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Have combination type of skin? Here are 7 face packs you should try.
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7 face packs-How are you doing? Let me share some ideas today with all of you fabulous readers; it shall undoubtedly help. There are fur skin types- oily, dry, normal, combination. All of these types need different types of care. The care or oily skin won't be the same as the dry, so on and so forth. Let's discuss some home remedies for a combination type of skin.
Here are the 7 face packs you should try.
So what exactly is "combination skin"?
Having combination skin type means that your skin is both oily and dry. The t zone usually is oily while the cheeks are normal to dry. So let's look at some homemade packs, they are natural, healthy and affordable.
Lemon Juice with honey
Squeeze some lemon juice into one spoon of honey to form a paste. Keep this pack on for 15 minutes. Lemon can remove the tan whereas honey helps to moisturize the skin. It's great for combination skin.
Curd with rosewater
Add rosewater and honey to a spoon of curd. Mix it well and then apply the paste. Let it stay for 10 minutes and then wash the face. Curd helps restore moisture whereas rosewater tones the skin.
Curd and Oats
Oat can make a great scrub and can remove dead skin cells along. Grounded oats with curd can make a great scrub which could be applied to the face. Concentrate more on the T-zone rather than the cheeks. Massage smoothly and wash it off with water.
Lemon and Banana
Lemon can fight the oiliness away whereas banana makes up for a great moisturizer. Mash bananas, dab in some lemon juice and mix well to form a fine paste. Apply this to the face. Let it stay until dry, before washing it off.
Honey and Cucumber
This one works beautifully for combination skin type. Extract some juice from the cucumbers and then add some honey. Mix it well. Apply the mix to the face and let it dry thoroughly. Now wash it off with cold water.
Banana and Egg whites
Egg whites are great for hydrating the skin. It can tighten the skin, whereas bananas can help moisturize the skin. Put mashed bananas into egg whites. Add this to the t zone first and then the rest of the areas of the face. After 10 minutes, wash it off.
Cucumber, Milk powder, and Curd
This pack is great for summers as it gives you a refreshing effect. Mix cucumber juice, curd, and milk powder. Apply this mix on the face. Wait for it to dry before washing it away. It will lighten and brighten the skin.
Try using these packs at least once a week to see marvelous changes happening to your skin in no time.

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Have you ever wanted to meet other Athabasca University graduate students in person? If so, this is the event for you! Mark your calendars; on Thursday, January 13th, 2011, in Edmonton, Alberta, the AUGSA will be hosting its first ever in-person networking event.
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St. John's wort Revisited
Dr. Joan Roberts
IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons Web site / Eye lens, National Eye Institute / WNYC.org Web site/ Dr. Joan Roberts Interview 2007
(Continued from Part One)
A newly published study in the journal, Current Eye Research, is raising questions about an herbal remedy commonly used to treat depression.
To find out if St. John's wort (SJW) use was linked to the debilitating eye condition of cataracts, epidemiologists from the University of Alabama, gathered data on more than 31,000 people age 40 or older.
They found that those who reported cataracts were 59% more likely to also report they had used SJW for at least a year.
This was the first time a correlation had been seen in a human population linking SJW and cataracts confirming the direct cause-and-effect that's been seen in the lab for more than a decade.
Beginning in 1999, a published study in NewScientist by Dr. Joan Roberts and colleagues from Fordham University, found the active ingredient in SJW, hypericin, can react to visible and ultraviolet light to produce free radicals. The reaction damages proteins in the crystalline lens of the eye, which can lead to a loss of clarity in the lens, the definition of a cataract.
The frightening thing about the findings is that the effects may not be seen for up to a decade, as cataracts can take five to 10 years to form and are symptomless.
Dr. Roberts is a Professor of Chemistry at Fordham University in New York City who has studied the negative effects of UV radiation and visible light (cataracts, ocular melanoma, macular degeneration) and positive effects (circadian rhythm) of visible light on the human eye.
Besides Fordham, she has worked at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
IB News Editor Jane Akre interviewed Dr. Roberts recently about the findings in the human population which echo her own.
IB: It's interesting you said you are a proponent of natural, complementary medicine, otherwise I, and others who read this article, might put this in a category of the movement against complementary and natural alternatives by the pharmaceutical industry.
"I support complementary medicine and natural alternatives to prescription drugs. However, the herbs and over-the-counter drugs need to be safe as well as effective"
IB: So what if we recognize the side effects and wear a hat and wraparound sun glasses, then label the "herb" and use it as we would a drug, accepting the risk for the benefit it yields?
"The primary side effect of damage to the eye is through a phototoxic (light induced) reaction. The same reaction in the skin causes exaggerated sunburn. It hurts and so this is a signal for you to keep your skin out of the sun when using SJW. However, the damage to the lens (and retina) is not painful and you will not know you have damaged your eyes until it is too late"
"As far as protection, SJW absorbs both UV and visible light. A hat will be some protection but most damaging light to the eye is through reflective light. Wraparound sunglasses will primary block UV light. You need visible light to see and any sunglasses that block visible light will also prevent you from seeing. You can't really protect your eyes from visible light.
"As for Benefit vs Risk: Trading blindness for a reduction in depression is not, in my opinion, an acceptable risk"
IB: How loud should the warnings be, and how certain are we it should be removed from the market? Is this a correlation or causation?
"Right out it may cause blindness in the presence of light, sunlight or artificial light. This could lead to blindness. I would label it like cigarettes, not hidden or subtle, that doesn't scare anybody. No shades of grey. So minimally we need much better labeling, that's more important than anything. Proper labeling is first and foremost before you pull off the shelf then people have a choice. If you want to go blind take it.
"In Germany and Switzerland, they sell supplements in specific herbal shops that are strongly monitored and regulated so you know what they say in the label is in the bottle."
IB: I like your explanation of a sort of sunburn on the retina. Is that the simple way to describe what happens after ingesting SJW and exposure to light?
"Yes, in simple terms it produces an inflammation reaction similar to sunburn on the retina. (formal: produces reactive oxygen species which damage retinal tissues).
IB: Do we know if there is any safe dose, or any time period that one can avoid this damage?
"STW is not toxic, it is phototoxic but is damaging at low levels in the presence of UV and/or visible light."
IB: Should it absolutely be taken off the market in all forms for everyone?
"I cannot make that call. I am not a regulator."
IB: Since your research began 10 years ago, why haven't we heard more about this in the mainstream media, FDA, alternative or complementary medicine community?
"There have been several reports in peer reviewed journals on drug interactions and SJW, and on skin phototoxicity. My work on ocular phototoxicity of SJW has been reported in public journals, such as: People's Pharmacy, New Scientist, ITV in England, Reuters."
IB: While the study out last month talks primarily about cataracts, you also include macular degeneration. What is the difference?
"The mechanism of damage is the same, light + SJW = reactive oxygen species resulting in damage to retinal tissues as well as lens tissues. Visible Light reaches the human retina."
IB: What do you say to users of SJW?
"Try another complementary method for instance "Light Therapy" for Seasonal Depression. NEVER mix Light Therapy with SJW."
IB: Can the FDA really regulate SJW given all that it has on its plate and no resources to do so? The natural/ alternative/ complementary /health food community is very sensitive to any FDA regulation so what do you forecast for SJW and are there any others that should be regulated?
"I do not comment on regulatory agencies. But the FDA is aware of phototoxicity to the skin and eyes of over-the-counter, herbs, supplements and prescription medications. They have just opened up a new center in Arkansas to study these problems."
IB: The study out last month, can you comment on how it differs or echoes your work from 1999, 2004 and 2007?
"The study out last month is a clinical epidemiology study of human eyes. My studies are in vitro (cell) assays using human eye cells that predict potential ocular phototoxicity. In vitro studies come first to define the problems and then MD's continue with clinical studies represented by the paper you were discussing."
IB: The assumption is that natural means safe and that herbs are harmless. But many people don't realize that modern day drugs are often extracted from herbs. What do you say to those who naively believe if it comes from the ground and not a pharmacy, it must be okay.
"Just because it is natural, does not mean it is safe"
IB: At the same time SJW seems to show some ability to highlight cancerous cells? Might there be some application for that in the future?
"Hypericin, the phototoxic agent in SJW, is being used clinically in Singapore to kill tumor cells. This is called photodynamic therapy (PDT), which is Dye + Light kills tumor cells. There are many different dyes that are used for this purpose."
IB: Just sort of a curious question - if an herb has been used for centuries for its medicinal qualities, doesn't that give some credence to it?
"SJW had been used for centuries in Europe (England, Germany) where there was little intense sunshine, particularly in the winter. With the introduction of JET travel, many Europeans go to the south of Spain and Italy to relieve depression or for vacation. Americans go to Arizona or Florida for intense sunshine. So more people are now exposed to intense sunlight than at any previous time. Hence the increase in phototoxic reactions to SJW and prescription drugs."
Robert says finding hypericin in the eye is fairly easy as it is fluorescent and can be seen when looking at the eye using a method called ocular fluorometry.
She is particularly concerned because symptoms of depression caused by Seasonal Affective Disorder, usually strikes during the winter when there are fewer hours of daylight.
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Q&A with 'Fauxbama'
The News-Journal met with Obama impersonator Sean Banks at his oval table, sort of, in his Gray House. Here's a snippet of the exchange:
Q. Hey, this is not the White House ...
As president of the United States, it's my duty to take care of the job that's needed. Whether it's the White House, or Air Force One, which is a White House in the sky, or a three-bedroom, two-bath, two-car garage, in Deltona, Fla., I will do the job.
Q. Now that you've killed Osama bin Laden, how soon can my brother come home from Iraq?
That's a good question, and first I would like to give my absolute gratitude for what the troops overseas are doing. How they are protecting our country, it is necessary for them to still be there. They will return when everything is as it needs to be.
Q. When you talked about job creation, did you have any idea that 'Obama impersonator' was going to be one of them?
That was on the very forefront of my mind during the election process. That was something I have been working on. It is something we continue to do to this very day.
Q. Where are you keeping Joe Biden these days?
Someplace where we don't have to worry that he's going to keep putting his foot in his mouth.
Q. Does the job of Obama impersonator come with health care?
Ironically, in leaving my day job, I had to give up my health care for the year, so everything has had to be out-of-pocket.
Q. Can I see your birth certificate?
I have it locked away with Joe Biden.
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· SNAPSHOTS: Portraits of Local Lives
DELTONA -- Sean NgYing was at the Guitar Factory one day, checking out photos on the wall.
He brought his Squier Telecaster in for some repairs and noticed a picture of what looked like President Bush with his guitar. He asked a clerk about it and was told no, the photo wasn't of George W. Bush, but rather a Bush impersonator, John Morgan, who "makes tons of money" dressing up like the president and showing up at places in a blue suit and red power tie.
NgYing -- a reading teacher at Pine Ridge High School who played his guitar in church -- thought about what a cool gig that must be. "I wished I looked like a president," he said. "I didn't know the next president of the United States was going to look like this."
Then along came Barack Obama.
NgYing and President Obama are of mixed ethnic backgrounds. Both are moderately tall and strikingly thin. Both wear their hair short, bringing out their ears.
Fast forward a few years, and Sean NgYing -- who has since taken the stage name Sean Banks -- found himself on a stage, playing guitar with John Morgan as Obama and Bush, making music together.
NgYing, 42, doesn't live in the White House, or even a white house. His is a gray one-story with a red roof, where he lives with his wife, Judy, also a teacher who he met when she was in the classroom next door to his, and his 21-year-old stepdaughter Victoria, a Daytona State College student.
A native of Howell Township, near the Jersey Shore, NgYing sounds like a politician when asked about his racial and ethnic background.
"I usually tell people 'all of the above.' I say my grandfather was from China," he said. "I do tell people, much like the president, I've got a bunch of different ethnicities. I leave it to their imagination."
Ngying said he grew up mostly in "white America," and did not identify with his ethnic background. And he said he is sensitive to people who might question a man with a mostly Asian heritage portraying a man who is half African.
NgYing, who voted for Obama, said he admired the president's recent trip to Ireland. Obama joked he had gone to the town of Moneygall, home of his great-great-great-grandfather, "to find the apostrophe we lost somewhere along the way."
Those moments of presidential humor seem to be fewer and further between with Obama than his predecessors, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, making him less easily mocked. NgYing said that's made developing his impersonation more challenging.
"He's not funny," NgYing said. "He doesn't lend himself to humor ... Barack Obama is so straightforward. There was the appearance at the (White House) correspondents' dinner, where he was a riot, but other than that, he's not."
Janna Joos, founder of International Celebrity Images, a talent agency for lookalikes, said there are 20 or 30 professional Obama impersonators, more than the seven or eight during the Clinton era. But all struggle with making Obama fun, and Joos has a theory why.
"I'll give you two words: Politically correct," she said. "For some reason, there is almost a hands-off. They treat him with kid gloves."
Joos believes people are hesitant to poke fun at Obama in the same way they did Bush, because they don't want to be viewed as racist.
Even still, NgYing believed he might have a shot at earning president-like pay by turning his act into a full-time gig. This year, he took a leave from his job as a teacher and made himself available as Obama 24-7.
He got his hair cut more to resemble the president's. He worked on Obama's staccato speech and hand gestures. He even bought a podium with a presidential seal.
But the work has been sporadic.
"When I get work, it's really, really good. I get paid usually four digits," he said.
So if he got one job a month, he could pay his mortgage. But at times, it's been lean. Joos said the entire celebrity lookalike field has been hurt by the economy.
"I thought by next year, I was gonna have $200,000," Ngying said. "Instead, I've got close to 200,000 miles on my car."
He has gotten jobs that have taken him to Washington, D.C.; Las Vegas and Michigan. And he's been called to work in Miami several times, including once at a 50th birthday party, and another time at a wedding. He's also used the impression as a political tool, standing on street corners urging people to vote in the 2008 election, and, most recently protesting Gov. Rick Scott's approach to closing the state's budget gap.
It looks as if NgYing will be back teaching next school year, but he's still holding out hope the Obama impersonation will catch fire.
"I think there are other really good teachers who could step in and teach the children," he said. "I do consider myself a good teacher. I also think you might as well have some fun in life, too. This is more fun than teaching."


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In the video and walkthrough below, we'll go through some advanced ways to use Sponsored Messages with Octane AI and Facebook Ads Manager. Specifically:
- What are custom Facebook audiences and event data?
- Where you can find custom Facebook audiences and event data
- How to set-up a discount campaign that targets users using Add to Cart event data
- Other ideas for using custom Facebook audiences and event data
The secret power of Sponsored Messages is that they can be triggered based on custom Facebook audiences and event data.
What are custom Facebook audiences?
A custom audience is a type of audience that you can create made up of your existing contacts. You can target ads you've created on Facebook, Instagram, and Audience Network.
What is event data?
Event data are events that are sent from into Facebook Ads Manager that you can use to create custom Facebook Audiences.
For example, later we'll be creating a campaign using Add to Cart event data to create a custom audience of people who have added to their cart.
This means that when someone adds to their cart, that data is tracked and sent into Facebook Ads Manager as an event.
Where can you find custom Facebook audiences and event data?
Within Facebook Ads Manager, under the Ad Sets level (Not Campaign or Ad) you can find the Audience section by clicking Edit.
Here, you can exclude saved audiences or create new audiences as shown below.
To find event data from your site, create a new Custom Audience, and select Website Traffic sources.
Here you can see the events sent in to Facebook Ads Manager that you can use to create a new custom audience. For example, if someone added to wishlist or viewed content.
Let's Create a Campaign
To create a Sponsored Message campaign:
- Set-up your message in Octane AI
- Edit and turn on your messages in Facebook Ads Manager
This campaign will be to send a holiday discount code in a sponsored message, and a follow up sponsored message that will target only customers who didn't add to their cart from the first message. We'll target using custom Facebook audiences and add to cart event data.
In your Octane AI back-end, go to Facebook Ads and click New Sponsored Message. You can now name and add a message you'd like to be sent. Here I've added a product below to send people to my site:
I'll then name the Campaign and create a new Ad Set under the campaign. You can then set your budget as you like and target your audience to All Subscribers. This ad I will want to send to everyone who has engaged with my Messenger.
Now, I'll create the second message that I'd like to send as a reminder to those who didn't purchase from my first Sponsored Message that I just created.
When creating this ad, I want to select the same Campaign, but a different Ad Set so I can target the custom Facebook audience within Facebook Ads Manager later.
I'll leave this targeted to all subscribers, to change in Facebook Ads Manager. And press create to create the draft for Ads Manager
Now you can see both messages listed in your Facebook Ads section.
You'll notice that when you click on each message, you have the ability to edit only the message portion of that Sponsored Message. This you can edit before you publish the message live and it will reflect in Facebook Ads Manager. Any other edits (like to budget or audience) is done within Facebook Ads Manager.
So let's go over to Facebook Ads Manager to make our final edits.
Within the Ad Sets for this Holiday Discount Campaign, I want to edit the audience for my second message that will send as a reminder.
I'll click on Edit, and scroll down to Audience.
Here, I can create a new Custom Audience.
And by clicking Website Traffic as a source, I can use Octane AI's add to cart event data to create a new custom Facebook audience.
For this message, I'd like to send it two days later and target the same audience as the first message excluding those who added to their cart. The people who added to their cart would have either purchased or been eligible for my abandoned cart flow.
Now that my custom audience is created, I'll go ahead and exclude people within this custom Facebook audience.
Now, I can publish the first sponsored message, and in two days time publish the second sponsored message which will target those who did not add to their cart from the first sponsored message.
Using this new knowledge about custom Facebook audiences and event data - you can get creative! Post them in our Facebook Community!
Here are some cool ideas:
- Product Finder: Ask the customer their preferences and show them products that match.
- Customer Satisfaction: Ask the customer about their shopping and product experience.
- Newsletter Signup: Collect email address in the conversation and automatically sync it to an email platform like Klaviyo.
- Incentives: Offer a discount code in exchange for the person to answer questions or submit information like an email address, location, or phone number.
- Sales Conversations: Automate the first part of a high-touch sales conversation, and then hand off to a human to complete the sale.
- Browse Abandonment: Send a message to people who are connected to you on Messenger and go to your website, but don't add anything to their cart.
- Instagram Promotion: Message people who are connected to you on Messenger but do not follow you on Instagram.
- New Sale or Products: Message people who are connected to you on Messenger about a new sale or product.
- Cart Abandonment: Send a follow-up message to people who have items in their cart, but haven't purchased yet.
- Prompt a Referral: Ask customers if they enjoyed their delivered product and, if the response is positive, encourage them to share their referral link with their friends.
- Quizzes: Create conversational quizzes to engage customers.


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Amazing icons
I normally don't get overly excited by png's but yesterday, whilst hunting down launcher icons, i came across a site and i was honestly not prepared for what was inside.
The quality and variety of the icons was breath taking, the creators have obviously put in a lot of hard work and it shows.
Some of the packs like the "Grinch" (top right preview) is pure genius and made me purchas the $5 bundle
Each icon pack includes 330+ icons (380 icons in packs marked as UPDATED) with more icons to be added in future updates.
Here a couple of previews:
Below is the link to the site, go and check them out.
Stealthychief icons
Released: Reflections
Go launcher ex theme + icon pack
A full list of icons are available HERE.
To request icons please use the contact form HERE or leave a comment below.
Google Play link:
3D Metro UI icons???
Ive created a number 3D top down Metro UI style images based on/using yankoa's amazing MetroStaion icons over at deviant art >>LINK<<. With his permission i will publicly share them in a number of colours and will accept colour requests.
Yankoa if your reading this your icons kick ass.
Here's a sneak preview:


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There's no question, female characters are held up to different standards than male characters.
Take Wuthering Heights, which is one of the most outrageous and baffling example of this. Cathy, an unarguably spoiled and selfish brat, gets hated on a lot more than Heathcliff, who is verbally and physically abusive, controlling and manipulative, ready to destroy just about anyone for his "revenge". It makes my stomach roil when the same readers who call Catchy horrible names actively romanticize Heathcliff.
I have so many thoughts on Wuthering Heights, which we're not going to get into today, because this post was not meant to be on in-depth analysis of classics. Instead, I'll be concentrating on fiction from more recent years, with special emphasis on fantasy, and anti-heroines.
I do believe that today, we are not only given fantastic female leads, but – in my experience – readers are generally more accepting of characters' flaws, and appreciate when a female protagonist is complex and imperfect. Seeing badass, powerful, soft and all different kinds of women in main roles makes my heart burst with happiness. And the fact that novels – especially within the Young Adult age category – are becoming increasingly more diverse is honestly the best thing ever. We still have a long way to go, but there is progress.
This year, I finally got to two series that's heroines were marketed as cunning, cruel and even villainous. I was hyped, to say the least, because the thing is, I could name quite a few series with such male characters, but few, if any, with such females. Unfortunately, I felt a tad bit let down.
I was sad to see that the anti-heroines/female villains were not given an ending that I would call positive, nor did they have (m)any pleasant moments throughout the series. Now, these stories are 1000% valid and appreciated, and I fully believe they're a great addition to the fantasy genre, and have outstanding heroines. Moreover, it is important to highlight that these two protagonists made their own decisions about what they wanted, which is fantastic, and I highly-highly-HIGHLY appreciate that.
But it was these series, and my disappointment over the lack of positive ending for these ladies, that made me wonder if I could recall any novel where a non-male protagonist with villain qualities ended up redeemed and survived. Or better yet – not redeemed but content with her life, whatever that means for her.
To tell you the truth, I still can't think of a YA series like this. However, interestingly, there are quite a few where a male villain or anti-hero has been either redeemed (in a way that, you know, lets him stay alive) or simply accepted by others as he is. Take a look at the following examples:
Is it because readers tend to forgive male characters more easily? As my Wuthering Heights example showed, (and boy, I could tell you so many more like that!) people will excuse male characters in the same breath they condemn female ones for similar or smaller (!) flaws and mistakes.
Even truly despicable male characters are excused by readers rather easily – and again, this is no shade to anyone who likes these characters! Do they have some redeeming quality, or something that makes them attractive or the object of pity? In most cases, yes – Cardan (The Cruel Prince) doesn't have it quite as easy as expected, Snape (Harry Potter) was fighting on the right side nearly all along, and I could go on. The Darkling, Voldemort, Dorian Gray... these are downright villains who still receive great treatment from many fans.
And listen, we can all love a great villain, and even look for excuses for them - it is in everyone's right which characters they support. My question is - why are there so many mainstream male villains and anti-heroes, who are getting appreciation? Obviously, female villains exist - but they are rarely (if ever) loved the same way, why is that?
I did some research for this topic, which involved looking up lists of anti-heroes and anti-heroines. I suppose you won't be surprised to hear that in every case, men were heavily dominating these lists. I wasn't. What did surprise me, though, was seeing anti-heroine lists, with the term being used correctly in the article (!), and still have characters like Jane Eyre appear on them. Isn't the bar too high for female characters when a classical heroine is called an anti-heroine for being (somewhat) unconventional for her time?
I decided next to closing this post with some anti-heroines, who I really loved to read about. Plus, seeing how there weren't that many in that category, I'm also leaving you some epic morally gray women. Enjoy!


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Growing Pains in a Growth-Stunting Family
Living With and Leaving Behind a Narcissistic Parent
If the expression "you're only as sick as your secrets" could be applied to one category of people, it would most definitely be family. Since the breakdown of the classic nuclear family circa 1950s white suburbia, the meaning of that word has changed.
For me the meaning of family began to change in 2012 when I began meditating and reading philosophy, and soon realized to my horror just how flawed my childhood was.
Growing up, I was scared all the time; I was insecure and couldn't make a decision without Mommy by my side. My mouth would turn to cotton if I had to speak in front of class. I wouldn't raise my hand even if I had the right answer. I was bullied by classmates and drawn to friends with oppressive characteristics.
Rather than encouraging me to grow, my mother seemed to enjoy this. On the outside, though, we looked like the perfect mother-daughter relationship, the kind you only see in movies.
At home I would usually play on my own, either reading or putting together a puzzle, with her sitting there. I don't remember a single time where she read to me. Many of our conversations consisted of her using me as her therapist. I was the parent child, and she would sit there for hours talking to me about ex-boyfriends and how my grandfather mistreated her. Little did I know the damage it would cause later on, when I realized there were things about my mother I wish she'd never, ever told me.
When something bothered me my feelings would get invalidated. She'd make sly comments about crushes I had on boys as if my feelings for them were wrong. One time I clearly remember her saying, "Why do you need a boyfriend, don't you have enough love at home?" Yes, apparently no one would ever "love" me like Mommy did. This is the classic abuse scenario, but specifically a case of narcissistic abuse.
The narcissist makes you believe you're helpless and unable to do anything without them. On the outside they will exaggerate their talents and accomplishments to make up for how small they feel inside. They only love you as long as you play the part. Any ounce of truth can send them into the legendary narcissistic rage, which is what happened once I entered adulthood.
Now the fantasy was over. Night upon night I was confronted with yelling and name-calling. She would tell me I had to "speak to a doctor." June 2014 was when things escalated. After climbing out of the shower one night, I could hear my mother speaking to herself. When I asked her who she was talking to, she started accusing me of hearing voices.
I went into my room and slammed the door furiously, but since the door couldn't lock properly she followed me and grabbed me by the arms. I freed my arm from her grasp but it was covered in bruises from her fingers. As I was heading for the kitchen, she pulled me by the hair and pinned me on the bed. She told me to "calm down."
I went into my room and slammed the door furiously, but since the door couldn't lock properly she followed me and grabbed me by the arms. I freed my arm from her grasp but it was covered in bruises from her fingers. As I was heading for the kitchen, she pulled me by the hair and pinned me on the bed. She told me to "calm down."
During that summer I directed a short film, and it wasn't until a few weeks later when two more similar scenarios occurred that I finally decided to move. The cops, having come to our house at least six times before, weren't surprised to find my dog and I waiting in the police station entrance. After being interrogated for two hours, on Sept. 27 2014 at four o'clock in the morning they drove us to my grandmother's.
Thus began my search for a room and my signing up with a counselor at Concordia's mental health department. The first appointment is a triage, where they have you fill out a form with a list of questions involving medical history, drug and alcohol issues, and whether you've had mental health issues in the past.
I remember coming in feeling like the world was ending. I was depressed, having spent the summer barely sleeping and rarely eating. I was sure I had post-traumatic stress disorder.
Constant triggers occurred that would make me feel the same anxiety—every time I heard a person speak in the same tone as my mother, whether in a movie or in real-life, my mind would go into defense mode. Two days after I left, my mother got kicked out of the apartment due to a number of complaints from neighbours. I made her believe I was going to join her at her new apartment to avoid drama, and promptly moved to my new house exactly one day before she was supposed to move. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, I was going to overcome this.
It's been two and a half months since I've seen my mother, and despite questions from relatives, I don't know when or if I'll see her again. Upon trying to call my grandmother I was confronted with nagging and guilt trips, which made me realize I made the best decision. Aside from my roommates, my group of friends are like a band of brothers and are there for me in ways my family never was.
To anyone reading this that has lived or is living the same path, there's no shame in starting over. A blank canvas gave me the chance to create the life that's best for me, rather than carrying the burden of an outdated legacy. Counseling and therapy have taught me that family is a personal definition. Sometimes it isn't the people you grow up with that matter most, but those who will grow old with you, and who will push you to become a better person with time.
Sometimes walking away doesn't mean you don't care; it means you're wise enough to see that some people only change once you leave them. Like Winston Churchill said, "If you're going through hell, keep going"—which is what I did, and on the other side I found paradise.
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Tenants in Barrachnie are settling back into their homes after a large-scale redevelopment. Feedback from tenants has been very positive and they are feeling the benefits of the redevelopment. One tenant John Sneddon has lived in his home for 42 years and it was the family home of his wife and her family since the 1940s. John said, "At first I was reluctant to get the work done as I didn't want the hassle however I am happy I changed my mind. Everyone involved has been helpful and friendly and if I have had needed something fixed it has been done straight away. Before the redevelopment the house could get quite could but since I have moved back in it is much warmer."
The positive feedback was echoed by Euphemia Brisbane who has stayed in Barrachnie for 13 years. She commented, "I was a wee bit worried about getting the work done but I am glad I did as it has really improved my home life. The process was straightforward and when I was decanted the company even made sure to put my furniture in the same place I had it! Everyone has been so helpful and the work is great, my house feels a bit bigger."
WSHA began on the £.1.2 million project in August 2018 with completion due in June 2019. The project has been undertaken by contractors including GDN and has included electrical re-wire, new kitchens and bathrooms and external paintwork.


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Final Thoughts
Personally, I prefer the Otterbox cases as they have never failed me when it comes to protection. However, we all have our personal preferences and as such, you'd choose the case that best suits you. These are the best Google Pixel 3 XL cases and where to buy them.


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The Fortunium Theme
The steampunk theme, which combines old-style characters and clothing with a futuristic backdrop, is not new, yet it is not something that is found in bulk on slots sites. When playing this slot, it feels different from others from the same category, possibly due to the detailed graphics or the layout, which is unusual when compared to many slots on the market right now.
All of the symbols on the reels continue the theme, with futuristic contraptions and characters donning unusual outfits. Even the characters names, Victoria and Maximillian, fit right in. Although the soundtrack does include the familiar clicks and pows found in classic slot games, it also has an almost whimsical background track that wouldn't feel out of place in a film.
How Fortunium looks
As you would expect from the theme, this slot features a heavy presence of metal with brass and gold accents throughout. This is evident on the reels, buttons and the entire background, which is a neutral brown shade to match the metal on show.
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The 5 x 5 grid is outlined by a gold and brass border, which continues inside the reels when a winning combination has been spun. The symbols all continue this colour scheme, with the playing card symbols including a golden edge and all special symbols being made even more evident by a thick golden border. Even though the playing card symbols are made up of vivid blue, orange, red and green, they somehow still fit in with the rest of those on show.
The slot is optimised for mobile use and therefore has all of the betting options neatly tucked away behind a handful of symbols shown at the sides of the reels. This includes a Win Booster option, which becomes an important symbol as you begin to play.
How to play Fortunium
There are no complicated instructions or betting options to figure out when you click on this slot thanks to the minimal options on show. This includes the red spin button on the right and an image of a coin that allows you to customise your stake.
When you click on this, a pop-up will outline the possible bets, with a coin size and coins per line available to adjust to your liking. Players can select between 0.01 and 0.50 for the coin size, and they can change the coins per line from between 1 and 25. This means that players are able to select a minimum bet of 0.10 and a maximum of 125.00 per spin.
You can also choose one of the pre-set quick bet options on the left to save you from moving each slider up and down until you find the right stake.
These bet amounts all depend on whether you have selected the Win Booster on the main page. If the green light is on, it means that the Mystery Symbols have been boosted, a surefire way to win more, yet it also means that your stake will rise. When the Win Booster symbol is lit, your minimum and maximum bets will change from 0.10 and 125.00 to 0.15 and 187.50 to take into account the additional features that are in play.
Above the Win Booster symbol, you'll find three lines that will take you to the settings and paytable. In the settings, you can turn the sounds on or off or decide whether you want to use the Quick Spin option. This allows the reels to spin more quickly, which means you aren't waiting for each spin to land.
The Fortunium Paytable
When you click on the paytable option, you will see the slot instructions and details related to the symbols and potential features. The first thing that you'll notice is the claim that you can win up to 100,000.00 on this slot, which is a massive amount for any type of player. It also goes on to mention features such as the Win Booster, Mystery Symbol, Scatter, Wild and Free Spins, but we'll discuss those more a little later.
The lowest-paying symbols on the reels are the club, diamond, heart and spade playing card suits. The blue club pays out 12.50. 25.00 and 150.00 for three, four and five of a kind, while the green diamond pays 12.50, 37.50 and 187.50 for the same number of matches. The heart pays out a little more with 25.00. 62.50 and 225.00 on offer, while the spade symbol will reward you with 37.50, 75.00 and 250.00 when you land three, four and five of them. These totals are all in play when you have selected the maximum bet option, so the figures will be lower if your stake is less.
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Features of Fortunium
The Win Booster is the first feature to appear in this slot thanks to its placement on the main screen. Players must decide whether to have the booster on or off, and it comes at a small cost if you choose to activate it. If you choose to leave this feature on during your spins, it will boost Mystery Symbols.
These Mystery Symbols can appear during any spin and will reveal a high, low or Wild symbol. When you have the Win Booster activated, it will increase the likelihood of spotting them on the reels and will reveal only high symbols or a Wild. This means that you might be lucky enough to uncover a full reel, or five, expanding wilds to create a massive winning combo.
The W symbol is the Wild and will pay out 25.00, 125.00, 500.00 and 2,500.00 if you manage to find two, three, four or five of them on the reels. This symbol also substitutes for all other symbols, minus the Scatter, and stands in their place to create a winning combination.
The Scatter is the green symbol and will reward players with 125.00, 250.00, 2,500.00 and 12,500.00 for finding two, three, four or five of them. If you find three or more Scatters, you will also trigger 10 free spins. When this happens, you are taken to a lift where brass and gold cogs turn and a puff of steam helps to transport you to the free spins feature.
When the doors open, you arrive at your feature and can watch as the reels spins on their own. This feature not only gives you free spins, but it also activates between one and three Mystery Reels, plus a further free spin for every Scatter than you land. During this feature, the two characters, Victoria and Maximillian, are stacked five high, while all other symbols are double stacked.
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Fortunium Basic Review
With its 5 x 5 grid and 40 paylines, Fortunium instantly draws you in. Its impressive steampunk-style graphics and excellent features on offer make you want to keep those reels spinning. From the standard Wilds and Scatters to free spins, mystery symbols, stacked symbols and the Win Booster, this is one slot that certainly has a lot going on.
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Fortunium FAQ
Can I play Fortunium for free?
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Does Fortunium have free spins?
Yes, it does. In order to trigger the free spins feature, players must land three or more of the Scatter symbol on the reels. They will then be taken to the free spins bonus, which also includes Mystery Reels and stacked symbols, plus the chance to win more free spins.
Can I win real money when playing Fortunium?
If you are playing at Slots Temple, you are unable to play using real money, and this means that you cannot win real money, either. Instead, you can use the credits that come with each new game to bet as you please. If you do want to use your own real money to play this slot, you can sign up and place a deposit with one of the online casino sites that include Fortunium within their collection.
Are there any tips or cheats for playing Fortunium?
As with all slots, a Random Number Generator is used to determine the results, so there is no way to influence the way that the reels land. This ensures that each spin is completely random and therefore fair to all players.
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A good red wine – AcaciaJuly 18, 2011
I usually try different wines and I found that Acacia's Ponot Noir (2007) tastes pretty good. I bought two boxes of them. Before I finished the last bottle, I took the picture as showing above. Since I didn't know this winery, I searched for its website. When I opened its URL, a surprising message pops up:
Building an egg shaped cabinMarch 7, 2011
This is a translation from Ruan Yifeng's blog. There are 100 images in this entry. You might need to refresh your browser to get them loaded.
At the end of 2010, the media reported that there appeared an egg shaped cabin inside an area in Haidian District, Beijing (北京海淀区).
Armless Pianist Liu WeiOctober 13, 2010
I saw this video from YouTube's topvideo listing and was immediately touched.
Lost his arms from an accident at age 10, Liu Wei (刘伟) from Beijing never gives up living strong. He managed to do everything with his feet and started to learn to play piano at age 19. His dream is to become a musician. He is now 22 and just won the China's Got Talent Show on Oct. 10, 2010. In the final, he played piano and sang the song "You Are Beautiful", perhaps his vocal is not the best render of this song, but the power and inspiration of his zest for life won him the final. Bravo! Liu Wei's motto is,"I have two options – I can die as fast as possible, or I can live a brilliant life. And I chose the latter." Congrats to Liu Wei!
My First American Friend Charles SmithFebruary 3, 2010
I came to the United States as a graduate student in late 1980s with my broken English and $100 in pocket. And I was put into a classroom in front of American students one week after I landed here. I was their TA for Calculus II. One of the students was Charles Smith. It was at the University of Houston.
Charlie was not a teenager student. He had worked several years before he decided to go back to school and to get his bachelor's degree. He was a very nice gentleman.
QiXi Story – The Chinese Valentine's DaySeptember 23, 2009
Lovers meeting on the bridge of magpies
"QiXi" (七夕) is the Chinese Valentine's Day. It is a legend of love story, but there are several versions. Here is one version:
Long time ago, there was an orphan living with his brother and his wife. He is smart and diligent, but his sister-in-law still dislike him. Every morning before sun rise, she pushed him to go to mountains with oxes for food. So, everybody called him "Niulang" (牛郎, literally "cowherd"). After a few years, He and his brother split the property. His sister-in-law gave him a poor-conditioned shelter and an old ox. From that day on, Niulang fed the ox in mountains and collect firewood during the day and slept with his ox in the cowshed at night.
Get an Expired Reservation BackMay 21, 2009
I was planning a trip from San Francisco, CA to Norfolk, VA. On April 23, I reserved a ticket from the United Airline for $317, which I must pay by April 24 midnight, EST. The flight was really good: Departure at 1 p.m., one connection, arrival at about 11 p.m. The price was really good too. By 10 p.m. PST, I realized that I had not paid it and it passed the deadline already. I hurried to my computer and found the reservation was gone. I am messed up. (more…)
Bike Disappeared from GarageMay 15, 2009
May 15 (Thursday) is the bike to work day in the Bay Area. But my bike was stolen. It happened one evening when I left car garage door open. Someone walked into my garage and took it away. I told the story to my coworkers and to my surprise, it happened to couple of them too. One said his bike was a good one: $600+ of his investment. Obviously, this kind of incidents is quite popular. So, I would reminder readers of this blog: Lock your bike, close your garage door.
Note: According to Wikidepia, Bike-to-Work Day is an annual event held on the third Friday of May across the United States and Canada that promotes the bicycle as an option for commuting to work. Since many people work from home on Fridays, it makes sense to adjust this event to one day earlier.
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Risk of a Melt-Up
After a +24% rise in the S&P 500, Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager appears on CNBC and Bloobmerg and states "We have a risk of a melt up, not a melt down". Seems Legit… Be careful what you wish for…
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Cats are lazy by nature, which partially explains what's happening here on the blog. However I did manage to find time to cobble together some notable quotes for you to use at cocktail parties or financial media interviews. Throw some of these between sound-bytes from my Talking Points generator. "The stock market is like a […]
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PHILADELPHIA - Twelve years to the day after President Obama first offered Americans the promise of moving beyond paralyzing partisanship, he took the stage here at the Democratic National Convention at a time when the nation is more starkly polarized than before.
But instead of shying away from the themes he spoke so eloquently about in 2004, the president returned directly to them in his 44-minute address on Wednesday.
In a pointed rebuke to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, Obama argued that the common American values and ideals he identified in his first national address remain as true today as they did then - even if it's hard to see them.Poll: Obama job approval | InsideGov
The GOP convention last week in Cleveland fanned "resentment, and blame, and anger, and hate. And that is not the America I know," Obama said. "The America I know is full of courage, and optimism, and ingenuity. The America I know is decent and generous."
As he offered an enthusiastic primetime endorsement of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, Obama implored the public "to reject cynicism, reject fear, to summon what's best in us."
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It's not that Obama does not acknowledge the public's frustration over what he referred to, in his State of the Union address, as "the rancor and suspicion between the parties that has gotten worse instead of better." He said the state of affairs in Washington is "one of the few regrets of my presidency."
But in several addresses since then, the president has implored the public not to give up on American democracy and the often messy political process, and challenged his supporters to redouble their commitment to the slow and difficult work that can bring about change.
On Wednesday, he touted Clinton as someone who has been in the White House with him during her time as secretary of state and has put in the hard effort. "Hillary's been in the room; she's been part of those decisions," Obama said. He contrasted that with Trump and sought to isolate the New York business mogul even from his own party, saying the Trump-led GOP is not consistent with Republican or conservative values.
It is a "deeply pessimistic vision of a country where we turn against each other, and turn away from the rest of the world," Obama said.
He then reminded his audience of their common bonds, offering a more positive vision of a nation whose diversity makes it stronger.
"I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together - black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young and old; gay, straight, men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance, under the same proud flag, to this big, bold country that we love," Obama said.
With approval ratings topping 50 percent, aides said, Obama is in a desirable political position heading into the fall to act as Clinton's surrogate-in-chief. The former secretary of state has sought to tie herself closely to the president whose cabinet she served in as they make the case for a third consecutive Democratic term in the White House.
Clinton thrilled thousands of supporters at the Wells Fargo Center by joining Obama unannounced on the stage after his remarks for an emotional embrace and an arm-in-arm wave to the cheering crowd.
But aides said the president was adamant that, despite his healthy poll numbers, he did not want his convention address to resemble the kind of valedictory speeches given by other two-term presidents - Ronald Reagan in 1988 and Bill Clinton in 2000. Obama explained to his aides that he wanted to clearly enunciate the stakes of the election and the stark choice that voters face in selecting his successor.
The president began discussing the address last month with senior aides, including chief speechwriter Cody Keenan, who has worked at the White House for both of Obama's terms.
As he has done before working on all major speeches, Keenan reread Obama's 2004 keynote address at the Democratic convention in Boston, which he delivered while running for the U.S. Senate from Illinois.
In a briefing for reporters Wednesday afternoon, a senior administration official said that the appeal of that speech was "not because it was lofty, naïve thinking, but I think a lot of people saw universal truths in there, that we're still always looking for."
The official added that Obama "didn't say there are no red states or blue states, but he said that we play Little League in blue states and we don't like people snooping around in red states. That all still holds true. I don't agree that's a uniquely Barack Obama sentiment; I think he just said it pretty eloquently. But that's the story of America. That's there. He's not painting a picture of an aspirational one, but something we have to every once in a while remember has been in front of us the entire time."
Before putting anything on paper, Keenan left Washington for his honeymoon, but after returning he offered Obama a first draft of the speech last week. The president worked through at least six drafts, tinkering until 3:30 a.m. after watching his wife, first lady Michelle Obama, deliver her rousing convention address Monday. Aides suggested there may have been a touch of spousal competitiveness at play.
The president then needed just a single dry run, reciting the speech out loud in the Map Room on Tuesday, before pronouncing himself satisfied. (It ran 30 minutes without applause, but clocked in at 44 minutes on stage in Philadelphia.) Obama aides contacted the Clinton campaign this week to offer them a summary of the address.
Toward the end of his remarks in Philadelphia, the president, as he did in 2004, used his own biography to illustrate the ability of the nation to bridge differences. He said his white grandparents from Kansas did not discriminate on race or ethnicity or even politics - but rather respected hard work and honesty and kindness across the board.
"America has changed over the years," Obama said. "But these values my grandparents taught me - they haven't gone anywhere. They're as strong as ever; still cherished by people of every party, every race, and every faith. They live on in each of us. What makes us American, what makes us patriots, is what's in here."
The president tapped on his chest and added: "That's what matters."


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BACKGROUND: Research on the relationships between adolescent and parental disordered eating (DE) and emotion dysregulation is scarce. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore whether mothers' and fathers' own DE, as measured by SCOFF questionnaire, and emotion dysregulation, as measured by the difficulties in emotion regulation scale (DERS), were associated with their daughters' or sons' DE and emotion dysregulation. Furthermore, the importance of shared family meals and possible parent-related predictors of adolescent DE were explored.
METHOD: The total sample comprised 1,265 adolescents (M age = 16.19, SD = 1.21; age range 13.5-19 years, 54.5% female) whose parents had received a self-report questionnaire via mail. Of these, 235 adolescents (18.6% of the total sample) whose parents completed the questionnaire were used in the analyses. Parents' responses were matched and compared with those of their child.
RESULTS: Adolescent girls showed greater levels of DE overall than did their parents. Furthermore, DE was associated with emotion dysregulation among both adolescents and parents. Adolescent and parental emotion dysregulation was associated, although there were gender differences in the specifics of this relationship. The frequency of shared dinner meals was the only variable that was associated to DE and emotion dysregulation among adolescents, while parental eating disorder was the only variable that enhanced the probability of adolescent DE.
CONCLUSION: The present study contributes to the literature by demonstrating that there are significant associations between parents and their adolescent children in terms of DE, emotion dysregulation, and shared family meals. Future studies should break down these relationships among mothers, fathers, girls, and boys to further clarify the specific associational, and possibly predictive, directions.
BACKGROUND: Using the person-oriented approach, we determined the relationships between four indicators (restraint and eating, shape, and weight concerns) of disordered eating (DE), as measured by the self-reported Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q), to identify typical DE patterns. We then related these patterns to clinical EDE-Q cut-off scores and emotion dysregulation, depression, self-esteem, and two categories of DE behaviors (≥2 or ≤1 "yes" responses on the SCOFF questionnaire).
METHOD: Typical patterns of DE were identified in a community sample of 1,265 Swedish adolescents (Mage = 16.19, SD = 1.21; age range 13.5-19 years) using a cluster analysis. Separate analyses were performed for girls (n = 689) and boys (n = 576).
RESULTS: The cluster analysis yielded a six-cluster solution for each gender. Four of the six clusters for girls and five for boys showed scores above the clinical cut-off on at least one of the four DE indicators. For girls, the two clusters that scored above the clinical cut-offs on all four DE indicators reported severe psychological problems, including high scores on emotion dysregulation and depression and low scores on self-esteem. In contrast, for boys, although two clusters reported above the clinical cut-off on all four indicators, only the cluster with exceedingly high scores on shape and weight concerns reported high emotion dysregulation and depression, and extremely low self-esteem. Furthermore, significantly more girls and boys in the most problematic DE clusters reported ≥2 "yes" responses on the SCOFF questionnaire (as opposed to ≤1 response), indicating clear signs of DE and severe psychological difficulties.
CONCLUSION: We suspect that the various problematic DE patterns will require different paths back to a healthy diet. However, more research is needed to determine the developmental trajectories of these DE patterns and ensure more precise clinical cut-off scores, especially for boys. Comprehensive understanding of DE patterns might be of use to healthcare professionals for detecting DE before it develops into an eating disorder.
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Although Disordered Eating Behaviors (DEB) is an ill-defined concept, multiple studies have examined prevalence of DEB and its relations to other variables in various populations. DEB have been shown to predict more serious eating disorders which in turn can lead to death. Mostly girls seem to suffer from DEB, but the question has been raised whether this, at least, partially is due to the methods used for screening. The SCOFF-questionnaire has been suggested as a quick and easily administered tool to assess DEB. However, the psychometric results regarding SCOFF suggest some inconsistencies, and more research is needed in various countries and age samples.
To validate SCOFF, a total of 1265 Swedish adolescents (51.6 % girls) completed self-report questionnaires using the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) as a reference standard.
The factor analyses show inconclusive results as to whether SCOFF should be regarded as a comprehensive scale; furthermore, the results indicate a correlation between SCOFF and the EDE-Q in both girl and boy samples. Girls scored significantly higher on SCOFF and also had a higher total score, indicating more severe problems than boys.
The results raised questions as to whether the SCOFF might be interpreted and responded to in different ways by girls and boys, risking overlooking boys' DEB and also whether one "yes" answer, instead of the stipulated two, could be sufficient when using SCOFF for screening purposes. In sum, the results challenge the use of SCOFF in a general adolescent population.
Previous research has shown that about 30% of adolescent girls and 15% of adolescent boys suffer from disordered eating (DE) which can be defined as problematic eating below criteria for eating disorders according to DSM-V (Hautala et al., 2008; Herpertz-Dahlman et al., 2008). Even sub-clinical unhealthy weight-control behaviors have predicted outcomes related to obesity and eating disorders five years later (Neumark-Sztainer et al., 2006). However, two issues question the validity of DE. First, in contrast to eating disorders, under- or overweight/obesity are not necessary parts of DE. Second, some symptoms and correlates of DE are similar to those of depression. E.g., parent-adolescent relationships seem to play an important role in explaining both DE (Hautala et al., 2011; Berge et al., 2010) and internalizing problems (Soenens et al., 2012). Thus, this study examined associations between DE and a wide range of internalizing and externalizing problems, parent-adolescent relationship characteristics, and food intake and sleep habits in a general population of adolescents. Comparing results with and without controlling for depression reveals whether DE is a specific problem or merely a depressive symptom. This study also explored whether DE and the other variables under study are associated independently of weight status (underweight, overweight/obesity, and normal weight), specific to under- or overweight, or spurious if taking weight status into account.
The study is based on the first wave of an on-going longitudinal study, and all measures are child-reported (N=1,281). Adolescents attending grades 7 to 10 in a Southern Swedish municipality (age 12.5 to 19.3, M = 15.2, SD = 1.2) filled out questionnaires in class. DE was measured using the SCOFF, a five-item screening scale validated for use in general populations (e.g. Muro-Sans et al., 2008; Noma et al., 2006).
The results of univariate ANOVAs indicate that associations with DE were largely independent of weight status. Moreover, most associations with disordered eating were spurious when controlling for depression. However, some associations remained. Above and beyond depression effects, adolescents with DE reported lower self-esteem, stronger feelings of being over-controlled by their parents and active withholding of information towards them, consumption of fewer meals during the week, and higher levels of daytime sleepiness. Boys with ED slept more hours during the week and ate more fruits and vegetables than boys without ED. In conclusion, despite an overlap between depressive symptoms and disordered eating, this study provides ample evidence that sleep, nutrition habits, self-esteem, and parental control issues distinguish eating disordered adolescents from those suffering from general depressive symptoms.
Poster paper presented at the 15th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Austin, TX, USA
Associations between parenting behaviors of support, behavior control and overcontrol, and psychological control/disrespect with adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems have been studied extensively (Barber et al., 2012; Kerr & Stattin, 2000), and also adolescent behaviors of disclosure and secrecy in the context of these problems (Frijns et al., 2010). However, few studies have assessed how parent and child behaviors might moderate each other's associations with problems (Keijsers et al., 2009). This study investigates interaction effects of the above-mentioned parent and adolescent behaviors when predicting depression, loneliness, and low self-esteem (internalizing), and delinquency, aggression, and drug/alcohol use (externalizing). Given the variety of behaviors and problems under study, it is hypothesized that various kinds of moderation effects will emerge.
An ethnically diverse sample of 1,281 adolescents attending grades 7 to 10 in a Southern Swedish municipality (age 12.5 to 19.3, M = 15.2, SD = 1.2) filled out questionnaires in class. All scales have been published internationally; however, some items were added to short scales. Each of the internalizing and externalizing problems was regressed on all possible combinations of one of the four parenting variables and one of the two adolescent behaviors under study, resulting in 48 regression analyses.
Confirming previous findings, parent psychological control and overcontrol were associated with internalizing and externalizing problems, and behavior control and insufficient support with internalizing problems. Adolescent disclosure predicted low levels of both kinds of problems and secrecy predicted high levels. Two-way interactions of parent and adolescent behaviors added significantly (p < .05) to the variance in 13 of 48 analyses which is beyond chance level (p < .001). In addition to the inspection of significant effects, t-values across all analyses were analyzed in order to distinguish between more general trends and solitary effects on specific internalizing or externalizing problems only. Confirming the hypothesis, interaction effects varied across the combinations of parent and adolescent behaviors (η2 = .26) and were further moderated by the distinction between internalizing and externalizing problems (η2 = .38). These effects were grouped into five kinds of interaction effects: In mutually enhancing and mutually exacerbating effects, two positive or two negative, respectively, behaviors increased each other's associations with problem levels. In protection effects, usually adolescents' behavior reduced associations between negative parenting and problems. Relationship split effects might reflect an alienated parent-adolescent relationship in which negative behaviors cannot do much additional harm. Finally, maintained relationship/sabotage means that the lowest level of problems occurred if one generation maintained the relationship by a positive behavior and the other generation abstained from "sabotaging" it by a negative behavior. Otherwise, problem behaviors increased sharply without the other generation's behavior having any large effect any longer.
In conclusion, analyses provide ample evidence that adolescents' behavior moderates links between parents' behaviors and adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problems. Possible causal interpretations include adolescents as "gatekeepers" of parenting efforts, families' functional and dysfunctional adaptations, and parent and child behavior combinations as consequences of internalizing and externalizing problems.
The fundamental cause of weight-related problems, from obesity to anorexia, is an imbalance between calories consumed and calories expended. The "nutritional status" concept embraces more than food-intake. It elucidates the dynamics between supply, demand and factors that affect metabolism, energy balance and energy expenditure. In recent years, major changes in the spatial-temporal structures of everyday life that could be possible contributors to weight-related issues of adolescents have emerged. A modern life style of low activity, irregular meal times, late-night food intake, stress and sleep deprivation possibly leads to a disturbed regulation of food intake which further can generate physical and/or psychological illnesses. Traditional studies of eating behavior use food diaries focusing on the average intake of energy and nutrients (e.g. Bellisle et al., 2003). Such methods are demanding for the respondent and require details about consumed amounts. A "Meal Matrix" (Lennernas & Andersson, 1999) has been used in studies of several different Swedish cohorts (e.g. Wissing et al., 2000). The Meal Matrix consists of seven food categories and eight different meal "types". Categorization is based on visible properties (food types) but at the same time reflecting invisible properties (nutrients). In the present study the Meal Matrix was developed further to be used as part of a questionnaire in a study of eating behaviors in 1281 adolescents between 12 and 17 years old in a southern Swedish municipality. Meal patterns in adolescents were assessed in relation to time of day for intake, sleep and physical activity. The aim of the study was to 1) test a self-report concept for food based classification of eating behaviors in adolescents, 2) to evaluate the nutritional quality of food and meals among them and 3) to get information about the rhythm of eating and slee-ping in relation to time of day and the biological clock.


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BMLL wants to put up a museum celebrating the Negro leagues at Rickwood Field. Now, I agree that something should be done about Rickwood, and I'm glad he doesn't want to bulldoze it like Boutwell. However, there already is a Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, in Kansas City.


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Most meteorologists use the summer solstice to mark the "official" first day of summer. That will fall on Monday, June 20, at 6:34 p.m. EDT.
The summer solstice marks the day with the most hours of sunlight for the entire year. The days will begin to get shorter following the solstice, culminating in the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice on Dec. 21 at 4:44 a.m. CST.


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Stark and Physician Self-Referral Laws
Stark Laws, also known as the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act, prohibit physician self-referrals. These laws are codified at 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1395 nn and 42 C.F.R. Sec. 411.350 – 389. A physician self-referral occurs when a physician refers a patient to another entity (e.g. one which provides lab services or therapy services) with which the physician has a financial relationship. Stark generally prohibits two activities:
- Physicians making referrals for designated health services to entities with which they or their immediate family have a financial relationship; and
- Entities billing Federal health care programs for any such improperly referred services.
The theory behind the statute is that because a physician will benefit financially from the referral, the physician may refer patients without sufficient medical justification, and, as a consequence, order either duplicative or unnecessary services for the medical issues presented. This practice could result in increased health care costs and over-utilization of medical services. Moreover, self-referrals could also limits competition among local health care providers, resulting in a potential decrease in the quality of health care services.


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Samsung is working on a new top-end Galaxy Tab S3. According to the latest leaks, the novelty will be available in the Exynos and Snapdragon chipsets.
One of the options for Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 will have the same chipset as in the smartphone Galaxy Note 5 — the Exynos 7420, and will be equipped with 4 Gb of RAM, a port USB Type-C and a fingerprint scanner built into the "Home"button.
Recently the benchmark GFXBench lit up another version of the Galaxy Tab S3 that will work on the chipset Snapdragon 820, will get 4 Gb of RAM and 32 Gb of flash memory.
According to benchmarks, the new tablet will feature a 12-megapixel main camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front camera, a 9.6-inch screen with a resolution of 2048х1538 pixels and will work under the operating system Android 7.0 Nougat.
This modification of the tablet will be released in two versions — SM-T825 SM-T820, the first of which will support LTE, and the second – only Wi-Fi.
Recall that many were expecting the announcement of Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 more at the September IFA exhibition in 2016, but his exit is rumored to have been delayed due to issues with the Galaxy Note 7.
Now the majority of informants expect that the presentation of the new tablet will be held in late February at the exhibition MWC 2017.
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