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"Geek", "Nerd", "Dork", "Loser". I'm pretty sure many if not all of us (pop-culture) have been labeled with any or all of one of these ever-loving titles at some point. And to most some are not synonymous with others. Before I go any further I just want to elaborate on why it's the "Pop-Culture" terms as opposed to strictly comics. Initially I wanted to dub this for comic-fans, but realized that it isn't just comic fans. These titles are often given to fans of Manga, Trading Card Games (Magic, WoW, etc.), Table Top Games (Warhammer 40K, D&D, etc.), and more. The point being that we are all in the same labeled group of geeks, nerds, dorks, and losers.
So why is this? Why are we ridiculed with these names because of things we love or are passionate about? Why is playing Magic the Gathering any different from playing Spades or Poker? If you want to get technical all Magic does is take a standard deck of cards and bring a new version of gameplay to the table. Comics and Graphic Novels are no different than the latest copy of a John Grisham best-seller. They both have compelling characters, fantastic authors, and worlds all their own. But don't try to tell me that the woman reading Birds of Prey doesn't get certain looks that she wouldn't have if she picked up an Anne Rice murder –mystery.
Again, for some reason society has some prejudice about what interests a "normal" person should have. Apparently our hobbies are not in that list. I understand that some of us have very understanding people in our lives that are perfectly ok with our hobbies and don't think any differently about who we are as people. So why the hell are we judged? Who decided that because of our interests we can be labeled as "dorks"? Who? Was it someone interested in politics? Or was it someone into sports or the stock markets? I just want to know when it became acceptable to put a nametag on those who follow something a little out of the ordinary, as if there was a clear-cut definition for ordinary.
I've just recently become very active with Twitter (Don't ask why, but it has connected me with some awesome people with similar interests) and have noticed the plethora of fans all over the globe. Not to mention the women who take their passions so seriously that they relentlessly argue with DC about them not having enough female-writers or artists (I'm not saying you're wrong, just noting your passion). But I've also noticed some of us have fully embraced the "geek" title and wear it as a badge of honor. That, too, is fine, but it just seems to me that the more we embrace the title the easier it is to throw around. Someone tell me why must we be chastised??? I know the words are a little theatrical, but as a whole, don't we share the taste for the theatrical (Anybody recognize the line from Batman Begins? Gold Star for you).
What if we started nit-picking all of the so-called "normal" hobbies? What if we turned the tables on those who don't assume they're "dorks"? It is the most mature of ideas, but we shouldn't just allow our interests to be looked at as immature or irrelevant. Let's pretend those titles weren't pressed on us…do you think that would change anybody's beliefs as to how our hobbies were perceived? If comics were no longer for "losers" would readership go up? If cosplaying was more in-style would more people do it? Or are we doomed to live on as geeks, nerds, dorks, and losers?
Dare I say we start a revolution? Nay, a revolution never seems to pan out. I say we simply respond to those who don't appreciate our favorite pastimes with questions as to why. Why are we the outcasts? Our diversions are like any other are they not? Manga takes us out of our lives for a while doesn't it? World of Warcraft connects families and friends while having a little fun (I know, some of you hate the grind, but there is some 14 million subscribers who would disagree). All I'm saying, is maybe we try to break free from the tyranny that is…whoa, just went a little Stewie for a second. Anyway, let's just try to change the way we are seen and do it without burning down a local Wal-Mart.
That whole "history geek" debacle that came out of Miss USA's mouth started a whole gaggle of people's opinions on what a "geek" is. And I'm sorry, but whatever you assume a geek to be might not be entirely correct to someone else. I'm proud to be a member of this group, the group that wears our hobbies proudly on our sleeves, but why can't we just be fans? I'm not saying we should be embarrassed or ashamed, just don't understand why we must assume the role of "geek" for the things we love.
Bottom line, if you've found this blog, you're probably a fan of the same things I am. We're fans just like with anything else. I'm a fan of baseball and football as well but let's face it, not many people refer to themselves as sports geeks. A fan also has a passion for something, much like some say a geek does. So why can't we be happy with being fans?

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BEREA, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University volleyball team hosted Heidelberg University in an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup in Ursprung Gymnasium, at the Lou Higgins Center.
It took BW (23-2 overall, 3-1 OAC) four hard fought sets to seal the victory over Heidelberg (16-6 overall, 3-1 OAC), with finals of 26-24, 20-25, 25-22, 25-22. This is the first victory over Heidelberg since the Mount St. Joseph tournament on September 9, 2007 and the first OAC victory over Heidelberg since October 3, 2006.
Three different Yellow Jackets registered double-digit kills. Freshman outside hitter Ivy Earl (Howell) set a career best of 18 kills to lead the charge. Freshman outside hitter Mary Zurbrugg (Alliance) and sophomore middle hitter Taylor Brown (Maple Heights) recorded 16 and 11 kills respectively. Conducting the offense, with 35 assists, was sophomore setter Kathleen Egan (Cleveland/Beaumont). Senior setter Ashley Nuding (Perrysburg/Springfield) contributed with 19 assists, providing a 1-2 punch for the Yellow Jackets.
After setting a personal best of 32 digs on September 29 this season, sophomore defensive specialist Sarah Reinhard (Willoughby/South) would break that benchmark tonight with 35 digs. Egan helped defend the back line with 12 digs of her own. Brown protected the net with 2 solo blocks and sophomore utility player Alexis Garrett (Mentor) tallied three assisted blocks.
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Users Of Accounting Information In Tesco Finance Essay
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As the development of the global accounting standards, the International Financial Reporting Standards is widely recognized over 100 countries Bloomer, 2005. It is very important for an international firm to use the global financial standards to presenting its accounting information for its investors. So, more and more companies present their financial information in the International Financial Reporting Standards to their internal and external users.
As one of the largest retailers in the world, Tesco has its business over 14 countries and employed almost 520,000 peoples (Tesco plc, 2012). It is very interesting to see how its accounting information supports its operations.
This assignment will concentrate on four issues of accounting information based on a case study of Tesco plc. during year 2011 to 2012. Firstly, it will focus on three internal and external users of Tesco financial information to determine their needs and requirements of accounting information and the reason why they use it. Next is the discussion of primary and secondary objectives of Tesco plc. The third section of this assignment is the ratio analyses of Tesco's two-year financial statements from year 2011 to 2012. At last, it will provide evidence that how the cash management and capital budgeting important to Tesco plc.
2. Analyses of users of accounting information in Tesco
To show how the business is running, the accounting information are provided to all users as managers, customers, suppliers, associations, and government (Sirbulescu et al., 2010). Tesco plc. is not an exception. As a retailer, it is very important for Tesco plc. to provide a positive financial statement to its accounting information users. In this section, it will focus on three internal users and three external users of Tesco's accounting information to identify their needs, requirements and how these financial information affect their decision-making.
Internal users
In general, the internal users of accounting information are including management, employees, trade unions, shareholders and internal auditors (Caillouet and Lapyre,1992). In this assignment, it will discuss management at all levels, employees and shareholders related to Tesco plc.
The financial informational of Tesco plc. is the basis for the management team in the company. First of all, the managers need these accounting information to examine the process of their previous decision in Tesco plc., such as, how the position of the decision, is it increase the profit in Tesco plc. if the management team get some evidence from the financial information that shows any negative effects of previous decision, the management team will raise another policy to fix it. Besides that, Tesco plc., which is a global retailer, the management team can get the overall and specific financial information of its global business. So they can easily to get the position of its branch business activities all over the world. For example, the financial information shows that a drastically increase in profit in Chinese market. So for the management team, they may plan for an increasing investment in the Chinese market. Final, the management team also uses financial information to determine the appropriate financial structure and maintain the financial stability to its shareholders. The management team of Tesco plc. will decide the how much to pay to the shareholder according to its financial statements.
In a word, the management team in Tesco plc. need the accounting information to plan, control and improve the business activities and then help the company to make more profits.
The employees of Tesco plc. are the users of the accounting information as well, because the employees should make sure the stability of their employment and the salary level. A positive growth in the financial statement of Tesco plc. should give the employees the confidence of their employment and job security, and also give them the chance to get more motivation from the job in Tesco plc. So the accounting information gives the opportunity for the employees to know more about the business and activities in Tesco plc. and then have a negotiation to the company about their motivations and future opportunities.
The next internal user of accounting information is the shareholder of Tesco plc. The accounting information showed the annual financial performance of Tesco plc., which provide the information for shareholders about their investment activities. With these financial information, the shareholders can measure the risk and return of investment in Tesco plc. and make a further investment decision, buy more shares or sell the existing shares. For example, if Tesco plc. increased its profit and earnings per share from year 2011 tp 2012, the shareholders may invest more on Tesco plc. in the following year.
External users
In this part, it will discuss how customers, supplier and government use the accounting information of Tesco plc. in details.
The customers of Tesco plc. is not only the clients shopping in stores and also the operations that doing business with Tesco plc. The customers need the accounting information to see the how Tesco plc. to meet their need of products and services and what financial issues will impact on the quality of the products and services provided by Tesco plc. If the financial information shows that Tesco plc. doing well and increase in their services, the customer could keep their loyalty to shop in Tesco plc. and get more benefit with the Clubcards.
The accounting information is very important for the suppliers of Tesco plc. The accounting information can not only help the suppliers know the business and financial performance of Tesco plc., but also informed the suppliers Tesco's creditability. The suppliers can get the valuable information that of keep to supply Tesco or not. Besides that, based on future development trend of Tesco plc. showed in the financial information, the suppliers should improve themselves to maintain the cooperation with Tesco plc. and offer Tesco plc. the most suitable payment period in credit.
The government also need the accounting information of Tesco plc. As a policy maker, the government will interested in the profits, sales and employment of Tesco plc. The government needs to determine the tax rate and other financial rates based on a huge amount of corporate annual financial statements, which is including Tesco plc. as well. Besides that, the government can also see the taxation and employment distribution that made by Tesco plc. For example, the more stabile and increasing employment that Tesco plc. had will decrease the unemployment pressure of the government. Thus, the government will do more to improve to their other service to the public.
Besides these internal and external users mentioned above, there are other users that will need Tesco's accounting information to make their decisions, such as the competitors of Tesco, the auditors and investors etc.
3. Objectives of Tesco plc.
For every organization, the primary objective is to maximize the shareholders' wealth (Chan, 2011). Tesco plc. is also have this objective. In order to maximize the shareholders' wealth, Tesco need to increase its sales and profits. All the business activities that done by Tesco plc. are all around this objectives, which means this is long-term objectives for the company. In some degree, Tesco is doing well in this objective. Comparing the last two years annual report of Tesco plc., it shows that the net profit increased £143m, which is a more than 5% growth in profits. As well as the profits, the earning per share was also increased from last two years.
The objective of increasing owners' wealth is not only one objective of Tesco, it has other objectives to keep the business running as well. As a retailer company, stability is very important for Tesco. The stability is not only for the stable supply chain, but also to maintain the loyalty of the customers. Stable supply chain can help Tesco continuing to provide the good and cheaper products to its customers and meanwhile help the Tesco to maintain the older customers and bring new ones. Tesco plc. is a food producer as well, they have its own product line and material suppliers. Some of the suppliers are only cooperated with Tesco. Besides that, Tesco is keeping the stability in their business activities as well, stable growth all over the world.
Next objective of Tesco is growth, both in the quality and quantity. In the financial aspects, Tesco is seeking to the growth in the profits to meet the primary objective. In the products and services aspects, Tesco is try to provide better products and more convenient services to its customers. In the business aspects, Tesco want to set up business all over the world. In year 2012, Tesco has its business over 14 countries and a 7.4% sales increasing to £72 billion, which showed a well performance of Tesco plc.
Using the smallest cost to make the biggest profit is the rule for all the business. Cost control is another objective for Tesco. The main cost of Tesco is cost of sales. In year 2012, the cost of sales was increase around £4,000m along with a growth of revenue, which is a reasonable increase in the cost. Besides that, as one of the largest retailers in the world, Tesco has over 6000 stores in the world. The administration cost is also a large amount of the business cost of Tesco. Although there seems to be a significant negative increase in administration cost, Tesco keep the amount almost the same than last year. In addition, there is a 14% decrease in the financial cost from year 2011 to 2012. In general, Tesco plc. has a tight cost control system to maximize its profitability.
Satisfy is also an objective of Tesco. In order to satisfy its shareholders, Tesco should take activities to increase its profits; in order to satisfy its customers, Tesco should provides high quality products and services. Besides that, Tesco should based on the different traditions and cultures to diversify its product chain to meet varies needs of different customers. The financial statement of 2012 shows the results how well Tesco satisfied its both internal and external customers. An increase in profits could be the best evidence.
4. Ratio analyses of Tesco in year 2011 and 2012
The able blew show the comparisons of profitability, efficiency ratio, financial ratio and investment ratios to discuss the performance of financial statements of Tesco plc. in 2011 and 2012.
The profitability ratio in 2011 and 2012 are generally decreased. The ROCE ratio dropped down 0.2%, while gross profit margin and net profit margin are decreased 0.33% and 0.06% from year 2011 to 2012. The decrease of gross profit margin could be the results of the different amount changes in gross profit and revenue. From year 2011 to 2012, the gross profit almost the same, but the revenue increased over £4,000m from £60,455m to £64,539m. So there is a decrease in the gross profit margin. The similar situation can also explain the other profitability ratios. The net profit increased by 5.35% from £2,672m to £2,814m, but the gap between revenue is over £4,000m. so there is still decline in net profit margin.
The stock turnover ratio measure how long the stock is held before it being sold. However, the stock turnover period is about 1.5 days longer from 2011 to 2012, which is a reason of the increase amount of stock being held for the 2012 financial year. It is not a good sign for Tesco plc., and if the situation went worse, there could be a significant loss to Tesco. The Debtor days is 14 days in 2011 and 15 days in 2012, which means that it took one more day for Tesco to get back the payment form debtors. For the creditor days, it is almost the same level during the two years. Tesco plc. get an average of 63 creditor days to pay its suppliers. In general, the efficiency ratio in Tesco is just on the average level, neither very impressive nor very poor. In other words, Tesco can improve its efficiency ratio by selling more stocks, building up a friendly relationship with its business partners.
Ratio Analyses of Tesco PLC. For year 2011 and 2012
Gross profit
Net profit
Stock turnover
20.86 days
22.15 days
Debtor days
14 days
15 days
Creditor days
Interest cover
The gearing ratio is calculated by the debt divided by the total equity. The gearing ratio in 2011 is 40.80%, while it is 38.49% in year 2012. The gearing ratio in Tesco is continued to decrease over last four years. The continued decline reflected the stable debt position despite increasing in assets investment. The interest cover is about a 15.8% from 6.35 in 2011 to 7.42 in 2012. Interest cover ratio measures the ability of pay interest on outstanding debt. The higher the ratio, the less Tesco is burdened by the debt expenses. So from year 2011 to 2012, it became easier for Tesco to pay the debt expenses.
The earnings per share raised from 33.10p in 2011 to 34.95p in 2012, whereas the return on equity is also have a slight increase from 12.24% to 12.50%. These could be another results of the growth of profit. More profit gives the market the faith of Tesco's shares. Thus, there will be more investors that will interested in Tesco.
In summary, Tesco plc. perform well in year 2011 and 2012. However, there is still have some issues existing. In the future, Tesco should focus on the improvement of its efficiency and profitability. Thus, Tesco will meet its business objectives.
5. Cash management and Budgeting in Tesco
Tesco as a retail company, it is very important to manage the cash, because Tesco can get a huge amount of cash form its retail customers everyday in its 6000 stores. In this situation, the management team in Tesco should draw a picture of how to use these cash. As a part of Tesco's business, the Tesco bank service is more suitable in this situation, using these cash to make more money for the Group.
Budgeting is as important as the cash management. The budget is like a future guideline for Tesco. It shows how to run the business in Tesco for a set period of time, including the objectives, activities, available resources and goals of the plan. it is also a measurement of the progress of the future planning.
Budgeting is a future planning of Tesco. This could be a strategic planning, which could finish within 3 to 10 years, a project planning and a short-term planning. For example, Tesco can expand its business to a new emerging market. Before entry the new market, Tesco will plan for it and do some research about market. And then, there could be a communication made by the management team to exchange opinions and ideas about the entry of the new market. Next is to set up specific budgetary goals, what Tesco want from the new market, when Tesco want to entry the market etc. After the budgetary goals, the management team should make these goals more detailed to a single task for a specific person to take the responsibility to it and tell them what is the resource of this. Then the budget is set, the management team should still take control of the budgeting to watch the progress of the plans. Finally, when the budget plan is finish, the management team should compare the budgeted results to actual results and doing the analyses, such as the plan is to entry the emerging market in 2 years, but in fact it takes two and half years. The management team should figure out why it takes more half years to entry the market.
A master budget will fit the Tesco's primary and secondary goals. It will help Tesco provide better products and services to customers. It will help to control the cost and maintain the growth of Tesco.
However, there is some problem that the management team will face in the budgets. Sometimes the budgets are too complicated and detailed, which could be hard when doing the actions. Besides that, the budgetary goals are often defeat the basic objectives and corporate objectives.
6. Conclusion
In this assignment, it uses Tesco plc. as a case study to make a discussion. Both the internal and external users of Tesco's accounting information are based on these information to make their own business decisions. Maximizing shareholders" wealth is Tesco's primary objectives as well as cost control, corporate growth, stability and satisfaction. According to ratio analyses, Tesco plc. can take the actions to improve the profitability and efficiency in its financial statements. As well as the better financial performance, the budgeting management is also very important for Tesco plc. to have a sustained development.
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The wisdom of Internet memes, this time from the only-God-can-judge-me crowd.
Before I get started dismantling the faux wisdom of this meme, let me make a couple things perfectly clear. 1.) I am covered in tattoos. I have two half-sleeves, both chest panels and a backpiece covered in a variety of designs. 2.) I am not a Christian. Instead, I'm an Odinist, which means I honor Odin and the rest of the old, Northern European gods, such as Thor, Tyr, Freya, etc. With that out of the way, let me tell you why I think this meme is bullshit, for the most part.
I will acknowledge that there's a kernel of truth to this meme. Yes, not everyone who has tattoos is a vicious killer or conniving criminal. And yes, all of know at least one person who piously attends church every Sunday yet somehow seems to miss the better message of what being a Christian/Jew/Muslim should be all about, and that's love, acceptance, forgiveness of self and others, etc. That said, this amount of truth to the meme is an acorn compared to the towering oak tree of bullshit that it implies.
Now let's look at the bad, of which there is a lot. Those who would share this meme are doing so in search of validation. Chances are, they're tattooed and likely don't go to church – which neither of things are bad – and they're struggling with feelings of low self worth. (Hint: we all do this to varying degrees.) Thus, sharing this meme is their way of saying, "Despite my flaws, I'm a good person. Right?" And each like and/or comment from their like-minded tattooed friends acts as another brick added to the poster's "self-esteem wall."
Another problem with this meme: it's thinly-disguised tribalism. What I mean by this is it basically draws a line in the sand between one "tribe" – tattooed people – and another "tribe" – non-tattooed people who attend church. This creates an us-against-them scenario where people are reduced to mere stereotype of what each "side" represents to the other. This robs people of their humanity, which is known as "othering," as in people become reduced to something other than human. Example: Someone looking at a group of tattooed people and saying, "Look at those freaks over there! They're not like us at all. They're evil!"
Thing is, it works just as well in reverse: "Look at those lying sons of bitches with their hands together, pretending that they're praying. Half of them will go home and beat their wives!" (Sound familiar?)
The bad news is that it's hard to escape the "tribal mindset," as it's been ingrained in us since the dawn of our species. By trusting in and taking care of only our own "tribe," our primitive ancestors ensured their survival. This same biological memory doesn't serve us so well today, where our culture has moved from tribal to one of a diverse global village. Now, whenever we separate humanity into "tribes" that are diametrically opposed to each other, we create conflict where there needn't be any. This can lead to atrocious acts committed upon members of the other "tribe" in the name of survival of one's own. Example: How many Jews were killed by the Nazi regime because they believed Jews to be evil and a threat to Germany's prosperity?
One more thing about the tribal mindset: seeing the world as us-against-them blinds our eyes to the wide range of diversity of thought that in which humankind actually presents itself. Example: how many tattooed people go to church? Likely more than you think, and they're not all bad (or good) people. On the opposite end of the spectrum, it should not be ignored that many murderers, rapists and other criminals have tattoos, and there are many people doing good things – ministry, healing, charity work, etc. – in the name of their chosen faiths.
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The world is full of singer-songwriters and none more so than across the pond in USA. So it was with some trepidation I settled down to listen to Chet O'Keefe.
Chet, who counts fellow singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith as a friend, is a well-travelled singer in the mould of John Prine and a certain Mr Dylan.
He's recorded two albums - Four Wheels Low (1998) and Game Bird (2010) - and this is his third album and what a wonderful collection of original songs it is.
By the time I had listened to the opener Not Drunk Yet and the second track, True Love, I was hooked.
OK, so I'm a sucker for well-written songs, with crisp harmonies and a respectful production.
Chet has the sort of sultry voice that could be overly sweet but not in this case. His world-weary approach brings his songs to life.
The songs are all beautifully structured. He is most definitely a natural storyteller. Listen to the aching lines in True Love and the delicious simplicity of Oh Angel.
The band is on top form throughout - and top marks for the stellar production.
Star Café is a lilting song with lots of country music name checks along the way and a cute message.
Blue Martin is a sweet song with tinkling guitars. The final track, Talking Kerriville Blues, is a rollicking entertaining romp about a singalong - with a great line about travelling 900 miles to play two songs. I'm sure many musicians can identify with that thought!
Chet is about to tour the UK for the first time, and on this evidence I reckon you'll be in for a good time if you manage to see him.
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Mr. President No More: Mr. President, it has been 21 years since you took power through military force. According to you, to eradicate corruption in the previous government. As time has evolved, it is evident that the status quo of my beloved homeland has not improved and is not conducive for most to say the least.
According to you in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78L4Th7tSA8 "any day the Gambian people do not want you, you will go home and be a farmer". Our people have been suffering to the extent that no one can speak his real thoughts about the government; but, I use this platform to echo the words of many Gambians.
Mr President, it is crunch time you align your words with your actions. It will be much better for you if you relinquish power before it's too late.
Hence, Mr. President, we demand from you no more terms, no more corruption, no more missing people, no more promises, no more mischief, no more words, and no more …
To those helping you, know that the weakest of houses is that of a spider. So help the oppressed and the oppressor with the truth.
Finally, I seek forgiveness from the almighty Allah who loves to forgive and I urge you to seek forgiveness from the Gambian people and from the most merciful, who forgives all sins (from Quran chapter 39 verse 53).
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The Misdemeanor Appeals Court on Monday ordered the release of Alaa and Gamal Mubarak pending investigations into charges relating to alleged abuse of presidential power by their father, former President Hosni Mubarak.
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Farid al-Deeb, the defendants' lawyer, had requested that Alaa and Gamal be released pending investigations, ongoing since May 2011.
The ex-president's sons face other charges related to financial corruption in Egypt's gas deals with Israel, use of public funds to renovate private properties, stock market manipulation and the purchase of land plots owned by junior pilots at extremely low prices.
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Hello Lovelies! Happy Mid week!
The whole of last two months I have been posting a lot of outfits and thought it would be a great to do a tag post to break the monotony. I bumped across this really interesting beauty tag in Wea's Beauty Blog and loved the questions. My posts are usually based on fashion and beauty posts are pretty rare. Thus answering 40 Beauty Questions would be wonderful to give you a glimpse of my beauty regime.
Read on 🙂
1. How many times do you wash your face daily?
Several times during summer as I live in a very hot and humid place, and 2 times a day during winter.
2. What skin type do you have?
I have a combination skin. It gets very oily and sometimes acne prone in hot and humid months and stays normal to dry in winters.
3. What is your current facial wash?
I love Neutrogena products and am currently using Oil-free acne wash from Neutrogena that really suits my skin.
4. Do you exfoliate?
I exfoliate 2-3 times a week.
5. What brand do you use?
Again Neutrogena! I use Blackhead eliminating daily scrub from Neutrogena though I don't have blackheads 🙂
6. What moisturizer do you use?
Neutrogena Oil-Free Moisturizer for combination skin
7. Do you have freckles?
Very few but they are hardly noticeable! 🙂
8. Do you use eye cream?
Yes, I use a Neutrogena Eye cream regularly every-night
9. Do you or did you have acne prone skin?
I do have a acne prone skin but I use a lot of care to keep it acne free. Good diet, proper sleep and right skincare really helps keeping acne at bay.
10. Did you ever have to use Pro-Activ?
I have never used Pro-Active so far
11. What foundation do you use?
I got the perfect shade in Revlon Photo ready and have been sticking to it for more than 2 years now.
12. How about concealer?
My Concealer is from Revlon Photo ready again which is complimentary to my foundation shade.
13. Do you know your undertone color?
I think its yellowish!! Not sure!! 😛
14. What do you think of fake eyelashes?
I think they look great but unfortunately I haven't perfected the art of using them without looking tacky!
15. Did you know that you are supposed to change your mascara every 3 months?
I don't use Mascara regularly so they can last me a lifetime. But I change them every year. I think 3 months is way too early! 🙂
16. What brand of mascara do you use?
Currently using The Body Shop but considering other brands as well. Suggestions welcome! 🙂
17. Sephora or MAC?
MAC. Haven't used Sephora yet.
18. Do you have a MAC Pro-Card?
No. Though I love the brand, I haven't yet brought anything from MAC, so don't have any cards.
19. What makeup tools do you use in makeup application?
Make up brushes and puff to dust on compact powder.
20. Do you use makeup base/primer for the eyes?
I have a The Body Shop primer that I use all over my face including the eye area. Foundation over primer works well too.
21. For the face?
The same The Body Shop primer on my face too.
22. What is your favorite eyeshadow (color/shade)?
Its a difficult question because I keep changing my eye shadow very often and I have a lot of favorites. Some favorites are gold, copper and black shades.
23. Do you use pencil or liquid eyeliner?
I use both. The pencil eyeliner is mostly for quick applications on the go.
24. How often do you poke your eyes with an eyeliner pencil?
I am pretty careful with eye make up application, so such accidents have luckily never happened to me.
25. Do you use mineral makeup?
I have heard a lot about them but haven't really tried any myself. Would love to try some in the near future though.
26. What is your favorite lipstick?
Currently loving Rum Sheen from Revlon which is great for everyday use.
27. How about lip gloss?
I don't use lip gloss. Instead Maybelline Babylips lip balm is my favorite whenever I want to skip Lipstick. I even use it under my regular lip colors. It helps moisturize the lips and acts as a good base for lipsticks.
28. What is your favorite blush to use?
My current favorite brands are Colorbar and an Indian brand called Lakme.
29. Do you buy makeup on eBay?
Never. I love to try on make up before buying them, so I never shop make-up products online.
30. Do you like drugstore makeup?
I mostly buy nail colors from drugstores.
31. Did you ever consider taking makeup classes?
I do check online tutorials on make-up but have never considered taking classes for it.
32. Are you clumsy in putting on makeup?
No I am not. I am quite sure about what looks good on me and can apply them well 🙂
33. Name a makeup crime that you hate?
Patchy foundation and foundation that does not match the skin tone. It looks ghastly!
34. Do you like colorful shades of makeup (lipstick, eyeshadow) or neutral ones?
I experiment with both. It depends on the occasion. However, I never use nude lip colors, they don't suit my skin tone.
35. Which celebrity always has great makeup?
Emma Watson always looks flawless in make-up.
36. If you could leave the house using ONE makeup item, what would you use?
A pencil eyeliner.
37. Could you ever leave the house without any makeup on?
Yes I definitely can! 🙂
38. Do you think you look good even without any makeup on?
I definitely look better in make-up. Everybody does! But I do have the confidence to walk without any make-up on too.
39. In your opinion, what is the BEST makeup line?
I personally love Revlon,L'Oreal and Colorbar. I am yet to try out more expensive make-up brands. My opinion might change after that! 🙂
40. What do you think of makeup?
Make-up is great to enhance natural beauty, but one shouldn't become a slave to it. Every girl is beautiful in her own way.
This is the end of my 40 Beauty Question tag and I hope you enjoyed reading my answers. I would love it if you do this tag post too and don't forget to let me know if you do! It would be great to read all your answers! 🙂
Have a great day and thank you for being such lovely readers! 🙂


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The word "safari" comes from the East African language Swahili, and means "long journey".
Southern Africa has been made famous amongst travellers for "safaris" through unspoilt wilderness areas, safari and game lodges and, of course, the Big 5 that are to be found!
There are a number of places that are ubiquitous with the word "safari", such as the Kruger National Park in South Africa, the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Etosha National Park in Namibia, or the Kalahari in between the three countries. The word itself conveys romantic pictures of the African bushveld, the animals, the bird calls, and clear starry nights around a warm fire. It is no wonder then that so many lodges, all over Southern Africa, can stake this claim. The Safari Lodge industry in Southern Africa is as varied as the experiences it offers and the animals to be seen.
The majority of the safari lodges in Southern Africa are built around and in the big game areas of the region, such as the Sabi Sands and the Timbavati areas alongside the Kruger National Park in South Africa, the Okavango Delta and Chobe National Park in Botswana; as well as other big conservation or wilderness areas within the various other countries.
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Hello, Dearest Readers!
We've been radio-silent for so long, you might have assumed we were hibernating! Though it does feel like ages since we've seen daylight, the truth is we've been busy little bees inside our cozy Library hive. One of the newer developments is the appearance of lots more ephemera. Primarily in the form of vintage posters and matted prints, they are varying sizes and are shrink-wrapped for preservation. Displayed around the bookstore, they add some life and color to the big wall-space beneath our vaulted ceiling.
Other changes include some reorganizing to showcase our hardcover book sale (select titles are $2 ea/3 for $5), as well as making some updates to Fiction. Now with a bit more subdivision, designated areas have been assigned to $2 Bestsellers, Mystery, and Sci-fi/Fantasy. Of course, we've kept Poetry and Plays in their well-deserved place as well, and there is still a large General Fiction area. Plus, while our half-price sale is still going, we've recently lowered pricing on many titles throughout the section, reflecting an even deeper discount 🙂
Though we've been open for business throughout the (long) winter, but it's been an icy, gray time of year following the holidays, and we are excited to see more lovely customers coming through our doors as days grow longer and snowbanks recede. (Just watch out for potholes. Ouch.)
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|"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." - Saint Augustine
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Travel! Originally, all Buddhist monastics were encouraged to behave like proper "wandering ascetics" (shramanas) in Indian. Rather than staying put inhabiting temples like Brahmin temple-priests (brahmanas), they wandered far and wide to break the sense of identification with one group, culture, way of looking at things, what one might call parochialism.
"Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends."
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While travel was difficult for mendicants, it was possible due to vast India's dana system, a mutually beneficial system of providing for the needy, particularly to spiritual seekers. They were provided with requisites as a means of social cohesion and making merit. "It is only right to give food to those who do not make or store food," was the common outlook.
"To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries."
East-west travel along the Silk Route went between the large city-states of India (Bharat) through Central Asia. The enriched the Buddha's hometown in present day Afghanistan (not Nepal), which was the northwest frontier of India, according to Dr. Pal. It made it possible to go long distances when desired. But it was quite enough to travel lesser distances and still benefit by being exposed to great variations from clan territory (janapada) to clan territory -- different customs, observances, dialects, ways of life.
"As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than [one] who has never left [one's] own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own."
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In a time when most humans lived and died within ten miles of their birthplace, it was quite eye opening and conducive to getting the most out of the liberating Dharma the Buddha taught. The same holds true for us today.
In spite of the ease of travel, most people stay close to their birthplace most of the time. Some may never leave, but even the few who do return and linger in the region. We seek comfort and familiarity. We have ties and social circles. And these tend to blind us to others and other ways of doing things. Therefore, travel then and now can be a wonderful thing, opening one up to a connection to all people on the planet, our t small place in the grand scheme of things, our parochial and small minded attitudes.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness... Broad, wholesome, charitable views of [people] and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
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Harry Potter, you've come a long way!
Thirteen years ago, on November 16, British author JK Rowling's star creation, the bespectacled boy wizard Harry Potter made his big-screen debut in 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'. We look at the book versus film debate on one of the world's most successful literary series
Three years ago, a friend popped by to borrow, I can't recall exactly what, but let's assume it was sugar.
A cameraman films a display of wand boxes during a preview of the Warner Bros Harry Potter studio tour 'The Making of Harry Potter' in north London on March 26, 2012. The Making of Harry Potter, which opened on Marchi 31, 2012 relives the boy wizard's adventures from book to film. Pic/AFP
She opened the unlocked door and was aghast to see me sitting on my couch and bawling away. Since we were studying in far, far off Costa Rica, she was concerned that something had happened back home.
(L-R) Emma Watson, JK Rowling, Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe arrive at the premiere of Prisoner of Azkaban at Leicester Square, London.
The said friend enveloped me in a comforting hug and asked haltingly what had happened. "Dobby died!" I wailed, clutching her hand. Puzzled friend responded, "Dobby who?" I pointed at the TV screen where Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1 was being broadcast and Dobby the free elf had bravely rescued Potter and his friends and succumbed to a
knife injury.
A view of the costumes of the professors at Hogwarts School of Witchraft and Wizardry at Universal Orlando in Florida. Pics/AFP
Friend, of course, thinks I am nuts, but that's muggles (non-wizarding people) for you. For Potter heads, the Harry Potter films may be far from perfect renditions of our beloved books, but they are now a wonderful way to revisit our favourite stories. It was thirteen years ago that Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone hit the silver screen and although the eight-film series got 12 Academy Award nominations, it didn't end up winning any of the Oscars.
Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, looks at the costume for the character Hagrid on display on the set used to depict Hogwarts' Great Hall in the Harry Potter films during the inauguration of Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden, north London.
But do Potter heads care? No. Are all the films flawless? No. Could we have expected more faithful toeing the book line? Yes. But do we complain now? No.
Commuters ride in a traditional English doubledecker bus adorned with an ad for the fifth Harry Potter book, the Order of the Phoenix, in central London on June 19, 2003.
That's because for Potter fans, the films are a portkey that transport us back into the magical world that JK Rowling created, where we can leave behind our muggle one. There's something comforting yet thrilling about the films — the certainty that Neville Longbottom (played by Matthew Lewis) will grow up to be the more good looking of that particular Hogwarts batch, that we will nod sagely when Dumbledore says "It does not do to dwell on dreams, and forget to live" in The Philosopher's Stone.
A view of the Hogwarts Express at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Diagon Alley grand opening at Universal Orlando on June 18, 2014 in Orlando, Florida.
Also, that we still feel that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince could have ended with a better face-off between Snape and Potter (while shaking our head exasperatedly, because seriously what on earth was Ginny doing tying up Harry's shoe laces in that movie).
11-year-old Daniel Radcliffe with director of the first Harry Potter film, Chris Columbus
We know what will happen next in the movies, we can rattle off the dialogues, and yet, we will watch them, again and again.
People queue up outside the Odeon cinema in Leicester Square for the first public showing of the Harry Potter movie in London's west end, November 16, 2001. British cinemas reported the highest pre-bookings ever for the movie based on JK Rowling's books.
Bijal Vachharajani is a self-confessed Potter head who spends her salary from Fairtrade India on collectibles, of which she has a sizeable collection now.
Rubber masks of goblins at Gringotts Wizarding Bank on display at a studio tour, The Making of Harry Potter in north London.
She won't say no to a Sorting Hat, though.
The first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, debuted in Great Britain in 1997 and was released in the United States the following year under the name Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
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Marriage counseling can be helpful to some couples attempting to reconcile and avoid divorce. In Georgia, while a couple may choose to voluntarily attend counseling, state law does not require it as a prerequisite to divorce. However, once a divorce has been filed, the court can order the couple to work with a mediator in an attempt to come to an agreement on the major issues related to their divorce.
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Georgia law provides a no-fault option for divorce. This means that one spouse can obtain a divorce over the protest of the other spouse by simply attesting that the marriage is "irretrievably broken." For that reason, counseling aimed at saving the marriage is never required. However, if the couple has children under the age of 18, the parents are required to attend parenting classes to minimize disruption of the children's lives during and after the divorce. Further, mediation may be ordered to encourage settlement and avoid trial on issues related to property division, child custody and support, and spousal support.
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Paleo: Today is Paleo Day 24 which is crazy but we're loving it. We've made lots of new recipes - here's one:
Paleo Coconut Curry Chicken
Recipe adapted from Cosmopolitan Girl
Makes 4 Servings
Nutritional Information: 379 calories, 18 fat grams, 18 carbs and 40 protein grams.
Review: We love this one! Next time, I will probably use full-fat coconut milk, but other than that it was great and super creamy. The minced garlic added a lot, as did the chili pepper. If you can't find the chili pepper, use red pepper flakes and/or hot sauce for some kick. Great paleo recipe!
Yes, I've cheated a bit. In sum, I had a diet coke yesterday. Just wanted it, did it, didn't feel good after. It tasted super sweet and left me super parched. Ugh. I also had a few sour patch kids the other day. They were sugary amazingness - no lie - but of course didn't fill me up or do me any favors or anything. Lastly, I had a bite on Saturday of a snickers ice cream bar. We were out on a boat, stopped for sweets, I resisted getting my own but was like whateva - it's hot and I want a bite and my bro-in-law was offering so done. For the most part though, we're all over Paleo and loving it. Austin even did it for his weeklong business trip last week (said it was even easier when eating out - just get meat & veggies!), and we did it (thanks to Austin's parents making paleo-friendly options) at the lake this past weekend. I've been passing up on the bread baskets, the diet pepsis and the cheese trays. I've been pulling the bread off of sandwiches at work and eating the meat-only (which worked out well on my turkey/bacon/avocado sandwich in a meeting today). I'm making it work and I feel 100% better. I sleep better and I don't have to track anymore. Those two things alone pretty much have me IN! I'm not doing it for weight loss, but have lost a total of 8 pounds and have been at the exact same weight every. single. day. I mean, no half pound up or down, no 4+ fluctuation I had when I ate heavy carbs, just this is my weight. Kinda cool to me.
Workouts: My foot has been acting up again (shock...) so I've pretty much been walking and doing upper body ST. I've been doing 3-mile walks each morning which I enjoy! Last week I did this Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday; and this week so far i've done yesterday and today. Then I've just been doing my shoulders, triceps, biceps, back, chest and abs. I'm going to try my Tabata class tomorrow, but I worry about the foot and hate to not do it full out. :( (P.S. Love that I can maintain my weight with only walking on Paleo, but yet still feel more lean - weird? yes. Awesome? yes.)
Life: This past weekend we headed over to Birmingham! We drove straight to the lake and had dinner with Austin's family, and then had an awesome day out on the water. The guys had a blast wake boarding and I had a blast taking pictures. The poodles had fun, too. :)
|I'm on a boat.
|So is Remy
|And Michelle
|Remy LOVED boating -she even went out prior to our family trip on the fishing boat with E!
|Reuben even got into a litlte bit! :)
|Time to wakeboard
|E did a flip
|We watched him
|Remy swam! (well kind of sunk - she's not a swimmer hence the life jacket)
|I swam with the poodles
|Tyler wakeboarded
|the poodles swam together off the back of the boat
|before going back to the lake house - where they slept forever! haha
|My favorite shot of the day - had so much fun taking pics out on the water - it was a beautiful day!!
Jimmy and Mary had an awesome paleo-friendly dinner (yes, our friends rock) - shrimp and chicken kebobs, salad and this awesome grilled vegetable mixture I need to get from Jimmy! After too short of time, we headed out for family dinner - our last family dinner before Tyler moves to NY! We also celebrated his birthday. We went to Gianmarco's, this great Italian spot! The food and service were excellent - great evening although it got late quick when you have a 9 p.m. reservation!
Sunday, Austin got up early and golfed, while I slept in then headed to the gym with Michelle for a 3-mile walk. We had planned to swim at the club, but the guys were done and before we knew it after lunch it was time to get on the road. :( Great weekend with our friends and family, long car ride home, to a family trip to Whole Foods for the week and crashing!
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March 27, 2009
Would "spreading the wealth" help reduce crime and punishment rates?
This new little criminology paper that just showed up on SSRN, titled "Income Inequality and Crime in the United States," ought to help generate a robust debate on a friday. Here is the brief abstract of the brief paper:
This paper investigates the relationship between income inequality and crime. Results show that there is a strong and robust effect of relative income inequality on burglary. Effect on robbery is also strong and robust in most cases.
Of course, these results linking economic crime to economic conditions should hardly be surprising. But, in light of the apparent reality that all sorts of crime and punishment levels often also to correlate to inequalities in wealth (and educational attainment), one cannot help but wonder if Senator Jim Webb's new proposal to "create a blue-ribbon commission to look at every aspect of our criminal justice system with an eye toward reshaping the process from top to bottom" will have to both start and end with "spread the wealth" recommendations.
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Posted by: John Neff | Mar 27, 2009 1:21:23 PM
There is very little crime in Cairo, where people with 8 children live on stair landings, and take care of their families on $1000 a year. They live next to millionaires. This study needs to be repeated in Cairo to have validity.
For now, the study is lying lawyer masking ideology and pretext, to rob the productive to give to the parasite lawyer clients. Without meaning any offense, the biased postings of this blog require a nearly full time truth squad. Only left wing agenda items make it in.
Posted by: Supremacy Claus | Mar 27, 2009 1:28:36 PM
Thanks for posting. While income inequality has been looked at quite a bit, wealth inequality has not. It's striking how many academics avoid the subject (the word 'wealth' is not mentioned once in this paper).
Posted by: DK | Mar 27, 2009 2:07:33 PM
Well, part of the problem with studying "wealth" is that economists don't agree on what "wealth" actually is. They don't agree on what income is either, but the disagreement is more technical and hence less controversial.
The question is not can a society be built that avoids crime, there can be. The question is why would anyone want to live it that society. Freedom by definition means the freedom to go astray. In my opinion, a society where there was no crime would be a society where there was no freedom, a dead society.
It's interesting that someone brings up Cairo. I been to Egypt several times and if there is a definition of a police state, even more so than North Korea, it's Egypt. A society that achieved its freedom from crime by every other person being a part of or afraid of the secret police is no society I want to live in.
Posted by: Daniel | Mar 27, 2009 2:33:49 PM
How much of this is an egg problem and how much a chicken? I've seen plenty of work tending to show that the people who commit crimes and especially those who are caught just don't think very much about what they are doing.
I can easily see those same traits leading to extremely low incomes, as well as being learned behaviors. Somewhat like the number of lottery winners who end up in bankrupcy, I have a hard time seeing this as an income issue.
If it were purely an income issue you would expect to see far fewer stories about folks like Michael Vick, Adam Jones etc getting in trouble.
State sponsored education will only take you so far as well, unmotivated parents can easily undo any amount of effort you pump into the system.
Posted by: Soronel Haetir | Mar 27, 2009 2:40:38 PM
Daniel: The subject is income disparity. It is extreme in Cairo.
Posted by: Supremacy Claus | Mar 27, 2009 3:04:55 PM
Income disparity added to the power that prosecutors now have can lead to "no justice for the poor." I've certainly seen it in my small town of 8,000 when 16 men who were very poor were rounded up, jailed, charged with charges which amounted to hundreds of yearsm bail set over $100,000 for each. Thirteen of them had all been accused of sexual crimes by 15 year old girls who went to the same small high school. There had just been an "Advocacy Center" created at the hospital with large amounts of funding by government and by feminist groups. The prosecutor was up for election in 2008. This round up happened in late 2006 and early 2007, all 16 men. There had been one sex crime in 2005 and none before that.
One of the men was deaf, one was mentally retarded, one was mentally ill, one was illiterate, and they were all terribly poor. (I suppose a "tough on crimer" would say they SHOULDN'T have been deaf, mentlly ill, retarded or illiterate, therefore its all their fault.) They all took pleas for 7 to 20 years of prison time, after being held in jail about 18 months.
That is what justice is like for poor people. In late 2007, the Advocacy Center got notirfied there would be very little funding, and the accusations and the charges stopped. There was none in late 2007, none in 2008 and none this year. The prosecutor got re-elected. That is what is so horrible for the poor when the laws become so exaggerated for certain crimes. People who want to protect the children should be come familiar with the children of these imprisoned men!
I am sure that most of these men did nothing. The 15 yr old girls were friends, there was hysteria, profit, greed, corruption, and gossip. The legal system needs to be reformed.
Posted by: Donna | Mar 28, 2009 11:25:43 PM
Donna: The criminal law is in utter failure. It allows 23 million crimes, 5 being violent. It executes innocent people, likely at a rate of 20%. Prosecutors use it for self-promotion, going after celebrities on trivial lawyer gotcha, a form of lawyer bad faith that requires criminalization. It is used to impose vile political causes, such as feminism. It allows terrorists to attack our nation. It prosecutes our warriors for tactical battlefield decisions.
What can explain the above anomalies? The Rent Seeking Theory. The lawyer uses the criminal law as a form of coerced job generation. Rent seeking is a polite term for armed robbery. Armed people would help you, if you ever refused to pay your taxes.
The criminal law is itself a criminal enterprise by a criminal cult enterprise, the lawyer profession. It controls the three branches of government, and is the biggest wealthiest, most powerful criminal enterprise. Some of the forbearance for massive criminality may also be just professional courtesy. The indoctrination is so good, almost no lawyer knows it has taken place. Yet modern, intelligent students emerge from law school believing and using supernatural doctrines and putting cult rent seeking above all other values, including their families and their health.
Posted by: Supremacy Claus | Mar 29, 2009 9:12:18 AM
The point I'd want to look for is how much of the income inequality effect is really an "extreme poverty" effect. Poverty alone is a less good predictor of crime than one might expect, but places with concentrations of extreme poverty have very high crime levels.
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It seemed as though the meat counter had transitioned, and the fish appeared to be a work in progress. I would like to see some more of the specialty produce Whole Foods carries, particularly in the mushroom and egg areas; while WF carries a large variety of locally-produced eggs (from 2 Silos) & mushrooms (from Mushroom Harvest), I couldn't find anything comparable on my trip to Wild Oats. I couldn't find very many local products at all at WO, actually, which was kind of a surprise. I can only hope it changes as we get closer to the growing season.
Wild Oats always seemed to bridge the gap pretty nicely – they had a great café area which was always full, they had a coffee and smoothie bar, and a salad, soup and prepared foods area, and their sushi was beyond compare, for grocery store sushi in Columbus Ohio.The transition from Wild Oats is a work in progress; you can see evidence of Whole Foods throughout the store, but there is still a bit of W.O. left – such as the sign out front. Here is where I have a little concern for the WO store and those who loved it just as it was. You see, although I do enjoy Whole Foods, and think their store brand products (365) are some of the best value brands around, Whole Foods has always seemed a little too slick, a little too perfect, a little too pretty to be an organic store. Maybe it's because I'm used to stores like the Clintonville Co-op, which has that small, earnest, hippy-love thing going on which I associate with organic stores. And it's about the only place in Columbus where they don't look at you like you have 4 heads when you deny a bag and volunteer to carry your oranges and avocados out of the store in your own 2 hands.
I thought they had way too much in the way of natural health and beauty products, but they always had a nice selection of beer and wine, and the bulk section was also great.Wild Oats also seems to have really great social events – most of which are free, unlike the WF events. They have events for singles, outdoor clambakes, and lots of free seminars in the café for everything from laughter therapy to getting in your whole grains.
The good parts of Whole Foods have migrated – the pizza, for one thing, and that's something everyone can rejoice about, the 365 brand, and the great WF cheese selection, along with the super cheap cheese ends basket, where once can purchase a tiny chunk of some sort of raw milk extra aged this-or-that for far less than its typical $22/pound price tag. I didn't sample any of the prepared foods (and I am not a fan of WF's prepared foods – the chefs at WO had more freedom, I believe, to adjust the flavoring of their dishes); but it appeared to be a mix of WO & WF usuals.


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Supreme Court: Is Roe now doomed?
Brett Kavanaugh gives the Supreme Court's conservative wing the fifth vote it needs "to overturn Roe," said Dylan Matthews in Vox.com. In the mild-mannered Kavanaugh, President Trump has nominated a highly confirmable justice who will help the president fulfill his campaign pledge to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision legalizing abortion in all 50 states. A Roe reversal would mean each state could decide whether to ban abortion, and more than 20 Republican-controlled states surely would. In previous rulings and public comments, Kavanaugh has praised former Justice William Rehnquist's dissent in Roe, stated that the court shouldn't make "social policy," and recently argued that the government had the right to block a pregnant, 17-year-old unauthorized immigrant from obtaining an abortion while in detention on the grounds that the government "has permissible interests in favoring fetal life." We're about to find out "exactly why the Right was so worked up over the court for so long," said Paul Waldman in WashingtonPost.com. Kavanaugh's nomination to replace swing voter Justice Anthony Kennedy means Roe is "already gone."
Oh, "calm down," said Kathleen Parker in The Washington Post. "Roe v. Wade isn't going anywhere." While still controversial, the ruling is now so entrenched in our culture that 67 percent of voters want to see it preserved. Does any justice, other than Clarence Thomas, really want to be "credited with upending settled law and causing massive societal upheaval?" As even honest pro-choicers admit, Roe invented a right that isn't in the Constitution, said The Wall Street Journal in an editorial. But the ruling is also "45 years old and embedded in American law." Today, pregnant women can perform abortions at home with easily obtainable medications, and trying to ban these drugs would create "an enormous social uproar." Chief Justice John Roberts doesn't want a major partisan backlash against his court. He and the other court conservatives may share pro-life personal views, but they are checked by the doctrine of stare decisis: Established legal precedents must be respected if at all possible.
Besides, said Carol Sanger in The New York Times, overturning Roe would be "downright dangerous for the Republican Party." Overnight, the GOP would lose the "super fuel" that's been driving its voters to the polls since 1973. That energy would instantly transfer to angry Democrats, especially Millennials. One thing that wouldn't change, said Jennifer Wright in the New York Post, is the annual number of abortions in America. In nations that ban abortion outright, the abortion rate is actually higher than in nations that don't, with desperate women risking their lives with back-alley abortionists, or grisly at-home procedures. In the pre-Roe era of 1967, the Guttmacher Institute has estimated, there were 829,000 illegal or self-induced abortions in the U.S., compared with 652,000 legal ones in 2014. Our choice, in other words, is not between abortion and no abortion. Our choice is between "a safe procedure and a dangerous one."
Even in the unlikely circumstance that Roe is overturned, said Andrew McCarthy in NationalReview.com, the "vast majority" of states would "guarantee some degree of access to abortion." Why? Because that's what most voters want. The truth is that we pro-lifers can't win this battle through the courts. If we are to convince other Americans that it's wrong to kill unborn lives, that battle "has to be won in the culture, from the ground up." ■


text: ASSOCIATED MEDICAL FACTORSAutism Spectrum Disorders and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Boys with the Fragile X PremutationFARZIN, FARAZ B.S.1; PERRY, HAZEL B.S.2; HESSL, DAVID Ph.D.3; LOESCH, DANUTA M.D.4; COHEN, JONATHAN M.D.5; BACALMAN, SUSAN M.S.W.2; GANE, LOUISE M.S.2; TASSONE, FLORA Ph.D.6; HAGERMAN, PAUL M.D., Ph.D.6; HAGERMAN, RANDI M.D.7Author Information 1Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (M.I.N.D.) Institute, University of California, Davis, Medical Center, and Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento 2Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (M.I.N.D.) Institute, University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento 3Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (M.I.N.D.) Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento 4School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia 5Fragile X Alliance Clinic, Victoria, Australia 6Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (M.I.N.D.) Institute, University of California, Davis, Medical Center and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento 7Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (M.I.N.D.) Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, California Received September 2005; accepted January 2006. Address for reprints: Randi Hagerman, M.D., M.I.N.D. Institute, UC Davis Medical Center, 2825 50th street, Sacramento, CA 95817; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics: April 2006 - Volume 27 - Issue 2 - p S137-S144 Buy Abstract ABSTRACT. Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is caused by a full mutation expansion (>200 CGG repeats) in the FMR1 gene that results in a deficiency of the fragile X mental retardation protein. Although most individuals with the premutation (55-200 CGG repeats) are considered unaffected by FXS, recent case studies have documented children with the premutation who have cognitive deficits, behavioral problems, and/or autism spectrum disorders. The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in boys with the premutation who presented as probands, in brothers with the premutation who did not present as probands, and in normal brothers of premutation and/or full mutation carriers. Participants included 43 male children: 14 probands who presented to clinic, 13 nonprobands who were identified through cascade testing (routine genetic testing of family members after identification of a proband) and confirmed to have the premutation, and a control group of 16 male siblings of individuals with the fragile X premutation or full mutation who were negative for the FMR1 mutation. Participants came from 1 of 2 collaborative sites: University of California, Davis and La Trobe University in Australia. Parents completed the Conners' Global Index-Parent Version for assessing symptoms of ADHD and the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) for identifying symptoms of ASD. Children who were in the ASD range on the SCQ (n = 13) underwent further evaluation with either the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-Generic (n = 10) or the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (n = 3). A final diagnosis of ASD included clinical assessment utilizing DSM-IV-TR criteria in addition to the standardized assessments. There was a higher rate of ASD in boys with the premutation presenting as probands (p < 0.001) or nonprobands (p < .04) compared with sibling controls without the premutation. In addition, probands had a significant increase in ADHD symptoms compared with controls (p < .0001). Of the probands, 93% had symptoms of ADHD and 79% had ASD. In the nonproband premutation group, 38% had symptoms of ADHD and 8% had ASD. Thirteen percent of sibling controls had symptoms of ADHD and none had ASD. IQ scores were similar in all 3 groups (p = .13), but the use of psychotropic medications was significantly higher in probands with the premutation compared with that in controls (p < .0001). Developmental problems have been observed in premutation carriers, particularly those who present clinically with behavioral difficulties. Although this study is based on a small sample size, it suggests that premutation carriers, even those who do not present clinically, may be at increased risk for an ASD and/or symptoms of ADHD. If the premutation is identified through cascade testing, then further assessment should be carried out for symptoms of ADHD, social deficits, or learning disabilities. © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.