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Does any one out there know about morphea scleroderma?
YES SEE BELOW: Morphea is a medical term for localized scleroderma. The disease involves isolated patches of hardened skin - there generally is no internal organ involvement. ...Read more
Dermatosclerosis (Definition)
Dermatosclerosis (also known as scleroderma), is a disease of the connective tissue, causing tightening and ...Read more
I try to avoid toxic drugs and treatments. What can I try before I go for traditional medical care for circumscribed scleroderma?
NOT AS SEVERE: Scleroderma is a fascinating disease and has 3 main types, diffuse, limited and localized also known as morphea. Diffuse scleroderma is the most severe. Circumscribed scleroderma or morphea tends to mean a localized area of thickened skin. This tends to be less severe with few compications of other organs which is typical of diffuse scleroderma. Treament is limited. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
What is scleroderma?
Hard skin: Scleroderma literally means "hard skin." it is a connective tissue disease that primarily involves the skin which becomes fibrotic (hardened). Changes also may occur in the blood vessels, muscles, and internal organs. The disease involves autoimmunity whereby the immune system attacks the normal tissues of the body. The cause is unknown. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
Who gets scleroderma?
Anyone,even children: Anyone can get scleroderma, even children. Women have a higher incidence than men. There are different forms of scleroderma and those subtypes vary slightly in their incidences among people of european versus african descent. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
What causes scleroderma in people?
I hate: As a surgeon to get involved but i lost my wife in just two years... It is an autoimmune disease of unknown origin. When just suspected a sedimentation rate, ANA levels, anti scl-70 and anti-centromere antibodies should be stat done. A good resource is this web site: http://www.Synnovation.Com/sclerodermafaq.Html i would seek help from a university based rheumatology department... ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
How will my scleroderma be treated?
Please see below: Scleroderma has no cure. But symptoms and damage can be reduced with treatment. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
What can I do to treat scleroderma?
Depends on type: The treatment ranges from "no treatment necessary" for mild forms of localized scleroderma (limited to the skin) to bone marrow transplantation for systemic sclerosis with internal organ involvement. Though there is no cure, advances are being made in the treatment of all manifestations of the condition. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
What are the tests for scleroderma?
Scleroderma tests: The diagnosis of scleroderma is based mostly on signs and symptoms. Lab tests may help confirm the diagnosis and even offer some predictions as to risks of certain types of complications. Anti rna-polymerase iii antibody, increases risk of renal crisis and sudden increase in blood pressure, antitopoisomerase ab, increases risk for scaring of the lung, anticentromere ab, pulmonary hypertension. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
How do people with scleroderma look?
Large range: There are numerous manifestations of scleroderma but the main feature is usually hard skin. This may be thickened hard skin in patches or around just a few fingers +/or toes or around the mouth. Others may have greater involvement of arms, legs causing difficulty moving joints. Worst are disfigurement of face and widespread tight skin over chest, abdomen. ...Read more
How many people die from scleroderma?
Rare disease: Scleroderma is a very rare autoimmune disease which often results in a progressive decline in health resulting in death, due to the fact that little or no treatment options exist for scleroderma. It is quite rare, among the rarest of all immune complex diseases. ...Read more
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Literacy for Students K-8: Leveling Books
Foundations of Literacy. Survey of evaluation, selection and utilization of literature of childhood; introduces cognitive and linguistics foundations of literacy; language conventions needed to compose and comprehend oral and written texts. Work in school setting.
Locate Reading Levels
Do you need help in determining a reading level? Sometimes it is printed on the back cover of a book. Many book reviews suggest a reading and/or interest level. If not, check the public websites listed here.
Book Wizard by Scholastic Inc.
Search by topic or title or author, select which reading level measurement you use:
BookSource by Fountas and Pinnell
Search by interest levels (preK-2, grades 3-6, middle school, and high school), by reading level, in many specialty lists (e.g. national awards, math, science, social studies); and in featured lists (e.g. World Read-Aloud Day).
The Lexile Framework for Reading
AR BookFinder (Renaissance Learning)
Now reports ATOS and Lexile measures.
Calculating a Reading Level
Anyone can determine the Flesch-Kincaid reading grade level of a text using the software Microsoft Word ©. There is a tool for this that you access from your menu bar. Calculate either an entire document, or highlight a section and then calculate.
1. Go to TOOLS and select OPTIONS and SPELLING & GRAMMAR
2. Select the box CHECK GRAMMAR WITH SPELLING
3. Select the box SHOW READABILITY STATISTICS and select OKAY
4. To generate the readability statistic, select SPELLING AND GRAMMAR from the tool bar at the top of the page. The tool will go through its recommended changes and provide readability statistics at the end.
Calculating Readability without software
Here is a formula used to hand-calculate a Flesch-Kincaid reading level on your own. This is a good tool to determine whether a book is going to challenge a particular reader.
1. Select a few paragraphs to use as your base.
2. Calculate the average number of words per sentence. Multiply the result by 0.39
3. Calculate the average number of syllables in words (count and divide). Multiply the result by 11.8
4. Add the two results together.
5. Subtract 15.59
The result will be a number that corresponds to a grade level. For example, a 6.5 is a sixth grade reading level.
On the Shelf: Books about Leveling
The Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Book List, K-8, by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
Leveled Books, K-8, by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children, by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
Matching Books to Readers: Using Leveled Books in Guided Reading, K-3, by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
Guiding in the Reading Process, by David Booth
Guided Reading: Making it Work, by Mary Browning Schulman
Creating Readers, by Pam Schiller
Online: Websites about Leveling
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On the verge of retirement, Henry Christie is loath to leave any unsolved cases to his successor, particularly ones in which he has a personal stake.
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THE ''Yorkshire Bard'', Barnsley poet Ian McMillan, will be in York on Monday to sign copies of his new book ''Daft Yorkshire Fairy Tales''.
The book, published by Dalesman at £7.99, gives McMillan's take on a host of classic fairy tales – including a version of Jack and the Beanstalk in which, when Jack plants his magic beans, "of course, nothing happens. This is Yorkshire, after all".
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Brad Reid: Brad brings a wealth of football experience and knowledge to our team. Some of the highlights of his coaching career include: 11 years with Bev Facey High School including nine (9) seasons as Head Coach of the Bev Facey Junior Football Team; five (5) years as SP Wolverines Midget Football Head Coach; four (4) years as SP Wolverines Bantam Football Head Coach; and two (2) years as Offensive Line Coordinator with McNally High School. Brad believes in the "Wolverine way, players need to play to develop" and he is grateful to be a part of the Wolverines Family.
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Here's how you know we've reached peak health food: Trader Joe's has a two-bag-per-customer limit on frozen cauliflower. That's right. People are so scared to eat a carbohydrate that they have resorted to fighting in grocery store aisles over who is going to take home the last bag of sadness.
Clearly, the health trend has also taken hold in restaurants. And we're all for it. Eating responsibly is important. Sugar is bad. Gluten is the enemy. Cayenne pepper will make you skinny and turmeric will make you live forever. We're down with all the fads. But we're drawing the line at f*cking cauliflower rice. Can we really carry on like this?
Luckily, there are a few restaurant examples of the health food trend done right, without having to resort to serving people bags of sadness. But we're betting you didn't expect us to tell you that Hearth is one of them.
Between the years of 2003-2014, Hearth was known as an excellent rustic Italian restaurant in the East Village that was perfect for that night when your parents came to see your new apartment on 8th Street and you wanted to distract them from the fact that you're spending $1600 a month to sleep standing up. It was a nice place, best saved for a special night out. It also wasn't cheap, and the food was quite heavy. Nonetheless, we loved it.
Then, right around the time when everyone else in this town woke up and realized that eating ramen and pork buns three nights a week was probably a bad plan, chef/owner Marco Canora started tinkering with serving bone broth out of a tiny kitchen window next to Hearth. Apparently broth is good for you, and apparently people are willing to spend money drinking coffee cups full of it.
That, and other factors, led to a full revamp of the Hearth menu - and kitchen for that matter. No more processed oils, no more industrial flours, and fewer manufactured sugars are used to make the food, and the focus has shifted to more fresh vegetables, responsibly raised animals, and even house-milled flour to make the pastas. It's a pretty major transformation that owes itself more to a change in belief system than it does an effort to keep up with a trend - and it's one that has made the restaurant better.
In reality though, Hearth hasn't changed all that much. It's still an excellent place for dinner with a slightly higher price tag than most neighborhood restaurants, making it an unlikely candidate for those nights you're coming home from work and just looking to eat something healthy. But at least you'll know that the food you're spending your money on is better for you than what you eat on almost any other night. And you won't have to fight anyone to get it.
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Salad, crostini, whatever you want to call this pile of fresh goodness, go right on ahead. It's a great way to kick off your meal. Mixed in with the beans is some pecorino and spring onion.
Another plate of vegetation for your consideration. This one has some almonds on top to keep things crunchy. You'll appreciate it.
This bowl of food used to clock in at almost $30 on the old menu, but has now been brought down to a somewhat more reasonable $22 per order. That still works out to over $7 per meatball and that's just bad economics. Spend your money on other things. Like pasta.
A fantastic pasta with snow and snap peas and a little bit of pesto. This we could eat every night.
Whole wheat noodles have always tasted more like the pasta box than the pasta to me. But apparently when you mill your own flour, that isn't the case. This rigatoni is delicious - a bit heavier and slightly nutty, but otherwise just pasta.
Yes, that's what Hearth calls a burger. There is no bun, and the meat is a grind made up of brisket, chuck, heart, and liver. The organs are full of nutrients, which is why they are there, and you won't notice all that much. What you will notice is a rich flavor and some excellent potatoes on the plate, and you should order it. A burger is a burger.
This is a beast of a fish that will feed a bunch of people. It's a great "main event" for your meal, especially if there are more than two of you and you share some of the things you see above to start.


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BMW will have to work harder than ever before to defend its DTM titles next year, according to the manufacturer's motorsport director Jens Marquardt.
The Munich manufacturer this year competed in the series for the first time since 1992 and stunned the establishment by guiding Bruno Spengler to the drivers' title with four wins during the season.
With Augusto Farfus taking the Rookie of the Year prize and Schnitzer Motorsport and BMW taking the teams' and manufacturers' awards, BMW won every possible award in the championship.
Marquardt believes that the whitewash will have the effect of place a target on the back of all eight M3s that will compete next year.
He said that every step must be taken during the winter to ensure BMW stays ahead.
"We will be defending champions next year, which is the nicest situation we could wish to be in. That is exactly why we enter these sporting contests," Marquardt said.
"We are happy to take on this role, although we must show the necessary respect and humility.
"Sport will always be sport: with two strong rivals like Audi and Mercedes-Benz, you can never rest on your laurels, but must work hard to remain competitive in the long-term.
"We will prepare very conscientiously for next season."
The 2013 deadline for the homologation of parts passed on October 15, meaning that BMW, Audi and Mercedes will all head into the winter unable to change any of the components they use on their cars.
This means that teams will all be fighting for small gains before the new season gets underway at Hockenheim next May.
Additionally, BMW is introducing a fourth team - MTEK - and has the task of bringing it up to speed during testing.
"The winter will be hard work - after all, we will have a fourth team and two more cars with the addition of BMW Team MTEK.
"As you can see, there is plenty of reason for us to look forward to next year. One thing is certain, however: it will not be possible to repeat this kind of historical success - winning the title in our comeback year."
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- Scald 1 quart milk in a large, heavy saucepan (take care not to scorch).
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March 12, 2014 by Digital Plus
DigiTraxx If it's cool, fresh and fun in the karaoke world, DigiTraxx Entertainment is at the heart of it. We'll run down all the latest trends in bringing more revenue to your shows through karaoke, including our joint venture with AceSonic, the incredible new KOD-4000, as well as America's only legal professional streaming karaoke platform, Karaoke Cloud Pro, built right into PCDJ Karaoki, CompuHost, kJams and Jukebox Jockey. Learn how you can easily make more money and get more shows with this fantastic seminar. DJ Trivia - DJs Being More Than DJs Every DJ company needs to expand it's horizons to make more money during the weekdays and on weekends outside of just DJing on Friday and S... [read more]
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February 8, 2014 by Digital Plus
Ken will cover the basics of becoming an Officiant, the added value to your DJ services (even if you never officiate), how you create a dynamically different ceremony by being a DJ that is also ordained. And, how to make this area of expertise make you as much or more income than you might receive as a DJ. Ken Day has been in the entertainment industry for over 35 years and has performed as a Radio Disc Jockey, Club Disc Jockey, Mobile Disc Jockey, as well as a Night Club & Restaurant Business & Marketing Consultant.Ken has recently completed working on a PhD in Divinity and Theology and structured his thesis toward a subsequent book on the subject of "The Modern Wedding Ceremony - Customs, Traditions, & Verbiage Variables". (more…)... [read more]
40 Games in 60 Minutes – Robbie Britton
February 8, 2014 by Digital Plus
Robbie is Interactive and On A Mission. His mission is to share with you 40 interactive games in one hour and at the same time share with you his point of view on being an interactive entertainer. He will also cover everything from how to create new games, to how to tweak the games that you already know to fit your events. If you choose to join him on this mission, be ready for a fast paced and interactive seminar. Robbie has been a full time self-employed mobile DJ for over 22 years and is the owner of Funville inc. and event solutions company. He is the producer of the Appalachian Regional Mobile Disc Jockey Symposium (ArmDJs.com) that is now in it's 7th year. He is the founding President of the East TN Chapter of the American Disc Jockey Association, a Peter Merry Leadership award recipient, ... [read more]
Big Business Advertising for the Small Business DJ – Josh Yawn
February 8, 2014 by Digital Plus
"Big Business Advertising for the Small Business DJ" will teach DJs effective marketing and advertising techniques from an expert in the field who also understands a mobile DJ business inside and out. This seminar will go in-depth into what works and what doesn't, the importance of branding, logo design, marketing material, websites, and the options of getting into television, web and radio advertising. Plus, Josh will share secrets of finding free advertising for big results. In addition to DJing and a career in television, Josh owns and operates a successful advertising agency near the Houston, Texas area. He and his team have led multimillion dollar companies through branding and re-branding, television commercial, long format, radio, print, logo design, and more. (more…)... [read more]
Is Your Company Ready for a Marketing Makeover? – Keith "K.C." KoKoruz
February 8, 2014 by Digital Plus
Due to a series of bad business decisions, I was forced to start my company over from scratch. My seminar will show you how I rebranded myself into the fastest growing entertainment company in Chicago. It will make you look at your company from a totally different vantage point. It will cover how the world perceives you despite what you think and what you need to do to make the world perceive you the way that you want them to. We will cover some of the most common mistakes made every day by thousands of wedding professionals. Everything from basic business cards to bridal shows will be discussed in a fast paced information packed seminar. 56% of all brides across the country will attend a bridal show of some kind during their engagement period. Most wedding vendors don't know how to exhibit and ... [read more]
Anatomy of Interaction – Dean Carlson
February 8, 2014 by Digital Plus
Are you attending the Mobile Beat convention looking for more "meat" for your performances? What if instead you could learn how to be the butcher? Without a mastery of anatomy, everything a butcher cuts would win6d up being disjointed scraps and pieces worth only a fraction of their potential value, while a master butcher wastes nothing. "Anatomy of interaction" will dissect the essence of any interaction, showing you how understanding the Heart, Brain, Eyes, Lips Lungs, Hands and even Feet of an interaction separates the "Frankenstein" DJ from the Master DJ. With 25 years in the Midwest entertainment trenches, Master DJ Dean C. Carlson has discovered an additional passion—that of sharing what he has learned with those who strive to be better DJs. This will be his 3rd Beat appear... [read more]
7 Sins of Salespeople – Rick Brewer
February 8, 2014 by Digital Plus
Chances have it you cringe when you hear the word "salesperson". When you have to deal with a salesperson, you automatically have your defenses up and are ready for a fight. Problem is, our prospective customers do the same thing to us. Until we are able to get our message across effectively, we will not only be bunched together with the bad salespeople, but our bottom line will not see its potential.Come learn the 7 most prevalent mistakes made by salespeople so you can adjust your selling strategy and find the success you are seeking for your business. Since 1992, Rick Brewer has been a Wedding Professional. He has owned 2 wedding magazines, built and run top ranked wedding web sites, produced 12 bridal shows and most importantly, has worked one on one with over 2100 Wedding Businesses acros... [read more]
7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Wedding DJs – Randy Bartlett
February 8, 2014 by Digital Plus
I'll examine the attitudes that consistently hold back not only wedding DJs, but entrepreneurs of all types. Learn to break these seven simple bad habits and start delivering a service beyond anything he ever knew was possible. Some concepts we'll cover: Looking for memories instead of music; for referrals instead of compliments; laughter instead of groans; tears instead of yawns; excitement instead of boredom. A wedding is not a dance. It's a life celebration at which there will be dancing. If we can create a moment that everybody is dancing to because the moment is powerful, then we can get Grandma and Grandpa out there dancing to Pitbull and we can get the young people out there dancing to something from the '50s and 60s. Since 1988, Randy Bartlett has been the owner of Premier Enterta... [read more]
Speaking Her Language: The 4 Dialects of Speaking "Bride" – Vickie Musni
February 8, 2014 by Digital Plus
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16610 N. County Road 3340 Pauls Valley, OK 73075
(Old City Lake) Located 1.5 miles East of Pauls Valley on State Highway 19 then 1/2 mile North and 1/2 mile West.
FISHING: City permit is required for all persons between the ages of 16 and 65 years old. Persons will abide by local and state regulations with certain modifications. Daily $2.00 Annual $10.00
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Cheesy Potato Hotpot
Recipe by Sharon123
This is an Australian recipe adapted from Aussie Cooking. Posted for the Zaar World Tour!
Top Review by francoroni
As I made it, this was a three star dish, but I think with the changes I would make next time it would be 4 stars. First, it is VERY important to cut the potatoes and onions extremely thin. Use a mandolin or similar device or else it takes a really long time to cook and the slices all fall out every time you try to take a bite. I used a taller casserole dish and layered three times, instead I would recommend a 9x13 pan and layering twice. I would also recommend adding spices with each layer instead of on top. We had to add more vegetable broth and cook it longer, but that may have been because of the thicker potato slices and taller casserole dish. I used goat cheddar for the cheese, next time I might try some hard rosemary goat cheese.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 4 large potatoes
- 1 large onion
- 1 1⁄2 cups grated cheddar cheese (or cheese of choice-a mix of cheddar and Swiss is good)
- 1⁄4 cup chicken stock (I use vegetarian broth)
- butter, for topping
- paprika
- salt and pepper
- garlic powder (optional)
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- Peel and slice the potatoes and onion into nice thin slices. Grease a casserole dish and layer the potato, onion and cheese in it. Pour over the stock and dot with butter. Sprinkle paprika on top. Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste, if desired.
- Cover the casserole and bake at 350*F. for 45 minutes. Take The lid off and cook 15 minutes more.


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I need advice on what to do this week. I am booked with 4 elaborate party cakes for sat and I am so sick with the stomach flu I can barely get out of bed! I had to take off from my regular job as a nurse but I don't know what to do about these cakes. I am a one woman show all around. I have no help and no opition for help. What am I supposed to do?! I mean it's way too late to cancel these orders! These cakes have been booked for months!
I hear yah sister...Many times I have had the flu and been so sick that I barely could get out of bed...The smart thing to do is cancel the cakes but since you have already mentioned there is no way to call someone else and you are the only one....I really don't know what to say because I know that I would be upset to have to call and cancel 4 cakes let alone 1....It is only Tuesday..Maybe you will feel better in a day or so...I've pumped out several cakes on a Thursday and friday before....
Could you find someone in your area with your same qualifications to help you? Or maybe someone can bake the cakes for you under your strict instructions? Maybe you'll feel better to be able to decorate before they're due!
Good luck.
Ugh, that happened to me a few months ago, except I was supposed to donate my cakes for a benefit. The event coordinator said it was totally fine and they had plenty more desserts, but I still felt terrible. It made me feel even worse when I saw pictures from the event and they had my name printed on a banner of contributors.
I really hope that it's just a 24-hour bug and you're able to kick it's butt and crank out the cakes!
Get well soon!
Do you have any cake friends in teh area who might be able to help you out in a pinch? YOu should not be baking if you are that sick, obviously.
I live in the Houston area. If I can help just PM me. Been retired from $$ baking for a couple of years, but can still bake and decorate. OBTW...my hubs is a gumpaste/fondant genius.
*** OBTW...you haven't eaten any eggs lately, have you?
Where are you located?
Knock on wood- I only had 1 incident where I ended up being rushed to the emergency room at 5 am the day a cake was due and unfortunately I had left the decorating to do for the day of so I had to very last minute cancel. Your only options are- cancel all today to give these people some chance of ordering another cake in time or try and find someone to get a jump start on the baking and hope you are back on your feet by thrusday friday to decorate. It would help if you posted where you are as I am sure there are a lot of cc'ers on here that may be able to help.
For future I would maybe reach out to a couple decorators in your area that can step in in emergencies.
Thank everyone!!! Well, as of yesterday and this morning I was knocked on my butt!!! Now I have emerged from the bedroom and have a slight appetite and gonna try to eat and drink. Feels like my energy is coming back. I am just gonna focus on getting better today and tomorrow and hopefully by thurs I'll be able to get to the cakes. I canceled my out of town order for Friday though. Figured that was pushing it. My customer was totally fine with it, and was able to get another cake in a matter of 2 phone calls. Ugh! This is THE WORST!!!!
I am in South Louisiana around New Orleans. Thanks to all of you that are willing to help!! Fortunately, by the grace of god, I got all of my baking done on Sunday. All the cakes are frozen and filled. My mom and MIL have offered to help with the kids and my neighbor has stepped up to do some shopping as well. But, thankfully, I remain pretty organized (because i always have to do cakes around my work schedule) and I do have alot of the prepwork already done...THANK GOODNESS!! I was just freaking because I literally couldn't even stand up yesterday!
I am in South Louisiana around New Orleans. Thanks to all of you that are willing to help!! Fortunately, by the grace of god, I got all of my baking done on Sunday. All the cakes are frozen and filled. My mom and MIL have offered to help with the kids and my neighbor has stepped up to do some shopping as well. But, thankfully, I remain pretty organized (because i always have to do cakes around my work schedule) and I do have alot of the prepwork already done...THANK GOODNESS!! I was just freaking because I literally couldn't even stand up yesterday!
I'm so glad your feeling better!!
I just don't know how you even DO four cakes and be a nurse! Kudos to you and glad you are doing better!
Glad to hear you're feeling better! You must be super organized to do what you do
Hooray, I'm glad you're feeling better
I just don't know how you even DO four cakes and be a nurse! Kudos to you and glad you are doing better!
Ditto! Amazing schedule to keep up with. Glad to hear you are feeling better!
Thanks Everyone!! You all are sooo sweet! I am glad to say I feel a MILLION times better and am back in full force! Whew!! I was freaking because this has never happened to me before!!
But, this brings on a whole new topic (prob should start a new thread, but here goes anyway). Some of you mentioned that you don't know how I do it all, well, it is true, I do have a high stress threshold and I can multitask extremely well (I will thank my nursing career in a high stress area-NICU- for that), but lately, I have just been downright overwhelmed. I literally have been having the same friggin cold for at LEAST a month now and people are starting to comment on how "bad" I look. And now this stomach bug thing has really made me re-think the cakes. They used to be fun, but now they are becoming just one more thing to do in a week. When I tell people I am thinking about giving them up, they tell me how talented I am and that I should just quit my "real" job. I considered that seriously for a while, but the truth is, I like my "real" job and it pays very well and, since I have a little seniority at my work, I finally have the flexibilty that any nurse would dream of (no weekends, no holidays, no nights---really hard to come by as a nurse). Just wondering, can cakes really take over your life and affect your health, because I think, in my case, they have. I have gone through burnout once before, and quit, but then I started back up and raised my prices significantly, and that helped. But, how many "cake lives" can one person have before they really burn out for good!? Anyone in a similar situation here?
Have no words of advice because all I do is cake but wanted to say I am glad you are feeling better!
I'm glad you are feeling better. I am not in your situation as I am working on caking to be my primary business however my thoughts are this:
When you take on too much of anything in your life you will get burnt out. It sounds like maybe you have to learn how to say NO. If you don't have time to take on 5 cakes a week but you still would like to do a cake or 2 now and again as a hobby then just say no! Set a limit for what is too much and stick to it.
Stress can play a terrible toll on your body and if you have been struggling for a year I would say it's time to make a change somewhere. Good luck. We are here to support you!!
I have a high stress threshold also, but it sounds like you need a break (and not just one in bed with the flu!)
I'm glad you're feeling better, but try to plan a mini vacation just to clear your head and de-stress for a little while!
I think I will plan to complete the orders I have throughout September, but don't book any new ones and take the rest of the year off. I will tell any other customers that call for orders Oct-Dec. that I am booked. I feel so bad about my repeat customers though! I have alot of my favorites customers that prob will be ordering later in the year. But, the thought of doing one more cake, makes me nauseaus!!! ---and it's not a stomach flu relapse!!


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"Helping New Hampshire's Children Become Their Physical Best," a conference for health and physical education instructors and nurses, will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, September 29 in the Hartman Union Building at Plymouth State University.
Presenters will focus on training school professionals to incorporate the "Physical Best/Fitnessgram" programs of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) into existing physical educationcurricula, according to HPER Professor Louise McCormack.
The conference was initiated and funded by the New Hampshire Healthy Schools Coalition as the beginning of several trainings and support sessions. As a result of this training participants will be certified as Physical Best specialists, contingent on submiission of a take home exam to the AAHPERD national office. The New Hampshire Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance is a sponsor.
McCormack says the approach this year is unique. Instead of bringing in national or regional spokespersons in the area of HPER, participants attending will have been randomly selected to participate in a state-wide fitness assessment to evaluate fitness levels of K-12 public school children. Data, which will be submitted by spring of 2004, will provide information for curricular reform in individual schools and provide baseline information on the obesity levels of New Hampshire's children and youth. Such data might allow a teacher to apply for federal grants, according to McCormack.
Areas of fitness training include cardiovascular efficiency, flexibility, upper strength and endurance and body mass index (BMI).
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Jean-Dominique Bauby (Jean-Do to his friends) could hardly complain. He enjoyed a successful career (editor of Elle France magazine), had three cute kids, his relationship with his separated wife was amiable, and his mistress had recently moved in to live with him.
Jean-Do loved women and life and the feeling it seems, was mutual: he was one of those fortunate mortals earmarked for love and happiness. Until one day in his 43rd year, a stroke deprived him of everything. Jean-Do was diagnosed with Locked-In syndrome, a paralytic state that incapacitates all mobility while leaving the mind crystal clear. When Jean-Do recovered consciousness in the hospital, he had just one working body part: his left eye.
Directed by Julian Schnabel, "Le scaphandre et le papillon" (international title: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly") is based on the autobiography of Bauby, which he dictated to his communications therapist. Every day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Bauby blinked out letters one by one, word by word, battling monstrous fatigue and optical strain. Immediately after publication Bauby died.
"Le scaphandre," however, isn't a teary testimonial nor an exercise in life affirmation; rather, it's a disinterested but sincere effort to capture and re-enact the world that Bauby was forced to inhabit. The result is both wondrous to behold and taxing on the senses — for about two thirds of the film Schnabel has the lens function as Bauby's left eye (the camera basically becomes Bauby himself), enabling us to see what Bauby must have seen: angled, enormous close-ups that come rushing into vision and blurred and distanced images moving on the periphery of the frame. These confused shapes gradually either form into figures or recede into darkness.
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To show what Bauby "saw" out of his nonfunctioning right eye, Schanbel deployed an ingenious, low-tech device: two layers of latex applied to the camera lens, then sewn together. The result is a milky white sheen in which the barest fragments of tantalizing light filters through.
Schnabel's visual acrobatics are intriguing, but in the end it's Bauby himself (played by the excellent Mathieu Amalric) who — prostrate as he is or upright and healthy as his former self in flashbacks — steals every scene. His wry, acerbic outlook on life combined with a buoyant, bon vivant persona never failed him and he managed to remain his charming self right until the end. You can see it in the eyes of all the women who literally thronged his bedside: Nurses, therapists, girlfriends and colleagues — all of them gorgeous, generous angels in revealing outfits blessing Jean-Do with delightful close-ups of their chests as they lean over him and vie for his attention. His ex-wife Celine (Emmanuelle Seigner) is openly jealous over Bauby's relationship with his speech-therapist, Claude (Anne Consigny), since she gets the most "quality time" as they work together on the book.
None of these women express any pity; rather they pay him the supreme compliment of treating him as a desirable male. It's astonishing how deliciously amorous a personal life can get even when confined permanently to a hospital bed. One of the most moving moments in the film is when Bauby asks Celine to "translate" his blinks and speak to his current lover on the phone, so that he can pour his heart out. Celine consents, and feigns coolness, but when she turns her face away we get a glimpse of her heartache.
Bauby compared his state to wearing an antiquated diving suit in the bottom of the sea — his body encased and weighed down by an impossibly heavy and cumbersome contraption. Initially, he confesses to Claude that he wishes to die, but his inherent passion for life catches up, letting him discover what he calls "his other senses," which awaken after the stroke.
In the book Bauby writes about how, after losing his ability to hear due to the stroke, "the hearing inside the head" turned high-definition, and he could make out the sounds of butterfly wings that reached his brain from somewhere far, far away. Schnabel re-creates this sensation with exceptional sensitivity, letting us actually feel the delicate and barely discernible sounds that could be drowned out any minute by his own "loud breathing."
Bauby's dreams also became more vivid and sensual than before. There's a beautiful sequence in which Bauby, healthy and groomed, is having dinner in a swank restaurant with Claude. Delightedly they dine on oysters and guzzle wine from huge, glittering goblets, but there's a slight bow to reality — Bauby is in hospital pajamas and a dressing gown.
"Le scaphandre" is brilliant in that it goes beyond the realm of a successful adaptation to capture and immortalize the very essence and spirit of the protagonist on screen. There's sadness and depths of despair, but the overriding emotion is of the joy that comes from living and experiencing life: a gift that Bauby held onto during the bleakest hours.
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- Timeline traces fashion photography from its beginnings to its current state
- Over 100 years ago, fashion magazines were filled with illustrations
- Post-war era ushered in experimentation, while the 60s saw the rise of the celebrity photographer
- Social media platforms have broken boundaries in fashion photography
This article was commissioned by CNN Style contributing editor Nick Knight. Knight is the founder and director SHOWStudio and a British photographer.
(CNN)The business of making magazines is changing. Something is rumbling below the bedrock of the glossies we've all loved for so long and it has a lot to do with social media platforms like Instagram and Tumblr -- where models have more followers than the brands they are promoting, or the magazines they once relied on for exposure.
But to understand the future of fashion photography, as it sits within this shift, we must first examine its past.
Before cameras there was paper
Just over 100 years ago every image in Vogue was an illustration -- a drawing to capture the latest frock and accessory, a sketch of the hottest shoe. With advances in photography, however, magazines realized they had a new tool to illustrate the latest trends in fashion.
Legend purports that Baron Adolph de Meyer was commissioned by the magazine as their first photographer, though some claim Edward Steichen is actually responsible for taking the first serious fashion photographs a few years before. Regardless of who started it, the history of Fashion Photography begins here and for some 20 years their elegant pictures reigned across the pages of Vogue.
But the dynamic of creating art for a commissioning body or client, has the potential to be restrictive.
Fashion Photography, as a genre, was relatively slow to work this out and for the next two decades, the Fashion Photographer existed primarily for the magazine or brand.
How a sports photographer changed the game
Don't get me wrong, there were some epic compositions along the way, and a number of photographers who pushed the aesthetic of the genre beyond just a means to exhibit clothes. In 1936 a little-known Hungarian sports photographer, Martin Munkácsi, moved to New York.
A short while later, Munkácsi signs on with Harper's Bazaar. He brought his own unique aesthetic, learned from primarily shooting athletes, to the fashion world, often leaving the studio to shoot models outdoors, in dynamic poses on the beach, on farms, airports and fields. Essentially Munkácsi changed the game.
Post-war ushers in experimentation
In 1940 French Vogue was forced to go on hiatus due to the Nazi occupation of France during the War. Because of this, American titles like Vogue and Harper's Bazaar became the new home for Fashion Photography. They set the stage for the likes of Lillian Bassman and Richard Avedon to excel in experimentation.
By the mid 1950s Avedon had shot a number of, now iconic, compositions like "Dovima with Elephants," -- a wonderfully provocative image which went on to become the most expensive fashion photograph ever to sell at auction in November of 2010, for $1.15M.
Celebrity models are born
In Avedon, Bassman and British photographer David Bailey's hands the character in the work became increasingly important. In the sixties the celebrity model was born, epitomised by Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton.
A new precedent on portraiture started to dominate, as did the celebrity photographer. Throughout the 1960s you therefore have the likes of David Bailey, Terence Donovan and Brian Duffy rubbing shoulders with actors, musicians and royalty.
In this sense the market for selling Fashion Photography really began to take off, as the profile of the photographer matched, and often surpassed, their subjects.
Female photographers offer different aesthetic
As the feminist movement started to emerge in the 1970s, a handful of female photographers were able to define a contrasting aesthetic to the traditional male gaze. Sarah Moon, Deborah Turbeville and Lillian Bassman each crafted elegant bodies of work with an abstract, atmospheric quality that went well beyond the poised portraits of the previous decade.
Sadly with the eighties came a general backlash against feminism, and the fashion world was no exception. Whereas the 70s saw a gentle shift in aesthetics and a small handful of women becoming prominent photographers in their own right, the 80s was dominated by commercialism, the glamorization of sex, and Supermodels. Glossy red lips, high-waisted jeans and a lot of skin -- "sex sells" was the mantra of the era.
Grittier images emerge in the 80s
As a reaction to the highly polished images embodied throughout the 80s, a grittier documentary style of photography started to emerge. This raw aesthetic, most obviously linked to Juergen Teller, Nan Goldin and Corrine Day, caused controversy, as it appeared to glamorize low-culture and substance abuse, resulting in the term: "heroin chic."
At the same time, established photographers like Irving Penn and Helmut Newton continued to dominate the field, while new artists like Nick Knight, Steven Meisel, and Mario Testino began to get recognized.
Here's when the paradigm started to shift. There were now so many photographers working with such different compositional values that the field opened up. With more commissioning bodies than ever -- from the old guard like Vogue and Harper's to newer titles like Elle, Vanity Fair, GQ and more underground publications such as Garage, The Face and Dazed & Confused -- photographers like Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Annie Leibovitz, David Sims, Nick Knight and Glen Luchford were all able to hone their own distinct styles.
Technological advances have opened the field
With technological advances -- on the Internet and across social media platforms -- photographers began to have more avenues than ever to show their work. A key example of this was when Nick Knight launched his own website, SHOWstudio.com, in 2000 allowing him to create work that didn't need to be commissioned by commercial clients. This groundbreaking online platform was a place to experiment, and soon other photographers followed suit.
In 2010 a new social media channel called Instagram launched. The general public now had their own platforms to create and publish work, creating yet another layer to Fashion Photography.
No longer positioned solely in the pages of a glossy, or across billboards -- some campaigns are even shot entirely for online use -- Fashion Photography has changed almost completely. It's taken 100 years, but almost all the boundaries are now broken.
Some might say that this is where the Fashion Photography story ends, and where a new genre of image making will begin. I, for one, am enjoying watching its continued, and no doubt eventful, evolution.


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Welcome to the Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project. Our aim is to locate, document, digitise, and provide access to all archival materials related to Nelson Mandela. This is a work in progress. Here is a selection of materials arranged in exhibits for your enjoyment.
Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
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Transcript: have no right whatsoever to judge other in terms of my own customs, however much I may be proud of such customs; that to despise others because they have not observed particular customs is a dangerous form of chauvinism. I consider myself obliged to pay proper respect to my customs and traditions, provided that such customs and traditions tend to keep us together and do not in any way conflict with the aims and objects of the struggle against racial oppression. But I shall neither impose my own customs on others nor follow any practice which will offend my comrades, especially now that freedom has become so costly. But these were not the issues that preoccupied my mind as I left the ceremony in our honor at Tyharlarha in March 1934. I strolled into the open veld and from where I stood I looked at the lush green valley down below. To my back was a large village which I knew so well and through which I had passed many a time on my way from Mqhekezweni to Tyharlarha. Not a single school, Christian or person in Western clothes could be found in that village. It was one of the poorest places I have ever seen in my life, much poorer than Qunu. Battalions of men, young and old, left the area yearly to work on the gold mines. Its only wealth was the cheapness of its labour. But this was the wealth for others and not for the village. For the mine bosses and not for Thembuland. To our generation the village was famous for the beauty of its women. I tought I should walk in that direction. Just then I looked to my right and saw the Mbhashe flowing slowly like a giant serpent towards the Indian Ocean. I had never crossed that river before and knew nothing of the world beyond. I had known vaguely that Hintsa, the famous Xhosa king, had lived somewhere in those areas, and that Makana, the African general who tried to take Grahamstown in 1819 had also lived in that direction. I turned to my left and saw several homes scattered among the mimosa trees with cattle and sheep grazing nearby. I could see
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Born in 1953 - France
Born in 1953, Yvon Cochery is a French sculptor who lives and works in Eure-et-Loire.
After getting trained in the family studio (size, engraving and marble inlays), Yvon Cochery expanded his technical research in stone, glass, bronze and resin.
Initially, Cochery's work highlighted tormented figurative expression. Today he uses many curves and larger volumes, which sometimes might seem excessive and not realistic but actually aren't. The portrayal of these refined gigantic volumes accentuates Cochery's playful sculptures. The artist himself states "the gigantic size of his sculptures give them a playful look. Children hang about over easily and just for an instant, they get the feeling of being reassured and pacified.
Woman is Yvon Cochery's favorite theme, but he also created a character called AZTEK in 2006. A child of Pop art and Mangas, symbol of the Artoy generation, AZTEK reveals Cochery's fertile imagination. " Everything begins with the idea to create a mascot in order to represent my work as a sculptor".
Cochery's sculptures have been exhibited in France, Netherlands, Monaco, Italy and Belgium.
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Here are the items I picked up for free yesterday.
The breakdown:
Meijer: gum and tuna CVS: jelly beans Walgreens: Colgate Total (They actually paid me $0.75 to take it out of the store.) Kroger: 3 Colgate
I didn't get to Target yet where I plan to pick up some free floss. Here's a list of more free items available for this week . Make sure to check it out.


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Goof: Throughout the Quickfire Challenge both the contestants and the guest judge used the term "ballantine", either caused by misinformation or because somebody combined the two French words with similar meanings into one. Ballotine, the correct term for what most people presented is the combined proteins that have been boned, stuffed, rolled and tied, then braised or roasted, and usually served hot. Galantine is the same concept, but poached and served cold and sliced.
As the winner of the Elimination Challenge, Kevin was granted the opportunity to try out for one of the places in the next American Bocuse d'Or team. He is not guaranteed a spot on the roster, however.
Gavin Kaysen: (about the Bocuse d'Or) One of the classic dishes that I did was the chicken ballantine with crayfish in the middle. We had crayfish inside of chicken liver inside of chicken inside of chicken. It only took me four months to figure out how to do it.
Michael: I don't get where he's coming from. He didn't say, 'Make a ballantine.' And if he said that, I would have made one. And I'm pretty confident that it would have been as good as the one he probably made in, uh, Bocuse d'Or.
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While Thomas Keller had a place at the table sampling the dishes of the contestants, he asked not to participate in the Judging process in any way. Tom and the others tried to persuade him to join in their deliberations, but he didn't want to be put into a position of having to make any negative comments about the competitors or their food.
All of the chefs at the table dining on the competitors' offerings are on the advisory board of the American Bocuse d'Or team, including Tom Colicchio.
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Simon Cowell 'bloodbath'
December 28, 2011 by staff
Simon Cowell 'bloodbath', Simon Cowell has threatened that the next series of X Factor USA will be a "bloodbath". Melanie Amaro has only just been named the show's winner, but Simon has already sparked rumours of people getting axed from the panel as he vowed to keep up with rival talent shows.
Simon told People: "Can we make the show better? Yes. I will never ever go into anything going forward unless I can believe I can make it better.
"Next year will be a bloodbath. We have to come out with something better than the rest, and that's what we aim to do."
Nicole Scherzinger's place on the judging panel and host Steve Jones' jobs are rumoured to be up for the chop.
Simon is reportedly planning a summit in January to discuss a shake-up in the format.
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Syrian forces continue to shell the city of Homs. The government's siege has reached the two-week mark as tens of thousands of protesters poured in. The Local Coordination Committees said security forces opened fire on some protests.
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Plastipak Packaging will make a $9 million capital investment to expand production capacity at its manufacturing facility in Pineville, Louisiana. A leader in the production of rigid plastic containers for the food, beverage and consumer products industries, Plastipak will add three production lines for polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, products.
Founded in 1967, Plastipak established a presence in Louisiana with the construction of its Pineville facility in 2003. The company will begin the installation of the new production lines at its 862,000-square-foot Pineville facility in the third quarter of 2015, with an expected completion by the end of the first quarter of 2016. The firm will create 20 new direct jobs and retain 205 existing jobs at its Pineville facility.
"Plastipak is extremely appreciative of the support it has received from the local community, local organizations, Mayor Fields, CLECO, Governor Jindal and his predecessors," Plastipak Packaging President and CEO William C. Young said. "Plastipak conducts business in numerous states and countries and I can honestly say that our management team has always been, and continues to be, impressed with the business-friendly environment in Central Louisiana and in the state of Louisiana."
To secure the project, the State of Louisiana offered a competitive incentive package that includes the services of LED FastStart. In addition, the company is expected to utilize the state's Quality Jobs and Industrial Tax Exemption programs.
Gov. Bobby Jindal said, "For more than a decade, Plastipak has provided great job opportunities for our residents and created high-quality, made-in-Louisiana products. With this expansion, the company will build on its long track record of success. Plastipak's investment in its Pineville facility is a testament to Louisiana's strong business climate and our highly skilled workforce. We congratulate Plastipak on its continued growth and commend the company on its commitment to our state and our people."
"Plastipak is an important part of the Central Louisiana manufacturing community," said President and CEO Jim Clinton of the Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance. "We are pleased to see the company investing further in the future of the region."


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With ski season fast approaching, there are sure to be plenty of folks out there with closets/garages full of skis, boots, poles, clothes that they want to swap out for new stuff.
Sure you can go to the ski swaps that are coming up (CLICK HERE FOR DATES/LOCATIONS) , but sometimes you don't want to deal with all the hassle of hauling your stuff to the place, only to have to haul it back out if it doesn't sell.
A Park City local has come up with an answer to that. According to an article on Skiing Magazine online,
Localskigear.com was founded by a Park City engineer named Steve Schueler. Here's what Schueler had to say about his site: "Put some of your product on there. Tell anyone else you know who is interested in buying and selling ski gear. The more people who find out about it the more it will meet people's needs. It is set up for local sales and interactions between skiers and boarders. The idea is that locally-based transactions benefit your town and the environment by recycling and reusing ski and snowboard gear, reducing the environmental impacts of having to ship gear, and keeping the money in the community which strengthens local economic vitality. Plus, you keep all the money, we take nothing."
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text: An upper bound for the transversal numbers of 4-uniform hypergraphsFeng-Chu Lai, Gerard J. ChangJ. Comb. Theory, Ser. B1990The main purpose of this paper is to prove that if H is a 4-uniform hypergraph with n vertices and m edges, then the transversal number r(H) <2(m +n)/9. All standard terminology of hypergraphs is from [ 11. Suppose H = (V, E) is a k-uniform hypergraph with n vertices and m edges. Tuza [2] proposed the problem of finding an upper bound for the transversal… (More)


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Eight Really Strange Things Women Do that Men Are NOT Allowed to Talk About [Or Else…]
Women sometimes do things that men perceive as crazy. You might think they're crazy, but they serve a purpose to us somehow. Maybe, just maybe, you don't understand it and that's why you think it's crazy. Either way, here are 8 things that women do that men classify as crazy:
1) Saying We Don't Need Something When We Do
Women like to preserve our independent nature, guys. Women are strong! So when you ask us if we need help carrying in about thirteen shopping bags and we say, "No thanks," we actually mean, "Just go ahead and grab the bags, dude, that would be nice." I know, it's weird and confusing but we really don't like to admit that we need help, especially when we desperately need help.
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2) Changing Our Hair A Million Times
One day we will talk about how we are growing out our hair, because we love the way that it looks on a girl we know at work. The next day, we come home with a new shoulder length bob we're ecstatic about, but then later cry about because we want our hair back. From the outside, we can see how this may seem insane, but it isn't. You just don't get it. We agonize about our hair. AGONIZE. Hair is life, duh!
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3) We Take 500 Selfies To Only Post 3
This is a little bit ridiculous, admittedly, but it's all about getting the right image and projecting the right message. It's not just a selfie, it's a message. This photo of me smiling with a kitty filter on isn't just cute, it's showing everyone that I'm playful yet slightly goofy and happy. Also, you can't just post a selfie that doesn't have the right message, vibe, look, lighting, and angle or why even post one?
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4) PMS Problems
Hello there, boyfriend! Yes, we are aware that its currently 12 a.m., but we need doughnuts, please. Sorry you were sleeping, but we can't drive to get doughnuts ourselves because we are cramping. We don't just want doughnuts, our bodies demand doughnuts. We don't care that the doughnut shops are closed either, nor do our bodies. Also, if you don't go get our doughnuts right now, we might sob uncontrollably or fly into a blind rage. Hormones, man. Can't live with them, can't live without them. Hey, at least we aren't pregnant because you can enjoy eight additional months and three weeks of this…
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5) Making Promises To Ourselves That We Never Keep
Most women generally have the best of intentions. We really do want to get up at 5am and go exercise, and dang it we are going too! We tell you all about how we are going to do it and we even lay out our clothes and shoes. Then when lying in bed that night, thoughts creep in. It wouldn't be the end of the world if I didn't run tomorrow. I can start the next day! I already have everything ready! I'll do it the day after. The day after never comes either, as you know. Yet, we still tell you all about our promises we never keep.
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6) We Love For Someone Else To Wash Our Hair or Do Our Nails
Generally, men don't like to be touched much by strangers. Women typically don't either, but it depends on the situation. Most women love going to get their hair done, and love having someone else wash their hair. It's so relaxing, soothing, and marks something off of our to do list that day. It's the same way with having our nails done. Women love pampering services!
7) We Need Attention and Affection More Frequently
Sometimes men just don't understand the importance of a well timed hug, or a well placed hand (on our thigh, back, or heads, you pervs!). Just simple little extra gestures here and there let us know that you're thinking about us and are showing us affection and attention. Yes, some of us can be needy, but these little types of gestures go a long way.
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8) Saying "I Don't Know"
The all time biggest irritation with 'I Don't Know' for men is definitely when a man asks his woman, "What do you want to eat?" and she responds with, "I don't know." Then what should have been a split second decision turns into a 45 minute debacle. Why do we respond with, "I don't know?" The truth is probably that because we don't know, or because we don't care. So, yeah, sorry about the "I don't know" thing. I wish I knew what to tell you, but I don't know.
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As promised, I'll dissect it on Sunday Monday…
Here's The NY Times Profile Of Endeavor
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Talk about a blow job. Somebody better hand that writer a tissue. What the FUCK was that?
Oh Please. This NYT article is such an obvious PR plant. In the world of agents, Endeavor = the desperate clowns in the room with the lamp-shades on their heads.
Um, since when was Amy Poehler considered an A-lister. That's the most laughable statement in the whole piece. I like her and everything, but she's not getting $20 million a movie anytime soon.
Those fossil-bastard-women-hating CEO's stupidly, rarely pay any female 20 mill. That's no barometer.
Ben Stiller's not so A-list anymore either.
I'd see a movie with Amy Poehler way before I'd see one with Stiller (or Jack Black, for that matter, whose appeal is puzzling.)
It wasn't that much of a blowjob – what about the Ari is a racist/sexist stuff? Hadn't heard that before. Mike Donkis (the PR) clearly didn't do that good of a job!
U can say what U want, but Endeavor has come to the top of the food chain out here way faster than even CAA did. And their "groovy" rep still remains (have U seen their offices? take me away Paris '63!). Frankly, they have the most interesting list and are continuing to raid the others (even vaunted CAA). Now the question is: where does End. go from here? Sports? Consulting? Film packaging? What's the next chapter to make more $ to feed that GIANT list of pardnas…
Please someone tell me how in the year 2008, Endeavor has not one African American agent and its a pretty good guess that they have few if any Hispanic or Asian agents either. And by the way its not much better if at all at the other big agencies. What would Ari E. tell his presidential candidate of choice about that, "the we can't find any qualified candidates" meme just won't cut it in the age of Obama, if in fact it ever did. Full disclosure I am an African American former top flack for CAA, a two time GOP White House staffer and a committed (ok obsessed) Obama supporter.
Anna Perez said:
"Please someone tell me how in the year 2008, Endeavor has not one African American agent…"
I am black, and I was an agent at Endeavor up until recently. Frankly, the idea that Ari Emanuel is a racist is absolutely ridiculous. He, and an overwhelming majority of the partners I dealt with over there, were nothing but amazingly supportive. And as many know, for an agency, that's huge.
Oh Please F–
Those idiots at Endeavor have to create false rumors and plant trash like the Sunday NYT article just to keep themselves in the news. What's next? They want some idiot hedge fund/brokerage to buy them before their house of cards collapes.
To ex-agent, congrats, I hope you are a senior studio executivebecause of course agencies are petri dishes for same) or doing whatever else you wanted to be, but my question remains unanswered, how in this day and age are Endeavor and the other agencies including my still much loved former employer CAA, still almost all white enclaves? They can't use the "Mad Men" excuse.
"A list" vs "B List is a bit subjective for me. Although Alan Sorkin, David Kelly, Matt Damon, Martin Scorsese probably are A list.
To ex agent. I feel you. Having myself played the role of the token many times, I would agree racist is probably over the top. Expedient is maybe more accurate. Creatively lazy – that's for certain but not nefariously so. They can claim with some credibility that are "just doing their job".
Endeavor is definitely as profitable as junk food. They make that crap but they probably don't eat. They certainly don't force feed us the dross that Sandler and Black front.
Unlike, I might add the sick fictional political re-makes and insipid sequels to Bush after Bush that image producers in Washington roll out. We are pretty much stuck with swallowing a trillion dollars of horrible content they foist on us. Anna Perez, its good you resigned. But I would take your comments about Barrack as a little more credible if you had never been a key player in an election stealing war mongering neo-Nazi regime. Not sure "just doing my job" works in this case. I worked in Iraq.


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