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~ Green matte: Mentality – Reclaim
~ Black: Sinful Colors – Black on Black
~ Gold: Essie – Penny Talk
~ Gold glitter: Mentality – Rapture
The stamp was also provided for review, although you can't see much of it I promise it's pretty and transferred really well. It is plate 17 from the Born Pretty Store, and I love it! I was almost tempted not to cover it with a design, but I had to follow my plans (and I am glad I did!).
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Chapter 64: The Hunger Games (2)
Shen Jingbin wanted to say something, but was interrupted by someone suddenly pushing open the door to their private room. The one who entered wasn't Shen Jingchen and Xuya, but rather, it was a very beautiful and fashionable woman.
The woman held a tray in her hands, and on it was an exquisitely plated dish. She twisted her slender waist and placed the dish on the table. Then, she pretended to glance at Shen Jingbin by accident. After that, she laughed in a flirtatious manner and said, "Oh, Second Young Master. It's been such a long time since you've come to my Blooming Flower Pavilion. Are you hinting that my restaurant's dishes are lacking in taste?"
Zhao Chengning removed his hands from the table and straightened his back. He replied in a vapid manner, "You must be joking, Boss Chen. Having a meal at your Blooming Flower Pavilion is no easy task."
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Zhao Chengning didn't respond. Rather, he held the boccaro teacup in front of him between his hands and took a sip. Shen Jingbin wasn't too clear about their relationship, so she silently stared at her own teacup in front of her.
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The woman's expression turned rather ugly. She shuffled uneasily on the spot before drawing attention to Shen Jingbin. "Who's this beauty? Why haven't I seen her before? Nice to meet you, gorgeous. I'm Chenyi, the proprietor of Blooming Flower Pavilion."
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Shen Jingbin didn't introduce herself, merely replying with a simple greeting. This caused the look on Chenyi's face to turn even uglier than before.
"Second Young Master Chen has a very discerning eye. This is the first time I've seen such a beautiful person… Let me go and check on the remaining dishes. I wish the two of you an enjoyable meal."
Zhao Chengning gently smiled at her and said, "Thank you, Boss Chen."
Chenyi could only leave since the conversation had drawn to a close.
Feeling unresigned after leaving the private room, Chenyi immediately whipped out her phone, her fingers dancing on the keys as she dialed a number.
The phone only rang twice before the other party picked up the call. "What's up, Boss Chen? You actually gave me a call."
Chenyi went straight to the point and voiced her intentions. "Zhao Chengning brought a woman over to my place for a meal. Help me ask around and find out where she's from."
The other party immediately cried out, "What?! Zhao Chengning brought a woman?! F*ck! This is huge! Relax Boss Chen, you can leave this matter to me."
Satisfied, Chenyi hung up and coldly snorted in the direction of the private room before leaving.
Shen Jingbin looked a little suspiciously at the man sitting next to her in the private room and said, "You don't seem to like that boss much."
Zhao Chengning nodded as he replied, "Yeah, she's a little annoying."
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People in A City were fond of spicy food, whereas most of the people in B City loved sweet things.
Shen Jingbin was momentarily stunned before she broke into a heartfelt smile and said, "Thank you, Second Young Master Zhao. You're a very considerate tour guide."
Zhao Chengning silently smiled along with her.
From then on, the dishes were served by the waiters and Chenyi no longer made an appearance. Only, Shen Jingbin doubted that any girl would feel like coming back after being subjected to Zhao Chengning's previous attitude.
Xuya and Shen Jingchen only popped up when almost all the dishes were served. Zhao Chengning asked them where they'd been, but was only rewarded with a mysterious smile from the two of them.
It was almost eight o'clock when they finished their meal, and B City's nightlife had just drawn open its curtains. Shen Jingchen made a ruckus, saying that he wanted to experience B City's nightlife. Shen Jingbin was unable to dissuade him, so she could only agree to his demands.
Zhao Chengning was the type of person who liked going to nightclubs, so he would occasionally go there and have a drink or two with his friends. As such, he was familiar with a few bars in town. The four of them got into Xuya's beloved car and set out towards B City's nightlife.
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She had overheard Shen Jingchen loudly mentioning Bar Number Eight not too long ago.
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That slut Chenyi actually had delusions of chasing after Zhao Chengning. Can't she see herself for the trash that she is? Why would Zhao Chengning be interested in her?
She removed a small mirror from her bag and examined her reflection.
Although she wasn't an absolute beauty, she won out in terms of her youthfulness and she was filled to the brim with collagen. All those rich second generation youngsters had already gotten sick of seeing all sorts of beauties. Youthful and energetic girls like her were the in thing now.
Just then, the image of the woman who accompanied Zhao Chengning floated into her thoughts. She slammed the mirror shut with a bang.
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I moved my head until it was just above his cock. I flicked my tongue to graze the tip, at that he bucked his hips and growled. I love his growls; they're so incredibly primal and sensual. I kept licking the tip of his cock, languidly at first, circling the head until I could sense his frustration. Slowly I moved my mouth over the head of his cock and took him completely in my mouth, my nose pressed against his abs. I kept my mouth there, running my tongue around the base of his cock. He growled and gyrated at my ministrations.
I finally pulled up off his cock, sucking as hard as I could. I didn't take my mouth entirely off but focused on the tip, sucking up and down while stroking the base with my hand. Looking up at him, I could see that this was one of his favorite moves, the juxtaposition between my taking him entirely in my mouth then focusing on the tip of his cock.
I alternated between this for a while, taking him completely and focusing on the tip. With a pop his cock sprang from my mouth, I ran it over my lips. I stuck out my tongue and slapped it with his cock, stroking him as I went. When my mouth left him, I heard a moan of disappointment as he looked down at me. I continued to stroke him but moved my mouth to his balls and began to lick them.
With that his head sprang up, he growled loudly.
"Fuck," he exclaimed.
His hand moved from it's appointed position toward one of my arms which was stroking his side. My mouth immediately left his balls, and there was a look of annoyance and impatience on his face.
"Where are your hands supposed to be right now?" I asked in the sternest voice I could muster. I had just had his cock in my mouth and wanted it there again, as soon as possible.
"Over my head," he said reluctantly and moved his arm back over his head.
"Do you want me to stop?" I asked, my hand still stroking his cock.
"I want you to ride me, baby" he purred.
I could hear the agony in his voice. His cock was very, very hard. This was a great deal of foreplay for us, and I had teased him and sucked on his cock for a very long time. I was aching to have him inside me, and I knew he felt the same. I could feel it in the way he moved his hips, the way he looked at me. A look of hunger, impatience and primal need. It was how I felt for him. At this moment I was trying to mask it with a cold, dominant persona.
"No I don't think so," I said as I moved up from between his legs to lay next to him on my side.
"I think you need to earn my tight little pussy," I told him, slowly stroking circles up and down his abs, occasionally moving toward his cock.
"What do you want me to do?" he asked, an eager look on his face.
"Make me an offer, and I'll see if it's worthy" I purred into his ear, nipping at his lobe.
"I could kiss you," he said with the most sincere and hopeful look on his face I think I'd ever seen.
This offer was not what I was expecting. Full disclosure Bill had hurt his tongue that week, so he hadn't gone down on me in a day (this was incredibly rare as he was the most giving and talented man in that department I've ever been with). At that moment, I think fell a little more in love with him.
"Go ahead, Daddy," I said keeping my reply as calm and relaxed as I could manage.
I leaned down so he wouldn't have to move his arms, but let him take the lead. He moved his head up to graze my lips with his. His tongue darted out and licked across my lower lip, encouraging me to part them. I complied, and he slid his tongue into my mouth. His tongue danced with mine, and I let out a small moan, wrapping my hands around his neck and pulling his mouth closer to mine. He sucked on my bottom lip, and I moaned again. His tongue continued to play with mine, lips entangled for what seemed like an hour, but could only have been a few minutes.
Finally, I pulled away from him and looked into his eyes. The passion I felt for him never abated, but that kiss had amplified everything I usually felt times 10. Strange how something so simple could get me so incredibly aroused.
"Was I good enough, baby," he asked staring back at me with those deep brown eyes. Eyes I could get lost in for hours.
I moved to straddle him, rubbing myself up and down his cock without letting him inside me. He growled, and his hands twitched. I could tell he wanted nothing more than to grab my hips and push me down on him.
"You've been very good, Daddy." I finally responded as I slowly slide his cock inside me. This moment is hands down my favorite part of sex. The first time a man enters you, feeling him fill you up, it's absolutely exquisite, and with Bill, it's never a disappointment.
He let out a primal growl as his cock filled me, his hips bucked ever so slightly to get in as much of himself as possible. I stopped for a moment, letting the feeling of him fill me. I leaned back and slowly began to ride him. Putting each of my hands on his thighs and arching my back I slowly started to move my hips back and forth. This is one of Bill's favorite positions, and I love the look on his face as he watches me bounce up and down on his cock.
I could feel my orgasm building, and I began to pick up my pace, moving my hips back and forth then in circles. As I started to cum, my legs began to shake, and my walls began to clench. I collapsed on Bill's chest letting the pleasure wash over me for a few moments, not moving just feeling. He began to buck his hips inside me. I picked my head up off his chest and kissed him deeply, before starting to ride him again.
At this, he growled, and I could feel his orgasm building. I leaned back and continued to ride him. Out of nowhere, his hands were on my waist, moving me up and down, pushing himself deeper inside me. I grabbed his hands from my waist after a few moments; it took me a few moments to remember the game we were playing.
"Where are your hands supposed to be, Mr. ****" I asked sternly, not moving anymore.
"Damn it," he said almost under his breath "over my head." but he didn't move his hands. He left them on my waist, digging them into my hips.
"So put them there," I said, bucking my hips ever so slightly to remind him of what he was missing.
"Why don't you make me," he said with an amused look on his face.
Why is this funny? Well, because I'm tiny! I'm just 5'2 and not very strong at all. He could literally pick me up and throw me like a sack of potatoes, which he has. Bill is very strong, so this was not a fair fight.
"Well that's just not fair, you know I'm no match for you," I said, playing up the weak little girl routine.
"Try" he growled, bucking his hips again and intertwining his fingers with mine at my waist.
I started to try and push his arms back up over his head. I might as well have been trying to force a boulder up a mountain. He wasn't going to budge, not if he didn't want to. I moaned in frustration, both sexual and physical. After that he started to let me move his arms back up over his head, fighting me all the way. I struggled, using all my body weight as leverage and the little upper body strength I had to get his hands back up over his head.
When his hands were finally above his head, I breathed an audible sigh of relief. Keeping my hands over his, I leaned down to kiss him and began to move my hips up and down, riding his cock. I could feel him buck underneath me to meet my thrusts. I picked up the pace, my orgasm building as I began to moan more loudly.
I sat up to gain better leverage, arching my back and riding him at a frantic pace. After a few seconds of this Bill growled in frustration, grabbed me by the hips, and staying inside me, flipped me over, so he was on top. I made an audible noise of surprise, wrapped my legs around him as he pounded into me. I met each of his thrusts until my orgasm overwhelmed and my whole body began to shake.
Our night continued like all of our other nights, with him as the dom. The only difference was the length of our sex. Usually, we would have fucked until his alarm went off and it was time for him to leave for his flight. That night he lasted less than an hour, which is incredibly short for us. He came harder than I've seen him in a long time.
I don't know if it was because I teased him for so long or if it was because I had played such a different role than both us are used to playing. It had worked us both us into a frenzy. The next day when I asked him if he liked the whole switching thing over text, he replied: "Fuck, love, absolutely. But next time use your handcuffs so I can't get out ;)".
Will there be a next time? You bet your ass there will be, I may have to think of a special outfit to go with those handcuffs before I next see him. Too bad it's summer. I can imagine showing up at his door in a coat and having on something black, shiny and domme. Summer is a bit less forgiving for those kinds of shenanigans. If you have suggestions, leave them in the comments below!
I learned that when a sub takes control, you can tap into a side of yourself that you never had a chance to play with and it can be incredibly freeing and be exhilarating. As long as you know that by the end of the night you'll end up being dominated again, trust me you won't hear any complaints from me!
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About to adopt grandchildren, ages 12 and 8. I plan on filing for SS next August at 66. Benefits $2,688 per month. Wife plans to file at 70 in three years and get $3,027 per month. Question: I am told grandkids get $1,008 per month (175% of my number) when I file next August. Is that right? When one turns 18, does the other get $2,016 per month?
I will be happy to buy the software if you tell me that will get me to the best strategy/timing. Thank you.
If your full retirement age rate (PIA) is $2,688, then the family maximum benefit (FMB) payable on your record should be roughly $4704. After subtracting your PIA from the FMB, that leaves roughly $2016 potentially payable to family members on your record. So, assuming that your wife chooses not to file for spousal benefits on your record prior to switching to her own record at age 70, it sounds like your 2 adopted children could each get roughly $1,008 per month (i.e. $2016/2). However, the maximum amount payable to a single auxiliary beneficiary is 50% of the worker's PIA, so if and when there is only 1 child eligible for benefits on your record their rate would max out at about $1,344 not factoring in future COLAs. Surviving children who qualify for benefits can receive up to 75% of the deceased worker's PIA.
An added complexity is that if your adopted children also qualify for benefits on your wife's record when she files, then your family maximum can be combined with the FMB on your wife's record in order to permit more to be paid to your adopted children. There is a maximum combined FMB, however, which is currently $5,268. That could free up another $564 to be split between your children, raising their potential benefit rates while both are eligible to roughly $1,290 each (i.e. ($5268-$2688)/2).
So, your situation is complicated, but our software should definitely be able to help you choose your best course of action. The software will also permit you to calculate your potential benefit rates much more precisely. All cases involve multiple filing options, though, and your personal judgment regarding future variables (e.g. health & life expectancy) will likely play a major role in deciding which option you consider to be 'the best'. That said, the software will permit you to compare all of your options so that you can make an educated decision as to your best filing strategy.
Best, Jerry


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Unicorn Alice Band and Wand Set - Cerise Pink
Our girls unicorn alice band and wand set is prefect for letting your little one live out their unicorn fantasies and would be a hit at any dress up party or for role play at home. A nice pressie for all the girls.
Set includes:
- Alice band with metallic fabric horn and sequin ears
- Wand with glitter cardboard star and shiny strings


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Class of 2014 Kan Jam Tournament | 12.16.13
By Ben Otte
Staff Photographer
The senior class hosted a Kan Jam Tournament on Friday in efforts to raise money for their respective funds used for their future Prom and class trip to Six Flags Amusement Park.
Ms. Arvanites of the math department and Mr. Small of the english department combined skills to claim the tournament crown after beating seniors Harry Huffnagle and Alec Crawford.
See the video of the event here.
(Click on the pictures below to see them in full-screen mode.)


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You've decorated the nursery, and fitted the baby car seat, but have you thought about how you will look after yourself after baby is born?
We have put together a list of the things you might find handy to help you recover quickly and easily from the birth of your bouncing baby.
Postnatal care for new mums:
- Maternity Pads – you will need large maternity pads for the postnatal bleeding (lochia) that you will experience after giving birth. This may continue for up to 6 weeks. If there is anything you are unsure about (like heavy bleeding), please speak to your midwife or obstetrician.
- Sitz bath – a herbal sitz bath can help soothe your perineum. You may choose to use a specially designed sits bath that fits over your toilet, or just a shallow bath in the bathtub is fine.
- Peri Bottle – a peri bottle is so handy to use when you go to the toilet. Toilet paper can be too rough for the first few days. You can even add some herbs (see our Peri-Heaven – Postnatal Herb Bombs) or essential oils to this to help your perineal recovery.
- Ice Pack – using an ice pack against your perineum in those first few days can really help ease the swelling and relieve your soreness
- Donut pillow – Using a ring shaped pillow takes the pressure off your perineum, and haemorrhoids
- Breast Cooler – new mums often find that their breasts become engorged and uncomfortably full when their milk first comes in. The traditional remedy for this is to place a cabbage leaf on each breast. Or you can use special breast coolers like the Breast Soother which may be useful later on as well if you have issues with blocked milk ducts or mastitis. A Homeopathic Breastfeeding Kit may also come in handy for inflammation, mastitis, over or under production of milk.
- Comfy clothes – after you have birthed your baby, you will want to be in something comfy. You will probably be sore and tender in all sorts of new places. Wear your comfiest clothes, but also have something a little nice for popping on for photos. If you have had a caesar, then something like these hospital pants are perfect, as you can throw them away if you couldn't be bothered washing them (or wash them up to 10 times). They allow your scar to breathe.
- Nipple Cream – sore or cracked nipples need some extra TLC, to recover. The three best choices I've found are using a little expressed breast milk and taking advantage of tis healing properties, Weleda Nipple Care Cream, which include a soothing selection of healing herbs and moisturisers, or Lansinoh which is is 100% pure lanolin.
- Belly wrap – using a post partum belly wrap is an ancient practice which can help give you abdominal support, and may help restore your tummy to its pre-pregnancy size and shape.
- Haemorrhoid treatment – any pain during bowel movements may be a sign of haemorrhoids. You can help ease any discomfort using witch hazel pads. The ring pillow will help you to be more comfortable too.
- Nutrition – it is still important to have a good diet – after all, you need to produce lots of lovely breastmilk for baby, as well as recover from a marathon (aka labour). You can try to include foods like fennel and oats that can increase your breastmilk supply. Your water intake is important too – keep a water bottle by your side, especially when you sit down to feed baby.
- Heatpack / TENS – your uterus needs to return to its original size, and for the first few days you may notice the after pains (more contractions!) as it tries to do this. A heat pack or TENS can help with any discomfort you experience.
- Rest – you may have heard people advise you to sleep when the baby sleeps. Well, I can only advise you to do it. I didn't with our first, as I strangely thought I might be superwoman and not need it. By our second and third, I grabbed every bit of sleep I could get. Of course by then it was harder as I had other children to worry about, but if I could get everyone to have an afternoon nap, I did. And dreamt that the housework fairy would sort out the mess while I slept. Don't try to play hostess – ask your guests to put the kettle on, or empty your dishwasher – most people are very happy to help.
The key to these first few weeks after birth is to look after yourself. If you are not happy and healthy, you won't be able to look after your new baby effectively.
Have fun getting to know your new baby! x
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Yesterday, I watched some video clips of Mrs. Johnson's memorial service, and interment service. I realized I had tears in my eyes. My first First Lady is now a part of those eternal ages that have claimed the likes of so many like her. People like Lady Bird Johnson, Beverly Sills, and so many others like them are the folks from whom I reassure myself that I am on the right track: I am a good person, I try my best, I love my God and my fellow man, and I am contributing something to this world in the great attempt to make my own individual contribution something that counts.
While a majority of my country men follow, in the news and tabloids, the lives of the likes of Paris Hilton, Brittany Spears, the Royals, etc., I choose to follow, and appreciate the lives of the truly great who will live on for many generations.
While our country was engaged in hideous turmoil of the late 1960's, Mrs. Johnson taught us how to wade through the ugliness to build a world in technicolor beauty.
The daughters of President & Mrs. Johnson
STONEWALL, Texas — Lady Bird Johnson arrived at her final resting place beneath a canopy of oak trees Sunday, beside the late President Lyndon Baines Johnson at the family's ranch in the Texas Hill Country.
Relatives and close friends of the Johnsons said a final goodbye to the former first lady near the banks of the Pedernales River.
Grandson Lyndon Nugent said Johnson made all her grandchildren feel special, whether she was taking them on hiking and camping trips or, especially in her later years, quietly visiting with them at the LBJ Ranch.
His mother, Luci Baines Johnson, reminded her children for more than three decades that it was important to spend as much time as possible with their grandmother, whom they called "Nini," because "she might not be here tomorrow," Nugent said.
"Sadly, tomorrow has arrived," he said.
Johnson, who died Wednesday at 94, was remembered as an astute businesswoman, a woman who worked to preserve nature and the devoted wife of a president.
"I'm not sure why she was so preoccupied with this, but she always seemed to be wondering if she had done enough for the world, regardless of her own condition," Nugent said.
Along with Nugent's remembrance, prayers and "Amazing Grace" completed the brief service, held in the Johnson family cemetery where the late president and more than 30 other extended family members are buried.
Lyndon Johnson, who died in 1973, was president from 1963-69. Once he left office, he and Lady Bird Johnson retired to the ranch and Austin.
Earlier in the day, thousands of admirers, many clutching bundles of the wildflowers she loved, lined streets in Austin and roads in the Hill Country as Lady Bird Johnson's body was taken from the state capital to the LBJ Ranch, about 70 miles west of Austin.
Members of the crowd applauded and cheered as the procession passed through downtown Austin, and a few women blew kisses.
Outside Austin, people gathered along highways and in little towns, many holding American flags, some clutching wildflowers and some holding umbrellas against the hot sun.
Wildflowers and a sign reading "Thank You Lady Bird" adorned a tractor. Another sign read "God Bless a Great Woman."
More people lined the streets of Johnson City, President Johnson's boyhood home, and the main street was lined with little Texas and American flags stuck in flower pots.
In Austin, retiree Kate Hill handed out sunflowers from her garden to people waiting for the procession. Hill said Johnson's work inspired her to convert her grassy lawn into an expanse of wildflowers and other native plants, and she wanted to thank the former first lady for the beauty.
"It's the passing of an era," said Sarah Macias, 48, who works for the city's parks department and came to watch with her husband and a co-worker.
Three days of ceremonies had started Friday with family prayer services and a public visitation at the LBJ Library and Museum. More than 11,500 people paid their respects over nearly 22 hours.
About 1,800 people, including family, friends and presidents, attended a two-hour funeral Saturday at Riverbend Centre overlooking the Hill Country. People attended included former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, first lady Laura Bush and former first ladies Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
I was born in the fall of 1964. A month later, Lyndon Johnson was elected president in his own right, and one of the most brilliant woman in American history was to remain in the White House as First Lady for another four years.
Lady Bird Johnson was MY first First Lady, and I have always adored her. Friends called to share the news, and friends and family immediately sent Emails relating her passing….
AUSTIN, Texas (CNN) — Lady Bird Johnson, who was first lady during the 1960s and in her later years became an advocate for beautifying public landscapes, died Wednesday, family spokesman Tom Johnson said. She was 94.
Lady Bird Johnson's real name was Claudia.
She was the widow of Lyndon Baines Johnson, sworn in as the nation's 36th president on November 22, 1963, just hours after President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Lady Bird Johnson was briefly hospitalized last month with a low-grade fever. She was released and returned to her Austin home on June 28. After suffering a stroke in 2002 that limited her ability to speak, she communicated chiefly by writing.
Upon news of her death, Texas Gov. Rick Perry ordered flags in the state to be flown at half-staff.
"Lady Bird Johnson embodied all that is beautiful and good about the great state of Texas," Perry said. "She inspired generations of Americans with her graceful strength, unwavering commitment to family and keen sense of social justice."
The former first lady was born Claudia Alta Taylor in 1912 in Karnack, Texas, a small town near the Louisiana line. She got her unusual nickname while still a toddler from her nurse, who proclaimed the child was as "purty as a lady bird."
Lady Bird attended St. Mary's Episcopal School for Girls, a junior college near Dallas and then transferred to the University of Texas at Austin. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1933, then stayed an extra year to earn a journalism degree.
She hoped to become a newspaper reporter, but those plans changed after she met a 26-year-old congressional aide named Lyndon Baines Johnson.
They married in 1934 after a whirlwind courtship and soon moved to Washington.
Early on, Lady Bird Johnson proved herself to be the quintessential political wife. In 1937 she used part of an inheritance to fund her husband's first bid for public office and campaigned with him to win a congressional seat.
She used more of her mother's money and Johnson's connections to purchase a faltering Austin radio station in 1942 for $17,500. She turned it around and later used the station as a base for a multimillion-dollar communications company based in Austin.
After three failed pregnancies, she gave birth to the Johnsons' first daughter, Lynda Bird, in 1944, followed by Luci Baines three years later.
Lyndon Johnson rose quickly in politics, becoming the youngest Senate majority leader.
In 1960, Johnson set his sights on the presidency but lost the Democratic nomination to Kennedy. A day later, he agreed to become Kennedy's running mate.
Lady Bird Johnson traveled more than 35,000 miles during that campaign.
After one of the closest presidential elections in U.S. history, Johnson was sworn in as vice president on January 20, 1961.
With Kennedy's assassination, Johnson became the 36th president.
As the Johnsons moved into the White House, Lady Bird Johnson "went around and went to all of the staff that was remaining in their jobs, told them how happy she was to have them there," said Leticia Baldridge, Jacqueline Kennedy's former social secretary.
"She needed their help. She needed their support. And, of course, they all just immediately turned from supporting the Kennedys to supporting the Johnsons. That's what the staff does in the White House."
In the landslide election of 1964, Lyndon Johnson won victories in the Northeast, West and Southwest. Of the eight Southern states that many had expected to vote for Republican Barry Goldwater, six went for LBJ — in part, it was said, because of the first lady's efforts.
During her husband's one term as president, Lady Bird Johnson worked tirelessly for the beautification of America, promoting the Highway Beautification Act, which sought to limit billboards. She was also a strong advocate for the Head Start program.
In 1982, she founded the National Wildflower Research Center outside of Austin. The center was renamed the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in 1998. Its mission is the research and preservation of native plants throughout the United States.
Public and private memorial services are planned, but details have not yet been released, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Events are likely to include a public viewing at the LBJ Library on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, followed by a funeral in Austin and burial next to her husband at the LBJ Ranch 35 miles west of Austin, the paper reported.
I woke this morning, preparing to leave for the Outer Banks, to find that Beverly Sills had passed away. I remember seeing her on Johnny Carson, and due to these appearances, I began enjoying opera as a young boy and teenager. I was fortunate to meet Ms. Sills in the mid-1990's, and she was as charming, warm, and beautiful in person as she was on stage and screen.
Opera star Beverly Sills dies at 78
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NEW YORK (AP) — Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died Monday of cancer, her manager said. She was 78.
Beverly Sills has been a noted opera singer and arts administrator.
It had been revealed just last month that Sills was gravely ill with inoperable lung cancer. Sills, who never smoked, died about 9 p.m. Monday at her Manhattan home with her family and doctor at her side, said her manager, Edgar Vincent.
Beyond the music world, Sills gained fans worldwide with a style that matched her childhood nickname, Bubbles. The relaxed, red-haired diva appeared frequently on "The Tonight Show," "The Muppet Show" and in televised performances with her friend Carol Burnett.
Together, they did a show from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera called "Sills and Burnett at the Met," singing rip-roaring duets with funny one-liners thrown in.
Long after the public stopped hearing her sing in 1980, Sills' rich, infectious laughter filled the nation's living rooms as she hosted live TV broadcasts. As recently as last season, she conducted backstage interviews for the Metropolitan Opera's high-definition movie theater performances.
Sills first gained fame with a high-octane career that helped put Americans on the international map of opera stars.
Born Belle Miriam Silverman in Brooklyn, she quickly became Bubbles, an endearment coined by the doctor who delivered her, noting that she was born blowing a bubble of spit from her little mouth.
Fast-forward to 1947, when the same mouth produced vocal glory for her operatic stage debut in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a bit role in Bizet's "Carmen." Sills became a star with the New York City Opera, where she first performed in 1955 in Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Die Fledermaus." She was acclaimed for performances in such operas as Douglas Moore's "The Ballad of Baby Doe," Massenet's "Manon" and Handel's "Giulio Cesare," and the roles of three Tudor queens in works by Gaetano Donizetti.
Her 1958 appearances as Baby Doe would become among her best known, in a tale of a silver-mine millionaire who leaves his wife for Baby Doe and eventually dies penniless.
"I loved the role," Sills wrote in her 1976 autobiography. "I read everything that had ever been written about her. … I absorbed her so completely in those five weeks of studying the opera that I knew her inside and out. I was Baby Doe."
Sills' face once graced the covers of Time and Newsweek magazines as an American who had conquered the classical music world, even abroad — at the time a rarity.
But as a child star, she was not above singing radio commercials with lyrics such as: "Rinso White, Rinso Bright, happy little washday song."
It was not until late in her career that she achieved the pinnacle, appearing at the Met, the nation's premier opera house.
Her debut on that stage didn't come until 1975, years after she became famous. In her memoir, she said longtime Met general manager Rudolf Bing "had a thing about American singers, especially those who had not been trained abroad: He did not think very much of them."
Sills' Met debut, arranged after Bing retired, was in "The Siege of Corinth," and she recalled that "I was welcomed at the Met like a long-lost child." (She also recalled having a couple of friendly encounters with Bing and found he "could not have been more charming.")
Described by former Mayor Ed Koch as "an empire unto herself," Sills sat on several corporate boards, including those of Macy's and American Express.
Sills retired from the stage in 1980 at age 51 after a three-decade singing career and began a new life as an executive and leader of New York's performing arts community. First, she became general director of the New York City Opera.
Under her stewardship, the City Opera, known as the "people's opera company," became the first in the nation to use English supertitles, translating operas for the audience by projecting lyrics onto a screen above the stage. The Met followed, later adopting its titles on the back of audience seats.
In 1994, Sills became chairwoman of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. She was the first woman and first former artist in that position.
After leading the nation's largest arts complex through eight boom years and launching a redevelopment project, she retired in 2002, saying she wanted "to smell the flowers a little bit."
After six months, she was back.
"So I smelled the roses and developed an allergy," she joked as she accepted a position as chairwoman of the Met. "I need new mountains to climb, which is why roses don't appeal to me."
In a 2000 interview, she said, "It was never part of my plan to retire as a prima donna. I never thought the day I stopped singing would be the day I stopped working."
Sills was a master fundraiser, tapping her vast network of friends and colleagues for money that bolstered not only Lincoln Center but also non-artistic causes such as the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the March of Dimes, a job she called "one of the most rewarding in my life."
The word around New York was that if anyone needed to raise several million dollars in one night, they could turn to Sills, whose name drew donors in droves.
She also lent her name and voice to the Multiple Sclerosis Society; her daughter, Muffy, has MS and was born deaf.
At a 2005 Manhattan benefit for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Sills told an audience that included her daughter: "One of the things that separates the two-legged creatures from the four-legged ones is compassion."
Added the host for that evening, Barbara Walters: "She can go from doing a duet with Placido Domingo to doing a duet with a Muppet."
Sills' compassion extended to her autistic son and to her husband, who lived with her at their home as his Alzheimer's disease progressed.
Still, through harrowing personal times, she never lost her own sense of humor, accompanied by a billowing ripple of laughter that was all the more warming because it was born not of frivolity but of a survivor's grit.
She spoke like she sang — with bravado. The words poured out of her like a force of nature, sprinkled with good-natured gossip and insights, cheeky jokes and probing questions.
She balanced the challenges of her private life with the joy of singing, stepping onstage and transforming herself into characters that made her forget her troubles.
Stage fright was foreign to her. Before curtain time, she would make phone calls or munch on an apple, then sweep on to deliver her roles with exuberance.
A coloratura soprano, Sills was for years the prima donna of the New York City Opera, achieving stardom with critically acclaimed performances in Verdi's "La Traviata" and Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor," among dozens of roles.
She is credited with reviving musical styles that had gathered dust, such as the Three Queens — the trio of heroines of Gaetano Donizetti's "Anna Bolena," "Maria Stuarda" and "Roberto Devereaux" — in which she starred as Elizabeth, a role she called her greatest artistic achievement.
Onstage, her style stressed the theatrical portrayal of the character, as well as the music.
"Opera is music AND drama," she wrote in her 1976 memoir, "Bubbles: A Self-Portrait." "I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time. … I can make a pretty tone as well as anyone, but there are times when the drama of a scene demands the opposite of a pretty sound."
As chairwoman of the Met, she was instrumental in proposing Peter Gelb, now general manager, for that position, a move that brought a new leader who injected a dose of new moves that pushed up attendance and ticket sales.
Citing personal reasons, Sills bowed out as Metropolitan Opera chairwoman in January 2005, saying, "I know that I have achieved what I set out to do." At the time, she had recently suffered a fall and was using a wheelchair.
In 2006, she presided over the inaugural Beverly Sills Artist Award at the Met, given to baritone Nathan Gunn.
Sills grew up in a "typical middle-class American Jewish family," as she put it. She was first exposed to opera by listening to her mother's record collection.
She began taking weekly voice, dance and elocution lessons as a young child and at age 4 appeared on a local radio show called "Uncle Bob's Rainbow Hour."
When she was 7, her name was changed to Beverly Sills — a friend of her mother's thought it was a more suitable stage name — and she began 34 years of study with vocal coach Estelle Liebling.
After an audition arranged by Liebling, the young Sills won first place in the "Major Bowes Amateur Hour" and became a regular member of its "Capitol Family Hour show." As a teenager, Sills made two repertory tours and finished high school by correspondence course at Manhattan's Professional Children's School.
Primped up in big bows and crisp pink dresses by her mother, she set off to sing on the radio, at ladies' luncheons and at bar mitzvahs. At 16, billed as "the youngest prima donna in captivity," she joined the touring J.J. Shubert operetta company, starring in Gilbert and Sullivan productions.
Her opera debut came in 1947, in the role of Frasquita in "Carmen" with the Philadelphia Civic Opera. For several years, Sills sang opera when she could, touring twice with the Wagner Company, while performing in the Catskills and at a Manhattan after-hours club.
She sang briefly with the San Francisco Opera Company, making her debut there in 1953 in a secondary role in Boito's "Mefistofele." In 1954, she sang the role of Verdi's Aida in Salt Lake City before joining the New York City Opera in 1955.
In 1956, Sills married Peter Greenough, a journalist who later quit the news business to manage the family's affairs as his wife's career flourished. He died in 2006.
After a whirlwind of performances in the early 1960s, Sills hit her stride as Cleopatra in Handel's "Julius Caesar" in 1966, when the New York City Opera officially opened its new home at Lincoln Center.
"When the performance was over, I knew that something extraordinary had taken place," Sills wrote. "I knew that I had sung as I had never sung before, and I needed no newspapers the next day to reassure me."
Abroad, Sills sang at such famed opera houses as La Scala and Teatro San Carlo in Italy, London's Royal Opera at Covent Garden and the Berlin Opera.


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Champion Select
- Pick
- "Time for a true display of skill!"
- Ban
- "No problem!"
- "It's all skill!"
- "I'll handle it!"
- "No problem!"
- "Time to strike!"
- "Sounds dangerous... I'm in!"
- "Time to get our hands dirty."
- "Over here!"
- "Let's go!"
- "Know your environment."
- "This way!"
- "Careful!"
- "Got it!"
- "Agreed!"
- "No time to waste!"
- "Who needs a map?!"
- "You belong in a museum!"
- "Noxians... I hate those guys..."
- Ezreal laughs.
- Ezreal laughs.
- Ezreal laughs.
- Ezreal laughs.
Upon Casting
- [ | ]
- RPG styled music plays as Ezreal fights a dragon.
- [ | ]
- A voice plays.
Upon Starting a Game
PEARL: "Pulsefire systems online."
- Ezreal: "Let's do this."
- "This looks like a good spot."
- "Let's rewrite some history."
PEARL: "Pulsefire systems online."
- Ezreal: "Run a quick analysis for me."
- PEARL: "All systems operational."
- Ezreal: "Run a quick analysis for me."
Ezreal: "Hey PEARL, run a diagnostic."
- PEARL: "All systems operational."
- Upon Starting a Game with [ | ]
- "Ooh, a fixer. Time for a little fun."
- "Target acquired."
- "They're living in the past."
- "Pulsefire cannon primed."
- "Can't fight the inevitable."
- "They don't know what they're up against."
- "Scanning for real threats... none detected."
- "Their weapons are a little outdated."
- "Time's running out."
- "All charged up."
- "Weapons hot!"
- "The future's really more of a backup plan."
- "No-one owns history."
- "The future's arbitrary."
- "Don't blink."
- "My greatest discovery - more time."
- "This'll be memorable - for me."
- "Say hello to the future."
- "Of all my travels, time travel is the best."
- "This is what I call archaeology."
- "Nothing surprises me. I'm a scientist."
- "Can't learn this in a book."
- "Now this is research!"
- "Sounds dangerous - I'm in!"
- "Time to get our hands dirty."
- "Throwing down the time gauntlet."
- "How about a taste of the future?"
- "The past is like a punch to the face."
- "Yep, this is totally for science."
- "The future hurts, doesn't it?"
- "Jump first, ask questions later."
- "I love the smell of chronoshifting."
- "Bending space-time isn't as hard as it looks."
- PEARL: "Engaging temporal weapon systems."
- PEARL: "Diverting all power to weapons."
- PEARL: "The energy blasts... tickle."
- PEARL: "Weapons operational."
- PEARL: "You may fire when ready."
- PEARL: "Hello, to future."
- PEARL: "How will this repair time, Ezreal?"
- PEARL: "A possible side effect of time travel is acting before thinking."
- PEARL: "All systems operational."
- PEARL: "Pulsefire systems online."
- Attacking an Enemy
- "Well, you found me. Congratulations."
- Attacking an Enemy
- "Oh, I suppose you're a genius, too?"
- "No turning back now."
- "All systems charged."
- "Sounds apocalyptic. I'm in!"
- "I'm centuries ahead of them."
- "What's their position?"
- "Give me the coordinates."
- "Grim dark future, huh? Too easy."
PEARL: "Ezreal, do you require a map?"
- Ezreal: "No."
- "I'll make my own future."
- "Grim dark future, huh? Nah. It's more of a highly regimented totalitarian police state."
- "I know where I'm going. When is a bit fuzzy."
- "Time to travel."
- "Adventure is a perk."
- "Hm, forward or back?"
- "The past is my playground."
- "I went to the future to see if I was still cool. I was."
- "Danger, mystery, forbidden knowledge? Just a normal day."
- "If I obey all the rules, I'll miss all the fun."
- "I'm not going to live by the rules any more."
- "When the future steals your past, you've gotta' steal it back."
- "Time travel is just an engineering problem."
- "The future can be rewritten."
- "I collect moments, and things. Sometimes more than once."
- "Time is an adventure - if you know when to look."
- "Where are the hoverboards?"
- "I have all the time I need."
- "Living in the past feels pretty good."
- "The future can't hold me back."
- "No time to waste."
- "Preserve the past? Got to find it first."
- "When you've got this much skill, every shot's a lucky one."
- "Try to keep up."
- "All I need is skill - and a little luck."
- "An improvised plan keeps everyone on their toes."
- "Everybody's lost but me."
- PEARL: "Scanning for lifeforms."
- PEARL: "Temporal disturbance detected. It's you, Ezreal."
- PEARL: "The future is growing unstable."
- PEARL: "The time loop will close in 3... 2... 1..."
- PEARL: "All systems nominal."
- PEARL: "Awaiting command input."
Ezreal: "What's the scanner say about their power level?"
- PEARL: "No enemies display a power level over 9000."
- Ezreal: "Heh, thought so."
- PEARL: "No enemies display a power level over 9000."
- "I've got nothing but time. Let's go."
- Taunting an Enemy
- "No, you belong in a museum."
- Taunting an Enemy
- "Get lost, kid."
- Upon an Enemy Champion Taunting Nearby
- "Want to start over? I can wait."
- "I knew you'd say that."
- "Yeah, yeah, everyone wants a piece of me."
- Ezreal prepares to fire his weapon but it malfunctions and shoots him in the face.
Ezreal: "Time for a true display of-"
- PEARL: "Systems offline."
- Ezreal: "Argh!"
- PEARL: "Recharging."
- Ezreal: "Just a sec..."
- PEARL: "Recharging."
- Ezreal: "Argh!"
- PEARL: "Systems offline."
"There's no match for-"
- PEARL: "Systems offline."
- Ezreal: "Hey, wait, don't...!"
- PEARL: "Recharging."
- Ezreal: "... not cool."
- PEARL: "Recharging."
- Ezreal: "Hey, wait, don't...!"
- PEARL: "Systems offline."
- PEARL: "Sorry, I don't understand 'a true display of skill'. Would you like to search the chrono web?"
- PEARL: "Comedy subroutine offline."
- Ezreal plays a tune.
- Ezreal laughs.
- Ezreal laughs.
- Ezreal laughs.
Upon Leveling Up
- Level 6
- PEARL: "Systems upgraded."
- Level 11
- PEARL: "Power nearing full capacity."
- Level 16
- PEARL: "Pulsefire cannon at maximum power."
- PEARL: "Pulsefire armor upgrades complete."
- PEARL: "All systems fully charged."
Upon Learning
- PEARL: "Mystic Shot armed."
Upon Learning
- PEARL: "Essence Flux primed."
Upon Learning
- PEARL: "Arcane Shift enabled."
Upon Learning
- PEARL: "Trueshot Barrage charged."
Upon Killing an Enemy Champion
- "Temporal dispersal hurts in any era."
- "Fortune favours the adventurous."
- "Sorry, buddy, nothing personal."
- "I hope you saw that coming - 'cause I did."
- "Note to your future self - don't die."
- "Can't really fight the future."
- "Chrono dimensional travel isn't really for everybody."
- "You can thank me for your future later."
- "Nice try."
- "What can I say? I'm gifted."
- "Time is a construct. I'm just doing a little remodelling."
- "This'd be dangerous if I wasn't doing it."
- "They're always asking such dumb questions. It's a magic time crystal, duh."
- "To hell with general! I'm special relativity!"
- "Talent breeds envy. I'm used to it."
- "I got this space-time on lock."
- "Guess your future was on my side."
- "See you later. Just kidding."
- "Here's a prediction for the future: you're dead."
- "Let's do that again."
- "Timing really is everything."
- "Hope someone saw that."
- "I can blink and still not miss."
- "You can't learn this in a book."
- "I'm a one-shot hero."
- Killing an Enemy [ | ]
- "Back to the future with you."
- "Got a carpe diem, officer."
- Killing an Enemy
- "You lost today, kid."
- Killing an Enemy
- "There can be only one."
- "Not another time loop..."
- "Paradoxes. I hate those guys."
- "Damn, I'm handsome in every timeline."
- Killing an Enemy
- "I had a dog once. I loved that dog."
- Upon Scoring First Blood
- "Don't everybody thank me at once."
- Upon an Enemy Scoring First Blood
- "Never tell me the odds."
- Upon Going on a Killing Spree
- "He who controls the past wins."
- "Yep. That was pretty amazing. Even for a time wizard like myself."
- Upon Scoring an Ace
- "Whoa. That was way easier than fighting those dinosaurs! Wait, you don't remember the dinosaurs? Hehe... yeah. Course you don't."
- Upon Scoring a Pentakill
- "Hm. I might want to jump back and do that again."
Upon Buying an Item
- "How retro."
- "I'll take one of these."
- "This looks good."
- "Don't mind if I do."
- "It's not a vacation if I can't pick up a few souvenirs."
- "Museum? This belongs in my pocket."
- "Time for a little fortune and glory."
- Upon Buying a Ward
- "Ooh, scouting reticle upgrade. Nice."
- Upon Using a
- "Hm. Tasty."
Upon Destroying a Tower
- "Woot!"
- "Obstacles tend to fall when I'm around."
- "That was simple."
Upon Placing a Ward
- "A map? Nah. Chronology protection point? Yes, please."
- "Always keep your eyes open."
- "It's not a map, I swear!"
Upon Using
- PEARL: "Engage teleport."
- PEARL: "Coordinates locked."
- PEARL: "Drop point confirmed."
- PEARL: "Transport initiated."
- PEARL: "Teleporter activated."
Upon Using
- PEARL: "Leaving the grid."
- PEARL: "Withdrawing."
- PEARL: "Returning to base."
- PEARL: "Taking a break, Ezreal?"
- PEARL: "Warp Mode activated."
- PEARL: "Pulsefire portal opened."
- "Time to get lost."
- "Looks like time's on my side."
- "You only live once. If you do it right, that's all you need."
- "When life closes a door, open a portal to the past."
- "If I'm not back in thirty seconds, wait longer."
Upon Respawning
- PEARL: "It seems the cake is in another timeline."
- PEARL: "Pulsefire back online."
- PEARL: "Re-initiating Pulsefire systems."
- PEARL: "Pulsefire systems reactivated."
- PEARL: "Stable time loop achieved."
- "Time to make the time continuum doughnuts."
- "Back to the future."
- "They couldn't get rid of me that easily."
- "Time for a test drive."
- "Oh, that thermal reactor really is toasty."
- "Why regret the past when you can change it?"
- "How about a temporal do-over?"
- "Woohoo!"
- "Ooh, nice to be back."
- "Alright, just one more time."
Co-op vs. AI Responses
- Match Start
- "Ready for the best?"
- Player Team Victory
- Player Team Defeat
- "I let you guys off easy!"
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This is an article that is long overdue, considering the amount of comments we have had on our article on local fertility concoctions.
So, sometime last week, Nicole "commissioned" me to do a piece on it. I was excited to start and had a few ideas of the people I thought were knowledgeable about herbs, so I got some pictures off the internet of these herbs. My plan B was my Dad, as if all else failed, I knew he would surely know some names.
First on my list was my children's hair dresser, whom, from my interactions with her, I knew had knowledge of herbs. I had seen her being called several times to help out the woman who sells herbs in the local market around my area, whenever she wasn't around. When I explained to her what I wanted, she said a better person would be a traditional birth attendant, not even someone who sells herbs. So that was how I went off in search of a traditional birth attendant around my area.
I finally found him, or rather I found his elder brother, who was more educated, and I thank God I did, else, this article would still be undone. He told me categorically that what I wanted to do was best done with the State Board of Traditional Medicine, and if I do find someone willing to give out for free "knowledge of what they use to eat" then I had better make sure the practitioner was registered with the Government agency.
I still asked him to direct me to a few places, he did and one of the places even looked more dingy than his, so I did not bother. The regulatory board was where I decided to head to, but I decided to do a more extensive search online first.
I hit gold, when I stumbled on a blog, which talked extensively about fertility according to the Yoruba culture and even gave names, both botanical and Yoruba. Upon closer inspection, I realised it was a new post written by a biochemist and herbal fertility practitioner, Afolabi Adeosun. And that was when this piece really started. I called him up and he was amazingly open to talking to me and didn't mind mentioning the names of the herbs.
I got his book, Easy Pregnancy, and that literally made my life easy. It's a treasure trove, I must say. But here we go to the gist of the matter.
According to the author in his book, Yorubic female fertility herbal medicine revolves around regulating menstrual cycle, removing obstructions in fallopian tube, shrinking growths in the uterus, regulating ovulation cycle, cleansing the uterus, eliminating infertility worms, stopping pathological vaginal discharges, balancing hormones, healing wounds in the uterus, and preventing spontaneous abortions (miscarriages).
This simply means that most of the herbs are multipurpose.
Beyond the known medical reasons for miscarriages, traditional medical practitioners belief that there are more reasons why miscarriages happen, and they range from anti fertility worms (aran aboyunje), which are three in number to internal heat (hot womb), which the Yorubas call "Oru inu", which is known to kill sperm and when an embryo manages to implant, it would most likely lead to a miscarriage.
The herbs that are used to treat the worm infestation and "hot" womb condition range from Epin, (Ficus Exerspirata), Amunututu (Indian spinach) to Epaikun (curculigo pilosa), Jokoje (Cissampelos owariensis) and Abere (picrima nitida)
In orthodox medicine, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome comes with lots of symptoms, but it's still a hormonal condition. Two of the herbs recommended include Tude, (Calliandra portoricensis) and Akoigun, (Aristolochia repens).
Problems with menstruation (Irregular, heavy or abnormal flow):
According to my research, there are a lot of issues surrounding menstruation that could hinder a woman from getting pregnant. Some of them, orthodox medicine does not recognise as an issue, however, traditional medicine practitioners lay emphasis on them.
Irregular menstruation: practitioners of Yorubic Medicine use herbs such as Bara (Citrulus lonatis), Egbo Tude (caltiandra portoricensis), Labelabe, etc. to successfully treat this condition.
Watery or Too Light Flow: Atale (zingiber officanale), Epin (ficus exasparata) are used.
Heavy Menstrual Flow: Herbs such as Asunwon Oyinbo (Cassia alata), Agbado (Zee mays), etc. are used when treating this condition. Another offshoot of a heavy period is when the same period begins to have blood clots in menstruation (eje didi nin uase).
According to Adeosun, excess clotted blood in menstruation is a sign of reproductive disorder in female. "We believe that if a woman has good reproductive health, her blood should be clean and must be liquid throughout. Occasionally, clotted blood can come out but when it becomes usual, then attention must be paid to it. Some women with unknown/idiopathic infertility often experience this situation during their menstrual period, so can use such herbs as karandafi (Sorghum bicolor), lime (Citrus arantifoli)."
Other herbs that can used to treat menstrual issues is the African Cucumber or Bitter Melon ((Momordica charantia).
Fibroids: (Asunwon, Cassia alata) is one of the herbs used to treat this condition.
Sperm leakage/Involuntary emission of sperm (Eda):
This is regarded as normal in modern medicine, but according to Yorubic Medicine, if the sperm emitted by the woman is too much, fertilization will not take place. There must be a certain quantity of sperm cells in the semen but in a case where much of the seminal fluid is wasted away, the sperm cells will not be enough to fertilize the woman's egg.
Herbs like Asuwon Oyinbo (Cassia alala), Kaun (Trona), etc. have been used to treat this condition successfully
Egbesi (Nauclea Latifolia)
Sperm Count Boosting: Egbo Osunsun, (Carpolobia lutea)
The combination of cowhage or velvet bean(Mucuna pruriens) is known as Werepe in Yoruba and Agbala or Agboloko in Ibo. Zingiber officinale is commonly called ginger, and Ipomoea digitata, commonly called sweet potato can help with boosting sperm count.
Walnut leaf (African walnut or Tetracarpidium conophorus) known in Yoruba as Awusa or Asala is known to improve fertility generally.
Other herbs which are generally good for fertility treatment include:
Fertility Plant or Indian Cork Tree (Newbouldia laevis): This plant is a popular and potent fertility herb that is used to treat all female reproductive disorders including infertility as the name implies.
Conditions such as menstrual disorders, hormonal imbalance, uterine tumors, uterine weakness, miscarriages, endometriosis, etc., are well treated with this herb.
Put 1 teaspoon of the dried and powdered bark or root of this herb in a cup of water and bring to boil. Drink 1 cup twice daily.
It is called Akoko in Yoruba, Ogilisi/Ogirisi in Igbo, and Aduruku in Hausa.
Day flower, or Small Blue Flower, (Comelina diffusa): Is used to treat female infertility. It promotes pregnancy, and is called Itopere or Godogbo-Odo in Yoruba, Obogi in Igbo, and Balasa in Hausa
Indian Kamila (Mallotus oppositifolius): This promotes conception in women. It is called Oju-eja, Jeja, Iya-Dudu or Orokoro in Yoruba; Kpokokwa in Igbo; K'afar Mutuwa in Hausa.
Hogweed (Boerhavia Diffusa): This plant is used to treat female infertility and menstrual pain. Its main action is to normalize hormones in the body. The leaf is prepared like vegetable soup and eaten. You can also pound the leaves with pepper (Capsicum annuum) and add little salt. Take it orally. It is called Etiponla in Yoruba, Azeigwe in Igbo and Babba-Juju in Hausa.
Consumption Weed (Cleome Viscose): This plant is used to treat many kinds of female infertility. It is called Ekuya in Yoruba.
Coconut (Cocos nucifera): The root of this plant is used to treat uterine diseases generally. It is Agbon in Yoruba, Kwakwar in Igbo, and Ake Babe in Hausa
Chinese bar (Triumfetta rhomoboidea): This plant is used among Esan people of South-South Nigeria, to induce fertility and make the womb receptive to implantation of foetus. The herb is called Ako Bolobolo in Yoruba, Obo in Igbo and Yanka-Dafi in Hausa
I hope that this will go a long way in helping one TTC momma for now. Since this list is not exhaustive, expect to be updated as new knowledge on herbal fertility medicine comes to light.
Below is short email interview I had with Mr. Adeosun Afolabi Moses.
Please tell us about yourself and education?
My name is Dr. Adeosun Afolabi Moses from Oyan town, Osun State. I am an herbal practitioner, specializing in infertility treatment, and I am a graduate of biochemistry from the University of Ilorin, Unilorin.
How did you discover your passion for herbal treatment, considering you are conventionally educated?
It started while I was in Primary Cchool, in class three precisely. A woman died of breast cancer after surgery and I remembered that my Grandpa treated a case like that successfully.
On the day this woman died, I decided that I would become a medical doctor, not to sit down in the office to attend to patients or prescribe drugs for them but to become a medical researcher with interest in herbs that can cure diseases that medical science cannot help.
From that day, whenever a teacher entered our class and asked "Who wants to become a Governor, President, Lawyer, Accountant, etc.?", you would never see my hand up until Doctor or Pharmacist was mentioned. My interested was boosted when I treated my sister with PID and it left her, and also when I treated a friend of my mum's with fibroid successfully, after I left secondary school. I started helping my grandpa in the preparation of herbs and people started calling me omo baba alagunmu. When I finished secondary school, I started learning from others also and I chose to study Biochemistry when I discovered that biochemists work on herbs more than other fields, at the biomolecular levels (metabolism).
How long have you been practising and why are you more interested in female infertility?
Since 2007, I have been practicing herbal medicine at home before I later got my office. Prior to that, I was involved in helping my grandpa who died in the same year 2007, to treat some of his cases and I was also helping some of my trainers among whom some are late today.
My interest in female fertility started when I discovered that women are often blamed for inability to get pregnant without considering male factor. I am a man with a very soft heart; I always feel what people around me feel.
An aunt of mine was once suffering from an isolated case of infertility and she even sold her land to take care of herself. She was feeling a strange sound and movement in her tummy especially at midnight, and she couldn't get pregnant. She went to hospitals; they did not see anything wrong with her. She went to some herbal practitioners, they gave her medicines to no avail and she consulted pastors and alfas, some said it was a spiritual attack while some said it was a child they didn't want her to give birth to.
I was called for her treatment and I remembered that one of my late trainers once described such a situation to me and told me that it is a pathological problem in Yorubic Medicine that can prevent pregnancy and can be easily treated with herbs, that it is not a spiritual problem but that many herbal practitioners do not understand this case. I treated her and she got pregnant.
Later, I started receiving such cases and other infertility cases. Female infertility took my time entirely from other treatments because of referrals I got from some of my patients that I have treated before.
What have you seen to be the most common causes of infertility in women nowadays?
Fallopian tube blockage as a result of untreated or partially treated sexually transmitted infections, and Hyperprolactinemia.
How does one recognise a Certified Herbal Practitioner from the dubious ones out there?
We have associations and State Ministry of Health also gives us license to practice. A certified herbal practitioner must possess the license and/or also belong to one or more of the associations. Apart from these, people around him and his neighbourhood must recognize him as an herbal practitioner. Another thing is that he must be a man of sound knowledge in herbal medicine.
- Would you mention some of the herbs that are able to treat, some of the conditions below:
Miscarriage: Epin (Ficus Exerspirata)
PCOS: Tude (Calliandra portoricensis)
Irregular menstruation: Labelabe
Hot Womb: Jokoje (Cissampelos owariensis)
Fibroids: Asunwon (Cassia alata)
Endometriosis: Egbesi (Nauclea Latifolia)
Hormone Balancing in the body: Akoigun (Aristolochia repens)
Sperm Count Boosting: Egbo osunsun (Carpolobia lutea)
Godspeed and babydust to you mommas!
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2. http://www.theproduceguide.com/
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4. http://www.flowerspictures.org/
5. http://www.minfind.com/
Dr. Afolabi Adeosun can be reached via firstname.lastname@example.com


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My name is Karrie Sanders and It is my first year teaching! I had been a paraprofessional for the past 14 years and just graduated with my Special Education degree. I am so excited to be leading this amazing classroom of students.
I have expectations for all students and adults in this room.
1.Keep your hands feet and all other objects to yourself.
2.Listen to teachers, all adults, and each other.
3.Raise your hands for help, to share, or to leave your desk.
4.Be kind to others and to yourself.
5.Do your best. Never give up!
I want each and every student to know that I have their back and I will help them succeed.


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Barnhill chosen in NSW under-19 squad for Korea tour
WAGGA road cycling prospect Zac Barnhill loved pounding the pavement more than pedal power before injury forced him onto a bike.
He hasn't looked back since, with the 16-year-old preparing for his first overseas racing opportunity as part of a Cycling NSW under-19 team to compete in Korea in August.
Barnhill is one of six chosen in the team to race in the five-stage Tour de DMZ, part of the UCI Men Junior Nations' Cup.
After injuring himself running, the Riverina Anglican College student took up cycling and in a twist of fate, found his true sports calling.
"I used to be a runner but I got injured. I did cycling just to keep my fitness up when I wasn't running, and I didn't stop," Barnhill said.
"I'm used to racing against all those boys (also selected) because I've been doing it for a few years, I didn't expect to make it though.
"There was still a few kids older than me that had a pretty big chance, so I was pretty happy to make it."
The event is the first step of Cycling NSW's under-19 endurance initiative, aim to create more opportunities for junior riders racing overseas and locally.
"It will be a good experience. I'm not really focused on results, but it will be good to race against a bunch of riders that's a lot bigger than you usually get in Australia," Barnhill said.
"The first two days are 80km and pretty flat, the next two 115km and a bit undulating with no big hills, and the last a flat 60km."
Barnhill hopes to head overseas after he finishes school to further his cycling, the next step toward his goal of eventually turning professional.
"Hopefully after Year 12 I'll go overseas for half a year or so to race and train, and see how I go from there," he said.
"I want to eventually make it on the big stage but that's a few years away, so I'll try and stay consistent and keep training."
Barnhill competed at the Road National Championships at Bathurst in January, and his latest races were from Coonabarabran to Gunnedah, then Gunnedah to Tamworth, about a fortnight ago.
The first stage of the Tour de DMZ will be run on August 30 and will wrap up on September 3.