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Finances and InsuranceHow can my partner and I be sure we can afford to have a baby? What should we do to prepare financially for a baby? I work outside the home. What employee benefit information should I look at before getting pregnant? What should I look for in my health insurance policy? Can I change health insurance plans to increase pregnancy benefits? I am not married. Will my partner's insurance cover my pregnancy? What help is available to families with limited incomes? How can my partner and I be sure we can afford to have a baby?You should think about whether you can afford to support a child from birth through adulthood rather than simply the cost of having a baby. It is not just the expense of pregnancy and childbirth you need to plan for, as that is only the first step in the financial commitment that may last decades.The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that a middle-income family spends about $250,000 (not counting college tuition) to raise a child to adulthood (18 years old). So, financial planning and preparation before you become pregnant is a very good, practical idea. What should we do to prepare financially for a baby?Regardless of your lifestyle and circumstances, it's almost impossible to predict how parenthood and other events will affect your life. But, here are seven steps you can take to prepare financially for a baby.1. Assess your expenses. Figure out how much you currently have in your budget for the extra costs of having a baby and raising a child. A baby budget includes the costs of diapers, formula (unless you are breastfeeding – it's free!), insurance co-payments, day care, furniture, equipment (strollers, car seats, etc.), clothing, education savings, and other needs. Build in a cushion in case you have unexpected medical bills. Should there be no allowance in your budget for these expenses, you might have to cut back on your personal spending. Almost every expectant parent, especially those expecting their first child, worries about money. But the good news is that most discover after the baby is born that adjusting isn't as hard as they thought. 2. Examine your income. Think about if you'll be living on one income rather than two after the baby comes, and, if so, for how long. Are you going back to work? Will your partner be the care provider and stop working? If you will be shifting from being a two income couple to a one paycheck family (even for a short period of time), now is a good time to start saving money, while you still have the two pay checks. Since it is hard to predict how much time you or your partner might want to take off work after the baby is born, plan to save as much as possible before becoming pregnant. 3. Pay off any large credit card debts. If you are in over your head and need assistance, now would be the best time to contact a credit counseling service. There are non-profit organizations in every state that counsel people in debt for no or little cost. They will help you with repayment plans and help you set up a realistic budget. Our resources section for Finances and Insurance has some places for you to start. 4. Buy life insurance. It seems way too early to think about this, but you need to plan, right now, for your child if something were to happen to you. Term life insurance insures you for a fixed amount for a given premium. It is generally the least expensive life insurance option and you can change the coverage, as your family's needs change. Also remember to buy life insurance for the stay-at-home parent - if something happens to that parent, the working parent will more than likely need to purchase child care and other services. 5. Get long-term disability insurance. Get long-term disability insurance. Yes, this is something else you might resist thinking about, but the fact is, people 35 - 65 are more likely to become disabled than to die. Therefore, it's very important that the primary wage earner in the family has disability insurance. It will provide for your family if you're disabled and can't work. Check with the Personnel Department at work to see if you're covered and, if so, what the terms of the coverage are; if you don't think it's enough, you may be able to get more. 6. Make a will and update your beneficiaries. It's a major consolation to know that your child will be raised and provided for in the way you intend if something happens to you. One way to insure this is to make a will that states who should take care of your child and his or her finances (it doesn't have to be the same person, and often shouldn't be). Also check your retirement accounts. Usually you name the beneficiaries of retirement accounts like IRAs and 401(k)s when you open them. You'll want to be sure these are updated to reflect your current intentions. 7. Study your employer's maternity and paternity leave policies. It's important to know what benefits your company offers new parents. If you work full time and plan to return to your job after your baby is born, find out about your company's maternity leave policy. Thanks to the Family and Medical Leave Act, mothers and fathers who have worked at least one year for a company with 50 or more employees are entitled to up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off. You are also guaranteed to get your job back at the end of your leave. If you work for a smaller company, be sure to check into whether any maternity benefits are offered. I work outside the home. What employee benefit information should I look at before getting pregnant?If you intend to return to your place of employment after the birth, you need to find out about your employer's policies on maternity or paternity leave before you get pregnant. Some policies are dictated by the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA); others are at the discretion of the employer.Look into paid maternity leave, short-term disability, flexible spending accounts, sick leave, vacation time, flex time, new mom benefits, and paternity leave. What should I look for in my health insurance policy?It is a good idea to check out policy options or reread your current insurance policy. 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You should find out if your insurance plan has a deductible, and if so, how much it is. Determine if you are responsible for a co-payment and estimate your total out-of-pocket expenses. Can I change health insurance plans to increase pregnancy benefits?When your policy is limited in benefits or you are afraid that your out-of-pocket expenses will be excessively high, you might want to investigate the possibility of changing plans. Sometimes you can only change once a year, so this may take some forethought.Many insurance policies say they will not cover "pre-existing conditions". Pregnancy is not a pre-existing condition. Under The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), federal law says that if you change group health plans while you're pregnant, your new group health insurer can't deny claims related to your pregnancy as long as the plan covers maternity. However, this only applies to group plans; if you pay for an individual insurance policy, you may not get coverage at all if you are pregnant. I am not married. Will my partner's insurance cover my pregnancy?However, once the baby is born, the father can add the baby to his policy as a dependent. What help is available to families with limited incomes?
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By Mayo Clinic staffOriginal Article: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/microscopic-colitis/DS00824
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Microscopic colitis is an inflammation of the large intestine (colon) that causes persistent watery diarrhea. The disorder gets its name from the fact that it's necessary to examine colon tissue under a microscope to identify it.
There are two types of microscopic colitis:
- Collagenous colitis, in which a thick layer of protein (collagen) develops in colon tissue
- Lymphocytic colitis, in which white blood cells (lymphocytes) increase in colon tissue
It isn't known whether collagenous (kuh-LAYJ-uh-nus) colitis and lymphocytic colitis are two separate disorders or represent different phases of the same condition. However, symptoms of collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis are similar, as are testing and treatment.
The symptoms of microscopic colitis can come and go frequently. Sometimes the symptoms resolve on their own. If not, your doctor can suggest a number of effective medications.
Signs and symptoms of microscopic colitis include:
- Chronic watery diarrhea
- Abdominal pain or cramps
- Weight loss
- Nausea
- Fecal incontinence
When to see a doctor
If you have watery diarrhea that lasts more than a few days, contact your doctor so that your condition can be diagnosed and properly treated.
It's not clear what causes the inflammation of the colon found in microscopic colitis. Researchers believe that the causes may include:
- Medications that can irritate the lining of the colon
- Bacteria that produce toxins that irritate the lining of the colon
- Viruses that trigger inflammation
- Immune system problems, such as rheumatoid arthritis or celiac disease, that occur when your body's immune system attacks healthy tissues
Risk factors
Risk factors for microscopic colitis include:
- Age and gender. Microscopic colitis is most common in people ages 50 to 70 and more common in women than men.
- Immune system problems. People with microscopic colitis sometimes also have an autoimmune disorder, such as celiac disease, thyroid disease or rheumatoid arthritis.
- Smoking. Recent research studies have shown an association between tobacco smoking and microscopic colitis, especially in people ages 16 to 44.
Some research studies indicate that using certain medications may increase your risk of microscopic colitis. But not all studies agree. Medications linked to the condition include:
- Aspirin, acetaminophen (Tylenol, others), and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, others)
- Proton pump inhibitors, including lansoprazole
- Acarbose (Precose)
- Flutamide
- Ranitidine (Zantac)
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, such as sertraline (Zoloft)
- Carbamazepine
It's not clear why some people who use these medications develop microscopic colitis while others don't.
Preparing for your appointment
Here's some information to help you get ready for your appointment and know what to expect from your doctor.
What you can do
- Be aware of any pre-appointment restrictions, such as not eating solid food on the day before your appointment.
- Write down your symptoms, including when they started and how they may have changed or worsened over time.
- Take a list of all your medications, vitamins or supplements.
- Write down your key medical information, including other diagnosed conditions. Also mention if you have been hospitalized in the last few months.
- Write down key personal information, including any recent changes or stressors in your life, as well as a detailed description of your typical daily diet, including whether you usually use caffeine and alcohol.
- Write down questions to ask your doctor.
Questions to ask your doctor
Some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
- What is the most likely cause of my condition?
- Do you think my condition is temporary or chronic?
- What kinds of tests do I need?
- What treatments can help?
- If I need surgery, what will my recovery be like?
- Are there any dietary restrictions that I need to follow? Would changing my diet help?
Don't hesitate to ask questions any time you don't understand something.
What to expect from your doctor
Be ready to answer questions your doctor is likely to ask you:
- When did you begin experiencing symptoms?
- Have your symptoms been continuous or occasional?
- How many loose bowel movements are you having each day?
- How severe are your other symptoms, such as abdominal cramping and nausea?
- Has there been blood in your stools?
- Have you lost any weight?
- Have you traveled recently?
- Is anyone else sick at home with diarrhea?
- Have you been hospitalized or taken antibiotics in the last few months?
- What medications are you currently taking, and were any started in the weeks before your diarrhea began?
- What do you eat in a typical day?
- Do you use caffeine or alcohol? How much?
- Do you have celiac disease? If so, are you following a gluten-free diet?
- Do you have diabetes or thyroid disease?
- What, if anything, seems to improve your symptoms?
- What, if anything, seems to worsen your symptoms?
What you can do in the meantime
You may find some relief from persistent diarrhea by making changes to your diet:
- Eat bland, low-fat foods.
- Avoid dairy products, spicy foods, caffeine and alcohol.
Tests and diagnosis
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A complete medical history and physical examination can help determine whether other conditions may be contributing to your diarrhea, including:
- Celiac disease
- Autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis
Your doctor will ask about any medications you are taking, particularly aspirin and ibuprofen, which may increase your risk of microscopic colitis.
Tests used to diagnose microscopic colitis may include:
- Stool sample analysis to help rule out infection as the cause of persistent diarrhea.
- Blood test or upper endoscopy with biopsy to rule out celiac disease. In endoscopy, a long, thin tube with a camera on the end is used to examine the upper part of your digestive tract. A tissue sample (biopsy) may be removed for analysis in the laboratory.
- Colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy with biopsy to help rule out other intestinal disorders. Both tests use a long, thin tube with a camera on the end to examine the inside of your colon. The colons of people with microscopic colitis appear normal. A biopsy can be obtained during colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy and analyzed for signs of microscopic colitis.
Treatments and drugs
Microscopic colitis may get better on its own without treatment. But when symptoms persist or are severe, treatment may be necessary to relieve them. Doctors usually try a stepwise approach, starting with the simplest, most easily tolerated treatments.
Diet and medication changes
Treatment usually begins with changes to your diet and medications that may help relieve persistent diarrhea. Your doctor may recommend that you:
- Eat a low-fat, low-fiber diet. Foods that contain less fat and are low in fiber may help relieve diarrhea.
- Discontinue any medication that might be a cause of your symptoms. Your doctor may recommend a different medication to treat an underlying condition.
If signs and symptoms persist, your doctor may recommend:
- Anti-diarrhea medications
- Medications that block bile acids, which can contribute to diarrhea
- Steroid or anti-inflammatory medications to help control colon inflammation
- Medications that suppress the immune system to help reduce inflammation in the colon
When the symptoms of microscopic colitis are severe, and medications aren't effective, your doctor may recommend surgery to remove all or part of your colon. Surgery is a rare treatment for microscopic colitis. It is imperative that other causes of diarrhea be excluded before surgery is considered.
Lifestyle and home remedies
Changes to your diet may help relieve diarrhea that you experience with microscopic colitis. Try to:
- Drink plenty of fluids. Water is best, but fluids with added sodium and potassium (electrolytes) may help as well. Try drinking broth or watered-down fruit juice. Avoid beverages that are high in sugar or contain alcohol or caffeine, such as coffee, tea and colas, which may aggravate your symptoms.
- Choose soft, easy-to-digest foods. These include applesauce, bananas and rice. Avoid high-fiber foods such as beans, nuts and vegetables. If you feel as though your symptoms are improving, slowly add high-fiber foods back to your diet.
- Eat several small meals rather than a few large meals. Spacing meals throughout the day may ease diarrhea.
- Avoid irritating foods. Stay away from spicy, fatty or fried foods and any other foods that make your symptoms worse.
- Feldman M, et al. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2010. http://www.mdconsult.com/books/about.do?eid=4-u1.0-B978-1-4160-6189-2..X0001-7--TOP&isbn=978-1-4160-6189-2&about=true&uniqId=229935664-2192. Accessed Nov. 4, 2012.
- Collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis. National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/collagenouscolitis/index.aspx. Accessed Nov. 4, 2012.
- AskMayoExpert. Are lymphocytic and collagenous colitis treated similarly? Rochester, Minn.: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 2009.
- Pardi DS, et al. Microscopic colitis. Reviews in Basic and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2011;140:1155.
- AskMayoExpert. Does surgery have a role in management of microscopic colitis? Rochester, Minn.: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 2009.
- Chetty R, et al. Lymphocytic and collagenous colitis: An overview of so-called microscopic colitis. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2012; 9:209.
- AskMayoExpert. Should all patients with microscopic colitis be tested for celiac disease? Rochester, Minn.: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 2009.
- Nutrition therapy for diarrhea. Nutrition Care Manual. American Dietetic Association. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:kL8NLFTBEt8J:nutritioncaremanual.org/vault/editor/Docs/DiarrheaNutritionTherapy_FINAL.pdf+nutrition+therapy+for+diarrhea&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShCAF64UkfWELX-_iienWkqA6SM2sk2HKe8HmEr5fOT-ZLzW9hbdwSoOuVhxjn4IykLy1popBOTKYxVT2hrPhqImrzpW_kzIhxffQ5ZNDkMp_lwP13vX8Xl1FmjaWJ5QDNzHQBg&sig=AHIEtbQw86uZbSC8HTTPMg8rQFWkFBHbPA. Accessed Nov.4, 2012.


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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured an elephant on Mars — well, actually, it's an elephant-shaped lava flow in Elysium Planitia on Mars.
The picture provides one more Martian example of the phenomenon known as "pareidolia," in which our eyes and brain can be coaxed to see familiar patterns in unfamiliar settings. Pareidolia is the best explanation for the Face on Mars, the Mermaid on Mars ... and even the Happy Face on Mars.
The Elephant Face on Mars also provides a glimpse of the geological changes that shaped the Red Planet over the course of billions of years.
"Flood lavas cover extensive areas, and were once thought to be emplaced extremely rapidly, like a flood of water," University of Arizona planetary geologist Alfred McEwen, the principal investigator for the orbiter's HiRISE camera, wrote in an image advisory issued on Wednesday.
"Most lava floods on Earth are emplaced over years to decades, and this is probably true for much of the lava on Mars as well," McEwen said. "An elephant can walk away from the slowly advancing flow front. However, there is also evidence for much more rapidly flowing lava on Mars, a true flood of lava. In this instance, maybe this elephant couldn't run away fast enough."
This picture served as today's "Where in the Cosmos" puzzle on the Cosmic Log Facebook page, and it took about an hour for Odies Neel to come up with the full story behind the image. Odies will be getting a pair of 3-D glasses in the mail as a reward — as will Seth Deitch and Jonce Matilovski, who came close to the mark.
Over the past six years, HiRISE (which stands for the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) has sent back more than 22,000 images of the Martian surface, including 2,444 3-D anaglyph images that should give those red-blue glasses a good workout. Check out the HiRISE website and NASA's Mars exploration portal page for all the pictures.
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Comment: The only thing that would make sense... (Score 4, Interesting) 261
...is that this instance is run by FBI.
I don't see other reason why anyone would take the risk without - at least - a massive security technology change.
...is that this instance is run by FBI.
I don't see other reason why anyone would take the risk without - at least - a massive security technology change.
Either that, or missing mysql_escape_string.
If you are not actually _hosting_ the game (in which case you are f-ed, because you simply need to examine all the packets by yourself, but from the fact you were not talking about any server I somehow suppose that you are just connecting), carrier-grade or similar NAT perfectly solves this problem. Your ISP should be able to hide you in an inner network in no time this way.
Stop whining for money.
Stop envying money.
Stop money.
It will be cool.
FYI there's a whole lot of 32bit ARM CPUs around, placed in pretty much everything.
On the other hand, more stuff they block, more users will opt out. I guess it can easily become a "traditional first thing you do with Internet", like removing IE and installing fox/chrome is now.
all this "polls" nonsense is useless now. Just ask NSA, they know what you'd say.
The single best thing about GitLab is the usage concept. The whole thing screams "Hey, use me, it will work correctly, look nicely and there will be a bonus feature!"
We were using Redmine+gitolite for issues&code review&hosting before, and the programmers didn't really like to touch it very much because there was a plenty of form-filling for every issue/milestone, git integration was somehow weird, etc. I was surprised how migration to GitLab improved the way they document&fix stuff and help each other with their work.
Programmers love GitLab.
To be honest, the updates aren't such a big deal. I was running and upgrading it through versions 2.x to 5.1 (or whatever is recent), and all updates went like:
- git fetch
- git checkout version-x.y
- copypaste upgrade script commands from the web
- service gitlab restart
there has not been a single error in the upgrade process, ever.
If in doubt, add one more complexity layer.
...someone has been using Internets as a backup machine?
Moreover, I'm kindof expecting something like "Eric Schmidt buys SpaceX and travels to Mars" in following weeks.
If you had better tools, you could more effectively demonstrate your total incompetence.


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If things and times had been different, he would have been taking her off to a nice dinner at some nice restaurant that normal teenagers wouldn't dream about being able to afford. If things were different, he'd be picking her up at her house in his newest sports car to drive her off to said dinner and maybe a movie afterward. But that wasn't how things would be. No. Tonight, he set up a nice picnic-style dinner in the conservatory. The food wasn't fancy and didn't consist of fancy pasta and steak dishes. Instead it consisted of Tortino pizza rolls, bagged salad with Italian dressing and white grape juice in plastic champange glasses. There were the small candles set up with some soft music playing somewhere within the glassed-in room. And then there was Julian. He was sitting in one of the wicker chairs, dressed in a pair of nice pants and a button down shirt with a small box sitting in his lap. And he waited. Very patiently. Sofia had serious been debating on whether she should come or not. She was supposed to be making a point. Ever since they had left the cabin in the woods, she hadn't spoken to him or even looked in his general direction outside of training, but...he was making an effort and no matter how upset she was about how he viewed things, she could look beyond his words and his ego and see him for who he really was. He was a nice guy. He tried to treat her right, at least it looked that way. She felt she needed to give him a chance, some sort of try anyway. So here she was in her nicest clothes. Her hair was left down, and she felt weird. Nothing was right. Everything was wrong, and she was going to see a guy she wasn't supposed to be talking to, but it was Valentine's Day. That was a day when everything could be set aside, right? She pushed the door to the conservatory open, biting her lip. There was a small envelope in her hand. She wasn't exactly getting an allowance, so she couldn't buy him anything. Instead, she made him something. "Hello?" She called nervously sticking her head in the door. Julian nearly fell out of the chair when he heard the door open and the voice. He was relieved. Completely so that she had showed up. He quickly stood from where he sat and ran a hand through his hair. She looked so nice. Beautiful. It fit his nickname for her, whether she liked it or not. No. He wasn't going to call her that. He had sworn to himself that he would do his best to not do anything or say anything that upset her tonight. He was trying to make up for the misunderstanding last month and he thought he was doing a pretty okay job. He took a few steps over to her and smiled. "Here." He handed her the small box and shoved his hands into his pockets. "Happy Valentine's Day. Oh, and--" he paused and stepped aside, gesturing to the small dinner. "I know it's not much, but I figured it was the thought that counted. And, hey, you get to spend the evening with me." He laughed, trying to joke and make light since she certainly looked nervous. Inside the box, once she opened it, she would find a gold chain with gold dove pendant on it. This was...not what she had expected. It was really thoughtful. It was really nice. He looked just as nervous as she felt, which caused her to relax a little more. Pulling her hair behind her ear, she offered her envelope, with the handmade card inside and took the box in exchange. "Happy Valentine's Day." The words came really quietly as she kind of stared at the box. He'd gotten her something. It was odd to feel how she did, not being able to get him a real gift like she wanted, especially when he'd managed to get something for her. She honestly hadn't even thought of Valentine's Day with him. That thought alone made her feel kind of bad. "You did not have to go through all this trouble...we are not..." They weren't what? She hadn't even opened the box yet, she was just...flipping it over in her hands, but he had gotten it for her and the curiosity was killing her. Brows furrowed as she heard the chain slide around inside before opening it. "Wow. It is...it is beautiful, Julian." No one had ever done anything like this before. She wasn't sure how she was supposed to act. She inhaled. Exhaled. "Thank you." And then she smiled. A certain weight had certainly lifted from his shoulders and he nodded. Glancing down at the envelope, Julian opened it, pulling the card from it. He smiled, reading it over multiple times before flipping it around a few times. He really did love her hand-made cards and thought they were better than any store bought Hallmark thing he could find. His smiled widened when she finally opened the box and shrugged a bit. "I'm glad you liked it. It...reminded me of you." He wasn't sure how, but when he had seen it, all he could think of was Sofia at that moment. Maybe it had to do with the wind and flying and the air and birds. Yeah. Something like that. "So! How about those pizza rolls, huh? Best pizza rolls out there." He was sure Fred could make better since Fred could make anything better, but Tortino pizza rolls were the god of all pizza rolls. He turned to head over to the small blanket and paused, turning a bit to look behind him, back at her and offered her his hand to take. She was happy he looked so pleased at the card. She'd drawn lame little hearts on it, and signed it...and put his name in there somewhere, if he looked hard enough he'd be able to find it. Maybe not today, but one day, within all the squiggles she drew. It was a nice thought. It really was. Because he'd notice it and see how much work she'd actually put into it. She'd been messing with it all day. It was a wonder her fingers weren't stained with ink. He said the dove reminded him of her, and she could think of lots of ways, but didn't want to do that right now, not when he was talking about pizza rolls. She was starving. The girl had been working so hard on the card, that she hadn't eaten yet. She didn't even realize it until the smell of food registered. When he offered his hand, she slipped her hand in it and smiled. "I think I am going to die before I get to anything in me." She laughed. "Julian. Will you help me put this on?" She said holding the box up to him. Julian paused in mid-step and glanced back at her. "Oh. Sure. Of course." He nodded and took the necklace from the box. Setting the box on a small wicker end table, he moved behind her. Working with the claw hook for a moment, Julian reached around her and let the charm rest against neck. He was never particularly good at this and when he finally managed to hook the necklace, he tried to move her hair from under the chain. He made a face when it got a bit caught and carefully worked the few strands free from the delicate chain until it seemed to lay nicely against her neck. He moved back around and smiled, satisfied with how it looked. He had done a bang up job with picking it out. "Just as I thought. Looks fantastic on you, beau--" He paused and glanced down, rubbing at the back of his neck. "It looks fantastic on you, Sofia." He paused and finally sat down on the fuzzy blanket he had set on the floor and held out his hand once more to offer assistance to her when she decided to sit. She could feel the cool metal drag against her skin, along with the brush of his fingertips as he tried to move her hair out of the way. She tried to stay still while he did it, but she wanted to look at him while he was this close. Maybe it was a bad idea to let him do it, because...well they were alone. Usually when they were alone, she seemed to forget why she was angry at him. He felt different. She felt different. Everything was different and kind of perfect in a way. It was odd how it worked out. When she thought about it long enough, some of the things he said were right, even if half of it was wrong. They didn't come from the same background though, and she had to take it into account at times. When he'd called her by her name, she took his hand and let him sit her down in front of the pizza rolls. "Everything looks wonderful." She said noting the bagged salad. Really, he'd gone all out. Pizza rolls were easy, but the salad? It was a nice touch. This was so cute she was half tempted to skip the dinner and just throw herself on him, but she was hungry so she picked up a pizza roll and fed it to him. "Thank you, Julian. You are looking very nice tonight too." It was half a ploy to keep him from talking, really, not that she didn't want him to talk, but once he opened his mouth, he'd find pizza roll in it. And it was truly the best pizza roll that he'd ever eaten. He already liked them, but having one fed to him by Sofia? Even better. He grinned around the roll, chewing it thoroughly before swallowing. "And you look quite lovely yourself." He'd already mentioned that, hadn't he. How she looked nice or lovely. He really couldn't remember what he had said, but he had said it. Things seemed to be going well in his favor so far. He wasn't pretending or acting. That was important. He didn't want her to think he was. He just wasn't use to not acting. Licking his lips, he picked up one of the plastic glasses and poured some of the white grape juice in to it and handed it to her. He, then, poured himself his own glass and held it up to her with a wide grin. "Cheers." The next moment, he tapped the plastic against plastic and drank down some of the juice in one, healthy gulp. He was quiet for another minute, for once, and finally sighed. "I'm sorry about the cabin thing. I really didn't mean for it ot happen like that. I really had every intention of finding that stupid group and .. yeah." He paused, glancing over at her and sighed. "Okay, so maybe I thought it would be cool to spend some time alone like that, but I didn't, like, plan anything. I just ... wanted you to know." After she popped it in his mouth, she popped one in her own and oh god, it was the best. She figured it was because she was so hungry, but it was good regardless, real good and she was loving it. "You said that already." Was her only response to him around the food in her mouth, hand lifted over it for politeness. Her eyes had nearly rolled into the back of her head when she bit into the pizza goodness. The drink was also very much appreciated as she smiled while the plastic cups tapped against each other. "Cheers." She said taking a healthy gulp of her own. She was starting to feel a little dizzy, but that was only because of the sudden rush of food and drink. It caused her to sway a little, but her body righted itself soon enough. It'd really been the first time that she'd ever heard him talk like that. Usually he was brimming with bravado of some sort, but when he talked now. When he said what he did about the cabin. His tone, his facial expression made her feel like she could trust that everything hadn't been a ploy or a trap. She couldn't think of a reason for him to tell her that, not while she was here unless he just wanted to. She was here, that meant something didn't it. She reached out taking his hand in hers and gave it a squeeze. "It does not matter." She meant it truthfully, because honestly. It was one of the nicer things that had happened to her since everything went crazy. He was one of the nicer things that happened to her since everything went crazy. She didn't think he understood that. Scooting closer to him on the blanket. She leaned over and pressed her lips against his. "Thank you, Julian." He had been something for her to focus on, something to guide her, even if he did not do it on purpose. He calmed her. He enraged her. He gave her direction. It was weird how that all worked out. He helped her define herself positively and negatively. "For everything." Well, then. He wasn't expecting that. Not at all. He wasn't about to complain, though. Heavens no. Julian grinned wide and chuckled, shrugging a bit. "I do what I can, you know." He laughed again and licked his lips after she kissed him. It was nicer than he had ever imagined and he'd give anything for another one. "You know, that was pretty nice. Mind giving me another one?" He smiled and leaned down closer to her, letting his lips linger closer to hers as he waited to see just what she would do. All she could do was shake her head really. He was absolutely incorrigible, though at times she wondered what it was like to be brimming with that much confidence. "Well...since you asked me so nicely." She said with a laugh and cant of her head. "I can not see why not..." Her voice dropped a little lower as he moved closer to her, gaze lowered to his lips for a moment before lifting to his eyes. It was scary to make contact like that. The eyes were the windows to the soul, and she felt like he could see everything she was feeling. Everything. Her eyes stared into his for a beat longer before they fluttered closed. Leaning closer, she pressed her lips against his again. This time the kiss had started off pretty slow and tentative, because had asked for it, but it lasted longer than the last one. In fact, their lips only parted when she needed to go up for air before pressing against his again. Her grip on his hand tightened a bit, though not in a strangling sort of way. He had to be careful. He didn't want to...go too far or let himself go too much. Not that he was going to press her against the floor and have his way with her, but they were young and, yeah, he had made out with his fair share of girls, but they didn't mean anything to Julian. Not like Sofia did. Fingers fiddling with her hair as he kissed her, lips gentle against hers, Julian pulled away when she did and smiled down at her. He finally let the strand of hair untwist from his finger and sat back a bit, taking another drink of the juice. "So, this mean you'll be my girlfriend now?" The lack of pressure was a good decision on his part. There was no telling how bad she might have freaked out of he attempted to lay her out on the floor or feel her up, though...the latter might not have had as adverse an effect as the former. It was still good that he was taking it slow, though. It gave her a sense of security, calm, and control. As long as there was some semblance of all those, everything would be fine. When he pulled a way, she chewed her lower lip. Then he asked a funny question, which caused her to cant her head and give him a look. "Are you asking me to be?" Like he really had to ask. Well, no. He did have to ask, but she didn't have to ask if he was serious. Julian grinned and nodded. "Yeah. Yeah, I am. You want to?" Since, well, while he wanted her as his girlfriend and he was fairly sure that anyone would want him as their boyfriend, he would be polite and ask. Being polite had gotten him quite a bit this evening, after all. It was silly to stop now. "It'll be fun." It was an off the wall way of saying 'yes' when she'd asked if he was asking, or was it? Some girls liked to lure boys into traps and then shoot them down. Sofia wasn't one of these kind of girls, though. It was kind of a roundabout way of asking if he was sure it was something he wanted. She pulled a lock of hair behind her ear and smiled. Wow, she was probably all obvious with the size of the grin locked on her features. She felt silly, a little scared, and her heart was racing a mile a minute. A lot of people weren't going to understand any of this and in all honesty, she really didn't care. "I would like that, yes." |


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One such firm is FinancialForce.com, a cloud applications company.
�We have a very aggressive hiring plan and an aggressive growth plan,� Jeremy Roche, President and CEO of FinancialForce, told StreetID. �It is our intention to keep doubling up the business.�
�We are recruiting across the entire business,� he added. �At the moment we are [looking for] sales people, research and development, consulting and support.� The consulting positions include accounting, media and billing, and professional services automation.
FinancialForce is currently hiring for its offices in San Francisco, California; Manchester, New Hampshire; and the United Kingdom. �Some of the roles that we have are location-specific, but many of our roles aren't,� said Roche. �Although the time zones occasionally [create] a challenge, the fact that we've been able to recruit in multiple locations has helped us get the skills and the people that we wanted.�
On that note, Roche said that his company has one rule. �We try and avoid anyone who is an individual contributor reporting to a manger who's in another country,� he said. �That was a learning thing that we got through when we had cross-Atlantic reporting with too many individuals contributors working for a single manager in another country. And then you run out of time because you can't communicate enough with everyone. That's the only real rule for a lot of our roles.
�Things like a sales role, they'll typically either be in San Francisco or they might be out in our enterprise sales, they'll typically be working out of their home office in territory. But things like support, R&D -- even consulting to an extent -- we'll take across territory and across country.�
In describing FinancialForce�s company culture, Roche said that one of his fundamental beliefs is that businesses are �inherently social.�
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�As an employee, I would have to say he's telling the truth,� said Sandra Lo, Director of Public Relations at FinancialForce. �I've only been here two months now, but my first impression is still how I feel today: it's a very open and collaborative culture.�
Lo said that during her first week at the company she received help from Roche after running into some IT trouble. �It's a very flat culture in terms of everyone really does pitch in to get the job done,� she said. �It's fun. It's very productive, too, because I think people actually enjoy the environment. I love working here. It's a very positive culture.�
�You spend more time at work than you spend on pretty much anything else, even sleeping,� Roche added. �So you really need to enjoy it because that's what makes you productive.
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�It comes back to diversity,� said Roche. �You have life skills from being a mother that actually brings a benefit here.�
Lo was surprised by this assessment. �Really?� she asked.
�I believe so,� Roche replied. �Look at Debbie, who's our VP of R&D. She has two young children, she lives in the U.K. and pretty much works U.S. hours and she balances her life around it. Her organization skills, even in what she does in R&D, are upped by her organization skills in her own life. You've got to have the skills for the job, but it's about people who have the right attitude and the right approach."
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When I was a baby, I was allergic to bandaids. I would get a rash after a day or so of having it on my skin. My parents weren't worried about it since it's common for babies. Over the years I'd get painful, itchy rashes from things but I couldn't figure out what they were from. It bugged me but I ignored it.
When I was 15 we started wondering if I was allergic to latex, but it wasn't confirmed until I was 16. I was in my chemistry class and I got a rash from the goggles they used all around my eyes. It made me famous around the science teachers because that hadn't ever happened to a student before. Apparently it has very little latex.
Over the next couple of years, we've found that I'm abnormally sensitive to it. Anything will set it off. Even rubber bands and tiny little things. Sometimes I can't even find the rash because it's so small. A few months after the goggles incident I found out that I can also get sick by just being around it. Pink erasers are the worst, but I've gotten sick from being around shoes with rubber soles too.
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I have to be ten feet away from latex things to not react to it. Some people don't believe me on that, and they find out the hard way that I'm not kidding. I've found if you tell people firmly but nicely what happens and why to be careful with erasers and such around you; they usually get it and respect it. Only today did I have to start putting my shoes in the cabinet while I'm in my dorm room so I won't get sick. I told my friends this and now they close their closet curtains in their own dorm rooms when I'm there.
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We love this set. My daughter got it for christmas, and she dresses up with it quite frequently. The clothing is not made like "real" clothing, which is to be expecte...Read complete review
We love this set. My daughter got it for christmas, and she dresses up with it quite frequently. The clothing is not made like "real" clothing, which is to be expected, because it is only for pretend... The sizes are just fine. my daughter was 6 when she got this and is an average size. Not sure how big these other children are - but fits my child just fine. There's a lot in the trunk, my only complaint is that the tiara snapped the first day, but otherwise we LOVE it! The trunk is also awesome for fitting many many ore dress up costumes.
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This item was a birthday gift for my daughter... I have a 3yr old and a 1yr old and its already falling apart... The ear ring flower fell off, the pom poms...Read complete review
This item was a birthday gift for my daughter... I have a 3yr old and a 1yr old and its already falling apart... The ear ring flower fell off, the pom poms fall apart, we have only been playing with this for 6 days and one of the dresses ripped and are falling apart... its not very cheap either... for the amount of money you pay for this i would never expect it to be so CHEAP! DON'T BUY THIS... we also got the 32 piece party for 4 glamour set as a gift and it is a waste of money as well.... I would not ever recomend to buy anything dream dazzler very poorly made...
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My granddaughter will be so happy with this trunk
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By A little princess' Mommy...
from Orlando, Fl
About Me Working Parent
This product is terrible! My 3yo hadn't even had it for an hour and one of the skirts ripped. Now, one of the tops is ripped...Poor, Poor product!!! Do Not Waste your $$!!
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Dress Up Trunk
By Mother of 3 and expecting another
from Chino, CA
About Me Parent Of Two Or More Children
This was a gift for a very girly 4 year old. She absolutely loved it. Plenty of options and accessories. The trunk is a plus for storage. I would definitely buy it again as a gift.
Great Dress Up Trunk
By 3 girls and a boy
from Monroe, NY
About Me Parent Of Multiples (Twins etc), Parent Of Two Or More Children
Lots of costume choices for your girls to pretend play and have hours of fun.
princess like but jewelry isn't the best
By Akamom
from Richmond, VA
About Me First Time Parent, Working Parent
The price is good for all the pretend play dress up clothes. You get a lot of looks for the price. But the accessories are awful. The earrings broke the first day when they fell of her ears. The princess crown is cheap. However my little one loves the clothes. It came all in a cute chest for storage but its cardboard so we will see how it holds up.
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By grandma
from Montville, NJ
My granddaughter, 2 years old and very tall for her age, loves dressing up with all the accessories. I was concerned about the high heels, but they seem safe enough for a toddler. The pom poms keep losing the metallic strings and we're keeping the smaller jewelry pieces from her until she's older. But I was happy that the dresses fit well enough with room for growth.
Dress up anyone?
By justtinac46
from Phoenix, Az
<y granddaughter just loves this and plays dress up for hours! Great investment!
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By Mama Dawn
from Weston, CT
About Me Collector, Education Oriented, Parent Of Multiples (Twins etc), Parent Of Two Or More Children, Stay At Home Parent
I am VERY disappointed in this product. Purchased three for my three daughters and within minutes, they were ripped, broken, unglued, etc. Needless to say my daughters were VERY sad that their "beautiful" princess clothes were pure garbage! They actually cried that they wouldnt be able to dress-up any longer.On a personal note, I am extremely disappointed and disheartened, that its business as usual, in selling another over-priced peice of garbage! and marketing it as "dress-up clothes"!
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By Working mom
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My daugher got this for her birthday and she loves to play with it!! Good bargin for almost 40 pieces toys inside!! what do you expect?! Love it!!
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By Mom of a girl who LOVES to dress up
from Kingston , New Brunswick.
About Me Parent Of Two Or More Children, Stay At Home Parent
My daughter received this as a birthday gift for her second birthday , she loved everything in , it was a perfect gift for her. However , we've had it less than a week now and the clip on earrings that come with it , have tiny rose buds attatched to them , the rose buds all fell off. The want broke within minutes , the clothes have already started to tare , mostly on the clothing piece she wears the most. The shoes little décor ripped off almost instant and the crown doesn't have a grip to stay on her head. She doesn't seem to notice most of these tiny things , but for the price they ask the quality of things should be a little bit better. She plays with in no-stop so I am happy she is happy. But beware not to waste your money on this if you have a child who loves to play dress up , as the products won't stand up.
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The Dead Man's Brother by Roger Zelazny
If Roger Zelazny's best science fiction and fantasy novels are strikingly Chandlerian, was there ever a Zelaznyesque crime novel? Not until the surfacing of The Dead Man's Brother, a "lost" manuscript probably written in 1970 or 1971.
That's when Zelazny was at the height of his powers, the same general era that bore a long string of excellent science fiction novels and some stunningly innovative fantasies like Jack of Shadows, probably my very favorite Zelazny book.
The Dead Man's Brother was discovered by Zelazny's agent Kirby McCauley, and somehow ended up with Hard Case Crime — the perfect home for it. I'm going to guess it ended up with HCC both because the publishing world outside the science fiction community never seemed to quite "get" Zelazny, and because Trent Zelazny, the elder Zelazny's son, is a huge fan of noir fiction. (He's also quite an author in his own right.)
Whatever the provenance of Brother's happy home, it couldn't fit anywhere better than right where it is. The Dead Man's Brother is about an art-thief-turned-art-dealer who gets mixed up in a plot involving the CIA, the Vatican, and a rebel movement in the jungles of Brazil. Do you need to know anything more? Nope, because the second you pick it up you'll blink, look around, and wonder how two or three hours have passed. You will have slurped the damn thing down and I only hope, for your sake, you haven't been reading on public transportation. If you have, you might want to check if you might have gotten rolled, and also investigate which city and/or state you've ended up in. It's that good, that hard, that fast, that impossible to put down.
Does it work? Hell's bells, does it work! The Dead Man's Brother is a fast-paced, gorgeous piece of crime fiction that would have fit as easily beneath the pulp cover Hard Case put on it or the weird photo-covers they put on mainstream international thrillers in those days. And wherever it had gone, it would have been rhapsodic poetry, cover to cover, and that's what it is today. If crime is your poison, this is one of the best. It's quick, hard, brutal, and uncompromising. But there are other authors who can do that…some as well, or almost as well, as Zelazny. What The Dead Man's Brother brings to the table that is absolutely unique is the Zelazny feel…dour, world-weary, erudite, clever, unimpressed by human foibles but in love with the arts and the good life and the wicked twist of a phrase or a sentence that nobody seems to be expecting.
Speaking of weird '70s thriller photo-covers, I remember shelf after shelf in my grandparents' house, packed with the half-trashy, half-snooty paperbacks that Zelazny was probably imitating. If it was published in the seventies and it had a cover with a .25 Beretta, a Gold Krugerrand and a tube of lipstick on the cover, that's the genre Zelazny was aping here. He blew them all out of the water in a book he never even bothered to get published. Here, he skunks Helen MacInnes; he drop-kicks Alistair MacLean; he spanks Ian Fleming and sends him home crying. For what it's worth, The Dead Man's Brother even gives John LeCarre a wedgie.
But since I brought up LeCarre, it's worth considering for a moment where international thrillers like The Spy Who Came In From the Cold deviate from international thrillers like The Dead Man's Brother. I think it's important, to me at least, in figuring out why Zelazny and LeCarre occupy very different niches in my pantheon of genre writers.
My one beef with Zelazny has always been that he never seemed to push himself in dealing with deeper themes. Though his life seems to have had its share of drama — as does everyone's — most of his work seems to only hint at a depth of inner experience.
Meanwhile John LeCarre is at times as brilliant a stylist as Zelazny, but LeCarre's action scenes and incidences of physical jeopardy and emotional tension lack the intensity I crave in my crime novels. As an amateur student of British history, I find generalizations about the "English character" deeply distasteful, but there's no escaping the fact that for my American tastes, LeCarre is usually if not always far too polite. If even the boneheaded Ian Fleming could be bothered to thrill at violence now and then, doesn't it stand to reason that a competent writer like LeCarre, whose ideas reflect a bona-fide political existentialism at times, would bring an urgency to his violent scenes that matches or exceeds other spy writers who don't seem to have a deep or wounded sense of life's futility and beauty?
Sadly…not really. LeCarre has written effective scenes of menace, to my mind, in only two novels — the aforementioned The Spy Who Came in… and Our Game. He tried with Absolute Friends, but never got there because by the time on-screen violence occurs, the novel has long since lapsed into pedantry. Most of LeCarre's works in the interim have been weak on the action and long on the slow.
Why I mention it here is that LeCarre's works, on the other hand, feature the intensely powerful interpersonal and political themes that I always want from a stylist as evocative as Zelazny, but never quite get. In The Dead Man's Brother, Zelazny unquestionably comes closer to those interpersonal insights and real-world intensity than he did anywhere else, with the exception of his brilliant early short stories and novellas.
It may sound like a strange observation, but I think if Zelazny had gone the direction that The Dead Man's Brother seemed to have been taking him, there's a chance he might have gotten there. Zelazny certainly had the brains and the balls to understand how the world works, on an interpersonal, geopolitical and historical level, and the humanity to care. The fact that he seems to have remained largely apolitical in his writing may not be an absolute of his personality, and it might have changed in the environment that '70s crime novels would have represented. Not having known the man, I wouldn't really know.
Anyway, back to The Dead Man's Brother itself, with which I have no beef whatsoever — "deeper themes" be damned, it's one of the best crime novels ever written.
The aforementioned Trent Zelazny, the Z-man's son, speculates in his afterword that his father did not plan the book as his "breakthrough," but rather just wrote what was in his brain. He says that at the time it was (probably) written, Zelazny was reading a lot of crime fiction, so it makes sense he would have headed this direction…knowing Roger Z's writing, it does seem unlikely that he sat down and planned it out as a career move. From what I can tell, he wrote what he loved at any given moment…a habit that is in keeping with his visceral love of language.
If you're an aspiring action writer, there is no better tutorial on how to write action scenes than reading The Dead Man's Brother alongside Zelazny's Damnation Alley. If you're a science fiction or fantasy fan, it doesn't get better than Zelazny's writing in either genre, especially some of his his stunning early short stories and novellas.
But regardless of whether you give a damn about science fiction or Roger Zelazny, if you appreciate a crime thriller that punches you in the face so hard you have to go looking for your molars about six blocks over, grab The Dead Man's Brother and see how it's done.
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"Northern Lights Small Giftset - Meredith
A medium blue linen exterior complements the woven plaid lining in tones of blue, white, lavender and yellow; features Plum Blossom, Evening Musk and Citrus Pettitgrain fragrances.
Northern Lights Candles Giftsets. Proven best sellers, these giftsets are designed to hold a variety of candles in beautiful fabric-covered boxes that can be reused for photos, jewelry and keepsakes. The box is completely lined and then trimmed with satin ribbons and a decorative closure.
Small Giftset dimensions: 5.75"" X 5.75"" X 3.75"" - Giftset contains one small vase and three votives.
Medium Giftset dimensions: 7.75"" X 6.5"" X 4.25"" - Giftset contains one medium vase and six votives.
Large Giftset dimensions: 9.75"" X 7.5"" X 4.5"" - Giftset contains two small vases and nine votives.
Northern Lights Candles are available in these fine different giftset collections: Sarah, Ashley, Victoria, Heather, Rose, Hannah, Grace, Emily, Lena, Stella, Julia, Meredith, Chelsea, Rebecca and Olivia. "
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