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Cyanosis is a bluish color to the skin or mucus membranes that is usually due to a lack of oxygen in the blood.
Alternative Names
Lips - bluish; Fingernails - bluish; Cyanosis; Bluish lips and fingernails; Bluish skin
Red blood cells provide oxygen to body tissues. Most of the time, almost all red blood cells in the arteries carry a full supply of oxygen. These blood cells are bright red and the skin has a pinkish or red hue.
Blood that has lost its oxygen is dark bluish-red. People whose blood is low in oxygen tend to have a bluish color to their skin, called cyanosis.
Depending on the cause, cyanosis may develop suddenly, along with shortness of breath and other symptoms.
Cyanosis that is caused by long-term heart or lung problems may develop slowly. Symptoms may be present, but are often not severe.
When oxygen levels have dropped only a small amount, cyanosis may be hard to detect.
In dark-skinned people, cyanosis may be easier to see in the mucus membranes (lips, gums, around the eyes) and nails.
Cyanosis that is seen in only one part of the body may be due to:
- A blood clot that blocks the blood supply to a leg, foot, hand, or arm
Raynaud phenomenon
Most cyanosis occurs because of a lack of oxygen in the blood. This can be caused by the following problems.
Problems with the lungs:
- Blood clot in the arteries of the lungs (
pulmonary embolism)
- Drowning or near-drowning
- High altitude
- Infection in the smallest air passages in the lungs of children, called
- Long-term lung problems that become more severe, such as
COPD, asthma, and interstitial lung disease Pneumonia(severe)
Problems with the airways leading to the lungs:
- Breath-holding
- Choking on something stuck in the airways
Croup Epiglottitis
Problems with the heart:
- Heart defects that are present at birth (congenital)
Heart failure
- Heart stops working (cardiac arrest)
Other problems:
- Drug overdoses (narcotics, benzodiazepines, sedatives)
- Exposure to cold air or water
- Seizures that last a long time
- Toxins such as cyanide
Home Care
For cyanosis caused by exposure to cold or Raynaud phenomenon, dress warmly when going outside or stay in a well-heated room.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Bluish skin (cyanosis) can be a sign of many serious medical problems. Call or visit your health care provider.
For adults, call your doctor or 911 if you have bluish skin and:
- You cannot get a deep breath or your breathing is getting harder, or faster.
- Need to lean forward when sitting to breathe.
- Are using muscles around the ribs to get enough air.
- Have chest pain.
- Are having headaches more often than usual.
- Feel sleepy or confused.
- Have a fever.
- Are coughing up dark mucus.
For children, call the doctor or 911 if your child has bluish skin and:
- Is having a hard time breathing
- Is pulling the childs chest muscles in with each breath
- Is breathing faster than 50 to 60 breaths per minute (when not crying)
- Is making a grunting noise
- Is sitting with shoulders hunched over
- Is very tired
- Is not moving around very much
- Has a limp or floppy body
- The nostrils are flaring out when the child breathes
- Loses his or her appetite
- Is irritable
- Has trouble sleeping
What to Expect at Your Office Visit
Your health care provider will perform a physical examination, which includes listening to your breathing and heart sounds. In emergency situations (such as
Medical history questions may include:
- When did the bluish skin color develop?
- Did it develop suddenly?
- Has it been developing slowly?
- Are your lips blue?
- Are your nailbeds blue?
- Is your body blue all over?
- Have you been exposed to cold?
- Have you suddenly gone to a high altitude?
- Have you breathed in anything poisonous?
- What other symptoms do you have?
- Do you have
difficulty breathing?
- Do you have
ankle, foot, or leg swelling?
- Do you have a
- Do you have chest pain?
Tests that may be performed include:
Arterial blood gas analysis
- Blood oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry
Chest x-ray
- Chest CT scan
Complete blood count(CBC) ECG
For shortness of breath and cyanosis, you may receive oxygen.
Kraft M. Approach to the patient with respiratory disease. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 83.
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Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Sshh! Kate can't 'quiet' spell…
Knackers v Alderman
I penned this blog some weeks ago after Geoffrey Alderman had a pop at one of the communal sacred cows, the Community Security Trust, better known by it acronym the CST. Other things overtook my life and this was left to rot. Then last week Alderman dished another column at them making me return to what I had started.
If ever the proverbial ton of bricks has come remotely close in composition, density and weight to the real thing the letter in response by almost every knacker (omit the 'n' at your peril) known to this sceptred isle attacking Alderman and in defence of the Community Security Trust must have been it.
With such an esteemed attack you might be thinking that Alderman had called for the CST to be disbanded, its funds sequestrated and its members arrested. Or perhaps simply voiced doubts about its necessity. Or maybe doubted the accuracy of its figures on Anti-semitism. Not a bit of it. All he said was that despite that it 'probably does valuable work' and other praise they still speak for no one but themselves.
Big deal, you might think. But then you mightn't be Jewish thinking that way. For it is an Article of Faith, the 14th Ani Mamin, that anyone with a large enough bank account, long enough beard and/or wide enough posterior represents us and talks on our behalf. Dare to dissent from that view and expect, well, a ton of bricks.
We on the Hill have little with the CST who are often referred to disparagingly as the Chilul Shabbos Trust, though why what is permitted to the Hatzole is denied to them I know not. They are wheeled out from time to time where an event of ours is considered too large for comfort or when someone wishes to bestow an air of importance and have El Al style security guys milling about with walkie talkies. They also come in extremely useful in protecting the kapores ritual from anticipated anti animal-cruelty campaigners which has little to do with communal security.
But let's not dwell on the CST as there is far more fun in dissecting the signatories many of whose day and out of hours jobs is to tell us just what Alderman took the CST to task for: that they represent us. Of the 26 signatures 8, or almost a third, belong to that other supposedly representative organisation the Jewish miLlionaires Club, occasionally referred to as the Jewish Leadership Council. It is far from clear whom exactly they lead and with more vice presidents than you can shake a lulev at it may be a case of more shochtim than chickens. Thus in a nutshell supposed representative individuals tell us that a supposed representative organisation really does represent us. It must be if they are telling us so. They've even enlisted the non-representative Chief Rabbi to add his name to the bevy.
The signatures in themselves did not suffice and space was given for the CST chairman, not short of a bob or two either, to set out his wares on the op-ed page. He tried to make a serious point but which holds no water: that the organisation is no different to Amnesty or other NGOs in that they stand for a set of ideals and in so doing may lay claim to speak on behalf of others of a similar viewpoint.
The flaw in that argument is that while organisations like Amnesty have a subscription membership, Jewish organisations are on the whole closed shops. Anyone can pay Amnesty's annual membership fee and become a voting member in accordance with its constitution. I cannot however join the CST just like I can't join the miLlionaires Club while short of a few million.
So let those signatories put the lids back on their Mont Blancs and Cartiers, drop the 'leadership' from their exclusive club and get back to their counting houses. It's high time that some of the revolutionary spirit of the Arab world spills over to the Jewish street where oligarchs, autocrats and court Jews still do all the bidding on our behalf.
In addition to Alderman's return to the fray, the JC gave the Shomrim organisation a full page feature article. I was going to take a pop at them but then I read that apparently they had reformed which is just as well as otherwise they may have ended up where they seek to place others. Reformed or not, I have serious misgivings about any self-appointed organisation that seeks to lord over others and which by its very existence exploits deeply held fears that the world is out to get us. The letter wildly in their praise by an obvious pseudonym also did their reputation no favours.
I have read the Shomrim leaflets much of which is harmless, common-sense advice on security though round here unless it is given in Yiddish on glossy paper with garish graphics and has the support of the ubiquitous Local Rabbonim it will be ignored. So I suppose they do fulfil some role. Some of it however borders on the racist subtly implying that in every cleaner lies a latent ganev and attached to every helping hand are some sticky fingers. That said, having seen them on Purim nabbing some suspiciously over-the-limit drivers I can see why they are preferred to the old bill. And in a crime-ridden borough like ours with the police at stretching point one can see why some may feel they have the wherewithal to step in, despite not being of that view myself.
Pinteresque or Kafkaesque?
I'm sorry I've had to introduce moderating to the comments due to some overenthusiastic supporters of the 'rabbi' using the platform for purposes other than to defend the allegations and address the serious points.
'nough said. I can assure you that this is not censorship by the back door and however unminced your comments are you will still see them appear.
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Celebrating the Torah
Walking the street enjoying the sights of the flowers and the smell of dairy delicacies it occurs to me that while the other festivals are offshoots and commandments of the Torah, only Shavouth is the festival of the Torah itself. It is when we celebrate the Torah given to us on Mount Sinai though the Torah does not make the link and, like most things, comes to us by rabbinic deduction perpetuated by culture and custom. Perhaps like a birthday boy or girl who do not organise their own party, the Torah kept silent on the issue and left it to others to throw the bash. And what a bash it is!
Other Holidays go on for what seems a lifetime and come with truck loads of rules restricting what we can eat, when we can eat, where we can eat and sometimes whether we can eat at all. Pesach supposedly celebrates freedom but enslaves us weeks in advance in preparation and weeks after in paying the bills. Succoth celebrates the shade in the wilderness so we Jews decided to commemorate it by erecting booths during rainy and cool Autumn.
Shavuoth however is different. It's short lasting only 2 days; it's tasty with an abundance of cheesecakes and other dairy savouries; and it's colourful with beautiful flowers and foliage adorning homes and shules. So much so that the Talmud tells us that unlike other Holidays there is no dispute that Shavuoth must be enjoyed materially as well as spiritually.
For this reason Shavuoth has hardly any rules or special prayers and we're home early for lunch. Those prayers that there are like Akdomuth come with a special chant. The Akdomuth itself is one half glorification of God and his celestial creations and one half a recitation of the delights to expect when our time comes. A feast of the Leviathan and the Wild Ox, assuming they're not endangered species, washed down with wine from the days of Genesis and held in halls of splendour. Unfortunately there is no debauchery to go with it and while others get 70 virgins all we get is a waltz with the righteous who as we know can't dance.
To top the beauty of the Festival is the reading of the book of Ruth, surely the most exquisite and beautiful story of the entire Bible both in content and style.
Since I seem to be giving a sermon there must be a moral at the end and here it is: Shavuoth is celebrated in the manner that the Torah ought to be before the killjoys decided to ruin it: short, simple, colourful and palatable. Leave the 'deeper meanings' to your slumber during the Rabbi's speech for Shavuoth needs no rabbis. The Torah has simple and pleasant meaning and that is just how we celebrate the Festival commemorating its presentation to us.
Good Yom Tov!
Thursday, 2 June 2011
What a holy mess!
If previously we've been in a lather this time we're truly up in arms. We have been nothing short of defamed and slandered and turned from people of the book to people of the crook. And all under the guise of love and marriage.
Ok, let's calm down. For a start why was the programme even called A Hasidic Guide to Love and Marriage? Do they not know that round here Love and Marriage don't quite go together like a horse and carriage? For a start horses have been banned and more to the point because that would be putting the cart before the horse. We Chasidim don't fall in love and maybe tarry, maybe marry and probably call the whole thing off. We marry first, what's sure is sure, and then maybe fall in love. Or maybe not. Either way we get to the other end of life just like everyone else so does it really matter which route we take? It's like going to Manchester on the A1 and not via the M6.
What?! You go that way? Are you meshige? You know how long it takes? It's much quicker on the M6. It takes about 3 hours that way. What are you talking about, 3 hours? I do it in 2 and a half easily and my brother in law...
Ok, ok, we're not starting on that. Next we'll be debating the quickest way to Heathrow so let's just get back to love. If we don't fall in love, well then she eats salad in the kitchen and he bites his nails while trying not to release hot air with his phylacteries on and yet we still have kids and marry them off on a reference of someone who lives down the road, round the corner on the left, and we then die like everyone else. So big deal if we haven't loved along the way. It's not as if life and death depends on it. Like still going to Heathrow through Shepherd's Bush...
Right, from now on we make no detours and we stick to the holy mess. In truth this programme was never going to be a fair representation for some because come to think of it for those who complain nothing will ever be fair unless it's drooling in tears and schmaltz with 'look how wonderful we are' scrawled all over it. You know a bit like the Tribune and the Hamodia. They never get those type of complaints because they of course capture us to a tee and portray us just as we are. No warts and no blemishes unless a huge amount of money is required to get the blemished free from incarceration in Japan. In which case they are presented as being immersed while in jail in Torah and Worship and queues of pious young men start forming at the Japanese embassy for a visa. That however is a different matter and I did say we're sticking to the point though it doesn't really count as a detour since jail was very much part of the script.
You see if ever proof was required for the maxim that the strength of one's opinion is in inverse proportion to one's knowledge of a subject then the discussion in Stamford Hill of the programme was it. 'We have been slandered', one person who hadn't seen the programme told me. Someone else said, "they'd never do that to the Muslims." I politely enquired how many hours a week he spends at his non-existent television and he retorted, "me volt shoin gehert," we would have heard already.
It's not just the content of the programme upon which our army of latent reviewers turned their fire, they also knew the effect it would have on the viewers. "They're going to think we're all like that", was a common complaint, which was in turn laughed off with, "they hate us anyway." In one debate someone piped up, "I actually spoke to a goy who thought it was a marvellous programme" which drew a response of, "How many goyim do you know? I know ten goyim and they all thought it was disgusting."
"And, meshige, did he really have to show in front of the camera that he's got £2,000 in cash? What will they make of that?" I mean they guy's been done for money laundering for goodness sake. Do they really think you launder copper coins in little bags like a newsagent holding up the queue in the bank? "I hear they each received £25,000" and so the conversation turns to the '000s reportedly received by those who made an appearance which inevitably ends with someone exclaiming, "So, why didn't they ask me?"
Even this is nothing compared to the reaction in our press. Do spare a thought for the poor 'rabbi' who feels terribly hard done by having to view a programme on Stamford Hill without himself weighing in. It's almost like watching the FA final without a ball in sight. In the JC he thought that the programme "took advantage of vulnerable people and it exploited them. It's disgraceful. Now nobody will go in front of a camera again." Does that include the 'rabbi'? Hallelujah! And please not in front of a digital voice recorder either and not even a ring-bound notepad.
I'm not really being fair because he does care for the 'vulnerable' thought it's difficult to figure out who he is referring to. Gaby Lock, vulnerable? A maverick, certainly. Nutty as a fruitcake, more than likely. But vulnerable? Let the 'rabbi' put himself up for debate with Gaby and we'll soon see who is the more vulnerable of the two. I don't think one would call Avi Bressler vulnerable either even if he sets the Shabbos table in his rather appealing boxers. Their only vulnerability I can think of is if they were to have the misfortune of applying to have their child admitted to one of 'his' schools. Vulnerable indeed.
Then there was Alex Strom who after an intro that the Tribune is not the place to review a TV programme went on to do just that because people have "heard and read" about the programme. Yeah, and smelt it too. Strom's bombastic conclusion was that "it is totally unacceptable for individuals to make themselves available to all and sundry and take upon themselves the responsibility to speak on our behalf. This is especially true if it involves allowing camera crews to explore a world that they cannot and are not meant to understand."
That is fine except that we all know who they are who purport to speak on our behalf and they do not include anyone on the programme who spoke for no one but themselves. In truth, what troubles Strom and the 'rabbi' is that these people are talking at all. As far as they are concerned our role is to doff our hats at authority and let it do the talking on our behalf. They of course would present a true picture. That shiduchim work a dream. All you do is stand in a queue and everyone gets their turn at wearing a shtreimel and sheitel. Ok, a Dutch girl called Tikwah might end up with Gaby Lock, a Yemenite girl to a boy with a divorced, jailbird of a father and the next son if he's lucky may end up with an Israeli girl wrung out of some match maker. But still it does work.
Notice too how we are a world that "cannot and was not meant to be understood." Which world is that exactly? The world which according to Gaby is run by the most arcane of rules while himself he is incapable of a routine of 3 meals a day? Where the men go off to Uman while the women are left to peep from behind the screen? Where the men sing round the table and the women stay in the kitchen? Where a match is decided on the length of the jacket and rim of the hat? Only the cold hearted bigwigs could fail to be moved by the pain etched on Avi's face as he spoke about his loveless marriage of 16 years and recounted the loss of his father when he was seven and that there is only a single photo of them together. Mind you, Avi's mum knew better than to marry another Gerer misogynist and second time round went for a full bodied masculine type. So at least we know whom Avi takes after.
Prize for understatement of the week must however go to Rabbi Dr Irving Jacobs who in the JC said the programme echoed Nazi newspaper Der Stuermer's antisemitic caricatures. Phew! What next? Is refusal of a place at a local school like the Nuremberg laws? The rip-off cost of meat like medieval Jew taxes? It is interesting though that the non-Jewish newspapers gave the programme generally good reviews but "Yeah, don't be so naive, that's only what they say in public…"
Truth said I do have some issues. A fiddler on the roof may have been too great a cliché, but why a cat? As pleasant as the klezmer background music may have been they haven't been listening to it round here for some 50 years or so but great job they didn't have on some of the stuff we do listen to. And why was the beginning in those faded colours similar to the films my aunt has of us as kids some 35 odd years ago?
Overall however we should celebrate a programme that ignored the anodyne world of our machers and oppressors and instead showed the fringe world of Ginger, Bradley and Shimmy Goldstein welcoming visitors with as much nosh he could get past the airport scales without paying for overweight. It is a world that many pretend does not exist. A world that is growing in numbers and in confidence. And a world that couldn't give a toss for the 'rabbi', Strom and their ilk and it is this that really worries them.
Let's be proud that only Stamford Hill has the vibrancy and multitude of characters to fill an hour of viewing. They'd never get this off the ground in Golders Green for they don't do humour at Reb Chunes where they're too busy expelling the ex-Stamford Hillers looking for greener pastures in NW. Of course they're also too straight to harbour any jailbirds but let's not go down that route because I did say I'll stick to the point.


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The survey results seem to indicate that more Americans are wising up and are less inclined to buy something they don't really need simply because they "have a coupon for it."
According the NCH survey, while manufacturers circulated a near-record 305 billion coupons in 2012, the number of coupons actually used by consumers dropped by about 17 percent compared to 2011. The top reason given by those consumers who said they were using fewer coupons was, "I can't find coupons for the products I want to buy." Apparently the coupon-fueled trend toward snatching up items you wouldn't otherwise buy – a la the popular reality TV show Extreme Couponing – is losing its clip appeal.
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YANGON (Reuters) - Cronies of Myanmar's military junta which kept democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for nearly two decades have reached a milestone in their quest to rehabilitate their image: they're now donors to Suu Kyi's political party.
While the Nobel Peace laureate's willingness to accept military-tainted funds for education projects might jar with her international image, her supporters praised the move as politically shrewd and financially necessary.
Suu Kyi's opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), accepted 211.5 million kyat ($250,000) at a fundraising concert from companies owned by Western-blacklisted businessmen who made fortunes under the military dictatorship that ruled Myanmar for almost half a century.
The donations have caused barely a stir in Myanmar, a sign of how much Suu Kyi is revered and of how successfully the cronies have repositioned themselves since a reformist government came to power in March 2011. Some see it as a sign of reconciliation after five decades of military misrule.
AGB Bank, owned by self-proclaimed billionaire Tay Za, once described by the U.S. Treasury as "a notorious regime henchman and arms dealer", donated 40 million kyat ($47,000) to Suu Kyi's party at a December concert.
The wife of Kyaw Win, a tycoon who owns the conglomerate Shwe Than Lwin and private television station SkyNet, donated a further 41.5 million kyat ($50,000) in an auction for one of two sweaters knitted by Suu Kyi, while SkyNet itself donated 130 million kyat ($151,430).
"All the money we have raised is for educational purposes, and has nothing to do with the rest of the party," said Myint Myint Sein, who is responsible for the NLD's humanitarian and education policies.
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Opposition leader Suu Kyi, who spent a total of 17 years under house arrest until she was freed in 2010, defended her actions last week, saying it was better to donate money for good purposes rather than waste it.
"Anybody should be given a chance to mend their ways, no matter how much wrong they have done," she said.
Her association with what she called "those so-called cronies" seems not to have harmed her reputation, already dented by criticisms that she has not stood up for ethnic victims of state-sponsored violence.
Some supporters on Facebook, the main forum for popular political discussion in Myanmar, have nicknamed Suu Kyi "Robin Suu", a reference to the English outlaw Robin Hood who stole from the rich to give to the poor.
"I don't think it is a major scandal," said Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK. "We've not seen any evidence yet that receiving donations from cronies is going to have an effect on policy. The NLD don't have many policies to implement yet."
The donations are vital to a party which lacks a mechanism to raise funds from its million-plus members, most of whom are poor.
"In politics, funding is essential to survive," said Derek Tonkin, a former British ambassador to Myanmar. "It has to come from local sources. Provided the 'cronies' fund the right projects, why should we complain? The Burmese people certainly won't."
By accepting donations from Myanmar's richest civilians, Suu Kyi's party is extending a hand to key players in the country's economic recovery, said Trevor Wilson, a former Australian ambassador to Myanmar.
"The cronies have a tremendous economic stake in the future of the country. It's most important to bring them under the rule of law," he said.
Both Suu Kyi and her funders are planning for a 2015 general election, in which the NLD faces an unpopular but well-funded rival party established under the former junta.
(Writing by Paul Carsten; Additional reporting by Min Zayar Oo in Yangon; Editing by Jason Szep and Robert Birsel)


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 11, 2012) – On the eve of the Blue/Gold World Series, ETSU head baseball coach Tony Skole and his staff announced the rosters for this weekend's three-game series.
Game one of the series begins Friday night at 6 p.m., while the weekend games are slated for 11 a.m. Saturday and noon Sunday from Thomas Stadium.
On Friday night, a pair of left-handed pitchers will take the hill for their respective teams. Sophomore transfer Jared Burton (Knoxville, Tenn.) will start for the Blue team, while freshman Josh Jacques (Rollinsford, N.H.) opens up for Gold. Saturday features a pair of veterans on the mound, as senior right-hander Kerry Doane (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) makes the start for Blue and junior lefty Clinton Freeman (Jonesborough, Tenn.) goes for Gold. The finale on Sunday will highlight a pair of freshmen on the bump as left-hander Kevin Marnon (Shelby Township, Mich.) gets the ball for the Blue team and right-handed hurler Griffin Krieg (Nashville, Tenn.) starts for Gold.
Friday's relievers for Blue include freshman lefty Timmy Farrell (Okeechobee, Fla.) and fellow freshman right-hander Kameron Miller (Crestview, Fla.). Meanwhile, freshman local product Peyton Taylor (Kingsport, Tenn.) and junior Knoxville native Will Chesney will see some action for Gold. On Saturday, junior right-hander Logan Rice (Erwin Tenn.) will relieve Doane, while sophomore righty Jimmy Nesselt (Plantation, Fla.) will pitch in relief for Gold. Farrell and Miller make their second relief appearances on the weekend for Blue on Sunday, and Chesney and freshman left-hander Sam Eichler (Mission Viejo, Calif.) are scheduled to come out of the bullpen for the Gold team.
All three games are open to the public and are free of admission.
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Written by Randi Bentia / Photography by Steve Bitanga / Hair & Makeup by Valerie JC | Wardrobe by Acqua Couture Swimwear
It's not often that you find a girl with the complete package, but Anna Madalyn is one of those rarities. Not only does she have the looks, this classically-trained cellist can get down and dirty outdoors, and she's got the battle scars to prove it. A dual-citizen of Canada and the U.S., Anna's just-do-it attitude brought her to LA to pursue her dreams in one of the most beautiful places on earth. We couldn't wait to catch up with her, so here's the interview…
Name: Anna Madalyn
Birthday: April 21st
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'8''
Weight: 115 lbs.
Measurements: 34 | 23 | 34
Ethnicity: Irish & Scottish
Turn-ons: Intelligence, humor, respect, being humble
Instagram: https://instagram.com/annamadalyn
Twitter: https://twitter.com/missannamadalyn
PASMAG: What's your background? Where do you live?
Anna Madalyn: I'm a dual citizen, Canadian and American. After graduating university last year, I drove across the country from North Carolina to Los Angeles, California on my own.
How did you start in modeling?
I had a lot of support and encouragement to pursue modeling when I first moved to Los Angeles. I am blessed to live somewhere with very talented people, where I can pursue my dreams.
What would you say are your strengths as a model?
My strengths are changing as I grow and evolve. At first my strengths were more physical, but now I'm discovering that my real strengths are in the depth of emotion I'm learning to portray.
What are some of you modeling highlights so far?
I have shot at some gorgeous locations. My favorite was near an abandoned airplane in the desert. The haunted beauty was inspiring.
Does your personality match your Zodiac sign?
I am stubborn and sensual like a Taurus. But I don't mind change. I love adventure.
What is your best beauty, fitness and nutrition secret?
Practice gratitude for a beautiful soul. Beauty is a lifestyle and it is inside every woman. Enjoy fresh foods, and move your body in ways that are fun! Also, coconut oil is the duct tape of all beauty dilemmas!
How do you keep in such great shape?
I went to university in the Appalachian Mountains so I would go hiking after class. I'm an outdoorsy girl. It heals the body and soul. In LA I ride my bike on the beach, or hike my favorite spot in Malibu.
What was the first major event that you modeled at?
My first day in LA I was painted for a Playboy Party. TMZ interviewed me outside my hotel afterwards and called the segment "How to Become a Playboy Playmate." My friends back home thought it was pretty cool, but that wasn't the route I was going for.
Who is your favorite celebrity of all time?
Natalie Portman. She's beautiful, classy and talented.
What traits do you like most about yourself?
I'm a tough girl, but I can be sweet and shy. I'm also fiercely loyal when I love someone.
What is your top unfulfilled fantasy?
I want to see the earth from outer space. That is the nerd in me.
Do you have any birthmarks, scars or tattoos? Please state "what", "where", "how noticeable?"
I have a big scar on my knee from biking in Whistler. I don't have any tattoos, but I think I'll get sleeves when I'm 80 years old.
Any hidden talents you'd like to share with the world?
A lot of people don't know I play the cello. I am classically trained and played in an orchestra for years.
What is your dream car?
A pink-on-black Bugatti Veyron, for obvious reasons!
What do you look for in a guy?
I'm attracted to men who genuinely respect women and are interested in more than looks. You definitely won't get me by bragging about money. I want an intelligent, kind, funny guy who is a bit weird. If he's trustworthy, he will definitely keep my interest.
What gets you in the mood?
Humor is a huge turn-on. Laughter can be the biggest aphrodisiac.
Who are your heroes? Why?
All the strong women – mothers and daughters who don't allow themselves to be defined by their looks, but by their mind, heart and their soul.
Tell us about any upcoming projects of yours?
I am combining my modeling career and psychology degree to start an online community for women that reviews positive psychology and natural health research. I have been interviewing a number of successful women in various disciplines on what makes them feel beautiful and strong, inside and out. The website is called PeaceLoveandBeauty.com.
Do you have any shout outs?
To all my friends back in North Carolina, I miss you! And to my new friends in LA, thank you for taking me under your wing! Also, a huge thank you to PASMAG for giving me this opportunity!


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micfur needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 51 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Sw1a.net is a political information/social network site for the United Kingdom. Its purpose is to unite politically minded people from all sides of the spectrum to discuss, connect, share and inform themselves and others on all things political. It is a non-partisan site.
We want 2 webpages designed for a political information/social network website. The service is UK based. Detailed description of requirements below.
Winning entry needs to provide
* 2 pages (ok to provide just 1 for contest, will need 2 from winner)
* Any images used in design
* Acceptable formats: psd, eps, pdf or ai
- 2 web pages. An Intro page and logged in page. Visio mock ups can be found at this location: http://www.sw1a.net/InformationProt…amples.htm Note, these pages show what content we need on the page and not what we consider an optimal layout. Designer should feel free to arrange content in a fashion that s/he thinks works best
- Please use the following logos on the site: http://www.sw1a.net/logos/index.htm We would like to use the second logo (mustard) on the Home page and one of the other 2 on the LoggedInHome page. Note the general colouring of each page should reflect to some extent the colouring of the logo being used on that page. The idea behind this approach is to give a type of colour coding to the page the user is in.
- Clean professional look is essential. While this service has elements of social networking about it, it is not aimed at the teenage market.
- Uncluttered design is preferred, but at the same time we know this might be difficult with the amount of content that needs displaying
- Use of appropriate images is a bonus.
- Font of Logos is Arial and therefore design should not divert too much from this font.
- Colour scheme: #8E8E58, #CC9900, #336699, #697583, #666666. Further colours which work well with the above primary colours may also be used. However, it is important that the site does not end up multicoloured.
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- http://www.politico.com/
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AHL Game Night 2/21: N. Admirals at Falcons
Good effort. They just can't score goals to save their lives.
Karri Ramo stopped 31 of 33 shots faced in the loss. David Spina had the only Falcons goal (shorthanded) off assists from Dan Cavanaugh and Matt Smaby. At this point of the season, many of these non-contract players are playing for jobs and Spina, in his last 24 games, has 6 goals and 18 points. In my opinion, he's a guy that the organization needs to keep around on an AHL contract next season. Smaby, quietly, has posted 4 assists over the last 5 games. Ramo was named second star of the game.
Springfield outshot the Admirals 35 to 33 in the game. That's no small feat considering that the Admirals hold the best record in the Eastern Conference. It seems clear that the Falcons have picked up their play of late. What they really need now is one of the youngsters like Justin Keller or Marek Kvapil to start putting the puck in the net. Each were held to just 1 shot on goal tonight.
First Period
NOR Bolland, (11) (Parenteau, Hendry), 4:34
SPR Spina, (8) (Cavanaugh, Smaby), 19:44 (SH)
Second Period
NOR Richmond, (10) (Versteeg, Corazzini), 2:59 (PP)
Third Period
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Fall: January 15
Applications for the Ph.D. program are all processed
together after the deadline.
APPLY ONLINE to this graduate program.
Number Required: 2
From Whom: Letters of recommendation should be obtained from college/university
faculty members familiar with the applicant's academic competence.
A master's degree in a business discipline is required.
A baccalaureate degree is required, although it need not be in a business discipline.
The Statement of Goals should be
approximately 500-1,000 words and
should include the following elements: your
specific interest in Temple's program; your
research goals; your future career goals;
and your academic and research achievements.
The GRE/GMAT is required. In general,
we look for scores above the 80th
percentile on each portion of the
Minimum TOEFL score needed to be accepted:
600 paper-based, 250 computer-based, or 100 internet-based.
Number of Didactic Credits Required Beyond the Master's: 36
Required Courses:
BA 9001: Organizations and Management Theory
BA 9002: Scientific Inquiry - Management Research
ECON 9001: Foundations in Managerial Economics
GSM 9001: Seminar in Strategy Formulation and Environmental Analysis
GSM 9002: Seminar in Administration of Strategic Decisions
GSM 9003: Seminar in Management Control
IBA 731: Theory of International Business and Multinational Firms
8112: Statistical Methods for Business Research I
STAT 8113: Statistical Methods for Business Research
Three doctoral-level electives, preferably within the
business school.
Internship: No internship is required.
Language Examination: No language examination is required.
Comprehensive Examination
Teaching Experience:
The student must have at least one semester's experience teaching.
Statistics Competency Examination:
An assessment
of proficiency in statistical theory and methodology
is made at the end of the first year in the
program. The examination is offered in June. Students
who fail the statistics competency examination
on the first attempt must sit for reexamination
prior to the fall semester of their second year.
A second failure results in dismissal from
the university. No third attempt is allowed.
Preliminary Examination:
The purpose of the preliminary examination is to demonstrate critical and interpretive knowledge of current research. The exam should be completed no more than one semester after the student finishes the coursework component of the program. The subject areas are determined, in advance, by the faculty of the department to reflect the required seminars. The members of the student's department write the questions for the preliminary examination.
The Department Committee evaluates the examination. Each member votes to pass or fail the student. In order to pass, a majority of the committee members must agree that the exam has been satisfactorily completed. The student must answer every question on the examination in order to be evaluated. The evaluators look for a breadth and depth of understanding of specific research areas; a critical application of that knowledge to specific phenomena; and an ability to write technical prose. Students who are preparing to write their preliminary examination should confirm a time and date with their departmental advisor.
The dissertation proposal demonstrates the student's
knowledge of and ability to conduct the proposed
research. The proposal should consist of the
following: (a) the context and background surrounding
a particular research problem; (b) an exhaustive
survey and review of literature related to
the problem; and (c) a detailed methodological
plan for investigating the problem. The proposal
should be completed and approved no more than
one year after completing coursework. Upon
approval, a timeline for completing the investigation
and writing process is established.
The doctoral dissertation is an original empirical study that makes a significant contribution to the field. It should expand the existing knowledge and demonstrate the student's knowledge of research methods and a mastery of her/his primary area of interest. Dissertations should be rigorously investigated; uphold the ethics and standards of the field; demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the primary area of interest and the broader field of business; and be prepared for publication
in an academic journal.
The Doctoral Advisory Committee is formed
to oversee the student's doctoral research
and is comprised of at least three Graduate
Faculty members. Two members, including the
Chair, must be from the student's department.
The Chair is responsible for overseeing and
guiding the student's progress; coordinating
the responses of the Committee members; and
informing the student of her/his academic
The Dissertation Examining Committee evaluates
the student's dissertation and oral defense.
This committee is comprised of the Doctoral
Advisory Committee and at least one additional
faculty member from outside the department. The committee evaluates the student's ability
to express verbally her/his research question,
methodological approach, primary findings, and
implications. The committee then votes to pass
or fail the dissertation and the defense at the
conclusion of the public presentation.
If any member of the committee decides to withdraw
from the committee, the student shall notify
the Chair of the committee and
the Director of the PHDBA program. The student
is responsible to find a replacement, in consultation
with her/his chair. Inability to find a
replacement shall constitute evidence that
the student is unable to complete the dissertation.
In such a case, the student may petition the
Director of the PHDBA program for a review.
Once review of the facts and circumstances
is completed, the Director rules on the
student's progress. If the Director finds that
the student is not capable of completing the
dissertation, s/he is dismissed from
the program. This decision may be appealed
to Fox's Senior Associate Dean and, if need be, to the Graduate
Students who are preparing to defend their dissertation
should confirm a time and date with their Doctoral
Advisory Committee and register with the Graduate
Secretary at least 15 days before the defense.
The Graduate Secretary arranges the time,
date, and room within two working days, and
forwards the appropriate forms to the student. After the Graduate Secretary has arranged
the time, date, and room for the defense, the
student must send a completed "Announcement of Dissertation
Defense" form to the Graduate School
at least 10 days before
the defense. The Department posts
flyers announcing the defense.
Department of General and Strategic Management
Fox School of Business and Management
504A Alter Hall
1801 Liacouras Walk
Philadelphia PA 19122
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Ph.D. Program Coordinator:
Dr. Arun Kumaraswamy
Dr. Ram Mudambi
The Ph.D. in Business Administration program engages
the student in advanced research and scholarship. The primary
emphasis of our program is to prepare future faculty
members for successful academic careers, although
many of our alumni are employed in government, industry,
and consulting.
Time Limit for Degree Completion: 7 years
Students are required to complete the degree program
through classes offered before 4:30 p.m.
Fox School of Business and Management
504A Alter Hall
Students seeking a Ph.D. in Business Administration/Strategic Management are required to take courses in Economics and Statistics in addition to their other coursework. Three electives are also permitted.
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
The program is primarily dedicated to producing
well-trained researchers who will work in academic
Non-matriculated students are not permitted
to take doctoral courses.
Assistantships are the centerpiece of the program's
mentorship philosophy. They require 20 hours of service
per week, which can include teaching and supervised
research. An Assistantship provides a stipend and
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Bowling Green
The Daily Plant : Tuesday, June 10, 2003
On May 27, Mayor Bloomberg announced that the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) allocated $25 million for over a dozen high-impact projects to create new green spaces and improve parks throughout Lower Manhattan. Joined by Interim LMDC President Kevin Rampe, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development & Rebuilding Daniel Doctoroff, Deputy Mayor for Administration Patricia Harris and Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, the Mayor announced the news at the Battery, a site whose plans for renovation are already underway. The Mayor also revealed Parks & Recreation's preliminary renovation plans for the new and improved green spaces throughout downtown Manhattan.
"Great cities are defined as much by their parks and open spaces as they are by their architecture," said Mayor Bloomberg. "The plans proposed by the Department of Parks & Recreation create a beautiful and dynamic network of parks and open spaces that will become a worldwide destination and tangible symbol of the rebirth of the downtown area."
Working with various city agencies and LMDC staff, Parks & Recreation has formulated an aggressive timetable for creating parks and revitalizing existing open spaces throughout Lower Manhattan. Work will begin immediately on at least 13 sites, 8 of which will be substantially completed within 12 months; 4 others will be completed within 18 months; and the final project will be completed within 24 months. Sites include green spaces along the East River—Coenties Slip, Old Slip, and Wall Street Triangle; neighborhood parks—Al Smith Playground, Brooklyn Bridge/Drumgoole Plaza, Tribeca Park, Washington Market Park; and "gateway" parks—the Bosque at the Battery, Bowling Green Park, Columbus Park, Sara D. Roosevelt Park, the East River Park Ballfields, and Canal, Varick & Laight Streets.
The projects focus on reconstructing sitting areas, public plazas and playgrounds south of Canal Street. Through coordination with the Department of Transportation, the plan takes advantage of opportunities within the downtown street network to create new public spaces such as greenstreets and enhanced pedestrian corridors. Every site will also be rejuvenated with new horticultural elements as well as new benches, lighting and decorative paving. Two of the sites, Canal Street and Battery Park, may also include decorative fountains once design plans are finalized.
The project will also restore critical "gateway" parks up to Houston Street. These regional parks contain the athletic fields and wide-open green spaces that serve downtown residents and schools. At these locations, Parks & Recreation will rebuild and re-program existing athletic fields in order to maximize recreational opportunities. At Sara D. Roosevelt and Columbus Parks, asphalt will be replaced with the latest technology in synthetic turf, creating a vastly improved playing surface. At East River Park, four existing dirt ballfields at Houston Street will be reconstructed with either synthetic turf or natural grass.
"Lower Manhattan is where New York City was born but it historically did not share in the growth of the park system," said Commissioner Benepe. "Repairing and enhancing these open spaces, as well as creating new parks, is critical to the future of the downtown area. Our plans will infuse downtown with green space that will serve as an oasis for workers, tourists, and the growing residential community."
This project is being overseen by Deputy Commissioner Amy Freitag, Nancy Barthold, Joshua Laird, Mike Bolger, and Jesse Brackenbury.
"An artist is his own fault."
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Goffstown School District Earns $10,000
NHMS Hosts $10,000 School Bus Race
Twenty-nine cones were sacrificed. But in the end, the 29-second penalty didn't keep Goffstown Superintendent Brian Balke from collecting a check for $10,000 on Tuesday afternoon in the third annual Race to Benefit Education: Superintendent Edition. Balke drove his school bus around an extremely demanding course at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in a time of 2 minutes, 32.708 seconds, beating out nine other school districts from across the Granite State.
Balke, who has held a number of educational positions over the last 20 years, admits that a work desk is typically a safer alternative on most days. But with an opportunity to earn a sizeable check for the Goffstown School District, Balke put the pedal to the metal, worrying less about hitting the cones - which added one second to driver's times for each one hit - and more about maintaining a fast speed through the course.
"The entire strategy was to go as quick as we could and hit as few cones as possible - but if we had a few casualties along the way, so be it," said Balke, who plans on putting the $10,000 toward a four-wheel utility vehicle that can be used by the athletic trainers to quickly respond to serious injuries on playing fields and around campus. "All those years I had go-karting as a kid paid off. This place is fantastic. What a cool event and it's so awesome to be here."
John Cruikshank, an attendance officer for the Manchester School District, knocked over 12 fewer cones than his Goffstown adversary, but also took nearly 14 seconds longer to complete the course, leaving him 1.955 seconds behind Balke at the finish line. Sanborn Superintendent Brian Blake was the last go, yet finished a very respectable third, hitting only 10 cones and finishing 5.252 seconds behind.
"It was a unique, new event for New Hampshire Motor Speedway to have school busses actually competing on the track," said speedway executive vice president and general manager Jerry Gappens, who took all 10 representatives for course drive-through session on the speedway's "Cool Bus" before the competition. "I really thought this was a great platform to raise awareness for education and have some fun at the same time."
Race to Benefit Education Top 10
Brian Balke, Goffstown.....................2:32.708 (29)
John Cruikshank, Manchester ..........2:34.663 (17)
Brian Blake, Sanborn........................2:37.960 (10)
Laura Nelson, Derry.........................2:48.071 (19)
Matt Cashman, Concord..................2:51.519 (36)
Tom Burke, Merrimack Valley...........2:52.366 (2)
Richard Towne, Franklin....................2:55.498 (7)
Mike Hopkins, Rochester...................2:55.777 (32)
Mike Morgan, Exeter.........................3:07.124 (14)
Nate Greenberg, Londonderry...........3:34.049 (27)
(Cones hit in parentheses)
"It was tough going first, but whether I was first to go, fifth to go or sixth to go, I still probably would have finished in 10th place. But it was a lot of fun," said Nate Greenberg, Superintendent of Schools in Londonderry. "I'd be less careful about the cones if got to do it again. I'd just run them all over and set the speed record and worry about the penalties later."
This was the third year in a row the speedway has hosted a competition to donate money to a children's program in New Hampshire. Two years ago, city officials in Nashua won education funds for correctly predicting the winner of the 2012 July Sprint Cup Race, Kasey Kahne. Last year, New Hampshire sheriff's raced cruisers through a slalom, water hazard and multiple hairpin turns, and it was Strafford County Deputy Mike Raiche that took home a check to help fund the Strafford County Child Advocacy Center (CAC), which assists children who are victims of crime and abuse.
Goffstown School District is comprised of seven schools in the southern New Hampshire area. Schools include New Boston Central, Dunbarton Elementary, Glen Lake, Bartlett Elementary, Maple Ave Elementary, Mountain View Middle and Goffstown High.
All 10 superintendents and representatives participating in Tuesday's event received 20 tickets to the July 13 Camping World RV Sales 301 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the Magic Mile.


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Meth or beer? Colorado Springs police investigate 'odor'
No, I am not asking which one you prefer.
I am referring to a mistaken bust at a Colorado Springs apartment on Monday.
It seems the manager thought a resident was making methamphetamine in his apartment after he saw two buckets full of a substance giving off an odor.
A few residents were evacuated from the complex at 2400 Tremont Street but returned after a HAZMAT team determined the suspicious stuff was just home brewed beer.
In other news:
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced two hikers from California will be released from prison in two days after they post $500,000 each.
No word on where the money will come from.
The two were convicted of espionage and accused of spying along the Iran-Iraq border when they were captured in 2009. Another companion, Sarah Shourd was let go in September 2010 after she posted $500,000 bail.
Our own Kevin Vaughan writes this moving story about a break in the Alie Berrelez kidnapping case.
A DNA sample from a dead suspect matches evidence collected from the 1993 case.
Nicholas Randolph Stofer was always a focus but investigators did not have enough evidence to file charges and his DNA had not previously been matched to the evidence, Kevin writes. Stofer died of a drug overdose in 2001.
Alie was five years old when she was kidnapped outside her family's Englewood apartment on May 18, 1993.
Stofer had lived in the same apartment complex and moved out the day Alie's body was found in a duffel bag.


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My Party: T.J.
If diamonds are a girl's best friend, then T.J. was surrounded by friends of all kinds at her birthday party: Our daughter T.J.'s first birthday was slowly approaching - what other theme does a little princess need but a "Blinged Out 1st Birthday!" There were diamonds everywhere!
I did lots of research for her invitations and as a graphic designer and scrapbooker, felt I needed to do them myself! They were based on wedding invitations, but perfect for our girl's first birthday!
The party was broken up into two parts: first, there was a family BBQ and then T.J.'s friends were invited for cake and dessert. The biggest hit was definitely the dessert bar. Center stage was the 3-tiered cake with glittered monogram that my Mum (who came in from Australia for the event) and I spent the night before making until 4.45am! My mum had done the same for me ever year when I was little, so this was very important and special for us.
The colors of the party were primarily black and pink with accents of silver glitter and diamonds. Of course, T.J. wore a pink tutu and I made her top with a glittered "1" on the center. Her shoes also said "Birthday Girl" on the front.
Thanks, Shelley!


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Sugarland Bring Their Hits to the 'Dancing With the Stars' Stage
Tuesday night (March 27), Sugarland took the stage of ABC's hit dance show 'Dancing With the Stars.' But they weren't there to test out their dance skills on the American public. Instead, the duo offered up two live performances during this week's results episode, providing the music for dancers to do what they do best.
In their debut appearance on the show, Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush joined singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson for their 2011 joint release 'Run,' which first appeared on Nathanson's own album.
During the melodic, anthemic tune, Tristan MacManus and Peta Murgatroyd took the dance floor to dance an engaging, enticing rumba. It was a pretty cool picture with one couple singing the sensual song and the other providing a dance to the same music.
For their second performance, Sugarland reclaimed the stage on their own and brought forth their much more up-tempo song 'Find the Beat Again,' while dancers Sasha Farber entered the dance floor with three female dancers — Oksana Dmytrenko, Sharna Burgess and Emma Slater. The second performance was entirely different from the first, right down to the feel of the music and the attire of the dancers, but both brought a nice element, as the live music and dance complimented one another nicely.
Sugarland are currently up for Vocal Duo of the Year at this weekend's ACM Awards. Following the April 1 live event, the duo is scheduled to begin their 2012 In Your Hands Tour — but first, the band is expected to appear in court to testify about the Indiana State Fair stage collapse tragedy which occurred last August.
Watch Sugarland Perform 'Run' With Matt Nathanson on 'Dancing with the Stars'
Watch Sugarland Perform 'Find the Beat Again' on 'Dancing with the Stars'