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Man shot, killed by El Dorado Co. deputies identified
POLLOCK PINES, Calif. - El Dorado County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a home on the 2900 block of Kimberly Lane in Pollock Pines Wednesday night, in response to a call of a suicidal man armed with a gun.
The El Dorado County Sheriff's Department said deputies arrived at the scene around 9:30 p.m. but the man had already left the home.
According to the Sheriff's Dept., deputies canvassed the area and located an armed man standing in the middle of the 6000 block of Pony Express Trail. At some point during the encounter, gunfire was exchanged and the man, later identified as Christopher Michael Sheldon, 38, of Pollock Pines, was fatally wounded.
The incident is currently being investigated by Sheriff's Coroner investigators and a team of investigators working under the El Dorado County Officer Involved Critical Incident Protocol.

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The Town of Bluffton's staff will participate with 25 students from Erin Riechert's Youth in Government Class at Bluffton High School to present the third annual Youth in Government Day on Friday, April 27 at Town Hall.
The goal of the day is to provide the students with a better understanding of the importance of local government and the impact it has on citizens' quality of life.
Students will be introduced to a variety of careers that exist within local government and opportunities they may embrace to become more active in the local government process. Students will participate in an executive staff meeting, get an overview of the Town's organizational structure, meet individually with town departments and have tours of the town's facilities and project sites.
The experience on April 27 will help the students prepare for a mock Town Council meeting on May 8 at 4:30 p.m. in which members of the class will play roles of mayor, council, town staff and members of the community.
For questions regarding the Youth in Government Day, visit the Town's website at www.townofbluffton.sc.gov, or contact Kimberly Chapman at (843) 706-4505, or visit the office at Town Hall located at 20 Bridge Street in Old Town.


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The University of Maryland has made the crass, purely mercenary decision to leave the ACC ("UM to leave ACC for Big Ten in '14," Nov. 20). Baltimore basketball fans only can only hope that our local broadcasters are equally crass and mercenary and will continue to carry the great ACC basketball rivalries we have enjoyed for so many years. As UM follows the money, let's hope Comcast follows the ratings.
I suppose I wish Maryland luck in Nebraska, but I don't really care. I'll be watching Duke, NC State, Wake, Carolina and the rest of the ACC play the best basketball in the country ... if I can.
Mac Nachlas, Baltimore


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About This Honda
2016 Honda Odyssey
5dr EX-L w/Navi Van
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|6 Spd Automatic
|Front Wheel Drive
|Exterior Color
|White Diamond Pearl
|Truffle Leather
|Stock #
|Warranty Available
Vehicle Overview
CARFAX 1-Owner, LOW MILES - 41,161! EX-L trim, White Diamond Pearl exterior and Truffle interior. Navigation, Sunroof, Heated Leather Seats, 3rd Row Seat, Back-Up Camera, Satellite Radio, Alloy Wheels, Power Liftgate, Rear Air. SEE MORE!
Leather Seats, Third Row Seat, Navigation, Sunroof, Power Liftgate, Rear Air, Heated Driver Seat, Back-Up Camera, Satellite Radio, iPod/MP3 Input, Bluetooth, CD Player, Aluminum Wheels, Keyless Start, Power Fourth Passenger Door. Rear Spoiler, MP3 Player, Dual Zone A/C, Remote Trunk Release. Honda EX-L with White Diamond Pearl exterior and Truffle interior features a V6 Cylinder Engine with 248 HP at 5700 RPM*.
Edmunds.com's review says "Fuel-efficient V6; quiet cabin; configurable second-row seat; easy-to-fold third-row seat; top crash test scores; confident handling.".
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- White Diamond Pearl with Truffle Leather Interior
- Air Conditioning
- Climate Control System
- Cruise Control
- Digital Information Center
- Dual Zone Electronic Climate Control System
- Front Heated Seats
- Heated Mirrors
- Homelink System
- Leather Steering Wheel
- Memory Seat Position
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- Steering Wheel Radio Controls
- Telescoping Steering Wheel
- Tinted Windows
- Tire Pressure Monitor
- Dual Power Sliding Doors
- Power Driver's Seat
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- Power Sliding Door
- Power Steering
- Power Windows
- Anti-Lock Brakes
- Child Proof Door Locks
- Daytime Running Lights
- Driver's Air Bag
- Dynamic Stability Control
- Intermittent Wipers
- Keyless Entry
- Passenger Air Bag
- Rear Defogger
- Roll Stability Control
- Security System
- Side Air Bags
- Side Curtain Airbags
- 3rd Row Seating
- Carpeted Floor Mats
- Center Arm Rest
- Clock
- Overhead Console
- Tachometer
- Vanity Mirrors
- Rear Spoiler
- Rear Wipers
- Remote Fuel Door
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- Anti-Theft
- Aux. Audio Input
- Bluetooth
- CD Player
- Factory System
- Navigation System
- Onboard Hard Drive
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- Subwoofer
- Touch Screen
- 4-Wheel Disc Brakes, Adjustable Steering Wheel, Auto-Off Headlights, Back-Up Camera, Bluetooth, Brake Assist, Bucket Seats, Child Safety Locks, Compact Spare Tire, Daytime Running Lights, Driver Air Bag, Driver Illuminated Vanity Mirror, Driver Lumbar, Driver Vanity Mirror, Electrochromic rearview mirror, Front Floor Mats, Heated Driver Seat, Heated Mirrors, iPod/MP3 Input, Leather Wrapped Steering Wheel, MP3 Player, Navigation, Pass-Through Rear Seat, Passenger Illuminated Visor Mirror, Passenger Vanity Mirror, Power Driver Mirror, Power Driver Seat, Power Fourth Passenger Door, Power Liftgate, Power Third Passenger Door, Rear Head Air Bag, Rear Spoiler, Remote Trunk Release, Satellite Radio, Side Head Air Bag, Smart Device Integration, Third Row Seat, Tire Pressure Monitoring System, Tires - Front All-Season, Tires - Rear All-Season, Universal Garage Door Opener
Features & Specifications*
- Engine: 3.5L V6 SOHC 24-Valve i-VTEC
- Transmission: 6-Speed Automatic
- 4.25 Axle Ratio
- GVWR: 6,019 lbs
- Transmission w/Driver Selectable Mode
- Front-wheel drive
- Battery w/Run Down Protection
- Gas-pressurized shock absorbers
- Front anti-roll bar
- Hydraulic Power-Assist Speed-Sensing Steering
- 21 Gal. Fuel Tank
- Single stainless steel exhaust
- Strut Front Suspension w/Coil Springs
- Multi-link rear suspension w/coil springs
- 4-Wheel Disc Brakes w/4-Wheel ABS, Front Vented Discs and Brake Assist
- Vehicle Name : Honda Odyssey
- Body Style : Passenger Van
- Drivetrain : Front Wheel Drive
- EPA Classification : 2WD Minivans
- Base Curb Weight (lbs) : 4540
- Dead Weight Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. (lbs) : 3500
- Dead Weight Hitch - Max Tongue Wt. (lbs) : 350
- Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. (lbs) : 3500
- Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Tongue Wt. (lbs) : 350
- Engine Type : Regular Unleaded V-6
- Displacement : 3.5 L/212
- Fuel System : Sequential MPI
- SAE Net Horsepower @ RPM : 248 @ 5700
- SAE Net Torque @ RPM : 250 @ 4800
- Trans Type : 6
- Trans Description Cont. : Automatic w/OD
- First Gear Ratio (:1) : 3.36
- Second Gear Ratio (:1) : 2.10
- Third Gear Ratio (:1) : 1.49
- Fourth Gear Ratio (:1) : 1.06
- Fifth Gear Ratio (:1) : 0.75
- Sixth Gear Ratio (:1) : 0.56
- Reverse Ratio (:1) : 2.27
- Final Drive Axle Ratio (:1) : 4.25
- Suspension Type - Front : Strut
- Suspension Type - Rear : Multi-Link
- Suspension Type - Front (Cont.) : Strut
- Suspension Type - Rear (Cont.) : Multi-Link
- Steering Type : Rack-Pinion
- Turning Diameter - Curb to Curb (ft) : 36.7
- Brake Type : 4-wheel disc
- Brake ABS System : 4-Wheel
- Disc - Front (Yes or ) : Yes
- Disc - Rear (Yes or ) : Yes
- Front Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) : 12.6
- Rear Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) : 13.1
- Wheels: 17" x 7" Alloy
- Tires: P235/65R17 103T AS
- Steel spare wheel
- Compact Spare Tire Mounted Inside
- Clearcoat paint
- Express Open/Close Sliding And Tilting Glass 1st Row Sunroof w/Sunshade
- Body-Colored Front Bumper w/Chrome Rub Strip/Fascia Accent
- Body-colored rear step bumper
- Chrome Side Windows Trim, Black Front Windshield Trim And Black Rear Window Trim
- Chrome door handles
- Body-Colored Power Heated Side Mirrors w/Manual Folding
- Fixed Rear Window w/Fixed Interval Wiper and Defroster
- Deep tinted glass
- Speed Sensitive Variable Intermittent Wipers
- Front Windshield -inc: Sun Visor Strip
- Galvanized Steel/Aluminum Panels
- Lip Spoiler
- Black grille w/chrome accents
- Power Sliding Rear Doors
- Power Liftgate Rear Cargo Access
- Tailgate/Rear Door Lock Included w/Power Door Locks
- LED brakelights
- Fully Automatic Projector Beam Halogen Daytime Running Headlamps w/Delay-Off
- Front Tire Size : P235/65TR17
- Rear Tire Size : P235/65TR17
- Spare Tire Size : Compact
- Front Wheel Size (in) : 17 x 7
- Rear Wheel Size (in) : 17 x 7
- Spare Wheel Size (in) : Compact
- Front Wheel Material : Aluminum
- Rear Wheel Material : Aluminum
- Spare Wheel Material : Steel
- Wheelbase (in) : 118.1
- Width, Max w/o mirrors (in) : 79.2
- Height, Overall (in) : 68.4
- Track Width, Front (in) : 68.1
- Track Width, Rear (in) : 68.2
- Min Ground Clearance (in) : 4.5
- Cargo Volume to Seat 1 (ft³) : 148.5
- Cargo Volume to Seat 2 (ft³) : 93.1
- Cargo Volume to Seat 3 (ft³) : 38.4
- Radio: 246-Watt AM/FM/CD Audio System w/7 Speakers -inc: subwoofer, SiriusXM radio, HondaLink featuring Aha compatibility, audio touch-screen, i-MID w/8-inch high-resolution WVGA (800x480) screen, customizable feature settings and interface dial, Pandora compatibility, Bluetooth HandsFreeLink, Bluetooth streaming audio, SMS text message function, USB audio interface, MP3/auxiliary input jack, MP3/Windows Media Audio (WMA) playback capability, and Radio Data System (RDS)
- Radio w/Seek-Scan, Clock, Speed Compensated Volume Control, Aux Audio Input Jack, Steering Wheel Controls, Voice Activation, Radio Data System, External Memory Control and Internal Memory
- Audio Theft Deterrent
- Window grid antenna
- 7 Speakers
- Streaming Audio
- Bluetooth Handsfreelink Wireless Phone Connectivity
- 2 LCD Monitors In The Front
- Fm Traffic Real-Time Traffic Display
- Heated Front Bucket Seats -inc: driver's seat w/10-way power adjustment and power lumbar support, and front passenger's seat w/4-way power adjustment
- Driver Seat
- Passenger Seat
- Removable 40-20-40 Folding Split-Bench Front Facing Manual Reclining Fold Forward Seatback Rear Seat w/Manual Fore/Aft and Side-To-Side Sliding
- Driver And Front Passenger Armrests and Rear Center Armrest Rear Seat Mounted Armrest Outboard Only w/Storage
- Manual tilt/telescoping steering column
- Gauges -inc: Speedometer, Odometer, Engine Coolant Temp, Tachometer, Trip Odometer And Trip Computer
- Power Rear Windows, Fixed 3rd Row Windows And w/Manual Sun Blinds
- Fixed 60-40 Split-Bench 3rd Row Seat Front, Manual Recline, Manual Fold Into Floor, 3 Manual and Adjustable Head Restraints
- Leather steering wheel
- Front cupholder
- Rear cupholder
- Valet Function
- Remote Keyless Entry w/Integrated Key Transmitter, 2 Door Curb/Courtesy, Illuminated Entry, Illuminated Ignition Switch and Panic Button
- Proximity Key For Doors And Push Button Start
- Remote Releases -Inc: Power Cargo Access and Mechanical Fuel
- HomeLink Garage Door Transmitter
- Cruise control w/steering wheel controls
- Rear HVAC w/Separate Controls
- HVAC -inc: Underseat Ducts And Headliner/Pillar Ducts
- Voice Activated Dual Zone Front Automatic Air Conditioning
- Illuminated locking glove box
- Driver foot rest
- Full cloth headliner
- Interior Trim -inc: Metal-Look/Piano Black Instrument Panel Insert and Chrome/Metal-Look Interior Accents
- Leatherette door trim insert
- Leather gear shift knob
- Leather Seat Trim -inc: front and outboard 2nd-row
- Driver And Passenger Visor Vanity Mirrors w/Driver And Passenger Illumination
- Day-Night Auto-Dimming Rearview Mirror
- Removable Floor Console w/Covered Storage, Mini Overhead Console w/Storage, Conversation Mirror and 2 12V DC Power Outlets
- Front And Rear Map Lights
- Fade-to-off interior lighting
- Full Carpet Floor Covering -inc: Carpet Front And Rear Floor Mats
- Carpet Floor Trim
- Trunk/Hatch Auto-Latch
- Cargo Space Lights
- Smart Device Integration
- FOB Controls -inc: Trunk/Hatch/Tailgate, Windows and Sunroof/Convertible Roof
- Integrated Navigation System w/Voice Activation
- Instrument Panel Covered Bin, Refrigerated/Cooled Box Located In The Console, Driver / Passenger And Rear Door Bins
- Power 1st Row Windows w/Driver And Passenger 1-Touch Up/Down
- Delayed Accessory Power
- Power Door Locks w/Autolock Feature
- Systems Monitor
- Trip computer
- Analog Display
- Outside temp gauge
- Manual Anti-Whiplash Adjustable Front Head Restraints and Manual Adjustable Rear Head Restraints
- 4 Seatback Storage Pockets
- Engine immobilizer
- Perimeter alarm
- 2 12V DC Power Outlets
- Air filtration
- Passenger Capacity : 8
- Passenger Volume (ft³) : 170.1
- Front Head Room (in) : 38.3
- Front Leg Room (in) : 40.9
- Front Shoulder Room (in) : 64.4
- Front Hip Room (in) : 58.2
- Second Head Room (in) : 39.4
- Second Leg Room (in) : 40.9
- Second Shoulder Room (in) : 63.5
- Second Hip Room (in) : 66.1
- Third Head Room (in) : 38
- Third Leg Room (in) : 42.4
- Third Shoulder Room (in) : 60.9
- Third Hip Room (in) : 48.4
- VSA Electronic Stability Control (ESC)
- ABS And Driveline Traction Control
- Side Impact Beams
- Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Seat-Mounted Side Airbags
- Forward collision warning
- Lane Departure Warning
- Low tire pressure warning
- Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Front Airbags
- Curtain 1st, 2nd And 3rd Row Airbags
- Airbag Occupancy Sensor
- Rear child safety locks
- Outboard Front Lap And Shoulder Safety Belts -inc: Rear Center 3 Point, Height Adjusters and Pretensioners
- Back-up camera
- Honda LaneWatch Right Side Camera
- Fuel Economy Est-Combined (MPG) : 22
- EPA Fuel Economy Est - City (MPG) : 19
- EPA Fuel Economy Est - Hwy (MPG) : 28
- Tons/yr of CO2 Emissions @ 15K mi/year : 8.0
- Fuel Tank Capacity, Approx (gal) : 21
- 41,161 Miles
- As-Is - Extended Warranty Available. Contact seller for details.
- Aluminum Wheels
- Spare: Never Used Condition
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Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
Coleman left stunned by Serbia rout
A shell-shocked Chris Coleman was at a loss to explain his side's "unacceptable" performance in their humiliating 6-1 defeat to Serbia in Novi Sad.
Wales turned in an inept display littered with horrendous defensive errors as they suffered their third heaviest defeat since 1930. It was hoped that this generation of players could end a wait to reach a major finals that stretches back to 1958, but on the evidence of this shambolic display Wales are unlikely to be in Brazil in 2014.
The result leaves Wales rooted to the foot of Group A, and Coleman said: "Obviously I did not see it coming. We knew it would be difficult coming here but on the back of Friday's performance against Belgium we thought we could get something, but we can't accept that level of performance."
He added: "To say it is disappointing is an understatement. We have to do much better than that and we are capable of doing much better.
"At times it was men against boys, the goals we conceded were criminal really and the individual errors were disappointing.
"To lose 6-1 is an absolute hammering and we can't ignore that, the manner of the performance was particularly disappointing.
"At this level you cannot gift teams goals, you have to at least be hard to beat and play with a bit of pride and we didn't do that. We caved in."
Coleman is prepared to deal with any criticism that comes his way.
He said: "When you lose 6-1 and the team performs like that you have to take responsibility. I don't worry about any pressure or negativity aimed at me, I have seen it all before.
"This is the first time being an international manager when I have been taught a lesson and that hurts more than anything else. We have let people down but thankfully there is another one coming up."


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A joint initiative between the American Immigration Council and AILA seeks to change the playing field for immigrants facing deportation.
Register for AILA's National Day of Action (NDA) on April 11, 2019, to meet with members of Congress and share how the administration's immigration policy changes are harming American families, businesses, and communities.Register Now
AILA Doc. No. 12061440 | Dated June 14, 2012
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Thursday, June 14, 2012
George Tzamaras or Belle Woods
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NASHVILLE, TN - The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) will award Azadeh Shahshahani with the 2012 Advocacy Award for her tireless work in combating the anti-immigration bills and policies in Georgia and her commitment to the human rights issues of immigrants. She will receive the award today during AILA's Annual Conference in Nashville, TN.
Over the past several years Georgia has been at the receiving end of draconian anti-immigration legislation and policies. As the Director of the National Security/Immigrants' Rights Project at the ACLU of Georgia, Ms. Shahshahani has been instrumental in bringing Georgia and its localities into compliance with international human rights and constitutional standards in treatment of refugee and immigrant communities.
Ms. Shahshahani has helped monitor and defeat anti-immigrant legislation introduced in the Georgia legislature including legislation aimed at establishing English-only driver's license tests as well as a bill that would have authorized the police to seize the vehicle of anyone they deemed to be undocumented. She has done this not only through direct lobbying and testifying but through empowerment of citizen lobbyists by preparing widely used fact sheets and issuing action alerts.
She has also initiated and taken part in impact litigation such as a class action lawsuit which led to blocking of the two most severe provisions of Georgia's anti-immigrant law, HB 87, as well as a lawsuit on behalf of a US citizen with mental disabilities who was detained and then deported. She also helped file an amicus brief in a case which established that defendants in Georgia have a constitutional right to interpreters.
During every legislative session Ms. Shahshahani conducts "By the People" Immigrants' Rights Lobby Days where ACLU offers trainings to immigrants' rights advocates on how to effectively lobby their legislators. Recently, the "By the People" lobby day brought to the Capitol more than 30 students and educators from around the state who lobbied their representatives against the ban on public higher education. Their powerful presence and overwhelming opposition led to the committee chair suspending the vote on the bill.
Ms. Shahshahani also engages in human rights documentation focused on racial profiling by holding "Know Your Rights/Tell Your Story" forums around the state. She has worked with multiple community organizations to found immigrants' rights and human rights coalitions and initiatives, such as Georgia Detention Watch and the Georgia Immigrant and Refugee Rights' Coalition. She currently serves as President-Elect of the National Lawyers Guild.
Ms. Shahshahani is a 2004 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. She also has a Master's in Modern Middle Eastern and North African Studies from the University of Michigan.
The American Immigration Lawyers Association is the national association of immigration lawyers established to promote justice, advocate for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy, advance the quality of immigration and nationality law and practice, and enhance the professional development of its members.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 12061440.
American Immigration Lawyers Association
1331 G Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
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What Is Pelvic Pain?
Pelvic pain (pain below the belly button in the anterior lower abdomen including the sex organs) may develop from many diseases and conditions. For example, pelvic pain may come from normal menstruation, appendicitis, bladder problems; and may be associated with both benign and emergency medical conditions. For most people, pelvic pain should be investigated by a medical professional. The following slides will present some of the causes of pelvic pain.
Inflammation or infection of the appendix (appendicitis) often produces lower right-sided pelvic or abdominal pain that may occur along with nausea, vomiting, and fever. An infected appendix needs to be removed by a surgeon because it may perforate (burst) and infect the peritoneum and cause life-threatening peritonitis.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Symptoms of painful cramps in the pelvic and abdominal area, bloating, constipation or diarrhea that may occur off and on over time is often caused by irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). IBS is a chronic functional disease with recurrent symptoms. Changes in diet, stress management, and medications are used to treat the symptoms of IBS.
Painful Ovulation (Mittelschmerz)
Short-term (hours) pelvic pain that occurs during ovulation (release of the egg from the ovary) is termed mittelschmerz, a German word meaning "middle pain." This pain occurs just prior to, and during ovulation as the membrane that covers the ovary stretches to release the egg. The blood and fluid that are released during ovulation also may cause discomfort or pain. The pain varies from woman to woman and may last minutes to hours. The pain eventually resolves without medical treatment and usually does not require emergency medical intervention.
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
In contrast to painful ovulation described previously, premenstrual syndrome (PMS) usually involves longer term (days before menstruation occurs) pelvic pain and discomfort outside the pelvic area such as low back pain, headaches, and tender breasts. Medications, along with lifestyle changes (diet, exercise, stress management) may often reduce PMS symptoms. The slide shows a chart that illustrates the various hormones that increase and decrease during a woman's normal monthly menstrual cycle.
Menstrual Cramps
Primary menstrual cramps is pelvic pain that occurs when the uterus contracts to remove the blood and endometrial lining that accumulates monthly when an embryo is not implanted in the uterus. The pains may last about 1 to 7 days during a female's menstrual cycle. Medication, home remedies (OTC medication, heating pads, etc.), lifestyle changes (for example, regular exercise, sufficient sleep), may reduce these symptoms. Secondary menstrual cramps (secondary dysmenorrhea) are caused by other conditions or diseases, not regular menstruation (for example, endometriosis, fibroids, ovarian cysts, pelvic inflammatory disease).
Ectopic Pregnancy
An ectopic pregnancy is growth of an embryo outside of the uterus; it can cause sharp pelvic pain, usually on one side of the body, and may be accompanied by vaginal bleeding, nausea, and dizziness. Ectopic pregnancy, if detected early may be medically treated, but if bleeding or a Fallopian tube ruptures, it is a medical emergency that requires surgery.
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an inflammatory and infectious disease, and may be a complication of a sexually transmitted disease (STD) such as gonorrhea. PID can cause damage to the Fallopian tubes, ovaries, and the uterus. Pelvic pain that radiates to the abdomen, an abnormal vaginal discharge, and pain during intercourse or urination are common symptoms. Although antibiotics may cure PID, some women may require surgery. If PID is untreated, it can cause infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain.
Ovarian Cysts
Ovarian cysts are fluid-filled areas within the ovary formed by fluid that accumulates when a follicle fails to release an egg, or when the follicle recloses after egg release. There are several types of ovarian cysts. Common symptoms include sharp pelvic pain, irregular menstruation, pelvic pressure, or pain after intercourse. Pelvic pain and painful urination may occur especially with large cysts; although most cysts resolve on their own, some may require treatment with prescription medications or surgery to remove the cyst(s).
Uterine Fibroids
Fibroids are tumors that grow in the uterine wall that are almost never cancerous (benign tumors or growths). Some uterine fibroids cause pelvic pain (mild, moderate, or severe), pain during intercourse, pelvic pressure pain, and may interfere with a woman's ability conceive. Uterine fibroids are most common in women in their 30s and 40s. Women that have symptoms should consult their OB/GYN doctor. Treatment may include medication for symptoms or surgical removal.
Endometriosis is growth of the endometrial tissue (uterine tissue) in areas outside the uterus. This tissue may attach to many other organs such as the ovaries, bladder, or intestines. This tissue breaks down monthly just like normal endometrial tissue, but the tissue remnants and some blood is retained in the pelvis or abdomen and may cause periodic pelvic and abdominal pain. Treatment is with medication to reduce symptoms; sometimes surgery is required. Endometriosis may also decrease a woman's ability to conceive.
Urinary Tract Infection
A urinary tract infection (UTI) may cause pelvic pain, but usually has associated painful urination (dysuria), frequent urge to urinate, and lower pelvic pressure. UTI's that involve the kidney may have flank pain in addition to fever and nausea. Almost all UTI's can be effectively treated with antibiotics, but delays in treatment can result in kidney damage.
Kidney Stones
Kidney stones are composed of crystals that usually form in the kidneys or ureters (the tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder); most are very small but some can be as big as a golf ball. Most small stones cause intense flank and pelvic pain as they irritate the ureters as they pass through them. The urine may contain blood caused by the kidney stone irritating the tissue in the kidney or ureter. Although most stones smaller than 6mm pass spontaneously, they do so with a great deal of pain. Some stones, especially if they are causing an obstruction, may require a urologist to evaluate the patient because the stones may need to be broken up or removed surgically.
Interstitial Cystitis (IC)
Chronic mid-pelvic recurrent pelvic pain is a sign of interstitial cystitis (IC). Pressure and pain in the pelvic area, the urge to urinate, painful urination, and pain during intercourse also may occur. Although the cause of IC is unknown, there are medications to reduce the symptoms. Like uterine fibroids described previously, IC occurs mainly in women aged 30 to 40, and the cause is unknown.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
Although sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) do not always cause pelvic pain, if a person develops pelvic pain and has an STD, the pain suggests that complications such as pelvic inflammatory disease, described previously may be developing. The most common STDs are chlamydia and gonorrhea. Recently, some strains of bacteria that cause gonorrhea have developed multiple drug resistance and have become very difficult to treat with antibiotics.
Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Pelvic prolapse is a condition where a pelvic organ such as the bladder or uterus drops into a lower than normal position and in some instances protrude into the vaginal canal. This condition results in pelvic pain that is pressure-like and may include vaginal and back pressure. Usually there is pain with sex. This condition may occur in older women; treatments range from techniques to strengthen pelvic musculature to surgery.
Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
Pelvic congestion syndrome occurs when pelvic veins become swollen and painful due to low blood flow, just like varicose veins that can develop in the legs. The pelvic pain caused by these veins usually increases with sitting or standing and may be reduced by lying down flat. The treatment may involve medication or embolization (stoppage of blood flow to the affected vein).
Scar Tissue (Abdominal Adhesions)
Scar tissue (also termed abdominal adhesions) forms after abdominal surgery and may make tight connections between organs and other body tissues in the abdomen. Scar tissue may form after any type of abdominal surgery (for example, hysterectomy, C-section, appendectomy). It can cause pelvic and abdominal pain and even compromise blood flow. Some individuals require surgery to remove these adhesions.
Vulvodynia (Vaginal Pain)
Vulvodynia (vaginal pain) is chronic vulvar pain that includes throbbing, aching, or burning pain in the area around the vulva and vaginal opening. Women also may experience vaginal itching. The pain may be constant or intermittent and is often worsened during sex or when pressure is placed on the vaginal area (bicycle riding, for example). The diagnosis is made by excluding other pelvic pain causes because the cause of vulvodynia is unknown. Treatment is symptom reduction; methods range from home remedies, prescription medication, biofeedback, exercises, and nerve blocks.
Pain During Sex
Pelvic pain during sex (dyspareunia) has been discussed as a symptom in most of the conditions described previously. Other causes of painful intercourse not discussed previously include vaginal dryness or atrophy that occurs during menopause or changes in sexual behavior. Diagnosis and treatment of the causative condition usually will reduce or stop pelvic pain that occurs during sex (for example, vaginal estrogen creams or rings to increase vaginal lubrication during menopause). However, some individuals have no medical condition diagnosed as the cause of painful intercourse may benefit from consultation with a qualified sex therapist.
Chronic Pelvic Pain
Chronic pelvic pain is often defined as pelvic pain that occurs below the belly button for 6 or more months. It usually interferes with sleep, it may increase or decrease daily or change due to some specific stimulus or position, and it may interfere with sexual relations. Seeking medical help to obtain a diagnosis and appropriate treatments are the key to diagnosing the cause and resolving chronic pelvic pain.
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I've been mulling over Project Life for quite awhile now. (Click the link to find out more about Becky Higgins' formula for easy scrapbooking.) I love the idea of scrapbooking for record keeping without the pressure of making a layout look perfect. I'm sure many of you feel the same way – overwhelmed by the gorgeous layouts out there, but not inclined to spend a lot of time/money on a page.
Lots of people are committing to doing Project Life each week for a whole year, but I'm going a step less accountable than that! I will do it either by occasion or for whenever the urge strikes. No commitment to do it each week, but rather to make a Project Life page whenever the urge strikes. That's more my style. 🙂
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AFEW miles south of Worcester, Old Hills is a patch of common land which comprises grassland, scrub and woodland managed by Malvern Hills Conservators.
The hills are tiny, reaching only 65 metres at their highest point, but they offer surprisingly good views.
Like all the other commons near Malvern, Old Hills was once part of the large hunting forest known as Malvern Chase. There are good walks to be had on Old Hills and you could easily spend an hour or two exploring all the options, but there are also plenty of footpaths and bridleways linking the common to the wider countryside.
Old Hills is more colourful than you might expect in January thanks to the silver birches, with their lovely silvery stems, and an abundance of gorse bushes, whose yellow flowers are in full bloom this month.
Also yellow, though tinged with green, are the fallen crab apples which litter the ground in many places, while the red of hawthorn berries and rose hips brightens the scene still further. All these wild fruits provide a valuable source of food for birds, many species of which frequent Old Hills.
Mistletoe is another colourful feature of the common, its bright yellow-green leaves obscuring the bleak wintery appearance of many of the trees.
Old Hills is just a short walk from the river Severn, where Powick Parish Council has established a picnic place at Pixham, where a ferry used to operate across the Severn to Lower Ham at Kempsey.
Mute swans, Canada geese, cormorants, herons and kingfishers are just a few of the bird species here.
Start: Old Hills, off B4424 Upton Road, south of Callow End, grid ref SO829487.
Length: Five miles/8km.
Maps: OS Explorer 190, OS Landranger 150.
Terrain: Pasture, with some arable and woodland; mostly flat.
Footpaths: Excellent, apart from poor waymarking at one point.
Stiles: 10.
Parking: The northern end of Old Hills, close to Pixham Ferry Lane.
Buses: First 363, Worcester to Malvern via Callow End and Old Hills, Mon-Sat only; worcestershire.gov.uk/ bustimetables or for information, call 01905 765765.
Refreshments: Shop and pub at Callow End.
1 Walk along Pixham Ferry Lane. For the first 300m you can use the common land on either side but after that, you will have to take to the lane. Go straight on at a junction with Lower Ferry Lane.
When you reach Pixham House there's a public footpath on the left (just before the garage) which crosses arable fields and is easily followed to Callow End.
However, you may prefer instead to take a permissive path (ie it's not a right of way so access can be terminated at any time) which follows the river Severn.
For this path, continue to the end of the lane, where you'll find a riverside picnic site at the wharf from which the Pixham ferry used to operate.
2 Go through a gate on the left and walk upstream on the permissive path, which runs along the top of a floodbank. When you draw level with Kempsey church, the permissive path comes to an end and you have to turn left. Keep to the right-hand edge through three fields. After meeting the path from Pixham House, proceed a few paces further to a junction and choose the left-hand path, which goes roughly straight on, crossing a narrow field to a gate. The welltrodden path is then easily followed to a lane at Callow End. If in doubt at any point, simply head towards the tower of Stanbrook Abbey.
3 Turn right along the lane, then left past the village shop and left beside the main road.
Cross over after about 100m to take a 'no-through road' and follow it to the entrance to Stanbrook Grange.
Go straight on along a muddy track and ignore a stile on the right. Cross another stile ahead (Three Choirs Way) and walk along a tree-lined green lane. Ignore branching paths and follow the green lane to a junction near a timber-framed cottage. Keep straight on along a track, ignoring a path branching left. After passing to the right of Mount Henwick, cross a stile to a junction in a field. Leave the Three Choirs Way and walk along the right-hand field edge.
4 Turn left when you meet a track. Ignore a path branching right and proceed to a T-junction.
Turn left, back to Old Hills, but then immediately turn right to cross a stile into a field, leaving the common again. Walk along the right-hand field edge then keep straight on across a second field.
Go through a gate in the next corner and turn left past Sunnyside. Go through a wooden gate next to a metal one and follow a fenced and hedged path which meets a bridle track by a pond.
Turn left along the track.
5 Take the first path on the right.
Walk along the left-hand field edge then cross a stile to another field. Go diagonally right, heading roughly towards the southern end of the Malvern Hills and specifically towards a pair of telegraph poles on the skyline.
There's a gate near the poles – don't go through it, but turn left along a track by the field edge. Go diagonally left when you see a waymark, cutting across the field corner to a stile. Cross the next two fields to return to the bridleway.
Turn left, then soon right. Keep straight on along a field edge, then straight on at a junction, to return to Old Hills. For the most direct route back to the start just go straight on. To see more of the common, however, choose any other route.
Worcester News recommends the use of OS Explorer Maps, your ideal passport to navigating the countryside. This walk is based on OS Explorer 190.


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|Edisonia Theatre and Idle Hour Theatre - Charleston, SC
Advertised as "The Pride of Charleston" the Edisonia Theatre was described, in 1907, as the most comfortable theatre in the city, cool and alternatingly breezy. Concerts were given there by the Furst Band of the Artillery Corps and illustrated songs were featured.
Shortly after it opened, there was an exhibition of color films. These were black and white films that had been tinted frame-by-frame. In April, 1908, James Sottile purchased the Edisonia and published the following in the News and Courier:
"Mr. James Sottile, proprietor of the Edisonia has invited the Charleston Court No. 19, Daughters of Isabella, to visit his attractive and interesting little theater this afternoon, and when the ladies arrive they will see a very fine picture. This will be the great St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City. The motion picture faithfully shows the details of this splendid pageant. Special music will be given by Mr. Dick Voight and Mr. Peter J. Smith."
On October 16, 1908, it was announced that Pastime Amusement Company would open a new theater at the site of the Edisonia to be called the Idle Hour. Admission was promised to be ten cents to all parts of the house.
Hour Theatre
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Opened: November 9, 1908
Closed: 1909
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|The Idle Hour opened Monday, November 9, 1908. Pastime Amusement Company announced that the work was being done "at not small expense" and that the Idle Hour would be "strictly modern in every respect, the stage will be enlarged to twice its original size, back of the stage will be constructed then large and well ventilated dressing rooms, and the entire place, both inside and outside, will be brilliantly lighted by electricity. The admission will be 10 cents for any part of the house, and with the class of attractions that this company have been securing, it is predicted that the standing-room only sign will be often displayed."
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=== Improvements for the NLS Field ===
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Revision as of 08:42, 21 January 2013
This page shows what you need to know about the new Eclipse Scout 3.9 release shipped with Eclipse Kepler.
Scout Sources moved to GIT
For Kepler, Scout has moved to GIT: http://git.eclipse.org/c/scout/.
For more information see Getting_the_Scout_Sources.
Scout EPP Changes
Egit features added to EPP
CVS features removed from EPP. If CVS is needed, it has to be installed manually.
New Runtime Features
New SDK Features
Default Super Classes are Customizable
Bug 395006 and Bug 397268
In Scout 3.8 when creating a new object using a wizard you already have the possibility to choose from a list of possible super classes. But the super class selected by default is always the same. So if you e.g. have defined a project specific template for forms called 'AbstractMyProjectForm' you always have to remember to change the selected super class when creating forms.
With Scout 3.9 you now have the possibility to configure the super classes that should be used by default for each Scout project independently: Go to Window -> Preferences -> Scout -> Default Super Classes. There you can specify the default super class to use for each object type and Scout project.
This configuration is also considered if you don't explicitly have the possibility to choose a super class in the wizards: E.g. when creating a new Form by default there are also 'Cancel' and 'OK' buttons created. If you now modify the default super class for OK buttons, this is automatically used by the new Form wizard as well.
This mechanism also respects the new extensible Scout objects defined in 'org.eclipse.scout.rt.extension.client': If your project has this dependency, the Scout SDK prefers those objects over the standard ones (unless you have modified the defaults).
The settings are stored in the project preferences so that you can share them with your team using e.g. a team provider like SVN, CVS or Git.
Variable Local RAP Target Location
If you are using a local RAP target (instead of a P2 update site) you may want to share your target definition with other developers using a team provider like SVN, CVS or Git. But there may be differences in the local path pointing to the RAP target (because you have a different setup or operating system). Or you may not yet have a local RAP target at all. This makes it hard to use a target definition in a team.
In Scout 3.9 you now have a new Eclipse environment variable called 'scout_rap_target'. So instead of using the local path directly in the target definition you can use the ${scout_rap_target} variable as a palceholder and each developer can then point this variable to the path where to find the plugins locally. The value of the 'scout_rap_target' variable is stored in the workspace and can therefore be different for each instance.
The Scout SDK also detects if you are using (or importing) a target definition containing this variable. And if you have not yet defined a location for the variable will ask you to define one or create a new RAP target location.
More Flexible Project Structure
In Scout 3.9 the SDK does no longer rely on a specific package structure. This affects the Scout Explorer which now searches for objects in a whole plugin instead of specific packages. As a consequence the folder 'Process Services' and 'Outline Services' have been merged to a general 'Services' node containing all services except lookup and the common ones. This gives you more flexibility in usage and design of your services.
Furthermore you have the possibility to specify the target package when creating new Scout objects using the Scout SDK Wizards. The packages where new objects are created by default can be configured using the preference page: Window -> Preferences -> Scout -> Default Packages. These settings are stored in the Scout project preferences and can therefore be shared using a team provider like SVN, CVS or Git.
Improvements for the NLS Field
We have changed the sorting and presentation of the NLS proposal field so that the list behaves more intuitive and that it is more clear why a match is included in the list. This includes separation of the matches depending on type and sorting according to relevance.
Migration Guidelines
Some features and bugfixes sometimes require a change of the api. If this has been the case for the new release then you'll find behind the link below a guideline how to migrate your scout application to the newest release.


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Johnsonville Rolls Out Heat-And-Eat Breakfast Sandwiches
To meet demands of today's busy consumer seeking convenient, flavorful and affordable breakfast and snack solutions, Sheboygan Falls, Wis.-based Johnsonville Sausage LLC introduces Hand-Held Sandwiches featuring the company's famous link sausage enrobed in a soft, warm roll.
The 5-oz sandwiches feature on-trend flavors and bold, intriguing ingredients already built into a juicy, savory smoked-sausage link, include:? Southwestern Style, corn kernels, black beans and bell pepper, with just the right blend of seasonings to perk up taste buds any time of day or night; Spicy Sunrise, scrambled egg, cheese and onion for a tantalizing jump-start to morning; and Sweet & Smokey, the sweet contrast of real Vermont maple syrup for at-the-breakfast-table flavor.
For time-starved customers on the go, Johnsonville's hand-held sandwiches—frozen to lock in just-made freshness—are individually wrapped and go from freezer or refrigerator case to the microwave for a hot sandwich in 75 seconds or less. Or, they can be merchandised straight from a point-of-sale warmer, where sandwiches maintain optimum quality for up to four hours.
"Johnsonville's hand-held sausage sandwiches satisfy the cravings of an increasing number of customers who seek something extremely flavorful that can be eaten in the car, at the office, between classes—virtually any occasion that requires a quick and tasty meal solution," says Sarah Babb, Johnsonville's senior brand manager. "What's more, because our sandwiches are priced to sell quickly, outlets like C-stores and food kiosks in public areas gain a competitive edge over quick-service restaurants, building customer frequency."


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Home » Education & Events » Calendar » Child Birth Class (02/16/19 & 02/23/19)
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This is a 2-session course.
Only $125 per couple if delivering at Palisades Medical Center — $150 if delivering elsewhere.
Free tours of the Palisades Medical Center Maternity Unit are included with this class.
The more you understand about the process of labor, the better prepared you and your support partner will feel. Topics covered include: understanding the labor process, breathing and relaxation techniques to work with your body, the role of the support person, options for pain medications and medical interventions, Caesarean birth, understand your changing body after birth, newborn appearance and procedures after birth. The childbirth education series also includes a tour of the labor and delivery unit.
Robin Petrick — (201) 295-4823
Physicians providing care may or may not be employees of Palisades Medical Center. — they may be independent contractors. Always ask physicians to identify themselves and whether they are employed by the hospital.
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This domain name extension renews at the same cost (tier) it is registered. For example, if you register a domain for $100, the cost to renew it each year will be $100.
The .rodeo domain name will provide essential online visibility for rodeo enthusiasts and other businesses associated with the rodeo world. Rodeo riders, sponsors and associates can create a unique space with this domain name.
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These domain names can have up to 63 characters, with a minimum of one character, and can contain letters (a to z), numbers (0 to 9), and hyphens (except as the first or last characters of the domain name). You cannot register domain names with special characters such as & and #. The .rodeo domain supports IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names) in the following languages: Spanish, French, and German.
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As Hollywood rolls out Oscar hopefuls over the next two months, there's a curious thread developing: Many of these films are set amidst the backdrop of wars — especially wars involving Great Britain.
From the World War I cavalry charge in Steven Spielberg's War Horse, to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's ordering of a naval attack to reclaim the Falkland Islands in Iron Lady, to Ralph Fiennes' camouflage-and-tanks version of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, filmmakers are offering a kind of master class in the history of warfare, interpreted through everything from classics, to spy novels, to biopics and kids stories.
Spielberg's War Horse is the most conventional of these films, about a young man and his horse, separately drafted into service in WWI. Possibly because of its origins in a children's novel by Michael Mulpurgo, the tale depicts warfare in relatively simple terms. Though the scenes of battle are grim, the soldiers on both sides are depicted as behaving in essentially civilized fashion.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is also based on a novel — a classic spy novel by John Le Carre — about an entirely different sort of conflict: The Cold War. Here, everything is covert, paranoia reigns and the only rule seems to be trust nobody, suspect everybody. It's mostly a war of nerves.
Then in the film Iron Lady, we see what amounts to the end of the Cold War; a conflict that suddenly turns hot when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep) sends the British navy halfway around the world to reclaim the Falkland Islands from Argentina. The men around her accuse her of leaping too quickly into armed conflict, because as a woman, she doesn't understand warfare. She responds that for that very reason, she's had to battle all her life.
Lastly, in Ralph Fiennes' contemporized Coriolanus, it's another woman — the title character's bloodthirsty mother, played by Vanessa Redgrave — who propels the action toward ever-greater violence. The setting is still "a place calling itself Rome," but it's pretty clearly modern Serbia, complete with ethnic cleansing and long-simmering hatreds.
In short, these four films traverse a path from war fought by men who are capable of understanding each other, to war that's devolved into pure barbarity.
It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz. As Hollywood rolls out the Oscar hopefuls over the next two months, there's a curious thread developing. Many of these films are set against the backdrop of wars - to be precise, British wars. From the Cavalry's charge of World War I...
RAZ: ...to the naval attack to reclaim the Falkland Islands.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: (as Character) The Argentinean troops are demoralized and ill equipped.
RAZ: Our Bob Mondello is here with a preview of these British war stories. Bob, from "Coriolanus" to "War Horse" to "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," something's going on here.
BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: I felt like I was getting a sort of a seminar in British thinking about warfare through the ages. It's actually been a fairly interesting period. It's all over the place.
RAZ: Mm. OK. Let's start with the Spielberg film "War Horse." This is coming out on Christmas Day. It's set during the First World War. And this is the story of a horse's journey through the British Cavalry. Let's hear a clip.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: (as Character) Look at that horse. Look at the muscles he's got, them long legs.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #3: (as Character) I mean, for running horses, running away from danger, running away is all they have. And yet we taught them opposite, running into the fray. War horse. War horse.
MONDELLO: Now, this is a really smart horse. And the regiment that he's put with is not as smart. They head into war, at least in the initial battle, really stupidly.
MONDELLO: Well, so much for surprise because the Germans retreat to an array of machine guns and unload on the Brits.
MONDELLO: Now, I - as far as I'm concerned, this is a really interesting children's view of what war is all about, that...
RAZ: It's based on a children's story, right?
MONDELLO: That's right. "War Horse" is a children's story. It also inspired a current Broadway show. And it is kind of a simple look at war. And there's actually a scene in the middle of the film where the German forces and the British forces are looking across a sort of a no man's land and decide to team up to help the horse.
Now, what I kept on thinking was this is all very civilized. And I guess that is how I picture warfare back in that era.
RAZ: All right. Let's talk about the next film. This is about a different war, the Cold War, my personal favorite war, Bob. "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy." This is the remake, of course, of that classic BBC miniseries that came out in the '70s starring Alec Guinness, of course. This time, you have Gary Oldman, and he is playing the lead role of George Smiley.
RAZ: Oh, wow.
MONDELLO: Ooh.
RAZ: Here is a pure Cold War paranoia. And by the way, Bob, I noticed that John Le Carre, who wrote - of course wrote the novel, was a producer on this film.
MONDELLO: Yeah. And apparently quite likes what Gary Oldman is doing with the part. This is a picture about war where everything is covert, everything. There are almost no guns in the course of the story.
RAZ: Right. Right.
MONDELLO: And it's intriguing because, again, if you go from what warfare had been to the previous generation to this, which is everything undercover, everything covert...
RAZ: In the shadows.
MONDELLO: ...yeah, in the shadows, it's a different look at what warfare is like. And it actually explains where we're going with the next picture.
RAZ: Which is a film about a stalwart of the Cold War, Bob, Margaret Thatcher played by Meryl Streep in the film "The Iron Lady." Let's hear a little bit of her performance.
RAZ: This, to me, Bob was a pitch-perfect performance.
MONDELLO: Isn't she amazing?
RAZ: I - incredible.
MONDELLO: And there are places where you can't see her at all, where you don't see Meryl Streep at all. You just see Maggie Thatcher.
RAZ: It's amazing.
MONDELLO: Yeah. She's pretty incredible.
RAZ: And I would say, Bob, it's not - I mean, it's certainly a sympathetic portrayal of Thatcher, and her critics may not like it, but it's not entirely uncritical. I mean, you come away from this film thinking that this was a person who was totally convicted. I mean, she believed in what she believed in. But of course, it didn't always work out.
MONDELLO: Yes, exactly. And she really pushed things. And actually, this particular war was a really good example of that. I mean, at one point, the Americans were very upset with her. What is she doing, you know, gallivanting off thousands of miles away in this little tiny island where there are almost no Brits? And she says...
RAZ: That was great. And we have to assume that Meryl Streep is going to be nominated for this role.
MONDELLO: Yeah. This is one of the absolute sure things.
RAZ: Yeah. Bob, I know you wanted to throw one more in there. This is not exactly a British war, but it is based on the work of an Englishman who certainly knew something about war, William Shakespeare, and the film is "Coriolanus."
MONDELLO: Which is Ralph Fiennes doing a contemporary soldiers in camouflage version that's set in what is pretty clearly Serbo-Croatia the - although it's Shakespeare's story, they say something about it being a place that calls itself Rome. The weapons, however, are modern. The language is pure Shakespeare.
MONDELLO: And when all hell breaks loose in the warfare, it's absolutely, clearly 21st century. And what is interesting to me is that we get five periods in these four films. They take us from what I was describing earlier as a civilized war, World War I, to war undercover, the Cold War, to war as kind of showboating for Maggie Thatcher, the Falklands, to war as pure barbarity of ethnic cleansing. It's a real downward slide.
RAZ: That's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED film critic Bob Mondello. Bob, thank you so much.
MONDELLO: Oh, it's always a pleasure. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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text: Starbucks (Finally) Shows Up to the Tea Party If there was a ever a sure sign that tea is all the rage in the United States, it's Starbuck's latest incursion into an ever-expanding market of loose leaf teas. The coffee titan revolutionized that way people think about their daily cup of joe, and now it's trying to do the same thing for tea! A new article from Forbes outlines Starbuck's plans for taking a big gulp of the world's $90 billion hot and iced tea market, including thousands of tea houses aimed at filling a cuppa near you. Starbuck's big move has been a long time brewing. They recently acquired Teavana, which has made its own sizeable mark on the beverage market with its speciality tea offerings. In fact, new Starbucks tea houses will carry the look and feel of the Teavana brand, eschewing the kinds of markers that identify Starbucks coffee shops. It's no wonder Starbucks is trying to get in on the party. As Forbes reports, "Data from the Tea Association USA says America's interest in tea has grown by 16% over the past five years." But are they a little late to the tea party? The short answer is yes, but that doesn't mean Starbucks can't still have a big impact on tea's overall popularity. Small specialty tea shops (like yours truly!) have been building a tea culture and responding to a demand from U.S. customers for years, cultivating a love for loose leaf tea and tapping into people's passions for the perfect blend. More importantly, we've been creating communities, building tea houses as gathering places and building lifelong relationships. As a huge worldwide brand focused on mass production, Starbucks may lack a bit of a personal touch. But its ubiquity means that it's able to reach a lot of people at once and turn them on to tea. Some industry insiders question Starbucks' ability to get customers as excited about tea as they are about coffee. However, that might be underestimating tea's appeal. For lifelong coffee drinkers, there is certainly an element of novelty in switching to tea. For customers who love to geek out on the history, origin, quality and culture of their favorite beverages, tea offers a new opportunity get steeped knowledge. What do you think about Starbucks' move towards taking on the tea market? Do you think it will do more to help or hurt tea's popularity? How do you think it might impact other specialty tea retailers? We're curious to know what you think, so make sure to share your ideas in the comments section below! October Tea News Roundup What's going on in the wide world of tea? From health stories to exciting research that could change the way we grow tea around the world, here's a look at what's brewing. Oolong Tea: Why It's Good for You How long since you've had Oolong? It might be time to make it your next cuppa. This article explores some of the best health benefits associated with Oolong, including its ability to give you a sugar-free energy boost, healthier skin, improved bone health and reduced risk for heart disease. Did we mention Oolong is one of our personal favorites? Now you know why! Record Global Tea Output Likely This Year Despite a year full of shifting climate patterns, labor disputes and political crises in tea-growing regions, 2013 is on track to be a record year for tea production! That's right, this year could signal that highest volume of global tea production on record. With the global demand for tea growing, tea farmers and producers are rising to the challenge in a big way. What's old is new again, and tea's popularity shows no signs of stopping as consumers' thirst for healthy beverages continues to grow. Qing Dynasty Tea Brick Sells for US$1.2m If you happen to have tea bricks from Ancient China sitting around, you might want to considering selling them! A tea brick dating back to the Qing dynasty just fetched a pricey sum at a recent auction in China, selling for $1.2 million. Even more remarkable, the lucky auction winner says its value is actually much higher–closer to $8 million! Montana State University Professor Receives Grant To Study Environment's Impact On Tea Changing climate patterns in tea-growing countries like China could have a serious effect on tea's health qualities, and not in the way you may suspect. A research team from Montana State University has received funding to study the effects of weather on tea production in four regions of China. One of the hypotheses they will likely test is the effect of heavy rains on tea's health benefits. MSU health and human development professor Selena Ahmed suspects that monsoons could be detrimental to tea's overall health benefits, reducing antioxidants by as much as 50%. Have any news stories about tea caught your eye lately? Share your favorite headlines in the comment section below. Put a Tea Smith Spin on these Whole-Wheat Chai Apple Spice Muffins! Smell that? It's something delicious baking in the oven, just when you were craving a fall treat to go with your tea! This recipe for Whole-Wheat Chai Apple Spice Muffins, from the Lost Altos Town Crier, is a perfect way to dust off the old baking supplies and spend a crisp autumn day indoors with friends and family. The recipe calls for 1/2 cup brewed chai tea, which gives the flavor of these muffins an extra bite. We recommend a loose leaf chai from the Tea Smith to make sure you get the best flavor! You could opt for a Traditional Masala Chai, if you want to go the standard route. If you want great flavor without the caffeine kick, go for the decaf version instead. Finally, if you're feeling adventurous, why not try our Coconut Chai. If that sounds delicious, chai it out! 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Bake for 10 minutes, then turn heat down to 400 F and bake additional 5-10 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center of muffin comes out clean. Cool muffins for 5 minutes in tin, then turn them out onto wire rack to cool completely. Makes 1 dozen. 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I am here to witness the many powers of social media. On Sept. 3, a dear friend from college posted this picture on his Facebook wall. Insert the picture of MANY quarts of tomatoes I was not only impressed, I was inspired.
It brought back memories of my grandmother (the one who lived next door to us) along with my mother and her two sisters (who lived on the other side and across the street from us) canning tomatoes every fall. The smell of the tomato puree cooking down on the stove in the full kitchen in our basement is still etched in my memory. Didn't all houses have two kitchens? All of the Italian-American families I knew did!
The memory of all of the women wearing their little jacket/vest aprons (I think my mother kept one in her purse) washing the fruit, running it through the food mill, washing the bottles, stirring the pot, speaking in Italian (when they didn't want us to know what they were saying) and the sight of Tom and Mary's 34 quarts of tomatoes convinced me it was time to give canning a try.
I started out looking up recipes online and consulting my old "Joy of Cooking" cookbook I received when I got married. On Sunday, the 11th of September, I went to the farmers market and bought 16 quarts of tomatoes (seems like a lot but looks definitely do deceive in this case) and along with some tomatoes I had at home I had about 18 quarts. I searched high and low in Erie and Niagara County and had to drive to Batavia to purchase a pressure canner/cooker. By the time I got home there was no canning that would happen that day.
I had a hard deadline of Saturday the 17th to complete the task as I was leaving for an 8-hour drive to New Jersey. On Thursday the 15th I washed, blanched and processed these 18 quarts of tomatoes through a food mill (this removed the skin and seeds). The thought of losing these tomatoes to rot was a huge incentive to push forward.
On Friday, I intended to leave work early (I kid only myself), cook down the puree and pressure can. Not so fast!
Puree takes a very long time to cook down. Hours and hours of stirring and measuring with a wooden spoon was raising the pressure in my head and the intimidation of learning how to use a pressure cooker made me wish I had a release valve.
The time in this picture above says 12:53. That is a.m. There was not a lot of sleep gotten before the long ride only hours away.
I washed the seven-quart bottles (because that was the maximum number my canner would hold) in hopes I would fill most of them. I filled six-quart bottles and painstakingly followed the instructions that came with this huge pot. I put three quarts of water in the canner, clamped the lid and let'er'rip. Wow, a pressure cooker makes a lot of noise.
At the end, when things literally quieted down, I ended up with six quarts of lovingly made tomato puree.
Would I do it again? Absolutely, only next time I need my mother and my sister to help. Do you can? Tell me what you "put up" each year and let me know some secrets. I'll let you know what I hear from all of you.
Have a yummy week!


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Our Favorite Flash Mobs
Last week, during a Kansas Jayhawks' basketball game, a section of the crowd surprised the rest of the crowd by simultaneously breaking out in a choreographed song and dance routine. They call this a flash mob, and its goal is to both confuse and entertain. Keep reading for some of our favorite examples of this coordinated phenomenon.
This food court flash mob brought Christmas cheer.
Improv Everywhere confused travelers in New York's Grand Central Station by simultaneously freezing in place.
Oprah's entire audience surprises her by going flash mob.
A thousand people took part in this "Glee"-themed flash mob in Seattle.
More dancing in this flash mob at The Ohio State University's student union.
This 300-person flash mob in Sweden paid tribute to Michael Jackson.
They do flash mobs in England, too.


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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's annual consumer inflation cooled in March as food prices eased from nine-month highs and producer price deflation deepened, data showed on Tuesday, leaving policymakers room to keep monetary conditions easy and nurture a nascent recovery.
The National Bureau of Statistics' March inflation data reflected the tepid pace of the economic recovery that began late last year and is likely to reduce fears that monetary conditions could be tightened at an early stage in the recovery cycle.
The consumer price index showed an annual rise of 2.1 percent, well below the 2.4 percent market consensus from a Reuters poll of economists.
Producer prices dropped 1.9 percent year-on-year, broadly in line with the consensus forecast for a 1.8 percent fall, and a steeper fall than February's 1.6 percent.
"Lower inflation will greatly ease investors' concerns that the policymakers would begin to tighten monetary conditions," Haibin Zhu, chief China economist at JP Morgan in Hong Kong, told Reuters.
The CSI300 index of top Chinese shares listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen climbed around 1 percent following the data, while the China-sensitive Australian and New Zealand dollars also received a boost. China is major buyer of Australian and New Zealand exports.
Month-on-month consumer prices fell 0.9 percent versus the market consensus of a 0.6 percent drop, indicating restrained consumption triggered by a government-led internal austerity drive launched at the end of 2012 in a bid to cut down excessive banqueting and gift-giving that is often linked to corruption.
Much of the drop in the headline CPI was explained by softer food prices which economists say are normalizing after February's Lunar New Year seasonal spike, rather than reflecting any major impact from a bird flu outbreak and a pork scare after thousands of dead pigs were dumped in a Shanghai river in March.
Pork prices did fall at their fastest annual rate in three months in March, but the 5.5 percent drop was a half to a third of the rate of decline seen through most of the last six months of 2012 and driven more by the supply and demand dynamics in the pork production cycle that is dominated by small scale farmers.
Ting Lu, chief China economist at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong, said that while food scares could cause inflation volatility in the near term, the long term impact of rising wages on food prices was more important.
"Rising food prices are unavoidable in the future as Chinese farmers' relative wages are further increased, so both the markets and policymakers should increase their inflation tolerance level to around 3 percent to 4 percent," Lu wrote in a note to clients.
Lu expects China's monetary policy stance to be set to neutral through the first half of 2013, a position he regards as normalizing after being set to easy through the second half of 2012 to engineer an economic recovery.
China's economy suffered its slowest year of growth for 13 years in 2012, expanding by 7.8 percent, though a fourth quarter bounce to 7.9 percent year-on-year was taken as the starting point of what is widely described as a modest recovery.
Investors expect GDP data due next week to confirm that the economy gained further traction in the first three months of 2013, with analysts in the Reuters poll forecasting that growth nudged up to 8.0 percent year-on-year.
The central bank said last week China's economic growth was stabilizing and that inflation was "basically stable", though it noted some uncertainties over future price trends. The bank said it would keep monetary conditions "stable" in remarks made after holding its first-quarter monetary policy committee meeting.
Sun Junwei, China economist at HSBC in Beijing, said the data clearly indicated that policymakers had no cause to be concerned about inflation at this stage of an economic recovery cycle that still looks sluggish.
"We think the inflation outlook remains benign. If you look at the overall demand picture, China is recovering but the pace is still very gradual which means inflation is not a near-term concern," Sun said. "PPI shows that the recovery is coming at a really slow pace."
Reporting By China Economics Team; Writing by Nick Edwards; Editing by Eric Meijer/Simon Cameron-Moore