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Truphone launches Local Anywhere service
Only slightly later than expected
Truphone has finally launched its Local Anywhere service, providing customers with (multiple) local numbers so they can benefit from local rates.
The Local Anywhere service was announced at last year's Mobile World Congress, and promised during 2009, so it's only slightly late. The premise is that customers have multiple phone numbers, one for each location to which they travel, enabling incoming and outgoing calls to be charged at local rates with the complexities and routing handled over Truphone's VoIP-based network.
Last year the company didn't announce any networks willing to carry the service, but we now know that Vodafone is the lucky host in the UK which lends some credibility to the project.
So if you regularly skip over the pond you can have a US number alongside a UK one, with your caller ID reflecting the country you're in. Your UK contacts will still be able to call your UK number and (more importantly) pay UK (mobile) rates, while your American mates can dial a local number with equally low pricing.
Those of us who have enough trouble remembering one number might want to pass on this offering, but it's not hard to see applications if Truphone can market the offering well, and price all those local calls competitively.
Last year we were promised clever promotional stunts, but all we have so far is a press release - perhaps the clever stuff will follow once Truphone has expanded its retail channel beyond British Airways customers and its own web site.
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Author Notes: I am borderline obsessed with pizza. My husband and I cook grilled pizza pretty often, especially in the summer. When I envisioned this recipe I planned on making individual grilled pizzas. A sudden rain storm and lack of propane convinced me to use my oven instead. This pizza reminds me of springtime with pencil asparagus, fresh ricotta, and pecorino romano. Applewood smoked bacon adds a layer of barely sweet savoriness. A drizzle of balsamic reductions adds a tart-sweet note. (Notes: This recipe makes more balsamic reduction & more garlic-thyme olive oil than you will need. It is easier to make the larger amount. Save the remaining balsamic to drizzle over fresh strawberries and ice cream. Save the remaining garlic-thyme oil to spread onto bread or a baked potato, or incorporate into a vinaigrette.) —hardlikearmour
Makes: one 12-inch pizza
pound pizza dough (or half of Jim Lahey's No-Knead Pizza Dough recipe)
ounces fresh whole milk ricotta (about 3/4 cup)
cup balsamic vinegar
cup extra virgin olive oil
medium cloves garlic
teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
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handful pencil asparagus (if using thicker asparagus split stalks lengthwise)
ounces grated Pecorino Romano (about 2 cups, loosely packed)
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cornmeal or semolina (for dusting pizza peel or rimless baking sneet)
- Place pizza stone on oven rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 500º F. Oven should heat at least 30 minutes before cooking pizza. If pizza dough is refrigerated, bring to room temperature.
- Place a layer of paper towel in the bottom of a strainer, then add ricotta to strainer. Set aside.
- Steps 3, 4, and 5 can be done concurrently. Heat balsamic vinegar in a small pan or skillet over medium-high heat for about 15 minutes. Vinegar should reduce by more than half and become a syrup-like consistency. Set aside.
- Cut bacon slices crosswise into 1/4-inch strips. Fry in skillet over medium heat until most of fat has rendered out, and the bacon is starting to crisp. Drain bacon on paper towels, and set aside.
- Heat olive oil in small sauce pan over medium-low heat. Finely mince or press garlic and add to the oil. Once garlic starts to sizzle, remove from heat. Allow to cool for several minutes and add about 3/4 of the thyme leaves. Allow to infuse for several more minutes, then use immersion blender to combine. (You may need to transfer oil to a stick blender appropriate container to prevent oil from spattering everywhere.) Set aside.
- While completing steps 3, 4, and 5 remove tough ends from asparagus, and cut into approximately 1-inch lengths. Set aside. Coarsely chop remaining thyme leaves, and set aside.
- Form pizza dough into a 12 to 13 inch round. I like to work on a clean counter top. I first flatten it into a round using the palms of my hands. I then use my finger tips and work in a circular motion from the center to the edges pressing the dough down. I repeat this process several times until the dough is about 1/2-inch thick. Next I use one hand to hold the center of the dough, and the other hand to pull the edge of the dough outward working my way around the dough. After going around the dough a few times I cover it with damp paper towels and let it rest for 5 to 10 minutes to let it relax. I repeat the pulling until it has reached the desired diameter, then use my hands to press down the edges so they are only slightly thicker than the center of the dough.
- Dust your peel or baking sheet with semolina or corn meal. You don't want a thick layer, but need enough to prevent the dough from sticking. Carefully transfer the dough to the peel, and gently reform the circular shape if necessary.
- Brush the dough with the garlic-thyme olive oil. Grind some black pepper onto the crust. Sprinkle with about 3/4 of the pecorino. Scatter the bacon and asparagus over the cheese, leaving about a 1/2- to 3/4-inch border uncovered. Crumble the ricotta over the bacon and asparagus. Sprinkle the remaining pecorino over the ricotta. Gently press ingredients to flatten slightly.
- Pull rack with pizza stone as far out of the oven as possible. Transfer pizza to stone using a quick jerking action to get the crust onto the back of the stone. Once part of the crust hits the stone, you can slide the peel out from under it. Slide rack back in, and bake pizza for 8 to 10 minutes, until the crust has risen, cheese is melted and crust and cheese are starting to brown.
- Remove pizza from oven. Drizzle with balsamic reduction and sprinkle with chopped thyme. Cut into wedges, serve immediately, and relish springtime!
- If you don't have a pizza stone you can bake the pizza on a sheet pan. Just place the oven rack in the center to bake it. Top the dough directly on the baking pan. Bake 10 to 12 minutes.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Dish with Meat as a Flavoring
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Spring Vegetable Recipe
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe with Fresh Ricotta
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The New Horizons in Engineering Distinguished Lectureship Series at Clarkson University has announced that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Deputy Director for Science & Technology William H. Goldstein will speak next month in a presentation titled "Does Physics Still Matter?"
Goldstein will speak on Friday, November 1, at 2:30 p.m. in Clarkson's Bertrand H. Snell Hall Room 213 (hill campus, building #18 at http://www.clarkson.edu/about/clarkson_map.pdf ). Refreshments will precede the lecture at 2 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public.
"Physics has clearly mattered," says Goldstein in the abstract of his lecture. "From the application of Newton's laws to the trajectories of projectiles and the use of celestial mechanics for navigation to the discovery and harnessing of nuclear fission, the discovery of semiconductors and the exploitation of quantized spin for NMR imaging, physics has shaped the landscapes of defense, energy, medicine and technology. Modern physics continues to excite the imagination in its searches for dark matter, 'multiverses,' and quantum gravity."
In his talk, Goldstein will give a perspective on the impacts of modern physics from the standpoint of a national laboratory focused on nuclear security. He will discuss the surprising relationship between quantum chromodynamics, the fundamental theory of the strong nuclear interactions, and the reliability of the nuclear stockpile. (It's not what you might think.)
He will also talk about the nuclear nonproliferation applications of antineutrinos and dark matter detection, the overlap between high-energy astrophysics and counterterrorism, and utility of ultra-cold atoms for homeland security.
Through these examples, he hopes to illustrate that the frontiers of physics continue to have very real-world engineering applications.
As deputy director for Science and Technology, Goldstein is serving as a champion of the laboratory's scientific and technical programs, and leads the strategic deployment of the laboratory's science and technology capabilities. He oversees the lab's portfolio of world-class S&T activities, taking line responsibility for the science, technological and engineering institutional roadmap, including the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program, collaborative research with academia and private industry and institutional planning activities.
At Livermore, Goldstein's main research interests have been in computational modeling of highly charged ions, atomic spectroscopy, and radiative processes in plasmas. He helped author and was the first to apply a set of atomic modeling codes that have been used to significantly advance understanding of high energy density plasma properties through spectral modeling.
Goldstein joined the Physics Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1985 to work on the computational modeling of many-body atomic systems in high-temperature plasmas. He was named group leader for computational physics in the lab's nuclear test program in 1989, deputy division leader for high-temperature atomic physics in the Physics and Space Technology Directorate in 1994, and program leader for physical data research in the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Program in 1997. In 1999 he became acting associate director for Physics, and was named associate director for Physics and Advanced Technology in 2001
Goldstein's service to the laboratory spans 27 years and his accomplishments illustrate his strong commitment to supporting major programs within the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration, National Institutes of Health, Department of Homeland Security, NASA and academic programs.
He received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Columbia University in 1983, for work on symmetry breaking in models with composite quarks and leptons. As a post-doc at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, he studied magnetic monopoles. Goldstein is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and received the DOE Weapons Recognition of Excellence Award in 1994.
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VIDEO: Thunder guard Reggie Jackson gets it done on both ends
HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — The clock is ticking.
The trade deadline is near. It's time for general managers and front office executives around the NBA to earn their money. Fix your team. Make it better. Pave the way for a brighter future by pulling the trigger on the deal, blockbuster or not, that creates the space for your franchise to go to the next level — whatever that level may be.
It's easier said than done in most cases, mostly because a willing partner is needed to complete the trade dance. And everyone is out to fleece their potential partners in one way or another. Whether we see a blockbuster deal or not, we are guaranteed to see a flurry of activity by Thursday's 3 p.m. ET deadline.
A team's wants and needs are two very different things. We're focusing on what is needed here, which should coincide with what these teams want out of the trade deadline. Planning for the future is fine, but these deals are designed for immediate returns for (almost) all involved …
1. Reggie Jackson to the Bulls — Jimmy Butler to the Thunder
The skinny: This is a nuts-and-bolts trade for both teams, one that doesn't rise to the blockbuster ranks by any means. But this deal involving youngsters with extremely manageable salaries allows the Thunder and Bulls to shore up their key weaknesses. Jackson would be Derrick Rose insurance for the Bulls, a young point/combo guard who could be groomed to play alongside a healthy Rose whenever Rose returns. He's acquitted himself well in Oklahoma City in Russell Westbrook's absence but will be reduced to a role player when Westbrook returns and assumes his position alongside Kevin Durant (which is expected to happen Thursday). Butler fits the Bulls rough-and-rugged mode perfectly, but if they are in rebuilding mode, he's expendable. He offers the Thunder something they simply don't have on the roster right now, and that's a player capable of matching up with elite small forwards on defense. Imagine him in a Thunder uniform in The Finals going after LeBron James the way Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard did last year.
2. Rajon Rondo and Kris Humphries to the Pacers — Danny Granger and George Hill to the Celtics
The skinny: This is a risky move for a Pacers' team that has rock-solid locker room chemistry and has played at a consistently high level without boasting an elite point guard. Hill, an IUPUI star, is a hometown guy and is widely regarded as one of the league's most respected professionals. He's a guy Pacers All-Stars Paul George, Roy Hibbert and team leader David West trust to run the show. But Rondo gives the Pacers the chance to add a game-changer at point guard, a guy who, come playoff time, has an edge in either the talent and/or championship-experience department with any other East point guard. The hang up, of course, is going to be Danny Ainge trying to do his usual and shake everything he can out of the Pacers' pockets in the name of his rebuilding efforts. Granger and Hill are established players who could help facilitate any rebuilding plans for the more immediate future. Of course, Pacers boss Larry Bird doesn't have to play ball. He doesn't have to deal. He can go to battle in the playoffs with the roster as is, though there is a consensus among most observers that an upgrade at the point would give them a clear edge in matching up not only against the Miami Heat but any team that they could potentially face in The Finals, were they to reach that summit.
3. Harrison Barnes, Marreese Speights and Jason Smith to the Cavaliers — Austin Rivers, C.J. Miles and Anthony Morrow to the Warriors — Earl Clark and Dion Waiters to the Pelicans
The skinny: Believe it or not, the Cavaliers are just three games out of the eighth and final spot in the Eastern Conference playoff chase as the post-All-Star break portion of the season kicks off. As Kyrie Irving showed us at the All-Star Game, he knows how to shine amongst other elite players on his team. Since he hasn't had any suit up with him in Cleveland, Thursday's deadline is acting general manager David Griffin's opportunity to upgrade the crew around Irving and see if the playoffs can become a reality. Barnes needs a fresh start somewhere, as a starter, and would be a great running mate for Irving and Luol Deng. Both Speights and Smith would provide much-needed big man depth. The Warriors get role players to help fill out their roster and Waiters, a HT fave whose talents have never shined in Cleveland the way they have when we've seen him during All-Star weekend or during his stints with USA Basketball, gets a fresh start of his own in New Orleans. He and Anthony Davis could help elevate the Pelicans to a playoff-level team in the future.
VIDEO: Kyrie Irving stole the show at All-Star Weekend
4. Omer Asik to the Hawks — Elton Brand, Gustavo Ayon, John Jenkins and a Draft pick to the Rockets
The skinny: This is certainly not the way Rockets general manager Daryl Morey is used to doing business. He's used to fleecing much more from the opposing team's executives (that mode of operation would explain the bevy of assets the Rockets have piled up the past few years). Brand and Ayon aren't big names but when healthy, yet they have been surprisingly productive for the Hawks. That said, the Draft pick is the Rockets' real prize … that and getting Asik out of town. And that's where the needy Hawks swoop in and rescue their season — they had lost five straight heading into All-Star weekend. Asik helps stabilize the frontcourt rotation and joins All-Star Paul Millsap as the staples up front for a team that still has lofty aspirations for playoff positioning. Fellow All-Star center Al Horford is not walking through that door in Atlanta as his torn pectoral muscle will keep him out of action until well into the summer. Adding a physical presence like Asik at a relatively reasonable price makes a ton of sense for the Hawks right now. And the three of them together in the future is complicated, but certainly something Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer could tinker with and make work.
5. Emeka Okafor, Alex Len and Chris Singleton to the Grizzlies — Zach Randolph to the Wizards — Trevor Ariza, Jan Vesely and Eric Maynor to the Suns
The skinny: Randolph and Marcin Gortat balancing the frontcourt in Washington with All-Star point guard John Wall and sharpshooter Bradley Beal would be an interesting mix for a Wizards team that is definitely on the rise in the Eastern Conference. Just think of Randolph and Gortat as the Eastern Conference version of Randolph and Marc Gasol (Grit and Grind lite?). The Wizards have been an above-average team defensively, and now they'd add some serious toughness in Randolph. The Grizzlies need a building block for the future and would get that in Len, who was always viewed as a long-term project when the Suns selected him with the 5th pick in the 2013 Draft. The Suns are taking the opportunity to seize their surprising playoff moment in the Western conference with the aid of quality veterans in Ariza and Maynor and would also have a developmental prospect to work with in Vesely. There's always a healthy dose of risk involved when you talk about trade deadline deals. And this one would come with plenty for all involved.
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When we think of the evangelistic challenge presented by ardent atheists, outreach to nominal Christians seems like a breeze.
After all, nominal Christians have a positive view of the faith, enough of one to identify with Christianity. They're not apt to rail against religion or deny the existence of God. When it comes to reaching them with the gospel, it's tempting to think they just need a nudge.
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Luke 14 describes Jesus confronting a crowd of would-be followers with some sobering words. Turning to the "large crowds," Jesus said, "If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple" (26–27).
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(Phoenix, Ariz. - June 23, 2005) Attorney General Terry Goddard today urged Arizona Law Enforcement Officials to replace their bullet-proof vests manufactured by Second Chance Body Armor, Inc. following the company's announcement declaring Zylon, the material used to make the vests, unsafe.
The company issued "Safety Notices" this week concerning three of the body armor vests it manufactured. Second Chance advised customers that "due to a potential for serious personal injury or death" it is recommended that they take "immediate steps to replace" the products. The products are: All Tri-Flex vests and all Ultima and the Ultimax vests, including those with Second Chance "Performance Pacs."
"This announcement confirms what we have been saying about the safety of these vests for the last year and a half, "Goddard said. "Peoples' lives are at stake. Arizona officers wearing any Second Chance vests containing Zylon are in danger. My concern at this time is ensuring that all law enforcement officers replace these vests as soon as possible."
Goddard's office filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against Second Chance in January 2004 based on Second Chance's advertisement and sale of bullet-resistant vests made with a "Zylon" fiber, including the Ultima, the Ultimax, and the Tri-Flex vests. The lawsuit alleges that Second Chance defrauded consumers by failing to disclose that the Zylon fibers used in the manufacturing of the vests may degrade prematurely and not provide the warranted level of protection.
Second Chance stopped selling the Ultima and Ultimax vests in September 2003, but failed to provide officers with a viable replacement of the vests. The company offered officers the option to purchase a non-Zylon insert to the Ultima and Ultimax vests called a Performance Pac, but failed to offer any replacement options for officers who purchased TriFlex vests. Yesterday's announcement included warnings about the TriFlex vests and the Performance Pac inserts.
"Some officers may still be using these vests based on assurances made by the company that they were safe," Goddard said. "We are lucky there hasn't been a loss of life, and it is important that these vests are replaced as soon as possible to ensure officer safety."


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Happy hump day, beauties!
Today, I have the Selena Gomez Nicole by OPI collection. Ever since I saw the first promo pics for this collection, I knew that this would be a winner all around! I'm a huge fan of delicate, feminine colors and these are just that! So, did the pics live up to my expectations?! Keep reading, loves! ;)
Hit the Lights is a bright, canary yellow creme. In true yellow fashion, application was a bit streaky. I used two generous coats below, but a third would have eliminated the remaining streaks.
Confetti Fun is a combination of glitters in a shimmer base. I own tons of rainbow glitters, but this is probably one of my favorites and the added shimmer base takes the cake. Application was perfect and glitter distribution was on point!
Selena is a peachy, pink with an added subtle shimmer. It's fairly faint and unnoticeable unless you stare at it up close and because of that, I almost missed that detail. It's a very feminine and delicate color. This was two easy coats.
Sweet Dreams is a clear base packed with lavender glitter, small aqua hexes, and medium silver hexes. I'm a huge fan of aqua and purple, so it was no surprise that this was one of my favorite glitters from the collection. Application was smooth and glitter distribution was perfect. The image below was one coat over Selena.
Naturally is a soft, bubble gum pink with the same subtle shimmer as Selena. Again, the shimmer is very faint. This applied nicely in two coats.
Inner Sparkle is a clear base packed with gold glitter, and pink and lilac hexes. I can't wait to rock this during Spring! This was perfect in one coat.
Spring Break is a toned down magenta that dries to an ultra glossy finish. I know that this isn't the most unique color, but there's just something about it that makes it my second favorite from the creme colors. Application was great and nearly opaque in one coat- I used two to play it safe.
Kissed at Midnight is a clear base packed with gold glitter, small gold hexes, and medium silver hexes. At first glance of the bottle I assumed it was all gold, but if you take a closer look, there are in face silver hexes. This was my least favorite from the glitters just because I thought that it lacked a certain "wow" factor, that the others possessed. This did, however; applied effortlessly in one coat.
Love Song is a gorgeous lilac with again, the same subtle shimmer.as Selena and Naturally. The formula on this was smooth and was opaque in two coats.
Mi Fantasia is a clear base packed with lavender glitter and holo string glitter. I am completely loving the combination used below! Application was great and glitter placement was even greater! This was one generous coat.
Pretty In Plum is very reminiscent of a lighter version of an eggplant with a subtle shimmer. I wasn't too big on this color and was my least favorite from the solid colors in this collection. This did, however; apply nicely in two easy coats.
Heavenly Angel is a clear base packed with iridescent shredded/flakie glitter. Looking at the bottle and all its iridescent glory, I could't wait to apply it on my nails, but much to my disappointment, the application was horrible! I had an extremely difficult time loading the glitter onto the brush and I found my self fishing in and out only to end up with sparse glitter distribution. :(
Scarlet is beautiful, reddish fuchsia packed with micro golden glass flecks. My absolute favorite from the entire collection! Application was smooth and opaque in one generous coat.
Stars at Night is a silver string glitter and holo bar glitter. The formula on this was a bit thick, but did not effect the application process. This was one easy coat.
Soild: Scarlet, Spring Break, Love Song
Glitter: Confetti Fun, Sweet Dreams, Mi Fantasia
Nicole by OPI Nail Lacquers and Nail Treatments contain no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde. Nicole by OPI formulas are long-lasting, fast-drying, and salon-quality. Selena Gomez lacquers will be available January 2013 for $7.99 each at retailers including select Target, Walmart, CVS, K-mart, Rite Aid, ULTA, Sears, Meijer, Fred Meyer, Kroger and H-E-B locations. In Canada, this line will be available for $10.99 each at Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart Canada, Jean Coutu, Loblaw, and London Drug.
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Here we go again, with another post in our ongoing series about why mainstream journalists need to retire the word "devout" or, at the very least, be extremely careful when using this vague and almost meaningless adjective. This time around, we are dealing with a story about the often blurred line -- in some cultures, like Haiti -- between voodo and culturalized Catholicism. I did quite a bit of background research years ago preparing to do a magazine story set in Haiti and I am aware that some people try to mix these faiths. If you find a priest or bishop who says that's valid, please let me know.
Anyway, here is the lede from the Philadelphia Daily News. It's a wild one:
Lucille Hamilton paid $621 to have her "spiritual grime" removed by a voodoo high priest in an ordinary townhouse on a winding street in Camden County, a friend said.
Hamilton, 21, a male living as a woman, flew in ... from her home in Little Rock, Ark., to the house on Loch Lomond Drive in Gloucester Township, friends said, to take part in a three-day spiritual cleansing referred to on the priest's Web site as "Lave Tet."
Hours later, Hamilton was dead and authorities were waiting for the results of the toxicology reports. Friends were mystified.
"I'm still trying to find a scenario that makes sense," said Billie Miller, Hamilton's boss at Arkansas Flag and Banner, in Little Rock. "I can't come up with anything that makes sense."
Miller said Hamilton was a devout Catholic, with an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe tattooed on her foot, but was also interested in voodoo. She said Hamilton -- who used the name Lucie Marie on Facebook -- had been saving money to travel to New Jersey, but was not planning to undergo a sex change.
"She was very spiritual and beautiful, too," said Miller. "She was not there for some dark purpose. She wasn't depressed; in fact, you couldn't meet a more upbeat person."
Now, the story provides plenty of additional details about the voodo angle, details that I have to admit I lack the expertise to judge in terms of their accuracy. We are told, however that this rite was three days long and that the name "Lave Tet (from the French laver tete) literally means head-washing." It's a rite that "begins with cleansing, after which participants lie in a 'badji,' or altar room, before being 'baptized.' "
To me, it sounds like a rite that involves being re-baptized would certainly raise flags for Hamilton's priest and for his or her Catholic friends. And there is the rub. The term "devout Catholic" is attached to this person -- I would say "troubled" person, but others would disagree -- with absolutely zero journalistic material in support of this judgment other than the presence of a tattoo that, sadly, could be a cultural symbol or a sign of devotion at another stage of life. Oh, and a quote from an employer.
It would be nice to hear from a priest? Other members of the parish? Family members?
Ah, you say, clearly the journalist did not have time to land interviews from these kinds of authoritative voices on the Catholic side of this person's life. This only underlines the point that I am attempting to make. I really think it is wrong to use a loaded term of this kind with no journalistic support for using it. What is the purpose?


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Posts tagged "crude oil boom"
The Top 10 Energy Stories Of 2015
As I have done for several years now, I like to close out the year by highlighting the top stories in the energy sector.
The 2015 list was challenging, because so many of the stories are interrelated. Commodity prices continued to plummet, but oil, natural gas, and coal prices fell for somewhat different reasons. This of course resulted in the lowest gasoline prices in years, which was itself a big story.
A crude oil export ban that I believed would stick around for years was repealed, yet it's part of a spending bill that also extended tax credits for renewable energy. So is the story the spending bill, or its particular provisions? These were the challenges I had to sort out.
The rankings are somewhat arbitrary. This year there wasn't an energy news event as dramatic as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010, or the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster of 2011. Here is the list I settled on. CONTINUE»


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Many wondered why Anwar Ibrahim waited until late in 2006 to announce his intention to contest the Twelfth General Elections. There are prosaic explanations and convoluted ones, ranging from the simple fact that his failure to overturn his corruption conviction meant that he was uncertain of his legal ability to contest a seat, to terribly interesting and unlikely explanations about secret plans and gathering support amongst Umno backbenchers.
As a chum of mine from the American Midwest likes to say, Hogwash! The truth is that November 2006 was only important for Anwar's true believers, who waited, certain that his announcement that he would contest would elicit a wave of revolution, rather than fall behind the news of the growing war of words between Abdullah Badawi and Mahathir Mohamad.
While there are important details that followed on Anwar's release from prison – details that will become important later – the real story begins in 2007. It is there that Anwar showed the world that he had remembered his old ABIM tricks and the lessons of 1998 and 1999; and the world noticed.
Whatever else may be said of the world's intelligence agencies in Malaysia, they became quite good at tracking the movement of Anwar's resurgent financial empire, especially as funds began pouring back into Malaysia.
With some outside help, of course.
So in 2006 and 2007, analysts in Langley and Vauxhall Cross tried to puzzle out why millions of pounds were flooding out of the network and into the holding accounts of small, heretofore largely unknown civil society groups.
Secret services were already familiar with Anwar's close association with George Soros and the manner in which they had funded ex nihilo a host of nominally independent groups who promptly sprang to life, decrying Malaysia's Government and faithfully parroting the Opposition's every utterance. Intelligence services tended to treat these as useless as sources of information, but a useful sign of a healthy civil society. After all, a society in which one may be a moron on behalf of idiotic minority politicians is a very free world indeed.
But what, they asked themselves and each other, is the purpose of funding this HINDRAF?
It is important to understand that massive rallies do not simply happen. One of the most pernicious ideas in all the world is that the mass of the repressed proletariat is ready to spring into action at a moment's notice, forming a mob ready to topple the existing order and form a utopian society in its place. That has happened, in rare instances. But it didn't happen in most places – and not back in 2007.
Anyone who has tried to bring a dozen friends to the cinema at the same time knows how foolhardy an idea this is. Even today, with SMS and Twitter and other such tools, bringing together enough people to perform a spontaneous dance routine in a shopping centre is no mean feat, something the Bersih people discovered in 2011 whilst trying to hold a protest at a shopping centre and instead got a dozen mostly befuddled people in yellow shirts together for a day of browsing.
What that rather pathetic but amusing stunt did not have, that the first Hindraf and Bersih rallies did, was co-ordination, funding, logistical support, and trained professionals prepared to stir up a mob.
What they had, in other words, was the backing of Anwar Ibrahim.
Anwar brought not only his own street experience – somewhat dated since his glory days in the 1970s and even the late 1990s, but not wholly irrelevant by any means – but also organisers from labour and political movements in the West used to creating large rallies, communications channels and techniques; and perhaps most importantly, money.
The stories of both Bersih and Hindraf – the two rallies less than a month apart that shook Malaysia – begins as with so much else in this story with pre-existing structures corrupted by Anwar's money machine. For Hindraf, the initial organisers were just a handful of men and women deeply exercised over the destruction of Hindu temples. With Bersih, a group of reformers and relatively unimportant Keadilan personages began discussing electoral reform by e-mail.
Anwar's money changed all of that, beginning in late 2005.
Beginning in 2005, the Bersih group found itself awash in funds so that by 2006, despite protests of being non-partisan, it had become an open stalking horse for every Opposition party in existence, with sufficient funds to set in motion logistics of which most labour groups would be proud; HINDRAF went from being a group complaining by email in early 2006 about Hindu temple destruction to organising what they reasonably expected would be tens of thousands of outraged Tamils for a mass rally.
The stories of how both groups ended up being Anwar's tools move in parallel.
There was, first, the money. The consultants came next, but the money was offered first, and so men and women with little experience with money, let alone thousands upon thousands of pounds' worth of it, were naturally overwhelmed.
There would be no special conditions, no puppet-strings, no control. Just funds for the betterment of Malaysia. Are not clean elections in everyone's interest? In a Malaysia where religious minorities always fear PAS is influencing Umno, are not preserved temples a positive good? It was all quite plausible.
But men and women with no experience with money simply do not know how to use it; and so – again, without any conditions – consultants with experience in public relations and organising and marching, vendors who could produce signs that would read clearly on the telly, a veritable army of men and women who could help the Bersih group and what would eventually become Hindraf navigate a harsh world in which very few public demonstrations were allowed, especially after Anwar's stunts in the late 1990s.
But these men – and they were virtually all men – were loyal to Anwar, and so through them Anwar received essentially an open line of communication that poured the activists' hopes and dreams and worries and fears to him; and that gave him the opening he wanted.
In short order, Bersih's upper echelons were flooded with Opposition politicians and activists, who out of years of practise could sound the same themes of Bersih, though they cared not a jot about any of it.
But Hindraf was a different problem, and required Anwar's special touch. So he travelled and met with their leaders, and spoke of his heartfelt desire that Malaysia should be a place where all faiths were accommodated, where all might freely choose their beliefs and practise them without fear.
That he had made a career out of rubbishing such talk was lost on them.
Would it not, it was put to them, be wise to make a single, eloquent gesture? Throw so much power and symbolism into a single event that even Umno must notice? Why not throw the entire matter at the feet of the British, who had abandoned the Indians and the Chinese to the Malays and Article 153? And would this not embarrass Abdullah Badawi and the Government before the British and the world?
This turned out to be a wildly popular idea.
It was here that the consultants entered on cue. Would it not be spectacular to have a rally before the British High Commission? Would it not be absolutely brilliant to have the rally at symbols with deep, national and spiritual meaning?
Two lawyers from a firm with offices on three continents spoke up. They had been at the meetings in Riyadh in early 2005 and had played no small part in every stage of events to date.
The American spoke first. "You should file a class-action lawsuit," he said, happening as if by chance on an idea almost peculiarly American that also resonated with a people used to their Opposition leaders filing lawsuits for publicity purposes.
The Brit spoke next. "You should have Her Majesty the Queen pay for the suit, as you have been left too poor by her abandonment of you to afford such a thing."
A general rule of street organising is that at best, for every 5-6 people contacted, one shows up. This is because outside of absolutely intolerable situations – where the ratio is more like 3:1 – the average person has better things to do than risk being crushed by a mob, sprayed by a water cannon, punched by a fellow protester, punched by a police officer, and put one's beliefs and energy into standing in the sun for hours on end.
But with enough money, expertise, and manpower, a good riot can be had whenever one wishes.
The point of a rally, or a riot, or a mob, is not to cause directly a government's overthrow. It is to generate sympathy in the greater population for one's cause. It is to generate that CNN moment, preferably with tear gas on camera. The marchers must be the demonstrative sacrifices to a brutal state, or the men and women who stayed at home will continue to stay at home. They must see their neighbours, their friends, their family bludgeoned and gassed, even though they may have attacked the police in the first place.
This was the motivation behind the Bersih rallies and the 2007 Hindraf rally. It is why Bersih 2.0 was turned into a provocation against the police, and why Anwar made his widely-viewed gesture to storm the barricades at Bersih 3.0. With the tools of power denied him, Anwar fell back on his old days of street rallies, just as he had when his coup attempt failed.
Images of red-shirted PAS thugs attacking the police destroy the narrative.
So the plan, as it existed on paper, was brilliant, and in many ways worked as desired. The poor chaps who marched at the Hindraf rally never made it to their intended destination; but of course, Anwar had never intended that they would. Bersih and Hindraf degenerated into batons and tear gas and public chaos and disorder.
Just as Anwar had wanted.
But even brutalised marchers are not enough. One must have a great national or religious symbol as a backdrop, a tie that brings together shared feelings with the sympathy of sacrifice. Anwar's men decided that Bersih should be aimed at the King (with Anwar of course leading the procession), and Hindraf should be held under the shadow of the Petronas Towers (with another at the Batu Caves temple), with a march to the British High Commission, a move deeply symbolic of Britain's role in Malaysia's history and of its close relationship with Putrajaya.
And there must be adequate satellite coverage.
And so when Bersih's simple march turned into a reminder of Indonesia's riots, CNN was there. When the tear gas flowed at the Batu Caves, photographers were available and already prepositioned. When the rioters at the Petronas Towers were gassed, Al-Jazeera already had camera crews on standby.
The Opposition feasted on the images. For the first time in a decade, it seemed as if Malaysia might be again coming apart.
One rally followed the other, and deeply moving photos and stories were disseminated by email, mildly dim foreign media, and by a Wikipedia campaign well in advance of the proprietors' understanding of how their site was being used for propaganda.
Though the rallies were marked by water cannon and tear gas and moving pictures sent by internet and satellite dish; though they took place before symbols of Malaysian nationalism and unity and before profoundly meaningful religious symbols; though they were everything Anwar and his merry band imagined, they were yet another overreach by Anwar, though he had not yet realised it.
The same cycle would repeat itself in 2012, when Anwar's hijacking of Bersih became complete, and when a rally under a more tolerant regime was once again turned into a series of CNN moments. There again, the consequences for Anwar would be in the longer-term, but would be no less significant.
The chameleon never learns.
Malaysia is not in fact a third-world Hell-hole. Whilst Anwar wanted to portray the country as coming apart at the seams in its fervour to cast aside Barisan Nasional, the real effect was to waken every major intelligence service in the area from the stupor into which they had fallen.
Whilst Foreign Ministries and State Departments issued sternly-worded denunciations of police action, spooks from the United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia, and the United States once again came to understand exactly how dangerous Anwar was.
Malaysia is not merely not a third-world Hell-hole, it is also one of the rare bulwarks of stability and democracy in the Muslim world, a fact rarely appreciated in-country but a cornerstone of Western planning. Anwar was placing this in jeopardy, and by all accounts did not particularly care if he brought the whole thing down if it gave him his one chance at power.
It was the job of those men in the shadows to care. With the help of a few ex-spooks and their friends – who by then had already compiled quite the set of data on the former Deputy Prime Minister – the intelligence services increased their monitoring and worked to penetrate his organisations at all costs.
Their greater understanding of the man would be a part of his undoing over time.
Anwar was oblivious to this, and so, as his exile from electoral politics came to a close, he prepared to stand for election, certain that once and for all, everything would change.
And so it would in 2008 – though not as he apparently expected.


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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center and Baptist Health Systems announce a joint venture to develop a fitness facility and sports performance center on the Baptist Madison Campus at the corner of Highway 463 and Highland Colony Parkway. Pending final approval of Baptist's Board of Trustees, SouthStar, a commercial real estate development company, will begin construction in October 2012.
"A partnership like this between Baptist and Mississippi Sports Medicine will create a facility offering services unlike any other offered in this market," added Baptist Health Systems President and CEO Mark Slyter.
The two story complex will be approximately 96,000 square feet and cost approximately $16 million. Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center will occupy clinical space in the facility and physical therapy services will also be provided. The Baptist Healthplex will include weight training and exercise rooms, plus a 6-lane indoor pool. The Mississippi Sports Medicine Sports Performance Center will offer sports specific training and strength and conditioning programs for all age athletes from youth through the professional level. The facility will include indoor and outdoor synthetic surface fields.
"We at Mississippi Sports Medicine are excited about this project. This facility is unique to the state of Mississippi and supports our Community Outreach Programs," said Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center Administrator Robert Lodes.
If construction begins in October, the facility is expected to take approximately one year to complete. It will be located just a few hundred feet North of the present Baptist Madison medical office building.
"We are excited about extending these health services to Madison," said Slyter.
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Things have gone from bad to worse for the Detroit Pistons after Thursday's trade deadline.
Several Pistons missed this morning's shootaround practice in Philadelphia in some sort of "player protest" against coach John Kuester, per the Detroit Free Press.
Tracy McGrady, Tayshaun Prince, Richard Hamilton and Chris Wilcox all missed the shootaround. But that's just the start. More from the Vince Ellis of the Free Press:
Team spokesman Cletus Lewis said Rodney Stuckey and Austin Daye missed the team bus as well, but they did arrive toward the end of the media session.
Lewis said McGrady had a headache, Prince had an upset stomach and Hamilton and Wilcox missed the bus from the team hotel.
Ben Wallace also missed the shootaround. Lewis said Wallace was dealing with a family matter. Wallace has missed games and practices over the past month because of the issue.
Only Greg Monroe, Will Bynum, Ben Gordon, Charlie Villanueva, Jason Maxiell and DaJuan Summers were full participants in the morning shootaround.
Sources indicated that the discontent is directed at Pistons coach John Kuester, who has clashed with players repeatedly this season. The organization downplayed the absences, insisting Prince and McGrady were ill.
One source, who asked not to be identified, said he didn't know what the next step would be, and didn't say who organized the absences. But he said it was an organized protest, with some players deciding it was best to show up anyway.
Has it come to this for the Pistons?
Have things really gotten this bad for this Kuester, who said he will go with whoever is available for tonight's game against the Sixers?
Maybe the players thought there was going to be some mass exodus at the trade deadline. And when that didn't happen, they decided to take matters into their own hands.
Either way, this is a disastrous start to the stretch run of the season for a Pistons team that certainly didn't need any more distractions.


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Reports are now confirmed that actor Bill Paxton passed away this Oscar-weekend at the age of 61 due to complications from surgery. Paxton began his career in Hollywood doing art department and background work before he was cast in a small cameo in The Terminator by director James Cameron in 1984. Since then, Paxton has gone on to star in many roles in an impressive number of iconic films. He again teamed up with Cameron for Aliens as Private Hudson in 1986, and has starred in blockbusters like Tombstone (1993), True Lies (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Twister (1996), Titanic (1997), U-571 (2000), Vertical Limit (2000), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and Nightcrawler (2014). His most recent project was the lead in a television adaptation of director Antione Fuqua's 2001 cop-drama Training Day.
In addition to acting, Paxton also directed a number of pictures. He directed himself and co-stars Matthew McConaughey and Powers Boothe in the violent FBI drama Frailty (2001), and Shia LaBeouf in The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005). His final role will be in a film called The Circle, opposite Emma Watson (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Beauty and the Beast), Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Big Short), and Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump, Bridge of Spies). His contribution to film throughout the years will surely be missed in the years to come. Thanks Bill for all of your great work. Our thoughts are with your family and friends. Continue reading


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Johnny Depp Has Too Many Hats
Scandalous news comes today that Johnny Depp, world-renowned Hat Person of the Year, has too many hats. It seems the National Enquirer (so here's your grain of salt) is reporting that Depp's long-time lover Vanessa Paradis has ordered him to get rid of some of the many, many hats he owns. There are too many hats!
A "source" tells the Enquirer that there are two whole rooms in the couple's Paris apartment that are filled to the brim (get it, brim?) with hats. So she wants him to sort through them and pick only the hats he really loves. The rest have to go. But, he's Hat Person of the Year! (Is that a person made of hats? Beware the Hat People.) I would expect the Hat Person of the Year to have a lot of hats. Why can't Ms. Paradis understand this? She knew what she was getting into when she hooked up with Depp. She was getting into hats. Lots and lots of hats.
Anyway, I'm now very curious to see who will be named next year's coveted Headwear Association Hat Person of the Year. I vote Princess Beatrice, obviously. And don't worry, I will be live blogging the awards ceremony! Goooo hats!


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Sept. 15, 2011
BOSTON, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Boston men's soccer team continued their winnings Thursday afternoon, as they defeated non-conference opponent Fitchburg State University (0-5) by the final score of 5-3 on the Clark Athletic Center Field.
With the win, the Beacons improve to 4-0 for the first time since 2005. Led by Stefanos Galouzis' (Watertown, MA) two goals, the Beacons have now outscored their opponents 16-5 going into this weekend's conference opener with Keene State College.
Galouzis wasted little time getting the Beacons on the scoreboard as he netted the matches first goal in the just the sixth minute of play. UMass actually found the back of the net in the first 30 seconds of play, but the goal was disallowed by the officials due to a foul by the Beacons.
After a Fitchburg goal in the 12th minute, Galouzis connected with Victor Rosario (Newton, MA) for the Beacons second score of the day. Rosario laid a perfect cross into the box, which Galouzis just crushed past the Falcons goalkeeper. However that momentum was short lived as the Falcons quickly tied the game at 2-2 just six minutes later.
It was not until the 24th minute when Victor Hugo Costa (Malden, MA) was able drive home a beautiful free kick that the Beacons were able to seize control of the contest. Following the halftime break, Reyn Johnson (Mangilao, Guam) drove home his second goal of the year to make it a two-goal game. Down but not out, the Falcons took advantage of a mental lapse in the Beacons defensive third to make it 4-3.
Even with that late score, the Beacons were able to battle back one more time to take the win as Douglas Silviera (Revere, MA) drove home the final goal of the game in the 66th minute. Assisting on what would be the game clinching score was Costa, who laid the ball off to Silviera, which he then blasted to the near post.
Junior Brycen Dowd (Mansfield, MA) continued his solid play in the net coming with six saves, two of which were tremendous diving saves. Falcons' goalkeeper Patrick Harper totaled five saves in the loss.
In total, the Beacons combined for 22 shots, six of which dinged off the posts and crossbar. Fitchburg State tallied 13 shots, 10 of which came in the final 45 minutes of play. UMass held a 6-5 advantage in corner kicks.
Men's Soccer will now face their toughest challenge of the season on Saturday when they host Keene State College at 1 p.m. on Clark Athletic Center Field.


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Location: Throughout Overlake Village
Project Phase: Planning
Timeline: Infrastructure planning for north part of Village complete in 2011; planning for NE 24th St and south underway; design and construction through 2030
Contact: Andrew Bauer, Senior Planner, 425-556-2750, email@example.com
To support the vision of Overlake Village as a vibrant mixed-use urban center, the City is preparing plans with input from a stakeholder group for transportation, stormwater and other utility infrastructure for the portion of Overlake Village south of NE 24th St.
Draft infrastructure plan materials dated August 2016 are linked below. The materials are based on concepts developed in late 2015/early 2016 and public input provided in early 2016.
This work builds on the Stormwater and Park Facilities Conceptual Design work completed in 2010 and the Overlake Village Street Design Guidelines completed in 2011 and adopted into the Redmond Zoning Code in section 21.12 and Appendix 7. Those documents identified infrastructure needs north of NE 24th St and also identified an urban streetscape character that will carry through in the current work for the area south of NE 24th St
The outcome of the current work will be an infrastructure plan and phasing plan that are consistent with the Overlake Village vision and that provide clear guidance to City staff, property owners and developers as the City processes redevelopment applications and makes capital investment decisions.
Additional land use and transportation modeling for portions of the Overlake Village South study area are underway in 2018. The outcomes of this work will inform proposed refinements to the planned transportation network.
The Overlake Village transportation system is built on a suburban model of big blocks and few streets. As a result, motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists are limited to use of a few streets, which contributes to congestion on those streets and less direct trips. To support improved mobility and circulation, the Overlake Neighborhood Plan calls for a finer street grid as properties redevelop. The City anticipates that the street grid will take shape over a number of years as property owners redevelop their properties. The first parts of the new grid are under construction at Esterra Park. View Overlake Village Street Design Guidelines.
New streets in Overlake Village will be named for artists and technology innovators from throughout history and around the world. Overlake will continue to be a location of innovation, creativity and diversity, which provides inspiration for the new street names. The names will enhance the Village's character and sense of place.
Anchoring the new street names are Da Vinci Avenue, named for artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, and Turing Street, named for Alan Turing, widely regarded as the father of computer science. Other north-south street names include artists Lumiere, Calder, Graham and Tagore. The remaining east-west streets include technology innovators Alhazen, Brill, Hopper and Shen. Collectively, the street names represent people who lived in five different centuries and in eight countries on three continents.
Over time the City will integrate elements of the names and stories of these individuals into the fabric of the Village itself. Street signs will be installed as new streets are constructed, beginning with new streets in the Esterra Park development.


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Model-turned-actress Molly Sims struggled for over a year to shed the 65 pounds she had gained while pregnant with her first child after unknowingly suffering from a thyroid issue.
The "Yes Man" beauty, who is married to producer Scott Stuber, was only diagnosed with the hormone gland problem last year, and she admits she was relieved to have found the root of her problem after trying and failing to regain her sexy figure after giving birth to son Brooks in June 2012.
Sims, who now takes medication to keep the health issue under control, tells People.com, "It (losing pregnancy pounds) was hard work. It was hard work for almost 13, 14 months because of my thyroid issue, but once I knew what it was I got it under control."
The 40-year-old star has since adapted her diet and exercise plan to accommodate the thyroid condition, and Sims hopes her new lifestyle will help prevent such a struggle the next time she falls pregnant – which could be sooner rather than later.
She adds, "We're starting on baby number two. …"


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Cesarean Scar: Tara Davis
Tara's scar was the "face" of the old CesareanScar.com site. I thank her very much for her generous gift.
Let me tell you about me. I'm a very petite woman, 4' 9" to be exact. My mother, also tiny at 5 ft tall, birthed 4 babies vaginally with no problem. One sister, just taller than me, birthed two babies vaginally and my other sister, the tallest at all of us at 5' 1" had her two daughters by c-section because she has a short torso and her babies were stuck transverse. Though I chose a traditional OB, I also had a doula and took Hypnobabies birthing classes. I wanted a natural and vaginal birth with no drugs.
My labor began on a Tuesday night. By morning we called my doula and we all thought I was having a baby. Nope. Contractions stopped and so doula went home and we waited. Friday morning I knew it was time. I labored at home as long as I could until something told me it was time to go. We got to the hospital, got checked in and by this time I was tired and thinking of an epidural. All of my labor was back labor.
When the nurse checked me I was at 8 cm and 100% effaced. Yay. I had made it at home this far and I was going to birth my baby. I did get the epidural and rapidly reached 10 cm. My doula and my husband and mother at my side. My contractions were irregular and I turned down pitocin twice. My OB came to check on me after two hours of pushing.
He sat down. (Read that again slowly). He sat down. He told me my options. I could keep pushing for awhile. He could use the vacuum but my child's head was farther in than he liked to use the vacuum on. Or I could opt for a c-section.
I looked around the room at the faces gathered there. No one was judging me, no one was arguing one way or another. Around me was an environment of support. It was my decision. Mine alone. I took a breath. I looked at my doctor. "Cut me open," I said.
Did I feel a little sadness, yes I did. However, my son was wedged so deeply into my pelvic girdle that my doctor (who is built like a linebacker) was leaning into my shoulder through the drape as he was pulling my son out of my body. My husband even tells me the doctor came up onto his toes he was pulling so strongly. My son was covered in meconium and had to be taken to the NICU. Luckily he was fine and so was I. I was also able to choose the music playing in the OR during my surgery. My son was born to the sound of my Hypnobabies relaxation music.
When I look at my scar I am still amazed that it is only 5.5" long and yet an entire person came out of there. A 7 lb 5 oz person who was 19.5" long! Isn't that just amazing? Apparently my pelvic bones did not spread enough to get my son out vaginally. He and I both tried like champions and his cone shaped head proved how hard we tried. Without a c-section he would not be here.
I can never touch my scar without thinking of my son. I know that I will always think of him when I touch it. My scar is right over the area when I nurtured him and felt him kick. My scar is raised and still red even 13.5 months after his birth which is when I took this picture. Hypertrophic I believe is the term. I wish it were flat and white like my appendectomy scars but that's ok. It's crooked and at first that really irritated me. Now it's just a part of the scar. I'm still numb right above the scar itself but otherwise I have all my feeling back. It does itch like the devil from time to time.
I really like the bumper sticker I once saw: Scars are tattoos with better stories.
Tara Davis
Nashville, TN


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Cary News: Community
Arts Notes: April 13
'The Odd Couple'
The Cary Players will present "The Odd Couple," in two versions with male and female casts, at the Cary Arts Center, 101 Dry Ave. The last performance is at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 13. Tickets cost $18 for adults, $16 for students and seniors and $15 each for groups. For details and tickets, go to www.caryplayers.org.
Small Treasures Juried Exhibit
The sixth annual Small Treasures Juried Exhibit of the Cary Gallery of Artists will be open through April 19 at 200 S. Academy St. For details, go to www.carygalleryofartists.org.
Paint the Town
Artists will paint scenes from Cary's landscape, history and culture in natural light outdoors from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 3, downtown. Participation costs $25. To register by Friday, April 18, call 919-460-4972 or go to www.townofcary.org.
Artwork will be displayed by local businesses from Tuesday, May 6, through Tuesday, May 27. Art will be sold in an auction on May 30 at the Cary Arts Center to raise money for Relief for Recreation, a scholarship fund for Cary residents to take part in recreation, sports, arts and cultural programs.
Juried Art Exhibition
The Fine Arts League of Cary's 19th Annual Juried Art Exhibition will be on display through Sunday, April 20, at the Page-Walker Arts and History Center, 119 Ambassador Loop, Cary. For details, call 919-460-4963.
Community Arts Festival volunteer interest meeting
Holly Springs will host a volunteer interest meeting for the third annual Community Arts Festival at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, at the Holly Springs Cultural Center, 300 W. Ballentine St. Volunteers are needed to help with food, entertainment, classes, artwork displays, vendors' shows and more. For details, call 919-567-4016 or go to www.hollyspringsnc.us.
Pizza and a movie
The Halle Cultural Arts Center will serve pizza and show the movie "Free Birds" at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at 237 N. Salem St., Apex. The movie is free, and pizza costs $5 ($2 for ages 2 and younger) at www.etix.com.
'ARTQUILTS whimsy!' reception
A reception for the artists of the Professional Art Quilters Alliance-South's exhibit "ARTQUILTS whimsy!" will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday, April 25, at the Page-Walker Arts & History Center, 119 Ambassador Loop, Cary. The group's 11th international juried exhibit will be on display at the Page-Walker Arts & History Center from Wednesday, April 23, through Sunday, June 22. For details, go to www.paqa-south.org.
Cary Gallery of Artists reception
The Cary Gallery of Artists will host a reception for the Featured Artist Exhibit of May from 6-9 p.m. Friday, April 25, at 200 S. Academy St. Paintings, photographs and painted porcelain will be shown. Lynn Patton, Pamela Poole and Barry Udis will talk about their work. For details, go to www.carygalleryofartists.org.
Poetry open mic
The Turkish House will host an open mic night for poetry with tea at 7 p.m. Friday, April 25, at 303 E. Durham Road, suite F, Cary.
Thomas Pandolfi concert
Pianist Thomas Pandolfi will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at The Halle Cultural Arts Center, 237 N. Salem St., Apex. Tickets cost $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors at www.etix.com.
Painting workshop
Donna Bland will lead a two-day studio landscape painting workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, April 28, and Tuesday, April 29, at the Waverly Artists Group Studio and Gallery, 302 Colonades Way, suite 209, Cary. The class costs $136. To register, go to www.waverlyartistsgroup.com/#%21workshops/cmg2.
Art by Lynne Wogan
Paintings by Lynne Wogan will be on display in the Holly Springs Cultural Center through Wednesday, April 30, at 300 W. Ballentine St.
'The Three Little Pigs'
Opera Carolina will perform "The Three Little Pigs" for kids at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 3, at the Cary Arts Center, 101 Dry Ave. This is a rescheduled performance from Saturday, Feb. 22, and tickets from the canceled show will be accepted. Tickets cost $8 at www.etix.com. For details, go to bit.ly/MNZJ0f.
'The Little Prince'
Raleigh Little Theatre's Players to Go! will present "The Little Prince," performed by students, at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at West Regional Library, 4000 Louis Stephens Drive, Cary. The show is free. Registration is required. To register, call 919-463-8500.
Marvelous Music series
Diane Shuur will give the last performance of the third Marvelous Music season at 7 p.m. Friday, May 9, at the Cary Arts Center, 101 Dry Ave. Tickets are $26 for adults, $24 for seniors.
The Cary Arts Center will host Crafty Connection, a series of arts and crafts activities for ages 2-12, before the concert. Activities, schedules and prices are online. For details, go to bit.ly/1dq37tS.
'Twelfth Night'
The Cary Arts Center will host performances of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at 101 Dry Ave. Tickets will go on sale Monday, April 14. Tickets bought early cost $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors and $5 for ages 5 and younger at the Cary Arts Center Box Office or www.etix.com. All tickets at the door cost $10.
'Opera in the Pines'
The N.C. Opera Orchestra and featured singers will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at Koka Booth Amphitheatre, 8003 Regency Parkway, Cary. Tickets cost $25-$37, free for kids under 14, at www.boothamphitheatre.com.
Turkish tile exhibition
The Turkish House will host an exhibition of Turkish tile artwork at 7 p.m. Friday, May 30, at 303 E. Durham Road, suite F, Cary.
Celebration of the Arts Festival
The 11th annual Celebration of the Arts Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 7, in downtown Fuquay-Varina. For details, go to www.fuquay-varinadowntown.com/events/celebration-of-the-arts.html.
En Plein Air auction
A public auction of paintings from Fuquay-Varina's third annual En Plein Air Paint-Off will be from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, June 7, on Vance Street. The top three winners' paintings will be enlarged and placed on brick walls in the town's historic district and added to the public art program organized by Fuquay-Varina Downtown and sponsored by Bob Barker, Inc. For more information, go to www.fuquay-varinadowntown.com.