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Spaying within 2 months of last heat cycle
I have an appointment for Effi to be spayed this weekend but after reading an article that says if i get it done within 2 months of her last heat cycle it may cause too much of a hormone imbalance and make her more irritable and aggressive.
Anyone heard of this before? Any merit to waiting 2 months? Id really like to get it done asap but will reschedule if its in her best interest.
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Never heard that reasoning. We tell people 8 weeks after heat to allow time for the uterus to contract and blood vessels to shrink. Makes it less risky surgery.
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i have never heard of that either
I have heard some pretty screwy stuff from people who do not care for any type of spay/neuter. But I think the best reason to wait is to get let the uterine horns, etc get back to normal.
The way the canine body works is whether the bitch is bred or not, her uterine horns under go the same progesterone blast/hormone changes. If you wait two months after the heat cycle, that would be when the puppies would be born -- they are born 9 weeks (63 days) after ovulation, which usually happens around the middle of the heat cycle. Anyhow, if you are counting from when she finished her heat cycle, the pregnancy would be completed by eight weeks.
Bitches are interesting. They blow coat twice a year. Normally at the time when the puppies would be weaning, whether or not she has been bred. So their hormones, are working and effecting them throughout the cycle.
I would wait 3 months after the heat cycle if it was me. That would put her right between, and her stuff would be back to normal.
Ok i will reschedule her appointment for a few weeks later. Now i know the heat cycle is technically not over when bleeding stops, how long after bleeding stops should i wait? Thats the only thing i have to go by.
Just for reference here is the website and excerpt describing the hormonal issues with spaying within 2 months. Not very detailed but i like to have all the info before making decisions regarding Effi's health.
The Effects of Spaying and Neutering on Canine Behavior | Association of Animal Behavior Professionals
It has been found (OFarrell and Peachey, 1990; and also discussed in Hart and Eckstein, 1997) that the only two behaviors affected by spaying of female dogs was aggressive dominance toward guardians and indiscriminate eating. In this case, the aggressive behavior increased after spaying. This effect was only noted in female dogs ovariohysterectomized before 12 months of age, and that already demonstrated aggression. Female dogs ovariohysteretomized after 12 months of age presented no risk of increased aggression. Hart and Eckstein (1997) point out that female dogs are in a progestational state for two months following an estrus period and spaying them during that time creates a sudden removal of the source of progestins (which tend to have a calming influence on animals). It is proposed that this removal of progesterone may promote irritability or aggression in some individuals.
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I've decided to give something back to this forum I've done my share of asking for help & I know it can be exteremly hard to find something searching through the numerous threads for something that your looking for so this is just a fresh video for anyone who is interested
My Thanks & Gratitude goes to -=Xploitz=- for his educating videos & Balding_Parrot for his module for assisting with database creating using airolib-ng, so now without further ado, below is my videos I've done over this weekend, I hope they are clear enough for you to understand & hope you enjoy
In This video, I demonstrate how to crack a wep key even though the ESSID is hidden
In This video I use airolib-ng database to crack an alphanumeric passphrase, also demonstrate using wpa_supplicant
In your tutorial when you use the commandand in the Xploits tutorial he tells us to useCode:chmod 755 /etc/wpa_supplicant.confcommand.Code:chmod 777 /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Neither of them take me to the screen in your tutorial. To make changes to the wpa_supplicant.conf I have to manually go to the folder, edit, and save from there. Though my changes are affecting things so it is recognizing them.
I'm using BT3 . Should I be using a different chmod command? Would it even matter since the changes are taking affect anyway? LoL sorry to bombard with questions, I will google now.
Thanks for posting this!
It would probably be in your best interest to look up what chmod is.
While I enjoy having great videos to follow along with on how to do some things. It's also a great thing to do after you understand the concept of what that video is showing you to go back and try to understand the commands used if your not familiar with them.
Thanks for the vid samsung!
Important to remember there are various different ways of using wpa_supplicant as you say chmod 755 chmod 777 from AES, TKIP, to TKIP+AES & WPA+WPA2 etc....
so make sure you have set the correct settings on your router 1st for the correct WPA you wish to use
The chmod command is simply to set file permisions after a new file is created.
Like hhmatt81 said, when following a video tutorial it is always a good idea to look up each command so you can understand what is happning. I will give you a free-be here.
Thank you pure that will definitely be helpful. I made that post right after watching the vid as I have been trying to connect to my ap all day and got a little excited. :P Afterward I promtly took my questions to google and have them almost all figured out now. I missed that nano command until my second time watching the vid. I am having unrelated errors due to my wireless adapter and thought that Chmod difference was gonna be the answer to all my woes.
Thank you again though for both the tutorial and and the link!
Samsung! nice videos! so much nicer with music and call outs, isn't it? awesome. like pureh@te once said "blip tv will pjear us one day!"
It always brings a smile to my face to see one of "my students" publish such professional and quality work!
I have watched both videos with robust scrutinization, and I must say to you samsung,...... that I'm quite impressed with your work! EXCELLENT quality, minimal jargon, and Sooooooo super easy to follow that even a caveman could do it. I only have a couple of questions to ask you and / or the people who see this thread...
I know that things happen "behind the scenes" of videos that we don't always seem to catch on at first..but in your first video..I must admit I was slightly confused. It was to my understanding that if there is a hidden or "cloaked" ESSID your dealing with....that no matter how long you wait or how many packets you capture...airodump WILL NOT reveal the ESSID unless some client connects to the hidden AP? ( A handshake if you will) Is this not correct anymore? (Keep in mind I've been away for a month or a little more) Is it now possible for aircrack-ng suite (more precisely airodump-ng) to extract the essid without having a client connect to it?? Or did you have a client (your centrino card) connect after 36 second mark on your video?? I couldn't tell. And it looked like you had a client already connected...so I'm assuming this was all done without having to connect to your AP AFTER you started airodump??? Interesting indeed!
And as far as your airolib databases video....
Its almost like its starting where my video left off. You even went as far as to show people how to connect to the AP after you BF the key!
The only constructive criticism I will tell you is that it should be known to all who watch this video, that you are using a WPA supplicant that is tailor made to WPA with TKIP only, and possibly not the same encryption type that other members may be using...example WPA2 AES, WPA2 TKIP, WPA AES, WPA TKIP+AES..etc. And for those wpa supplicants on these different types of encryption see my tutorials here in the tutorial section, and use the keyword wpa supplicant when using the forums elusive "search button".
Other than that...it was quite simply flawless!!
EXCELLENT VIDEOS SAMSUNG! I may end up replacing my signature with the links to YOUR videos!
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Dream dates were difficult to find. Eve Pemberton should know. She'd tried. Boy, had she tried.
With an exasperated sigh, she prodded at the gilt-edged, gold-embossed, ludicrously expensive wedding invitation propped in the middle of her desk.
It didn't budge, folded on its crisp columbine cardboard edges, immovable, rigid, taunting her with its stand-up stiffness.
She knew what she had to do.
She just didn't want to do it.
Taking a deep breath, she swept the invitation aside and flipped open her laptop. Now was as good a time as any to continue her quest to find her dream date.
'This is business,' she muttered, her fingers flying over the familiar keys as she skimmed a few new search engines before finding what she was looking for.
Here goes nothing.
Squinting at the screen, covered in tacky ruby hearts, she stabbed at the enter key, hoping this wouldn't take too long. She had a million things on her to-do list today, starting with chasing recalcitrant subcontractors for one of the corporate marquees at the Australian Tennis Open to ensuring it was all systems go for an event kicking off the AFL season at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
She loved her job as events coordinator and would much rather be scoping out Aussie Rules footballers than finding her dream date via a dating agency on the Internet but she had to do this.
She had no choice.
The first profile flickered to life on the screen and her tense shoulders relaxed a tad. Not bad. Nice face, nice smile, just… nice. Pity she didn't want nice. She wanted drop dead gorgeous.
While her fingers clattered and she viewed close on twenty-five guys, her hopes sank. There wasn't a stand out among them, not the kind of guy she needed to impress the bridal babes—her friends Linda, Carol and Mattie—with. She'd been single at every wedding within their social circle for too long and she'd had enough. Throw in the hoo-ha associated with being a bridesmaid, the only unattached bridesmaid at each wedding, and she really needed to pull this off.
Though they never said anything, she'd caught their pitying glances, their frantic scanning of the guests for a suitable 'fix-up' at each wedding, or worse, the occasional 'accidental' introduction to a long-lost second cousin.
She may as well arrive at every matrimonial shindig with the words 'dateless desperado' tattooed on her forehead.
Not this time. Mattie, the last of her single friends to tie the knot, was always extra-sensitive to her moods and she'd be damned if she spoiled her friend's day, inadvertently, by turning up alone.
Just one last wedding to attend, one last bridesmaid dress fitting… The thought perked her up for a moment and she renewed her search with vigour, reluctant to admit defeat when the fiftieth bland profile blurred before her.
All these guys sounded the same: searching for friendship with a view to a relationship, likes walking on the beach, enjoys cosy dinners.
Well, she didn't need friendship or a relationship or any of that other stuff, thank you very much. She was an industrious businesswoman who needed a date, nothing more, nothing less. She used the Net all the time for work, so finding a date via this medium should've been a cinch, right?
She'd already been on five dates—five excruciatingly boring, painful, blah dates—and nothing. Not a dream date among the shoddy lot.
This was her last shot, the last online dating agency she hadn't tried and, right now, her chances weren't looking crash hot.
With a disgusted snort, she pushed back from her desk, rubbed the bridge of her nose, when a grainy photo in the corner of the news home page caught her eye.
She clicked on the icon to bring up the story, her breath instantly catching as the photo sprang to life, filling half her screen with twinkling blue eyes, a charismatic smile and a cheeky dimple which lent the striking face a boyish charm.
She'd wanted drop dead gorgeous.
She'd got her wish.
Only problem was, Bryce Gibson knew exactly how hot he was and, worse, knew exactly how he affected her.
Determinedly ignoring the adorable dimple she remembered all too well, she speed-read the article.
'"New headhunted hotshot advertising exec arrives in Melbourne from Sydney…needs to prove himself…expecting big things…" yada, yada, yada…' she mumbled under her breath, finding her gaze unwittingly drawn to the picture again.
Oh, yeah, Bryce Gibson hadn't changed a bit. Still too confident, too charismatic, too… everything.
He'd had charm to burn, and she'd faked immunity. Until Tony's twenty-first, the night that had changed everything.
She stared at his picture, remembering her brother's coming of age party, her coming of age night.
That night had been the catalyst for where she was today: new look, new confidence, new personality.
She should thank Bryce: for flirting, for teasing, for making her feel like a woman for the first time in her life. Or she should kick him for what came after. After that almost-kiss…
Either way, she'd love Mr Overconfident to see her now…
Eve sat bolt upright and snatched her hand off the mouse as if she'd been burned.
Oh, no.
Bad idea. A very bad idea.
You need a date. A 'sexiest guy on the planet' date. The type of date to show your friends you're fine, you can hook a hot guy; you just choose not to.
Yeah, but this is Bryce cool-McCool Gibson we're talking about. Remember him? The guy who teased me? Who turned on that legendary charm until I blushed? The guy who went out of his way to pay me attention when I didn't want it, then, when I did, froze me out?
Yeah, but that was then. This is now. Wouldn't you like to show him how far you've come? Where's your pride?
But he'll think I'm some kind of desperado, asking him out on a date. Or, worse, that I still like him. And, besides, using a dating agency was all about business. A no-frills, no-expectation date.
And your point is? Why can't Bryce be about business?
Telling her voice of reason to be quiet, Eve shook her head and glared at Bryce's picture.
He fitted her date criteria in every way: attractive, successful, charming, the type of guy to turn heads, the type of guy who would prove once and for all to her friends she could pull a date like him, she just chose not to because of her career.
Drumming her fingers on the desk, Eve knew she had no choice. The guys she'd dated so far were below par and this last dating agency's potentials were a no-go, while she had the perfect date staring her in the face.
Her belly trembled as her fingers inched towards the phone, barely touching the receiver before she snatched them back.
She couldn't do it.
No matter how far she'd come, she couldn't just pick up the phone and ask him to be her date.
It was ludicrous.
It was crazy.
And the longer she stared at those deep indigo eyes, those tempting lips, remembering how close they'd once been to hers, it was a foregone conclusion.
They'd shared a spark, a hint of something she'd never dreamed possible that special night and, while it may have ended badly, there was nothing like a trip down memory lane to give a girl a confidence injection.
She'd used what had happened as a catalyst and had reinvented herself after that night.
Wouldn't it be great to show him how far she'd come, a kind of in your face, Gibson, this is what you missed out on?
But it was more than that and therein lay the problem. She may be wary but she'd be a fool to believe she'd be totally immune to him, even after eight years. Girls like her never fully got over guys like him.
No matter how many designer dresses or trendy haircuts or killer shoes she had, no matter how many events she presided over like a queen, no matter how many bookings she had for the next year, there was that small, insecure part of her that hoped he wouldn't take one look at her and walk, like he had at the end of that night.
Rules, she needed rules. Clear-cut, don't-mess-with-her-head rules. Rules that would give her heart a resounding whack if she contemplated, even for a second, anything other than using him as a stopgap date for the wedding functions.
Eve's French-manicured fingernails absentmindedly tapped a stack of documents in front of her as she debated the wisdom of cold-calling a guy she'd once liked and asking him to be her date for a specified period of time.
Wisdom? More like insanity, but, as her gaze drifted over the documents, all perfectly logical and precise, and back to Bryce's picture, she knew she could do this.
She was a successful businesswoman, used to following processes and procedures to the nth degree. And that was exactly what dating Bryce for the next month would be—a process to get what she wanted: her friends convinced she was okay and a stress-free wedding for Mattie.
She could do this.
Ignoring a zoo's worth of butterflies in her stomach, she focused on that taunting wedding invitation and reached for the phone with a shaky hand.
No time like the present to see if hotshot Bryce with his hypnotising eyes and magnetic smile would come to the party—literally.
'Nice view, huh?'
Bryce turned away from his office window towards his colleague Davin; the Melbourne cityscape was great, but decidedly less glamorous than the million dollar Sydney harbour views he'd given up when he'd taken on his new role here at Ballyhoo Advertising Agency.
No big deal; he'd cope without the view, considering the scope of this opportunity. Ballyhoo was big in the advertising world, real big, and he couldn't wait to get stuck into this new challenge.
'Not bad. Though I won't be spending much time staring out the window with all this to keep me busy.'
He gestured to the tower of manuals Human Resources had dumped on his desk, making a mental note to start sifting through them and prioritising ASAP. He needed a jump-start here, needed to stay one step ahead.
'Have you met with Sol yet?'
Bryce shook his head, dropped into his executive leather chair. 'He's in Auckland for the day, said we'd touch base when he got back.'
Davin propped himself on the desk, opened his mouth as if to say something before shutting it again.
His uneasiness increased as Davin fiddled with the pen holder, didn't quite meet his eye.
'You know we're the number one ad agency in Melbourne, right?'
Oh, yeah, he knew. Solomon Perlman, CEO of Ballyhoo, had extolled the agency's virtues at length when he'd headhunted him for the position. He'd been blown away by the company's mission statement, reeled in by the lure of new challenges, and Sol had rammed home his offer with a salary package that would make the Prime Minister blink.
Working for a company as big as Ballyhoo would send his career into the stratosphere, something he'd worked towards for the last few years, something he deserved after the hard yards he'd put in.
'Yeah, Sol might've mentioned the "premier agency" thing a time or two. What's your point?'
Davin squirmed slightly, his expression shifting between furtive and ingratiating, setting his smarm radar on high alert.
'We're number one because Sol only goes for the big contracts. He won't tolerate anything less.'
'I already know all this.'
'Rumour has it you've been brought in as some kind of proposed shake-up. Sol knows the clients you courted in Sydney; he wants the same results here, pronto.'
'Takes months to build up contacts in this industry. Sol knows that.'
'Just telling you how it is. Sol expects results and he's not a patient man.'
'And you're telling me this because?'
The avaricious gleam in Davin's beady eyes told him exactly why his new colleague was acting so buddy-buddy before he said a word.
'We're on the same team now.'
So when he brought in the big bucks, Davin would bask in the glory too. He'd seen his type in Sydney, had worked alongside hangers-on, the slack employees only too eager to ride the coat-tails of a go-getter.
'Speaking of teams, a bunch of us are heading out for drinks tonight. You in?'
The last thing he felt like was socialising with guys like Davin but he needed to scope out his co-workers, get a feel for how things worked around here and the quickest way was over a beer.
'We usually head around the corner to the Elephant and Wheelbarrow around six.'
'No worries.'
'Later.' Davin raised a hand as he sauntered out of the office, a smug grin on his podgy face.
Relaxing into his chair, Bryce linked fingers and stretched forwards, wishing he could dispel Davin's words as useless drivel. But he couldn't. Ballyhoo was top of the advertising heap and he'd just signed on as the newest executive. Sol would expect results, fast.
What if he couldn't deliver?
Doubt unfurled like a poisonous python, uncoiling, stretching and threatening to strangle his hard-fought confidence.
Failure didn't sit well with him. Never had.
Dropping his hands, he swivelled on his chair to stare out the window, hating the flicker of unease creeping through the deepest, darkest part of him—the doubting part, the part he'd conquered a long time ago with every successful deal he'd clinched.
The phone rang and he grabbed it, annoyed he'd let one iota of his old doubts creep in today, on what should be the start of another giant leap up the career ladder for him.
'Bryce Gibson speaking.'
'Bryce, it's Eve Pemberton. Tony's sister.'
He didn't need clarification. He knew who Eve Pemberton was. What he wanted to know was what she'd done to her voice. She'd never sounded this mellow as a teenager. Then again, she'd barely spoken back then. Until that night he'd rather forget.
'Hey, Eve, how are you? Long time, no hear.'
'I'm fine, thanks.'
She paused and his curiosity ratcheted up. What would mild-mannered Eve want with him, especially after how things had ended between them?
As if reading his thoughts, she hurried on. 'I have a business proposition for you. Are you free to meet me for a drink after work?'
Actually, I'm busy…'
The words died on his lips as he caught the softest sigh on the other end of the line. If he didn't know better, he would say she sounded disappointed. Why? Apart from Tony, who he hadn't seen since he'd moved to New York eight years ago, they had nothing in common.
'The geek', some of the kids had called her behind her back, exactly why he'd gone out of his way to talk to her. He knew what it was like being the odd one out, even if he'd done his damnedest at the time to make sure nobody knew it.
'What about tomorrow?'
If he'd barely caught her disappointed sigh, there was no mistaking the hint of desperation audible in her dulcet tone.
Cool, quiet, aloof Eve Pemberton desperate? As if.
'Business proposition, huh?'
He deliberately lowered his voice, insinuating a different type of proposition, and almost laughed out loud at her sharp intake of breath.
Eve wasn't a woman he should flirt with. He'd tried it once; look how that had turned out.


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Nexus 2K with ASA 5520 Mgmt0 ports
I am trying to configure our Nexus 2K's for our ASA 5520 management ports. We have 2 bundles (4 mgmt0 ports) and when i connect them to the 2K's the interfaces continue to show disconnected. I have attempted to put the ASA MGMT0 interface directly into our 5K's with a GLCT-s but still the link lights dont appear and nothing comes up. When i plug the same cable attached to the MGMT0 port of the ASA's to a catalyst switch or my own laptop i get link lights and everything begins to work. What am I missing on the Nexus switches so the MGMT interfaces show up?
BTW the fex come back as up and online with no errors, so i dont think it is a fex configuration (but it could be).
Thanks for the help in advance!


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Historic County of Scotland
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Historical Perthshire
- Administrative centre Perth (City)
- Chapman County Code - PER
- Gaelic Name Siorrachd Pheairt)
- Famous for:
- Landmarks and Places of Interest
- Blair castle
- Drummond Castle
- Edradour Distillery
- Kinfauns Castle
- Gleneagles Hotel
- Area 1975 - 2528 sq. miles (6547 sq. km)
- Population
- Succeeded by Tayside Region
- Perthshire County Council (1890-1929)
- Perth and Kinross County Council (1929-1975)
- Modern: Perth and Kinross Council (1996 - )
Perthshire, officially the County of Perth, is a registration county of Scotland. It was a local government county from 1890 to 1930.
Prior to the 1890s Perthshire's boundaries were irregular: the parishes of Culross and Tulliallan formed an exclave some miles away from the rest of the county, on the boundaries of Clackmannanshire and Fife; while the northern part of the parish of Logie formed an enclave of Stirlingshire within the county. From 1889, Culross and Tulliallan were transferred to Fife, and the entire parish of Logie was included in Stirlingshire.
The area of Perthshire is nearly in the centre of Scotland, bounded on the north and north-west by Inverness-shire, on the east by the county of Forfar, on the south-east by the counties of Fife and Kinross, on the south by the Firth of Forth and the counties of Stirling and Clackmannan, on the west by Argyllshire, and on the south-west by the county of Dumbarton.
The Parishes of Perthshire
The lists of parishes found vary. Below are those that have been identified, not all represented on the following map.
A Full size image of this map is available.
The following Parishes are shown on the above map.
- Aberdalgie
- Aberfoyle
- Abernethy
- Abernyte
- Alyth
- Ardoch
- Auchterarder
- Auchtergaven
- Balquhidder
- Bendochy
- Blackford
- Blair Atholl, Strowan, Monzievaird
- Blairgowrie
- Callander
- Caputh
- Cargill
- Clunie
- Collace
- Comrie
- Crieff
- Dowally
- Dron
- Dull
- Dunbarney
- Dunblane
- Dunkeld
- Dunning
- Errol
- Findo-gask
- Forgandenny
- Forteviot
- Fortingall
- Fowlis Easter
- Fowlis Wester
- Glendevon
- Inchture
- Kenmore
- Kilchonan
- Killin
- Kilmadock
- Kilspindie
- Kincardine
- Kinfauns
- Kinloch and Lethendy
- Kinnaird
- Kinnoull
- Kirkmichael
- Lecroft
- Little Dunkeld
- Logie
- Logierait
- Longforgan
- Madderty
- Meigle
- Methven
- Moneydie
- Monzie
- Monzievaird & Strowan
- Moulin
- Muckart
- Muthill
- Perth
- Port of Menteith
- Rattray
- Redgorton
- Rhynd
- St Madoes
- St Martins
- Scone
- Tibbermore
- Trinity Gask
- Weem
Many of the Perthshire parishes were not neat little areas but split into a number of detached parts. For example parishes like Dull, Crieff and Monzievaird had areas many miles from the main body. A part of Monzievaird was located half way up Glen Artney with a variety of tomb stones in Tullichettle graveyard in what seems to be Comrie Parish but is not. Amulree and Glen Quaich are in a similar vein .
Family Search list the following parishes in addition to those above.
- Arngask -- see Fife county
- Culross
- Tulliallan
Wikipedia list the following parishes in addition to those above.
- Blairmacgregor
- Coupar Angus
- Foss or Fossoway or Crook of Devon
- Glen Shee
- Innerwick
- Kinclaven
- Lethendy
- Persie
- Stanley
- Strathfillian
- Strathloch
- Tullybelton
By the 1890s the county contained the following burghs:
- Royal Burgh of Perth
- Burgh of Auchterarder (formed 1894: reinstated as a royal burgh in 1951)
- Burgh of Aberfeldy (police burgh from 1887)
- Burgh of Abernethy (burgh of barony from 1458/9, police burgh from 1877)
- Burgh of Alyth (police burgh 1834)
- Burgh of Blairgowrie (burgh of barony 1634, police burgh 1833)
- Burgh of Rattray (police burgh 1873)
- Burgh of Callander (police burgh 1866)
- Burgh of Coupar Angus (burgh of barony 1607, police burgh 1852)
- Burgh of Crieff (burgh of barony 1674, burgh of regality 1687, police burgh 1864)
- Burgh of Doune (burgh of barony 1611, police burgh 1890)
- Burgh of Dunblane (burgh of regality of the Bishop of Dunblane 1442, police burgh 1870)
Towns and villages
- Bridge of Earn
- Crianlarich
- Dunkeld and Birnam
- Kenmore
- Kinloch Rannoch
- Luncarty
- Perth
- Pitlochry
- Strathtay
- Tenandry
- Ardle
- Earn
- Ericht
- Farg
- Forth
- Garry
- Isla
- Tay
- Teith
- Tummel
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good poll!its a look as how it affects the "real"working people directly from the source-the working people!! and not a biased poll the media makes up for the sheeple
itll be interesting to see where were goingallthough i think its not going to be pretty!
i for one have been laid off from a job i was at for 10 years and was lucky enough to find another the same week-although not in the same field but the experiance i had from one worked well with the other
my personal thought is nowadays we should be able to have just more than one marketable skill to be employable its an employers market out there they got us by the short hairs!


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Posted by Sam Stern on April 17, 2014
My latest report, 5 Steps To Create And Sustain Customer-Centric Culture, is now live on Forrester.com. The report answers the question I hear most often from clients: What are the steps in the process to actually transform organizational culture to be customer-centric? We interviewed companies that have successfully completed this transformation, and companies that are in the midst of that process right now. We learned that there are five steps companies must take to create and sustain customer-centric culture:
Step 1: Secure Executive Support (No, Really). We do not want to sugarcoat this step. Customer experience professionals who don't already have commitment from their executives need to either get it or give up their hopes of transforming their organization's culture. Every successful transformation we studied began with a customer experience epiphany by a CEO or COO. If that realization hasn't happened yet, CX pros can help create the spark of inspiration with executives. For example, Brad Smith, the Chief Customer Officer at Sage North America, established a program where executives sign up to spend time in the call center or join sales teams on customer visits. And he created a new leadership routine of bringing customer stories to their monthly meetings. His goal was to get senior leaders to see the importance of customer focus.


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Friday, December 5, 1997
Steris Corp.
(Nasdaq: STRL)
Phone: 214-630-6006
Price (12/4/97): $49 3/16
In January of this year, medical sterilization equipment maker Steris announced that earnings would fall short of expectations for the third quarter. The stock plunged from over $43 to under $23 per share. It was a classic example of an earnings shortfall leading to trouble.
The earnings shortfall was related to the acquisition of AMSCO completed earlier in the year. It was a case of indigestion related to swallowing a larger company. Steris reassured investors at the time of the shortfall announcement that estimates for the upcoming fiscal year remained unchanged.
In the fourth quarter report, Steris beat earnings estimates by 10% and the ascent began. The subsequent two earnings reports have also bested estimates. During that six-month period, Steris has completed the acquisition of Joslyn Sterilizer and Isomedix, both of which are accretive to the bottom line.
When a company finds trouble from a one-time occurrence, there is a chance for productive bottom fishing and the result can be a Double.
Steris makes systems to sterilize endoscopes and other equipment used in non-invasive surgical procedures. The company also makes standard sterilization equipment, including autoclaves, and sells surgical tables and the like.
The Isomedix unit is involved with the treatment of beef to prevent toxigenic E. Coli. The company also makes systems to handle hazardous waste. It even bought Calgon Vestal late last year. This company makes antiseptic soaps for handwashing. Steris products are ubiquitous in most hospitals.
The company is on Forbes' list of America's fastest growing companies.
Income Statement
12-month sales: $650 million
12-month income: $56.6 million*
12-month EPS: $1.61*
Profit Margin: 8.7%*
Market Cap: $1726.5 million
(*Excludes non-recurring items)
Balance Sheet
Cash: $35.8 million
Current Assets: $334.6 million
Current Liabilities: $195.5 million
Long-term Debt: $153.7 million
Price-to-earnings: 30.6
Price-to-sales: 2.7
It would be easy to be smug and say that investors following the recommendation I made in the Motley Fool publication Industrial Evolution 1997 could have found this double. The problem is that I was bullish on the company at $35 and it fell promptly to $23. My idea wasn't looking so good.
In February, at the stock's nadir, a Forbes column recommended avoiding the stock, saying it had more downside ahead. An investor stepping up to the plate at the stock's low would have been fighting conventional wisdom.
Once the company beat estimates for the fourth quarter, an investor could have sensed opportunity. Any discussion with healthcare professionals involved in surgery or endoscopy could have impressed the investor with the company's presence in the sterilization market. The company is the clear leader. As more gadgets are used to do procedures, the need for Steris' systems rises.
One way to find a double is to find a dominant company with a temporary setback. These are often quintessential buying opportunities.
Steris doesn't look as cheap today as when I looked at it one year ago. Earnings estimates for the coming fiscal year are for $2.24 a share. Long-term growth is estimated at 20%. Using the PEGulator, I get a PEG of 1.22. The YPEG valuation is $45. The stock looks fairly valued at present. The price-to-sales ratio of 2.5 is not cheap, although it is not outrageous either.
Steris is a dominant company in its industry. The market for sterilization equipment will continue to be strong as minimally invasive surgical procedures expand. Steris is a good stock to consider on any market pullbacks or short-term drops. But like so many good companies in today's market, at current prices Steris is not a bargain.
--Mark Weaver, MD
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"Sex and the City" actor hits "naked" jackpot
By Belinda Goldsmith
SYDNEY (Reuters) - French model-actor Gilles Marini has built his career by dressing up, so he is stunned that his major break has come from stripping down and appearing naked, completely naked, in the hit movie "Sex and the City."
Marini bares all, ever so fleetingly for a full frontal shot, as a Casanova living next door to actress Kim Cattrall's Samantha in the big screen version of the HBO TV series about the careers, love lives, and wardrobes of four New York women.
Marini, 32, who relocated to the United States about a decade ago from France to pursue modeling and acting, said he has been inundated with emails and job offers since the movie opened in May and he was branded Hollywood's newest eye candy.
"This is the part that has put me on the map. For me, this is like winning the jackpot," Marini told Reuters in a phone interview from New York where he was receiving Bravo cable TV's "Best Rear Award."
"I just was not expecting this at all. I have never done so much press in my life or received so many emails. It's just gone wild and I am very happy about it."
Marini's good looks and toned physique caught the eye of millions of women who flocked to see the romantic comedy that defied mixed reviews and beat box office expectations with nearly $200 million in global ticket sales.
Since the world premiere in London four weeks ago, Marini said he had received over 17,000 hits on his MySpace page and job offers have been rolling in but he is taking his time before deciding on his next move.
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BENTON - Ashley Flanary Jessup always wanted to be a doctor when she grew up. She just never imagined that along the way she would blaze a new trail for medical education in Kentucky.
Growing up in Benton, Jessup didn't fit the typical demographic for a medical school candidate. But she held on to her dream and now, at 24, that determination has paid off.
When Jessup earned her medical degree in June, the University of Louisville celebrated not only her success, but a historic first when Jessup became the first person to graduate from the School of Medicine's Rural Medical Accelerated Track program, or RMAT.
This new program enables students to finish medical school in three years, reducing cost and time commitments for rural students who plan to open practices in small towns in Kentucky.
Rural doctors are desperately needed in the United States. Nationwide, 20 percent of the U.S. population is living in small towns or far away from big cities, but only 9 percent of physicians practice in those rural areas.
Family doctors are distributed more evenly, with 22 percent practicing outside large cities, but the need is still greater. Proponents of the RMAT hope that more successes like Jessup's will pave the way for more doctors to go where they are needed.
Dr. William Crump, associate dean of the University of Louisville School of Medicine, says that outcome is likely, considering Kentucky's numbers. He stressed that "most of the counties in Kentucky that are underserved are only underserved by an average of 1.5 full-time equivalent positions. This means that placing one more physician permanently in a county may move it from being an underserved to an adequately served county."
The idea for an accelerated medical track gained national attention in 2006 with an essay by the editor of Academic Medicine, an internationally renowned medical journal.
The essay made the case that financial barriers may keep many students coming from families with more modest incomes â " the ones most likely to choose a rural medical path â " from considering medical school. At the same time, a strategic planning process by Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians supported a proposal for a three-year track to rural practice.
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SF – SF Sketchfest Tribute: Aisha Tyler
November 30, 2016 by Colin Solan
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SF Sketchfest is delighted to host a tribute to American talk show host, actress, comedian, author, producer, writer, director and Bay Area native Aisha Tyler (Archer, The Talk, Friends) on Sunday January 15, 2017 from 4:00 – 5:30 PM.
Presented as part of SF Sketchfest! It's the city's greatest comedy festival, with a variety of sketch and improv, film and television tributes and reunions, solo performers, podcasts and stand-up comedy performers. See the greatest names live and in person!
Marines Memorial Theatre (MMT)
609 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
NYC – Kiefer Sutherland Signs
July 27, 2016 by Colin Solan
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Actor Kiefer Sutherland (24, Lost Boys, Flatliners) appears at Barnes & Noble on Saturday August 13, 2016 at 2:00 PM to sign his album DOWN IN A HOLE!
Barnes & Noble – Union Square
33 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003
NE – James Morrison Signing
March 4, 2015 by Colin Solan
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Krypton Comics is delighted to welcome James Morrison for a signing in the store! Mr. Morrison is a veteran of more than 30 years as an actor; while his credits are too numerous to list here, they include 24, Space: Above and Beyond, and many more!
FOR JUST $35 you'll get an autograph and photo with "24" and "Space: Above and Beyond" star James Morrison here at Krypton Comics at the signing on Thursday March 12th from 6:30 – 8:00 pm. BUT YOU'LL ALSO GET:
*One ticket to see "Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World" at the Omaha Film Festival, 6pm, Friday March 13th, Marcus Village Pointe Cinemas. This movie looks awesome!!! *One ticket to see James Morrison's brand new movie "The Jazz Funeral" at 8:45pm on Friday March 13th at the Omaha Film Festival, Marcus Village Pointe Cinemas. This movie also looks awesome!!!
AND… One ticket to a "24" reunion panel on Saturday, March 14th (afternoon time TBD) with James Morrison AND "24" writer/producer David Fury!!! David Fury was also writer/producer on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Angel," "Fringe," "Lost," "Terra Nova," and FX's "Tyrant"
You can just get an autograph and photo with Mr. Morrison if you like for $25, but why not get the package and take advantage of the bonus movies and 24 panel for just $10 more?
You will also have the opportunity to apply the cost of the package toward an upgrade to an all-films pass, a weekend films pass, or an all-access pass which includes all films and parties at the Omaha Film Festival ticket booth at any time during the festival.
The Omaha Film Festival will be screening over 90 new short films, documentaries, and films at the Omaha Film Festival, which runs from March 10-15th at Marcus Village Pointe Cinemas. New films starring Simon Pegg ("Shaun of the Dead," "Star Trek"), Malcolm McDowell ("A Clockwork Orange"), Michael Fassbender ("X-Men:First Class", "Prometheus"), Liam Hemsworth, Billy Bob Thornton, John Malkovich, Bruce Greenwood, Jason Alexander, Bruce Dern, and Oliver Platt are scheduled to be shown this year. Trailers and the film schedule can be viewed at omahafilmfestival.org
Krypton Comics
2819 South 125th Avenue #261, Omaha, NE 68144-3873
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NYC – DMC #1 Live Reading
June 16, 2014 by Colin Solan
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DMC #1 is the graphic novel debut from Darryl Makes Comics, a joint venture between Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez and Run DMC founding member Darryl McDaniels. The comic explores an alternate history 1980's NYC, where superpowered "heroes" serve the already powerful, unrest simmers in the streets, and a mysterious vigilante named DMC saves those without a voice.
Darryl DMC McDaniels (Run-DMC)
Reiko Aylesworth (24, Hawaii Five-O)
Craig mUms Grant (Oz, Side Effect)
Featuring: Karina Ortiz, Darlenis Duran, and Blaze Mancilla
Tickets $18 include copy of DMC #0
The Brick Theater
579 Metropolitan Ave New York, NY 11211
Sean Astin Appears at Boston Comic Con 2014
May 9, 2014 by Colin Solan
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Boston Comic Con's new guest is a Goonie, a Hobbit, and a Ninja Turtle: SEAN ASTIN makes his first appearance at Boston Comic Con this year! An accomplished actor, Sean made his film debut at 13 playing Mikey Walsh in the classic adventure movie The Goonies. Sean scored another career defining, triumphant success playing the title character in the inspirational and universally applauded college football biopic Rudy. But Sean probably best known in his role as Samwise Gamgee the stalwart Hobbit from Peter Jackson's epic Lord of the Rings film trilogy for which he received several awards.
Sean has appeared on television as Lynn McGill in the fifth season of 24, and currently voices Raphael in Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated TV series. Sean is also slated to co-star in the much anticipated series The Strain for FX, based on Guillermo del Toro's trilogy of vampire novels.
Previously announced guests include Jason Momoa, Jewel Staite, Sam Witwer, Simon Bisley, Greg Capullo, Amanda Conner, Danielle Corsetto, Ivy Doomkitty, Adam Kubert, Carlos Pacheco, Jimmy Palmiotti, Eric Powell, Gail Simone, Stan Sakai, Jeff Smith, Scott Snyder, Skottie Young, and many more! For the full guest list plus artist alley, exhibitor, and film fest registration please check out the Boston Comic Con website!
Online ticket purchases are available at the link!
About Boston Comic Con:
The Boston Comic Con is a 100% independently run comic book show committed to bringing the biggest and best comic creators to New England. Run by fans for fans, Boston Comic Con is not affiliated with any other convention tour or corporate interests. Hosting over 120,000 square feet of vendors selling comic books, toys, posters, trading cards, and other pop culture memorabilia, this is a destination event for geeks of any stripe. This year's convention will be held Friday August 8th, Saturday August 9th and Sunday August 10th at the Seaport World Trade Center, 200 Seaport Blvd, Boston, MA 02210. For more information please go to our website at www.bostoncomiccon.com and follow us on Twitter (@BostonComicCon) and Facebook!
CA – Three Raphaels Talkin' Toons
November 8, 2013 by Colin Solan
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Voice actor Rob Paulsen welcomes Sean Astin and Nolan North to Talkin' Toons LIVE on Tuesday November 12, 2013 at 8:00 PM! All of them have played the voice of Raphael in different iterations of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
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The world-famous Hollywood Improv is proud to invite you to join Emmy and Annie award winner Rob Paulsen as he talks about his experiences in voice acting!
Sean Astin is an American film actor, director, voice artist, and producer best known for his film roles as Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, and the title character of Rudy. In television, he appeared as Lynn McGill in the fifth season of 24[1] and currently voices Raphael in the 2012 Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series and Oso in the Disney Junior show Special Agent Oso.
Nolan North is an American actor and voice actor born in New Haven, Connecticut. He has been described as "the nearest thing the games industry has to a bona fide leading man." He is most well known for his voice work as Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series; Desmond Miles from the Assassin's Creed video game series; The Penguin in Batman: Arkham City and Batman: Arkham Origins; Deadpool in Hulk Vs, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds/Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Deadpool, Marvel Heroes, and Lego Marvel Super Heroes; Cyrille Le Paradox and El Jefe from Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time; Dr Edward Richtofen in the Zombies mode in the Call of Duty games World at War, Black Ops and Black Ops II; Corrupt Cores and Defective Turrets in Portal 2; Superboy and Superman in Young Justice; Cpt. Martin Walker in Spec Ops: The Line; and most recently David in the critically acclaimed game The Last of Us. He also played Raphael in the feature film TMNT.
About Rob Paulsen:
Born in Detroit, Rob Paulsen spent his childhood in Livonia and Rochester, attending Junior and Senior high school in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Rob loved cartoons like most kids but aspired to be a professional hockey player. "Fortunately, thanks to some big, strong, kid from Winnipeg who drilled me so hard my ears are still ringing, I learned around age 18 I had neither the talent nor the temperament to make a living playing hockey. So, I turned to my other passions: singing and acting."
The goal of bringing absolute believability to a fictional character, live-action or animated, is what every actor strives for. Those who are committed to their career and who combine experience, passion and skill are likely to succeed.
Those gifted with exceptional talent who focus on maximizing their potential by finding their own niche, quickly break away from the pack. After years of honing their craft and consistently delivering memorable performances in which the character impacts an indelible image on the viewer, the public and the industry take notice, singling out the best.
"I'm getting paid to do what I got in trouble for in the 7th grade," jests Rob, who won a Daytime Emmy in 1999 as "Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program" for Pinky and The Brain (Warner Bros.) Though nominated twice previously, the victory was especially sweet due to some formidable competition – fellow nominees Louie Anderson, Ernest Borgnine, Dennis Franz and Jeffery Tambor. In addition to his Emmy, Rob won back-to-back Annie Awards in 1997 and 1998. "I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business," he says.
"It's a treat to portray a complex character," Rob explains about Pinky, a goof-ball mouse with funny teeth, a head filled with clouds and an inane imagination that is punctuated with a staccato laugh. "Besides … where else could I find a job where emotional outbursts and odd exclamations like 'Egad!,' 'Narf!,' 'Poit!,' 'Splonk!,' and 'Zort!' are allowed and in fact, encouraged?" With over 2,000 half-hours of animation to his credit, Rob's versatility shines in his starring roles as the voices of Yakko, Pinky and Dr. Scratch 'n' Sniff in the Peabody and two-time Emmy award-winning series "Animaniacs."
Some of Rob's other well-known animated characters include Raphael of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," Arthur in "The Tick," the title role in "The Mask" (for a WHOLE lot less dough than Mr. Carrey, thank you), the title role in "Mighty Max," Carl Wheezer in "Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius," Jack Fenton in "Danny Phantom," Bobble in the "Tinkerbell" series of DVDs and hopefully more to come.
Paulsen's extensive credits include on-camera roles in numerous motion pictures including Body Double, Stewardess School, Eyes of Fire, The Perfect Match, and Warlocked. His television acting credits include guest-starring roles on MacGyver and St. Elsewhere. Additionally, he is one of the most sought-after voice actors in the commercial arena, performing in over 1000 commercial spots.
As passionate about "paying it forward" as he is about his lucrative career, Rob supports various charitable organizations, particularly those benefiting children and military veterans. Rob's volunteer work with GOALmodels has been particularly rewarding. GOALmodels, a high school program in Reseda, California, is designed to inspire 9th graders to set goals and overcome obstacles in life. Blending his life experiences with passion for his work, his presentations are informative, entertaining and inspiring. In his leisure time, Rob enjoys golf, riding his motorcycle and occasionally lacing up his skates for another chance to relive his past glory on the rink. He spends the majority of his free time with his wife, Parrish, and their two Yorkshire terriers, Pooshie and Tala.
Hollywood Improv
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NEW YORK, June 15 (Reuters) While female athletes are usually more likely than men to tear the knee's anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), the sport of lacrosse appears to be an exception, according to a new study.
Since 1989, researchers found, U.S. women on college basketball and soccer teams have suffered ACL injuries at three to four times the rate of their male counterparts. When it comes to lacrosse, however, men and women have shown nearly identical rates of the injury.
The gender gap observed in other sports disappeared because female lacrosse players had a relatively low rate of ACL injury, while male players had an unusually high risk, the study authors report in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
The reasons are uncertain, but the researchers suspect that the level of physical contact in a sport is key to the risk of ACL injury. While men's lacrosse involves more contact than either soccer or basketball, the women's game is non-contact.
Contact in lacrosse may cause an ACL tear indirectly, explained study co-author Dr. Anthony Beutler of the Malcolm Grow Medical Center at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
For instance, colliding with another player, or being distracted by the threat of a looming lacrosse stick, could cause an athlete to awkwardly pivot or land from a jump, which in turn can rupture the ACL.
The ACL is a tough, fibrous band that runs from the thighbone to the shinbone, serving as a major stabilizer of the knee joint. When it tears, it's often due to a hard twisting motion. So ACL injuries are particularly common in sports that require lots of pivoting, jumping and sudden stops and starts, such as basketball, soccer, volleyball and lacrosse.
Studies have long shown that women are up to eight times more likely to suffer a sports-related ACL tear than men are, and researchers have offered a number of possible explanations -- including differences in strength, training and anatomy between male and female athletes.
The findings on lacrosse are ''fascinating,'' Beutler told Reuters Health, because they show that the sport's characteristics, and not just the player's, are important in ACL injury.
The results are based on injury data collected by the National Collegiate Athletic Association between 1989 and 2004. The rate of ACL injuries was stable across the 15 years, and consistently higher among female soccer and basketball players than among males.
However, female lacrosse players had only about half the risk of female soccer players, while the opposite pattern emerged for men.
Male lacrosse players were 50 percent more likely than soccer players, and twice as likely as basketball players, to suffer an ACL tear.
Changing men's lacrosse rules to make it more like the women's game could conceivably lower the ACL risk, Beutler said, but that probably wouldn't be a popular move.
He noted that a large trial is currently investigating ways to prevent ACL tears in athletes, and researchers should know much more about what works and what doesn't in the coming years.
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Penn Medicine's radiation oncologists use special techniques to maximize the impact of radiation on the tumor and minimize the effect on normal surrounding body tissue. The sophisticated equipment used at Penn works to direct just the right amount of radiation at the precise location of a tumor.
We offer today's latest technology and treatment options, all of which are delivered by doctors who are leaders in their field. This means patients have early access to the latest research, technology, and clinical advances, including many that combine radiation therapy with chemotherapy and/or surgery.
Radiation treatment uses X-rays or other high-energy rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation treatment is an effective treatment for many types of cancers in almost any part of the body.
The two main goals of radiation treatment are to cure cancer and relieve symptoms. For many patients, radiation is the only treatment needed. However, radiation treatment may also be given in combination with chemotherapy and/or surgery. Radiation can be used before surgery to shrink a tumor, and during or after surgery to kill any cancer cells that may still be present. Sometimes radiation is used along with anticancer drugs to destroy the cancer, instead of performing surgery.
Radiation can be used as a palliative therapy, meaning that its primary intent is not to cure the cancer, but to relieve pressure, bleeding, or pain by shrinking tumors.
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Much like waiting patiently for more than three minutes for a train or remaining sober on Thursdays, the strapless dress has never sat comfortably with Londoners. As a species we tend to shy away from the glossy, über-groomed look a dress with no straps creates, finding comfort and solace in our boyfriend jeans. But that's changing. And for that we have the jumpsuit to thank.
While the strapless dress remains an untouchable option for those who shy away from in-your-face glamour, a strapless jumpsuit is the thing even the most reluctant dressing-uppers will be clinging to this summer. Striking a perfect balance between elegance and effortlessness, the joy of this style is that you can bare your shoulders without looking as if you've taken a wrong turn en route to the latest TOWIE wedding. Easy to wear and ridiculously comfortable — provided you choose a style and size that fits perfectly — this is the summer wedding outfit of which dreams are made of. In essence it's a wardrobe staple that could prove as essential to your life as a Breton top or a navy cashmere sweater.
My appreciation of this look began — like so many before them — with Phoebe Philo. Attending the British Fashion Awards back in 2010, the Céline designer ensured the strapless jumpsuit poll position on the wish lists of no-nonsense dressers everywhere by showcasing a stunning version from her own label.
Strapless jumpsuits - in pictures
Strapless jumpsuits - in pictures
1/4 Simple elegance
Strapless jumpsuit, £60, Topshop (topshop.co.uk)
2/4 Jump in to the style
Bandeau jumpsuit, £55, River Island (riverisland.com)
3/4 Black beauty
Lovebird jumpsuit, £195, Whistles (whistles.co.uk)
4/4 Culotte-style
Cropped stretch jumpsuit, £1,200, Mulberry (NET-A-PORTER.COM)
Fast forward to 2014 and, at last, this little beauty has made its way into our shops as more and more designers wake up to its charms. Whistles, not surprisingly, leads the way when it comes to shopping for this style on the high street thanks to the Lovebird jumpsuit, which is available in black and baby pink — wear it with an oversized cream coat or pool slides — while Topshop and Maje both have lovely options this summer.
When seeking out the strapless jumpsuit to save your life (or at least make it just a little bit better) be sure to opt for a style that is as straightforward as possible. The success of this look is entirely dependent on effortlessness: opt for a jumpsuit that's trimmed with beads or is weirdly cut and you'll have missed the point entirely. It's also imperative that you opt for a version with wide or peg-shaped trousers.
Mulberry's tomato-red cropped, stretched-cotton jumpsuit is a must-have for those seeking out an achingly cool outfit for a stylish summer affair — I'm thinking negronis on a rooftop here — while Emilia Wickstead's slouchy satin strapless jumpsuit is a good option for a fancy-pants day at the races look.Reuse content


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Race and Community Care (Race, Health, and Social Care)
This book is the first critical introduction to the area of 'race' and community care and thus fills an important gap in existing literature. The first part of the book considers the racialised constructions of community and provides a historical account of the relationship between state welfare and minority ethnic communities. Part two focuses on the nature of family obligations and the processes of social change. Part three provides case studies in 'race' and community care by focusing on disability, mental health, cash for care and the role of the voluntary sector. The book is essential reading for students and teachers in a broad range of courses in community care, social policy, race relations and social work. It will also be of use to practitioners, policy makers and researchers in health and social care.
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