date girls. It's very common.
Pang: Girls and girl together just friends right?
Me: No they are dating, like a couple. And toms with toms!
Pang: [cracking up with her hands over her mouth] No no no! Not match!!! Not match!!!"
In Thailand, it's not common for girls to date girls unless one is a tom. Only one Thai person I spoke to had ever heard of this arrangement. There really is no common category called "lesbian." I even asked if there are some girls who exclusively date toms. I generally received a response in the realm of "sure… maybe?" I later met a Thai lesbian in Vietnam who told me she "left Thailand because there were no lesbians there. Lesbians there have a big problem."
One available but confining category for lesbians in Thailand is called "dee," as in "lady." Dees dress extra-feminine, wear makeup and heels, and carry handbags. A relationship between a tom and a dee involves a kind of hyper-hetero role-play in which toms provide for and tend to their dees. Toms take dees shopping, carry their purses, and walk around holding their hands. Holding hands is not even a common practice among heterosexual couples in Thai society, as they keep public displays of affection to a bare minimum. Common knowledge has it that toms only pleasure their dees and never let them see their own vaginas, although I never had the guts to verify this.
Men who date men have only begun emerging in the last 10 to 15 years. Although fairly well-accepted by general society, gay men still face difficulty because pleasing one's parents is of paramount importance in Thailand, and the pressure to have children continues. I heard many stories of men who date men when they are young, but who eventually marry a woman and have children. I also heard stories of men who marry, have children, and then go and find a boyfriend. But even within gay relationships between men in Thailand, a sort of male-female structure exists in that they self-identify as either a "king" or a "queen."
As Pang explained it, "Gay and ladyboy is not the same. Sometimes ladyboys date gay guys. But really, there's not many gay men who are men in Thailand."
I asked my Thai friend Meauw if straight men date ladyboys. "Yes!" she told me, "Everyone knows that! It's very common. Also married men will have a ladyboy on the side as the gik [mistress]." She explained that when a straight man dates a ladyboy she acts as a sort of sugar mama, paying for everything for the man. Similarly to the tom-dee setup, ladyboys pick up checks at meals, take their men shopping, and – according to one ladyboy I spoke with named Goff – even pay their rent.
Meauw and Goff both explained to me that ladyboys typically have lots of money. Subsequently, I asked many Thais about this and though not all could explain why, it definitely holds true in general consensus. Meauw explained ladyboys have a fairly easy time getting work because they can do the work of both a man and of a woman. Goff explained they have a reputation as good workers. She asked if I hadn't noticed how many bargirls and waitresses were ladyboys. "People think we are interesting, and smart and strong," she said. I heard this over and over. Contrary to popular imagination, only a small portion of ladyboys work as prostitutes.
I also asked Goff how early in life men become ladyboys. "Very young!" she told me, "I knew who I was when I was three!" It made me wonder if ladyboys face the same adversity in school as young gay boys often do. When I asked a woman named Bhorn if katoey are bullied in school she said, "No! Ladyboys are like the most popular in the school! They are really cool."
I asked Goff how parents generally felt about their sons becoming ladyboys. He told me at first, 20 years ago, his own parents were scared for their son's future, but that now they're more than happy about it, because he sends home so much money. Pang explained that in her generation — she is in her late 20s — parents are not as accepting as peers, but that young parents now have different values than her generation's parents.
Gay marriage is still illegal in Thailand. Gay politicians generally keep their sexual orientation to themselves. Even after gender reassignment surgery, Thais cannot legally change their gender. But cultural acceptance continues to grow.
To deem Thailand more or less progressive than the U.S. in the "gay" rights department is to apply a set of standards based on a completely different perspective. It would be a real square peg, round hole situation (pun intended). But the differences are interesting to recognize. Thai culture has vastly greater gender fluidity than American culture. But it's hard to say whether Thailand has a greater tolerance for homosexuality, at least as we see it. By American standards, Thailand could probably be considered more tolerant, considering the widespread acceptance of relationships Americans would consider "gay," such as those between females and toms or straight men and ladyboys. But by the Thai's own definition of "gay," in which two people of the same sex who identify as such have a relationship, Thailand still seems to think, "not match."
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Parade kicks off Whoop-Up Days 2014
LETHBRIDGE – The Whoop-Up Days parade is a summer time tradition in Lethbridge and the 2014 edition did not disappoint.
Floats filled with colourful characters wound their way through downtown Lethbridge on Tuesday, starting at Park Place Mall and ending on 9th Avenue North.
Police Chief Tom McKenzie acted as this year's honorary parade marshal. He's a 37-year veteran of the force, but is retiring this October.
Hundreds of people lined the parade route to get the best view of a full line-up of entries, but only the following took home hardware:
- Grand Aggregate Award
Stirling Haunted Mansion Railway Park
- Best Large Commercial Entry
L.A. Chefs
- Best Small Commercial Entry
D-Lease and Rentals
- Best Community Organization
Lethbridge & District Pro-Life
- Best Visiting Entry
City of Kelowna "Spirit of the Lake"
- Best Children & Youth Organization
Serendipity Child Care
- Best Historical Entry
Galt #8 Mine Historical Society
- Best Equine Entry
Lethbridge Therapeutic Riding Association
- Comic & Novelty
Lethbridge Comic Con
- Most Entertaining Entry
Lethbridge Firefighters Pipe and Drums
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PREMATURITY RESEARCH EXPANSION AND EDUCATION FOR MOTHERS WHO DELIVER INFANTS EARLY ACT -- (House of Representatives - December 08, 2006)
Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, I have to rise in opposition to this legislation, and the reason is very simple. Those of us on the Democratic side were very supportive of the PREEMIE Act, S. 707, when it was given to us in the last few days, and we were prepared to support it. However, the bill that I have in front of me now, S. 707, which has a time of 12:44 a.m. and we received it after 1:00, which was less than an hour ago, has 10 pages that have been added by the majority, much of which does not seem, on first reaction here, to even be related to the issue, and we simply cannot support something that has been changed this dramatically without having the opportunity to see it at 1:45 a.m. in the morning on the last day before we adjourn sine die.
Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Again, I want to repeat, just having the cursory look at this additional 10 pages right now, it refers to contact lenses, Medicare changes with regard to hospitalization, a number of other things that do not relate to the PREEMIE Act.
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While Mark Wahlberg openly asserts he's tougher than the 250+ people who died crashing into the World Trade Center because obviously they were a bunch of faggots, here's Courtney Love demonstrating how you really fight terrorism: With more terrorism. A. Nobody's giving that a patdown. B. You don't see that at the gate and not immediately cancel your ticket knowing in your heart of hearts that if such a thing exists, surely Allah does not. And C. I heard terrorists like terrorism, but you can't put terrorism in your terrorism.
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The alleged leader of Spain's al-Qaeda cell, Abu Dahdah, may have visited Australia three years ago as part of a recruitment drive through South-East Asia, one of the region's most prominent terrorism experts says.
Rohan Gunaratna believes Dahdah, whose real name is Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, flew to Australia in late 2000 or early 2001 after visiting terrorist training camps run by Jemaah Islamiah in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Dr Gunaratna, the head of terrorism research at Singapore's Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies, said he had no details about where Dahdah travelled in Australia or whom he might have met, but believed he travelled on a false passport.
The claims came as the Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, refused to comment on reports from Paris linking Willy Brigitte, the French terrorist suspect deported last year, to an explosives expert from Chechnya who allegedly was to come to Australia masquerading as a tourist during the Rugby World Cup.
Mr Ruddock said the Australian authorities' inquiries were continuing, but he would give no details for security reasons.
The Prime Minister, John Howard, confirmed for the first time that he and members of his staff held discussions with the Federal Police Commissioner, Mick Keelty, following the commissioner's comments linking the Madrid bombings to Spain's support of the Iraq invasion.
"There were discussions last week between myself, my chief of staff, the secretary of my department and the commissioner," he told Parliament. "There was nothing at all improper about those discussions."
Mr Howard, who came under a sustained attack from Labor during a heated question time yesterday over the Government's putdown of Mr Keelty last week, refused to say whether his office vetted a "clarifying" statement made by the AFP chief.
Dr Gunaratna bases his claim on documents from Spanish court proceedings against Dahdah, who was jailed in November 2001.
Australian authorities have been waiting for more than two years to interrogate Dahdah, accused of having strong links with one of the brains behind the September 11 terrorist attacks.
"The documents discuss his desire to travel to Australia," Dr Gunaratna said. "He visited camps in Indonesia and Malaysia and then went to Australia."
The office of Mr Ruddock said there was no record of Dahdah entering the country "under his own name or any of his known aliases" but would not discount the claims.
"Unless we know the primary source for this information it is difficult to know if it is real or just hearsay, but we will make inquiries of the Spanish authorities," a spokesman said.
Intelligence sources have previously confirmed that ASIO has known since late 2000 that Bilal Khazal, a leader of the Lakemba-based Islamic Youth Movement, and Sheik Mohammed Omran, a Melbourne Islamic preacher, were in frequent telephone contact with Dahdah.
Sheik Omran yesterday denied knowing Dahdah. Mr Khazal, a former Qantas baggage handler, has declined to respond to the allegations, but has denied ever travelling to Spain.
It is understood the Government spent yesterday looking at proposals to tighten counter-terrorism laws, with cabinet due to decide on changes to the foreign incursions legislation, which would make it an offence to fight for a terrorist state.
A backbench Government committee was also meeting last night to discuss extending the lengths of time police can detain terrorist suspects.
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HOLOCAUST Memorial Day will be commemorated on Monday, 27 January, 2014.
As mayor I will be representing the borough at a County Service of Commemoration to be held at Winchester Cathedral on the evening of Holocaust Memorial Day. I am also hoping to attend a similar service within the borough during the day.
The theme of Holocaust Memorial Day this year is "Journeys".
On its website (hmd.org.uk), the Holocaust Memorial Trust is highlighting how journeys themselves became part of genocide, and how the journeys undertaken were often experiences of persecution and terror for so many people who suffered in the Holocaust, under Nazi persecution and in the subsequent genocides.
It also highlights life stories of journeys that brought survivors to the UK and how, in many instances, journeys of return have been part of the experience of rebuilding.
I very much hope that groups and individuals within the borough will commemorate this important memorial day in their own way.
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2013 Ford F-Series Super Duty Towing and Payload BenchmarksOct 26th, 2012 | By Editorial Staff | Category: Industry News
Ford strengthed the F-Series lineup for 2013, stomach raising the bar for Super Duty towing, hauling and braking.
"Super Duty pickups and chassis cabs are the segment benchmarks, chosen by tradesmen more than any other heavy-duty truck to get the job done," said Raj Nair, Ford group vice president, Global Product Development. "To help our customers continue to become more productive and efficient, we've increased our towing and payload capability yet again."
Ford engineers have raised conventional towing capacity to a class-leading 18,500 pounds.
Increased towing brawn goes hand-in-hand with improved payload capability to a class-leading 7,260 pounds.
F-Series Super Duty's best-in-class payload numbers are supported by an improved brake system that delivers increased capability and usability.
Braking engineers increased brake rotor swept area by 16.4 percent in front and 14.5 percent in the rear for maximum braking to help dissipate heat, especially on long downhill grades.
These changes support a 700-pound increase in the maximum Gross Vehicle Weight Rating to a best-in-class 14,000 pounds. Improved brake pads and a retuned booster enable enhanced pedal brake feel to increase driver confidence.
"We've really improved brake feel," said Michael Watkins, brake system engineer. "There's refined modulation in the pedal – you really feel the stopping power. With a full load of cargo, drivers will notice strong, confidence-inspiring brakes."
A larger parking brake for F-250 and F-350 models also allowed an increase in maximum payload rating.
Available adjustable pedals also enhance customer comfort by personalizing the interface between driver and brake system.
Other changes for 2013 include the introduction of the all-new Platinum series model and the availability of SYNC® with MyFord Touch®.
The Platinum series grille features a satin chrome surround highlighted by perforated mesh inside, plus other special exterior upgrades. The interior showcases premium wood grain appliqués, a heated and leather-wrapped steering wheel, and other high-end luxury touches.
The 2013 F-Series Super Duty builds on the foundation of SYNC with MyFord Touch, which is available for the first time. A new 8-inch, high-resolution touch screen display gives drivers easy access to phone, climate control, entertainment and navigation features, along with a dramatically expanded voice control vocabulary.
The 8-inch display screen also provides a large, clear view behind the truck when in reverse to help drivers maneuver in tight spaces or line up conventional trailers with the truck's hitch.
Unique to Ford F-Series, the physical interface for MyFord Touch has been optimized to accommodate truck users who may be wearing work gloves by providing easy access to climate controls and audio presets on the center stack.


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Florida Wildlife
de Keith Lovejoy
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Florida abounds with wildlife. Believe it or not we are not all beaches and storefronts. You don't have to go very far to find it. Most of the photos of the wildlife presented in this book were in my yard or within 10 miles from my home. Much of the wildlife in Florida is considered endangered, that means the unless we (Humans) do something quickly it won't be here much longer. Wouldn't it be a shame if the Bald Eagle or the Florida Panther or even the American Alligator were viewed only in a zoo or in books.
I have combined my love of the wildlife and the joy of photographing them to produce this book in hopes that everyone can experience the beauty and mystery of Florida's wildlife.
The animals featured here are barely scratching the surface of all the wildlife in Florida. Take a ride through the Ding Darling Preserve or just look out over the flats at low tide to see the multitude of bird species. Travel inland and watch in the fields and pastures and see the Wild Hog, Deer and Bear. Then there is the marine life with the Sea Turtles, Dolphins and many other to numerous to mention here. Take a break to look and listen, in Florida you just never know what you will see.
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- Categoría Fotografía artística
Apaisado estándar, 25×20 cm
40 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación sep. 10, 2010
- Etiquetas florida wildlife, great egret, Barred Owl, red tailed hawk, burrowing owl, florida panther, american alligator, bald eagle, american bald eagle, sandhill crane, giant swollowtail, great blue heron, laughing gull, eastern gray squirrel, snowy egret, north american raccoon, barn owl, wildlife, florida, osprey, alligator, dragonfly, raccoon, owl, squirrel, gull, egret, pelican, butterfly
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Keith Lovejoy started his hobby in 1976 while film was prevalent and digital only a working thought. In 2000, he invested in a digital camera and said good bye to the darkroom mess. Since 2004, he has frequented local rodeo events taking pictures for the competitors. Not forgetting his compassion for wildlife you can find him seeking out a critter somewhere to photograph. Traveling and recording memories by photos is the hobby part of the compassion to share his finds with others.
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The Cold War was a different kind of war that lasted for more than 40 years. Countries did not shoot at one another, but they spied on and competed against one another. It was a war of beliefs as the United States believed in democracy and the Soviet Union advocated communism.
In 1939, another war that would encompass the world began in Europe. World War II began as a conflict of beliefs concerning government among countries in Europe. The United States stayed on the sidelines, unwilling to become involved in the war until Japan attacked a Pacific Fleet of the United States Navy at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
Flying the latest military aircraft and patrolling the air are just part of the job of the United States Air Force. Learn about the technology behind the aircraft and the men and women who operate them.
World War I, or the Great War, began in Europe as a military rivalry between France and Germany. As other countries took sides and joined the conflict, the war grew and became worldwide. In 1917, the United States entered the war in an effort to make the world safe for democracy, and afterwards it became a world power.
More men lost their lives during the battles of the Civil War than in any other war involving the United States. No one suspected that it would last four long years. At the beginning of the war, the battles were fought in southern territory. Each conflict brought more death and despair. In the end, the South surrendered, but everyone actually lost. Together, everyone faced the tremendous challenge of forgiving each other and rebuilding the nation.
During the 1800s, the United States was in conflict over slavery. Though compromises were made, neither side was pleased. Abolitionists and pro-slavery people engaged in conflicts and often deadly clashes. With South Carolina and other southern states seceding, war was inevitable.
Strong willpower turned a humble farmer named George into the President of the United States. This book introduces children to the self-disciplined life of George Washington. Blastoff! Series


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So the Coalition has instigated a royal commission into union governance and corruption. Fair enough. There has been some interesting matters come out of this so far, and hopefully frameworks will be put in place to safeguard unionists' interests (and assets) in the future. But, in the main, these matters affect only a small number of trade unionists and the financial impacts are very low.
On the other hand, the Coalition does not appoint a royal commission into the (acknowledged) fraudulent practices of the investment advisory arms of the Commonwealth Bank and other significant financial institutions, but instead seeks to water down the regulations and lessen the protections to the investing public.
These matters affect many more people than the number of trade unionists referred to above, with the losses totalling in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Nor does the Coalition appoint a royal commission into the profit shifting/transfer pricing tax practices of major corporate bodies (think Apple, Google, Glencore Xstrata and many others). These latter matters affect every Australian, at a cost of many billions of dollars to the public purse.
It is an Australian tradition to support your ''mates'', but the Coalition is on a path too far. Unless, and very soon, the Coalition starts to become a government for all Australians, and not just for its ''mates'', it is suggested that the Australian public will be lining up with baseball bats at the next election, with the Coalition's name clearly stamped on them.
Rob King, Melba
What reform?
Outgoing Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson might well be right to criticise the federal opposition for opposing the federal budget based on ''vague notions of fairness'' (''Treasury head targets ALP's 'fairness' claim,'' canberratimes.com.au, July 1).
Fortunately the average taxpayer does not need the help of politicians to recognise the fundamental inequity reflected in the budget, which continues to splurge our nation's wealth on those who least need it, while depriving the youngest, oldest, weakest and poorest.
Dr Parkinson's suggestion that those opposed to the budget are ''opposed to reform'' is entirely disingenuous. It's not ''reform'' that is opposed, but rather abuse in the guise of reform.
John Richardson, Wallagoot, NSW
Not God's to give
Alan Shroot in his reply (Letters, July 3) to my earlier letter raises the furphy of the missing definite article in the English (but not the French) version of UN Resolution 242. It is correct that the English version did not explicitly require Israel to withdraw its armed forces from all of the territories it occupied in the 1967 war. This ambiguity was inserted at the behest of the United States with the aim of allowing the Israelis some wiggle room in the determination of its boundaries in any peace negotiations and is one of what is now a very long list of instances where the United States has not been an honest broker in attempts to resolve the conflict.
While Israel claims it has a right to occupy East Jerusalem, I can think of no legal or moral justification for this claim. Certainly the fact that one's ancestors lived there two millennia ago should count for nought.
There is, of course, the religious justification some Israeli Jews have advanced - that East Jerusalem is part of that Greater Israel given to the Jews by God. My response to them is that East Jerusalem was not God's to give in the first place.
Justin McCarthy, Chapman
Common tactic
Eric Hunter (Letters, July 3) has gone for the messenger and has ignored the message, so let me put it again.
He was outraged by the Coalition's use of the Senate, in 1975, to refuse to pass Labor's money bills in order to force that government to face the people at an early election. Why was he not similarly outraged when, between 1950 and 1970, Labor made 170 attempts to use the Senate to refuse to pass Coalition money bills in order to force those governments to face the people at early elections?
David Smith, Mawson
The Capital Metro website promotes light rail because ''people tend to use buses to get from one stop to another, whereas light rail passengers tend to hop on and off at multiple locations''. How does a light rail that has only five stops between Antill Street and the city (''Natives firmly planted as best option for light rail'', July 2, p1) provide better ''hop on and off'' services than the bus service, which has about 12 stops over the same distance? Express public transport services from Gungahlin to the city that have few or no stops in Northbourne Avenue make sense - but they are not ''hop on and off travelators''.
Michael Plummer, Watson
I was very disappointed to see that the Tuggeranong Community Council's recent motion opposing the light rail project warranted such a small article (''Tuggeranong votes against light rail'', July 4, p6). I invite the public to visit the TCC's website (www.tuggcc.com) to get the full content of the motion passed at Tuesday night's meeting.
Eric Traise, president, TCC
Cold comfort
Tessa Morris-Suzuki (''Japan unwinds war apology'', Times2, June 30, p1) criticises the recent moves by the Japanese government to undermine the credibility of the 1993 Kono declaration in which it apologised to sex slaves, so called ''comfort women''. While she says that ''sexual violence in war is not a problem unique to Japan'', in her view, Japan's ''comfort station'' system was ''remarkable for its size - tens of thousands of women were recruited'' and this justifies particular condemnation. But does it?
How can Morris-Suzuki even speak of tens of thousands of recruitments to this system being ''remarkable'' when one contemplates the horrific multiple rape and violence of up to 2 million German women and girls in occupied Germany in 1945-46? Or for that matter what happened to Japanese women and girls in Allied occupied Japan from 1945-1950?
We in the West are remarkably adept at compartmentalising the violence that takes place in wars. The comfort system per se is not obviously more horrendous than the mass rape of civilians by invading armies.
Although not a justification for the system in foreign lands, it needs to be noted that when the Allied forces occupied Japan, the Japanese authorities set up a large system of prostitution facilities to minimise the incidence of rape by the occupying forces. When Douglas McArthur closed these facilities down in early 1946 the incidence of rape of Japanese women and girls rose from 40 per day to 330 per day. Over the five years of Allied occupation of Japan, that is potentially more than 500,000 Japanese rape victims. Any woman or child raped or suffering forced sex slavery needs to be acknowledged, apologised to and given compensation but if I was in the Japanese government I would be thinking that such condemnation as we have seen in the West on this issue is remarkably one-sided.
Chris Williams, Griffith
Animals grieve
John Cashman (Letters, July 3) is wrong in inferring that (non-human) animals do not show ''fear of death, or grieving over the death of another''.
Has he not seen how primates such as gorillas and orangutans react to the death of one of their group? How elephants grieve over the loss of a member of the family or the herd? How whales and dolphins respond to a distressed member of the pod? Or how cattle respond in abject terror to the smell and noise of the abattoir as they await their own fate?
Perhaps John has been overly influenced by the Old Testament. He needs to open his eyes - and his mind.
Douglas Mackenzie, Deakin
Come in peace
I am second-generation Australian and know that my grandparents came to this country for a better life for themselves and their children.
The countries from which two of them came (England and Denmark) are being systematically ruined by the influx of Muslims and their refusal to integrate. They accept all the benefits the host countries, giving no allegiance to their adopted country. Instead, they bring the hatreds, enmity and violence they claim to have fled from, yet want to inflict their repressive culture on democratic and peaceful nations.
In Australia, we are witnessing the same.
E. F. Byrne, Queanbeyan, NSW
In praise of Pope
As the debate about the underlying value - and values - of David Pope's cartoons rages, I must confess to being an avid fan. I followed Pryor's cartoons for decades with admiration for his incisiveness, and I feared the day that he hung up his quill, would his successor be able to fill his shoes? I fear no longer: Pope carries on the CT tradition of deeply penetrating wit: a wit which performs the necessary function of exposing the soft underbelly of hypocrisy and lies in political life.
I suspect that those who complain about Pope's cartoons are, in fact, merely embarrassed at being forced to realise the true nature of those for whom they voted.
Mark Raymond, Manton, NSW
Roads to ruin
The vandalism on Holt roads is complete, for now, at a conservative cost of $1 million. For two to three years Holt residents have been fed a diet of lies, misleading information and hyperbole by the politicians and Roads ACT. However, when asked repeatedly how many residents support the work, Minister for Territory and Municipal Services Shane Rattenbury is deafeningly silent!
Despite 60 per cent of survey responses opposing the proposals, and 690 people signing a petition in opposition, Mr Rattenbury's office says it is OK to ignore the majority. It seems democracy doesn't apply to outlying Holt.
Phillip Harris, Holt
Let us hope that the media will allow Nick Kyrgios to live a normal life and become a respected and decent sportsman like Sedgman, Rosewall, Federer and others. It is preferable to becoming an arrogant sideshow such as McEnroe and Hewitt and others, often promoted by the media and who, over the years, have done the sport no credit.
Rhys Stanley, Hall
It would appear that Australia Post has already introduced its new, reduced service standards. A standard letter - correctly addressed and with correct postage - postmarked Hobart, June 24, was delivered to Greenway on July 2 - that is, six working days later.
Don Sephton, Greenway
Re Tom Hayes being told to stop taking photos of the new ASIO building (Letters, July 2), the guard was bluffing. There is nothing to stop anyone photographing anything from public land.
Eddie Boyd, Spence
We are considering moving to Gungahlin. Once there we'll have access to the NBN as well as the new tram line to Civic. The rest of Canberra remains on hold for these services.
Bill Hall, Page
I am appalled by the blatantly conservative bias of the federal government's recently announced appointments to the panel overseeing the ABC and SBS board positions (''Conservative commentators to judge top ABC, SBS jobs'', July 3, p5). However, no doubt your staunchly smug (and irritatingly regular) correspondent, H. Ronald, will consider it robustly fair-minded.
Ian McFarlane, Wallaga Lake, NSW
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Biolage Hydratherapie Ultra-Hydrating Balm Reviews
Blissful scent and sillinessThe smell is so delicious I catch myself sniffing my hair throughout the day. My hair is so soft and shiny, my husband can't keep his hands off of it, and I can't either! — 5 months, 3 weeks agoSammieLou | 2 reviews
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perfectthis is one of the best conditioners I've used. MY hair is very damaged most of the time but this conditioner helped it to recovery in no time. It had a scent though that can bother some people but it's very light. — 3 years, 6 months agoRaonei | 44 reviews
Biolage Hydratherapie Ultra-Hydrating BalmIf you want hair that is super soft, shiny and smells so good you want to walk around sniffing a lock of your hair then this is the conditioner for you!! My husband loves to hug me and inhale the scent of my hair and will sit on the couch cuddled up with me while he plays with my hair. He says my hair is softer than any fur he has ever touched! What more could a girl ask for in a conditioner??? — 4 years, 11 months agounluckyirishlass | 15 reviews
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Love, Love, LOVE!After 10-ish years of actively searching for the perfect products to tame my thick, wavy (which I straighten regularly), frizz-prone hair I found this. I use both the Ultra Hydrating Shampoo and the Ultra Hydrating Balm and my hair has never been softer. It has a nice, clean smell (not a big fan of products with strong smells) and makes my hair feel and look its best. I also like to use the balm a...read mores a deep conditoner once a week (2-3 times in the summer when I'm in and out of the pool) and leave it on for 15-30 minutes instead of only a few. I would definitely recommend this to anyone with dry, frizzy, difficult hair! — 5 years, 1 month agotarag8720 | 15 reviews
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Great productAfter highlighting my hair it became dry brittle and starting breaking so I used biologe and it made it soft also as a hairstylist I recommend trimming the dry ends first before starting and treatment — 5 years, 2 months agobaddasschick | 9 reviews
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Works great, smells great!I use this once a week in my hair and it seems to fix all the damage I do to it during the week by blow drying it, straightening it, waving it, curling it. I put my hair through the wringer. It's a bit pricey, but it lasts a long time and works great! — 6 years agolittlebones | 21 reviews
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hair like silk!!!!best conditioner that i have ever tried in my life it really repair damagaged hair too, and the smell its really good — 6 years, 7 months agoandycandy26 | 5 reviews
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OMFG THIS STUFF IS AMAZING!I seriously cannot live without this stuff! It leaves my naturally coarse, unruly hair sooo nice and shiny and absolutely, 100% frizz free! It makes it look and feel so luxurious, it's hard to believe such an unbelievable, surreal product exists! GET THIS NOW. It is EXTREMELY well worth the money. Your hair will look just as nicely conditioned as a movie star's! — 7 years, 8 months agoPilarSecretx | 9 reviews
Perfection!I have wavy, coarse hair naturally, but have it colored and chemically straightened. This conditioner makes my hair silky smooth. I use it every day and can't live without it! — 7 years, 12 months agoRealtorDonna | 7 reviews
Wonderfully WonderfulI have naturally curly hair and it can be dry at times. I was on the hunt for a good conditioner and I found Biolage. Its a must for me! I love it! The scent is clean and refreshing too — 8 years agoAMBER4497 | 3 reviews
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Mario Badescu Skin Care Mario Badescu Honey Moisturizer Reviews
Very pleasantly surprised!I recently filled out a very detailed questionnaire on the Mario Badescu website and received some very nice-sized samples of skin care products they felt were appropriate for my combination/oily/sensitive skin. Among them was the Honey Moisturizer. WOW!!!!!! After using the Orange Cream Cleanser, and applying the Aloe Toner, I gently applied the Honey Moisturizer along with the Glycolic Eye Cr...read moreeam. Amazing results!!!! All of the little bumps beneath my skin disappeared, which was surprising since the consistency of the Honey Moisturizer is quite thick - a little goes a VERY long way. For nighttime use, I have the Bee Pollen Moisturizer, which is also fabulous . . . my skin looks very even, smooth and dewy, with the fine lines on my forehead and upper lip considerably diminished. I plan on purchasing the entire line of products, but will add the Collagen Daytime SPF 15 Moisturizer for daytime sun protection. — 5 years, 4 months agomaria_carmela_renna | 10 reviews
Light moisturizer!I received a sample of their honey moisturizer when I filled out their consultation questionnaire to figure out what products were best for my skin type. After trying this, I was hooked. It's nice and light and absorbs quickly. It's not too thick so I wouldn't use it if you have really dry skin. It is also a bit pricey, so I alternate using this with other more affordable mois...read moreturizers. It smells like honey so using this is like a treat for my skin. I would recommend using this if you're looking for a good moisturizer that will make your skin feel smooth afterwards. — 8 years, 7 months agoBeautyAndAllThat | 62 reviews
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dissapointedI tried this after my origins moisturizer was discontinued. How disappointing. My breakouts came back, and it smells like playdough. It felt greasy at first. then seemed to disappearand felt me feeling like I needed to put more on. Definitely not for sensitive skin, like the sales lady told me. — 8 years, 11 months agotarasala80866 | 8 reviews
Surprised!I really like this moisturizer! Usually my dry skin needs a cream specific for dry skin, but this really stood up! I love the texture, smell, consistency, and price! — 9 years, 3 months agoang093006 | 116 reviews
Awesome moisturizer!!!I have combo/oily skin, but during the winter months I need a little moisture to counter the acne treatments I use. This moisturizer is awesome! It makes my skin feels supple, hydrated, and doesn't make me break out. I highly recommend this product no matter what your skin type might be. — 9 years, 3 months agotmrperry | 22 reviews
Light and effectiveThis lightweight moisturizer leaves your skin soft without being greasy. The "honey" (and peanut and orange extracts) give the lotion a wonderful scent. Lastly, the alpha hydroxy acids take care of my flaky patches. It must be a gentle formula because the rest of my face isn't irritated by the AHA. Could use SPF, otherwise a great moisturizer. — 9 years, 4 months agothejetsetgirls | 29 reviews
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sugar, oh honey,honey!It's my new obsession! I love this moisturizer so much it's like my face is thanking me every time I put it on! Smells like heaven and gives me a fresh angel looking face. Light yet hydrating, just the perfect texture.With the simple packaging you know what you're really paying for is the actual product.I Absolutely love it! — 9 years, 5 months agoprincipessa | 3 reviews
Leaves Skin Looking and Feeling Great!I like the scent and the feel of this moisturizer. The honey in the moisturizer made my skin glow, without feeling greasy. It also gives the lotion a "sweet" and pleasant fragrance. — 9 years, 6 months agosilvergirl | 8 reviews
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The Cubs were going to start Carlos Zambrano for an inning or two tomorrow but have decided it wasn't worth it. Instead, as you can read in this AP story, Lou Pinella has tabbed Angel Guzman, a failed prospect who was called up on Sept. 1, to pitch against the Brewers. (Guzman was considered the top prospect in the Cubs system five years ago by Baseball America.) The story says Guzman has appeared in five games (all Cubs losses) and has a 7.04 ERA.
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- Place a #4 paper filter in the Clever Dripper and fill with hot water to heat the brewer. Then rinse the filter.
- Grind 24g of coffee on a "paper filter" setting — a grind just slightly finer than the consistency of sand.
- Pre-heat the pouring kettle by completely filling it with 210°F water. At the same time, drain the Clever Drip- per of the hot water and add the 24g of ground coffee.
- Empty the pre-heated kettle and refill the pouring kettle with 370g of 210°F water.
- Start a timer for 2:30 and gently pour the 370g of 210°F water onto the ground coffee in the Clever Dripper, stirring to ensure that all of the grounds are saturated. Place the lid on the brewer to insulate.
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The Victoria Advocate reported that 54-year-old Herlinda Garcia was diagnosed with Stage 4 terminal breast cancer in 2009.
Then in 2011, after many rounds of chemotherapy, she found out that she did not have cancer.
Garcia filed a malpractice lawsuit against her doctor, who has since died.
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Urban Outfitters Haruki Slat Bench
I love the idea of having a bench for seating at a kitchen or dining room table. We have a dark wood dining table that this slatted bench would perfectly compliment! I'm not super sold on the legs, but I think it's a pretty standard price with great dimensions.
I am using this pendant in the master bedroom of a home that I am working on. The shape reminds me of fabric but it is actually a fine wood veneer. Totally glam, totally gorgeous and totally gonna rock in 25 years.Tags: modern, interior design, decor, light fixtures, pendants, white, glam, wood veneerAdded 7 Years Ago from Globallighting
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This article was published 8/10/2013 (1413 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
NEW YORK -- Taylor Swift has set a record with the Nashville Songwriters Association International.
The organization announced Tuesday it would name Swift as its songwriter/artist of the year. This is her sixth win, beating out five-time winners Vince Gill and Alan Jackson.
The award recognizes Nashville acts that have scored Top 30 singles. Swift has released 14 Top 30 songs from July 2012 through June 2013. She's also the youngest artist to win the honour.
Her six awards will be displayed at the Taylor Swift Education Center, which opens Saturday at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. The 23-year-old country-pop star donated $4 million to the centre.
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As a designer I am searching for the subtle beauty of things. A way to brighten up your life with simple and honest design. All projects start with a research focused on the essence of the location or the object. This essence is translated in a subtle manner in the design. I am a designer who believes in the power of detail and experimenting with different shapes, materials and colours is a standard part of my design process.
Except objects for public space I also design small products. I am always closely involved by the realization process and guide it from start to finish. Since the beginning I work often together with different professions, such as architects and landscape architects. From this cooperation different projects have been realized such as Pop-Up a collaboration with Rogier Martens and Single Scatter furniture for the C-mine square in Genk together with HOSPER.
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At the Writing Center, we care more about the ideas and organization of your paper. A tutor can help you proofread, but only after he or she has covered the rest of the paper with you. Sentence level editing always comes last.
No, sorry. If a professor requires students to come into the Writing Center, we want to make sure they are getting the most out of the consultation as they can. Bring a few questions or concerns, and you might be surprised at how helpful the session is.
We cannot say. That power belongs solely to your professor.
You don't have to. We welcome walk-ins during all shifts. There may be a lot of traffic in the Writing Center, though, and it is beneficial to make an appointment. There are sign-up sheets outside the Writing Center in TJ Day and also in a binder on the reference desk at the library.
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I'm having a bit of trouble customizing my captions. They used to look like this automatically - see screenshot here: http://skipthescams.com/2012/08/how-to-exclude-a-page-id-from-the-pages-widget/
Now after upgrading WordPress, they look just the same as the paragraph text. I've tried using this in my custom CSS file in Thesis:
/* Captions */
div.aligncenter {
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
.wp-caption {
border: 1px solid #ddd;
text-align: center;
background-color: #f3f3f3;
padding-top: 4px;
margin: 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 3px;
-khtml-border-radius: 3px;
-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
border-radius: 3px;
.wp-caption img {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
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.wp-caption p.wp-caption-text {
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 17px;
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which I found in a Google search, but it doesn't change them at all. I know I'm probably missing something obvious - can anyone help, please?
P.S. I can't show you my page because I'm building it on my local machine, sorry.
I don't know what you mean by "captions". could you explain. Which image are you referring to on that page?
Hi, thanks for your response. I mean the first graphic in the article on that page (the caption is "The Pages widget is under Appearance > Widgets"). That's how the WP captions used to be styled without me doing anything to them, and now they are not the same, don't even have a gray box surrounding them as shown underneath that graphic. I'm using the same theme and same process, but a newer version of WP. When I insert the photo, I put my caption text in the area designated for it in the WP dialog box that appears. I need to figure out how to make them look like that again. Does that make more sense?
I think I'm getting confused over what's on the WP backend and what's appearing on the front end. (Each time I read your post I keep getting confused which is which.)
If you are getting an image on the front end with a caption and these are not styled as you wish, it should be easy enough to help you style it, but we need to see an example of it. If this is really a question about the WP backend, we should probably move this to the CMS forum.
My first guess would be that one or more of the selectors you use are changed or missing..aligncenter, div.aligncenter.wp-caption.wp-caption img.wp-caption p.wp-caption-texteg. from viewsource

The Pages widget is under Appearance > Widgets

yiu can see the class "wp-caption"
If you look at the troublesome page's viewsource, are all the selectors there?
Thank you for that - it eventually led me to the answer! I realized I should compare the code WP was giving me for the working caption as opposed to the nonworking one.
The nonworking version (from WP 3.5.1) puts the caption (i.e., THIS IS MY CAPTION TEXT) outside of the caption brackets [ ] and at the end of the code, like this:

[caption id="attachment_716"]THIS IS MY CAPTION TEXT[/caption]

The working version (from WP 3.4.2) puts it in the brackets:

[caption id="attachment_716" caption="THIS IS MY CAPTION TEXT"][/caption]
So to work around this for now, I will just manually move the caption text into the brackets. What I don't understand is why I should have to do this. Is this a WordPress bug or is it just me? I'm inserting a photo and creating a caption the same as always, but the resulting code is different now and doesn't work.
Edit: Plus now when I go in to make other changes to the page, it doesn't save my changes to the caption. Argh.
A caption tag is meant for tables, but my guess is it's an HTML5 thing.
Figures WordPress would keep adding new "features" when it still hasn't fixed long-standing errors in it's core code yet. Gotta be "progressive" I guess.
Maybe @ralph_m; knows how to fix things with a change to the CSS file?
Possibly, yes. But at this point I don't know what the HTML looks like (the code posted above is not HTML, but some kind of code that presumably is process through WP and turned into real HTML). HTML5 does have a new

 pair of tags, but it's not clear that this is what's happening here. A link to the page in question would be the ideal thing. I can't comment on the WP backend, because I've long since abandoned WP.
Thanks, Mitteneague. Just curious, though: I've always associated captions with photos - why would they be meant for tables? Just wondering.
Thanks, ralph.m, for all your help. Once the site is live, I'll post a link here.
In CSS, the
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In your first message, WordPress is using the word caption as part of a hyphenated class name (which could be associated with an image or almost anything), which is fine.
Then in message #6, WordPress is using caption as a keyword inside a proprietary bracketed expression of some kind. We (I) don't know what that means. It's not standard CSS.
In everyday language, I think of captions as text beneath images.
Terminology/word usage can become confusing sometimes.
Oh, okay, I see. Thanks!


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It's impossible to watch or listen to the news these days and not hear about bullying. Maybe your child's school has an anti-bullying policy or task force. But what exactly does bullying mean? And how can you protect your child from it? Learn more about this problem, and how it specifically affects kids with learning and attention issues.
All kids argue sometimes. It's normal for them to sometimes feel angry and show it to the person they're mad at. But bullying goes beyond everyday conflicts. It's a serious, negative behavior that happens repeatedly. It's done on purpose. It can be physical, verbal or social.
Kids bully for different reasons. Sometimes they do it because they want to get what other children have. That's the classic "Give me your lunch money!" example. Other times they bully to make themselves feel more powerful. That can mean picking on someone more popular or less popular.
Bullies may choose victims who look or act differently than they do. They may choose kids who are weaker or less able to defend themselves. They may even believe their victims deserve it.
Kids may also bully because it causes a strong reaction in their victims. This kind of bullying is especially dangerous. The bully thinks about what would hurt a particular child the most, and feels proud and powerful for doing it.
Not all bullying leaves a mark you can see. Bullying behaviors include:
Kids of all backgrounds and abilities are bullied. But when they have specific issues that set them apart, they're at special risk.
Kids with learning and attention issues often get supports and services at school that make them stand out. They may also have low-self esteem or experience feelings of powerlessness. Bullies notice these things. And they use them against other kids.
Not all bullying victims are meek and mild. Some kids with issues like ADHD are bullied because they:
No matter what a child's behavior or personality, being the victim of a bully can affect his learning, self-esteem and social life.
Kids who are bullied often learn to get what they need by becoming bullies themselves. Some kids with ADHD who are aggressive and impulsive are perceived as bullies, simply because of their behavior. These kids are easily provoked by bullies—or "egged on" by their peers—to act out and cause trouble. If they are punished but those who provoked them are not, they become victims all over again.
Many kids with learning and attention are already all too aware of how different they feel from other children their age. So when bullies draw attention to their weaknesses in skills and abilities, their self-esteem suffers even more.
"Parents, schools and communities can help children protect themselves against bullying."
"Parents, schools and communities can help children protect themselves against bullying."
How might that affect your child's learning? Let's say he has communication issues. If every time he reads aloud in class a bully snickers, he might not volunteer to read anymore. What if your child has speech issues and a bully makes fun of him each time he is pulled out of class to go to speech therapy? Your child might start to resent going to these sessions and be distracted during his work with the specialist.
Bullying can have serious consequences on school success. Kids who are bullied tend to have lower GPAs and standardized test scores than kids who aren't. They participate less in and outside of class. And they're more likely to miss, skip or drop out of school.
Bullying can take an emotional toll. And that can ruin kids' interest in spending time with others, especially if they already have issues with social skills. Kids who are bullied are susceptible to:
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I have a droopy eyelid from a recent botox injection, but aside from the droopy lid, the muscle has also been affected and my gaze is off (the droopy lid eye is very dilated and points upward). Will this go away in a few weeks, along with the droopy lid? Focusing my eyes is very difficult at this point. I am currently taking drops for the condition, but very concerned about my eye functioning (not to mention it's embarrassing).
Botox Gave Me a Droopy Eyelid but Also Got into the Eye Muscle
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Is the eyelid drooping responding to the drops?
Dear Scared
First bit of advice is that while anyone can drop an eyelid, this type of problem is quite rare now with experienced injectors. So it is likely that the person who injected you has not done enough treatment to figure out how to avoid this complication. You might factor this into your decision to return to this injector for more service.
If the iopidine eye drops are opening the droopy lid, this is an indication that the unwanted toxic activity of the BOTOX is relatively small. When the unwanted effect is caused by larger doses, the drops simply don't work. Regarding the focusing issue, this can be one of two things: 1: the focusing is related to weakness of the extraocular muscle and what you are feeling is the increased effort needed to fuse the images produced by the two eyes into a single binocular image of the world., or 2: The BOTOX as affected the iris muscle inside the eye that controls the near accommodation mechanism that allows us to read close up. To distinguish the two possibilities ask yourself if you are experiencing the focusing issue at distance then it is likely to be the first mechanism. If the sensation only occurs while reading it is most likely the second but it is also possible to be an issue with the extra degree of convergences the extraocular muscles do to read close up. If the droopiness is better with the drops, it is likely that you symptoms will resolve in the next 4-6 weeks. If the drops do not help the droopiness, the eyelid heaviness than last much longer than this.
You might consider being seen by a neuro-ophthalmologist to have you situation assessed and carefully monitored. There is no treatment other than the drops it sounds like you are already using.
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Droopy lid and gaze problem with botox
A droopy eyelid can happen with Botox injections that migrate into the upper eyelid, but I have never seen it affect the eye muscles themselves. It shodl get better over a few months time.
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Droopy lid from botox.
This will go away in a few weeks. Don't worry in the meantime though I know this is most distressing to you.
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Droopy eyelid and visual changes after Botox...
Let's address your two main issues:
(1) A droopy upper eye-LID may occur if the Botox is injected too close to your eyelid-elevating muscle, the levator palpebra superioris. In such a scenario, the Botox will diffuse inadvertently onto the levator muscle and cause an eyelid droop. Typically, a lower dose diffuses onto the levator muscle and so the other good news is that the eyelid droop will typically NOT last as long as the full Botox duration of 3-4 months, and may in fact resolve in less than a month. Note however that if the eyelid droop occurs shortly after injection (i.e. within 3-4 days), then your eyelid levator muscle likely received a significant dose of Botox and your eyelid droop may not resolve for 1-2 months...
You may have an increased risk of eye-LID drooping if you have a weakened upper eyelid muscle for neurological reasons, or a deeply set eye-BROW that would be more prone to drooping and result in skin gathering over the eyelid making the eyelid appear like it was drooping.
A droopy eye-LID due to Botox can be treated with Apraclonidine eye-drops which can provide a small (2mm) improvement -- Apraclonidine 0.5, 1-2 drops, 3 times per day. Make sure you put in one drop at a time, tilt your head back, and close your eyes to make sure none of the eye-drop leaks out. Be sure your prescribing physician discusses all the potential side-effects of the drops, such as "adrenaline-like" symptoms like anxiety or heart pounding; you may also experience eye irritation, eye dryness, and eye pain, amongst other symptoms. If these symptoms occur, you will likely need to take some lubricating eye drops, lower the dose, switch the eye-drops, or stop the drops altogether...
(2) Visual changes -- in addition to the impact on your visual field from the droopy upper eyelid, the actual muscles that govern the outer movement of the eye may also have been affected, and/or the inner eye muscles that control the lens and contribute to focusing on an image. Just like the levator muscle in the will also wear off by 1-2 months. I would recommend that you see a neuro-ophthalmologist for a comprehensive exam, but he/she will likely just monitor you and not offer any further treatment as the Botox slowly wears off...
In the future, please seek the services of an experienced physician injector.
I think the key with Botox lies in truly understanding the anatomy of the injected area, and more importantly the variability in the anatomy between patients -- for brows, the forehead, and anywhere else you plan on receiving a Botox injection. This includes having a firm understanding of the origin, insertion, and action of each muscle that will be injected, the thickness of each muscle targeted, how deep beneath the skin the actual muscle resides, and the patient variability therein. As an aesthetic-trained plastic surgeon, I am intrinsically biased since I operate in the area for browlifts and facelifts, and have a unique perspective to the muscle anatomy since I commonly dissect under the skin, see the actual muscles themselves, and learn "first-hand" the incredible variability between patients -- live, "on the OR table" -- as opposed to via lectures or a cadaver dissection. For me, this helps guide where to inject and where not to. However, with that said, I know many non-aesthetic trained plastic surgeons and other physicians who know the anatomy well despite not operating in that area, and get good results.
Good luck.
Dr Markarian
Distant spread of Toxin Effect byVillar
Distant spread of toxin effect is the first information on the Botox® information insert. If this is the case, your symptoms should subside.
BOTOX® molecules attach to a nerve ending membrane. They are then internalized into the cytoplasm of the nerve terminal. One molecule of Botox® then cuts one molecule of SNAP-25. SNAP-25 is one of three molecules than must attach (docking) in order for acetylcholine to be released across the cell membrane to a muscle receptor for it to contract.
Imagine you have 10 SNAP-25 molecules in a glass. You add ten Botox® molecules in the glass and all the SNAP-25 molecules will be cut. Now imagine you put 100 Botox molecules in the glass of 10 SNAP-25 molecules. You have now wasted 90 molecules of Botox®. Some theorize that a single Botox molecule can continue to cleave more than one SNAP-25 molecule, which would be more wasteful.
At higher concentrations, cell-to-cell transfer of active Botox® has been demonstrated, which raises questions about the toxin affecting cellular targets that are distant from the injection site.
The objective is to use the least amount of Botox® that will cleave the SNAP-25 molecules in the treatment area and not overload the treatment area with wasted Botox. Botox that may migrate to affect distant targets.
While Acetylcholine is blocked by Botox®, new nerve buds are forming. If Botox® permanently blocked the treated nerve endings, new ones would simply grow and replace the non-functional ones. Therefore claims, that one product is longer lasting than the others, or higher concentrations prolong the blockage, are highly suspect. The objective is to use the least amount to do the job.
In the early 90's we experimented by trial and error. We diluted a 100 unit bottle of Botox® with 10 cc of normal saline, yielding 10 units per cc which we injected using a 1cc syringe and a 30 gauge needle. We videotaped our patients before and after for muscle function. We decided to inject the muscle though and across muscle bellies, and across lines of innervation rather than poke them directly from above, to lessen the pain and bruising. We observed that in over 90% of patients, 10 units of Botox® would paralyze the frown lines for over three months. 10 units of Botox® across the forehead would weaken the muscle to soften the wrinkles but avoid the "bowling ball" effect of complete loss of facial expression and forehead droop. 5 units on each side of the crow's feet avoiding the lower lid would improve the area without lid ptosis. We then adjusted for patients with greater or lesser degrees of muscle mass. In five days we could evaluate the effects and adjust accordingly. We were pioneering in those days and had to figure this out for ourselves when treatment for wrinkles was off-label. It now seems we evolved our technique on one of the Galapagos Islands.
Botox® Cosmetic recommends reconstituting a 100 unit bottle with 2.5cc of 0.09% sterile non-preserved sodium chloride which would yield 40 units of Botox® per 1cc syringe.
In our twenty-one year experience, this is four fold the effective dose. It may also explain reports of effects and complications beyond the site of injection. Advances in immunostaining techniques reveal active Botulinum A can migrate cell to cell in high concentration. (jneurosci.org/content/31/44/15650.full.pdf). We have just scratched the surface of understanding Botox®.
Perhaps our technique improves the effectiveness of our dosages, but we had similar results with the more common stabbing technique, which we also tried. We encourage intellectually curious colleagues to experiment and find the lowest possible dosage that saturates the nerve endings and accomplishes the mission without wasting molecules of Botox® that are yet to be fully understood and may migrate to sites beyond local injection as noted in the warning label.
Learn more: http://www.jneurosci.org/content/31/44/15650.full.pdf
Droop of eyelid and eyelid muscle
There may have been Botox that diffused to the extraocular muscle that controls downward eyegaze so now the upward eyegaze is unopposed. The Botox effect for the droop and muscle imbalance may take three months or more to correct itself. There should not be any long term effect. See an ophthalmologist to undergo a full eye exam and determine if there is a treatment such as Botox in the unnopposed muscle to help make the eye gaze straight (you wouldn't be able to look up or down with that eye unless you move your head though).
Learn more: http://www.thenyac.com/botox/index.html
Botox causing vision changes (from "Radiesse Worries"!)
Radiesse Worries,
Your name worries me. You must have had problems with Radiesse injections in your original posts on here, and now you are writing about a horrible (temporary) and rare side effect from Botox. It makes me wonder if your injector may not be a properly trained, conscientious, board-certified dermatologist or plastic surgeon. If not... please go to one immediately AFTER going to see a board-certified OPHTHALMOLOGIST (Eye MD, not optometrist) for your vision changes. Do not accept the word of your injector alone.
There may be little to do for this effect other than neuromodulating eye drops and time, but it's very important not to delay and to seek whatever evaluation and treatment you can. I agree with the other docs here about making sure no other underlying condition was unmasked by the Botox treatment.
Learn more: http://www.JessicaKrantMD.com
Droopy Eyelids with Botox
The good news is that Botox is always temporary. The bad news is that it may take a few weeks or months to completely wear off. If there is any concern that you should follow closely with your doctor and perhaps have a referral to an ophthalmologist if necessary or to relieve any concern.
Good Luck.
Learn more: http://www.ShaferPlasticSurgery.com
Botox and Eye Complications
Droopy eyelid is rare, but recognized, as a potential complication of treatment of the glabella. Fortunately it is temporary and often improved with drops, as apparently your injector has prescibed for you. On the other hand, impairment of eye gaze in any direction is not something I have ever heard of from proper Botox injection. Hope it will be temporary for you, but I'd recommend Ophtho. exam, with a dialogue between your injector and the Eye MD about what technique was used and how much injected.
Eyelid droops after Botox Cosmetic
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Ptosis, a droopy upper eyelid, is uncommon and may occur with anyone after any neuromodulator treatment around the eyes, such as Botox Cosmetic or Dysport. Ptosis is temporary and resolves once the Botox effect is gone, usually within a couple months. This temporary eyelid ptosis is usually treated with eye drops, such as iopidine 5%, to help stimulate other muscles to lift the eyelid. Massage or facial exercises don't help to improve ptosis. Also, one should not be massaging the face the first 24 hours after these injections.
Speak with a specialist to help determine appropriate options for you. Best of luck.
Learn more: http://www.potomacplasticsurgery.com/med-spa/botox.cfm
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TV sucks.
I would guess Dirty Jobs hot cancelled more for a lack of jobs than it being truly replaced...
From one show I didn't watch to another show I won't watch. I will somehow survive this great atrocity.
those pricks also got rid of Storm Chasers which was awesome and man woman wild.
Bear Grills decided not to keep doing Man Vs Wild and I bet Mike Rowe had the same idea. He was probably sick of Dirty Jobs and wanted to move on.
Discovery channel can still kiss my ass however. Gold Rush? seriously.. idiots.
Except for the random re-broadcasting of actual good shows, Discovery Channel is garbage now
why haven't they canceled axe men.. it was interesting the first season or two then they turned it into a scripted drama.
who the fuck is watching that?
eff you, Gold Rush is awesome... at least the original one is, I love the kid running his grandpa's mine.
That's the show with the big, muddy gloryhole?
that's why jezz likes it.
*gasp* You didn't watch Dirty Jobs?? Some of the episodes were hilarious!
I got bored with dirty jobs anyway.
Those channels all suck now. Even NatGeo and Science are going down the crap road. Nothing but crap marathons on every channel. I wouldn't bother with cable if it wasn't for sports.


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