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Im going on a first date with a guy to the movies. Im mentally prepared for anything, but as an adult do most first dates at the movies end up in making out? or is it just soley watching the movie and not even touching each other? Personally I would feel weird to make any kind of move even touching hands. If he did I wouldn't mind if I liked him, but I have never been to the moives on a first date. I have had two boyfriends before, but we usually have gone to the movies when we have already kissed before and touched hands. I never in fact even made out with a guy at the movies. Usually we have held hands while just watching. I know if the guy picks a seat towards the back thats somewhat a clue. Is this something teenagers only do? Also, is it weird to make out on the first date? The first boyfriend I had was the first date I ever went on and our first kiss was he just kissed me good night (one kiss). The second boyfriend and I ending up kissing while watching a movie together in my dorm at college. Im not good at reading signals because I thought it was just going to be one kiss since thats what i though happens the first time two people kiss on a date, but I felt awkward because i realized the situation called for making out and it turned into him thinking I didn't want to keep kissing him like he wanted to. Fortunately it worked out and we later became a couple, but I later now realize it would be weird to kiss and then suddenly go back to watching the movie without saying anything. So to me it seems like if you are going to have your first kiss at the movies it would be making out am I right? Answering all questions in the paragraph are appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Hello fellow parents.
I have a bit of a situation and I was hoping on receiving some of your feedback.
A little background; my daughter was born in Cambodia and has a Cambodian mother. My daughter (Pollin) and I moved to Australia in December '15. I am an Australian. Pollin is 3 in December '16. She is happy, healthy and is quite advanced for her age. Her grandparents have 2 small dogs of whom she is very fond.
The issue I'd like to talk about today is the mother's intolerance of my daughter's role-playing behaviour. Pollin enjoys pretending; she loves hopping like a kangaroo, scaring people like a ghost and crawling on her hands and knees pretending to be a dog.
Unfortunately, her mother has taken deep offence to this behaviour and is of the belief that my mother (Pollin's grandmother) is doing the wrong thing by encouraging her. Specifically, it's the acting like a dog that offends her as in her country dogs are sub-standard and dirty animals.
It's reached the point where my daughter's mother now flatly refuses to speak to my mother, putting me in an extremely difficult situation.
I am of the belief that role-playing and "pretending" is completely normal and healthy for a <3 year old. I've done a bit of reading up on it and I can't find anything to say it's not a good thing.
Looking forward to the community's opinions.
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Acting like a dog
15-09-2016 08:47 #2
If I'm reading this correctly. You've adopted a little girl from Cambodia (fantastic) and she'll have a much better life. But your still in contact with the birth mother and your all friends etc and you still correspond with her in regards to pollin ?
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15-09-2016 08:53 #4
Before I offer any form of advice - what is your current relationship status with the mother of your child? Does she still live in Cambodia?
15-09-2016 09:02 #5
Op my daughter is 3 and my son is 5 and one of our favourite games to play is 'guess the animal'. We take turns in pretending to be an animal and the other's have to guess which one we are being. All very normal behaviour and nothing that I would have the slightest concern over. Can I suggest you make an appointment with a Child Heath nurse (your local council can point you in the right direction to find one if need be) and take your daughter's mother along to the appointment. There you can all have an open discussion about what is normal at this age and hopefully it will help the mother understand that there is nothing to be concerned about.
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Sorry for not being clear. I am Pollin's biological father (no adoption).
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Both my daughter and I are Australian citizens. I got her citizenship granted while we were still in Cambodia.
Her mother is here on a Visitor visa that I sponsored and is due to return to Cambodia soon. Unfortunately, she seems to believe that myself and my parents are not suitable guardians for her daughter because of this dog malarkey.
Therefore she has taken our daughter to a women's shelter somewhere and has taken a DV out against me. She's now saying that if I don't let her go home with her daughter she'll continue with the DV charges (which are unfounded, and I have every intention of contesting and defending myself, although I wish I didn't have to).
She says that she wants to live in Australia to take care of her daughter herself, but she doesn't trust me to sponsor another visa. So she's insisting on taking our daughter back to Cambodia as a guarantee that I sponsor her for another visa.
So.... are we still together? I suppose not.
But... This diabolical mess is my problem alone. I'm merely seeking advice on my daughter's behaviour.
15-09-2016 09:28 #8
If she only objects to pretending to be a dog, I think you need to be mindful of cultural perspectives and differences. A dog in her culture is not something to pretend to be as it is considered dirty etc. You can try to tell your little one how her mother feels about dogs etc and we should try not to mimic them as they can be dirty?
If she is totally dismissing ANY imaginative/pretend play you could:
Google and find articles and information about pretend or imaginative play and flood her with as much information you can find.
Take Pollin's mother along to a play group or something similar to show her and introduce her to children around the same age. She can talk to other mothers and realise it's normal, and in fact so important.
Take the little ones mother along to a gp appointment or paediatrician and have them explain the importance. This is an extreme suggestion but if nothing else works, it might be an idea.
ETA Just read your above post, perhaps the above would not be suitable. I am so sorry you are in a tough place at the moment.
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15-09-2016 09:49 #9
Sounds like the mother desperately wants extra time with her daughter and is prepared to go to drastic lengths in order to achieve it. This may be why the dog issue has been blown out of proportion.
15-09-2016 10:17 #10
Acting like a dog
Role play completely normal and there is nothing as parents we can do its all part and parcel of being kids. But as another poster has stated maybe try to explain to your daughter that her mum see's it as dirty etc and maybe she could be another animal like a bunny rabbit.
I'm really sorry your going through all the mess that DD's mum has created, I do hope it gets sorted. As for her taking her away from you she won't be able to leave the country if you hold her passport and you can also put her on a flight risk list so best speak to a lawyer about that one.
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Tuscany a region in Central Italy is known for its beautiful landscape and rich artistic legacy. Tuscany had a unique culinary tradition, it focuses on simplicity. Since most of the dishes rely on the fresh ingredients available, and are unique to certain areas and towns in the region. The food is easy and delicious. $60. Hands On
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Former Off The Rails presenter Brendan Courtney has landed the opportunity of a lifetime - covering London Fashion Week for 40 MILLION Chinese viewers
The Dubliner, 40, will report on the massive fashion event for Asian TV channel Propeller this month - and that's not all.
Brendan will also present a number of documentaries on figures within the fashion industry and showbusiness.
The stylist will produce around 20 episodes of the new programme, called 'Profiler'.
Brendan told The Herald: "It's amazing, I can't wait.
"I'm actually covering a lot of catwalk shows that week for more than one channel -- for BBC Radio and the RTE show Today as well."
"Talks for this started about a year ago and it's exciting,.
"Over 40 million watch the station so that's crazy.
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The benign-sounding Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act could hardly have a more misleading title. This measure, which is expected to reach the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this week, is designed to address public concerns about the safety of genetically modified foods by prohibiting states from requiring forthright labels.
Opponents, who include environmental and food-safety advocates, have called it the "Denying Americans the Right-to-Know (Dark) Act" or the "Monsanto Protection Act."
The measure (HR1599), sponsored by Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., would wipe out laws in Vermont, Connecticut and Maine that mandate GMO labeling. It would go a step further by preventing states from restricting GMO crops.
The debate about the efficacy and dangers of GMO foods is very contentious. Defenders of GMO technology claim it allows agriculture to be more productive on less land, fewer pesticides and herbicides, less fertilizer — and, take note, Californians — less water. Opponents warn that the benefits are overstated and the risk of long-term effects on human health and the environment are considerable.
The bottom line is that consumers are wary, which is why some companies have voluntarily put "no GMO" labels on their products. States should not have to wait for the federal government to act in consumers' interest. Congress should reject HR1599.
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Geneticure has assembled and patented a comprehensive panel of genes that are involved in the regulation of renal Na⁺ handling, vasodilation, and cardiac function.
All of these genes have repeatedly demonstrated physiologic effects in cell, animal, and human models and have also demonstrated altered pharmacogenetic effects.
Based on current therapeutic guidelines, and our current understanding of genetics and the proteins involved in blood pressure regulation, we provide the critical information necessary for accurate therapeutic decision making in hypertension. Treating hypertension has never been easier.
The development of high blood pressure in humans is the result of one or more of three physiologic maladaptation's:
As such, common therapies for reducing blood pressure include those that inhibit Na⁺ reabsorption in the kidney, cause vasodilation, or reduce cardiac output.
Despite a significant impulse in the medical community to move towards an "individualized medicine" approach to patient centered treatment, the current clinical treatment strategy for high blood pressure, like other diseases, is based on a set algorithm which does not take into account individual genetic differences of the patient. Rather, physicians are guided to choose a drug (one out of many options) in a given class of drugs and use that specific drug as a "first line therapy" (typically initiating with the diuretic class) and titrate that specific drug of choice to therapeutic dosage.
It is only after a prolonged course of treatment with that specific class of drug that clinical efficacy is determined (typically three months). At this stage, if clinical guideline goals for blood pressure have not been met, it is often recommended that the patient remain on the "first line therapy" whilst an additional drug from a different class of drugs (typically an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor) or angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB)) is added to the pharmacologic regimen. Again, this drug is titrated to recommended therapeutic dosage and another prolonged course of treatment is initiated before clinical efficacy is determined (an additional three months – six months since initiation of treatment).
If at this point, clinical guideline goals for blood pressure have not been met, a third drug from a third class of drugs (typically a beta-blocker) is added and the process is repeated (another three months – nine months from initiation of treatment). Further, if clinical guideline goals have continued to be elusive, the diagnosis of refractory hypertension is added and the process is reinitiated with a different combination of drugs, different classes of drugs, different drug options within a given class of drugs, different dosages, or all of the above.
Thus, from the time of initial diagnosis and the start of treatment to the point in which blood pressure is adequately controlled may take anywhere from three months to well over one year. This trial-and-error standard of care is clearly not optimal.


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In a post last week on his site, Corruption, Crime and Compliance, Mike Volkov named the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) his "Person of the Year". He did so because "There is no other position in a company which has taken on more significance." This significance was foretold, in part, by the Department of Justice's (DOJ) minimum best practices compliance program, where they have listed in each Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) and Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) released beginning in 2010 and continuing into 2011, the following:
"Senior Management Oversight and Reporting. A Company should assign responsibility to one or more senior corporate executives of the Company for the implementation and oversight of the Company's anti-corruption policies, standards, and procedures. Such corporate official(s) shall have direct reporting obligations to the Company's Legal Counsel or Legal Director as well as the Company's independent monitoring bodies, including internal audit, the Board of Directors, or any appropriate committee of the Board of Directors, and shall have an adequate level of autonomy from management as well as sufficient resources and authority to maintain such autonomy."
In November 2010, the US Sentencing Guidelines were also amended to make the role of the CCO more robust and allow direct reporting to a Board of Directors or subcommittee of the Board. The amendment read "the individual…with operational responsibility for the compliance and ethics program…have direct reporting obligations to the governing authority or any appropriate subgroup… (e.g. an audit committee or the board of directors)". If a company has the CCO reporting to the General Counsel (GC) who then reports to the Board? Such structure may not qualify as an effective compliance and ethics program under the amended Sentencing Guidelines ...Zum vollständigen Artikel


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In the morning-between snoozing for an extra ten minutes or spending time applying and perfecting my makeup-I would rather snooze.This means I need a 5 minute makeup routine-something that's simple quick,easy and still makes me look presentable and professional.
Here are my top 5 must have early morning makeup items.
1.Concealer-Cover Up : Benefit Erase Paste and Mac Pro Long Wear Concealer
Cover up everything-The pimple from 3 months ago which is long gone but has left a mark, the late nigh re-runs of friends which seem a good idea at 1.30 in the night but invariably leave giant panda circles under the eyes-Blemishes,marks,spots-
2.Guerlain Meteorites:Get glowy!!!
I always thought that the Guerlain meteorites was an extremely over-hyped product until I tried it and fell in love.Using the meteorites leaves you with the most subtle soft shimmery glow-The kind of glow you get when you just get up in the morning after a great night's sleep.Now its one of my holy grail products.
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Though the benetint can be used as a cheek and lip stain-I primarily use it as a lip stain.It gives a subtle rosy pink stain stain to the lips and looks extremely natural-The best part it lasts a good 3-5 hours depending on whether you apply gloss on top or not.
4.Mascara:Open up the eyes.
Clearly when it comes to mascara I have a problem-I keep buying new tubes without using up the old ones but a simple swirl of mascara on the lashes can open up your eyes and make you look awake.
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I love SPF I hate the white cast it leaves-The solution to my problem-SPF on the go in a tube.This Peter Thomas Roth instant SPF powder is perfect for those quick outings after lunch or when you head from one meeting to another-its simple,its easy and its extremely convenient.
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College Research Associate and Bowman Supervisor in English, Wolfson College, Cambridge
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I work on eighteenth-century literature and visual culture, with a special interest in how parody and adaptation allow creative material to shift between genres, art-forms and languages (mainly French) within the literary and historical contexts of its appearance. My principal focus is Laurence Sterne, and how his reception in Britain and beyond can be gauged by exploring Sterneana: the numerous and varied adaptations his work has inspired from 1760 to the present day in text, image, and performance. I'm in the initial stages of building a digital database that will broaden access to this material, and enrich understanding of the expanding field of eighteenth-century adaptations and 'afterlives'.
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'Wit and Humour for the Heart of Sensibility: The Beauties of Fielding and Sterne', in The Afterlives of Eighteenth-Century Fiction, ed. Daniel Cook and Nicholas Seager (Cambridge University Press, 2014)
Adaptations of Laurence Sterne's Fiction: Sterneana, 1760-1840 (Ashgate, 2013)
'"Illustrating" A Sentimental Journey: The "first annotated edition" of 1803?', Sterne Tercentenary Conference Proceedings, The Shandean, 24 (2013), 103-24
'A "new order of beings and things": Caricature in Sterne's Fictional Worlds', in Hilarion's Asse: Sterne and Humour, ed. Anne Bandry-Scubbi and Peter de Voogd (Cambridge Scholars, 2013), pp. 37-52
'"The utmost fluidity exists with the utmost permanence": Virginia Woolf's un-Victorian Sterne', Woolf Studies Annual, 16 (2010), 71-94
'Character or Caricature?: Richard Newton's Illustrations of Laurence Sterne's A Sentimental Journey', Word & Image, 25 (2009), 115-28


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"Zombie Zero" Malware Starting The XPocalypse For Ageing Windows XP Systems
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The end of official support for Windows XP passed in April this year and since then Microsoft has warned of the security risks of continuing to use the outdated OS. Microsoft no longer issues core OS security updates for Windows XP users unless they have purchased expensive personalised support packages from Microsoft. According to Microsoft this makes unprotected Windows XP systems five times more vulnerable to security risks and viruses.
It looks like time could now be running out for Windows XP users as Security Company TrapX warns of a Windows XP based malware infection that is spreading rapidly among business XP systems. The malware allows cybercriminals to steal documents and sensitive data: a huge problem for businesses that run a vulnerable version of Windows XP.
The Zombie Zero malware started in China after terminal scanners running Windows XP embedded were injected with the malware infection. This infection is able interfere with these Windows XP systems and spread the malware further with the help of a centrally controlled Chinese-based botnet. The security issue isn't necessarily an XP-only problem but security firm TrapX notes that Windows XP systems are more vulnerable given the number of security exploits that exist for it.
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Darvish 4 consecutive starts without win for Texas
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Yu Darvish has never been through a drought like this with the Texas Rangers.
Even with a 2.28 ERA and 32 strikeouts added to his major league-leading total his last four starts, the ace from Japan doesn't have a victory during that span. It is Darvish's longest stretch in the majors without winning a game.
"It hasn't really affected me that much," Darvish said through his translator. "I think I've done my job. Wins and losses you can't really control."
Darvish (7-2) gets back on the mound Thursday night in the opener of a four-game home series against Toronto. It will be his second consecutive start against the Blue Jays -- he gave up three runs, all on one play, while pitching the first seven innings of the Rangers' 18-inning loss Saturday in Toronto.
Since his last victory May 16, Darvish had a 1-0 loss to Oakland and then three consecutive games without getting a decision.
"A couple of them, he had to battle. A couple of them, he was crisp," manager Ron Washington said. "More than anything, it was us not scoring runs. ... We score some runs for him, he could have a couple of more wins. He's thrown well enough to continue to win ballgames."
The Rangers have totaled 10 runs in Darvish's last four games. They averaged nearly 7½ runs per game during his first nine starts when he went 7-1.
Darvish struck out 14 in the second game of a Memorial Day doubleheader at Arizona, but allowed a tying home run in the eighth inning, and the Diamondbacks scored off a reliever in the ninth for a 5-4 victory. Then on June 2 at home against Kansas City, he gave up only three hits over seven scoreless innings and left with a 1-0 lead that the bullpen squandered before the Rangers won.
"There are some games that you give up five runs and you still win, and there's games you give up only one run and you still lose," Darvish said. "So those things you can't really control. But I try to go deep in the game, and keep the team in the game, give them a chance to win."
Darvish has done that in his 13 starts, with opponents hitting only .182 against him -- matching Detroit's Max Scherzer for the lowest in the majors. Darvish leads the majors with 118 strikeouts in 88 1-3 innings.
The last win for Darvish was a 10-4 victory over Detroit in a much-anticipated matchup of aces that didn't live up to the hype.
Justin Verlander was gone after giving up seven runs in the third inning that night. Darvish needed a career-high 130 pitches to get through eight innings.
What the Rangers couldn't have expected then was that Darvish would pitch so well over the next four games without winning.
"No, not at all," Washington said. "But that just goes to show you, you can't predict the game."
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The right decorative lighting can make all difference in the appearance and character of any room. This Springdale Lighting Tiffany colorful art glass shade is a charming way to illuminate any room in your home.
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Dinner at Nadaman restaurant at Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo.
Since 1830, this famous Nadaman group of restaurants has been treating its diners traditional Japanese specialties such as kaiseki. While waiting for the Omaska course, I ordered the Toro and salmon sashimi. It's very fresh.
The Omaska set; the goose liver dish was served hot, the liver was slightly fan & the sauce was savory and delicious.
The miso egg soup was good. The fresh lobster was very succulent.
The abalone with garlic herbs on the top was freshness!
The Wagyu Beef or Japanese beef, is known for its quality. When served with traditionally smoking, it gives an unbelievable rich flavor that melts in the mouth.
The fried rice with shrimps and eggs was tasty and the serving was just nice.
The Omasaka is about ¥22000, it's a wonderful dinner.
Night scene at Roppongi,
After dinner, we went to Roppongi. It is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous as home to the rich Roppongi Hills area and an active night club scene. Roppongi Hills is one of Japan's largest integrated property developments, located in the Roppongi district of Minato, Tokyo. There are many foreign embassies located in Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike. It is in the central part of Tokyo, south of Akasaka and north of Azabu.-La Hotel, Tokyo. Will share more on shopping for the next few days.


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A recent report by IAB ( Interactive Advertising Bureau ) shows that the global mobile advertising market reached the $5.3 billion mark in 2011 and is expected to grow even bigger in 2012. If you look at a region wise break up of this figure, Europe accounts for 25.9% ; North America 31.4%; Latin America 3.5%; Asia-Pacific 35.9%; Middle East & Africa 3.2%.Compared to the 2010 market figures, there's been a 150% increase in the year 2011.
A more detailed breakup is given in the figure below:
"Hyper-personal and always-on, mobile has a tremendous potential as an advertising medium," Alain Heureux, President and CEO of IAB Europe said. " We are recognizing the need for accurate and comprehensive data to support and provide evidence for its future growth. This is not just a local, or even European affair. As many mobile campaigns are played out in a global ecosystem, the market we have to size spans across borders."
Anna Bager, Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence, IAB said,"As mobile accelerates its global footprint, it is vital that we measure the worldwide and regional opportunities for advertisers. This key IAB initiative provides an accurate gauge of mobile market developments across the globe, with the aim of helping our members and the industry achieve even stronger growth through mobile."
The IAB Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence, an independently funded and staffed unit inside the IAB, is charged with driving the growth of the mobile marketing, advertising and media marketplace.


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Thank you to everyone that came to the Vendo Seller Conference. We appreciate that you came prepared, engaged and took it seriously. Together we created an amazing event!
Now we'd like to get your thoughts on it. What did you like most? How did you feel about the content and topics? Would you add something different?
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We're also preparing a survey that will go out next week. Please take the time to complete it thoughtfully. Your feedback will help us shape the 2015 conference. One of the new things that we are considering is to allow each founding attendee to nominate other people to attend who they think will add value to the 2015 conference. At the end of the day it is up to all of us to continue to make this an outstanding event.
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RU 486 stands for Roussel Uclaf Company. It was first manufactured in this company by a chemist called Georges Teutsch in April, 1980. His aim was to synthesize a compound which could function as a glucorticoid receptor antagonist. Later on it was discovered to be a progesterone receptor antagonist. It is also known as Mifepristone and is marketed as Mifegyne and Mifeprex. It is a steroid compound and is synthetically manufactured. It is commonly used to induce abortions in the first two months of pregnancy and needs to be used in higher doses in order to successfully induce abortions. In smaller doses this compound has been used as an emergency contraceptive pill. It is available in the tablet form, as 200 mg tablets.
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It acts as a progesterone receptor antagonist, which means that it blocks the action of naturally occurring progesterone hormone in your body. Progesterone is important for the development and maintenance of the integrity of your endometrium. If there is a decrease in the amounts of progesterone available, the endometrium cannot be maintained and begins the process of self destruction. Thus progesterone is extremely essential to maintain and continue pregnancy. Once you take RU 486, the natural progesterone is your body is stopped from acting on your endometrium, which then degenerates and sheds. The endometrium provides nourishment to the developing fetus through the placenta. Once the endometrium shrinks, there is a decreased blood supply to the developing fetus and this leads to death and subsequently abortion.
It is used in termination of intrauterine pregnancies up to around 49 days of gestation. Between 13 to 24 weeks of gestation it can be used for termination of pregnancy along with Gemeprost. It is used to induce labour following intrauterine death of fetus. It acts as a contraceptive and can successfully prevent pregnancy if taken following intercourse but before ovulation occurs. Before dilatation and curettage in order to terminate pregnancy, it is used to soften and dilate the cervix. It is used in the treatment of endometriosis, uterine fibroids, depression, breast cancer, glaucoma, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer and meningiomas. It is also used in the treatment of Cushing's syndrome.
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Following administration of RU 486 for abortions, many women suffer from uterine cramps, abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding or spotting which could last for about 9 to 16 days, after the abortion. Some women may be allergic to the compound and develop swelling over the face, lips, mouth, and difficulty in breathing. If you experience any such allergic symptoms you must promptly report to your doctor. Some women suffer from nausea, vomiting, dizziness, diarrhea, fatigue and pelvic inflammatory disease.
Contraindications to usage of RU 486: You must not use this compound if you have an intrauterine device in situ, or are suffering from adrenal failure, ectopic pregnancy, hemorrhagic disorders – bleeding disorders, inherited porphyrias or are taking corticosteroids for a long period of time or anticoagulant medications which will prolong the duration of any bleeding.
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DUNEDIN, Fla. - R.A. Dickey and Cliff Lee struggled in the poor weather. Ryan Howard and Jose Reyes found the playing conditions to their liking.
Howard hit a two-run homer off Dickey and Reyes and the Toronto Blue Jays touched up Cliff Lee in an 11-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in cool, blustery conditions Saturday.
Both starters went three innings in their second exhibition appearances. Dickey allowed three runs in the first on four consecutive hits - doubles by Kevin Frandsen and Michael Young, Howard's shot and a single by Domonic Brown.
"They were just aggressive early in the count and got some balls up in the air," Dickey said. "Today, if you got a ball up in the air, it was probably going to go somewhere."
Despite his homer off Dickey, Howard is pleased the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner was dealt from the NL East rival New York Mets to Toronto in a seven-player offseason trade.
"I'll let the (American League) East go ahead and deal with him over there," said Ryan, grinning.
The left-handed Lee, who won the 2008 AL Cy Young Award with the Cleveland Indians, gave up two first-inning runs on doubles by Jose Reyes and Melky Cabrera and a single by Edwin Encarnacion. Emilio Bonifacio tied it at 3 in the second with a solo home run.
Reyes added a three-run homer off losing pitcher Tyler Cloyd in the fourth. Carlos Ruiz and Erik Kratz also had home runs for Philadelphia.
"I missed up in the zone a few times, obviously, with the wind," Lee said. "Physically, I feel great."
Notes: The Blue Jays play against a Phillies split squad today. The scheduled starters are LHP Rickey Romero for Toronto and Aaron Cook for Philadelphia. ... Ford "Moon" Mullen, who was the oldest living Phillies alumnus at 96, died Thursday night. The former second baseman played 118 games for the club in 1944, his only season in the majors.


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Only I Can Save The Olympics
originally posted on February 6th 2006..i hate the olympics
There's about a week or so left until all TV news and primetime programing switches from covering actual news and your favorite TV shows to covering one of the most boring, and pointless, public spectacle: The Olympics. Now some of you are probably sitting there, with your thumbs up your ass, saying, "Travis, the Olympics don't suck, they require years of dedication and training, and winning a gold medal is very prestigious," and to you people I say you couldn't be more wrong if you were fucking a sheep right now. (see, that's funny because I likened people who enjoy the Olympics to people who enjoy bestiality. Did everyone who's going to get it…get it? Good, moving on.)
First off; a gold medal and a dollar fifty will get you a cup of coffee. Outside of people training for the Olympics a gold medal pretty much means dick. True, you may be the worlds greatest ice dancer, but that's like being the best burrito maker at Taco Bell, not something to aspire to and no one really gives a shit. Don't believe me? Remember Mary lou Retten and Kerri Scrugg? They were America's sweethearts after their respective olympics. Other than maybe appearing on a Wheaties box they've disappeared. They haven't done shit since since they won their "prestigious" gold medal. Now obviously I'm not talking about pro-athletes that have competed in the Olympics (i.e. Michael Jordon and Magic Johnson) all they did was add another notch of accomplishment to their belts. Being in the Olympics also gives the athletes a false sense of celebrity. Proof of this can be found in the fact that after her Olympic career ran its course, Tonya Harding couldn't even make money doing porno. If no one will pay to watch you do a donkey show, even as a lark, just to tell the story, you have failed!! Remember Summer Sanders? She won four medals at the Olympics for swimming, not just one FOUR . She whores used cars on commercials here in Sacramento. Way to go champ. The only American gold medal winner I can find that parlayed their brief Olympic appearance into a successful money making career is Kurt Angle… and he's a pro-wrestler. Though Kurt does look like a date rapist.
As far as the Olympics not being boring: I call bullshit. Big, fat, hairy bags of bullshit. No one gave a flying fuck about figure skating until one nitwit had another nitwit clubbed in the leg by a meth addict. After that, suddenly, everyone was en rapt in the saga of skating. Not because they wanted to see who would win the bitter rivalry, no, everyone was secretly foaming at the mouth for the battle to escalate and for Nancy Kerrigan to come back with a crossbow. It's like Nascar; no one watches to see the cars drive in circles. Everyone watches to see the next deadly, ball of flames, mustachioed man killing, crash. So in order to increase viewership of, and so people won't be bored out of their tit, here are just a few of my suggestions to liven up the Olympics.
First of all, I say give the viewing audience what they want. Mix all forms of Ice skating with skeet shooting. For each skating routine a competition level shooter is placed in the audience. The shooter scores points based on where on the body they land their shot and the difficulty of the part of the routine in which they take their shot. Skaters score points based on the difficulty of their routine and how many shots they dodge. You think a back flip on ice is impressive? Just imagine how impressive it would be as bullets are smashing into the ice at the skaters feet…given the fact that the skater was able to avoid the bullets in the first place.
Announcer: Kammie is starting her triple lutz and Sven the Dutch rifleman seems to be locked and loaded…here we go. She's up…*CHAK CHAK* BOOM And Sven's aim is true. Five points to the Dutchman but it looks as though the .762 round to the shoulder assisted Kammie in her rotation. 10 points for landing the trick, and 10 more points for taking a bullet and pressing on. It looks like Great Britain's skating sweetheart is on her way to the gold
Next take all of those fuckers that do the luge and bobsledding and fire the out of a cannon. Oh sure, they do just fine if they are the ones controlling how fast the sled goes, but think of how cool it would be to fire them down that veritable ice rectum of a track at 97mph headfirst. And make them wear a helmet with a dart-like tip. at the end of the track, instead of just slowing down like they do now, they're rocketed up a ramp and launched out of a giant snow-sculpted buttocks towards something akin to a dart board where they have to aim themselves towards the highest possible point total. Sure some people will break their necks in fine tuning this new event, but I'm not going to lose a lot of sleep over someone who professionally slides around on ice.
And, for the jumping love of jesus eating waffles, liven up the most boring sport ever created: CURLING. Instead of sliding what looks like tea pots across the ice give 'em live grenades. Pull the pin and have them sweep a flash bang grenade towards a target that is a protective bunker. Those who successfully complete the throw, survive, those that don't, well, they go splat. Obviously when viewing this event live people should treat it like watching Shamu the Killer Whale or a Gallagher show. The first five rows should be considered a "splash zone".
Along with livening up the old events, let's get some new ones. Much like a sit-com that has run its course and, in order to keep things interesting, brings in an adopted kid or a robot, it's time for the olympics to "Jump The Shark". We don't want to see thirty different kinds of downhill skiing, we don't need ballroom dancing, we need new events, fresh events that everyone can get excited about: Like midget tossing, wet t-shirt contests, and lumberjacks. In this age of instant gratification, non-stop media blitzing, information overload we need to be barraged with images constantly. I want explosions and violence and titties and balloons and clowns and pancakes. Face it people, I'm right, if the olympics would take my suggestions it would improve them one billion time over. At this point I think I'm going to go watch Girls Gone Wild: Games in hopes that the olympics will hire the guy who started that franchise.


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After Shock
first edition
1975 · New York
by WILCOX, Collin
New York: Random, 1975. Good/Good. First edition. Good in good dustwrapper. Former library book. Light water stain to edges of pages. Spine lean. Edges of spine bumped. Rear dustwrapper yellow from age. Dustwrapper lightly shelf rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. (Inventory #: 203710)


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Photonz: Love Spectre EP
Having issued Photonz tracks since 2006 on labels such as Dissident and One Eyed Jacks, Portugal duo Marco Rodrigues and Miguel Evaristo now step up with a diverse four-tracker for Semtek's choice Don't Be Afraid label. It's forward-thinking music for sure and a natural complement to Semtek's own innovative style.
Spectre is the EP's instant head-turner, largely due to a metronomic xylophone hook that lodges itself firmly within memory after a single run-through (that the theme incessantly repeats might have something to do with it, too). The track's got a whole lot more going for it than a potent hook, however, with a mightily swinging house groove and rolling bass line two other things to admire. Aptly titled and powered by a clap-happy stomp, Wall builds brick by squelchy brick into a dazed colossus of fidgety acid techno, while the fiery Dokos blazes down darkened alleyways in updating old-school house moves associated with Chicago and Detroit (and even lets that pesky xylophone sneak in once more during a blink-and-you'll-miss-it breakdown). As mighty as its title implies, Prometheus rolls out a whiplash techno pulse that's as wired-up and rabid as a mixing desk in the throes of a seizure. All four tracks capture different sides of the Photonz trippy sound, and consequently emphasize the range of the outfit's command.
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A senior executive of the company elaborated on how the Low-E Housewrap works. He said, "A pure aluminum facing is heat bonded to one or both sides of closed cell polyethylene foam, then the product is pin perforated. This results in a housewrap that acts not only as a superior air infiltration barrier, effectively sealing up cracks or gaps in the external sheathing, but it also adds insulation to the exterior of the home blocking up to 97% of radiant heat. This results in better year round efficiency and comfort levels."
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Whenever our babies are starting to walk, they tend to run around the house so that they can go to the places that they want to go. And as a parent, we're always cautious about the surroundings so that they'll not bump on to something that might hit them. And it is also safer to keep the floor soft so that their little feet will not get cold. Which is why having the best baby foam play mat is one of the mats that is perfect for you to place inside the playroom of your baby. There are those that are colorful so that their eyesight will be enhanced and identifying the different colors.
Baby Care Play Mat Foam Floor Gym
Baby Care Play Mat Foam Floor Gym is one of the most popular kinds of a baby foam play mat that a lot of parents bought. It is one of the most durable play mats that you'll ever buy because of the great quality it has. It is made of waterproof material that is cushioned with foam so that it will be soft for your kid to walk or play on. There are also animals that are printed on the mat so that your kid will be able to enjoy identifying the different kinds of animals that are displayed on the mat. It comes in a large size so that it will fit perfectly in the room of your kid os that they can play whenever you want to and for you not to worry about them getting hurt if they fall on the floor because of the soft foam that this mat has. It can also be cleaned easily if your baby accidentally spilled something on it.
This kind of a mat is hypoallergenic so that you'll no longer have to worry if your baby has a sensitive skin. Also, it has different sizes for you to choose from so that you'll be able to pick the right size that will fit the playroom perfectly.
Edushape Solid Play Mat
There are a lot of baby foam mat that comes in a puzzling figure. And the Edushape Solid Play Mat is one of the best kinds of a mat that you'll have. Each of the puzzle mats has a different color so that your baby will be able to exercise and enhance their eyesight. There are those puzzled mats that don't have any closure on the edges, but this one has an edging puzzle for every side of the mat. And whenever you'll buy this kind of a mat there are different sets for you to choose from so that you'll know how many you should have so that it will fit perfectly in the room of your baby or for that certain corner where their toys will lay so that they'll be able to play safely in that area. You'll no longer have to worry about your baby's playing area and their safety as well. This is a soft foamed kind of a mat so that your baby will be able to play comfortably without having any accidents.
There are a lot of moms who are buying this kind of a foam mat because of the fixed edges of the puzzle. This way it will not allow any toy to slip out from the mat. It will also help in fitting the mat perfectly in a room. You can place it perfectly on different corners of the room without any gap between the wall and on the mat.
ProSource Kids Puzzle
If you're looking for a puzzle mat that has a lot of activities for your kid to do, the ProSource Kids Puzzle is one of the popular kinds of foam mat that a lot of parents buy. It is a play foam mat that is in a puzzle form that has the complete alphabetical letter. Each tile has a letter which is already large enough for your kid to see. There are different colors for every tile and letter so that it'll be easier for your baby to see and identify with the help of the bright colors that this mat has. It also has numbers so that it will help your baby practice on how to count. These mats are soft so that it will be comfortable for you and for your baby to stand or sit on. They can even sleep on it because of its comfortability. It can also be cleaned easily because of the material used in making each tile. Each tile has a measurement of 1×1 square foot. which is already enough to fill in the entire flooring of the playroom or the bedroom of your baby.
It is a mat and at the same time an educational tool for your baby. It will help enhance their eyesight and at the same time helps them learn the alphabet and the numbers. This way, it'll be easier for you to teach them because you already have the learning materials that you need. They are large and also very attractive for your baby to see.
POCO DIVO Floor Mat
This POCO DIVO Floor Mat is similar to the Edushape Solid Play Mat which has a lot of bright colors when you lay them together. Each tile has a different color which is very attracting so that your kid will be able to exercise his or her eyesight. It is a puzzle type of a foam mat so that it will be easier for you to place inside the room and also easy for you to remove. There are a lot of parents who bought this kind of a mat because of its comfortable and its softness. This way, it'll be safer for your kid to play around whenever this kind of a mat is in your room. They can sit and lay on it comfortably because of the soft foam that it is made of. In this mat, you'll have nine tiles that are measured 12″x12″ where the overall size is 9spuare feet.
It is a safe kind of a playing mat where your kid will enjoy. The different colors make it presentable and attractive to your kid. It helps enhance their eyesight while they are playing with the mat. It is also easy to assemble and easy to dismantle because of the puzzle design of the mat.
Play Platoon Foam Mat
Here is another kind of a play mat for your baby, the Play Platoon Foam Mat is another educational tool that is also a mat. This mat has the complete alphabetical letters for your kid to learn.even if they are still little, it will be easier for them to learn the alphabet because they are already familiar with it already. It has bright colors so that they will be attracted to playing within the mat so that there will be no accidents that will happen. And aside from the alphabets, this mat also has numbers right after the alphabetical letters. Each tile has a corresponding letter and number so that it will be large enough for your kid to see and determine.the bright colors of this mat will help enhance their eyesight so that they'll be able to identify the different colors easily.
There are a lot of learning materials for your baby that you can buy. But the play mat with alphabets is the basic kind because they will slowly learn their alphabets and numbers as well. And in the future, it'll be easier for them to identify each number and letter because they are already familiar with it.
Soft Tiles Safari Animals Kids Foam Play Mat
if you are looking for a unique kind of a play mat for your kid to play on, the Soft Tiles Safari Animals Kids Foam Play Mat is perfect for you to buy. It is different from the common play mats that you find in the market. It has a black and white color that has figures of the different kinds of animals. This is also a learning tool so that your kid will be able to identify the different kinds of animals easily. There are borders on every side of the mat because this mat is a puzzled kind so that it'll be easier for you to assemble and dismantle whenever you want to store it. The purpose of the borders is to fit the mat perfectly in the corners of the room.
The puzzle design of this kind of a mat will help you customize its size according to the room so that it will be able to fit properly and for you to no longer worry about the fitting of the mats in the room.
There ar different kinds of mats for you to choose from. All of them are made of foam so that it will be comfortable for your baby to play on. Most of them are in a puzzled form so that it will be easier for you to assemble and dismantle. Just choose the right kinds that your baby will have a comfortable playing area.


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Girl's manga magazines Margaret and Bessatsu Margaret (Bestuma) magazines celebrated their 50th anniversary this year with the Watashi no Margaret: (My Margaret) exhibition at the Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills. Our intrepid team of Okazu reporters took in the exhibit on a fine Thursday afternoon in October.
Margaret has some strong ties to our community. It was – and is again – the home of Riyoko Ikeda's works, including Oniisama E/Dear Brother and Berusaiyu no Bara/Rose of Versailles manga series. (It also was the home for the Maria-sama ga Miteru manga and early Yuri classic, Futtemo Harettemo.) In addition, fans of sports manga will remember that the first girl's sport manga, Attack No. 1 and the popular tennis manga, Ace o Nerae!/Aim for the Ace! also ran in Margaret.
Ticket holders were herded into a waiting area, where we were able to get tantalizing glimpses of reproduction color art from the magazine. No photos were allowed, so of course, I snapped this quick picture while waiting.
Before we were let free to wander the exhibit, there was a 4 minute video that was absolutely fantastic. Individual panels of various popular works from 50 years of the magazine, accompanied by dramatic music and fade-ins and outs of recognizable dialogue, was surprisingly moving. The finale was a collage of kiss scenes from dozens of the series and both my wife and I sniffled a bit. It was hard to not be overwhelmed by the shoujo-ness of it all. ^_^
(These are the scenes from the video on the front and back cover of the exhibition catalog, which was lovely, but large. I did not get it, despite thinking about it very hard.)
The exhibit itself was broken into not quite a dozen rooms, the first several focusing on a period of the magazines' evolution from general "girl's" magazine to manga magazines.
These were followed by manga categories, like "Gag and Comedy", "Horror" and "Sports" with original art from popular series of that kind. The "Sports" room had me riveted, with actual original pages from Attack. No. 1 and Ace o Nerae!, Swan and other famous series.
Comedy and Gag manga were presented in a cheerily painted area with sound and vocal effects in large word balloons on the wall. Horror was, of course, black walls, splashes of blood-red and scream effects. ^_^
The "Romance" room, was set up to look much like a reception area of a wedding hall, with banners of cloth hung in a canopy from the ceiling.
There was a focus spot on a series I was not at all familiar with – Hot Road – and we were allowed to take pictures of the motorcycles used in the live action movie of the series. Here is one of the watercolors. It's an odd choice, since most of the art for this series is full of movement and large vistas, motorcycle noises and cityscapes. This was a cover of one of the manga volumes that manages to be none of that at all.
This lead into a full room of original art from this series..and wow do I have a new appreciation for manga artists after this. Much of this, and the next rooms, which had original water colors for color pages were…amazing. You could just about point out the moment that screentones were introduced into manga art, and marvel at the early effects created by ink, cutting, splattering and the liberal use of whiteout. The water colors of the 70s and 80s were absolutely breathtaking in some cases. The painting and drafting skills of the artists were evident in these full-size original pages.
Towards the end, there are a few rooms focusing on other popular series, such as Hana Yori Dango and current favorite Ao Haru Ride/ Blue Spring Ride, which is getting a live action movie in the upcoming months.
The end of the exhibit was focused on Riyoko Ikeda's work. In a room patterned after, one supposes, wallpaper in Versailles, we are in suddenly in the presence of the original art from Berusaiyu no Bara/Rose of Versailles, the timeless tale of the female soldier and leader of soldiers during the French Revolution, Oscar Francois de Jarjeyes.
It was wonderful. ^_^
You remember the painting of Oscar as a classical hero on a horse? That's a real thing. In full color, beat to shit on paper that has been folded and mishandled for decades…there it was. Along with (of course,) Takarazuka costumes from one of the first performances of the musical.
This lead into a wall of Ikeda's art from Orpheus no Mado and a few original pieces of Oniisama E/Dear Brother. (Kaoru no Kimi with a guitar. Squee.)
Then we come around the corner for the ultimate photo op.
This life-size sculpture comes with a wall of photos from every angle, and a couple of French flags you can hold and take a picture of yourselves in the same position. I declined to pose, but got a cute picture of a couple of girls doing so. ^_^
From there, you are herded into the gift shop, where naturally, you buy way too many things you neither need nor want, because they look so cool!
(That is a Wada Shinji series on the bottom. It's from Gin-iro no Kami no Arisa, which ran in Betsuma.)
When we had consumed goods to our satisfaction, we went up on the Sky Deck to check out Tokyo. Considering I took this on a cellphone, with the sun glare making it impossible to see the screen, this picture of the Skytree and Tokyo Tower came out damn good.
I'm really very glad we managed to get to this exhibit. It was exceptional in every way.


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I find this study interesting. I was skeptical of the study when I saw human interest articles about it in newspapers. The data was way too dumbed down in most articles for it to have any meaning. However, once you go to the website and look at their methodology it gives you more insight into what they found. I don't think it has the practical uses that they think it does. What the study shows is the concentration of beer or wine businesses in a metropolitan statistical area (MSA). An MSA is usually a large city and the surrounding suburbs and counties.
The people who did this study tout it as a way to target a new business in an area where there is a lot of similar businesses. However, if you are a person thinking about starting a beer retail business (bar, bottle shop, etc.) in Denver, you already knew Denver had a high concentration of beer businesses. The study might help you target some of your marketing, but you are already in a saturated market.
Where it does help, is if you are someone thinking about starting a beer retail business, but are open to putting it anywhere. In that case, you would look to places like Richmond or Charlotte. First, look at the heat map. Richmond and Charlotte are both areas where they sit firmly in the middle of the study. They are both in lighter blue areas. That would suggest they have room for growth in the number of wine/beer businesses in general. Then you notice they both sit near areas with high concentrations of wine/beer businesses, meaning they are potentially underserved population centers that a savvy business could take advantage of with the right product and marketing.
Also, if you look at Charlotte, it is on the list as a "wine" city. The study points out that cities with high concentrations of one type of business have high concentrations of the other type of business. So, if Charlotte is a wine city by concentration of wine businesses, it stands to reason that it has a capacity for more beer businesses to come into the area.
This study is galling to people in Charlotte. Not because Asheville is third on the overall list, but because Raleigh is sixth on the big city list. However, it points to the fact that once Pop The Cap was passed 11 years ago, Raleigh and Asheville were the first areas where breweries started popping up. The explosion of breweries in the Charlotte area didn't really start until about 5 years ago. If you consider the whole of the Raleigh MSA against the whole of the Charlotte MSA you will probably get the same number of breweries, but the number of retail establishments probably leans to Raleigh signifying a deeper influence of craft beer culture that is only solved with time.
I would be interested in seeing where Charlotte would rank in the same study when compared to MSAs with similar populations. I know Portland and Denver and Charlotte have similar populations, so Charlotte couldn't rise above #3. I would bet it wouldn't be much lower than that.