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text: sifth #121 Posted May 21, 2019 Just now, SeanF said: No. Hanging him was justified in the context of this being a cruel and brutal world. As is a lot of what Dany did. In our world, hanging a 12 year old would be a crime, as would be much of what Dany does. Well in our world 12 year olds can't join most military orders, but if one could and he was caught killing his general, that would be treason. You know a capital crime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites

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Ten days ago it seemed as if America's corporatism would finally be slowed in its tracks after the House unexpectedly killed the fast-tracking of Obamatrade, aka the fast-tracking of the Trade Promotion Authority. Alas, it was not to last, and moments ago, in a "nailbiting" 60-37 vote, the Senate advanced Obama's fast-track tarde bill.
The Senate on Tuesday voted to advance President Obama's trade agenda, approving a measure to end debate on fast-track authority.
The 60-37 motion sets up a vote on final passage on Wednesday. If the Senate approves fast-track or trade promotion authority (TPA), it would then be sent to Obama's desk to become law. Fast-track authority would allow Obama to send trade deals to Congress for up-or-down votes. The White House wants the authority to conclude negotiations on a sweeping trans-Pacific trade deal.
Thirteen Democrats backed fast-track in Tuesday's vote, handing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) a major legislative victory.
They did so even though the trade package did not include a workers assistance program for people displaced by increased trade. The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program was a part of the last fast-track package approved by the Senate in May, but became a key part of opposition to the package among Democrats in the House.
To move fast-track forward, the White House and GOP leaders in both chambers decided to break TAA away from fast-track, and to try to approve both in separate votes.
After the Senate votes Wednesday on final passage for fast-track, it will take a procedural vote on a package that includes TAA and trade preferences for African countries known as the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
McConnell has promised both bills, as well as a customs and enforcement bill favored by Democrats, will reach Obama's desk by the end of the week.
"If we all keep working together and trusting each other, then by the end of the week the President will have TPA, TAA, and AGOA and Preferences on his desk — with Customs in the process of heading his way too," he said on the floor.
And since the House has already passed fast-track, and now must only vote on the package including TAA, which faces token opposition from conservatives, expect the TPA and shortly thereafter, the TPP, to be enacted despite yet another round of dramatic theater by the best representatives US corporations can bribe.
Finally, as a reminder, "This Is How Little It Cost Goldman To Bribe America's Senators To Fast Track Obama's TPP Bill"
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Today brings Round 2 in "the most transparent administration ever"'s attempt to pass the incredibly opaque Fast-Track Authority enabling Obama to negotiate the Trans-Pacific-Partnership corporate coup d'etat (and all the other trade deals currently floating around) without fear of irritation from any outsiders. However, it won't be easy-sledding as The Hill reports, labor groups led by the AFL-CIO are furiously lobbying Democrats to oppose fast-track authority when the Senate votes on a procedural motion Tuesday. Union leaders warn enabling Fast-Track prematurely would "compound its expected negative impacts, leaving U.S. workers in the lurch and depriving the U.S. manufacturing sector of vital tools necessary to combat unfair trade."
But once again - after more drama - the corporations win!
But, as The Hill reports, Obama may face some trouble ahead
The measure would help Obama negotiate the largest trade deal in history with 11 other countries along the Pacific Rim by limiting interference from Congress.
Obama's trade bill needs 60 votes, and he can afford no more than two Democratic defections who previously backed fast-track. As of Monday evening, he had not yet secured public promises from all the Democrats he needs.
Backers of fast-track likely need a dozen Democratic votes because five of the Senate's Republicans voted against the trade package last month and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is indicating in an op-ed on Breitbart News that he will change his vote from yes to no. Cruz, who is running for president, says he is wary of backroom negotiations, expressing concern that the Export-Import Bank reauthorization will be included in the horsetrading.
The Senate's vote Tuesday to end debate on fast-track — if it gets 60 backers — will set up a final roll call on the measure later in the day or Wednesday.
The chamber would then vote on a package of trade preferences combined with the African Growth and Opportunity Act and TAA. That measure is expected to clear Wednesday or Thursday.
Senate Democratic leaders are not whipping against fast-track, leaving it to unions to do the heavy lifting to defeat it.
The AFL-CIO urged Democrats Monday to vote against fast-track and warned they had no guarantee that TAA will pass the House, where many Republicans oppose it.
"Without assurances that TAA will pass the House, or that the customs bill will ever see the president's desk, considering Fast Track prematurely could compound its expected negative impacts, leaving U.S. workers in the lurch and depriving the U.S. manufacturing sector of vital tools necessary to combat unfair trade," William Samuel, the union's director of government affairs, wrote in a letter to senators.
Heritage Action for America urged Republican senators to vote against fast-track Tuesday.
The conservative advocacy group argued that passing fast-track would pave the way for later passage of what it called the "ineffective" TAA program, which is paid for with tax penalties.
"The new pay for — included in H.R. 1295 which the Senate will also consider this week — increases revenue by raising certain tax penalties. New spending should not be offset by new revenues," the group wrote in a legislative alert Monday.
But there are supporters, toe-ing Obama's tyrannical line...
"The trade package currently before the Senate is a blueprint for trade done right," Wyden said in a statement. "It will make our country stronger by opening new markets to American products and creating new opportunities for good-paying American jobs."
Supporters of fast-track argue that trade supports more than 4.7 million jobs in California.
But we leave it to Ellen Brown to sum up just what this "sentence first, verdict afterwards" bill is really all about... a corporate coup d'etat...
`Let the jury consider their verdict,' the King said, for about the twentieth time that day.
`No, no!' said the Queen. `Sentence first–verdict afterwards.'
`Stuff and nonsense!' said Alice loudly. `The idea of having the sentence first!'
`Hold your tongue!' said the Queen, turning purple.
`I won't!' said Alice.
`Off with her head!' the Queen shouted at the top of her voice.
— Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
Fast-track authority is being sought in the Senate this week for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), along with the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) and any other such trade agreements coming down the pike in the next six years. The terms of the TPP and the TiSA are so secret that drafts of the negotiations are to remain classified for four years or five years, respectively, after the deals have been passed into law. How can laws be enforced against people and governments who are not allowed to know what was negotiated?
The TPP, TiSA and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (or TTIP, which covers Europe) will collectively encompass three-fourths of the world's GDP; and they ultimately seek to encompass nearly 90 percent of GDP. Despite this enormous global impact, fast-track authority would allow the President to sign the deals before their terms have been made public, and send implementing legislation to Congress that cannot be amended or filibustered and is not subject to the constitutional requirement of a two-thirds treaty vote.
While the deals are being negotiated, lawmakers can see their terms only under the strictest secrecy, and they can be subjected to criminal prosecution for revealing those terms. What we know of them comes only through WikiLeaks. The agreements are being treated as if they were a matter of grave national security, yet they are not about troop movements or military strategy. Something else is obviously going on.
The bizarre, unconstitutional, blatantly illegal nature of this enforced secrecy was highlighted in a May 15th article by Jon Rappoport, titled "What Law Says the Text of the TPP Must Remain Secret?" He wrote:
It seems like a case of mass hypnosis. . . .
Members of Congress are scuttling around like weasels, claiming they can't disclose what's in this far-reaching, 12-nation trade treaty.
They can go into a sealed room and read a draft, but they can't copy pages, and they can't tell the public what they just read.
Why not?
If there is a US law forbidding disclosure, name the law.
Can you recall anything in the Constitution that establishes secret treaties?
Is there a prior treaty that states the text of all treaties can be hidden from the people?
To Congressmen who say they cannot reveal what is in a treaty that will adversely affect the lives of hundreds of millions of people, Rappoport says:
Wrong. You're lying. You can reveal secret text. In fact, it's your duty. Otherwise, you're guilty of cooperating in a RICO criminal conspiracy.
A Corporate Coup d'État
What is going on was predicted by David Korten in his 1995 blockbuster, When Corporations Rule The World. Catherine Austin Fitts calls it a "corporate coup d'état."
This corporate coup includes the privatization and offshoring of the judicial function delegated to the US court system in the Constitution, through Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions that strengthen existing ISDS procedures.
As explained in The Economist, ISDS gives foreign firms a special right to apply to a secretive tribunal of highly paid corporate lawyers for compensation whenever the government passes a law to do things that hurt corporate profits — such things as discouraging smoking, protecting the environment or preventing a nuclear catastrophe. Arbitrators are paid $600-700 an hour, giving them little incentive to dismiss cases. The secretive nature of the arbitration process and the lack of any requirement to consider precedent give wide scope for creative judgments – the sort of arbitrary edicts satirized by Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
To date, the highest ISDS award has been for $2.3 billion to Occidental Oil Company against the government of Ecuador over its termination of an oil-concession contract, although the termination was apparently legal. Under the TPP, however, even larger and more unpredictable judgments can be anticipated, since the sort of "investment" it protects includes not just "the commitment of capital or other resources" but "the expectation of gain or profit." That means the rights of corporations extend not merely to their factories and other "capital" but to the profits they expect to receive. Just the threat of a massive damage award for impairing "expected corporate profits" could be enough to discourage prospective legislation by lawmakers.
The Trade in Services Agreement adds additional barriers to proposed legislation. TiSA involves 51 countries, including every advanced economy except the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). The deal would liberalize global trade in services covering close to 80% of the US economy, including financial services, healthcare, education, engineering, telecommunications, and many more. It would restrict how governments can manage their public laws, and it could dismantle and privatize state-owned enterprises, turning those services over to the private sector. It would also block the emerging trend to return privatized services to the public sector, by limiting or prohibiting governments from creating or reestablishing public utilities and other "uncompetitive" forms of service delivery.
It seems that the TPP, TTIP and TiSA are not about the sort of "free trade" that would free local businesses to sell abroad. They are about freeing international corporations from the government regulation necessary to protect the economy, the people, and the environment. They are about preserving privatized monopolies and preventing competition from the public sector. And they are about moving litigation offshore into private arbitrary tribunals – the sort of tribunal that might have lost Alice her head, if she had not awakened from her bizarre dream.
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Curly-haired, chubby-cheeked Kayleigh Callaghan-Belanger wanted to be a bus driver when she grew up.
Only after she married Justin Bieber, of course.
The memorial to the 5-year-old lines the entire corner where she was killed by a city garbage truck on her way home Thursday afternoon.
It is where her family members gathered to grieve her passing Friday, laying flowers and messages of love among dozens from friends and strangers stricken by the loss of the always-smiling senior kindergartener.
She was "our princess Kayleigh," said her grandmother Carol-Anne Rigby. "A little diva … just beautiful."
On Friday morning, her father, Jacob Callaghan, stared at the spot where his daughter died before straightening one of the many teddy bears — most of them pink. Kayleigh's favourite colour.
His little girl had a "heavenly smile," Callaghan told reporters softly. "She loved her sisters."
She has two, both younger than her, and would have soon had a third — something that excited Kayleigh so much she doodled a picture of the baby on the back of one of her handwriting assignments. Her mother is due to give birth within the week.
Kayleigh was walking to her home in a nearby co-op building with three other students, a 6-year-old boy and two 13-year-old girls, around 3:45 p.m. As they crossed the intersection of Cliffside Dr. and East Haven Dr. in Scarborough, a garbage truck turned left, fatally striking Kayleigh and injuring the boy and one of the girls.
When the 64-year-old driver emerged from the truck and saw the children, he crumpled in shock.
"It's a burden he'll have to carry for the rest of his life," said Kayleigh's grandmother, Carol-Anne Rigby.
Toronto Traffic Services is investigating the collision. The results of the reconstruction, based on an examination of the truck, the autopsy and witness statements, could take a month to come out, says Const. Clint Stibbe. Until then, police can't say whether charges will be laid.
"The city will wait for the police report to see what happens and are co-operating fully with (the investigation)," said Councillor Gary Crawford (Ward 36, Scarborough Southwest). "But I've met with our transportation department and we'll be looking at what we can do. It's one block south of a very busy road, so there are concerns."
Many residents are hoping Kayleigh's death will be a wake-up call to the city to make the area safer for pedestrians with speed bumps, sidewalks and crosswalks. The intersection where Kayleigh died, crossed by students heading to and from Cliffside Public School every day, has no crossing guards.
"I wouldn't mind having one there," said principal Ken Samuels outside the school, where the flag is at half-mast and staff wear grey ribbons pinned to their shirts to mark their grief. Inside, grief counsellors spent the day speaking with parents and students and may return if needed after March break, he said.
"Kayleigh was a very bright and funny little girl," said Samuels.
"(She) was proud of her curly strawberry-blonde hair and said her mom was really proud of that … she loved her class and, because she got along so well with everyone, she will be deeply missed," he said, reading a note from Kayleigh's class teacher, Mrs. Reynolds.
The other three children involved in the collision are "coming along," he said.
Kayleigh's funeral will be held at 10 a.m. next Wednesday at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 131 Birchmount Rd.
The viewing will be Tuesday at the McDougall & Brown Funeral Home, 2900 Kingston Rd., from 5 to 9 p.m.
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If you need to know one thing about me, it's that I love Glee. I love it shamelessly and completely. I do not understand people who hate on it. The script is dry and tight – unlike sex, that's a good thing with comedy… and it's hysterical. AND It's full of hot boys, singing great songs. I mean. Enough said.
Now, my dear best friend @LaurenMac3 sent me this link below: A little boy, dancing and singing like Blaine from The Warblers in Glee.
Just watch it. Even if you don't like Glee, this kid is GREAT!
He's Asian American, as one Youtuber commented: He's like the love child between Mike Chang and Blaine Anderson. (Gleek lol)
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I want to high-five him, low-five him and baby-five him.
And his mom, for encouraging him – filming it – putting it on YouTube… hell, for BIRTHING him. *HIGH FIVE!*


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Ever get stressed, tense, tight muscles? Yoga is a hopping term right now. There are so many health benefits to doing yoga. It's something you should consider doing.
With so many yoga poses to choose from it can be a little intimidating when you're just starting out.
Don't let it get you down.
There are a few yoga poses that should always be in your arsenal and we're going to cover them.
You don't have to do a 60-minute yoga practice every day (though I definitely recommend at least 30-minutes).
But, incorporating these top yoga poses into your daily life (or every other day life) will help you a lot.
7 Yoga Poses You Should Do Every Day
What is Yoga?
Yoga is an ancient practice that was developed 5,000 years ago. But, the text many yogis follow today, The Yoga Sutras, was written 2,000 years ago by a sage named Patanjali.
It was practiced in India before it was brought to America by a few people who visited yoga ashrams. There are many types of yoga that are practiced today, but they all stem from Hatha Yoga.
If you want more information check here or here.
What Are the Benefits of Yoga?
Yoga has many, many benefits. But, I didn't want to create a super exhaustive list, so I listed the basics here that mean the most (at least to me and I would think you too).
When you practice consistently you'll see tremendous results with the following:
- Improves flexibility
- Builds strength
- Improves posture
- Protects the spine
- Increases blood low
- Drops your blood pressure
- Boosts your mood
- Helps your focus
- Improves balance
- Helps release tension
- Helps you sleep better
- Improves your self-esteem
Does Practicing Yoga 3 Times a Week Help?
It sure does!
Even if you only have time for a short yoga sequence you're still benefiting from practicing.
There are times where I'll do a few Sun Salutation A's or even some rounds of Sun Salutation B to get my blood flowing before I run out the door in the morning.
Every little bit counts.
So, if you take the poses listed here in this post and put them together you'd be on your way to be a regular yogi.
Just be aware that there are ways to structure a yoga sequence.
Here are a few practices I've written about and provide sequences for:
- Beginners Yoga for Anxiety & Stress
- Bedtime Yoga Routine for Better Sleep
- Yoga for Women With Curves
- Core Workouts: 20-Minute Yoga Workout for Killer Abs
- Top 5 Yoga Poses to Get Rid of Belly Bloat
- 15 Awesome Yoga Poses For Beginners
Make sure you bookmark these pages so you can reference them anytime you need them. Also, be sure to check out the Yoga Tools & Resources page.
Best Yoga Poses for Beginners
Each of these yoga poses I would say are foundational in any yoga practice. You might not do them in every 60-minute yoga flow, but they are great to do on a daily basis.
They're great for building strength, stamina, and balance. As your practice improves you can experiment with holding each yoga pose for a little longer. This is how you will excel and get to where you are able to move into the more advanced poses.
#1 Extended Triangle Pose
Deeping into triangle pose is one of my favorites really. It stretches your side body, your hamstrings, and helps loosen up your back.
This yoga pose is particularly amazing at relieving tension that might be held in your lower back. It melts away as you twist open and look towards the sky.
For more information on the triangle yoga pose go here.
#2 Crescent Pose
Crescent pose is great for building your leg strength. You must focus on balance and squeezing your muscles together while in this pose.
You're building thigh strength while lengthening through your upper torso.
Hold this pose for as long as you can and watch as you slowly start increasing your leg strength. You'll be amazed at how your stamina grows.
Check out more information about crescent pose here.
#3 Bridge Pose or Supported Bridge Pose
This pose is so amazing. It helps to relieve tension in your back and to stretch the muscles in the front body. It's also a great shoulder strengthener to prepare you for inverted poses.
If you're wanting something a little less rigorous you could place a block underneath your sacrum. Doing that will allow your back to release and any stress held in your back to dissipate.
I love doing this pose after a long day. Helps the back unwind and helps me to relax.
Check out more information on bridge pose here.
#4 Child's Pose
Whether you're doing regular Child's pose or Extended Child's pose, this one is very relaxing. It's great for opening your hips, stretching your ankles, and releasing stress.
This is a great pose to stay in for longer periods of time since it does promote stress relief. It's also one that's great for you to do before bed.
It's great for unwinding.
For more information on Child's pose go here.
#5 Legs Up The Wall
Ahhh. This one can be performed either with your butt pressed against the wall and your legs up the wall or with your butt on a block. Either way, this one is great for reversing the blood flow in your legs and helping restless leg.
It's amazing to do this one before bedtime as well. It promotes a sense of relaxation and calm. And, it also quiets the mind at night.
For more information on Legs Up the Wall pose go here.
#6 Downward Facing Dog
Downward Facing Dog pose is a foundational pose in yoga. It's one where you build strength and lengthen the muscles as you prepare to try intermediate or advanced moves.
You'll develop shoulder strength and arm strength as you're driving up through your back and down through your hips. And, it helps to release tension in your hamstrings and calves as you stay in the pose.
This pose is also great for focusing the mind.
For more information on Downward Facing Dog pose go here.
#7 Savasana Pose or Corpse Pose
At the end of every practice, we end with Savasana (corpse pose). This pose allows us to integrate everything we did in the practice and allows our body to rest.
It calms the brain, but can be one of the most challenging yoga poses you'll practice. Many people tend to shortchange their Savasana or they skip it all together.
Don't do this. Savasana is what allows our bodies to relax and rest after a yoga practice.
For more information on Bridge pose go here.
How Do You Get Started?
The best way to get started would be attending a yoga class for beginners. But, if you're like me that's not always possible.
That's ok too. All you really need is space, a mat, and something to follow along with.
Here's a yoga video that's 20 minutes long and great for beginners.
Yes, You Can Do Yoga
It doesn't have to be a long yoga practice and it doesn't have to be full of crazy advanced poses. Yoga is amazing at promoting stress relief for anyone.
You just have to have the willingness to get on your mat for a few minutes a day. Build up how long you're on your mat and try to at least do one or two long practices a week.
Once you've been doing yoga for a little bit you'll start to see the difference. Are you ready?
Things You Might Need or Want Starting a Yoga Practice:
- Yoga Mat – because using just a blanket or the floor proves a bit more difficult in the beginning
- Yoga block – these are super helpful if you can't quite reach the ground OR if you want to get a deeper stretch in some poses
- Blanket – yoga blankets are great for those relaxing poses that I'll talk about in another post (stay tuned)
- Yoga Strap – if you can't quite do a pose (like reach your feet in seated forward fold) a strap comes in mighty handy to help you still do the pose properly without sacrificing your alignment
- Meditation cushion – meditation has been proven to lower stress levels, so having a meditation cushion makes it a bit comfier and helps to elevate your hips
- Bolster – same as the blanket, but this allows you to relax back onto the bolster so you can relax deeper into the poses you're doing that might need or warrant a bolster
Here are some more great workouts:
- 15 Fat Burning Workouts Under 15-Minutes
- 5 Tips for Starting a Home Yoga Practice for Beginners
- Yoga Youtube Channels: 5 Awesome Free Channels to Find Yoga Workouts
- 15-Minute Low Impact HIIT Workout
- 5 Best HIIT Workouts for Women
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CallMeBoog and a couple of notable others(I apologize for not noting you specifically), have requested the Leopard 1.
Although I originally started drawing with the intent of matching the Leopard 1 as it is seen in the game (early production model) I incorporated some cool elements I found when searching for reference images for details... the spaced armor on the turret and gun mantlet most obviously. This guide has a lot of images, mostly because I wanted to show you guys the many iterations of me drawing the turret, and failing before I finally got it, and failing even then.
The hull. Very simple and plain actually, a lot of angles, straight faces and geometry. Much basic, very simple, so wow.
Here I incorporated the track guards and got started on the road wheels/front idler/drive sprocket, guides to know where they are placed. I also added some more definition to the hull, mostly for referencing purposes.
You can see now I've pretty much finished the running gear. The tracks, the definition on the road wheels and idler wheel, and the drive sprocket. I'll get to the suspension later, I just wanted to get the running gear done so I can make sure I got the ground clearance and height of the hull right, before starting on the turret.
Here's me starting on my numerous attempts to draw the turret freehand with a glancing reference:
This obviously isn't it... too small and the profile is too sloped towards the back. Looks almost like a widened Tiger II turret.
I decided to try and match it by scale first, and this kinda failed on the end of getting the curves in. It's really hard to shape the curves with the perspective... I tried going off of the lines as you see them here as a rough guide.
It took a lot of time, but I got this far. Which ended up being fairly close to what I settled on for the final image. I decided to slope the back of the turret even more, bulge the back upwards a tad, and make the mantlet more pronounced. The mantlet being so featureless led me to include the other accessories.
Final turret shape.
With only two reference images to add that angled spaced armor on the front of the mantlet, it took a long time to square it up so it looked consistent with both images. I also did some hull details.
Canvas resize, me getting started on the gun.
Gun finished, completing plain image of entire tank!
And here is the finished image, a 1920x1080 wallpaper for your enjoyment. I decorated this tank with my personal insignia, and some small nit-picky details such as the tiny "Unit 104", the "L7A1" written on the gun, and I've also added mudflaps on the rear, behind the drive sprockets, which the Leo didn't really have.
Link to album: http://imgur.com/a/dOJQH
I put quite a bit more effort into this one, so I hope a lot of you enjoyed this one. I know quite a few of you wanted to see the Leopard 1. I may not come out with one tomorrow or for some time, as I have three finals assignments due on Friday, so I'm going to be busy all of tomorrow doing that.
From the requests I've gotten... I think I'll be doing the M46 Patton next, the Hellcat after that(three people have requested this in the past few topics), the E-25, the T110E5, IS-3, AMX 40, and IS-4. The Tiger I colored will be a toughie, I'm still deciding on whether or not to even do it. Any others you guys can think of, or if there's one in this list you'd like pushed to be done sooner, let me know!


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It's an engrossing scene, at once thoughtful and tension building as the viewer just knows that this little two-way conversation in a car in the middle of nowhere is going to end badly for one of the participants. And that's the general feel evoked by the entire film, one of constant pressure as the stakes continue to rise for each of the three main characters, but also one of sympathy as you wonder how they managed to screw up their lives so badly.
Richard Gere's Eddie is one of the other members of this triumvirate of blue, a veteran on the force who's just a week away from retirement. Prone to guzzling whiskey in the morning, and putting an unloaded gun in his mouth and pulling the trigger, Eddie is clearly a mess. Mocked by his fellow officers, he's just biding his time until he can get out; he's less interested in stopping crime on his beat than simply ignoring it, and when he's paired with an idealistic young cop the kid can't understand Eddie's malaise.
Don Cheadle is Tango, the third character in the group. He's gone deep undercover and has successfully infiltrated the highest echelons of a drug operation, but along the way he's almost completely lost himself to this alternate persona. His wife wants a divorce and his best friend is the boss of the drug ring (Wesley Snipes, getting a chance at making real movies again after years of direct-to-video dreck), who his superiors (including a beautifully rough around the edges and aged Ellen Barkin) want him to sell out.
None of these three characters ever really meet on screen, though they do kind of cross paths in a Crash sort of way. But this isn't Crash, thankfully, and the self-importance and operatic ridiculousness of that film isn't really Fuqua's bag. No, the director is more interested in the harsh and sometimes bloody path that justice -- and too often, the lack of justice -- takes on the streets.
The ever reliable, ever put-upon Lili Taylor plays Hawke's wife, and what little screen time she has is put to good use, helping to flesh out Sal's drive to steal money from the drug dens that he busts as we learn that the cash-strapped cop has about a half-dozen mouths to feed at home. The interplay between Hawke and Taylor works very nicely, but this aspect of the script ultimately feels forced. Not only is Hawke a family man but his wife is pregnant. With twins. And she's got really bad asthma. And their house is infested with mold, putting his wife and the babies in danger. Get the point? He needs money.
The writing, by former transit worker Michael C. Martin, lapses into cliche more often than one would hope. And the finale of the film veers dangerously into over the top theatrics that sort of tie the three characters' storylines together, tragically for the most part.
But generally Hawke's character reminds the viewer of his turn in Fuqua's Training Day from nine years ago. There he played Jake -- a young, relatively idealistic up and comer opposite an Oscar-winning Denzel Washington's corrupt veteran. It's not that tough to think of Sal as Jake a decade later, a little bit wiser, a little bit more worn down by the system.
Gere's performance is about as understated as it gets, but his best scenes are the ones he shares with the prostitute (Shannon Kane) he regularly visits. There's something more there than just a business relationship, but when even a hint of healthy emotion or normalcy bubbles to the surface the two characters don't know how to deal with it. Meanwhile, Cheadle's gradual realization that his life has become more about being a criminal than a cop works mostly because of the actor's slow-burn performance.
Brooklyn's Finest doesn't go in for action movie fads, but there's more than enough gunplay for those looking for that kind of thing. Ultimately, the film is more inclined to look to the cop dramas of the '70s for its inspiration, pouring on all the quasi-realism and downbeat inclinations that films of that era thrived on. It's a style that suits Fuqua and his actors.
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Imago Biosciences Doses First Patients In Phase I/II Study Of IMG-7289 In Myelofibrosis
SAN CARLOS, Calif., Sept. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Imago BioSciences, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for hematological and inflammatory diseases, announced today that the first patients have been dosed in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of IMG-7289 for the treatment of myelofibrosis (MF). IMG-7289 is an investigational therapeutic agent that suppresses the production of inflammatory cytokines that characterize myelofibrosis; IMG-7289 also impairs self-renewal and proliferation of neoplastic stem cells.
"Myelofibrosis remains a devastating and deadly disease, with an urgent need for therapies that alter disease progression and impact survival," said Hugh Young Rienhoff, Jr. M.D., Imago's Chief Executive Officer. "By targeting an enzyme specifically regulating myeloid cell gene transcription, IMG-7289 has significant disease-modifying activities in multiple non-clinical models of myelofibrosis and thus offers the possibility to influence the natural history of this disease."
This clinical trial is designed to assess the safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of IMG-7289, an oral inhibitor of the epigenetic enzyme lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) in high-risk myelofibrosis patients aged 18 or older (www.clinicaltrials.gov Identifier NCT03136185). Exploratory assessments include measuring changes in spleen size, mutant allele burden, cytokines and bone marrow fibrosis over the course of treatment. The trial is being conducted at multiple sites in Australia.
This is the second ongoing clinical trial of IMG-7289 sponsored by Imago BioSciences, Inc. The first, evaluating IMG-7289 for the treatment of high-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), initiated in 2016 (www.clinicaltrials.gov Identifier NCT02842827).
About IMG-7289
IMG-7289, an investigational agent currently being evaluated in ongoing clinical trials, is a small molecule developed by Imago BioSciences that inhibits lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1 or KDM1A), an enzyme regulating gene expression in hematopoietic cells. In non-clinical models, the inhibition of LSD1 has been shown to limit self-renewal in neoplastic stem cells such as those in acute myeloid leukemia and myelofibrosis. Across a range of myeloid malignancy models, IMG-7289 demonstrated robust in vivo activity as a single agent and in combination with other anti-neoplastic agents.
About Imago BioSciences
Imago BioSciences is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, funded by Clarus Ventures, Frazier Healthcare Partners, Amgen Ventures, and Merck Research Laboratories Ventures Fund. Imago is focused on discovering and developing novel anti-cancer therapeutics. These include a range of hematologic malignancies including AML, MDS and the myeloproliferative neoplasms. The company is based in California with offices in Boston and Somerset, England.
Please see the website at www.imagobio.com for additional information.
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- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 77, Issue 1, 1 Jul 2007, p. 113 - 117
f Neurocysticercosis in the HIV Era: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
The prevalence of HIV is increasing in countries where neurocysticercosis is endemic. Co-infection rates are expected to rise; however, no systematic reviews of the subject are available. We performed a literature review of neurocysticercosis (NCC) occurring in HIV-infected patients and described the clinical and immunophenotypic characteristics of a NCC case presenting with probable immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. We identified 27 cases of NCC-HIV co-infection. The most frequent presentation (61%) was with multiple parenchymal lesions. Seven patients (30%) had other concomitant neurologic infections (e.g., tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis). Thirteen patients received cysticidal therapy, and 85% responded to therapy. Only three patients died (12%). Immunohistochemistry of brain tissue in our case revealed abundant CD3+, CD8+, and CD68+ cells. NCC should be included in the differential diagnosis of neurologic infections in HIV patients in endemic populations. Consideration of the patient's immune status should alert the clinician to potential atypical presentations.
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Flipped (2010): you never forget your first love
Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss; but every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and once you do, nothing will ever compare.
-Chet Duncan, "Flipped"-
Flipped is drama movie directed by Rob Reiner, starring Madeline Carroll as Juli Baker and Callan McAuliffe as Bryce Loski. This movie is an adaptation of Wendelin Van Draanen with the same title.
Bryce meets Juli when his family move to another house, right across Juli's home. When they first meet, Juli know it is love while Bryce is not so sure about it. Juli is a unique and always-want-to-know things, but Bryce feels annoyed with Juli's behaviour. He tried to stay away from Juli, eventhough it is useless because they live in the same street and go to the same school.
Day by day, year by year, Juli still admire Bryce. After realizing some events, finally Juli thinks that she might be wrong about Bryce. While Bryce begins to see Juli the way he never seen before.
This movie is set in early 60's. With the duration of 90 minutes, Flipped tries to tell about first love. Seems that the duration of the movie is too long to tell this simple story. But, I enjoyed it! Uniqueness of this movie is the way of storytelling. Flipped tells the story from both Juli sides and Bryce sides. So, it's kinda funny and sad to see their stories. While Juli thinks that Bryce may interested on her, Bryce thinks the opposite. etc etc etc.. :(
So…, nice and simple movie! I enjoyed the music, the old 60's settings, the oldies lighting, the character. Love it! :)


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Sleep Apnea Treatment
Hypertension has a reputation for being "the" silent killer. But Dr. Lee, Dr. Oh and Dr. Kirsten warn that there is another disorder that should share that moniker. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a life threatening disorder that affects more than 12 million Americans. According to the American Sleep Apnea Association, most cases are undiagnosed. No wonder most victims of this disorder have no idea that there are treatment options for sleep apnea.
Types of Sleep Apnea
The nighttime breathing condition called sleep apnea affects an estimated 12 million people in the United States. There are three different types of sleep apnea:
- Obstructive, the most common type of sleep apnea, where the airway becomes blocked by the tongue and soft tissue collapsing in the throat
- Central, in which the brain does not send breathing signals to your muscles
- Mixed, which combines both obstructive and central sleep apnea
What if Sleep Apnea Is Left Untreated?
Left untreated, sleep apnea causes interruptions in sleep patterns and can lead to additional physical problems during the waking hours. At Galleria Dental Aesthetics, Dr. Lee, Dr. Oh and Dr. Kirsten provide sleep apnea treatment options for obstructive sleep apnea.
How is sleep apnea treated?
Treatments for sleep apnea have the common goal of opening the airway. They range from simple adjustments in your sleeping habits to surgery. While continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is one of the more common treatments, it isn't always the most successful. Other treatments include:
- Sleeping on your side–methods to prevent sleeping on your back
- Avoiding alcohol or sedatives that relax muscles
- Weight loss
- Radio frequency waves to shrink throat or tongue tissue
- Laser-Assisted Uvuloplasty (LAUP), surgery to remove the uvula and surrounding tissue
- Tonsillectomy
- Surgery to advance the mandible forward to open the airway
- Mandibular advancement devices (MAD) or mandibular repositioning appliances (MRA)
Given a choice, most patients would choose the least invasive, non-surgical, and most tolerable treatments. Of those that require medical intervention, the MADs fit that description best. While there are many designs, the basic idea involves anchoring the device to your upper and lower teeth to hold the lower jaw forward during sleep.
Our cosmetic dentists have the advanced training in oral appliance therapy to help patients with sleep apnea. When worn at night, a custom-made oral appliance can keep a sleep apnea patient's airway open and unobstructed. There are approximately 40 FDA-approved designs available to:
- Reposition how the lower jaw, tongue and soft tissues are positioned in the mouth
- Keep the lower jaw and tongue stabilized
- Add muscle tone to the tongue
An in-depth examination by one of our sleep apnea dentists can help our team determine which type of mouthpiece may help to solve your sleep apnea problem.
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Sometimes, a combination of therapies is necessary to fully treat sleep apnea, and often this process can take months or even years to determine the most effective approach to solving the problem. Other treatment methods for sleep apnea include:
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), where the patient wears a mask over the mouth and/or nose while sleeping to deliver pressurized air through a tube to keep the airway clear
- Invasive surgery to reposition the lower jaw or remove excess throat tissue, tonsils, adenoids or uvula
- Lifestyle changes, such as weight loss, exercise, avoidance of alcohol, smoking or taking certain medications and side sleeping
Because there are varying degrees of sleep apnea, what works for one patient may not necessarily work for another. At Galleria Dental Aesthetics, we are committed to helping our sleep apnea patients find solutions for this potentially life-altering condition, and we will work with you for as long as possible until we find the appropriate solution.
MRAs have consistently shown a significant improvement of about 50% reduction in respiratory disturbance index (RDI), a clinical measurement of the severity of sleep apnea. While continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has shown a 78% reduction in RDI, it may appear to be the most effective treatment for OSA. But there is more to consider.
Patients using CPAP have only a 60-70% compliance rate, meaning that 30-40% of OSA patients depending on CPAP for treatment either are not using their devices properly, or at all. CPAP provides 0% improvement for these patients.
CPAP vs. MRA
Patients who cannot comply with the inconvenience or discomforts of CPAP may benefit most from an MRA, as its inconvenience and adjustment curve are significantly more tolerable than those of CPAP. MRAs require no permanent change, unlike surgery. For people who must take sedative medications at night, MRAs may overcome the degree of muscle relaxation they cause and prevent the obstruction.
The simple fact that more people accept and use MRAs as they should means that, to the degree that this is an effective treatment, it works because it is used properly.
Schedule a consultation
If you have symptoms or a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea, please contact the neuromuscular dentists at Galleria Dental Aesthetics providing patients with sleep apnea treatment throughout Northern Virginia.
Please call (703) 448-1020 to schedule a free consultation with the sleep apnea specialists at Galleria Dental Aesthetics and begin the journey to a good night's sleep. Our practice serves Tysons Corner, Arlington, Fairfax, Alexandria, McLean, and all of Northern Virginia.


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Are Motorcycle Accidents a Problem in Miami?
"Colson Hicks Eidson is recognized as one of the top litigation firms in the country, handling local, national and international litigation for a wide range of clients." - Chambers USA
Unfortunately, Florida appears to have seen a significant increase in the number of motorcycle injuries. In some of these incidents, a defective motorcycle may be to blame. Another common cause of injury to riders is when a car and motorcycle crash due to driver distraction. In these situations, the driver usually walks away, but the rider isn't always so lucky. So, why are motorcycle accidents a problem in Miami? In this video, attorney Julie Braman Kane explains her work investigating these wrecks.
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In the state of Florida, unfortunately we've seen more and more accidents that involve horrible injuries arising from motorcycles. We're working on a case with motorcycles where the gas system wasn't working properly causing a lag and leap. Meaning the motorcycle would slow down unexpectedly and then take off. Causing again, catastrophic injuries. All sorts of problems can happen in a motorcycle that is caused because the motorcycle is defective. Part of what we do in our products liability cases is investigate defective components in motorcycles. So that if there's a problem with the motorcycle that caused our client an injury, we can involve the motorcycle manufacturer. Additionally, when motorcycles and cars are on roads together, car versus a motorcycle usually hurts the motorcyclist a whole lot worse. I've been involved in cases where a motorcyclist was hit by a driver who failed to yield on a left turn causing severe injuries. I've been involved in cases where motorcyclists have been in accidents with drivers of cars, the driver of the car walks away, the driver of the motorcycle doesn't. Unfortunately, there is a perception that motorcyclists are road hogs or go fast. It's not usually the case. Motorcyclists are well trained. They have to have a special endorsement on their license under Florida law and they know how to drive safely. When a motorcyclist is driving safely and an automobile driver causes an accident, very often we can help that motorcyclist recover. To reach an attorney at Colson Hicks Eidson, please call us at 305-476-7400, or you can find us on the web at Colson.com.


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text: Utilize Rebates and Credits for your next Air Conditioner Replacement Posted May 13, 2015 When the day comes for an air conditioner replacement, make certain you do your research before making such a large investment. As a homeowner, you have plenty on your plate, but you'll enjoy the reward of spending a bit of extra time learning about ways to save money on your new system now, and throughout the life of your system. Did you know that as a homeowner in Odessa, when you invest in a high-efficiency air conditioner from Lennox®, you can qualify for utility rebates and additional local incentive programs? Rebates will vary because they're tailored to your location, but they're out there waiting for you to take advantage of additional savings. In fact, it's possible to save anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars on an air conditioner replacement. Don't forget to keep federal credits and rebates for in Odessa in mind when choosing which air conditioner you'll go with. Available incentives are constantly changing, so don't miss your chance when you find one that will help you save. You could be eligible for even more rebates if you choose to buy a solar air conditioner. Purchasing a solar system such as the SunSource® Home Energy System, make you eligible for the Federal Solar Tax Credit 25D through 2021, when solar modules are applied. And watch for manufacturer promotion rebates, the savings really add up. To learn more about air conditioner savings and rebates available to you in Odessa, call Redhawk Heating & Air Conditioning and we'll be glad to help. You can also check with your utility company to learn more about savings available to you in the Odessa area. Back To Blog


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Edward Norton, in full Edward Harrison Norton, (born August 18, 1969, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.), American actor known for his intense performances and uncompromising approach to his work.
Norton, the son of a high-school English teacher and an attorney, was raised in Columbia, Maryland. He studied history at Yale University (B.A., 1991), in New Haven, Connecticut, before moving to Ōsaka, where he worked briefly as a consultant. He then moved to New York City to pursue a full-time acting career. An audition with writer and producer Edward Albee landed Norton a role in a production of Albee's Fragments in 1994.
Norton's film career was launched with his appearance alongside Richard Gere in Primal Fear (1996). His role as a mentally disturbed choirboy charged with the murder of a priest garnered him an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor. That same year he starred opposite Drew Barrymore in Woody Allen's romantic comedy Everyone Says I Love You (1996) and appeared with Woody Harrelson in The People vs. Larry Flint (1996).
Norton then starred in two visceral films dealing with the lives of disaffected and culturally isolated young men. In American History X (1998) he portrayed Derek Vinyard, a reformed white supremacist in contemporary California who returns from prison to help shepherd his brother away from racial animosity and violence; he received his second Academy Award nomination for the part. The following year Norton performed alongside Brad Pitt in Fight Club (1999), a film portraying the lives of emotionally empty men who turn to underground combat as an outlet from their homogeneous lives in a materialistic and corporate-dominated society. The two roles cemented Norton's reputation as a formidable actor able to undertake difficult and culturally sensitive roles.
In 2000 Norton made his directorial debut with Keeping the Faith, a romantic comedy in which two longtime friends, one a priest (played by Norton) and the other a rabbi (Ben Stiller), fall in love with the same woman. Norton later appeared alongside Anthony Hopkins in Red Dragon (2002), a prequel to the 1991 blockbuster Silence of the Lambs, and starred as a convicted drug dealer contemplating his life in the 24-hour period before his incarceration in Spike Lee's 25th Hour (2002). He returned to the stage in a 2002 production of Lanford Wilson's Burn This and won an Obie Award for his performance.
In The Illusionist (2006; adapted from the short story "Eisenheim the Illusionist" by Steven Millhauser), Norton portrayed Eisenheim, a magician who uses his skills to beguile the crown prince of Vienna. After starring as Bruce Banner in the superhero film The Hulk (2008), Norton turned in an acclaimed performance in the comedy-thriller Leaves of Grass (2009), playing both a buttoned-down philosophy professor and his hedonistic marijuana-growing twin brother.
Norton later appeared as a devious convict opposite Robert De Niro in the crime drama Stone (2010) and as a 1960s scoutmaster in Wes Anderson's whimsical Moonrise Kingdom (2012). In the spy thriller The Bourne Legacy (2012), Norton played a nefarious former CIA agent. In 2014 he portrayed a police inspector in Anderson's stylized caper The Grand Budapest Hotel and an actor in the show business satire Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). The latter role earned him an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor. Norton next appeared in the sentimental Collateral Beauty (2016), playing the coworker of a grieving father. He later lent his voice to a mangy canine in Anderson's stop-motion animated feature, Isle of Dogs (2018). In 2019 he returned to the director's chair for Motherless Brooklyn, an adaptation of Jonathan Lethem's novel about a private detective with Tourette syndrome; Norton also starred in the crime drama and wrote the screenplay.


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I've noticed that lots of people have been tweeting about new buds on their fruit trees and slightly warmer temperatures, so I now feel comfortable offering spring time desserts. If you are still in freezing weather, make these, take a bite and close your eyes. You will immediately start seeing green grass, tulips, and spring.
I found this recipe at Rita's Recipes. It is hands down THE BEST lemon dessert I have ever had. To top it off, they are incredibly easy to make. The lemon flavor is intense yet delicate at the same time. They are not overly tart. As my husband's co-worker described them, "once they start to taste tart, they immediately turn sweet." The consistency is of a moist cake like brownie. Topped with a silky cream cheese frosting, these brownies will knock your socks off.
Make them, you will not regret it. In fact, double the recipe and give them out. These bars will turn anyone's day from mediocre to life changing, and bring a smile to everyone's face.
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter , softened
- 4 ounces cream cheese , softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 tbsp milk
Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time until completely incorporated.
Add lemon juice and zest, mix until incorporated.
With a wooden spoon, mix in flour and salt.
Pour into a greased or line 8x8 inch brownie pan and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
Remove and cool completely.
Cream cream cheese and butter together until fluffy.
Turn mixer to low and beat in powdered sugar, add milk and zest.
Beat on high for 5 minutes.
Pour glaze over brownies and allow to set for 30 minutes before cutting. Enjoy!


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EXCLUSIVE: 'Pump Rules' Star Jax Taylor Says He Wants to Hook Up With Tom Sandoval's Girlfriend Ariana Madix
Leave it to Jax Taylor to make things awkward.
ET has your exclusive first look at Monday night's all-new episode of Vanderpump Rules. It's gay pride again on the show, and Lisa Vanderpump is handing out this year's barely-there outfits for the Los Angeles pride parade.
"These gay pride outfits get smaller and smaller every year," Katie Maloney notes. "At this rate, next year they're going to be asking us to serve cosmos butt-a** naked."
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While the boys simply get "nice, gay, pink pride hats" as Lisa calls them, the girls are assigned latex bodysuits and other forms of underwear. Scheana Shay can't help but exclaim, "Whoa!," when Lisa pulls out what bartender Ariana Madix has to wear.
"I have to, like, fully get naked to put this on," Ariana observes, before running to the bathroom to change.
"That looks like a onesie for a baby," Katie says.
As soon as Ariana reappears in the outfit, her boyfriend, Tom Sandoval, drops a "damn, dude" and a "that's hot." Turns out, he's not the only guy in the group checking her out.
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"If I could go back in time, I'd rather hook up with Ariana than Kristen [Doute]," Jax confesses in an interview. "That's for sure. It's like night and day, apples and oranges. Just kidding. I would never do that to Tom… again."
Yes, never forget that Jax and Kristen hooked up while Kristen and Tom were still a couple. But has Jax really learned his lesson? He has to go and make one last comment about Ariana.
"She does have a great a**," he says. "Like, amazingly good a**."
Oh, Jax. Ariana would never.
You can check out everyone in their pride parade ensembles on Monday night's Vanderpump Rules -- it airs at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo. While you watch, look out for moments from the Vanderpump Rules drinking game Kristen, Katie and Stassi Schroeder invented with ET. Take a look at the video below to learn how to play!


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While money has been the cause of a great deal of anguish for a lot of people, it has also brought happiness to countless others. We all dream of one day winning the lottery, jetting off into the sunset, and living life to the fullest, without having to worry about bills or finances. How you choose to spend your winnings is entirely up to you, there's just the small matter of actually winning the lottery to contend with now. We wish there was a proven secret for winning the lottery, trust us, we really do, but sadly there isn't. What there is however, is a series of tips proven to help better your odds of winning the lottery. We're going to share some of these tips with you below. So, get comfy, pay attention, and let's look at how we can help you boost your chances of winning the lottery.
Buy tickets!
You've got to be in it to win it, and if you don't buy your lottery tickets, you're not going to win. We know that you probably think it's a waste of your Euro's as your chances of winning are so small, but there are countless people out there that parted with their money, bought their tickets, and won millions. It could be you, but only if you play the game!
Go for the most common numbers
Remember, although the balls are drawn completely randomly with the lottery, sometimes certain numbers do make appearances more often than others. We're not quite sure why that is, but it just seems to happen. You can check the statistics online and look at which numbers seem to be drawn more commonly than others. 44 is currently the most common number, followed by 38, 40, and 23 to name just a few.
Choose numbers that are due to make an appearance
Another tip you can try when choosing your numbers is to look at the last several previous draws and see which numbers have NOT been drawn. The fact that they haven't shown up in a while suggests that they are statistically more likely to make an appearance. Again, we know it's pure luck, but there are some trends you can follow.
Buy more tickets
Again, to some of you this will sound like a waste of time and money, but when you think about it, it actually makes perfect sense. Buying more than one ticket means that you have a greater chance of winning. With each new ticket you purchase, your odds of winning increase even further.
Go random
According to research, those that choose completely random numbers are more likely to win MORE money than those who go with the same numbers week in and week out. Your odds of scooping the jackpot don't increase, but your odds of winning more money through 3 or more numbers, do increase. You see, when you go with random numbers, this means fewer people will likely have chose the same combos, meaning you will win more money for yourself as you'll share it with fewer people.


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Languages in Israel
The official languages of the country are Hebrew and Arabic. English is commonly used as a second language, and lately Russian has become ordinary. Non-official languages commonly spoken in the country are Amharic, Bukhori, Chinese, French, Italian, Kayla, Ladino, Marathi, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog,Thai, Ukrainian and Yiddish.
Hebrew's language vanished for centuries. It was not spoken after the biblical period but in the late 19th century, the said language was restored. Nowadays, it is used in government, commerce, court sessions, Knesset debates, schools, and universities. Third grade onwards, Hebrew is a compulsory subject in Arabic-speaking schools. Arabic is widely spoken by the Israeli Arabs and several Mizrahis and Yemenite Jewish citizens. The government in the country was not persuaded to give an acceptance to Arabic as a language. But the language law was issued in 2006 and openly states that the language should be given partiality just next to Hebrew in Israel. Nowadays, Arabic is trained as a required part of the education even in the Hebrew communication schools.
From the time when Israel achieved independence from the controls of the British Mandate verdict the English language slowly loses its importance. However, it is still the language of foreign trades, due to its extensive international acceptance, except the said language is not allowed in the Knesset or deliberate meeting of the national judiciary system.


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Drive into Mickeys Toontown for genuine Goofy Gas.
You can tell youre in California, with its stringent anti-pollution laws and special gasoline blends.
This gasoline is so environmentally friendly that fish can live in the glass cylinders of the gas pumps.
At last—a brand that you recognize!
Here at Condor Flats, everyone buys Chevron gas from the FlynBuy.
Its the only gas station at this little high desert airport.
If you need gas while driving through Dinoland, stop at
Chester & Hesters Dinosaur Treasures store.
I hope your car runs on Regular; thats all youll find out here.
Theres a Premium pump nearby...
The premium pump is nice and clean—but the location is inconvenient because its inside Chester & Hesters Dinosaur Treasures store.
That makes it hard to drive up to the pump without plowing through exterior walls and racks of merchandise.
What were Chester and Hester thinking?
Oscars Super Service lives up to its name.
Pull your car up to the pumps, and four attendants will run out to service your car—one to pump the gas, one to clean your windows, one to check your tire pressure, and one to check your oil level.
Remember when Gulf Oil Company used to sponsor The Walt Disney Story on Main Street?
But Pete doesnt have a Gulf station; he has a Gulp station.
So drive into Mickeys Toontown Fair and fill up with Gulp.
Psst... heres a secret... although the rest room key is inaccessible in the glass cylinder of the gas pump, their rest rooms are actually always unlocked.
Dont buy your gasoline here unless you need airplane fuel.
Then, dont be surprised if you fly erratically.
At least thats what happens when the "aircraft" of Goofys Barnstormer fill up with Goofolene.
Pay just 18 cents per gallon at this rural general store from 1929.
Thats a good price for gasoline.
However, for the folks at this gas station, its the Great Depression and paying for anything is difficult.
Set a nickle aside for a Coca-Cola.
Youll not only be helping the general store stay in business, youll also be supporting one of the original sponsors (along with American Express) of The American Adventure, the show that features this general store.
Okay, these arent real gas stations.
But you knew that right away.
This article shows how Disneys Imagineers take something thats part of our everyday lives—gas stations—and make them into Disney park features that entertain, set the mood, or tell a story.
Unlike other parts of Yesterland, the gas stations on this page are all alive and well... for now, at least.
The FlynBuy Chevron is likely to go away when California Adventures Condor Flats area is re-themed.
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Man, I love Thursday's. It used to be becuase of Survivor and CSI. But, so sorry Gil and Katherine – Meridith, George, Addy, Alex and McDreamy have taken over. I have watched but a handful of CSI epi's this season. I can't help it. Grey's is a drug for me. I plan around it.
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|Travis Baldree
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|May 18, 2005 (NA)
|Action role-playing game, roguelike
|Single player
|Age rating(s)
|ESRB: Everyone 10+
|Windows, Mac OS X
|Arcade system
|Arcade System Missing
|Download, CD
|Computer keyboard, Mouse
|Credits | Soundtrack | Codes | Walkthrough
Fate (often written FATE) is a 2005 single-player action role-playing game originally released for the PC by WildTangent. It was runner-up for Role-Playing Game of 2005 in PC Gamer magazine. A Mac OS X port of the game was released at MacGameStore.com on September 19, 2008, but is also available as a physical product on a hybrid disc. A trial demo is available. A sequel called Fate: Undiscovered Realms was released in 2008, and a second sequel, Fate: The Traitor Soul, was released in October 2009. Fate is rated E10+ (rated for everyone 10 and up) for mild violence.
Gameplay[edit | edit source]
Fate is a fantasy action role-playing game closely modeled after Diablo II. This type of game is also known as a dungeon crawler, in which the player takes his/her character through progressively difficult levels of a dungeon, fighting monsters, completing quests, collecting valuable items and gold, and improving the character's attributes and skills along the way. The dungeon in Fate has a randomized layout for each level; treasures found within each level are randomized, as are the number and type of monsters. Fate is rendered fully in 3D, allowing the player to zoom in and out of the action as necessary.
Pets and fishing[edit | edit source]
The player is accompanied by a pet, which can initially be chosen as a dog or cat. This pet fights on behalf of the player, can carry items, and can be sent back to town in order to sell unwanted findings (though it cannot collect rewards for fetch quests). If the pet's Health Points are driven down to zero (due to blows or damaging spells from enemies) it does not die, but merely flees the fight. Hence, the game's introduction describes the pet as invincible since it cannot be killed. It will still follow the character, but it won't fight or pick up items until it is healed. The player can transform the pet into various more powerful creatures by feeding it fish, which can be caught in fishing holes found throughout the game or purchased from vendors. Some of these transformations are temporary, some can be made permanent.
It is also possible to get rare items from fish. A patient player who takes time to fish can make their character very wealthy, and obtain top-notch gear. The Player's Manual says, "Finding or purchasing a fishing pole is one of the best investments you can make in the game." There is also a fishing hole in the town that, if the player chooses, can be very helpful in getting one's character started (i.e., getting money with which to purchase better gear than the character starts out with) before braving the dungeon. The deeper the character is in the dungeon, the better items and more powerful pet transformations they can find while angling.
Player characters[edit | edit source]
When the character gains enough experience points, he/she is promoted to the next character level and given five Attribute points as well as two Skill points. Increasing the four attributes (Strength, Dexterity, Vitality and Magic) allow the character to wield stronger weapons, armor and magical spells, while Skills denote proficiency at certain things (Sword Skill, Charm Magic Skill, Critical Strike Skill, etc.—there are a total of 15 different Skills). There are no set character classes in Fate, allowing maximum customization. Additionally, the player is rewarded with Fame points for completing side-quests and defeating enemy bosses, which contribute to the gaining of Fame levels. Four Skill Points are awarded for gaining a Fame level. Elite and Legendary equipment cannot be used unless the player is of a certain Fame level. Certain items (i.e., weapons, armor, and jewelry) contain sockets, into which the player can put special gems in order to customize the item. Having sockets does not create higher requirements for using an item, although they make the item more valuable. Finally, a denizen of Grove, specifically a minstrel, can be paid to increase the character's Fame, "allowing savvy players to buy Skill points."
Non-player characters and quests[edit | edit source]
Several townspeople of Grove offer randomized side-quests to the player. These are sometimes called fetch quests (retrieving a valuable item from the dungeon), though they often require the player to kill off all enemies of a certain type on a certain level of the dungeon or dispatch an enemy boss. Upon completion of a side-quest, the player can return to the townsperson who gave it to them, and receive a reward of Fame Points, Experience Points and gold. Sometimes a valuable item is also given as part of the reward for completing a side-quest. In the case of a fetch quest, players can always decide if they want to keep the item they were sent to retrieve, or if the potential rewards for turning it in to the quest-giver are more important. Other non-player townspeople include vendors, selling arms, armor, potions, etc.
In addition to the various vendors and quest-givers in the town, there is also a Healer, who will bring the character's and his/her pet's Health Points up to full capacity free of charge, and an Enchanter who, for a fee, will try (sometimes unsuccessfully) to add an enchantment or a socket to an item of the player's choosing. However, once in a while he will accidentally delete all of the item's enchantments or even put a curse on the item, reducing its usefulness.
Sometimes a vendor will appear in the dungeon. Vendors and townspeople are non-player characters (NPCs). They all have neutral status in the game, so enemies won't attack them. The character cannot be attacked by enemies while engaged in buying or selling with a vendor. Vendors who appear in the dungeon are Pikko the Fisherman and Getts the Traveler.
Pikko the Fisherman sells a large array of fish, which can be used to transform your pet into a variety of different creatures. The further down you are in the dungeon, the better the fish Pikko will sell. Also, Pikko always has a fishing pole in stock.
Getts the Traveler, who can also be seen in the Town of Grove, retails various arms, armor, spells, gems, and other things.
Death[edit | edit source]
If at any point in the game the character dies (Health Points driven down to zero) the death is not permanent. The personification of Fate appears, who resembles the Grim Reaper. Fate offers the player three choices: first, the character can be brought back to life at the spot where s/he fell, in exchange for a portion of their Experience Points and Fame Points. Second, they can be brought back to life and transported to a nearby level (one or two levels up or down) in exchange for a portion of the character's gold. This new place may be safer or more dangerous than the one where the character died. Third, the character can be brought back to life and transported three levels up in exchange for all the gold in their possession. This new location is usually safer than where the death occurred. (If the character died on level 1, 2, or 3 of the dungeon they will be taken back to town.) If the player chooses this third option and can make it back to the exact spot where his/her character fell before the dungeon level regenerates, his/her gold will be waiting in a pile for them to pick up. (If the character stays out of a previously visited dungeon level for 20 minutes on the game clock, the level will be automatically refreshed with all new monsters and treasure, although the dungeon layout stays the same. Therefore, if the character died on that level and doesn't make it back within 20 minutes, any gold they left there when they died will be gone for good. The 20-minute rule does not apply if the character has a portal to that level, since one end of the portal is constantly occupying the level. However, if the character has died and been transported three levels up, there will be no portal.) If none of these three options is to the player's liking, they may choose Quit and the character is effectively transported back in time to the last occasion the game loaded. However, the death is still recorded in the character's journal.
Retirement[edit | edit source]
If the player completes the main quest he/she received at the beginning of the game, he/she is given the option to retire the current character and start play over again with a descendant of the first character. The descendant gets various perks and bonuses, including one item that is handed down from its ancestor. If this family heirloom has any magical enchantments on it, they will be augmented by 25% every time the item is passed down. If a weapon or piece of armor is passed down, its damage done or defensive capabilities will be increased as well. If a player chooses not to retire, they can advance their characters and go as deep into the dungeon as they like.
Plot[edit | edit source]
The game starts in the town of Grove, where on the outskirts of town the ancient Dungeon Gate leads would-be adventurers to multiple levels of fame, fortune, and death. The player assumes the role of one of these adventurers, and is assigned a randomized quest at the beginning of the game that will take them to approximately the 45th level of the dungeon. Along the way, randomized side-quests are made available to the player by the townspeople of Grove. Eventually, the player completes the primary quest by defeating the randomized boss monster.
Customization[edit | edit source]
Like many other games in its class, Fate has an active modding community. The developers have released tools to aid in the creation of mods and over 100 mods exist in a community database. Mods for Fate range from simple potions and weapons to new spells and town make-overs. The community has created tutorials for creating new weapons, armor, spells, monsters, and other such items. One pitfall of these activities is the stability of the game; for this reason, it is recommended that the original game files be backed up prior to the installation of any third-party changes.
Development[edit | edit source]
Designer and programmer Travis Baldree intended Fate to combine elements from games like Diablo and NetHack and make them accessible to a casual gaming audience, while also maintaining a level of appeal to hardcore gamers.[1] He eschewed a grim and gritty style, in favor of a more inviting atmosphere. Although Baldree had considered the idea for several years, production of the game began in October 2004, with a total development time of about five months.[2]
Fate offers no multiplayer elements. Multiplayer was considered, but the developers could not add it because of the game's extremely short development time.[1]
Based on his work on Fate, Baldree was hired by Flagship Studios.[3] By 2006 he headed a Seattle-based offshoot of the studio, developing Mythos, an online action RPG, with a group that included several members of the Fate team.[4]
Music[edit | edit source]
The score uses Western classical guitar and Middle Eastern influences much as the Diablo series does. There is also a noted Celtic influence, as one of the main themes is "Captain O'Kane" by Turlough O'Carolan.
Reception[edit | edit source]
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Fate was positively received by critics, garnering an average review score of 86.13% at GameRankings[7] and a score of 84% at Metacritic.[8]
Greg Kasavin of GameSpot called it "a high-quality game that delivers well on a concept that isn't ambitious but is well known for being fun and addictive," while pointing out its strong resemblance to Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo.[5] Writing for GameSpy, William Abner praised the game as "elegantly designed" and singled out the charm and personality of the game's graphics and pet animations.[6] Both reviewers cited Fate's low price as a selling point but criticized its lack of multiplayer features.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 James 'Prophet' Fudge (2005-05-18). Fate Interview. GameShark. Retrieved on 2009-09-14
- ↑ Aihoshi, Richard (2005-05-02). Fate Interview. IGN. Retrieved on 2009-09-14
- ↑ Sinclair, Brendan (2006-12-14). Flagship establishes Seattle satellite studio. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2009-09-15
- ↑ Callaham, John (2007-03-21). Mythos Interview. FiringSquad.com. Retrieved on 2009-09-15
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kasavin, Greg (2005-06-20). Fate Review for PC. Gamespot. Retrieved on 2009-09-14
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Abner, William (2005-10-11). Fate Review. Gamespy. Retrieved on 2009-09-14
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- Fate Official site
- WildGames Web Site
- Fate Reviews at Game Rankings
- WildGames Forum
- Fate Mod Archive
- Fate at GameFAQs


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We tend to think of a hospital as a place to go to get better. But many patients who develop a life-threatening complication of infection—sepsis—do so after being admitted to a hospital.
Sepsis is a rapid, whole- body response to illness, usually an isolated bacterial infection such as pneumonia or appendicitis. Most hard hit are adults over age 65—they're three times more likely than those younger to develop sepsis within three months of being discharged from the hospital, report University of Michigan researchers in a study published online in May 2015 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Breaking down sepsis
"Infections involving the gastrointestinal or genitourinal (stomach or urinary) systems are more common in older adults," says Claudene George, M.D., R.Ph., assistant professor of clinical medicine, geriatrics, at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, N.Y.
Sepsis occurs when an overwhelming immune response triggers bodywide inflammation. The source of sepsis in hospitalized patients is often an infection that originates around an intravenous line, surgical wound, surgical drain, or areas where skin breaks down (often a bedsore), letting bacteria into the bloodstream.
Some people mistakenly refer to sepsis as blood poisoning, probably because of the immune chemicals released into the blood that cause the condition, but no poisoning is involved. Here are four different levels of the condition:
1. Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) occurs when no infection is present. Symptoms are the same as those in infection-related sepsis: fever, rapid breathing, rapid heart rate, chills, confusion, decreased urine output, and skin rashes. But, George warns, "The early signs and symptoms that lead to sepsis such as fever, chills, and sweating can be absent."
2. Sepsis has the same symptoms as SIRS but is triggered by infection. Patients may have additional symptoms depending on the infection's origins, such as abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea if the infection starts in the abdomen or a cough and sputum production for a lung infection.
3. Severe sepsis occurs rapidly and is characterized by dangerously low blood pressure and inadequate blood flow to one or more organs.
4. Septic shock is a life-threatening condition triggered by a dramatic drop in blood pressure. Not enough blood reaches the body's major systems, such as the central nervous system, and organs, including the kidneys and lungs. Septic shock is fatal in 28 to 50 percent of cases, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In 2000, there were 621,000 cases of sepsis reported in the United States, nearly doubling to 1,141,000 in 2010. Rising sepsis rates are thought to be a result of increasing antibiotic resistance; an aging population; the number of more invasive procedures being performed; an uptick in the number of at-risk patients with weakened immune systems, and chronic illnesses, such as cancer, AIDS, and diabetes; and better tracking and reporting of cases by hospitals.
The University of Michigan researchers found that the risk of developing sepsis in the hospital was 30 percent higher for patients who were admitted for an infection than for patients who were admitted for other reasons. The most vulnerable patients were those with the gastrointestinal infection Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), with a 70 percent higher chance of developing sepsis. One in 10 C. difficile patients ended up with sepsis within three months.
Although they couldn't identify a direct cause, the authors partly attribute the large incidence of sepsis in C. difficile patients to the drugs used to treat the gut infection. Antibiotics, proton pump inhibitors, H2 receptor antagonists, and other drugs disrupt the healthy bacterial balance of the digestive tract and set the stage for sepsis. The finding holds promise for future research since doctors may be able to focus on balancing the bacteria before sepsis can develop.
Speed is crucial
Delaying sepsis treatment by as little as a few hours can mean the difference between life and death. People experiencing sepsis symptoms should be taken to a hospital emergency room immediately (or call for the nurse if already in the hospital).
Patients are treated with intravenous antibiotics and large amounts of fluids to restore blood volume, and drugs to maintain blood pressure may be given.
"About half of all people who experience severe sepsis can recover with early intervention," George says, "but their risk of recurrence rises and risk of death remained up to within one year later. Many survivors, especially patients with a prior chronic condition, may have permanent organ damage, such as kidney failure. Others may experience cognitive difficulties, such as problems with planning and organizing."