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Title: The Red Collection
Author: Princess Jones
Genre: Paranormal Fantasy
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
For Red, it's just another day on the job. Even a fearless bounty hunter can find herself in trouble on the road. But with the help of her longtime hunting partner, Will, and her trusty crossbow, there's nothing she can't handle. Demon bounty job? Check. Juggle a complicated fuck buddy relationship with your best friend and partner? Check. Take on anything foolish enough to take on her? Double check.
They say you can't go home again but Red doesn't have a choice. Her estranged family has been brutally murdered and she's the only suspect. Unwilling to spend her life on the run for a crime she didn't commit, Red returns to her hometown to clear her name. And when Red's long lost grandmother reappears, things really start to get complicated. With Grandma's help, Red is on a mission to pay back whoever is behind it all. Now that Red knows the family secret, can she solve the family murder?
This fantasy omnibus contains three interrelated stories re-imagining of the classic fairy tales, taking readers to a place the Grimm brothers never dared. Sexy, gritty, and imaginative, this is the first in a series of fantasy adventure novels that will change the way you see Little Red Riding Hood forever.
"Stand back!" I said to Will as it swiped at him with one of its slime-covered legs.
Will jumped back just before it made contact. I loaded another arrow and put myself between him and the demon. I sent the second arrow right next to the first, making another direct hit in its head. It slowed but kept coming.
I was moving away when I tripped over an unfortunately placed rock and lost my footing. Even as I fell on my back, I was loading and loosing another arrow. This one stopped the miskla's forward momentum, though it used one of its tentacles to grab my right leg. It hissed at me and waved its fangs in my direction.
I felt a hot, searing pain in my right leg. "Fuck!" I screamed. The digestive slime burned through my woolen leggings and made contact with my skin. This thing was efficient. It was already starting to digest me before it even got me inside.
It was strong, too. It started dragging me closer using the same tentacle that was covering me in slime. The burning was bad enough but I couldn't let it touch me with those fangs. I couldn't do anything on my back. I flipped over and scrambled away from it.
I felt rather than saw Will coming for me and screamed for him to get back. I could get out of this but I couldn't guarantee he would stay out of the line of fire.
I dropped the bow and reached into my left boot for my favorite dagger. I guess I would use it after all. I slashed at the miskla's sinewy tentacle and made it scream again. Freeing myself, I moved so I could reach its head.
I needed to finish this off for good, but I was having a hard time taking a deep breath. The sticky black blood that poured out of the miskla smelled like spoiled milk. I didn't want that in my nose but I had no choice. With a deep breath and a quick twirl of my dagger, I sank it into the miskla's head and twisted. Its slimy, bulbous head deflated it as the black blood poured all over the ground, and me.
Will came for me again. This time I let him. He grabbed my arms and pulled me across the grass a few feet away from the stinking, black demon. I tried to catch my breath as he placed his hands over the burnt flesh on my right leg. He prayed to his Gods in a swift whisper, and I bit back a whimper as the warm, soothing burn of his power slid over my leg.
"Not bad for a magickal school dropout, huh?" he said.
I looked at my leg through the shredded tights, the skin a dark, tender pink. I tested it by standing and putting weight on it. Not too bad. It would heal.
Will's face bore a shit-eating grin. "Showoff," I growled. "Now go get our money so we can get out of here."
Princess Jones is a fantasy author with an obsession with the stories we tell ourselves over and over. Red is her first fictional work. Jones currently lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and a constantly revolving menagerie of stray people and animals. She spends her time reading good books, watching bad television, and trying to teach her dogs to fetch cheesecake.
Website: www.princessjones.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/imprincessjones
The book on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Red-Collection-Princess-Jones-ebook/dp/B00N43Y8PS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1411759383&sr=8-2&keywords=the+red+collection+princess+jones
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Huzzah! Lumberjack Charlie is 1! But let's be real, first birthdays are more for the parents than the babes. Huzzah! We made it! We powered through night time feedings, nap schedules that changed every 3 months, deciphering hungry cries/poo cries/IM JUST CRYING BECAUSE cries, and more. We got to see our baby boy's personality come alive in a different way this time, too. We got to see Ellie interact, grow with, teach,....fight......, and adjust to life with an addition.
Charlie is our chill boy. He's easy to please, super smiley, a deep belly laughing, brute force power house, eager, every-ready-battery-when-it-comes-to-climbing, face hugging, sweet, sweet Charlie. He -so far- idolizes Ellie. For a long time, she was the only one who could get him belly laughing. Love watching them together -- that is, when Ellie isn't freaking out over Charlie touching one of her toys that she was playing with last week and was about to touch again. She likes to take his hands and help him walk, jump up and down when he cries (because it was the first thing that ever made him laugh), and help feed him breakfast (...that and giving him the pieces of her meal that aren't her favourite...sharing is caring?).
Wouldn't trade a day without our Charlie Boy in it.
We did a Lumberjack themed party for year one. Made some bunting banners, food tags, water labels etc, as well as a some burlap, plaid banners, and wood decor from a friend and neighbour who is also doing a lumberjack party in a couple of weeks. Perfect!
Rob got a burst of energy last night and made mini-axes for parting gifts. You're welcome, parents! Axes are appropriate for a 1 year old party, right? Thought so.
My sister is a cake genius. She made a mini stump smash cake for charlie and a BIG stump cake that WAS PLAID ON THE INSIDE. And, on top of it all, she also made cupcakes. My goodness are we ever lucky to have her! For that and many reasons <3
And, because I'm in the giving mood, here is a download file to some free lumberjack printables for any lumberjack party in your future. Pages are 11 x 17 FYI .

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2010 Program News
Day #6 recap, 9 October 2010
2010 Program News
9 November 2010 Recap - The Last Full Day
Travel Day, 28 October 2010, Everyone is headed to the OTC
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware - Recap
Certificate of Partnership between U.S. and Macedonian Olympic Committee
FYE students, international coaches come together
U.S. Olympic Committee Partners with University of Delaware, International Olympic Committee's Olympic Solidarity to Produce International Coaching Enrichment Certification Program
USOC, UD continue partnership to train international coaches
The anticipation for the field trip to the nation's capital has come to a close. At 7:00 am the coaches boarded onto the bus to the travel to Washington D.C. Around 9:00 pm the bus pulled next to the arrival and meeting spot, "The Castle". After a brief announcement from the vocal Steve Amster the group was set free to visit Washington D.C's tourist attractions.
Throughout the day the coaches visited the Washington Monument, WWII Fountain, Vietnam Wall, Lincoln Memorial, Capital, White House and several of the cities museums. This was considered an eye opening experience for numerous coaches. For most this was the first time visiting the United States capital. Many explained that they could not believe they were visiting sites they had seen on television and/or heard about their homeland.
At 5:00 pm the group met back at "The Castle" to head back to Delaware. The day proved to be tiresome as every coach fell asleep on the journey home. After awakening, each individual on the bus was entertained by the individuals in the back of the bus (Aaron Nawuoh, Khalique Bailey, Peter Cuffy and Quentin Hall) singing an old song about individuals cruising together. The day proved to be filled with new experiences and fun. The group will have tomorrow off and will be allowed time to shop at the Christiana Mall and Best Buy.


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The growth of Netflix and binge watching, watching TV has normally being something for one person alone. That's good, but if you want to be more social while you are vegging out on your couch watching Netflix alone, you are now covered.
Showgoers happens to be a great Chrome extension that will let you and your friends watch the same Netflix show in real time. This extension is simple as it will link up your Netflix account and your friends' account and will let you send out invitations to your friends, asking if they want to join a stream. Showgoers is the perfect way to have a movie party, well at least a virtual one when you can't be together.
The watching party is easy to get to, all you have to do is to click the play or pause button or to seek during the show and it will do the same thing on everyone else's Netflix. When the players are linked together, you are able to focus on sharing the experience during real time.
Setting up is very simple too
Once you install the plug-in from the Web Store on Chrome, your Netflix player will have a pair of 3D glasses in the top right hand corner when you hover over a program and it will bring up the play controls.
If you click the glasses, you will have the option to start sharing with your friends. Simply confirm and get a URL that you will share with your friends who have the same plug-in.
Once your friends have accepted the invitation by clicking the link, you will be able to use Netflix as you do normally. Only now everyone that you have invited is seeing what you are. It is a nice feature to have, especially if you are sick and can't leave your home for a viewing party.
The creator of Showgoers made this app when he was in a long distance relationship. It was an effort to diversify shared experiences. Him and his partner learned that it was fun skyping and watching Netflix together and they grew tired of the count down and pressing play to be able to sync the players. Since Showgoers was created, this doesn't need to happen anymore.
Syncing via Showgoers isn't a way to get around geographical restrictions. Basically, you both must be able to watch the show in order for syncing to work.
Try it right now, download Showgoers from Chrome Web Store.


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About ENEMY IN THE GARDEN: A Novel of Intrigue and Suspense by Harriet Pike
When hate is stirred up as it is in today's America, what could be more timely than a thriller about anti-Semitism? Although the novel is set in the 1970s, the events could happen here today–or tomorrow. "Enemy in the Garden" follows an ordinary suburban family, the Millers, as they cope with the kidnapping of the father by a band of anti-Semitic, anti-governmental fascists known as the American Clan. With the help of a private detective, the mother, Nora, follows a twisted trail of false leads to find and rescue her husband. The action moves at lightning speed across a landscape from Long Island to upstate New York where the Clan practices its secret warfare. As one reader said: "I read it in one day because I couldn't go to bed until I knew how it turned out…The characters are very believable, almost alive, and you start rooting for the good guys and worrying about them."
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Author Bio:
An early writing prodigy, Harriet Pike landed a coveted reporting job right out of college. Working for "Newsday," she covered the important, interesting and just everyday people on Long Island, much like the ones in her novel. She subsequently worked for other publications as a reporter and managing editor. Her portfolio includes travel and humor articles for the "New York Times" and "Daily News." In a career shift, she worked for four years as communications director for a key New York State legislator and later for a New York State politician. Her first published novel, "Enemy in the Garden," is a fast-moving thriller filled with suspense and intrigue centered on an anti-government, anti-Semitic plot.


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ESTATE JEWELRY #555 22K Gold Ring with White Sapphire
22kt gold ring with a 2.90ct sapphire. Finger size is a 9 1/4 and total weight is 6.97grams.
We've been purchasing jewelry and collectibles from our customers during the recent price increases of the gold and silver prices. These "estate" items are available at an extremely discounted price. The sales of these items are very brisk and we are trying to make sure the website is up to date, but there is a chance this item has already sold, please call for other items that might also be available.


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I've been playing frisbee with a few friends lately. On the day in question, it was just two of us and my friend told me, "I'm glad [name] isn't here. H[is/er] throws are so accurate that I don't get to run much and it's boring. I don't have that problem with you."
Can you think of a more left-handed compliment then that?
Since my friend reads this blog, I know what you mean and am just happy to play. No hard feelings.


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What animals eat
Scientists have proven that animals heal people. According to statistics, the owners of dogs and cats on average live 5 years longer, and horseback riding helps people to overcome mental disorders.
Today zootherapy gaining momentum around the world. In the United States this treatment is used in children's hospitals, the army and even in nursing homes. Australian scientists have shown that contact with Pets reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood. And British researchers noticed that in those homes where there are Pets, children grow up healthier with great immunity and normal mentality.
Feline therapy available to all
An ordinary house cat can lower blood pressure and get rid of a migraine. It also stimulates the treatment of trauma and various inflammatory processes. That's why she rests in the place where something bothering him. In addition, it is proven that cats relieve stress, fatigue, help with rheumatism, stomach ulcers and insomnia. Through research, scientists have found that stroking a cat for several minutes helps to normalize pulse, and blood pressure. Also, these Pets help to cure serious mental illness, heart disorders, brain damage.
Wenyuange assume that each breed of cats specializes in a particular disease. Interestingly, the sounds emitted by a cat, calm the mind, relieve pain and enhance the immune system.
Fish treat "nerves"
It has long been proved that observing fish in an aquarium reduces stress. That is why such home residents doctors recommended for people who suffer from depression and neurosis. Also fish are able to cause people joy and well-being, improve the intellectual level of each person. In addition, the aquarium perfectly adjusts the microclimate, and water evaporating from it humidifies the air, making it more useful for human's health and his breathing. Continue reading
Chronic bronchitis, treatment of folk remedies
The disease is chronic bronchitis, treatment of folk remedies which is sometimes more efficient, brings lot of discomfort. Fever, dry cough, shortness of breath and the appearance of sputum is the symptoms associated with the disease. The danger of this disease is that it can turn into a chronic form. To avoid this, it is necessary to take preventive measures and to fight with the disease at the first symptoms.
Home treatment for bronchitis are efficient. It can be as basic and supplementary to medical drugs.
Useful tips and recommendations.
A universal remedy for bronchitis is the potato. It is necessary to boil the vegetable. not cleansing in the skin, and covering the patient with a towel to give a breath over a steaming pot. This warms up the Airways and cough are relieved. The process can continue for five to seven minutes. Then the potatoes need to get out of the water, cut in half and folded it in two packages. The resulting two flat cakes should be attached to the chest and back and covered by a blanket. If the potatoes are too hot, you can wrap a towel and adjust the temperature, gradually removing layers of tissue.
Chronic bronchitis, lectionarium means which quickly brings relief, requires a constant warm drink. The recommendations of the specialists suggest that regular tea it is best to replace the decoctions of medicinal herbs. The pharmacy can buy breast collect and brew it according to the recipe on the package. If you have the opportunity to harvest grass during the summer season, in the period of acute bronchitis is good to use St. John's wort, oregano, and sage. In equal proportions should take the dry weight and cover with boiling water and then hold it for five minutes on a steam bath. The decoction should be drunk in the form of warm liquids with honey or raspberry jam. Good promotes healing drink of dried raspberry leaves. Hot milk with butter and honey can relieve a dry cough and warm the throat. Continue reading
Five allowed, which treat human disease
Some animals are beneficial to people's health and can even cure certain diseases, writes headinsider. Scientists believe that animals can provide medicine with new opportunities and methods of treatment of various diseases, including diabetes, Parkinson's disease and dementia.
Thanks to the International organization for therapy animals, which actively practices and promotes the treatment of animals around the world, it became known that cats can contribute to the treatment:
neurosis, mental disorder, depression
cardiovascular diseases (after 20 minutes in the company of cats is aligned to the heartbeat and stabilizes blood pressure);
pathology of the respiratory system, including asthma; diseases of the digestive system; functional disorders of the musculoskeletal system; diseases of the joints; alcoholism, drug addiction; disorders of the endocrine system; fractures, injuries; diseases of the reproductive system.
Dogs suggest an active lifestyle — at least, they will have to walk, and maybe run with them for a few miles. Thus, our body gets several positive effects: maintaining weight, regular walks in the fresh air, the lack of depression, prevention of heart disease.
Specially trained dogs help people with many problems: guide dogs are indispensable helpers for the blind and dogs assistants can prevent epileptic seizures, allowing the ward to take the necessary steps to protect yourself. Dogs can smell cancer and can detect it at an early stage. In addition, saliva from dogs has antibacterial properties thanks to the contained the lysozyme — wound-healing substance. Continue reading


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Got It!
According to The Jew's Harp Guild it "is a small musical instrument which is held against the teeth or lips, and plucked with the fingers. Its appearance in many cultures of the world, and ancient roots, attest to the magical essence of this simple instrument." For more about the history of the instrument and to listen to sound clips, visit the Jew's Harp Guild Web site.
Thanks to Susan Ferrone of Abingdon, Maryland for submitting
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Pointe Royale Condos
Pointe Royale is a 16-story luxury riverfront high-rise located on Virginia Avenue. It just a short stroll to the center of the downtown Fort Myers river district where you will find an eclectic variety of boutiques, restaurants, theatre and art galleries. And the grocery store and pharmacy is less than a mile away. You can even walk to the downtown Farmer's Market every Thursday for your fresh fruit and veggies!
Relax on your balcony taking in a spectacular sunset or watch yachts in the marina below in the Caloosahatchee River.
If you are dreaming of an upscale gated community with all of the amenities, look no further!
Contact Riverside Realty today for more information or to schedule a showing appointment! (239) 313-5544


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what version of anaconda are
you using for this? I personally don't see a way of altering the
kickstart behaviour, except by getting down and dirty in the
kickstart.py source file of anaconda, but maybe
someone else has some ideas.
Angus Clarke wrote:
Hi I use CGI scripts to auto-generate kickstart files depending on the target's IP address - $ENV{REMOTE_ADDR} I do this to avoid maintaining hundreds of KS files (normally one for each target server) My situation is slightly complex as I have dozens of target networks. We derive network information from predefined perl hash tables, where we lookup: - default route - dns server - target hostname (derived from DNS of the client's IP) I use this to generate a line such as the following in the default KS file: <-- snip network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip 192.168.1.50 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --gateway 192.168.1.1 --nameserver 192.168.1.2 --hostname angus <-- snip Everything works great, until one of my guys rebuilds a server on some unknown network (ie not in the lookup table) When this occurs, anaconda is fed an incomplete kickstart file - it's default behaviour then is to prompt for input. The trouble I have with this is that we are usually rebuilding servers in remote locations without local hands! So, we affectively lose this server until our next site visit (lights out is not configured across all our sites) Is there some option or means of persuading anaconda to reboot on failures, prior to any changes being committed to the system? (ie. prior to fdisk activity of Kickstart file) Thanks in advance Angus _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list redhat com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list


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I wasn't going to name them after GWTW, it was actually Kevin's idea! They are about 5 years old.
Here is Katie saying hello. You should feel lucky that she gave you the time of day!
She loves being Queen Sheaba. Any
time we have a ladder out to work on the house she's on it!
Melly is always giving hugs and nuzzles. Actually she's over friendly and can get on our nerves! If you're sitting, she's in your lap.
Here they are bunny watching. They love spring when we open the windows and they can "bark" at the birds.
I think Melly is boy crazy. She likes to hang out in the laundry room and watch for tom cats. You can tell she's annoyed at me for intruding by her "ear language". Hmm... I thought Scarlett was the boy crazy one!


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What's Behind Knight's Massive Charlotte Give?/
Tax season is upon us and many of us here at IP are eagerly awaiting a robust refund. Robust, of course, is a relative term. A $245 refund check is enough to make most of us audibly hoot from behind our cubical walls (actually, we don't have cubes). But would Michael Bloomberg high-five his accountant upon receiving a refund of equal value? Of course not. These things are relative.
The same logic applies to the world of arts funding. For further context, we turn today to news out of Charlotte, NC, where the Knight Foundation has doled out $16 million to Charlotte-area arts groups in recent decades.
Analysis of the giving underscores Knight's preoccupation with scale. Or to envision it another way, let's steal the linked article's use of its nifty bouquet analogy. "Sometimes the foundation hands out massive bouquets," the article notes. For example, Charlotte Ballet netted a $1.1 million Knight grant last year. The Actor's Theatre of Charlotte and Opera Carolina will receive the biggest bouquets this year. (We can't confirm if Dennis Scholl, Knight's vice president for the arts, turned his back to the jittery applicant organizations and tossed the bouquets in the air.)
But as anyone who's received a mere handful of flowers can attest, small bouquets aren't so bad. Such is the case with the Oneaka Dance Company. It received a comparatively paltry $5,000 to revamp its Dances of the Soul Program. But that money will go a long way for Oneaka, which proportionately speaking, has a far smaller operating budget than the Theatre of Charlotte and Opera Carolina.
The gift will allow Oneaka to expand its innovative dance workshops targeted towards community members with little or no access to the arts. For example, the group held a workshop series at a Salvation Army Center of Hope last fall.
On the other end of the spectrum, the Actor's Theatre of Charlotte netted $80,000 to bring new works to the stage through the NuVoices for a NuGeneration play festival for two years. Other winners include IP-favorites the 100 Words Film Festival, which scored $20,400 to launch a festival that "challenges professional directors and student filmmakers to focus on the essence of storytelling," and Blumenthal Performing Arts, which received $20,000 to bring the arts to a wider audience by providing seats for the performance of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis.
Ultimately, arts nonprofits don't need us to tell them that $5,000 can go a long way. But the news out of Charlotte nonetheless reminds us that large organizations like Knight consciously attempt to scale their giving with an eye toward optimizing impact. As a result, smaller organizations shouldn't feel intimidated or deterred from vying for funding from foundations with a proclivity for tossing enormous, allergy-inducing bouquets or smaller ones in equal measure.


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Land Survey
Things are progressing along nicely for our land purchase! We are now in the middle of getting a land survey complete. It should have already been done, but we ran into some challenges. The main challenge we faced was that the man we paid to organize the land survey decided to not hire a surveyor and tried to do it himself using a GPS and a tape measure on the day I could not come out to watch. I started checking the survey and realized that he had only given us 11 acres instead of 20.
On Friday, we finally got a survey company to come out and work on the survey. They ran into some challenges with battery issues on their transit. We were not able to complete it, so we are going back to finish up the final two corners on Monday. We now have 20 acres carved out!
Our next step is to get the lease agreement drafted and signed, then get a title for the subdivision, and the land is ours!


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I hope everyone had a nice March! Although I was super excited for spring to start this month, I'm still waiting for the weather to improve. As I type, there are piles of snow in my yard and a forecast of snow for this Tuesday and Wednesday. Spring, where are you?!
I don't have anything exciting to report for March. With the exception of some St. Patrick's Day fun, it was mostly a stressful, depressing month. I actually took a week off from blogging because my mind has been too cluttered to focus on writing anything. I'll be back this week, though, and I have quite a few posts to catch up on. I'm hoping April will bring good news along with nicer weather. Continue reading


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- Research article
- Open Access
- Open Peer Review
Health differentials in the older population of England: An empirical comparison of the materialist, lifestyle and psychosocial hypotheses
- George B Ploubidis1Email author,
- Bianca L DeStavola2 and
- Emily Grundy1
© Ploubidis et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011
- Received: 3 June 2010
- Accepted: 25 May 2011
- Published: 25 May 2011
In developed countries with old age structures most deaths occur at older ages and older people account for the majority of those in poor health, which suggests a particular need to investigate health inequalities in the older population.
We empirically compared the materialist, psychosocial and lifestyle/behavioural theoretical mechanisms of explanation for socio-economic variation in health using data from two waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), a nationally representative multi-purpose sample of the population aged 50 and over living in England. Three dimensions of health were examined: somatic health, depression and well-being.
The materialist and lifestyle/behavioural paths had the most prominent mediating role in the association between socio-economic position and health in the older population, whereas the psychosocial pathway was less influential and exerted most of its influence on depression and well-being, with part of its effect being due to the availability of material resources.
From a policy perspective there is therefore an indication that population interventions to reduce health differentials and thus improve the overall health of the older population should focus on material circumstances and population based interventions to promote healthy lifestyles.
- Health Inequality
- Material Resource
- Standard Deviation Increase
- Allostatic Load
- Latent Index
The 20th century witnessed significant improvements in health in most countries including substantial increases in survival to older ages and large reductions in late age mortality. However, substantial inequalities or disparities in the health of different socio-economic groups remain[1–3]. In developed countries with old age structures most deaths occur at older ages and older people account for the majority of those in poor health, which suggests a particular need to investigate health inequalities in the older population [4]. Early work on health inequalities tended to focus on younger age groups, particularly middle aged men. Socioeconomic disparities were thought to be small in early adulthood and later old age and increasingly large during the period between early adulthood and early old age [5], with the declining strength of health inequalities in later life being at least partly attributed to selective mortality. With the availability of new data sources, a growing body of research on older people has demonstrated the persistence of health inequalities at older ages [6, 7]. Disentangling the mechanisms underlying health inequalities in the older population is crucial for the development of appropriate policies to alleviate such inequalities and therefore improve population health.
Within the social causation framework and the wider and more extensive theoretical and empirical literature on health inequalities, theories of explanation of the relation between Socio-Economic Position (SEP) and health essentially focus on three mechanisms: [8]. The first is a neo- materialist one; suggesting that those with higher incomes are able to purchase better food, better housing, live in safer environments and have better access to health care[9, 10]. According to Lynch [11] "the neo-material interpretation of health inequalities is an explicit recognition that political-economic processes generate income inequality, influence individual economic resources, and also impact community resources such as schooling, health care, social welfare, and working conditions". The second emphasises behavioural or "lifestyle" factors, such as smoking, diet, alcohol consumption and appropriate use of health care, which may also vary with cognitive skill and access to information [12]. The third places more emphasis on psychosocial factors such as empowerment, relative social status and social integration, including exposure to stressful events that may result from low status and low autonomy in important arenas of life, such as work [13]. Health inequalities are thus viewed as the result of perceptions of relative SEP that produce negative emotions which are translated into poorer health through stress[14, 15].
In the present study we undertake formal - model based - estimation of the cross sectional and prospective indirect (mediating) effects of SEP on later-life health within a generalised structural equation modelling framework using three dimensions of health. This allows us to compare the relative contribution of each of the three pathways to later-life health inequalities. Such comparisons would not be possible using standard multiple regression models because the latter would estimate only the reciprocally adjusted effects of the variables representing SEP as well as the material, lifestyle and psychosocial pathways, therefore neglecting the indirect perspective, which is crucial for a meaningful comparison of the three mechanisms [16]. However, despite our model being informed by well established theory, the approach we have adopted depends on the model being correctly specified.
The major aim of the present study is to investigate the extent of health inequalities in the older population of England and to empirically estimate the relative contribution to these of the materialist, lifestyle/behavioural and psychosocial pathways, in a first attempt to understand the mechanisms underlying health inequalities. To this explanatory framework we have added a path that captures the association between material resources and psychosocial factors since, as suggested by Wilkinson, [17] we hypothesised that the latter are at least partly contingent upon the availability of the former.
Data source and study sample
Distribution of SEP indicators, demographic characteristics and other covariates used in the analysis
Net Financial Wealth
Wealth 1st fifth (highest)
Wealth 2nd fifth
Wealth 3d fifth
Wealth 4th fifth
Wealth 5th fifth (lowest)
Social Class
Managerial and professional
Small employees and own account workers
Lower supervisory and technical workers
Workers in semi-routine occupations
Net Household Income
Income 1st fifth (highest)
Income 2nd fifth
Income 3d fifth
Income 4th fifth
Income 5th fifth (lowest)
Marital Status
Degree/Higher education
A level
O level/CSE grade
No qualifications
Housing Tenure
Not white
Current situation
Not retired
Cognitive Ability (N = 8687)
Std Deviation
Age (N = 8687)
Considering that unbiased estimates of pathways, and their components, cannot be obtained without properly addressing the implications of incompleteness we employed the Full Information Maximum Likelihood method which is naturally incorporated into structural equation models. In this full likelihood context model parameters and standard errors are estimated directly from the available data and the selection mechanism is ignorable under the Missing at Random (MAR) assumption [19, 20]. The basic goal of FIML missing data handling is to identify the population parameter values that are most likely to have produced a particular sample of data and the discrepancy between the data and the estimated parameters is quantified by the likelihood. In this context the MAR assumption implies that all systematic selection effects depend on variables which are included in the model. In our analyses all potential causes of missingness in the ELSA such as demographic characteristics, SEP indicators, cognitive ability and health status were included in the analysis.
Measures and variables
Exposures - Socioeconomic Position
Mediators - Measures of the three explanatory pathways
Material resources
We employed several indicators to derive a latent summary variable that represents the accumulation of material resources: Housing tenure (recoded to a binary variable distinguishing owners and non-owners), problems with the accommodation (shortage of space, pollution, street noise, cold, etc) as an indicator of neighbourhood affluence; the number of durables owned recoded as an ordinal variable to capture four levels of ownership of durables and to avoid potential problems with skewness; private health insurance as a proxy for access to better health services' and car ownership (see Additional file 1). This latent index represents the accumulation and quality of material resources, with high values indicating participants that own their house, have private health insurance, live in a relatively affluent neighbourhood, own durables such as a television, personal computer, C.D player, microwave oven etc, and own at least one car.
Psychosocial path
To define the psychosocial latent dimension we used the four items that represented the control dimension of the CASP-19 questionnaire [23] and two items from the autonomy dimension. We supplemented the CASP items with two additional items present in the ELSA dataset that enquired about perceptions of control at home. High values on this latent index are indicative of participants who perceive their lives as being under their control (see Additional file 1). We employed perceived control as a proxy for the psychosocial path since no information on self esteem or perceived stress is available in the ELSA. It has been shown that the perception of control is an important determinant of coping in the face of hardships, including threats to health [24], as well as a key concept in the explanation of health inequalities [25, 26]. When negative events happen the stress that people experience and the resulting health burden due to the accumulation of allostatic load [27] depends on perceived control [27, 28] which has also been shown to be associated with stress[29].
Health related behaviour-lifestyle
We employed indicators of smoking status (never/past/current smoker) and frequency of exercise in the past month to define latent health related lifestyle. The second wave ELSA dataset does not contain specific questions on dietary habits, but we used the waist hip ratio - appropriately coded for men and women- as a proxy, assuming that participants within the recommended limits make healthier dietary choices (see Additional file 1). This latent index represents the overall health related lifestyle of the participants. High scorers were those who moderately exercise two - three times per week, have never smoked and have a waist-hip ratio within the recommended limits. We chose not to include frequency of alcohol use in the lifestyle latent index, due to the well documented non linear association between alcohol use and various health outcomes [30]. However, we performed a sensitivity analysis including frequency of alcohol use in the measurement model and the correlation between the two lifestyle latent indices (with and without alcohol use) was 0.963, indicating that the exclusion of alcohol did not have any substantial effect on the lifestyle latent index.
Outcomes - Measures of health
Somatic Health
To define this dimension we used the Latent Index of Somatic Health (LISH), which we derived with the procedure proposed by Ploubidis & Grundy [31] in surveys where both self and observer measured health indicators are available. Three observer measured (grip strength; a measure of respiratory function -Forced Vital Capacity - FVC; and chair rise speed) and three self reported health indicators (self rated health, presence of long standing illness, and the presence of one or more functional limitations) were combined with the latent health dimension (LISH) representing somatic health (see Appendix). High scorers on the LISH (optimal somatic health) have satisfactory grip strength, good respiratory functioning, they performed well on the chair rise stands, have no functional limitations neither a chronic illness and perceive their health as very good or excellent.
Mental health
As a measure of depression, ELSA includes the eight item version of the CES-D which was developed by Radloff [32] for use in community surveys of adults. We estimated an appropriate measurement model for the eight binary items and used the depression latent continuum in further analysis, as we were interested in variation across the whole range of population mental health, rather than focusing on a particular risk group. High values on the depression latent variable indicate the presence of depressive symptomatology. The ELSA includes Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale [33] as a measure of subjective well-being. High values on the latent variable indicate participants that report high levels of life satisfaction.
Age, gender, marital status, ethnicity and a summary measure of cognitive ability at Wave 2 (baseline for this study) were included in the predictive model as they were thought to be important confounders of the relationships between SEP, the three mediators and health.
Statistical Modelling
Descriptive criteria of model fit
Material resources
Psychosocial - Perceived control
Somatic health
Cognitive ability
Path analysis
Path analysis standardised parameters - Cross sectional associations
Wave 2 Outcomes
Somatic Health
Gender (Female)
Marital status (Not Married)
Ethnicity (Non white)
Cognitive ability
Indirect via Material
Indirect via Psychosocial
Indirect via Lifestyle
Indirect via Material & Psychosocial
Path analysis standardised parameters - Prospective associations
Wave 4 Outcomes
Somatic Health
Somatic Health 2002
Depression 2002
Well -being 2002
Gender (Female)
Marital status (Married)
Ethnicity (Non white)
Cognitive ability
Indirect via Material
Indirect via Psychosocial
Indirect via Lifestyle
Indirect via Material & Psychosocial
Indirect via all Wave 2 variables***
Cross sectional Associations - ELSA Wave 2 (2004)
Association between SEP, material resources, perceived control and health related lifestyle
Latent SEP appears to strongly influence latent material resources and latent health related lifestyle, once the influence of gender, age, marital status, cognitive ability, employment status and ethnicity is accounted for. The estimated (standardized) regression coefficients show that one standard deviation increase in SEP score is expected to lead to an increase of β = 0.418 p < 0.001 in latent material resources, and an increase of β = 0.301, p < 0.001) in the latent lifestyle score. There seems instead to be a weaker association of latent SEP with the psychosocial path (i.e. perceived control), with an estimated standardised regression coefficient β = 0.085, p < 0.05. There was also a positive association between the material resources latent index and perceived control, β = 0.198, p < 0.001, suggesting that the social patterning of the psychosocial path is at least partly mediated by the accumulation of material resources.
Association between material resources, perceived control, health related lifestyle and the three health outcomes
The latent variables which represent the accumulation of material resources and latent perceived control were positively associated with somatic health. The standardised coefficients show that one standard deviation increase in latent material resources is expected to lead to an increase of β = 0.106, p < 0.001 in somatic health, whereas an increase in one standard deviation in latent perceived control is expected to result in an increase of, β = 0.173, p < 0.001 in somatic health. Similarly latent health related lifestyle was positively associated with somatic health, with one standard deviation increase in latent health related lifestyle leading to a β = 0.261, p < 0.001 increase in latent somatic health. All three latent mediators were negatively associated with depression. One standard deviation increase in latent material resources is expected to lead to a β = -0.050, p < 0.01 decrease in depression. Likewise one standard deviation increase in latent perceived control is expected to lead to a β = -0.393, p < 0.001 decrease in depression. Similarly, one standard deviation increase in latent health related lifestyle will lead to a β = -0.124, p < 0.001 decrease in depression. We observed a positive association between the three latent mediators and well-being. One standard deviation increase in latent material resources is expected to result in β = 0.062 p < 0.01 increase in well - being. Similarly, one standard deviation increase in latent perceived control (psychosocial path) will result in β = 0.530, p < 0.001, increase in well-being. Finally, one standard deviation increase in latent health related lifestyle is expected to lead to β = 0.034, p < 0.05, increase in well-being.
Comparison between the three explanatory paths
We observed a positive indirect effect of SEP on somatic health via material resources β indirect = 0.044, p < 0.001, as well as a positive indirect effect via the lifestyle path β indirect = 0.079, p < 0.001. The indirect effect via perceived control (psychosocial path) was relatively small β indirect = 0.015, p < 0.05 but the indirect effect of the perceived control (psychosocial path) conditioned on material resources was also significant β indirect = 0.014, p < 0.05. With respect to depression, the lifestyle path had the strongest mediation effect β indirect = -0.037, p < 0.001, followed by the psychosocial path β indirect = -0.033, p < 0.001, whereas the material path had also a substantial mediation effect on depression β indirect = -0.021, p < 0.001. Furthermore, the indirect - conditioned on material resources- effect via perceived control (psychosocial path), was also significant β indirect = -0.033, p < 0.001. Most of the effect of SEP on well-being was mediated via the psychosocial path β indirect = 0.045, p < 0.001. Mediation via the material path was also substantive β indirect = 0.026, p < 0.001, followed in magnitude by the mediation effect of the lifestyle path β indirect = 0.010, p < 0.01. The conditioned on material resources mediation effect of the psychosocial path had also a substantive effect on well-being, β indirect = 0.044, p < 0.05.
Prospective Associations - ELSA Wave 2 (2004) and ELSA Wave 4 (2008)
Association between material resources, perceived control, health related lifestyle and the three health outcomes
The latent variables which represent the accumulation of material resources latent perceived control and latent lifestyle appear to influence somatic health, depression and well-being prospectively, once the effects of gender, age, marital status, cognitive ability, employment status, ethnicity as well as somatic health, depression and well- being at baseline are accounted for. Both material resources and perceived control were positively associated with Wave 4 somatic health. The standardised coefficients show that one standard deviation increase in latent material resources is expected to lead to an increase of β = 0.067, p < 0.001 in somatic health, whereas an increase in one standard deviation in latent perceived control is expected to result in an increase of, β = 0.100, p < 0.001 in somatic health. Similarly latent health related lifestyle was positively associated with somatic health, with one standard deviation increase in latent health related lifestyle leading to a β = 0.101, p < 0.001 increase in Wave 4 latent somatic health. All three latent mediators were negatively associated with Wave 4 depression. One standard deviation increase in latent material resources is expected to lead after four years to a β = -0.038, p < 0.01 decrease in depression. Likewise one standard deviation increase in latent perceived control is expected to lead to a β = -0.126, p < 0.001 decrease in depression. Similarly, one standard deviation increase in latent health related lifestyle will lead to a β = -0.064, p < 0.001 decrease in depression. We observed a positive association between two latent mediators and well-being assessed at Wave 4. One standard deviation increase in latent perceived control (psychosocial path) at baseline will result in β = 0.086, p < 0.001, increase in Wave 4 well-being, whereas one standard deviation increase in latent health related lifestyle at baseline is expected to lead to β = 0.033, p < 0.05, increase in Wave 4 well-being. We did not observe a significant association between the accumulation of material resources at baseline and Wave 4 well-being.
Comparison between the three explanatory paths
We observed a positive indirect effect of SEP on Wave 4 somatic health via material resources β indirect = 0.027, p < 0.001, as well as a positive indirect effect via the lifestyle path β indirect = 0.029, p < 0.001. The indirect effect via perceived control (psychosocial path) was relatively small β indirect = 0.008, p < 0.05 but the indirect effect of the perceived control (psychosocial path) conditioned on material resources was also significant β indirect = 0.008, p < 0.05. With respect to depression measured at Wave 4, the lifestyle path had the strongest mediation effect β indirect = -0.019, p < 0.001, followed by the material path β indirect = -0.015, p < 0.001, whereas the psychosocial path had also a substantive mediation effect on depression β indirect = -0.010, p < 0.001. Furthermore, the indirect - conditioned on material resources- effect via perceived control (psychosocial path), was also significant β indirect = -0.010, p < 0.001. Most of the effect of baseline SEP on well-being at Wave 4 was mediated via the lifestyle path β indirect = 0.010, p < 0.01, followed in magnitude by the mediation effect of the psychosocial path β indirect = 0.007, p < 0.01. The conditioned on material resources mediation effect of the psychosocial path had also a substantive effect on well-being, β indirect = 0.007, p < 0.05.
The major aim of the present study was to decompose the effect of later -life SEP on health by empirically comparing three theory driven explanatory pathways using prospective data from the ELSA. Insights on the underlying mechanism of later life health differentials in England have the potential to provide guidance for targeted population interventions as well as health policy and planning to reduce inequalities and promote healthy ageing. We found that the accumulation of material resources had the strongest association with SEP, a finding in accordance with the literature [36, 37]. The psychosocial path as represented by perceived control, was the least socially patterned path, confirming previous findings on the association between SEP indicators and perceived control, but also stress as well as cortisol and allostatic load levels[25, 26, 38, 39]. Furthermore, we confirmed previous findings of health inequalities in the older population of England. There was evidence for a social gradient in somatic health, depression and well-being, with low SEP being associated with worse somatic health, depression and lack of well-being [40, 41].
Our findings support the neo-materialist and lifestyle hypotheses, since the material and lifestyle paths had the most prominent mediating role in the association between SEP and later -life health, both cross sectionally and prospectively. Furthermore, the observed positive association between material resources and perceived control confirmed our hypothesis that differences in SEP have detrimental psychosocial consequences such as reduced control and self esteem, but these are partly conditioned on the lack of material resources. Our results therefore suggest that at least in the older population, the interpretation of links between SEP and health must begin with the material and health related lifestyle causes of inequalities. We note the effect of the material path on the three health outcomes remained strong even in a model where the added effect of its mediation via the psychosocial path (represented here by perceived control) was not estimated. The lifestyle path was also influential, although health related lifestyle appears to be less socially patterned compared to access to material resources. The psychosocial pathway exerted most of its influence on depression and well-being, a finding that provides further evidence for the social stress hypothesis [15, 42]. Taking into account the limitations of observational studies with respect to formally establishing causal associations, our results shed some light on the underlying mechanism of later life health inequalities in England but further research is needed in order to inform population interventions to reduce health differentials and thus improve overall health. We recognise however, that the unconditional to SEP effects of the three mediators on health may not be symmetrical with the effect of their removal, [43] and further research is needed to clarify this issue and its implications to policy decision making.
As with any study, this one has several limitations. First, the selection of variables we employed to represent each explanatory pathway was limited by the secondary nature of our analysis. This limitation is mostly relevant for the psychosocial path since important indicators such as self esteem and perceived stress were not included in the model. However, it has been shown that the perception of control is highly correlated with self esteem and perceived stress [44–46] as well as cortisol and allostatic load[27–29] and therefore can be thought of as an adequate proxy of the psychosocial path. Furthermore, we tried to overcome this limitation by specifying latent summary variables - latent indices- for the three paths. Since our main interest was in the empirical comparison between the three explanatory paths we focused on these latent indices and not on individual indicators or risk factors. We believe that the summary latent indices are an accurate representation of the explanatory paths, especially in situations where important indicators are unmeasured, since one of the properties of latent variable models is their ability to capture unobserved heterogeneity. We hypothesize that the latent indices capture most of the unobserved heterogeneity which is caused by not observed (unmeasured) indicators. Taking into account that for each explanatory path its indicators are expected to correlate, we would not expect the ordering of individuals on the latent indices to change with the addition of unmeasured indicators. This was empirically supported by further sensitivity analysis where direct effects of SEP on the three health outcomes were added (results available from corresponding author). All direct effects were negligible, suggesting that the three paths were captured adequately by the latent summary indices, since according to social theory direct effects between SEP and health are implausible. However, further research is needed with a larger selection of more refined indicators will be available to establish the relative strength of the three paths on later life health.
Another potential limitation is the possibility of confounding on the mediators (the three latent indices) of our model, which we believe is mostly relevant for the lifestyle and psychosocial paths, since if important confounders had been missed, our estimates of direct and indirect effects would be biased[47]. With respect to the lifestyle path, previous evidence suggests that smoking and obesity -reflected in the waist hip ratio- are partly influenced by genetic predisposition [48, 49]. We note that the lifestyle latent index captures the common variance between exercise which is a non biologically driven lifestyle choice. The lifestyle latent index thus excludes - to a large extent - any genetic component and the ordering of individuals is largely based on environmentally driven health related lifestyle choices, a property that leads us to conclude that our results would have not been altered substantively if genetic confounders were included in the model. Furthermore, lifestyle choices as well as perceived control which was used here to represent the psychosocial path, may also be influenced by personality traits which have not been measured in the ELSA, but evidence shows that they only partly explain the association between SEP and health [50, 51]. Therefore we believe that the lack of personality data may be relevant only for the psychosocial path. Since this was the least influential path on the three health outcomes, we believe that the substantive interpretation of our findings would not have been altered if personality traits were included in the model.
Furthermore, with the exception of somatic health all other variables in our model were self reported. Therefore, response bias may have influenced our results especially with respect to depression and well-being. However, we have no evidence of differential self report bias in the variables that we used as mediators in our model. The implication of this is that - if at all - the effect of the three mediators on depression and well-being was equally biased and therefore the comparison of the three explanatory paths was relatively unaffected. Our analysis was carried out using partially incomplete data. Missing data mostly occurred in the observer measured health indicators in both waves. We estimated several models for sensitivity purposes excluding the observer measured health indicators from the analysis thus increasing the proportion of complete cases in the analysis sample, as well as models with complete data (results available from corresponding author). The results of all these models were similar with the one we present here, suggesting that the inclusion of missing data in our analysis did not bias our results.
Finally, the four SEP indicators were entered in the model simultaneously without a causal specification for their associations. This may have led to an underestimation of the total effect of education, and to a lesser extent occupational social class, since the effect of education on health may operate through a pathway where higher education leads to higher occupational attainment and income, which, in turn, increases the chances of better health[52]. The life course framework offers considerable opportunity to explore these causal pathways. Establishing whether the social patterning of population health occurs at different time periods while recognising the temporal sequence of the associations between SEP indicators will shed further light the life course effect of SEP on later-life health. We note that the effects reported here capture individual level SEP variation, but the extent of health inequalities is also the product of a complex mix of structural - macro level- determinants such as country-level and region-specific background and historical factors that are expected to directly influence health. Our approach may have underestimated the total magnitude of health inequalities, but not the relative contribution of the three paths on the individual level which was our major aim. The inclusion of such measures is beyond the scope of the present study, but we aim to expand the current framework and employ both individual and macro level information within a multilevel modelling approach.
Our findings support the neo-materialist and lifestyle hypotheses, since the material and lifestyle paths had the most prominent mediating role in the association between SEP and later -life health, both cross sectionally and prospectively. Our results therefore suggest that at least in the older population, the interpretation of links between SEP and health must begin with the material and health related lifestyle causes of inequalities.
George B Ploubidis is supported by a Medical Research Council fellowship in Population Health Science
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J. Cole Reveals He Suffers From OCD
J. Cole is known for being a lyrical rapper, but now, he's opening up about a more personal side of his life. In a new interview with the Rickie Smiley Morning Show, Jermaine acknowledges that he has slight OCD -- obsessive–compulsive disorder.
"I'm OCD, a little bit," he shared. "When I'm riding down a road, you'll see my head moving because in my mind, I'm going around the poles. I have to go around every pole. I can't describe it to y'all. It's crazy."
Cole's latest album, 'Born Sinner,' out today, can also be streamed online. The project sprung a leak prematurely, but the rapper embraced it all as love instead of flipping out. "Thank you for the love. Rather than acting like the leak didn't happen, here's the official album stream for those who haven't heard it" he tweeted.
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My dad just sent me a cool article from this week's NYT that gave a layman's intro to Semantic web as Web 3.
Some thoughts (as i hug my Sunday AM coffee and stare out over the pacific waves)
- As semantic web / web3.0 progresses, will it further push people to one-box search as the core interface for the web?
- What "relationships" will drive symantic web logic- i.e. what will be the "pagerank"-style innovation of web 3.0?
- More specifically, as with url.com, can the relationships between keyword-result-USER (what i call search social-networking) be a leading innovation? Can we get there?
Coffee done…and i look forward to your thoughts!
Myspace background revisited.
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Update: Try out CoolChaser, our MySpace profile editor that allows you to personalize backgrounds and layouts without any messy codes!
In the previous post, I blogged about why there are so many searches for "Myspace Backgrounds" on our search engine. Since then, it has received 46 comments as of today. To tell you the truth, I was expecting comments like "Hey, I stumbled upon your site (http://www.url.com) and found some cool backgrounds, thanks" – ok, I'm just joking 😛 but I didn't expect to get comments mostly asking "Hey, I need help putting a background on Myspace!"
Well, I gotta confess – since I'm not a Myspace user I didn't understand why this was happening and quite frankly I thought "Hmmm… they must not be very Internet savvy… I mean how difficult can it be to put THAT (controversial some people call crazy) background?"
So, I decided to put a background on MYspace (yes, Tom is my only friend) to see how EASY it is to put that background. I mean, it's just putting a background you know, I can write CSS to build a whole site, I can probably do it in a minute.
First thing first, I grabbed the script for the background from one of the sites I found from the search. I found an Orlando Bloom background and got the myspace code. At this point I was thinking "Easy easy, it's just a simple CSS code. Man, I can't believe people are having so much trouble getting this code!!"
After that piece of cake, I went to MY myspace page. "OK, so there must be a link 'customize your page' or something like that so I can paste in this code…" click, click..
(5 minutes had passed)
"Hmmm, I don't see a link that says anything about customizing the page.. OH, is it the 'manage blog' link?" click, click. "Hmm.. I see a link that says 'Customize Blog' where I got that screen shot for my previous post…. maybe it's here" <- totally confused.
(10 minutes had passed.)
"That was just for customizing the blog not the Myspace page! I don't need to customize the blog yet! Just putting a background on Myspace! Where do I paste in that code!" <- starting to sound more like users who left confused comments.
Again, when people ask me what I do, I say "I'm a web developer" so I believe I'm above average in terms of being Internet savvy. So I got DESPERATE.
In fact, I had to search for Myspace layout tutorial. I got bunch of results teaching me how to customize the CSS. Arrgh!! I ALREAD KNOW CSS, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PASTE THAT D*** THING IN MYSPACE! <- going nuts!
And finally, I carefully read one of the sites, and it said "go to the edit profile page, and paste it in there." I was thinking "but I DID check that page like 100 TIMES, and there was no box that said "paste your code here to customize your background"
I read it again and again and it said "paste it in the 'about me' box"
HUH??? You mean, paste the code for the background in the 'about me' box?? You mean like this???
Yup, that was it. Of course, the "preview section" didn't do diddly squat, so I had to save the whole thing in order to see it in action. But people, HOW UNINTUITIVE is that? That you have to paste the background code in the 'about me' box? WHY? WHY?
I bet whoever started customizing their own Myspace in the very beginning did it as a hack. You CAN paste CSS codes anywhere in the HTML page – but it's not a norm. I just heard from Chao that someone actually pasted in a javascript in one of those boxes to do a prank on other people. (you can't paste javascipt anymore in Myspace)
But isn't it weird that Myspace doesn't have something intuitive enough like "paste your CSS code in here to customize your site" or something? I was quite surprised that many people did figure it out, and also surprised about Myspace's response to the question "How do I customize my site" in the help section – they said
"Simply go to "Edit Profile" and enter the desired HTML coding where appropriate.If you do not know HTML, you can reach out and make a new friend by asking someone who has color, graphics, and/or sound on their Profile page how they did it."
This is wrong on so many levels – firstable, they say "enter where appropriate." So are they saying "About Me" is the appropriate place to paste the CSS code for customizing my background??? Also, I don't want to look like a dork by asking a new friend! I wanna look cooool!
Anywho, I wanted to share my frustrated experience. Also sorry for underestimating the task :P. I have a feeling that each person has different reasons of being confused but thought what I had to go through might be useful to some people. I hope I don't get more comments "I need help with my myspace background." (which I know I still will)


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técnicas de Krav Maga para Mulheres foram desenvolvidas pela IKMF devido ao crescimento da violência, como parte de soluções de defesa-pessoal Krav Maga foi criada para os diversos sectores civis.
Mulheres de todas as idades a aprender, em um período relativamente curto de tempo, técnicas de defesa-pessoal, especificamente designados para fornecer-lhes ferramentas de defesa , enquanto atacou.
IKMF oferece a mulheres várias qualificações de Krav Maga ; Um seminário 3 a 4 horas , três dias curso e de cinco dias de instrutor mulheres destinadas para os instrutores civis IKMF certificados. Métodos de Mulheres de Krav Maga lidar com situações de rotina diária de uma mulher, apontar cenários onde ameaça podem aparecer e ensina, passo a passo, como manter a calma se defender contra-ataque e eliminar o perigo. Sector de defesa Krav Maga para Mulheres concentra logicamente cenários de violência sexual , já que são a ameaça central para as mulheres. Como esta questão é altamente preocupante e , por vezes, difícil de discutir mulheres técnicas de defesa pessoal envolver treino emocional substancial para garantir que as mulheres possuem a capacidade de se defender, fomentar a auto-confiança e também a agressividade necessária . As defesas foram modificados para acomodar físicos e estado de espírito das mulheres.
Outras questões incluídas na defesa-pessoal a mulheres tem a ver com invasão de domicílio, a protecção de terceiro (protegendo seus filhos ) e usando objectos comuns (chaves, bolsa etc) para bloquear o agressor e contra-ataque
técnicas de Krav Maga para Mulheres foram desenvolvidas pela IKMF devido ao crescimento da violência, como parte de soluções de defesa-pessoal Krav Maga foi criada para os diversos sectores civis.
for women proving a top protection against a violent attack
SHE feels his huge hands around her neck and his tightening grip. In an instant, with a series of hits and kicks, her tiny frame is free of her attacker, and she runs.
Irma Ischwara, a building draftsperson, is a qualified self-defence instructor, familiar with the techniques it takes to fend off a heavier, stronger male – in this case, her stand-in attacker is Tim Alexander, director of the Krav Maga training academy in Brisbane's CBD.
"The techniques we learn give us the defensive tactics we need, but importantly give us situational awareness and confidence," Ms Ischwara said.
Some of the women attention the Krav Maga studio signed up for fitness, others want to feel safe walking the streets or going to clubs and bars.
But some are here to ensure their own protection at home.
"It is not a point of being confrontational," Mr Alexander said.
"We train in violence, but we hate violence.
"We train to feel in control and to deal with a situation."
Most domestic violence involves a pattern of domination of one partner over the other.
Mr Alexander is aware that self-defence is often a woman's only protection against further violence.
There are also situations when a woman hits back after experiencing a long history of violence and abuse from her partner.
Although she may use violence in this instance, she is not the most powerful or most dangerous person in the relationship and may continue to fear for her safety.
"Usually I don't find out until later that a person coming here has suffered domestic violence," Mr Alexander said.
"Women oppressed and controlled find it difficult to come to our training sessions.
"People are not forthcoming.
"There is a lot of shame and guilt placed on a woman.
"They believe it is their fault."
Mr Alexander uses a program called "Stay Away" developed in Israel.
It is an introductory self-defence workshop for women, a starting point to stand up to men who are physically bigger and more powerful.
"We can empower a woman in a short amount of time," Mr Alexander .
In the Krav Maga studio, a class of women set about practicing close contact defensive moves.
Mr Alexander is the male attacker.
The women demonstrate how to break free of a frontal attack, an attack with a knife to their face – using a dummy knife – and even an attack while they are vulnerable and lying on the floor.
"We teach women to use their natural reflexes," he said.
"We start from a flinch response.
"Then simple strikes –hand, legs, knees. That's self defence."
The strikes are quick and powerful.
And when the attacker is repelled from a kick in the groin or off-balance, the woman's first option is to run.
Mr Alexander said he had often seen the physical signs of domestic violence amongst women who came to his academy.
"The most common assault is a slap or punch to the face," he said.
"A perpetrator can also be more calculating … this means bruising up the arms and shoulders.
"These sorts of injuries can be inflicted and then covered up.
"I've seen a woman like this, but with no injuries to the face."
Mr Alexander stresses that his defensive training is about building confidence.
There have also been times that his team has stepped in to help women in situations of domestic violence.
"To provide the strength and courage," he said.
"Not to fight back, but for the woman to leave, with our assistance.
"We have networks we can refer women to.
"We've not about confronting the individual, but we can offer the manpower to lift and shift and move a person out."
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In the past, the oversized office overlooking the Broncos' practice field was occupied by head coaches, men like Dan Reeves, Mike Shanahan, and Josh McDaniels.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that, even though the Broncos don't have a head coach, the office has a new inhabitant.
Executive V.P. of football operations John Elway has decided to claim it.
It's further evidence of the fact that, despite never working in an NFL front office, Elway will be completely running the show in Denver. And it also sends a clear message to the next head coach that he'll be standing forever in Elway's shadow.
Which is why the Broncos are relegated to sifting through D-list coaching candidates. Anyone with options quite possibly will opt to go elsewhere.