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The Designer
Designer Monika Kowalska opened the doors to A Détacher on Mott Street in New York City in the fall of 1998. Having moved back to the US after studying fashion design in Italy and working with Sonia Rykiel in Paris, the Polish designer decided to create a line and boutique that held a more personal expression for her. A Détacher explores form and function while intertwining abstract art with modern design for a collection full of artistic prints, textured fabrics and novel shapes. Despite the high profile and influence of her brand, Monika is intent on keeping the business small and is selective about the stores she works with. Nearly 20 years after introducing us to her personal aesthetic, her contemporary line of women's wear and accessories still has us hooked.


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Well. Family Camp. It was amazing. And not just because I had low expectations. I just didn't
expect this all week long!
And while I would love to delight you with all 400 photos, I must save some of my vacation splendor for the little Sizzlin' Summer Vacation Spectacle that I'm hosting on August 29th. You can read all about the giveaway-linky-frenzy, here. You don't want to miss it!
I will say, it was one high after another
While the kids ran amuck with their counselors at Family Camp, the parents participated in an amazing parenting conference, focusing on raising great kids.
Umm, yeah . . . we completely needed it! (I'll be sharing some of the fabulous parenting tips I learned later next month)!
I thought I would share the two parts of Family Camp I mentioned the other day: the theme nights and the talent show.
Theme Nights:
THAT family disguised themselves into various characters for the evening.
It was scary.
This woman looks familiar, but she's a real enigma.
Sixties Night (I'm so glad we didn't listen to my son who thought it was sexy night!)
Aren't we groovy?
THAT family entered the talent show, but we forgot the peanut butter (much to hubby's relief) for our family's disgusting skit.
God is good.
So, we created a magic 'enlarging machine' thanks to reader, Wendy M. for the idea.
What happens when you throw a rag in? . . . . you get a towel!
What happens when you put in some coins? . . . . you get a $5 bill!
What happens when you spit into the machine? Ask the front row, who were doused with a water gun!
And this is what happens when you throw a toy baby doll in the machine hidden behind the curtain! You get a live one . . .
Who discovered a new love for all things sticky! Hey, it was her vacation too!
THAT family came home dirty, tired and committed to one another.
We even had time to be alone and reconnect! (My new favorite picture because we were on a boat, watching the sun set! I'm telling ya'll this camp was something else!) Notice how many times I've used !!! in this post?
Check out this Pine Cove button . If you want to experience a trip of a lifetime and grow closer to God as a family, this is for you! I don't think I've ever been served in a greater capacity, laughed more or challenged greater. We also met some amazing families.
Make plans to link up at the Sizzlin Summer Vacation Spectacle and you'll see what other kind of fun was had by THAT family!
P.S. I'm happy to report that we did not make ONE visit to the ER during our week at Family Camp. We only had to seek out the camp nurse for bug bites, a blister, a sore throat and my son's bleeding gums from the tooth he lost. We did map out the nearest major medical center, because I like to be prepared. I'm just sayin'.

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Looks like guys such as my brother
can get obsessed over Gossip Girl
which returns to the screen tonight.
"Since when did you become a Gossip Girl lover?" I asked him with a huge grin on my face. Looks like I've even made my older - 22 years old to be exact - brother obsessed over one of the hottest shows on TV.
"And by the way, I didn't get to see episode 7, 8, or 9, because you didn't have it in your iTunes library." he added.
My brother's the type to defend himself, but this time around there were no "I watch it because the girls are hot." or "So and so made my watch it." excuses. He genuinely likes the show. Although I was utterly surprised at first, what amazed me even more was the number of men that love the show. Did you know that there's a website run by two men called I Am Chuck Bass which is dedicated to Gossip Girl?
Now that I think about it, Gossip Girl isn't just a show for girls, but it's a show that guys can watch and relate to at the same time. I'm sure many guys have experienced the difficulties with girls that both Nate and Dan have. And even Chuck, the playboy who discovers that he does have a soft-hearted side to him.
Who knows? Maybe your guy friends or even your boyfriend are secretly watching Gossip Girl too and if so they probably can't wait for tonight's much anticipated show! I have been waiting for this episode and nothing's going to stop me from watching it. Not even the season premiere of The Bachelor or The Secret Life of the American Teenager which are both airing at the same time as Gossip Girl tonight. So what are you tuning into?


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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Thousands of Wild West artifacts, collected by a former mayor for a museum that never materialized, will be auctioned off next week by the capital city of Pennsylvania to help pay down more than $300 million in debt.
The long-awaited auction is part of Harrisburg's efforts to recoup some of the city funds spent by former Mayor Stephen Reed to acquire the rare artifacts for a tourist-drawing Wild West museum. Featuring items ranging from the very valuable to knick-knacks, it is scheduled to start Monday and continue through the week.
Arlan Ettinger, president of Guernsey's auction house in New York City, said the sale was the largest of its kind. "I've said it a few times, that it's the largest auction of Wild West items ever, and no one has challenged me on it," he said. "So we're sticking with it."
Joanne Grant, the auctioneer who cataloged each item, said about 6,700 people had signed up to bid online(www.proxibid.com). By Monday, she said, that number could be as high as 10,000. That does not include people who will be at the live auction at Harrisburg's City Island from Monday through July 21.
Bidders will see a warehouse packed to the rafters with vintage Wild West artifacts and other items related to the 19th Century conquest of the American West and figures like Buffalo Bill Cody, Wyatt Earp, Jesse James and Doc Holliday.
There also are artifacts from Native American tribes, a collection of pieces relating to the Battle of Little Big Horn and more than 500 vintage firearms, as well as a Stetson hat belonging to former President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Other historical items to go on the block include Teddy Roosevelt's three-barreled rifle, hand-written notes from George Washington and John Hancock and the uniform worn by General George Patton in World War Two.
Arnold Duke, owner of the Ruidoso River Museum in Ruidoso, New Mexico, flew to Pennsylvania for last week's public preview and was flabbergasted at the selection.
"The collection is vast. It's staggering," he said. "It would have made an incredible museum. I'm not sure the best place for it was Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, but it would have been impressive."
Reed's huge collection was stored in warehouses at the Harrisburg Department of Public Works.
The auction is not expected to solve Harrisburg's massive debt problem, caused by a costly and mismanaged incinerator project. Ettinger, the auctioneer, would not say how much he believed the collection to be worth. What it can bring is an end to the long-debated Wild West museum idea.
"It will be closure for a lot of people for a project they never really understood," said Brian Enterline, 38, a Harrisburg collector who viewed the selection on Thursday. "By next week, hopefully we can all put this behind us and focus on moving the city forward."
Reporting by Michael Sadowski; Editing by Arlene Getz and Dan Grebler


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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...This copycat recipe is patterned after the one that's used to make Starbuck's Pumpkin Pound Cake. I found the recipe while paging through the blog, Just A Pinch, and I must tell you that it makes a dessert that is simply delicious, while remaining deliciously simple to make. My only problem is that I think this loaf has been misnamed. Its texture is unlike any pound cake I've ever made, but it is an absolutely stellar pumpkin bread that I know your family enjoy. The recipe is simple enough for young cooks to make and because it uses no special equipment it can be prepared in a barebones kitchen. The loaf is moist and mildly spiced and it is an excellent keeper if it stored well-wrapped. I really liked this bread and will make it several more times before the Thanksgiving holiday. As desserts go, this one is not half-bad for you. No fat is used to make it and egg whites are used instead of whole eggs, so it certainly is more heart-friendly than most of the pumpkin desserts floating around at this time of year. I do hope you'll give this recipe a try. Here is how the bread/cake is made.
Pumpkin Pound Cake...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Just A Pinch
1-1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup fat free vanilla yogurt
3 egg whites
1 cup canned pumpkin
Optional: Powdered sugar glaze or cream cheese frosting
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-1/2 x 4-1/2 inch loaf pan and set aside.
2) Sift flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cloves, and nutmeg into a mixing bowl. Set aside.
3) In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, yogurt, and egg whites. Whisk thoroughly until blended. Stir in pumpkin.
4) Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture. Stir until completely incorporated. Pour into pan.
5) Bake for 60 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool on a wire rack. Makes 8 servings.
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PhotoKin needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 87 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
I need a logo for a small group of photographers: two males (myself and my son) and a female. We do mainly wedding, event, and portrait photography. We also love to photograph children, pets and landscapes. We work independently or together, depending on the assignment... so it's not a company just yet, just an association of friendly photographers.
PhotoKin Family Photographers
This logo will be used on the main Web page and also on each photographer's gallery and on a blog. Only one of us has a gallery at this time. The photographer's gallery would display the PhotoKin logo and "<photographer's name>, A PhotoKin Photographer." The logo would also be utilized in watermarks on images, business cards, stationery, and presentation materials. You can disregard the existing graphic on our site at http://www.photokin.com. It's just a place holder. I'm planning to throw out the whole site and buy or commission a new one.
- A color palette and overall look that would appeal to brides, as they will be our target clients... but won't look silly when handed out by the men in the group.
- Try to convey professional service by fun, friendly and caring people.
- This is about the photographers, not the photography or gear.
- I would like to see a graphic that can be used with or without accompanying text beside or under it.
- Delivery as Photoshop file(s) that can be easily re-sized as appropriate. I have CS4. I do not have Illustrator.
I do not want a vertical design.
I do not want a metallic or reflective look
I do not want cameras or equipment in the logo
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Renegade Roses make rugby
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By Karina Garcia '14
Renegade Roses is a student organization at Texas State University composed of a diverse, fun-loving group of women who enjoy supporting the Texas State Renegade Rugby team and staying involved in the community. Established in 2005, the group attends both home and away rugby games, participates in community service events, stays involved on campus and requires mandatory study hours. Continue reading


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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – The New Jersey PGA Section, comprised of 452 members and apprentices, was presented the Herb Graffis Award Saturday, honoring its exemplary contributions in player development and growth of the game programming.
The New Jersey PGA Section, with headquarters in Piscataway, N.J., was recognized at the 96th PGA Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor in Baltimore. The PGA of America also bestowed the Patriot Award upon John Kennedy Jr. of New Canaan, Conn.
To return to our complete coverage of the 2012 PGA of America Annual Meeting, click here.
The NJPGA Section was honored for its expansive player development programming, highlighted by Golf In Schools, an initiative that impacts 95,000 boys girls at elementary and middle schools throughout the Garden State.
The Herb Graffis Award is named in honor of the late golf historian, author, and founder of golf magazines, the National Golf Foundation, and co-founder of the Golf Writers Association of America. Graffis passed away in 1989, at the age of 95.
"Through a wide-range of player development programs and charitable endeavors, the NJPGA Section has demonstrated a commitment to making golf more accessible for juniors, women and families interested in participating in golf," said PGA of America President Allen Wronowski. "It is exciting to see PGA Professionals, apprentices and a dedicated Section staff being recognized for such a positive impact upon growing the game."
Founded in 1931, the New Jersey PGA Section currently has PGA members employed in 66 percent of the 262 total golf facilities with the Section's boundaries. The Section headquarters staff includes a three-person staff guided by Executive Director Scott Kmiec.
The New Jersey PGA's Golf In Schools Program, which has expanded every year since 2009, has become a model for all 41 PGA sections across the country, and serves as a leading program to support the PGA's player development initiatives.
Golf In Schools is an initiative designed to introduce the game to children, by incorporating it into the physical education curriculum at elementary and middle schools. The program currently impacts more than 95,000 elementary and middle school kids throughout NJ at 168 schools. Golf In Schools is funded by the New Jersey Golf Foundation (NJGF), the charitable arm of the Section, and is offered at no cost to school districts.
To support this program, the NJGF provides each school with an allotment of SNAG ('Starting New At Golf') golf equipment, offering developmentally appropriate equipment that allows golf to be learned and played in non-traditional venues, such as a school gymnasium. Additionally, PGA Professionals from the New Jersey PGA Section visit the schools to train the physical education teachers, working closely with them to ensure they are comfortable presenting the golf curriculum to their students.
The NJGF demonstrated its commitment to growth of the game in the state in 2011 by raising nearly $200,000 in one day at its fifth annual Golf Classic at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J.
Golf In Schools is one of three endeavors within Junior Golf in the Section, along hosting four Youth Golf Open Houses at public access golf facilities throughout the year and a High School Junior Varsity program to retain participation for prep golfers who were cut from their respective high school team.
The New Jersey PGA Section also conducts Junior Golf Tours that include a U.S. Kids Tour for youngsters ages 5 to 14; and a NJPGA Junior Tour for juniors ages 11 to 18. New Jersey has ranked as the No. 1 U.S. Kids Golf summer tour for the past five seasons, with an average of 120 members per event.
The balance of The PGA of America Awards will be presented Jan. 24, 2013, during the 60th PGA Merchandise Show at the Orange County Convention Center's Chapin Theater in Orlando, Fla.
That program's honorees include:
• Mike Schultz of Eden Prairie, Minn. – PGA Golf Professional of the Year
• Don Law of Boca Raton, Fla. – PGA Junior Golf Leader
• Carl Alexander of Bedford, N.Y. – Horton Smith Award
• Harry Hammond Jr. of West Chester, Pa.– Bill Strausbaugh Award
• Mark Holiday of Bozeman, Mont. – PGA Player Development Award
The PGA Merchandisers of the Year will be honored Jan. 18, 2013, at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate, Fla. They are:
• Amy Pendergast of Bandon, Ore. – Resort Facilities
• Dale Smigelsky of Fort Collins, Colo. – Public Facilities
• George Kahrhoff of Castle Rock, Colo. – Private Facilities


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Although most game is a concern of the Autumn and Winter months, there are certain wild meats that can be enjoyed all year round. Wood Pigeon is great at this time of year, as is my old buddy-pal Thumper. A freshly killed Rabbit flashed above the hot coals of a barbecue is a rare treat. The venison season for certain species of deer can start as early as July (Red deer stags) and finish at the beginning of May (Fallow bucks), so the season isn't quite as brief as one might expect. Truly wild Venison can be trickier to find in the summer months, although farmed is readily available all year round. This recipe works equally well with beef. Serves 4.
4 Venison steaks
150g Quick cook polenta
1 Litre Chicken stock, plus an extra 150ml for the red wine sauce
100g Mature Cheddar cheese, grated
2 Garlic cloves, finely grated
A handful of flatleaf parsley leaves
A splash of red wine
3 Juniper berries
Olive oil
1 Cook the polenta according to the pack instructions, then stir in the Cheddar, garlic, parsley and season to taste.
2 Heat a splash of olive oil in a non-stick pan (you can cook the meat on the BBQ if the sun's out). Season the venison steaks, then sear for 5 minutes on each side. Transfer the meat onto a plate to rest.
3 De-glaze the pan with a generous slosh of red wine, then add the remaining 150ml of stock and the juniper berries. Keep the sauce on a quick bubble, until it has reduced and has thickened nicely.
4 To plate up, slice the venison steaks and arrange on top of a plate of polenta. Spoon over the red wine sauce and serve with a few sprigs of fresh parsley.


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At INTERPOL, we promote concrete law enforcement actions in the field with the ultimate aim of protecting the public from sub-standard and dangerous goods. We offer an 'interventions package' to support all stages of an investigation from gathering intelligence, planning and implementing an operation, through to legal issues for cases that are brought to court.
On-the-ground operations are run on a national and regional level in order to disrupt transnational criminal networks involved in pharmaceutical crime. Directed at both physical outlets and Internet suppliers, these are multi-agency efforts supported by key scientific partners.
Our flagship operations – Storm (Southeast Asia), Mamba (Eastern Africa) and Pangea (targeting the Internet) – continue to go from strength to strength. Successive raids on licit and illicit markets have shown improved results in terms of seizures, arrests, convictions and the closure of illicit websites.
These operations both highlight the success of multidisciplinary enforcement action and confirm the crucial need for continued intervention in this area.
Operation Pangea
Combating the sale of illegal medicines online
Operation Pangea is an international week of action tackling the online sale of counterfeit and illicit medicines and highlighting the dangers of buying medicines online. Coordinated by INTERPOL, the annual operation brings together customs, health regulators, national police and the private sector from countries around the world.
Activities target the three principal components used by illegal websites to conduct their trade – the Internet Service Provider (ISP), payment systems and the delivery service.
The operation has gained significant momentum since its launch in 2008. The first phase of the operation brought together 10 countries; a number which has now risen to more than 100.
Pangea VIII
Dates: 9-16 June 2015
Participating countries: 115
Participating agencies: 236
- A record 20.7 million fake and illicit medicines seized, including blood pressure medication, erectile dysfunction pills, cancer medication and nutritional supplements;
- Estimated value: USD 81 million;
- 156 arrests;
- 429 investigations launched;
- 550 adverts for illicit pharmaceuticals removed from the Internet;
- More than 2,410 websites taken offline;
- Two websites linked to the sale of the potentially lethal and illicit diet drug DNP shut down.
Pangea VIII media release (18 June 2015)
See also
- Aline Plançon, INTERPOL Pharmaceutical Crime unit
- Aline Plançon, Unité de criminalité pharmaceutique d'INTERPOL
- Junko Yamamoto, World Customs Organization
- Kerry Mannion, US Food and Drug Administration
- Athiqur Meah, UK Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
- Cecilia Fant, INTERPOL Criminal Intelligence Officer
Pangea VII
Dates: 13-20 May 2014
Participating countries: 113
Participating agencies: 198
- 9.6 million fake and illicit medicines seized, including slimming pills, cancer medication, erectile dysfunction pills, cough and cold medication, anti-malarial, cholesterol medication and nutritional products;
- Seizures worth more than USD 32 million;
- 434 arrests;
- 1,249 investigations launched;
- 22,800 adverts for illicit pharmaceuticals removed from social media platforms;
- More than 11,800 websites shut down.
Pangea VI
Dates: 18-28 June 2013
Participating countries: 99 in total
- 10.1 million illicit and counterfeit pills confiscated;
- Estimated value: USD 36 million;
- More than 13,700 websites shut down;
- Some 534,00 packages inspected by regulators and customs authorities, of which around 41,000 were confiscated;
- Some 213 individuals are currently under investigation or under arrest for a range of offences, including: illegal internet activity; illegal sale of medicines and supplying unlicensed medicines.
Pangea VI media release (27 June 2013)
Pangea V
Dates: 25 September – 2 October 2012
Participating countries: 100 in total
- 3.75 million illicit and counterfeit pills confiscated;
- Estimated value: USD 10.5 million;
- More than 18,000 websites shut down;
- Some 133,000 packages inspected by regulators and customs authorities, of which around 6,700 were confiscated;
- Some 80 individuals are currently under investigation or under arrest for a range of offences, including operating a clandestine laboratory producing counterfeit medicines; membership of a criminal group selling illicit medicine online; and operating websites selling illicit medicines.
Pangea V media release (4 October 2012)
Pangea IV
Dates: 20 – 27 September 2011
Participating countries: 81 in total
- 2.4 million illicit and counterfeit pills confiscated;
- Estimated value: USD 6.3 million;
- Almost 13,500 websites shut down;
- Some 45,500 packages inspected by regulators and customs authorities, of which almost 8,000 were seized;
- Some 55 individuals are currently under investigation or under arrest for a range of offences, including illegally manufacturing, selling and supplying unlicensed or prescription-only medicines.
Pangea IV media release (29 September 2011)
Pangea III
Dates: 5 – 12 October 2010
Participating countries: (44 in total) Angola, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, China (+ Hong Kong, China), Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Uruguay and the United States of America.
- 87 individuals arrested/under investigation;
- 102 search warrants executed;
- More than 2 million pills seized;
- 297 websites taken down;
- Estimated value: USD 6.77 million;
- More than 1,000 police messages exchanged;
- 350 checks carried out in INTERPOL's databases.
Pangea III media release (14 October 2010)
Pangea II
Dates: 16-20 November 2009
Participating countries: (25 in total) Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lichtenstein, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom and United States of America.
- Identification of more than 1,200 websites engaged in illegal activity including the sale of suspected counterfeit medicines as well as controlled or prescription-only drugs;
- 237 other websites closely investigated and 153 of them shut down;
- 17 adverts promoting medicines on auction websites removed;
- A total of 59 suspects identified. At least 12 of them were arrested and the others investigated for a range of offences related to the illegal sale of pharmaceutical products.
Pangea II media release (19 November 2009)
Pangea I
Date: 12 November 2008
Participating countries: (10 in total) Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States of America.
- Commercial websites taken down;
- Postal depots monitored and parcels examined; packages containing suspected counterfeit medicines intercepted;
- Thousands of suspected counterfeit erectile dysfunction drugs and other medicines seized or identified and withdrawn from circulation;
- Consumer awareness raised via global press coverage.
Pangea I was organized by the Permanent Forum on International Pharmaceutical Crime (PFIPC) and supported by INTERPOL.
Operation Pangea: Aline Plançon, INTERPOL Pharmaceutical Crime unit
Operation Pangea: Kerry Mannion, US Food and Drug Administration
Operation Pangea: Junko Yamamoto, World Customs Organization
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Ward 1
Andrew Knack
Age: 29
Previous occupation: Retail manager at BOSE, an electronics store in West Edmonton Mall
Top priority for Ward 1: "Making sure that we get a firm timeline in place for the west leg of the LRT. This is something that came up over and over again at many of the doors and people would like to see it much sooner than the 20- to 25-year timeline."Top priority for the city: "More community engagement, making sure people are feeling involved with the decision making process that city council goes through."
Favourite place in Edmonton: Jasper Place Library because it's a beautiful building and it's a great community resource.
How he celebrated his win: "We're celebrating today by picking up lawn signs."
Ward 2
Bev Esslinger
Age: 55
Previous occupation: Executive director of SHAPE, a non-profit organization that promotes children walking and biking to school.
Top priority for Ward 2: "I'd like to continue to work with the Blatchford stakeholder committee to work on the redevelopment of the City Centre (Airport) land. I think it's a great opportunity for the city and I want to make sure it's something that we're all proud of and that will reflect the area's aviation history."
Top priority for the city: "To prioritize our investment in infrastructure, that's our arterial roads, potholes, snow removal and neighbourhood removal."
Favourite place in Edmonton: Walking around her community and the river valley.
How she celebrated her win: She watched the results come in with friends, family and volunteers at the Chateau Nova, then they joined Don Iveson's party. She will also be celebrating with her family by going out for dinner.
Ward 5
Michael Oshry
Age: 46
Occupation: Owner of Firma Foreign Exchange, a currency exchange company that serves commercial clients.
Top priority for Ward 5: "There's a country club that has a road access issue. At the Edmonton Country Club (in the Oleskiw area), the city has expropriated a road that goes out to the club to build a new footbridge that's going across the river. So there's a kerfuffle about that, so I'd like to help mediate and come to a workable conclusion on that issue. I would like to get the LRT out to the west end at some point and I'd like to get more recreational opportunities out in the west end."
Top priority for the city: "My first one would be to make sure our momentum continues. The city is on the right path, I think, and I want to make sure we continue moving forward. Doing the airport Blatchford development — not only doing the development but doing it the right way — is a very unique opportunity. Also basic services ... we've got to make sure we do a better job of that."
Favourite place in Edmonton: Trails in the river valley to toward a new footbridge off Wolf Willow Road in the Westridge neighbourhood.
How he celebrated his win: A house party with about 50 supporters.
Ward 6
Scott McKeen
Age: 54
Previous occupation: Communications consultant and freelance journalist.
Top priority for Ward 6: "To legitimately increase the amount of engagement between the councillor's office and the communities of Ward 6. That was a commitment I made during the campaign and I really want to follow through."
Top priority for the city: "Now is the time to pause a bit from the big projects and work on some of the fine details across the city; obviously infrastructure, the concerns about the roads, the current concerns about the sewers. I think we have to make sure we have a city that is working well and efficiently right now before we tackle any other huge projects."
Favourite place in Edmonton: He said 124th Street because of how it's developing into a walkable neighbourhood with great shops, cafes and restaurants.
How he celebrated his win: He'll be gathering for dinner with his campaign team to trade tales from the campaign trail and "I suspect laughing a lot."
Ward 10
Michael Walters
Age: 42
Previous occupation: Community organizer and entrepreneur.
Top priority for Ward 10: "My to priority for the ward is two-fold. A major issue that emerged early in the campaign was the installation of the bike lanes in south Edmonton, so I've committed to a meeting on those bike lanes within 30 days of getting elected, so I'll get to work on that. Citizens were very clear with me that's something that needs to be revisited."
Top priority for the city: "For the city, LRT is a very important thing to me, and that's connected to some larger funding challenges the city has. I'm looking ahead to the continued evolution of our relationship with the capital region ... In the regional context, trying to get some fairness in terms of how much industrial tax our neighbours get and how much we don't get, even though we are the service and arts and culture and employment hub of the region."
Favourite place in Edmonton: The Italian Centre.
How he celebrated his win: Late-night party with family and friends at the Lemongrass Cafe, a Vietnamese restaurant in Ward 10.
Ward 11
Mike Nickel
Age: 48
Previous occupation: self-employed businessman and property-development investor, served as a city councillor from 2004-07
Top priority for Ward 11: "For the ward, it simply has to be addressing the infill issues in the north and the infrastructures issues basically in the south. Up north, we have some pretty aggressive infill that is really changing the character of the neighbourhoods and a lot of people have expressed concerns about how that's been progressing. We have infrastructure issues also in the north ... but down in Mill Woods we've got drainage issues so bad that, if people are flooded one more time, we're talking about people losing their houses. The city built Mill Woods, the city has to take responsibility for Mill Woods and its problems."
Top priority for the city: "My first priority is to get on page with the mayor and the new council because they're virtually all new faces to me now, except for (Bryan) Anderson and (Ed) Gibbons. The priority now is to help council, with the mayor's direction, ... in priority setting, because we can't do it all. We're $2 billion in debt, $3 billion by 2014, so we've got some tough decisions to make."
Favourite place in Edmonton: The parks and river valley, bike riding with his 10- and seven-year-old sons.
How he celebrated his win: With friends, family and supporters at his campaign office.


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Andre Leon Talley, Former 'Vogue' Editor-At-Large, Is Not 'Gay'
Andre Leon Talley isn't gay.
Or at least he doesn't embrace the label. The former right-hand man to Vogue editrix Anna Wintour is profiled in the September issue of Vanity Fair.
Here's an excerpt:
When Grigoriadis asks Talley if he thought he was gay, even in high school, he responds, "No, no, no. I was just into my magazines and the drawings. I had a very strict upbringing, almost puritanical. I lived there all the way through college. I was in my grandmother's house, and I respected that!" Talley tells Grigoriadis that he rejects the "label" and says that, while he has "had very gay experiences, yes, I swear on my grandmother's grave that I never slept with a single designer in my life. Never, ever desired, never was asked, never was approached, never, ever bought, in my entire career. Never. Not one. Skinny or fat. Never."
Talley also tells Grigoriadis that he has never been in love with a man—only two women: one a fellow student in Providence, the other a society woman with whom he fell in love after a night of dancing in Manhattan and whose name he declines to share because she later married and had children.
Andre, that closet is packed with too many furs. Don't try to fit into it!
What do you think of Talley's "very gay experiences" but rejection of the "gay label," Instincters?
People like André Leon Talley being in the public eye scare me. They scare me by reminding me of what I could have become if I kept living in denial of myself.
I come from a strict, anti-gay upbringing as well. To the point of such hypocrisy that if I came out as gay, I was not allowed to have same sex company over. Meanwhile, my heterosexual siblings had their significant others over. Hence how my at-the-time unwed sister and her then boyfriend conceived her youngest son in that very house.
My point is the chains of that strict upbringing led to me taking extreme measures to break myself free from them. And that includes my porn past. If I can see that of myself, André Leon Talley needs to do the same. For he obviously has not outgrown those chains. They are still on him.


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[1] CONNECT [1] is an academic and cultural exchange program which introduces youth of the world to the environment, culture and heritage of Lebanon, Syria, and the Middle East.
CONNECT aims at offering youth (17 to 25 years of age) a unique learning experience that will enrich their mind and soul, and connect them with their land of ancestry and rich heritage.
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Treasury yields (CBOT:ZNM14) rose from the lowest in more than a week before the Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting tomorrow that analysts said will see policy makers further scale back bond-purchase stimulus.
U.S. debt dropped, after posting the biggest advance in two months last week, even as the U.S. and European Union warned Russia it will face sanctions if it annexes Crimea. The Fed is forecast on March 19 to cut its monthly stimulus bond purchases to $55 billion while providing guidance on the future of interest-rate increases. A measure of general business conditions in the New York area rose as U.S. industrial production climbed the most in six months.
"They're going to taper down to $55 billion -- the more important element will be forward rate guidance," said Thomas Simons, a government-debt economist in New York at Jefferies LLC, one of 22 primary dealers that trade with the Fed. "Manufacturing over the last few months showed points of weakness, mostly being attributable to weather. We're starting to see signs of stabilization."
Benchmark 10-year yields rose one basis point, or 0.01 percentage point, to 2.67% at 10:54 a.m. New York time after dropping 13 basis points last week, the most since the period ended Jan. 10, Bloomberg Bond Trader data showed. They touched 2.61% on March 14, the lowest since March 4. The 2.75% note due February 2024 dropped 3/32, or 94 cents per $1,000 face amount, to 100 23/32.
Manufacturing, Production
The Fed Bank of New York's Empire Manufacturing index climbed to 5.61 this month, from 4.48 in February. Readings of greater than zero signal expansion in New York, northern New Jersey and southern Connecticut. The median projection in a Bloomberg survey of 55 economists called for a reading of 6.5.
The 0.8% gain at manufacturers followed a revised 0.9% slump in the prior month that was the biggest since May 2009, figures from the Fed showed. The median forecast called for a 0.3% advance. Total industrial production rose 0.6%, more than projected.
Economists and strategists in a Bloomberg News survey lowered their forecasts for how much the 10-year yield will increase at year-end. The rate will rise to 3.35% in the fourth quarter, according to a survey conducted March 7-12, down from 3.40% in a survey last month.
Hedge-fund managers and other large speculators increased their net-short positions in 10-year note futures in the week ending March 11, according to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data. Speculative short positions, or bets that prices will fall, outnumbered long positions by 118,210 contracts, the most since Feb. 11, on the Chicago Board of Trade.
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The news is all over every site already. WWE has announced that beginning with it's 1000th episode of Monday Night Raw, airing on July 23rd, Monday Night Raw will permanently switch to a three hour format. Yes, Gilligan, a three hour format.
You've got to hand it to Vince McMahon. When demand for his show is slowly sinking, and ratings are mirroring an arythmic heart, he has found the solution: More is more! For all that 12-17 demographic whose attention they can't hold with a two hour show, add in another hour. If there's anything people love, it's three hour television shows.
Facietiousness aside, this could end up being one of the best or one of the worst decisions WWE has made in recent years. Of course there is the argument that moving to three hours was one of the major factors that led to the downfall of WCW, but WCW seriously lacked the ability to support a three hour show and showed no backstage organization in preparation for it. Though we often hear about WWE changing plans the day of the show, it's rare that Raw looks chaotic and confused like Nitro used to. Ultimately, three hours of Nitro was a drop in the bucket of what was a flooding disaster.
What good could come out of this, you might ask? Well, for one thing, maybe WWE can finally manifest Divas matches that last more than a minute on Raw. Doubtful, as they seem to care as much about the Diva division as I care about Hornswoggle. That being said, I wouldn't be surprised to see Divas matches get an entire two minutes in the future! Wouldn't that be something. Eight moves instead of four… seriously, though, giving more time to the divas is one thing on a long list of things they should be able to do.
In addition to increasing time for the women, perhaps we could get more wrestling over promos. These seems like a longshot, as there is a fear they'll want to get people watching so we'll get promo heavy moments at the beginning and end of each hour, as we typically do. Remember when wrestling shows used to open and close with wrestling matches? Wild idea.
More wrestling, more divas, what more could you want? More talent, perhaps. I'm not talking bringing back guys like Kevin Nash (sorry Kev,) but new, young, rising talent. Something fresh for the WWE. I wouldn't be opposed to them bringing in some established guys from TNA either, though I consider that doubtful (outside of Matt Morgan, at the moment.)
Granting themselves another hour could give WWE the time and space to make good choices and build a better show. Unfortunately, their track record has shown that three hour Raws are usually total disasters where the first hour is essentially useless. This doesn't mean it will be like that every week. Hopefully, they've got something better in mind.
An interesting thing to consider is the overall effect on the ratings. It seems likely that the first hour of the show will be the lowest, as it typically is during three hour Raws. That being the case, it's possible that the low rating for hour one could drag down the overall rating for the whole show, which won't look good for the WWE either.
Ultimately, I find it hard to wrap my head around this one. With attention faltering, ratings wavering and interest depleting, why make this move? Usually you supply a demand, you stock up when you're selling out. You don't fill your stock room with more and more of a product that less and less people are buying. Even Nitro went to three hours when they were commanding a massive audience, not when the people started turning away.
This is the same audience that swelled post-Wrestlemania with the entrance of Brock Lesnar, but returned to normal within a few weeks. WWE has the ability to pull those people back on occasions like this, they just can't seem to keep them. So.. three hours then?
I'd like to see this succeed and I'd like to see a lot of amazing things come out of this. New talent, more matches, a better quality show and an increased probability of success in WWE's future. Unfortunately, I'm not a look at the bright side type of person, especially when it pertains to WWE who have time and again show the prominent ability to take what is prophesied as great and turn it into total garbage.
So, it remains to be seen. In the end, it comes down to you, the fans, the people who are invested in this business and want to see it improve. Whether or not three hours of Raw keeps you wanting more, or pushes you away. At this point, the ratings remaining the same as they have been would be a success for an additional hour every week. If ratings begin to decrease, however, will WWE stick with it or pull the plug? Figuring that out is figuring out the mind of Vince McMahon and that takes much longer than three hours.


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\documentclass[14pt]{extarticle}Now, for a bit of an explanation. I've increased the font size (see the \begin \end{Large} stipulations) due to my deteriorating vision: the standard 10 pt. font used for the document class just is not going to work for me. For the same reason, I needed to increase line spacing (the \linespread stipulation).
\markright{\today {\hfill ***Header*title*here***\hfill}}
\linespread{1.3} % gives 1.5 line spacing
% \outl{2}
% \outl{3}
% \outl{4}
% \outl{5}
% \outl{6}
% \outl{7}
% \outl{8}
% \outl{9}
% \outl{10}
Of course the \outl{#} comments indicate the levels of the outline and how far from the left margin the text gets spaced. The spaces in the template are not, of course needed, but I find them to be a visual aid when looking at this mark-up, so I left them in the template.
The key package I'm using, as may be evident to those of you who've learned a bit about TeX/LaTeX, and the one that allows more than four outline levels, is the cjwoutl package. I also wanted to fiddle with page margins, since the default article class margins seem terribly wasteful of paper. So I set them to be one inch all around.
The final printed product looks pretty nice. Truth be told, I'd like to see greater indentation increments for the outline levels, but I think that might actually be tweakable. I'm not up for attempting that at the moment though, since this looks like it should suit my needs fine.
So, what remains to be done is to find some way to apply that code to the outlines I create in nano. For the time being, I'm content to just edit the files manually, adding mark-up where needed. But there is surely a way to automate that task--a way, unfortunately, shrouded in mystery for uninitiated plebians like myself.
What would need to be done first of all is probably to add at least some special marking to the outline file itself. For example, if each outline level entry were to begin with a unique character unlikely to appear anywhere else in the document as the first character in a new line--say, an equals sign--processing the file could probably be simplified. A program could then be written to look for every new line that begins, either with the equals sign, or with one or more tab spaces followed by an equals sign. Depending on the presence of the equals sign at the beginning of new lines, or after one or more spaces from the newline, the program could be told to replace the equals sign with the \outl{#} mark-up, appropriately incremented.
Then, of course, the preamble and ending would need to be added to the file. Finally, the file would need to be saved with a new extension, namely the .tex extension, so that pdflatex could process it.
For better reference, here are some screenshots of the stages of creating this sort of outline using nano. First, some dummy text entered into a test.outl file open in nano:
In the next phase, the mark-up is added and the file is saved with a new extension (note how the color highlighting changes when the file's extension is modified)(LATER EDIT; you may also note that the prepended and appended lines do not match exactly the mark-up from my template--that because I edited those parts slightly, having found a better way to increase font size for the document):
Finally, pdflatex is run on the file that had the mark-up added and its extension changed appropriately. The pdf produced looks like this:
To give some concrete examples, using regular expressions as they are understood by nano, of the way the nano outline file would have to be processed, the following. Every instance of ^= (new line followed by equals sign) should be replaced by ^\outl{1} (new line followed by first-outline-level mark-up). Next, every instance of ^[[:blank:]]= (new line followed by tab space, followed by equals sign) should be replaced by ^[[:blank:]]\outl{2}. And so on for the various outline levels.
\documentclass[14pt]{extarticle}should be prepended to the beginning of the file, and
\markright{\today{\hfill ***Header*title*here***\hfill}}
\linespread{1.3} % gives 1.5 line spacing
\end{outline}should be appended to the file's end. Finally, the extension of the file to which all the mark-up has been added should be changed to .tex. After this, the file is ready for processing by pdflatex.
That's how far I've gotten with it to date. Next, I'll be looking for the aid of someone who might be able to give pointers on how the file could be processed as described. I note that Steve Litt's conversion program for making vimoutliner files into something LyX can handle is done using awk. So, perhaps this could be done in the same way. If I discover a way of doing it, I'll post the results in a further addendum to second installment in this series.
NOTE: I made a later edit to the TeX/LaTeX code so that the date, rather than the author's name, appears at the left margin in the header. I also increased the font size for the header title. So the screenshots no longer correspond precisely with the code.
ANOTHER LATER NOTE: here, by the way, is the modified entry from .nanorc that both makes the color highlighting possible, as well as designates the equals sign as a sort of pseudo-bullet (note that levels that do not start with the equals sign do not get color highlighted on this scheme):
syntax "outl" "\.outl$"
color brightwhite "(^)=.*$"
color brightred "(^[[:blank:]])=.*$"
color brightgreen "(^[[:blank:]]{2})=.*$"
color magenta "(^[[:blank:]]{3})=.*$"
color brightblue "(^[[:blank:]]{4})=.*$"
color brightyellow "(^[[:blank:]]{5})=.*$"
color cyan "(^[[:blank:]]{6})=.*$"
color brightred "(^[[:blank:]]{7})=.*$"
color brightgreen "(^[[:blank:]]{8})=.*$"
color magenta "(^[[:blank:]]{9})=.*$"
color brightblue "(^[[:blank:]]{10})=.*$"
color brightyellow "(^[[:blank:]]{11})=.*$"
color cyan "(^[[:blank:]]{12})=.*$"


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created 2003 · complexity basic · author mosh · version 6.0
Vim can easily highlight all search pattern matches and search for the current word (the word under the cursor). This tip shows how to automatically highlight all occurrences of the current word without searching. That can be useful when examining unfamiliar source code: just move the cursor to a variable, and all occurrences of the variable will be highlighted.
Put the following code in your vimrc, or create file
~/.vim/plugin/autohighlight.vim (Unix) or
$HOME/vimfiles/plugin/autohighlight.vim (Windows) containing the script below. Then restart Vim.
To automatically highlight the current word, type
z/. To turn off, type
z/ again.
" Highlight all instances of word under cursor, when idle. " Useful when studying strange source code. " Type z/ to toggle highlighting on/off. nnoremap z/ :if AutoHighlightToggle()<Bar>set hls<Bar>endif<CR> function! AutoHighlightToggle() let @/ = '' if exists('#auto_highlight') au! auto_highlight augroup! auto_highlight setl updatetime=4000 echo 'Highlight current word: off' return 0 else augroup auto_highlight au! au CursorHold * let @/ = '\V\<'.escape(expand('<cword>'), '\').'\>' augroup end setl updatetime=500 echo 'Highlight current word: ON' return 1 endif endfunction
A recent edit (here) introduced
escape() into the previous line (which was
au CursorHold * let @/ = '\<'.expand('<cword>').'\>'). In general the escape is a good idea, but in practice the current word (cword) is unlikely to have punctuation in it that needs escaping. Thoughts? JohnBeckett 07:11, March 3, 2011 (UTC)
- I note that <cword> works depending on the 'isk' setting, which for some filetypes (very notably, help files) could contain a backslash. I note that the backslash is the only character escaped in the addition. Since we are using the "very no magic" \V modifier, this is really the only character that could possibly need escaping. I think we should keep it, but explain why. --Fritzophrenic 15:30, March 3, 2011 (UTC)
Load at startupEdit
How can I load this at startup without a mapping?
- Either put a
call AutoHighlightToggle()into your .vimrc after defining the function, or just grab the "guts" of the function which turn the highlight on, and add them directly to your .vimrc. The latter would be especially useful if you just want the behavior always on. --Fritzophrenic 16:57, June 20, 2011 (UTC)


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Event Summary: Saturday, March 19, 2011 7-10pm
Marc McKee is one of the most important artists to have been involved in skateboarding over the past 20 years. His early work for World Industries, Blind, 101, etc… and tenure as Editor at Big Brother Magazine up until the publication was sold to Flynt not only shaped an entire generation's artistic sensibilities—switching skateboarding from skulls and daggers to irreverent cartoon imagery, it also added a deeper level of social consciousness to a pastime outgrowing it's surf culture roots throughout the early '90s. His new book (co-produced by enjoi's Winston Tseng), Seen/Unknown: The Art of Marc McKee was released this past Saturday accompanied by an exhibit of nearly all his most iconic boards and their original artwork at the HVW8 Art & Design Gallery on Melrose Ave. in Los Angeles. I rolled out Friday to check the setup and the night of to get a copy of the book. Here are some photos. —Mackenzie Eisenhour
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Job growth is picking up, but upcoming data will likely show that workers are still concerned about their career prospects.
On Friday the U.S. Labor Department will publish its latest monthly report on the job openings and labor turnover survey, otherwise known as its JOLTS report. Although hiring and jobs openings have been heading higher, there's a good chance that the number of quits in March – a good indicator of how willing workers are to trade job security for career advancement – remained below far below pre-recession levels.
In February, there were 2.38 million quits, 16% fewer than 2.82 million when the recession started at the end of 2007. Meanwhile, there were 4.17 million job openings in February, down just 3% from the start of the recession.
Why aren't workers perkier, more willing to take risks? They are likely aware of how intensely challenging the market remains for job losers. Indeed, the long-term jobless, people out of work for at least 27 weeks, make up more than one-third of total unemployment
Economists, notably Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen, look at the JOLTS report to get a feeling for trends underlying payroll growth. The government will release the JOLTS report at 10 a.m. Eastern.
Elsewhere at 10, the U.S. Commerce Department will report on wholesale inventories for March, and economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires expect growth of 0.5%, matching February's increase.
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If you're going to dream, dream big.
So when my partner and I were throwing around ideas for how to spend our not too far off honeymoon my first thought was a trip on the legendary Orient Express. As Caroline's eyes lit up in excitement I knew in a heartbeat that her love for Agatha Christie was going to cost me. This love affair with one of history's greatest crime writers began with the novel Murder on The Orient Express, which Caroline loved so much that her book case is slowly being filled with every Agatha Christie book ever printed.
This love for the books led to an interest in the many film and television incarnations of Agatha Christie's two most beloved characters; Miss Marple and the world's greatest Detective Hercule Poirot. It was the 1974 film adaptation that got me interested in the works of Agatha Christie and in turn the luxury train The Orient Express.
As much as I enjoyed Albert Finney's interpretation of Hercule Poirot it was English actor David Suchet who really took my mild interest in the arrogant and eccentric Belgian Detective and turned me into a huge fan. His performance as Hercule Poirot in its recent reincarnation is nothing less than a masterclass in acting. When he's on screen as the slightly hunched and rotund Detective he simply disappears into the role. There's no actor playing the role here, he is Hercule Poirot.
So it was with great delight that I came across an audio version of Murder on the Orient Express read by none other than David Suchet himself. The audio book format is sometimes a forgotten art form but as we listened to this excellent performance on a long trip to Mudgee I couldn't believe the quality of this one man production of the classic novel.
This is no mere reading of the book. David Suchet shifts bet ween his role as the reader to voicing every character in the book, both male and female. It's an astonishing performance as he shifts effortlessly between up to five characters at once and made me wonder what I was missing out on with the audio books in general. Long drives are seldom fun for all involved but listening to this performance made it an absolute delight.
As Caroline and I marvelled over what we heard all thoughts turned to our trip on the Orient Express. The idea of lounging around the bar car of this beautiful train, cocktail in one hand and a copy of Murder on the Orient Express in the other, is a dream we both now share.
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Bleeding time is a blood test that looks at how fast small blood vessels in the skin close to stop you from bleeding.
How the test is performed
A blood pressure cuff is inflated around your upper arm. While the cuff is on your arm, the health care provider makes two small cuts on the lower arm. They are just deep enough to cause a tiny amount of bleeding.
The blood pressure cuff is immediately deflated. Blotting paper is touched to the cuts every 30 seconds until the bleeding stops. The health care provider records the time it takes for the cuts to stop bleeding.
How to prepare for the test
Certain medications may change the test results. Always tell your doctor what medications you are taking, even over-the-counter drugs. Drugs that may increase bleeding times include dextran, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and salicylates (including aspirin).
Your doctor may tell you to stop taking certain medicines a few days before the test. Never stop taking medicine without first talking to your doctor.
How the test will feel
The tiny cuts are very shallow. Most people say it feels like a skin scratch.
Why the test is performed
This test helps diagnose bleeding problems.
Normal Values
Bleeding normally stops within 1 to 9 minutes. However, values may vary from lab to lab.
What abnormal results mean
Longer-than-normal bleeding time may be due to:
- Blood vessel defect
Platelet aggregation defect Thrombocytopenia(low platelet count)
Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:
Acquired platelet function defect Congenital platelet function defects
- Primary thrombocythemia
Von Willebrand's disease
What the risks are
There is a very slight risk of infection where the skin is broken. Excessive bleeding is rare.


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Monday, May 08, 2006
Presbyterians Together, No. 1
There has been a statement circulating for several weeks now entitled, "Presbyterians and Presbyterians Together," which now has several signatures and which you can read here. There has also been at least one fairly frustrated response to this paper on the Ref21 blog, which you can read here.
I must say that I tend to agree with the substance of the response on the Ref21 blog--it does strike me that, for the peace, purity, and unity of the church, these issues should be settled in the courts of the church. After all, the resurrected Christ has granted his church authority to declare its doctrine. In the PCA, we have done that by claiming the Westminster Standards as our confession of faith and then by requiring our ministers and elders to subscribe to those standards in good faith. In addition, we require men to owe up to where they differ from the Standards and presbyteries are required to rule on whether those "scruples" strike at the essentials of the system of doctrine contained in the Standards. And, when we have challenges to our understanding of those Standards, as a church we have shown ourselves willing to examine those issues by way of a study committee and deliver the church's wisdom on those matters.
While this document doesn't appear to conflict with the idea that doctrinal issues should be dealt with in the courts of the church, it does feel as though there is an attempt to influence that future discussion through the invocation of a call to "charity." In times past, such appeals were very influential (note, for example, the 1923-4 Auburn Affirmation in the PCUSA). However, such extra-ecclesiastical appeals aren't the best or "Presbyterian" way of dealing with doctrinal issues--that way is to hear the voice of the whole church, guided by Word and Spirit, speaking to these issues.
At the same time, we must recognize that the issues at stake are important. Some of the issues under discussion concerning the nature of the covenant, election, justification, union with Christ, the nature of the church, and the sacraments. That is a pretty comprehensive list of "essential" doctrines and helps to explain why so many people are so worked up over these matters. There are two different "visions" (at least) at stake in these matters; we shouldn't pretend that the differences, at times, aren't substantial. And while I believe that the Missouri Presbytery committee report did a good job dealing with these matters, and should be received by the General Assembly as a definitive word on these issues, I also believe that it is the privilege of the church in its collective voice at the General Assembly to call for a committee to study these matters.
At the end of the day, what we really need are people who are committed to Presbyterianism--which means working issues through the church courts and its processes and expressing a deep commitment to remaining together in visible unity as we wrestle with difficult theological issues. Too many people these days jump ship to other churches, rather than listening to and heeding the church's voice (which they had promised to do in their ordination or membership vows). Only by honoring our own rhetoric about the centrality of the church in God's purposes will we truly be those who are Presbyterians together.
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- David Shedden said...
Sean, thanks for another interesting post alerting me of another movement in the Reformed Evangelical world. Isn't this just another example of the fragmentation within our community? Our evangelical church structures (especially Presbyterian structures) simply cannot cope with our fast moving world. Movements and conferences that deliver statments, like Together for the Gospel, simply illustrate the problem. (I am sure you are aware of the blogposts reacting to T4G's recent statement.) And yet, all the people involved in these things are 'churchmen'!
Are we not beyond the tight organisational unity that defined 18th and 19thC church? I think we are beyond any meaningful confessional unity. The debates over the doctrine of justification, and the supposed confessional stances of seminaries bear this out, I think. The two recent articles on Ref21 reviewing P Enns' book on the OT are interesting for this reason - isn't Enns a lecturer at Westminster TS? Did he not subscribe to the Confession? And yet his work has been severely criticised by Ref21, to the extent that an uninformed reader would question whether Enns is 'Reformed evangelical'.
Sorry for the rant, but I do find myself a bit at sea at the moment when it comes to church - in the Scottish context, the Church of Scotland has been unable to define the 'fundamental doctrines' of the Christian faith since 1929, and the free Presbyterian churches have splintered over interpretations of confessional statements. America simply adds a well developed evangelical parachurch level to this fragmentation.
- Patrick Miller said...
Sean. Thanks for a great update post to this seemingly inevitable clash. I was curious as to your opinion on how TE Myers name can at the same time be on the MV report and the Presbyterians Together petition/document considering Carl's response that the two affirmations (by virtue of the MV report being a court document in line with confiessional interpretation) are mutually exclusive? Your post indicates that you see these two documents/affirmations as either/or proposals as well.
Does the trending of this controversy suggest a future fracture/break within the PCA?
- Sean Lucas said...
Hi, Patrick:
I'm not sure how Jeff Meyers would react to your question; I think perhaps you should ask him that question. I don't think they are mutually exclusive--one is a church document that has been sent to the General Assembly as an overture (at its April 06 meeting, MO Presbytery approved an overture with the report at the heart of it), the other is an extra-ecclesiastical document that has no force of church law.
I actually think that the large majority of the church wants no part of the FV positions; and so, no, I don't think there will be a future break in the PCA.
- Sean Lucas said...
Hi, David:
I can understand something of your frustration in your context. But don't despair. I do believe in the church and in Presbyterian polity; and above all, I believe in a God who can bring revival and renewal to nominal and wayward children. And when we believe in a big God who can work big redemption, then anything is possibile! In the mean time, we need to work while it is still day--these internet debates and flare-ups are nothing compared to the life-changing Gospel that transforms real-lives in my own congregation. So, don't give up hope!
- pduggie said...
"In virtue of the church's mission, we purpose together to seek truth, all the while bearing patiently with and listening carefully to one another. We thereby seek to resolve our differences in the bonds of peace and unity, as is befitting those who confess the name of Jesus Christ, seek to live the Christian story, and work to advance his kingdom."
It doesn't seem to me that such a statement rules out the use of courts. Are courts NOT a place where patient listening takes place, or a place where the church seeks to resolve differences in the bonds of peace?
Maybe I'm confused.
- Justin Dombrowski said...
I've seen the document. I think your concerns should be allayed by its content. It really has at its core the desire to preserve agreement in the sorts of essentials you mentioned and premit disagreement in others with the goal of preserving unity. Nobody wants to reject presbyterian polity, but they do want to call those of us in the reformed tradition to lovingly and openly permit the diversity it historically has, even when we disagree.
But at any rate, please wait until you read it to come to a judgment. It was bad form for Ref21 to publicly smear something that has not been made public. They're out of control.
The document will be available for all to view soon at www.presbyterianstogether.com
- Mark Traphagen said...
Greetings. I'm one of the first signers of Presbyterians and Presbyterians Together. I am a member in good standing of a PCA church and a student (M.Div.) at Westminster Theological Seminary.
I appreciate pduggie's quotation from the document, which I believe gives the heart of P&PT. It saddens me that it has been (unfairly) characterized as an attempt to "subvert church courts." It makes no call whatsoever upon church courts, to act or not to act. In fact, we would encourage any or all of the current hot issues before the PCA to be brought through the proper ecclesial courts as proper authority deems prudent and necessary. The document merely calls for all Presbyterians to exercise Christian charity and consideration as we work through these difficult issues. We saw it as a sad but necessary call to make because these issues are already being tried and judged outside the proper courts, particularly on the Internet.
Our call is not a call to silence anyone, nor to subvert any proper due process. Rather it is a personal committment on the part of all of us who sign to approach our brothers and sisters with the respect and benefit-of-the-doubt until proven otherwise that is our debt of love in Christ.
Mark Traphagen
- Clay Johnson said...
As you read the text of the document do you think it "tr[ies] to prevent the church from" excercising its right, and indeed duty, to "declar[e]doctrine"? Is this document an attempt to "deal[] with doctrinal issues" that are instead the proper purview of the church courts?
That is, do you think the text of the document advocates avoiding full consideration by the church courts of what constitutes the doctrine of the church?
If not, do you think the tenor or the context of the document seeks or tends to accomplish the same?
If not, do you think that the identity of some, many, or most of the signatories necessarily implies the same?
I guess I read the document as
(1) stating that some level of acceptable diversity on the listed issues has historically been established within and by presbyterian polity, and
(2) advocating that when the "gathered presbyters" gather to make their "judgment[s]" it is important for them to be committed to seeking truth, bearing patiently, listening carefully, and resolving differences over what is hostile to the system as a whole or strikes at the vitals of religion "in the bonds of peace and unity."
To me, the bonds of peace and unity imply faithful submission to the processes of Presbyterian polity and their results.
Yes, these issues are very important.
Yes, it is the privilege of the church in its collective voice at the General Assembly to call for a committee to study these matters.
Yes, we need people "committed to working issues through the church courts and its processes and expressing a deep commitment to remaining together in visible unity" both in the process AND once actual judgments are reached.
We need the confidence that God is faithful to His own Word, and that He expresses that faithfulness through the outworking of the ecclesial polity to which we have bound ourselves in mutual submission and trust that the polity itself is faithful to His Word.
Thanks for your fine post that states many of the truths unstated in the document at issue. The question is whether the document is really about those truths, and unfortunately the cynics' answer (not necessarily yours, Dr. Lucas) appears to be, "It depends on who you ask."


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1 gallon of vegetable stock OR 1 gallon water plus 1 vegetable bullion cube
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The group of participating institutions comprises 14 full awardees, five honorable mentions and one university designated as noteworthy, ranging from small colleges such as Bryn Mawr to large universities like California State University, Northridge. The TIDES schools were selected via a two-tiered peer review process that included reviewers from a range of disciplines, both STEM and non-STEM. Full awardees will each receive up to $300,000 for work completed over the next three years, funded by a $4.9 million grant to AAC&U from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
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2017 Wrap Up (Even though it's not over yet people)Submitted by Karen on December 21, 2017 - 11:37am
I'm behind with everything and bloody hate coming up with Top howevermany's so I'm not pretending to try anymore. Instead, a list of books that just nailed it this year. In no particular order, or quantity, although I have had a go at combining them into geographical locations so you know - result.
Too Easy, J.M. Green (review to come at Newtown Review of Books, but this is the second book in the Stella Hardy series and it's required reading).