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Women dream of many things in their lifetime. One of the major ones is to become a mom. Of course, this does not necessarily apply to all women. There can be no doubt that becoming a mother is possibly the most significant thing to ever happen in a woman's life. As such, many women do a lot of planning and preparation to finally adopt this new role, but not always.
Sometimes pregnancy can happen unexpectedly and by genuine accident. Unfortunately, this can and does occur when a woman is still very young. In fact, some women even become mothers when they have not technically reached adulthood. Being such a young mother can be a real challenge for some women, especially if there is a lack of support system.
However, many manage to succeed in life despite the challenge of raising a child while still just a teen. Not only do they succeed, some even go on to become famous celebrities. This actually occurs more often than some people might think, and it might surprise them to find out who had kids while they were still underage or reaching adulthood themselves.
Here are at least 15 celebrities that became mothers while they were still too young for motherhood.
15 Jamie Lynn Spears - A Bad Example?
As far as the world of pop music is concerned, few stars are as popular as Britney Spears. Maybe a little less well known is Britney's little sister Jamie Lynn. But, if they are a big fan of Britney, they will know about all about Britney's family. Also, at one time Jamie Lynn was on the beloved kids' network Nickelodeon.
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However, her biggest claim to fame might very well be her pregnancy. Why is that? It is because she got pregnant at the young age of 16. The young Spears was all over magazines and tabloids once news about her pregnancy got out. It is not hard to understand why that is. Not only was she a beloved child star in her own right, she was also the sister of one of the most famous pop stars ever and she was going to have a baby before she could even vote! Also many considered her to be setting a very bad example to all her and Brittney's young fans.
14 Aretha Franklin - A Lot Happened In Four Years
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Britney Spears may be a famous pop star, but Aretha Franklin is downright legendary. She is often referred to as the Queen of Soul and was recognized early on as a musical prodigy. She has been one of the greatest voices in music for five decades. What many might not know, however, is that she actually became a mom at a very young age. She gave birth to her first child at the age of 14.
Traveling with her preacher father, she was witness to many adult behaviors, having lost her mother at age 10. She then had her second child at the age of 16. All this was before she became widely famous, but not by much. Aretha Franklin would go on to release her first single at the age of 18. Aretha's grandmother would watch her young grandchildren while Aretha worked hard to make it in the music business.
13 Maya Angelou - It Didn't Hold Her Back
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Maya Angelou, civil rights activist and poet also became a mom at a very young age. However, she did not give birth quite as young as Franklin. Angelou gave birth at the age of 17 to a son right after graduating from high school. She worked at many jobs to help support herself and her son.
What many may not know is that Maya first became well known as a singer and dancer. She also acted in the theater as well. Later in her life, a close friend suggested she concentrate on her writing and that is what most know her best for. Having had a son at such a young age, she persevered and became known as a civil rights activist with the likes of Martin Luther King, Jr. and recited one of her works at Bill Clinton's inauguration. Born Marguerite Annie Johnson, she got the nickname Maya from her older brother.
12 Keisha Castle-Hughes - An Ironic Pregnancy
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A great many might not immediately recognize the name Keisha Castle-Hughes. She did have a pretty significant moment in the spotlight nevertheless. She became the youngest person to ever be nominated best actress for an Oscar (at the time) in the largely forgotten film Whale Rider. She later went on to star as Mary in The Nativity Story about the most famous pregnancy and birth of all time, that of Jesus.
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Ironically, around the time, Hughes was playing the Virgin Mary, she became pregnant. She gave birth just one month shy of her 17th birthday. She and her baby daddy managed to stay together for 7 years until they split up in 2010. She has starred in several movies, some really only known in her native Australia. She played a minor role in one of the Star Wars movies and also in the popular The Walking Dead. Most recently, she has appeared in the popular HBO series Game of Thrones.
11 Roseanne Barr - The Only Choice
When it comes to television, few women are regarded as having the impact that Roseanne Barr has. She starred in an iconic show, appropriately called Roseanne, in the 80s and 90s. Like many sitcom legends, she got her start as a stand-up comic. Before any of that, became a mother at a very young age.
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Roseanne gave birth when she was a mere 17-years old in 1970. The year before, she was hit by a car and suffered brain damage that caused a severe personality change. She was institutionalized and during that time was when she became pregnant. Unlike all the other women mentioned thus far, she actually chose not to keep her child. She gave it up for adoption, but they were reunited years later. Roseanne would go on to have four other children between two ex-husbands. Currently, a revival of the show Roseanne is in the works, which means the world could be seeing more of Roseanne in the future.
10 Solange Knowles - In Her Sister's Shadow
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Maybe best known as Beyonce's younger sister, Solange Knowles became pregnant at very young age. Solange got married in 2004 at the age of 17 when she unexpectedly became pregnant. She gave birth to a son later that year. Solange and her husband got divorced a few years later in 2007.
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Nevertheless, she considers her son to be the greatest unplanned blessing in her life. Solange may not be nearly as famous as her sister, but she is a singer, songwriter, model and actress in her own right. Many compare the sisters, but they have different goals and styles. She has written songs for her sister and ex-partners of the group Destiny's Child. She has had a number one album on the charts and won a Grammy for the best R&B single, "Cranes in the Sky." She and her sister Beyonce' were the first sisters to ever have a number one album in the same year.
9 Loretta Lynn - Aiming Big
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Country legend Loretta Lynn also got married and had children at a very young age. Specifically, she was married at the tender age of 15 and her husband, Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn, was only 21 at the time. Though they married young, they remained together until his death in 1996 (48 years).
The young couple did not waste any time procreating. By the time Lynn was 19 she already had 3 children. After giving birth so young it is no surprise that she became a grandparent at a very young age as well. She had her first grandkid at the age of 34. She eventually would have 27 grandkids. Her youngest grandchild was actually born this year. As for Loretta Lynn, she has become one of the most cherished country singers in the world. So it appears all those kids did not exactly hold her back from making country music history.
8 Fantasia Barrino - Overcame The Odds
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Fantasia is an R&B singer, actress, and songwriter. For those not in the know, she is the winner of the third season of the show American Idol. After being attacked by a classmate in high school, she dropped out because of how classmates treated her. She would then go on to have a child with her boyfriend at the age of 17. Despite the tragedy in her life, things would eventually work out for her.
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After appearing on the hit reality show American Idol, she released I Believe, her debut album and it became number one on the Billboard Hot 100. She has returned to the show to sing and has been labeled "the mini Patti LaBelle" by her idol Patti LaBelle herself. VH1 has listed her at number 32 as one of the greatest women in music and she won a Grammy for best vocal performance by a female R&B singer.
7 Evelyn Lozada - Air It On Reality TV
Unless you watch basketball reality television, Evelyn Lozada is arguably one of the least recognized names on this entire list. She is a television personality and model, starring in the VH1 series Basketball Wives. Evelyn was engaged to basketball star Antoine Walker and their relationship lasted from 1998 to 2008. She had her first child, a daughter, at the age of 17. She actually revealed this to the world on her Twitter page when she posted a picture of herself claiming she was a 17-year old mommy when it was taken.
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She married Chad Johnson in July 2014 and was divorced by September that same year, claiming domestic battery. She had a son in 2012 with then fiance' Carl Crawford at a more appropriate age of 37. As far as her career goes, she has been involved in a number of reality TV programs. The latest ran for one season and was centered around herself and her grown daughter, Shaniece Hairston.
6 Iyanla Vanzant - Not Afraid To Reach Out
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Iyanla is a television personality, author, life coach and spiritual teacher. Her name was given to her by the Yoruba people of Africa after she was initiated as a priestess. It means good mother. She had a difficult life with a father who was not around and her mother died when she was only 4-years old. She then lived with paternal relatives, one of which attacked her when she was only 9-years old. She became a mother for the first time when she was only 16-years old.
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Her first husband was physically abusive and she left him in 1980 and took her 3 children with her. She then went on a journey of self-discovery and healing, attending college and receiving a Juris Doctor degree. She is the star and host of a self-help program on the Oprah Winfrey Network called Iyanla: Fix My Life, where she offers advice to those who are going through difficult times.
5 Oprah Winfrey - A Young Loss
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Speaking of Oprah, she too was a young mother. That revelation might cause more than a few people to scratch their heads knowing that Oprah doesn't have any kids. Those people are correct. Oprah does not have any children, but she once did for a short time.
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Oprah did become pregnant at the age of 14. She was amazingly able to hide her pregnancy from her parents until she was seven months pregnant. Soon after that, she went into early labor. She had a baby boy that died two weeks later. This is far from the only tragic thing to happen in Oprah's young life. She was abused as a young child as well. Of course, Oprah would make a good life for herself. She would later go on to have her own talk show and now her own television network. She is one of the most beloved people in the world with a status akin to that of Mother Teresa.
4 Jenelle Evans - 3 Kids, 3 Dads
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One thing that all the women on this list so far have in common is that they became famous after becoming young mothers. The next few moms are famous for being young moms. To be more precise, they have appeared on the show 16 and Pregnant. To start with there is Jenelle Evans.
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Obviously, she was 16 and pregnant, but that seems to have not taught her a whole lot. In all, Evans has become pregnant three times by three different guys. It may sound judgemental, but it seems Evans is not exactly the classiest of women. Also by all a accounts, her taste in men is not the best either. She has since been locked in several custody battles over her kids. She is also no stranger to courtrooms. She is facing several criminal charges. She also seems to be somewhat prone to violence, which explains a lot of her run-ins with the law.
3 Amber Portwood - Lesson Learned?
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Aside from being 16 and pregnant and appearing on the show MTV reality shows 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom, Amber's behavior has shocked many with her partying, substance use, run-ins with the law, appearances in court, and general self-destructive ways. Rather than learn from the mistake of getting pregnant at 16 she made more bad decisions that eventually lead her to prison. She spent 17 months in prison for possession.
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To her credit, Portwood appears to have learned her lesson. She is now clean and sober. She has been working hard to reinvent herself, is going to college and plans to become a substance abuse counselor, though she has continued to remain in the public eye and appear in other reality-based programs. People continue to watch what she does and her relationship status is a matter of tabloid news. Having been in a long-term relationship and engagement, the couple called it off recently, but the two apparently are still friendly.
2 Mackenzie (Douthit) McKee - 15 Minutes Of Fame
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Once a promising high school cheerleader, Mackenzie became pregnant by her boyfriend, Josh McKee, when she was 16 and gave birth in September 2011. She and Josh were married in August 2013. They have since had two more children. Mackenzie became a member of the show 16 and Pregnant and started the show's fourth season in March 2012.
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However, things have not been all sunshine and rainbows for her. The couple has had many ups and downs that were documented on the series, recently separating with each accusing the other of cheating. She denies cheating and claims to have only texted another man. She has also been accused of fostering drama in her life in a desperate attempt to remain relevant in pop culture. That means her allegations of her husband's cheating and such may just be an attempt to stretch out her 15 minutes of fame for just a little longer.
1 Farrah Abraham - The First Teen Mom
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Another cheerleader, Farrah was one of the first girls to appear in the 16 and Pregnant show that first aired in June 2009. She subsequently went on to appear in all four seasons of the related reality show Teen Mom. Farrah became pregnant with her high school boyfriend Derek Underwood. Derek tragically died in a car accident when Farrah was 8 months pregnant. However, she went on to finish college with an associate degree in culinary arts and management and has since produced a line of pasta sauce labeled Mom & Me.
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Farrah has dabbled in music and released an album that received mixed reviews. She has also continued to appear on television in more reality-based shows and released at least two adult tapes. In March of 2014, she signed a contract for a residency at Palazio's Gentleman's Club in Austin, Texas for over $540,000 that was to run through New Year's Eve. So far she has managed to have only the one child.
Sources: TheHollywoodGossip, Babble, Ranker, ThoughtCo


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University of Connecticut Receives $2.3 Million for Nursing Chair
The University of Connecticut has announced a $2.3 million gift from Robin Froman and Steven Owen to establish the first endowed faculty chair at the university's School of Nursing.
Awarded to the University of Connecticut Foundation, the gift will be used to help raise the nursing school's profile, attract leading nursing faculty, and support research and an additional professorship.
Froman earned bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees in education from what is now UConn's Neag School of Education before switching to nursing and completing bachelor's and master's degrees at the university's nursing school. She later served as a nursing school faculty member, department chair, and interim associate dean. In 1991, Froman established a Center for Nursing Research at the university and served as its first director. Later, she served as associate dean for research at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and then as dean at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Owen is emeritus professor in the Neag School's department of educational psychology, where he taught and conducted research for nearly thirty years. He later served as a professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and as a professor and statistical scientist in the School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
"This extraordinarily generous gift will support generations of UConn nursing leaders," said Regina Cusson, dean of the nursing school. "Through their long careers in education, Robin and Steve know firsthand the value of an endowed chair in attracting excellent faculty and enhancing our culture of scholarship."

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Oh, Kellie Leitch, you strange, unique, visionary xenophobe. I've been watching your video today. You know the one; everyone's talking about it, and they're not saying anything nice. In my favourite riff on this thing that you've unleashed on the world and that you no doubt believe is true and moving, someone has slowed it down by 40%, making you appear to talk like someone's drunk aunt. And maybe that's exactly what you are–no judgements here, because that would be mean and a barbaric cultural practice.
Kellie, you've been around for quite a while now, beating your drum about how Canada needs to have face-to-face interviews with every immigrant, refugee–and now you're apparently adding visitors to that list?!–to screen for Canadian values. Do you have any other policies that the mainstream media isn't reporting on because it's fixated on this one batshit crazy one? I understand that you're trying to carve out a space for yourself amongst too many candidates for the Conservative Party leadership, but won't you need other ideas when you become Prime Minister? (By the way, it's totally adorable that you think you'll ever be Prime Minister, and please keep on saying you will be at every opportunity… I hope it's the first thing you say when you wake up in the morning and the last thing you say before you drift off to sleep, perchance to dream about being Prime Minister, which as I said, is never going to happen.)
But Kellie, I notice you never really say–beyond meaningless buzz words and platitudes–what the Canadian values you hold so dear are. And so I'm here to help. Please feel free to use any or all of the following as examples of Canadian values.
- Rolling up the rim
- Knowing which parts of Alberta where it's safe to cheer for the Oilers
- How to correctly pronounce "about"
- This Hour Has 22 Minutes used to be funnier
- Feeling inferior to Americans while using humour to pretend we're not
- Margaret Atwood is a goddamn national treasure
- Knowing that Windsor, ON is at the same latitude as Northern California
- Canada has the real Niagara Falls
- "50 Mission Cap" is the ultimate Tragically Hip song; "Wheat Kings" is also acceptable
- Our beer is better than American beer
- Knowing whether to vote for Kellie Leitch
Those are the values all real Canadians possess. Oh, and the last one? Real Canadians know the answer to that, too.
In Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto there's a video billboard that often plays advertisements for upcoming concerts at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, which is apparently the last refuge of musicians that I didn't realize were still performing and/or alive, as well as a haven for musicians I had no idea were musicians. In the former category are acts like Tony Orlando & Dawn, The Doobie Brothers, and Colin Hay of Men at Work (critically, without the band), while the latter tends to include celebrities like Billy Bob Thornton, The Bacon Brothers (How many degrees from a musician I'd actually pay money to see is Kevin Bacon? Four.), and the spiritual blues-rock stylings of Steven Seagal. I can understand having some kind of morbid curiosity about what kind of musician/singer these actors make, and I can even envision paying the ticket price to satisfy that curiosity, if I happened to be in the Fallsview Casino, having already spent $180 of a slot machine jackpot on getting drunk or high. After all, how many people can say they've seen Steven Seagal warble "Hoochie-Koochie Man"?
But now Fallsview has taken the joke too far. On July 24, 2009, please welcome to the stage Gary Sinise and The Lt. Dan Band! Tickets $20, call to order in advance. Gary Sinise? Gary Sinise?! Billy Bob and Seagal are freaks and egomaniacs and have got to be worth the price of admission because they're either going to be surprisingly good or such a train wreck that you'll never forget the experience, and Kevin Bacon just seems like a decent guy and what harm could it do? But Gary Sinise has no discernible personality (even when the roles he's playing actually call for personality, Sinise stubbornly refuses to offer it up). I'm trying to imagine someone thinking: "I like him on CSI or Law & Order or whichever one he's on, I bet he's also entertaining on stage! Playing bass, apparently. I would imagine that he can keep a steady beat–he's such a professional and I'm sure he practises very hard." I can't do it. And The Lt. Dan Band? Really? "Hey, remember the only movie you actually remember me in, Forrest Gump? The band's name is a reference to my character! Nice, huh? No, I actually do have legs… it was all done with special effects. I know! Incredible, huh? Anyway, please come see my show." You've hit a new low, Fallsview. Although I see that next week, you've paired up Cyndi Lauper with Rosie O'Donnell. I'll bet those two sparkplugs really light up the stage! How much are tickets again?


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Ally Financial made a pair of moves this week to enhance its position as a provider that can cater to shoppers who are looking to complete at least some of the financing process online.
First, Clearlane — Ally's online auto financing platform — announced the development of Clearmatch, a digital service that will allow customers to be approved for financing on vehicles in dealer inventories.
Then, Ally and Drive Motors entered into a strategic relationship naming Ally the preferred finance company for Drive Motors. The agreement provides Ally with the opportunity to receive consumer financing applications submitted digitally by dealerships using Drive Motors' software, which is an e-commerce solution for dealership websites.
"Drive Motors' cutting-edge business model offers dealers a convenient way to allow customers to shop for cars online from local businesses they know and trust, helping consumers feel more confident and in control," said Tim Russi, president of auto finance at Ally. "We're thrilled to work with Drive Motors to be the sole provider of financing to power these digital transactions for dealers across the country."
Drive Motors' software can integrates as a native part of the dealer's website so it becomes part of the overall online experience. The Drive Motors technology can incorporate the valuation of a trade-in and aftermarket products sales, as well as Ally financing.
Customers need to go to dealerships to finalize paperwork and pick up vehicles; some dealerships offer vehicle delivery as well, adding even more convenience for consumers.
Drive Motors facilitates more than 1,000 vehicle sales a month, nationwide.
"I'm excited to announce our new relationship with Ally Financial, just in time for NADA," said Aaron Krane, chief executive officer of Drive Motors. "Ally shares our obsession with the customer experience, and I'm confident this will '10X' the value for any dealer using Drive Motors."
Meanwhile, Ally Financial also took actions with Clearmatch.
With Clearmatch, shoppers will get pre-qualified for financing online and then be able to browse the inventory at dealerships participating in the program to find a vehicle in their price range. Once customers select a vehicle, they will be able to get approved for financing digitally.
"Clearmatch will transform the car-buying experience, improving the process for both consumers and dealers. For consumers, it's all about speeding up the process," said Jeff Danford, senior vice president of Clearlane. "We help consumers explore their options, so when they get to the dealership they're ready to finalize the purchase and financing with the dealer and drive home in their vehicle."
Clearlane is launching a pilot of the new service, which will allow dealers to present their inventory and pricing online, and lets customers select vehicles in real-time from dealer inventories and apply for financing online. Clearmatch will be rolled out to dealers on a regional basis starting in late April.
Through Clearmatch's online application process, customers will be able to:
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Once they have completed the online process, customers can take their approval certificate to the dealership where the dealer will work with them to finalize the purchase and financing. Since much of the vehicle and finance shopping was done at the consumer's convenience, time needed for closing at the dealership is significantly reduced.
"Clearmatch will allow customers to easily take care of their financing online and have a faster close at the dealership – which can be a key dissatisfier," Danford said. "Meanwhile, dealers will benefit from happier, more satisfied customers."
Ally launched Clearlane last April to connect consumers digitally with finance providers who can provide vehicle financing quickly and easily. For more information about Clearmatch or Clearlane, visit www.clearlane.com.


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We will post the squares to our social media accounts and website on Feb 2. Winners will receive more information on picking up prizes the week of Feb. 4.
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One of the local private schools was having a sports day / track day / Olympics for their students in the playground the other day. So while chasing my son and his friends around the playground, I snagged a picture for you of something I thought was really cool.
Ta da! They are homemade hurdles for kids of all sizes using PVC pipe.
What you will need to make a homemade hurdle for your kids
For this project you will only need to visit the plumbing section of the local hardware store. Yipee!
For the version shown above, you'll need 2 elbow joint pieces, 2 t-shaped joint pieces and lots of pipe that will fit into those joints. You will want to use plumbers glue to hold your joints together and you will need a hacksaw to trim your pieces to length. As well, a marker to mark where you need to cut will come in handy along with a tape measure if you hope to make your hurdles even. 😉
I'm not going to get into the details and specifics here, but you can either experiment on your own to figure out what will work well for your kids or if you are a more details first type, you can check out this eHow article.
P.S. When making your hurdles, try to leave the back leg shorter than the front leg like in "real" track hurdles so if your kids don't make it over, the hurdle topples instead of tripping them onto their face. Ouch.
Why Hurdles Are Great
Kids love to run and challenge themselves. They especially love to jump. Homemade hurdles made from PVC can be adjusted higher or lower if you simply wedge the upright pipe pieces into their joints instead of gluing them. By wedging them, as your kids grow you can replace the upright bars with longer ones making your hurdles higher. (You'll notice in the photo that the hurdles on the right are "big kid" hurdles where the ones on the left have shorter upright pipes and are "little kid" hurdles.
Got My Homemade PVC Hurdles, Now What?
Hold a sports day right in your own backyard.
Hmm… I'm also thinking an Olympic themed birthday party!!
Or maybe… set it up and leave it so the kids can make their own obstacle courses, run it, and change it up all summer!
If you are looking for more outdoor games to go with your hurdles event, be sure to check out my Pinterest boards. The Outdoor Play board has lots of fun, easy, homemade games for the kiddos such as homemade outdoor bowling, homemade balance beam, and a do-it-yourself throwing challenge game.
How about you? Have you held an active birthday party or created a fun afternoon of sports challenges for your kids?


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"My name is Fawn, and I'm a biblioholic*". As some of you know, I have down-sized my living arrangements twice in the past three years — from a 4-bedroom, 3-car garage house with my spouse to a 2-bedroom, 2-car garage apartment by myself to one bedroom in my daughter's home. The key to successfully making these moves has been renting a storage space, and then another (bigger) storage space. Three-fourths of the boxes in my storage units are either books (read "very heavy") or china (read "very fragile"). Three-fourths of the furniture in my storage units is bookcases (full to overflowing). There are books stacked under my bed, under my computer table, and on my bedroom floor. There are books stacked in my Jeep. The bookcases in the house are full, too. You get the picture!
For the past couple of weeks I have been working to consolidate both storage units (on two different properties) into one 10 X 25′ unit. I keep encountering boxes marked "Fawn's books from hallway", "Fawn's books from bedroom", "children's books — keep", "good cookbooks from kitchen" (there are four boxes of those), "good books — mostly quilting", and so on. I have an entire library of books on women's suffrage and women's health, from the days of the Tulare County Women's Wellness Organization & Resource Center. More recently, books on women in the Bible and spirituality have begun collecting me. And as my mother once observed, I could "go along way towards eliminating clutter in my life by getting rid of all my books about de-cluttering my life."
As addictions go, ending my dependence upon alcohol many years ago was much easier than letting go of my books — probably because I knew I had to stop before it killed me. My books probably won't kill me…unless a stack of boxes falls on me…but I'm finding that they have become a burden, instead of a joy. These days when I see a new, intriguing book, my first thought is often "I'd like to have this", but the thought that immediately follows is "I don't have room for it". And as I continue to simplify and refine my life as a retiree and stay-at-home (grand)mom, I am beginning to realize that I don't want or need to be bogged down by the mental and physical weight of thousands of books, no matter how wonderful they may be.
So I've set myself a new task or two, and am asking my readers to witness my promise. As soon as I complete my storage consolidation (in the next couple of days, hopefully), I am going to tackle those books one box at a time, ruthlessly purging all but the most precious and passing them on to the local chapter of the American Association of University Women. They can then sell them to fund scholarships for deserving women, and my books can have happy lives with new families. If I can cut my collection in half, my load (and my spirits) will be lifted enormously!
Watch this space for progress reports!
*biblioholic: one possessed by the habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire, and consume books in excess. (Check out Tom Raabe's Biblioholism, The Literary Addiction, Fulcrum Publishing, 1991.)


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Atopy refers to a hereditary predisposition to developing immediate allergies. Due to their genetic composition, "atopic people" tend to break out in allergic reaction in environments that can be considered as harmless for other people.
The frequency of atopic reactions is constantly on the rise throughout the world, now affecting nearly 20% of all children in the western world (according to estimates in the ISAAC study, Lancet 1998). For babies, these reactions often occur early on, before the age of 2 and sometimes starting at one month.
Atopic eczema is generally the first manifestation of atopy. The first symptoms include irritation and dryness of the skin, which becomes very sensitive, frequently accompanied by a burning and itching that is very uncomfortable on a daily basis, and sometimes evolves into asthma or rhino conjunctivitis.
At this time there is no known treatment that cures atopy, whose chronic nature and recurring tendency are often dominating factors. Only the symptoms may be treated.
A few simple rules can increase comfort for children suffering from atopy: avoid irritating products such as wool, perfumes and softening laundry detergents, allergenic foodstuffs such as eggs and peanuts; air out the house and only use organic cosmetic products without additives, using natural active ingredients and moisturisers, such as Cérat des Alpes for cleansing.


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Saturday, December 8, 2007
HINDRAF leader urges trade embargo by India on Malaysia
December 9, 2007
Vincent Thian, AP
Malaysia, December 09, 2007
Published:10:21 IST(9/12/2007)
Lawyers march with a banner during a rally in Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday, December 9, 2007. Malaysian police detained seven people on Sunday for taking part in an illegal human rights rally, lawyers said, criticising the arrest as an assault on people's right to peaceful assembly.
Malaysian lawyers and activists during a protest march through the downtown of Kuala Lumpur.
Hindraf leader urges India to impose trade embargo on Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP): An ethnic Indian leader is urging India to impose a trade embargo against Malaysia, saying pressure from ``our mother country'' is the best hope for local Indians who complain of being marginalized in this Muslim-majority country.
P. Uthayakumar, a leader of a new movement championing the cause of Malaysia's ethnic Indian minority, said they have exhausted all legal avenues to seek fair treatment and end ``racism'' by the Malay Muslim-dominated government.
``So we are left with no choice but to go international. Our first choice was our mother country,'' Uthayakumar told The Associated Press in an interview Friday.
``Where else do we go? What else do we do? We can't go to China. We can't go to Mongolia.''
Uthayakumar, a human rights lawyer, is one of the founders of the Hindu Rights Action Force, or Hindraf, which jolted the country by organizing an unprecedented protest rally by ethnic Indians on Nov. 25. A government minister said 20,000 ``thugs and ruffians'' participated, and a court has charged 31 of them with attempted murder for injuring a policeman.
Hindraf says 100,000 people took part to highlight what it says is 50 years of marginalization and unfair treatment by the government. ``Fifty years of oppression, suppression, racism and permanent colonization of Indians in Malaysia. I think the floodgates just broke,'' Uthayakumar said.
Most ethnic Indians are descendants of indentured laborers who were brought to Malaysia by British colonialists in the 19th century to work in rubber plantations. They now comprise 8 percent of Malaysia's 27 million people, and are at the bottom rung of the society, working mostly as menial laborers.
Malays, who are 60 percent of the population, control the government, while ethnic Chinese, who are 25 percent, dominate business.
Indians say they are not given opportunities in business, jobs and education, citing an affirmative action program that gives extensive privileges to Malays. The Indians also complain that their Hindu temples are demolished regularly and that their grievances are ignored.
The government denies it discriminates against Indians, and has accused Hindraf leaders of trying to create ethnic trouble. It says Hindraf is being investigated for possible terrorist links, and has threatened to jail Uthayakumar and his colleagues under a law that allows indefinite detention without trial.
Uthayakumar's brother, P. Wayatha Moorthy, is currently in India, where he received a sympathetic ear from many politicians, especially in Tamil Nadu where most Malaysian Indians trace their ancestry.
India is now an economic powerhouse, and Malaysia would be sensitive to New Delhi's ``pressure, query and scrutiny,'' Uthayakumar said.
However, India's central government, which is deepening economic ties with Malaysia, has stayed out of the controversy, except to say it is concerned about problems faced by ethnic Indians all over the world.
Uthayakumar said there are three ways India can pressure Malaysia: impose a trade embargo on Malaysia, cite Malaysia for crimes against ethnic Indians, and give Indian citizenship to Malaysian Indians.
He acknowledged that most Indians in India live in far greater poverty than Malaysian Indians.
The government says the average monthly household income of Indians is about 3,400 ringgit (US$1,000; euro675), slightly above the national average of 3,249 ringgit (US$978; euro666), and that about 2.9 percent of Indians live below the poverty line, compared to the national poverty rate of 5.7 percent.
The statistics are disputed by many private groups.
Indians in India ``may not be much better off but at least you live with some dignity,'' Uthayakumar said.
``I love Malaysia, but Malaysia does not want me. I want to be Malaysian but ... by way of their acts and their deeds, Malaysia does not want me.''
Jaishree Balasubramanian, Press Trust Of India
Kuala Lumpur, December 09, 2007
First Published: 10:16 IST(9/12/2007)
Last Updated: 12:23 IST(9/12/2007)
Hindraf appeals to India for help on row over IndiansHaving "exhausted" all legal avenues and other channels against alleged marginalisation, Hindraf, spearheading the protests by ethnic Indians in Malaysia, has appealed to New Delhi to stop the "ethnic cleansing" in the Muslim-dominated nation.
Hindraf had exhausted all legal avenues and all channels. "So we are going international. Now I want to go to mother country (Indian) to ask for help, what else can we do, where else do we go," P Uttayakumar, a founder member of the Hindu Rights Action Front (Hindraf), told PTI in an interview in Kuala Lumpur.
The lawyer-turned activist said ethnic Indians here were by and large "fear riddled, timid and scared", but the largest ever demonstration by the community last month showed that they wanted to be free from years of oppression and be heard.
"To me it is 50 years of marginalisation, suppression and oppression. It has been years of permanent colonisation of Indians in Malaysia. The floodgates just broke with the demonstration," Uttayakumar said.
Sitting behind a desk piled up with files and with the statuette of a blindfolded woman carrying scales of justice, Uttayakumar said the government was persecuting Hindraf for leading the protest. "That is why they are persecuting and prosecuting Hindraf supporters," the lawyer said as his phones continuously rang.
He defended his statement about "ethnic cleansing of Indians in Malaysia" which had sparked angry reaction from the ruling party saying the situation was worse than the one in Bosnia where members of a community were selectively killed.
"In ethnic cleansing 'a la Malaysia' it is worse because you are living and suffering," Uttayakumar said.
Uttayakumar alleged that Hindu temples were relocated near sewerage tanks and Indians were not given opportunities or had no upward mobility.
A police crackdown on at least 10,000 people during the November 25 protest against the alleged marginalisation of ethnic Indians had sparked uproar with India summoning the Malaysian envoy.
Malaysian government has vehemently rejected allegations of discrimination against the community with Minister of Works Samy Velu, himself an ethnic-Indian, saying that the unemployed members were either "lazy or choosy. He also alleged that were lured by money to join the anti-government protest.
Uttayakumar, however, denied that the large turnout at the rally could have been prompted by people's hopes of getting a million US dollars each.
"The November 25 rally caught the government by shock. I believe they would take stock but to what extent we have to wait and see," the Hindraf founder said, adding "we are asking for a change in mindset. We want to meet the prime minister."
"We will close down Hindraf if anyone can show that we promised them millions of dollars," he said.
He said that his brother Wyathamoorthy had in his speeches across the country to ethnic Indians talked about the four trillion dollar demand but not promised any money.
Uttayakumar said the 31 Indians arrested on charges of attempted murder after the protest near Batu caves "did not make any sense."
"These people were all inside the temple praying and 500 policemen were outside. How could 31 people attempt to murder one policeman," he asked.
The protesters wanted to march to the British High Commission to hand over a memorandum. The memorandum blamed the British for bringing Indians to Malaya 200 years ago as indentured labourers and exploiting them.
"The memorandum asked the British Government to give the ethnic Indians in Malaysia British citizenship or give four trillion US dollars in compensation," Uttayakumar said. This amounts to almost one million dollars per Indian in this country.
He felt India could help ethnic Indians secure seats in Medical and IT institutions there and offer scholarships to Malaysian Indians for IT training.
He felt that if India offered a dual citizenship with a repatriation clause "many lower rung Malaysian Indians may want to go back and live with dignity there."
He added that he was proud to be a Malaysian Indian.
1 comment:
- nckeat88 said...
embargo against Malaysia? You must be joking! The India is not even willing to do this on Sri Lanka, totally wrong tactic by the hindraf. Doomed.
- December 9, 2007 at 4:20 AM
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Everyone Invited to Art for Nature to Support Conservation
This is the second year that AFN is being held in Penang, and 50% of the proceeds from the sale of artworks will be channelled to WWF-Malaysia's conservation efforts.
Everyone is invited to view the exhibition held from 12 to 24 January 2016, Monday to Thursday from 10:00am to 6:00pm and Friday to Sunday from 10:00am to 8:00pm at St Jo's, Level 3, Gurney Paragon Mall, Persiaran Gurney, 10250 Penang.
At the official opening, Dato' Dr Dionysius Sharma, WWF-Malaysia Executive Director/ CEO said, "AFN 2016, themed 'Treasure Nature', calls for the appreciation of our natural environment as it is humankind's greatest treasure: we need our forests for clean air to breathe and fresh water for our homes and industries; we need our seas for seafood to eat. We need our forests to serve as carbon sinks and for soil stability, to help minimise the adverse effects of climate change. We need healthy forests and seas for our very survival, even as these ecosystems sustain industries such as ecotourism and fisheries, providing income for millions of people."
"Our natural gifts are priceless, and we should conserve and treasure them, so that our children and future generations can continue to enjoy the invaluable services provided by healthy ecosystems, such as forests and seas – and Mankind would continue to be inspired by nature's beauty," he added.
Dato' Dr Dionysius Sharma encouraged the public to view the exquisite and valuable paintings and sculptures at the exhibition. Art collectors would be helping to conserve the priceless and irreplaceable natural treasures as 50% of the proceeds from the sale of artworks will be channelled to WWF-Malaysia's conservation efforts.
Proceeds from AFN 2015 were used for the conservation of marine turtles in Melaka, Terengganu and Sabah. There was considerable work done in advocating wildlife corridors to enhance connectivity for the movement of Bornean elephants in key terrestrial landscapes in Sabah. The funds raised from AFN 2016 will go a long way in advocating improved forest management practices in spaces that support the Malayan tiger and its associated prey species through on-the-ground surveys. The other critical use of the AFN funds would be to advocate stronger protection of important watersheds and catchment areas in Kedah and Selangor.
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What is Pilates?
Pilates is a form of mind-body exercise that builds on the essence and principles of the late Joseph H. Pilates. It is designed to strengthen the weak and challenge the strong. Joseph Pilates (1883-1967) was a German expatriate who first made his mark in England during WW1 when he developed a series of exercises and innovative equipment to help prisoners of war regain strength and mobility. When Joseph Pilates immigrated to New York, the local professional dance community discovered that his conditioning techniques helped prevent injury and improve strength while maintaining long, even muscle tone.
If you want a body that is balanced, looks fit, revitalized and moves with ease then Pilates is for you.
Pilates builds on strength, flexibility and endurance without risking injury or building bulk. It gives you longer, leaner muscles, better core strength, restoring the natural curves of the spine and relieving tension.
Pilates offers relief from stress and back pain and gives heightened mind-body awareness and increased self-confidence. As well as being extremely effective post-rehabilitation, further benefits are enhanced athletic performance, better posture, improved balance and co-ordination.
Pilates works those deep inner muscles, which we are not able to see, working inside out. Neglecting these deep inner muscles can lead to serious problems. Think of a tree with its strong base, supporting it's many branches. If it's base were not strong the branches would not have a strong foundation to support them. The same applies to the human body; a strong core gives us a stable base for our arms and legs to work from.
Pilates is a gradual build up, a layering of strength that is achieved over time. Pilates is not a competition; it is designed to help each and every individual work to their very best.


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Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel
Above, watch "The Way You Make Me Feel" video. Man Michael Jackson was so cool!
I was so nervous looking out at the crowd. So many people filled the auditorium. I saw my friends, my teacher, oh okay there were mom and dad looking hopeful, smiling at me. I was gonna be okay. I looked down at my knees one last time and over to the left at my friend with me on stage. The music began and we "tap danced" to The Jackson 5's "Torture". I don't know why I loved that song so much, surely my 2nd grade mind couldn't grasp the lyrical depth but when I signed up for the annual talent show I just knew it had to be a Jackson song that I danced to…me and my patent leather shoes. I wanted to be just like the stars in the music video. And back then you couldn't have told me that they weren't real taps on the ends of my shoes.
Like many of you, I grew up with Michael Jackson. I had the glove, I knew all the songs, I tried to moonwalk, I used to stare in wonder when a new video premiere featuring the seemingly ageless King of Pop would come on television. Who can forget, "Remember the Time" with Eddie Murphy, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan & Iman co-starring with Jackson when it premiered? I sat in anticipation until its 9 p.m. debut! The thought provoking and humble, "Man in the Mirror", the dance classic, "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough", who could EVER dare to redo the creative madness of the top selling "Thriller" and so MANY more.
I'm not here to talk about his money, his allegations, or his faults, something every human can identify with. I think Mike spent enough time on this earth being judged, vilified and dehumanized (remember the infamous linking of the elephant man to our pop super star?). I want to celebrate his life, his humility and his extreme philanthropy on this earth. No doubt God blessed this man with a great spirit, an incredible voice and amazing dance flexibility that many of today's greats willingly admit used MJ as their inspiration. May all his deeds that may come under scrutiny good or bad be accounted for and to God's supreme judgment, not mans'. For never had a super star in American history destroyed barriers as Jackson did. He crossed color lines until in fact he was colorless. Not many out gave him in creating music to bring a torn world together, bringing awareness to the hungry and challenging people to look within themselves to help a hurting species. Not many were as gentle in greeting fans or spreading financial help to children who hoped for a meal. Never can anyone tell a story of how Jackson said an Ill word to them, was unkind, or lacked his always present grace. And what a graceful being he was. In a world where we are constantly told to be gritty & look out for self first, where many pressured celebrities become easily annoyed with fans & ungrateful for those that ultimately put money into their bank accounts, this man always had his hand reaching toward others to see how he could meet the need possibly even neglecting his own emotional suffering.
Years of Jackson being the butt of many jokes, gossip and speculation never stopped him from attempting to give love. I don't know how his heart could stand it anymore. And maybe it couldn't at the age of 50 so he was allowed his final day of rest on June 25th 2009. There are no mistakes, he had accomplished enough. Possibly he was tired and his heart had broken too many times beyond repair. I'm not sure but I do know that with rest comes peace. Finally! So today I encourage a celebration of his life, his legacy and the supreme genius of Michael Jackson's iconic talent! I doubt there will be another woven of such fine cloth that could hypnotize even the most hardened of women and bring grown men to tears at his presence. Think about that…Wow!
I joyfully say, rest in peace Michael Jackson. I mourn only for his surviving young children and family & true friends that knew him the dearest and shall miss him the greatest. Peace and comfort I wish for them.
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The Brea Police Department has hired a consultant to conduct a Staffing Needs Analysis. The study will include a review of the department's current operations, a statistical data study, and an analysis of projected population growth as it relates to law enforcement service needs. Additionally, as part of this needs analysis, we are looking to members of our community to provide perspective and feedback to assist with this process. At the conclusion of this project, recommendations for any changes in staffing or resource re-allocation will be made.
The survey should only take 4 minutes and your responses are anonymous. Thank you for taking the time to participate.
Access the survey here- Police Department Survey


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Mii Plaza Name: Tom Hanks
Created by: Ajay
Academy Award winning actor and one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. Famous for his dramatic and/or comedic role in movies including "Forrest Gump", "Big", "Philadelphia", "Cast Away", etc.
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In Federalist No. 46, Madison says, respecting unconstitutional acts of the federal government:T
he People can refuse to cooperate with federal officers [7th para];
State officials can oppose the feds [7th para];State Legislatures can invent legislative devices to impede & obstruct the federal government [7th para];
States can cooperate in concerted plans of resistance [8th para];
States can easily defeat the federal government's schemes of usurpation [10th para]; and as the last resort,
States must defend themselves from the federal government – that's why the People are armed.
So Jefferson, Hamilton and Madison tell us: When the federal government asks or directs States to do things which aren't on the list, the proper response is, "No!"
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Published at Monday, August 12th, 2019 - 04:18:38 AM. Wedding Dresses. By Arvin Roth.
Look for the right fabric. A pure satin ball gown would not stand on its own without layers of tulle under it or hoops built into the dress. Your choice of fabric could directly affect your gown's overall look. If you tend to be uncomfortable or if you tend to feel itchy when you're wearing crisp and net-like fabrics, then go for the breezy and lightweight ones. There are so many different fabrics to choose from. A way to familiarize yourself with these fabrics is to ask your wedding planner or the bridal boutique owner to help you distinguish between the different fabric types available.
Decide on whether or not you want or need a wedding train. A wedding train means extra-fabric and detailing, which translates to paying more for your wedding dress. Unless your wedding is ultra-formal, you're not going to need a train. If your heart is set on having a train that trails gracefully behind you, then pick your train length based on practicality. Your wedding train can decrease your mobility, making it difficult to maneuver between chairs and tables during the reception. A detachable wedding train is most advisable if you're planning on doing a lot of dancing and walking after the actual wedding ceremony.
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How The Internet Can Make A Better You!
Many people consider the internet to be a place of cat videos, social media, and games. A fact you should consider is that could use it to massively improve your health, well-being and quality of life.
There are so many health and wellness websites, blogs, videos and groups on the internet that a person could not possibly read or watch them all in one day (or a lifetime?). As your experts we wanted to share a few things we have come across. With that in mind, let's explore how the internet can make a better you!
Workout Routines
If you are looking to improve your overall heath, shed a few pounds, or pack on some muscles, there are tons of workout routines with pictures, videos and plans online. One of the main benefits of this kind of volume is that you can find something that is right for you and your needs. As of now, there are 4,300,000 results on YouTube for "ab workout". Forget 6-pack, that should land you a 24 pack! There are 519,000 results for "leg workouts for bad knees". This means that there are options for nearly everyone, in any kind of physical condition or situation, and they are just one click away.
As you may or may not know, there are a lot (and I mean a LOT) of motivational videos on YouTube that are pretty generic and not tailored to fit any particular need. This does not always work for everyone. Motivation is not a "one size fits all". You can, however, find motivational videos that are more specific to your situation. Whether it is being a stay at home mom or you need the motivation to start and stick with your workout routine, there are many videos to choose from. To give you an idea of how specific these videos can be, there are 18,300 results for "stay at home mom entrepreneur motivation" on YouTube currently.
Fitness Apps
There are a huge variety of fitness apps. Some give workout ideas, others monitor your heart rate and blood pressure during your workout, and still others keep track of how many steps you have taken or carbs you have burned throughout the day. They can be a great way to keep yourself on track and provide tangible evidence of your workout regimen. This is awesome because sometimes it is easy to feel as though there is no evidence that you have done anything when you first start.
Although they are convenient, lots of times these cell phone or tablet apps can use a lot of battery power, making it pretty essential to use them on Wi-Fi, instead of using data. In these cases, it is a good idea to have a good internet connection throughout your house.
Diet Plans and Recipes
There are tons of diet plans and recipes online. Just a simple look around Facebook or YouTube and you will have them at your fingertips. While it is not recommended that you start any sort of diet plan without first consulting your doctor, researching different diet plans online can give you a good idea about which one you want to ask the doctor about and what types of questions to ask.
Even if you are not looking to start a diet plan, there are a lot of great recipes out there that are a healthier option than fast food. You can even search for recipes that are quick to make if you are low on time, easy to make if you are low on energy, and things that can be frozen if you want to keep leftovers.
There are tons of sites dedicated to providing discounts for online, and local, purchases. You can save on almost any type of purchase. Check out Groupon, Flipp, and mobiles.co.uk voucher code by ukpromocode
Stress Management
Not only can you find things on the internet to help you make your body healthier, you can find things to help relax your mind as well. Stress is very harmful to a person's well-being. Stress kills brain cells, causes depression and anxiety and wreaks havoc on the immune system. The good news is that there are lots of blogs and videos devoted to stress management techniques. For instance, there are 84,400 results on YouTube for "stress management basics."
Sleep is critically important for health. Without enough sleep, health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, and obesity can develop. Also, if a person goes for too long without sleeping well, it has been documented that their lifespan shortens. So, "critically important" may be an understatement.
How does the internet help with that? There are apps you can use to track your sleep, charts you can download to take to your doctor or for personal use, and sites that give tips on how to get more sleep. There is also a lot of music to help you sleep on YouTube.
All of these examples, and many more, are how the internet can actually help to make a better you. So, get creative! The only real limit on how to use the internet for your health is your imagination.


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Studioball is a London based design research practice ran buy Ralph Ball and Maxine Naylor. Their works have been exhibited in Milan, Paris, Shanghai and New York and have been compiled in a book "Form Follows Idea: An introduction to design poetics" published by Black Dog Publishing.
The project
The website is a gallery of projects realised by Studioball, it is a white wall displaying one coloured image at a time and allowing the user to go through the studio archives.
The front page is a randomly picked project as you would stumble upon when opening an archival flat drawer cabinet.
Developed on WordPress CMS the back end was modified to provide a clearer and easier way to add a project. This development was informed by a constant concentration with the final user to make sure the process was straightforward and left no place for error.


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What is Quittor?
The horse's hooves are made of keratin, which is a protein, just like human fingernails, only stronger. They have three sections: the toe, quarter, and heel. A horse needs healthy hooves to be able to function in any capacity. Many horses have been euthanized due to the inability to fix a damaged hoof that would cause unrelenting pain on a daily basis. That is why it is essential to see a veterinarian if your horse has an injured foot. The collateral cartilage is on each side of the hoof and has small blood vessels that are inadequate in healing injuries in this area.
Quittor is the name for necrosis (death) of the collateral cartilage in the foot, which is the flexible projection on the sides of the pastern. This condition almost always follows an infection of the foot or an injury. An infection should be noticeable by sudden lameness and pus from abscesses in the foot. Even though quittor is an uncommon condition, infection is the most commonly reported cause of lameness. However, if your horse has quittor, it can be hard to get rid of. Antibiotics may help if there are no open wounds. If antibiotics do not work within 14 days, the veterinarian will likely need to remove the dead and infected parts of the foot and place a drain to allow the infected material to come out.
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Symptoms of Quittor in Horses
Quittor is essentially the chronic inflammation of the collateral cartilage of the distal phalanx. The symptoms depend on the severity and cause of the quittor, but the most common are:
- Sudden lameness
- Irritability
- Draining tracts
- Abscesses
- Pain in foot
- High body temperature
- Lack of appetite
- Depression
- Swelling of the collateral cartilage
- Cartilaginous quittor is the death of the cartilage of the hoof from a direct injury to the lateral cartilage due to severe wire cuts or deep puncture wounds
- Cutaneous (simple) quittor is caused by bacteria getting into the foot through tiny cracks or small injuries due to injury of the sole
- Subhorny quittor is the inflammation that spreads from the hoof to the coronary band
- Tendinous quittor also includes the tendons, ligaments, and even the bones
Causes of Quittor in Horses
The cause of quittor is usually an infection caused by an injury of the collateral cartilage. However, there are other reasons that quittor can occur.
- Penetrating wounds or laceration
- Blunt trauma
- Damaged blood supply
- Deep hoof cracks
Diagnosis of Quittor in Horses
As with any injury or illness, you should see a veterinarian that specializes in horses (equine veterinarian). Your horse's history is needed, which includes shot records, injuries or illnesses, type of work your horse does, the symptoms you have noticed, and abnormal behavior. Also, make sure to let the veterinarian know if you have given your horse any medication, whether prescription or over the counter. In order to give your horse a definitive diagnosis, a complete physical examination will be done, including body temperature, heart rate, breath sounds, respirations, blood pressure, palpations of various areas (abdomen, feet, legs), weight, height, reflexes, and body condition score.
In addition, the veterinarian will ask you to walk and trot your horse around to watch and assess the joints and muscles in movement. Radiological testing will include digital radiographs (X-rays) and maybe an ultrasound, CT scan, and MRI for a better look. The veterinarian may also decide to do some blood tests including bacterial and fungal cultures, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), blood chemistry panel, and complete blood count (CBC).
Treatment of Quittor in Horses
Treatment of quittor in horses depends on the cause of the condition and the severity of the injury. While minor infections may be treated with cleaning, antibiotics, bandaging, and stall rest, this does not usually work for most types of quittor.
Aggressive Antibiotic Treatment
Since a regular dose of antibiotics is not usually successful, an aggressive broad spectrum antibiotic therapy is usually called for in most cases. However, this is not commonly used in any type of quittor besides cutaneous quittor because of the depth of the damage and infection.
The best choice for most cases includes debriding the area of damage and infection. This involves cleaning and removing all the infected or dead tissue, which can be a complicated and lengthy procedure of searching fistulous tracts for abscesses.
Either cold or hot baths, depending on the stage of quittor, to determine where all of the area of infection are located, may be suggested. Continuing this for several days will help to slough off the necrotic tissues until only healthy tissue remains. Afterward, the wound should be packed with sterile gauze soaked in antibiotic ointment and wrapped with bandages.
In all cases of quittor, oral antibiotics will be continued for three to six months.
Recovery of Quittor in Horses
Your horse's prognosis is good if you obtain treatment right away and if the damage is not too severe. You will need to continue the antibiotics and keep the bandages clean as instructed by your veterinarian. Return for follow up visits as needed.


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• Maximum 2 configurable discrete inputs
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Generator / Engine: Battery voltage, overspeed (12), over-/undervoltage (59/27), over-/underfrequency (81O/U), charge alternator failure
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• Pre-glow control · Operating hours, service hours, and start counters
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday he knows nothing of possible airstrikes by Russian military against Islamic State positions in Syria and said the question should be addressed to the Russian Defense Ministry.
"I don't know, that needs to be addressed to the military. I know nothing of any strikes," Peskov told journalists in regard to Western bloggers reporting that Russia is actively involved in military operations in Syria.
A US-led coalition has been launching airstrikes against the ISIL positions in Syria since 2014 without approval of Damascus.
Russia, on the other hand, has been supporting the Damascus authorities militarily. On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow would not commit any troops for ground operations in Syria, but was considering bolstering collaboration with regional actors fighting extremist groups.


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In the "Materials" section, I have uploaded my presentation "Mapping a History of the Humanities and Media Labs" which I am showing today, on March 21, at the Global Digital Humanities Symposium at Michigan State University. You can also find a link to an interactive map of "(Digital) Humanities and Media Labs around the world" created in StoryMapJS tool. The map will be available for a week so please feel free to explore it! If you have any comments or suggestions, please email me: email@example.com
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Global Digital Humanities Symposium
I am presenting my research at the Global Digital Humanities Symposium held at Michigan State University (March 21-22, 2019). The Symposium will be livestreamed at go.cal.msu.edu/globaldh. So if you are interested in the phenomenon of humanities labs, please join my session today, on March 21, at 2.40pm (EDT time zone)!
Below, the abstract of my presentation, titled Mapping a History of the Humanities and Media Labs:
The last years can be called as a boom of laboratories in the humanities created as a physical space and as a 'placeless' project (virtual labs, lab podcasts) for a specific purpose and for a fixed period. The multiplication of labs has led to a state of emergency when it becomes significant to investigate their objectives and operation. Hence, I pose the following questions: What does a laboratory mean in the humanities? How did a laboratory grow from a physical workspace into an action taken around people and challenges? How did the transition occurred from the first experimental generation to the second wave of the humanities labs?
My goal is to present a lab history in the humanities, digital humanities, and media studies within a global context from the 1980s to 2018. The main part of my presentation is a map of laboratories established in the humanities and media studies around the world. Based on a survey and laboratories' statements, I created an interactive map with labs' descriptions and timeline to analyze the concept of the humanities lab from geographical and historical perspective.
It is vital to understand the phenomenon of laboratory in the humanities that entails significant changes in the research practices and scholarly communication. The humanities labs do not represent a unified structure but they are a cluster of various models which have their own architectures and practices. Hence, the humanities labs do not purely imitate the science lab but adapt this new structure for its own purposes and needs.
My Presentation in Helsinki Digital Humanities Research Seminar
I am pleased to say that this Friday I am going to give a speech, entitled "Visualizing Electronic Literature Collections" in Digital Humanities Research Seminar at the University of Helsinki (Metsätalo, Unioninkatu 40B, 3rd floor, lecture room 13).
More about event: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/digital-humanities-helsinki/digital-humanities-research-seminar
More about my presentation: http://urszulapawlicka.com/visualizingELC/
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Engagement at the Breakers Palm Beach
On Saturday the 23rd of September, Andrew and I had the pleasure of capturing Katie and Ryan's engagement at the Breakers Palm Beach! Their session was filled with elegant scenes on this gorgeous day! These two high school sweethearts will be tying the knot on May 19th, 2018 at the Breakers West! We are so excited to document their gorgeous day!
Katie & Ryan, thank you for choosing us to be your wedding photographers! We are looking forward to your wedding day and hope you enjoy your engagement photos!
We began our session on the lush green golf course at the Breakers! Those happy smiles! Then we walked over to the courtyard and captured a few portraits in front of the fountain! The light was SO DREAMY!!
Then we did a few more in front of the grand fountain in front of the Breakers Palm Beach resort! Because their engagement at the Breakers Palm Beach wouldn't be complete without a few shots in this amazing spot! I love this spot!
Then we headed to the beach right before sunset. Ryan gave Katie his great grandmother's gorgeous heirloom ring! It is incredible!! The beach was so dreamy that evening. A few rain clouds were coming in creating a soft sky and cool breeze! Katie's, Lilly Pulitzer dress was flowing so perfectly in the wind! I love how soft and peaceful the beach looks on a cloudy day. Katie's amazing engagement ring again! One of my favorite photos! I love how you can almost feel the breeze flowing and their sweet love! Then our session came to an end with some sweet and fun moments!
The details that brought this Engagement at the Breakers Palm Beach together:
Location: Breakers Palm Beach Resort on Palm Beach Island, Florida
Photography: Crystal Bolin Photography
Bride's Dress: Lilly Pulitzer
Groom's Shirt: Ralph Lauren Polo


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Indications in the adult and pediatric data were grouped into the following categories: 'appropriate use', 'future research' (defined as additional research is required to determine whether this is an appropriate or inappropriate indication for IVIG use) and, lastly, 'inappropriate use'. Appropriate use designation as described above was assigned based on the recommendations from two published Canadian Healthcare guidelines that assessed both specialist expertise and the medical literature for off-label use of IVIG and whether sufficient published evidence existed to establish IVIG treatment recommendations in these individual indications.
Due to the lack of standardization of terminology of indications across institutions, each local term for an indication was grouped by Coding Symbols for Thesaurus of Adverse Reaction Terms (COSTART), which is an internationally recognized system of grouping medical conditions by indication and body system (Department of Health and Human Services, United States Food and Drug Administration, 1995). Analysis of data was separated by adult and pediatric populations. Analysis of the data is based on known indications, unless specifically stated otherwise. Furthermore, the analysis used frequency counts and percentages by indications (grouped primarily by COSTART), appropriateness codes, physician specialties and amount of IVIG prescribed. Use was totaled by indication. Percentage use per indication per year was calculated based on total IVIG use both with and without unknown use included in the calculation. No formal statistical analysis was performed on the data.


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RICK MERRILL is professional dancer and choreographer. He performed and taught for many years in New York City and Europe and most recently served as faculty in the Theatre and Dance Department of Western Washington University. A member of the Shambhala Buddhist community since 1974, RickSource: casawermashambhala.secure.retreat.guru
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READING, Pa. - The Gallaudet University men's basketball ran out of time here Wednesday night and lost to Penn St.-Berks, 82-81, in a North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) South Division game.
Gallaudet (3-14, 3-6 NEAC) led comfortably for the majority of the first half and took a 43-37 lead into intermission. The Bison continued to hold the lead over Penn St.-Berks (2-15, 2-7 NEAC) in the second half until the Nittany Lions took the lead for good at the 5:55 mark.
Sophomore guard Preston Kelly (Fishers, Ind.) recorded a career best 31 points as he made 10 of 17 shots, including a perfect 6-for-6 from 3-point range. He added seven rebounds, eight assists and seven steals.
Junior guard Noah Valencia (Riverside, Calif.) added 14 points and five rebounds while junior center Steve Valencia-Biskupiak (Riverside, Calif.) and freshman guard Corey Smith (Miami, Fla.) added 10 points each.
Penn St.-Berks had four players in double figures led by forward Latrell Carroll's 21-point, 12-rebound game.
- Gallaudet split the season series with Penn St.-Berks
- The Bison defeated the Nittany Lions 104-100 in double overtime on Dec. 1
- GU is still searching for its first road win of the season
GU will travel to Morrisville State College this Saturday, Jan. 26, to take on the Mustangs (13-3, 8-0 NEAC) at 3 p.m.


text: 1963. The Scandal that Shook Society. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Book and lyrics by Christopher Hampton and Don Black. Stephen Ward deals with the victim of the Profumo Affair—not, as is widely supposed, John "Jack" Profumo himself, the disgraced Minister for War, nor even the fatally wounded Conservative government of Harold Macmillan, but the society osteopath whose private libertarian experiments blew up in his own and everyone else's face. In a trial as emblematic to the twentieth century as Oscar Wilde's was to the nineteenth—from which he was the only protagonist to emerge with some dignity and honor—Ward became the targeted scapegoat of a furiously self-righteous Establishment. By no means a hero, he was a reluctant martyr, thanks to an unholy alliance between Press and police of a kind we can all too readily recognize today; inadvertently, he was the hinge between two worlds and the harbinger of a revolution in manners, music and morals when the ordered, stuffy, respectful universe of the fifties gave way to the classless, truculent, unstoppable sixties. Written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Christopher Hampton and Don Black, and directed by Richard Eyre, the musical centers on Stephen Ward's involvement with the young and beautiful Christine Keeler and their chance meeting in a West End night club, which led to one of the biggest political scandals and most famous trials of the 20th century. This title is currently unavailable for licensing Follow to Receive updates Follow To Receive Updates First Name*Last Name*Email* CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. This iframe contains the logic required to handle AJAX powered Gravity Forms.


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07 Dec Blessing The Way
Blessing The Way
A space woven for pregnant Womyn.
A celebration for the ever expanding, beauty filled journey of preparing the mind, heart, spirit and body to align with the portal of creation and give Birth To Life!
Before an altar and with a safe circle of sisters, songs and praises are offered to each pregnant womyn , holding space for the mystery to unfold, honoring the unique radiance and experience you may be feeling in this mysterious path!
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Repairs & Negotiations in Escrow
In California, there's always a period of investigation and inspection during escrow; this is common since the buyer wants to know the real condition of the home before they purchase it.
These inspections typically include a full home inspection and termite inspection and depending on the age of the home, the seller may also have the home tested for radon and lead-based paint as well.
Does the Seller Have to Make Repairs to Their Home?
Most sellers are prepared to receive a list of requests from the buyer once the inspections are complete but the BIG question is does the seller have to comply with the requests and make the repairs that the buyer asked for?
The answer to this question is no, especially if the buyers repair requests have nothing to do with improving the safety of the home, and the repairs are not required by state code, but in some cases, it may be in the seller's best interests to make the repairs that the buyer has requested to their home especially if making those repairs will help their home close faster.
Sellers Should Have Their Homes Inspected Before Listing Them
One of the "keys to success" with selling a home is for the seller to have their home inspected before listing it because this gives them the benefit of comparing their inspection report with the buyer's inspection report and the seller may possibly be able to get their inspection fee back.
Ultimately, the goal in every Real Estate transaction is for the home to sell and if the seller is unable to make repairs to their home they should consider lowering their asking price so that the buyer can use those savings to make the repairs to the home.
Buyers Should Make Repair Requests Within Reason
Although it's within the buyer's rights to request repairs to a home that they want to purchase the reality is that buyers should request repairs "within reason" and not submit a 40-page document to the seller because this could jeopardize the sale of the home.
At Fred Sed Realty, we're experts at navigating the inspection process including making sure that buyers don't get excessive and request more repairs than they should following the inspection.
Our Real Estate team also works hard at representing sellers so that they don't go overboard and make more repairs to the home than they should.
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To learn more about repairs during the escrow process, or to view homes for sale in Southern California, contact Fred Sed Realty today by calling us at (800) 921-9231 or connect with us online.


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Harvey Nichols chief executive to become deputy chairman
The Harvey Nichols department store chain has announced that its chief executive Stacey Cartwright will be stepping down at the end of the year to take up the new role of deputy chairman.
The company said the new position will enable Cartwright to oversee the continued evolution of the Harvey Nichols brand which will be led by two new co-chief operating officers, Daniela Rinaldi and Manju Malhotra. Both Rinaldi and Malhotra will have joint responsibility for the day-to running of the company.
Rinaldi currently works as the company's group commercial director while Malhotra is chief financial officer.
Following the reshuffle, Cartwright will be looking to pursue other directorships and personal interests. As deputy chairman, she will continue to report to Harvey Nichols chairman Sir Dickson Poon.
Cartwright said: "Daniela and Manju each bring of experience to their new roles with highly complementary skillsets. I am delighted to be announcing their promotions and I look forward to working alongside them."
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Savory dips are a necessity for any party, but so is dessert. Why not have both in this unbelievably creamy s'mores dip? Forget about the campfire, all you'll need are some graham crackers or sliced fruit for dipping!
- With a stand mixer or hand mixer, combine 4 ounces of the cream cheese, ½ cup of the powdered sugar, and the marshmallow fluff, on high until smooth. Add in about ¾ cup of the mini marshmallows, and set the mixture aside.
- In a new bowl, mix together the other ½ cup of powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, and the vanilla, until stiff peaks form, about 3–5 minutes.
- In another bowl, combine the rest of the cream cheese and cocoa powder until smooth. Add in the whipped cream mixture until fully combined. Then mix together the marshmallow and chocolate mixes in a single bowl, using a knife to incorporate. Top the dip off with the remaining mini marshmallows, and serve immediately.
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Download Final Version of iOS 12.1.2 to iPhone Using 3uTools
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- Samurai Swords to be Banned in UK
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- This is a stupid idea brought about by unenlightened people. Banning Samurai swords is not going to stop anything. Just as your handgun ban has not. These laws merely serve to punish the law abiding citizens of your country. Freedom is the key issue that a better britain seems to be missing. He strikes me as the sort who thinks he has everything figured out, is the only source of intelligence in any room he occupies, and thumbs his nose at all of the "less fortunates" An Ebenezzer Scrouge of thought if you will. To the other lad who posted "handgun availability will lead to increased handgun violence" is mistaken. Take my countries Washington D.C. that has the most stringent anti-gun laws anywhere in the U.S. and the death rate from handguns is higher then anywhere. However, those states who have enacted "right-to-carry" laws have seen sharp declines in handgun violence. When my father was young, living in Texas, everyone carried a gun, and there was limited handgun violence, B&E's, or the like. Paranoid dogooders affraid of their own shadow attempting to make THEIR world a safer place actually just endanger the rest of us.