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About Common Reading
The Purdue University Common Reading Program is a collaboration of the Office of the Provost, Student Success at Purdue, Purdue Libraries and other campus and community partners. It strives to provide a common, academic-based experience for all new first- year students – an experience that sets high academic expectations for students from the onset of the undergraduate experience.
Goals and Learning Outcomes
- Provide a common first-year experience for Purdue's newest students
- Set an intellectual standard for students
- Connect students to their faculty/instructors
- Connect students to their peers
- Foster involvement in campus activities by linking programs and events to the common reading
- Enhance student success by emphasizing reading as an intellectual skill central to student achievement
- Enhance student success by setting higher academic expectations and modeling academic behaviors
By the end of the Common Reading experiences students should:
- Share a common intellectual experience with other students (Count of Books Distributed)
- Understand the expectations for reading and utilizing the book (Survey)
- Have engaged in discussions about the book (Convocation Counts, Evaluations at BGR)
- Feel less surprised by the level of rigor associated with Purdue University as a result of having read the common reading book (survey, Retention and Academic Success Data)
- Participate in at least one conversation about the Common Reading book outside of Boiler Gold Rush (Exhaustive Event Tracking and Reporting)


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Rain washes away $1M worth of Route 12A in Alstead
"These are the exact locations that were washed out in the 2005 flooding," Department of Transportation spokesman Bill Boynton said Monday of the Oct. 9, 2005, deluge that claimed four lives in town.
Route 12A is closed between Carpenter Road in Surry and Peabody Lane in Alstead, but the majority of the damage is between Walpole Valley Road and Chartier Lane in Alstead, Boynton said.
DOT engineers plan to take a close look at how to repair the road in a way that would prevent damage like this in the future, whether by shifting the roadway or bringing in a substantial amount of fill, Boynton said.
District engineer Doug Graham said the current estimate to fix the road is about $1 million.
Selectman Matthew Saxton said the 2005 repairs were undone Friday night.
"That was sort of a big expensive job in 2005, and now they have to do it again eight years later," he said. "It's very tight there so I would be interested to see what they come up with there."
At one point, 12 town roads were closed. The town's emergency management department was out in force Friday night closing roads, putting out orange cones as well as stationing people to warn motorists. Washed-out roads and shoulders were temporarily fixed with gravel over the weekend and will be repaved in the next few weeks, he said.
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Guinness World Records: Wonder Wiener at Capital Dawg
By Mary Nares
Yesterday in Sacramento, a Guinness World Records attempt succeeded.
No one jumped higher, swam farther, or sang longer… no one even had the most, ate the most, or did the most.
No, on Thursday, someone paid the most. $145.49 (plus tax) for a hot dog. Really.
Yes, the official Guinness World Record for the Most Expensive Hotdog has been reclaimed from the foreign hands of the Canadians, who ripped it from the (almost) foreign hands of New Yawk City.
The festivities were raucous, and the smell of hotdogs and fries emanating from the modest restaurant on 20th Street was tantalizing. Dozens of friends, well-wishers, random customers, and press representatives crowded the miniscule eatery.
The event was a fundraiser also: one third of the purchase price of each prizewinning dog will be donated to the Shriner's Hospital for Children.
Mike , owner of Capital Dawg, has been planning the event for several months.
He is a serious foodie, and has been purveying his superior collection of "dawgs" for over four years. The menu has always featured a great variety of sausages, sandwiches, toppings, and styles, including corn dogs, veggie dogs, Polish sausage, and hot links. The fanciful names include nods to the governmental flavor of Sacramento, local neighborhoods and landmarks, sports teams, and regional styles from all over the country (Brown is from Chicago).
Two of the most popular dawgs are named after local bands: the Tesla Dawg and the Deftones Dawg. And it was Brian Wheat, bass player for Tesla, Sacramento's most successful band, who actually set the record yesterday.
Wheat and Brown have been friends for many years, and together they traveled to Sweden to purchase the moose-milk cheese which made the California Capitol City Dawg the Guinness prize winner. At $500 per pound, the cheese might just be the world's most expensive (are you listening, Guinness people?).
Wheat said that the trip to the Arctic Circle in pursuit of the cheese was the most unusual trip he has taken, even after years of touring the world with his band. "It was all frozen tundra," he said of the part of Sweden where the cheese producing family live with their milk moose. "We got to meet the moose, pet the moose," added Wheat. "The people were great, very welcoming."
Only one place in the world produces this cheese, and it is generally sold only to restaurants in Sweden. Brown and Wheat split their bounty of seven pounds of cheese between their suitcases, so in case of customs trouble, at least some of their cheese would make it through. Regulations on cheese importing are very interesting; while 'hard' cheeses such as Parmesan and Cheddar are generally acceptable, there are some restrictions on 'soft' cheeses, including Brie and Feta.
Nowhere in the regulations is semi-soft moose cheese mentioned. Apparently the customs officials were not inclined to argue, and the precious cheese arrived safely in Sacramento.
The Guinness World Records protocol is stringent; an attempt must be verified and documented. One of the easiest ways to do this is by requesting (and paying for) the services of an official Guinness World Records Adjudicator, which is the route Brown chose.
Without the adjudicator, Brown would have to send substantial documentation to Guinness in England and then wait perhaps weeks for a decision.
Michael Empric, a personable young man from Queens, New York flew into Sacramento to officiate at the world record attempt. Dressed in the required blue blazer, yellow tie, and conservative white shirt, Empric was undeterred by the heat. "I was in Brownsville, Texas yesterday," adjudicating the World's Largest Fishing Tournament and it was 95 there," he said.
The requirements for the award of the record were that the hot dog had to be a menu item, and that a customer had to order and pay for the item, and then be served the item as it was described on the menu.
The award-winning dawg was described as "#31 California Capitol City Dawg (Triple C, Our own world record style) specially made 18" 1/4 lb. premium all beef frank in natural casing from RED HOT CHICAGO, French whole grain mustard from Meaux, garlic & herb mayo, sauteed shallots, mixed baby greens, applewood and cherrywood smoked (all natural & uncured) bacon, Swedish moose cheese, chopped tomato, sweetened dried cranberries, peppercorn, white truffle butter (spread & grilled) on a specially made herb & focaccia roll baked by OLD SOUL CO……….$145.49 "
And then the tastiest, most expensive dog is built!
Wheat stepped up to the counter and gave his order for item #31 to Courtney Brown. And he said, "Make it a combo," adding fries and a drink to the order. "I'm pretty hungry."
After the transaction—Wheat paid in cash—Brown led reporters into the kitchen where he lovingly described each step as he prepared the costly dog. It was beautiful, it smelled divine, and the ingredients were fresh and intriguing.
As the dawg was served, Empric declared the success of the attempt and presented Brown with the official Guinness World Record certificate. To cheers and applause, Brown opened a bottle of champagne and served it up to all after an initial celebratory toast with Empric and Wheat.
Robert Abelon, representing state Assemblyman Richard Pan of the 5th Assembly District, and Daniel Conway of the California Restaurant Association handed Brown a framed Assembly resolution in recognition of Capitol Dawg's achievement.
There was no requirement that the customer had to actually consume the item; however Wheat took a healthy bite as Brown helped him support the behemoth sandwich. He pronounced it to be very tasty.
The dawg was then returned to the kitchen and divided into tiny tastes for any guest who wished to try it. A new sign was tacked up to the outer wall of the restaurant declaring Capitol Dawg to be the home of a Guinness World Record prizewinner.
The former high-ticket item on the menu was the #28 "Railyard Dawg", a 14" monster containing a total of four bacon-wrapped, deep-fried dawgs festooned with chili, pastrami, and four kinds of cheese. It sells for $21.99. Other menu items range from $2.59 to $8.59.
The #31 CCC Dawg will remain on the menu for a limited time only, and a 72 hour advance notice will be required for orders as of June 4. Several people had already placed advance orders by the time of the official record-setting attempt.
Of course, with fries and a soda, it came to $161.38 including tax. But who's counting?
*Available May 31st, 2012 for a limited time only
*72 hour advanced order required as of June 4th, 2012
*1/3 of purchase price will be donated to Shriner's Hospital for Children


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Surry Hills self-catering hotel with a bar/lounge
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Centrally located in Surry Hills, this hotel is near Australian Museum and Sydney Town Hall. Other nearby points of interest include Sydney Opera House.
Hotel bar/lounge
In addition to a bar/lounge, Best Western Hotel Stellar provides a business center, a porter/bellhop, and limo/town car service.
CD and DVD players
In addition to premium digital television, guestrooms include kitchenettes. Bathrooms feature showers and designer toiletries.
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Best Western Hotel Stellar offers a bar/lounge. Business amenities at this 4.0-star property consist of a business center, limo/town car service, and audio-visual equipment. This Surry Hills hotel also offers multilingual staff, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Business services and tour assistance can be provided. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
This is a self-catering property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 38
- Number of floors - 6
- Bar/lounge
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Coffee shop or café
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
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Breakfast is available for a surcharge.
Room service during limited hours is available.
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The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
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Check-out time is 10 AM
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Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, JCB International, MasterCard, Visa
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Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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- Breakfast fee: AUD 14.95 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: AUD 5 per hour (rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): AUD 5 per hour (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in all public areas: AUD 5 per hour (rates may vary)
- Fee for high-speed Internet (wired) in all public areas: AUD 5 per hour (rates may vary)
- Airport shuttle fee: AUD 14.00 per person (one way)
- Self parking fee: AUD 20.00 per night (in/out privileges)
- Deposit: AUD 200 per stay (for guests under 3 years old)
- Rollaway bed fee: AUD 40 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
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This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
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AAA Tourism Pty Ltd assigns an official STAR Rating for accommodations in Australia. This Hotel property is rated 4 stars.


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Tony Awards 2012: Best and worst
The best and worst moments from the 2012 Tony Awards. By Deborah Vankin
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Three-time Tony host Neil Patrick Harris has got the job down at this point -- or at least his welcome address. We loved how he warmed up the crowd from the onset, opening with a bang. "Welcome to the 66th annual Tony Awards," he said. "Or, as I like to say: '50 Shades of Gay.'" Laughter throughout the crowd. "I had to, I had to," Harris said with a smirk.
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Subscribers: What is Maine's Prettiest Harbor?
The editors of Down East want to know which harbors you, our loyal subscribers, feel are the most stunning.
The Maine coast was made, it seems, for exploring. With scores of harbors tucked along the state's rugged coast, many of them accessible by car as well as yacht, you could spend a lifetime checking out the state's picture-perfect harbors. But which one is truly the prettiest?
Please take a moment and click on the link below to take our brief survey, selecting five of your favorite harbors from each of the three regions. (Feel free to write in any candidates you think we passed by, or use the space to tell us why the harbors you've chosen are special to you.) We'll collect results until midnight on Tuesday, June 23, and then we'll tally the results and crown the winners in our September issue.
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This Thursday we're going to Belgrade, Serbia to attend SHARE2 Conference that takes place from April 26 to 28. The conference revolves around the themes of Internet activism and social changes in relation to new technologies. Along with an impressive program of lectures and workshops in the field society, technology, Internet, music and new media, the conference also features a sick music program in some of the finest clubs and venues in Belgrade.
One of the acts we're most excited about is Fatima Al Qadiri, who will present the visual works that accompany her outstanding Genre-Specific Xperience EP. SHARE by Night program brings some of the most interesting names in electronic music right now – most notably, a back to back session from Nguzunguzu, Kingdom and Total Freedom, and a live performance by Actress, hot on the heels of his excellent new album R.I.P. We're also looking forward to performances by the likes of Tim Exile, 2562, Roska, Redshape, DMX Krew, Spectral Empire and some upcoming local talents.
Some of the speakers from the day program include Caroline Drucker (from Soundcloud), Renaat Vandepapeliere of the cult R&S label, Quinn Norton of Wired, Peter Sunde (The Pirate Bay), Daniel Domscheit-Berg (of OpenLeaks and formerly of WikiLeaks), Katitza Rodriguez (Electronic Frontier Foundation), Rasmus Fleischer (Piratbyrån) and many more.
Limited number of tickets was distributed through various competitions that are now closed. BUT! You can follow most of the SHARE programs via live stream AND you can also participate in Tim Exile's Sound.SHARE project. For more info and news follow the SHARE blog.
Fatima Al Qadiri – How Can I Resist You
Nguzunguzu – Timesup
Kingdom – Let U No
Actress – Purple Splazsh
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The Hospital at The Children's Institute offers inpatient pediatric rehabilitation services for young people who have suffered brain injury or spinal cord injury — trauma victims of life-threatening proportion, children recovering from major surgery, long-term illness or children battling cancer. Other patients may be managing chronic illnesses such as Prader-Willi Syndrome. Each child and his family find answers through individualized programs of recovery.
Everything we do is focused on the needs of the individual child. Each child who comes here has an agenda and each family, a single goal — progress. And while each receives the individual attention so critical to recovery, all will benefit from our experience in working with children — experience that is unsurpassed.
Each child's rehabilitation program is managed by a skilled team of physicians, pediatricians and physiatrists, along with other medical specialists who ensure that all of the child's needs are addressed.
The goal of our pediatric rehabilitation nursing staff is to improve the quality of life for children, adolescents and young adults by providing a range of nursing care. Emotional support, family training and education are critical to this care.
Our staff on the pediatric unit believes that a major interruption in the child's life may affect developmental progress. We encourage family involvement as a key component in a young person's development.
In conjunction with the other members of our rehabilitation team, our pediatric rehabilitation nursing staff:
A case manager is assigned to each child and family. The case manager coordinates care and serves as the liaison to the treatment team, ensuring family or caregivers are continuously involved in the treatment planning and decision making for their child.
The process of discharge planning begins at the time of admission. The case manager gathers background information from the family about the services the child is currently receiving, school the child attends, special education services the child may receive at school, agencies in the community that are involved and any special organizations or vendors the child's insurance company or HMO may use. This is all part of the initial information-gathering process that will eventually have an impact on the child's discharge plan.
Working closely with a social worker, the child's case manager coordinates the team's recommendations and assists in organizing the services and equipment needed to continue rehabilitation after leaving The Hospital. Special family needs and problems identified during the treatment process are taken into consideration as the discharge plan develops.
The discharge plan may include visits back to the child's physiatrist at The Hospital, the child's primary care physician and other specialists as necessary.
For more information regarding inpatient services, contact 412.420.2437 or 412.420.2115. You also can download our Patient & Family Handboook.
This day room provides a bright, fun-filled environment where children engage in structured and supervised developmental play as a complement to the medical and therapy services they receive during their inpatient stay. Thanks to a generous donation from The Mario Lemieux Foundation, the day room — called Austin's Playroom — is filled with state-of-the-art technology and an array of toys and games for children of all ages.
In addition to the social and recreation events scheduled within the hospital, monthly therapeutic outings are also scheduled to re-integrate children into the community. Mall outings, baseball games, trips to the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium are just a few of these fun, therapeutic events.


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Inside a spacious 6,000-square-foot facility, Christine Fox, a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, and her staff provide training, daytime and overnight boarding, and grooming services for dogs of all shapes and sizes. Daycare and overnight-boarding services provide canines with ample indoor play areas and individual walks, during which a trainer reinforces basic commands, such as "come," "heel," and "stop leaving the toilet seat up." Multiple exercise sessions also teach socialization techniques, wearing pups out for tranquil rides home. The facility also houses separate areas for small and senior dogs to ensure places for them to play safely.
During group training sessions, canines learn basic etiquette, such as to come when called and how not to pull on the leash. Dogs can also go on to learn more advanced commands, graduating to agility training or acting classes to teach them how to obey commands in busy film studios. Individual training sessions offer one-on-one attention, either in the home or at the facility.
At Bubbles N' Barks, owner Louis George leads his caring staff in glamorizing dogs of all shapes, stripes, and sizes with thorough grooming services. Pint-sized Pomeranians and regal golden retrievers alike emerge from baths with clipped nails, pristine fur, and clean ears with a renewed appreciation for dog whistle symphonies. Alternatively, owners can soak pets themselves with Bubbles N' Barks' do-it-yourself dog-washing stations. The shop's line of branded shirts, hoodies, and hats keeps human patrons looking as sharp as their pup compatriots.
Dogs seem to love getting dirty but hate getting clean. The team at Max the Dog Wash streamlines the process. Waist-high tubs let owners comfortably wash their dogs, scrubbing out fur with brushes and raking out tangles that are havens for dirt in a chorus of gentle splashing sounds and baritone barks. After bath time, owners can reward their best friends with dog treats made in the shop or pictures from the mailman's awkward high-school years.
Wiggle Butts is a pet service that includes daily walks, feeding, giving medications, drop ins, exercise, mail retrieval, and plant watering. We do not exclude any breed or temperament. We can care for cats, dogs, fish, some reptiles, small mammals, and birds. Two locations make us convenient for most Oakland and Wayne Co.
The Aquarium Shop unleashes an assortment of aquatic denizens on land-living lifeforms, like a garage sale held by King Poseidon to raise money for repairs to his seahorse-powered cruiser. Items include saltwater, freshwater, and pond merchandise, complete with pond fish ($5–$25), pond plants ($5–$25), pond food ($10–$50), tropical fish ($2–$30), saltwater fish ($5–$100), and live rock ($8 per lb.). Find actors for your all-koi version of Hamlet, pick up an African cichlid for prom-night punch-bowl pranks, or buy coral with which to dress up in doll's clothing and play tea party. The Aquarium Shop also has a large variety of tanks in stock for fish owners looking to update the digs of their deep-dwelling dorsalled doppelgangers.
Barka Lounge eschews cages in favor of 7,000 square feet of open space where dogs can socialize, wear each other out, and nap under the watchful eyes of staff members. Before dogs are allowed in, staff members conduct evaluations with each hound to determine their temperament and opinions about world peace, and then sort nonaggressive dogs into separate play areas based on size and temperament. While they're at daycare, dogs are given clear boundaries and rewarded for good behavior with pats and praise. Staff members use basic obedience commands throughout the day, but more in-depth training is available separately with a master certified trainer.
Scrubbers Self-Serve Dog Wash & Grooming owner Nikki Budaj realized her passion for animal care when she began fostering dogs and cats in college. This pursuit prompted her to seek more in-depth pet health and hygiene advice from veterinarians and other groomers, which she now dispenses from her own grooming center. Her team of careful staffers hand-grooms dogs and cats of all sizes or gives owners free reign of the self-service facilities to beautify their furry companions. Using waist-high bathtubs and hydraulic grooming tables, staff and visitors are able to clean their four-legged companions with a range of supplied and upgradable shampoos, conditioners, and rinses such as Tropiclean and Top Performance. The cleaning-center staff also performs de-shedding services or fur and nail trims to keep animals well manicured, and forced-air drying is available to gently slough off excess water and recreate the feeling of sticking one's head out of a car window.


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There's no room to be heartbroken in the space of a northern Maine kitchen.
- Photography by: Jennifer Baum
By Shonna Milliken Humphrey
There is a black-and-white photo of my grandmother taken in the mid-1940s. In what I imagine to be an Aroostook County carnival souvenir, she is perched on a crescent wooden moon against a backdrop of paper stars. Her dress hitches slightly at her knees, and her dark lipstick highlights a provocative grin. Not long after the photo was taken, my grandmother would birth the first of nine children.
She raised most of her nine kids as a single mom, a hospital cafeteria worker in the strict and unforgiving confines of Houlton — my tiny, northern Maine hometown. "She did the best she could" is what my mother, Betty, says when I ask, unwilling to discuss details.
My mother, in stoic rural family tradition, would never admit that she misses her. Betty would not say those words, but during my visit to Houlton soon after my grandmother's death, she asked if I had ever tasted crab apple pickles. I said no, and Betty led me into her basement.
The bare light bulb threw shadows on the wooden shelves, but I saw row upon row of Bell jars. The jars, all sizes, were a rainbow of mustard, beet, bread and butter, cold packed, dill, relish, and garlic pickles. The shelves represented spring and summer evenings of planting, weeding, and harvesting, and then many more Saturdays of standing in the kitchen, washing, slicing, boiling, and packing. Each metal sealing cap was dated in black marker.
My mother pulled a pint jar from the middle shelf.
Crab apples are tiny apples, an inch or two in diameter and usually too bitter or sour to eat straight. Some people make pies from crab apples, but it is a disproportionate amount of work to peel the tiny fruit. They grow on thick patches of trees, and as a child, I hoarded wormy piles to chuck. I ran into my grandmother's house, desperate for a hiding place after pelting unsuspecting uncles and cousins.
During these moments of chase, my grandmother drank her daily sombrero — Allen's coffee brandy and milk over ice. She sent me to the corner liquor store to buy a fifth and a carton of Salem Ultra Lights as soon as I was old enough to count change. When I returned from the store, I stayed quiet on the couch while she watched her afternoon soap operas. When she spoke, I learned phrases like "king shit of turd island" and my favorite, "honky-tonk whore." In a town of plain women, she sparkled.
I miss her.
I can say those words, and I wanted to say them to my mother as I followed her back up the basement stairs, being careful not to trip on the large canning pot and tongs.
In the kitchen Betty pried open the seal with a spoon, and the air released a pop. The jar was filled with pinkish red liquid and packed tight with the miniature apples, peels, and stems intact. The smell of cloves came out first, and then the vinegar. Betty held the jar toward me, and I plucked a stem. It tasted sweet, but also unexpectedly sour. Apple-y, but pickle-y. I ate two or three little bites and then licked the core.
When I finished, Betty said, "Mum used to make these when I was little."
I nodded, observing how nice it was that my grandmother used to make special pickles for her, but Betty quickly corrected me. "No, she never made them for me. I just remember her making them."
I let the meaning of her clarification settle in, as my mother — one of those nine siblings being raised by a single mom on a cafeteria worker's salary — looked in the direction of that black-and-white carnival photo. She looked in the photo's direction, and it was a little moment, this moment in the kitchen with the jar of crab apple pickles between us and my grandmother's recent death so heavy on both our minds.
In any other kitchen, it might have been heartbreaking. But there's no room to be heartbroken in the physical space of a northern Maine kitchen. My mother, happy that I liked the pickles, filled a paper sack with jars.
"These are for you," she said, and I felt the impact of her words.
She could not say she missed her, but she could offer her own daughter a dozen jars. She could pack those crab apple pickles and say they were, specifically, for me.
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What are pelvic floor problems? Separating fact from fiction: what causes pelvic floor dysfunction? What is the "pelvic floor"? What problems can arise from weakened or injured pelvic floor muscles? What factors can cause pelvic floor dysfunction? Are these obstetric interventions necessary? Can vaginal birth in and of itself harm my pelvic floor? Is "vaginal birth" the culprit in the high levels of female incontinence later in life? Would elective c-section prevent incontinence? If you've heard about pelvic floor problems related to pregnancy and giving birth, you may be confused about what they are and what can cause them. This section of the website provides reliable information about these problems and how to avoid them. What are pelvic floor problems?Many women experience pelvic floor dysfunction around the time of birth and/or later in life. Pelvic floor problems include leaking urine (urinary incontinence), leaking gas or - more rarely - feces (bowel incontinence), sexual dissatisfaction, and a sagging of the inner organs (uterine and other pelvic organ prolapse). It is important for every woman to understand what she can do to keep her pelvic floor strong and protect it from injury.Separating fact from fiction: what causes pelvic floor dysfunction?These days, there is a lot of conflicting and confusing information about the cause of pelvic floor dysfunction. Vaginal birth has been blamed, and some suggest that enlarging the opening of the vagina by cutting it at the time of birth (episiotomy) or even having a surgical birth when there is no medical complication (elective c-section) will prevent weakened pelvic floor muscles and injury. Unfortunately, there is a lot of false, unproven, and incomplete information on this topic.This Pregnancy Topic provides reliable, research-based information about pelvic floor dysfunction, including steps you can take to keep your pelvic floor muscles healthy and strong. Here you can learn about:
What is the "pelvic floor"?The pelvic floor is a complex, multilayered group of muscles and surrounding tissue that are suspended like a hammock between your pubic bone in front and the base of your spinal column in back (see diagram below). The pelvic floor supports your bladder, rectum, uterus, and other internal organs. Bands of pelvic floor muscles surround your vagina, your anus, and the tube that carries urine from your bladder (urethra). The tissue between your vagina and anus is called your perineum.Pelvic Floor Anatomy
�1981 Sheila Kitzinger and National Childbirth Trust. Used with permission. What problems can arise from weakened or injured pelvic floor muscles?A healthy pelvic floor keeps the pelvic organs in their proper place and the muscles that close the bladder and anus functioning normally. With a weakened pelvic floor, the uterus or other organs may sag (prolapse). Weakness and injury also make it more difficult for the bladder muscle to stay closed during sudden increases in abdominal pressure, such as while coughing, laughing, sneezing, or lifting a heavy object. This can result in leaking urine (urinary stress incontinence). A weak pelvic floor can lower sexual satisfaction during intercourse because satisfaction for both partners often depends on good tone in the muscles surrounding the vagina. Finally, injury to the band of muscle around the anus can result in leaking gas, a sense of urgency about elimination, or, less commonly, leaking feces (bowel incontinence). See diagram above.What factors can cause pelvic floor dysfunction?Many factors affect pelvic floor strength, including some that do not relate to childbirth. For example, heavy women are much more likely to experience urinary stress incontinence than women who are at average or below-average weight for their height. Other non-maternity factors that appear to increase risk for pelvic floor dysfunction include smoking (probably because it leads to excess coughing), use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and having a hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus).A number of factors appear to play a role during pregnancy and childbirth. The extra weight and pressure of the baby, the "bag of waters", and the placenta causes many women to experience urinary incontinence by the end of pregnancy. A number of practices increase risk during childbirth. When giving birth, most pregnant women in the U.S. experience two interventions that increase risk for pelvic floor dysfunction:
These increase risk by increasing the likelihood of other interventions that can injure your pelvic floor: having a vacuum extraction or forceps delivery, which are often used hand-in-hand with episiotomy. Several practices that may be used with vaginal birth at the time of pushing increase the likelihood of pelvic floor injury. Interventions that increase risk for pelvic floor injury at this time include:
Learn more about how these obstetric practices relate to pelvic floor dysfunction in Options: Pelvic Floor. Are these obstetric interventions necessary?Rates of using these practices vary widely among caregivers and hospitals in the United States. Many women experience several of these interventions as common or routine practices when giving birth, yet no studies appear to have found an advantage to routine or frequent use of any of them. A doctor or midwife with a conservative practice style recognizes the risks and use them only when they offer a clear benefit. For example, assisted vaginal delivery can help a baby who needs to be born quickly, or can help to avoid a c-section. Practitioners with a conservative practice style may rarely, if ever, use such practices as fundal pressure.Careful choice of your doctor or midwife and choice of your birth setting can help you avoid risks of these and other unnecessary and potentially harmful practices and procedures. This is because in hospitals with established routines, it may be hard to get exceptions made. While it is your legal and ethical right to accept or refuse care, this right may be difficult or impossible to assert in busy settings with established routines. Can vaginal birth in and of itself harm my pelvic floor?It is increasingly common to hear that "vaginal birth" causes pelvic floor problems. However, a recent review of the research found no studies that attempted to avoid or limit use of the practices that can injure a woman's pelvic floor listed above in order to determine whether vaginal birth itself plays a role. It is wrong to conclude at this time that vaginal birth is the cause of pelvic floor dysfunction.Is "vaginal birth" the culprit in the high levels of female incontinence later in life?Studies that take a longer view find that most new problems with urinary and bowel incontinence that appear after birth lessen over time and disappear during the postpartum recovery period. Few women experience frequent or bothersome symptoms beyond a few months after giving birth, and any differences between women who had cesarean sections and women who had vaginal births seem to disappear by the time of menopause. Older women experience high rates of incontinence, but this appears to be due to other factors. For example, excess weight, smoking, and the development of certain diseases play a role. Women who have never been pregnant appear to experience high rates of urinary incontinence in later years.Would elective c-section prevent incontinence?Cesarean section offers little protection against incontinence after the postpartum recovery period. Some women experience incontinence despite cesarean childbirth. Routine c-section would impose the broad range of risks associated with cesarean section (see Best Evidence: C-Section) on many while preventing ongoing and generally mild symptoms of incontinence in a few women per hundred about a year after giving birth. Current research suggests that planned (elective) c-section offers no protection against experiencing incontinence beyond age 50 or so. Due to the many extra risks of surgical birth, the wisest strategy for safe childbirth is to plan for vaginal birth with minimal use of harmful practices. Moreover, performing pelvic floor exercises (kegel exercises) in pregnancy can help prevent urinary incontinence.For those few women who continue to experience bothersome incontinence after childbirth, treatments are available, ranging from kegel exercises (which can be tried at any time) to surgery. Few women will experience the risks of having a surgical procedure if surgery is reserved as a last resort for serious problems lasting at least a year. When there is no clear, compelling and well-supported medical need for surgical birth, the best choice is a vaginal birth that avoids use of practices and procedures that may contribute to pelvic floor dysfunction. Most recent page update: 2/28/2011
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Sited on a 13+ acre view lot in La Tierra Nueva this Bill Lumpkins designed double adobe home boasts 8,600+/- square feet of living space. A walled and gated entry courtyard leads to the main entry hall that provides access to the house and guest wing. The main house features two bedrooms with en-suite baths, a large eat-in kitchen, a formal dining room, living room and library. In addition, there is a large office, wine cellar, and a cedar lined storage closet. The guest wing includes a full kitchen, dining and living areas, and two bedrooms each with its own bath. A full sized indoor lap pool featuring a retractable roof is located in its own wing adjacent to the main house and includes a sitting area and dressing room and encompasses over 2,400 square feet.


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The last week has been a complete and total shitshow.
Last monday, one of my epically huge migraines decided to come knocking on my door, which meant that I was out for the count. Sweats, Nausea, sensitivity to light and sound. Of course, when you feel like you have Lady Gaga thrashing around in her McQueens between your temples, and all you want to do is rest, is when the when the construction crew shows up next door and insists on banging away. On Wednesday, I thought I was well enough to go to work, so I got all the way there to find out that I wasn't, and had to go home.
So at this point, I feel like death warmed over, I'm stressed about the money lost (I have supplies to buy!), and then UPS wants to start playing games with the supplies for my lip balm. I had strategically planned to do a sampling/marketing blitz that Sunday, as it was West Hollywood gay pride, and no one loves glossy lips like those gays! I switched my shift from an opening one to a closer (3 AM!) to make sure I could hit the streets and talk about Haus Urban to anyone who would listen, and maybe get a few more FB fans in the process.
Welp, seeing as UPS and their employees couldn't get their act together, or follow simple instructions, I didn't have all of my packages in hand until yesterday, almost five days after it was originally supposed to be here. And did I mention that I had to pay extra for the inconvenience?
I decided to take the time and really focus on what my next steps for Haus were going to be. I had a conference call with Jason from Entact Studios to work out more packaging/branding solutions (gray? white? clear? opaque? waterproof? gloss? matte?) and really gave some thought to HOW I was going to move this product.
The initial idea was to just have people come to tumblr, and send them paypal invoices for the product, as I didn't expect that much interest in just two products. After trying to get folks to donate for an unrelated volunteer project using PayPal exclusively, I realized that wasn't the best idea. I had avoided saying the "E" word for a while, but I bit the bullet…
Etsy. There was something about it that irked me. I wanted my line to be seen as Urban, Sexy, and Fashion Forward. Not Holly Hobby. And posting and reposting and relisting ad nauseum didn't sound appealing either, until I came across the "Quit Your Day Job" blog series that Etsy produces. I learned that not only is it possible to sell your wares via Etsy to much fan fare and appreciation, but it is ALSO possible to have your full time job be devoted to just that.
DING DING!! That's the end game! All I really want to do is educate people, make stuff, and hang out with my friends. I had been complaining that no one wanted to pay me to do that, so this seems like a natural progression. I understand that this will not happen overnight. I haven't even signed up for the new Etsy account yet, out of fear that no one will buy anything (I know, I know, irrational). I still have more research to do, as I'm a big believer in "fail to plan, plan to fail", but the "Quit your day job" series has given me so much hope and belief that this can be done, and done without selling my soul or sweat to a corporation.
Unfortunately, due to the setbacks of the last week or so, we may not be ready to ship out any balm until July. I'm doing everything that I can to make our initial target deadline of June 30th (Launch of the Etsy store, and taking orders), but there are many variables. Thank you for patience and know that it's coming, I'm hustling, and it's going to be well worth the wait.
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Tunic cut like an A-line dress,made of cotton, shiny on one side, material already had embroidery on the part meant to be the front, with a band of embroidered flowers at the bottom(it was sewn on), but since it was not wide enough for my pattern, I unpicked it and made my own design, by applique-ing ;-) i think!! I used the band i removed from the bottom for the sleeves. the neck took ages to finish. tunic is fully lined with one by two cotton, pre-washed. All in all i spent some more time on this dress,(mostly figuring out what to do and how to) which according to my mom is "unnecessary" but I am happy with the outcome. For the tassels,I had this idea in my mind from some time, which I finally made now. The leggings, same shiny cotton, with gathering around the ankle,as usual cut on bias. .
cotton, cotton and shiny cotton
Aug 16, 2013, 11.16 AMby liliv-1
Gorgeous details and lovely colors!
Mar 2, 2012, 05.04 AMby Harshani Daniel
Really nice dress !!!well done girl :) love the curly end..
Mar 2, 2012, 09.33 AMby nishavinod2009
Mar 1, 2012, 07.54 AMby vji
wow..love the color and the applique:-)) grt work
Mar 1, 2012, 09.07 AMby nishavinod2009
Mar 1, 2012, 05.34 AMby Cocoa Jess
i love it!!!
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Feb 29, 2012, 09.19 PMby omgdora
Haha, your mom sounds like my mom. She can't understand it's FUN to spend time on doing something special or learning a new technique… I love the colors you used and the easy fit!
Mar 1, 2012, 06.14 AMby nishavinod2009
Yes, with every project I learn some new technique, it was applique this time, but i did it my way(it was easier). the easy fit is for regular use. thanks!
Feb 29, 2012, 05.01 PMby libra-s
What a beautiful combination of colours!!
Mar 1, 2012, 06.15 AMby nishavinod2009
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This is a list of books currently on my To Read shelf... literally. I do not suggest or anti-suggest any of them at this time as I haven't read them yet.
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I go to a lot of hackathons. No seriously, a LOT of hackathons. So far this year, I've mentored and/or organized Trojan Hacks in LA, API Hackday Austin, Code across America, DrupalCon Denver, Austin Startup Weekend, HackMU, Lean Startup Machine, php|tek, Random Hacks of Kindness, Sphero World Tour, DC Startup Weekend eGovernment, and next week API Hackday Dallas.


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Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp at Cal Performances is a nationally acclaimed summer youth program located on the University of California Berkeley campus. The six week, tuition-free camp conceived by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and produced by Cal Performances teaches dance and life lessons to East Bay middle school students. Follow three Ailey campers from beginning impressions through the grand finale performance.
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Jed Alpert, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer for Mobile Commons, gives an HKS student digital workshop on mobile phones as tools. Moderated by Joel Engardio, MC/MPA.
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Agarest: Generations of War 2 out now on PSN
It's been a long time since my last appearance on the PlayStation Blog so I hope you've all been keeping well. We've just released the third game in the Agarest: Generations of War series, entitled (confusingly enough!) Agarest: Generations of War 2.
As with all the other games in the Agarest series, gamers can expect a role playing game with a deeply tactical combat system, an epic storyline spanning three generations and the ability to influence the characteristics of the next protagonist through your choice of bride in the game's Soul Breeding system. However, beyond that the game has undergone some fairly radical changes.
Graphically, this new instalment in the series has been given a major facelift, so now you can enjoy all the characters, environments and CGs in glorious high definition. Similarly the combat system has been completely overhauled and is now much faster paced, while still offering great depth for those who want to really delve into the tactics of combat.


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Gottfried Keller's prose sparkles with a robust, generous goodwill and a delightful irony; the fertile imagination evident in his work was unexcelled in the second half of the nineteenth century in German. Although his literary settings are almost exclusively Swiss, he succeeded in giving them a significance and poignancy that saved him from being merely a regional writer. He did have a strongly didactic bent, but this rarely dominates a fiction that bubbles with rare warmth and luxuriates in concrete detail. The term "poetic realist" is particularly applicable to Keller, as he was concerned with the boundary between the imaginary and the actual, between appearance and reality.
In Keller's fictive world, there is evil—or, at least, human weakness and inconsistency—and this sometimes lead to tragedy, but taken as a whole, his writings exude faith in humankind and joy in life. This faith and joy manifest themselves most clearly in his humor, which Walter Benjamin says is as much at home in this world as Homer's was among the gods. It is a sovereign humor in which author and reader are able to see characters and situations bathed in a golden light of aesthetic enjoyment. Even when Keller exercises moral judgment over his characters, he still, as a poet, affirms them and refuses to give up on them entirely.
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Instead of "deducting" qualifying equipment or softwhere over time. according to a set depreciation schedule - section 179 allows businesses to deduct the full purchase price during the first tax year.
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