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SPPAC 2016: Days 1-3
After three long, non-stop (but great) days in Atlanta (and a few weeks of getting caught up on other work), I finally have some time to sit down and write about my experiences with the SPPAC 2016 conference. There was a LOT of information, but a good amount was relevant more to me personally (e.g., internship information) rather than good information to share in general. Keeping that in mind, I will try to cover the most relevant information here, along with some commentary and extra information.
My original hope was to write about a lot of this either in live blog posts or at the end of the same day, plus doing some podcast episodes during the conference. Unfortunately, the internet was not very reliable while I was there, and I was too tired after returning to my hotel room each night to record or write anything. So instead, you get a nice summary all in one post!
Day 1: SIGS
Day 1 (Thursday) was filled with "pre-conference" workshops and SIG (Special Interest Group) meetings. I had hoped to attend some workshops as a volunteer, but I was busy helping with the registration materials. I definitely heard good things about the workshops, though, so it's a shame I can't write more about them here.
The C/L (Consultation/Liaison) SIG focused mostly on "business" content. There were several things worth noting, though. First, the SIG is in the process of creating brochures for parents and healthcare providers. They have one so far, and another will soon be ready based on Somatic Symptom Disorder (basically when a child has medically unexplained symptoms).
The other notable update was what is planned for the transition to the Society of Pediatric Psychology's (SPP) new website. As part of the new site, SIGs will have the option to update the content they have there, and the resources the C/L SIG currently provides (and future resources) will be made available. It should be a nice one-stop shop for many clinicians, and possibly parents and medical providers.
Finally, there was brief mention of an interest to do a survey looking at C/L services at various hospitals. The idea is to compare formats, methods, and so forth so the different teams can learn from one another. It could also lead to a more consistent C/L experience between hospitals, which is exciting.
Obesity SIG
The Obesity SIG had a good presence at the conference, with a step count challenge and the first ever pairing of mentors and students to talk while walking. They also had morning exercise programs available for attendees (though they were too early in the morning for me to realistically attend).
Similar to the C/L SIG, there was discussion in the Obesity SIG about evaluating treatment programs to see if we, as providers, are actually delivering services in the way research says we should. I'm involved on two teams that are working on this very project, and while there isn't much to report quite yet there will be a lot of news to come in the future!
Day 2: The Main Event
What I'm calling day 2 of SPPAC was really the main event of the conference. It was a day filled with information and poster sessions, and there was very little time to break between things. But everything was packed with great information!
The day started with a welcoming and award presentation. This was then followed by a great keynote address by Dr. Lee Sanders (introduced by yours truly).
The keynote address was focused on interdisciplinary collaboration in primary care (i.e., professionals from multiple disciplines, like medicine and psychology, working together in the same clinic).
One of the points raised, which I've cited in some of my own research, is the growing pediatric population. Rates of death in childhood are improving, but chronic illness rates are increasing, leading to a growing need for pediatric psychology. A major role that pediatric psychologists can play is not only providing mental health care to this population, but also working with medical doctors and families to help ensure families understand what they need to about a child's health, the treatments involved, and so on.
After the keynote there were breakout symposia. I attended one on mobile health interventions. So far this is a growing field, with many labs starting to develop smartphone apps to aid with data collection (and to sometimes provide an intervention). The area holds a lot or promise (e.g., further reach in the population, easier for participants, more immediate reporting rather than relying on memory). But there are also a lot of things that need to be considered as this becomes more common (e.g., security, initial burden on participants, how often should we notify/push participants).
Next was another keynote, this time on the topic of diversity. Dr. Gayle Brooks spoke about eating disorders in minority youth, including racial and sexual minorities.
The keynote brought up many good points, including the fluidity of gender (making gender-specific treatments problematic) and the role of stressors that are unique to minorities. For example, there are different pressures for diet and appearance in different ethnic groups, and there may be more body dissatisfaction in transgender youth. All of these things come together to make for a potentially complex eating disorder profile, which is important to understand when treating these youth. But at the same time, these minority youth may also have unique strengths that should be recognized and used in therapy.
As for the rest of the afternoon, it was a bit of a blur. There was a poster session, where I got a chance to catch up with several colleagues that I hadn't run into yet. There was another symposium I attended (but I honestly don't remember much of what was discussed; the caffeine was already starting to wear off at that point). And the evening wrapped up with an "internships on parade" event, where I got to get a lot of great info on internships that will help with my application process this fall.
Then, of course, there was dinner and chatting with friends late into the evening, followed by a short amount of sleep before starting the next day.
Day 3: The Wrap-Up
The third and final day was only a half-day for most (and still a shorter day even for those of us who had to stay into the afternoon). It was also filled with shorter presentations with a heavier focus on students.
Things started out in the morning (at least for me and most of the others who couldn't be bothered to wake up at 5am) with a poster session. This is when I got to present some findings from our TAP for Kids study at DePaul.
We then got to hear the last keynote of the conference, and it was a great one. Dr. Deborah Christie talked about medically unexplained illnesses (sometimes called psychosomatic conditions, but that can lead to stigma, as she pointed out).
The presentation was filled with humor, but also great reminders of our roles as pediatric psychologists. We often encounter families who are hesitant to meet with us due to fears that having a psychologist involved implies it's "all in their head." The reality, as you've hopefully noticed if you've read my other blog posts, is much more complicated. In the end, it's not necessarily important for us to determine if it's organic (i.e., has a biological cause) or psychological. What's important is that we help the patient and his/her family to get through the treatments, to be resilient, and to have a better quality of life. The medical team may find an organic cause of symptoms later, or they may not. That doesn't mean our role should change much.
After a short break, there was then a "research blitz" or studies being conducted by students. It was great to see the accomplishments of students being recognized, and that's something we're hoping to continue as part of the student spotlight in SPP.
There was then a final poster session, which was filled with a lot of goodbyes and see-you-soons. Everyone was exhausted by that point, but it was still great to see everyone and to get excited for SPPAC 2017.
Then, finally (at least for me) was the student board meeting. A lot of it was about roles and logistics, so there's not too much to say here. But for those of you who are students in SPP, look forward to updated resources and more helpful information on the SPP website. And hopefully we'll be able to start recognizing more of your work as well!
SPPAC 2016 was a very busy but wonderful conference. It's always great to see others within SPP, as it's like a big family. It also provided good motivation to continue moving forward on my own research, as well as collaborative projects.
Oh, and if you want to see a timeline of tweets from the conference, check out the Storify that we put together! https://storify.com/SPPStudentRep/sppac2016
Next year we'll be in Portland, Oregon, from March 30 - April 1. I'm already looking forward to it, and hopefully I'll get to see some of you there!


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One of our favourite things in the run up to Christmas is visiting a really good Christmas Fayre (as Victoria Wood said, you get a better class of people if you spell it with a 'y'!) In previous years we've just supported our local school Kingfield Primary at their fair, but this year we took a trip up to Finchley Road in North London to visit the Danish Festive Fair.
Held at the Danish YWCA, it's a fantastically busy building full of blond Scandinavians and the well-heeled of London, buying food, flowers, decorations, cards, crafts and of course enjoying the cafe, bistro and hot dog van.
In London there are fairs organised by the Danes, the Swedes, the Norwegians, the Finns AND the Swiss. They all happen on the last two weekends in November and are well worth a visit! Find out more by doing searches on "Swedish Church London" etc and maybe we'll see you there next year!

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A week after the formal presentation of the 2017 budget by President Muhammadu Buhari, there has been no shortage of prognostications on what it represents for an economy that has endured two quarterly cycles of depression. Never mind that the 2016 budget, dressed in superlative, reflationary robes ended a huge disappointment;, already, all eyes are on the N7.298 trillion spend – a 20.4% top up on the 2016 estimates – tagged "Budget of Recovery and Growth", a budget described as pivotal to the administration's growth and recovery strategy, "a road map of policy actions and steps designed to bring the economy out of recession and to a path of steady growth and prosperity".
Never one to fail to rue the past, the 2017 budget presentation was another occasion for the President to bemoan the years of locusts during which the country is said to have wasted our large foreign exchange reserves to import nearly everything we consume – from food, clothing, manufacturing inputs, fuel, to basic household items. How for the past 18 months of low oil prices, foreign exchange earnings plunged by about 60%, while our reserves eroded and our consumption declined as we could not import to meet our needs.
Yet the President could not be more upbeat: The "old Nigeria is slowly but surely disappearing and a new era is rising in which we grow what we eat and consume what we make" is on the horizon. He spoke of farmers "who today are experiencing bumper harvests", the manufacturers already substituting imported goods for local materials, the car assembly companies who today are expanding to meet higher demand" leaving the rest to wonder which economy the President was talking about!
"We will", the President further said, "CHANGE our habits and we will CHANGE Nigeria…we will increasingly grow and process our own food, we will manufacture what we can and refine our own petroleum products. We will buy 'Made in Nigeria' goods. We will encourage garment manufacturing and Nigerian designers, tailors and fashion retailers. We will patronize local entrepreneurs. We will promote the manufacturing powerhouses in Aba, Calabar, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Nnewi, Onitsha, and Ota. From light manufacturing to cement production and petrochemicals, our objective is to make Nigeria a new manufacturing hub".
While the President's unbridled optimism is perhaps understandable if barely comprehensible, in vain has yours truly sought to find the concrete pillars on which his rather exaggerated expectations are to be erected. Surely, it cannot be the size of the budget which although bigger than last year's in numerical terms is in fact smaller in real value terms. Certainly not the industrial sector – a sector that remains anemic from the stifling policies of successive administration; or oil sector, where although the signs would appear to indicate that the good times may be here sooner than later, there is nothing as yet, to suggest that the swing is over let alone the parting with the old ways other than the promise of being able to better finance our needs from the basic consumables to the exotica. And so it goes again that serious questions about the direction of the economy will have to wait – hard questions about our skewed industrial policy and, the imponderable lacuna as a result of which the entire industrial landscape is permanently hung on forex with a nary a prospect of backward integration; hard questions on a financial services sector unhinged – expressed in the predatory behaviours of operatives in the foreign exchange market; the preference by operators in the financial system for recycling of questionable so-called financial derivatives that are a little less than Ponzi schemes and other unconscionable activities that render them laws unto themselves. Nothing about the bloated bureaucracy and the associated overheads that continues to sap the nation's vital juice; and nothing about the expensive tastes of our political operatives known to routinely demand sacrifice from the common folk. And yet the coming year is touted as one of redemption!
At a time like this, one could not but be reminded of the words in the holy writ to wit: Faith without works is dead! Whereas, the leadership of the country have just about enough faith to decree mountains out of existence, in reality, they have invested very little in tangible work to make things truly happen! Even if we grant hierarchs of the administration the illusion that things are beginning to look up, certain facts are at least incontrovertible.
The first is that the country remains effectively out of work! Minus the hawkers of all manners of currencies and their allies – the fat cats in the financial services sector who daily reap where they have not been known to sow, businesses, be they small, medium or big are in states best described as one of suspended animation. We know why. The country is a giant laboratory of self-help – everyone for self; no one for the collective.
Our financial houses would rather trade in money market instruments than lend to the productive sector. Banking top guns would rather trade off the careers of their operatives for their individual comforts hence the unending cycle of job cuts even when compensations for the top cream are on the rise.
The public sphere is in shambles. Public service is dead. Electricity supply is presently at its lowest ebb. Road infrastructure belongs in the past age. Railways are still no-starters. While our farmers have mercifully been spared the terrible cycle of crop failures – and so we celebrate little mercies – post-harvest losses continue to dampen any real prospects of the sector's long-term sustainability.
The second is that the country does not even have any substantial manufacturing capacity to boast of. Now, has anyone quite figured out why our so-called manufacturing companies are permanently hung on forex market almost without exception? Today, many of them are known to source for forex to buy raw materials and equipment only to return to undergo the same ritual of Form M few months after. Does anyone worry let alone count the costs of the perennial capital flows?
Isn't a shame that so-called blue-chip companies that have operated for more than 50 years which although cannot boast of 10 percent local raw material utilization continue to insist on being on the first charge on forex allocation? Whatever happened to their R&D units given the advantages which backward integration would ordinarily confer? Or is backward integration an exclusive preserve of affluent countries?
Again, I ask: do we really have an industrial policy?
How about a petrochemical complex on which a futuristic industrial strategy can be anchored? Has anyone in government yet figured it out given its centrality to any future industrial take-off? Why are we so unblest?
No wonder we grope on thinking that things would change. Now, we know what 'change' means: patching of few roads across the federation, building one or two dams, awarding all manners of contracts for all manners of purposes under the sun. Nothing about the fundamental reordering of the economic base that has not only ill-served but has yoked us to international capital.
Still think our problem is money? Wrong. Our problem is that those in government stopped thinking a long time ago. The result is the absence of a coherent strategy to get things moving and in the right direction.
Here's wishing you Happy New Year in advance.
Future hung on faith
A week after the formal presentation of the 2017 budget by President Muhammadu Buhari, there has been no shortage of prognostications on what it represents for an economy that has endured two quarterly cycles of depression. Never mind that the 2016 budget, dressed in superlative, reflationary robes ended a huge disappointment;, already, all eyes are on the N7.298 trillion spend – a 20.4% top up on the 2016 estimates – tagged "Budget of Recovery and Growth", a budget described as pivotal to the administration's growth and recovery strategy, "a road map of policy actions and steps designed to bring the economy out of recession and to a path of steady growth and prosperity".


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The countdown to announce the eight owners of Cricket South Africa's new #T20 Global Destination League has begun. CSA claims to have received more than 150 Expressions of Interest from potential franchisee owners as part of the first phase of the process. The majority interest came from South Africa, making up 39% of the total, and India making up a whopping 35%. UK, USA and UAE were also amongst the interested.
With phase two of the process approaching completion, CSA has asked for potential owners to submit their documents. "We have already seen great interest from South Africa and abroad in our franchisee teams, and we anticipate some last-minute submission of applications from potential owners ahead of our 5pm deadline on Friday, 28 April," says Haroon Lorgat, Cricket South Africa's (CSA) Chief Executive.
The tournament is set to include top international and local cricketers. Highlighting South Africa as a world-class destination to watch cricket and at the same enjoy the tourism aspects of the country.
CSA has signed eight marquee international players and eight marquee Protea players till date as part of the league. Each marquee Protea player will be allocated to one franchise team. Based on the city he has been historically associated with, or a city with which he can build a strong association.
Following the submission of formal bids, CSA will evaluate the qualifying bids and announce the successful owners in June. "This is an opportunity that cannot be ignored. We are looking for prospective team owners who are passionate about cricket, as well as South Africa. They will share the same values and ideals in cricket and the country as we do," added Mr. Lorgat.
The T20 Global Destination League is set to knock fans expectations out of the park with the tournament starting in early November and the final scheduled for 16 December.


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C Times, 19 August 2017, Agartala
Tripura Police has initiated prove to trace the person who issued a fatwa against Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Social media.
A Facebook post threatening Chief Minister Manik Sarkar of chopping off, the police have begun a probe into the entire episode.
A FIR has already been filed under different sections of the IPC against Riya Roy and others at West Agartala Police station, but there is no breakthrough in the investigation process.
According to the police official source, police have already lodged a FIR against Riya Roy and others for threatening the Chief Minister of chopping him off. But there has been no arrest of a breakthrough in the case yet.
Keeping in mind of the threat FB post, security has been beefed up for the Chief Minister, who is supposed to receive a "Z plus" category security. As per the guideline, the Chief Minister is supposed to get the bullet proof vehicle but he is using a normal vehicle.
One obscure Facebook account holder Riya Roy, certainly a fake name has made a grant but criminal proclamation in her account.
Riya's Fatwa is that she will give a cash reward of Rs 5.5 lakh to anyone who will be able to chop off the head of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on absolutely unspecified crimes.
She has introduced herself as an activist of World Anti-Communist Council. Strange as it may sound, fake Riya Roy's personal details are not available in the Facebook profile.
Superintendent of Police, West district Abhijit Saptarshi has issued an order asking the authority concern to provide extra security to the Chief Minister Manik Sarkar.


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This activity focuses on the relationship between science of looking for life and the tools, on vehicles such as the Mars Rover, that make it possible. Learners will create their own models of a Mars rover. They determine what tools would be... (View More) necessary to help them better understand Mars (and something about life on Mars/its habitability). Then they work in teams to complete a design challenge where they incorporate these elements into their models, which must successfully complete a task. Teams may also work together to create a large-scale, lobby-sized version that may be put on display in the library to engage their community. The activity also includes specific tips for effectively engaging girls in STEM. This is activity 6 in Explore: Life on Mars? that was developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
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Israel: We're Ready to Defend Ourselves
Associated Press Writer
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Sunday the threat of an Iraqi attack against the Jewish state was low but stressed Israel had the support of U.S. troops and was "ready and prepared" to defend itself.
A day earlier, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said outright that Israel would retaliate if attacked, unlike during the 1991 Gulf War.
Also Sunday, a newspaper reported that Israel is setting its own terms for Palestinian statehood and has eliminated all references to the word "independent" in its comments on a U.S.-backed peace plan that calls for statehood by 2005.
The list of clarifications _ which Israel intends to present to the United States _ includes comments on the so-called "road map" to peace, a plan backed by the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia.
According to the Haaretz newspaper report, the Israeli document replaces all references to an "independent" Palestinian state with the term "certain attributes of sovereignty." It says such a state has to be "credible" and "law abiding."
Israel also rejects the idea of removing illegal settlement outposts and dismantling Jewish enclaves in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the period of temporary statehood.
In its draft, Israel sets stringent terms for moving ahead with the plan, saying progress depends upon "the complete cessation of violence and terrorism, full disarmament of terrorist organizations, their capabilities and infrastructure, the complete collection of illegal weapons and the emergence of a new and different Palestinian leadership," Haaretz reported.
The Haaretz report came two days after President Bush made clear he planned to push ahead with the road map as soon as a credible Palestinian prime minister is named. Mahmoud Abbas, Yasser Arafat's No. 2 in the PLO, is expected to be appointed in the coming days.
The Palestinians have said U.S. officials have assured them that no more changes will be made in the document. In a speech Friday, Bush said both sides would be encouraged to discuss the road map with each other once a credible Palestinian prime minister is appointed.
The three-phase plan was put together by the so-called Quartet of Mideast mediators _ the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia.
In phase one, Palestinians would carry out government reforms and crack down on militants, while Israel would withdraw from Palestinian towns. Israel would then recognize a Palestinian state in temporary borders by the end of 2003. Negotiations on full statehood would come in stage three, with completion in 2005.
Starting at midnight Saturday, Israel sealed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip, barring Palestinians from entering Israel until further notice for fear that militants are planning to launch attacks over the Jewish holiday of Purim, which starts on Tuesday.
The international borders between the West Bank and Jordan would remain open, the army said.
Purim _ which commemorates the saving of the Jews from genocide in Persia, as recounted in the biblical Book of Esther _ has been celebrated in heavy security every year since 1994, when a Jewish settler killed 29 Palestinians in Hebron on Purim.
Since then, Palestinian Islamic militants have used Purim celebrations to exact retributive attacks against Israeli Jews. Holiday festivities in 1996 were canceled after four suicide bombings in eight days killed 63 people in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv; in 1997, a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in a Tel Aviv cafe, killing himself and three Israeli women.
During a tour in northern Israel, Sharon said that "Israel will know how to defend itself" if Iraq strikes, adding, "We are not alone on the front.
"The Americans have made great efforts and are making great efforts to prevent a possibility of a strike against Israel, but if Israel will be hit, we will know what to do."
In 1991, Iraq fired 39 Scud missiles at Israel, causing heavy damage but few casualties. During the first Gulf War, Washington pressed Israel not to retaliate, fearing that could pull apart the coalition it set up to fight Baghdad which included Arab states hostile to Israel.
This time, however, President Bush _ unlike his father, who led the 1991 Gulf War _ is not relying on Arab support to achieve his stated goal of disarming and ousting Saddam, and Israel has made clear it will not sit idle if attacked again.
"I don't think there is any other Western country … that has organized, equipped itself and has taken such steps that we have taken," Sharon said, but added: "I think that there is a great possibility that (Israel) will not be hit."
Unlike in 1991, Israel now has the Arrow anti-missile system, developed jointly with the United States, which is touted as able to destroy Scuds far from Israel's airspace.
Israel's military chief, Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon, said last week that an Israeli spy satellite had not picked up any sign of Scud missiles in western Iraq _ the only area in the country from which Scuds can reach Israel _ and that the probability of a missile strike appeared slim.
"In the event that Israel will be attacked, it will retaliate. There are also plans ready for such an incident," Mofaz said Saturday. When asked if that meant a possible offensive beyond firing the Arrow at the Scuds, Mofaz said, "This includes offensive acts. Unequivocally yes." He did not elaborate.


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Rolling Stone magazine is out with the top 40 best songs of all time. And coming in at number one is…wait for it… "Mr. Roboto" by Styx. Just kidding. It's really Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone."
Kind of self-serving of the bible of rock and roll. Why didn't they just choose a Rolling Stones song. Oh wait, number two is "(Can't Get No) Satisfaction." The full list is here: http://www.courant.com/entertainment/sns-rolling-stone-top-songs-pictures,0,1929907.photogallery


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Jason Farran began his career in the office of San Diego County Supervisor Ron Roberts where he worked his way up from intern to Chief of Staff. As a government, community and business leader liaison, he became a key figure in various communities of the Supervisor's District Four region, including Little Italy, College Area, Clairemont and throughout Downtown San Diego.
Farran managed legislation for the office related to air quality, energy, environmental health, public safety, gangs, disaster preparedness, fire preparedness and response, information technology and animal services. For most of his years there, Farran oversaw the Supervisor's grant programs and was responsible for helping fund projects for hundreds of non-profit organizations throughout San Diego.
In 2003, he began his own web development firm, JF WebDesign. His client base spans public office candidates, various campaigns, faith-based organizations, non-profits, and businesses of all sizes. Services offered by JF WebDesign include graphic design, website development, website programming in PHP and ColdFusion, database programming and social networking.
In 2010, Jason was a recipient of the San Diego News Network 35 Under 35 Community Leaders award for his work throughout the San Diego Community. That same year, Jason teamed up with Art Ledford to found a digital media company, F&L Media. F&L Media has worked with many local non-profit organizations, political figures and other entities.
Farran graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in political science and history.
A proud Aztec for Life, Jason is a now member of the San Diego State University Alumni Association Board of Advisors and serves on the Executive Committee as the Vice President of Innovation.
Jason lives in Escondido, California with his wife, daughter and two cats.


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Sunday, December 9, 2018
Harvey Convention Center
2000 West Front Street
Tyler, Texas 75702
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6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Space is Limited
Hall #3
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$15 per person per class
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Well about the sound quility!!i had this fone for six days and then i sold it!!just because it has the worst sound quality that a Fone can ever have !!
The camera is Wonderful! the same as a 3.2mpxl camera because of carl ziess optic!!and it is to big and too heavy!!like a brick!
No other cell phone could bite this asome phone that I have HOPE YOU GET THIS CELL PHonn it the best
I love thiz fone,,lovee..Very love the design..I want 2 buy this phone.Are the speaker is loud?
I just had the speaker fixed a month ago. It is again not working. It is the speaker at the top of the phone where the camera lens is situated. If I press this top section hard to one side then the speaker is making contact and works.
Is there someone out there that can tell me how to open this and maybe all it needs is to clean the contact area.
I don't want to send it in for repairs as it took more than two months to get it back..
up to 2GB I guess
> just guess <
coz I heard that people used 2GB cards on previous models like 6630
Does anybody know except 64mb which are included how many mb can be expand?please anyone who knows answer....
Hiiiiiiiiiii Guysssssss.......
I know this is a gud mobile but can ne one tel me this mobile sound qualiy in earphone? The stereo widening option is enable this moile or not? I'm buying Nokia 6233 n sound quality is great but not better coz the stereo widening option is disable nokia 6233 n i sel the mobile n now I've buying SE w550 but now i want bigger display size n enable stereo widening sound mobile.
Please tell me guyssssssss!!!!!!!
Can i buy this mobile?
The Stereo Widening option eneble in this mobile?????
Please guys help me!!!!!!
Sorry for my English.......
hello everyone
i donnot know what to say a bout those who likes this mobile? it veryyyyyy large one that
it is very difficult for me to carry.
Nokia N90
is my best phone . Greatest Phone in the World,
its camera is the best camera in all phones
I bought it, its price was very very expensive but when i take most pic its price biger than phone's price .. then the real phone's price is not expensive
@wow n90 :
yeah, you can
go to gallery>images & videos, press options>go to camera
then use shutter key to capture ;)
have fun
ey guys
Ive been wondering...can you use the phone's camera without twisting the lens?
I mean take videos and pictures with it?
I mean if you are in a place with friends but would rather not cause much attention when taking pictures is it possible to take pictures in its default form? how about take videos?
thanks sirs!!!^_^
Nokia N90
is my best phone
its camera is the best camera in all phones
I bought it, its price was very very expensive but when i take most pic its price biger than phone's price .. then the real phone's price is not expensive
useless widout vibration.. watz point of not having vibration in it?
N90 is useless without a vibrator. it is very difficult as when i keep it on silent i canot makeout when it is ringing.
very solid, just bought this phone 2nd hand and it feels so good. it's a definite phone - very solid and at the same time, its a flip top. and aside from that, it's really useful as a camcorder.
this has got to be better than the n93, but NOT the n93i. then again, it's definitely cheaper than both.
for what it's worth (PhP7,000, compute that if you want), it's a steal. too bad it was discontinued by nokia.


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De Mario, Agnese (2015) The Role of the Prion Protein in Neurodegenerative Disorders. [Ph.D. thesis]
De Rosa, Edith (2015) Functional and structural analysis of [NiFe]- and [FeFe]-hydrogenases, the key enzymes for biohydrogen production. [Ph.D. thesis]
Masiero, Alessandro (2015) The role of time in biological systems: a computational analysis ranging from molecular dynamics to biological network simulations. [Ph.D. thesis]


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Yes, that's how we both really dress for the winter. While Beau has a nice classy getup complete with fedora, I have a purple coat and GIR hat from "Invader Zim." My theory is that if I'm ever stuck in an avalanche, I will be easily spotted. (wink)
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Luxurious was the word. The air-conditioned lobby was a welcome intermission between the events of the day, a perfect break from the heat and humidity outside. And even if you can't really compare it to the bigger and more impressive lobbies of its sister properties in Hong Kong or Manila, it was quite sufficient. In the evening, the public areas are all nicely lit. Whoever designed this hotel has a thing for low key lighting and I believe it makes all the difference.
The room was very luxurious. The king bed was bigger than a regular king-sized bed--more like two double beds stuck together. More importantly, the sheets were of an ultra high thread count. I loved sleeping in.
The lighting was all electronically controlled so I didn't have to touch too many switches to create the atmosphere I wanted. There was an iPod dock on the desk, a Nespresso machine in the bar, and two 42" flat screens--one in the bedroom and one in the living room.
I liked this foyer
which leads to this living room
and through those doors on the right is the bedroomThis is actually a Garden Suite of the Peninsula Shanghai. Dh was here for a couple of full-day meetings and it made sense to book a suite and have the guys meet in the living room instead of booking another room at the business center. It was cost-effective this way, and one person got the luxury of staying in the suite. Peninsula's set up was ideal for this because there is a back entrance/exit through the dressing room, and the living room had its own powder room!
There's a separate dressing room that included a vanity, his and her closets, a long luggage rack and a valet closet that could be accessed from outside the suite. The interior design is not exactly my type--I think the blue is too strong in the living room and there's too much black around. I actually left a pair of black pants in a drawer as I was packing because it wasn't visible. (which, btw, the Peninsula mailed back to me promptly!)
The bathroom is ultra-luxe with a TV facing the bathtub. Unfortunately all shows were in Chinese except for the news channels. With the waterfall fixture in the tub, it took only a few minutes to fill, and then you could control the lights from the tub.
I love being in uber-luxe hotels because I inspect all the interior details.
Soap "dish" carved into the granite counter
Unobtrusive drain in the shower
Corner shower with a bench
Convenience within reach
With all this luxury indoors, it was a major undertaking to go out into the heat and the crowd of the Shanghai Expo. Really now, would you rather have this:
At the Chinese Pavilion, even with reservations, it was an 1.5 hour line.
Or this?
A quick Expo review: I think the World Expo in Shanghai may not be worth the trip if you've traveled a lot. Almost all the pavilions had a 2 to 5 hours' wait to get in (the Saudi pavilion had an 8-hour-wait), and then inside, there was perhaps a video, or some displays which might have already been seen at a sophisticated trade show. If this is your only chance to see the world, then it probably would be worth the wait, as many Chinese people were patiently waiting in line. But with the internet (which is not extensive in China) or You Tube (which is banned in China), anyone can be an armchair traveler without having to to go through so much discomfort. If the lines weren't so long, or the weather cooler, maybe my Expo experience may have been different.
When the question was.."One more pavilion or home (meaning the hotel)?" Guess which I chose?


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A Man For Emmanuelle (Lo, Emmanuelle) (DVD)
$ 25.67
$ 25.99
Release Date: 02/10/09
The very first EMMANUELLE film!
Stunning Erika Blanc stars as Emmanuelle in this breakthrough film from director Cesare Canevari, which represents the first screen appearance of Emmanuelle Arsan's 'Emmanuelle' character. Having been left by her man, Emmanuelle seeks the affection she craves elsewhere. In the course of a day, she finds herself with a depraved writer, a businessman betrayed by his wife and an imbecile journalist. But by the end of the day, she learns that her man has been killed in a road accident, leaving her to meditate sorrowfully on her sordid actions.
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We Have WiFi (not)
When you are on the road and want to stay the night or park the RV, take some time to think to yourself, what does that free WiFI they advertise really mean?
Some options:
Limited Downloading/Use: "You can use the web, but not for downloading, like pictures or documents…" OK…..? Try and you are cut off!
Limited Time Use: "You have one free hour on us…"
Tengo or another service: It better be good!
No Wifi: "But this is our WiFi.."
Bad WiFi: You probably will spend an hour trying to get your daily news fix
Other places
Starbucks: The mood is nice, social, and beverages, but sometimes the connection is not the greatest
McDonalds: 24/7 great connection!
Panera Bread: Always delicious
Runners Up
Libraries: nice and quiet!
Rest Areas: the most convenient!
Winner: Verizon 4G LTE- America's Fastest 4G Network
I signed up for the FreedomPop BETA and am supposed to get my USB so I can access my free 500MB per month, but am not entirely convinced


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Nishikori & Dimitrov Win 1st Career ATP Titles on Clay in Barcelona & Bucharest
ATP Barcelona:
Kei Nishikori was the most dominant player all week long in Barcelona, as he raced to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over surprise finalist Santiago Giraldo. Giraldo falls to 0-2 in career ATP finals, and Nishikori has now claimed two titles this season.
Nishikori dropped his only set this week against Roberto Bautista Agut in his first match, prevailing in 3 sets.
Then he got on a roll and crushed Andrey Golubev, Marin Cilic and Ernests Gulbis to reach the final.
Giraldo beat Igor Sijsling, got a retirement against Fabio Fognini, saved a multitude of match points against Dominic Thiem to prevail in 3 sets 7-5 in the third, and then got a retirement against Philipp Kohlschreiber and a straight set win over Nicolas Almagro.
Almagro earned a huge confidence-boosting win against Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals, as Rafa has now lost to Ferrer and Nico in consecutive weeks, players he has dominated against in the past and on clay.
Gulbis earns semifinal points but didn't face a seed en route.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Np5wJDuAw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZkDJOXGxpE
Jesse Huta Galung/Stephane Robert, who were alternates and not originally in the main draw this week, are the doubles champions over Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic
Grigor Dimitrov also claimed his second title of the season, as the top seed beat Jiri Vesely, Sergiy Stakhovsky and Gael Monfils without dropping a set, then beat Lukas Rosol in straight sets in the final 7-6, 6-1 as Rosol came up short in his effort to defend his Bucharest title. Rosol hung around for a set and kept it competitive, as Dimitrov was shaky at points, but he quickly unraveled in set 2 and Dimitrov put the match on cruise control.
Rosol beat Filippo Volandri, Jarkko Nieminen, Gilles Simon and then Robin Haase in 3 sets to reach the final.
Jean-Julien Rojer and Romanian Horia Tecau defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski to win the doubles titl
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Search for missing boater called off
By Matthew Blair
BELLEVILLE – The Prince Edward County OPP has called off the search for a Wellington boater missing for almost three weeks.
Gordon Alexander "Sandy" Rutherford, 54, went missing during an afternoon of fishing on Oct.19 on West Lake, about 40 kilometres south of Belleville.
Numerous volunteers, friends and family of Rutherford helped with search efforts. Other search members included the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre from Canadian Forces Base Trenton, the Wellington Coast Guard auxiliary, OPP marine officers, the OPP underwater search and recovery unit, OPP emergency response team members, the OPP canine unit and members of the OPP Prince Edward County detachment.
The OPP said they appreciate the assistance of everyone who helped in the search. Anyone with information that may assist in the case is asked to contact Prince Edward County OPP at 1-888-310-1122.


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St. Mary's is in Need of Your Financial Help
Last week I talked to the parish about undergoing an experience of conversion. Like the people of Ninaveh who were called to change their ways or the disciples who were invited to put down their nets and follow Jesus, I asked if you would consider giving a little more of your financial resources to the support of your parish.
Norma and Karl spoke about the many gifts that St. Mary's brings to the community and how St. Mary's has been the recipient of many gifts which have allowed us to make major improvements like painting the Church, installing new carpets and overhauling the heating system this past winter and improving the sound system which will take place this Spring. All of these important projects have been possible because of major gifts which have been given to the parish.
Where we are lacking however is in our week to week contributions which we rely on for our annual budget. We never know when and if a gift will be given. All we can count on is what people are willing to commit to on a weekly basis. From this contribution we pay many expenses including; paying our parish staff, our light and heating bills and covering our insurance to protect our facilities. You will notice in the weekly bulletin each week we record what we have budgeted for these contributions and what we have received.
Over the past number of years while expenses have increased our overall contributions have diminished and if St. Mary's is going to have a future it is necessary to turn that tide in the other direction.
Will you consider a 10% increase in your weekly donation for the good of your parish? If you are able to do this it will ensure the financial stability of St. Mary's in the days to come. Please help us if you can.
Fr. Jon
Bulletin Feb 1, 2015
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What is the Shure CA91C microphone?
This omnidirectional microphone, with a ceramic element, was manufactured by Shure in Chicago during the 1940s and 1950s. This mic was sold as an OEM product to tape recorder manufacturers and packaged with the tape recorder. One such tape recorder manufacturer was Crescent Industries.
The CA91C had a circular, plastic/bakelite case; a cloth-covered cable; and a 1/4" male phone plug connector. The typical case color was dark brown or light tan. The grill had a cross-hatch pattern resembling a waffle.


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Do you ever feel like you have to be perfect or you'll be rejected? Do you sometimes panic when you don't receive a quick response to a text, email or voicemail? What about not speaking your truth in relationships because you think it might drive your partner away? Do you tend to settle for crumbs? These reactions could mean that abandonment fears are wreaking havoc on your love life.
Abandonment is a primal fear that often stems from childhood. If you experienced parental attachments that were cold or distant, you may have unconsciously created a sense of self as invisible, worthless, or not belonging. This fear can also develop later in life after a devastating loss or break up. The deeply held belief that results from these experiences are: I am not someone who can be chosen or loved.
You know you have this pattern when the deepest need you can easily recognize is wanting to be claimed and to receive unconditional love and commitment, yet your pattern of behavior is to hide out, accept relationships that give you very little, or push caring people away.
Now before I keep going, I must empathize that having a abandonment fears is not something to beat yourself up over. You did not choose this. So, no beating yourself up for this pattern, okay?! It was a natural reaction to your experiences. Plus, no one is perfect. We ALL have primal fears when it comes to relationships.
Here's the great news… you can heal and transcend your abandonment fears and meet an amazing guy who deeply loves and claims you!
Truly! In fact, through my Love Mentoring® Dating and Relationship Coaching program, myself and my team have helped hundreds of women heal even the deepest abandonment fears and create the committed, true partnerships they so deeply longed for.
Your first step to healing is to focus on being appreciated and loved. Here's a special technique which will help you totally immerse yourself in these energies.
Make a list of affirmations focused on being visible, chosen, claimed, lovable, and loved. These are positive statements that start with "I" and are in present tense. As you write them out, imagine that you are your ideal relational self, the self you would like to become.
Here are some examples:
I am a beautiful goddess who is visible, seen, and appreciated.
I am claimed by an adoring partner.
I am fully lovable and loving.
I am a perfect child of god (or the Divine).
I am unconditionally loved.
I deserve to be chosen and loved just as I am.
Choose one statement to say to yourself when you get up in the morning and before you go to sleep. Let your brain receive this instruction on a daily basis so it can rewire its neural networks that are associated with your dating or relationship patterns.
Another major key to healing abandonment fears is to find a Love Mentor. This is someone you admire, who knows how to create an amazing relationship, who appreciates and loves you unconditionally.
Having a Love Mentor can make a dramatic difference in your healing process because your Mentor becomes the encouraging, loving parent you never had. He or she is by your side, cheering you on, sharing their wisdom, even gently calling you out on deadly dating patterns you keep repeating. It's like having a fairy godmother who gets you to the ball!
If you can't think of someone in your life who would make an ideal Love Mentor, do not worry. It can be tough to find just the right person for you. That's why I have a team of highly specialized, caring Love Mentor® Dating and Relationship Coaches who can fill that role for you. If you're ready to truly heal and find the man who claims and cherishes you, I'm excited to offer you a complimentary private session with one of them. During this 40 minute Skype or phone session, your Love Mentor will help you work through your most difficult roadblocks to love. Go here to reserve your spot.
About Dr. Diana Kirschner
Diana Kirschner, Ph.D. is a relationship advice expert, frequent guest psychologist on The Today Show and the creator of a globally available dating coach and Love Mentor® program. Dr. Diana is also the best-selling author of the acclaimed relationship advice book, "Sealing the Deal: The Love Mentor's Guide to Lasting Love", and of the best-selling relationship and dating book, "Love in 90 Days". Love in 90 Days was the basis of her PBS Special on love. Connect with Dr. Diana through her Dating Tips & Relationship Advice Newsletter."Diana Kirschner's work is life-changing, love-affirming and wonderfully effective." ~Dr. Christiane Northrup, Internationally bestselling author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom.


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A little while back, I mentioned how Grand Theft Auto 3 got be back into gaming. And after playing nearly 20 hours of the next proper game in the series, I can genuinely feel excited for all of those who will be re-/discovering games via the medium of Grand Theft Auto IV.
It was the recent release of the aforementioned game that finally convinced my good ol' father to acquire me a PS3, and I admit that when I first got it, GTA fell by the wayside as Aquatic and I ploughed through Resistance, MotorStorm and my ever-increasing pile of demo disks (thanks Official PlayStation Magazine UK!). And then, a week after first picking up the SIXAXIS, GTA found itself being slotted into the disk drive. Oh boy, how I have missed that series.
You see, my copies of GTA3 and San Andreas are scratched to death, my Vice City has never returned from being borrowed by a friend, Liberty City Stories got swapped with a mate for Burnout Legends once I had finished it, and Vice City Stories got traded in on one of my make-money-quick sprees. So in fact, IV is the first taste of Posh Stealing Automobiles I've played in a long time.
As previously mentioned on this here humble blog, I play on a little 15" standard-def CRT TV; but even so, the graphical leap from the PS2 games to IV is incredible (the only thing that I've played that looks better on my screen is the Uncharted demo). New explosions are like a gorgeous pre-emptive kick in the groin to Mercenaries 2, HDR reminds me how shitscary Resi 5 will be, and taking a helicopter tour over nighttime Algonquin (GTA's Manhattan) makes me want to get a pilot's license myself. And the little visual improvements are just as important: the cut-down UI, the new location markers and the glowing weapon pickups.
But graphics aside, the gameplay is fantastic. The new controls took a bit of getting used to, but not as long as the new realistic driving. The mobile phone Niko has is probably the biggest addition to the core gameplay, as it allows him to call contacts either to chat or for missions, rather than waiting for them to get hold of him. You can also arrange social meets with the characters, call for side jobs or just pictures of random people. But it becomes crucial to the central game too. If you need a getaway vehicle, you can call your cousin for a cab. If you are running low on ammo, ring Little Jacob and he'll turn up nearby with some guns in the trunk. In one mission, you have to kill someone causing a bit of trouble for one of your contacts, and to make sure you get the right guy, you have to take a picture with your phone and send it to your boss to make sure you're not shooting up the wrong guy.
Another addition, although not as major, is the in-game internet. You can log on at any of the tw@ internet cafes dotted around Liberty City (or in some of the later safehouses) and from there you can check your e-mail, download ringtones for your phone, or find a date.At one point, you need to terminate a guy who is usually well defended, so you log on and find him on an internet dating site. After confirming a nice brunch date, it gets added to the mobile phone's organiser function and off I go to get rid of him. And it's when the phone is combined with use of the internet that you realise how clever the game really is. Example: a lawyer has uncovered some compromising pictures of a corrupt police officer, but simply setting some C4 and blowing up the law firm's offices is the old GTA way of doing things. In IV, you log onto the internet and upload your CV to the Careers section of the firm's site. A couple of days later and you'll get a call from the receptionist, and you arrange an interview. Then, once you're in the office with him, you pull out a knife and scare him into revealing where he's kept the photos, before silently stabbing him, grabbing the incriminating shots and walking calmly out of the building. Suave.
And after the confusing and outlandish plot of San Andreas, GTAIV has one of the best storylines of any game I've ever played. You don't just randomly become a violent criminal (I'm looking at you GTA3), and everything you do has real meaning. A lot of games attempt that 'your actions have consequences' approach, and fail miserably; so to see how well Rockstar have done it, and in an open-world game at that, is impressive. At various points in the game you are given the choice to let someone live or die, and when the 'execute or spare Character Y' prompt appears, you have to quickly decide what to do and evaluate what the repercussions might be. And in a section I passed not so long ago, a received phone call resulted in a 'kill either Major Character 1 or Major Character 2' command that completely changes the game. And it's at that point you realise just how perfectly crafted all the characters are. From your cousin Roman, and bullying Vlad through to high riser Playboy X and drug dealer Elizabetha, none of the the characters are even remotely like the uninteresting results of video game character cookie cutters (they exist, kay? The factory is just next door to EA HQ). And I'm avoiding spoilers here, but some of the plot twists are downright shocking and clever.
There's so much more to say about GTAIV, but that can wait. I wont be posting a full review in the future for two reasons: 1) I don't post reviews of games I haven't completed, cos that's not fair, and completing a GTA game takes a long time when you play like I do, doing everything, so by the time I did a review, everyone else would've already done it, and a review is null and void. And 2) There's so much to do it GTAIV that any kind of a review doesn't really do it justice unless it mentions every single thing that you can do, and due to the branching plot, that's pretty much impossible. I'm sure I'll have more to say on the game in the near future, just don't expect a review in the conventional sense. But as far as I can see at the moment, GTAIV is a necessary addition to any gamers library: you must play this game.
Moving on. When I first got my PS3, I ventured onto the PlayStation Store to see what I could download (in short, a hell of a lot) and along with a bunch of demos, trailers and game videos, I decided to buy a game with my ludicrously small bank account balance. PixelJunk Monsters was the first thing I looked at, but already having purchased Resistance, MotorStorm and GTA, I had plenty of deep, hour-stealing games to play, so I'll get that in the future. FlOw was up next, and as much as I wanted to get it, I really wanted something properly playable for my first purchase, but I'm sure I'll get flOw to show off my HDTV when I finally buy one. After looking over a few different games (and deciding to note down Super Rub-a-Dub for future purchase), I decided upon PAIN!. I know it doesn't have a massive storyline or astounding visuals, but that was exactly what I wanted: a quick, simple to jump into after a few hours of GTA or whatnot. I got exactly what I wanted.
PAIN! is fun. Very fun. And despite being booted up on regular intervals, the repetitive gameplay still hasn't lost its charm. You basically launch a ragdoll character out of a giant catapult into a city and attempt to cause him as much pain as possible (hence the name). You only have one setting, the previously-mentioned city, and you launch-hit, launch-hit. That's effectively it. There are explosive barrels that launch you in other directions upon being hit, other crates that you can fling to hit objects, the ability to grab in all different directions, and posing in flight, but all in all it's the same launch-hit mechanic. And that's not a problem right now because it's still relatively fresh. But even writing it down here, I'm beginning to realise how repetitive that all is.
But then you exit out to the menu and realise I've just been playing one launcher position in the city (unlockable from doing well), in one game mode (choose from simple PAINdemonium, Mime Toss, Fun with Explosives, and Spank the Monkey. Other modes named HORSE and Bowling are unlockable) with one character (some unlockable, some purchasable from the PS Store) in just the single player section of the game.Oh and I was just playing the main part of PAINdemonium - there's an aftermath mode to unlock too. So all in all, it's a game that rewards committed players. That's not even mentioning the multiplayer. And the best bit? The ever-talkative development team regularly post updates on patches and new downloads on their blog, and a new location - 'Amusement Park' - should be out in the not-too-distant future. As pointed out above, I don't review games until I've completed them, so just as a first impression, I'd probably give the game about a 7 out of 10: It's repetitive, but very fun. And I like fun.
I did plan to talk about more stuff here like the new Indiana Jones film that I saw the other night, as well as other game-related stuff, but I have rambled a little, so I'll talk about that in the future. Also, I bought Assassins Creed today, so I'm sure I'll have something to say about that. Until then, adieu!
PS: I've already realised I've forgotten some other GTA stuff I wanted to mention. Expect that soon then.


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Love Has No Eyes (Shot 18)
Ragini suddenly kissed Laksh on his lips .He was shocked but then he pulled her closer and started to reciprocate her. The tears were flowing from their eyes. Their heart was beating faster. Their lips were kissing passionately soon turned into a wild one. Their tongues were fighting for dominance to explore each other's mouth. Their hands were running all over their body. They don't want to end this kiss. They wish their time to stop here.
Suddenly they both fall on the bed but without breaking the kiss. While Laksh was over Ragini, he broke the kiss. They both were breathing heavily. Their eyes were locked with each other. The new spark created between them today wanted to enjoy each other more. Laksh bend and started kiss on her neck. The butterflies were flying in her stomach. She mourned in pleasure. Her mourn made him more crazy and he started to bite her. She hissed in pain so he sucked the love bite giving more pleasure to her. Her hands were roaming on his hairs and pulling closer towards herself. His one hand was roaming on her belly under her clothes and other hand at her back reaching the lace of her blouse and pulled it. He moved her blouse down upto her shoulder and kissed her hungrily. Ragini mourned more. L…Llaa…Laaak…Laakshhhhh. He was doing it on the both sides.
He was about to unpin her pallu just then Ragini came to reality and pushed Laksh. Laksh was shocked and now came to the reality. He quickly moves away from her and stands beside the window whereas Ragini sat on the bed. They both were feeling awkward and embarrass. They both at the same time looked each other on the corner of their eyes and quickly looked the opposite side.
Ragini found that his hair was messed and his lips with her red lipstick and his shirt was shrunked with three buttons opened showing his chest. Laksh found that her neatly combed hair was completely messed and her lips were swollen by his kiss and her blouse was moving down upto her shoulder which reveals her bare neck and lightly her cleavage. Her neck was marked by his love bites and her clothes were moved aside revealing most of her milky skin. They both blushed heavily looking each other like that.
Just then Ragini looked at herself. She was shocked whereas Laksh was still blushing. But suddenly a pillow hit him and saw Ragini standing angrily with another pillow to attack him. He looks at her shocked but she threw another pillow and threw all the things which she got on his face. Laksh tried to stop her but couldn't.
Laksh: Ragini! What r u doing?
Ragini throwing stuffs: How dare u to do this?
Laksh innocently: What have I done?
Raging still throwing: What have u didn't do?
Laksh pleadingly: Ragini. Please stop this.
Ragini looked at him: If u would have stopped messing me, then I would not have been beating u.
Laksh: But Ragini, u r the first one who had started it. Ur kiss was so tasty so only I couldn't control myself. I am sorry. (He said with a puppy face).
Ragini with a pout: But Laksh what can I do with ur sorry? See what have u done. If anyone comes here then what will happen?
Laksh teasingly: Nothing will happen. I will be in hospital and u will be beside me sitting and kissing on my wounds.
Ragini glared at him and Laksh gulped: Ok bachha sorry! I will help u in getting ready, gentle man agreement. OK?
Ragini smiled and nodded her head in yes. Then he helped her in getting ready but they could not hide the love bites. So Laksh took some hair till her shoulders on front. It hided it so Laksh escaped from a volcano. Then he too took his beard and mustache and returned to old get up. The mehendi function was completed and Laksh too escaped from there.
At road,
Laksh was driving the bike and his thoughts were filled with their sweet moments. As he was dreamingly riding the bike he didn't see the car approaching towards him. In a fraction of second, he became unconscious and two men from the car took him and went away. It was a deserted road so no people saw this.
At Ragini's room,
Ragini was in lying on the bed and thinks about Laksh. She was thinking about her life after marriage. Suddenly she saw Laksh standing near the window and looking at her romantically. Ragini was surprised and went near to him but he disappeared. She was shocked and searched for him. Suddenly she saw him near her dressing table. She smiled and about to go to him just then she heard a knock on the door. She was shocked and was about to ask him to go away but he disappeared. Then she realized her imagination and smiled at it and another knock on the door. She opened the door and saw Swara, Sharmistha and Shekhar with a bowl full of rasgulla.
Ragini: What is this?
Swara: This is rasgulla, doesn't u know?
Ragini: I know it but what u three r doing here with this?
Swara: Oh come on di. Tomorrow is our marriage then when will we 4 spend time together? So only we came here to celebrate our last night in this house with a sweet.
Ragini now only realized that she was going to go away from her family. Her eyes were filled with tears and hugged Swara. She too hugged her back and Sharmistha and Shekhar too joined and they 4 shared a group hug. They 4 of them were pulling each other's leg, cracking jokes and remembering some sweet and bitter moments in their life.
Suddenly they saw some entering their house. All were shocked. Just then a man with a devil mask came in front of them and he slowly removed his mask. All were shocked to see Nikhil standing with a smirk. Ragini became panic and she hide behind Shekhar. Nikhil saw this and smirked.
Nikhil: Ragu, why r u hiding behind papa? I am only naa, ur would be devil husband? Then why r u hiding ur face? Oh feeling shy? Oh Ragini I loved it. Come on show ur face. I need to see it. Come on. Saying this went near to her but Shekhar came in between them and pushed him away.
Shekhar shouted: How dare u to come near my daughter? Get out from my house. Or else I will call police to arrest u. Get Out, right now.
Nikhil acted to be feared: Oh papa. I am feared. Please don't shout at me. (Then he laughed loudly and continued). So why r u wasting ur time in calling police? U know naa always police would come at last after the hero saving his heroine. (He looked at Ragini). So call directly ur hero. (He smirked at her).
Ragini became worried about Laksh and ran to her room and took her phone and called Laksh but his ringtone came from the hall. She hurriedly looked for him but Nikhil with a wide smirk took a phone from his pocket which was ringing and cut the call. Ragini was shocked because it was Laksh's mobile. She ran to him and holds his collar.
Ragini shouted at the top of her voice with tears: How r u having Laksh's phone? Where is Laksh? What have u done to him? Tell me or else I won't leave u. Tell.
Nikhil held her hands: That is what I want. Don't leave me. Then only I will send ur Laksh back with his breathe or else I will kill him for romancing with my darling.
Ragini was hell shocked and stammers: What r u saying? Laksh was with u which means have u kidnapped him? Why have u done this? Why r u acting like a mad? Please leave my Laksh. Please do anything to him. He is my life. I love him so much. I cannot live without him, pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I will do whatever u say. Please leave him.
Nikhil smirked and left her hand and she falls on the ground crying about Laksh.
Nikhil: Omg! What a love? Ok listen u has said that u will do whatever I say. So u have to marry tomorrow but ur groom will not be Laksh but ur Nikhil.
Everyone were shocked that too Ragini. She could not say anything. She looked at the surrounding. Nikhil's men had rounded them and already they had disconnected the telephone wire and kept her family at gun point. She doesn't know what to do.
What will happen next? Will Ragini be able to escape from Nikhil? Will Laksh come for Ragini? Wait for some more shots. Please post ur comments. Bye.


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Erika Petersen
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Neurosurgery, College of Medicine
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Dr. Erika Petersen attended the Princeton University, where she majored in European History. She completed her medical studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While undertaking her neurosurgical residency training at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, she completed a research and clinical fellowship in functional neurosurgery at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. Following completion of her residency, Dr. Petersen joined the Neurosurgery faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She directs the Section of Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery at UAMS Medical Center. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at UAMS. Dr. Petersen is a board certified neurosurgeon whose clinical practice focuses on neuromodulation, treating movement disorders, spasticity, and chronic pain through surgical procedures and stereotactic radiosurgery using the Gamma Knife. These surgeries include deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia, spinal cord stimulation, intrathecal drug therapy, surgery for trigeminal neuralgia, and more. She also performs stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of tumors, vascular brain malformations, and trigeminal neuralgia. Almost all of these therapies are offered in collaboration with comprehensive multidisciplinary teams of neurologists, psychiatrists, anesthesiologists, radiation oncologists, and other specialists to ensure that the best possible care is devised to meet the needs of each patient as an individual. Dr. Petersen's research interests focus on using high-resolution imaging to understand the functional interaction of centers within the brain. Her collaborations with colleagues in neuroradiology, neurology and psychiatry are aimed toward identifying new applications for the use of deep brain stimulation.
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Funding Agency: Nevro Corp. - Title: A Post-Market, Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing 10 kHz Spinal Cord Stimulation (HF10 Therapy) Combined with Conventional Medical Management - Award Number: CA2016-5 - Start Date: 2018-09-13
Funding Agency: Neuros Medical - Title: High-Frequency Nerve Block for Post-Amputation Pain: A Pivotal Study - Start Date: 2016-07-13
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Deer TR, Pope JE, Lamer TJ, Grider JS, Provenzano D, Lubenow TR, FitzGerald JJ, Hunter C, Falowski S, Sayed D, Baranidharan G, Patel NK, Davis T, Green A, Pajuelo A, Epstein LJ, Harned M, Liem L, Christo PJ, Chakravarthy K, Gilmore C, Huygen F, Lee E, Metha P, Nijhuis H, Patterson DG, Petersen E, Pilitsis JG, Rowe JJ, Rupert MP, Skaribas I, Sweet J, Verrills P, Wilson D, Levy RM, Mekhail N. The Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee on Best Practices for Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation. Neuromodulation. 2018 Sep 24. PMID: 30246899.
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Bari AA, Mikell CB, Abosch A, Ben-Haim S, Buchanan RJ, Burton AW, Carcieri S, Cosgrove GR, D'Haese PF, Daskalakis ZJ, Eskandar EN, Gerrard JL, Goodman WK, Greenberg BD, Gross RE, Hamani C, Kiss ZHT, Konrad P, Kopell BH, Krinke L, Langevin JP, Lozano AM, Malone D, Mayberg HS, Miller JP, Patil PG, Peichel D, Petersen EA, Rezai AR, Richardson RM, Riva-Posse P, Sankar T, Schwalb JM, Simpson HB, Slavin K, Stypulkowski PH, Tosteson T, Warnke P, Willie JT, Zaghloul KA, Neimat JS, Pouratian N, Sheth SA. Charting the road forward in psychiatric neurosurgery: proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery workshop on neuromodulation for psychiatric disorders. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2018 Aug; 89(8):886-896. PMID: 29371415.
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Sweet JA, Mitchell LS, Narouze S, Sharan AD, Falowski SM, Schwalb JM, Machado A, Rosenow JM, Petersen EA, Hayek SM, Arle JE, Pilitsis JG. Occipital Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Patients With Medically Refractory Occipital Neuralgia: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline. Neurosurgery. 2015 Sep; 77(3):332-41. PMID: 26125672.
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Petersen EA, Slavin KV. Peripheral nerve/field stimulation for chronic pain. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2014 Oct; 25(4):789-97. PMID: 25240665.
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Deer TR, Mekhail N, Petersen E, Krames E, Staats P, Pope J, Saweris Y, Lad SP, Diwan S, Falowski S, Feler C, Slavin K, Narouze S, Merabet L, Buvanendran A, Fregni F, Wellington J, Levy RM. The appropriate use of neurostimulation: stimulation of the intracranial and extracranial space and head for chronic pain. Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee. Neuromodulation. 2014 Aug; 17(6):551-70; discussion 570. PMID: 25112890.
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Gandhi G, Bahgat D, Petersen E. Peripheral neurostimulation for facial pain: retrospective review of outcomes in 6 cases. 2012.
Phillips BC, Gokden M, Petersen E. Granulomatous encephalitis due to Balamuthia mandrillaris is not limited to immune-compromised patients. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Jul; 115(7):1102-4. PMID: 22921039.
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Bahgat D, Ghaleb A, Petersen E. Spinal Cord Stimulation for Post-Orchiectomy Neuropathic Pain: Case Report. 2012.
Phillips BC, Garrett Ja, Garrett Jo, Williford V, Petersen E. Influences on operative time and patient outcome in thoracic spinal cord stimulator placement. 2012.
Zrinzo L, Holl EM, Petersen EA, Limousin P, Foltynie T, Hariz MI. Skewering the subthalamic nucleus via a parietal approach. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2011; 89(2):70-5. PMID: 21293165.
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Whitworth LA, Petersen E. Youmans Neurological Surgery. Pharmacological Treatment of Pain. 2011.
Whitworth LA, Petersen E. Handbook of Movement Disorders. Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy. 2011.
Whitworth LA, Petersen E. Essential Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery. Motor Cortex Stimulator Placement. 2011.
Tripoliti E, Zrinzo LU, Martinez-Torres I, Frost E, Pinto S, Foltynie T, Holl EM, Petersen EA, Roughton M, Hariz MI, Limousin P. Effects of bilateral STN-DBS on speech in a consecutive series of patients. Neurology. 2011; 76(1):80-6.
Holl EM, Petersen EA, Foltynie T, Martinez-Torres I, Limousin P, Hariz MI, Zrinzo L. Improving targeting in image-guided frame-based deep brain stimulation. Neurosurgery. 2010 Dec; 67(2 Suppl Operative):437-47. PMID: 21099570.
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Petersen EA, Holl EM, Martinez-Torres I, Foltynie T, Limousin P, Hariz MI, Zrinzo L. Minimizing brain shift in stereotactic functional neurosurgery. Neurosurgery. 2010 Sep; 67(3 Suppl Operative):ons213-21; discussion ons221. PMID: 20679927.
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Zrinzo LU, Foltynie T, Petersen E, Holl E, Martinez-Torres I, Janhanshahi M, Limousin P, Hariz M. MRI-guided subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation without microelectrode recording: accurate, safe and effective. 2010.
Zrinzo LU, Petersen E, Holl E, Foltynie T, Martinez-Torres I, Limousin P, Hariz M. Minimilizing brain shift in stereotactic functional neurosurgery. 2010.
Petersen E, Holl EM, Martinez-Torres I, Foltynie T, Limousin P, Hariz M, Zrinzo LU. Minimilizing brain shift in stereotactic functional neurosurgery. 2010.
Foltynie T, Zrinso LU, Martinez-Torres I, Tripoliti E, Petersen EA, Holl EM, Aviles-Olmos I, Jahanshahi M, Hariz MI, Limousin P. MRI-guided STN DBS in Parkinson's disease without microelectrode recording: efficacy and safety. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2010.
Borg A, Petersen EA, Holl EM, Martinez-Torres I, Foltynie T, Limousin P, Hariz MI, Zrinzo LU. Analysis of brain shift in deep brain stimulation. 2009; 473.
Petersen E, Novokovic R, Ding C, Pride GL, Samson DS, Timmerman R, Whitworth LA. Staged gamma knife radiosurgical treatment of a giant cerebral arteriovenous malformation: preliminary report. 2009.
Petersen E, Morrill KC. Multilevel anterior cervical fusion with Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2. 2008.
Petersen E, Samson DS, White JA. Intracranial aneurysms in pediatric patients. 2007.
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I feel like the post was waiting for me and when I clicked the title, it did this......
The post is from Crop Tops and Kale (ummm...best name ever!) and is entitled "On Calling Ourselves Ugly". I'm not going to give a book report on the post because you NEED (see what I did there? I used capitalization and the bold option. That means it's very very very important) to read it for yourself. The title pretty much sums it up.
I am very careful about saying that I'm fat or that I need to lose weight in front of The Princess. I have made a conscious effort, especially these last few years, to limit the amount of self negative talk that I engage in when she is around. I want her to love her body and be proud of the skin she is in but how can she do that if her mother doesn't teach her how to?
|The Princess and I!
Want to know what I'm not careful about? In the words of D-Money, the post's author, talking shit about my looks. I am guilty of saying not so nice things about the way I look.Why? I don't really know. I've always done it. Truthfully, I always felt like I was the ugly duckling in the family. I mean...I think any female would have a complex growing up with a sister and mom who look like this!
There's a joke in my family about a time when a boy I liked said to me "I think your sister's pretty" and with that line, he crushed my dreams of calling him my boyfriend. And while I can chuckle about it now, it still stings a little bit. This was not the first, nor would it be the last, time someone made a comment about my sister, co-worker, friend, being more attractive than me.
I have a five, not fore, head. I constantly scrutinize my pictures. I don't like the way I look when I laugh. My nose looks like a bell pepper. I have chipmunk cheeks. I look like a boy. I need more eyebrows. My lips could be plumper. My face is shaped weird. What's up with the bags under my eyes? Why isn't my face "softer"? I wish I had that good hair. Damn, I look like a dude.
I should have put quotation marks before and after each of those sentences because those are things that I say to or about myself. How nice of me, right?
Now, let me be clear on something. I'm not writing this post so people will feel sorry for me or tell me how pretty they think I am. I'm writing this post because I'm a grown ass woman who needs to let those ridiculous comments go and focus on learning to love myself.
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Speaking at the awards and prize giving ceremony for the show event, Tshweneyagae asked exhibitors to always allow themselves sufficient time for preparation before the start of the show. "We should always use the Sundays before the event for offloading our exhibition materials and make sure to use the next two days for full flight setup." He said.The Chairperson says such adequate preparation is necessary for to lure the public to the stalls and also allow for the observation of commercial days running from Thursday to Saturday.This year's agricultural piece has been hailed as a success and did attract a huge number of participants from the private sector, retailers, farmers, government departments and parastatals.
The Botswana Housing Corporation participated in this year's event with a specific focus on the new government housing initiatives, a continuation from last year. The parastatals category saw BHC vying for honors and prominence against fifteen other like entities amongst them Water Utilities, Botswana Power Corporation, HRDC, CEDA, LEA, BURS and Botswana Post.
This category honors were scooped by BHC at position 1, followed by Botswana Post and BPC respectively. The BHC exhibition stall was such an attraction and hit with both the public and exhibitors resulting in the stall being granted the 'grand champ' honors."In fact, we had thought you guys were introducing some alternative building technologies," said Peter Kapurua who shyly requested that BHC should donate the stall to a deserving charity in Ghanzi after the show.
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Wediquette Wednesday: What's the best way to see all the fun photos my guest take at my wedding?
Each Wednesday, we tackle wedding etiquette. At times, it's a reader question or one from a colleague, friend or family member and other times we'll cover a popular issue. (Note: Questions may be edited for clarity and brevity.)
Question: I want to see the photos and video that my guests take of my wedding. Is there a way to encourage that, and while I'm at it, cultivate some fun shots?
Answer: If you're looking to have your #bestdayever, here are five suggestions to get your creative juices flowing. (Don't forget to collect all the fabulous photos and videos after!)
1. Hire a photo booth and/or flipbook: Complete with backgrounds and props, vendors who offer these services are typically well-versed in getting everyone's good sides; they offer ways your guests can share the experience instantly though sites like Facebook and Twitter — and they also provide take-home mementos of the experience.
2. Create a selfie area: From a fabulous wall to life-sized cutouts of the bride and groom, provide something fun for selfies along with a couple selfie sticks or a phone stand and don't forget a reminder of your hashtag.
3. Print and place social media reminders: From your program to signage and cards to embroidery on your husband's suit cuff, choose a hashtag for your wedding (there are plenty of websites and articles that offer advice on how to do so) — and maybe even a Snapchat geofilter — and place a few reminders around your space. Word of mouth will spread as posts add up!
4. Provide charging stations: Depending on the size of your reception space, consider setting up a couple tables complete with surge protectors and chargers of every shape and size.
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