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Tempus fugit, baby. And how. Oh, the cruelty of passport renewal.
The last time they took your two-by-two-inch photo, back in the day, you were OK-looking, even in that ghoulish post office fluorescence. You didn't think you looked OK at the time, but it turns out you were incorrect.
You should have appreciated the medium-attractive looks you had. Standard rather than "interesting," but, you know, so what? You could have taken pleasure in them! You could have used them to get people to sleep with you and buy you things!
Particularly in light of recent events. Recent events being that your looks seem to have gone away. Just straight down the toity.
This time when they took your passport picture—oy. When you playfully placed it next to your old photo, it was like . . . like what? Like something you can't quite remember. Oh no, oh god, you've got it now. You know those before and after pictures of crystal meth addicts? How they looked before they started snorting crystal meth (attractive) and after (ruined)? And you thought, lord in heaven, these poor people are so far gone they don't see what's happened to them! That is so sad!
But that is what your two passport pictures look like. Before and after. Of course, the "after" is not as bad as the crystal meth people, but it is more like than not. All you would need to do is not wash your hair for two weeks and you would look exactly alike.
You just didn't see that things had gotten to this point. You knew, but you didn't know. You weren't thinking enough about why Hispanic people now call you mami, and why the only men who flirt with you are very drunk and live in subway tunnels.
You used to have gums between the tops of your teeth but now your gums are retreating—like the tide, only never to return. Now you have gums only above your upper teeth and below your lower teeth, but in between your teeth is empty space. That's why you are so often getting a sesame seed stuck there. In order to dislodge the seed, you have to shoot some air through that space, directing the air with your tongue. And then the seed is out, but it's usually on someone's sport coat lapel or fresh white blouse, and you have to flick it off while you both pretend not to be dismayed.
You have so many flossing regrets.
Also, the front of your hair is missing. Like your gums, your hairline is ebbing. If this trend continues, by next Tuesday you are going to look like George Washington or Queen Victoria. If it continues further, you will be an old lady whose remaining hair can be rolled onto one roller, and the girl at the salon will have to spend an hour fluffing out the wisps. You will look like a dandelion going to seed.
Absent too, now, is your chin line. Your chin used to join your neck via a horizontal line to your throat. Now, instead, that line goes straight down from your chin to the two little bony knobs at the base of your neck. You have the profile of a bullfrog.
When did your lips turn the same color as your face? When did it happen that you had to paint your lips with lipstick so it looks like you have any?
All the contours of your face are getting blurrier, out of focus. You had sort of counted on getting into sharper focus as you got older so that you would be all lines, in a good way: cheekbones, jawline. A Myrna Loy type. Now you see you are going to be more of a Shirley Booth type. A doughy type. A puffy type. A type that looks like she drinks too much, even if you gave it up. Why did you give it up if you're going to look like this anyway?
For that matter, if you're going to look like this anyway, you could have been taking drugs all these years and walking around in a total, fantastic, irresponsible stupor. You could have not filed your taxes, slept until three o'clock, ordered in. You could have tossed the dirty cat food cans right into the regular trash instead of rinsing them out—instead of having to touch those stubborn pieces of disgusting cat food that cling to the side of the can—and placing them in the recycling bin. You could have not signed up for trick-or-treaters at your door on Halloween.
My god, you could have skipped Curriculum Night. No, no, mustn't dwell on the might-have-beens. That way lies self-pity.


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Kellie Pickler Happy With Week Two Performance On Dancing With The Stars
March 27, 2013 11:32 AM by Stephanie Gustafson
Often, contestants on Dancing with the Stars find that there's a bit of an adjustment period. If they can make it through the first week or two without getting booted, the process of learning and performing new dance styles gets a lot easier. Such is the case for Kellie Pickler, who impressed in week two with a great contemporary jazz number.
Between a huge fan base and a spot at the top of the leader board, it looks like Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough may have what it takes to win season 16 of Dancing with the Stars. While she looked very confident out on the dance floor this week, Kellie said that it took a lot of work to get past her dancing nerves.
You'd never guess it, but Kellie was really nervous about performing last week. Fortunately, she was able to relax a bit once she'd gotten the first performance out of the way. During a recent interview with On the Red Carpet, the country singer confessed, "I definitely feel more comfortable this week. Last week was the first show…so overwhelming. I'm still running on adrenaline."
Derek is impressed with Kellie's progress thus far and feels that the singer is capable of even more. "I've already played around with a few moves that are more daring…I'm going to keep it in my back pocket for later." So, assuming Kellie and Derek aren't voted off (and how tragic would it be if that happened?!), viewers can expect some exciting choreography in the near future.
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Sunday 23rd December.
Coffee at 07:30 sharp
Following a surprisingly restful night on the giant beds we are up and about and showered by 6AM. After I had made a couple of trips to the car to retrieve different suitcases - the shoe case, the hair equipment case, the teddy bear case - you get the picture. We walked over to Starbucks and enjoyed a coffee sitting outside at 07:30 in the morning. We then made our way to the Golden Corral where a hearty breakfast was consumed. Back to the room pack up and head off to Wal Mart. For some members of the party reaching Wal Mart confirms that we are indeed - 'Home' We trudge the endless miles of aisles to collect a couple of essentials and some last minute Christmas shopping. We decided that there was little point spending our first night in a Disney resort as we would be too tired to appreciate much. Hence the first night stop at Best Western. Now we are moving on site for a couple of days. We decide to check in at Coronado Springs - what a beautiful resort! It really does not seem that busy either. There is a queue of about 5 people at check in. We are allocated room 2257 in the Casitas.
After a little unpacking we set out to have a look around. We decide to dine at the Pepper Market. Diane and I both have the beef fajita. After eating we pop back to the room for the kids to get changed for the pool. We head over to the pool and the kids set about getting wet. After a short time they decide they want to go on the slide. A lifeguard intervenes to point out that Georgina is too little to use the slide unless an adult is present in the pool. I jump in the pool in my clothes - thereby complying with the safety requirements.
I am rewarded with a frozen Siesta Margarita. Wet clothes are not such an issue after a Margarita I find. After swimming we head back to El Centro to grab some food - Georgina has some Fruit Loops and Lucy had an ice cream. Seems like a strange tea - but hey, it's a holiday. A wonderful Disney chap is giving away iced gingerbread and apple cider - very festive!
Back to the room and we all crashed. Awoke in the night and Diane said she was feeling really ill. Sickness. After another couple of hours I felt much the same.
Monday 24th December.
Diane and I both are really ill. Trying to drink little bits of water. Kids are brilliant! So well behaved. In the end we struggle out to Super Target. Get some more last minute Christmas things. Head back to CSR. The kids want to swim again so we head out to the pool. This time we borrow a life vest from the marina which allows Georgina to use the slide. Georgina and Lucy have fun in the pool. Diane and I sit out of the sun and look green. Get some chicken fingers for the kids for tea. Diane and I manage a couple of chips each. Stop off at El Centro on the way back and there is Santa! Get some pictures and head back to the room.
I crash out and Diane watches Muppet Christmas Carol with the girls. The girls make short work of a packet of Mickey pretzels. Santa manages to find us and the kids are up at about 4AM.


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Why would a father blow up his house with his sons inside?
Posted in Children & Parenting, Crime, Current Affairs, Relationships on Feb 6th, 2012
Visit my blog article at Khiron House to find out why it is often so painful and so difficult for fathers to be separated from their children.
Benjamin Fry works across a range of services and media using personal, professional and scientific expertise to help people to a baggage-free life. A published author, and a past columnist for The Times and Psychologies magazine, Benjamin is a social activist in mental health. He founded Get Stable in 2010 to get effective treatment paid for by the state and his great passion is to bring treatment, which works, to all levels of society and across all severities of conditions.
Benjamin treats individuals in his Chelsea private practice and at his residential clinic, Khiron House, and can be contacted on 020 7589 0595 or via www.khironhouse.com


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Update: You can find Amazon's Black Friday deals in the following link: Black Friday Deals Week.
Amazon has started their Countdown to Black Friday Deals Week for video game products. On Friday, the online retailer posted the first set of discounts to celebrate the start of the promotion.
Several Xbox 360 systems are currently on sale, including 250GB Kinect Holiday Value Bundle that comes with "Forza Horizon," "Kinect Adventures" and "Forza Horizon." Amazon dropped the price for this particular product by 38 percent. As a result, the bundle could be purchased for $249.00.
Amazon also has deals of some of the "Batman" titles for the Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Wii U, Playstation 3, Playstation Vita and Xbox 360 systems. Among the notable video games that were discounted include "Batman: Arkham City," "Injustice: Gods Among Us" and "LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes." Other games and accessories are on sale as well. You can check out the first round of discounts from Amazon's promotion in the following link: Black Friday Deals Week.
Amazon should be announcing more deals before the big shopping holiday at the end of this month. Black Friday should be even more hectic this year with the launches of two next-generation systems. Sony will be releasing the PS4 during the middle of the month on Nov. 15. Microsoft is also launching the Xbox One on Nov. 22, which is just one week before Black Friday.
You can find some screens of the aforesaid "Batman: Arkham City" in the slideshow near the top of this article.


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Google+ Stops Invites Citing 'Insane Demand' People seeking to try out Google+ have turned to eBay to purchase supposed invitations.
How Kraft Foods Listens To Social Media Your morning banter about bacon on Twitter? Kraft's using it to decipher consumer trends and develop product ideas.
LinkedIn Groups Widgets Headed For Apps, Sites Groups API lets applications and websites connect to LinkedIn Groups industry discussion boards.
Lingotek Brings Translation To Social (And Vice Versa) The system uses crowdsourcing to provide translations, and integrates with Jive, Drupal, and Oracle Content Management to handle social content.
Social Media Gets Respect From C-Suite Study sponsored by Jive shows executives are exploiting social media for work (or, at least, they think they are), perhaps even more than "millennials."
Google Unveils Google+ Social Networking Project To compete with Facebook, Google aims to provide intimacy rather than scale, at least initially. Will users like Google's privacy options?
Social Networking Policy: Write Now Or Regret Later Fewer than 25% of companies provide rules or guidance for employees posting on social networking sites, new research says--and that's bad news when trouble arises.
Enterprise Social Vendors Play Own Game Of Survivor App stores and APIs are signs the social software ecosystem is evolving fast. Which companies will survive, and which will become extinct?
SMBs Get Social Marketing Crash Course Constant Contact launches Social Media Quickstarter, a free educational site to help small businesses get started with social media and marketing.
Wildfire Spreads Into Facebook Page Management Social promotions tool expands into a suite that includes social page creation, management, and analytics.
Social Networks: Many Friends Isn't Always More Valuable Fewer, more meaningful, relationships are better when building an online community.
5 Myths About Enterprise Social Networks, Busted Many common assumptions about enterprise social technology have proven false or become outdated. It's time to reconsider these common myths.
Foursquare, American Express Deal: Template For Future? The two companies streamline location-based discounts for customers, in what could be a model for mobile success.
Language Of Social Sounds Too Soft To Business Why is Enterprise 2.0 still considered more of a "movement" than a business imperative? Its evangelists speak more like Dr. Phil than Jack Welch.
Broadvision Tackles Customer-Facing Collaboration Clearvale Social Customer Management option opens corporate communities to customers and partners.
Content Management Gets More Social OpenText has added microblogging and chat to the Social Workspace 2.0 platform and options to associate social profiles and communication with its CMS content repositories.
How American Hospital Association Combined Social, Single Sign-On AHA shares how its hybrid cloud architecture using Symplified for authentication and Socialtext software improved communications and business processes.
Ditch Your Dominant Vendors? Time May Be Right Cloud, commodity hardware, and mobile have changed the rules. Blindly sticking with today's winners is like ignoring the wind change in a yacht race.
How Social Software Boosted Our Supply Chain ROI Social software helped TEVA Pharmaceuticals shrink its manufacturing cycle time by 40% between January and April -- when the company's Oracle ERP apps couldn't keep up with unpredictable market conditions.
Do Nonsocial SMBs Know Something We Don't? Nearly half of online adults in the U.S. are on a social network, but branded usage by smaller companies is closer to 25%. Here are four reasons why it may be smart for nonsocial SMBs to stay that way for now.
Drupal Gets Social Software Facelift Acquia's Commons 2.0 community management tool provides Facebook-style activity feeds with like and share buttons for the open source content management system.
8 Great Collaboration Tools For HR In the era of the "social enterprise," collaborative activities can make a big difference not only in HR efficiency but in employee satisfaction. Take a look at these eight leading HR platforms and examples of what their collaboration features have done for other companies.
How To Plug SharePoint's Social Holes Microsoft SharePoint offers a solid foundation, but many enterprises need to customize it or add third-party tools such as NewsGator Social Sites to get the desired social collaboration capabilities.
Tame Social Network Chaos To Unlock Business Capabilities Meltwater Buzz Engage combines social CRM and social media monitoring to let businesses build social profiles of customers that interact with their products or brands.
Oracle Buying FatWire To Boost Web, Cloud Engagement Fast-growing website personalization and customer loyalty specialist's products will be retooled to work with Oracle middleware and other products.
Socialtext Adds Task Manager, Contact Matching Socialtext's announcements at the Enterprise 2.0 conference include a social tasks module and a partnership with introNetworks to integrate contact recommendations.
Old Fashioned Bosses Threaten Enterprise 2.0 Progress MIT's Andrew McAfee, who coined the term Enterprise 2.0, sees threats to the achievements in collaboration and communications brought about by social software.
Health IT Can Energize National Prevention Strategy The feds say health IT should play a pivotal role in preventing disease through expanded use of EHRs, telemedicine, and social media.
Social Software Needs Metrics That Matter Deloitte's John Hagel says enterprise social networking can help people find a passion for work and boost business performance during an Enterprise 2.0 keynote address.
Adobe Content Platform Banks On Boosting Customer Experience Flash, AIR, Reader, and other Adobe technologies can be managed via the Digital Enterprise Platform for Customer Experience Management, designed to help businesses create, manage, and monitor digital content for multiple delivery channels.
DoubleDutch Checks In Business Activities Foursquare-like service extends HYVE social mobile platform to sales and field service staff and promotes checking in on business, not just from locations.
How To Sell Enterprise 2.0 To The Bosses Here's expert advice on building an airtight business case, while avoiding the pitfalls of too-tentative pilot projects.
How To Take All Your GoogleDocs Offline Take control over your Google Docs by downloading them.
Cisco Adds Hosted Option For Quad Social Software Cisco will work with Capgemini as a system integrator and Xerox's ACS unit as a hosting provider for Quad collaboration software.
Nimble Social Contact Manager Launches Team Editions Social CRM vendor headed by one of the founders of GoldMine brings product out of beta and introduces team, sales, and CRM editions.
LongJump Cloud Platform Gets Mobile, Social The cloud-based database and application creation tools are getting a mobile client and social feeds.
How Much Is Your Brand Loved (Or Hated)? NetBase takes sentiment analysis beyond positive or negative and seeks out passion.
Is Being Transparent With Customers Overrated? Take a cue from Domino's when considering how open you should be with customers on the web.
Making The Case For Running SharePoint In Parallel JP Morgan Chase augments its existing SharePoint 2007 system with a separate SharePoint 2010 installation for community and social functionality.
A Reader Says: Lame Social Networking Worse Than None At All A cautionary tale for those going half-hearted into the social part of social networking.
Big Data Meets Social Analytics At Enterprise 2.0 Hear a panel of experts discuss the buzz about measuring buzz and the data analysis technologies behind it at the Enterprise 2.0 Boston conference.
100 Years Of IBM: 25 Historic Milestones IBM this week celebrates 100 years of innovation and business optimization. From punch cards to the S/360, from tabulators to teraflops, from CEO Watson to supercomputer Watson, IBM has a unique history. Take a visual tour back through the decades.
Enterprise 2.0: Cerner Makes Healthcare Services Social Brice Jewell, an Enterprise 2.0 presenter, explains how the healthcare services firm uses its uCern collaboration software to drive efficiencies and how its planned integration pathway promises even more.
Social Networking Goes Mainstream At Enterprise 2.0 Conference More businesses are embracing social tools to build internal and external communities, improve communications, and delight customers.
MotiveQuest Takes Social Analytics Beyond Dashboards CEO David Rabjohns treats social media analytics as online anthropology, using Big Data analysis to deliver deep insights.
Inside Nokia's Plan To Break Down Social Silos Nokia wrestles with a common problem: making social software apps play nicely together. Here's how they're pursuing a solution.
What's Next for IBM Watson? Big Data At IBM's Innovate conference, the company gave some hints at what's next for the famous Watson supercomputer--including business problems related to big data analysis and collaboration.
Facebook Facial Recognition Flub: Not Enterprise Grade Facebook continues to stumble on privacy decisions, damaging its enterprise future faster than you can say "Winklevoss twins."
Jive: Partner Program Fights Snake Oil Problem Jive launches a unified partner program to match customers with tech vendors that the company trusts.
Jahia's Java-Based CMS Leaps Into Crowded Race Analysts note that it's almost impossible for any new content management system to compete with the likes of Joomla, WordPress, and Drupal.


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Dresser-Rand to Supply Equipment to Total for FPSO
Dresser-Rand Group Inc. announced that it will supply advanced turbomachinery for a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Pazflor Field offshore Angola. The award is approximately US$44 million. Dresser-Rand will supply gas compression packages. It will provide four DATUM(R) centrifugal compression trains. Two trains will be driven by gas turbines and two trains will be driven by electric motors. Dresser-Rand booked the order in December 2007.
"We are very excited about the floating production market which is a strategically important market for Dresser-Rand", said Jesus Pacheco, Dresser-Rand's executive vice president, New Equipment Worldwide. "This award is representative of the value our technology brings to our clients. Our DATUM(R) technology adds value to Total by reducing the weight and footprint of the compression system, as fewer casings are required. It also maximizes gas throughput compared to competitor offerings as a result of the high efficiency of the compressors. We believe activity in the floating production market will continue to be significant and that our market share will remain strong."
Pazflor's floating production unit will operate in Block 17 and will be designed to handle 200 000 barrels of oil per day and will be able to store about 1.9 million barrels of crude. First oil production will be in 2011.
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eBay watch: 1970s Slade In Flame movie poster
We're tentatively back – kicking off with this gem off everyone's favourite auction site, a 1970s Slade In Flame movie poster.
It's a cracking bit of OTT cinema art too, for a film that's finally getting some appreciation. Not least after BBC4's recent Slade night and overdue screening of the movie. If you've not seen it, you should – it's grittier and better acted than you might think.
Anyway, if you haven't seen it, this poster pretty much tells the story if you look closely. Talking of the poster, it is an original British quad, sized at 30 x 40 inches, on 'thick' cinema paper and folder. Condition is described as 'excellent'.
Not cheap though, due to rarity value and its growing popularity. £450 or you can make an offer.


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In an email message sent to 50,000-plus Alabama supporters and season ticket holders Wednesday afternoon, University of Alabama Athletics Director Mal Moore asked fans to assist Hurricane Katrina victims who may be staying in area hotels.
The University of Alabama athletic department, in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama, the City of Tuscaloosa, the Tuscaloosa Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Tuscaloosa Area Hospitality Management Association, is encouraging out-of-town fans to relinquish their hotel rooms in Tuscaloosa this weekend.
"Due to the tremendous influx of evacuees from Hurricane Katrina, area hotels are booked," said Moore. "We are asking our fans who have reservations here this weekend to check with their respective hotels and, if needed, allow that room to be utilized by evacuees.
"The human tragedy as a result of Katrina is staggering and I know Crimson Tide fans will do what they can to help those who are not able to immediately return to their homes," Moore said.
Football fans attending the season opener will have an opportunity to show their support for victims of Hurricane Katrina as The University of Alabama works with the American Red Cross to collect donations at Bryant-Denny stadium prior to Saturday's 6 p.m. game.
"Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the victims of Hurricane Katrina and in addition to providing shelter for evacuees, we wanted to invite our fans to support the work of the American Red Cross relief efforts," said UA President Robert E. Witt.
The UA Student Recreation Center continues to serve as a Red Cross shelter for hundreds of evacuees from South Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. The shelter was set up last Sunday on campus.


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Body of Swindon woman discovered in river named (From This Is Wiltshire)
Body of Swindon woman discovered in river named
Updated 3:35pm Thursday 17th April 2014 in
THE woman whose body was discovered in a river in Gloucestershire on Sunday morning has been named as Helen Jones, of Dorcan.
The 49-year-old's body was found in the River Coln in Bibury at 7.20am on Sunday by a dog walker.
Gloucestershire Police were called to the scene.
A spokesman for Gloucestershire Police said: "The death was originally being treated as unexplained but is now being treated as non suspicious.
"The woman had been staying locally at the time in a pub in the area."
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Went out for a ~10 mile ride tonight, just to relax. What with the heat we're getting (high 90's earlier today, around 85 when I was out.) I was surprised to see as many bikers as I did. But most of the joggers and folks walking were nowhere to be seen. there were even fewer cars than normal.
I did come across three baseball games. And three people fishing - around a duck pond that had them, myself, and three others. The BMX/skateboard park was pretty active, though.


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- Read reviews of Inn at Old Virginia
Archer & John Harman III
This bedroom is located adjacent to the General Stonewall Jackson on the main floor of the Barn. Decorated in a soft green hue, this room's bright and airy atmosphere will lift your spirits.
Here you will enjoy a Queen size leatherstocking post bed with a Select Comfort® adjustable mattress, an upholstered chair, an ottoman and a cable television with a DVD player. The bathroom features a pedestal sink and porcelain tub with shower.
In need of some fresh air? Simply step out onto the balcony and enjoy a view of the beautiful Virginia countryside.
Like all of our guest rooms, this room also includes a telephone and wireless internet access. This room is available for those traveling with pets.
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There was a local condo conversion with units for sale. A link took you to an offshore real estate company. There, you were told you could pay $240,000 for a unit and receive $20,000 cash back at the closing. So the deal would go down, with an inflated appraisal to grease the skids with the lender. The buyer took the $20K, rented the unit and never made a payment to the lender. By the time the foreclosure came, the buyer had collected several thousand more in rent.
The federal government now will buy the $240,000 loan on the condo for $120,000.
It is worth $70,000.
Multiply this times all the fraud in Florida and the rest of the Sunbelt, and you will see why despite the first $350 billion in Tarp money, the banks still are crumbling and why they still will be crumbling after Tarp II and Tarp III and Tarp IV.


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Evelyn Lozada VH1 Basketball Wives: Lozada to become a football wife?
The web world has been abuzz this morning about a few cryptic tweets from Evelyn Lozada's twitter account. The VH1 basketball wife reality show star has been romantically linked to Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco and recently posted a picture of a 10 carat diamond ring with an interesting message.
"I'm no rabbit but 10 carats looks good on me!! Let the hating begin ▸▸▸▸▸▸▸ Let's go!!!!! *Wink*"
Actually, these two appear to make a great couple who both want the same things out of life — fame and money.
There has been no official announcement of an engagement. Perhaps, the two are saving the announcement for a VH1 special. The second season of Basketball Wives is currently in the works and the relationship between Evelyn Lozada and Ochocinco seems to be one of the dominant story lines.


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Talking Shops
Detroit Commercial Folk Art
By David Clements
Foreword by Bill Harris
Afterword by Jerry Herron
Pages: 176 Size: 11x8.5 Illustrations: 138
Vibrant signs, murals and more from Detroit streets. Give it to anyone who has all the wrong ideas about our city.
— Detroit Free Press
Cruise down the inner-city streets of Detroit and your eyes take in an array of familiar images of poverty and decay. What renowned photographer David Clements sees on these gritty Detroit streets are the ad displays on so many local businesses, including salons, churches, and car washes. In Talking Shops, Clements captures mural facades that transform what might have been a typical urban landscape into a canvas for some of the city's most vibrant folk art. With more than 130 full-color photographs, this delightful book uncovers such treasures as the "Mr. Foote Hand Car Wash," and the "Kill Them Dead" roach exterminator. Yet for all their whimsy, these subjects were created by artists who have used brilliant colors, meticulous words, and aggressive messages that seem to talk, if not shout, to passersby.
Talking Shops is an engaging urban aesthetic applied to hand painted signs of independents owned businesses."
– Real Detroit Weekly
David Clements has taken it upon himself to preserve as many examples on film as one talented photographer can, and to press them between the covers of this book. . . . Wisely, he's chosen to limit his perspective to metropolitan Detroit, a community he knows intimately. But even in that he has excepted a challenge, for the Motor City is among America's richest when it comes to folk advertising art. . . . Talking Shops belongs on the coffee table in every living room where the conversation is in danger of losing momentum, and a shelf in every library devoted to photography and the development of the American ideal."
– Loren D. Estleman, author of Amos Walker's Detroit
For those who only look to trendy Route 66 for colorful signage, these inner-city advertisements are an intriguing study because they are even more cutting edge in their use of color, imagery, humor and messages. It's difficult to pick out a favorite...Clements urges us all to discover hidden commercial treasures in our own communities,'....enjoy looking around a little more to discover unique slices of life and vitality in your own environment.' That may be so, but I'm still adding Detroit to my travel list.
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How do I from C or C++ use the MP3 decoder supposedly built in with Windows since Windows Media Player 6.1?
I want to play an mp3 file without having to depend on any other third party library such as for instance LAME.DLL.
I updated the question to better fit the answers I got, since I liked them a lot. Related question.


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An Eastern Carolina man who pleaded guilty in federal court to drug and other charges faces life in prison and up to a $4 million fine.
Calvin Garner Jr., who is also known as "Spoke," is from Roanoke Rapids.
He's been in federal custody since his arrest in October 2010.
Officials say Garner's drug trafficking goes back to 1989, and that Garner has sold an estimated 44 kilograms of cocaine powder between 1995 and 2004 for approximately $1.25 million dollars.
According to officials, "investigators also learned that Garner's drug trafficking organization obtained large quantities of cocaine from Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana utilizing vehicles with hidden compartments that could carry at least twenty kilograms of cocaine per trip."
They also say Garner filed just one tax return between 2002 and 2008, in which he reported an adjusted gross income of $2,500 in 2007. They say during that time, he made numerous large, cash expenditures on items that included a new 2003 H2 Hummer for more than $60,000, drag racing motorcycles and cars, a floor stripping machine for more than $25,000, a 1994 Fleetwood Coronado Motorhome for $17,760. They also report Garner purchased $28,600 in casino chips at a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2007.
Officials say Garner used numerous businesses to launder his drug proceeds, including "Rush Entertainment," "Roanoke Valley Investors," and "Kalyb's Carpet & Tile," which they say is named after his son.
Garner pleaded guilty before guilty before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle in federal court in Elizabeth City. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (crack) and 5 kilograms of cocaine powder and conspiracy to commit money
Officials report this case was part of "Operation Burnout," an investigation being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigative Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, and the Halifax and Nash County Sheriff's Offices. Officials say approximately 35 individuals have been federally prosecuted as part of this investigation.


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During the final quarter of the 19th century, the population of New York was approximately 1,250,000 and of this number, about 200,000 were Irish immigrants. Therefore at this time, roughly one in every six people in New York City were Irish born.
The conditions under which the majority of immigrants lived in were, to say the least, not good and it was an effort to improve these conditions that the Corkmen's Association was formed. At this stage, the club was confined to men born in Cork City only, its purpose being to take care of any members in need of assistance. However, as the Association expanded, its committee decided to accept as members men born anywhere in County Cork.
The County Corkmen's Benevolent, Patriotic and Protective Association was founded in 1884. The purpose of forming the Association was to promote unity, good will and protection amongst its members and to foster their culture and traditions. A fund was established to aid the sick and disabled members and to assist in payment of funeral benefits.
In the year 1884 unemployment in the New York area was high and the few jobs available were advertised with the all too familiar words, "No Irish Need Apply". Remember, in 1884, Ireland was still a generation removed from achieving its independence from Great Britain. The newly formed Association provided its members with a sense of security and the opportunity to meet and to socialize at their dances and to take part in their traditional Gaelic games, including football and hurling.
In the meantime a group of Cork women were closely watching the progress of the men's organization and in 1916 they decided to form their own organization to be known as the "Cork Ladies Auxiliary". Both organizations worked side by side to support each other's functions down through the years.
As New York City grew, so did the County Cork B. P. & P. Association and many of its members went on to gain high positions in commerce, finance and city government.
As the years rolled by, the Association continued to thrive. Even the curtailment of Irish immigrants entering the United States did not limit its activities. In the mid 1960's the Association purchased a building in Woodside, Queens and this became the first permanent home of the New York Corkmen's Association. During the years in Woodside, many milestones were marked and in 1983 the Cork Ladies Auxiliary was disbanded and the ladies were accepted as full members of the Association, changing the name from The County Corkmen's Association to the County Cork BP&P Association.
1n 1984, as a fitting mark for its centennial year, the Association purchased a building in Long Island City, New York and 33-01 Greenpoint Avenue became the new headquarters of the Association. Many celebrated persons from the religious, political, sports and entertainment world have visited the Cork Association headquarters during their visits to New York. During one such visit, Jack Lynch, former Taoiseach, and famous Irish actress Maureen O'Hara took to the stage and entertained those gathered with songs and anecdotes, making for a very memorable evening.
Keeping true to the goals and ideals of the founders of the Association which simply stated is "to take care of our own", the Irish Immigrating Reform Movement (IIRM) was born at a general meeting of the Association in May 1987. From that time, the IIRM grew into one of the largest Irish lobbying organizations in the United States. As a result of its lobbying efforts the Immigration Act of 1990 was enacted into law creating 48,000 visas for e Irish Nationals through the "Morrison Visa" program. Today, the Emerald Isle Immigration Centers in Woodside and the Bronx continue to help newly arrived immigrants.
Double history was made in 1989 when the first woman and third member of the same family Mae O'Driscoll from Skibbereen was elected President of the County Cork B.P. & P. Association.
The County Cork Association sponsors yearly scholarship Awards at the college level and is involved in numerous other charitable causes. In addition to assisting sick members and the families of deceased members, the Association was able to donate towards the renovation of the North Chapel, Cork City, the erection of a Famine Monument in Skibbereen, the renovation of the Opera House and Pairc Ui Chaoimh,the New York Famine Memorial and the purchase of a sports field in Kanturk. These are just a sampling of some of the activities in which the Association is involved. The Association also runs a very successful Dinner Dance in New York during the St. Patrick's Day celebrations as well as a biannual Reunion Banquet in Cork. The Association also actively participated in the Maid of the Isles competition until it was discontinued and annually support the United Irish Counties Annual Feis.
With its dedicated and ever growing membership it is certain that the County Cork Association will continue to thrive and remain at the forefront of Irish American activity well into the next century.
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Close all vivarium and end outdated experiments conducted on animals!
In July 2011, Alexei Sokolov informed the media about the appaling living conditions and the barbaric experiments conducted on dogs and other animals at the Medical University of Donetsk.
According to reports, the students of the Medical University at Donetsk have performed limb-amputations and educational surgeries on the internal organs of the animals WITHOUT prior anesthesia.
Each dog had to endure several surgeries before finally being discarded. Until death, these poor animals languished in horrible conditions, suffering from distress and starvation.
Since Mr Sokolov, the head of this vivarium informed the media and articles had been published in the Ukrainian news, these dogs have been given in the care of the Ukrainian animal activists.
But an unknown number of dogs and other animals are kept in similar vivarium and conditions in universities throughout the country and Ukraine's president, Viktor Ianoukovytch, ignores the petitions and pleas from his citizens and Ukrainian animal welfare organizations urging him to put an end to this outdated, barbaric experiments.
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I just signed the following petition addressed to: Mr Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine.
Close all vivarium and end outdated experiments conducted on animals!
Mr President,
among animal welfare organizations and activists, your country is known as one of the worst in Europe in regard to its treatment of animals. Since your administrations have proudly presented Ukraine's mobile crematorium used for the incineration of stray animals as part of your preparations for the European football championship in your national TV, the rest of the world knows it, too.
The images and videos taken in your State Medical University of Donetsk in July 2011, showing appalling living conditions of experimental animals such as dogs, rats and other animals, as well as the reports about the barbaric experiments - such as limb-amputation and educational surgeries on internal organs without prior anaesthesia - that had been conducted on these poor animals, have not only shocked us but left us disgusted and speechless about the fact that such horrific, monstrous experiments are being conducted in the 21st century in a country that considers itself as civilized and that is seeking an increasingly close relationship with the EU!
Even more appalling is the fact that this vivarium is not an isolated case. The conditions are not any better in other vivarium in your universities and laboratories throughout Ukraine where an unknown number of animals are suffering horribly at the hands of your scientists and students.
Mr President, we implore you to stop turning a blind eye to the suffering of these animals and to stop ignoring the petitions and letters of your citizens urging you to put an end to these outdated experiments.
Also - with all due respect - we believe it is your duty to help your country to align itself to the standards of the rest of Europe and the civilized world and to restore the image of Ukraine that has suffered so badly since the world became aware of these atrocities and which has inevitable repercussions on the economy of your country, and thus also on its citizens.
We trust that you will take the necessary measures to remedy to this situation. Until such a time, however, we regret that it will be necessary to boycott Ukraine both as a tourist and by way of commerce and we ask that all people of conscience and compassion participate in our boycott.
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May 31, 2016
Lisa Holland opens up once she's told her husband Tim is trying to pin Ricky's disappearance on her. She's the Williamston woman on trial for abusing and murdering her adopted son. Tim has already pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
During the remainder of an interview with investigators, shown in court Thursday, Lisa said Tim may have just snapped and killed the little boy last July. And she knows, for a fact, Tim took Ricky out of the house.
D/Lt Roy Holliday asked her if she thought Tim killed Ricky and she said yes, but she didn't know if he did because she didn't see anything.
Lisa Holland's murder trial will continue Monday. The court granted a continuance Thursday to allow both sides time to review a recent interview with Tim and other paperwork.
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Shares in Reliance Industries rose as much as 1.5 per cent on Monday on hopes the appointment of a new oil minister would improve what has been seen as a contentious relationship between the energy conglomerate and the India n government.
Veerappa Moily was appointed as the country's new Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, replacing Jaipal Reddy, as part of a broader cabinet reshuffle unveiled on Sunday.
Sentiment-wise this would be positive, as with the earlier minister approvals were not coming on time. Talks between the company and the ministry may improve, said an industry analyst at a large domestic brokerage, who declined to be identified.
V.K Vijayakumar, Investment strategist at Geogit BNP Paribas, said Moily may fast track some approvals.
Further approval regarding the joint application by Reliance Industries and BP for KG- D6 gas might get expedited, that is one possibility, he said.
Reliance, controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, Asia's second-richest man, has clashed with the oil ministry under Reddy over gas output at the conglomerate's KG-D6 block in India 's east coast.
Reliance and partner BP Plc have blamed a decline in pressure and water ingress for falling production, and sought an increase in gas prices to justify higher expenditure to develop the block, but the government has so far remained unconvinced.
Hopes of an improved relationship were raised last week, when the oil ministry which must approve key work at KG-D6 did approve Reliance's plans to further develop natural gas output at the block, according to local media reports.
Moody's Investors Service said the approval was a positive development for Reliance's credit profile as it signalled an improvement in a thorny relationship.
If this improvement in relations between RIL and the government of India continues, we expect both sides to also reach a decision on gas prices, Moody's said in a weekly report on Monday, which made no mention of the change of oil minister.
Reliance shares were up 1.2 percent as of 0520 GMT, outperforming a 0.36 percent gain in the main NSE index.
Reddy will become the new Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences in the latest reshuffle. Moily was previously the minister for corporate affairs & power.
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Coda is a hidden little restaurant located in the basement of 141 Flinders lane, corner of Oliver Lane. As you can see above, it's a bit hard to spot but tracking it down is definitely worthwhile once you're inside.
Coda serves mostly asian seafood, and I feel I need to add a disclosure here: I am allergic to most forms of seafood. I had read the menu beforehand and saw there were a few non-seafood options however discussing our options with the waiter revealed that most of those still had some of fish/oyster sauce. The waiter was very helpful, and eventually we decided on our shared dinner, but I was still a bit nervous.
First up was the quail lettuce delight, with shitake mushroom, coriander and water chestnuts. It had a lot of greens, and was a really refreshing start to our meal. I couldn't remember the last time that I had tried quail so I was surprised at just how tender it was. If you're not familiar with the dish, you eat it similar to a burrito, using the lettuce like a tortilla.
Next up was the po-boy steamed lamb bun with chilli jam, basically pulled lamb inside a sweet steamed bun, the chilli jam to the side so you can set your own level of spice. This was my personal favorite of the night, and no matter how spicy you like your food I would reccomend having the first bite chilli-free. Just by itself the lamb mixing with the sweet bun complemented each other really well, although I did put some chilli on to satisfy my Latino tastes.
Next up we had the steat tartare, with quail egg, mustard cress and caper melba toast. I'll admit that the first thought I had was that it looked a bit like a birds nest with a broken egg on top, but once I dipped one of those toasts in and messed up the presentation there was no stopping me. It is very rich but the small toasts are enough to keep it cut down.
Finally we had the "Uhm-ma" chicken, with some jasmine rice and heart of palm, honeydew melon, mint and cucumber salad on the side. The chicken is reminded me more of an Indian curry, a sow burn rather than a fast and sharp spark. The honeydew from the salad combined with the spice of the chicken was a new combination for me, but it worked really well.
Ultimately, my fears were completely unfounded thanks to the assistance of the staff. Its a great restaurant, especially for loves of seafood, and it's definitely worth going to with a special someone. Their website is here, and you can see more photos of my night there here.


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Developed by Infinite Power Solutions, the kit features the Thinergy MEC201 solid-state, rechargeable thin-film battery cell and the MAX17710 power-management IC from Maxim for energy harvesting and battery protection.
The credit card-sized board is designed to provide energy harvesting, storage and management functions.
The IPS-EVAL-EH-01 evaluation kit will accept charge currents less than 1µA, typically seen in energy harvesting.
An amorphous silicon photovoltaic solar array recharges the MEC201 to full charge in about 30 minutes in full sun and in approximately eight hours in typical office lighting (1,500 lux).
In addition, the board provides an interface to any type of external ambient energy-harvesting transducer. Example energy sources include light (captured by a variety of photovoltaic technologies), vibration (from a piezo-electric element), heat (via thermo-electric generator), and radio-frequencies (captured by a RF harvester or near-field communications (NFC) receiver.
The kit also features an interface header and 6-pin connector that are compatible with microcontroller and low power radio development kits available from suppliers such as Anaren, BlueRadios, Energy Micro, Microchip, Silicon Laboratories and Texas Instruments.
Harvested energy is stored in a 4V, 0.7 mAh capacity rechargeable thin-film battery.
The batteries can be stacked vertically in a parallel configuration for more power and capacity without consuming additional system footprint.
For example, a five cell MEC201 stack is approximately 1mm in total height and delivers 200mA of continuous discharge current (approximately 0.5W of power).
The MAX17710 power manager will operate on nanoamp currents and accepts energy from a variety of poorly regulated energy harvesting sources with output levels ranging from 1µW to 100mW.
The device integrates a programmable input boost regulator and needs no expensive external components to charge a MEC with energy sources as low as 0.8V. It protects the MEC by using a linear shunt-series regulator.
Applications for the kit include wireless sensors, biometric security systems, remote controls, memory and real-time clock back up.


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We love working at the Beverly Wilshire (A Four Seasons Hotel) because it represents timeless beauty and glamour. What better place for a party or wedding than this five-star hotel in the heart of Beverly Hills? The hotel offers 395 lovely guest rooms (including 137 luxury suites) in the perfect spot on Rodeo Drive. The impeccable service, Michelin-starred fine-dining restaurants and incredible spa are not to be missed! Prepare to be spoiled by Wolfgang Puck's delicious steakhouse, CUT. The fabulous interior was designed by Richard Meier, acclaimed architect of LA's Getty Center.
Corner Beverly Suite at the Beverly Wilshire
Rodeo Terrace at the Beverly Wilshire
Wolfgang Puck's CUT Restaurant at the Beverly Wilshire
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And a few photos from an event we did last year at the Beverly Wilshire…
Venue: Beverly Wilshire, Four Seasons Hotel
Linen and Fashion: Wildflower Linen
Furniture and tents: Revelry Event Designers
Flowers: Tic-Tock Couture Florals
Lighting: The Lighter Side
Ghost Chairs: Hire Elegance
Rentals: Classic Party Rentals
Music: Rossi Music
Photography: John Solano Photography
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Invitations: Alia Designs
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Probably Lying Explains A Sexual Endless Horny Existence. Lying's Painkiller of My Existence.
your brain wants to play another game
kicking harder, getting better, staying fatter, looking thinner
I know his rules, I own them, I'm not a beginner
I don't know if
You're hopless and
I'm sick or blessed but
Your end is endless
Or just think you're fucking free
And yours forever and should I
Thank me, remember, you'll be
Like me
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I just don't know if I hear the voices
Or it's just you
And it's just me
Thinking this voice in my head
Talking to me
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I'm crying over me
You're crying over me
Will you break the code?


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Number of Reviews: 1179
Average Score: 66
Teen Topanga
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I typed in Teen Topanga, pressed enter and this is what I saw. Up came this lime green screen, and looking back at me was this cute, dark haired girl showing off her braces, smiling the biggest smile I have ever seen.
Like Topanga herself, TeenTopanga is well put together. It is easy on the eyes and fun to navigate. Members can either scroll down the page and check out the thumbnails of each scene, or just use the Quick Jump Archive bar to get to everything much faster. Unfortunately, while the site appears to be updating, really they are rotating the content, which is disappointing.
As if the braces weren't enough, the young girl theme is played up in most of the content. In one video I downloaded, Topanga is sitting on her bed in her pink room with her stuffed animals and she tell us that she is going to watch one of her favorite movies. She then proceeds to open a drawer full of Disney movies and pulls out the Little Mermaid, which she puts in the VCR. Yup, you read correctly.
But just when I thought this was some kind of softcore tease site Topanga puts her hand down her little pink shorts and starts to rub her pussy. Next thing I know, the shorts are off, she is bent over doggy style and she is fingering that sweet young hole while spreading her ass open for the camera. Wow!
I then checked out some of the photo shoots and found out that there was no shortage of ass and pussy shots there either. So far, there are 46 sets of pictures and 49 videos available. The movies can be downloaded in short clips in Windows Media or MPEG formats. Or you can just download the entire scene in one pretty good-quality MPEG file.
You will have access to three bonus sites with your membership. The only thing I would ask from Topanga (besides a week alone with her in my bed) would be for more content. However, since that doesn't look like it is in the cards, then even big Teen Topanga fans won't need to stick around when the initial membership runs out.
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May 29, 2016
Jackson, Miss.
Mississippi's state auditor and a legislative watchdog committee say there's no merit to allegations that an opponent of Mississippi Power Co.'s Kemper County plant misspent state money.
The committee and the auditor said in December that Bigger Pie Forum isn't funded with state money, stopping inquiries.
JobKeeper Alliance, a union-linked group based in Montgomery, Ala., charged Bigger Pie was using public money from the private Institute for Technology Development. ITD was created to commercialize research from Mississippi universities, receiving millions in state and federal money.
PEER and the auditor say ITD no longer has any state funds.
Bigger Pie President Ashby Foote says he welcomes the findings, saying the charges were "trumped up."
JobKeeper Executive Director Patrick Cagle said the inquiries were flawed and seeks a full audit of ITD.
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text: Gilli is a writer and performer, and very happy to be here. She worked as a staff writer at Defy Media, writing for such web shows as Honest Trailers, ClevverTV, and Break.com. She is currently the writer for the popular web show Drama King with Kingsley. At UCB she has studied under greats such as Ian Roberts, Alex Fernie, Eugene Cordero, Todd Fasen, Mike Leffingwell, Will McLaughlin, and Julie Brister. She has also studied at The Westside Comedy Theater and The Groundlings. Gilli was a member of the WCT House team Mad Hugs, and is incredibly stoked that, after three years on Harold night, her team Winslow has become a house team that runs the show Winslow: F*ck, Marry, Kill at UCB Sunset on Fridays at 9pm. Gilli can also be seen as an actor on the fabulous UCB Maude team Glendale. Additional UCB credits include Tournament of Nerds, Cagematch, Starpunch, A Night Of Bi-Partisan Comedy, A Clamorous Salute to St. Patty's, Teddy's Funk Pad, The UCB Thanksgiving Parade, Celebrity Barf Machine, her solo sketch show Burning and Yearning with Gilli Nissim, and her favorite, Dads and Grads, a show where several UCB improvisors got to perform with their dads and everyone smiled a ton. Gilli also hosts an interactive late night-style talk show called We're Gross with Gilli Nissim. Small screen credits include Childrens' Hospital, NTSF:SD:SUV, You're Whole and a slew of web commercials that she isn't sure how to find. She has also had the pleasure of lending her voice to the animated shows Friendship All stars of Friendship for L Studios and Pillow Fight for Adult Swim. Gilli also performs stand up comedy all over LA including the Comedy Store, The Ice House, The Westside Comedy Theater, Flappers, and UCB. She hosts Get On Up!, the UCB weekly open mic and would love to do your show as well thank you for asking! Her other interests include dining out at reasonably priced restaurants with large portion sizes, petting dogs from up close, and waving at them from afar.


text: There's a point every August when the weather clicks over from summer to fall. It's subtle, but there's a distinct moment when I realize that the sun is setting earlier, the midday heat seems a little weaker, and the nights are cooler and better for sleeping. And this summer, the clouds and rain have returned after a far-too-long hiatus. Suddenly I'm in the mood for all things grey. I find myself searching for inspiration in the colour of rain-filled clouds streaked with white, charcoal and maybe just a hint of blue. First, a stop at Etsy: Then a stop at Craftgawker: Then it dawns on me: That's exactly the colour of the sweater I've been (slowly, very slowly) knitting this summer: Turns out inspiration was in my craft bag all along. What colours are inspiring you this time of year? You might also like:Handmade with Care: A Canadian Living Quilter... Fabric Stash Wishlist - Part 5 DIY Braided Jersey Tassel Scrapbooking for beginners Top 5 Fireplace Styling Projects


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What does it mean to induce labour?Just over half of all labours in Australian begin naturally (Li et al 2011). Although it's usually best to let nature take its course, sometimes the birth process may need a little help. Labour is "induced" when it is started artificially. You will be offered an induction if the risks of prolonging your pregnancy are more serious than the risks of delivering your baby straight away (NCCWCH 2008a: 100).
Why might my labour need to be induced?You are likely to be offered an induction if:
- Your pregnancy has gone beyond 41 weeks and is considered overdue. You'll usually be offered an induction sometime between 41 and 42 weeks to prevent your pregnancy continuing beyond this time (NCCWCH 2008a: 29).
- Your waters have broken but labour hasn't started. Most women go into labour within 24 hours of their waters breaking (Savitz et al 1997). If this doesn't happen to you, there is a risk that you or your baby could develop an infection so you will probably be offered an induction (NCCWCH 2008a: 33).
- You have diabetes - provided your baby is growing normally, it's recommended that you're offered an induction after 38 weeks of pregnancy (NCCWCH 2008b: 122).
- You have a chronic or acute condition, such as pre-eclampsia (RCOG 2006: 7) or kidney disease, that threatens your wellbeing or the health of your baby.
Some women ask for their labour to be induced for personal reasons, such as their partner is about to be posted abroad with the armed forces and would otherwise miss the birth.
Other women may request an induction because they are worried about a previous stillbirth or complications in their current pregnancy. These requests are considered on an individual basis (NCCWCH 2008: 37).
How will my labour be induced?There are a number of methods your doctor or midwife can use to try to get your labour started. Some may need to be repeated, or you may need to try more than one before your labour begins. Talk to your midwife about which method is most suitable for you.
You will normally be offered the methods of induction in this order:
Membrane sweep
What is it? A membrane sweep often helps to stimulate labour and is now often offered to women who are overdue. It is also offered when you are 40 weeks pregnant (NCCWCH 2008: 61) if this is your first baby.
What happens if I have a membrane sweep? The membranes that surround your baby are gently separated from your cervix. A midwife or doctor can carry out this procedure during an internal examination. You may be offered two or three membrane sweeps before moving onto other methods of induction.
Risks It can be uncomfortable if your cervix is difficult to reach. You should be given a chance to ask questions or read information about the procedure before it's carried out. You may need to have several membrane sweeps before you know whether or not it has been successful.
What is it? Prostaglandin is a hormone-like substance, which helps stimulate uterine contractions.
What happens if I am given prostaglandin? Your midwife or doctor will insert a tablet, pessary or gel containing prostaglandin into your vagina to ripen your cervix. You may need a second dose of the tablet or gel after six hours, if labour hasn't started. Pessaries release the prostaglandin slowly over 24 hours, so only one dose is needed.
Risks Vaginal prostaglandin is the most commonly recommended method to induce labour because it often works better and has fewer disadvantages than other methods (NCCWCH 2008a: 47; 51).
There is a very small risk that using or vaginal prostaglandins, or Syntocinon (see below), may cause your uterus to become overstimulated or hyperstimulated (NCCWCH 2008a: 52). Hyperstimulation of the uterus seriously reduces the oxygen supply to your baby. Drugs can be used to stop or slow down the contractions if this happens (NCCWCH 2008a: 76-7).
In a worst-case scenario, hyperstimulation can cause your uterus to rupture (tear). This is more likely to happen if you are having a "trial of labour" following a previous caesarean section (NCCWCH 2008a: 36). (Read more about vaginal birth after a caesarean, also known as VBAC.)
Artificially rupturing the membranes (ARM)
What is it? ARM is sometimes called "breaking the waters". Breaking your waters is no longer recommended as a method of induction (unless vaginal prostaglandins cannot be used for some reason) (NCCWCH 2008a: 66) but some doctors or midwives may use it to speed labour up if it's not progressing.
What happens if my waters are broken? This procedure can be done during an internal examination. A midwife or doctor makes a small break in the membranes around your baby using either an amniohook (a long thin probe which looks a little like a fine crochet hook) or an amnicot (a medical glove with a pricked end on one of the fingers). This procedure often works when the cervix feels soft and ready for labour to start.
Risks Artificial rupture of the membranes (ARM) does not always work, and, once your waters have been broken, your baby could be at risk of infection. This is why it's no longer recommended as a method of induction on its own (NCCWCH 2008: 66). If your midwife or doctor suspects an infection, she will give you antibiotics.
What is it? Syntocinon is a synthetic form of the hormone oxytocin, which is normally produced by a woman's body during labour. You would only be offered Syntocinon if your labour hasn't started following a membrane sweep or prostoglandin, or if your contractions are not very effective. Syntocinon has several disadvantages over other methods of induction. If other methods of induction have not worked for you, you may be offered a caesarean as an alternative to trying again later or moving on to Syntocinon (NCCWCH 2008a: 77).
What happens if I am given Syntocinon? You will be given the Syntocinon through an intravenous "drip", allowing the hormone to go straight into your bloodstream through a tiny tube into a vein in your arm. Once contractions have begun, the rate of the drip can be adjusted so that contractions happen often enough to make your cervix dilate, without becoming too powerful.
Risks Syntocinon can cause strong contractions and put your baby under stress, so you will need to be monitored continuously (NCCWCH 2007: 155).
Some women also say that the contractions brought on by Syntocinon are more painful than natural ones, so you may choose to have an epidural for pain relief (NCCWCH 2008a: 74).
There is also a very small risk that using Syntocinon may cause your uterus to become overstimulated or hyperstimulated (NCCWCH 2008a: 52). See prostoglandin risks above.There is some evidence that you are more likely to need instruments such as forceps or ventouse to help deliver your baby, following an induction (MIDIRS 2008: 10), whatever method is used. This may be due to complications in the pregnancy that led to the induction and/or it may be due to problems caused by the induction itself.
Planning your inductionTake some time to talk to your midwife or doctor. You have a choice about whether or not to have an induction and about what methods are used from the start, and you should have a good understanding of why an induction is being recommended. Your midwife or doctor may suggest that one method is better than another, depending on how soft and ready for labour your cervix is.
Cervical ripeness is assessed using what's called the Bishop Score, which gives your cervix a mark out of 10 based on its condition. A score of 8 or more indicates that your cervix is "ripe" and ready for labour. Midwives and doctors use the Bishop Score before induction begins and to see whether any progress has been made after different methods of induction have been used.
The ripeness of your cervix affects how successful induction is likely to be; the riper it is the more chance there is that you'll go into labour.
About 15 per cent of inductions started with an unripe cervix fail (NCCWCH 2008a: 77). In these circumstances, your doctor will discuss your options with you to help you decide whether to carry on trying, either with stronger interventions or at a later time, or to have a caesarean. Take some time to think about what you may prefer to do if this happens to you.
Consider what pain relief you would like if the induction works and makes your contractions very strong and difficult to cope with.
Also see our article on natural methods of inducing labour.
Last reviewed: April 2012
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A Note from the Editor: As Lissa and I discussed her writing a new blog post for Mother's Day this year we realized that it felt much bigger and divinely timed to re-post this Mother's Day post from last year. It was so impactful, and we have so many new readers to Owning Pink, that we don't want anyone to miss this message and, for those who've already read it, perhaps you'll get even more out of it this time around.Read More...
Wow! Can we all agree that last week was a hard kick to the uterus?
I usually hate to write about "hot topics" after they've turned cold but the uterus doesn't really fall into the hot topic category; it's more of a buried topic; fuming in the coffin, clawing its way out, yet again, to eat the female population alive. Yes, it may have slunk back into its shallow grave but trust me, it'll be back. It just keeps creeping back.Read More...
Yes, you heard me right. I just read that two fetuses were called as witnesses in an Ohio courtroom. It sounds laughable, doesn't it? I mean, seriously. How can a fetus be a witness?Read More...
A while back, I wrote a hot post -- "A Case Against Circumcision" -- about a super controversial issue which CNN reports is showing up in the limelight now that a group seeking to ban circumcision of any male younger than 18 in San Francisco has succeeded in getting their controversial measure on the November ballot. If passed, it would be illegal for a parent to choose to have a boy circumcised, and if he wanted it done, he'd have to wait until he was 18 to make his own choice. Failing to follow the law would become a misdemeanor offense punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 or up to one year in jail. There would be no religious exemptions -- period.
I'm flatly anti-circumcision -- boys or girls. As I laid out in my other post, I don't believe we should be imposing our own plastic surgery notions on young boys without their consent. Why? Here are some thoughts.
Tomorrow is Mother's Day, so let me start by sending out a great big whopping Happy Mother's Day to those of you who are celebrating your fabulous mothers and whooping it up with your fabulous children. I'm sending you all my love and sending out three big WOOTs in hopes that you have a wonderful day.
But as much as I love you and wish you well, today's post is not for you (no offense!).
As an OB/GYN, I know Mother's Day can be a tough day for many women -- those who have been unable to conceive, lost pregnancies, had abortions, given their baby up for adoption, chosen not to reproduce, or wound up having that decision made by default. And if you've inherited children through marriage, you may feel sort of second fiddle to the biological Mommies, even if you're the one making lunch for six kids every day while biological Mommy lives on her boyfriend's yacht.
If you're one of those women -- and if you are, you're SO not alone -- Mother's Day brunches, kids making hand-woven pot holders, and over-the-top flower displays at the local grocery store may leave you feeling…well…left out. Or maybe even teary.
But I'm here to tell you that you don't have to bear children to be a Mommy and you don't have to be a Mommy to make the huge difference in the life of a child.
Here we are almost 40 years after the Supreme Court's historic Roe vs. Wade decision, and legislators are still threatening a woman's right to reproductive choice. Texas lawmakers just passed a bill requiring that women wishing to terminate a pregnancy must first undergo an ultrasound and then take some time to think about her decision. The state house approved the bill yesterday, and the state senate supported a similar anti-abortion measure last month. The final say will rest in the hands of Texas governor Rick Perry. Apparently, Perry praised Texas lawmakers for their vote -- which makes my stomach sink.
As an OB/GYN reading this CNN News story on International Women's Day, my heart is breaking.
You may think it's simple enough. A woman comes to her doctor and wants an abortion. Why not slap a scanner on her belly and take a sneak peek?Read More...
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I did my Ask The Girlfriend Gyno chat in front of 400 students at Sonoma State University this week, and during my talk, I spoke about how I believe talking about your vagina can be very healing. After all, not only is the vagina where we create life and experience pleasure; it's also where many traumas happen -- sexual molestation, rape, abortion, childbirth traumas, painful experiences at the gynecologist's office, and traumatic sex. When we don't release these traumas, they fester and manifest in ways we might not even associate with the original trauma. They might express as depression, eating disorders, or chronic pelvic pain. But when we talk about our vaginas, when we seek solace in the company of others, we set ourselves free.Read More...
Okay, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and write a post that literally scares the bejesus out of me. The other day, I was doing a podcast interview with Owning Pink blogger Stacey Curnow, and she asked me how it feels to write stuff like I did in my upcoming book What's Up Down There? Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend, which is more about me and my vagina than you probably ever wanted to know. In this book, I write about the sexual dysfunction I suffered with my ex-husband, the HPV I contracted from my current husband, the porn my hubby and enjoy from time to time, the elective C-section I decided to have, and yes -- I write about the painful decision I had to make as an OB/GYN about whether or not to do abortions.Read More...


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Arnold Schwarzenegger will guest star on NBC's "The Apprentice: Los
Angeles" on Sunday, March 18 (10-11 p.m. ET), when this week's winning
team gets a private meeting in Sacramento with the California governor.
This week's task is delivered on the set of NBC's "Passions," where Donald Trump talks about how soap operas got their name, and introduces them to executives from Dial. Then the candidates from teams Arrow and Kinetic are given their task — to write and direct a soap opera webisode that uses the cleaning product Softscrub.
While one team deals with an on-set romance, the other airs their dirty laundry. The winners get a private meeting with California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and hear about his road to success, while the losers get their bubble burst in the boardroom. Ivanka Trump returns this week to observe the execution of the tasks and advise her father in the boardroom.
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Tulane will have groundbreaking ceremony for Flower Hall, a new hub for science & engineering, uptown on Sept. 9
WHO: Scott Cowen, president of Tulane University; Nicholas Altiero, dean of the Tulane School of Science & Engineering; Pedro Garza, regional director of the U.S. Economic Development Administration; Donna Flower; and Paul Flower, president and CEO of Woodward Design+Build and an alumnus of Tulane University.
WHAT: A groundbreaking ceremony for the Donna and Paul Flower Hall for Research and Innovation, a $7.4 million facility that will be completed by fall 2012.
WHEN: Friday, September 9, 2011 at 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: On Tulane's uptown campus, next to the Boggs Center for Energy and Biotechnology. See campus map at http://riptide.me/Wh
MORE: Constructed by Woodward Design+Build, Flower Hall will serve as a 24,000-square-foot science and engineering hub that will include labs with open spaces designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and boost collaboration among engineers and scientists from diverse fields and their colleagues and students. The building will also feature study rooms, offices and sunlit gathering areas on each floor. The major fields of inquiry will be in energy, health and the environment.
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Birth Name: Lisa Rinna
Born: 07/11/1963
Birth Place: Medford, Oregon, USA
Born: 07/11/1963
Birth Place: Medford, Oregon, USA
Born Lisa Deanna Rinna on July 11, 1963 in Newport Beach, CA, Rinna later enjoyed a very traditional childhood - she was a Brownie and cheerleader - in Medford, OR with her parents Frank and Lois, who she affectionately described as "artistic types." After graduating from Medford Senior High in 1981, Rinna studied drama at the University of Oregon, but dropped out after her first year when she was denied entry to the advanced acting program. Devastated and disillusioned, Rinna relocated to San Francisco, CA and entered the brutally competitive modeling world, which she navigated until 1987. Unsatisfied with modeling and yearning to perform again she left for Los Angeles to find work as an actor. Appearances on television commercials were quickly followed by her feature debut in "Captive Rage" (1988), a low-budget exploitation title starring the late British thespian, Oliver Reed. Soon after, she landed the recurring role of Annie, girlfriend of Jason Bateman's David on the NBC sitcom, "Valerie"/ "The Hogan Family" (NBC, 1985-1991).
Appearances on "Baywatch" (syndicated, 1989-2001) and several TV movies preceded the role that garnered her national attention - that of damaged stripper/porn star/police detective/government agent Billie Reed on "Days of Our Lives" (NBC, 1965- ). Her role as Billie - the bane of Bo Brady's (Peter Reckell) existence - earned her back-to-back Soap Opera Digest awards in 1994 and 1995. Rinna stayed with the venerable series until 1995, appearing in just one outside project during her entire tenure - the low budget science fiction knockoff "Robot Wars" (1993). Following "Days," Rinna turned up in several TV movies and miniseries, including the Danielle Steel adaptation "Close to Danger" (1995), before moving to primetime with a two-year turn on "Melrose Place" (Fox, 1992-99). As Rob Estes' venomous sister and restaurateur, Taylor McBride, Rinna wreaked havoc on the life of Dr. Peter Burns (Jack Wagner), bringing even bitchier, back-stabbing exploits than usual to the famous address. During this period, Rinna met and fell in love with actor Harry Hamlin, a man still recovering from his abrupt and publicly acrimonious divorce from actress Nicolette Sheridan. The couple married in 1997 and gave birth to their first of two children a year later, coinciding with her departure from "Melrose Place" - but not before a six-months pregnant Rinna appeared nude in Playboy. She posed once more for the magazine as the issue's cover model in May 2009.
A potpourri of post-baby television roles followed - several of them opposite Hamlin, including a turn on his short-lived series "Movie Stars" (The WB, 1999-2000), the comedic TV movie "Oh, Baby" (2001), and the Lifetime movie "Sex, Lies and Obsession" (2001). Rinna's solo efforts included the 2000 Lifetime feature "Another Woman's Husband" (2000), which was one of the network's highest rated productions, followed by her sole feature film credit, "Good Advice" (2001) - a project best known for introducing Charlie Sheen to Denise Richards. In 2002, the highly animated Rinna was tapped to co-host the soap opera talk show "SoapTalk" (SOAPnet, 2002-06) alongside Ty Treadway. Her easy banter with her co-host helped her to earn several Daytime Emmy Award nominations. She was also the host of Lifetime's reality series "Merge" (2003-05), where makeover consultants helped newlyweds figure out what to keep and what to toss when it came to their spouse's belongings. In 2004, she and Hamlin played recurring roles on the UPN series "Veronica Mars" (2004-07) as the parents of Jason Dohring's character, Logan Echolls. Rinna's Lynn Echolls committed suicide by leaping from a bridge at the end of the series' first season. In 2007, Rinna landed a job perfectly suited to her glitzy, outgoing personality when she replaced awards show staple Joan Rivers as the TV Guide Channel's lead red carpet host.
In 2006, a tan and toned Rinna competed on ABC's astonishingly popular reality series, "Dancing with the Stars (2005- ). She and her partner Louis van Amstel pleased the judges and Rinna's exhibitionist personality was on full display, but it was not enough to prevent the pair from being eliminated mid-season. Ever the supportive husband, Hamlin followed in his wife's footsteps, literally, competing on "Dancing with the Stars" the following season. His twirl on the ballroom floor, however, ended even sooner than Rinna's, though his wife was always spotted ringside. Regardless, their "Dancing" exposure ignited enough public interest in them for the celebrity coupled to land their own celeb-reality series, "Harry Loves Lisa," which premiered on the TV Land Network in 2010. In a bizarre turn of events that would likely provide fodder for the show, the couple's San Fernando Valley clothing boutique was broken into twice during the same week the first episode aired. Only weeks later, it was then reported that Rinna had jumped aboard another reality program, season four of the successful "The Celebrity Apprentice" (NBC, 2004- ) franchise, in which she would compete against singer Mark McGrath, actress Marlee Matlin and rapper Lil Jon, among others.


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