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CBD oil is everywhere these days. You'll find dozens (if not hundreds) of products boasting CBD — and its stress and pain relieving benefits. CBD can be purchased online, in bodegas, at high-end retailers and at bars and coffee shops. One of the best ways to add a little CBD into your life? Adding it to your massage oil. There are so many benefits of a CBD massage that practitioners all over the country are adding this ingredient to their oils.
What is a CBD Massage?
CBD is short for Cannabidiol, a cannabinoid in cannabis. It has all the benefits of cannabis — without the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive drug that gives you all the chill feels.
CBD is extracted from the plant and comes in a wide variety of application forms — including massage oils. When you use CBD massage oil during a service, you get a cornucopia of pain management and stress relieving benefits. It's especially good for people who have a difficult time winding down and relaxing enough to enjoy a massage.
What You Can Expect from a CBD Massage
You won't experience a huge difference between a CBD massage and a regular one. Your massage therapist might focus on a different part of your body when using CBD massage oil. The veined areas of your skin can absorb CBD more rapidly than other areas, so your therapist should have a little more specialized knowledge regarding the oil.
Most recipients of CBD massage say they feel even lighter and looser leaving the treatment room than after a regular massage. Since the oil can help ease sore muscles on the spot, you might not even experience the typical massage discomfort as your therapist is working tight muscles.
How Does CBD Massage Oil Work?
CBD oil works very similarly to regular massage oil. It helps to lubricate the skin, so your therapist's hands don't drag or chafe your dermis. In addition to offering a smoother experience, you can expect some added benefits.
As your therapist works the CBD oil into your skin, your skin absorbs it. The oil can work on the surface — but it also gets absorbed into your fat cells, muscles and bloodstream. From there, it targets over 50 molecular pathways and changes the way your body's endocannabinoid system receives signals.
To put it simply, it can help you chill during your massage and helps your body stay chill long after your massage is over.
CBD Massage Benefits
Adding CBD to your massage can help your body relax, recover and release tension. It also offers several other benefits, including stress relief and pain management. These massage oils can ease sore muscles — even the ones that feel stiff and uncomfortable during your massage.
Stress Relief
One of the biggest benefits of using CBD oil (with or without a massage) is stress relief. Many sufferers of chronic stress and anxiety claim that CBD can help them relax. Many patients have even kicked their traditional pharmaceuticals to the curb, including anxiety and depression meds, after using CBD for an extended amount of time.
When you use a CBD massage oil, you can kick your massage's stress relief benefits up a notch. Not only are you able to relax on the table, but you'll feel super chill for the rest of the day. Got a big presentation the next day? Consider a CBD massage. Can't remember why you wanted kids in the first place? Give it a try. Driving a forklift for the first time? JK. You know you can't use CBD before operating heavy machinery…
Pain Management
One of the main uses for CBD oil is pain management. People who suffer from chronic pain (especially pain that isn't easily managed) have found relief thanks to CBD. When you incorporate CBD oil into your massage, your muscles have an easier time relaxing.
People who suffer from chronic back pain have noted that adding CBD to their massage oil offers relief that they wouldn't normally experience with a regular massage. CBD has anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties (similar to aspirin). Your body's receptors receive signals from the CBD that they can "chill out," and your body responds accordingly.
Ease Sore Muscles
You don't need to suffer from chronic pain or arthritis to reap the benefits of a CBD massage. In addition to chronic pain, CBD can also ease sore muscles. Many athletes have used CBD oil to relieve the tension in sore muscles. (It is important to note that some CBD oils have a small amount of THC. If you're worried about THC showing up on a drug test, you should consult your physician before using CBD).
Runners in particular have reported that their muscles can recover quicker after using CBD. Many runners use it in place of OTC pain relievers, like ibuprofen and NSAIDs.
Aid in Relaxation
Finally, CBD can help you relax during your massage, after your massage and before you lay you down to sleep. It's been known to continue to help with relaxation throughout the day — and sometimes even keeps working through the following day.
Insomniacs have begun using CBD to help them fall asleep at night. You can expect a great night's sleep after getting a CBD massage, even if that massage was earlier in the day.
Where to Get a CBD Massage
Spas all over the country have begun offering this treatment. If you live in a major city (like San Diego!), you can bet that you'll be able to find at least one spa offering them within a 25-mile radius.
If you don't live in a major city, you can always buy your own CBD massage oil and ask your therapist to use it. Just be sure to tell your therapist that the oil contains CBD; your therapist could also absorb some of the oil into his or her palms during the massage.
If you're all about the DIY life, you can also perform CBD self-massages at home. Simply place a dime-sized dab of CBD oil on your palms and rub into your sore muscles. Just be sure not to — uh — get that oil on any tender parts of your body.
You can even use it before heading to a yoga session at your local studio or before a home stretching session. Many yogis claims that it helps them relax enough to get into those tough pigeon poses.
And whatever you do, consult your physician before using CBD massage oil. You'll also want to try a test patch on your skin to make sure you don't have an allergic reaction to the CBD — or the carrier oil for that matter.
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Emergency Communications
From the Director of Emergency Communications
Diana Tousignant
National Telecommunicators Week
April 10-16th 2016
Each year, the second full week of April is dedicated to the men and women who serve as public safety Telecommunicators. It was first conceived by Patricia Anderson of the Contra Costa County (California) Sheriff's Office in 1981 and was observed only at that agency for three years. Members of the Virginia and North Carolina chapters of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) became involved in the mid-1980s. By the early 1990s, the national APCO organization convinced Congress of the need for a formal proclamation. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced what became H.J. Res. 284 to create "National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week." According to Congressional procedure, it was introduced twice more in 1993 and 1994, then became permanent, without the need for yearly introduction.
There are over 6,000 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) in the United States. These Public Safety professionals dedicate their lives to helping others.
This week allows me the opportunity to express my gratitude to the men and women who serve as 911 Telecommunicators at the Oak Lawn Regional Emergency Communications Center, located at the Oak Lawn Village Hall. The center dispatches and answers 911 and non-emergency police and/or fire calls for Villages of Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park, Burbank, Bridgeview, Bedford Park, Central Stickney, and in the very near future the Village of Hodgkins.
911 Telecommunicators perform tasks that most of us could not endure emotionally; they are an exceptional group of professionals. As the Director, I know that I am one of the few people who witness the skills, expertise, and commitment of these dedicated men and women. These individuals help save lives by answering 911 calls, dispatching emergency units, and providing moral support to citizens in distress.
I would like to say "Thank You" to each of my Telecommunicators. Please know that your dedication and commitments do not go unrecognized and they are much appreciated.

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To see the Summer sky is poetry,
though never in a book it lie - true poems flee.
~ Emily Dickinson
How is it possible that another season has come and gone in a blink of an eye? Well, although we are enjoying our final day of summer ... the day could not have started any better! Look at this amazing sky! I am truly blessed to be able to see the eastern horizon and all of the beauty that it holds! I hope each and everyone of you had a fantastic summer and here is to a wonderful Autumn! Cheers Everyone!


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I received a beautiful bouquet from my new team at work welcoming me to the team.
At the end of the first week, I decided to take it home to see what I could do with it.
I threw away some of the obviously wilted and sad-looking flowers but about 90% of them were still well enough to delight me in another round of awesomeness.
I split them up by colour/ type and dotted the various vases around my home.
Have a look:
In the last pic, the vase is on my cot turned coffee table.
I ended up getting 6 separate containers of flowers (one for the nanny) from that one bouquet. I'll say that's leveraging your money!


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Pauline Augello's Story
Lifelong Elba resident, Pauline Augello, has first-hand experience with the transformative impact Rochester Regional Health is making on her community.
Turn back the clock twenty years, and Pauline had a cyst doctors feared might be cancerous. Her local hospital, United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC), was ill-equipped for the case at the time, and she was transferred out of town. Fast forward to today at UMMC, and Pauline is receiving world-class care spanning every level of the healthcare continuum right in her home town...this time for an even more urgent, life-threatening matter.
Late last year, Pauline was experiencing persistent pain from a partially open wound that had become infected. As a diabetic, she knew wounds could be difficult to heal and result in serious complications.
First, she visited urgent care, where cultured tissues revealed cellulitis, a common, but potentially serious bacterial skin infection, and was prescribed antibiotics that proved ineffective. Her condition worsened, and Pauline visited her Primary Care physician, Dr. Anna Lamb, who immediately sent her to the Emergency Department at UMMC.
Within one hour, Pauline was admitted and in the operating room with Dr. Samar Alami, diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, a rare, aggressive, flesh-eating bacteria that kills 1 out of every 4 it infects. Time was of the essence. A life-saving surgical debridement procedure was performed to remove the affected tissue and prevent further damage.
"From there, I moved to the ICU for four days and then on to Dr. John Wickett in the Wound Care Center," Pauline recalls. "For weeks I endured excruciating dressing changes and wound cleansing procedures eased only by the gentle, patient and reassuring hands of my amazing doctors and nurses. I can't say enough good things about them."
After being discharged from the hospital, Pauline continued her journey to heal through physical rehabilitation, along with weekly visits to UMMC's Wound Care Center for check ups and dressing changes. Within three and a half months, Pauline was fully healed and back to work.
"Twenty years ago, I had to be transferred because the care I needed wasn't available here. Now, because UMMC is part of Rochester Regional Health, everything I need is right here in Batavia. It means so much to have this level of care available to me now. UMMC is so great for our community. I am so grateful for the care I received there."
Because Care Matters
Pauline Augello's life-saving journey joined several of Rochester Regional Health's inpatient and outpatient services into one seamless healthcare experience made possible by our commitment to bring consistently exceptional care to more people where and when they need it. To learn more about how you can support Rochester Regional Health, call 585.922.4800.


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I remember very distinctly the day that I first met Kyle. It was three (almost four) years ago when I was helping with the worship in the college ministry and I held an audition for new people to be on the team. There were many people who came and tried out, but only a few really stood above the crowd. Kyle was one of them.
I remember the first thing I thought was "Thrasher. Seriously? What a great name for a drummer (or any musician really)." I was kinda jealous if you really want the truth. But besides having a great name, Kyle showed a high level of skill as a drummer and definitely got the follow-up call asking him to serve with the worship team.
Fast forward a couple of years and Kyle and I had become good friends. He and I had played on teams together a lot and when the time came to open the Flowery Branch campus, I knew that Kyle was one that I wanted to ask to be a core member of our team. So I did, and I'm really glad he said yes. Continue reading "Shoutout: Kyle Thrasher"


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PROVIDENCE, RI. – With the postseason around the corner, the Johnson & Wales University men's soccer team is keeping pace for the top spot in the conference. The Wildcats remained unbeaten in their last 12 games with a 4-0 decision at Albertus Magnus.
Albertus Magnus: 7-7-1, 4-4-1 GNAC
Johnson & Wales: 13-1-1, 7-1-1, GNAC
Statistical Leaders:
Erik Schneider: 1 goal, 1 assist
Jason Bendezu: 1 goal (GW)
Of Note:
The No. 10 team in the United Soccer Coaches regional poll, Johnson & Wales hasn't given up a goal in the last 551 minutes. JWU's 0.26 goals against average is third in the country.
The only goal Johnson & Wales would need came just four minutes into the contest. Jason Bendezu (Maywood, N.J.) took the crossing pass from Erik Schneider (Plantsville, Conn.) and headed it in for his first goal as a Wildcat.
Schneider scored his own goal at the 31:46 mark, getting the through ball from Andrew Vecere (Wayne, N.J.) and barring it in the back of the net.
In the 83rd minute, rookie Jack Ellis (Troy, N.Y.) scored the first goal of his collegiate career. Jahkeem Hunt (Smiths, Bermuda), provided the crossing pass to set up Ellis' goal.
Johnson & Wales' defense was stifling all night. The Falcons did not get a shot on goal with the Wildcats holding a 24-5 advantage in overall shots.
Next Game:
JWU plays its final conference game of the regular season Saturday against Lasell at 4 p.m.


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Presence is exceptional care that delivers exceptional outcomes. We would like to invite you to share that gift as our new Physician Advisor at SSM Health. We are seeking a well-renowned Physician Advisor who has the proven ability to engage with their medical staff and hospital leadership and who share our dedication to exceptional care and outcomes.
In addition to being a strong leader and providing support and leadership to the Vice President of Medical Affairs across our St. Joseph's Medical Center in St. Charles, MO and St. Joseph's Medical Center in Lake St. Louis, MO the Physician Advisor will:


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A male chestnut-sided warbler forages in new oak foliage/Jim McCormac
May 19, 2019
Jim McCormac
Each spring, a migration of epic proportions takes place. Songbirds of many species return to nest in Ohio, or pass through on a long journey to points north. Their ranks include many favorites such as orioles, swallows, tanagers and warblers.
Most of our highly migratory songbirds are neotropical — species that breed at northerly latitudes but winter in tropical haunts. That Baltimore oriole whose flashy orange-and-black plumage and cheery flutelike whistling you enjoy wintered in Costa Rica or elsewhere in Central America. If you're lucky enough to lock eyes on a neon-red scarlet tanager, marvel in the knowledge that it likely travels more air miles annually than you do. Tanagers mostly winter in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Long-distance travelers such as these make up a big chunk of our songbird diversity. There are about 135 species of songbirds that occur annually in Ohio (this excludes many species of non-songbirds, or nonpasserines). Of them, 70 species, or just over half, spent the winter south of the U.S. border.
About 100 species of songbirds nest in Ohio. More than half of them, about 55 species, are neotropical migrants. It would be unfair to think of such birds as "Ohio" birds. They belong to the Americas, as their passage takes them through potentially many countries and numerous states. Some birds occupy their wintering grounds far longer than the breeding grounds. For instance, orchard orioles and prairie warblers arrive to nest in mid- to late April. The males, who depart before females, start reappearing in the Caribbean and Central America by the end of July.
Our largest family of songbirds is the warblers, and they are the most popular group among birders. Thirty-seven species pass through Ohio or remain to nest every year. Collectively, all these warbler species wintered in nearly every country south of the U.S., with the lion's share in Central America — the locus of their evolutionary origin.
Warblers, in general, are not faring well. The chestnut-sided warbler pictured with this column is an exception. John James Audubon, the energetic naturalist/ornithologist who roved widely throughout eastern North America, encountered this species only once. He shot five chestnut-sided warblers in May 1808 near Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, but never saw another.
Today this bird is far more common, a beneficiary of clearing of primeval forests, which created lots of scruffy woodlands that the bird favors.
A more typical trajectory is that of the cerulean warbler, the totem of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Its numbers have plummeted by 80% over the past five decades. Mass cutting of the old-growth woodlands that it favors is a major cause of decline.
Burgeoning human populations have made life much more difficult for migratory songbirds. In 1800, only about 1 billion people occupied the planet. Today, there are more than 7.7 billion of us, and much of that growth has been in the Americas. We've destroyed habitat, erected a gauntlet of skyscrapers, wind turbines and transmission towers that many birds strike, and unleashed hordes of feral cats. All of these things and more have taken a big toll on songbirds.
I penned this column last Sunday, International Migratory Bird Day. Magee Marsh Wildlife Area on Lake Erie, near Toledo, is a hub of birding activity. Tens of thousands of birders descend on Magee's fabled "Bird Trail" during April and May.
Birds are environmental barometers, and as they fare, so probably shall we, eventually. The more people watching birds the better, as birds are a great catalyst to promote environmental protection.
Naturalist Jim McCormac writes a column for The Dispatch on the first, third and fifth Sundays of the month. He also writes about nature at www.jimmccormac.blogspot.com.


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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the armistice with Germany that officially ended World War I. A ceasefire had come into effect after more than four years of fighting on November 11, 1918. During the war women from all economic classes worked to provide relief and support for the military in the United States and abroad. Their efforts to assist on such a large scale throughout the war and during post-war reconstruction were unprecedented.
The collections described below, which include letters, scrapbooks, and photographs, illustrate the multiple roles that women adopted during and after war time and are just a few examples of the Schlesinger Library's holdings related to World War I.
Many women traveled overseas during the war, often as nurses or hospital staff, and did so through various support organizations like the American Red Cross. Mary Frederika Farley was one of the first nurses to volunteer for overseas duty with the American Red Cross in 1914. She served as a nurse in Kiev and worked with the Russian Red Cross setting up a temporary hospital.
A graduate of the Massachusetts General Hospital School for Nurses, Carrie May Hall left for France in 1917. During the war she was appointed head nurse of the American Red Cross in Great Britain and was later transferred to the position of chief nurse of the American Red Cross in France, where she continued working a full six months after the Armistice. Hall's letters home recount her daily activities and her tenacity in the face of wartime nursing.
"You see I am where I am seeing something of the business of war. There is no glamour whatsoever about it. . . . I assure you all that I never should do army nursing from choice. I am not one bit homesick nor down-hearted but looking this thing squarely in the face I must say that I do not contemplate a year of it with enthusiasm." (Letter to family from "Somewhere in France," June 6, 1917).
In addition to women traveling overseas to participate in the war effort, a significant number of women supported the war on the home front, many of them taking jobs in industry and agriculture that were vacated by men who were fighting abroad. The Woman's Land Army of America (WLAA) was an organization which recruited and trained women to work on American farms during the war years.
Radcliffe alumna and social activist Cornelia James Cannon also stayed at home during the war, corresponding with her husband Walker Cannon while he served as a military doctor in France. Their correspondence portrays a family separated by war, describing Walter's experiences working in a military field hospital, and Cornelia and the children dealing with the effects of war at home, including rationing; planting victory gardens; the influenza epidemic; and growing antagonism toward Germans living in the United States.
While there were untold numbers of women who actively supported the war, there were also many women who actively protested against it. Pacifist and feminist Jeannette Rankin was the first congresswoman in the United States, representing Montana for the 1917–1919 and 1941–1943 terms. She was also the only member of Congress to vote against US participation in both world wars. Socialist and prison reformer Kate Richards O'Hare was imprisoned in 1917 in the Missouri State Penitentiary for anti-war activities. Her collection of papers contain a volume of letters, written to her family while she was in prison, concerning American politics and the war.
In the aftermath of World War I, reconstruction efforts were monumental and women played a significant role in reconstruction work. In 1917 the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association funded a committee which sponsored post-war relief work by Radcliffe alumnae in France. The resulting Radcliffe Unit consisted of members who were drivers and aides to the French Red Cross in French villages. The Library holds scrapbooks containing photographs, correspondence, and reports describing the Radcliffe alumnae war relief work. Social worker and Radcliffe alumna Mary Ursula Burrage joined the Radcliffe Unit and was stationed with the Union des Femmes de France, Poste Dispensaire in Vermand, Aisne. She wrote many letters home describing her experiences and sometimes shared her thoughts on the harsh reality of the war.
"At the foot of a big embankment, a little farther on, we came across a whole line of dugouts built into the side of a hill; one had steps that went down so far we could not see the bottom and I could imagine some poor devil sweltering there in summer or freezing in winter. It is intensely interesting and at the same time perfectly horrible. Every now and then cold shivers run down my spine when I think of what must have gone on here, the ground has been fought over at least 3 times!" (Letter home, Vermand, Aisne, June 14, 1919).
For more information about the Library's World War I collections, see our research guide: https://guides.library.harvard.edu/schlesinger_WWI


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Miscarriage at 5 weeks, June 2000
Miscarriage at 5 weeks, June 2009
Mom to Sydney Alexis, born at 20 weeks on February 10th, 2009
Fenton, MO
I always knew I wanted to be a mom. When my husband Eric and I got married in 1998, we were 19 and 20 and he was still in college so we thought we would wait until he finished school to have a baby. I had always had irregular cycles so I had a feeling it wouldn't be easy for me to get pregnant. We both wanted to have four children, so we hoped that it wouldn't be too difficult for us to conceive.
Within six months of marriage, I went off the pill and a few months after that we were officially trying to conceive. After stopping birth control, my cycles also stopped. I went to my gynecologist, who told me that it wasn't abnormal to not have cycles. This didn't sit well with me. My boss at the time recommended her gynecologist to me so I made an appointment. Within the first few minutes of meeting this new doctor, I was diagnosed with PCOS.
A year after going off the pill, we began going through various fertility testing and I began to take Clomid. The first two months on Clomid, nothing happened. I didn't even ovulate. My doctor prescribed Metformin and the first month of Clomid and Metformin, I finally ovulated.
On our second wedding anniversary, I took a pregnancy test and it was positive. Our third Clomid/Metformin cycle had worked! The test result was very faint so I had a blood test the same day. My level came back very low. A repeat test a few days later was negative and the next day I began to miscarry at 5 weeks. I was devastated. We continued trying the next cycle.
I used Clomid for two more cycles without success. My doctor wanted us to stop the Clomid, take a few months off to regroup, and come back at the first of the year to start discussing injectable medication. The next cycle, to my surprise, I ovulated. Then again the next month. On our fourth unmedicated cycle (I was only taking Metformin), my period didn't come when I expected it. I thought that I had stopped ovulating. I then realized that I'd been very tired and just felt off. I took a pregnancy test and to my surprise, it was positive. I had a relatively uneventful pregnancy until 32 weeks, developed mild pre-eclampsia, and was induced at 36 weeks. Our first son, Christian, was born on July 19, 2001.
A year later, I was a happy mom to my little guy and thinking about ttc again. We decided to wait until he was closer to 2 and assumed it would take us a while to get pregnant again. I started taking Metformin right around Christian's first birthday. At the end of July, I got really sick and thought I had the flu. At the urging of my husband and friend, I took a pregnancy test. It was positive and I couldn't believe it. The pregnancy was completely unexpected, but we were so excited. After a pregnancy full of complications, including severe pre-eclampsia and HELLP Syndrome, our daughter Hailey was born at 33 weeks on February 9, 2003. She spent 12 days in the NICU and came home healthy. We spoke with my OB and a high risk doctor who advised us to not have anymore children. Despite this recommendation, my OB wasn't comfortable tying my tubes since I was only 24. I chose to have an IUD placed for birth control.
When Hailey was three years old, I began having problems with my IUD. I would bleed uncontrollably for weeks at a time. I had my IUD removed, hoping that would end the problem, but it didn't. In April 2007, I had a D&C done, which stopped the bleeding for a few months. In December 2007, I had another D&C done and the pathology showed I had a uterine infection. After a month of strong antibiotics, the bleeding stopped for good. In February 2008, I had Lap Band weight loss surgery and by September 2008, I had lost 100 pounds. My cycles were more regular than they had ever been in my life. Christian and Hailey were 7 and 5 and both were in school, I was working full time, and going to school. We decided that we were sure our family was complete, so Eric had a consultation for a vasectomy in mid-October 2008.
In late October, I went in to have some x-rays. While I was waiting, I saw the signs that said "If you are or might be pregnant…" For some reason, those signs made me start thinking and I realized that my period was late. I waited a few days and finally took a test. I knew the test was going to be positive, so I just glanced at it and saw the two lines. I was in a panic and scared out of my mind. I was scared to be pregnant again after what I went through with Hailey.
On Halloween, I went to my first OB appointment and had an ultrasound. There was a faint heartbeat and I was barely 6 weeks pregnant. My due date was June 26, 2009. My OB treated me as high risk from the very beginning. I saw him every two weeks and had ultrasounds done at every visit. The pregnancy progressed smoothly and I'd never felt better during pregnancy. I felt movement starting at 11 weeks, which was unbelievable to me. Eric could feel the baby kicking when I was only 19 weeks. The baby was so active and moved all the time. I had some symptoms that I thought were just normal for a third baby and being older. I had a lot of pelvic pressure starting at 14-15 weeks. I also had discharge that seemed like small pieces of my mucus plug often.
At 20 weeks, on February 4th I had a level II ultrasound. Despite my feeling that we were having a boy, the ultrasound revealed we were expecting a healthy girl. She was growing right on target and we were all so excited for her arrival. We had already picked out her name, Sydney Alexis. On Saturday, February 7th, I wasn't feeling right. I had an extremely increased discharge and felt like I might have the flu or something. On Sunday morning, I woke up to a sick kid and had to take her to urgent care. When we got home, I had to lie down to rest because I felt awful and was exhausted. I got up around noon and went to the bathroom. When I wiped, I had a small amount of red spotting. I wiped again and there wasn't any more blood. I decided to call my OB and he told me to go in and get checked. I had to pick Eric up at work and we headed to the hospital. On the way there, I had a weird feeling like something was in my vagina.
I got checked into the hospital and everything was very casual at first. After answering all of the questions they ask about everything, a resident came in to check me. She started with a sterile speculum exam and the nurse was standing nearby, handing the doctor swabs and other things. I remember the nurse went to hand the doctor something and the doctor said, "I don't need that" and removed the speculum. She looked at me and said, "I can see a good portion of your bag of waters." Eric and I looked at each other. He didn't know what that meant, but I did. The doctor told me that I was about 4 cm dilated and they were going to put the head of my bed down to take the pressure off of my cervix. I couldn't believe this was happening. I hadn't had any contractions or felt any pain.
I knew at 20 weeks that if I delivered the baby, she wouldn't be able to survive. I was determined to stay on strict bedrest and pretty much stand on my head if I had to for as long as I had to. But the next morning, I woke up and rolled over and felt a gush. I knew my water had broken. I called my nurse in and she got the resident. I had an ultrasound which showed good fluid levels around the baby, so she wanted to do a vaginal exam to see if my water had broken for sure. She checked me and confirmed that yes, my water had broken. At this point, I was hysterical. I was alone so I called Eric and told him to get to the hospital right away and to make sure he brought the camera. He had to drop the kids off at school because it was Hailey's birthday and she was taking cupcakes in for her class. He raced to be with me and we spent the day crying and praying. My OB came in and explained that some women can have a rupture of the membranes and stay pregnant until the baby can survive, the biggest risk was infection. When I arrived, my temperature was normal and my blood work showed no signs of infection. They would watch me very carefully for signs of infection.
By that afternoon, my temperature had started to climb and another exam showed that the fluid looked infected. The resident went to call my doctor and came back to tell me that they needed to induce me immediately. At this point, I completely fell apart. I was crying and screaming at her. I begged them to save my baby. The doctor started screaming back at me, telling me that from the minute I arrived the day before, I basically had no chance of saving this baby, that I was "remote from viability" and unless I wanted to die too, this baby had to come out. I didn't want to go on without Sydney, but I also had to think of Christian and Hailey. I had no choice but to sign the consent for induction and delivery. I felt (and still sometimes feel) that I signed away Sydney's life.
Pitocin was started around 4 pm. I had tried to get the doctors to delay the induction until after midnight because it was Hailey's birthday and I didn't want her sister to die on her birthday. They refused so all I could was hope and pray that I wouldn't deliver until after midnight. Once the Pitocin started, the IV pump kept having an error and beeping. I wondered to myself if maybe this was a sign that we weren't supposed to be doing this. I fell asleep and woke up around 8 pm in full blown labor. I had initially refused an epidural, but I was told I might require a D&C or manual extraction of the placenta so if I had an epidural in place, I wouldn't have to go under general anesthesia. I needed to be able to remember what was going on, so I had the epidural.
I slept off and on for about an hour at a time. Mostly I was just catatonic through the labor. I could still feel Sydney kicking inside of me. I asked the nurse what was going to happen and she told me that most of the time for a baby this small, you don't have to be fully dilated to deliver. I asked when I would know it was time and she told me that probably I would feel a lot of pressure and the baby would just come out and if that happened, just hit the call light and they would come in. I was terrified of what was going to happen. Finally around 4 am, the doctor came in to check me and said that it was time to push. They got everything set up and left the room for a while. I was really scared because I didn't want Sydney to come out without someone there.
At 4:30 am, the doctor came back in and after one push, Sydney Alexis made her entrance into the world. The hardest thing I've ever had to do was to push her out of me, knowing what was going to happen to her. I looked at Eric and he was looking at Sydney with a look of fear but also of pure love. I asked him if she was alive and he nodded. The doctor quickly cut the cord and put her on my chest.
She was beautiful and so tiny. She had long arms and legs, long fingers and toes. She looked so much like Eric and Christian. I held her tight and kissed her, told her that I loved her, and I was so sorry I couldn't keep her safe. I quickly handed her to Eric to hold. My mother in law was also there and held her. When they gave her back to me, I opened my gown and put her skin to skin on my chest. She was still moving around. I put my finger into the palm of her hand and she gripped it. At one point, I stroked her arm and she pulled it away. Eric and I agreed that she would've been just as fiesty as her sister. Eric took tons of pictures. About 4:45 am, she became still and I told Eric that I thought she was gone. The nurse checked for a heartbeat and after a moment, she smiled at us and said, it's still there. I couldn't believe it. Every fifteen minutes or so, the nurse would check for her heartbeat and it was there every time.
There were several times that I started to cry and get upset. But each time, I stopped myself because I thought hearing that would be very scary for her. I just cuddled her close, determined to keep her warm. I asked the nurse if they had any small hats because her head was getting cold, but she told me that they didn't have anything small enough for her. I wrapped the blanket up around the top of her head to try to keep her warm. I felt like if I could keep her warm enough, maybe she would be ok. Maybe they would reconsider trying to help her since she was so strong. Eric and I spent the time we had with her marveling over her beautiful face and her tiny but perfect features. I wanted to memorize every inch of her and never forget it.
Sometime between 6:30 and 6:45 am, Sydney's heart stopped beating. She lived for just over two hours. I like to think that in that time, she experienced nothing but love. If she had to die, she went just as I wanted–in my arms, on my skin, hearing my heartbeat as she had heard for the last 20 weeks. It was an incredibly peaceful experience. When the nurse confirmed that there was no longer a heartbeat, I broke down completely. I didn't think I would ever stop crying. I was also in incredible physical pain because the placenta had not yet delivered and they had given my Cytotec to help it along. They told me that my OB was on his way in to assess me and decide if I needed a D&C. Finally, four hours after giving birth, and just before an attempt at a manual extraction, the placenta was delivered. I found out two weeks later that I had retained placenta, but I refused a D&C and was able to pass it naturally.
The hospital where I delivered has a great program for bereaved parents. The nurse who runs the program is amazing and she did so much for us. I had to stay overnight because I was on IV antibiotics and it gave us time with Sydney. They took pictures of her, weighed and measured her, then brought her to us dressed in a silky white dress, a small pink and white knit hat, holding a small bear, and wrapped in a pink blanket. I held, rocked, sang to, and slept with her. I tried to squeeze an entire lifetime into that time. I wanted to keep her with us the entire time, but the nurse explained that she needed to have some time in the cold room to keep her skin from deteriorating. We allowed them to take her to the cold room for the night. They brought us back the clothes she had been wearing and I slept with them.
That night, and for many nights to follow, I woke up around 4:30. I went to the bathroom and when I came back, I saw her little blanket and hat in my bed. It was like at that moment everything hit me and came crashing down. Eric got me back in bed and laid down with me. We cried ourselves to sleep.
The next morning, they brought Sydney to me again. She was dressed in a little flannel gown and had a little brown bear. I ended up clinging to that little bear for a year before I finally tucked it away with her other things. I didn't know how I was going to give my baby back and never see her again. I told the nurse that we needed to set a time for them to come and take her because otherwise, I would never be able to do it. The day was so hard and I kept watching the clock, knowing the time was coming. It was so hard to hand her tiny body over to the nurse when it was time to leave. I never imagined that I would leave the hospital with a memory box instead of a baby.
A week later, we had a private graveside service for Sydney. I spent that week searching for the perfect things for her burial. It was my way of continuing to parent her, I guess. I began to have severe panic attacks, one so badly that I made Eric call 911 because I was convinced I was having a heart attack and my blood pressure was sky high. I don't remember much of the next month. I mostly laid on the couch and stared into space. I didn't sleep, I didn't eat. I am very pro-breastfeeding and had looked forward to nursing another baby, so when my milk came in, it was salt in my wound.
I began attending support groups at the hospital and then found Share. It helped me so much to find validation for my feelings. I felt the strong need to openly grieve and make Sydney a part of our everyday lives. I was broken and I had no idea how to put the pieces back together and I really didn't want to try. I was wracked with guilt because I blamed myself for Sydney's death. The what ifs and should've beens haunted me. As time passed, I focused more on honoring and memorializing Sydney's life instead of focusing on her death.
I also had a new obsession. I wanted a new baby. I needed to have my arms filled again. We consulted with a high risk doctor. My research made me think I have an incompetent cervix. The pathology after Sydney's birth showed a bad infection in the placenta, so the doctors weren't convinced it was IC. The high risk doctor gave us the all clear to start trying when we were ready. We started trying in June 2009. That very first month, I was pregnant. I couldn't believe it when I took the test and it was positive. A week later, I began to bleed and had bad cramping. I knew I was miscarrying this baby just like our first baby. It was so hard to deal with another loss on top of the crushing pain of losing Sydney.
Finally, in January 2010, I was pregnant again. I was so worried about everything that could go wrong. Each OB visit and ultrasound revealed a healthy baby growing well. At 13 weeks, my cervix looked short, so I had a cerclage placed at 15 weeks. It was just in time because my cervix was very short and soft. By 17 weeks, my cervix measured over 40 mm and continued to measure between 40-45 mm until the end of my pregnancy. At 17 weeks, we found out that we were expecting another girl. Kelsey Grace was born by c-section on August 1, 2010, at 31 weeks. I developed pre-eclampsia and had to deliver. Ironically, she was delivered by c-section because my cervix would not dilate past 4 cm, thanks to scar tissue from my cerclage. Kelsey is amazing and reminds me so much of Sydney. I think that Sydney would've looked a lot like Kelsey. She is the balm for my soul and gives me hope for our future. I will never forget Sydney or "get over" her death. I think Sydney knew that we needed Kelsey and I feel like Sydney handpicked her baby sister just for us. I am now the mom to four kids that I always wanted to be. Sydney will always be our third child and she will always be a part of our family.
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Why I Am Not a Christian 4 - Bertrand Russell
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And Jesus answered and said unto it: 'No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever' . . and Peter . . . saith unto Him: 'Master, behold the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.'" This is a very curious story, because it was not the right time of year for figs, and you really could not blame the tree. I cannot myself feel that either in the matter of wisdom or in the matter of virtue Christ stands quite as high as some other people known to history. I think I should put Buddha and Socrates above Him in those respects. Brian Kim The Emotional Factor As I said before, I do not think that the real reason why people accept religion has anything to do with argumentation. They accept religion on emotional grounds. One is often told that it is a very wrong thing to attack religion, because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it. You know, of course, the parody of that argument the parody of that argument in Samuel Butler's book, Erewhon Revisited. You will remember that in Erewhon there is a certain Higgs who arrives in a remote country and after spending some time there he escapes from that country in a balloon. Twenty years later he comes back to that country and finds a new religion in which he is worshiped under the name of the "Sun Child," and it is said that he ascended into heaven. He finds that the Feast of the Ascension is about to be celebrated, and he hears Professors Hanky and Panky say to each other that they never set eyes on the man Higgs, and they hope they never will; but they are the high priests of the religion of the Sun Child. He is very indignant, and he comes up to them, and he says, , "I am going to expose all this humbug and tell the people of Erewhon that it was only I, the man Higgs, and I went up in a balloon." He was told, " "You must not do that, because all the morals of this country are bound round this myth, and if they once know that you did not ascend into Heaven, they will all become wicked"; and so he is persuaded of that and he goes quietly away. That is the idea -- -- that we should all be wicked if we did not hold to the Christian religion. It seems to me that the people who have held to it have been for the most part extremely wicked. You find this curious fact, that the more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs. . In the so-called ages of faith, when men really did believe the Christian religion in all its completeness, there was the Inquisition, with all its tortures; there were millions of unfortunate women burned as witches; and there was every kind of cruelty practiced upon all sorts of people in the name of religion. You find as you look around the world that every single bit of progress in humane feeling, every improvement in the criminal law, every step toward the diminution of war, every step toward better treatment of the colored races, or every mitigation of slavery, every moral progress that there has been in the world, has been consistently opposed by the organized churches of the world. I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. How the Churches Have Retarded Progress You may think that I am going too far when I say that that is still so. I do not think that I am. Take one fact. You will bear with me if I mention it. It is not a pleasant fact, but the churches compel one to mention facts that are not pleasant. Supposing that in this world that we live in today an inexperienced girl is married to a syphilitic man; in that case the Catholic Church says, "This is an indissoluble sacrament. You must stay together for life. and no steps of any sort must be taken by the woman to prevent herself from giving birth to syphilitic children. that is what the Catholic church says. I say that is fiendish cruelty, and Nobody whose natural sympathies have not been warped by dogma, or whose moral nature was not absolutely dead to all sense of suffering, could maintain that it is right and proper that that state of things should continue. That is only an example. There are a great many ways in which, at the present moment, the church, by its insistence upon what it chooses to call morality, inflicts upon all sorts of people undeserved and unnecessary suffering. And of course, as we know, it is in its major part an opponent still of progress and improvement in all the ways that diminish suffering in the world, because it has chosen to label as morality a certain narrow set of rules of conduct which have nothing to do with human happiness; and when you say that this or that ought to be done because it would make for human happiness, they think that has nothing to do with the matter at all. "What has human happiness to do with morals? The object of morals is not to make people happy." Fear, the Foundation of Religion Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly, as I have said, the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disputes. Fear is the basis of the whole thing -- fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand. It is because fear is at the basis of those two things. In this world we can now begin a little to understand things, and a little to master them by help of science, which has forced its way step by step against the Christian religion, against the churches, and against the opposition of all the old precepts. Science can help us to get over this craven fear in which mankind has lived for so many generations. Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supports, no longer to invent allies in the sky, but rather to look to our own efforts here below to make this world a better place to live in, instead of the sort of place that the churches in all these centuries have made it. 번역:김 세 원 What We Must Do We want to stand upon our own feet and look fair and square at the world -- - its good facts, its bad facts, its beauties, and its ugliness; see the world as it is and be not afraid of it. Conquer the world by intelligence and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it. The whole conception of God is a conception derived from the ancient Oriental despotisms. It is a conception quite unworthy of free men. When you hear people in church debasing themselves , and saying that they are miserable sinners, and all the rest of it, it seems contemptible and not worthy of self-respecting human beings. We ought to stand up and look the world frankly in the face. We ought to make the best we can of the world, and if it is not so good as we wish, after all it will still be better than what these others have made of it in all these ages. A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men. It needs a fearless outlook and a free intelligence. It needs hope for the future, not looking back all the time toward a past that is dead, which we trust will be far surpassed by the future that our intelligence can create.
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Clinton, who previously sent a private, threatening note to Kenneth Starr, was interviewed on "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer." Clinton said there's "a lot of evidence to support" the notion Starr is out to get him. (Does this mean Starr is doing his job?)
But Clinton cited his ex-lover Susan McDougal to the effect that Whitewater prosecutors promised to go easy on her if she would testify against both him and his wife. "They wanted her to say something bad about us, whether it was the truth or not. And if it was false, it would still be perfectly all right," Clinton said.
Well, Clinton is just squirming in his chair and starting to crack. Susan McDougal is in jail for contempt of court for refusing to answer the questions of a grand jury--not for anything Starr said or did.
Susan McDougal is, of course, the convicted felon who was recently seen on TV promoting a new trend in women's fashion: Prison Chic.
She gave an interview from her jail cell saying that under no circumstances would she bargain with dat bad ol' Kenneth Starr. But behind the scenes she has been begging to do just that. Starr, however, has no reason to talk to her. What should he? She won't answer the grand jury's questions, and has moreover appeared on the Larry King Live show lying about what happened, making up a supposed deal which never in fact existed. Her explanations regarding that money embezzled from conductor Zubin Mehta are likely to be equally fanciful.
Then there are all those blind purveyors of censored news who tell us they have "sources" who say there will be no more indictments before the November election. These sources are, of course, just setting Starr up for the charge he is "playing politics" when he announces his indictments. In other words, these "sources" want to play politics and deny voters the information they need to make an informed decision in November. But Starr has no intention of waiting until the November election to announce more indictments.
You can add Reuter's news service to the list I cited in "Five Indictments of the Mass Media":
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WASHINGTON (Reuter) - With six weeks to go before the election, President Clinton may avoid what some of his political advisers once feared most -- new damaging charges involving his Whitewater dealings.
Sources who have closely followed the probe by Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr said they do not expect him to seek any major indictments against top Clinton administration officials before the Nov. 5 election.
Finally, the ever idiotic USA Today goes along with the charade that says Clinton has the power to pardon fellow co-conspirators. (This subject has been well researched, and Clinton no such power. Both Clinton and the Justice Department have been informed of this fact.)
President Clinton said Monday he hasn't ruled out granting pardons to convicted Whitewater felons Jim Guy Tucker and Jim and Susan McDougal.
"I have regular meetings on (pardons) and I review those cases as they come up and after there's an evaluation done by the Justice Department," Clinton said in an interview on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer Monday. "That's how I think it should be handled."
Uh huh. And then the fabricated, but obligatory, no- indictment claim:
Whitewater prosecutors continue to indicate there will be no major indictments before the November presidential election. That is being interpreted to mean no indictments of Clinton or first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Finally, drawing a leaf from Susan McDougal's cry-baby coloring book, USA Today comes up with a new Conspiracy Theory.
The pressure on Susan McDougal is a calculated tactic by prosecutors to build a case against the Clintons by first obtaining oral evidence from both McDougals and others in Little Rock.Imagine that: a prosecutor collecting oral and written evidence.
Once sufficient oral evidence has been collected, the Whitewater staff will try and corroborate it with documents. The strategy was settled on during a secret summit meeting in Washington Aug. 21- 23 among Starr and his top prosecutors.
Well, I hear Starr has another secret strategy. He's going to convict some criminals and put them all in jail. Let the indictments begin.
September 24, 1996
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The gloves are off in the battle for the number one distribution spot in the country. Ingram Micro has announced its intention to claim the throne from Tech Pacific within three years.
The distributor's regional president, Hans Koppen, said Ingram was in a good position to 'close the gap' with Tech Pacific following the company's return to profitability and increased presence in the region.
"[Tech Pac] has a parent that doesn't want them, they have been for sale for two-and-a-half years now and nobody wants them and you wonder how long you can continue and keep employees and associates motivated — not knowing where the future is," Koppen said.
"Express Data and Lan Systems are having problems at the moment for different reasons and this creates opportunities [for us]."
Despite recording a 14 per cent growth in the last year, Koppen said catching Tech Pac could not be achieved organically, signalling the distributor was on the road to acquisition.
"We are looking at areas where we are not well represented," he said.
However, with its regional focus turning to the wireless market, speculations are rife that Ingram could look to boost its ranks with a networking player while using its global agreement with Cisco to win the distribution rights locally.
Koppen said he could see "the time coming nearer when we can step [into Cisco space]".
Lower than expected revenue results in the wake of Simms acquisition could also have the distie take another look at storage.
Significantly, although it's just completed a consolidation of its warehouse, call and administrative centres in Melbourne and Sydney moving into its new 9000 sqm premises in Flemington, Ingram has already taken an option on the lease of another facility in the area in anticipation of further growth.


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Conference: 5th International Conference on Advancement in Science and Technology (iCAST 2015)
iCAST is a regular scientific event organized by the Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia. Our theme for this year is 'Frontiers in Biotechnology'. We are inviting students, scientists, biotechnologists, researchers, academics, professionals, policy makers and entrepreneurs to join us in iCAST 2015, for an opportunity to exchange ideas and research findings in various fields of biotechnology.


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Vacation Rentals in Kemerovo
Looking for a vacation rental in Kemerovo? Tripping.com has 364 vacation rental homes available in Kemerovo. You'll find 0 studios, 328 1-bedroom, 32 2-bedroom and 4 rentals with 3 or more bedrooms ranging from €25 a night. For extra convenience, many of these vacation homes can be booked directly online.
The average price of a nightly rental in Kemerovo is €25 while the average price of a weekly rental is €196. For those looking for more than a short term rental such as corporate rentals, extended stays or long term rentals, the average monthly price of a Kemerovo home is €812.
Wondering if you can bring your dog or cat along with you? There are 78 pet-friendly vacation rentals available in Kemerovo. In addition to accommodating pets, Kemerovo rentals offer a variety of amenities. In particular, 354 rentals have Internet and WiFi, 338 have TV and/or cable and 20 have a pool or hot tub.
Search properties from 6 vacation rental sites in Kemerovo where the top providers in that area are Booking.com, HomeAway, and HomeAway Asia. There are 319 Booking.com rentals, 25 HomeAway short term rentals and 6 HomeAway Asia vacation rentals.


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A Friend of Kim (United Kingdom, 23 min 40 sec)
Directed by: Dan Hodgson
If you think you have a difficult job, then think again. A post as the unofficial public relations representative for one of the world's most repressive regimes is about as demanding as it gets.Being denounced on international news, shamed in national tabloids and slandered on social media is all just part of the job description for Dermot Hudson, Official Delegate and Chairman of the Korean Friendship Association in the United Kingdom.As the the threat of war loomed between the West and the ever-vilified North Korea, this UK-based organisation set out to defend the independence and socialist construction of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, to fight the 'mirror of lies,' and to promote its Juche Ideology, the official state ideology of North Korea.For the first time, Dermot Hudson allowed a filmmaker into his work and personal life in order to tell his story. This short documentary delves into Hudson's life to capture a portrait of a man alienated by his own nation and unafraid to speak out against the status quo, even at the peak of media and public hysteria.


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Parker Posey
Parker Posey, named for the '50s model and actress Suzy Parker, was born in Maryland on November 8, 1968 and raised in Mississippi. She attended the theater and drama program of State University of New York at Purchase before landing a role on the CBS soap opera "As The World Turns" in 1991.
Her first major motion picture was in 1993 as the high school bitch Darla in Richard Linklater's 1970's ensemble comedy Dazed and Confused, which also featured some Hollywood up-and-comers such as Matthew McConaughey, Renee Zellwegger, Ben Affleck and Joey Lauren Adams. She continued to do a variety of roles ranging from very small roles in Coneheads, Amateur and the TV mini-series "Tales of the City" to more supporting roles.
In 1995, Parker got her first starring role in Party Girl, which got her more noticed by fans and media. Against her agent's wishes, she continued to do smaller supporting roles as well as starring in independent films. By 1997, she had 20 movies on her resume and three films at the Sundance Film Festival that year. One of those films, The House of Yes, garnered huge praise from critics and garnered the Special Recognition award for Parker's performance.
Even though the media dubbed her the "Queen of the Indies," Parker started working more in mainstream movies, with parts in You've Got Mail and Scream 3 while still going back to smaller films like The Anniversary Party, Best in Show and Personal Velocity.
Parker's acting wasn't solely relegated to the big screen. On the small screen, she had recurring guest roles on "Will & Grace" and "Boston Legal," voice work on "The Simpsons" and "Futurama," and the made-for-TV movies "Frankenstein" and "Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay," the latter for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. She even made a Pepsi commercial with Jimmy Fallon.
On the stage, Parker has been in a few off-Broadway productions, which started with her debut in Taller Than a Dwarf alongside Matthew Broderick. Parker was nominated for the Lucille Lortel Award for her performance in the Lanford Wilson revival of Fifth of July, and won the award for her role in Hurlyburly two years later.
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DIRECTOR APPROVED DEFINITIVE SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET. Richard Linklater's DAZED AND CONFUSED takes a hysterical, nostalgic cross-clique look at high school social development. On the last day of school in May 1976, students at&hellip…
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It's the time of the year when the crops are becoming established and the in-crop fertiliser decisions are upon us. One of the recent mapping tools that has become readily available are NDVI (Normalised Difference Vegetation Index) which is satellite data that captures the biomass of your crop from an aerial perspective. NDVI imagery is easy to get hold of these days and many sites will allow you to view your farm for free.
PCT's AgCloud software however allows you to go one step further. Using boundaries of your farm, the maps can be 'sliced' and stacked or viewed against your other map layers and they're yours to keep. They can also then be used to make prescription maps for fertiliser spreading throughout the season. Jess Koch – Breezy Hill Precision Ag Services says, 'as a consultant I find the linkages between the PCT software and the John Deere MyOperations Centre brilliant. After making a prescription map from a soil, yield or NVDI imager layer, I am able to export it straight to the Operations Centre and send it directly to the machine applying it.'
The PCT AgCloud imagery will automatically 'drop' an NDVI image in to your PCT account every 7-10 days. Jess says 'from here, we are able to compare NDVI maps over to time to produce a change detection map. This gives a great visual indication of where crops are going backwards or improving in the time between two images. The reasons why may or may not be known to the farmer, but the change detection map at least quantifies the areas and opens up the idea for more investigation.
An example of using a protein (left) and NDVI Map from May 30th 2019 (right), to create a Urea trial
If PCT NDVI imagery or any other map or trial design is of interest to you, please contact Jessica Koch 0407986557 or talk to your local Pringles Crouch branch manager who will be happy to refer you.


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Why the Sony Hack Is a Serious Cyber-War Escalation
Why the Sony Hack Is a Serious Cyber-War Escalation
by Don Reisinger
Even the Vigilant Enterprises Are Getting Hacked
Don't forget that Sony has supposedly bolstered its network security as a result of an earlier massive network intrusion. Just a few years ago, Sony's PlayStation Network service was hacked resulting in the theft of customer data and forcing the company to shut it down for several weeks. Sony indicated at the time that it had significantly improved its IT security. But if the latest hack is any indication, it didn't establish the same level of vigilance across all divisions.
The First Response Is to Turn Everything Off
It's a scary day when the first response to a hack is to turn everything off. According to report, Sony Pictures went dark as soon as the hack was discovered, leaving employees to fax and send personal notes to handle business. Phone service was available, luckily, but using email or accessing corporate data was forbidden. As of this date, Sony is still working to restore its network services. The company's radical action to shut down its network demonstrates the devastating effect such an attack could have on any company's IT infrastructure.
The FBI Believes Other Companies Will Be Hacked
There is even more bad news in the fallout from the Sony hack. According to the FBI, there's a significant chance other companies will fall victim to the same attack. The FBI says that the malware attack used in the Sony Pictures hack can readily be used to attack any corporate network. In fact, it's believed the same malware has been used before in similar hacks.
The Cost to Sony Could Be Massive
The cost to Sony Pictures could be a massive concern for the company as it looks ahead to the next few months. The issue is that most of the films that have been leaked online by the hackers have yet to actually hit theaters and they're actively being downloaded on sites. According to one report from Carnegie Mellon University in 2011, such leaks can cost companies up to 19 percent of the revenue they would have otherwise generated just on box office sales.
Was the Sony Attack Carried Out by North Korea?
One theory that has gained credence is that North Korea is responsible for the attacks on Sony Pictures seeking revenge for the impending release a film, called "The Interview," a comedy about a hare-brained plot to assassinate North Korea leader Kim Jong-un. North Korea has said that it would retaliate for the film, and some believe that the attack on Sony is just that.
Government-Sponsored Hacking Not New, but Is Increasing
There's no doubt that the possibility of a government-sponsored hack is very real. For years, we've been hearing reports that several countries around the world, including the United States and China, have been actively engaging in cyber-warfare. China has been charged with targeting companies to steal intellectual property and secrets. North Korea has come on the scene more recently, but has already established an intelligence division called Unit 121 that takes aim at foreign networks.
It Appears That Nothing Is Safe
Looking at the rash of attacks that have impacted companies and consumers over the last several years, it appears as though nothing is safe from the hacking onslaught. From credit card information stolen from Target stores to movies stolen from Sony Pictures networks, no corporate or government network appears to be safe from cyber-attacks.
The Hacking Groups Keep Multiplying
The sheer number of hacking groups that have hit the Web to take on companies is staggering. There's Anonymous, and for a time LulzSec was prominent. Now, the latest group to grab headlines is #GOP, or the so-called "Guardians of Peace," who are believed to be behind the Sony Pictures network intrusion. As hacking groups evolve and new ones emerge, it's harder than ever for enterprises to defend themselves from the latest threats.
Is the Security Community Really Keeping Pace?
There should be some concern that the security community isn't keeping pace with hackers. While numerous security firms have traced the techniques used by hackers, new avenues of attack always seem to appear. Even spending millions of dollars on securing networks just isn't enough to permanently solve the problem. The security community appears to be behind the hackers, which is frustrating.
We Are Exposed to the Collateral Damage from the Cyber-War
A recent study conducted by Pew Research Center indicated that 90 percent of Americans believe that they've lost all control over their personal data, indicating that they feel helpless against the ongoing spread of malicious threats. Simply put, 90 percent of Americans are putting personal data into the care of corporate custodians of one sort or another, even as they fear it could fall in the hands of cyber-criminals. That's extremely worrisome and something that shouldn't be overlooked, as those of us who have sustained some of the collateral damage in the cyber-warfare know.


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Understanding No Guarantor Loans in the UK
Have you ever had a loan application rejected by a lending institution because you couldn't provide guarantors? Well, you are definitely not alone. A good number of direct lenders in the UK require loan applicants to have at least one guarantor for their loans to be approved.
While it's understandable that lenders want to reduce their risk, not everyone is in a position to provide guarantors. If you have bad credit, it's even harder because most people will be reluctant to agree to repay your loan in case you default.
Thankfully, there is an option out there for people who, for one reason or another, cannot find a suitable guarantor. This is definitely great news for people looking for quick loans because they don't have to go through the process of finding guarantors.
How can I apply for a no guarantor loan?
The procedure for applying for this type of loan is quite simple. If you are making your application online, you will find the application form on the lender's website. Once you fill out the application, the lender will examine your details and, if satisfied, release the funds to your bank account. In most cases, this will happen within 24 hours.
Can people with bad credit get loans without guarantor?
The simple answer is "Yes". There are some lenders who have no problem approving these loans even in cases where applicants have a poor credit rating. Of course, that makes them riskier for the lending institutions and one of the ways they minimize their risk by offering the loans at a slightly higher interest rate.
If you have bad credit, loans without guarantor not only make it possible for you to access money, but they also give you the perfect opportunity to improve your credit score. By making timely payments, you will slowly build up your credit and give yourself an opportunity to get loans at significantly lower interest rates in the future.
What are some of the benefits of no guarantor loans?
1. Speed
The fact that you don't need to provide guarantor information makes the process simple and quick. In fact, are some lenders who will approve your applications and transfer the funds to your account in just a matter of hours.
2. Convenience
Since you can conduct the entire process online, you don't have to engage in a long conversation with loan officers or spend time calling the lender. You can complete the entire application process from the comfort of your home and still have the money disbursed to you.
3. Improving your credit rating
For someone who wants to improve his or her credit rating, this loan offers a great opportunity. However, it is important that you make the payments in good time because late payments can end up aggravating your situation.
In summary
A no guarantor loan is a perfect opportunity for people who find themselves in sticky financial situations. The fact that you are not given any conditions on how to spend the money means that you are free to spend it how you deem fit. However, it is important that you take the loan for the right reasons to avoid digging yourself into a financial hole.


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History View Trailer A look at Vietnam from the perspectives of a U.S. Marine adviser, and a Vietnamese Marine who was left behind.
Archive for May, 2015
Ride the Thunder
Valley of the Sasquatch
Horror, Thriller View Trailer A fractured family battles against a tribe of angry Sasquatch.
Horror View Trailer A happy young couple welcomes their first child shortly after getting married. Their joy quickly turns to fear when the girl starts acting strangely and unexplained phenomena start happening around the house.
Curse of the Witching Tree
Horror View Trailer An innocent woman, accused of murdering her son and hanged as a witch, curses a tree and the children who play around it. The effects of this act of revenge echo through the years and centuries, and restless spirits haunt the house where the bodies of the cursed children have been buried. […]
TV Series, Sci-Fi View Trailer 2 View Trailer 1 View Teaser Trailer A young woman is recruited into a secret government agency to be "stitched" into the minds of the recently deceased, using their memories to investigate murders.
Comedy, Horror, Romance View Trailer View Clip An fancy garden party turns into upper class prey when a colony of killer wasps mutates into seven foot tall predators.
What We Did On Our Holiday
Comedy, Drama View Trailer View Clip Doug and Abi take their kids on a family vacation. Surrounded by relatives, the kids innocently reveal the ins and outs of their family life and many intimate details about their parents. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a big secret under wraps from the rest […]
Sunset Edge
Drama, Mystery, Thriller View Trailer Two narratives clash violently in this meditative portrayal of disaffected youth set in a graveyard of abandoned mobile homes known as Sunset Edge. We follow a group of four aimless, suburban teenagers – they skateboard the park, sleep in the sun, and rummage through the decaying remains completely unaware that […]
The Face of an Angel
Drama View Trailer View Clip Both a journalist and a documentary filmmaker chase the story of a murder and its prime suspect.
A Walk in the Woods
Adventure, Comedy, Drama View Trailer View Featurette After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.


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Mediterranean food is my favorite and today i present you a very famous dish from the regions of greece, turkey and middle east. They called it "dolmadakia" or Stuffed Grape leaves, it has a sour delicious taste, some time stuffed with rice and veggie or rice with lamb.
It may sound weird to stuffed plant leaves, but believe me this one deserve to give it a try, also it is kind of a little bit difficult for a newbie person, but as a everyday cooker it sound easy because it takes time to roll the leaves. I made about 150 fingers of grape leaves LOL. Once i start to eat i can't stop. Anyway, This is my own recipe with my own way, you'll find many other ways of making these grape leaves, with different fillings. I hope you'll like my way.
If you going to try this recipe i advice you to choose the light green young leaves and by the way the fresh leaves are much tasty than the canned leaves, also there are many stuffed for this recipe and i choose the popular rice and lamb to make i found it so delisious and by hand.
Stuffed Grape Leaves
Yield: 150 grape leaves
Prep time: 60 mins
Cooking time: 55 mins
500g of grape leaves
For filling:
2 cup medium grain rice
200g minced lamb meat
1/2 cup fresh parsley finely chopped
1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
1 small onion finely chopped
1 tbsp tomato paste
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp curry
1/2 tsp curry
salt, to taste
1/2 tsp cinnamon
For sauce:
6 Cups boiling water
2 tbsp tomato paste
1/4 cup lemon juice
(according to leaves, some are sour taste already)
(according to leaves, some are sour taste already)
1 medium onion
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp curry
1/2 tsp curry
1/2 tsp black pepper
2 tbsp olive oil
The way:
In a large saucepan bring water to boil, cook the grap leaves in a boiling water for a 20 seconds until changing to olive green color.
Drain the leaves in a colander.
In a large bowl soak rice for 20 minutes, drain.
Into the rice, add the minced lamb meat, parsley, and all the mentioned ingredients. Mix with a wooden spoon until well combined.
Into the rice, add the minced lamb meat, parsley, and all the mentioned ingredients. Mix with a wooden spoon until well combined.
Take a leaf of grape and on the rough side place about one teaspoon of the filling and follow the steps in the photo below or watch the video.
Place raw grape leaves at the bottom of large saucepan (to protect grape leaves from burning or sticking on the bottom)
Rows the wrapped leaves.
Rows the wrapped leaves.
To prepare the sauce: in another saucepan add lemon, tomato paste, spices, oil, chopped onion and 6 cups of boiling water. Place the saucepan on a high heat for 20 minutes.
Pour the sauce gently on the rows grape leaves until cover.
Pour the sauce gently on the rows grape leaves until cover.
Cook grape leaves for 2 minutes on a high heat, then reduce heat to low medium.
Cover saucepan with lid, cook at a low medium heat for about 45-55 minutes until well cooked.
Serve grape leaves.