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Birth control pills are oral contraceptives that, when taken correctly, are extremely effective at preventing pregnancy. The hormones in the pills prevent ovulation, thicken the cervical mucus, and change the endometrial lining of the uterus so that sperm cannot meet or fertilize an egg.³There are two main types of birth control pills: combination pills and progestin-only pills. Combination pills contain the hormones progestin and estrogen. Progestin-only pills contain progestin but do not contain estrogen.¹
What Do Birth Control Pills Look Like?
Birth control pills come in packages that typically contain one month's supply of pills. Combination pills come in either 28- or 21-day packs. In a 28-day pack, there are 21 "active" pills (containing estrogen and progestin) taken every day for three weeks, and the last four to seven pills are taken as "reminder" or placebo pills that contain no hormones. A 21-day pack is similar to a 28-day pack, except there are no placebo pills taken during the last week. Bleeding occurs during that last week when no hormones are taken. Combination pills can also come in 84-day packs that allow for menstrual bleeding only four times a year. These types of combination pill packs are called "extended" or "continuous use" pills.¹ Progestin-only pills come in 28-day packs. Each pill in the 28-day progestin-only pack is an "active" pill, which means they each contain a small amount of progestin. There are no placebo breaks taken between active pills because progestin-only pills do not control a female's menstrual period.³
How to Use Birth Control Pills
Birth control pills are most effective when taken around the same time every day. Progestin-only pills must be taken at precisely the same time each day because they contain only a small amount of progestin that can exit the body in as little as 24 hours, leaving a woman at risk for pregnancy.³ Combination pills allow for a little more temporal fluctuation because the hormones in them are strong enough to prevent pregnancy for a time when the pill is not taken (for example, during the week of inactive pills). It is, however, a good idea to take them as regularly as possible to maximize their effectiveness.¹
Choosing the Right Pill
Combination pills tend to be more effective at protecting against pregnancy than progestin-only pills. Combination pills also regulate the menstrual cycle, while progestin-only pills can sometimes make periods more irregular.
Combination pills contain estrogen, which causes side effects that are not typically associated with progestin-only pills. The following side effects are associated with combination pills:
Increased risk for blood clots and heart problems
Bleeding or spotting between periods
Breast tenderness
Weight gain
Nausea and vomiting
Mood changes
Decreased libido
Some of these side effects may occur with progestin-only pills but are more common and more severe with combination pills. In addition, it may take longer for pregnancy to occur or for menstrual cycles to return to normal after you stop taking the combination pill than it would after stopping the progestin only pill.²
Combination birth control pills can increase the risk of developing or worsening certain serious medical conditions. The risks depend in part on a woman's medical history. Deep vein thrombosis, heart attack, and stroke are some of the major risks associated with combination birth control pills. The combination pill is NOT recommended for women who experience the following:
Are over the age 35
Smoke cigarettes
Have unexplained vaginal bleeding
Have breast cancer
Have had a heart attack, stroke , or other serious heart problems
Have liver disease or liver cancer
Have high blood pressure or cholesterol levels
Have a history of blood clots
Have frequent migraine headaches
Have diabetes
Are or will be on bedrest for a prolonged period of time
Click here to find out more about whether combination pills are be right for you.
For women who find that the combination pill is not suitable for their needs, there is the progestin-only pill. The progestin-only pill is recommended for women who experience the following:
Are breastfeeding; the estrogen in the combination pill inhibits milk production⁴
Smoke cigarettes, are older than 35, or have health problems like heart disease, blood clots, high blood pressure, and migraines. The lack of estrogen in progestin-only pills makes them less likely to cause blood clots.³
Click here to find out more about progestin-only pills.
You should not take either type of pill if you are pregnant or suspect that you are pregnant. Talk to your doctor if you are experiencing symptoms of pregnancy.
Birth control pills do NOT protect against sexually transmitted infections (STIs). To reduce the risk of contracting or spreading STIs, condoms or other forms of barrier methods should be used.
Birth control pills can be purchased at a pharmacy with a prescription from a doctor for about $15-50 dollars a month, depending on the type of pill and whether or not it is covered by insurance. This price typically does not include the cost of the doctor's examination required to get a prescription for birth control pills. Health clinics, such as Planned Parenthood, may provide their services at lower prices (or even free of charge). For example, the price of one pack of pills can be discounted if you sign up for 6 months worth of pills. Some clinics are even willing to adjust the price of birth control pills according to one's annual income and insurance coverage (or lack thereof). Most U.S. states allow health clinics to make birth control available to minors for free and without parental consent. As of 2010, the Affordable Care Act allows private health insurance companies to provide birth control without a copay. Contact your insurance provider for more information about whether or not your birth control pills are covered by your plan.¹
What if I Want to Get Pregnant?
Because birth control pills have no effect on fertility, you can become pregnant immediately after you stop taking the pill (though your cycles may not be regular for a few months). With combination pills, fertility typically returns to normal within two weeks of stopping the pill, and progestin-only pills allow you to get pregnant in even less time.² Despite the fact that it is safe to become pregnant right away, it may be wise to wait until your cycles are regular (this may take up to 6 months) because your physician will more easily be able to estimate the due date of the baby.²
Birth control pills are oral contraceptives that prevent pregnancy when used correctly. There are two main types of birth control pills (combination and progestin-only) that have differing side effects and usages. These two main types of birth control pills also have specific advantages and disadvantages that should be considered when deciding which type of birth control pill is more ideal.
For more information regarding various types of contraception, consult our Birth Control Comparison Chart and check out the video below!
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1. Parenthood, Planned. "Birth Control Pills - Birth Control Pill - The Pill." Birth Control Pills - Birth Control Pill - The Pill. Planned Parenthood, 01 Nov. 2016. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.
2. Mayo Clinic Staff. "Combination Birth Control Pills." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic, 13 Aug. 2015. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.
3. Mayo Clinic Staff. "Minipill." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic, 26 Nov. 2014. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.


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Lighteaters is an interesting mash up of a puzzler and a platformer that does things in its own way. It's a wander through dark places full of monsters, but it doesn't give you superpowers. Instead you're armed with a flashlight and two health bars. And you need to use these to sneak and think your way past a series of gloopy beasts, finding the key to escape from the dank hell you find yourself in.
And it all works pretty darn well. There's a spooky atmosphere despite the cartoon graphics, and the way the health system works means you'll be nervously staring at your dwindling reserves as you skitter past an orange gooey beast with a single glowering eye.
You play a young girl who's trapped in some horrible dreams. The aim of the game is to escape each of these dreams by finding a key. There's also a stuffed toy and a hidden animal to find in each of the challenges if you like to finish everything off properly.
The main weapon in your arsenal isn't a weapon at all, it's a flashlight. But when it's lit you're making yourself a beacon for the ghosts and ghouls that haunt the level. The only way past them, at least to begin with, is to turn off the light and sneak past them. And that's where the twist comes in. You can only have your flashlight off for so long before you get scared to death. No one likes walking around in dark corridors surrounded by monsters, after all. But turn your light on at the wrong time and you'll get attacked by one of the monsters who are drawn to the shine.
The two bar system works remarkably well. You need to balance the physical damage you'll take with the psychological damage of walking around in the dark. You can take some time to recharge your flashlight, but there are rewards for finishing levels below a certain time that you'll miss out on if you do. There are other interesting ideas at play here as well. Finding a bat will show you the way to the key, but the directions it layers over the level will only last for so long. Then there are the mice that skitter between holes in the wall, switches that need to be pulled, and plenty of other more standard platforming mechanics.
The main problem here is the controls, which take a little bit of getting used to. You swipe and hold to move, as well as to jump. Timing some of the leaps feels a bit strange to begin with, but after a while you'll get to grips with the slightly weird system.
That's the only major black mark on Lighteaters report, though. There are a few minor stumbles, like a slightly uninspiring art style and a vague sense of repetition every time you you start a level thanks in part to the darkness that permeates every aspect of the game, but neither of these detract from the fun to be had here. And it's a kind of fun that you don't normally see on the App Store. This isn't a perfect game, but even in its flaws there are glimpses of innovation, and that's no bad thing.
Lighteaters is an engaging and entertaining slice of mobile gaming that doesn't follow the crowd, and even if only for that alone, it's well worth picking it up.


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I decided to change searching for a more lightweight IDE and because I became simply addicted to the huge editing capabilities of Sublime Text 2, like selection management or editing several regions at the same time. The outline on the right is simply great... basically I find sublime extremely productive.
Now besides the (relatively not) interesting reasons why I started using sublime for python development, the goal of this post is to explain what and how to install to ease python development providing sublime things like python autocompletion, lint support, pdb support, etc, etc....
Python developmnt with Sublime Text aloneThe first nice surprise with Sublime is that it is already a somewhat reasonable python IDE (without autocompletion). We already have syntax highlighting (quite common indeed), and a flexible build system.
The build system (discussed in bigger detail later) allows to un simple python scripts with no configuration at all just choosing python build system from Tools menu and build. It is easy to configure a your proper build system as discussed later on.
One of the most interesting out of the box features related with python is the presence of code templates as Sublime commands, thus reachable from the menu with cmd+shift+P.
Now let's see what can we install as packages to provide python autocompletion, debugger support etc. Just to start with, a good way to install packages is through Sublime Package Control (downloadable here: http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/package_control) This provides a full package manager and helps discoverin, installing and updating packages.
Python autocompletionFor python autocompletion I installed a Sublime adaptation of Rope library: SublimeRope (https://github.com/JulianEberius/SublimeRope).
In terms of autocompletion, this package plugs into default Sublime default completion system adding python symbols at the default ones.
The easiest way to install it is through package control, Shift-Cmd-P, choose Package Control: Install Package command and select SublimeRope. The installation won't require Sublime Text to be restarted.
Once Rope installed, each python file will profit of autocompletion. As it is at this stage, autocompletion will search for symbols declared in the file you are editing, all default python symbols and all installed modules and python symbols accessible from PYTHONPATH.
Still Rope won't be able to find symbols declared in separate files of the same project. To fix this issue, a Rope project needs to be created explicitly. This can be done through Rope: New Project command from the command palette.
Refactor and source managementEvery reasonable IDE provides some kind of support for refactoring and some abilities to navigate through the sources of a project. SublimeRope provides these capabilities as well.
Once you install SublimeRope you have three commands for source navigation:
- Rope: Go to definition. Which opens the definition of the symbol under the cursor
- Rope: Show Documentaiton. Shows python documentation for the symbol under the cursor:
- Rope: Jump to Global.
|Show Documentation output
These functionalities come without a dedicated set of key bindings. These can be easily added modifying Sublime keybindings through Preferences - User Keybindings menu.
For example this maps "show documentation" on cmd + R +D:
//Rope key bindings { "keys": ["super+r", "super+d"], "command": "python_get_documentation", "context": [ { "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "source.python" } ] }
Python lintThere are several python linters, for pyflakes and pep8 there is a Sublime package (SublimeLint) that highlights potential issues in your code while editing. It can be installed from Package manager while source and documentation can be found here: https://github.com/SublimeLinter/SublimeLinter.
Sometimes for (more or less) good reasons we want to disable some of linter checks (personally I found the limitation to 86 characters to max line width a bit too strict). This can be done with sublimeLint by editing Sublimelinter.sublime-settings (Preferences - Package Settings - SublimeLinter - Settings - User menu). Pay attention always to modify user settings and not default ones which will be overwritten at every update.
Here are my settings:
{ //I don't want to be bothered by issues on spaces around oeprators "pep8_ignore": [ "E251","E501","W191","E303" ] }
DebuggingWhat I miss most about Eclipse + PyDev is the great Eclipse debugger. Which is perfectly integrated with pdb through PyDev.
Still pdb is not that hard to use alone, what is needed is a proper integration in Sublime Text. I found a good one in Sublime REPL (https://github.com/wuub/SublimeREPL) which allows running a lot of interactive interpreters into a Sublime Text buffer.
These interpreters include pdb (a command is ready out of the box to run the current python file with pdb - REPL: PDB current file command):
A couple of words about build systemsFor simple scripts, out of the box build systems are great as it is the scrupt ran through REPL. What happens instead when we want to provide input parameters to our script or change environemnt variables?
For running the scripts Subilme Text allows you to configure your own build system in a very flexible way, documented here: http://sublime-text-unofficial-documentation.readthedocs.org/en/latest/reference/build_systems.html.
I find useful adding the root of the project to PYTHONPATH in order to allow test scripts access the modules of my project no matter if they are in different directories and they are not yet installed in my python distribution.
To do so I created my build systems inside my project configuration instead of making them available to the whole IDE: in PROJECTNAME.sublime-project:
[ { "cmd": ["python","${file}","command1"], "env": {"PYTHONPATH":"/Users/pyppo/Documents/workspacepython/pyCmdLiner/"}, "name": "pythonProjectTestBase" } ]
creates a build system called pythonProjectTestBase that invokes python on the currently open file, passing a command argument (command1) and adding project root directory to PYTHONPATH before running the project.
Things are a bit more complex when debugging with REPL. I am not aware as of today of a project specific way to provide REPL configuration.
As a workaround I provided my PYTHONPATH as REPL user configuration in sublimeREPL.sublime-settings:
{ "default_extend_env": {"PYTHONPATH":"/Users/pyppo/Documents/workspacepython/pyCmdLiner/"} }
This is accessible from Preferences - Package settings - SublimeREPL - Settings User menu.
For additional flexibility it is always possible to modify SublimeREPL command definition or to create additional ones. This configuration is accessible from Preferences - Browse Packages - SublimeREPL menu, under python directory:
- Default.sublime-commands lists the commands and points to the definition file
- Main.sublime-menu contains commands definition.
{"command": "repl_open", "caption": "Python - PDB current file", "id": "repl_python_pdb", "mnemonic": "d", "args": { "type": "subprocess", "encoding": "utf8", "cmd": ["python", "-i", "-u", "-m", "pdb", "$file_basename"], "cwd": "$file_path", "syntax": "Packages/Python/Python.tmLanguage", "external_id": "python" } }
I never tried to provide a user based command configuration for REPL instead of tweaking the default one, so I cannot say if it is possible or not.


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The expected (Oregon's quick-strike, big-play weapons), the unexpected (Kansas State's season-low point total) and the bizarre (rare one-point safety) summarized the 42nd Annual Fiesta Bowl. The No. 4 Ducks led the No. 5 Wildcats start to finish in their convincing 35-17 victory, a contest pitting two 11-1 teams that remained undefeated and in national title contention until mid-November.
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The Ducks, appearing in their fourth consecutive BCS bowl game, never were seriously threatened. K-State fell 23 points and 54 total yards below its regular-season averages and the Wildcat defense, the national leader in turnover margin, failed to register a takeaway against the prolific Oregon offense.
Jet-quick Duck returner De'Anthony Thomas seized the moment in spectacular fashion when he flashed his sprinter speed to return the opening kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown. It was the first time in Fiesta Bowl history the opening kickoff was returned for a touchdown and the longest all-purpose play in Oregon bowl history.
Thomas struck again late in the first quarter when he caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Marcus Mariota to increase Oregon's lead to 15-0.
Kansas State, its back to the wall, tallied 10 consecutive second-quarter points (six-yard touchdown run by quarterback and Heisman Trophy finalist Collin Klein and a 25-yard Anthony Cantele field goal) to pull within 15-10 with halftime in sight and momentum on its mind.
But the Ducks doused KSU's hopes with a five-play, 77-yard, hiccup-quick, 46-second drive that speedy running back Kenjon Barner capped with a 24-yard touchdown pass reception from Mariota 14 seconds before halftime.
Oregon iced the game's outcome by tallying the first 10 points of the third quarter to pad its lead to 32-10. Alejandro Maldonado booted a 33-yard field goal to complete Oregon's first second-half possession. Then after forcing K-State's second punt of the third quarter, the Ducks marched 61 yards in seven plays, a drive Mariota began with a 32-yard dash, Oregon's longest play from scrimmage, and completed with a two-yard touchdown plunge.
Mariota's touchdown was followed by one of the most unusual plays in college football history — a one-point safety! Maldonado's point-after-touchdown kick was blocked and caught in the field of play by K-State defender Ryan Mueller who retreated into the end zone before lateraling to teammate Allen Chapman who was tackled by Oregon lineman Jake Fisher. The one-point safety rule, implemented in 1988, only had been enforced one other time in FBS history.
K-State added a token touchdown — 10-yard pass from Klein to running back John Hubert — early in the fourth quarter, and Oregon completed the evening's scoring with Maldonado's second three-pointer, a 24-yarder.
Mariota accounted for 228 total yards and three touchdowns (166/2 passing, 62/1 rushing). Klein countered with 193 total yards and two touchdowns (151/1 passing, 42/1 rushing).
Barner led all rushers with 143 yards on 30 carries. K-State's Chris Harper led all receivers with eight catches for 71 yards.
The Ducks departed Arizona with their third consecutive 12-win season. Mariota left town in possession of Oregon's single-season records for total touchdowns (38) and pass completion percentage (68.5 percent).


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Jacques Lahaye teaches us this interesting furniture and bookcase for television, perfect to place in the living room in front of the sofa. It is very curious the detail of "EPAL" in the base of the furniture, which gives us information about the origin of the pallets that has the furniture.
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ARTS/West is currently utilized by multiple theater companies and music education groups, two arts-enrichment summer camps, an after school program, three choirs, two art guilds and a university creative writing group, along with countless individual artists, community members and local craftspeople - with new events being added all year long.
There are ongoing classes for Belly Dance, West African Drum, Bando Yoga, Knitting and Children's Music as well as workshops and clinics on a wide variety of topics. Through both rentals and sponsored events there are performances by both local and visiting artists & musicians (including special showings for school children), as well as monthly art shows in the gallery featuring local & regional artists, along with private parties, and larger annual events such as the Cat's Pajamas Clothing Exchange, the Athens Area Fiber Faire and Athens Own Pop-Culture Convention: Ratha Con (held at the Community Center with satellite events at ARTS/West & Athena Cinema).
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Get the brilliant LG Cookie touchscreen phone free on Orange or T-Mobile and receive a FREE Nintendo Wii next day with your phone. No need to wait, no need to claim.
Line rental is under £35 per month and it's only a 12 month contract.Other free gifts available include automatic cash back, Xbox 360, Wii Fit and Wii Music.The LG Cookie (or KP500) is a budget touchscreen phone. Unlike its big brother the LG Renoir, it doesn't have 3G or a top camera. This reduces its cost and makes the Cookie fantastic value for money. It's more compact and easier to use than some of the more expensive touchscreen phones, yet it still has a large 3 inch display. Simply press the virtual buttons on screen using your finger. Text can be entered by typing on the QWERTY keyboard which slides into view when needed. Or, with handwriting recognition, you can use the supplied stylus to write on the screen.
The LG Cookie's camera has 3.2 megapixels and an accelerometer which means the screen automatically rotates depending on which way up the phone is. This is useful when viewing different photos in landscape and portrait mode. The accelerometer is also used to play some of the built-in games.
There's a good media player, a built-in FM radio and microSD card support up to 8GB. There's no 3G or Wi-fi, which is a shame as the web browser is actually quite good – but 3G and Wi-fi would have increased the cost and the size. With all other essential features included, it's no wonder that the Cookie is one of the most popular touchscreen phones.


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Visual perception, particularly face perception and perception of time. Decision-making, financial decision-making.
I graduated from the University of Exeter with a BA in English Literature, then worked in finance in the London office of PwC where I qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Following a career break to raise my children, I returned to academia, obtaining a BSc (first class) in Experimental Psychology, an MSc (with distinction) in Research Methods in Psychology, and a PhD in Experimental Psychology, from the University of Bristol. I am interested in all aspects of visual perception and cognition. My undergraduate and MSc research investigated sub-second time perception and my PhD research (under the supervision of Dr Chris Benton) explored the perception of facial identity, investigating how we recognise people from their faces and how that may be affected by facial expressions. My current research, with Dr Roland Baddeley, concerns decision-making and financial risk. I am a postdoctoral representative on the Bristol Vision Institute (BVI) Management Board, and a member of the School of Experimental Psychology Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Committee.
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Here is a brief recap of our summer so far:
Summer in the City in Steinbach (our town).
|Ethan's first pony ride
|The "must go on "horsie ride"
Camping (during a visit to Alberta and Waterton Park)
|Ethan was terrified of the Ground Squirrels (yes this was in June, and he`s wearing mittens!)
|We had to visit every playground we walked past :)
|Requisite picture by the waterfall at Waterton National Park
|Our camping spot in Waterton - isn't it peaceful?
Visited with family and friends (during the same visit to Alberta)
|Ethan with my mom
|At my friend Colleen's place near Lethbridge
|Ethan LOVED the trampoline at Colleen's (pictured here with my brother)
We also went to Chuck E Cheese's (there isn't one in Winnipeg, so we go whenever we see one)
|The carousel
|Noah's ark
|In the maze (or mouse puzzle, not sure what it is called)
After our road trip was over, we went to Tinker Town just outside Winnipeg
|On the boat
|This picture almost looks posed
|Driving an Ethan sized car!
|On the swings
We have done a lot of other things - including many trips to various parks, splashing in Ethan`s little pool, and going for walks.


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Beverly Jenkins is an icon in African American historical romances, and I am thrilled to host her as the first romance author on Genre Bending. Romance novels never fail to leave the reader happy as they turn the final page, but that's not all they have to offer. These stories of love and happily-ever-after always have another layer of complications or insight that make them so much more than boy meets girl.
Beverly Jenkins has been writing for decades, becoming a USA Today bestselling author, garnering stellar critical praise from all the library trade publications, and receiving numerous awards, including five Waldenbooks/Borders Group Best Sellers Awards, two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times magazine, and a Golden Pen Award from the Black Writer's Guild, as well as being nominated for the NAACP Image Awards.
In her novel Breathless (on sale January 2017), a strong-willed beauty finds herself in the arms of the handsome drifter from her past. History, romance, and race combine for a truly deep, emotional, and satisfying read that has already received three starred reviews from Booklist, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly.
As a pioneer in African-American romance, Beverly Jenkins is often invited to speak at various venues, including this winter when she'll discuss her work at the University of South Carolina with a class on Slavery, Literature and Popular Culture. Read on for a special message from the author herself on the importance of romance and how her novels have impacted readers.
After decades of being dismissed as fluff, deemed bad for women and referred to by the denigrating term, bodice rippers, romance is finally getting its due. In 2014, The Library of Congress held an all-day conference on Romance Fiction that drew standing room only crowds to hear authors and academics speak on its history, tropes and why it's the bestselling genre in popular fiction. Classes in romance fiction are being taught at major universities like Bowling Green and Princeton. Romance Writers of America funds academic researchers on the subject, and filmmaker Laurie Kahn's ground-breaking documentary, Love Between the Covers, has garnered praise and awards nationally and internationally for its positive take on the industry's communities, authors and readers.
I write romance with an emphasis on the African-American experience. Of the thirty-five novels I've published with Avon, twenty-three are 19th century set historicals. The newest, Breathless, the second book in my Old West series, will debut in late January 2017. It has already received a starred review from Booklist and a starred–boxed review from Publishers Weekly. Like its predecessors, Breathless offers a unique look at African-American life, history and culture, while giving readers a swoon worthy love story.
Academics began incorporating my historicals into their course work in 1995 following the publication of my first novel Night Song, and have continued to do so with each newly released title. Why? When I recently posed the question to various professors around the country, their answers varied, but the response incorporating them all is from an email sent to me by Dr. Qiana Whitted, an associate professor of English and African-American Studies at the University of South Carolina. It reads:
For scholars like myself who study the dehumanizing realities of African American slavery, the historical romance novels of Beverly Jenkins invite a deeper consideration of black experiences that cannot be found in the record of slave planters' journals and ledger books, or even in the narratives of fugitive slaves. My courses on American slavery in literature and popular culture pair these accounts with creative works such as Toni Morrison's Beloved, Octavia Butler's Kindred, Charles Johnson's Middle Passage, and Edward P. Jones' The Known World. By placing Jenkins' books on the same shelf with these titles, my students and I are able to explore a fuller, more complex range of black life. Importantly, Jenkins pays special attention to black women and their complex negotiations of pleasure, survival, and resistance. Her work deepens our discussions of the politics of respectability among nineteenth-century race women. It is rewarding to unpack the story's historical references, while enjoying the interpersonal relationships and vivid storylines of the black women underground railroad conductors and frontier schoolteachers. And so, as vital as it is for my students to study the social and economic dynamics of slavery and Reconstruction, to grapple with the suffering of oppressed African Americans, it has become just as important that we learn how to think critically about the moments of joy, love, and sexual agency within black communities.... It shows them that the act of writing as resistance can take many forms.
I will have the pleasure of personally thanking Dr. Whitted for her response when I visit the University of South Carolina on February 27, 2017. She teaches a class on Slavery, Literature and Popular Culture, and has graciously invited me to discuss Night Song with her students. A public talk is scheduled for that evening along with a reception.
Praise for Breathless:
"Readers will delight in the further adventures of these characters and especially in the lovely romance between two intelligent, deserving people. The historical details are fascinating, as Jenkins brings Geronimo and other true-life figures in for cameo appearances. As Portia participates in suffragette meetings, Jenkins cleverly layers this captivating love story with subtle observations about race and women's rights." —Booklist starred review
"Her writing is both sexy and smart, and her characters come to life as real people the reader will want to know better. A thrilling and enjoyable read." —Kirkus Reviews starred review
"exquisitely written... soars with passion between scenes of gritty action as a feisty heroine and down-to-earth hero shape their future against race, class, and gender expectations... This heartfelt story and its endearing characters and gratifying ending will leave readers breathing a sigh of pure contentment." —Publishers Weekly starred review


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How to Use Lemons for Green Cleaning
Enliven your cleaning routine by hiring a maid service or if you have free time and a lot of strength, you can easily clean your home yourself with the new scent of lemons. Both lemon juice and lemon gas are an important section of everyday green cleaning and may be used in lots of ways.
Lemon essential oil isn't just antiseptic, antimicrobial, and bactericidal, but in addition has been shown to really improve people's moods, so use some lemon gas to create cleaning seem better!
Also, lemon juice's low pH and citric acid content, that is a natural chelating agent, bactericide, and fungicide, ensure it is ideal for eco-friendly cleaning, too.
So, have a look at these uses for how exactly to clean with lemons and present one a go today!
Clean your garbage disposals. Adding fresh lemon peels (with the white part removed) and just a little baking soda into your garbage disposal can help naturally deodorize it and remove gunk and grime. Whether it's particularly smelly, add some vinegar to improve it's cleaning action and allow it sit for some minutes. Next, run warm water while your garbage disposal is on. You'll notice a large improvement - an odor-free and clean garbage disposal.
Disinfect. Lemon juice kills bacteria, mold, and mildew because of its citric acid content, that is about 5-8%, so it is ideal for cleaning your bathrooms or kitchen. Squeeze some lemon juice right into a bucket of warm water and vinegar to completely clean, or use lemon juice full strength onto especially germy surfaces, les and such as for example drain faucet h.
You may even add it to the DIY Clean Everything Lemon-Lime Spray and revel in benefiting from easy green cleaning done!
Eliminate hard water stains. Lemon juice's low pH and high acid content easily removes hard water stains since it dissolves calcium and lime deposits. Squeeze some lemon juice onto the surfaces you have to clean, allow it sit for some minutes, and scrub with a soft microfiber rag or soft bristled brush. Rinse well with water.
Freshen the air naturally. Infuse your room with the new scent of lemons through the use of lemon gas within an aromatherapy diffuser.
Refresh your refrigerator cleaning routine. A paste of baking soda, water, and just a little lemon juice deodorizes, cleans, and removes stains from within your refrigerator and is safe, easy, and nontoxic. Wipe away with a wet microfiber rag.
Remove rust. Just forget about toxic rust removers and instead mix lemon juice with just a little salt. You may use it on fabrics and hard surfaces like porcelain sinks. Allow it sit on the location for some minutes before gently scrubbing and rinsing away with water. You will be amazed at how well it works!
Scrub surfaces without scratching. If you delicate surfaces that you should scrub clean, such as for example porcelain and stainless, try causeing this to be DIY Earth Friendly Disinfecting Cream Cleanser with lemon scented castile soap or Aromatherapy Cleanser with lemon gas.
Look after tarnish. Rub tarnished copper pans and pots with a paste of lemon juice and baking soda to eliminate tarnish easily. Fabulous!
Whiten your sink. A paste of lemon juice and baking soda remove stains and cleans well, leaving your porcelain sink sparkling like new!
Zap soap scum. Lemon juice's citric acid content helps breakdown soap scum on shower doors, tile, and tubs, so it is especially ideal for cleaning your bathrooms. Get one of these DIY spray made out of citrus juices and vinegar for easy bathroom cleaning.
Note: Because lemon juice is acidic, avoid it on porous stone surfaces, such as for example marble. Always rinse the top you're cleaning with water after using lemon juice.


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Kings re-sign restricted free agent SullivanNHL.com @NHLdotcom
LOS ANGELES (AP) -The Kings re-signed restricted free agent center Patrick O'Sullivan to a three-year contract Tuesday.
Terms of the deal were not announced.
O'Sullivan had 22 goals, 31 assists and 36 penalty minutes playing all 82 games for the Kings last season. He ranked fourth on the team for points (53), goals and assists, while he tied for the club lead with three short-handed goals.
The 23-year-old center also tied for the club lead with four shootout goals, three of which were game-winners. He had nine multipoint games last season, including a career-high five-point game Feb. 21 vs. St. Louis (1-4-5).
The Kings open the season Saturday at San Jose.


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There's a lot of talk this time of year about healthifying the holidays. And I get it. The average American is likely to gain weight during the eating season. How much weight? The estimates vary from 1 -10 pounds. But it doesn't really matter how much, because the research also shows that those extra pounds are likely to stick around. Cumulatively speaking, then, the … [Read more...]
Why I Gave My Daughter Chocolate Cake for Breakfast
I gave my daughter chocolate cake for breakfast this morning and I had some very good reasons! Reason #1: We broke our Yom Kippur fast last night with a feast, and when we got to the end of the meal my daughter said she wanted some chocolate cake, actually it was chocolate babka, but she was too full. So I said I'd save it for her. My message: It is safe for you to … [Read more...]
Healthy Eating Holiday Food Rules: Why You've Got to Have Them!
This holiday season, do your kids a favor. Set some food rules. Yes, you need some food rules. Then trust your kids to work out the details. Even young kids can do this. (And if yours can't...ask yourself, how are they ever going to learn?) It's the only way to teach your kids the right habits for a lifetime of holiday eating. New research confirms: Children … [Read more...]
How Parents Teach Kids to Lie About Hunger
Should you let your kids stop eating even if you suspect they're not quite full? Or let them eat if you know they're not hungry? The surprising answer is yes. Otherwise, kids just learn to lie. In most families, there is only one legitimate reason to eat: hunger. That means if kids want to eat something they have to say they're hungry, even if they're not. … [Read more...]
Talk is Cheap…But It Can Change How Your Kids Eat!
Want to change how your kids eat? Here's the simplest advice I have: Let your kids in on the game plan. In my experience, talking to your kids about how to eat is one of the most effective, and most overlooked, parenting strategies out there. Talk is cheap but it's effective. Talk to your toddlers often. Talk to your toddlers as specifically as you can. But don't … [Read more...]
Should My Child Get Dessert If He Doesn't Eat Dinner?
Almost every parent I know uses some version of the Dessert Deal: No Dinner...No Dessert. And I get it: The Dessert Deal works. Reluctant kids will almost always eat a few more bites of broccoli to earn their brownie. At the risk of alienating every parent out there, let me tell you why you should dump the Dessert Deal. The Dessert Deal teaches ALL of the wrong … [Read more...]
One for Girls, Two for Boys
When I was a child, my mother taught me that girls ate one cookie, boys ate two. Imagine the scenario: I would start singing this little ditty, "One for boys, two for girls," whenever the topic of cookies (or any kind of dessert) came up. Sometimes I'd even start skipping! It was cute. I was cute: this little thing, with blond pigtails high up on her head, skipping along … [Read more...]
What to Do When Kids are Hungry…
Kids are Hungry I've been thinking a lot about hunger lately. The natural reaction to hunger is to see it as a problem to be solved immediately. But what if that's the wrong response? Teaching children to accept, and cope with, a moderate amount of hunger is a good thing. Here's a favorite post that lays out 10 reasons … [Read more...]
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* Grassroots activists want power grids back in public hands
* Some 80 new public utilities set up locally
* Thousands of concessions up for grabs as licences expire
* Yet another headache for Germany's long-suffering utilities
By Vera Eckert
FRANKFURT, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The southern German town of Goeppingen, set in the Alpine foothills, is a magnet for tourists and famous for being the home of toy train maker Maerklin.
For activists in the German "Rekommunalisierung" movement that wants to take local electricity networks away from the big utilities and put them back in public hands, picturesque Goeppingen now has another reason to be proud.
Last spring, the town of 60,000 paid 23 million euros ($32 million) to buy back its power network from utility EnBW , in the biggest remunicipalisation in the southern state of Baden Wuerttemberg to date.
"We wanted to make our essential supply line free from speculation and to keep the local infrastructure in our ownership for a long time," mayor Guido Till, who has ruled Goeppingen for nine years, told Reuters from his town hall.
"We will keep more jobs in Goeppingen than EnBW would have secured in the long term," Till, 59, said. Prices have also come down as a result of the move.
The mayor, a former Social Democrat who now thinks the party is too left wing, enjoys cross party support and this was reflected in the move to take the town's power grid into local ownership.
Goeppingen's decision also reflects the mood in Germany, where opinion polls show two thirds of voters back green energy policies and would also prefer power networks to be managed by local suppliers.
EnBW said it had accepted Goeppingen's decision and successfully handed over the network to its new owners. But it said the fragmentation of German network ownership would not necessarily help the expansion of renewable energy.
The president of the German Federal Cartel Office, Andreas Mundt, has also spoken critically about buying back grids.
"It is important that these local companies do not shun the competitive market. We also believe that too much fragmentation of networks bears the risk of becoming inefficient," he said.
Nevertheless, since 2007, some 80 new local utilities have been set up to supply electricity, gas, water, and heat, according to their business lobby, the VKU, which represents 1,400 such companies.
There could be many more to come.
Some 8,000 out of 14,000 land concession contracts, mostly granted on a 15 or 20 year basis to private interests in the 1990s, are up for renewal between 2010 and 2015.
In a backlash against Germany's liberalised energy market, where power production and distribution are in the hands of a few large German and international groups, activists around the country are trying to claw back network assets into the public sector and are doing this with highly visible campaigns.
The movement is part of a Europe-wide trend of creeping renationalisation of the utilities industry.
With energy production more and more localised via countless solar panels and thousands of windmills dotting the German landscape, remunicipalisation enthusiasts want power grids to have the same local flavour.
"A bottom-up energy shift is to everyone's benefit," reads a Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) brochure.
But not all municipalities are motivated by environmental or ideological concerns. Local power transport networks yield steady fees for their public owners, while the local management gives their services a measure of proximity to boot.
Mayor Till said his approach was based on economics rather than ideology.
As a private concern, his city's grid would have to make a profit for investors, but as a public operation he can run it with a modest margin and keep tariffs low, he said.
The activists' biggest catch so far is Hamburg, Germany's second-biggest city, where Vattenfall has just sold back the remainder of the power grid it had operated for over a decade.
The city in 2012 bought 25 percent of the power and heat distribution grids from Vattenfall and wants to run them alone. It also bought 25.1 percent of E.ON's gas grid.
Vattenfall chief executive Oystein Loseth said last year he was not convinced the new trend makes sense.
"Clearly we see a political trend where the municipalities want to take over operation of the grids. My question is why," he said.
"Cities can spend their money on other things and not on buying back the grids because we are running those grids safely and smoothly and have done so for many years," he said.
In December, a remunicipalisation referendum in Berlin - also operated by Vattenfall - failed because not enough people voted.
Germany's utilities - already facing overcapacity, falling demand, the country's exit from nuclear power, and competition from subsidised renewable energy - are fighting back, stressing their expertise and financial strength.
RWE chief executive Peter Terium said his company did not see ownership changes as a threat, as his firm's stretched finances could actually benefit from outside capital.
But distribution grids that revert to public hands would soon find, like their previous private owners, "they will face the same challenges as everyone else," Terium said.


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Android Studio 3.1 Canary 4 has been released and fixed some bugs.
How to update Android Studio?
If you have installed Android from Canary or Dev channels, you can upgrade it as follows:
Help > Check for Update (Mac:Android Studio > Check for Updates
Known Issues in Android Studio 3.1 Canary 3 and how to solve?
1. For Mac users, there is a known issue with the following error when building an existing project with this release.
To solve this problem:
Select "Build> Clean Project" from the menu bar and execute clean build. Execution failed … > v1 signature (JAR signature) not yet generated.
2. For Kotlin developers, when building a project, you may encounter errors similar to the following.
This is an exception that is thrown out of memory by the Kotlin compiler daemon – even though your stack trace may indicate that the file ended abnormally: java.io.EOFException. To solve this problem, just try to build the project again.
Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugKotlin'. > Internal compiler error.
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The Office of the University Registrar utilizes several different systems in order to perform its duties. The office also helps to facilitate the use of some of the systems by other offices on campus. Please refer to the list of the primary systems on the left for more detail.
To request a standard report or a new or ad hoc report, please direct request to email@example.com.


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Ozone layer depletion is one of the most serious problems faced by our planet earth. It is also one of the prime reasons which are leading to global warming. Ozone is a colourless gas which is found in the stratosphere of our upper atmosphere. The layer of ozone gas is what which protects us from the harmful ultraviolet radiations of the sun. The ozone layer absorbs these harmful radiations and thus prevents these rays from entering the earth's atmosphere. Ultraviolet radiations are high energy electromagnetic waves emitted by the sun which if enters the earth's atmosphere can lead to various environmental issues including global warming, and also a number of health related issues for all living organisms. Thanks to the ozone layer which protects us from these harmful rays.
From the 1970s the depletion of the ozone layer started to capture the attention of the scientists, environmentalists, and the world community at large. There had been a lot of research on this topic over these years to find out all the possible causes that lead to this problem and the effects of ozone depletion. There has been also a lot of research to find out possible solutions to this problem. Let us see some of the important causes and effects of ozone layer depletion
Causes of ozone layer depletion
The main things that lead to destruction of the ozone gas in the ozone layer. Low temperatures, increase in the level of chlorine and bromine gases in the upper stratosphere are some of the reasons that leads to ozone layer depletion. But the one and the most important reason for ozone layer depletion is the production and emission of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). This is what which leads to almost 80 percent of the total ozone layer depletion.
There are many other substances that lead to ozone layer depletion such as hydro chlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Such substances are found in vehicular emissions, by-products of industrial processes, aerosols and refrigerants. All these ozone depleting substances remain stable in the lower atmospheric region, but as they reach the stratosphere, they get exposed to the ultra violet rays. This leads to their breakdown and releasing of free chlorine atoms which reacts with the ozone gas, thus leading to the depletion of the ozone layer.
Effects of ozone layer depletion
Let us see a few possible effects of the ozone layer depletion on the earth's environment and also on the plants and animals. The depletion of ozone layer allows entering of UV rays from sun into the earth's atmosphere which is associated with a number of health related and environmental issues. Let us see its major impacts on human beings
Skin Cancer: exposure to UV rays from sun can lead to increased risk for developing of several types of skin cancers. Malignant melanoma, basal and squamous cell carcinoma are the most common cancers caused by exposure to UV rays.
Eye Damage: UV rays are harmful for our eyes too. Direct exposure to UV rays can lead to Cataract problems, and also Photokeratitis or snow blindness.
Damage to Immune system: our immune system is also highly vulnerable to UV rays. Increased exposure to UV rays can lead to weakening of the response of immune system and even impairment of the immune system in extreme cases.
Aging of skin: exposure to UV rays can lead to acceleration of the aging process of your skin. This will result in you looking older than what you actually are. It can also lead to photo allergy that result in outbreak of rashes in fair skinned people
In humans, exposure to UV rays can also lead to difficulty in breathing, chest pain, and throat irritation and can even lead to hampering of lung function.
UV rays affect other life forms too. It adversely affects the different species of amphibians and is one of the prime reasons for the declining numbers of the amphibian species. It affects them in every stage of their life cycle; from hampering the growth and development in the larvae stage, deformities and decreases immunities in some species and to even retinal damage and blindness in some species.
UV rays also have adverse effect on the marine ecosystem. It adversely affects the planktons which plays a vital role in the food chain and oceanic carbon cycle. Affecting phytoplankton will in turn affect the whole ocean ecosystem.
UV rays will also affect the plants. UV radiations can alter the time of flowering in some plant species. It can also directly affect the plant growth by altering the physiological and developmental processes of the plants.
Effect of ozone depletion on environment
Ozone layer depletion leads to decrease in ozone in the stratosphere and increase in ozone present in the lower atmosphere. Presence of ozone in the lower atmosphere is considered as a pollutant and a greenhouse gas. Ozone in the lower atmosphere contributes to global warming and climate change. The depletion of ozone layer has trickle down effects in the form of global warming, which in turn leads to melting of polar ice, which will lead to rising sea levels and climatic changes around the world.
Ways to bring down ozone layer depletion
Ozone layer depletion is not something that affects any specific country or region. The whole world is vulnerable to its after effects. That makes it important for each and every one of us to take actions to reduce ozone layer depletion. International agreements such as Montreal protocol in 1987 have helped in reducing and controlling industrial emission of Chlofluorocarbons. More and more of such international agreements between countries is necessary to bring down ozone layer depletion. At individual level each and everyone also can contribute towards reducing ozone layer depletion. Buying and using recycled products, saving of energy, using of public transport can do a lot in combating ozone layer depletion. The most important thing that we can do is spreading awareness. Our individual efforts will go a long way in saving the earth's blanket and keep our planet earth liveable for us and our future generations.
The ozone layer is what saves the Earth and the living organisms from the harmful radiations of the sun. It is necessary to understand its importance and work to control the depletion of this layer.


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Hi, I have an umbrella cockatoo she is about 1 and a half years old and just gorgeous. just wanted to find out what it means when she wags her tail? she seems very happy but not sure. also wanted to find out when i pick her up out of her cage in the mornings she has started to pant as soon as she sees me now what does that mean? thanks
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Best Shot: "Pariah"
On this season of Hit Me With Your Best Shot we've looked at 80s fantasy (Ladyhawke), 60s zeitgeist drama (Bonnie & Clyde), 40s musical (Easter Parade), 30s gamechanger (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), 00s science fiction western (Serenity), and a 90s Asian masterpiece (Raise the Red Lantern). For this week's film, I chose something up to the minute, Dee Rees' Pariah (2011) just out on DVD.
I found this film so moving late last year that I cursed Focus Features for letting it be crushed in the December glut where it had no business being in the first place. The coming out story of a shy Brooklyn lesbian was far too small and ethnic and gay and feminine an indie to hook Oscar voters so why make it compete for that attention? This selection was my excuse to promote the film as it enters its second and hopefully warmly embraced life for home viewing; it gets better!
I say that with a wink but without a trace of sarcasm. You see though I didn't have time to rewatch -- I've been struggling lately offblog. Apologies -- my most vivid memory of the film visually, and what I thought I might choose, is either of the bookending shots on the bus. I still remember the curiousity and sympathy I felt near the beginning when watching "Lee" travel home on the bus late at night after visiting a gay bar and the cathartic mix of peace and tears I experienced at the finale when light floods on to our humble heroine. The two shots are like beautifully symmetrical start and end points on her gorgeously executed character arc, a curved frame if you will for Adepero Oduye's breakout performance. Not that this character arc is ending. Lee's journey has only just begun.
I'm thrilled to discover that both of these shots were chosen by one of our 'Hit Me' participants. Since Pariah is as much about Alike trying to find her community as it is about her self-discovery, I think this is an ideal opportunity to say a genuine and loud THANK YOU to the participating blogs that make "Hit Me" such a rewarding communal series I hope you're always clicking and reading them for multiple views on all these fine films!
- FILM ACTUALLY looks at clothing as a public declaration of sexuality
- ENCORE'S WORLD finds light from within
- AWWW, THE MOVIES cocoons you in the moving poetry
- SKETCHY DETAILS finds Rees use of color masterful and compares it to the work of Dario Argento (!)
- CINESNATCH loves the performances but can't quite connect with the film
- THE FILM'S THE THING is disappointed in the acclaimed indie but found Alike's double life reflections interesting.
- ANTAGONY & ECSTASY discusses the promise of Dee Rees and the bold recurring choices of artificial and "real" light...
...if all indie filmmakers thought about how to communicate visually as much as Rees has, American cinema would be in far better shape."
Next Wednesday on "Hit Me": The Exorcist (1973). Why don't you join in? I'll start early this week and make sure it happens. Nobody can ever believe that I've never seen it!


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I am at Vermejo Park Ranch in New Mexico leading my August photo workshop and managed to photograph the Perseid Meteor Shower above Castle Rock. I set up and worked two cameras. Once I got the exposure and focus set, I just set each camera so that the shutter button was held down by my cable release and it just kept taking pictures non-stop.
I set up so that the Milky Way was in the image along with the outline of Castle Rock. It was a bit frustrating because it seemed like the meteors were always just out of my composition, but I did manage to get a handful of meteors in the frame. Here is one of those, uncropped. You like?


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Lahore (Staff Report): Punjab Police have registered a case against Shaan Taseer, son of slain Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, under Section 295-A for allegedly committing 'hate speech'.
Shaan had released a video message wishing all the Christians in Pakistan, especially blasphemy accused Aasia Bibi. In the video, shared by Christian Times on social networking website Facebook, Shaan had criticised the misuse of blasphemy laws in Pakistan and expressed his solidarity with blasphemy accused Aasia Bibi, and Nabeel Masih, another Christian boy accused of blasphemy.
Punjab Police registers case of 295A (hate speech) under #NationalActionPlan against my #ChristmasMessage pic.twitter.com/EMbXNuM5dz— Shaan Taseer (@ShaanTaseer) December 31, 2016
Meanwhile, Sunni Tehreek also issued a Fatwa against Shaan, declaring him a "Wajib-ul-Qatal" (Liable to death) under Islamic law.
Shaan's father and governor of Punjab, Mr Salmaan Taseer, was assassinated on 4th January 2011 by his own bodyguard over the same issue of blasphemy. Using his own interpretation of blasphemy, Mumtaz Qadri, the elite police commando, mercilessly shot Taseer dead in the heart of capital Islamabad. He was later executed for the crime on 29 February this year.
Asia Bibi, a 50-year-old mother of five, has been languishing in jail since June 19, 2009 after being convicted of blasphemy during an argument with a Muslim woman over a bowl of water in a village near Nankana Sahib.


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Student-run conferences focus on the future
Over the past few months, a host of student-organized conferences at the Kellogg School have taken a fresh look at a multitude of business issues. The Business of Healthcare, Real Estate, Marketing (article one and article two), Private Equity and Venture Capital, and Black Management Association conferences addressed a broad range of concerns, including emerging opportunities to invest worldwide and ways to stay relevant in the changing global economy.
In addition, Kellogg students planned and managed two well-attended new conferences: the Africa Business Conference and the Sports Business Conference. Each event brought students, alumni and industry professionals together to discuss insights and trends in areas of rising interest to the business community.
Africa Business Conference
More than 250 alumni, students and professionals attended the Kellogg School's first-ever Africa Business Conference, which explored the theme "Emerging Africa: Value Creation in the Next Frontier." Keynote speakers and panelists at the Jan. 30 event emphasized that Africa needs businesspeople to take advantage of the continent's burgeoning opportunities. "You must change the way you perceive Africa," said Joseph Nyagah, the Republic of Kenya's honorable minister of co-op development and marketing. "It's changing politically, economically, socially. It's not like it used to be. The old Africa is gone. We have problems, but we are trying."
Other keynote speakers included Tunde Omotoba '03, Nigeria's minister of aviation; Vijay Mahajan, author of Africa Rising and a professor at the University of Texas; and Arnold Ekpe, CEO of Ecobank Group. Panel discussions focused on the impact of private equity and venture capital in Africa, governance in Africa and the African consumer marketplace.
Sports Business Conference
About 185 students, alumni and sports industry professionals turned out for the Sports Business Conference on Feb. 20. Speakers at the inaugural conference went into depth on the theme "Blazing New Trails: The Growing Need for MBAs in Sports." During a panel discussion on MBA sports careers, Vic Gregovits, Cleveland Indians senior vice president of sales and marketing, said MBAs are needed to help translate data on ticket trends and fan behavior into strategy. "Where you're sitting is good because sales and analytics are growing in our world," Gregovits said. "You've got to be smarter."
Kevin Plank, chairman and CEO of Under Armour, and Chris Granger, a senior vice president at the National Basketball Association, gave keynote addresses. Other panel discussions addressed entrepreneurship, sports sponsorship and the global world of sports.


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Use if you wish!
I also have all sorts of writing prompt pages I use to mix in (without attaching to the student's journals.) I love them because it allows the kids to focus more on the words and less on the pictures.
Looks terrific!
First Grade Blue SKies
Thank you! (I like your header!! :-)


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Crowdfund your dream vacation trip
Sam Wineman wanted to take a road trip this summer, but he didn't have the cash to bankroll his dreams. What the 28-year-old Sacramento, Calif. man did have, however, was Web savvy and a knack for recognizing humor in awkward situations.
Those attributes, along with help from the online crowd funding platform Kickstarter, allowed Wineman, an aspiring filmmaker, to raise more than $3,500 for a trip through the Western United States that included going on several blind dates to be featured in a Web series he's shooting.
Wineman's success is typical among a new generation of travelers who may not have the personal finances to support their wanderlust, but still manage to embark on once-in-a-lifetime trips by leveraging digital platforms — once intended exclusively for artists and entrepreneurs — as well as social media.
It's another iteration of the phenomenon known as crowd funding, which began with websites formed in the late 2000s that allow people from all over the world to contribute money to an individual's project or goal.
Initially, the concept behind these sites was to help raise capital for creative or entrepreneurial endeavors. For example, Indiegogo, a popular crowd funding platform, was aimed at filmmakers and launched at 2008's Sundance Film Festival.
Over time, however, many of these sites, which take a small percentage of the money collected, loosened their policies. Instead of raising cash for a creative project or a startup business, these campaigns are all about actualizing someone's personal dream, such as visiting Machu Picchu or climbing every 14,000-foot-plus mountain in the United States.
The relaxed restrictions mean that an increasing number of wannabe adventurers are taking to these sites to help defray travel costs.
A quick search on Indiegogo, which has ditched its film-centric mission and embraced an all-inclusive one, reveals pages of travel-related campaigns. Other sites, such as GoFundMe and When You Wish, show similar results.
Getting antsy with city life in San Francisco, where she worked as a photographer and massage therapist, Ashley Ross, 29, organized a hike from South Lake Tahoe to Canada along a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail, rounding up $600 to help pay for her trip on GoFundMe. She left in June and is still on her journey.
''I've already had a few unexpected twists and turn," Ross said, referring to a minor foot injury that kept her temporarily off the trail. "Other than that, though, it's been pretty fantastic."
The king of the crowd funding market, Kickstarter, hasn't pulled back its restrictions. The company allows only campaigns designed to produce a tangible creative project, such as a film, video game or music album.
This forced Wineman, who wanted to use the platform, to think creatively when planning his odyssey. A recent UC Berkeley graduate, he got the idea for his road trip/blind date project shortly after a bad breakup with his boyfriend of 3 1/2 years.
Imagining the comedic situations that might come out of being set up with strangers, Wineman recognized that others might be interested in seeing the trip.
''I thought it might be an adventure worth recording," Wineman said.
His campaign — to raise funds to travel with a small film crew through 12 cities and produce a YouTube series — launched on Kickstarter in mid-May. Less than 20 days later, Wineman successfully exceeded his $3,300 goal, allowing him to keep the $3,554 pledged.
He worked on designing perks for donors (such as handwritten postcards, personalized comedy songs and DVD copies of the series), promoting the project on blogs and planning the Web series.
Concluding the trip last month — which included stops in Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, West Hollywood and Palo Alto — Wineman is editing the series, with plans to premiere the first episode at the end of July.
Blake Boles, author of an e-book called "The Unschool Adventures Guide to Online Travel Fundraising," said most crowd-funding sites allow organizers to create and customize rewards for contributors. Using these effectively, Boles said, can result in a higher end tally.
Boles said successful rewards he's seen include homemade food, personalized tutoring, a promise to bring back a souvenir, and an introductory video guide to the travel destination.
(Contact The Sacramento Bee's Kurt Chirbas at email@example.com. Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.shns.com.)
Source: By http://www.standard.net/stories/2013/08/02/crowdfund-your-dream-vacation-trip – Scripps Howard News Service Fri, 08/02/2013
Link: http://www.standard.net/stories/2013/08/02/crowdfund-your-dream-vacation-trip


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NEW BRITAIN - The New Britain area local teams competed in the CCC Boys Tournament Championship at Stanley Golf Course in New Britain Thursday afternoon.
Mike McCarthy (75) led the Berlin boys golf team to a fourth place finish. The Redcoats shot a 320, which tied Conard for fourth place. Other scorers for Berlin included John Downes (79), Matt Czerepuszko (86) and Jacob Lindsay (86).
Southtington was right behind, shooting a 323 for sixth place.Newington landed in 19th place shooting a 378 as a team.
New Britain came in 22nd out of 26 team, tallying a 421 collectively. Tim Carrier was the team's best golfer with a round of 95. Johnny Morell, Arthur Bell and Dylan Washington capped off the Hurricanes effort with scores of 103, 107 and 116, respectively. Plainville rounded out the area teams, shooting a 428 for 23rd place.
The winner of the tournament was Avon with an impressive score of 306.


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Briton speaks about Russian spy suspect wife
A British man who claims he was married to alleged Russian spy Anna Chapman has been speaking about their relationship.
Alex Chapman told the Daily Telegraph he met Ms Chapman at a London party in 2002 and married her five months later.
He said he was "not surprised" by the arrest and his former wife said her father had been high up in the KGB.
Ten alleged members of a Russian spy ring were arrested in the US and one in Cyprus after an FBI inquiry. Bail hearings are currently taking place.
They were charged with conspiracy to act as unlawful agents of a foreign government, a crime which carries a sentence of up to five years in prison.
Meanwhile US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has insisted the country remains committed to maintaining positive ties with Russia.
Publicist Max Clifford said Mr Chapman, who was married to Ms Chapman for four years, said his former wife had become "increasingly distant" and "increasingly secretive" as their marriage progressed.
"The relationship changed and she became more and more distant, and spent more of her time mixing with the very rich and powerful people, going to film premieres," Mr Clifford told the BBC.
He said Mr Chapman had told him his former wife's father, Russian diplomat Vasily Kushchenko, had had a "huge influence" on her.
"The inference is her father was at the heart of everything that she did, so therefore the person that, if you like, was arranging the invitations, was making the contacts, would have been directly or indirectly through her father," Mr Clifford said.
He also said Mr Chapman had spoken to his ex-wife in the United States on Friday afternoon.
Mr Clifford described Mr Chapman as "exhausted" and "confused" about the situation.
He also said Mr Chapman and his ex-wife were still "good friends" and that she had reiterated her innocence.
In the interview with the Daily Telegraph, Mr Chapman, 30, from Bournemouth, Dorset, said he had first met his ex-wife's father on the couple's honeymoon in Zimbabwe in 2002, where Mr Kushchenko was serving as a diplomat.
"I asked her what her father's job was, and Anna just said he was there to represent the Russian government in certain areas of government.
"He didn't trust anyone. He asked me why I had chosen a Russian bride and asked what business I had in Russia, and I said none.
"He was scary. He would never introduce me to other Russian people who came to the house and he always seemed to have a lot more security than the other diplomats," he said.
He also told the paper: "Anna told me her father had been high up in the ranks of the KGB. She said he had been an agent in 'old Russia'.
"When I saw that she had been arrested on suspicion of spying, it didn't come as much of a surprise to be honest."
Mr Chapman was questioned by MI5 on Wednesday about his relationship with her.
BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera said MI5 and the FBI were in talks and a key question was whether Ms Chapman had been active as an undercover Russian agent in the UK.
"It sounds as if after becoming married she then began to change and began to take on a secret life.
"Which does suggest she may have been active in some way or at least preparing to become active while she was in Britain.
"If she was spying here, they might be able to find out who she was working with, what secrets she might have got," he said.
Ms Chapman, 28, worked in the financial sector for a few years after moving to London in 2002.
According to the Telegraph, she moved back to Russia when her marriage ended in 2006, before moving to the US where she established an online property venture.
Ms Chapman had her bail request denied by a US court on Monday.
Prosecutors say one of her co-accused has confessed to being an agent for the Kremlin. The suspect, who called himself Juan Lazaro, has admitted that was not his real name.
His wife, Vicky Pelaez, has been granted bail in New York after the judge said she was a US citizen and did not appear to have been trained as a spy.
On Friday court papers revealed that Michael Zottoli and Patricia Mills admitted to being Russian citizens whose real names were Mikhail Kutzik and Natalia Pereverzeva.
They and a third suspect, Mikhail Semenko, are due at a bail hearing in Virginia later on Friday.
The Foreign Office said it was looking into Ms Chapman's links to Britain.
But, amid concerns that the scandal would affect Russia's relationship with the US, Ms Clinton said the two nations were "looking towards the future".
Moscow initially reacted angrily to the claims but has subsequently said the affair will not harm relations.


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Usually it would be Wordless Thursday but…..
Terri and her family at Terri Terri quite Contrary is in need of some extra prayers today. If you click on this link you will find a post that will tell you exactly why Terri and family are in need of all those extra thoughts and prayers. I don't know if I could do what Terri is doing so Terri is officially one of the bravest women I know.
Good Luck Today Terri and Family!
The Un-move
Edited at 8:30 – After trying 7 times to get to my dashboard I am COMPLETELY fed up with wordpress and will be moving back to blogger. The new home address for Bumps In The Road is http://1bitrcountrygirl.blogspot.com. it really ticks me off that I actually had to do this after saying I wasn't but things happen and like I said I am COMPLETELY fed up with it. Apparently the new 2.6 version of WordPress is having a ton of problems too. I wonder if the wordpress "gods" are even trying to fix it or not?!
I had commented on a couple of blogs about Bumps moving back to Blogger, but that is indeed not the case. I tried for almost an hour to upload a photo for one post and it kept throwing me out so I won't be moving at all. I was wondering if anyone else out there using wordpress has been having troubles getting into their blogs? I have been having problems getting to my dashboard after I log in and that is what prompted the possible move back to blogger.
It is SOOOOOOOO Tirade Tuesday!
Well I know this is a couple days late but better late than never right? At work on Friday night we came as close to clean as we have in the past couple of months. We left behind 3 repacks of H&B to be backstocked at the store and 10 vehicles to be backstocked at the offsite warehouse!
To be honest with you all I'm in a place right now mentally when it comes to work that is basically what I like to call "Why Should I Give a Flip." I don't get out of bed on Friday – Monday to be taken advantage of by my fellow team members because I'm there until 7 in the morning. This has been happening to me and my fellow 7:00ers for over a year now and I've finally gotten to the point where I just don't give a flip anymore. I've addressed the issue with both of my bosses and one has actually tried to do something about it but the new boss has given me nothing but grief about my frustrations since she got here. So I'm just going back into "why should I give a flip" mode and pretend like I care. This is a very sour subject for me as you can probably gather from this post, you'll probably hear something similar to this later on too.
Makeover Monday….This week my "addiction" to hair dye
It's Monday again. To some it's the beginning of the work week and to some like me and my brother's fiancee it's our Friday (TGIF to us!). This week on Makeover Monday I'd like to discuss my "addiction" to hair dye. I was 23 before I even dyed my hair the first time. That first time I went to a shade of red called Burnt Sienna. From there on I've been anywhere from Bleach/Platinum/Champagne blonde, various shades of red (for those out there who are thinking of going red it will cost a little bit more to maintain because it fades faster than most other colors…found that out the hard way.), brunette and right now I'm a bronzed brown that I'm really happy with called Brazilian Brown….It has some reddish highlights in it so it looks reddish but it's not really. If you look at my hair growth page you can see a picture of it….It's the last picture on the page.
Have a great day everybody!
BITR Country Girl
So I was checking my e-mail this morning….
And I came across a very interesting e-mail from PBRnow.com. Basically what the e-mail said was that two of my favorite riders were in the August issue of Playboy magazine. Here I was all set to tell you all about my extremely frustrating night at work and then I came across that e-mail and well here is the link to check out the photo's:
I hope you enjoy them….I know I did!
BITR Country Girl
Odd News – NY man loses prosthetic leg while skydiving
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – An upstate New York man says he's still upbeat despite losing the same leg twice. Scott Listemann told the Poughkeepsie Journal that he laughs about losing his foot and lower leg "both the first time and the second time."
The lower leg below the knee, with a foot clad in a running shoe, flew off after he jumped from the plane but before the parachute opened. Listemann says he's sure "it will show up eventually."
Listemann has distributed flyers throughout upstate Gardiner and hopes someone will find his prosthetic leg and call him.
Odd news – Woman attacked by kangaroo saved by pet dog
SYDNEY, Australia – An elderly woman was attacked by a large kangaroo on a farm in Australia and was lucky to be alive after a pet dog leapt to her aid, her son said Saturday.
The 6-foot-5-inch kangaroo lunged without warning at 65-year-old Rosemary Neal as she went to check on some horses in a paddock on the property near Mudgee, 160 miles northwest of Sydney on Friday, son Darren Neal said.
The kangaroo "just jumped up and launched straight at her," Darren Neal said. "He hit her once and she just dropped and rolled. My dog heard her screaming and bolted down and chased him off.
"It wasn't for the dog she'd probably be dead."
Rosemary Neal was hospitalized for for deep cuts to her face, hands and back and a concussion, he said.
Kangaroos are widespread across Australia and there are dozens of species in the family, ranging from tiny, 17-ounce potoroos to Red Kangaroos, the world's largest marsupial that can grow past 6 feet tall and weigh more than 200 pounds.
Most species are not considered aggressive toward humans, and attacks are extremely rare. But males fight each other for mates, rearing up on their tails to scratch at the soft belly flesh of their rivals with the powerful legs they more commenly use for their trademark leaps.
Darren Neal said mobs of kangaroos had become common on their farm and his mother thought nothing of walking through them in the paddock. Usually, they just jump away.
"My mum is 65 years old and about five-and-a-half foot," he said. "Her whole body is sore where she has dropped to the ground."
Added new photo's and a Thank You
I just wanted to put out there that I have added some new photo's to Bumps in the Road Photography. Also, if you go over there and check out that blog you can pick any of those photo's also as ones that could potentially go to the fair. Basically any picture on here or there besides the one's that I've added from other sites like satisfaction.com or mynicespace.com are fair game. Also, I wanted to say thank you to all of those who have been giving me input on what photographs to take to the fair. I really appreciate it a lot. Have a great weekend everybody!
BITR Country Girl
Thankful Friday
So here we are on week three of Blessed1's challenge. Here is what I'm thankful for this week:
1. I am thankful that I am NOT the one moving….moving isn't exactly the funnest thing in the world to do to begin with but when you have less than two weeks until moving day and you don't have a thing packed well that's just NOT my cup of tea right there.
2. I am thankful for my days off of work. Especially right now going into one of our busiest seasons besides christmas. I get three whole days off to do as little as humanly possible and destress myself so I can get up and become stressed out for 4 whole days starting on Friday night.
3. Again I'm thankful that my vehicle still has a defunct battery in it. It's keeping me at home so I get the things that I need to get done here done. Plus, my vehicle not working right now is actually saving me some money. I carpool with my brothers fiancee cause we work at the same place the exact same shift….so all I'm really spending money on is my 1/2 of the gas for 2 weeks.
4. I'm thankful that my family is healthy. You never know what tomorrow might bring so I'm really thankful for this one.
5. As I am every week, I'm thankful for my blogging buddies. You guys are just AWESOME!
P.S. I should really write down what i'm thankful for so I don't forget them by Friday!
I know it's Wordless Thursday….
But I just could not wait to get your opinions on the photo's I've been through so far in my quest for some to enter in the fair. So here are 24 that I kinda like please tell me what you think.


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The beginning of December brings more than just the holiday season. It also marks the annual Older Driver Safety Awareness Week (ODSAW) developed by the American Occupational Therapy Association. The week, December 5-9, highlights the importance of providing comprehensive mobility and transportation options to ensuring older adults remain active in their communities. The aim is…
Tomorrow starts 2017's Dump the Pump Da
Tomorrow starts 2017's Dump the Pump Day! StarMetro of Tallahassee will be offering free fair all day. Contact your local transit authority and see if they are participating #Dumpthepump #TransitisGolden http://ow.ly/wiZ330cAHUT
Older Americans Month
Today concludes not only the month of May but what is known as Older Americans Month. The Administration for Community Living along with the Administration on Aging celebrate our nations older Americans each May to encourage individuals, communities, and programs to share what older adults have to say. This year's theme, Age Out Loud, was…
You Hold the Keys to Your Transportation Future
What an empowering thought it is to know that whether you drive, walk, ride transit, or bike, you can create your own transportation plan that suites your needs. The ability to get to the places you like to go regardless of your situation can be achieved by a bit of planning, some community resources, and…
Transit is Golden in Alachua County
This May, the older adults of Alachua County were introduced to the Transit is Golden Safety Event. This event was developed by the Safe Mobility for Life Coalition and the Florida Public Transportation Association (FPTA) to celebrate and showcase local public transportation options as a safe way for older Floridians to leave the keys behind…
Everything I Learned When I Biked To Work For A Week In LA: A BuzzFeed article
Did you know that May is also Bike Safety Month? BuzzFeed has this great article on how the author convinced herself to commute by bike for an entire week. Read for great tips on how to get back up on that bike and how to do it safely. Read "Everything I Learned When I Biked To…
The Top U.S. Cities for Self-Driving Car
The Top U.S. Cities for Self-Driving Cars | Fortune.com http://ow.ly/rC5830bzbJE There is so much more to autonomous vehicles than originally imagined. The Top U.S. Cities for Self-Driving Cars explores data to target where these vehicles are going to have the greatest impact, including areas with higher concentrations of residents over 65 years of age. So…
We hope to see you tomorrow at the Flori
We hope to see you tomorrow at the Florida Capital courtyard to celebrate Florida Senior Day! We will be exhibiting in front of the Senate bldg from 10-2:30. http://ow.ly/Y0vB30akxmo
A new survey by AAA finds that 54 percen
A new survey by AAA finds that 54 percent of drivers said they feel less safe at the thought of sharing the road with a driver-less vehicle… but what about sharing the sidewalk? Co-founders of Skype create a new kind of delivery man. The kind that moves on wheels and heeds all traffic signals. You…
AARP has created a Walk Audit Took Kit t
AARP has created a Walk Audit Took Kit to help individuals, groups, and local leaders to assess how walk-able your community is. Download here http://ow.ly/9nEt30aa30L
Tampa will be home to FDOT's first-ever
Tampa will be home to FDOT's first-ever protected bike lane – with plans to introduce them in other parts of the state! Bicyclist are Golden ❤ http://ow.ly/i0YW3091Sz7
Will driverless cars change retirement?
Will driverless cars change retirement? Only if wary seniors embrace them – The Globe and Mail http://ow.ly/DDUO3091RVs
FL Gov wants to waive fee for elderly dr
FL Gov wants to waive fee for elderly drivers who trade in license for a Florida ID – http://ow.ly/xl5n308BLZr


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IT'S a funny thing, but although Italy are one of the few major rugby nations who you would get even odds on us beating, you always get the feeling we hate playing against them.
Over the years, they have, of course, inflicted a few traumatic defeats on us and these may be lodged deep in our collective rugby psyche. But beyond that, the two teams' respective styles just don't seem to get along, and the matches often end up a proper slog for players and supporters alike.
Last week's game was a pretty good case in point, and showcased some of the issues in rugby that have the casual viewer rushing to switch to X Factor. Endless scrum resets, a paucity of clean attacking ball and defences constantly having the upper hand don't make for a fun-packed Saturday evening. However, hardcore rugby fans know that if you endure enough of the dull stuff, your patience will (eventually) be rewarded with a passage or two of decent play.
Scottish fans got their reward in the last 25 minutes, when the team got some possession for the first time in the match and a bit of quick ball miraculously started to appear.
Scotland looked sharp and ambitious in that period, although they might have been slightly disappointed with some of the accuracy of their passing. The big difference from Scotland squads of the past is that there are now a number of backs who can change the game. With a few certain starters still to come in, Peter Horne and Henry Pyrgos have confirmed to Vern Cotter that he has options if he is looking for players who can spark something from nothing.
Sean Lamont, too, has provided a couple of try-making moments and it is quite amazing to see an outside back performing well at international level at the age of 34. Whatever you think of him as a player, you have to admire the discipline and professionalism it takes to keep himself in such outstanding nick, and also the implacable positivity he brings to the Scottish game. To play for Scotland, with all that that entails, for as long as he and the likes of Ross Ford have done takes a particular kind of mental toughness. You could argue that it is actually more impressive than the longevity of a Victor Matfield or a Kevin Mealamu, as at least when they are dragging their middle-aged limbs round the training pitch on a Tuesday morning they are almost guaranteed a win at the weekend to make the pain worthwhile.
Scotland have options in a couple of other positions. Richie Gray made an absolute mess of a normally very good Italian lineout and looked the dominant forward on the pitch. With Grant Gilchrist having made an impressive return from injury and Jonny Gray a shoo-in, we can pick from three top class second rows. The back row is a different story. At the moment, its final make-up seems governed more by uncertainty than by choice. Who will end up as first pick blindside is anyone's guess, although you get an inkling that Ryan Wilson may just be the front runner after a great finish to the season with Glasgow. After last week, John Hardie is probably slight favourite for the openside spot. He was smashing boys in the tackle, was hard to shift at the breakdown and looks a seriously tough dude. He certainly justified his plane fare over.
We don't have a Sam Burgess figure to dominate discussion and column inches in the run up to this World Cup but it's fair to say that the debate over qualification criteria is Scotland's current cause celebre. Let's be honest, sentiment and expedience play a large part in how readily the public welcome non-Scottish Scotland players. In Hardie's case, openside is a position where, unless you are Richie McCaw-class (which only one person is), it may be difficult for fans to see what it is about a foreigner that makes him markedly better than homegrown players like John Barclay or Hamish Watson. And therefore harder to accept his being parachuted in. On the other hand, if Josh Strauss proves over the next few months to be the influential, yard-making, tackle-breaking No 8 at international level that he is for Glasgow, or WP Nel can come in and solve the current dilemma at tighthead, you imagine that a lot of the nagging concerns over their provenance might be pushed to the back of our subconscious.
There are clear arguments for changing the current system, but at the moment we are quite right to use the rules to our advantage. Every other country does it, and we certainly aren't in a position where we can afford to occupy the moral high-ground.
Again, my own doubts only really come into it when there is not clear daylight between the import and his direct Scottish competition. But when someone is prepared to risk life and limb for their new country in the harshness of the Test arena, as John Hardie did last week and Cowan has done for the past year, you have to give them the benefit of the doubt.