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I had a stroke in my occipital lobe while under anesthesia 4 years ago. I need to have a tummy tuck due to a multiple birth, medication that makes it IMPOSSIBLE to lose weight and overall self esteem. I am deathly afraid to go under again. Is it possible to get a tummy tuck with an epidural or local anesthesia? I have a plastic surgeon who will do it but it is going to cost me $16,000.00. I need to research other doctors in the Upstate NY area. That is A LOT of money...
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Yes, we do tummy tuck / abdominoplasty using epidural anesthesia. This is a great alternative for patients who do not want general anesthesia or who cannot have general anesthesia. However, you still need to make sure that you are a good medical candidate for any anesthesia and a good candidate for the surgery. Tummy tuck is indicated for patients with excess or loss skin above and below the belly button and also to repair rectus diastasis or separation of the muscles. Tummy tuck is not a weight loss procedure. Cost of procedure is dependent on the location where you are having the surgery and on your surgeon.
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This can be done under spinal or epidural anesthesia without requiring general anesthesia. Check realself listings for other surgeons in your area.
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Tummy tuck surgery can theoretically be performed under a variety of different anesthesia "techniques".
I perform tummy tuck operations in an out patient surgery center, and under general anesthesia only. Patients are also taken care of by Board Certified Anesthesiologists who monitor my patients from start to end so as to provide the safest environment for my patients. Patient safety, comfort, and quality of outcome are best assured, utilizing this "protocol".I hope this, and the attached link, helps. Best wishes.
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First and foremost you need to make sure your primary care doctor thinks you are safe for an elective procedure. The stakes are high when you have had a problem already in the past. You can have this done in the way you ask, but one has to be very careful. If the spinal or epidural is not done at the correct level you can have sensation higher up on the abdomen. If you have the anesthetic placed too high your diaphragm will be paralyzed thus needing a breathing tube. Make sure you dot all of your i's and cross all of your t's on this one before you proceed.
Anesthesia Choices with Tummy Tuck
Yes, a tummy tuck can be done with an epidural anesthesia, but not all anesthesiologists are comfortable or practiced with the technique, so your surgeon may need to search a bit to find the right doctor.
Be sure that your primary doctor and neurologist feel it is safe for you to proceed with a general or epidural anesthesia, and that you have a preop visit with the anesthesiologist if it is feasible.
If your weight is part of the issue, explore all avenues for support with weight loss, before you proceed with tummy tuck. An obese abdomen and tummy tuck are a problematic combination that can lead to significant complications and even, in extreme situations, result in death.
Costs for procedures can vary depending on your geographic location and the complexity and risk associated with your particular procedure.
Good luck! I hope you achieve the outcome you are looking for!
Are you sure you are a candidate?
Sounds like you need to lose weight before surgery, a tummy tuck is for excess skin not excess fat. What is your BMI == if it is over 30 forget it. Anesthesia seems like the least of your concerns. You may have other issues and should have medical clearance before.
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WINNIPEG – It's not a signing that will make many Jets fans sit up and take notice, but the re-signing of restricted free agent defenceman Ben Chiarot adds some depth to the Jets blueline.
The Jets came to terms with the 23-year-old Chiarot Wednesday, on a one-year, two-way contract that will pay him $600,000 next season if he makes the big club.
Chiarot appeared in just one game with the Jets last season, but was a big part of the success of the AHL's St. John's IceCaps, where he scored 6 goals and 14 assists in 65 games last season. He also had 2 goals and 3 assists in the playoffs during their run to the Calder Cup Final.
Chiarot was originally a draft pick of the Atlanta Thrashers where he was selected in the fourth round and 120th overall in 2009.
Without counting Alex Burmistrov, who is signed to play in the KHL next season, the Jets have only one restricted free agent remaining in forward Michael Frolik. He will have an arbitration hearing on July 31.
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Watch Texas Rangers relief pitching if you want to learn how to NOT be clutch! Wow, I mean come on. How does that one kid throw 11 balls in a row and walk two SF Giants batters in the 8th inning of Game 2 when the bases are loaded? It's absolutely unbelievable how bad the Texas Rangers relief pitching was, and it's simply due to mental weakness. Texas going from having a chance down 0-2 in the 8th to losing the game 0-9 is a 100% ass kicking.
I understand how difficult it is to close things out due to competitive tennis. I've blown my share of 5-4, third set leads before, and 9 times out of 10, it's because my mind broke down. Tennis, like many one-on-one sports is a complete mind bend. I started worrying and thinking about all the "what ifs". What if I shank the ball when going for it? What if my calves start cramping? What if he starts catching fire? As soon as I start filling my mind with doubt, my body follows suite and then before I know it, I've blown the lead and lose.
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Say what you want about Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson (and these chicks have said plenty), what he and his teammates did on "The View" today for a 13-year-old bullying victim was enough to make up for all of it. You may have heard the story of Nadin Khoury, the Philadelphia area teenager who got dragged on the ground by a couple of high school a-holes and hung on a fence. Nadin and his family have been making the rounds in the media, in an effort to take a brave stand against bullies and to encourage other bullying victims to come forward. His latest appearance was this morning on ABC's "The View." (Yeah, I watch it. So what…wanna fight about it?) The picture of poise, Nadin told his story, shared his dream of one day being a marine and admitted he hoped his ordeal would help others.
As a reward for his bravery, the show surprised Nadin with a special appearance by DeSean Jackson and two other Eagles players. They also surprised Nadin with an Eagles prize package and a ticket for him and his family to any game next season. Freakin' awesome!! With the entire studio in tears, DeSean took things a step further by sitting next to the kid, putting his arm around his shoulder, and praising Nadin for his bravery before saying "Anytime ever you need us, I got two lineman for you." He also took an Eagles jersey off his back and signed it for Nadin before giving it to him.
It was the kind of moment that reminds rough and tough football chicks like us (so rough and tough that we watch "The View") how the players we idolize for their work on the field can have such a real impact on the lives of so many off of it. And while we may treat them like heroes, the real heroes are kids like Nadin who stand up for what's right, no matter what. I say, who cares what happens on Sunday. What happened today was "Super" enough to carry me to next season.


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The cover of TIME [Sept. 29] shows a grim-faced picture of Patty Hearst, and across it the word APPREHENDED.
Chances are, after the trial and sentencing you will be able to show a grinning Patty with a clenched fist, and across it the word SUSPENDED.
Willard P. Farrell Methuen, Mass.
With all the negative publicity centering on Patty Hearst, I find it difficult to believe she can get a fair and impartial trial.
Michael C. Shaw Mays Landing, N.J.
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Police said all lanes of Interstate 270 southbound have reopened after an earlier crash. Two people were transported with minor injuries, according to Maryland State Police.
It is the second time this week there has been an accident in that same area of Rockville. On Monday, there was an accident involving several cars on the southbound lanes of Interstate 270 near Route 28 as well. There were no life threatening injuries in Monday's incident.
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Maryland State Police said three of four lanes on southbound Interstate 270 in Rockville are shutdown Tuesday morning because of an accident involving eight vehicles.
The crash occurred about 7:15 a.m. near the Route 28 exit. One lane is getting by, police said. It was not immediately known how long the roadway would be closed, officials said.
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Four years ago, Gov. Dave Heineman turned the state's child welfare system over to private companies who demanded more money, broke their contracts and eventually pulled out in all areas but Lincoln and Omaha, and still charged the state millions of dollars.
Costs soared, payments to foster families and subcontractors were delayed and record keeping was lax, but the program continued because of assurances of a key official, Todd Reckling, who resigned after state auditors uncovered the financial problems.
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Robert "Joe" Halderman, the 52-year-old former CBS TV producer who tried to extort $2 million out of David Letterman, was sentenced to six months in the lockup Tuesday. Dave wasn't even in court to watch the root of his biggest ratings boost in years head off to the cooler, either.
Halderman was silent as he shuffled out of a Manhattan courtroom, the AP reports. When he gets out of jail, he'll still have to serve 1,000 hours of community service for pleading guilty to grand larceny.
In case you forgot, Halderman had tried to get Letterman to pay him in order to keep quiet about Dave's past dalliances with Robert's ex-girlfriend. Letterman then won a 2009 Juice*y Award for How To Handle a Sex Scandal by revealing his infidelity on the air, an honor that Dave truly has yet to fully appreciate.
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PetSmart Shares Rise on Plans for $525 Million Buyback, Dividend Boost
PetSmart (NASDAQ: PETM), the specialty provider or products and services for pets, announced Monday that it has raised its quarterly dividend 18%. In addition, it has authorized a $525 million share buyback.
PetSmart has made the move in an attempt to boost shareholder value, and the 2.5 cent increase to 16.5 cents per share will cost the company roughly $10.8 million per year. The share purchase authorization will commence on June 30 of this year.
"The return of excess cash to our shareholders through a combination of dividends and share repurchases reaffirms our commitment to the creation of shareholder value through effectively managing the capital in our business," said CEO Bob Moran. "We believe the stability and predictability of our cash flow demonstrates the continued strength of our business."
The dividend will be paid on August 10 of this year, and it is equivalent to an annual rate of $0.66 per share.
On Wednesday last week, Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on PetSmart with an Overweight rating and $75 price target, with one Morgan Stanley analyst saying that, "We see four drivers of upside to consensus EPS and a bullish view, 1) Stable 3-5% industry growth and PETM modestly increasing share, 2) 7-10% services growth, 3) 100-200 bps of margin leverage from premium/proprietary mix and efficiency, 4) A focus on increasing cash flow and return of capital."
The company has been posting impressive results in recent periods, driven by demand for premium pet foods and hard goods. Even during the recession, consumers were apparently willing to spend money on better-quality products for their pets.
On Monday, PetSmart was trading at about $68.30, up roughly 2.6%.
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Visitors to the Mitchell Park Domes will travel through a landscape of large proportions during the summer floral show. The show opens Saturday, June 7. The Domes, "Milwaukee's Living Landmark," is located at 524 S. Layton Blvd.
Colorful blooms will be interspersed amid giant-sized plants. Visitors will see brightly hued New Guinea Impatiens, blue Salvia, deep rose Pentas (favored by butterflies), and other colorful blossoms. Giant-leaved plants in the show will include Elephant Ears, with leaves up to 6 feet long and Castor Bean, with leaves up to 3 feet long. Also of giant proportion are the tussocks of Pampas Grass, which can grow to a height of 9 feet.
Enlarged props—up to 1 foot—of "good" and "bad" bugs, as well as interpretive signage, will be placed throughout the show. Benefits from pollinators such as honey bees and monarch butterflies, along with their recent plights of colony collapse and declining populations are explained. The destructive behavior of aphids and emerald ash borers and current best management practices are discussed. Also provided is an example of a bug that may be considered both good and bad—the lady bug. While it is sought for its voracious appetite for aphids and other plant-eating insects, some varieties of ladybugs also feed on plants.
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A culinary culmination: The LCC winter term banquet
EUGENE, Ore. - A symphony of sounds sets the scene for what may best be described as organized chaos.
Lane Community College Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Students hold a dinner near the end of every term to experience the challenge of organizing a large scale service, and show off some of their newly learned talents.
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Chef Instructor Chris Crosthwaite tells KVAL that enrollment for the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management program at Lane Community College significantly increased 3 to 4 years ago.
"People were rethinking, retooling ... 'What can I do to make myself more economically desirable?" explains Crosthwaite, "Couple that with the excitement generated on TV with the Food Network and all the myriad of cooking shows that make cooking and being a chef real sexy, and people want to get on board with that."
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And I am Hollandaise, 35 years old, from the Netherlands. Married with 2 kids (7&5yo) and working as a laboratory technician.
I checked in on RA - but checking in here as well.
I have been struggling with my running for the last 1 1/2 years. I had problems with my peroneal tendon which led to problems with my hamstring which culminated in a long break from running. Finally sorted out the peroneal issue at the end of 2012/beginning of 2013 but have been struggling all of 2013 to get back on track. Hoping to re focus in 2014.
This is my third round in this game and I have been on great teams both years. I look forward to meeting everyone.
I set up a FB group for Team 8 Let me know who you are when you join.
runTDC here. I'm Teresa. I am 50. (Hey, it's a new age group, right?). I've been playing this game since 2011. I am a consistent member, and have never missed a week. Sometimes I am sporadic on-line. Life just gets in the way. I am looking forward to getting to know all of you and making 2014 a great year for running. I live in The San Francisco Bay Area and am a 3rd grade teacher. I've run about a dozen marathons, sorta slowly, and did a Rim2Rim of the Grand Canyon this last summer to celebrate the big 5-0. I have two kids...DD is 16, and DS is 21.
Here's to an amazing year!
My name is Xanthe. I'm 43 yo married chick, in San Diego area. I've been playing this off and on. I sometimes need reminders to post, I have a crazy work schedule and get distracted. My email is firstname.lastname@example.com. I didn't miss a single week in 2013, but needed a couple reminders (mostly on FB).
I am a Half Fanatics and Marathon Maniacs member. I'm primarily a triathlete now, with a running background. I've been running off and on since I was 12.
Looking forward to meeting everyone. I'm rarely here on RW, but always on FB, b/c I play some stupid addictive games there. There are worse things.
Hey team! I'm Gladys I sent a request to join the FB group, and will post this in the RA thread as well.
This is my 3rd year in the game, I am very solid poster and never missed a week. I did however miss my goal this year, so I may need a nudge every now and then not to have that 3rd cup of coffee in the mornings and go run.
I have been running for over 10 years and and on a 50 halfs before I am 50 quest. I am 45 and just completed #26.
Also have 3 wonderful grand babies that you will all get tired of hearing about
I am looking forward to getting to know all of you
Bryan here. 38 year old, married father of a 5 and 8 year old. I like to run but because of family and other things I do not get a chance to race too often. My last race was a 5k in September of last year. I am close to my goal for 2013 and hope to meet it next week.
Robert - I sent a facebook request too
What up peeps! Glad to meet you.
Married, father of two girls so all of running takes place early morning. Running for 6 years now, pulled into it by some friends who have long since bailed on me. 14 marathons and somewhere around 20 halfs so far. Will probably run a couple of each next year.
FB request sent by me as well
I'm Robert. 46 year old father of an 18 year old son. He has cerebral palsy so that keeps us very busy with him. We live on the coast of Georgia about 35 miles south of Savannah. One time half marathoner and so slow it's not funny.
Richard, moving up an AG this year as I'll be 45 in Jan.
Half fanatic and feel that is my best distance.
Spring Goal is to advance my speed just a little, I;'m 40 secs (at the HM) shy of a Peachtree Wave A time.
Fall goal will be a marathon, exact goal tbd but probably about 3:45/50
Hi, I am Ronda. I am 45 with 4 children 18,16,15 and 10. I just started running in March but easily became committed to it. I work 2 jobs and still find time to run at least 5 days a week. I run 25 miles each week-sometimes more. I ran 2 HMs this year--I LOVE that distance. I would like to run an Ultra next December.
I checked in on FB but am not sure I know where to find this group on RA. I have a page on RA for myself so if someone can direct me....
I am excited about being in a group and meeting everyone here.
Hi all!
I'm Kris. I'm new to the game and relatively new to running. I completed c25k in the spring and ran two slow 5ks this summer. This game and joining a group will help keep me motivated and running all year. I'm married (celebrating our 25th tomorrow) and have 2 kids. I'm from northeastern PA, a high school librarian and will turn 50 in a few days.
I sent a request to join the fb group.
Looking forward to meeting everyone!
Hey team!
My name is Jamie. I am 40(day after Xmas). Mom to 2 boys, ages 13 & 6. I have a home daycare and I homeschool our oldest son, who has autism. I have been running for 3 years now, the first year to loose weight and get in shape, the second year to see what I was made of and my commitment, the third because I figured "Why not keep striving?" So I run 40-50 miles a week pretty regularly and I also race bikes. Pedal bikes. I have 5 bikes, a cargo bike, a unicycle, a fat snow bike, a road bike, and a cyclocross singlespeed bike.
This year, I thought I would mix it up a bit and try my hand at offroad trail running instead of just road based larger participant races. So I have an offroad race about every 2 weeks scheduled, from 6 milers to a fall 50k. Then I also have some bike endurance races of 150 miles and a 500 miler. Should be fun!
My hubby and I also enjoy home brewing and trying new recipies for yummy beverages. Our latest is a Chipotle Pepper Smoked Porter that smells wonderful just fermenting! I can't wait to get it in bottles and start carbonating it. Waiting is the hardest part of home brewing!
Nice to meet you all!!!
Team 8 is still looking for a few more members to check in. C Erickson, rpflash100, scottalthen, aluneau, BCarv, Iseewholewheat, and tehtide.
Thanks for checking in aluneau. We have a FB page set up if you're interested, there's a link at the top of this thread. In the group page there has been some discussion as to team name already.
Down to six left to check in now.
Just marking my spot so I know how far I've read
Checking in as well... I'll hit up the FB page. I'll be much more active there.
Hey all, I was yelled at to come check in...
..So I'm checking in! I think I've been added to the FB page.
Thanks for yelling at me Kristy
Hey all, I was yelled at to come check in...
..So I'm checking in! I think I've been added to the FB page.
Thanks for yelling at me Kristy
OMG...I feel like a celebrity -- getting mentioned in another team's thread.
Much love to ya, Rich!
sorry I'm just now checking in on this jammer, I've been doing that traveling thing. At any rate, I'm a 40 yo father of 2, 5 & 8 and husband of one. I live in Savannah where i am not at right now. I work as a tattooer so I have plenty of time to run though usually it is before the world wakes.
sorry I'm just now checking in on this jammer, I've been doing that traveling thing. At any rate, I'm a 40 yo father of 2, 5 & 8 and husband of one. I live in Savannah where i am not at right now. I work as a tattooer so I have plenty of time to run though usually it is before the world wakes.
We're practically neighbors! We're in Midway.
Hey all! Sorry I am late to posting! I am 26, live in South Georgia (Currently in indiana,) and fairly new to running. Currently, I work in sports medicine at a local university. I just ran my first half at the beginning of December, and hope to build my base in 2014. cant wait to get going and also get on the Facebook group!
Just asked to get added to the fb group, I'm Katy
Sweet, we have both a beer brewer and a tattooer on the team, this could lead to some fun!
Welcome, Iseewholewheat. Robert should add you to the FB group as soon as he sees your request.
Hi all,
I'm 31, live in SLC and am married with 3 kids (3,5,7).
2014 will be my second full year of running.I should hit ~1500 miles for 2013 and am excited to try to hit 2014 in 2014 . I start training for BSIM tomorrow.
Is anybody else on Strava and interested in creating a Strava group?
Got you accepted Chris and Katy. Welcome to the team.
Hello all! Sorry for checking in late. A family emergency over the last couple days plus the usual Christmas stuff has limited my time on the net.
My name is Brian and I'm 47. I'm married with 4 children (13-20, 3 boys / 1 girl). I've been running for ~ 1.5 years. I picked it up after starting a new job and looking for something to get back in shape. I completed a C25k and started adding a little bit each week until I could run for 45 minutes. Last year I ran two 5k's and a 10k, but also spent several months sidelined with achilles tendinitis. It still bothers me, but I'm back to ~ 30 mpw and looking to test new race distances in 2014. I'd like to run a marathon before I'm 50.
I'm looking forward to getting to know each of you. I'll head over to the RA and FB sites to check in there.
Happy running!
Welcome aboard. We have a full contingent now.
Time to post your miles for week 1.
I'm a late comer to your team, got asked to fill in for a member that left. I've been playing the game for several years. Mediocre team in 2010, Top 4 in 2011, Champion in 2012, and Final 2 in 2013. I'm a higher mileage runner. Lead Meteorologist with the National Weather Service, in Omaha. I'm a shiftworker, so my running schedule is extremely odd. Anyhow, one of my goals is to run a marathon or greater in every state. I've got 30, and hope to add a few more this year if time and money allow. Happy running, see you on FB! I post with the name of vwaldoguy, but my account here is called It's Just Running.
Welcome to the team! See you in FB!
Looks like I never got around to checking in here so here is the obligatory post. I post as fimmx everywhere running related and I ran today!
I live in the SF/Bay area, have worked in the same software company for 13+ years, have a stay at home DH (I'm so lucky), 2 kids - DD (10.5) and DS (9, and homeschooled) and a cat. My parents have also lived with us since 2001. See why I think I'm lucky in DH?
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Erin Kitzinger was a student at St. Petersburg High School when spring break days at the beach inspired her filmmaking career.
Kitzinger's first movie, the family drama Hope for a Thorn, is among several Gasparilla Film Festival entries created by present or former Tampa Bay residents, or featuring local people and places.
Boasting more than 60 films, the festival begins today, continuing through Sunday at various Tampa locations. Tickets and event information are available online at gasparillafilmfestival.com.
Hope for a Thorn will be shown Saturday at 1 p.m. at Cinebistro in Tampa's Hyde Park shopping district.
In 1999, Kitzinger and a friend drove to St. Pete Beach where director Paul Schrader was filming scenes for the sexy flop Forever Mine. Filmmaking wasn't her first reason for being there.
"Joseph Fiennes was in the movie, and he'd just done Shakespeare in Love, and I was, like, oooooh," Kitzinger said during a telephone chat. "So, we spent every day watching the shoot, and getting to know some of the crew members. They let us back behind the scenes and I just got hooked."
Kitzinger graduated in 2000 then studied at the University of Central Florida's film school before moving to Chicago where she produced Hope for a Thorn, the story of a widow caring for a granddaughter she never met before.
"It was very important to me to make a female-oriented film," Kitzinger said. "There are so many movies about women in terms of their relationships with men — the wife, whatever — but I wanted to focus on women and their relationships with each other."
Another entry with Tampa Bay ties is the spiritual documentary The Calling, focused on local Catholics including Tampa's Orlando Castillo, the son of a doctor whose faith-based decision led him to Peru, where he's currently tending to the poor and spreading the gospel.
"He decides to leave a life of privilege, if you will, and enter this journey into religious life," director David Ranghelli said by telephone from New York. "What the film does, is provide a very candid, honest depiction of how he and his family, especially his father, work through the situation, coming to terms with the decision he made."
The Calling will be shown Friday at 5 p.m. at Cinebistro.
Other Gasparilla entries with Florida ties include the St. Petersburg con game dramedy Prime of Your Life (Friday, 7:15 p.m. at Cinebistro), former WFLA-TV reporter Mike Walters' documentary Breaking News, Breaking Down (Saturday, 4 p.m. at Cinebistro), Andrew Allan's horror flick Brainjacked (Saturday, 10:15 p.m. at Cinebistro), Pete and Paul Guzzo's mixed martial arts short Caged Dreams (Saturday, 10 p.m.) and Endure (Saturday, 7 p.m. at Muvico Centro Ybor), a thriller starring Tom Arnold and Judd Nelson, filmed in Lakeland.
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We have a powerful two-day bar combo that tells me the chances of Monday being a nice up day are quite high.
$1,430 is a buy level for platinum, and ideally gold and silver should be breaking out as well since they do lead.
Palladium (PALL) gained a nice 1.68% last week and looks great for higher prices Monday.
Last weekend I thought palladium was a nice looking short trade, since it had some catching up to do to the other metals. But it never came to be, as gold and silver held crucial support.
We have a nice two-bar combo. That tells me we are going higher right now, as we are closing on resistance at $810.
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Job losses at companies as diverse as Ford and Rio Tinto this week and a pay freeze among Commonwealth Bank executives can be seen through the lens of the major structural changes playing out in the global economy, which still have decades to run.
The industrialisation of developing economies, particularly China, financial deregulation and innovation, and the ageing of the population in many countries, are being overlaid by relentless technological progress, which is busting old style business models as fast as it is producing astounding new innovations and productivity breakthroughs. These also mean that even in a growth economy such as Australia's, jobs across the spectrum of industries are threatened.
These trends played out in the Australian workforce this week as Asciano's stevedore company, Patricks, announced it will cut 270 of its 511 stevedoring jobs from its workforce at its Port Botany dock in Sydney. Meanwhile, Ford said it would retrench 440 workers in its Melbourne plant. And as the finance sector shrinks in response to the prospect of long term low credit growth, Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev declared he'd freeze salaries of executives earning over $150,000.
Even in the boom-time resources sector, jobs are being cut as energy prices fall, partly in response to weak global economy but also as the cost of alternative energy sources falls, in part due, again, to new technology being utilised in the gas sector. Rio Tinto announced it will cut jobs at its Clermont Mine in Queensland, thanks to falling coal prices and the high dollar.
Australia must adjust to these changes, rather than stand against them, as the Maritime Union of Australia seems to wants to do at the Port Botany terminal. As senior Liberal Malcolm Turnbull pointed out this week, reforms in the 1980s and 1990s that methodically opened Australia's markets have allowed our economy to handle events such as the global financial crisis and massive long terms shifts in the global economy comparatively well.
In what was a busy week for economic advisers, Jagdish Bhagwati, a leading international trade economist and free trade advocate, urged us to reduce trade barriers.
But Australia's most senior international econocrat, Adrian Blundell Wignall, deputy director of financial and enterprise affairs at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, warned this week that Asia's economic model may be built on too high assumptions about how fast the OECD economies would grow. But in a stagnant global economy, with managed exchange rates, continued relentless technological change will continue to deliver challenges.
Waves of automation are spreading throughout diverse industries.
Rio Tinto has built an operations centre at Perth airport to control its operations in the Pilbara. It can remotely control off-road trucks, trains and drills, and redeploy staff between mine sites. Introducing this remote control technology will obviously mean job losses.
And Asciano is planning to spend $348 million redeveloping its biggest port operation and investing in unmanned, remotely controlled machines that will move and stack containers faster.
For an isolated, trade-dependent country that is girt by sea, productivity of the ports is crucial. Bureau of Infrastructure Transport and Regional Economics data shows that stevedore productivity has increased very slowly since the big gains between 1998 up to 2002, after former Patrick's boss Chris Corrigan won his dispute with the waterfront unions. The unions have hopefully learnt from that dispute and attempts to resist technological change such as shearers opposition to wide-tooth combs in the early 1980s.
Certainly, no one likes to see people losing their jobs, but a major driver in the increase of incomes for all is productivity and in particular the better use of labour and technology combined to produce more, better quality, lower cost goods and services. Resisting technology ultimately hurts Australia's competitiveness and reduces incomes for all.
The wage freezes in finance and car industry job cuts are due to structural changes in the economy, rather than technology.
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If we left the industry to its own devices, would we rob Australia of technical expertise necessary to deal with technological change in other parts of the economy, or would resources be more productively deployed in smarter combinations of workers and technology in industries where we do hold an advantage, such as in resources, mining services, biotechnology and medical research?
These difficult questions are arising at a time when the global economy seems set for a prolonged hiatus. As Mr Turnbull noted this week, policymakers must ensure that we face the grave risks and big opportunities by riding the wave of change, rather than standing against it and being swamped.
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If you want to add a simple stretch you can do almost anywhere to your fitness routine, consider the butterfly stretch. When you perform this stretch correctly, you'll feel a pleasant release in your groin, along your inner thigh and across your lower back. As with any stretch, understanding which muscles you're targeting and using proper form will help you get the most out of the butterfly stretch.
The main release you feel in your groin and along your inner thigh in the butterfly stretch comes from stretching the adductor muscles in your inner thigh. This group of three muscles runs from your pelvis to the femur and allows you to swing the thigh inward and to flex and extend the thigh. You may also feel a stretch along your lower back and your buttocks while doing the butterfly stretch. This feeling comes from stretching the gluteal muscles, especially the gluteus maximus that runs from your lower back to your femur. Leaning forward during the stretch emphasizes this release of your lower back.
Before beginning the butterfly stretch, warm up your muscles with 10 minutes of light activity, or do the stretch after your workout when your muscles are already warm. Start the stretch by sitting on the floor. Bring the soles of your feet together to make your legs into a diamond shape. Rest your hands on your feet and sit up straight. For some people this may be enough of a stretch. If you want to stretch further, slowly bend forward at the waist. Keep your back straight as you lean forward; think of bringing your chest to your feet rather than hunching over. Lean forward until you feel tension, but not pain. Hold the position for 15 to 30 seconds and then return to the starting position.
Once your adductor muscles feel more flexible, you may want to try a couple variations on the butterfly stretch. In the first variation, you will increase the adductor stretch by holding your feet and using your elbows to press down on your knees. This opens the groin further and creates a deeper stretch along the inner thigh. You can also turn this static stretch into a dynamic stretch by holding the stretched position for only two seconds, returning to the start position and then stretching again. Repeat the stretch five to 10 times, making sure you make all of your motions slow and smooth so you aren't bouncing through the stretches.
Besides feeling good, the butterfly stretch helps prevent injury. Nearly all kicking and running sports use the adductor muscles, as do activities like dancing and tennis. Keeping the adductors and other muscle groups flexible can help improve your performance in these sports while reducing your chance of injury. When the gluteal muscles and adductor muscles lose flexibility, you risk injuring your lower back when performing lifting or twisting activities. Tight adductor muscles can also increase the risk of knee injuries, especially if other leg muscles are weak or inflexible.
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"I promise you we will figure this out, and we're going to make them pay; just not today," Rick pledges.
No "Castle" scene, it seems, not the welcomed new season's intimacy, not the loving embraces, the soul- searching hugs, not the intense, earth-shattering handshakes, the tender looks or the faithful words, nor the passionate kisses, nothing is more powerful than this heart- wrenching, perfect scene from "Rise," when love, always there, heart-felt was hidden, yet alive and waiting…waiting, spoken…silent, sometimes heard, palpable.
Kate returns to work edgy, in free fall, frail from the trauma and her near fatal heart shot. At her desk Rick patiently sits down, rests in her presence as he so often does, her cup of coffee offered, his heart stripped bare this time. How can he stop her, make her stand down? How can he save Kate from herself and from her arch- enemies?
Love's greatest gift, Rick now bestows. "Rise," love. With all he is, Rick asks her to walk away from her mother's case; he does this before in "Knockout," and Kate lashes out then; they are over.
Now, again, anew, a scene so old, so fresh, he cherishes a chance to save her; with eyes face-searching, with voice breaking, anxious with love, needing her, Rick pleads, his words: "I'm not telling you to walk away; I'm just saying give it time…just until you get your bearings."
He waits; achingly reads her face. Have they come this far, he so in love with her, they so in tune always, and she, once more not hearing…his heart speaking…his words?
But then she asks: "How am I supposed to get my bearings when someone out there wants me dead?" Kate listens; Rick's hope glimmers, earnest.
"Just not today, "Rick promises and pleads.
"Castle, if I don't do this… I don't know who I am?"
"You are who you always were." Rick promises. "You are the one who honors the victims."
He knows her, validates her truth. It is hard to think of a more loving, greater gift than this, life- affirming one's character and one's existence. Rick urges Kate to live her life, to be herself, to enjoy life's pleasures, and, as always, to believe in a hopeful new day…in tomorrow. She tries; seeks counseling to heal, to love…him, walls down. And she does…start to believe in tomorrow in herself and in him.
In another beginning, season five's "After the Storm," as lovers now, Rick's words and demeanor mirror the "Rise" scene, only this time urging a flagging Kate on to action, not pleading with her to halt her inquiries. She cries: "I can't go back again, not now." Rick realizes they have no choice but go on. "I don't know how to do this and I'm not even a cop anymore."
This time Rick spurs her on to action: "I'll tell you exactly what we do. We figure out who this is. We've done it before and with less to go on…" He engages Kate in locating Mr. Smith and unlocking the conspiracy, lifting her sinking spirit: "This is what you're great at, and I'm not so bad myself."
Rick and Kate, Ryan and Esposito go on to uncover an all encompassing, high profile, powerful conspiracy and Senator Bracken, the self-serving, diabolical politician responsible for Johanna Beckett's murder. In a seemingly impossible situation, alone, Kate encounters Bracken, confronts him, and pistol whips him, cleverly striking an unholy bargain with this devil.
Kate pretends to have incriminating evidence and forces Bracken to continue the agreement he had with Smith and Montgomery, thus safe- keeping Kate and those she loves. For now, their match is a stalemate.
Finally, Esposito asks her, "What about your mom?"
Watching Rick, Kate replies: "I'll get justice for her… just not today."
With Rick's proud eyes tracking her, Kate walks off, her head held high: "Till then I'll get it for others." And so she does.
Indeed, from the first day they meet, Rick is aware of Kate's honor, her beauty and her sorrow. Responding to her challenge, he analyzes just why the lovely Kate is a cop and not a lawyer. He reads her; knows she is a cop because she has lost a loved one and wants justice; he sees her face fall and her heartbreak as he comes too close to the truth; a kind man, Rick lets it rest, but not until Kate defends: "Don't think you know me."
For the next few years working side by side, risking and saving, death-defying and loving, laughing and crying, disappointing and heartening, Rick and Kate learn who the other is and mature with self- knowledge, too. Always there for each other, they learn about love and their incredible desire to be together, for they are so alike and so different, sometimes so star- crossed and always longing for each other.
From the beginning in some of the most powerful sequences and scenes, the Johanna Beckett mystery and murder arcs, threads its way through five seasons, impacts two strangers, the writer and his muse, two want to be lovers and now at last two lonely people in a loving relationship. Johanna Beckett's case still lingers, ready to sprout its ugly tentacles to hurt and to destroy.
They meet again, Senator Bracken and Kate Beckett. Bracken lurks and provides the irony of all ironies in "Recoil," as Kate dutifully proclaims: "I'm protecting the man who murdered my mother."
Melanie Rogers, a 27 year old environmental engineer is gruesomely murdered; her murder taped or recorded on her phone as she calls her sister to seek help, revealing a partial license plate number. Also picked up in the background on the recording is a clicking sound, the flicking of a Zippo cigarette lighter.
On a different note, for a few incidental but interesting ironies, the murdered woman's name is Martha's last name…Rogers, spelled differently. The word Bracken refers to a clump of ferns with coarse fronds and spore cases with extensive stems, slimy and slithery, encroaching enough underground I would imagine.
And, of course, "recoil," suggesting moving back suddenly and violently after an impact, or reacting in horror, disgust, certainly something returning and bringing its own violence and fear, and, indeed, a change in movement as a result of a collision. The words are certainly suggestive enough, no grasping at straws, I hope.
On the surface Bracken is involved with the young woman in a clandestine affair, but that is not so, for ultimately he is the primary target for an assassination, and Melanie is murdered, a woman in the wrong place at the wrong time, a woman who can identify the culprit.
When analyzing and reading the Senator's hate mail, Kate identifies one letter and matches it to the hate journal found along with a sniper rifle in drifter, and mentally ill Robert McManus' car trunk.
But it is the juicy dialogue between Kate and her arch enemy, fraught with ironies and moral ambiguities which make this episode fascinating.
While Kate wrestles with her conscience, she and Rick are close and supportive; Ryan and Esposito would gladly kill Bracken for murdering Johanna Beckett and their captain Roy Montgomery, or at least Espo would, for Ryan fights with the moral implications of the deed and what carrying it through would make them; no better than the scum Bracken.
Leading the investigation Kate questions Bracken: "Is there anyone who would like to kill you?" Oh this is delicious in its implications.
Retaliating, Bracken then goads Kate: "Must be a dream come true for you?" And, yes, it is for Kate to have in her cross hairs, the man responsible for her mother's murder. And she keeps her cool. Kate has moments of doubt, but she is under control.
"In my dreams I'm the one who gets to pull the trigger." Kate retorts and Bracken recoils. They spar, and Rick supporting Kate all the way looks daggers at the man, ready to defend Kate if need be. Rick and Kate touch, console and are together on this case and in its aftermath.
Both making biting comments and scoring, Bracken and Kate, however, fence with each other. Finally Kate warns the senator and throws down the ultimate challenge: "When someone commits murder, no matter who he is, I will bring him to justice, no matter how long it takes."
Holding his ground, the Senator brooks no interference with his plans to give the keynote speech at the environmental conference, for the exposure on the national stage is the cornerstone to his reelection and presidential ambitions.
The hate letters leading to McManus throw Kate into a moral dilemma or crises. Consulting her therapist she confides: "If we find the suspect (McManus), someone worse, much worse is going to escape justice." Morally conflicted, Kate feels that there is no right choice, and the doctor "helps her realize the choice must be the one she can live with." And ultimately she chooses wisely.
Still, Kate is so tempted to burn the McManus letter, the evidence, and thus continue to pursue Bracken. She basically lets McManus go when she and her team break down his apartment door to arrest him. Later she confesses to Rick that she didn't miss hitting him, for she never really fired her gun at him. Kate claims she "looked him in the eye and felt his pain."
Now Kate questions her own integrity as a cop, for perhaps she wanted the man to escape to aid him in killing Senator Bracken: "What if I wanted him to get away…what does that make me."
In interrogation Kate finds that the suspect's son, a Bracken campaign worker, hanged himself and McManus blames the senator for his son's death. The interrogation has the hallmarks of"47 Seconds" with Kate bonding or pretending to with the suspect. "I know what it's like to lose someone that you love…to live with that pain, to feel the rage towards the person responsible." Revealingly Kate cries out. This is powerful.
While Rick observes and feels for Kate, in walks Captain Gates. The charged atmosphere in the interrogation is too personal, too real. Kate yells out to Mc Manus: "He took someone close to me; he killed my mother."
After her words resound around the room, Rick covers for her, and Gates pulls her out of interrogation. Reluctantly Kate leaves, verifying that she is all right. But it seems that the explosives and C4 were found, and the man is indeed guilty. Case closed.
At Kate's home, she and Rick decide that just maybe the evidence is planted and suggest that McManus is too dull and an easy patsy to blame. The real bomb rigged to murder the loathsome Senator may still be in place.
Kate concludes she must evacuate the convention, no doubt bringing down the Senator's wrath, and according to Rick: "If you stop it and you are wrong, your career is over." She calls it in to evacuate the Widmark Hotel. With Bracken beyond irate, and no bomb surfacing, Kate is stricken with her error.
Seizing the opportunity, Bracken attacks and threatens to bury Kate. At that moment Kate hears the clicking sound, the sound of a Zippo lighter, flicking in the driver's hand. The Senator moves towards his car and it explodes. Kate tackles Bracken, saving his life, or at least, by her dogged efforts to search for a bomb, she saves his life.
Rick reveals to Bracken that he would not have done what Kate did. However, Rick and Kate both suspect that the Senator knows who is paying the driver to murder him. Sparring and insulting, the moments between Kate and Bracken are tense, meeting each other as equals, with the Senator claiming that he is in her debt.
"It is a dangerous world out there, Detective, he slyly suggests, "You never know when you might need a friend." These two sworn enemies will meet again and it promises to be some mighty collision. Still the outcome of that fight may be entirely different than expected. We wait in awe.
At home at Kate's, Rick and Kate, together, learn that another king maker Ben Maas is behind the attempted assassination of Kate's arch- nemesis.
Indeed, it is the change in Kate that is so profound; she is savvy, and sophisticated, handling herself with aplomb in a morally charged situation with a man she personally despises and holds responsible for her mother's murder. She is always sophisticated and aware,but she is so much more…so confident, so sure; so in control.
Kate is well; she is whole. She and Rick are together, comfortable and secure. Rick knows her and she knows herself; we know her, too. Indeed, Kate has her moments of doubt, her moral ambiguity and crisis, but she concludes rationally and calmly, especially considering who this Bracken is and what he is capable of doing:
"He'll slip up eventually. and when he does, I'll be ready." Those words sound remarkably like… "Just not today."


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How Mothers Can Worship in the Midst of Inconvenience
I don't know about you, but most of the time I spend with Jesus is interrupted by children who need my immediate attention. About the time I get into a heartfelt prayer, I hear screaming from another room and a beckoning to whisper a quick amen while I go back to my "real life". I sit and read my bible as I hear the theme song to Daniel Tiger and I'm looking up every couple minutes to make sure my toddler isn't climbing onto the fireplace or sticking things in the DVD player. Church is great, but as soon as it's over I need to swiftly go back to the nursery to pick up my kids even if I did want to visit with the new couple sitting next to us. It sometimes might seem like my kids are interfering in my relationship with God, but I don't believe this is a true or right mindset. I loved this blog post on True Woman about how to embrace the spiritual multi-tasking, seeing God's plan for our relationship with him, even when it feels like we can't have a "real" quiet time.
Supporting a Friend through Miscarriage
Even if you have never experienced the heartbreak and loss of a miscarriage, you probably know someone who has. Madison over at Espresso and Cream has been posting some extremely helpful and honest insights into the recovery period after a miscarriage. I know that I'm grateful for her heart and will try to remember these things as I interact with and minister to friends who have experienced this type of grief. On a related note, go check out my sister-in-law's perspective about being the friend with the baby. ...It's a take on the issue of loss and infertility from another angle.
Blogging and the S Word
I know I link to this blog a lot, but I really appreciate her the author's writing style and heart for Jesus. In this post, she gives some insight into the hidden struggle of many Christian bloggers (myself included) to both glorify God in our writing while resisting the temptation to be lured by our "statistics". This post encouraged me to remember to pray for God's direction in my content and also for him to "pick" the audience. She points out something important, "the truth is, 100,000 people could read an article that bears no lasting fruit in their lives, and 10 people could read an article that changes them for eternity. With God the statistics are unseen."
Why I Will Keep Talking About Biblical Womanhood
Courtney does a phenomenal job of explaining why this topic is relevant to our lives in 2014, and gives me more motivation to continue exploring God's plan for women as it's laid out in the bible. Favorite quote: "Every day we hear lies about God's image and his rightful authority over his creation, and we know the truth. These aren't silly arguments that evangelicals like to get into. They are eternal matters that tell a story about our creator, God."


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Daniel Brooks stood on Owen Field after an open practice earlier this spring looking forward to OU's Red & White Game, the spring finale.
"I haven't played in an actual game in three or four years," Brooks said as he walked between students who had come onto the field seeking selfies with OU players . "This is going to get me out there, see what I can do and what I know I can do again and what I'm capable of."
Brooks has essentially been out of the football spotlight since he was a senior in high school. The 5-foot-8, 182-pound redshirt sophomore from Calhoun High School in Port Lavaca, Texas, tore all the major ligaments in his knee during a long jump attempt during his senior season in 2012.
The Sooners stood behind Brooks and honored his scholarship, and the Brooks family even went as far as having OU's own doctors perform the surgery to repair his knee.
Brooks spent his first two seasons in Norman rehabbing his knee, returning to form. He was moved from running back to defensive back.
Now he's back at the running back position to stay.
"It's been good. It's been a long ride. Real long. I've been really working on it, rehabbing it and I really try not to think of it as a setback," said Brooks.
On this day, Brooks was fending off butterflies, even though he wasn't playing in an actual game, he knew he was about to scrimmage in front of the biggest crowd of his football career.
"Me not being in this position for such a long time in a game-like atmosphere, it's going to be fun," he said.
The day ended up a successful one for Brooks. He led all rushers with 8 carries for 67 yards during OU's spring scrimmage.
"Daniel has been a great worker for us," said Bob Stoops following the spring game. "He had a nice game today. You see his cuts coming back and his speed."
Brooks flashed the type of quickness OU doesn't seem to have at the running back position right now. While Keith Ford seeks out contact and Alex Ross has great power and top-end speed, Brooks' return to the running back position gives the Sooners a nice change of pace at the position.
"The change of pace I give is good and of course I have the speed so you've got a different back in there," Brooks said. "You can put me in to change it up."
A change of pace is something Cale Gundy looks for at the running back position. In the recent history of the position, Damien Williams, Brennan Clay, Trey Millard and Roy Finch all brought something different to the table.
Brooks looks like he's back to being the type of athlete that can give Gundy that type of versatility.
And Brooks is feeling more at home than ever since moving back to the offensive side of the ball.
"Running back is where I feel most comfortable," he said. "I don't have to worry. It's natural. I don't have to think about it too much. All I have to worry about is knowing my assignments but other than that it's natural."
Brooks heads into the summer with the best hope he's had of returning to form, of becoming the player OU recruited in 2011-12.
"It was a process of working to get back where I was at," he said. "I wasn't able to just come out here and do it. I had to work my way back to where I was."
Those 67 rushing yards in OU's spring game certainly shined a light on all the work he's been doing behind the scenes the last two years.


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Angrimson wants higher teacher pay
Incumbents in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board race will face only one challenger this November.
Apple Valley resident Craig Angrimson filed for candidacy this week along with incumbents Art Coulson, Gary Huusko and Mike Roseen. The four contenders will face off for three four-year term seats on the District 196 School Board.
"It's something I've wanted to do all my life," Angrimson, 57, said. "The community has given me so much. I felt it was time to give back."
He added that he hopes to provide a new perspective to the board.
The father of a 16-year-old Eastview High School junior, Angrimson said he believes District 196 is a strong school district but could improve in some areas.
Specifically, Angrimson said he hopes to push for pay increases for district teachers.
"The teachers in 196 are great, but I think they aren't taken care of the way they should be," he said.
Angrimson noted that district teachers incurred pay freezes for several years, and commended Superintendent Jane Berenz for accepting a freeze along with them.
If elected, Angrimson said he will work to ensure teachers receive equitable wages.
Angrimson said he believes his experience as president of the Local 35 International Union of Operating Engineers will provide an edge in negotiating with educator unions.
An increased tax levy referendum is one of the ways Angrimson said he believes the district can provide pay increases to teachers.
Angrimson said he supports the district's $30 million levy referendum, which will also be on the ballot in November. He said he would support a higher increase than the $10 million that would be added to $20 million in levy renewals.
An Apple Valley resident for 21 years, Angrimson said it was District 196's reputation that brought him to the community.
"It's rated high in education and arts, and it seems every year it has a (Minnesota) teacher of the year," he said.


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Dos and Don'ts: Toasting the Mother of the Bride
Your mom has been your best friend and your biggest fan your entire life, and now, your devoted wedding planner. Being a helpful and big part of your very special day (and life), you want to make sure she knows, and everyone else knows how much she means to you and how much you appreciate her. Your wedding day will be all about you, but you know that without her being there for you, it would never be the same.
Sometimes, we take for granted that we have a guardian angel taking care of us and making sure we are happy and safe. Having mom helping to create and share our wedding day is not just important to the bride, but is very special and meaningful to mom too. So, let's not forget how much mom has done for us through the years and up to our wedding day and beyond, but also remember that your wedding day is a very sentimental day for her too. Toast your mom and let her know she is very precious to you.
Here are some dos and don'ts for toasting the mother of the bride:
Do: Prepare in advance. Think about what your mom (if you're the groom, your future mother-in-law), represents to you. Start this at least a few weeks prior to the wedding and allow yourself time to feel the emotions that come when you think about your mom and note these to later formulate your speech. You may recall moments shared between you and your mom years ago and use these as stories in your speech to express what your mom means to you.
Do: Start your speech by addressing your mom with her name. Then acknowledge what she has taught you, how she shaped you into who you are today, and what lessons she has taught you to carry forward in your new life. Of course, thank her for the time and support she has given you with the wedding planning as well, if this is the case.
Don't: Read off a piece of notepaper. This is a heartfelt speech and even though you may be nervous and feel like you need to read off a piece of paper, forget it and just speak from your heart. Keep it short and sweet.
Don't: Make jokes. Toasting the mother of the bride, whether you are the bride, groom, or someone in the wedding party should be kept tasteful and not contain potentially embarrassing or off-colour jokes. It's an emotional time for a mom to see her daughter get married and have to "give her away." This is a day to reflect on the relationship and love between mother and daughter. She has hoped for this day to be perfect for her little girl, so let her know that her hard work and loving support is appreciated.
Celebrate mom and let her know that this day, in part, is her day as well. Besides, who better to share the day with than your new hubby and your unconditionally loving mom?
Rita Wong is a wedding and events planner and owner of Rita Wong Events. Based in Montreal, she also plans many weddings every year for brides living in Toronto and abroad. She is a dedicated follower of new trends and her goal is to give each bride a wedding that is fresh, unique, and a personal reflection of who they are.


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*Update 1/4/2011 #2* 3G model cancelled? doubtful, but Greg Miller just posted an article that begs that question. I could potentially seeing a more expensive model being cancelled if lack of sales were attributed to a high price point. Honestly though the Vita is a great value at 250 though for what you get. I don't think theres any need for a 3g model.
*UPDATE 1/4/2011* A report of Japanese retailers cutting the price by 20% today. Again, wayyyyy too early. 3DS had a nice number of months before that happened. The price cut is also much smaller than the 3DS' price cut so I don't know what kind of impact, if any, it will have.
also would people please get off of Monster Hunter moving to the 3DS? Monster Hunter does not make or break a console. Capcom doesn't hold the handheld's fate in it's hands. The same people who say that Monster Hunter is the king maker are the same people who keep calling the company crapcom.
By now you all know I am a Nintendo fanboy. So news of Vita's crash and burn in Japan should make me very happy. It does not. I would not be sad to see the Vita die but it's still too early to tell. So I do not want my fellow fanboys to start cheering, stay quiet, silently enjoy it because it may not last. The Vita is an impressive piece of hardware, it is a graphical powerhouse and as IGN editors can't stop saying, will have 20 launch games (hardly any of which im interested in but 20 games at launch is the right idea... looking at you Nintendo.) It also has 2 sticks right out the door, and probably has superior network controls.... if you get the 3G model. Yes 3DS now has most of the online features: friends list, abillity to join a game, and a messaging system, but it's STILL clunky. I have to open an app to message Gold, or Ninty or Ewaugh. Vita owners can just send em a message... even if they're in a game. Yes, Nintendos message system is better I can write with the stylus, make multiple background types to my message, and even add sound and pictures, but Nintendo had to be dragged kicking and screaming into these features, and they still aren't seamless. Nevermind the fact that the 3DS isn't utilizing some features that it should be like Voice over the internet, this should be easier on the 3DS.
Right now we know that the Vita is sinking, but we don't know exactly why yet. Is it the price? If it is, then it's a simple matter of a price drop to rectify the situation. 3DS did it and Vita definitely can too. On top of that, if they do do the price drop, they will already have a large library of games to go with it. Nintendo had to build up their library. This makes for an excellent opportunity for Sony.
Is it a memory issue? possibly those memory cards are pretty pricey, and they were kept a secret for quite awhile, but I find it hard to believe that a memory card alone is going to crash the system, especially if it has some killer games. This also goes back to the price issue, because, as has been mentioned, those cards can be as high as 100 bucks. Still a respectable card is available in the mid 30 dollar price range, and while I'd hate to buy one, I think I could suck that up.
The Iphone issue: I, like most everyone else, do not consider Iphone games real games. I need depth to my games. Iphone games generally don't offer this. Even if they did, the touch screen only interface is a huge turn off for me and probably most of you. I don't honestly believe that the Iphone is a factor here. They are totally different audiences. If there is an impact though, I would say it would most likely affect Nintendo as it has more of the Blue ocean strategy which extends into the iphone audience.
.....is it the games?: Reading Colin's article he mentioned playing Hotshots golf, and being shocked that no one was paying attention to it. Really? You play a golf game and expect people to take second looks? If I see any sports game on a handheld I completely lose interest. Even if you like Hotshots, you have to admit that its audience is fairly small compared to games like Final Fantasy or even Uncharted. Twenty launch games and the only game I'm remotely interested in is UMvC3. I consider myself a classic gamer, so stuff like Uncharted doesn't interest me in the least. It might not interest a lot of other people either.
Console vs. Handheld: This was a criticism that was levied at the first PSP: It tried to offer a console experience. That sounds great right, but handheld gaming is a different beast. It's meant to be played on the go, with the abillity to stop at any given time. DS was a portable experience, as is the 3DS. The Vita seems to again aim to give us a console experience on the go. I'll leave it up to you if this is what you want out of your handheld. Me? I could go either way in this debate.
The "it looks like just another PSP and not a next gen handheld" issue: 3DS suffered from this problem, and probably still is to an extent. DS, DS Lite, DSi, DSi XL, 3DS: Which one of these is the next gen system? Im sure you know which is which, but does the average joe know that? Nope of course not. The Vita looks even more like a PSP than the 3DS did like a DS. So to answer Colin's surprise at lack of interest in his Vita. They probably didn't know that you were on a Vita instead of a PSP. One new analog stick isn't going to be the bright neon sign that draws attention to your handheld.
What does Vita need to do to fix the problem: Honestly I don't know that anything is necessary yet. It hasn't even come out stateside yet. So there is a lot left to look over and analyze. The problem could even potentially work itself out given the chance. Colin says a price cut would be an admission of defeat or wrong doing. I disagree, was it that when Nintendo did their price cut? I know the Sony fanboys screamed it on every messageboard I visited, but you know what? It worked. Sony has had no problem ripping Nintendo's idea's off in the past, why not copy this too? Beyond that, the ideas Colin mentioned all sounded quite appealing.
The Vita isn't dead because I dislike Sony but even I think the system looks pretty sweet. I might pick one up when I see a game I really really want. I am happy to hear of Nintendo's success with the 3DS. 4 million units in the US in about 6 months! Not bad! Not bad at all. If Nintendo was able to turn it around in such spectacular fashion, then Vita is certainly capable as well.
on a slightly Nintendo fanboy rage note: Where are the articles titled: "History says the Vita is doomed?" Ign had article after article talking about Nintendo's financial woes and comparisons to the Virtual boy. Why haven't we seen any information on Sony's stocks post Vita launch, or even a "Vita is doomed." article? In fact the title implies that it's not all Sony's fault (it isn't nor was it Nintendo's) a perfect storm simply suggests that a number of random events converge to cause a disaster. Read the article, the guy is amazed people weren't eyehumping his Vita. Why didn't we get this kind of vigor for the 3DS out of IGN? Even when we get a negative news story on the Vita, it has a decidedly positive spin to it!
Double standards suck!
Thoughts? I think sometime in the future, I will probably eventually get a Vita, I got a PSP after all (even if it was because my girlfriend gave it to me because she never played it)


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