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Celebrities Suffer From Pain, Too
Being rich and famous doesn't mean immunity from chronic pain.
Jan. 31, 2008 -- It's no secret that, with the blessing of celebrity, comes the many burdens of fame — from impossibly busy schedules to dealing with tabloid scrutiny.
However, for many stars, chronic pain presents an additional burden. According to Dr. Robert Kaniecki, director of the Headache Center at the University of Pittsburgh, even stars sometimes don't know when it's time to get treatment for serious pain.
"They often are like us — they often don't get help right away, they often try to tough it out, and feel as if trying to get medication is a sign of weakness," Kaniecki said. But, he added, "When they finally do get the right treatments, it changes their lives."
And in dealing with their pain, these stars may be helping not only themselves. Celebrities who come forward with their stories of chronic pain — and how they overcame their conditions — may serve as sources of inspiration for many of their fans who may also experience chronic pain of their own.
The following pages feature a number of prominent actors, athletes and musical stars who have battled — and in some cases, continue to battle — chronic pain.
Marcia Cross
Cross, who plays scheming Bree Van De Kamp on "Desperate Housewives," has suffered from painful migraine headaches since she was 14 years old.
"I was knocked out and writhing in pain, and it was horribly excruciating," the 45-year-old actress said in a recent interview with MSNBC.com.
Cross is one of 28 million Americans who suffer from this potentially debilitating condition. Anything from a snowstorm, to a piece of chocolate, or a stressful day at work can trigger a migraine.
"It's not a life-threatening condition, it is a life-changing condition," said Dr. Lawrence Newman, director of the Headache Institute at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York. People who suffer from migraines can become afraid of the mind-numbing pain and incapacitation that occurs when a migraine hits.
"They live with this constant fear of 'what's going to happen if I get this headache?'" Newman said.
With medication, Cross said she feels she has a handle on the excruciating headaches. In 2006, Cross was the spokeswoman for drug giant GlaxoSmithKline, raising awareness about migraine pain.
"I know when it's coming on, and I take my medication, and in a number of hours, I'm back on my feet again," she said.
Paula Abdul
Abdul, a celebrity judge on the hit series "American Idol," came forward with her chronic pain in a 2005 People magazine interview. For 25 years, Abdul struggled with unexplained, excruciating pain that didn't go away with conventional painkillers.
Abdul said her battle with pain started with a neck injury from a cheerleading accident when she was 17. A few car accidents, and an emergency plane landing years later, only worsened her condition. She has since been diagnosed with a condition known as regional sympathetic dystrophy, also referred to as complex regional pain syndrome.
RSD often develops after an injury, and continues to get worse over time. People may suffer burning pain that spreads beyond the area of the original injury. Sometimes, they even lose the ability to move parts of their body. Once, Abdul told People, she woke up and couldn't move one side of her body. She was trapped in her bed until a housekeeper found her and called for help.
Abdul went through 12 surgeries and tried various pain medications — some with heavy-duty side effects — before she found relief. To top it off, Abdul kept her pain a secret to the public, even through her successful dance videos and recording career in the early 1990s.
Today, Abdul says she feels better than ever, due to a proper diagnosis. Now, she just gets injections of a medication, with low side effects, called Enbrel.
George Clooney
The actor suffered chronic pain after suffering a severe head injury while shooting the 2005 geopolitical thriller "Syriana."
"It was the most unbearable pain I've ever been through," Clooney said in an interview with MSNBC.com. "Literally, where you'd go, 'Well, you'll have to kill yourself at some point, because you can't live like this.'"
Clooney, 45, filmed a scene in which he was strapped in a chair and beaten when the chair was kicked over. Clooney ripped his dura, a membranous wrap around the spinal cord, which helps hold in the spinal fluid. He refused to take pain medications, and continued to act through the pain. But he decided to pursue surgery after spinal fluid began to leak out of his nose.
Dr. Christopher Chisholm, an anesthesiologist at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., said that actors may suffer significant long-term wear and tear from physically challenging roles, particularly as they get older.
"The expectation is that they are a professional, and it is part of their craft," Chisholm said. "Like any performer, they are expected to perform."
Clooney went on to win a best supporting actor Academy Award for that performance, but he says he still suffers from short-term memory loss.
Tobey Maguire
The star of the blockbuster "Spider-Man" trilogy almost did not make it into his Spidey outfit for the second film, because of the on-and-off back pain he has had for several years.
"I saw the animatics and the story boards of the stunts that I was to do on ['Spider-Man 2'], and I was a little concerned about it," Maguire said in an interview with Sci Fi Weekly. "[I] felt it was my responsibility to disclose my back discomfort to the studio, and to the insurance company, and to the filmmakers, which I did. They were understandably concerned."
Maguire said his condition was likely worsened by the horse riding required by his role in the Academy Award-nominated "Seabiscuit," during the previous year.
Though Maguire may have felt obliged to disclose pertinent medical information to the filmmakers, many actors may have gone on with the show, even if it meant performing dangerous stunts, rather than losing a plum role because of chronic pain.
Performing their own stunts gives actors credibility with an audience. But ultimately, if they are not properly trained, they may put themselves at greater risk for injury, Chisholm said.
"We want to believe he is actually playing that role, and actors feel that," he said. "But when you ignore pain and don't try to address it, it leads to long-term chronic disorders."
Melanie Griffith
Griffith, an Oscar-nominated actress, has long battled chronic pain and painkiller addiction.
A car accident on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles left Griffith, then in her early 20s, with chronic neck pain. She was treated with painkillers, but became addicted to them, in addition to her prior addiction to alcohol and cocaine.
In an interview with Larry King on CNN, Griffith, 50, said doctors gave out painkillers regularly. She was taking Percocet and Norcal "to ease the pain. And also because I was addicted."
Doctors say these kinds of addictions are on the increase. And for celebrities, the risk can be even greater.
"They probably have more easy access to certain kinds of medications, without seeing a physician," said Dr. Benoy Benny, assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. "One of the things we can learn is that celebrities are not perfect. … They go through tough times just like other people."
Griffith has toned down her "wild child" ways since her marriage to Spanish actor Antonio Banderas.
Elizabeth Taylor
Taylor may be best known for her violet eyes and string of husbands, but the two-time Oscar winner suffered through much of the glamour of old Hollywood.
Taylor was born with scoliosis, which can cause an unnatural curvature of the spine, and she has suffered back pain for years.
"My back [has] been chronically bad since I was a teenager," Taylor told Larry King on CNN.
In addition, the actress has been addicted to alcohol, painkillers and sleeping pills. And she also weathered a near-fatal bout of pneumonia.
Taylor's experiences with chronic pain helped fuel her philanthropic drive. As the co-founder and co-chairman of the American Foundation for AIDS Research, Taylor has raised more than $80 million since it was founded in 1985.
And the iconic star of "Cleopatra" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" has not let the pain get the better of her.
"You don't, if you want to go on functioning," Taylor said. "You grin and bear it, and try and get as much sleep as you can, because sleep is a great healer, I find."
Brett Favre
Favre is a three-time MVP winner, two-time Super Bowl veteran and the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers.
But his glittering, 17-season career in the National Football League was dimmed by chronic pain, brought about by bone spurs growing on his left ankle. Favre twice had surgery on his ankle, once in 1995, and again in 2007.
Favre suffers chronic pain from his condition, but he said that he rarely takes medication for it and that the pain is tolerable.
Even though professional athletes can push themselves to physical limits most people cannot, Favre's "suck it up and go attitude," may be harming him more than it cheers millions of his fans.
"There are certain situations where you can play through the pain," Chisholm noted. "But there is always something to be lost in the future."
Favre may have a tough-man reputation, but the line between playing for love of the game, and playing to the fans, can be fine in professional sports.
"[Professional athletes] are kind of held to this higher standard, and are not allowed to have the problems everyone else has," Chisholm said. "We want them to be Superman. We want Brett Favre to be that guy who wins the game at the end, and gets knocked down 20 million times, and keeps getting up."
Bo Derek
In her immortal role as Jenny Handley in the 1979 comedy "10," Derek stole the screen as the proverbial carefree "perfect" beauty.
But Derek's real-life battle with pain has been far from a carefree endeavor. She says that years of horseback riding have weakened her back — even contributing to a painful herniated disc.
The pain has not kept Derek down, however. In 2002, accompanied by football star Joe Theismann and other celebrities who have battled pain, she spoke out about her experiences at a New York event. The gathering was sponsored by Partners Against Pain, an organization that brings together patients, caregivers and health-care providers, with the goal of advancing standards of pain care, through education and advocacy.
During the event, Derek discussed the importance of celebrities, and others in the public eye, sharing information about their pain.
Pain experts say that Derek's advocacy could serve as an inspiring role model for others who suffer from chronic pain.
"It legitimizes the condition, and it provides a role model of someone who is successful," Kaniecki noted. "Perhaps because they're more interesting, it's more effective."
Joe Theismann
Theismann, a retired quarterback for the Washington Redskins, suffers from chronic joint pain as a result of his years in the National Football League.
"There were times when I didn't want to get out of bed. I was scared to death that one sneeze, or movement the wrong way, would make me so debilitated that I shouldn't be able to do anything again," Theismann told ABC affiliate WCBV-TV. Now, Theismann says, he has learned to "function carefully."
The pounding that professional football players endure, like Theismann did every time he was sacked, can wear down joints. Often, football players get debilitating osteoarthritis at a very young age.
Theismann was famous for taking a beating on the field. In his 15-year professional career, he suffered seven broken noses, a broken collarbone, broken legs, broken hands and broken ribs.
During a 1985 game, a New York Giants linebacker jumped on Theismann's back, just as another Giant hit his leg, breaking the fibula and the tibia, according to the Washington Post. The incident can be seen as a famous documentation of bone-crunching pain on YouTube.com.
Short of breaking their legs, sports celebrities rarely get sympathy for the pain they endure in their careers. "People often say, 'You're paid a lot of money to do this, so get it taken care of,'" Kaniecki, said, adding that people should remember sports celebrities still have to perform through pain.
Allan Houston
Chronic knee pain has plagued the career of NBA player Allan Houston — and many other basketball players.
Two years ago, Houston retired, saying he had "exhausted everything that I had," to overcome chronic knee problems, according to The New York Times. Houston's left knee has chronic arthritis, apparently caused by a rushed comeback from microfracture surgery on his right knee.
Playing too soon after an injury can destroy the joints of any player in any sport. In Houston's case, the arthritis caused more than pain; it caused problems with his performance.
According to The Associated Press, Houston averaged a career best 22.5 points in 2002 to 2003. But his knee problems severely limited him in his final season, and he scored only 11.9 points per game.
But Houston hasn't let the pain of arthritis win yet. At 36, he rejoined the New York Knicks in October. Guard Jamal Crawford told the AP that Houston can still play.
"Didn't miss a shot, really," Crawford said. "I think he shot 100 shots and made 96 of them, just to get loose. So, he still can shoot."
Montel Williams
Williams may discuss painful topics with guests on his talk show, but the Emmy winner has struggled with pain in his personal life, as well.
In 1999, after being misdiagnosed for about 10 years, according to CNN, Williams, 51, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a degenerative disease that affects signaling in the brain and spinal cord.
"I still suffer from odd symptoms," Williams said in an interview with USA Today. "I can get extreme neuralgia pain in my feet and lower extremities. It can be excruciating, and go on 24 hours a day, for months."
To cope with the pain and the slow muscle degeneration, Williams follows a strict diet, and an exercise regime that includes running, lifting weights and martial arts.
"The only thing that has helped me stay alive is working out every day," Williams said.
Williams is also a strong advocate for using medical marijuana to manage pain, saying it helps him get through the day without having to think about pain.
Williams now heads the Montel Williams MS Foundation to raise money for the disease that affects 300,000 people in the United States, and more than 1 million people around the world, according to data from the Mayo Clinic.
In a 1999 interview with CNN, Williams remained positive about winning his battle with MS.
"I want to inspire people, and show them that they can live and prosper with MS."
Jerry Lewis
Lewis, the iconic entertainer, whose comedy antics with Dean Martin dominated television and radio in the 1940s and early 1950s, suffered from chronic back pain for more than 30 years.
His slapstick physical style was the foil to Martin's straight-edge wit. But eventually, Lewis really took the fall, chipping off a piece of his spine during a routine.
"From 1936 on, I have taken more falls than any other 20 comedians put together," Lewis said in an interview with USA Today. "You do that, and you're gonna have problems. I had pain during the last eight films; I've had pain in 37 straight telethons. I've never had a day without pain, since March 20, 1965."
Lewis was addicted to pain medication for a period of time, and he said he considered suicide as an alternative to suffering from chronic pain.
Kaniecki said, however, that even someone in as dire a situation as Lewis' can often experience relief from medical intervention.
"Painful disorders often have a significant disability impact on day-to-day life," he said. "When they finally do get the right treatments, it changes their life."
Lewis had surgery to implant a nerve stimulator in his spine several years ago and has been able to manage his chronic pain successfully, ever since.
"So, I press this one button here," Lewis said. "Little ping, and I'm stimulating, and I don't have any pain."
Ever the comedian, Lewis had the last laugh.
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If you need help regarding DISM or regarding a certain problem in a driver you wish to integrate or anything that is not related to 7Customizer , you should post your problem in the appropriate forum.Note: Read about 7Customizer components XML hereTable of Content:1. Functions and features2. Screen shots3. Requirements4. Important notes5. Other notes6. Known bugs7. Reporting bugs8. Using 7Customizer in XP9. To do list for current release10. To do list for future releases11. Feature that are not likely to be implemented12. Making a bootable USB with customized Windows 7.13. Guides14. License Agreement15. Version History1. Functions and features:The functions that are implemented and tested by me and the forum members are:1. Languages integration (Windows UI language not the setup language)2. Updates integration3. Basic unattended installation4. Driver integration5. Tweaks6. Services7. ISO Creation8. Presets9. UAC trigger10. Clean mount folder11. Wallpapers integration Implemented but still need testing:12. Themes integration13. Windows 7 Enterprise edition support2. Screen shots3.Requirements:1. Windows Vista or Windows 7. (32 bit or 64 bit)2. WAIK for Windows 7 (here). You could use WAIK in any language (English,German, Italian ,...... etc)3. Windows installation source.To use 7Customizer just extract the files and start 7customizer.exe4. Important notes for using 7Customizer:1. Make sure you have enough free space (at least 5 GB of free space is recommended) in your drive where 7Customizer is located (7Customizer will warn you if the drive does not have sufficient space)2. It is highly recommended to run the program in a folder that does not have white spaces for example, c:\7Customizer\.3. It is highly recommended to place your installation source in a directory that does not have white spaces for example, c:\win7.4. 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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard heavyweight crew's varsity four and freshman eight boats both extended their respective winning streaks at the Foot of the Charles Saturday morning on the Charles River. The fours pushed their run to three straight at Saturday's event hosted by Boston University, while the freshman eights have claimed six consecutive victories.
With a large turnout of alumni present to cheer on the Crimson, the varsity fours outpaced 39 other boats in the competition. Harvard rowed the route in 13:11.1, nearly two seconds ahead of second-place finisher Northeastern. The Crimson also placed fourth (13:15.1), seventh (13:18.9), 13th (13:38.1) and 16th (13:52.3) to be the only crew to have five boats in the top 20 spots.
Harvard, which sent more heavyweights on the river (80) than any other school, had other fours claim 23rd (14:12.7), 34th (14:45.8) and 35th (14:50.3).
In the freshman eights event, the Crimson cruised to victory in 12:18.3 as head winds increased. Only two crews were within 10 seconds of Harvard as Brown placed second with a 12:22.3 mark and Boston University crossed in 12:26.1 for third. Harvard's second freshman eight posted a 13:00.1 finishing time, good for fourth place among the first-year boats.
The Crimson also held the 10th (14:17.9) and 14th (15:57.8) positions of the freshman race featuring 16 entrants.
Next year's Foot of the Charles will be hosted by Harvard.
The Crimson will take time off surrounding Thanksgiving, before continuing training on the Charles during the last week of November. Harvard begins its winter training regimen December 1.
Varsity Fours, Freshman Eights of Harvard Heavyweight Crew Capture Foot of the Charles Wins
The Harvard heavyweight crew rowed past its own Newell Boathouse at the Foot of the Charles Saturday (photo Justine Agaloos).


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Monday, May 24, 2010
My friday project
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my weekend was fast + busy. i adore that shade of blue!
xo Alison
- May 24, 2010 at 9:23 PM
- Alli XT said...
looks awesome! I love stitch witchery - seeing this is inspiring me to go stock up.
- May 24, 2010 at 9:37 PM
- OooKellyNicky said...
Cute dress, blue looks great on your. And I love all of your gold rings especially the cross one.
my blog: ♥La Stylin Girraffe♥
- May 24, 2010 at 9:38 PM
- SWEATshirtDRESSshirt said...
you did a wonderful job of altering that dress! it looks amazing on you!
i also love those wedges! they're perfect for summer.
- May 24, 2010 at 9:46 PM
- tess said...
wow from the hanger I cannot tell how great it looks on you, nice find!
- May 24, 2010 at 9:50 PM
- Melissa Righero said...
There really is an art to finding the right pieces in a thrift store. But you most definitely scored on some of those rings lady.
- May 24, 2010 at 10:02 PM
- Sarah Dee said...
You should let us know if the stitch witchery holds up in the wash! Love the dress =)
- May 24, 2010 at 10:10 PM
- Lara said...
I love that you mentioned how you hemmed this. I just got a hand me down sewing machine and tried to hem a dress that is similar but floral. BAD IDEA. I had zero practice and it was all ziggy-zagg. And it was a straight stitch...which I would have cared less about if it had just be less messy looking. So now I have to either take it all out or just make it shorter. I may be opting for shorter...similar to the length you did.
Although...Stichery Witchy seems very tempting right about now.
- May 24, 2010 at 10:28 PM
- Unknown said...
It turned out fabulously! Looks so great
- May 24, 2010 at 10:50 PM
- Annie, The Friendly Fox said...
I love this type of fabric! I've thrifted several 80's dresses in this material, so cool and summery!
I love the browns you paired with this outfit, especially against that copper wall.
Looking great as always, lady!
- May 24, 2010 at 11:06 PM
- Becca [Free Honey] said...
What an amazing transformation! Love the new version, you would never know from these pics that it was a 20 minute DIY project. I recently took up sewing in hopes of doing some DIY magic of my own... now i just need to go thrift up some inspiration.
- May 24, 2010 at 11:14 PM
- Caitlyn, Honey Deer said...
Love the blue with the brown! That dress looks so good now!
- May 24, 2010 at 11:14 PM
Love that shade of blue!
- May 24, 2010 at 11:35 PM
That dress is really cute. I find that shortening a lot of thrifted dresses always seems to be the answer! And maybe taking them in a bit
- May 24, 2010 at 11:39 PM
- Leah Faye said...
My friends are always so frustrated when I find things in thrift stores.
What you said was so right. I also have found that you have to take time to look around instead of judging a store really fast and giving up.
I also have found that it is better (when looking at dresses and shirts) to not even pay attention to what size it is. you can always belt it or sew it.
Nice post:)
- May 25, 2010 at 12:14 AM
- Carly J. Cais said...
Love what you did with that dress!
It's so flattering now!
The little white print reminds me of what went down the Miu Miu runways for Spring 2010 with that little white cat print or bird prints. I was so inspired, I designed a similar bird print for a pair of shoes!
It's so great to see the potential in thrift store items!
And @Laura...the faster you go, the less zigzaggy your hem will look - it's the tiny movements of your hands and fingers that affect the stitching line as you go slowly and carefully - to combat that, go as fast as you can (at a speed you can control!). That's why sewers working in a factory go zzzzzzip! on their machines and the seam is done in a second. (Plus, their machines are faster, but you can go slowly on them if you try.)
Just a thought!
- May 25, 2010 at 12:42 AM
- M. said...
that dress looks so great cut and hemmed, thats usually my go to when I'm in thrift stores! I love the color on you too.
lovelove, M.
- May 25, 2010 at 12:46 AM
- Zoë, Lion Heart Vintage said...
ooo yes! i love this silhouette on you lady! great eye, this is a fantastic dress.
- May 25, 2010 at 1:09 AM
- Em-Jae said...
such a cuuute dress and great job on the hem!!
i've tried this a few times, but i'm never quite satisfied with my work. perhaps i need more practice? any tips on getting that perfect hem??
- May 25, 2010 at 1:24 AM
- BikeWorkPlay said...
Ultra cute dress, I kinda don't even mind it in the before picture too.. especially if its made of silk. Great find by your friend!
By the look of it, you have an old paint ladder holding up your shoes? I have a ladder just like it that holds some of my books. I love the character it has with all the paint splatter too. And as a bonus, it still functions as a ladder if I ever need to use it! Its just pain to take everything off it. haha.
Anyway, in summary, I love the dress, beautiful print and colour. And its heaps flattering too!
- May 25, 2010 at 2:48 AM
- E said...
oh this dress is amazing! the transformation is superb and you are one gorgeous lady!
- May 25, 2010 at 2:55 AM
- Revital said...
great outfit!!! I adore the shoes!!
- May 25, 2010 at 3:04 AM
- piglet said...
Love the colour, and the tan accessories. Chopping the dress was definitely the right choice.
- May 25, 2010 at 4:36 AM
- Helen said...
oh yes it definitely looks better shortened, but it's a lovely colour. we have that 'stitch witchery' here but it's called 'magic hem', i should probably get some cos i really can't sew but see so many nice dresses or skirts in charity shops that are just too long.
- May 25, 2010 at 4:40 AM
- Carol said...
- May 25, 2010 at 4:54 AM
The thrifting tips are great! I would thrift more, but I don't have a sewing machine (and I'm a pretty crap sewer myself!) and all the prettiest dresses are long. But I will make it goal of mine to go more often.
I love the bright blue colour of the dress, and the subtle pattern! Very summery
- May 25, 2010 at 5:06 AM
The thrifting tips are great! I would thrift more, but I don't have a sewing machine (and I'm a pretty crap sewer myself!) and all the prettiest dresses are long. But I will make it goal of mine to go more often.
I love the bright blue colour of the dress, and the subtle pattern! Very summery
- May 25, 2010 at 5:07 AM
- MY REPUBLIC OF FASHION said...
That dress is gorgeous. I love the way you took 10 inches off to make it even more fantastic looking. Really nice look!SarahD
- May 25, 2010 at 5:28 AM
- The Semi Sweet said...
Ooooo....Love it!!!! You did a good job on that silk dress. And the shoes are so pretty!
- May 25, 2010 at 7:15 AM
- cocojones said...
Looks great - very inspiring! Good tip with the stitch witchery, especially useful for a non-seamstress like myself!
- May 25, 2010 at 9:02 AM
- SWF_Terra said...
I have done this same thing to a few thrifted skirts now. It's amazing how fresh and modern something can look when it's just a bit shorter. :) We're so slutty in the 2000s.
- May 25, 2010 at 9:21 AM
- Raquelita said...
It looks gorgeous after your alterations! And I am loving the vibrant blue color on you!
- May 25, 2010 at 9:34 AM
- Zoe Schlacter said...
Super duper cute photos! Thanks for sharing! I'm loving the pop of the bright red against the blue!
Your blog makes me smile.
- May 25, 2010 at 10:15 AM
- caitlin said...
ooh, what a great color! one of my favorite parts of thrifting is looking for saggy old lady dresses that can be cropped and reconstructed into something youthful. you just have to use your imagination!
- May 25, 2010 at 10:18 AM
- Annalise said...
Aww...super pretty. That color of blue looks killer with your skin tone. And those wedges are awesome!
- May 25, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- FutureLint said...
Love the bright cobalt blue - I never would have guessed that you'd glued the hem! LOVE those shoes too!
- May 25, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- Brianna said...
The color is beautiful, good thing you salvaged it.
- May 25, 2010 at 11:23 AM
- Secondhand Stella said...
I love the end result. I love silk as well. Such a pretty dress!!!
- May 25, 2010 at 11:35 AM
Beautifully done! I love the pattern and the shape you made this dress... it reminds me of the cat dress I keep seeing.
I still can't seem to get Stitch Witchery to work. I'll have to give it another go soon.
Melanie@Unravelled Threads
- May 25, 2010 at 12:25 PM
- MOUSEVOX VINTAGE said...
Such a great color on you and a great print, too boot! Stitch witchery and I are BFF's.
- May 25, 2010 at 1:35 PM
- hello birdy said...
Such a sweet summer dress!
- May 25, 2010 at 1:48 PM
- Louise (Fifth Sparrow) said...
I love this dress on you, just perfect!
- May 25, 2010 at 1:49 PM
- fashion_player said...
I love the combination of beige, brown and blue:) lovely:)
- May 25, 2010 at 2:43 PM
Darling dress! It suits you so well!
I, too, have grand luck when it comes to thrifting. If I don't have alot of time to spend in a shop. I scan the sleeves/hems to see if I find anything interesting. It hasn't failed me yet!
- May 25, 2010 at 3:35 PM
- Becky said...
- May 25, 2010 at 4:09 PM
- Unknown said...
wow that color just POPS on you and I love seeing what you do with your hair every outfit post. You've definitely have luck thrifting/finding stuff from friends' closets.
RE your comment on my blog: Yeah, thanks to a semi-traumatic childhood the mean comments on my blog no longer bother me much... I guess it's kind of like a silver lining or something? :) What I did realize after writing that post and meeting many bloggers in person is that it's happened a lot of people... so knowing that makes the nasty comments less meaningful.
- May 25, 2010 at 5:13 PM
- megannielsen said...
It's gorgeous now, you really did a great job. I think so many thrift store finds can be improved by simply hemming them.
- May 25, 2010 at 6:38 PM
- Kellie said...
Great thrifting advice! So many unwearable thrift store dresses can be made into something adorable and new with really simple alterations!
- May 25, 2010 at 7:21 PM
- Shen said...
That's gorgeous. I'm looking for something like that at the moment. I want a new go to dress.
love the shoes too.
- May 25, 2010 at 7:21 PM
Beautiful dress, I just love how it looks on you!
transmission me
- May 26, 2010 at 12:19 AM
- KDikio Vintage said...
I love the way you explained the art of thrift shopping! So articulate and true : ) You look so adorable!!!
- May 26, 2010 at 12:46 AM
Bravo! It looks fabulous.
And I love stitch witchery. It fixes all my pants for me.
- May 26, 2010 at 1:22 AM
- Danielle said...
It looks so cute now!
- May 26, 2010 at 5:34 PM
- Coco said...
Amazing outfit, love how you accessorize it and beautiful dress!
-Coco from OurPaperMoon
- May 26, 2010 at 11:50 PM
- Clazzerati said...
I love what you've done with that dress, simple yet effective!
Your style is great and has been a great inspiration for me - i'm lusting over so may of your clothes right now and cursing the fact i live in the UK, grrr!
Thanks Orchid Grey for not confirming and being yourself
Clara x
- May 27, 2010 at 9:16 AM
- guildedsecret. said...
that length of this dress is so flirty and perfect for summer! love the brilliant color!
- May 27, 2010 at 4:23 PM
There is so many times I got thrift shopping and find adorable dress and think: "If I only knew how to hem.."
That dress is so pretty!
- May 27, 2010 at 4:55 PM
- Jessica said...
I love this outfit! The shape and fabric remind me of dresses I saw at UO this season. I love when you can find thrifted things just like the expensive stuff in stores.
- May 27, 2010 at 8:48 PM
- kelly ann said...
i'm absolutely in love with that blue! nice work on the altering. ;) and i LOVE those shoes!
- May 28, 2010 at 5:19 AM
This dress is beautiful and in terms of the weekend, mine just started. So goodbye work pressure and hello blogosphere!!!
- May 29, 2010 at 11:04 AM
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Holmes was a chef at a Trump Tower restaurant, making sauces from scratch for special dishes. When the restaurant closed, he decided to start selling them.
Combining elements of Texas, where he's from, and his new hometown of Brooklyn, Holmes put together a line of sauces that includes his Brooklyn BBQ Sauce, which is made with Bear Mountain coffee and local chocolate, and Manhattan Chili Sauce, which he says is for "people who don't like Tabasco," since it's made without vinegar. He describes the chili sauce as having a "nice kind of Cajun kick to it," that comes from the fact that Holmes smokes all of the onions and peppers that go into it himself.
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Like most clichés, there's some truth behind it: Once you survive cancer, you stop sweating the small stuff.
"You take the trivial and get rid of it. You start living life to the fullest. It sounds trite, but it's the truth," says Ellen Coren, who was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer at age 44. She found the lump in October — Breast Cancer Awareness Month — 20 years ago.
Coren grew up in Northeast Philly. Her father, Abe Rosen, was a public relations icon in the city, as well as a former city representative and director of commerce. He passed away last October at 94. Her mother, Bonnie, who had fought bladder cancer, died in 1990 — two years before Coren herself was diagnosed.
In 1992, Coren was working at the Rosen-Coren Agency in Langhorne, where she's still the office administrator. The agency was founded by her father and her husband, Stu, who had been a teacher. His father-in-law hired him during a faculty strike and he was an instant hit at its predecessor agency, Somers-Rosen, founded by Abe Rosen and Allen Sommers.
"He learned everything from my dad, and he learned it well. They were terrific together," Coren says.
Though Coren prefers to play a background role, keeping the office running smoothly, she says public relations "makes life very interesting."
"It's so diverse. Every client is different, you're not stuck with one thing every day," she says. "And there's always so much to do — who has time to be sick?"
When Coren, who will be 65 in December, discovered the lump in her left breast, it was so big she didn't realize what it was. Her doctor sent her for a biopsy, which came back positive.
Breast cancer is commonly classified using the TNM staging system. The letter T, followed by a number from 0 to 4, describes the size of the tumor. The number following N indicates whether cancer cells have spread to nearby lymph nodes, and M describes whether it has metastasized to other parts of the body.
In general, the larger the tumor — the higher the number after T — the lower the chances are for long-term survival, according to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. T3 means the tumor is larger than 5 centimeters.
Coren's tumor was 10 centimeters.
Abe Rosen got his daughter in to see Donna Glover, chief of hematology and oncology at Presbyterian Medical Center, now part of Penn Medicine. She diagnosed Coren with inflammatory breast cancer, "which is the worst kind," Coren says.
It's a rare and aggressive form of the disease where cancer cells block lymph vessels in the skin, causing it to look swollen and red, according to the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, and it progresses very quickly. At diagnosis, inflammatory breast cancer is either stage 3 or 4, depending on how far it has spread.
"Donna said, 'Don't worry, we're going to cure you. The worry is up to me,' " Coren says. "She told me, 'Don't read anything, don't read the statistics, just let me do the worrying' — and I believed her."
In an unorthodox move, Glover started Coren's treatment with weekly chemotherapy sessions, designed to shrink the tumor before surgery. Next came the mastectomy, followed by radiation, and then more chemo. In total, about 16 months of treatment.
It would have been shorter, but a bad reaction to the prednisone used along with the chemotherapy drugs left Coren in the hospital for a month, lungs filled with fluid.
The Corens' two children, Lori, at the time working for Blue Cross, and Brad, then an undergrad at Penn, visited often. Stu was by her side at every treatment. If it weren't for them, and Glover, Coren says, "I wouldn't be alive today."
Coren's aunt died of breast cancer in her early 50s, and Lori, who works for the family's public relations agency, gets checked every year, though Coren doesn't agree with the genetic testing now available for breast cancer susceptibility genes. "Why would you want to worry your whole life?" she reasons, in a very un-Jewish way.
"If they find something to stop you from getting cancer if you have the gene, that's one thing, but just to tell you, 'Yes, you have the gene' — why would you want to worry?"
After her last round of chemotherapy, Coren asked the doctor if she had had enough, if the cancer was completely gone. Glover said yes.
For the next 10 years, Coren went in for "a whole barrage of tests" every three months, to confirm the cancer hadn't returned. "There wasn't a test I didn't take, to make sure it wasn't spreading, to make sure it wasn't anywhere else," she says.
Meanwhile, Coren tried to follow her own advice and not worry about something out of her control. It was at five years cancer-free, traditionally the "in the clear" mark for cancer, that she breathed a sigh of relief — though the possibility of recurrence never completely left her mind.
"To this day, when I pass Presbyterian hospital, I can feel my blood pressure go up," she says. "I once told Donna, the hardest thing for me to do is to sit in your office and see all these sick people.
"She looked at me over her glasses and said, 'But they're alive, aren't they?' "
Rachel Vigoda is an award-winning writer and editor represented in a number of publications and online sites. This article originally appeared in a special "Fighting Cancer" section of the Exponent.


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The York Catholic District School Board's Multi-Year Strategic Plan identifies four commitments to our stakeholders. They include: the Integration of Catholic Faith, the Continuous Improvement of Student Achievement, the Effective Use of Our Resources and Engaging Our Communities. Faced with increasing financial restraints, these commitments continue to guide the Board's decision-making on new investments and areas for cost reductions.
During the spring 2016 budget development process, the Board of Trustees approved $4.4 million in cost reductions as well as $630,000 in new investments. One area for cost reduction included Winter Maintenance at YCDSB schools. This new procedure aligns with the long-standing winter maintenance practices at the York Region District School Board and many other school boards across the province. The York Region District School Board has maintained this practice since 2004.
At York Catholic District School Board, the safety and well-being of all students is our top priority. School snow clearing will continue in the following areas:
- Entrances to the Child Care and Before and After School Program
- All fire exits and exterior entrances
- Pathway in the kindergarten play area from the school exit to the corresponding gate exit
- Portable steps, landings, ramps and pathways
- School sidewalks
- Six foot path on the hard surface adjacent to the school in the playgrounds (excluding kindergarten and/or child care enclosures)
To address budget restraints and to reduce the impact of salt on the environment, hard surface play areas will not be plowed or salted this winter. The exception to this procedure would be at schools with portable classrooms or when severe weather (i.e. ice storms) occurs. Schools with portable classrooms will have a section of hard surface maintained throughout the winter to provide safe access for those students and staff using portables.
View more information on the York Catholic District School Board's 2016-17 Approved Budget.


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A reasoned assessment of the Pullman porters' role in black America.
The Pullman porter's life, reporter/biographer Tye suggests, was "a capsule of space and time where all the rules of racial engagement came into succinct and, at times, painful focus." He goes on to document the nearly limitless humiliation porters underwent every day — so much so, he writes, that they learned to don a mask at work that could be removed when their shift was done, to maintain their dignity by assuming a countenance that was not their own. Exposed to virulent racism in "one of the most thoroughly segregated workplaces in America," they became critical sparks in the civil-rights movement. On the other hand, porters led a more cosmopolitan and (relatively) privileged life than most African-Americans, especially during the early years of the Pullman coach. They drew salaries and they traveled, garnering news and ideas from the four corners of the country, serving as agents of change within their communities as they brought home everything from jazz to seditious ideas. Their union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, was a unique and powerful institution. On the complex issue of identity, the author lets the porters speak for themselves about the contrast between their status within their neighborhoods as worldly, respected men and their subordinate position at work: "It was degrading to have to ingratiate themselves to win tips, they say, and more degrading not to get any . . . the line between selling oneself and maximizing tips — that is, between slavery and economic freedom — was very thin."
They may have been invisible men to their patrons, but Tye makes the case for the porters as revolutionary elements within black society.


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Okay, folks. At 6pm Eastern today I will be shutting down the web server here on Sandy (the forum/wiki server) and backing up all the databases. They will then be moved to the newer server (Barker) and restored there before the DNS is set up.
BTW, last time it lasted 15 minutes. I don't expect this to take more than 30 minutes.
As a side effect of the move, SITEADMIN ACCESS WILL LAG AT LEAST OVERNIGHT. Creating a forum account will not automatically give you access to Siteadmin. I'll have this set to sync at least overnight -- hopefully we'll have it sync every few hours until we can update the DB server on Cecilia.


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It was a wild day today after a surprise corn stocks number in the USDA report. December corn traded as low as 26 ½ cents lower on the day before finishing down 9 ¼ at $4.95 ¾. Nov Beans finished up 7 ¾ and Dec wheat finished down 9 ½.
The USDA stocks report was the main reason for corn's weakness today. The average estimate for corn bushels was 1.407 and the actual came out to be 1.708. That's an extra 300 million bushel corn that was not expected. Now obviously a lot of people are already attributing this to early harvest, but either way it puts a lot more importance on the October report. An extra 300 million is equivalent to adding another 3.7 bushel onto this year's crop. The record longs will be really watching the October Supply and Demand report to decide what to do. Expect a lot of volatility in the month of October. Soybeans and wheat stocks came in as expected and were a non event. Corn's weakness pushed beans and wheat lower throughout the session but beans managed to hold strength and settle higher.
Soybean yields continue to come in well over estimates with many 60-70+ bushel yields being reported. Corn yields continue to come in extremely variable. The market is waiting to see what the next 75% of the harvest brings, with the focus mainly on Iowa and Minnesota.
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App Review: Silly Songz Brings Laughs
by Jeff on
March 15, 2009
Filed under Daily App Reviews, Entertainment, Music
Silly Songz is a great way to send a message to someone on any occasion. Silly Songz allows you to pick a tune and place a recording at the end of it. There are many different tunes such as Answer Your Phone, You Are Dumped, Sorry For What I Said, and many more. After you select the tune you want, you can record a 15 second message to put at the end of it. When you are finished adding the recording, the app then puts the recording and the tune together and makes it so that you can email it to a friend or relative.
The recordings work great. When the recipient clicks on the picture in the email, it will bring up a window in the browser that will play the recording you have been sent using Quicktime.
The only complaint that I have for this app is that it is not fully compatible with the iPod Touch. Even if you have the Apple headphones with sound intake, it will not allow you to do a recording. The rest of the app still works fine with the iPod Touch and you can email people just the tunes with no recordings.
This app is loads of fun. It is especially fun to send these and then watch people's facial expressions as they listen to them.
Silly Songz is available in the iTunes App Store for $3.99.


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Article 1
The Department of mobile phone movies named "movile" is organized by the civil, non profitable Company Naoussa International Film Festival in the frames of the Naoussa International Film Festival. The Department of mobile phone movies is held in Naoussa every year, during the
Naoussa International Film Festival. In 2014 the event will take place from 24 to 28 of September 2014, in the frames of the 11th Naoussa International Film Festival.
Article 2
Participation in the Department of Mobile Phone Movies:
Article 3
In order to participate in the Festival one should fill in the application form that he or she may find in the website of the Festival (http://www.niff.gr) or fill in the application form via the platform "movibeta". It is highlighted that the participant has to read the terms of participation which can also be found in the website of the Festival. After the applicant fills in the electronic application and marks the field that mentions that he / she has become fully aware of the terms of participation and has accepted them, he then can submit it. The electronic application will be stored in the electronic system of the Festival and will be used in the selection process. The applicants will be sent an email which will confirm that their application has been submitted. It is very important that all the fields should be filled and without any mistakes because the data of the application will be used for the catalogue of the festival and all the electronic means – in case of film selection.
The application data will be used exclusively for the selection process and in no case will they be given to a third person.
Note that it is necessary to fill in all the fields of the participation form in order for it to be examined.
Article 4
The film must be sent to the Festival for the selection process until the 15thApril 2014 - no matter of the sending method the applicant has selected.
More precisely, if the applicant chooses to send his film through mail or courier service the postage should have been done by the 15th April 2014(postmark or courier voucher) to the address below:
Naoussa International Film Festival
Katsoulaki 1, str
59200 Naoussa
With the indication: "No commercial value, only for cultural reasons".
In case the creator chooses to send the film via a free file transfer service(indicative http://wetransfer.com) that must have been done by the 15th April 2014,entering the e-mail address firstname.lastname@example.com as the address of the receiver. You must also write the reference code, the title of the film and the name of the director in the appropriate section.
In case the creator chooses to send the film via the platform movibeta http://en.movibeta.com/ that must have been done by the 15th April 2014. The dispatch of the participation form entails the complete and unconditional acceptance of the above terms of participation.
Along with the film one must send:
- Stills from the film in 300dpi resolution (in electronic form*)
- Photos of the creator and the leading actors in 300dpi resolution (in electronic form*)
Optionally you can send:
- The trailer
- Promotional material
*For postage via the post office please include a CD with the material needed. In case you choose to send the material either via an e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or via a free file transfer service (indicativehttp://wetransfer.com), you should mention the reference code, the English title of the film and the name of the director. The mailing expenses of the post office or the courier service burden the creators. Since the participation form and the film have been deposited, for no reason does the director or the producer have the right to withdraw them.
Article 5
The selection of the projected films, the order of projection, and the program are defined by the Organizing Committee of the Festival, which, according to the technical peculiarities, the duration and the grouping of the films in categories, organizes the whole program with its own responsibility. Also, the Organising Committee of the Festival makes the selection of the judging committee. The judging committee consists of recognized personalities from either the Greek or the international world of cinema. The decisions of the committees are made in plain majority.
Article 6
In the framework of the competitive character of the Department of Movies from Mobiles, the following awards are being given:
Best Movie from Mobile Phone
(Participation of all films)
People's Choice Award
(Participation of all films)
Naoussa International Film Festival reserves the right to change the award categories at any time and without any previous notification.
Article 7
By signing the Participation form, the creators declare that, with the submission of the application form and their participation in the festival, they don't violate the rights of any third party. They declare and guarantee that they or any third person won't have any financial claim from Naoussa International Film Festival because of the projection of their film in the Festival.
Article 8
Naoussa International Film Festival company reserves the right to project part of the films that have been sent, in and out of the area of the Festival, whenever it is needed for reasons of promotion of the Department of the mobile phone movies, of the creators, of the movies for one year (starting on 15th April 2014) and under no circumstances for commercial causes.
Article 9
Any public projection of the participating films in the town of Naoussa before their official projection in the Department of Movies from Mobiles is forbidden.
Article 10
Naoussa International Film Festival Company is not responsible for any loss of material before or after the Festival and under no circumstances is it obliged to return the material that has been sent to it.
Article 11
The use of any recording device in the projections rooms is strictly forbidden. Parts of the Festival will be filmed. Participants that may appear in these parts cannot claim anything from the organizing company. The participants accept and agree to give interviews to the communication sponsors and to be photographed if asked.
Article 12
Naoussa International Film Festival reserves the right to cancel the Festival if it is necessary.
Article 13
In case of dispute, the Greek version of the terms of participation is considered as valid.
Article 14
The dispatch of the signed participation form or the participation via the platform "movibeta" entails the complete and unconditional acceptance of the above terms of participation.


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What to Do and What Not When in Search of Cheap Apartments
Are you amongst those who are in search of some of the cheap apartments in holland mi and are not able satisfy your desires with the apartments that you have found so far? There might be some merits and demerits of the cheap apartments. So it is always better to consider what to do and what not when looking for cheap living arrangements.
The cheap rentals really exist and you should never think that there is no such thing in reality. We commonly assume that the apartments on rent are not available at cheap prices and we quit the search right at the start. Some unites might not be as appealing as you might think but you will certainly be able to find some of the affordable and legitimate units available on rent. For instance, some old lady might be leasing some room in her apartment on rent. She might not be looking for making huge profits rather her priority might be to have somebody with her to feel safer. So, she might charge a cheap rent for this.
You should not, however, forget that there are rental scams as well. Using the website like Craigslist for searching purposes might take you to some potential scams as well. Most of them might be on the quest to get your attention by advertising cheap rates. It happens quite often that the scammers steal away the legitimate listings of some other landlord. The first rule that you should keep in mind is that you should schedule to show inside and ensure that the apartment really exists and it is what that was advertised and make sure that you'll hand over the money to some legitimate person rather than some scammer.
Do not forget to ask about any additional costs before finalizing the deal on any particular apartment. Quite often the rental apartments seem cheaper upfront and when taking a closer look on actual renting cost you reveal that you will be paying a lot higher than what you might have thought on the first look. For instance, you might be used to the apartments whose rent also included the utilities' expenses as well. If you're paying $1500 already with the utilities included in the amount then some apartment with $1200 rent advertised might appear cheaper but in the end you find out that you will have to pay additionally for the heat, electric, hot water, parking and garbage. All these costs, besides internet, phone extras and television, must be figured out with the overall costs of the rental apartment.
Make sure that you checkout for the neighborhood and have a little chat with the neighbors as well if possible. One of the common reasons for the apartments to be available at cheap prices can be that the neighborhood might not be as likely for someone as they would have wanted. The areas with bad neighbors or high crime rate tend to be cheaper as the landlords are aware of the fact that if this steep difference is price isn't there then literally anyone would be not be willing to give a second thought to their apartments.


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To obtain HMF Bonus Cash on select models you must finance through Hyundai Motor Finance. Most offers cannot be combined with other offers, promotion, or coupons so ask sales person for complete details. Pricing assumes in-stock availability and all units are subject to prior sale at any time. First Team takes great care to post accurate information however we are not responsible for any errors or omissions so please ask sales person to verify all information before relying on its accuracy. PLEASE CALL TO CONFIRM VEHICLE AVAILABILITY AND LOCATION PRIOR TO YOUR VISIT TO THE DEALERSHIP. If it looks too good to be true… there is probably a mistake somewhere along the line so please call and ask! We appreciate any help in keeping our website informative and accurate and all comments are appreciated. Again, we are not responsible for any errors or omissions so please ask sales person to verify all information before relying on its accuracy.
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger withdrew support Monday for a plan he had championed to allow new offshore drilling off Santa Barbara County for the first time since 1969. The decision is being received with sighs of relief by environmental groups as well as cries of "foul" amidst the state's need for jobs and revenue. Some see hypocrisy in the move, while others have applauded Governor Schwarzenegger's new independence.
Citing the disastrous BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Schwarzenegger – who had just last Friday defended the proposed Santa Barbara project – said the images from the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill on the Gulf Coast changed his mind. "I see on TV the birds drenched in oil, the fishermen out of work, the massive oil spill and oil slick destroying our precious ecosystem," he said at a news conference Monday. "That will not happen here in California, and this is why I am withdrawing my support for the T-Ridge project."
IN PICTURES: Louisiana oil spill
The governor had previously argued that the state, which is facing a $20 billion budget shortfall, should approve the plan to raise as much as $100 million a year in new revenue.
Criticism of Schwarzenegger's reversal came quickly from those who say accidents should not drive public policy.
"The US is not going to become any less dependent on fossil fuels because of this horrible accident," says Barbara Shook, Houston bureau chief for Energy Intelligence Group. "As long as Californians drive automobiles, they will have to have oil from somewhere. Do they want it from California where it will generate local jobs and revenues, or ... from Indonesia or the Middle East where sources are unreliable?"
The space program was not abandoned because of the shuttle explosion, says Ms. Shook, and people do not stop flying because of airline crashes, she reminds. Oil is still needed to lubricate even the windmill farms approved recently off Massachusetts, she says.
"The governor reacts impulsively to short-term events," says John Pitney Jr., professor of American Politics Claremont McKenna College.
But environmental groups are standing up to applaud the governor's decision.
"This was born of due caution considering the value of California's coast both economically and aesthetically," says Wade Crowfoot, West Coast political director for the Environmental Defense Fund. "Schwarzenegger showed compelling leadership in this important time of transition to clean energy," he said. "California has taken the lead in this and we salute him."
Mr. Crowfoot says Schwarzenegger's decision is a recognition of the fact that technology has not yet arrived to make oil drilling safe, and that preparedness for spills is also unacceptable.
"This Gulf disaster really shows us we need to wean ourselves off the addiction to oil, and the state of California is at the forefront of finding clean alternatives," says Bill Magavern, director of Sierra Club, California. "This will help us to kick the oil habit, eventually."
Schwarzenegger's move came the same day as he vetoed a bill that would have banned smoking at state parks and beaches. Supporters of the bill said it would keep thousands of toxic cigarette butts from ending up on beaches. But that dichotomy doesn't phase political observers.
"I don't think there is anything inherently contradictory about dropping an offshore drilling project and vetoing a ban on smoking in state parks and beaches," says Jessica Levinson, political director for the Center for Governmental Studies. "While he may not be the most conservative official in the world, Schwarzenegger is still a Republican, and his decision reflects his opinion that the state government should have a limited role in the lives of the state's residents."
The two decisions show a new ease and confidence in Schwarzenegger, others say.
"These decisions are a welcome illustration of a politician who isn't running for office and is therefore making his own judgments based on his own values," says Barbara O'Connor, director of the Institute for the Study of Politics and Media at Sacramento State University. "He can look at the oil spill and say, 'I made a mistake and don't want California to look like that.' While at the same time look at the smoking ban and say, 'This is antithetical to government intrusion into people's lives.' "
Counters Mr. Pitney: "If we had just had a gasoline shortage and a fire in a state park, these decisions would have come out the other way."
IN PICTURES: Louisiana oil spill
On U.S. coasts, a rethink on oil drilling?
Blog: Four offshore-drilling myths
The Monitor's View: Obama and offshore drilling: a crude move


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|Photo: The Teaching Professor Blog
Let's consider how this works with an example. Have you heard of exam wrappers? When exams are returned they come with a "wrapper" on which students are asked to reflect, usually on three areas related to exam performance:
- what study skills they used to prepare;
- what types of mistakes they made on the exam; and
- what modifications might improve their performance on the next test.
|The Teaching Professor Blog
But is there any evidence that exam wrappers improve performance and promote metacognitive insights? For a lot of instructional strategies, we still rely on the instructor's opinion. However, in the case of exam wrappers, we do have evidence—just not a lot and the results are mixed. In this most recent study (with a robust design), they didn't work. Researchers Soicher and Gurung found that the wrappers didn't change exam scores, final course grades, or scores on the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory, an empirically developed instrument that measures metacognition. Examples where exam wrappers did have positive outcomes are referenced in the study.
What instructors most want to know about any strategy is whether it works. Does it do what it's supposed to do? We'd like the answer to be clear cut. But in the case of exam wrappers, the evidence doesn't indicate if they're a good idea or not. That's frustrating, but it's also a great example of how conflicting results lead to better questions—the ones likely to move us from a superficial to a deeper understanding of how different instructional strategies "work".
What could explain the mixed results for exam wrappers? Does the desired outcome depend on whether students understand what they're being asked to do? Students are used to doing what teachers tell them, pretty much without asking themselves or the teacher questions. As these researchers note, maybe students don't "recognize the value or benefit of metacognitive skills" as they are intended to be developed by exam wrappers (p. 69).
Read more...
Source: The Teaching Professor Blog


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How to Use the New TP-Link Wireless Configuration Utility to connect to network?
This Article Applies to:
1. Installation.
Run the CD and choose the right adapter card to install. (Figure 1)
Your Anti-Virus software may block the normal installing process because of some related protect policy. Please quit the Anti-Virus software temporarily.
Figure 1
During installation, you may see Windows Warning message as below. (Figure 2) Please choose "Continue Anyway" to continue the installation.
Figure 2
After successful installation, there will a short-cut on the desktop. See Figure 3.
Figure 3
2. Connection
I. Double-click the short-cut to run TP-Link Wireless Configuration Utility.
In Network tab, you can see all available wireless networks. Click "Rescan" to refresh the list. (Figure 4)
Figure 4
II. To connect to your network, please double-click on it or highlight it then click "connect" button. The Utility would automatically save the profile for auto-connection.
Figure 5
III. Type in your network password and click OK.
Figure 6
After successful connection, a green wireless symbol would be shown beside the Network Name (SSID).
Figure 7
To disconnect the network, highlight it and click Disconnect.
Figure 8
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Berlin Film Festival opens with "The Grandmaster"
Martial arts epic "The Grandmaster" kicked off the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday, introducing an international audience to Yip Man, the man who mentored Bruce Lee and brought kung fu to the masses.
The movie by Wong Kar-wai is running out of competition because the director also heads this year's jury.
Shanghai-born Wong and his fellow jurors -- among them American actor-director Tim Robbins -- will have to choose from 19 movies competing for prizes at the 63rd Berlinale.
These include the Steven Soderbergh thriller "Side Effects" with Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Gus Van Sant's film "Promised Land" about the shale gas industry starring Matt Damon.
Juliette Binoche portrays a troubled French sculptor in "Camille Claudel 1915," while "Gold" tells a tale of German immigrants seeking their luck in late 19th-century North America.
Competing also are romantic thriller "The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman" with Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood, and "Closed Curtain" by Iranian film maker Jafar Panahi, who was barred from leaving Iran to attend the festival.
The winner of one award has already been announced. French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann will be honored for his life's work. Lanzmann's nine-and-a-half hour documentary "Shoah" about the horrors of the genocide of European Jews was screened at the festival in 1986.
In total more than 400 films will be shown at the Feb. 7-17 event known for its focus on social and political works.
Jury president Wong said ahead of the festival that Berlin was about the "experience of a true pleasure of sharing ideas" in the cinema.
Speaking Thursday about his own work, Wong told reporters that the biggest challenge while making "The Grandmaster" was the fact that he doesn't practice martial arts himself.
Wong said he was nevertheless drawn to the figure of Yip Man, Bruce Lee's mentor, because of his fortitude in the face of a lifetime of hardship, beginning with his childhood in Imperial China through the revolutionary years and ending in Hong Kong under British colonial rule.
"His life basically is like the modern history of the early days of our republic," said Wong. "During all these periods you can see how a martial artist stands up for his principles and his honor in front of all this hardship"
The international cut of "The Grandmaster" premiering in Berlin has been shortened from the version released in China last year. The film stars Tony Leung ("In the Mood for Love") and Zhang Ziyi, best known internationally for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."