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Sharishta Shourie had many decisions to make after her breast cancer diagnosis last September. Among them was undergoing breast reconstruction surgery right after removing both her breasts.
"I think every woman has body image issues whether or not you have breasts. As women we are hard on ourselves about our bodies, I just didn't want to have to worry about that, and I don't, I feel good," said the 26-year-old survivor who lives in West Hollywood and blogs about her cancer journey on MyLifeLine.org/Sharishta/. "It's not easy, especially looking at yourself in the mirror and seeing scars there, but it's part of the journey I've been on, so I kind of embraced it and it's made me who I am today."
Shourie said she had a solid team of surgeons on her side that let her know her options before surgery. This is not always the case, according to a new survey.
The Cancer Support Community, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization, found that 43 percent of women surveyed do not receive information about breast reconstruction options after they are diagnosed, even though the different procedures are covered by medical insurance under a 1998 federal law.
Kim Thiboldeaux, president and CEO of CSC, said she was surprised with the findings of the national survey of 762 women with breast cancer.
"It is critical that women get information on breast reconstruction early on because it can be an important part of quality of life and image," Thiboldeaux said. "I think there is a lot of attention focused on treatment and curing cancer and sometimes in the health care system, reconstruction becomes a secondary concern."
CSC is launching a program called, "Frankly Speaking about Breast Cancer: Spotlight on Breast Reconstruction" early next year in Ventura County to address this issue. The organization will gather doctors and other health experts in workshops and lectures to discuss breast reconstruction options with women across the country. The information will also be available online. CSC offers free support and educational recourses to people with breast cancer along with family and loved ones.
"We want women to know that reconstruction is a part of their overall breast care and overall strategy to dealing with breast cancer," Thiboldeaux said. "Cancer can be a devastating and scarring disease and reconstruction can be a way for a woman to regain confidence in terms of body image."
Dr. Susan Downey, a plastic surgeon based in Hancock Park, agrees that breast reconstruction can be key to a woman's psychological and emotional healing.
"A vast majority of my patients are happier with having reconstruction after a mastectomy," Downey said. "My goal with a surgical procedure is for the patient to wake up and put on her bra in the morning without thinking about it and worry about the normal things in life besides not having breasts."
Generally, there are two methods for breast reconstruction. Flap procedures use muscle, fat and skin from a patient's back or stomach to form a breast mound. Tissue expanders can also be used to form a breast mound or filled with an implant.
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, breast reconstruction can be done right after a mastectomy, like with Shourie, or can be delayed until after cancer treatment, and it will still be covered by the medical insurance. If a patient elects to have a flap procedure, Downey usually recommends that the patient undergo radiation treatment before reconstruction because it can potentially damage the flap.
Patients can opt to treat or reconstruct both breasts during the same surgery to have symmetry and have it be covered by insurance as well.
After breast reconstruction surgery, patients might experience swelling and discomfort, and are sent home with medication, ointment and a support bandage or bra, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. A tube is attached under the skin to drain excess blood or fluid. After a few days, a patient can return to regular light activities.
The CSC survey also found that close to 88 percent of respondents who discuss options with their surgeons stated they were extremely satisfied with their decision. Women's greatest influences in the decision-making process were body image and physical appearance.
Downey said a partner's support can have a great effect on a patient, but ultimately it is a woman's choice whether or not to get reconstruction surgery.
"In general, spouses are extremely supportive, but it's hard the first time to have them see it or deal with it," Downey said. "A spouse will say, `I'm not insisting,' and the patient says, `No, I want it, it is for me.' "
Shourie found that comfort and support in her boyfriend, Andy Snavely. He accompanied her to various doctor's appointments and chemotherapy sessions. She, too, worried about maintaining a positive body image after having her breasts removed.
"You still want to feel beautiful and whole, you still want to look good for the person you love and who loves you," said Shourie, who works in human resources and is originally from Cape Cod, Mass. "Even if I hadn't done reconstruction, from what I can tell, Andy would have been fine with it because he loves me for who I am, not for my breasts. For me personally, I just wanted to be as close to the old me as possible without being self-conscious."
Shortly after being diagnosed, Shourie joined CSC at its Santa Monica location and said she has really benefited from the service. She has met and befriended women from all walks of life and hopes to continue helping others through her blog and work with CSC.
"I think the Frankly Speaking about Cancer program is going to be a wonderful recourse for women because they will be able to learn about breast reconstruction and begin that dialogue with their doctors and ultimately find out what is the best option for them so they can go on to live a healthy life," she said.
For more information about the Cancer Support Community visit www.cancersupportcommunity.org. More on breast reconstruction: www.plasticsurgery.org/Patients_and_Consumers/Procedures/Reconstructive_Procedures/Breast_Reconstruction.html


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Today, Weaver's Amish craftsmen use many of the same woodworking techniques as the old Shakers.
Shipshewana, Indiana (PRWEB) December 05, 2012
The newly released Mission Pier Bed Suite boasts an innovative design that maximizes space and will offer faithful use for the long-term. This striking five-piece set includes a solid wood bed with a low footboard, a furniture suite with two large paneled doors, three full-extension dovetailed drawers, two slide-out writing surfaces, a large beveled mirror, a bridge with built-in touch lights and two side cabinets in headboard with open storage space.
The birth of solid wood Amish furniture craftsmanship in America can be traced to the early 1800's. The Shakers, a religious group closely related to the Amish, had fled persecution in Europe to settle in peaceful, hardworking communities along the United States' Eastern seaboard. There, the Shakers built sturdy, simple, practical chairs for their crowded religious gatherings. The Shaker style furniture soon became popular throughout town and the "Shaker style" caught on like wildfire. The demand for Shaker and Amish style furniture was born.
Store owner LeRoy Weaver notes, "Today, Weaver's Amish craftsmen use many of the same woodworking techniques as the old Shakers." This beautiful bed suite is shown in the classic Mission furniture style but is also available in a traditional Country style. In fact, every detail of this bed suite can be customized. Weaver's hands-on construction allows customers to choose the stain or finish, wood type, hardware and size that appeals to them.
To see more of Weaver's Mission Pier Bed Suite and other Amish furniture styles such as the Landmark Mission, visit their store location in Shipshewana, Indiana or browse their online furniture catalog. Speak with their knowledgeable staff to find the perfect furnishing and customize it for your home.
About Weaver Furniture Sales:
Weaver Furniture Sales was established in 1989 in Shipshewana, Indiana, and is an Amish, family-owned furniture business that offers a full line of solid wood, Amish Furniture at affordable prices – for both residential and commercial purposes. Weaver Furniture Sales features shaker styles, traditional and mission furniture. As part of their client services, Weaver Furniture Sales provides furniture design consultation services, custom furniture options, furniture quotes, layaway options and various delivery alternatives for residences and businesses in the United States from their quiet country showroom in Shipshewana, Indiana.
LeRoy and Ida Weaver have owned and operated Weaver Furniture Sales for over twenty-three years, beginning with a 1,500 square foot showroom and expanding to over 15,000 square feet today. Previously, they owned and managed LeWana Dairy Farm where they milked cows and raised corn and hay.

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Deluxe Bay Rooms are located on the first, second and third floors. Guests in these rooms enjoy more space than in Superior Rooms and have access to amenities like Free high-speed, wireless Internet, a mini bar and satellite television.
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Our Great Danes are raised in our home, sleep in our beds and are 100% part of our family. All my dogs are AKC registered, OFA certified for hips... ...
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Shakira Kennels
Additional Information: Breeder of AKC Champion Danes. Beautiful,healthy,well tempered pups are our priority. Fawns and brindles out of champion European & American lines.
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Great Danes of Burns
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Cloverleaf Creek Great Danes
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Dianes Danes
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It's gonna get sappy up in here.
There's something very surreal about watching Emma Roberts become a huge star. I grew up watching her aunt, Julia Roberts, become America's sweetheart (oh my gosh—I just remembered that I actually saw the movie America's Sweethearts in the theater), and it's so weird to think that teenage girls are gobbling up her style and beauty tips from online publications the way I did from tangible, flip-through-able magazines like InStyle and Mademoiselle in the '90s.
I wonder if this is how my mom, having watched Goldie Hawn start her rise to stardom while she was in high school, felt when Kate Hudson came on the scene. But then, I don't remember The New York Times publishing 1,000 words about Kate Hudson's beauty routine when she was in her early 20s.
Emma Roberts' beauty routine is pretty much exactly what you'd expect from a wealthy 24-year-old actress
If you weren't really worried about the signs of aging yet, didn't have any major acne issues, and had the financial freedom to buy expensive stuff and dye your hair blonde and dark brown and back to blonde again, your beauty routine would probably sound a hell of a lot like the one Scream Queens star Emma Roberts recently told The New York Times she sticks to.
Her skincare regimen is a mix of preventative formulas and simple indulgences, like AmorePacific Future Response Age Defense Dual Eye Creme, Tata Harper Beautifying Face Oil, Murad Oil-Control Mattifier SPF 15, and masks from REN and SK-II. Her makeup bag boasts plenty of Sephora-shoppable favorites like BareMinerals Pop of Passion Lip Oil-Balm, Anastasia Brow Gel, and Armani Luminous Silk Foundation. She's also an early adopter of Honest Beauty—specifically the Creme Blush.
Her hair products, chosen specifically for color-damaged hair with extensions, are just as 'spency as the rest of her favorites: Oribe Shampoo for Beautiful Color, Serge Normant Meta Sheer Dry Oil Finishing Spray, and Kerastase masks.
None of this surprises, offends or amuses me. NEXT!
Bill Nye's beauty routine is probably not at all what you'd expect from a famous 60-year-old science guy
I don't know why Fashionista interviewed Bill Nye the Science Guy about his beauty routine, but I sure am glad they did. Even though he knows a ton about chemistry and biology and whatnot, he seems just as clueless as most 60-year-old dudes about beauty products. That doesn't mean he doesn't use them or have favorites, though. He most definitely does.
"Just know that I have no endorsement in this at all, but I use Pond's," he told them. "Pond's is an ancient product. My grandmother used Pond's. And so do I."
He also swears by eye cream, "or eye ointment, or whatever that is." He's been using it for decades and is convinced it's helping him look better than his peers. Mary Kay, Olay—he's switched things up over the years, but he's committed to dabbing goo under his eyes.
When asked if he's into man buns, though, he was far less enthusiastic: "Not my thing."
Too bad, because there are now clip-in man buns
Whenever a short-haired guy makes fun of the man-bun trend, do you ever wonder, for just a sec, if that guy is just jealous? If you know one of these jealous, length-challenged dudes, consider buying him his secret number-one Christmas boutique gift item: a customized RPZL clip-in man bun!
RPZL's popular RPZL PONY! (all-caps and an exclamation point are part of the trademarked name) is apparently being commandeered by men in order to get the man-bun look, which is guaranteed to get them both mocked and laid.
Available in 16 different shades of 100% virgin remy hair, RPZL is happy to help pick the perfect color match. Once received, just rip open the package with unbridled gusto, part his hair into the section you want to attach the clip-in, tease the section of hair where the clip-in will be attached, attach the clip-in, create a messy bun, and put him on a Greyhound to Brooklyn. Voila!
It's Dita Von Teese's turn for a MAC collaboration
I seriously cannot wait until my MAC collaboration (a girl can delude herself), but until then, I love all of these limited-edition celebrity-inspired products they've been launching.
The latest is Dita Von Teese, whose new book Your Beauty Mark (super-into that name) inspired MAC to create a glamorous red lipstick that works perfectly with the retro burlesque dancer's aesthetic.
The lipstick, which has Dita's actual signature etched into the bullet (an exciting new challenge for identity thieves), will be available online and in select stores next month.
Girl with incredibly beautiful hair kicked off cheerleading squad for having incredibly beautiful hair
I know a lot has changed since I was a wee middle school cheerleader in the early '90s, but I had no idea that some squads today are requiring girls to straighten their curly hair in order to participate. That seems wholly unnecessary, no? How about a braid instead?
But it's reportedly the reason Makayla Fallaw, a gorgeous 11-year-old with badass gymnastic skills, was cut from her cheerleading squad.
"Just a few weeks ago is the first time I had heard about a special hairstyle," Makayla's mother told Texas station KTRK, referring to Woodlands Elite Cheer's rule that all girls must have straight hair for competitions. "I felt like I might make my daughter feel like her hair is not good enough because she's not like other girls." She also expressed concern that the straightening process could damage Makayla's hair.
Although her mother wrote a letter to Woodlands and got a meeting with them to discuss making a compromise, things didn't work out.
"When you come into the sport, you understand there is makeup to it. There's hair to it," Woodlands employee Kevin Tonner told a reporter.
But ultimately, it wasn't the fact that "there's hair to it" (whatever that means) that got Makayla kicked off the squad. It was supposedly her mother's defensiveness.
"It wasn't about hair. It was about we don't want this negativity on our team," Tonner said.
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- Outdoor EXPO: Held in the last weekend in August. This event includes a Gun Show, as well as, vendors for hunting, fishing and outdoor sports. Held in the Cleveland Civic Center and Stancil EXPO Arena, there will be lots of events for the kids that include Archery, BB range, and a small animal wildlife area. Food trucks, RV, Boat and ATV displays will be included.
- Music\Fest Cleveland: Held annually in the Cleveland Civic Center and Stancil EXPO Arena in October. This event includes a mix of featured bands including Rock, Gospel, Country, Jazz, Tejano, Zydeco and much more. There will be food trucks, vendors and lots of kid's events.
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- Bunny Blast: Hosted by the Cleveland Unity Committee. Bunny Blast is held the Saturday before Easter kids attack several thousand plastic eggs filled with candy. Event includes a section for Special Needs Children. For more information contact Cleveland Civic Center at 281-592-2395.
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On the third anniversary of the tragedy, international group of investigators Bellingcat published a report on the crash of the MH17 flight, shot down on July 17th 2014 near Torez (Donetsk region).
The corresponding document was published on bellingcat.com on Monday.
The report sets out a chronology of events immediately before the tragedy and after, based on data from open sources.
Bellingcat comes to the conclusion that the aircraft was shot down with Russian air defense missile system Buk 332, which belonged to the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces.
On July 21st 2014, the Ministry of Defense of Russia published a group of deliberately fabricated documents about the route of the flight, radar data, and edited satellite images taken at another time.
"There is no evidence that [Ukrainian] Buk 312 was ever deployed anywhere near the frontline or in separatistheld territory at or near July 17, 2014," the report says.
At the same time, Bellingcat claims that the only credible candidate for the missile launcher that downed MH17 is Russian Buk 332 of the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade.
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Aliens Colonial Marines: Early Announcement Was 'Unusual' – Pitchford
Aliens: Colonial Marines was announced in 2006 "before the ink was even dry on the paper" according to Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, who also explains that, "Usually we'd be very far along with a project before it's even announced."
Speaking with NowGamer, Pitchford discussed the status of the Aliens: Colonial Marines project and the new February 12 release date in detail.
"This is the first time we've really announced a date," Pitchford explained, "There has been guidance (projected release windows and seasons), but if we had full control, none of that guidance would have even been mentioned, as it's all speculative."
Pitchford also explained that while development of some games are dictated by time or budgets, he confirms that Aliens: Colonial Marines is bound by vision and quality.
"That's the approach we took with Aliens: Colonial Marines," Pitchford continued, "When we did that, it meant that we were going to allow ourselves to be flexible with our schedule and our budget.
"One of the last things I want to remind everyone of was when we the business deal was completed on the Aliens project, we hadn't even written the first line of code yet."
"20th Century Fox and Sega got so excited that there was going to be this sequel to Aliens that they put out a press release before the ink was even dry on the paper."
"I think their aim through that was driven on the business side, but immediately this demand was created before anything was even made."
"Usually we'd be very far along with a project before it's even announced, but when Alien ships the development time will be the same as the original Borderlands."


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Based on hearsay, developers hate documentation…until they come across a project with no documentation!
As you leave your company, how do you want to be remembered? Let me put it this way, if the next programmer is a serial killer that has to review legacy code that you wrote, would you want him to know where you live? Once I thought following a zero comment policy as good because classes, methods, variables should be human readable and obvious, however, there will always be someone who complains about the lack of comments and that your documentation is overwhelming. So, comment sparingly, but when you comment, complement the existing code and comment specifically business reasons behind your code. It's also useful to use tools in your IDE that automatically apply comments to properties and classes. This is important, but if you comment every object, please don't leave the default auto-generated comments in there, as they are just as useless as no comments. Finally, you should always reference your code classes to the user-friendly documentation in some other system (such as Confluence). If you comment your code where appropriate and also provide documentation for all your code, then you will be appreciated long past your stay.


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Basically 3 kinds of basic size sofa that is big, medium and small. What's interesting is it's a small sofa used as a great seat for one person and also adds to the closeness when you and your partner cuddle. Well since this is a small sofa, keep in mind also use the sofa arm will greatly effect the comfort of the person sitting. Arm of the sofa is profitable as armrest, but it also reduces the number of people who can sit comfortably on the couch.
One other thing to keep in mind, the shape of the sofa arm sofa will effect how big it looks. Narrow arm of the sofa looks make small, while the opposite of it is impressive. Therefore we can make a large sofa in a small room look good as long as we choose a minimalist sofa that form a narrow arm. While in the big room, a sofa with large arms will look more charming.
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If it is impossible to find a place that is enough to put a standard sofa, it helps you use the sofa corner. At the corner of the room, this sofa will be angled perfectly follow the shape of the room, better than using two sofas. This is great for a large room, but for a small room do not worry, you can still use the short corner sofa.
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Seattle Sounders FC spiced up last season's MLS SuperDraft by trading up to snatch local star Cristian Roldan of the University of Washington.
General manager Garth Lagerwey isn't expecting that kind of intrigue Thursday, when Major League Soccer holds the first two rounds of its annual SuperDraft from Baltimore, starting at 10 a.m. PST.
Lagerwey has been at this long enough to know that drafts can turn in surprising ways. But in the days leading up to the draft, he didn't seem infatuated enought with any single prospect to try to trade up from No. 15.
"I don't think there's a Roldan-type scenario, where we have a guy that we target and we kind of make inquiries as he drops," Lagerwey said. "… I don't think there's somebody like that that we've targeted. I think there's a group of players that we like maybe a little bit more than the larger group."
The Chicago Fire holds the first pick and is expected to choose from among top prospects, including center-back Joshua Yaro of Georgetown, midfielder Jack Harrison of Wake Forest or defender Brandon Vincent of Stanford.
Lagerwey sees this class as light on attackers and potential superstars, but fairly deep in midfielders and defenders.
That happens to align with the Sounders' needs.
"We have a number of young players up front, as well as some big guns," he said. "So I think probably for us it makes more sense to look farther back on the field. That said, we are steadfast in taking the best player available, and if that player is an attacking talent, then we're going to do it."
By the time the 15th pick rolls around, that "best player available" isn't likely to be an instant contributor. But Lagerwey says he believes his club could come away with an asset worth nurturing.
"If you look at that player-development pipeline, are we going to acquire talent in the draft that could help us long-term? Yes," he said. "As to whether they're going to contribute on the first team right away, I think that's going to depend on a whole bunch of things: health, position. It's difficult to say, 'We're going to fill this need with this player.' We're going to take the best player available, and then we're going to see how they go through our system."
In addition to the 15th overall pick, Seattle also has the seventh and 15th picks in the second round. The club also has one pick each in the third and fourth rounds, which will come Tuesday by conference call.
After seeing what those picks yield, Lagerwey said the Sounders would assess whether additional moves should be made before the start of training camp on Jan. 22.
"No one is judging your team (now)," he said. "… We're going to have a lot of young players in supporting roles. We're going to need to be patient with those players, nurture those players, build them up, and hopefully they grow. Not all of them will, but some of them will. And that's what you're hoping. Hopefully, you'll be judged on whether or not you win. At the end of the day, that's what it comes down to."
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By Stine Jacobsen
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg replaced the ministers for energy, EU affairs and justice in her right-wing government on Tuesday in a reshuffle nine months before the next general election.
The minority government of Solberg's Conservatives and the anti-immigration Progress Party has lagged the centre-left opposition in recent opinion polls.
Solberg said that the three ministers quitting the cabinet had wanted to leave for personal reasons.
Oil Minister Tord Lien of the right-wing Progress party will stand down in favor of Terje Soeviknes, a popular small-town mayor.
Lien "has been a driving force for a continued high tempo of oil and gas off Norway, at the same time as developing renewable energy," Solberg told a news conference.
Norway is western Europe's top producer of oil and natural gas, and the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy manages the government's majority stake in Statoil.
Justice Minister Anders Anundsen of the Progress Party was replaced by Per-Willy Amundsen, until now a junior minister. EU Affairs Minister Elisabeth Aspaker of the Conservative Party will be replaced by Frank Bakke-Jensen of the same party.
Two small centrist parties, which support Solberg's minority government in parliament, criticized the appointments as a step to the right.
"This is not an invitation to the center, perhaps the opposite," said centrist Christian Democrat leader Knut Arild Hareide.
Trine Skei Grande, head of the centrist Liberal Party, said that the Progress Party appointments would add a dose of scepticism about man-made climate change to the government.
Solberg rejected the criticisms, saying the reshuffle "does not change the political foundations of the government".
She said the government agreed with mainstream scientific findings that climate change is mainly man-made.
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Today was a long day, wrote Independence skipper Jeff DeBuys July 22, searching for fish in absolutely perfect weather. Such is the case after a few days of windy weather, and then relocating the schools we have been fishing with huge success the past few weeks. The day was not a total loss, as we tagged 41 tuna 18 to 30 pounds, of the yellowfin variety. We are moving to yet another location in search of fish; please wish us luck, Jeff and the Indy crew.
Rooster Returns
Skipper Derek Waldman docked Red Rooster III July 22 after a four-day trip with chartermaster Glenn Kerr. The group fished offshore, for 130 bluefin tuna.
1st place jackpot 63.4-pound bluefin tuna caught by Jeff Bracey of Newport Beach
2nd place jackpot 41.6-pound bluefin tuna caught by Zack Rackaukus of Santa Ana
3rd place jackpot 39.6-pound bluefin tuna caught by Kincaid Mcauley of Palos Verde
Trolling jackpot: 37.6-pound bluefin tuna caught by Dave Rexroder of Buena Park
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Our weather continues to be excellent, said the Royal Polaris report July 22. We had a very slow morning, but after lunch, it was game on. We had an outstanding bite on 18 to 30 pound Yellowfin tuna. Once the smoke cleared, we had daily limits for all aboard. We are now headed to Cedros Island, in hopes of making a few tanks of bait, but with the moon being full tonight, it might not happen. We did see a few Swordfish today, all over the 100-pound mark, but they didn't want any part of us or our bait.
Stars Day
Bluefin Tuna, wrote Tim Ekstrom for his Royal Star, not the main vein, and a completely different size class than what we have been seeing/catching in the lower zones, but a good warm-up and good fun. The abundant school size, 15 to 40-pound class bluefin were not entirely wanton either with the exception of a couple of schools of 10 to 14-pound "mini giants" that showed some real enthusiasm for coming on board. A little early in the voyage to be settling we opted to release most of the little fellas, that obviously didn't know better, banking on bigger and better things to follow.
"Despite the coy disposition of the majority of the 30 to 40-pound fish encountered we put together a respectable score setting us in fine shape for another search tomorrow in the lower big fish zones. The most perfect conditions imaginable grace the effort and unleash our full potential when glassing the ocean while in search mode.
Monday Morning
Today was a fun-filled day of fishing in good weather, reported Searcher July 23. We had limits of yellowtail by mid-morning and that gave us more than half the day to focus on bluefin tuna. Most of the day was slow but the last hour and a half proved itself to be worth the wait. We found a large school of 30 to 40-pounders and some bit. We're headed home to turn around to hope to repeat what we did today.


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B.E / B.Tech / M.E / M.Tech / MCA Fresher's required for the position Engineer IT in Cisco Systems at Bangalore. Interested and eligible candidates who have strong skill sets on desired profile can apply online for the requirement with the link given below. Find the job description, eligibility criteria, exact venue and interview details for more information. Cisco Systems Hiring B.E / B.Tech / M.E / M.Tech / MCA freshers 2016 for Engineer IT at Bangalore. Candidates who have completed B.E / B.Tech / M.E / M.Tech / MCA can apply for this job from Cisco Systems.
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We've made significant inroads into many Global 2000 organizations with extensive international operations," said OpenSpan CEO Eric Musser.
Atlanta, GA, and London, UK (PRWEB) March 07, 2012
OpenSpan, Inc., a provider of innovative user process analytics, optimization and automation solutions, has announced a strengthening of its commitment to international operations with an expanding European sales and services organization based in London. Guy Tweedale has joined the company as Managing Director of OpenSpan's European headquarters.
Increasing pipeline activity, expanding commitments from existing customers and on-going partner success led OpenSpan to expand its London office, according to company CEO Eric Musser. "We've made significant inroads into many Global 2000 organizations with extensive international operations," said Mr. Musser. "OpenSpan is committed to continue to scale our organization to meet the global demand for our technology. We're pleased to have Guy Tweedale to direct our growth in Europe, where we are already leveraging his track record of success with building and leading multi-cultural teams."
Mr. Tweedale brings more than 25 years of technology sales and marketing expertise to OpenSpan. His previous experience includes significant contributions to strategic direction, market expansion, revenue growth, partnership development and customer services for several international software companies. Mr. Tweedale has worked in a number of technology industry segments and product lines, including infrastructure monitoring systems, composite application development services, CRM applications, workflow and process diagramming tools, and other business software solutions.
Prior to joining OpenSpan, Mr. Tweedale was interim managing director and CEO of Azeti Monitoring Solutions. He also served as senior vice president, EMEA for Jacada, vice president of Northern Europe for Saratoga Systems and vice president of EMEA for Extensity.
OpenSpan's international footprint currently includes customers in 48 countries, contributing an average 40 percent to the company's annual software revenue. Among the company's marquis customers are several of the world's largest financial services firms, including three of the "Big Four" banking operations in the United Kingdom. Other OpenSpan customers found on the Forbes Global 2000 list are three of the largest telecommunications and cable providers, and two of the top five healthcare organizations OpenSpan sells direct, via resellers and through OEM relationships.
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This month we review two vegetarian cookbooks, one for the cook who wants easy-to-prepare recipes, the other for the mealmaker who is interested in hearty soy entrees.
The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet
Broadway Books, 2001
Paper 15.95
Nava says in her introduction, "Ask any time-crunched cook what they look for in a meal, and the words 'fast' and 'easy' will likely come up." The author, herself, has devised these unique, simple, and health-focused meals while raising young children, meeting work deadlines, and spending time with her husband, friends, and family.
"Keeping things simple takes the frantic quality--and pressure--out of preparing a meal," says Nava. We certainly agree. She offers suggestions for stocking the pantry with items geared to make those simple preps possible, items such as prepared condiments, pastas and noodles, and canned tomato products.
She provides a form for a Weekly Menu Planning Guide to encourage planning ahead and a Shopping Guide to make sure the pantry stays replenished. A brief explanation of her Nutritional Analysis follows, and, from there, Nava wastes no time in getting to the heart of the book, the 5-ingredient recipes.
Nava knows the secret of good soup is to satisfy the soul or the spirit, as well as the appetite. In the section Simplicity in a Soup Pot she offers comfort recipes like Split Pea and Barley Soup, "Creamy" Mushroom Soup, and Leek and Potato Soup as well as unique combinations like Fresh Tomato and Corn Soup and Miso Onion Soup.
Many pages throughout the book feature suggested menus using the recipes. Sporadically sprinkled within the pages are tidbits of helpful information about using, storing, and purchasing some of the ingredients that may be unfamiliar to new vegetarians.
The Streamlined Salad section contains a myriad of unique salad combos as well as a side bar listing a number of helpful suggestions for boosting the seasoning of a basic salad, including items such as pickled beets, fresh herbs, and even dried cranberries. One of our favorite salads was the Pasta "Tuna" Salad that combined pasta, baked tofu, celery, black olives, and soy mayo.
The Zen of Grains and Beans section provides 38 excellent recipes, none with more than five ingredients. Many of them create the ideal centerpiece for any meal, while others fill in as hearty side dishes. The informational tidbits in this section appear frequently and offer solid facts about cooking and suggestions for serving.
This savvy author hasn't left the cook in the lurch wondering what to do with soy, potatoes, vegetables, sandwiches, spreads, dips, and sauces. There are many recipe choices for each. We prepared and enjoyed the Colcannon, an Irish potato, cabbage, and scallion dish, and decided that next year we'll add it to our menu in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. In the mood for an unlikely combination we prepared the Tomato-Mango Salsa. It couldn't be easier and added a pleasant zest to our meal.
Nava's Fundamental Fruit section serves up a variety of simple, healthy desserts where the fruits are allowed to shine through without disguise. Many of the smoothies use low fat vanilla yogurt with fresh fruits that burst through with their natural flavors.
The book is well indexed with recipes easy to locate by name as well as by main ingredient.
Perfect for any vegetarian household, The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet comes to the rescue of the harried mom who prepares a quick dinner between carpools as well as the working cook who comes home too tired to prepare a fussy meal. It's not only a blessing to the novice cook who enjoys an experiment or two in the kitchen but also offers success from the start to the person in transition to vegetarianism.
Patrician Publications, 2001
Paper $20.99
Hardcover $30.99
Dorothy Jane, the TVP queen, recognizes that many wannabe vegetarians could be satisfied with soy-based dishes if they tasted like their familiar comfort foods and wafted familiar aromas as well. Aware that beans and rice won't cut it with the hard-core carnivores, this 30-year vegetarian was motivated to develop recipes with textured vegetable protein.
In her introductory section Dorothy Jane explains that TVP is made from soy flour after the oil has been removed. This makes the soy flour fat free. The defatted soy flour is then pressure cooked, pressed through a mold to form its various shapes and sizes, and then dried. To use TVP, the cook simply rehydrates it with hot water, then cooks it in dishes that contain well-seasoned sauces.
With a generous supply of TVP on hand, the author has created meat clones that satisfy those seeking hearty dishes that mom used to make, dishes that so closely resemble meat that new vegetarians wouldn't even miss the animal products. At times, she has even deceived her non-vegetarian guests into believing they were actually eating meat.
A world traveler, historian, editor, and author of sixteen books, Dorothy Jane brings all her skills together in presenting her exceptional cookbook with numerous recipes that appear in an uncommon format. Rather than providing the standard listing of ingredients at the top of the recipe, then naming them again in the directions, this author starts each recipe with the directions and prints the ingredients in bold type so they easily stand out within the body of the recipe.
Each recipe is prefaced with related experiences that are totally engaging. At times she describes her inspiration for creating the dish, while other recipes begin with suggestions for presenting the entrée with many variations.
While most of the recipes are created for the vegetarian, there are a number that will serve as vegan dishes as well. One of the exceptional vegan recipes is the Groundnut Cookpot, a hearty West African stew that draws its unique flavor from peanuts.
The author's many travels across the globe have inspired her to "vegetarianize" the plethora of dishes drawn from traditional international cuisines. From the Austrian, German, Swiss Seductions section are standards such as Goulash/Paprikash and Sauerbraten a la Habsburg. Her British inspirations include Cornish Meatpies and Shepherd's Pie.
While her French Connection features Bourguignon and Real Men's (and Women's) Quiche, the favorites of her American home front include Jambalaya Joy, Miraculous Can't-Beatloaf, and Sloppy Josephine. We can almost imagine the savory bouquets emanating from the kitchen.
With an even 100 all-vegetarian main-dish recipes combined in Meatless Meat, Dorothy Jane Mills' innovative work is an ideal way to introduce satisfying vegetarian fare to the newcomer. For the experienced vegetarian cook searching for a great company dish, there is an abundance of tantalizing choices.
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Google Labs, the company's experimental playground that gave birth to many cool new apps and projects like Goggles, Reader, Docs and Art Project, is closing its doors. Google announced on its blog that it would shut down the venture as its tries to focus more on existing products and prioritize its assets.
"While we've learned a huge amount by launching very early prototypes in Labs, we believe that greater focus is crucial if we're to make the most of the extraordinary opportunities ahead," said Bill Coughran, a senior vice president for research and systems infrastructure in a statement on the Google blog.
However, Lab products that are already in place in Gmail or available on the Android market will continue to work. Some of these have caught on quickly, such as the "Undo" feature in Gmail that allows users to retract an email seconds after it has been sent. Goggles too, will continue to be available on the Android market. Some Google mainstays like Maps, Trends and Docs all came out of Labs.
Some experiments -- the blog post didn't detail which ones -- will be retired permanently, while some will be incorporated into full products. In recent months, Labs has come out with Swiffy, which converts Flash files for use on Apple devices and Scribe, for document creation.Check out some of the experiments created out of Labs:
Google Art Project takes online visitors virtually through 17 different museums, like the Tate Britain, Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, New York's MoMA and The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
Google Goggles allows users to take images with their smartphones to access another layer of info about the subjects. The Getty Museum in Los Angeles recently leveraged the technology to provide more info about its premanent collection to visitors. Goggles was also applied to a marketing experiment featuring brands like T-Mobile, Disney and Diageo.


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Richard E. Cripps, CFA
Chief Investment Officer
(443) 224-1231
Richard joined Stifel as the Managing Director of the Portfolio Strategy Group in 2005 following the acquisition of Legg Mason's Capital Markets Group. He was named the Chief Investment Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager of EquityCompass upon the group's spin-off as a subsidiary in June 2008. Richard has more than 30 years' experience in developing and monitoring investment opinions, as well as providing market commentary, strategy and portfolio advice to individual and institutional clients.
The EquityCompass investment philosophy and process were developed and refined under Richard's leadership and were utilized in a variety of programs at Legg Mason and currently are being offered at Stifel. Prior to joining Stifel, Richard served as the Chief Market Strategist and Co-chairman of the investment committee at Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. He is a CFA charter holder and a member of the Baltimore Security Analysts Society.
Larry C. Baker, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager
(443) 224-1320
Larry joined EquityCompass in 2010 and is currently the Senior Portfolio Manager of the Quality Dividend and Select Quality portfolios. Larry has more than 30 years of investment experience, most recently with Legg Mason where he was a Managing Director and award-winning security analyst in the Industrials sector. Prior to joining Legg Mason in 1990, he was a Vice President and securities analyst at Dillon, Read & Co. Larry began his career as a securities analyst with E. F. Hutton where he spent 10 years. Larry has been named a three-time member of Institutional Investor's All-American Research Team and recognized as an All-Star analyst by The Wall Street Journal Best on the Street and Forbes/StarMine.
Larry received a B.S. from the United States Military Academy and a Masters in Finance from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a CFA charter holder.
Robert G. Hagstrom, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager
(610) 567‐1961
Robert joined EquityCompass in July 2014 and now manages the EquityCompass Global Leaders Portfolio. Robert has more than 30 years of investment experience; notably as the Portfolio Manager of the Growth Equity Strategy at Legg Mason Capital Management for 14 years where he managed over $7 billion in assets. He was also the recipient of "Honorable Mention" as Morningstar's U.S. Equity Manager of the Year in 2007.
Robert is the author of nine investment books including The New York Times best-seller The Warren Buffett Way (1994, 2003,2013) - considered the definitive book on how Warren Buffett analyzes stocks and makes investment decisions. The book now its third edition has sold more than one million copies worldwide, and has been translated into 17 languages. He is also the author of the first book on concentrated investing : The Warren Buffett Portfolio: Mastering the Power of the Focus Investment Strategy (1999), a BusinessWeek best seller, recommended reading by Charlie Munger, Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and ranked as one of the top five "Best Personal Finance Books" of 1999 by Money magazine.
Robert earned his Bachelor and Masters of Arts degrees from Villanova University and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Philadelphia.
Timothy M. McCann
Senior Portfolio Manager
(617) 488‐4410
Tim is responsible for managing quantitative equity portfolios, investment research, and new product development at EquityCompass. He has been working with EquityCompass and its predecessor the Portfolio Strategy Group since 2002 and led the efforts to develop, refine and implement the EquityCompass proprietary quantitative models and rules-based investment strategies.
Previously, Tim worked for a Boston-based financial advisory firm where his responsibilities included the creation, back testing, and implementation of a quantitative rules-based discipline for the group's asset management efforts. Prior to that, he worked at Morgan Stanley and UBS Securities (via PaineWebber) in various positions. Tim has a B.S. in business from The College of Notre Dame of Maryland.
Elizabeth Watkins
Chief Compliance Officer
(312) 368-1442
Elizabeth is the Chief Compliance Officer for EquityCompass and other affiliated investment managers at Stifel. She brings 25 years of experience and a business-minded approach to the firm's compliance programs. Prior to joining the firm, Elizabeth was Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer for several Calamos Investments entities. Prior to joining Calamos, she was the Senior Managing Director, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer for The Ziegler Companies. She also served as the Interim President at North Track Funds Inc., Ziegler's affiliated mutual fund family. She has also held various management positions at independent and boutique financial services and investment management firms.
Elizabeth is a Member of the National Society of Compliance Professionals, the Investment Company Institute CCO Committee and Advisory Issues Sub-Committee, and is Co-Chair of the Chicago Chief Compliance Officer Group. She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and holds various securities licenses including the Series 4, 7, 24, 53 and 66.
Bobby Thomas
Director – Strategy and Operators
(443) 224-1272
Bobby is responsible for building partnerships to develop solutions and customized products as well as to distribute them inside and outside Stifel. Prior to joining EquityCompass, Bobby was an Associate in the investment banking practice, also at Stifel, where he was responsible for the transaction execution of mergers and acquisitions and public and private capital-raising transactions.
Bobby has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and received his B.Tech. from University of Calicut, India.
Bernard J. Kavanagh III, CMT®
Portfolio Manager
(443) 224-1232
Bernie is the portfolio manager for the EquityCompass Global Leaders Portfolio and the EquityCompass Risk Management Strategy ETFs and is a senior member of the investment management team that is responsible for developing and researching EquityCompass' quantitative portfolio strategies. He also writes extensively on market and portfolio strategy and publishes the widely read "Weekend at Bernie's" newsletter. Prior to joining EquityCompass in May 2011, Bernie was a member of Stifel's Institutional Equity Sales group from the time Stifel acquired Legg Mason's Capital Markets Group in December of 2005. At Legg Mason, Bernie began his career in May 2000 as an associate in the Equity Marketing and Strategy Group. Prior to Legg Mason, he was an associate at T. Rowe Price beginning in 1997.
Bernie has an M.B.A. from Loyola College in Maryland and a B.A. from Rutgers University. He holds the Chartered Market Technician designation.
Michael S. Scherer
Senior Portfolio Manager
(443) 224-1364
Mike is the portfolio manager of the EquityCompass Quality Dividend and Select Quality portfolios, as well as a senior member of the team responsible for developing and researching EquityCompass' quantitative portfolio strategies. He has written extensively on market strategy and works closely with Stifel financial advisors educating them on EquityCompass investment portfolios and products.
Mike has over 15 years of investment experience. He has been involved in quantitative model maintenance and portfolio construction for the EquityCompass portfolios and quantitative models since the beginning. He joined the EquityCompass team in 2000 while it was a unit within Legg Mason, and moved with the team to Stifel in 2005 and EquityCompass in 2008.
Mike has a B.A. from College of William & Mary and an MBA in Finance from Loyola University Maryland.
Lauren Loughlin
Portfolio Analyst
(443) 224-1329
Lauren joined EquityCompass in May 2014 and is involved in all aspects of the portfolio management process, including investment research and analysis, stock selection, product marketing, asset and performance measurement, and client communications. Prior to joining EquityCompass, Lauren was a member of the Stifel Nicolaus Institutional Equity Sales group, and she also previously worked at Morgan Stanley in equity derivative client service. Lauren has a B.S. in business administration with a concentration in finance from Washington and Lee University
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text: Third baseman George Brett of the Kansas City Royals and his three brothers have reached a tentative agreement to purchase the Spokane Indians of the Class A Northwest League. The announcement was made by Bobby Brett, a real estate investor from Hermosa Beach, Calif. Oldest brother John and former major-league pitcher Ken are the other brothers involved. John is a Southern California real estate contractor, and Ken manages the Utica, N.Y., Blue Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League. The Arizona-based Sunshine Baseball Inc. announced in May that the Class A team was for sale, but only to a person or group interested in operating a Class AAA Pacific Coast League club in Spokane, should the opportunity arise. ''If the opportunity comes up to bring Triple-A ball back to Spokane, we would be very interested in that,'' Bobby Brett said. The purchase price was believed to be between $150,000 and $200,000.


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The California Transit Indemnity Pool (CalTIP) is the result of the cooperative efforts of public transit operators acting collectively to meet their insurance needs. In the mid-1980's, public transit operators faced an insurance crisis of increasing premiums, decreasing coverages and increasing deductibles. Consequently, in 1985, the California Transit Association formed an insurance committee and authorized the preparation of a study of alternative methods of providing liability insurance coverage.
The study, which was completed in 1986, recommended that California's public transit operators band together and form a joint powers authority for the purpose of creating a self-funded insurance pool. The results clearly indicated the fact that transit operators needed more stable and less costly forms of insurance.
On May 1, 1987, CalTIP began providing a liability coverage program for its 12 initial members. The pool began offering immediate benefits to public transit operators, such as:
Since that time, CalTIP has added a Vehicle Physical Damage Program and has expanded its scope of services to meet the needs of its members. CalTIP now serves over 30 California transit operators.
Click here for information on CalTIP 's membership underwriting process.
The California Transit Indemnity Pool (CalTIP) has met all of the high professional standards established by the California Association of Joint Powers Authorities (CAJPA) in the areas of governance, finance, claims control, safety and loss prevention, excess coverage, and risk management. CAJPA's accreditation process requires reviews by independent consultants in all of these areas including the areas of accounting, claims adjusting, and actuarial analysis.
CalTIP is proud to have received the highest designation possible: "Accredited with Excellence."


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You Probably Need a Will, So Here's How to Have That Potentially Awkward Conversation with Your Family
Remember, if you die without a will, the state will determine who inherits
In case you haven't noticed yet in our brief acquaintance, I tend to be a worrier.
When I was pregnant, I worried like it was my job and I was the Best Employee in the History of the World. Besides all of my labor and birth-related worries (which were epic and graphic), I worried about where to put the baby, what to do all day with the baby, how to not drop the baby down the stairs, whether or not the baby would like me, and about a gazillion other things.
Worries about the rigors of daily baby hygiene? Nope. Never crossed my mind.
But, hello, people! A baby is not just an excuse for you to buy colorful shit for your house. A baby is an actual human being with all the disgusting bodily fluids, digestive issues, and wonky toenails of your average frat boy. Except that unlike your average frat boy, your baby needs someone to keep him clean, dry, smooth, and de-clawed.
Here are the biggest hygiene challenges I have faced in my first year of parenthood. This is based on MY experience so far, so if your baby is more or less disgusting than mine, well, I guess we can all just pat ourselves on the back.
1. Nails
Two things are certain: You are going to be terrified to cut your baby's nails. And you are going to make a finger or toe bleed at some point. Yes, you are. Deal with it.
For the record, I've only accidentally cut the skin once and he didn't seem to mind all that much. I'm still afraid of cutting him and since he's been more mobile, getting him to stay still enough to even submit to a trimming session has been a challenge. I'm sure this problem will only get worse once he starts walking and gets more willful and apt to punch me in the face. So far I've had success distracting him by either singing or making farting noises, so I guess I'll just keep up with the good work!
I've been OK with some baby emery boards and baby nail clippers. I got away with only filing them for maybe the first week, but then I had to just dive in. I'm sure I could've used regular-people emery boards, but the little baby ones are softer and easier to maneuver between the chubby little fingers. I never bothered with the magnifying glass thing on my nail clippers and I learned to just move quickly, pull baby's skin as far back from the nail as I can and GO FOR IT.
2. Neck
My baby has always had a very laid-back personality. He likes kicking his legs, chewing on a toy, whatever. Baby's love for lying on his back, plus the fact that he has a huge head, plus the fact that it was summer added up to a nasty, stinky chronic neck rash.
We were on neck rash patrol for months. The doctor said to keep it dry and use 1% hydrocortisone cream. Experts tell you not to use talc anymore because it can get into baby's lungs and stay there, so we went through a lot of Burt's Bees Baby Powder. The powder helped keep his neck dry enough to clear up the rash, but it also smelled nice. Because my baby's neck smelled, people! It smelled like an empty subway car that pulls up in front of you and you're excited to get a seat and then you realize why it's empty.
3. Scalp
Baby has more hair now, so his mess of a scalp is pretty much under control these days except for a few little patches where his hair is still growing in. But, oh, MAN! When my little guy was younger, even until about 6 or 7 months old his scalp featured many large patches of the disgusting yellow-ish crust known as "cradle cap."
(If you feel like grossing yourself out, do a Google Image search for "cradle cap." Right?)
I guess I need to reevaluate the lighting in my house because of course the only times I ever noticed when it was bad was when we were out in public. Then I would immediately start flaking it off with my fingernails, and people probably never would have even noticed my son's scalp would turn and stare at me, the scalp-picking obsessive compulsive crazy woman.
When I asked mommies everywhere what to do about this, some told me to massage olive oil into his scalp, and some said he'd grow out of it. We had some luck with plain old regular Head n' Shoulders every other night at bath-time. That dried out the cradle cap enough so that it felt extra crusty and I could massage and flake it off in the privacy of our home. If we used it more often than every other day, baby would get too dry and sprout a rash.
4. Ass
Maybe we were extra lucky, but we didn't have any major issues with diaper rash until baby had his first stomach virus at around 8 months old. At least six stinky, watery poops a day left a pretty angry-looking mess, but a big lump of Boudreaux's Butt Paste in the crack at every changing took care of it.
Then we suddenly and inexplicably had a major rash about a month later and I learned what a real diaper rash was. His butt crack was so red it was purple and looked like a hickey in some places, and he cried and tried to wiggle away when I wiped him. This was when I found myself putting him naked on the floor with clumps of poo still stuck to him while I ran to the bathroom to wet a washcloth, ran back into his room to clean him up, ran to the closet to get some towels to put on the floor and let him hang out bare-ass naked for about 40 minutes.
Letting him creep around and air-dry, I frantically Googled "best diaper rash crème" and asked Facebook for help. The winner? Triple Paste. This stuff is expensive and you have to put in on thick and stick in right in there, but it makes a huge difference overnight. And I'm sorry, but I don't have a picture of my baby's bare ass for you. If he shows it to you when he's old enough, that's his right.
Tell me, people: What was your biggest baby hygiene struggle? Do you have a better nail-cutting strategy for when singing and making farting noises stops working? Did you never accidentally cut the skin? Because I don't believe you. What the hell was it that my baby ate that made his ass so rash-y?


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Seeing as our decision to visit the Yucatecan city of Mérida was inspired by episodes from Rick Bayless's food show, "Mexico: One Plate at a Time," we decided to hunt out the places featured in the show. One of the episodes featured the food stalls at Santa Ana market, and as it happened, this was the first place we found. Located beside the beautiful Parque Santa Ana at the junction between the south end of the Paseo Montejo (Calle 58) and Calle 60 (the main road into the historic centre), along Calle 47, the Santa Ana food market is a popular destination for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Upon our approach to the market, we were greeted by several keen waiters trying to steer us into tables in front of their respective food stalls. While I'm sure any of the stalls would have been fine, we opted to sit at Lonchería Castillo–they seemed to be the busiest, and had a bright, friendly sign that had pictures of the food we were interested in trying. Mérida is much more of a "tourist" city, so we didn't stand out quite as obviously as we had in Mexico City, and there was no problem ordering the dishes (the menu helps).
The food of Mérida is a hybrid cuisine of several cultures that reflects the complex and long history of the city; there are elements of Mayan, Spanish, Dutch, Lebanese, and so on. I definitely recommend watching the Mérida episodes of "One Plate at a Time" before you visit, just to get a sense of the craziness (and deliciousness) that you should expect. The first dish we tried, and which has subsequently become our favourite food on the planet, was sopa de lima. The Yucatán grows several types of limes, one of which is featured in this amazing soup! In essence, sopa de lima is a turkey (sometimes chicken) soup with a slight hit of lime, garnished with fried tortillas and a lime wheel. The flavour, however, is indescribably rich and complex. This is the kind of food that you simply cannot stop eating–once the bowls hit the table, all talking ceases until every last drop is consumed. We tried several other dishes, including a bizarre, but delicious, concoction that consists of a wedge of Edam cheese stuffed with flavourful ground meat (queso relleno–literally "stuffed cheese"), and papadzules, a delicate plate of rolled tortillas filled with egg and topped with salsa verde and tomato sauce. We went back to Lonchería Castillo several times during our stay in Mérida.
Also worth ordering are the panuchos, cochinita pibil tacos and poc chuc tacos.


text: Do you find oil drops on your garage floor but can't seem to find the leak? Here is a simple solution, put this dye in the oil then run the bike for awhile, after that use a black light to find the glowing dye as it leaks from the engine. This leak detector used by professionals is now available to the garage mechanic. Our 1 ounce bottle will be good for at least 4 tests. In addition to motorcycles, this kit can be used on other small engines including snowmobiles, lawnmowers and snow blowers.