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Andre Young is 48 years old. Gary Grice is 46, and Shawn Carter? Forty-three. O'Shea Jackson is 44 and Tariq Trotter is 41. Nasir Jones can boast that he's still in his 30s, but whatever pleasure he gathers from that ends September 14. Dr. Dre, Gza, Jay Z, Ice Cube, Black Thought, and Nas aren't the only rappers pushing through midlife, but they represent what is a unique situation for hip-hop: Its best are getting old.
Is this a good or bad thing? The early signs aren't too comforting.
Magna Carta … Holy Grail—Jay's 12th album—felt aged before it was even released. The Samsung ad featuring Rick Rubin, Jay, Timbaland, and others was intended to get hip-hop fans excited about the return of an icon. Instead it was mostly embarrassing. Here were several titans of industry, playing make-believe and spouting clichés. Jay said that MCHG was going to "change the rules," that the album was about "this duality of how do you navigate through this whole thing, through success, through failures, through all this and remain yourself." Timbaland bobbed his head, and Rubin relaxed barefoot on a leather couch. My takeaway from the spot was not that Jay was about to unleash another classic, but that he was trying way too hard. And Rubin had remarkably pedicured toes.
While MCHG was innovative in its release, it didn't go well. People complained the app required too much personal information from its users. Others said it didn't deliver the album on time. It was more embarrassment, another sign that Jay was attempting to bathe in the fountain of youth, but was instead getting dunked. Critics panned MCHG for being repetitive. Jay was still rapping about how great he was and—though he did mix in sporadic thoughts on religion and fatherhood—the album only reinforced the notion that Jay hasn't been worth listening to since 2003's The Black Album.
Jay's peers are also experiencing this inevitable problem called aging. Though Nas deserves credit for his mature material on Life Is Good, most wondered how good life really was, considering he felt it necessary to feature his ex-wife's wedding dress on the cover. Dre's Detox continues to be more urban legend than anything else. In 2001, Scott Storch proclaimed that Detox would be "the most advanced rap album ever," but Dre is almost 50 now, and after countless delays, the fear that it's destined to become hip-hop's Chinese Democracy—poorly executed and not nearly worth the wait—is growing. Not much is expected from Ice Cube, either. In fact, his fans don't even want another album; they just want him to stop participating in Coors Light commercials.
This midlife crisis is understandable. Rap, more than any other musical genre, is obsessed with youth. It is the music of the young and strong, not the old and frail. If you're more concerned with locking down your 401(k) than your block, you're on the outside looking in. This is what's happening with the icons of the '90s. Their lives are different now. They have kids. They are wealthy. They have moved beyond what concerned them in their youth, yet those same subjects remain core to hip-hop—declarations of power and outright bragging are what fans expect to hear.
"For a music that pulls from the specific energy of not just youth, but young maledom, [getting older] makes it a little hard," says Ta-Nehisi Coates, a senior editor at The Atlantic and hip-hop fan. "It's especially hard for the over-35 person who used to be a big fan. The artists that should be your peers are clearly still talking to 16-year-olds."
So what, exactly, are the elder statesmen of hip-hop supposed to do? There appear to be two choices: quit, or change the material. Ending their careers would be the safer route. No one will miss the same old songs of days gone by, and the rapper would preserve his or her legacy.
The idea of an icon of rap changing content may, at first blush, sound ridiculous—no one wants Jadakiss to start rapping about Lay-Z-Boys. But with time comes experience, and since these guys are, at day's end, gifted storytellers, age could bring an abundance of rich material to their repertoire. By changing it up, they could change the game.
DMX—if he can get himself together—could certainly produce some stirring insight into the uncomfortable realization that people's worst enemies often lie within. There are definitely people out there who would love for Lauryn Hill to explain what she has been through since the late '90s. Nas and Jay could both fill volumes exploring the complexities of fatherhood.
By accepting the reality that they are older, these MCs could alter rap forever. Rapping about raising kids might make them seem soft, but at 40 years old, you are soft. As for the theory that this type of material wouldn't sell, most of these rappers have already solidified their place in history—why not take a chance?
The longer the icons of the golden era of rap wait to make their decision, the more pronounced their advanced age becomes. However, if they decide to lead a change, hip-hop will follow. Rap has never been a game for the easily intimidated—perhaps Father Time just needs to be reminded of that.


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(New Delhi) "When I had applied for Masters in Social Work, it was still a new course. The course covered all the areas: women's rights, child rights, health, education and Psychology. This was a challenging but very enjoyable course. I have been counseling survivors of sexual assault, rape and domestic violence for seven years. My first task is to understand what the victim wants, which is determined through pre-counseling. We, at Shakti Shalini, provide a shelter home for security and counseling.
There has been a change in attitude of the police after the Nirbhaya incident. The situation is slightly better now. But sometimes when the complainant goes to the police directly, they refuse to register a complaint. If they make a complaint through Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) or an NGO then the police take the complaint seriously and are even supportive. In cases of rape of minors, the police is helpful and supportive. But they generally try to avoid registering cases involving live-in relationships.
Sometimes, victims are not comfortable with the police because of their tone. For instance, they ask "tera naam kya hai" (what is your name) and we ask "aap ka naam kya hai" (what is your name). It is the same question but very different way of asking. These are some of the experiences. In cases of minors, we provide support till the case is over. In other cases, we support for as long as they need us. Some of them may already have a lawyer so they may not need a lot of facilitation.
We handle a lot of domestic violence cases too. We provide simple counseling to inform them about their rights, how we handle cases, and how the legal process works. A lot depends on the complainant. There are some complainants who don't want us to meet their husbands so we stop after a simple facilitation. But if the complainant wants that we should speak to the husband then we have a simple process. We send a notice to the husband. We send at least three notices for them to appear. Then we try to have a telephonic conversations, and if we don't get a response even over the telephone, we make home visits to ask him to come for a meeting on a certain date. We don't end the matter after listening to one party. After talking to both parties, the matter may get resolved amicably. Usually, if there is a dispute between family members they try to avoid sitting together. When they are here and in front of each other, they talk and get an opportunity to fix the relationship.
Sometimes we get harassed by the accused but it is part of the job. It has happened to me a couple of times. Once an accused was constantly asking me to stay away from his matter. I told him that if he tried talking to me after 5 pm or tried to attack me, I would lodge a formal complaint against him. After that he backed off. I talk in a respectful manner and the same is expected from others as well. My family is very supportive and understands my work and commitments.
The job occasionally affect your personal life. When we are alone and evaluate the current situation then sometimes we feel there are only problems in our society. The positive outcomes of our cases help us to restore our faith. As a counselor and as an individual, I have a simple message: whenever we are working with a case, we should not be judgmental. I really like the concept of Shakti Shalini where we work on gender-based violence. We need to work with the problem no matter the gender. We need to keep our approach simple."
(Shakti Shalini is an NGO in New Delhi working on gender-based violence.)

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- The Surly volunteers are a great group of people. They are a lot of fun to hang out with and I look forward to more opportunities to belly-up to a bar with them.
- As is always the case with beer events, I met a few new folks yesterday. And as is always the case with beer events, I'm sure I'll remember the faces but forget the names the next time I see them. Please accept my pre-emptive apologies.
- After yesterday, I realize I would be a horrible bar tender. It's not that I couldn't do the job, but rather that any bar that employed me would likely go under in a matter of weeks and I'd end up in personal bankruptcy. I absolutely enjoy giving away beer. I know how giddy I get when someone gives me a free beer. I find it a wonderful, generous gesture. But we're not supposed to give away beer at these events, and rightfully so. It's a business and not a charity. So, what I did was buy a bunch of drinkin' tokens so that when friends, members of the bands, etc. stopped by, I could hand them a "free" beer. Christ, I'm such a sucker! I burned through those tokens in a matter of minutes. Oh well. It was fun.
- Thanks, Angie (or was it Angela?), for the bacon-flavored caramels! You'd better have some bacon flavored something-or-other the next time I see you, otherwise I'm not gonna give your drunk brother any more rides!!!
- I found my evil twin yesterday. He was taller, better looking, and a personal trainer that is moving to California soon. Good bye and good riddance!
Spouting off about beer in the Pacific Northwest (and wherever else we're drinking)
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Surly 1, Braincells 0
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It's Angie. Glad you enjoyed the bacon caramels. Next - bacon ice cream!ReplyDelete
Mag - you look awfully familiar. Did you happen to go to St. John's (freshman in '94)? I lived on Tommy 3, and I believe you were roommates with either Micah or Joboo (can't remember which at the moment).ReplyDelete
Anyways, I was also at D-Day yesterday, and had a great time. Can't wait to crack open my first bottle of Darkness!
Hope all is well - take it easy.
Joe Heiland
OK - I was wrong on the roommate. You with with Christian Bryczinski, right (unless I'm totally wrong about who I think you are)? I roomed with Ches Gessner at the end of the hall (across the hall from the Kath boys).ReplyDelete
If I'm totally off the mark here, just move along and pretend like none of this had happened.
Hey Mag - had a great time hanging out with you and Kat and meeting a lot of great new people. Beautiful day, great friends and Surly brew...what could be better. cya soon!ReplyDelete
Angie - that sounds like a promise. Big chunks of salty bacon in mine, please!ReplyDelete
Joe - indeed, we do know one another! I'll drop you a line. Glad to hear you got your hands on some Darkness.
Steve - yeah, it was great chatting. And, yes, we will see you around...probably with a beer in each of our hands...probably slurring a bit...probably


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Nexus Prime First with Ice Cream Sandwich, Nexus Heading to All Carriers
Samsung may be the manufacturer behind the next Google Nexus device. The Google Nexus Prime may be the first Android smartphone running Android 4.0 – Ice Cream Sandwich.
Google has not officially announced the next Nexus smartphone, but rumors point to numerous Nexus branded devices — possibly lining up for a launch of several Ice Cream Sandwich smartphones on each major carrier.
The Nexus Prime is a Samsung manufactured device which is rumored to include a massive 720p Super AMOLED HD Display, physical menu keys and a 1.5GHz Dual Core TI OMAP4460 processor. If this device does launch as the Google Nexus Prime it would be a bloat free device with incredible specs and the latest Android software.
Typically the Nexus smartphones launch on one carrier as a flagship device which attracts early adopters and Nexus fans. Boy Genius Reports that this time around we may actually see numerous Nexus devices available from several carriers, all launching around the same time. If this is true it would explain why we have seen so many Nexus 3 or Nexus 4G device rumors popping up.
Given the success of the Droid branding for Verizon it would make sense for Google to step in and take back some ownership of the Android platform by releasing a collection of Nexus branded devices across multiple carriers this year. If all of these devices carried similar high-end specs and ran Ice Cream Sandwich it would also be a big win for consumers who wouldn't be tied into one carrier to get the latest Android software.
We'll know this fall if Google will launch a collection of Nexus branded smartphones on AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint all at once.
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here we go again…. more Google Nexus Rumors………… lets go
here we go again…. more Google Nexus Rumors………… lets go
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worth waiting for or should I pull the trigger on the Motorola Bionic?
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What exactly is an icon? They're fixtures in our cultures, people who, because of their achievements and contributions, have become truly legendary.
This week on Full Frame, conversations with people of iconic stature. Whether on-screen, over the airwaves or on the runway, their life's work has entertained, educated and enriched us all.
Charlie Rose: Television talk show icon
Let's face it, Charlie Rose, has cemented himself as one of media's most influential figures. The iconic American broadcast journalist and talk show host's luminous career has spanned 40-plus years. He's captivated audiences, around the globe, with his interviews. He's been knighted in the French Legion of Honor, and won the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.
He's engaged some of the world's biggest politicians, stars and innovators in one-on-one and roundtable discussions. His headline-making 2013 interview with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad recently won both an EMMY and a Peabody Award.
He's host and executive producer of the "Charlie Rose" program, which airs on an American public broadcaster across the United States. He also co-anchors "CBS This Morning" – one of America's fastest-growing morning news broadcasts – and he's a contributing correspondent to the American TV newsmagazine show, "60 Minutes."
Charlie Rose joins Mike Walter in our New York studio to talk about how he got his start and what drives him as a journalist.
Kirk and Anne Douglas: Committed to charity
Few performers have enjoyed the kind of career longevity as that of legendary American actor Kirk Douglas. During his 70-plus-year career, he's made more than 80 movies, been in ten plays, written ten books and been awarded a special Oscar for his contributions to the entertainment industry. But it's Douglas' work off-screen, with Anne, his wife of 62 years, that's become his most important legacy. Some 50 years ago Anne established a trust and the pair amassed a massive fortune that they've been giving away for years.
Mike Walter recently sat down with Kirk and Anne Douglas in their Los Angeles home where they reveal their secrets to personal and professional longevity and talk about their lifelong commitment to charity.
Anna Sui: Fashion's true original
Fashion icon Anna Sui is famous for her one-of-a-kind take on design, with her work admired and adored by the biggest names in fashion and entertainment. Whether drawing influence from Scandinavian design, 1960's scene-makers or her own cultural obsessions, the Chinese-American has created work that is equal parts bold and understated. Emphatic about staying true to herself, her original, trendsetting, rock and roll looks have made Sui one of the fashion world's premier designers and personalities.
Anna Sui joins Mike Walter in our New York studio to discuss her inspirations and impact on fashion.
James Cameron: Iconic filmmaker
Iconic Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Cameron's movies have shattered box office records and entertained and enlightened audiences around the world. Mega-hits like Titanic and Avatar have wowed moviegoers with wondrous special effects and characters from other eras and other worlds.
When Cameron isn't conceiving his next blockbuster, he's a self-described "warrior for the natural world," working to increase awareness about climate change and appealing to the masses to take individual responsibility for the health of the planet. An advocate of alternative and sustainable energy, Cameron suggests "starting small" and helping to reduce carbon emissions by eating less meat and dairy products. He also suggests we shift our habit of being "takers" of the earth's riches to becoming "caretakers" of its precious resources.
Mike Walter sat down with James Cameron at a California climate conference and discussed the business of movie making and his bigger global mission.


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A fantastic and hopeful article by Eric Utne, the founder of Utne Reader. I have included my highlights below.
The full article can be read from the link above
"As I've said in this column before, I'm afraid it may be too late to avoid the devastating effects of global climate change……This makes me rather morose from time to time. Seeing the chatty moms and bouncy kids gathered at the foot of my driveway every morning, waiting for the school bus, hits me hard—will they be able to do this a few years from now? Will anybody? Or will the cascading effects of climate disruption turn such touching scenes into distant memories?
At the top of my list is Richard Louv, the longtime San Diego newspaperman and author who wrote the best-selling book, The Last Child in the Woods. I recently met Louv while he was on tour promoting his latest and possibly best book, The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age. In the book Louv argues that, "the time has come for us all to re-envision a future that puts aside scenarios of environmental and social apocalypse and instead taps into the restorative powers of the natural world." ….. Louv offers his vision of what he calls a "new nature movement." He writes:
Imagine a world in which all children grow up with a deep understanding of the life around them, where all of us know the animals and plants in our own backyards … where we feel more alive. We seek a newer world where we not only conserve nature but create it where we live, work, learn, and play. Where yards and open spaces are alive with native species. Where bird migration routes are healed by human care … where not only public land but private property, voluntarily, garden to garden to garden, is transformed, by us, into butterfly zones and then, across the country, into a homegrown, (coast to coast) national park … where cities become incubators of bio-diversity … where pediatricians prescribe nature … where hospitals and prisons offer gardens that heal … where cities produce their own energy and much of their own food. Where empty lots become community gardens … where developers [transform] aging shopping malls into ecovillages … where streams in cities and countryside are restored—unearthed to the daylight—their natural curves and life restored. A newer world where the point of education is not rote and drill, but wonder and awe … where teachers take their students on field trips to nearby woods and canyons and streams and shores … where natural history becomes as important as human history to who we are … where children experience the joy of being in nature before they learn of its loss … where, as a species, we no longer feel so all alone. Imagine a world in which our days are lived in the arms of mother nature, of the land and sky, water and soil, wind and sea; a newer world we seek and to which we return.
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[BikePortland contributor Will Vanlue is on the Cycle Oregon ride this week. This is his latest dispatch.]
things safe as Cycle Oregon riders
roll down Highway 97.
(Photos by Will Vanlue)
Cycle Oregon's mission of helping the economies of Oregon's rural communities keeps the route, for the most part, on quiet back roads with little motor vehicle traffic. However, there are occasions when there is only one road leading between communities giving people no other choice than to share the road with a large volume of motor vehicles.
There was one such situation this year when the route turned on to Highway 97, a major north-south corridor between Oregon and California, which regularly has traffic traveling in excess of 65 MPH.
Normally it's a harrowing stretch to ride on a bicycle but for a few hours during the ride the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Oregon State Police were able to turn it into a safe, pleasant, and -by some estimations- fun place for people to travel on bicycles.
ODOT helped the over 2200 people riding bicycles by temporarily reducing the posted speed limit on a 20-mile stretch of Highway 97 from 55 MPH to 40 MPH. To complement the speed reduction, OSP posted officers along the route to strictly enforce the temporary speed limit.
The reduced speed limit was well marked both with standard and electronic speed signs.
Still, one officer I spoke with estimated that State Police, along with the officers from the Milwaukie Police Department who travel with Cycle Oregon for the entire 7-day ride, pulled over roughly 150 people driving over the speed limit in the 5 hours the temporary reduction was in place.
Most people who were pulled over received warnings but the effect was the same as if they had all been written tickets: people driving slowed down when they saw the speed limit was being strictly enforced.
ODOT took another step towards creating a safe place for people to ride bicycles by dividing one section of highway into three, nearly equal, sections: two for bi-directional motor vehicle traffic and one for people riding downhill on bicycles.
The shoulder in that section is not ample and would have been hazardous to ride had there been people passing in motor vehicles just inches from Cycle Oregon participants.
This temporary lane configuration reminded me of how Multnomah Blvd was divided up during Sunday Parkways. It's a similar example of how we can reconfigure existing road space to safely accommodate a broader range of traffic.
As you can imagine, the reaction from people I spoke with was unanimously positive. People riding bicycles felt safe and protected while sharing the road. What you might not guess is that it wasn't just people participating in Cycle Oregon who praised these changes.
Steve Schulz, Cycle Oregon's Assistant Director, said he was aware of people driving motor vehicles who thanked ODOT and Cycle Oregon for the temporary improvements to traffic control devices along the highway.
People in cars appreciated the clear indication of where people riding bikes were going to be, which eliminated the guesswork of sharing a lane with vehicles traveling at vastly different speeds. Also, they indicated people riding bikes, having their own dedicated space on the road, were behaving more predictably.
As Jonathan pointed out recently, ODOT knows what it takes to keep people safe. It was great to see them, with the help of OSP and the Milwaukie Police Department, put their knowledge and skills into action and give people a space to safely enjoy Oregon's scenic roads.


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Trans & Queer Group Meditation
Saturdays, 10.00am – 10.40am
30 Nov, 7 Dec, 14 Dec
Brunswick Mechanics Institute (entry through side glass door)
270 Sydney Rd, Brunswick VIC 3056
$10 prepaid or cash
No cost for First Nations people
Registration essential:
Meditation is a practice of focusing the mind on a particular sensation or thought, to train awareness and achieve a calm and stable state of waking rest. It's a simple idea that is difficult to practice, and easier to do in groups!
Collective rest has radical agency in a culture characterised by individualism and incessant work. As transgender, gender diverse and queer people, we often feel a strong need for recuperation and collective accepting spaces away from cishetero expectations and norms. Feeling present and interconnected are profound and essential human experiences.
– 10 minute introduction to the space and the practice.
– 20 minute guided meditation focussing on the senses.
– 10 minute group debrief.
The practice centres on gently giving attention to subtle bodily experiences such as breathing, temperature, weight and posture, and becoming aware of environmental sounds. This meditation group is not attached to any spiritual or religious tradition and welcomes TGD and queer people of all ages, backgrounds and belief systems.
This meditation group is facilitated by Archie Barry (they/them), who was taught sensation focused meditation practices at primary school and has been practicing since. Archie is an artist and has worked with trans and queer communities in advocacy, youth work and voluntary roles, and has led guided meditations at workshops, festivals, schools and universities. The $10 fee for attending goes towards their living costs.
Please bring a cushion to sit on, chairs are also available.
The venue is wheelchair accessible, toilets are genderless.
Please arrive on time so we can begin together.


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This week's episode is our third consultation with Munib. This consultation is all about developing a launch strategy for your podcast. Launching your podcast can be as simple as recording your first episode, editing it, uploading to your host and distributing your RSS feed platforms such as iTunes. However, developing a launch plan can put your podcast in a position to take off from day one. Always remember, it is all about the work you put in on the front end.
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Simple Tips on How to Choose the Best House Cleaning Service
Prior to you schedule a house cleaning company …
When looking for the very best home cleaning service, it's simple to get overwhelmed with details overload.
Arranging through websites, getting quotes, and consulting with each provider could take a number of days, possibly even weeks, to go through.
Even then, you still may not be sure whether you're getting the most out of your cash or not.
To assist you navigate the world of housekeeping, we're sharing 5 Insider Tips on How to Choose a House Cleaning Service.
You'll discover what to look for in a trusted house cleaning company, the very best times to book, and how to make your cleaning company less expensive.
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1. Decrease the Scope
Choose what you need cleaned up in your house
What do you actually require assist with?
To start with, it's essential to analyze the important things you actually want cleaned up due to the fact that not all cleaning services perform the same services. Some do your laundry, make the beds, wash the dishes, and so on– so it's essential to know what you require before you book and make sure that the company you hire does those tasks.
Do not assume anything. Due to the fact that it's not part of their service agreement with you, there's nothing even worse than coming home and anticipating the laundry to be folded and understand it's not done.
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Need a monthly cleaning, bi-weekly, or weekly cleaning? Or possibly just a one time clean for moving out? Take an actually close look at how often you require house cleaning consultations. Possibly you can get away with bi-weekly cleansings rather of weekly?
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Flat rate is better
You understand that jaw-dropping cleaning quote that's €100 less than the others?
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Do a walk-through
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When the cleaning has been done, do a walk-through with the cleaner to guarantee that absolutely nothing has been missed.
This gives you a possibility to see if anything was missed out on or if a location of your house requires a bit more attention to be done a bit much better.
Once the cleaners leave, it's essentially difficult to get them to come back the same day, so ensure whatever looks great before they leave.
If you can't be home at the time of service, make sure to do the walk-through as soon as possible. The more reputable cleaning companies have a cleaning service warranty however you normally have to notify them within 24 hours about any problems.
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I get why people believe that having more cleaners is better.
It makes good sense to think that having more house maids will suggest that your home will be cleaner and be finished in less time than just one.
That line of thinking is based on a couple of presumptions like: A) all housemaids are fantastic at cleaning and B) there will be no chit chat or wasting of time while they're in your home.
However while 'B' isn't as big of a concern, 'A' definitely is.
The reality is, it's tough enough to find one terrific house maid that: takes note of details, has the knowledge to go out various spots on a variety of surfaces, is reputable, reveals up regularly, and works effectively.
Having entire groups of 2, 3, or more fantastic housemaids like that are– while possible -extremely, extremely rare.
Bonus: What to Look Out For in Move Out Cleaning Services
Relocating or out of your home? The above tips still make an application for one of the most part with some changes. Here's a quick summary of what to keep an eye out for:
Schedule early
Not only can it get more pricey as you get closer to the end of the month, reservations fill up FAST. If you wait to long, you could lose out and have to clean the home yourself (which does not assist when you're currently hectic) or you'll have to opt for any aid you can find– not exactly ideal for a time delicate task like vacating a house.
Flat rate is still much better
If you're booking a move-out service, opt for one that cleans for a flat rate instead of a per hour rate. The efficiency and effort of the house maids is not something you will know in advance ad a flat rate makes sure that you know what you're spending for and aren't hit with a shock when you see the final bill.
Do a walk-through
This is one we can't stress enough. When the cleaning has been done, do a walk-through with the cleaner to ensure that nothing has actually been missed. If you can't be house at the time of service, ensure to do the walk-through as quickly as possible. The more trustworthy cleaning companies have a cleaning service warranty but you usually have to notify them within 24 hours about any issues.
If you decide to go through an independent cleaner, sometimes they do not have a service warranty and will immediately contest any issues you declare if you bring it up with them. The same opts for anything that may have been taken or damaged so once again, double check your insurance to see if you're covered.


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I got a very interesting e-mail from a reader.
A reader sent an article from the San Francisco Chronicle with this explanation:
Hello Fr. Z!
Strange: in the print newspaper the article is "Latin Mass Makes a Comeback"; but on-line, it is " "The Latin Mass Under Fire in Oakland". Same article!!!!
Let's look at the article with my emphases and comments.
Latin Mass is under fire in Oakland
Matthai Kuruvila, Chronicle Religion Writer
Friday, March 21, 2008
Under the vaulted ceilings of St. Margaret Mary's Church in Oakland, a revered tradition once forsaken has gained new life.
About 300 Roman Catholics go there every Sunday to celebrate the traditional Latin Mass, a rite rich in symbolism that has been on the margins of Catholic life for more than four decades. [A positive description.]
But over the past year, decrees by Pope Benedict XVI have given the traditional Latin Mass greater official standing in the Catholic Church, opening the door for some churches to go back to it. [In the previous sentence, the point was made that it was "on the margin". Now it has "greater" standing. This is good. Often newstories say it was "suppressed" or "abolished". It wasn't.]
Now, at St. Margaret Mary's, grandparents [Which makes people think of "old people". Not so! I know grandparents in their 40's.] practice the rituals of their childhood. Young couples are being married under a tradition they encountered only recently. People drive from all over the Bay Area – and beyond – to worship there. The priest says an elderly Modesto woman comes from Stanislaus County once a month by taxi.
But the revitalized tradition is drawing controversy. [Matthew 10:34] Some question whether the traditional rite is too outdated for a church grappling with the needs of a diverse membership and facing unprecedented challenges, such as an increasingly interreligious world. [Uh huh. The way to deal with challenges is to abandon our identity?]
Those challenges are underscored this week, which is Holy Week. Today's Good Friday service has been criticized by many Jewish groups, for example, because the Latin liturgy includes a prayer for God to "enlighten" Jews so they will "acknowledge Jesus Christ, the savior of all men." [NEWSFLASH! "DOG BITES MAN!"]
The Rabbinical Assembly of Conservative Judaism released a resolution saying it was "disturbed and dismayed" by the prayer and that it undermined decades of productive Jewish-Catholic relations.
The Rev. Michael Wiener, who presides over the St. Margaret Mary's service, said it would deny the core of his faith if he didn't say the prayer. [Yep. And it would also violate the rubrics.]
"Is it appropriate today to pray for the Jews? Of course," he said. "It can't harm anybody to pray for them. Either God exists, and he helps us and he loves us, or this is just imagination, and only ideas."
The Good Friday prayer is but one element of one particular day's service. Those who attend the traditional Latin Mass say it offers a vast universe of imagery, gestures and song. [As I can affirm is the case, after being celebrant for the Vigil at St. Augustine's in South Saint Paul, MN.]
Believers at St. Margaret Mary's say the Mass has emboldened their faith. These worshipers speak of mystery and beauty and truth. [Rem acu!]
"It has been said that the traditional Latin Mass is the most beautiful thing this side of heaven," said Brandon Angelo, 34, who was not raised on the Mass but now attends seven days a week. "I truly believe it is."
Those unfamiliar with the Mass, even lifelong Catholics, might find it impossible to follow its many details. [Practice makes perfect.]
Gestures, garments and even the position of the priest have meanings. The altar is to the east, facing sunrise. [I like this writer! He did homework!] The gospel is said to the north, "the realm of darkness, paganism," explained Wiener, who also leads traditional Latin Mass services at the Oratory of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel in Santa Clara.
Elements in concert
Angelo sees all the elements working in concert.
He feels closer to God when he smells the burning incense, hears the bells intone, and sees the symphony of symbolic gestures and movements among the congregants at St. Margaret Mary's. [To use a term from music, it is like a Gesamtkunstwerk.]
The service "draws you in bodily by appealing to the physical senses, but it also provokes and draws in the soul."
Angelo believes some churches have made faith too easy. [And therefore uninteresting. But remember: progressivists tend to think that people are a lot stupider than they are. So, in a kind of benevolent condescension, they dumb down language and gesture of the Church's liturgy and soften doctrine so people won't be overly taxed, or they seek to amuse.]
"In some churches," he said, "there might be an effort to get more creative, the priest and the congregation try to keep people entertained, as opposed to holding to the tradition that God has passed down to us, which is infinitely rich."
The Latin Mass played a pivotal role in shaping Christianity, said Frederick Parrella, professor of theology at Santa Clara University, a Jesuit institution. [I would go farther: The older form of Mass helped shape Western Civilization.]
In the 16th century, the Catholic Church was rife with corruption. Bishops, cardinals and even the papacy lived regally, funneling church money to fund their lifestyles. Priests didn't know Latin, and instead mumbled gibberish during Mass. Others sold indulgences, the remission of sins. [GRRRR…. Now this is a gross simplification. That was also a period of great holiness, too!]
At the Council of Trent in the 16th century, Catholic bishops led by Pope Pius V codified certain rituals and liturgy. The council also demanded a higher level of knowledge among priests and created seminaries, Parrella said.
The traditional Latin Rite became the dominant form of Christian worship around the world. That would change after the Second Vatican Council, from 1962-1965, which sought full and active participation of congregants. [However, the "active participation" of the members of the Church was always desired. You have to understand what "active participation" means in this context.]
Local language
The many changes included allowing the language of worship to be in the local language. No longer would the priest have his back to worshipers. The traditional Latin Mass was replaced. [Do you get the sense that this is now a different writer? I wonder if an editor didn't get hold of this and start reworking it. That would account, perhaps with the conflict in the title of the article?]
Many traditionalist [Now they are "traditionalists"] Catholics were deeply upset, and left the church to form their own flocks. They have long gathered in homes or other meeting places. A group calling itself the Society of St. John the Apostle meets at the Fisherman's and Seaman's Memorial Chapel at Pier 45-B in San Francisco to celebrate the traditional Latin Mass.
An opening in 1988
Pope John Paul II opened the door a little in 1988, allowing parishes to worship using the traditional Latin Mass with the permission of a local bishop. Many local bishops did not, but the Diocese of Oakland allowed a traditional Latin Mass to be held at St. Margaret Mary's. The ultimate breakthrough came last July, when Pope Benedict XVI declared that it was up to local parishes to determine whether they want to use the Mass.
Demographers say Christians increasingly are moving toward more personal, "charismatic" relationships with God – as opposed to relationships mediated by the church. A revival of the traditional Latin Mass would seem to defy that trend. [Again, I get the sense that more than one person wrote this.]
But on Sundays at St. Margaret Mary's, the pews are packed.
Couples walk in with children, their daughters' heads covered in lace mantillas. Elderly retirees and yuppies sit next to each other. Generations of a family worship together, in Latin, following rituals scripted centuries ago.
"I go because I'm a counterculture kind of guy, and to me the most counterculture thing is being a Catholic," said Rob Martinez.
Dressed in all black, with seven tattoos (in mostly religious themes) and 11 body piercings, Martinez said that the traditional Latin Rite "is a very artistic, deep … great expression of Christianity. It's been the Catholic Church's way of expressing worship for hundreds and hundreds of years."
But Parrella, the Santa Clara [Jesuit] University professor, said believers' needs in the 16th century are different than the needs of those in modern society. And the church, as well as its worship, ought to reflect that.
Many Latino Catholics are switching to Pentecostal churches, which emphasize a more personal relationship with God. In the Diocese of Santa Clara, lay people are increasingly taking leadership roles once reserved for priests.
Needs of the people
"If the church meets the needs of the people, then the church is really a church," Parrella said. [Which sounds rather like the Church needs to cave into the world, even the ephemeral.]
But Parrella said many of those at St. Margaret Mary's also participate in subjective spirituality. Catholics are obliged to support their local parish, a designation of geography. But these Catholics are choosing a parish based on worship style, he said. [Let's see if I get this straight. Parella says the Church has to meet people 'where they are at', so to speak. But people who desire the TLM are engaged in 'subjective' spirituality. So, they are not supposed to go to a place that meets their needs, but rather they should stick to the geograhical parish? I see. Sense a problem?]
"These people who go to the Latin Mass show how modern they are," said Parrella, a practicing Catholic. "Just like the liberals who 'parish shop,' they're shopping."
E-mail Matthai Kuruvila at email@example.com.
This article appeared on page B – 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle
I remember duing Papal April of 2005, a reporter at the Holy See Press Office who had come to Rome for the event wanted my comments about Card. Law celebrating one of the Masses of suffrage before the conclave. I gave her some points. I wound up being horribly misrepresented. She later explained that my comments were cut and pasted not by her, but her editor in SF to make it seems as if I didn't think the scandal in the USA in those days was a big deal. I was pretty steamed. Thus, it occurs to me that a reporter wrote a decent article, but perhaps too favorable and the editor tinkered with it a bit.
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Recent miniaturisation efforts in wireless technology have paved the way for the development of unobtrusive medical devices that can be included in the clothing or on the surface of the human body to provide 'always on' connectivity. These constantly connected devices can transmit information via base stations and smartphones directly to the patient or to a medical expert over the internet providing immediate diagnosis and feedback. MediWise is currently developing a wearable non-invasive glucose sensing system called GlucoWise for poeple with diabetes that transmits the patient's glucose levels. The device provides a 'set-it-and-forget-it' glucose monitoring method that helps diabetes patients to adjust their insulin intake in an efficient and hassle-free manner.
Still in development, it is due to come to market in 2017. Speaking for the company, Matthew Khoory says, "We want people to know about what we're working on, sharing the story of where we are now in the development of this product as well as the journey ahead of us. We're talking to the diabetes community and asking them about their needs and preferences. By giving us their views they help guide us to design a glucose monitor that people will want to own and use. We have a few years before we have a product on the market but we can't do enough of this."
The GlucoWise product aims to address the daily pain of blood testing, it measures blood glucose using a unique sensor and a nano-film. Says Khoory, "Our aim is to simply eliminate the need for finger-prickers and make testing painless. While still in the R&D (research and development) phase, it's formidable technology that works by passing low-power radio waves through the body . It's got the added bonuses of being relatively affordable, and comfortable – actually painless."
Electromagnetic waves at specific frequencies can be used to detect blood glucose, however, our skin acts as a natural barrier and reflects most of these waves. Therefore, the challenge with this technique is having sufficient penetration of these waves through the body to give a reliable reading. MediWise's metamaterial thin-film layer enables increased penetration to overcome this issue. A film the thickness of a human hair can made up of more than 40 layers – that is the nature of the metamaterial being developed for this sensor to be able to measure glucose levels in the blood.
The metamaterial technology was initially developed to enable a novel diagnostic imaging technique, using safe radio waves instead of ionizing x-rays. Then, 18 months ago, new miniaturized technology emerged that could work at the optimal frequency range for glucose, this made the potential for the monitor viable in terms of portability.
Seeing the light
Used in optics, layers of metamaterials can, for example, be used on glass to reduce the weight of spectacles or contact lenses, or even telescopes. If that's a bit sci-fi, then try this… they can even lead to 'invisibility cloaks'… heard of the Invisible Man, or Harry Potter's invisibility cloak? Metamaterials make it possible to bend light around an object making it seem that it's not there, so these seemingly preposterous sci-fi scenarios are in fact within the realms of probability.
Cnoga* is a non-invasive system from an Israeli tech company which is already on the market complete with a CE mark for use by people with Type 2 diabetes (it's possibly not accurate enough for gaining the tight control for T1s). It also uses light. Your finger goes into a port on the meter, which then beams light through the finger, reading the glucose level in the process. It proves you can use parts of the electromagnetic system to read the amount of glucose in the blood.
MediWise uses a vaguely similar method with a different band of frequencies to detect glucose in the bloodstream though the skin between the finger and thumb.
At the moment, most of the work on the GlucoWise meter is still going on in the lab. What is, at present, a big computer needs to be shrunk down to a portable size and have two sensors embedded to beam radiowaves back and forth in order to get readings through the skin. It is being specifically designed to work on the skin between the thumb and the forefinger. Few areas on the body will do, one other being the earlobe, as these areas of skin are thin enough to fit between the two sensors allowing the light for the sensors to be able to penetrate through it.
Looking ahead
The next step for GlucoWise is a trail that is taking place in mid-2015. Although the test subjects will be non-diabetics, the point of the trail is to test the usability of the prototypes as well as to gauge their accuracy in terms of blood glucose readings in humans. Says Khoory, "We've still got quite some way to go, but we're certainly on to something. It could be the next revolution that we see in the diabetes arena, making finger-pricking, lancets and lancing a thing of the past. It's going to be worth the wait."
*Metamaterials: For a fuller insight as to the wonders of metamaterials, click HERE.
**Cnoga Medical has developed a system based on color image sensor which is used as 3D-Spectrometer and Color Distributor. Cnoga Medical technology is based on regular color video camera. Using the video signal, the system calculates from the skin tissue certain bio parameters such as Glucose, pulse, skin blood pressure and more. Read more HERE.
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A division bench of Andhra Pradesh High Court comprising Justices V Eswaraiah and N Ravi Shankar, Tuesday, ordered a stay on National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) for postgraduate (PG) medical courses for the academic year 2013.
The test is scheduled to be held on Nov 23. The HC had in October stayed the NEET UG for undergraduate (UG) medical courses.
The stay order was passed by the court after hearing a plea by the state government which said it was aggrieved by the way MCI had planned NEET. The state government accused both the Centre and the MCI of ignoring the special rights conferred to Andhra Pradesh under Article 371(D) of the Constitution. Article 371(D) allows AP to have zone-wise reservations to help its backward areas. Additional advocate general KG Krishna Murthy told the bench that MCI's NEET notification would adversely affect the interests of students from the state. The bench directed the Union health ministry and the MCI to file their reply within two weeks.
Also Read : NEET Aspirants Facing Uncertainty | Andhra Pradesh Opposes NEET | Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalitha Opposes NEET


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Note that the report's authors didn't set out to find whether local lenders discriminate on the basis of race, etc. The authors, consultants from three universities, simply assumed that lenders discriminate and then marshaled data to buttress that opinion.
The report seems to do little more than proffer statistical inferences. For instance:
- When comparing white and black households, and white and Hispanic households, with the same marital status and family type, it was found that white homeownership was higher.
- Black and Hispanic households with the same education and income as white households have lower homeownership rates than white households.
- Lower-income, white households are twice as likely to be homeowners than lower-income, black households.
One might interpret such statements to show that lenders discriminate against black mortgage-seekers. But "might" is the operative word. Such statistics, in fact, hint at dozens of possible explanations that the report doesn't deign to address.
In a study by Kent County regarding minority health care, researchers last year found that access to care and health education were leading to a higher number of health concerns among minorities, but using the bank study "formula," they might have looked at the initial numbers and simply concluded that doctors and hospitals discriminate against minorities. The danger of such a conclusion in the health care study would have been all-out attempts to "fix" racism, rather than the issues actually affecting these life and death issues.
Scientists work by methodically trying, over and over, to disprove possible explanations, (hypotheses) for what happens in the world around us. They don't seek statistical correlations to show that "A" causes cancer. Instead, they spend years trying to prove in dozens of ways that A does not cause cancer, and — if they fail — they start acting as if they have a partial handle on the problem.
The mortgage lending report exhibits little scientific rigor. The City of Grand Rapids and the Steelcase Foundation ought to ask for a refund. The report shows ethnic disparities in home ownership, but it proves nothing about lenders' motivations or practices.
In fact, the study wholly skirted one major issue: foreclosure data. The study dismissed consideration of foreclosure data because of "high cost" and the "high probability of flaws in interpreting foreclosure data."
Banks, however, pay a very high cost if they ignore foreclosure data.
Perhaps the greatest flaw in the report is that it is based in part on decade-old census data that do not reflect profound changes in the population of the SMA.
If mortgage officers let prejudices affect their work, they soon are looking for new jobs. Financial institutions want and need mortgage business. And woe to the mortgage lender whose boss finds out he's turning down a steady stream of house payments from customers because of race.
To be sure, a mortgage officer's job is to discriminate: to lend money only to good credit risks. The only color that counts is green.


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Two Massachusetts legislators have been appointed to rewrite the state's newly approved recreational marijuana law. Because the state's Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act is an initiated state statute, and not an amendment to the state constitution, lawmakers still have the legal right to make changes to the law before it goes into effect.
The law, approved last November by a popular vote, originally planned for adult-use marijuana stores to open in January of 2018. Last month, legislators delayed that date until June 2018, in order to get a better handle on the logistics of the rollout.
According to local TV station WWLP, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker wants a new version of the marijuana law to be prepared by this June. State Sen. Patricia Jehlen and state Rep. Mark Cusack have been appointed to rewrite the law so that "significant changes" can be made "before retail shops open in 2018."
Specific details on what might change have not been revealed at this time. Lawmakers have cited "several concerns" with the original law, including public safety issues and concerns over how many cannabis plants each individual is allowed to grow at home. Taxation of recreational cannabis may also be addressed in the rewrite.


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Blue, that sky hue between violet and green that appears to be the most favored by most humans can span quite a range. What I have referred to as purple others have asserted is blue, while when I have referred to a color as blue someone else will cross their arms and proclaim purple! It's a bit like scent and likely due to a combination of our upbringing, unique perspectives and the way our eyes perceive.
" ... White butterflies are very lucky when seen, while brown ones are unlucky. If a yellow butterfly flies over a coffin, the soul has passed safely to the Otherworld. A blue butterfly signifies that the deceased was a healer. A white butterfly signifies a good person, a dark butterfly a bad person. Butterflies represent transformation and must never be killed."
"La Dame Blanche is a voluptuous green floral with a heart of rose, jasmine and tuberose. There is a tincture of sapphires and horse hair, amber and wood. It was blended and released on Samhain 2014 and it is as complex, mysterious and voluptuous as the Sorciere herself. It's a gorgeous perfume and the beauty of it is that it doesn't quite make sense...You will constantly be trying to decipher it's secrets."
~ Beth Schreibman Gehring
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1. Blue Velvet Couch, unknown, via Pinterest
2. Finger Fade Dip Dye by Britt Browne, from Growing Up Indigo.blogspot
3. Color Palette by Roxana Villa
4. Roxana Villa photo by Rebecca Fishman
5. Blue Morpho by Roxana Villa, Santa Fe Perfumery
6. Mystic Current by Greg Spalenka
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It's essential to have been uncovered to a few of the advantages of yoga by studying, however just like the saying goes "experience is the best teacher." Yoga has quite a few advantages. For males, yoga routine can cut back fatigue and likewise prepare the muscle groups to reply in a different way. Sportsmen are inspired to follow yoga, as a cross-training health technique. When you follow it as a sportsman, you will notice some enhancements in your sport of alternative.I'm certain a whole lot of soccer followers can nonetheless keep in mind tales of the early 1970 sportsmen. Most of them adopted the cross-training health technique. This mirrored of their performances. The identical success tales for basketball gamers, within the good outdated days. Yoga routine for males does wonders of their complete system. It prompts the "de-compaction" think about them. Actions like leaping and operating jars the physique, as a person is consistently combating gravity. Simply the best way swimming is taken into account to be a healthful "ground sports, yoga helps to realign the body, increases flexibility as well as ease pressure on joints. It also helps to break the "reminiscence" of muscle groups that's used to shifting in a systemic means, thus making them stronger.There are different advantages of yoga. They embody:
• It makes you focus higher
• Improves your respiratory sample
• Better endurance and likewise offers you aid from boredom.However even when you follow yoga, make no mistake; it's essential to carry out it at an power stage that most accurately fits your health plan. When you have not performed yoga earlier than, then you can begin with an introductory yoga class. This provides you with a fundamental understanding of the assorted kinds and likewise keep away from accidents throughout follow. Most athletes enjoys the depth of energy yoga, scorching yoga, in addition to Ashtanga yoga. However the level shouldn't be at all times about depth. Establishing focus and centering is extra necessary than depth. When you can construct this traits, it should assist your different health endeavors quite a bit.At the moment, there are extra yoga routine for males than earlier than. So, in case you are in search of methods to enhance your efficiency in your sport of alternative, or to boost conditioning, then you may go for any yoga routine that fits your objective completely. For athletes, there are custom-made yoga routine which can be targets the muscle teams, utilized in numerous sports activities. Most of those sports activities contains; soccer, basketball, biking, mountaineering, mountaineering and others. Many of the routine, combines yoga, martial arts, and meditation.Yoga is principally for everybody and likewise has plenty of advantages. You have to be constant and decided to get outcomes. It is best to find the actual space it's essential to work on, and select your exercise in that regard. With all this, you'll obtain greater than you anticipated.


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Case: 22 year old G0 with a history of irregular menstrual intervals every 23-36 x 3-4 days has a difficult time determining when ovulation will occur with either the LH ovulation predictor kits or the LH ovulation monitor. She is trying to time an intrauterine insemination. The decision is made to proceed with serial ultrasonography to determine when a mature appearing egg can be triggered to ovulate with an injection of hCG.
Question: Would a transvaginal ultrasound or an abdominal ultrasound be more sensitive to determine subtle differences in ovarian follicular development?
Answer: The distance between the target (viewed) organ and the transducer (within the ultrasound probe) largely determines the (maximum) resolution of the ultrasound image. As the object being viewed gets closer to the transducer in the tip of the ultrasound probe the resolution of the image generally increases.
The transducer within the tip of the transvaginal probe can usually be placed within several centimeters of the ovaries and uterus. The abdominal ultrasound probes are much farther away, since the distance includes the entire thickness of the abdominal wall and the bowel that is located between the inside of the abdominal wall and the pelvic structures. Therefore, transvaginal ultrasonography has a major advantage over the abdominal approach when used for ovarian follicle studies (infertility work) or when evaluating an early intrauterine pregnancy.
Case: 28 year old G0 with a history of regular menstrual intervals every 28 x 3-4 days has an enlarged irregular firm uterus that is consistent with uterine fibroids (leiomyomas). An ultrasound is performed to assess the size of the fibroids as well as their relationship to the uterine (endometrial) cavity.
Question: When should the bladder be full and when should the bladder be empty for an (abdominal or transvaginal) ultrasound examination?
Answer: For transabdominal (jelly on the belly) ultrasonography a full urinary bladder is suggested to displace any bowel gas away from the abdominal wall that overlies the uterus and to provide a window (echo free region) for imaging the pelvic structures. A patient is often asked to drink several glasses of water (or flavored beverage) without voiding (urinating) since the bladder should ideally be full enough to extend over the fundus (top) of the uterus.
For transvaginal ultrasonography an empty urinary bladder is desirable, since a full bladder may displace the pelvic organs farther from the transducer, sound waves that must travel through a full urinary bladder may create an enhancement effect, a full bladder can compress and distort pelvic anatomy, and a full urinary bladder can be quite uncomfortable. A patient can void (urinate) immediately prior to the transvaginal ultrasound examination.
Case: 31 year old G0 with a history of irregular menstrual intervals every 2-4 months is surprised when she discovers that the ultrasound probe to be used for her examination of the ovaries and uterus is transvaginal.
Question: Does the transvaginal ultrasound probe hurt when inserted? How is the probe prepared (ultrasound gel and protective sheath) prior to insertion into the vaginal vault?
Answer: Many women believe that the standard (ultrasound) approach for examining pelvic organs is an abdominal ultrasound exam.
Transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) has been used extensively in infertility practices over the past 10+ years since the transvaginal probes can provide an image with very high resolution.
The transvaginal probe that is used for TVS is generally no larger than a vaginal speculum (that is used to obtain pap smears) and should not hurt when inserted.
The transducer tip of the transvaginal ultrasound probe is covered with an ultrasound coupling gel and it is then covered with a protective rubber sheath or condom.
A small amount of coupling gel can be placed onto the outside of the protective sheath prior to placement into the vagina if desired. Generally no gel is applied when the TVS is used for infertility work since the gel can be spermatotoxic (toxic to sperm).
Case: 22 year old G1 P1 with a history of sudden severe left pelvic pain that has persisted for several hours undergoes a clinical evaluation that is to include a transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) exam.
Question: How is the TVS probe cleaned between patients to assure protection against cross infection?
Answer: The transvaginal ultrasound probe is placed within the vaginal canal during the ultrasound examination. Since the TVS probe is re-used from patient to patient the possibility of cross infection should be a major concern for the operator.
Disposable probe covers are generally used to cover the TVS probe during an examination. However, the probe should also be cleansed (disinfected) after each use. A variety of effective disinfectants are commercially available. The probe manufacturer should also provide information concerning effective disinfectants that can be used safely with the particular probe (since some disinfecting solutions may damage some probes).
The operator should also wear gloves during the examination and wash both hands thoroughly with soap and water after each examination to further reduce the risk of cross infection.
Case: 43 year old G0 with a history of heavy vaginal bleeding for 24 continuous days, previous regular menstrual intervals every 28-31 x 4-5 days, undergoing a clinical evaluation that is to include a transvaginal sonogram (TVS).
Question: Can the transvaginal ultrasound reliably assess the uterus (thickness of the uterine lining and presence of uterine fibroids = leiomyomata)?
Answer: The TVS is usually capable of providing a great deal of information about the uterus. In fact, the uterus is generally the most prominent landmark within the pelvis.
An enlarged uterus may be technically difficult to exam with TVS. In these situations, one should consider an abdominal ultrasound examination.
The endometrial lining of the uterine cavity is dynamic. The lining grows rapidly during the pre-ovulatory (follicular) phase of the menstrual cycle and is thickest during the post-ovulatory (luteal) phase of the menstrual cycle. In the follicular phase of the cycle, the endometrial lining tends to be 4-8 mm thick in anterior-posterior dimension. In the ovulatory phase of the cycle, the endometrial lining tends to be trilaminar (multilayered) and often measures 6-10 mm thick. In the luteal phase of the cycle, the lining is thickest, homogeneous rather than trilaminar and frequently measures 7-14 mm thick.
Fibroids (leiomyomata) within the wall of the uterus (transmural fibroids) or extending from the outer surface of the uterus (subserosal fibroids) can generally be identified and measured with TVS. Fibroids that predominantly extend into the uterine cavity (submucosal fibroids) are not reliably seen with TVS.
Case: 28 year old G0 is undergoing a transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) examination during a natural cycle to assess follicular development and is noted to have an apparent dominant follicle measuring 18 x 19 mm on the right ovary. The uterine lining is trilaminar (multilayered) and measures 8 mm thickness. The cervix has a hypoechoic interface along the endocervical canal with several simple cystic structures seen adjacent to this canal.
Question: Are the findings for the uterine cervix normal given the other information that is presented in this case?
Answer: Yes.
The ultrasound findings are consistent with a woman in the peri-ovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle.
The lead (growing) ovarian follicle is usually thought to contain a mature egg once the average diameter reaches 16-18 mm.
The uterine endometrial lining usually measures up to 8mm thickness just prior to ovulation during a natural (non stimulated) cycle.
The cervical mucus increases to a maximal volume in the immediate preovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle, and is often seen as a linear echo free (hypoechoic) interface in the endocervical canal (since mucus has a high water content). Cystic structures along the cervical canal are often seen and probably represent Nabothian cysts (benign cysts of the small mucus secreting glands of the uterine cervix).
Case: 33 year old G1 P1 with a history of regular menstrual intervals every 28-29 x 4 days, a LMP starting 15 days ago, and left lower quadrant abdominal (pelvic) pain x 2-3 days. A pelvic ultrasound examination is performed during the clinical investigation (to assess this pain) that reveals the left ovary within the cul de sac behind the uterus (aka the pouch of Douglas), an irregular shaped 23 x 25 mm complex cystic structure in the left ovary, and a small amount (about 5 mL) of free fluid in the cul de sac (outlining the posterior wall of the uterus).
Question: Are the location and findings associated with the left ovary normal?
Answer: Yes
The ovaries are usually found adjacent to the uterus between the top (fundus) of the uterus and a set of major blood vessels within the lateral pelvic sidewall (the iliac vessels). Sometimes the ovaries are found behind the uterus in the pouch of Douglas. Rarely, the ovaries are not found in either of these locations and a hand is used to press down on the anterior abdominal wall over the side of the pelvis being examined to try to push the ovary into the pelvis.
Prior to ovulation, the ovaries often contain follicles (cysts containing eggs) that appear as echo free (solid black) translucent sharp bordered round ovarian cysts measuring up to 2-3 cm diameter. At ovulation, these cysts collapse as the egg and follicular fluid is released. Following ovulation, the progesterone producing corpus luteum cyst is formed and this appears as a complex fuzzy bordered cyst with internal echoes measuring up to 4-5 cm diameter.
A small amount of fluid (5-10 mL) is often found collected within the cul de sac behind the uterus. Complex structures identified within this fluid may be blood clots that may be associated with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy or a bleeding ovarian cyst. Free blood in the pelvis usually results in intense abdominal and pelvic pain. Free fluid without complex features may be follicular fluid from a ruptured ovarian cyst (around ovulation) or a normal finding.
Case: 61 year old postmenopausal woman with a history of dysfunctional uterine bleeding has an ultrasound to assess the pelvis during the clinical evaluation. Neither ovary is clearly identified on either abdominal or transvaginal ultrasonography.
Question: Are these findings associated with abnormal ovaries?
Answer: Not necessarily
During the reproductive years, the ovaries can usually be identified relatively easily because they contain follicles (cysts that contain eggs). These follicles are easy to see with ultrasonography so they can serve as markers for the ovary.
After menopause, the number of follicles that remain within the ovaries is very small or nonexistent. Therefore, the ovaries may be very difficult to identify in postmenopausal women. When color (Doppler) flow imaging is available the ovarian vessels can often be traced to an otherwise invisible ovary.
Case: 27 year old G0 with a history of a pelvic infection requiring intravenous antibiotics and a 3 day hospital stay has an ultrasound examination to assess the possibility of an abscess within the pelvis. The ultrasound revealed an unremarkable appearing pelvis (uterus, ovaries, cul de sac).
Question: Are the normal ultrasound findings consistent with an active pelvic infection?
The fallopian tubes are often difficult to impossible to assess with an ultrasound. Physical limitations of the ultrasound transducers that are currently available result in a relatively coarse outline of the pelvic structures, including the fallopian tubes. Additionally, the fallopian tubes do not normally contain free fluid so that there is no fluid solid interface to provide a clear outline on ultrasonography. Most often, the fallopian tubes can be identified at their interface with the uterus and followed distally for a few centimeters before they are lost from view.
Inflammatory processes involving the fallopian tubes can produce enough edema (thickening of the wall) or localized free fluid to increase the visibility on ultrasonography. A hydrosalpinx or pyosalpinx (dilated fluid or pus filled fallopian tubes often with thickened walls) or a tubo ovarian complex (abscess) can occasionally be appreciated if the inflammatory process is severe.
The ultrasound appearance of the fallopian tubes during an acute episode of inflammation may be unremarkable since the changes associated with chronic inflammation have not yet taken place.
Case: 22 year old G1 P0 with a history of regular menstrual intervals every 28 x 3-4 days, status post appendectomy at 14 years of age, now about 2 weeks late for a flow. A urine pregnancy test is positive, the initial concentration of hCG at 5 weeks 4 days by dates is lower than expected (540 IU/L) and the hCG titer has not been increasing normally (620 IU/L two days later when the concentration would be expected to be at least 66% greater than the initial value). An ultrasound is performed to assess the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy and an unremarkable pelvis is reported (normal uterus, ovaries and fallopian tubes).
Question: Does this ultrasound examination rule out the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy?
Answer: No
Transvaginal ultrasonography is a valuable diagnostic tool that can assess the location of an early pregnancy about 1-2 weeks prior to abdominal ultrasonography. The presence of embryologic structures associated with a normal pregnancy can also often be identified.
An intrauterine pregnancy can initially be reliably seen via identification of a gestational sac at an hCG concentration of about 2,000 IU/L (local variability for this discriminatory zone exists). If an intrauterine pregnancy is identified then the chance of an ectopic pregnancy is small (twins with one pregnancy in the uterus and one pregnancy in the tube have been reported but are not common).
If the hCG titer were lower than 1,000 IU/L then it would be uncommon to identify a gestational sac in the uterus. Therefore, in this case the finding of a normal appearing uterus is not unexpected.
The history of previous abdominal surgery and an abnormally rising hCG titer increase the risk of an ectopic pregnancy. The classic ultrasound appearance of an ectopic pregnancy is an empty uterus (no gestational sac in the cavity), an adnexal mass (a cystic structure in the region of the ovary and fallopian tube that is distinct from the ovary), and fluid in the cul de sac behind the uterus. This classic appearance is uncommon to find in the presence of an early unruptured ectopic pregnancy.
An early ectopic pregnancy may result in no specific clinical symptoms. Therefore, maintaining a high suspicion of an ectopic pregnancy is very important.
Case: 25 year old G1 P0 at 8 weeks gestational age with a history of intermittent vaginal spotting to light flow since 5 weeks gestational age, an ultrasound examination at 6 weeks gestational age that revealed a viable SIUP (single intrauterine pregnancy with active heart beat) with a 2 x 2 cm retroplacental collection of fluid (subchorionic hematoma). A repeat ultrasound is scheduled to assess embryonic growth and viability as well as resolution versus progression of the fluid between the placenta and the uterine lining.
Question: Is the ultrasound examination able to predict whether this woman will have a miscarriage (spontaneous pregnancy loss)? Is there any harm to the pregnancy of multiple ultrasound examinations during early pregnancy?
Answer: The transvaginal ultrasound examination of an early pregnancy is able to collect a great deal of information that is clinically useful.
Identification of a gestational sac within the uterine cavity should be reassuring for the physician and the pregnant patient. Except on the rare occasions when a heterotopic pregnancy (twins with one pregnancy in the uterus and another in an ectopic location) exists the presence of an intrauterine pregnancy rules out an ectopic pregnancy.
High resolution transvaginal ultrasound examinations are increasingly able to assess embryologic development (sonoembryology). Reportedly, at 5 weeks gestation (21 days after fertilization) the embryo is about 1.5 mm long and the fetal heart begins to pulsate. At 6 weeks gestation the embryo is about 4 mm long and the fetal heartbeat can often be seen clearly with a transvaginal ultrasound.
Placental cells (with an inner cytotrophoblast layer and an outer syncytiotrophoblast layer) rapidly grow around the gestational sac to produce a second echogenic rim (double line, double ring, double contour) that can distinguish the gestational sac from other types of fluid that might collect in the uterine cavity during early pregnancy.
Sonoembryology is often not able to reliably predict an impending spontaneous pregnancy loss. Absence of a fetal heart beat after the heart was identified at beating earlier in the pregnancy defines a fetal demise (death) or nonviable pregnancy.
A subchorionic collection of blood is associated with a partial disruption in the integrity of the connection between the placenta and the uterine lining. If the retroplacental collection is observed to be located between the pregnancy and the internal os (opening) of the cervix then this generally has a more favorable prognosis. If the collection is observed to be located between the placenta and the uterine lining at the top (fundus) of the uterus then this often has a less favorable prognosis.
If the embryo has good interval growth and a persistent fetal heartbeat, then the pregnancy has enough placental exchange of nutrients and waste products with the uterus to allow for growth. Sometimes continued development occurs despite the coexistence of a large subchorionic hematoma.
Ultrasound examinations of early pregnancy are not known to cause any birth defects. Sonoembryology has been widely used for many years and is generally considered to be safe for the pregnancy.
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text: tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22120968.post7380738885379165464..comments2023-11-16T03:17:00.878-05:00Comments on Jon Schneider's Tech Blog: HTPC: Displaying the Windows Media Center actively recording program on an LCD DisplayJon Schneiderhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22120968.post-66585502160716723752016-09-15T09:39:28.306-04:002016-09-15T09:39:28.306-04:00WOW! what a great and timely article for me. I pu...WOW! what a great and timely article for me. I purchased the same display any my PC build is very similar to yours. I tried the M-Play software, and the display functions worked just fine. However, the software wreaked havock with any audio playback with intermittent stutter. I had almost given up when I found your page. I can't wait to get started emulating your setup. I'm not a software literate person, so crossing my fingers. Thanks for a great page!!<br />Rick firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22120968.post-56307036600492003542012-12-03T08:31:52.470-05:002012-12-03T08:31:52.470-05:00Thank you, is a excellent articleThank you, is a excellent articlegomezlivehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22120968.post-61566702321680051442012-04-16T00:06:08.354-04:002012-04-16T00:06:08.354-04:00Hi Jon, I really wish I had found your page about ...Hi Jon, I really wish I had found your page about 2 weeks ago. I set out with almost the same goal as you, hit almost the exact same deads ends as you, and ended up with the exact same final solution as you did here! The only think I would add is that the "WMC<->TCPIPCONTROLLER<->MCE plugin<->LCD Smartie" chain of connections can be a little flakey for me. Still trying to get to a stable solution. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS FOR OTHERS. (Also note that instead of an nMediaPC display, I used an arduino+an HD44780 4x20 char LCD screen. Nice and big!)email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22120968.post-43606317689795517872012-01-03T19:11:40.272-05:002012-01-03T19:11:40.272-05:00Wow. Persistence pays off!Wow. Persistence pays off!Amanda Gustafson Schneiderhttps://email@example.com


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