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Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy is voluntarily recalling all lots of certain unexpired human and veterinary sterile products to the consumer level due to particulate matter found in vials of a compounded dextrose injection product dispensed to a local hospital. Further testing and analysis of the medication is being conducted.
Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy has not received any reports of adverse events related to this recall. If there is microbial contamination in products intended to be sterile, patients are at risk for serious, potentially life-threatening infections.
The recalled products were distributed to hospitals and consumers located only within Michigan from July 1, 2013, through October 19, 2013. No products were distributed out of state.
All unexpired lots of the following compounded products are subject to the recall:
Human Products
|Acetylcysteine, 5%
|Acetylcysteine, 10%
|Acetylcysteine, 20%
|Aluminum Potassium Sulfate
|Aminophylline PF, 25mg/ml
|Bevacizumab, 0.06ml (repackaged)
|Bevacizumab, 0.11ml (repackaged)
|Bi-Mix, 15mg/0.5mg
|Biotin IM, 1mg/ml
|Calcium Chloride PF, 500mg/ml
|Ceftazidime, 22.5mg/ml (ophthalmic)
|Clorpactin, 0.1%
|Combo Eye Gel
|Cyanocobalamin, 1000mcg/ml
|Cyclopentolate HCL, 2% (ophthalmic)
|Dexamethasone NaPO4 ionto-pf, 4mg/ml
|Dextrose Vial, 50%
|DMSO/Glutath, 3.75%/1.75% (ophthalmic)
|Edetate Disodium (0.05m), 1.7%
|Epinephrine (PF/SF), 0.5ml in 3ml
|Epinephrine PF SF (0.3ml), 1:1000
|Epinephrine PF SF (1ml), 1:1000
|Fentanyl PF, 50mcg/ml
|Fluconazole/Gentamicin, 200mg/480mg/1L
|Fluorouracil PF, 50mg/ml
|Gatifloxacin, 0.2ml 0.5% (ophthalmic) (repackaged)
|Glutathione PF, 60mg/ml inhalation
|Glycerin-Chromated (w/v), 72%
|Hyaluronidase, pf 100U/ml
|Hyaluronidase, pf 150U/ml
|Hydroxocobalamin, 10,000mcg/ml
|Hydroxocobalamin/thiamine, 1mg/100mg/ml
|Lidocaine/Sodium Chloride, 0.4%/18%
|Magnesium Sulfate, 1gm/50ml
|Magnesium Sulfate, 2gm/50ml
|Methocarbamol, 100mg/ml (repackaged)
|Methylcobalamin, 1000mcg/ml
|Methylcobalamin, 10mg/ml
|Methylcobalamin, 25mg/ml
|Methylcobalamin, 5000mcg/ml
|Methylcobalamin, PF 25mg/ml
|Multitrace-4 Pediatric Injection
|Naloxone HCL, 0.4mg/ml
|Naltrexone MCV, 1mg/ml
|Neomycin, 333mg/ml
|Papav/Phentol/PG E1, 30mg/1mg/20mcg/ml
|Papaverine HCL, (10ml) 30mg/ml
|Papaverine HCL, (2ml) 30mg/ml
|Papaverine HCL, 30mg/ml
|Phenol, 6%
|Phenylephrine/Tropicamide, 2.5%/1% (ophthalmic)
|Polidocanol, 1%
|Polidocanol, 3%
|Potassium Phosphate, 4.4meq/3mmol/ml
|Proparacaine HCL PF, 0.5% (ophthalmic)
|Quad Mix, 0.05mg/25mg/2mg/25mcg/ml
|Quad Mix, 0.1mg/30mg/2mg/20mcg/ml
|Quad Mix, 0.1mg/30mg/2mg/50mcg/ml
|Quad Mix, 0.1mg/9mg/1mg/10mcg/ml
|Quad Mix, in NaCl (1.8/0.2/0.02)mg/18mcg/ml
|Sodium Chloride, 0.9% (repackaged)
|Sodium Chloride, PF 14.6%
|Sodium Phosphate, PF 3mmol/ml
|Sodium tetradecyl SO4, 3%
|Sodium Thiosulfate PF, 10%
|Super Quad Mix, 0.1mg/30mg/2mg/20mcg/ml
|Testos Cypionate in Oil, 100mg/ml
|Testos Cypionate in Oil, 200mg/ml
|Testos Cypionate in Olive Oil, 200mg/ml
|Tranexamic Acid, 2gm/100ml
|Tranexamic Acid, 2gm/75ml
|Triple Mix, 15mg/0.5mg/10mcg/ml
|Triple Mix, 15mg/1mg/20mcg/ml
|Triple Mix, 30mg/1mg/10mcg/ml
|Triple Mix, 30mg/1mg/20mcg/ml
|Triple Mix, 30mg/1mg/40mcg/ml
|Tropicamide, 1%
|Vancomycin HCL, 10mg/ml (ophthalmic)
|Vigamox in BSS (0.15%), 0.75mg/0.5ml
Veterinary Products
|Amikacin Sulfate, 250mg/ml
|Buprenorphine HCL, 0.3mg/ml
|Buprenorphine HCL, 0.6mg/ml
|Ceftazidime in pluronic 250mg/ml gel
|Cyclosporin A Oint, 0.2% (ophthalmic)
|Cyclosporin MCT, 0.2% (ophthalmic)
|Cyclosporin MCT, 1% (ophthalmic)
|Desmopressin Acetate (0.01%), 0.1mg/ml
|Desmopressin Acetate (0.0125%), 0.125mg/ml
|Desmopressin Acetate (0.02%), 0.2mg/ml
|Diclofenac Sodium Oint, 0.1% (ophthalmic)
|Idoxuridine Ophthalmic, 0.1%
|Phenobarbital Sodium, 65mg/ml
|Prednisone, 10mg/ml
|Tacrolimus, 0.02% (ophthalmic drops)
|Tacrolimus, 0.03% (ophthalmic drops)
|Tacrolimus Ointment, 0.03% (ophthalmic)
|Ticarcillin in Pluronic, 250mg/ml gel
|Xylazine 100mg/ml
Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy has begun notifying its customers by mail and is arranging for the return of all recalled medication. Customers with questions regarding this recall may contact the pharmacy at 248-446-2643, Monday through Friday, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EDT.
Customers that have product which is being recalled should stop using it and contact the pharmacy to arrange for return of unused product. Consumers should contact their physician or health care provider if they have experienced any problems that may be related to taking or using these products. Adverse reactions may be reported to the FDA's MedWatch program via:


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According to researchers at Cambridge University, the average mother and her teenage daughter have a 15-minute argument every 2-1/2 days.
That's actually good news. I think I'm ahead of the curve. At least on intervals between fights. Not sure about duration though. It depends if the prolonged sulking afterwards is considered part of the 15-minute fight time or not. What about the time she spends complaining to her friends about her terrible lot in the parenting department? What about the parallel conversation I'm having with my husband?
Whatever the statistics, we all know that raising teenagers can be a rough ride. And that it puts the mother-daughter dynamic to the test.
While a certain amount of friction is unavoidable, I believe there are some tools that we, as mothers, can use to keep the noise level low – literally and figuratively.
One of the most important strategies in dealing with teenagers – and probably the hardest one of all – is not to take their behavior personally. This is particularly difficult when the words suggest otherwise, when she says "You're so unfair, you just don't understand, I hate you." But we must ignore the actual words and try to look beneath the surface.
Our daughters are a whirl of emotions that just seem to burst out at unexpected and inappropriate times. They aren't really directled at us. They are just so intense that she doesn't know where to put them. And there we conveniently are. But it's a release of the pressure of that emotional buildup and not really a condemnation of us.
As hard as that may be to believe at the time, it is crucial to our relationship that we don't react defensively, that we don't take her at her word. We want a relationship, not a power struggle. We want to be empathic to her tumultuous state, not assertive of our own power, position or correctness.
This is very difficult – make that extremely difficult – to do. What makes it possible at all is the recognition that underneath all the bluff and bravado is just a scared, little girl – someone who simultaneously wants her independence and is terrified of it. She wants to separate and she wants to run back to the comfort of our arms. She wants to make it on her own and she wants us to take care of her. She doesn't know who she wants to be and what the future holds. And it's intimidating. But she can't acknowledge that. She wants to be able to spread her wings but she wants the security of the nest still there, waiting for her. Think of it as the terrible twos on steroids, I mean, hormones.
It's so hard not to react when they attack. It's so hard not to feel "After all we've done for you" or hurt or insulted or embarrassed. But we need to be the adults here. We need to be the strong ones and not the needy ones.
We need to provide our daughters with the foundation they need to really grow into adulthood. We need to weather whatever they throw at us. And they need to know that we are always there for them, no matter what. And that there are no challenges that they – and we – can't survive.
Being a parent is an awesome responsibility. And, in parenting adolescents, we take some hits. But, please God, we all emerge stronger and closer from the experience.
Don't let the fights discourage you. You see they're common (take comfort if you are below the average!) and crucial to our daughters' growth. Just stand steadfast in your love and support. This really is a case where love conquers all (especially when mixed with a healthy dose of prayer!).


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Katy Perry was a teary-eyed mess on American Idol.
Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon made the pop star cry for all the right reasons as he performed as one of the top 14 contestants on Sunday's episode (April 14). Harmon, who not only charmed America with his voice but also his heartfelt story about the difficulties with his parents since he came out as gay, shared some good news during last night.
"Me and my family are in a better place and things are looking up," he told the judges before launching into an emotional rendition of Elton John's sentimental 1975 ballad "We All Fall in Love Sometimes." Much to the Idol hopeful's surprise, Harmon's cover rendered a proud Perry to turn on the waterworks.
"I'm a mess a little bit. I'm just so proud. I'm just so glad, because you're such a gift. You're a light to the world," she said, wiping tears from her eyes. "Your story is everything, and your talent, it just like, supersedes all, and just, I mean, I'm so proud of you."
Watch the moment below.
Born to a pastor and a religious family, Harmon has expressed that, despite their not initially accepting his sexuality, he says his family accepts him.
"I've never said that my parents have rejected me or don't accept me as me, their son," he told Out magazine, contrary to what's suggested on the show. "It's not like they totally outcasted me. It's just … I was living with my parents, and our differences caused me to decide to make an alternative living situation for myself. At the heart of it, we have our differences, but we still love each other no matter what."
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During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Maki, as well as the other shinobi tasked with sealing the reincarnated shinobi using the Cloth Binding Technique, used these tags in an effort to ensure that they could not simply be recalled and then re-summoned to the battlefield.


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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The White Sox already have picked a few things to change with newcomer Eric Surkamp that they've tried to implement just through him playing catch. Pitching coach Don Cooper said they'll go over the specifics with Surkamp after watching Thursday's live batting practice.
This 26-year-old southpaw can process the information from his new organization along with the information he gained during his five seasons in the Giants organization. Some of that information came from talks with Madison Bumgarner, whom Surkamp tried to talk with whenever the chance arose.
"Being such a young guy, he's pretty good and he knows a lot about pitching," said Surkamp of his talks with Bumgarner. "Whenever I had the opportunity to be around him and go up there, we would talk pitching and mechanics. I almost have similar type of mechanics."
Self-described as more of a finesse southpaw, Surkamp likes to mix up his fastball, slider, curve and changeup and throw all of them. Surkamp, who was a waiver claim from the Giants, thinks refining his repertoire could lead to the biggest improvements.
"It might be a little pitch here or there that you add in, a cutter or something like that," Surkamp said. "I know they have a lot of guys who throw those over here. We are all here for a reason. Just be consistent and do your job every day.
"This is my first time switching organizations. So, it's definitely a little different. Just getting to know all the guys and stuff like that. It takes a couple of days to get comfortable. But the game is still the same and baseball is baseball, so I've just got to go out and pitch."


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This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
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The overarching purpose of my dissertation is to offer one Pueblo perspective about research and health education to contribute to critical dialogue among Pueblo people so that relevant research and health education approaches grounded in Pueblo thinking can emerge. Research was a pebble in my shoe that caused me great discomfort as I walked within academia during the many years I worked as a health educator at a university, and continues to bother me. The purpose of my journal article is to discuss why much mainstream research is problematic from a Pueblo Indian standpoint and to explore considerations for research …
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Google certainly likes to throw a party. Its annual, roving Zeitgeist conference sees politicians and policy-makers beating a path to the door for inspiration. As a result, Google and policy makers have got very, very cosy together. But how much are ordinary net users and taxpayers subsidising Google?
The answer is a lot, and it's certainly getting more from us than it's paying for.
One estimate I've seen comes via analyst Scott Cleland, who certainly has a horse in this race: one of his jobs is chairman of NetCompetition, the telcos' lobby group. But let's use this as a starting point, and then go on to see why it's important in ways the business pages of the kebab wraps haven't clocked yet.
According to Cleland:
Google's search bots regularly copy every page on the Internet, some as frequently as every few seconds, and Google's YouTube streams almost half of all video streamed on the Internet. The study estimated Google's payment to fund just the U.S. consumer broadband Internet segment to be approximately $344 million in 2008, or 0.8% of U.S. consumers' flat-rate monthly Internet access costs of $44.0 billion. Thus Google's 16.5% share of all 2008 U.S. consumer bandwidth usage, is ~21 times greater than Google's 0.8% share of U.S. consumer bandwidth costs – or an implicit ~$6.9 billion subsidy of Google by U.S. consumers.
With traffic trends, that invisible subsidy may have doubled by now.
In effect, you're paying for inclusion in Google, because the bots use a lot of your bandwidth, although the cost is hidden. Is this fair? To stretch the highway analogy, vehicles that use the road more (heavy trucks) pay more than light users (scooters).
That's worth bearing in mind, as Google seeks taxpayer subsidies in the US for its 1Gbps fibre network (fiber if you're in the US) - far faster than anyone needs today.
Now the telcos' own behaviour - pocketing billions in subsidies - has been less than shiny. But two wrongs don't make a right. If we're to discuss what "shape" the internet will be in the future - with each shape having associated costs and technical advantages and weaknesses - we should do so on the basis of honesty. There are no "goodies" and "baddies" in this story, only sets of hidden costs that will be sprung on us. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Google's preferred "shape" for the network of networks we call the Internet certainly isn't the best or most efficient, technically.
Imagine the content of UK's FilmFlex cached at the cabinet at the end of every street. Video on demand services would then be instant. The network would save money, and if we did what decent consumers should do and insist the savings are passed on to us as consumers, we'd be quids in. The ISPs could do it themselves, or they could use a CDN, such as Akamai, which has its servers inside the ISP's POPs (Points of Presence). Not as efficient as a streetside cabinet, but not far off.
By contrast, Google's technical architecture is incredibly inefficient. Huge data centres [sample plan], which the company has described as "our Manhattan Project", are built far from consumers. They must transmit data thousands of miles, which naturally requires high bandwidth, and for this bandwidth we now see, Google wants a subsidy. Google alreadygets subsidies from states and municipalities keen to have one of these honking great data centres built in their neighbourhood: running into many millions of dollars per facility.
It would be a peculiar way to run a railroad company to insist passengers went thousands of miles on horseback first, and then drove round at high speed round a little loop, before continuing their journey on horseback again. It may be how a Soviet-style planner might like it, but it's no way to design the internet.
Neither Google's vast data centres nor gigabit speeds are needed for us to enjoy a well designed internet, with lower costs. But both happen to be perfectly aligned with Google's heavily subsidised ideal.
Just fancy that!
It's left as an exercise for the reader to judge whether Google settled on a technical architecture optimized for taxpayer subsidies, or whether the subsidies are optimized for the peculiarly inefficient architecture. Or both - you tell me.®
Although Google now gains more in revenue than ITV, it pays no UK tax. It's entitled to do so under EU Law, so you'll have to blame the single market for that, not Google.


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Decision : CONF 205 XI.3
Decision of the Third Extraordinary Session of the World Heritage Committee concerning Kakadu National Park, Australia
With consideration of 1 and 2 above, the Committee will remain vigilant in reviewing and assessing the progress made by the Australian Government. To this end the Committee requests that the Australian Government submit a progress report on the following issues by 15 April 2000 for examination by the twenty-fourth session of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee:
(a) progress made with cultural mapping of the Jabiluka Mineral Lease and the Boyweg-Almudj site and its boundaries and the completion of the cultural heritage management plan with the necessary co-operation of the Mirrar, and appropriate involvement of other stakeholders and ICOMOS and ICCROM;
(b) progress in the implementation, in response to the Kakadu Region Social Impact Study (KRSIS), of a comprehensive package of social and welfare benefits, together with the Northern Territory Government, for the benefit of the Aboriginal communities of Kakadu (including the Mirrar);
(c) more precise details of the output and scale of any parallel activities at the Ranger and Jabiluka uranium mines as well as on any legal provisions taken in that respect.
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It is the unwelcome interloper, an unsightly plant and the single biggest cause of annual epidemics of hay fever. For some, ragweed pollen will even trigger serious respiratory distress. Allergic Living gets to the root of ragweed and the ways to beat it.
Allergic Signs
Symptoms of an allergy to ragweed range from mild irritation of the eyes and a runny nose to completely congested sinuses; itchy eyes, mouth and throat; and sleeping problems, accompanied by fatigue and irritability.
Ragweed can provoke asthma. It is also linked to ear infections in children and sinusitis (bacterial infection of the sinuses) in adults. However, skin reactions to ragweed are rare.
The Where of It
Though there are dozens of varieties of ragweed, two are mainly responsible for the sneezing and weeping of allergic rhinitis: common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) and giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida).
In the United States, ragweed cuts a swath through central and eastern states from north to south. In Canada, Ontario and Quebec are hardest hit by its pollen. In both countries, the coasts are mainly clear of it.
Weather's Effect
Ragweed thrives during dry, hot summer weather. While most of us complain about clammy and rainy days, high humidity (over 70 per cent) makes it more difficult for the plant to release pollen.
Know the Enemy
Common Ragweed: An annual, it grows erect and as tall as 5 feet (1.5 meters). Lower leaf branches are opposite each other, but begin to alternate higher up the plant. The leaves are long and compound, with deeply toothed divisions on each leaf. Flowers are in spikes of small, greenish yellow florets, numerous and not showy.
Giant Ragweed: The weed lives up to its name, reaching as high as 15 feet (4.5 m). Its stems are multi-branched and hairy, with the leaves opposite, except on smaller branches.
The leaves are large, as rough as sandpaper, rounded and shallowly toothed. Flower heads are similar to common ragweed except the female head is larger. This is an annual as well, and both plants only reproduce by seed.
The Pollen: Flowers begin appearing in June, but don't release pollen until the tail end of July, with pollen saturating the air from August through October. One plant will produce one billion pollen grains per season. Only the first frost will kill ragweed.
How to beat the Weed
1. Pull out ragweed in and around your property by the end of July. This prevents flowering and the spread of its harmful pollen.
2. Remove or mow down ragweed plants wherever you see them. Seeds can survive for 40 years, so eliminating the weeds is crucial.
3. Speak to your allergist about treatment options and develop a plan of action before allergy season hits.
4. Check pollen forecasts, and plan outdoor activities for days when counts are low.
5. Minimize time outdoors during the middle of the day, when counts are the highest.
6. Keep pollen out by closing doors and windows, and using air conditioning and HEPA air filters.
7. Wash hands frequently; take a shower and change clothes after being outside.
8. Do not hang laundry outside; it will collect pollen.
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When I got married, I became an instant dad to my wife's two sons. One day just before we were married, Joanne and the boys came to visit me. Jarrod, the older, was four. He sat on my lap, and we played with his teddy bear. I would take his teddy and pretend he was talking to Jarrod. When it was Jarrod's turn to make the bear "Talk," he swung it and hit me hard across the face.
He didn't mean to be violent, but got carried away with the game. However, when he saw the blow had shocked me, he quickly put both hands up in a defensive position, expecting me to hit back.
I was stunned more by his fear than by being hit. At that moment, I realized what it was going to take to be a father figure – forgiveness and love.
I slowly reached out, took both his shoulders, pulled him close, and kissed him on the cheek. I can still remember the amazed look on his face. He relaxed, and we started playing again.
It would've been easy to try to "teach him a lesson." But both of us needed an instruction in love being lived. And we needed to learn, most of all, that love matters.
I believe most of us are inherently aware that love is needed for us to maintain a true quality of life experience. Love and forgiveness, given and received, make us feel mentally and emotionally better. Yet, how many of us know that love has an impact on physical well-being?
The World Heart Federation reports that love helps us to preserve a good mental attitude. At the same time it enhances physical health because of its positive effect on immune systems and the heart.
Dr. Dean Ornish, president and founder of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, in his book, Love and Survival, shares many research studies suggesting that love is a real healer. For example:
– At Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, researchers asked 10,000 married men with no history of chest pains (angina), "Does your wife show you her love?" The men who responded yes were found to experience significantly less angina during the next five years than husbands answering no.
– Yale scientists questioned 119 men and 40 women before they submitted to angiography tests. Those who reported feeling most loved and supported were found to have quite noticeably fewer blockages in the arteries.
– In 1952, Harvard doctors choose randomly 126 healthy male students. The students were asked to describe the nature of their relationships with their parents. In 1987, medical records were acquired for the subjects, who were in their 50s. More than 90 percent of those who didn't sense warm relationships with their mothers had been diagnosed with serious illnesses, compared with 45 percent of those who cited loving relationships with their mothers. For fathers, the respective numbers were 82 and 50 percent.
As we can see, love apparently provides health benefits. Yet, what kind of love makes the biggest difference in our health?
Passionate love and compassionate love are two different forms of love. Passionate love is an absorption in another, an intense emotional experience, usually associated with new romance. Normally, it doesn't last long. Compassionate love is a deep caring and concern for another that is more prolonged, yet often declines with passing years. It is more of a low-keyed human emotion.
However, I and many others have experienced a love that sustains itself across years. This is a divine Love that produces consistent mental and physical stability as well as improvements. The less one thinks about himself, the more he or she can tap into this Love and express it more fully. And the more this is done, the more this person is able to heal himself and others.
Mary Baker Eddy, an early Christian explorer in the realm of mental, spiritual, and physical healing, wrote, "That individual is the best healer who asserts himself the least, and thus becomes a transparency for the divine [Love], who is the only physician."
A friend of mine, Ken, shared with me how he experienced divine Love in action. He told me that eleven years ago, a growth developed both in and outside of one of his lower eyelids.
At first, he was afraid. The condition was never diagnosed, yet doctors had detected similar growths on his grandmother and had determined they were cancerous. Ken called a friend who was a Christian Science practitioner to pray with him about this problem.
At times, he caught himself wondering whether God was a God of wrath, punishing him for something he might have done. But as he continued to pray, Ken could tell the healing was taking place even though the growth seemed to increase in size. The real growth that was taking place was a solid realization that God is Love and loved His child unconditionally.
Every area of his life was affected by Love's healthy touch. His attitude changed. He expressed more compassion and kindness.
During this time, Ken also became aware of a deep-rooted fear that was attacking the very essence of a desire he had to serve God in whatever way God wanted him to. And this fear was simply that if the problem continued, it could prevent him from fulfilling this desire.
He suddenly realized this fear was a ridiculous lie. Ken affirmed that he lived to express God's love. He felt peaceful and was aware of the love that never quits. God's goodness and boundless love for all His creation was more real to him than the fear. Ken knew he was healed.
Two weeks later, the growth fell off his eyelid without leaving a trace or scar.
Yes, statistics reveal, but even more importantly, minds and bodies show that love and forgiveness, given and received, make us feel mentally, emotionally, and physically better.
Our quality of life will be consistently improved as we begin to understand that the love behind our love is divine. This is why love matters.
– Keith Wommack is a Syndicated Columnist, Christian Science practitioner and teacher, husband, and step-dad. He has been described as a spiritual spur (since every horse needs a little nudge now and then). Keith's columns originate at: KeithWommack.com


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After two years of flat trading, "Big Beer" stocks have enjoyed a raucous keg party since the first quarter of this year. Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) and Heineken (HEINY) are both up around 20% since the beginning of February, but the real standout has been SABMiller (SBMRY), which is up more than 30%. The S&P 500 is up about 10% over the same period.
But can the party continue?
After the recent run-up — which has not been accompanied by a proportionate surge in earnings — all three megabrewers now fetch relatively high earnings multiples: InBev, Heineken and SABMiller trade for 19 times, 18 times and 22 times forward earnings, respectively.
Of course, when you consider that the S&P 500 trades for roughly 20 times earnings, those valuations look a lot more reasonable.
Outside of an elite handful of companies — think Coca-Cola (KO) or Disney (DIS) — big beer names have the most recognizable brands in the world. With branding power comes premium pricing and higher returns on equity. Add to this financial strength and the recession-resistant nature of beer demand, and you have a recipe for a premium stock valuation.
All else equal, the Big Three megabrewers should trade at a significant premium to the S&P 500.
But the single-biggest reason why I love Big Beer as a long-term holding is its prime placement in the developing world. Big Beer went on a two-decade acquisition spree that left each of the Big Three with outsized exposure to emerging markets. This explains why beer stocks got hit particularly hard in January, when it looked as if emerging markets might be heading for a currency crisis, and why they have rallied hard in the months that followed. As investors have regained confidence in emerging markets, they've regained confidence in Big Beer.
How does this shake out geographically? Let's take a look. AB InBev gets about 52% of its earnings from Latin America, including Mexico. North America takes another 38%, and Europe and Asia make up most of the remainder. However, the company has very little presence in Africa. While we think of BUD as an American company, it's actually a Latin American company with its headquarters across the Atlantic in Belgium.
Heineken breaks out its numbers a little differently. "The Americas," which lumps the United States and Canada in with developing Latin America, accounts for about 26% of profits. "Asia-Pacific" accounts for about 18% of profits. Western and Central/Eastern Europe bring in 27% and 10% of profits, respectively. But the real story is its exposure to fast-growing Africa. The Africa/Mideast region accounts for 21% of profits, a proportion I expect to see grow massively in the years ahead. (Figures add up to more than 100% due to rounding and adjustments; all data from Heineken 2013 annual report.)
But if I like Heineken's geographic mix, I love SABMiller's. SBMRY has the highest exposure of the three to Africa. SABMiller's African operations are responsible for 31% of profits, about 17% of which is from South Africa. But not to be neglected, SBMRY also gets 33% of its profits from Latin America, 13% from Asia Pacific and 11% and 12% from Europe and North America, respectively.
Why am I so bullish on Africa's prospects? Because frankly, it is it the last real investment frontier. Per capita GDP has more than doubled in the past decade, and according to Deloitte, seven of the 10 fastest-growing countries in the world are in Africa. As African living standards rise, so do the standards of African drinkers.
What is most attractive about a frontier market like Africa is that the competition is not other beer brands; it's home brew. Only about 20% of the beer consumed in Africa is branded or bottled. The remaining 80% is brewed at home or by small commercial establishments.
I'm not talking about trendy craft brews here; I'm talking about moonshine. As incomes continue to rise in Africa, so will consumption of bottled beer.
So, what does all of this mean for SABMiller's stock?
I wouldn't expect a repeat of the 30% returns enjoyed over the past five months. For that matter, I'm not expecting much from the broader market either given today's prices.
But I would highly recommend picking up shares of SABMiller on any pullbacks. Among Western multinationals, SABMiller is uniquely well-positioned to profit from the rise of Africa's middle classes. This is one of the most powerful macro trends of the next decade, and you want your portfolio to be on the right side of it.
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Has anyone heard anything about this case or the Hawaii one? It seems like we should hear something sooner or later.
It is unlikely that there will be a decision in my appeal until there is a decision in Young v. Hawaii. 9th Circuit Advisory Committee Note to Rule 25-2(3) encourages the parties to a case to notify the court if the court has not issued a decision within 9 months after being taken under submission for a decision. The three-judge panel assigned to my appeal vacated the submission of my case for a decision pending a decision in Young v. Hawaii and so that clock stopped ticking in my appeal. Young v. Hawaii was taken under submission for a decision at the conclusion of oral argument on February 12, 2018. If there is not a decision by November 12, 2018, then both sides are encouraged to notify the court.
I used to keep track of how long it took the 9th circuit court of appeals to render a decision in Second Amendment cases at this link. Notably, both the presiding Judge (Ikuta) and Senior Judge O'Scannlain have both written extensive Second Amendment decisions. It took five months and 18 days for Judge Ikuta to publish her decision in Jackson v. San Francisco. Granted, that was the appeal of a preliminary injunction which had expedited priority. It took eleven months and 24 days for the three-judge panel decision to be published in Peruta v. San Diego. Judge O'Scannlain wrote that decision. There was a dissent by Judge Thomas (now the Chief Judge) which may have delayed the time it took to be published.
The question is much simpler this time around. If we have learned anything in the ten years since the Heller decision it is that the lower courts have almost invariably acted as if the Heller (and McDonald, and Caetano) decision never happened. Both judges Ikuta and O'Scannlain have published decisions which conflicted with the Supreme Court decisions in Heller and McDonald. The en banc court in Peruta took concealed carry off the table. The threshold Second Amendment question in both my appeal and in Young is whether or not the Second Amendment extends outside the doors to our home.
If two of the three judges assigned to Young's appeal says that it does then he very likely gets his handgun Open Carry permit.
I would not be surprised if there were a decision today nor would I be surprised if there were a decision six months from now but given the narrowness of what Mr. Young can win on appeal (he is constrained by his Complaint), I would be a bit surprised if we are still waiting for a decision well into next year.
FYI, of all the appeals to be decided by Judges Ikuta, O'Scannlain and Clifton the week of February 12, 2018, four appeals (including Young v. Hawaii) are still pending a decision.


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Harrell falters as Astros' slide reaches six games
Right-hander cruises into fifth inning before running into trouble
DETROIT -- Lucas Harrell had cruised through 4 2/3 innings yielding only a single hit, seemingly perfecting the art of the ground-ball out. The Astros' offense, meanwhile, had put two runs on the board, taking their first multiple-run lead against Detroit in six games this year. Then, once again, the game took an abrupt turn.
It was an all-too-familiar feeling for the Astros, playing their second of a three-game set against the Tigers on Tuesday. Another game and another bad inning to rip the contest from their grasp, as a three-run Detroit fifth turned a two-run Houston lead into a one-run deficit, and the Astros went on to fall to the Tigers, 6-2, at Comerica Park.
"That's been the story of our season," manager Bo Porter said.
Similar to Monday night's 7-2 loss -- in which starter Bud Norris allowed a six-run fourth inning that changed the course of the game -- Harrell allowed things to spin out of control with a similar result.
The right-hander had been making battling through Detroit's vaunted lineup seem like a leisurely stroll. A one-out infield single in the first inning by Torii Hunter would be all the Tigers could muster until two outs in the fifth.
Harrell had toyed with his opponents until that point. The 27-year-old, who makes his living getting ground-ball outs, recorded seven straight groundouts -- between two walks -- spanning from the second inning until the fifth. After a fly ball by Victor Martinez in the second, he didn't serve up another until Martinez's next at-bat.
"I felt great today," Harrell said. "I felt like I threw the ball really well. Things just didn't go my way."
Things stopped going his way shortly after that second Martinez at-bat. It was an Omar Infante single that began a two-out rally, which ultimately ended with a Tigers' lead.
Don Kelly followed with a single to plate the second baseman, who stole second, before Ramon Santiago and Andy Dirks belted doubles to score the game-tying and go-ahead runs.
"He was making good pitches," Dirks said. "Wasn't leaving much over the plate, mixing it up pretty well. And after you see a guy a couple times, usually you see what he's got and it gives you a little bit of an edge."
On one hand, Harrell had entered the game pitching better the second time through the order, limiting hitters to a .237 batting average, compared to .286 in their first at-bats.
On the other, the fifth and sixth innings have plagued the right-hander this year, as batters have posted .357 and .524 clips in those innings, respectively. And those were the innings the damage was done.
"They have good hitters," Porter said. "Take a look at their lineup. Sometimes you've got to give credit to the other team. Harrell did a good job of holding them at bay for the length of time that he did."
Tigers skipper Jim Leyland had a different theory entirely. He said it was Infante's steal that put the pressure on, and credited the veteran for making the decision to swipe the bag.
"I think when Omar stole the base, it changed the whole inning," Leyland said. "I think all of a sudden now, [Harrell is thinking] 'Oof, I'm trying not to give up a run.' I thought it was huge."
Harrell struck out Hunter to end the damage, but a leadoff double by Miguel Cabrera in the sixth followed by a Prince Fielder walk and a Martinez RBI single ended his night.
Harrell finished by giving up five runs on seven hits and three walks in five-plus innings. He went from seven straight ground-ball outs to five of six Tigers roping the ball to the outfield.
His struggles cost the Astros their early lead off Doug Fister. Back-to-back singles by Chris Carter and Carlos Pena got the Astros started leading off the second. A J.D. Martinez RBI double scored Carter and a sacrifice fly from Jimmy Paredes plated Pena to give Houston an early 2-0 lead.
Houston had Fister on the ropes with 62 pitches through three frames. But the lanky right-hander recovered to retire 18 of the next 20 batters and fire seven innings.
With the loss, the Astros matched their longest losing streak of the season -- six games -- heading into a series-finale matchup Wednesday against fireballer Max Scherzer.
However, Porter doesn't expect he'll need to give his team added incentive to show up motivated to play.
"You should be motivated every day that you're in the big leagues," he said. "This right here is an opportunity to play the game that you all love. ... You should be here and ... motivated to play every day, despite whatever is going on around you."
Perhaps it was Leyland who summed up the Astros' current situation best. The 68-year-old has managed for 22 seasons. His first campaign started off similar to Porter's -- managing the 1986 Pirates, losers of 98 games.
"It's tough right now for them, but it'll be good at some point when those players mature and get more seasoning and everything. You'll see the rewards," Leyland said. "I went through it in Pittsburgh. It's difficult for them right now, but they've played us really tough. ... They're playing their tails off. I mean, they're kids are trying to prove themselves, they're getting an opportunity and they're busting their tails."


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Lot 111: David Hockney
Lot 111: David Hockney
Illustrations for Fourteen Poems from C.P. Cavafy (4)
Etching and aquatint on Crisbrook handmade paper
Proof set aside for the artist, aside from the edition of 75
Published by Editions Alecto, London
Each inscribed "for me" lower left margin of sheet beneath image; each signed lower right margin of sheet beneath image; In an Old Book and The Shop Window of a Tobacco Store both with title inscribed lower right sheet; In the Dull Village inscribed "in the dreary village" lower right sheet; The Beginning inscribed "Their beginning" lower right sheet
Sheets each: 31" x 22"
Comprised of In an Old Book (pl. 6); The Shop Window of a Tobacco Store (pl. 7); In the Dull Village (pl. 8); The Beginning (pl. 9)
Together with copy of letter from the artist to Jack Larson and James Bridges dated February 10, 1966, and book
Together with copy of letter from the artist to Jack Larson and James Bridges dated February 10, 1966, and book
Provenance: Jack Larson and James Bridges, Los Angeles, California (acquired directly from the artist)
Literature: David Hockney Prints 1954-1995. 1996. #52, 53, 54, 55.
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Price Realized: $9,375
Inventory Id: 21110
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David Hockney (born 1937) has been described as the most popular and versatile British artist of the 20th century. In the results of a 2011 survey of 1,000 British painters and sculptors, his peers went further, naming Hockney the most influential British artist of all time. Such stature may be attributed to both the clarity and frankness of Hockney's art–in media spanning painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, and stage design–as well as the creative zest and enthusiastic engagement with the world which is evident therein.
Hockney grew up in the city of Bradford in Yorkshire county in northern England. He studied at the Bradford School of Art from 1953 to 1957 and at the Royal College of Art in London from 1959 to 1962. Though he was educated at a time when abstraction dominated the art world, Hockney stuck resolutely to figurative painting and drawing. His early paintings suggest a search for style, veering from spindly experiments in Expressionism to what today resemble amalgamations of James Ensor and Jean-Michel Basquiat. But all fell into place when Hockney arrived in Los Angeles in 1964. The escape from the oppressive air of Britain–cold, gray, rainy–to a world of bright sunshine, warmth, and sparkling water brought Hockney a sense of freedom and an artistic epiphany. "The day he stepped off the plane in Los Angeles, everything changed," wrote the British art critic Richard Dorment. "In a moment I would seriously compare to Vincent Van Gogh's arrival in Arles, it is as though the heat, light and color of California entered Hockney's bloodstream. Overnight, a talented British artist became a major international star."
He would spend most of the next five years in L.A. painting luminous pictures of the things that made him happy and that made him a name: swimming pools, manicured lawns, palm trees, stucco buildings, and luxuries unknown in England such as shower stalls. Hockney would also paint people. His portraits are considered by many to be his finest work: grandly scaled yet intimate, sharply realized and at the same time resonantly poetic. One reason for the piquancy of these portraits is their exclusive reliance on Hockney's friends, family, and special acquaintances as his subjects. His closest friends in Los Angeles–the author and fellow ex-pat Christopher Isherwood and his companion, Don Bachardy; the actor and writer Jack Larson and film director Jim Bridges; art dealer Nicholas Wilder; his own companion of those years, artist Peter Schlesinger–would also be the subjects of Hockney's work. Larson introduced Hockney to the art collector Betty Freeman, who would become the subject of one of his greatest paintings, Beverly Hills Housewife (1966).
Three groupings of works by Hockney offered in this sale merit a particular note: the etchings from the 1966–67 series Illustrations for Fourteen Poems from C.P. Cavafy. Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933) was the son of a Greek merchant family who lived most of his life in Alexandria, Egypt, where he worked as a clerk. His poetry–gentle but forthright mediations on intimacy between young men–were anthologized two years after his death. In his youth, Hockney stole a copy of the book from a Bradford city library. In a 2010 BBC radio program, the director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, discussed Hockney's Illustrations–specifically the etching In the Dull Village–in terms of human rights, calling it "a courageous, provocative act." Homosexuality was illegal in Britain when Hockney was making the etchings, and they were published the year parliament finally de-criminalized it. On the BBC show, Hockney acknowledged that he was making a personal statement in Illustrations: "I wasn't speaking for anybody else, but I would certainly defend my way of living."
Livingstone, Marco. David Hockney. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996. Print. Hockney, David, and Nikos Stangos. David Hockney. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1977. Print. Dorment, Richard. "Hockney at Nottingham Contemporary, Review." The Telegraph [London] 23 Nov. 2009: n. pag. Telegraph Media Group. Web. 7 Jan. 2016. Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter. Rebels In Paradise: The Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960s. New York: John Macrae Book/Henry Holt, 2011. Print. MacGregor, Neil. "Hockney's 'In the Dull Village'" A History of the World in 100 Objects. BBC Radio 4. London, 19 Oct. 2010. Radio.


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Eat the pebbles to get to the next level. But avoid the Chompers!
Try to get three like-coloured faces in a row to earn points and move to the next level.
Use the paddles to keep the comets in play. See how many levels you can go.
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I'm trying to watch TV with a Raspberry TV Hat on a Pi 3 but with no success.
I have installed tvheadend on a fresh 2018-11-13-raspbian-stretch installation, then installed the tvheadend software as described in "Getting-started-with-the-Raspberry-Pi-TV-HAT.pdf".
Tvheadend finds 19 muxes but 0 services.
I have tried three different aerials (with amplifier and w/o) but without any success.
The television broadcaster is only 4 km away. There should be a wonderful reception of the signal (listed as -30dB in the tvheadend gui)
Same result with an older Raspbian installation.
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Americans of all political stripes favor keeping the Affordable Care Act's provisions prohibiting insurers from denying care or charging more to people with pre-existing medical conditions, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll.
About three-quarters of people surveyed by Kaiser said it's "very important" that those provisions remain law. That includes 58 percent of Republicans — even as many of them continue to support a repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Nearly 60 percent of Americans say they live in a household where someone has a pre-existing health problem.
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Mexican Eats: Carrera's Taqueria in Bushwick
As local Mexican businesses go, the Zafra and Carrera families are moguls. They are owners of Quesos Mexicanos and Aztecas Linda's, respectively, two Brooklyn cheese companies that produce and distribute their Mexican-style cheeses to the tri-state area. This year, they opened a taqueria, Carrera's, in Bushwick, a natural extension of their businesses, selling Mexican products to local bodegas and high end restaurants. Though the Carrera family eventually dropped out, their influence is felt right next door at the Piaxtla tortilla factory. The taqueria is a cozy respite on a gritty stretch of Flushing Avenue where trucks blast down the thoroughfare. Lines of colorful paper flags swing from ceiling as diners scoop up cheap guacamole ($5), eat tortas ($6-6.95), and sip housemade tepache ($2), a bracing, fermented beverage made from pineapple skins, sugar, and water.
Chips and pico de gallo hit the table while you wait for your tacos: regular palm-sized guys ($2.50), teensy ones not much larger than a silver dollar ($1.50), or either size, on hand-made tortillas (add .50). Opt for the freshly made tortillas which are thick and toasty, smelling of sweet corn. They're better mantles for tinga, shreds of chicken in a bright tomato sauce, seared cubes of steak, and carne enchilada, chopped pork in a chile-flecked marinade. All are sprinkled with a petite dice of white onion and frilly cilantro.
The menu extends to more exotic antojitos. I especially liked the picaditas, a simple antojito made of fresh masa that looks like a miniature inflatable swimming pool. The high-sided coasters of masa are filled with refried beans, crema, and crumbled queso fresco. The crisp sides are offset by the moist cornmeal center, the perfect carrier for a trio of salsas: two green, one red, that send off sparks. There's also to crisp flautas, a chicken consomme with rice, and burritos with superlative flour tortillas and fillings of grilled cactus, squash blossoms, and little button mushrooms. The inventive Super taco ($4) is a burrito-taco hybrid of sorts, made with a smaller flour tortilla. Mountains of huitlacoche tumble from monstrous quesadillas, heavy with stringy queso hebra. And you can get the Tex-Mex behemoth, a chimichanga ($7.50) a whole burrito that's deep fried to a shatteringly crisp golden brown, destined to sear off the first three layers of skin at the roof of your mouth.
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Closing arguments complete in Benjamin Duling murder trial
Wilton man claims self defense in 2008 death of his girlfriend
The jury in the Benjamin Duling murder trial heard closing statements from both sides Monday morning.
Duling is charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death his girlfriend, Shelly McGrade.
Duling's lawyer said this is a case of self-defense, claiming McGrade was the one initially holding the weapon.
During closing statements, Duling's lawyer Michael Hulser said McGrade was angry with Duling over an upcoming trip to London.
Hulser said that during an argument, McGrade pulled a knife. He said that during the struggle, McGrade suffered the fatal stab wounds, one to the neck and one to the back.
Hulser also pointed to what he calls some questionable work at the crime scene where some diapers appeared to have been removed before processing.
Hulser also spoke about an interview the couple's 5-year-old son gave to police shortly after the homicide.
During that interview, the boy said he saw his parents struggling, but when he was called to testify last Friday, that boy, now 10 years old, says he doesn't remember making that statement or doing the interview.
The child did testify that he saw his mother's body on the kitchen floor and a bloody knife on the counter.
Prosecutors said during closing arguments that Duling was trying to frame McGrade.
The bloody knife was found by police in McGrade's hand and prosecutors said the only person with the motive and opportunity to place it there was Duling.
They also talked about a 911 call Duling made where he said McGrade came at him with a knife, he took it away and stabbed her.
Prosecutors said this proves this is not self-defense, since Duling stabbed an unarmed person.
The jury is began deliberations Monday afternoon.


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but I am failing to reach to figure how I can read the plot from the code and where the main knot of it is.
The metaphor of story may not work for everyone. If I were to deconstruct the concept of story, I would point to two key features of well-written stories:
A good choice of categories for database tables lets us assign a role to each table. Once we have a set of roles we can try to construct a narrative to explain how each of those roles works together to create a whole system. The question is: have we created a well-written story?
In particular, our narrative needs to explain how the categories we've chosen give the front end the data it needs. We also need to explain what functionality could explain the data that has no obvious connection to the front end and how it may related to the goals of the end-user view of the system. Maybe it helps performance? Supports development? Represents related, but unused features? Solves an architectural problem related to system design? Sometimes it is obvious what kind of functionality this extra information might support. If it isn't, we can put them aside for a bit and hope that maybe their purpose will be clearer when we see whether or not the code uses these tables, and if so how.
However, if we find more than a few things we can't categorize or our categories don't seem to fit together, then we also need to take a hard look at the way we are categorizing.
According to psychologists who specialize in memory and cognition, experts and non-experts differ significantly in the way they use categories to organize information:
For example, a novice might try to group database tables based on structural features like primary key or the presence of blob fields. However, she is likely to find it very difficult to use these categories construct a narrative explaining what she saw on the front end because the categories are too superficial. Since she can't compose a narrative, she has to rethink her categories. If she is lucky, trying to construct the narrative to explain how the data supports the front end might hint at another more meaningful way of categorizing tables. If not, a smart novice will find someone with more experience and ask them how they might organize the tables. Sometimes we do need to learn by watching the example of others. If there are no handy experts, she might try one of the approaches here or here to get her creative juices going.
The goal of the emphasis on story is to help one question one's categories until they are deep enough to be useful. The iteration and interleaving of code and data and focus on flow are also meant to help enrich the connections between categories and make it easier to retrieve information when you need it. A nice summary of the role schemas (categorization systems/stories) play in expert knowledge can be found here.
Here also some links to research on expert knowledge for software programming and development. I found a few interesting observations here and there about the role of data and code but none of these seemed to say much about learning systems whole.
Best, beth
Update: revised research links to describe information in each article relevant to understanding systems and data/code relationships.
Update: added links to monkish brainstorming of what to do when you are really stuck trying to understand something.
Update: clarified the deconstruction of "story".
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If you're a regular visitor to the site, which you should be, you've obviously noticed it hasn't been updated this past week. Fear not, this was only a temporary hiatus, brought upon me by circumstances I had absolutely no control over. Indeed don't think it was all fun and no work for me here, no… Not one film was watched, I was just extremely busy elsewhere, but I am back now and The Movie Planet will normally resume its regular output later today. In the meantime, there's obviously been a crapload of film news during my absence, and I've decided to get through all the major stuff quickly in a sort of mega-"Links Of The Week" edition, enabling me to have a clean slate upon my next post. Enjoy.
Movie Announcements
New hotshot comedy actor Seth Rogen (Pineapple Express) will produce and have a supporting role in I'm With Cancer, based on the experiences of producer Will Reiser (Da Ali G Show), who wrote the script here.
Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona (The Orphanage) will make his English-language debut with an adaptation of David Moody's novel Hater, written by Glen Mazzara (16 episodes of FX's The Shield), here.
The 2004 French heist movie Cash Truck (original title Le Convoyeur) is getting a remake in English, titled Armored, adapted by David Ayer (Harsh Times) & Andrew Kevin Walker (Sleepy Hollow), potentially directed by F. Gary Gray (Be Cool) and potentially starring Eric Bana (The Other Boleyn Girl) here.
Acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Body Of Lies) will return to sci-fi and direct an adaptation of the novel The Forever War, a project he's been pursuing for 25 years here.
20th Century-Fox has hired screenwriter Allan Loeb (21) to pen a sequel to the 1987 classic Wall Street here.
A big budget Chinese movie based on the legend of Hua Mulan has been announced here. It will be the fifth Chinese film on the subject and the first since 1964.
Bull Durham director Ron Shelton has declared he's thinking about a sequel here. Star Kevin Costner has however recently stated he'd never do one.
Writer/Director Nancy Meyers (The Holiday) is making a new romantic comedy, which will star Steve Martin (Baby Mama), Meryl Streep (Mamma Mia!), Alec Baldwin (My Best Friend's Girl) here.
Gary Winick (Charlotte's Web) will direct the revenge comedy Rat Bastard, written by duo Heather McGowan & Niels Mueller (Tadpole) here.
The French comic book series Du Plomb Dans La Tête (literally something like A Bullet In The Head), will be adapted into the American film Headshot here.
A new muppet movie, a detective comedy titled Happytime Murders will be made, directed by Brian Henson (Muppet Treasure Island) and written by Todd Berger (Chasing Christmas) here.
Steve Carell (Get Smart) will star in the Napoleonic comedy The Adventures Of Brigadier Gerard, based on short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) here.
Musical sensation Elton John (The Lion King) is writing a musical that will star Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder) here.
Amy Adams (Charlie Wilson's War) will star in the romantic comedy Leap Year here.
The multitalented Kevin Smith (Clerks 1 & 2) is planning a space comedy here.
Liev Schreiber (Love In The Time Of Cholera), Helen Hunt (Bobby) and Carla Gugino (Righteous Kill) will star in the drama Every Day here.
Plot Announcements
Actor/Director Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby) reveals the plot for his latest movie, Gran Torino, here.
The plot and songs for the untitled new romantic comedy by Cameron Crowe (Elizabethtown), starring Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder) and Reese Witherspoon (Rendition) has been revealed here.
The plot for Full Love, the promising second directorial effort for action superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme (JCVD), has been revealed here.
The plot for the new Star Trek movie has been revealed here.
Casting & Various Hiring News
Despite the next Superman movie being a franchise reboot, Brandon Routh will apparently return in the lead here.
Actor Brad Pitt (Burn After Reading) has stepped down from the Micky Ward boxing biopic The Fighter, to be directed by Darren Aronofsky (The Fountain) and starring Mark Wahlberg (The Happening), leaving that film's future in jeopardy here.
The Fame remake has been cast here.
Talented actor Don Cheadle (Traitor) has replaced talented actor Terrence Howard (Iron Man) as the hero's best buddy Jim Rhodes in Iron Man 2 here. Howard is confused and upset.
Relative newcomer Brad Ingelsby has been hired to adapt the comic book Sleeper here.
Third film co-writer George Nolfi will write the fourth Bourne film here.
It seems Brett Ratner (the Rush Hour films) will direct the new Conan movie here.
Movie Cancellations
Lethal Weapon 5 won't be made, as co-lead Mel Gibson turned down the script here.
Acclaimed director David Fincher (Zodiac) believes his long-gestating adaptation of Rendezvous With Rama will never get made here.
It seems the long-gestating Goonies 2 won't be happening after all here.
The eagerly anticipated new He-Man movie has been canceled here.
One of the best teen movies of recent times, 10 Things I Hate About You, is getting adapted for television here.
There's gonna be a roller coaster based on the Saw franchise here…What?


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- Profile: Face it folks, even though you may rationalize it anyway you want, we have been infinging on the copyrights from musicians and anime companies since the day someone put 2 VCR's and a stereo together and threw in dubbed Captain Harlock tapes and AC/DC's Back in Black. You may say that the anime companies like us, and that we're too small for the musicians to care about, but it doesn't change the stealing factor. And as most of you know, if you stay in the game long enough, you've got to lose. And once you've lost, there's no way back. So what do we do?
We drop the hosting. If we do this, we are losing what made this site explode with the trash heap of videos it's been hoarding the last 2 years. So some kid from Hoboken NJ loses the hosting for his brand new Naruto/New-Found-Glory mashup. Cry me a river. I lose the personal $300 I've dumped into this bitch. Boo-hoo. There is CHEAP hosting waiting for the taking out there. We need to decentralize. It allows the people that are serious about this to stay in the game, and shows the 1-time-I-made-a-vid-then-people-laughed-at-me-so-I-left to the exit door.
No-one is going to ram down any doors, raid any corporate buildings, kick and suited asses or do any sort of damage to this beast this country has allowed itself to create. You will sit and quiver and hope they don't subpoena Phade's userlist->IP-resolves and slap you in the crotch with a chunky fine. It. Could. Happen.
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Empress of Fashion: A Life of Diana Vreeland (Hardcover)
Diane von Furstenberg once called Diana Vreeland a "beacon of fashion for the twentieth century." Now, in this definitive biography by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart, is the story of the iconic fashion editor as you've never seen her before. From her career at the helms of Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, to her reign as consultant to the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vreeland had an enormous impact on the fashion world and left a legacy so enduring that must-have style guides still quote her often wild and always relevant fashion pronouncements.
With access to Vreeland's personal material and photographs, critically acclaimed biographer Amanda Mackenzie Stuart has written the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at Diana Vreeland and her world—a jet-setting social scene that included Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli, Yves Saint Laurent, Hubert de Givenchy, Oscar de la Renta, Lauren Bacall, Penelope Tree, Lauren Hutton, Andy Warhol, Mick and Bianca Jagger, and the Kennedys. Filled with gorgeous color photographs of her work, Empress of Fashion: A Life of Diana Vreeland is an elegant and fascinating account of one of the most revered tastemakers of the 20th century.
About the Author
Amanda Mackenzie Stuart is the author of Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age. She lives in Oxford, England.
Praise For…
"A painstakingly researched depiction of the imperious, mesmerizing virtuoso who wandered onto the fashion stage and stole the show...a biography of fabulous fact."
— New York Daily News
"An insightful new biography…Stuart uses Vreeland's vulnerable roots to create a sympathetic portrait of Diana…Vreeland's life story is oddly inspiring…Why don't you give a copy of EMPRESS OF FASHION to your favorite fashionista this holiday season?"
— BookPage
"This is Diana Vreeland's first full-length biography…A cottage industry has emerged around DV…This perhaps has as much to do with how much more seriously we take fashion nowadays as with how quaintly delicious we now find Vreeland's borderline Dadaist sensibility..."
— Village Voice
"With EMPRESS OF FASHION: A LIFE OF DIANA VREELAND Stuart does more than celebrate and bear witness. She seeks to explain, to parse, and to ultimately decipher the woman behind the strokes of red rouge and dyed-black hair… Stuart paints a nuanced portrait of a strange and tantalizing woman."
— Daily Beast
"The first comprehensive bio of legendary magazine editor Diana Vreeland is a can't-put-down read. Stuart separates facts from "faction" (Vreeland's term for her dramatic exaggerations) and gets to the core of the fashion pioneer."
— People
"It is the biography (the Vreeland book) rather than the memoir (the Coddington volume) that offers the most insight into the deep motivation behind the making of such a career and carefully examines the occasional ugliness of a lifetime committed to making things externally beautiful."
— New Republic
"This new in-depth biography traces not only Vreeland's career as an influential fashion editor, but also her early life as an unhappy child, but ultimately imaginative, fearless and hard-working young lady. For someone looking for a good, interesting and inspiring read rather than just a pretty photography book."
— Fashionista, "The 25 Best Books for the Fashion Obsessed"
"Dazzlingly comprehensive, perceptive and many-sided."
— New York Times Book Review
"a rare and welcomed view of her private life which was so often overlooked in favor of the glossy and more obvious parts of her life, including all the glamour and bon mots she was so free with… Would I recommend EMPRESS OF FASHION? . . . hell yes!"
— New York Journal of Books
"An illuminating biography."
— O, the Oprah Magazine
"Assiduously but (very much unlike her subject) unassertively, Amanda Mackenzie Stuart makes a case for Diana Vreeland as one of the 20th century's premier figures. When you finish reading EMPRESS OF FASHION you're convinced Cleopatra could not have been more fascinating."
— Bloomberg News
"It's scholarly but never dry - how can it be, with drop-ins by Josephine Baker, a young Lauren Bacall, Veruschka and Andy Warhol? - and an insightful, inspiring look at a complicated woman."
— NJ Star Ledger
"[EMPRESS OF FASHION] stands out for its un-gushy, arm's-length observation of a woman who used any means possible-including outrageous lies-to create the mise en scène for her life."
— Wall Street Journal
"Meticulously researched...Stuart digs deep into how Vreeland created herself...and catches the breathlessness of the editor who had a profound influence on magazines 80 years after beginning her career."
— Boston Globe
"An intelligent account of the life and accomplishments of legendary Vogue editor-in-chief, Diana Vreeland…A richly detailed and well-researched biography of a fashion icon"
— Kirkus Reviews
"A tasty and erudite study of a complicated woman and her turbulent and colorful cultural life and times…Fashion icon Diana Vreeland and her psyche and cultural milieu are superbly deconstructed by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart."
— Publishers Weekly
"A sympathetic biography…a cohesive, well-researched volume…Vreeland is a fascinating figure whose life spanned almost the entire twentieth century, of which the author takes dizzying, delightful advantage."
— Booklist
"A juicy, fascinating biography..."
— People