Are you a busy, active female who has trouble keeping track of your period? Well, I found an app that allows women to track their weight and plan/prevent preg-nancy.

3LQN� 3DG� LV� WKH� ZRUOG¶V� ¿UVW�cross-platform period and fertil-ity mobile app. This app is simple and extremely easy to navigate. It has a female calendar that gives women a visual understanding of the stages they may be going through. All you have to do is enter your past periods and Pink Pad will predict future ones, as well as ovulation and fertile days, or your due date if you are preg-nant. Not only does it do all that, it also tracks weight, basal body temperature, mood, cramps and spotting.

No female enjoys that mini heart attack when you think you’re late, or that surprise you get when you forgot it was that time of month. The majority of us women are always running around, thinking of errands we have to do, homework that has to JHW�¿QLVKHG��ELOOV�WKDW�KDYH�WR�JHW�paid and a thousand other things. Why should we have to worry

about mother nature too?Most of us could say that we

live by our smart phone. After downloading the app, the trouble of remembering to take your pill or being prepared for your period is not a problem. Pink Pad does all the work for you.

This app is designed to look like a notebook and the different sections are accessed by tabs on the side of the screen. When you tap a tab the page appears to turn and you’re taken to the sections. This app allows users to create a free account and connect with the global community.

The goal of the company is addressing women’s health. Through Pink Pad, women can get support and exchange infor-mation about their health. Pink Pad has the integrated commu-nity that takes advantage of all-native user interface technology that is extremely fast and is easy on users’ data plans.

Pink Pad is available on the iPod touch, iPhone, Andriod and iTunes.

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FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

Application of the Week:

Pink PadBY MARYKATE MCCANNStaff Writer

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staffplaylistSARAH LUCKERT / deputy editor

Rack City - TygaLucky - Jason Mraz & Colbie Coillat

Sexy Can I - Ray J

Don’t Bring Me Down - Electric Light OrchestraTattoo - Van Halen

Walk - Foo Fighters

JESSE GAUNCE / copy editor

Stay fashionably warm this winter

AN EVENING WITH STEVE EARLE

See the famous guitarist who has recorded songs with countless artists like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.

Colonial Theatre, (227 Bridge St., Phoenixville),

$29, 8 p.m.

REAL MEN DO PILATES

This fun and vigorous three-hour class focuses RQ�WKH�SRSXODU�SLODWHV�VLPSOLÀHG�VR�HYHQ�D�JX\�can understand.

Walnut Street Theater, (825 Walnut St., Philadel-

phia), $35, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

SINGER/SONGWRITER NIGHT

Celebrate the music of John Paul, Brown Bird, Blonde Bird and Lorraine Leckie.

Milkboy Coffee Restaurant, (2 E. Lancaster

Ave., Ardmore), $8, 8 p.m.

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Who says you can’t be fashionable in the winter? With stylish coats, boots, accessories and layers, warmth can be accomplished and a fashion statement can be made.

Layers

Coats

Footwear

Accessories

The more you wear, the warmer you can become. Choosing the right long sleeve top will start the foundation of the stylish way.

Add a printed cardi-gan or a slouchy sweat-er to add warmth and also dimension to your look.

To keep warm you may want to wear tights or thermal pants under your jeans to add warmth to the lower half of your body.

Accessories are a must-have even if you already have your winter wardrobe com-plete.

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neck. Play with your scarf until \RX�ÀQG�ZKDW�ZD\�WR�ZHDU�LW�VR�LW�ÀWV�\RX�EHVW��

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nus coziness.

A classic look can be the double-breasted pea-coat. This coat comes in two popular styles both at hip length.

This season is the perfect time to play around with boots, and the selection is sur-prisingly wide.

You can always go with the usual winter boot by choosing the ever classic Ugg Austra-

lia. To put a variety in your foot wear gear you can

choose a different color.

If you want to shy away from the norm of winter style, invest in moccasin boots. To assure the warmth of your foot, pur-chase a boot with thinsulate.

A poncho may be another fun layer and will keep you warm. The poncho of choice should be thick to keep you warm.

Toggles can be the casual addition to your outerwear. The simple toggle, latch hook, button adds a special look to the coat.

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The layering of socks will help, and will also add a fun look if they are knit or patterns and you wear shorts to have them show.

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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAYTHOMAS IS

TITANIC

Don’t miss the hillarous reenactment of one of the greatest disasters in American history per-formed by Thomas Chionacky.

Maas Building, (1325 Randolph St., Philadel-

phia), $15, 8 p.m.

RAIN - A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES

If you love the popular band who needs no introduction, you will love Rain. Back by popular demand.

The Academy of Music, (240 S. Broad St., Phila-

delphia), $20 - $85, time varies by date.

With the start of a new year underway, now is the perfect time to start that work out program that you have been putting off for WKH�SDVW����PRQWKV��0HOLQGDV¿W-nessblog.com is a nutrition and ZHLJKW� WUDLQLQJ� EORJ� VSHFL¿FDOO\�for women who need the motiva-tion and techniques from some-one who is not a professional.

The blog was created in 2008 when Melinda began to post her daily workout routine to keep herself on track. It later became a tool for herself once her blog went public.

Reading and listening to a pro-IHVVLRQDO�¿WQHVV�WUDLQHU�FDQ�VHHP�like you will never realistically reach your goals. Melinda is an average woman just like every-one else, who does not have pro-fessional experience, only moti-vation and dedication.

The blog includes workouts such as cardio and weight train-ing that Melinda posts throughout the week. She gives tips such as beginning slow and don’t overdo LW� RQ� \RXU� ¿UVW� GD\�� RU� HOVH� \RX�won’t want to do it again.

Melinda says in her blog that listening to your body is key to a successful workout. Throughout most of her blog, she suggests WR�¿QG� D�ZRUNRXW� EXGG\� WR�JLYH�each other motivation.

7KH� EORJ� LV� DOVR� ¿OOHG� ZLWK�nutritional facts, recipes and safe supplements. Desserts that are low in sugar yet still taste good can be hard to come by. But Me-linda’s blog gives you a whole list of delicious treats and snacks that are still healthy.

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BY KRISTINE SEMPTIMPHELTERAsst. Perspectives Editor

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SHANE MAUSS ANDAPRIL MACIE

See two of Comedy Central’s veteran comedians performing live.

Philadelphia’s Helium Club, (2031 Sansom St.,

Philadelphia), $12 - $33, 8 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Melinda’s Fitness Blog

Green pleases fans with new albumBY NICK LAROSASports Editor

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With the month of January just a few weeks old, fans of Cir-ca Survive front man Anthony Green can say that they have al-ready been blessed with “Beauti-ful Things” this year.

Green released “Beautiful Things,” his second solo album DQG� ¿UVW� VLQFH� WKH� VXPPHU� RI�2008, on Tuesday, Jan. 17. As ZLWK� KLV� ¿UVW� DOEXP�� ³$YDORQ�´�Green’s new album features backing band Good Old War.

The 13-track basic version of the album features a nice mixture of songs, ranging from the fast-paced track “Get Yours While You Can” to the heart-warming track “James’ Song,” written for Green’s young son James, born in October of 2010.

As is the usual with Green’s work, every song features pas-sionate lyrics that listeners can easily relate to their own lives. The song “Do It Right,” for ex-ample, features the lines “Better get your life together, better do it right. Make sure that everyone that you love in your life knows it.” The song itself is only slight-ly longer than two minutes long but in that time, Green stresses the importance of living a good life and appreciating the people in it.

Perhaps the most fast-paced track on the album is “Can’t Have It All At Once,” the sixth song on the album. The song features a catchy chorus and the lyrics lean toward stressing pa-

tience and understanding. As we all know, the things in life we want don’t always happen all at once – they take time.

Prior to the release of “Beau-tiful Things,” Green posted short videos on his website (http://anthonygreenschildren.com) that discussed the meaning or inspiration for each song. When it came to “Can’t Have It All At Once,” Green said that the track was his “favorite song on the al-bum.”

“The last minute of the song is my favorite thing that I’ve listened to so far on the album,” Green said in the video. “It’s probably the most important song to me.”

Another song from the album that many will love is titled “Big Mistake.” As Green puts it in another video on his site, “it’s like another one of those songs that’s on the pile of getting in a stupid argument with somebody and then writing it.” The song has more of a hip-hop feel to it than other tracks but the message is still clear.

By now, it should be clear that so many of the lyrics Green writes are personal. It takes time to adjust to the role of father-KRRG�� *HWWLQJ� LQWR� D� ¿JKW� ZLWK�someone can always be looked at as a mistake. Green puts it on track No. 11, “the whole world revolves around James.”

Just as a book has the pow-er to draw you in with strong opening chapters and a well thought-out conclusion, “Beauti-ful Things” has that same ability.

The opening track “If I Don’t Sing” features Green discussing what his life would be like and how unhappy he would be with-out music. For a man with such a majestic voice, this track is a perfect precursor to the 12 songs that follow.

The ending track “Lullaby” is exactly what it sounds like and is the perfect outro. The line “Beautiful things are coming,” perfectly sums up Green’s sec-ond album.

For true fans of Green who want more bang for their buck, the deluxe version of the al-bum includes a jaw-dropping 21 songs: the 13 songs recorded by Green and Good Old War plus four bonus tracks and four demos.

The bonus tracks feature Chino Moreno from The Def-tones (“Right Outside”), Nate Ruess from Fun. (“Only Love”) and Ida Maria (“Can’t Be Satis-

¿HG´���DOO�RI�ZKRP�KHOS� WR� WDNH�the album to an entirely different level. There is also a fourth bo-nus track titled “Soul 4 My Soul” which features backing vocals from Circa Survive Colin Fran-gicetto. Green also offers listen-ers demo versions of four songs that appear on the album, tracks that showcase the vocalist’s raw and intense vocalists in a rough format.

With such a diverse listing of songs on this album, those who love Green’s voice and enjoyed KLV� ¿UVW� VROR� DOEXP� ³$YDORQ´�will undoubtedly want to pick up “Beautiful Things.” If his name is unfamiliar to you, still give his work a chance. You may just be turned onto a work of art that some would call “perfection.”

Welcome to the Abby Lee 'DQFH� &RPSDQ\�� ZKHUH� ¿YH�hours of practice, malicious instructors and mothers who self-medicate with alcohol are all normal for an 8-year-old. Lifetime’s “Dance Moms” has shined a not-so-favorable light on Pittsburgh, Pa. mainly due to Abbly Lee Miller and the mom’s of seven little girls. Although viewers get a glimpse of young children and mothers who spend most of their waking hours in a dance studio, the show is rarely connected to dance and mainly

focused on the negativity sur-rounding each competition.

The girls in Miller’s studio are expected to learn new solos, duets and group routines every week for competitions. Losing is not acceptable and is feared due to the “pyramid judging system.”

In the pyramid, each student is ranked from bottom to top. Of-ten the same students are at the bottom, feeling pressured and embarrassed for their poor per-formances.

From hair, makeup, costumes and music, the mothers of these rising stars are involved in every way.

The scenes with the mothers

are unpredictable going from all smiles to threats and cursing. This leaves their children cry-ing as they watch the incidents unfold.

Although Miller is portrayed as the villain in the show, I be-lieve she is the only person who acts like a real adult. Miller is introducing these girls to music, dance styles, stories, character types and cultures. She teaches them hard work, discipline and team work.

Despite the moments of crazed parents and harsh criti-cism, “Dance Moms” seems to be the new addicting reality show on television. Watch for the

dancing or watch for the drama, either way it will be entertaining.

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“Beautiful Things” was released on Jan. 17.

Dance Moms provides real life entertainment BY KELSEY ALVINOPerspectvies Editor

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The musical act Tune-Yards (stylized as tUnE-yArDs) released their sopho-more album Who Kill in April 2011 to much-critical acclaim. Largely described as experimental music, front-runner Mer-rill Garbus combines elements of multiple genres, ranging from acoustic folk and free jazz to R&B and Afro-beat. Who Kill has been ranked as one of the Top 50 Albums of 2011 by many media outlets, reaching as high as No. 7 on Pitchfork Media’s own list.

Garbus employs many creative, often dissonant techniques throughout Who Kill to compare and contrast current social is-sues, ranging from abortion to the ignored and marginalized poor of America.

Consisting of 10 tracks, the album opens explosively with “My Country,” a song that satirically includes the lines “My country ‘tis of thee / Sweet land of liberty,” from the patriotic song “America.” This ¿UVW� WUDFN� WZLVWV� WKH� OLQHV� E\� VXSHUVHGLQJ�the subsequent lines with a pointed, intro-spective question: “How come I cannot see / My future within your arms?”

“My Country” opens up to pose more questions to the listener, including, “Why is there juice dripping under your chin / When they have nothing, why do you have something?” and “Well, what do you want me to say to the others? / Oh, yes, there’s a place for you / But that place is under-neath the cushion of my behind.” The song makes use of these two separate perspec-tives, constructing a quasi-debate that has raged throughout society ad nauseam.

As with much of Who Kill, “My Country” accounts for many issues that are being voiced during the current Oc-

cupy movement, despite its release a few months before the movement’s conception. Garbus herself coincidentally supports the movement, particularly through her Twit-ter account.

The second and third tracks, “Es-So” and “Gangsta,” deal with eating disorders and race and class relations respectively. Like “My Country,” the songs are struc-tured with the use of rhetorical questions in RUGHU�WR�SUHVHQW�WKHVH�GLI¿FXOW�WRSLFV�

In “Es-So,” Garbus takes on the per-spective of an adolescent girl, asking, “I gotta do right if my body’s tight, right?” The song ends on a powerful note, signify-ing the destructive nature of eating disor-ders: “It is true, daddy. It is true, daddy / I run over my own body with my own car.”

“Gangsta” is perhaps the most powerful and thought-provoking song on Who Kill. <HW�DJDLQ�*DUEXV�XWLOL]HV�¿FWLRQDO�FKDUDF-ters, initiating the lyrical conversation by asking “What’s a boy to do if he’ll never be a gangsta? / Anger in his heart, but he’ll never be a gangsta?”

As is made evident throughout the dura-tion of the song, this thematic approach to race and class largely suggests that they’re more related than they’re perceived to be; Merrill implies socio-economic differ-ences between the “wannabe gangsta” and his true counterpart, the authoritative voice that advises he “Never move to my hood / Cause danger is crawling out the wood.” In addition, the mention of “anger in his heart” symbolizes the subject’s internal similarity to the gangsta, although that’s where their similarities stop, much to the wannabe’s disappointment.

The song “Gangsta” ends as powerfully and realistically as “Es-So,” reducing its message to a simple explanation of inner-city struggles: “Life in the city makes more

sense when Jesus calls me daddy.” This line portrays the idea of the self as “God” - the perceived equivalent of the “true” gangsta’s day-to-day struggles against his external environment.

$OWKRXJK� WKHVH� DUH� RQO\� WKH�¿UVW� WKUHH�of the 10 tracks that comprise Who Kill, they provide an adequate illustration of the major themes explored in the album and Garbus’ lyrical deliberation to provide the voiceless with voices.

Personally an advocate for all that the Occupy movement stands for, I can’t help but appreciate the novelty of Merrill Gar-bus’ perspective. In a world dominated by big business and the often mindless Top 40

songs that crowd radio frequencies nation-wide, the themes that Garbus explores and presents so authentically persist as under-stated and under-appreciated, even despite their urgent nature.

It’s an album worth investing in, to say the very least.

12 | The Loquitur Thursday, Jan. 26, 2011Arts & Entertainment

“Safe Haven,” a novel by Nicolas Sparks, is a book that can’t be missed. This book will capture your imagination and will turn anyone into a hopeless romantic.

The excitement of learning about a character through each page makes readers never want to put the book down. “Safe Haven” was a phenomenal read, just like other nov-els by Sparks.

This book allows readers to become fascinated about two people destined to meet each other when they are both in their hardest times in life.

Sparks captured the essence of a girl named Katie with D�P\VWHULRXV�SDVW�UXQQLQJ�IURP�KHU�SDVW�WR�¿JXUH�RXW�D�QHZ�life for herself on her own time and on her own terms. She tries to forget about her past and is always looking over her shoulders. She wonders if she will ever be able to run from what haunts her and if she will ever be safe.

She becomes independent by meeting new people and IDOOLQJ�LQ�ORYH��$W�¿UVW��IDOOLQJ�LQ�ORYH�ZDVQ¶W�LQ�KHU�DJHQ-da, but toward the end, she realized it was the best thing that could have happened to her since she moved away.

She ended up at Southport with nothing but the clothes on her back and a past that she wanted no one to know about.

Throughout the novel, Katie discovers herself and learns whom to trust with her secrets and how to open XS�WR�SHRSOH��:KHQ�VKH�¿UVW�HQWHUV�6RXWKSRUW��VKH�WULHV�WR�avoid all ties with any kind of relationships.

Little did she know that after meeting Alex, a widowed store owner with two children and her mysterious single neighbor, Jo, her secrets would soon come out.

Sparks allows the readers to learn about the personal-ity of Katie and Alex and how they soon become very at-tracted to one another.

Even though her love is getting stronger for Alex, she is

XQFHUWDLQ�EHFDXVH�RI�KHU�GDUN�VHFUHW�WKDW�VWLOO�KRUUL¿HV�KHU�and haunts her every day. This novel brings out romance, mystery and intriguing facts that makes it hard for any UHDGHU�QRW�WR�NHHS�ÀLSSLQJ�WKH�SDJHV�WR�OHDUQ�PRUH��:KLOH�reading this book, I loved being able to learn about differ-ent things about Katie and her past through each chapter.

In addition, Sparks has great quotes and the story is beautiful to read about two strangers falling in love. Even though Alex is widowed, his heart is still big enough for Katie to come into and become a part of his family with his kids.

The climax of the novel is thrilling and exhilarating ZKHQ�UHDGHUV�¿QG�RXW�DERXW�KHU�SDVW�DQG�WKH�GDUN�VHFUHW�she is hiding from everyone. They even get to experience ZKDW�LV�KDXQWLQJ�KHU�ZKHQ�LW�FRPHV�WR�¿QG�KHU�DQG�GHDWK�LV�WKH�RQO\�VROXWLRQ�WR�HQG�KHU�KRUURU��,W�PDNHV�KHU�¿QDOO\�realize that she is able to move on from her scary past and take care of the people who matter the most, Alex and his two children.

The ending of the book also has a great twist to one of the characters. It was something that came out of nowhere and it makes readers want to read the lines over and over again to fully comprehend.

This novel is beautifully written and it is something that will be passed down from generation to generation. “Safe Haven” is a book that will never get old and the story will live on forever.

Sparks is an inspirational novelist with an open heart and amazing ways to write down an outstanding story.

Tune-Yards’ Who Kill confronts social issues

‘Safe Haven’ captures romance through mystery

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“Safe Haven” is a book about Katie, a girl with a

mysterious past which haunts her.

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Tune-Yards album Who Kill focuses on issues of advocacy.

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