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Tirupathi Chandrupatla
Lasting Peace - Poem by Tirupathi Chandrupatla
Freedom's cherished
Oppression's opposed
Movements're created
To bring in a change.
No one knows precisely
What the change's for
But all they seem to need's
A set up that's different.
They fight, they burn
They destroy property
Public's inconvenienced
The dictator now deposed.
Promising seems the change
Enter now the disagreements
Who gets the power?
What party'll reign?
When differences arise
It's easy to get into
A vicious fighting mode
Hard it's to compromise.
All the welcome movements
Seem to end this way
Let good sense prevail
And bring in a lasting peace.
Topic(s) of this poem: peace
Poet's Notes about The Poem
Comments about Lasting Peace by Tirupathi Chandrupatla
Shahzia Batool (8/18/2013 8:13:00 AM)
A very thoughtful poem on the socio-political situation everywhere...
Let good sense prevail
And bring in a lasting peace.
the lines quoted above are the essence of the whole poem...and the good sense has a wider implication, reminding me of Alexander Pope's vision as well in these lines:
How vain are all these glories, all our pains,
Unless good sense preserve what beauty gains
thanks for the poem! ! ! (Report) Reply
Patricia Grantham (8/17/2013 8:01:00 AM)
Will the world continue to exist if there is no peace? We all have to
play a part in this ongoing process. Even if it begins in our families,
communities, even within ourselves. Until we are willing to give up
a right and put others first then peace will abound. A very potent write. (Report) Reply
Ramesh Rai (8/16/2013 8:07:00 AM)
what is the freedom means to destroy the public property to create chaos. getting the value of freedom deterirated. a powerful write. (Report) Reply
Valsa George (8/16/2013 7:40:00 AM)
Peace treaties are often made, which hardly anyone strives to abide! Peace talks are often held, but they end up as mere farce! Let everyone really feel that peace is liberty in tranquillity! A powerful write! ! (Report) Reply
Adheez Van Der Beanthz (8/16/2013 5:38:00 AM)
Peace is something that we want, we continue to strive
and you have delivered the message with very precise
a poem that inspires and very meaningful for humanity
thanks for sharing and i invite you to read mine (Report) Reply
David Wood (8/16/2013 5:15:00 AM)
Reconcilliation is the key word, nobody seems to understand what reconcilliation means. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. (Report) Reply
Heather Wilkins (8/15/2013 9:46:00 PM)
a good poem on lasting peace. peace is the best for this world (Report) Reply
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Monday, June 23, 2014
USING children to beg or to sell food was a form of child labour and parents attending the opening of the Farmers Carnival in Lautoka were warned against engaging their children in the illegal activity.
Divisional police commander West Senior Superintendent Salacieli Navilawasa said they noted an increase in the number of children being used to beg in the Sugar City despite government programs that were implemented to assist the poor and their children.
"Despite the free education system in place, children are still being sent by their parents or guardians to beg on the street in the name of education," he said.
"This indicates that parents are engaging children to meet family commitments which are supposed to be the responsibility of parents.
"For whatever the reason may be, child begging is a form of child labour."
Mr Navilawasa said another example of child labour was children being used to sell roti parcels around the city.
He said children should be at home studying in the evenings and not forced to sell roti parcels or food for their education needs.
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This past Monday I took Bill for a walk up in the foothills of West Reno near Hunter Creek…
I'd like to start by saying, a hike/walk is traditionally supposed to be a relaxing enjoyable experience. Am I wrong is saying so? This little walk-about was great for the most part… Lots of fresh air, plenty of trees and other majesty to look at. But then I remembered Bill isn't totally all there when it comes to the command "Come." This can be upsetting when night is falling and you have places to be. You see, Bill has no concept of appointments, night time, those types of things… This means our little hour long walk/hike-about became a two-hour long adventure I was not quite prepared for.
Having said that, it would have just been a walk without Bill. I hope I get to take this pup on many more walks because with your dog it's not just a walk, it's an adventure.
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Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Brilliant Ensemble Work in
Female Transport's first premiere was at Half Moon Company in London in 1973; since that date, many colleges and universities in the U.K. and the U.S. have presented this historical piece about a time when women were mere chattels and taught to suspect each other and compete for male approval in a society that was dominated by men.
The one hour, 45 minute drama is a tough, realistic and detailed account of the hardships endured by six females whose crimes were purse-cutting, prostitution and "false pretenses." Their sentences were long stretches of penal servitude in the new colonies in Australia. They were transported in British war ships that were badly overcrowded since most of the navy's fleet was occupied with the war with the American colonies. The ships were captained by young inexperienced British officers and sergeants who were looking for extra profit through the transportation.
Female Transport opens with the women entering a dank and dark cell in the hold of the ship. This will be their home for the long and arduous six-month journey around Cape Hope to Sydney. They will have to endure worm-ridden food, putrid water and rats. The cruel sergeant (Steven Anthony Jones) will be their caretaker, helped by a 16-year-old first mate Tommy (Jomar Tagatac).
The women must overstress their individuality, and they are ferociously independent of men and each other. They all have betrayed someone in the past to gain their independence. Winnie (Colleen Harris) is designated as the "matron" of the group against her will, and she becomes the mother figure of the group. Nance (Gwynee Flanagan), an independent rebel against the authority of the men, says, "There's no 'ope in 'ere less we all stick together." During the trip's progress we see cutting exchanges and taunting among the women. We see how one goes from being a frightened doe to being completely mad.
Slowly, we see a solidarity rise among the women. Nance, who has endured floggings and tortures for her defiance, earns the respect of the five other women. When the hatch door of the ship opens upon landing in Sydney at the end of their trip, and harsh sunlight comes streaming in, these convicts are different women.
Gwynne Flanagan, Colleen Harris, Anna Olivia Moore, Sarayu Rao and Allison Jean White play these convicts not as caricatures but as real persons. The cockney accents are flawless, and when they get angry or even slightly mad, they do not overstep the traits that could make them cartoonish. These are great actresses in the making. They are third year graduating students and will be making the rounds in New York and other cities for future roles in theatre. All are excellent.
A.C.T. core actor Steven Anthony Jones (Scrooge in Christmas Carol plus other great A.C.T. roles) plays the cruel Sarge. Jones does not overplay the cruelty of the sergeant, and there is a certain amount of humanity in the performance. Jomar Tagatac (young Scrooge in A Christmas Carol) is excellent as the naïve first mate who becomes a man before the ship arrives in Sydney harbor. His transformation and his indecision about whose side he is on is beautifully accomplished by his acting. He is also a third year student of the Master of Fine Arts Program.
Peter Allen Stone plays the surgeon who believes in humane treatment of the girls but also has a dark side to his personality. (Stone had trouble with the accent on opening night at the beginning of the play when explaining that these girls were being transported for petty criminal acts. His speech patterns were rushed and this made it most difficult, along with the accent, to tell what he was saying. I understand this will be cleared up by the director.) Reid Morgan in the small role of the captain seems a bit too young to be the captain of the British man o' war, but as he explains, all of the older captains are out fighting the Americans in the war. He has a Northern English accent that is very good. All of the male actors, with the exception of Steven Anthony Jones, are third year students of the program.
Director Anne Kauffman (The Typographer's Dream at Encore and The Loyal Opposition at New York Theatre Workshop) does impressive work on this production. She has made what could have been over the top performances into presentations of real human beings. The scenic and lighting design by Alexander V. Nichols is amazing. He makes the stage look like the hold of a British frigate, with its prison like structure. With the Zeum Theatre being small, you are actually almost in the hold of the ship, giving a feeling of imprisonment. It is a strange sensation.
Female Transport will play in Repertory with Lilies through April 3rd at the Zeum Theatre, Yerba Buena Gardens (Fourth and Howard) San Francisco. Tickets are available by calling the A.C.T. box office at 415-749-2228 or by visiting www.act-sf.org.


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just wondering. tried to find it on torhead but couldnt
just wondering. tried to find it on torhead but couldnt
Edit: Sorry, It's early and I'm tired
You get it as soon as you get your advanced class, but only scoundrel smugglers and sniper agents get access to it.
gunslinger I guess you mean?
hmm thats interesting, do scoundrels and operatives use cover at all then? or do they rely on stealth?
Scoundrels and Operatives get Stealth, but Gunslingers and Snipers do not.
Gunslingers and Snipers get Portable Cover, but Scoundrels and Operatives do not.
ah interesting, I didnt know that thanks for fast replies.


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Couple want to swap county life for city living
Want to house swap with a couple eager to exchange their country life for a city pad?
Twelve years ago, Connie and Paul Copage designed and built the home of their dreams near Portumna, Co Galway, where the river Shannon meets the picturesque Lough Derg. Now that all three of their grown-up sons have left home, the five-bedroom dormer house feels far too large for their needs.
"When we built the house, we thought we'd be here for ever," 53-year-old Connie said. "But now, so many of the rooms are not being used, though we still have to keep the whole house heated.
"The house sits on half an acre and there is a freshwater stream running through the grounds. It's a house we'd love to literally pick up and move to Dublin."
This may be a physical impossibility but the couple are striving for what they perceive as the next best thing – permanently swapping the home they lovingly christened Willow Brook House for a property of similar value in the capital. The Copages, who are entrepreneurs, want to move to Dublin to help one of their sons grow his new media production business.
"We're trying to find a family in Dublin who want a larger property in the countryside," Connie said. "We had initially planned to sell our own property and rent temporarily in Dublin, but that would tie us into a lease for a period of time and we would have to pay for furniture storage until we bought a home of our own. If you swapped homes, we wouldn't have those considerations."
The concept of temporarily swapping homes with someone else for the purpose of a cheap yet exotic holiday has been around for decades. It was given the Hollywood treatment in 2006, when Cameron Diaz's character in 'The Holiday' traded her California mansion for Kate Winslet's quaint cottage in England for Christmas. Romance ensues for both characters in their transatlantic adventures – naturally.
Exchanging homes on a permanent basis is a whole lot less glamorous, but it has become a niche method for Irish property owners seeking to unshackle themselves from a home when they immediately need to upgrade, downsize or relocate. It's a tempting option for cash-strapped families who need to live near grandparents willing to babysit or for those eager to escape the city rat-race by moving to a larger home in the country.
It is particularly appealing for homeowners struggling to sell a property outside Dublin. While house prices in the capital surged by almost 18pc in April from a year earlier, they rose by just 1.3pc in the rest of the country.
Even if owners of property in low-demand areas secure a buyer and find a new home, they may find themselves ineligible for a new mortgage amid the banks' stricter lending criteria. Home loans fell by 3.1pc during the year to April, and property agency Savills has estimated that cash buyers accounted for 57pc of all home purchases in the first six months of last year.
The Copages' Portumna home has been on the market for more than a year, with a price tag of €365,000, to no avail.
"When a home is priced over a certain threshold in a rural area, it's harder to sell than the less expensive properties," Connie said. "An auctioneer told us he believed a house swap made more sense."
House swaps are essentially the same as traditional transactions, albeit without the need for bridging finance or for moving into rental accommodation while shopping around for a new property after selling a home. Both sides of a swap transaction typically close simultaneously, eliminating the risk of being saddled with two mortgages at once. However, experts recommend not swapping with someone who owes more money on their house than what it is worth, because they could have a tough time getting financing.
Because there are only two parties involved in the transaction from the outset, house swappers don't need to vacate their home when potential buyers come knocking. They don't have to constantly tidy up at the last minute, or brew coffee and bake bread to make the home smell nice, since there are no strangers nosing around their kitchen. And it's unlikely you will be gazumped when you find your house swap partner because there are no cash buyers waiting in the wings to outbid you.
House swapping was momentarily popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when only the homeowner who was trading up had to pay stamp duty, and only then on the price difference between the houses swapped. The practice slid into obscurity, however, after the Revenue Commission- ers clamped down on it, concerned they were missing out on crucial stamp duty earnings.
Nowadays, both parties have to sell their respective houses to each other, thereby attracting stamp duty in each case, according to Harry Sothern, a Carlow-based estate agent who facilitated house swaps in the county in 2009 and 2010 after some of his listings failed to sell the conventional way.
However, Sothern believes few auctioneers are interested in enabling house swaps because they rarely make a commission from what he views as a complicated transaction.
"If someone in Carlow is looking to swap with someone in Galway, I won't know the value of homes in Galway," he said. "It could be a tool for very rural areas that are not benefiting from the property recovery in Dublin. But it's very difficult to put people together."
Neil Sweeney has discovered this for himself. He and wife Nichola thought swapping homes would be an "easy and affordable" method of relocating from the three-bedroom home they own outright in Kentstown, Co Meath, to Ashbourne, where their parents live, especially since they had found a family willing to consider the switch.
The Sweeneys bought in the village in 2007. Nichola has to commute from Kentstown to Dublin for work every morning and collect their two children from two separate schools in Meath in the afternoon. Her husband Neil works in Swords.
"We are really just sleeping in Kentstown," he said. "If we were living in Ashbourne, we wouldn't need a child minder and would spend less on petrol."
The couple explored selling their home outright and bid for four separate homes in Ashbourne. Neil says all bids were rejected because the property developer was in receivership and estate agents told him the banks were "sitting on these properties" until prices rose further. The Ashbourne family willing to swap homes with the Sweeneys is still working out the details with their bank.
"I love where we live, but it would be great to lift the house out of the ground and move it to Ashbourne," Neil said. "I'm sure there are thousands of other people who would also love to swap homes. But there is very little information on it out there."
Websites such as Gumtree, Daft and DoneDeal have hundreds of listings between them from homeowners keen to trade homes.
Unlike the UK and American market, though, there is no single Irish website devoted to matching properties to would-be house-swappers.
To contact the Copages about swapping your Dublin home with their Portumna house, click on http://www.cogalwayproperty.com/
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Black Graduate Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Edited by:
Robert T. Palmer, SUNY Binghamton
Adriel A. Hilton, Upper Iowa University
Tiffany Patrice Fountaine, Morgan State University
Published 2012
This book provides context about the experiences of Black graduate and professional students attending HBCUs. Indeed, such research is important, particularly since HBCUs play a significant role in the number of Blacks who receive doctorates and professional degrees (i.e. M.D., D.D.S., J.D. etc.), especially in science and engineering. In fact, according to Redd and Minor (2008), the role of HBCUs in graduate education will become even more significant as more seek to offer graduate and professional programs, particularly at the doctoral level. This book focuses on the historical nature of graduate and professional education at HBCUs and the programs' contribution to society.
Further, it provides context about the experiences of students who have attended these institutions for their post-baccalaureate pursuits. Finally, the book addresses the future of graduate and professional education at HBCUs and what fundamental aspects are needed to ensure their survival, competitiveness, and growth.
This book appeals to faculty, departmental chairs, administrators, and students. Furthermore, higher education scholars, who conduct or have an interest in pursuing empirical research on Black graduate and professional education or the efficacy and relevance of HBCUs, will find this book useful given its unique and comprehensive approach focusing on supporting retaining, and graduating Black graduate students at HBCUs. In addition, this book is an invaluable teaching resource for faculty in Higher Education Administration, Student Affairs, or Sociology program.
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Welland-based company holds job fair in St. Catharines
Hundreds bid for 35 Lakeside Steel jobs
ST. CATHARINES - It's a goal so precious, some started the chase for it waiting on a sidewalk at 3 a.m.
Manufacturing work.
The mere prospect of it - 35 jobs up for grabs at Lakeside Steel in Welland - drew a massive crowd to the Job Gym in St. Catharines. Hundreds of men lined up along King St. Tuesday morning with resumes in hand, hoping for a shot at full-time work, rare as it's been in Niagara.
"It'll be really worth it if I get the job," said 35-year-old Trevor Kennedy, a steelworker from Niagara Falls.
He was laid off a year and a half ago from his last job, and though he tried to hold his own by running a landscaping business, it wasn't the same.
For 41-year-old Thorold South resident Dave McPhail, the hunt was more recent. He said he was laid off from Welland's now-closed Henniges auto plant in September.
"I knew (Lakeside Steel) were hiring, figured I'd just come down, put a resume together, wait in line and get an interview," he said.
"I'm not the only one . There's thousands of people in my position."
Statistics Canada pegged Niagara's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate at a three-month rolling average of 8.2% in October, down just a tick from 8.3% in September.
The provincial unemployment rate in Ontario's was 8.1% in October while nationally it was 7.3%.
The Lakeside jobs drew hundreds by early morning. The job fair began at 7 a.m., and by 9:30 a.m., the agency had already processed almost 200 people, Welland's Job Gym employment programs manager Deanna Villella said.
By the end of the day, she figured Lakeside conducted 370 interviews and took another 150 resumes, including those from the hopefuls remaining when the job fair wrapped up. Some others didn't meet the company's job qualifications, but Villella wasn't sure how many.
"I think people are eager for manufacturing jobs, so we knew the turnout would be higher," she said.
Villella looked at the high turnout as a positive. And she noted it wasn't just the unemployed seeking the positions. Many, she said, came in despite already having jobs.
They're dedicated, too, she said, with some arriving well before dawn.
"I try looking at things in the positive, but a lot of these people have a lot to offer a company and deserve the opportunity."
The job market is perking up a bit, said Niagara Employment Help Centre employment co-ordinator Mark Carl, a Welland Ward 1 city councillor.
But it's usually fragmentary, he said - a couple jobs here, a couple more there. Mass hirings tend to be rare.
"Manufacturing, warehousing, is coming back," he said. "Slowly. A lot of people are looking for machinists."
But they tend to be smaller outfits - 10 or 20 employees. And they don't pay quite as well.
Rarer still, he said, are the secure, high-paying manufacturing jobs of olde.
"It's more difficult and takes a lot more effort to get a job with benefits and pensions now," Carl said.
He said with the market so crowded, employers are looking for education, good skills and a commitment to continuing to learn. And he said keeping positive is key to landing the big job, because employers tend to identify it right away.
There are jobs to be found for those willing to look at other options, said Clara Fisher, manager of Niagara College Employment and Training Solutions. She said workers may have to take a job at a smaller employer or even take a pay cut, but at least it's work.
And she said retraining and second-career programs are other options. So is switching to a different field.
"We're starting to see changes in that," she said. "People may change two or three (fields) or jobs in their entire history of work."
She said the job market is especially tough on older workers, many of whom she said expect to stick loyally with a company. While it's a challenge for young people, she said they're more likely to expect it.
"There's opportunities," Fisher said. "It's a matter of looking at opportunities and trying to change what you're used to in the past."
David Alexander, executive director of the Niagara Workforce Planning Board, said high unemployment is still a concern here. And Niagarans should keep aware of outside economic turmoil, particularly in Europe.
He said we're coming out of a change period, with most levels of government wrapping up elections and heading into budget talks.
"We're still in a period of recovery, as are a number of regions," he said. "We need to be optimistic about some of our plans."
Lakeside Steel could not be reached. Calls made placed by The Tribune last week, in an attempt to learn why the job fair was not held in Welland, were never returned.
* Trevor Kennedy, 35, of Niagara Falls: Kennedy said he was laid off from a steel plant in the Falls a year and a half ago. He's had four steel jobs and all have ended in a plant closure. Most recently, he tried his hand at landscaping, but it was no compensation for what he's lost.
* Dave McPhail, 41, of Thorold: McPhail said he worked for years at Henniges auto plant in Welland before being laid off in September. That plant closed Oct. 1.
* Kevin L'Italien, 40, of Welland: L'Italien said he spent more than 19 years working for Henniges before losing his job when the plant closed. He said Lakeside Steel is all the more attractive for him because it's close to home.
* Floyd Thibeault of Welland: Thibeault has worked at a steel plant in Hamilton for 24 years but said the commute out of town is becoming a grind. He suffered through a pay cut three years ago and said he's looking for work nearer to where he lives.
* Marcel Therrien, 51: Therrien, who has 18 years' experience in manufacturing and 14 working with pipe, said he last worked at Welland Pipe but has been out of work for three months. He said he hoped his experience would give him an edge on landing a Lakeside job.


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I had a C-Section in december 2007 and i still have really sharp pains and i just wondering if this is common among the other moms.
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I had a C-Section in december 2007 and i still have really sharp pains and i just wondering if this is common among the other moms.
Maninder - posted on 01/22/2013
its too long ...
i had my c sec in march 2009 n still nw i have small tingling sensations which cant be called pain but it is very much discomfortable feeling . it usually occurs when ther is whether change or i work a lot. but no sharp pain. go n see ur doc for this
Alison - posted on 08/13/2010
I had my c.section back in July 2007. I was not stitched back up I was stapled and I get horrid pains when it is 2-3 days before my cycle starts, all through my bbleeding of the cycle and then for nother 2-3 days after the bleeding has finished. My scar is still very visible and you can feel where the skin has knitted itself back together
Becky - posted on 11/13/2012
Yep...had mine in 2005 and sometimes I scratch so much I bleed. The tingling itch can be MADDENING at times!!
Meaza - posted on 11/13/2014
I had c-section three months ago on the right side of my C-section between my belly and my C-section I get really bad but every time when I put clothes on. Is anyone know what to do with it or what makes it go s way?
Tina - posted on 10/26/2013
Every other month.... The lower part of my stomach hurts bad it feels like my stomach is about to fall out...... ugh Had C-Section 4yrs Ago
Amanda - posted on 08/19/2016
Yes i feel like im having constant contractions, all it takes is a lite push in the area and i feel like something is trying to come out
Tmaley05 - posted on 05/29/2016
had my c-section 11 yrs ago still too this day it itches and i still have the extra weight from the c-section it sux im thinking that maybe the ob who did my surgery of the birth of daughter. my normalob was on vacation the time of my delivery it hurt and having the extra weight of flappy skin not ood for me so i have been having other issget it fixedues since her birth february of 2005 when she born wish i could
Elena - posted on 06/29/2015
I've had two c-sections and the second was extremely painful.. My friend suggested wearing a belly binder to protect the incision and speed the healing process, and it worked wonders! I couldn't believe how great I felt when I wore it! It also tightened the loose, excess skin that many women experience after pregnancy. The brand of belly binder that I purchased was BraceAbility.com.. Here's the link to the brace I purchased!
Marylynn M - posted on 03/29/2015
18 years
Marylynn M - posted on 03/29/2015
Its been 18 years sinceI had my c-section
Marylynn M - posted on 03/29/2015
my c-section opened up like the skin was rubbing against each other and gets red and bleeding alittle and I can not put on my pants,,so What can I do its painful and it doesnt always stayit goes away,but I do not wear tight pants?
Amanda - posted on 01/06/2015
I feel like the Doctor left something in me and now got to wait cause the Doctor Brodnik won't release for three months i hate feeling this bad i feels like needles and I still have a big red purple scar and my son is almost 5 months old i wish for some HELP and my other son was ac section too but Dr Shama move to Charleston he was the best didn't feel no pain 6 weeks after having a c-section and was healed i JUST can't take the pain anymore i looklike the last Dr butchered me
Lisa - posted on 09/11/2014
I am 6 months post C-section and I still have a ton of pain, pulling and I feel like I have an acid burn over half of my stomach.
Din - posted on 03/28/2014
It's been almost 6 weeks for me and I still am sore and in some type if discomfort. I've been told that it's part of the healing and to expect a slower process as it is my third. But I don't feel right about it so I had a check up this week. And my doctor assured me my incision-- which got infected is healing well. The soreness and tenderness is part of it. Honestly, I'm playing it easy till I have my post partum check up next week and should the pain be just the same, I sure hope my doctor has a better explanation.
Ps it's kindda hard to take it easy at home if you're alone. My DS does not want to be put down. I have 2 older boys 8 & 6 who are quite independent but still need my attention here and there. Hope we all heal well mommies!
Liezl - posted on 05/23/2013
My son is 15 months and my scar is still a bit tender and really sensitive at times. I have a condition that causes all scars to heal horribly, so that adds to it as well. My doctor says the sensitivity is normal for most C-Sections, though, because the nerve endings have to attach again and that can cause a lot of sensitivity.
Danielle - posted on 04/20/2013
I had a C-section 14 mths ago and still have stinging pains well it feels as though it's buring, I still have sharp pains when it's about to rain.
Cedes - posted on 03/01/2013
I had a cs 7mnths ago and everytime it's bad weather where I am I have pains and when I move alot of heavy stuff!!
Wendy - posted on 01/27/2013
I had a csection 4 months ago and my scar feels like it is stinging from
Shellie - posted on 01/21/2013
Wow I didn't realize it been so long.I don't remember ever having pain after c-section past a month.I had four of them
Shellie - posted on 01/21/2013
Three wks and it not hurt but infected on incision.it hurt til I started antibiotic.if leaks pus or funny smell u may want to go see if it is infected.will take awhile to heal.I found using motrin800 every 4hrs helps me.so if u got issues after month go get checked out.u got stitches or staples?staples take lot longer to heal
Jessica - posted on 12/28/2012
I have had 4 c section. In 01, 06, 08 and 5 months ago. I am completely healed with no pain or tenderness and have been for a few months now.
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I had my second child feb 2012. My new dr found that i had some scar tissue and that was the cause of my previous pain. She removed it when i had my second csec. No more sharp pains OH BUT THE ITCHING is still there. Lol
Leah - posted on 11/19/2012
Hrmm, i had my 2nd daughter by c-section in 2010 and don't have any pains, if the pains are really sharp and worrying you, you should definately see a doctor about it.
Amy - posted on 11/13/2012
2 years and yes on the inside and outside
User - posted on 11/12/2012
Well folks it been 11 years for me and the scar still itches.like CRAAAAAAZY! IT'S itching right now. I'm go n to docs tmrw!
Happy - posted on 04/27/2012
I had mine in July 2005. I actually got a major infection after my section and had to have a second surgery and a wound vac to remove the absess. Saying that because my scar looks NOTHING like a typical c section scar, nothing! It spans the width of my abdomen and is 1/4 thick in places. With that said, yeah, at times mine hurts like hell! Especially when I bump it on a table or counter top and when having an u/s (have had 2 kiddos since that birth).
Becky - posted on 04/26/2012
I havn't had any issues with pain since shortly after I had mine in 2005 but I get maddening itchiness. I sometimes feel like I want to scratch through the skin it's so bad. I dont know if its nerve regeneration after all this time or what.
User - posted on 08/13/2011
i just had a c station 6 months ago and its still hurts and sometimes i cant even do what i need to do around the house.
Lisa - posted on 02/19/2011
it can take up to a year for you to heal fully.i had my baby girl in november last year and some times if i move fast or turn funny then it still hurts but most the time i have no problems at all hope that helps x
Michele - posted on 01/26/2011
I have had two cs - first in 2004 and the 2nd in 2007. I was blessed with a great OBGYN who made the incision straight and the scar is hardly noticeable. I had pain for about 1 week after the first. The pain lasted longer after the 2nd. I am trying to recall how long it lasted and I want to say about 1 month. Three years later (today) I am not feeling any pain but I have loss of feeling in certain areas in my lower abdomin which is weird. If I over stretch or bend too hard or try to life something too heavy then I can a twinge a pain around and on my scar.
For the VBAC topic - there is the same risk facters for either a repeat cs or a vbac. There actually is no difference in the risk. It comes down to weather or not you want drugs for a cs instead of no drugs for a vbac. The drugs is what plays a role in the risk.
Katie - posted on 12/19/2010
hey hun,,my only daughter is 13 months old and yes my scar still hurts one year after !my tummy has always been very tender since but i think this is partly do to my having an umbilicle hernia due to my c section.
But right around my stiches has always been quiet tender an sometimes sore,im scared to touch it incase it tears or something even after all this time ha ha xx
Chrissy - posted on 10/19/2010
I had C-Sect's in 99 and in 04 but the last time it was opened was in 05 when I had my hysterectomy. I still have some sharp pains, but I use Cocoa Butter on the scar, and you can barely see it now!!
Cherelle - posted on 10/14/2010
i had a csection in 2009 and i still get sharp pains when i get intimate with my partner it can be quiet annoying, i got told to rub coconut butter on my scar and its helping a little bit not as much as id like tho!
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I had my son by c-section in 2008 and still get sharp pains every once in a while. I usually get them if I hit something or put pressure on my scar, I also have numbness and itching where my scar is located. its perfectly normal. But if it gets to bothersome go to the doctor and have it checked out.
Brandy - posted on 10/12/2010
i had a c-section with my 3rd child in 2008. i experienced some numbness but the sensation came back i to this day have no problems with pain or sharp feeling in or around my scar but i was told it is common being that they cut though muscle and whatever was there. i personally wouldn't worry about. good luck with you little one
Tabby - posted on 10/10/2010
I had mine in Jan 2010. I have no feelings where my scar is... but when I asked if I would ever get feeling back the doctor told me that it's very common to only get sharp pains back after a couple years.
Jade - posted on 10/05/2010
i had mine 19 months ago and mine hurts esp. periods , sex, loo etc docs have scanned me nothing wrong but i even get pain there when i push the buggy up hills :(
Christina - posted on 09/27/2010
I had my first C-section in Nov. 07 and I didnt really have any pain after the 6 wk healing I spent alot of time resting. My 2nd C-section I had this yr in Jan. I healed more quickly with this c-section. On the other hand I have had pain every once in awhile & still do in my scar area. I asked my ob and he told me it is normal. it takes longer to heal on the inside than the out. I always just try to take it easy when I get the pains. Good luck
Lori - posted on 09/16/2010
My son is 19 months old and occasionally my scar feels sore. I dont really ever get sharp pains, it just gets sore and sensitive to the tough, especially if my son has wollered on me a lot or if I have slept on my stomach for too long. I think some discomfort is normal.
Malina - posted on 09/08/2010
my cousin had a c-section with her youngest 16 years ago & she tells me that every now and then it bothers her. i had a c-section back in january & mine only bothers when my son kicks me in that area. other that i'm cool. i guess it depends on the surgeon & your body
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I had my son 3 months ago. I get the occasional sharp pain here and there. Sometimes the muscle in my lower abdomin seems sore. But the main thing for me is my belly still kinda of feels weird to the touch. Not painful, just weird somehow.
Nikki - posted on 08/24/2010
I also had a c-section in December 2007 and had almost all my feeling back ( from the numbness by the scar) I have had another C -section since then in April and I have no sharp pains anymore.
Misti - posted on 08/24/2010
i had mine 3 months ago and i can barley even tell i had one. if it gets pulled on or stretched then yes it hurts and its sometimes alittle sensitive but ive had no problems
Jessica - posted on 08/24/2010
2009 november..doesnt hurt but if sumone stretches it then yes it hurts lol.i get some pains.but other then that its ok.
Chrissy - posted on 08/20/2010
I had my first c-section in 99, had a regular birth in 01 and another c-section in 04....then a hysterectomy in 06, all the same scar and every once in a while I have some shooting pain, but goes away quickly. The Dr. told me that when I had my first c-section the Dr. didn't do a very good job on incision, made it too wide (I have a scar from hip to hip) and he tried to lessen the scar with my c-section in 04, but its still bigger than normal and it prohibits me to do any kind of sit ups!
Kylie - posted on 08/15/2010
I had my first c-section in 2006 and it still hurts four (4) years down the track. My mum gave birth to me 28 years ago by c-section and even her scar still hurts. I'm told that this is more than normal in c-sections, including numbness on and around the surounding area of the scar itself. I could actually prick myself with a needle around the lower region where my scar is and I couldn't feel it but doctor's do say that these symptoms can subside gradually, but overtime...
Danielle - posted on 08/08/2010
I have had two c-section my mom is a doctor. I had pains every once in a while but not all the time. When I asked her about the pains she said about 80 % of women that have c-section do have pains it is totally normal. The pain is caused by your muscle being pulled in a abnormal ways. And to answer your other question about having a nature birth after a c-section yes you it called a VBAC ( vaginal birth after c-section). Smaller hospital don't like giving moms the option due to the health risk that could happen. Most common is your scar is brake open , but that rarely happens. I mother had a nature birth followed but 4 c-section and followed bu 3 more nature birth. So anything is possible you just have to find the right doctor for you and family. Good luck with everything
Lee Ann - posted on 08/07/2010
i had my c-section in 08 and i still have sharp pains from time to time, not to mention its super touchy
Amanda - posted on 08/02/2010
I had that until about January, I finally called the Dr and I was told to get there immediately!! I wound up having endometral tissue getting caught in my c-section scar when they closed it up. It was a simple surgery to fix.
Lauren - posted on 08/02/2010
I had my c-section on July 15th so 2.5 weeks ago and I stopped taking the pain killers after the first week and it hasn't hurt since then.
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it's been a year, i've never had any pain at all and my doctor did a great job or stitching, the scar is almost gone, very faint.
Lesley - posted on 07/25/2010
My first c-section was in '89 and my last in 2006, there are times I get sharp pains....not too often though. There are times when my scar really itches too. I think this is normal, but if you get sharp pains often, I might be tempted to just say something to the dr.
User - posted on 07/24/2010
I don't know about sharp pains but my C Section scar can get quite itchy, but I have hear of a lot of women that have ongoing probs with their scars. Maybe best to see your doctor?
Jessi - posted on 07/24/2010
I have had two kids via c-section, one is 4 and one is 10 months. That went away within a month of the surgery.
Rachel - posted on 07/22/2010
not with my second because i had had so may problems with my first and i have back problems so i could not make it through 36more hrs of labor. but many women do get the option.
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25 Great Warner Bros. films on DVD/Blu-ray, 1926-1967
Here are my picks for 25 must-own Warner Bros. films on DVD and Blu-ray, in chronological order. Films were eligible from 1923 to 1969, when Jack L. Warner stepped down from the studio to become an independent producer. Let the debate begin.
I've denoted cases in which I've reviewed the films mentioned here in earlier entries. Sometimes a film is listed without further comment; this is not meant to diminish them in any way. I will probably deal with them in more detail in future posts, or update this one.
All films are available separately or in boxed sets from Warner Bros. Home Video or its Warner Archive unit unless otherwise noted.
1. "Don Juan" (1926)
Available at Warner Archive
John Barrymore stars as the titular lothario in this silent film, the first to have a synchronized music score and sound effects on disc, using Warner's Vitaphone system. Possibly an ideal entry point for someone new to silent drama, with memorable characterizations by Barrymore, Estelle Taylor as Lucrezia Borgia, and a very young Mary Astor as Adriana della Varnese, the woman who finally captures Don Juan's heart. Great sword fight at the end.
2. "Little Caesar" (1930)
3. "The Public Enemy" (1931)
See Part I and Part II of Reveal Shot's Warner Bros. Gangster series for analysis of these two films. They are available separately or as part of the Ultimate Gangster Collection: Classics on Blu-ray, along with "White Heat" (see below).
4. "I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang" (1932)
See Part III of the WB Gangster series.
5. "The Mystery Of The Wax Museum" (1933)
The 3-D remake of this film, 'House Of Wax" (1953) would certainly be a big draw at the TCM festival after the popular screenings of 3-D classics "Hondo" and "Dial M For Murder" this year, but I prefer the original. Lionel Atwill stars as the wax museum sculptor disfigured in a fire who goes insane and begins to tomb living women in wax. Glenda Farrell is the archetypal wisecracking female reporter who uncovers the horrific facts.
6. "G-Men" (1935)
Warner Bros. does an effective reversal of its gangland dramas, showing one of the roughest of them from the side of law enforcement. Cagney plays a hood who goes straight, first as a lawyer, and then, when a friend is murdered, as an FBI agent. Features strong supporting work from Barton MacLane as the main bad guy, and Ann Dvorak as Cagney's one-time girlfriend who can't escape the criminal milieu. One of the most brutal movies of this period.
7. "The Charge Of The Light Brigade" (1936)
In Errol Flynn Signature Collection, Vol. 2. Also available separately.
I'm mysteriously drawn to tales of British colonial rule of India and other areas in that part of the world. No serious attempt was made to explain the rationale for the infamous charge at Balaclava; it's set up here as the by-product of sibling rivalry, unrequited love and revenge. Max Steiner's score plays an unusually big part in the film's success, and the titular charge is very well done by director Michael Curtiz, despite the deaths of several horses and a stunt man.
8. "The Adventures Of Robin Hood" (1938)
2-Disc Special Edition
The definitive swashbuckler, just ahead of some of Twentieth Century-Fox's Tyrone Power classics. Flynn vs. Basil Rathbone's Sir Guy of Gisbourne can hardly be topped as a screen duel. An eye-opener to anyone you encounter who is skeptical about the glories of three-strip Technicolor (though I guess that would have to be someone who hasn't seen "The Wizard Of Oz" in a while).
9. "Angels With Dirty Faces" (1938)
See Part IV of the Warner Gangster series.
10. "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" (1938)
A stellar adaptation of a clever play, featuring Edward G. Robinson as a doctor who is fascinated by crime, and decides to join a group of thieves on a series of jewel robberies to test his theories. When there is mutual attraction between he and the female member of the gang (Claire Trevor), her erstwhile boyfriend (Humphrey Bogart) starts trouble. See this review at Pretty Clever Films.
11. "The Roaring Twenties" (1939)
See Part V of the Warner Gangster posts.
12. "The Sea Hawk" (1940)
The best of Flynn's pirate movies. Here he's Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe, leader of "The Sea Hawks," a group of English pirates who seize Spanish ships during a time when Queen Elizabeth is ostensibly trying to avoid war with Spain. Thorpe ends up having to fight the Spaniards and a traitor on the Queen's court. If Rathbone had played the traitor, rather than Henry Daniell, the film would have been even better. As it is, only Fox's "The Black Swan" ranks as a better pirate saga.
13. "The Letter" (1940)
You can't have a list of great Warner classics without including Bette Davis. In "The Letter," set on a British rubber plantation, Davis plays Leslie Crosbie, a married woman who shoots her lover to death. She claims self-defense, but that testimony is jeopardized by an incriminating letter she wrote to the dead man that same day, inviting him to her home. When that letter falls into the hands of the victim's wife, Leslie must somehow get it back. The melodrama sometimes seems to be veering out of control, but director William Wyler manages to rein it in, abetted by James Stephenson as Leslie's suspicious lawyer and Herbert Marshall as the cuckolded husband. Davis is fascinating, as usual.
14. "The Maltese Falcon" (1941)
See my entry on this hard-boiled detective story.
15. "Casablanca" (1942)
I can't imagine the trouble I'd be in if I left out this one. Rather than try to summarize its importance here, I defer to this essay from Bright Lights Film Journal.
16. "Mildred Pierce" (1945)
Ann Blyth, who appears here as the title character's evil daughter Veda, was interviewed by Robert Osborne during the TCM Film Festival this year. Raquel Stecher at the Out Of The Past blog covered the event here.
17. "Key Largo" (1948)
18. "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre" (1948)
19. "White Heat" (1949)
20. "Strangers On A Train" (1951)
21. "Giant" (1956)
I wrote up my review of this one after a screening at the TCM Film Festival, and spoke to Warner Home Video's George Feltenstein about the film's restoration.
23. "The Great Race" (1965)
One of my suggestions for next year's TCM Film Fest.
24. "Up The Down Staircase" (1967)
Along with "The Blackboard Jungle," one of the best movies about teaching. This adaptation of Bel Kaufman's 1965 best-seller about the experiences of young Sylvia Barrett (Sandy Dennis), whose first teaching assignment out of grad school lands her at a tough New York City high school. There are lots of intriguing story threads: A fellow English teacher (Patrick Bedford) is brilliant but unable to connect emotionally with a shy girl who has a crush on him; Sylvia gets anonymous notes from an admirer in the class suggestion box; a black kid wants to drop out because he feels overwhelmed by racist attitudes; a gang member interprets Sylvia's kindness to be some kind of sexual proposition. The location photography by the unheralded Joseph Coffey is very good, truly creating the sense of time and place that makes older films so fascinating for audiences decades later. Fred Karlin's music score is contemporary and yet, in pointing to Sylvia's idealism, takes on a baroque sensibility at times.
25. "Cool Hand Luke" (1967)
— David B. Wilkerson


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Judy, You asked us to add this to issue list. Specifically - what do you want us to do on this (final) draft? Thanks G 741 <http://trace.wisc.edu/bugzilla_wcag/show_bug.cgi?id=741> Please add Digital Rights Management and visual verification to issues list. . Related references: 1. Inaccessibility of Visually-Oriented Anti-Robot Tests [1] 2. Accessibility implications of digital rights management [2] [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-turingtest-20031105/ [2] http://www.joeclark.org/access/resources/DRM.html ------------------------ Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. Professor - Depts of Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr. Director - Trace R & D Center University of Wisconsin-Madison < <http://trace.wisc.edu/> http://trace.wisc.edu/> FAX 608/262-8848 For a list of our list discussions http://trace.wisc.edu/lists/ The Player for my DSS sound file is at http://tinyurl.com/dho6b <http://trace.wisc.edu:8080/mailman/listinfo/>Received on Friday, 10 March 2006 23:47:50 UTC
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My Alt tag does not show up in Firefox. It shows up Internet Explorer, but not Firefox. Why?!
Mozilla Firefox is correctly utilizing the ALT tag, unlike Internet Explorer, which is displaying ALT tags as tooltips (hover over an image).
From the Mozilla Developer FAQ: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozilla_Web_Developer_FAQ
"Contrary to a popular belief stemming from the behavior of a couple browsers running on the Windows platform,
alt isn't an abbreviation for 'tooltip' but for 'alternative'. The value of the
alt attribute is a textual replacement for the image and is displayed when the image isn't.
Mozilla doesn't display the
alt attribute as a tooltip, because it has been observed that doing so encourages authors to misuse the attribute.
- When the alternative text is shown in a tooltip, some authors write bad
alttexts, because they intend the text as auxiliary tooltip text and not as a replacement for the image. ('Bad' in the sense that the textual alternative is less useful for people who don't see the image.)
- When the alternative text is shown in a tooltip, other authors don't want to supply textual alternatives at all, because they don't want tooltips to appear. (Again, making things harder for people who don't see the image.)"
However, the ALT tag *does* render properly for those using screen-readers. You can test this by going to Firefox -> Tools -> Options. Click on the Content Tab and unselect Load Images Automatically. You will see that the Alt tag does appear in place of the image for screen-readers to pick up.
If you want text to display on-hover consistently across all browsers. Then you need to use the TITLE attribute.
- Insert the image and any ALT text;
- Save Changes
- Select the Plain Text Editor Tab
- Insert title="INSERT YOUR TEXT HERE" inside the image HTML.


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Thursday, April 22, 2010
audio book review: The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
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I felt the same way about this book and also really enjoyed the author interview at the end. I recently listened to another good audiobook: On Chesil Beach (I'm certain you're familiar with it) which was read by the author and followed by a really wonderful interview. These are the first books I've listened to and I feel pretty lucky that I liked them both :)ReplyDelete
I just started the audio version of this today and I am hooked! Have you considered joining The Reagan Arthur Books Challenge? It's perpetual, so there's no set number of books to read and no time limit.ReplyDelete
I have been wanting to read this book and keep stalling for some strange reason. Loved that you loved it! Great review.ReplyDelete
Interesting. This is the first time I've wanted to read this book. Thanks for the review!ReplyDelete
I am not sure this is a book I would pick up on my own. However, it seems to have gotten rave reviews, so I plan on reading it soon.ReplyDelete
I was rather surprised by how much I enjoyed this book; I definitely want to read his debut novel now. And how funny, given Tim's condition, that you would have the audio version as a "road companion".ReplyDelete
I read this, as opposed to reading the audio version, and you're right, I did find myself rereading some of his beautiful lines.ReplyDelete


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This semester at UNSW we decided to run a mission aimed to engage with the 'new atheist' worldview in hopes to ignite some dialogue between the Christian students and the atheist students on campus.
It is worth noting that this year's mission felt very different to outreach events that we have held in the past. There was little to no postering or leafleting or other paraphernalia. We had brochures for students to invite their friends along to events, but that was pretty much all. Despite this I would have to say that God's sovereignty was unmistakably apparent, with God opening many doors for conversations about the gospel and noticeably being at work amongst the students.
So what did we do?
In our residential college students took up the initiative of making posters and sticking questions on the back of toilet doors. This quickly led to controversy and much conversation over Facebook and dining hall tables. Other students got up the nerve to make fools of themselves for the sake of Christ by standing on a milk crate at various public locations around campus to give their testimony to a small crowd in the hope that passers by would turn and hear the gospel. Others walked around surveying students on their worldviews, and others invited their friends along to talks by one of our very own academics, Lewis Jones. Additionally, we held Question & Answer Panels and a screening of the Richard Dawkins and John Lennox debate on The God Delusion.
Throughout the two weeks God continued to bring students along to events - even Unichurch found itself with 15 newcomers in the one night! God is doing something amazing on our campus. Engaging with the atheist worldview has helped many students to realise how amazing the truth we as Christians have to offer is. For some reason we hold it out with a wavering hand, failing to realise the awesome awareness we have of our place in creation, the purpose of life, the knowledge of a day where there will be true justice, the knowledge of a good and loving God and the hope of things eternal. And yet, even though our hand wavers God is powerfully using these jars of clay to make his kingdom known.


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Volunteers touched by time spent with shelter animals
Those who are thinking about adopting a pet to add to their family may want to take the time to visit the Delaware SPCA in Georgetown to consider adopting one of the shelter's many animals.
"Currently, the shelter has 56 cats, 61 dogs and eight horses," said Jeannie Jannuzzio, assistant shelter manager and animal care manager.
The Delaware SPCA is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to the elimination of animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation by providing services for people and their companion animals.
Jannuzzio said that not all of the adoptable animals are at the Georgetown shelter, as many are being fostered by shelter volunteers.
"We give the fosterers all the supplies they need until the animals can be adopted out," she explained. "Those are the best times. That's why we're all here. None of us are here for the paycheck. All of us — every employee here — has either fostered and/or adopted. I wasn't here two weeks before I had my first dog out of here."
The shelter has nearly 200 volunteers, many of whom spend their time in the cat room, giving each feline at least 10 minutes of one-on-one attention and love.
"It's just so rewarding. It's very therapeutic," said Carole Pizzillo, a retired teacher who has been a volunteer at the shelter for six years. "We get something out of it to. The cats give us love. There's nothing more comforting, I think, than holding a cat and getting it to purr and feel comfortable, and finding its personality."
Jannuzzio said that, without the many volunteers visiting the shelter on a daily basis, the animals would not be able to stay so healthy, mentally and physically.
"Having as many cats as we have in here, for one person and staff to keep an eye on their health, it's a huge, monumental task. Without these ladies handling each cat on a daily basis… They can come back and tell me, 'This one is sneezing,' 'This one doesn't look right.' They're my eyes. I'd kind of be lost without them," she said. "We have a good rapport with them. We definitely appreciate our volunteers."
She added that the shelter's dedication to volunteerism led her to start volunteering.
"That is one thing I can tell you: what got me to volunteer was our volunteers here," she said, noting she now volunteers for the Center for the Inland Bays and the Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation (MERR) Institute.
"I'd never volunteered a day in my life. I started working here two years ago and would see these people — here they are, coming in every day, doing what I get paid for. Because these guys showed me it takes just a little bit of time, but so much can be done."
Pizzillo said that the volunteers get just as much out of volunteering, if not more, than the animals do.
"It's really important for people to have a pet. They can do so much for longevity, for a reason to get up in the morning, a reason to keep going. And they just give love unconditionally," she said. "They're all special."
Jannuzzio said that, for those interested in adopting pets, the SPCA offers a low-cost, high-quality spay/neuter clinic that helps control the pet population.
"Spay/neuter is key," she said. "It's so important."
Although not every kitty in the shelter is perfect, each has its own unique qualities that could make them a loving pet.
"Some are quirky, some are shy, some scared, and some have an imperfection or a health issue that hold them back when potential adopters visit. What they need are people with big hearts," said Sally Griffin, another volunteer.
Griffin volunteers at the shelter multiple days each week and already has three adopted cats who were once in need of the kind of good home sought for the cats still at the shelter.
"Summer and Dandelion came home with me two years ago, after my old cat passed away. I wasn't a volunteer then, but I found two beautiful cats to share my home with. Summer is a dilute calico that had been returned to the shelter."
Griffin said she believed Summer was returned to the shelter due to her less-than-perfect appearance and health.
"She has a permanent limp caused by a broken leg that healed on its own. She has some arthritis in her hips and is missing a few teeth… Dandelion is a cute orange-and-white tabby who came to the shelter pregnant and hit by a car. It turns out she had been shot with an air gun, and I later had the pellets removed from her leg. She is a bit shy around strangers but is a total lovebug with me."
Griffin adopted her third cat, Twiggy, after she began volunteering at the shelter last year.
"Twiggy arrived at the shelter as an injured stray, when she was 1 year old. She had been at the shelter for more than half her life: for one year and three months. She had entropion, and her eyes were often infected. And on a white face, the weeping looked terrible," said Griffin. What a difference a year, a new home and some tender loving care make.
"Her eye infections have been cleared up, her surgery was successful, and she is adapting well in her new home, playing with her toys and chasing Dandelion around the house. She will always have weepy eyes, but I just wipe them with a wet cotton pad each morning and she is fine."
Griffin said that, while many people take a pause before adopting a cat with health issues, she can attest that the rewards for the pet and its new owner are tremendous. The challenge is getting the right person to come in and spot that potential perfect pet.
Kirk, a big orange tabby, is gentle and shy, and likes to stay on the highest perches in the shelter's roaming cat room. Griffin says most shelter visitors are unable to see his sweet personality.
"When he comes down, he's really nice. You feel like you get rewarded because he'll deem to come down. He'll get a couple treats, you'll pet him," said Griffin. "You'll feel like you've accomplished something."
"Kirk will have been here for two years. He's 7 going on 8," added Pizzillo. "He needs someone who will build trust with him. He needs consistency and love. He's so shy. He really needs someone with a tender heart for an underdog. If nothing made him an underdog, he certainly has that persona."
Another kitty, Oodles — a orange-and-white female feline — is very loving and friendly, but Griffin believes she has yet to be adopted because she only has one eye.
"She is very loving, and if you sit down in the free-roaming room, she usually hops right up into your lap to be petted," she said.
"Benji is a handsome tabby with beautiful green eyes and asthma. He has been waiting at the shelter for almost a year for his forever home."
Griffin added that the cats arriving at the shelter who have tested positive for feline immunodeficiency virus stay at Purr-Fectly Thrifty in Rehoboth instead, living in the store's free-roaming cat room while waiting to be adopted.
FIV is a communicable disease among cats that attacks their immune system, but most FIV+ cats can still have a long life with few symptoms. To avoid transmitting FIV to other cats, they're recommended to be the only cat in a home or to live in a home where all the cats are already FIV+.
"It's nice in that they don't have to be segregated," Griffin said of the cats at Purr-Fectly Thrifty. "They can walk around and interact with the other cats."
Griffin said she hopes more people will not only volunteer at the shelter but realize the value in adopting animals there — especially those who may be a little shy or need a little more attention.
"They're all wonderful, unique cats," she said. "They just need that special forever home."
For more information on the Delaware SPCA, visit www.delspca.org. For more information regarding volunteering at the shelter, email email@example.com. The Sussex County SPCA is located at 22918 DuPont Boulevard (Route 113) in Georgetown. Their hours are Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.


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After the Sales Budget has been developed, the next step is to "Develop Your Purchase Budget". The Purchase Budget determines the number of units or products you will need to purchase each month, how much these purchases will cost you each month, when these purchase will be paid, and how much you will owe your supplier at the end of each forecasted business year (IE year end).
In other words, the Purchase Budget consists of Four Parts. They are as follows;
Part 1 Determine the # of Units or Products to Purchase Each Month
Part 2 Determine How Much Your Monthly Purchases Will Cost
Part 3 Determine When You Will Pay For The Purchases
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Word on the street is that Apple made a huge cock-up trying to release a "cheap phone" which was too expensive, alongside a flagship phone, which did not have a killer app. Indications are that the "cheaper" iPhone 5C sold like steamed dog poo and Apple has pulled back on its manufacture. However when it did sell it took sales away from the iPhone 5S.
Normally Apple refuses to release sales figures, but today it is expected to do so which indicates that they might be better than expected. Some analysts, who have their genitals plugged into the Apple press office, are claiming that it is proof that concerns are overblown and that a greater proportion of iPhone 5S shipped and this boosted margins.
Some are even denying stories that Apple has made production cuts at all and is set to kick Samsung out of the market. Apple is expected to report sales of 33 million to 36 million iPhones in its fiscal fourth quarter that ended in September, rising to more than 50 million in the typically strong holiday quarter - the first full quarter of sales of the two new phones.
The Tame Apple press continues to report that there were strong sales of the iPhone 5S often desperately quoting figures which refer to numbers that are sitting gathering dust in Apple shopping cathedrals. At the end of the day Pegatron, which assembles the model, had seen orders reduced by less than 20 percent and Hon Hai another major assembly contractor for the 5C, had its orders for the same period reduced by a third.
For this not to have damaged Apple, the iPhone 5S would have had to be a huge hit, and even bigger than ever before. This is not something than anyone else has noticed. We are just waiting to see how Apple will spin this.


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Today is the first of a new series on Life of a Sweetaholic, as promised I would update you all with how Alfie is going on every month, I would like to do it more often but I think a monthly post is good enough for now to see how he is progressing.
There will be a lot of images which may make you melt, go 'awwwwwwww' and you'll no doubt say 'I want him'. Don't say I didn't warn you.
|Alfie 5 weeks old, 7 weeks old, 8 weeks old and 10 weeks old
Since the first week Alfie has grown so much and developed both in size and in confidence around myself and Liam, the house and visitors he has - mainly family and friends. He has had both of his injections so on Saturday he will be able to go out for walks - I am so excited about getting wrapped up and taking him out on small walks to start with and then eventually longer and more exciting walks and places.