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Friends Star Helen Baxendale Says She'll Never Have Plastic Surgery
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Coming up on the 20th anniversary of the popular sitcom Friends, Helen Baxendale, who played Emily the troublesome wife of series regular Ross, says that she will never have plastic surgery.
44-year old Helen Baxendale is best known to American audiences as Emily from Friends, Ross Gellars, girlfriend, wife and ex-wife, on a multi-season extended story line. However, she has also appeared on Cold Feet and Cardiac Arrest, amongst other television shows and movies and plays.
In a recent interview, the youthful looking star who appears to eschew wearing makeup revealed that she wouldn't go under the knife or even try Botox injections because she wants to set a good example for her daughters.
The Mirror quotes Helen as saying, "I don't like the idea of putting a deadly toxin in my body."
"I don't want to look weird."
"I want to age the way that life makes you age."
"Also I wouldn't want my child to see that I considered being attractive synonymous with youth."
"For me, operations are what you have when you're ill."
While many actresses claim to live a natural, holistic lifestyle, Helen appears to be the real deal. The actress says that she only began dying her hair recently—for work, no less– and doesn't even have many of the regular beauty treatments that many stars take for granted, including getting facials or having her legs waxed.
"I've never had a facial, never had my nails done, my feet done or had my legs waxed."
"No intervention of any kind."
Helen currently stars on Cuckoo, a popular comedy series, as Lorna, the mother in-law of the titular Dale 'Cuckoo' Ashbrick.
When it comes to plastic surgery, Helen looks to be on the side of the Friends stars who haven't been under the knife for extensive anti aging procedures, including Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow.
Jennifer Aniston has said that she has tried Botox in the past and really disliked the way it made her look. Reportedly she relies on water and skincare products to maintain her signature looks, saying "I believe in "no-tox." It absolutely distorts peoples faces and you end up actually having the opposite effect. You look older, in my opinion, when you can't move and don't let your natural expressions have their way." However, she has admitted to having a couple of nose jobs for medical reasons.
And although Lisa Kudrow has called the nose job she had as a teenager "life-changing" and transforming her from "hideous to not hideous," these days she looks to be aging naturally. Lisa doesn't appear to use Botox or fillers as she has deep lines and wrinkles as well as lax skin around her neck.
The only female Friend who seems to be devoted to plastic surgery as an anti-aging tool is Courteney Cox. Courteney has often said that she is insecure about looking older and loves using Botox and fillers to the point that many have said she looks like the Joker.none


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Sunday David took me out for my birthday, we had dinner and a movie. At the movie theater there were these vegan cookies sitting out on the counter. I am not vegan, but these cookies were yummy! They are done by the Alternative Baking Company.
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Ken Scudder is a communications trainer and crisis communications consultant.
Social media, and how to incorporate it into public relations and crisis communication, is the most challenging new factor that I've seen in my 20+ years in the industry. How to use Facebook positively, when and how to respond to negatives on Twitter, and whom to put in charge of an organization's social media, are questions that we're still trying to find a consensus on.
Monday's ghoulish attack in Boston showed many of the positives and negatives of the Twitterverse during a crisis. As to be expected, false information and speculation sped through both the public and the media. On the other hand, official feeds were able to get important information to the public, as well as tamp down rumors (especially on Wednesday after CNN reported – and Fox News "confirmed" – that a suspect had been arrested).
Slate's Jeremy Stahl published a great article on how journalists, and spokespeople, should use Twitter in a crisis. While most of it is geared towards the media, spokespeople and PR executives can use many of its tips.
My favorite piece of advice in the story is this:
…as the voice behind Slate's Twitter feed, I have a few more thoughts about what journalists, news organizations, and anyone else with a Twitter account should do during a national tragedy like what happened today in Boston. First, media outlets need to turn off their automated Twitter feeds to ensure that frivolous and/or off-topic items don't get sent out by mistake. You don't want to be tweeting about the tax benefits of the state of Texas while limbs are being amputated in Boston if you're @GovPerry, or—ahem—the latest "Dear Prudence" column if you're @Slate.
This is a step I had not considered in my consulting, but will be one of the first I recommend from now on.
I have also recently been involved in a LinkedIn discussion on whether you can "forbid" employees from using social media during a crisis. My answer was:
I was asked this question in training on Monday. You can't "forbid" it, but you can point out how important it is to have the company speak with one voice and that accurate information is dispensed at all times. I told my client to request employees not put messages/pics on social media of the crisis, but if they have already done so don't be onerous in the response.
Pete Townshend wrote in the liner notes of his album All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes "there have always been times like these." Social Media is just a faster, and more personal, version of the communication we've been conducting since Gutenberg (or cave paintings). But, as with all advances, we have to determine what sources and information are legitimate, how to work with them as communication professionals, and how to prevent further chaos by using them correctly.
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The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to be and Embrace Who You are
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Each day we face a barrage of images and messages from society and the media telling us who, what, and how we should be. We are led to believe that if we could only look perfect and lead perfect lives, we'd no longer feel inadequate. So most of us perform, please, and perfect, all the while thinking, What if I can't keep all of these balls in the air? Why isn't everyone else working harder and living up to my expectations? What will people think if I fail or give up? When can I stop proving myself? In The Gifts of Imperfection, Bren Brown, PhD, a leading expert on shame, authenticity and belonging, shares what she's learned from a decade of research on the power of Wholehearted Living--a way of engaging with the world from a place of worthiness. In her ten guideposts, Brown engages our minds, hearts, and spirits as she explores how we can cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection to wake up in the morning and think, No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough, and to go to bed at night thinking, Yes, I am sometimes afraid, but I am also brave. And, yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable, but that doesn't change the truth that I am worthy of love and belonging.
This important book is about the lifelong journey from aeWhat will people think?' to aeI am enough.' Brown's unique ability to blend original research with honest storytelling makes reading The Gifts of Imperfection like having a long, uplifting conversation with a very wise friend who offers compassion, wisdom, and great advice. - Harriet Lerner, New York Times best-selling author of The Dance of Anger and The Dance of Connection "BrenU Brown courageously tackles the dark emotions that get in the way of leading a fuller life; read this book and let some of that courage rub off on you." - Daniel H. Pink, New York Times best-selling author of A Whole New Mind "Courage, compassion, and connection: Through BrenU's research, observations, and guidance, these three little words can open the door to amazing change in your life." - Ali Edwards, author of Life Artist
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text: CS reviews implementation of PM's Development Package for Migrants Emphasizes on effective implementation of Tribal Sub-Plan funds KNS By : KNS | Srinagar, Publish Date: Thursday, November 9, 2017 | Updated Date : Thursday, November 9, 2017Jammu, Nov 09 (KNS): Chief Secretary, B B Vyas Thursday took a comprehensive review of implementation of PM's Development Package for Migrants and Displaced Persons (DPs) besides issues related to border areas including implementation of various welfare schemes and construction of bunkers for safety of border residents. Director General of Police, J&K, Principal Secretary, Home, Administrative Secretaries of the Departments of Rural Development, Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation & Reconstruction (DMRR&R) and Social Welfare, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, DC, Jammu and other senior officers participated in the meeting. Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Deputy Commissioner of the districts of Baramulla, Bandipora, Kupwara, Rajouri, Kathua and Samba participated via video conferencing. It was informed that with the completion of Aadhaar seeding of bank accounts and validation on PFMS of most of the Kashmiri and Jammu Migrants (Relief Holders), the Department of DMRR&R is now in a position to provide relief in the form of cash assistance through DBT from the month of October, 2017 onwards. Chief Secretary received brief from Divisional Commissioner, Jammu in regard to completion of formalities under one-time settlement package for DPs including their authentication by designated authorities of Department of DMRR&R and Aadhaar and bank account linkages for onwards submission to the Union Government for release of payment through DBT under PM's relief package. Chief Secretary asked the concerned department to update the progress achieved within the next one week. On construction of community and individual bunkers for safety of population living in border districts, affected by cross border shelling, it was informed that while the proposals in respect of Jammu division stand already submitted, proposals in respect of border districts of Kashmir division including Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara are being submitted by the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir to the Home department today. Issues concerning the welfare of Gujjars, Bakerwals and Pahari community were also discussed. Chief Secretary emphasized on effective implementation of the Tribal Sub-Plan funds and Border Area Development Programme for the benefit of these communities. (KNS)


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Tyree Retires
by Taylor Nix
After sixteen years and sixteen books in urban fiction, Omar Tyree calls it quits. This is according to an editorial written by the author himself on thedailyvoice.com
Tyree is disappointed with readers nowadays. With street literature gaining popularity, crossing over and landing in the laps of mainstream publishers, it seems that the once loyal readership that Tyree had came to know and enjoy has not grown since the times of Flyy Girl. There isn't a call for refreshing material by serious black writers that are willing to take readers to new heights and boundaries.
This may sound a bit hypocritical with Tyree writing a drug dealer book titled: Capital City, but Tyree says he never planned to dwell within those same topics time after time. "I never intended to remain on those same topics. And I didn't. I moved on to cover a dozen other community issues through my work," he says.
Tyree explains that, "Teri Woods, Vickie Stringer, Nikki Turner, Shannon Holmes, K'wan, and several others, related to my "urban classics" alone, and they began to match it, writing from their own sources of hardcore street knowledge. And I can't knock them for writing their honest stories. I can't knock them for wanting to be published. I can't knock them for earning an honest living. But after awhile, as dozens of other new writers began to follow in their footsteps, creating more gold-digging, ghetto girl, gangster love, drug-dealer stories, I had to seriously ask myself, "Don't we have some other things to write about it?"
The straw that broke the camel's back was when retailers told his publisher that his latest novel's title wasn't gritty enough for the urban market. Originally, The Last Street Novel was to be titled The Writer. Which sounds better?
Because his contract is running out, Tyree wrote his last adult urban fiction novel titled: Pecking Order, about the innovation and hustle of making legal money. And now, he is moving on.
Tyree ended on this note, "if the only way I can earn a living now in African-American adult fiction is to sell my people the same poison that they've become addicted to, then I quit with my artistic integrity still in tact, while moving on to a more progressive mission."
So let's support Tyree, get ready for Pecking Order.
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Davida, I hear you about the money issue. I would hate to assume that he's put all these books out and is not making any money. Most urban lit authors are not making big bucks, so I don't really think this is the issue with his statement. An author who is signed to a publisher and who's book sells for 14.95 may be making 1.20-1.50 a book. Most authors are not doing 8 thousand let alone above 10. So figure the math/yearly. Most publishers are only putting out one of an authors titles a year. And the authors concentrate on their new titles and forget about their last one-so they kill their own books. With this said I cannot see anyone who has been in the business as long as Tyree being jealous. I mean the hype is great, internet exposure etc but cats for the most part are not doing it like that for other cats to lose their head and get jealous. It's not that serious. As far as people not being concerned with what messages lit is conveying and instead saying what they do b/c someone else is making more money than them may in some cases be true but I cannot agree this is so with everyone. I for one know the power of words, whether they be spoken, heard, or on paper. I overcame becoming another statistic b/c I started reading very early on in life. I really do not think I if I started reading stories about the streets instead of books like Superman To Man by J.A. Rogers and other political works I would of been able to overcome a lot of obstacles I faced as a teen into my twenties. I was teaching G.E.D. classes in prison at 18yrs old. I got my G.E.D at 17 the first time I took it without studying. Was I some bookworm in school? Nope? I spent most of the school year before my incarceration cutting out getting money on the block. But I stayed in the books, history, politics, economics etc in my free time. So when I have things to say about the positive or negative affects lit has on people I'm speaking from first hand experience. Growing up as a 5 Percenter I've had many students, many of whom could barely read when I'd meet them. After 6 months of studying, and reading the right books and me being on them drilling them day in day out. You wouldn't even believe the state they were in when I met them. Being exposed to serious literature at any early age helped me develop as an adult in all areas. I've moved onto studies deeper than the Nation now and am at a place that most are not at until they are in their 50's. As far people speaking in the community. I can't speak for anyone else all I can say is that me per say I'm not jealous of anyone. I don't feel there is anyone in life who's done whatever that is bigger than me. There is not anyone I see who is making so much money that anyone should be like damn I can never make as much as them. Puffy amongst others grinded for 10 plus years 18 hour days to get to where their at. Speaking in the community is something I do. Other people do as well, they just may not chose to share it. In fact Sept 17th I will be at South Country Library in Bellport Long Island, NY doing a program for the youth and community at 7pm. Starting Sept 16th I will be teaching a creative writing course for teens at Roosevelt Public library in Long Island every Tuesday for 8wks. The class is also open to adults. I really do not know Mr. Tyree's stand on community issues, so I'm not going to defend his position. I do agree with some points. But I do get tired of hearing that people are bashing every time they state their opinion. If people are confident about what they do then they should be more than happy to explain why they do what they do. I'm always glad to explain why I do what I do b/c I am proud of what I do. When I used to do things I was not proud of I would get upset if someone challenged me about what I was doing. If folks didn't have the slightest agreement somewhat they would not get uptight
Therone, I hear ya! But whether a book is sold in a book store or at a yard sale, the bashing is uneccessary and at the end of the day he and others could care less what these books are conveying to the community, it's about who's making more money than who. Do you ever see the people complaining about the community actually out speaking to the community? Ummm, absolutely not. It's a front and a weak excuse to bow out. Do you think it actually took him 16 years to realize that there are more than three street lit authors in the world and that we have a lot of issues within our community? 16 years ago crack was killing our community, now it's books...??You just gotta laugh. The issue is within themselves, not others. These big wigs need to just face the fact - Urban Lit is the new Crack!
16 years ago he was amongst urban lit authors as well, but I guess it wasn't a big deal back then because books were actually only sold in stores. We had community issues 16 years ago too. So, again the realy issue is money.
I agree maybe Mr. Tyree sales are not up there like he would like them to be. But on the whole who's sales are up there like that in the store market. The black book market has expanded mainly due to the street market and urban book sales. So authors who's books are not carried in the streets are not going to see the sales that a lot of authors are seeing..Even most of the urban lit authors lie about their sales..Aside from Terri, Vickie and a few others no one is doing 15 plus unless they themselves are out there moving their books. Some of the authors who are getting the sales in are not talked about b/c their sales are not coming from the store market. So with that said mainstream publishers I'm sure know they cannot expect black authors who's primary market is the stores to sell double digit numbers in the stores alone.
Davida Baldwin, what a wonderful way to look at the situation. You had made a great point!
This "STREET LIT is poison" complaint is getting so played out. The problem is that people are looking for STREET LIT to deliver the wrong messages. You don't read Street Lit for self-help and motivation, you don't read street lit to help out the community, you read it for entertainment. If you don't want to be entertained then DO NOT PICK UP STREET LIT - simple as that. What do you expect to get out of a book titled "Dairy of a Thug"? If you are looking for anything other than a diary of what a thug does then you are fooling yourself. You can't blame the author for that? And why does reading and writing only count when it's something positive? Mr. Tyree needs to stop it, naw his books may not be about streets killings and crack, but most of them are about infidelity , playing women, gold-digging, etc... is that what he is encouraging more "black men" to read? I believe he's retiring because his sales aren't good anymore. Otherwise, if writing was his strong passion then he wouldn't quit.
You right about that! Can't fake that. The cover and synopsis do not go together at all! Like most of these books. But who is that to blame? The author or publisher? Omar may not even wanted these cover. But whatever, no one cares anyway!!!!
People are looking at the wrong issues. Its not about urban lit vs any form of other black genre. The argument stems from how lit affects our people. You have people who have and dedicate their lives to building the community or just not being a part of the stereotypes. They're going to question anything which seems to undermine what they do..The issue with Omar Tyree probably is a publicity stunt but who cares b/c for over a decade he's made his negative contributions, and he now sees it. "The Last Pecking Order" is not a good title for urban lit, and the cover is real iffy. The story concept seems interesting but it does not go with the title or cover. Lit is a cheap form of entertainment but its also one of the most powerful tools to educate. All lit within the black experience has its place, and within all genres there is non-sense. Visit: www.thirdeyepublishing.org We will be selling independent work from urban lit to history, finance and natural skincare.
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Wow, almost one year since my last post.
Being busy will do that.
This posting will cover something more people do now than ever before. Shooting photos with your camera phone or even a GoPro camera.
Now of course images from either aren't going to print like what I get from my Nikon D800 but, you can get great results for general sharing.
The GoPro Hero 3+ I now use as my quick video camera also shoots great images once you understand how to do so.
Basically its a fixed 2.8 f-stop which means shallow depth of field so, be sure on your focal point. Which really isn't all too important if your shooting at the cameras widest angle setting. It's really the only setting I use because depth of field is better. View the gallery here.
The phone camera is on my Motorola Moto X. Now there have been many reviews since this phone came out that the camera isn't very good. Well, it's all a matter of knowing how to use it. For one, be sure the focal circle looks green and locked in before taking the pick. Sounds pretty simple but, its amazing how many people don't do this. There's also all kinds of Android software available for free to process your images quickly and easily. You can make them gaudy HDR's or simply make them what you really saw. The key is practice until you find the method you like best. It's a photo from your phone so, don't fret about minor issues with colors etc…
I find myself using the camera on the Moto X more than anything. View the Moto X gallery here. Lots of images to browse through.
My D800 is only for the absolute important work for the gallery's.
Be sure and visit each gallery to view many other images.
I've added a new gallery "Bryan's Favorites".
Also a new page on my website dedicated to my "Fire and Ice" image.
This past April I was invited to do a speaking engagement for a business conference at The Mauna Lani resort. My images and video were displayed on a beautiful 70″ HD television (everyone wanted to take it home) and I had a few large metal prints there. This went very well and I must say I enjoyed it very much. Met tons of great people who were captivated by both my work and my stories. 22+ years of lava flow adventures leaves me with plenty to talk about so, only having 1.5 hours to do so was a challenge. The resort employees were a great help setting everything up along with the conference staff. Mahalo Cindy and Patty.
So, this is now a new service I offer to resorts and visiting conferences. Having plenty of great material, no talk will ever be exactly the same. If your interested in having me speak at your conference or resort, visit my services page for more information.
There's plenty to more to cover from the past several months but, I will get to that later. I want to keep this post relatively short.
Maybe some time this year I will post about my 27 mile hiking adventure. No camping and 20 hours on my feet. A marathon while carrying 65 lbs of gear. With all of the zigzagging around it was surly a few more miles. This is a great example of why when people say to me "I'd love to hike with you" I say, "No you wouldn't".
Don't forget to visit my Youtube channel – lavapix. New videos of all kinds being added throughout the year.
My display of images at Krazy About Kona has a whole new look. Be sure and stop in next time you're in Kailua Kona. (Photos coming soon)
Time for my usual warning.
Well, not the usual. Don't expect too much from your phones cameras. Understanding their limits will allow you to capture great images.
A note on the current lava flow that's going in and out of huge cracks in the dense forest. Stay away!! These cracks are huge with unstable edges. The lava flow can suddenly appear from underground trapping you. I explored the area many years ago anticipating future flows reaching this area. If lava reaches the farms outside of Pahoa, leave the residents alone.
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Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis are inflammatory problems.
In polymyalgia rheumatica (say "paw-lee-my-AL-juh roo-MAT-ih-kuh"), the joints and the areas around them get stiff and may ache. It mostly happens in the neck, shoulders, and hip.
In giant cell arteritis (say "ar-tuh-RY-tus"), inflammation occurs in the blood vessels that carry blood up through the neck to the head. It mostly affects the arteries that carry blood to the eyes, temple, and jaw. Giant cell arteritis is also called temporal arteritis.
Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis can occur at the same time and affect the same groups of people. Experts believe that the two problems are linked.
Polymyalgia rheumatica is more common, but giant cell arteritis is more dangerous because it can cause loss of vision and may lead to a stroke or mini-strokes. People who have giant cell arteritis need treatment right away.
Experts don't fully understand the cause of these conditions. It may be that the body's defense system (immune system) is attacking the body's own tissues. Your genes may play a role in this. For example, people whose ancestors are from Scandinavia or Northern Europe are more likely to have these problems.
Symptoms of polymyalgia rheumatica often start suddenly and get worse without treatment. The problem can cause:
Symptoms of giant cell arteritis can start either suddenly or slowly. This problem needs treatment right away, because it can cause blindness, a stroke, or mini-strokes. Symptoms include:
Your doctor will do a physical examination and ask you about your symptoms and past health. He or she may suggest blood tests to find out if you have the conditions. Your doctor will have to rule out arthritis, because the symptoms are similar. To see if you have giant cell arteritis, a surgeon may take a sample (biopsy) from a blood vessel on your temple and test it for inflammation.
Your doctor will give you steroid medicines to treat the inflammation. Most of the time, symptoms improve quickly and go away 2 to 4 weeks after treatment begins. After this, most people need to continue to take steroid medicines for 1 to 2 years or sometimes longer. This helps to control symptoms and to prevent the problems from coming back.
Steroid medicines can cause your bones to thin (osteoporosis). Calcium is important for keeping your bones strong. So you need to make sure you are getting enough calcium, enough vitamin D, and enough weight-bearing exercise to strengthen your bones. Your doctor may also give you a medicine to prevent bone thinning.
These problems most often occur after the age of 50, and the risk increases after that as you get older.
Learning about polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis:
Being diagnosed:
Getting treatment:
Symptoms of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) often occur suddenly and get worse without treatment. Typical polymyalgia rheumatica symptoms include pain and morning stiffness in the:
These symptoms are caused by inflammation of joints, tendons, and bursae of the hip and shoulder regions. The pain affects both sides of the body. For example, both shoulders will usually be painful, not just one. Usually, both the shoulder and hip areas are affected.
Other symptoms of polymyalgia rheumatica may include:
Symptoms of giant cell arteritis (GCA) can develop gradually or suddenly. They require immediate treatment.
Symptoms of giant cell arteritis may include:
Other uncommon symptoms of giant cell arteritis may include cough, hoarseness, chest pain, and arm weakness or cramps.
Some people with giant cell arteritis do not have the typical symptoms of headache, jaw pain, and vision problems. About half of people with giant cell arteritis will also have symptoms of polymyalgia rheumatica.1
Untreated giant cell arteritis can cause narrowing (constriction) of some of the arteries in the skull or head, reducing blood flow. As a result, a person with untreated giant cell arteritis is at greater risk of blindness, stroke, or mini-strokes (transient ischemic attacks, or TIAs).
Conditions with symptoms similar to polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis include osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and lupus.
To diagnose polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA), your doctor will do a physical examination and ask you about your past health and symptoms. Because the two conditions often occur together, it is important that your doctor determine which one is causing your symptoms. Giant cell arteritis can be serious and needs immediate treatment with higher doses of medicine than polymyalgia rheumatica does.
Age is an important factor in making the diagnosis, because these conditions rarely occur in people younger than 50. A limited range of motion in the arms may be a sign of polymyalgia rheumatica, and arteries on the temple or forehead that are swollen, lumpy feeling, or tender may be a sign of giant cell arteritis.
Tests that can help diagnose polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis include:
Your doctor may confirm a diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica with a trial of corticosteroid medicine. If you have polymyalgia rheumatica, you are very likely to have great relief of symptoms within 2 to 4 days of starting treatment.
Tests that may be done to be sure another condition is not causing your symptoms include:
Corticosteroid medicine is the most common treatment for both polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). People with either or both conditions usually have fast relief of their symptoms soon after starting corticosteroid treatment.
Corticosteroid medicine treats both polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). In general, you will use the corticosteroids at a certain dose until your symptoms go away and your lab tests are normal. When this occurs, your doctor will gradually begin reducing your medicine.
For polymyalgia rheumatica:
For giant cell arteritis:
See a table comparing corticosteroid treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis.
How long you need to take corticosteroids depends on how severe your condition is, whether it appears cured or not (remission), and how often you have relapses. Some people are not able to completely stop taking corticosteroids. If this happens, your doctor may suggest another medicine such as methotrexate to help control your symptoms and keep the condition from coming back.
After your symptoms have gone away and your laboratory tests are normal, ongoing treatment for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) usually includes continued use of corticosteroid medicine.
Your doctor gradually lowers the amount of medicine you take. How quickly he or she does this varies with the individual.
If your symptoms do not improve with corticosteroid medicine, your doctor may need to test you for other conditions that are similar to polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis.
Your doctor will track your condition while you are taking corticosteroid medicine and for 6 to 12 months after you stop taking the medicine. This tracking may include regular appointments or telephone calls to discuss your symptoms and tests to measure your erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) or your C-reactive protein (CRP) value.
See a table comparing corticosteroid treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis.
If you need long-term corticosteroid treatment for either condition, you are at risk for bone thinning (osteoporosis). This is because corticosteroids decrease how well your body takes in calcium, which is important in building strong bones. Your doctor may recommend a bone density (DEXA) test to see if you need medicine (bisphosphonates) to prevent osteoporosis. Or he or she may simply start you on bisphosphonates without the test. For more information, see the topic Osteoporosis.
In both polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA), your symptoms may return (relapse) after a period of improvement. This often occurs in the first 2 years of treatment or during the first 12 months after you stop taking corticosteroid medicine. A relapse usually occurs if the dose of corticosteroids is reduced or withdrawn too quickly. But up to 50% of people with either condition have a relapse over the first 2 years that is not related to how corticosteroids are used.2 If you have a relapse of symptoms, your doctor will increase the corticosteroid dosage for a period of time, then gradually decrease it after your symptoms are gone.
See a table comparing corticosteroid treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis.
In rare cases, giant cell arteritis can affect the main part of the aorta in the chest, rather than one of its smaller branches, causing an aortic aneurysm. If this were to happen, you would feel severe chest pain that could extend to your back, and you could faint or have symptoms of a stroke. If you have giant cell arteritis and have such symptoms, contact your doctor or call 911 immediately. Though rare, such an event may be life-threatening. Your doctor may recommend that you have an annual chest X-ray to watch for an aortic aneurysm.
Giant cell arteritis can lead to partial or complete loss of vision in one or both eyes. If you have sudden onset of double, blurred, or "browned-out" vision, or temporary loss of vision, your doctor may increase your corticosteroid dose. And for a few days he or she may give you the dose directly into a blood vessel (intravenously) to try to prevent permanent or further loss of vision.
What to think about
If you have polymyalgia rheumatica and do not have giant cell arteritis, your doctor may suggest using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) when you are lowering the dose of your corticosteroid medicine. Always talk to your doctor or nurse before using these medicines.
Some doctors recommend taking ASA if you have giant cell arteritis. This is because some studies show that doing so may reduce the risk of vision loss, stroke, or transient ischemic attacks (blood flow to the brain is interrupted).3
Corticosteroids can cause serious side effects, including high blood pressure (hypertension) and bone thinning (osteoporosis). If you are taking long-term corticosteroids to treat polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis:
Methotrexate, or other medicines that suppress your immune system, may be used for polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis alone or with corticosteroids to reduce the corticosteroid dose and limit its side effects. Research results are mixed on how effective this treatment is.4
Giant cell arteritis sometimes affects the large arteries of the arm. In rare cases, this interferes with blood flow. This can cause pain and cramping when you use your arm. In a small study, balloon angioplasty opened up the arteries of the arm to decrease symptoms of giant cell arteritis.5
To feel your best during treatment for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) or giant cell arteritis (GCA):
If any of your symptoms get worse or come back, contact your doctor or nurse.
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- Salvarani C, et al. (2002). Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant-cell arteritis. New England Journal of Medicine, 347(4): 261–271.
- Nesher G, et al. (2004). Low-dose aspirin and prevention of cranial ischemic complications in giant cell arteritis. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 50(4): 1332–1337.
- Hellmann DB (2009). Giant cell arteritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, and Takayasu's arteritis. In GS Firestein et al., eds., Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology, 8th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1409–1428. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
- Both M, et al. (2006). Balloon angioplasty of arteries of the upper extremities in patients with extracranial giant-cell arteritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 65(9): 1124–1130.
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- Weyand CM, Goronzy JJ (2005). Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis. In WJ Koopman, LW Moreland, eds., Arthritis and Allied Conditions: A Textbook of Rheumatology, 15th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1777–1792. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
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Back to the Futurists: Italy's First Avant-Garde Turns 100
We'd spent the morning at the Villa Borghese museum, marveling over the cultural legacy that Marinetti loved to loathe: lush Caravaggio portraits, Bernini's transfixing marble sculptures. I kept circling back to Bernini's 17th-century masterwork "Rape of Proserpina." The indentations Pluto's fingers make in the back of Proserpina's thighs as she struggles from his grasp are almost unbearably lifelike. With a flash of sympathy, I wondered if this was how Marinetti felt—frozen in an eternal struggle to shake free of history, fearing, deep down, that he never would.
As we make the obligatory walk across town to the Coliseum, I ask Rattawut what he thinks about my epiphany. He's a novelist and short-story writer; he knows how difficult it is to strive for originality. Can he imagine what it must have been like to come of age at the dawn of a new century, mired in a poor and backward-looking country, watching longingly from the sidelines as the rest of the world raced to embrace modernity? Maybe, I venture, Marinetti's bluster wasn't all arrogance—maybe it was also an inescapable sense of his own impotence, an unshakeable knowledge that the antiquated piles crowding his days would far outlast anything his puny, mortal self could ever accomplish.
"Yeah," Rattawut says. "If I were a teenager here, I can see lashing out at all these persistent reminders of needing to live in and extol a civilization that's clearly not around anymore."
We're leaning against a railing overlooking the Roman Forum. Below us, towering columns dwarf the meandering crowds. If you squint, you can almost pretend it's market day in the year 600 B.C.
"It's like we're at the very center of some kitschy epic," he adds.
When we finally reach the Coliseum, I'm fleeced by a pair of guys in ancient garb looking to make a fast euro off sightseers with cameras. They descend out of nowhere, grasp me in their clutches, and when Michael almost involuntarily snaps his shutter—how could he resist such a perfect photo-op?—hit me up for an ungodly amount of cash. Score one for history.
The next afternoon, art historian Ester Coen sneaks us into the exhibition she's curated at the Scuderie del Quirinale, an imposing 18th-century complex built on top of the Roman Temple of Serapide. It's the day before the opening, and assistant curators and lighting technicians scurry around nervously, making last-minute changes, as Coen, a serene, curly-haired Buddha, leads us through the galleries providing a thumbnail art history lesson. (Many of the pieces have since been absorbed into the recently opened Futurist exhibit at the Tate Modern, curated by Matthew Gale and on view through September 2009.)
After Marinetti's death in 1944, Coen explains, scholars avoided Futurism, nervous about its Fascistic involvements. There was a tiny posthumous blip in 1949, when Alfred H. Barr, the first director of New York's Museum of Modern Art, included Futurist works in his show "Twentieth-Century Italian Art"—his archives contain correspondence with various Futurists dating back to 1933—and then another in 1961, this time when MoMA devoted an entire exhibit to Futurism, but it took until the late 1980s for the toxicity to abate and interest to revive.
Futurism has since been divided by scholars into two phases. The first, 1909-14, is considered its creative flowering: Marinetti's founding manifesto immediately attracted Milanese painters Umberto Boccioni and Carlo Carra, who, combining elements of Neo-Impressionism and Cubism, flung themselves into demolishing Italy's long tradition of Romantic portraiture and landscapes by rendering the dynamism of modern life in paint. As they wrote the next year in their "Manifesto of the Futurist Painters":
Our forebears drew their artistic inspiration from a religious atmosphere which fed their souls; in the same way we must breathe in the tangible miracles of contemporary life—the iron network of speedy communications which envelops the earth, the transatlantic liners, the dreadnoughts, those marvelous flights which furrow our skies, the profound courage of our submarine navigators and the spasmodic struggle to conquer the unknown. How can we remain insensible to the frenetic life of our great cities and to the exciting new psychology of night-life? … We will also play our part in this crucial revival of aesthetic expression: we will declare war on all artists and all institutions which insist on hiding behind a façade of false modernity, while they are actually ensnared by tradition, academicism and, above all, a nauseating cerebral laziness.
Their call to arms in turn attracted more artists, as well as musicians, architects, filmmakers, photographers—all of whom generated their own manifestos, from the "Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe" to the "Futurist Manifesto of Lust" to the "Manifesto of Futurist Architecture."
Coen has edited her show, which is concerned with this first phase, to illustrate the Futurists' relationship to Cubism. She hangs Marcel Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase" (1912), for instance, in the same room as Umberto Boccioni's "Dynamism of a Human Body" (1913). The conversation between the two paintings is remarkable: Where Duchamp captures the body's downward progress by breaking it into a stop-motion sequence of continuous shapes, Boccioni uses the same fractured geometry to evoke a collage of movements—running, stretching, turning—occurring simultaneously. Explicitly viewing the connections between the mostly obscure Futurist painters and big guns like Duchamp and Picasso is fascinating and makes it easier, frankly, to appreciate Futurism's legitimacy as an art movement. Many are large, colorful action scenes—a man riding a bicycle, farewells at a train station, soldiers marching, a woman walking a dog—splintered into countless shards meant to embody the essence of motion. Others feature landscapes seen from an aerial view, as if from an airplane.
Some of the paintings I love. But not many. And that's in part because of their context: To consider a Picasso, and then a work by a Futurist artist such as Gino Severini, is to understand why I've never heard of Severini before—he just wasn't as good. Art historian George Heard Hamilton (an early champion of Duchamp's) once summed up Futurist painting as "an unstable combination of Neo-Impressionist brushwork, harsh Expressionist color, and Cubist drawing." Indeed, by the time I hit my fourth and final Futurist exhibit at the end of the week, I'll actually sprint through the last five rooms, corneas itching, head throbbing, and collapse beside a bored and irritated Michael on a bench, hopeful that I'll never have to look at one of their busy, muddied canvases again.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Either of two milk-secreting, glandular organs on the chest of a woman; the human mammary gland.
- n. A corresponding organ in other mammals.
- n. A corresponding rudimentary gland in the male.
- n. The superior ventral surface of the human body, extending from the neck to the abdomen.
- n. A corresponding part in other animals.
- n. The part of a garment that covers the chest.
- n. The seat of affection and emotion: "Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast" ( Shakespeare).
- n. A source of nourishment.
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- n. Either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men.
- n. The chest, or front of the human thorax.
- n. A section of clothing covering the breast area.
- n. The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.
- n. The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
- n. A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird's breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
- v. To push against with the breast; to meet full on, to oppose, to face.
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- n. The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest.
- n. Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat.
- n. Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything.
- n.
- n. The face of a coal working.
- n. The front of a furnace.
- n. The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart.
- n. The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast.
- transitive v. To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully.
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- To oppose with the breast; act with the breast upon; bear the breast against; hence, to meet in front boldly or openly; stem.
- To practise breasting, as for deer. See breasting, 3.
- n. One of two soft protuberant bodies adhering to the thorax in women, in which the milk is secreted for the nourishment of infants; the mammary gland and associated structures.
- n. The outer part of the thorax, or the external part of the body between the neck and the belly, in man and beasts.
- n. In entomology, the lower or sternal surface of the thorax.
- n. Figuratively, the seat of the affections and emotions; the repository of consciousness, designs, and secrets; the affections; the heart.
- n. The mind; the secret thoughts.
- n. In music, the chest; capacity for singing.
- n. Anything resembling the breast in position, either as being in front, like the human breast, or below, like the breast in the lower animals.
- n. That part of certain machines against which the breast of the operator pushes, as in the breast-drill, breast-plow, etc.
- n. A line on which persons or things are ranged abreast, or side by side.
- n. A bush for a small shaft or spindle.
- n.
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- v. confront bodily
- v. reach the summit (of a mountain)
- n. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- n. meat carved from the breast of a fowl
- n. the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
- v. meet at breast level
- n. the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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You have to use some common sense when doing a sampling program for a cold beverage. Namely, cold beverages are nice on a warm summer day. They're less nice in 20-degree weather.
Thus, it was surprising to see a street team handing out Honest Tea organic peach-flavored white tea in New York last night. Most of the commuters getting off the train were more interested in thrusting their hands in their pockets rather than grabbing an ice-cold drink. Coke isn't the first company to break the cardinal rule of beverage sampling. In 2003, PepsiCo gave away 5 million free samples of Sierra Mist in January. The difference there: It was the brand's nationwide debut. Plus, it went with the "Shockingly refreshing" tagline.
Honest Tea, which has been around for a decade, bears the tagline "Be real. Get Honest." OK, here's my honest assessment: Given Coke's history of mishandling smaller brands its gotten involved with, like Mad River and Planet Java, this effort seems like a rather ominous sign.
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PHD referred a request for comment to Carnival, which could not be reached by press time. The decision is an early sign that marketers aren't halting their review processes on account of the holding company merger that rocked the industry last week, the union of Publicis Groupe with Omnicom. It's understood that Carnival canvassed a field of shops that included players from Interpublic Group of Cos. and Publicis as well.
With the help of Santa Monica, Calif.-based consultancy Select Resources International, Carnival in late May invited several large media agencies to participate in a pitch. As part of the document it circulated to shops, noted the negative publicity it was battling due to a string of PR crises.
In 2012, a Carnival-owned Costa Cruise ship crashed on the coast of Italy and killed 32 people. Following that incident was the company's notorious "poop cruise," in which an engine fire stranded the flagship Carnival line's Triumph ship off the coast of Alabama and left passengers with a limited supply of food, water and plumbing for days.
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Keeping tabs on your children is easier than ever for new parents these days. It used to be that the only way to check up on your sleeping b...
Keeping tabs on your children is easier than ever for new parents these days. It used to be that the only way to check up on your sleeping baby was to physically walk into their room. This, of course, ran the risk of waking them up and ruining your well-deserved night of sleep.
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With the compact disc tucked away inside of the Happynitol box, you might mistake this product for medicine. A Spanish band called Goodfellows felt that their songs were quite positive and that the effect of listening to them was uplifting, so they decided to brand their album as if it were an anti-depression drug.
Listing the weight of the CD as 150mg, the group also labeled the carton as a 10-pill pack, referencing the 10 tracks included. Every sticker and surface of Happynitol packaging, inside and out, emulates the aesthetic style of clinical products with legible type, color blocking and a relatively minimalist look. Their folded paper prospectus even resembles the information and side-effects sheet that always accompanies medication.
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Marc Del Pietro tells Gut Check this afternoon that Kilkenny's Irish Pub (20 North Central Avenue, Clayton; 314-725-0161) will close after service on Saturday, May 26. When we spoke to Del Pietro last month, he told us only partly in jest, "Ever since we bought Kilkenny's twelve years ago, we've been selling it."
Now, he says, "Something finally came up that was acceptable."
Specifically, Del Pietro will continue to own the building but lease the Kilkenny's space to Pickleman's Gourmet Cafe, the small, Columbia-based chain of sandwich shops that opened its first St. Louis location (3722 Laclede Avenue; 314-802-7410) in 2010.
(St. Louis Magazine was the first to report on speculation that Kilkenny's would give way to a Pickleman's.)
As for shuttering Kilkenny's, Del Pietro says it was a matter of "lifestyles changing, priorities changing."
"The biggest thing is, it will be nice not going home at 1:30 in the morning."
As for the fate of his other Clayton restaurant, Luciano's Trattoria (172 Carondelet Plaza, Clayton; 314-863-9969), which has been shuttered since January because of the damage caused by a burst pipe, Del Pietro has nothing new to report since our last conversation.
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Eric Cantor's loss of his re-election big to an unknown Tea Party challenger - despite reportedly outspending him $5 million to $122,000 - is being called an earthquake, a shocker, a stunner, the upset of the century etc etc. It's also just desserts for one of the meanest cretins to ever besmirch a national stage, one who overcame fierce competition to earn the dubious title of least likable member of Congress - even in his own district. To see why, visit the long-running "Eric Cantor Is A Douchebag" Facebook page. They're taking unfond farewells.
Update: A tweet from inside a GOP meeting says Cantor quoted a Holocaust survivor that, "Suffering is a part of life." Wow, that is some tasteless chutzpah.


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Happy summer! As much as I love the cool weather of spring, it's always nice to get away to the beach and soak in the sun. We live 20 minutes from the beach and bay in Southern CA so I'm planning an extensive list of beach reads! I enjoy contemporary romance the most when I'm relaxing at the beach, so I'm giving away a print copy of one I recently read, Wrong For You by Jenny Proctor. (Check out my review here)
Lane Bishop is a hardworking, intelligent, young woman. With her recent move to Chapel Hill, she is determined to leave behind the drama and effort of keeping up with the dating scene. Even so, Lane somehow manages to get dragged out by a gaggle of girls to go watch boys play soccer. Just watching is not Lane's forte, so she joins in the fun and leads her team to victory.
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The basic idea is that book covers themes such as magic, alchemy, mysticism, chaos and anarchy explored through articles, rituals, poetry, art, illustration, short stories and comic strips, although we can allow this project to evolve and grow in whatever direction it needs to.