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Thursday, June 30, 2011
I am nothing if not a scientist, so here it is:
Fig. 1. Main finding.
Fig. S1. (Supplemental material) Main finding's siblings, visiting at the hospital. The book is a "coloring book for siblings".
Not sure about sharing the birth story here, but I might in some form later.
Still, there is plenty of material from my 48-hour hospital stay and the issues surrounding it for several posts, even if you have no interest whatsoever in people's birth stories.
Vignette 1:
The hospital stay was really exhausting overall, and I am not blaming the baby one bit.
The reason is that too many different people kept interrupting the rest of me and my baby. The endless stream of people kept coming in to check my blood pressure and temperature, check the status of my uterus shrinking, check the baby's weight, temperature, oxygen level in blood, screen for metabolic disorders, give his first shoot, administer hearing test (twice)...
Especially checking the vitals was brutal: various nurses and nurse's assistants would come in at all hours and wake me and/or the baby. I remember this being an extremely annoying aspect of my previous hospital stays, but this time it really struck me as overkill. I could not get more than 20 min of uninterrupted sleep even though the baby was (N.B. On day 1 after birth, you really should get some shut-eye, because baby will, too, due to exhaustion from the labor. Starting day 2, incessant suckling ensues in order to get the milk supply going, so you will have zero chance for sleep in the coming days.) And yes, every time a shift changed, new staff would come to introduce themselves even if I never saw them again.
Anyway, I know all the staff have checklists of how often things need to be recorded, but there has to be a better way. I fail to see how it's good for anyone if I cannot get any sleep for days. I don't know if this is how seriously ill, on long-term hospital care patients are also handled, but there should be some balance between getting all your checkmarks and letting the person actually rest...
21 comments:
- inBetween said...
what a sweetheart! super congratulations.
I hear you on the incessant visits during the hospital stay. I was too hyped on adrenaline to really notice, but it did start to become a bit too much for even my novice state by the end of the second day when M was born. I really needed out of there by day 3.
- June 30, 2011 at 11:51 PM
- Barefoot Doctoral said...
At one point in time we started keeping track, and realized that there hadn't been a two hour period of solitude for us (including the night). We contemplated leaving early.
- July 1, 2011 at 1:08 AM
- Female Science Professor said...
Fig. 1 seems to lack a scale, but congratulations anyway!
- July 1, 2011 at 1:25 AM
Very cute!
We didn't have that so much--they really only checked vitals infrequently but for long periods of time, but they wouldn't let the baby in our room if there wasn't an adult in the room awake. And they would take the baby away to do checks. They also no longer allow children under the age of something like 14 in the maternity ward (I assume they make exceptions for pregnant pre-teens).
I'm seriously pondering homebirth with a midwife for a potential #2 even though I would MUCH rather give birth in a hospital.
- July 1, 2011 at 7:34 AM
- Gears said...
Congratulations GMP! Best of luck.
- July 1, 2011 at 8:22 AM
Congrats, GMP! Your figures look excellent - I recommend immediate publication.
- July 1, 2011 at 9:30 AM
- gerty-z said...
Congrats! It looks like your main finding is pretty awesome.
- July 1, 2011 at 10:44 AM
- Dr. Sneetch said...
Oh so cute! What a little darling!
I have forgotten my hospital stay. I don't recall any of my deliveries either. In fact, the last one I specifically opted to be put out. Why mess with a good track record of not remembering.
- July 1, 2011 at 10:55 AM
OK, I'm satisfied by the evidence. Though FSP raises a good point.
The supplemental figure suggests that the little guy will have a tough time, with 2 older brothers to torment him. Just the other day my mother was complaining that her older brother is STILL being sarcastic to her. As her oldest son, I delicately reminded her that I'm still sarcastic to my younger sibling. It's in the contract.
- July 1, 2011 at 11:33 AM
- chall said...
Aww, such a cutie!
Congratulations!!! Enjoy the new little one and hope the siblings are happy too :)
- July 1, 2011 at 11:49 AM
Main Finding is very cute, but has a slightly odd name. ;)
- July 1, 2011 at 12:04 PM
- Cherish said...
I hope your other little ones are good helpers. They're all adorable.
The birth of my second child was similar to yours, except that I also had remodeling occurring above my head. I should have left the hospital almost immediately after giving birth. I think my friends and family would have been far more helpful and I would have gotten more rest.
- July 1, 2011 at 2:06 PM
Why are you adding supplemental if the reviewers didn't ask for it?
And, congratulations!!!
- July 1, 2011 at 3:46 PM
- GMP said...
Thanks for the comments, everyone!
Yael: "Why are you adding supplemental if the reviewers didn't ask for it?"
Good point. Let's just say that the general tone of this particular review was such that I thought the supplemental figure would be appreciated. ;-)
As you can see above, the reviewer was pleased with Fig 1 and even favorably addressed the supplemental figure in his second report.
- July 1, 2011 at 9:07 PM
- Female Computer Scientist said...
Congrats, GMP!
- July 2, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- TheHyperbolicRxn said...
How wonderful. Congrats, GMP!
- July 2, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Congratulations! I remember being interrupted all the time after my first son was born. For the second I had a home birth and everything about it - labor, birth and the rest afterwards - was much more relaxing.
- July 2, 2011 at 8:42 PM
- ScienceGirl said...
Congratulations, what a little cutie who will undoubtedly grow up to be a tough cookie :)
- July 4, 2011 at 10:18 PM
- Unbalanced Reaction said...
Aw, gorgeous. Congrats again!
- July 5, 2011 at 10:57 AM
- Cloud said...
Adorable, of course!
It is interesting reading the comments about post-partum care. We were left to sleep for the first night, unless the baby was crying- then they'd come in and do their measurements.
I remember fewer interruptions with my second baby, but that could be because she took to nursing more easily and therefore cried less.
And our babies both roomed in with us- the baby was there whether we were awake or not. We would have had to make a special request to get the baby sent to the nursery.
- July 8, 2011 at 1:04 PM
- gwinne said...
Thanks for your comment on my post. And congrats on Baby Boy #3. He's sweet!
- July 10, 2011 at 7:18 AM


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Giveaway: The Divorce Party: A Novel by Laura Dave
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Today I have a giveaway for The Divorce Party by Laura Dave.
Here's an excerpt from the book:
Montauk, New York, 1938
by Laura Dave,
Author of The Divorce Party: A Novel
It is bizarre, of course, that this was the summer that everyone was trying to fly somewhere. Howard Hughes around the world in ninety-one hours, the luxurious Yankee Clipper boat off the water and into the air, Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan from New York to Los Angeles -- he wound up in Ireland. It was also the summer after Superman first appeared in Action Comics and instant coffee got popular, and the last full summer before the worst war. But they'd talk about the flights first. They'd say, how odd, for everyone to have spent so much time staring up at the sky, and to still not see it coming: a hurricane so punishing that it would destroy America's eastern seaboard, biting off the farthest tip of eastern Long Island, biting off a town called Montauk, and leaving it detached from the world, an island, alone, in the middle of the ocean.
It was September, only the last vestiges of summer remaining, when the hurricane hit. No one on Long Island knew that a storm was coming that afternoon. That the army would have to come in to resurrect the land that had once connected Montauk to the rest of Long Island. That it would take two weeks before the waters receded low enough at Napeague to let through emergency traffic. That Montauk residents would lose almost everything.
In the end, there were only a few exceptions. Near Montauk Point, there were seven houses tucked so tightly to the bluffs that the wind and the rain and the water couldn't pull them down. Seven sister houses built by the same architecture firm in 1879, lived in each summer since by the same seven Manhattan families. Their steely gates and strong foundations completely intact. Their fireplaces and oak doors and stained-glass windows marking them, homes like trophies, on top of the end of the world.
The one at the farthest eastern tip was called Huntington Hall -- Hunt Hall by anyone who'd actually visited. It was the only house of the seven still occupied that late in September. And occupying it was Champ Nathaniel Huntington. Champ was thirty-three years old, and far too handsome, and a little too tall, and the only son of Bradley Huntington, the most successful publishing mogul in North America. When the hurricane hit, Champ Huntington was having sex. Lights on. Curtains drawn. Angry, late-afternoon sex. Anna was bent over the side of the bed, Champ behind her, his hand cupping her throat.
They had been out here all summer having sex like this. They were trying to save their marriage. And they were trying to destroy it.
Outside was all water and raging dark and storm. But in his faded consciousness, Champ didn't notice. He knew it was raining. He heard it striking against the roof. He heard the wind. But this was Montauk. It was September. These sounds didn't indicate that something brutal was happening.
Other things were brutal. This first year of marriage. It was wrong. Anna's dark hair in the sink. The meetings he didn't really have. He bent down farther, took her ear in his mouth.
"Don't," she said. She was focused, close. "Stop."
When they were done, they lay, splayed, Anna on the bed, Champ on the floor beneath her. Her foot was on his shoulder. This was the only place they were touching. He almost reached out, held her toes. But he knew it just made her mad when he did anything tender. It made her think he'd change, or want to try for her.
Then and only then did Champ sit up and look outside. And maybe it was that his head was still closed off, but what he saw out there looked like a train crashing into the window. It was the visual that made him hear the noise. The terrible whistling, high pitched and out of control. Hearing it, he'd later say, was the moment his life changed.
He headed to the bedroom window, naked, and had to reach out, grip the long edge of the window frame to hold himself up. He couldn't see the beach, or the ocean. He couldn't see anything at first.
Anna came up behind him, wrapped in the bedsheet, and they stood there watching the train-wind through the window. They watched so hard that they didn't talk. Not about the speed of the wind or the trees breaking apart or what must have been happening in the town center. If they had been thinking, they might have moved away from the window. They might have been scared that it would splinter. But they stood there until the storm stopped, and started, and stopped for good. And the greenish yellow sky turned purple and then black and the sun (or was it the moon?) rose up, terrifying. It was the sun. They had watched through the night.
"What time is it?" she asked.
He didn't answer her.
"What do we do now?" she said.
Champ was already in motion. He was putting on clothes and lacing up his work boots and walking out the front door. He made his way, by foot, across his land, down the slippery bluffs and tree-wrecked cliffs onto the flooded Napeague stretch and down farther to Main Street. Three and a half miles. Into the center of the ruined village.
There were fishing boats and cars piled on small houses. Fallen phone lines pulling down torn roofs. Poles and flooded cabinets and bed frames lining the street. Water was flowing from everywhere, making it hard to even walk down the streets -- where did it start? If they figured out where it started maybe they could stop it!
Champ pulled up his pant legs and made his way to the Manor, where people were setting up shelter, where they were trying to provide relief for themselves. And Champ set to work with the other men moving cars and carrying wet wood and boarding windows and drying blankets and cleaning up slabs of broken glass.
How could he explain it even to himself? He didn't recognize the feeling, had never known it before. But something broke free in Champ -- something like devotion or commitment -- to his home, to his suffering town, to everything around him. Maybe this is why, when he finished working, he didn't head home, but down to the docks, where he sat on canisters with all the fishermen, who now had nothing, and listened to them talk about how they had nothing, and stared at his own cut hands, and watched the moon rise, white and fierce, remarkably sure of itself.
Then he followed the star-line north and east, trying to locate it. First Montauk Point, then the cliff and the bluffs, then the house itself. His house. Huntington Hall. Standing tall, oblivious.
It was hard to find his way back there in the dark. So he followed the defeated shoreline, and eventually made his way up the wooden staircase, into the bluffs, toward his home, where everything was still mostly together. Where Anna was waiting with lit candles and tomato sandwiches, dark blankets spread out on the living room floor.
When he walked in, she was by the front door. She was wearing a long, purple sweater. She had her hair in a bun. She reached for him, and he buried into her neck, smelled her.
"How was town?" she asked, her hand still on his chest. "I tried to pick up news on the radio, but there was no reception. Is there a town left?"
He didn't answer her, but he was looking at her strangely. And he knew that she knew he was looking at her strangely. It was as simple as this: he could see her. For the first time in a year, there was nowhere else he was trying to be.
Which brought him to his own questions: Why did it take fear to move him? Why does it take chaos to make us understand exactly what we need to do?
He wanted to ask her his questions, but he wasn't sure she would have good answers, and then he would change his mind, and he didn't want to change his mind. He wanted to stay this sure.
Later, only thirty hours since he had last been lying there, they were lying on the floor together, facing each other. And in that strange way that we make decisions, the important decisions that ultimately make us, Champ decided that they were going to stay in Montauk full time. No more New York City. This had become their home.
He turned and looked outside at the slowly recovering world. At the backlit colors in the sky, on his lawn. And he knew the truth. The main truth, at least. This house had saved them. This big, beautiful cottage, which stayed big and beautiful despite the destruction all around. Its stern banisters and wood ceilings and determined rafters. The house had saved him, and he wasn't going to forget it.
He was going to build his life here, right here, in the name of love and honor and what ever else he was feeling, even if he couldn't name it for what it was: exhaustion.
He was, finally, exhausted.
He looked Anna right in the eye. "Things are going to be different," he said.
She nodded.
"I'm staying," he said, because they'd talked about the opposite, earlier, before -- his leaving her, and here.
"Why?" she said.
"I want to," he said.
She got quiet. "You're going to disappoint me," she said.
"Probably." He was trying to make a joke, but it didn't come out that way. He tried again. "I think it's going to turn out okay," he said.
"Starting when?" she asked. "Ending when?"
Then, as if it were an answer, he pulled her in close to him, without reluctance, without anything like fear. "This house," he said, "will see love. This house will see everything."
Copyright © Laura Dave, 2008 All rights reserved
Author Bio
Laura Dave is the author of the acclaimed novels The Divorce Party and London Is the Best City in America. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Glamour, Self, Redbook, ESPN the Magazine, and The New York Observer. Dave graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. In August, Cosmopolitan magazine named her as one of the eight "Fun and Fearless Phenoms" of 2008. She lives in California.
For more information, please visit http://lauradave.com/
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Winner will have 48 hours to respond to my email or will forfeit their prize.
Thanks for stopping by! Good luck!

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A friend sent me this scanned page from a book published in 1902 for the education of malaria patients:
That's what I've been telling people all along!
28 April 2008
Ancient wisdom
A friend sent me this scanned page from a book published in 1902 for the education of malaria patients:
Posted by shadowfax at 1:01 PM
8 comments:
I like the part about "state the facts and OBEY".ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4/28/2008 4:49 PM
I guess I'm curious to what extent you agree with that excerpt. It's certainly true that it's more pleasurable to work with a cooperative patient (indeed it's usually a requirement for procedures to be effective that the patient cooperates). On the other hand, the text has the good old "father knows best" tone that would be great if there weren't so many incompetent physicians out there.
I think a more realistic message is not "trust your doctor he knows what he's doing," I would say the message is "Make up your damn mind, if you're going to do the treatment then don't half-ass it" (ok, less eloquent :P)
- Anonymous4/28/2008 9:02 PM
I love it. My favorite ID doc may get a copy.ReplyDelete
But how does this little bit of wisdom apply to the old adage, "Physician, heal thyself."?
Well, after all, this was before we had the Internet and people could diagnose themselves!ReplyDelete
Well, the old thinking was that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could crank out "Hamlet", but now the internet has proven this wrong.ReplyDelete
I agree with anon 4:49 that there are many docs out there that may not be all that competent, but at least most of them would know to treat illnesses with science based medicine rather than quackery
- Anonymous4/30/2008 12:24 PM
Obviously the relationship will be much more productive if there is some level of mutual trust and respect.ReplyDelete
But doctors don't always get it right. In fact, if I had gone with a doctor's cursory evaluation instead of listening to my gut, I'd be minus my right arm, quite literally.
You guys want to be up on that pedestal when it comes to your medical judgment, skill and knowledge. But you want the world to cut you some slack for being human when you screw up.
So which is it gonna be?
Not meant as a smackdown, because you guys are the experts and I'm not in a place to tell you what to do. But there's nothing wrong with patients asking questions. Indeed, patients shouldn't go along blindly with whatever the doctor orders.
Anon 12:24 -ReplyDelete
Clearly asking questions is the right thing to do.
I suppose my comment strayed from the original topic of the post.
I meant merely to criticize the idea that the internet allows people to diagnose themselves.
Returning to the post at 4:49 (same anon?), I too think that the original post has an overtly paternalistic tone. I took it as a tongue in cheek comment by Dr. S, and not necessarily an expression of his true treatment philosophy. My guess is that, even in the ED setting, he encourages questions that increase understanding and adherence to therapy.
And, yes, this is tongue-in-cheek. Sigh.ReplyDelete


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April 30, 2014
By -, -
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Othmane Lalami of Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) has been named the NAIA Men's Tennis Player of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Lalami was selected based on his performances from April 21-27 and was chosen out of a pool of conference, independent and unaffiliated group award winners.
Lalami, a junior from Casablanca, Morocco, went undefeated as the Warhawks earned their 10th-straight Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) Tournament title. The Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) No. 49-ranked NAIA singles player dropped just two games in singles play on the week, winning handedly at No. 4 singles against Loyola (La.) (6-0, 6-0), Southern Wesleyan (S.C.) (6-0, 6-0), then-No. 15 Coastal Georgia (6-1, 6-1). He did not finish his match against Daniel Prado of Belhaven (Miss.). At No. 2 doubles, Lalami paired with Zinelabidine Jouini to go 4-0 by defeating Loyola (La.) (8-0), Southern Wesleyan (8-1), then-No. 15 Coastal Georgia (8-5) and then-No. 8 Belhaven (8-5).
On the year, Lalami holds a 21-3 record in singles matches and is 17-7 in doubles play.
For the complete Men's Tennis Player of the Week calendar, click here.
Nominees: Landon Wiliams, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Kyle Johnson, Indiana Wesleyan; Sam Tozer, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho); Mark Gueswell, Hastings (Neb.); Tushar Mandlekar, Xavier (La.); Michiel Van Den Bogaert, Bethany (Kan.); Jacob Thompson, Indiana East; Fabricio Morales, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Danilo Garcia, Cumberlands (Ky.).
2014 Men's Tennis Players of the Week
Week 1 (March 19): Andy Struble, Aquinas (Mich.)
Week 2 (March 26): Antonio Manuel Marcelo, Cumberland (Tenn.)
Week 3 (April 2): Simon Felix, Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Week 4 (April 9): Joshua Barnard, Westmont (Calif.)
Week 5 (April 16): Patrick Besch, Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Week 6 (April 23): Joan-Marc Fajula Rodriguez, McPherson (Kan.)
Week 7 (April 30): Othmane Lalami, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)


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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Life of a Land Girl on the Home-front, Part III: Land Girl Takes on Dracu-Mouse, Spider Man, and the Wisteria that Wouldn't Die
My first opponent: a mutant Wisteria that was growing up the side of the house and infiltrating the roof; I single-handedly destroyed this fiendish foliage while dangling precariously from a sky-high ladder.
Next, I had to mercilessly evict a mountaineering house-mouse who had built his nest in a nook created by the bend in the drainpipe, just below the eavestrough of the roof. We've been calling him Dracu-Mouse because when we disturbed the nest, he scaled down the wall, head first, like the creepy Gary Oldman Dracula in the Coppola film.
My next, and most perilous mortal enemy is Spider Man. In order to defeat Spidey, I must destroy his lair (see below). It's going to take special weaponry (wallpaper remover, oodles of primer and paint, and a fearlessness of "the second coat"), but Land Girl WILL emerge victorious...or will she? Stay tuned...
13 comments:
- Yesterday Girl said...
On Friday after seeing it scuttling across the room i discovered that i have a little mouse visiting under my bed and leaving me little presents. I wasn't as brave as you though, i did the pathetic standing on the chair and squealing like a girl sequence! I've yet to hear it return...i'll be more prepared and much braver if and when it does! x
- September 14, 2009 at 2:25 PM
- Bettie Booh said...
Oh my gosh,I would have freaked out in that room. Scary... XD
- September 14, 2009 at 2:48 PM
- jordiegirl said...
Great post.
Have just watched a week long series entitled Land Girls on BBC TV over here in England - really enjoyed it.
- September 14, 2009 at 3:05 PM
- The Glamorous Housewife said...
I was sitting here quietly drinking my hot tea, reading your post regarding rogue wistera and mice, when I scrolled down and saw the MONSTROSITY of a bedroom that had Spider Man all over it! I almost snarfed my tea! I was NOT expecting that room. Good luck with that. I want pictures when you are done.
Thanks doll,
The Glamorous Housewife
- September 14, 2009 at 6:44 PM
- Dustjacket Attic said...
Oh goodluck Landgirl, we will wait with baited breath for the next installment. Spider Man HAS to go!!
- September 14, 2009 at 9:08 PM
- Kellie Collis said...
Spider man does have to go - i agree with Dustjacket!
- September 15, 2009 at 4:22 AM
- Angel said...
Good Luck!!! Spidey is going to be a tough challenge... oh and you might just get to a third coat!!! Dum Dum DUM!!!!!
- September 15, 2009 at 6:35 AM
- Jeanne said...
I have removed many a vinal wall papered room, peel the vinal sheet off leaving the paper backing. take a spray bottle and water spray the paper let it soak and scrape clean with a putty knife or metal spatula. wash surface when through with household cleaner and you are ready to prime for new paper or paint. this is the easiest way a steamer is too much trouble.
- September 15, 2009 at 11:51 AM
- LandGirlontheHomeFront said...
thanks for the "good luck" wishes .... and thanks for the tips, Jeanne!! I'm not sure when I'm going to banish Spidey (I'm procrastinating on this), but after I do, I will be sure to post "after" pics.
- September 15, 2009 at 3:24 PM
- Jessica Cangiano said...
Such immense foes, be brave dear girl, I know you will persevere and triumph!!! :)
(BTW, I just adore your Rosie inspired pose and adorable headscarf/bandana!)
Thank you very ,such for all of your wonderful comments, I hope that everything turns out all right with the new place!
♥ Jessica
- September 15, 2009 at 11:11 PM
- Bug said...
Haha, you are so funny. Loved reading this. You have some work cut out for you. Good luck with the spidey room.
- September 16, 2009 at 5:28 PM
- LandGirlontheHomeFront said...
Still dragging my feet on fighting this foe. I'll keep you posted...
- September 17, 2009 at 9:28 PM
- Arbogast said...
There isn't a variation on that Rosie the Riveter pose that I don't like. I remember the "Stay Strong, New York" posters that went up in the horrible days after 9/11 and how they really did lift my spirits as I stepped around that wounded city. Sorry for the sorrowful digression! Stay strong!
- October 27, 2009 at 10:49 AM


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I have a number of Frog God books, and love them all, but the price on 'Sword of Air' keeps me from taking the plunge. Everything I've heard about it, makes it sound like the be-all-end-all of S&W resources. Does anyone here have it? If you do, how would you rate it against other Frog God books? Is it the 'must have' that it seems to be? Also, how easy is it to use?
I could actually afford it at the moment, I just don't want to shell out that kind of money on one book, only to realize that I don't really need it.


text: I just wanted to say thankyou for the new links section, Rick aka Attroll. Just got done transferring my one and only link that I had added the other day and it works great. I see others are doing the same and when it gets completed it should be another tremendous resource for all of us. Another kudo should go out to Bruce akaWhereRwe?&RUlost2? for doing the new event in Winslow. Am looking forward to seeing my old friends and establishing new ones at the event. See Y'all there I hope and Happy New Year. :)


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If you release a sky lantern during the Christmas and the New Year period you run the risk of destroying someone's home or business, CLA East has warned.
The organisation, which represents thousands of landowners, farmers and rural businesses across the eastern region, has issued an impassioned plea to the public to consider the potential impacts of lanterns on people's lives as part of a drive to discourage use.
CLA East Regional Surveyor Tim Woodward said: "We want people to enjoy Christmas and the New Year celebrations, but to do so without the need to release sky lanterns – essentially they are no more than flying fire hazards.
"Those planning to release them as part of their celebrations need to take a moment to seriously consider the significant risk lanterns pose to homes, businesses and lives in urban and rural areas alike.
"They also cause the emergency services enormous and unwanted problems.
"Coastal rescue services have been wrongly deployed because lit lanterns drifting near the sea have been wrongly identified as distress flares. While the majority of the country's fire brigades have received emergency callouts to extinguish lanterns, leading to reports of burnt-out cars, and scorched roofs and gardens.
"Lanterns are capable of causing much greater damage – the one which set fire to 100,000 tonnes of waste plastic and paper at a recycling plant in Smethwick in the West Midlands in 2013 resulted in 11 fire fighters being injured and damage totalling £6million.
"Our campaign to have lanterns banned has been running for almost three years. This stance is supported by the RNLI, The Chief Fire Officers Association, and The Local Government Association, which represents all 49 fire and rescue authorities in England and Wales – and over 370 local councils.
"However, we still need the public to back our campaign and ensure that someone's home, property, business or life isn't destroyed this Christmas."


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I've been playing Counter-Strike:GO lately and every time I die (a lot, I'm a Kamikaze) I do pushups, situps, curls, squats, etc. What exactly depends on how long I expect to wait till the next round and whether it's my arms or stomach or legs that are tired. This gives me around 25 pushups per set (for example), and 1 Minute or so rest in between. In 45 minutes to an hour I'll do something like 250 pushups, 200 situps, and some other stuff.
The point isn't just to exercise, I'm aware this method is probably not the most efficient way. But I'm motivated and having fun. I'm waiting anyway... I end up doing it almost every day (I try to switch what exercise I focus on) and I've been improving strength/endurance and bulking up (and losing fat) since I've been doing this. So it works a little anyway.
Point is, CS:GO alone is getting boring, and I'm hoping someone here has an idea for an alternate game that would play similarly. Not necessarily an FPS or multiplayer, but something where there is a natural 1-2 minute break every 1-3 minutes. I've tried playing single player games where I can pause and setting an alarm for every 3 minutes, but I end up just dismissing it or forgetting. Any ideas?
Alternatively, any recommendations for what to do to improve effectiveness? Do longer sets? Should I do 200 pushups and then switch to situps, or just switch every time?
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Re: Video Games to Play During Intervals
Leovan wrote:The point isn't just to exercise, I'm aware this method is probably not the most efficient way. But I'm motivated and having fun.
We're not machines. Therefore, "I'm motivated and having fun" is one of the most important things you could say about an exercise regimen. However, I suggest you add a few more exercises as doing notihng but pushups and situps will turn you into a hunchback in the long run.
Here's an example:
This has always been a very popular yet feared finisher at my gym. It can be an incredibly fun challenge but also brutally hard. To do the deck of cards finishers you obviously need a standard deck of cards. You'll assign an exercise to each suit and do that exercise for the same number of reps as the card. For example, if hearts are burpees and you get a seven of hearts you do seven burpees. Aces count as eleven reps and jacks, queens and kings count as ten reps.
To start the workout set a timer for ten minutes (you can do five if you're pressed for time or fifteen if you're feeling sadistic). Place the cards face down then start the workout by turning the first card over. Do the exercise that coincides with the suit and the number of reps. Continue to turn cards over, one after the other, for the prescribed time frame. If you need a break every minute or so feel free to take one. This workout is much more effective when done with at least a few others.
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Diamonds- 2 Arm KB Swing
Clubs- Prisoner Squat
Spades- Medicine Ball Slam
Hearts- Hindu Pushup
Diamonds- Burpee
Clubs- Deck Squat
Spades- 1 Arm KB Clean*
Hearts- Grasshopper
*Do the prescribed reps on both arms each time.
Evil Deeds
Diamonds-Reverse Lunge
Clubs- 1 Arm KB Snatch*
Spades- Battling Rope Slam
Hearts- Slalom Jump Burpee
*Do the prescribed reps on both arms each time.
You probably don't have a kettlebell (KB) or any of the other stuff, so here's a list of exercises you can do without (a lot of) equipment:
bear crawl
Have fun!
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom."
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Thanks for the encouragement and extra exercises. I'll try them out.
I haven't invested in kettle bells, but I have a shopping bag full of books I'll see what I can do with that.
I haven't invested in kettle bells, but I have a shopping bag full of books I'll see what I can do with that.
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Question:Is it better to use a facial plastic surgeon for facial procedures? Or is a general plastic surgeon acceptable?
Answer: It is important to find a surgeon who is very experienced with the facial procedure that you are wanting to have performed. Not every facial plastic surgeon performs every facial procedure, and the same is true for plastic surgeons who do body work in addition to facial work. I believe a consultation with a qualified surgeon who is recognized in the field for the quality of his work for what you are wanting to be done is important. Word of mouth and referrals are clearly good indications as to who could do the best work for you.


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Many years ago, motoring south to Florida on Highway 41 included a number of tourist attractions – two of the sweetest were probably Swint's Candies in Milner and B. Lloyd's Pecans in Barnesville.
Mary Beth Burrell stands in her own booth at Antiques on Atlanta. She also helps run the antique mall owned by Bill and Anne Claxton. Best known as the old B.Lloyd's building, the large brick structure has been renovated inside and out.
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CANBERRA, Australia, June 18 (UPI) -- The high interest in offshore Western Australia ensures the region will be a major natural gas supplier for years to come, the Australian energy minister said.
The Australian government awarded 13 permits during its latest offshore auction, generating more than $170 million in new investments off Western Australia and Tasmania. The government said secondary work from the permits could generate more than $500 in new investments.
Some of the largest energy companies in the world secured awards for the region, including French energy company Total and U.S. rival Chevron.
Some of Australia's offshore natural gas reserves are committed to Asian markets where economic growth means higher energy demands. Resources and Energy Minister Gary Gray said interest expressed in offshore development would add to the country's reserve potential.
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Euroleague Opening Day: CSKA Moscow at Zalgiris Kaunas
** Opening day of Euroleague 2010-2011
** AK got his first start for CSKA
** AK's first time playing power forward for CSKA (in the previous two games, the coach played him at the 3)
** AK took and made the first shot of the game, collected the first rebound of the game, was called for the first foul of the game, and drew the first foul of the game
The turnout of 15,000 fans was a far cry from the 3,000-5,000 you get in domestic league games (see below). The arena of the home team, BC Zalgiris (Lithuania), probably also held good memories for the four members of the Russian national team on CSKA, because it was where they won their Eurobasket bronze medal game against Macedonia a month ago.
AK highlights and post-game interview via Euroleague:
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** Andrei was not only the Player of the Game, but also had the Dunk, Assist, and Block of the Night.
** They call technicals for flopping in Euroleague! It's funny because European players are largely blamed for bringing flopping into the NBA, yet Euroleague penalizes flopping while NBA refs continue rewarding players for their [bad] acting.
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Euroleague is the king of competitions in European basketball, with participating teams changing every year based on league invites and qualifying tournaments.
CSKA plays in three different leagues whose seasons take place simultaneously (and I thought the NBA schedule maker had it tough): Euroleague (24 teams), Russia's Professional Basketball League (10 teams; Russia's equivalent of the NBA), and the VTB United League (18 teams; league of Eastern and Northern Europe's top teams). The first two games that AK played in were both VTB United League games.
The above is just a long-winded way of explaining that AK is wearing #47 in VTB games, but #15 (his national team number) in Euroleague games because #47 is not an allowed jersey number in Euroleague.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Brittney Spalding shined brighter than the softball diamond in Sunday's game against the Belmont Bruins. The senior drilled a two-run dinger over the left field fence in the bottom of the third inning to give Tech its final lead of the game breaking a 4-4 stalemate.
The Golden Eagles turned in 12 hits, the team's fifth double-digit performance of the season. Sophomore Hannah Eldridge led the charge with three hits and three RBI while sisters Brittney and Chanelle Spalding connected for two hits apiece. Both of Brittney's hits were extra base hits as she knocked a homerun and a double.
Senior Claudia Harke (5-6) got the win in five innings of work after relieving Taylor Ketchum in the second inning. The Bruins scored all four of their runs in the top of the second inning. Tech helped the Bruins effort committing back-to-back errors loading the bases in the first three batters. Jessica Wilson drove in two runs on a double, before the Golden Eagles got their first out. Another run scored two batters later before the bases were loaded again when a Bruin was hit by a pitch. Heather Turner singled up the middle, to score Belmont's final run of the inning when Harke took the circle.
Down 4-0, the Golden Eagles put on their rally caps. In the bottom of the second, the first two batters for Tech were putout, but just as the inning appeared to end, Brittany Spalding fended off four pitches and sparked a rally on a hard hit double through the right side. Chanelle Spalding singled sending Brittney home and advanced to third on a throwing error. The Bruins' Brittany Albright threw an illegal pitch sending Chanelle across the plate. Cutting the lead in half, Cortney Fry singled, followed by Angi Sakamoto and Christian Gibbs on free bases to load the bases for a second time. Following a Belmont pitching change, Hannah Eldridge singled through the left side, driving in two more runs.
In a 4-4 stalemate, the Golden Eagles fended off a Bruin run when Brittney Spalding sent another spark through the Purple and Gold drilling a two-run homer over the left field fence. Tech scored again in the bottom of the sixth, thanks to another single by Eldridge, sealing the 7-4 victory.
The Golden Eagles return to the dirt Tuesday when they make-up a doubleheader against Austin Peay. The double header will kick-off at 1 p.m.


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Austrailia's Walksinshaw Performance continues to tease use with super Holden Commodores, this time debuting the 617-hp ultimate Series II Supercar. She's a brick house. She's letting it all hang out.
Walkinshaw will build just 23 examples of the Series II Supercar — commemorating the company's first "Walky" 23 years ago — all finished in Panorama Silver. But who cares what it looks like? The real story here is mighty mighty power.
The already potent 6.0-liter Holden V8 from the Series II SS gets upgraded with an Edelbrock supercharger putting down 617 horsepower and 575-lb-ft of torque through a Borg Warner BT5G five-speed manual transmission. A fully-loaded version comes in at around $115,000, but when the apocalypse comes you're going to be happy you spent that money.
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I used to believe that stoicism was the higher virtue, that when heading to the desert, I needed to prove I could survive with basically nothing. Wanting to be comfortable made me weak, a liability; a girl. After years of camping and backpacking, I know I can "go light," I know I can make […]


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Dominican right-hander Carlos Villanueva gets a second shot at a 2013 gem against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday when the Chicago Cubs host them to begin a three-game series at Wrigley Field.
The 29-year-old tossed 8 1/3 innings of two-run ball against the Reds on April 23 in Cincinnati, but got a no-decision in the Cubs' 4-2 victory.
His one start since resulted in his lone loss of 2013, after he was touched for four runs on four hits in six innings of a 6-4 decision to the Marlins in Miami.
Prior to this season, Villanueva's role had veered between starting and relief. He was 33-35 in 301 appearances with Milwaukee and Toronto, though only 56 were starts.
Villanueva is 2-2 in 21 appearances against the Reds.
For Cincinnati, former first-round pick Mike Leake tries to avoid a third straight start without a victory.
He was an 11-2 winner over Philadelphia on April 17, but has since gotten a no-decision against the Cubs and a loss at Washington in two outings.
Against Chicago, he allowed two runs in seven innings in a game the Reds won, 5-4.
Leake is 4-2 in his career against the Cubs and 1-2 in six starts at Wrigley.
On Thursday in Chicago, Everth Cabrera's go-ahead RBI single was part of a four-run eighth that lifted the San Diego Padres to a 4-2 win over the Cubs in the finale of a four-game set.
Travis Wood (2-2) allowed three runs on four hits and a walk in 7 2/3 frames for Chicago, which has alternated wins and losses over its last six tilts.
Scott Hairston smacked a two-run homer in defeat.
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Brandon Phillips knocked in both Cincinnati runs, including a solo homer off Mujica to lead off the ninth.
Homer Bailey (1-3) tossed 5 1/3 innings, surrendering all four Cardinals runs on nine hits.
"These guys are just my Achilles heel right now," said Bailey. "They're a good hitting team and they have my number right now. ... I made some good pitches, they just found the holes."
The Reds won two of three in a series in April and 12 of 16 games between the teams in 2012.


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I've talked about this before, but it is worth remembering, one more time, that a lot fewer people care about sports than you and I -- the type of people who read a random sports column on a website, or would write one -- think they do. In a Marist poll two years ago, 61 percent of Americans identified themselves as sports fans, which is a number that's probably a little high. (Depending on how the question was phrased and fashioned, it's likely a lot more people say "sure, I like sports" without spending much time watching them.) Sixty-one percent is not nothing, obviously. But the power of the sports industry goes far beyond 61 percent.
The main reason for this is television. Television -- specifically, cable -- remains the most profitable, widespread way of consuming media in this country, but in the last decade, television viewing habits have changed in ways the industry hasn't caught up to yet. Parks and Recreation remains my favorite television comedy, but when its season finale aired on Thursday, I frankly didn't even consider watching it live on television. I was busy Thursday, which was fine: I could just watch it, flying by commercials, whenever I found the time. Sports are obviously not like this: Watching a full NBA playoff game two days afterward, like I did with Parks and Recreation, would be pointless. In a world where jerks like me always fly by commercials and watch television in ways that are difficult to quantify, sports programming is a godsend to the television industry: Sports fans are the only people left who watch TV like it's still 1984.
This has meant that sports networks -- and thus sports leagues -- have become more powerful (and rich) than ever before; they're essentially subsidizing non-sports channels at this point. Studies have shown that the average cable consumer pays 15 percent of their bill to sports channels whether or not they even know where they are on the dial. If you have a friend who has cable but doesn't watch ESPN, know that they are giving them roughly $5 a month, personally, for literally nothing. This advantage of cable bundling works to the advantage of the sports fan. But only us.
None of this is particularly revelatory, I am aware; it has been covered countless places, not least of which by our own Patrick Hruby. But it may be all about to change soon. And it could alter the current sports landscape in ways I'm not sure we're prepared for.
In yesterday's New York Times, the estimable David Carr mapped out how the cable industry is under siege in a way it has never been before. It's being chipped away at from all directions: The Supreme Court potentially ruling against it in a key copyright case involving the company Aereo; Netflix coming out against the Comcast/Time Warner merger; streaming companies increasing their ability to reliably stream video online; more and more customers watching video on their mobile phones rather than their TVs anyway.
The bundling model of cable companies had seemed indestructible; cord-cutters were waved away as pointless pedants. But the way cable companies work -- the way they've sustained their power -- is antithetical to the way people now consume media. (It's no wonder the service providers are now fighting to do away with net neutrality; they're trying to box us in from all sides.) We are an a la carte culture now: The notion that people should pay for big bulks and bundles of channels -- that they should purchase things they don't want in order to get things they do -- is standing against every emerging consumer attitude, against actual progress. This is just not what people want anymore.
The cable companies will continue to fight, and they'll even win some battles along the way. (Though that net neutrality business is particularly noxious.) But they can cling as tightly, and in the long run, it won't matter: Their business model is outdated, and eventually, it will be borne out as such. Ask the music industry, or the print media industry, how refusing to change can vivisect everything you thought you knew in a short number of years. The cable bubble has long been speculated about; Carr's piece makes the strong argument it is just about to bust.
The effects this will have on the world of sports are mammoth: It'll upend everything. The recent influx of money into the world of sports has been almost a direct result of sports' power over the cable industry, and if that industry is weakened, a lot of that money is going to disappear. The money in sports has grown so fast in recent years that the games themselves have barely been able to keep pace; look at how suddenly disgusting college sports appear when billions of dollars are flowing into the game and players are begging for meal money.
The professional sports leagues have so much money coming in that they can't figure out what to spend it all on; you can't even tell what's a good player contract or a bad one anymore. We have new teams, new conferences, new rules, new everythings, all because of the cable money. If that is threatened, in any way, so much could go away, so quickly. Think of how chaotic sports is right now, with money falling from the skies. Imagine what happens in cost-cutting mode.
There is this sense that because sports are so powerful and so lucrative right now, that this will always be like this, that this bountiful harvest will go on forever. That happens to be the very definition of a bubble. It might not happen this year, it might not happen next year, but at some point, the fever is going to break. The world of sports isn't ready, not by a long shot. Are you?
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It's perhaps the loneliest feeling in baseball.
It's the 7th inning and you've got a perfect game going. And nobody wants to talk to you.
Not your manager. Not your teammates. Even the batboy is nowhere to be found.
But on one unlikely Saturday afternoon in Seattle, White Sox pitcher Philip Humber welcomed the silent treatment.
"I remember sitting in the dugout and I got this feeling that it might happen," the Christian athlete said.
Nerves racing, adrenaline pumping, Humber decided to give it all over to God with a simple prayer: "Lord if this is Your will for it to happen, just use me to glorify You through it."
And it happened all right— only the 21st perfect game in baseball history: a 96-pitch, 4-0 masterpiece that ended with a chaotic check-swing strikeout to Mariners' Brendan Ryan.
For a split second, just before his White Sox teammates mobbed him in a celebration at the pitcher's mound, Humber collapsed to the ground, his head buried in his hands.
"I just fell to my knees and thanked God," he said. "As soon as I got up, my teammates were all over me. It's a moment I'll never forget."
Humber's self-proclaimed "15 minutes of fame," included a phone call from President Obama, a guest appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, and then a congratulatory Tweet from fellow devout Christian Tim Tebow.
"Things that definitely are not normal," said Humber, whose wife, Kristen, gave birth to the couple's first son, John Gregory, 10 days after the perfect game. "It's such a blessing. It's something you can't even dream up happening."
But Humber handled the increased media scrutiny with grace, deflecting the glory to his Lord and Savior.
He even took to Twitter to use his new platform to help advance the Kingdom of God.
@Philip_Humber: Throwing a perfect game is an awesome moment in a ballplayer's life. But it pales in comparison to knowing a truly perfect God.
"When they're interviewing you, they want to see if this is genuine," Humber said of his faith in Christ. "Sometimes you see guys point to the sky after a home run. But they're trying to figure out how does 'religion' — as a lot of people refer to it — affect your baseball."
Humber doesn't flinch.
"It's been neat to explain that it's a relationship," he said. "And it doesn't change, whether I'm at my job or I'm in church or wherever I'm at. I'm always acknowledging that Christ is my Savior and I'm serving God."
'Come Into My Life'
As the grandson of two Texas small-town Baptist preachers, it isn't a stretch to say that Humber actually grew up in church.
"I was in church every time the doors were open," he said.
But Humber insists it wasn't just at church that he learned about God. He credits his parents for their example of what it means to have a relationship with Christ.
"My parents really lived it out," he said. "They showed me a good example of what a follower of Christ is supposed to look like."
And by age 8, Humber was ready to receive Christ in his life. "At a young age like that I knew I was a sinner," he said. "I prayed that God would forgive me of my sins and I asked Christ to come into my life.
"But as you get older, it becomes more real to you. As you go through the struggles of life and different challenges and you get out on your own, you're going to have to make decisions about your faith."
'If You Give Me That Platform'
All Humber wanted was just a little bit of spotlight.
He even tried to bargain with God during one point in his struggling career. "If you give me that platform, maybe get me on (ESPN's) SportsCenter, I'll really glorify You there."
Forget aspirations about a perfect game. Just getting to the big leagues was a task so tall, Humber himself wondered if it would ever happen.
A well-decorated pitcher out of Rice University, Humber was drafted by the New York Mets, third overall in 2004.
But his road would quickly find plenty of hairpin turns. After mediocre stints in Port St. Lucie (A) and Binghamton (AA), Humber was shut down in 2005 after 74 1/3 innings to undergo reconstructive Tommy John elbow surgery.
Sidelined for a year, he battled back through rehab and was awarded two short cups of coffee with the Mets — 2 innings and 7 innings — in 2006 and 2007.
Humber was then traded to the Twins as one of the main pieces for Johan Santana, one of baseball's prized pitchers. But for the next two years he struggled with high expectations in the Twins organization and could never get his ERA under 4.50. He was eventually waived in 2009.
Kansas City signed and waived him in 2010. Same with Oakland, who waived him in January 2011, when the White Sox took a flier on him.
At this point, Humber had been called up five times over by three teams, making 26 major league appearances over five seasons.
But he wasn't sticking anywhere.
"Going up and down from the big leagues to the minor leagues— just fighting that—I got to the point where I was questioning God," he said. "I'm trying to do things the right way, and live the right way. These other guys are going out and partying and doing this and that. Why do they get to move up and I'm not?"
God finally penetrated his heart. He was asking the wrong question.
"Instead of asking God, 'How can I be used for your Kingdom,' I'm asking Him, 'Why are You allowing this to happen?' "
Looking back, it all makes perfect sense to the 6-foot-4 righty.
"Sometimes when God kind of puts us out in the desert a little bit, giving us time to be by ourselves, we're not necessarily ready to be used," he said. "He has to shape us and mold us.
"It's hard as human beings when we're living our lives to trust Him. Just because things aren't working out exactly how I think they might doesn't mean God's not in charge."
'As Working for the Lord'
Every time Humber picks up his glove, he is reminded.
Colossians 3:23 is inscribed on his glove in big letters and it brings the focus back to where it belongs: "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord, not human masters" (NIV).
"A lot of people say and write stuff about you," said Humber, who is involved with a team chapel service on Sundays and Bible study on Tuesdays. "You start to try to impress them or please them. And it's not just in sports, it's in other areas of life where we're worried about what other people are thinking about us."
Whether it's whirling a perfect game or getting hammered for 9 runs the next outing against the Boston Red Sox, Humber has learned that his value does not come from statistics and accolades.
It's in the person of Jesus.
"If we're doing it for the Lord and His pleasure, we're going to get a whole lot more satisfaction and peace, knowing that we gave it our best effort," Humber said, "and knowing our Heavenly Father is looking down on us and is just as proud as He could possibly be, regardless of a result or a statistic."
Growing up in Nacogdoches, Texas, Humber had many godly role models to look up to. But for him, one person who stood the test of time for his faithfulness to the Lord was Billy Graham.
"I remember watching the Crusades on TV and how many lost souls came to Jesus as a result of preaching the Gospel," Humber said. "He's definitely someone who as a Christian, as a follower of Christ, you can look up to and appreciate all that he did to further the Kingdom."
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Labels: Black, flinty, Glitter, Jelly, Revlon
7 comments:
- beachgal said...
I looked for this one for a super long time - no where around me got the collection in ever. I think my 'need' to look at it and maybe get it finally passed - we don't get all the collections in where I live - it's kind of spotty in all the lines that the drug store chains carry - I can find them if out of town like 500 miles to a large city and then the same drugstore chains will have all the new collections. I guess because of the low volume order sizes maybe where I live does not get 'em all en.
- November 7, 2012 at 8:42 AM
- OPI Addict said...
Yes, this name is horrible lol
I might like this layered, but I also find it a tad dull on its own!
- November 7, 2012 at 9:50 AM
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- November 7, 2012 at 9:50 AM
- Rebecca said...
I bought this one on a no buy too! Lol. It falls a little flat for some reason. The bottle is so inviting and then on the nail... meh.
- November 7, 2012 at 2:36 PM
- Natalia said...
Nice polish, all the Revlon's are surprisingly opaque in two coats, isn't that grat? I don't find it that dull though. I like it.
Speaking of no-buys-failed-attempts... I totally know what it is about, lol.
- November 8, 2012 at 1:07 AM
- Sara Nail said...
I love your posts very much!
All has perfect color!
- November 8, 2012 at 4:53 PM
I love it personnaly! I'm a sucker for Revlon, particularly jellies with hex glitters! I haven't seen this one anywhere but if I do it'll definitely end up in my stash.
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Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
How can I tell if my spouse is "depressed" over his diagnosis or if what he is feeling is "normal"?
Tracy Lautenbach, MSW, LCSW, Social Worker in the Radiation Oncology Department at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
Some degree of depression is common in people who are coping with cancer, and some cancers are more frequently associated with depression, like those in the pancreas and lung. About 25 percent of all people with cancer experience clinical depression, causing distress, impaired functioning, and a decreased ability to follow a treatment schedule. Not surprisingly, depression is seen more often in people with advanced stages of cancer, those with increased disability due to the cancer and those who have poor pain control.
It is not uncommon for people who learn they have cancer to go through a period of shock, disbelief or even denial. For many, understanding what to expect and gaining more knowledge about the cancer makes it easier to move forward. If the initial sense of hopelessness or helplessness persists and is accompanied by feelings of despair, guilt and hopelessness then the possibility of significant depression should be considered.
It would be important to speak to your spouse and his physician, along with other members of your healthcare team. Both counseling and medications can make a very big difference in how a depressed patient can feel and improve other symptoms at the same time. Treatment for depression has proven benefits for persons with cancer.


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Joseph M. Voas - Berlin, N.H.
Joseph M. Voas - Berlin, N.H.
Joseph M. Voas, 70, of Berlin, N.H., passed away Thursday, July 4, at the Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center, Providence. He was in the company of his brothers and sisters, who cared for him with great devotion throughout his illness.
Born in Central Falls on Dec. 8 1942, he was the son of the late Joseph and Bertha Lemieux Voas.
Joe was employed as ranch manager for the Jones Ranch in Montana, where he managed all aspects of the ranch. He raised cattle and horses, grew hay and restored tractors. A true craftsman, he built every building on the ranch.
After retiring, he moved back to New England to be near family and resided in a beautifully restored cabin in rural Berlin, N.H. He was a nature buff and loved to hunt, fish, and ride both horses and his 4-wheeler. He also was a TV buff.
Joe leaves his two sons, Jay Voas and his wife Jennifer, and Todd Voas, all of Cumberland; a daughter, Megan Schmiedt; three brothers, Robert of North Smithfield, Paul of Warwick and Donald of North Providence; two sisters, Lorraine of Utah and Elaine of Cumberland; three grandchildren, Brandon, Cameron, and Riley Voas, all of Cumberland; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by brother Raymond, and sisters Teresa and Pauline.
A celebration of his life will be held Monday at 10 a.m. from the J. J. Duffy Funeral Home, 757 Mendon Road, Route 122, Cumberland, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in St. Theresa Church, 35 Dion Drive, Burrillville. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Visiting Hours will be held Sunday from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to Home and Hospice Care of RI, 1085 North Main St., Providence RI 02904.
Directions/Guestbook: jjduffyfuneralhome.com


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