Woolite Crowdtap Party Kit

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMLgYTyXf2KVtEiSte_89d62_r2gpuwg9KBdKM_0YRHHWT8QfsM6-Y4UeRiI9qm56zj_f4ydDolp3C5JnwuKt61Nj8I_XdEam3dAlSi3vcBm4eZLfZXht-RAtL_T22IKBSkEnTOFkuac/s1600/woolite+crowdtap+party+kit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMLgYTyXf2KVtEiSte_89d62_r2gpuwg9KBdKM_0YRHHWT8QfsM6-Y4UeRiI9qm56zj_f4ydDolp3C5JnwuKt61Nj8I_XdEam3dAlSi3vcBm4eZLfZXht-RAtL_T22IKBSkEnTOFkuac/s320/woolite+crowdtap+party+kit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When it comes to my clothing I look for a detergent that will keep them looking new and Woolite has certainly been the best in doing so.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recently was sent Woolite samples through Crowdtap for a party and absolutely love sharing with others samples like laundry detergent so they can see just how great the product really is!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At first I was a bit skeptical in using Woolite because I thought, yeah right like the colors won't fade after doing my laundry?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So then I just said oh the heck with it I'll try them myself to see if they actually really work!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From working to working out or just everyday use the clothing colors tend to fade, well not Woolite! </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So after a few uses of the detergent I noticed my clothing still looked good as new, no color fade what so ever!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was simply amazing! How can a product work that great especially a sample size?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was so excited that my friends and family would be able to see for themselves as well because Crowdtap was generous enough to send me some samples for myself, friends and family for being selected for a party!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYbbNiYSnG_XK8kFgAb-YUN3QK3OV-cK6fEvZx8-SzGamEFz3IQt_P5fHGU7eZCoYM3hCUcz0Df4eZinpgeIph8lLmlTR2jOx_4R0C95P0SCDwRDH81pThdHlkaW62VSTj_wSZtptXzQ/s1600/20130422_170859.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYbbNiYSnG_XK8kFgAb-YUN3QK3OV-cK6fEvZx8-SzGamEFz3IQt_P5fHGU7eZCoYM3hCUcz0Df4eZinpgeIph8lLmlTR2jOx_4R0C95P0SCDwRDH81pThdHlkaW62VSTj_wSZtptXzQ/s320/20130422_170859.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So save those colors and use Woolite!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just wanted to thank Crowdtap and Woolite for picking me!</span></i></div><br /><br />

Woolite Crowdtap Party Kit

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Crowdtap Cottonelle Care Review

<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq0h3xQf8MbcrwF2J862KYepaaLEX1hfdMBjcc61xEG6vNXhRBymIHLlHnNv-zHPbLA4MSPeYTLfg66sCgS23fjEpG2MeFSIrUpNfABPFVrmbBlUsr9d5uXHAk7Bupr8yS62rhR64d6Y/s1600/cottonelle+crowdtap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq0h3xQf8MbcrwF2J862KYepaaLEX1hfdMBjcc61xEG6vNXhRBymIHLlHnNv-zHPbLA4MSPeYTLfg66sCgS23fjEpG2MeFSIrUpNfABPFVrmbBlUsr9d5uXHAk7Bupr8yS62rhR64d6Y/s320/cottonelle+crowdtap.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Ladies and gents it's time to get a little bit personal on Losing Weight tonight, by changing up the routine in the bathroom. Feel like your toilet paper is not doing the job and keeping you clean and fresh? If not then it's time to get fresh with Cottonelle! </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I was sent a party pack that contains an 18 roll pack of toilet paper with moist flush able wipes, and I get to give two friends their own package of a 4 pack of Cottonelle toilet paper and a tub of the moist wipes as well!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhZITqPPoZF-16LYEdHhhd-Mzna1XxYhe-Xqflqg2_nYXRFQEXuBGRTMkPWewVxpL2hJyzMTS4JPgCnQ6gsJy59KxsSPtqKy_Gyj4sMJda7d89qcO9UkD39MlQVy9HxotgU1dFNrRr5w/s1600/cottonelle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhZITqPPoZF-16LYEdHhhd-Mzna1XxYhe-Xqflqg2_nYXRFQEXuBGRTMkPWewVxpL2hJyzMTS4JPgCnQ6gsJy59KxsSPtqKy_Gyj4sMJda7d89qcO9UkD39MlQVy9HxotgU1dFNrRr5w/s320/cottonelle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>What I loved about the toilet paper was that it doesn't feel like your wiping with sand paper at all, it's oh so soft and the wipes have a light scent making you feel cleaner.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>For my sample shares I chose my mother, sister and a dear friend and member of Curves Gym, and here are some of my photos of the sample shares!</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>My niece and the display of Cottonelle products!</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9S7A_YobC3rYsR_HvuFNjUuBek_ZxKyxjIvKi5_zgGH3FRoPE7W1oS91IdIWlJvPDj3wXttei22B7x-Z_H2qAPFz-LkFe9lHCTUHQz4HkSYJj-Sp9M8TVJBJbtffw5XLpcJA6oWIBBkk/s1600/my+niece+and+cottonelle+Crowdtap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9S7A_YobC3rYsR_HvuFNjUuBek_ZxKyxjIvKi5_zgGH3FRoPE7W1oS91IdIWlJvPDj3wXttei22B7x-Z_H2qAPFz-LkFe9lHCTUHQz4HkSYJj-Sp9M8TVJBJbtffw5XLpcJA6oWIBBkk/s320/my+niece+and+cottonelle+Crowdtap.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Maria, looks really happy she got Cottonelle..Oh gosh, she's probably going to hate me for this! Eek!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCj-EgT0J6ra6bICzG4IFfPq0IPb-EPjIERNfBitE20Rc0zenAaoLeR6KKnPemlusvC9TL3X212KqtlXo31BkZ6yDRL7s19xKmsdjlk-r0DmhMayhBpyF1HLf7oYJEmsHGnLVKL0Z27vo/s1600/20130422_170932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCj-EgT0J6ra6bICzG4IFfPq0IPb-EPjIERNfBitE20Rc0zenAaoLeR6KKnPemlusvC9TL3X212KqtlXo31BkZ6yDRL7s19xKmsdjlk-r0DmhMayhBpyF1HLf7oYJEmsHGnLVKL0Z27vo/s400/20130422_170932.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>You and your friends can enjoy the go now with Cottonelle leaving you feel confident, clean and refreshed.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Thank you so much Cottonelle and Crowdtap for sending me this wonderful party package for review!</i></span></div>

Crowdtap Cottonelle Care Review

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Monday, Monday

<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.archidose.org/wp/">A Weekly Dose of Architecture</a> Updates:</span><br /><br />This week's dose features the <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/04/15/coach-flagship-omotesando/">Coach Flagship, Omotesando</a> in Tokyo, Japan, by OMA:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/04/15/coach-flagship-omotesando/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Apr13-15.jpg" title="This week's dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The featured past dose is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2003/10/12/mccormick-tribune-campus-center/">McCormick Tribune Campus Center</a> in Chicago, Illinois, by OMA:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2003/10/12/mccormick-tribune-campus-center/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://www.archidose.org/Oct03/iit2.jpg" title="featured past dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />This week's book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/04/15/diller-scofidio-renfro-architecture-after-images/"><i>Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture after Images</i></a> by Edward Dimendberg (L):<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/04/15/diller-scofidio-renfro-architecture-after-images/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsr-dimendberg.jpg" title="This week's book review" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2003/07/29/scanning/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/scanning.jpg" title="This week's book review" /></a><br />(R): The featured past book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2003/07/29/scanning/"><i>Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller + Scofidio</i></a> edited by Aaron Betsky.<br /><br />: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">American-Architects <a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/pages/50x50">Building of the Week</a>:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/40837_iowa_utilities_board_office_of_consumer_advocate">Iowa Utilities Board – Office of Consumer Advocate</a> in Des Moines, Iowa, by BNIM:<br /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/40837_iowa_utilities_board_office_of_consumer_advocate"><img alt="this week's Building of the Week" src="http://www.world-architects.com/files/projects/40837/images/IUB_Assassi_exterior.jpg" title="Current Building of the Week on american-architects.com" width="640" /></a>

Monday, Monday

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Weight Gain and Pregnancy... son of a...

I'm not sure there is a truly a polite way to tell an overweight person that they are, in fact, overweight.  All I know is that I know I'm overweight, and I don't want to be reminded that I am, especially whenever I'm in an already vulnerable position.<br /><br />There's nothing like being told you're overweight as you're sitting in the obstetrician's office with no pants on (all for no reason, might I add!). <br /><br />I guess it was only a matter of time before this conversation occurred.  I was so proud up to this point that my baby doctor had yet to address my weight.  I figured I was doing well, not gaining too much, since they never said a word to me about it. <br /><br />It was only just last week after I had an appointment with a surgeon, over those dreadful hemorrhoids, that I learned what my current weight was - 269 lbs.  I was 240 lbs when I got pregnant.  Then I lost about 5 lbs due to the sickness.  So I've gained roughly 30 lbs so far with this pregnancy.  I was also pleasantly surprised at that number, since at my heaviest when starting this journey, I weighed in at 263 lbs. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZl1zULr-ASTjk8C89KNlqT_G3OhWkdVnFFhVUOIu6okt0WxY8-8TKvAVX91VnhbSKRql_7w8oEH8cLCR9zChLLLEzs6jzE4-tNYArpmwfipnOdsUXMEnySv9Ob-kL_1I2oI_WEpeW_I/s1600/30+weeks+pregnant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZl1zULr-ASTjk8C89KNlqT_G3OhWkdVnFFhVUOIu6okt0WxY8-8TKvAVX91VnhbSKRql_7w8oEH8cLCR9zChLLLEzs6jzE4-tNYArpmwfipnOdsUXMEnySv9Ob-kL_1I2oI_WEpeW_I/s400/30+weeks+pregnant.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><br />Now, don't get me wrong.  Obviously those numbers mentioned above are nothing to celebrate.  Still, all of my blood work and vitals and tests always come back with flying colors.  My blood pressure and heart rate are always excellent (they say!), and so despite my heftiness, I thought I was doing pretty well.<br /><br />Today I went in to the doctor because I might have a urinary tract infection, though I have to wait a few days for the results.  My practice is made up of many, many doctors and midwives, so I have yet to see the same person twice.   Today, for the first time, I was not happy.  I went in complaining about sharp, shooting pain in my cervical area, along with pain in my bladder every time I stood up.  I've also been having a lot of pressure in my pelvis.  The doctor stood there, and in all of her snarkiness, basically told me that everything I was experiencing was normal.  I have even been having cramps off and on, and so I was getting really worried about what was happening.  She basically said, "You're pregnant, what did you expect?"  Well, gee, I don't know - I've never been pregnant before!<br /><br />But, apparently the more important topic on her agenda was my 4 lbs weight gain in the two weeks since I had last been there.  She said I should not be gaining any more weight between now and the delivery date!  Not that I want to gain weight, but honestly, I'm not trying to gain weight either - it's just happening.<br /><br />Now, none of this is news to me.  I know the recommended weight gain for pregnancy varies depending on your starting weight (the heavier you are, the less it should be).  Still, I can promise you that I don't sit here and gorge myself.  In fact, I have a hard enough time eating everyday as it is.  In all honesty, if it didn't make me so sick, I could go all day and not eat.  I simply do not desire food.  For the first time in my life - I DO NOT DESIRE FOOD!  Now certainly, I'm not eating healthfully either.  Too much stuff initiates heartburn and nausea so I eat whatever I can keep down.  Still, for her to say that to me was like knocking the wind out of me.  It reminded me of times as a pre-teen, going to the pediatrician and him telling me, "All you have to do is eat your fruits and vegetables and not eat junk, and you'll lose the weight."  Easy for a "civilian" to say <i>(sidenote: "civilian" is a term a former Weight Watchers leader used for naturally skinny people who don't worry much about eating and obsessing over food)</i>. <br /><br />The fact is, this doctor rubbed me the wrong way before she even got started on the weight lecture, but that sure was the cherry on top. <br /><br />Sometimes I feel like even though doctors are supposed to be the experts, they just aren't.  They don't know what it's like to be in my shoes (or any other overweight person's shoes), unless they've stood in those shoes before.  I didn't get the impression that she had - given how she bragged about giving birth to triplets despite being the "tiniest person in this entire practice - tehe".  Ugh! <br /><br />I left today's appointment feeling totally blown and defeated.  She almost made me feel like I came in for nothing, even though I'm convinced I have a UTI.  It just doesn't make me feel like I can trust someone and what they say to me, when they make a mockery out of my circumstances. <br /><br /><br />

Baby Busbee Weight Gain and Pregnancy... son of a...

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The Vienna Model

Tomorrow, Tuesday April 16, is the <a href="http://www.acfny.org/event/exhibition-opening-4/">opening of <i>The Vienna Model</i></a>, an exhibition at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York curated by Wolfgang Förster and William Menking. The opening includes a panel discussion at 5pm (<a href="http://www.acfny.org/event/reservation/exhibition-opening-4/">RSVP required</a>) and a opening reception (no reservations required) following at 6pm. See below for more information on <a href="http://www.acfny.org/event/the-vienna-model/">the exhibition</a> that runs until September 2, 2013.<br /><br /><img alt="ACFNY_Entrance.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/ACFNY_Entrance.jpg" title="ACFNY_Entrance" /><br /><br />From the <a href="http://www.acfny.org/event/the-vienna-model/">ACFNY exhibition page</a>:<br /><blockquote>This exhibition at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York presents a survey of public housing design in the Austrian capital of Vienna curated by <b>Wolfgang Förster and William Menking</b>. The exhibition will feature <span style="background-color: white;">36</span> case studies in Viennese public housing, accompanied by a responsive series of images of artworks curated by the Austrian collaborative duo Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber. <br /><br />The City of Vienna has achieved extraordinary milestones with regard to public housing: today, about 60% of the Viennese population lives in municipally built, owned, or managed housing, and the city is clearly in control of the housing market. This stands in stark contrast to the United States, where, in most cases, the private market is the provider of housing and is often even relied upon to rehabilitate existing neighborhoods and create new communities. Vienna’s housing model contributes to a tangible positive impact; for the past four consecutive years, Vienna topped the Mercer “Quality of Living” survey as the city boasting the world’s highest quality of life in the world, was ranked second in The Economist’s 2012 “World’s Most Livable City”, and number eight in Monocle’s 2012 “World’s Most Livable Cities”. <br /><br />This successful model dates back to the days of “Red Vienna”, in the early 20th century, when the socialist government took an active interest in designing for the masses. That interest has since evolved into a housing-policy that has produced works by a host of prolific architects and studios over the years, such as those of Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos, Richard Neutra, and Margarete Schütte Lihotzky. <br /><br />The projects featured in <i><b>The Vienna Model</b></i> are characteristic for contemporary Viennese public housing trends, some little-known outside the city: The Kabelwerk Estate, which involved turning the grounds of an old electrical cable & wiring factory into an entirely new urban area (completed in 2007, Hermann & Valentiny & Partners, Mascha & Seethaler, Schwalm-Theiss-Gressenbauer, Martin Wurnig, pool Architektur, Werkstatt Wien Spiegelfeld, Holnsteiner & Co.). Other examples include an Inter-ethnic housing complex (Peter Scheinfinger and Partners, 1998-2000), Bike City (königlarch architects, 2005 - 2008), and the Sargfabrik (BKK-2, Johnny Winter, 1996 - 2001), a former coffin manufacturing plant turned into a housing complex: this project was planned by a residents’ group in Vienna’s densely built-up fourteenth district, and has since received international acclaim for its outstanding architecture as well as its social concept of introducing a new communal infrastructure into a low-profile urban area. </blockquote>

The Vienna Model

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Life Around a Cancer Hospital | OPEN Magazine

<base href="data:"><div style="color: black; text-align: left; "><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">At the farthest end of a line of footpath dwellers, behind two large buses, Damodar Yadav sits on a large blanket that has been folded several times to form a sort of mattress. He is wearing a pink shirt and pair of cream trousers. It has been five days since he arrived from his village in Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, but, despite his neighbours' overtures, he rarely chats with them. "I came to Bombay for the first time as a youth. Then I stayed at a guest house with other friends," he says. "I knew, I would return. But not like this."</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">The footpath is in Parel, a suburb in central Mumbai. Yadav's 30-year-old wife, a patient of breast cancer, is at Tata Memorial Hospital, which abuts the footpath. She is likely to undergo a surgery, he says. Every few days, he calls up his school-going daughter and son, and tells them that their mother is recuperating well and that he is staying at a guest house. As we speak, suddenly everyone perks up. A group of four, carrying packets of food and a jerry-can filled with milk, come by. They are members of a charitable group that provides these footpath dwellers with food. Each individual gets a small polythene bag of rice and vegetables and a glass of milk. Children get extra milk. A little further away, an elderly couple from Rajashtan, who later identify themselves as Raja Ram and Laxmi Devi, ask for more milk. Devi underwent a session of chemotherapy the previous day, and she says she is unable to consume anything solid. The woman handing out the food says there is not enough milk and moves on.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">"You drink mine," Ram says, and pours his share of milk into her mug. They also put lumps of rice into the mug and mash it with their hands. Devi tries to eat this semi-solid preparation, but has to rush to a drain to spit it out. She sits on her haunches, retching and trembling.</font></p><div class="subhead2" style="color: rgb(18, 166, 240); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 17px !important; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="color: rgb(18, 166, 240); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px !important; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">+++</font></p></div><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Like in other parts of Mumbai, many families live on the footpaths outside Tata Memorial Hospital too. But unlike most others, these are cancer patients and their relatives. If you look closely, you can make this out. There will be a balding child with a mask on his face, a man whose face has been operated upon and has a tube through his nose to consume milk, a woman with a dash of vermillion on her upper forehead even though she has no hair, and medical files that peep out of polythene bags. And when darkness falls, all of them will vacate the footpath because they are not allowed to sleep here, and find space outside the many shops in the vicinity. Some of them will leave in a few weeks. And some of them will take months to return home. But eventually, they will go, and their space on the footpath will be taken up by another family.</font></p><div class="subhead2" style="color: rgb(18, 166, 240); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 17px !important; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="color: rgb(18, 166, 240); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px !important; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">+++</font></p></div><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">The neighbourhood of Parel is rapidly changing. Old defunct mills are being converted into pubs and nightclubs, and old constructions being replaced by towering buildings. Some old buildings and chawls still stand and parts of some of these now serve as lodges for patients of the nearby Tata Memorial Hospital. Humayun Jafri, the hospital's public relations officer, says that Tata Memorial gets 40,000 to 50,000 new patients every year, most of them from other parts of the country. That probably makes it India's largest and busiest cancer hospital.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Ramesh Kumar lives in one such lodge called Maharashtra Guest House. It is located on the third floor of a chawl occupied mostly by Muslim families. From the only window in his room, the affluence of Mumbai stretches out on a long straight road. A gaudy skyscraper looms. Beside it, an equally tall building, covered in green and blue tarpaulin sheets, is under construction. On one Saturday evening, two cars blaring head-thumping music whizz by on the road outside. Kumar rushes to the window and cranes his neck to follow the vehicles till as far as his window will permit him.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">"Where do you think they go?" he asks, his voice as frail as his body.</font></p><div class="subhead2" style="color: rgb(18, 166, 240); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 17px !important; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="color: rgb(18, 166, 240); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px !important; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">+++</font></p></div><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Except three beds, a trunk, and a few utensils in a corner, the room is bare. The paint has long peeled off. Kumar moves out of the room and sits on a bench. Around him, just like him, are others—all cancer patients sitting around listlessly on dark wooden benches. Sometimes a few of them chat, and sometimes they share a solemn silence, as though thinking the same thought. Much of the building is damp and dingy, the darkness exacerbated by clothes hung out to dry in the corridors. The ground and first two floors of the chawl have an air of liveliness. Children gather in parts of the corridors that get some sunlight to play cricket. Women snatch brief moments throughout the day to gossip. When evening comes, the corridors reverberate with the laughter of men. The third floor is not like that. Across 26 tiny rooms and a row of eight bathroom-cum-toilets at one end of the floor, there is an air of quiet waiting.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Today, Kumar is engrossed in a small diary. When he looks up, he looks pleased. "According to this little book," he pauses to smile, "I should be able to go home in another month's time." Kumar is a lean 35-year-old from Darbhanga in Bihar who suffers stomach cancer. He has been at Maharashtra Guest House for just over four months, a period in which he has undergone three chemotherapy sessions, with another two still to go. Three cousins from his town have come and gone at different points of his stay. His 60-year-old mother, however, has stayed by his side.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Kumar doesn't like to talk about his life before cancer. He says it was such a long time ago that it seems to have belonged to someone else. "I used to be so fat," he says and stretches out his hands. "Now even the trousers that fit me last month are too big for me."</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">The occupants of the guest house, both patients and their attendants, lead a sort of shared life. Some have lived here for months. Very often they huddle in groups—many of them from such diverse parts of the country that they don't even share a common language—and speak to and tease one another as though they have been friends for years. And yet, come nightfall, they retire to their own rooms with not so much as a 'goodnight'. Kumar, who has been at the lodge the longest, says that living in such close proximity and without any distractions of a regular life, they are bound to get close. "But our friendships never last beyond this lodge. Nobody wants to keep in touch after that. Some of the people I knew here were very sick. Some of them must have died later in their homes. We don't want to know about that."</font></p><div class="subhead2" style="color: rgb(18, 166, 240); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 17px !important; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="color: rgb(18, 166, 240); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px !important; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">+++</font></p></div><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Jafri, who has been with Tata Memorial Hospital's PR department for over 20 years, says the hospital discourages patients from living on footpaths. "They can fall sick and get an infection. We have even asked the NGOs that provide them with food to stop doing so," he says. But then where will they go?</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Ten months ago, Manoj Chaudhuri arrived in Mumbai from Bihar for the treatment of his two-and-a-half-year-old boy who has leukemia. He was accompanied by his pregnant wife. They spent the first few months during the boy's treatment in a tiny apartment on Napeansea Road for which they had to pay Rs 50 per day. But after his wife delivered a son, they returned home briefly. When they got back to Mumbai, they could not find any place to live, except on pavements.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Chaudhuri slept on footpaths for three nights, along with his ailing son, wife and the two-month old baby. A doctor spotted them and insisted that they move to a home or else his son's condition could worsen. He got them two beds at a subsidised guest house in Bandra that the hospital runs along with another NGO.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">The family sleeps there. During the day, however, they are back on the footpath. They are afraid that an emergency might arise any moment. "The last ten months were miserable," he says. "Not only was my son sick. My wife conceived a child in this period and was admitted at KEM Hospital (a nearby-government run hospital). Had she developed complications, I would perhaps have had to choose between my son and wife."</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">While he speaks, his wife and he take turns tending to the two children. The older son, dressed in a white vest and purple shorts, often removes the mask around his face. When the father chides him for doing so, he cries. His wife then has to take over and pacify him. When even the younger one starts to cry, other pavement dwellers try to help. They stand around the two-month-old infant and make faces to amuse him. They play with their own masks and nose tubes until the infant quietens down.</font></p><div class="subhead2" style="color: rgb(18, 166, 240); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 17px !important; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="color: rgb(18, 166, 240); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px !important; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">+++</font></p></div><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Much of the day passes like this. Those who have appointments go meet doctors. Otherwise, it is simply a seemingly endless wait. For sustenance, they rely on food hand-outs. And for their bathroom needs, they have a BMC-run toilet a few metres away. One can often spot a young boy of 16, Karan Saroj, hanging around here. He has befriended the toilet attendant, who lets him use it free. The boy underwent an operation for prostate cancer a few months ago, and now has a pouch at his waist that collects his urine. His only relatives are a mother who lives in Delhi and a sister who has a house in Panvel in Navi Mumbai. Saroj has been living like this all alone on the footpath outside the hospital for the past four months. He carries a photograph of his taken a year ago, and gladly shows it to anyone who chats with him.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">"See," he says, "wasn't I fat?"</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">He was not fat. But his face was not bony, and his eyes weren't as sunken as they now are. He is happy today. He phoned his sister a few hours ago and she promised to visit him over the weekend.</font></p><div class="subhead2" style="color: rgb(18, 166, 240); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 17px !important; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="color: rgb(18, 166, 240); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px !important; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">+++</font></p></div><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">At the guest house, Kumar's next door neighbour is Sankar Chettri, a member of the Jharkhand Police force, and because of his Nepali ancestry can barely speak Hindi. Yet, in the two weeks since Chettri moved in, the two have become close friends. It is two days before Holi. Chettri has been upset for much of the week because an operation to remove a tumour in his large intestine was postponed. The hospital authorities told him that his doctor was taking a holiday for the festival. Chettri asks loudly what the other occupants have planned for Holi. "We must drink and play with colours. Let's get some meat also," he says in broken Hindi. Everyone laughs, not just because of his Hindi, but also because meat and alcohol are not allowed at the guest house.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">One end of the guest house opens onto a large terrace. It is here, on two tables, that its occupants are allowed to cook. Each room is given a stove and some utensils. But because the tables are so small, not more than two people can cook at a go. And the rest have to stand in a queue. Two Kashmiri families also live in the guest house, and the others often grumble how they keep making tea throughout the day. "Even if they offer us their tea, there is no point in drinking it. They put salt in it," says Ali Sharib, a 22-year-old student of animation whose father underwent an operation to remove a tongue tumour.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">A Manipuri family has recently come to occupy the room on the opposite end of the kitchen. A 33-year-old youth has brought his mother for treatment. Along with him is his maternal uncle and cousin. Despite her having been diagnosed with ovarian cancer in Guwahati, he has been able to hide this detail from his mother. He has told her she is in Mumbai for a routine health check. "I told her Tata [Memorial Hospital] is a regular hospital. And that not all residents of the guest house are patients. But I am worried she will soon figure it out," he says.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">As we speak, two queues with three people each have formed in the common kitchen. It is only about 5.30 pm, but everyone is rushing to get dinner fixed. After 7.30 pm, occupants tell me, it will take more than two hours to get a turn at the kitchen.</font></p><div class="subhead2" style="color: rgb(18, 166, 240); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 17px !important; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="color: rgb(18, 166, 240); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px !important; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">+++</font></p></div><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">The next day, the footpath outside Tata Memorial Hospital bears the same look. Pavement dwellers sit on small mats, chatting. Chaudhuri and his family are there too, sitting on two blankets that have been folded and piled one on top of the other. Their slippers are placed neatly at one edge of the blankets. He is talking to Yadav about Bandra, and how he has heard many film stars live in that area.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">At about seven, as night starts to descend, Chaudhuri and his family get up to leave. He tells Yadav and other footpath dwellers that their guest house has water supply for only two hours at night and they need to be there by then. The others shake hands with him and say, "Oh <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">haan, samaj sakte hain</span> (Yes, we understand)."</font></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 9px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">All around, footpath dwellers are moving. Everyone is packing up and looking for a spot to sleep. Some have sent their children earlier to scout for the best places, where it is less noisy and the ground not too uneven to lie on. Some shopkeepers rebuke them for coming so early. Yadav does not budge from his space. He keeps sitting, as he was, behind a couple of buses. He will be one of the last to move. After everything has shut down and no shopkeeper is left to shout at him, he will find himself a spot in the dark. It may not be as comfortable as he would have liked. But so long as it lets him fall asleep, it will do.</font></p></div><a href="http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/life-around-a-cancer-hospital"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/life-around-a-cancer-hospital</font></a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

Life Around a Cancer Hospital | OPEN Magazine

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Children’s Services Assistant - Case Memorial Library, Orange

<strong>Children’s Services Assistant - </strong><strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Case Memorial Library</span></strong></strong>, Orange, is seeking an enthusiastic professional for a part-time position in our busy Children’s Department. Applicants must have a Master’s Degree in Library Science or a Bachelor’s Degree and experience working in a public or school library or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Interested candidates should have excellent customer service skills, knowledge of children’s and teen literature, and an enjoyment of working with children, teens and adults. This is a 29.5 hour union position; health benefits are not included. Some evening hours and a Friday/Saturday rotation are required. To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume and the names of three professional references to First Selectman James M. Zeoli, 617 Orange Center Road, Orange, CT 06477 or <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:jzeoli@orange-ct.gov" href="mailto:jzeoli@orange-ct.gov">jzeoli@orange-ct.gov</a> by 4:30 p.m. Friday, <span style="color: red;">May 17, 2013</span>. For a full job description, please visit the Town’s website <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.orange-ct.gov" href="http://www.orange-ct.gov/" target="_blank">www.orange-ct.gov</a>. EOE.

Children’s Services Assistant - Case Memorial Library, Orange

Children’s Services Assistant - Case Memorial Library , Orange, is seeking an enthusiastic professional for a part-time position in our bu...

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Fantastic Mr. Fox

<p>Last night our dog chased a fox up the road.  It was a scary experience but luckily Bones didn't get too far - he stopped at a gate that the fox was able to squeeze through.  </p><p>Last week my sister and saw a fox in the city.  She blogged about it <a href="http://amydublinia.blogspot.ie/2013/04/urban-fox.html">here</a></p><p>Sightings of foxes can logged on this <a href="http://www.foxpop.info/index.html">tracking site</a> </p><p>The picture below is of all the foxes logged in Dublin currently</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvarKR_G63sOp4m1ZLE3H_He661YVTaxsR9WrB1ubezzI18jZOViPb9nf2S5mtATshadFzx77NkJIwXW8UMdM68w0l3wJPyoS8fQc5CW5UcR3M-VPlf9heM39WbSxQWZ6TZmemyVgFm6K2/s1600/Screenshot_2013-04-15-11-22-04.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvarKR_G63sOp4m1ZLE3H_He661YVTaxsR9WrB1ubezzI18jZOViPb9nf2S5mtATshadFzx77NkJIwXW8UMdM68w0l3wJPyoS8fQc5CW5UcR3M-VPlf9heM39WbSxQWZ6TZmemyVgFm6K2/s400/Screenshot_2013-04-15-11-22-04.jpg" /> </a> </div><br /><br />The last photo is advice about foxes that was given in the newsletter of the Upper Leeson Street Area Residents Association <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6IREMeZUpyN3UK9XFgtHQLSwW_6IA_rAiz6I9aGTrvc5fNLkTKfEGoE8NST1pPzYV8PaoC3XTjkM_pCkCErpSOThWUeOxoqGv1k__u7Ro_rEts11wfdJXj2QjRksXkL4BiDs91XJ_p7P/s640/blogger-image--1134416611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6IREMeZUpyN3UK9XFgtHQLSwW_6IA_rAiz6I9aGTrvc5fNLkTKfEGoE8NST1pPzYV8PaoC3XTjkM_pCkCErpSOThWUeOxoqGv1k__u7Ro_rEts11wfdJXj2QjRksXkL4BiDs91XJ_p7P/s640/blogger-image--1134416611.jpg" /></a></div>

Fantastic Mr. Fox

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indie mats giveaway

I'm about to make this a very happy Monday. Have I got a treat in store for you!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXqF46IFQ1VQXy7jQomfNcFYorRnRI3J6rTXfj9hrEJRrb7i8OyR4Ow_GMRPjOxC8B40ajAToF5ISas5YTnWLAdndcayhrCIXbvd389GR3NZJw3XY5dhRzmX-EOHgWwYqpjmHxNUcKuy4/s1600/IndieMatsGiveaway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXqF46IFQ1VQXy7jQomfNcFYorRnRI3J6rTXfj9hrEJRrb7i8OyR4Ow_GMRPjOxC8B40ajAToF5ISas5YTnWLAdndcayhrCIXbvd389GR3NZJw3XY5dhRzmX-EOHgWwYqpjmHxNUcKuy4/s400/IndieMatsGiveaway.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><br />Y'all know I have a huge addiction to gallery walls. I've done several in my own house (<a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/02/step-into-my-gallery.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/03/anatomy-of-gallery-wall.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/09/kids-always-keep-it-real.html" target="_blank">here</a>) and I'm always thinking of where I can put another one. In fact, I've had a blank bathroom wall giving me the stink eye for some time now (no pun intended) and it needed to be addressed.<br /><br />So of course when I saw a display for <a href="http://www.indiemats.com/" target="_blank">Indie Mats</a> at one of my favorite local stores I had to snap a set up for myself right away. OK, it wasn't that quick. It took me a good 20 minutes to decide which color and style to pick. It was fabulous wall overload.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDWiuDwN36Mv_yBr1y5pj0qO-YSha8QcT689dqIAyIKV5UYtzM1UeLOkSNrTTLIuV107nwrWgG9P17FaiWsR2-D4VX2rp5y0st7ZDvuii5Gu__bztibzttFJU7NnOsaEoG2l73IQPuRWM/s1600/IndieMatsLittleBlackDoor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDWiuDwN36Mv_yBr1y5pj0qO-YSha8QcT689dqIAyIKV5UYtzM1UeLOkSNrTTLIuV107nwrWgG9P17FaiWsR2-D4VX2rp5y0st7ZDvuii5Gu__bztibzttFJU7NnOsaEoG2l73IQPuRWM/s400/IndieMatsLittleBlackDoor.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Then I reached <strike>stalker</strike> fan status when I got home and learned more about the company. Emma and Anne are two friends with one great idea. They create high-style mats that are sustainable, recyclable and totally interchangeable. And extra bonus, no nails needed. My plaster walls thank you ladies. The cherry on top of it all, everything is made locally. Sisters are doin' it for themselves. (everyone sing with me)</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fHu9GpbF5KYf8L2pdI5pPjHi4o8lLGHqnGppBim1DbRl4vOzO_EJr1tUgm54pFIeGZRM30-hBXjWxfexROkHYiysW-PrvUW2Wa5InX0XsMU_1axIGVQPGIQV-bDm92Msz_x8qrtM_AWM/s1600/indie-banner-holiday-2012c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fHu9GpbF5KYf8L2pdI5pPjHi4o8lLGHqnGppBim1DbRl4vOzO_EJr1tUgm54pFIeGZRM30-hBXjWxfexROkHYiysW-PrvUW2Wa5InX0XsMU_1axIGVQPGIQV-bDm92Msz_x8qrtM_AWM/s320/indie-banner-holiday-2012c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">To share the style, Emma and Anne have generously agreed to gift a set to one very lucky person. Here's what you need to do:</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;">Make sure you are</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;"> a follower of little black door {if you already are, I knew I liked you. If not, j</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">ust click 'Join this Site' over on the right}</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;"> Then, visit the </span><a href="http://shop.indiemats.com/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;" target="_blank">Indie Mats store</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;">, pick out your favorite set and leave me a</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;"> comment below with your pick. (make sure I have your email address too)</span></li></ul><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">For additional entries you can also:</span></span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sadie-Stella/134294476625560" style="text-decoration: none;">l</a>ittle black door on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LittleBlackDoor" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Facebook</a></span></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Like Indie Mats on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/IndieMats" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Facebook</a></span></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Follow Indie Mats on <a href="https://twitter.com/indiemats" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Follow little black door on <a href="http://instagram.com/littleblackdoor/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Instagram</a></span></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Blog, pin, tweet, Facebook or Instagram about the giveaway and link back to this post </span></li></ul><br /><br /><div style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Be sure to leave a comment each time you've done any or all of these and then mark your calendars. The giveaway ends Monday, April 22nd at midnight. </span></div><div style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Best of luck!</span></div></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div></div>

indie mats giveaway

I'm about to make this a very happy Monday. Have I got a treat in store for you! Y'all know I have a huge addiction to gallery walls...

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Justin Bieber is a Dumbfuck

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRONXPDpnbtviEJw-cUE5D9k-AJCYNzYPVD-VuyT3fKcMfzhcstBrWF9vshhvYXC5yd8TDjNjkifeyywcZ8SGwZDOaMskrcSKQWqhW-F_YouMx6URvf62VDI0DJ7w3Zj73riX16J2Otg/s1600/Justin+Bieber+Anne+Frank+Dumb+Asshole+Douchebag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRONXPDpnbtviEJw-cUE5D9k-AJCYNzYPVD-VuyT3fKcMfzhcstBrWF9vshhvYXC5yd8TDjNjkifeyywcZ8SGwZDOaMskrcSKQWqhW-F_YouMx6URvf62VDI0DJ7w3Zj73riX16J2Otg/s400/Justin+Bieber+Anne+Frank+Dumb+Asshole+Douchebag.jpg" width="400" /></a><i>"Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber."</i><br /><br />--Justin Bieber<br /><br /><i>“Justin Bieber is an unaware, stupid, and shallow corporate dumbfuck.”</i><br /><br />--Matt-Man<br /><br />Y’know?<br /><br />I don’t often comment about celebs and their IQs whether they be high or in today’s case, incredibly low, but Justin Bieber has set the high jump bar of human intelligence to six inches…okay maybe four…or two.<br /><br />Ha…Justin Bieber made the aforementioned remark when he visited Anne Frank’s house, but Justin Bieber hasn’t a clue as to who Anne Frank is or what she represents, and if he comes out and says he misspoke, he’s lying.<br /><br />The little, effeminate Canadian dude has been nothing more than a, “pre and barely pubescent quasi-gay guy, who can appeal to teen girls” music corporation without feeling, teaching, or personal experience, for years now.<br /><br />And he digs it, and of course who wouldn’t; I mean, I’d love to make his millions, but man…how can a person go through life being so fucking stupid, and not care?<br /><br />And in addition to hoping that the late Jewish girl Anne Frank would be a Belieber in spite her death at the hands of the Nazis, he is touting debit cards for teens!!<br /><br />Yep, that’s right…<br /><br /><i>(Bieber) inked a lucrative deal with BillMyParents to endorse its teen-focused SpendSmart prepaid card, for which he is reportedly being paid $3.75 million for a 14-month contract, plus monthly royalties linked to the growth of the card, and an option to buy two million SpendSmart shares.</i> --FOX News<br /><br />Justin Bieber is nothing more than a non-musical piece of corporate shit.  A pretty boy, with pretty hair, who is transgender, and can fill the seats…be they in a concert hall or a credit card blitz.<br /><br />Sad…and you know why?<br /><br />Maybe The Biebs (I hear he likes to be called that) has some talent…but how can one see it, feel it, or hear it, above all of  the corporate handling and money changing!?<br /><br />Y’know, though…the worst thing is…<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHUGQq0j-G10d4OCL7vY-88qEAuMl8FSyLAZCjIUdBkDM3Xr4EkDxnTJHDpKFfIcr58P-aYddhZ4iGvvEzlpDDCyVNGDgv1Gdh5LHakm2AC_YmlnEwq06NsfTtB-79IjuVyWU9118Xlk/s1600/justin-bieber-gay-5905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHUGQq0j-G10d4OCL7vY-88qEAuMl8FSyLAZCjIUdBkDM3Xr4EkDxnTJHDpKFfIcr58P-aYddhZ4iGvvEzlpDDCyVNGDgv1Gdh5LHakm2AC_YmlnEwq06NsfTtB-79IjuVyWU9118Xlk/s400/justin-bieber-gay-5905.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />Bieber doesn’t know who the Hell Anne Frank was.  And sadly, neither do the people who sent him to Anne Frank’s home.  They just wanted some publicity for their meal ticket, and for whatever reason, Anne Frank is 1940’s cool with the Biebs’ generation of  sexually and musically confused guys and gals.<br /><br />Here’s the thing, I can totally see me or the Jayman making an IWS promo involving Anne Frank, but you know what…We know who she is and what happened and it would be satirical.<br /><br />You on the other hand, <i>Mr. Teen Age Canadian of Ambiguous Sexual Persuasion</i>, try to praise, yet unfortunately offend the legacy of Anne Frank, because, well…you’re stupid and always will be.<br /><br />The worst thing is…you are probably sitting in a posh hotel room somewhere, and you don’t give a fuck.<br /><br />After all, you didn’t know who Anne Frank was before you “visited her”, why should you care now?<br /><br />And yesterday?  Pfffffft...Jay and I kicked off Sarcasm Awareness Week on BTR.  Our Radio show was jacked and/or hammed or whatever they call it it now, but seriously?  You should listen...<br /><br />Be sure to check out the I’m With Stupid podcast! 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Justin Bieber is a Dumbfuck

"Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber." --Justin Bieber “Justi...

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Vita Tops Review

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZv_1m6Ki1tzX6N_b81JjUWGZ4JG4Ra7eLSqIKY57CBVOhKH_IZutA92A8gImyS9hd3iy7qfQxoo_MSclYh_TT3szNXQHA7EBPl0gwdjLo7ihnMPfKaWaRK4A3jWLFWA9r2sle65LA50/s1600/vita+tops++assortment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZv_1m6Ki1tzX6N_b81JjUWGZ4JG4Ra7eLSqIKY57CBVOhKH_IZutA92A8gImyS9hd3iy7qfQxoo_MSclYh_TT3szNXQHA7EBPl0gwdjLo7ihnMPfKaWaRK4A3jWLFWA9r2sle65LA50/s320/vita+tops++assortment.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Half the fat and calories of a regular muffin. Even though I have lost weight I still eat sweets but in moderation. I came across these decadent tasty looking treats called <a href="http://www.vitalicious.com/">Vita Tops</a> .I was sent a sampler pack of some of their products for review. They are my healthy go to treat, or a quick and filling breakfast.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are vita tops? You know the tops on a muffin? That's just what they are! They are so delicious and have a wide variety of flavors ranging from cran-bran to chocolate mint!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They even have little fudge cakes!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do I love about them?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love how they only contain 100 calories, the fact that they aren't crumbly like other muffins, nutritious, filling and sweet!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a great thing to snack on these knowing you aren't going to feel the guilt afterward!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are amazingly delicious when you pop them into the microwave for just a few seconds, especially the chocolate ones. They are gooey, decadent and reminds me of a cake just out of the oven. Oh the smell of the chocolate!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcnMWHLjyBaxVpMDybD4xOBsB08GSMAM9ZXR9JkzCddxXChoNvgTQr1ZR-QvSv0RFxWD5hyphenhyphenxQ9kx_crfxASLxDD4iIn86QiT7Ytb9o2hNw8Tg9SxjLh-H2JYat_MFwzYiXIMNXrn7oEg/s1600/fudgy+peanut+butter+chocolate+chip+vita+top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcnMWHLjyBaxVpMDybD4xOBsB08GSMAM9ZXR9JkzCddxXChoNvgTQr1ZR-QvSv0RFxWD5hyphenhyphenxQ9kx_crfxASLxDD4iIn86QiT7Ytb9o2hNw8Tg9SxjLh-H2JYat_MFwzYiXIMNXrn7oEg/s320/fudgy+peanut+butter+chocolate+chip+vita+top.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can even add some cool whip on top as well! Yum!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to admit, I haven't tried all of the flavors yet that I was sent but I know I am going to love each and every one of them!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So far my favorites are banana chocolate chip, Cran-Bran, Fudgy peanut butter chip, Chocolate Mint and deep chocolate</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are amazingly delicious!</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chocolate Mint-</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8eSseIfVQhaE3hB5ohAZUq8TLwXs9dQrp7MyKJnt03cDysATj68GIYEBB1V5KvyDdpjtRYvRGw5OTnnEgSvQarhY_MNb9NMiVUHSIX5PriLBp7tsHfQF65rP-gijMXhQ_xszQs1inYw/s1600/chocolate+mint+vitatop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8eSseIfVQhaE3hB5ohAZUq8TLwXs9dQrp7MyKJnt03cDysATj68GIYEBB1V5KvyDdpjtRYvRGw5OTnnEgSvQarhY_MNb9NMiVUHSIX5PriLBp7tsHfQF65rP-gijMXhQ_xszQs1inYw/s320/chocolate+mint+vitatop.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tastes to me like a peppermint patty so good and creamy with the cool refreshing minty taste along with the chocolate!</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Without the extra fat and calories they are so worth it!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are Weight Watcher's and Hungry Girl approved!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They have other amazing products such as vita cakes, vita pizzas, muffins, vita breakfast sandwiches and more!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They take the saying "muffin top" to a whole other meaning!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You won't want to pass these little hot cakes up, be sure to check them out and pick up your favorite today!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Delicious & creamy facts:</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>low in fat</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>whole grain</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>low sodium</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>15 minerals and vitamins</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>4-10 grams of fiber</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>3-5 grams of protein</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>100 calories </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Website:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vitalicious.com/">http://www.vitalicious.com/</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Face Book:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/vitatops">https://www.facebook.com/vitatops</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twitter:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/vitamuffin">https://twitter.com/vitamuffin</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sold at:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Whole Foods</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Target</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Stop & Shop</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Shaw's</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Dave's Marketplace</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Belmont Fruits </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and more!</i></div>

Vita Tops Review

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Nuvia Cafe Review

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEjgBaHoWamdg4Bz6hVd6mrxoAvkVckb8LCzJSyh4ByZhkfFPcI2rCgU_Y08RGaDXgwPBR_0t5jYlpwzR7VY4TU171BA3LpMqx3yJ7ompL72Z4cttNgo6a4jLz_5FAqWDdN3UMe87RiM/s1600/nuvia+cafe+coffees.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEjgBaHoWamdg4Bz6hVd6mrxoAvkVckb8LCzJSyh4ByZhkfFPcI2rCgU_Y08RGaDXgwPBR_0t5jYlpwzR7VY4TU171BA3LpMqx3yJ7ompL72Z4cttNgo6a4jLz_5FAqWDdN3UMe87RiM/s320/nuvia+cafe+coffees.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can enjoy the taste of cafe coffee right in your home with <a href="http://www.nuviacafe.com/">Nuvia Cafe's</a> bold and delicious aroma.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am not sure if you have heard of their coffee, so I am going to tell you all about it in this review. I am a coffee addict and was looking online one night for a coffee to try because I am always buying mine.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I came across Nuvia's site and to my knowledge I learned that it's a Sumatrain arabaica coffee that's infused with real ingredients such as African mango seed,pomegranate, and Gandoderma. Roasted to perfection with a flavor that's both bold and rich!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ganoderma is an immune enhancer. African mango to those who aren't familiar with it is a healthy all natural appetite suppressant.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nuvia Trim is healthy weight loss in a cup! </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Containing substantial weight optimizing extracts of raspberry ketones, green tea, green coffee bean, African Mango and also Ganoderma.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mix it up 30 minutes before a meal and enjoy!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have tried my fair share of of instant coffee and I was actually impressed with this brand!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It wasn't watery and tasted amazing!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you so much for sending me these coffees to sample!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Website:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nuviacafe.com/">http://www.nuviacafe.com/</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Face Book:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/nuviacafe?ref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/nuviacafe?ref=ts</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Twitter:</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/NuviaCafe"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>https://twitter.com/NuviaCafe</i></span></a></div>

Nuvia Cafe Review

You can enjoy the taste of cafe coffee right in your home with  Nuvia Cafe's  bold and delicious aroma. I am not sure if you have heard ...

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