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Dash Rip Rock
Top Songs
- (Let's Go) Smoke Some Pot
- (Let's Go) Smoke Some Pot
- (Let's Go) Smoke Some Pot
- Pussywhipped
- Jambalaya
- Jenny Says
- Moonshine & Indian Blood (feat. Bill Davis, Kyle Melancon, Patrick Johnson, Produced by Tab Benoit & Tab Benoit Pedal Steel)
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
About Dash Rip Rock
Playing a revved-up mixture of punk, rockabilly, hard rock, country, and dirty boogie, New Orleans natives Dash Rip Rock are one of the most enduring acts on the Southern "cowpunk" scene, playing rowdy, sweat-soaked shows and making bold, raucous records over a quarter-century after they first took flight. Taking their name from a minor but memorable character on the TV sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, Dash Rip Rock were founded in 1984 by guitarist and singer Bill Davis, who has been the sole constant member throughout the group's history. The initial edition of Dash Rip Rock featured Davis, Ned "Hoaky" Hickel on bass, and F. Clarke Martty on drums, and was primarily focused on rockabilly and uptempo country sounds. Within a year, Davis became eager to bring a harder and more aggressive edge to the music, and Martty left the trio, with Fred LeBlanc taking over on drums. Dash Rip Rock earned a reputation as a great energetic live act, and their steady schedule of road gigs won them a large following in New Orleans and plenty of college towns throughout the South and Southwest. Dash Rip Rock became a frequent attraction at the 688 Club in Atlanta, Georgia, and when the club's owners decided to launch a record label, Dash Rip Rock became their first signing, releasing the group's self-titled debut in 1987. The North Carolina-based independent label Mammoth Records picked up 688's distribution, and for Dash Rip Rock's 1989 album Ace of Clubs, the band moved up to Mammoth's roster. After touring behind Ace of Clubs, Fred LeBlanc left the band (he would go on to co-found the long-running country-rock band Cowboy Mouth), and drummer Chris Luckette signed on with DRR in time to record 1990's Not of This World, produced by living legend Jim Dickinson. Dash Rip Rock closed out their Mammoth Records tenure with the 1991 live set Boiled Alive, and they signed with the California-based indie Dr. Dream Records for the 1993 release Tiger Town. After jumping to the Ichiban-distributed Naked Language imprint for 1995's Get You Some of Me (which included the radio favorite "Let's Go Smoke Some Pot"), and 1996's Dash Rip Rock's Gold Record (which had some of the group's familiar audience favorites), 1998 found Fred LeBlanc making a partial return to the band as producer and sideman on the album Paydirt. (Paydirt also found the group once again breaking in a new drummer, Kyle Melancon.) For 2002's Sonic Boom, the group briefly shortened their name to Dash, as well as adding a bit of polish to their sound, but with the 2005 collection Recyclone, Dash Rip Rock offered a potent look back at the cream of their back catalog while also teaming up with an unlikely but supportive record label, Alternative Tentacles, run by former Dead Kennedys' vocalist Jello Biafra. While in the 2000s Dash Rip Rock went through an impressive number of drummers and bass players after both Hickel and Melancon moved on, the association with Alternative Tentacles led to a series of strong and lively albums, including the tongue-in-cheek concept album Hee Haw Hell (2007), the party-hearty celebration Call of the Wild (2010), and the dark, harder-edged Black Liquor (2012), which helped rekindle interest in the band, who still play upwards of 150 shows a year. In 2012, Dash Rip Rock were inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, and the group also has the distinction of being the only band to have played the South by Southwest Music Conference every year since it was launched in 1986. ~ Mark Deming
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For many years I had compost bins lined up on the edge of my garden. Discussion about compost generally included what kind of bins I used and where I sourced the materials to put in them. My bins were made from pallets I acquired for free. Each of three sides was made by pounding two t-posts into the ground and sliding a pallet over them. If one side needed to be replaced, that could be easily done, since the sides weren't tied or nailed together. The fourth side was made by using bungee cords to hold it in place. To remove the compost, I released that side by removing the bungee cords.
The ingredients of those piles were usually animal bedding (from our animals or some I brought in from other places), leaves (from here or elsewhere), food scraps from our table, and maybe grass clippings. The compost bin was a handy place to toss garden residue—weeds and spent plants. Gradually I stopped including outside materials in my compost as I studied GROW BIONTENSIVE (GB) methods and produced more of my own compost biomass in my garden. The bulk of the material I used to bring in was for the carbon. With GB I grew more grains and corn, using the straw and stalks for carbon. Eventually, all the compost materials were coming from my own garden.
Rethinking the materials is only part of rethinking compost piles. If you are into tidy, and think compost requires a bin, you may have a hard time thinking outside that, but I urge you to try. Besides keeping them tidy, bins serve to keep animals out of your piles. If you include food scraps in your piles and have a dog, or neighborhood dogs frequent your place, you may want a bin. However, if your compost pile is within your fenced garden, you have already fenced out the critters. Once I put a fence around the garden I did away with the bins, but the piles were still on the edge of the garden space. It was when butternut squash grew wild around and over my pile one year that I began to think about the nutrients that were leaching into the ground each year beneath the piles and not being used.
Having to walk back and forth to the edge of the garden to put compost materials there that had grown in the garden, or to retrieve compost for the beds, also served to nudge me into planning to have my compost piles as part of my garden rotation. By the way, I did away with the notion that compost needed to be turned regularly long ago. Left to what they do best and the microbes turn all that organic matter into finished compost all by themselves. I do water occasionally to keep them hydrated.
Now I devote a garden bed, actually more than one, to compost. On my garden map, compost is shown, just as all the crops for the year are. The two biggest times for starting a new pile for me are in June when the grains are harvested and in October when the cornstalks, sweet potato, and peanuts are harvested. It is in October when the new compost bed is put to use. Whatever bed is designated to store compost for the coming year is where I start the new pile in October. The pile I created in the summer that needs more time to cure will be moved to this new compost bed. That is the only time it gets turned. If the new compost bed is part of the garden rotation it will be located next to the old compost bed, making the transition an easy one. You do not want to do any long distance hauling—just fork it from one bed to the next.
The rest of the compost in that bed, including the one started the previous October, should be ready to spread, which I do in September and October before I plant cover crops. Throughout the year there will be other materials added to the piles as weeding and harvesting is done. There will also be finished compost available to add to beds each time a new crop goes in. By following GB guidelines and having at least 60% of the garden devoted to compost crops for the year, it is easy to have an abundance of compost. To keep track of the order the piles were made, so I know which will be ready to use next and which needs to set longer, I use old smooth metal fence posts (the kind used for electric fence) with blocks of wood on top with a number painted on them. Some people have little signs for their piles that say such things as "use me", "feed me", or "working." The pile that I make in the fall will not be ready to use until the next fall. Wanting to make the best use of all my resources, including space and available nutrients, I plant butternut squash around the base of that pile and let the plants grow over it. Besides soaking up nutrients from beneath, the plants shade the pile, preventing weeds from moving in. By the time the winter squash is harvested, the compost is ready to spread.
In October I plant winter rye in the bed that the compost vacated. That cover crop soaks up all the nutrients that may have leached from the piles and gives them to the corn that will go into that bed the following year. When the rye is shedding pollen (about May 7 here in Zone 7), I cut it with a sickle and leave it lie in the bed as mulch. Two weeks later I transplant corn into the mulch. Generally there is a small amount of a legume, such as Austrian winter peas, sown and harvested with the rye. I have my best crop of corn in the bed that follows the compost.
This might all seem confusing, but if you take time to think it through, it will become clear. In Grow a Sustainable Diet I explain GROW BIOINTENSIVE methods and how to plan to have 60% of your garden in cover crops for the year. In that book I also have a garden map and explanation for the Garden of Ideas that shows compost as part of the garden rotation. My DVD Cover Crops and Compost Crops IN Your Garden shows compost making in the beds and the management of the cover crops with hand tools through the growing season. Think outside the compost bin and make compost an integral part of your garden!

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The fear of people pirating Hollywood blockbusters caused cinema owners in Britain to ban Google Glass in their movie theaters, according to reports.
Google just made the Glass prototype available in Britain, and already "cinemas are alarmed that criminal gangs" could use the wearable computer to make copies of Hollywood movies and sell them illegally, according to the Telegraph. They have reason to be concerned -- about 90 percent of all pirated video is made by recording the films in the theater.
Google Glass powers down after 45 minutes of recording so it's unlikely a user could get a whole film in one recording, but that's not stopping theater owners from asking users to remove the tech eyewear that has can capture video and is connected to the Internet.


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By Kate Campbell, president of the Rotaract Club of Canberra, Australia
Standing alongside my fellow Australian Rotaractors and Rotarians in front of Parliament House in Canberra 21 October to raise awareness for the End Polio Now campaign was a truly exhilarating moment.
The event aimed to show support for the amazing work done by RI and their partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and encourage the Australian government to continue supporting the fight against this deadly disease.
The notoriously fickle Canberra weather had kindly obliged and delivered some glorious spring conditions — soaring blue skies, warm sunshine, and a brisk breeze that showcased the huge Australian flag above Parliament House at its best. It was a moment that made me immensely proud to be a part of the Rotary family and the effort to eradicate polio.
We were assembled for a photo shoot that was to be the finale of the Australian Rotaract Conference held over the weekend. Spirits were high and the excitement was contagious. We wore End Polio Now T-shirts and our little fingers were painted with purple nail varnish to symbolize the purple dye used to mark a child's finger once they have been immunized against polio.
Two experiences before and after reminded me why we need to keep raising awareness for polio eradication. A few weeks before, I was talking excitedly about the event when an acquaintance expressed genuine confusion why I would get all worked up about getting rid of a harmless sporting event. He had confused polio, a crippling disease, with polo, a popular pastime.
Sitting on the bus home from the event, an elderly lady inquired what event I was coming from. When I told her, she expressed surprise. "Polio?" she queried, "wasn't that wiped out years ago?" Both responses are somewhat understandable when you consider that polio has been wiped out in the western world for some time. Australia was officially declared polio-free in 2000.
But while the virus remains anywhere, it remains a threat to children everywhere. Campaigns such as Rotary's End Polio Now and the Global Poverty Project's The End of Polio are doing an admirable job of keeping the issue on the agenda.
The end of polio is within reach, and there is something intrinsically exciting about that prospect. The prospect of being "This Close," of being on the brink of such an unprecedented, incredible opportunity makes my heart beat a little faster and my mind race. I think "How can I be a part of this? How can I help?" While I personally cannot go to India or Pakistan to administer polio vaccine, and my capacity for giving is considerably less than the likes of a Bill Gates, I and my fellow Rotaractors and Rotarians certainly can raise awareness and encourage advocacy.
The Australian Rotaractors who gathered in front of Parliament on 21 October were proud to be doing their bit. The message we were advocating is simple. Polio can be defeated. The world is "This Close." Now is the time to join the fight and ensure momentum is not lost and the hard-won successes are not wasted. If we continue in our support, when the time comes and polio is finally vanquished, we will be able to stand up proudly and say "We were part of that. We helped win the fight."
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We've been talking about memcached for a while now. The topic is excicting, scary, and constantly evolving. You might have a hard time understanding how memcached works at all. You might be missing the "big picture", or you might just need a handful of examples of how to properly handle common queries. Perhaps you've been there, done that, and want to cut your teeth on what the memcached community has been up to for the last year?
We'll take care of you, don't worry!
As more people learn about memcached and the success stories wrapped around it, they need to first learn how it relates to them. They need to learn how to dive in and get started.
The first half of this tutorial is focused on getting you going, faster. Here is the basic idea, some common architectures, and how to get it up and running in your favorite language. We will then walk you through examples starting from the simple, through the obscure.
How do I cache this one thing? Easy.
How do I optimize caching 100 different data points per user? Also easy, if you know the trick!
The second half is focused on the new things evolving in the memcached community. Namely the binary protocol and storage engines. We created the binary protocol for a reason, but why? What new things can you do now, what works better, what doesn't work as well? How is this good for the future?
Memcached is also getting a pluggable storage engine interface. This allows us to help unify the various forks and encourage experimentation. We will show an overview of the interface and some quick examples of what the community (or companies!) have been hacking on.
Kasindorf is the MySQL DBA for Six Apart's properties, as well as many of their scaling tools. Originally a sysadmin for livejournal.com in 2002, he has since helped build numerous large web sites with open source software and is an advocate and contributor for Memcached, mogilefs, perlbal, and others.
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In the past, he has been involved with projects for the Army Engineer Corps, The VirtualHospital, Splunk, MySQL, Slashdot, and was a Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems. He calls Seattle his home since that is where his dog Rosalynd is.
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WASHINGTON, DC – While Army Sgt. Matthew Corrigan was sound asleep inside his Northwest D.C. home, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) was preparing to launch a full-scale invasion of his home. SWAT and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) teams spent four hours readying the assault on the English basement apartment in the middle of the snowstorm of the century.
The police arrested the veteran of the Iraq war and searched his house without a warrant, not to protect the public from a terrorist or stop a crime in progress, but to rouse a sleeping man the police thought might have an unregistered gun in his home.
It all started a few hours earlier on Feb. 2, 2010, when Sgt. Corrigan called the National Veterans Crisis Hotline for advice on sleeping because of nightmares from his year training Iraqi soldiers to look for IEDs in Fallujah. Without his permission, the operator, Beth, called 911 and reported Sgt. Corrigan "has a gun and wants to kill himself."
According to a transcript of the 911 recording, Beth told the cops that, "The gun's actually on his lap." The drill sergeant told me he said nothing of the kind, and his two pistols and rifle were hidden under clothes and in closets, to avoid theft.
So around midnight, the police arrived at the row house at 2408 N. Capitol Street. Over the next two hours, several emergency response team units were called to the scene, calling in many cops from home.
Police memos from that night describe the situation as involving a man who is, "threatening to shoot himself," but "doesn't want to hurt anybody."
None of the cops' documents indicate a threat that warranted a "barricade" and the closure of several streets to create "an outer perimeter that prohibited both traffic and pedestrian access." With dozens of cops on the scene, they created a "staging area" two blocks away.
Around 1 a.m., the police knocked on the door of Tammie Sommons, the upstairs neighbor in the row house. Ms. Sommons had lived there since 2008 with her three roommates and, in that time, had become a close friend of Sgt. Corrigan. She had a key to his apartment and often walked his dog Matrix.
"I opened the door to this scene with three cops with guns pointed at Matt's door," she recalled in an interview this week. "One officer told me that Matt called a suicide hotline and was about to kill himself. I said that was impossible, he wasn't that kind of guy. I told the police I see him every day and would know if he was suicidal."
Over the next hour, Ms. Sommons repeatedly told the police she was sure that Sgt. Corrigan was merely sleeping. She knew he took prescription sleeping pills because of repeated nightmares from his year in Iraq. The cops wouldn't listen to her.
"I said to the police, 'You guys are making a big mistake. He's not what you think,'" recalled Ms. Sommons. She offered to go downstairs and clear up the situation, but the police would not let her.
The officers asked her whether Sgt. Corrigan owned any guns. "I said, of course he has guns, he's in the military," she replied. Ms. Sommons had never seen the sergeant's guns, but she is from a military family, in which gun ownership was the norm. She was truthful with the police because she was not aware the District requires registration of every gun.
This month, the U.S. House passed a nonbinding amendment, sponsored by Rep. Phil Gingrey, that said active military living in or stationed in D.C. should not be bound by the stringent firearm laws. Were such a law in place two years ago, Sgt. Corrigan would not have been targeted by the police.
MPD told Ms. Sommons that someone had reported that there was the smell of gas coming from Sgt. Corrigan's apartment. "I told them that there was no gas in his apartment — it was all electric," she recalled. "I said if they smelled something, it's just my roommate who was cooking chicken parmesan."
Still, the police refused to accept the simpler explanation. "The cops said we needed to leave our house because Matt was going to shoot through the ceiling," Ms. Sommons said. "They painted this picture like Rambo was downstairs and ready to blow up the place."
At 3 a.m., the police called in an EOD unit — the bomb squad. They brought in negotiators. They had the gas company turn off the gas line to the house. A few minutes before 4 a.m., they started calling Sgt. Corrigan's cell phone, but they got no answer because he turned it off before going to bed. They woke him up by calling his name on a bullhorn. He then turned on the phone and was told to surrender outside.
Arrested Without Cause
When the police wouldn't accept Sgt. Corrigan's word that he was fine, he was forced to leave his home and surrender. When he stepped outside, he faced assault teams with rifles pointed at his chest. He immediately dropped to his knees, with his hands over his head.
Officers in full protective gear zip-tied Sgt. Corrigan's hands behind his back and pulled him up from his knees, forcing him into a large tactical command center called the "BEAR" which was parked at the staging area.
Although police did not read Sgt. Corrigan his Miranda rights, they questioned him inside the tactical truck. They asked the Iraq veteran basic questions about his life from various angles to get him to admit to owning guns. He remained silent about his two handguns and one rifle, which he had not registered after moving into the city.
Suddenly a police commander jumped in the truck and demanded to know where Sgt. Corrigan put his house key. He refused.
"I'm not giving you the key. I'm not giving consent to enter my house," Sgt. Corrigan recalled saying in an interview with me last week at D.C. Superior Court after the city dropped all 10 charges against him.
"Then the cop said to me, 'I don't have time to play this constitutional bullshit with you. We're going to break your door in, and you're going to have to pay for a new door.'"
"'Looks like I'm buying a new door,'" Sgt. Corrigan responded. "He was riffed"
Realizing quickly that his house would get raided without his permission, he asked for one thing from the police. "I said, 'Please don't hurt my dog. He's friendly. He's a good dog. Please don't hurt him.' They said they wouldn't."
The police then took Sgt. Corrigan to the VA hospital, still with his hands restrained. He didn't want to be put in the hospital against his will, so he was okay with being left there temporarily. He signed himself in for help.
"After having all those guns at me, I was broken," he said, pointing again at his chest, where he'd seen the rifle red laser dots. "I hadn't slept in days, I just wanted to sleep."
The reservist spent three nights in the hospital. When he got out, the police were waiting to arrest him for the unregistered guns found when they raided his home, without a warrant.
Search, Seizure, but no Warrant
Since Since Sgt. Corrigan refused to permit a search of his house, the police had to break down his door. The cops, however, didn't bother to wait for a search warrant before doing so. "They were all keyed up because they had been there and ready to go all night," surmised Sgt. Corrgian's attorney Richard Gardiner.
The first to enter the apartment with the supposedly dangerous apartment was the Emergency Response Team, which secured the dog Matrix and gave him over to animal control, according to police reports. Only then did the EOD personnel enter to search using portable x-ray equipment.
During the "explosive threat clearing efforts," police reported finding the sergeant's "hazardous materials," which included two pistols and a rifle, binoculars and ammunition. The report also details how it took the combined efforts of the police, EOD and the D.C. Fire Department to seize the "military ammunition can that contained numerous fireworks type devices." These were fireworks left over from the Fourth of July.
Also taken into evidence was what the police described as a "military smoke grenade" and "military whistler device." This smoke-screen canister and trip wire were put in Sgt. Corrigan's rucksack in 1996 by his squad leader and had long been forgotten over the years. EOD took custody of the smoke grenade and whistle. The rest of the the materials were handed over to the crime scene search department at 7:30 a.m.
Police Lt. R.T. Glover was pleased with the seven hour operation that resulted in finding three unregistered guns in D.C. In his report to Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier, he concluded that, "as a result of this barricade incident, there are no recommendations for improvement with respect to overall tactical operations."
Police Destruction
The dry after-action notes from the police following the operation give no clue to the property damage done to Sgt. Corrigan's home. They tore apart the 900 square foot place.
Instead of unzipping luggage, the police used knives to cut through and destroy the bags. They dumped over the bookshelves, emptied closets, threw the clothes on the floor.
In the process, they knocked over the feeding mechanism for the tropical fish in the sergeant's six-foot long aquarium. When he was finally released from jail two weeks later, all of his expensive pet fish were dead in the tank.
The guns were seized, along with the locked cases, leaving only broken latches behind. The ammunition, hidden under a sleeping bag in the utility closet, was taken. They broke Sgt. Corrigan's eyeglasses and left them on the floor. The police turned on the electric stove and never turned it off and left without securing the broken door.
When Ms. Sommons came back to her home the next day, she looked into Sgt. Corrigan's apartment. "I was really upset because it was ransacked. It made me lose respect for the police officers involved," she said, the stepdaughter of a correctional officer.
"Here was Matt, who spent a year fighting for our country in Iraq — where these police would never set foot in — and they treat him like trash off the street."
In February, Sgt. Corrigan filed a civil suit against the District asking for a minimum of $500,000 in damages for violating his Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. His attorney, Mr. Gardiner, intends to add some of the individual officers to the suit when they are identified in discovery.


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Kristen Bell's Pictures from Complex Magazine
I showed you the covers from Complex magazine last week. Now today I have the scans of the pics in the magazine. Kristin Bell has really started to make a name for herself now that she is on Heroes and the narrator on Gossip Girl.
I think she looks amazing in these pics.


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Kristin: All of the projects will lead the knitter and crocheter onto their own journey. The way most of the instructions are written, the designs can be modified really easily – made bigger or smaller. And of course, it isn't necessary to follow a certain color palette. Who says there can't be a black sunflower? I can't wait to see what people do on their own with this book.
Kristin: 50 Sunflowers to knit, crochet & felt is available in all the regular channels. Readers can also purchase a signed copy directly from me on my website. The book is also available in many other countries. So far, it has been printed in the UK, in Australia and New Zealand and I hear it will be translated into other languages too! My work has never had such reach. Who was to know these little projects would spread throughout the world.
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SckoonCup is made in the USA of the highest quality, FDA approved medical-grade silicone. Since it's soft, it's easy to fold for insertion yet has enough spring to pop open easily once inserted. The slimmer, softer stem bends as your body moves so it won't poke you, providing you with ultimate comfort.
3 Years R&D for Perfection
SckoonCup spent 3 years in R&D working with hundreds of women to improve the issues with existing menstrual cups. The result is a softer, smoother, smaller-yet-high capacity menstrual cup that many women report is more comfortable than tampons. Engineered for functionality and unparalleled comfort, Sckoon menstrual cup keeps your period simple, clean and worry-free.
Unique Suction Holes
SckoonCup's suction holes are part of the molding process – not added later by piercing the wall vertically – leaving the cup's outer wall surface completely smooth, without any sharp, uncomfortable edges or problems with clogging. They are designed to angle almost to the rim, allowing SckoonCup a higher capacity even if it feels smaller than other cups.
Made in the USA - FDA Cleared & Registered
SckoonCup is made in the USA From FDA approved medical Grade Silicone. Even the packaging is eco-friendly, made in the USA from recycled materials.
- SckoonCup is "CLEARED" by the FDA: For a menstrual cup to be "Cleared" by the FDA, they need to submit and Clear a "510(k) premarket notification" a lengthy and expensive process of product inspections, and testing. FDA 510(k) clearance is a further assurance that a cup brand is good quality and in compliance with the FDA requirements for medical devices supported by Data Safety Sheets, Master Files that provide data on Biocompatibility and toxicity testing, and manufactured in ISO9001:2008 BSI American Certified Facility , as it has undergone testing/regulation processes.
- Sckooncup is "REGISTERED" with the FDA. This is an administrative process to just register the menstrual cup and the company selling it. All legal sellers must register, has nothing to do with Menstrual cup quality or testing.
Why SckoonCup
Reliable Protection
SckoonCup can be worn up to 12 hours, even on heavy days. We located the suction holes higher and angled them for maximum capacity, so you don't have to worry about leaks.
Healthy Alternative to Tampons
Free of synthetic fibers, bleach and dioxin, SckoonCup is a healthier and safer alternative to tampons. With SckoonCup, you don't have to worry about Toxic-Shock Syndrome (TSS) or vaginal infections with proper use. And unlike tampons, SckoonCup doesn't absorb moisture, which can cause dryness and discomfort.
Live Your Active Life
You can feel confident wearing your cute white yoga pants to exercise. With SckoonCup, every outfit is possible, and every day is promising.
Feel COMFORTABLE and confident
Sometimes, it's like your period is there to thwart you… you want to show off your new bikini at that pool party, but aren't comfortable with tampons. With SckoonCup, you can feel confident hopping in the pool whenever you want.
DISCREET and EFFECTIVE
Nothing feels quite like a massage when you're on your period, but how can you enjoy it if you're worried about leaking? With SckoonCup's reliable protection, you can schedule that massage any time, any day.
Walk Lightly and Reap the Rewards
The beauty of SckoonCup is it's completely reusable, giving you convenience while saving you money. It can also help you lower your impact on the environment, compared to using disposable tampons or pads.
Feel Good About Your Purchase
SckoonCup reflects the ideals we are passionate about at Sckoon, both for our customers and the planet. Sustainability and environmental accountability are things we take seriously, and we know you do too. That's why we've been an organic brand for over 15 years and one of the pioneers of green concepts.
- How to Choose
Size does matter: How to find the right menstrual cup size
Size 1: Small, for women who haven't given birth vaginally. Normal to Medium Flow.
Size 2: Large, for women who have given birth vaginally or cesarian. Medium to Heavy Flow.
Not all uteruses, vaginas, and cervixes were created equal; Menstrual cup sizing is not black and white. At SckoonCup we have our sizing guidelines, but that does not mean that our guidelines will work for everyone. In fact, we know that our cup won't fit every single person who menstruates. No menstrual cup company, tampon company, etc. can claim to fit 100% of all people who menstruate!
Here are some basic rules when it comes to SckoonCup menstrual cup sizing.
Most people who order SckoonCup menstrual cup size 1 will fit some to most of these guidelines:
- Have not had a vaginal birth
- Usually under 30ish (if not had vaginal birth)
- First time users
- Young people and teenagers who have not had a vaginal birth
- People who are virgins
- People who are fit, do yoga, Pilates, and may have strong pelvic muscles
- If you have bladder sensitivities and need a smaller cup
- Fits people who have both a "lower" or "high" cervix location
- Have a medium/heavy to light flow
- Are worried because you have a "hanging" cervix
SckoonCup size 1 is 1.6 inches in diameter, 1.6 inches in cup length, and the stem is 1.2 inches for a total length of 2.8 inches. SckoonCup size 1 can hold 23ml of fluid.
Most people who order SckoonCup menstrual cup size 2 will fit some or most of these guidelines:
- Had a vaginal birth
- Over 30ish (even if you have not had a vaginal birth)
- Plus sized individuals may benefit from a size 2
- People who have a very heavy flow may like the size 2
- People who need a larger cup but not a "longer" cup because of a lower sitting cervix
SckoonCup size 2 is 1.8 inches in diameter, 2.0 inches in cup length, and the stem is 0.8 inches for a total length of 2.8 inches. SckoonCup size 2 can hold 30ml of fluid.
By using SckoonCup you can often collect double to quadruple as much fluid than you can when using a tampon!
Facts to consider when buying a menstrual cup
As stated previously, not all reproductive organs were created equal. With that said, there are some common traits that happen within the average 21-45 day cycle. You maybe surprised to learn 21-45 days is actually in the normal range; 28 days is just an average. (Source via womenshealth.gov).
The cervix and length
Your cervix is the entrance to your uterus. You may notice that your cervix travels up and down. The body menstruates and has a cycle revolving around ovulation (the time you are most likely to conceive). The cervix tends to sit higher then drops right before ovulation. During ovulation the cervix drops lower for a better chance of conceiving.
Many people notice that their cervix sits lower during menstruation. If your cervix sits low during menstruation then a longer cup like many of the competitors sell, may not fit you correctly. We specifically design our cups to fit people who have a low or high cervix.
When inserting your menstrual cup, you want to make sure that the cup is not going past the cervix or sitting right next to it. As you can see if the cup is too long then it's going to feel crammed and may sit too low, giving you the sensation like the cup could fall out.
Your body type and the size selection
If your body type is slim, fit and toned, most likely you have strong pelvic muscles, and in that case, you may want to use size 1 even if you have had a vaginal birth. On the other hand, if your pelvic muscles are more relaxed, you may want to select size 2 regardless of your experience.
Soft menstrual cups vs. stiff menstrual cups and the strength of your pelvic muscles
You may see different menstrual cup companies stating that their cup is either soft or stiff/firm. There are a few reasons for soft and firm menstrual cups. We have pelvic muscles and over time those muscles start to lose some of the "tightness" or tone. Kegel exercises can help to improve the muscle tone, which can help menstrual cup users. Some people complain about how other cups are too soft and won't pop open when inserted (these people may have very toned pelvic muscles or maybe a virgin). Other's complain that a cup maybe too stiff, uncomfortable, and "hang" too low (this can often happen after childbirth).
Here at SckoonCup we've addressed this common problem. We've made a softer cup (the medical grade silicone is soft to the touch) and the cup has medium squishiness. The rim of our menstrual cup is firmer; therefore popping open is usually never an issue, but our cup is extremely comfortable! You get the best of both worlds with SckoonCup.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Louisville has had enough of losing to Kentucky.
The No. 4 Cardinals have dropped four in a row to the Wildcats, including last spring's national semifinal in New Orleans. Kentucky won that game 69-61 and went on to beat Kansas two days later for its eighth national championship.
That Final Four loss still bothers Cardinals coach Rick Pitino, who is 0-4 against Wildcats counterpart John Calipari. Fortunately for Pitino, he enters Saturday's showdown in Louisville with an experienced team that's 11-1 and favored to reclaim Bluegrass State supremacy.
Kentucky (8-3) started the season No. 3 behind Indiana and Louisville. But the Wildcats have fallen from the rankings and are looking to establish themselves with another group of talented freshmen.
They enter the game as an underdog against a Louisville squad that's playing well and hungry to prove it against their archrival. However, Pitino has warned his team about getting too excited against the Wildcats.
``When it comes down to it, it's all about execution,'' Pitino said Friday. ``It really is about execution. And the emotional part wears off. Sometimes emotion is a killer and it drains you. You've got to be very careful in this type of game that it doesn't.''
At the same time, the Cardinals have reason to feel good about their chances. They've been ranked in the top six all season and have beaten quality schools such as Northern Iowa, Missouri, College of Charleston and Memphis.
Louisville has succeeded behind Pitino's trademark: tough pressure defense. The Cardinals lead the nation in turnover margin (+8.6) and are second in steals at 11.9 per game.
Since their only loss this season against Duke, the Cardinals have won six straight. Their streak is notable because they've done so without center Gorgui Dieng, who broke his left wrist Nov. 23 during the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas.
Expected to miss four to six weeks, Dieng was cleared this week and Pitino will start the 6-foot-11 junior against Kentucky. The Senegal native's availability isn't surprising, considering he had been working out and dressed the past few games.
Dieng grasps the importance of the in-state rivalry - his parents will be among the sold-out crowd at the KFC Yum! Center. He nonetheless insisted that the timing of his return was purely coincidental.
``I'm back because the doctors cleared me to play,'' said Dieng, averaging 8.2 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks. ``If the docs said I could not play this game, I would not play. It's not because they (Kentucky) have two bigs that they want me to play. It's not like that. I just get back because it's a good time to be back.''
Dieng has explained the rivalry to his parents.
``I've told them it's two schools that hate each other,'' he said. ``The good thing is, they don't speak English. Whatever (fans) say, it doesn't matter to them.''
What matters to Louisville is how guards Peyton Siva and Russ Smith dictate the backcourt battle against Kentucky.
Siva, a senior considered one of the nation's best point guards, is averaging a career-best 11.4 points along with 6.3 assists and 2.3 steals.
``He's good with the ball,'' Calipari said of Siva. ``He finds his teammates. He's scoring better, shooting the ball way better.''
Smith, who came off the bench to score 30 points against Kentucky here last New Year's Eve, has raised his scoring average from 11.5 to 19.7 points largely because of his 34-percent rate from 3-point range.
Kentucky's four-game winning streak can be attributed to its own improved guard play.
The Wildcats appear to have found their point guard in sophomore Ryan Harrow. Since returning from a four-game absence because of an illness and tending to a family matter in Georgia, he has played the past five contests and started the last two, scoring a career-high 23 points on Marshall last Saturday.
More important to Calipari, Harrow is putting his teammates in the right spots on the floor and getting them to communicate. That's important for the Wildcats, who will try to establish an inside presence with freshmen Nerlens Noel, Willie Cauley-Stein and Alex Poythress.
``I'm definitely looking forward to it,'' the 6-10 Noel said of facing Dieng. ``It's going to be a good matchup for myself. ... He's a bigger dude, about 6-11. He's a physical player and I'm ready for the challenge.''
As both schools maintain that Saturday's meeting is just another game, players and coaches acknowledge the place the rivalry holds among their fan bases. Kentucky freshman Archie Goodwin said he followed it in high school but quickly learned how different it was to be a part of it.
``It's a big game,'' he said. ``It's not just the media that really says it. ... It's something we knew about coming in here. All schools have their rivalry and this is just one of them.''
Pitino has seen the rivalry from both sides. He coached Kentucky from 1989-97 and won the 1996 national championship before arriving at Louisville in 2001 and leading the Cardinals to two Final Fours.
However, Pitino came to understand what the rivalry meant after last year's semifinal loss because it denied the Cardinals a chance for their third NCAA title. That might explain his determination to beat Kentucky, a quest that will involve Big Blue Nation yelling nasty things in the Cardinals' house.
Asked if it's the best rivalry in college basketball, Pitino paused and said, ``Yeah, because we live with each other. I don't think a Duke woman would marry a North Carolina guy. And I don't think a North Carolina man would marry a Duke woman.
``We just intermarry all the time. It's hurt our society here in Louisville,'' he jokingly added. ``And for those of you who have married a Kentucky woman, you know what I'm talking about.''
AP Freelancer Josh Abner in Louisville contributed to this report.


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Cod with lemon & parsley crust & summer greens
Nutrition and extra info
- Easily doubled / halved
- Healthy
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal317
- fat9g
- saturates2g
- carbs21g
- sugars5g
- fibre5g
- protein40g
- salt0.66g
- 1 thick slice stale bread, crusts removed
- large bunch parsley
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- zest and juice from 1 lemon
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- 1 tbsp olive oil
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- 2 cod fillets, about 175g/6oz each
A popular mild-flavoured saltwater fish mainly found in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Cod…
- 260g pack prepared veg, such as pea & runner beans or a pea, leek & spinach medley
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- 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Tear the bread into pieces and put in a food processor with the parsley and lemon zest. Blitz to make rough crumbs.
Lightly oil a shallow baking dish, then add the cod in one layer. Lightly brush the fish with oil, then press on the crumbs. Bake for 10-12 mins. Meanwhile, steam the vegetables until just tender, then toss in the remaining oil, mustard and lemon juice. Serve alongside the fish.
Recipe Tip
Want a side dish?For a potato side dish, steam new potatoes in their skins until tender. Drain, crush with a fork, then mix with 1 heaped tsp wholegrain mustard, a drizzle of olive oil and some seasoning.
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Or at the very least he is acting like it, and reveling in the extra attention that he is receiving. Has a day gone by in the past two weeks were he hasn't been on Fox News spouting off about birth certificates, namely President Obama's?
The Donald is more than willing to show his birth certificate to prove that he is a true-blooded American through and through, and now he has even upped the ante: he wants the president to produce his grades from college and he'll even do the same! Last we heard, Trump was challenging Obama to see who had the better collection of Marvel Comics, and was willing to go cat's eye marble to cat's eye marble against the president and let the public decide who had the better collection.
We seriously doubt that Trump is going to actually run for president, but he sure will make things interesting (and by that we mean sadly hilarious) over the next couple of months.


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Designers + Geeks: The Future of Infographics
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Infographics are timeless, but practitioners must evolve to remain effective and combat the oversaturated media landscape. This presentation will examine the continued innovation in the field, identifying applications in which information visualization can create the appeal and soundness necessary to deliver a powerful message.
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Ernst & Young partners Terri Fujii and Larry Rodriguez establish $300,000 scholarship fund at the UH Manoa Shidler College of BusinessUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU — Current and former Ernst & Young Partners Terri Fujii and Lawrence Rodriguez have jointly established a $300,000 endowed scholarship at the UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business. The initial gift of $150,000 was matched by Jay Shidler matching funds to total $300,000. The Fujii and Rodriguez Endowed Scholarship Fund will provide annual scholarships for students majoring in accounting at the School of Accountancy.
Rodriguez, a retired partner of Ernst & Young LLP in Honolulu said, "Terri and I decided to personally establish a scholarship endowment that will ensure continuous educational opportunities for future accounting students at the Shidler College of Business. It is important for Hawaii's accounting industry to
develop a sustainable and quality workforce."
"I believe Larry will agree with me that we are privileged to be able to provide this endowment of opportunity for future generations of accounting students," said Fujii, current partner of Ernst & Young LLP. "As a graduate of the School of Accountancy, I received an excellent education which was pivotal
to my success in business. This is my way of providing similar opportunities for future students."
"We are deeply grateful to Terri Fujii and Larry Rodriguez for their generosity and commitment to our young men and women," said V. Vance Roley, dean of the Shidler College of Business. "This is a great example of how private support can help transform the lives of our students, while inspiring other
business leaders to give."
"Terri and Larry are remarkable business leaders in our community," said UH Manoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw. "With this endowment, they have shown a high standard of philanthropic leadership that we feel will inspire other community and business leaders."
Rodriguez served as the managing partner of the Ernst & Young Honolulu Office before retiring in 2007. His 40-year career was spent serving companies in the financial services, healthcare, airlines, retail, hospitality, real estate and insurance industries. Rodriguez recently received the Pacific Business News
"Leadership Legacy Award" for his services and contributions to local charities and community groups.
Fujii is the managing partner in the Hawaii practice of Ernst & Young LLP. She received both her bachelors and masters degrees in accounting from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Shidler College of Business, and is a Certified Public Accountant. In 1986, Fujii joined Ernst & Young LLP and has worked with companies in the healthcare, not-for-profit, airlines, retail and insurance industries.
Fujii serves on the Advisory Council for the Shidler College of Business and is a board member for the Shidler School of Accountancy. In October, she received the coveted Shidler College of Business Hall of Honor Award for her contribution to the College and community.
About the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Established in 1949 as the College of Business Administration, the College was named in 2006 after alumnus Jay H. Shidler, founder and managing partner of The Shidler Group. The Shidler College of Business is renowned for its expertise in international management education and is consistently ranked
among the nation's top 25 graduate schools for international business by U.S.News & World Report. Long recognized for its Asia-Pacific focus, the College is a professional school, offering a wide variety of degree, certificate and executive programs. The College places a strong emphasis on the development of management skills, entrepreneurship and the management of business information technology. The UH Shidler College of Business is the only graduate program in the State of Hawai'i accredited by AACSB International. For more information, visit www.shidler.hawaii.edu.
About the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation
The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation is an independent, university-related, nonprofit organization whose purpose is to raise private funds according to priorities determined by the academic leadership of the University of Hawaiʻi and approved by the Board of Regents. Founded in 1955, the Foundation provides
a full range of fund raising and alumni relations services for all 10 UH campuses. For more information on the Foundation, visit www.uhf.hawaii.edu.
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I've gotten trouble accepting my life in gaming. I can barely work on my point and click games for the 3DS so I will not even bother. I will neither make games for the PC because of it's selfish community of hate and trolling. So this scenario will be a Mac standalone.
Rester is a Marathon scenario that doesn't take place in the Marathon universe. I couldn't work on Marathon Green because I'm more comfortable working on my own universes. (Besides I'm used by it) The game will be solely built by me alone. It's gonna be simple looking and that's what I can do. Simplicity is what I do best. It's about Swedish space marines versus tribal but advanced aliens. These are the aliens and the style.
Xinos (They might be changed during the development)
And that's all I can put in for now. Looking forward to my new life.


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I've read about the
tabular* environment, and the same example pops up over and over again. What I'd like to know is when the example is converted, why do columns 2 and 3 lose their centering? I've seen solutions using
tabularx and
array, but the solution in the example seems close to being correct, so I'd like to know the extra step to get it as expected.
The link to the example and its output is: WikiBooks LaTeX Tables. It's the second half of this section.
If anyone also has tips for how to search for
tabular* in a search engine without the
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B.C.'s transportation minister says the 40 drivers involved in the mayhem on the Port Mann Bridge Thursday will not be forgiven their tolls or given compensation because the bridge maintenance contractor did nothing wrong.
Mary Polak said the province has reviewed the work of Mainroad Contracting, which has a contract with Transportation Investment Corp. to maintain the Port Mann Bridge, and found it was not negligent. She said Mainroad followed the standard procedure and applied a saltwater brine to the bridge at 4 a.m. on Jan. 2 — which was expected to be effective for 48 hours — and did "vigorous patrols" between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on Thursday.
"There's nothing they've done that they were negligent in," Polak said. "There's nothing with respect to what they did that they could have predicted what did happen with any certainty."
Polak's comments come a day after TI Corp. — the Crown agency that operates the provincially owned bridge — said that despite the measures taken by Mainroad, there was insufficient de-icing on the bridge. The agency ordered that a saltwater solution be applied daily to the bridge as well as salt when needed.
Drivers described the bridge deck, especially the HOV lane, as a "skating rink."
Kevin Dahl, who was travelling westbound across the bridge at about 5:40 a.m., said he slowed down after encountering thick fog as he approached the crest of the bridge. Dahl, who was in the HOV lane, said he had already passed a pileup involving 10 to 15 cars and was travelling below the speed limit when he first noticed the brake lights in the fog. As he coasted toward them, he noticed more lights and started to brake, but it caused him to fishtail.
"I fishtailed for probably 200 feet before I got into my accident," he said. "There was someone who had stopped right beside the HOV lane. Right near the end I tried to turn right, but I had no traction so I started sliding sideways and hit guy in the middle of the trunk."
As he got to out to see if the driver was OK, Dahl started sliding on the deck and almost fell over. "I couldn't believe how icy the bridge was," he said.
Insurance Corp. of B.C. spokesman Adam Grossman said he expects about 40 claims to be filed.
Polak argues that neither the province nor the contractor is responsible for the crashes, because there's nothing to indicate they were related to the design of the bridge. She said Thursday's situation involves a combination of factors, including black ice, dense fog at the time of the crash and faster speeds on the bridge.
"People are able to reach speeds on the bridge at rush hour they never were before," Polak said. "As with any type of crash, there's a number of different causes and issues at play. This is unfortunately just the kind of circumstance people encounter on the road ... chain reactions result in large numbers of claims."
She said the black ice is a reminder that winter driving conditions are here, and motorists should be prepared.
Mainroad, which has a contract with TI Corp. to maintain the Port Mann Bridge as well as Highway 1 from 200 Street in Langley to McGill Street in Vancouver, said Thursday it was instructed not to speak with the media.
TI Corp. spokesman Max Logan said Mainroad won the bid for the contract, which stipulated that it would prevent the accumulation of ice on the road and bridge.
Mainroad also has a multi-year contract with the province to maintain provincial roads and bridges, including the Lion's Gate Bridge and Massey Tunnel, as well as TransLink's Pattullo, Knight Street and Westham Island bridges.
TransLink spokesman Drew Snider said there were no problems with TransLink's bridges Thursday. The Golden Ears Bridge, which is maintained by a separate company, was wet but not frozen, he said, but noted it didn't have the same fog as the Port Mann Bridge.


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Enrollment Planning
上海时时乐彩enrollment planning enables institutional leaders to estimate future enrollment demand, determine if the institution(s) can meet the estimated demand, and if so, the best way to accomodate the demand. the answer requires an evaluation of several elements, such as institutional missions, institutions' current physical capacity and potential ability to expand.
上海时时乐彩enrollment planning is guided by the following principles:
- Use existing capacity to the fullest extent possible
- Promote economies of scale and stronger institutional financial capacity by setting a threshold number of students at most campuses
- Restrain enrollment growth at UNC Asheville and the UNC School of the Arts in recognition of their special missions
- Serve some of the projected enrollment growth through distance learning at off-campus sites and through e-learning
- Exploit available financial resources to provide additional physical capacity
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Rainy day chic: The cutest wet-weather gear
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It's been a very rainy few days for the northeast.... like downpours left and right in New York City. Needless to say, spring and summer are getting off to a very wet start! We're big advocates of taking style with you through every step of your life, and this means when you're battling the rain, too. As long as you have the right apparel, you're going to look super cute, and nothing like a rain-drenched puppy.
So go splashing through puddles and dancing in the rain in your chic wet-weather gear. Shop our selects, above!


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The brake booster vacuum switch (F190) informs the DIGISWING control unit whether the pressure in the brake system is satisfactory.
Type: open/closed
Colour: Red
Switch closed: below 0.7 bar (vacuum pressure too low). Measuring block status: "1"
Switch open: above 0.7 bar (vacuum pressure OK). Measuring block status "0"
If the switch closes (vacuum pressure too low), the engine is off, and the vehicle is moving, the engine is immediately restarted to restore vacuum to the brake circuit via the mechanical exhauster.
If this switch is closed, the priority shift valve is closed and the clutch and brake circuits are separated, the engine will not switch off.
Incorrect information exists in the SSP regarding this switch. If this switch fails, engine control running lamp K111 does not illuminate, however, the engine is still prevented from switching off.
Observe safety precautions!!
Test procedure without diagnostic equipment:
-Start engine and leave ecomatic mode on
- Find a slight downhill gradient or open stretch of road which is safe to carry out the procedure below. Important! If the vacuum switch is faulty you will need to push the brake pedal harder to stop the car!
-Allow vehicle to start rolling down the gradient with engine off
-Keep pressing brake pedal on and off.
-As soon as the brake pedal starts to feel ever so slightly more harder to press, the engine should start up and restore brake vacuum.
-If the brake pedal starts to feel much harder to press before the engine restarts, or the engine does not restart at all after servo assistance has gone, it is possible the switch is worn and is not operating at specification, or otherwise not working.
Part number: 1H0 919 825
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Bangalore Police Helpline Faces Glitches
Police officers in Bangalore are having trouble getting a helpline for women up and running, much like their counterparts in New Delhi.
The helpline is part of efforts to ensure women's safety in the city, a southern information technology hub, after the brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student in Delhi last month.
The 24-hour emergency helpline was launched in Bangalore last week to ensure that women's complaints of rape and other sexual crimes are not ignored by police.
If you call 1091, the helpline number, from a mobile phone, the call is directed to a helpline that was created for children in distress. The helpline, which is connected to mobile patrol vehicles linked to around 150 police stations across the city, can only be reached from a fixed-line telephone connection for now.
"We are experiencing some technical glitches," Sunil Kumar, additional commissioner of police for law and order in Bangalore, told India Real Time. A similar helpline in New Delhi also has faced technical snafus.
Shaibya Saldanha, founder of Enfold Proactive Health Trust, a non-profit organization that works on ensuring child safety, says a 24-hour helpline for women is essential as most of the crimes in Bangalore occur in the night.
Bangalore authorities also last week came up with guidelines of what women can do to stay safe.
The guidelines included drawing window curtains to prevent strangers from peeping into your homes, not responding to anonymous phone calls, avoiding going to isolated places with male friends and steering clear of roads that are not well lit.
R. Ashoka, deputy chief minister of the government in Karnataka, of which Bangalore is the state capital, denied the guidelines put an onus on women to change their behavior, as some critics of the latest moves have suggested.
"Even men are being asked to follow certain instructions," Mr. Ashoka said, pointing to the guidelines issued to the employees of the state transport corporation. These guidelines include ensuring reserved seats for woman in public transport and avoiding male co-passengers sharing a seat with a woman.
The government also has promised strict action against police officers who refuse to register cases against sexual assault, speedy justice in all cases of atrocities against women and intensive patrolling of the city and its outskirts. But it has yet to address in detail how it will tackle broader issues like police reforms, including police training.
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Megan Buja wins her 3rd "Elite 89" award
WICKLIFFE, Ohio - (April 10, 2014) - UMES scholar-athletes Mariana Alvarado and Megan Buja are All-America honorees in recognition of their performances as elite collegiate bowlers during the just-completed 2013-14 season.
Alvarado and Buja were among 15 women receiving the coveted honor at Wednesday's NCAA Awards Banquet as eight teams gathered in the Cleveland suburbs here to compete in this weekend's national championship tournament.
UMES, a three-time NCAA champion, is the fourth seed in the tournament heading into Thursday's preliminary round.
Buja, who has a perfect 4.0 grade point average, also garnered her third straight "Elite 89" award, presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA from a team at the championship final site. It is the most prestigious academic award the NCAA gives out.
This is the fourth consecutive year UMES won the "Elite" award; alumnus Kristina Frahm, a former bowler and coach, earned the honor in 2011.
Alvarado, a junior from Mexico, earned second-team All-America honors after being an honorable mention a year ago. Buja, who is from Rockford, Ill., capped her four-year career by being named a third-team selection, her first.
Buja and Alvarado had sensational years on the lanes and in the classroom. Both were named First-Team All-Conference and were members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship All-Tournament Team. Most Outstanding Performer honors went to Alvarado.
The duo was recognized a week ago by UMES faculty with awards for being the top-performing students in their respective academic departments.
Buja, the team's lone senior and an Academic All-American, averaged just under 200 (pins per game) for the season, earned two MEAC Player of the Week honors, was a pre-season All-MEAC selection and a two-time All-Tournament Team selection. Statistically, her senior year was the best of her stellar four-year career.
Alvarado averaged a 199 in the regular season, won the high-game award at the Hawk Classic, averaged a 207 in Baker-format games and had a pair of MEAC Bowler of the Week honors.
"It has been a great season for our whole team and especially for these two outstanding young women," coach Kayla Bandy said. "I am so honored to have had the opportunity to coach them this year and am proud of how well they represent our program, department and university."


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(Health.com) -- Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall is known as much for his headline-grabbing troubles off the field as he is for his standout play on it.
If he has his way, he's about to be famous for something else entirely.
In a news conference on Sunday, Marshall told reporters that he suffers from borderline personality disorder, or BPD, a mental illness marked by intense anger, impulsivity, and turbulent interpersonal relationships.
The 27-year-old wide receiver -- who received his diagnosis this spring, after seeking treatment at McLean Hospital, in Belmont, Massachusetts -- told reporters he wants to be the "face" of BPD.
"My purpose moving forward is to raise awareness of this disorder -- how it not only affects the patient but the families and the people in the community," he said.
Health.com: What are the symptoms of BPD?
Marshall certainly has his work cut out for him. Although an estimated 2% of U.S. adults are affected by the disorder, it remains poorly understood, even among mental health professionals. That's partly because the symptoms of BPD can look a lot like those of other mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder, depression, and schizophrenia.
(The term "borderline," in fact, arose because psychiatrists originally conceived of BPD as occupying the border between psychosis and neurosis, two broad categories of mental illness that aren't as widely used today.)
BPD can be especially difficult to identify and diagnose because some of the disorder's hallmarks -- including mood swings and intense fears of abandonment -- are, in less severe forms, considered to be "normal" human emotions and behavior, says Chris Cargile, M.D., a psychiatrist at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, in Bryan.
Health.com: Subtle signs of bipolar disorder
"Most of the things we talk about in personality disorders we see in everybody," says Cargile, who has not treated Marshall and cannot comment on the specifics of his case. "The reason we have the word 'disorder' is when those things become problematic. It's when the intensity level rises to the point where you can't hold a relationship together for more than a few hours or days, because you can't trust anybody."
BPD often manifests in "severe eruptions of depression," distrust of other people that verges on paranoia, and "frantic" efforts to avoid abandonment, Cargile says.
Suicidal threats and attempts are common; the completed suicide rate in people with BPD is as high as 10%, according to a review of the disorder, published in May in the New England Journal of Medicine, that coincidentally was written by John Gunderson, M.D., a psychiatrist at McLean Hospital who has spoken with Marshall about his condition.
Health.com: Signs someone is at risk of suicide
Underlying much of this volatile behavior are an unstable self-image and a pattern of "black-and-white" thinking, Gunderson writes, which can lead to sudden, dramatic switches between feelings of "idealization" and "devaluation" regarding others.
As Patricia Junquera, M.D., an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, puts it, "It's either all or nothing. There are no grays: 'If you're not going to be with me, you're not going to be with anybody.' They have a lot of security issues that other people might have, but deal with them differently."
During his press conference, Marshall alluded to the fact that his illness may have played a role in some of his high-profile off-the-field problems, including, most notably, a domestic dispute in April in which Marshall's wife, Michi Nogami-Marshall, was arrested and charged with stabbing Marshall with a kitchen knife.
(On Sunday, Marshall defended his wife and denied press reports about the incident without providing specifics.)
Health.com: 28 days to a healthier relationship
BPD usually has its roots in early childhood abuse, abandonment, and neglect, and it manifests in poor coping techniques. People with BPD "just don't know how to deal with their feelings," says Junquera, who has not treated Marshall.
Men and women with BPD often deal with strong emotions in different ways, she adds. Men represent about one-quarter of all people with BPD, and their inability to manage their feelings sometimes manifests as violence and drug and alcohol abuse.
Women, on the other hand, tend to turn their feelings on themselves, cutting themselves repeatedly or threatening to kill themselves if they believe someone's going to leave them, she says.
Health.com: Myths and facts about suicide and depression
BPD can be disruptive and difficult to treat. Although up to 85% of people with the disorder achieve remission within 10 years of their diagnosis, only about 25% manage to remain employed full-time, according to Gunderson's review.
Unlike schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, BPD (and many other personality disorders) tend not to respond to medications, although doctors do sometimes prescribe antidepressants, atypical antipsychotic drugs, and mood stabilizers to BPD patients. Instead, experts tend to rely on talk therapy that stresses how to cope with the feelings of abandonment and other symptoms of the disorder.
"You can treat some symptoms with medications, but the way to truly improve...functioning is with psychotherapy," Cargile says.
Marshall said he underwent both individual and group therapy at McLean, and seems optimistic about his own prognosis.
"I am not saying that I am cured," Marshall told reporters during the news conference. "What I am saying today is that I am confident today that with the skills that I have learned and the intensity of the program that I went through that I am in a position where I can live an effective and healthy life."
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Tim Tebow Is Hot, Hot, Hot in Vogue — Hunk of the Day [VIDEO]
New York Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow is a polarizing figure in the sports world. Sports analysts think he can't play at the NFL level, even though he led his former team, the Denver Broncos, to the playoffs last season, while other critics don't like his outwardly Christian faith.
We don't care about any of that, simply because Tebow is an uber hunk.
Look at those arms! That smile! Those eyes! We'll take him on our team any day.
He is so hot he could melt the polar ice caps. Or the ice off the hearts of Jets fans who prefer Mark Sanchez.
Check out these photos from the behind-the-scenes video from his Vogue spread, shot by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz. Be sure and pick up of a copy of the October issue to see more shots of Tebow.
We'd love to 'jet' off to an exotic location with this hottie.
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Wet weather good for some crops
The persistently cool and wet weather early this summer has made for a really tough growing season for a lot of farmers, but it's not all bad news.
"I think this year will be a great year if the weather keeps up like it is," Hunger Task Force Farm Director Rich Richardson.
Optimism is always needed in great quantities if you're a farmer, and that's exactly what Richardson brings to his fields he oversees for the Hunger Task Force at an urban farm in Franklin.
While the cool and rainy weather this spring delayed getting some of the crops in the ground on schedule, some veggies are loving the wet feel to this year.
"With the cole crops, which is our cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, they're doing exceptionally well. The cooler temperatures compared to last year, the wet weather, has done a lot of really good things," Richardson said.
Cole actually like to grow in cool and wet conditions. Their leaves act like rain catcher, and for the 50,000 people every month who rely on food and vegetables from Hunger Task Force, every head of broccoli matters.
"What we're looking for is that it fills your hand basically, and then we'll whack it off just underneath here," Richardson said.
Overall, the rows of broccoli and cabbage are doing great this year on the 86-acre farm, but it's always the low spots that get hit the hardest with persistent and heavy rainfall.
"You know it's great to have 3 inches of rain for farmers over the course of three to four days, 3 inches of rain in one day, it doesn't soak in, and it all runs off way and causes havoc for us," Richardson said.
Richardson said like many other farmers, the sweet corn is lagging the most behind, but he feels that by late August and September, they will have a plentiful harvest.


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After much deep thought (well semi-deep at least) I have decided to discontinue this blog. It is in part because my film production company and talent management company are keeping me extremely busy these days, but the biggest reason frankly is just fatigue from trying to open people's minds.
In the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin trial, I have watched the racial division get even more entrenched between those I feel are trying very hard to get people to to realize the many subtle and profound ways race plays into life in America, and those on the other side who simply refuse to see it. I think I have come to realize that blogs like mine either preach to the choir of those who are like-minded already (though it has been a joy to meet so many through this blog) or it goes to those who simply want to argue and no matter what logic is used, prefer to discount.
I have also reluctantly come to the conclusion that at the end of the day, for the most part, the only people that can impact white racism, in terms of getting people to maybe possibly listen, is another white person. When a person of color, especially a black man, tries to discuss what racism feels like, it is hard for some whites, the ones who most need to hear it, to get beyond the fact that a black person is saying it. They see it as whining, complaining, exaggerating, being mistaken, everything but being what it is. And certainly the same may well be true for dealing with closed minded blacks or other minorities, only other people of color may be be able to get through to them also.
The reality of this fact hit me the most in the aftermath of President Obama's wonderful discussion on the Trayvon Martin verdict. It was heartfelt, honest and just a man talking about his real life experience. Yet the outcry from those who don't like Obama or don't want to hear that black male view was swift and ugly in many instances. Again, basically totally discounted.
So my decision to stop writing this blog doesn't mean I am giving up on what matters to me. That would be impossible when I live a mixed life, with a mixed family, one of varying ethnicities and cultures. Nor do I think the majority of the people out there are bad. Not at all. And as I said before I have had the pleasure of meeting some wonderful people all over the world, and of varying skin colors through this blog. And I will continue to support, follow and comment on their blogs. I treasure them too much. I will continue to chime in occasionally through my Huffington Post blog, which I write here and there, as I am moved. I have found lots of great blogs and sites on matters of race, mixed life, and equality in general, so I know the information is out there. So mine ceasing won't end the debates and good work so many are doing.
Thanks to the loyal readers and those that stumbled hear occasionally . I hope I added something. And I'll be jumping into the fray here and there, so don't think I am disappearing.


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Escort Chen Stormstout and Li Li to the brewery in the southwest.
- Escort Chen and Li Li (1)
Hello again, <name>. What is this, the fourth time we've run into one another already?
Say... my keg is quickly becoming quite empty. I've heard mention of a brewery to the southwest, and that's where we're headed. Care to join us?
If yer lookin' fer beer, you came to the right place, neighbor.
Just, ah... excuse the mess. Had me a bit of a problem with virmen the last few days.
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After accepting the quest, talk to Chen to begin the trip.
- Chen Stormstout says: Alright. I suppose we have stayed here long enough.
- Chen Stormstout says: These Thunderfoots are good people, but they do not have enough ale between them to fill a cask.
- Chen Stormstout says: Let's find something to drink. Shall we, Li Li?
- Li Li says: If beer gets you off your butt, then... sure. Let's go find you some beer.
- Chen Stormstout says: Farewell, Shang!
- Shang Thunderfoot yells: You kids have fun at Mudmug's! And thanks again, <name>!
Chen and Li Li start down the road. As it begins descending, Li Li notices someone ahead, standing atop a hill...
- Li Li says: Uncle, look. There's somebody up ahead. He looks... weird.
- Chen Stormstout says: We are the outsiders here, Li Li. We probably look even weirder to him.
- Li Li says: What? We're all pandaren here! Just because we came from the turtle doesn't mean we look weird.
- Li Li says: Well, <name> looks a little weird. Sorry, <name>.
- Chen Stormstout says: Hallloooo stranger!
- Chen Stormstout says: We are looking for a brewer named Mudmug. Do you know of him?
- Mudmug says: I'm Mudmug. Who's asking?
- Chen Stormstout says: I am called Chen, and this is my niece Li Li.
- Mudmug says: Y'all any good at fightin' virmen?
- Li Li says: Heck yeah we are! I've probably beaten up about a million virmen back on the Wandering Isle!
- Chen Stormstout says: You have a virmen problem? We will be glad to help you, Mudmug.
- Mudmug says: Awright then! My place is just around the corner.
- Mudmug says: Come on! Let's get to that critter-whompin'!
- Li Li says: I TOLD you he was weird.
The trio heads to Mudmug's Place, a short distance away.
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- [86] Leaders Among Breeders
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- Optional side quests at the Silken Fields:
- [86] Where Silk Comes From
- [86] The Moth Rebellion
- [86] Mothran!
- Optional side quests at the Silken Fields:
- [86] Broken Dreams
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With an existence that spans nearly a decade and a list of releases as long as both arms put together, Brighton's Shrag are entering the stage where folks might describe them as veterans of the DIY/lo-fi indie circuit. Although such talk paints a wholly false picture of a band whose members have barely passed their mid-twenties, Shrag do seem to have been around forever.
Not that we're complaining, of course. Since being proverbially slapped around the face by their live show in the summer of 2008 at Indietracks Festival, DiS has kept its ear to the ground on Shrag's activities ever since. Whereas 2009's self-titled debut sparked with youthful exuberance and uncontrollable angst, the follow-up 18 months later hinted at a band under development yet making significant inroads as both songwriters and arrangers. Fusing their trademark ramshackle pop with lavish strings in places, it represented a marked departure from Shrag's earlier output, while laying the foundations for its successor.
Having spent the best part of last year writing then recording album number three, Canines is finally upon us. It was recorded at the Gargleblast Studios in Hamilton with producer Andy Miller, whose previous credits including Life Without Buildings' Any Other City and Mogwai's The Hawk Is Howling. While no trace of any grandiose post rock leanings exist throughout the 11 songs that make up Canines, there's little evidence of the frantic, happy-go-lucky dissonance that permeates Shrag's live performances either. Instead the band have delivered a more mature record here than either of its predecessors, even though some of the song titles may be a little misleading on that front ('Show Us Your Canines', 'Jane With Dumbbells').
"We all look good in black and white!" declares Helen King on the haughty 'Chasing Consummations', arguably the standout moment here. Vocally caught somewhere between a rap and a rant, its an infectious call-to-arms that links the band's riotous past with a more widescreen vision mapped out for the future. 'On The Spines Of Old Cathedrals' takes its structural blueprint from Le Tigre's 'Decepticon', engulfing it in a poppier sheen that wouldn't sound out of place on a daytime radio schedule. Seriously.
Parts of Canines recall the Shrag of old. 'Show Us Your Canines' doffs its cap to the likes of Heavens To Betsy and Henry's Dress, while recent single 'Tendons In The Night' combines bucketloads of raucous energy with a sassy veneer that occasionally resembles The Fall in their studious rockabilly phase if re-imagined by The B-52s. 'Devastating Bones' too dares to tread where few have gone since 1973; glam rock; and even though we'd rather not reference The Glitter Band in our appraisal, one can't help picturing the 'Leader Of The Gang' stomping around in a silver jumpsuit to its infectious, rabble-rousing chorus.
Most of Canines second half finds Shrag in a more reflective, and somewhat pensive mood. 'That's Static!' and 'Flinching At Forever' reference things that keep you warm and people who drink gin on trains respectively, while both keeping their intuitive cards close to one another's chests. The closing 'Jane With Dumbbells' might just be the most maudlin piece of music Shrag have ever recorded. Laying their souls bare for all to say, its a gorgeous strings-soaked lament clocking in at 13 seconds short of five minutes, maybe setting the tone for the next venture in the process.
Minor flaws aside, largely due to the record's slightly adventurous identity crisis, Canines is two-thirds the record Shrag have been hinting at making for the best part of five years now. With a bit more TLC and fine tuning around the edges, their piece de resistance may well be just around the corner. Promisingly steadfast.
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Though the weather in Kansas City is HOT (Temps in the low to mid 100's) the Expo has been very COOL!!
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Saw a great T-shirt that said "I seek dead people." ; )
I present a session at 2:30 today called....'A Grave Interest - Digging Into Cemetery Research!" I'm sooo excited to be a part of this : D
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