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The Effects of Real vs. Nominal Interest Rates on Investment: A Classroom Exercise
According to Kennedy (2000), the difference between real and nominal interest rates constitutes the most important concept taught in macroeconomics courses. The classroom exercise described in this article demonstrates one way in which real and nominal interest rates differ, namely in their effect on aggregate investment. Students assume the roles of borrowers and lenders who have the opportunity to undertake productive investment projects. By negotiating loans with each other and making their individual investment decisions, students generate aggregate data which they then analyze. In their analysis, they see how real versus nominal interest rates affected aggregate investment. The exercise uses a non-computerized double oral auction which takes 35-50 minutes to run, and works with classes of 12 to 60 students.
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I went to church today and there was a very moving service, but I felt very selfish as for a lot of it all I could think about was how rubbish things are for me atm. I tried to bring it back to thinking obout the soldiers but I struggled.
I told home treatment team about it - they are the crisis team and they said not to beat myself about it as the point is I got dressed and made it to church. Plus I have just had a bath which is good.
Friday was an awful day which I am still reeling from but I am trying to not focus on it too much - when I do it just makes me feel bad.
I want to thank you all for your ongoing support atm, I really really appreciate it and am very thankful.
I hope you are all OK

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As previously announced on April 29, 2011, following a review of the OLEPTRO™ commercialization effort in the U.S., Labopharm has entered into discussions with the objective of restructuring its agreement with Gruppo Angelini to further preserve capital. Labopharm has not provided any funding to the Angelini Labopharm joint venture since March of 2011.
About Labopharm Inc.
Labopharm is focused on realizing value from its commercialized products and creating additional value by leveraging its emerging technology platforms to develop increasingly differentiated products. For more information, visit www.labopharm.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable Canadian Securities legislation and U.S. Securities Law, including statements related to its joint venture with Gruppo Angelini, which reflect the Company's current expectations regarding future events. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control. Actual events could differ materially from those projected herein and depend on a number of risks and uncertainties. For additional disclosure regarding these and other risks faced by Labopharm Inc., see the disclosure contained in its public filings in the U.S. with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and in Canada with the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.labopharm.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and on the CSA's website at www.sedar.com. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Unless required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events, or circumstances or otherwise.
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"A timeless story of confounded youth and its eternal struggle for meaning, this book may well signal the birth of a titanic new voice. . . . [Rico's] precise, evocative prose balances pathos and humor with an almost destructive compulsion for honesty and so much frustrated wit that, even at his most naked and sensitive, he holds nothing sacred."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
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About baseballfan
Don't criticize what you don't understand.
1. While you generally cannot trademark a geographic city name, you can trademark a distinctive style of writing that name. Every sports team and College or University does it in some form or another, like an interlocking LA or NY or old Boston B or the style of print. And you want that to be the case, or else the market would be even more flooded than it already is with crappy knock-offs of the trademark.
2. The Dodgers use the Brooklyn mark extensively in commerce. Look at the Cooperstown Collection apparel. Someone posted that they should be forced to use it on the field. They have, repeatedly, including at Old Timers functions and Hall of Fame games. One of the reasons many sports teams have been using flashback or throwback uniforms (like the Jets using Titans stuff) is to establish that they still use their old trademarks.
3. Why do you think the burger place used the distinctive Brooklyn script? Because they want to specifically reference and enjoy the benefit of all the good will the baseball team generated with that logo. That is not right. The Dodgers have invested a ton of money generating that. Shouldn't they be entitled to protect it? The burger joint is free to use another print style and create its own good will; don't try to take a free ride on someone else's.
4. Someone posted that Baseball should license the burger joint to use the logo. How do you know that they haven't made that offer? That is common in circumstances like this. Maybe the burger joint rejected it? Or refused to maintain certain quality standards, or not sell t-shirts that with the Brooklyn script, etc., etc. Don't jump on the team unless you know the entire background.
5. Trademark holders are forced to take action when someone tries to trademark a similar logo. If they let everyone use the trademark and did not police and protect it, you would jump on them for not taking sufficient steps to keep it disinctive (and the law would agree with you). You can't have it both ways -- criticize them for not protecting it and then criticize them for protecting it. Nor can they wait. What if the burger joint is successful and opens another and then another and then another burger joint, and then the Dodgers take action. Then you would argue that they slept on their rights and it isn't fair to the burger joint because they have now invested in building a name and market using the name.
6. The decision in the prior lawsuit involving MLB and the Brooklyn Dodgers logo linked to above was VACATED by the court, meaning that it was withdrawn, is not binding, and has no value as precedent.


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©2004 Marcus Sedgwick; (P)2004 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group
"Sedgwick's highly visual writing makes for a true movie of the mind. It is reminiscent of Philip Pullman's work, with each detail adding to the fullness of Sedgwick's alternative world....Sedgwick draws characters so magnetic that readers will find it hard to look away." (Booklist)
"Middling, and that's being nice."
First of all, for your information, this book's intended audience seems to be readers under 14. Which is fine!
The story is a Faust variation (a popular plot for several centuries), full of supernatural wonders. The Book of Dead Days is full of unusual and interesting environments, objects, and entities. However, in spite of its title, it is not very scary. It is also not very novelistic, in that there is little psychological depth. The author tried very hard to create morally complex characters, but ended up with mud-grey rather than sympathy-inducing shading. The villians are not uniformly Evil and the heroes are not uniformly Good; however, the one prominent female character suffers the Victorian ailment of being a self-sacrificing Angel. Being a smart cookie only modernizes the stereotype. Ick.
The pacing is uneven, the writing is cliche-ridden, and the plot recycled - but it is actually a fairly engaging tale nonetheless. Also, the reader is pretty good; he makes the best of the material.
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There are signs of movement in the 6-week-old strike by Yellow Checker Star Transportation cabdrivers.
After a session overseen by a federal mediator on Wednesday, both union leaders and management acknowledged the possibility that they had narrowed their differences over pay and working conditions. Leaders of the Office and Professional Employees International Union, the parent of the union that has organized the drivers, will deliver a progress report to drivers today, but it is unclear whether there will be a vote.
Union steward Sam Moffitt said, "Hopefully we made some progress, but we are lukewarm about it." He declined to give specifics about what had changed.
Yellow Checker Star Chief Operating Officer Bill Shranko said, "If the union keeps its promises, we may have made some progress." He also did not give details.
Yellow Checker Star is the second-largest cab company in Las Vegas, holding one-fourth of the operating permits for local taxis. About 1,300 of the company's 1,700 drivers belong to the Industrial Technical & Professional Employees Union Local 4873, which is part of the other union.
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Ohio Brass & Electric to play Home, Inc. benefit
Ohio Brass & Electric, a new local 11-piece horn band will play at the Home, Inc. benefit "Springs Soiree" on Friday, May 3.
Little Art Theatre to screen final 35mm films
This weekend the Little Art Theatre will put on the "Last Reel Film Festival" featuring 35mm films before closing for three months for a complete renovation.
Opinions mixed over zoning update
While the phrase "zoning code" is not known to inspire enthusiasm, it lies at the heart of how land is used in the village, a topic that sparks strong opinions.
"As became very clear to me on my first five years on Council, land–use decisions bring out the passion in Yellow Springers!" Council member Lori Askeland wrote in a recent email. "And that passion is because people care deeply about this place."
Last week for winter market
If you get there early you can buy greens and eggs for your ham.
Enviroflight in the spotlight
As part of his state-wide tour to celebrate Ohio Agriculture Week, Ohio Department of Agriculture Director David Daniels on Thursday visited Enviroflight, the local producer of an animal feed made from bugs.
Living well in a tiny house
If you close your eyes before entering Alex Melamed and Allison Paul's new Walnut Street home, then open your eyes once inside, you might not realize you're in a tiny home. The high-ceilinged, light-filled living room feels spacious, with a kitchen on one end and a bed, out of sight, in the loft above.
Springs Motel turns over keys
The charm of the little roadside motel that attracted Eric Clark 10 years ago has hooked a new buyer with an eye for potential. Kat Krehbiel purchased the Springs Motel last week and has plans for its continued revival, possibly including a new place to eat on the south end of town. But to start out, Krehbiel's main hope is to keep her first motel business alive and well.
Forget Park Place; buy Antioch
A local version of the 80-year-old fast-dealing property trading game of Monopoly is coming to Yellow Springs. Envisioned as a way to promote the town, its businesses, non-profits and quirky culture, an informal group of merchants and villagers designed a local Monopoly board game over the last few months.
Planning Commission— How small is too small for a home in town?
How small is too small for a house in Yellow Springs? That question was one of several considered by the Village Planning Commission at a special Jan. 23 meeting as they reviewed the proposed revision of the Village zoning code.
Creative Memories building— Auctioneer offers purchase
The Antioch Company drafted a contract last week to sell its facility on East Enon Road to International Auction and Appraisal Services Worldwide, an industrial auctioneer and property manager based in Shrewsbury, Pa.


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FORTUNE -- Ever since Thursday, when Apple (aapl) confounded Wall Street's consensus by beating on revenue ($36 billion vs. $35.8 billion) and missing on earnings ($8.67 vs. $8.75), analysts have been scratching their heads trying to understand what happened.
Most analysts focused on the shortfall of iPad sales -- an explanation that loses some of its persuasive punch when you look at last quarter's iPad sell-through. (See Did iPad unit sales grow by 26% or 44% last quarter?)
Now Faizal Kara, a consultant pharmacist based in Toronto and a member of the Braeburn Group of independent analysts, has hit on what strikes me a simpler explanation: The Chinese yuan.
The key, he says, is an obscure line item in the latest quarterly report known as OI&E -- operating income and expenditures. In Apple's case this is almost always a big positive number, but last quarter it was negative. See below:
Q1 2012 - $137 million
Q2 2012 - $148 million
Q3 2012 - $288 million
Q4 2012 - ($51 million)
The anomaly was addressed in Thursday's conference call by both COO Peter Oppenheimer and Treasurer Gary Wipfler, without as Wipfler put it, "getting overly detailed." Here's Oppenheimer:
"OI&E was a net expense to $51 million. The interest income and investment gains were more than offset by higher-than-expected currency hedging expense. Under the accounting rules, foreign exchange fluctuations late in the quarter required us to accelerate recognition of premium expense related to Q1 and Q2 hedges."
I don't pretend to understand every word of that, but I know that Apple is particularly vulnerable to foreign exchange fluctuations because it has $83 billion in cash sitting in foreign accounts -- more, I'd wager, than any other U.S. company.
And where is the bulk of that cash parked? My guess would be China, where most of Apple's products are manufacturered and where business is conducted in yuan renminbi.
The yuan, as it happens, was on a tear late in the quarter. On Thursday, in fact, it hit 6.2417 yuan per dollar, its best level in 19 years. A rise like that can wreak havock with the best-laid currency hedging plans.
"Here is the interesting part," writes Kara, getting back to the point he was trying to make. "An average of Q1, Q2, and Q3 2012 OI&E brings us to $191 million. If we were to ignore this one-time cost associated with foreign exchange hedging expenses, and apply $191 million to this quarter, Apple Q4 2012 EPS would rise to $8.87 vs. Wall Street's expectation of $8.75."
In other words, if it weren't for the yuan, rather than missing the Street's earnings consensus by 8 cents a share, Apple might have beaten it by 12 cents.


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Although members of the House aviation subcommittee commended the FAA for its efforts to address delays at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in the short-term, NBAA expressed frustration over a decision to limit general aviation flights into the facility by reinstituting the airport reservation office.
In written testimony submitted to the subcommittee, new NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen pointed out that business aircraft represent a very small percentage of operations at major airports such as ORD.
"While we appreciate the need to address capacity concerns at O'Hare," he said, "restricting access to one particular airport without understanding and addressing the implications for the entire air traffic system is unwise."
Bolen said that NBAA has been aware of increased congestion at the nation's airports for years and recognizes that the FAA must take steps to mitigate that congestion.
"However, it is critical that we understand the consequences of airport restrictions and the domino effect they have on airports and airspace throughout the system," he argued.
He reminded the lawmakers that since the overnight destruction of Chicago Meigs Field last year, more than 20,000 aircraft operations have been forced to use Chicago Midway International Airport and O'Hare, the next closest airports to downtown Chicago.
"This is a classic example of how local decisions at one airport affect other airports in the system," added Bolen. "This should be a wake-up call–the aviation industry and government entities must look at airport access on a regional and national level, not just on an individual airport level. One obvious solution is to invest more heavily in the reliever airport system."
At a hearing last month, the aviation subcommittee stressed that long-term relief at O'Hare and the nation's other airports must come from increasing capacity, redesigning national airspace and modernizing the ATC system.
ORD is currently the nation's busiest and most delayed airport. Because of its location and hub status for more than one airline, problems at O'Hare cause delays that ripple throughout the entire aviation system.
Recently, the FAA worked with airlines serving the airport–including American and United, the two hub carriers–to obtain voluntary service cuts to help alleviate delay problems.
Chicago plans to build four new runways and two runway extensions at ORD, and the state of Illinois wants to build a South Suburban Airport near Peotone, about 40 nm south-southeast of O'Hare. However, even with approval, these projects are still several years away.


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This man clearly thought no one would suspect him of stealing blinds
(STORYFUL) - Is this the world's smartest thief?
No, no he's not.
Northamptonshire Police in England are looking for him after he allegedly stole a Venetian blind from the Dunelm Mill store on St James Mill Road in Northampton.
According to the police, the robbery took place on the afternoon of October 16.
However, they posted the picture of the man on their Twitter account on October 18.


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Senate Bill 48: California Sets a New Curriculum Standard
In an effort to help stop bullying against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth, school district leaders can look to various organizations for help. And in what is considered landmark legislation, California Senate passed a bill on April 14, which was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on July 14, that will require public schools to include lessons in part about the historical contributions of gays and lesbians in their curriculum.
Senate Bill 48, or the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act, requires schools to provide general instruction and textbooks that include information on the contributions of "Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, European Americans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans, persons with disabilities, and other ethnic and cultural groups." The act also add sexual orientation and gender identity to the state's existing anti-discrimination protections that prohibit bias in school activities, instruction and instructional materials.
State Sen. Mark Leno, who wrote the bill, says, "We are selectively censoring history when we exclude LGBT Americans, or any other group of people, from our textbooks and instructional materials."
GLSEN'S Safe Space Kit
Aside from the landmark legislation, organizations such as the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) can help provide districts with tips to combat bullying against the LGBT community. "We need more training, especially with what has happened across the country," says Robert McGarry, GLSEN's director of training and curriculum development, for all those involved in education.
In the wake of recent suicides of LGBT youth in towns and cities across the nation, GLSEN provides districts with a Safe Space Kit, which is a guide for schools to become safer places for LGBT students. Districts who are interested in the program can bring the training to their schools through locating their local GLSEN chapter and contacting them to request a trainer visit their school to train anyone who wishes to go through the program. Each chapter is provided with training for trainers through GLSEN's national training staff.
The Safe Space Kit provides four solutions, the first of which is to have supportive adults who become strong allies with the LGBT youth. Any staff member in a school can become an ally for LGBT youth and McGarry says that their presence is crucial since "simply knowing that allies exist can be a source of support."
The other three solutions include having an inclusive curriculum, creating Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) clubs in schools, and implementing district wide policies against bullying toward LGBT youth. "Students at schools with GSAs tend to be victimized a lot less than those without a GSA," McGarry says. GSA's are typically student led according to McGarry and students who participate in the club work to address anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment as well as promoting respect for all students.
During Safe Space training, people are provided with ways to respond to negative behaviors against LGBT youth such as name-calling, plus other resources that can help schools create an action plan for any LGBT youth not feeling safe. McGarry says that GLSEN has received positive feedback about the program. School districts such as Los Angeles Unified School District or entire states such as Maine have received training in all secondary schools. GLSEN is currently compiling further research towards the effectiveness of the kit in an effort to make sure it is bringing about the change the organization wishes to bring to schools.
Although the four solutions help to make schools a safer place for LGBT students, McGarry says that they do not solve everything. He said legislation such as seen in California is necessary and that a general practice of inclusion is needed.
Since the bill was proposed on December 13, 2010, state Sen. Leno, who is openly gay, has wanted to ensure that LGBT Americans were recognized for their historical contributions to the economic, political and social development of California. Both Equality California, an organization that sponsors legislation and builds coalitions to engage in the political process, and the Gay-Straight Alliance Network support the bill.
Support for such a bill was found within a 2004 survey of 359 California school districts. Many of these districts already had LGBT-inclusive curricula, and many more expressed an interest of expanding such material. The study also found that "more than 83 percent of school districts report including LGBT issues in their anti-bias lessons for some or all of their high school students; 64 percent do so for middle school; and 54 percent do so for elementary school students."
Ignorance Breeds Hatred
According to the FAIR Education Act Fact Sheet, "The FAIR Education Act would ensure that LGBT people are included in instructional materials, which studies have shown is linked to greater student safety and lower rates of bullying." It goes on to say that if schools allow silence or harmful stereotypes about LGBT people to thrive within their environments, schools can become places of fear and ignorance, which leads to bullying as well as hate-based violence that often results in suicide. With the new law, LGBT students will feel more comfortable and be more likely to attend and succeed in school.
McGarry adds that it will be good to have textbook publishers start to think about having such material within their books. California is one of the three largest producers of textbooks in the country, along with Texas and Florida. "Textbooks are inclusive of different races, ethnicities, and genders, and this will be another piece of the equation," McGarry says.
What California is creating is more of a standard than a curriculum, McGarry adds. Whether in the teaching of history or math, McGarry believes that the curriculum should include the possibility of LGBT families. Word problems in math, for example, shouldn't focus solely on heterosexual families. "The curriculum needs to be inclusive," McGarry says, "not just written and put on a shelf, but enacted in lesson plans and in pedagogy."
Charlotte Adinolfi is an intern for District Administration.


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Preliminary sketching can be used as a creative strategy for generating ideas. Often while sketching out an image, ideas for the composition will pop into my head. Moving my pen over the paper will generate more ideas than just looking at pictures. I think there is something about being in motion that assists ideas in coming up. What about you? Do you hand write notes or doodle sketches in the preliminary stage of exploring new ideas? What about trying this before going to the computer to organize these ideas? Notice the shifts and changes from the preliminary sketch to the finished image below.
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text: Okay, I've always fancied making music, but was crap at every instrument I ever tried to learn. I've finally gotten around to trying it the new-fashioned way and have happily spent the evening learning the absolute basics of how to use LMMS. There's going to be plenty to keep me busy learning how to use it properly for some time to come, but at some point I'd like to incorporate audio clips from film, TV etc. I'm assuming there's some way to nick clips of audio from YouTube videos, and video I've got on my hard-drive, but I've no idea how. Seeing as I'm not yet familiar with any of the terminology, I don't even know what I should be googling. Any kind soul got it in their heart to point me in the right direction?


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Apr 4
I get quite a lot of mails and comments about Art of Living doing no "seva" … that its a sham, only for the rich, etc …
I usually tell people to come and experience the courses, or go and check out the Service initiatives for themselves before making judgements…
As part of an NSS camp a group of students from IITB, visited Kapshi a village in Maharashtra
Most of them had not done and Art of Living course…
It's nice to read what they have written about their experiences on the official IITB website
One of the students names the person who took major initiative as Dr. Paul, its actually Dr. Madhav Pol 🙂 … an Art of Living teacher, and a tireless worker, he has transformed many villages in that area…
Thousands of villages all over the world have been touched this way by many inspired people… But there is a long way to go 🙂
Jai Gurudeva!
Apr 4
There had been some server malfunction and so the blog had been down for 4-5 days … There was simply nothing i could do about it, am sorry for the inconvenience.
Also some comments, etc got messed up, so please if you have commented in the past 10 days and dont see your comment, blame it on hardware acting funny … not me 🙂
The Monday Video is ready, hopefully it will get uploaded on time …
Jai Gurudeva!
Mar 29
Knowledge Sheet no. 2
Watch the video 🙂
Jai Gurudeva!
Mar 25
The Marathas were never in possession of the Bombay group of islands. These were the territory of the Sultan of Gujarat. He was forced to give Bombay to the Portuguese. Unfortunately, these very proselytizing Portuguese murdered Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. There was no Indian ruler claiming ownership of these soggy, disease-prone islands of Bombay. Not only the Moguls but also the Marathas never claimed this piece of land as their own. They had no interest in the barren wasteland.
The wasteland of Bombay was given as the dowry by Catherine of Braganza (Portuguese princess) during her marriage to Charles II of England. That is how the British got possession of the islands.
Even for the British Crown, this remained a useless piece of land. It was passed on to the East India Company. The East India Company had no particular interest, nor could they see Bombay's potential as a great port. Surat port was becoming congested and the Surtis of Gujarat were the first people who moved to Bombay in pursuit of their trade and commerce.
It was not the British East India Company but the Parsees who put their own private money in the development of the port. Major economic actives were initiated by the Parsees, Gujaratis and Bohras from Surat, which set into motion the process of evolution of Bombay and its becoming the financial capital of India. (Historically, meaning when Bombay was soggy, disease ridden place) There was no or negligible contribution worth the name from Marathas in development of Bombay.
Some people who never studied (or at least didn't pay much attention while studying) history have renamed it 'Mumbai' and demand exclusivity to make political gains …
So i call Mumbai Bombay 🙂
Jai Gurudeva!
Mar 22
Hi everyone…
Many years ago, Guruji sent us a fax (this was before email was popular) to be read out on the Thursday evening Satsang. It was a Knowledge fax (as He called it). And the first line was, This begins a new practice…
For 7 years, every week there would be a Knowledge byte from Guruji. These were always profound, and many times very funny too. The satsang groups all over the world would eagerly look forward to reading the few paragraphs of Knowledge from Him… and magically for most of us, it would be that exact thing we needed to hear that week…
I was involved in writing many of these Knowledge sheets out, as were many others all over the world, and we would always be in wonder about what Guruji would pick up that particular week to talk about… These scintillating little pieces of Knowledge have been collected into 7 volumes, one for each year, entitled "An Intimate Note to the Sincere Seeker Volumes 1-7″… 7 precious gems of books which everyone should buy and keep! 🙂
They have also been compiled together subject wise into Celebrating Silence and Celebrating Love, but unfortunately someone took it into their heads to "edit" the language, etc and personally i don't like the final result.
On the courses that Dinesh and i teach, many times we read and talk on a few of these Knowledge Sheets at random… and everyone loves those sessions a lot. So, we have begun a new practice… Every week, we will record our commentary on the Knowledge Sheets and post a video on the yesplus tv channel on youtube as well as over here…
Our blog has now gone talky! 🙂
Jai Gurudeva!
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Mar 15
An Interaction
Hi bau,
I have been a regular reader of this blog, albeit anonymous:), for quite a while now.I have done the AOL courses and trying my bit in getting more people to gain the same knowledge/happiness in this part of the world.
Can you post your views, on Guruji's take on MF hussain? I saw the video and was slightly taken aback by the tone, which is so uncharacteristic of Him. Guruji has taught the world that "even in a hardened criminal,there's a victim crying for help ."
So for an all embracing, compassionate, noble soul, shouldn't an artist's indiscretion been inconsequential?
Guruji (and me) dont approve hypocrisy… and the taking advantage of a tolerant, forgiving, accepting people… a cartoon created death sentences.
His paintings showing India insulted, the deities worshiped by about 20% of the world's population disfigured which is no less a sacrilege than what was done to the ancient temples by people like auranzeb… or what was done to the Bamyana Buddha statues a while ago… its not an artist's indiscretion as you so mildly put it, its an act of pure terrorism using the gentle medium of art. Its an assault on all we hold dear and sacred…
While having a soft stance on things, we shouldn't go soft in our heads as well… We need to be able to recognize a threat where there is one
Like Guruji said, let mr. hussain go and paint stuff even remotely against Islam and then lets see how long his qatari citizenship remains!
This guy is clearly anti India, and and so all my blessings to him to go and stay in qatar!
he will not be missed…
Jai Gurudeva!
ps If you want to read up more about how much exactly this guy has tried to harm India through his art, i read a nice article here … I may not subscribe to other stuff on that website (i have not read any of it), it's just one of the first few that google threw up when i searched, and i really dont have the time to read more 🙂
pps Rashmin has been uncharacteristically vociferous about this whole thing, you can read his views here
Mar 15
A "little bit" about us…
We will be writing at freshersworld …
it started out with writing a "little bit" about us … and it turned out to be a little more than little … so go ahead and read it
Jai Gurudeva!
Mar 11
All people who love fine Italian food are going to rebel when they read this. But, hey its tasty, and I didn't want to call it Tarragon and Smoked cheese khichidi 🙂
2 cups of rice washed and soaked for about an hour
2-3 bunches of fresh tarragon, leaves separated
4 strands of green garlic finely chopped
2 carrots, a small broccoli, handful of french beans, half a zucchini, mushrooms all roughly chopped from chunky to small sized pieces
A big piece (50 gms) of smoked cheese grated
Olive oil and a small piece of butter (10 gms)
2-3 tablespoons of basil or tomato pesto
Put some olive oil and the butter in a cooker, and heat until the butter melts. Add the garlic and 1 dried red chilly and cook until slightly brown, add the tarragon leaves. After it sputters for a minute or two, add all the veggies and cook for a few minutes. Add the pesto.
Remove the red chilly.
Add the rice and salt to taste. Add water to cover the mixture by about an inch.
Add the grated cheese.
Pressure cook for 3 whistles. Simmer for 5 more minutes.
Wait until the cooker has cooled down enough to open it, about 15 minutes or so.
Serve piping hot. It's really tasty!
Jai Gurudeva!
Mar 9
From the Knowledge Sheets…
Have been making a few videos from the Knowledge Sheets (yes, yes you will see it as soon as they finish editing) and one quote stayed with me …
If you are open, then you are close to me…
If you are close to me, then you cannot but open up!
very cool na?! 🙂
Jai Gurudeva!
ps We have been recording a lot in the past few days in Bombay… There is a nice talk (if i may say so myself) that i gave at Ruia College… Please watch The Technology of Spirituality … as well as all the other experience videos we have created
pps we now have a dedicated YES!+ Tv channel on youtube, where we will be fairly regularly uploading Experiences, Knowledge talks, and other cool stuff … keep checking
Mar 1
Upgrade yourself!
First of all … A Happy Happy Holi!!!!
Do play Holi with a lot of water, don't worry about "wasting" it… People who eat non veg food will waste more water in a single meal that you and your family will waste playing a full fledged Holi with lots and lots of water … Do be careful of the colours you use though, best is to go organic or simply play only with chandan (Sandal wood powder) …
I was at BITS Goa for the TEDx there and their magazine interviewed me… here is that interview (a little abridged)…
Q. Life teaches us many lessons as we go along, then why does one need Art of Living? What is its importance in daily life?
A. So that you learn the lessons properly! If you have learnt your lesson you will not commit the same mistake again. If we had learnt our lesson in World War 1, would there have been a World War 2? Would there have been the Vietnam, Iraq or all the other wars? We don't know how to learn the lessons that life has to offer. We need lessons so that you don't commit the same mistakes over and over again, like a stuck record. Art of living allows you to make new mistakes in life.
Q. In today's world we see people leading hectic lives, with hardly any time for leisure. How would you integrate spirituality with that kind of a lifestyle?
A. If you don't have spirituality you will be stuck leading the life you have to lead rather than the life you want to lead. Spirituality makes you efficient, productive, and creative so that things that you have to do you manage quickly and you have time to do the things you want to do.
Q. Are there any myths associated with spirituality that you would like to clear?
A. The biggest myth is that it is not for me. It is for you. There are only three types of people not eligible for spirituality. Type one- you are dead. Too late. Type two- you are enlightened. You are already spiritual. Type three- you are clinically mentally retarded, then Art of Living cannot help you. If you do not fall within these three categories, then spirituality is for you. This is the biggest myth- "I don't need it". Until you do it, you have no idea what it is and whether you need it or not.
Q. Sir, you mentioned that this course has helped you a lot. Could you please mention a few transformations that you have seen in yourself that would interest the students of BITS?
A. There are so many things. In IIT while i was studying, I was a four point someone and I graduated as a seven point someone. I think that should interest everybody! Physically my health improved terrifically… And I became a better piano player, a better cook, a better son, a better friend… a better human being. I was upgraded.
Q. What would be your message to the students?
A. Upgrade yourself!
Q. Not everybody can be Einstein. Can people still have satisfaction and fulfillment in their lives?
A. Every person has some amazing, brilliant thing with them that they need to contribute to this world. The moment they start giving, they get fulfillment and satisfaction. The moment they start taking they feel frustrated and miserable. The whole purpose is to start giving. Taking is such a futile thing- you take a degree, you take money and within a few years, you are dead. But how will you make your mark on this planet? By giving. Like Lata Mangeshkar gives with her voice, Aamir Khan gives with his acting. So, I give knowledge. Guruji gives us spirituality. Figure out what you can give. Don't waste your life figuring what you can take. Anyway, it is going to be taken away from you eventually. So learn to give. And know that you have an abundance to give. Don't think that you are poor or have nothing to give.
Right in the beginning there was a big race, a great race… Three hundred million sperms were fighting, and you won. So never think that you are a loser. You are one in three hundred million! You started your life as a winner, and so continue your life like that!
Jai Gurudeva!
Interviewed by Abhishek Agrawal and Basanti Nachine from the Department of Journalism and Media Affairs at BITS Pilani, Goa Campus


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I mean...it is Florida after all.
Why is it such a status thing for retired northeners to move to Florida?
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First, it's "northerners." Second, it's not a "status thing."
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Are you posting from 1955?
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bitches!!!! all of them bitches!!!
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OP, nobody is the least bit impressed these days if you say you're "moving to Florida" to retire. Maybe if you're moving to Palm Beach or a South Beach penthouse, but not Florida in general. Smarter retirees have figured out that most of Florida is a white-trash cess pit, and the weather between April and October is roughly that of Singapore and Sumatra (90 degrees, 90% humidity, rain nearly every day, and altogether miserable). Retirees *really* seeking "status" in this regard tend to have both a "summer house" and "winter house," along with a tapestry of places to visit around the world in the spring and fall.
Btw among the lower-middle classes the big "status" thing these days driving around the country living out of an RV, not moving to Florida.
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What r4 said
Although, I thought North Carolina was now the go to place for North. to retire?
Florida was big in the 60/70s and starting waning in popularity in the 80s
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R5, I know *I'd* pick Asheville over anywhere in Florida to retire!
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I have a 40 yr old gay friend who said that when he first started hanging out with other gay men as a young guy everyone said they wanted to go to Fort Lauderdale when they retired. So much so that he always thought that's just where he'd eventually end up. Ft. Lauderdale was THEE place to retire. Now? Not so much.
I think the idea of a retirement destination has fallen off for everyone.
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[quote]Ft. Lauderdale was THEE place to retire. Now? Not so much.
Funny - I visited Ft. Lauderdale for the first time a few years back at the age of 40. After I figured out that nearly every single guy at the gay bars there was old enough to be my FATHER, I departed, never to return. So sure, it's a great place to retire, as long as you want to exclusively be around other old farts.
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Once the hordes of Latinos ruined Miami, Florida was pretty much over as a "status" place to retire, hence the drop-off in the 80s as the above poster mentioned.
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Florida sucks. They don't even know how to vote. Stupid fucks one and all.
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It's a shithole, should be made into a huge nature park
I'd rather retire in the smoke mountains.
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R5 must be right about NC -- I know a wealthy snobby couple who retired there from California. Guess the weather at home just wasn't deadly enough.
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These days retirement itself is a status symbol.
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It just means they can move and are independent. Many elderly people are trapped in their homes or where they are and can't afford to relocate. So maybe there is some status in that.
They used to move to Florida because it is the state on this side of the country with the warmest weather and near enough to beaches. Nobody in their right mind wants to deal with winter shit when they're old. Cold hurts when your bones are aching. They also want to be near their grandchildren and California is pretty far away if your family is eastern seaboard.
There are very affordable nice communities and/or cities to move to with affordable housing for very nice homes.
There is no state income tax. There are low property taxes (retired people don't give a shit about paying high property taxes anymore for other peoples kids to go to good schools).
Palm Beach is hardly the best place to live. I grew up in Winter Park and it is ten times better and probably more liberal as well.
For me the problem would be getting around if I became too old to drive and when I visit for any length of time I eventually go mad from the regressive politics of the state as a whole. Maybe I won't care when I'm old and I'll be able to tune all that out and just play shuffleboard in the sun drinking a mimosa.
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One of my co-workers retired to Florida. It really puzzled us as we live in CA and he had a nice house in a pleasant suburb with many amenities.
The thing was, he was a Cannuck, and that didn't mean a thing to any of us here, but it was still a burning ember in the pit of his soul, so he retired to a grand house on a golf course in Florida to show all those eastern people who looked down on him when he was a kid that Cannucks could aspire, work, and win.
Or something.
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It's not a status thing. It's for people who reach the age where they can't stand cold weather and can't walk up stairs. And they go to bed early, so dinner at 4:00 PM is very attractive.
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My folks retired to Florida a couple of years ago (they have a place up north for the summer). We went to the local Red Lobster one evening around 5:30, and it was JAMMED - the folks who were finishing up eating must have arrived before 5:00. We still laugh about it.
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[quote]Once the hordes of Latinos ruined Miami, Florida
Ruined? Hell, the Latinos make Miami what it is, the most beautiful people city in America.
Life is what the Latinos give Miami, life!
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It's popular with working-class Midwesterners and Northeasterners to an extent, but nowhere near as popular as it once was due to reasons stated by other posters. I lived in that Trailer Park shithole known as Tampa for a few years and moved as soon as I could when I had the chance. A lot of younger people escaping the cold and depressing atmosphere of the Rust-Belt are drawn to Florida too. It's the closest year-around warm-weather destination to many people from that region (straight shot down interstates 75 and 95) within reasonable driving distance and it's not 'too Southern' for their tastes. I grew up in Southern California, so Florida wasn't on the radar for me, but when I lived there, I understood its appeal to people to an extent.
Arizona, Utah, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee seem to be popular retiree destinations nowadays moreso than Florida nowadays.
As a Gen-Y guy trying to survive in this economy as I witness the decline of an empire, I know I won't have the luxury of retiring in my 60's or 70's, if I don't die of famine or starvation, I certainly won't survive solely on Social Security living in a trailer park in Florida, that's for sure.
Random question for DLers who can answer this - it seems as if half of the Chicago area has relocated to Phoenix in the past few decades. I know there are a shitload of Chicagoans in Florida too, and makes more sense geographically, but I've always wondered how Phoenix wound up on their radar, especially considering the distance and isolation.
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Immigrant hell.
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R19, Phoenix is hardly "isolated." It's a quick hop to anywhere on the West Coast, not to mention Vegas, and Chicago's blistering winters are made up for with wonderfully dry and moderately warm climes. Yes, it was *severely* hit by the recession, but it's one of the few places in the U.S. where the housing market clearly *has* hit rock bottom, and it's been climbing steadily upwards for at least a year now.
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I think it's simple economics. Money used to go very far in FL and real estate was dirt cheap. A generation ago, a middle class couple from Jersey could afford to buy a condo in Sarasota with savings and keep their home.
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R21 - I meant to say "isolated from Chicago compared to Florida," my apologies, but thanks for the explanation. It's climate is about as opposite to Chicago as you can get. It's closeness to the West Coast goes without saying. Shitload of Ex-Californians in Phoenix too.
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R22 - Yep, Florida was very cheap up until the early-2000's boom. It's real estate is undergoing a correction at the moment. But don't people who want Hurricane and/or Flood insurance have to buy it through the state after several insurance companies stopped underwriting policies in Florida after all those hurricanes in 2004 and 2006?
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[quote] Phoenix is hardly "isolated.
i grew up there and it is isolated, NOTHING notable happens in the area - until you get to L.A. that's better isolated, unless you counting Las cruzes or Death Valley
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I think part of the answer lies in tracing the causes further back. The wealthy began the exodus in the 1920s with cheap land and easy money plus Henry Flagler made it possible to go all the way to Havana at one time on a combined train/steamship ticket. The Kennedys were a relatively early new rich crowd to come to Palm Beach. And the Jews of the crowded lower east side of Manhattan, noticing the land boom as well and no doubt picking up on the idea of "status" since the rich were flocking down there had to have their piece of the pie too. Since this great land of democracy also can mean "aping your 'betters'" the whole idea of Florida as a must place to move to caught on in a big way not least among the factory workers in upper management up north and fraus and their menfolk in the midwest, although Arizona and California had lots of Iowans and Minnesotans flocking there. Los Angeles was once known as "Iowa by the sea". Interrupted by the Depression and World War II, the land boom in Florida began anew in the 1950s. But I can agree with earlier posts that Florida living today is "not what it was" if it ever was what it was. With global warming it will all become just a memory as Florida is doomed to be submerged, just like Atlantis!
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For retirement, people go where their friends go, and that's why clusters went this place or that place. Carl Fisher may have been from Indianapolis, but Miami Beach clearly became the New York "place to go" (Jewish). Fort Lauderdale (wasp). Chicago had ties to Sarasota. And so on. In order for it to be a big enough cluster to give the impression that everybody was from that area, there had to be a permanent sort of pipeline. Some places it was baseball spring training, but more usually it was an ongoing economic tie.
For example, Chicago was tied to Phoenix by the Santa Fe Railroad, by Motorola, by the Cubs, by the Wrigleys, by Frank Lloyd Wright, by the mob and even by the Catholic Church (e.g., Marcinkus).
Chicago's ties to Santa Barbara are even stronger.
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Much higher status to retire somewhere other than Florida or Arizona/Nevada. (They're considered tacky and trite.) The status places to retire to for the last few years for the middle class has been places like Panama City that are a little more exotic.
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US route 19 goes from Erie, Pennsylvania to St. Petersburg, Florida, equally dull places.
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Any "status" is from having the means to retire anywhere and not finish your life scraping by. Florida doesn't impress anyone.
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So where do classy gay Northeasterners go now when they retire?
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"Why is it such a status thing for retired northeners to move to Florida?"
No one in their right mind has thought that for at least thirty years.
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Would you define "classy gay northeasterner" r31? At least give an example and classy shouldn't necessarily mean loaded with money. For my money, if I were "classy" and I know I'm "gay" (some would even say I'm a queer queer), I would stay in the northeast, despite the threat of more Hurricane Sandys in the future.
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[quote]I know *I'd* pick Asheville over anywhere in Florida to retire!
I visited a gay couple who I know in Asheville a couple months ago. It seemed like every third license plate I saw was a Florida license. My friends told me those people are known as "Floridiots" or "Halfbacks" because they moved from the northeast down to Florida and hated it so they moved half-way back to their families in the Northeast. Most of the old people found out that Florida had few if any gov't services for the elderly since Floridians pay no state taxes hence they have no services. And their families were not visiting them like they thought they would. When their auto licenses expire they get NC ones but usually not before. Also, flood and hurricane insurance is mandatory for everyone and it is expensive.
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[quote] The status places to retire to for the last few years for the middle class has been places like Panama City that are a little more exotic.
Panama City - status? LOL!
I'd rather live in Fla than North Carolina any day. Politically speaking NC is no improvement over Fla at all. In fact as a whole it's much worse.
Plus the mountains bore me - I need something moving like the ocean.
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R1, R2 and R4 said it all.
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You white boys come on down here; I'll show you what a real woman can do.
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If we can ever afford to 'retire' we hope it will be to France, Italy, or Switzerland.
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I think a LOT of it has to do with winter weather. My partner's family were originally from Rochester NY, and his grandparents moved to Florida as soon as gramps retired ( it helped that he was an executive with Kodak, though, so they weren't hurting too bad.) This was in the 1970's though.
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Now it has more to do with cost. Indeed, I'm told that Michigan's Upper Peninsula is becoming a retirement haven.
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I had thought Costa Rica was a big retirement destination a few years back?
As for Panama City (I'm assuming the poster meant Florida, not Panama!) -- isn't that the "capital" of the Redneck Riviera region? UGH!
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I think the poster meant Panama.
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What's the weather like in Asheville? Does it snow for most of the winter?
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When the "Northerners" move into an area to retire (mostly from the tri-state area), they raise the prices of home in the area. Which sounds good - but it's not if you're a native making "local salaries".
The folks moving down and buying homes/condo see a beautiful big new house in the $200/$300K range and thinks it's a STEAL...b/c houses in their home towns are going for half and million and up.
I live in Florida (yeah, I know -no cracks) and most of the local can't stand the snow birds or Northerners...they are offensive on soooo many levels.
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Don't forget the impact the advent of air conditioning had on these retirement meccas. Florida, Arizona - hell, the whole Sun Belt - would have been unbearably hot for newcomers used to cooler weather, prior to the 1950's.
Indeed, the whole population migration to the south and west can be credited to air-conditioning.
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R45 - Very true. In general, Florida didn't really grow until the 1960's for a reason. Alabama had more people than Florida as recently as the 1940's. Sure, it was growing before then, but the growth skyrocketed after the invention of Central AC. Orlando would still be a cattle-and-orange grove town otherwise.
Same goes for Texas and Arizona. Houston was a town of barely 300,000 people up until after WWII.
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I heard people move down to "God's Waiting Room" for tax reasons.
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I always thought it was because the older you get the more you feel the cold and it is always hot in Florida. Personally, I don't know how anyone can live there.
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Yeah the fuck right r32. I havent seen any decrease in the influx of elderly retired people moving their fat asses here for the weather. What's wrong with Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi? Its hot as fuck there too. They also tip the Florida vote to Republican leadership in elections.
Florida has been ruined by people who intentionally or unintentionally make it their last stop, just to take up resources and not contribute anything.
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GA, AL and MS are not the same thing -- it gets cold enough in winter there.
When I mention to Floridians that my parents are in Naples, they often reply in shocked tones, "I don't live like THAT!"
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What's wrong with Naples? A friend is in an upscale assisted-living apartment there.
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Last time I visited Florida—ten years ago—I couldn't believe how fucking crowded it was. My dad & step-mom were living in Longwood (Orlando area), and everywhere I went was crowds & traffic & endless strip malls. And this was in October. You couldn't pay me to live in a place like that. Just horrible.
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The Bronx has retired to Florida.
I know this because many of my family members have gone there. It's little Puerto Rico around Orlando.
I don't get the appeal.
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R52, that's along the highways. You have to venture off the main roads and highways to see the better neighborhodds and towns. They aren't interested in being near highways and strip malls either. And they aren't all that interested in nosy tourists either.
I remember a friend came from NYC to one of my parent's funerals in Central Florida and she kept saying how awful the main road from the airport was and I was just DUH! - it's the main road from the airport. That's where they put the crap and strip malls.
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R51 -- Naples is considered a very upscale address, although parts of the area can be rather seedy if one ventures at all off the beaten path.
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Where are the best places for gays to retire? Requirements: reasonable cost of living, numerous activities, decent weather, great medical care, gay-friendly, and some gay population.
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It's those who choose to flee in their retirement who are trapped.
Choose right when you're young and you'll want to stay where you are.
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St Augustine is the only place in Florida I could imagine living.
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My father in law lived there - nice house on the intercoastal. When he passed away, we sold the house, then we arranged for a mover named Carmine from New Jersey, to transport a few of the antiques that had sentimental value to be shipped to us in Virginia. We found him from the lady who makes an incredible living doing estate sales down there. She has a couple houses a weekend! She used him to ship some of the nice antiques back to New Jersey where they sell better than in Florida.
Carmine makes a good living moving people to Florida from New Jersey. But as he told us, it would surprise us to know, how many of those people call him up after a year or two to move back to New Jersey. They hated Florida!
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Florida's road systems are very poorly designed and cannot handle the traffic they had 20 years ago, let alone now.
Contrast that with northern big cities, where 50% or more of the total area of a city will be paved roads or parking lots.
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That's because Northerners are smarter and better educated than the Jesusy yahoos down South, r61. It's unkind to say, but it's just a fact.
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In a daring spacewalk, two space station astronauts cut into the insulation of their descent capsule Thursday and removed an explosive bolt that could have blown off their hands with firecracker force.
Spacewalkers Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko managed, in the end, to safely disconnect the bolt from the Soyuz capsule that will be their ride home this fall. They immediately slid it into a blastproof container.
"It is in," one of the Russian spacewalkers called out.
"Good. Thank God," someone replied in Russian.
NASA said that its own engineers were convinced the astronauts would be in no danger and that it would be all right for them to put the explosive bolt in the blast-proof canister and take it into the international space station for eventual return to Earth.
The past two Soyuz descents have been steep, off-course and bone-jarring, and the Russian Space Agency wants to avoid the problem when Volkov and Kononenko fly home in October.
Rep. Jefferson linked to new criminal case
A Louisiana congressman awaiting trial on corruption charges is now linked to another criminal case, a revelation that could provide new fodder for his growing list of fall challengers.
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The state lawmaker, Sen. Derrick Shepherd, is accused of helping an unlicensed bond broker launder money to conceal an illegal insurance business.
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Alan Jackson Keeps It Country
Alan Jackson has sold more than 40 million albums and won dozens of awards by singing pure country songs, and he has no plans of changing his formula for success anytime soon. The Grand Ole Opry member is aware that several of his fellow artists, like Carrie Underwood and Rascal Flatts, have had a wider audience by creating music that is appealing on pop radio as well — but he insists that method isn't for him.
"I don't think they'd cross me over," he tells The Boot. "They tried that years ago. They came to me once and wanted me to take something off, and I wouldn't do it because I didn't want to change my sound to be on pop radio."
The Georgia native is quick to add that, even though he is content to be focused on country radio, he applauds artists whose music is more mainstream. "I think it's good for the artist, of course," he notes, "and the record label if they sell a bunch of records. I guess it's just fine."
One artist who has already earned high marks from the singer-songwriter is Taylor Swift, whose music has charted on country and mainstream radio all over the world. "With Taylor, it's not hard country, but her stuff to me is not nearly as pop sounding as some of the other acts that are on country radio," Alan explains. "Now they're sounding more like big pop bands that I heard in the '70s and '80s, that kind of sound."
Taylor was recently hand-picked to sing Alan's award-winning tune, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" at his induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, which the honoree insists was an easy decision. "She has been real supportive of my songwriting, real complimentary," Alan shares. "She's a great writer. I've heard some people sometimes pick at her about her writing, writing about teenage type things, but even that is written well."
The married father of three vividly recalls the first time he heard Taylor's music. "First song I ever heard of hers was 'Teardrops on My Guitar,'" he recounts. "I heard that song on the radio, and as soon as I heard it, I told my wife, 'I don't know who that is, but that's a great song, and it's going to be a big hit.'"
Alan's latest single, "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" is in the Top 40 and steadily climbing the charts. He is busy juggling finishing up his new studio album with spending time out on the road, including several shows in Canada this week. Keep track of his concert schedule here.


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ATLANTA -- If and when Barry Bonds breaks the all-time home
run record, Hank Aaron doesn't plan to be there.
It has nothing to do with his feelings about losing the record,
or any ill will toward Bonds. For Aaron, it's simply a matter of
"If he's in San Francisco, I'm going to wake up at six o'clock
in the morning and go fly to San Francisco? No, I will not do
that," Aaron said Thursday, the 30th anniversary of his 715th home
run, the one that surpassed Babe Ruth. "I'm not interested in
flying six hours and watching a baseball game or watch him break
the record. I wish him all the luck in the world but I have no
interest in that."
The Atlanta Braves held a ceremony honoring Aaron before
Thursday night's game against the New York Mets, and Georgia Gov.
Sonny Perdue proclaimed it "Hank Aaron Appreciation Day"
throughout the state.
Several of Aaron's former teammates attended, and his wife,
Billye, sang the national anthem.
Even Al Downing came. He was the pitcher from the Los Angeles
Dodgers who threw the ball Aaron hit over the wall in left field
for the record-breaking homer.
"It's entirely appropriate for the Braves on this day to
recognize Hank and his achievement," said Bill Bartholomay,
chairman emeritus of the Braves. "He's Mr. Brave in every respect,
and, in my opinion, the greatest player in the history of the
Bonds had 659 homers heading into the Giants' game Thursday
night against San Diego, one behind his godfather, Willie Mays, for
third place on the career list.
Once he passes Mays -- a mere formality, at this point -- Bonds
will have only the Babe between himself and Aaron.
"I just believe that if Barry Bonds stays on the same course,
he probably will break the record," said Aaron, who holds a mostly
ceremonial position as senior vice president and assistant to the
president with the Braves.
He completed his 24-year career with 755 homers, including 733
with the Braves, and joined the team's front office when he
At first, Aaron was director of player development, a position
he chose for himself in discussions with then-owner Ted Turner. He
thoroughly enjoyed spending time helping several players make their
way to the big leagues.
"Ted came to me and said, 'What would you like to do?' I said
I'd like to work with young people in the organization," Aaron
said. "Most of the kids we had come up through the minor league
system, those same kids brought championships to this city."
Aaron singled out players such as David Justice, Ron Gant and
Jeff Blauser, and he also provided tutoring to Dale Murphy, one of
five former Braves players to have his number retired by the team.
"I got everything I wanted out of it," Aaron said of his time
spent in that role.
That wasn't the case for his chase of Ruth's record. The turmoil
he faced during that time has been well documented -- hateful
letters and death threats from people who didn't want to see a
black man surpass a towering figure such as Ruth.
For about 18 months, Aaron wasn't allowed to open his own mail.
The FBI and his personal secretary took care of that.
"I guess I feel some resentment," Aaron said. "I thought it
should have been probably the greatest time of my life, especially
in baseball. But yet it was a time I couldn't wait for it to be
The weather on the night he hit No. 715 was a bit chilly. With
the Braves trailing 3-1 in the fourth inning, he hit a 1-0 fastball
from Downing to left, and he worried that he didn't get enough of
But the ball cleared the wall -- just barely -- and landed in the
waiting glove of Atlanta reliever Tom House.
"I know that was the highlight of my baseball career," House
said earlier this week from Japan, where he was working as a
pitching consultant. "I know that's a bad statement for a pitcher
to make. But I got to play a very small part in a very historic
House quickly left the bullpen and raced toward home plate,
nearly beating Aaron there. As teammates and family members mobbed
Aaron, House arrived with the ball.
"The thing that sticks out in my mind, even to this day, is
when I got to home plate to give him the ball, Henry was hugging
his mother and there was a tear on his cheek," House said. "I had
never seen any emotion from him like that. It showed me that he was
just like all of us.
"He loved the game, he loved his family. It all came together
that night."


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A hot flash is a brief feeling of intense warmth and sweating! Hot flashes commonly occur in women around the time of menopause and not at age 20! Best to see a doctor! Any Suggestions here?
40 Woman. You can look hot as an over 40 woman with these tips! A hot woman over 40 should not dress like a hot 20 year old. Hot flashes are one of the most common symptoms of menopause. Makeup can get tricky as you age. Source:http://www.ehow.com/how_2226483_look-hot-as-over-woman.html
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No! No! No! I believe some people become old mentally and it affects the rest of them! Some people refuse to allow themselves to be old! Many people take their middle age years to travel and see the world! and many peoples lives dont take lift off till after 40!Im a big fan of the movie Julie and Julia! Its about Julia Childs! I love how her life didnt really get exciting till after she went over her middle age bump! than she wrote a cook book and became famous before she started working on TV to teach the world to cook!Getting older doesnt mean the fun is over till you decide youre too old for a good time! I hate to say this about your parents but I believe theyve allowed themselves to believe their old! and now their minds and bodies behave that way!on a final note!! Im young but my husband is 44 years old (thats only 4 years younger than my father) and there is a big difference in how my husband lives,acts,and plays vs! my father! Age is a choice!
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'Lost Bohemia' (unrated)
Marlon Brando spent time there. So did Marilyn Monroe and Mark Twain and Martha Graham and Lucille Ball. For more than 100 years, the Carnegie Hall Studios — 165 working and living spaces perched atop the famed New York City concert hall — were a hidden and affordable oasis for artists, musicians, actors, writers and photographers. The affordable part is what ultimately did them in.
Lost Bohemia, a short, sweet documentary by Josef "Birdman" Astor, introduces us to the people who lived there and their attempts to fight eviction. The building's owners wanted to convert the studios into offices. Astor, who lived there himself for 20 years, knew his subjects personally. One of them is Editta Sherman, a 98-year-old photographer known as the Duchess of Carnegie, who had lived in her studio since 1949. Another is the live-wire fashion photographer Bill Cunningham, who was the subject of another documentary last year.
On one level, Lost Bohemia is essentially a sad tale of corporate greed and Manhattan's eternal balancing act between culture and commerce. But through his use of vintage photos, music and film clips, and the anecdotes his subjects share with the viewer, Lost Bohemia also becomes a celebration of the creative spirit and the courageous belief all creative people share that true art will always triumph in the end. The residents may have lost their fight, but their battle resulted in this warm and affectionate movie that ensures they won't be forgotten.
Director: Josef Astor.
Producers: Jonathan Ferrantelli, Jody Shields.
Running time: 77 minutes. No objectionable material. In Miami-Dade only: O Cinema.


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Vigil honors victims of crime, fallen officers
Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:35:11 GMT —
More than a dozen representatives from law enforcement and advocacy groups paid tribute to victims of crimes tonight.
"It's soothing for some of the victims and it is a way to let them know the community cares, law enforcement cares, people care," says Director of Victim Assistance Tonya Hall.
The Dougherty County Sheriff's Office, the Albany Police Department and Lily Pad were just a few organizations to show up to the candlelight vigil alongside victims and their families.
A poem was even created by Emma Quimbley from the Dougherty County Coroner's Office for Lt. Cliff Rouse and his family entitled "The Angel of Clifford." A line from the poem reads, "May the heavens forever allows 'The Angel of Clifford' to sustain you and strengthen you, while showering you with peace."
The candlelight vigil was a part of National Crime Victim's Rights Week.


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With Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback on hand, EDF Renewable Energy and KCP&L dedicated the 100.8 MW Spearville 3 Wind Project this week.
The wind farm is located in Ford County, Kan., 17 miles northeast of Dodge City.
EDF Renewable Energy (formerly enXco) developed and built the project, which comprises 63 GE XLE turbines, and EDF Renewable Services (formerly enXco Service Corp.) will provide the operations and maintenance services. KCP&L will purchase the power generated under a 20-year power purchase agreement.


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- A geography term from French and Arabic, what is an erg made of: Water; Rock; Ice; or Sand? Sand (it's a large area of shifting sand in the desert)
- Which famous Belfast born guitarist, who played with Thin Lizzy for a while, died on 6th February 2011? Gary Moore
- Ex-US president George W Bush cancelled a trip to which European country in February 2011 due to fears that he could be arrested for ordering the torture of prisoners? Switzerland
- Which Formula One racing driver was injured in a high-speed rally accident in Italy in February 2011? Robert Kubica
- What was the codename of the Iraqi agent who admitted lying to US intelligence services about the existence of weapons of mass destruction, and providing US/UK justification for the Iraq War? Curveball
- Clas Ohlson is a hugely popular DIY store chain based in which country? Sweden
- Hatha, Jnana, Bhakti and Karma are all branches of which activity? Yoga
- In British politics, what is the only one of the 'Four Great Offices of State' never (at at Feb 2011) held by a woman? Chancellor of the Exchequer (the other three 'Great Offices of State' being Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary)
- A parody of Hitler and Nazism, what was Charlie Chaplin's first talking feature film? The Great Dictator
- Which European capital city is known as 'Pearl of the Danube'? Budapest (capital city of Hungary)
- What family of tectosilicate minerals, named from the German for 'field', is the most abundant in the Earth's crust? Feldspars
- Who won the American NFL Super Bowl in February 2011? The Green Bay Packers
- An alkali turns red litmus paper what colour/color? Blue
- Menudo, a soup-like dish featuring tripe (beef stomach) and chili peppers, is from which country? Mexico
- The charter for what international organization was signed in San Francisco, in June 1945? United Nations
- The popular children's Christian hymn composed by Nellie Talbot around 1900 is widely known by its opening line, "Jesus Wants Me for a..." (what?): Lifetime; Sunbeam; Fortnight; or Laugh? Sunbeam (the actual title is "I'll be a Sunbeam")
- How many squares are in the grid of a Sudoku number puzzle (this is not a trick question - individual squares - not including other 'squares' which could be formed from blocks of individual squares)? 81
- What English monarch was born in 1533? Elizabeth I
- Who wrote the play Man and Superman? George Bernard Shaw
- Invented in 1987, what game for two players, played on a hexagonal board with 61 spaces and 28 marbles (14 per player - aiming to remove 6 of the opponent's marbles) shares its name with a decorative marine mollusc? Abalone (the sea shell creature is the source of mother-of-pearl)
- If a leaf is obcordate, what shape is it? Heart-shaped (the word element 'cor' relates to the heart, as in coronary, but originates from Latin corona, meaning crown, and came to relate to the heart because of the encircling nature of blood vessels around the heart)
- The ground-dwelling mesite bird is confined to which island, fourth-largest globally, behind Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo (given that Australia is regarded as a continent, not an island)? Madagascar
- In Arthurian and Welsh Romance legendary stories, who was the faithful wife of Geraint/Gereint? Enid
- How many stars are on the national flag of The Cook Islands? Fifteen (one for each island)
- What is the Italian brandy (whose name means 'grape stalk') distilled from fermented residue of grapes used in winemaking ? Grappa
- Producing meibum, an oily sealant, where on the human head are the meibomian glands ? Eyelids (named after German physician Heinrich Meibom, 1638-1700)
- Storm Surge, a new ride at the the UK's Thorpe Park in Surrey, was relocated due to it being reportedly what: Unsafe; Haunted; Sun-facing; or Built on sand? Haunted (staff reported haunting incidents, whereafter a paranormal detection agency said the site might be an ancient burial ground)
- What common term for a man and increasingly pluralized for a group of people arose from a 1605 conspiracy? Guy/Guys (after Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowedr Plot)
- Colin Firth starred in the film of the famous book, Girl with a Pearl.. (what?): Earring; Necklace; Nosering; or Drumkit? Earring
- In the Bible, what are the (English names of the) five books of the Pentateuch, also called the Torah and the Five Books of Moses? Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
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online privacy
Study shows Americans lack confidence in their privacy
A new study from Pew Research, "Public Perceptions of Privacy and Security in the Post-Snowden Era," provides some startling numbers to support the idea that Americans are concerned about their privacy.
EU panel approves new rules to outlaw NSA surveillance practices
The European Parliament committee approved new privacy rules, which apply to U.S. tech organizations such as Google and Yahoo, in an effort to bolster online privacy.
Google wins right to targeted advertising in dismissed suit
After an Oct. 9 district court ruling, it may now be even easier for Google to track users however they'd like without repercussions.
New FTC recommendations target mobile privacy concerns
In the past few years, mobile devices have become an integral part of business and personal communications.
Litigation: Practical and legal considerations for online privacy policies
Most companies with an online presence post a "privacy policy" on their websites that describes how the company obtains, manages, uses and discloses information regarding their customers (or users of the website), as well as describing any rights that customers have with respect to the company's use of that information....
Celebrity fan sites fined for COPPA violations
A music fan website operator must pay a hefty fine for violating the rights of young Justin Bieber fans.
California Senate passes social media privacy legislation
California college students' social media profiles could soon be protected from scrutiny.
The 2012 IC10 winners
If you listen closely, you can hear it—the steady rumble of new ideas within corporate legal departments.
FTC Reviews Rule Protecting Children's Privacy Online
Assessment will determine how changing technology affects children's privacy.


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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- In a cat-fight, the Cougars of Chatham University used a 7-3 scoring advantage in the first half to outlast and overcome the Behrend Lions of Pennsylvania State University-Behrend 11-9 to earn a place in the seventh place contest at the 2011 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Women's Division III Eastern Championship at Macalester College's Leonard Natatorium.
Chatham, which handled PSU-Behrend 16-4 in regular season league play and 11-7 in non-conference competition, saw PSU-Behrend crack the scoring column first via a power play goal by Anne Lawrence (Jr., State College, Pa./State College) at 5:18 in the opening quarter.
However, the Cougars showed no signs of panic as Olympic hopeful Sachelle Taylor (So., Brooklyn, N.Y./Holy Childhood) netted back-to-back goals at 3:57 and 1:14 to give the Lions a 2-1 lead.
Leading 3-1 by the end of the first period, Chatham expanded the margin to 7-3 by the end of the first half thanks to a 4-2 scoring advantage in the second period and never looked back.
Three players accounted for the Cougar's eleven goals as Talyor put away four markers, while Player of the Game Selina Breiner (Jr., Moon Township, Pa./Moon) netted a game-high five goals. Paige Dunlap (Sr., Greenwood, Ind.) rounds out the Cougars' scorers with two points as the trio have combined for 16 of Chatham's 17 goals in the tournament.
Penn State-Behrend tried their hardest to claw their way back in the game thanks to the relentless efforts of MaryEllen Spooner (So., Springfield, Va./West Springfield), Kendell Duffy (Jr., Vernon Hill, Ill./Vernon Hills), Lawrence and Jillian Sebrosky (Sr., Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park). Each finished the game with two goals, while Rachel Ragen (Fr., Erie, Pa./Iroquois) chipped in a solo marker.
The victory places Chatham into a meeting at 9:00 p.m. this evening against tournament No. 1 seed and No. 8-nationally ranked Carthage College with a slot in the fifth place game on the line.
Penn State-Behrend is off until 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 30 as the Behrend Lions will meet Utica College. The winner of the game will advance to take on Chatham University at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday in the seventh place game, while the loser finishes ninth in the nine-team tournament field.
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Chatham Goals: Selina Breiner (5); Sachelle Taylor (4); Paige Dunlap (2)
Penn State-Behrend Goals: Kendell Duffy (2); Anne Lawrence (2); Jillian Sebrosky (2); MaryEllen Spooner (2); Rachael Ragen;
Saves: Chatham - Allison Bodine (4) ; Penn State-Behrend - Elizabeth Causgrove (9)
Exclusions: Chatham - 8; Penn State-Behrend - 2
Advantage Opportunities: Chatham - 1-for-2 ; Penn State-Behrend - 3-for-8
Sprints: Chatham - 4-for-4 ; Penn State-Behrend - 0-for-4
Cards: None
Officials: Perry Korbakis, Ed Prystalski


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Get a quick glimpse of what to expect from your treatment options below. For more detailed information on a particular treatment, click on the appropriate link.
Fertility drugs
Clomiphene and gonadotropins, the most commonly used fertility drugs, regulate your reproductive hormones and trigger the release of one or more eggs in each ovulation cycle. Most women use them for three to six months before conceiving or trying a different kind of treatment.
Side effects and drawbacks
- These fertility drugs increase your odds of having twins or more.
- Clomiphene can cause hot flashes, mood swings, pelvic pain, breast tenderness, ovarian cysts, nausea, thick and dry cervical mucus, headaches, mild depression, and visual symptoms.
- Gonadotropins can cause rash or swelling at the injection site, mood swings, breast tenderness, abdominal bloating, and headaches. About 10 to 20 percent of women who take gonadotropins develop a mild form of OHSS (ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome), which causes enlarged ovaries and fluid build-up in the abdomen.
Success rates
About 80 percent of women who take clomiphene ovulate in the first three months of treatment. Of them, 30 to 40 percent conceive by their third treatment cycle.
The pregnancy rate for gonadotropins with timed intercourse is 15 percent per cycle.
Clomiphene pills cost $10 to $100 a month, depending on the dosage and whether you choose brand name or generic. Additional costs: doctor visits, ultrasounds of your ovaries, and procedures such as IUI (intrauterine insemination).
Gonadotropin injections cost about $1,000 to $5,000 a month, depending on the dosage and how long you need to take the shots. Additional costs: doctor visits, blood tests, and ultrasounds.
Connect with others who are trying fertility drugs.
Surgery can help fix genetic defects, open blocked fallopian tubes, remove fibroids, remove the tissue of endometriosis, and treat PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome).
Two surgical procedures commonly used to treat gynecological problems are laparoscopy and laparotomy. Laparoscopy uses thin instruments and a lighted camera inserted through several small incisions in the abdomen. Laparotomy is done through a larger abdominal incision.
Side effects and drawbacks
- You may feel discomfort in your back or shoulders after a laparoscopy. It stems from the carbon dioxide gas used during surgery to inflate your abdomen for easier viewing of your organs.
- If you had general anesthesia, the breathing tube used during surgery may give you a sore throat for a few days.
- If you had general anesthesia, you'll feel sleepy for a few hours and may have some nausea.
- The incisions in your abdominal area may feel sore for a few days.
Success rates
Success depends on the condition and the surgery used to treat it.
- Women with minimal or mild endometriosis have about a 40 percent chance of getting pregnant by eight to nine months after laparoscopic treatment.
- Between 21 and 59 percent of women whose fallopian tubes are opened do conceive.
- Women with PCOS who have ovarian drilling surgery have a 50 percent chance of getting pregnant within one year.
Anywhere from $2,000 to $10,000, depending on the type of surgery, the anesthesia used, whether the procedure is inpatient or outpatient, and your insurance coverage.
Community: Connect with others dealing with PCOS or who are trying to conceive via fertility treatments.


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'Ender's Game' begins filming at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans
This week Ender's Game finally began filming in New Orleans after being delayed for nearly a month.
The movie, starring Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis and Abigail Breslin, started shooting at Easy Studios in NOLA on Feb. 27. The studio is located in the Michoud Assembly Facility, on Old Gentilly Rd in New Orleans East. It was also recently used for G.I. Joe: Retaliation.
Ender's Game is based on a series of young-adult books by Orson Scott Card. Here is the movie's official synopsis:
"In the near future, a hostile alien race (Formics) have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of Commander Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Fleet (IF) Military are training only the best young children to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy, but strategically brilliant boy is pulled out of his school to join the elite. Ender easily masters increasingly difficult war games, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers at Battle School. Ordained by Graff as the IF's next great hope, Ender is promoted to Command School. Once there, he's trained by Rackham himself to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and humankind."
Filming is scheduled to continue in Louisiana through June 8. If you spot Ender's Game, or the movie's stars, in New Orleans, let us know at firstname.lastname@example.com!
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Is it possible some of the filming for this movie is being done in Sweden ? Because I'm almost positive I just saw Harrison Ford in a Ford Mustang on the highway outside of Stockholm. 5 June 2012
not that I'm aware of but maybe he is there for something else?
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"Matt Miller" <pgsql(at)mattmillersf(dot)fastmail(dot)fm> writes: > I thought I saw a thread (here or on -hackers, or somewhere) where > someone created a C program or something to automatically convert > Oracle's DECODE expression into an ANSI CASE expression. You could just use a compatibility function: create function decode(anyelement,anyelement,anyelement,anyelement) returns anyelement as $$ select case $1 when $2 then $3 else $4 end $$ language sql immutable; create function decode(anyelement,anyelement,anyelement,anyelement,anyelement,anyelement) returns anyelement as $$ select case $1 when $2 then $3 when $4 then $5 else $6 end $$ language sql immutable; -- repeat up to the most number of decode items you need to support It's annoying that we only have one "anyelement" pseudotype; this formulation constrains the input and result types to be the same, when logically they could be different. Perhaps this example is a sufficient argument for inventing "anyelement2". Then it'd look like create function decode(anyelement,anyelement,anyelement2,anyelement,anyelement2,anyelement2) returns anyelement2 as ... I remember we talked about multiple placeholder types back when we designed the polymorphic-function feature, but we didn't put it in for lack of a compelling use-case. Is this one? regards, tom lane
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