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n. the maneuver of flying unexpectedly over the handlebars, thus being forcibly ejected from the bike. Short for "end over end." "I hit those babyheads and went endo like nobody's business." See superman. In BMX riding, "endo" used to be a synonym for front wheelie.
From the Dictionary of Mountain Bike Slang
It had been a bad morning driving the cab. I'd had a gun pulled on me and felt as if I was one wrong move from being shot at close range. The wild-eyed fucker was upset about a fare I'd had the day before. And my back was still killing me from what that crazy bitch required for a measly $2 tip.
I'd gotten the first call around 2 P.M. from Shorty, the diminutive dispatcher. He started with his usual, "21?" I answered and he said, "Pick one up at 'The Watering Hole' on St. Charles." You always hated to get a fare call at a bar. It meant they were alcoholics who'd either had their car repo'ed or they'd lost their license. Either way, they were bound to be wasted and I'd pressure washed enough puke out of my cab to quit caring about the details.
She was this middle-aged chain-smoker in a wrinkled Goodwill dress and her first words were, "I gotta pick up something from the hock shop on 5th." I reminded her that if I made a stop, I'd have to charge her for two trips. That meant restarting the meter for each trip with the initial $3 flat rate fee charged again before the time began adding up. She wanted to bitch about it but I explained it'd be the same with any cab so calling a different one wouldn't matter. She muttered, "Fuckit," and we were off to Lenny's Pawn Shop. She went inside and came out a few minutes later with fatass Lenny carrying a big-ass television set. I told him to put it in the trunk. It barely fit. Then she got in, lit up another L&M and told me her address. It was a distressed old white house off a dirt road out on the north side of town. I knew the area because I was living in Northport at the time and had driven by this old neighborhood once or twice. Northport was a small suburb of Tuscaloosa, separated by the Black Warrior River.
Can you imagine now, if a local school had named their sports teams the Black Warriors and had a mascot whose image was that of a large half-black Indian, buck naked and wearing only a flowing chief's feathered headdress covering an obviously turgid shillelagh-sized object below his waistline. The implication being that after our sports team destroys your sports team on the field of battle, our mascot will rip apart your womenfolk in the stands by forcing his dusky manhood into the clinched vaginas of your players' mothers, sisters and aunts? This is the sort of thing that would have been not only possible but immensely popular back when America was a free country with vigor and a willingness to be outspoken and brave. When was the last time you heard anything like, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!"?
So I pulled the cab into this lady's dirt driveway and she informed me that I was to get the TV out of the trunk and carry it into her living room. I had anticipated she'd have had a man around to handle this when we got to her house. I politely told her that was not part of my job description and that she'd need to find a neighbor or friend to handle that. "I ain't got no goddamn neighbors or friends. You can't drive off with my TV so you better get it out of that trunk." It was 105° in the middle of August, so I broke a sweat the minute I leaned over to gain purchase on the huge object. I tried to lift with my legs but I could feel the snap in my back when I finally pulled it out. I managed to lug it into her house and that's when she paid the fare plus her $2 gratuity. I said, "You've got to be fuckin' kidding me! A $2 tip for me breaking my back on this oversized Zenith?" She took umbrage with my tone and I dropped it and sped off, leaving a Dukes of Hazzard-like wake of dust behind me.
I woke up the next morning in considerable pain, but I did what Americans do; I went to work. Around 11:00 A. M. Shorty said, "21?" I answered and he said, "Some guy wants you to pick him up at 'The Watering Hole.' I said, "You mean he asked for me by name?" Shorty said, "No. He asked for 'the hippie.'" I was wearing my hair around the middle of my back at the time. Again, I knew nothing good could come from a bar call in the middle of the day, but I thought it might be a friend playing a joke, so I figured I'd play along. I pulled up and blew the horn. A skinny little tattooed dude staggered out and got in the front seat. Normally, folks would ask before riding in the front seat, and I'd say "OK" if they seemed benign. But this guy got in and closed the door even before I could suggest otherwise. He smelled of Ezra Brooks and unfiltered Camels. He gave me a familiar address. It was on the way to Northport.
About halfway there, he said, "You the one who took my woman and her TV home yesterday, ain't you?" I said, "Yeah." He reached into his pants pocket and produced a small pistol, probably a .22. He told me he'd just gotten out of prison and didn't mind going back. Then he told me he was going to kill me for the way I talked to his woman the previous day. I remember feeling somewhat amused by the absurdity of it all at first. Then the seriousness of the situation set in and I started thinking about contingencies. Should I wreck the cab? Should I slam on the brakes and jump out? Nothing seemed workable and he still hadn't pulled the trigger, so I just kept on driving. All the way to her house. When we pulled in the driveway she came running out to meet us and started begging him not to do anything stupid. I guess it worked because the next thing I remember, he was out and I was hauling ass in reverse.
I didn't get paid for that fare but I made up for it the next day. It was raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock, but I did what Americans do; I got up and went to work. I had barely finished my first coffee when Shorty said, "21?" I answered and he said, "Get two for the airport at the Hilton." Now the airport rides were the best because it was 20 miles outside of town and tips were usually better than average. So I picked up these two middle eastern gentlemen and I got out in the bullet-like rain and put their copious luggage in the trunk. They were very talkative with me. They were from Turkey and wanted stories about the South. I had plenty. When I got their luggage out of the trunk and took it under the awning at the airport, they paid the fare and added a $50 bill as a tip.
So what does a young man do with $50 when he's a junkie who almost got shot the day before and whose back still hurts from the day before that? Well, I can tell you. He calls his dealer and buys some medicine. The preferred medicine at the time was a blue Endo morphine tablet which, coincidentally, cost $50. I procured the tablet and got that familiar feeling of giddiness on the way back to Northport. Narcotics will cause constipation, but the giddiness prior to shooting up will cause you to need the bathroom facilities and soon. I did manage to make it home before any troublesome incident in the cab which would have required a pressure washer. So I was soon at my kitchen table with empty bowels and a clean needle. The procedure would be quite familiar to any junkie, but the basic steps are: Crush the pill in some slick paper (don't want to lose any powder in the perforations of, say, newspaper). Pour the contents into a bent tablespoon. Draw up some clean water into the needle. Shoot the water into the spoon. Stir it up to dissolve as much as possible, probably using the plastic needle cover. Put a lighter underneath the spoon until it just starts to bubble (don't want to boil off any product). Take a part of a cigarette filter and put it in the spoon (not a cotton ball; too likely to cause cotton fever). Firmly place the slanted edge of the needle point on the filter and draw up the product. Point the needle straight up and tap on the barrel to get the air bubbles to the top. Plunge the needle to remove the airspace without losing any product in the process. Find a vein. Insert the needle. Register the syringe (draw a bit of blood) to make sure you have made purchase. And this is when the blue Endo tabs became so magical. The mixture of the sky blue mixture with the blood was beautiful. I always heard Tequila Sunrise playing in my head as I plunged the product into my arm and felt that familiar rush up the back of my neck followed by the warm glow of full forgiveness of all my aches and pains as well as transgressions.
I heard the radio in the cab calling me outside my kitchen window. I sauntered to the cab and pushed the button. It was Shorty. "21?" "Yeah?" Can you pick one up at 4805 Robinson? She just wants to go to the grocery store.?" So I did what Americans do and have always done: I went back to work, high as a fucking mule.>
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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are famous for being incredibly chic, which is why its no surprise that their collection is exactly that. I liked that they were dealing in sandals now, long skirts, belts at the waist. If I was to go all black or completely navy, this is the collection I would choose from.
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I love me some Adam Lippes. The checkered dresses were really fresh, and the leather belts coincided with all the other collections that are belting their fabrics. The messy sweater layering was superb, and I think that must be the most beautiful leather aviator jacket Ive ever seen.
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By now you must know that Jack and Lazaro are geniuses, and I myself cant be a bigger fan. This collection was fresh, dark, and strangely romantic. I say that black sheer over the knees will be a big seller come fall.

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Gerry Dulac's Steelers chat transcript: 9.3.14
September 3, 2014 1:47 PMJohn B.: Prediction time: How many games till Tuitt is a starter? barring injury, of course.
Gerry Dulac: Not many, but don't worry -- he will play a lot. And if the Steelers use their sub packages as much as they did last year (65 percent of the time), he will play even more. He is usually one of the two down linemen, along with Cam Heyward, in those packages.
Joe M: What are the chances Dri Archer does not get a hat on gameday if he cant return punts?
Gerry Dulac: The chances are more "none" than "slim." You do not have to worry about Archer getting a hat, as you like to say. He is guaranteed one as much as Antonio Brown. Does too many things and is a playmaker.
Steelbuck: The no huddle is going to be a key to their success this year imo. How much more difficult is it to run on road vs at home? Clearly crowd noise plays some role in thet. Anything else factor is as well? Is there a large difference in your opinion?
Gerry Dulac: I disagree that it's going to be the key to their success. What's going to be the key is how well they execute their offense when they're NOT in no huddle mode. Because, as you point out, it's tougher to run on the road because of the crowd noise. I like the no-huddle because it features and utilizes your best player -- Ben Roethlisberger. But you can't stay in it all the time. Too exhausting for the linemen and receivers.
dave: Why risk having Antonio Brown return punts? If he gets injured, they'll be in deep trouble on offense.
Gerry Dulac: Perhaps, and I think thyat's why you'll see Dri Archer getting some punt returns, too. But I'm willing to bet on the first punt against the Browns you will see 84 back there.
Derek: Hi Gerry! What's your prediction for the Steelers this year?
Gerry Dulac: Despite what I saw in Philly, I still think they are a 10-6 team. As bad as they were last year, they were still 8-8. I think they are better for a number of reasons, including the return to health of Heath Miller, a full season for Le'Veon Bell, the addition of Mike Munchak...want me to continue?
Chris G: Does Jarvis Jones step up in the pass rush department this season? I feel like he HAS to for this defense to be successful.
Gerry Dulac: You'e right -- he has to. This defense is predicated on the outside backers presuring the quarterback, which is why its incumbent on Jones and Jason Worilds combining for a minimum 20 sacks to be successful. Now, I don't know if JJ has 10 sacks in him, but we'll see. But I do know he has to have a lot more than he had last season, which was 1.
Chris G: How's Martavis Bryant doing? Initially sounded like he might hit IR, but the fact that he didn't is promising.
Gerry Dulac: Bryant is fine, other than a mild shoulder separation. He probably won't be active against the Browns, but he has the talent to be a very good receiver. Like a lot of rookies, he has to learn how to work hard to succeed in the NFL.
Paul: Tne Steelers are razor thin at CB, DL, WR, OT, and OLB. What happens if we have an injury at any one of those 5 positions? Are there guys on the practice squad who can fill in?
Gerry Dulac: I disagree they are razor thin at WR, OT and OLB. For the first time in a long time, they kept 6 receivers on the 53-man roster. Name me an offensive line that has a lot of depth? Agreed, OLB does not have a Worilds as a backup, but then that's because they don't have LaMarr Woodley and James Harrison in their prime. I think Arthur Moats can be more than serviceable if necessary.
Steelbuck: What do you hear with the "big nickel" defense where they remove both OLBs for more dlineman in an effort to slow teams running games down against the nickel defense. Only an experiment or can we really expect to see it Sunday?
Gerry Dulac: That is not something they do on a regular basis and not something I think you will see them do much, if at all, in the regular season. Maybe in short yardage situations.
JamesinNYC: What is your thought on the big nickel that looked decent this preseason?
Gerry Dulac: Hey, they have to try something to stop the run, especially in their sub packages. They didn't do it last year and they haven't done it very well this year in the preseason, either.
JamesinNYC: Archer gets punts in midfield Antonio gets them in their own end?
Gerry Dulac: That might be a good way of looking at it JNYC
John B.: Based on what you've seen/heard, Do you think we'll see more of Dri Archer in the passing game or the running game?
Gerry Dulac: I think you'll see a little of both, though, by passing game, I hope you don't mean lining as a wide receiver because that's not going to happen. Now, he might happen to line outside when they go empty in the backfield, but they do that with Bell, Blount and even Will Johnson. His pass-catching will be what you saw in the preseason, dump screens and wheel routes out of the backfield.
dave: Are there any concerns that Blount may be a bad influence on Bell?
Gerry Dulac: Now why would you think that...???
Charles: I still don't understand why we couldn't have put Landry Jones on the practice squead. Chances are nobody was going to sign him off of it and we could've kept another position player. If he plays in a game, then we will be in serious trouble anyway.
Gerry Dulac: Disgaree. Chances are someone would have claimed him immediately. And while I agree w you that if he has to play the Steelers are in trouble, name me an NFL team that wouldn't be in trouble if they had to play their third QB. The Steelers have always believed it's the most important position on the team and they need to have three QBs ready just in case.
Joe M: What do you think of depth on the offensive line especially at the Tackle position? Please rank Lloyd, Porter, Harrison, Gildon, Ham?
Gerry Dulac: Like I said earlier, name me a team with good depth on the offensive line? they don't exist. Every team can lament the same thing.
Adam G.: Do you think Ike is poised for a bounceback year? Sure would help the secondary.
Gerry Dulac: No.
Rich D: Internet rumor that Rams are trying to trade for Ben R. Ridiculous as it sounds?
Gerry Dulac: As ridiculous as you listening to internet rumors.
Gerry Dulac: That's all the time we have today kids. Next week's chat will be at a different time because of the Thursday night game in Baltimore. Check local listings for the time.


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I just love love love the fact that no matter how fancy or sophisticated they dress, Breanna and Jon are true to themselves 100% of the time – just downright goofy. I would have to say this session was quite fun. We had some music to get them in the mood and they just did their thing. There were some truly genuine moments captured that I couldn't choreograph on my best day. There is a second half to this session which involves some unlikely characters (to come), but I loved the black-and-white portraits so much I thought they deserved their own post. Btw, isn't Breanna drop dead gorgeous? She's trying to convince me to start watching How I Met Your Mother so I can witness Jon's resemblance to Neil Patrick Harris (perma-suit and all.) I promise to do so once I get caught up with Parks and Recreation. I can only handle so much funny at one time.
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I watched the excellent biopic, The Queen the other night and was struck by the exacting rules of behavior one is to follow when in the presence of the queen of England: bow or curtsey when you meet her; never turn your back to her. A little War of Independence waged in me every time the characters marched through these formalities. I imagined myself meeting Her Highness with my hand audaciously outstretched. I'm just that much of a rebel.
In March 1964, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. interviewed his famously private friend Jacqueline Kennedy over the course of e...
Children are far more sensitive to pollutants than adults. That's why hundreds of doctors signed a petition urging first Bloomberg and now de Blasio not to build a massive garbage site next to an athletic center in Manhattan used by 34,000 city kids.
When someone's son or daughter is killed in Yorkville by a garbage truck, it will indeed not be an accident. It will be a predicted and preventable death.
In 2011, on the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy presidency, Caroline Kennedy permitted the interviews to be shared with the world in an exhibit called "In Her Voice: Jacqueline Kennedy, The White House Years" at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston.
Among the thousands, maybe millions, of people who will stop what they're doing later this month and reflect on the life of John F. Kennedy, Jr. are two who played vitally important roles in his life.
Much of the discourse has focused on the needs and potential contributions of working mothers, but Father's Day weekend is an appropriate time to celebrate fathers and remind ourselves that work-life balance isn't just a women's issue.
Herewith, a legend's final studio recording, a great day at Coachella, notes on heroic forensics and a decade and a half of failed immigration legisla...
This is a critical time for the the Asia-Pacific Pivot. Which is, of course, America's shift from its fateful post-9/11 fixations with the Islamic world of the Middle East and Central Asia to the rising Asia-Pacific.
The Japanese in 2010 announced a "new killing method." It involves destroying the spinal cord with repeated insertion of a metal rod. Even on paper, the "new killing method" makes no attempt to damage the brain, which would at least end consciousness.
Ambassador Kennedy was right to raise the issue, controversial or not. Open dissent and debate is exactly what Japan needs more of now, not less.
WAZA should stop making claims based on the false assertion that the dolphin hunts are somehow part of "Japanese culture." This is just a lame excuse for the lucrative captures and killing to continue.
Concerned with the growing problem of gun violence in Newark, Jessica Mindich decided to think of a creative way to repurpose guns into jewelry: "There's an issue of illegal gun violence in Newark, and I saw an opportunity to help a city."
Our children have given up on landlines, the postal service, and books made of paper. And, fatherless, Caroline has grown up.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's death, yet just 10 days ago, Jeanne and I were celebrating with my cousin Caroline Kennedy as she was sworn in as Ambassador to Japan.
I was 5-years-old on Friday, November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Even we kids could perceive the paradigm shift that took place as a result of that horrendous event and recall the somber and mournful tone of the next few days.


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A new literature review finds that even if babies born via Cesarean section have long-term health risks, as a number of past studies purport, it may not be a result of the procedure itself.
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Pros: Excellent speed for the price, considering it's a USB 2.0 device (which has a maximum effective throughput of 35 MB/s). Cheap, well-constructed. You can't ask for much in an inexpensive flash device, and this one performs admirably for the price.
Cons: I don't see any cons. Sure, it's not hitting 35 MB/s. But does anyone really expect this out of a USB flash drive at this pricepoint?
Other Thoughts: The first things I did when I got this is test the drive's performance, then reformat it. It came from the factory formatted to a 16K block size. I reduced that to a "standard" 4K and benchmarked it again. Using a 4K block size cut the write speed quite a bit from the default 16K. This surprised me at first, but some reading material suggests that many new flash devices use 16K internal pages. This makes sense, as less pages to access means a simpler, weaker controller can get away with doing the work, which translates to reduced cost. The benchmarks back this up. In other words, keep this device formatted with a 16K block size, NOT a 4K. This will maximize both performance and lifespan, because it translates to fewer internal operations being executed to map what the OS *wants* to write to what the controller is actually writing.
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When Marques Reischl left Chandler Basha to take over the football program at fledgling Combs in the spring, a couple of things jumped out at him.
It was apparent that his players needed to hit the weight room immediately, and they needed to learn how to play more physically.
"The first day I was on campus we started lifting," Reischl said. "I felt like that was the most important thing to get going."
Getting stronger certainly can't hurt Combs as it enters its second season of varsity play. The team went 0-10 in its first year and was badly mismatched in most of its games. The team was outscored 518-115 for the season, was shut out three times and gave up 82 points in a midseason loss to San Tan Foothills.
But Reischl's arrival is making this season feel like Combs 2.0 -- a second chance at a fresh start.
"(Reischl) has brought our confidence level back up," said senior wide receiver and defensive back Nathen Amestoy. "I think we've already put in a lot more hard work than last year."
And the team appears to have more cohesion this year, too. Reischl, a former quarterback for Western New Mexico University, took his team to a summer camp at the school in Silver City, N.M. There the team learned how to play together and, more importantly, Reischl said, the players learned they liked each other.
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The camp also helped the team get acclimated to Reischl's passing system, one he helped lead Basha to an average of 254 yards passing per game last year as the school's offensive coordinator. A year ago, Combs averaged 77 yards a game through the air.
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Makeup startup finds a match in Barneys
Tracy Sayuki Wells launched her family's fledgling Laguna Hills company in June with the idea of blending cosmetics and technology to create makeup that perfectly matches a person's skin tones.
Less than a year later, Wells has landed a coveted spot in the luxury retail world: Her Sayuki Custom Cosmetics Inc. will open its new personalized makeup counter at Barneys New York stores in San Francisco and Chicago in April.
"It's an awesome and surreal feeling," says Wells, who built a career managing makeup counters for brands such as Chanel, Estée Lauder, Benefit and Shiseido at department stores.
Wells is making a foray into the highly competitive and lucrative foundation market, where heavyweights such as Clinique, Lancome and M.A.C. dominate in the department store category.
"Foundation is the No. 1 product in the prestige category of makeup," said Karen Grant, NPD Group vice president and a global industry analyst for the beauty sector. "It continues to be fundamental and often is an entryway for a customer to try a makeup brand."
Total sales for foundation at department stores rose to $965.8 million in 2012, up 8 percent from $922.4 the previous year, according to an NPD Group report.
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Her objective is to fill a niche by using scanning technology to create customized foundations and concealers for customers of all skin tones who have been unable to find a close color match for their faces or aren't satisfied with hues in stores.
It took 3 1/2 years for her idea to become reality.
"I was working with a customer at Macy's who had bought two foundations that we mixed, each costing $65," Wells said. "It was so difficult to match her."
"The lightbulb turned on" after several attempts to mix various shades of foundation, she said. "Wouldn't it be great if we could scan the skin color and create a foundation from that?"
Her inspiration came from the color-scanning system used for custom paints at home improvement stores, she said. "I drove to my father's house, and he ran away with the idea."
Larry Igarashi, Wells' dad, is an entrepreneur who retired after owning a specialized golf club company. One of his first tasks was to devise a machine that could accurately dispense small amounts of color pigment without creating bubbles.
"We're talking about minute amounts of pigment – in the micron territories," Igarashi said, grinning.
Without precision in the machine, an incorrect amount of color pigments could throw off the skin-color match.
"I almost gave up," Igarashi said. "I told Tracy, 'You're asking me to do an impossible task.' "
Then, Igarashi found the answer in the medical-device industry. "I found a heart pump that's used in blood circulation," he said. "The accuracy is incredible. 'This is what I want,' I thought."
Igarashi said he used similar mechanical parts to build a makeup dispenser and then obtain a patent on the new device.
The next part of the equation was to create a color-scanning system. Igarashi built a scanning device that takes an image of the skin's surface after a customer positions her cheek next to it. The scanner calculates the average color based on thousands of pigments and sends that information to the computer software.
"Each human's skin color is different from another's – it's like a fingerprint," Igarashi said.
Wells, who has a Japanese father and a mother of Irish, German and English descent, cited herself an example of a person whose skin tones can be challenging to match.
Using her background in makeup, Wells knew that customers also want a foundation tailored to their skin types – dry, combination, oily – and want to control the level of coverage – light, medium, full. She asked Igarashi to add those customization features to the software.
The family invested several million dollars to figure out the scanning, color-blending and dispensing technologies and launch the business. Wells and her father declined to give a specific amount.
In June, Wells and Igarashi opened the Sayuki Custom Cosmetics boutique at Laguna Hills Mall.
But Wells had bigger plans.
She placed regular calls to the cosmetics buyer at Barneys New York and left messages. One day, a buyer picked up the phone and Wells made a pitch. "I told her, 'I know you get a million calls a day. But if you can give me time, I can tell you about the latest technology for custom foundation.' She said, 'Go ahead.' "
Soon after that conversation, Wells and Igarashi flew to New York for the first of several meetings with Barneys executives.
During one of those meetings, Wells and Igarashi set up the machines and made custom-blended foundations for a group of more than 30 people of various ethnicities and skin colors, Wells said.
Both companies signed a contract earlier this year for a luxury version of Sayuki Custom Cosmetics, including ingredients such as diamond micropowder and new packaging exclusively for Barneys, Igarashi said.
After the products debut in San Francisco and Chicago, the makeup is slated to roll out to other Barneys locations, said Wells and Igarashi, who also hope to expand internationally. Barneys officials did not respond to requests for comment.
Since long before Wells and Igarashi launched their boutique in Laguna Hills, makeup companies have moved in and out of the custom foundation market. Prescriptives – an Estée Lauder Inc. brand – once dominated the custom market before closing its counters in January 2010. Sales associates at the department store counter tried to get as close a match as possible from a selection of base foundations. They added color pigments and mixed by hand the liquid foundation and face powder.
In the past three to five years, other brands have widened the range of the hues in their foundation offerings in response to the demand from an ethnically diverse customer base, Grant said. M.A.C. is an example of a cosmetics brand that resonates extremely well with customers of different ethnic groups because of its broad foundation selection, she said.
Makeup specialty store Sephora offers a technology called Pantone Color IQ, which allows a customer to use a device to get a reading on skin color, as well as a Pantone SkinTone number and a list of options for off-the-shelf foundations.
In the custom foundation market, getting the color right is not the only hurdle. "One of the challenges is maintaining the high levels of service," Grant said.
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Hyperprolactinaemia (BrE) or hyperprolactinemia (AmE) is the presence of abnormally high levels of prolactin in the blood. Normal levels are less than 580 mIU/L for women, and less than 450 mIU/L for men.
The hormone prolactin is downregulated by dopamine and is upregulated by estrogen. A falsely high measurement may occur due to the presence of the biologically inactive macroprolactin in the serum. This can show up as high prolactin in some types of tests, but is asymptomatic.
Hyperprolactinaemia may be caused by either disinhibition (e.g. compression of the pituitary stalk or reduced dopamine levels) or excess production from a prolactinoma (a pituitary gland adenoma tumour). A prolactin level of 1000–5000mIU/L could be from either mechanism, but >5000mIU/L is likely due to an adenoma with macroadenomas (large tumours over 10 mm diameter) having levels of up to 100,000mIU/L. Hyperprolactinemia inhibits gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) by increasing the release of dopamine from the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (dopamine inhibits GnRH secretion), thus inhibiting gonadal steroidogenesis, which is the cause of many of the symptoms described below...
Physiological causesEdit
Physiological causes (i.e. as result of normal body functioning): pregnancy, breastfeeding, stress, sleep.
Prescription drugsEdit
Use of prescription drugs are the most common cause of hyperprolactinaemia. Prolactin secretion in the pituitary is normally suppressed by the brain chemical, dopamine. Drugs that block the effects of dopamine at the pituitary or deplete dopamine stores in the brain may cause the pituitary to secrete prolactin. These drugs include the major tranquilizers (phenothiazines), trifluoperazine (Stelazine), ,and haloperidol (Haldol); some antipsychotic medications; metoclopramide (Reglan), used to treat gastroesophageal reflux and the nausea caused by certain cancer drugs; and less often, alpha-methyldopa and reserpine, used to control hypertension. Finally oestrogens and TRH.
Prolactinoma or other tumors arising in or near the pituitary—such as those that cause acromegaly or Cushing's syndrome—may block the flow of dopamine from the brain to the prolactin-secreting cells, likewise division of the pituitary stalk or hypothalamic disease. Other causes include chronic renal failure, hypothyroidism and sarcoidosis. Some women with polycystic ovary syndrome may have mildly elevated prolactin levels.
Apart from diagnosing hyperprolactinaemia and hypopituitarism, prolactin levels are often determined by physicians in patients who have suffered a seizure, when there is doubt whether this was an epileptic seizure or a non-epileptic seizure. Shortly after epileptic seizures, prolactin levels often rise, while they are normal in non-epileptic seizures.
In many patients elevated levels remain unexplained and may represent a form of hypothalamic-pituitary dysregulation.
In women, a high blood level of prolactin often causes hypoestrogenism with anovulatory infertility and a decrease in menstruation. In some women, menstruation may disappear altogether (amenorrhea). In others, mensturation may become irregular or menstrual flow may change. Women who are not pregnant or nursing may begin producing breast milk. Some women may experience a loss of libido (interest in sex). Intercourse may become painful because of vaginal dryness.
In men, the most common symptoms of prolactinoma are impotence, decreased libido, erectile dysfunction, and infertility. Because men have no reliable indicator such as menstruation to signal a problem, many men with hyperprolactinemia being caused by an adenoma may delay going to the doctor until they have headaches or eye problems caused by the enlarged pituitary pressing against nearby eye nerves. They may not recognize a gradual loss of sexual function or libido. Only after treatment do some men realize they had a problem with sexual function.
Because of hypoestrogenism, hyperprolactinaemia can lead to osteoporosis.
A doctor will test for prolactin blood levels in women with unexplained milk secretion (galactorrhea) or irregular menses or infertility, and in men with impaired sexual function and, in rare cases, milk secretion. If prolactin is high, a doctor will test thyroid function and ask first about other conditions and medications known to raise prolactin secretion. Whilst a plain X-ray of the bones surrounding the pituitary may reveal the presence of a large macro-adenoma, the small micro-adenoma will not be apparent. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the most sensitive test for detecting pituitary tumors and determining their size. MRI scans may be repeated periodically to assess tumor progression and the effects of therapy. Computed Tomography (CT scan) also gives an image of the pituitary, but it is less sensitive than the MRI.
In addition to assessing the size of the pituitary tumor, doctors also look for damage to surrounding tissues, and perform tests to assess whether production of other pituitary hormones is normal. Depending on the size of the tumor, the doctor may request an eye exam with measurement of visual fields.
Historical eponymsEdit
On occasion the following eponyms may be encountered:
- Ahumada-DelCastillo Syndrome, refers to the association of galactorrhea and amenorrhea.
- Chiari-Frommel Syndrome, refers to extended postpartum galactorrhea and amenorrhea.
- Forbes-Albright Syndrome, refers to galactorrhea-amenorrhea associated with a pituitary tumor.
These eponyms were established before prolactin measurements could be done reliably in the clinical setting.
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HOMEX - Melbourne +++++++++++++++++++++++++ ANZ today announced the appointment of Dr Mark Lawrence as Group General Manager Risk Management, reporting to Chief Financial Officer, Mr Peter Marriott. Dr Lawrence will replace Mr Elmer Funke Kupper who was recently appointed ANZ Head of International. Originally from Adelaide, Dr Lawrence is currently Director and Head of Market Risk for SG Cowen Securities Corporation, a subsidiary of Societe Generale in New York. Previously he was Managing Director Market Risk Group at Bear Stearns and Co Inc and spent several years as an independent risk management consultant, and was a founding member of the Risk Management Group at Merrill Lynch & Co. Dr Lawrence holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Dr Lawrence will return to Australia to take up his new position effective from the middle of July. For media enquiries, please contact: Paul Edwards Head of Group Media Relations


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"Every man, by the nature of his being, is called to generate love."
So the Rev. James A. Wehner tells his seminarians, from his perch as rector of the Josephinum, a pontifical college and seminary in Columbus, Ohio. His is a message necessary to the training of priests to a calling that has been marred by scandal, but also to a society that has been afraid to talk frankly about how essential the unique masculine gift of fatherhood is to our lives, our families and our culture.
A man's nature does not change because he has been called to the priesthood. As the Rev. Wehner explains in his annual inaugural talk to seminarians: "The generative love of spiritual fatherhood is not denied in the priesthood. Rather, it is expressed through celibacy, a desire to teach, to cultivate something in others, and to save souls. It is seen in work with at-risk kids, the elderly in the nursing home, and those in the county jail."
Wehner, who was ordained in his native Pittsburgh in 1995, explains: "As a spiritual father, you see the people as your flock. You want to love them, feed them, teach them." At the Josephinum, Wehner is intent on training his priests to be immersed in the lives of the people they are called to serve.
At the heart of the mission of the Josephinum is the motto "Forming Renaissance priests: spiritual fathers for the new evangelization." A renaissance priest is not on retreat from the world. He is, explains Wehner, "a man of virtue. He is confident, and has right judgment and even temperament. He is a man of his word, a man formed by culture in the best sense. He knows who he is, he has a sense of mission, and he is not afraid to be a man. The renaissance priest inspires a sense of awe, mystery and curiosity. He has his act together, and makes other men think twice about what it means to be a man." He "is not arrogant, disconnected, unmanly or of poor humor. He does not shrink from people. … He is not insecure about himself, and does not hide behind something else that is strong."
With an admonishing humility, Wehner tells his spiritual sons: "Not long ago, when priestly identity was not so clarified, what was projected was a weak, disconnected, angry, aloof man -- maybe even a man insecure in his own sexuality, projecting that which does not reflect a healthy masculinity. The renaissance priest cultivates the best of the human virtues for the service of others, and he does so with good attitude, without selfishness, without cynicism and rancor."
Part of what is key at the Josephinum -- and to its eventual graduates -- is fellowship and accountability. There's a lesson there for laymen, too.
How are we spending our time? What habits occupy our daily routines? What and to whom are we tweeting and why? What are we doing in the down time? Where are we browsing? Would we be ashamed if someone found out?
The world needs people of virtue who strive each day to live according to principle; who expect more of themselves and encourage the same from others, not through sermons but through inspiring example. The world needs men who are not enslaved by low expectations; so much of our culture is an insult to men and fatherhood. The world needs heroes who will sacrifice in witness and service to the world. Grace continues to provide: Enrollment is increasing at the Josephinum, as it is in the North American Pontifical College in Rome.
"The people of God are tired of cheaters and they are tired of liars. The people of God want to hear only the truth," says Wehner, who radiates a paternal -- and fraternal -- holiness, with the same kind of flair for communication New York's archbishop Timothy Dolan recently demonstrated while walking Al Roker and Matt Lauer around St. Peter's Basilica.
Last year, Pope Benedict XVI expressed encouragement and gratitude for true spiritual fathers, for those men who sacrifice for the sake of souls: "Dear friends, be conscious of the great gift that priests are for the Church and for the world; through their ministry, the Lord continues saving men, making Himself present, sanctifying. Know how to thank God, and above all be close to your priests with your prayer and support, especially in difficulties, so that they will be increasingly shepherds according to the heart of God."
Beyond the pain, debates, headlines and late-night jokes, there are well-integrated men who make healthy albeit radical sacrifices, to serve in surrender to a calling greater than any human desire. Spiritual fathers who are truly living for and in Christ are great gifts for us all -- of all faiths and none -- a beacon in a culture restless for a moral renaissance in ways small and great.
In this way, there is a great light on North High Street in Columbus. And, I pray, in a Roman collar near you. In a culture that needs exemplary men, this new renaissance is worth a prayer this month. Thank and encourage a priest this Father's Day. And you can tweet that.
Kathryn Lopez is the editor of National Review Online (www.nationalreview.com). She can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I now have 135 NZ blogs with publicly accessible sitemeter stats on this list. This is about 20% of the total number of NZ blogs on my database.
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The blogs are listed in the table below, together with daily visits and page view numbers averaged over the previous 7 days. The data was that given by the NZ blog ranking tool on December 15th.
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Over time, some mechanisms became available, such as the Incident Response Team (IRT) object and an "abuse-mailbox:" attribute.
Different communities seem to have developed varying expectations and understanding of how the data quality for such contact information can be maintained at a high level, and how and when a report sent to such a contact mechanism will be responded to or otherwise acted upon.
Recently, some RIPE Policy Proposals were submitted for consideration and these proposals (2010-08, 2010-09 and 2010-10) were discussed in the Address Policy Working Group, the Anti-Abuse Working Group and briefly in the Database Working Group during the RIPE 61 Meeting in Rome.
Deliberations among the responsible working group chairs and senior policy experts suggested that investigation be carried out to get a deeper understanding of the motivations behind the policy proposals, the expected outcomes, the operational and maintenance implications and the role the RIPE Database could perform to support the desired results. It was then suggested to the community and the policy proponents that the most efficient way to progress the issue would be the creation of a RIPE Task Force. There was no objection raised by the members of the community present at the meeting.
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[This draft mandate is for consideration, modification and refinement by the task force]
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- Agree on a useful name for the task force and, with the help of the RIPE NCC, arrange the logistics and report back to the community about the establishment of the task force
- Collect all relevant input that is readily available, in particular policy proposals, information from presentations given recently by the RIPE NCC regarding ideas on the future structure, credibility and quality of data, and the maintenance mechanisms for entries in the RIPE Database
- Collect and document comparable mechanisms and proposals in the other RIR Regions (APNIC, AfriNIC, ARIN and LACNIC)
- Work with the interested community and the RIPE NCC to understand the problem at hand and the environment in which to develop a proposal. This analysis of the environment should include legal aspects, formal responsibilities for the use of resources on the Internet, well-established operating procedures and relevant operational aspects.
- Develop one or more (policy) proposals and/or general recommendations on how collection and maintainace of relevant information in the Registry Database should be organised, including a description of potentially alternative implementations or approaches and the related impact on all parties involved
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- Report on the task force's progress during RIPE 62 (May 2011) and collect regular input from the RIPE community
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Meet Big Bird's Orchestra is part of a series of Sesame Street books designed to introduce children to music concepts: in this case the concept is instrument sounds. In 1994, the concept was updated as Big Bird Meets the Orchestra, with a new plot illustrations, and updated characters.
In the story, Big Bird is the conductor of an orchestra consisting of a number of his friends from Sesame Street.
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How to use Dao Yin as a martial arts warm up
Dao Yin or Tao Yin is the original name for Qi Gong (also refered to as Chi or Ki Gong) which is an ancient Chinese martial art. It shares many similarities to the training involved in Qi Kung, and Tai Chi. I was taught a Dao Yin warm up by a Fifth Dan mixed martial artist who had traveled extensively. His version of Dao Yin is a method of striking your own pressure points to produce beneficial results. He placed great importance upon Dao Yin and encouraged us to do it at least once a day. It is best performed after a brisk warm up, he used this as his primary form of pre-training exercise.
Dao Yin is based on the principle of Chi. Many martial arts use the concept of Chi as a way of explaining the energy flow around the body. Through Dao Yin the Chi pathways (or meridian lines) are opened allowing for the expedient application of power. Dao Yin is different from Chi Kung training in that it does not use hard strikes to activate the nerve points. Chi Kung is designed to toughen the body against blows, Dao Yin is used to give you inner strength. Skeptics amongst you will be pleased to know that there are physical causes for the pleasant feelings that come from Dao Yin. By tapping the muscles you encourage blood flow to them, this can make you stronger for a short period of time. By striking the nerve points you force the nervous system to become alert and responsive improving your reaction times and speed. It is possible to test these assertions in the dojo before and after doing Dao Yin.
Dao Yin is an excellent way to introduce martial artists to the primary set of strikeable pressure points. Primary pressure points are areas of the body that are particularly vulnerable to pain. All of the points I am going to show you are capable of causing pain if struck hard. They are applicable to any martial art. For this reason Dao Yin should always be done gently.
What follows is an in-depth guide to Dao Yin as I have been taught it. The problem with an in-depth guide is that it will seem overly complicated. It is my genuine intention to encourage everyone to do Dao Yin. With this in mind I would like you to be clumsy on your first attempt. Remember that half of the benefits of Dao Yin come from hitting the muscles and not finding the precise pressure points or using the correct hand techniques. Please try to follow along as you read.
It is important to remain relaxed throughout and not to tense the muscles or joints.
The methods of striking; a glossary.
Order of application:
Dao Yin on the Arms
Hold your left arm out straight with the finger and palm facing upwards. Using the leopard's paw strike down softly onto the wrist with your curved fingers, just like you are knocking on a door. To find the correct point push your thumb down the arm between your ulna and radius (the forearm bones) until you feel some nerve pressure. The strike should make your relaxed hand reflexively jump upwards. Continue up to the center of the forearm. Strike again in the same way. The pressure point is situated a little bit closer to the elbow joint than the wrist. If you're not getting it try turning the striking hand so the knuckles are hitting along the arm rather than across it. The next strike is to the biceps. The pressure point is easy to find. Almost any strike will activate it. The next two strikes are around the shoulder joint and are found in the places with the least muscle. The first intersects the pectoral muscles and the upper arm. It is similar to the hand position used in the American pledge of allegiance except two inches higher and two inches further over.
Next we hit the opposite side of the shoulder joint. This requires an adaptation of the leopard's paw. Before we have been hitting with the second set of knuckles now we will hit with the third (the ones closest to the finger tips) After the strike the palm should be resting on the shoulder and the knuckles should be in a natural space between your back and your shoulder joint. Going back along the arm we will now hit the triceps. Keeping the left arm straight-out as before we now approach with the striking arm from below. Using the blade hand and hitting with the side of the index finger make an upwards jab to the center of the triceps. This should land approximately where a T-shirt sleeve stops. Move down to just under the elbow. Strike above the elbow but do not strike the elbow joint itself. This is the funny bone so take it easy! It is dangerous to hit the elbow joint directly so as I said before these techniques should be done gently. We now turn the left arm over for the first time. Coming back round to the top of the forearm and adopting the leopard's paw again we hit just a few inches away from the elbow. You may also use the blade hand. This is good to find out where to hit because you can rub the karate chop across the muscle to help the nerve into revealing its position. The last strike on the arm can hurt. Be careful some don't teach this. Strike along the metacarpals. (the parts of the fingers that are still in the hand) Do this by bringing the hands together in the center of you're body both hands facing down with the bottom hand loose with the fingers extended and the top hand in leopard's paw. Line it up so first knuckles nearest the finger tips are above a corresponding finger and strike.
Begin again on the other arm. After you have done that repeat the process another two times. You can see how the movement fluidly continues onto the opposite wrist. Each strike should take less than a second to do. Do not worry if you cannot find the places just carry on. It takes a few attempts to find all of them. Hopefully you will have done the actions to your left arm while you were reading and will be feeling the effects. To me it feels like I have done maybe 50 pushups only without the tiredness; strange isn't it?
Dao Yin on the Chest
This is lots easier than the arms!
Starting at the top of your chest on your left hand side strike the gap between your collar bone and your pectorals with the leopard's paw. (Some people will also do strikes into the arm pit with the thumb knuckle at this point but it is quite dangerous. I do it and if you are careful you can too. Hitting the nerve there can make the whole left side of your body go numb and cause you to collapse.) Next move your left arm out of the way and strike the side of your pectorals with leopard's paw (with the third set of knuckles). The next strikes are to the ribs. Genuine training of the ribs and their pressure points involves bamboo sticks and lots of pain. This is more of a symbolic gesture. Breathe in and descend the outside of the ribs with a number of taps. I can usually hit them all with three taps. Stop before the floating ribs. Move back towards the center of your chest. The solar plexus is one of the weakest parts of the human body. It is located above the stomach muscles (the 'six pack' for you super-fit everythingians) and below the center of the rib cage. If you have ever seen a boxer knocked out from a body shot this is normally the cause. We are now going to utilize the heal palm technique for the first time. Place the wrist of your right hand onto the top of your stomach muscles with the fingers pointing directly left, as though you are about to bow. Push down with the heal of your wrist. This will produce slightly asymmetrical pressure but it will be reversed when you go around again on your right side. you can also push up into the ribcage as you become more advanced but again be careful. Now beat your chest back up to the starting position with a series of leopards' paws. Women can skip this one as breasts tend to get in the way. It's OK to do the chest exercises only once.
Dao Yin on the Stomach.
Begin by half breathing out. You must then 'breath back in again' but without taking in any air. I know this is a contradiction but it is possible. It pulls your gut into your body and forces the muscles to relax. Imagine you are a fat guy who is about to sleep with a girl who is far too good looking for you; suck it up! Beginning on the RIGHT hand side place your right hand on the top right of your stomach. Put your left hand on top of this on so that both set of finger tips are touching the opposite wrist. Use a rocking motion moving from right to left across the top of your stomach using the heal palm of your right hand and left hand alternatingly. This should happen once (i.e. right left. move. right left.) Now from the left hand side. Starting a hands width lower down do the same again but in reverse (i.e. left right. move. left right). Finally move over the bladder from the right hand side to the left hand side in the same way. Basically you are moving the 'solids' along the digestive track in a caterpillar action. This is why it is important to start from the right hand side. Obviously your innards are far more complicated than this but these methods were invented a long time ago. (However I have used this method to win drinking competitions because it shoves beer through the system faster.) It is OK to do the stomach exercises only once.
Dao Yin on the Legs
Putting 90% of your weight on your right leg hold your left leg out in front of you, toes touching the floor, or for the balance impaired you can sit on a chair. Using fists pummel in short jabs down both sides of the front thigh. The outer thigh pressure points should be familiar to bullies around the world as the place to aim for a dead leg. The inner thigh should be familiar to martial artists as the femoral artery, which is far more painful than a dead leg and starts from the crotch. When you get to the knee use both hands and drag your leopard's paws down to your ankles. You should be digging in behind the bone a little bit. If you do this enough (again the bamboo and pain) you wont cry when someone kicks you in the shin. Repeat this as much as you like. Making sure the toes are pointed, it is possible to activate the pressure points on the back of the leg. The rear of the shin should be gently heal palmed into the bone with both hands. Move up towards the knee using this movement. It is important that no part of you foot is touching the ground (or chair) when you do this so you stay relaxed. You can also hit into the back of the muscle directly with a blade hand if you need more pressure. Using the blade hand strike up into the muscle moving towards your back side . You are now using the thumb side to dig into the muscle. Aim directly for the bone. you can be quite rough with this one. Repeat this method on the right leg. Then go over the whole process another two times. Now is a good time to warm up your feet with some rubbing of the toes and rotation of the ankles.
Dao Yin on the Back
This is so good for back pain. Basically you are about to learn how to massage your own back. Put the thumb side of both fists in the small of your back an stand upright. Whilst leaning forward, hit into the muscles that run either side of your spine (this will make a popping sound from your hands). You should make it to the shoulder blades. Turn your fists so that the forefinger is touching the same muscles and now with some pressure run your fists back to the start whilst standing upright. Repeat two more times but try to go further up and down the back.
Dao Yin on the Head and Neck
The head and neck are obviously full of dangerous and painful parts. They are also full of pleasurable areas. You will be glad to know that we shall be focusing on the latter. Start with the leopard's paw from the back of your neck and tapping with both hands bring them up the back of the spine towards the top of the head. Continue over the center of the head to the brow and tap around to the side of the head. Avoid the temples. Striking the temples directly hurts but it is possible to activate the pressure points with a circular motion with the fingers. Go over the top of the temples and behind the ears. There is a pressure point here that can knock you out but don't worry you'll have to be tapping damn hard! Experimenting with this method can lead to a great head massage. Repeat the motion three times.
You have now finished your first Dao Yin session!
This has been a rough guide to Dao Yin exercise.
Once you start to do it you will find new areas that can be struck such as the feet, front of the neck and face. You might also adapt the method to suit your own personal physiology. The most important ones for every day use are the arms. If you understand how to Dao Yin the arms then the rest will follow. Ideally you are looking for a Kata-like fluidity of motion from one part of your body to the next. The arms link together at the hand and move on to the chest and stomach which moves to the legs and back up to the back until you are standing upright again and can finish on the neck and head. Just remember that it's good to hit yourself!
Thanks to ascorbic for hand anatomy lessons.
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