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My shoulderbelts fit to my lapbelts, like most older systems, by sliding a groove on the shoulderbelt over a stud on the lapbelt.
The stud on the lapbelt has a nylon washer around it which helps grip the grooved clasp on the shoulderbelt (this is starting to sound much more complicated than it really is .
Question - what is the name of the nylon washer that is round the stud on the lapbelt, where can I buy them and how do I fit them?
Looking it it I'm guessing that I can either heat the washer - preferable) or knock out the pin, install the washer and then somehow reinstall the pin.
My problem is that on one belt the nylon washer has broken off and now the shoulder belt keeps coming undone from the lapbelt in flight.
Any ideas?
Tony C-172 C-GICE
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The nylon collars around the pin on the shoulder harness can be purchased from any cessna parts suppliers. I believe that I got mine from Aircraft Spruce for under a dollar each a couple of years ago. They can be stretched over the pin on a nice warm day or you may want to use a little heat from a heat gun or blow dryer. Definitely do not attempt to remove the pin.
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I tried the hot water trick but my washers did not soften enough to slip over the steel retaining stud. So, I cut the nylon washer, slipped it over the stud, and glued it in place with extra thin crazy glue (ca. glue, purchased from a local hobby shop. This glue is thin as water and seeps into small cracks.)
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The fellow at the parts counter will know what the part # is. They are about $.25 each I think. Take the shoulder belt out and put the washers in a pan of boiling water for a few seconds and they will be pliable enough to slip over the stud. A pretty easy fix.
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I have seen quite a few Cessna owners use a zip tie and a pandit gun.
The zip tie is placed around the shoulder strap retain lug and pulled tight.
This has worked for years.
This must be ok because I used to fly Part 135 in a Cessna with this repair. The FAA did not seem to have any heartburn. Our inspector was a real stickler for details.
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Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Advanced, the second part of the popular and comprehensive series, updated for CS5, follows internationally renowned Photoshop guru Deke McClelland as he dives into the workings of Photoshop. He explores such digital-age wonders as the Levels and Curves commands, edge-detection filters, advanced compositing techniques, vector-based text, the Liquify filter, and Camera Raw. Deke also teaches tried-and-true methods for sharpening details, smoothing over wrinkles and imperfections, and enhancing colors without harming the original image. Exercise files accompany the course.
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In this exercise, I'm going to introduce you to Adobe Camera Raw or ACR for short. Camera Raw is an independent utility that runs inside of both Photoshop and the Bridge. Its purpose is to take images that are captured using a digital camera to that camera's raw file format. Now, not every camera supports a raw file format. It's typically your high-end SLRs. There are a few midrange cameras that support raw as well. Every camera manufacturer supports its own raw file format. So, Canon has CR2, Nikon has NEF, Olympus has ORF, and so on.
Camera Raw's job is to take these proprietary formats and then convert these images over into something that Photoshop can use, because ultimately these raw files are different than anything we've seen so far. You might think of them as being the digital equivalents of film negatives. So, where a negative is an inverted version of the positive, so that it's a different beast entirely, and it has to be developed in order to generate that print positive, the same thing more or less happens with your raw images, except that in the case of a raw image, it's a single channel of data.
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Hello everyone! I'm CJ all the way from Singapore. Thought I join Pipesmagazine after reading one or two informative articles, and also, there aren't any dedicated Pipe or Pipe Smoking Forums where I'm at.
Hello everyone! I'm CJ all the way from Singapore. Thought I join Pipesmagazine after reading one or two informative articles, and also, there aren't any dedicated Pipe or Pipe Smoking Forums where I'm at.
Well we're glad to have ya.
Welcome to the forums.
Feel free to post up some pictures of the landscape in Singapore!
Welcome to PM Forums, cjgoh!
Welcome CJ, nice to see you here. After visiting HK and China, I fell in love with Asia. Singapore is a place I would love to visit some day.
Welcome CJ, I spent about a month in the Regent Hotel and loved every moment I was in Singapore. I found some really nice pipes in a Pipe and Cigar shoppe in the Orchard Parade Hotel at the corner of Tanglin and Orchard Rd. At the time I was just getting into pipe smoking and everything in that part of Singapore is quit expensive so I passed on them. I won't pass them up if I ever get the chance to go back.
Hi there, cjgoh! Nice to see a fellow Asian!
Welcome to the forum, cjgoh. You will find lots of friendly people here.
Welcome, CJ!
I hope you'll be able to take some time reading through the forums. Of course, it's fun just to catch up on all of the more-recent posts. But if you dig a little deeper into the archives, you'll find that there are literally years of helpful posts here! Also, don't overlook the "Pipes Magazine Radio Show" link at the top of the page; it's a webcast you can stream/download -- all about pipes and tobaccos, with new hour-long episodes offered every week.
The danger is that if you come here frequently, it won't be long before you'll be placing tobacco orders for all of the blends that people are raving about! Not sure what the charges might be if you're ordering from Singapore, but I'm guessing there are vendors who advertise here (and on the Radio Show) who can definitely help you out.
Welcome to the forum.
Thank you all for such a warm reception. its now 5:50am Singapore time, & I'm in my car smoking my Rattray Old Gowrie, puffing some MacBaren flake. And sure, I sure will upload some pics from where I live. Really differs from downtown. I be back later, gotta move now. Thanks again guys.
cjgoh, welcome to the forum. It is a great place to hang out and learn about this thing of ours.
Hey cjgoh, I visited Singapore a couple years back on business. Have fond memories of the Raffles hotel. Welcome aboard.
Wow, Singapore.
Truly an international forum.
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welcome brother. My only buddy who smokes pipes with me is an Asian as well.
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PHOENIX -- A Tempe business owner relished the idea of partnering with the United States Postal Service and his dream has come true.
Gil Schmidt's urban market, Thirsty Dog 2 Go, has become a designated Village Post Office, a place where customers can fill their basic postal service needs.
"They came to me and asked me if I wanted to be a village post office and I said yes," he said. "We're open earlier than they are, we're open on the weekends and until two in the morning. If the post office is closed, [customers] can come here which will increase my foot traffic by at least 15 percent."
USPS started opening village post offices in libraries, convenience stores and other local business around the country, typically in rural areas, in 2011. Because Tempe is becoming more of a 24-hour community, officials determined it would be a perfect fit in the growing college city.
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Mark Cuban is a bright guy. He is extremely intelligent and creative and I respect many of his views but his brilliance blinds him from time-to-time. I believe his comments on Donald Sterling prove this truth.
"I think there's a constitution for a reason, right," Cuban said recently, "because this is a very slippery slope."
"What Donald said was wrong. It was abhorrent. There's no place for racism in the NBA, any business I'm associated with, and I don't want to be associated with people who have that position."
"But at the same time, that's a decision I make. I think you've got to be very, very careful when you start making blanket statements about what people say and think, as opposed to what they do. It's a very, very slippery slope."
"Again, there's no excuse for his positions. There's no excuse for what he said. There's no excuse for anybody to support racism. There's no place for it in our league, but there's a very, very, very slippery slope."
My first thought was Mark Cuban may be the most self-serving man on the face of the planet. I listen to that statement and I hear Mark Cuban covering his own butt on the things that he says and does.
This is not the time or the place for anything but a swift and severe rejection of Donald Sterling and his views and should not involve cautioning people of a slippery slope, especially when you're the one manufacturing the slime.
Even though I know a court of law may not allow the NBA to force Sterling to comply with their wishes and sell the team, Mark Cuban took this opportunity to caution people on trying to force an NBA owner to sell rather than state the obvious: that Donald Sterling has got to go.
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I think they tried to do too much and the end result was an okay control setup. Again, the cover system did not work well 100% of the time. I don't know if it was the game mechanics or the actual controls but it seemed broken at times. Melee combat was okay. Jumping over obstacles did not work correctly all the time either. When the controls work, it is fine and similar enough to ME2
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Love the series! I was sort of late in the game, cause I got the first ME game like a year later then after playing that I was hooked! When ME2 came out, I got it with bells on. I didn't get a chance to play ME3 yet cause it is a birthday gift which happens to be today..yay! I got the collectors edition, and the game arrived at my house, so I got a peek at it before it was wrapped. I can say that the box was in good condition and I'm sure the contents are intact. I will say that while sort of skimming through reviews (not here), I've noticed some negative ones like the ending. Since I am far from there cause again, I haven't even played it yet, I will refrain from reading anything that's basically a spoiler. I did see one review here about the book containing spoilers. Wow, thanks for looking out! Anyway, I can't wait to play. It's sad this is the last of the trilogy, but it has certainly been a fun ride!
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The N7 Patch had a Velcro back (wtf is that about). The art book contains A TON of spoilers regarding the game. It's mind bogglining why they would do that. The "Lithograph" is a pot card. (Very disappointing). But all in all, no regrets. All three games, all three collectors editions.
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Well worth the wait. It doesn't matter if you're a die-hard fan of the series or are new to RPGs in general, this has everything one could hope for.
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I bought this for my son so I have no idea if it's a good game or not, but I am sure it is with they way he has gone on and on about for months now. But I want to comment on the fact that when we got it in the mail the case was damaged. Smashed. Since they are sold out he has decided to go ahead and keep it and try it to see if the cds are fine. One was not even on it's little holder it was just sliding around loose in the case. :( We will be returning it if they dont work. They shipped it in a bag not a box. No protection. It could be a manufacturer defect because my other son bought one as well and said his was the same way. Not sure where he bought his from though. Not happy about this at all.
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Pajamas or pyjamas (see also spelling differences) is a word with several different, related meanings in the field of clothing.
The word "pyjama" was incorporated into the English language from Hindustani (the progenitor language of modern-day Urdu and Hindi). The word originally derives from the Persian word پايجامه Payjama meaning "leg garment."
When referring to sleepwear, abbreviated or diminutive forms of the word are often used, such as pjs or jammies.
Such a garment is used by various persons in India e.g. by women of various classes, by Sikh men, and most by Muslim of both sexes. It was adopted from the Muslim by Europeans as an article of dishabille and of night attire ... It is probable that we English took the habit like a good many others from the Portuguese. Thus Pyarard (c. 1610) says, in speaking of Goa Hospital: "Ils ont force calsons sans quoy ne couchent iamais les Portugais des Indes" ... The word is now used in London shops. A friend furnishes the following reminiscence: "The late Mr. B—, tailor in Jermyn Street, some 40 years ago, in reply to a question why pyjammas had feet sewn on to them (as was sometimes the case with those furnished by London outfitters) answered: 'I believe, Sir, it is because of the White Ants.
Examples. 1828: "His chief joy smoking a cigar in loose Paee-jams and native slippers." Orient. Sport. Mag. reprint 1873, i. 64. 1881: "The rest of our attire consisted of that particularly light and airy white flannel garment, known throughout India as a pyjama suit." Haekel, Ceylon, p. 329.
According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, "They were introduced in England as lounging attire in the 17th century but soon went out of fashion. About 1870 they reappeared in the Western world as sleeping attire for men, after returning British colonials brought (them) back ....
Pyjamas are usually loose fitting and designed for comfort, using softer materials such as cotton or the more luxurious silk or satin. Synthetic materials such as polyester and Lycra are also available. They are usually worn with bare feet and often without underwear, although these vary by personal preference.
Pyjamas are often worn as comfort wear even when not in bed, and are also sometimes worn as a fashion statement. In North America, some people (mainly young females) have started to wear pyjama pants in public as fashion. In China, it is not unusual in the late afternoon or evening, to have adults wear their pyjamas in public around their local neighborhood.
The Pajama Game was a Broadway musical and film highlighting workers at a pyjama factory.
Pyjamas played a prominent role on a popular kids television show known as Bananas in Pyjamas. The show detailed the adventures of two bananas while wearing their pyjamas.
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I'm At Blissdom!
You probably weren't expecting to hear from me while I was at Blissdom, but I had to pop in to let you know that I am having an AMAZING time here at the conference. I thought last year was out-of-this-world. But, this year? Already takes the cake.
I'll let the hubby express the excitement for me…
Alrighty then.
When I arrived last year I was completely overwhelmed {it was my first blogging conference}. I remember hiding out acting like I was on my iPhone just so I wouldn't have to try and mingle and be social with a bunch of girls that I didn't know.
This year I came with a completely different attitude. I was ready to meet and chat with everyone. I think the husband is rubbing off on me. He's the social butterfly in our relationship. Me? I stick to myself.
But not this year. This year he would be proud.
I didn't say I wasn't sweating profusely as I was doing it. Right through the cardigan.
Especially when I met Scott Stratten and Jon Acuff. Holy sweaty pits batman.
You know what really stinks? When you get dressed in the morning and think you love your outfit. Then you see about 600 pictures of yourself and you realize you hate your outfit. Gah!
I do love my new mint necklace though from Caroline G Bows, but I was not digging my tank. I think it shrunk in the dryer.
I also had the pleasure of meeting Lindsey from The Pleated Poppy. I ADORE her etsy shop and her blog. I think I have a minor girl crush on her. 😉
And then there's Ashley from The Shine Project. Ummm, equally as fabulous. If you haven't heard about The Shine Project GO NOW and be inspired. For realz.
I bought three of her bracelets {mine are on the right, hers on the left}. I could have bought 300 of them.
It's late and tomorrow is the last day of the conference. I have tons more people that I want to tell you about, but this chick needs some shut eye. Goodnight!
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I think your outfit is super cute! I would be nervous at a blog conference too
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I am so happy for you, love seeing all the pics from there. It makes me want to buy my ticket for the conference next year right now. Never been but now I want to go!
I met Ashley a few weeks ago and got a bracelet, they are adorable
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Have a great time and take lots of pictures to share with us later!
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Your tank looks adorable. I love the outfit in the top photo with the pink scarf, white tank and black cardi. You look great in both.
So glad you are having a great time at Blissdom Mandy!! I am hoping and praying to be there next year!! Have a safe trip home! xo
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I totally felt the same way this year. I just wanted to hide last year, but this year I hit my groove. I ran yelling "Mindy" across the lobby one afternoon because I'm a huge fan of cutegirlhairstyles on YouTube. (Sidenote: my other YouTube crush is EmilyNoel83 and I saw you got to meet her last week!) Overall, such an awesome experience. So glad to meet you!
You are just lovely. <3


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Washington, D.C. Weather Forecast: More Weather Treats than Tricks this Halloween
Clouds and fog this morning, but a mild afternoon and Trick-or-Treat ahead.
- This Afternoon:
- Mostly Cloudy and Breezy
- Highs: Low 70s
- Rain: 10%
- Tonight:
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- Lows: Low 60s
- Rain: 50%
- Friday:
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- Highs: Low 70s
- Rain: 80%
Low Clouds and fog will lift this morning, but not clear altogether. Mostly Cloudy skies can be expected today with breezy conditions. A stray shower will be possible, mainly NW of D.C . this evening. I think the bulk of the rain holds off until after midnight. Here's your Trick-or-Treat forecast for the metro.
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Showers and storms move in overnight and we should have a wet start on Friday with some gusty winds. The cold front will linger near the coast, so southern Maryland may stay wet into the evening. The rest of us will start to clear out. An overhead disturbance could bring some mountain showers on Saturday, but the rest of us will have a mix of sun and clouds. On Sunday, it will be rather cool, but more sunshine with highs in the 50s.


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Features Appearances From Eminem, Kanye West, Drake, Trey Songz, Christina Aguilera, Kid Cudi, The-Dream and More; Rapper Brings Rhymes To Life With His Own Installment Of Vh1's Storytellers Airing December 10th; "No Mercy" Arrives Everywhere Today
Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist T.I. proudly celebrates the release of his seventh studio album, "NO MERCY," which arrives in stores and online today. "NO MERCY" comes as the follow up to 2008's Grammy Award-winning, 2x-RIAA platinum certified "PAPER TRAIL." "NO MERCY" sees the rapper pairing with the likes of Kanye West, Eminem, Chris Brown, The-Dream, Trey Songz, Drake, Young Dro, Kid Cudi, Christina Aguilera and more, with production from some of today's hottest producers including, Dr. Luke, The Neptunes, Jim Jonsin, Alex Da Kid, Danja and Lil C. "This album represents some of my best work inspired by my most recent best and worst life experiences," says T.I. of "NO MERCY."
To commemorate the release of "NO MERCY," T.I. graces the cover of the December/January issue of VIBE, making this the fourth time he has done so. In addition to all this, T.I. will also be celebrating "NO MERCY" with the help of friends/collaborators Young Dro and The-Dream, who will represent the rapper on his behalf on today's episode of BET's 106th and Park, (check local listings.) Yesterday, Fuse allowed the rap-superstar his own "Fuse Takeover," dedicating their entire day of programming to him. What's more, T.I. has been nominated for two Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Solo Performance for "I'm Back" and Best Rap Performance By Duo Or Group for Drake's "Fancy (feat. T.I. & Swizz Beatz)."
On the heels of the release of "NO MERCY," T.I. brings his music to life with his own episode of VH1's critically-acclaimed, Storytellers, which airs this Friday, December 10th, with encore presentations airing on both MTV and MTV2 (check local listings.) This intimate performance at New York City's famed, Hammerstein Ballroom allowed his most dedicated fans to hear the stories behind his greatest hits, backed by a live band.
T.I. also recently sat down with Angie Martinez, Harry Allen, Steven A. Smith, and Atlanta Mayor, Kasim Reed, for a special installment of BET's Food For Thought. On the episode, originally airing November 29th, T.I. discussed his philanthropy work, life obstacles, and philosophies on life. An encore presentation of the episode is set for December 7th (check local listings.)
Always one to stay on the cutting edge, iTunes' "Ping," Apple's new music-based social network, T.I. has become the first artist to stream his entire album an entire week before its release, through this outlet. Marking the first time users are able to stream full albums through iTunes, fans will be able to experience "NO MERCY" unlike they have ever been exposed to music before. Much like Twitter and Facebook, Ping allows you to "follow," "like," rate, and comment on music and the whereabouts of your favorite artists.
Long an active online presence, T.I. recently re-launched his massively popular www.trapmuzik.com website on the Cisco Eos platform. The rapper's new official site includes a wide range of exclusive content as well as community forums where fans can discuss T.I. and upload their own unique videos and photos. T.I. has also established himself as a prominent figure online as well, with over 6 million Facebook friends - located at www.facebook.com/TI.
Added to these endeavors is his hugely popular clothing line Akoo, featured in stores everywhere as well as online at www.akooclothingbrand.com.
For up-to-the-minute news and information, please visit www.trapmuzik.com, www.myspace.com/trapmuzik, www.facebook.com/TI and www.twitter.com/Tip.
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1. Welcome To The World (feat. Kanye West & Kid Cudi)
2. How Life Changed (feat. Mitchelle'l & Scarface)
3. Get Back Up (feat. Chris Brown)
4. I Can't Help It (feat. Rocko)
5. That's All She Wrote (feat. Eminem)
6. No Mercy (feat. The-Dream)
7. Big Picture
8. Strip (feat. Young Dro & Trey Songz)
9. Salute
10. Amazing (feat. Pharrell)
11. Everything On Me
12. Poppin Bottles (feat. Drake)
13. Lay Me Down (feat. Rico Love)
14. Castle Walls (feat. Christina Aguilera)
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Reindeer Bell Necklace
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It just isn't Christmas without jingle bells! These festive necklaces were a cinch to make and made the perfect addition to the kids' holiday outfits. They had so much fun dancing around with their bells and singing their favorite Christmas carols.
What You'll Need
- bells
- pipe cleaner - red, green, or brown
- googly eyes
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- tacky glue
- scissors
How We Did It
Gather all materials. We had a bunch of silver and gold bells from my mother-in-law that worked perfectly for this activity. I had trouble finding brown pipe cleaners so we used red and green ones to give our reindeer a festive touch!
Each necklace used one pipe cleaner. I cut the pipe cleaner in half and the kids push 1/2 of the pipe cleaner through the top loop on their bell. Then, they twisted the pipe cleaner to hold it in place.
I cut the other half of the pipe cleaner in half so they were each 1/4 the size of the original piece. We used the small pieces to wrap around the larger pieces on the bell to create antlers. The younger kids needed some help with this part.
Then, we used tacky glue to attach the eyes and nose for the reindeer. The kids started singing "Rudolf, the Red-nosed Reindeer" during this part!
Once everything was dry, we used red yarn to tie the bells into necklaces. I found that we could use a pipe cleaner to push the yarn through the bell slot and push it through to thread the yarn.


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Body of Knowledge Full-Frontal Assault
An attack on BREAST CANCER has brought about greatly improved treatments—but are we on course to stop it entirely?
by SAMANTHA DUNN /illustration by DAN WINTERS
Twenty-six years ago, in the wake of Tamoxifen—the first major drug used to treat breast cancer—October was deemed National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But I'm probably like millions of women who don't need a special month to make me think of the disease. Let's just say I learned this anatomy connection the hard way: If your hand feels a lump in your breast, your knees will go weak.
The year was 1994, and I was in my twenties. Back then, as today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed breast cancer as the most common form of cancer in American women, along with skin cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women. If you got the diagnosis, on your treatment menu was a mastectomy or lumpectomy, some radiation...and a few Hail Marys.
Statistically speaking, as a twentysomething white woman, the odds were on my side that it wasn't malignant. According to the U.S. National Cancer Institute, 1.9 percent of women aged 20–34 will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and mortality rates for that age group are .9 percent. Still, when the doctor told me it was merely an easily removable cyst, I felt lucky. When it's your breast and your life, statistics offer small comfort.
Today I'm in my mid forties, and once again a lump has been found, this time through a routine mammogram. The American Cancer Society heads the long list of institutions that recommend the yearly test for women 40 and over, despite last year's much ballyhooed report of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that advised delaying mammograms until 50, because false positives are more common in women 40–49, and reducing routine mammograms to every two years.
Once again, the tumor in my breast turned out to be benign, a fibroid my doctor says is better left where it is for now. But this time around, I'm slightly less lucky—first because the formation of these fibroids signals my increased risk for developing breast cancer and, second, because the older you get, the more your risk goes up.
Unlike when I was younger, the disease now has a real face for me: Breast cancer looks like the brown-eyed woman I was chatting with at a concert, who had a double mastectomy at 38; like my beautiful British friend Kate, who is in her second round of chemo at 51; like Melissa Etheridge, Christina Applegate, Edie Falco, Suzanne Somers and two of the original Charlie's Angels, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith. I can't help wondering when my luck will run out and the face of breast cancer will include the one staring back at me in the mirror.
If in the future I'm among the faces of breast cancer, the good news is that the vast majority of women who are diagnosed with the disease today don't die from it. The bad news is it's still a gamble, because no one can predict which ones will die. (Mortality statistics are a convoluted mass of percentages on which even the experts are fuzzy).
"The hope for women has dramatically improved in the last decade. Improvement data keeps moving at almost light speed compared with other cancers," says Dennis J. Slamon, director of UCLA's Clinical/Translational Research and the Revlon/UCLA Women's Cancer Research Program at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
"It's a bold statement," says Slamon, "but I think it's true—breast-cancer research has led the field of oncology."
Slamon is a pioneer in this field, much laureled for heading the team that turned the tide for one in four women—between 40,000 and 45,000 each year—with breast cancer who test positive for Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2, otherwise known as HER-2, a gene that produces too much of a growth-promoting protein.
A HER-2 diagnosis had been, before Slamon came along, the genetic lottery ticket no one wanted. Death was the likely prognosis within two to three years. Now, Herceptin, developed in conjunction with work being done in Slamon's lab, targets the genetic mutation that causes the protein to go wild and blocks the cancer's power supply.
As a result, those women with a HER-2 form of cancer have gone from some of the worst prognoses to the best. "Too many women a year still die," says Slamon, but he and his research team believe the numbers of those who do will continue to go down. And to that end, Los Angeles itself has been a major-league player in changing the odds.
Researchers nationally and through the world—at the Cleveland Clinic, the Mayo Clinic and Sloan-Kettering in New York, among many others—have substantially advanced the understanding of both the nature of the disease and treatments for it. But L.A. is unique for having powerful research institutions like UCLA, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and NCI's City of Hope and for being the very public stage of the world's entertainment nexus. The combination provides a megaphone for world-renowned voices such as Susan Love, MD, MBA, clinical professor of surgery at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine, president of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation and author of the seminal work for any woman facing the disease, Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book.
Competition for funding can be fierce here, but Love says L.A.—and California as a whole—is "more open to new ideas and approaches. The expansive landscape does lead one to big ideas."
No one knows that better than Slamon. In the late '80s and early '90s, he found nothing but dead ends for funding, and colleagues doubted his theories about HER-2. "We owe a huge debt to the greater Los Angeles community for the success we've had in combating breast cancer and other cancers," he says.
Lilly Tartikoff Karatz—then wife of the late Brandon Tartikoff, former head of NBC, who was suffering a form of Hodgkin's disease—came to know Slamon's work when he helped in her husband's treatment. Impressed, she brought her entertainment connections to bear, raising millions far quicker than any government grant could. It led to the creation of the Revlon/UCLA Women's Cancer Research Program with Revlon CEO Ronald Perelman and brought public awareness to unprecedented levels.
"A lot of money comes into the laboratory and moves back into the community very quickly," says Slamon, who doesn't much resemble Harry Connick Jr., the actor who portrayed him in a 2008 Lifetime Original Movie, Living Proof, which dramatized his efforts to develop Herceptin.
What has been learned in the study of HER-2 and the development of Herceptin has widened the understanding of cancer as a whole. Cancer is not one thing. There are different types of tumors and different causes for them. "It's a bold statement, but I think it's true—breast-cancer research has led the field of oncology," says Slamon.
Slamon believes we'll see a day when breast cancer will be, if not cured, only chronic. And because of earlier detection and advances in radiation and chemotherapy, plus targeted treatments like Herceptin, endocrine therapy and gene therapy, it won't cast a lethal shadow. "There are people alive today who barely remember there was such a thing as polio," he notes. "We can't wait for the day when we won't need a Breast Cancer Awareness Month."
"Competition for funding can be fierce here, but Susan Love says L.A. is 'more open to new approaches. The expansive landscape does lead one to big ideas.' "
Joanne Mortimer—director of the Women's Cancers Program and vice chair of medical oncology and therapeutics research at City of Hope, one of 44 National Cancer Institute centers around the country—agrees the landscape for breast cancer is different now than it was a generation ago. Understanding has evolved; researchers are now aware of at least seven types of tumors, with another 10 possible subtypes.
"The more we understand, the more we know that treatment is not a one-size-fits-all proposition," Mortimer says. "Personalized medicine is somewhat of a kitsch phrase, but the fact is, how my body responds to a disease and treatment is different from how your body responds. We're working for the time when treatments will be better tailored to the specific types of the disease and the people who have them."
Mortimer says women's fear of breast cancer outsizes the actual numbers of those who succumb to it. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists heart disease as the number one killer of women 65 and older and lung cancer as women's most lethal cancer, she notes a recent survey found 30 percent of women think they will die from breast cancer.
Truth is, roughly 200,000 are diagnosed with this cancer every year, and estimates are that about 40,000 actually die from it. In a population of 307 million, that doesn't seem high in the abstract, but when you think of it in terms of a population the size of Culver City filled with moms and daughters and sisters, the number feels more pressing.
Breasts are the symbol of our femininity. "Everyone knows of a young woman who was taken by the disease or a mom who died and had to leave her children," Mortimer says. "Those stories rip your heart out."
Despite the advances yielded by the more than $4 billion spent on breast-cancer research, there are still gaping holes. For one, says Mortimer, "We still can't kill the cancer cells that kill the patient—women with metastatic cancer don't get cured."
Susan Love is among the most vocal calling for a shift in the way research is focused. Because 80 percent of breast cancers originate in the ducts, the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation concentrates its efforts there.
"We still have no idea what causes the disease or how to prevent it," says Love, who has become a major women's health advocate by not being shy. "For a variety of reasons, all the emphasis in research has been on treatment, which, while it has saved many lives, has caused significant side effects in many women.
"It is time to put as much effort as we have into treatment toward prevention and finding the cause. A good example is cancer of the cervix. Thirty years ago, we were doing total hysterectomies, with a resulting loss of fertility, to treat abnormal Pap smears. Now we have a vaccine. In breast cancer, we are still removing normal body parts (breasts and ovaries) to prevent the disease, because we don't know what else to do! We need to go beyond risk factors, which explain only about 30 percent, to finding the cause. Could it be a virus? Wouldn't surprise me."
Love notes that another big paradigm shift is the new understanding from basic research showing that cancer requires not just a mutated cell "but also an environment that is egging it on."
As she explains, "Around 30 percent of women are walking around with dormant cancer cells that are causing them no harm. If, however, the local tissue or systemic environment changes—think obesity, hormones, stress—they can become activated. This new thinking of what's called cell stromal interaction starts to explain how things like exercise might prevent disease and recurrence."
Meanwhile, some days I swear I can feel that fibroid getting bigger, and I start to wonder...and worry. The exploding possibilities with new treatments, the investigations into the cause of the disease—how does this all translate to my everyday life? It seems today's woman needs to become her own health advocate to sort through all the options. Will another quarter century go by before we know the answers that will make this type of cancer an artifact?
"I do think we will have the cause and how to prevent it figured out before 25 years," Love says. "There is no reason we can't be the generation that stops this disease once and for all."


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The situation of the Kurdish people and the concern for their liberation and freedom dominate to a large extent the epic of M&Z. The viewpoints of Khani in this regard and the message that he wanted to communicate to his people have been expressed in different ways, that we can classify as follows:
A. Parts that deal directly with the conditions of the Kurdish people, the political situation in Kurdistan at that time and refer to the possible horizons of the future. These parts can be described as political, in which Khani wrote entirely about political issues and the terms he used can be considered, if the time in which Khani lived is taken into consideration, political.
B. Parts that do not deal with political issues directly but the contents and aims of which, are in line with the the political views of Khani. These are the parts that deal with the Kurdish language, Kurdish literature, the anthropological aspects of Kurdish society and Kurdish history.
The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were crucial and hard times in the history of Kurdistan. Khani, who lived in the second half of 17th century and the beginning of 18th century, saw the results of the events and catastrophes that had taken place in Kurdistan and experienced them. The battle of Chaldiran between the Ottomans and the Safavids on 23rd August, 1514 A.D., ended with the defeat of the latter and resulted in the division of Kurdistan between the two empires. That division was the beginning of a long period full of tragedies and bitter experiences for the Kurdish people and its consequences have lasted up to the present day.
The appearance and development of several semi-independent Kurdish principalities, the continuous wars between the Ottomans and the Safavids and the fact that both sides used the Kurds against each other were characteristics of the situation then. In addition, the "official" borderlines were signed between the Safavid Shah Safiuddin and the Ottoman caliph Sultan Murad IV, in 1639 A.D., and led to the final official division of Kurdistan. The Ottomans did their best to use the Kurds in their wars against the Safavids, but, at the same time, they tried fiercely, to kindle rivalries among the Kurdish principalities themselves, lest they unite and potentially form a danger to their expansionist empire.
There were several principalities in Kurdistan at the time of Khani. It is obvious from his M&Z that he spent many years in the principality of Botan which was the most powerful Kurdish principality at the time.
In 1066 A.H. when Khani was still five years old, the great and powerful principality of Bidlis (also called Bitlis and Batlis) collapsed and te rule of the Bidlisi dynasty came to an end. This dynasty played a great role in the history of the Kurdish people; many prominent poets, statesmen and historians emerged from that family such as Mulla (or Hakin) Idris Bidlisi (d. 926 A.H.) who wrote the first history of the Ottoman empire, Hasht Bihisht (The Eight Paradises), and Sharaf Khan-I Bidlisi (1543-1604 A.D.) author of the famous history of the Kurds or the Sharafnama.
The Kurdish principalities were almost always divided and entered into violent rivalries against each other. For a Kurdish thinker like Khani, that situation manifested two different characteristics:
1. The miserable conditions of an occupied and divided country and an oppressed people.
2. The expectations that Kurdish rulers and princes would think of their country and the future of their people and would consequently try to unite in order to establish a united and strong state.
These were then the main characteristics of Kurdish nationalism as thought out by Ahmad-i Khani when he wrote his epic M&Z. he was the best one to express the conditions of his people in a literary way and the best representative of Kurdish nationalism at that hard and complicated period of the history of Kurdistan. C. J. Edmonds states: "Both before and after the suppression of the principalities there were frequent risings against one or other of the suzerain governments, in which the chiefs appealed to racial sentiments to rally their followers. Verses are quoted from the national epic Mam u Zin (the Kurdish Romeo and Juliet) of Ahmad-e Khani of Botan (1650-1706) as evidence that Kurdish nationalism has its roots deep in the past" 1.
Khani considered the main features of the circumstances in Kurdistan to be its occupation by both the Ottoman and the Safavid empires. Both empires turned Kurdistan into a battlefield and both spared no effort to destroy the country and humiliate its people. The greater part of Kurdistan was dominated by the Ottomans, particularly after the defeat of the Safavids in the battle of Chaldiran.
In spite of all that, Khani did not regard Kurdistan as part of any of these two empires. He regarded Kurdistan as an occupies country and the two empires as occupation powers.
Wars between the Ottomans and the Safavids lasted more than one century and brought about the destruction of Kurdistan. The empires, moreover, were
humiliating the Kurdish rulers and chieftains and were attacking them fiercely. The Safavids, under Shah 'Abbas II (1585-1628) fought against Amir Khan Yakdast, ruler of Biradost principality, who had built Qala-y Dimdim (Dimdim fortress) as his capital. The war lasted for several months, but, at the end (in 1017 A.H.), the Kurds, who ran out of ammunition and water, were defeated, but did not surrender. When the occupational army entered the castle they found that all the men were dead and the women had hanged or hurled themselves down the high walls of the castle lest they be taken captive by the enemy. There are now many folk songs composed about that tragic war and the bravery shown by the Kurds. The late Kurdish Soviet writer 'Arab-e Shamo, also called 'Arab Shamilov (1897-1978) based his novel Dimdim on the very event.2
1- Edmonds, C. J.: Kurdish Nationalism, The Journal of Contemporary History, 6 (1970), 2, pp. 88-89.
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The Sedona Yoga Festival, in its second year, is billed as a consciousness evolution conference, and offers yoga, meditation, Kirtan, and a host of other offerings. The Sedona Yoga Festival is proud to partner with Give Back Yoga, The Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, and StudioLiveTV.
The 108 yoga classes and workshops include Acro & Slackline Yoga, The Business of Yoga, Using Ancient Ayurveda, Qi Gong, Chakra work, and photography. The presenters include Suzanne Bryant, Robert Sturman, Mark & Heather Titus, Beryl Bender Birch, Mark Whitwell, and Rob Schware, just to name a few.
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Daniel Booria was charged with mischief after he tied more than 100 balloons to a lawn chair, strapped a parachute on his back, and set sail over the city.
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An appeals court has agreed with an Ohio woman who said her parking citation should be tossed because the village law was missing a comma.
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World's 'ugliest' dog crowned at California pageant
A plucky mixed breed with a humped back and pit bull heritage is the epitome of ugly excellence.
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This is a diversified criminal.
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An Ohio theater accidentally switched the feel-good Disney flick for a horror movie.
'Snickers Salad' among this year's new fair foods
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NEW YORK -- Miley Cyrus' foam finger, Lady Gaga's thong, Taylor Swift's mean streak and the look on Rihanna's face while Drake performed will surely be remembered, but these MTV Video Music Awards belonged to Justin Timberlake.
Timberlake briefly reunited with 'N Sync, won moonman trophies including top honor video of the year for "Mirrors," received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and managed to overshadow most of today's top pop stars while doing it.
"I don't deserve the award, but I'm not going to give it back," he said. "I'm taking this home."
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were the night's other top winners, taking home trophies for best hip-hop video and best cinematography for "Can't Hold Us," and best video with a social message for "Same Love." They performed that song with Mary Lambert and Jennifer Hudson in a show-stopping moment.
"Gay rights are human rights," Macklemore said during the telecast. "There is no separation."
It was one of the few poignant moments in a night filled with spectacle, spite and lots of skin.
Up till then, the ladies of pop music dominated. An X-rated Cyrus became the rare artist to upstage the recently rehabilitated Lady Gaga, but a vengeful Swift managed to take the spotlight from both after appearing to utter an expletive to Selena Gomez when One Direction and rumored former love interest Harry Styles appeared -- a moment that lit up Twitter and was memorialized immediately in a GIF online.
Swift wasn't the only one with a strong reaction to One Direction -- cheers mixed with boos as they won song of the summer for "Best Song Ever."
And she gave a shout out to an unnamed former beau for helping her win another moonman trophy for "I Knew You Were Trouble" in the best female video category.
"I also want to thank the person who inspired this song, who knows exactly who he is, because I got one of these," Swift said. "Thank you so much!"
Gaga changed costumes four times during her first return to the stage since hip surgery as she performed her new single "Applause" at the top of the show. It was a predictably unpredictable appearance for Gaga, who pumped in boos over the sound system as she appeared in a white evocation of a nun's habit and square headdress.
By the time she finished, she was surrounded by unitard-clad male dancers and wearing a thong bikini decorated in shells and a long blonde wig.
Cyrus immediately kicked things up well beyond provocative, however, as she appeared on stage with a multitude of dancing teddy bears in a bodysuit adorned with a cartoon character. She gyrated to her song "We Can't Stop," changed into a nude bikini, ran a fan's foam finger along her privates as Robin Thicke appeared on stage to perform "Blurred Lines," then gave the singer a lap dance.
"Miley better go get a pregnancy test after all that grinding," joked comedian Kevin Hart.
Kanye West continued his stark portrayal of new music from his album "Yeezus," performing "Blood on the Leaves" with its controversial Nina Simone "Strange Fruit" sample in silhouette in front of a black and white picture of a tree.
No one got the kind of time Timberlake did, though.
He powered through a breathless series of solo hits before the other four members of 'N Sync joined him on stage, opening with "Bye Bye Bye." Timberlake's "Suit & Tie" also won for best editing and best direction by David Fincher.


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The inspiration for Karen Weaver's colorful, pattern-rich One Fun Summer apparel line? Personal fashion frustration.
Karen Weaver's One Fun Summer apparel line isn't the fulfillment of a lifelong entrepreneurial dream; rather, it was born out of her personal fashion frustration. "We were living in Savannah, Ga., at the time, and I just couldn't find any casual-but-classy tops that were comfortable enough for me to run around in the heat all day, yet still be stylish enough to join my husband for dinner in the evening," says the self-taught seamstress.
Drawn to the universally flattering lines of the classic tunic silhouette, Weaver whipped up a few tops for herself. "I wore them with white cropped pants and sandals to run errands with the kids and used them as swimsuit cover-ups at the pool," she says. "They became my uniform!" When friends — and complete strangers — started asking about her tunics (and almost always commented on the bright, fun and cheerful color combinations), a business was born. Karen launched One Fun Summer on Etsy, and soon after, the Atlanta Apparel Mart asked her to be one of 10 "Emerging Designers" at their huge August 2012 show.
STIR® sat down with Weaver to discuss how she uses her untrained eye to create the vibrantly hued color combinations that are quickly becoming the trademark of One Fun Summer.
STIR: What comes first when you're selecting fabrics — color, pattern or a combination of both?
Karen Weaver (KW): For me, color and pattern go hand in hand when selecting fabrics. To qualify as a One Fun Summer–type fabric, the color must have that preppy, nautical, shore-to-city vibe that's my signature. As for the pattern, it must be of the correct scale so that it looks good when worn, meaning it's not too small or too large.
STIR: How do fabrics make the cut for One Fun Summer pieces?
KW: Selecting colors, and the fabrics that follow, is the most enjoyable part of my business! I absolutely love fabrics. I can spend hours looking — I kind of get lost in it. When a certain fabric gives me butterflies in my stomach, I know I've found a contender.
STIR: Does One Fun Summer have a signature color palette?
KW: Navy, the new black, has been at the core of my color palette the past couple of seasons. It's not as harsh as black and goes with so many of my favorite colors — orange, yellow and hot pink.
STIR: Your tunics often feature two contrasting fabrics. How do you know which colors will play nicely with each other?
KW: Very often fabric designers produce a palette that includes complementary colors rendered in both a larger-scale and smaller-scale design. So to some degree, selecting the two fabrics that will strike the right chord is almost done for me. The trick is to select the color combinations that will excite my buyers.
STIR: Where do you receive color inspiration? How do you keep track of what you love?
KW: I get my color inspiration from all sorts of places — food, flowers, storefronts. My last inspiration actually came while watching one of my favorite '80s movies, Dirty Dancing. I keep track of my online fabric finds using Pinterest. I pin the actual swatches of fabric that make it into my final selection process on a corkboard in my studio.


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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - One-sided and lopsided.
Top-ranked Wartburg left little doubt about being head and shoulders above the rest of the Iowa Conference.
The Knights won the first nine matches and powered their way to a decisive 29-3 victory over No. 12 Coe Friday night at Eby Fieldhouse. Wartburg (12-0 overall) handed Coe its first Iowa Conference loss, moving into first with a 3-0 IIAC mark and claiming its 160th straight conference dual win.
For the most part, Coe (9-5, 3-1 IIAC) was out-manned. They dominated just about every offensive category, owning a 21-3 takedown advantage. Wartburg had five points each from nearfalls and riding time, while Coe had none. Coe didn't hold a lead in the first 64 minutes of the dual.
"It was good," Wartburg co-head coach Eric Keller said. "Guys went out there and fought their butts off.
"Overall, it was a good team effort. Those are the ones that make you feel good."
The Kohawks put up a challenge in a few bouts, but couldn't score key points to swing it in their favor.
"There were matches on paper that were winnable," said Coe Coach John Oostendorp, whose Kohawks drop from first to third in the conference standings. "There were matches with critical moments in them and we didn't do the right things to win them. Against good individuals you have to take advantage of those opportunities."
Third-ranked Gilberto Camacho opened the dual with an 8-1 decision over All-American Jimmy Gotto at 125 and the Knights didn't look back. Top-ranked 133-pounder Kenny Anderson and Kodie Silverstri (149) posted major decisions, sandwiching Tommy Mirocha's 7-1 decision over Drew Hinschberger at 141.
Cole Welter fought off a late takedown attempt by Dmitri Boyer, holding on for a 5-4 win and giving Wartburg a 20-0 lead halfway through the dual.
Things snowballed for the Knights and it was tough for Coe to slow the roll. It may have contributed to the result but it wasn't a big factor overall.
"They are 18 to 20-year-old kids watching their buddies in front of them, it always helps to get some momentum going," Oostendorp said. "On the other side, each match is an individual match and you have your minutes to go out and do what it takes to be successful."
Coe battled in the next matches, despite Wartburg's top-ranked Landon Williams (165), No. 4 Dylan Azinger (174), No. 5 184-pounder Sam Upah and sixth-ranked Puna Soriano won decisions. Azinger used two third-period takedowns to beat No. 6 Ethan Ball, 7-4. Upah had a takedown and reversal to drop All-American Scott King.
"I don't think it was a lack of fight," Oostendorp said. "Where there guys were good, and their good up and down the lineup, they pulled the trigger at key times."
Alex Burkle was the lone bright spot for Coe. The fourth-ranked heavyweight scored takedowns in the first two periods, adding a reversal in the third to beat No. 6 Ryan Fank, 6-4.
"I still need to get work on the bottom," Burkle said. "I still need to work on my front-headlocks. There were a few moves I could have scored on. We lost the dual, but I got my (win), everybody's got room to improve."
Burkle was fazed by his teammates results, focusing on his preparation.
"I get in my own little zone," Burkle said. 'My brother (and Coe assistant coach) Tyler (Burkle) does a good job coming back here and keeping me calm and talking me through things, keeping my head level."
In the IIAC finals last year, Burkle wrestle Fank in Eby Fieldhouse and suffered a fluke knee injury that cost him a conference title and a chance to compete at the NCAA tournament. He underwent surgery and has rebounded with a 19-4 record this season. He has 90 career wins, which is 18th all-time at Coe.
"He's doing a good job," Oostendorp said about Burkle. "I like where he's at right now."
The Kohawks will look to move on from Friday's performance. They will address the things that are fixable and pouting is out of the question.
"You can't feel sorry for yourself, that's for sure," Oostendorp said. "Go back and go to work."
Both teams will compete at Cornell's Matman Invitational at Small Multi-Sport Center on Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m.
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Charivari or shivaree or chivaree was originally a French folk custom, a noisy mock serenade for newlyweds. It was also sometimes used as a form of social coercion, to force an as-yet-unmarried couple to wed. "Charivari" is the original French word, and is used in both English and French in Canada, while "shivaree" is used in the United States and "chivaree" is used in Ontario Canada.
In charivari, people of the local community gather around to "celebrate" a marriage, usually one they regard as questionable, gathering outside the window of the couple. They bang metal implements or use other items to create noise in order to keep the couple awake all night. Sometimes they wear disguises or masks.
The custom dates from the Middle Ages and originates from France where it was a regular custom after weddings. Later it became a form of protest against socially disapproved marriages, for example the marriage of widows before completing the socially acceptable period of mourning. In the early 1600s, the Council of Tours forbade charivari and threatened its practitioners with excommunication. Nevertheless, the custom continued in rural areas.
Shivaree has been practiced in much of the United States, though it is mostly a product of the frontier. Some regional variants include "belling", "horning", and "serenading". Although there were many accounts in the early half of the 20th century, it is thought to have mostly died out. In Canada, charivari has been known to take place in Ontario, Quebec, and the Atlantic provinces, but not as an expression of disapproval. The custom appears to still be alive and well in the farming communities of Southwestern Ontario. As recently as April 2008, a charivari took place in Haldiman county in which modern noisemakers included shotguns and chainsaws.
The origins of the word "charivari" are likely from the roman caribaria, meaning headache or the greek kerebaria: kera (head), barys (heavy), named for the effect of the cacophony on the hapless newlyweds. The tradition has been practiced for at least 700 years as it is depicted in an engraving in "Roman de Fauvel"- an early 14th century French manuscript.
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Charivari is also a German word for "shiny" and in Bavaria refers to the silver ornaments worn with lederhosen.
Charivari is also the name/call sign of a radio station in Nuremberg, Germany in the state of Bavaria. In legal parlance, charivari also means discordant voices.
Charivari (also known as "riding the stang") was a community ritual in which a person (typically a wife) had been accused of scolding, or beating, or otherwise abusing the other sex, she is made to "ride the stang". "Ride the stang" simply meant that a woman would be placed backwards on a horse and paraded through a town being mocked at, and banged pots and pans at her all through town.
The Charivari was used as an instrument to belittle those that married but could not consummate their marriage. An example of this happenstance took place in the Mid-1500's to a man named Martin Guerre in the village of Artigat.


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Tiffany Hayes, Nikki Greene
Sunday March 25, 2012 Kingston, RI. Connecticut Huskies guard Tiffany Hayes #3 in action against Penn State Lady Lions forward/center Nikki Greene #54 in the 1st half of the regional sem-final game in the Kingston Regional, Penn State vs Connecticut at The Ryan Center in Kingston,RI. Bill Shettle / Cal Sport Media (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: Mar 25, 2012