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The Birth Plan
A birth plan is a few things. Firstly it is a written record of what our ideal is and what we will strive for. Secondly, it is a way of communicating to your care givers what your goals and wishes for the birth are. Thirdly it is a contingency plan which deals with all the 'what if's' for when things don't go the way we hoped
Can we really 'plan' our birth experiences? Well, we certainly cannot predict how long it will take, what it will feel like or guess at any other number of variables which our own individual birth experience may present us with. Labour and birth is, by its very nature, unpredictable so what does writing a birth plan actually mean and why does it help to have one?
A birth plan is a few things. Firstly it is a written record of what our ideal is and what we will strive for. Secondly, it is a way of communicating to your care givers what your goals and wishes for the birth are. Thirdly, it is a contingency plan which deals with all the 'what if's' for when things don't go the way we hoped.
A birth plan helps in a number of ways. It is a great way of preparing yourself for the task at hand. A written visualisation of how you would like the birth to be is a powerful tool in terms of mental preparation. On the other hand, dealing with the 'what if's', which are often the things we fear most, can help us to see that however our birth unfolds, we have the ability to deal with things as and when they arise and that we also have our ideals if facing one of these scenarios.
A birth plan is a great communication tool for working with your carer's and a sign that you've educated yourself and expect to be part of any decisions that are made. A birth plan can communicate what you want when it may be difficult for you to do so. It also acts as a written reminder for you and your support person to refer to should scenarios arise which cause confusion.
Writing Your Birth Plan
A birth plan does not have to be long-winded or overly explanatory. Given that in a hospital or birth centre setting, there may be more than a few members of staff that you may want to have read it, it is probably best to be as straightforward as possible. Or if you are having a homebirth the birth plan is still very much an important reference for you and your caregiver. Things you may want to consider when writing your birth plan are:
First Stage of Labour
- I do not wish to be offered drugs
- Natural methods of pain relief I would like to use are hydrotherapy, acu-pressure, massage, aromatherapy, movement, heat packs, compresses, darkness etc)
- If I ask for drugs, I wish to be encouraged to continue to labour naturally for as long as possible
- I wish to move about freely and eat and drink during labour
- I only want intermittent monitoring of the baby and minimal vaginal examinations
- I would like to be left as undisturbed as possible.
- People apart from my carer or support team should ask permission to enter the room. I do not wish medical students to be admitted into my room
2nd stage of labour
- I want to adopt the birthing position that feels right to me and not be made to move
- I do not wish to be told when to push or not push, I wish to birth my baby instinctively
- I wish to give birth in water
- If necessary I do not want an episiotomy, I would rather tear naturally
- If instrumental delivery is required I would prefer Ventouse/forceps
- I want the baby to be directly placed on me after birth, skin to skin
- I want minimal noise and maximum privacy after my baby is born
- I want to discover the baby's sex for myself
- I want the lights dimmed
- I do not want the cord clamped until it has stopped pulsating/ I do not want the cord cut at all (lotus birth)
3rd Stage
It is worth noting that standard hospital practise is to medically manage the third stage of labour (birthing the placenta) even if you have just given birth naturally. This involves injecting the mother with synthetic oxytocin to bring on contractions in order to expel the placenta. Birthing the placenta naturally will not take much longer than the managed 3rd stage and can be sped up by the baby suckling at the breast (this is natures way of helping th uterus to contract) The classic medical approach is to 'tidy up' as quickly as possible after the birth but there is no reason to just go with the flow if you want to do things your way. Things to consider when writing your plan for the third stage are:
- I wish to deliver the placenta naturally
- I wish to keep the placenta
- If I need to let go of the baby to birth the placenta I wish the baby to be skin to skin with my support person
More things to consider
There are an array of procedures that hospitals routinely perform after the birth along with weighing and measuring your darling baby. These practices vary country to country and hospital to hospital so inform yourself as to what your care providers practices are. Remember these protocols are not compulsory and it is down to you to make the decisions as to what is right for you and your child. Things that you should investigate and decide upon are:
- Vitamin K injection (colostrum is high in vit K)
- Hepatitis B injection (Hep B is transmitted the same way as HIV and only should be given to babies who's mothers carry the virus)
- Treating the eyes with antibiotic ointment
- Washing the baby (removing the protective vernix)
- Heel prick test
Care providers are often more of a hindrance than a help when it comes to establishing breastfeeding. Often institutions will not 'check out' a mother and baby until the baby has regained a certain amount of weight. In their hurry to tick boxes, institutions often encourage mothers to give their babies formula to speed up this process. Mothers often comply as they are made to feel worried about the babies weight gain. This practice is hugely unhelpful to establish breastfeeding (more about that later) It may be worth writing in your birth plan:
- Do not give my baby any formula
- If formula must be given I wish the baby to take it from a cup and not a bottle
The contingency plan
It is a good idea to write a birth plan for, well if things don't go to plan. Better to think about how you would deal with these situations should they arise rather than be reeling from the shock of it at the time. Episiotomy vs tearing, forceps vs Ventouse have already been mentioned so finally here are some things you may want to consider writing should a c-section delivery be required:
- I would like my partner/ doula/private midwife with me
- I would prefer (type of anaesthesia)
- I would like the lights to be as dim as possible and the room quiet as my baby is born
- If it is not possible for me to be skin to skin with my baby then I wish my partner to be skin to skin with the baby until I can be
- I wish to delay cord clamping/ not clamp
This may seem a lot if things to consider but the reality is that we live in a highly medicalised society, one that interferes greatly with the natural process of giving birth. You can have the birth you want but within this modern day system of care you will need to get informed and get pro-active to get what you know is your right as a woman.
Top Tips for a Natural Hospital Birth
NBR posted on two birth and parenting forums asking women who had a natural birth in a hospital or birth centre what things helped them achieve the birth they wanted. Here is their invaluable advice.
Choosing your care provider
Not everyone has the luxury of choice when it comes to choosing the hospital they give birth in, however if you do live in a place with more then one option, then do your research to find the best place for you.
"The hospital I chose matched my beliefs"
"I really looked into my obstetrician and made sure his beliefs about birth matched mine"
"Go public, with midwifery care, private hospitals are businesses, they need to make money and you are a client"
Fools rush in………
Timing your arrival at hospital is important. Going in too early can slow your labour down. Once you are admitted into hospital, the length of your labour will be monitored. It varies but you have around twelve hours to give birth before you may need to negotiate to avoid interventions, due to hospital policy.
"I stayed home as long as I could, so was 9cm by the time I got to the hospital, and yeah it did slow down"
"Labour at home for as long as you are comfortable, and then some"
"On the 'what you can control' side – yes, wait as LONG as you can before fronting up to hospital. I clearly remember ringing and the midwives saying 'not yet, not yet' a few times. From memory, almost every single woman in my group who transferred out of birth centre did so because they ran out of time"
Make your Environment
There are many things you can do to 'own your space' in a hospital. Think of it as marking your territory!
"I made up a recording of favorite songs to take. We weren't allowed candles, but I really should have taken a favorite pillow or some other comfort item"
"Ask them to turn off as many lights as they can, and try for a room with a bath"
"To me, dark and quiet/silence was essential – luckily my midwives barely spoke a word"
"We set up two salt lamps, which provided a beautiful glow in the room and a calm atmosphere – and when we were transferred to the main labour ward we set up the lamps exactly the same and switched all the monitor screens around so I couldn't see them, and muted all those machines that go 'ping'. I barely knew I'd switched rooms"
" For private hospital patients, get them to take the television out of the room. I'd love to have a study done on the effects of the TV being on in the labour room"
Understand what you are dealing with.
All hospitals and birth centres differ and will have their own rules and regulations. Informing yourself as to what these policies are, how they can affect you and what you can do about them is essential.
"My experience was mainly at a family birth centre, but I was transferred to the main labour ward due to a 'complication'. Darn hospital policies"
"Be aware of the things that make hospital staff nervous. I can appreciate I had a great experience because I had a physiologically normal unfolding of birth, and was largely left alone. All those little 'tipping points' where they start putting on the pressure, that's what you need to have strategies for"
"I asked many questions in birth classes about hospital policy in various situations and the midwives were very good at explaining the basis for the policies, and ways to 'circumnavigate' them"
"Really do your research on the 'risks' of natural birth vs interventions, ie you don't have to believe everything you hear, and 'they' can't always make you do things that you don't want to"
"It was all about making myself as informed as I could be so that I felt confident to argue a point if need be with any medical person. I totally agree with the asking about hospital policies and why they do things a certain way so that you can argue against it if need be"
"I did my research and insisted on what I wanted – telling them I knew the risks, etc and I had made an informed decision"
The Birth Plan
Writing out a clear birth plan and going through it with your care providers before the birth and when you show up at the hospital is important. A clear birth plan will show hospital staff that you are well-informed and expect your choices to be respected.
" My friend had a natural birth in hospital. She had a very detailed, firm birth plan. She made herself knowledgeable and came across as very confident"
"My preparation for birth involved doing as much research as I could on all aspects and making sure I was confident with the choices in my birth plan"
Support People
Whether it be your husband, friend, sister or mum who is with you, make sure that they know what you want. They should be as informed as you are about the birth and how the hospital operates. Remember, you are going to be busy giving birth! Your support person/people are there to make things easier for you.
"My partner also knew what I wanted, and was ready to back me up"
"Make sure your partner is aware of what you want, so if a midwife suggests something that he knows you don't want (eg. to actively 'push', to get on the bed etc) he can remind her and be your voice."
"My partner offered regular sips of water (silently!), good for hydration in a warm bath and a stuffy room"
"As well as the birth plan, I had check-lists for everything to help my partner and sister-in-law – what to pack, when to call hospital, what will happen when, reminder of the different stage of labour, etc. Yes, initially we thought it was a bit of overkill, but it meant we didn't forget anything in our last-minute rush and everyone knew what they had to do.Partner was with me the whole time, doula helped us negotiate the hospital system and sister-in-law kept the peace of the room – it worked brilliantly"
Hired Help
Hiring a doula or private midwife to accompany you to hospital may be the best thing you can do. Not only will you have a constant and familiar figure with you but statistics show that hiring a professional to advocate for you reduces your chances of c-section, episiotomy and forceps delivery by half. Perhaps what is invaluable about a doula or midwife is that they will look after your interests leaving you to get on with more important things.
"Doulas doulas doulas. Cannot impress enough. Independent midwife HIGHLY recommended"
"I had a natural birth in a hospital. It is possible. I wrote a birth plan out, and hired a doula – a doula is essential"
"My best friend had a VBAC in hospital. I believe she achieved that because I hounded her until she hired my midwife to take with her. I would not enter the hospital system without a very switched on midwife advocating for me"
"My main advice: hire a doula or private midwife who you can trust to look after your interests"
"Hire a doula. Can you put a price on having someone experienced in birth, telling you you'll do a great job and talking through your worries"?
"I hired a wonderful Doula and it was by far the smartest thing I did. You can not place a $ figure on the knowledge and support such a person can provide. Mine spent 3 nights away from her husband and kids to be with me while I laboured – now that is commitment"!
Getting the Hospital Birth you Want
It's not just about getting there on time
Nearly all women in the west today give birth in hospitals, a large percentage of whom want to give birth naturally. Some achieve this without any preparation but they are the lucky few. So many women have been left startled and confused by the journey their births have taken within this system of care. Preventing this happening to you is about understanding the protocols of your chosen caregiver as well as getting informed about how an unfamiliar environment can affect you in labour.
Don't Worry!
You can have the natural birth you want in hospital. It is important to look at what challenges you may face within this system of care so that you can prepare yourself ahead of time. Hospitals are places that look after people who are sick. Pregnant women do not fall into this category and yet are often treated as if they have an illness. Feeling like a 'patient' makes us feel passive and helpless but natural birth is a healthy and safe function that your body is perfectly designed to perform. The only person a woman should submit to when giving birth, is herself.
Hospital policies are not about individuals
Much 'box ticking' takes place in hospitals. These institutions rely on order, rules and routine to function optimally. This undoubtedly is essential to the day-to-day running of a hospital but is not conducive to giving birth. Birth is not "one size fits all" and every woman will experience it differently. The time it takes to give birth varies dramatically from woman to woman, some women will want to be left alone, others will want more support. Birth needs flexibility and there is room for manoeuvre within the system if you understand how it works. This requires asking questions of your caregivers before you check in at the front desk with 5 minute contractions!
The procedures that women in a labour ward are commonly subjected to are inductions (when labour has not progressed within the policy time limit or if you are past your due date), routine cervical examinations, permanent monitoring of the baby, observations by student medical staff and midwives changing shifts.
Room for negotiation
The knock on effect of one or more of these factors can alter the course of a normal labour. Apart from when your midwife comes to the end of her shift, all other interferences are negotiable.
- If your care provider wants to induce you, you or your support person can negotiate more time. If it is unavoidable (make them give you a damn good reason as to why it is) have a say in the type of induction and discuss the possible implications with your doctor.
- Examinations to see how far you have dilated are routinely done as often as every 4 hours in many hospitals. This invasive procedure is uncomfortable and very distracting. Experienced midwives should be able to see your progress not just by internal exams but also by watching your behaviour. The outer signs of a woman in labour are very strong indicators to where things are at. Make sure the midwife asks before performing cervical examinations, and if you don't want one, just say "no, not now."
- It is normal for a babies heart rate to fluctuate during labour. Unnecessary panic can arise when the babies heart rate is listened to too often. Constant foetal monitoring is totally unnecessary in a women who is labouring naturally so make sure that your baby is monitored intermittently by your midwife.
- Student medical staff do need to learn, but you most certainly do not have to be the guinea pig in this scenario. You may be in a public building, but treat your room as your own private space. If any unwelcome people enter you have every right to ask them to leave.
How hospital environments impact on birth
External distractions can be regular occurrences in a hospital. Talking, lights, observation, noise and eye contact can all have an impact on a woman in labour. These things may seem insignificant and yet the simplicity of silence and darkness can have a profound effect as to how a birth unfolds. These are simple but important details. Having strategies to create an environment in which to feel safe and undisturbed will certainly help you to give birth naturally in an 'un-natural' place. If this involves taking enough personal objects along to redecorate a small house, then so be it! Why not?!
The First Hour after Birth
No matter how your baby arrives in the world, the significance of the first hour after the birth cannot be over emphasised. Most caregivers now realise the benefits of immediate skin to skin contact for mother and baby. Mother and baby should ideally be left together without distraction for the first hour after birth. This is a magical moment. Hospital routines such as cord clamping, weighing, measuring, heel prick test and injections can wait. If, for any reason you could not be with your baby this time, then have the baby skin to skin with your support person until you can do so yourself. Give equal importance to what happens after your baby is born when writing your birth plan.
Retain your Autonomy
Perhaps it is the years we all spend in institutional education that makes some of us submissive in front of figures of authority. Mothers to be often don't want to ask questions of their doctors and midwives purely because of the authority they exude. It is their job to put you at your ease and tell you everything will be alright but this should not put you off asking as many questions of them as you like and questioning every decision that is made on your behalf. Communication is a key element of good care. This is not about being obedient, although polite and friendly will most certainly work in your favour. Friendly but firm is the best way to negotiate. Better still, have your support person do the negotiating on your behalf, while you concentrate on more important things.
Unlearn your Fear
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown"
H. P. Lovecraft
Have you ever stopped to think that there is a reason to want a natural birth? That it is something to want, to aspire to? That it is nothing to fear?
Perhaps there is something niggling at the back of your mind, a curiosity about what giving birth without intervention might be like? What it might be like for you. If you are curious, explore further. Your curiosity will lead you to answers which will replace your fear with confidence and self-belief.
"Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out"
Karl Augustus Menninger
"When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear"
Unknown author
"Knowledge is Power"
Francis Bacon
To remove fear you must arm yourself with information. Information about the wondrous things your body is capable of. Information about how different drugs can affect your body during and after birth. Information about hospital rules, and how they can influence your birth experience. Information on how to make things work for you within the hospital system. Finally, just to be clear, information about how amazing giving birth can be.
I Hope I get Lucky……..
Having a positive birth experience is not down to luck. You can prepare yourself for this extraordinary, life changing event. The preparation is 97% mental. Your body already knows what to do, if you will let it. Informing yourself about the everyday miracle that you are capable of will have you trusting in your body and looking forward to the birth of your baby.
Drowning in a Sea of Information
We live in a fast moving world. At the click of a button we have access to millions of answers, often contradictory ones. There are endless books written about pregnancy, birth and raising babies, all with their own angles, appealing in some way to every one of us. The effect of all this information at our fingertips is overwhelming. It may just seem easier to cross that bridge when you come to it.
You are busy. You are working up until the end of your pregnancy. You probably have a book called "What to Expect when you are Expecting" and enjoy reading about your babies developments month by month. Is this as far as your research into pregnancy and birth extends? Perhaps you have put the birth to the back of your mind thinking "the midwives and obstetrician at the hospital are great, they will tell me what to do on the day, everything will be fine…."
There is something comforting about relinquishing what happens to our bodies and making it the responsibility of the well-educated man in the white coat. When we are ill, and can made better because of someones expertise we should be eternally grateful for the wearers of white coats. Birth, however, is not an illness or something to be fixed, but a function that the female body is perfectly designed for and like most things in nature, cannot be improved upon by science.
Ladies, listen up
The one person who really needs to have faith in you, is you. It is not your obstetrician, or your midwife. It is not your husband, your mum, your sister or your best friend. (although hopefully all of them will be in no doubt of your abilities) They can support you, but ultimately you are the one that needs trust in what your body is capable of. The groundwork you do will give you tools, both physical and mental, to realise the positive birth experience you want. There is a part of you, that knows you can do it. Listen to that voice. Trust in your body and prepare yourself. The aim of this blog is to help you with that preparation, guiding you towards invaluable information that will have you anticipating the birth of your baby with excitement.
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy"
Dale Carnegie
Perhaps you are empowered at the thought?
The Hormones of Labour and Birth
"An intricate and exquisitely balanced combination of hormones is necessary to trigger all the functions of labour and birth. The subtle, complex interplay of changing hormone levels during the birth process is one of the most fascinating and little understood aspects of pregnancy and birth in the modern world" Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
The hormones that the female body produces in labour are simply amazing. Prostaglandins, oxytocin, beta-endorphins, adrenalin, noradrenaline and prolactin all working wonders within the bodies of mothers and babies, bringing them into the world and giving each the best possible start.
The purpose of this post is to discuss how fear in the mind of the labouring woman has a knock on effect on this hormonal interplay and can inhibit the birth process. The two hormones being examined in this case are oxytocin and adrenalin.
Oxytocin, the Love Hormone
Every moment in your life when you felt good, for example; when you had dinner with friends, got married, were hugged or kissed, were made love to and or (!) had an orgasm, there was a hormone that was making it so. The hormone you should thank for all these wonderful experiences is oxytocin.
Maybe you would not associate being in labour with any of the feel good events mentioned above, and yet it is this hormone of love that is optimally coursing through us when we are in labour. It's importance during and after birth cannot be underestimated. In labour, oxytocin causes the uterus to contract and in turn the cervix to dilate. When a mother pushes her baby out, oxytocin levels are the highest they will ever be in a woman's lifetime. This is important for two reasons. Firstly, the mother and baby (whose oxytocin levels have also peaked) lock eyes for the first time and fall deeply in love. This stimulates the let down reflex in the woman's breasts to facilitate breastfeeding. Secondly, the oxytocin will keep the uterus contracting so that the placenta comes out. Oxytocin at this stage in labour greatly reduces the risk of postpartum haemorrhage. Oxytocin is the essential ingredient in the recipe of birth.
Adrenalin the Fear Hormone
When we are afraid, the hormone released is adrenalin. This triggers the "Fight or Flight" response in us. In a nutshell, what happens is large amounts of blood rush away from our organs and go straight to our limbs so we can either run for our lives or stay and fight whatever is scaring the hell out of us.
In the first stage of labour, Adrenalin impedes oxytocin for this very reason. The uterus requires a huge amount of oxygenated blood to function optimally. When the fear sets in and our adrenal glands open, this takes the blood away from where it is most needed. This interference makes contractions much more painful and it s-l-o-w-s e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g- d-o-w-n. To quote Ina May once more; "If Oxytocin is the accelerator of birth, then adrenalin is the brakes"
From an evolutionary perspective this made sense. Imagine the cave woman in labour and along comes a sabre tooth to eat her. Adrenalin rushes through her body, hindering oxytocin and stopping labour so she can run for her life. An evolutionary response that has ensured our survival on the planet.
In a modern-day setting, it is very common for a woman to be progressing beautifully through the first stage of labour, secure in her home environment, only to arrive at hospital to have everything slow or come to a stand still as a result of feeling uneasy in the unfamiliar surroundings. We may live in a very different world to our ancestors but our primitive instincts remain unchanged.
Remove the Fear
"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt"
William Shakespeare
When a woman faces every contraction and new sensation in her body with fear, adrenalin will upset the hormonal balance, making the first stage of labour longer and more painful. In a hospital setting this can result in a cascade of interventions that will alter the experience of birth. However, when a woman prepares herself mentally and replaces fear with curiosity and tension with excitement, she will develop trust and confidence in her innate abilities This will set the scene so these hormones can play out as they were meant to, rewarding the woman with the most powerful natural high of her life and giving her and her baby the best possible beginning.
Recommended reading and links
Read Dr Sarah Buckley's fantastic explanation of the birthing hormones and their individual roles here
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Dr Sarah J Buckley


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Hey everyone! Today I want to give you guys a quick tip on how to make your Instagram photos look even better.
For todays tip. I want to talk about making an image look "clean".
Here is a photo my wife Nicole took of one of our cats. The cat's name is "Xyla". (Pronounced "Zy-la")
The photo was shot on Nicole's iPhone 6 Plus. (Which has an excellent camera)
Here is the shot with no filters on it.
Obviously it's a gorgeous shot. There's a lot of natural light. It's very soft & not too harsh.
Now here's that same shot 2 more times. The first has the VSCO cam filter P2 on it. The second one has the VSCO cam filter A1 applied.
Which one looks more appealing to look at for an extended period of time? Which one is "easier" to look at? I think it's the second one. The photo with the A1 filter. & Instagram generally agrees, because if you look around at the "popular" accounts on Instagram, all the users that have a lot of followers have photos that are bright, clear, & crisp. There isn't any dark colors, there generally isn't any browns, or harsh yellow tones, etc.. It's all very bright, clear & crisp.
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The Alumni Room is a redesign installation of a club room on the 200 level of the KeyBank Center. Buffalo Sabres Alumni, their family, and guests use this private space for special events. To celebrate Sabres' Alumni, wall murals fill the room with memories of the players and games from the team's almost 50-year history. OtherWisz designed wall graphics that highlight the team's history with over 150 trading cards, historic photos, and events. Every player called on the roster in the history of the Buffalo Sabres can be found on the walls of the Alumni Club.
Roughly 47 linear feet of wall space (one year for every year of play) is covered with 14 acrylic panels chronicling past alumni, through a combination of printed hockey cards, action photos, yearly rosters and team and NHL milestones. Colorful and informational, the double surface printed acrylic panels are mounted offset from the wall to allow for the interaction and play of shadows on the wall graphics behind them. The display includes printed murals of the Memorial Auditorium and KeyBank Center, dual-surface printed feature photos and inspirational quotes from past Buffalo Sabres coaches. A large metallic headline proclaiming "We play together. We win together. We lose together. We stay together." welcomes all alumni to this personalized space.
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Nagar's in Quelimane is supposedly a four star bed and breakfast establishment.
Perhaps I am prejudiced because Graham and I ran our home, Beachcombers, in Cape Agulhas as a very successful bed and breakfast for a couple of years. It was awarded three stars by the South African Tourism Bureau of Standards and their criteria for star status was very strict.
At times the last people one wishes to have staying in your hotel establishment are other people who understand and have worked in hospitality. But in all fairness to Graham and me, we make a point of not making an issue of any accommodation unless it is justified.
Nagar's was rough, ready and very expensive. One thing positive I'll say for the place is the bedding was clean and the buffet style breakfast was edible, except for some very strange cocoon-like items that lay in wait for unsuspecting gourmets next to the bread rolls. I took a bite of one of those and had to discreetly deposit the contents of my mouthful into the paper serviette provided. It was old, rancid rice that had been moulded into glutinous ovals and left a bitter taste in my mouth. There were other items there of unrecognisable substance that I steered clear of after my adventurous attempt at the "cocoon thingies." The cold pizza take-away from the night before became a more attractive alternative!
As Graham had purchases he needed to make for before leaving Quelimane, we left my luggage at the local offices. The O.L.A.M company vehicle he drives is an open pick-up truck, and anything in the back that is not tied down is quickly stolen. People literally clamber in and make off with things as big as generators, fridges and motor-bikes. So a couple of suit-cases would be an easy target and I could not see myself dressed in Graham's clothes for the three months I planned on staying with him in Mozambique before returning to England for another stint of Care Giving.
My first impression of Quelimane was the smell of sewage. Open drains were piled high with discarded refuse, where scrawny dogs and cats rummaged for a possible tasty morsel. Children splashed and played in stagnant pools of murky water on the sides of the roads.
Driving from place to place in the sprawling town, I was so glad that I had my camera handy. Quelimane's main mode of transport is the bicycle, there are thousands of them everywhere and they do not follow any form of traffic rules. They stop, turn and go where ever and whenever they wish. I saw one with a family of four people concertinaed between the handlebars and the carrier, shopping balanced on their heads and a baby one their backs, another transporting three fat goats, all winding and wheeling between huge pot-holes in the roads. Hooting vehicles travelled at high speed, miraculously avoiding the bicycles. All the time there was a loud beat of music blasting from loud speakers strategically placed outside shop doorways, enticing passers-by in to buy.
Once magnificent buildings erected by the Portuguese settlers crumbled with neglect along avenues of ancient flame trees that seemed to be trying to cheer the old dwellings up with their bright flowers that had dropped on the pavements, creating red carpets of swirling colour.
Women wore scarves magnificently knotted in fancy styles on their heads, or had their hair braided with a rainbow array of plastic beads. Sashaying in their bright congas, with baskets of goods balanced on their heads as they went about their business.
Men sat in groups on corners going nowhere slowly. Shouting out greetings to people they knew or saying something suggestive to the passing women.
At lunch we drove to the Quelimane delta and ate Portuguese piri-piri chicken at a restaurant situated on the river banks. Many early missionaries' journeys and great white game hunters are associated starting or ending at this port. One of them David Livingston with his quest to spread the word of God to African tribes inland along the river, ended his famous west-to-east crossing of south-central Africa in 1856.
At last my piri-piri chicken arrived and I watched the fishermen in their dugouts and reflected on the story I have heard about how Quelimane was named.
Apparently when the great explorer Vasco da Gama, arrived on these shores in 1498, he asked some natives who were digging in the fields outside their village what the place was called. They thought he was asking what they were doing, so they said "kuliamani" which meant in their language, "we are cultivating". And so that was the name recorded in his ships log. Quelimane was originally a Swahili trade centre, and then later grew as a slave market. It was founded by the Muslim Kiwa Sultante and was one of the oldest towns in the region.
In the 16th century, the Portuguese founded a trading station at Quelimane. Sisal plantations were organized by German planters in the beginning of the 20th century. The town started to grow and attracted several communities from different backgrounds, including Muslims and Indians, and new infrastructure was built by the Portuguese authorities. The busy port handled tea as its major export grown and processed in the district of Zambézia then coconut plantations were also grown, transforming the town into an important bustling city.
The chicken was polished off my plate and Graham informed me it was time to leave, so we set off on our journey back to Morrumbala. I was grateful there was air-conditioning in the truck as it was 40° and I was used to a more temperate Cape Agulhas climate.
We stopped at a fuel station on our way out of town and stocked up with cool drinks, water and biscuits. I made sure the pizza was easily accessible too!
Huge areas that used to be rice paddies edged the main road for miles, the soil rich and black. Neglected palm plantations stretched to far horizons. Thatched huts nestled in groups under the trees and along the edge of the road.
Peasant farmers cultivated their small vegetable gardens of manioc and maize.
Groups of children clutched chickens for sale by their feet and waved them at us as we passed by, in the hope that we would stop and buy.
Every half mile or so I saw sacks of charcoal under make-shift shelters, the owners hoping someone would stop and make a purchase of a bag to cook a daily meal.
Everyone in Mozambique appeared to spend their time looking to make a living. Most of the people are poor, but they seem to always be smiling, bustling about like ants, greeting each other, selling, buying, talking and networking.
As we drove along, I said to Graham, "It's one great big endless market; the sides of the road are one endless place of small innovative businesses. These people amaze me!"
He did not answer me as he was avoiding pot-holes in the road and keeping an eye on a man riding a bicycle in front of us transporting a goat, a chair and a woman.


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Q. I think i may have mental health issues i'm not sure. Well i'm asking this because for about a year now i haven't felt… well right. At first i thought it was just a teen thing it'll pass but it hasn't and i'm scared that i may have mental health issues. I'll go into more detail; Well alot of things have happened in my life i've felt alot of pain, Relatives have died, my dad had cancer, my parents got divorced and many other painful events. I hate showing my feelings so tend to keep everything inside but i really don't think this is the best way to cope. Lately things have really got bad; death seems to dwell on my mind alot whether it's my own, others or just the thought of death, and i have been thinking about suicide and i did attempt it once but couldn't bring myself to do it. I live with my mum and she hates me she said she wanted nothing to do with me, she even says there's something wrong with me. I can't talk to her and my dad who i no longer live with has recently got a girlfriend and isn't interested in me anymore. I tried to tell a friend once i was feeling suicidal but he just said seek professional help, but i can't i don't want to they'll just ruin my life even more send me away i don't want to go away. I just feel i have no future that my life isn't worth living. I cry every day. I get hardly any sleep. I've completely lost my appetite. I don't socialize. I just sit in my bedroom all day unless i have to go to school which i have begun to hate. I know something isn't right but my question is what? I'm just really worried I'll do something I'll regret. I have an uncontrollable temper and have hurt many people in the past with it. I can really lose it sometimes. I just feel my life is on a downward spiral please help me? Do you know what could be wrong with me?"Teen Thing" or Real Issues?
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Your emotional instability and depression are understandable. You're living with your mother who you said "hates" you and "wants nothing to do with you" and who tells you there is "something wrong with you." You said that your father has a girlfriend and no longer has "interest in you." You also wrote that some of your relatives have died, your father had cancer, your parents were recently divorced and that there are other painful events that have occurred in your life that you did not include in your letter. Any one of these situations or events would be extremely difficult to handle and you're dealing with them all, simultaneously and seemingly without any help or support. This cannot be easy.
I believe that all of the abovementioned events and situations may be contributing to how you are feeling. It does not seem that there is anything "mentally" wrong with you meaning that you probably don't have a mental health disorder. I say this because you're living through a very challenging family situation in which you have no help and you're reacting to what you are faced with. You are in a situation that is truly difficult to handle and you're trying to manage it alone.
Please know, however, that there is help for you. You should go to a trusted clergyman, a teacher, a family friend or to the school counselor immediately. Tell them how you have been feeling and that you want their help. It is imperative that you stop trying to handle these matters on your own and that you go for help immediately.
You also said that your friend suggested getting professional help. This would also be a good idea. If you had a person in your life that you could go to for help, support or advice you would have an easier time knowing how to manage your emotions. You need someone like this in your life. Unfortunately, your parents do not seem to be fulfilling this role for you as they should. This is extremely regrettable because it is their job to provide you with advice and support. Because you do not have a person that you can go to for advice, you need to find someone who can help you. Remember, this person may be a therapist, a teacher, the school counselor, a family friend, a member of the church, etc. Please reach out for help. You deserve help and you need it. Please consider writing back and letting me know how you are doing and please find someone to help you.


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County education chiefs are currently liaising with police after the invasion of a school playing field by travellers this morning.
Hordes of caravans, along with horses and dogs, invaded a playing field at Hazelwick School in Crawley just after 11am. Now police have told them to move within the hour.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for West Sussex County Council - which is responsible for the school - said: "Twenty-two caravans are currently on site having forced entry on to the school field by cutting a padlock.
"The group have been served with notices under the Education Act 2002 and are required to leave the premises immediately.
"The first vehicles pulled up on a verge close to the school entrance just before 11am. The group then moved on the school playing field after further travellers arrived.
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3. Scot and Nick battle it out at a basketball-themed Reward Challenge.
Just before this week's Reward Challenge kicked off, Julia returned from isolation, joined the Gondol Tribe, and learned the prize would be a Survivor-style picnic filled with savory goodies. With valuable food and nutrients up for grabs, the game was on!
When the challenge called for the castaways to shooting 10 buoys into a basket, all eyes were on former NBA champion Scot, who went head-to-head with Nick. Scot was intent to live up to his impressive b-ball reputation and, even though Nick grabbed the lead, at first, it was Scot who took the win for Gondol.


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"Quartet for the End of Time"
Jane Robertson (clarinet)
Marianne Rothschild (violin)
Glenn Riddle (piano) Rosanne Hunt (cello)
2.00pm Sunday, 7 October 2012
29 College Crescent, Parkville
Meet the Artists
Melbourne born clarinettist, Jane Robertson is a graduate of theVictorian College of the Arts. She spent some years studying in the UKwith David Campbell, Alan Hacker and Tony Pay, and attended Summerschools in Italy and at Dartington (UK).
Her interest in New Music and chamber music was nurtured during postgraduate studies, and she spent some years as a member of the Elisionensemble. Jane has been a member of the Melbourne and Sydney SymphonyOrchestras and the Australian Opera Orchestra (Melbourne). She playswith the Australian Pops Orchestra, the Raga Dolls Salon Orchestra and a variety of orchestral and chamber ensembles, theatre projects and musicals.
Rosanne Huntbegan cello studies with her mother, Marianne Hunt, and continued with Christian Wojtowicz in Hobart, Anner Bylsma in The Hague and Irene Sharp in San Francisco. She led the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's cello section for a number of years. Rosanne'swide-ranging freelance career has included periods with the AustralianChamber Orchestra and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Elisionand Libra contemporary music groups and the Arcadia Baroque ensemble, among others. She has an extensive discography of both contemporaryand early music, including a recent ABC Classics release of Biber's Rosary Sonatas with Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) and Linda Kent(keyboards). Rosanne teaches at the University of Melbourne and at Monash University.
Marianne Rothschild migrated to Australia from Denmark with herfamily at the age of six. At seven she began learning the violin. She completed her Bachelor of Music Performance in violin at the VCA in1997. In 2000, she was accepted into the Australian National Academyof Music as one of five violinists nationally chosen to study onscholarship for a year.
At the Victorian College of the Arts, she studied with Julian Quirit, Deborah Fox, Marco van Pagee and Carl Pini. At ANAM, she receivedtuition from visiting interstate and overseas artists, such as theAustralian String Quartet, the Goldner String Quartet, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Geoffrey Lancaster, James Buswell, Erich Gruenberg and Maurice Hasson. In 1999, she returned to her birthplace to participate in master classes with Cho–Liang Lin, and in England with DonaLee–Croft as part of the weeklong course of the Colourstrings teaching method.
Marianne plays violin professionally with the Australian PopsOrchestra, the National Boys' Choir and has led the Grainger Ensembleon numerous occasions. She has also played with Orchestra Victoria andthe Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
In 1995, Marianne commissioned the violin she is playing fromMelbourne maker Glen Nicholls. Melbourne born pianist, Glenn Riddle studied at the Royal College ofMusic, London and at the Vienna Universität für Musik before returning to Australia.
Currently, Glenn is Lecturer in Music at the Faculty ofthe Victorian College of the Arts and Music, University of Melbourne.As one of Australia's leading mentors of young piano talent, hisstudents have been major prize-winners in every important nationalpiano competition, as well as in international competitions.
Glenn continues to perform extensively both in Australia andinternationally and is closely associated with the music of PercyGrainger. He is also currently researching and performing the pianomusic of Latin America and is in the midst of performing the completeconcertos of Beethoven with the Surabaya Symphony Orchestra inIndonesia. Glenn has recorded extensively for both Allans Publishing and Hal Leonard Publishing and is Artistic Director and conductor ofthe Grainger Ensemble, a chamber orchestra whose primary aim is toprovide concerto opportunities for young musicians. In 2002, he edited seven volumes of piano music that comprise the enormously successful AMEB Series 15.He has also co-edited four volumes of Baroque music for keyboard for the AMEB.
Claude Debussy: Sonate pour Violoncelleet Piano
- Prologue
- Sérénadeet Finale
Franz Liszt: Apparition S155 No. 1 for solo piano
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
- "Liturgy of crystal", for the full quartet.
- "Vocalise, for the Angel who announces the end of time", for the full quartet.
- "Abyss of birds", for solo clarinet
- "Interlude", for violin, cello, and clarinet
- "Praise to the eternity of Jesus", for cello and piano.
- "Dance of fury, for the seven trumpets", for the full quartet.
- "Tangle of rainbows, for the Angel who announces the end of time", for the full quartet.
- "Praise to the immortality of Jesus", for violin and piano.


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AND NOW HERE'S THE NEWS: Even though he's 60 and has already been inducted as a charter member of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, Chuck Berry is still waiting for his long-overdue star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Meanwhile, Eddie Murphy and Tom Cruise, who are barely 50 combined, got ones earlier this year.) Maybe some towns are just more more progressive than others. For example, the Dallas branch of the Hard Rock Cafe recently inducted the legendary rock guitarist into its own Walk of Fame. The ceremony, which featured an in-person appearance by Berry, also included the dedication of a stained-glass window likeness of Berry. . . . The Rock City Angels, big local-scene faves now signed to Geffen Records, have undergone a name change. You can now call 'em the Delta Rebels. The Rock City moniker was too close to several names already in use. The group should have its debut album out early next year (and let's hope it includes the future glam-classic, "Teenage Lipstick Boys"). . . . Is it time to put the pop world's oldest warhorse--the record album--on the endangered species list? Rhino Records thinks so. The adventuresome label has launched a "Save the LP" campaign, offering discounts to record stores around the country on all Rhino albums. Plus, during the month of July, Rhino will donate a portion of proceeds from each record sold to Rhino Rescue USA. The nonprofit organization, which is dedicated to preserving the endangered wild rhinoceros, has been active in lobbying for anti-poaching measures and establishing rhino sanctuaries. . . . And speaking of Rhino: While Warners Bros. has its own "La Bamba" sound track due out at the end of the month, Rhino has horned in on the action by re-releasing a trio of original Ritchie Valens collections (nothing like a little friendly competition, right?). The Rhino releases include "In Concert at Pacoima Jr. High," a live album recorded just months before Valens' death in 1959.
AND NOW HERE'S THE NEWS: Even though...
Magic Johnson continues to tarnish the Lakers' and his legacy
Quentin Tarantino shocks Cannes again with epic 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood'
Wild police chase of stolen RV ends with three people injured and woman — and her dogs — in custody
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July 31, 2014 Gratitude for all of the successful failures who lead by example.
Trying hard to fly like an eagle in the face of adversity.
Though I'm trying hard to keep from allowing it to happen, I find myself getting discouraged by the marked drop in readership since I changed blog platforms. Not that I don't appreciate those who are reading! I appreciate you more than words can say! I'm really getting discouraged with myself because I can't seem to find the magic bean which brings people here. It's getting so bad that I find myself procrastinating. I put off writing my nightly blog post until I nearly talk myself out of writing it at all.
Fortunately, the need to write usually overrules the discouragement, but some nights, the race is uncomfortably close. I realize, on some level or other, that this is just another of those lessons which will give me the tools I need to promote my book even when I lack feedback, but that knowledge doesn't make me any less discouraged right now.
When is a fault not a fault?
The one thing which works in my favor is something people might call a fault. I am an incredibly stubborn person; a fact my mother pointed out to me regularly, almost to her dying day. But this stubbornness has been a good thing for me too. It's allowed me to stick with a problem until I figure it out on many occasions. It is, even now, encouraging me to persevere; to keep writing, no matter what kind of response I do or do not get. Even when I start feeling like I'm the tree falling in the forest while nobody is around to hear it, I continue to write; continue to blog. Why? Because there's just enough of that stubbornness to see me through until I figure this problem out. There's just enough stubbornness in me to insist that this is only a passing phase, and that only by continuing to update the site (that is, write posts) will I ever see anything change.
In some ways, it's a lot like being an inventor. Take Thomas Edison for example: the first how many thousands of light bulbs didn't work but his stubbornness allowed him to hold onto his belief that he could make it work; and eventually he did.
Look at how many businesses began in someone's garage, and went on to become billion dollar operations. It never would have happened if someone hadn't been too stubborn to give up after years of failures. Why? Because they learned from each and every one of those failures, and because they learned, each attempt brought them closer and closer to the success they knew they could achieve.
So for the Steve Jobs', Thomas Edisons, and everyone else who continued to work on their projects until they found a way to make them work, thank you for teaching me that stubbornness will eventually drive us to find the answer. Thank you for showing me that giving up is not an option. Thank you, not only for the successful blog, but for the successful website and writing career which I know will be mine…as long as I persevere and never, ever give up!
My gratitudes tonight are:
1. I am grateful for so many wonderful examples of "failures" who never gave up and eventually succeeded.
2. I am grateful for another wonderful, sweaty night of dancing with my friends and kids.
3. I am grateful for the examples I can look to when my spirits are sagging.
4. I am grateful for the pain in my back from a long, full day which will be gone by morning.
5. I am grateful for my furry family, both new and old, who give me a million reasons to smile every day.
6. (yes, a bonus one tonight) I am grateful for the abundance which is available to everyone, simply for the asking: Love, health, harmony, peace, joy, and prosperity.
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Jadugar Karan, the man who is going to create a new era of magic in the world has come to Chennai to mesmerize the city audience with his 150 minute spectacular show. During the month-long show, get to see some stunning tricks from the colorful mayalok of the Jadugar. The show will begin on April 18, 2014 and go on for a month at Raja Annamalai Mandram, Broadway, Chennai.
The month long magic show performed by him in various states had overwhelming response from all age groups. The magic show was amazing and enthralling and somewhat like challenging nature.
Karan has plans to perform more number of interesting items. He is true professional to the core. Many at times, he picks up someone from audience to prove that there is no backdoor method. It is only pure magic. To ensure credibility Karan invites them to check the equipment he uses before performing magic.
Karan hails from Himmat Nagar city of Gujarat. He is only fourty three years old and working in the field of great magic since last 25years. There are more than 40 artistes in his troupe. He has been in the professional circuit for two decades now. Till now, he has performed more than 15,000 shows all over India, and abroad.
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Members of the Rigas family were arrested this year for securities fraud described as using their family controlled company, Adelphia Communications Corp., as their "personal piggy bank." As Adelphia was a publicly traded company their actions drew extra attention and seemed especially egregious. But their activities reminded us of practices we've seen often in private family firms. Consider the offenses of the Rigas family members and let's compare them to relatively smaller, all private, family firm---the fictional "Private Company, Ltd."
Are there differences?
Without wanting to sound like a moralist, I do hope this Two Hats does encourage business families to establish policies on Conflicts of Interest and to establish independent eyes such as its board of directors to look at family activies and rationales.
The Rigas family lawyer offers, "It's a very complex and complicated situation. This characterization as looting is very unfair. John Rigas started this company in 1952 and built it. All his net worth is tied up in Adelphia stock. He never sold a share."
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The Islamic financing industry is growing 50 per cent faster than conventional banking. As of 2011, the global asset value of the Islamic finance industry is estimated to be at US$1 trillion. The figure is expected to reach US$5 trillion over the next five years. Indeed, there is no stopping the fast growth of Islamic banking with Islamic banks setting up shop in countries under the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Malaysia, the UK, and even in Africa along with many other regions.
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What looked like a second chance for a young receiver has ended.
According to Mike Garafolo of FOX Sports, the Browns are putting wide receiver Armanti Edwards on season-ending injured reserve because of an ankle injury suffered Sunday.
Edwards, who was declared the training camp MVP by the Panthers before being released midseason, got some work with the Browns as a returner.
The former third-round pick, who was a college quarterback at Appalachian State, never got many chances during the regular season with the Panthers, and will now have to wait until next preseason to impress again.


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For the American tennis player, see Richard Sears (tennis player).
Richard Warren Sears (born December 7, 1863 in Stewartville, Minnesota - died September 28, 1914), son of James Warren Sears and Eliza Benton, was a manager and businessman. He is considered to be one of the great American promotional geniuses.
He entered the service of the railroad as a station agent for the Minnesota and St. Louis Railroad in North Redwood, Minnesota and in 1886 his career path changed forever. A shipment of gold-filled pocket watches from a Chicago manufacturer was refused by a Minnesota retailer. This was becoming a common practice. Wholesalers would ship their products to retailers that had not ordered the items. Upon refusal, the wholesaler would offer the already price-hiked items to the retailer at a lower consignment cost in the guise of alleviating the cost to ship the items back. The unsuspecting retailer would then agree to take this new found bargain off of the wholesaler's hands, mark up the items and sell them to the public, making a small profit in the transaction. But in 1886, the savvy retailer flatly refused the watches. Young Sears jumped at the opportunity. He made an agreement with the wholesaler to keep any profit he reaped above $12, and then he set about offering his wares to other station agents along the railroad line for $14. The watches were considered an item of urban sophistication, and the station agents had no trouble selling them to customers passing by who generally lived far from any urban center. Within six months, Sears had netted $5,000 and felt so successful and confident in this venture that he moved to Minneapolis and started the R. W. Sears Watch Company. His promotional efforts soon developed into placing advertisements in farm publications and mailing out flyers to potential clients. From the beginning, it was clear that Sears had a talent for writing promotional copy. He took the personal approach in his ads, speaking directly to rural and small-town communities.
In 1887, Sears hired watch repairman Alvah Curtis Roebuck to handle many of the returns that needed repaired. Roebuck was not only Sears's first employee, but he later became co-founder of Sears, Roebuck & Company. Sears himself clashed with new business partner, Julius Rosenwald, and quit the business in 1908.
The Sears, Roebuck and Co. was officially formed in 1893. The first catalog was published in 1893 and consisted of only watches. By 1897, more items were added like men's and ladies clothing, plows, silverware, bicycles, and athletic equipment.
The 500-page catalog was sent to approximately 300,000 homes. Sears catered to the rural customer because having been raised on a farm he knew what the rural customer needed. He also had experience working with the railroad and he knew how to ship merchandise to remote areas.
In 1908, Sears made another move forward and began to sell mail order homes through his catalogs. Same year, Sears retired and moved from Oak Park to Lake Bluff, Illinois.
He died September 28, 1914 in Waukesha, WI of Bright's disease. His obituary is in the Chicago Daily Tribune of the next day.
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An organic frozen organic berry mix from Oregon-based Townsend Farms has sickened 30 people, spurring an investigating from the Food and Drug Administration, the Associated Press reports.
Although berries aren't the most common cause of a foodborne illness outbreak, they do regularly sicken Americans, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer advocacy group that publishes an annual list of the riskiest foods regulated by the FDA. This year, berries came in at number 10.
Typically, foods that have been associated with spreading illness have been meat and dairy, but according the CSPI, the globalized food system and the rise of large-scale production and processing has put all types of foods at risk.
The 10 foods that made the list make up 40 percent of all foodborne outbreaks linked to FDA-regulated foods since 1990, according to CSPI, who used data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and elsewhere to compile the list.
But foodborne illness is difficult to track: Many illnesses go undocumented because people rarely go to a doctor to get treated; therefore, the number of outbreaks in the study does not include all the cases of illnesses linked to food.
Each year, one in six Americans (or 48 million people) will get a foodborne illness, according to CDC estimates. More than 120,000 will be hospitalized and 3,000 will die from foodborne illness.
Foodborne disease can cause anything from minor stomach cramps and diarrhea to serious conditions, such as kidney failure or even death. Pregnant women, newborns, the elderly and adults with otherwise compromised immune systems are particularly susceptible to severe symptoms from foodborne illness. In 2011, 30 people died after eating cantaloupe melons infected with listeria — the single deadliest foodborne illness episode since the CDC began tracking outbreaks in the '70s.
The CSPI also ranked the riskiest meats, with ground beef and chicken posing the greatest threat and often times, the most severe reactions.
"Outbreaks from ground beef and chicken are reported frequently, and all too often cause debilitating illnesses—illnesses that lead to hospitalization," said CSPI food safety director Caroline Smith DeWaal in a release.
Check out the slideshow above to see which foods are putting you at risk.
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Adele from Dace wrote to inform me of an amazing collaborative sale in Vancouver, BC on August 15. Dace is hosting the sale at their studio and including a big list of participating retailers too! so you lucky girls and guys in Vancouver, be sure to head over to the sale for some great great deals. more details, including links to participating retailers, here.


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I also grabbed Proud Peacock after I looked up a few other swatches of available colors. I am SO glad I did!! Proud Peacock has a bright teal, greenish blue base and it is BURSTING with black, bright blue, white and pink glitters, with smaller pink and blue glitters AND white bar glitters.
|Aah! See that densely packed prettiness?!
This is another one of the NYC City Sweets Collection (shout out to Karen!). It is called Mint Macaroon. Check the bottle shots!
|MM is def greener but still..not a bad match!
Actually, it looks sort of like the photo I took at my Grandmother's house in April! Check this out! (And sorry to keep you in suspense!)
|Inside shots with flash, artificial light
|Outside, no flash
|Outside, no flash...still so glittery and gorgeous from far away!
|Accent nail is Pretty & Polished Valentino...more on that later!
You can find her polishes on the website: KB Shimmer Bath and Body, and she makes all kinds of bath products, too. I haven't tried anything but the polishes...but if those products are as good as this polish is, I am excited to try more! A few polishes glow in the dark and there is an awesome variety of the colors of these polishes, I def suggest you take a look! I know I am getting Splat ASAP, as soon as it's available. After getting Pretty & Polished's Jawbreaker, I have a new love for white based polishes!
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The car scrappage scheme may seem like a splendid idea at first. However, you are limited in what type of new car you can buy. You can't just go and buy any vehicle you want This can also be a very frustrating issue for the people looking to get a new car as they have to be dictated to as to what car they can buy.
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Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...
A Haunted House
Malcolm and Kisha move into their dream home, but soon learn a demon also resides there. When Kisha becomes possessed, Malcolm - determined to keep his sex life on track - turns to a priest, a psychic, and a team of ghost-busters for help.
Art School Confident
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.
Blades of Glory
In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team.
The canine star of a fictional sci-fi/action show that believes his powers are real embarks on a cross country trek to save his co-star from a threat he believes is just as real.
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A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -- and become a porn star.
Grandma's Boy
A 35 year old video game tester has to move in with his grandma and her two old lady roommates.
I Now Pronounce You
Two straight, single Brooklyn firefighters pretend to be a gay couple in order to receive domestic partner benefits.
Jack and Jill
Family guy Jack Sadelstein prepares for the annual event he dreads: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister, the needy and passive-aggressive Jill, who then refuses to leave.
Just Go with It
On a weekend trip to Hawaii, a plastic surgeon convinces his loyal assistant to pose as his soon-to-be-divorced wife in order to cover up a careless lie he told to his much-younger girlfriend.
Malibu's Most Wanted
A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try and shock him out of his plans to become a rapper.
The Benchwarmers
A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard children baseball squads.
The Do-Over
Two down-on-their-luck guys decide to fake their own deaths and start over with new identities, only to find the people they're pretending to be are in even deeper trouble.
You Don't Mess With
An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.


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Cut these costs and embarrassment down with A TC Gift Certificate. The Gift Certificate being
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She wandered over to a window which overlooked the entrance to College House. And she witnessed the arrival of Mrs Avelon.
The silver-grey Rolls drew up smoothly, the merest whisper of gravel beneath its wheels. The uniformed chauffeur leapt from his seat and opened the door for Mrs Avelon to emerge. This she did slowly… and purposefully. She was wearing a simple expensive white dress, a red straw hat and red accessories. She looked as if she were about to attend a garden fete or, more probably, open one in aid of a well-known charity.
A man descended after her. For a moment Paula wondered if he were Mr Avelon, dragged by the crisis from his business affairs, which in the past had always been too pressing to permit him to visit Coriston. Then she saw the unmistakeable black bag. Mrs Avelon had brought her own doctor. Paula felt sorry for Hugh Roystone.
observations: Mrs Avelon – mother of a very unwell child at this fancy boarding school – is not in all honesty a very important character in the book. But hey, that's a great picture we had on hand to illustrate it, and the scene may have more to it than you think.
John Penn was the pseudonym of a double act: Palma Harcourt (who wrote many many books under her own name) and Jack H Trotman, her husband. She was obviously very productive – more than 20 books appeared under this name in the 1980s and 90s, apart from her own books. This is the first I've read, and it is very much of its time, routine rather than brilliant, but entertaining enough. It has odd shades of Josephine Tey's Franchise Affair – there's a young girl who claims to have been attacked by Roystone, and it is fairly apparent that she is making it up, but why? This subject would be stepped around very carefully these days, but 30 years ago the policeman is saying:
'From Roystone's point of view it's an awful pity she doesn't look more like a tart. Then [his] story would be perfectly credible.'
The atmosphere of the boarding school doesn't really come alive sadly – some of the best murder stories take place in schools, and you wouldn't put Mortal Term in that category. However, I would guess that Penn/Harcourt/Trotman were all American and the book does not make that very obvious. The setting in Oxford, Reading and the Cotswolds is very convincingly done – a big surprise, and really very unusual. Many US writers, I am sorry to say, set their English books on Planet Nowhere: some weird dystopia based on Agatha Christie, Downton Abbey, and Cold Comfort Farm. Don't start me.
Links on the blog: School murders here, here and here.


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Warbird Community Rises to Meet Threat
'Title 10 Amendment' could devastate historic aircraft fleet
April 18, 2012 - EAA and the Warbirds of America are joining with the Commemorative Air Force, Collings Foundation, and other warbird groups in opposition of a proposed amendment to the House National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4310) that could have a devastating effect on the fleet of civilian-operated historic military aircraft.
The amendment introduced by Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH) would bar the Department of Defense from loaning or gifting any U.S. military aircraft or parts to any entity except those that would put the aircraft on static display, such as in a museum. The amendment would preclude the aircraft from being loaned to private individuals, associations, or museums where there is any intent of flying the historic vintage warbirds, even at air shows or demonstrations of support for veterans.
Military branches such as the U.S. Air Force often do not donate aircraft to private groups outright; they instead "loan" them under a Defense Department provision, Section 2572 of Title 10, to individuals and groups for indefinite periods. These private individuals and groups usually restore and operate the aircraft at their own expense to demonstrate these pieces of flying history to events such as EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
"The Department of Defense has made numerous attempts through the years to preclude any former military aircraft from being flown in civilian hands," said Doug Macnair, EAA's vice president of government relations. "This view has never been supported by any safety or security imperative and is currently being couched as a move to supposedly 'preserve' rare military aircraft. We can be assured that the U.S. military has neither the funding nor the mandate to preserve these aircraft in flying condition, which would leave the only option for them to be used as static museum displays. That would truly be a tragedy and a loss of our aviation and military heritage."
Rep. Turner's district includes Dayton, Ohio, home of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, which has been adamant in its attempts to ground former U.S. military aircraft. Ironically, Dayton is the same site where this week more than 20 B-25 bombers - preserved and flown by private groups and individuals - are gathering in a public spectacle to honor the 70th anniversary of the famed Doolittle Raid on Japan.
EAA and the other warbird groups are working with staff in the House's Armed Services Committee and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, as well as the House General Aviation Caucus as the Defense Authorization Bill goes into initial committee review next week and to the House floor in early May. Although the exact language of the amendment has not been shared with the aviation community or widely on Capitol Hill, Rep. Turner plans to push the amendment despite initial congressional opposition.
EAA and Warbirds of America recommend that members contact their congressional representatives, urging them to voice their opposition to the Turner amendment and in support of maintaining the private ability to restore and fly these historic aircraft.
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"This is the first critical history of Christian Reconstruction and its founder and champion, theologian and activist Rousas John Rushdoony (1916–2001). Drawing on exclusive access to Rushdoony's personal papers and extensive correspondence, Michael J. McVicar demonstrates the considerable role Reconstructionism played in the development of the radical Christian Right and an American theocratic agenda. As a religious movement, Reconstructionism aims at nothing less than "reconstructing" individuals through a form of Christian governance that, if implemented in the lives of U.S. citizens, would fundamentally alter the shape of American society.
McVicar examines Rushdoony's career and traces Reconstructionism as it grew from a grassroots, populist movement in the 1960s to its height of popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He reveals the movement's galvanizing role in the development of political conspiracy theories and survivalism, libertarianism and antistatism, and educational reform and homeschooling. The book demonstrates how these issues have retained and in many cases gained potency for conservative Christians to the present day, despite the decline of the movement itself beginning in the 1990s. McVicar contends that Christian Reconstruction has contributed significantly to how certain forms of religiosity have become central, and now familiar, aspects of an often controversial conservative revolution in America."