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A new path opens for Brazil's government after Supreme Court cancels impeachment process
By Pedro Marin, published in Global Independent Analytics, Monday, Dec 21, 2015 (and more readings on the situation in Brazil further below)
Now it's in Dilma's hands: to live under the market's diktats or to fulfill her promises with the people
Victory after victory, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef may have had her most tranquilizing week in months. It started last Sunday, when color-revolution like movements such as Movimento Brasil Livre (Free Brazil Movement) and Vem Pra Rua (To the Streets), which are, according to an article by Brazilian investigative agency A Pública, sponsored by American conservative think-tanks, organized various pro-impeachment demonstrations across the country.
According to Datafolha Survey Institute, 40,000 people went to São Paulo's pro-impeachment demonstration on December 15, which was the biggest in the country. That's a fifth of the people who used to attend those protests. As demonstrations last week were the first since the impeachment process against Dilma started earlier this month, it was seen as a chance to measure how many people kept supporting it. (Datafolha says there were 76,000 people in total in the streets of Brazil on Dec 15 calling for impeachment.)
By contrast, according to data from the same institute, 55,000 people attended an anti-impeachment rally in São Paulo on December 16, organized by various popular social organizations and trade unions. Apart from demonstrating against the impeachment process, the protesters also urged Dilma to change her government's economic policies and demanded an annulment of Lower House Speaker Eduardo Cunha's mandate as speaker. Cunha, who decided on the impeachment originally, is himself under investigation for allegedly participating in a scandal involving Brazil's state oil company Petrobras and having secret foreign bank accounts in Switzerland.[1]
Also on December 16, Brazil's Supreme Court began ruling over the impeachment process. The final votes came in on the next day, cancelling the impeachment proceedings adopted by Cunha against Dilma and thus determining that all impeachment proceedings will have to start from scratch, as the judges found the proceedings Cunha decided to adopt had irregularities. The new proceedings will follow these rules:
1. As opposed to Cunha's first impeachment decisions, the new special committee will be elected. That makes the demonstrations – either pro or against the impeachment – even more important, as people will know how their representatives stand on the impeachment process.
2. Previous Special Committee voting had two slates running. The winning slate would have half of the Special Committee's seats. The official rules stated that there could be only one slate, composed of deputies of all parties, appointed by each party's leaders.
As pro-impeachment deputies were unhappy with their own party leaders' choices, arguing the first slate was too pro-government, they decided to create an alternative slate – a majorly formed by pro-impeachment deputies. This slate ended up being elected, which means that half of the Special Committee members will be pro-impeachment.
The Supreme Court Justices ruled this proceeding was irregular, and decided that only the party leaders can appoint the slate's members, which benefits Dilma, as most party leaders are her allies.
The Special Committee will now be formed by a unique slate, whose members will be appointed by each party leader. The number of deputies from each party on the Special Committee will be proportional to how many lawmakers each party has in the Chamber of Deputies. After the slate is formed, Brazilian lawmakers will vote either approving it or not. [See explanatory note #2 below.]
3. After the special committee's evaluation on whether the impeachment must go on or not, the Chamber of Deputies will rule. It will take 342 votes of all 513 deputies to get the impeachment approved.
The Supreme Court now established that if the deputies vote for the process' continuation, the final decision will be taken by the Senate, whose members may vote for or against the impeachment too. In the Senate, the process would need 54 votes of all 81 representatives to get it approved. That helps the government because Dilma has more support in the Senate than in the Chamber of Deputies.[3]
But apart from all this, the government had a greater victory: Cunha's Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (BDMP) , which is one of Brazil's biggest parties, is now divided over Dilma's impeachment as it has never been before.
Two factions are fighting within the party over the process, which led to the replacement last week of BDMP 's leader in the Chamber of Deputies, Leonardo Picciani's, as the pro-impeachment faction didn't like Picciani's appointments to the Special Committee slate. But Picciani, who is seen as a government ally, recovered his position last Thursday, which surely benefits the government as well.
Also, the new impeachment proceedings will only take place in February 2016, as the President of the National Congress, Renan Calheiros, announced the parliamentary recess, which starts on December 23 and ends on February 2. That means both Dilma and opposition now have more time to strategize.
A new path
All these victories opened up a new path for Dilma's government. Last Friday, she appointed the current Planning Minister Nelson Barbosa to replace the unpopular Minister of Finance Joaquim Levy after he resigned.
Levy, a neoliberal economist and a former George Soros employee, had been applying harsh austerity policies, which are the opposite of what Dilma promised during her campaign. These policies included, among others, cuts on public investments – especially in infrastructure – and increases in electricity bills. Key trade union and social movements, which still support Dilma's government, oppose Levy's measures, as does the majority of her Workers' Party militants. They argue these policies impact the poor and say the rich should pay for the crisis.
For his part, Barbosa is seen as a Keynesian and pro-development economist, who has had various disagreements with Levy over his economic measures.
It is essential for Dilma to change her government's economic policies, as opposition's tactics now will rely a lot on street protests. Although it was promised that the austerity measures would recover the economy, the government did the exact opposite, and that's why Dilma's popularity went down (67% of Brazilians think her government is either bad or terrible).
Now it's all in Dilma's hands: In the event she has the courage to change her government's economic policies and suspend Joaquim Levy's austerity measures, she may recover some of her popularity and get out of this political crisis strengthened. Of course, that will annoy most of the Brazilian financial elite – and probably some foreign players as well. But that's a price to be paid by a government that has always presented itself as worker-friendly.
If not, the political scenario will keep deteriorating as the bankers get richer, the public gets poorer, and there's no way the opposition will give up their attempts to seize power. As Homeless Workers Movement's leader Guilherme Boulos recently said, to change the minister of finance but keep the same economic policies is to trade six of one for half a dozen of the other.
Either Dilma chooses to live under the market diktats -which is exactly what brought her into the current crisis – or fulfill her promises with the people. The thing is, bankers won't go out to the streets and defend her. The people, though, already are.
Pedro Marin is the editor-in-chief of the left-wing online journal in Brazil, Revista Opera (Portugese language). The publication is one of the few in Brazil to be reporting closely the NATO military drive against Russia. It is also reporting on the war in Syria and the war by Turkey against its Kurdish population.
Notes by 'A Socialist in Canada':
[1] Eduardo Cunha is a right-wing evangelical and an elected member of the Brazilian chamber of deputies. He is a leader of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party. The vice-president of Brazil, Michel Temer, is also a member of the BDMP. He was elected in 2010 as the running mate to President Dilma Rousseff and he won re-election with her in 2014.
The STF (Supreme Court) basically ruled that the whole proceeding has to follow the precedent set in the Collor case. So, in the Chamber of Deputies: one slate appointed by party leaders proportional to the number of party's deputies, and open ballot (no secret vote). This vote is only for the admissibility of impeachment, nothing else. To be admissible, not approved, the impeachment has to have 2/3 of the Chamber's vote as a whole. The Committee prepares a report to be voted at the plenary session.
If it passes in the Chamber of Deputies, the proceeding goes to the Senate. Here, there will be another vote on the admissibility (simple majority). Then, the Senate, presided by the head of the Supreme Court, will be the legislative body that will actually decide on the impeachment. It has to be approved by a 2/3 majority.
In Cunha's scheme, Dilma would be temporarily suspended from the presidency for six months if the impeachment was deemed admissible by the Chamber. Now, this only takes place if the Senate approves its admissibility.Chamber of Deputies in Brazil. President Dilma Rousseff's Workers Party holds 62 of those seats. The party governs in a loose, eight-party coalition which includes the BDMP. In the 81-seat Senate, the Workers Party holds 11 seats and there, too, governs in a coalition. Dilma Rousseff won re-election as president of Brazil on October 5, 2014 with 51.6 per cent of the vote.
Read also:
* Brazilian democracy in distress: Unpacking Dilma Rousseff's impeachment, by Alfredo Saad Filho, published in The Bullet, Dec 24, 2015
'The deepest political crisis since the restoration of democracy, in 1985, is closely intertwined with the most severe economic contraction in a generation. The Brazilian economy is spiralling down, partly because of the global turmoil in the middle-income countries, and partly because of an 'investment strike' targeting the President's downfall.'
* Brazil supreme court annuls pro-impeachment committee, Telesur, Dec 17, 2015
* Brazil's Supreme Court orders disbanding and re-election of legislative committee examining impeachment of country's president, Wall St. Journal, Dec 17, 2015
Visual guide to impeachment of a Brazilian president (with translation further below):
- Establish a commission of investigation in the legislative assembly
- Arguments for and against impeachment over a period of up to fifteen sessions
- The lower house (Câmara) votes. If it votes against impeachment, the president remains in office (fica). If it votes in favour of impeachment, the process passes to the Senate for debate and vote.
- If the Senate votes against holding impeachment hearings, the president remains in office. If the Senate votes in favour of hearings, the president steps down, the vice-president assumes the presidency on an interim basis, and the Senate must pass final judgement within 180 days.
- If the Senate votes against impeachment, the president resumes office. If it votes in favour, the president is disqualified and the vice-president assumes office.


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I walked into 2015 knowing that the likelihood of me retaining length would be slim to none. I loved my long bob cut---but after the first wash---I realized that I still had a few inches of texlaxed hair on the ends.
Thus, I began Operation Curl! I dusted every wash day for the first month, conditioned like crazy, and tried protein treatments. It really helped me to be able to distinguish between my texlaxed ends and the rest of my unprocessed hair.
So in April, I just went in for the kill. BUH-BYE straighter ends.
Instantly---I was obsessed with my curls! I twilled my fingers in them. I picked and pulled at them.
And 4 months later---I had frayed, split, dry, didn't really wanna curl, ends as a result.
It was time to get my life together for reals y'all.
I got a fresh trim. Throw in some clip in extensions. And rocked it all Autumn.
And now I'm back with my final length check of the year!
I actually didn't wash my hair today. It was still super moisturized from my Curlformer set a few days before, so I went for a Heatless Blowout!
Here's what I used:
- My DIY Moisturizing Mist (Recipe here)
- Camille Rose Whipped Butter (Or make your own using this tutorial)
- Denman Brush (with 3 rows of teeth removed. Those extra teeth are the devil)
- A handful of hair clips
- (Optional) Seamless Comb (Like this one)
And here's how I did it:
- Start with stretched hair. (I stretched my hair using Curlformers a few days before)
- Divide your hair into 8 sections. I made 4 sections in the back and two on each side of my hair. Secure each section with a hair clip.
- Beginning with a small section of hair from the back, very very lightly mist the section with water. You'll want a good misting bottle for this. I use this cool gem from the Vitamin Shoppe. One spritz could do the trick.
- Next, start to gently finger detangle from our ends up to the roots.
- Apply a little oil or hair butter to seal your ends. I'm using Camille Rose Whipped Butter in the pictorial.
- Then to achieve a more stretched look, further detanlge gently using a modified Denman Brush.
- Secure the detanlged section with a hair clip then move on to the next section.
- Repeat until all of your hair is "blown out"
- (Optional) Fluff hair using a wide tooth comb
My bangs area is still the shortest at 8 1/2" (it was 7 3/4" at the end of September). Which didn't come to me as a surprise. because I know that my bangs grow slower than the rest of my hair. The left and right sides of my hair are 10" each (previously 9"). While, my left and right nape is 10" (previously 8" and 9" respectively)
|December 2015 Length Check
Considering that the average hair growth rate is 1/2" per month + the fact that I trimmed about 1/4- 1/2" off each section---I think that I'm right on track. I'm not gonna make any promises but I do hope to do another length check in a few months. I can't promise to do heatless blowouts often either, as it is a TON of manipulation, I do really love this big fluffy hair!
|September Length 2015 Check
How was your #washdayexperience? When was the last time that you did a length check? Share it below!

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Jumpsuit: Aqua
A staple in my wardrobe this summer is a casual yet cool jumpsuit. This one's from Aqua and is perfect to bring you from day to night. I'm all for the model off duty look so just pair it with some high-top sneaks for the day and dress it up for a night out with a pair of heels. Summer in the city gets extra steamy so no fuss dressing is a must. Choose effortless and lightweight styles to stay cool. Plus ice cream always helps the sweaty situation! Shop some of my other favs for summer from Bloomingdales for those hot summer nights:
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Kick Off the Holidays at The Art League's ArtFest! | Arts & Culture
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The weekend kicks off with our holiday party on Friday, December 2, 6:00-9:00 pm at our Madison Annex. Enjoy a variety of demos by our instructors, 2D/3D exhibits (including stained glass and fiber art), our jewelry and ceramic sales, live music, food and drinks, and more! And, admission to this event is FREE! If you make it to one holiday open house this season, this is the one to attend. Read the rave review by our ArtFest partner, The Pink Line Project.
Throughout ArtFest weekend, we are featuring a retrospective show and sale of work by Nancy Reinke, longtime Art League and Torpedo Factory artist who passed away in December 2009. The show will feature prints, drawings, paintings, rugs, and more from the beloved artist.
If you can't make it Friday night, our Jewelry and Ceramic sales continue throughout the weekend!
Jewelry and Ceramic Sale hours:
Friday, December 2: 12:00 noon - 9:00 pm
Saturday, December 3: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday, December 4: 12:00 noon - 5:00 pm
All ArtFest events are held at The Art League's Madison Annex, 305 Madison Street, Alexandria, VA 22314


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"So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God." (Rom. 8:8)
The first accomplice of the devil working to prevent us from walking in the Spirit is the world; however, the second is the flesh.
Although we have been born again and our spirit has been born from above, the sin nature still exists in our flesh to draw us away from the things of God.
Jesus said:
"That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." (John 3:6)
The carnal man or flesh nature is of the world but the new man or spiritual nature is from God.
"As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly." (1Cor. 15:48)
Until Jesus returns, and as long as we are in this body, we will always have the flesh nature to contend with.
"Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption." (1Cor. 15:50)
"Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed," (1Cor. 15:51)
"In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." (1Cor. 15:52)
Although we cannot escape the flesh while we are upon this earth, the Bible teaches us that we can weaken the flesh until he is not able to prevail in our lives.
The devil uses the world to entice the carnal man, and the carnal man then tries to draw us toward the world and away from God. The carnal man feeds on the things of the world.
If we can recognize the deceitful debate that the carnal mind offers before we allow him to feed on the world, then we can starve him from the world and weaken him to the point that we treat him as dead.
"Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:" (Col. 3:5)
"For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live." (Rom. 8:13)
The word "mortify" literally means to "count as dead" or "cause to die by starvation or abstinence".
As the carnal man weakens, the new man gets stronger.
By studying what the Bible has to say about the fool (the carnal man) and the wise (the spiritual man), we can learn to recognize the reasonings of the carnal man that is in our flesh and resist him before he has an opportunity to feed on the ways of the world.
"To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good." (Psalm 14:1)
This is the basic nature and foundational belief of the flesh: that there is no God. From this stems all other subtle persuasions.
"Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him." (Prov. 27:22)
The carnal man will never change. If you could take the sin nature and grind it in a mortar with a pestle, you could not grind this belief out of him.
Your faith in God and Christ resides in your new nature born of God. Your sinful nature in your flesh has not changed. He still says there is no God.
"Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil." (Jer. 13:23)
That is why psychiatrists, psychologists, behaviorists, and others can never change an individual by themselves.
It takes God to change a person by giving them a new nature to join with the Holy Spirit and war against the old nature to subdue it. You cannot change the sinful nature of man.
The carnal man says that there is no God. There is no God to help you. There is no God to love you. There is no God to hear you. There is no God to care. And so on, and so on, and so on.
He will try to get you to choose any other solution for your problems instead of trusting God.
You cannot rationalize with the old nature, you cannot persuade the old nature, and you cannot change the old nature.
As soon as you recognize the old nature is arguing against what you know to be right in your heart, the only answer is to resist and starve the old nature, fight him through the power of the Holy Spirit with the Word of God, turn and walk away.
The Bible tells in the Gospels that after the Holy Ghost descended upon Jesus in the form of a dove, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness and was tempted of the devil.
Each time He was tempted, He said "It is written." Jesus didn't argue, He didn't debate, He didn't justify, He simply said, "It is written" and then quoted the Word of God that was contrary to the temptation of the devil.
This was done for our example. This is how we defeat the flesh, the world, and the devil. "It is written."
The flesh will try to persuade us that we have waited on God long enough. That it would be easier to just borrow the money, take out the loan, change jobs, move to another church, etc.
However, it is written:
"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." (Isa. 40:31)
The fool says that we are justified to be angry and hide hatred and unforgiveness in our hearts. The fool says that if we believe it to be true then it is alright to speak to the detriment of others.
"He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool." (Prov. 10:18)
However, it is written:
"But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." (Matt. 6:15)
"These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:" (Prov. 6:16)
"…A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren." (Prov. 6:19)
The fool says to just try it this way and see if it works. Let's just try living together before we get married. Let's just try not declaring the cash on our taxes, no one will know. Let's just try a drink. Let's just try sex. Let's just try drugs. Just one time.
"It is as sport (laughter) to a fool to do mischief (a bad plan): but a man of understanding hath wisdom." (Prov. 10:23)
However, it is written:
"These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:" (Prov. 6:16)
"…An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief," (Prov. 6:18)
The fool says that it should be done your way. Your way is the best. Your way will work. You are smarter, stronger, better. Demand your rights. Stand your ground.
"A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident." (Prov. 14:16)
However, it is written:
"But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble." (James 4:6)
The fool says that the Bible was written almost two thousand years ago. There is no way that it can apply to your life today.
"A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent." (Prov. 15:5)
However, it is written:
"But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." (Matt. 4:4)
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:" (2Tim. 3:16)
The world and the fool (the sinful nature) work together to cause you to depart from the plan, work, or answer that the Lord has directed you to seek for. He wants you to give up on God or at least question what you have heard from God just before God's promised blessing comes.
The carnal man's advice always leads to the answer that the world has and away from God's answer.
"Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth." (Prov. 17:24)
But God says:
"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." (James 1:5)
"But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed." (James 1:6)
"For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord." (James 1:7)
"But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy." (James 3:17)


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With PhotoDVD 4, the outcome is no longer limited to burning to DVD, the new output to mpeg4 now allows videos to be transferred to Youtube or Dailymotion in High Definition format. The software will automatically split videos over 10 minutes long into a "YouTubeready format" in HD 1920 x 1080.
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Price: $104 - $384
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2.5 Sleeps: 8
2 Bedroom Pigeon Forge Resort Cabin Townhouse Near Golf Course Dollywood
Take a break from it all in this 2 bedroom, 2 bath townhome with hydro jacuzzi in the master! You will enjoy resort pool access this lovely townhome offers. Relax for a quiet evening in with a home cooked meal made in your own fully equipped kitchen! Just minutes from Dollywood and the Pigeon Forge Parkway, you will love this beautiful log townhome in the Smokies! This log townhome has indoor and outdoor pool access, just 1 mile from Dollywood, the Leconte Convention Center, and the Cal Ripken Baseball Experience! Sorry, no pets or smoking. Reserve the ultimate family vacation rental in Pigeon Forge today! This townhouse does not offer a hot tub. Book Cozy Bear Cove today!
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One of the most popular questions I'm asked about homeschooling is how do I plan or schedule our year? By all means, there is no right or wrong way to homeschool. However, many families choose to follow the traditional school year. Sometimes they choose this because they've pulled their children from a private or public school system and it's routine. Sometimes that's what works best for their family, but other times it's because they aren't aware of other options. Starting in August and finishing in June is just something they've never given much thought to not doing.
Scheduling plays an important role in homeschooling, particularly when you're teaching special needs students. I want to share some advantages to consider if homeschooling year round is a good fit for you. Largely, a common misconception is that burn out is more likely to occur when you school all year, but what if I said it could actually be beneficial or make for a more relaxed learning environment?
If you haven't ever considered it or are looking for a new plan, consider these benefits:
1. Flexibility: The most famous word in homeschooling, second only to socialization. There is so much more flexibility when you are planning to school all year. You have more weeks. Period. 52 is bigger than 36, and that means you have more buffer time for life to happen, whether it's the positives like field trips and vacations or possibly illness or emergencies. You seem to be able to get it all done without feeling rushed or behind.
2. Continuity and Pace: It might sound as if you never get a break, or the kids never get a break, but that's deceiving. The breaks are just scheduled differently and in smaller chunks. Say goodbye to that long period of reviewing after extended summer break. When I think about year-round schooling, the phrase "slow and steady" comes to mind; a continuous flow of learning. If your curriculum is set up to be completed in 30 lessons, an intellectually impaired student might need to move at a slower pace. If you are working with an accelerated or gifted student, you may need less time.
3. Less Transitioning and Anxiety: If you battle with transitions, it's a big factor in how you manage your homeschool. Often by having a plan that flows consistently through the year, your student will go through less sharp peaks and valleys than a traditional school year; thus, minimizing anxiety and relieving pressure. There's really no start or end to constantly have in your mind. You might choose to take a small break when you finish "3rd grade or year" before you pick up the next.
4. Seasonal School: Taking an intentionally seasonal approach to your education can have amazing benefits. Kinesthetic learning is especially advantageous and it's easily incorporated with life skills and situations. Capitalize on discounted travel and field trips in the off-season. School if it's too hot to play outside in July or play in the cool autumn leaves because it's perfect. How you adjust your plan with the weather is up to you!
Although this may seem like the most rigorous approach, you might find it to be the converse. You might eliminate the need for over planning subjects to fit into a specific amount of weeks or find yourself more truly embracing what homeschooling means to your family. It seems to be a less conscious, more natural blend of school and home where the two combine for a common purpose to create a gentle, constant state of learning.
To my family, year-round schooling means doing as much as we can when we can and living in the moment. Not sweating the small stuff and looking forward to the big stuff at the same time. Overall, just doing the best we can. What does your homeschool schedule and style say about you?
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All discussion of best weeks must begin with Lynda Carter spinning.
Monday I will be accompanied by the mini-nerd to the National Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of American History and the Washington Monument. It's Daddy-Daughter Learning Day! I let her pick which sites she wanted to see in DC. She chose the Museum of Natural History because she went there on a field trip last week but didn't have enough time. She then chose the Museum of American History because she wants to see Judy Garland's ruby slippers.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday is work.
Saturday is Awesome Con! I wasn't entirely sold on this so I let the mini-nerd decide. When I asked her if she wanted to go to a comic book convention, I barely got the sentence out of my mouth before she said yes. If anyone else is going, I will be the man with an 8-year-old bouncing six feet in the air.


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It doesn't matter whether you have met anyone in person or not, today's enhanced social media usage has permitted even strangers to know a lot about you only by visiting you profiles on social media networks. Whether it's a date, a job interview or you just walk in to a store, all social data is straightly accessible and viewable in real world scenarios within a matter of fact.
These disruptive technologies have created quite a danger for all their users as their profiles and personal information is easily accessible. Profiling, in common terms has adverse inferences, in context of, race, gender, law enforcement and even beyond it. This concept is mostly used by marketers (sub-conscious humans) in order to categorize people around us.
Defining Social Profiling and the Technologies which boosted it:
Social profiling term is defined as "when digital technologies let people access other people's information via social platforms like Google+, Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn and Tumblr etc." These AR technologies has enabled social data to be straight forwardly accessed in public using mobiles, smartphones, AR and other technologies.
How Social Profiling will Influence us, society and Businesses:
There are at least three ways in which social profiling will influence us. Social profiling techniques and technologies can sway us in three different ways:
- Digital Impression Scores impact the public in real world at large – People nowadays often get really impressed by anything or anyone real quickly which is encouraging social influence on a peak level. For example, there are chances that a competition may arise among richest men or tall women, that who is more influential on social media and everyone will get in to the discussion very swiftly. As a consequence, a new nibbling business order can materialize which can interrupt corporate hierarchy, attractiveness or wealth.
- Marketers utilize this to rank and provide incentives to influencers – Since decades; brands are impacted by influencers as they attract the common people. Now business brands have new segmentation techniques. For example hotels are already offering luxurious treatments to those who have great social scores and being influencers. Now this scenario will also shift to retail, hospitality and even more in coming days. Yet, it is solely the decision of the influencers whether they take the offers or reject them.
- Innovative Business Models will transpire to provide Social Media Background Check– As we have to endeavor in the real world, digital grooming and mentoring is as vital as personal grooming. Soon, professional will require services of digital mentors who can assist them in appearing best in their social profiles and help them improvise and prune their digital grooming.


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From Human Powered to Empowered Humans
At IAM we believe in the limitless potential of technology to empower people and transform businesses. We focus on creating the most innovative and reliable industrial software to empower individuals, teams and businesses of all sizes, to become extraordinary.
IAM is here to provide you with the tools, training and support you need to break free from the average and achieve the amazing.


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MongoDB Administration
MongoDB is a cross-platform document oriented database which is no relational and classified as a Not Only SQL (NoSQL. This database eschews the traditional table-based relational database structure in favor of JSON like documents with dynamic schema which MonoDB calls BSON format. This database is developed by MongoDB Inc. and is published as free and open source software under a GPL licences. This is also the fourth most popular type of database management system for document stores.
This tutorial is geared toward becoming a MongoDB Administrator. After going thru this tutorial,you will be able to administer MongoDB for any company small or big. DBA republic has experienced MongoDB DBA and developer who have been managing and developing with MongoDB since 2013. Also, we are trying simplify the MongoDB document to make is easy and clear for any background to understand and implement.
What is the pre-requisite for this course? It will be helpful if you are a relational DBA or into Information Technology but it is not required. dbarepublic is here to simplify the complex MongoDB document to you. We also encourage DBA who have been developing and managing relational database management system to learn MongoDB. More and more companies are adopting NoSQL database technology and soon they need someone to manage MongoDB. We are here to prepare you for your company and career growth.
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How do I find myself once again driving down the freeway shaking, screaming and growling. Growling, that deep guttural sound that a wounded animal can make, that rises from the pt of my stomach and escapes my mouth in moans.
How can that be?
Here's the thing you don't know about grief unless you have been there; this is not a surprise.
It may take me by surprise whenever it happens, but I always know it can, it's waiting for me.
Today. What triggered it today? It's never one thing, it's always a culmination of events, a perfect storm, even when that perfect storm in my mind looks like any other day, or few days, to anyone else.
I decided to do an "artist date" and plant some pots for my little balcony. I had a date last week and another this week. Last night online I tried to be diplomatic with someone who was clearly judgmental about someone else's sobriety and grief…"It's been 5 years, she's milking it". Today I drove out to MY Target, just blocks from my old house, not just to go there, for other reasons, but the other reasons didn't happen. On the streets, as I was driving I saw 3 ambulances in front of homes, 3 separate homes.
And on the way home I found myself screaming.
It feels awful this PTSD. I was diagnosed with it after Tom died, the sudden and shocking way he died made the diagnoses relevant for me. I never took any drugs for it, I avoided that for the longest time. But I became aware that I "might be" self medicating with the booze, so I gave anti-depressants a shot. However, I kept drinking, and this particular anti-depressant has the weird side-effect of actually making you able to drink more. And so I did, rendering any positive effects it might have useless. Since I have quit drinking I can sort thru the feelings better, and do, I really do. Life is so much better.
Except today I just don't care about any of that. Grief and I need to be done with each other, and that is not going to happen anytime soon. Really? Really.
So sometimes I scream in my car. Or catch a glimpse of a photograph and have to stop and yoga breathe to calm myself down, to remember that it is real.
I was berating myself the other day, lying on the couch and watching TV. I could be going through the zillions of pictures I have in boxes in my closet, taking up valuable space. They need to be gone through and some just gotten rid of, yet I find it so hard to face them. I'm not sure I can. When I moved I just threw them all into boxes to deal with later, that unknowable later. When is that? I have a box of VCR tapes that need to be converted to DVD. I have a chest full of stuff that serves as my coffee table, but really is a repository of another life. I sometimes feel I have such a tenuous hold on my serenity, on my sanity even, that I can't afford to invite in a disturbance in the force. So I procrastinate and move piles around. It all looks good from the outside, but don't open that chest, stay away from that closet.
I didn't invite in today's, but it is surely here. I felt hungover, on the verge of tears, tight, wound, scared. Writing here helps me, a lot. Spewing things that really only are there for me to dump, but at least I have a place to dump them. It's a way of self-soothing. I should have gone to yoga, but when I got home I was incapable of changing my clothes or even getting up from the couch. I will say that now I am up, have eaten, am dressed and ready to go out and feel so much better, seriously. These episodes tend to pass fairly quickly, thankfully.
The thing is, and I guess this is what I wanted to say…. no matter how this whole episode started, it did. It happened. And I'm not writing this for sympathy, but for understanding. Those of you who can relate will get it, those that don't may learn something. The online discussion was, I think, the real triggering episode. This woman I was talking to was confused and wanted to protect herself in this situation with a friend who is a widow and who drinks all the time. I measured my words very carefully, fully encouraging her to NOT go anywhere near her friend today, because that kind of judgement wouldn't help, and if this women succumbed to her demons as the widow was, then she would blame her. The widow needs no blame, or judgement. She needs compassion and understanding, someone to listen, someone who may not have been in the situation but can at least be present for her.
And this friend was not capable of being that person.
Look, in my experience 5 years is nothing. Frankly, 5 years in is when I suddenly got clear enough to recognize the way I was self-medicating and retreating from life and into my drinking, and to finally do something about it. The last 3 years have not been a fucking cake walk. Stuff I drank away came back. I moved, changed my whole life. The feelings are crazy, all the time. ALL the time.
Those feelings do not go away in any proscribed amount of time. Seriously? I don't think these feelings ever fucking go away. Never. I will miss and mourn Tom until the day I die. I will be driving again, or trying to go to sleep, or walking by a fucking old picture and it will come back in all it's glory…the day, the death, what I lost. It is not going anywhere anytime soon.
The other day a woman I know, a widow, said that the difference for her now is that, for the most part the loss stays inside her rather than walking beside her. I get that, that is true for me too. But every once in a while it comes out to deliver the shock and awe. 5 years later, 8 years later, 20 years later….
Look, it's today


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The second stage of the OiLibya Morocco Rally proved to be a far more taxing affair with a special stage requiring deft navigational and riding skills. Joan Barreda finished fourth and Paulo Goncalves, fifth.
The desert to the south of Zagora offered a harsh battle ground for a second stage which had upped the ante for rider navigation in a stage with complicated routes and way points that were hard to find.
Joan Barreda, the fastest Team HRC rider on the day, got lumbered with the job of starting out first and soon made it evident that his pace and navigational prowess have in no way been diminished by his absence through injury. The handicap of opening the track turned out to be not so negative after conceding a few minutes to rivals, although it means that he drops from overall top-spot for the time being.
An eager Paulo Gonçalves had a rough start to the day after a navigational error in the first part of the special meant that the Portuguese rider saw precious time slip away. Paulo battled hard for the remaining 200 kilometres, yet in spite of clawing back some of the lost time remains frustrated by his earlier error. The effort did, however, move him one place up the overall leaderboard into fifth position.
Paolo Ceci dropped several minutes although Team HRC will hope that the organisation annuls the lost time as the Italian rider had stopped to attend to Iván Cervantes after an accident in the stage.
Kevin Benavides and Jean Azevedo, the two riders from Honda South America Rally Team, both had the opportunity to complete their rally mission of improving riding and navigation skills. Both South Americans move up in the overall standings.
TOMORROW's STAGE
Still a lot of sand to be expected in this third stage. The race-start of this special will be on sinuous and sandy tracks and will take competitors across the dunes. They will then be faced with a long stretch where speed lovers will be able to express themselves, before getting back on to technical and stony tracks. Be careful not to break anything! The navigation will then cover some fast and sandy track before the final passage in the dunes.
Joan Barreda
STAGE: 4th PROVISIONAL: 2nd
Today was one of those days where you really enjoy being on the bike and opening the track. I'm having a blast on the Honda CRF450 RALLY! But best of all, I feel great to have these sensations once again with the navigation and a good pace. In the dunes, I got it right and there were some tracks from the other vehicles so I had to keep calm to navigate well and not get carried away.
Paulo Goncalves
STAGE: 5th PROVISIONAL: 5th
It was a very bad day for me. I had a good starting position but I made a bad navigation mistake just after the special had started and I lost a lot of time. I tried to make up the time that I had lost, but it wasn't enough. All the same, I'm pleased with the pace that I have had in the race. Today we had every type of track and I'm able to cope very well in those situations. Bad navigation, good riding. Tomorrow we will continue the fight.
Paolo Ceci
STAGE: 28th PROVISIONAL: 20th
A tough stage, with a lot of navigation. At the start there was a complicated point in a river which cost me a few minutes. After I tried to keep up a good pace and I got to the dunes with a group made up of Renet, Cervantes and Van Beveren, who were all going very quickly. I joined them but Cervantes fell very heavily. I stayed with him to make sure that he was fine. I lost 15 to 20 minutes but I hope that the organizers give it back to me. The rest of the stage went well, although it was a pity about the mistake at the beginning. The bike has been going really well and I'm really up for the next stages.
Kevin Benavides
STAGE: 9th PROVISIONAL: 12th
A complicated stage. There was a lot of earth in the beginning and it was hard to overtake the other riders. It was also very technical. There was a lot of sand, dunes and some rivers. I had a great time. I improved the rhythm because I felt a lot more comfortable on the bike that is really going great and hasn't given the slightest problem. It's been fantastic.
Jean Azevedo
STAGE: 24th PROVISIONAL: 20th
It was a stage with a lot of stones, hard and broken track, some fesh-fesh and sand. It was a bit tough as I haven't been able to find the pace. I still haven't found the right sensation with the suspension and I see that if I want to go really fast I have to take a lot of unnecessary risks. For navigation training, it has been a good stage. Positive.


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[Not Confirmed] Will @SoundRhythm Bring 2PM to Indonesia?
One of Indonesian promotor, @SoundRhythm, was reply my mention on twitter. They asked to #Kpopfans about 2PM. And yeah, they have plan to bring 2PM to Indonesia!
Hmm, that is a very good news for Hottest. And yeah I'm so happy when I read their tweet. Well, I'm so surprised when I open my mention on twitter. So many mention from them! Haha..
Translation: Cool. Thanks RT "@ndiiin: ABSOLUTELY! *.* RT @SoundRhythm: #Kpop fans, 2PM is OK, isn't it?"
Well guys, let's pray for them! And for Indonesian ELFs who ask about Super Junior, they said that Super Junior still theit priority, but I sthink we still must waiting until we get confirmation from them. Yeah you know, so much Indonesian promotors want to bring Super Junior to Indonesia.
Ah, I hope they can bring Super Junior and 2PM to Indonesia. Or, others KPop artists!! Kpop fans, let's pray for Indonesian promotors to bring Kpop artists to Indonesia x)
twitter: @SoundRhythm
credits: heedina @blueterritory.wordpress.com


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WASHINGTON -- It was an hour after the at-bat of a lifetime, and Jayson Werth still wasn't sure what just happened.
An hour after his epic 13-pitch mano a mano with Cardinals bullpen hulkster Lance Lynn.
An hour after a wave of the bat he'd dreamed about all his life.
An hour after he'd sent a baseball soaring through the pulsating D.C. night -- and into a whole new chapter of Washington baseball folklore.
An hour after as euphoric a trip around the bases as any man has ever made in his town.
And yet, more than anything, you know what Jayson Werth needed to complete his classic journey? A video machine. What else? Had to find the nearest video machine -- because whatever had just gone down in the turbocharged ballpark he plays in, it had all zipped by him way too fast for one mere human to comprehend.
"Really, I need to go back and watch the whole thing, watch the whole at-bat, and see exactly what went on," Werth was saying, an hour after the game-ending, season-saving, we'll-see-you-tomorrow-night home run that made the giant right-field scoreboard flash the biggest news in Washington on a memorable Thursday evening: Nationals 2, Cardinals 1. "I don't even remember it. It's almost like I blacked out. It was like a Will Ferrell moment."
A Will Ferrell moment? Heck, it was more like an Aaron Boone moment. Oh, it didn't end a series. It didn't guarantee anything. All it did was give the Nationals one more day to play baseball, in a Game 5 of this National League Division Series that will send one team onward and one team fishing.
But somehow, for this team, for this town, it felt like something more powerful had just happened. Something special, something magical, something transformational.
Once, not so long ago, the Nationals couldn't get people in their town to come to this park. Then Jayson Werth sent a baseball flying off into history, and all of a sudden, people didn't want to leave this park.
For 10, 15, 20 minutes after his game-winning home run had clattered off the back wall of the visitors' bullpen, nearly all of the 44,392 customers who witnessed it remained frozen in place at their seats.
Spinning their red rally towels. Shrieking until their vocal cords hurt. Celebrating a moment they'd waited a generation to bask in. Doing whatever they could to hold on to the sort of feeling that makes being a fan worthwhile.
"Even doing interviews on the field [afterward], you could barely hear the other person talking," said closer Drew Storen. "It was that loud. It was one of those moments we'll never forget. We've seen those moments. But we've been on the other side of them. We've been in Philly. We've been in other places where we looked at each other and said, 'This is what we want to turn our place into.' I've always said that if we give these people something to cheer for, they will. And they did it today."
Then again, they'd just seen something extraordinary -- maybe more extraordinary than they even realized.
They'd seen the first postseason victory by a Washington baseball team in Washington since Oct. 5, 1933.
They'd seen the first Washington postseason victory to be decided in the bottom of the ninth inning since Oct. 5, 1924, a day when Roger Peckinpaugh doubled in Joe Judge to decide Game 2 of the only World Series any Washington team has ever won.
And, above all, they'd seen one of the most unique walk-off home runs ever hit:
The first ever, in the postseason, by a man playing for any Washington team. The first ever, in the postseason, by any member of the Nationals/Expos franchise, which has been around for 44 seasons now (the last eight in D.C.). And, very possibly, the first ever to come at the end of an at-bat that lasted 13 dramatic pitches.
We can't say that for certain, because we don't have pitch-count data for every postseason walk-off homer ever hit. We have reliable pitch-count data, in fact, for only most of the past two decades. But here's what we know:
• This was the longest at-bat to result in a game-ending postseason home run of any of the walk-off shots for which baseball-reference.com data is available. The longest before this? "Only" nine pitches, by Derek Jeter, on the way to his fabled Mr. November homer in the 2001 World Series.
• No one has had a recorded at-bat this long and then hit even a regular-season walk-off homer in 15 years -- since Garret Anderson hit one off Rick Aguilera, also on the 13th pitch he saw, on Sept. 15, 1997.
• Werth has been to the plate nearly 4,000 times in the regular season and hit 145 career homers. But he'd never, ever had a 13-pitch at-bat that ended in any kind of home run, let alone a walk-off. (His previous high: 12, before a 2009 homer off Oliver Perez.)
• And Werth's longest at-bat ever before launching a walk-off bomb was eight pitches, before a 2010 game-ender against (who else?) the Nationals. The reliever who allowed that one? Drew Storen. The same Drew Storen who turned into the winning pitcher in this game, thanks to the latest Jayson Werth walk-off homer.
"The funny thing," said reliever Tyler Clippard, "was that me and Drew were watching that at-bat in the dugout. And as it went on and on, he turned to me and said, 'This is starting to remind me of an at-bat just like that two years ago -- against me.' So he called it."
But, in a way, both Clippard and Storen also contributed to it.
In the seventh, eighth and ninth innings of this game, those two -- plus special bullpen guest star Jordan Zimmermann, making the first big league relief appearance of his career -- had done something extraordinary: They recorded eight consecutive outs via strikeout.
It was only the second time in postseason history that any bullpen had racked up eight straight outs via The Whiff (joining the 2005 Angels, in Game 1 of the ALCS) -- and the first time any bullpen had done that in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings of a postseason game. And with each one of those strikeouts, eardrums rattled.
It isn't often you attend a baseball game where a bullpen changes the energy level of an entire ballpark full of people. But it happened in this game.
"Can a bullpen do that? Absolutely," said Storen. "You can switch the momentum when you have guys come out and pitch like Zim and Clip did. That changed the momentum and got the crowd into it. The crowd loves strikeouts."
Yeah, but not as much as it loves walk-off homers.
As Werth walked to the plate for his ninth-inning at-bat, he trained his eyes and his consciousness only on Lynn, the 6-foot-5, 250-pound behemoth who had struck out six of the 15 Nationals he'd faced in this series. But all around them, a bullpen-inspired bedlam had finally enveloped a ballpark that had been waiting for something, anything, to get stoked about for the past two days.
It was a sound Werth was determined to tune out. But his teammates couldn't help but tune it in.
"That's the loudest I've ever heard it," chuckled third baseman Ryan Zimmerman, "in any place I've ever played."
As towels spun, feet stomped and 44,000 people chanted, "Let's go Nats," Werth dug in to begin an astounding at-bat, an at-bat that would change his life.
Lynn launched two supersonic fastballs for called strikes with his first two pitches. That was one part of this duel Jayson Werth didn't need any video help to recollect: "It felt," he said, "like I got to two strikes pretty quick."
But he took the next two pitches for balls one and two. And that's when this battle started to take on a life of its own.
He would foul off the next six pitches -- five of them fastballs clocked at 96 mph or faster. And after each one of them, he stepped out, took a giant gulp of oxygen, collected his thoughts and wriggled back in.
Then, on the 11th pitch, he took a curveball, barely low and outside -- in a spot where plate ump Jim Joyce had been ringing up strike calls all day long. But Joyce called this one ball three. Werth's description of that pitch: "Close." He wasn't kidding.
Next came another flameball, at 97. And yet another foul ball -- the seventh two-strike foul of this at-bat. And it sent Werth backing out of the box yet again, wondering, finally, how long he'd been up there. A minute? Five minutes? Half an hour? He'd lost all track.
"I remember looking up there [at the scoreboard], and I think it said 12 pitches," he said. "How long was that at-bat anyway? 13? So it was right before the last pitch. I looked up at the pitch count, and it said 12. And I said, 'Is that right?' I had to really study the board to make sure that was correct."
By that point, he'd decided, Lynn was done messing with the breaking ball. So he geared up for one more heat wave -- and got it. This one came whooshing at him, right down Pennsylvania Avenue, at 96 mph. And Jayson Werth let it fly.
Lynn had thrown 371 pitches in his career that traveled 95 mph, according to Baseball Info Solutions. Not a single one of them had ever been hit for a home run.
But not anymore. Not after this one.
It rocketed through the early-evening ozone. It clanked off the back wall of the Cardinals' bullpen. And when it fell to earth, a whole new chapter in Washington baseball had just been written.
Werth roared around first base, pointing a triumphant fist toward the stars. He stampeded around third and heaved his helmet into the night. Then he leaped onto home plate, disappeared into a sea of jubilation and soaked in one of the happiest moments of his career.
"I love October baseball," he would say later -- and never more than he did at that moment.
This was only the third walk-off October homer ever hit against the Cardinals, a team that has played 209 postseason baseball games. The others were stroked by Mickey Mantle in 1964 and Jeff Kent 40 years later.
It was just the fifth walk-off homer ever hit by a leadoff man in the postseason. And it was only the fifth in the past 10 Octobers by a team that needed to win to play another day.
And that, for Jayson Werth, was the true highlight: Not the home run itself -- but the dream the home run kept alive.
"Now," said Washington's first-ever walk-off October hero, "we get to play tomorrow. And that's the best part."


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By : SARAH SABARATNAM
Violence against children is on the rise. SARAH SABARATNAM tackles the topic of how to put a halt to the crimes.
WHEN a child dies of severe physical abuse or a young girl is brutally raped and murdered — as in the case of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin — it is bound to make headlines.
The uproar is immediate, but eventually everything is back to normal, and we forget the many children who routinely face violence.Everyday, at some corner in this country, under a tent or a roof or in a patch of grass, an adult unleashes his explosive, brutal, savage self on a powerless toddler.
And what defence can the feeble child muster? Between January and July this year, statistics from the police showed that 116 children between the ages of one and seven were physically abused.
Another 37 were just babies, not yet reaching their first birthday.
Precious, innocent lives are being ravaged and rampaged by people who should know better; 50 of this year's offenders were parents of the victims.
The number of reported sexual crimes against children below the age of 18 is even more horrifying.
Last year, there were 269 cases of incest, 876 cases of modesty being outraged, 122 cases of sodomy and 1,708 cases of statutory rape against children below the age of 18.
Such violence leaves physical, emotional and psychological scars with severe implications for a child's development, health and ability to learn.
This is why The World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse, commemorated all over the world today, is of great significance. It is a time to mull, chew and contemplate on how effective we have been in preventing abusive crimes against children. "It is a situation that can become normal in our lives," says James Nayagam, executive director for Shelter, a registered welfare organisation that helps abused, abandoned, neglected or at-risk children.
"In light of the gruesome things that have happened recently, there is a lot of concern and we need to take stock of what we are doing and what we need to do. It is time to consolidate, to see how effective we are in dealing with this violence."
Nayagam says there have been glaring warning signs that people are getting more violent. After Nurin's cruel murder, there was a realisation that the Child Act had not been fully implemented and that there was a need for a Child Protection Policy. "In typical Malaysian manner, we only take action when something happens.
Only after people die tragically are issues raised." Shaking his head, he mutters, "somewhere along the line, we are not committed enough." He laments that there is not enough finances to improve the system, be it protecting abused children, admitting them (abused children) into hospitals, raising awareness, stepping up police investigation and providing recreational and communal facilities in lower income neighbourhoods. He also wishes that there is a continuity in the handling of issues at the ministerial level when there is a changing of the guards.
"We are still discussing the same issues about children that we were talking about 20years ago. The dialogue must go on, only then can there be progress."
Last year, the UN General Assembly was told that the best way to deal with violence against children is to stop it before it happens. Professor Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, the Independent Expert appointed to lead the United Nations Secretary-General's Study on Violence against Children said: "Everyone has a role to play in this, but countries must take the primary responsibility. That means prohibiting all kinds of violence against children, wherever it occurs and whoever is the perpetrator, and investing in prevention programmes to address the underlying causes.
People must be held accountable for their actions but a strong legal framework is not only about sanctions; it is about sending a robust, unequivocal signal that society will not accept violence against children."
Yes, today is a day to take stock.The ever increasing statistics suggest that we are lagging behind in efforts to protect children from violence. "As we climb the mountain of a problem, there has to be stations where we have a review of the laws and its workability," says Nayagam. "Are we on track?"
- New Straits Times
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
1 comment:
- unicorn said...
from what i learned, abused child became abuser,they abuse their own kids or whoever they r taking care of.. so STOP this craziness!! if abused children dont get help,they wl become emotionally disturbed other than physically hurt.
- November 21, 2007 at 2:51 PM
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It's the weekend. Hopefully you have a little time to get a little creative and tackle a DIY project. I noticed a DIY theme in a lot I was reading (& writing) this week, so I thought I'd pass some of the info along to you.
The latest DIY craze, according to The Wall Street Journal, is cheese and other dairy. Mozzarella, chèvre, yogurt and butter, foods that don't need a lot of special equipment or lots of time, are being tackled by non-professional cooks in their home kitchens.
At the recent Fancy Foods Show in San Francisco, USA Today reports that DIY Food Kits were one of the trends. The kits contain all the ingredients and detailed instructions on how to prepare foods like cheese or pies.
If your DIY adventures have left you with an abundance of Mason jars (I admit I have dozens more Mason jars hanging around than I did a few years ago), TLC has 50 Ways to Hack a Mason Jar. From growing sprouts to making a snow globe, Mason jars can do a lot more than just house dried beans.
Here on MNN, we have some DIY Valentine's Gift ideas. There are homemade gift ideas for him and her. There are a few food gift ideas. Homemade Nutella anyone?
Enjoy your weekend!
Photo: Matt Callow/Flickr


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Abrasives expert Suhner (Australia) presents an objective comparison of tools with flexible shaft, power tools, and pneumatic tools to show economical and efficient machining on surfaces with aggressive abrasives and long duty cycles.
Tools with flexible shaft
Designed for heavy duty applications with a flexible shaft that decouples the drive motor from the tool in the user's hand, these tools deliver lower vibrations and fatigue, and greater safety, with the speed regulated either continuously or via presets. The user can therefore utilise a combination of powerful drive output and lightweight hand piece. Advantages also include low noise levels, high torque, and potential reduction of workspace needs.
The comparison was made with the tried and tested ROTOfera featuring a three phase 400 V electric motor and an FSM angle hand piece.
Power tools
Driven by a powerful single phase universal motor, these tools offer advantages such as compatibility with the ubiquitous single phase mains; digital constant electronics with starting current limitation, overload and undervoltage protection; ease of handling; and compact design for outstanding manoeuvrability.
The comparison was made with the compact UWG 10-R angle grinder.
Pneumatic tools
Thanks to their multidisc motor, these tools are highly robust, easy to service, powerful, and lightweight. Providing high reliability and operating safety, these motors can withstand overloading without damage, even when stationary.
The comparison was made with the highly manoeuvrable, lightweight LWG 12 angle grinder.
All three tools were fitted with a new, identical roughing wheel 125mm in diameter. Operating time per tool was 3 x 3 minutes with three users. The machined material was X5 CrNi 18 9/ 1.4301. Speed was optimised to the abrasive for the best possible removal of material while equally high and constant contact pressure was maintained.
A material removal rate of 500 g/h corresponds to a typical industrial application that includes factors such as fatigue. An eight-hour shift therefore removes 800kg of material over 200 working days each year.
Findings, assessment, and conclusion
Key findings from the comparison: Overload protection on the UWG 10-R power angle grinder switched to cooling mode just before the end of the comparison; the UWG 10-R power angle grinder exhibits 50% greater wheel wear and the LWG 12 pneumatic angle grinder delivers a performance nearly equal to its competitors.
The tool with flexible shaft continues its status as the unchallenged powerhouse. When a lot of material has to be removed over long periods and there is available working space, this tool presents a highly convincing economical solution.


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Tracy DiTolla works in various mediums but has a focus on collages and assemblages that include watercolor paintings.
There are several recurring themes in all of her artwork such as mental illness, alcoholism, meditation and confusion about religious dogma.
She sometimes uses a humorous slant when dealing with serious issues. Her influences are Egon Schiele, Ray Johnson, Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still.
Tracy DiTolla has a BA in Art History with a minor in Studio Art from William Paterson University and a Master of Arts degree in Art History from Montclair University. She is planning on pursuing her PhD.


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New Book by Wellesley's Sealing Cheng Explores
'Migrant Entertainers'
and the U.S. Military in South Korea
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Mass.— Since the Korean War, women have worked as hostesses in clubs catering to a U.S. military clientele in South Korea. As the nation's economy advanced dramatically in the 1990s, the low pay and stigma associated with the work led to a shortage of Korean women willing to work in these camp towns, known as gijichon. Club owners began to bring in women from developing countries to serve as "entertainers" – often understood as a euphemism for prostitutes.
Are women who travel to work in these clubs victims of trafficking, sex slaves or simply migrant women? How do they understand their experiences? Are anti-trafficking initiatives helping in protecting their rights as women, migrants, and workers?
Sealing Cheng, assistant professor in the Women's and Gender Studies Department at Wellesley, attempts to answer these questions in her new book, "On the Move for Love: Migrant Entertainers and the U.S. Military in South Korea" (University of Pennsylvania Press, April 2010.)
"My goal is to reveal some of the human stories entrenched in this phenomenon – stories that have been covered under the blanket definition of 'sex trafficking,'" she said. "The complexity of these women's lives and their creative responses suggest that looking at them only through the lens of sexual victimhood would continue the practice of defining women exclusively by their sexuality and of erasing the multiplicity of their identities, as well as their drive, motivation and determination to struggle against their subordination."
Cheng's illumination of the migrants' experiences has gained praise from her colleagues.
"Cheng has struck the perfect balance between depicting the exploitation, pain, frustration and sorrow experienced by the women in gijichon and the experiences that illustrate women's choices, hopes, strategies, good humor and overall humanity," said Nicole Constable of the University of Pittsburgh.
Carole S. Vance of Columbia University called the book a "head-spinning, richly detailed and fiercely original account of migrant Filipina entertainers in Korea."
"Deft and nuanced, embracing contradiction, and brave in honoring Filipinas' 'dreams of flight,' this book is absorbing, moving and a great read," Vance said. "Destined to become a classic in gender/sexuality studies, migration, ethnography and global South courses."
In her research, Cheng focuses on issues of sexuality, prostitution, migration, trafficking and human rights, particularly in South Korea. Her courses at Wellesley include "Introduction to Women's Studies," "Global Feminism," "Love and Intimacy" and "Migration, Gender, and Globalization."
Incorporating activism and arts into her academic work, Cheng organized a photo exhibition of works taken by women in a red-light district with the Courageous Women Research Center in South Korea. The exhibition, "Our Lives, Our Space," have been travelling to Wellesley, New York University, the University of Pittsburgh and Columbia University in 2009-10. Her journal articles have appeared in Feminist Review, Harvard Journal of Health and Human Rights, International Feminist Journal of Politics, East Asia, and Asia-Pacific Viewpoint.
Cheng received her doctorate in anthropology at Oxford University. She was a Korea Foundation Fieldwork Research Fellow in 2008, studying globalization of anti-trafficking policies in South Korea. Before coming to Wellesley, she taught at the University of Hong Kong and was a Rockefeller Postdoctoral Fellow in the Program for the Study of Sexuality, Gender, Health and Human Rights at Columbia University. She has also taught at the Summer Institute on Sexuality, Culture and Society at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and at the Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute: Exploring Theory and Practice in Istanbul.
Since 1875, Wellesley College has been a leader in providing an excellent liberal arts education for women who will make a difference in the world. Its 500-acre campus near Boston is home to 2,300 undergraduate students from all 50 states and 75 countries.


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Earlier this month, Twitter's CEO came under fire for giving free advertising on his feed to Chick-fil-A — apologizing a day later for talking up one of America's most notoriously anti-LGBTQ companies and saying he "forgot about their background."
You're right. Completely forgot about their background
— jack (@jack) June 10, 2018
Fox News screamed that this "sparked another round of backlash, this time from more conservative social media users, who questioned what the CEO of Twitter meant by 'their background.'" And Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who in 2016 cited the terror attack at a gay Orlando nightclub as his reason to run for Senate again after vowing not to do so but has consistently opposed LGBTQ rights, went ballistic.
"This lunacy has gone too far," he wrote, claiming that Twitter's Jack Dorsey had been "bullied" into apologizing for "patronizing" a company whose owners hold a "personal view taught by mainstream Christianity."
This lunacy has gone too far. The CEO of @Twitter bullied into apology for patronizing @ChickfilA because owners support "biblical definition of marriage". Holding a personal view taught by mainstream Christianity is now boycott worthy. https://t.co/EnChlPBStc via @cbsmoneywatch
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 11, 2018
.@ChickfilA isn't denying service to anyone. But if you eat there you must be attacked by the twitter mob b/c owner agrees with what his church teaches about marriage? Why would twitter mob stop at biz owned by Christians? Who is next? Christian schools? Christian charities?
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 11, 2018
The message from latest @ChickfilA incident is this: "Your church can still teach traditional marriage (which by the way we will still label as a bigoted belief) but don't you dare repeat it outside of church or we will come after you, your business and/or your job."
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 11, 2018
🚨 urgent breaking news: marco rubio is STANDING BY CHICK-FIL-A 🚨 pic.twitter.com/q9ptNljCQW
— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) June 13, 2018
But while Rubio's tweetstorm claims that the ongoing criticism and boycott by the "twitter mob" of a company "owned by Christians" is purely about the owner's "personal view," recently released tax documents demonstrate that the company's actions continue to be pro-discrimination.
As first noted by blogger Tim Peacock, Chick-fil-A's tax-exempt foundation filed its annual IRS Form 990 a few months ago and it shows that company continues to support rabidly anti-LGBTQ organizations.
The form, which covers the year 2016, reveals that the Chick-fil-A Foundation — almost all of which is funded directly from corporate money — gave about $1.8 million to three non-profits known for discriminatory activities: the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Paul Anderson Youth Home, and Salvation Army. This is actually a significant increase compared to its 2015 totals to the same groups.
More than $1,500,000 of that went to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and its local affiliates. The group seeks to use athletes and coaches to spread Christian teachings and impart an anti-LGBTQ message. All those who work for the organization must adhere to a strict "sexual purity" policy, barring any "homosexual acts," even for married couples. The group's Campus Playbook teaches young leaders that "God's design for sexual intimacy is to be expressed only within
the context of marriage, that God created man and woman to complement and complete each other. God instituted marriage between one man and one woman as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human
More than $130,000 went to the Paul Anderson Youth Home, a Georgia-based "Christian residential home for troubled youth." They teach boys the dangerous myth that "sexual, physical, and mental abuse of children, mostly in the alleged 'safety' of their own homes has produced all kinds of evil throughout the culture to include the explosion of homosexuality in the last century," that "homosexual behavior and lifestyle" are lawlessness, and that same-sex marriage is "rage against Jesus Christ and His values."
More than $146,000 went to the Salvation Army. The religious organization has a lengthy record of opposition to same-sex marriage equality, anti-LGBTQ housing discrimination, and promoting exemptions from non-discrimination ordinances. Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court made marriage equality the law of the land, the ministry boasts on its website's "The Salvation Army and the LGBT Community," page that it adheres "to all relevant employment laws, providing domestic partner benefits accordingly." In other words, they have no non-discrimination protections of their own and unless you are in one of the minority of states explicitly bar anti-LGBTQ discrimination, you might be out of luck.
Five years ago, Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy vowed to stay out of the debate on LGBTQ rights and to "treat every person with honor, dignity and respect-regardless of their beliefs, race, creed, sexual orientation and gender." Yet the company has still not adopted an LGBTQ-inclusive non-discrimination policy, still receives a 0 on the Human Rights Campaign's corporate equality scorecard, and still gives generously to anti-LGBTQ causes.
While Rubio is trying to build his fundraising list by "standing by Chick-fil-A," those who do not support discrimination might want to think twice before standing with him.


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Weather News
Tropical Storm Cristobal on track to strike US Gulf Coast
Tropical storm and storm surge warnings were in effect for parts of the Gulf Coast on Friday night as Cristobal gained speed and strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
Why Cristobal is a rare 'crossover' storm
Cristobal was a record-breaker when it formed as a tropical storm, then became a depression and probably won't become a hurricane -- but it's also notable for what happened before all of this.
Daily coronavirus briefing: Masks clogging storm drains across US
The problem has been worsening as face masks have become ubiquitous. Plus, COVID-19 seems to strike men with male pattern baldness harder -- and doctors have a few theories about why.
AccuWeather School Movie Day: Octopus on a windshield??
AccuWeather School is just about done since AccuWeather Summer Camp starts soon. So what else to do on one of the final days of school? Not take tests, but watch funny weather videos!
Seasonal allergies: Your month-to-month guide
Seasonal allergies can be awful. With this handy, monthly guide, you will discover when allergens are at their worst and when you may expect some relief.
Your stargazing guide: Top tips for observing a clear night sky
Your stargazing guide to make the best out of your next adventure under a clear, dark sky.


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Mia Kerick is the mother of four exceptional children—all named after saints—and five nonpedigreed cats—all named after the next best thing to saints, Boston Red Sox players. Her husband of twenty years has been told by many that he has the patience of Job, but don't ask Mia about that, as it is a sensitive subject.
Mia focuses her stories on the emotional growth of troubled young men and their relationships, and she believes that sex has a place in a love story, but not until it is firmly established as a love story. As a teen, Mia filled spiral-bound notebooks with romantic tales of tortured heroes (most of whom happened to strongly resemble lead vocalists of 1980s big-hair bands) and stuffed them under her mattress for safekeeping. She is thankful to Dreamspinner Press for providing her with an alternate place to stash her stories.
Mia is proud of her involvement with the Human Rights Campaign and cheers for each and every victory made in the name of marital equality. Her only major regret: never having taken typing or computer class in school, destining her to a life consumed with two-fingered pecking and constant prayer to the Gods of Technology.
Mia has published four works of adult contemporary gay romantic fiction with Dreamspinner Press and four novels of contemporary LGBT fiction with Harmony Ink Press. Mia Kerick's books are recommended reads in the LGBT blogging/reading community, have spent many weeks on Amazon Hot New Releases and LGBT Best Sellers lists, as well as other notable bestseller lists, and have won awards for excellence in YA literature.
Twitter: @MiaKerick (https://twitter.com/MiaKerick) | Facebook | Amazon | Dreamspinner | Newsletter
Random Acts by Mia Kerick
Dreamspinner Press
Dreamspinner | Amazon | B&N
Bradley Zelder can't find his way in life. After struggling for nearly a decade, he has yet to complete his college degree. Working as a school custodian, living in blue-collar Landsbury, MA, his love life is as empty as the rest of his existence. But on his way home after another disastrous date, his truck breaks down in upscale Oceanside. When he thinks life can't get any worse, a man who is the epitome of Boston elite and everything Bradley finds attractive and intimidating helps him move his truck to the side of the road. Ashamed of his lot in life, Bradley almost lets the opportunity slip away, but he comes to his senses in time and tracks Caleb down.
From a random act of kindness, romance begins to grow, filling all the dark corners of Bradley's empty life—until a random act of violence threatens to take it all away. Bradley must step up and be the man Caleb believes him to be. Caleb rescued him from a life without hope. Can Bradley rescue him in return?
My Rating: 4 of 5 Stars
This is a different read for me when it comes to Mia Kerick. Instead of a Young Adult book with coming out issues having to be dealt with, we have to men who are out to society. They face their own dramas in life. The romance that developed between them was difficult, but through maturity and perseverance from both meant a lifetime of happiness - not rosy - but real.
Bradley had dreams but these were shot down because of one random comment from someone he looked up to. That comment may seem mundane now or truly should have been dismissed, but that act of dismissal ruined the spark that Bradley had and nothing really kindled it again. Now, a janitor in a school, he goes through the motions of life and relationships are never right for any reason. His was a lonely life. Until a man helped him out like a Good Samaritan. That one random helped act as the kindle into Brad's heart and dreams.
Caleb spotted a man who needed help by the road. His one random act of kindness showed him a glimpse of a happier future, a future he once thought he would share with his now deceased husband. Self-assured, he knew what he wanted and he thrived on knowing he could have a happy life. When one random act of violence nearly cost him his life, the uncertainty ate and threatened to devour.
Now Bradley and Caleb have to act on what their hearts wanted, not what their fears drove them to do. Should they hide or should they face the demons in their minds?
Depression is a truly debilitating disease for it could send all sense of logic through the window. Try as they might, anyone suffering from this would have the will to keep on but not the strength. Medicines help. Therapy helps. However, it is truly the support group in the form of family and friends that drive the person to live.
This is a story of how two men fought their way out of their darkness and refused to let the shadows overtake their lives. They had a lot of help and they had each other. This was not so much a story of erotica or romance as it was really a story of survival. A great read from author Mia Kerick, this is one read that makes us think and hope even under the shadows of depression.
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This method allows to evaluate the degradation of lactate during cellular respiration. During this metabolic process, carbon atoms of lactate can be transformed in carbon dioxide. For this purpose, the radioactive lactate is added to the cells and the amount of radioactive carbon dioxide liberated is monitored. The radioactive carbon dioxide generated during cellular respiration is released into the culture medium and it is further converted into gas through the addition of sulfuric acid to culture media. A piece of Whatman paper wet with phenyl-ethylamine-methanol is placed inside the petri dish to trap radioactive carbon dioxide whose production is then evaluated by scintillator counting.
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Newer medications can cure HCV infections, study suggests
A new analysis reveals a dramatic transformation in the care of patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) as more effective and tolerable medications have become available.
In an analysis of all HCV antiviral treatment regimens (N=107,079) initiated from 1999 through 2015 in the US Veterans Affairs national healthcare system, cure rates increased steadily from 19.2% in 1999 to 36.0% in 2010 before a remarkable increase to 90.5% in 2015. The number of patients achieving sustained virologic response was 1313 in 2010, the last year of the interferon era and increased 5.6-fold to 7377 in 2014 and 21-fold to 28,084 in 2015.
"The introduction of effective direct antiviral agents together with the allocation of appropriate funds and resources allowed the VA healthcare system to treat and cure hepatitis C in unprecedented numbers. In fact, out of approximately 57,500 patients cured of hepatitis C in the VA since 1999, approximately half were cured in a single year in 2015," said. Dr. George Ioannou, senior author of the Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics analysis. "The question is whether we are delivering these medications to the patients who need them and what obstacles there are to treating and curing the majority of hepatitis C infected patients."
You can read the full Article by clicking on the link :
A. M. Moon, P. K. Green, K. Berry, G. N. Ioannou. Transformation of hepatitis C antiviral treatment in a national healthcare system following the introduction of direct antiviral agents. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2017; DOI: 10.1111/apt.14021
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This month just started with the celebrities leaks. However, there will be more interesting things to come… just stay tune (no I am not talking about more leaks, so don't attack the blog!!! )I am talking about news and rumors on BoobsRealm. BTW, some people have speculated that some leaks may be actually benefiting the career of the celebrities involved.. let the speculation begin!!
BoobsRealm.com broke the news of Katerina Hartlova pregnancy. Well, to confirm this, Nadine Jansen has release a set of herself and a pregnant Katerina on her site . One of the most beautiful girls on Earth – IMO- looks adorable. Check her nice tummy.
Last night I had a dream that involved Haley Cummings. I have not heard of her in a long time. I know she announced that she was shooting again, but has yet to reveal what will be her first new scene. Going back to my dream…. It may sound geeky, but in my dream I met Haley at an event and literally fell in love with her. The second thing I did today, after getting my blog restored was searching a video of this blonde busty goddess on youtube. Here what I got.
I was checking one of my favorite blogs: Tetas Enormes (from Spain) and came across this busty Russian whose name is Yulia K. She has just gotten a photo session and looks like she will become the new amateur sensation. Here more pics of this lady. She indeed has huge tits!!! Topless is a must for us!!
101 is the number of celebrities affected by past monday leaks, known as "The Fappening". Below you may see the list of victims hacked. BTW, I have always been a fan of Rachel Nichols and Kirsten Dunst, despite not having big titties! Actually some girls are unknowns to me. Sorry girls, but at least one pic has to go with a post. So in the middle of the list. KATE UPTON huge ol titties!!
Note: Jennifer Lawrence has taken the prize!!! however, Kate has the best titties.. I was not a fan of her before this!
AJ Michalka, American actress, singer-songwriter, and musician
Alyson 'Aly' Michalka, AJ's sister, also an American actress
Allegra Carpenter, actress, best known for The Fault In Our Stars
Abigail Spencer, American actress
Alana Blanchard, American professional surfer and bikini model
Alexa Jane, model
Angelina McCoy, actress, best known for Enchanted
Anna O'Neill
Ashley Blankenship, actress, appeared in The Wolf Of Wall Street
Aubrey Plaza, American actress and comedian
Abigail 'Abby' Elliott, American actress, voice actress and comedian
AnnaLynne McCord, actress and model
Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter
Amber Heard, American actress and model
Rebecca 'Becca' Tobin, actress, singer, and dancer
Brie Larson, American actress, screenwriter, director and singer
Brittany Booker
Candace Smith, American lawyer, actress, model, and beauty queen
Candice Swanepoel, South African fashion model, best known for her work with Victoria's Secret
Cara Delevingne, English fashion model
Carley Pope, Canadian actress
Carmella Carcia
Carrie Michalka
Cat Deeley, English television presenter, actress, singer and model
Carly Foulkes, Canadian model and actress
Chloe Dykstra, actress and model
Clare Bowen, Australian actress and singer
Dove Cameron, 18-year-old U.S. actress and singer
Elena Satine, Georgian-American actress and singer
Elle Evans, American model and actress
Ellenore Scott
Emily Browning, Australian film actress and singer
Emily DiDonato, model from New York
Emily Ratajkowski, British-born model and actress
Erin Cummings, American actress
Erin Heatherton, American fashion model and actress
Farrah Abraham, TV personality, author and pornographic actress
Gabrielle Union, American actress and former model
Gabi Grecko
Hayden Panettiere, U.S. actress, model and singer
Hope Solo, American goalkeeper and two-time Olympic gold medalist
Heather Marks, Canadian model
Hilary Duff, American actress and singer-songwriter
Jacqueline Dunford
Janelle Ginestra
Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
Jessiqa Pace
Jessica Dunford
Jessica Riccardi, model
Jesse Golden
JoJo, American singer, songwriter and actress
Joanna Krupa, Polish American model and actress
Jennifer 'Jenny' McCarthy, American model and actress
Josie Loren, U.S. actress
Joy Corrigan
Kaley Cuoco, American actress
Kaime O'Teter
Kate Upton, American model and actress
Kate Bosworth, American actress
Kelly Brook, English model, actress and TV presenter
Lauren 'Keke' Palmer, American actress and singer-songwriter
Kim West, American TV personality socialite
Kirsten Dunst, American actress, singer, model and director
Krysten Ritter, U.S. actress, musician, and former model
Lake Bell, American actress
Laura Ramsey, film and television actress
Lea Michele, actress and singer, best known for her performance as Rachel Berry on the Fox TV series Glee
Leelee Sobieski, actress
Leven Rambin, American actress
Lisa Kelly, American trucker who appeared in Ice Road Truckers
Lisalla Montenegro, Brazilian model
Lindsay Clubine
Lizzy Caplan, American actress
Mary-Kate Olsen, American actress and fashion designer
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, actress and recording artist
McKayla Maroney, artistic gymnast
Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer
Meagan Good, actress
Megan Boone, actress
Michelle Keegan, English actress, best known for playing the role of Tina McIntyre in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street
Mikayla Pierce
Misty Treanor, retired American beach volleyball player
Nina Stavris
Rachel Nichols, American actress and model
Rihanna, singer
Sarah Shahi, American actress
Sahara Ray
Sarah Schneider, American writer, actress, and comedian
ScarJo (possibly Scarlett Johansson, actress)
Selena Gomez, American actress and singer
Shannon McNally, singer-songwriter
Tameka Jacobs
Teresa Palmer, Australian actress and model
Vanessa Hudgens, American actress and singer
Victoria Justice, Nickelodeon actress
Wailana Geisen
Winona Ryder, American actress
Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
Alison Brie (U.S. actress) and Dave Franco (U.S. actor)