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3rd Bi-Annual GRASP/Broken No More Conference-Retreat/in articles, events, Uncategorized /by Gary Cullen
We would like to acknowledge that Broken No More and the Drug Policy Alliance are sponsoring our GRASP Bi-Annual Conference and Retreat. This is the third Bi-Annual GRASP Conference and Retreat for which we have received their support.
What the heck goes on at a GRASP Retreat anyway? What can you expect if you attend the upcoming Retreat in October? Here are some of my experiences. The first GRASP Retreat in Tampa, Florida was a "trial run" of sorts – none of us had ever put on a retreat and the vast (vast, vast, vast) majority of the planning/scheduling/orchestrating work was done by Gary & Denise Cullen. Drug Policy Alliance helped with underwriting & providing excellent speakers. Margaret Alexander, Terri Dudar, Liz & Marty Perkins helped & many other GRASP members volunteered their time & talents. We learned a lot. The retreat was relaxing, informative, warm, sometimes provocative, and so rewarding. Oh, and there was crying. Perhaps the most precious things I came away with were the friends I made during those 2 days that I've kept all these years. I can't help naming a few names: Denise Towery Cullen. Elizabeth Perkins. Terri Lynn. Darleen Synnøve Berg. Margaret Alexander. Tamara Olt. Gary Cullen…… and so many more.
The next retreat was even better. Julie Siri spoke to us about the journey that is grief – assuring, comforting and educating us about the arc of grief and the impact of disenfranchised grief that often accompanies a loss due to substance abuse. Her years of practice in this area is evidenced in her special brand of understanding. Oh, and there was some crying. Julie will be back for our third Retreat in October.
Eliza Wheeler from the Harm Reduction Coalition shared the story of her long involvement in this movement, explaining what the heck "harm reduction" (a term a lot of people weren't familiar with) is & how this special group of advocates help to save lives & improve the health of those struggling with drug dependency each & every day. Her special warmth, grounded as it is in a seemingly endless compassion, touched everyone in the room that day. Pass the Kleenex, please.
So yes, there was crying. But you know what surprised some of the people who attended? How much laughter there was. Who expected to ever be able to laugh again? We had many varied sessions at the 2nd retreat – one which I found so very heartening the panel discussion about creating our journeys from deepest loss into advocacy for change. With ideas from our fellow travelers on how they integrated the pain of loss with the accomplishments of advocacy with help from Broken No More, Drug Policy Alliance & (maybe most importantly) from each other. There was splashing in the swimming pool. There was a beautiful dinner. There were quiet moments sharing stories and memories with people we'd only "met" on-line here on the GRASP page. Some people shared their memories on film – you've no doubt seen some of the videos that have been posted lately. I remember standing behind the (wonderful) cameraman, Sam Sabzehzar, as he filmed those stories with tears streaming down my face as Tamara Olt, Julie Wendorf, Jim Laura Cash and others spoke of their children. It was a jammed packed couple of days of meeting old friends and making new ones. But most of all it was a meeting of our "Tribe" – it felt at times like coming home to a place where everyone "gets it".
This year's Retreat is going to be even better. We have some STELLAR speakers lined up one of whom is one of the most eloquent, powerful and moving women I've ever heard speak anywhere. I'm not sure I'm supposed to announce her name so I'll just say she's a Drug Policy Alliance rock star!!! Can you tell I'm rather excited about her? Yup! So I do hope that you'll be able to attend this year and that I get to meet each of you. You'll know me when you see me – I'll be the one crying… and laughing… and crying….and laughing.
This was written by Marilee Murphy, a long-time GRASP Member who has held a number of different positions for GRASP/Broken No More and is currently an Advisory Board Member and serves as a Retreat Planning Committee Member.
Thank you Marilee.
The Retreat will be held October 13th through the 16th at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta Perimeter at Villa Christina. Registration for the GRASP Conference and Retreat can be accessed at http://grasphelp.org/grasp-retreat-2016/. The registration fee for the conference is $300. We are limited as to the number of participants we can accommodate at the conference. We have only a few slots left and we will accept registrations only until these slots are filled. Thus, the stated closing date for registration of Sept 13th is contingent upon their being open slots at that date. If the slots are filled prior to this date, registration will close at that time. If you are considering coming to this retreat we, thus, advise that you register as soon as you can. Refunds will be 75% until September 20th after which refunds will no longer be available. The registration fee will include participation at all Conference events: The opening reception Thursday night, breakfast and lunch Friday and Saturday, and the Farewell Dinner Saturday night. There will be a special "Thank You" Dinner for Chapter Leaders Friday night. Travel and lodging are the responsibility of the participants.
Registration for the conference will be held from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Thursday, Oct. 13th.
The opening Reception will then be held from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
For more information regarding the presentation topics click here
Denise Cullen, LCSW, Executive Director of Broken No More/Grasp.
Gary Cullen, V.P. of Development and CFO of Broken No More/GRASP.
Julie Siri, LCSW, Grief Specialist, Board Member Broken No More
Tony Newman, Director of Media Relations for the Drug Policy Alliance.
Julia Negron, C.A.S., Advisory Board Member Broken No More
Sam Snodgrass, PhD, Board Member Broken No More
asha bandele, Senior Director of Grants, Partnerships and Special Projects for the Drug Policy Alliance.
Grief to Advocacy Panel Participants:
Denise Cullen, LCSW
Julia Negron, C. A. S.
Kim Brown, RN
Tami Olt, MD.
Lisa Wilkins
Laura Cash, MA
There will be opportunities to gather and to share our experiences with others who have traveled this same road. This road made of our grief. Through our sharing, we bond. We link hands, we link hearts, and no longer are we alone. We are brothers, we are sisters, we are GRASP. And we are family.
UNGASS 2016/in articles, drug policy, events, news, Uncategorized /by Gary Cullen
This video is about UNGASS 2016. United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drug Policy.
i♥oc Giving Day – 30 Hours to give where your Heart Lives/in Uncategorized /by Gary Cullen
i♥oc Giving Day
Starts Apr 21 at 6:00am and ends Apr 22 at 12:00pm in PDT
In celebration of 25th anniversary, the Orange County Community Foundation is super-charging local giving by hosting Orange County's first-ever countywide giving day on April 21-22, 2015.
i♥oc Giving Day is an online giving event that provides nonprofits the opportunity to gain exposure to and start relationships with new donors, and for people in Orange County to show their love for their favorite local nonprofits. Its is also a unique opportunity to market the nonprofit to new audiences, increase awareness of the work done, and drive new donations to the cause.
The goal of the i♥oc Giving Day is to inspire our community to come together with extra-mile giving in support of the exemplary work of local nonprofits.
The Orange County Community Foundation will set up an online platform with searchable profiles of participating nonprofits. All donations will be processed through the website iheartoc.org. Anyone can donate to their favorite nonprofits from April 21 at 6 a.m. through Noon on April 22, 2015 via iheartoc.org.
Secure, tax-deductible donations will be accepted on iheartOC.org during a 30-hour period, and participating Orange County nonprofits will be eligible to receive funding through bonus awards and prizes provided by OCCF .
The minimum donation is $25 and there is no maximum. All donations must be made at iheartoc.org during that 30-hour period. The event will run from 6 a.m. on April 21 – noon April 22, 2015.
Broken No More is joining OCCF in an effort to raise 2 million dollars in 30 hours. Help us receive funding,awards and prizes. Spread the word about the Giving Day. There are 3 ways you can share
1: Donate to Broken No More starting Starts Apr 21 at 6:00am through Apr 22 at 12:00pm in PDT
2: Share our link to your social networks and encourage everyone to give where their heart lies
3: Post an #UNSELFIE to instagram with the reason why you #iheartOC . Tag our organisation and encourage your followers to join the movement
To Learn more about the OC Giving Day Click Here
Our profile on Nonprofit Central has been published!. Take a look by clicking the link below.
Denise Cullen's appearance on the O'Reilly Factor/in news, Uncategorized /by Gary Cullen
Date: June 7th, 2013
Source: The O'Reilly factor
Denise Cullen's appearance on the O'Reilly Factor, taped April 15th, 2013 but airing delayed to June 7th, 2013 due to the tragic Boston bombings. An attempt to present a rational explanation about why Denise does not support incarcerating more people for drug offenses was turned into a situation where not much real dialogue occurred. Please express your views, despite the fact that little back up was available for the position taken.


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While I'm on vacation and then on a mission trip to Mexico, I'm treating you to some exceptional guest bloggers and reposting some of my best content from the last year. I'll be tweeting and commenting off and on, but will be back full time on the blog July 25th.
I'm going to make an admission. At home, I'm sometimes a little bit of a potty mouth.
I remember my first day in public middle school. My delicate virgin ears were burning by second hour, having heard words I never knew existed.
Now, it just doesn't bother me like it used to. I don't swear loudly in public or in front of elders or children and I don't care for people who do. But swearing in movies or with friends just doesn't get me all hot and bothered like it does some people.
What does God really mean by "filthy language" and taking His name in vain? Probably a whole lot more than we think.
We Practically Can't Help But Cuss
Even if you're a complete teetotaller when it comes to swear words, chances are you have a few choice exclamations you use. Guess what? If you fall down the stairs and repeatedly shout "sugar bricks!" people still know you're swearing. When they dub over cuss words in movies, we all know what they're saying. Any ten year old watching a TV movie knows they aren't really saying "French toast" or "melon farmer."
But if you aren't ten years old and you write swear words, but censor yourself, you're just lame. If you want to swear, then stop using swear words like a preteen girl. It's not like taking the v*wels out of w*rds st*ps people from kn*wing what y*u're saying. Same with the whole "h-dash-dash-dash" thing. Even if I typed a bunch of random symbols, I'd still look like a %*#@ loudmouth. See?
Then there's the people for whom substitute swear words are offensive. "We all know that 'freaking' is just another 'F' word, so it's still a bad word." Come on. If we replaced 'freaking' with another word, you'd still know it was a substitute for the substitute. Plus, someone who gets offended that easily is probably a cotton-headed ninnymuggins. Words are only obscene if we say they are. I can write the word "bloody" with no dashes and not blink, though it's worse than the 'F' word to Brits.
If that's what God meant, then He wasted a commandment
Okay, about taking God's name in vain. I still try not to do this too much, but I will admit that I have petitioned God numerous times to curse bad drivers, missing keys, screws and nails, pizza boxes that won't fit in the fridge, pickle jars, drawers that are too full to close, slow moving people, stop lights, snow, cabinet doors, and dog poop, to name a few things. Traffic and inanimate objects are the bane of my existence.
It's not like I'm telling you that you should start talking up a blue streak, but for the love of Larry, if God spent a whole commandment to tell us not to say "Oh my God," that's a waste. If you're only going to hand out ten basic rules, are you really going to spend 10% of your rule-making on when and when not to say you're name? I don't think God would do that.
And if I just lost you, you'll see where I'm going next…
Christians take God's name in vain the most
When people say "Oh my God," they don't even think about it. Sure, it's rude. But what does it really mean to take God's name in vain? I think God gets way more P.O.ed (cuss word ititials are dumb too) from Christians who sincerely take his name in vain. How do we do it? By showing up to church and praising him while we curse our neighbors. By sincerely asking God to do things that He has said he won't do. By creating an American Jesus and calling it "God." By worshipping God so He'll give us more stuff. By calling ourselves "Christians," which has the name of God in it, and not acting like we follow Christ.
When it comes to cussing, maybe it's not the words that come out of a man's mouth that's wrong, but the cause of it in his heart. If I can get so mad at the ATM that I let out a string of curse words at it, something is wrong with my emotions, and my mouth is just a symptom.
But instead of doing the hard thing by not asking God for stupid crap that's bad for us, or getting our emotions under control, we do the easy thing and tell some new Christian that now that he's a Christian he'll need to "talk nice" so he doesn't offend delicate Christians. We get riled up about non-Christians using the word "God." But when you realize that Christians are the biggest abusers of God's name, you know that we should really shut the smurf up because we don't have any place being offended.
Great graham crackers.
What's your policy on naughty words? Are they just words? Are they never to be spoken? Or should we be looking at a bigger problem than what comes out of our mouths?

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Ex-Nathan's hot dog champ to coach LI firefighters in clam-eating benefit
Hempstead Town officials and Nassau Fire Chiefs Association board member Ray McGuire of Freeport are expected to join South Shore fire department officials at 2 p.m. Friday to announce the annual Long Island Clam Eating Contest Sunday at Peter's Clam Bar at 600 Long Beach Rd. in Island Park.
Contest funds raised will help local firehouses hurt by superstorm Sandy.
On Sunday, world champion eater Takeru Kobayashi of Japan is expected to coach local firefighters in the clam-eating contest. Kobayashi is the former Nathan's hot dog eating champion and holds various eating world records. The current world record for clam eating is 26 dozen cherrystone clams in six minutes set at Peter's Clam Bar in 2010.
Firehouses from Island Park, Long Beach, Lakeview, Baldwin, Point Lookout, and East Rockaway are expected to send some of their best eaters to compete for cash prizes.
There will also be an open contest for the public with an entrance fee of $20, which will be donated to the winning firehouse. That contest will also have cash prizes.
Entrance fees for firefighters will be waived. Registration will be on the day of the event.


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Application of Teflon-AF thin films for bio-patterning of neural cell adhesion
Teflon AF, an amorphous copolymer of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) with 2,2-bis(triflouromethyl)-4,5-difluoro-1, 3-dioxole, has been receiving widespread attention in the opto-electronics industries and elsewhere for its superior optical and dielectric properties. The objective of the present study was to investigate surface parameters that may be required for the application of thin films of Teflon AF in the fields of biomaterials and bioelectronics. Using standard microelectronics procedures, micro-patterned thin films of Teflon-AF were fabricated, and their surface properties monitored and optimized with the aid of highly surface sensitive spectrometric techniques. Finally, their capability to inhibit or bio-pattern cell adhesion was tested with various neural cell lines.
- doi:10.1016/S0956-5663(98)00036-0
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Keywords: Animals ; Cell Adhesion ; Cell Line ; Mice ; Neurons/ physiology ; Polytetrafluoroethylene ; Surface Properties
Centre for Gene Therapy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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These two snowy egrets were photographed June 2011on Hilton Head Island.
Neil Ellis Photos: Neil is great friend who plays a respectable round of golf, identifies unseen birds by their calls, completes the New York Times Friday Crossword in ink, and snaps a heck of a photo. His photos are featured here at AllanShowalter.com and can be found collected at Neil Ellis Photos.
Note: Originally posted June 25, 2011 at 1HeckOfAGuy.com, a predecessor of AllanShowalter.com


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HUMAN beings are creatures of habit, especially when it gets to at bedtime. We sleep on the same side of the bed, have the window open just so, the bedroom door ajar. Some friends swear by hot baths, herbal tea or a glass of wine. I mostly read until my eyes won't stay open, which usually isn't very long.
All of us are amateurs, however, compared with one light-sleeping couple I know who wear Tempur-Pedic eye masks and earplugs, and surround themselves with three white-noise machines and a fan. When they moved in together, they kept both of their beds and pushed them together, so neither need disturb the other when they roll over in the night.
The more you think about sleep, the odder it seems that it should be a problem at all, let alone be surrounded by so much superstition and anxiety. We need it like we need water, but it's not a resource we have to go out and find — or at least it shouldn't be. As a culture, though, we are obsessed with improving what scientists describe as our "sleep efficiency" — increasing the proportion of the time we spend in pursuit of sleep actually being asleep — so that our days can be more wakeful, more productive. There's an entire sleep industry offering technology and drugs, but to what extent are we just the victims of our own anxiety? Does our need fuel the industry, or is it the other way round?
Like many people, I take great care to follow the same routine on going to bed. But none of it ensures that I stay asleep. For the past three nights I have woken up repeatedly from the early hours and felt more tired on waking than I did when I went to bed. There's no reason — no small children waking me up, no extra stress. It just happens, with predictable unpredictability, several nights a week. When I do sleep through I feel as though I could run a marathon, but those nights are in the minority.
I am far from unusual. According to a study carried out by researchers at Keele University in 2007, 37 per cent of us have one or more symptoms of insomnia on most nights, whether that means having trouble falling or staying asleep, waking frequently or waking up feeling worn out. Just over half of us wake several times on some nights, and a further 26 per cent on most nights. Staying in bed longer doesn't make it better, as studies prove that, with sleep, quality beats quantity. That doesn't stop armies of us attempting to catch up at the weekend, bingeing and purging, never fixing the underlying problem.
According to some experts, sleepiness is the least of the insomniac's worries. During the night we cycle between different stages of sleep, including deep (or "delta") sleep towards the beginning of the night, and rapid eye movement (REM), when we dream, and it's the former type that is of most concern among doctors and researchers. In a recent article for The New York Times, the psychiatrist Vatsal Thakkar posited the theory that many cases of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may in fact be misdiagnosed sleep disorders, and warned of more consequences of our ignorance about sleep. "Chronic delta sleep deficits in humans are implicated in many diseases, including depression, heart disease, hypertension, obesity, chronic pain, diabetes and cancer, not to mention thousands of fatigue-related car accidents each year," he wrote.
"Sleep disorders are so prevalent that every (doctor), paediatrician and psychiatrist should routinely screen for them. We need far more research. Every year billions of dollars are poured into researching cancer, depression and heart disease, but how much money goes into sleep?"
No wonder we're too anxious to sleep at night. We are constantly peppered with advice on how to tell whether we have a problem, and what to do about it. We're told that if we need an alarm clock to wake us up that's a sign we're not sleeping enough, that the amount we sleep on holiday is the amount we naturally need. We're told that we're sleeping less than ever, that all the blue light from iPads and television screens is disrupting the natural release of melatonin, the hormone that tells our brains it's night-time. But all of this is contentious — as is the very concept that there is an optimal amount of sleep.
"The idea that adults need eight hours of sleep is nonsense — it's like saying all women should fit into a size-eight dress," says Prof Jim Horne, the founder of the Sleep Research Centre at Loughborough University. "Our research shows that, on average, actual sleep for the adult population of this country is only about seven hours. And there's very little evidence for the idea that previous generations slept longer, that we're chronically sleep-deprived. We've never had it so good: the average worker 100 years ago shared his bed not only with his partner, but children, fleas, bedbugs, dampness and noise. Our bedrooms today are warm, we have duvets and spring mattresses. Lamentations about poor sleep are nothing new — the Romans complained about it. And just because we sleep more at weekends doesn't necessarily mean we need it, just like we don't need seconds of pudding."
As for the idea that blue light is disruptive, "it might be true, but we must remember that part of sleep is settling down to relax, and if you're looking at iPads and playing computer games, it gets you excited — I think both interfere with sleep".
Prof Horne also questions the quality of many of the studies that purport to prove connections between health problems and a lack of sleep. With obesity, for instance, there is only a link for people who sleep less than five hours a night, "which is really abnormal. There's no evidence that people who sleep six to seven hours are any fatter than those who sleep seven to eight. And if you really are overweight and a 'short sleeper', it might be better to do 15 minutes of brisk walking a day than spend an extra hour sleeping."
Still, the fact remains that many of us don't feel rested when we wake up, so it's no wonder we'll do and spend anything to fix the problem. For $187, Amazon will sell you "earthing sheets" that claim to connect your skin to "the rhythms stored in the earth (that) are able to reset the wake-sleep clock". If I wanted to be wired up to a polysomnogram, which records brainwaves and other vital signs to find out how well I sleep, I could check into one of 25 sleep clinics within 10 kilometres of my home a sleep clinic, or I can buy a DIY device such as the Jawbone UP24 bracelet, which tells how long and deeply a person sleeps. Later this year you'll be able to buy an alarm clock that consists of a large pad that measures your sleep cycles and a light that wakes you at just the right moment.
Increasingly, we're also turning to chemical interventions. (Once, when I was due to catch a plane home to London, an entire dinner table of New Yorkers offered me Xanax and Valium from their personal stashes.) There are also new medications such as Modafinil, a stimulant intended for sufferers of narcolepsy that experts warn "is not a replacement for getting enough sleep", although that doesn't seem to be deterring its recreational fans. For those who prefer natural remedies, there are 85 different options on Holland & Barrett's website, from options include valerian tea, used by those sleepless Romans, to CherryActive, a product made with Montmorency cherries, which, according to the manufacturers, "are high in naturally occurring melatonin". And then, of course, we counter the effects of poor sleep: coffee shops are proliferating everywhere.
But while we focus on the effects of not getting the kind of sleep we need, what we tend to overlook is sleep itself. For most of us, says Prof Horne, "sleep is to stop you being sleepy — in the same way that we eat to stop us being hungry". But isn't there a bit more to eating than that?
In the new book The Secret Life of Sleep, an overview both of scientific discoveries about sleep and cultural attitudes to it, the American author and mental-health counsellor Kat Duff argues that as far back as Aristotle Western cultures have thought of sleep "as the absence, or debasement, of consciousness". … She argues that "the demands and attractions of our 24/7 global economy are squeezing the hours out of our nights. We are losing the knack — and taste — for rest." At an extreme is the recent trend for "sleep hacking", whose proponents aim to push their waking hours to the limit, and swap tips such as taking ice baths and removing blinds so you're woken at dawn.
While sleep medicine is a relatively new specialism in the West, Duff tells me that she was surprised to learn that in the East "the Hindus and Buddhists had been studying sleep for millennia, and were able to define the stages of sleep that were confirmed by neuroscientists in the last 20 years". That made her realise that our culture "demeans" sleep. She likes the Taoist approach of "going consciously into sleep rather than letting it be a collapse from wakefulness. It's the notion of respecting it as a valuable part of our life experience, not just for how it can improve our productivity."
For all the melatonin supplements and sleeping pills, we still don't fully understand how sleep works. "There must be about 100 mechanisms in the brain which regulate and affect our sleep," says Prof Horne. "We can't get to the level of the cell to decide what's going on in sleep to make us feel better. We don't know the answer."
As for its purpose, while we build bone and muscles and strengthen our immunity during deep sleep, the purpose of REM sleep is more contentious. In her 2010 book The Twenty-Four Hour Mind, the American psychologist Rosalind Cartwright sets out a case that dreams are a way of "regulating emotion", and help us "update" our sense of identity each night. Prof Horne, meanwhile, argues that REM sleep is "dispensable": certain medicines such as antidepressants suppress it, and you can survive, or even thrive, without it.
And even the idea that we should naturally sleep through the night, as I so often don't, is in dispute. According to the historian A. Roger Ekirch, in pre-industrial times it was common to have a "first" or "deep sleep" and a "second" or "morning sleep", with an hour or more of wakefulness between, sometimes referred to as "the watch". Duff cites a 1992 study in Maryland that simulated the 14-hour dark nights of midwinter. The participants settled into a rhythm of two sleeps with a few hours between.
But there are other reasons why we wake up. "Alcohol tends to help people get to sleep but commonly disrupts sleep in the second half of the night, causing people to feel quite shabby on waking," says Dr John Briffa, the author of A Great Day at the Office, a guide to managing energy levels. He also advises avoiding starchy or sugary foods at dinnertime to stave off blood-sugar falls in the night, which "the body will seek to correct by (activating) the stress response. This can cause individuals to wake in the middle of the night in an alert state that can make it difficult to drop off again."
For me, the trick that most often helps me drop off is to try to keep my eyes open. In other words, trying not to sleep. If I wasn't too tired, I might be able to see the irony.
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so taday is day 07 which kinda special to me, because i just bought a new Domain for my blog. now im in transition, the name of my blog will be www.polishwonderlandby-shella.com so im very happy now. and this is im showing you guys that im serious with my blog and promise i'll do more post and try to post every day.
so black and white, i have a hard time decided what kind design i want, and i did this design twice! one with black base and i stamp it with white polish, and turns out i don't like it, so i remake it with white polish as the base and stamp it with the black. the problem is i HATE applying white nail polish as the base, because i cant make it even or neat. so i kinda paint all my cuticle this time hahaha..
so here's my black and white nail design
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Michael Chiesa will return to the Octagon for the first time in over a year on June 25th, and he'll battle fellow lightweight contender, Kevin Lee.
Recently the UFC announced that the fight will headline its upcoming Fight Night card on that date in Oklahoma City.
Following Chiesa's submission win over Beneil Dariush last April, he was booked to fight Tony Ferguson in July, but he had to withdraw due to a back injury. Chiesa (14-2) is currently riding a three fight winning streak.
Lee (15-2) fought a few weeks ago at UFC FN 106 and tapped out Francisco Trinaldo. The surging lightweight has won four in a row.
So, that's an interesting bout between the #7 ranked Chiesa and the #11 positioned Lee.


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Matthew adds that they don't need to take sandals or
staves either, because those will *also* be provided by the congregation;
this is the point of "the worker is worthy of his maintenance."
You are stretching the meaning of TROFH in this verse beyond tolerable limits, don't you think? The Latin words in the Vulgate used to translate this Greek noun are cibus, esca, and victus, all of which mean nothing more than "food", or "nourishment" -- which is the clear meaning of the Greek term in this and all other Matthean passages where it is used. If "maintainance" in English can include things like a staff and sandals, then it is semantically too broad to serve as an accurate translation of TROFH, and should not be used in this discussion. What you would really like to say is that the entire phrase ("the labor is worthy of his food") is a late addition by Matthew to an earlier text of Mark which lacked these words. The only problem with that is of course the fact that these are the only words of the missionary discourse for which we have independent confirmation that goes back to the mid-50's (1 Cor 9:14). Paul here knows (from an already existing tradition, and perhaps from an already existing copy of Matthew?) of an ordinance given by "the Lord" with the provision that those who preach the gospel should live by the gospel.
As I read Mark's text it is clear to me that he is trying to race through the essentials of the lengthy text of Matt 10, just as he skipped over the sermon on the mount (to excerpt from it briefly in 11:25) and will condense the parable chapter of Matthew as well (all the while giving indications, as he does in Mk 4:2,13 and 33-34, that he is excerpting from a larger mass of material). All of Matthew's lengthy discourses pose a challenge for Mark, who wishes to create a fast-moving gospel drama to be read all at a single reading. He deals with each of these discourses in a somewhat different fashion, but always managing to significantly reduce the material, which is already well known to his community.
Leonard Maluf
Blessed John XXIII National Seminary
Weston, MA
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Dear Colleagues,
For those of you who are interested in following the progress of the "Community College Pay and Benefits Equity Act of 2014," the Colorado House hearing will be on February 3 at 1:30 pm.
Documents will be posted on BOTH the "Equal Pay Bill 2014" page of, the Front Range Community College's AAUP web site, and on the Colorado Conference of the AAUP web page. [Ed note: the plucky Colorado Adjuncts are also on Facebook if you'd like to leave them a congrats message]
|Clarice Lawless, Front Range CC, at the mic
[Ed note: the video plays in the page but is not sharing well or opening well on YouTube, so watch it on the page. When everything is working again, we'll embed it here -- and elsewhere.]
HB14-1124, as the bill has been renumbered, calls for all community college faculty to receive pay and benefits according to one salary schedule. All faculty will serve a percentage of a full-time load
(stipulated as 30 credit hours per year or the equivalent in non-teaching duties). A faculty member's teaching and non-teaching responsibilities will be paid out at the same rate.
The concept (with some significant differences) is similar to that of the Program for Change and the Vancouver Model. Regular readers of the adj-l list will recognize a debt to Jack Longmate and Frank Cosco, as well as Keith Hoeller. We think of this legislation as an example of what the AAUP can help to accomplish for contingent faculty if contingent faculty are willing to summon the ideas and do the work. But the AAUP does not stand alone in this campaign. The initiative has also been endorsed by AFT Colorado, SEIU Colorado, the New Faculty Majority, and other organizations. We are grateful for their help.
One reason that HB14-1124 has a chance to pass is that the Colorado Community College System (CCCS) has an extraordinarily strong financial profile, although the system pays at the national market rate for community college part-time faculty. For example, the CCCS has $300 million in their reserve fund. Over the last three years, while numerous CCCS faculty are on food stamps, qualify for indigent care help, or work two or three other jobs in order to afford to teach three or four community college classes, the CCCS has placed well over $100 million into their reserves.
What we have at work here is a kind of double burden for the state. The state gives money to the CCCS, for which the CCCS has total spending discretion. In exercising their total discretion, the CCCS chooses to create conditions of hardship for their teachers. As a result of this act of discretion, the state picks up the additional tab of public assistance for these community college teachers —through subsidized housing, food stamps, indigent care help, and the like.
The community college system in Colorado, as is the case elsewhere, is broken. It works wonderfully well for one stakeholder--the upper level administrators--but offers too many incentives for these
administrators to create hardships for their faculty and poor learning conditions for their students. We believe that HB14-1124 is a good solution.
All of us involved in this initiative appreciate your support and interest.
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Of course he'll be known for a lot of other things he has done on the cricket field too not the least of them being the "pleasantries" that he has so often offered to opposition players. Well, McGrath doesn't want to be remembered for sledging but then thats how the world works mate. You've done it and you'll be made to remember it. I dont think he'll actually regret it though, given the number of times it has worked out in his favour.
Monday, April 30, 2007
End of a great career
Of course he'll be known for a lot of other things he has done on the cricket field too not the least of them being the "pleasantries" that he has so often offered to opposition players. Well, McGrath doesn't want to be remembered for sledging but then thats how the world works mate. You've done it and you'll be made to remember it. I dont think he'll actually regret it though, given the number of times it has worked out in his favour.
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A messed up end to a messed up tournament
What a fitting end to a totally senseless tournament. Everything about the ICC seems disgusting to me now. Afetr torturing an innocent, frolicking, unsuspecting public with high ticket pricings and ridiculous rules such as restrictions on carrying water and musical instruments(even conch shells!) into the stadiums, looks like they have turned to degrading the whole game now.
Cricinfo has a neat account of the whole incident:
6.17pm It's what is traditionally known as night. It is so dark but the umpires are now saying the match will continue. Heads should roll for this. The man is out putting the 30-yard circles back out. He needs a torch to do so. The batsmen are heading out to the middle accompanied by a guide dog.
6.15pmThis is a very unfunny joke, almost as if cricket was determined to show the world that it couldn't organise a whatsit in a brewery. The umpires are insisting the game is not over, everyone else thinks it is. Aleem Dar seems to be saying they can all come back tomorrow.
Steve Bucknor's looking quite embarrassed in the background, letting Dar lead the process. Jayawardene is now on the pitch to talk to Bucknor and Bowden.
6.12pmAnd the farce continues! Now the stands for the ceremony have been brought on... and are off again, as the umpires shoo them away. My word. Here's a man who can tell you more, it's Martin.
Now what's this? Aleem Dar is having a word with Australia, telling them they can't yet celebrate. Officially this match isn't over. You couldn't make it up. You don't have to.
In fairness, this doesn't stop Australia celebrating. McGrath's all of a beam and there's a thumbs up and a smile for the tv cameras.
The light's been offered and Sri Lanka have taken it - meaning Australia have won the World Cup again. They certainly deserve it and are huddling in celebration. A bit of a damp squib of an ending, which is of course fitting.
I remember how the FIFA World Cuphad caused a huge and new enthusiasm about Soccer all over India. And I thought a cricket World Cup would spread a similar excitement in non-cricket playing nations. But then I had forgotten the ICC factor then....
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Sunday, April 29, 2007
The Australians have done it!
And so ends the World Cup. A very very bizarre one indeed. Actually bizarre is an understatement. Phew! I am tired.
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Friday, April 27, 2007
The big day arrives!
And as normally happens before a big event a lot of action is happening before the actual action itself:
*Tom Moody asks Australia to stop interfering into the other teams' issues.
*Murali wants nothing less than a victory
*Mukul Kesavan dreams of a Lankan win
*Ian Chappell says the two teams are well matched(?!!!)
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This is INZAMAM-UL-HAQ they are talking about...
I dont know about you but this looks pretty weird to me. The man who is even now capable of slaying any bowler has to beg for his place in the team. The reasons if any have to be other than his performance on the cricket field. Maybe they feel he is too religious or maybe they dont like his laid-back attitude. Whatever be the reason I would always love to see Inzamam with a bat in his hand and would hate to have to miss him in action. Hope you are back dear Inzy.
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Murali's wish
"It(winning the World Cup) would be a bigger achievement than all my personal records. Team success is something we all strive for. It will act as an inspiration for youngsters and we being a team of different nationalities, it could also help tide over the problems our nation faces. We are going through a bad situation in our country but this could achieve something different. When we did it in 1996, I was very young and didn't know what it takes to win the World Cup. Now I know how tough it is to do it," said the ever-smiling Murali in the team hotel.
And now the great man has one touching desire: to get the World Cup home not for himself but for his motherland and for his people. You are a lovely person, Murali and I do hope you have this desire of yours fulfilled though I know the task is almost an impossible one.
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
Lankans on a dream run
Let me be very frank. A month ago, not in my wildest dreams had I imagined a World Cup 2007 final with Sri Lanka in it. New Zealand, South Africa and Australia were the favourite choices going around and Sri Lanka were far behind at maybe No.5 or No.6 on my list. And yet here I am now finding the Lankan lions roaring from hilltops announcing their arrival. They are looking really good, no doubt, but then I have to say I don't really see them winning the World Cup. It would all be too romantic of course to have them repeat their World Cup 1996 feat where they ended up surprising everybody by clinching victory against Australia and taking the World Cup away with them but then most romantic dreams do remain unfulfilled(this ain't bollywood men!).
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Ex-players basking in the limelight
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Monday, April 23, 2007
Lara gone
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Three big matches to go
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Saturday, April 21, 2007
Hayden doing some steamrolling
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
South Africans truly arrive
England are well and truly out of sorts and out of the World Cup too. And the South Africans have sounded a bang. A huge one too. What a victory for South Africa this one is. And at the right time too. To be frank their loss to Bangladesh left me wondering about how they cold have been the No.1 side among all other cricket teams just 2 weeks ago. But then this smashing victory they got over England in just 19.2 overs with the loss of only one wicket just shows the level that they can lift their cricket when necessary. They needed to win this game to go the semis and boy! Win they have done.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
India's own domestic Twenty20
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Friday, April 13, 2007
Sri Lankans on a roll! A lesson for India here?
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
When Ponting went after Pietersen
"Pietersen's name came up at a team meeting and I had got the feeling that he is a little like Tugga (Steve Waugh), Matty Hayden and Brian Lara in that when you have a go at them it makes them play better ... they enjoy it. I actually said to the team 'if he starts something let him go'. But as soon as he started I could not help myself. I jumped all over the top of him. It wasn't great leadership as far as I was concerned. But I am not sorry I did it."
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West Indies practically out of reckoning for the World Cup
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
More jokes on the Indian team
Apparently there are certain vacancies in the Indian cricket team that need to be filled. And this is the advertisement calling for those interested to apply!
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Reference Books: (This is the funniest part)
1) "You can be a batsman too" by Munaf Patel
2) "Cricket in 21 days " by 'Know-all' Sidhu
3) "Murder and cricket" by Inzamam
4) "How can you safeguard you house" by Dhoni
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4) State Bank of Athur
5) Akka Mala
6) Anniyan Bank
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Monday, April 9, 2007
Australia walkover England and regain ICC top spot
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Oh ho! Bangladesh score another upset win. South Africa takes the rap this time
I am envious of their fans though! So much to celebrate for them and so less for us here. Unfair.
And now, through this unexpected win, Bangladesh have set the World Cup alive too. England and West Indies now have a better chance of sneaking through to the semis. The equation remains unsolved which means more surprises could be in store.
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Sunday, April 8, 2007
BCCI brings down an iron hand
A player will endorse not more than 3 sponsors / productsHope this will help the players realize that playing for the country is a responsibility first and a profession later.
No Sponsor can contract more than 2 players.
The players will not be allowed to do any sponsor-related events 15 days before the tour and also during the tour.
No player shall have exclusive contracts with electronic or print media. Only the captain can write a column or talk to the media but not exclusively.
The players shall take prior approval of the Board before signing any endorsement contract and will submit a copy of the agreement to the Board. All the players shall submit a copy of the existing contracts with sponsors to the Board.
That done the real challenge now lies in improving the quality of cricket at the Ranji level. Quite a few plans have been laid out in this regard too. But only time will tell if the panel has the strategies in place for this to happen.
But by far the masterstroke, I feel, is the inclusion of the former bigshots of Indian cricket in the thought process. Apparently a cricket advisory committee consisting of former Indian captains will be formed. Now that has to be a good thing. Better than one Greg Chappell, I'm sure.
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Friday, April 6, 2007
A sport plagued by cheap pimps
The biggest impression in my mind was the curtailing of freedom in your own country. It was martial law in the confines of a cricket ground. At the ground, water was TT$12 (US$2) a bottle - outside the fence and in the UWI café it was TT$4.50. A beer was TT$18 a cup - over at the café it was only TT$6.
The spectators passed the bars and concessions and simply walked away. One spectator, who on the first warm-up game arrived with his own water, was told he could not enter the arena with his plastic bottle, especially with the cap on, as this was clearly a weapon of mass destruction. He was taken from the UWI by paramedics at 3pm suffering from dehydration, because he could not afford to purchase water at the inflated price .
This was the highlight of the World Cup for me. I continued to volunteer (but the fire was out) as I was moved by that cricket fan who waited a lifetime to be a part of the first World Cup and almost paid the ultimate price.
What kind of an organization does that? Do we want cricket to be something like the WWF or something where players are only some kind of puppets on the stage aiding in money spinning? Someone is making too much money out there. And as long as politicians in black suits and shining boots are wiped off the face of cricket, such atrocities will continue. Maybe we need more former players who actually care for the game, at the helm. It will never happen. But no one can stop me from wishing it would happen.
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Sri Lanka truimphs against England
A great game and a great finish; for the Lankans that is. The English though will spend sleepless nights mulling over this match. Their team is obviously struggling and could manage only an unconvincing victory over minnows Ireland. They have got tough games ahead and a victory here would have done them a lot of good. And they would be hating themselves to have let go of a chance to do just that. The small margin of defeat will be making Vaughan pull his hair out in frustration.
On the other side the Sri Lankans are hanging on with grit and determination. They too were only just defeated by the South Africans but they also have 3 wins from the other 3 games. A victory against Ireland is a surety. Australia and New Zealand are the other two teams they need to play against and they better get well prepared for those games. Jayawardene and Jayasuriya are in good form now. So are Malinga and Murali. They are not looking a superb side but good enough.
You never know what can happen, though. This World Cup has already flung quite a few surprises and I wouldn't be betting my money on anything now, except maybe on West Indies exiting the World Cup at this stage.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Greg Chappell calls it quits
It was obvious earlier too. Ganguly hated Chappell. Sehwag hated Chappell. Harbhajan had mentioned it too. But inspite of all this the coach continued to 'coach' the team under a fiegned disguise of total normality. Unspoken thoughts led to pressure building up in the dressing room and stars became worthless non-performers. The result was a belittling loss to Bangladesh and a quick exit from the World Cup after a pathetic display of brainless cricket from the 'boys'. And there started the search for the scapegoats.
Chappell was blamed. He was enraged. What does he do? He passes on the blame(and correctly too, I feel) to the 'senior players'. It was okay till here. 'Things can still be worked out' was the favourite line. But then Chappell being the outspoken, ruthless, almost arrogant and blunt man that he is, went one step further. He committed the cardinal sin of smearing black blame on the one man that the average Indian cricket lover STILL worships as the pure white GOD of Indian cricket. And that provided the spark in the already high pressure atmosphere. Then came fire and smoke and finally CHAPPELL CHOKES.
But actually it is the selectors who should have choked. This World Cup debacle only validates everything that Chappell believed in and everything that he wanted to do with Indian cricket. He wanted young blood. Young, confident and strong men such as Dhoni, Yuvraj, Raina and Dinesh Kaarthick who could belt the cricket ball with complete surety like a Symonds, a Hussey or a Pietersen. But what he got was an unsure Tendulkar, a totally messed up Sehwag and a scared Ganguly. Who is at fault then? The selectors or the coach? Unfair to blame Chappell. Anyway his manner of almost arrogant blatantness was sometimes uncalled for and his presence can only have caused further friction in the Indian team as if what is already existing is not enough. So with a smile on my face I'll say: so long mate!
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Chappell has gone too far?
Chappell seems to be fast progressing in terms of unpopularity ratings in the Indian camp. He started off with an imfamous spat with Ganguly. Then there was Harbhajan accusing him of dividing the team. Then came Sehwag and now the big man Sachin Tendulkar himself. Chappell had pointed accusing fingers at the so called GOD of Indian cricket terming his commitment as questionable. And Sachin, normally a no-comment man when it comes to criticism or controversies made it clear that he was 'hurt'. And when you 'hurt' a national icon it is only suicidal. I guess Chappell has gone too far this time. This might very well be the last piece of criticism he has handed out. Sachin is hurt. And that means Greg Chappell is done....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Sachin Tendulkar - the model cricketer (Hilarious!)
Of late Sachin Tendulkar is featuring a lot on this blog. See here and here. And this is one more post on him.
This is one hilarious video done by the Times Of India on Sachin Tendulkar mixing up his two lives as a model and as a cricketer(this part is in doubt right now :o) ). Funny...yet quite a telling video.
For more fun on the Indian team's dismal cricket visit this post and this one.
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War of the words
Apparantly Ian Chappell somewhere mentioned that it is time for Sachin Tendulkar to retire from cricket. And Kumble in an interview replied saying: "Ian Chappell has got nothing to do with Indian cricket. Of course everybody is entitled to his opinion but Ian Chappell is not going to win matches for India, Sachin Tendulkar has been doing that for us and we should be supporting him.....Chappell is a former cricketer and has the right to make statements about the game but he does not know Indian cricket."
Maybe it is the boring World Cup that is to be blamed for these verbal exchanges. Journalists are forced to poke around at players and get out some controversial comment or the other to make digestable gossip for the excitement starved cricket followers. Or maybe the players themselves are bored enough to pass a comment here and another there just so they kill some time!
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Monday, April 2, 2007
Awesome Jayasuriya! Awesome Sri Lankans!
They have beaten the West Indians so easily with such meticulous cricket that they have now surely instilled respect and fear in the other teams. And the win also leaves the West Indians hanging to their semi-final hopes by the thinnest of threads.
And what can be said about the ever smiling Jayasuriya except that those powerful forearms are getting some great workout in recent times. Just look at this series of nine balls from cricinfo commmentary:
16.4 Bradshaw to Jayasuriya, FOUR, short and Jayasuriya on it like a flash, pivoting and helping the ball down to long leg
16.5 Bradshaw to Jayasuriya, FOUR, two steps and hammered over mid-off for a one-bounce four. A clear change of strategy here, and about time
16.6 Bradshaw to Jayasuriya, 1 run, steered to backward point, and a quick single made less risky by a misfield
17.1 Smith to Jayasuriya, FOUR, a little width and too full, Jayasuriya launches that high over the covers
17.2 Smith to Jayasuriya, no run, more middle-stump line in response, Jayasuriya content to block
17.3 Smith to Jayasuriya, SIX, Jayasuriya steps down the track - risk free as Ramdin is back - and driven high and hard back over the bowler's head. Straight as a die
17.4 Smith to Jayasuriya, no run, on the spot and blocked
17.5 Smith to Jayasuriya, FOUR, slower ball, Jayasuriya sweeps behind square
Lara, who was looking relaxed two overs ago, is now frowning.
17.6 Smith to Jayasuriya, FOUR, bad ball, pure and simple, short and wide and smacked off the back foot through the covers
Go Lanka!
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"Incomplete Registration Email" - my thoughts
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I have participated in a few seminars and other events registering through online event registration forms. Many a time though I have stopped midway through the registration either when I come across the fee part or may be when I suddenly reconsider my decision. And sometimes I rue the fact that I had not continued then. Maybe if I had received a reminder e-mail with a slight discount or a few more personal words of encouragement I would have gone on with it. And I hear that Regonline has now made this possible.
This, I feel, is a very ingenious method to capture more registrations. One is because of the ability to negotiate the fee charged while the other is because an e-mail is more personal and one-on-one than an online form. And I don't think this is spamming either because I have chosen to participate and a polite well-worded reminder would not be considered intruding at all.
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Whats wrong with Sachin Tendulkar?
And now, Brain Lara,37, is going great guns after bouncing back from an almost two year mid-career slump. Ditto for Jayasuriya. Tendulkar, though, got into a slump and doesnt seem to be able to come back at all. If at all anything he is only sinking deeper and deeper.
Could the reason be the Indian cricket fan's mentality to further torture an already troubled player? I wonder. Brain Lara and Sanath Jayasuriya didn't have to deal with a booing crowd at their home grounds. Tendulkar did. Brain Lara and Sanath Jayasuriya never had to worry about continued destructive criticism everytime they underperformed during their mid-career slumps. Tendulkar did and still has to. Who was in a more congenial situation for a comeback is anybody's guess.
As such Tendulkar's ridiculously prolonged dry run could be more due to the attitude of the Indian public than due to other problems of his own. And now, everybody wants his neck. Shame on us.
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Hi Rick,13 isnt bad and maybe it will drop next time. Do you take milk thistle? I swear I think that is what helped me.
I'm still waiting for other lab work I had done, since my sugar has been dropping into the 40's ,they ran several tests and want me to see a endocrinologist. This is no surprise to me, due to diabetes runs in my family. I do eat right and rarely eat sweets. They also said my platelets dropped even lower(45,000) The normal range is 150,000-300,000) but so far as I know my meld score is 8. Iwill keep you all posted.
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Judge Stanley Griffis cited the boy for throwing a "tantrum" and disputing the court. The appeals court said the record and a video didn't support the charge.
TALLAHASSEE — A Florida appeals court is overturning a contempt charge placed on an Alachua County teen who was struggling with falling pants.
The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled Monday that Circuit Judge Stanley Griffis had no reason to impose the contempt charge.
The teenager, whose name was not released, spent two days in a juvenile detention center on the charge. The court document did not list the date of the proceeding or what brought the teen before Griffis.
During the session, Griffis ordered the teen to pull up his pants, but the teen told him, "It won't go up."
After a comment by the bailiff, the DCA opinion noted, the teen's mother grabbed his pants and forcibly brought the teen to the podium.
The boy said something or made an "indiscernible" sound, the opinion said, which prompted the bailiff to ask, "You think something's funny?"
Griffis then charged the teen with direct criminal contempt because he was "acting out."
"He's throwing a tantrum, he's slinging his head around, he's disrupting the proceedings, he's showing off in front of all the people in this court and he's interrupting the decorum of the court," the judge said.
The teen apologized to Griffis, who told the boy to give him a reason why he should not be held in contempt. After the teen's lawyer pointed out that the boy had apologized, Griffis found him in contempt.
The boy's mother tried to speak to Griffis but he cut her off. She then tried to explain that the teen's head was swinging because she had been jerking him around by his pants, an explanation that the DCA noted was supported by a video of the proceeding.
In the appeal, the state conceded that the teen's behavior was not a "temper tantrum" in the traditional sense, but argued that the teen's "defiant attitude" delayed court proceedings, interrupted the court's decorum, and obstructed the administration of justice.
The DCA sided with the teen after viewing the video, saying, "We are hard pressed to understand what physical behavior the court was describing."
The DCA added the teen said he was sorry and Griffis never gave him a chance to present evidence of excusing or mitigating circumstances. Griffis refused to hear from the teen's mother and the judge's actions "did not meet the orderly proceedings mandated" by the DCA.


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Well, this is a first! I mean, I've written my fair share of reviews on Amazon, Yelp, and other websites, but never on my blog. I decided to do this because when I was researching the Ava bracelet, I had a very difficult time finding any reviews outside of the Ava website. I wasn't even able to read the reviews on their site as the link appeared to be broken. Anyway, not that I don't trust the fine folks at Ava, but third-party reviews always put my mind at ease. So let's get down to business…
What is it?
If you're wondering what the Ava bracelet is, click here to read all about it! If you're wondering why I'm using one, the short story is that my husband and I have had trouble getting pregnant and I'm willing to try just about anything to avoid synthetic hormones and invasive procedures.
It Won't Stay On.
I placed my order on 11/27/2016. I took advantage of the discounted "Black Friday" price ($179). They were very clear about the product being in high demand and warned me, well in advance, that my bracelet wouldn't ship for 8-12 weeks after my order was processed. That was fine by me. Exactly 11 weeks goes by, and on January 12th, my bracelet was on my doorstep. I opened the box, downloaded the app, and connected the bracelet without any issues at all. That night I start using my bracelet and everything was hunky-dory. I synced it the next morning, without any problems, and totally nerded out looking over the data it had collected. The first issue I encountered occurred on the third night. I woke up in the middle of the night and noticed that the bracelet had fallen off. I searched around in the dark, found it and secured it back my wrist. Apparently, I do a lot of shuffling around at night, and a few hours later it came off again. I ensured that everything was tight and properly secured, yet every time a snagged the end of the strap on the sheet or my clothes, it pulled right off. My fix for this problem was to turn the strap inside out. It's a pain in the butt to get on, but it stays on all night without any problems (see the video below for a visual explanation).
It Broke.
On the fourth night, it stayed on all night long, but when I removed the bracelet to sync it, I noticed that a little metal washer on my wrist. I put the washer aside and synced the bracelet only to find out that the washer is, apparently, an import part of the system. My data came back as "poor" and it only recorded 2.5 hours of my 8 hours of sleep. I messaged the folks at Ava via the Facebook Messenger App. Within a couple of hours, I received a message back from them, thanking me for letting them know, and letting me know that they had processed an order for a new one to be sent out to me. I was told that I should receive it within a week.
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My plan is to keep anyone who may be reading this posted about the replacement bracelet and any other pro and cons that I discover while using this new device. I hope someone out there finds this helpful! 🙂
1/18/17 – I'm now waiting for my replacement. I just received an email today saying that it shipped—yay! Alright, so where this is a new product, I'm expecting it will have some issues. Ava's customer service has been great, so no complaints there. As far as the bracelet goes, it's pretty much what I expected. I would like to see them improve their band design at some point in the future. It would be nice if it were similar to the Apple Watch, as I love their design. The Ava app is nice. The UI is clean and concise. I would like to see them add the ability to include more cycle data (symptoms, tests, etc.) in the future.
1/31/17 – I received my replacement on Jan. 21st and I haven't had any problems with it thus far. Even despite the lapse in data collection, it seems to have correctly logged my ovulation day. I used an OPK this month, too, and that showed up as positive on the 25th, giving me an ovulation day of the 26th. The Ava app said that I ovulated on the 27th, so they're only a day apart, which is close enough for me. I'm curious to see what next month's results will be. I'll keep you posted!


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Blue Ivy Carter turns two today and to celebrate, Jay Z released "God Made You Beautiful," sung by Beyonce, on his site, Life+Times.
The song was originally released as a digital single download that came with the purchase of Beyonce's documentary Life Is But a Dream DVD but let's pretend it's brand new and celebrate with the Carters anyways. Happy Second Birthday, Blue! -Janice Llamoca


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So i know you cats were asking to see some Wilma love after i posted those cheeky Betty illustrations, and while doing commissions and working on TFA i finally found the time to upload this.... Betty and Wilma's Wild Night Out at the Triple X Club - No Ties allowed (fullview to see Bettys part)
I'd love to return to Betty for you girls and boys...maybe soon.
Untill then
I'd love to return to Betty for you girls and boys...maybe soon.
Untill then
well there is
there is some pussy eating in the back
I FN' love this. Its funny how everyone loves betty and yet, I would hit wilma all night looooong!!!!!!
ah... the secret life of stone age housewives! i guess Fred & Barney don't know what they're missing....
they thought watching the game at home ws them getting the upper hand.. no idea what a "girls night out" entailed
can that fella at the back breathe?
haha I think you just forfilled every mans dream lmao great lines
hahaha this is classic
Boomics Rule
Boomics Rule
I love Wilma squeezing herself
Even Bedrock had to have something like this too.
WHOA !!! you won't see that on cartoon network XD
I wish I was that guy over on the left side eating that muff!
^____^; wow somebody's gettin a lil' action in the back there..
Well if THIS doesn't give new meaning to the term "Between a rock and a hard place" I don't know what does! Well DONE sir! I bow to your superior boobiness. raise:
so cool
kool. but yeah, betty is way hotter
thats why she's in the background still partying around that pole lol
pfft! Redheads are hotter
then your welcome to as many Gingers as you want, i prefer raven black or snow bright white lol
now thats what i'm talkin about he he
I need to start doing more art thats erotic lol, i only have 2 pics in my gallery of topless ladies, and their actually the same lady!
the trick is to not think of it as erotic, but comedy, then youll get more done
like taking characters that are well known and then taking there clothes off?
no thats not the joke..... see to draw good erotica that alot of people like, girls and boys you have to do more than naked booberries, youve got to express character in their faces, put them in a situation thats humerous and acceptable and then create a point to the whole illustration so folks have more to look at and enjoy than just naked boobies
Yabba-dabba-GIGGIDI-GIGGIDI-DOO! Had to say it. Sorry.
Oh ... and is that a Teen Pebbles I see?
While Freds away Wilma will play. Stone Age MILFs


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text: Ole Glory, our banner, our flag, across the world means very little, but to me a Republican Presidential Candidate in 2012 it means the whole of our existence. The Revolutionary war was our birth, the Civil War our conscience, the Civil Rights our humanity, and September 11 our anger, and when I saluted the American flag as a former United States Marine every movment was a history lesson, from the crease of my hand to the bill upon my cover and a sharp thrust to my pants seam was executed in a swift but exacting mannor in honnor, even at home I cross my heart and stand for our national anthem, it matters not to me if I am seen, it's my love for our nation and our citizens that drives me to be the best American I can be. The American flag our guide through the night lead many men a few steps further than they thought they could have walked for Washington, a few inches closer to victory, it provided warmth in the cold, protection for freedom,and our liberty, our belief in our flag has lead us still today. The problems facing America today are no less grand than a fight on any shore, we have to be a rock in the stream if we know we are right, we have to advert the waters of self doubt, and pressure to right our course, we will not give up the ship any sooner than we will lose the fight for democracy. I seek public office because America needs a "Fighting American," who will stand for the people when all seems to be lost, when those know not what to do, a good man cannot risk doing nothing even in the face of unsermountable odds. I am Jeffrey Harris Republican Presidential Candidate in 2012 and I support this message.