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Dashing through the sand.
Boxing Day. What is a good northern Canadian girl to do? Take the family tobogganing of course! No lack of snow can deter my cultural committment. Don't fear, my little Canucks, we will have fun, like it or not.
"Ok troops, this is what real Canadians do on Boxing Day. And we don't even have to take off six layers of clothes before we pee. So no complaining now and everyone UP THE HILL!"
"I saw her putting rum in that thermos."
"Looks like the Mommy is serious about this tobogganing crap. She isn't even waiting for us!"
"Ok, now you just sit on the buggy board and slide down the hill. And you laugh and scream and pretend you're having fun. Wipe that Spanish smirk off your face and start having fun, damn it. I'm serious!"
"The friction coefficient is all wrong, Papi."
"You're right son. To make this fun we either need more slope, less clothing, or more rum. I'll check-in with your mother."
"Hello down there. Are we having fun yet?"
"Papi, I have sand in my underwear"
"I suppose it's better than snow. Let's just humor her a bit longer and I'll buy you a toy bullfighter on the way home."
"Who filled my thermos with sand? Come back here, you little twerps!"
The Nativity Garage
Have you read the Pope's new book? Since I have never understood the Spanish nativity scene fascination I might have to give it a read. Apparently he clears up big misconceptions regarding the nativity scene.
We've had it all wrong about the donkey. There were no donkeys gazing lovingly at baby Jesus during the real deal. So if your family prefers a realistic interpretation of the nativity, put your plastic animals back in the garage.
But a shout out to my Spanish family, I was excited to hear that the three wise men came from Andalusia! How they managed to travel from Spain to Bethlehem on camels is unclear; obviously I need to read the whole book.
In what chapter does he discuss the Vatican's official position on Hot Wheels?
We're on form with official donkey doctrine. Our donkey was crowded out by a Playmobile bus. All the parking spots near the manger were already taken.
Baby Jesus has been stuffed under the sofa since this photo was taken. Does the Pope really understand the ramifications of new nativity scene protocol? Because this is what happens when three wise guys from Andalusia show up at your nativity scene.
Sticking around the Christmas tree – 2012
Christmas tradition time! Here we go, the third annual wonky Christmas tree extravaganza at the Santos-Fraser household.
I'll remind you of previous entries.
Low tech, efficient, portable.
Perfect for encouraging a closet clean-out.
But this year the kids are older and we have new needs to fill. Banging for example. We are always in need of appropriate opportunities to bang that begeezes out of something. Sticks are also popular. And we mustn't forget the perennial toddler favorite, picking
garbage treasures off the beach. So we went beach combing for Christmas tree ingredients.
Cheaper than Walmart!
There was heated debate over
how many sticks we could haul home on our bikes the attributes of various components.
But I did all this just for the boys. I didn't have any fun at all.
Tada! This is what we came up with.
Pros: no needles to vacuum.
Cons: no evergreen fresh smell. Whatever. I'll buy an air freshener.
I put it outside for a week
to annoy the neighbours, so the whole complex could enjoy our work.
Then we moved it to the patio to decorate it.
How long until one of those monkeys climbs it?
Things that make you go "Hmmmmm"
I tried to publish this post with a more explicit title but WordPress wouldn't let me. It tripped their pornography filter. Ha ha.
Just a Mommy blogger with a few illegal kale plants and I'm on the internet shit-list.
These were washing up all over the beach last weekend.
Last time I saw something like this it was at a battery-powered "Tupperware party" for bored housewives. wink wink.
What is it?
Guerilla Gardeners
The idea of a community garden in our complex is batted about periodically. Apparently Manolo the maintenance man always shuts it down. But given our dirt deprivation, we've resorted to drastic measures. We have joined the revolution. We're going guerilla.
It's never too early to introduce your children to a life of crime. For example, 8:00am is a good time.
Here we have two bad boys, creeping around the complex in their fuzzy footed PJs in the wee hours of the morning. Their crime? Unauthorized swiss chard.
Guerilla gardeners! Río is the look-out man. What Manolo won't know won't hurt him. He never weeds in there anyway.
Something tells me we won't keep our secret for long. Some of the smaller members of our band are easily persuaded to talk.
Maybe blabbing it all over the internet isn't so clever either.
So if you are wandering through Tarifa and you spot a cabbage or kale in an unlikely spot, stop and give it some love. Or eat it.
Harvest Moon
Look what came out of the garden the other morning.
I love steamed greens for breakfast. But today was the first day we harvested enough to fill a pot with beans and greens for a real Caldo Gallego.
It's one of our favorite winter dishes; warm, filling and healthy. What else could you ask for? That Rogelio makes it, not me! That's why it's my favorite.
Yes, the kids high-grade the sausage out first. But eventually they eat the greens too.
Did I mention that I didn't have to cook this? Yippee! But I'll hide my smile behind the greens.
We have to go incognito. I'm on the lam.
Stay tuned.
Little brown thumbs
I've never had more excuses NOT to have a garden:
- Tarifa has wicked winds that can rip little plants right out of the dirt.
- We don't have any dirt. As is common in Spain, anything possibly green and dirty in our yard has been tiled over.
- We rent. It's hard to justify spending time and energy on improvements to someone else's tiled over yard.
- We only rent this house 10 months of the year. We have to pack up everything we own, move out for July and August, live out a suitcase, then move it all back again in September. Including the garden.
- I live with two small animals who destroy everything in their path.
Yet, where there is a will, there is a garden.
Look at all that green! Edible green!
Since we don't actually live anywhere in prime gardening months, we are sticking to fast growing greens. I'm an instant gratification type gardener.
It's a multi-cultural garden. We have the typical greens from around here, (chard, spinach, lettuce, parsley, cilantro), then some you don't find here but you do in Galicia, (col gallega, nabizas), then I brought some seeds from Canada like kale and some yummy Asian greens,(Bok Choi and Yu Choi Sum). Plus mustard, collard, radishes and I don't even remember what else we dumped in there.
To protect them from the wind we came up with this low little greenhouse. It turns out I don't need to protect them from Río. He's the chief gardener. Yago is more interested in engineering the green house structure.
It's not much, I know. But for a portable garden it does the trick. And those yummy little greens taste extra good when you know they've been handled by dirty little hands.


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January 13, 2011
Denis Hamel's early third period blast took a
circuitous route to the net but eventually found
its way in for an unusual game-winner as Adirondack
came from behind turning away the Hamilton Bulldogs
5-4 on Friday night at the Glens Falls Civic Center.
His drive from the left-point was initially saved
by Robert Mayer but the puck went off the goalie's
pads an straight up in the air, then off the top
of the glass behind him, then back forward to
bounce off the top of the Hamilton cage, then
onto the back of Mayer and into the goal. A shocked
and elated Hamel celebrated his second goal of
the evening which would hold up as the game-winner.
"Sometimes in this game you need bounces
like that to get the win," Hamel said after
the game. "This was an important win for
In the Friday the 13th affair, Denis Hamel's
lucky bouncer for the game-winner would be his
13th goal of the year while Michael Leighton came
on in relief for his 13th win of the year. It
was also Adirondack's 13th time notching at least
a standings point on home-ice in 2011-12.
The goal was initially credited to Jon Kalinski
who was in the slot when Hamel's bouncing, hopping
puck made its way back out in front. But post-game
video review confirmed that the goal went in off
the back of the Hamilton goalie and should be
awarded to Hamel.
The topsy-turvy game was one of the most entertaining
of the year as Adirondack initially stormed out
to a 2-0 lead only to watch it evaporate in a
six minute burst by Hamilton in the second period
who led 3-2. The Phantoms trailed 4-3 heading
into the third but the back-to-back goals by Jon
Kalinski and Denis Hamel pushed the Phantoms onto
a third-period comeback victory.
Adirondack has two wins this season in which
they have overcome deficits when trailing after
two, and they have both come in the last eight
days. The Phantoms turned the same trick last
Friday at the Outdoor Classic when they trailed
Hershey 2-1 after two but won the thriller 4-3
in overtime.
With the win, the Phantoms surged past idle Albany
in the division and conference standings. Adirondack
stands at 19-15-2 with just two game remaining
until the official midway point of the season.
The Phantoms have 40 standings points which puts
them in second place in the Northeast Division
again and in eighth place in the conference. Adirondack
received help as well in Norfolk, Va. where the
division leading Connecticut Whale failed for
their fifth straight game to come up with a win
as they took a 3-1 road setback. The Phantoms
now stand just four points back of first place
in the Northeast.
Tyler Brown got the scoring started in the first
period picking up the rebound of a Kevin Marshall
slapshot and slamming it in behind Mayer from
the right-wing side of the crease. The 21-year-old
rookie from Wasaga Beach, Ontario now has four
goals this season, three of which have come in
his last six games.
Adirondack extended their lead to 2-0 early in
the second period when Brandon Manning rifled
a slapshot off the glove of Mayer and into the
net for his first ever goal as a pro. The Prince
George, BC resident led all Western Hockey League
defensemen in goals last year with 21 as captain
of the Chilliwack Bruins. Manning missed the first
couple months of this season to injury and the
game was only his 10th of the year.
Tye McGinn would engage Hamilton tough-guy Zack
Fitzgerald in an entertaining fight with both
combatants landing several solid blows. McGinn
had the early punches on Fitzgerald but the former
Albany River Rat would come back at the end of
the bout with some solid connections of his own.
McGinn stepped into the role while Adirondack
was without a couple of their big bodies in Tom
Sestito and Oliver Lauridsen who were both sitting
one-game suspensions stemming from their altercation
last Friday at Hershey.
The fight appeared to somewhat spark a Bulldogs
surge as they would score three goals in less
than six minutes to surprised the GFCC crowd and
take a 3-2 lead. Louis Leblanc had back-to-back
goals and then Aaron Palushaj would blast one
in past Jason Bacashihua at 11:35 to put the Dogs
in front.
Adirondack would come back to tie the score on
Denis Hamel's power-play breakaway goal at16:41
into the second. Blake Kessel hit Hamel on the
Hamilton line with a perfect stretch-pass to send
the team's leading scorer in all alone onto the
Bulldogs cage where he blasted his shot glove
side on Mayer.
Hamilton retook the lead late in the second on
a three-on-one rush. It appeared the Phantoms
had broken up the dangerous scoring opportunity
after Hamilton passed it back and forth and never
got off a shot. But Alex Henry kept the play going
as he carried it behind the Adirondack goal and
found Palushaj on the right-wing side of the crease
with Bacashihua leaning to the wrong side. Palushaj's
second of the night and 11th of the year gave
Hamilton the 4-3 advantage at the second intermission.
Michael Leighton would relieve Bacashihua in
net for the third period and would make 10 saves
allowing zero goals in acquiring his lucky 13th
win of the year.
Adirondack would show their third period abilities
yet again with another comeback as Jon Kalinski's
quick shot on a centering give by Shane Harper
would hit off the stick of Mayer and sneak in
five-hole early in the third period to tie the
score at 4-4. Harper had driven it in from the
right-wing wall and then went around to the left-wing
corner to induce some of the Dogs defenders towards
him. After Kalinski had the puck come to him in
the slot he was able to capitalize due to his
quick release that perhaps Mayer wasn't fully
ready for.
Hamel would then rifle in his hopping, bouncing
puck on the slapper from the left-point that made
its way back in because of the power behind one
of the most powerful shots in the league. Off
the goalie, end-glass, top-of-the-net, goalie's
back and then in for the quirky game-winner five
minutes into the third.
Adirondack is now 4-0-1 against the Western Conference
and stands at 2-0-1 against the Canadian teams.
The Phantoms outshot Hamilton 37-31. Adirondack
went 2-for-5 on the power play while Hamilton
was 1-for-4. The result ended Hamilton's five
game point-streak and three-game win streak.
Adirondack is 4-1 in their last five home games
and stands at 12-6-1 on home-ice in 2011-12 and
is 19-6-1 on home-ice dating back to March of
last year. The Phantoms are 11-5-2 in one-goal
The Phantoms resume the homestand Saturday night
at the Glens Falls Civic Center hosting the Manchester
Monarchs for the first time.
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Hamilton Bulldogs 4 at Adirondack Phantoms 5
- Status: Final
Friday, January 13, 2012 - Glens Falls Civic Center
Hamilton 0 4 0 - 4
Adirondack 1 2 2 - 5
1st Period-1, Adirondack, Brown 4 (Marshall),
13:29. Penalties-Stejskal Ham (interference),
10:53; Holmstrom Adk (cross-checking), 14:33.
2nd Period-2, Adirondack, Manning 1 (Roe, Testwuide),
2:04 (PP). 3, Hamilton, Leblanc 6 (Willsie, DeSimone),
6:02. 4, Hamilton, Leblanc 7 (Callahan, DeSimone),
8:33. 5, Hamilton, Palushaj 10 (Engqvist, Stafford),
11:35 (PP). 6, Adirondack, Hamel 12 (Kessel, Akeson),
16:41 (PP). 7, Hamilton, Palushaj 11 (Henry, Engqvist),
19:31. Penalties-served by Palushaj Ham (bench
minor - too many men), 0:40; FitzGerald Ham (fighting),
3:59; McGinn Adk (fighting), 3:59; Marshall Adk
(slashing), 10:35; Leblanc Ham (hooking), 15:12;
Palushaj Ham (interference), 17:17.
3rd Period-8, Adirondack, Kalinski 5 (Harper,
Walker), 1:22. 9, Adirondack, Hamel 13 5:15. Penalties-Masse
Ham (cross-checking), 7:21; Walker Adk (delay
of game), 19:38.
Shots on Goal-Hamilton 9-12-10-31. Adirondack
Power Play Opportunities-Hamilton 1 / 3; Adirondack
2 / 5.
Goalies-Hamilton, Mayer 6-7-1 (37 shots-32 saves).
Adirondack, Bacashihua 6-4-1 (21 shots-17 saves);
Leighton 13-12-0 (10 shots-10 saves).
Referees-Chris Brown (86).
Linesmen-Jim Harper (59), Frank Murphy (29).


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Romney winners and losers
Coal-related stocks would get a boost, while alternative-energy names would likely become short candidates.
What if Romney wins? I tried to give a running commentary about which stocks would change, how the line would change, so to speak, if Romney were to win.
You'd get a nice boost in the American Electric Power (AEP)/Southern Company (SO) coal burners, maybe a bit of a bump in the CSX Corporation (CSX)/Norfolk Southern (NSC) coal luggers, and you would most certainly have to short Tesla Motors (TSLA) and lay out some First Solar (FSLR).
But I waffle on this. I waffle because even making the projections on these stocks requires a monster leap of faith, mainly that Romney is going to win, and I think the odds of that are so small that the exercise has a bit of a parlor game feel.
What should have made you sit up and take notice, however, was how Obama fell back on two tried and untrue themes when he got frustrated, none other than oil company breaks and private jets. Wow! That was shades of the January through March 2009 Obama, and you don't even want to look at the charts from that period, lest you don't sleep tonight.
The stock market has done fabulously under Obama, and you can't say that it's despite him, because he could have really crushed the markets if he had kept up with the bashing the banker gangsters, the private jet hooligans and the brigands in the oil patch.
To me, the most alarming note of the night was a return to those themes. We do that, we get a Democratic Congress, then everything's back on the table.
So if you are a bull, you want Obama to read the papers, watch the news, realize he lost the debate and then drop the remnants of that era that somehow surfaced, as if by rote, in the same way he can't stop confusing solar and wind as surface fuel replacements.
You want to set the market back? Bring back the Obama who attacks the corporate interests.
The saving grace? I don't think the voters want it anymore. It doesn't create jobs. It subtracts them.
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Wake up America! The media is manipulating you. We can discuss this without the need to insult each other. .Do you think that we might work together regardless of our affiliations and be open to others and analyze the situation neutrally in an attempt to improve our country?
Some democrats feel that republicans are rich. I'm not; I just want to do what's best for the country, not get handouts from the government. Romney is rich because he had some good breaks, AND he worked for it. There are people who just worked hard and got rich. We are the land of opportunity, not welfare for all.
If Obama cared about the United States of America he'd spend a lot more time in the Whitehouse doing what he is being paid to do; resolve problems and not blame everyone else for his failure.
Working for a living and living on the inflated buck is not easy. Vote for the best one, even if you don't like either one.
A vote for Obama is a vote for Socialism. Let us see what Romney can do.
Give me some of what Ralph is smoking!!!! WOW---Technology is about 10 years away for (Green) cars-----IN the mean time the US NEEDS to get energy INDEPENDENT --this will also help our ecomony back on our feet and keep OUR money here instead of going overseas----All Obummer cares about is to keep pushing his Green agenda--(At tax payers expense)
To put it bluntly---Obummer would sell his wife to a Brothel to get re-elected!!!!!!
"wha happon??" wha happon??
what the libs in the media are asking themselves, their messiah fell flat on his communist face, and why do you think that was????
I'll tell you what happened libs, your boy can't hold a candle to Romney on the issues, it's never gonna happen, that's why david axelrod was changing his Depends undergarments every 5mins from this disaster, his messiah didn't have the crutch he needed and that was the almighty teleprompter, without it, and the words scrollin' down it, it's over for obama, he was floundering and flailing in the water like a stuck goose, let's face it people. obama thought by merely showing up, the issues would fall by the wayside, it was trully pathetic, and I didn't watch the debate, why bother? I passed by a window to a store that had the debate playing and just by looking at Romney and obama the winner was clear, Romney was professional, personable, hard-hittin' presidential as can possibly be, I mean you can put Romney's face on money for God's sake. the issues can never be erased libs, we are living the destructive policies of this illegal, amoral regime and the public has just about had it with politcal correctness, 'aw give the black guy another chance' nonsense, obama can't win on the issues without the media twistin' and turnin' em around, these debates prove one thing, obama is beyond and empty suit, beyond a hoax, he's a complete and utter fictional leftwing loonie creation by the libs in the media, he's nothing more than a cartoon character come to life in the white house, but not for long, just til nov, and a new era begins!!
I guess all the money printing had nothing to do with the stock market inflating or the fact that most of the drop occurred while people ran from the market because they figured Obama was going to be re-elected. The stock market gains mask the overall cost hikes in food and gasoline and merely reflect all of the stimulus that accelerated buying into an election year, a normal occurrence. What do the panics and recessions of 1873, 1893, 1907, 1929, 1937, 1957, 1973, 1981, 2001, and 2009 have in common? They all occurred the year after a presidential election. Cramer is an idiot and he is to be ignored.
I know most Americans looks dumber than dirt to you, but no one needs you coaching them as to how to vote on election day. Perhaps..... if you gave people a little more credit, then your guys could win an election. But talking to me like I don't have enough sense to open the car door at the polling place is NOT going to win you an election. A very valuable piece of advice, and it's free, so take it.
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I know it seems early to be talking about Halloween but we've already gotten three Halloween costume catalogs in the mail.
Wishcraft by Chasing Fireflies offers upscale costumes worthy of a Broadway stage. Many of the costumes are priced higher than $50 with some are around $100. There are dragons, Marie Antoinettes, musketeers, golden rapunzels, kangaroos, giraffes, and even Medussa.
I didn't have an issue with Aztec princess, Cleopatra, Japanese empress Lotus Blossom, but for some reason the Indian Goddess Durga costume, which features multiple fake arms, just struck me as wrong.
The magazine features a beautiful child-size Indian sari, which I think Indian children at school would appreciate and might be flattered by. But somehow the multi-armed Goddess Durga costume seemed in bad taste. Maybe because it's a religious figure versus just a historical or cultural one?
I think if a kid showed up as Jesus at school or around the neighborhood some fur would fly. (They might get away with St. Peter or John the Baptist.)
Would Arabs be offended by the Sultan and genie costumes? Would Native Americans be offended by the Indian costumes that look like they are straight off the Lone Ranger TV show from the '50s?
Am I reading too much into this? Would the kids, parents or teachers at school be offended by the Indian Goddess with multiple arms costume? What other costumes might cross the line from dressing up to mocking? Or should kids be able to wear anything they can put together?
August 31st, 2010
9:25 am
August 31st, 2010
9:29 am
I'm sure in our overly-PC society, that you sadly have a point, but I'm an equal opportunity "offender." I enjoy making fun of everything, and I don't even see a kid (or an adult) dressing up as an Indian goddess, Jesus or anything else as offensive. Some people might view it as tasteless, but I would be FAR more offended at some of the slut-wear costumes they're selling for not only teenagers but "tweens." One of our catalogs has a bunch of 10 and 11 year old girls all tarted up in "sexified" take offs on vampires, witches, ghosts,etc. THAT is offensive! Instead of thinking they're mocking a religion, maybe they're SO into it they wanted to dress like a certain deity -ever thought of that? Plus, if you're NOT a certain religion, I have big problems with people getting offended on the behalf of others. IF the Indian defamation league wants to raise cain about it -let them do it.
August 31st, 2010
9:30 am
I don't get upset generally with Halloween costumes. (I really pray this topic does not start the "Halloween is for devil worshippers" debate) I do see however, why one would be offended at a costume that may (or be perceived to) be based on a religious symbol. People's buttons get pushed over different things. To some, the costume may be a tribute of sorts and to others it would be an affront to the sanctity of the religion. Just depends on how you look at it.
I think more often than not, the uproar tends to be based on being politically correct. In some areas it is more prevalent than others. I noticed last year that more kids were starting to wear rosary beads as necklaces. They were clueless to the what the rosary represents. I don't think all of those kids were intending to thumb their noses at Catholicism, but they simply did not know and they were mimicing what they saw someone else wear.
The Braves used to have Chief Knock-a-homa (sp?) and his teepee at the games but they had to stop it because Native Americans found it offensive. I don't think the Braves intended to mock anyone, but they didn't know that there were parts of the costume that had some religious significance.
It is sad. I have such great memories of Halloween as a kid but my kids don't. Many people don't celebrate it and I am so tired of hearing lectures about the costumes. It has just bummed me on the entire holiday.
August 31st, 2010
9:35 am
Though this was not a "Halloween" event, the best un-politically correct thing I have seen was when my youngest son was in high school – at one of his basketball games we played St. Pius (an Atlanta area local catholic school for those not in Atlanta); anyway, we had a kid dress up like the Pope – it was hysterical, and only one mother from the St. Pius contingent was upset (of course, it may have had more to do with them losing the game they were supposed to win, but she still claim righteous indignation!).
So, yes, it may not be PC, but they are kids having fun, so there is nothing wrong with it (now if they do some other insensitive stuff, that may be crossing the line, but that is for another day).
August 31st, 2010
9:40 am
What truly amazes me is: Why on earth would you spend $50 to $100 on a Halloween costume for a child? Yikes! We always try to make ours but clearly we are "old school" on that one. LOL
August 31st, 2010
9:56 am
for other people too?
I mean, it wasn't enough to just be offended for yourself, you've decided to be offended for other groups!
Maybe you could ask one of your Hindu friends if they find this costume offensive.
August 31st, 2010
10:01 am
The only Indian goddess I know of is Suchita Vadlamani.
August 31st, 2010
10:01 am
@TWG -we get the Chasing Fireflies catalogs too, and I'm always shocked at the costume prices and the fact that evidently many buy them! I'm shocked that anyone would pay $80 for a toddler girl's tutu as well, but they also sell those in the regular catalog.
@ Andrea -I'm sorry you've gotten bummed on Halloween! It's my favorite holiday! I don't know where you live, but if you live anywhere near the city, we have a GREAT Halloween parade and festival in Grant Park on the 30th. The kids all parade around the park in their costumes and then we have a little party afterward. Trick or Treating is alive and well in Grant Park, Ormewood Park and Boulevard Heights. Not everyone participates, but many do, and it's so refreshing!
August 31st, 2010
10:02 am
TWG with hindu friends? i bet her friends are as diverse as a bag of white rice.
August 31st, 2010
10:04 am
My daughter was an Indian princess years ago. Her Dad is part Cherokee and he was fine with it!
Who knows now?
Can't recall seeing anyone ever dressed as Jesus but I have seen lots of kids dressed as the Devil.
Does that make a difference?
@ Andrea…I am with you on the negative tone for Halloween. My October show is PUMPKIN TIME and it is very popular…nothing scary! I do have folks who ask me how I can share an EVIL program. Hello….are candy, cats, pumpkins or owls evil?
Perhaps some today might share the neatest costume they have ever seen….to me, that would be fun and give plenty of time for others to whip up their own version in time for Halloween!
@ T…one year my son ( 10 or so) wanted a Spiderman costume. I suggested we paper mache'
( sp?)the mask, to save money. It took us quite some time and it rained that Halloween…not a good move….LOL. $20 would have been a better bet!
@lakerat…the pope to me, is very clever!
August 31st, 2010
10:11 am
@JATL… if you live out of the city and IN THE SOUTH…you will get the poo poo towards Halloween.
I was in NJ once and politely asked, "Do you folks celebrate Halloween at school?"
Answer, "Of course why wouldn't we…is something wrong with it?"
It is soup to nuts on Halloween, as far as opinions go.
I love the fun aspect and the dressing up. One of my favorite shows to share in schools, with the children too! The kids love the silliness and suspense.
August 31st, 2010
10:21 am
The only thing I find offensive about the Durga costume is the price! At least it covers all the kid's private parts, which is a lot more than I can say about some of the Halloween costumes I've seen for girls, even ones designed for young children. Some of them are not just offensive, they're downright creepy.
I wish I could get my son to wear something as mundane as an Indian costume. Ever since he was old enough to voice an opinion on the subject he's insisted on dressing as a skeleton or zombie or some other equally age-inappropriate character!
August 31st, 2010
10:22 am
As a kid, trick or treating was just the best. Then as a teenager, we had so much fun making mischief (toilet papering houses ect), then as a college student going to costume parties where girls wore next to nothing, and now as a parent I get to take the kid trick-or-treating and relive the whole experience.
I'll take ONE Halloween over 20 Thanksgivings!
Over the life of a person they get
Trick or treating>vandalism>sex>trick oor treating
Something for everyone!
August 31st, 2010
10:22 am
My nephews stepkids are Indian and I don't think that any of the costumes would offend them..
@Andrea..I'm with you on the cost..We love Halloween, but there is no way that I'm spending more than $25.00 on a costume..Maybe not even that much..We usually make something from things we have around the house also..Quiet a few years ago, a group of us dressed up as the Fruit of the Loom guys for a contest (and won) and we only spent maybe $50.00 for all 4 of us…
August 31st, 2010
10:23 am
"Ever since he was old enough to voice an opinion on the subject he's insisted on dressing as a skeleton or zombie or some other equally age-inappropriate character"
Man, my son loves the scary stuff too, but I embrace it, rathher than complain about it.
August 31st, 2010
10:26 am
what I loved about the costume was the 'you might also like' stuffed Bengal tiger for … $948.00!!! LOL!
I can see someone who is very sensitive being offended by this but, it really is just a costume. As long as the intent was not to poke fun at someone in the class, I don't think it should be a big deal.
August 31st, 2010
10:34 am
Oh, I'm not complaining! I found the sight of him at 3 years old dressed as a mutant zombie (I'm not really sure what one of those looks like, but I think his costume was pretty realistic) hilarious, but I don't think some of my neighbors shared my opinion! Halloween before last he insisted on being the Joker from that last Batman movie. Unfortunately, they didn't make a child size version of that costume (or at least if they did we couldn't find it) so we had to stick our 6 year old in an adult size small. He looked kind of deflated, but he was very proud of his costume!
August 31st, 2010
10:50 am
Well, enjoy it while you can, because pretty soon, we won't be able to celebrate the changing of the seasons/Halloween. It will become too offensive to the Muslims. Can't have that ya know…..
August 31st, 2010
11:02 am
Blasfemy! Blasfemy I tell you! yull all bern at the steak for this one!!!! Haloween makes baby jesus cry!
August 31st, 2010
11:05 am
I like the costumes made from scratch! I really like the kids who display blood and guts! I can't say I've ever seen an offensive Halloween costume?
August 31st, 2010
11:07 am
@MJG -funny, I grew up an HOUR south of Atlanta IN THE SOUTH and my small, religion-filled hometown LOVED AND STILL LOVES Halloween -and so do the small towns surrounding it. My parents house usually sees between 150 and 200 trick or treaters and only one nutjob writes her annual editorial to the paper every year about how evil it all is and everyone else laughs at her. If memory serves you did NOT grow up here, so don't judge the rest of the south by your transplant-filled suburban subdivision or the schools you happen to visit -just because a school isn't celebrating (and I know many around here that do) doesn't mean the neighborhood and community isn't. I know there are plenty of southern Bible-thumping, anti-Halloween nuts out there, but it's strange -in all of my travels around the deep south and here in my home state during the month of October, I usually see quite a lot of Halloween decorations, Halloween carnivals and a general air of fun surrounding the holiday. Sorry if you live in a downer area, but lots of places here and out of the city are NOT that way.
August 31st, 2010
11:11 am
I love Halloween regardless of what all the Southern Baptists say (Ok, and some regular Baptists and Methodists too). I see no problem with dressing up and having a little fun but people in the south love to get high and mighty about it being a satanic holiday. We've grown to ignore the naysayers.
I always steered the boy away from scary, creepy costumes and typically we go for funny stuff or at least fun when he was little. Last year my son (14 at the time) begged me to buy him an Obama mask and he made a shirt that said, "Hand over your candy so I can redistribute it". Politically offensive to some but it still got lots of laughs (and cost us a total of about $12 since I got the mask on sale). I know some of our neighbors were offended but it was meant to be a joke and I would have laughed if they showed up with a George W mask on stuttering…
August 31st, 2010
11:13 am
@JATL I live south of the city and there are lots of naysayers around here. There are plenty of us who don't care about those naysayers (even if we do sit next to them at church).
August 31st, 2010
11:26 am
JATL, I like you was wondering where the #$% did she get her facts. I currently live outside the city IN THE SOUTH and our town LOVES the holiday. Don't you love the way entire towns get stereotyped by someone who's never even visited.
August 31st, 2010
11:27 am
@JATL – I'm with you. The slutwear passing for chilren's costumes is far more offensive than a Native American costume or a Hindu goddess costume.
@MJG – I've found far more city folks than country folks to be down on Halloween because of political correctness, and the anti-Halloween because of religion folks to be equally scattered (both North-South and urban-rural)
August 31st, 2010
11:38 am
I agree with MJG – Halloween is WAY more acceptable outside of the south. Has it become more acceptable in the past 10-15 years? Sure but the fact of the matter is that it's still a bigger holiday outside of the south.
What's the big hoopla about that observation anyway? Are you offended by it?
August 31st, 2010
11:39 am
@JATL…our neighborhood LOVES HALLOWEEN…we have tons of tricker treaters, so I really do not live in an area that poo poos it. We all sit out in front of our houses and visit in between the trick or treaters! Our last outside get together before it is dark way too early!
I can only speak from my experience,being inside over 50 schools all across the metro Atlanta for over 12 years. I have found an increase in the schools who are not celebrating Halloween. I have not been in all schools! Also, I find that teachers in the southern states are the ones who tell me they are not allowed to celebrate Halloween. I was once at a conference where they told me some national early childhood standards are now opposed to ANY specific holiday celebrations…NOT SURE on that one but I was taken back!
The teachers in NE, Midwest, Mountain and Western states have never mentioned anything against Halloween, to me. There are schools here in Atlanta metro that cannot even put up a pumpkin.
Some of you probably know that Halloween is now called FALL FESTIVAL …similar to the Christmas Party being a Winter Party.
T…does your school have a "Halloween Party"?
YOU ARE CORRECT that I lived in the Chicago area until HS. I have lived in Atlanta, for the past 20 plus years and the trend ( here) is often going away from celebrating Halloween. When I was first teaching here 20 years ago, many schools allowed children to dress up and even had Halloween Parties/Parades. Not as much in the public schools in Gwinnett. I do not work in your area, so I certainly cannot speak for it.
I have been in schools all across the United States and I have seen more anxiety about children celebrating Halloween in the southern states. The children in Anchorage, Alaska and LOVED my show and the teachers had fun too! I love the holiday myself and see it is a lot of fun for kids and adults! Too bad some want to eliminate it.
August 31st, 2010
11:49 am
CLARIFYING…I am not saying TOWNS ( southern or northern) do not celebrate Halloween…I am speaking of schools having decorations, parties or celebrations within their four walls. Sorry for the confusion. I am in my educational orbit as usual.
I could not possibly be in all towns in any geographic location…I KNOW THIS!
I am only speaking from my own experience and sharing what I have seen and heard.
OFF TOPIC….but thinking of yard decorations for various holidays:
I once saw a GIANT PLASTIC SWAN with a Virgin Mary statue perched on top on someone's front lawn in either Rhode Island or Vermont ( near Easter) . I got a good laugh out of that as the NEIGHBORHOOD CLONES IN OUR SUBDIVISIONS WOULD HAVE A FIT WITH THAT. I recently had to make sure my exterior paint would be in sync with our neighborhood rules!
August 31st, 2010
11:55 am
I think everything is what you make of it. If YOU think the costume is offensive, then don't wear it. Who cares what anyone else thinks. If YOU think celebrating Halloween is worshiping the devil, then don't celebrate it. I don't care what others think. I think Halloween is a time to get dressed up, have some fun, and eat some treats. Nothing more.
August 31st, 2010
12:01 pm
The anti-Halloween brigade or a small, but very vocal, minority.
What MJG said about "fall festivals" reminded me of something. The only true Halloween party my son has ever been to at school was, ironically, at his church run pre-school. Last year his class at a public elementary school held a "Fall"party, and his school sent a note home informing us that the kids were NOT allowed to wear Halloween costumes. The principal claimed the no-costume rule was county policy, not the school's.
August 31st, 2010
12:03 pm
Sorry, should be are, not or.
August 31st, 2010
12:12 pm
Hmmmm I grew up between NY and Miami and never heard of not celebrating Halloween until I moved to Ga 5 years ago. Always had a blast with my two boys on Halloween…I remember one year my younger son dressed as a cheerleader, resplendent in a blonde wig, and both of them dressed as Beavis and Butthead one year. Hilarious.
August 31st, 2010
1:01 pm
As I have said before, I am a native southerner since I am a native Atlantan – I lived in 5 southern states growing up and have NEVER had anyone, anywhere not enjoy Halloween – I am a Southern Baptist, too, and the churches at which I have been a member in those 5 states (for over 50 years) have ALL celebrated Halloween with kids parties, etc.
August 31st, 2010
1:03 pm
And we could even where devil costumes to those Baptist church parties as kids -
August 31st, 2010
1:25 pm
As a former classroom teacher for 33 years, I've found attitudes about Halloween have changed within the last 20 years. Back in the late 70's and early 80's there were no issues with Halloween activities in the Dunwoody area schools of Dekalb Co. I changed to Cobb County in 1985, and we were allowed to have Halloween themed things up in the classroom, but were cautioned against anything with a ghost, witch, or devil. By the early 1990's, we were discouraged from having ANYTHING Halloween related in our classrooms (in W. Cobb County).
August 31st, 2010
1:45 pm
Southern born and bred woman here and I can assure you that I celebrated Halloween every year as a kid. My kids also celebrate Halloween. Now when my daughter attended Catholic school there were no school activities, instead kids dressed up for All Saints Day. I often hear kids say that it's "the devil's birthday". But I'm quick to tell them the truth.
To answer the initial question, the best way to determine if dressing like an Indian princess is rude is simply to ask an Indian that practies that religion. Not all Indians do.
August 31st, 2010
2:12 pm
@ RJ…maybe I am missing something here….I assume that you are a mother and thus perhaps are perhaps 30 ish, with kids in school. You mentioned:
Southern born and bred woman here and I can assure you that I celebrated Halloween every year as a kid, as did many of the folks I know here from the south.
MY POINT, is that schools RECENTLY are not as apt to celebrate Halloween. I have just seen this trend in the past 10-12 years or so but "longtime educator" ( she perhaps got my train of thought?) mentioned that it has been around since the early 1990's?
1…I love Halloween
2…I celebrate Halloween
3…I put up Halloween decorations and have even written Halloween songs
4…I see lots of kids and teachers who are unable to enjoy Halloween as some of us celebrated it when we were kids, due to decisions in their school districts….why is this so?
5…I am not trying to convince anyone to agree with me but I have clients ( mainly in the south) who will not book my PUMPKIN TIME program as they are not allowed to celebrate Halloween anymore.
Some cannot book the Christmas program either….
October is still one of my busiest months/topics but several try to discourage me from offering it and, so far, I have no plans to do so.
I WOULD be curious to hear from parents who have elementary school children and can let us know where and when they do or do not allow dress up and celebrating. Not necessarily from parents whose children are now grown ( like mine) and want us to know their kids certainly did enjoy Halloween. MINE DID TOO!
Sorry, if I am the only one on this train of thought…I certainly could be and if so, please proceed with the comments about appropriate costumes that will not offend anyone.
August 31st, 2010
2:28 pm
My daughter is in 7th grade now, when she was in elementary, from K on, there was no celebrating Halloween. It was a "fall festival" no ghosts, witches, etc. allowed. Trust me, I had a difficult time coming up with games/activities that would interest the kids and kind of sort of reflect the real reason for the party…Halloween, without actually being able to say Halloween. Pretty stupid if you ask me.
August 31st, 2010
2:44 pm
This whole blog has been thinking "American Indian" and now you clarify by saying "Gwinnett has always had a large Indian population even back in the 80s when I was growing up", meaning India Indians. Hence, this takes on a whole 'nother meaning of political correctness since many of us thought "American Indian" (see motherjanes comment about her Cherokee husband). Thanks for taking 6 hours to clarify…
August 31st, 2010
2:56 pm
…I guess I am the only dumba–; and that is nothing new – mea culpa!
August 31st, 2010
3:01 pm
Here's the scoop, for me…I am 100% Dutch and if you want to wear wooden shoes and dress up like a Dutchman/woman…go for it! NO problem on my end!
I guess I may have been the only one today thinking American Indian…sorry…
BTW…I loved watching Arti on Food Network!
August 31st, 2010
3:06 pm
@ OK and Theresa,
HHHMMMM …I, for one, might like "OK" more if he/she would stick with one name instead of dancing all around with names that reflect the person you are commenting about. I am really confused. I have a hard enough time remembering the real names of the bloggers I know in person VS their screen name. If everyone followed your lead, this would be a major headache for me…guess I could be the only one!
Unless you are the same person who was dancing around with different names and attacking others, for the past few blogs…maybe I won't like you any way….LOL.
August 31st, 2010
3:10 pm
What do you find so offensive about the Indian Goddess Durga costume Theresa? I actually think that it's cute..Like penguinmom said, it was the $948.00 stuffed tiger that got to me more than the outfit..Of course, I'm so old I remember that a big part of the fun for Halloween was making our costume, not buying one..
August 31st, 2010
3:13 pm
@MJG..To funny..I have Indian blood in me (Moms side) and idiot blood (Dad's side), so feel free to dress as either one and you won't hurt my feelings..
August 31st, 2010
3:16 pm
i don't care and am not offende by what anyone wears as long as my wife slips on the Sexy Dorothy costume with red stilletos again this year. heck, we don't even have to go trick or treating…just put the kid to bed and lock the master bedroom door and I'm in Halloween HEAVEN!!!
August 31st, 2010
3:38 pm
If Arabs are insulted by the genie and Sultan costumes, they must have been have royal fits when "Aladdin" was a popular Disney movie!
I may be mistaken, but I always had the impression that the Indian gods and goddesses were worshipped slightly differently, more as a matter of homage than in forging a divine relationship with them. If that's the case, then I can't see anyone being offended by paying homage to a goddess by dressing up like her, but I guess you'd be better off asking an Indian — we WASPs are apparently fairly clueless as to this aspect of the culture!
As far as I know, there's no taboo associated with depictions of the gods and goddesses, unlike Islam, who gets pretty annoyed over purported pictures of Mohammad.


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Thrombocytopenia is a condition in which there are too few platelets--the cells produced in the bone marrow that are needed for clotting.
Thrombocytopenia may be caused by infections in the fetus or newborn, such as rubella or syphilis, and bacterial, fungal, or viral infections. It can also develop when a mother's immune system produces antibodies against the baby's platelets. Some medications taken by the mother or given to the baby can cause thrombocytopenia.
Without enough platelets, there may be bleeding into the tissues. Bruising of the skin often occurs. With bleeding, the red blood cells break down, producing bilirubin. This substance builds up in the blood causing jaundice, a yellowing of the skin. Excessive bleeding, called hemorrhage, can be dangerous and can affect the brain and other body systems.
The following are the most common symptoms of thrombocytopenia. However, each baby may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
Bruising or petechiae (small red spots on the skin)
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The symptoms of thrombocytopenia may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Always consult your baby's doctor for a diagnosis.
In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination, laboratory testing of the blood can show decreased platelet counts.
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It's just human nature. We take all kinds of things for granted, but nothing so much as the roads and bridges that get us to town, to our fields and to the grain elevator.
The condition of the country's roads and bridges affects our activities, bank accounts and personal safety on a daily basis. Long-delayed maintenance schedules are leading to load limit reductions and temporary closures.
Mylo, N.D., farmer Jason Martodam has to truck grain 60 miles to the elevator due to the closure of bad roads.
"It's costing us thousands of dollars per year, if I figure in fuel costs," he says. Furthermore, one alternative route for him is down to 6 tons per axle. As for the money lost, he says, "I can't make it up."
For a farmer with 300 acres of corn and 200 acres of soybeans who faces diesel prices near $4 per gallon, the impact of a bridge closure could mean a loss of 5¢ per bushel, according to independent research completed this year by Informa Economics for the Illinois Corn Marketing Board and the Illinois Soybean Association. If the detour extends to 30 miles or, in a worst-case scenario, 50 miles, the impact could be 11¢ per bushel, translating to more than $6,000 in additional costs annually for 500 acres. For 2,000 acres, costs could be an additional $24,000.
The numbers track with a 2009 Informa study for the Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) and the Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC). A 5¢ per bushel loss "is a fair assessment for a 25-mile detour with diesel at $4 per gallon," says Emily Otto-Tice, director of supply and infrastructure for ISA and ICMC.
So how bad is the condition of rural roads and bridges nationally? A September 2011 study by TRIP, a national transportation research group, found the following:
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A looming problem. Not all producers are being impacted by bad roads and bridges, but they can see the writing on the wall. Ron Kindred, who farms in Atlanta, Ill., and sits on the Illinois Soybean Association board, is not having to take any detours because of closed roads and bridges, but he's convinced it's coming if the problem of maintenance is not solved.
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I love Dr. No! We both read The New American Magazine. I highly recommend it! I listened to his farewell speech twice. It was spectacular. Care to be Bud's?
Noticed your nice avatar on our mutual buddy Warrens profile. Congratulations on almost three years posting. Trying to help others save money on gas. Very good start. May 2014 bring you and yours peace and joy. Lets be buddies Thanks. Shep
Saw your avatar on our buddy Warrens profile. Lets be buddies also. Thanks. Shep
I've been a Ron Paul supporter for many years and he would have a lot more to say about the abuses of the Federal government than the oil companies. In a competitive FREE economy, no business can gouge the consumer. It requires special privileges which are granted by government that allow monopolies. BTW, Ron Paul was cheated out of the nomination and was ignored, marginalized, or smeared by the MSM during most of the campaign.
Luv me some Ron Paul. Was sorry he didn't get the Majority Vote!!!!
Thanks for accepting me as a buddy. Hope that you have a great week there in Florida. Warren :D)
Good Luck with the gas card lotto. I don't do lottos, I have collected 3,530+ buddies and I'm shooting for 5,000. Ron Paul has good ideas, but .... Hope that your Christmas is Merry.
Hi, Great post on the news item "EV charging stations taking off" today. I really like your main picture. Want to become buddies??? Warren :-)
Good choice for President. I have been following his career since the 70's. Because he is retiring from Congress this year, there will be a big push to pass his "Audit the FED" bill. I'm trying to get my Rep. to co-sponsor this legislation. I can't think of a Congress Critter in Dade County who would do the same, but it is worth a try. Have a good day. SA
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LazyRadar - so more bugs get filed
In the spirit of all the Radar fuss, I happily present to you LazyRadar, courtesy of my great friends at Riot.
I was thinking recently about how most bugs don't actually get filed. Not because Radar sucks and all that, but just because people are busy working at the time and intend to file them later, eventually, one day. Or, like in the case of myself, they're just straight up lazy. But! one does usually have the time to post a quick tweet out of frustration, condemning the broken state of things, at which point a well meaning peer often has the audacity to be like "yo, radar or get the fuck out, harhar", or even worse someone who actually works inside of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory happens to follow you and subsequently calls you out for being the lame-o that didn't file the bug on the thing that they work on, causing them not to be able to fix the bug, and in effect ruining everything for everyone. No one should have to be that lame-o.
So I propose a solution. Let someone else file it. Or file it later. Either way, put it on the interwebs in a special place with all of the other yet to be filed bugs, where they can be seen, discussed, even voted on, and with any luck actually filed as a Radar.
The way it work is, to post to LazyRadar just include the hashtag #lazyradar in your tweet. From there, anyone logged in with Twitter can attach a Radar id once it's been filed, and anyone else can attach a dupe id. The idea is that 1) more bugs will get filed, 2) important bugs will get more dupes through visibility and 3) everyone can tweet freely without getting jumped by their peers.
I didn't actually do any work on this. I just had the idea and my buddies @elliottkember, @dizzyup, @kachunchau and @reddavis whipped it up. If it works and is useful we'll add more features, starting with OpenRadar integration. Or I should say, I'll get them to do it.
S for Service. A new kind of thing that should also be encapsulated.*
A good service layer is easy to use and has entirely out of the box functionality. I usually do this kind of thing the same every time, using a pattern I've seen around that works well. For every service that an app needs to connect to I have a utility class that has an API for requesting specific things from the service. All networking code required to talk to a service is encapsulated inside one of these classes and the class just exposes a nice, handy API to get things done.
A good name for one of these things is usually My<#SERVICENAME#>Client or My<#SERVICENAME#>Service, where 'My' is your class prefix and 'SERVICENAME' is the actual name of the service the app is requesting things from. I lean towards MySomethingClient because it is more correct, since our app and specifically this utility class is technically the client to the service that it's hitting.
Watch out for including things like 'REST' in a class name, because all things network specific are an implementation detail. I would reconsider names like Fetcher and DownloadManager as well. While we know the class is doing these things, I think this behavior terminology is too specific to include in a class name. Plus Fetcher sounds kind of lame, and Manager is a name I think should only be used wisely, if ever. Also, I personally don't think Controller makes sense here, because it is something else, and at a project level the behavior of a service class called Controller usually isn't clear.
So here's how I do it.
The client API will have methods like…
- (void)requestThingamajigsWithCompletionBlock:(void (^)(NSArray *thingamajigs, NSError *error))block;
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completionBlock:(void (^)(FOOThingamajig *thingamajig, NSError *error))block;
All API methods call an an internal method like…
- (void)requestValueForEndpoint:(NSString *)endPoint
completionBlock:(void (^)(id result, NSError *error))block;
Each API method's implementation builds an end-point, calls the request method and handles the result, which usually comes in the form of a JSON or property list object. A handy category for unpacking property list objects is arrayOfClass:forKey:. Once this internal method is set up it's fast and easy to add more API calls. APIs that create or change things usually call an internal method like sendPOSTValues:toEndPoint:completionBlock:. And optional behavior like canceling and queueing can be added as necessary.
That's about it. Service is a new layer that should be encapsulated, clean and easy to use, like Cocoa.
Here's a quick and dirty sample I put together. If you have any opinions, feedback or better designs for this kind of thing, hit me up.
* Chris Parker's great post on coding ruthlessly motivated me to finally post this.
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Can first world countries spend their overseas aid budgets more effectively?
On March 20th 2013, Great Britain's government firmly backed a legislation that would ensure that 0.7% (~£11 Billion) of Gross National Income will be spent on Overseas Aid.
With many skeptics feeling that this money is often wasted or better spent in more important areas, how would you like to see this money spent to change the perception that International Aid isn't effective?
Myself and Maddy Nash would love to hear your thoughts!
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Karmel BlueMar 26 2013: I think it is USA, + UK + EU who have the most say on the United Nations and of course most population therefore most Foreign Aid. Australia has only recently been allowed after paying Millions to be members of UN.
The above and us and all members of UN need to get the UN to encourage/enforce places like India + Indonesia and other countries who pay NO TAX to start paying tax to help their poor even tho they do NOT belong to United Nations.
I do think places like Australia need to limit the Baby Bonus of $5,000 first child + $3,000 for all the children after. Limit this bonus to the first 2 children so it does not encourage people to come just for the Baby Bonuses.
A friend of mine Peter started Spirit of Sharing.com.au and he does excellent voluntary work for other countries Fiji/Vanuatu and Tibet. Keeping people in familiar surrounds and with their culture not such a bad thing. Educating and helping the poor to have better lives in their own countries. More of this.
Hopefully less babies. Some group gives out micro chip contraception lasts 2 years. I could only afford 1 baby. I would hate to be in a position of having 10 or 15 children only to put them in orphanages, sell into prostitution, child soldiers etc.
Nik GillMar 27 2013: Hi Karmel!
Thank for your thoughts on this. There are two areas that you have delved into...
So essentially you feel that birth control can be a major factor in helping all countries in future? I am unfamiliar with term micro chip contraception though, please can you elaborate on this?
Also, I'd love to hear a bit more about the efforts of your friend in Fiji & Tibet if you can explain this further / what has been learn't from this initiative?. I will of course visit the website too!
Thank you Karmel!
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May, 2012 - Are there ways we can beat the clock for life when it comes to overall physical and mental health and well-being? Dr. Jennifer Landa, MD, Chief Medical Officer of BodyLogicMD and author of The Sex Drive Solution for Women says yes. "Staying young and beautiful forever used to be science fiction, but fiction is rapidly becoming fact, thanks to new medical advances," Landa says.
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May, 2012 - Gail and Carrie host the "Magnificent Menopause and Beyond" radio show, covering topics on women's health in the decades of 40 and beyond. Dr. Jen Landa was featured in May 2012 to discuss sexual health and its evolution in women throughout the lifespan.
HealthTalk with Dr. Manny Features Dr. Jen
May, 2012 - Dr. Jen Landa talks about an embarrassing issue affecting more than 40 percent of women – vaginal dryness. She discusses not only the causes, but offers solutions to this topic that many women are afraid to discuss, even in the doctor's office. Learn what you can do to maintain your libido and cure this common issue affecting many postmenopausal women, women with breast cancer and women after childbirth.
Dr. Jen Featured on BodyChecklist.com
March, 2012 - If you want a quick rundown of the "Must-have Medical Check-ups" for every decade of life – check See what Dr. Jen has to say on Bodychecklist.com. Caring for your health is important at every stage of life and you are the best person to ensure you get the care you need.
Dr. Jen Featured on 'Behind the Chair'
March, 2012 - Get expert advice on sexual health from top-selling author Dr. Jennifer Landa as she chats with Alan Eschenburg on his podcast show – "Behind the Chair." Download the key to reviving lost libido and enjoying the best sex of your life.
Dr. Jen Featured on The Better Show
March, 2012 - Dr. Jennifer Landa is featured as the guest expert on The Better Show to discuss all the ways toxins can sneak into your body, but there is a way to keep them away. In honor of Earth Day, learn how you can minimize your toxin exposure and embrace a safer environment and better health.


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We're still trying to figure out what the "Harlem Shake" is, but the St. Leo baseball team seems to have it down pat.
And it's sure to bring a smile to your face. A video the team posted on YouTube seems to be on its way into viral world. It shows the team -- most dressed in outrageous costumes -- doing a choreographed dance.
(At least we think it was choreographed, but at this point, who knows)
It had just a few hundred views around 3 a.m. Tuesday morning. By 6 a.m. after making the rounds on Facebook and Twitter, it was up to a few thousand.
Here is the link to the video on You Tube:
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Getting to know Nick Grimshaw a little bit better.
AKA "No carbs until Efron"
"who's got a bigger…watermelon?"
"i've heard that."
"it's wider."
Why haven't we talked about this before?
lol i've never heard this before but can we just discuss how the friend's birthday party where the theme was album covers was probably the mark ronson birthday party where daniel merriweather came dressed as a banana, as mentioned on a buzzcocks episode ages ago, and when faced with the theme, nick thought "welp, lily allen's alright still, then?" and I AM CRYING OVER THE IDEA OF THIS PARTY OKAY, IT SOUNDS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL OCCASION.