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I can transmute it very easily now and move it wherever I want in my body. It's fun :) I know it works because when I feel sleepy and get horny, I move my energy upwards and I immediately don't feel tired anymore. ~ Young woman
Mood swings born of subtle neurochemical shifts can produce distress in our lives despite best intentions. (Think PMS.) Want to reduce your inner turmoil? Try strengthening your equilibrium.
There are many time-honored ways to stabilize your sense of well-being: mindfulness meditation, daily prayer, qi gong, balanced diet, exercise, selfless service to others, aligning your will with the Divine or the Dao, and so forth. All have merit. All appear to calm the primitive part of the brain.
However, one of the most ancient, and overlooked, methods of centering yourself is careful cultivation of sexual energy. If you're single, and sexual frustration is distracting you and making frequent self-pleasuring a demanding necessity, you might try the following technique for a few weeks—just to see what you notice. Warning: You'll have to pass up some orgasms to try this. *gasp* This is purely an energetic experiment, not a moral proscription. You'll return to your current habits later to compare results.
The experiment is very simple: avoid orgasm for at least three weeks as you observe yourself. When you feel sexual frustration building, close your eyes, tighten the muscles in your genitals and imagine the sexual feelings, or tension, rising up your spine like a thermometer to the top of your head. Feel tingles? Whether or not you do, imagine a waterfall of energy flowing down the front of yourself, and allow it to pool just below your navel. Do this as often as necessary to relieve your sexual tension. Finally, turn your attention to something productive.
Here's what a friend in her twenties observed:
I viewed this experiment strictly as an opportunity to explore the channeling of sexual energy. I didn't "put a cap on" my sexuality. I allowed myself to experience pleasure and arousal, without trying to go anywhere with it. Dancing, singing, laughing, and jogging all helped. The only thing I tried very hard to avoid was focusing on longings of any type. I did engage in a little self-pleasuring, which, it turned out, was as satisfying as trying to get myself off.
I noticed very little difficulty after the second week. As of tomorrow, it will have been a month since my last orgasm, and my level of sexual frustration is lower than before I began.
We think of energy as a good thing, but our first reaction to having a lot of concentrated energy (sexually, physically, emotionally, etc.) is often to try to get rid of it as quickly as possible ("catharsis"). I now want to flow with high-energy states, instead of trying to escape them. [Note: That was two years ago. She was soon in relationship and is engaged to be married.]
That woman was emotionally stable to begin with. Other explorers with more serious mood swings, substance abuse, severe low self-esteem due to childhood trauma, and so forth, noticed even more dramatic improvement in their emotional health, especially over longer periods of the practice (even with occasional climaxes). A woman of about thirty wrote:
I can honestly say that my physical and emotional health are much better than when I was masturbating frequently, and I still have a healthy sex drive, as far as I can tell! But I learned that I could not just stop masturbating, yet continue doing everything else the way I did before I stopped, such as isolating myself, or zoning out with TV. I had to use the energy toward a larger goal. In my case I went back to school and eventually discovered a field I really like. [She was recently asked to apply for a full scholarship to do a PhD.]
Another, in her late thirties, who hasn't been in relationship, shared:
I've abstained for 31 days or so and I feel OK with it all. Matter of fact yesterday and today I have a sense that I really can accomplish whatever I want... and that is scary, actually. I also feel something deep inside that makes me kind of appreciate the beauty of being a lady (woman). I wanted to hug the Fed Ex guy. And THEN, the AT&T guy pulled up and HE WAS CUTE TOO! (What in the HELL is happening to me???) I never even looked guys in the face EVER, or anyone for that matter, not really, ya know? [She's now getting her art up on line, and has cut back on smoking, quit drinking and lost weight effortlessly.]
A student, whose partner lives several hours away, wrote:
The last 5 days there was always horniness in the background, which made me more stressed out. I sometimes gently stroked my vagina, as a massage. That did take out the pressure. So yesterday I decided to do this again (I had always been too tired to do this in the evening) and I have the feeling it works. I stroke it really gently about half an hour until the horniness was (nearly) gone and I fell asleep. It felt better than ignoring my sexuality. If you want to calm down you can try this: Put your finger into your vagina and let it be surrounded by your inner muscles, just lie still. That calmed me down.
Are such results merely flukes? Perhaps not. A curious piece of research supports the idea that frequent orgasm can tarnish women's perceptions. A group tracked their orgasms over thirty days, and then viewed pictures of men they didn't know. Who ranked the men the most unattractive and aggressive? Those who had climaxed most. Moreover, the women who had only climaxed via masturbation ranked the men the worst. Researchers noted that another study associated depression in women with masturbation. Weird, eh? (Incidentally, it may be that unsuccessful attempts to orgasm also create distress. Perhaps they raise frustration and dopamine to uncomfortable levels, creating inner turmoil.)
Orgasm feels great, but the story unfortunately doesn't end at the glorious peak. A longer neurochemical cycle causes fluctuations in the part of our brain that sets our emotional tone and colors our perceptions— perhaps for as long as two weeks.
Careful observers in ancient China recorded physical and emotional benefits from cultivating sexual energy rather than fighting to repress it, or pursuing it to the limit of desire. Interestingly, even though Kinsey insisted that more orgasms for women would enhance domestic bliss, the women subjects who reported the most orgasms more often either failed to marry or divorced. (Judson Landis, "The Women Kinsey Studied," in Jerome Himelhoch and Sylvia F. Fava, eds., Sexual Behavior in American Society: 112.)
If you make this experiment, set aside all preconceptions. Simply, record how you feel for three weeks. (Expect ups and downs the first two). Continue to observe yourself for two weeks after you return to your previous habits, too.
You may find that balanced sexual energy is one of the most powerful tools for increasing inner equilibrium. With clearer perception, the world looks like a friendlier place.
UPDATE 2017: Determinants of female sexual orgasms
... [In women] There has been a continuous declining trend regarding the age of first orgasm in masturbation, but not regarding the age of the first orgasm in intercourse. Nowadays, half of women have had their first orgasm in masturbation at least 5 years prior their first orgasm in intercourse. They have had more time to practice their sexual pleasure via masturbation before their first intercourse, but that has not helped them to achieve an orgasm any younger during intercourse. This result diverges from expectations.
There are even some findings that masturbation is associated with poorer relationship quality, greater risk of female sexual arousal disorder, impaired sexual satisfaction, impaired orgasm (especially vaginal orgasm) and with other adverse processes (Brody, 2007). In this study, female relationship quality was not associated to masturbation frequency but general sexual satisfaction was lower among women who masturbated actively. Active masturbators considered their intercourse more often very pleasant than women who masturbated less often.
Those women who had orgasms much more easily via masturbation had problems to experience it in intercourse. The ease of attaining an orgasm via masturbation was not a good measure of orgasmic capacity during intercourse. Half of the women surveyed usually had an orgasm in intercourse via stimulating both clitoris and vagina, and only one-third usually via stimulating clitoris. Based on these results, the role of the clitoris is not as dominant in sexual stimulation towards orgasm in intercourse as has been expected.
For science buffs: Growing evidence of a lingering post-orgasm cycle (links to studies)
Make love to your body
Here's what one single woman reported:
I made my first trial to MAKE LOVE TO MY BODY. It felt different from my masturbation. Before when I do clitoral stimulation, with nipple stimulation, it was good, but the sensation I felt earlier was more amazing than with just masturbation.
What I did. When I showered, I focused my loving caress to my body. I started with paying attention to my senses while I was massaging my scalp. It was really odd, my mind was still, my scalp was so receiving of the pressure from my fingers. It was an overwhelming feeling of joy. Was different, I can't put exact words to it. Then when I soaped my body, I focused to where my fingers would touch. From my neck going down to my feet. I massaged every part of me. Slow and steady. Not as if I was in a hurry. It felt so great.
I spent more time with my breasts as you have suggested that I caress them instead of my clitoris. It wasn't in a manner of grabbing them or trying hard to make my nipples hard (like the way I did before) but in a more loving caress manner. It was slow and steady and equal. It was an amazing feeling! I don't know how fast it was but I was so hard (no feeling of hunger on my clitoris). There were instances my mind would say "it's time to rub your clit" but I refocused my mind on my loving caress and sensation. It was really different.!
When I moved my hands to other parts of my body that needed my loving caresses, every sensation felt the same. I felt so good about my body.
When I was done with soaping and was washing. I was curious if what I did was right because it was my first try. So I checked, and I was amazed that I was wet! And my fluid was still oozing out of my entrance! I washed myself off, finishing my showering. And even after all the soap was gone, my wetness still continues to flow out. I continued making love to my body til I was drying my hair, my body with my towel, paying attention to the softness of the cloth. And even until then my wetness flows out.
I enjoyed it and not felt guilt about it. It made me appreciate my entire body as a whole and not as one part to the other.
It was a great experience.


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By Jennifer Olin, BSN, RN
Leonardo Da Vinci isn't the only inventor I've found interesting recently. Back in June, Nurse.com offered up a story about a couple of sisters who had what I think is a brilliant (and superbly simple) idea about making IVs safer and now they are marketing that idea to hospitals around the country.
ColorSafe IV Lines are brilliant (literally) in their various colors of red and orang and green, and blue and they are the result of a brainstorm by nurse Terri Barton-Salinas. "Like many nurses, I used to utilize color masking tape to differentiate the IV lines, but the tape often became snagged on the bed linens," she told RN.com. "I thought, if only IV lines came in different colors, it would make the process so much easier." And, an idea was born.
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Another nurse, Jill Drew, invented the "NoNo Sleeve." The NoNo Sleeve is a warning sleeve to stop a medical procedures being done on an "at risk" arm of patients who have A/V fistulas or have had a mastectomy with lymph node involvement. It is bright red, with a big white stop sign on it and it is a physical reminder that the patient has an at risk limb.
I work in a cancer hospital and a sleeve like the NoNo can save a lot of ink and a lot of worry. Patients wouldn't feel compelled to draw on themselves and we wouldn't have to constantly remind each other to stay away from that right or left arm.
I know, for a fact, that nurses are some of the most inventive folks on the planet. Just because we don't have some piece of equipment to help us provide patient care doesn't mean we can simply not provide it. You have to find a way to make things work.
When I go on medical mission trips we only have a limited number of any kind of medical supplies. You take what you have, jury-rig it, and make it meet the needs you need filled (i.e. our homemade foley catheter collection device from just last year).
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The ever-changing landscape of varsity football on the East End may be re-shaped once again.
Officials from various school districts on the South Fork met with community residents at the Pierson High School gymnasium on January 30 to discuss the possibility of the Southampton/Pierson/Bridgehampton football program combining with both East Hampton and the Ross School to form one team for the 2019 fall season, and possibly beyond. The change would affect all varsity and junior varsity programs for the districts involved, while the middle schools would continue to serve as separate entities.
For the past few seasons, Southampton/Pierson/Bridgehampton has been competing in Division IV in Suffolk County with approximately 30 players or so between varsity and JV, while East Hampton hasn't fielded a varsity team due to low numbers.
Combining with East Hampton and Ross could potentially nearly double those numbers and give the program depth that none of the schools have seen in years.
The meeting was meant to be informative and to gauge the interest of all the involved communities, and answer any questions or concerns.
East Hampton Athletic Director Joe Vasile-Cozzo, Pierson Athletic Director Eric Bramoff, East Hampton football coach Joe McKee and his coaching staff, Ross School Athletic Director Howard Brown, Southampton football coach Bruce Muro and his coaching staff, and Southampton Superintendent of Schools Dr. Nicholas Dyno were all in attendance.
Many schools have seen a dip in numbers across Long Island, and while Southampton is certainly not immune to that, Coach Muro said that his team could sustain being on its own for the foreseeable future, at least the next two years. That means that Southampton holds all of the cards when deciding whether it would combine with East Hampton and create a program of a conglomerate of schools, much like the South Fork Islanders, the boys lacrosse team made up of student-athletes from Bridgehampton, East Hampton, Pierson, Ross and Southampton.
Whether the logistics would work out similarly to that of the boys lacrosse program has yet to be determined, and realistically, is a question for further down the road.
"Like they said, the ball is in our court," Muro said. "I welcome them, I just want it to work for my kids, too. If they come, they make things so much better, they make life so much easier for us—it's a no-brainer. I just want it to work for everybody. It's all stuff that we can work with and make happen."
There also has to be, Muro said, a uniform coaching philosophy in place, and all of the coaches would have to be on the same page and teaching the same lessons, which could be difficult.
"Our X has to be their X because now, [if you don't], you're hurting the kids," he said. "The kid comes up to JV and these kids know X and these kids don't, it's not fair."
Whether Southampton could sustain a team beyond the foreseeable future is up in the air. Muro said that from Southampton to Montauk, there were 19 kids who played on the local Police Athletic League 12-year-old team. That number could fluctuate over the years, but Muro said that's what the schools are going to have to choose from in five years, not nearly enough to create a varsity program with the schools not combined.
And, if Southampton decided not to combine with East Hampton now, there is a strong possibility, Vasile-Cozzo said, that there won't be an East Hampton program to combine with to help Southampton down the road.
"It's always easier to combine than to uncombine," he said. "If we do it now, we can build the program up and see where it takes us."
The first order of business, Vasile-Cozzo said, is giving Section XI, the governing body of Suffolk County high school athletics, an answer as to whether the programs would join. If Southampton signs off on it—which it has not yet done—then Vasile-Cozzo and Southampton Athletic Director Darren Phillips would have to find placement for the team, which is where things get a little dicey.
Currently, football in Suffolk County is separated by four divisions set by enrollment size—the largest schools play in Division I and the smallest schools play in Division IV. Since the county went to this format well over 10 years ago, Southampton has always been placed, based on its enrollment, in Division IV. East Hampton has moved up and down between Division III and Division IV—part of the reason why it hasn't had a program in recent seasons, due to the fact that it would have to play in a very competitive Division III if it wanted to be able to qualify for playoffs.
If all five districts were to combine, it would have a combined enrollment size of 1,609 students and be placed in Division I with the largest schools in the county, such as perennial powerhouse William Floyd, Ward Melville, Connetquot and Longwood. The team would be eligible for playoffs, no questions asked by Section XI.
But there may be a few more options.
Vasile-Cozzo has gone to Section XI before and asked for alternative placement for his school in football, which means that even though it's technically a Division III school, he asked if it could play in Division IV. Section has agreed to that in the past, on the condition that East Hampton would not participate in the playoffs. Part of the reason why Vasile-Cozzo wanted to have last week's meeting was to see if the combined team was alternatively placed in Division IV, would Southampton be okay with not having an opportunity at making the postseason. Some of Southampton's coaches and parents had a hard time with that issue, while some brought up the fact that Southampton hasn't had a winning season since 2005, when it won a county championship. It was noted that that team had 19 players on it during that season.
"I think every year there's that optimism," of making the playoffs, Phillips said. "I think that's a big thing. The whole combined numbers really shouldn't matter. There's no doubt in my mind we belong in Division IV. Tuesday, Joe and I will go to the placement committee and whatever comes out of that we'll go to the conferences with and go from there."
Another option is that Vasile-Cozzo and Phillips could continue to fight Section XI on changing how the teams are placed, going from enrollment to ability-based divisions, something the two have been proponents of for years and have been lobbying for but to no avail. Vasile-Cozzo said that section's explanation when it comes to that issue is that the state goes by enrollment numbers so therefore it goes by enrollment numbers. But Vasile-Cozzo said that Long Island football—both Nassau and Suffolk counties—does not follow all of New York State's rules in football and doesn't even compete in the state tournament, so it could deviate from the enrollment-number placements if it wanted to.
What is also in play here is the trickle-down effect that occurs when schools move up and down divisions. If the teams were to combine and agree to playing in Division I, Division IV would need another team which would be the smallest school in Division III, most likely Miller Place, a school that has fluctuated between Divisions III and IV recently. Schools in Division IV could fight the East End school's conglomerate to move, so it wouldn't have to compete against what is a usually competitive Miller Place team.
"There's always a fight," Vasile-Cozzo said. "Now, they did make a change to the by-laws recently where teams are on a two-year placement, so you don't necessarily have to bump someone, so that's huge.
"Ideally, we would like to combine and be appropriately placed based on ability, which would include playoffs," Vasile-Cozzo said. "That's what we're shooting for. But I didn't want to do that without getting everyone together first, and I don't want to tell people something we can't deliver on, so I'm hoping that that is something we can go for."


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Due to the down economy effect, many properties are slashing rates to attract business groups, putting together group-friendly packages which includes complimentary upgrades, catering credits and all kind of extras. Know the hot deals, and find your choice!
- South Beach, FLORIDA. - The Oceanfront, art-deco style Setai Resort: - Rates dip down to $325 per night for meeting groups in summer with complimentary amenities upon arrival of each participant.
- Aspen, COLORADO. - Aspen Meadows Resort: The deal: Once ski season is over, they offer a number of group packages such as meeting organizers who book an event for next summer will receive free refreshment breaks, complimentary wired and wireless internet access, free meeting space and complimentary airport transportation. Similar package is as well offered duirng the fall season. Room rates during this period start at $125.
- Soho, NEW YORK. - Trump Soho New York: - will offer floor-to-ceiling windowed meeting rooms viewing Manhattan, the Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty.
The Deal: Groups of 15 can take the "express meetings" package which includes a variety of daily dining options for meeting-goers, complimentary meeting room rental and discounted spa treatments. Offer expires this April 30, 2010.
- Point Clear, ALABAMA. - Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club and Spa.
The Deal: If you book a meeting by the end of the year and hold it by Sept. 30, 2010, you can take your pick of any from the 3 incentive promos;
- 1 complimentary guest room per 40 used
- complimentray meeting room rental
- 20% room attrition
- 20% discount for A/V
- 10% food and beverage discount
- 1 suite upgrade
- a complimentary themed coffee break
- discounts on green fees.
- Reno, NEVADA. - Grand Sierra Resort
The Deal: If you book a meeting within the next 2 months, you'll receive a host of incentives such as catering a credit of up to $1,500 (depending on group size); up to 20% off internet access and A/V rental in meeting rooms; and complimentary VIP suites. Meeting-goers will also receive free drink coupons and complimentary bowling.
- PonteVedra Beach, FLORIDA. - The Swagrass Marriott
The Deal: Groups who book by the end of this year can get the hotel's "Meet, Eat & Save" catering package. Room rates costs $130 per single-occupancy. Meeting goers with this room rate receive a continental breakfast and morning break, lunch and an afternoon break.
- Boston, MASSACHUSETTS. - Boston's Back Bay
The Deal: Special guest room rates are offered to those who book mid-week (Sunday-Thursday) which starts at $329, and each participant also receives $25 "petty cash" which can be used for hotel expenses like dry cleaning, parking, airport car service, phone or fax.


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SWORD OF HONOUR TRILOGY: MEN AT ARMS, OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN, and THE END OF THE BATTLE
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1952-1961. First American Editions. A trilogy of novels by Waugh which loosely parallel his experiences during World War II. Waugh received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for the 'Men At Arms,' and the trilogy is considered by many critics to be the finest novel series of the Second World War. Interesting bibliographic note: while the review slip for 'The End Of The Battle' supplies a proposed publication date of January 10, 1962, we have seen a set of comb-bound proofs which give a publication date of November 6, 1961. Item #1878
First Printings. Three octavo volumes; red, turquoise, and black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spines; dustjackets; 342; 339; 319pp. Men At Arms: previous owners name to front endpaper, with the spine gilt slightly dulled; Near Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket, with some pinpoint rubbing to extremities. Officers and Gentlmen: Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped, with a few pinpoint rubs to spine ends, and faint trace of sunning to spine and rear panel. The End of the Battle: a review copy, with publisher's printed slip laid in; faint foxing to text edges, else Fine in a dustjacket that's Very Good+ or better; unclipped and unfaded, but with some dust-soil and foxing to rear panel, and evident to a lesser extent on verso. A uniformly handsome set.
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By Cleve Bryan
FLORENCE Twp., N. J., (CBS) — The mother accused of intentionally driving a van into the Delaware River with her three children inside could have her first court appearance next week (See Previous Story).
Eyewitness News reporter Cleve Bryan spoke with the man who dove into the water, making four trips to help save the family's lives.
"We turn and look and said oh my God there's a car in the river," Laura Taylor said.
Laura and Darnell Taylor were driving down Front Street when they saw a van bobbing in the Delaware River.
"I said well what are we going to do if there's people in the van? And he said 'I'm going to jump in' and save them and I said 'you can swim?'" Laura said.
Darnell Taylor, a father of four, wasn't worried about himself.
"As I got closer I heard the young girl screaming help, help, help and I just dove in," Darnell said.
Inside the van were 49-year-old Joann Smith and three of her children, ages 13, 14 and 15. Taylor says the daughter was on the phone with her dad trying to figure out how to escape the sinking van. Taylor told her to kick out a window, which she did, and he swam her to shore. He made four trips through the chilly waters despite feeling fatigue from the strong current.
"There were moments where I couldn't see him and I was concerned," Laura said.
People are calling Darnell a hero.
"I'm no hero, I'm just a regular guy from Florence. Anybody would have done the same thing," he said.
"I could feel something was going on, but I didn't expect that," Debbie Partyka said.
Partyka owns Debbie's Snack Shop near the Florence Township municipal boat landing.
That's where police say Smith intentionally drove a van with three of her teenaged children into the Delaware River on Tuesday night.
Partyka has known the Smiths for more than 15 years and served the kids ice cream just before the incident. She felt like Joann Smith wasn't acting like herself.
"I don't know just something, you know, was a little off. But you know maybe she's having a bad day, people have that," she said.
Authorities are charging Smith with three counts of attempted murder. She was checked into a medical facility for evaluation.
The Taylors know the Smiths through youth sports and say they're praying for the family.
"We're a small town. Regardless of if they are not blood relatives or anything like that we're all Florence. The Smith family is a part of the Taylor family," Darnell said.
"You feel a connection with them. the screams, someone screaming for their life the way the daughter was, I don't think I'll ever get that sound out of my head," Laura said.
The Taylors say the water was extremely high and that the current was very strong at the time of the rescue on Tuesday night.
Smith could have her first court appearance on Monday.


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Kolar Movie Review: Kolar is a new movie in Sandalwood releasing on July 7th 2017. Kolar is Action-Thriller movie staring Yogesh(Yogi), Mahesh(Yogi's Brother) and Adithya Menon. Naina Sarwar is playing main role besides Yogi. Kolar is movie which is based up on real life Incidence of Thangam. Thangam who was involved in more than 37 cases of murder, rape, robbery and theft cases in and around KGF(Kolar Gold Fields), Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Kolar movie is released around more than 900 Screens in Karnataka. Kolar is place were Thangam had stayed and made his land mark. Kolar movie is written and directed by Aryaa M. Mahesh and produced by R. Lakshminarayana(Arya Films banner) where B R Hemanth Kumar composed music for Kolar movie.
Movie: Kolar
Release Date: July 7th, 2017
Cast: Yogesh, Naina Sarwar and Mahesh
Director: Aryaa M. Mahesh
Rating: U/A
Kolar Kannada Movie Review, Rating, Public talk, Story, Live updates, Hit or Flop:
Kolar Review: Kolar movie is directed by Aryaa M. Mahesh. Kolar is the second movie for Aryaa M. Mahesh after Slum 'Kolar' is the next movie done by Aryaa M. Mahesh. Kolar movie is based on real life incidence of Thangam. Thangam is one of the most dangerous criminal in 3 states. After veerappan Thangam is the most dangerous man in South India. Thangam has more than 40 Criminal Cases on him and he died in 2016 in an encounter. Kolar movie is based upon him. Yogesh is playing the character of Thangam in Kolar movie and Naina Sarwar playing supporting role besides Yogesh.
Kolar Story:
As we know that Kolar Movie is based in Thangam real life incidence. Thnagam is a criminal in 3 states and have many criminal cases he started crime from 1990 and in 2016 he stopped all the criminal activities. Now Kolar movie is base on hoe Thangam had started doing crime and how Kolar had became his home town. And in Kolar movie we can observe a small love story of Yogesh and Naina Sarwar. The movie is about how did he started doing crime and what is the reason to stop all criminal activities. Adithya Menon and Ashwath Ninasam has done great jobs in their roles. B R Hemanth Kumar is the man who composed all the songs in Kolar Movie.
Kolar Rating:
Kolar has got 2 stars among 5 (2/5). Kolar is a new movie in Sandalwood releasing in less screens and trailer has also not got good response.
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TULSA, Okla. - The Oral Roberts University baseball team will host its annual golf tournament on Monday, June 29, at Meadowbrook Country Club. The tournament will help raise money for upcoming field projects.
Those interested in participating can sign up as an individual or as a foursome. Hole sponsorships are also available.
Registration will begin at 1 p.m. with a shotgun start at 2 p.m. Team prizes and hole prizes will be awarded following the tournament.
To register, please download the registration form and return it to Wes Davis, director of operations. For more information contact Davis at 918-495-7206 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
For the latest information on ORU baseball, follow @ORUBaseball on Twitter or go to www.ORUAthletics.com. Fans can also receive updates on the team by downloading the Golden Eagles Front Row App at ORUAthletics.com/frontrow or in the App Store.


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A delicious cranberry sauce has a bit of sweetness and sourness at the same time. A pretty red sauce that's perfect during the Holidays.
Shrimp and peas spaghetti
This shrimp and peas spaghetti is ready within half an hour. Perfect summer dish with refreshing orange and fresh thyme. Delicious!
Feijoada stew
A Feijoada stew can be made in many variations. Traditionally served with oranges, rice and cooked cabbage. Our version was made in a slow cooker.
Zucchini and shrimp salad
This zucchini and shrimp salad is a bit spicy using chili pepper, refreshing with oranges and extra delicious because of the garlic and ginger, mm!
Red rice and orange salad
A refreshing, vegetarian and kind of filling red rice and orange salad. Great for lunch or serve with bread as a side dish to go with fish of meat.
Apple crumble pie
An apple crumble pie has an easy homemade pie crust and the crumbs are even easier. Made from scratch, but you will need some patience.
Clementine tiramisu
Fresh and creamy clementine tiramisu that can also be made using oranges. No baking required! Tiramisu dessert recipe for 8 people.
Roasted whole duck
This roasted whole duck can be the center piece of your Christmas dinner table! Filled with delicious vegetables, recipe for 4 people.
Polenta with sautéed swiss chard
Very quick and tasteful vegetarian dish. Polenta with sautéed swiss chard is served with red beets and walnuts. You won't even miss any meat at all!
Iceberg lettuce soup
Lovely refreshing iceberg lettuce soup with a hint of orange. It can also be served cold on a hot summer day. Serve with bacon for an extra salty crunch.
Duck kebabs with orange butter sauce
Juicy duck breast from the bbq, mmm delicious! Duck kebabs with orange butter sauce are easy, quick and the duck will melt on your tongue.
Mini orange pies
In the Netherlands we celebrate kings day, and what else do you expect from the Dutch? Everything is orange that day, yes also these mini orange pies!


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Sinclair Community College 444 W. Third St. Dayton, OH 45402 Phone: (937) 512-3000
General Information About Sinclair Community College
We help individuals turn dreams into achievable goals through accessible, high quality, affordable learning opportunities.
Institutional statistical data was gathered from the U.S. Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2009-2010.
Institution Type
- 2-year, Public
Special Learning Opportunities
- Distance learning opportunities
Student Services
- Remedial services
- Academic/career counseling service
- Employment services for students
- Placement services for completers
- On-campus day care for students' children
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- Dual credit
- Credit for life experiences
- Advanced placement (AP) credits
- The acceptance of credits for work experience or military experience are subject to review by the school and cannot be guaranteed.
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- Not applicable
Federal Aid
- Eligible students may receive Pell Grants and other federal aid (e.g. Direct Loans).
Degrees/Certificates offered
- Less than 1 year certificate
- 1-2 years certificate
- Associate's degree
Campus Setting
- City: Midsize
Disability Services Student
- 3% or Less
Admission Total Applicants Full Time Retention Rate 56%
Student Demographics Total Enrolled 33,095 Native American 169.0 Asian 548.0 African American 5,831.0 Hispanic 487.0 Enrolled FullTime Undergraduates 9,678 Enrolled FullTime Graduates 0


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Index Page Tucson Arizona
Picture Rocks archaeological rock art site
Picture Rocks Site
c.1250 Picture Rocks petroglyph site.
The figure and the Cross. (The human figure is on the far left). At the Picture Rocks Retreat.
"Labyrinth" at the Picture Rocks Retreat. Trail to the rock art is southwest of the labyrinth.
More Indian Rock carvings in the Tucson Area.
Los Mortars ("the mortars') Hohokam site in Marana, Arizona.
c.1200A.D. Grinding holes for mesquite beans.
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In a change to previous years Llandaff Fields hosted the East Wales Cross Country Championships, with both Individual and Team medals up for grabs. After days of heavy rain, the conditions underfoot were challenging and with both the Senior Mens and Ladies races stacked with talent, the competition for medals was tough. Despite this, Lliswerry Ladies dominated with the following runners rewarded for some fantastic runs:
- Emma Wookey: Individual Gold U23 & Team Gold Senior
- Louise Howells: Individual Bronze V35 & Team Gold V35-44
- Keri-Lyn Jones: Individual Silver V40 & Team Gold V35-44
- Rebecca Rothwell: Individual Silver Senior & Team Senior Gold
- Antoinette Dumayne: Individual Silver U23 & Team Senior Gold
- Yvonne Forsey: Individual Bronze V55
- Sandy Chipper: Team Gold V35-44
- Sarah Lauder: Team Bronze V35-44
- Marina Wright: Team Bronze V35-44
- Gayle Sheppard: Team Bronze V35 -44
In the Mens Race, strong running across the age groups resulted in some medal winning performances:
- Matthew Grantham: Individual Gold U20
- Howard Attwood: Individual Gold V60
Best of luck to all our runners who are selected to represent East Wales at the Inter-Regional Championships in December!
Editor's note: Massive thanks go to Howard, Yvonne, Gilly and Laud for setting up the tent, submitting the teams, collecting and recording tokens. Thanks to Laud for this report!!
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Cirque de Surplus
Help create the biggest salad Walthamstow has ever seen! Performance troupe Cirque de Surplus need your assistance in The Giant Salad Toss. Join us for fruit kebab making and food resolution paper flag making. Look out for a three-legged carrot on the walkabout. Are you a little wonky? Bent to one side? Everyone is welcome at the Cirque de Surplus table. Participatory street theatre produced by This is Rubbish, a campaign for food waste reduction at all stages of the supply chain.
This activity will take place in the Artillery gazebo with breakout performances:
- The Giant Salad Toss (location and timing to suit your schedule, but later in the day best so salad can be prepared).
- Walkabout performers dressed as fruit and veg
- Performance on the Dreamers and Diggers stage at 2.10pm
Twitter: @E17ArtTrail @ArtilleryNews
Facebook: www.facebook.com/E17ArtTrail/
Instagram: @E17ArtTrail
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May 26, 2011
Meet Miss Stacie!
I have a good number of offline friends that I met as a result of blogging, tweeting, or other online activities. On the flip side, I recently talked one of my offline friends into joining me online by starting a blog. Stacie is a coworker of mine at the dance studio, hence the 'Miss Stacie' title. We danced in some of the same classes before I moved to San Francisco way back in 2002, but I didn't know her very well before I left. I'd see her at the yearly dance recital (I've never missed one) and she was a big Vivi Dot supporter from the start. She may even hold the record for the most online orders from one person! Since the fall when I began teaching classes again I've gotten to know Stacie much better. She's as beautiful on the inside as she is a on the outside as well as one of the prettiest dancers I know!The main reason I planted the 'you should start a blog' seed in Stacie's head was because she is an incredible dresser. She's one of those people that can mix prints, accessories, and change up her style like it's her job (or it should be). She has a gift for putting perfectly finished looks together all while making it look completely effortless. Most importantly she LOVES it! Sounds like a great style blog in the making, no? She's been at it for a few weeks now so I think it's time for you to see for yourself. Make her feel welcome by following her and/or leaving a comment over at Pretty Birdie Brown. She also just signed up for twitter so you can follow her there at PrettyBirdieB.All the photos in this post were pulled from Stacie's Blog PrettyBirdieBrown
Posted by Molly on 5/26/2011
Labels: friends_and_family, style_ish
4 comments:
- So Yeah So said...
That last outfit is perfect! I'm also really curious about the paint color on those cabinets.
- May 26, 2011
- Nikki Mortham said...
Oh my goodness these outfits are fantastic! I love the sheer black.. awesome. I will have to check out her blog!!
- May 26, 2011
- Amphoria Bello said...
Love the white sheer socks with the peep toes in your last photo! so kitschy! -Rachel
- May 27, 2011
- Amber said...
She has great style!!
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Its grayish greenish bluish goldish… And a little sparkly.
I love it!
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Sephora by OPI – Beauty Junkie
When I went to Sephora last week, I was admiring their new aisle they have that is just dedicated to nail polish! With the new fake-nail swatch of each color, I was able to see the polishes in a different way. They even have that for all of the other brands they carry now.
The one that caught my eye was Beauty Junkie! I picked it up and wondered how I had never noticed it before. So I bought it. 🙂
It is really cool because in different lights, it can look brown, burgundy, or really dark mauve! I swear sometimes in the sun, it has looked like a plum even. Its a nice and rich creme, so even though it is really dark, it can't be mistaken for black… I love it!
OPI – Every Month Is Oktoberfest
My husband's birthday was on Saturday. I took him to the Magic Castle in Hollywood! We had both wanted to go but had never been, and I was lucky enough to get an invite from a magician's wife. 🙂
We got all dressed up and I wore this on my nails and toes…
OPI – Every Month is Oktoberfest!
It is so gorgeous! Just as sparkly as Germanicure, but more on the wine/burgundy side.
Actually, the shimmer is a really warm and sparkly red, but the base is so blue that it really makes the polish look more plum or burgundy on the nail. When you actually pull the brush out and see the base, its very blue.
These are the only two I got from the new Fall collection and I LOVE them both!
OPI – Germanicure
Okay, so fall colors are my absolute favorite… and I LOVE some of the new OPI fall polishes!
The first one I tried is this gorgeous, glowy, dark, rich red called Germanicure!
If I have a red like this, it certainly isn't as glowing as this one. Its like one of those cars you can't stop looking at because its dark but the paint is like glowing from underneath. That's what it reminds me of!
Nail Foils – My video of trying it for the first time!
It was so much easier than I thought, I love this stuff so much!
Again, this was the swatch for this:
My Valentine's Nails! Cherry O's nail foils!
Okay this was my first time using nail foils so I made a video! I didn't get to edit/upload yet but I wanted to at least show the swatches for now.
Aren't they neato? I think I love nail foils!
I started with China Glaze – Long Kiss, because it was a similar red to put underneath. (I hear you do that in case there are "bald spots".)
It looked so similar to Heart of Africa to me, but when I looked really super closely, Long Kiss was more of a warm-toned shade and Heart of Africa was more of a wine-toned shade. Very similar though, see?
I even love the adhesive that comes with nail foils! When you layer it on, it looks so UV, like purple and blue and oil-slick-ish.
I got the foil and adhesive from dollarnailart.com. (Careful, its addicting!)
Have a Happy Valentine's Day! I can't wait to eat some chocolate cake. 🙂
China Glaze – Urban Night, Makeup Factory – 375, NARS – Tallulah
These 3 dark purples looked so similar to me in the bottle, so I wanted to do a comparison.
Here are China Glaze Urban Night (index and pinky), Makeup Factory 375 (middle), and NARS Tallulah (ring):
The Makeup Factory one got really dark but the NARS and the China Glaze look exactly alike!


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President Obama's finest moments in foreign policy, like the Osama bin Laden raid or the Libya intervention, resulted from close engagement and calculated risks.
His lapses come when he's passive or AWOL — as in Syria. I'm generally a fan of Obama's foreign policy, but on Syria there's a growing puzzlement around the world that he seems stuck behind the curve.
The United States shouldn't invade Syria. But we should work with allies to supply weapons, training and intelligence to rebels who pass our vetting.
I'm in Aspen for the annual meeting of the Aspen Strategy Group, a bipartisan group looking at international affairs, and I'm struck by how many strategists whom I respect think it's time to move more aggressively.
William Perry, a secretary of defense under Bill Clinton, told me that if he were in the Pentagon today, he would be recommending a military intervention in Syria — conditioned on Turkey's participation and without ground forces. Specifically, he said he would favor imposing a no-fly no-drive zone in northern Syria.
"This isn't a full strategy, but it could facilitate the overthrow of Assad and have a real humanitarian benefit," Perry said. "And if successful, it could help us influence the post-Assad government. If we sit by, we'll be in no position to influence it."
Madeleine Albright, who was secretary of state under Clinton, told me: "I'm for intervention, but it doesn't have to be on-the-ground military intervention. We do have to get more involved in this."
Albright said that the American intervention should be multilateral, but that the inability to achieve a Security Council resolution shouldn't block action any more than it did in Kosovo in 1999. "We can't afford to be in a cul-de-sac while people are being killed," she said.
As I see it, there are three main reasons for action in Syria.
First, the longer the fighting goes on, the more it destabilizes the region. Syria is now in a civil war linked to the Sunni-Shiite divide in the region. The more deaths, the more refugees, the more revenge killing, the tougher it will be to put Humpty Dumpty together. The longer the war persists, the more risk of spillover into Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan.
Second, Assad is believed to have many tons of sarin and VX nerve agents. Those chemical weapons could end up in the hands of jihadis or on the global black market, and we should work with Syrian rebels to help secure them if necessary.
Third, there's a humanitarian imperative. It appears that several times more people have been killed in Syria than in Libya when that intervention began, and the toll is rising steeply.
Protesters began peacefully but have been subjected to unspeakable violence. An iconic victim is a boy named Hamza al-Khateeb, who was apparently detained at an anti-Assad demonstration — and then sexually mutilated and tortured to death at the age of 13.
What can we do? One step would be for the United States to move naval forces off the Syrian coast, while Turkey and Israel moved more troops close to their borders with Syria. This would pin down Syrian troops so that Assad would have fewer forces available to murder his people.
Anne-Marie Slaughter, a Princeton scholar who previously served as a senior Obama administration official, has offered sensible proposals for action. She suggests that the United States and other countries provide antitank and antiaircraft weapons and perhaps air cover to commanders who protect civilians and eschew sectarian or revenge killings. Some Free Syrian Army commanders have signed such a code of conduct.
With our allies, we can also advise Syrian commanders that if they abandon Assad they may have a role in Syria's future. If they go down with Assad, they won't.
An intervention can always go awry, and there are legitimate concerns about the behavior of Syrian rebels. It is also true that an election year isn't an ideal time for an intervention, although on this one Obama could work with Republicans to win bipartisan support.
Look, I'm no hawk. I was strongly against the Iraq war and the Afghan surge, and I'm firmly against today's drift toward war with Iran. But Syria, like Libya, is a rare case where we can take modest steps that stand a good chance of accelerating the fall of a dictator. And after 17 months, there's growing agreement that Obama should no longer remain a bystander.
"The Middle East needs U.S. leadership on Syria," said R. Nicholas Burns, a former under secretary of state for political affairs, now a Harvard professor. "I'm a supporter of the president's approach to the Middle East in general, but his administration has been entirely reactive on Syria. You hear from all the Arabs: 'Where is the United States?' "
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Joe Jonas & Sophie Turner Share More Photos & Videos From Their Honeymoon
Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are in newlywed bliss.
On Thursday (July 18), the happy couple shared more photos and videos of their honeymoon on Instagram, giving fans an inside look at their Maldives vacation. "Days spent drinking watermelon daiquiris excessively, reading books, playing tennis and riding bikes. And best of all.... #nonewsnoshoes #dicoversoneva," Sophie captioned an Instagram series that featured clips of her and Joe living their best married lives.
The Jonas Brothers singer also shared a few pictures and videos to his own Instagram. "What an epic trip! The bridge after a few 🍹 isn't easy.. I can't wait to go back.#discoversoneva," he captioned an IG series that featured a video of him sitting on a toilet that overlooked the ocean.
As fans know, Joe and Sophie said "I do" for a second time in southern France last month. The ceremony marked their second wedding as the two had a surprise post-Billboard Music Awards wedding ceremony at a Las Vegas wedding chapel almost two months ago.
To kick off their honeymoon trip, Sophie shared a hilarious video to her Instagram Story that put an end to the viral bootle cap challenge last week. In the clip, recorded by Joe, the Game of Thrones star is shown sitting on a plane with a small bottle of wine. She then pretends like she's going to knock the cap off in a creative way, but before she does, she grabs the bottle and twists off the top normally and says to the camera, "Stop this. Now." To further drive her point, the 23-year-old actress captioned the video, "I look terrible, but someone's gotta do it." She also added her signature phrase, "And that's the tea."
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COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College softball team opened its home slate with a pair of losses to Southern Connecticut State University, 7-0 and 5-3, on Saturday in a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader at Doc Jacobs Field.
- Saint Michael's (2-16, 1-7 NE10), Southern Connecticut State (6-22, 4-9 NE10)
Game 1
- Sophomore Maggie Welling (Baltimore, Md./Maryvale Preparatory School), 1-for-2
- First-year Leigh Brandenburg (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury), 1-for-3
- Junior Torie Rathwell (Guilderland, N.Y./Guilderland), 1-for-3; 7 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 4 BB, 5 K
- Sophomore Jayden Delaporta, 3-for-4, R, 4 RBIs, HR
- First-year Liz DeRosa, 2-for-3, R, 3 RBIs, 2B, SF
- Junior Sara Buscetto, 2-for-4, R, 2 SB
- Sophomore Jazmyn Martinez, 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K
- Senior Aleksandra Apkarian (Butler, N.J./Butler) batted leadoff for the fourth straight game, reaching base to begin the contest in each.
- The teams met for the first time since March 21, 2016, in Clermont, Fla., and for the first time at a campus site since March 23, 2013. The Purple Knights had last hosted the Owls on April 22, 2011.
- Saint Michael's played its first home contest of the season.
- Apkarian led off the bottom of the first inning with a 10-pitch walk before Brandenburg beat out an infield single, but Martinez induced a fielder's choice before retiring the final two hitters.
- Both teams left two on base in the second inning.
- Junior Maria Zeceña led off the third inning with a walk before ultimately scoring the winning run on DeRosa's sacrifice fly.
- Rathwell singled with two out in the third inning as the Purple Knights' final base runner.
- Delaporta led off the fourth inning with a home run, and the Owls added three runs in the fifth, with Delaporta adding a two-run single.
- Delaporta's RBI single kicked off a two-run seventh.
Game 2
- Apkarian, 2-for-3, R, RBI, BB, HR
- Rathwell, 3-for-4, R; 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R
- Brandenburg, 1-for-3, BB
- Junior Danielle Markowski (Ellington, Conn./Ellington), 1-for-4, 2 RBIs, 2B
- Senior Molly Feeney (Valhalla, N.Y./John F. Kennedy Catholic), 2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, Loss
- Sophomore Sydney Longley (East Granby, Conn./The Ethel Walker School), 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Martinez, 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K, Save
- First-year Alexa Bacoulis, 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBIs, 2B, 3B
- First-year Ally Petrella, 2-for-3, R
- First-year Jacqueline Dumont, 2-for-4, RBI
- Sophomore Kailey Westington, 5.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, Win
- Apkarian blasted her first collegiate home run.
- The Owls outhit the hosts, 11-10.
- Southern Connecticut State utilized all four of its pitchers during the final two innings, with the final three all entering the game in a save situation.
- Bacoulis tripled with one out in the first inning before scoring on DeRosa's sac fly.
- Bacoulis's two-out, two-run double keyed a three-run second that made it 4-0.
- Apkarian's two-out single in the third was followed by Brandenburg's walk, but the final batter popped out.
- Dumont's RBI single extended the Owl lead in the fifth.
- Saint Michael's again left two on in the fifth, as Welling singled with two out and Apkarian walked.
- After totaling three hits in the first five innings, the Purple Knights registered seven in the final two.
- Markowski launched a two-run double to straightaway center field in the sixth to cut the deficit to 5-2, and sophomore Julia Sevigny (Rocky Hill, Conn./Rocky Hill) beat out an infield single to put runners at the corners with one down. However, two groundouts ended the threat.
- In the seventh, Apkarian led off with a home run to left center, and Brandenburg legged out an infield single. One out later, Rathwell singled through the left side on an 0-2 pitch to put runners at the corners, but the first batter representing the winning run flew out for the second out. Martinez came out of the bullpen to strike out her only batter on three pitches to preserve the visitors' win.
- Sunday vs. University of New Haven, 12 p.m. doubleheader.


text: Sexual Harassment Carries a High Price Tag February 2018 BY: JOCELYN WRIGHT Over the past several weeks, it seems that every day brings another story. Stories of sexual harassment and, in some cases, assault have been in the headlines since the allegations against celebrated producer and co-founder of Miramax, Harvey Weinstein, surfaced in early October. Since then, other rich and powerful men from coast to coast have been accused of inappropriate behavior in and out of the workplace. With each breaking news headline, I can't help but wonder who will be next. Some of the men embroiled in these allegations are people I have admired for many years. Correction, I have admired their work. I do not know any of them personally. Nevertheless, it disappoints me to learn that their behavior is being called into question. Stories like these are not new, only the individuals associated with these stories are new. Sexual harassment as defined by The American Association of University Women is any "unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature." Harassment was classified as discrimination based on sex under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The U.S. Supreme Court began recognizing claims for sexual harassment more than 30 years ago. Probably the first and most widely known case of its kind was that of Anita Hill against then Supreme Court Justice nominee Clarence Thomas. It seems for the first time in my generation women have found their voice and are unafraid to speak their truth. The resurgence of the #MeToo Movement has given countless women the courage to come forward with their stories of harassment. So much so that Time recognized The Silence Breakers as the 2017 Person of the Year. Our country has a long history of not confronting the uncomfortable. Now we have no choice but to address this issue and have the necessary conversations. As my aunt would say when I was growing up, "Everything that is done in the dark will come to light." And what a spotlight it is! The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a report, "Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace," in June 2016, where they concluded that "anywhere from 25 percent to 85 percent of women report having experienced sexual harassment in the workplace." That means that at a minimum, one in four women has been harassed. It is important to point out that workplace sexual harassment does not happen only to women. Men experience harassment as well. The EEOC reports that incidences of men claiming sexual harassment have increased nearly twofold — from 8 percent to 16 percent of all claims over the period from 1990 to 2009. Workplace sexual harassment does not impact only the accusers; it also can have a financial impact on the employers. For example, according to the EEOC, it is conservatively estimated that "as a result of sexual harassment, job turnover ($24.7 million), sick leave ($14.9 million), and decreased individual ($93.7 million) and workgroup ($193.8 million) productivity had cost the government a total of $327.1 million," as reported in 1994 by the independent federal agency, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). MSPB was created to protect the rights of federal and civil service employees. Keep in mind, these numbers do not include financial settlements. Since 2010, nearly $700 million has been paid to employees who have filed harassment claims through the EEOC's administrative enforcement prelitigation procedure. Finally, according to Emily Martin, general counsel and vice president for workplace justice of the National Women's Law Center, women experience high levels of harassment in male-dominated industries. Next month, we'll examine how this impacts the financial services industry.


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Pattern: Trees, Sky, Sun
Maker: Royal Doulton
Pattern Number: H2588
Country of Origin: England
Manufacturer Status: Discontinued
Approximate date: 1926
Description: Black/Brown Trees & Yellow Sun
Date purchased: 1 August 2015
Purchase price: $11.71
Purchased: Ebay
A fine bone china cup, saucer and plate trio by Royal Doulton in an Art Deco pattern of the sun in a blue sky, shining through trees #H2588. Fully marked, including date code for 1926. In very good display condition, but the top surface of the saucer is crazed, as is the bottom of the cup. Also, the cup handle has been broken and reaffixed. We both love this so much- I've not seen another piece in it so I was glad to get it for as little as we did.


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We used statistics and fractions to figure out what percentage of the class would be able to afford to go to school in Africa. We talked about access to clean water and I made those kids haul gallons of dirty water around. We talked about malaria and poverty and family roles. We talked about how beautiful the cultures and the people are. We learned a traditional harvest dance (and shockingly, they did not make fun of my uncoordinated, old lady moves!) We finished up by sharing a meal of rice and beans.
They soaked it up! And I learned that I could NEVER be a teacher. I felt like I needed a nap when I got home and I reminded myself that I really need to figure out a way to send my kid's teachers to Hawaii on a month long sabatical for doing what they do every day.
I got to wear the dress that I got in Congo (because I firmly believe that if you are going to teach about Africa then you should dress the part)...
(From March 2010) Miles has a bad case of giardia (parasites) from drinking bad water his whole life. It took the lab 4 days to figure that out for some reason and it has so far taken the pharmacy 4 days to get the medication ordered. Collecting all those poop samples has been the highlight of motherhood for me, let me tell you! Lots of dry heaving was involved. Hopefully we'll finally get to start treating it this afternoon so the kid can stop exploding. And by exploding I really do mean exploding. As in- it's about 8 AM and he is already on his 4th set of clothes for the day. This is a problem that Miles has had since the day I met him. It is much easier to deal with here in the US where I have a washing machine and running water. In Congo, these spontaneous poop combustions were a nightmare- except for one time that turned out to be the most humorous part of the trip...
Did you notice the fabulous Congolese dress I had on in the pictures of my visit to the orphanage? The dress was bought out of serious necessity! When we went to the market to buy the beans to take to the orphanage, Miles had the worst blowout in blowout history in the taxi. Unfortunately, he was on my lap when this happened. To say that I was covered in poop would be the understatement of the century. It went from my knees to my chest and soaked all the way through my clothes. Yep- I was knee deep in it. I had a change of clothes for the baby, but nothing for myself. After about 3 minutes in the heat, flies were beginning to swarm all around me. We were at a food market and there was no clothing to be bought. Once the driver got a good look at me, he drove us to the closest street vendor selling dresses. I walked up to the lady selling her wares in all my poopy glory. I could see in her eyes she didn't want me anywhere near her goods.
I made some gestures to her that I obviously needed to get something to change into. She grabbed something off her display and drug me by the hand back into this abandoned building. She took me into a room the was all empty and concrete and shut the door. This was maybe not the smartest move I ever made, but seriously- a girl covered in flies and parasitic diarrhea will do whatever necessary! Once we were in the room together the woman just kept staring at me. She didn't say anything- obviously she knew it wouldn't do any good to talk to me since we didn't speak a word of the same language. This staring at each other game went on for a good while.
Finally I didn't know what else to do, so I just stripped. When I say stripped, I mean everything- because I was poop soaked all the way through my skivvies. Then the woman made some sort of gesture with her hands that alluded to "the girls". I'd like to think she was paying them a compliment, but more likely she was thinking something like, "Wow- I've never seem anything that white. Those are so white you can almost see through them!" or "Man- those things are seriously droopy! Poor, stupid American!" Once I was naked, more staring. Really- when someone is staring at you naked, 5 seconds can feel like an eternity! I was starting to think, "Ummm, maybe getting buck in an abandoned building with a strange lady in Congo was NOT the right thing to do."
So after standing there completely exposed for a good while while the lady took me and all my lily whiteness in- she finally slipped the new dress over my head. It was enormous, but after the whole experience, I didn't really care or want to try to bargain for a smaller one. And that is the story of how I came to be the owner of my native Congolese duds.
It is like that nightmare where you are standing naked and people are making fun of you. Only add in the third world and tons of poop and that about sums up the experience. Yep- good times in Africa!
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