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Fetish Goes Formal With Couture Rubber Lingerie & Fashions From HMS Latex
above: Cage dress and Valentina gown
In 2006, Sophie Richardoz founded a Paris-based company that sells women's fashions crafted from rubber. Usually reserved for kinky creations, HMS latex has turned the clingy fabric into couture -- chic and sexy lingerie, dresses, gowns, skirts, tops, pants and accessories.
With bold colors, feminine details and a retro feel, the fashions move away from fetish and into more fashionable formal wear. Whether you want downright naughty or frilly and coquettish, their large selection of items can provide you with whatever fits your mood.
Here's a look at the smokin' hot 2010-2011 collection:
Milky Way and American Polka Dot:
Ivy and Illusion:
Victoria and Heartfelt:
Circle Halter and Fading Seams:
Lou Lou Fringe and Cage:
Valentine and Perrine:
Poison and Alice:
Aniqa and Lush:
Skirts and tops:
Pedrolino top and Overstitch skirt:
Viennetta top and Swirl skirt:
Charm High-waisted Skirt:
Ribbon Top and Reserved For Ms Smart top:
Rib Cage front/Spine back shirt:
Lush skirt and Illusion skirt:
Illusion skirt, detail:
Devil Mini skirt and Frilly Mini skirt:
Pants (capri and jeans):
Lingerie (bras, panties, girdles and teddies):
Zahira Torsolette:
Lush panties:
Cage bra:
Cage panties:
Ribbon Girdle:
Shop for these items and more at the HMS Latex online store or at their etsy store.
A big shout out to Thom Cordner for bringing this to my attention.
all images courtesy of HMSlatex, their etsy store and their facebook page
8 comments:
- AFare24Get said...
Very cool images & ideas. Love it - love 'em!
- Saturday, July 03, 2010
- fatal woman said...
yes, images just stunning. it is a way not for everyone, but looks very attractive and have its own charm.
- Thursday, July 08, 2010
- Lingerie said...
very nice images
- Friday, July 29, 2011
Ya, letex panties may look good... but how comfortable are they?
- Wednesday, December 07, 2011
- sumera said...
stunning and elegant ideas in images
- Sunday, March 04, 2012
It all looks wonderful in the photos but, be warned, this stuff is terribly unhip if you fart.
Anything too tight downstairs, with a bit of sweat, is going to have you quacking like a whoopee cushion.
Remember, hot gas only knows how to rise which means it can only find its way out via your cleavage or neckline which mean you and only you are going to experience the full benefit of anything you emit.
- Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Don't care if you have to smell your own fart or even if they're uncomfortable. .. my God they're beautiful. .. the images, designs, stunning !!! I think im in love ;-)
- Friday, July 19, 2013
- DevilsWink said...
Latex rocks! It's actually more comfortable than it looks. it just takes a little time to get used to. Either way, it's super ultra sexy and I can't get enough of it. It goes great with strong colored make up. Very RED lips and contrasting shoes. Very high heels and you are set.
- Thursday, September 26, 2013


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S1 E14 Episode 114
ENTREPRENEUR: Jill Quilln
PITCH: LipStix ReMix™, a way to save the lipstick that gets stuck at the bottom of the tube.
ASKING FOR: $105k for a 30% stake.
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Jill has created a product that melts, mixes and molds the last bits of lipstick in a tube that simply won't twist up. You microwave the leftovers from three used tubes and pour them into a mold. Freeze it for ten minutes and then pop it into a brand new tube!
DO THE SHARKS BITE? All of the sharks love the idea and are most-impressed with Jill. Unfortunately, Robert and Kevin O. just aren't lipstick guys, so they bail. Barbara is interested, but only wants to give her half the cash. Daymond offers the full amount for 40%. Kevin H. offers to partner with Barbara for 40%. Then Daymond suggests to Kevin that they partner and cut out Barbara altogether.
RESULT: Barbara is initially ticked by the snub and won't even consider the three-way deal Kevin H. offers. But she reconsiders when Jill steps out to call her husband. But now they want 50% of the biz. Jill says, "That's was the fastest 10% I ever lost." Nevertheless, she puckers up and takes the deal.
WANT TO KNOW MORE: Visit www.lipstixremix.com .
ENTREPRENEUR: Tim Gavern
PITCH: Captain Ice Cream, a mobile novelty ice cream vending business.
ASKING FOR: $48k for a 25% stake.
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Tim has a very unique ice cream moped and a wholesome Captain Ice Cream experience that he hopes to franchise. Daymond is impressed that Tim has trademarked the phrase "Captain Ice Cream." Also, the ice cream is quite tasty.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Tim only sells about $200 worth of ice cream per day. As Barbara points out, he's selling a concept. Daymond likes Tim's attitude, but the business isn't big enough. He's out. The rest of the sharks would happily buy ice cream from Tim; they just can't buy into his business. They are all out. Tim leaves the Shark Tank, but forgets to bring his "Captain Ice Cream" moped. That was a mistake, as the sharks raid the contents and Robert takes the vehicle for a joyride. We just hope he doesn't assume Captain Ice Cream's identity. After all, it is trademarked.
WANT TO KNOW MORE: Visit www.captainicecream.com .
ENTREPRENEUR: Michael Schiavone
PITCH: Caffeindicator™
ASKING FOR: $200k for a 25% stake.
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Michael came up with his idea after a late-night stop for some grub where he was likely served some caffeinated coffee. He has placed a litmus-like indicator on sweetener packets. It changes color in the presence of caffeine. The sweetener packet market is about a $12 billion industry. Michael wants to create a sugar bowl brawl between all the major players out there fighting for market share. Sweet!
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Everyone is intrigued by Michael. Kevin O. says, "You know there's something nasty about you I really like." It's a compliment, in case you didn't know. Barbara doesn't think the public is as caffeine-conspiracy-minded as he needs them to be. She's out. Daymond, too. Robert offers the $200k for 60% contingent on getting a deal with one of the major players. Kevin H. will also give him the cash, but for 50%. Kevin O. can't seem to decide if he's in or out.
RESULT: Kevin H. is tired of waiting to hear from the wavering Kevin O. He says he needs an answer or he's taking his offer off the table. So, Michael gives him one. They have a deal. They can work out the details over coffee. Decaf, of course.
WANT TO KNOW MORE: Visit www.caffeindicator.com .
ENTREPRENEUR: Jeff and Annie Hughes
PITCH: LegalGrind, a coffeehouse that is also a legal resource center.
ASKING FOR: $200k for a 15% stake.
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Jeff is a lawyer who was spending more time in coffeehouses than courthouses. So he opened up his own coffeehouse that offers legal info and services. They've been in business since 1996 and they net around $20,000-$30,000 per year. Jeff and Annie want to target the middle class and they have a list of franchisee requests.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Some of the sharks question the coffeehouse aspect of the idea. Kevin O. wonders why this isn't done on the Internet. Jeff and Annie argue that people like the human interaction and prefer dealing with real people. It's all about making the client feel comfortable. But it all comes down to money and Kevin O. says there's no money in this. Annie disagrees, vehemently. At the end of the day, no one sees the possibility for a successful franchise venture. They are all out.
WANT TO KNOW MORE: Visit www.LegalGrind.com.

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Halloween Recipes
Halloween Recipes
From the Food Network.
Vampire Blood Tomato Soup
* 3 tablespoons olive oil
* 1/2 fennel bulb, chopped, about 2 1/2 cups
* 1/2 large onion, chopped, about 1 cup
* 4 cloves garlic, smashed
* 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
* 1 teaspoon fennel seed
* 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional
* 1 (28-ounce) can plum tomatoes, preferably San Marzano
* 2 cups homemade vegetable broth or low-sodium canned
* 2 cups tomato juice
* 6 basil leaves, torn
* 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
* Fresh ground black pepper, to taste
Heat olive oil in a medium sauce pot over medium-high heat. Add fennel, onion, garlic, salt, fennel seed and crushed pepper, if using, and cook until vegetables soften and brown slightly, about 5 minutes. Drain and reserve juice from the tomatoes, then crush tomatoes gently with your hands. Add the tomatoes, increase heat to high, and cook until they begin to brown slightly, about 5 minutes.
Add the reserved tomato juice, vegetable broth, tomato juice, and basil leaves. Bring to a boil, stir, reduce heat to medium low, cover and cook until vegetables are cooked through and soup reduces and thickens, about 30 minutes.
Remove pot from stove and puree the soup in batches, with an immersion, regular blender, or food processor. Stir in lemon juice and season with pepper to taste. Serve.
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Muenster Sammies with Apple Jam:
Note: If you can't find Muenster try mild or strong cheddar, depending on your preference.
* 16 slices pumpernickel, or other thin black bread
* 1/2 cup apple jam
* 8 slices muenster cheese
* 8 slices cheddar cheese
Optional garnishes:
* Dill pickle rounds
* Fennel fronds
* Spanish olives with pimentos
Special equipment: Cookie cutters (pumpkins, ghosts, black cat, bats and witches), optional
Toast bread in toaster or toaster oven until slightly crisp, about 5 minutes (or less if using a toaster.) Spread one side of each slice of bread with apple jam. Layer the cheese over the apple jelly, top with remaining slice of bread. Cut out as desired. Garnish as desired.
Makes 8 sandwiches


text: « Return to Search Iodine Supplementation May Alleviate Swelling in Retinas of People with RP July 21, 2014 Findings described online in JAMA Ophthalmology Contact: Mary Leach 617-573-4170 BOSTON (July 21, 2014) -- Cystoid macular edema (CME) is a common complication of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a family of retinal diseases in which patients typically lose night and side vision first and then develop impaired central vision. CME can also decrease central vision. Current treatments for CME in RP are not always effective and can lead to adverse results. Researchers from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, and Boston University School of Medicine tested whether the extent of retinal swelling due to CME was inversely related to dietary iodine intake in patients with RP and found that it was. This finding raises the possibility that an iodine supplement could help limit or reduce central foveal swelling in RP patients with CME. Their results are presented online in the July issue of JAMA Ophthalmology. Past research performed on a previous population showed an inverse association between the presence of CME and reported iodine supplementation in RP patients. This finding and physiology research by others pointed to iodine as being worth investigating further. In the present experiment, the researchers performed a cross-sectional observational study of 212 nonsmoking patients 18 to 69 years of age who were referred to Mass. Eye and Ear for RP with visual acuity of no worse than 20/200 in at least one eye. They used optical coherence tomography to measure central foveal swelling due to CME in the patients. Total dietary intake of iodine was estimated from multiple (preferably, 10) spot urine samples collected at home. The investigators found that the magnitude of central foveal swelling due to CME was inversely related to urinary iodine concentration when emphasizing data with more reproducible urinary iodine concentrations (p<.001) — patients with the lowest urinary iodine levels tended to have retinas with the most swelling. "Additional study is required to determine whether an iodine supplement can limit or reduce the extent of CME in patients with RP," said Michael A. Sandberg, Ph.D., lead author of the study and senior scientist in the Berman-Gund Laboratory for the Study of Retinal Degenerations at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. This study was supported by grant EY019767 from the National Eye Institute; by the Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund, Inc; and by a Center Grant from the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Researchers include Michael A. Sandberg, Ph.D.; Elizabeth N. Pearce, M.D.; Shyana Harper, M.Sc.; Carol Weigel-DiFranco, M.A.; Lois Hart, RDMS; Bernard Rosner, Ph.D.; Eliot L. Berson, M.D.


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Digby Ioane himself put the target on his back
Greg Growden
April 25, 2013
Digby Ioane's behaviour has caused concern among Reds officials for quite a while © Getty Images
The stand-off between Digby Ioane and Queensland Reds is no surprise, because franchise officials have been concerned for some time about the Wallabies winger's behaviour. The most recent Ioane incident occurred at a Brisbane hotel, but there were also serious concerns over his antics at a function held by a team-mate some weeks earlier. This follows him being stood down in March after an altercation at a Melbourne bar. That explains why the Reds weren't too impressed when Ioane began seeking additional payments. It also appears that Quade Cooper and Ioane had been strengthening their relationships with certain Brisbane Broncos officials and players. With suggestions of contract breaches, the Ioane-Queensland Reds brouhaha could end up in the courts.
Bulldogs schedule further Folau talks
Racist comments directed at New South Wales Waratahs winger Israel Folau at a Sydney club function continue to cause problems. We know that numerous Waratahs were angered by the comments made by a former high-ranking NSW official, and further meetings involving Folau's connections and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NRL club have been scheduled for the coming week. That's why you have been hearing league officials claiming publicly that Folau will soon be back in the NRL.
Everything old is new - again
Fascinating to see no new faces on the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) board after the annual general meeting this week, despite the hullabaloo a few months ago about governance reform at the union and how it was crucial to have independent non-aligned directors. And Sydney University officials are getting sick and tired of being labelled the heart and soul of Australian rugby - with many former players or students landing important ad ministerial jobs in the game. As one exasperated Uni follower said this week: "What are they talking about? A sign should instead be erected over the entrance of Shore School in North Sydney saying: 'Welcome to Shore- the ARU Executive Academy.'" Was he referring to numerous former Shore students - including ARU chief executive Bill Pullover and chairman Michael Hawker plus interim Rebels chief executive Rob Clarke- invading the higher ranks of the game? Meanwhile, not everyone in Melbourne is ecstatic that Clarke is about to join the Rebels. We've been told that an infuriated Rebels official telephoned an ARU heavyweight "blasting" the organisation for appointing Clarke.
Nerves at the top
A group of "advisers" were agog when one of the local game's leading powerbrokers told them recently how he was offered his lucrative job when he was about to tee off for a game of golf, agreed to the position, but was uncertain by the end of the round whether he had made the right decision. Those nervous doubts apparently still linger.
Guessing games
Name the rugby heavyweight who opted against going to the New South Wales Waratahs - Chiefs Super Rugby match so he could attend the Sydney Swans-Geelong AFL match at the Sydney Cricket Ground next door? When cornered, he uttered: "I'd rather watch the real Cats than some pussycats."
Who is the former Waratahs winger who won his first mixed martial arts bout last weekend, when he knocked out his opponent in the first round? As a result, the former speedster has earned a three-fight professional contract.
Which Australian provincial coach, apart from losing confidence in his chief executive, wants the team's media manager sacked because of endless blunders? Let's just say members of the media would not shed any tears if it happened.
And who are the two Australian provincial coaches who have each sent their CV to European clubs? The names will surprise, one of whom is suddenly looking overseas following a clash with his provincial administrators last week.
Russell Barwick and Greg Growden discuss the big issues in Australian rugby
Cheika bouncing?
We hear European powerhouses Leinster and Leicester Tigers are showing interest in Waratahs coach Michael Cheika . It is no secret that Cheika is having problems with some at Waratahs HQ.
Naming Australia's Invincibles
It could be a feisty affair when a group of judges assemble in Sydney on Tuesday to pick Inside Rugby magazine's "Australian Invincibles" players. The Invincibles will highlight Australia's greatest rugby players. The judges include former Wallabies coaches Alan Jones, Bob Dwyer and Rod Macqueen, past Test players and several rugby writers, so there will be in the room several folk who haven't exactly seen eye to eye on numerous issues. Bread rolls at 10 paces, maybe. The first four Invincibles will be announced at a gala dinner on June 12.
Just for laughs
Rugby is too often a serious matter. At least it's pleasing to hear that "A night of Rugby Comedy" will be held at the City Recital Hall in Sydney on July 5. The rugby gagsters will include Gareth Chilcott, Scott Quinnell and Ian Robertson. No, the Rebels won't be making an on-stage appearance.
Homeless ...
What's this about a troubled Sydney premiership club given notice to vacate their home ground? Then again, funny things have been going on at that club for some time - including claims of missing player payments and dubious invoices, while the nefarious behaviour of a former first-grader has even attracted the attention of the local constabulary.
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(GI Bleeding; Bleeding, Gastrointestinal; Bleeding, GI)
Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is bleeding in the digestive tract.
The Digestive Tract
Copyright © Nucleus Medical Media, Inc.
The digestive tract is divided into 2 sections. The upper digestive tract includes the:
- Esophagus—the muscular tube that transports food from the throat to the stomach
- Stomach
- Upper portion of the small intestine
The lower digestive tract includes the:
- Lower portion of the small intestine
- Large intestine
- Rectum and anus
GI bleeding is a potentially serious symptom that requires care from your doctor.
GI bleeding is a symptom caused by many possible conditions.
Causes in the upper digestive tract may include:
- Peptic ulcer—a sore in the lining of the stomach or the upper portion of the small intestine
- Esophageal varices—abnormally swollen veins within the lining of the esophagus
- Mallory-Weiss tears—tears in the lining of the esophagus
- Gastritis—inflammation and ulcers in the lining of the stomach
- Esophagitis—inflammation and ulcers in the lining of the esophagus
- Benign tumors—abnormal tissue growth that is not cancerous
- Stomach arteriovenous malformations
- Cancer—cancer in the esophagus, stomach, or small intestine
Causes in the lower digestive tract may include:
- Angiodysplasia—abnormal growth of blood vessels in the intestine
- Diverticulum—a pouch that forms on the wall of the large intestine
- Diverticulitis—occurs when the pouch becomes inflamed
- Colitis—inflammation of the colon (such as ulcerative colitis or Crohns disease)
- Hemorrhoids —enlarged veins in the rectum and/or anus
- Fissures—tears in the anus
- Polyps or colon cancer
Risk Factors
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your chance of GI bleeding include:
- Bleeding disorders (some more than other)
- Excessive alcohol use
- Long-term use of steroids, blood-thinning medication, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), or aspirin
- Smoking
- Prior GI or vascular surgery
- History of gastrointestinal disease or bleeding
- History of ulcers
- History of bacterial infections, such as Helicobacter pylori
Upper digestive tract bleeding symptoms may include:
- Blood in vomit
- Vomit that looks like coffee grounds
- Black, tarry stool
- Blood in the stool
Lower digestive tract bleeding symptoms may include:
- Black, tarry stool
- Blood in the stool
It may be difficult to notice small amounts of blood in the stool. Your doctor can do tests to detect this.
Sometimes, bleeding can occur suddenly and be severe. You may notice symptoms like:
- Weakness
- Lightheadedness or faintness
- Shortness of breath
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhea
- Paleness
Bleeding that is light and occurs over a long period of time may make you feel tired and short of breath.
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Tests may include:
- Blood tests
- Breath test
- Stool test to check for blood
- Endoscopy—a thin, lighted tube inserted down the throat to examine the digestive tract and collect tissue samples
- Colonoscopy—a thin, lighted tube inserted through the rectum and into the colon to examine the lining of the colon
- CT scan —a type of x-ray that uses a computer to make pictures of structures inside the digestive tract
- Nasogastric aspiration—a tube placed through the nose and into the stomach removes contents to check for bleeding
- Barium x-ray —x-ray that uses contrast material to see internal structures
- Radionuclide scanning—the use of small amounts of radioactive material and a camera to create blood flow images of the digestive tract
- Angiography —an x-ray of the blood vessels
Treatment will depend on the cause of the bleeding. Your doctor may switch your medications or stop certain ones if it is suspected as the cause of your GI bleeding. You may need to make some lifestyle changes.
Other treatments may include:
Your doctor may advise medications depending on your symptoms or the results of your tests. Examples include:
- Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) or H-2 blockers to reduce stomach acid production
- Antibiotics to treat Helicobacter pylori or other infections
- Vasoconstrictors to reduce bleeding
- Corticosteroids to reduce inflammation
- Probiotics to introduce healthy bacteria into the GI tract
Some treatments are more effective with a combination of medications.
Endoscopy can also be used to stop bleeding. With an endoscope, your doctor can stop the bleeding by:
- Injecting chemicals into the bleeding site
- Using a heat probe, electric current, or laser to seal off the bleeding site
- Using a band or clip to close off blood vessels
Angiography, which is also used as a diagnostic tool, can control bleeding. The doctor can use angiography with other tools to locate the bleeding and inject medications or other materials into the blood vessels to control it.
If other treatment options fail, your doctor may recommend surgery. Surgery may be necessary for some conditions, such as diverticulitis or uncontrolled bleeding.
To help reduce your chance of gastrointestinal bleeding:
- Get treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection
- Reduce your intake of alcohol or NSAIDs if possible
- If you smoke, talk with your doctor about how you can quit
American Gastroenterological Association http://www.gastro.org
Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Updated August 21, 2013. Accessed June 20, 2014.
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Bleeding in the digestive tract. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases website. Available at:
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In New Orleans, parades are a common occurrence.
But Sunday's was a real drag.
More than 5,000 men showed up at the Superdome in heels, make-up and wigs for a 12-block walk to Bourbon Street in honor of the late Bernard "Buddy D" Diliberto.
I got a report on the festivities from my brother-in-law, Steve Ellis.
Steve and his wife, Rose Mary, live in Algiers Point, which is directly across the lower Mississippi River from the French Quarter.
INDIAN LAND – Sunday morning is the most segregated time in America, with less than 8 percent of U.S. churches being integrated, according to a recent article in Time magazine.
A new church family in the Panhandle is trying to change that.
Transformation Church will launch its new congregation today in the Perimeter 521 Commerce Park with services at 9 and 11 a.m.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for several surrounding counties this weekend, but as of Thursday morning, Lancaster wasn't one of them.
Still, with the county poised along a transition line and low temperatures forecast in the upper 20s tonight and high temperatures in the lower 30s on Saturday, there's really no way of knowing what to expect.
"I think, considering where we are, that's a pretty accurate assessment," said Darren Player, assistant fire coordinator for Lancaster County Emergency Management.
As long as there has been a flat rock, mankind has been using it to make pancakes.
From Day 1, pancakes have been "a good answer to a necessity," writes Naomi Duguid, co-author of "Home Baking: Sweet and Savory Traditions from Around the World."
Pancakes, Duguid says, are one of the most improvised foods in the world. It is one of the original fast foods made with cheap, easy-to-find ingredients – flour, eggs, and milk – which gives pancakes a versatility that many foods just don't have.
In "Experiencing God," co-author Henry Blackaby suggests there are seven basic truths that apply to Christian living.
The first truth is that God is always at work around us. Blackaby then goes on in the ground-breaking book to urge Christians to find out where God is working and join him there.
Anna Bradley, a student at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster, has learned in the last three months just how right Blackaby is.
Bradley said it's evident to everyone in a student-led Bible study at USCL at that God is working in Starr Hall.
EDGEMOOR – "Two chickens like this!" the ring man shouts as he reaches inside a crate, pulls out the bird and lifts it into the air.
Every eye inside the Dixie Stockyard is on the chicken as the bidding starts.
The auctioneer immediately barks out a crystal-clear, rhythmic chant trying to coax the most money for the birds from the customers.
Suddenly, the chant ends just as quickly as it started.
"Sold," he yells. The winning bidder smiles and holds up his number for the bookkeeper to see.
If any American food deserves its own celebration, it's pie. The American Pie Council has declared Jan. 23 as National Pie Day.
While Americans didn't create the first pie (it's believed the Egyptians did about 2000 B.C. before passing it on to the Greeks who spread it throughout the Roman Empire), it somehow evolved into our national dessert.
That's strange considering that early pies were predominantly made from inedible rye crusts, goat cheese and honey.
But as the popularity of pie increased, so did the combinations.
Music has a way of lifting your spirits.
Just ask Jere and Sandy Cherryholmes.
In 1999, their oldest daughter, Shelly, 20, died in her sleep from respiratory failure.
To cope with the loss, Jere, a carpenter for the Los Angeles County school system and Sandy, who was homeschooling their children, Cia, B.J., Skip and Molly Kate, took the family to a nearby bluegrass festival.
There – while listening to Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys – the Cherryholmes found healing.
They also found inspiration and a new calling on their lives.
These days, fitness means more than a walk on the treadmill for those at Prime Time for Seniors Center.
A group there is learning how to exercise their minds through Breakfast for your Brain.
Based on Dr. Marge Engleman's "Aerobics of the Mind," the weekly course teaches seniors to take mental fitness seriously.
Until about 25 years ago, most researchers believed that memory loss was a part of the natural aging process.
After 37 years, some things never change.
Fred Adams, Donald Boone, Noland Broach, Jack Sistare, Morrison Thompson and Louie Watts still get together around a well-worn table inside the South 200 Drive-In on Great Falls Highway each morning.
It's there – between sips of hot coffee, bites of hot breakfast and rounds of warm laughter – the men try to solve global warming and understand cold-hearted politicians.
But one thing has changed about their early-morning ritual.
Restaurant owner Larry Small no longer lets them in.
On Thanksgiving, we celebrate with turkey and pumpkin pies. The center of Christmas is the birth of a savior. Valentine's Day is sweetened by chocolate and overly-sentimental cards.
Mother's Day is flowers, treating mom to lunch and a little extra pampering.
Veterans Day is filled with parades to honor our servicemen and service women for their sacrifice.
We even know what we're supposed to do on Earth Day, World AIDS Day and Arbor Day.
However, there's one holiday, or technically, an un-holiday, that has me bamboozled.
This week, the mercury in the thermometer is bottoming out.
Meteorologists aren't predicting a daily high temperature of more than 40 degrees in this portion of the Piedmont.
And during Carolina cold snaps like this one, nothing beats a pair of thick wool socks and a piping hot bowl of soup.
Homemade soups not only soothe the soul, they also ease the pocketbook.
Recent studies show that one of the way American consumers have responded to hard economic times is by altering their eating habits, which includes eating at home more.
Soon, smoke will be in the air as South Carolina's foresters, farmers and other land managers begin a very busy part of their year.
Traditional controlled burning season is fast approaching and is the time when the ancient tool of controlled fire (good fire) is put to use for the benefit of all South Carolinians. Controlled burning (igniting forest fires under controlled conditions) has many benefits including reducing the risk of wildfire (bad fire), preparing land for planting, controlling diseases and undesirable plants and enhancing wildlife habitat.
A woman battling the emotional and physical side effects of chemotherapy or radiation treatment always needs a special touch.
That's where Look Good...Feel Better comes in.
Described by the American Cancer Society as a "makeover for the spirit," the program helps women fighting cancer boost their confidence and self-esteem.
Done quarterly in Lancaster County, the next Look Good...Feel Better class is 2 p.m. Monday at Springs Memorial Hospital.
When Tornita Adams went into labor about 5:30 p.m. Friday, she was hoping for a New Year's Day baby.
But Zantwan Marqual Adams had something else in mind. He decided to wait until the next day. And this time, he got his way.
Zantwan, the newborn son of Adams and Charles Mobley
made his grand entrance at 1:28 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, at Springs Memorial Hospital. Tornita was due Jan. 12.
Zantwan is not only Lancaster County's first baby of 2010, he is also the first county birth in a new decade.
Write-in campaigns, resigning town council members, a "hiking" governor and long lines at the unemployment office are just four of the issues we experienced in 2009.
We lost some neighbors with the deaths of Sonny Bowers, Bobbie Hagins, Ray Knight and Dick Weisner. These are good people whose lives made a difference. OK, that's enough of the bad news.
We saw the good in people, too, like the Backpack Buddies, a non-denominational church partnership that makes sure that Heath Springs Elementary School students have nutritious meals on the weekend.
Many residents will start taking down Christmas trees this weekend as the 2009 holiday season winds down.
The city of Lancaster and Lancaster County are working together again to reduce on holiday waste through treecycling.
Real Christmas trees are biodegradable, which means they can be easily reused and recycled.
Instead of having Christmas trees take up landfill space, they will be removed from the waste stream and ground into mulch.
The next few days are the last hurrah.
No, it's not the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010; it's the annual college football bowl season.
Between today and Jan. 7, there are 21 televised college football games on the schedule.
You are your friends might not be able to agree on whether Idaho or Bowling Green will win today's Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho.
You might not even care.
The women in your family might be rooting for the team with the prettiest jerseys by opening kickoff.
When Debbie Crenshaw looked across the Lancaster High School cafeteria on Dec. 19, she smiled at the sight of smiling children.
But for Crenshaw, a volunteer for Operation Blue and Gold Santa, it was an apprehensive smile, at best.
Yes, a group of Lancaster High School student-athletes, along with the Bruins booster club, Lancaster Children's Home, several businesses and HOPE in Lancaster, made sure the night was special for some of the county's neediest families.
In driving around Lancaster, it's evident that county residents love to deck the halls and yards this time of year.
Wreaths, bows, candles and glowing reindeer prove that Christmas is indeed here.
The home of Linda Deas, at 417 Meeting St., is a beautiful example of that and has been awarded the Yard of the Month for December by the Lancaster Council of Garden Clubs.
Tucked beside businesses, Deas said she sometimes feels that no one notices her house and yard. However, much to her surprise, that's just not the case.
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With two sacks in three games, Falcons' first-round pick Vic Beasley is already living up to lofty expectations. The Georgia-bred linebacker feels right at home in Dan Quinn's defense
The 3-0 Atlanta Falcons have taken on the identity of their head coach, an enthusiastic guy with a reputation for tough defense. One of the key pieces to Dan Quinn's puzzle is rookie pass rusher Vic Beasley. The Clemson product has already made his presence felt with a pair of sacks, including one on a critical third down in Dallas last week that helped clinch Atlanta's 39-28 victory. A Georgia native who grew up rooting for the Falcons, Beasley was thrilled at the opportunity to play in his home state, just a little more than an hour's drive from his hometown of Adairsville. And just a few games into his rookie season, the Falcons have been just as thrilled to have him on their team.
VRENTAS: Let's start with your sack last week, which forced the Cowboys to punt on a critical drive in the fourth quarter. You beat star left tackle Tyron Smith to take down Brandon Weeden. How did you make that play?
BEASLEY: I knew that they were in a passing situation, and I just beat the tackle off the edge. I was able to get the same position as the tackle, and I was even with him, and I was able to put my left arm in and use my rip move and get the sack. My teammates were excited, because they knew it was a big play in the game.
The more you play, the more you learn. That extra year allowed me to mature more as a player.
VRENTAS: What have you learned so far about the difference in facing NFL left tackles vs. college left tackles?
BEASLEY: The speed of the game changes, and there is better competition. I have been using my speed, because that is my best asset. I think I just need to work more on the use of my hands, becoming more violent with my hands, and then I can become a dominant pass rusher. I have some moves that I used in college, I just have to become great at it.
VRENTAS: How do you make use of your speed?
BEASLEY: My speed is my best gift. If I am able to get even with the tackle, the majority of the time, I can get around and eventually get sacks. When you are running around the edge, if you get even with the tackle, the majority of the time you have a good chance to get a sack. You use what you have been given, whatever your best move is.
VRENTAS: What personality has the team taken from Dan Quinn?
BEASLEY: He's a winner. He just wants the team to play hard. It's like you are playing for your brother. We're all family here, and we just want to play hard for each other, just as if you worked for an individual in your immediate family. He challenges the players, challenges us to compete, and go that extra mile.
VRENTAS: Is his defense a lot of fun to play in? It seems like you guys are out there flying around.
BEASLEY: Yeah, especially for me. It's a great position, the "Leo" [defensive end/outside linebacker] position, because there is success waiting. Success has been waiting for me in his defense because it allows me to be free.
VRENTAS: What is asked of you in the "Leo" position?
BEASLEY: Just to be a dominant player and make plays. It is primarily a rush position, but whenever the run comes, you have to play the run. Whenever it is pass, you have to get sacks.
VRENTAS: Quinn has talked about your play so far with enthusiasm. Does that kind of feedback help encourage you?
BEASLEY: He gives me motivation that I can be a great player in this league. I just have to keep working hard to better myself.
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VRENTAS: You decided to stay at Clemson for your senior year instead of coming out early. Do you think that extra year helped smooth your transition to the NFL?
BEASLEY: The more you play, the more you learn. That extra year allowed me to mature more as a player.
VRENTAS: And you got Clemson's career sacks record (33) while you were at it.
BEASLEY: Yeah, it was a good feeling. I just tried to do the best I could to play up to the other greats to come through Clemson, and hopefully I set a standard that other great pass rushers that come through there can strive for, and help them be great one day.
VRENTAS: Your college roommate, and one of the team's equipment managers, created a Wall of Sacks at your apartment, with a picture of each of your sacks at Clemson as you aimed for the school record. Will do you start a Wall of Sacks for your NFL career?
BEASLEY: Nah, it's nothing I've done here. It was up there in college for motivation to try to break records and get as many sacks as I could. My motivation now is just to not let my teammates down, and be the best player I can be.
VRENTAS: There was a lot of talk about your size leading up to the draft and whether you were big enough to set the edge. Has that driven you to become a better run defender?
BEASLEY: Yeah, that's motivation. It has challenged me to become a better player in that area. It's coming along pretty good. I've changed in a positive way as a player in that area. Just playing dominant, and working on block schemes, and developing better study habits.
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VRENTAS: You face the Texans this week, and they have a pretty good pass rusher named J.J. Watt. Which players around the league do you look up to?
BEASLEY: Watt is a dominant player. Real surgical. He's been blessed with great talent. Plays both the run and pass real good. I like Von Miller's game a lot. He's one of the guys I try to follow and look up to. [On the Falcons], the whole defensive line is cool. Great guys, and they all want to be great players. That's what motivates me—it pushes me to measure up.
VRENTAS: Why did you pick No. 44 in Atlanta?
BEASLEY: No. 8 pick, so 4 plus 4 equals 8. Something that is memorable for me.
VRENTAS: What responsibility do you feel to the organization as the No. 8 pick?
BEASLEY: There are high expectations when you are drafted that high, so you try to produce on the field. It's motivation. You don't want just to get to the NFL, you want to be a Hall of Famer one day. That's really the motivation I have. To leave a legacy. Just keep working; just keep watching great players like Von Miller. I'm pretty sure he'll be in there one day, if he keeps doing what he is doing.
VRENTAS: It must be fun to start your NFL career going 3-0.
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The phrase "going, going, gone" is associated with baseball rather than football, but Fox Broadcasting is telling advertisers that commercial time during Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2, 2014 is, finally, gone.
Because the Super Bowl is the biggest day of the year for advertising as well as football, the pace of sales of commercial time for ads shown during each game is closely watched by Madison Avenue. To be sold out just after Thanksgiving is an above-average result, meaning demand for spots was strong; when demand is weak, as during recessions, for instance, the network broadcasting the Super Bowl may have spots left to sell until the weekend of the game.
"The Super Bowl is done," Neil Mulcahy, executive vice president for sales at Fox Sports, part of 21st Century Fox, said in a phone interview.
When asked which categories helped achieve the sellout, Mr. Mulcahy cited automobiles, saying: "Certainly, the autos embraced it. All the car companies are back, and G.M. is back." His reference was to a decision by General Motors, which said in August that it would return as a sponsor after sitting out Super Bowl XLVII this year.
Mr. Mulcahy declined to list specific advertisers beyond that, citing the tradition that it is left to the buyers of commercial time to discuss their purchases rather than to the sellers. The other automakers that have said so far that they plan to advertise during Super Bowl XLVIII are Hyundai, Jaguar and Kia.
The advertisers in other categories that have announced they are buying commercials include Anheuser-Busch InBev, Butterfinger, Dannon Oikos yogurt, Doritos, GoDaddy, Intuit, SodaStream and Wonderful pistachios.
Coincidentally, another advertiser announced on Thursday that it, too, would buy a commercial during Super Bowl XLVIII: the Cheerios cereal brand sold by General Mills. It will be the first time that Cheerios has run a spot in a Super Bowl, executives at General Mills said.
In recent weeks, Fox Sports executives have described the commercial inventory for the game as virtually sold out, practically sold out and almost sold out. Back in September, for example, when announcing a Super Bowl ad contest, the executives said the game was about 95 percent sold.
"It's a fluid process," Mr. Mulcahy said.
Demand among potential sponsors did not seem to be affected much by the rates Fox is charging. Earlier estimates were that the price tag was around $4 million for each 30 seconds of commercial time in the game, but there are indications that some advertisers are paying in a range between $4 million and $4.5 million.
Mr. Mulcahy and Marla Newman, senior vice president for digital ad sales at Fox Sports, said they still had spots available during pregame and postgame programming on Fox Broadcasting; during programming related to the Super Bowl on a new cable channel, Fox Sports 1; and in the live stream of the Super Bowl that is to be available on foxsports.com and on tablets.
Ms. Newman said that the auto category was also strong in digital advertising, along with categories like consumer packaged goods, mobile devices and insurance.
Both she and Mr. Mulcahy said they believed that the fact the Super Bowl will be played for the first time in the metropolitan New York area may be encouraging ad sales, pointing to the many special events and promotions that are scheduled to begin the Monday before the game and extend through the postgame.
Various 21st Century Fox properties are planning special programming to take advantage of the novelty of the location. For instance, Mr. Mulcahy said, Fox Sports 1; WNYW, Channel 5, the Fox Broadcasting station in New York; and the Fox News cable channel will present shows from Times Square.
And "each night at 8 p.m., there will be a roadblock on all the Fox properties," he added, with content with Super Bowl themes. (A roadblock is a media term meaning that the same ad, announcement or show appears across multiple media outlets at the same time.)
Another reason that the commercial time during Super Bowl XLVIII is already sold out could be the additional planning required by sponsors to coordinate on platforms like social media the promotional campaigns related to their Super Bowl spots.
In social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogs, advertisers can tease, preview and build interest in their in-game ads weeks or months ahead of time rather than waiting until much closer to the game as they would have years ago.
"The beauty of the Super Bowl now," Mr. Mulcahy said, is that advertisers "know in May they want to be there and build their marketing programs" early.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - After a successful weekend at the Big West Multi event last weekend the UC Santa Barbara men's and women's track and field teams will continue to compete in the Big West Championship meet on Friday and Saturday, May 10-11, at Cal State Northridge.
Entering the weekend, the women's squad will start out the competition in fourth-place with the five points that freshman Tori Usgaard earned by finishing fourth in last weekend's heptathlon. The men will start their defense of their 2012 Big West title in first-place with the 19 points that first-place Derek Masterson, third-place Mikael Powers, and sixth-place Billy Britt earned in the decathlon.
The women's side is going to have a tough task against some very competitive teams in the conference, particularly last year's titlist UC Davis. Although UCSB doesn't have the same depth as some of the other competing teams, head coach Pete Dolan can provide a strong showing.
Among the women's competitors who could contribute are sprinters Jennifer Carey and Grace Esslinger, distance runners Dani Moreno, Cassie Brooker, Jessica Chadwick and Christine Cooperstein, long jumper Veronica Gines, and thrower Irene Kujore.
The men's team retains much of its leadership and experience from the 2012 championship team. The Gauchos are expected to be in contention and likely will battle Long Beach State for Big West supremacy.
UCSB's men who are expected to contend include sprinters Marquis Caldwell and Evan Walker, middle distance runners Shyan Vaziri, Andrew Farkas and Juan Paredes, distance runners Bryan Guijarro, Bhavik Kanzaria and Abel Mogesse, hurdler Mikael Powers, steeplechaser Bryce Rausa, high jumper Mitchell Haag, and throwers Albert Hughes, Pat Smith and Derek Masterson.


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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
Leonardo de Moura, Nikolaj Bjorner
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Satisfiability Modulo Theories @ MicrosoftZeit: Fri 4.4.2008, 10:15, 60 Minuten
Ort: HS 3
ZusammenfassungThis talk presents recent and ongoing advances in software verification applications using, and the development of, automated verification technologies at Microsoft Research. A number of in-house projects rely on SMT solvers: The Static Driver Verifier, SDV, is shipped in Windows. It uses decision procedures and symbolic model checking to statically find bugs in device drivers. The Pex and related projects use automated decision procedures to analyze the results of runs for generating unit tests by using model finding capabilities of the decision procedures. Other projects using similar capabilities of the solvers are whitebox fuzz testing, predicate abstraction, and internet worm prevention. The Spec# project comprises of an object oriented programming language extending C# with contracts together with an verification oriented intermediary format, called Boogie, used for extracting verification conditions. A new ambitious project in the context of Boogie, but applied to production C-code, is a comprehensive functional verification of the Hyper-V virtualization core. The talk will cover these applications and the unique opportunities they provide for enhancing validation during the software development process. Several of the presented projects use as core technology a Satisfiability Modulo Theories solver, Z3, developed by the speakers. The above application will be presented with an emphasis on how they exercise and have shaped the solver. Z3 is available at: http://research.microsoft.com/projects/z3
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Good news for the anti-SOPA/PIPA crowd: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) announced on his official Facebook page that he no longer supports the "PROTECT IP Act" (PIPA), a bill he co-sponsored. In his statement, Sen. Rubio also urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to "abandon his plan to rush the bill to the floor." PIPA is currently schedule to go before the full Senate for a procedural vote to begin debate on the bill on January 24.
Here is Sen. Rubio's statement, in full:
Better Way to Fight the Online Theft of American Ideas and Jobs
By Senator Marco Rubio
In recent weeks, we've heard from many Floridians about the anti-Internet piracy bills making their way through Congress. On the Senate side, I have been a co-sponsor of the PROTECT IP Act because I believe it's important to protect American ingenuity, ideas and jobs from being stolen through Internet piracy, much of it occurring overseas through rogue websites in China. As a senator from Florida, a state with a large presence of artists, creators and businesses connected to the creation of intellectual property, I have a strong interest in stopping online piracy that costs Florida jobs.
However, we must do this while simultaneously promoting an open, dynamic Internet environment that is ripe for innovation and promotes new technologies.
Earlier this year, this bill passed the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously and without controversy. Since then, we've heard legitimate concerns about the impact the bill could have on access to the Internet and about a potentially unreasonable expansion of the federal government's power to impact the Internet. Congress should listen and avoid rushing through a bill that could have many unintended consequences.
Therefore, I have decided to withdraw my support for the Protect IP Act. Furthermore, I encourage Senator Reid to abandon his plan to rush the bill to the floor. Instead, we should take more time to address the concerns raised by all sides, and come up with new legislation that addresses Internet piracy while protecting free and open access to the Internet.
Sen. Rubio's renouncement of PIPA comes amidst a mass blackout of more than 7,000 websites, including Wikipedia, Craigslist, Reddit, and many others, intended to protest PIPA and the "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA), a companion anti-piracy bill that resides in the House of Representatives. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the chief sponsor of SOPA, announced Tuesday plans to resume Judiciary Committee markup hearings on the bill next month. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) has assured SOPA opponents in the House that the bill will not come up for a full House vote until consensus on the bill can be achieved — a scenario that appears increasingly unlikely.
The statement from Sen. Rubio echo's remarks on SOPA and PIPA from the White House, which said this past weekend that it "will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet."
Sen. Rubio follows Rep. Ben Quayle (R-AZ), who pulled his name from the list of SOPA co-sponsors on Tuesday. Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) also announced plans to withdrawal is name from the SOPA co-sponsor list.
UPDATE: Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has also pulled support for SOPA/PIPA. He writes on his Facebook page: "SOPA: better to get this done right rather than fast and wrong. Stealing content is theft, plain and simple, but concerns about unintended damage to the internet and innovation in the tech sector require a more thoughtful balance, which will take more time."
To learn more about SOPA, PIPA and the surrounding controversy, see our complete guide, here. To learn more about today's blackout, see our quick guide, here.


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Tips for surviving a New Zealand family road trip
It's incredible how the human brain will find ways to entertain itself on long boring drives & the various methods parents find to entertain bored kids.
Holding your breath over bridges
This classic car game is popular with lots of Kiwi families and it's super simple. Every time you cross a bridge everyone in the car has to hold their breath until you reach the other side. Things get really interesting when driving over the epic bridges of the Canterbury Plains. The adventurous and healthy-lunged among you may find yourselves in a breath-holding battle that lasts a long way past the end of the bridge – sometimes until the next town!
Needless to say, breath holding until you start seeing stars is not recommended for drivers.
The animal game
This might have an official name, but no one we spoke to knows it. So we're calling it the animal game. If you know its correct title, please post a comment!
This game can involve everyone in the car, including the driver, and all you need is a sharp pair of eyes. In a nutshell – everyone's on the lookout for animals, be they sheep, goats, horses or birds.
The first person to spot a sheep, say, is scoring on sheep. Every time they see another sheep they score a point. Until someone else in the car spots a sheep before the person who is scoring on sheep. When that happens, sheep are 'dead', and no one can score on sheep.
It gets fun when different people are scoring on different animals – so you're all trying to score on 'your' animals while 'killing' the other people's scoring potential by spotting their animal first.
The game ends when everyone's sick of it and the person with the most points wins.
Kiwi Holiday Parks Road Trip Bingo
Tui! Volcano! Bluebridge Ferry! Bingo!! Enjoy the scenery and keep everyone entertained with some good old kiwi inspired road trip bingo created by our good friends at Kiwi Holiday Parks. Download and print off here before you leave home or let a member of our friendly crew know how many you would like when you check-in with us.
Sing alongs
In an age of media saturation and endless streaming of the latest pop tunes straight into our homes, workplaces and cars – even the term 'sing along' looks archaic. Like something from another age.
But anyone who grew up in the 70s (or any time before) will remember the AM radio in Dad's Holden (or Falcon) cutting out on long drives. And when the radio cut out there was only one thing for it – a good old family sing along.
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To join in on a sing along you need one of two things: a good singing voice or the ability to laugh at yourself. With either of these attributes you'll have a great time.
When you've got a few tunes under your belt and are looking for an extra challenge, introduce the kids to the rare satisfaction of singing in rounds. Row, Row, Row Your Boat is a good one to get you started with singing rounds.
What's your favourite way to kill time in the car? I spy with my little eye, perhaps? Points will be deducted for saying 'putting the portable DVD player on'!


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PHILADELPHIA – The judge in the abortion murder trial for practitioner Kermit Gosnell has dismissed several of the counts in the case, including one of infanticide and three of murder.
The decision came today from Judge Jeffrey Minehart after Jack McMahon, Gosnell's defense attorney, argued for the dismissals.
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Also dropped were several counts of abuse of a corpse.
The trial, however, will continue on the rest of the counts that stem from the 72-year-old abortionist's business in Philadelphia, the "Women's Medical Center" that has been dubbed the "House of Horrors" for the events that occurred there.
He was accused of snipping the spinal cords of seven babies who were born alive at the facility, although witnesses have described that that same procedure was used to dispatch possibly hundreds of infants, as well as the drug overdose death of a patient.
Five other murder counts remain, and according to Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue, who has been monitoring the case, it is a "watershed moment."
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"The discovery of his horrific practices helped shed light on an abortion industry that has run amok without oversight or accountability for decades, and has prompted significant changes in abortion laws and attitudes toward enforcement in several states," he told LifeNews.
Minehart dropped the infanticide charge regarding "Baby B," a baby born in a toilet, as well as murder charges for "Baby A," "Baby C" and "Baby G."
""The prosecution has to show malice, the fact that Dr. Gosnell acted with intentional disregard for the safety of the mother and treated them differently than he did with the others," McMahon said. "The prosecution has failed to do that."
McMahon also cited Pennsylvania's "24-Week Law."
"Yes, Dr. Gosnell did abortions past the 24-week limit, but not one of those who he's accused of harming were past 24 weeks."
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Prosecutor Ed Cameron said the counts fall within the law.
"The statute reads that if the crime offends common sensibilities, then the person is guilty. These acts offend reasonable sensibility," Cameron said.
"The statute says that once the baby leaves the mother that the baby should be treated with dignity as a human being. That if they die, they should be disposed of with dignity. It is clear that Dr. Gosnell didn't do that," Cameron said.
"Cameron said that there are three signs that have to be present.
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"It's an either or. There has to be a beating heart and there has to be breathing. There also has to be voluntary movement," Cameron said, "Even one of the doctors testified that they saw the baby breathing."
In the case of "Baby B" and "Baby C," Cameron argued that there was voluntary movement.
"The baby moved his arms. Lynda Williams said, 'Hey look at this,' as she called people to witness what she was doing," Cameron said. "Williams pulled the baby's arms and the baby pulled back."
"That's voluntary movement," Cameron said.
"In the case of 'Baby A', Cameron said a clinic worker saw the baby move and breathe.
"It was a repeated course of conduct. Dr. Gosnell acted recklessly and with no regard for the safety of the women or the babies," Cameron said.
President Obama, who has declined to weigh in, through his spokesman, on the case, meanwhile, is planning to attend a fundraising gala later this week for Planned Parenthood, the U.S. abortion industry's biggest player.
Cecile Richards, president of the organization, said, "President Obama has done more than any president in history for women's health and rights."
In a statement that did not include the word abortion, she said, "He understands that access to birth control and preventive health care are economic issues for women and their families. We fought alongside him to ensure that women's health access was expanded in the landmark Affordable Care Act, and now we have to fight hard to ensure that the full promise of health care reform is realized for millions of women.
"We are honored to President Obama join us…"
The details revealed during the trial have left Americans following the charges horrified.
For example, clinic worker Ashley Baldwin said Gosnell snipped the neck of many babies who could have lived.
The details of another instance are recorded in the grand jury report.
One report: "The baby had precipitated (emerged from the mother) when the doctor was not in the clinic. Lynda Williams (another clinic staff member) placed the baby in a basin on the counter where the instruments were washed and called the doctor to come."
The details build: Baldwin heard an infant's cry, and saw the baby move on the country. Estimated the baby's length at 12 inches.
Gosnell arrived and all that soon stopped.
"He snipped the neck, and said there is nothing to worry about, and he suctioned it," came the testimony.
The report also records the procedure for what would happen to the babies who were born when Gosnell was not at the clinic.
If Gosnell was absent, his employees would kill viable babies. Ashley Baldwin saw Steve Massof slit the necks of babies that moved or breathed 'five or 10″ times. Massof, repeating what he had been taught by Gosnell, told her that that it was standard procedure to cut the spine in all cases.
Baldwin told the grand jury that she witnessed the similar procedure on several other occasions. An exchange between the prosecutors and Baldwin is also recorded in the grand jury report.
Q: These larger babies, when Dr. Steve was there, did he ever – was he ever there when any of the larger babies precipitated?
A: Yes.
Q: Babies that would move?
A: Yes.
Q: So, Dr. Steve – what would Dr. Steve do with babies that moved?
A The same thing.
Q. The same thing. And how many time did you see Dr. Steve?
A: A lot. He told me that – don't worry about it. They are not living. It is just a reaction."
The grand jury report also says that after Steve Massof left the clinic, clinic worker Lynda Williams took over the task of slitting the baby's necks after they were born.
Former worker Kareema Cross said she later say Lynda Williams slit the neck of a baby ("Baby C") who had been moving and breathing for approximately 20 minutes.
Gosnell had delivered the baby and put it on a counter while he suctioned the placenta from the mother. Williams called Cross over to look at the baby because it was breathing and moving its arms when Williams pulled on them. After playing with the baby, Williams slit its neck.
Marie Smith is another of Gosnell's patients who almost died as a result of a botched abortion.
Smith was 19 when she had an abortion at Gosnell's clinic. Three days after the abortion, she developed a fever and lost consciousness at her mother's house.
She was taken to the emergency room where doctor's discovered the cause of her infection.
"They showed me X-rays and said he [Gosnell] left an arm and a leg inside me. I almost died. I thought he knew what he was doing, but I guess I was wrong," Smith told a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Operation Rescue's Senior Policy Adviser Cheryl Sullenger wrote later that Smith is one of the fortunate ones.
"Marie Smith is lucky to be alive after having had a botched abortion by Gosnell in 1999," Sullenger wrote.
Unlicensed medical school graduate Eileen O'Neill, Gosnell's codefendant on murder charges, is reported to have given abortion drugs to clinic patients.
Lisa Dungee, a Gosnell clinic patient in 2009, testified to the court that O'Neill gave her the abortion pill before the end of the required 24-hour waiting period for an abortion and that she didn't receive any pre-abortion counseling.
LifeNews.com reported that Dungee testified on the stand that, "When I came in to the facility, I already had my mind made up about what I wanted to do, so yes, I signed it," Dungee said.
LifeNews also reported that Dungee didn't deliver the four-week old baby until over 24-hours after taking the first abortion pill. The report says that O'Neill's defense lawyer James Berardinelli has maintained that, "since Dungee did not actually expel her four-week baby until 24 hours after she took the first abortion pill, then the 24-hour waiting period had been observed."
It was unclear whether the abortionist would testimony for himself.
WND reported earlier that the discoveries at Gosnell's clinic were startling. A partial list reported by WND includes:
- Rusty and filthy abortion equipment has been brought into the courtroom to document unsanitary conditions.
- Medical records appear to have blood and other stains on them.
- Gosnell's staff acted as though they were doctors, even though some had little or no medical training.
- Medications, including anesthetics, found in the office had expired years earlier.
- A defense attorney blamed the woman, Bhutan immigrant Karnamaya Mongar, for her own death, since she left several blanks on her medical form. Prosecutors said she spoke little English and likely was unaware she needed to provide information.
- Patients appeared to repeatedly get overdoses of drugs for their abortion procedures, including Mongar.
- Photographs of the bodies of babies, revealed gaping wounds in the back of their necks. According to testimony, Gosnell or staff members routinely snipped their spinal cords to make sure they were dead. Operation Rescue said: "The babies were all intact and had the appearance of being partially mummified or dried. The brownish-black skin had shrunk as it dried, revealing the upper spinal column that authorities say was pierced with scissors in order to snip the spinal cords of newborn babies born alive during abortions by Gosnell."
- Photographs were introduced of babies' feet, or even whole legs, Gosnell had preserved in jars.


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Under piles of paperwork, a foreclosure system in chaos
Thursday, September 23, 2010
The nation's overburdened foreclosure system is riddled with faked documents, forged signatures and lenders who take shortcuts reviewing borrower's files, according to court documents and interviews with attorneys, housing advocates and company officials.
The problems, which are so widespread that some judges approving the foreclosures ignore them, are coming to light after Ally Financial, the country's fourth-biggest mortgage lender, halted home evictions in 23 states this week.
During the housing boom, millions of homeowners got easy access to mortgages while providing virtually no proof of their income or background. Now, as millions of Americans are being pushed out of the homes they can no longer afford, the foreclosure process is producing far more paperwork than anyone can read and making it vulnerable to fraud.
Ally Financial is now double-checking to make sure all documents are in order after lawsuits uncovered that a single employee of the company's GMAC mortgage unit, a 41-year-old named Jeffrey Stephan, signed off on 10,000 foreclosure papers a month without checking whether the information justified an eviction.
Many of the homeowners in fact might have been in default. Some might have been unfairly targeted. But the flawed process is creating an opening for borrowers to contest some of the more than 2 million foreclosures that have taken place since the real estate crisis began.
The company sought to play down the impact of Stephan's actions, saying this week that what he did amounted to a "technical" error but that the documents themselves were "factually accurate." Ally said it had no further comment Wednesday.
Ally wasn't the only major lender that had a foreclosure process dependent on a few corporate bureaucrats.
Beth Ann Cottrell said in a sworn deposition in May that she signed off on thousands of foreclosures a month for JPMorgan Chase even though she did not verify the accuracy of the information.
In one instance in Palm Beach, Fla., Cottrell signed off on two documents that stated conflicting amounts of mortgage, the court testimony states. Cottrell claimed that both were signed by the borrower at closing. But the homeowner recognized that her signature had been forged, her attorney Christopher Immel said. The attorney added that such forgeries are common among the cases he's seen. JPMorgan Chase declined to comment.
In Georgia, an employee of a document processing company, Linda Green, for years claimed to be executives of Bank of America, Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank and dozens of other lenders while signing off on tens of thousands of foreclosure affidavits. In many cases, her signature appeared to be forged by different employees.
Green worked for a foreclosure document company owned by Lender Processing Services. The company is being investigated by a U.S. attorney in Florida for allegedly using improper documentation to speed foreclosures.
Lenders have already started to withdraw foreclosures that had Green's name on them.


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7 Ways to Beat a Cold
How to take this common virus head on — at any time of the year
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En español l Most adults fight two to four colds every year. If you've been having trouble getting rid of that lingering virus, try these surprising tips and tricks.
1. Get a move on
You don't want to be training for the Olympics, "but taking a walk or doing a light workout at the gym actually helps reduce your symptoms," says William Schaffner, M.D., chair of the department of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville. The American College of Sports Medicine suggests this rule of thumb: If symptoms are neck up, it's okay to engage in a light workout. If they are below the neck, stay in bed until you're feeling better. Research shows that regular exercise also helps ward off colds.
2. Say no to ibuprofen
New research from the UK's University of Southampton found that those who take ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) are significantly more likely than those who take acetaminophen to return to the doctor with unresolved or worsened symptoms. Ibuprofen's anti-inflammatory properties may interfere with the body's immune system, according to study author Paul Little, M.D. And instead of multisymptom cold relievers, take individual products to match your symptoms — decongestants and antihistamines for nasal stuffiness, cough medicines for cough. (Avoid decongestants containing pseudoephedrine if you have atrial fibrillation or another heart arrhythmia.)
3. Drink something hot
It's not folk wisdom anymore: Researchers from Cardiff University's Common Cold Centre reported that having a hot drink provided sustained relief from cold symptoms like runny nose, cough, sneezing and sore throat. Study authors say hot drinks promote salivation and mucus secretions that ease sore throat pain and other symptoms.
4. Be nice to the nose
Vigorous nose blowing can actually push mucus from the nose up into the sinuses, increasing a cold's severity or leading to a secondary sinus infection, say University of Virginia researchers. It's also best to blow each nostril separately.
5. Don't ask for antibiotics
They do nothing to the viruses behind colds and flu, and contribute to antibiotic resistance, Schaffner says. Yet, according to a new study from Harvard School of Medicine, doctors prescribed antibiotics to 60 percent of those with sore throats and 73 percent of those with bronchitis. Antibiotics should only be used when you have a streptococcus (strep) infection, the culprit in just about 10 percent of cases involving sore throat.
6. Get your zen on
People 50 and over who practiced mindfulness meditation had fewer and less severe colds, a recent University of Wisconsin study showed. Those who used the technique — which involves focusing inward on feelings, sensations and state of mind — racked up 257 sick days, compared to 453 in a control group.
7. Keep your toes toasty
Cold feet constrict the blood vessels in the upper airways, which reduces your defense against viruses, a Cardiff University study found. Ten percent of volunteers who plunged their feet into icy water came down with the sniffles, while none in a control group got sick.
Beth Howard is a freelance writer.
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CARLSTADT, N.J., June 21, 2011 – Pantone LLC, an X-Rite company (NASDAQ: XRIT) and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today announced two new guides that extend the popular PANTONE® PLUS SERIES.
The PANTONE PLUS SERIES DESIGNER FIELD GUIDE is a multi-function version of its PANTONE PLUS SERIES FORMULA GUIDE that includes wider color swatches and tear-out chips of all 1,341 PANTONE Solid Colors – combining portability with versatility. The PANTONE PLUS SERIES STARTER GUIDE is a sampler of select colors from each of the PANTONE PLUS SERIES Color libraries, designed to introduce students or anyone new to design to the creative flexibility and ease of using the PANTONE Color System.
"With the two new additions to the PANTONE PLUS SERIES, we've created the perfect companion for seasoned design professionals and an ideal color resource for students just starting down the path of design discovery," said Giovanni Marra, director of corporate marketing at Pantone. "The DESIGNER FIELD GUIDE offers the largest chips of any PANTONE Guide for superior color visualization and, with its tear-out chips, is the ideal resource for designers and color professionals in the studio or on the go."
Marra continued, "The STARTER GUIDE introduces both students and new designers to Pantone with a selection of market-driven colors from our most popular color guides."
The 1,341 PANTONE PLUS SERIES Color Swatches in the DESIGNER FIELD GUIDE are twice the width of traditional PANTONE Guides for better color inspiration, visualization, specification and color matching. Available on both coated and uncoated text-weight stock, the GUIDE features tear-out chips that can be attached to artwork and files to ensure precise communication across a designer's workflow.
PANTONE COLOR MANAGER Software, available free of charge with the purchase of the DESIGNER FIELD GUIDE, lets designers update their favorite design applications with all PLUS SERIES Color Libraries. Additionally, creatives can convert spot colors to CMYK simulations based on loaded ICC profiles. Each DESIGNER FIELD GUIDE also comes with a protective BUILT® neoprene carrying case.
Featuring 543 PANTONE Colors, the STARTER GUIDE contains selections from all PANTONE PLUS SERIES Color Libraries including PASTELS & NEONS (coated/uncoated), PREMIUM METALLICS (coated), CLASSIC METALLICS (coated) and Solid Colors (coated/uncoated).
Similar to other PANTONE PLUS SERIES GUIDES, colors in the DESIGNER FIELD GUIDE and the STARTER GUIDE are chromatically arranged for intuitive selection and are printed using a uniform ink film thickness that makes them easier for printers to match on press. The GUIDES also feature a color index to locate specific PANTONE Colors and a lighting evaluation tool to instantly show whether current lighting conditions are suitable for color evaluation.
A modern evolution of the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM®, the PANTONE PLUS SERIES offers designers and printers new features and capabilities to fulfill their creative desires. Enhancements include the chromatic arrangement of colors for more intuitive selection, an expanded palette of spot colors, the addition of new premium metallics and a broader range of neons.
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The DESIGNER FIELD GUIDE (coated/uncoated) and the STARTER GUIDE will be available for purchase on June 30 from the Pantone website at www.pantone.com or PANTONE Resellers worldwide. DESIGNER FIELD GUIDES can be purchased individually on coated or uncoated stock for U.S. $99 or as a coated/uncoated set for U.S. $169. The STARTER GUIDE can be purchased for U.S. $49. Once users are ready to upgrade to a complete PANTONE PLUS SERIES Color Library, registered STARTER GUIDE owners are eligible for a trade-in rebate of U.S. $25 toward the purchase any PLUS SERIES Product.
Every PLUS SERIES purchase includes COLOR MANAGER Software, free of charge, upon registration. For more information on PANTONE PLUS and workflow support, please visit www.pantone.com/plus.
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Pantone LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of X-Rite, Incorporated, has been the world's color authority for almost 50 years, providing design professionals with products and services for the colorful exploration and expression of creativity. Always a source for color inspiration, Pantone also offers designer-inspired products and services for consumers. More information is available at www.pantone.com.
About X-Rite
X-Rite, Incorporated, is the global leader in color science and technology. The company, which now includes color industry leader Pantone, develops, manufacturers, markets and supports innovative color solutions through measurement systems, software, color standards and services. X-Rite's expertise in inspiring, selecting, measuring, formulating, communicating and matching color helps users get color right the first time and every time, which translates to better quality and reduced costs. X-Rite serves a range of industries, including printing, packaging, photography, graphic design, video, automotive, paints, plastics, textiles, dental and medical. For further information, please visit www.xrite.com.


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