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If you had a great relationship and friendship but there were issues in the bedroom, would it be a dealbreaker? I'm engaged to be married for the first time at 37. My fiance is 44 but was married before for 8 years, then single for another 8 before he met me and did not have sex with anyone in that time. (None of us have kids. I think we are late to settle in L.A. ha ha) My fiance is attractive though not my typical type. We had a good rapport right off and it's just easy (mostly) for us to just be together. Our major issue is sex. At first we had some spark and passion though not what I was used to as I was dating and/or hooking up with younger more virile types before him. He didn't quite have the initiative or stamina that I was used to. He has never been a play boy or really played the dating game and wasn't hooking up and playing the field much. At first the sex situation wasn't that bad, but soon his problem became the rule rather than the exception. He has trouble maintaining his erection. He gets it up but then we start and it deflates. Again and again. I have been kind, I have been patient. I finally got him to see a doctor and among other things low testosterone seems to be a problem. So I try not to blame him for what he can't help. He's starting to look for treatment and will probably try hormone replacement and ED prescriptions. But the whole situation turns me off and I can't help it. I started avoiding even getting intimate with him because I knew that we would just get started and then I would be disappointed. And now he's mad at me saying that I don't respond to him or touch him but I'm just not interested in getting going if we aren't going to finish. Rolling around naked for hours waiting for an erection is not my cup of tea. Stop. Start. Stop. Start. Plus he's become a bit more out of shape and winds and sweats easily which also turns me off. That sounds bad but it's true. This is the only thing that makes me have doubts about my impending marriage. Due to logistics we only really see each other once or twice a week, so it is more frustrating that we can't even get it right when we don't see each other every day. When we do see each other, I have been less intimate and we have been more friend than lover. Now he's blaming me that I'm turning him away and not wanting to be intimate but it's exhausting to have to work so hard just to f***. Sex is really not the most important part of a marriage and I've been through enough experience in the dating world to know that the grass is not always greener. Men after 40 tend to have more problems and if we were married at 25 I'd think it was a part of the process and we would naturally wane down in that department. But I'm still a first time bride! And I'm in my late 30's, sexual prime. I want to have the hot newlywed sex and passion and it just doesn't seem to be a possibility for us. What would you do? Would lackluster sex, whether by lack of sexual compatibility or just medical/hormonal reasons out of his control be a dealbreaker? I am scared to commit to a life of disappointment in bed (not that I'm a sex fiend, just normal sex where you can make it through intercourse). I don't know what to do. Now we have two problems. If we get to bed, he can't perform. Then the issue that most the time I don't even want to go there because it's such a disappointment so I rebuff him. I can't change that his situation turns me off and makes me less want to do it (with him) and he can't change that he has issues in that department without pharmaceutical intervention. I just don't see him as a studly, virile passionate lover and I miss that aspect of my previous lovers. I just wish all the pieces were there but the rational part tells me that I can't have everything. I had good lovers who were not good dudes or who otherwise wouldn't make a good partner. I have a good man. We could have a good life. But at this point I'd rather not even try to have sex as it hasn't been working out for us. Vicious circle. We are both frustrated. It really is making me have doubts. Would you end a good relationship because of issues in the sex department?
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Sweet and innocent-looking babe was having extra lessons with her familar. But, it turned out that Serina doesn't need English lessons, because her level is quite good. So what should they do? Sure, if you have free time - you can take a sex break! And Serina's pussy has nothing against this decision!
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Sunday, 21 October 2012
French Pumpkin Head Dolls......
12 comments:
- Diane said...
These are beautiful Mags. Such beautiful clothing with the little snippets of lace and I love the darling little face. Will be watching to see what the others look like. Diane
- 21 October 2012 at 15:26
- Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions said...
Love them, Margaret! The finished one is beautiful!
- 21 October 2012 at 15:26
- Marsha @ Tattered Chick said...
She is cute Mags! I am also trying to find a new style. I don't do porcelain dolls any longer.
- 21 October 2012 at 19:56
- Shirley said...
Hi Margaret,I am glad to see a post from you. I think your new doll is cute. Your sewing is always a part of your dolls. I enjoyed the previous post. I know your grandson is really growing. Have a wonderful week. Hugs and Prayers from your Missouri friend.
- 21 October 2012 at 20:22
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Oh, aren't these just delightful, Margaret! SO GOOD TO SEE YOUR CREATIVITY !!!!!!! And your comment to me was so kind and beautiful. When we write, it must be uplifting for the soul,mind and body. BE WELL and continue to create with JOY! Anita
- 23 October 2012 at 05:56
- Evi said...
adorable. Love them.
Hugs, Evi
- 24 October 2012 at 08:27
- Claudia said...
These are wonderful, Mags! How do you do it? I really love them.
- 24 October 2012 at 12:10
- Charlene said...
Hello sweet friend. Oh how I've missed you! My sweet bear sits on my desk to remind me of our swap & our friendship! I am so glad you are back into making dolls. YOU are so talented you should try your wings at new fun things. I have been buried under home remodel projects that I LOVE but, they consume time, mind, spirit & checkbooks! Almost to the end of this years list as the holidays are racing down on me & we're having company for Santa's visit. Got new carpet in den & living room so putting all the pieces back are calling my name. HUGS!
- 25 October 2012 at 17:46
- Lynn said...
Yes! Little acorn hats! I love them!
- 27 October 2012 at 14:02
- Belladonna said...
Tiny beauties!
- 29 October 2012 at 05:52
- Dee in NC said...
Hi - Love your beautiful blog! Wish I could look through more of your posts, but every time I change pages, the MUSIC starts playing...and it takes forever to load a page or find the gizmo and shut it off. Please consider removing your playlist for those of us who listen to music of our own while we browse. Many people play their own music on their laptop or computer, so turning off the volume isn't an option. Thanks!
- 1 November 2012 at 11:53
- Grandma Yellow Hair said...
OH honey these are just so cute. I love them.
I can not tell you how much it meant to me tonight to find you had come by.
I sure have missed you.
My blogging has really been neglected this year but I keep thinking I will be back 100 percent but so far that has not happened.
Hard to believe that your little Jack Bear is already one. He is just tooooo precious.
Love ya sweet friend
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Houston police say officers responded to about 750 traffic accidents in the city during the period from 10pm Thursday until 11am Friday.With freezing weather expected throughout tonight and into tomorrow morning, HPD urges citizens to refrain from driving, especially on highways or overpasses, unless they absolutely have to. Houston police are also asking motorists involved in traffic accidents that disable their vehicles in the icy conditions to call 9-1-1 and remain in their vehicles until a police officer or wrecker driver arrives at the scene. Officials hold news conference on weather situation The mayor and county judge gave an update on the weather situation Friday afternoon, along with what they're doing to make sure the roads are safe. They said that our area got the worst possible situation since freezing rain is the hardest element to deal with. "Can you imagine if we had had school buses out on these highways? People trying to get their kids to school? One of the best things that happened was all those school districts made the decision not to have school today," said Harris Co. Judge Ed Emmett. "Those folks who heeded the warnings and stayed home, stayed off the roads and made themselves safer, but think about what those numbers might have been had we not asked people to stay home and ask a lot of our businesses to shut down," said Houston Mayor Annise Parker. The mayor said she expects the city of Houston to return back to its normal weekend operations on Saturday. Freeway accidents all over town Friday morning A three-car accident on the Gulf Freeway near Woodridge sent a group of men jumping over the guardrail to safety. According to one of the accident victims, a green Jeep was sliding sideways on the highway and then slid into his vehicle. Twenty minutes later while the accident victims and the tow truck driver were standing outside, a third car came sliding in, forcing the men to jump over the guardrail.
"I didn't even have time to look out behind me to the look at the car," said the accident victim. "He says, 'Watch out!' I just figured there wasn't anything besides cars coming. I heard, 'Watch out' and I just jumped over the rail without looking and thinking about it. We just had to move."
The third driver was injured and had to be transported to the hospital. Police arrived about two hours later because they were trying to respond to the hundreds of accidents that were out at the same time as that accident.
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Meanwhile, ice-covered roads led to a big pile up on the Southwest Freeway this morning. Four cars on the Chimney Rock exit ramp slid and crashed into each other. Because of the ice, emergency crews couldn't drive to get to the six people who were trapped. They wound up having to walk them down the ramp on stretchers. All six are expected to recover.
Icy roads were just too much for a Houston Police Department motorcycle officer. The officer lost control on a bridge on the Hardy Toll Road just south of 1960 and crashed. He's OK, but the bike was heavily damaged.
And on the West Loop this morning, half dozen or so cars were stuck on the exit ramp off of the Southwest Freeway. Rescue trucks couldn't get to many of them.
Poilce say sending more vechiles up the iced over ramp could have made it worse, so they're advising people to wait it out until it thaws out. There was no word if anyone was injured.
Just as the freezing rain started late last night, two people crashed head-on at FM 3093 and North Frazier. The drivers were trapped in their cars after the wreck. They had to be rescued, but they couldn't be airlifted to the hospital because helicopters weren't operating. Both drivers were listed in critical condition.


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A deserted Fukushima devastated by a nuclear meltdown triggered by an earthquake and tsunami last year stood in for a fictional Japanese prefecture in director Sion Sono's new film.
"Kibou No Kuni" (The Land of Hope) premiered this week at the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs through to September 16.
In his latest project, the director of "Cold Fish" (2010), "Guilty of Romance "(2011) and "Himizu" (2011) pulls audiences into a family's suffering in the wake of the disaster that killed 19,000, without using any potentially exploitative real-life footage. No special effects, no bodies littering streets.
But some scenes were filmed on location with a deserted Fukushima standing in for fictional Nagashima prefecture to give the film a startling, documentary-like veracity.
The filmmaker says a fictionalized account of this tragic story is able to touch audiences more deeply than a documentary on Fukushima, allowing them maybe to come to terms with the "horrible reality… of living with radiation" without forcing people to "relive" the disaster of March 11, 2011.
"For the film, I spent six months researching Fukushima, I met with many inhabitants of the region," he said in an interview with AFP.
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This is why, he says, perhaps the film might seem "more like a documentary than a feature film."
"The Land of Hope" follows a farming family living a peaceful rural life until a nuclear disaster strikes.
Yoichi Ono (Jun Murakami), his wife Izumi (Megumi Kagurazak) and elder parents Yasuhiko (Isao Natsuyagi) and Chieko (Naoko Otani) face a terrible decision: stay and risk radiation poisoning, or go.
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The young pregnant Izumi however is plagued by paranoia, unconvinced that her new home is safer from airborne contaminants (one scene shows her in chemical/biological protective clothing while shopping for vegetables at a local grocery store).
Yoichi's aged parents back at the farm, meanwhile, are pressed by authorities to leave, but Chieko suffers from a degenerative illness and removing her from familiar surroundings could exacerbate her already fragile condition.
Official reports were critical of the government's and company Tepco's emergency handling of the nuclear meltdown and releases of radioactive materials from the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant — the world's largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986.
The events are still fresh for many in Japan, says Sono, noting that he had to go to Britain and Taiwan to seek financial backers for the film.
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The heavy sales of midsize sedan Volkswagen Vento and premium hatchback Polo have proved a major contributor in maintaining the positive growth trajectory in the Indian auto market for the German auto giant Volkswagen, during the month of March 2012. The Indian subsidiary of Volkswagen managed to sell a total of 8326 units of its cars in the Indian market during this month as compared to 6529 units sold in the same month last year, registering a sales surge of 22 percent.
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The sales of the company's premium sedans Volkswagen Jetta and Volkswagen Passat stood at 478 units.
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HIPNIC IV, Big Sur, CA – 5/4-6
HIPNIC was originally situated in the front yard of the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, California—the festival now takes place down Route One, not far from Miller's at The Fernwood Resort. In the glen of towering Redwood trees with a beautiful babbling brook running through the campground—the simple stage is adorned with a majestic breathtaking background of California wildlife. This year's supermoon illuminated the evening portion of the show—and unlike last year, rain was non-existent. Rumors continue to flood in that this venue may have reached its capacity and a new locale is on the front burner—but, for the time being Fernwood has been a haven for Hips community and heaven for camping amongst friends.
In my world view you could draw a line from the fertile crescent of Mesopotamia, the birthplace of civilization (or, where the aliens first landed) nestled between the Tigre and Euphrates straight to Big Sur, California. Humanity marched westward shedding its skin like the primordial serpent of Amazonian lore, reinventing itself, rebirthing lost ideas only to lose them again—in a struggle for emancipation, freedom from oppression and reaching for the stars. When you hit the highlands of Big Sur, with toes curled around the 500 foot drop to aquamarine waves you've hit evolutions edge. On the ravenous ridge there is nothing left to do but contemplate the how's, what's and why's of life in the 21st Century. Henry Miller found American consumerism contemptible—but I believe he would have approved of the low-impact nature of HIPNIC.
HIPNIC seems to cap at around 300 adults with a bevy of kids in tow—which is a perfect number of folks to wander around for three days without losing community spirit. Smiles at every corner, hugs and greetings from old friends all sharing Hips Helles and locals who wandered in—are what constitutes the core base of HIPNIC—and of course there's The Mother Hips. Similar to the legacy of The Allman Brothers and Delanie & Bonnie & Friends—extended family now dominates the line-up of the anticipated annual event.
Tim Bluhm's wife and go-to gal of the Bay Area music scene, Nicki Bluhm and her band the Gramblers, have an ever growing catalogue of songs that showcase Nicki's exquisite soul sister voice. Also filling the bill on Saturday were Tim Bluhm and Jackie Greene who call themselves The Skinny Singers—and within this pairing the young mercurial Greene slices open the void with his full-throated bluesy approach and extremely tasty licks on guitar.
On Sunday the festival's headliners were The Gramblers' and Tim Bluhm's incarnation as Brokedown in Bakersfield—which features the dusty cowboy boots and mutual love for Hank/Merle/Willie and Waylon that have informed The Mother Hips from the beginning. Pure country riffs infuse this particular grouping with large props going to Scott Law, a badass picker and welcome addition to the gathering.
And of course, there's the duet of Tim and Nicki, a modern day June and Johnny Cash—whose onstage love and antics are only second fiddle to the devastating ballads the two churn forth. It was a game of who's in whose band as members of other Hip aggregations wandered onstage for special guest sets.
A funny aside is that while I was Googling HIPNIC I came across "hypnic jerk" –that is defined as that moment when one awakes from a dream state with a sudden jolt. Apropos to the state of The Mother Hips in 2012—and I hate to be a jerk about it—it's time for the world to wake up from their torrid nightmares and embrace the commonwealth of a band and family that lives on the edge and loves every moment of it.
Gramblers breakaway guitarist Dave Mulligan is releasing his first solo album (recorded at Tim Bluhm's and Greene's extremely busy Mission Bells Studio in the Bernal Heights area of S.F.), alongside upcoming new works by Nicki Bluhm, The Mother Hips and Jackie Greene—this is one family who is too busy to worry about sharing the limelight.
There is much to be said about the burgeoning franchises, but I digress.
As one fan put it, The Mother Hips are the sun and everyone else rotates around them. This musical world perspective still holds true—for the time being—but it's a weird day that rises and as we all know flat-Earther's were soon displaced by those with better technology. For example, Nicki Bluhm's Van Sessions (on YouTube) are impromptu POV viral glimpses of the gal and the Gramblers doing covers of songs while driving on tour. The covers of Madonna, Patsy Cline and Bobby Darin are in the respectable 100s of thousands, but their version of Hall and Oates "I Can't Go for That," are in the plus million of hits—which is the largest audience for any of the Bluhm affiliates ventures. Although Tim Bluhm doesn't appear in all Van Sessions, he certainly is in this one—which leaves me wondering. Is there blowback to The Mother Hips? Do these "side-projects" bring new fans to the source? And, will some unknown novelty factor propel Ms. Bluhm (or any of the extended family) beyond the gravitational pull of the Mother Hips?
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COLUMBIA, SC (AP) - A federal judge will not dismiss a lawsuit over a pollution permit for the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel.
U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel wrote in an order released late last week that the time is right to hear the case against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the project. The deepening of the 38-mile channel is expected to begin in the spring.
The environmental groups say the long-awaited project will dredge up toxic cadmium in river silt that will be dumped on the South Carolina side of the river that divides the state from Georgia.
The corps had asked Gergel to dismiss the suit, saying the plaintiffs have not been harmed and the case is premature.
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Psychosomatic medicine
Psychosomatic medicine is an interdisciplinary medical field exploring the relationships among social, psychological, and behavioral factors on bodily processes and quality of life in humans and animals.
The academic forebear of the modern field of behavioral medicine and a part of the practice of consultation-liaison psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine integrates interdisciplinary evaluation and management involving diverse specialties including psychiatry, psychology, neurology, internal medicine, surgery, allergy, dermatology and psychoneuroimmunology. Clinical situations where mental processes act as a major factor affecting medical outcomes are areas where psychosomatic medicine has competence.[1]
History of psychosomatics
In the medieval Islamic world the Persian psychologist-physicians Ahmed ibn Sahl al-Balkhi (d. 934) and Haly Abbas (d. 994) developed an early understanding of illness that was due to the interaction of the mind and the body. They realized how a patient's physiology and psychology can have an effect on one another. They found correlations between patients who were physically and mentally healthy and between those who were physically and mentally ill.[2]
In the beginnings of the 20th century, Franz Alexander led the movement looking for the dynamic interrelation between mind and body.[3] Sigmund Freud pursued a deep interest in psychosomatic illnesses following his correspondence with Georg Groddeck who was, at the time, researching the possibility of treating physical disorders through psychological processes.[4]
Since the 1970s, due to the work of Thure von Uexküll and his colleagues in Germany and elsewhere, biosemiotic theory has been used as a theoretical basis for psychosomatic medicine. Particularly, the umwelt concept and the theory of organism by Jakob von Uexküll has been found useful as an approach to describe psychosomatic phenomena.
Psychosomatic disorders
Some physical diseases are believed to have a mental component derived from the stresses and strains of everyday living. This has been suggested, for example, of lower back pain and high blood pressure, which some researchers have suggested may be related to stresses in everyday life.[5] However, within a psychosomatic framework, mental and emotional states are seen as capable of significantly influencing the course of any physical illness. Psychiatry traditionally distinguishes between psychosomatic disorders, disorders in which mental factors play a significant role in the development, expression, or resolution of a physical illness, and somatoform disorders, disorders in which mental factors are the sole cause of a physical illness.
It is sometimes difficult to establish whether an illness is purely physical, purely mental, or whether it has a psychosomatic component. For instance, while peptic ulcer was once thought of as being purely caused by stress, later research revealed that Helicobacter pylori caused 80% of ulcers. Nevertheless, most people living with Helicobacter pylori do not develop ulcers, and 30% of patients with ulcers have no H. Pylori infection. Therefore, mental stress could still play some role. [6] Similarly, in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), recent research has shown significant differences in the behaviour of the gut in IBS patients. On the other hand, there are no actual structural changes in the gut. Again, stress and emotions might still play a role.[7]
The strongest perspective on psychosomatic disorders is that attempting to distinguish between purely physical and mixed psychosomatic disorders is increasingly obsolete as almost all physical illness have mental factors that determine their onset, presentation, maintenance, susceptibility to treatment, and resolution.[8][9] According to this view, even the course of serious illnesses, such as cancer, can potentially be influenced by a person's thoughts, feelings and general state of mental health.
Addressing such factors is the remit of the applied field of behavioral medicine. In modern society, psychosomatic aspects of illness are often attributed to stress[10] making the remediation of stress one important factor in the development, treatment, and prevention of psychosomatic illness.
Connotations of the term "psychosomatic illness"
In the field of psychosomatic medicine, the phrase "psychosomatic illness" is used more narrowly than it is within the general population. For example, in lay language, the term often encompasses illnesses with no physical basis at all, and even illnesses that are faked (malingering). In contrast, in contemporary psychosomatic medicine, the term is normally restricted to those illnesses that do have a clear physical basis, but where it is believed that psychological and mental factors also play a role. Some researchers within the field believe that this overly broad interpretation of the term may have caused the discipline to fall into disrepute clinically.[11] For this reason, among others, the field of Behavioral Medicine has taken over much of the remit of Psychosomatic Medicine in practice and there exist large areas of overlap in the scientific research.
The idea that a person's mental state can influence the course and severity of even the most severe physical diseases has led to some very strong claims. For example, it has been suggested that patients with intractable cancer may be able to survive longer if provided with psychotherapy to improve their outlook. Early studies provided some support for this view [12][13] However, a major review published in 2007, which evaluated the evidence for these benefits, concluded that no studies meeting the minimum quality standards required in this field have demonstrated such an benefit.[14] The review further argues that these unsubstantiated claims that "positive outlook" or "fighting spirit" can help slow cancer may be harmful to the patients themselves. Patients may come to believe that their poor progress results from "not having the right attitude", when in fact it may be no fault of their own.
Psychosomatic medicine is considered a subspecialty of the fields of psychiatry and neurology. Medical treatments and psychotherapy are used to treat psychosomatic disorders.[15]
See also
- Behavioral medicine
- Conversion disorder
- Healing Words: Poetry and Medicine (documentary film)
- Placebo Effect
- Psychoneuroimmunology
- Psychosomatic Medicine (the journal)
- Somatoform disorder
- Somatic
- ↑ Levenson, James L. (2006). Essentials of Psychosomatic Medicine. American Psychiatric Press Inc. ISBN 978-1-58562-246-7.
- ↑ Deuraseh, Nurdeen & Abu Talib, Mansor (2005), "Mental health in Islamic medical tradition", The International Medical Journal 4 (2), p. 76-79.
- ↑ Asaad, Ghazi (1996). Psychosomatic Disorders: Theoretical and Clinical Aspects. Brunner-Mazel. pp. X, 129–130. ISBN 978-0-87630-803-5.
- ↑ Erwin, Edward (2002). The Freud Encyclopedia: Theory, Therapy and Culture. Routledge. pp. 245–246. ISBN 978-0-415-93677-4.
- ↑ Sarno, John (2006). The Divided Mind. ReganBooks. ISBN 0-06-085178-3.
- ↑ Fink, G. (February 2011). "Stress Controversies: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Hippocampal Volume, Gastroduodenal Ulceration*". Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 23 (2): 107–117. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02089.x.
- ↑ Melmed, Raphael N. (2001). Mind, Body and Medicine: An Integrative Text. Oxford University Press Inc, USA. pp. 191–192. ISBN 978-0-19-513164-2.
- ↑ Skumin V A Borderline mental disorders in chronic diseases of the digestive system in children and adolescents. Zhurnal nevropatologii i psikhiatrii imeni SS Korsakova Moscow Russia 1952 (1991), Volume: 91, Issue: 8, Pages: 81-84 PubMed: 1661526
- ↑ Skumin, VA (1982). Непсихотические нарушения психики у больных с приобретёнными пороками сердца до и после операции (обзор). [Nonpsychotic mental disorders in patients with acquired heart defects before and after surgery (review)]. Zhurnal nevropatologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova (in Russian). 82 (11): 130–5. PMID 6758444.
- ↑ I. H. Treasaden, Basant K. Puri, P. J. Laking (2002). Textbook of Psychiatry. Churchill Livingstone. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-443-07016-7.
- ↑ Greco, Monica (1998). Illness as a Work of Thought: Foucauldian Perspective on Psychosomatics. Routledge. pp. 1–3, 112–116. ISBN 978-0-415-17849-5.
- ↑ Fawzy, FI; Fawzy, NW; Hyun, CS; Elashoff, R; Guthrie, D; Fahey, JL; Morton, DL (September 1993). "Malignant melanoma. Effects of an early structured psychiatric intervention, coping, and affective state on recurrence and survival 6 years later.". Archives of general psychiatry. 50 (9): 681–9. PMID 8357293.
- ↑ Spiegel, D; Bloom, JR; Kraemer, HC; Gottheil, E (14 October 1989). "Effect of psychosocial treatment on survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer.". Lancet (London, England). 2 (8668): 888–91. PMID 2571815.
- ↑ Coyne, JC; Stefanek, M; Palmer, SC (May 2007). "Psychotherapy and survival in cancer: the conflict between hope and evidence.". Psychological bulletin. 133 (3): 367–94. PMID 17469983.
- ↑ Wise, Thomas N (March 2008). "Update on consultation-liaison psychiatry (psychosomatic medicine)". Curr Opin Psychiatry. 21 (2): 196–200. PMID 18332670. doi:10.1097/YCO.0b013e3282f393ae.
External links
- Mind-Body Medicine: An Overview, US National Institutes of Health, Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
- Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
- Psychosomatics, journal of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
- American Psychosomatic Society
- Psychosomatic Medicine, journal of the American Psychosomatic Society


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ONE of the best moments in the modern James Bond classic Skyfall is the thrilling opening sequence.
And the only possible way to improve on the action-packed opening is to see it acted out on the mega-selling console hit, Grand Theft Auto V.
Fortunately, a team of gamers have painstakingly recreated the the sequence, that saw Bond ride a motorbike onto a train and get into a shootout before being shot into the water below.
Using GTA's multiplayer mode, the team – who go by the name of Brass Ballas – act out each part of the film, using multiple camera angles.
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Saturday, 7 April 2012
Happy Easter !!
I even got my Great grandmas 1940s /1950s Tea service out , these cups, saucers and plates don't often see the light of day .But I thought it might be nice for my mum to see it in use as it was always brought out when she was a child on visits to her grandma .I just adore the colours they just say springtime !!!
So it was a delieght to spend the day with my family today . Tomorrow is a quite Easter Sunday at home chillin out with the boys . Some time to re charge the batteries and do some crochet . So I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Easter .
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ooh Tracy you know you love a deadline and a bit of pressure! xxxxReplyDelete
Oh Heather , you know me I do get a bit of kick out of deadlines,but my sister is quite demanding of my talents, even at the best of times !!! (sis if you read this you know I mean it in the best possible way ). I hope your keeping well not seen you in a couple of weeks . Lovin your new granny squares .ReplyDelete
Happy Easter love Tracy xx
The cakes look delicious and the Easter decorations are so pretty. How exciting - a wedding to plan and prepare for! We are having a family party tomorrow with 'children' aged from 2 months to 17 years. Although we all live close to each other, i love it when we get together. I hope you have a relaxing day tomorrow.ReplyDelete
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Hi Lorraine the children thought the cakes were delicious ,and we enjoyed our family get together .Hope your enjoying Easter and thanks for popping by.Delete
With kind regards Tracyx.
Happy Easter to you ~ I hope you have a lovely day. Your chocolate cakes look absolutely delicious and I adore that beautiful coloured tea set too :O)xxReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Jakie ,the cakes have gone down a treat with the kids !!! I had to sample one, but it was a bit too chocolatey for me ,I'm not a big chocolate cake fan .My mum was pleased to see her Grandmas tea set being used and we did have one or two hair raising moments with the children running about the place !!But it survived the outing.Delete
Thanks for popping by Tracy x
What a beautiful Easter display! I love the bowl of crochet hearts :) xReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Sonia , I've found the crochet heart makers ,they are a company on Etsy called Grace and Favour , I sooooo love these hearts !!Delete
Hope your enjoying Easter , kind regards Tracy x.
My niece had a sweetie table at her wedding ( photo on my blog - Aug 2010) and they were all put in vintage glasses and jars. It looked lovely and went down well. How pretty your dresser looks and love the colourful crockery.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Shirley ,Just visited your two blogs and all I would like to say is Wow .I love your applique and patchwork, you have such a talent !!I will be paying you more visits .Delete
Hope your enjoing Easter with kind regards Tracyx
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Just found your blog, great cakes! They look scrummy with those mini eggs as decorations! Having a sweetie table at a wedding is such a cute idea, I will have to remember that if/when I get married - love that picture with all the vintage jars. Thanks for popping my blog in your sidebar by the way :)
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Hi Jenny , Thanks for popping by , I've been visiting your blog for a couple of months now and love your stuff , so creative!! The cakes have gone down a treat !!Delete
Hope your enjoying Easter with kind regards Tracy X
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Easter was lovely and it was made even better by your baked goodies Tracy, was so nice to have the old china out, I felt like a lady lol!!!... The kids had a fab time and would have eaten all the buns and cakes if allowed, you have worked so hard and your house looked stunning, I expect the same hard work and dedication for my wedding ;-) loving all your creative flare x xReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks sis, your always welcome !!! With regards to your wedding , I am sure between us we will make everything look stunning !!! Love hugs and kisses to you all xxDelete
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Just popped over from Attic 24, to say your hares are gorgeous. from Jenny (Australia)ReplyDelete
What a fantastic Easter Dresser, and I just love your pastel tea set.ReplyDelete
Hope you all had fun, it looks like you did.
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Hi Fleur , Hope you've had a happy Easter .I think I will have to get the tea set out a bit more often . I do have another more extensive china tea set (a hand me down from my husbands great aunt ) which I usually use .But I do love the simplicity and colours of this one .I have my mum to thank for giving me it.Delete
kind regards Tracy x.
So happy to have discovered your blog! I love your Grandma's tea set. How wonderful to be able to use it and think of her. The cupcakes look yummy too (though if you are a true Yorkshire lass - as I am - don't you call them buns??).ReplyDeleteReplies
Hello and welcome ,My Great Grandma's tea set will be coming out more often to be used , I do soooo love the simplicity and colours of it . Yes I do call cup cakes, buns . I have quite a broad Yorkshire accent and use the dialect in every day speech . But I am trying not to use colloquialisms as the web is international , especially when some of my friends from the south of England don't understand some of the words I use . So ," I lass they are buns !!!"Delete
Thanks for popping by with kind regards Tracy x
Tracy, just discovered your blog (popped over, as do so many, from Lucy at Attic 24!) Wow what an explosion of colour! Those cakes! That dresser! Fabulous! (Sorry, excess of exclamation marks there......!) Have enjoyed this post so much, and having recently 'done' my mum's 90th birthday celebrations, appreciate the hard work you have put in. Hope everyone enjoyed and appreciated YOUR efforts.ReplyDelete
Hi Lynne , thanks for popping by ,and yes family get together's and celebration are hard work but they are sooo worth it when you see the enjoyment and happiness in the recipients face .I think one of the best things in life is being able to give !! whether it's time , tasty food,good company, a kind word ,love or even a shoulder to cry on sometimes .I get a lot of enjoyment doing and creating things for other people to enjoy !!ReplyDelete
Enjoy the rest of your week with kind regards TracyXX
looks yummy and your great grandma's tea set is beautiful. By the way - next months Mollie makes apparently has a supplement on handmade weddings with it - might be interesting? Love your blog (and again have arrived via Lucy of Attic 24)ReplyDelete
What a glorious Easter display you made. You must have put so much hard work into this but I am sure your family were delighted. My daughter gets married in July and I am in the throes of Wedding Creating too ;0) Enjoy - it will come around SO quickly.ReplyDelete
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Denver Water contributions to USFS Forsythe project to date
For the first phase of the Forsythe forest management project between Nederland and Gross Reservoir, Denver Water contributed the following amounts, under a now-expired contract with the U.S. Forest Service. A contract to extend the partnership for the Forsythe II project is under discussion.
• $475,000 for about 755 acres of hazardous fuels reduction. The funding covered contract, personnel and project administration costs.
• $165,000 for about 620 acres of pile burning. Funding covered personnel costs.
• $20,000 for about 100 acres of noxious weed treatments. The money covered personnel costs.
All Denver Water funds were matched one-to-one by the Forest Service
Source: Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests, U.S. Forest Service
With the window closing earlier this month for objections to a draft decision on the U.S. Forest Services' Forsythe II project near Nederland, opponents are protesting what they see as a potential conflict of interest, because part of that forest management initiative has been paid for by Denver Water.
Denver Water, which serves 1.4 million people in the city and county of Denver and surrounding communities, is currently waiting for a permitting decision to be issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on its proposed expansion of Gross Reservoir, located in southwestern Boulder County.
The USFS has filed extensive past comments critical of the Gross Reservoir project, but now says all of its concerns about that project have been resolved.
Critics, however, point to a five-year, $4.5 million contract providing Denver Water funding for the original Forsythe project as well as numerous other Colorado forest management efforts — talks are now underway for a new five-year pact for Denver Water to help subsidize projects, including Forsythe II — and they challenge the level of transparency surrounding that wildlands management initiative.
Denver Water touts its relationship with the Forest Service on its website, billed since 2010 as the "From Forests to Faucets" program. That partnership called for Denver Water from 2010 to 2015 to match a $16.5 million investment from the Forest Service, for a total of $33 million, for forest treatment projects seen as critical to protecting water supplies and water quality.
A memorandum of understanding was signed by Denver Water in December for a similar new agreement between the two, setting up a new one-to-one matching effort totaling another $33 million, to cover 2017 to 2021.
The Colorado State Forest Service was also a partner to the previous pact, and will be to its successor, along with the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Colorado saw a dramatic example of the healthy forests-healthy water link following the June 2002 Hayman fire, which filled Cheesman Reservoir — the oldest reservoir in the Denver Water system — with mud, ash and other debris.
Denver Water was forced to spend more than $27 million on water quality treatment, sediment and debris removal, reclamation techniques and infrastructure projects in the wake of the Hayman Fire and the 1996 Buffalo Creek Fire, according to Denver Water spokesman Travis Thompson.
But Magnolia-area resident David Bahr sees the Denver Water-USFS relationship as "absolutely" representing a conflict of interest, specifically as it applies to the controversial Forsythe projects in western Boulder County.
"How can it not be?" Bahr asked. "The fact that (USFA) employees and goods are being paid for by Denver Water means that if they weren't doing this, those employees wouldn't be getting paid. The Forest Service has to be aware of this, so it has to influence any decisions that they make."
Vivian Long, president of the Magnolia Forest Group, has long been vocal in opposition to the original Forsythe project and its planned successor, Forsythe II, which calls for thinning and controlled burns on 2,855 acres of national forest land within the nearly 19,000-acre project area, to be carried out over 10 to 15 years.
"While they're saying, 'We're taking money from Denver Water, but they have no input on what we do,' I don't know if that's true or not," Long said. "When we have asked about them taking money from Denver Water, they have tried to either downplay it, or deny, or just say they don't know anything about it. So we're left wondering, whose opinion is more important here: the public's or Denver Water?"
Paperwork documenting the Denver Water-USFS relationship was obtained by Magnolia Forest Group member Teagen Blakey through Colorado Open Records Act requests.
"We have been asking the Forest Service for information on this, and they say, 'Funding is complicated and we would love to understand it better, too,'" Blakey said.
The Forest Service "basically denied that there was any connection until we had the firm evidence. They came around to saying it's true, but that they (Denver Water) don't have any influence on the project. They have admitted there is a connection. But finding the information, when no one was open about it, was an insight into possible conflict of interest."
Blakey, a 22-year-old product of self-directed homeschooling who has not yet attended college but has interests from writing to quantum mechanics, has been hailed by other activists who have been fighting the Forest Service over its plans for the best approach to wildfire mitigation in the high country. She is also on the board of directors of the Mountain Forum for Peace.
Pedro McMillan, a resident of Nederland's Big Springs subdivision, spent 40 years in timber management, and challenges Forsythe II as representing the wrong approach to fire mitigation — leaving too much ground fuels and ladder fuels in place, he believes — but also finds the possible conflict of interest "troubling."
He's another huge fan of Blakey and appreciates the labor she has put into scouring the fine print.
"This kid is amazing," he said. "I have met her a few times. She is a remarkable human. She has put a lot of effort into this."
Officials maintain, however, that there is, essentially, nothing to see here.
"The Forsythe II Forest Project proposed by the USFS-Boulder Ranger District is unrelated to the Gross Reservoir Expansion Project," Denver Water's Thompson stated in an email.
The Forest Service also sees no conflict suggested by the partnership.
'That's a big deal'
Both the Forsythe II project of the USFS and the Army Corps of Engineers' Moffat Collection System Project — as the proposed Gross Reservoir expansion is formally known — are tales told in voluminous documentation, which even some of the more heavily invested parties confess they have not read to completion.
"These documents get so long that after a while you get absolutely overwhelmed," said Bahr, a climate scientist and professional photographer. "I have an everyday job. I can't thumb through thousands of pages of documents myself."
A draft decision on the Forsythe II project was issued Dec. 6 by Monte Williams, forest supervisor of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, opening a one-month window for interested parties to file objections prior to the release of a final decision. That window closed the night of Jan. 9, and a final decision could come as soon as next month.
An aspect of the draft decision that jumped out at the plan's critics was Williams' statement that he was including two "non-significant" forest plan amendments.
One, he said, would be to remove a forest plan goal to "retain the integrity of effective habitat areas" as it relates to 9,930 acres within the project area. The second, he wrote, would remove a standard mandating that the Forest Service "maintain or increase effective habitat effectiveness, except where new access is required by law" within the Forsythe II project area. That applies to 8,634 acres of national forest land within the project area.
In explaining that move, Williams wrote, "The vegetation management activities under my intended decision will decrease the effective habitat from the existing condition because the treatment activities will likely further reduce effective habitat based on reduction in canopy closure from thinning, patchcuts, and clearcuts where they are in close proximity to roads or trails," he wrote.
"Some effective habitat reductions from fuels treatments will be expected to return to functioning as effective habitat in the long-term as trees grow back, depending on human activity."
Wildlife concerns are not absent from the Forsythe II draft decision, however.
For example, it states that forest treatments should be avoided May 1 through Aug. 10 in flammulated owl territories. Raptor nest areas will generally see no treatment activity from May 1 through Sept. 15. And forest treatments will be avoided Dec. 1 through March 30 in "elk severe winter range and winter concentration areas."
Forsythe II critics point out that in March 2010, the Forest Service filed 142 pages of comments on the Gross Reservoir project with the Corps of Engineers highlighting many concerns, including the adequacy of Denver Water's consideration for habitat and wildlife issues in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests.
That same year, the Forest Service signed off on the five-year operating plan for Denver Water to pitch in $4,479,251 toward improving forest and watershed health on national forest lands in numerous Colorado watersheds designated as Denver Water "Zones of Concern," including the St. Vrain Watershed, home to Gross Reservoir.
To date, $660,000 of that Denver Water money has gone toward Forsythe work, according to Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests spokeswoman Tammy Williams.
On Oct. 17, the Forest Service and Denver Water agreed on a lengthy agreement settling any concerns over Gross Reservoir, which it states "resolves all issues raised by the Forest Service during the consultation process" relating to the Gross Reservoir expansion
Clark Chapman, vice president of the Magnolia Forest Group, is among those wondering why the Forest Service is seeming now to soft-pedal habitat concerns around both Forsythe II and Gross Reservoir.
"On one hand, they're saying, 'I guess we finally have to admit that this whole project (Forsythe II) is incompatible with our existing forest plan,' but on the other hand, they claim that their proposal to change the plan is 'not significant,' in order to avoid the requirement to do a full environmental impact analysis," said Chapman, who submitted a 16-page objection to Forsythe II on the last day objections were being accepted.
"It can't be significant and not significant at the same time. That's a big deal, from my perspective."
Chapman attacked what he labeled "secret collusion" in the formal objection that he filed to Forsythe II.
"Though it may be strictly legal for one government entity to sign a virtually secret deal with another, with no announcement to the public, and in opposition to the overwhelming opposition of the public to both projects, it doesn't pass the 'smell test,'" he wrote.
"We consider this 'deal' to have corroded the objectivity of the USFS concerning its Forsythe II proposal and consider it sufficient basis to reject it," or at least subject the project to a full environmental impact analysis.
Tammy Williams, the USFS spokeswoman, said there is no conflict of interest inherent in Denver Water's pushing for Gross Reservoir and funding Forsythe forest work at the same time.
"Gross Reservoir was independently analyzed and considered separate and apart from the Forsythe II project," she wrote in an email. "These projects are being proposed by different agencies, these are independent processes, with independent timelines and different decision makers."
Hundreds of acres would be 'inundated'
The settlement document signed in October by the Forest Service and Denver Water points out that of the reservoir's current 418 acres, 150 are currently on national forest land. If the reservoir project goes forward, it states, "the surface area of the reservoir would expand from 418 acres to 842 acres, which would inundate an approximate 280 additional acres" of national forest land within the existing project boundary,
If Denver Water gets the green light from the Corps of Engineers to go forward with its expansion, plans call for raising the dam there by 131 feet and increasing its 41,811-acre feet storage capacity by 77,000 acre feet. Labeled the biggest construction project in Boulder County history, it would take about four or five years to complete and result in the clearing of some 200,000 trees.
The western half of Gross Reservoir, as it is currently configured, is encompassed by the southeastern corner of the Forsythe II project area. But despite their proximity, the Forest Service maintains that its evaluation of Forsythe II is not influenced by its relationship with Denver Water.
"The Forest would be proposing these projects with or without the participation and funding provided by these partners," spokeswoman Williams stated in an email.
"The partnership and matching funds help the Forest Service leverage their funding to accomplish more and help connect work across boundaries."
Nederland Town Administrator Alisha Reis said she had not been aware of the financial relationship between the Forest Service and Denver Water.
However, Reis said, "It doesn't surprise me, I guess, because Forsythe II includes Gross Reservoir areas, and Denver Water owns land around there, so it doesn't surprise me that there might be some partnership ... considering the finite nature of public funds."
Nederland has submitted feedback to the USFS on Forsythe II, and the topic was on the Town Trustees' agenda again earlier this month.
"Sometimes when we're able to have private partners who have resources we don't have, that may serve a good public interest," Reis said. "That can be good for everybody. But certainly having all the terms on the table, having that discussed by the public, that's important."
Blakey, who observed, "There are a whole lot of things happening in this corner of the woods," has developed a degree of skepticism about the public process around large federal projects.
"I think they put a lot more weight on public input, in their publicity, than they actually give credit to when they receive comments," she said.
"They take it, but how much they actually listen to it is a very different matter."
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DuPont Sued Over Herbicide said to Kill Trees
July 15, 2011
Christopher J. Keller discussed the lawsuit against DuPont over their Imprelis herbicide
"Had DuPont tested Imprelis appropriately before distributing it to the marketplace, it would have found that these widely used trees were susceptible to being killed," said Christopher Keller, a partner at Labaton Sucharow representing the plaintiffs. "There are certainly at least tens of millions of damages from the forestry that is being killed. My understanding is that this is the first lawsuit, and certainly the first seeking class-action status," he added.


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Proud winners of the 2012 Specsavers Life Thru the Lens photographic competition collected their awards on Thursday.
Retired Terry Walmsely took first place with his spectacular shot of the Chevin, taken in January.
Terry, 71, of Derwent View, Milford, was over the moon to collect a brand new Canon Eos camera worth £350 for the shot, which he took on one of his many long walks around Belper.
His stunning shot showed the light streaming through the trees at the Chevin.
He said: "I was hoping it would win. I really liked the shot, but other people don't always like the same thing.
"I had seen this light the day before and the following day the sun was just in the ideal place."
Terry said his shot of the sun peeking through the woods was not edited in any way. "What you see is what you get!" Added the lifelong amateur photographer.
The third Specasavers Life Thru the Lens competition saw ten finalists attend a bash at the King Street opticians.
In second place 17-year-old Emily Donoghue wowed the panel of judges with her portrait picture of Belper Mill.
The budding photographer, of Pingle Crescent, Belper, said: "A lot of people took photos of the mill from straight on – I thought I would go for a different angle and it seemed to work."
And coming in third with her spur-of-the-moment snap of the snow on High Pavement, looking down King Street, in the town, was Anni Plant, 61, of Nottingham Road, Belper, who proved you don't need a flashy camera to take a prize winning photo.
She said: "Everyone was in such a happy mood on that day. They were all smiling and having fun, kids were sledging.
"We were on our way back and I just turned round and thought, wow, what a lovely scene."
The other finalists were: Tori Leatherland, Carol England, Julie Fletcher, Gareth Chell, Stewart Hoad, John Weaver and Laban Barlow. Tori and John were unable to attend the ceremony.
Andy McBride, director of the King Street Specsavers, said the standard of entry in the 2012 competition was the best yet.
He said: "It was great, but it's always great every year.
"People really do send in great photos year on year and hopefully it's something we can continue for a long time."
Editor of the Belper News Julie Crouch thanked all of this year's entrants for taking the time to send in their high quality photographs.
She said: "It has been our pleasure to run Life Thru the Lens again this year in conjunction with Specsavers.
"The standard of entries throughout has been the best ever and it was a very difficult job for the judges to select the finalists, let alone the winners!
"I must congratulate the winners and the finalists. It was a great pleasure to meet those who attended the ceremony.
"Life Thru the Lens has led the Belper News to introduce a new feature online and in the newspaper called View Thru Your Lens.
"We felt there were so many good photographers out there and we wanted them to continue submitting their great pictures for publication.
"So there is no need to put your camera away until next time's Life Thru the Lens – keep snapping and sending in your shots to us."


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BERLIN (AP) — Lufthansa's flight attendants launched a 24-hour nationwide strike at midnight Thursday, forcing the German carrier to cancel about two-thirds of its scheduled flights across the world.
The escalating labor battle comes as Germany's largest airline struggles to fend off challenges from budget carriers and government-owned airlines in the Persian Gulf.
The strike was the most extensive of three work stoppages over the past week after 13 months of contract negotiations broke down over differences in pay and union demands that the airline agree not to outsource jobs or employ temporary cabin crew employees.
Limited walkouts Tuesday at airports in Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin followed the launch of the flight attendants' strike campaign last Friday. The latest work stoppage will include major airports in Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart and effect long-haul destinations in the United States and East Asia.
The impact of the strike will not be clear for hours because the walkout went into effect at an hour when commercial flights are severely restricted due to noise abatement regulations.
In a television interview Thursday, Lufthansa CEO Christoph Franz acknowledged that the airline's management had underestimated the union's resolve but gave no indication the airline was ready to accept the flight attendants' demands.
The union is demanding a 5 percent pay raise for more than 18,000 cabin staff. Lufthansa is offering a 3.5 percent boost and is calling for a slight increase in working hours.
Lufthansa took out ads in major German newspapers Thursday apologizing for disruptions to passengers and calling the union action "disproportionate."
The Independent Flight Attendants Organization, known by its German initials UFO, said it regretted the dislocation to passengers but negotiations had reached the point where it had no alternative but to strike.
Lufthansa is trying to implement a far-reaching cost reduction program to cope with rising fuel prices as well as vigorous competition from European discount carriers and the big Gulf airlines such as Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways. The Gulf giants are challenging Lufthansa another major European carriers especially in lucrative routes between Europe and East Asia.
Lufthansa aims to improve the company's operating profit by euro1.5 billion compared to 2011 by the end of 2014.
The union objects to what it says would be only gradual pay increases and lower salaries for new employees. The union is also worried about the possibility that Lufthansa will transfer flight attendants to its partner budget airlines with lower contracts.


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Big news from Mazda this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The automaker announced it will at long last deliver a promised diesel engine on a U.S. production model. The lucky diesel-to-be is the 2017 Mazda CX-5 and it will arrive sometime next year.
The CX-5 will be the first Mazda ever using diesel in North America. It will offer the option of Mazda's long-anticipated SkyActiv-D 2.2 clean diesel engine under the hood.
The announcement follows years of delays that had people wondering if it would even happen. It took Mazda longer than expected to tweak its engine to meet U.S. emission standards.
After Volkswagen's dieselgate, Mazda makes it clear the engine "will meet the region's strict emission standards" and touts it as a top-of-its-class contender for fuel efficiency.
The rumble of diesel continues to be a concern for some drivers. Mazda takes care of the issue in the CX-5 with Natural Sound Smoother and Natural Sound Frequency Control. These work together to reduce engine sounds.
Two other engines are available on the redesigned CX-5 if you want to completely forego diesel. Gas options are the SkyActiv-G 2.0-liter or 2.5-liter engines. All three engines come with a choice of six-speed automatic or manual transmissions.
Design wise, the 2017 model also gets a complete makeover.
The outside gets a 0.39-inch wider front and rear tread. It also get lowered. Combined this creates a more grounded look and drive.
The front shows a thinner face with lower headlamps. The signature wing look combines with a grille that uses a three-dimensional pattern.
Inside drivers choose between white leather, black leather, and black fabric.
The seats are designed for maximum comfort with air conditioning louvers. The lines on the start at the steering wheel and flow outwards.
The idea behind it emphasizes what Mazda stands for. Driving first paired with quality comfort.
The CX-5 will arrive in Japan first. It will then join global markets and will arrive in the States mid-2017.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A remnant or trace of an organism of a past geologic age, such as a skeleton or leaf imprint, embedded and preserved in the earth's crust.
- n. One, such as a rigid theory, that is outdated or antiquated.
- n. Linguistics A word or morpheme that is used only in certain restricted contexts, as kempt in unkempt, but is otherwise obsolete.
- n. Linguistics An archaic syntactic rule or pattern used only in idioms, as so be it.
- adj. Characteristic of or having the nature of a fossil.
- adj. Being or similar to a fossil.
- adj. Belonging to the past; antiquated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
- n. Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals.
- n. A fossilized term.
- n. Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Dug out of the earth
- adj. preserved from a previous geological age; from deep wells; -- usually implying that the object so described has had its substance modified by long residence in the ground, but also used (as with fossil water) in cases where chemical composition is not altered.
- adj. Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not.
- n. A substance dug from the earth.
- n. The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living.
- n. A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Dug out of the earth: as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
- Pertaining to or resembling fossils; preserved by natural inhumation, as an organic body, in form and sometimes in texture: as, fossil shells, bones, or wood. See II., 2.
- Figuratively, antiquated; superannuated; outgrown; belonging to a past epoch or discarded system: as, a fossil statesman; fossil manners or literature.
- n. Any rock or mineral, or any mineral substance, whether of an organic or of an inorganic nature, dug out of the ground.
- n. Specifically, in later geological and mineralogical use, anything which has been buried beneath the surface of the earth by natural causes or geological agencies, and which bears in its form or chemical composition the evidence that it is of organic origin.
- n. Hence, figuratively, one who or something which is antiquated, or has fallen behind the progress of ideas; a person or thing of superannuated or discarded character or quality: as, a curious literary fossil.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
- n. someone whose style is out of fashion
- adj. characteristic of a fossil
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Corallines much resemble fossil or petrified wood; and we recollect to have received from the landlady of an inn at Portsmouth a small branch of _fossil wood_, which she asserted to be _coral_, and
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 282, November 10, 1827
Only the woefully ignorant think that the term fossil is restricted to bones and other body parts that have become encased in stone.
The term fossil refers to any preserved remains or imprint of a living organism (usually ancient), such as a bone, shell, footprint, or leaf impression.
Our oxygen does derive from CO2, however, with the remaining carbon mostly spread about in little bits of graphite in the crust, plus a few smidges in higher concentrations, which we call fossil fuels.
A newly unearthed fossil is the missing link between land and marine mammals: Standing two to three feet tall on legs adapted to wade through shallow water, the 48-million-year-old Indohyus is the missing link between modern-day whales and their land-lubbing ancestors.
And it shows up everywhere: e.g. leaf damage in fossil leaves at PETM.
AGU Day 2: The role of CO2 in the earth's history | Serendipity
If we want to hold temperatures below a 2°C rise, the key factor is not how much we burn in fossil fuels each year, but the cumulative emissions over centuries (because once we release carbon molecules from being buried under the ground, they tend to stay in the carbon cycle for centuries).
Shows up everywhere: e.g. leaf damage in fossil leaves at PETM.
Turns out that computers require something like ten times their weight in fossil fuels to manufacture.
Democrats in fossil-fuel-heavy states who voted for the climate bill might also pay for their connection to the climate come November, says the Wall Street Journal.
Christopher Mims: When a Cigar Is Just a Cigar: Psychoanalyzing the GOP's Flourishing Climate Skepticism
In wordplay, any word that occurs only in idioms, e.g., "kith" from "kith and kin".


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The price of eternal life is eternal death.
On December 25, 2003, an upscale Filipino family gathers at a remote place in the Sagada Mountains for a Christmas Day reunion dinner. It's a happy occasion where the main character, Susan, announces her marriage engagement to her boyfriend, Ken, whom she brought with her.
Suddenly, the group is cut off from civilization and plunged into darkness by forces that defy natural laws and shut down all types of modern technology. One by one, the family members die or disappear in weird and horrific ways. The few who are left, including Susan, struggle for survival and against family conflicts and demonic forces, to find out what's "out there" and what is happening.
Finally, Susan and the few left alive must understand the cult writings in an old book, to prevail against demonic forces that threaten to consume them all. They have to understand and overcome a dark, pagan religion and the need for exorcism, as well as family secrets, in order to survive. The alternative is life in a hellish "heaven" more terrifying than death.
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Year Produced: 2012
Release Date: July 16th, 2013
Genre: Horror » Suspense/Thriller
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Jean Eustache
In the context of the research project "Figures of Dissent (Cinema of Politics, Politics of Cinema)" KASK / School of Arts, www.kask.be.
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This first feature film of the legendary - but whose films are rarely screened - filmmaker Jean Eustache (La maman et la putain, Une sale histoire) consists mainly of an interview with his grandmother Odette Robert. Odette tells the story of her life, starting from her early childhood to the loss of her mother when she was 7 years old, and the rest of her life filled with pain and horror: the wars that she survived, the children she has lost, a terrifying husband, … It is the story of twentieth-century Europe; many women her age could tell many similar stories. Eustache shows in his film the circumstances of its production: he is sitting at the table with Odette and pours her some whiskey, speaks with the camera operator, manipulates the clapboard and even takes a phone call from a foreign firm that wants to distribute one of his early short films. This important film was believed to be lost for 30 years till Pedro Costa was looking for it in 2001 and contacted Eustache's son Boris who told him: ''Yes, I think there's a working print of Numéro zéro under my bed.'
Luc Moullet once described him as a "blue collar dandy". Legend has it that he aimlessly roamed the streets of Paris, regularly spending his nights in the Montparnasse bars, continually venturing into new romantic liaisons, but the self-conscious Rimbaudian romantic artist was also an autodidact filmmaker whose work was steeped in an artisanal ethos and a penchant for sharp observation and ruthless provocation. This apparent paradox, which was at the heart of many of his films, never sat easily with the French film culture that came after the heyday of the Nouvelle Vague, which all too often succumbed to ideological blindness and bitter antagonism. That is how La Maman et la Putain, arguably his most autobiographical project, was dismissed as "deeply reactionary" on the pages of Cahiers de Cinéma, who put it on the same level as other "petit-bourgeois" movies such as Ferreri's La Grande Bouffe and Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris. But Eustache's character study of the lost children of post-'68 did not rest on ideological premises, but on his intimate understanding of the tremors of disquiet and anguish that ran through the streets of his city. Always the "ethnologist of his own reality", as Serge Daney wrote in his obituary. Always the artisan who took on everything as it came, memorized everything as it presented itself. Always the non-conformist whose films followed their material right to where it led them, and never to where conventional guidelines were pointing them to. Always the renegade who resembled his times too much to be comfortable or contended. A constant struggle he ended up losing. This film, which has remained unseen for so long, is what he considered to be his "numéro zero", his tabula rasa with everything that had come before. A film that is unsure of itself, a manifesto without a program, made without any intent or pretense, only answering to a single desire: the desire for cinema.


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