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Donor Egg.. What is it? How does it work?
When a couple is struggling to conceive, the first trip to a fertility clinic can be an overwhelming experience. It can be encouraging to learn, however, that today there are more ways to treat infertility than ever before. Using an egg donor to help grow your family, for example, could seem downright futuristic to the uninitiated, but it's a lot less complicated than it may seem.
We have prepared this introduction to donor egg IVF to help you gain a better understanding of the process.
What to Expect in a Donor Egg IVF Cycle
There are many reasons why the use of a donor egg may be recommended to treat infertility. Some women are unable to become pregnant using their own eggs due to advanced maternal age, genetic disorders, premature ovarian failure, or previous medical treatments that affected egg quality. Assuming these patients are otherwise in good health, they may have success using a donor egg.
Some families are in the fortunate position of having a close friend or family member who is willing to serve as a donor. Others may elect to choose an anonymous donor from a pool of candidates, either locally (fresh eggs) or nationwide (frozen eggs).
In an IVF cycle using a fresh egg, the donor must first undergo a screening process to ensure there are no underlying illnesses or genetic abnormalities that may affect egg quality. Next, the menstrual cycles of both the donor and the recipient are matched up through the use of fertility medications. Each woman's body is also prepared for either egg retrieval or embryo transfer, depending on their role in the process. The timing must be quite precise to ensure that the recipient's body is the right stage of her cycle for implantation.
When it works, it's great, but due to the need for cycle synchronization, unforeseen circumstances like illness or family emergencies (on either the donor's side or the recipient's) mean that the process is often subject to delays.
In an IVF cycle using a frozen egg, the donor screening and egg retrieval process has already taken place, which means that there's no need to synchronize cycles. When choosing to use a frozen donor egg, the eggs are ready for immediate selection and can be fertilized and implanted almost immediately, or at any time that is convenient for your family.
Is it Safe to Use a Frozen Donor Egg?
Whether the eggs are fresh or frozen, and whether they are coming from a close friend or an anonymous donor, the same rigorous screening is required. Prospective donors undergo a thorough physical exam and provide a detailed medical and social history. Genetic testing can help to identify over 102 genetic diseases to ensure the best possible outcome for those undergoing donor egg IVF.
Donors also receive psychological counselling to ensure that they understand what's involved for them, both at the time of donation and in the future. In short, the interests of both the donor and the recipient are protected during donor egg IVF treatments.
Nobody should have to sacrifice their privacy to treat a medical condition -- and make no mistake, infertility is a medical condition. When selecting a frozen egg donor, many companies provide an online database of donors that you can view from the privacy of your own home. This is a very important decision, and choosing your donor outside of a clinical setting can help you to feel more comfortable about the process.
Unless using a known donor, it's understandable that that you might feel an element of uncertainty in the donor selection process. Detailed profiles allow you to have a glimpse into your donor's life. You'll learn about her medical history, her hobbies, her education and her motivation for being an egg donor. At Donor Egg Bank USA, we also provide pictures of donors as children, so you can even get a sense of what your baby might look like.
Donors come from all walks of life, and most are at least partially motivated by a desire to help couples struggling with infertility achieve their dream of having a child. However, egg donors are also compensated for their time and effort in the egg donation process.
Are Frozen Donor Egg IVF Cycles Successful?
The field of reproductive medicine is an ever-evolving one. There are frequent announcements about new treatments that give hope to couples struggling with infertility. Until relatively recently, the use of frozen donor eggs was considered an experimental treatment. However, as more and more couples have been helped by this process, it has gained mainstream acceptance. Today, the successful pregnancy rates achieved by using frozen donor eggs are catching up to those of fresh donor eggs.
After the cause of infertility is discovered, choosing from the various treatments that are available today can seem like a big decision to take on. Ultimately, you need to make a choice based on your doctor's recommendations and your highly personal needs. We're here to help answer any questions you may have, no matter what course of treatment you choose.
Prepared by Heidi Hayes, CEO, Donor Egg Bank USA (www.donoreggbankusa.com)


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Buuuuud, when I signed up for Paypal years ago it was really easy, and I have used it on hundreds of occassions without a single problem.
You could choose to get the money directly into a checking account, or mailed to you as a check. Don't know if that part has changed.
Just follow their directions to sign up as a person not a business.
OR sign up as a premier member, you have to wait a couple of days for them to deposit some $ in your bank account, then you go back to the website and enter the amount they deposited, for confirmation that the account is set up right. This way you can accept debit/credit card payments as well as from bank accounts.
It really isn't hard to set up the account, just click on the button on their front page to become a member.
edited to add: I too want to order a set of plans the minute you get your Paypal account set up. I am 30 miles from the nearest post office to mail you any $. I only get to town on weekends, and the PO is closed then.
add me to the list to buy plans as soon as you get set up with pay pal. I manage a machine shop( in fact I used to own it) so having access to the proper machinery to build up the unit will not be a problem. Looking forward to building your design.
G,day Buuud please add me to the list when u get ppal up and running, using your centrifuge has got to be easier than filtering , heating, settling etc, more beer time, lol, thanks.
Now I remember that. think my deposti was something like 27 cents. I don't recall if Im a premium member or not. don't think I am. Anyway, I do remember the depost verification thing of some odd cents.
If you believe you can't YOUR RIGHT;
But equally so.... if you believe you can, YOUR RIGHT as well.
Got signed up on PayPal last nite, (I think). Now just waiting.
That's the way I hope it works, here in the West.
If someone else is getting the plans, and making a centrifuge who's willing to make 2 of them, please PM me. I want one, but I don't have access to a machine shop. Best I can do is a belt sander, drill and files.
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That's wonderful, Buuuud, let us know your email for Paypal, I will send you $ for the plans right away!
Before I can do that I have to have an answer to my original question. How the hell does it work?????????????
Stil waiting for the answer, Here in the West.
how does it work??? paypal.
you (bud) have a paypal account.
I (customer) have a visa...
I go to the paypal site and fill in the blanks to send money to bud's email address.
paypal processes my visa and direct deposits the money to bud's bank account along with an email to bud as to who paid the money and for what.
they sock you with a nominal fee
it usually takes 5 business days for the account to get going.
paypal will both deposit and withdraw money from your bank account so they know they have control? .17 cents in and then .13 cents out.
when you see a paypal deposit and withdrawl from your bank account, you go back to the paypal site and enter these two amounts to activate your acount so you can both send and receive money.
its not complicated... but it takes a few days to get done. most people are expecting a point click and you're done sign-up. it isn't quite that easy because of the bank verification thing... that takes a couple of days.
Though your argument is very clever, I don't think it will lead to the results you desire. gandhi
im6under is yours done yet? Inquiring minds WANT TO KNOW!
I have two ordered...
I'm waiting right now:
machine shop should have 2 sets of rotor pieces by friday.
ordered high speed bearing sets, 7,000 rpm that should be here today or tomorrow.
misc graded bolts ect... should be here today...
my pieces are not identicle to bud's. they are more of an elaboration.
higher speed, 30% more volume, less machining...
like I said in the initial review... the great thing about bud's set of plans is the concepts which are all adaptable or scaleable... you can pretty much make whatever you want out of them.
sorry its taking so long... I could have had it done by now, I suppose, but the extra week shopping time has cut the price almost in half versus going with the first place I contacted.
plus I wanted more than one for proof of concept and wanted it easier to manufacture and adaptable to different motors guys might be using. when cheap shopping a motor you don't want to be locked into one size of shaft if you don't have to.
anyways... don't worry... I'm a blabber mouth... lol I'll let everyone and god know how its all progressing.
Though your argument is very clever, I don't think it will lead to the results you desire. gandhi
Buuuuud, all we need is your email address that you used for Paypal. I will send you the $ through Paypal, using your email address. You will get an email from Paypal saying that I have paid, and what I paid for, and my shipping/mailing address. You then send my plans. Simple, fast, easy.
Buuuuud, if you have more questions, you need to be more specific than "how does it work".
Let us know your exact questions, we will try to answer them.
Meanwhile, here is the Paypal FAQ: FAQ
If you are making the rotor in 2 pieces and the top to bolt on, how are you sealing them together? My concern is that at the speeds you are talking about (7000 rpm's), I would think you would have to have a really tight seal like an "O" ring or something like that. At that speed the oil in the rotor could reach pressures that could compaired to a high pressure hydraulic system. I don't mean that much pressure on the rotor, I'm referring to the oil only.
I haven't run any numbers, but at 7000 rpm's on the size rotor in the plans, I'd think you would have around 4000 to 5000 G's and the oil and contaminants in the outer wall will be getting real tight. Of course this is the whole object of the machine, but I'm only concerned about leakage.
Also at that speed you could increase the volume greatly.
Your thoughts please.
That's what I'm thinking, here in the West.
I'm slowly getting a few answers and some are just assumptions.
How does a customer know where to send the payment and how do I know where to send the plans and how do the funds get to my bank?
We finaly talked to a real live person on the phone last nite and she said that I would get all the answers AFTER I signed up with PayPal. That smacks as a shady way of doing business. Kinda like buying a pig in a poke. Anyway we signed up and still don't have all the answers yet. Maybe it will all shake out someday.
With all of this frustration, I kinda wish I'd kept my mouth shut and used my machine for myself.
That's my thoughts, here in the West.
the three components of the rotor are a machined fit. I wondered about possible leakage so I encorporated a "capture groove" on the bottom that accepts the wall of the rotor. Additionally there is a 8" square point buna-N seal between the pieces.
gasket cost: $7.00 for a pack of 5.
machined groove??? dirt cheap piece was already in the lathe. ??? 2 minutes tops... labor wise.
Though your argument is very clever, I don't think it will lead to the results you desire. gandhi
Bud, when someone buys your plans they leave a shipping address with the transaction along with the $$ they send. As soon as someone 'paypals' you you can send the plans because you know the moneys real and there's an address associated with the transaction. Once your account is live let people know what email address you want people to paypal you at and you'll have a lot of orders, I'm sure.
>I'm slowly getting a few answers and some are >just assumptions.
>How does a customer know where to send the >payment and how do I know where to send the >plans and how do the funds get to my bank?
The customer sends you an order through Paypal using the email address you registered with Paypal. The customer pays for the order at the same time by paying into your Paypal account.
At that time the customer gets a confirmation email from Paypal (what they ordered and who they ordered from), and YOU get an order email from Paypal. This email will detail WHAT the customer ordered, who ordered it, whether it has been paid for or is payment pending (as in the case for checks etc) and the customer's mailing or shipping address.
If it is paid in full you ship the product. In essence, I can order and pay you at 1 pm, you get the email by 1:10 pm (slow email day) and you go to post office and send package out at 1:30 pm. This of course would be lightning fast. You may get an order at midnight, be busy the next day, and ship the day after...who knows? It's pretty much up to you, whatever you tell your customers you will do.
> still don't have all the answers yet.
Did you read the FAQs at the link I sent you?
Did you sign up using your profile email? If so, I will send you an order tonight so you can see how it works. It really IS easy.
What other questions do you have? Oh funds into your bank. Well you can let it pile up in your Aypal account and buy things online OR you can have it electronically deposited into your bank account. You should have an account user panel that lets you choose what to do. You see this when you sign on to Paypal using the username and password you set up before.
Below is a sample of an email I got from Paypal showing what I ordered and from who: (crossed out personal info with x's)
Dear XXXXXXXXXXXXs,
Your package will be shipped by PayPal Shipping with U.S. Postal Service!
Lockie xxxxxxxx used PayPal Shipping with U.S. Postal Service to create a shipping label for your package. Once the package is given to the Post Office(tm), it will be on its way to you!
You can track the package online at:
Please note: Tracking information is updated throughout the day, but most data is transmitted in the afternoon or evening. For example, if your Express Mail(R) package is mailed today at 10:00 a.m., you might not be able to view tracking information until the next day.
Shipment Details
Delivery Confirmation Number:
Shipped From:
Lockie XXXXXXX
414 W. xxxxxxxxx
San XXXXXo, TX 76xxxx
United States
Ship To:
HC-65, xxxxxx
CXXXX, AZ 85xxxx
United States
Shipper: U.S. Postal Service
Shipping Method: Parcel Post® (2-9 days)
Note from Seller: Hi,
Just wanted to let you know that the wringer is on its way!
Thank you so much.
Your Purchase Details
Amount: $31.59 USD
Transaction ID: 26039558Exxxxxxxxx
Just wanted to let you know that the wringer is on its way!
Thank you so much.
You can view PayPal transaction details related to this shipment at:
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
NEVER give your password to anyone, including PayPal employees. Protect yourself against fraudulent websites by opening a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and typing in the PayPal URL every time you log in to your account.
PayPal Email ID PP242
Ok Buuuud, I went ahead and placed an order through Paypal so you can see how it works. I rounded up to $30 to cover the Paypal expense.
You should have an email right now from Paypal with the order details. I paid with a card so the transaction is immediate.
If your account is not finished setting up you may have to wait a couple more days to do the final "confirmation". (you know, where they deposit $ in your bank account, then you see it and go to Paypal and enter the amount.) This verifies with Paypal that you are who you say you are and you only have to do it once to set up the account.
I used your profile email
hope this was the right one.
p.s. Here is my email from Paypal about the order:
Dear XXXXXXXXXXXs,
Your payment for $30.00 USD to (mail)been sent.
Payment Details
Amount: $30.00 USD
Transaction ID: 28B1XXXXXXXXXX
Subject: ORDER FOR CENTRIFUGE PLANS
Hi Buuuuud. Here is my order for the centrifuge plans and pictures. I rounded up to $30 to cover your Paypal expense.
Thanks, maddy
View the details of this transaction online at:
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For your future payments, try using Instant Transfer instead!
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- Pay directly from your bank account - purchases won't show up on bills at the end of the month.
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The next time you send money, use the PayPal Visa Credit Card.
Check out this cool, see-through card at:
Your monthly account statement is available anytime; just log in to your account at https://www.paypal.com/us/HISTORY. To correct any errors, please contact us through our Help Center at https://www.paypal.com/us/HELP.
Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.
PayPal Email ID PP118
By the way, Buuuuud, there are millions and millions of Paypal transactions each year. Very few go wrong. Probably less than Bank mistakes.
There is nothing shady about it. It is just new to you, like ATM's were at one time...
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I am currently living in Sheffield studying for a PhD in Applied Maths (Inflationary Cosmology) - before this I was brought up in Richmond, North Yorkshire and went to university in York where I achieved a 1st in Physics and Astrophysics.
My interest in photography came about for a number of reasons, from my Mum's continuous pointing out of the beauty of my surroundings to a basic search for understanding them. I am fortunate to have lived near the Yorkshire Dales all my life so I have always had many opportunities to explore this amazing part of the world and now live just next door to the Peak District.
I am yet to really develop any specific interests within photography – the majority of my work is based around landscapes but at the moment I am branching out to photographing people too which is a whole new challenge.
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"About as genuine as polyester."October 10, 2012 at 9:34 am | Posted in elections, environment, Historical | Leave a comment
Tags: bears, deer, environment, hunting, Mitt Romney, politics, polyester, public lands
(Worcester Telegram & Gazette) A wildlife biologist and avid hunter, who asked not to be named and worked for the state when Romney was governor confided, "I really don't recall the Romney administration and its appointees having much interest in sportsmen or wildlife conservation. … We were small potatoes with little political or financial power … inconsequential in their estimation. …. I recall that when the Romney administration came to power, it immediately seized all state funds, including the Inland Fish & Game Fund.
"The IFGF cannot, by law, be spent on anything but fisheries and wildlife management. … The Romneyites … held onto it for months, long enough that multiple requests (from Mass Fish & Wildlife) failed to get it back, and the United States Fish & Wildlife Service finally had to write a letter informing the governor that the Massachusetts Division of Fish & Wildlife would be forfeiting a huge sum — $3.2 million, I think — in federal funds if the IFGF weren't returned to the control of the Massachusetts Wildlife board. This finally got the Romneyites motivated, and they finally relinquished control.
"They held a press conference, and the governor came out to field headquarters and made a speech about how good it was to help out and get this funding for the sportsmen! It was almost surreal: the guy who took the Fish and Game money and held onto it, despite many calls for reason, spins the spectacle to make it sound like he's a hero for somehow getting it back for us! … Watching that scene play out sure convinced me that he is about as genuine as polyester."
(ThinkProgress) In response to a question about whether he would sell public lands back to the state [so they could sell them to commercial interests], Romney stated that that "I haven't studied it, what the purpose is of the land, so I don't want to say, "Oh, I'm about to hand it over." But where government ownership of land is designed to satisfy, let's say, the most extreme environmentalists, from keeping a population from developing their coal, their gold, their other resources for the benefit of the state, I would find that to be unacceptable.
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When CERN Director General Rolf Heuer announced last Wednesday morning "We have discovered a new particle; a boson; most probably a Higgs boson", many people worldwide stifled a yawn. Yes it was yet another undecipherable scientific discovery that the layman could not appreciate.
Yet amongst the international audience a single figure was moved to tears.
Caught on the cameras of the global news agencies, this white-haired gentleman removed his glasses and wiped away the liquid evidence of unbound emotion. He was probably feeling a mixture of joy, sadness, validation and pride.
The joy is understandable; something he predicted in 1964, that subatomic particles gain mass by way of a then undiscovered field or particle, since called the Higgs Boson, has been proven. And what's more, it's been proven during his lifetime. Peter Ware Higgs is now 83, and the joy of July 4th will remain with him for the rest of his life.
Sadness? Nobody but Higgs understands the sacrifices that have been made over the years as a result of his theory. These were personal and professional, all felt deeply by this physicist.
Validation? Science and scientists can be very closed-minded. If it can't be repeated and measured, it doesn't exist. This is a tenet that rules their lives. Some, however, dream. Even when bigger names in the Theoretical Physics world, such as Stephen Hawking, decried his theories, he stood by his guns. It cost him dearly in his personal life; professionally he was on the fringe.
Everything changed on Wednesday.
Paul Padley, a particle physicist at Rice University, said "the reason why we care about it, is if the Higgs boson doesn't exist, then we have absolutely no physical understanding of why we exist. You can't explain the universe."
The confirmation of Peter Higgs theory has been likened to the discovery of DNA. Yet in one fundamental aspect it isn't. DNA was first isolated by the Swiss physician Friedrich Miescher in 1869, yet it was James D. Watson and Francis Crick who produced, in 1953, what is now accepted as the first correct double-helix model of DNA structure and received a Nobel Prize for their work.
Here we have a man, working against the dominant thought in his field; fighting to make his theories heard; clamouring against many voices raised in opposition; and above all, willing to forfeit a normal life to expand Humanity's knowledge.
Peter Higgs is a proud man today and deservedly so.
Yet in his unassuming manner, he comments only the following: "It is an incredible thing that it has happened in my lifetime."
How will this discovery change the way we live our lives? Only the immediate future will answer that. Yet one thing is certain; change there will be, and in ways we cannot imagine today.
For Peter Higgs, recognition should be the next step. A Knighthood; a Nobel Prize; public acclaim. Write to your MPs, the Nobel Committee, your newspapers; tweet and blog all you can. Although the acknowledgment of a Nobel pales in comparison to the cost in his personal life, let's join forces to ensure his dream is rewarded.
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Jill, from the Zazzle store JillsPaperie, talks to us about her time as a Zazzler. Check out the interview below and don't forget to check out her store JillsPaperie!
Zazzle: Give us a brief bio, where you are from and when you started making art.
Jill: My name is Jill and I live in Georgia. Art has always been my favorite thing to do, and a talent that God has blessed me with. As a small child, I drew designs on rocks and gave them to customers at the fabric store where my mom worked. In high school I was an active art club member. I was also an apprentice to an elementary school art teacher, which led me to earn a degree in Early Childhood Education and to become a teacher. In August 2009 I created The Pink Schoolhouse, and then Jill's Paperie several months later. I am now a full-time Zazzler!
Zazzle: What's your favorite Zazzle product to create?
Jill: I enjoy creating invitations because it makes me feel good when someone chooses my design for their special occasion. I also like binders because they are so versatile.
Zazzle: What's your inspiration for your designs?
Jill: Current trends inspire me. For example, the explosion in the popularity of using coupons led me to create the coupon binders which are a favorite at Jill's Paperie right now. I am also inspired by my friends who are teachers. I try to create designs for The Pink Schoolhouse that I think they would like.
Zazzle: How would you describe your style?
Jill: My style is trendy, interesting, and fun. I hope my designs make people smile!
Zazzle: When you're not creating art, what are your other hobbies?
Jill: I am a youth director at my church, along with my husband. We also enjoy taking road trips to National Parks and other interesting places across America. So far, we have traveled 22 states by car. I enjoy fashion magazines and shopping the sale racks at the mall as well!
Zazzle: What's your favorite Zazzle feature? How do you use it?
Jill: I use the ability to see the number of views each product has received within a certain period of time to know what to create more of in the near future.
Zazzle: Do you have any fun stories about being a seller on Zazzle?
Jill: Last year I was privileged to be asked to participate in career day at the elementary school where my friend is a teacher. I spoke to the children about being an artist and I showed them how I create my designs.
Zazzle: What got you interested in selling your art on Zazzle?
Jill: Most people wish they could make a living doing what they love, and this is sometimes even more of a challenge for artists. When I discovered Zazzle, I saw it as a great way to get my art seen around the world on products that people could actually personalize and use. Once my products started selling, I was hooked!
Zazzle: What tips can you give someone who is just starting out on Zazzle?
Jill: It can't be said enough that it requires a lot of patience and hard work to succeed as a Zazzle seller! Designing is only a small part of what a good seller does. Finished products need good tags and descriptions – and don't forget to promote them! If you are creating a niche store, find a fresh and unique way to present your theme. Research your topic and get to know your target customers.
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2,000 objections lodged against A5 corridor
More than 2,000 objections have been lodged against the A5 western transport corridor which if could reduce the journey time from Donegal to Dublin to under three hours.
The deadline for objections to the scheme passed last week and public inquiries are due to be held later this year on the 85km dual carriageway between Newbuidlings, outside Derry, and Auchnacloy - where it will join up with the N2 to Dublin.
Donegal councillors this week reiterated their support for the project which they say is the most critical ever proposed for the county.
The £844 million (€985m) project is to be funded by the governments on both side of the border as part of the Good Friday Agreement.
The projects's future has been called into doubt in recent months after doubts were raised about the ability of the government on this side of the border to fund its contribution, which could be up to £400m (€467m).
Fine Gael and Labour have both committed themselves to funding the scheme after comments by Labour's transport spokesman Joe Costelloe cast doubt on the party's commitment to the scheme.
The Ulster Unionist leader Tom Elliot has also called the future of the project into question.
Donegal County Council received a presentation on the project at the January monthly meeting from senior council roads engineer Aidan O'Doherty who gave the council an outline of the timetable of the project which will see public inquiries held in the middle of this year.
Construction of the dual carriageway is due to begin next year with completion expected in 2015.
Councillors at Monday's monthly meeting of the council fully supported the project. The council will now write to leaders and transport spokespersons of all political parties north and south to stress the importance of the project to Donegal.
"We are the only part of the island without a motorway," Mr. Doherty said. "If you drive down to Galway you will see the difference that the new motorway there made.
"It is important that we support this project as numerous groups have formed and are opposing it on both sides of the border."
The project received corss-party support from the council chamber. Cllr. Patrick McGowan said the biggest challenge facing the council is that the project is running through another jurisdiction. "Everyone has been singing from the same hymnsheet," he said.
Cllr. Ian McGarvey said the benefit of the project has to be stressed. Cllr. Padraig MacLochalinn said Donegal has been "utterly shafted" over the years when it comes to infrastructure. "I have no doubt that every political party in the county backs it but I am not convinced that every political party in this country backs it," he said.
Labour Party councillor Frank McBrearty said his party is fully behind the A5 project. The improvement of the N14 and N15 have to be a priority as well, he said. "If I get elected to Dail Eireann I will assure the people of Donegal that all three projects will be a priority for the Labour Party."
Fianna Fáil's Ciaran Brogan was critical of the objectors. "When I see the objections that have been made I see why we have had partition in this country for so long. It is narrow-minded, selfish and wrong."
The project was also endorsed by Fine Gael. Cllr. Noel McBride said he was looking forward to seeing the completion date while Cllr. John Boyle said he also endorsed the project.


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Tests performed on the cyclist Floyd Landis's initial urine sample showed that some of the testosterone in his body had come from an external source and was not produced by his system, according to a person at the International Cycling Union with knowledge of the results.
That finding contradicts what Landis has claimed in his defense since the disclosure last week that he had tested positive for an elevated ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone during the Tour de France.
During a news conference in Madrid on Friday, Landis said, "We will explain to the world why this is not a doping case, but a natural occurrence." He explained that the testosterone levels throughout his career were "natural and produced by my own organism."
Landis, 30, the third American to win the Tour, captivated fans with an improbable comeback. He provided the urine samples at the center of the doping inquiry after winning Stage 17 in the Alps with a long solo attack. That performance set up his victory, as he climbed to third place over all after struggling and plunging to 11th the day before.
His urine sample from that day was divided into A and B samples. Confirmation of the A sample result is needed for a doping violation to occur. If the B sample comes up negative, the case is dropped. But the finding disclosed yesterday, based on a more sophisticated test, shed new light on Landis's failure to pass his initial screening, and he could be subjected to punishment because he had a prohibited substance in his body.Continue reading the main story
If the B sample comes back positive, Landis will face a two-year suspension from the sport. He will also be stripped of his Tour de France title.
The French national antidoping laboratory in Châtenay-Malabry performed a carbon isotope ratio test on the first of Landis's two urine samples provided after Stage 17, the person, who is in the cycling union's antidoping department, said in an interview yesterday.
That test, which differentiates between natural and synthetic testosterone, was done after Landis's ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone was found to be more than twice what is allowed under World Anti-Doping Agency rules, the person said. Regulations limit the ratio to four to one. The range for an average person is between one to one and two to one.
Landis's personal doctor, Dr. Brent Kay of Temecula, Calif., said he hoped that the results of Landis's carbon isotope ratio test and of the initial T/E test were false positives. He did, however, acknowledge that the initial test found a ratio of 11 to 1 in Landis's system. He and Landis are seeking an explanation for that high level.
"I've seen bodybuilders with numbers 100 to 1," Kay said. "Although Floyd's was elevated, it's not off the chart or anything."
Kay said there could be many explanations for Landis's high ratio, including a naturally high testosterone to epitestosterone level, bacterial contamination, alcohol consumption the night before the test or contamination of the specimen during testing. He could not say why synthetic testosterone might have been in Landis's system. He said both tests could have been inaccurate.
Landis, who was in New York after canceling or postponing several talk-show appearances, could not be reached for comment yesterday. His spokesman, Michael Henson, said that Landis sent a request yesterday for the French lab to test his B sample. Landis had five business days from last Wednesday to do so.
Pat McQuaid, the president of the cycling body, which is known by its French acronym, U.C.I., said last night that the organization had contacted the French lab at 5 p.m. in Paris to see if Landis's request had been received. When the lab said no, McQuaid said U.C.I. asked the lab to analyze Landis's B sample, which he said was allowed under the organization's rules. McQuaid wanted the test to be concluded before the lab closed for a two-week vacation this Friday. If the tests cannot be finished before then, the results may not come until late August or early September, he said.
"It's a two-and-a-half-day job, and it's imperative that the B test be done this week for the credibility of our sport, but also for the public interest," McQuaid said. "This needs to be put to rest because there is too much innuendo, too much talk, too much damage being done to our sport. We have to get this process done quickly, so we can move on."
The lab agreed to conduct the tests Thursday through Saturday, McQuaid said. That means that Landis's fate may be known by the weekend.
Dr. Gary I. Wadler, a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency and an associate professor at New York University School of Medicine, said that the result of the carbon isotope ratio test already proved that there was synthetic testosterone in Landis's system. He said that the test needs to be done only once, on either an A or on a B sample, particularly if the athlete's testosterone to epitestosterone ratio is found to be high or if that elevated level is inconsistent with previous test results.
"The rules say that it is a violation, but if you can show that the athlete had no fault or no significant fault, there could be a mitigation of the sanction," Wadler said. "No matter how it got there, the athlete has to show how it got into his or her body. It could have been sabotage or contaminated dietary supplements, or something else, but they have to prove how the testosterone got there."Continue reading the main story


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The fact that the African National Congress (ANC) had a 'war room' from where it launched fake news operations against opposition parties during the 2014 election campaign is not really news.
When knowledge of the war room and the ANC's operations was forced by the court case into the public domain, however, that created 'new' public knowledge and was therefore indeed 'news'. But the concepts of 'war rooms' and 'fake/false' things, people, conduct and information go back donkey's years.
Having been involved over the last more than 50 years in the worlds of news and political campaigning, starting off a working life reporting the news, I thought it was about time I had a proper look at where the term 'news' comes from!
The term 'news' made its appearance in late Middle English around the 14th century as the plural of 'new' from the Old French word nouvelles (the plural feminine form of nouveau – new), from Latin's nova for 'new things'.
First 'fake' news
There is, however, also a false or fake etymology for 'news' that is sometimes put forward. It claims that 'news' is an acronym for the four cardinal directions on the compass – north, east, west and south.
If it was true, it would have been quite ironic in the context of the latest 'fake news' allegations against the ANC – considering how the party under the pressure of factionalism and leadership battles appears to be directionless.
The term 'news' replaced 'tidings', which was used before the 14th century for the announcement of something like an event, from the Old English word 'tidung' for an event, occurrence or other piece of news.
War room
As one would expect the term 'war room' comes from the world of the military, describing a command centre to coordinate military activities. By extension it came into general use for a single location, office, centre or collection of people from which related activities are coordinated.
It is the location where information important to the joint effort/campaign is collected, strategies planned and their execution managed.
Just last week news broke that a member of the Democratic Party in the US has decided to keep their 'war room' from last year's presidential election going. Their intention is to keep opposition to newly elected president Donald Trump going – and there we thought South Africans were unique in the way we conduct our political battles.
The sins and fun of fake
Most sources tell us that the word 'fake' made its appearance in the English language in the late 18th century as a criminal slang term, but that its origin is uncertain. One guess is that it might be related to German word fegen, meaning 'sweep' as in polish.
It made its first appearance in reference to 'counterfeit' in 1775, as a verb in 1812, indicating 'to rob' and as a noun to describe a 'swindle' some forty years later.
This history has some etymologists guessing that it might have developed from the word feague, meaning 'to spruce up by artificial means', from the German fegen, meaning which also meant 'to clear out, plunder', in colloquial use.
It also has an application in the nautical environment, where it indicates the windings of cables hawsers on a coil.
To fake something, dates to 1915 and in sport, as a fake pass by a player to create a gap for attack in rugby or football to the 1940s.
Fakes, however, can become serious fun in an area where they have been proliferating, the huge collection of so-called Chinese proverbs.
The use of proverbs as a means to educate children and to impart wisdom, is an important part of Chinese culture and strongly associated with the famous Chinese philosopher Confucius.
Most of the Chinese or Confucian proverbs one so often hears one will not find in any authentic Chinese text and were clearly coined in a world that Confucius did not know. Consider, for example, these two: "Man who run in front of car get tired" and "Man who run behind car get exhausted."
As pretenders of being authentic 'Chinese proverbs', they are clearly fakes, but are a fun way of playing around with words.
And often they do convey real wisdom, like the one that has it that: "War not determine who is right, war determine who is left". Or: "Man who drive like hell, bound to get there".
Some of these Chinese 'fakes' often also capture real-life truths in a fun way, like the one that tells us "marriage is like game of poker. You start with pair and end with full house."
Here is one I want to frame and put on the wall of my own home: "Man who sinks into woman's arms soon will find arms in woman's sink."
To those senior members of the ANC who blindly defend President Jacob Zuma and generate 'fake news' to deflect attention from his many controversies, we would like to offer the following purported Chinese wisdom: "He who thinks only of number one must remember this number is next to nothing."
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Mike Solley brought a lawn chair and planted himself by the water at Lake Rim Park, Saturday. As the temperatures settled into the low 70s just before 10 a.m., Solley held his daughter, Havyn, 3, on his lap and fished during the Armed Services YMCA 3rd Annual Family Fishing Derby.
Havyn was one of 137 youth, including little sister, Harmony, 2, who took part in the fishing derby, held to give Families quality time together and to raise funds for the organization.
�We thought it would be a great idea to take them out,� said Solley, whose wife Heather also took part in the derby.
�We�re going to catch a catfish � a big one,� beamed Havyn.
Indeed, the fish were biting.
With a total of 28, Hunter Garton, 3, caught the most fish, and received a trophy for his efforts.
Dillon Stephens, 6, got a trophy for the largest fish caught, which weighed 5 pounds.
The event�s $10 registration fee included a rod, bait and T-shirt.
�This has been our best group as far as sportsmanship,� said Lynn Grates, Fort Bragg ASYMCA executive director.
Scott Bertacini and his son, Andrew, 4, were a part of that �best group.�
�I wanted to get him learning about this type of stuff,� Bertacini said.
But, Andrew refused to be coddled. After Bertacini baited the first few hooks, the independent boy with a laser focus gave his father instructions. � �I want to do it by myself,� he said.
What did Andrew like most about the derby?
�Drinking water and catching fish. It was fun when we caught the first fish,� he explained.
For Kira Arauz, 17, an ASYMCA volunteer, the annual fishing derby provides an opportunity to be civic-minded.
�It�s fun to help other people. It�s nice to help give back,� she said.
This year�s fishing derby was a first for new volunteer Katie Sualog and husband, Scott.
�This is our date day. I told him, �You�re coming to volunteer with me,�� she said she told him. �I think he got excited when I told him it was a fishing derby.�
Instead of fishing though, Scott spent the morning weighing fish at one of the stations set up around the park.
After Dillon received his trophy for the largest catch of the day, his dad, Michael, summed up what the day meant to the Family.
�I loved it. It was awesome. It was great. The kids had fun. Everybody had fun,� he said.
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Almost two thousand years ago there was a Man born contrary to the laws of life.
This Man lived in poverty and was reared in obscurity.
He did not travel extensively.
Only once did He cross the boundary of the country in which He lived; that was during His childhood exile.
He possessed neither wealth nor influence.
His relatives were inconspicuous and He had neither training nor formal education.
In infancy, He startled a king;
In childhood, He puzzled doctors;
In manhood, He ruled the course of nature, walked upon the billows as if pavement, and hushed the sea to
He healed the multitudes without medicine and made no charge for His service.
He never wrote a book, and yet all the libraries of the country could not
hold the books that have been written about Him.
He never wrote a song and yet He has furnished the theme for more than all the songwriters combined.
He never founded a college, but all the schools put together cannot boast of having as many students.
He never practiced medicine, and yet He has healed more broken hearts than all the doctors far and near.
Every seventh day the wheels of commerce cease their turning and multitudes
wind their way to worshiping assemblies to pay homage and respect to Him.
The names of the past proud statesman of Greece and Rome have come and
The names of past scientists, philosophers, and theologians have come and gone;
But the name of this Man abounds more and more.
Though time has spread two thousand years between the people of this generation and
the scene of His crucifixion, yet He still lives.
Herod could not destroy Him, and the grave could not hold Him.
He stands in Heavenly Glory,
Proclaimed of God,
As the living, personal Christ, our Lord and Saviour.
Aiming,though often failing 'to become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some'. Join with me in these reflections,discussions, videos and even humour about how we might become truly authentic in mission:Contextual yet Biblical:Passionate, but also Compassionate:In Word, as well as in Deed.The Spirit of Jesus within is calling each of his followers to reach out and fulfil the Missio Dei in a world of pain and need.
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The Incomparable Christ
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- Evangelical Church in Mississauga said...
Nothing can compare to the One because He's wonderful, not just really wonderful. Words can't express how great He is! Praise Him!
- 8 January 2013 at 18:34
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Apr 8, 2002
cd4 drop from 590 to 317, cd4 drops from 0.5 to 0.3, viral load drops from 7900 to 3400; all this in four weeks after receiving a local vaccin said to be effective against hiv on jan 12 2002.
Was diagnosed in august of 2000 with cd4 590 and vl 7900.
My doctor says the results should have even been better if the tests were done above six weeks after the vaccin.
He also says the drop in the cd4 and the cd4 is temporal and that the immune system will reconstitude and every thing will be fine soon.
Doctor, Is this true ? and what is my health situation like with this figures.
Apart from thrus hthat i am treating with forcan and fatique and constipation i have no major problem.
Apart from the vaccin and some anti biotics, i have never taken any anti retroviral drug.
Response from Dr. Holodniy
It is hard for me to comment when I don't know what the vaccine product is. Depending on the makeup, it could have different effects on the immune system.
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Warning: The following post could be rated PG-13 and Parents Are Strongly Cautioned!
The Curator of the Grassy Knoll Institute attends many trade shows throughout the course of the year. His favorite shows are always the Halloween conventions located in Chicago, Las Vegas, St. Louis, and Houston. Below are the photographs he took of the most sexy and beautiful models decked out in adult Halloween costumes. Check out the full body painted models, the super heroes, villains, Cosplay characters, vampires, and sometimes models wearing absolutely nothing at all. Enjoy the pictures and hope to see you at the next convention.
At the March 2006 National Halloween Trade show in Chicago, Illinois, I was lucky enough to snap these beautiful women dressed in sexy Halloween costumes. Love the body paint, construction girl with the big cones, sexy Cat Woman, leather Trinity costume, and sexy cop. Enjoy the pics. 2006 Halloween Show Sexy Models
2007 was even more intense and sexy at the Chicago Halloween convention. The Rosemont Center was rocking all weekend long as a bevy of sizzling models wearing nothing but smiles paraded around inside the convention. This is the year Gemma Massey (A Glamour Model From England) was introduced to the Halloween scene. She now works for BlueBird Adult Films but you can see her dressed as a nun, cave girl, and assorted other sext costumes. 2007 Halloween Show Sexy Models
2008 saw the Halloween show move out West to sin city, Las Vegas. The convention felt right at home as Hustler stripper Rachel was flashing passersby in one of the best adult Halloween costumes I have ever seen. Perhaps Wonder Woman completely nude except for body paint gives Rachel a run for her money. I took so many pictures that it takes up three posts.
2008 Halloween Show Sexy Body Paint Models
2008 Halloween Show Sexy Singles Models
2008 Halloween Show Sexy Doubles Models
In 2009 the Halloween show stayed in Las Vegas. Sometimes what happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas. Luckily, this is one of those times. The Transworld National Halloween and Party Show hosted at the Sands Convention Center debuted sexy Pornkins, plenty of body paint, Tiger Girl, and The End Is Near girl. 2009 Halloween Show Sexy Models
2010 the Halloween and Party show returned to Chicago, Illinois hosted at the Donald Stephens Convention center, (AKA Rosemont Convention Center) No matter where the show is located, it always has an abundance of beautiful and sexy models wearing outlandish adult Halloween costumes. The Xotic Eyes girls stole the show with their next to nothing body pained wings. 2010 Halloween Show sexy Models
2011 The Halloween Show found itself inside the George Brown Convention Center located in downtown, Houston, Texas. Houston was the wildest show I have attended. And I have attended many a shows. The entire collection of the sexiest women will debut in early October this year but here is a small taste of Houston Halloween.
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14 Responses to "Halloween Sexy Sirens Archives"
May 19, 2011 at 9:41 am
Houston hotties are looking very sexy. More please now.
May 19, 2011 at 10:16 am
Good lord I love Halloween.
May 19, 2011 at 2:01 pm
Gemma Massey from the 2007 pics is now a porn star. She has had plenty surgeries to her boobs face and ass to make her more porno ready. A nun she ain't. 🙂
May 19, 2011 at 9:58 pm
I;m in love with the blonde cat woman. She is sexy incarnate. By any chance, do you know her name and where she works?
May 19, 2011 at 10:01 pm
How do you apply for your job? Jesus, taking pictures of half nude playboy models all day. Tough job guy. Can't wait for you to post all the halloween hotts from Houston.
May 20, 2011 at 9:45 am
How does anyone get any work done at these conventions. Oh right, nobody does.


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Midwife's £112,000 payout after wet floor slip at Stevenage's Lister Hospital is biggest compensation claim settlement
PUBLISHED: 07:00 16 October 2017
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A midwife who slipped on a wet patch and fell over on a ward at Stevenage's Lister Hospital has been awarded £112,651 in compensation.
It is one of nine claims settled by the East and North Herts NHS Trust, which runs Lister, in 2016-17.
A patient who tripped in hospital grounds and fractured a hip was awarded £21,858, and a security employee was given £16,500 after tripping on damaged flooring.
A visitor who tripped on an uneven paving slab outside the main entrance to the maternity unit at Lister was awarded £8,364, and a nurse who went to sit on a swivel chair and fell when it moved, sustaining an ankle injury, received £6,349.
A security employee who tripped on uneven carpet and fell to the floor, fracturing his thumb and spraining two fingers, received £8,690, while someone who sustained fractures after tripping on a broken bollard on a footpath in hospital grounds was awarded £8,233.
A clinical support worker was given £4,538 after feeling back pain while moving a patient, and £2,434 was awarded for a needlestick injury in A&E.
Claims which were thrown out include a member of staff tripping over a recycling box in an office area, a ward clerk alleging prolapsed discs from wheeling a large patient from a ward to the smoking area, and a staff member injuring their right shoulder extracting a file from a filing cabinet.
An NHS trust spokesman said: "Under national legislation, NHS staff can lodge claims for compensation if they believe they have been injured at work. Patients and visitors also have a similar right. We will always check the veracity of such claims, reaching agreement to settle where evidence exists to support a claimant's case. The NHS trust also seeks to use such cases to ensure that measures are taken to prevent similar problems from happening in future.
"Where a claim is settled, the first £10,000 is paid by the NHS trust from budgets held for this purpose. All sums over the first £10,000 of any individual settlement are paid to the claimant via a national NHS scheme.
"In 2016-17, our NHS trust concluded 17 claims – some of which dated back as far as 2011. Of these 17, nearly half – eight – were rejected.
"The settlement payments total for the year was £189,615, of which over £120,000 was paid out via the national scheme."


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National Oilwell Varco
|Traded as
S&P 500 Component
|Oilfield Services & Equipment
|Houston, Texas, U.S.
Key people
|Chief Executive Officer: Clay C. Williams[1]
|Oilfield Products & Services
|US$22.9 Billion (FY 2013) [2]
|US$3.4 Billion (FY 2013) [2]
|US$2.3 Billion (FY 2013)[2]
|Total assets
|US$31.484 Billion (FY 2012)
|Total equity
|US$20.239 Billion (FY 2012)
Number of employees
|64,000 (2014)
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) is an American multinational corporation based in Greater Sharpstown, Houston, Texas.[3][4] It is a leading worldwide provider of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production operations, oilfield services, and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry. The company conducts operations in more than 1,200 locations across six continents.[2]
The Company's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "NOV".[5] The company operates through four reporting segments that were reorganized in 2014: Rig Systems, Rig Aftermarket, Completion and Production Solutions, and Wellbore Technologies.[6]
Products include all the heavy hardware for oil well drilling as well as drilling instrumentation and controls and drilling power generation and control. A partial list of heavy hardware includes topdrives, rotarys, drawworks, derricks, BOPs (blowout preventers), mud pumps, riser equipment, and complete drilling rigs. Products also include instruments and controls required on the rig floor for the drilling operation. This includes sophisticated electronics for precise control, such as the control system Cyberbase. NOV also produces control electronics for power generation and control of drilling motors and motor control centers for AC motor control.
In 2008, the Houston Chronicle ranked National Oilwell Varco as the best company in Greater Houston. In 2007, the newspaper ranked National Oilwell Varco number 15.[7]
NOV is the Houston area's largest energy employer, with more than 14,500 workers in the region, according to Houston Business Journal research.[1]
National Oilwell's two main predecessors, Oilwell Supply and National Supply, were founded in 1862 and 1893, respectively. These two companies manufactured and distributed pumps and derricks. In 1930, United States Steel acquired Oilwell Supply. In 1958, Armco Steel merged with National Supply. In 1987, National Supply merged with USS Oilwell to become "National Oilwell". In 2000, National Oilwell merged with IRI International Corp., founded and managed by Hushang Ansary, which manufactures and sells drilling rigs and specialty steel products.[8]
Varco was founded as Abegg and Reinhold Company by Walter Abegg and Baldwin Reinhold in 1908. "VARCO" is an acronym for: Vuilleumiere, Abegg and Reinhold Company after Edgar Vuilleumiere became a partner in 1915, and Varco International in 1973.
In 2005, National Oilwell and Varco merged to become National Oilwell Varco. In 2014, Clay Williams took over as CEO, succeeding former CEO Pete Miller, who served as NOV's CEO for nearly 13 years.[1] Miller will become Executive Chairman of the National Oilwell Varco spinoff company, DistributionNow. The company employs nearly 64,000 people and has over 1,200 facilities across six continents worldwide.[2] In February 2012 NOV acquired a Russian coring company Interval Ltd.
Brands and products
- List of National Oilwell Varco's brands
See also
- 1 2 3 "National Oilwell Varco Moves Forward With CEO Transition". Retrieved 2014-03-19.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "NOV 2013 Annual Report".
- ↑ "Contact Us." National Oilwell Varco. Retrieved on February 5, 2010. "7909 Parkwood Circle Dr. Houston, TX 77036"
- ↑ "Districts." Greater Sharpstown Management District. Retrieved on August 15, 2009.
- ↑ "National Oilwell Varco (NOV) in Russia". Retrieved 2013-12-26.
- ↑ "." National Oilwell Varco. Retrieved on February 5, 2010. "7909 Parkwood Circle Dr. Houston, TX 77036"
- ↑ Cook, Lynn. "CHRONICLE 100 No. 1: National Oilwell Varco: builder of rigs, maker of deals." Houston Chronicle. May 16, 2008. Retrieved on July 10, 2011.
- ↑ Staff. "Bloomberg: IRI International". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
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External links
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Friday, October 19, 2007
Only a brother
I always used to give my brothers birthday presents. They rarely reciprocated. I remember when I turned 16 all of my brothers came through & bought me presents. So I opened up the present from my older brother & it was a tomahawk. You know the face you make when you get a present that you don't like but you try to act grateful while mentally calculating just how long you will have to hold onto this present before you can donate it to the thrift store? I was beyond that. (I think I just broke the world record for the longest sentence ever written) I just didn't understand the thought process behind it "Hmm what should I get Sara? One of the t-shirts she's been hinting at? A CD? No, I think a tomahawk". His reasoning was that it was a gift that only a brother would give to me so I would always remember it. It's true, I always had it on the wall of my college apartments. We also had a silent agreement after that to not give each other birthday presents.
If you were on the Oprah show, what stories would you share??
7 comments:
- ellesappelle said...
Awww... sweet in a slightly disturbing way.
I'd watch Oprah if you were on it.
- ~Virginia~ said...
OMG! Well...at least you were well-armed in case of an intruder! :) Oprah would be lucky to have you! And don't let her interrupt you the way she always does. That's one of the things I can't stand about her. Her guest is mid-sentence and she's always got to interject something. Ugh.
I'd tell my Dixie Carter story! :)
- Stacy said...
I want a tomahawk. Of course, I can't wait to get married so I can finally start buying swords at the Renaissance Festival since I'll have a man to blame them on.
"Yes, he drags one of those home from every Ren Fest he goes to! It's so obnoxious! I keep telling him if he brings home one more weapon, I'm giving them to Goodwill."
And husband will be ever-patient and will not give me away.
- Trish Ryan said...
That sounds like such a brotherly thing to do! One Christmas, my brother gave us all omlette pans and spatulas. None of us understood why, and he didn't explain. You're right, though, it's years of retelling these stories at family gatherings that prepares us for Oprah :)
- LEstes65 said...
I love presents like that. So off the wall that they turn into their own special story.
If I were on Oprah - she'd kick me off. I have TOO many stories to tell. How do you pick? Would I tell about the time I almost drown at Jones Beach in NY? Would I tell about the phone call that rocked my world when my birth-mom called me 2 days after my 20th birthday? Would I tell her about being one of the only female bouncers in Boston? Would I tell her any of my myriad of stories where I sang to an audience of my sister and the club employees? Would I tell her about how my blended step-family of 3 boys and 3 girls made me hate the lie that was 'The Brady Bunch'?
Too many to pick from.
- Alyssa Goodnight said...
I'd talk about the guy I met in high school that took me out my senior year and told me he was a psychic and that we were destined to get married in five years. It's a whole long thing.
My husband (not the psychic) and I celebrated the anniversary of this weird prediction.
- Beth said...
Tomahawk, huh? Well, at least you have an accessory if you ever decide to dress up as Pocahontas!
One year, my brother told me that he didn't want any presents. He told me he had been bad and only deserved hard biscuits and coal for Christmas. So I made biscuits and left them out a week so they were nice and hard. And I bought a bag of charcoal. Funnily enough, he never asked for hard biscuits and charcoal again!


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Mrs Stone was a very well known figure in Cushendall and is still fondly remembered by the older people of the village. In this interview, conducted by Jack McCann in 1967, Mrs Stone shares her memories.
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|Clay Smith, App Battles for Another Lost Generation, 2013, oil and ink on canvas. Courtesy: the artist and Lust for Life Gallery, Brisbane
|As an examination of the influence of digital technologies on people, Techknotopia vs. Cultural Tempest looks at addiction in gaming while considering the disconnected humanity that is lost in the digital world. Referencing Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland the artist investigates the phenomenon of techknotopia. Delving into the impact of travelling to other cultures and connecting with locals traditions, Smith examines cultural tempest as a life-changing exchange that can create collective harmony.
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An overview of carbon soil building.
Sep 4, 2014 6:48 PM CST
|A good article, thanks.
It sounds like "moving cattle around" is beneficial because it lets grassland recover during "rest periods". I think there is a common theme in many ecologically wise actions: use the land less intensively.
That seems to conflict with short-term greed, which I've begun to think is all that is considered by any business. Even when intensive management for short-term profit can be shown to be a long-term guarantee of NO profit, short-term maximizing seems always to win the day. Like businesses that will alienate customers for life to make 1% more on a transaction.
Why do we do that so consistently?
One thing I didn't see in the parts about sequestering carbon in soil is that it is hard to keep more than around 5% organic matter in aerated soils, long-term. I understand the climate advantage to bringing very infertile, inorganic soil up to 5% organic matter, but can much be done with fertile soil to hold more carbon than it already is?
I may not understand biochar, but it sounds like turning OM to charcoal, which could be stored anywhere, not just in soil.
Say "average soil" was 1.5 grams per cubic cm.
5% OM would be 0.075 grams OM / cm^3.
That's 75 Kg OM per cubic meter (if I got the decimal pints right).
Say the OM was distributed in the top 50 cm (20 inches).
One square kilometer half a meter deep is 500,000 cubic meters, or
37.5 million Kg OM per square Km.
Say 37 thousand metric tons of OM could be sequestered per square Km.
And we have a lot of square Km in our deserts!
I hope I did get the decimal points in the right places.
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|What I got out of this is that any organic matter you have needs to go back to the soil, preferably on top of it, to work its own way down. Since i don't have cows anymore, it seemed to me that was the main point of the article. I know about the archaeological biochar finds, but I dont really see an advantage to using the intermediate charcoal step to sequestering carbon. When I did live on a farm, we never grazed our cows in the same place continuously. In fact it was my job "take take the cows to pasture". Sometimes it would be to the woods, and sometimes to the swamps along the river, and sometimes it would just be to one of the hay fields behind our house. My grandfather even rented National Park land along the river to pasture his cows. Doesn't everybody know that cows need pasture? And that they need to be moved from one pasture to another throughout the year?
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New Delhi [India] July 13 : Tata Trust's Parag Initiative is back with the second edition of Big Little Book Award (BLBA), which works as a platform to honour regional language writers and this year's selected language is Bengali.
Reading habit is important for a child's overall development. Though, in India English books are available to the elite class kids very easily, it is crucial to recognize books in regional Indian languages as well.
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For some reason teen angst always gets me going. My hubby detests the fact that I enjoy movies like Twilight, Harry Potter and shows like The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Pretty Little Liars and The Vampire Diaries. He says that as a 30 something year old I need to watch stuff that is age appropriate….I say…screw that!! I love me some teenage drama. Takes me back to the days when I had a huge crush on the same guy as one of my friends and he told us he liked both of us as well and was going to get to know us and then decide who he would ask to be his girlfriend. Of course my friend had the advantage because she was in the same classroom as him so it was no surprise when at the school bonfire party he picked her (I cried). I have been watching The Vampire Diaries since it first aired on the CW. The love between Elena and Stefan Salvatore was palpable. The show has all the ingredients for a hit: the annoying blonde best friend, the witchy best friend, the super-hot devious brother Damon Salvatore, and the all-American best guy-pal Matt Donovan. The fact that the series was based on the novels made sure the script was kick-ass.
We are now on season 7 and things are beginning to change for TVD. So far the show has offered us a love triangle between two brothers, a best friend that discovers she is a witch, a brother who becomes a vampire hunter, a dead aunt/guardian, a teacher/vampire hunter, a best friend forced to become a vampire, a friend who is cursed as a werewolf and a long list of scrumptious villain's (Klaus, Katherine, Enzo).
Let me start off by saying that the loss of Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) is by far the worst thing that could have happened to this show. I have no idea why she decided to leave but what I do know is that she was the glue that held everything together. TVD are going to pull out all the stops if they are going to keep us hooked on this show. To add insult to injury they have moved the show from its successful Thursday night spot to the less coveted nosebleed Friday night. So far only one episode has aired at its new time but from an article I read early this week looks like TVD is in trouble.
Season 7 has centered mainly on the hatred that Damon feels towards his mother, who has taken Elena his love away from him. We also have the Heretics who have taken over Mystic Falls and pose a threat to everyone the come across. Alaric is busy trying to get his dead pregnant wife to come back to life. Caroline finally gets what she has secretly always wanted, Stefan, but things aren't as easy as she would hope when his long lost love/baby mamma comes back. So far season 7 has left me disappointed and wanting more. Perhaps after seven years the critics are right and this show has run its course. I honestly hope that's not the case and that by some miracle Julie Plec can turn it around.
For now, my Friday night is clear (the hubby is at a soccer match this evening so I don't have to endure his criticism) as I await episode 11 which happens to be directed by Paul Wesley (Stefan Salvatore). Last week we watched Damon's soul trapped inside the Phoenix Stone, where he was stuck reliving his own personal hell while Bonnie and the others tried to bring him back. He awakens to find that he has "killed" all of them in a moment of desperation. Let's see if this next episode is worth my time and my popcorn.


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Activists of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Saturday staged a protest outside the Tipu Sultan Masjid here against Maulana Nurur Rehman Imam Barkati.
The protests was against the Imam's controversial statement that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was one which helped the British when the East India Company was ruling India.
"The BJP is supported by the RSS. The RSS has worked for the British, they were their informers. Due to them, a number of freedom fighters were killed. The RSS has not left a stone unturned to make India a slave.
Due to the RSS, India was divided into two parts," Barkati had told ANI earlier on Wednesday.
Barkati also accused the RSS of being behind the 2002 Gujarat riots.
"We will first try to make Muslims understand to leave the RSS, if they will not then we would boycott them. The BJP is not concerned about Muslims at all," he said. (ANI)


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Born this day in 1909: Eudora Welty (1909–2001), great American short-story writer and novelist; winner of numerous awards, including several O. Henry awards, the National Medal for Literature, the American Book Award, and a Pulitzer Prize. Welty was also an accomplished photographer (including a WPA photographer), a pursuit supplanted by her writing career.
|A sample of Welty's photography: The Fence, c. 1935
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Today marks what would have been the 96th birthday of Corita Kent, an artist whose work was known for its bold, colorful images spreading messages of love, peace and social justice.
To pay tribute, Google has marked Kent's birthday with a Google logo mirroring her style and form.
Kent began her career as a catholic nun, taking the name Sister Mary Corita and leading the art department at the Immaculate Heart College in California. Her career spans over more than thirty years and includes iconic pieces like the 1971 "Rainbow Swash" on the Dorchester, Massachusetts gas tanks near Boston, along with the United States Post Office's 1985 official "Love" stamp.
The Tang Museum at Skidmore College, which hosts the "Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent" exhibition, defines Kent's work as iconic symbols of a turbulent time.
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Monday, October 01, 2007
Nugget of Truth/Singlehood: Quality Time
We are studying the 5 Love Languages for Singles by Gary Chapman in small group currently. The small group is having a great time going through this book and applying the languages to those in the group. Tonight we discussed quality time. There was a question in there about does spending quality time with others energize or deplete you.
This made me think of the movie Jerry McGuire. As Tom Cruise(Jerry) and Renee Zellweger (Dorothy) characters are leaving the office after being fired and quiting, they experience a beautiful moment where a man signs to a women "You complete me." Jerry McGuire reprises this line in the pivotal closing speech where he wins back Dorothy's love.
We talked though about how some people can just deplete you. So I sat in group picturing this moment in my head. Where I am standing next to a friend and recite the words, "You deplete me." This just made me laugh. It is so true. We have people in our lives who energize us. Who we cannot wait to be around and to hang out with. But there are others who need our love too, sometimes more, and sometimes need to be shown a pathway to hope, healing, and recovery. That often means just loving them. Letting them deplete your love supply while God fills it up more. Others need to move on. They need counseling and professional help and it is OK to lead them to this door. But we must do so in a loving way. It is important to be authentic and real, and set boundaries, but in the end we are called to love.
Jesus said " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind' ; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' " -Luke 10:27
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Wow...deep stuff on the blog. By the way, Gary Chapman peformed the pre-marriage counciling for my son and daughter-in-law. And I have taught his book at least once. He has some good "stuff". He certainly fills the spiritual tank. I thank God for such practical and intelligent Christian men.
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The news release from Malmstrom AFB's 341st Missile Wing Public Affairs Office was carefully crafted and a little over 200 words in length. The first two sentences basically said it all. It also ended a career:
The 341st Security Forces Group commander was relieved of command Aug. 22.
341st Missile Wing commander, Col. Robert Stanley, relieved Col. David Lynch from command of the 341st SFG due to a loss of confidence in Lynch's ability to lead his group.
Malmstrom officials were quick to point out that "Lynch's removal is not a result of the recent Nuclear Surety Inspection failure. However, as the 341 MW prepares for a re-inspection, Stanley must have full confidence in the leadership ability of his commanders."
The Great Falls Tribune also reported, "Lynch's removal was not related to any misconduct."
So what caused Colonel Robert Stanley (Malmstrom's Wing Commander), to send a news release about a colonel being relieved from duty on a Friday afternoon, which led to his photo being pasted on Saturday's front page of the local newspaper?
We may never know because the internal workings on military installations are kept pretty quiet – unless they are released to save face. It's certainly not the normal method of operation. They sure don't notify the media when most Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers are relieved from duty.
Col. Stanley is the commander of a nuclear missile wing that just failed a Nuclear Surety Inspection. That news spread around the world quickly and brought shame to the Wing, to the Air Force, and to the Department of Defense. Stanley's name is forever attached to the failure. His career took a hit.
Stanley's superiors must have "full confidence" in his leadership ability as well.
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LOS ANGELES—William H. Macy, Oscar-nominated for the Coen brothers' classic "Fargo," has been on a roll for remarkable eight seasons as Frank Gallagher—his con man patriarch in the critically acclaimed TV series, "Shameless."
For his portrayal of a perpetually drunk, deadbeat dad of six smart, independent kids, William has earned one Golden Globe and four Emmy nominations. (Emmy Rossum plays Fiona, the eldest of the Gallagher children.) William won an Emmy trophy in 2003 for the TV movie, "Door to Door."
For the first time—well, for at least a few episodes of the Showtime series—Frank will be sober. "Frank was sober as a deacon for five shows. And I had to think long and hard about how to play a sober Frank," William said. "It was a challenge, acting-wise."
The actor, married since 1997 to Felicity Huffman, extolled the virtue of having long hair, which he grew for his booze- and drug-addicted, shiftless grifter. "It's on my face all the time," the 67-year-old said. "I like it because I have it and not everyone does."
On the young actors who play his children, William grinned as he remarked, "I get their respect because I am the old guy, and I've been around the block a lot. I have their affection, but we don't hang out together. "
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So, what's up with Frank, your character, this season? Frank got a job this season. He got a credit card (laughs). And it didn't last long. He was sober, too. Right now, he is worrying about retirement, and he's frightened about getting old.
What's the biggest challenge in being in a show that has lasted for eight seasons? The challenge would be to start phoning it in a little bit. You get so good at the character, and you get so used to the writers that you can skate through it. You don't dig enough like you did in the first season.
Was there ever a time when you read the script and you said, this is too much—I am not doing this? There was one time. It was early in the series, during its second year.
There was just one gag that I thought, that's not right. I said, this is too far. And I won.
So, why has your character managed to keep the folks' affection for him after all these years? People are attracted to someone who will never give up. That's a very appealing trait. He's got a wicked sense of humor; he likes to laugh.
How do the show's fans react when they see you in person? When the show got sold to Netflix, our fan base quadrupled within months. All of a sudden, you can't walk down the street.
The last time we were in Chicago to shoot exteriors, they had to put up a chain link fence. There were 200 people standing out there. It was raining and they stayed there all day.
What was the most memorable or unusual sex scene that you did on the show? There was a plot with a nurse named Bianca, who found out that she had a terminal disease. I agreed to be her cancer concierge. She had seven weeks left to live. I said, I will make sure that those weeks are the best of your life.
Frank suddenly became a Buddhist. Buddha had beautiful lessons on forgiveness. In your own life, if you decide to ask for forgiveness, who would be the first person you'd go to? Like everyone else, if you live long enough, sometimes you're lying in bed trying to go to sleep and some memory of an awful thing you did to someone just pops in your head. I have my share of those—times where I have been cruel.
What is your own relationship with religion? I was raised a Lutheran. Interestingly, I am about 25 pages from finishing the Koran, which was an eye-opener. I just started reading the Bible. I am very impressed with Jesus.
How shameless are you in real life? I'm not shameless. But, I'm as bold as Frank is in some circumstances.
In every season, we think Frank could never do anything worse than what he did. Yet, he does. Give us a little sketch of Frank's journey this season. It was a bold choice to put him in an ashram—why would they let a crackhead in there? But, it was funny. To smoke that much methamphetamine, Frank would have to be out of his mind and psychotic for a couple of weeks, at least.
How have you and Felicity managed to have busy careers in television, raise babies (Georgia and Sophia) and now, the girls are all grownup? It's rough. But, it helps when you have money because we have a magnificent nanny. After the first year when "Shameless" was picked up, they gave me notes on my parenting. We kept the girls out of the limelight as much as we could. We didn't let them watch television. So, they both read.
"Shameless" may have more seasons, but when the inevitable end comes, how would you like the show to close? I'd like Frank to have a score—a big one—make a lot of money for just a short time. Then, he could lose it all. And I'd like him to meet someone. I mean, I hope he gets laid a couple more times (laughs).
How does it feel when your work, especially in "Fargo," has been seen and admired by different generations, and actors riff on your original performances? It feels gratifying. It's been fun.
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Oops, it's been a month. Honestly I'm in the same spot as I was in all elements of my life on July 3rd when I wrote about my awesome lotion. Sure things have happened, but I can' fill you in on that now because I will definitely be late to work if I start type-rambling. What I do want to do is share Auntie Roe's review of the KiwiFox moisturizer.
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