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Cindi Ross Scoppe
Why do we let our government keep these secrets from us?
IT'S ONE THING even libertarians would agree that government does well: Hide information from the public.
That $1 million report that told Santee Cooper and SCANA they weren't doing their jobs in providing oversight of their over-budget, over-deadline nuclear construction project. Secret.
Details of a $224,000 taxpayer-funded settlement the city of Columbia paid for mauling a resident's yard. Secret.
Payments the S.C. House Republican Caucus made to the Richard Quinn & Associates consulting business that just pleaded guilty in the state corruption investigation. Secret.
The number of sexual harassment complaints the S.C. House has received from staff, from pages and from House members. Secret.
And of course videos that show police officers killing people — sometimes with justification, sometimes without. Secret.
Where to hide nuclear secrets? Behind a lawyer, of course
Columbia secretly pays $224,000 in homeowner dispute over cutting treasured plants
Can SC House Republicans keep secrets from public? Judge to decide
How our new open records law can protect police from harm
Public documents becoming more public
The Legislature updated our Freedom of Information Act this year to make it tougher for cities, counties, school boards and state agencies to get away with keeping public information secret. The new law specifically requires police to release dash-cam videos unless they can convince a judge to keep them secret, for instance, although body-cam video is still secret. It also speeds up the court process, which should make it less expensive for people to go to court to challenge violations.
But more changes are needed, as we keep being reminded.
The most significant example of secrecy since the new law passed involves Santee Cooper, the state-owned utility that entered into an agreement with SCANA to build two nuclear reactors. When the project started falling apart, the companies hired a law firm to commission a study. The lawyer clearly was hired to let the companies claim attorney-client privilege and hide the report. Or, if you read between the lines, to force Santee Cooper to keep SCANA's secrets.
Like unto this was Columbia's agreement this summer to pay $115,000 in tax money to settle a lawsuit after workers cut down a trove of mature trees and shrubs without notifying the homeowner. (This after spending another $109,000 in tax money to fight the lawsuit.) The settlement included a gag order, which means the homeowner can't talk about what happened without losing his $115,000 payment, and the city has a legal fig leaf that protects it from having to answer difficult questions about its actions.
I don't think SCANA's "attorney-client privilege" claim would have held up in court if anyone had known about the report earlier, and sued to get their hands on it. But of course you can't ask for something you don't know about. That's also one of the problems with Columbia's yard-butchering settlement, the details of which were right there in the courthouse records for anyone to see — if they knew to ask for them. Which the gag order sought to prevent.
Federal courts in South Carolina already refuse to allow gag orders on lawsuit settlements, and state courts bar them in cases involving public safety. But government should be held to a higher standard, and we shouldn't have to rely on the courts to do that.
The Legislature needs to change state law to prohibit any government agency from entering into any sort of non-disclosure agreement. Not in a lawsuit settlement, as with the Columbia tree case; not with a business partner, as in the case of Santee Cooper. Perhaps there should some circumstances under which an agency could petition someone for approval to make an exception, but that would need to be a public process.
While they're making improvements, legislators also need to change state law to make it clear that legislative caucuses are subject to the Freedom of Information Act, just like other entities that receive government support. The House Republican Caucus has always maintained that it isn't, which is particularly troublesome since its members constitute a majority of the House, and so can make decisions in secret about how to change state law.
The Legislature also needs to clarify what qualifies for two of the most abused exemptions to the law. The Supreme Court has made it clear that you can't just hire a lawyer and claim anything said in his presence qualifies for the "attorney-client" exemption, but that still happens. And even though the "personal privacy" exemption is so narrow that it doesn't even cover all home phone numbers and addresses, agencies often act as though it prohibits them from giving out so much as an employee's name. (Those exemptions don't require secrecy; they merely allow it, though you'll be hard-pressed to find a government official willing to acknowledge that.)
If lawmakers want examples of these abuses, they don't have to look far.
When The State's Maayan Schechter asked for numbers — not names, simply numbers — of sexual harassment and assault allegations the House had received since 2000 from pages, from staffers and from House members, the clerk's office refused to provide them, saying that would "constitute an unreasonable invasion of personal privacy" (30-4-40(a)(2) and violate attorney-client privilege, because attorneys had been hired to investigate the complaints. Ditto a request for a "description of the alleged offenses for each case."
Of course, Ms. Schechter didn't ask for results of the attorneys' investigations; it asked for the number of complaints from each of three groups — that is, information from the uninvestigated complaints themselves. And she left it to the House to describe the complaints in a way that didn't reveal any identifying details, much less any "unreasonable invasion of personal privacy."
The House did say that complaints had been filed against a total of three House members. But don't hold your breath waiting to find out which three.
Ms. Scoppe writes editorials and columns for The State. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com or (803) 771-8571 or follow her on Twitter or like her on Facebook @CindiScoppe.


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My work is an unconventional form of documentary and personal reportage in which historical narratives are revisited through a visual language. In projects created through extensive research, I use a multi-layered practice as a means of conveying shared stories whether real or fictional. Underlying this approach is an interest in reinventing traditional & linear modes of storytelling.
Javier Barrera
BA Philosophy, Boston University
MFA Film and Video, Hunter College, CUNY
Select exhibitions and participations:
Contested Spaces: 2019 Harnett Biennial of American Prints, Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
The Truth in Disguise, GESTE Paris, Paris, France
8 Attempts to exhaust [the poetics of] a place, Light Year exhibition, New York, NY
Threads, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York NY
Winter Print Show, Eonta Space, Jersey City, NJ
Booklyn Artist Book Fair, New York, NY
Space on Liberty, Newburgh, NY
The Art Students League of New York Printmakers' Portfolio 2018, The Old Print Shop, New York, NY
HOT OFF THE PRESSES/Contemporary Prints, National Arts Club, New York NY
Festival M.A.R.S. (Music and Arts Resound), Los Angeles, CA
Berlin Collective, Satellite Fair, Miami Beach, FL
E/AB Fair, SOLO Impression, New York, NY
American Gothic, LOZENGE project space, New York, NY
London Intensive, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
WE:AMericans, Station Independent Projects, New York, NY
CUT N MIX: Contemporary Collage, Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Telestrations, curated by Alex Sloane (MOMA), Gowanus Open Studios, Brooklyn New York, NY
Berlin Collective, X Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL
Benefit for Nepal, Picturefarm, New York, NY
Territorios, Proyecto 'ace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
E/AB Fair, SOLO Impression, New York, NY
Social Photography III, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
The Miami Project Art Fair, Freight+Volume Gallery, Miami, FL
Portobello Film Festival, London, UK
Sold Out Exhibition, Elastic Residence, London, UK
Suspension of Disbelief, Salena Gallery at Long Island University, NewYork, NY
Circa Labs, Circa Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Pulse Art Fair, Freight & Volume Gallery, Miami, FL
Scope Art Fair, Magnet Gallery, Miami, FL
E Pluribus Unum, The Arts Theatre. Feature film commissioned by Olympia Arts, London, UK
[PAM] and Friends, Scope Hamptons, East Hampton, NY
Circa Art Fair, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Video Box: We Are Your Future, 2nd Moscow Biennial, Moscow, Russia
The Perpetual Art Machine, Scope Miami, Miami, FL
Art Basel/Miami Beach Video Lounge (featured artist). Curated by Michael Rush
Pulse Art Fair, Freight & Volume Gallery, Miami, FL
PHOTO MIAMI, Tag Rom Gallery, Miami, FL
FIAC, Cour Carree du Louvre, Freight and Volume Gallery, Paris, France
Year '06 Art Fair, Freight & Volume Gallery, London, UK
Scope Hamptons, Wainscott, NY
The Art And Wine Fair, Tag Rom Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Scope New York, Cinema-scope [PAM], NewYork, NY
FIAC, Freight & Volume Gallery, Paris, France
That Uncomfortable Place Between Beginning and Ending, curated by Lee Wells/IFAC London, UK; Southampton, NY; and Miami, FL
Pulse Art Fair, Freight & Volume Gallery, Miami, FL
The Return to New York DJ Tour. Exclusive video projection artists in collaboration with music producer Arthur Baker and New Order bassist Peter Hook (12 city USA tour)
New Order Jetstream Tour. Exclusive video projection artists, USA tour
NADA Art Fair, Volume Gallery, Miami, FL
Media Ballistics, CUNY/Hunter College, NewYork, NY
Flatfile Gallery, USA Absolute Vodka Video Festival, Chicago, IL
Project Room, Magnet Gallery, NewYork, NY
Druid: Wood as a Superconductor, Space 101, curated by David Hunt, Brooklyn, NY
Between Waking and Sleeping, Fluxcore Artspace, Brooklyn, NY
City Mouse/Country Mouse, Space 101, curated by David Hunt, Brooklyn, NY
Featured Artists, panel discussion, inaugural Scope Art Fair, NewYork, NY
Alternative Processes, Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, IL
Magnet Gallery inaugural exhibition, NewYork, NY
Artist's Space benefit, NewYork, NY
In Transit, Flatfile Gallery Project Room, Chicago, IL


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Bungie recently revealed that they're going to replace Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage in Destiny. In a new video interview, they explained why they're recasting Dinklage's role.
Nolan North, best known as the voice of Nathan Drake in Uncharted, will play the role of Ghost in The Taken King. Dinklage's existing voiceover for earlier game content will also be replaced.
Although many Destiny players found Dinklage's voice work to be lackluster in the game, executive producer Mark Noseworthy says that the casting change isn't due to the backlash. He told Game Informer that there was a more mundane reason: scheduling.
Dinklage was awesome to work with but we needed to work with someone who is more available. Nolan is a pro, this is his thing.
Bungie needed a voice actor with more availability because The Taken King will explain Ghost's role considerably. He'll tell players additional information about the game's universe when they scan key locations. Furthermore, Ghost will be a more important part of the story.
I'm curious how much this casting change will actually affect Destiny. I don't think you can put all the blame on Dinklage for how underwhelming Ghost was. He's just one part of a wider development process. He was reading dialogue someone else wrote and someone signed off on his performance before it was included in the game.
Plus, let's not forget how bland every character in Destiny was. There was a serious lack of personality from beginning to end in the game. Much of the problem stems from structure of the story. Bungie only included a bare minimum of cutscenes and dialogue so no character had much of a chance to make an impression. Players were forced to learn about lore through the text on Grimoire cards, which could only be read outside of the game. Allegedly the thin story was due to some serious cuts by Bungie late in the game's development.
Fortunately, Bungie hopes to fix that problem in The Taken King as well. There will be more cutscenes during the expansion to move the story along. Furthermore, there will be dialogue between characters during missions rather than just voiceover from one.
Destiny The Taken King will launch on September 15th for Xbox One, PS4, PS3 and Xbox 360.


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Melissa Luce
Melissa "Missy" Luce returned to West Virginia from New Jersey in 2008 after nearly 20 years. Her more than 25 years of experience is an asset to Calwell Luce diTrapano PLLC. Missy is licensed to practice law in West Virginia, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania state and federal courts. While in New Jersey, Missy was certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney, a distinction earned by less than one percent of the legal profession in New Jersey. Missy is also AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® for ethical and legal ability, which indicates that her peers have ranked her at the highest level of professional excellence, and is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
Prior to joining our law firm, Missy handled medical malpractice and general personal injury litigation cases for New Jersey law firm Stephen S. Weinstein, PA, from April 1994 to 2008. Before moving to New Jersey, she spent her first six years of practice in Charleston as a lawyer for Di Trapano & Jackson. Her practice continues to focus on medical malpractice and pharmaceutical litigation, product liability, wrongful death, construction injuries and automobile accidents. Missy also serves as Managing Attorney at Calwell Luce diTrapano PLLC.
Missy enjoys contributing to various programs in our community, including the Special Olympics and Project Hope, and she has volunteered as a youth basketball coach for the YMCA. In 1982, she participated in mission work for Project Serve in the Dominican Republic. While in New Jersey, she served as counsel to the Morris County Democratic Committee from 2002 until leaving New Jersey. She was a member of the Visiting Nurses Association of Northern New Jersey's Board of Trustees from 2001 until her return home to West Virginia. Following the September 11, 2001 tragedy, she served as a volunteer attorney for Trial Lawyers Care, providing free legal representation to victims and their families. Missy has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of her alma mater Davis and Elkins College, a position she held from 1987 to 1998 and from 2003 to 2012.
Bar admissions
- West Virginia State Bar, 1986
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, 1986
- New Jersey State Bar, 1991
- U. S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1991
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, 1991
- Pennsylvania State Bar, 2000
- New York State Bar, 2003
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2003
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2003
- J. D., West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, WV, 1986
- Named Outstanding Graduate, WVU College of Law, 1986
- Patrick Duffy Koontz Award, 1986
- Moot Court Board Member 1983-1986
- Law School Council, President 1985-1986
- Office of U. S. Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV, Intern 1985
- Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV, 1983
- Magna cum laude
- History and political science majors
- Oxford University Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Oxford, England, 1981
- Dean's list
- Student Government, President
- Governor's Advisory Board of Students
- Intercollegiate women's basketball and tennis teams
- Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney while an attorney practicing in New Jersey
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2005 to present
- Board of Governors, New Jersey AAJ (formerly NJ-ATLA)
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell®
- The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- Litigation Counsel of America
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Publications and Lectures
- "Determining and Proving Damages," National Business Institute, Inc.
- "Legal Issues in Patient Counseling," Menopause Management, May 1994
- "The Business of Litigation: When to Say Yes or No," ATLA-NJ Educational Foundation Seminar, February 27, 1999
- "Ensuring Fair Play in Game to Get Medical Records," New Jersey Law Journal, January 20, 2003
- Guest speaker, "Truth Telling and Disclosure of Medical Errors," Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel, New Jersey, November 18,2005
Reported cases
- Cavallaro v. Jamco Prop. Mgt., 334 N.J.Super. 557 (App.Div.2000)
- Correia v. Sherry, 335 N.J.Super. 50 (Law Div, 2000)
- Kosnoski v. Howeley, 33 F.3d 376 (4th Cir. 1994)
- Torrence v. Kusminsky, 408 S.E.2d 684 (W.Va. 1991)
- Board of Education, County of Kanawha v. McCuskey, 403 S.E.2d 17 (W.Va. 1991)
- Paul v. National Life, 352 S.E.2d (W.Va. 1986), 63 A.L.R.4th 155
Unpublished cases
- Kosnoski v. Howeley, 976 F.2d 726 (4th Cir. 1992)
- Taywood Mining, Inc. v. Wellman, 867 F.2d 609 (4th Cir. 1989)
- Brown v. South Street Presbyterian Church, Docket No. A-3952-98 (App.Div. 2000)
- Burton v. Schiavone Construction Co., Inc., Docket No. A-3097-00T5 (App.Div. 2003)


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Amitabh Bachchans home production ABCL suffered a state of inertia for almost a decade due to immense losses. But now, Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd (ABCL) is back in action, as it plans to make a foray into television production. It is speculated that ABCL will now be producing daily soaps for popular TV channel Zee Television. The company will be investing in family dramas and reality shows, which are now gaining tremendous popularity in the realm of television viewership. It is said that the KBC controversy which compelled Bachchan to quit the show could be one reason that he has decided to give Star India Pvt. Ltd. a miss from his list. So, in all probability, he will be signing papers with Zee Television. Amitabhs participation in Zee Antakshari and Abhishek playing celebrity judge in Zee Cinestars Ki Khoj only reinforce the possibility of an ABCL-Zee alliance. ABCL recently produced a play called Lali-Lila. The production house is now looking at the fast-booming television domain to up its chances of success.
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S: Winter in 6 Words by St. Martin's 1st Grade
FC: Winter in 6 Words
2: Yesterday I got a new umbrella. by: Joie
4: We can go ice skating today. by: Vicky
6: I built a snowman with penguins. by: Hailee
8: I built a snowman last week. by: Amanda
10: The snowman has a hat on. by: Patrick
12: I like ice skating in winter. by: Sundeep
14: Winter has a lot of snow. by: Sean Michael
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18: I am building a snowman today. by: Nina
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Chain movie-rental stores fading out in Valley
Chain movie rental stores run by Blockbuster and Hollywood Video are quietly closing up shop across the Valley.
They've left some communities, like Sanger and Dinuba, altogether.
The companies are struggling financially — losing ground to Netflix, Redbox and other companies that rent movies by mail, from automated kiosks or over the Web. Experts say it's all part of the rapid evolution of the entertainment business.
Both companies are striving to stay relevant, however, with Blockbuster rolling out rental kiosks and emphasizing its own DVD-by-mail service.
Hollywood Video, meanwhile, is betting that customers will continue to want physical stores, and is bumping up its selection of movies and video games.
Chain movie rental shops have shut down at least a dozen locations in the Fresno area in recent months. More may be on the block, though neither company has announced detailed plans or locations. Blockbuster, which now has about 18 outlets remaining in Fresno County, expects to close up to 960 of its 7,100 stores worldwide by the end of 2010. The Dallas-based company had a $36.9 million loss in its second quarter.
Movie Gallery, which bought the owner of Hollywood Video in 2005, struggled with its debt and filed for bankruptcy last year. It emerged this year and is closing more than 1,000 of its 3,400 video stores in the U.S. and Canada. The company, with six outlets in Fresno County, also owns Game Crazy stores.
Locally, the closures have come without warning. Dinuba's Blockbuster, which was the town's only chain brick-and-mortar movie rental store, closed about two months ago. Independently owned Mega Video remains.
Sanger has lost both its Blockbuster and Hollywood Video outlets in recent weeks.
"Hollywood Video, they just picked up and moved in the middle of the night," said Nettie Inouye, president and CEO of the Sanger Chamber of Commerce. "We weren't aware they were considering moving out of Sanger."
Both companies suggest in financial reports that closures are aimed at underperforming or unprofitable stores.
Over the years, new competitors have eaten away at Blockbuster and Hollywood Video's business.
In 2004, chain rental stores owned 92% of the video-rental market, according to the Entertainment Merchants Association, which gets its information from Adams Media Research. Last year, that share had shrunk to 67%.
DVD-by-mail service Netflix and similar subscription services, meanwhile, more than tripled their share of the market over the last four years, to 27%. Netflix is also aggressively adding titles that can be streamed over the Web to computer or television screens.
A newer competitor is Redbox, owned by Coinstar Inc. The company has installed automated movie rental kiosks in supermarkets around the country. The kiosks charge $1 for one-night rentals that can be returned to any Redbox kiosk.
Kiosks — which had no presence in the video-rental market four years ago — had grown to 6% of it by 2008.
Further competition to the video-rental business comes from a new generation of digital video recorders that tempt consumers to stay in and watch recorded TV shows rather than movies, said Sean Bersell, vice president of public affairs for the Encino-based Entertainment Merchants Association.
Low-cost DVDs sold at retailers also compete with stores, though that pressure has waned some recently, he said.
The arrival of On Demand and other ways of ordering movies through the television and Internet aren't yet having a big effect on rentals, though they may soon, he said.
In Sanger and Dinuba, competitors are taking advantage of the departure of Hollywood Video and Blockbuster. But it isn't quite the same, said Inouye of the Sanger chamber.
Sanger has two Redbox kiosks, in the Save Mart and Walmart. But "even though Redbox is cheap, the variety of movies is very limited," she said. "It's sad to see [the stores] leave."
In Dinuba, Redbox may be part of the reason Blockbuster left. The Walmart superstore has two Redbox kiosks.
"You go into Walmart on a Thursday or Friday night and people are lined up behind that Redbox," said Dinuba Deputy City Manager Dan Meinert.Blockbuster says it's not abandoning its customers.
The Dallas-based company has its own DVD-by-mail and download programs to compete with Netflix.
The company is also rolling out kiosks similar to those owned by Redbox. So far, they are in 500 locations in Publix supermarkets in the southeast and Big Y supermarkets in the northeast. Another 9,500 of them will be in stores across the country by the middle of next year, said spokesman Randy Hargrove.
Customers also soon will be able to download movies through their TiVo digital-video recorder and some Samsung HDTVs and Blu-ray players, he said. Samsung TVs will have a button on their remote allowing customers to order movies for between $1.99 and $3.99 per movie.
The company is also testing sending movies through cable providers in Charleston, W.Va., and Des Moines, Iowa.
Hargrove said Blockbuster has not forgotten about communities it has left.
"We have said for quite some time there's going to be consolidation of our store portfolio," he said. "The number of stores may be fewer, but you're going to have far more points of distribution to get Blockbuster products."
Hollywood Video did not return calls seeking comment. According to public documents, the company believes brick-and-mortar stores will continue to have relevance in coming years.
The company also plans to improve business by increasing the number of Blu-ray discs, video game consoles and video games available to rent. It does not plan to move into kiosks or TV technologies.
Bee staff writer Tim Sheehan contributed to this report. The reporter can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or (559) 441-6431.


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Community – A Chance to Share a New Experience
1. How does taking dance into a community/participatory context inform your choreographic process?
We know what our audience or client wants so we create a show around that as well as the space we will be using. The dances we select must also appeal to the age group. If we are teaching, the material must be something the participants can manage.
2. As a choreographer, why do you choose to engage in community/participatory arts? What do you get from it?
It gives us an opportunity to share our knowledge about Mid-Eastern dance, music and culture. Our shows, lectures and demos are entertaining but also educational. When we have the chance to attend a workshop show, there is an exchange of ideas and it is fun to see what other groups are doing.
3. How is your interaction with the community different than with company members? For you, why do these differences exist?
If I am performing or teaching in the community, it is usually for non-dancers. So my approach and the material I use has to be something they can do and understand. With the company members, we are working all the time and time isn't as much of a factor. For a project like Shimmy Mob, there was a liaison going between the groups and a video with the finished choreography for us to follow. We all met at the Mob location to work out the staging.
4. How are your expectations as a choreographer different and similar between the two contexts (community and company)?
Usually we are performing for the community and creating performances in the company. Unless I am teaching an improvisational class, I have a set choreography to work with the community. This makes the learning situation much more productive and can easier to be flexible.
5. Getting a dancer to understand what a choreographer wants and execute that in their own bodies can, at times, be challenging. How do you navigate those challenges when dealing with the community (made up of people who do not train their bodies in the particular ways a dancer does)?
First, I don't expect them to know how to dance and teach them the technique first and then the dance routine. When teaching choreography in the community I have dances that can be altered based on the abilities and interests of the participants. We do classes with college students and with senior citizens so the approach is different. Quick directional changes and turns are replaced with slower movements for the elderly. For children, it is mostly about doing easy movements and more improvisational. They like scarves and veils.
6. How do you decide what choreography to teach? What factors are you considering? What is the difference, if any, between what you want the community to get out of your choreography and what you want your company members to get out of your choreography?
I teach a choreography that is appropriate for the abilities of the participants. One dance has repeating phrases for the introduction and the closing with a variety of movements in the middle. This dance is easy to teach people of all ages and abilities. My dance company is working on the art of dancing and entertaining. This is far more complex. If teaching a dance workshop to dancers, my goal is to teach the art of dance along with how to entertain and any cultural information that will influence how they perform and react to the movement and music.
7. How do you make the community feel like they can do what you're doing? How do you apply that experience to your own process?
Patience. Putting together material that is easy for all ages with movements that are easy to visually understand and don't require much verbal explanation. I talk about how the movement feels. Where it begins in the body. Whether it is muscular or skeletal and what muscles will be used. Keeping the choreography easy and not layering movements so they feel dancing is possible. I take what worked for me to learn to dance and create choreographies and what I have found to be successful with my own dancers.
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"You made it happen! I want to congratulate you on being named the All-In Leadership Award Winner. This is a new award because you are the very first school that Lead4Change has been taught to every student. And you have the first class of Lead4Change graduates. I appreciate Francy Garner so much for starting this program at Eisenhower 4 years ago." – David
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"Now, as I teach, the change is never over. Keep using what you learned and apply your leadership skills to serve others. I can't wait to see what you will do next because you have definitely proven that you are leaders that walk the talk." – David
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Now there is one item in my bathroom that I have been hesitant to get rid of. I am obsessed with yummy smelling body wash!! I love to have that hint of scent floating off of my body all day without the overbearing smell of a perfume or body spray. I have finally decided to give up all of my non-crunchy body washes and give them all to my teenage cousins. I know, it sounds horrible that I am just handing off all of these chemical laden liquids to these poor, innocent teen girls. I had to trade them in for ingredients I knew, like coconut oil!
Thankfully, I found Julie with Heavenly Hands to replace all of the poison I gave to my loving family!! Not only is she awesome and from Texas, she makes some delicious smelling body washes that are all natural!! I got to sample the Orange Cream version which was so yummy that I allowed my children to use it as well, just so I could smell it more often. Typically, I hoard yummy things like this to myself, but this stuff is so delectable that I actually wanted to share just so I could stink up my bathroom with orange creamsicles as often as possible. I could have walked around sniffing the bottle all day. It was also pretty nice to get clean without using something that had 29 mystery ingredients that I can't pronounce!
Julie also sent me some yummy Vanilla Coconut lotion. I almost want to tell her to get into baking because her products smell so tasty!! I wish I could just eat them!! The lotion was very luxurious and did not have an overpowering smell. It had a very light coconut scent and it actually went great with the orange scent. I really loved using the two products together! If you love to smell like a dainty bowl of fruit like I do and use amazing products that are all natural, you should definitely check out all of Julie's good for your body products on her website here at http://www.heavenlyhandslotion.com.
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Thursday, June 9, 2011 | 10:26 p.m.
You consider the vast menagerie that is the 42-acre Casa de Shenandoah estate, replete with peacocks, African penguins, sloths, wallabies, 52 Arabian horses and even a marmoset, and you think, "You know what this place could really use? A couple hundred lovebirds!"
And so, it is done.
Wayne Newton's famous property is being used as a permanent habitat for 200 or so lovebirds offered to the estate by the producers of the new Animal Planet show "Confessions: Animal Hoarding."
The series sharpens the focus on general hoarding that has been spotlighted on the A&E series "Hoarders" and examines abuses in animal ownership. In that context, the definition of "hoarding" is simply someone owning one more pet than he or she can effectively keep.
Example: If you own 10 cats but only have the space, energy and resources to care for nine, guess what? You're a hoarder.
The only information about these birds are that they were plucked from a home where the owners allowed the 200 lovebirds to live freely in their house. Sort of like an old Disney film gone awry. The details will flow forth during the episode set to air at 10 p.m. Aug. 12.
The birds were initially and temporarily delivered to Gilcrease Orchards while a sanctuary was constructed for them near the entrance of Newton's mansion on the Shenandoah grounds. As the birds were led to their new cages, a couple of peacocks strutted by, seemingly in deep study.
The peacocks at Shenandoah appear skeptical of any visitors and have free run of the grounds. But these birds will be kept in safe haven. The little birds are beautiful creatures, mostly blue with white bellies and black masks and look a little like Batman characters.
Newton himself is on vacation and wasn't around to welcome the new inhabitants of Shenandoah. Mr. Las Vegas is out of town on vacation but did offer a statement in a news release:
"The lovebirds are a welcomed addition to Casa de Shenandoah, and I am very happy we can provide them with a safe and nurturing home. They are very beautiful birds, and I can't wait for visitors to see them when Casa de Shenandoah opens to the public at the end of the year."
True, the big bird house is not the only construction being enacted at Shenandoah. The property will be open to public tours by the end of the year, and plans are for the parcel currently home to the old Napa Valley Pottery building to the north, across Sunset Road from Shenandoah, to be the site of a museum of Newton's artifacts and a showroom loosely designed on the Sands' Copa Room (read about the Clark County Commission's final vote of approval here.
Certainly, whether or not they know it, the little birds are likely to be the most popular feathered attraction in Vegas since "Folies Bergere" closed at the Tropicana. And if you're thinking "Only in Vegas," no one would argue.
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Achiote Paste is very popular in Mexico. Also known as annatto paste. Ideal as a marinade for pork, fish and chicken. This is the main ingredient to make Cochinita Pibil.
Achiote Paste is made with Annatto seeds, oregano, cumin, clove cinnamon and other spices. A delicious paste that can be used to marinate specially pork and chicken. This paste needs to be diluted with vinegar or orange juice before use.
Water, Annatto Seeds, Corn Flour, Salt, Garlic, Spices, Acetic Acid and Sodium Benzoato as a preservative.


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Apple adds sweetness to this slow cooker bourbon pulled pork. This dish makes for great appetizer sliders or an easy main meal! Double (or triple) the recipe to serve a crowd!
Elegant enough for a Holiday party, but easy enough for Game Day, these sliders are sure to be a conversation starter.
What is Bourbon vs Whiskey?
All bourbon is whiskey, but not all whiskey is bourbon.
Whiskey (or whisky, if you're in Scotland) is distilled from the fermented grain mash of wheat, rye, barley or corn and aged in oak barrels.
Bourbon law dictates that bourbon needs to be produced in America and made from 51% corn. Corn is a 'sweet' grain, meaning the more corn, the sweeter the whiskey. It also needs to be stored in new, charred, white oak barrels, and it must not contain any added flavoring, coloring or additives.
Why so strict?
In the 1800's distillers spent a lot of time tampering with their whiskies.
By the end of the century, people must have been fed up, because the standards were set, and now there are laws to keep bourbon consistent.
Our Slow Cooker Apple Bourbon Pulled Pork Recipe
So, we thought, why not slow cook pork in bourbon?
The slightly sweet, charcoal-y flavor from the charred barrel aging is perfect for pork. And, apple cider was a natural second. (You can't go wrong with apples and pork.)
We've added just a bit of molasses and brown sugar to the sauce to bring out the sweetness of the bourbon, but not so much that its classic flavor is lost. If you like a sweeter pulled pork, this recipe is easy to adapt by adding a bit more brown sugar, to your taste, at the end.
Slow roasting the pork for at least 7 hours is key. Once the meat hits 200F, magical things start to happen and the meat will literally fall apart around your fork.
That is pulled pork beauty!
Apple Bourbon Pulled Pork Sliders
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground mustard
- 2 lb pork butt or shoulder roast (USDA Prime), trimmed of any large sections of fat
- ½ c bourbon
- ½ c pure apple cider
- 2 Tbsp molasses
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar
- 6 sourdough slider buns
- Mix garlic with salt and mustard.
- Make a few slits halfway through the pork roast. Pat the garlic mixture into the cuts. Place the roast in the bottom of your crock pot.
- Mix bourbon, cider, molasses and brown sugar. Heat slightly to dissolve the molasses and brown sugar in the liquid. Pour the bourbon mixture into the crock pot with the meat.
- Cover the crock pot and cook on low for 7-8 hours.
- Remove the pork from the crock pot and shred with two forks. (If you would like, you can skim the fat off of the top of the juice left in the crock pot. Discard the fat.)
- Return the pulled pork to the juices in the crock pot and cook on low for 1-2 hours, uncovered (to thicken the sauce and continue to flavor the meat). *
- Serve pork on a sourdough slider bun.
This is one of the recipes from the early days of Curious Cuisiniere. We've updated our pictures since we first made it, but we've left the original images here as a fun throwback and shout out to how far we've come. Enjoy!
This week the Sunday Supper crew is breaking out the libations! Check out the alcohol-infused recipes below. Thanks to Foodie Stuntman from Crazy Foodie Stunts and Alice of Alice of A Mama, Baby & Shar-pei in the Kitchen for hosting this week's event.
- Big Easy Milk Punch by The Weekend Gourmet
- Blue Sparkling Star Cocktail by Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks
- Boozy Iced Spanish Coffee by Nosh My Way
- Campari Mint Spritzer by eating in instead
- Cranberry Moscow Mule by Ruffles & Truffles
- Creamy, Loaded Eggnog by La Bella Vita Cucina
- Malibu Breeze by Peanut Butter and Peppers
- Merry Berry Spritz by Amee's Savory Dish
- Minty Lime Rum by A Mama, Baby & Shar-pei in the Kitchen
- Pomegranate Panache by Jane's Adventures in Dinner
- Rhubarb Fool Cocktail by Food Lust People Love
- Southern Pomegranate Sparkler by Noshing With The Nolands
- Sparkling Pomegranate Berry Punch by Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch
- Vanilla Bailey's With A Twist by Momma's Meals
Savory and Sweet Libational Dishes
- Apple Bourbon Pulled Pork Sliders by Curious Cuisiniere
- Beerberry Pancakes by Brunch with Joy
- Beet Relish by What Smells So Good?
- Belgian Beef Stew with Belgian Ale by Cooking On The Ranch
- Brandied Triple Cheese Ball by Magnolia Days
- Champagne Chicken by Cindy's Recipes and Writings
- Cornish Game Hens with Sausage Red Wine Sauce over Polenta by The Texan New Yorker
- Craft Beer Jelly by Nik Snacks
- Eggnog Dutch Baby Pancakes with Cranberries by The Wimpy Vegetarian
- Hot Buttered Rum Balls by Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen
- Lentil Soup with Wine Braised Shallots by Pancake Warriors
- Red Wine Braised Short Ribs by Cooking Chat
Libational Desserts
- Amaretto Coconut Biscotti with Amaretto Salted Caramel Drizzle by Kudos Kitchen by Renee
- Amaretto Cranberry Swirled Cheesecake by The Life and Loves of Grumpy's Honeybunch
- Baked Pears with a Warm Tequila-Citrus Espuma by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
- Bourbon Cranberry Compote by Pies and Plots
- Caramelized Banana Upside-Down Rum Cake by Wallflour Girl
- Chocolate Stout Beer Brownies by The Perfect Brownie
- Dumante Frozen Espresso Creams by Seduction in the Kitchen
- Honey Chamomile Hot Toddy Tea Cake by The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen
- Kahlua Bundt Cake by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Red Wine Poached Pears with Ricotta and Balsamic Glaze by Crazy Foodie Stunts
- Rum Glazed Cookie Cream Buns by NinjaBaker
- Tiramisu Biscotti by The Redhead Baker
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Who is up for a good chess or go game in Lome? (Lomé)
I love playing the games of Chess and Go. However, I am getting a bit tired of playing against the computer or online in Lome as I have trouble finding regular partners. I even launched an Association of Strategy Games to help promote both games in Togo, but it is very much a novel association facing a tall order in order to reach its goals: Slowly but surely, it will get there!
In the meantime, I need to keep my game as sharp and human as possible. That is the reason behind this thread. I am looking for Chess and Go pals in Lome. Cheers!


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Plasma cutting is a process that is used to cut steel, stainless steel and aluminium of different thicknesses using a plasma torch. In this process, a gas (usually Oxygen and compressed air) is blown at high speed through a nozzle; at the same time an electrical arc is formed through the gas from the nozzle to the surface being cut, turning some of the gas to plasma.
At Advanced Profile our high definition plasma gives an extremely high quality finish – similar to laser quality but with the benefit that it can process much thicker plate up to 80mm. Plasma cutting has a much faster cut speed than flame cutting; therefore less heat affected zone and significantly reduces distortion in comparison to traditional oxy fuel cutting methods. Another advantage is that there is no preheat time with plasma, hence reducing cutting time, material and ultimately the cost to the customer.
Our 18.6m x 3.4m cutting table with water table for absorbing plasma cut gases.Our team uses a combination of computer programming (using or machine specific CAD software) and machine settings to ensure parts are produced to meet customer expectations. High priority is placed on daily machine maintenance. This protects part geometry and tolerance and provides confidence our processing and quality is in line with (ISO 9001:2008). Our Quality Management System is currently evolving to an independent audit process.
We have the ability to cut up to 80mm plate steel / 80mm stainless steel / 80mm aluminium with our Hypertherm HPR400XD – 400A plasma head. Our capability for cutting thicker plate is complemented by the attachment of an oxy torch, capable of cutting up to 250mm thick plate.
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Stem/progenitor cell populations in the human lung play a role in tissue regeneration in the event of injury.
It is vital that the adult respiratory system us able to repair itself in response to damage and disease. However, lung tissue regeneration mechanisms and factors are not fully understood. Respiratory disease is a leading cause of death, particularly for populations living in industrial environments. Research investigating lung tissue regeneration is therefore particularly important.
Most commonly, respiratory research uses mice as a model organism. During development, stem cells and progenitor cells drive growth of tissues in the embryo. In early development the middle layer of embryonic cells, the mesoderm, is partially made of Cardiopulmonary mesoderm Pulmonary Progenitors (CPP cells). As mammals grow, large numbers of CPP cells remain in the tissues derived from the mesoderm, enabling the tissues to react to chemical and physical damage.
This illustration was based on research by Brigid Hogan on the repair and regeneration of lung tissue by stem cells.


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On ITN's Lunchtime News, political editor Nick Robinson described how "hundreds of [British] servicemen are risking their lives to bring peace and security to the streets of Iraq". (ITN, September 8, 2003)
The first part of the description is accurate – the servicemen are indeed risking their lives. What is interesting about the claimed goal of the occupation is not just that it is sanitised of all offensive aspects of reality, but that the unwritten rules of media reporting mean that it had to be. Can we imagine an ITN or BBC correspondent reporting how "hundreds of servicemen are risking their lives to pacify local resistance to Western control of the world's second largest oil reserves"?
It is simply deemed 'beyond the pale' to suggest that British servicemen are risking their lives, and indeed dying, so that small groups of powerful people can make money out of Iraqi oil, out of arms budgets bloated on hyped threats, and as a result of business backhanders from grateful American elites. US presidential candidate and congressman, Dennis Kucinich, wrote in March:
"Is President Bush's war in Iraq about oil? Of course it is. Sometimes, the obvious answer is the right one: Oil is a major factor in the President's march to war, just as oil is a major factor in every aspect of US policy in the Persian Gulf." ('Obviously Oil', Dennis Kucinich, AlterNet, March 11, 2003)
The truth of the suggestion is irrelevant; what matters is that it contravenes the first rule of 'patriotism': If our troops are fighting and dying, then we must 'support' them in what must be declared 'a noble cause', no matter how cynical or vicious the actual cause - even if 'supporting' them in fact betrays them and allows them to continue being killed for no good reason.
Ministerial devotion to the welfare of our troops is an obligatory lie. In the 1930s, the anarchist thinker Rudolf Rocker declared the truth that is always as obvious in hindsight as it is unthinkable in the present:
"We speak of national interests, national capital, national spheres of interest, national honour, and national spirit; but we forget that behind all this there are hidden merely the selfish interests of power-loving politicians and money-loving business men for whom the nation is a convenient cover to hide their personal greed and their schemes for political power from the eyes of the world." (Rudolf Rocker, Culture and Nationalism, Michael E. Coughlan, 1978, p.253)
Why is this so often obvious only in retrospect? Thoreau explains:
"Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new." (Thoreau, Walden, Penguin, 1983, p.68)
One result of this 'patriotic' support is that we have to convince ourselves that the US has increased spending by $87 billion in order to "bring peace and security" to Iraq in an unprecedented act of generosity by a notoriously cynical, far-right US administration packed with fossil fuel fundamentalists willing to sacrifice the very habitability of the planet to short-term profit. If we find the idea of their munificence too difficult to swallow, we can always declare, as the Guardian does, that the money is "to fight the war on terror in Iraq". ('How the bill breaks down', The Guardian, September 9, 2003)
Both Nick Robinson and the Guardian unwittingly make clear that they are essentially echoing government propaganda. Later, in the same news report, Robinson repeated the "peace and security" objective of British reinforcements, adding: "That's how the Defence Secretary presents today's announcement". It was also, unfortunately, how Robinson presented it. Likewise, on the same page as its note on the "war on terror in Iraq", the Guardian quoted US national security adviser, Condoleeza Rice:
"What we are now seeing is a central battle in the war on terrorism, and these terrorists know it. That is why they are going to Iraq." (Oliver Burkeman and Suzanne Goldenberg, 'Bush changes strategy with $87bn gamble', The Guardian, September 9, 2003)
With its enthusiasm for channelling the latest government deceptions undaunted by recent events, the BBC comments from America:
"The war with terror may have moved from these shores to Iraq. But for how long?" (Matt Frei, BBC News At Ten, September 10, 2003)
It could not be more obvious that pre-invasion Iraq had nothing to do with "the war on terror". There never was any evidence of a link between Saddam Hussein and his mortal enemy, al-Qaeda, and none has turned up in the four months since the fall of the Iraqi regime. And, as we now know, Saddam possessed no weapons of mass destruction with which to arm terrorists with whom he had no links.
The idea that Iraq was a front in "the war on terror" can therefore be confidently dismissed as completely fraudulent, but now it is being repackaged and resurrected as Truth! And the Guardian, like the BBC, is again busy repeating the latest government version of events as if the earlier lie had not been exposed. In the same article quoting Condoleeza Rice, the paper concludes with the views of Judith Kipper, from the Council on Foreign Relations, who argues that Iraq was not part of the war on terror before but has become so as a result of the US attack:
"Iraq is now a global threat. It was not before. But it is now." But this, too, involves a repetition of the deceptive government line, as Robert Fisk notes in the Independent:
"There is so far not a shred of evidence that the latest Bush administration fantasy - 'thousands' of foreign Islamist 'jihadi' fighters streaming into Iraq to kill Americans - is true". (Fisk, 'Don't say we weren't warned about this mess', The Independent, September 7, 2003)
Once again, the whole weight of ingrained beliefs – that our government has to be taken seriously when it identifies a 'threat', that we have to show solidarity in belief and action in countering these 'threats' – maintains a kind of perpetual lunacy that is immune to events in the real world. Guardian, BBC, ITN and other journalists inhabit this stifling, self-contained universe – it is their job to make it seem sane and real to the rest of us.
Killing With Impunity
The immunity of the propaganda version of the world to reality was powerfully communicated to us in a recent exchange with one of the country's leading editors.
On September 5, Media Lens published a Media Alert: 'Feigned Media Psychosis - The BBC, The Hawks and Nuclear War'. Coincidentally, shortly after sending the alert, we received a reply from Richard Sambrook, the BBC's Director of News, in response to a letter sent on September 3. This was our original letter:
"Dear Richard
Hope you're well. Today's lunchtime news described the sale of 60 Hawk jets to India. Why did Anna Ford describe the Hawks as "trainer jets"? Do you accept that they have also been used as ground attack aircraft (for example by Indonesia in East Timor)? Should this not be mentioned given the threat of war, indeed nuclear war, in the region? And should not the morality of the sale, again given this threat of war, also have been presented as an issue for discussion?
Best wishes
David Edwards"
Sambrook replied:
"Dear David,
Thank you for your e-mail of 3 September.
I appreciate that these jets have been used as attack aircraft by some countries. However, the RAF currently use them only for training purposes and that was the stated reason for their sale to India.
Unfortunately in a very short item we didn't have the space to go into the history of their use or the morality of trade in them.
Thank you for sending me your thoughts.
Best wishes.
Richard Sambrook"
Sambrook notes that "the RAF currently use [the Hawks] only for training purposes and that was the stated reason for their sale to India".
This is a jaw-dropping response! The RAF use of Hawks is clearly of no relevance whatever to the discussion, and "the stated reason" for the purchase should not for one moment be deemed sufficient to deter an independent media from asking further questions on such an important issue. The stated reason for invading Iraq, after all, was to disarm Saddam of weapons of mass destruction. The fact that the jets will be used to train pilots to fly nuclear bombers also remains at issue.
Sambrook continues:
"Unfortunately in a very short item we didn't have the space to go into the history of their use or the morality of trade in them."
There is no space to discuss the provision of weapons by a leading participant in the "war on terror" to a nation recently on the brink of war and armed with nuclear bombs – the ultimate terror weapon.
We often hear the 'lack of space' defence from journalists. In reality, space in the media is not a natural phenomenon; it is allotted as a result of all too human judgements on the significance of a given story. In the same week that BBC 1 Lunchtime News devoted around twenty seconds to the sale of the Hawk jets, it provided in depth coverage on the story of a teenage couple who had eloped from the Isle of Wight. On consecutive days, the BBC interviewed police officers, family members, psychologists, and one of the teenagers themselves. It is understandable, then, that the BBC "didn't have the space" to discuss British profiteering from potential nuclear conflict. With a kind of psychotic glaze, the media focuses fixedly on the retail terror of official enemies, but blinks not an eye when we ourselves provide the fuel for a conflict that could result in mass death on an awesome scale.
The BBC is not always unmoved by efforts, indeed even alleged efforts, to send weapons to zones of conflict. On the BBC's Newsnight in March, presenter Kirsty Wark fiercely challenged Bouthaina Shaaban, Syria's Director of Foreign Media. Wark demanded a response to the ever-reliable Donald Rumsfeld's claims that Syria had supplied weapons to Iraq. Failing to receive an answer that was to her satisfaction, Wark all but shouted her questions:
"Miss Shaaban, can I ask you just a very simple yes and no question?" (Newsnight, BBC, March 28, 2003)
And then:
"So you have +never+ supplied night vision goggles to Iraq?"
Maintaining the same high volume, Wark continued her courtroom-style barracking:
"So, will Syria give an assurance that Syria will not supply any military or intelligence equipment to Iraq at any point in this war?"
When we supply ground attack aircraft worth £1 billion to an impoverished country which will use them to train pilots to fly nuclear bombers to their targets, there is no screaming, no courtroom barracking, no outrage – just silence.
And nurtured by this silence, forever protected from injury and harm, is the sure and certain belief that, of everyone in this world, just we are a basically good and benign people. And it is under cover of just this conviction that our governments kill with impunity.
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An international panel of researchers recommends that patients with neuropathic pain receive any of five first-line drugs for initial pain control: an opioid, tricyclic antidepressant, gabapentin, topical lidocaine, or tramadol.
Participants in the Fourth International Conference on the Mechanisms and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain reviewed published information to devise treatment recommendations for people with neuropathic pain. Their guidelines, published in the Archives of Neurology, also review sequential and combination therapy with first-line drugs and the benefits and risks of second-line medications (other anticonvulsant medications and antidepressants).
As many as 50% of primary care providers consider nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) a first-line treatment for neuropathic pain, researchers report, even though NSAIDs aren't effective for neuropathic pain and carry a significant risk of adverse reactions. When choosing a drug, health care providers should consider its efficacy, cost, adverse effects, ease of use, and interactions with other drugs. Those who lack expertise in treating neuropathic pain should refer patients to another practitioner with skill in pain assessment and treatment, such as a neurologist or anesthesiologist.
Advances in Neuropathic Pain," Archives of Neurology, R. Dworkin, et al., November 2003.
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During the chat about the PSO, Prokofiev and the wonders of 19th Russian literature I learned that Conrad's a bit of a political nerd. So yesterday I wondered as I wandered through Mellon Green dahn-tahn, what if anything David Conrad thought about Occupy Pittsburgh.
What he had to say was certainly interesting. As for an overall frame:
I think you only make trains stop, sometimes, by laying in front of them. The financial might of this country is such that only drastic measures - or at least so we might see them as such now- will change its employment.And some history:
What strikes me most is that the popular press bandies about words like "radical" and "socialist" for behavior that 40 years ago would have been labeled tame. The Freedom marchers of the 60's, the Labor activists of the 30's and the Suffragists of the teens would be amazed to see what restrictions have been placed upon general human rights- citizens rights- in our era. We've fallen a long way since the Reagan Era pushed us off the cliff. We've allowed a culture of fear to permit a habit of oppression and now what is at the very heart of American behavior; disagreement, protest and general assembly is often challenged and almost constantly disabused.And he ends with:
Members of the three movements I mentioned above risked their lives, literally, for beliefs and rights we now all hold to be self-evident and they did so for a small proportion of the population. They were, African Americans, Union members and voting age women, a minority. I don't in any way mean to belittle their efforts or the fact that what they achieved indirectly improved all of our lives. What I mean to point out is that the misuse of financial power in the current global economy hurts EVERYONE except for a very small minority. We are ALL suffering because a system exists outside of the rule of law.
And I imagine the more the "occupiers" are beaten down the harder they'll fight back. I hope so.So I guess he approves.


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Devices, both smart and otherwise, have fundamentally changed our home, workplaces and lifestyle. By 2018, India will have 550 million Internet users…if we have the right enablers in place. With IoT, 5G and more coming in, that presents a huge challenge for consumers to navigate through a new generation of devices. And perhaps a bigger challenge for marketers to understand what will work with consumers.
Keeping the dynamism of the Indian communication and devices industry in mind, we are convening an industry seminar around the device ecosystem of India. The event, Device World 2017, will host the biggest names in the Indian device and telecom industry who will share their success stories, learning and outlook for the future. The event will also acknowledge the contribution of various device companies and how their innovations have transformed markets, with a special awards show.
Sunil Dutt
Rahul Sharma
Josh Foulger
P. Sanjeev
Sanjay Kalirona
Shashin Devsare
Dinesh Sharma
Suneet Singh Tuli
Amit Gujral
Arvind Vohra
Neil Shah
Gautam Kaushik
Avneet Singh Marwah
Faisal Kawoosa
Sumit Sehgal
Vikas Agarwal
Arun Krishnan
Rajan S Mathews
Varun Krishnan
Pankaj Doval
Nandgopal Rajan
Siddhartha Sharma
Date: 22 Nov, 2017. The Lalit, New Delhi
Conference Agenda
- 9:00 – 9:30
- 9:30 – 9:45
Welcome Address
- 9:45 – 10:15
Indian Device Ecosystem : A Counterpoint Study
- 10:15 – 10:30
Keynote 1: India – The Ultimate Destination
In the last five years, India has emerged as a key market for devices, big and small. This session would deliberate on what India means for global majors and the vision of these companies when it comes to the Indian consumer
- 10:30 – 11:15
Session 1: The new Indian consumer and the driving factorsWhat is driving the consumption practices of the new Indian consumers? Is it price, features or a complete package? What are the new trends?
- 11:15 – 11:30
Networking Tea
- 11:30 – 12:15 Session 2: Entry of the Dragon & the story thereafter…
This session would talk about the business dynamics of the Indian device industry with respect to entry of slew of Chinese handset brands. This session would throw some lights about the entry of Chinese brands and how it impacted Indian smartphone scenario. What can Indian entrepreneurs take away from the Chinese success story?
- 12: 15 – 01:00
Session 3: Driving Consumer StickinessThis session would discuss about the factors that build consumer loyalty towards a brand.
- 01:00 – 02:00 Lunch
- 02:00 – 02:30
Session 4: Shrinking Product ownership cycles and its impact on consumers.This session would talk about the decreasing ownership period of consumer devices in the country leading to multiple new trends – product quality, aftersales, loss of brand loyalty.
- 02:30 – 02:45 Keynote -2
Local Manufacturing – The Hits and the misses
- 02:45 – 03:30
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Even The Darkness Has Arms
Time does not heal the pain.
You tell yourself that you will never forget them,
but eventually, you do. Little by little.
You forget the way their voice hung in the air,
when the silence drops after midnight, and
you grab hold of the words they said, but they're
just a string of letters and nothing holds them
together with their voice gone.
You forget the intricacies of their skin, the way
their scars layered in maps on their arms,
where you were so often lost, and now these lines
are gone, just like they always wished.
You forget their stoic stance as they gazed at you
and beyond you, memorizing your imperfections,
and planting you into the depths of their mind.
You only remember how they taught you, that
to heal, you must be held, and so, on all nights
after them, even the darkness has arms.
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Theron, who ironically has no Hollywood hookup (being drop-dead gorgeous was her golden ticket), plays Mavis Gary, an ex-prom queen from Mercury, Minnesota - a tiny burg meagerly existing outside the shadow of Mavis' new digs in Minneapolis. Mavis was the popular girl in high school but carries a bite that's typically the calling card of the alternative crowd (the character clearly inspired by scriptwriter Diablo Cody herself). Upon learning her former high school flame Buddy Slade (a rather generic Patrick Wilson) now has a baby, Mavis leaves the big city to slum in Mercury in an attempt to win back her old boyfriend - baby be damned. Along the way she meets her ex-locker neighbor from high school, Matt (the much overhyped Patton Oswalt), a schlub that Mavis uses to bounce her zany "rekindling with Buddy" ideas off of. Round and round they go, with Mavis devolving more and more by the moment - culminating in a surprisingly powerful revelation that gives Mavis a somewhat tragic bent. Theron crushes the role, channeling her best 'Mean Girls' impression, providing Mavis a riotously self-centered persona. But Reitman and Cody let Mavis' character off the hook - she doesn't do a 180 - it's a full 360.
Cody's script often feels akin to a rough draft - aside from Mavis, the characters are on the page but they aren't fully realized in a way that evokes a level of involvement that's maximally impactful. Theron is stellar and may very well get a nomination for her work but 'Young Adult' itself isn't worthy of one. It has the elements of being something special but in the end simply serves as a serviceable vehicle to showcase Theron's ability to once again show that she's infinitely more than just a pretty face.


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Format: Audiobook
Silencing Eve by Iris Johansen
Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers
Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
Date Read: December 2013
Genre: Fringe Thriller, Thriller
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Is she dead or alive? That is the question on everybody's lips. Eve appears to have been killed -- that's what everyone attending her funeral thinks, at least. But not even some of her top-brass colleagues know for sure whether her death is a hoax -- a way to ensnare her brutal captor, Jim Doane, once or for all. But even if Eve really is still alive, how much longer can this charade continue before she falls into even greater danger? CIA agent Catherine Ling will waste no time trying to find out. Years ago, Eve risked everything to help Catherine find her missing son. Now Catherine, along with Eve's beloved Joe Quinn and Jane MacGuire, will go to the ends of the earth to save her
Publisher: Brilliance Audio, St. Martin's Press
Series: Eve Duncan #18
Also by this author: Sleep No More, Hunting Eve br> br>
Also in this series: Sleep No More, Hunting Eve
Listened for Review (Brilliance)
Tracking Books Read Review (Short)
Overall Rating: 3.75
Story Rating: 3.50
Character Rating: 4.00
Audio Rating: 4.50 (not part of the overall rating)
First Thought when Finished: Silencing Eve wasn't my favorite in the trilogy but it tied up things in a very good way!
Overall Thoughts: Not really a review since I can't do it without giving stuff away and I refuse!
I admit that my problem with Silencing Eve was too much Jane. She is my least favorite character in the series. I don't know why I can't connect with her but we just aren't a reader/character match. I did enjoy everyone else including Margaret, Caleb, and Trevor who were all part of Jane's story. I am a big fan of Kendra, so I am hoping in the future that we see Margaret and Kendra working together. They are exact opposites but that makes the dynamic interesting. Joe, Katherine, and the rest of Eve's crew (I am being purposely vague here) were great too. I am not sure if we will get more of them in the future but I hope so. Characters are the reason that I really love this series.
Audio Thoughts:
Narrated By Elisabeth Rodgers / Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
Elisabeth is these characters to me! As the series has gone on, I have come to hear her narration in my head even if I pick up the print copy. She does an excellent job and her nuances are perfect for this role!
Final Thoughts: Overall this is probably my favorite trilogy to date in the Eve Duncan series. Very strong overall arc that had a satisfying ending.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
In Depth Interview with Fiona MacGillivray
Fiona has been interviewed extensively over at the Historical Mystery Blog. See what she has to say about her life and times. Click here.
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Klondike Friday: Law and Order (Sometimes)
In Gold Mountain, the third in the Klondike Gold Rush Series, due out next April from Dundrun Press, there are some flashbacks to when Fiona and Angus first arrived in Skagway, Alaska in August of 1897. Fiona's on the run from the law in Toronto. She has no intention of going on the difficult trip to Dawson, and thinks it might be a nice idea to set up a theatre in Skagway, something for the entertainment of all the eager prospectors sure to follow.
Then she has an encounter with the legendary outlaw Randolph Jefferson Smith, and decides it expedient to take her prospects across the border into Canada and then to Dawson City.
Smith (aka Soapy) is a real historical character and I did a fair amount to research into him for his small part in this book. There was pretty much nothing in Skagway before July of 1897, when news of the gold strike hit the cities of the south and tens of thousands of people headed north. Skagway, and nearby Dyea, were the jumping-off points for the interior. Passengers travelled by ship from Seattle, San Francisco, Vancouver or Victoria and disembarked at Skagway or Dyea to head overland into Canada.
The aforementioned Mr. Smith, who got his nickname from a confidence game involving a bar of soap, was one of the first on the scene. Seeing an opportunity, he quickly took over the town, and ruled Skagway for the next year.
What little there was in the way of law and order, looked the other way. (The Marshall was in Smith's pocket.)
Smith was killed in July of 1898 in a shootout on the Skagway waterfront. His killer died of his own wounds a few days later. The picture of Smith on the horse was taken was he was the Grand Marshall of the July 4th parade, but a few days before his death.
Meanwhile, at the top of the Chilkoot Trail, at the Canadian border, the North-West Mounted Police kept a Maxim Machine Gun with the express purpose of keeping Soapy and his gang out of Canada.
Many an American was not impressed to arrive in Canada and find that there were rules and the law was enforced. For example, the NWMP inspected all boats leaving Lake Bennett for sea-worthiness, and insisted that women and children get out and walk around the rapids. In town they kept an eye on the gambling halls and cribs, enforced Sunday closing, and banned firearms from town and the Creeks.
And created a very Canadian version of the not-so-wild west.
The picture to the right is of Sir Sam Steele, who in typical Canadian fashion, gets far less recognition than he deserves.
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Saturday, September 3, 2011
Day of the Triffids
I've always thought the sure sign of mega-success would be to have one word or one phrase from your work so well known that all anyone has to do is say it, and everyone knows what you're talking about. Such as a huge, tall plant. A triffid. You know what that means. Here's my own visit to the Day of the Triffids.
This picture was taken in the farmer's field beside my house. Today is the Labour Day weekend, a popular time for tourists where I live. All day cars have been pulling up and people getting out and taking pictures.
One of my friends said that she wouldn't be surprised if I woke up one moring to find the plants surrounding the house.
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Friday, September 2, 2011
Klondike Friday: A Day Off
I'm taking a day off today. Yup, a holiday. Normally, when I'm at home I write every day until about noon or one-ish. Yesterday I realzied that summer is ending, I have a fridge full of blueberries, a counter-top covered in tomatoes, and almost nothing made for the freezer. I have books to read and a swimming pool to enjoy while I still can. So I'll take a day off.
But wait - the last-minuite edits for Gold Mountain are due today. I can do those quickly. And it's Klondike Friday!
Sunday was the Lord's Day in the Yukon. Everything was shut down, the bars, the dancehalls, the shops. People could be (and were) fined for chopping wood for their own stoves on a Sunday. So consider this my version of Sunday, and that's the end of Klondike Friday for this week!
One more thing - the release date of Gold Mountain has been moved up to April.
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Charred Heirloom Tomatoes with Fresh Herbs
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- 2 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves
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Arrange tomatoes, cut side up, on rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then 1 1/2 tablespoons each oregano and thyme leaves. Drizzle with 3 tablespoons oil. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Brush grill rack wit...
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Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Higgs and Englert
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Nobel Prize in physics 2013. on October 8, 2013| 1 Comment »
In case you have not found out already, the Nobel prize in physics for 2013 was awarded to Francois Englert and Peter Higgs
"for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider"
Congratulations to the winners of the prize. Here is the link to the official announcement http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2013/
This is a prize for the so-called Higgs mechanism. In a certain sense this is another Nobel prize for the Standard model of the electroweak theory of Weinberg and Salam, which was verified experimentally at the LHC with the announcement of a Higgs-like particle on the fourth of July of 2012. The agreement with the Standard model has improved with the additional data that has been taken at the LHC experiment since then.
One of my favorite ways of accounting for the Higgs particle is that the electroweak theory of massless gauge Bosons and the Snatdard model Higgs sector has
bosonic degrees of freedom in the 'unbroken phase'. This is two polarizations for each massless gauge boson particle, and four degrees of freedom from the Higgs sector of the theory.
This same theory has
degrees of freedom in the `broken phase'. This is 3 polarizations for each massive gauge boson, 2 polarizations for the photon and the extra one degree of freedom in the box is the so called Higgs particle.
It is the presence of this extra degree of freedom that was observed at CERN, with all the properties expected from Standard model computations.
Happy 3.1415926535… day
Posted in Uncategorized on March 14, 2013| 1 Comment »
Just to have fun, here is one of my favorite formulas involving pi:
Higgs-like particle observed at LHC
Posted in Uncategorized on July 4, 2012| 1 Comment »
Without going into details:
at 4.9 sigma confidence level (CMS)
at 5 sigma confidence level (ATLAS).
This is the discovery of a new fundamental particle. It is a boson and it's spin is not equal to one.
You can also read the CMS press release at: http://cms.web.cern.ch/news/observation-new-particle-mass-125-gev
And the ATLAS press release at: http://atlas.ch/news/2012/latest-results-from-higgs-search.html
Fine art photography exhibit
Posted in Uncategorized on May 31, 2012| 2 Comments »
A good friend of mine, Sol Hill, is opening an exhibition of fine art photography tomorrow. Here is a sample from my e-mail inbox.
The exhibition is called:
Token Feminine and other Urban Noise.
You can find the information here.
Memorial weekend Biden's speech
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2012|
On Freeman Dyson
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2009| 4 Comments »
The NYT has an interesting article on Freeman Dyson and his views on science. I recommend reading it. I also recommend reading the book Project Orion, by George Dyson (Freeman's son).


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- 2016 rally details not yet available
- Viewed as the most difficult of the end-of-season asphalt encounters.
- Working efficiently with safety note crews, who drive the stages ahead of competitors, to have up-to-date information about road surface and weather.
- Unpredictable weather in the mountains makes tyre choice tricky.
- Avoiding huge car-breaking kerb stones, known as hinkelsteins, in Baumholder.
- Baumholder is slippery in the dry and treacherous in the wet.
Car spec
- Asphalt suspension – low settings which provide stability and improved balance.
- Different road characteristics in the same group of stages mean set-up is often a compromise.
- Hard compound rubber available for dry conditions, with soft option for wet or cold weather.
- First held in 1982, the rally was part of the European Championship.
- It relocated to Trier in 2000 and joined WRC in 2002.
- Citroen won every Rallye Deutschland since it entered WRC until last year. Sébastien Loeb took nine victories, with one each for Sébastien Ogier and Dani Sordo until Hyundai's Thierry Neuville topped the podium in 2014.
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Welcome, bloggers! Boy howdy! Color me late and a dollar short! Thank you so much for being patient! My work office decided this was the week to relocate, right smack in the middle of a federal holiday, :| ... and I've been working hard for my money! I did not like that! On top of that, it was wicked hot! I thought I was gonna melt! ;) But the extra holiday pay will be nice. :D So all in all not too shabby!
We had a great turnout for our final challenge with 84 entries plus two left in the comments section! All were included in the draw!
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