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Maurer rides offense to victory in finale
Cano, Bloomquist each drive in two for series win over Astros
HOUSTON -- Backup catcher John Buck delivered three hits and some words of wisdom as well for young Mariners right-hander Brandon Maurer, who picked up his first win of the season on Sunday afternoon as Seattle continued its recent surge with an 8-7 win over the Astros.
Maurer managed to get through a season-high five innings as he returns from a back injury that wiped out most of his spring. The 23-year-old allowed four runs on six hits, which was enough to get the victory as Seattle's bats stayed hot for a second straight day at Minute Maid Park.
Buck went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and what turned out to be the decisive RBI on a single in the eighth that made it 8-6 while hitting from the No. 9 spot in the order to lead a 12-hit attack.
And the 33-year-old veteran worked well with Maurer, a talented young prospect who sometimes fights himself on the mound.
"He's so competitive, when he yanks a curveball, he wants to make that pitch again, rather than reacting to the count or hitter," Buck said. "I explained that to him in about the third inning and he kind of rolled with me a lot more after that and was more efficient with his pitches.
"He wasn't climbing back from the two missed pitches, because he had to throw a curve to show himself he could do this. It's not about that anymore. It's about going to what's going to help us get outs and be more efficient. I told him, 'That's why I won't put that finger back down. I know what you want.' And he was like, 'OK.' It was kind of a light coming on for him."
On the heels of a 9-8 victory on Saturday, the Mariners also lit up the scoreboard for a second straight day. With three doubles and a triple, they knocked Astros starter Collin McHugh out with six runs (five earned) in the first four frames. McHugh saw his ERA rise from 0.59 to 2.79 as he suffered his first loss in three starts.
Buck's veteran presence was beneficial there as well, as he played with McHugh last year with the Mets and knew what the right-hander likes to throw.
"It helped a little," Buck said. "My approach was, I knew how he threw last year and the stuff he's been doing that's really made him successful this year. So I kind of went after that. That was my game plan and it worked out."
The victory pulled the Mariners within a game of .500 at 14-15, as they've won seven of their last nine since snapping an eight-game skid. Seattle took two of three from the Astros, who fell to 10-21.
Seattle is 4-1 on a tough cross-country trip that started with a pair of wins in New York and now concludes back on the West Coast with four games in three days in Oakland.
Robinson Cano hit his first triple as a Mariner to highlight a four-run third inning that also included a two-run double by Willie Bloomquist and an RBI single by Corey Hart.
Cano went 2-for-5 with two RBIs, driving in Seattle's first run with an infield grounder in the first and plating Bloomquist with his triple in the third.
Center fielder Michael Saunders and designated hitter Hart each had two hits, a run and an RBI.
Maurer is now 1-0 with a 6.92 ERA in three starts since moving into the rotation after injuries to James Paxton and Blake Beavan. He wobbled again in the fifth as his pitch count climbed, but manager Lloyd McClendon stayed with him after a home run to Jonathan Villar and a walk and single with no outs.
The skipper pulled Maurer in the fourth inning in his previous start in a similar situation, but this time let him go with a 7-4 lead. And the youngster retired the final three batters to put himself in position for his first win.
"It was a battle, but I saw something I liked in the kid today," McClendon said. "I saw some fortitude and guts. He went at it. He didn't have much left, but he fought through that fifth. That's a real tough position to be in, with a short bullpen and a guy that is one of your starters and has an opportunity to win. You want to believe in him, you want to give him an opportunity and he came through."
Maurer said his arm strength still isn't all there after three starts, but he's progressing and appreciated his skipper's support.
"That was a big hurdle to get over there," he said. "It felt good that he left me in there to get out of it."
Tom Wilhelmsen pitched two perfect innings of relief in the sixth and seventh, but Charlie Furbush gave up two hits leading off the eighth and both runners scored when pinch-hitter Marc Krauss greeted Danny Farquhar with a first-pitch single.
Farquhar retired the next three in order to get out of the eighth with an 8-6 lead, then allowed one run in the ninth before holding on for his first save of the season, as closer Fernando Rodney was given the day off due to a recent heavy workload.
Farquhar said he was told just before the game he'd be closing if needed and to be ready to pitch two frames, if necessary, which is exactly how it played out.
"We've been playing some crazy games with these guys," said Farquhar, who pumped his fist after getting Matt Dominquez to strike out on a high fastball for the final out with the [potential] tying run on first. "To get that last one and take the series and finish it on a strikeout, I threw it over his head, got lucky, he swung. Yeah, it was definitely a 'Yes!' factor."


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The Old Lyric Repertory Company, part of the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University, presents The Musical of Musicals, The Musical! opening June 25 at the historic Caine Lyric Theatre in downtown Logan.
Written by Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart, The Musical of Musicals, The Musical! borrows from some of Broadway's most notable productions to make one standing ovation to musical theater.
"Musical is a very clever show," said Jim Christian, director, musical director and choreographer for the show. "You take one of the most simple plots in the world and retell it five times with a nod to some of the most popular productions to ever be performed."
Each segment pays homage to the classic melodrama plot "You must pay the rent!"/"I can't pay the rent!"/"I'll pay the rent!" landlord/tenant/dashing hero tale, with an all-knowing older woman giving questionable advice.
"This show is fun, fast-paced, light and refreshing," said Christian. "Each performer has to be a chameleon, and all the roles are like a big game played with the audience."
Cast members Tyson Baker, W. Lee Daily, Lacy J. Dunn, Jonathan McBride, Emilie Starr and Camille Van Wagoner journey through variations on characters beginning with Corn!, a Rodgers and Hammerstein roundup that takes its notes from Oklahoma!, The King and I and The Sound of Music. Next the cast changes into '70s-style street clothes for A Little Complex, a Stephen Sondheim mashup that parodies Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, to name a few. Next, Dear Abby parodies Jerry Herman's Hello Dolly and Mame.
The Musical of Musicals, The Musical! is a comic valentine to musical theater and was the longest running show in the York Theatre Company's 35-year history before moving to Off-Broadway.
"If you know musical theater, this show will be incredible for you," said Christian. "If you don't, it will still be a blast with humor that works on every level."
The second act takes on the style of Andrew Lloyd Weber in the Aspects of Juanita, reminiscent of Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar and Cats. In the fifth and final musical, Speakeasy, the work of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Chicago and Cabaret close out the show with a kick.
"Musical is poking fun at iconic musical theater," said Dennis Hassan, co-artistic director of the Lyric Rep. "We have a strong cast who are adapting to five different styles of singing and dancing."
Opening June 25 and continuing June 26 and 27, The Musical of Musicals, The Musical! will then run on select dates through July 29.
The Lyric Rep's 2014 season also includes A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Tons of Money and The Elephant Man.
For more information and tickets, visit the CCA Box Office located in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU's Logan campus, call 435-797-8022 or see the Caine College's Production Services website. The box office is open from 9 a.m.-noon Monday through Friday. Tickets may also be purchased at the Caine Lyric Theatre in downtown Logan at 28 West Center Monday through Friday 1-4 p.m. and one hour prior to curtain on show nights.
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After becoming a star on "The Hills," and writing a bestselling fiction novel loosely based on her road-to-reality fame, Lauren Conrad will next write a book on style.
According to People, the young starlet will release "Lauren Conrad Style," in the fall of 2010, published by HarperCollins.
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"I am really excited to write a style guide," Lauren said in a statement. "I think fashion should be fun and reflective of who you are. When you wear clothes you feel good in, it shows in everything you do. I know this guide will offer simple, practical tips to help anyone look fabulous."
The book will reportedly teach readers how to get that signature Lauren look and also bring out their own sense of style and fashion.
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Icom IC-775DSP
Inrad Roofing Filter installation instruction
Special thanks to George and Georgia from Inrad (International Radio Corp)
for developing and merchandising this excellent mod!
The text of the page is from the original installation instructions
(by courtesy of George from Inrad)
together with photographs and advise from PA1HR
Icom IC-775DSP before installation of the Inrad Roofing Filter.
The IC-775 Roofing Filter Mod consists of a 6 pole, 5 kHz wide filter
followed by a high dynamic range, feedback amplifier.
The amplifier provides enough gain to override the filter insertion loss plus a few dB.
The upper side of the board of the Inrad Roofing Filter.
The under side of the Inrad Roofing Filter.
The plot above shows the sweep frequency response of the RF board in an IC-775 radio.
The wider curve is the original Icom response
and the narrow curve is with the Inrad Roofing Filter Mod added.
The improvement in first IF selectivity is dramatic!
The result of this bandwidth improvement is the reduction of close-in
intermodulation from multiple signals.
As you get into crowded band situations you will notice there are more open spaces
in the SSB-band and less burps and beeps on CW from strong signals.
With the main receiver as the overall widest bandwidth of the receiver
will be determined by the Roofing Filter, which is about 5 kHz.
This may degrade the audio bandwidth for AM and FM reception somewhat.
These modes will still be available for reception with the sub receiver.
The wires, coax cable and standoffs, supplied from Inrad together with the Roofing Filter Mod.
WARNING: modern radios contain components which may be damaged by static discharge.
Precautions must be taken to eliminate any static electricity buildup
between the operator and the radio before any of the internal circuits are touched.
If you are not familiar with the proper techniques for this,
consult the ARRL's Radio Amateurs Handbook.
Remove the AC line cord from the transceiver;
remove the bottom cover;
remove the top cover.
Place the radio bottom side up and locate the IF-board; it has the cyrstal filters on it.
Locate J8 in the rear corner near the center of the back panel.
Remove the coax cable from J8.
Remove the 6 screws holding the RF-board in place.
The RF-board is the smallest of the three boards on the bottom side of the radio.
Remove the screw near to the RX ANT IN connector on the rear of the chassis.
Lift the metal shield can off of the RF-board.
While keeping a sketch of where these cables go, unplug the following coax cables:
- from J1 and J2 on the PLL-board;
- from J6 and J8 on the RF-board;
- from the RX ANT IN on the rear of the chassis.
Remove the ribbon cable from the end of the RF-board.
And gently lift the RF-board out of the chassis.
Strip 1/8 inch insulation from the end of the red, yellow and black wire supplied by Inrad.
Tin each end of the three wires.
The wires will be tack soldered onto the ribbon connector on the RF-board,
as shown on the photograph above.
Return the RF-board to it's mounting place and return the cables to the proper connectors,
except for the short coax which was in J8 on the IF-board.
PA1HR's advise:
IMHO it is not necessary to remove the RF-board!
I found it quite easy to solder the three wires onto the ribbon connector,
while keeping the RF-board on its place.
The only thing you have to do first is to disconnect the ribbon cable from it's socket
at both sides (from the RF-board and from the IF-board), as shown on the photograph above.
Gently bent the three colored wires and tighten them with the cable clip which is mounted on the chassis.
Feed the coax that was in J8 through the chassis hole nearby.
Also, feed the three colored wires through this hole.
Turn the radio top side up with the front panel away from you.
Remove two screws from the loudspeaker and set it aside.
The PA-unit has as series of fins sticking out the back.
Remove three screws holding it in place; one on the back and two on the front of the PA-unit.
Do not move the PA-unit at this time!
The Regulator-unit (Reg-unit or Power Supply) is to the right and has the AC receptacle on it.
Remove the four screws holding it in place; two are on the back and two are up front.
Do not move the Reg-unit at this time!
The shield plate has the grounding wing nut on it.
Remove the two screws holding the shield plate in place.
Do not try to remove the shield plate at this time!
Now be very careful!
You will find a small ribon cable between the PA-unit and the Ctrl-unit,
as shown on the photograph below.
During installation of the IC-775 Roofing Rilter it is possible to disconnect this ribbon cable,
without realizing it at the time. The result is the radio will not transmit.
There is no stress relief on the ribbon cable inside of the PA-unit.
When you move the PA-unit for about 1/8 inch,
this ribbon cable can become disconnected from it's socket (connector) inside the PA-unit!
To prevent the ribbon cable disconnected from the connector inside the PA-unit
you should first remove the two little tapes, securing the ribbon cable to the top of the Tuner-unit,
as shown on the photographs above.
Then disconnect the ribbon cable from it's connector on the Ctrl-unit,
as shown on the photograph above.
After you did this, there will be no stress on the ribbon cable
when you move the PA-unit a bit.
Now gently push the front end of the Reg-unit towards the center of the radio
and pull it's rear end away from the center of the radio about 1/8 inch.
This will free up one end of the shield plate.
Then lift the rear end of the PA-unit high enough (about 3/8 inch) to remove the shield plate.
Remove the lower right screw from the fan
Prepare the Roofing Filter Mod by inserting the four plastic standoffs.
Do not remove the safety papers yet!
Plug the coax cable from the RF-board into J1 on the Roofing Filter Mod board;
plug the Inrad supplied coax cable into J2 of the Roofing Filter Mod board.
Be sure the two coax cables are seated well,
as it will become difficult to insert them after the next few steps.
Prepare the ends of the three colored wires by cutting to length
and stripping 1/4 inch of insulation. Tin the ends of the three wires.
Insert the three wires into the terminal on the Roofing Filter Mod board,
as shown on the photograph below and tighten the screws.
I advise you to tighten the three screws before you fix the board on the PA-unit!
Feed the Inrad supplied coax cable through the chassis hole to the bottom side.
Remove the safety paper of the four standoffs and install the board exactly as shown on the photograph above.
Re-assemble the PA-unit, the shield plate and the Reg-unit.
Then reconnect the ribbon cable into the connector of the Ctrl-unit.
And replace the two pieces of tape, securing the ribbon cable on the top of the PA-unit.
Tighten the screw of the fan.
Turn the radio bottom side up.
Insert the Inrad coax cable into J8 on the IF-board.
Tighten the coax cable and the three colored wires with cable ties.
Replace the top and bottom covers of the radio.
Quite a different Icom IC-775DSP with the Inrad Roofing Filter Mod!


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Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today announced plans to relocate the global headquarters of its $2.7 billion Optical Communications business to northwest suburban Charlotte, N.C.
The investment in a new state-of-the-art facility is designed to support long-term growth and strengthen the business' global competitive position.
The new location will provide:
- Centralized access to Corning's multiple facilities across North Carolina.
- Advantaged access to transportation for customers, suppliers, business partners, and thousands of employees.
- Increased access to the specialized talent needed to support future growth into new areas and technologies.
"Corning's plan to locate the headquarters for Optical Communications in Mecklenburg County builds on our 40-plus-year relationship with North Carolina," said Clark Kinlin, executive vice president of Corning Optical Communications. "This decision is further evidence of our confidence in our growing $2.7 billion business, and North Carolina as a world-class location for a technology company."
Corning Optical Communications is a world-leading provider of optical solutions with more than 30 locations and 17,000 employees worldwide. The business employs more than 3,000 people across five locations in North Carolina, including two of the world's largest fiber manufacturing facilities in Concord and Wilmington and two of the world's largest fiber cabling facilities in Winston-Salem and Hickory.
"We remain deeply committed to Hickory. Our major operations and approximately two-thirds of our employees will remain here," Kinlin added. "We will continue our tradition of support for the Catawba County United Way, STEM initiatives, and other educational and social endeavors. We will also provide comprehensive support to our Hickory-based headquarters team to ensure a smooth transition to our new facility."
The location of the new facility is in the final stages of negotiation. Construction is expected to start in the second half of 2016 and take 24 months to complete.
Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" (within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995), which are based on current expectations and assumptions about Corning's financial results and business operations, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include: the effect of global political, economic and business conditions; conditions in the financial and credit markets; currency fluctuations; tax rates; product demand and industry capacity; competition; reliance on a concentrated customer base; manufacturing efficiencies; cost reductions; availability of critical components and materials; new product commercialization; pricing fluctuations and changes in the mix of sales between premium and non-premium products; new plant start-up or restructuring costs; possible disruption in commercial activities due to terrorist activity, armed conflict, political or financial instability, natural disasters, adverse weather conditions, or major health concerns; adequacy of insurance; equity company activities; acquisition and divestiture activities; the level of excess or obsolete inventory; the rate of technology change; the ability to enforce patents; product and components performance issues; retention of key personnel; stock price fluctuations; and adverse litigation or regulatory developments. These and other risk factors are detailed in Corning's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the day that they are made, and Corning undertakes no obligation to update them in light of new information or future events.
Digital Media Disclosure
In accordance with guidance provided by the SEC regarding the use of company websites and social media channels to disclose material information, Corning Incorporated ("Corning") wishes to notify investors, media, and other interested parties that it intends to use its website (http://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/about-us/news-events.html) to publish important information about the company, including information that may be deemed material to investors. The list of websites and social media channels that the company uses may be updated on Corning's media and website from time to time. Corning encourages investors, media, and other interested parties to review the information Corning may publish through its website and social media channels as described above, in addition to the company's SEC filings, press releases, conference calls, and webcasts.
About Corning Incorporated
Corning (www.corning.com) is one of the world's leading innovators in materials science. For more than 160 years, Corning has applied its unparalleled expertise in specialty glass, ceramics, and optical physics to develop products that have created new industries and transformed people's lives. Corning succeeds through sustained investment in R&D, a unique combination of material and process innovation, and close collaboration with customers to solve tough technology challenges. Corning's businesses and markets are constantly evolving. Today, Corning's products enable diverse industries such as consumer electronics, telecommunications, transportation, and life sciences. They include damage-resistant cover glass for smartphones and tablets; precision glass for advanced displays; optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions for high-speed communications networks; trusted products that accelerate drug discovery and manufacturing; and emissions-control products for cars, trucks, and off-road vehicles.


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Hulbert: Why the Market Is Starting to Look Like 1929
A chart that has been making the rounds on the Street for a few months now is troubling to say the least, because it seems to be saying we are in for a repeat of 1929, and soon. MarketWatch's Mark Hulbert joins MoneyBeat to talk about the scary parallels. Photo: AP.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... in the chart that in making the rounds on the street are few months now ... it's troubling that say the least because it seems to be saying ... we're in for repeating nineteen twenty nine am so ... we started out as something of a job but fewer people are laughing ... MarketWatch's Mark Albers is here talk about the scary parallels ... Mark this is something you wrote about this a couple months ago and at the time it was kind of ... cool I Diana what's funny chart here that seemed to take credit for nineteen twenty nine crash ... and that is the chore of ... getting less funny but today isn't it ... well that's right ... and even some of the people who are circulating the chart and innovate in the early December one prominent prisoners Do You Duncan's CNBC and hedge fund manager at sea breeze ... and he was a all ours is doing it because I thought it was interesting ... now people are like a diversity of regularity this is the taking on more serious turn ... these ... parallels that appear in charts that you cannot technician it creates a leader in these among many people I talk to us her reaction ... raucous ... laughter and understand why this has any validity whatsoever ... but ... many of the objections were lodged within two months ago and I think a lot longer for since one of these new feature today if nothing else is ... to give credit to the people in November were staying in that it is a parallel parallel seems to be ... just because the last two classes it was over the period prior to last ... I love me ask you more half years the EU taking this chart twenty make of it ... what I would never take any one indicator alone and put everything on ... any so I know I wouldn't say this alone is reason to be worried ... you can in conjunction with lots of other indicators that I think they're a lot of ... reasons to be worried that this adds ... I'd get more fuel to the fire secondly I think I were playing out in this ... one of the many technical analysts Aquaman column pointed out that ... just because there is a pointed to trouble than it is but doesn't mean that the market's decline will have to be ... even if you believe in the correlation doesn't have to be as deep ... as the aircraft was in nineteen twenty nine ... the correlation ... is more about to be the directional moves and it is not that many ... stock ... even though it is an ANA and the technicians I interviewed who are taking this chart shows they are not necessarily say ... that we have to have a mandate to drop so I basically they're interpreting it is this a ... try lillies that lies directly in the next several weeks a couple months ... friends of the interesting contrast between ... technical analysis and more fundamental analysis to live in the nineteen twenty nine ... the parallels to me ... and I think a lot to write our two thousand and eight here you look it that the five ten year period leading up to nineteen twenty nine with a five some odd ten years before two thousand ate ... you know that that that the parallel in what's going on right now is very different the train was going on in the run-up to nineteen twenty nine ... to me that says that this chart I should not take that seriously ... Shanda Fanning even though it said I can't wait out when I email him yesterday in writing a column in ... history ... never repeats exactly ... but it does rhyme he's the favourite for for March when an ... I just feel I can we we shouldn't be too quick to dismiss this ... on ... as I say I mean people were very quick to dismiss it in early December now ... he's more intense pressure in people and even worse it has taken for what it's worth but I don't think it is easy ... to dismiss this was the two months ago ... well ... I may perhaps an even bigger pair along with some of the other periods of balls and in our history is the isthe ... is of little debt and leverage and our economy and though there's a lot of levers in two thousand and got work off ... but the ... subject of recovery were still way over leveraged ... as as an economy compared to most of the periods of our history and another scary parallel top ... that is a big


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TGI Fry-Day: Draft Barn's Beer Croutons
Explorations of the frying arts.
On a dusty stretch of Third Avenue in Gowanus, Draft Barn has been serving some seriously impressive suds (they have over 250 beers!) and unpretentious Eastern European grub. With sister locations in Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach, this outer Brooklyn mini-empire has been attracting locals and intrepid visitors alike looking for a fun beer hall setting. Did I mention this place is great for groups?
Recently we stopped in to try their beer croutons ($3). That was 72-hours ago and we are still going through withdrawal from this salty snack. These brown bread chunks are deep-fried for a chewy bite—though they are not at all greasy—and served toasty warm. The best part? The beer croutons are a "secret" item not found on the menu. So go ahead and soak up some cool, "in the know" points when you casually order them.
Draft Barn
530 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215 718-768-0515; draftbarn.com
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I seem to recall when flicking through a dog-eared copy of Dr. Benjamin Spocks seminal work 'Baby and Childcare' there isn't a chapter recommending the development of language that encourages a fucking moronic unworthy father to repeatedly go 'wooooo' 'wooooo' over and over and fucking over for the best part of half an hour whilst maintain the exact same robotic tone, pitch and volume. I believe it doesn't then advise to do the exact same precise thing just as I'm trying to go to sleep before 'soothing' the infant off with an impromptu gig, which includes the classic 'woooo' chorus. What a fucking Cunt.
Because of the vast amount of boozing I've been doing for the past few days I undertook the decision to abstain. I'd also run out of grass so I was in for a double whammy of misery. I was fully aware of this as I cycled home and parked my bike in the van; even as I entered my flat I knew that there was nothing inside to delight me in the same way a wine and spliff does. Despite this I took the time to make a roast, and even as I ate it, crying out for a glass of Claret as it was, I fought back the booze-urge and focussed my attention onto the food and nothing else.
The evening passed through a cycle of cigarettes, tea, TV and abstinence. I knew once I'd made it to 11 I'd be okay, getting there was another thing. But there was one little light in the alcohol-free pit of horror.
I was looking forward to watching the Alan Yentob's programme on Surrealism, despite Alan. Relying as I was on a crack team of researchers to plaster over the cracks, even I was genuinely amazed that the programme was a 24-carat balls up from the opening shot to the last. Fundamentally the hairy cunt didn't even tell the viewer what surrealism actually is.
Yentob virtually ignored all the female surrealists though one was mentioned, despite being capable of eye popping misogyny, surrealism is the first movement in art history to introduce the 'female artist', and they got a lot closer to the true understanding of the concept than most of their male counterparts. Step forward Dorothea Tanning, Leanora Carrington, Eileen Agar, Meret Oppenheim (she did the seminal 'dejeuner en fourrure' (hairy tea cup and saucer)) and the muse and photographer Lee Miller, whose eye features in Man Ray's metronome as vengeance following a doomed affair.
Alan mentioned but failed to recognise Hans Bellmer and completely ignored Yves Tanguay (whose work was plagiarised by Dali) both genuine exponents of the movement and more crucially members of the group, I'll touch on that shortly.
To add insult to injury The BBC punctuated the programme with very basic and crass visual antonyms, like Alan talking on a phone, which became a banana, then some flowers etc., isn't 'surreal' it's merely the juxtaposition of objects and coveys nothing outside of the fact Alan doesn't know what surrealism is.
Firstly, to be in the movement, Andre Breton its founder had to let you in, if he booted you out as he did Dali for being a self seeking Franco supporter then you were no longer a surrealist, merely a follower or at best, a devotee to the fundamental concept of, as Lautréamont (whose death predates the movement by 60 years I hasten to add) put it, 'the chance encounter on a dissecting table of a sewing machine and umbrella', Alan acknowledged the quote at least. George Melly who heavily featured (Alan's mate clearly) should know better calling himself a surrealist, especially as he's a so-called 'expert' on the movement.
Secondly surrealism was a largely literary movement and political by nature, communist to be precise, the idea behind surrealism was to shock the public into a different way of thinking about the human being in society. Essentially it was a dark movement designed to impose itself onto the subconscious via it's two basic themes of sex and death and there are plenty of examples where this manifests itself in genuinely upsetting works, outside of the media friendly works of Magritte and Dali, of course, and Alan playing with a fucking inflatable moon on a beach dressed like a Woody Allen in the last part of 'All You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex but Were too Afraid to Ask' ain't it.
So, what is surrealism? Well as Alan couldn't be pissed to do so, I will enlighten you. It's like that moment between being awake and asleep, the where the fuck..? or what the fuck..? experience we have every bloody morning just before you realise you've a massive woody, in my case. Or it can be the very moment when the hairs stand on back of neck when you thing you caught something otherworldly out of the corner of your eye. Put it this way, The Blair Witch Project is a lot closer to the fundamental gist of what constitutes surrealism than Monty Python, say.
I'm in a fucking awful mood. I'm knackered out and it's raining again. But there is hope. Big Brother starts tonight, and I'm a unashamed fan. So much so that Piqued may suffer in order to contribute to Watch With Mothers (link, right). I will certainly be reviewing tonight's opener tomorrow so why don't you join me then.
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tales from the classroom
In my intro class earlier this afternoon, we had a discussion about the gender gap in political opinion. "Why," I had asked, "do women and men tend to vote differently?"
"Because women do what Oprah tells them to do," replied a student who has never answered a question before.
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Villagers in Alton Barnes had to do a double take on Tuesday when they saw this zebra where the famous white horse usually stands.
The horseplay saw the 201-year-old chalk landmark sporting black stripes, fashioned from plastic sheeting, across its body and a black nose as part of an April fools prank.
Mike Lynch, of Goddard Road in Pewsey, spotted the new look while taking his dog for a walk.
He said: "I thought it was brilliant and then April 1st came to mind and I thought someone had a good sense of humour.
"I remember a few years ago when the white horse in Pewsey was covered over with grass in the build-up to carnival and then it appeared in the procession and it reminded me of that.
"Quite a lot of people stopped to take photos."
It is not the first time the horse, which sits on Milk Hill, has undergone such a makeover; it was also turned into a zebra in 2003.
Land owner Tim Carson said: "It attracted a lot of intention and it's a bit of harmless fun.
"Whoever did it went back in the evening and took it down, which was nice because last time it happened I had to go up and take it down. They were polite pranksters."


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A Child Focused Cake
For many people, the new baby is the centre of attention. So they may decide to have christening cakes Leumeah that include the child's name and date of birth written on the cake in icing. A simple cake of this kind can be ideal for a small ceremony and party. Pink or blue icing to help remind people of the baby's gender makes a nice touch and looks good in photographs.
A Religious Cake
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The Angel Cake
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If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?
8.0 Disclaimer
Scientific research about happiness provides a wealth of information, and facilitates substantially to live a happy life. It makes accessible to all the aggregated experiences of many other human beings, who are daily living their lives in the best way they can. It also provides several valuable inputs to policy makers, not just individuals.
Some important points to consider, in order to make the best out of the positive effects that scientific research has on living joyfully:
– self-fulfilling prophecies: with "exact" sciences like physics, describing a phenomenon doesn't change it, even if of course it influences the way we look at it. Regardless of what we measure as the value of the gravity law, the speed at which stones fall is not affected. Research about happiness, and what makes people happy, is bounded to influence happiness-reinforcing actions.
– diminishing returns and intentions: what facilitate our happiness today may have lower positive impact in the future, because we get used it; this is especially true with pleasant activities; lasting happiness is about our outlook about the present, not only about what we do. Also, intentions count a lot: sharing time and resources with other people makes us more happy than buying something for ourselves; this is what both our experience and scientific research tells us. Still, just based on this, we would give everything away an expect to become happy for ever, we would be in for disappointment. Sharing facilitates happiness when we feel the importance of sharing, and not when we pursue sharing like a task to egoistically enhance our well-being.
8.1 Defining happiness and subjective well-being
Eudaimonia is a classical Greek word, commonly translated as happiness. Consisting of the word "eu" ("good" or "well being") and "daimōn" ("spirit", used by extension one's fortune), it often refers to human flourishing. It was a central concept in ancient Greek ethics, along with the term "arete" ("virtue") and phronesis (practical or moral wisdom). Webster dictionary defines happiness as "A) state of well-being and contentment, joy. B) a pleasurable or satisfying experience".
These definitions show that the different aspects of happiness are given different importance by different people; the meaning of happiness in the ears of the listener. For some, it is an inflated term plastered on self-help books; for others, a way of living achieved by living in harmony with ourselves, events, conditions, people and environment around us.
Subjective well-being is not the same as happiness, even if such terms are often used as synonymous. Subjective well-being, as defined by Ed Diener, covers "a broad category of phenomena that includes people's emotional responses, domain satisfactions, and global judgements of life satisfaction. Subjective well-being consists of two distinctive components: an affective part (evaluation guided by emotions and feeling), which refers to both the presence of positive affect (PA) and the absence of negative affect (NA), and a cognitive part (information-based appraisal of one's life, evaluated using expectations and "ideal life" as benchmark). It is commonly abbreviated as SWB.
The usage of the term "subjective well-being", or even the term "joy", is much less widespread then the one "happiness". For this reason, while we use happiness in the title of this eBook because that is what people search for online and it is widely mentioned in the field of positive psychology, a suitable way to rephrase it is, in our opinion, is "living joyfully" (when referred to the ordinary meaning of the word), and to use the already mentioned "subjective well-being" which is the accepted standard when it comes to scientific research.
8.2 Measuring subjective well-being
We have already covered some approaches to measure SWB in the previous seven chapters. There are several ways SWB has been measured, both on a collective and individual basis. Often, countries are ranked by their happiness, and cities by how liveable they are.
This ranks how well nations combine level and differences in happiness, for the period 2000-2009, as reported by Veenhoven, R., World Database of Happiness, Erasmus University Rotterdam (available at: http://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl accessed on July 7th, 2010):
Costa Rica
The Economist Intelligent Survey ranks the most liveable cities in the World, the list is available on http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2009/06/liveable_vancouver
8.3 Maximizing subjective well-being
Since social-sciences This is a selection of scientific findings about SWB; as every selection, more could have been add, and we can discover more about it by reading in full the books of the authors mentioned here, and their colleagues.
Mindfulness: as reported by psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky, study participants who appreciate positive moments of their day, "showed significant increases in happiness and reductions in depression".
Money aren't everthing: researchers Tim Kasser and Richard Ryan found that "The more we seek satisfactions in material goods, the less we find them there. The satisfaction has a short half-life—it's very fleeting.". Money-seekers also score lower on tests of vitality and self-actualization. These findings are consistent across nations and cultures.
Have Meaningful Goals: this has been a recurrent them along the eBook. "People who strive for something significant, whether it's learning a new craft or raising moral children, are far happier than those who don't have strong dreams or aspirations. As humans, we actually require a sense of meaning to thrive." say Ed Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener. "Happiness lies at the intersection between pleasure and meaning. Whether at work or at home, the goal is to engage in activities that are both personally significant and enjoyable" according to Tal Ben-Shahar.
Exercising matters: exercising delivers a sense of accomplishment, plus opportunity for interaction with people and environment, releasing endorphins and boosting self-esteem. And, under the supervision of a doctor, it may be very effective in healing depression.
Positive outlook: "Happy people…see possibilities, opportunities, and success. When they think of the future, they are optimistic, and when they review the past, they tend to savor the high points," say Diener and Biswas-Diener.
8.4 Sustaining subjective well-being
If we pursue a meaningful life, or flow, happiness tend to be sustainable, and even self-reinforcing. But if we are on the hedonic treadmill, running here and there but in reality always being at point zero in terms of living joyfully, then in reality we are just aiming at pleasure (with its hedonic adaptation which results in declining value in how we perceive the same activities other time). And, in this case, variety doesn't really help us; as Daniel Gilbert (Harvard Professor of Psychology and author of "Stumbling on Happiness") says: "Research shows that people do tend to seek more variety than they should. We all think we should try a different doughnut every time we go to the shop, but the fact is that people are measurably happier when they have their favourite on every visit – provided the visits are sufficiently separated in time". As Daniel Gilbert (Harvard Professor of Psychology and author of "Stumbling on Happiness") says: "The main error, of course, is that we vastly overestimate the hedonic consequences of any event. Neither positive nor negative events hit us as hard or for as long as we anticipate. This "impact bias" has proved quite robust in both field and laboratory settings". He also adds: "We are often quite poor at predicting what will make us happy in the future for two reasons. First, we have been given a lot of disinformation about happiness by two sources: Genes and culture. Both genes and cultures are self-perpetuating entities that need us to do things for them so that they can survive. Because we are interested in our own happiness and not theirs, both entities fool us into believing that's what is good for them is also good for us". Does this mean we should relay only on scientists to know more about our happiness? Surely not, but we also to be aware of the effects gene and meme have on our assumptions about happiness; assumptions and beliefs are formulated when we do not know, let's live joyfully so we can then evaluate by ourselves what are appropriate ways to act in each situation.
8.5 Subjective well-being and generosity
Elizabeth W. Dunn is assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, and is well-known for her research in the field of happiness, self knowledge, affective forecasting, implicit social cognition. In the conclusions of her paper titled "Spending Money on Others Promotes Happiness", she wrote "While much research has examined the effect of income on happiness, we suggest that how people spend their money may be at least as important as how much money they earn. Specifically, we hypothesized that spending money on other people may have a more positive impact on happiness than spending money on oneself. Providing converging evidence for this hypothesis, we found that spending more of one's income on others predicted greater happiness both cross-sectionally (in a nationally representative survey study) and longitudinally (in a field study of windfall spending). Finally, participants who were randomly assigned to spend money on others experienced greater happiness than those assigned to spend money on themselves.
8.5 Subjective well-being and social networks
Human relationships are consistently found to be the most important correlation with human happiness. Happier people tend to have good relations with family and friends, as said by Diener and Biswas-Diener, who also add that "We don't just need relationships, we need close ones" that involve understanding and caring. Studies, including the one published on the British Medical Journal, reported that happiness in social networks may spread from person to person. Quoting its conclusions: "While there are many determinants of happiness, whether an individual is happy also depends on whether others in the individual's social network are happy. Happy people tend to be located in the centre of their local social networks and in large clusters of other happy people. The happiness of an individual is associated with the happiness of people up to three degrees removed in the social network. Happiness, in other words, is not merely a function of individual experience or individual choice but is also a property of groups of people. Indeed, changes in individual happiness can ripple through social networks and generate large scale structure in the network, giving rise to clusters of happy and unhappy individuals. These results are even more remarkable considering that happiness requires close physical proximity to spread and that the effect decays over time.
Our results are consistent with previous work on the evolutionary basis of human emotions and with work focusing on the fleeting direct spread of emotions. In addition to their internal and psychological relevance, emotions have a specifically social role: when humans experience emotions, they tend to show them. Like laughter and smiling, the emotion of happiness might serve the evolutionarily adaptive purpose of enhancing social bonds. Human laughter, for example, is believed to have evolved from the"play face" expression seen in other primates in relaxed social situations. Such facial expressions and positive emotions enhance social relations by producing analogous pleasurable feelings in others, by rewarding the efforts of others, and by encouraging ongoing social contact. Given the organization of people (and early hominids) into social groups larger than pairs, such spread in emotions probably served evolutionarily adaptive purposes. There are thus good biological, psychological, and social reasons to suppose that social networks (both in terms of their large scale structure and in terms of the interpersonal ties of which they are composed) would be relevant to human happiness.
Our data do not allow us to identify the actual causal mechanisms of the spread of happiness, but various mechanisms are possible. Happy people might share their good fortune (for example, by being pragmatically helpful or financially generous to others), or change their behaviour towards others (for example, by being nicer or less hostile), or merely exude an emotion that is genuinely contagious (albeit over a longer time frame than previous psychological work has indicated). Psychoneuroimmunological mechanisms are also conceivable, whereby being surrounded by happy individuals has beneficial biological effects.
The spread of happiness seems to reach up to three degrees of separation, just like the spread of obesity and smoking behaviour. Hence, although the person to person effects of these outcomes tend to be quite strong, they decay well before reaching the whole network. In other words, the reach of a particular behaviour or mood cascade is not limitless. We conjecture that this phenomenon is generic. We might yet find that a "three degrees of influence rule" applies to depression, anxiety, loneliness, drinking, eating, exercise, and many other health related activities and emotional states, and that this rule restricts the effective spread of health phenomena to three degrees of separation away from the ego.
Our findings have relevance for public health. To the extent that clinical or policy manoeuvres increase the happiness of one person, they might have cascade effects on others, thereby enhancing the efficacy and cost effectiveness of the intervention. For example, illness is a potential source of unhappiness for patients and also for those individuals surrounding the patient. Providing better care for those who are sick might not only improve their happiness but also the happiness of numerous others, thereby further vindicating the benefits of medical care or health promotion. There is of course a tradition of community approaches to mental health, but this longstanding concern is now being coupled with a burgeoning interest in health and social networks. More generally, conceptions of health and concerns for the well-being of both individuals and populations are increasingly broadening to include diverse "quality of life" attributes, including happiness. Most important from our perspective is the recognition that people are embedded in social networks and that the health and well- being of one person affects the health and well-being of others. This fundamental fact of existence provides a conceptual justification for the speciality of public health. Human happiness is not merely the province of isolated individuals".
This is chapter Eight of "Happiness Formulas. How to assess our subjective well-being? How to live joyfully in the 21st century?". This free eBook can be downloaded from
http://www.iswb.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/happiness-e-book.pdf or from the home-page of the Institute of subjective well-being: science of happiness .


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Netflix Now Has Over 30 Million Members Globally
Oct 25, 2012, 09:01 ET
LOS GATOS, Calif., Oct. 25, 2012 /CNW/ - Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), the world's leading Internet subscription service for enjoying TV shows and movies, now has more than 30 million members globally, including over 25 million in the U.S.
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Netflix hit the 10 million member milestone in 2009, a decade after it launched its DVD-by-mail service in the U.S. That number jumped to 20 million members by the end of 2010 with the widespread adoption of the Netflix streaming video service in the U.S. and Canada.
The expansion over the last 22 months comes both from the continued growth of U.S. and Canadian streaming subscribers as well as the introduction of the Netflix "watch instantly" service to new markets in Latin America and Europe. Netflix is currently available in 51 countries, with Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland the most recent additions.
In a Facebook post today, Netflix Co-founder and CEO, Reed Hastings, thanked subscribers, adding "your choice to be a Netflix member helps us to get more content every year and helps us further improve the Netflix experience. You make it possible for us to create the most amazing Internet television experience ever."
About Netflix
With more than 30 million streaming members in the United States, Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Nordics, Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is the world's leading Internet subscription service for enjoying movies and TV programs. For one low monthly price, Netflix members can instantly watch movies and TV programs streamed over the Internet to PCs, Macs and TVs. Among the large and expanding base of devices streaming from Netflix are the Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 consoles; an array of Blu-ray disc players, Internet-connected TVs, home theater systems, digital video recorders and Internet video players; Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, as well as Apple TV and Google TV. In all, over 800 devices that stream from Netflix are available. For additional information, visit www.netflix.com. Follow Netflix on Facebook and Twitter
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Search more than 3,000 biographies of contemporary and classic poets.
On July 20, 1934, Henry Dumas was born in Sweet Home, Arkansas. At the age of ten, he moved to Harlem. Dumas attended City College in New York before joining the U.S. Air Force in 1953. He was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas; he also spent a year stationed on the Arabian Peninsula. While in the Air Force, Dumas won creative-writing awards for his contributions to Air Force periodicals. In 1955, he married Loretta Ponton. The couple had two children, David and Michael. After returning from his tour with the Air Force in 1957, Dumas attended Rutgers University.
In the early 1960s, Dumas transported food and clothing to protesters in Tennessee and Mississippi. Dumas remained active in the civil rights and Black Power movements for the remainder of his life. In 1967, he taught at Hiram College in Ohio and later that year became the director of language workshops at Southern Illinois University's Experiment in Higher Education Program. While living in East St. Louis, he became friends with Eugene Redmond, a fellow teacher. Dumas also served as the editor and publisher for a number of "little" magazines, such as Anthologist, Untitled, Camel, Hiram Poetry Review, and Collection. In April of 1968, at the age of thirty-three, Dumas was shot and killed by a New York Transit Authority Policeman at 125th Street Station in a case of "mistaken identity." At the time of his death, he had already finished several manuscripts of poetry and short stories.
Dumas' poetry, short fiction, and novels have been published posthumously in large part due to the efforts of Eugene Redmond, Toni Morrison, and Quincy Troupe. Poetry for My People first appeared in 1970 and was later published as Play Ebony, Play Ivory. When Play Ebony, Play Ivory appeared in 1974, Julius Lester in the New York Times Book Review called Dumas "the most original Afro-American poet of the sixties." Dumas' first collection of short fiction, "Arks of Bones" and Other Stories, was first published in 1974. Redmond has also helped to bring out an unfinished novel, Jonah and the Green Stone (1976), as well as the collections Rope of Wind and Other Stories (1979), Goodbye, Sweetwater (1988), and Knees of a Natural Man: The Selected Poetry of Henry Dumas (1989). Authors including James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Maya Angelou have celebrated his writing for its mixture of natural and supernatural phenomena, music, beauty, and revolutionary politics.
A Selected Bibliography
Goodbye, Sweetwater (1988)
Knees of a Natural Man: The Selected Poetry of Henry Dumas (1989)
Play Ebony, Play Ivory (1974)
"Ark of Bones" and Other Stories (1974)
Jonah and the Green Stone (1976)
Rope of Wind and Other Stories (1979)
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Software-defined networking (SDN) rapidly expanded to take up nearly all of tech-industry journalism this year, at least in the networking sphere. Rather than make a year-end list out of it, I thought I'd share a few of the trends I'll be watching for.
For a more granular look at the subject, check out the SDN questions recently posed by Heavy Reading analyst Graham Finnie. I'll be watching the technology at the nuts-and-bolts level as well, but I kept this list rather high-level, looking mostly at business implications.
Where did I miss the mark? Talk it out on the message boards below. SDN is still morphing, so there's plenty to debate.


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BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say Syrian rebels have captured an oilfield in the country's east after three days of fierce fighting with government troops protecting the facility.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights' chief Rami Abdul-Rahman says rebels overran the al-Ward oilfield in the province of Deir el-Zour near the border with Iraq on Sunday.
Omar Abu Leila, an activist in the area, says the field was still functioning until shortly before the rebels seized it.
Syria exported some 150,000 barrels of oil a day before European and U.S. imposed sanctions last year.
In 2010, Syria earned $4.4 billion by selling oil to EU countries alone. Oil was the main source of hard currency for the regime until the sanctions took effect.


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CAREZZA, Italy - Caroline Calve seems to like the World Cup parallel giant slalom snowboard course at Carezza.
The 34-year-old from Lachine Que., who won her only World Cup event at the Italian ski resort exactly one year ago, added a silver medal Friday. She was the only Canadian to stand on the podium.
After qualifying fourth – the only Canadian woman to qualify – Calve beat Patricia Kummer of Switzerland, Claudia Riegler of Austria and Stefanie Mueller of Switzerland before losing in the gold medal final to Tomoka Takeuchi of Japan. It was Takeuchi's first career World Cup win.
On the men's side, Matthew Morrison of Blackstock, Ont., was the only Canadian to reach the final, finishing ninth overall after losing to Benjamin Karl of Austria in the first run of the final bracket.
Andreas Prommegger of Austria won the event with countryman Lukas Mathies second and Vic Wild of Russia third.
Nine other Canadian men and women failed to advance out of qualifying, including 2010 Olympic gold medallist and seven-time World Cup Crystal Globe champion Jasey-Jay Anderson of Lac-Superieur, Que.
"It's bittersweet today," said Calve, a seven-year national team veteran. "Obviously I'm super stoked to be on the podium again. That's a perfect start to the season. But I know that I could have won it if I didn't fall. But you know it's who stands up lasts the longest."
In the first run of the final Calve made what coach Mark Ballard called a "little mistake," but it caused her to fall and cost her a 1.5 second penalty for the second run. She was unable to make up that time.
"It was a technical mistake," Calve said. "I inclined too much on a turn. It was the end of the day and the snow was pretty chewed up."
Calve, whose victory last year was the first ever for a Canadian woman on the World Cup snowboard alpine circuit, had perhaps her best run in the fourth round against Mueller. She made one of her few mistakes and fell, but somehow managed to recover and still overtake and beat Mueller.
"I crashed on the pitch, but it was at the right spot so I was able to get right back up," she said. "I was able to use the bottom of the pitch (to regain speed) and I still had enough of the hill to catch her. I know I'm good on the flats so thought I just had to make it through the pitch and then give it in the transitions and flats."
After her victory last year, Calve could manage only one more top eight result, in the final event of the season.
She said that is not likely to happen again.
"I'm not the same person I was before," she said. "I worked hard all summer... with sports therapists and trainers. There were some moments of doubt today but I didn't let it bother me. Mentally I was in a perfect state. I know what I'm capable of and just reminded myself that I didn't need to do more than I am capable of."


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IF People show up on Saturday
THEN Fair trade chocolate bun on the permanent menu including, grains, sugars, chocolate, and possibly cinnamon as well.
28 Sep 2013
Jonnies Sticky Buns
941 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3G 0P9, Canada
MCIC is very pleased to announce Manitoba's second Fair Trade Carrotmob at Jonnies Sticky Buns on Saturday September 28 2013 from 11:00 to 14:00! We are continuing to build on the momentum of the province's first Carrotmob where Manitobans "buycotted" Constance Popp Chocolates, resulting in a 600% increase on her Saturday takings and Constance therefore switching over all her hot chocolate to Fair Trade and improving signage of her existing Fair Trade products.
This time, Jonnies Sticky Buns has pledged to switch over ALL his chocolate and some of his sugar to Fair Trade, as long as Manitobans completely "buycott" his store on September 28. So be sure to come along, with all your friends and family to buy a sticky bun (or five), enjoy some music, entertainment, and show how much Manitobans care about Fair Trade!
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By Lakelyn Hogan
With one in 10 people over the age of 65 living with Alzheimer's (according to the
Alzheimer's Association), and
16.1 million Americans providing unpaid care for someone with Alzheimer's, nearly everyone is touched by this disease.
Did you know every 65 seconds someone in America develops Alzheimer's, and every three seconds someone in the world develops the disease? Through understanding and education, we will be better prepared to care for our loved ones with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia disorder.
Every September, the Alzheimer's community dedicates itself to
World Alzheimer's Month, a month focused on research, collaboration and hope. At Home Instead we see the daily impact Alzheimer's has on family caregivers, family members and those living with the disease. As an organization, we're passionately committed to fulfilling our mission:
to enhance the lives of aging adults and their families and a big part of that is our commitment to raising awareness for Alzheimer's and other dementias.
In the past few months, I had the privilege to attend a few conferences focused on the future of Alzheimer's. It was inspiring to see people all over the globe working to better the lives of people living with dementia, better help the people caring for those with dementia and Alzheimer's, and working hard to further research efforts for better treatments and a cure.
Below is what I found most interesting and impactful from these events. I encourage you to visit their websites to learn more about each event's objective.
Youth's involvement in dementia education and caregiving is changing globally.
There is an emphasis around the world to educate young people on dementia and Alzheimer's. Various countries are stepping up to begin education earlier and it's inspiring.
In Japan dementia education is integrated into school classrooms in fourth through seventh grades. These young grade school children are then educating their parents on the disease. This approach is taking intergenerational learning to a whole new level!
Dementia Australia has a program called "dementia in my family." This website has educational material and resources for youth of all ages. For preschool age children, there is an interactive book about how the brain changes. Teens can share their stories and learn from others. The education materials range from preschool age to16 and reach the youth right where they are, online. I'd encourage you to look at the program:
I had the pleasure of meeting a 5th grader named Hailey from the U.S. who started her own blog and support network for other young people:
Kid Caregivers. Her blog has great tips for young caregivers.
This video tells a bit more about her story.
There is a research gap for women with dementia.
Women are affected by Alzheimer's and dementia more than men. In fact, 70% of new Alzheimer's diagnoses will be given to women; however, research for the disease is focused on men. The male and female brains are different and these differences must be taken into consideration when scientifically researching dementia and when researching the effects of dementia on caregivers.
A NYU researcher, Mary S. Mittelman, DrPH, shared her results from studying male and female caregivers. She found that there are gender differences in caregiving, which means they may need to be supported differently. For example: men were more likely to place loved ones in care communities and women were more likely to care for loved ones at home. Men were also more likely to regularly attend support groups than women.
Women's Brain Health Initiative is an organization dedicated to helping women care for their brains to help prevent cognitive decline. It's recommended that women are proactive and start caring for their brain at a young age by eating healthy, exercising and reducing stress.
The long-reaching impact of dementia.
At the National Alzheimer's Summit, I learned about the latest in Alzheimer's research. There are roughly 100 Alzheimer's drugs in the drug "pipeline." This is a slight increase over the number of drugs in the pipeline in 2017. These drugs are also designed for a wider variety of "targets" than ever before. In other words, these drugs are combating Alzheimer's in different ways than they traditionally have. My biggest take away from the research conversation was that we can remain hopeful that some of these drugs will successfully make it through the trial phase and move to public use by the year 2025.
Among conference attendees were people living with dementia and their caregivers. Their resounding message was loud and clear: "We want to be included in the research and we want our voices heard." One way to be heard is through an online community called the
A-List. The 6,000+ A-List members use their collective voice to overcome scientific skepticism around the value of the patient and caregiver engagement in research. You can join them today!
On the final day of the summit, participants had the opportunity to visit Capitol Hill to talk to lawmakers about the CHANGE Act of 2018. The CHANGE acronym stands for Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer's Needs to Get to an End. The
UsAgainstAlzhiemer's Activist Toolkit can provide more details on the CHANGE Act.
As long as Alzheimer's and dementia impact us, there is only knowledge to help shape the journey. Please bookmark and share these resources.
I hope this list of resources, organizations and support communities eases the Alzheimer's and dementia journey for those living with the disease and their caregivers.
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Horizon Bancorp, Inc. is an independent, commercial bank holding company serving Indiana and Michigan through its commercial banking subsidiary, Horizon Bank. Horizon Bancorp, Inc. may be reached online at www.horizonbank.com. Its common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol HBNC.
Grand Rapids, Michigan – Horizon has expanded its roots into the vibrant community of Grand Rapids Michigan. The office at 250 Pearl Street NW is located in the heart of the Grand Rapids art and business community.
With over 13,000 square feet of space, this renovated and welcoming office space has modern convenience, comfort, and services. Customers will be exposed to an innovative concept designed to personalize the banking experience. The open floor plan of the new office doesn't feature a traditional teller line, but inviting areas that allow customers to sit down to conduct their banking transactions.
Horizon's team that will call this new location home is made up of several long-time banking professionals from the Grand Rapids area. They are: David Quade, Market President of Grand Rapids, Tammy Kerr, Vice President, Treasury Management, Denny Briggs, Vice President, Senior Commercial Loan Officer, Kelly Hutchings, Vice President, Senior Commercial Loan Officer, Kelly Ells, Vice President, Senior Commercial Loan Officer, Joann Roche, Vice President, Senior Commercial Loan Officer, Nancy Miller, Vice President, Private Banker, David Samra, Mortgage Loan Originator and Administrative Assistants Cindy Bodell, Amanda Buist and Amanda Callender.
Quade has devoted his career to the banking business for over 20 years specifically in the commercial lending arena. His expertise in leadership and strategic planning will complement his new role as Market President. Quade is active in the Grand Rapids community and is involved in Habitat for Humanity, United Way, Volunteers for Michigan Cleft and Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Quade anticipates Horizon will establish a great community presence in the Grand Rapids market and looks forward to developing an exceptional team to serve this vibrant city.
Miller has over 20 years in the retail and private banking sector. Miller strives for personal client focused banking relationships and is committed to her local community. She currently serves as Vice Chair of Arbor Circle, was the Board President of Bluebird Cancer Retreats from 2006-2011 and the Board President for Pathways MI from 2013-2016. Her volunteer work has included East Paris Business Association, Women's Resource Center and Habitat for Humanity. Miller is excited to join the Grand Rapids team and looks forward to showing the West Michigan market how an established community bank can offer exceptional service and sensible advice.
Roche has over 25 years of experience working with a family owned business and real estate developers as she has helped manufacturers, distributers and service providers approach challenges and create financial plans that work. Roche currently serves on the Membership Committee of Association for Corporate Growth, is a founding member of ACG Women in Finance and serves as Treasurer on the Board of Senior Neighbors. She looks forward to working with an established team of professionals and showing the Grand Rapids area a different side of banking that only comes from a true community bank.
Hutchings has worked with clients in commercial real estate, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, and professional practices for over 27 years. She is involved in the Michigan Women's Foundation, the Athena Award Committee and is a volunteer for the Dolphin Tank pitch competition, food distribution day through local area churches and is on the entrepreneurship subcommittee for Michigan Women's Foundation. Hutchings is looking forward to "raising the bar" for community banking in West Michigan.
Briggs began his career in the lending industry 15 years ago. He has a creative approach to lending solutions and prides himself on tailoring his clients' needs in commercial & industrial, real estate development, construction and SBA loans. He is active on NextGen committee, a Deacon of the Calvary Christian Reformed Church of Lowell and currently volunteers at the Equest Center of Therapeutic Riding in Rockford Michigan. Briggs looks forward to offering customized, simple solutions that fit's client's needs to the Grand Rapids community.
Kerr has 25 years in banking, specifically in retail management, business development & marketing and treasury management sales. As a Grand Rapids native, she is very active in her community and is involved in the Michigan Association of County Treasurers, Michigan Municipal Treasurers Association, Michigan School Board of Officials and Southwest Michigan School Board of Officials. Kerr is excited to promote the Horizon brand in Grand Rapids and believes strongly that her hometown deserves a true community bank.
Ells has over 17 years of experience in commercial banking in the Grand Rapids and West Michigan area. She has a strong credit background and has worked with clients in commercial real estate, transportation, non-profits, professional practices and manufacturing. Her community involvement has included volunteering at the New Development Corporation, Feeding America, the City of Walker and the Kid's Food Basket. Kelly looks forward to providing sensible banking solutions to business owners in all fields and professions.
Samra is a Grand Rapids native with over 18 years of residential loan experience and specializes in condominium financing as well as jumbo, FHA, VA, Rural Development and conventional financing options. Samra currently serves on the Forest Hills Central Athletic Boosters Board. David believes that communication is critical between the lender and the client and the loan process should be transparent and easy to understand. David is eager to provide the best advice and product to meet the needs of the Grand Rapids community.
Hours for the Grand Rapids, Michigan office are Monday – Friday 9a.m. – 5 p.m. and Advisors can be reached at 616-214-3747.
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Release Date
March 2, 2012
DVD Release Date
June 19, 2012 (Buy on Amazon)
Running Time
88 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated R for crude and sexual content throughout, nudity, drugs, drinking, pervasive language, reckless behavior and mayhem - all involving teens
"Project X" follows three seemingly anonymous high school seniors as they attempt to finally make a name for themselves. Their idea is innocent enough: let's throw a party that no one will forget… but nothing could prepare them for this party. Word spreads quickly as dreams are ruined, records are blemished and legends are born. "Project X" is a warning to parents and police everywhere.... Full synopsis »
High school. The new movie Project X captures it perfectly. Well, high school parties at least. These were common affairs for me, at least once a week. If not more. Thousands of teenagers. Naked women. Sex. Drugs. Alcohol. Riots in the street. Flamethrowers. Mass destruction. Full movie review »


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DC United 4, FC Dallas 1 | MLS Match Recap
WASHINGTON - D.C. United entered their matchup against FC Dallas on Saturday evening riding a four-game unbeaten streak. Dallas entered the match as winners of four of their last five. Something had to give.
In a matchup of two of Major League Soccer's hottest teams, it would be United who emerged victorious on Saturday evening with a 4-1 victory. D.C. rode a Fabian Espindola brace and tallies from Bobby Boswell and Sean Franklin to victory; they'd also be aided by Dallas defender Zach Loyd, who showed himself off during first-half action, much to the delight of the 11,172 in attendance at RFK Stadium.
Dallas would open the scoring just twelve minutes in. Fabian Castillo collected the ball at the left side of the area, cut back and played a ball to his strike partner Blas Perez at the top of the box. Perez one-touched Castillo's service along to midfielder Mauro Diaz, who avoided badly-fooled United outside back Cristian Fernandez and hammered a shot home from 12 yards out.
Dallas would be forced to defend their lead a man down after Loyd's rash, studs-up challenge on United midfielder Davy Arnaud earned him his second yellow of the match in the 39th minute.
Deep into first-half stoppage time, United would equalize with a bit of flair of their own. Nick DeLeon deftly played a ball down the near touchline to Eddie Johnson. Johnson's cross was picture-perfect, finding Espindola inside the six for an easy head-in.
The floodgates would open for United in the second stanza, figuratively and literally. Defenders Franklin and Jeff Parke and second-half substitute Conor Doyle would combine on the build-up for DC's go-ahead goal, with Doyle's effort from 8 yards out caroming off Dallas keeper Chris Seitz and falling perfectly for an onrushing Boswell, who made no mistake with the finish.
A man down, Dallas struggled to find any real rhythm in the game's later moments. Espindola would be involved in both of United's insurance tallies; his run down the near sideline and slick evasion of two Dallas defenders would set up Franklin for United's third goal in the 64th minute, and he'd find himself alone in the box five minutes later to tally United's fourth, off a cross from Chris Rolfe.
Dallas would again lose their focus in second-half stoppage time, with midfielder Michel being shown a straight red card for violent conduct after taking a swat at United midfielder Rolfe.
United will look to extend their unbeaten run to six when they travel to Portland next Saturday evening. Dallas will regroup before welcoming New York the following day.
MLSsoccer.com Men of the Match
|What We Saw
|Fabian Espindola
|Had a banner day in a United jersey, with a brace and assist, and linked up well with his teammates
|Chris Rolfe
|Showed why he was a worthy pickup, as he progressed the attack time and again, and set up Espindola's 2nd goal
|Mauro Diaz
|Scored a nice goal, but his absence from the final 50 minutes did just as much to bolster his MVP credentials