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Implementing the Action plan for sexual and reproductive health – how policies can make a real difference
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When national and regional experts in sexual and reproductive health from 21 countries met in Stockholm, Sweden, on 30–31 August 2018, a success story from Portugal illustrated how policy changes in this area can make a huge difference.
In the late 1970s in Portugal, the maternal mortality rate was over 40 per 100 000 live births; in 2017, following the implementation of wide-ranging sexual and reproductive health reforms, the rate had dropped to 6.9. The country also saw a dramatic decrease in the infant mortality rate (to 2.6 per 1000 live births), which is currently among the lowest in the WHO European Region.
The reforms that changed the scenario in Portugal are among the recommendations of the Action plan for sexual and reproductive health, which Member States endorsed at the WHO Regional Committee for Europe in 2016. In Portugal, these reforms focused on:
providing quality preconception information and services and strengthening antenatal care;
reorganizing health services to ensure availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of services for obstetric and newborn care;
facilitating access to safe abortion and providing free contraceptive services and commodities;
offering adolescent health services with personalized care and sexuality education; and
taking additional measures to strengthen sexual and reproductive health and rights.
This was one of the success stories presented at the meeting, which aimed to assess how well countries have managed to implement the Action plan in the 2 years since its endorsement. A wide range of key professionals with roles in health policy-making and sexual and reproductive health discussed progress, successes and barriers to implementation.
The meeting was rich with examples from countries at different stages of implementation. This gave countries an opportunity to learn from each other and inspired further action to:
address the challenges in delivering universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights;
strengthen the role of primary health care in promoting sexual health, from the perspective of both the health workforce and health-care users;
increase health literacy to improve sexual and reproductive health, promote equity, and support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
develop monitoring and accountability for sexual and reproductive health and rights; and
build stronger health systems for universal access to sexual and reproductive health.
Alanna Armitage, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, underscored that sexual and reproductive health is a cornerstone of reaching the SDGs. "There is no health without sexual and reproductive health," she stated.
She also pointed to several global events that are putting sexual and reproductive health on policy-makers' agendas as fundamental moments to reaffirm this commitment. These include the Global Conference on Primary Health Care, which will mark the 40th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma Ata, and the upcoming 25th anniversary of the Cairo Programme of Action on population and development.
Key challenges for sexual and reproductive health
European Member States have achieved remarkable progress over the past 20 years. Maternal and child mortality rates have decreased substantially, contraceptive prevalence has increased and the abortion ratio has fallen. Despite this, there are still wide variations between and within countries. For example:
infant mortality rates in countries with the highest rates are 20 times those with the lowest;
the highest national maternal mortality rate in the Region is now estimated to be 25 times the lowest;
unmet family planning needs differ widely across the Region – from 5% to nearly 23% – and are highest among the most vulnerable, such as those with a low socioeconomic status, migrants and adolescents;
insufficient focus has been given to expanding access to services for safe abortion, for the prevention and management of sexually transmitted infections, for infertility, and for adolescent sexual health; and
there is still substantial resistance to investing in sexuality education.
The Public Health Agency of Sweden, the UNFPA Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office, and WHO/Europe co-organized the meeting in Stockholm as part of Europe's work to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This work aims to accelerate development to improve sexual and reproductive health in countries of Europe and central Asia.
Nino Berdzuli, Programme Manager for Sexual and Reproductive Health at WHO/Europe, stated, "We can see a clear difference in countries that have implemented the policies we know are effective. Countries need to improve efforts to create an enabling environment to eliminate barriers to sexual and reproductive health services and information. They also need to work with sectors outside of health, which can play a significant part in promoting and protecting populations' sexual and reproductive health and rights."
Ulrika Karlsson, Swedish Member of Parliament and President of the Parliamentary Forum, underscored this message and urged for action at the policy level, saying, "It is time to deliver on the rights that people want."
Action plan for sexual and reproductive health: towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Europe – leaving no one behind (2016)


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Former Notre Dame Running Back George Atkinson III Dead At 27
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 23: Former Notre Dame running back George Atkinson III works out during the 2014 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 23, 2014 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
December 5, 2019, 3:19 pmFrank DeLorenzo Daily Digest, News0
By Frank DeLorenzo / December 5, 2019
The Former Notre Dame Fighting Irish running back George Atkinson died Tuesday at the age of 27. No cause of death has been released yet and Atkinson's passing comes almost one year after his twin brother Josh committed suicide, and a little over a year since they lost their mother to complications from Crohn's disease.
Atkinson had still been struggling two months ago when he wrote an open letter on The Unsealed website mentioning his battle with mental health and trying to get over the death of his brother. He went into great detail about his life and events he had to overcome during his childhood. He wrote that his mother suffered from schizophrenia leading to drug abuse, and how Josh and him had to call the police when his mother became violent towards them.
Atkinson goes on to reveal that he relied on Josh when times got tough but neither of them ever showed vulnerability. "For me and my twin brother Josh, each other was really all we had. Through the years we grew closer and closer. But neither of us were ever taught to talk about our feelings. For me, I felt like I had to be this tough guy and show no emotion," said Atkinson. Both brothers moved in with their father when they were teenagers, but they still had an emotional past that was hard to get over.
Atkinson wrote about his experience on Christmas Eve in 2018 when he found his brother "drunk and upset, on the verge of driving to the bridge and doing something stupid." Josh told Atkinson that he was felt guilty about taking their mother off life support. Initially Atkinson was able to calm him down but the next day Josh committed suicide.
Atkinson was then institutionalized after trying to hurt himself following Josh's death. He confessed, "That's the moment I felt like I lost everything. That's the moment I can't describe. I never want you to feel his pain or my pain."
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The Atkinson twins were the son of Super Bowl Champion safety George Atkinson II who played with the Raiders from 1968-1977. The Atkinson twins both played for Notre Dame in 2011. George III played two seasons in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders.
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Extracting a tooth or two is the last thing that every dentist would want to perform. As what everybody knows, dental professionals are always determined to preserve the natural teeth of patients. But some instances can trigger the person's need for extraction. For example, an infection in a tooth and overcrowding may require a tooth removal procedure. However, the most common reason for extraction is wisdom tooth impaction.
Wisdom teeth are also called third molars. These are the set of teeth that usually comes out in the age (17-24) when a person matures. The emergence of wisdom teeth can either be a blessing or a curse. When they appear in the mouth appropriately, these molars are useful in the eating and chewing function of a person. In most cases, however, they became impacted, resulting in extreme pain and discomfort. If you have problems with your wisdom teeth, call us right away at Sango Family Dentistry.
During the removal of the wisdom tooth, our dentist will allow patients to choose from the different sedation options that we have. Sedatives are effective in calming the person during the procedure. Moreover, here are some other tips for a more comfortable wisdom tooth removal experience.
Asking someone to accompany you at the dental clinic will not just soothe your fear and anxiety, but they will also be of big help to drive you home after the procedure.
After the procedure, bleeding on the extraction site is expected. Remember not to remove or disturb the gauze provided by the dentist.
The formation of blood clot plays a vital role during the recovery period. Be sure not to disrupt the clot. Do not smoke, use a straw when drinking, and eat on the treated site until it fully heals.
If the dentist prescribes antibiotic medicine, it is a priority to comply with it as directed to avoid any infections.
For more information about Teeth Extractions in Clarksville, TN, be sure to contact Sango Family Dentistry today. Our entire team looks forward to meeting you in person and helping you achieve the best possible dental health results. We are located at 1011 State Hwy. 76, Suite B, Clarksville, TN 37043.


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KJV: of the people that [are] on the wall.
NAS: extensively the wall of Ophel.
NAS: as far as the Broad Wall.
KJV: Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
NAS: tower and as far as the wall of Ophel.
KJV: that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
NAS: their stone wall down!
KJV: to build the wall.
KJV: and the gates, and the wall.
NAS: to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem.
KJV: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
NAS: And like a high wall in his own imagination.
KJV: and as an high wall in his own conceit.
KJV: [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.
KJV: to fortify the wall.
KJV: will [God] appoint [for] walls and bulwarks.
NAS: and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
KJV: and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
NAS: have fallen, Her walls have been torn down.
NAS: of the enemy The walls of her palaces.
NAS: [was] the sea, Whose wall [consisted] of the sea?
KJV: [was] the sea, [and] her wall [was] from the sea?


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Established in 1981, gathering global ICT, COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2019 - Asia's largest & world's 2nd largest B2B professional ICT (Information and Communications, Technology) trade fair, will welcome its 39th edition at Taiwan during 28th May to 1st June 2019 at 4 different venues - Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) Exhibition Hall 1 & Hall 3, Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall (TWTC Nangang) & Taipei International Convention Center (TICC).
COMPUTEX Taipei, the only global ICT show with a complete supply chain, provides an ideal platform for establishing partnerships in Internet Computing Ecosystems. COMPUTEX grows and evolves with ICT industry over the years, and its efforts are recognized by established and emerging tech companies.
COMPUTEX Taipei aims to solidify its standing as a platform for releasing new products and technologies and for global ICT purchasing.
Just join COMPUTEX Taipei if you are looking for industrial computers, purchase order systems, wearables, 3D printing, memory chips, and mobile phone accessories.
1. Attribute: TAITRA is a non-profit trade promotion organization jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, industry associations, and several commercial organizations while the International Trade Association of the Republic of China is a private civic organization.
2. Organization: TAITRA's board of directors consists of representatives from government authorities, special members assigned by the government and members from industry associations. Government and industry associations are directly involved in TAITRA's operation while the International Trade Association of the Republic of China is a private civic organization composed of individual members, and government or industry associations are not involved in its operations.
3. Function: TAITRA functions under the supervision of government authorities, legislative institutes and industry associations. Its annual budget is within the fiscal budget plan of government in accordance with the budget law which is examined by the Legislative Yuan. Such accountability dictates that TAITRA have a comprehensive management and supervisory system, while the International Trade Association of the Republic of China is a private civic organization whose management and supervisory systems greatly vary.
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The Taipei Computer Association (TCA), established in 1974, is the leading industrial organization in Taiwan. Its 4,000 members are engaging various fields such as software, hardware, semiconductors and components, manufacture, sales, network communication service and etc., thereby generating over 80% of the total production value of Taiwan's ICT industry. TCA's offices located in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung while overseas offices in Suzhou, Beijing, and Guangzhou, China; and in Tokyo, Japan.
TCA offers its members the following services: lobbying, e-learning, domestic and overseas exhibitions, industry related information, skills training etc. Pursuing growth of the ICT industry, TCA, in collaboration with member companies and government, addressing issues concerning minority groups and the reduction of the digital gap between urban and rural areas, realizing the vision for Taiwan to become an island where technologies are truly applied.
COMPUTEX TAIPEI, organized by TCA, is the largest ICT exhibition in Asia and the most influential ICT procurement platform in the world. Each June, the show generates business opportunities that have an ICT output value mounting over US$ 23 billion. Creating more potential growth, TCA is actively developing new technologies including wireless broadband, medical electronics, car electronics, embedded technologies and etc. to take Taiwanese companies to a new level.
Looking into the future, TCA is moving towards internationalization and professionalism to service its members with the highest level of enthusiasm, realizes its vision to become "the driving force of Taiwan's ICT industry" and a "world-class industrial association".


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Nick Grimshaw and Chris Moyles gain listeners as 6 Music suffers slump
Luke Morgan Britton Feb 8, 2018 10:32 am GMT
Nick Grimshaw, Chris Moyles Credit: Getty
RAJAR figures revealed
The latest radio listening figures have been revealed, with Nick Grimshaw and Chris Moyles gaining listeners but 6 Music suffering a slump.
Nick Grimshaw regained listeners for his Radio 1 breakfast show after recording the lowest ever figures last summer. Grimshaw bounced back to 5.72 million listeners a week for the last quarter of 2017, up from 4.93 million.
Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper said he was "very pleased that Radio 1 continues to grow both on-air and online," adding: "We just got a record 1.87 billion YouTube views – which means more new, young and diverse audiences enjoying the BBC."
BBC 6 Music, however, lost 87,000 listeners during the same period, according to the RAJAR figures, down from its record of 2.43 million listeners a week to 2.34 million. It should be noted that 6 Music suffered a similar decrease between these periods the year before.
Chris Moyles' Radio X breakfast show, meanwhile, has seen an increase of almost 200,000 listeners compared to the same quarter the year prior.
Chris Evans' Radio 2 Breakfast Show also saw an upturn, seeing an increase of 80,000 to reach 9.43 million listeners a week.
Radio 1's Ben Cooper previously argued that the success of Radio 1 and other stations can't be judged on listening figures alone, saying: "You can't judge Radio 1 on RAJAR figures alone – just as you can't judge a newspaper solely on physical sales – you have to take into account our digital innovations as well."
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Pulaski, TN—The Martin Methodist College RedHawks had the hot hand early and late in Wednesday afternoon's men's tennis match at Magazine Road Park, winning two of the three doubles matches and five of the six singles matches. Marion Military Institute's Max Holloway came up big for the Tiger cause by teaming with Xavier Bell to prevent a RedHawk doubles sweep and then held on to win his singles match to avert a RedHawk singles sweep. The RedHawks downed the Tigers, 7-2.
Holloway and Bell outlasted the RedHawk tandem of Brad Prada and Carsen Clanton, 8-6, at No. 3 doubles by playing some artful tennis in the last few games of the match. The Tiger team of Adam Bahney and Andrew Wright suffered an 8-2 setback to Jesus Quesada and Nico Galleguillo, and the remaining Tiger duo of Ben Lee and Blake McDonald fell to Farith Lozano and Raphael Monzione, 8-1.
In singles play, the RedHawks stormed through the first five matches. Holloway derailed the singles sweep by holding on to win his match, 8-6.
The Tigers head down Highway 5 for a match with the Rams of the University of Mobile on Tuesday, April 5. The match is scheduled to commence at 2:00 p.m.


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What Happens In The Body When We Gain Weight, And Why Is It So Hard To Lose?
In a small study, researchers found that 318 genes worked differently after most subjects had gained even a little weight. In other public health news: hope for fixing brain damage caused by strokes, a look at the mitochondria, and the spread of aid-in-dying laws.
The New York Times: Big Data Comes To Dieting
At this point in the resolution-heavy month, many of us may be trying to shed pounds, either the ones we added during the holidays or the ones we've accumulated stealthily with time. But by the end of the year, most of us won't have succeeded — and there's not much established science to tell us why. An ambitious new study published this month in Cell Systems, however, promises to shed some new light, enumerating for the first time the thousands of changes in genes and various biological systems that may occur after even a small amount of weight gain, and which may — or may not — be reversed if the weight is then dropped. (Reynolds, 1/25)
Stat: Brain Organoids As Repair Kits For Stroke Damage Inch Closer To Reality
The dream of using brain organoids to repair actual human brains has taken a baby step closer to reality: Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have coaxed their tiny, three-dimensional organoids to produce functional neurons with long axons and dendrites — the gray and white matter, respectively — plucked them out, and grew them into fat bundles that might be transplanted into a broken brain. The scientists, led by neurosurgeon Isaac Chen, have not taken that final step, according to the draft of their study posted on Thursday to bioRxiv, which publishes papers before they have been peer-reviewed, let alone appeared in a scientific journal. (Begley, 1/25)
The Washington Post: Mitochondria Heat Up To 122 Degrees Fahrenheit Inside Cells, Study Says
Your body is hot. Depending on the time of day, and where the thermometer is placed, it runs somewhere between 35 to 38 degrees Celsius, or 95 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Little organs called mitochondria, slotted into your cells like batteries in a TV clicker, produce most of this body heat. Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell, as biologist Philip Siekevitz called them in 1957. They use oxygen and nutrients to create energy and heat. (Guarino, 1/25)
Kaiser Health News: As Doctors Drop Opposition, Aid-In-Dying Advocates Target Next Battleground States
When the end draws near, Dr. Roger Kligler, a retired physician with incurable, metastatic prostate cancer, wants the option to use a lethal prescription to die peacefully in his sleep. As he fights for the legal right to do that, an influential doctors group in Massachusetts has agreed to stop trying to block the way. Kligler, who lives in Falmouth, Mass., serves as one of the public faces for the national movement supporting medical aid in dying, which allows terminally ill people who are expected to die within six months to request a doctor's prescription for medication to end their lives. (Bailey, 1/26)


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Reading: Breitbart Business Digest: Powell Tells Americans 'It Doesn't Make Sense' That We're Currently in a Recession
Patriot Wire > Politics > Breitbart Business Digest: Powell Tells Americans 'It Doesn't Make Sense' That We're Currently in a Recession
Breitbart Business Digest: Powell Tells Americans 'It Doesn't Make Sense' That We're Currently in a Recession
Breitbart July 28, 2022
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that he does not believe the U.S. is currently in a recession, citing the fact that job vacancies are still above 11 million, unemployment is near record lows, and hiring has been brisk.
"Two point seven million people hired in the first half of the year," Powell said, after the Federal Reserve announced a 75-basis point hike in its interest rate target. "It doesn't make sense that the economy would be in recession."
It's safe to say that the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the private academic outfit that somehow became the semi-official arbiter of recessions, will agree with Powell. The little grey lines that show up on economic charts to designate recessions are unlikely to include the first half of 2022 even if we learn tomorrow that the economy contracted for a second consecutive quarter. It should be noted, however, that a lot of people in the first half of 2008 did not think a recession had started, and the NBER only officially said it had at the end of that year.
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell departs following a news conference in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2022. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
It is still significant that 58 percent of Americans say we are in a recession, according to the latest poll from the Economist and YouGov. If we designated recessions based on a democratic process, then there would be little doubt that this is a recession. The public did not even need to wait for two consecutive contractionary quarters to declare a recession. Just like the NBER, the American public feels a recession is a bit more complex than whether GDP is going up or down. The word recession for many Americans is a term designating a period of bad economic conditions.
There's a huge disconnect between the way the public thinks of recessions and the way the economics profession does. The economics profession thinks of a recession as a period in which the economic activity falls significantly below its potential, especially if this means leaving many Americans unemployed. The polling from the Economist and YouGov, on the other hand, says that 44 percent of the public associates a recession with inflation and price instability. Economists think that's almost the opposite of a recession—it looks to them like an economy that is overheating. Just 22 percent of the public think the best indicator of a recession is an economic contraction.
Both Powell and the Biden administration have pushed labor market conditions as important factors when determining whether we are in a recession. The Biden administration even argued that the Sahm rule—which looks at the change in unemployment compared with recent lows—is the proper indicator for a recession. The public, however, does not agree. The unemployment rate and jobs reports are considered the best indicators by just eight percent of the public. To put that in context, seven percent say the stock market is the best indicator and six percent say their own personal finances are.
We suspect the Biden administration's protests against calling the current economic condition a recession will eventually be regarded as a serious strategic error. When nearly 60 percent of the public has decided we are in a recession, Democrat officials just sound out of touch when they argue that we cannot really be in a recession because we have not been given permission to call it that by a group of unelected academics no one ever heard of. It appears they are repeating the same mistake made when they downplayed the risks of runaway inflation last year. As CNBC's Jeff Cox asked Powell during the press conference, why should anyone listen to the people who told us inflation was transitory when they tell us now that we are not in a recession.
President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the White House Rose Garden on July 27, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
It will look extremely foolish and petty to have fought against the idea that we entered into a recession in the first half of this year if we fall into a recession later this year or early next year. The trajectory of the economy right now is undoubtedly toward recession, so arguing against whether it had started by the seventh month of the two thousand and twenty second year of our Lord seems like it should be beneath the White House. It looks like political posturing rather than doing the work to try to right the economy.
Powell appears to understand this better than his counterparts in the White House. The over-arching theme of his press conference was his commitment to bringing inflation back down to the Fed's two percent target. When reporters pressed him on whether he would risk recession or if there was a conflict between the Fed's mandate to maximize employment and achieve price stability, Powell stuck by his anti-inflationary guns. He insisted that price stability was necessary over the longterm to achieve maximum employment. He said the economy needs to slow not just from where it was last year but below its long-term potential, which the Fed now sees as around 1.9 percent growth. He pushed back on the idea that the Fed might cut next year because of a weak economy. Perhaps most importantly, Powell avoided saying the economy would avoid a recession in the near future.


From the Trenches: Give me back my hair.
Were I to be doing tummy time too, Henry and I would look eerily similar from above these days.
I promise this is not just going to be a post lamenting the reality of painfully slow postpartum weight-loss. I think that people only really complain about this because the tiny fraction of the population that loses theirs instantly is just so obnoxious in rubbing it in everyone's faces that we forget that it is a very slow process. Though having a baby makes you instantly feel weightless because you are no longer waddling around with a massive beach-ball preventing you from seeing your feet or rolling over without fearing suffocation, it is still a long road back to those skinny jeans. And that's ok. I gained an amount of weight deemed healthy by my doctor, and while half of it melted off within the first three weeks, I have lost a grand total of 1 pound since then, in spite of constant exercise, breastfeeding, and moderately healthy eating. Yes, this could make me cry if I focus on it too much, but that's where sleep deprivation and inability to focus on anything not essential comes in handy.
The real injustice, and the real point of this truly pointless blog post, is to whine about my hair.
Or what is left of it. I had heard people mention postpartum hair loss, but I ignored it. I have thick hair, long hair, hair that I spend a lot of time thinking about and styling because I really, really like hair.
Your hair gets so thick during pregnancy, they said. Liars, I thought, even back then. Instead of the universal thickness I anticipated, I just grew some strange layer of bangs that stuck straight out from my hairline. But it's ok, I thought. They will fall out after birth. But no- my spike bangs are staying staunchly put and are instead intimidating the rest of my hair into abandoning ship. I find this in the hairballs littering my house, the phantom hairs that I feel on my arms when I wake up, the sad flatness to the top of my head when I pull my hair back. On two separate occasions, the source of Henry's wails has been revealed to be a Hannah hair in his diaper, adding actual injury to insult.
You might be thinking that I am making this all up and overreacting, thinking Hannah, I have seen pictures on this blog where your hair looked fine. People, it is an illusion, carefully crafted by a fog of hairspray and dry-shampoo, with the occasional hurricane force wind adding further volume. You might say it is superficial to groom hair that much, I say it is a good Southern upbringing showing itself. One does not just sit idly by and let one's hair be flat, but I am currently like Sisyphus, pushing the boulder of hair products forever up a mountain, only to have them momentarily work before new strands of hair fall around me, crushing my dreams.
The obvious solution? The mom cut, but I just can't go there yet.
It is unfair, really. Dealing with the postpartum body, the sleepless nights, the hormonal changes – it is bad enough. But at least you feel sanctified by the struggle, elevated by the mighty thing you are doing. I am daily aware of my body being poured out to sustain my son, constantly in awe of this body that — while squishier and rounder than I would like — grew and produced life. It is noble to embrace the changes in my body. I tell myself I do not want my old body back, but instead want a new body that is strong and healthy and prepared to guide my child through this world. I can have grace with my body because I feel its new strength all the way through me and I see marks of the sacrifice I made to carry Henry.
But I draw the line of healthy acceptance right about where my hairline is currently receding. No one goes around praising the nobility of thinning hairlines and mangy locks. No one makes motivational pictures praising the strength of women while focusing on hair that hangs limp and lifeless. No one speaks of the service to our children that involves vacuuming endlessly lest he choke on a hairball.
And so, while I will proudly learn to love my new body… I would really like my hair back.
Until then, I'll just stroke the thin red hair on the top of my son's mostly-bald head and run my fingers down his tiny mullet.
You and me both kid, you and me both.
11 Responses to From the Trenches: Give me back my hair.
Took me nine months to lose all the weight from Evelyn. I also fully expected breastfeeding, eating well, etc., to do it all. I had to legit exercise to make it happen, sadly, because I hate exercising. Also, don't ever get the mom cut! Your hair is too beautiful long!
No mom cut! I tried that after David and it was the worst/I think my husband actually loved me less. Also, baby weight loss is just weird. With little James it literally melted off and I was the skinniest I've ever been. I lost 60 lbs in a year, it was crazy. I 100% expected the same thing with David, but so far no dice. I've found that the ONLY thing that works is at least 30 min of cardio 4-5 x a week and almost no carbs, and even then I'm 30 lbs above where I want to be be and I hate it. I think it's really the sleep deprivation and just the fact that I'm not 22 this time around. I hear you sister! But you do look beautiful and so does your adorable little guy. Keep on what you are doing!!
Oh, I am right there with you! Postpartum hair loss is the worst! My son (Cade Henry- yay for Henrys!) is almost 4 months old and my hair is driving me bonkers. Thanks for reminding me that I'm not alone.
The injustice of it all! I'm six months pp and my hair is finnnnnally starting to grow back. Obviously my son isn't helping things by grabbing fistfuls seemingly by the root and giving me coronaries in the process. Mama has ten strands of hair left honey, please don't touch them. mmkay?
Remember! What YOU see vs. what OTHER people see is often vastly different. While you might notice the changes in your hair, be encouraged that almost no one else is ever going to even notice. Be encouraged. 🙂 I should also add, please don't get the "mom" cut. Every woman I know who has done this (unless she had short hair in the past and really liked it to begin with) has HATED their choice to chop their hair. Hang in there, girl!
I totally feel your pain, every time I start to lose my hair pp, it always drives me nuts. But it does grow back and you do not need to get a Mum cut unless you are really keen to have short hair anyhow. I grew mine long after my first baby which was worth it, and have only gone back to a bob recently and am really keen on it. You are not alone and you are beautiful because Jesus loves you. And you are doing a great job.
No mom cut…no mom cut! I did the long-layered version of it, let it grow and got it to one layer and LOVED it, and then stupidly went back because I didn't realize what it was I hated about the long mom cut in the first place. Now I'm just waiting for it to grow…a perpetual messy bun is better than the mom cut!
I did the mom cut. I regretted it. I thought my hair was done shedding 4 months pp, little did I know it was just the beginning. I literally looked bald, and now about a year and 3 months later I have hair that is two different lengths. Some people think I got bangs recently, nope – it's the regrowth from all the hair I lost.
My solution is lottsssssss of hats. And dry shampoo for extra fluff. But I am at least happy to hear that it does regrow!


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White Lives Should Matter, Too
• Black thug brutally tortures, murders loving family in D.C.
By Pete Papaherakles —
Over a thousand people packed Saint Sophia's Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on June 1 to attend the funeral of the Savopoulos family, brutally murdered two weeks earlier. All the major news networks were lined up across the church's entrance waiting for the three coffins to be taken out of the hearses and up the church steps.
At exactly 12 noon, the hearse doors opened and the pallbearers carried the two adult coffins followed by a small child-sized coffin, all covered with white flowers, up and into the church as dozens of camera shutters filled the solemn silence of the moment.
The Savopoulos family—Savvas Savopoulos, 46, his wife Amy, 47, and their 10-year-old son Philip, along with their housekeeper, Veralicia Figueroa, 47—were all found dead by firefighters in the family's burning home on Woodland Drive in Northwest D.C. on May 14, only blocks away from Saint Sophia Church and the National Cathedral.
On May 18, Daron Dellon Dennis Wint, a 34-year-old black career criminal, was arrested for the quadruple murder by police after his DNA was found on a Domino's pizza crust and box on the scene by police detectives. It was determined that Wint held the family and the housekeeper captive for 19 hours while he beat and tortured them before murdering them and setting the house on fire.
During that time he got hungry and had a pizza delivered. He also forced Savopoulos to have $40,000 in cash delivered to the house by one of his assistants before massacring the family. After setting the house on fire, Wint took Savopoulos's Porsche and drove away to nearby Prince George's County, where he torched the Porsche also.
The gruesome murders sent shock waves through the posh Woodley Park neighborhood where the Savopoulos family lived in their 8,000-square-foot mansion and were well known and loved by the neighbors. They were described as "a model family." The story made newspaper headlines across the nation as well as news around the world.
Savopoulos was not only a very successful businessman but a very intelligent, gifted and generous man. The family donated money to charities, especially for children's foundations and orphanages, both in the United States and overseas. The Savopoulos family also volunteered much of their time for charities as well as being very active in the Saint Sophia community, where Savopoulos was once an altar boy and where young Philip was baptized.
The eulogy at the funeral was delivered by Archbishop Demetrius, the Greek Orthodox archbishop for all of North and South America, who also performed several of the funeral liturgy rituals, including escorting the three-casket procession from the altar to the hearses out on the street, while chanting funeral hymns and swinging the incense censer over the caskets. The National Cathedral Choir was also part of the ceremony and sang "Good-bye Brother, Good-bye Sister."
Savopoulos was the president and chief executive of American Iron Works, which played a role in building the MCI Center and City Center in Washington as well as the Washington Nationals Stadium. His company also provided the steel to repair the Pentagon after the 9-11 attacks.
Savopoulos graduated from law school but chose to help his father in the family business. He took American Iron Works from a small local iron fabricator to a multimillion-dollar steel company providing steel for high rises in the U.S. and even internationally.
Many Greeks in the Washington area who knew Savopoulos had nothing but praise for him and his family. Pete Gouskos, the owner of Parthenon Restaurant in Chevy Chase, said Savopoulos and his family frequented his restaurant often.
"They were a beautiful family. Always happy, polite and always left a generous tip," he said.
Marinos Triantos, president of Triantos Electric said he knew the family for many years. He knew Savopoulos's father, Philip, when American Iron Works was just a small shop in Hyattsville.
"The old man used to make iron railings and small steel projects. He always had time for me even when the company started getting bigger," said Marinos. "After his son joined the family business he really took it to another level. He was brilliant. What a terrible loss this was. What horror."
Mrs. Savopoulos was widely known as a deeply involved mother who spent much of her time volunteering at her children's schools or fundraising for them.
The couple also had two daughters, Abigail, 19, and Katerina ,17, who survived the massacre because they were away at school.
Young Philip was described as a very intelligent, precocious child who loved go-cart racing.
Savopoulos, who also enjoyed fast cars and owned a Bentley, a Porsche and a Range Rover, loved NASCAR, and was the only American elected as a judge in the Paris auto racing federation. He and young Philip traveled to many car races across the U.S. and Savopoulos had hired a top-notch racing coach for Phillip.
Ten days before the family was murdered the two had traveled to Phoenix where Philip would compete in his final race.
It is unclear why Wint murdered everyone other than pure savagery. He got the $40,000 he asked for, yet he still killed them all. Not only that, but he beat and tortured them for 19 hours. It was reported that Wint was an employee of American Iron Works 10 years ago. Police suspect that he might not have acted alone and that others might have also been involved in order to carry out a crime of this magnitude. The media did not even mention the fact that Wint is black and the Savopoulos family were white.
Brutal black-on-white murders are at epidemic levels in America today. Many blacks feel it's "payback time" for whitey due to slavery. Black rappers sing about "killing whitey" in their songs. Hollywood movies like "Jango Unchained" glorify blacks killing whites. Black leaders are constantly advising blacks to kill whites.
Blacks "need space to destroy," said Baltimore's mayor after the recent looting riots there.
"White privilege," a recent myth, is cited as yet another perceived exploitation of blacks by whites.
Perhaps Wint justified his savagery on the Savopoulos family as some type of revenge for white privilege since they were successful.
Wint's lawyer argued that his client could not have committed the crime because a pizza was ordered and Wint doesn't even like pizza.
Pete Papaherakles is a writer and political cartoonist for AFP and is also AFP's outreach director. Pete is interested in getting AFP writers and editors on the podium at patriotic events. Call him at 202-544-5977 if you know of an event you think AFP should attend.
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Larry Koehn June 29, 2015 at 08:51
White lives should matter more as the blacks would starve if we did not pay our taxes.
Ulrich June 26, 2015 at 23:09
Lastly,
WHITE LIVES DO NOT MATTER! as far as the Obama Regime is concerned. Consider this:
Blacks commit an excessively disproportionate number of crimes in comparison to other races. And many of these crimes are black-on-white. According to a 2005 Justice Department report entitled "Criminal Victimization in the United States," black men raped 37,460 white women, while white men raped less than 10 black females, for example. Blacks murder whites at a rate 18 times higher than whites murder blacks.
A 2005 report published by the New Century Foundation called "The Color of Crime" took these trends a step further:
• Blacks are seven times more likely than people of other races to commit murder, and eight times more likely to commit robbery.
• Blacks are three times more likely than non-blacks to use a gun in a crime.
• Blacks commit 75% of all interracial crimes; whites commit 15%; while others account for 10%.
• Blacks are seven times more likely to be imprisoned than whites.
…. and Politicians and Media say NOTHING!
Well,
I love this site. I did not expect anybody to write articles like the one above.
My 2¢?
Cultural Marxism has been dubbed "the greatest cancer in the Western world" but few even know what it is.
Definition of Cultural Marxism:
Cultural Marxism: An offshoot of Marxism that gave birth to political correctness, multiculturalism and "anti-racism." Unlike traditional Marxism that focuses on economics, Cultural Marxism focuses on culture and maintains that all human behavior is a result of culture (not heredity/race) and thus malleable. Cultural Marxists absurdly deny the biological reality of gender and race and argue that gender and race are "social constructs." Nonetheless, Cultural Marxists support the race-based identity politics of non-whites. Cultural Marxists typically support race-based affirmative action, the proposition state (as opposed to a nation rooted in common ancestry), elevating non-Western religions above Western religions, speech codes and censorship, multiculturalism, diversity training, anti-Western education curricula, maladaptive sexual norms and anti-male feminism, the dispossession of white people, and mass Third World immigration into Western countries. Cultural Marxists have promoted ideas that white people, instead of birthing white babies, should interracially marry or adopt non-white children. Samuel P. Huntington maintained that Cultural Marxism is an anti-white ideology. Critics of Cultural Marxism have maintained that Cultural Marxists intend to commit genocide against white people through mass non-white immigration, assimilation, transracial adoption and miscegenation.
Lerch June 22, 2015 at 16:06
I bet his lawyer is a sc*mbag Yid Khazar.
Ermias June 16, 2015 at 15:48
And the lawyer (ambulance chaser) for this evil, bad animal, does he even know what DNA means?
Dear AFP producers:
This evil man he didn't do this crime by himself, definitely he had another evil with him. Until he tells or admits, please push the authority to send him to Guantanamo or somewhere in Africa like in Ethiopia where torturing is allowed. Then let them bring him back and let him suffer and wait in death row.
Thank you, AFP
Ermias
Did accused Dindu Nuffin killer Daron Dylan Wint have help in the murder from other D.C. Dindus?
Daron Dylon Wint, a recent import from the dark continent, murdered the entire family to thank them for giving him a job.


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NOV WRESTLING CHIT CHAT THREAD
By RIPPA, November 1, 2013 in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
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There's a difference between finding valid reasons and making excuses.
Yeah, Triple H's promos were a problem, bit if Daniel Bryan was a genuine top star, would that have really stopped him? Probably not.
Likewise, the whole "CM Punk/Daniel Bryan don't draw because their fans download stuff instead of buying it" taking point seems a bit silly too. Bryan can't draw because his fanbase is 98% criminals!?
Triple H is not to blame for every single thing that goes wrong in wrestling.
Just CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, and Brock Lesnar.
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I don't think Cena has that "thing" like a Hogan/Rock/Austin did. Not on a level where you give shit about his extra stuff. It seems on the whole, people wish Cena would shut up and cut out his extra shit. Most smart people love his in-ring. Everything else is the turnoff.
With that said, I actually agree that D-Bry doesn't have that "thing" either. But in an age where WWE feels like they can condition fans to cheer for who they want, it seems to me that the effort wasn't really there. Being outgunned and outsmarted doesn't bode well for a top babyface on a weekly basis.
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We Stan THE BOSS
You guys are forgetting that Bryan did destroy everyone whenever it was a fair fight. I'm not going to blame Triple H, a heel, for doing heel shit.. He stacked the deck against Bryan and Bryan overcame the odds plenty of times. I'm telling you, it's the schedule to blame.. The writers needed to get from point A to point B and simply could not figure out a way to fill in the blanks...
There were people on here complaining about Bryan taking a beating from four men a week into the angle. The schedule sucks, the writers aren't good, Vince has no patience and the fans (including posters here) have no patience.. Nobody is ever going to take the crown from Cena if these issues go unresolved.
Victator 4,635
I don't have an issue with how Bryan was booked. It was making the entire under card look spineless and pathetic for weeks that was the problem. But that has been going on for years. Ever since the show went from focusing on Steve Austin to Vince McMahon and his dopey spoiled kids power fantasy.
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Casual fans are not paying fifty bucks to watch pay per views. Once you part with that much money, it is not a casual interest.
No, a group of casual fans are splitting that $50 bucks 3 or 4 ways with the one "hard core spend money on every PPV fan to watch" Or hitting the bar to watch because it happens to be on there...
That second one doesn't put any money into the WWE's coffers. Hence why they would occasionally try to shut that sort of thing down back in the old days.
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But buy rates and ratings have continually fell with him at the top. How is it when Bryan gets a shot and ratings go down a little, he is not a draw. But Cena is never blamed for declining buy rates or ratings?
idk. Attendance at shows sucks when the people know he isn't going to be there.
And as someone who has actually paid for a PPV like ever (fuck you guys btw), you shouldn't be asking "why aren't people buying them" you should be asking "why are people buying them?" Summerslam 2010 featured a bunch of new guys, guys who have been around but no one gave a shit about, Edge, and John Cena. I brought the PPV because the story of the Nexus vs the WWE was done good enough for me to buy it.
Why should I want to pay to see DB finally get pushed past da glass ceiling? Where is the drama in that? Why do I give a fuck if I am not a fan of the guy? You can make the crowd do anything if you are charismatic enough and/or do it right. That doesn't mean that everyone is there to chant "YES!" for the guy. It just means people got caught up in the moment.
I really don't understand why the hell they don't lower the price of the damn PPVs. Unless they're contractually obligated to price them the way they are, they should try selling one of the lower tier PPVs for, say, $29.99 and see if buyrates jump. That's the big reason I haven't ordered a PPV in over 5 years. I refuse to put down 50-60 bucks when, if I really want to watch the show, I can buy the DVD of it a couple months later for 15-20 bucks.
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I personally blame Triple H for the 1845 Irish Potato famine, Obamacare's website problems and Firefly getting cancelled.
In that case, I wonder if Obama is a fan of HHH.
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Why should they bother if PPV buy rates have to triple for them to make the same amount of money?
And as someone who has actually paid for a PPV like ever (fuck you guys btw)
Did you climb off your cross to watch it?
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On the subject of PPV buyrates...
The sheer availability of online streams of the PPVs is killing WWE too.
WWE (and the NFL and UFC and boxing and any other premium service) needs to realize the same thing the the music industry failed to in 2000 with Napster. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PAY FULL PRICE FOR ONE OR TWO MATCHES. It's the same idea of being able to buy tracks individually instead of an entire CD. The other half of the problem is, most people have no problem paying a fair price for a product that they like. However, there are no WWE PPVs that are really worth $50-$60 other than 'Mania. To the average person, the question becomes "Do I spend $55 on WWE" or "Do I go online and watch a bootleg stream for free?" I think a good percentage of people who watch the bootleg stream WOULD pay if the price was more fair. I know I felt bad a couple years ago when I watched some NFL games online because they were blacked out locally - I would have even paid $10 to watch the game in HD on my big screen TV, but that's not even an option. So instead of getting some money from me, the NFL forced me to either A) Spend a ton of money to attend the game live not watch the game (which they don't want) or C) "steal" the game online (which they also don't want).
So what is the answer? Lower the price of the PPVs. Or do more gimmicks where if you order 'Mania, you get Backlash for half off or if you order the three PPVs in Sept.-Oct. it's $99 for the pack. Simple stuff.
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You might, but would more people REALLY pay whatever lowered price for the PPVs if they're already getting them for free?
Man, I never thought of the idea of a BOGO on ppvs, or a bundle price. That is actually a marvelous idea.
Streams are a pain in the ass. Anyway, I'm not sure people even want them for free.
Not streams as much as downloads. You don't get to watch something as it happens, but just avoid the typical news sites so someone doesn't spoil it for you and it's up about 3 hours later.
Really, lowering the price does have a point - I didn't wanna pay $60 to watch St. Pierrre-Hendricks in the comfort of my own home but was willing to pay $20 (I guess) to go see it in a theater if my town had one of the broadcasts. Hell, I even paid for a TNA PPV in a theater 'cause I'd never seen wrestling on the big screen.
Not everybody. But I do believe there are a lot of people out there who download music (or in this case, wrestling) for free who would pay a reasonable fee. Now what "reasonable" is could very much be up for debate. I might pay $30 for a B level PPV. The trick is to find that price point that people are willing to pay where the lower prices balance out with the number of people ordering.
But getting back to the whole BOGO or whatever; I thought for a while WWE could try a "season pass" type of thing where for, let's say $600, you get every PPV from 'Mania until Elimination Chamber the following year. That's a nice discount and would encourage more people to watch more PPVs to get their moneys worth. More eyes on the product = more money long term.
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I anticipate the "country" theme for RAW tonight to be excruciatingly embarrassing & stereotypically insulting. I have no idea who this is supposed to appeal to in 2013, with WWE being a worldwide company that is publicly traded.
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It's no guarantee that the Von Erich thing will be a full-length documentary either as there are also 30 for 30 Shorts which run 6-15 minutes in length and are online-only.
I hope it is a short. I will definitely watch and would rather be depressed for only 6-15 minutes than 60-90 minutes. Athough it should take about 25 minutes alone to describe what a screwed up delusion mess Fritz was.
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I wonder if their idea of a special surprise is ironically carting out Mickie James to sing.
JRGoldman 2,093
I really hope that Punk and Bryan are in the main event tonight so when the inevitably terrible ratings come out, we get to hear about how this was a conspiracy by HHH to prove Bryan and Punk aren't draws.
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If it this episode ends being a success, Then I hope we get more gimmick episodes.
*Crosses finger for a new RAW Bowl*
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Weren't the original In Your House PPVs $19.99?
14.99, at one point WWF was considering weekly shows for something like 4.99/9.99.
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That was before they started Raw correct? They were to air on Friday nights I think I remember reading


Great weekend in the Premier League with big suprise victories for West Ham and Crystal Palace.
Great win for the West Ham United.
It's week 4 of English Soccer Premier League new season and we are back with some more action! Let's take a look at the result of Saturday's soccer games from the British stadiums.
In the first game of the day Arsenal London took advantage of Aleksandar Mitrovic's early red card to beat the hosts 1-0 at St James's Park. After this victory Arsene Wenger's side is at the 5th position in the league table. Arsenal won via goal of 22-year old forward Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who netted a great shot in the second half of the game.
The Newcastle's striker Aleksandar Mitrovic was dismissed after just 16 minutes of the game, when he fouled French midfielder - Francis Coquelin.
Newcastle United managed to keep the clean sheet, but their resistance was broken in the second-half of the game. Arsenal dominated possession in the game and never looked in danger of losing their lead. Newcastle have now not scored a single goal in the Premier League since the opening day of the season.
West Ham United stunned Liverpool 3-0 to win their first league game at Anfield Road since 1963.
'The Hammers' ended Liverpool's great start of the new English Premier League season. Slaven Bilic's side defeated Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in the first round of the new season and now they managed to beat another big club – Liverpool.
Goals from Manuel Lanzini, Mark Noble and Diafra Sakho secured second victory of the season for West Ham United, which also featured controversial red cards for Noble and Coutinho. The decision to hand Coutinho second yellow card was harsh, but the midfielder should have known that he can't attack Payet as hard as he did in the 53rd minute of the game.
The biggest surprise of the day was Chelsea's lost to Crystal Palace.
The visitors won in Jose Mourinho's 100th league home game as Bakary Sako and Joel Ward earned a shock 2-1 win. Sako, who scored the winner against Aston Villa last weekend, turned the ball home after 75th minute in Saturday's Premier League clash against current champions - Chelsea.
Substitute striker Radamel Falcao gave Chelsea an equaliser after Pedro's great cross, but Crystal Palace managed to score again through Joel Ward, who headed home Bakary Sako's pass with just ten minutes remaining on the clock.


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Dear PM, We Love Satire & Humour, But Your Followers Need Lessons
Modi says we need more satire & humour in our lives, but to achieve that, he needs to first reign in his bhakts.
Ashish Dikshit
"We need more satire and humour," says Prime Minister Modi. When I read this, I immediately called our in-house meme expert Divya, who is always at the receiving end of Modi's bhakts. Her tongue-in-cheek takes are trolled by those who are followed on social media by the Prime Minister himself.
"How can you disrespect our PM?" is their common grudge. Clearly unable to understand the difference between "satire" and "disrespect", they attack her and many like her. They come in herds; are always aggressive and at times abusive.
"We get trolled all the time. Not only Modi, if we do funny memes on Smriti Irani or any of his associates, we get abused. If you want us to laugh at your jokes, please learn to laugh at ours too," says an angry Divya Talwar.
Screen-grab of reactions to a meme on Prime Minister Narendra Modi completing 2.5 years in office.
Humour and satire are tools of creative expression. If the Prime Minister seriously thinks that they are the "best healers", then he should help create an atmosphere where artists can express freely. When his supporters, some of whom proudly call themselves 'bhakts' are so intolerant, how can one write satire? A 'bhakt' by definition is blinded by his devotion to his God. If a leader has blind followers, then that's a dangerous thing for a democracy.
A few months ago, the plug was pulled on a stand-up comedian's satire show because he poked fun at a minister. The official reason given was something else, but the comedian was pulled up for his act.
Dear PM, how do you expect people to create humour or satire in such an atmosphere? Just like digital wallets cannot work unless you create an ecosystem for it, humour cannot flourish unless society is free, tolerant and open-minded.
Appointing the likes of Pahlaj Nihalani certainly won't help create such an atmosphere. If we really want people to laugh and enjoy themselves, we need liberal leaders at the helm of influential institutions.
'It's a Message to The Bhakts!'
Kunal Vijaykar, who has been running a famous satire show, The Week That Wasn't, feels that PM is in fact giving a message to his followers.
The Prime Minister is subtly telling his followers – don't do this. We have hope that there will be tolerance. But I should also add that in the last 10 years, besides one politician, all of them, including BJP leaders, have been very good to us.
Screen-grabs from The Week That Wasn't. (Courtesy: YouTube)
Kunal says that most leaders have been tolerant of his work. But famous cartoonist Manjul feels that anyone who is in power tries to use it. It's in the character of power, he says.
BJP generally confronts those who write against the party; Congress used to suppress dissent in a subtle way. Now what the PM is saying is a good thing and it will help democracy. I hope if he says it, he believes in it. It should not end up like a government scheme which doesn't translate into reality.
It isn't true that the BJP is the only intolerant party. Other parties aren't magnanimous either. Remember, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrested a professor for posting a cartoon that mocked her. After the Charlie Hebdo cartoon controversy, MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi had retweeted a tweet: Freedom of expression is not absolute.
Congress has misused power innumerable times to pressure the media, and the Aam Aadmi Party is getting increasingly intolerant.
But what makes the BJP stand out is their intolerant swarm of trolls, encouraged by the Prime Minister himself. They create and circulate jokes about opposition parties and the media. They attack anyone who doesn't praise their leader. They listen to only one man – Narendra Modi. Now that he's asked them to take it lightly, let's hope they get the message. Otherwise, the PM's statement about the importance of humour will be little more than a joke!
Sense of humour of the people the Prime Minister chooses to follow. (Courtesy: screen-grabs from their twitter accounts)


I am hoping we are raising a well rounded young lady here on the farm. In one day she can do any variety of things. We want to raise a child that knows how to cook, clean, and work on the farm as well. That way she can be a good wife, mother, and hard working human in the future!
Today included the following for the seven year old.
Baking a cake with Mom.
Reading, practicing piano, and folding laundry as well. Oh sure there was a little tv watching and playing in her bedroom too.
Life here on the farm we keep a pretty good routine, with some added life experiences thrown in on any given day!
It was time to prepare for our next type of harvest here on the farm. Milton worked on cleaning up, waxing, and changing concaves on the combine. This photo was taken prior to the washing and waxing, he had it put away in the shed before I remembered to get one of his handy work!
The concaves are parts of the combine. Don't let them fool you, they are heavy, so he called on his trusty farm wife to come help him! He is holding one of them in this photo.
See the metal rod, I'm holding the other end. Too hard to get a photo while working to include me! I promise I'm there.
Inside view of a Case IH 6088 combine anyone?
The chirps are growing quickly and if we are outside in the early morning we can hear those lovely roosters we have too!
We have started letting them out midday and they do enjoy it! The cleaning of the chicken coop was long overdue. Time got away from us. They gathered the items needed. The mule, a couple shovels, and straw.
Off to get straw! Watch out farm yard animals and people, young driver!
That pretty much sums up our current events. I'm hoping this week to get some photos of our current crops to show you. Corn, soybeans, and milo are growing in our fields!
One of the biggest risks I ever took was marrying a farmer. I was oblivious to this reality on our wedding day in 2003, even though we had dated the year before. I didn't really understand or know the realm of things in farm life.
This photo truly shows the happiness we both felt that day.
Perhaps it took that long for me to realize it because the first part of our marriage he worked full time in construction, farming was the second job. Even when those roles switched, I still didn't realize the depth. I believe it was because I worked full time outside the home. The "safety net" so to speak.
but they are present more now than ever!
I grew up in a farming family until I was 11, I honestly didn't know what the reality of farm management was. Then I lived as a "city folk" for the rest of my life until 5 years ago. That's when we actually moved to the farm.
Honestly, we should have moved long before that time. I believe the reality of living "on the farm" and being more involved in the farming operation has brought about a better understanding for me. A better marriage as well.
When we moved to the farm, I grieved the life I had and even the house we had in town. I recall sitting with my spouse looking out at the same field I am right now. It was during the building of our farm house. Together we sat where our fireplace is now, without any walls built. I remember having a mixture of sadness and fear about leaving behind the life I had come to know for so long. Fast forward to the present.
My life is better for being where I am, more meaningful, and yes more difficult at times. With my change of occupation from working outside the home to stay at home it has brought a time of transition. It has been almost a year now. In that time I have participated in the farming operation in different ways. The farm books, paying the farm expenses, watching how many bushels of grain we have, organizing information for insurance and government offices, not to mention tax stuff. Including some physical labor too!
Due to my more active involvement, as wheat harvest arrived a few weeks ago the need for a good wheat harvest came into my view clearly. This year I found myself more committed, interested, and involved than ever before. I've been a partner in this farm operation for 12 years, but I don't think I ever understood most of it. It's starting to really click now!
I married a risk-taker. A man of risk. Those of you that know my husband may be laughing right now, but I'm right. Farming is a huge risk.
It's no wonder he loves it, he has to, because if anyone didn't, no one would last long in farming. I feel any man or woman that can depend on the seed, dirt, fertilizer, chemicals, hard work, and mostly the weather is a risk-taker. Which means if I married him I must be one too! I can now add that to my resume, right?
Milton waited a long time to get to this point in his career, he deserves every good crop produced, every sunset he sees from the tractor, and the opportunities he has been given. There will be successes and failures in this farm life, but he knows this. He is OK with that, and knows the following.
We are sustained, not by the work of our own hands but the abilities that have been given to us. We are not able to stand firm in our moments of risk without the abilities that have been created in us. The farm would not function if not for God. I think many need to remember this, the farmer is just the steward of the land.
Milton drove the Case IH 6088 combine, RV took care of hauling wheat via the semi and grain truck, while LV weighed the trucks as they came home to store the grain. Julie helped some with weighing and scale tickets and cooked one meal for everyone each day. PV, well we will call her the supervisor that played a lot!
Once the grain bins were full at home, the grain began being hauled to the elevator in Canton and the new Ag Producers LLC terminal on Hiway 56. Hauling to the terminal was a new experience for all, but turned out to be a good choice in our eyes. Depending on the priced being offered in the future, we will see if it is more profitable to haul there verses ADM that is located 40 miles away.
While harvesting Milton did deal with mud in the fields from the rains that blessed our area days and weeks before harvest. I do not believe ours were as bad as others or at least my farmer didn't complain much about that.
The yields varied anywhere from 43 to 86. Our average was 62. We harvested 881 acres of wheat. Being able to apply the fungicide was a critical component to having a good harvest we believe, along with the rainfall that came in May and June.
The harvest lasted 9 days. Milton and RV worked the longest hours, normally cutting by 10:00 am and not stopping until 10 or 11 at night. Milton's brother VV helped us by planting soybeans and milo. At one point, Milton did give him the opportunity to drive the combine. My farmer was pretty protective of our investment. I can understand why as this investment was something that is essential in our farming operation and costs a great deal of money. We are grateful for the help that his brother offered.
Now the days are less stressful as the new crops are planted and beginning to show growth.
This wraps it up for our wheat harvest and we are focusing on the new crops. Time to get things caught up as in paperwork, housework, and spending time together as a family.
During wheat harvest our fresh blackberries that I order from Elderslie Farms came in. PV and I made a quick trip to get them and that afternoon tried another new recipe. We found on Pinterest Blackberry Cobbler from Five Heart Home. As always, please be sure to check out the recipe from the link. The website is beautiful and looks to have lots of great recipes!
This time around I decided it was time for PV to learn to read a recipe. Normally I just get all the ingredients out and tell her what to add and when. I had her read it to me and also participate in mixing it up. She did well and so I decided she could make the box potatoes for supper. We decided to go easy on supper this night so Betty Crocker Au Gratin potatoes it was! I also made her clean up her mess and rinse the dishes.
After we were done she looks at me and asks the following.
"Mom, does cooking make you relax?"
That makes me very happy! :) Big joys in little packages! That's what life is about isn't it?
We hope you enjoy this recipe. Our family found it to be very yummy with vanilla ice cream! I did cook mine longer than the 30 minutes, it was juicy, but oh so good!


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Marylebone High Street in London is well known for its excellent eateries and FishWorks restaurant is no exception, serving first class fish and seafood to local foodies. As you enter the light and airy restaurant, you are greeted by a glistening display of fish and crustacea which is restocked daily. Choose from the vast selection of the freshest catch of the day, or favourite seafood and crusteacea, and the FishWorks chef will have it cooked to your liking. The catch of the day is chalked up on the blackboard and the menu is full of classics like fish and chips, roasted skate with burnt butter and capers and Dover sole. With a thoughtfully compiled wine list and slick service as an added bonus, FishWorks is ideal for business lunches and cosy dinners in the heart of Marylebone Village. And FishWorks commitment to sustainable fishing means you can enjoy every meal here with a shiny, clear conscience.
Visited with some good friends based upon reviews from this site only. Admittedly we did start the evening with a few happy hour cocktails down the road at The Marlybone Bar so already in a jolly mood! Very impressed with food and choice. Good wine list. Friendly and tolerant staff given we were probably quite loud. Only small criticism was cramped table but still leaving full marks. Recommend the salmon in Hendricks starter followed by fish and chips. Washed down with Spanish red and house Sauvignon Blanc. Try it!
It's not cheap but then fresh fish never is! Great service, especially from the tall smiling manageress. Lots of flavours and choice. Lovely puddings, decent wine selection.
At last, an unpretentious restaurant that just delivers good food and great service. After a recent run of less then impressive, overpriced, pretentious restaurants around Marylebone, it was great to go somewhere that served fresh simply cooked but delicious food(fish in this case). The service was unobtrusive and that is a delight. The sea bream was cooked to prefection, as fish should be, on the bone, well seasons and fresh, no need to mask with creamy sauce. Nice to be able to choose a carafe of wine, as a bottle would have been to much. Service with a smile, and fairly priced for the area. If you want decent fish this is the place, if you want poncey service, try elsewhere.


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The Car Club holds monthly meetings on the first Thursday in the Holiday Bay Room at the lodge. Anyone owning a pre-1977 vehicle is welcome. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. followed by the general meeting at 6:30 p.m. At the meeting members learn about upcoming events, listen to guest speakers and share automotive experiences. Finger foods are served and a 50/50 drawing rounds out the evening. For more information, visit www.canyonlakecarclub.com or email clcarclub@gmail.com.
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Canyon Lake women are invited to attend the Canyon Lake Association of Women (CLAWS) group bunco at 3 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month in the Magnolia Room at the country club. The cost is $10 per player. Participants are asked to bring canned and packaged food for the community cupboard. For more information, contact Rose Hanover at 951-244-6109.
Annual club membership is $10 per person. Membership is not a requirement to participate in club travel adventures; however, members receive discounted prices on most of the club's trips. For membership information, contact Karen Wallace at 951-309-8029. The club's website is canyonlaketravelclub.org.


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Q: How to get a timestamp of 6 months back using Java Instant? If today is 6/24/2020, I want a UTC timestamp of 1/24/2020 12:00am regardless of the time difference. I don't want to take into account hrs, min, sec etc.
Here is what I'm doing right now:
    private Timestamp setTimeBack(int months)
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        cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
        cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
        cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
        cal.add(Calendar.MONTH, -months);

        return new Timestamp(cal.getTime().getTime());
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Wondering if there's a cleaner way to do this

A: If  you're on java 8:
LocalDateTime sixMonthsAgo = LocalDate.now().minusMonths(6).atTime(0, 0);
return Timestamp.valueOf(sixMonthsAgo);

A: Here's a clean one-liner for Java 8:
Timestamp.valueOf(LocalDate.now().minusMonths(6).atStartOfDay());

Note that if the resulting day doesn't exist then this will round down to the nearest real day
You can test its results with this simple program:
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import java.time.LocalDate;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        LocalDate[] testDates = {
                LocalDate.of(2020, 6, 24), // results in `2019-12-24 00:00:00.0`
                LocalDate.of(2020, 8, 31), // results in `2020-02-29 00:00:00.0` rounding down to a real day
        };
        for (LocalDate date : testDates) {
            System.out.println(date + " => " + minusMonthsToTimestamp(date, 6));
        }
    }

    public static Timestamp minusMonthsToTimestamp(LocalDate date, int minusMonths) {
        return Timestamp.valueOf(date.minusMonths(minusMonths).atStartOfDay());
    }
}

A: You can try like this:
private Timestamp setTimeBack(int months)
    {

        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();  //Get current date/month i.e 24 June, 2020
        cal.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));//To make UTC
        cal.add(Calendar.MONTH, -months);   //Go to date, 6 months ago 24 December, 2019
        return new Timestamp(cal.getTime().getTime());
    }


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If, like me, you've had a Google account for a long time you might be finding the account name a bit embarrassing and in need of a change. Because I use GMail I couldn't just change the email address (and therefore, username) associated with my account, so I had to create a whole new Google account. Transferring contacts, calendars, email archives and even Google Drive is straightforward with built in import an export tools, but not all Google products are like this. YouTube is tied to your Google+ profile, and there's no way to move it straight to a new one.

Google+ has profiles and pages, and both can have a YouTube account attached to them. Profiles are the personal pages, and it's what you probably have if you have a Google account. Pages aren't tied to a specific account, or email address, and they're designed for use by businesses. What we're going to do is create a Google+ page, transfer your YouTube account to that page then transfer the page to your new Google profile. I suggest being signed into your old account in one window, then sign into your other account in a different browser or an incognito window.

1. In your old account head over to [Google+][1] and in the menu on the left click "[Pages][2]"

 ![G+ page](/images/yt-transfer/new Google+ page.jpg)

2. Click "get your page", and choose brand. Fill in the form. It doesn't particularly matter what you put here, we'll be deleting this page again before long.

 ![G+ page 2](/images/yt-transfer/new Google+ page 2.jpg)

3. With that set up it's time to head over to [YouTube][3]. Head into the [YouTube settings][4], then click advanced.

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4. Click the link that says "Move channel to different Google+ profile or page". You'll be asked to confirm your password then you'll find yourself at this page:

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5. If you click the "Select desired page or profile" button it should show the page you just created. Click on the page, then click "move channel"

 At this point you still access your YouTube account using your old Google profile, but now that the YouTube account is linked to a page things are a little more flexible.

6. Go back to the Google+ page you created (go to Google+, then click pages in the menu on the left then click "manage this page") and head to the page settings by clicking the gear in the top right, then click "settings".

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7. Head to the managers tab, then click "Add managers" and enter the email address of your new Google account.

8. You'll get an email at your new account with instruction on becoming a manager for the page.

 At this stage things are a little weird. Your old Google account is the owner for that Google+ page you created, and therefore the YouTube account, but your new account also has full access. You can sign into YouTube with either Google account and you'll be accessing the same YouTube account.

 After 24 hours you'll be able to transfer ownership of the page to your new Google account

9. Sign into your old Google account, then head to the settings for your new Google+ page. Once again go to the managers tab and you'll see each manager in its own card. In the bottom right of the card for your new Google account there should be a drop down menu, within which you'll find a button to transfer ownership of the page.

10. Once you've made your new Google account the owner of that Google+ page you can go back to the YouTube settings and repeat steps 3, 4 and 5 to move the YouTube account from the Google+ page to your new Google+ profile

11. Once your YouTube account is tied to your new Google+ profile you can just delete the Google+ page and you're done!

Moving a YouTube account to a new Google account is mostly just time consuming, but once you know how it's quite easy.

Google, if you're reading this, make it so you can just change the gmail account that's tied to you're Google account. It would make life so much easier

[1]: https://plus.google.com/
[2]: https://plus.google.com/dashboard?ppsrc=gpnv0
[3]: https://www.youtube.com/
[4]: https://www.youtube.com/account


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Magik Markers
Isolated From Exterior Time: 2020
by Colin Joyce
On their first release since 2013, the avant-rock group forego the escapism of their past work in order to provide a score for our present chaos.
Escapism has long been the guiding philosophy of Magik Markers. The avant-rock destructionists titled their 2013 album Surrender to the Fantasy, a reference to the role of "the unconscious mind" in their music-making. Singer-guitarist Elisa Ambrogio told Interview Magazine that their music is, in part, a conscious rejection of "the reality of your day-to-day existence," an attempt to find joyfulness and ecstasy amid life's doldrums. For the better part of two decades, they've torn up the tropes of rock and blues history and reassembled them into unrecognizable, otherworldly forms. It's jarring music, but that's the point—it's supposed to shake you free from your normal rhythms and lead the way to another world. On Isolated from Exterior Time: 2020, their first new EP since 2013, they shift this approach; instead of providing an escape to these times, they choose to score this period's chaos.
Such a disposition feels fitting when much of the world is stuck inside, grappling with the uncertainty of an unprecedented global health crisis and the destabilization caused by its calamitous management by the people in power. It's only fair that the Magik Markers would attempt to reflect the downcast spirit of the year. A brief piece of writing that accompanies the EP on Bandcamp suggests that the timing of their return is no accident: "[Magik] Markers only appear in times of duress."
The 25 minutes of music on Isolated from Exterior Time certainly don't sound like a balm for all the time everyone has spent inside. Like the psychedelic memoir of Alejandro Jodorowsky's recent films, they aim for a kind of transcendence, one where truth is gestured at obliquely through surrealism, static, and violence. The four songs are illusory and upsetting—full of spectral harmonies and needly riffs crawling along ominously and overlapping chaotically. "Machines" picks up more or less where Surrender to the Fantasy left off, presenting the Markers in their more song-like mode, offering a few straightforward riffs and some elusive lyrics about fear. But from there the song doubles over on itself; Ambrogio's lyrics are barely legible as she sings over herself, the song spiraling out into more chaotic thought processes. It's likely a familiar energy for anyone who's been cooped up since March; everything starts out normal, but as you spend more time isolated with your thoughts, things can start to get weird.
The rest of the tracks are only stranger. There's a ghostly round called "Three Guitars" that haunts and creaks in a way that recalls Charalambides' distressed Americana. "Arms to the Sky" is an echoey, creeping drone that sits somewhere between Spiritualized's hopeless ballads and the anhedonia of doom metal. However, the record's most moving moments are peppered throughout the ten-minute closer "Jet Skis (Alt Mix)," a loping, feedback-laden epic that sounds like it got lost in the desert on its way to meet Manuel Göttsching. Unlike the splatter-painted psych-noise that Magik Markers first become known for, it's gloomy and monochrome, a trudge through the psychic muck and mire. It's an apt soundtrack for a year that's been an overwhelming slog. There's little hope for escape, but Magik Markers make the case that it's ok to feel a little lost.
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The Accidental Prime Minister trailer: Anupam Kher accurately recreates Manmohan Singh's mannerisms
The Accidental Prime Minister, starring Anupam Kher is directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte.
FP Staff December 27, 2018 16:12:31 IST
The trailer of The Accidental Prime Minister that chronicles former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's tenure in office was released on 27 December.
Anupam Kher as Manmohan Singh in a still from The Accidental Prime Minister. YouTube screengrab
This film is based on the book The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh by Sanjay Baru, who was the former Prime Minister's media advisor.
The trailer opens with Singh, played by Anupam Kher, being compared to Bhishma from Mahabharata. Baru, portrayed by Akshaye Khanna, observes that unlike the mythological figure, who had to deal with two warring families, the Pandavas and Kauravas, Singh only has to face one. The Accidental Prime Minister's trailer gives a brief glimpse into the internal politics of the Congress party like the tense dynamic between Singh and former party president Sonia Gandhi (Suzanne Bernert), on issues of national importance. Her keenness to have son Rahul (Arjun Mathur) rise to the position of power is also an aspect shown in the trailer..
Kher, who revealed at the trailer launch how he had prepared for the role, has almost accurately recreated Singh's mannerisms and body language for the film. "The biggest challenge for me was the voice. It is the most difficult role I have ever done because everyone knows Manmohan Singh very well," the actor said at the trailer launch event, reports The Quint.
The film also stars Aahana Kumra as Priyanka Gandhi, Divya Seth Shah as Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur and Ram Avatar Bhardawaj as the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Directed by debutante Vijay Ratnakar Gutte, the film's screenplay has been written by Mayank Tewari, Vijay Ratnakar Gutte, Karl Dunne and Aditya Sinha. The music of the film will be composed by Sudip Roy and Sadhu S Tiwari.
The film will release in cinemas on 11 January. Vicky Kaushal's patriotic drama Uri: The Surgical Attack will also hit theatres on the same day.
Watch the trailer here.
Arjun Mathur
Indian series Dahaad to have world premiere at Berlin International Film Festival
Dahaad, an eight part crime drama, is directed by Reema Kagti and Ruchika Oberoi. It features Sonakshi Sinha, Vijay Varma, Gulshan Devaiah, and Sohum Shah in the lead
Parineeti Chopra receives India UK Achievers Honours as Outstanding Achiever in 'Arts, Entertainment, Culture' category
arineeti took to social media to share the happy news.
'There must be some problems with The Kashmir Files': Anupam Kher after losing out in Oscars nominations
Anupam Kher who played a prominent role in the film noted that there must be some problem due to which the film was not selected.
Anupam Kher on Mary Kom unveiling Shiv Shastri Balboa poster: 'Wanted the poster to be released by a national icon'
Says Anupam Kher, visibly humbled by Mary Kom's simplicity of personal and her uninhibited laughter. "Those who laugh aloud and always good-hearted. I always admired Mary Kom, but I am simply overwhelmed by her humility today. She is a true champion."
Ali Fazal's psychological thriller The Underbug set to have world premiere at Slamdance Film Fest
The film was shot during the small respite of time of covid lockdowns in late 2020 and is currently in post production
Richa Chadha's next is a film based on the true stories of the second wave of covid that impacted India in 2021
The film is directed by Abhishek Acharya
British Board of Film Classification gives 12A rating to 'Pathaan'
The BBFC shared the rating for Pathaan on its official website along with detailed rating information


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