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Air coli: New outbreak goes beyond food
The Hook's November 13 cover story highlighted the growing concern over a vicious strain of E. coli bacteria that has killed a child and seriously injured dozens more through the once unsuspected medium of sweet cider. Now comes word that the deadly bacteria can be transmitted through the air. –editor
At least 19 people who had gone to a county fair in Ohio in 2001 fell ill with E. coli after the bacteria apparently spread through sawdust in the air at an exhibition hall– the first time researchers have connected an outbreak to a contaminated building.
Testing at the building in Lorain County found E. coli O157 in the rafters, the walls, and the sawdust– in some cases 10 months after the fair.
"This is an entirely new mode of transmission," says Dr. Michael S. Donnenberg, professor of medicine and head of infectious diseases at the University of Maryland, who was not involved in the study.
The study was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published in the November 26 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Tainted food is the most common source of E. coli outbreaks, which cause an average of 61 deaths and 73,000 illnesses a year in the United States. But people can also become infected from animal or human feces.
Altogether, 23 people who had attended the fair became sick with E. coli. Nineteen of them had gone to a dance at the hall or had otherwise visited the building, which contained exhibits involving cattle, sheep, horses, and dogs. The building had a clay floor covered with sawdust, and some of those at the dance complained the air was dusty.
E. coli can cause fever, abdominal cramps, and severe, sometimes bloody, diarrhea. While six of the infected were hospitalized, none died.
Hand washing is usually the best defense against E. coli, but it might not have worked in this case.
"We do not have any proof that persons were infected because the E. coli O157 landed directly in their mouth, but our study suggests this is possible," says Dr. Jay K. Varma of the CDC, who led the study.
Researchers were also surprised at how long E. coli remained in the building.
"It's possible that the E. coli that live for that long are not abundant enough or virulent enough to cause infection," Varma says, but the study "raises this as a dangerous possibility."
Researchers said the few precautions available for reducing the risk of outbreaks at fairs include not using sawdust, providing soap and water, and disallowing eating at places were animals are on display.
Since the study, the CDC has learned of two other outbreaks that might have been caused by building contamination, Varma says. One happened at the University of Wisconsin, the other at the Lane County Fair in Oregon.
Kimberly Kessel takes her 4-year-old son Makyah Outman for a walk with husband Tim Outman and younger son Kyler, 2, at their home in rural McKenzie Bridge, Oregon in June. The family has joined two dozen others in a lawsuit against the Lane County Fair Board.


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Why is Charlottesville the #1 city?
Published April 1, 2004 in issue #0313 of the Hook
Jamaala Hamilton: "Eight different presidents have lived here. It's small but still diverse, and a lot of people know about Charlottesville because of UVA."
Katie Sale: "Charlottesville is very diverse in the sense that there are a lot of businesses here. It has everything a big city has but with a small-town feel."
Alicia Walsh-Noel: "People here care about the environment more than most cities. There's a lot of music and art. The University is probably another large attraction for people."

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BOSTON (AP) Austin Rivers won his first NBA game against his father as the New Orleans Hornets beat coach Doc Rivers and the Boston Celtics 90-78 on Wednesday night.
Greivis Vasquez scored 15 points with 11 rebounds and Al-Farouq Aminu had 18 points and nine rebounds for New Orleans, which won for the sixth time in seven games and stopped Boston's six-game winning streak. Austin Rivers scored eight points against his dad's team; they became the fourth father-son matchup in NBA history.
Paul Pierce scored 12 points with 10 rebounds before fouling out in the final minutes. He shot 5 for 16 from the floor and made one of seven 3-point attempts as Boston went 4 for 18 from beyond the arc. Kevin Garnett scored 15 and Rajon Rondo had 11 assists.
Anthony Davis had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Hornets, who were just 2 of 17 from 3-point range. But they have won eight of 12 since an 11-game losing streak that stretched through much of December.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to score 20,000 points and also surpassed 5,000 assists on a milestone night, leading Miami over undermanned Golden State.
On a road trip that has had more bad news than good, James rewrote the headlines and the record books. He finished with 25 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds.
James eclipsed both marks before halftime, helped Miami go ahead by 34 points in the third quarter and allowed coach Erik Spoelstra to rest his starters - without debate - for the fourth. Dwyane Wade added 15 points, eight rebounds and six assists and Mario Chalmers scored 15 for the Heat, who had lost three of their last four away from home.
David Lee had 12 points and 11 rebounds and Jarrett Jack scored 16 in place of Stephen Curry, who sprained his twice surgically repaired right ankle during Golden State's morning practice. The team said X-rays were negative, and Warriors coach Mark Jackson said he doesn't expect Curry to be out long.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Tony Parker had 17 points and 11 assists and Tim Duncan scored 19 to help San Antonio beat Memphis, extending its home winning streak to 13 games.
The Spurs shot 58 percent from the field in becoming only the third team to score more than 100 points against the Grizzlies. Boris Diaw added 14, Kawhi Leonard 13 and Tiago Splitter 10 for San Antonio (30-11).
Rudy Gay scored 17 points as all five starters reached double figures for Memphis (24-13), which lost its third straight. Marc Gasol had 12 points, Tony Allen and Zach Randolph each had 11 and Mike Conley 10.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Russell Westbrook scored 32 points, Kevin Martin had 20 and Oklahoma City snapped Denver's six-game winning streak.
Kevin Durant added 20 points and tied his career high with five steals as NBA-best Oklahoma City led wire-to-wire for just the second time this season.
The Thunder opened a 16-point lead in the first quarter and remained in control throughout, pulling their starters for the fourth quarter with a 25-point edge. Denver mounted an 11-0 run against Oklahoma City's last five but that still only cut the deficit to 101-84.
Kosta Koufos had 16 points and nine rebounds to lead the Nuggets, who fell to 3-6 this season in the second game of a back-to-back set.
ATLANTA (AP) - Jeff Teague had a career-high 28 points and 11 assists, Zaza Pachulia finished two assists shy of a triple-double and the short-handed Atlanta Hawks ended Brooklyn's seven-game winning streak.
The Hawks played without leading scorer Josh Smith, suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount for ``conduct detrimental to the team'' following an incident in practice Tuesday.
Pachulia had 13 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high eight assists. Al Horford had 17 points and 13 rebounds. The Hawks, who had lost six of seven, almost doubled their point total from Monday night's 97-58 loss at Chicago.
Brook Lopez had 22 points for the Nets, who lost for only the second time in 11 games under interim coach P.J. Carlesimo.
Joe Johnson had 15 points while shooting 4 of 15 from the field in his return to Atlanta, where he played the past seven seasons. Johnson was a six-time All-Star with the Hawks but drew some boos from Atlanta fans.
DALLAS (AP) - Dirk Nowitzki scored 19 points, O.J. Mayo hit two tiebreaking free throws and Dallas held off a Jeremy Lin-led surge to beat Houston.
Lin and James Harden combined to score the last 18 points for the Rockets, who erased an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit and got even at 97. After Elton Brand blocked a layup attempt by Harden, Mayo hit both free throws after getting fouled at the other end.
Lin had a chance to tie the score on free throws, but missed the second of two. The Rockets got one more chance to go in front, but Harden couldn't get a good look at a layup. Nowitzki won a scramble for the ball and hit two free throws for a 101-98 lead.
Dallas won its season-best fourth straight game while the Rockets lost their fifth in a row, also a season high.
Harden led the Rockets with 20 points but shot 5 of 23 from the field. Lin had 19 with some critical misses among his 6-of-10 performance on free throws.
Mayo and Shawn Marion scored 18 apiece for Dallas. Nowitzki had 10 points in the fourth quarter.
TORONTO (AP) - Luol Deng hit a tiebreaking jumper with 3 seconds left in overtime and Chicago beat Toronto for the eighth time in nine meetings.
Carlos Boozer had a season-high 36 points and 12 rebounds, and Joakim Noah added 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Bulls.
Deng scored 19 points and Richard Hamilton had 15 as Chicago won its fourth straight road game. The Bulls have won nine of their past 11 away from home.
Boozer's double-double was his Eastern Conference-leading 21st, and his 11th in 13 games against the Raptors.
Alan Anderson fouled out with 27 points, matching his career high, and Kyle Lowry had 26 as Toronto lost its third straight.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Nikola Vucevic had 16 points and 15 rebounds to help Orlando snap a six-game home losing streak with a victory over Indiana.
Orlando has won two of its last three, having also slipped past the streaking Los Angeles Clippers last week. It was the Magic's first home victory since Dec. 19.
The Magic led by as many as 22 points, breaking the game open with a big second-quarter run that included a barrage of 3-pointers. The Magic connected on 12 of their 21 attempts from beyond the arc for the game.
Paul George had 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead Indiana. George Hill added 15 points.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Kyrie Irving scored 31 points, Tristan Thompson added 19 points and 14 rebounds, and Cleveland beat Portland to snap a four-game losing streak.
Nicolas Batum had 23 points and 12 rebounds for the Trail Blazers, who erased a 19-point second-quarter deficit and briefly took the lead. Wesley Matthews added 17 points and LaMarcus Aldridge had 15.
Irving won his first matchup with Portland rookie point guard Damian Lillard, who finished with 13 points. Lillard entered the fourth quarter with only three points on 0-for-3 shooting, but tied the score at 75 with a 3-pointer and then gave the Blazers an 86-85 lead by hitting a 20-footer with 2:07 left.
Irving took over from there, though. He made a pull-up jumper, a turnaround bank shot and a couple of free throws as Portland wilted.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - DeMarcus Cousins had 21 points and 16 rebounds while Tyreke Evans and John Salmons each scored 21 to help Sacramento beat Washington.
With the score tied, Evans was fouled on a drive to the basket with 11.4 seconds left. He made one of two free throws to give the Kings a 95-94 lead.
Bradley Beal missed a runner in the closing seconds and John Wall followed with a desperation shot from inside the lane that never hit the rim.
Beal scored 26 points, including six 3-pointers, for the Wizards, who had their three-game winning streak snapped. The Wizards have the worst record (7-29) in the NBA and are a league-worst 1-16 on the road.


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At various times during the academic year, a student may find themselves in an under-assigned room. In brief, an under-assigned room is a double room in which only one person is living. For example, Mary and Jill start out living together in a double room, but then Mary moves to a different room. Jill is now in an under-assigned room. In this example, Jill now has a choice to make.
The Residence Hall Contract
If a student finds is in an under-assigned room, it's important to review what the residence hall contract states. In summary:
- That a student may be assigned to a two-person room or efficiency apartment without a roommate and that if this occurs, the student will be charged the two-person room or efficiency apartment rate.
- The Housing and Residence Life Office reserves the right to assign a second student to those rooms that are under-assigned rooms or apartments until such time that they are changed to single occupancy at the request of the student and approval of the Housing and Residence Life Office.
- Students in under-assigned rooms or efficiency apartments will be expected to properly clean and make one-half of their room or apartment available for a second person with reasonable notice (usually 24 hours) or at the end of the semester.
- If a student does not do this and/or refuses to accept an assigned roommate to include making the assigned roommate feel welcome, the University may, at its discretion, require the student to move to another room or efficiency apartment or to reimburse the University for room rent payments lost as a result of their actions or inaction. (As an alternative, the Housing and Residence Life Office may choose to charge the student with an Improper Room Readiness Fee of $250 plus the premium room rate for a single room.)
The Process
Once it's been determined that an individual is living in an under-assigned room, that person will receive an email from staff in the Housing and Residence Life Office that outlines their options. Residence Life staff (the Resident Adviser or Resident Director) in that person's hall then contacts the individual to discuss what the person would like to do. After meeting with their RD and reviewing the Under-Assigned Room Option Form, the person in an under-assigned room typically has five (5) days to indicate which option they have chosen.
If a student is in an under-assigned room, there are four options from which to choose. The residence life staff in the student's hall will review these options with the student.
Option 1
Find a new roommate to move into the room. Once a student chooses this option, the new roommate typically has five (5) calendar days to move into the room. Resident Directors are often very helpful in identifying possible roommates.
Option 2
The student in the under-assigned room may move into a different room in their hall or a different hall to be with a roommate of their choice. If this choice is selected, the person in the under-assigned room typically has five (5) calendar days in which to move.
Option 3
The student in an under-assigned room may request to guarantee the single room for the remainder of the semester. If the person chooses to request the room as a single, their Resident Director will calculate the prorated rate for the single room for the remainder of the semester. Note that in some circumstances Housing and Residence Life may assign a new roommate at the beginning of the winter semester to someone who has requested to keep their under-assigned room as a single during the fall semester. If this is the case, Housing and Residence Life staff will inform the student in the under-assigned room of their new roommate before the end of the fall semester.
Option 4
The student in the under-assigned room may choose to remain in the room and continue to pay the two-person room rate. If this option is chosen, the student in the under-assigned room understands that the University may move another student into their room at any time.
Questions regarding the under-assigned room process should be referred to the Resident Director in the hall in which the student lives. Questions may also be addressed to Housing and Residence Life at (906) 227-2620 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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TIGERVILLE, S.C. – In their final game of the regular season, the King University men's basketball team was trying to end their three-game skid and enter the Conference Carolinas Tournament with a win under their belt. Logan Lyle gave the Tornado the win they were looking for as he converted a three-point play with four seconds left to lift King over North Greenville University 77-75 on Tuesday night.
The second half was played tight, but every time North Greenville (14-13, 7-9 CC) neared the lead, the Tornado had an answer. The Crusaders evened the score, and took their first lead of the game at 75-74 with a three-point play with 36 seconds left. Lyle had his first shot attempt with 21 seconds rejected, before C.J. Good misfired on three-point attempt, but the Tornado got the offense rebound and called timeout with 15 seconds left.
Out of the timeout, Lyle took a jump shot from the paint with four seconds left. The shot found the bottom of the net, and he was fouled. The junior converted the free throw to give King a two point lead. North Greenville's final shot came up short to give King the win.
The first half was dominated by King (14-12, 11-5) as they took the lead from the onset and quickly extended it. Shamarae Watts started a 10-0 run with a bucket six minutes into the contest. He followed with a pair of free throws before Good and Hunter LeVeau knocked down consecutive three-point baskets to stretch the King lead to 17-6.
The Crusaders cut the deficit to 23-19 with eight minutes left in the first half, but Michael Fortune answered with four straight points to extend the lead back to eight. Lyle started a quick 7-0 run with tip-in that was followed by a Nathanael Hughes jumper. Good capped the spurt with a three-point basket to give King a 39-26 advantage with five minutes left in the first half. Drew Standifer gave the Tornado their largest lead of the game, 46-32 when he converted a jump shot with two minutes left in the first half.
King held a 46-37 lead at halftime, and after Fortune drilled a triple on the other side of the break the Crusaders went on a 9-0 run to cut their deficit to just three at 49-46. The game was then played within a six point margin the rest of the way as the Tornado escaped with the narrow win.
Lyle led the Tornado with 17 points and nine rebounds, narrowly missing a double-double. LeVeau followed with 15 points and Good added 12 points while James Scales and Fortune both handed out four assists.
With the victory, King will be the No. 3 seed in the Conference Carolinas Tournament and host a quarterfinal game on Saturday at the Student Center Complex. King will host either Erskine College or North Greenville, depending on the outcome of the Erskine game against Pfeiffer University on Thursday night. Tipoff will be at 7:30 p.m., following the women's game.
The Conference Carolinas Tournament "Final Four" will be played at Cabarrus Arena in Concord, N.C., on March 5-6. The semifinals will take place on March 5 with the finals to follow on March 6.


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WASHINGTON - Seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly lying to Congress about using steroids and growth hormone. The criminal case writes a new chapter in one of Major League Baseball's wo
WASHINGTON - Seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly lying to Congress about using steroids and growth hormone. The criminal case writes a new chapter in one of Major League Baseball's worst scandals, the rampant use of performance enhancing drugs.
A six-count indictment alleges that Clemens obstructed a congressional inquiry with 15 different statements that he made under oath in 2008, including denials that he had ever used steroids or human growth hormone. The indictment says that he lied and committed perjury regarding the same matters.
The former pitcher and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, testified under oath at a 2008 hearing before a House committee and contradicted each other about whether Clemens had used performance-enhancing drugs.
McNamee has told federal agents, baseball investigator George Mitchell and the committee that he injected Clemens more than a dozen times with steroids and human growth hormone from 1998 to 2001.
Clemens has maintained that McNamee was lying, and said so under oath before the committee. "I couldn't tell you the first thing about it," he testified when asked about human growth hormone. "I never used steroids. Never performance-enhancing steroids."
"As far as we're concerned, it's vindication," Earl Ward, one of McNamee's attorneys, said of the indictment.
The case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton, who presided over the perjury and obstruction trial of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. No date has been set for Clemens' initial court appearance.
Clemens' attorney, Rusty Hardin, had no immediate comment.
In his defiant testimony to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Clemens said, "I've been accused of something I'm not guilty of. ... I have never taken steroids or HGH."
Longtime Clemens friend and New York Yankees teammate Andy Pettite told congressional investigators that Clemens confided to him that he had used HGH. Clemens said Pettite was wrong.
"I believe Andy has misheard" the conversation, Clemens responded. He said he had simply mentioned to Pettite a TV show about three older men who used HGH to get back their quality of life.
"When a witness, such as Roger Clemens, lies, as I think he did, he should be held accountable," said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the House committee's chairman at the time of the baseball star's testimony.
Former Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, who was the top Republican on the House panel, called the indictment "a self-inflicted wound" by Clemens.
"Clemens was not under subpoena. He came voluntarily. He wanted to come to the committee and clear his name," Davis said. "And I sat there in the office with (committee chairman) Henry Waxman and said, 'Whatever you do, don't lie."'
Davis added: "I did not want to refer this to Justice, but we didn't have any choice."
The former congressman said Clemens "got caught in a speed trap, basically. He could have just let it go, but he denied it vociferously before Congress. Several times, we gave him the opportunity to back down, and he didn't."
During a 23-year career as a starting pitcher, Clemens played for the Boston Red Sox, the Toronto Blue Jays, the Yankees and the Houston Astros, chalking up 354 wins, 4,672 strikeouts and a lifetime earned run average of 3.12.
Clemens, who turned 48 this month, is ninth on the all-time wins list and was an 11-time All-Star.
The Clemens matter was the second referral the congressional committee made to the Justice Department. The other involved Miguel Tejada, who pleaded guilty to making misleading statements to committee investigators in 2005 regarding his knowledge of performance-enhancing drugs.
Other baseball greats, Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds among them, have become enmeshed in the steroid scandal of the 1990s.
Bonds is under indictment by a federal grand jury, and has pleaded not guilty to charges that he lied to a grand jury in December 2003 when he testified that he never knowingly used performance-enhancing drugs.
McGwire admitted his use of steroids earlier this year and said: "It was a wrong thing what I did. I totally regret it."
Clemens was mentioned by name 82 times in the Mitchell Report, Major League Baseball's official report on the illegal use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, compiled by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell.
In all, 85 players were mentioned in the report.
In the 409-page Mitchell document that was released on Dec. 13, 2007, Clemens was singled out in nearly nine pages. Much of the information on him came from McNamee, the former Yankees strength and conditioning coach.
Four days after the report was released, Clemens issued a categorical denial.
"I want to state clearly and without qualification: I did not take steroids, human growth hormone or any other banned substances at any time in my baseball career or, in fact, my entire life," he said.
"Those substances represent a dangerous and destructive shortcut that no athlete should ever take," Clemens' statement said.
"I am disappointed that my 25 years in public life have apparently not earned me the benefit of the doubt, but I understand that Senator Mitchell's report has raised many serious questions. I plan to publicly answer all of those questions at the appropriate time in the appropriate way. I only ask that in the meantime people not rush to judgment."
AP sports writer Ben Walker in New York contributed to this report.


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text: This is a photo of Matt Guyette in the band room at South Burlington High School in 1987 or 88. He was 17 or 18. He's holding a bright green Timecaster that he'd purchased that year. Matt is now a guidance counselor at Tuttle Middle School in South Burlington. I have no idea where the guitar is now but I don't think he has it anymore.


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Monday, March 11, 2013
Map of Lowell, Massachusetts c.1850
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Source: CENTER FOR LOWELL HISTORY
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Labels: Lowell, Maps, Massachusetts
3 comments:
- Barbara Poole said...
Theresa, did you know that I live in Lowell? All the blue "rivers" are actually handmade canals. Thanks for posting this.
- March 11, 2013 at 9:05 AM
- Heather Wilkinson Rojo said...
It's amazing that the city is still much the same, just more spread out around the edges! I love how most of the street names are still the same, too. In a lot of other mill cities in this area, entire sections have undergone urban renewal, so the old maps look vastly different from the new maps.
- March 11, 2013 at 10:59 AM
- TCasteel said...
I would like to visit there someday to see how they have repurposed the old mill buildings.
- March 12, 2013 at 9:33 AM
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Once again, this blog post is somewhat of a departure from what I typically blog about (crochet, baking, travel), similar to when I blogged about "My Maternity Fashion" here. At first I was hesitant about whether I should blog about this, but I decided that other mamas and mamas-to-be might find it helpful, so I decided to go for it! I will highlight two Canadian companies that have made items that I've loved so far as a new mama 🙂
I always knew I wanted to breastfeed Myla from the very beginning because of all the health benefits for both Myla and I (not to mention it also burns 500 calories a day!). I must say that I've really been enjoying it for the past 4 months and I've found our nursing sessions to be precious bonding time. After getting the hang of it in the comfort of our home, I was nervous about taking our little newborn out and having to feed her in public settings.
I knew that wearing certain clothing items and outfits would make nursing in public very cumbersome, and I hadn't even thought about how my wardrobe would now be somewhat restricted since I was breastfeeding (I thought I was already past the "wardrobe limitation" phase of being pregnant!). Button-down shirts, v-necks, and tank tops + cardigans were now the way to go as I would scan each item in my closet and assess how easy/difficult it would be to feed Myla in it. I decided to research what different nursing clothing options were available to facilitate breastfeeding in public.
I came across a Canadian company based out of Montreal called "Momzelle" that was founded by a mom named Christine Poirier. Christine made her own nursing top after having her baby daughter and started Momzelle after all her friends were asking about her tops. As I browsed the different Momzelle clothing items, the items that stood out to me were the tank tops. I knew having a nursing tank top would be a good investment since I could layer different pieces ontop of it (cardigans, shirts) in addition to wearing it on its own. I ended up ordering two black tank tops: the "Original Nursing Tank Top" and the "Xtra Long Nursing Tank Top".
I was pleasantly surprised when they arrived shortly in the mail. They felt like they were very good quality! These two black tank tops are made out of 94% cotton and 6% spandex. One of my tank tops was made in Canada while the other was made in Peru. Momzelle states that all of their nursing clothing is ethically made.
Both tank tops have these openings for discrete breastfeeding. It makes breastfeeding a lot easier as you do not have to lift your entire tank top or shirt up to feed- your belly and back remain covered and the baby has easy access for feeding! If you would like to see photos of some Momzelle tops in action with nursing moms, click here. For you "Dragon's Dens" fans out there, Christine was actually featured on the show and got funding for Momzelle- check out the clip here!
I was excited to try them on right away as it's always a little scary ordering clothing online as you can never guarantee a perfect fit. I was so happy that I had chosen the right size as they fit me very well! Both tank tops were incredibly comfortable and had a sleek look. This is the "Original Nursing Tank Top"!
You need to wear a nursing bra with these tops and I love how the thick black straps of the tank tops cover the bra straps. There are nursing tank tops available on the market that have built-in bras, but in my experience, I found them to either be too low-cut, less supportive or less comfortable. The flaps are quite discrete, especially since these tank tops are black and when items are worn ontop of them. This is the "Xtra Long Nursing Tank Top"!
I am particularly happy with the "Xtra Long Nursing Tank Top" as it can be hard to find tank tops of this length, especially a nursing one! It's nice having a tank top that doesn't ride up with such great coverage (perfect for extra tall mamas too!). I've worn this top so much ever since receiving it in the mail, and it's stretched a bit since it is 6% spandex. Overall though, it's held up well. I thought I would show you how I styled some of my outfits featuring this long tank top…
Here I paired it with an oversized cardigan, a scarf, and jeggings!
For a bit of a dressier feel, I paired it with my peach blazer and jeggings. A simple black tank top is so versatile…
I absolutely love wearing leggings since they are so comfortable. I practically lived in leggings while I was pregnant and I wanted to continue wearing them post-partum, particularly since I still could not fit into my pre-pregnancy jeans! This long tank top works perfectly with leggings, and I am so happy that I don't have to lift up my long tunics or tops in order to feed Myla. Here I layered a chambray shirt and long cardigan overtop my long nursing tank top with leggings and a colourful scarf. This has been a perfect winter outfit on those cold days. Keeping all the layers open facilitates easy access to the nursing tank top and easy breastfeeding!
Haha, we happened to go grocery shopping this same day we were taking these shots, so I thought I'd show another typical outfit I've worn out and about. Here is my Xtra Long Nursing Tank Top paired with my high low sweater, jeggings, circle scarf and over-the-knee boots. I really love the length of this tank!
Here is a picture of my sweet baby girl Myla and I at a baby shower! I am wearing the same long tank top paired with leggings and a crocheted sweater ontop. Both this sweater and the above sweater are light and can be easily lifted away for breastfeeding. I just love Myla's big smiles and adorable laugh…melts my heart!
I wear my "Original Nursing Tank Top" with shorter cardigans, like these two below:
Did you notice the feathers scarf in the above outfit? It's no ordinary scarf….it's actually a nursing scarf!
CoverBoo Couture is a line of nursing scarves from Edmonton, founded by a mom named Maria who wanted to nurse discretely in public. These scarves are perfect for moms who want more coverage while nursing or for those who have distractible babies! Just how does this scarf turn into a cover? Let me show you!
You can wear the CoverBoo doubled up like I am here, knotted, or as a long circle scarf. It's neat because these scarves serve as a fashion accessory in addition to a nursing cover, and it's very convenient whenever you want to nurse since you are already wearing your cover! They can be easily stored in your purse too since they are so lighweight.
When you're ready to nurse, you unwrap the scarf…
So that it's a single layer like this!
Then you look for the neck hole…
And slip your head through it!
Pull your arm through…
And you're ready to nurse your sweet baby! You get great coverage and baby is less distracted by what's going on around them 🙂
Check out this video of Maria demonstrating how to use a CoverBoo here and see it in action here. BabyBellyKelli also did a great video review of her CoverBoo here.
These CoverBoos are all designed and manufactured in Canada, and they come in an array of patterns and fabrics. Their lightweight, airy feel are perfect for the upcoming spring and summer months, and Maria just released her Spring Collection last week! These nursing scarves look very different than the other nursing covers currently on the market, and they are such a clever and simple design. They don't offer a rigid neckline as others do (see here), but you can always lift the opening at the neck hole to peek and make eye contact with your baby!
I love that both of these companies are Canadian and founded by real moms who were making products to help them on their breastfeeding journeys. I also love scoring good deals, and I managed to purchase all of these products when they were on sale! Momzelle had a great Black Friday sale (tops up to 40% off with an additional 10% off) and CoverBoo Couture had an amazing Christmas Eve sale (50% off all CoverBoos). Thus, if you are interested in any of their products, I highly recommend liking their facebook pages so you can get their notifications and keep up-to-date with their products! You can find the Momzelle Facebook page here and the Coverboo Couture Facebook page here.
I approached both companies and told them how I would be writing about my positive experiences using their products. I asked if they could provide any discounts for my readers in case they were interested in purchasing their products right away! Both companies replied incredibly promptly and were very generous.
Maria of CoverBoo Couture is offering a 15% off discount for readers of "All About Ami" with the coupon code "AMI15", and it expires on February 28 (Canadian shipping is $5, international shipping is $10, and free local pick-up is available if you live in Edmonton). Check out the CoverBoo Couture website HERE and see if you want to order any for yourself or for your friends!
Momzelle is offering a $5 discount for readers of "All About Ami" with the coupon code "AMIGRMI5" (no expiry date) and a $30 gift card as a give-away! ***To enter, please leave a comment below stating which nursing top you would buy if you won the $30 gift card!*** Check out the Momzelle website HERE. This giveaway is open worldwide until Thursday, February 28. I will randomly choose a winner and announce who it is on my facebook page HERE. For your information, shipping is $5 per order in Canada and the US (excluding Hawaii and Alaska) and is pricier to other countries (see shipping costs here). [NOTE: The giveaway is now CLOSED: Congrats to Sarah Clymer, the winner of the $30 gift card!!!]
I hope you've enjoyed reading about my nursing fashion and how these products have made it a lot easier to breastfeed my baby girl. I think the nursing tops and nursing cover are a good investment, especially if you consider how long moms breastfeed for and if there are plans on breastfeeding more children in the future. The tank tops and cover also work well together for those who want a lot of coverage while nursing in public as absolutely nothing is exposed. They would make great gifts for your friends or family who are expectant or new mamas who are going to nurse (particularly the CoverBoos since they're one size fits all!). Thank you to Momzelle and CoverBoo Couture for your great products and for providing us with coupon codes too! I love how they both made the coupon codes based on "amigurumi" [the Japanese art of knitted/crocheted stuffed animals, which is what my blog is all about in case you're new here!]. I had fun putting together these outfits and showing you my style and how I've adapted my wardrobe in my new role as a nursing mama!
Please feel free to forward this post to your pregnant or mama friends as well so they can enter the giveaway and access these awesome discount codes too 🙂 Thanks for reading and I'd love to hear what you think about this post!
~ Stephanie ♥
[ UPDATE 2015: I have written another Momzelle review for some of their new tank tops! You can read the new blog post HERE!]


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Steve Wynn described The Wynn Paradise Park as "the most fun project in my 45 years" and "once more a chance to reinvent Las Vegas".
The 130 acre project will transform the Wynn Golf Club into a 38 acre lagoon surrounded by a sandy beach.
There will be a 1,000 room tower which will have a small casino. The rooms will have a bedroom and a living room with a balcony to the outside with a view of the lake.
The Country Club Grill will be gone as of January 14th. The "Grill" overlooks the soon to be gone golf course. There will be a variety of new restaurants, bars, ice cream shops located along a boardwalk. A new expanded Country Club restaurant will overlook the beach and lagoon.
Wynn plans daily lake shows, nightly Carnivale parade, and fireworks launched from an island in the center of the lagoon.
Wynn said "We could put a water ski show in the afternoon and we could at night have a great show like they have at Disneyland only bigger and we can have fireworks every night and fire five-inch shells that would cover the whole 40 acres as an umbrella." There will be water skiing, paddle boarding and parasailing minutes from the strip.
Wynn said a nightly Carnivale parade would occur on the lagoon, complete with fireworks.
"There will be 10-12 floats in an audio-visual parade every night right after dark," Wynn said. "That parade is a musical and visual extravaganza, but it's not the Rose Bowl parade. It's a much edgier kind of thing with huge spiders with spider webs, and King Kong and the devil and these things are 25 to 30 feet tall and they're animated."
Reminiscent of the Rio's "Masquerade Show in the Sky" attraction, which closed in 2013, Wynn sees an opportunity to monetize the parade.
"What's wonderful is that 10 or 12 people can pay and be part of that parade and get on the floats," he said. "They're self-motivated floats, and they can drive down the ramp on wheels and can work through the water with their propulsion systems."
He said a carousel attraction 103 feet in diameter would have a bar in the center and have "Pullman booths" alternating with horses. The carousel will be accessed from a 20-foot dock.
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Ziplines will adorn the attraction, and the milelong boardwalk will surround the lagoon and connect the Wynn and Encore towers as well as the new property.
Wynn said the lagoon would be 1,600 feet long and 650 to 700 feet wide, slimming down to a 250-foot width on the north edge near Desert Inn Road.
Wynn said one of the biggest reasons for his enthusiasm is that the development will be surrounded with traffic-generating attractions: the soon-to-be-expanded Las Vegas Convention Center to the east, the Sands Expo and Convention Center and Las Vegas Sands' planned Madison Square Garden entertainment venue collaboration to the south and the under-construction Resorts World Las Vegas to the west.


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Denis Hennessy necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 53 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
We need a logo for an online noticeboard service called clikboard.
clikboard is a new web application that lets all sorts of groups and businesses create a noticeboard on the web. The thing that makes a clikboard different from, say, a simple web site, is that the author can easily change the content at any time, by simply clicking on the text with his web browser.
You can see the current styling of the site from these images:http://peerassembly.com/images/home.jpghttp://peerassembly.com/images/new_board.jpghttp://peerassembly.com/images/plans.jpg
Right now, we're thinking that the logo will appear on the top left of the header area, which means it should work well over those colors. It would also be nice if it could work on a white background.
The design of the site is very much based on familiar, non-threatening images like corkboard, push pins, post-its, sellotape, etc. We want people that would never dream of using an online service as part of their group to feel comfortable.
Also, since we don't have a bunch of money to spend on advertising, we need a logo that will be memorable and help people remember the site name.
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- Making the 'K' in Clikboard a capital to emphasize the missing 'c' (we like people to think clik not click)
- Making something that looks like a glossy fridge magnet
- Using an image like a link mouse cursor over a board
- A clean, memorable design
- An association between the design and the site name
- Ideally, reducible to a favicon
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Virginia Rose Brumbaugh, 92, Warren, passed away at 10:40 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at The Heritage Pointe in Warren.
She was born September 11, 1920, in Peru, to George U. and Myrtle G. (Williams) Brumbaugh. She graduated in 1939 from Peru High School and received her Accounting Degree from the University of Scranton Pennsylvania. She retired from the Huntington Memorial Hospital after 20 years of service as office Manager, and continued to work for the City Clerks Office in the City Hall Building as well as other various businesses for Wabash and Huntington counties. She was a member of the Church of the Brethren in Huntington, and the Christian Fellowship Church in North Manchester. Virginia was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Floral Chapter #75 of Huntington.
She is survived by her five nieces - Phylis Brumbaugh, Andrews, Judy Lockwood, Huntington, Leanna Hoover, Bradenton, Fla., Pam Brown, Fort Wayne and Myra Knipstein, Roanoke; two nephews - Dennis Brumbaugh, Huntington and John Brumbaugh, Georgia. Her parents and three brothers, John Lawrence Brumbaugh, Marcus William Brumbaugh George Frederick Brumbaugh and two sisters, Mary Elizabeth Weeks and Ariael Anna Lunsford preceded her in death.
Services were held Feb. 27 at Bailey-Love Mortuary, with Rev. Eddie Akins officiating. Burial was in Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery, Huntington.
Those desiring, may make memorial contributions to Cancer Services for Huntington County, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana, 46750.
Friends may share an online tribute on the guestbook at www.baileylove.com.
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Katrina Brooke felt well prepared for the birth of her son, Andrew, three Aprils ago. The only complication was her Caesarean section; otherwise, everything went smoothly. After three days in the hospital, Brooke returned to her home outside of Seattle to recover and enjoy her baby boy.
Three weeks later, as Brooke stood in her kitchen opening mail, she found a curious $94 bill from a local health clinic, a place neither she nor her husband had ever heard of. Stranger still, the notice was addressed to her newborn son: Andrew had apparently visited the clinic and been prescribed the painkiller OxyContin for a work-related back injury.
It seemed like a simple clerical error at first — one that might even have been funny, considering the only labor Andrew had been involved in was his own birth. But the more Brooke scrutinized the letter, the more concerned she grew. Andrew's middle name was on the bill, and no one knew the baby's full name but a handful of friends and family — as well as the hospital, where she had filed the paperwork for Andrew's birth certificate, which included their family's home address and Social Security numbers and Brooke's maiden name.
A call to the clinic confirmed that a mystery man had used their child's newly minted identity to obtain health care only one week after Andrew was born. The Brookes had become victims of a crime they'd never heard of: medical identity theft. "People aren't aware of this unless it happens to them," Brooke says. "When you first get the bill, you're confused. Then when you delve into it, you think, What other information do they have? What else is going to happen to us now? At that point, it was scary."
Luckily for the Brookes, the clinic agreed to waive its charges. But for many victims, the crime doesn't surface until unthinkable damage has been done. The worst case: insurance maxed out to its lifetime limit, years spent untangling paper trails, and medical records permanently altered. Unlike a stolen credit card or savings account number, this kind of identity theft could be life-threatening. Imagine what could happen if someone else's medical history was injected into your records: You could arrive at an ER and be given the wrong type of blood or be refused medication because your file says you are allergic. And because mistakes in medical records can be notoriously hard to expunge, you could spend years convincing doctors you weren't actually diagnosed with the diseases, mental illness or substance-abuse problems appearing in your file.
According to a recent survey by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 3 percent of U.S. identity-crime victims had someone use their personal information — a Social Security number, an insurance policy ID, even a mere driver's license — to obtain medical services or to profit from filing false claims in their name. That means nearly 250,000 Americans may be victims each year. For an increasing number of career criminals, health care workers and consumers struggling to keep up with bills, the lure of medical identity theft is too great to resist, notes Chris Dorn, a fraud expert with Ingenix, a health care fraud investigation firm in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. "The overall cost of health care has risen so much that it has become a valuable commodity," Dorn says. "Any time you have 47 million Americans without adequate health care coverage, you will have people out there willing to steal it."
The stakes are high
It took one phone call to make Anndorie Sachs, a mother of four in Salt Lake City, aware of how serious medical identity theft has become. She says that in April 2006, a Utah social worker notified her that her newborn had tested positive for methamphetamines — as a result, the state planned to take away all of her children. In fact Sachs, then 27, hadn't been pregnant in more than two years; her stolen driver's license had ended up in the hands of Dorothy Bell Moran, a meth user who gave birth using Sachs's name. After a tense few days of phone calls with child services, Sachs was allowed to keep her kids. She then hired a lawyer to sort out the damage to her legal and medical records, and figured her worries were over.
Months later, when Sachs suffered a kidney infection, she was careful to avoid the hospital where Moran had used her identity. It didn't matter: The thief's records had circulated electronically and intermingled with her own. Moran's emergency contact number was listed in Sachs's file, and there may have been other mistakes, such as the thief's blood type. Sachs — who has a blood-clotting disorder and for whom the wrong medication could be disastrous — was savvy enough to alert the hospital staff, who straightened out her charts before making a critical error. "Had [Moran's] baby not tested positive for drugs, I wouldn't have known anything about it," Sachs says. "I have a hard time believing that everything is back the way it was before. It's terrifying to think about."
Consider the number of people who see your personal information when you become sick. "There are so many players," says Robert Gellman, a privacy consultant and attorney in Washington, D.C. "Doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, labs, insurance companies — any single medical treatment can involve a half dozen entities." To turn your life upside down, it takes only one person at one of those places willing to use her access as an opportunity for exploitation. In Florida, an office coordinator at the Cleveland Clinic in Weston printed out 1,100 patient records, then sold them to her cousin for $5 to $10 per patient, according to an FBI agent involved in the case. The World Privacy Forum, a nonprofit research group in San Diego, reports that prosecutors in New York, California and Florida have uncovered a technique that would make Tony Soprano proud: "clinic takeovers," in which criminals buy a health care center, steal information from it to file false insurance claims, and then shut the whole thing down before anyone catches on.
It's not just professional crooks working the system. In Miami, physicians sold their medical licenses and provider numbers to a clinic that racked up $6.5 million in false claims. A Boston-area psychiatrist altered records of his patients and their families to reflect sessions and diagnoses they didn't have, then billed insurance companies for treatment he never provided. Then there are victims like Joanne Lomax of Philadelphia, a 32-year-old package handler who was surprised when her insurance rejected her claim for a $189 gynecological visit. She was even more stunned to learn why — only one annual checkup was covered, and another woman had already used Lomax's name to pay for her own exam.
As Lomax learned, your insurance card isn't just something you dust off for doctor's appointments — in the hands of a thief, it becomes a credit card, a PIN and a license to spend. FTC numbers suggest that medical identity crimes may cost the U.S. economy $468 million per year. "This crime is so insidious," warns Pam Dixon, founder and executive director of the World Privacy Forum. "It affects more people than you realize — and the stakes are as high as they can get."
Regaining control of identity
On Christmas Day in 2003, Jo-Ann Davis pulled out of a gas station near Pittsburgh without realizing she'd left her wallet on the roof of her car. She hoped she could minimize the damage by quickly canceling her credit cards. But her insurance card was in the wallet, too. Before her identity thief was caught, she had used Davis's information nearly 40 times, racking up almost $14,000 in prescription meds and treatment in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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For the next four months, regaining control of her identity became a second job for Davis, a 42-year-old veterinary nurse. She exchanged faxes and phone calls with her insurer and fended off bill collectors. She says the police investigated her to make sure she wasn't a conspirator. And then came the day she stopped by her pharmacy to pick up her migraine medication. When a well-meaning clerk noticed her account was flagged and called the police, Davis was nearly arrested. "I don't think my insurance company realized the magnitude of this," says Davis, who eventually convinced the cops she wasn't her impostor. "You don't know how long this is going to go on."
The unsettling reality is that it's far easier to safeguard your financial well-being than records that could affect your physical health. "On the medical side, we're at the same stage as we were 10 years ago with financial identity theft," Gellman says. Three credit bureaus serve as centralized gatekeepers to your financial records; it takes mere minutes to download a free annual credit report. It could take years to track down the hundreds of records compiled by every medical provider you've ever used. And after you've found them, some providers charge hundreds of dollars to copy all the pages.
Complicating matters is the federal regulation designed to protect your medical privacy — the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. In theory, the rule provides access to your medical records and the ability to correct mistakes. But in practice, when patients challenge the accuracy of their files, insurance companies and physicians are often loath to delete information, preferring to red-flag the items in question. No one is compelled to amend records they didn't create, so if an M.D. submitted a claim to your insurance based on an identity thief's scam, the insurer is not required to correct it as long as the doctor is still in business. "There's a tendency among medical professionals to be suspicious of why you need to make changes," says Adam Levin, chairman of Identity Theft 911, a crisis-resolution firm in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Worse yet, once someone else's history is entangled with yours, health care providers will sometimes prevent you from seeing that information, for fear of violating the thief's privacy rights under HIPAA. When Sachs asked to see her records at the hospital where the impostor had given birth under her name, officials refused, saying the records were no longer technically hers. "The hospital said they're not the police — they're in the business of trusting people," she recalls.
'You have to be persistent'
The costly, time-consuming investigation of these crimes often falls on the victim's shoulders. "To say there's little recourse for these folks would be an understatement," Dixon says. Brooke and her husband had to go to two stations before police agreed to look into the matter; at the time in Washington, some medical ID theft was treated as a property crime, akin to a stolen iPod or car break-in on the police priority scale. On the federal level, the FTC logs complaints but doesn't have the authority to pursue them. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the agency to contact if you're denied access to your medical records. Although every insurance company has its own investigators, victims may be made to feel they aren't a priority, says Byron Hollis, managing director of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association's national antifraud department in Washington, D.C. "There are a lot of different kinds of fraud, and medical ID theft is a small subsection of that. So the consumer may feel, when they first call, that it's the most important thing to them, but the person they're talking to may have 20 to 40 cases of other kinds of fraud they're working on. You have to be persistent."
Thirty-nine states have laws requiring companies to alert you when a security breach compromises your personal information, but not all of the laws specifically protect medical information. A California law that took effect in January took that step, and other states may follow. But lawmakers have made little headway on fixing federal laws so that they affirm the victim's right to clear corrupted medical records. Meanwhile, there's an Orwellian scenario keeping privacy advocates up at night: The government is moving forward with plans to create an online records locator called the Nationwide Health Information Network, designed to help physicians share records. Its upside is that doctors would have nearly instantaneous access to your health history in an emergency, no matter where you are. On the other hand, millions of health care workers — and potential criminals — could be a mouse-click away from those same records.
With so little standing between your health information and the con artists who covet it, the future of medical identity theft might get worse before it gets better. But as more victims step forward, more legislators will be pressured to take action. In Washington, the story of the Brookes and their son, who may be the youngest identity-theft victim in the country, helped inspire a measure now making identity theft a priority for law enforcement across the state. Two-year-old Andrew was sitting on the lap of Governor Christine Gregoire as she signed the law. "At least one good thing came out of it," Brooke says. "When you're affected by this crime, you want to see things change. I'd like to see other states pass similar laws. This is just the beginning."
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Drug Arrest: Aide To Uganda President's Brother
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An aide to the brother of Uganda's president has been arrested in
London on suspicion of trafficking cocaine, reports Uganda's leading
independent newspaper Daily Monitor.
The aide, who works for General Salim Saleh, brother of the president,
Gen. Yoweri K. Museveni, was arrested at Heathrow airport. The Ugandan
newspaper in its June 10 story doesn't report the arrest date or the
exact charges. The Ugandan aide, Rose Birungi, was detected by sniffer
dogs, the newspaper reported.
"The cocaine was properly packed but sniffer dogs smelt it," an airport
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The Monitor wasn't able to reach Gen. Saleh. The newspaper quoted an
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Kit is a great swimmer for her 5 years of age but this age also has its moods sometimes great and sometimes a true troublemaker. Kat on the other hand, is a serious swimmer who prides in doing laps and endurance swimming. What this means is that when I send the two swimming to the pool downstairs, some days are just perfect (mostly when I am watching them) or some days are miserable (mostly when our nanny is watching them) and Kit comes home crying or sulking with a vow to never go swimming with Kat again (a vow which is easily forgotten by the end of the minute!)
So, today when they came back with Kit howling at the top of her voice, I did not think it was anything different till Kat explained the whole situation to me. Apparently, Kit was getting bored in the pool today as there was not enough space so she started splashing Kat and pulling on her bathing suit and generally causing her trouble. At this point the lifeguard beckoned Kit with her finger (!) and scolded her and warned her that she can never enter the pool again if she behaves this way. What way, may I ask? Kit knows when she is being scolded and does not take it well when she thinks she is not wrong (sometimes even when she is wrong) so she started crying at which point the lifeguard scolded her again!
This same lifeguard was on the other hand allowing a little boy to take her rescue tube and play with it in the pool (bumping Kat several times with it when she was doing her laps) - now how professional is THAT!!
So first when Kit came home crying with Kat, I lost my cool there is something about sobbing and the inability to make out anything what is being said that truly frustrates me. After I heard the story from Kat and our nanny, I called up the resident manager and explained the situation. Sadly the lifeguard had left for the day but she has promised to talk to her tomorrow and get back to me. She says the protocol is to explain to the parents first or the adult with the children and if that does not work, parents should be contacted they are not allowed to scold children (5 years old?) directly- absolutely not their business!
Kat always likes to hear me fight for the right she says it gives her confidence so I guess something good did come out of this situation today.
Once all sorted I explained that everyone was in the wrong and no one can make that right. Kit was wrong for having acted in a way that prompted the lifeguard to get angry. Kat was wrong in having cut short her already short exercise routine and not having controlled the situation with Kit. Nanny was wrong in not having protected Kit when she was being scolded or interfered or called me. I was wrong (and surely crazy) for having trusted them all and sent them together believing everything was going to be OK!
Now that the anger is out of me, I have a severe migraine all that blood rushing did me no good. Did it?
Every afternoon (after having worked on her loose tooth for the majority of the bus ride) Kit would come running to me after school to show me the progress. It was actually adorable the way she wouldnt brush her teeth hard (I think that one might have been intentional!) or chew on that side. She wasnt even happy about drinking, always fearing that she might accidentally swallow her tooth and then she would have nothing for the tooth fairy...
SO when it happened in the morning, Kit was overjoyed! From the moment she had noticed a loose tooth, Kat had given Kit her own tooth fairy box. Within minutes the great little tooth was wrapped up in tissue and placed inside the box right next to the window (in case the tooth fairy lost her way and spent too much time looking for it!)
Kit kept on telling me all day how her friends had told her that the tooth fairy gives chocolate coins, so naturally I made a mental note to buy some before night so I could do the same. It was only around bedtime that I realised that I had forgotten to do the single most talked about task I had totally forgotten about the chocolate coin!! Kat was very disappointed in me and when I put Kit to sleep, I had no idea what I was going to do...
As always, I got into the kitchen and invited food to talk to me. I know it sounds weird but sometimes I actually do that when I have no way of knowing what to make for dinner, I open the refrigerator and the pantry and somehow can see food that I can cook by using what I have. I like to think these are the makings of a great cook but never the less, this saved me! When I opened the pantry, I immediately saw some Disney chocolates which had not been eaten (surprisingly) for a while. I knew I could not use these as such so I carefully took out the chocolate part and very creatively wrapped it in foil paper and voila the chocolate coin was ready!
Imagine Kits surprise when she found the coin in place of the tooth (it rests safely in my baby drawer) chocolate eaten, enjoyed and the whole adventure of the first tooth gone is over...I have to admit, Kit looks awfully cute with that little gap in her teeth!
It has been a never ending round of packing and unpacking suitcases this month (latest being the one we packed few days ago in case we had to rush downstairs when Irene struck)...all is getting back to normal now (sort of!)
Kat was actually sad to get out of the rental car (aka our mobile home) because she felt that it had been her home for the last 2 weeks (I dont blame her with all the snacking we did on the road, it did seem like Moms kitchen!) On the other hand, Kit was sad as the end of the road trip meant a stop to endless snacking (anytime, anything!) and the uninterrupted Backyardigan after Backyardigan episodes she watched on the iPad (courtesy Kat who had the brains to download these before we left).
Call me weird (its actually trendy to be weird now!) but I will miss the constant running around and the checking in and out from so many hotels en route. However, the most I will miss is the bonding time Kit Kat had over this holiday; both with us and between themselves...cherished times!
One such display of sisterly love was when Kit Kat were floating on the tube (attached to our boat) at Lake Tahoe. Sunny sky, warm water and peace and quiet in the air the only sounds we could hear were from Papa driving (so fast!) and all of us shouting in excitement.
After several rounds of duo floating together, Kit wanted to do one turn on her own (more so, because Kat had one!) Papa and I agreed and Kit had a ball!! Beaming from ear to ear, she held on to the tube with all her strength and at some point, Papa got so excited that in the flow of it all, he suddenly accelerated Kit caught on well but the other second, she lost her balance and fell into the 1000 ft (at some parts 1500ft I believe) deep lake.
Of course, Kit Kat had their life jackets on all the time but still the sight of a tiny Kit in the vast expanse of water was chilling. We reversed the boat right away and would have got there in a few seconds BUT Kat was already in the water going to save her little Kit! There was a look of extreme alarm on Kits face when she fell but I could not miss her joy on seeing Kat swim up to her. Our expert swimmer made it to Kit before us in the boat and swam back with Kit. Since then, Kat has been the official lifeguard for Kit (rewarded with hugs and wet kisses from Kit much to Kats eww!)
Moments like this and I am truly convinced that no matter how much the sisters fight, there IS a special bond between them most days, I am almost positive that given a chance, they could pull each others hair, teeth, clothes, books and everything apart!!
Of course, the minute Kat touches the piano for her practice, Kit will magically appear from somewhere and this will be the beginning of a heated argument dominated with I want to practice my piano from both sides. In the end (always), Kit can be seen sitting (with a victorious grin) on the piano stool playing some music and singing something totally impromptu...(after all, how much MacDonald can one practice?)
So, this is what happened last week
After much fighting when Kat had resigned to the rocking chair with her Taylor Swift Speak Now lyrics and piano music, Kit first walks up to her I want that book even before she finishes the sentence, she tries to snatch it from Kat, who has now become an expert at dodging Kit (its a survival trick!) quickly hides it behind her.
Kat: If you are not going to play the piano, I will
Kit, realising she is not going to get the book OR the piano if she does not decide fast, decides to go straight back to the piano (without wasting any more time split second decisions here!)
I am in the kitchen right next to the living room where the piano is and I am desperately wishing all this fighting away...in vain. Its the typical Please Stop Please let me finish this last thing situation of course my dinner is not ready yet so this is not helping at all! To make matters worse I told Kats teacher to come early today which has taken away 30 mins from my cooking time what a true martyr!
I silently peep from the kitchen and see Kat singing her Taylor Swift lyrics softly (if shes too loud, Kit will think it to be more interesting and will immediately do something to end Kats fun!) and Kit is busy working on her left hand (her most recent piano homework).
I go back to the kitchen before I can be spotted and loaded with complaints.
All of a sudden...I hear music being played by two hands. At first I think Kit Kat have made truce and are playing together but then when I walk out of the kitchen, I see that Kit has placed her play Casio keyboard on the piano and is playing her right hand on it and is slowly but surely playing her left hand on the actual piano I am speechless...this is a huge achievement for her. Anyone who has played piano will know the significance of playing with two hands for the first time. It is a totally different feeling and it takes time to get used to the feel of it of course, after that you learn to appreciate the sounds more when you play with the left hand as an accompaniment. To see Kit playing this naturally, figuring it all on her own is GREAT WORK. As soon as she finished (all this was MacDonald by the way), I point this out to Kat (who has been watching anyway) and she then tells Kit to play without Casio but on the piano itself and Kit DOES IT! She's got the hang of playing with both hands!!
Fights forgotten, Kit Kat share a hug and when Kat says Im so proud of you to Kit, you can literally see stars in Kits eyes. Kats praise surpasses everyone elses. Such is their love hate relationship...
Ditto at our home. Although Kit sings the Sparks Fly, Mean or Its Magic, you know by Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez very animatedly (notes and lyrics perfect), she also happens to enjoy the good ol MacDonald in a big way. Still...to hear her sing the same song while playing the piano herself was a very emotional moment for me.
YES, Kit had her first piano lesson yesterday. Those little fingers actually played the keys and after a 45 min (originally intended for 30 min) lesson I was overwhelmed, to say the least. For someone who has been trying to get her to focus and at least remember the middle C on the piano, it was a magical moment for me.
After her lesson, Kit was super excited to show me what she had learned. I was not prepared to hear her playing so sweetly a proud parent I am, yes I am!
Our piano is a major feature in the living room and Kat has matured immensely in this art of music credit to our most wonderful piano teacher, Kat has truly blossomed. Maybe it is this familiarity (and of course the competition!) that playing the piano (with the same teacher) has come so naturally to Kit. Whatever it was, it was a big FIRST for her and I am so proud of her.
All morning today, Kit has played her Piano Homework umpteen number of times (and definitely over and above teachers expectations). The highlight of Kits achievements was a special notebook presented to her by...who else but the role model KAT and with a pen too this has become the most valuable gift of all times!
Waiting (already) for her next lesson next week...Kit is on her way (I hope) to join Kat in this wonderful world of music...


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iTunes control of digital music stateside is about to be challenged.
The popular Swedish-based streaming service Spotify announced it is preparing to launch stateside in "the coming months."
The service has grown in popularity in Europe for offering users an unlimited selection of streaming music from several major record labels, including EMI, Sony and Warner Music Group.
In an email sent to a select group of Americans who have been testing out the service, Spotify said it plans to be available across the country both online through computers and mobile devices.
In Europe, Spotify allows users to access content both through free accounts that limits the hours users can listen to music and are supported with radio style ads and premium paid accounts, which are ad free.
It is unclear if the set up will be the same in the US but in the email to the beta American testers, Spotify says users must attach a credit card to their accounts or they will be closed. All Things D reports that an ad free account costs about $13.50 a month in Europe.
But before the company can begin streaming in the US, it needs to sign deals with major labels stateside. Currently it only has a deal inked with Sony


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The BBA's Public Service blog, Beyond the Billable is your one stop shop for everything Public Service at the BBA. Check it out here.
Last year, as we began our partnership with the Boston Debate League (BDL), enlisting lawyers to be judges for debate tournaments, there was a buzz of excitement throughout the BBA. In a few short months the partnership is already a resounding success.
Every month from October through March, BDL holds debate tournaments for Boston Public High School debate teams. So far this year, almost 40 BBA volunteers have been judges at tournaments. After a successful January tournament, BDL reached out to the BBA to thank us for our collaboration:
This month we had a struggle for volunteers but it all worked out. The BBA members allowed our tournament to have a good core of knowledgeable judges for our more experienced divisions (varsity/championship) and made themselves available for our divisions who didn't have as many volunteers sign up to judge for the weekend. Thank you so much for your support.
In addition to the judges, there are also four BBA members who are mentors for BDL. These mentors spend one to two hours a week supporting a debate team in a particular high school.
The BBA's partnership with BDL fulfills three of the BBA's many public service goals: 1) using lawyering skills to make a significant impact on the Boston community, 2) providing BBA members with a meaningful volunteer opportunity, and 3) expanding the diversity pipeline into the legal profession.
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We would like to thank our volunteers:
Catherine Drislane (Boston Latin Academy)
Greg Peterson (Charlestown)
Jessica Block ( EMK High School)
Stephanie Hoelplinger ( Irving Middle School)
Allison Hynes
Angelo Guisado
Ashley Hayes
Camal Robinson
Caroline Hanania
Christina Miller
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Deborah Goddard
Edmond Ford
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Mariah Carey + Nick Cannon Share Christmas Photos of Dem Babies
Dem Babies are getting so big. Mariah Carey and hubby Nick Cannon shared photos of their twins, Monroe and Moroccan, on Christmas.
It's like Mimi opened up the family photo album and shared shots of her little lambs celebrating and enjoying the festive time of year. We love how naturally beautiful the diva looks without makeup. She has that motherhood glow.
Go here to see more photos of Dem Babies.
And of course, see more of Carey this winter on her first season as an 'American Idol' judge.
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LETTER- Let citizens review complaints
After reading the article "Show of Force" [News, October 11], it would be easy to have visceral reactions, jump to conclusions, or toss around blame.
Or we could simply agree that Charlottesville would be a better place if the City Council and Police Chief Timothy Longo would unite behind a plan to appoint a volunteer citizens review board to hear complaints against public safety employees. In the past two decades, two-thirds of the nation's top 100 cities have adopted this approach.
But fairness and accountability aren't just for big cities.
Through the use of an independent review board, Charlottesville would have a constructive way of resolving disputes; an infrastructure for pro-actively providing community support for the police; and a transparent method of vindicating the wrongly accused and dealing with those who breach the public trust.
When will the city and chief act to protect the integrity of our world-class city?
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The Hoppers are coming! �America�s Favorite Family of Gospel Music� will be appear at 7 p.m. April 6 at Chapel Grove Baptist Church, 716 Camp Rotary Road, Gastonia.
And guess what? It is a freewill �love offering� concert! You sure can�t beat that. Pastor Roger Overton and all the Chapel Grove folks invite you out for an evening of worship through song with this exciting group. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Formed originally in 1957 as The Hopper Brothers, they later became The Hopper Brothers and Connie, eventually changing their name over the years simply to The Hoppers.
A true family group, they are made up of Claude and Connie Hopper, sons Michael, Dean and his wife Kim Green Hopper. This group has quite a number of top 10 and number one hits in Southern Gospel Music and has been featured on many of the Gaither Homecoming Series videos.
Singing annually at the National Quartet Convention, they have been voted the Favorite Mixed Group of the year many times and have been awarded far too many individual and group honors over time to list here. If there is a big gospel-singing event somewhere, The Hoppers are often a part of it.
Need additional information or directions to the church? Call 704-864-6134, or visit www.chapelgrove.com or thehoppers.com. Go, enjoy - and have a blessed time.
An experienced Southern Gospel first tenor singer is interested in singing with a group. Call 704-215-5570.
Gold City Quartet tenor, Dan Keeton, has resigned from the group to pursue a career working with child abuse victims.
Guy Penrod�s release �Hymns� was the top selling Southern Gospel album of 2012 and also was last year�s best selling gospel recording in Cracker Barrel Stores.
Brian Burchfield sings 6 p.m. Saturday, St. John Baptist, Pacolet, SC.
LeFevre Quartet sings 6 p.m. Saturday, Penelope Baptist, Hickory.
Stefanie Jordan sings 6 p.m. Sunday, Community Pentecostal Center, 320 Ralph Handsel Blvd., Stanley. Call 704-214-0156.
Living By Faith Trio sings 6 p.m. Tuesday, Country Kitchen, 116 Main, Dallas . Call 705-922-9597.
Higher Ground sings 7 p.m. Thursday, C J�s Barbeque, 210 Old Amity Hill Road, Cleveland. Call 704-820-0001.
Living Word Trio sings 10 a.m. April 5, Heath House, Lincolnton. Call 704-618-9762.
Old Dominion Trio sings 6 p.m. April 5, Granny�s Kitchen & Worship Center, Icard . Call 828-397-3588.
Consider this: I want to wish each of you a most glorious and Happy Easter season. Christ�s death on the cross and His Resurrection three days later solidified for all mankind the opportunity to spend eternity in Heaven. If you have not done so, now is the time to accept Jesus as your personal Savior.


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Friday, August 29, 2008
Who owns this mystery yacht?
VENICE, Italy -- Yesterday, I experienced one of those strange moments when life imitates art.
There is the most huge, glamorous yacht moored next to the waterfront outside my hotel near St Mark's Square in Venice. This thing must be about 50 meters long. It's all mahogany panelling, white-clad deckhands and, of course, the ubiquitous sunglasses-wearing security men loitering outside.
Each morning as I wander down the waterfront to catch the vaporetto (water bus) across the lagoon to the Lido where the festival is running, I wonder who on earth owns this floating behemoth.
Yesterday, completely by accident, I solved the mystery.
I was in the festival's cavernous Sala Grande cinema watching a documentary when the very boat –- moored in exactly the same position –- popped up on the screen!
I now know the boat belongs to tan-fastic Italian couturier Valentino Garavani who is in town for the premiere of "Valentino: The Last Emperor." I am now also fully au fait with the interior of his floating palace.
The film is great, too. I went in expecting 90 minutes of fashion fluff, but ex-journalist Matt Tyrnauer ended up chronicling Valentino's last days at the head of the fashion house he created more than 40 years ago.
The ex-Vanity Fair special correspondent managed to gain complete access to Valentino and his associate of 47 years, Giancarlo Giammetti. "They were extraordinarily brave to let cameras live with them for two years. I think that was admirable," says the director.
The crowd gave Valentino a standing ovation at the end of the screening:
Valentino says: "I wanted to show myself as I am because I couldn't care less about the camera." And there are some hilarious moments -- one of his five pugs having his teeth brushed by the butler; an unplanned moment where the maestro throws a hissy fit because he's not getting enough attention: "I want everyone on their knees in front of me!"
But the film is also moving. Tyrnauer can't have known it would end like this, but he ended up shooting 250 hours of footage during the time of a hostile takeover that led to the 75-year-old maestro being replaced as head of Valentino by 35-year-old ex-Gucci designer Alessandra Fachinetti.
Ultimately, the film is an extraordinary portrait of Valentino and Giametti's relationship. It's not made explicit whether the couple's bond extends beyond the boardroom, but when Valentino accepts the Legion d'Honneur it is Giametti to whom he offers an emotional special thanks.
As I walked to my hotel last night, Valentino was partying the night away at his opening night bash with the likes of Eva Herzigova. I looked up at the windows of the boat feeling like I knew the distant man a little more intimately.
Labels: documentary, garavani, giammetti, giancarlo, Tyrnauer, Valentino, venice film festival, yacht
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