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Effect of Intimate Partner Violence on Antenatal Functional Health Status of Childbearing Women in Northeastern Thailand
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We investigated the effects of physical, psychological, and sexual violence on the health status of women attending antenatal clinics at two tertiary hospitals in rural Thailand. We asked 421 pregnant women at 32 weeks gestation or later to complete a survey questionnaire. Participants reported high rates of psychological abuse (53.7%); threats, acts of physical abuse, or both (26.6%); and sexual violence (19.2%). Women abused during pregnancy had poorer health compared with nonabused women, in role emotional functioning, vitality, bodily pain, mental health, and social functioning. Given the high prevalence of violence and poor health status, routine screenings by maternity services is urgently required.
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Skip to comments.The on-coming Romney onslaught against Christian conservatives [VANITY]
Posted on 04/08/2012 8:37:38 PM PDT by NorthernCrunchyCon
You watch, Romney's campaign is going to throw allegations of religious bigotry at Christian conservatives like you can't believe.
Let me tell you something. The Romney people have some of the best political consultants in the country and they don't get there because they're always wonderful people. The RINO/GOPe are tough. They're very tough. We saw how they undermined Governor Palin during the last election, and the scorched earth policy they carried out against Romney's primary opponents who were conservative or Christian. I've worked with some of them on other campaigns, they're the best there is in the business. And there is nothing they won't do.
Already, Senator Hatch is accusing Christian conservatives of being Obama operatives.
Thanks for the stipulation, EternalMegalomania!
Go back where you came from, jerk.
Get lost. You retards aren't fooling anyone.
I really don't get you Mormon-haters. Romney looks to me to be the most personally honest and upstanding candidate to come along in decades. It also looks like Mormonism has made him an exceptional husband, father and businessman. All this hysteria is making you people look really stupid.
I do not get that people can not tell the difference between exposing mormonism and alleged mormon hate.
There is no mormon hate, there is exposing of mormonism.
Romney is a liberal, he is a liberal because of mormonism not in spite of it. Before you defend mormonism, learn about it.
I don't believe Romney's "a liberal". Sorry. I don't buy it. He was the governor of leftwing state and he had a 85% Democrat legislature. He did the best he could as a Republican. He wasn't my candidate, but I'll happily vote for him.
Romney is pro abortion, pro gun grab, pro homosexual agenda, pro man made global warming, pro welfare, pro big government, pro government mantated, pro working with other liberals .... I can see how you would not think that was liberal (eye roll)
I am not sure what the reference to a salamander is, dinner?
Ridiculous request.
If somebody gave $millions upon $millions to Planned Parenthood, but never referred anybody there or never counseled anybody to have an abortion or never vacuumed out somebody's womb with dismembered child on board, would you ask for a list of specific abortion victims specifically linked to that donor?
Or what about somebody who gave $millions & $millions to the KKK?
Would you ask for a list of lynch victims?
Or dates & times in which they wore the white uniform & burned crosses & fomented hate in those venues?
Lds.org & the Lds publishing house Deseret & other venues have plastered an overwhelming amount labeling Christians as "apostates," the church of the devil, a dead & false church, 100% creeds that are an "abomination", 100% professing believers who are "corrupt," etc. etc. etc.
("Thank you" Mitt Romney's checkbook)
Ridiculous lack of logic.
Good grief...
You really didn't expect a logical answer to your question, did you? This is an anti-Mormon tinfoil thread...if Romney becomes President, innocent Christians will be forced to wear magic underwear, listen to only cds by the Mormon Tabernacle choir, be stripped of their right to caffeine, and forced to look around Missouri to find the lost golden tablets of Joseph Smith.
Oh, the humanity!
I have thought about your request and have decided you are correct. Romney has not said "attack Christians/Christianity" out loud.
So what I want to do is discount that he belongs to a corporation (and never refuted it) that was founded in part with the belief/doctrine that Christians are 'whores of Babylon", abominations, part of the devils church, that he has been on the board of a hotel chain that openly promoted their x rated videos for rent, that he supports the homosexual agenda, that he promotes abortion and when governor wrote in to legislation for free and/or only $50 abortions, that he attacked Christians running for president that are vocal Christians distorting their records and left those not vocal alone, supports lds news publications that on a regular basis attack Christians/Christianity
AND totally agree (if discounting all that I have mentioned which is just a partial list) with you.
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HOLYSOCKE WELLPlackett Valley Line, Whimshire
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M12 HOLYSOCKE WELL - Plackett Valley Line, Whimshire
The growing popularity of Holysocke Well as a tourist attraction during the late 1800s prompted local enterprise to augment the somewhat spartan station facilities here with a kiosk serving souvenirs and light refreshments. The train sets off for Plackett Threadbare, leaving the permanent way gang to dig down through the ash ballast and find some more rotten sleepers to replace. Although the Plackett Valley Railway merged with the Whimchester & Spaddleport Railway in 1891 to form the East Whimshire Railway, the company retained its original livery for many years after the event, as can be seen in this picture.


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Collegiate Criminals: Life imitates art imitates life in the boundary-breaking crime caper 'American Animals'
In 2004, four college students—all well-educated, from relatively privileged backgrounds—put in motion a heist that would, they hoped, establish them as criminal masterminds-in-the-making. The target: John James Audobnon's Birds of America and a first edition of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, worth millions of dollars. The plan: enter their university library's special collections room, restrain the librarian, take the books and sell them to a fence in Amsterdam. The training: Well, they watched a bunch of heist movies. It can't be that hard, can it?
The result: Jail.
The true story of Warren Lipka, Spencer Reinhard, Eric Borsuk and Charles "Chas" Allen III could easily have been made into your standard crime comedy, equal parts high-energy fun and "LOL, these guys are idiots—how did they ever think they'd be able to pull this off?"
With American Animals, out this weekend from The Orchard, that is not the movie writer/director Bart Layton made.
"People are always keen to categorize things, you know,"says Layton. "Is it a documentary, is it a drama, is it a narrative?" American Animals is all of the above—a doc-narrative hybrid that blends talking-head segments of the real-life criminals and people adjacent to their planned heist with narrative reenactments. In those latter scenes, the four men are played by Barry Keoghan (as Spencer, a soft-spoken aspiring artist), Evan Peters (Warren, the requisite wild card), Blake Jenner (Chas, the preppy young entrepreneur) and Jared Abrahamson (Eric, the most tactical-minded of the four), with Ann Dowd as the ill-fated librarian.
To say American Animals is a "doc-narrative hybrid," however, doesn't get across the interesting ways in which Layton plays with form. At times, members of the wannabe criminal quartet, now reformed, interact with their fictionalized counterparts. As we hear the real-life men recount the planning leading up to the attempted heist, sometimes their accounts differ. Did a particular conversation take place at a party, or in a car? Who first pushed the idea of the heist in the first place: Spencer or Warren? Rather than picking one version of the tale and going with it, Layton intercuts back and forth between both—telling a compelling story at the same time as he draws attention to how real-life events get "Hollywoodized."
"Even documentaries are narrative films," Layton argues. "It's storytelling, isn't it?" Every documentarian chooses how to construct their story—which facts to include, which to omit, who to believe when accounts differ. "Not only are [the four men] unreliable narrators," Layton notes, "but also, memory can be pretty unreliable as well. Memories are not always dependable. They would each describe the same incident, but remember it differently. I thought, you can either choose one version over the other, because it's more dramatic or cinematic or whatever, or you make a virtue of the fact that it doesn't all add up… In that way, you're inviting the audience to understand that this is how movies get fictionalized."
"Audiences now are so sophisticated and clever, and they know what the game is, right?," he continues. That A-list actor looks nothing like the real-life schlub he's portraying. The facts of a person's life are massaged and condensed to fit them into a Hollywood-friendly three-act structure. The "true story" in "based on a true story" is trueish, and in any case it's based on limited perspective. With American Animals, Layton pulls back the curtain on the cycle of life imitating art imitating life. "I'm inviting the audience in, in a way. Going, 'look, we all know what the game is—let's just be honest about it.'"
"Part of what I wanted to do with the structure of the film was to mirror the idea of falling into a movie fantasy. The film starts with one kind of look and feel, and gently you find yourself falling into the same movie fantasy as they do," says Layton. Which makes it all the more emotionally affecting when the fantasy inevitably falls apart. It's hard to keep the story at arm's length, the same as you would when watching an average crime caper, when you've seen Warren's real-life father cry about the path his son went down.
Layton never wanted to approach American Animals' story as merely a "great, rollicking roller-coaster ride of a tale"—though it certainly is that. He wanted "something bigger—something worth talking about that feels culturally relevant." Layton began corresponding with the four men when they were still in jail; his movie wasn't in the cards at the time, as they'd already sold their life rights to another producer. The irony is thick. Men, influenced by movies, try to pull off a Hollywood-inspired heist. Men fail. Their failure nets them a movie deal almost right away. That deal, as often happens in Hollywood, expired, giving the foursome the option to renew their deal with the other producer or let Layton—with whom they'd now been conversing for quite some time—take a crack at it.
By that point, Layton and the men had exchanged numerous "letters and movie references and poems"—with one of their main subjects of conversation being the motivations for the attempted heist. Said motivations had less to do with money than "with shaking everything up. Spencer, particularly, had this idea of longing to be an artist, but feeling that he had nothing worth of writing or making art about, nothing to say. [He wanted] something that would give him an experience of life, because his life was too nice and perfect. That's such a timely idea. That your main problem is that don't have a big enough problem, in this middle-class suburban world you're inhabiting."
That "bigger" idea Layton uncovered was a portrait of "how the American dream has shifted, culturally. There's a pressure to leave a mark on the world in a way that there never was before." Spencer, Warren, Eric and Chas come from families with "nice houses, nice cars in the driveway, manicured lawns, food on the table"—everything but the white picket fence. To their parents, that's success. To them, it's "mediocrity," says Layton. Generation to generation, he argues, the definition of what constitutes "success" has shifted. Home ownership and 2.5 kids now mean less, as markers of a life well-lived, than racking up experiences—usually things like travel, photos shared on Instagram for the approval of one's peers, but in this case attempted robbery. It's validation through living this "so-called special life that you believe you've been promised. And for most of us, that's just not going to happen."
One of the men, Layton recalls, said that planning the heist was "our version of Fight Club. It was our secret that made us different and better than everyone else."


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Thorpe End Iron Age, Saxon and Medieval settlement
Heritage Category: Scheduled Monument
List Entry Number: 1013134
Date first listed: 05-Jan-1990
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County: Northamptonshire
District: East Northamptonshire (District Authority)
Parish: Raunds
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Reasons for Designation
There are only some 150 slight univallate hillforts known in Britain, as such, they are a particularly rare monument type. The Thorpe End Iron Age hillfort is one such enclosure. It is located only 4km east of the similar enclosure at Crow Hill, Irthlingborough, which is also considered to be of national importance. They form an unusual pair on either side of the River Nene. The overlying Saxon settlement, along with the contemporary North Raunds site, offers a high potential for understanding the origin, development and selective decline of a Midlands rural settlement. Good archaeological documentation further enhances the value of the site adding significantly to the understanding of the nature of prehistoric and later settlement patterns in this area.
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The monument includes the remains of both Iron Age and Early Medieval
settlements. The site is located in a prominent position on the top of south
side of the Thorpe Street valley. The monument is known from archaeological
survey and excavations carried out as part of the Raunds Area Project. These
revealed the remains of ditches, buildings, features and finds. The earliest
features date from the Iron Age (650 BC to 43 AD) and include a single ditched
enclosure measuring some 95m by 65m. The enclosure contains a number of
circular buildings which indicate the site was occupied at some point in this
period. Located on the same site is the Thorpe End early Saxon and late Saxon
settlement, occupied in the Early Medieval period (6th century to 1066 AD).
At this time the site formed one part of the larger Raunds village, a
settlement with two centres of occupation, the other located at north Raunds.
The more extensive remains of later Saxon settlement are also known from
adjacent areas. Broadfield House, which is currently occupied, lies within
the scheduled area but is excluded from the scheduling. However, the ground
beneath it is included.
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Parker Pearson, Mike, The Raunds Area Project: A Reassessment of the Research Design, 1989,
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The voting was both a big defeat for the Executive Committee who showed themselves to be out of tune with the ISAF Council, who aren't noted, on the basis of past performance for being the most rational thinkers.
Although the Olympic Commission did have to ride some rocky ground during the meeting, in the end the Executive Committee had misread the mood for change, and its move against the work done over two years by its Olympic Commission had many aghast.
The outcome of this power struggle is likely to have an impact on the election of the next President of the world body The credibility of individual members of the Executive Committee will have taken a hit, making the way easier for an outsider, committed to a process of reforming the sport that much easier.


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Anything less than a thorough clean-up will destroy the little credibility that is left in cricket.india Updated: May 22, 2013 00:11 IST
The Supreme Court's observation on Tuesday that the 'lackadaisical attitude of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)' had allowed the rot to set in only articulates the serious concerns many have about the direction in which administrators are leading the popular game to. The court's observation while hearing a PIL, which unsuccessfully sought a ban on the Indian Twenty20 league in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal, only adds to the gloom. It is clear that cricket administrators have not learnt the lessons from the 2000 match-fixing scandal and the warnings contained in the Central Bureau of Investigation's probe report that led to the bans of leading Indian players, including former skipper Mohammad Azharuddin. And a lot has to do with the way in which the BCCI itself functions.
With its president, N Srinivasan, himself mired in conflict of interest as both the boss of the BCCI as well as the Chennai Super Kings, many feel it has only encouraged the opaque manner of functioning by the other franchise owners in the lucrative league. Such a situation has only emboldened players that they can get away with anything. The current spot-fixing crisis shows how players had been dealing with bookies with little monitoring by the franchise owners. With the BCCI presiding over big bucks that influence the way the game is run globally, few show the courage to take on the body; or succeed if they do. The Board has refused to come under the Right to Information Act, and being a body registered under the societies Act shields it from most legal challenges, especially writ petitions.
With the state units and staging venues getting a share of the revenue from the league, few would want to raise a voice against the way things are run. The one big voice of dissent down the years has been former greats in the game — be it speaking out on technical aspects of cricket or questioning administrative decisions — but the BCCI, by distributing profits from the league to many former players, has forced them into restraint. With dissenting voices rarely heard now, the board has gone ahead with its opaque style of functioning. As many influential people, from political leaders to industrialists, hold key positions in the BCCI, direct attacks on it are non-existent. The Board has not even spared the media in its bid to stifle criticism, denying advertisements or barring entry to cover matches at certain venues. There is a crying need for a thorough clean up; anything less will be viewed as a cover-up that will destroy what little credibility that is left in the game.
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|You can login to your accounts at any broker without download platform just with a Broker's Server IP. Here are the 2 WAYS TO GET BROKER IP
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The Explainer is where we explain an aspect of Chinese life. Simple. So now you know.
Every year at around this time, you might hear a lot about the convening of China's so-called 'Two Sessions' (or Lianghui), that is, the National People's Congress (NPC) and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). This year, the CPPCC commenced on March 3, while the NPC began on March 5.
READ MORE: Selfie Sticks Restricted at the Two Sessions
The Two Sessions can be explained as a sort-of equivalent to the US Congress or British Parliament, but that would probably only lead to more confusion due to the blurred line between the Chinese state and the Communist Party.
Indeed, if one looks at the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the role of the party is emphasized in the preamble vaguely as leading the government and society, but no details are provided later on as to how this operates. From reading the document, one gets a fairly "normal" picture from a "Western" perspective. As is standard in a semi-presidential republic (like France or Russia), the President is the head of state, the Prime Minister (in this case, Premier) the head of government. In China, the Premier chairs the State Council, with all ministries and state agencies under it; the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuracy are essentially equivalents to the US Supreme Court and Attorney General's Office, respectively; and the National People's Congress is supposed to be the legislative branch. According to the document, the NPC is the "highest organ of state power."
But if you ask an academic, or a regular Chinese person, they'd explain to you that the Constitution is essentially just... words. In fact, the party is truly in charge, and since almost every civil servant is a party member (there actually are other parties, more on that later), we need to first explain how that works.
Who's Really in Charge?
Well to answer that question, we first need to know who's the head honcho. The current consensus is that the leader of the PRC is whoever holds these three posts: President (head of state), General Secretary of the Communist Party (head of party) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (commander-in-chief of the armed forces). Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin all held these three titles, and such is the way the leadership has been organized for almost three decades.
Now, who makes laws? This is complicated, since China doesn't have a clear-cut rule of law system like most liberal democratic systems. The leader or State Council can issue directives that have the force of law. This is where the NPC comes in, right?
This is where the Chinese Communist Party (or Communist Party of China, their preferred translation) comes in. With nearly 90 million members, it is the largest political organization in the world. Its main arm is the Central Committee (CC), with hundreds of members, which meets once a year (like the NPC, but later, during the fall). Here we can really talk about a legislative branch, since the CC actually promulgates laws and policies, such as the (now abandoned) One-Child Policy, the beginning of the Reform and Opening or any of China's 'five-year plans.'
But above the CC is the Politburo, the executive branch of the party, with 25 members (the elite of national leadership), and above that is the Standing Committee of the Politburo, with seven members, the crème de la crème, the top decision-makers of the nation. Their decisions, upon endorsement by the CC, go on to be turned into law by the NPC. And they all hold top state positions, with the President/Secretary/Chairman, the Premier, the VP, the Chair of the NPC etc. all being members of the Politburo.
What Exactly is the NPC?
So, back to the NPC. This is a state institution, composed of delegates elected by provincial people's congresses. 'Elections?' You say. But how? Well, yes, there are elections, but they're not the same across the board. At the lowest level (county and township congresses), representatives are elected directly by the citizenry; but at every level above that, each congress is elected by the ones directly below it, all the way to the NPC.
With 2,987 representatives of the popular masses, it is the largest parliamentary body on Earth. It meets for two weeks in March and, essentially, turns the party's wishes into law.
Yes, it's a rubber-stamp.
But how, if it elects the state leadership? The President, Chair of the Central Military Commission, chief justice, etc. are all elected by the NPC's delegates, and even the Premier, appointed by the President, has to be confirmed by them. The truth is, though, by the time they vote the party already decided all of these outcomes. Xi, for example, was elected in 2013 with 2,952 votes for, one against and three abstentions.
Yet, to be fair, in recent years there has been increasingly more room for policy debate and some form of vitality in this body, but it still exerts little real influence on legislation. Factionalism does exist, but it is confined to the party, in what is called "intra-party democracy." A notable remnant of Lenin's democratic centralism, it means that there is a variety of political and economic stances within the party which are confronted in a lively forum of ideas, but that once a decision is made, it must be adhered to and unquestioned by the entire membership.
The NPC does have some claim to pluralism, though, since the Communist Party only holds 2,157 seats... the other 830 belonging to the United Front.*
Wait a Minute... China isn't a One Party State?
What the hell? Since when is China not a one-party state?
Basically, the United Front is an amalgam of kinda leftist parties that existed prior to 1949 and supported the communist revolution. So they get some mostly meaningless representation in a mostly meaningless institution.
And let's not get into the National Party Congresses, which convene every five years and elect a new Central Committee and are a pretty big deal since they pass the torch from one generation of leadership to the next.**
So, okay, the NPC is a rubber-stamp, the party really makes the laws, which are implemented by the state. Every level of administration, from provincial government to colleges, has a state and party official (like, Mayor of Shanghai and Shanghai Party Secretary), of which the party one is always more powerful.
And What About the CPPCC?
But then what exactly is the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference?
It's the NPC's advisory body, a counterpart supposed to represent civil society. In effect, that means influential businessmen, representatives from the United Front, trade unions, ethnic groups and other organizations, as well as some prominent thinkers (the last emperor, Pu Yi, actually came to be part of the CPPCC later in his life). It has no decision-making power, and only exists as an expression of the people's will and allows the NPC to "make decisions" more inclusive and pluralistically.
So Then What's the Point of the Two Sessions?
You might be wondering why a rubber-stamp and an advisory board meeting for a mere two weeks matter at all?
Well, to quote TIME, "it's basically the entire class of China's political elite convening in Beijing for the next few weeks." So, it serves as a great window into Chinese politics, as it reveals us its key players and what their priorities are for the coming year. The economic slowdown, pollution, the army's downsizing and many other topics will be addressed by the leadership, and the Premier inaugurates it with a prognostic of the year to come.
The Congress also votes to approve the annual budget. So, some things do get done.
Mostly though, it means your internet will be slow for a few weeks.
* As of March 2013.
** Usually.
This article was originally published in March 2016. It has been updated and republished on March 5, 2018.
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City Council calls for an audit after a fired Richmond worker blows the whistle on a project he claims is wasting millions of taxpayer dollars. It's a program that's actually supposed to save the City money.
A life saving story from Henrico County schools tonight. Hear how staff resuscitated a student who went into cardiac arrest and wound up face down on a stairway. Workers say she was actually dead for 10 minutes!
Twenty eight Virginians are busted in a cocaine smuggling ring. Police say they brought drugs into the state for years often hiding it shoes and wooden frames.
A Chesterfield Cracker Barrel and a Henrico Bistro and Wine Bar have 9 critical violations between them in tonight's Restaurant Report. Hear what the management has to say at 11.


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essay on genetic engineering
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Nodular sclerosis
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|Nodular sclerosis
|Nodular sclerosis. The distinct nodules on the cut surface of this lymph node strongly suggest the diagnosis.
|Classification and external resources
Nodular sclerosis (or "NSHL") is a form of Hodgkin's lymphoma[1] that is the most common subtype of HL in developed countries. It affects females slightly more than males and has a median age of onset at ~28 years. It is composed of large tumor nodules with lacunar Reed–Sternberg cell (RS cells) surrounded by fibrotic collagen bands.
The British National Lymphoma Investigation further categorized NSHL based upon Reed-Sternberg cells into "nodular sclerosis type I" (NS I) and "nodular sclerosis type II" (NS II), with the first subtype responding better to treatment.[2]
- ^ Falchi L, Capello D, Palumbo B, et al. (November 2007). "A case of nodular sclerosis Hodgkin's lymphoma repeatedly relapsing in the context of composite plasma cell-hyaline vascular Castleman's disease: successful response to rituximab and radiotherapy". Eur. J. Haematol. 79 (5): 455–61. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0609.2007.00952.x. PMC 2121125. PMID 17908180.
- ^ Mauch, Peter; James Armitage; Volker Diehl; Richard Hoppe; Laurence Weiss (1999). Hodgkin's Disease. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 107. ISBN 0-7817-1502-4.
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- Lymphoma Association information on nodular sclerosing
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Former Tony Abbott chief of staff Peta Credlin says it may be time to discuss a "Plan B" in relation to same-sex marriage.
Labor, the Greens and some crossbench senators say a proposed plebiscite on same-sex marriage is a waste of money and would divide the community and the change should be made via a parliamentary vote.
Ms Credlin said senior ministers had declined during the election campaign to talk about the prospect of the plebiscite-enabling bill not passing parliament, and Labor had yet to firm up its position.
"Now we are looking like there needs to be a discussion about Plan B," Ms Credlin told Sky News on Thursday.
She expected coalition MPs who had successfully sought the plebiscite when Mr Abbott was leader, but opposed the Marriage Act change, would support the will of the majority of voters.
"I think you will find in internal discussions as this machinery bill is developed ...that MPs on the coalition side, if they want the plebiscite, will have to learn to accept the terms of the peoples' vote at the end of it."


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My recycled denim cushion design has appeared ... EXCEPT the magazine publishers have gone into administration, so I have not been able to get hold of a copy (or receive payment or my sample back - boo). All I have found is this tiny thumbnail image.
I believe a few copies went out to subscribers and advertisers. If you have this issue and can either scan my feature and send it by email, or sell me your copy when you've read it - I would be VERY grateful.
I'm trying so hard to establish my career and (swallowing hard) ignoring the fact of my invoice and my sample, I could at the very least really do with having my feature in my portfolio.


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With Christmas just under two weeks, some of you may be panicking about what to purchase as gifts! I thought I'd gather up some of my favourite items and show you which gifts I have loved receiving (and bought myself!) to give you an idea!
First and foremost, I love how some brands do sets that contain minis of their most popular items. This is a sure way to play safe as then the gift-receiver can try out the items, without there being a risk of them not liking the item and with £20+ down the drain. Benefit do gift sets all the time. How To Look The Best at Everything is one that I received for my 19th birthday. I have it in the shade 'deep' but the set is also available in 'medium' and 'light'. This set is perfect as it covers all the bases (primer, powder, foundation and concealer) so it's good for travelling or on-the-go touch ups! One I've bought recently is their Operation Pore-Proof which contain Benefit's best items for oily skin! I'm currently trying this out but so far I am loving their Porefessional License To Blot. I was the most excited to try out their Agent Zero Shine, so I'll do a more in-depth review of this kit in a month or so when I've tried out all the products in it.
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit is a limited edition palette that's exclusive to Space.NK so it's best to buy it now before they run out of stock! This palette was a lot bigger than I expected it to be and it's just so pretty! A cult classic is Too Faced's Soleil Bronzer! I have this in both Chocolate and Milk Chocolate. Milk Chocolate is almost my skin colour (NC42-44) so I use this as a crease shade. However, Chocolate is the perfect colour for contouring! In my opinion, I find the packaging a tad tacky but most people tend to love the packaging as it's slightly girly.
Urban Decay is well-know for their Naked Palettes (which I don't own and currently am not planning to). But their Naked Basics Palettes are the best! I received the Naked Basics 2 Palette for my birthday and during Black Friday last month I purchased the Naked Basics Palette. Both of these palettes are perfect for creating any looks and they're also travel-friendly! Urban Decay's Single Eyeshadows are also such great quality! I bought this shadow on Black Friday too (can you see a pattern of my spending now, lol) and although it was a bit smaller than I expected it to be, I don't regret this purchase! I love the packaging for the single shadows, and all of their eyeshadows have such great colour pay-off! The last item I've tried from Urban Decay (but not for too long, ;)) are their Matte Revolution Lipsticks. I have the shade 1993 and it's the most perfect brown-nude colour which doesn't wash me out! These lipsticks are very creamy and I mentioned this lipstick here.
Another brand that I want to try more from is Zoeva. I've only tried their Cocoa Blend Palette so far and am in love with it! Their brushes look very promising, and I've read reviews after reviews of how excellent their brushes are, so they will very soon go into my shopping basket! Two brands that have become very popular because of instagram are Gerard Cosmetics and Jeffree Star! Gerard's Lipstick in 1995 is a very unique shade but is very much on trend currently. These lipsticks do smell a bit like orange chocolate (at least in my opinion aha) but they pretty much last all day! Jeffree Star is a brand that I've been wanting to try for ages but they're always out of stock because of their popularity. I picked up two of his Liquid Lipsticks in Androgyny. The limited edition packaging is gorgeous and I can't wait to pick up more from his permanent line! Any makeup lover would, for sure, love any of these as they're just to die-for!
MAC Lipsticks are another cult-classic which I'm kind of on the fence about! Whilst I do admit that I love the shade range, I'm not keen on the formula as they can vary a lot. During the holiday period, MAC tend to release collections after collections (as if they don't already) and most makeup lovers love their lipsticks, especially if it's limited edition! They go out of stock very quickly on their website so if you are planning on buying these limited edition lipsticks for someone (or for yourself) be sure to ready so you don't miss out on them
Last, but not least, is a brand that I have recently fallen in love with: NARS. Their packaging is so simple yet chic and, in my opinion, they're underrated. Although I secretly love how they're underrated as then their products don't go out of stock that fast and there's more for us! A cult-classic is their Laguna Bronzer which is raved about everywhere and anywhere! It's the most perfect contour shade for most skin tones. NARS even released a bigger version of this with a tiny ITA Brush called the Tahiti Bronzer. The bigger version is definitely worth the money but I hope NARS created a bigger version of Casino soon! This bronzer doesn't suit me unfortunately as it's a bit too light for me. I could layer it up, but I'm too lazy to do that all the time so I much prefer Casino which is crazy pigmented! They recently bought out a collection with Steven Klein which can be purchased from feelunique and NARS. The palette that I have (pictured) is their One Shocking Moment Palette which can only be purchased from NARS and Space.NK. This palette has a few blush shades, a contour and highlight shade, and a bronzer too, meaning that it's well worth the money and will definitely make the receiver happy!
What do you hope to get this Christmas?
Nazia xo


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Cafe Coffee Day
Cafe Coffee Day is famous for its yummy food with vast variety in Menu served in beautiful surroundings. They have a fine dining section where a variety of dishes served with extra care. You can also try some excellent cuisines with good customer service here. Enjoy every moment with your family with tasty food, an exquisitely crafted restaurant cum lounge with superb interiors.
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Will is crawling!!
Ellie is a dancing princess!!
Ellie is 3~ yeah!!
Disneyland!! We took Ellie to a special lunch with Snow White, Ariel, Aurora, Belle and Cinderella. Little girl heaven! It so much fun. She really thought they were the real thing. I hope it will be something she remembers in a special way as she gets older. All of the princess' were very sweet except for Ariel. She was a bit pushy with the picture taking. I always liked her until now:)
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|URI (zitierfähiger Link):
|Bausch, Elena; Kohlhof, Hella; Hamm, Svetlana; Krauss, Rolf; Baumgartner, Roland; Sironi, Lucia
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|PLoS ONE ; 8 (2013), 11. - e79594. - eISSN 1932-6203
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|DOI (zitierfähiger Link):
Microtubule inhibitors are invaluable tools in cancer chemotherapy: taxanes and vinca alkaloids have been successfully used in the clinic over the past thirty years against a broad range of tumors. However, two factors have limited the effectiveness of microtubule inhibitors: toxicity and resistance. In particular, the latter is highly unpredictable, variable from patient to patient and is believed to be the cause of treatment failure in most cases of metastatic cancers. For these reasons, there is an increasing demand for new microtubule inhibitors that can overcome resistance mechanisms and that, at the same time, have reduced side effects. Here we present a novel microtubule inhibitor, 4SC-207, which shows strong anti-proliferative activity in a large panel of tumor cell lines with an average GI50 of 11nM. In particular, 4SC-207 is active in multi-drug resistant cell lines, such as HCT-15 and ACHN, suggesting that it is a poor substrate for drug efflux pumps. 4SC-207 inhibits microtubule growth in vitro and in vivo and promotes, in a dose dependent manner, a mitotic delay/arrest, followed by apoptosis or aberrant divisions due to chromosome alignment defects and formation of multi-polar spindles. Furthermore, preliminary data from preclinical studies suggest low propensity towards bone marrow toxicities at concentrations that inhibit tumor growth in paclitaxel-resistant xenograft models. In summary, our results suggest that 4SC-207 may be a potential anti-cancer agent.
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|570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie
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BAUSCH, Elena, Hella KOHLHOF, Svetlana HAMM, Rolf KRAUSS, Roland BAUMGARTNER, Lucia SIRONI, 2013. A Novel Microtubule Inhibitor 4SC-207 with Anti-Proliferative Activity in Taxane-Resistant Cells. In: PLoS ONE. 8(11), e79594. eISSN 1932-6203. Available under: doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079594
@article{Bausch2013Novel-26342, title={A Novel Microtubule Inhibitor 4SC-207 with Anti-Proliferative Activity in Taxane-Resistant Cells}, year={2013}, doi={10.1371/journal.pone.0079594}, number={11}, volume={8}, journal={PLoS ONE}, author={Bausch, Elena and Kohlhof, Hella and Hamm, Svetlana and Krauss, Rolf and Baumgartner, Roland and Sironi, Lucia}, note={Article Number: e79594} }


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Merry Christmas - Frohe Weihnachten - Feliz Navidad - สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส - រីករាយថ្ងៃបុណ្យណូអែល
It's that time of the year again. For me Christmas is always a slow time of the year. Kind of dead and boring. Here in South East Asia at least we have good weather so I often forget it's Winter, let alone Christmas. Sure, a stroll through the Christkindl Market in Vienna would be nice. The sound of snow being crushed as you walk along amazing architecture and smell wood burning. Or some downhill skiing in Canada in the Alberta Rocky Mountains. I still prefer to stay warm.
The next week or two will likely be slow trading days. Sure there might be some activity, but I say turn off your computer, take a break from trading, and do something to recharge your batteries. You'll feel refreshed and alive again when you start trading.
I'm in Cambodia for Christmas and New Years. A long overdue trip. I'm meeting a friend and look forward to a couple weeks of playing tourist and to have a look at a potential new home. Cambodia's visa laws and quiet athmosphere (in my opinion, what I expected Thailand to be like), make it very attractive to expats and digital nomads. Perhaps a new home base for me. It's close to Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, so it presents itself with some great traveling opportunities.
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Dzagiin Jisa Hiid Destination Guide
Explore Dzagiin Jisa Hiid in Mongolia.
Dzagiin Jisa Hiid in the region of Middle Govĭ is a town in Mongolia - some 150 mi (or 241 km) South of Ulan Bator, the country's capital city.
Current time in Dzagiin Jisa Hiid is now 04:34 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named "Asia / Ulaanbaatar" with an UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Ulan Bator, Naran Hiid, Darhan, Dalandzadgad, Saynshand or Bulgan. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Mandalgovi, Mandal and Dzagiin Jisa Hiid. We encountered some videos in the web. Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation.
Weather Conditions Today & Next Days Forecast
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Wednesday, 23rd of January 2019Few clouds, gentle breeze.
Day: -8°C (17 °F)
Night: -14°C (7 °F)
Thursday, 24th of January 2019Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Day: -8°C (18 °F)
Night: -19°C (-3 °F)
Friday, 25th of January 2019Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Day: -7°C (19 °F)
Night: -20°C (-5 °F)
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Interesting facts about this location
Mandalgovi (Mongolian: Мандалговь; ᠮᠠᠨᠳᠠᠯᠭᠣᠪᠢ; also Mandalgov' or Mandalgobi) is the capital of the Dundgovi Province of Mongolia, about 300 km south of Ulan Bator on the border of the Gobi Desert. It has 10,506 inhabitants (2005), 10,299 (2007).
Located at 45.78, 106.25 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 1 mi away.
Saintsagaan, Dundgovi
Saintsagaan (Mongolian: Сайнцагаан, Good white) is a sum (district) of Dundgovi Province in southern Mongolia. Saintsagaan sum center is Dundgovi Province capital Mandalgovi, which is a part of sum.
Located at 45.78, 106.25 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 1 mi away.
Mandalgovi Airport
Mandalgovi Airport is a public airport located in Mandalgovi, the capital of the Dundgovi Province in Mongolia.
Located at 45.78, 106.25 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 2 mi away.
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Saturday, September 10, 2011
House Mouse...
I was preparing a crock pot of baked beans this morning (aren't I just so domestic) This was after my early morning foray to the Farmer's Market, where I picked up some locally grown fruits and veggies. While I was getting the ingredients together I noticed that my dog was having a fit in the dining room. Since we spotted a small garden snake in the girls closet yesterday (we couldn't corner him at all and he's disappeared until another time) I kind of thought that's what the dog was upset about. So I told my hubby and he got our high powered flashlight and started looking. It became obvious that the critter was behind our hutch, which would have to be moved away from the wall to be checked out. Low and behold, there, crouching under the hutch was this little mouse. My daring and dashing hubby decided that he should be captured live and let go outside.
When he tried to corner him the little munchkin ran a hundred yard dash lightning fast and ended up on the top of one of our dining room chairs. He eased himself across the rungs of the chair to perch on the top. He was so delighted to stay still and pose for a couple of pictures!
Here he is crossing the bar....
I came, I saw, I conquered...
After his wild flight and skill testing climb he decided to just rest for a few minutes to catch his breath...
Well, hubby went out to the garage and got his big heavy work gloves on and actually managed to catch the blighter and put him in a box for removal. At that point we told the children we had captured a mouse and they got to see him in the box.
We held the box open in our field and fast and lightening he was gone over a pile of bricks and away. The kids were afraid he was going to run back out of the bricks and backed up warily.
So how has your Saturday been so far? Gosh I wonder WHERE that little snake is???
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so glad you didn't kill the poor thing and set him free it is a great story and what great pics tooReplyDelete
Ummmmmmmm, maybe you should consider building an Ark, Barb! He is such a cute little rodent! Your photos are fantastic. Love the story. As for the snake, maybe he found his way out the way he came in, LOL.ReplyDelete
So sweetie, i must smile at you foto's and the story is gorgeous hihi.ReplyDelete
Hugs Astrid
When I read just the title of your posting I thought you had made a card with the image of a House Mouse stamp...LOL.ReplyDelete
Hope you're feeling better.
Hello Barb! I thought the same as Norma I was expecting a card with house mouse! LOL. This cute little thing... however, I can understand why it is not welcomed in the house. Gosh... is it full moon that is attracting "critters"? I had a skunk in my front yard, righ under the window where I work... I won't talk about the smell. Then, I went in the back cause the dog was kind of upset... what do you know 3 racoons... ouf. It was my lucky night.ReplyDelete
Hi Barb!ReplyDelete
I hope you re lot better today. Not nice having a flu.
what a cute little mouse. I love the photo's.
Now snakes...yes I have had one of those inside. My brave hubby removed it for me. It wasn't venemous thank goodness.
Hugs Maz
This might be my favorite post of yours ever!! What a cute little critter!!! Thank you for the pics and for sparing his life!!!ReplyDelete
I thought it would be a House Mouse Card too! This is so cute Barb and you know how I like mice!!!ReplyDelete
Okay, okay... how nice of you to spare his little life, HOWEVER!!! I would NOT have been so nice about the snake... little critter or not... I am TERRIFIED of them and couldn't have rested until it was found and disposed of!! You are waaayyyy too nice!!Haahahaah!!!! But I am serious about the snake..... :o)ReplyDelete
Mice, snakes, well glad its not fires.. so glad you are feeling better or are you?? at least you all have a sense of humor.. I would be on top of the table screaming at the top of my lungs... In Spain I had a mouse in my house and a friend (pregnant) had to come over and use the vaccum to get the mouse sucked up.. we put tape on the end of the vaccum and took the mouse to the hospital where my huspand was on duty and he let it go.. end of story .. no more mouse... I am deathly afraid of anything except cats and some little dogs.. LOLReplyDelete
Hugs, Jean
ewwwww....So glad he visited you instead of me. And he is too, as he would not have suffered such a good outcome at my house. Gives me the creepy crawlies just looking at the little bugger! LOL!ReplyDelete
Love and hugs!
Oh Barb! At least rodents are cute...certainly cuter than snakes! ewwwwwww! hehehe! Your story cracked me up! How were the beans?! Hugs. PatReplyDelete


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The classic Electronic Arts saga, Madden NFL 18, hit stores, and 4K and HDR support will come later with an update. The creative director of Madden NFL 18 has wanted to point out that it is possible that a future patch that includes these and other improvements besides those mentioned, also comments its impressions as far as the 4K that presumes Xbox One X.
Madden NFL 18 shows the Frostbite engine of which so many games of Electronic Arts show, in this delivery is added a new story mode as they did in FIFA 17 in this case called Longshot that will put us in the shoes of Devin Wade, a university who tries to enter the NFL Draft through the regional team.
A new part of the American football simulator moves to a new level of graphics, thanks to the power of the engine Frostbite. Now you can fully appreciate the detailed stadiums and urban landscapes. In addition to improved graphics, this part will offer a cinematic storyline of a budding football player named Devin Wade.
The five-time Super Bowl champion, four-time Super Bowl MVP, two-time NFL MVP, 12-odd pro-bowler and quarterback of the New England Patriots Tom Brady displayed on the cover of football simulation "Madden NFL 18".
"Madden NFL 18" was released on 25th August 2017 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. If you want more updates, please keep eyes on madden-store.com which is the most reliable online game store to offer amounts of cheap Madden 18 Coins online.


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Dollar preference
Several Central European countries have reaffirmed their preference for the US dollar market in 2011 with Hungary, Croatia and Lithuania all taking advantage of American investors' almost insatiable appetite for EM sovereign risk. In stark contrast the shallower euro market continues to struggle as the EU debt crisis deepens. John Weavers reports.
To view the digital version of this report, please click here.
Emerging Europe's traditional enthusiasm for all things EU convergent – including the euro-denominated bond market to meet its hard currency funding requirements – has been undermined in recent years. Peripheral EU countries' ongoing fiscal struggles have convinced government officials in Budapest, Vilnius and Zagreb that dollar issuance now represents the smoothest and most cost effective means of raising money in the international market place.
This year the Republic of Lithuania (Baa1/BBB/BBB) led the way on March 2 when it secured an astonishing US$5.25bn order book for an upsized US$750m 10-year Reg S/144a which priced at 6.375%. This – the Republic's fourth successive dollar issuance – completed the country's 2011 funding requirement in one fell swoop. Earlier Slovenian and Polish euro deals had struggled for traction as the traditionally strong German bid softened, which Nick Darrant, head of CEEMEA syndicate at joint bookrunner BNP Paribas, sighted at the time as the reason it had opted to go the dollar route.
"It made perfect sense for Lithuania to again access the deeper and more liquid dollar market, which is extremely receptive to Eastern European sovereigns, especially in the red hot 10-year part of the curve," he said.
Deeper, cheaper
As an EU member state, Lithuania had a general preference for euro issuance, said Stefan Weiler, executive director at fellow arranger JP Morgan, "but the dollar market is deeper and less expensive and ultimately it is price and size that counts."
Croatia followed two weeks later when it raised US$1.5bn from its third Reg S/144a 10-year issuance within 18 months as US investors took another 50% plus allocation (58%). The Republic (Baa3/BBB-/BBB-) priced the new 6.375% 2021s at 98.250 for a yield of 6.607%, 330bp wide of Treasuries, in a transaction arranged by Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan.
Weiler offered two main reasons for the success of Croatia dollar deals: "There is an obvious scarcity and diversity element because Croatia represents a very small part of the EMBI+ compared with Brazil, Mexico and Turkey etc," he said. "Secondly, inflows into EM are rising just as the EMBI+ debt stock is decreasing and the primary market represents a rare and attractive opportunity to put money to work in EM sovereigns."
The Republic of Hungary (Baa3/BBB-/BBB-) hit the headlines for all the right reasons on March 24 with the largest deal to date from a CEE issuer. Making huge inroads into its €4bn (US$5.68bn) 2011 Eurobond target Hungary printed a US$3.75bn dual tranche, 10 and 30-year SEC-registered Global transaction.
Orders totalled an extraordinary US$11bn for the 2021s and US$3bn for the 2041s which enabled the leads to price the new 6.375% 2021s and 7.625% 2041s at 15bp inside guidance, or Treasuries plus 310bp and 330bp. US investors were once again at the forefront in terms of allocation as they received 68% of the 10-year and 58% of the longer-dated offering.
Two weeks later the Republic tapped the 2041s by US$500m to take its issue size up to US$1.25bn.
The dollar market has long been the first port of call for former Soviet nations and 2011 has been no exception. Belarus (B1/B+/NR) raised US$800m from its second ever Eurobond, an 8.95% seven-year, on January 19. Ukraine (B2/B/B) followed four weeks later with a US$1.5bn 7.95% 10-year while Georgia (Ba3/B+/B+) debuted via with a 6.875% US$500m 10-year on April 12.
Meanwhile Turkey (Ba2/BB/BB+) has hardened its dollar preference just as its EU enthusiasm wavers with April 2010's €1.5bn 10-year offering representing Ankara's first euro offering in three years.
The euro market is not being completely ignored, however. Hungarian officials meeting European fund managers in the middle of April to discuss a potential euro deal to take out the remainder of its 2011 Eurobond target, a transaction that could take place before the summer.
Montenegro(Ba3/BB/NR) did manage to raise €180m from a 7.25% five-year Reg S only transaction in April but specific factors were at work here, in particular the euro's legal tender status in Montenegro.
Overall, supply and demand factors have undermined the fortunes of euro paper, giving it supplementary rather than a priority status for emerging European sovereigns seeking to raise funds internationally in the smoothest and cheapest way.


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The claim: Oahu, 12,191
What it really is: West Loch was the site of a disaster that occurred on May 21, 1944, and kill 163. The exact cause of the explosion that caused the disaster remains unknown to this day.
Most wreckage has since been removed and salvaged, but LST-480 still remains. A memorial is also located at the site as well.


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I did college a little backwards when I attended. I never got the dorm experience because when I enrolled I was already married and I had already spawned. Non-trads R us. Most dorms don't let you move in your husband and your potty training toddler. They don't match well with the beer fridge or the old twister mat used as a room divider. My freshman year included the impressive feat of being able to live off campus in an apartment with a private shower.
I did get asked out a lot in college though. I'm convinced that when I had to decline offers, anywhere as benign as coffee to as lurid as backseats, that I did so in such a way that my suitors were impressed with my aura of academia. Dude, I'm non-traditional. Check out my stretch marks. Yes, I know I put out once but that doesn't increase your odds.
My dorm experiences thus far have been limited to dropping off my husband to a four week college class in Elko yesterday. He's being comped fine campus accommodations in between semesters. The room was clean, the bed was comfortable, and the penis and balls drawn on the outside of the door in magic marker had been nearly cleaned off completely.
It was not my comprehensive off campus college education which provided me with the ability to see this faint work of art when my husband and teenaged son bypassed it completely. I've always had that talent. Put that on my resume'.
I even got to check out the men's showers in these dorms. They were clean and shower puffs were neatly lined on nearby shelves. The showers were the only place to fill up the bathroom garbage can full of water so I could rinse off the sidewalk where my carsick middle son puked.
Now it dawns on me. Clean male dorms, clean showers, shower puffs, and a penis and balls drawn on the door...I've left my husband at an audition for Glee Club instead of a six credit hour writing seminar. Fabulous.
When you're a jet you're a jet all the way...
Even more suspect. My husband has grown a full beard and hasn't manscaped in ages. Uh. Oh.
It's worrisome but I'm sure he'll find it all a learning experience. We have phones that text now. He can keep me updated.
On the way out of Elko we parked next to the slick and shiny tour bus of a lady politician running for some sort of federal level office. I'm not naming names here. All I know is that I didn't know who in the hell she was because these kinds of politicians, who are supposed to be representing me, don't ever campaign in my town in their 500K travelling dorms.
For that reason alone I considered drawing a faint penis and balls next to the "trust me" pose of herself in her pantsuit on the side of her bus. Right near her head. You know.
She doesn't support same sex marriage. I looked it up.
Non-trad R that.
Monday, June 07, 2010
The Order of Balls and Shaft
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Becky, your stories are the best, I tell ya!ReplyDelete
Gee, I knew that Justin wrote poetry but I didn't know that he was interested in singing in a glee club. See what all one can learn from reading your blog?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/09/2010 2:13 PM
Too bad u didnt draw on that bus ;) It was likely well guarded, right!ReplyDelete
Since the dorm was clean are u sure its wasnt a female dorm?
Enjoy your time alone with your sons or maybe u can send them off to the neighbours to play.
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Let them come to New York, stand on the shore of the Hudson, look and kneel. When I see the city from my window – no, I don't feel how small I am – but I feel that if a war came to threaten this, I would throw myself into space, over the city, and protect these buildings with my body.
― Ayn Rand
A bold orange sun breaks through the early morning cracks as the first planes since Hurricane Sandy begin to ease in and out of the city. The Queensboro hums again. I watch from my window as commuters walk, bike and ride (three to a vehicle for now) into Manhattan. The usual hubbub of people running to catch the subway or tram rushes past my building. I catch glimpses of small talk and kisses goodbye. All of these noises, nuances, that touch most of my days without so much as a passing glance, grab my attention. I lean back, listen to the familiar sounds and feel a sense of normalcy wash over me. It feels good.
My heart goes out to all of those who lost during this hurricane. Whether it was the loss of power, irreplaceable photos or cars and homes, I understand. Things will return to normal, although it may be a new kind of normal. Life will go on. Time will refuse to stand still. Those around you—family, friends, neighbors, and even strangers—will help. Let them. Events like this bring with them a renewed sense of community, and it's priceless.
I'm no stranger to hurricanes or tragedy. I survived Hurricane Hugo in '89 while living in Myrtle Beach—driving into the night because of a last minute emergency evacuation, dodging falling trees and debris. In Orlando, a succession of hurricanes with unassuming names like Charley and Frances devoured Florida. We had major leaks but no real damage, and I considered myself lucky. In Atlanta, a house fire destroyed everything. And finally a major robbery in North Carolina stole my spirit for a long time as I lost childhood memories, electronics, and everything in between. It's hard to lose like that . . . It's hard to lose.
But remember to pay attention to the things we gain. Just yesterday, our building provided a breakfast in the lobby for all the residents and the staff, a staff that worked tirelessly for 3 days without ever leaving the building. It was a welcomed bright way to start the day and a gesture that makes our place a home rather than just another apartment building. Our local shops, like Starbucks, Riverwalk Bar & Grill, Fuji, and Duane Reade opened early to make sure residents could stock up on supplies and grab a meal. We heard stories of staff figuring out creative ways to make it in to help. And we talked to neighbors who had lost power but not their sense of humor and gratitude.
Later in the evening, tiny trick-or-treaters sputtered down the hallways, laughing and celebrating. Outside neighbors leisurely walked their dogs while dots of vibrant yellow scattered the streets as cabs resumed their major role in New York City civilization.
Yes, this morning planes are back in the air, many of the subways back on track and businesses gently reopen their doors. The sun is shining, albeit through a few clouds. The city is noisy once again. And if we look close enough we all witness New York shaking off the hurricane residue, resilient as ever. And all at once you just know, things will be okay.


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This was a fascinating look into the world of national surveillance programs, most pointedly at the NSA, in which Edward Snowden played a huge part in exposing for the American population in the world to see.
No matter what your political affiliations, or what you feel about Edward Snowden (American traitor vs American hero), this was still a very interesting read and the author, Glenn Greenwald, did a great job in keeping tabs on Edward Snowden, and having the opportunity to interview him up close and personal and tell his story.
Greenwald fit all of the pieces together, in recounting his high-intensity 10 day trip to Hong Kong (to meet with Edward Snowden) into telling this riveting account of Edward Snowden becoming a man without a country and having to live with his own conscience and personal sacrifices for doing what he did.
No matter what part of the political divide you fall on, it's still within your rights to at least know how the American government in particular, is keeping tabs on you, your neighbors, neighborhood and community.
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Anyway, I sent this photo (and the link to the Bako image) off to Dr. Richard Thorington, senior author of the excellent Squirrels of the World, to see if he could help out. He replied, in part: "Though it is hard to rely on photographs, this animal does seem to resemble Callosciurus nigrovittatus more than any other species. On page 144 of Squirrels of the World I describe the subspecies C. n. klossi, which is found on "Saddle Island, west of Kalimantan (Indonesia)." It is described as "blue-bellied", similar to C. orestes, but not as highly colored and lacking a pale patch behind the ear. Your photograph, and the one taken near Kuching, may indicate that the range for nigrovittatus is more extensive than we show."
I therefore sent it on to Quentin Phillipps, who is currently preparing a new guide to the mammals of Borneo. Quentin commented: "I suspect that the Bako squirrel could just be a pale C. notatus whereas you have got a relict C. nigrovittatus which has hung on in the hills of western Sarawak. Once I have checked the museum skins I will let you know what I think. Very interesting indeed if something like this has been missed all these years."
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Glamor is part of the feminine feature and I believe that every women should be at their best and feel confident and beautiful. Getting older doesn't mean to forget about beauty, but instead embrace the change and appreciate the maturity of our being, that's my motto:). As a photographer my work is to bring the inner beauty out, and show how woman of any age are beautiful. I did some self portrait using a Lensbaby pinhole optic, this make the image very soft, charming for all age, no prejudice just beauty. It's not sharp that why the result is so romantic.
The way I did it, I put my Canon 5D Mrkiii on a tripod, attached the Lensbaby composer lens with pinhole optic, adjust the exposure did some test to get the best one, no need to touch the focus with this optic, and start shooting. On post production I used Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 great for B&W, used preset #34 adjusted to my liking to get that vantage look.
Second one still using a remote, exposure 5 sec. ISO 400.
Third one exposure 6 sec. ISO 800.
Lensbaby optics are great for glamor, most of the optic focus manually and are difficult to use for self portrait at the exception of the pinhole.


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The kickoff to the holiday shopping season is a now a five-day affair of discounts and perks — and nicknames, stretching through Black Friday into Small Business Saturday and finishing on Cyber Monday. Black Friday was second to Cyber Monday for online shoppers, with 66 million, according to the retail federation.
E-commerce's unrelenting march toward domination of the retail industry accelerated during the Thanksgiving holiday, as Americans spent billions more shopping online than they did last year.
Crowds still flocked to stores to scoop up deals on televisions, toys and clothing. But the big driver of America's five-day shopping spree that starts on Thanksgiving was the mobile phone, not the mall.
Americans spent $19.62 billion shopping online over the five days, about $2.6 billion more than they spent during the same period last year, according to Adobe Analytics, which has tracked online shopping for years. .
While the shift away from stores has been happening for years, the evolution continues to accelerate. About 81 million people shopped online on Monday, a day of big internet sales known as Cyber Monday, according to the National Retail Federation.
Brick-and-mortar retailers were aided over the five days by good weather across much of the country and strength in the economy, including low unemployment and a rising stock market.
The federation said an estimated 174 million people went shopping over the Thanksgiving holiday, about 10 million more than it had forecast. The trade group said Tuesday that the shopping data reaffirmed its earlier prediction that total sales this holiday season would increase by as much as 4 percent over last year.
"We are certainly encouraged that we are starting off from a period of strength," Matthew Shay, the president of the National Retail Federation, said in a call with reporters. "It bodes well for the rest of the year."
Older millennials (ages 25 to 34) were the biggest spenders, with an average output of $419.52, the federation said.
The retail federation said about 58 million consumers shopped online only, while 51 million shopped only in stores. Roughly 64 million shopped in both stores and online.


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Nebraska's economic numbers for February showed solid growth for the second consecutive month, according to a survey from Creighton University.
Business leaders and supply managers across the Midwest are polled on conditions monthly and Creighton economist Ernie Goss says the February report finds the prolonged winter and frigid temperatures hurt business regionwide.
"The overall index was down slightly and a lot of it has to do with the weather," Goss says. "Obviously, the weather across the nation is having an impact. Fully one-third of the businesses that we survey reported negative impacts on their sales for the month of February that came from the weather."
On the plus side, Goss is predicting job gains for the first half of 2014 both for Nebraska and the region.
"The employment numbers were good," Goss says. "The numbers were in the growth range. We're seeing jobs added in manufacturing, particularly in durable goods. We're seeing jobs added in business services and that's a real good thing."
For rural farming states like Nebraska, Goss notes the ag economy is still limping along.
"Agriculture, a little bit weaker, businesses tied to agriculture, not as strong," Goss says. "Some of those businesses by selling internationally are overcoming some of that. Our export number for the month of February was very strong and that's good news particularly for agriculture, particularly for manufacturing."
The Creighton report shows strong growth for durable goods manufacturers, including metal manufacturers in Nebraska. Even as domestic sales of ag equipment cooled, Goss says international sales of farm and earth-moving equipment have boosted business activity for ag equipment manufacturers in the state.
Also, food processors in the Husker State are experiencing healthy growth, according to Goss.


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It's only taken about seven years, but the Flaming Lips' movie Christmas on Mars is finally here. Wayne Coyne's labor of love, which follows a colony of Mars settlers as they attempt to celebrate Christmas on the red planet, is due to get its first theatrical screenings in September. The plot is strung around Major Syrtis (played by Steven Drozd), who suffers from hallucinations about the birth of a baby during a major malfunction at the station. Coyne himself appears as a benevolent green alien who decides to help the crew.
Christmas on Mars was shown at a few festivals this summer but hits indoor screens for the first time in New York City. In true Lips tradition, these are no ordinary screenings. The band has hired the Kraine Theater of the KGB Complex on East Fourth Street in Manhattan to show the film, and a specially designed sound system will be installed. Fans who want to witness Coyne's opus can buy tickets here and the screenings begin on September 12. I wonder how many people will make the 7am showings? [Brooklyn Vegan]


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the sky has been grey all day. no worries though. my bike is reflective from every angle. thanks to my schwalbe tires and arkel bags. the mist is perfectly tolerable. lets hope it doesnt rain tomorrow. sorry, but thats about all I have to say. the weather has a profound effect on my mood.
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Feb 21 2010
First 2010 Training Walk
Well I started training earlier this year than I did the last two years. It was so nice today I had to get out and get my first training walk in. We don't get many 40 degree days in February so I had to take advantage of it. It was 39 and Sunny at 3:00 in the afternoon so I got out my walking shoes, fanny pack, and pedometer and hit the road. I ended up doing just under 5 miles and felt really good. It was nice to get out and try out my new walking shoes too. The Keens that I have worn the last two years are getting a litlte worn out so I got new shoes for this year. I got a pair of New Balance MW1200's. These shoes are very light and breathe well so that may help me avoid getting blisters this year. The biggest issue I had with these new shoes is they breath well and that is a bit chilly this time of year.


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A reedy Pandanus, native to swamp forest on Borneo, with slender trunks and narrow leaves. The infructescence is bright red and shaped like a spiky ball. It could make a pretty ornamental for the tropics that will grow on wet soils.
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