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July 16, 2014
Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D., is the vice president and chief medical officer of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care. He is also an adjunct professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. Dr. Young cares for people living with HIV at APEX Family Medicine in Denver, Colorado.
Last year, like many others in the HIV community, I was thrilled to learn that a little girl born in Mississippi with HIV may have been cured of HIV infection by the early initiation of antiretroviral treatment. I thought that we were on the cusp of a monumental public policy and humanitarian advance -- not one that required experimental space-age treatments, but one achievable today with the very antiretroviral tools we already have. The enthusiasm that Ms. Mississippi's story generated demonstrates just how urgently we all desire a HIV cure, even if not for all adults, at least for the babies born to HIV-infected mothers. The community cared about her story, and the media cared about her story. Her story was on the front page of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal alike.
We could cure many of the 300,000 infants born with HIV infection every year. We could eliminate pediatric HIV. Can you imagine it? I did. It wasn't difficult.
Disappointedly, this past week, we learned that the virus, once gone from her bloodstream without antiretroviral treatment, has now returned. She's not cured. She's another HIV-infected child whose health was failed by the weaknesses in our community and health care systems.
It's time to recalibrate. We must go back to the lessons of the recent past to reinvigorate our goals for the future.
We've known for years that testing pregnant women for HIV and by providing antiretroviral treatment (even old antiretroviral treatments) can prevent mother-to-child transmission. Yet, here in the U.S., 20% of positive people don't know their status and another 20% of people who know their status won't seek medical care within the first year of their diagnosis. Around the world, hundreds of thousands of babies will be born this year with HIV. Hundreds of thousands of families will be affected by HIV.
So, where do we go from here?
Unless we actively insist on doing better, ending pediatric HIV won't happen.
Ending pediatric HIV actually doesn't require Ms. Mississippi to be cured of her HIV. Ending pediatric HIV/AIDS is possible, but requires that we demand that it happen. It requires a renewed commitment to do the things we already know how to do, with the tools that we already have. It requires that pregnant women receive care in well-funded care facilities, with access to nonjudgmental care, adequate diagnostic tools, medications and well-trained medical care providers.
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the firsts go on forever - a huggies post
From the first little twitch in your tummy, to the first time you look into his eyes, to the fist time you take him home, to the first time you leave him with a babysitter...once you have a baby, the firsts go on forever.
Before I had the boys, I felt like their life of "firsts" would be wrapped up in their first year or so. If you think about all the "big" things like teeth, and walking and laughing and the first smile, you think about a little bitty baby, fresh and new. And it's kind of true...except not really.
What no one ever tells you is that the "firsts" go on forever. You go on from teeth and smiles to the first time they say "I love you" and the first time they can spell their name. There's the tough ones like the first time you leave them with a sitter or the first time you drop them off at school. There's the first time they ride a bike without training wheels and the first time they can read on their own.
The firsts go on forever. The best part, the very best part, is that each first feels as good as the first one. The joy you have when that baby smiles at you is only paralleled by the next first and it doesn't matter if they're one or three or six. They all bring a mother's heart to bursting joy.
I have a feeling that I'll be enjoying the firsts of my boys for as long as I live...first college application, first love, first baby, so many things to look forward to living and experiencing as a mother.
And even though the passing of each stage brings grief that it's over, the constant of new and first comes with a steady flow as well, and mothers can take comfort in that.
Check out the Huggies Mommy Answers Facebook app and find more posts from bloggers sharing their experiences of motherhood on the Huggies page on BlogHer.com.
more elf...
(Psst--all I did was unwrap regular sized ones, cut the foil down to fourths, cut the streamer down to size and wrapped up some chocolate chips!).
The boys got a huge kick out of it! Have fun!
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Are you "elfing" this year?
babies aren't pets. a huggies post.
I've been asked by BlogHer and Huggies to take some walks down memory lane and explore some (what I think will be) FUN subjects about babies and having them and getting ready for them and all the fun stuff that goes with THEM! I volunteered for this series for selfish reasons. I think it will be a great way to document some thoughts and feelings that maybe I haven't before but should have. I hope you will enjoy them, too!
Can we have an honest discussion about something? I'm going to share with you one of my biggest pet peeves and you have to promise not to judge me. This is a view I've always held, even before kids, and it cemented with having kids.
Are you ready to hear it? Don't judge me OK? Ok.
Having pets is not the same as having children nor does it really prepare you for having kids.
There. I said it. I've had pets and I've had kids; the two are vastly different. I've had pregnant people, in all seriousness tell me, "Thank goodness for my pets. I'm so ready for kids because of them". Then I laugh a little on the inside. Pets and kids are not the same.
For instance, I can't leave my kids for the weekend with fresh liter and a huge supply of food and water and know they will be fine.
I can't leave my kids in a crate for a few hours while I run errands, though it has crossed my mind.
I can't take my kids to a kennel when I want to go on vacation. I can't train them to go potty outside from day one. I can't put them outside for the night. I can't feed my kids the same thing every day. I can't leave them with others for the weekend while I go out of town. Pets are pretty much independent, kids the polar opposite.
Kids and pets are not the same. Sometimes they don't even work well together. Sometimes they do, but sometimes they don't.
That was the case for us. When we had Moses, we had two cats, Peanut and Poofy. Peanut began a pee spree through the house when Moses came home. She peed in the bathroom sink on a regular basis. She had to be escorted to a new home. Poofy ran away the first chance he got.
We did all the things we could to help our pets (who are not kids) get used to our new tenant and it didn't work out for us.
I know that there are many who make the two work well together; we just weren't one of those families. I'm not sure what we did, or didn't do that would have worked better.
Overall, just know that having pets in no way prepares you for kids no matter what anyone tells you.
Check out the Huggies Mommy Answers Facebook app and find more posts from bloggers sharing their experiences of motherhood on the Huggies page on BlogHer.com.
20 minute crafter - make a giant star for less than $5!
Daisys and Dots.
We took this one to friends as a gift and they immediately hung it on their house!
20 minute crafter - Quick and Inexpensive Christmas Advent
a frame
a clothes pin
numbers 1-25 (I bought these at Michael's but there are gobs on Etsy as well)
a background paper
hot glue
*extra is washi tape or paint
Ready for how difficult this is?
Go make one...I bet you can find almost everything you need right at home. :)
Have fun!
Martha, Staples and win $100!
Maybe it's the potential for organization that does it ... an organized home always makes me feel at ease. Recently Martha Stewart Home Office™ with Avery™ sent me a box of heaven. It was all so pretty to see, simmering in the box with efficient, organizing potential.
I unpacked it and looked at all week, trying to figure out just how to make the most of it. They included pads of pretty paper, desktop organization, labels, a journal and so much more. I'd be happy to simply gaze at it all in its packaging ...
And my favorite item ... and the one I just can't decide the best place to use yet: little Chalkboard Labels in various shapes and sizes. Maybe I'll add them to my canisters in the kitchen? Or as a little reminder notice by the back door? Or put one on the boys lunch box to leave a little love note during the school day? I may even put them to use on jars to give gifts to friends and neighbors for Christmas.
You can find all of these and more here at Staples (and can buy on-line with the exception of the holiday items which are only in-store). You can browse at the Avery site and like them on Facebook!
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learn the swaddle - a huggies post
Oh the swaddle. The wonderful, wonderful swaddle. My very favorite trick for getting a newborn to conk right out. The swaddle should be your first and last trick up your sleeve.
I tell ya, I've lost count of the number of times I've started to swaddle a baby, mid-cry, only to have them pass right out before I can get the last flap tucked in.
I've yet to meet a baby that doesn't respond immediately to the swaddle. If you have one of those babies who don't like it, bless your heart, I hope you have another trick that works just as well.
Some hints that might help you become a champion swaddler, which to some of your friends could be equal to the star of the party depending on how sleep deprived they are:
You want a blanket with some stretch to it. I've found that those waffle weave, thermal blankets work the best. You can see what I'm talking about in the photo above...Moses has a blue version of this same blanket...the best for swaddling.
Stay away from pre-made swaddlers. I tried a few varieties and they never worked as well as my trusty yellow (or blue) blanket. This may sound terrible, but they just didn't get tight enough and the key to a good swaddle is to get it nice and tight.
Start with a blanket laid out flat on the floor. Fold one corner down about a third or so of the way. Lay baby in the center with the top of his shoulders just above the fold.
Tuck one arm down by his side and fold that corner of the blanket over his body and tuck snugly under the opposite side of his body. You want to make it nice and tight...like a good burrito.
Fold the bottom corner up. Tuck the opposite arm in on his side and wrap the blanket (about here they should conk out) around and tuck in behind.
It's important for it to be tight to be good; a loose swaddle is as worthless as wet toilet paper.
And that's it! I hope it proves to be as useful to you as it has been to me. Was the swaddle as good for you?
Check out the Huggies Mommy Answers Facebook app and find more posts from bloggers sharing their experiences of motherhood on the Huggies page on BlogHer.com.
heavy hearted.
Often I pray "break my heart for what breaks yours". I want to be compassionate and sensitive to the needs of the world around me. Sometimes the breaking is more than I can handle.
I want to be a tool used by God to spread his love. I want love, above all else, to be the thing that people most associate with me.
But can I let you in on something? I am still learning how to be loving, yet boldly standing in the truth, uncompromising in the things God has set forth for our lives.
God is very clear on, well, all things. I believe that there is no area that God leaves grey in his word. He puts in place standards and rules for life to gently guide us in the way we are to go.
If that were the only factor to wrestle with, how easy would our lives as Christ lovers be? So easy. Go on with life, ask God's response to all we do, act accordingly, go on with life.
It would be so easy.
So easy.
But life on this Earth is not easy. Never. We have God's word, at least there is that constant. What makes the water muddy are those who work and try to bend the rules to suit their whims, setting new and better standards for what is best, sometimes on a seemingly daily basis.
What makes the water muddy is being immersed in a society that is forever pushing the envelope of what is acceptable or OK. What is OK today becomes barbaric tomorrow. These societal standards, set to make people the most "happy", to be a convenience to their whims, to help everyone to feel accepted no matter how steep their sin, to make people the most comfortable, to do what we like best, is killing our country.
The ironic part is that God's standards never change. He never shifts to suit our mood. He is constant and always. His dependability is amazing.
How to be a light in this world as I struggle with my own sin? It's the biggest breaking I am blessed with. I don't long to be comfortable in a world that says I'm entitled to it, rather, being comfortable makes me uneasy because sin makes you comfortable. I long instead, to be firmly planted in the Truth. I long to be unwavering in standards, I long to extend love always yet remain planted in truth.
I can feel the walk narrowing around me. Standing by God's word is becoming abnormal in a country once based on it. Christian churches are cowering from the truth to get bigger numbers. Filling people with a false sense of OK that fades easily on a Monday morning. Fewer and fewer Christian bloggers will speak truth instead of what will get them the most followers.
People cower from calling out sin in the name of not making anyone unhappy with them.
Somehow pleasing each other temporarily has become more important that pleasing the one we will spend eternity with.
I for one, (sometimes painfully if I'm being honest) will struggle to produce truth as I am coming to understand it, no matter who it pleases so long as it pleases the One I will have to present it to in the end.
I will speak the truth in love, even when it hurts because that is what we are called to do. I will not compromise to make friends but I will fight to love all with His eyes.
I know I can't be alone in this struggle. Are there ways you've come to speak truth despite it's pain or unpopularity? How do you struggle with the things that break His heart?
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the best words - a huggies post
I've been asked by BlogHer and Huggies to take some walks down memory lane and explore some (what I think will be) FUN subjects about babies and having them and getting ready for them and all the fun stuff that goes with THEM! I volunteered for this series for selfish reasons. I think it will be a great way to document some thoughts and feelings that maybe I haven't before but should have. I hope you will enjoy them, too!
Sometimes the best help you can get comes in the form of words...they can convey courage, they can encourage and they can build your confidence as a mother and so much more when they come from the right source.
We've talked already about finding a good pediatrician and when you find a good one you can trust, their words can go a long way to calming you, building you up and helping you find your sanity. So far, we've been extremely blessed in the pediatrician department. We've had good listeners, calm doctors and doctors who were more interested in helping us be good parents than hearing themselves talk.
Some of the best advice I've gotten as a parent came from our pediatrician. And it may not be the kind of advice you would think. It's not medical. It's not about runny noses or fevers. It has nothing to do with bodily functions or growth charts. No, my favorite advice had nothing to do with my kids. My favorite advice from our pediatrician was about believing in my instincts as a mother.
My boys have been blessed enough that between the two of them I think they've had about five non-well child visits. They probably only needed three of those. The other two were times where I just needed someone to tell me that it was OK not to be an over worrying mom. That is was OK not to run to the doctor for every sniffle, sneeze or (gasp) fever. I seem to be in the minority when it comes to this subject (of not running to the doctor every five minutes) and I was able to have a very frank discussion with our pediatrician about this.
She took the time to listen and remind me that I know what I'm doing. We went over the only real reasons to run to the doctor, which I was already aware of and she let me know that it was OK to listen to myself! I remember those conversations when my friends who tend to worry more try to push me into running into the doctor.
Constantly pushing your own intuition aside leads to lack of confidence in yourself as a mother and I'm thankful for having a pediatrician who encouraged me to lean and grow into my own intuition as a mother.
How about you? What's the best advice you've ever been given?
Check out the Huggies Mommy Answers Facebook app and find more posts from bloggers sharing their experiences of motherhood on the Huggies page on BlogHer.com.
get that baby to sleep - a huggies post
Oh the baby sleep debate...is there anything baby related that brings up more opinions? It seems that either you are OK with letting a baby cry and make some noise in order to teach them to sleep or you think it's cruel to not run to them immediately the moment they let out a peep.
I'm on the team that believes that no baby ever died of "cry". With both of my boys we used some form of a cry it out method and I can tell you that there have been NO ill side effects. Both boys have been and continue to be GREAT sleepers. They are independent, secure and healthy boys. I would do the same things all over again and I have no regret over not running in to sooth every sound and spend countless hours rocking a baby who should be sleeping in their bed.
With both boys, by 6-8 weeks they were sleeping through the night with only one short interruption to eat during the night. As soon as it was deemed appropriate, pretty early on, we dropped the night feeding to and got back to being a family where we all slept through the night.
I'm also on the team that believes that you teach a baby how to behave. It doesn't take many times of whimpering and mom running in for a baby to know that whimpering gets her some company. We ignored any cry that wasn't pain or hunger while we were teaching our boys good sleep habits. In fact, once we dropped the night feeding my husband and I slept with a box fan in our room so that we only heard the important noises and not all the night sounds.
Here's the short method:
1) Decide the time when your baby seems tired for the night, from that time start about 30 minutes prior with your bed time routine. We always did bath, bottle, in bed (awake!).
2) When you are done with your bedtime routine put baby to bed awake! You don't want to wait until they are crying and fussy from being over tired. Eventually you will learn to see the pre-sleep drama signs and know to start getting ready to bed beforehand. Putting them to bed awake, without a paci or bottle or nursing, will help them learn how to put themselves asleep without depending on anything but themselves.
3) When putting baby to bed make it short and sweet and mean it! With the boys we sang a special song, said goodnight, put them down and left the room immediately. They have to know that you mean business, that it's time for sleep and nothing else.
4) They might cry. It's OK. Moses cried for 30 minutes the first time we did this and Aaron cried for almost an hour. But each night after each of those was amazingly better and by day three for each boy they went to bed and slept through without a peep! Night and day difference.
5) It's important to let them cry. If you go in shortly after they start, they will learn that cry = mom comes and will be losing valuable sleep training. The more you go in, the longer the process will take.
6) Decide when their feedings should be and try to ignore any sounds you hear until then. This gets easier as you lean.
I promise this works. It's worked on my boys, with little effort and I've seen it work with my nephew, too!
And if you choose this method, inevitably, someone will try to convince you that you are doing irreparable damage to your child, just smile and nod and tell them what a good night sleep you got!
Check out the Huggies Mommy Answers Facebook app and find more posts from bloggers sharing their experiences of motherhood on the Huggies page on BlogHer.com.
in the night {an answer to prayer}
I am thrilled to share that I was asked to be a contributing author to Beautifully Rooted and there I will share my story...among other things.
I hope you'll take a look at my first installment...entitled "In the Night". It won't be a pretty road, but it ends in glory.
above all...VOTE.
Elections and politics make my head hurt. The truth is that you don't know the truth about any candidate. They are excellent at pretty words and promises. Personally, there is no earthly man's name that I want to put on a sign and plant in my yard, or cover my bumper with, or give money to or trust with my (or my kids) future, regardless of what party they claim.
Did you know that over 6 billion dollars will be spent on this election before it's all over and done with? SIX BILLION DOLLARS. Imagine all the good that money could do if we relied on facts, history and based our choices off of that and not commercials, spin and propaganda. Imagine the food it could buy, the kids it could clothe and the homes it could build if our world wasn't so screwy.
The election seems less about who will be best for the job and more about who can put on the biggest show and fool the most people.
The party lines are blurry, people flip-flop overnight, they say one thing and mean another, they make promises they can't keep...so what's a voter to do?
Pray. And pray some more. And pray again. Do your own research and pray again. Read and seek out truth and pray. Know that we live in times where the truth is that the world will only get worse until it gets 100% better.
I do believe that God cares about this election, just as he cares for all of the events in our world. I believe that exactly who he wants to be elected, will be. I believe that he calls us to take our right to vote seriously. It's not a frivolous treat, it's a hard earned right to have a say in who God wants to govern our land.
I realize that writing this will open up the doors to criticism but one day my kids will read this and I want them to know that I voted with open eyes, an educated mind and a heart open to doing what God wanted me to do.
So how will I vote? Who will I vote for?
I will vote for the most pro-life candidate, because God hates the shedding of innocent blood (Prov.6:17). I believe that a woman's right to control her body ends where another body begins. Human life should never be disposable.
I will vote for the most pro-debt reduction candidate, because the borrower is servant to the lender (Prov.22:7). If our country can't lead by example what hope do we have for a future?
I will vote for the most pro-work candidate because God says if a man not work, let him not eat. (2Thess.3:10). Teach a man to fish...there is much pride and good to come from a hard days work. Our country is becoming too entitled and demanding in things they haven't earned.
I will vote for the candidate who most closely believes a government's purpose is to reward the good & punish the evil (Romans 13). We should be taking care of each other and not demanding the government to do it for us.
I will vote based as close as I can on God's Word (2Tim.3:16) because in the end I will be answering to Him and no one else.
I will vote knowing that whoever gets elected, God is the one who puts all men in authority (Dan.2:21). There is peace to be found in that no matter what party you place yourself behind.
Above all, I will vote. I will make the sacrifices of those who made it possible for me to do so worth it.
Above all, vote.
And remember, they won't know we are Christians by how we vote but rather how we LOVE, so be kind on election day too!
And remember, they won't know we are Christians by how we vote but rather how we LOVE, so be kind on election day too!
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babies and travel - a huggies post
It's inevitable, unless you're a hermit or everyone you know lives next door to you, that you will have to do some long distance traveling with your new little bundle! While the thought of it can be daunting just remember to breath and start planning as soon as you can! It's never too early to start a list of things you don't want to forget!
When it came to traveling with my little bitty babies, I found that it was better for everyone if we over planned, over packed and yet were prepared to go with the flow.
If you are traveling to someone's home for the first time I would suggest that you bring your own pack and play or bassinet for baby to sleep in. Sometimes just the sight and sound of something familiar to baby helps to continue on your usual routine away from home. And really, you never know what you will find when you get to someones home. For me it was always better just to throw the pack and play in the car with everything else. You know it's clean, safe and up to date!
Pack more diapers, clothes, wipes and food than you think you will need. This will keep you from running to the store for that one thing that you ran out of or from panicking when you run out of clothes. Keep your diaper bag stocked with bum cream, any medication you or your little one may need, a first aid kit, nursing pads, etc. I'd rather carry a little bit of everything than forget something.
Always bring a jacket and long pants. Always. It never fails that the one time I forget or choose not to do it, is when we need them!
And take it from my personal experience, even if a hotel promises you a crib for your room, don't count on it being there. Take the pack and play EVEN if you reserve a hotel crib or in lieu of one anyway.
If you're driving, prepare for extra stops to change and feed. Being able to take your time is a lot easier than having to rush at break neck speeds! Having plenty of time adds to good moods, happy babies and good attitudes!
If you're flying, try to plan fly time during nap time and feed baby as you take off - this can be done with baby in a carrier!
The important thing above all is to relax! Make the travel part of the trip and it becomes a lot more fun. Be prepared for disasters and good times alike!
How about you? What's your best baby travel advice?
Check out the Huggies Mommy Answers Facebook app and find more posts from bloggers sharing their experiences of motherhood on the Huggies page on BlogHer.com.
Halloween and the Johnsens 2012
Yep. You mothers of babies. I'll tell you something no one ever told me. Babies are easy. Easy. Easy. Looking back, the baby years were a breeze. Basic needs met and simple comforts could solve all problems. Each year my boys get older, the more complex their problems are...the less likely a kiss from mom can cure the world.
Thankfully, I've been blessed with the will to always learn and this last year I read "Grace Based Parenting". It changed my views on my entire parenting life. I approached Halloween with a much more simple lens: Is this a heart issue?
No? No. Proceed.
That's it. I know that in our house Halloween comes down to dressing up for fun and getting candy because of it. That's it.
No demonic worship, no gore, no guts. Just pure and simple fun.
Many Christians today choose to make it a heart issue. If it is for them then by all means, proceed according to your hearts convictions but don't shake your finger at me while you do it.
Consider this in Romans 14:5-9 Say, one person thinks that some days should be set aside as holy and another thinks that each day is pretty much like any other. There are good reasons either way. So, each person is free to follow the convictions of conscience.
What's important in all this is that if you keep a holy day, keep it for God's sake; if you eat meat, eat it to the glory of God and thank God for prime rib; if you're a vegetarian, eat vegetables to the glory of God and thank God for broccoli. None of us are permitted to insist on our own way in these matters. It's God we are answerable to—all the way from life to death and everything in between—not each other. That's why Jesus lived and died and then lived again: so that he could be our Master across the entire range of life and death, and free us from the petty tyrannies of each other.
That about sums it up doesn't it. Approach it with God and see what he says to you about it. And then keep it between you and your family.
And do some research...the History Channel has a great summary on Halloween and there's a lot of good that can be pulled from it's history.
So we choose to be open to lessons as they approach, to look at the issue behind what we are approaching and to keep our decisions between us and God.
"One of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give up a thing himself without wanting every one else to give it up. That is not the Christian way. An individual Christian may see fit to give up all sorts of things for special reasons--marriage, or meat, or beer, or the cinema; but the moment he starts saying the things are bad in themselves, or looking down his nose at other people who use them, he has taken the wrong turning."- C.S. Lewis
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The Clippers have been pushed to the brink of playoff elimination despite a career effort from Chris Paul.
Paul tried to carry the Clippers by himself because his running mate, Blake Griffin, could only play 19 minutes 34 seconds because of a sprained right ankle.
But for as much as Paul did in tying his career playoff high with 35 points, he alone couldn't take down the Memphis Grizzlies, who won Game 5, 103-93, Tuesday night at Staples Center.
BOX SCORE: Memphis 103, Clippers 93
After Memphis big men Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol combined for 46 points and 19 rebounds, the Clippers, who won the first two games in this series, now trail the Grizzlies, 3-2.
Game 6 is Friday night in Memphis, where the Clippers lost Games 3 and 4 by an average of 16.5 points. Now they must win there if they want to force a Game 7 here Sunday.
"We've got to be desperate," said Paul, who was 11-for-24 from the field. "That's how it is. You say the playoffs don't start until somebody loses at home. I guess ours started."
And here is something else for the Clippers to ponder: The team that has won Game 5 of a series that was tied at 2-2 has advanced to the next round of the playoffs 84% of the time.
"We've got to stay the course and go there with the right mind-set," Clippers Coach Vinny Del Negro said. "We have to put ourselves in position like they did tonight and get a win."
When Paul entered the interview room after the game, he had his left hand wrapped with ice on it, looking like it was injured.
"I'm cool," Paul said about his hand. "I hit myself."
The Clippers fell behind by 13 points in the third and trailed by eight at the end of the quarter.
But when Gasol picked up his fifth foul with 10:23 left, the Clippers looked as if they might get back into the game.
Matt Barnes made both free throws after the foul to pull the Clippers to within four points.
But Randolph, a 6-foot-9, 260-pound power forward, scored 10 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, Tayshaun Prince (15 points) made a big-time three-pointer with 1:29 left and Gasol scored down low for a 96-88 Memphis lead. That spelled the end for the Clippers with 48.8 seconds left.
Randolph finished with 11 rebounds, and Gasol, the Grizzlies' mountainous 7-1, 265-pound center, had 21 points and eight rebounds. Mike Conley also helped out Memphis' cause, scoring 20 points and handing out six assists.
Griffin suffered a sprained right ankle at practice Monday, but still started Tuesday.
He had four points, five rebounds and five assists, but with 5:39 left in the third quarter he limped off the court and into the locker room for the second time in the game. This time, he didn't return.
Griffin was hurt during the team's walk-through at practice Monday. He went up for a dunk and fell over backup forward Lamar Odom just as the team was about to finish practice.
Griffin first went to the locker room after the first quarter and returned to the court with 8:50 left in the second quarter.
"I give Blake a lot of credit," Del Negro said. "He's got a lot swelling in there. But he got therapy all night and all day. He battled through it. But as the game went on, it just got obviously fatigued and sore and worse and worse. You could see in the third he was struggling to move a little bit. That's when I pulled the plug on that."
Griffin's problems weren't limited to his ankle; he also picked up two fouls in the second quarter, giving him three in the first half.
The Clippers were called for three three-second defensive violations in the second quarter, technical fouls that resulted in three easy points for the Grizzlies — one of several factors that helped put the Clippers in a 54-48 halftime hole.
They never caught up, trailing the entire second half.
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US sets sanctions on rebel leader in northern Mali
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration imposed sanctions Tuesday on an Islamic extremist whose group seized much of northern Mali last year and prompted a French military intervention.
The State Department designated Iyad Ag Ghali, head of Ansar Dine, a global terrorist. The action blocks any assets he holds in the U.S. and prohibits Americans from doing business with him. The U.N. also added Ag Ghali to its global sanctions list.
Ag Ghali's armed group conquered much of northern Mali after a military coup in Mali's capital, aided by al-Qaida's North Africa wing. In Timbuktu, he imposed strict Sharia law and forced thousands to flee; others were tortured and executed.
But a French-led intervention in January has turned the tide, forcing back Ag Ghali's rebels to mountainous hideouts near the Algeria border.
Separately, the U.S. made further terror designations on a Pakistan-based militant group and one of its leaders Tuesday.
Since 2006, the Commander Nazir Group "has run training camps, dispatched suicide bombers, provided safe haven for al-Qaida fighters, and conducted cross-border operations in Afghanistan against the United States and its allies," a State Department statement said. The sanctions extend to key commander Malang Wazir.
The group is named after Maulvi Nazir, a member of the Taliban but one whose faction agreed to a cease-fire with the Pakistan military in 2009 and did not attack domestic targets.
Nazir was killed in a U.S. drone strike in January.


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A warning right up front: If you are easily offended, don't go to see this movie. The use of the "N" word outdoes the use of the "F" bomb by double figures. Violence is everywhere and some of it, while overplayed, is very graphic. The story, however, is fresh, gripping, hysterically funny and as exciting as you could hope it.
Jamie Foxx is great as the title character, a black slave who is saved by King Schultz, a white German bounty hunter (the fantastic Christoph Waltz), joining up with him as an equal to catch the bad guys for a handsome fee. Schultz drives his horse-driven wagon with a big tooth on top, claiming to be a dentist, and gives Django ("I don't pronounce the D") his own horse, which offends everyone from Texas to Tennessee. Negroes don't ride horses. It's the law.
Everywhere they travel they shock the townsfolk, who just can't understand how these two men could be friends. To make it more interesting, Schultz has a vocabulary that would impress an English professor but can't be understood by the locals.
The unlikely pair are successful in their pursuits of wanted men. How they track them down and kill them makes for some clever scenes. A scene where they are chased by the KKK is one of the funniest we have ever witnessed.
But their biggest caper is yet to come. Django yearns for his wife, who is being held as a slave by the evil plantation owner Calvin Candie. Schultz dreams up a complicated, clever scheme to rescue Broomhilda (she was raised by German-speaking slave owners).
They travel to Candieland, posing as promoters of Mandingo, a brutal fight to the death between black slaves. The negotiations go on a bit too long, leading to a blood bath that outdoes anything Tarantino has done in the past. Our daughter, who hates violent movies but loved this one, kept reminding herself, "It's only a movie."
"Django Unchained" is one of the most unique movies we've seen in a long time. Rated a big R, with profanity, racial epithets, ultra violence, and even a bit of nudity thrown in.


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|2008-04-01, 07:10
|Link #422
Without Avatar
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Swee!-den
Age: 29
It's the first page I see whenever I open firefox so I'm probably overreacting
|2008-04-01, 15:00
|Link #423
~La-la Land~
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Seattle
Age: 32
Great piece of work Takumy. I like it because it's fresh and interesting in a way I haven't seen before for Kairin. Getting locked into a narrow art style is never good for an artist, so I'm glad to see artists who break the mold Keep up the beautiful work!
|2008-04-01, 20:54
|Link #424
ruu, yaoi fiend.
Join Date: Oct 2004
i really love the style of the new kairin it was about time for a fresh interpretation of the character... uber feminine kairin is nice, but this impish kairin is nice too! and the kimono is to die for.
fanwork isn't any fun unless you put a bit of your own style and take into a character. 'nuff with the negative nancys - the artist doesn't exist to serve your personal tastes. saying things like "i don't like it" just conjures up bad vibes for no real reason.
|2008-04-01, 22:01
|Link #426
Vector Queen
Join Date: Mar 2008
Yes this is an anime site ... but open your eyes to new things guys .. i mean i would love to make this picture more eye candy... cause that is what you want, is it not? But noticed how other drawings are kinda copies of other anime styles .. .. the kimono version before it .. it reminded me of Seshamoru from inuyasha.. other drawings are from .. claymore .. saint saiya.. Sakura .. Utawarerumono... i decided to make it origial .. and for that my pieice gets trashed talk.. not nice.. not nice at all.. ^__^
But for those who love art and anime .. they know there is more .. and still appreciate the hard work and love put in to it .. and for that i thank you .. !!
and yes is true .. it should always be the same artist .. but this site loves to see other artist point of view of kairin ... and wishes to give the opportunity to others to draw her and be posted in the site..
|2008-04-01, 22:02
|Link #427
Vector Queen
Join Date: Mar 2008
|2008-04-02, 02:05
|Link #428
A Very Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Sullivan County, NY
Age: 42
In a way, the previous version looked as if a fan was copying something out of a manga/anime. The current kimono version looks like an original work. As if the artist thought "Hrmm, what can I do with her?" while staring at a blank sheet of paper, holding a pencil, and using nothing more than his/her own imagination. If anything, I'd say it reminds me of something you'd see on Penny Arcade (The style of her nose, maybe?).
NOTE: Art is in the eye of the beholder. (Who doesn't love floating octopi?)
EDIT: Grats on raising the bar for AS.com main page art, Takumy. You have at least one fan, here.
PS: Fan service is LAME. Real artists don't need to show T&A + panty shots to get their art across. Please ignore the unwashed masses and do as you see fit. Really, no one needs to tell you what to draw. You are doing just fine with what you are producing now.
Last edited by PonSquared; 2008-04-02 at 02:20.
|2008-04-02, 05:04
|Link #429
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Oooh! I -love- all the details in her outfit. Nicely done! And I actually like that vicious look in her eyes. Makes me feel like she's upp to something. ;D
I would guess that it's the distance bewteen her nose and her mouth that makes her look a little bit odd. And perhaps the shadow between them as well? O.o
|2008-04-02, 13:22
|Link #432
ruu, yaoi fiend.
Join Date: Oct 2004
hahaha sage is awesome well said! the new kairin is indeed a shining example of originality even within the realm of "fan"work.
takumy, a mark of a real artist is to make some waves and get some conversations rolling... rather than pleasing the masses. you certainly seem to have accomplished all that, eh? thanks for challenging the status quo and sharing your talents. ya got a fan in me too.
|2008-04-02, 19:46
|Link #433
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
You mean that kairin is not for april fools?.
I mean , it is well done and all that , but it is disgusting. Before it , access to the page was rewarded with a cute looking girl. Now i am thinking of ways to block that image.
It give me shivers , with all due respect to the drawer.
I have been wanting to register for a time and that image got me to do it so i can warn you. Ill let that fact do the talking.
By the way , since i registered on whim only for this and will possibly never post again , let me praise you people. Nice community you got up here , dudes. I have been around here since years ago and will do so in the future.
Keep it up.
|2008-04-02, 20:32
|Link #434
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: PEI, Canada
Age: 33
So it doesn't look like the other Karen's from the past. I think it's nice in it's own way. I like, as it's not quite anime, but not quite real.
Kudos to the Artist^^
Last edited by ShiniIllumi; 2008-04-02 at 20:32. Reason: abc, 123, there =/= their. -.-;
|2008-04-02, 20:39
|Link #435
Weapon of Mass Discussion
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New York, USA
I find myself shocked that anyone could say something so nasty about that very nice piece of artwork. I certainly know that it is not typical anime style, but it is absolutely beautiful. I actually like the distinctiveness of this vision of Kairin and find it very refreshing.
|2008-04-02, 23:48
|Link #436
ruu, yaoi fiend.
Join Date: Oct 2004
[face-palm] what's disgusting is your lack of courtesy, your warped motivation to register out of purely vindictive intentions, and your bizarre and incorrect use of the word "drawer."
takumy, as far as i know... is not a piece of furniture that holds various items or articles of clothing. nor is takumy underwear.
go back to lurking - shoo shoo! [scatters salt]
|2008-04-03, 07:18
|Link #437
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Now, now tokoyoko. kacike is entitled to his/her own opinion, and free to express it; even though some might not agree with it. As an artist it's important that people are honest rather than just smiling, nodding and saying that all we do is great. "Disgusting" might be a clumsy way to express what ever it is that kacike find so displeasing about this picture, but it is still his/her opinion..
And come on.. We're from different corners of the world; as long as we understand each other there's no meaning in pointing out if we spell something wrong or if some particular word is misused. ;P
|2008-04-03, 07:51
|Link #438
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Lack of courtesy? : Which part of the "with all due respect" do you not understand.
Warped motivation to register out of purely vindictive intentions? : vindictive? omg , VINDICTIVE!!??. I searched that word my friend , and i dont like it. I came here to tell you all what kind of reaction that image is getting out there. I merely told my opinion about it. Now , tell me where is the revenge there. Or are you telling me that i am hurting/anguishing the drawer with an honest opinion?
Bizarre and incorrect use of the word drawer? : My bad , some of the animesuki users have not english as a native language since we are from all around the world. I hope that you have no problem with that. If you are willing to teach me a new and more correct word meaning drawer ill be glad to hear.
To sum it all , i think you are trying to mock me. I came here with an opinion trying to be useful for the community and you use sacarms against me. I hope you had fun.
ShiniIllumi , maybe disgusting have connotations i am not aware of. What i wanted to say its that that image is , as we say here in spain , "desagradable". It means that its ugliness shocks anyone who access the page. I am not sure if i am being understand now , have i used the right words?. I mean no offense to the drawer , its just and opinion and i must say that in its own style it is very well draw. Its just... that it is shocking and , in a way , "desagradable".
Well , i came again not to justify myself , i dont care about what you think about me , but to bring something useful. I found a way to block that image for everyone who might think like me to use and i thought it would be useful to share it. It is to add the next line:
So far , it only block that image. I dont know if any other files will be block but i think that will not be the case. If it happens , you can comment the line with # so it is not used. Like this:
Well , i hope you found this useful. Ill be leaving you now. Thanks , again , to the animesuki community for this extra-nice site.
|2008-04-03, 10:39
|Link #439
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
I have to comment on this after I've seen the picture on the frontpage. The minute I saw this picture I knew something was ... different with this picture.
After coming here to see the picture, I noticed the drawing looks great. Somehow the I like the face much better in the drawing. The shape of the nose, the cheeks are a bit overdone in the picture in my humble opinion and is it just me or did anyone notice that she misses an upper lip in the picture?
I don't know if the missing upper lip is intentional or not, but the character would look so much better with an upper lip. I also don't know if thats easily fixable or not.
Anyway, I don't want to be all negative about the picture. Both the drawing and the picture are great pieces of art and their creation has no doubt consumed lots of free time.
Good luck with your future works Takumy.
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AUSTIN, TX (KTRE) - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Lotto Texas is on a record losing streak for players after 48 drawings and nobody winning the top prize.
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The last Lotto Texas jackpot win was Oct. 21, which hit after a 47-draw dry spell.
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Her campaign spokesman Diane May said Ms. Lopez would release her credit score, her 2011 tax forms, and her full credit report. Ms. Lopez filed an extension for her 2012 tax returns, Ms. May added.
Councilman and mayoral candidate D. Michael Collins and Mayor Mike Bell released their personal financial documents Monday — showing healthy incomes and high credit scores. Mr. Collins, the political independent challenger for mayor, has a credit report that shows no outstanding credit-card debt and an excellent credit score.
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Mayor Bell, also a political independent, responded within hours on the same day to a request from The Blade for the same information, which showed a higher credit rating, no past-due credit-card amounts, and no late payments.
Mr. McNamara, a lawyer who collects up to a $27,500 annual council salary, did not release his 2012 tax returns since he too filed an extension. The federal extension application form shows $2,123 as his estimate for total 2012 tax liability.
His 2011 tax returns showed $35,375 in total income. Of that $24,091 was from wages and salary, $13,721 was from ordinary dividends, and $448 was from taxable refunds, credits, or offsets of state and local taxes. Mr. McNamara reported a $1,646 business income loss and $1,500 capital gain loss. He did not itemize charitable donations.
Mr. McNamara said his personal finances are in order.
"I have a great payment history and I have recently paid down three-quarters of my outstanding debt," he said. "I think my record on council says more on how I would govern. I helped pass two budgets early and unanimously and I also pushed for the balanced budget amendment to the city charter."
Mr. McNamara's credit report showed a balance of $9,756 on a CitiCards CBNA credit card. The card had a high balance of $13,639. He also has a Brooks Brothers charge card with a $587 balance and a Home Depot charge card with a $386 amount. The credit report also shows a Key Bank individual line of credit with an $8,752 balance.
That outstanding debt of nearly $20,000 recorded on the credit report is now about $5,000, Mr. McNamara said.
He owns his home and a 2006 Ford Fusion without debt on either asset, according to the records.
Mr. McNamara's credit score is 747 on the FICO range that goes from 300 to 850. He obtained the score from TransUnion, the same company Mr. Collins and Mr. Bell used to produce a credit report. But their credit scores were under the "VantageScore" model. That is the name of a credit rating product offered by the three major credit bureaus — Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. The top VantageScore is 990 as opposed to the top FICO score of 850. Multiplying a VantageScore by 0.86 translates it into an approximate FICO score. Mr. Collins' credit report shows a 916 score and Mr. Bell's was 927. Translated to the FICO model, Mr. Collins would have a 787 score and Mr. Bell would have a 797 score.
Mr. McNamara on Wednesday went on the offense against Mr. Bell and called on Ms. Lopez to release her information.
"I think Mike Bell has a good credit score but he is not a good mayor," he said. "I think he has gone after the middle class in his support of Senate Bill 5; he is out of touch with Toledo's neighborhoods, and he believes in trickle-down economics instead of creating jobs for the people who live in the city of Toledo."
As county auditor, Ms. Lopez's annual pay is $94,246. According to Lucas County Common Pleas Court records, she was paid $7,000 a year in spousal support from 2009 through 2012 plus $15,000 annually in child support from her ex-husband, Roman Arce.
According to court records, Mr. Arce said their May, 2009, divorce agreement made Ms. Lopez responsible for a credit card balance. He said she did not make any payments on the debt from August, 2009, through December, 2011, when the balance was $9,476.
According to a June 8, 2012, court record, Mr. Arce said: "As soon as I paid a total of $21,000 for three years' worth of spousal support and $60,000 for four years' worth of child support, [Ms. Lopez] promptly filed for an increase in child support and is now asking this court to more than double my current annual child support obligation."
Mr. Arce had no comment other than to say the "whole credit card matter is resolved."
Ms. Lopez did not respond for requests for interviews Tuesday and Wednesday.
According to his 2012 federal tax return, Mr. Collins and his wife — Sandra Drabik, who is retired from the University of Toledo — made a combined $205,244 last year. That includes Ms. Drabik's retirement benefits and $5,168 from Social Security benefits collected by Mr. Collins. His 2012 income included $42,247 from his pension from nearly three decades as a Toledo police officer, $23,797 from his Toledo City Council salary, and $1,783 from Lourdes University.
Mayor Bell's 2012 federal tax return showed $108,481 in salary; $31 from taxable interest; $541 from taxable refunds, credits, or offsets of state and local income taxes, and $69,395 from pensions and annuities.
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It's hard to say about the sides...today, he was biting equally on both sides. In the past, I think he may have bitten more on the right (which tends to be the breast with a larger supply, stronger letdown). But, I think it has been pretty equal between sides.
Over the past 6 months, the biting has been sporadic. It's been pretty consistently because he is playing (why he thinks this is a game, I don't know--I've never encouraged it or responded in any way other than saying no, or yelping in pain--I've never given a joke-y response, not once) or because he is done (or, I think he is done). He hadn't been biting for most of the cold and actually now seems to really be over the congestion. But, now he is biting a LOT. Every nursing session, both sides, at the start of the session, in the middle, all the time. Sometimes it's a nip on the tip of the nipple (this kind of biting has, historically, been "play;" sometimes, it's a full on bite on the whole thing. He's doing even in when he is nursing to sleep, which he has NEVER done before. He also seems to be scraping his teeth when he is latching on, which is also new (but, this doesn't hurt).
I will try to give him something cool before nursing to see if that helps. And, yes, he does let me hold his hand, sometimes. I can do that for some feeds but not for the ones where I am walking him to sleep. Maybe I'll give a lovey a try again--in the past that's kind of wound him up (he doesn't calm down enough to go to sleep), but actually, I think I'd rather get the nursing in bite/twiddle-free and then walk him to sleep sans nursing than nurse him straight to sleep with bites and twiddles. I've been reluctant to do this because he and I really struggle with getting him to sleep without nursing (he can get to sleep fine with my husband without milk but not me). I think he is so used to nursing to sleep with me that he just has a serious association that is hard to circumvent but we can work on that too.


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Nicole Kidman promotes her new movie, Nine, on The Today Show, in New York City on Monday (December 14).
The 42-year-old Australian actress shared a bit on how her life has changed since being married to country singer Keith Urban: "It's simpler. It's filled with love. It's a nice place to be."
As for how she'll be spending the holidays, Nicole shared, "We go back to Sydney. Our family's there. So, we're taking the family down there and we'll spend Christmas and New Year's there."
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Scott Walker tried to introduce himself to Iowa Republicans Thursday as so many would-be presidential candidates often do — one of their own.
After all, the Wisconsin governor weighing a 2016 bid for president spent seven years as a young child living in Plainfield, a tiny town in northeast Iowa Walker referred to a half-dozen times during a 40 minute speech at a Republican fundraiser.
More broadly, the rising GOP figure prescribed what he characterized as a Midwestern approach to politics and the way for Republicans, back-to-back White House losers, to win again.
"I would encourage us all to be more optimistic, more relevant and more courageous," Walker told 600 GOP activists in a suburban Des Moines hotel ballroom. "I think when we do, we win in Iowa, we win in Wisconsin, and all across this great country, and we transform this place we live in."
The first-term governor, who has won party acclaim for taking on unions and overcame a contentious recall election, has been raising his national profile with speeches to national Republican audiences in recent months and headlined fundraisers in New York and Connecticut this week.
Walker was making his first visit Thursday to the state that has traditionally held the first presidential caucuses. He was the keynote speaker at the Polk County Republican Party's annual spring fundraising dinner and also met privately with leaders at a separate fundraiser before the banquet.
The audience applauded when he noted during the speech how he won a larger victory in defeating Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee during the recall vote last year than he did in his 2010 election. They cheered again when he described the budget surplus Wisconsin has today, compared with the $3.6 billion deficit in place when he took office.
"Scott Walker is a great example of a courageous governor who made the tough decisions and has the state going in the right direction," said Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, a Republican who attended the event.
Walker opponents, including some who traveled from Milwaukee, said earlier Thursday that Walker had overpromised the number of jobs he would bring in. Wisconsin's unemployment has dropped during his time in office, albeit less dramatically than in other Midwestern states such as Michigan and Ohio.
Walker kept returning in his remarks to his time in Iowa, as a boy, and the son of a Baptist minister. Walker moved to southern Wisconsin when he was 10.
He ticked through the name of a former teacher, a neighbor and the state legislator-turned congressman, "a farmer down the way from us named Chuck Grassley." Grassley is now Iowa's senior U.S. senator, serving his sixth term.
Should he decide to run for president, Walker's Iowa ties and evangelical upbringing could serve him well in Iowa's Republican caucuses, where Christian conservatives make up an influential bloc.
Walker didn't touch social issues. Instead, he urged the party to reach out to voting blocs Republicans have struggled to win, such as Latinos. Walker trumpeted his success winning Hispanic-leaning precincts when he was Milwaukee County executive before being elected governor.
"We've got a message of opportunity and optimism. We've got to be willing to go to places that Republicans typically don't go," he said.
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Clad entirely in white, Adam Levine and the other guys in Maroon 5 could have stood on stage at the MidFlorida Credit Amphitheatre for 90 minutes without singing a note and the capacity crowd would not have minded, as long as sometime during that 90 minutes ADAM REMOVED HIS SHIRT.
Luckily, songs were actually played as Levine pranced around showing off his left-arm tattoos, leaving me to wonder why he wasn't as proud of the ones on his right arm. Beginning with "One More Night" and taking no break before launching into one of its earliest hits, "This Love," the band was tight, and Levine reminded the audience of adoring women (and a few men) that he is more than biceps and abs.
He is blessed with a ridiculously good voice when it isn't obscured by electronics and the overproduction that reigns on their albums. In fact, concert Maroon 5 is far superior to radio Maroon 5, especially when guitarist James Valentine is allowed to take over, which he did early in the set on "Lucky Strike."
While beach balls bopped overhead (remember when concert goers brought beach balls? Now bands bring them), Valentine reminded people that this is a band full of talented musicians in their own right. Levine seemed happy to let other members take the spotlight. However, crowd energy lulled anytime the focus was on anyone else.
Energy waned as the show went on and songs started to sound alike. Highlights included "Harder to Breathe" and a surprisingly spot-on cover of the classic Prince tune "I Wanna Be Your Lover." Unfortunately for this reviewer, the concert seemed eventually to devolve into a wet T-shirt contest in which Levine was the only contestant. Women began to scream, "Take your shirt off!" instead of singing along with the songs.
While many of the men seemed bored, the crescendo swelled as the shirt eventually came off, which caused a slight panic as women rushed to their seats and cameras began to flash. Was this opening night of "Magic Mike" or a Maroon 5 show?
Levine is at once Justin Beiber for the mothers of Beiber fans and Neil Diamond for the daughters of Diamond fans. Levine's performance, especially on jazz ballads that show off his tenor such as "Sunday Morning," was confirmation that he will have a successful second career as a Las Vegas crooner for this same crowd as they age together.
Kelly Clarkson is not your typical opener, but she was perfect for the Maroon 5 crowd. Manifesting an amazing amount of girl power and self-empowerment, she kept the crowd on their feet throughout her hit-laden set, which veered widely between church service, rock and roll, jazz, and country sets, all of which were successful.
Clarkson's endearing personality and "aw shucks" demeanor was devoured by a crowd that was happy to sing her hits and listen to her funny comments and showed no signs of the impatience that is common with openers for popular bands.
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