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A conviction on a drug charge can be devastating to a person's reputation and their criminal record. Many employers have policies against hiring anyone with a history of drug use. A drug conviction can also affect your driver's license and your ability to hold certain professional and occupational licenses. If you have been charged with a drug crime call for a free consultation right away.
Drug charges are among the most common criminal offenses in Florida. Criminal drug offenses in Florida range from simple possession of marijuana to high level drug trafficking. Likewise, penalties for drug crimes can range from fines and probation to minimum mandatory prison sentences. Despite the wide variety of drug offenses in Florida, there are some common issues that arise many drug cases. Fourth Amendment search and seizure issues are very often central to the defense of a drug charge. These issues typically center on how and where the drugs were located by police. Many drug cases begin with a search of a suspect's person, home or a vehicle. If the police search was illegal, the case may be dismissed through a motion to suppress.
Another common theme in drug cases is possession. The legal concept of possession is often mistaken for ownership. In reality, possession is far more complex. There are two types of possession recognized by the criminal courts; actual possession and constructive possession. Constructive possession is a theory commonly used to prosecute multiple people for drugs that are discovered in a jointly occupied vehicle or residence. To prove constructive possession the prosecutor must prove that the Defendant's had knowledge of the presence of the drug, and knowledge of it's illicit nature. Prosecutors usually have to rely on circumstantial evidence or incriminating statements to prove constructive possession. Many constructive possession cases can be dismissed through a C4 motion to dismiss.
All of Florida's judicial circuits have established Drug Courts. Drug Court is an intervention program, typically reserved for first time drug offenders. Drug Court is a voluntary program that is structured similarly to an intensive drug offender probation sentence. However, if the program is completed successfully, the charges may be dismissed. Drug Court is a great opportunity for people who really need intensive drug treatment. Unfortunately, many drug court programs fail to adequately differentiate those who need long term treatment from those who have no addictive tendencies. Many times people end up in Drug Court who shouldn't really be there.
If you have been charged with a drug crime contact the Lambert Law Firm right away and speak with an aggressive drug crimes attorney.


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Sneaker Servers to Help You Wrap 2018 Up The Right Way
Sneaker servers, proxies, and bots! That's like sneaker copping 001. Every sneakerhead knows how things work around here. If you ever really wanted that pair of Jordans or Yeezys, you gotta have the right tools. But, in the rare cases, when a release is not too limited or hyped, you can overlook the sneaker servers and sneaker proxies. Not so much the bot though. A sneaker bot increases your chances at copping so much that you can't do without it. Read below to know exactly why!
However, there come days, or months when you just can't let go of any of these jigs. Such is the case with the crazy upcoming November. This month is completely booked for the most hyped releases of 2018.
Sneaker Servers, Proxies, and Bots This November!
Pharrell Williams' work with Adidas continues to wow us all the way through November. The new NMD Inspiration pack is dropping this November. This pack is expected to include for different colorways. And as usual, the retail price of each pair will be $250.
In addition to NMDs, 2 new Yeezys are supposedly dropping in November. The Yeezy 350 V2 Sesame and 500 Salt are releasing next month, and hopefully, bringing Yeezys hype back. After the wide re-release of the Yeezy cream whites, fans are thirsty to get their hands on any Yeezys that are actually profitable. Or just new! So here's your chance people, don't miss it!
The third phase of this years' most wanted collab drops in November too. This phase includes Majin Buu and Vegeta's sneakers from the Adidas X Dragon Ball Z collection. And if you need more reasons to get sneaker servers or proxies, there will be enough releases to convince you.
More Off-White X Nike sneakers, in addition to several Air Jordan sneakers, are all coming out this November! So, if you usually worry about inflated release expenses, this month you don't have to. You'll have enough hyped sneaker releases this November that will cover up for whatever you paid this whole year. And there's more!
December's Releases
Although we still don't have a full view on how December is gonna be, we know this. December 2018 will possibly see the release of 4 Yeezys. 2 of which are all-new silhouettes we've been dying to have. Yeezy 350 V2 Semi-frozen Yellow, Zebra, and Static. And if we're lucky enough, the Yeezy 700 V2 static. So, you should probably hold on to your sneaker servers and proxies a month longer. And if all these releases weren't enough to get you to get sneaker servers and proxies, we don't know what is.

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What problems do Google, Yahoo!, HP, Radvision, CeWe, Nokia and other companies see driving the future of multimedia? The Multimedia Grand Challenge is a set of problems and issues from these industry leaders, geared to engage the Multimedia research community towards solving relevant, interesting and challenging questions in the multimedia industry's 2-5 year horizon. The Grand Challenge was first presented as part of ACM Multimedia 2009. and it will be presented again in slightly modified form at ACM Multimedia 2010. Researchers are encouraged to submit working systems in response to these challenges to win the grand Challenge competition!
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The novelties of new Crespo catalogue have been already introduced in many European fairs with a widespread reception. We are talking about Deluxe Collection, with its permeable padding for outdoors and also about the new generation of reinforced aluminium tables extremely solid and stable.
The new Crespo catalogue, with a cover inspired by nature and a practical design, offers a very functional collection conceived for the leisure time enjoyment, with comfort and an attractive aesthetics.
Furthermore this year Crespo included on pages 28 and 29 of the catalogue, a high quality set thought for garden and terrace. Tables (models 356 y 357) are made with a thermo sealed board designed to resist the weather, scratches, impacts and ensures durable use. This series is complemented with an aluminium armchair, bed and relax paint in the same anthracite color of the tables. All models that make up this collection passed the quality tests of the well-known supervision company: Tüv Nord (as well as most of our models).
Crespo web will be shortly updated with all the novelties 2013.
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Learn how Symantec Endpoint Protection works to protect your organization's critical network and data infrastructure.
At Network Computer Pros, we think it's important for our clients to understand the tools we use to protect their businesses, and ultimately any data hosted both in-house as well as in the cloud. One of the tools that we use is Symantec Endpoint Protection. In this article, we'll introduce you to this versatile software and explain why it's such an integral part of our cyber security arsenal.
What is Symantec Endpoint Protection?
Symantec Endpoint Protection is a security solution that protects desktops, laptops, and servers throughout your network against malware, viruses, and other risks and vulnerabilities. Not only does Symantec Endpoint Protection offer virus protection, but it also offers advanced threat detection to proactively safeguard your devices from worms and a variety of other malware.
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July 30, 2015
Dear Christian Friends,
It is beyond our imagination how God is moving in each of our individual lives. Moses prayed to God for two consecutive years for a place to study God's Word before God answered his prayers. Priscila persistently sent her applications to us for three years before we have accepted her. Now Moses and Priscilla are on their third year. They said at their first year, they were inner fighting and were waving between the two poles: the traditions and the Scripture. At their second year, they afraid to teach other what they learned from their exegetical works in their classes. This year through their eagerly studying God's Word, they have overcome most of their doubts. They must place God's Word above human's opinions or decrees. Isn't this how God moves among us? Certainly, without your participations in praying and giving, could these two students have any chance to study God's Word? Could God's Word transform their lives? Thank you very much for allowing yourselves to be channels of God's blessings to this ministry.
(from left to right) Solomon, Moses, Priscilla, Amos
and Sergius in the back row
Equipping Christian leaders emphasizes on God's Word, the Scripture, is very challenging since almost everyone of our students went through colleges and being found with various types of theologies. Besides, exegesis demands much more time and effort to understand what each author of the Bible meant and then apply it accordingly as what it means for our world today. Asia International Seminary, therefore, is not institutionally oriented, but a biblical-rooted training compound for Christian leaders. Therefore, our concern is more on quality than quantity. Actually, it is the real joy and blessings to see these students growing in their biblical knowledge. Many churches in central and northern Myanmar are excited to hearing God's Word from these pastor/students. Many churches have already scheduled them to preach and teach at their congregations after returning to their home country, Myanmar.
Our appreciation goes to the Voorhees family who allowed their beloved one, Dr. Derek Voorhees from Boise Bible College to teach the book of Roman in the past weeks. He did an excellent job in teaching 6 hours every day for 12 days.
Dr. Voorhees is teaching on Romans
Here is a brief note from Derek:
Romans is a book that helps our theological compass find true north in God's grace, which is found by faith in Christ and life in His Spirit. And I had such a privilege in Thailand the last two weeks to walk through the letter with young Lisu pastors from Myanmar and Thailand. All the vital theological nuggets were chewed on...terms like justification, redemption, reconciliation, propitiation, sanctification, edification, and glorification. The students defined these and grappled with them well, but they also courageously waded into the depths of implications for the churches they lead. What I perceived challenged the students was how to take home Paul's instructions for a dis-unified and fractured church in Myanmar. Even amongst the Lisu tribe in Myanmar, disunity exists. Lisu Villages of different dialects viewing themselves more "right" or "spiritual" than another village? I assured the students, sadly, that their tribe or their nation wasn't the only nation with a splintered church.
Think of your own city...how united would you say evangelical believers of Jesus and the Bible are across the area? Do they even speak to each other? Unity amongst all believers is a difficult task to achieve, but we must heed the divisive tactic of Satan. For if the enemy prevails in dividing a believer in Christ from another believer in Christ, then the gospel message of hope and salvation now and in the future will be derailed and ineffective. So, these students/pastors from Myanmar vowed to work at restoring brothers and sisters with seemingly irreconcilable differences and opinions for the sake of the expansion of the Kingdom of God on earth.
This is the second consecutive year I've flown 11 different time zones to teach these dear leaders. By eating and praying with them, and laughing and playing soccer together, I've grown to love and care even more for them. Their assignment of returning home to instruct others with what they have been impressed upon by the Spirit is no small task. But with the presence of Christ and encouragement through mentors like Stephen, Mary, and their son Nick, they will do well. But Moses, Priscilla, Sergius, Amos and Solomon need our prayerful support...and even our financial support. Thank you for your regularly sustenance for their training through the Wong's who feed and even clothe these students (not to mention the many non-physical provisions they provide).
Over all, thanks to Becky, Nick and John for taking turns in the evening to improve the student's English skill. Much blessings goes to Mary who oversees all the needs not only for the family but also the students. In the midst of taking Isaac to and fro school, while Stephen is teaching, she did a wonderful job in organizing a family thanksgiving service by inviting over a hundred people from several different churches and cooked a great meal for everyone of them.
For the sake of His Kingdom,
Stephen and Mary
Becky is teaching English
John is teaching an English pronunciation
Isaiah is teaching on How to Preach the New Testament
Student preparing for rice seeding
Night devotion
A welcoming speech for guests at family thanksgiving service
Special choir in Lahu
Special choir in Lisu
Dr. Voorhees is preaching
Mary is preparing food for guests
Mary is giving a speech of thank
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Is Your Attitude Hurting Your Health?
4 ways to train yourself to become more optimistic
Listen up, pessimists! That "glass is half empty" attitude could be harming your health. Same goes for those angry outbursts and feelings of resentment.
Negative attitudes and emotions "cause your blood pressure and heart rate to increase, and trigger the brain to release stress hormones," says Jane Pernotto Ehrman, M.Ed, behavioral health specialist and mind/body coach at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute and founder of Images of Wellness.
Stress hormones create inflammation in the body and cause you to pack on belly fat. Belly fat puts you at increased risk of stroke and heart disease. All that stress from being stuck in negative emotions can also suppress your immune system.
And that's not all: This toxic soup of negativity can also affect good decision-making and lead to unhealthy behaviors. These behaviors include overeating and smoking, as well as substance abuse with alcohol, over-the-counter sleep aids and pain relievers.
Meanwhile, the volumes of research citing the health benefits of maintaining a positive attitude is impressive. People with positive attitudes show stronger immune systems and lower heart disease risk. They may even live longer, according to new research from the University of Queensland.
4 ways to break the cycle of negativity
Ready to improve your attitude? Here are four tips to help re-wire your brain for optimism.
1. Figure out what sets you off. "If you're aware of the buttons a co-worker or family member pushes in you, you have a better chance of making a conscious decision to respond appropriately and avoid taking it personally," says Ehrman. "Being prepared ahead of time with appropriate responses, or rehearsing how you will respond positively, can give a sense of control and help you avoid regretful actions."
2. Practice reframing your responses. According to research from Rick Hanson, PhD, a neuropsychologist who has authored several books on personal well-being, if you find yourself reacting negatively in a certain situation, reframing your response right away can rewire your brain for positivity. Immediately looking for the positive can help you avoid reliving the negative experience and its damaging side effects. For example, if someone cuts you off in traffic and you swerve your car to avoid an accident, you might react with anger. But instead of losing your cool, think of the positives. You weren't in an accident and there's no damage to your car, yourself or others. "Focus on the 'relief' and allow yourself to revel in the physical sensations of calmness for at least thirty seconds," says Ehrman. "Over time, you'll reach a tipping point for positive responsiveness rather than reactivity."
3. Develop a meditation habit. "The brain can be re-wired for positive responsiveness with a daily 20-minute meditation practice for at least three weeks," says Ehrman. Explore different types of meditation — breath practice, guided imagery, yoga, etc. — to see which ones feel comfortable for you.
4. Create positive affirmations. You can actually "fake" optimism until it becomes real through affirmations. These statements are present tense, positive and short. They help you re-frame negative situations or beliefs, says Ehrman. (Initially, affirmations aren't "true," but repeating them often over time can help you make them true.) For example: "I look for the good in situations" or "I think before taking things personally." Basically, what you think, you become. And what you say to yourself becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. "You get what you expect," says Ehrman. "Set daily positive intentions for how you will move through your day, such as looking for the good, responding from the best in you and giving people the benefit of the doubt."


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The cells in your body are brimming with regenerative powers waiting to be stimulated by the most potent regenerative therapy know to science: stem cells.
Unlike traditional medicine which tends to treat symptoms with pharmaceuticals and manipulate tissue with surgery, stem cell-based therapies tap your body's own regenerative powers to target the root causes behind those symptoms and then—after symptoms resolve—nurture the body to prevent further damage.
Surgery and pharmaceuticals are often fraught with side effects, short-term solutions, and even causes of new conditions. Why not give your body a chance to regenerate using its own resources?
As one of the top regenerative practitioners in the country Dr. Robles is very particular about the boards he sits on and the networks he joins. He's a proud member of the CATALYST™ Physician Regenerative Network, which supplies premium laboratory tested stem cell derived products and latest scientific technology used to take stem cells from your own body.
Stem cells carry the amazing power to regenerate any type of body tissue. So, when injected into the body, they migrate to the damaged cells in your pain-causing tissue.
Because they are progenitor cells, they can differentiate into various cell types and serve as your body's repair system, replacing injured tissues and skin, hair, blood, and gut lining cells.
They may be able to regenerate cartilage in osteoarthritis patients and have already demonstrated their capability to inhibit T cell growth, soothing runaway inflammation in osteoarthritis patients.
The two main types of stem cells, embryonic and adult, are the body's foundation cells. Dr. Robles has years of experience injecting both stem cells harvested from your own blood, and embryonic stem cells from umbilical cords into multiple points of injury. This procedure may stimulate healing and end pain as healthy stem cells replace your damaged cells.
Dr. Robles has trained his integrative holistic health staff to practice his evidence-based methods to:
- Rejuvenate by boosting your body's natural ability to heal itself
- Replace damaged cells with healthy ones, from bone marrow or umbilical cord tissue
- Regenerate function by delivering specific types of cells to damaged tissues or organs
- Restore balance to your whole body and mind to prevent future damage
Our practitioners have all been trained and educated about the latest research about the following stem cell-based treatments for pain and degenerating tissues: bone marrow stem cells, amnio fluid injections, and exosome topical therapy.
Bone marrow aspirate concentrate is created using fluid from your bone marrow that contains white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
If you have a painful disorder like arthritis, joint pain, spinal issues, or non-healing injuries in your neck, back, knees, hips, shoulder, elbows, ankles, wrists fingers or toes, you may be a candidate for BMA stem cell therapy, which can potentially restore your pre-injury function without surgery.
Bone Marrow Aspirate is derived from your own bone marrow, usually from your hip bone. It contains hematopoietic stem cells that produce red and white blood cells and Mesenchymal stem cells that produce bone and cartilage.
While you are under sedation or anesthesia, Dr. Robles will perform an aspiration from your hip with a very fine needle to extract millions of stem cells. This fluid, known as bone marrow aspirate concentrate, is then injected into your pain or injury site, and may induce a natural healing response that can reduce or eliminate pain and regenerate damaged tissue.
Since this is a minimally invasive autologous procedure (taken from your body) there is no risk of your body rejecting its own cells.
Most patients experience some relief after their first treatment, but the regenerative process can take up to 10-12 weeks, so you will be asked to refrain from strenuous activity for about 30 days.
Marrow Cellution™ BMA Benefits:
- First and only bone marrow system that does not require centrifugation
- Single aspiration through a smaller gauge needs allows for in office procedures with decreased pain for the patient
- Highest level of sterility available as the sample never leaves the sterile field
This cutting-edge stem cell-based therapy has been shown to restore severely burnt and damaged skin, tighten up pores, and infuse skin with a youthful glow.
Discovered more than 30 years ago, exosomes were considered refuse cans whose purpose was to discard unwanted cellular components. Over the past few years, evidence has begun to accumulate that these secreted vesicles also act as messengers conveying information to distant tissues and causing physiological changes.
Exosomes are cell-derived lipid vesicles that are secreted by most cell types, including MSCs, and are an essential part of intercellular communication. These vesicles allow cells like MSCs to share information with targeted tissues and protect the "information" inside from catabolic factors, increasing the uptake of tissue signaling. While their main role is to communicate with cells, they are also responsible for the spread of proteins (GFs), lipids, messenger RNA, and micro RNA.
Exosomes enter the cytoplasm of a targeted cell and cause new growth factor expression in older cells by transcribing the resident mRNA immediately. These nucleic acids are the basis for transcription of thousands of new growth factors.
Adding exosomes to your regenerative services is easy, without the procedure and harvesting time seen with most autologous cell therapies.
Currently, insurance companies do not cover some of the more innovative stem cell-based therapies. You may pay cash or use your Health Savings Account (HSA or FSA). We also partner with Health Finance Solutions (HFS) to offer a variety of loan options based on your qualifications.
Chronic and debilitating pain caused by spinal injury, arthritis, sacroiliac dysfunction, osteoarthritis, second degree burns, and other conditions damage your health and quality of life. Our Advanced Pain Solutions Clinic offers high-tech regenerative stem cell tissue repair treatments to specifically target your damaged tissues.


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Any building manager or owner understands how important it is to have a good firestop system. It protects a building and anyone inside of it from spreading fire and smoke. There are two ways the term "firestop" is defined. It's either a fire protection system which seals the openings and joints in the walls and floors of a building, or it's the individual pieces of the system. As their name may suggest, firestops help stop fires from spreading in buildings. Read on to learn about the different parts of a firestop system and their functions.
Slab Edge
The slab edge of the property is the primary place where fire and smoke go in-between the different rooms of the building. A slab edge firestop is considered to be an extension of the floor slab's fire resistance.
Curtain Wall
A curtain wall is a type of wall that is surrounded by an aluminum framing. This part of the firestop has in-fills that can be made from a few different materials. Common materials for the in-fills include glass, small stone, and metal panels.
Top of Wall
At the peak of any wall or floor assembly, there is a tiny gap that is formed. This gap lets fire and smoke go between the different rooms of a building, as well as the floors. Using top of wall firestopping, these gaps get filled in using a fireproof compound. This compound stops any fire or smoke from spreading throughout the floors and rooms of your building.
Joint firestopping does precisely what its name would suggest. It protects the joint between the wall and floor assemblies.
Pipe Penetration
Whenever there is any HVAC, plumbing, or mechanical work that has to be done in a building, there are going to be openings, and these opening can leave the structure in a vulnerable position. Using pipe penetration firestop, you can fill in the openings that are made due to the work that is done in fire-rated walls and floors.
Concrete Visions Will Get The Job Done Right
Concrete Visions has been working with clients for over 25 years. Our G&M Services installers are certified with the industry's major firestop product manufacturers. As part of our firestop service, we can assess abnormal field conditions and, with the manufacturer's technical support assistance, provide engineering judgments in a timely fashion to comply with contract specifications. Our Field Mechanics undergo ongoing training, including mandatory monthly safety meetings, weekly Toolbox Talks where safety and equipment information is shred, and trainings on safe work standards and safety best practices.Visit our website to see how we can be of service to you, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin.


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iPad Rules | Teach Starter - Teaching Resources | See more about ipad rules, teaching resources and teaching.
Many of us are using iPads, iPods, or other devices in our classrooms this coming year! This technology is so exciting, especially when we get it into the hands of young learners!!! It can definitely enhance learning, encourage creativity and collaboration, and keep the kiddos engaged in their learning!
My class has been very successful using the iPad timer reminder card that I posted here a while back. Since I'm getting ready to update my class's iPads for a test run of iOS 7 on my campus, and the look of iOS 7 is so different, I wanted to update my task card for ...
So, I know this is way behind, but I still wanted to share ... Multitasking has changed in iOS 7, and I think it's really great! Do you know how to close apps? Double click the home button or 4 finger brush up to view the Multitasking feature on your iDevice.
Last school year we were so excited to delve into the LEAP program ( Learning and Engaging through Access and P ersonalization) starting in our 3rd and 4th grades in October of 2012. By the end of February of 2013, our entire school went 1:1.
We had a Social Media workshop at our school last night that was very eye-opening for parents and teachers. One quote that I walk away with, which was shared by Social Media guru, Maralyn Beck, is "Our kids are growing up on a digital playground, and no one is on digital recess duty (@KevinHoneycutt)".
I had the pleasure of working with 5th graders on an ebook project on Fractions this week. The students were asked to choose a fractions concept that they had learned this year, such as making equivalent fractions, multiplying fractions, etc., and then design an ebook on their iPads using my all time favorite app, Book Creator.
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Just a little over four months ago, my third graders and I embarked upon a journey of becoming a 1:1 Classroom! Excitement and anticipation filled the air as our iPads arrived on our 100th Day of School and Learning! Becoming a 1:1 classroom was a huge game-changer in my teaching career!
On Monday, November 4th, BPE hosted Dr. Dieter Breithecker, an authority on ergonomics for children from the Federal Institute on the Development of Posture and Exercise in Wiesbaden, Germany. Dr. Breithecker spoke to teachers, parents, and community members about his research on movement and brain activity.


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Hallvard Breien Furuseth wrote:
On 08. juni 2016 23:55, Howard Chu wrote:Hallvard Breien Furuseth wrote:I lost this thread (from May 19). Summarized in ITS#8435 plus a new suggestion: Revert sc_writewait and get it done with a field somewhere else, maintained by callbacks. Dunno if that's feasible.There is no "somewhere else" to use. I see no reason to revert the change.The reason would be trying to not break third-party modules, like I've said. But the problem is 1.5 years old and hopefully such a problem would have been reported by now, so maybe there are very few affected modules out there.
We can simply add sc_writewait to the end of the structure, which is the normal practice for adding new fields to existing structs.
-- -- Howard Chu CTO, Symas Corp. http://www.symas.com Director, Highland Sun http://highlandsun.com/hyc/ Chief Architect, OpenLDAP http://www.openldap.org/project/


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✓ When you donate to Be Local Broome, you support the Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, a registered 501(c)(3) and Be Local Broome's parent nonprofit. Upon joining, you will receive a receipt for your contribution.
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Individual memberships are tiered based on desired level of contribution.
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You know that old cranky guy in your neighborhood, the one who has a flagpole with both the American flag and a flag representing the branch of the Armed Forces he served with? You know, the same scary old dude who sits outside on the porch all day, reading the paper, drinking either coffee or beer behind his incredibly well-maintained front yard?
Well, Gran Torino is HIS movie.
Like young Wall Street types probably jerk off to the movie Wall Street or salesmen probably genuflect in front of a framed photo of Alec Baldwin's character in Glengarry Glen Ross every morning before work, or servers in restaurants probably cheer and clap as they watch Ryan Reynolds-Johansson in Waiting spit in some overdemanding cunt's food, or Honda rice-burning street racers probably showed up in droves at theaters to watch the first Fast and the Furious or geeks probably nod in agreement with the shit the characters in Free Enterprise say or stoners undeniably dig on the Cheech & Chong and Harold & Kumar flicks, Old Cranky Porch-Sitters are probably going to see a lot of themselves in Clint's character, or at least what they ideally see themselves as, and they're gonna love watching one of their own smack some of these darn young'uns around and show them a thing or two about a thing or two.
If your local Old Cranky Porch-Sitter didn't care for Clint Eastwood before, well then after this flick, good ol' Clint is gonna be that old cranky dude's bro. Except he would never use the word Bro, because that kind of slang is only used by spooks.
Yup, I said "spooks". Just one of the many racial epithets used by Clint in Gran Torino. There's a lot more, too. Pretty much all races and ethnicities get theirs, except for our good friends, the Arabs. And while Clint throws out "spade" and "spook" at the brothas, he knows better than to use "the N-word". But everyone else? Fair fuckin' game, baby. Oh, wait -- I don't remember him calling anyone fag or queer, but that's okay, I say that enough on my own.
You know how fucking awesome Clint Eastwood is? Shiiiit, I don't have to tell you, you already fuckin' know. But I'm gonna say it anyway. He's so awesome that at 78-fucking-years-old I never doubt him as someone I didn't want to fuck with. People make jokes about Sly Stallone still trading punches or bombs as Rocky or Rambo, and by the time Arnold became governor, people said he might as well have run for office because nobody was going to buy him as the Terminator anymore. But NOBODY will talk shit about Clint. Not just because of the motherfucking respect homeboy deserves, but because I think most of us really believe that if we do, a short while later Clint will fucking knock on our door and when you or I answer it, he will have with him a .357 caliber retort to our shit-talking. Which we'd deserve.
So yeah, in this flick Clint's wife just died and because he's a fuckin' Man, you ain't getting any tears from his eyes because of it. The only emotion you get from him during the funeral is a couple long growls he gives out when he sees that his chubby sons didn't even have the fucking decency to tell the grandkids to dress at least somewhat properly for the occasion. After the funeral, another chubby dude, a young one, shows up and it turns out he's a priest who became close with Mrs. Clint a few months before her death. She asked Father Youngdude to keep an eye on the old man, you know, make sure he doesn't keel over from being such a hardass and maybe, just maybe, get a little bit into the Jesus thing. Clint doesn't make it easy on Father Youngdude, though, so there's some pretty funny shit between them in the movie.
Clint's annoyed at everything but one of his annoyances is how his neighborhood has changed, what with all the other White people gone and "these chinks" taking their place. So the rest of the movie involves the relationship between him and his Hmong neighbors, in particular a brother and sister duo. The sister is kinda cute, but the brother is so quiet for the first 20 minutes, I thought he was retarded or traumatized or both. Turns out he's just shy, which is an easy mistake to make. Anyway, Clint doesn't so much soften up during the flick as he just gradually becomes more cool with them. There's also the occasional run-in with Hmong gang members, Latinos who haven't yet upgraded to semi-automatic pistols and black homeboys who love chicks who say No.
I don't think this is really that great of a script. The way I figured this is, if you cast like some other old actor, this shit would most likely play on the Hallmark channel or Lifetime, not on the silver screen. Some of the dialogue sounds a little hokey. I swear, at least twice Clint actually says "why these kids today...". It doesn't help either that pretty much any other actor in the movie who isn't named Clint Eastwood kinda lags it in the acting department. I'm guessing he picked non-actors for the Hmongs, but even some of the actual actors seem like they could use another take or two. I understand Clint's style is to shoot fast and only allow two takes maximum, and that didn't seem to hurt people like Sean Penn or Hilary Swank or Morgan Freeman or Angelina Jolie. They all gave great performances in his movies and won awards for them (well, Jolie hasn't but the Oscar noms aren't out yet, and I'm betting she will), but maybe with this one he could've taken a little more time with these dudes. I know, who the fuck am I to give Clint any advice? I think it just shows how good the actors in Clint's movies are to begin with for them to pull off the quality shit they pulled in under two takes, whereas motherfuckers whose previous experience was a local middle school production of Our Town might need a little more hand holding. The only other pretty good performance in this flick would have to be the barber, played by Potential Zodiac Killer, otherwise it's a little ehhh with the rest of them.
It's also melodramatic as fuck which I'm usually fine with and even love sometimes, except here I get the sense maybe it wasn't supposed to be. The whole movie balances between dead fucking serious and really fucking ridiculous. I ended up laughing quite a bit during this movie but half the time I wasn't sure if that shit was supposed to be funny. There's a scene in particular where Clint takes Shy Hmong to the barber shop and halfway through the scene, the barber does something that made me and the audience laugh, but then right afterwards I questioned not only the logic of his actions, but the sanity of the screenwriter. It's a simple 3-letter question: WTF?
I'm not giving Clint any shit though, because in addition to being an awesome screen presence, he's also a damn good filmmaker and elevates this shit the best he can. Seriously, I think if the man was known only for the movies he directed, he would still deserve major props. Some of my faves from the past twenty years: White Hunter Black Heart, Unforgiven, A Perfect World, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima, and I really liked that Changeling flick a lot too. He seems to have developed a style in the past ten years or so that I fucking love, I guess I'd call it "Old Man Emo"; lots of darkness, with only the occasional shaft of light filling the frame, and slow melodic tunes in the background that were composed by the man himself. If I can sound more like a douche, I'll say that it's almost like a reflection of the dude's soul -- a dude who knows all too well that he's a lot closer to the end than he is to the beginning, you get me? He really gets that tone and mood through to the screen.
There's a sequence in Flags of our Fathers -- which I liked but didn't love -- that takes place on one of the ships headed for Iwo Jima. There's Marines all around, some playing cards, some standing around and bullshitting, some in their bunks. Then a song comes on the radio, called "I'll Walk Alone" that plays through most of the ship. The movie cuts to all of these Marines, either in groups or by themselves, as all the fucking wind just goes out of their sails and they become quiet when they hear it. They're just standing there, listening to this fucked up song about a chick who will wait for as long as it'll take for her man to come back from the war. It's like they were almost just about to kinda put the war and their current situation out of their minds for a short while, and then that fucking song comes on and now that shit is front and center again. The scene ends with some dude sadly strumming along on his guitar and another dude next to him staring at his Zippo lighter, closing it shut when the song ends. I forgot my point other than I thought that was a fucking great scene. But if there's a Movie Heaven, then I'd like to think that Sergio Leone and Don Siegel are up there, smoking fat cigars and talking about what a great fucking filmmaker their boy Eastwood has become.
Allow me to get completely off-topic and let you know that I am completely fucking wired right now. I got a coffee maker for Christmas and it's been a long time since I used one and I put way too many spoons of the coffee in the motherfucker and I'm feeling the fucking effects. It's really fucking bad. I can hardly type now. I actually had to take a break after the last sentence to rapidly punch the air while doing a medium-volume Bruce Lee kind of screech for half-a-minute. I WISH I was joking about that. Fuck I'm gonna do it again. I just rapidly Kung-Fu-punched the air and did the noise again. I am SOOOO not kidding. Fuck. I feel like I should be sitting cross-legged on a bed across from Julianne Moore and Heather Graham, with the state of mind I'm in. No fucking joke, I would not look out-of-place AT ALL if I was in that scene right now. So let me just say if there isn't another blog after say, a couple of weeks, then I probably dropped dead of apoplexy.
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Ok. I'm back from a forced break, and now I actually feel tired. I'm gonna water down the coffee a tad and have another cup.
In spite of all the flaws, Gran Torino is still an entertaining flick you should check out. Wait. Let me take the opportunity to rephrase that and fuckin' Gene Shalit that shit: "Even though it's been built with some faulty parts and has occasional engine trouble, this Gran Torino is a ride worth taking!".
Seriously, for all the shit I just gave the movie, I feel I got my money's worth anyway because it's an old-school Clint Eastwood movie that features homeboy talking shit to everyone and taking shit from no one -- and it feels good to get another Clint movie like that. Whether it was supposed to be this funny or not ultimately doesn't matter, because I still enjoyed it. My sister-in-law's friend saw it and cried at the end. I went over to a couple message boards and some of those dudes say they think it's one of the best movies they've seen in the past year. Another review online says it's so bad, it's good. I listened to a couple people at the Onion A.V. Club this morning and their opinion is a bit closer to mine. No review I've checked out considers Gran Torino boring. Good times is good times, I say.
I saw this at a matinee show. It was a pretty packed crowd comprising of all ages, mostly men of course. But I'd say half of the audience was people of a certain age, meaning you had a nice share of people walking on crutches, along with people who take 5 minutes to walk up or down an aisle. It was the best crowd to watch this movie with, in the same way that when I saw Menace II Society in Inglewood, I was watching it with the best crowd.
There will be people, regardless of age, who will dig the fact that Clint never stops with the racist language. Some will dig that Clint was being true to the character, because people don't magically change overnight. Some will dig the fact that these words are not just being said, but by the hero, no less. And some will just dig hearing those words. That's their problem. I'm reminded of that show All in the Family. The idea was supposed to be that the bigoted shit Archie Bunker said was funny because he was so ignorant. But you just fucking know there were people out there who were probably all "Atta boy! You tell 'em, Arch!" and that's sad, but again, that's their fuckin' problem. You know what MY fuckin' problem is? My inability to make a point. Wait, I think what I'm trying to say is that much like All in the Family, I'm sure there will be people who will enjoy Gran Torino for the wrong reasons and you'll probably hear from people who think this movie is the Devil because of those assholes. But you shouldn't fault the product, fault the consumer. Or something like that, I don't know, I'm stupid.
Halfway through the movie, a red-haired dude in the audience stood up and walked over to a dude who was wearing a cap. He then loudly asked Cap Dude to take his cell phone conversation outside. I didn't even know, because I was into the movie and I was too far to have noticed anyway, but apparantly Cap Dude had been talking to someone on the phone for god knows how long. Cap Dude looks up at Red Hair and yells "NO!" and goes back on the phone. Red Dude says "I'm not going to ask you again, get up and take your conversation outside". Cap Dude gets up, still on the phone and says "Make me!" and Red Dude says "Leave!" and Cap Dude starts to walk away, looking at Red Dude the entire time. Cap Dude is wearing a leather coat and has a mustache. He looks like he could be raza, which makes me a little ashamed and angry at him. As Cap Dude leaves the auditorium, he loudly complains to whoever is on the other line that someone is giving him shit for talking on the phone. Just as he nears the exit hall, he looks back toward the Red Dude and yells "COME ON!", then leaves the room while complaining on the cell phone. I loved how upset Cap Dude got about the whole thing, like he was the wronged party, not Red Dude and everyone else in the audience who paid to watch a movie and not to listen to some cell phone conversation. Why the nerve of that gentleman for demanding that I leave for speaking loudly on a cell phone in a movie theater while a movie was playing! I'll say! The only thing that would've made this funnier/scarier was if homeboy with .380 in his sweatpants was in the audience. It took me about five minutes afterwards to calm down and get back into the movie.
In a previous blog I talked about how all the real Cinematic Tough Guys, the ones we actually believed in, are all gone. But I forgot about Clint. How the fuck could I forget about Clint? That's my bad, I'm sorry. I was probably inebriated when I wrote that shit, that would be my excuse. But I realize that Clint is the last one, man. After he dies, that's it. No more genuine Badass Motherfuckers in movies. Goddamn. I wasn't born yet when John Wayne died, but I fear when the day comes and it's Clint's time to go, I will know that fucked up feeling I'm sure lots of people got when the Duke went. You gotta appreciate the time you have left with these badasses, and since word on the street is that this is Clint's last acting performance, you should check this shit out when you can. Just leave the cell phone and .380 in the car, please?
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Shije Meets Benny Landa: a Sam Ash All-Ages Show
Meet us here. Free, open to the public! New York City! The next Benny Landa at Sam Ash All-Ages Rock Show is Wednesday, September, 11, 2013 at 6 – 9pm. Sam Ash Music Store @ 333 West 34th Street (between 8th & 9th Aves.)
This Meet and Greet was necessary musical recreation for mid-week, mid-heatwave NYC. Pictured here is the July event. Ah, cool air conditioning blast on a hot day! That's how Benny's song feels that goes "We all need a change" and it's instantly a sing-along. Have a listen. http://www.reverbnation.com/bennylanda I was so happy to see
not only expert rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Benny Landa, but also
a Broadway veteran, the man behind the thumpiest part of the music, performing all over town in many orchestra pits, but most notably Rock of Ages, Spiderman and now Cindi Lauper's Kinky Boots: bassman Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley and the multi-instrumental, also thumpy
Les July, pictured here with Skittles. ( http://
Andrea Watts there, taking pictures of guitars and rockstars! We made new musical friends.
In Benny' Landa's band is drummer Steve Holley of Paul McCartney & Wings fame. From the press release: "New York musician Benny Landa will be there to play the melodic grooving rock he's so well known for. Benny's bringing in some 'friends'…get a load of his lineup of friends!"
Benny Landa / guitar, vocals (Robert Gordon, Howard Tate, Graham Nash, Carole King, Shije, Otis Blackwell)
Steve Holley /drums (Ian Hunter, Paul McCartney and Wings, Joe Cocker, Julian Lennon)
Chris Palmaro / keyboards (Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Sting, SNL band)
Les July / bass, vocals (Dr.Dre, k.d. Lang, General Public, The Bus Boys)
It rocked! I played three different guitars, then I bought strings and picks. Walking home, I saw a fire hydrant opened on 21st Street. I walked right through the spray and felt refreshed, especially after hearing Benny's songs live. The vocal harmonies, Les, Chris, Benny and Steve nailed them. For being the hottest day of the year, July 17th, (a heatwave advisory day, no less) Benny and Friends had a great turn-out, a full audience and lots of appreciation for the musical gifts these guys have honed. Good, soulful music was just what we all needed, like a big splash of cool water on a hot day.


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Just in time for the summer holidays, we recap the beginning of the 2017 vintage in the Okanagan and Similkameen valleys and point you toward some winery stops and must-buy wines if you are going to be travelling to the Interior this year.
As I write this, I've spent a week in the Okanagan encountering smoke only two out of five days, but it all depends on the wind. Wildfires are burning in many parts of the B.C. Interior, but before you decide to stay home, consider calling wineries or hotels in the region you hope to visit and you may find there are no issues with smoke or fires.
After a cold, wet start, the heat's been turned up across B.C. wine country. Vineyards that were as much as three to four weeks behind in the spring have now caught up and are sporting a healthy sized crop. For the moment, smoke taint remains the biggest danger, but there are still at least two full months of weather to navigate before the 2017 harvest begins. There's no denying it — farming is an adventure.
Whether you decide to stay home or travel to wine country, here are some wines that have turned our heads in the first part of 2017. Many are from 2016, possibly the single best vintage for B.C. white wines ever.
We begin on the Naramata Bench where the Terravista Albariño 2016 ($24.90) is simply a showstopper. Albariño is perhaps the best-known white wine in Galicia, Spain, but this Okanagan rendition may be better than anything coming out of the Iberian Peninsula today.
This is the third vintage of what is a 70/30 blend of fruit from the Terravista home vineyard, Lone Hand Ranch on the Naramata Bench, and the Gravelbourg Vineyard on Black Sage Bench. The nose is a riot of fruit reminiscent of nectarine, tangerine and apricots with a touch of anise. Despite an alcohol level of 14 per cent, the wine carries itself well, finishing fresh with flecks of ginger. Think seafood.
Equally beguiling but totally different is the Hillside Un-oaked 2016 Pinot Gris ($19.99). It's more like uncomplicated fun wrapped in a sophisticated jacket of pale pink. This Naramata gris comes from around the village. Fresh and juicy, almost gulpable, it is awash in citrus-coated orchard fruit packed full of summer fun. Think grilled chicken, mussels, clams, cracked crab.
Next up is Vivace, a pinot gris turned grigio. LaStella Vivace Pinot Grigio 2016 ($22.99) is as lively and as bright as its name suggests, and in 2016 it's back to its tighter, leaner form. Picked early, the fruit is sourced from vineyards 16 to 30 years old along the Golden Mile, Naramata Bench and as far north as Peachland. It spends five months on its lees building mouthfeel under a bone-dry frame. Asian pear, green melon, yellow apple and mandarin blossom with a fine, zesty spicing preview and a snappy, bitter lemon finish. An ideal counterpart to simply steamed clams or grilled halibut, it has summer, and sophisticated, written all over it.
A B.C. star at this year's WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada, grabbing several medals was East Kelowna's Tantalus Vineyards. One of its best value labels is the Tantalus Vineyards Riesling 2016 ($19.91). The 2016 vintage started out like gangbusters before cooling off through the summer, allowing the whites to retain a much better level of acidity.
At Tantalus, it hailed a return to an earlier, tighter, streamlined form for its flagship Riesling and one of B.C.'s cult wines. This comes from various estate blocks, including the inaugural 1978 plantings. The fruit is harvested over a two-month period, fermented in stainless and then blended and bottled the following spring. Joyously off-dry, with ample pulpy lime, pear, tangerine blossom and a stony mineral cut, all with a stream of juicy acidity. Just about anything you can think of to eat goes with this wine.
Pinot noir continues to ascend the quality ladder in B.C. but a long-time favourite leads the 2014 field. The Blue Mountain Reserve Pinot Noir 2014 ($39.90) is as ripe as I can ever remember.
The wine spills from the glass with beautiful, perfumed black cherry and ripe damson plum fruit. The tannins are dense and soft, adding some flesh to the mid-palate and finish. The fruit is all-estate, a blend of five French clones, all pressed into French oak barrels for 10 months. More Russian River than Burgundy this year, but it's so delicious and drinking well right now. Salmon is the perfect match.
Merlot doesn't get a lot of local love but if you're planning on barbecuing steak we suggest you check out the Mission Hill Reserve Merlot 2013 ($26). The style is hedonistic; packed full of rich, black peppery plums, dense cassis and espresso notes sourced from Mission Hill's Osoyoos and Black Sage Bench vineyards that spend 13 months in French and American barrels.
Tannins are plush and grainy, enough to support the richness of sun-ripened fruit to the warm finish. A wave of savoury dried desert herbs helps tie this to place. It's ready to drink but will be best enjoyed with lamb or beef shank.
You will find most of these wines in VQA wine stores and private wine shops as well as direct online from the individual wineries. Hurry up and get some before summer is gone.
Anthony Gismondi is a globetrotting wine writer who makes his home in West Vancouver, British Columbia. For more of his thoughts on wine log onto www.gismondionwine.com.


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More than 500 calls for help have been received since the storm hit the region about 7.30pm yesterday, SES spokeswoman Susan Davie told 9news.com.au.
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Rebecca Erenreich was rescued by the SES from her tent on Flora Avenue in Mildura after a tree fell on it during the intense storms.
"I was stuck under that table. There was a table there and I was yelling out 'I'm okay I'm okay'," Ms Erenreich told 9NEWS.
Gol Gol Hotel owner Jodie Bromley said the outdoor section of the café was inundated with rain.
"Right now waterfront dining… is very waterfront," Ms Bromley said.
Surrounding towns including Merbein, Red Cliffs and Irymple also reported a high number of calls for help.
The region's crops have suffered significant damage from wind gusts of up to 96km/h and intense bursts of heavy rain totalling 25mm.
"Many of these growers will have no income for the next 12 months. And the costs associated with maintaining their farms… they will need help," Peter Crisp, Member for Mildura, said.
Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) senior forecaster Tony Bannister said Mildura had "copped a bit of a battering" with two large stormfronts.
"We can't tell from the radar whether it was a tornado or not, but it was a small subsection of that event that could have had a tornado," he told 9news.com.au.
A severe weather warning is still in place for people in the south west and parts of the central and Wimmera districts, including Horsham, Stawell, Hamilton, Warrnambool, Portland and Ballarat.
Winds of up to 60km/h are expected to ease during the evening and into tomorrow, according to the BoM.
As clean-up efforts begin, Mildura's residents have said they will continue to stay strong.
"It's all pretty sad. Pretty sad all round. But we'll survive. We're tough," a local resident said.


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Mixed cryoglobulinemia is frequently secondary to hepatitis C virus infection. Diagnosis and therapeutic management are challenging, depending on the spectrum and severity of manifestations, as well as on the presence of comorbidities. We describe a case of a 79-year-old woman with a non-cirrhotic hepatitis C virus infection presenting with weakness, arthralgias, purpuric rash with left leg ulcerative lesions, bilateral peripheral sensorimotor polyneuropathy, renal impairment and cardiac failure. The investigation was compatible with a severe type II mixed cryoglobulinemia with multisystemic involvement, including a low-grade B cell lymphoma and concomitant intestinal tuberculosis. Initial management with immunosuppressive therapy with glucocorticoids to control symptoms and simultaneous tuberculosis treatment was required. Unavailability of adequate antiviral treatment led to the need to control the severity of systemic manifestations with rituximab, before the effective aetiological treatment with sofosbuvir and ledipasvir was possible, allowing the definitive resolution of the disease.
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Competing interests None declared.
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A 'Single Source of Truth' can be one of the most effective and efficient ways to capture, store and utilise your customer data and to maximise its value to your business.
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Introducing SMART products
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Installing interactive displays
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